M:\VTON .\;.w YORK. 



that there U now creator agreement onions experts in' marshal and a district attorney for each judicial dis- 



n i, -i 



-, |,,,|ars li.. lie 'I'li.> first iroveniors entered upon their offiee on July 



great value of the i. :m.l llort. Tim I at following their ewenooj 



an rallml ouMcnrm - li . .1 of .-,,;;,-. who uphold tin' I"" since l^J ; the date has 

 n nihilist tlui it h*i been endeared to be. -'an. ' Tin- term of 



ao many generations ..I Clui-ii.ni p. ,.p!e. must 



.1 l.minjf battle. Tin- modern textual critics 

 re nt > do anything elite than to 



lli. ifitttuma rrrf-i of the w.ud of (Jod. 



'tuti in The great pn.irrcss in textual eriti.-isin, 

 far from weakening our confidence in the New Testa- 



infiriiis it. (I) The positive eviilence of the 

 earc bentowcd upon lh.' text mid it* substantial purity 

 how that we can trust it aj we can no other ancient 



in: (2) The number ol vari.iti.iiis has helped, 

 not hindered. the establishment of a corn .-I text on 



ade<|ll.lle . U'lcllOC. 



office was two years down 

 to I S 7'.I, since which date 

 I lie term has IM-CII three 

 years. The lieutenant 



crnors have I n chosen at 



the same elections with the 



governors, and their terms 



of office have 1-een the same 



as those of the governors 



Every alternate year the following Si; 



cl.-.-te.l by the people: comptroller, treasurer, attorn.- 



rs arc 



(a) The spirit in which textual irenei-.d. secretary of state, and State ciigii r an 1 



criticism has U-eii conducted is in sharp c tra-t with surveyor. The secretary of state keeps the State 



the wild theories of the " higher criticism.'' The archives, and is cu-todiaii of the great seal of thu 



State, which (by recent enactment, 1883) has been 

 carefully defined. 



h'ni.nn-i-x. The report of the State treasurer for isss 

 -bowed that there was a balance of $3,378,540. 36 in 

 the treasury, Jan. 1, 1888. The following table shows 

 the receipts and disbursements for the fiscal year end- 

 ing Oct. 1, 1887 : 



^ it. d in a purely scientific. 

 (I) The Christian public has 



the I 



former has been 



en-iil. iiieiliiid. 



not yet accept. .1 [lie results a.- eml>o,licd in the Iti-vised 

 New Testament. Hut this should not IH- regarded as 

 dbooaraging. It was several eeiitiiries before Knglish 

 Itilih.-.il scholars dared to .|iicstion the accuracy of the 

 o-callcd !{.-<-.-i\.-d Text (Stephens, 1.1 'in). 



A long pr.K-ess of education as to the basis of the 

 correct text will be required for :he general Christian 

 public. That I lie truth will ultimately win we cannot 

 doubt, especially in view of the present movcuient to- 

 ward popular study of the Bihle. (M. n. u ) 



NKUTON. JOHN. eiiL'inccr and general. was \x>rn 

 at Norfolk. Va . Auir. L't. ISi'.i. He uraduated at 

 \\.-t I'oint in 1842 and entered the I". S. eniri ...... rs. 



He wag engaged chiefly in the construction of fortifica- 

 tions on the Atlantic and I lull' coasts until the outbreak 

 of the civil war. In ISfil he was chief engineer of the 

 department)) of Pennsylvania and the Shenandoah 

 Until August, when he was made hriu'adier L'cneral of 

 Volunteers and cominandcd the defences of Washing- 

 ton. In McCiellan's Peninsular campaign (Jen. New 

 ton was engageil at (! tin - \lills ;!i,il tJlciidale, and 

 afterward* at Smith Mountain and Anlietam. At 



ickshiinr. Dee. l-'I, I >''>!'. he commanded a divi- 

 nion. and in Man-h. ISti.'i. was promoted major-general 

 I luring the battle of Cliaiieellor-ville he .stormed 

 .Marye Heights. May I!, |sii:{. At I Jeltysliiin: he suc- 

 eeeded to the command of (he l-'irst corps, July 2, 



which he held until March, IM',1. when he was 

 transferri-d to (Jen. Sherman's command. He took 

 p.irt in the Atlanta campaign, and afterwards held 

 commands in Florida until |si,i',, when on the reduction 

 of the anny he relumed to the engineer corps with the 

 mnk of lieutenant-colonel. He becalm ..... lonel ill IST'.l 

 and chief of cm-ini-crs in ISM. Among the important 

 by him Were the removal of the ob- 

 Ktru.-tions at Hell ( late and other points on Hast Uh^r. 

 the improvement of Hudson Itiver. and of the channel 

 en Slat. -n I>land and New Jersey (See UK.!. I. 



hirit'iVMiKvis). The final explosion at Flood 



;-.ok place Oct. ID, |s*;>. and thereafter (Jen. 



