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"" • laiudcalrx I. VAN SLYKE. lAw iri ftftrsfcer. "McHENRY, HiLINOIS. To SATISFY a judgment against a de­ faulter, a countable at Fond du Lac, Wis., levied on a tumb*U.n© aboot to be erected. SENATOR SHARON'S daughter Flora, shortly before her marriage to an En­ glish gentleman a few days ago, re­ nounced the Catholic faith in which sho had been reared. The wedding cere­ mony was performed by an Episcopal •clergyman, and the young woman will join the Church of Fjigln^d. THK "cotton factory" fever having spread over the South, is now. stretch­ ing out into the West, and Louisville, Ky., is taking preparatory steps to start a $400,090 factory. Whether the enter­ prise will prove successful on Kentucky soil is an open question. A somewhat protracted trial was given to it in St Louis, some years since, and it was abandoned as impracticable. " 60V. COLLOH'S MESSH6E. OKXTLMI* or ram SISIR AHD Bonn OP RKFOWKNTATrrxH: It ia the dot? of the Gov­ ernor, under the constitution, "at tho com­ mencement of each session, and at-the dose of bis term of office, to give to the General Assem- To DUN a debtor on a postal-card W been decided by the Supreme Court of -Ohio to be unlawful. The court held that anything so written that is liable t6 injure the credit or reputation of any one is a crime. The decision was made in the case of a man who dunned a •debtor for an old account on a postal- card, and in that manner made the mat­ ter public, to the detriment of the let­ ter's credit elsewhere. * THK following table shows the re­ ceipts of flour, grain and live stock for the year 1880 at Chicago, St. Louis and six other Western cities : came oat on the right side of the abdo­ men, the wire passing entirely through and impaling the body. The wire, which was quite rusty, WM extracted by the pluoky boy himself. He will proba­ bly die. V m , ij , _ . | h'j information by message of (lie eoudition of THK recent cold waves, says the Chi- the State, and racommena luch tneunrw M he cago Tribune, have spread over an enor- deem exnedient." ! Yon assemble under the most favorable cir- mous area, covering the entire territory curost*nees. since the last meeting of the between the Rooky mountains and the the state and the whole country . J i • , have l.een prosperous. Our people have es- Atlantie seaboard, and sweeping down : pcciallvenjoyed the bk.«ings of good li^nltli, even to the Oulf of Mexico. These ! harvests, aU fc*sinoss interests tierce blasts have an uninterrupted ! Illiuois commenced her career ""4"- very course before them. There are no ! K^?ditj°?s rIom thT* <» "" frontier State of to-dav, and much lees favor- mountain ranges between us and the , *M® to a rapid development Remote from Arctic regions to regulate or mitigate ! favored localities depended ; upon the uncert untie* of a waler navigation their strength and velocitv. The tor uliiuy huudrel miles, and her staple prod- ••Muutoba W h to not .! wave from Manitoba, for that is a flat ! <»uld l>e accumulated in scanty sums bv labor countrv and these icvbreazM havn their 1 J?"?. pn™t»on was forthwith paid into the country, ana tnese icy Breezes navetneir , United Stat;* Land Office. I am not criticizing starting place way up in the Hudson Bay I 1116 Federal po icy of that day with reference region when thev have an uninterrnnt i t0 ̂ ,I,ul'hc douinin- l,nt the natural and in-regiim, wm.il Uicv nave an uninterrupt- ; evitable consequence of the policy was to ed range to the south and southeast, ! the State drained of actual money «ith hardly . hill to arrest their fearful j |Z?a™2! sweep. Even the Allegheny has proven , v,ted speculative purchases. BO harrier to them. Tl.ejh.ye .»ePt; ̂ STS Kit" Tfe on and over, and far out to sea, catching ! ^f081 settler receives his homestead as a free 1 « . .j . .. p't from the u&tion. It is 110 wonder thxt vesselH eomiupr westward, retarding Illinois, in its first decade, under stress of po7-comiug westward, retarding commerce, disabling steamers, and seri­ ously interrupting she whole business of ocean transportation coming in this di­ rection. GE^T. GRANT, at a dinner in Washing­ ton, related the following amusing story of his son Jesse : "Young Jesse is a very slight boy, narrow as a bean-pole, and not half as tall. He was traveling last summer in Colorado, New Mexico, erty. did report to financial expedients which we now can clearly see were erroneous in theorv and disastrous in practice, albeit these very theories and practice* find a few stout defend­ ers at the present day. In its second decade, when, under the pressing need of transporta­ tion 1 utilities, the Ktate sought to inaugurate a vystem of canals and general internal im­ provements by the aid of public credit, much of what was done was unwise in detail and illy considered, inducing as an immediate conse­ quence great financial distress; still we to­ day owe to the men of that time infinitely more than we have paid in paving the debts they incurred. The foundations were then laid of our present prosperity and Chicago St. IiOuig.... 8t. Paul Kansas Oily. Peoria....... Detroit •Cleveland..., Pittsburgh .. F'our, | iira in, barrel*. I bu*he!g. | UiMJt.. ; CdUU, number, number. >,377,31H|14H,107,447| 7,008,14, 1,612,827| 50,G21L,<)40;A,HS9,CS4 60,000j 341,1871 1:14,5*13 ass,oa-,!i 2.125,400 S,713,7«2. 25,015,1151 11,174,171 6,547,827 2,ii00 f>7M,4Mi 303,92-i 1,38.>,346 424,720 l.r>,000 244,474 42,938 A COUPLE arrived at San Francisco on their bridal tour, and took a room at a hotel. The bridegroom then informed the bride that he was out of money, and • did not know how to get any. He said that the best thing for them to do was to commit suicide. She agreed, and suggested the use of laudanum, of which she had a bottle. They divided the drug into two equal parts, and swal­ lowed it. The man died, but the dose proved insufficient to kill the woman, and she has recovered. THE Author of "A Life on the Ocean Wave" has been discovered. Epes Sar­ gent, who died in Boston recently, wrote that celebrated song many years ago. To the great majority of schoolboys, Mr. Sargent was known only as the author of various books <lf "dialogues" for ex­ hibition days. Yet he was a most indus­ trious worker, and produced plays, poems, novels, magazine articles and biographies in great profusion. Nearly his whole life was given to editorial work. THE annual report of Dr. John T. Nagle, the New York city Deputy Reg­ istrar of Vital Statistics, shows that dur­ ing the last year 31,866 cases of death were recorded, being an increase of 3,524 over the previous year. There were 27,- 536 births, an increase of 1,963 over the returns of 1879. One mother gave birth to her twenty-second child. Nine thousand and t)vo marriages were re­ ported. Six grooms were over 70 years of age, and 0110 bride over 65. The greatest number of deaths in any of the months was in July, when the mortality reached 3,487. Of the 31,866 persons that died 16,327 were males and 15,539 