Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-01-23

|inended to your attention. So far as Is
consistent with Just economy in the exper
ditares of the State, this aud the kindred
Institutions for The instruction, comfort,
well being, and cure of The unfortunate,
should be literally provided for, and bro't
TO the highest condition of efficiency as
soon as is practicable.
Commissioners were appointed by my
predecessor, according to law, TO locate and
provide for the erection Of a House Of Ref
uge for juvenile offenders. Their report,
containing matter Of much interest, and
much valuable information upon this sub
Iject. will be laid before; you. The insfitu-
ion has been located in The County OF
~}Vaukesha, at a very eligible and conven
heat point for public convenience. The
beneyolen. object Of Institutions Of the
kind commonds them strongly to public
patronage. It is TO become a reform
,school, to reclaim and save a large class Of
Youth from ~ilretrevable ruin. The system
adopted is one well devised for the objects
land is en- titled to favor. Tie plans adopt
ed for the building seems TO be admirably
calculated for the purpose. Tile building
can be completed as fast as public neces
slty requires. Each part will be perfect
ia itself to accommodate q limited num-
her. The commissioners gre able: expe-
lrienced, and energetic men. A small sd
ditionaI appropriation will be necessary to
enable the commissioners to carry out the
designs of the Legislature.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
The Report Of the Regents of the Uni
~versity exhibits the condition of that In
stitution during aud up to the close of the
last fiscal year. The number of students
in attendance during the year was 1874, of
whom 81 were in the former Collegiate
classes. The gradually increasing produc-
Tive fund amounted on the LIST of October,
to S315,9a3 46, giving an annual income
of $22,4I6 n. With the increase Of the
means to be devoted to the educational de-
partment, the various chairs appropriate
and necessary to the establishment of .
university which should bear The name, as
distinguished from the many Colleges scat
tered throughout the land, have been and
will continue to be filed. The new edi-
fee of the Institution, which is now in pro
gress Of construction, will add greatly to
its facilities for carrying out the purposes
of The munifcent graft by Congress. The
State has accepted the trust, and the Rep
resentatives of the people will doubtless
feel it to be a pleasure to aid the efforts ct
those who have the more immediate duty
Of discharging that trust.
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The report of The Executive Committee
of the State Histo ical Society, Jan. l.,
1853, shows a library of over four ihous
and volum as, and over four thousand I'M
bound documents and pamphlets together
with a large number of unbound news pa
per files, carefully preserved. The Society
has a valuable collection Of a out 40 oil
paintings, the most Of which are portraits
of Wisconsin Pioneers, and prominent pub
lie men, and some are of persons of nation,
al celebrity-those of DR.. Kane and Dr.
Percival being among the additions of the
past year. 1t has besides some curious
additions to its cabinet, rare Old maps and
several hundred manuscripts. Under the
patronage of the State, the. society has is
sued during the past year its best annual
volume. Since the organization Of the
Society in January, 1854, it has met with
%annual success-tho increase of the library
alone having averaged over one thousand
volumes annually. The year past appears
to have exhibited as much prosperity as
any year preceding, and its influence a
broad is giving, in many respects, %increas-
ING honor and credit to the State. 1t is
worthy Of the patronage of the State, and
every reasonable facility should he fur
1nished by the Legislature for its sabstan
tial prosperity. The officers of the Society
sre entitled to great credit, for their enter
prise and efficiency, and deserve encourage
tnent. ud p
Under our present financial embarras-
ments, it becomes, however, a question for
YOUR consideration, whether it 10 prudent
to incur the expense of publishing its vol
ume for the year 1853, until the present
debts of the State are paid. The mate
rials for the next volume will not be lost,
nor the Society injured, by the delay Of a
single wear, in case such delay is considered
expedient. sa
.T3 80 AGRICULTURE.
The statistics presented in the report Of
the Secretary Of State, as the result OF the
inquiries of the assessors under the law OF
the last session, exhibit an interesting view
of the growth of the State in agricultural,
manufacturing and mineral wealth. 1t is
to be regretted that quite a number Of the
Icounties of the State have made no re-
turns, so that the aggregates are not as
great as they should have been. Among
the counties thus delinquent were Adams,
Bad AK, La Crosse, Narration, Milwaukee,
Ozauk.e, Pierce, Portage, Sank, and Wau.
pacca, besides several of the more lately
organized counties, whose returns would
have increased the Aggregates much. i
So far as returned, the prin ipal items
of production in the year 1856, were q,