8** Vol. XVII. 



p. < 



Am. 



If 



Receipts. 



Onernl fund $!>,.VJ.;;J-,I .in 



Cumin. in school fund L'iis.os l.su 



I land scrip fund... '.'1 , |:;:M>7 



I.ii.-raiiin- fund 3I.V 



Military record fund -l.7.'t 



r. s. a,-|.osit fund :i:is.7-j7.s.) 



Kr.'.- s.-liool fuiid 3.717. 



Canal fund 3 



Woman's monument fuuil. 4J.OO 



Payments. 

 $8,591',- 

 lM.6W.lfl 



--J7. r.i 

 Sin, 

 34-1.' 



1. '.".: 1 

 3,071,736.53 



Total ................... $17,829,467.11 $16,771,448.98 



There was received from the earnings of the State 

 prisons during the year, $1, 1 1 1 .vj:;.. V.i ; State tax, 

 ^:..Sii5. 4(xi.78 ; tax on organization of corporations, 

 $201,663.99; corporation tax. *l.i':;'.>>r>I.Hi. 



The comptroller valued the investments at the close 

 of the fiscal year a.s follows: common school fund. 

 '.(',57.39: U. S. deposit fund. $l.ol7.>n.7l ; 

 literature fund, $284,201. SUj college land scrip fund, 

 .*I71.K>'.I. !_'; canal debt sinking fond, $4,061,188.84 

 Total, $12,707,077.36. Ueeent laws have aiitlmri/.ed 

 the investment of the money of various State funds 

 in the public Securities of the villages, towns, cities, 

 and counties of this State The wider range of 

 investments thus sanctioned has made it practica- 

 ble to secure substantially Ix-tter rates of interest than 

 could otherwise have been obtained. At the same 

 time the use of these moneys in the discriminat- 

 ing pun-base o1' local securities has inured to the Ix-n- 

 elit of thriving and solvent cities and villages. For 

 isss the State tax is :? l .i,<>7."i.illr,.O > \ the rate being -2 } \, 

 mills, and the valuation $:i.:iU. US. I77, the tax to be 

 devoted as follows: school pin : '.'7. -Id. W; 



canals, including canal debt. $'_:..". '.'_' aneral 



' 



purposes. 



direct school (ax for I ss; 



Total. *'.MiT:,.otr,.u>. 

 .ro.luced .-?:;. >. 



The 

 The 



. 'ii improvements of the channels 

 . York until his retirement on Aug. -21, 

 A year later he was appointed commissioner 



in New York city. 



Ni:\V YOKK Thi State, by its population and 

 wealth, still ioatnei its claim to the 

 till.- of the " Kmpirc State." The last 

 led. -ml census shows, that having a 

 population of ."i.nvj.s.71. it surpassed but $IL'^,ii'.'l.s7. the gross State debt upon Sept. .".n, 



Ivania (the second State) by 709,980, and Ohio 1887, waa $7,444,310, of which sum ?siki,ooi is the 



(the third Stale) by i It is entitled to '.\\ amount oiitstan ling of the debt created to provide for 



- rsof the I'. S II'. ii f Kepre-enlalivcs. To- the payment of the Ni.' R . .alion awards in I *-;,_ 



uiont and ('..iiiieetieut it Ilirms the wliieh 'mature at the rate of $|iHi.iMH) pe, annum. The 



rciiit of the I'nited State-; audit is remaining $''.''> t l.:;H is the canal debt, t he last of which 



it -elf divided into aontbera, northern, and eastern judi 111. i lures in October. Is'.i:',. and which has 1 n reduced 



cul diatmU of the -am.- court. There is a U. S. during the fiscal year by $I,COO,'JOO. The ruceipw 



j.ro.l 



total expenditure 1'mm the State treasury for 

 I ional purposes WOB $4,152,874.65, The total expen- 

 diture. Slate and local, for the maintenain ..... f schools 



was $1 4. 4i'. 1. 774 '.It. S.-ttinir aside the u'cneral fund debt 

 for Indian annuities, the principal of which amounts to 

 . _ ........... ...... . but $i;>l!.ii l .M>7. the gross State debt upon Sept. .".n, 



. 1 State) by T'.i'.i.'.isu. and Ohio ISS7, was $7,444,310, of which sum ?sikl,(K)l is the 