were females. or soma of .those outlying provinces ; j ^th^Iandsf*1 c,™e- ^°- U8 Rs BO°n 89 and the Grant party, of course, was the sensation in those parts. They were dining at a wayside inn, with some other travelers, in a common room. Among the travelers was a line-looking, athletic fellow, who was evidently a cultured gentleman, but was unknown to the rest of the party. A rough frontiersman cam 0 into the room, in the free-and-easy Western way, and evidently mistook this athletic stranger for yonng Jesse. Going up to him, the pioneer looked out from under his sombrero into his eyes, and said, in an irritating sort of way : 4 How many bits do you go for to the dollar, young fellar ?' Quick as light­ ning, and without a word, the young stranger struck out from the shoulder, and gave the pioneer a blow which felled him to the floor ; and, without permitting him to recover, he seized him by the collar, dragged him across the floor to the door, and threw him out by main force. In a few moments the frontiersman returned, a good deal bat­ tered from hard usage, and, again ap­ proaching the young fellow, whom he had mistaken for Jesse Grant, extended his hand, as if he wore an old friend, saying : 4 Well, you are a good oue. You are a good deal like the old man, I reckon.'" William Hogarth. The celebrated painter Hogarth was once employed to paint the portrait of a nobleman not remarkable for personal beauty. The artist executed it with his happiest manner, but with rigid fidelity. The peer, disgusted at the < ex&o4 | internal improyciu«iut, chartered FOB several years prior to 1878 the Aggregate receipts of breadstuff^ in Chicago ranged among the nineties of millions of bushels, and it seemed that 100,000,090 of bushels was a limit of grain receipts beyond which even Chicago could not rise. In 1878 there was tt bound to 134,000,000, and in 1879 to 137,000,000 bushels; but now comes 1880 with the record of 163,326,267 bushels of breadstuffs received in that city. No city in the world, in any age, has ever witnessed such a traffic as the receipt, handling, inspection, storage and shipment of such a vast proportion of the world's food. A jOBB_flew into a pitcher that stood on a doorstep of a house in Boston. A j dog, coming along, saw the bee, and his head went down into the pitcher after the insect The bee made it lively for the dog. and he could not now withdraw his head, and the circus began in earn­ est. The dog howled fearfully and be- gau to plunge wildly about, and then •started on a mad run down the street. The dog, being completely blindfolded '"fey tiie pitcher, couid not guide himself, but got under the feet of a stout man, and both took a roll in the gutter, and the shouts of the man, who did not at­ tempt to disguise his annoyance, were «s loud as the yells of the dog. A policeman, coming up, broke up the ^pitcher and the show at the same time. terpart of himself did not feel disposed to Eay for the picture. After some time ad elapsed and numerous unsuccessful attempts had been made to obtaiu pay­ ment the painter sent him the following card: "Mr. Hogarth's respects to Lord --. Finding that he does not mean to have the picture drawn for him Lord -- is informed again of Mr. Hogarth's press­ ing necessity for money. If therefore, his Lordship does not send for it in three days it will be disposed of with the ad­ dition of a tail, and some other append­ ages, to Mr. Pan, the famous wild beast man, Mr. Hogarth having given the gen­ tleman a conditional promise of it for an exhibition picture ou his Lordship's re­ fusal." The intimation had the desired effect. Hogarth was once applied to by a cer­ tain nobleman to paint on his staircase a representation of the destruction of Pharaoh's host in the Red Sea. In at­ tempting to fix upon the price Hogarth became disgusted with the miserly con­ duct of his patron, who was unwilling to was held by our own citizens, and the vast system of internal improvements which our fathers inaugurated had been car­ ried out. To the spirit and manner in which we have paid tliia debt we owe whatever of credit and good nauic we enjoy as a Htate. And here we are under obligations to the men of that day for a correct teaching and example. In. the darkest hour of debt and insolvency, Illinois never faltered in her purixwe to pay her debts at the earliest possible moment, without scaling or adjustment, and whatever linaujisl errors may have disfigured her legis­ lation, a lie never Bought to cover them with the foul mantle of repudiation. The growth of the State in the last decade has been of a healthy and permanent character, although not nhowirig as hi^li percentages of increase as in some earlier stages of develop­ ment. We have made large gains in directions which do not show on the assessment rolls, in the payment of mortgage indebtedness, and in the purchase of rea'.-^tate titles held by non­ residents. This is esjjeeially true of our farm lands, and the good effects ate shown in the in­ creased and visible prosperity of the people in some districts which, a few years a«;o, wore al­ most overloaded with mortgago debt. The debt of Illinois commenced with the is­ sues of the first State bank which was char- te:ed by the Second General Assemblv, in 1821, over tho veto of Gov. Bond. Nothing could have been more crude and faulty than the plan and methods of th s institution. It was the sole property of the State. It had no capital, except an appropriation of $2,000 to pay for plates, books and stationery. Its issues were legal tender, so far as the* State could make them so, and were loaned chit fly on real-estate security as standing accommodations renewable indefinitely. In less than two years the specie value of its issues had depreciated 50 per cent., and a little laU r they were paid out of the State treasury, by law, for salaries of Judges and other oftictrs, at 33}± cents on the dollar. I he first funded debt of the Ktate. kn>vni as the " Wiggins loan," amounting to tl00.000, was marketed in 1831, and its procoeds used in retiring the outstanding issues of the State bank. Meantime, in 1827, the State received a grant of public lands from the General Government, in aul of the construction of a canal between Lake Michigan and the Illinois river. After prosecuting this work for a few years, and spending what could be derived from the sale of lands and some small appropriations from the pnblio treasury, the State, in 1835, to finish the canal and carry out a mammotti scheme of new State bank, and in different ways loaned its credit and sold its bonds as long as money could be raised by any means. The crisis came in 1839-'40. Credit was gone, and the career ,pf debt-making ended, and the era of settle­ ment and payment began. At this date the en­ tire debt of the State, funded and unfunded, was about $12,000,000. The exact amount is variously stated in contemporaneous reports, according to different methods of classifica­ tion adopted. The work of liquidation was pushed manfully, and every resource of the specific provision for the sale or lease thereof shall first have been submitted to a vote of the people of the State at a general •lection, and have been approved by a majority o( »n the rotes polled at such election." 