Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-05-01
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houses of our legislature have been ilvesl
gazing tho aftans of tie state universe,
aud = report was made on The Is Inst
ETbe committee has ascertained that til,
treasurer OF, the board Of regeni has draw
II from the stale treasury, since the first da,
4 ofIJanury last, the sum Of Sl4,o85 Of til,
income of the university, although no APP
preparation of said income for 1853 ia,
been made by The present or any forne
Legislature, and as they think without au
thorlty Of law. .'5aa13aa3 'a4 s''' II
!, The committee are also of the opinion
/ that great acknowledgements and extrava
gance is justly chargabe against those
| having control of the affairs of the uniyer
lsity and the disbursement Of its funds; ano
they proceed to make u statement showing
The present condition of the income Of
1858, and the financial prospect for the
fund for the year ending on the 3lst day
of December. The estimated income OF
! the university fund fer this year is $23,-
500. Happears hat the university is in
debt, aud that the interest on that debt is
$3.50 So, SO that the available income
for the ye-r is $l9,746 So. The com
mite then take the expenditures that have
\ already been made for the year, and esti
mate that which is to come Oh the basis
Of previous expenditures and they find that
there will be a deficiency in its funds for
the payment Of its expenses for this year Of
! $3,462 n. In view Of this state of
things, the committee recommend the i'm
mediate passage Of : law for retaining the
remainder of the income IN the state treas
ury until they can make further inyesti-
cations. s'''aF ''
This development made by the COM
mlttee does not surprise u.s.. The univer-
sity has been in operation for years, but
the results of its work have never been
seen. 1t IS a university only in name, bat
in reality is Int high titled COMMON
sch, oil for the benefit Of the people Of Mad
ison, where they send Their children for
lpnmary instruction, but whose names ap
pear on the analogue as students of the
university. Il is Il gross and uninitigated
humbug aud ought 10 he abolished. The
general government donated the land from
| !, hich the fund is obtained, expecting that
! it you'd be jndiciously used, and the
|neaus Of founding On Institution Of learn
ing that would be an honor to the coun-
| IT., but how far have we came sliori OF
that just expectaiiona Indeed we have
little hope that amy permanent reform can
be effected, for our observation teaches us
4. ba+ ~, ;,,,.,,t,,t;o, &c loc.,;,.. ,rb an, orn
ported BY the state or BY individual en-
Idownent, never rises TO sas IL gh "a rank as
those depending upon public lpatronage.
/ he stimulus OF competition is osLippon
Tour state university, and the professor. aud
officers having no dependence upon the
humber OF their students for a livelihood,
lbdt their Salaries being already provided
flor, they make no exeltio.i, beyo the
thttle schemes and infueuces which they
bring TO bear for the continuance of8dhell
appointments, by securing the appoints
'Ilncnt Of good natured boards Of regents, SC
well distributed about the state that Tn ey
will not be troublesome. They can then
gopn, living upon their salaries, and each
year becoming more slothtul,s till stheai rus
lof laziness has eaten out their manheod
ITIlis, We fear, is about The present cQndii
.Ifion of our boasted state university, and, A
we said before, we believe it had better b
abolished, and a petition semitic congress,
|ac4 novledging our inability TO dispose OF
Tile fund for a university in such, a manner
as to DO ju< tice 10 ourselves as the reclp
tents of the gift, in Gle shape Of state
university, sand praying the general gov
eanment to donate the university fund To
our school fund, where, being mingled with
1.-The money of the peoples 1t citn be used
with some. advantage in sprea ding The
blessings of, educatlon.-[ GAINESVILLE Ga
izette and Free Press
I WnERE rHE CANARY BIRDs CoME
FROM France and Belgsuzo.-There is an
association in Philadelphia, composed Of
about thirty Germans, who aim at improv-
ing the breed of Canary birds and last
month they published their thirteenth an
SEaal report. From chat it appears that
the bird sales Of Philadelphia are confined
to Germans, and amount to $4,000 an
nuaily, and three-quarterss of that sum is
derived from the sale Of canaries. The
common or original Canary is OF the least
lvalue,and sells at about two dollars apiece ;
1.-THE improved kinds bring from IS TO $40
a piece, 1addiare from Central Europe
THE greatest majority of these birds were
obtained from Belgium, where they are
bred ID houses by the peasants, who raise
them as a pasti,ne. They are what are
called .'long' and s:short"'- breeds. S. Birds
Of the long breed are procured from BruS-
Isels, Antwerp and Deltz, where they some
times adoblain extravagant prices. Then
cost depends upon the color and shape
1.-The pure yellow being the most esteemed
They are only used for the purpose Of
breeding and uftines sell for $30is pair
fIThe short breed is raised by Che people
.lof the HarH Mountains. Next to the
u Belgian, the French bird is the most prlz-
led. s.5s IS
4 PAcIFrc kAILRoAD.-If any OF oul
headers have INDUCED che hope that, dur
LOG the present session of Congress, any.
4 ,h;no would he done toward the construc-