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ILLINOIS. 



letter written by Kossuth was published about 

 the time the elections were held, in which 

 M. Tisza was accused, with respect to the 

 Austro-Hungarian compromise, of having sac- 

 rificed the interests of Hungary, and abused 

 the system of parliamentary government. With 

 regard to the occupation of Bosnia, Kossuth 

 s;iid that it was not an idea of the Congress, but 

 a project of the Cabinet of Vienna, which had 

 been prepared as long ago as when the alliance 

 of the three Emperors was established when 

 Prince Bismarck, whom Count Andrassy con- 

 sulted upon everything, laid stress upon the 

 argument that Austria-Hungary, driven out of 

 Germany and Italy, should look for compensa- 

 tion in the East. In occupying Bosnia, Aus- 

 tria-Hungary invited Russia and Panslavism to 

 reestablish themselves definitively in Bulgaria; 

 this would be the ruin of Austria-Hungary 

 and of the dynasty. In conclusion, Kossuth 

 said that Parliament must watch to see that 

 the occupation does not become annexation. 

 Shortly afterward, following the conflicts of 

 the Austrian forces of occupation with the 

 Bosnian insurgents, the losses suffered by the 

 Hungarian troops caused a considerable degree 

 of excitement, and the language of the oppo- 

 sition journals on the subject became vio- 

 lent and unmeasured. Describing the Cab- 

 inet at Vienna as the " Vienna Camarilla," 

 they charged it with sending the Magyars to 

 the slaughter with the object of securing their 

 extermination. A few days later the civil 

 authorities in Pesth were reported to have re- 

 fused to execute a military order for the deliv- 

 ery of five hundred wagons. The crisis which 

 resulted in the ministerial changes of the 1st 



of October was interpreted in the sense of a 

 protest against excessive military expenditures, 

 and as asserting a claim to effective control 

 over this expenditure and the policy connected 

 therewith. Just previous to the resignation 

 of Szell, on the 27th of September, a large 

 open-air meeting was held at Pesth to protest 

 ngainst the foreign policy of the Government, 

 and resolutions were passed declaring that the 

 occupation of Bosnia would be dangerous, that 

 a convention ought to be concluded with Tur- 

 key and the army recalled, and that the Gov- 

 ernment should be impeached. During Octo- 

 ber the municipality of Pesth passed resolutions 

 asserting that the policy of the Government on 

 the Eastern question since its commencement 

 had been unfortunate and dangerous for the 

 country, and declaring that the Government 

 had acted illegally in disposing of the blood and 

 treasure of the nation without the consent of 

 Parliament. Minor manifestations of popular 

 displeasure were given on various occasions, as 

 when a bomb loaded with dynamite was ex- 

 ploded on the night of the 26th of November 

 near the palace of Tisza, where Count Andras- 

 sy and the members of the delegations were 

 attending a soiree given by the Minister ; and 

 again, during the same week, when a bomb 

 was exploded near the staircase of the Liberal 

 Club while Tisza was making a report to the 

 members of the Liberal party. 



The leader of the Panslavists of Hungary, 

 Miletics, a member of the Hungarian Parlia- 

 ment, who had been arrested more than a year 

 previously on a charge of high treason, was 

 found guilty in January, and sentenced to five 

 years' penal servitude. 



ILLINOIS. The amount of money in the 

 State Treasury of Illinois on October 1, 1876, 

 was $1,991,080.78. The receipts for the two 

 years ending September 30, 1878, were $6,659,- 

 771.36, and the disbursements for the same 

 period were $6,538,628.18, leaving a balance 

 on October 1, 1878, of $2,112,223.96. These 

 receipts comprise not only the amount of money 

 received through the State tax in general, but 

 through Central Railroad and other sources. 



The disbursements of the State school fund 

 have been in the payment to the counties of 

 school-tax-fund orders, and the salary and of- 

 fice expenses of the Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction. The Illinois Central Railroad fund 

 disbursed has been used in the payment of the 

 principal and interest of the State debt. The 

 military fund has been disbursed to the com- 

 manding officers of the several regiments, bat- 

 talions, etc., under the apportionment made by 

 the Adjutant-General. The chief items of dis- 

 sements, those of the general revenue fund, 

 which for the two years amount to $3,538,937.- 

 69, are as follows : 



Executive embracing expenses of all offices 

 and departments of the State government not 



specified below $301,478 86 



Judicial 47(5,915 74 



Legislative 239,959 40 



Educational 174,339 98 



Charitable 1,426,809 24 



Correctional 420,080 31 



Building and maintenance of new State House 234.655 91 



Canal 62,403 18 



Printing, binding, and stationery 81,271 29 



Miscellaneous special appropriations, including 



taxes refunded 123,023 88 



Total $3,538,937 69 



The estimate of the amount of money re- 

 quired to be raised by taxation for the next 

 two years for general State purposes is $3,627,- 

 000 ; to which is to be added $2,000,000 for 

 school purposes. 



The principal of the bonded debt of the State 

 on October 1, 1876, was $1,478,600.27. There 

 was paid during the two years ending Septem- 

 ber 30, 1878, $676,287.68, leaving the amount 

 outstanding on October 1, 1878, $802,312.59. 

 Since that date to January 8, 1879, there 

 has been paid $249,570.53, leaving outstand- 

 ing $552,742.06. Of this amount, there is now 