1 earnestly rec­ ommend that you provide for the sahmismon to the people of the State of a proposition which will allow the canal to be turned over to the United States, on proper conditions and limita­ tions, and that you provide for the presentation of the whole matter to our delegation in Con­ gress and to the nation in such light as will se­ cure early and favorable action. Whatever special advantage may accrue to Illinois by reason of her having the canal with­ in her borders will be fn Iv her due in return for the millions she has already expended on this work. The advantage to the nation re­ sulting from connecting the lakes with the Mis­ sissippi river, the Noith and East with the West and South, by a water way through which can pass the bulky products of the Mis­ sissippi valley, will be infinitely more than the cost of such improvement. The deepening of the canal so as to give a steady southerly current to the waters of Lake Michigan into the Illinois river has been of immense sanitary advantage to the city of Chi­ cago, in that its effects have been to purify the Chicago river, and in a great measure save tho souvo s of tiiat gn«at city from contamination by sewage. But, in consequence of the enor­ mous increase of population and manufactures in Chicago, the supply of water flowing through the canal does not sufficiently dilute the stowage to make it innocuous, and the result is a seri- ous injury to the populous districts which border 011 the canal in the counties of Will, Grundy and La Salle. The evil consequences of the insufficient supply of water are most lteenlv felt in winter, and such representations have been made to me bv the authorities and citizens of Joliet, Lock port and other towns, that I have caused investigation to be made by the Canal Commissioners and by the State Board of Health, whose rejiorts on these ques­ tions will lie placed before you, with sugges­ tions as to the best means of remedying the evils complained of. Ii is represented to be perfectly feasible to so increase the flow of water through the present canal as to nmke its bed and borders healthful and pure. The sub­ ject KUOUUI receive your uimiediute and careful i-onsideration. There can bo no discussion a4 to the .duty of the State to see that its own property is not maintained 01 operated in such a condition as puts in peril the health and lives of its ciUzi ns : and that such 1* the present condition, in winter at least, of the Illinois and Michigan canal seems to be clearlv ertab- lished. RAILROADS. The annual report of tho liailroad and Ware­ house Commissioners will lie found to contain a comprehensive statement of the condition and operations of the railroad* in this State more than ever before. This vast interest, whoso annual fross earnings are nearly fs50,- 000.000 and which employs over 32.0(H) pt r.-ons in our State, and in which every citizen is in­ terested, either as tax payer, stockholder or patron, which enters into and concerns every business interest, necessarilv demands the care­ ful frtudy and attention of the law-makers. The past year has been an unusually prosper­ ous one for ' railroads. The r business has been immensely enlarged and their earnings in­ creased. Very many have come out of a con­ dition of insolvency or serious financial embar­ rassment, and have been reorganized under hopeful auapiccs. The present favorable con­ dition of those corporations is the result of great business activity and general prosperity. The power of the State Mo enforce proper regulations nj>on common carriers to pi-event extortion and unjust discrimination, and pro­ vide for public safety, is now established and admitted. It has been recognized and affirmed by tho highest courts in the laud. In the exer­ cise of this power, in the light of the experi­ ence of older communities as well as our own, the necessity of a tribunal like the Railroad ana Warehouse Commission is now generally recog­ nized. Through then* agency the relations be­ tween the public and the railways are becoming better understood, and many evils have been reformed. I hope that, under the influence of public opinion, enlightened by the decisions of the courts, the railroads will adopt such a poli­ cy as will make thoir relations with the public eut-rely harmonious. ILLINOIS NATIONAL Ol'ARD. The report of the Adjutant General, and tho recommendations therewith, are worthy your careful com iteration. I especially refer'yon to hia juroposition to eroct a new State Arsenal, which can be done at small expense by selling the present one, and which is greatly needed for the proper care of State equipment. What­ ever snm is appropriated for military purposes should be, like other appropriations,'a sum cer­ tain and definite, and not a separate tax rat$ and fund, involving the whol­ ly unnecessary labor of separate ac­ counting without any possible advantage to the State or tax-payer. I have included in my estimate an appropriation for the next two years fo^ n»ih*««' •'"! I Jusett, and.be- lieve that Mich sum i«> needed' Tso'^ofcintain the Illinois National Guard in an efficient condition. Aoaicri.rcBE. In their intimate and varied relation^ to pro­ duction and consumption, the agricultural in­ terests of the State should receive your atten­ tion and support. The report of the State Rourd of Asrrionlturc will inform yon in detail wh:it has btsu done in that department. During the last year I have lieen forcibly im­ pressed with the necessity of legislation, with a view to prevent the introduction and spre»d was^mtnde^ of diseases among ani-The canal was surrendered to tho trustees of bondholders--tlic unfinished railroads were of­ fered for sale--the constitution of 184H incor­ porated in its provisions a means of payment which was perfected by wise legislation--ar­ rears of interest were funded, and. in 1857, for the first time in eighteen yoars. the State of Il­ linois had resumed payment of interest on all her outstanding indebtedness. The debt stood at its maximum, of about $17,000,000, in 1831-2-3. In 1801, the defense of the State from threatened invasion, and the necessity of providing for the equipment of her sous who went into the army, involved expenses to defray which the war debt was created, amounting to t2 ,060,000--a considerable portion of which was later reimbursed by the General Govern­ ment On the first Monday of the present month give more than half the real value of the j the last dollar of the State debt waa paid, or, Eicture. At last, out of all patience, I if any small balance haa not been presented, e agreed to his terms. The nobleman j Jhe mone7 "» uow hi the State treasury to meet aodh was told that the work was finished. w>11 '?Viain T\ntl1 is , xK. a - i - i . 1 . i ; . ; , - T h e r e i s s t i l l s t a n d i n g o n t h e b o o k * «f the Surprised at such^ expedition, lie im- J State a debt which is purely nominal, growing mediately called to examine it, and found the space painted all over red. "Zounds!" said the purchaser, "what have you here? I ordered a nceue of the Bed Sea." "The Ited Sea vou have," said the painter. "But where! Iowa: are the Israelites?" "They have all goue over." "And where are the Egyptians?" "They are all drowned." The miser's confusion could only be equaled by the haste with which he paid his bilL out of the transfer of funds. This is not a debt of the State, except so far as the State may be indebted to itself. It is a debt of th* general-revenue fund to the school fund and college and seminary fund, and amounts to (1,165,407.32. This transfer originated as fol- At different times the State used, for general revenue purposes, funds which had been dedicated to the school fund, being portions of the following funds, viz: the 3-per-ceat. fund, the college and seminary-land fund and the surplus revenue of tho United States, which was divided among the States in 1836. By repeated declara­ tions the faith of the States is pledged to for­ ever pay for school purposes an amount equal to 6 per cent, per annum on the sum atx>ve stated. So long as it remains the policy of the State to make appropriations out of the general trt*surv in aid of education, the existence of A* Bangor, Me., recently, a bright little fellow named Harry Donnelly, be­ tween 6 and 7 yean of age, while at play, met with a terrible accident. Harry was sliding backward on a sled in the rear of the house, holding in his han$ a pointed instrument about two -feet long, and called in foundries a •"vent wire." In attempting to make his sled go a little faster, the boy in some way dropped the wire, in such a •aanner that the point pierced the lower part of his back on the right side, and Old-Time Epizootics. Thanks to the general use of steam in traveling, it is comforting to reflect that in spite of the very great annoyance and j this nominal debt and the interest charge inconvenience caused by the horse dis- " eases in recent years, particularly by the epizootic which prevailed in tne "year 1872, the inconveniences to whioh peo­ ple are subjected nowadays in th* lack of horses are really much less grave than those which our ancestors had to con­ tend with, in similar cirumstances. For our forefathers, the prevalence of a se­ vere epizootic meant the cessation of all traveling and transportation, whether for long or for short distances; except- . ing, of course, such service as mav be ^pns which call for vour dehtoration and acti<m j"' « ' j i,_ e , t," t at this session are those affecting the Illinois done by oxen and by men on foot. S >me j sn(j Michigan canal. The appropriation of the idea of the gravity of. the situation IS : Lvtt General Assembly of f30,000 per annum suggested by the following extracts from , for the purpose of making nec«saary repairs an old Birmingham newspaper : On ail<^ providing means to put and keep the canal February 4, 1760, notice was published i" navigable condition has not been used, and «. ' T>- I not a dollar drawn on its account Ihe ordin- horses belonglu0 to the Bir- »ry revenues of tho canal have been sufficient thereon does not increase in any wav the amount to be raised by taxation, nor does its existence in any way negative or impair the statement that Illinois is now out of debt. REPORTS OF EXECUTIVE 1)EPABT*KNTS. I transmit herewith the bienmal reports of the Secretary of State, the Auditor of Public Accounts, the Htate Tnwurer, the Superintend­ ent of Public Instruction, and the Attorney General. They form an indispensable guide and aid in your work of legislation, and should receive your careful consideration. CANAL. Among the most important and urgent ques- mingham stage coach are so much af­ fected by the present distemper that pre­ vails among them, that its journies are obliged to be discontinued until their recovery." for its present needs and to keep it in its pres­ ent condition. I regard this appropriation as a wise provision against accidents or unforeseen contingencies, and recommend that it be re- • _j . , , „ . • newed for the next two years. It« expenditure . " 1,1 week following j woul 3 be s very small matter to the State, as another notioe appears under that of February 11, 1760, "the horses belong­ ing to the Birmingham stage coach are stul so bad that it would be dangerous to attempt their going with the ooach this week; but on Monday next, the 18th, Mr. Peyton proposes that the coach shall set out to go from hence as usual; after which he hopes it will meet with no other interruption." A PAINTEB who was well acquainted with the dire effects of the law had to represent two men--one who had gained a lawsuit and another who had lost one. He painted the former with a shirt on «n«i ^naked. compared with tine great loss which would re­ sult if, for want of it, the canal could not be kept in working condition. The demand for the enlargement of the oanal and the completion of the Illinois river im­ provement grows mote wgent every year, and it is a a»tt«r which by no means interests Illinois alone, but is of equal importance to all the States which border on the Mississippi river, and to all those which depend upon the great valley for their food supplies. While this water-way happens to be w holly within the territory of Illinois, its improvement is not a question of local or Stat® interest. The State has reimburse > the city of Chicago for H« advances in deepening the canal, and it is now the property of the State without incum­ brance. The constitution contains tho follow­ ing provision: "The Illinois and Michigan canal shall never bsaoid or kesed until the mal*. The magnitude of the live-stock interest in this Htpte is greater than that of auv other State in the Union, and is s ooud to no other interest in the Stat<1. Without such legislation and cure the public health mny be jeopardized, un­ necessary loss inflicted upon owners by the rav­ ages of these diseases, and the trafli • in our live stock necessarily subjected to restrictions, and at times to unjust imposition, by other countries. A growing feature of the live-stock interest is the dairy product, in which Illinois is making rapid advance and be­ coming a leading State. The representatives of this f.reat industry will present a plan by which the State can materially assist in its de­ velopment without Rioat exi>e"nse. And in this connection 1 wish to call vour attention to the matter of such an amendment of sections of the criminal code on the subject of adultera­ tion of food as will insure their better enforce­ ment. STATE BO AMD or HEALTH. Three and a half years have elapsed since the law went into effect creating tliM State Board of Health. In that time much has been accom­ plished at a very small expense to the State. The enforcement of the Medical Practice act was an experunent, but, so far, the beneficial result* have been greater than expected. This delicate duty has been performed by the board with prudence and judgment. The public, to a great extent, has l« en protected from so- called doctorx, and a stimulus has been given to higher professional qualifications. Fraudu­ lent medical colleges have been broken np, and a wholesome influence exercised over medical colleges generally. Much more remains, however, to be accom­ plished, and in order to do this some amend­ ments to the law will be necessarv. Little pro­ gress has vet. be< n made in collecting vital sta­ tistics for want of time and means. It is hoped that during the coming year the board will be placed in a jHwition to pay sj>ecial attention to this part of their duty. In this connection I cannot forbear to say that it is the duty of the different counties to see that proper provision is made to secure as complete ana accurate re­ turns as possible. General sanitation has, to some extent, been neglected, for the reason already mentioned, although the report of the board shows that this part of their duty has not been wholly iguored, attention having been paid to such subjects as were most pressing. In addition to the collection of vital statistics, the study of the water supply of our cities and towns is import­ ant, and will be considered more in detail. At the last session of the Legislature an ap­ propriation of $5,000 was made, to be used only on the approval of the Governor, in case an outbreak of an epidemic or malignant dis­ ease, to defray the expenses of the .Board of Health in investigating the causes #f such dis­ eases and aid in preventing their spread. Of this snm $ 1,892.63 has been expended, mainly at and near Cairo, to prevent the introduction of yellow fever. The balance, $3,107.47, re­ mains to the credit of the appropriation in the State treasury. By means of this appropria­ tion the board has been enabled to act with promptness and efficiency, thus preventing the occurrence of even a single ease of yellow fever in the State, with lmt little interruption to travel and traffic. In view of what has already been accom­ plished, and the necessity and importance of such work in the State, I recommend that B'ich legislation be enacted as will place this board In a position to proporly do whatever comes with­ in its functions. CHABTTABUi CTSllTUWOHW. The eharitable institutions of the Stele srs in a very satisfactory condition. They have been managed with the strictest economy, and expenses have been kept within the appropria­ tions. Each institution h»d, on the 1st of Oo- tober, 1380, a cash surplus of several thousand dollars, the aggregate of surplus resulting from nncxpcnded appropriations amounting to •9107,032. The hospitals for the insane are full, and the Superintendents arcAdaily obliged to refuse ap- piiostmis for the admission of aew pstisntai The several hospitals for the insane had at the close of the last fiscal year, Oct 1. 1880. the rodoicing number of patients; f(', < * * Ths Northern Hospital, at Etain ...... ft Th* Eastern Uospit-U, at Knukskea.... * 05 Tlia tksntral lliguital.at *" ***** CM The Southern Hospital, at Aaaa.. .. a>l Making a total o(.. ....1,755 There was In the State trea»- ury Oct 1, 1878 (deduct­ ing all warrants outrtand- >ng)-- General revenue fund $l,704,734.1t State school fund. 275,433,tt Military fond..; T414.M Illinois Central railroad 'and 1M,891.«S looking ahead. r ..*<< v- This number does not comprise one-half of the insane persons in the State, and the qnee- i tion wiU soon be raised whether the State ought not to do more even than it is now doing to care for this unfortunate class-. The Eastern Hospital is ready for the reception of another 100 patients, and I regard it as important that the work of enlarging that hospital should go forward as rapidly as possible. A departure from the stereotyped plan of hospitals for the insane has been adopted at Kankakee, in the construction of detached wards, and it is hoped that by such a system tho insane may be better cared for, and at loss expense, than by the old plan. The last Legislature appropriated f30,000 for the con- «t TUI'tion of attached wards, which are* ready for occupation, and will accommodate 100 pa­ tients, at acostof notmorethan f300 percapita, which is about one-third the cost of tho tiie<- proof wings, erected on the same ground *, bv the same contractors. It is true, however, that only a certain proportion or insane patients can be cared for in detached wards, and that this proportion is yet undetermined. It will there­ fore be necessary to go forward at the same time with the hospital proper. How to care for all the unfortunate^ in soci­ ety, without imposing upon the tax-payers of the State too great burdens, is a serious and perplexing question, tho consideration of whioh constitutes ouo of your most imoortant and la­ borious duties. The voice O: our enlightened civilization, and the promptings of humanity, alike call upon us to provide for taking care of those who, for la^k of speech, or sight, or reason, can not take care of themselves ; but it is the duty of those responsible for the admin­ istration of affairs to see thnt it is done at as (.'•tie oo*t to the body of the people as possible. The total number of peivons in uie several hospitals, including the Soldiers' Orphans' Home and the lteform School, was, on the 1st of Octolier last, 8,217. You will find the details of the affairs of the State charitable instltu- tutious and of the State Reform School fully set forth in the reports of the institutions, and of the State Board of Charities, to which I refer you. The statements made in tho several re­ ports are worthy of y<utr entire confidence PENITENTIARIES. The reports of the Commissioners and War­ dens of the State prisons at Joliet and Chester make a full and complete showing of their transactions for the last two years, and of the condition of each at the dose "of the last fiscal year. The receipt* for tbe two jears ending Sapt 3#, 1880, have been-- General revenue fund $S^n,144tM State school fund. ' •_>.0»5i.7iajS fond 138,-jHi.W Ill.uoi-i Central railroad fund....'. 660,467.93 CLlllmH 6^83,541.04 Total The di«bur>ementa for' the two years ending Sept. SO, have been-- General revenue fund t3.62.%074.tft Htire school fn„d a.t)2i,3l)l.U - Military fund 13:»,32(ii4S Illinois Cental railroad fund 587,2-7.45 The ba'ance In State treas­ ury, Oct 1, IHSO, waa (de­ ducting ail warranto out- «tHn<ling) -- General revenue fund (1,461837 43 State Hohool fund .... 31C,H4l.Kl MUitar> fund IlUneis Central railroad fund ltf8.011.61- Total balauoe . .$8,195,765.00 -$1,939,778.88 After the payment of the State debt there re­ mains a balance of Illinois (Yntial railroad fund, amounting to about $110.i>00, which should be immediately carried to general rev­ enue fund, and legislation should bo had, in pursuance of the constitution, that all receipts hereafter from the Illinois Central railroad be appropriated and set apart for the payment of the ordinary expenses of the State Government. This can be best effoete I by directing that sueh payments be made to the general revenue fund. You will U; called upou to provide, bv defi­ ciency appropriation, in cases where existing appropriations will bo exhausted lief ore the regular appropriations for the next biennial term will be available. The State will have re- soiuves from the balances of the appropria­ tions, which will not be used, with the unex- l>ended balance Of the Illinois Central railroad fnni, to meet any deficiencies which now seem likely to arise. KKTIJTATKS. In pursuance of the requiremeifts of the constitution, I present the lollowiug estimates of the amount required to lie raised by taxation for all purposes for tho two years ensuing : roll OKNKB.U. STATE rtTBPOSES. Expenses of the several departments not enumerated below: Legislative. Kxecutive Judicial... 300,000 60,IN 0 90,000 150,000 272,000 551,1KM) Total $1,356,000 Ordinary expeusos and neemwary repairs ami improvements of State charitable in- BtitutieliK ,fl,300,000 Eastern Insane Asylum, const uction 200,000 Expends of nnivcn<itia« l'J5,(i0ii | Jolirt prison, working capital 50,000 | Chester prison, expenttea ai.il construction | of hcapital for insane convicts j Canai contingent fund For conveying convicts and arresting fngi- Mvn« : \ - . . V77. ~ H'inois National Guard PrlnttiiK. binding, stationery end paper for General Aateniblyand executive depart­ ments uoooo Commission of claims 5,000 (3,646,000 FOR STATE SCHOOL FUftFOSKS. Oneiiii'lion dollars per annum $2 000,000 In making the appropriations you will need to have constantly in view the constitutional requirement thnt the sum of the appropria- j tiofis shall not exceed the amount of revenue authorized by law to be raised. I estimate that the Illinois Central railroad will pav into the general revenue fund, in the next "two years, $750,000, which will reduce the amount to be raised by taxation to that extent. I have not deemed it necessary to refer in detail, at this time, to all the interests which are connected with and controlled bv the State Government, though all have had consideration in my estimate of the expenses of the executive The penitentiary at Joliet, as will be seen by the report of the Commissioners, has no debt, and has used only a part of the §50,000 appro­ priated by the last Legislature to assist in de­ fraying ordinary expenses. This appropriation has made a considerable saving of money to the State, and I recommend that a similar one bo made for tho next two years, with such modi­ fications as to the manner of nsiugit,if needed, as will, without risk of waste or loss, allow its disbursement to the best advantage. The prison would be entirely self-sustaining but for the fact that the prison authorities cany the ex­ penses of furnishing the discharged convicts with money, clothing and transportation. The amounts so disbursed, and which do not proper­ ly form part of tho expense*, of subsistence and administration, exceed the amount drawn from the Stite treasury for ordinary expenses. I ask yonr attention to the suggestions of the Warden in relation to discharged prisoner*. The interests of society demand that the State should provide some agoncv for looking after and assisting that class of persons. Your attention is directed to the report of the Commissioners on the subject of life sentences. I recommend that tho criminal code be so amended as to do away with life sentences, and that all sentences to the penitentiary be for a definite term of vears. .ri^n ^C0^mi88i^f °I f,h® I department. As Illinois has no standing ap- ! KSJS!?ai¥tSIS S5f, r*c"v"'0'" nt iH.oner.s have, so far, douo good work in the onsfruction of the buildings lielonging to that prison. The location has proven to be a very uealthy one. and promises to give cood facilities for the profitable use of convict labor. The work of construction should be carried forward as rapidly as the condition of Htate finances will permit. The General Assembly, at its last session, inthofized the Commissioners ol the Southern prison to begin work upon a hospital depart­ ment adapted to the custody mid care of in- <ane convicts. This was wise and timely legis­ lation, and the Commissi! ners have followed the instructiouh given them by adopting a plan for such a department'and commencing work upon the foundation*. The necessity and pro _ but the labor which this involves will bo cheerfully and in­ telligently performed, and in a manner which will boat conserve to the interests of our great Sti'te. S. M. CCIXOM, Uovernor. EXECUTIVK OrricR, Jan. 5,1881. ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. WEDNESDAY, Jan. SKNATX.--At 18 o'clock Lient. Gov. Shuman called the Senate to order. Rev. Father Hale, of tho First Pres­ byterian Church, of Springfield, offered prayer. j lne I.icnteniint Governor then announced that I the Senate of the Thirty-Second General As- ."7"J -r,-- 1 seiabK was in session. On motion of Senator priety of separating insane convicts from oilier \ t,f Edgar, James R. Paddock, of Kankakm insane inmates of our State hospitals are so j w.wclio.senSecretarvprotem.; JosephC. Roberts, apparent that tho General Assembly will doubt- 0f P«'iu4i. Assistant and J L. Wheat of Wilt I, , * , , m le*s concur in the action taken two years ago, temporary Sergcaut-at-Aims. Senators Mali j of petty scandal and mahoe. and dire t tUe prosecution of tho work to com- slw 1, of Kendall, Fifer, of SIcLoau, and Gallon, teIlow »» only a dirty blackguard, aa^ of Morgan, were appointed a committee JleCho* sf Calling tke flfext I»e*» Pattella! CoareatiMb y•***•• The following circular was intted by ' the Republican National Committee on Oct. 8, 1880: By rule 10 of the convention of Juth», |M, it is provided that the Republican National Committee "shall, within the next tw«|«« months, prescribe methods or rules for the se­ lection of delegates to the National Convention to be held in 1881, announcing the same to tha country, and issue a call for that convention ia conformity therewith, provided that suck methods or roles shall include and secure to the several Congressional districts in tha United States the right to plect their own dele­ gates to the National Convention." Prehminacjr to carrying into effect the foregoing rule, tha National Committee, on July 1, 1,%Q adopted the following : " igrao/red, That, in order to aid this comni- tee in earn ing out the instructions of the Na­ tions! Convention, to prescribe and announce^ within oue year, the methods or rules for etooK ing delegates to the next National Cormnfioj^ request is hereby made for the transmisr-ion ii> the committee of plans and suggestion1? on the subject from any person, prior to Oct. 15, 18801 At a subsequent meeting the time for sneik transmission was extended to Feb. 1. 1881, ami it was also voted that a full meeting of tha committee should be called to consider tha subject some time in March, 1881. Request is hereby made of the Bepul iicana to whom tLi« circular is sent, and of all othom, to forward any plans or snggestious thev may desire to make, to the officers of the rnnrV ittnfc before Feb. 1, 1881. ™--. SLLRRHAIX JewsU) Ch'ik -- v - '• 8. W. Donacr. Sec v. \ « ; GBORGE W. HOOKER, AssTBee-y. The following plans had been previ­ ously submitted at the meetiag of Jidy 1, 1880: 7^ vukx or mb. is. caaxDLaa, <m «av HAMPtttUBK. Tho Republican National Convention of 188& shall consist of four delegates-at-large fraa each State, and two delegates from each Con­ gressional district, all to be chosen at popular conventions, in such manner as the Republi­ cans of each State may determine; provided tha delegates from each Congressional district ehoU. be the choice of the Republicans of that district. The conventions within the St ates for the elec­ tion of delegates to the National Convent toa shall be held at least one month before the tuna for the meeting of the Nftfconal Convention. Notices of contests may IK; given to the Nation­ al Committee, accompanied by full prir teS statements of the grounds of' contest, whioh shall also be made public, and preference in tha order of hearing and determining contests shall be given by the convention according to the dates of the reception of such notices aad statements by the National Committee. PLAN OF UK., JOHN A. MAUTIN. OK KASKAK. That the Republican National Conventiwa for 1884 shall bo composed as follows : 1. FjA State shall be entitled to four deiagates-at- large. ii. Eich Congressional district shall ha entitled to one delegate. 3. In addition to dat- egates-at-large, each State shall be entitled tm representation in proportion to its Republic** vote, that is, one delegate for every 12.000 Aa» publican votes polled for President ih 1880, at­ traction of over one-half that number. The meeting of the National CoM* mittee has been called at Washing, March 5, 1881, and Messrs. William Chandler, Edward McPhernon George C. Gorhain have been de.signnteA as a committee to receive all snggestnaift that ma^' be made, and to prepare aai submit a plan at that meeting. Tha renewed attention of all Republicans ia called to this important question, anJ they are requested to communicate their views at any time before March 1. Editors of Republican papers are re­ quested to publish the circular and plans, and to discuss the subject edi­ torially. Communications may be addressed t» either of the oommittee at Washington. D. 0. " " Something Wood in the Fellow.* An eminent public man who shall ba nameless--a man of great intellectual power, of real goodness of heart, at bot­ tom, but sadly broken and demoralised by a long-continued course of wrong living and much wrong-doing--was once told by a boon companion how • certain other public man bund been abWK ing him. "Ifover mind," said imt i rmiwinl friend, whose soul was really above pletion. AFFOBTIOKXKXT. It will be your duty, under the provisions of the constitution, to apportion the State accord­ ing to the Federal census of 1880, and also to evise the Congressional apjxirtioiiment. if Jougress shall in time determine the number if members to which thin State will be entitled. STATS LIRRAKT. The appropriation made by the Thirtv-first General Asseiublv iu ail of the State Library has been judicious y expanded by the Secretary of State. His purchases have been well se­ lected and economically made. It has been the {>olioy of the Library Commissioners to buy works of reference, and make tho library useful to the student and seeker after knowledge iu all departments, rather than to nake purchasers in tUe interest of those who re ul for amusement only. Esp<«ial attention [ins been given to l>ooks of State historv and •ul interest, and this department should con­ tain every ls*»k in print on these subjects. Rut, so far. it is only the beginning of a li­ brary. and the State should continue to support it by iilieral appropriations, until it becomes a credit to the State, an invaluable agency for the instruction of our citizens, and a place where an answer can be found to anv question which may arise in any branch af human earning. For this purpose I recommend an appropria­ tion of at least (5,000 per mnnm for the next two years. nau COMMISSION. The report of the Board of Pish Commis­ sioners from it« organization lias been sub­ mitted, and explains the means adopted for increasing the native food fishes and for intro­ ducing new varieties in the waters of the State, with details of the work accomplished. The *abject of propagation of food fishes is one of irrent importance to the State, and I recommend tie t ample piovisiou be made for continuing tii. work during the next tuo years. cuiim. The Commission of Claims, at their session in 1880, made one award of $4,691.17, for the payment of which I recommend that an appro­ priation be made. DOUGLAS MONUMENT. The Thirteenth General Assembly made an appropriation of $50,000 to complete the Douglas momunent at Chicago. Of this ap­ propriation $4,793 was unexpended on the 30th of September, 1879, and lapsed, in accordance with the provisions of the constitution. The Commission* rn report that they did not draw the remainder of the appropriation bafore it lapsed because the work was not then completed, though contracts had been made which completed its expenditure. The monument is now fin­ ished and paid for, with the exception of the bronze bas-reliefs--four in all--of which two are in position and two in process of prepara­ tion. The bas-reliefs were contracted for be- lore the appropriation lapsed, and the bf.laneo. $4,798, is needed to pay for them. This amount •s in part doe as per contract, and will all be dne very soon. I recommend that the balance, $4,798, of the former appropriation be reappropri&ted for the completion of the Douglas monument, and that, in view of the emergency, the appropria­ tion be made to take effect upon its passage. BEVKNDR. I would again respectfully urge upon the Legislature the importance of a careful consid­ eration of our revenue svstem. and suggest *lie appointment of a commission for the collection of statistics and the examination of the revenue systems of other States and countries, and to aid in the preparation of tt, law which will be more facile and cheaper in execution, and bet­ ter eqatfat and simplify the burdens ef taxa­ tion. Tho prehnin&ry work involves an amount of labor and expenditure of time which makes it impracticable for the Revenue Committee of tne Legislature to com­ plete it during a session of ordinary length, and it does not seem probable that it will be done until it is intrusted to a oommittee ir commission, with provision for coutinning their labors beyond the adjournment of this Legislature and report to a succeeding one. XXTENSES OF STATE GOVEBNMENT. The receipts and disbursements at the State treasury, omitting local-bond fund and other trust funds, for the two fiscal years, ending Oct. 1, ltfettt, are u follow*:, to wait on Chief Justice-Dickey and inform him that the Senators-elect were ready to bo sworn iu. Tho Chief Justice appeared and performed tho dnty required. Officers were elected as follows : President pro tem., Wm. J. Camp­ bell, of Cook ; Secretary, James 11. Paddock, of Kankakee : First Assistant, George Terwilliger, of Wiiiteside ; Second Assistant, Castle, of De I£a!b ; Rill Clerk, Cr.'iit, of Wssliington; Ser- geaut-at-Arms, J. L. Wheat, of Will : Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk, R. W. Gates, of Kane ; Assistant, J. R. U. Van Cleve, of Cook ; Second Assist nut, A. H. Re Ad. of (Hay ; Assistant Door­ keeper, J. C. Wood, of Roone ; Seeyud Assist­ ant, llurtwell. of Williamson ; Postmaster, J. S. Frederick, of Ford; Assistant, C. W. Rhodes, of Cook. Thie Democratic side was allowed to select their man to take chargc of tho coat and hat room. Seats were drawn, and the Senate then ad- journod to meet at 10 o'clock to-morrow uiorn- ing. HOUSE.--At 12:15 Secretary of State Harlow called the House to order, and, after prayer by Rev. Fred H. Wines, of the State Board of Charities, made a short speech of farewell. The roll of members was called, and all resounded but Wood, of Knox county. John Jfl Pearson was elected . temporary Sneaker and took the chair. Mr. ! Carter niovea that the rules of the last Legis­ lature govern them until otherwise ordered. Carried. A number of pages named by the , Secretary were appointed. A Committee on I Credentials was appointed, when Judge Dickey administered the oath of oftice and the House adjourned to 10 o'clock to-morrow. TBCRSDAT, Jaa. SBWATR.--Tho President announced the following Oommittee on Rules : Senators Hunt, Campbell, Munn. Archer, Bhutt, Walker of Fulton, and the President. The Senate took a recess until 11 to attend the ceremonies connected with the presentation of the portrait of the late Judge Stephen T. Logan, in the Supreme Court room. The Sen­ ate then took a recess till 5 o'clock waiting for the organization of tho House, and finally ad­ journed to 10 o'olock to- morrow morning. HOUSE.--At 10 o'clock the House was called to order by Speaker (pro tem.) Pearson. Father Hale opened the session with prayer. The House took a recess to be present at the reoeption of Judge Logan's portrait. At 2 p. m. the Committee on Credentials reported and the members were sworn in by Judge Dickey. II. H. Thomas, of Cook, was then elected Speaker by a vote of 80 to G9 for B. K. Durfee, of Macon. Speaker Thomas took the chair, making a short speech of acceptance. The or­ ganization was completed by tne election of the following officers: Clerk, W. B. Taylor, of ^Marshall; first assistant, John A. Reeve, of Alexander ; second assistant, Col. H. W. Lowell, of Macon; third assistant, F. W. Latimer, of Knox ; Postmaster, J. H. Melvin, of Pulaski; second assistant, Mollie MoCabe, of Sangamon; Doorkeeper, A. P.\Vilcox, of Mendota; Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk, I Jen Ives, of Sangamon The Dewoerats made an effort to be allowed naming a janitor of one of the cloak rooms. l'ho request was refused. After much routine pertainiag to the organiza­ tion of the House, a resolution was adopted for a joint session of both house* to-morrow morn­ ing at 10 o'olock to canvass the votes of tbr late eleetion for State officers. I care not to know what he says at me." % " Bnt, my dear air, if he is allowed to : i go on in that way he will ruin your char- fp actor; he will destroy your credit; and, i? perhaps, injure your proapecta in tha , future." ' : " Tut, tat t My character--what *'•. there is of it--is too tough for such » * ? man to injure it; my credit is a phaof torn, at beat; and as* for my prospeota "• in the future, I doubt if he citn mailt, $ them more dubious than they now arew* " Well," persisted the friend, after & little pause, " how do you like the idafk , of his making free with the name of yoar wife ?" • *' The man was aroused on the instaiajttv:h " He 1 Does he dare?" J " Yes. He declares that your wile altogether too good for you.® "What? Dot's he eay that ?" ** „ „ r " Yes, he has said it repeatedly* "Well, well--there's something^"gron"1* in the fellow after all. Bless him for tha ; truth he tells--for, my dear fellow, thai is true--as true as gospel." i, The great man sat for many minutea ̂ with his head bowed down upon hip hand, and when he next looked np, hli •' face had grown wondrously soft and p*>; - thetio. ; < i : "Yes--he told the truth! I think IU , go home and have a chat with that woman. Who know but that she may ^ help me?--Zounds! I have not thought of her. Bless the rascal for '* minding me ! Yes, sir! He told tha | truth there !" And the worker for the nation--th* politician, work and weary--Bet forth " find the one being of earth in whol% « when all el*e should have failed him, felt he could trust. ,• : Frew* faliteaeafc. Mile. X. waits one morning in Tain far the arrival of her old music teacher. At last his little daughter makes her appeal^ &oce in his stead, and -says, "Miunnm sends me to say that she hopes you will excuse papa from coming to give hia lesson this morning, because he is dead. ** THK California Horticulturist describe# a wealthv man in that State, whose land, free of debt, is worth $200,000. He lives in a weather-beaten shanty in the midst of his wheat fields, the barn-vard sur­ rounding the house, the well U00 yards in one direction, and the woodpile 200 yards in the other, with no fruit tree or flower in sight A GIRL only eight years old was ar­ rested in Lowell, Mass., the other day, for drunkenness, and an exchange says: "To complete the disgraceful picture, the police let her lie ten hoars insensible in a cell without attention." Bnt the; did not dab her. A CHITACKOTJS chalk, which the native* ,, ̂ carves into groteequs figures of men an# animals, occurs on the Polynesian ialauda of New Britain and New Ireland (about latitude four degrees south, longituda 130 degrees east), and some specime* • f, have been sent to England by the Ref. . ,,, G. Brown, a Weslevan missionary to thai region. "The chalk of which the ^ urea are formed," he writes "is, I am ilk formed, found only on the beeclt afhw f' an earthquake, beiing cast np there in large pieces by the tidal wave; and only, t, so far as we know at present, in oue dlf» triet on the east side of New Ireland** " An analysis, made at Newcastle-on-Tyn^ " shows that the substance ia not as po^ a limestone as ordinary white chalk. / A RATLBOAD is • projected to eoHBedFr '̂l-' Antiooh and liagrangeville, Cat, a di#^^ :WH tanoe of 165 miles. It is to be a singta*- ^ track road on the James patent _Th* . ,/. cost of construction per mue is estimafe ed at SI,200; entire cost, $198,U00||^ H equipment, $$2,800; estimated earningfc^ for six months, $160,000; working wnlfe peuses, $60,000. The road will be bttil|^<' in the interest of the farmers of thk s great plains, and, if successful, wilf , ̂ revolutionize them by providing a eheay • ̂ . and certain outlet to tbusa r;? II