The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1860-01-19


highest tulogv upon i's man grment. rhe cS-
peuses Ia 1859 were SlS $50, IN 1883 Sl6,203.
The appropriation asked tor 1860, IN view oi
prOpuScd enlargement, is $2e 500
In the Asylum vi Idiots, 30 chidtrn have been
received, supported aud instructed duriHg the
past year, al an aggregate expense ot Sl0 90O,
cxclu i've uf sums rcc,ived on account oi pallnS
Inmates The expenditure is cettajnl, large,
but il includes srue payment OF drbts incurred
during the proceeding year AMI some tor rent
aud Insurance. tor which 40 disbursements ar
made by the oth lns itutinnS 1t should hr 'c-
mamhered slsn, that tn expenses ol an As, lum
receiving few inmates must nee, sSarily he hr,rr
IN prop 'rIiOn jh0n those uf onr receiving many.
he Der il tie Asylum tor iiiutS would he
doubled ~ ITS capacity admllt"d at It, Und the
outlay woull not b. materially Increased True
economy requires, in nv iuIgm NJ, the purchase
ol the site aud bindings now rented, aud the Gu
Srgemrnt ot the latter
The structure authorized in Hamjlt.n county
for the idiodc aud insane has been recently
c, mprted, 1t is said to he very commol,ous
aud suit 'rnrly large to accommodate with IA
Guilty 800. and upon necessity GO inmates. A
Board OF Trustees has ben organized Tor rs gov
rrnmcnt, consisting Of one m NIB r appointed
by the Commissioners OF Hamilton co. That
county therefore constitutes the Sou hwcSlern
Lunatic Asylum DSlri,t, aud the institution
jas, org. nZad ls To receive all the idintic and
insane within iis limits To bc supported by a
county tax as is described IN the act is author
" or levied in h,milron ca. Some legislation,
therefore, will doubtless be necessary to provide
| Tor its support
Thus, tour Lunatic Asylums are now opcn iu
the State, capable of receiving fov more than
twelve hundred inmates. Lirgr rs TINS pr wi
sion is il is yet sadly certain that il is not large
enough. Not less than thousand insane, ntei
ing the bemchlS OF such Institutions must sill
r-maIn wholly neglected, or inidrquate'y provi
dcd for.
cannot rec nmmenh, however ad6itiom
public provision. JndicouS l. gs'utinn rcgulu
tiny county inlrm ,reS and Hu'ho'ziug psivdn
as,lums. would. IN my Judgment, uilnd all need
ed relief. ami perhaps ulm,n,h the large Xxi en-
ditures now borne by the State.
The number of inmates III each Of the thre,
u Lunatlc ASyiumS here lolure Orgduized. was les
at the close oi the last than at the Close of tn
proceeding year. Sufficient reasons tor the di
| m,nu,ion are asslgnei IN the sever, | rrpOrts -
i Tue TACT, however. Is much 10 hr regretted. thu
compensated IN part 10y increased success II
| treatment. 1t may be safely sald think, tina
| these ASyunS were never in better condition
Than now
rhp lotal expenses of the three AsvlumS du
ring the past year were 1913 i27, aud the nppro
rrldulons asked To, 1869 ARE Ii so. The gene
raj az reg ,tt OF disbursements mast be lncr, aSe
during the present year, by the necessary provi
sion Tor the Southern Asylum. The stric,rs
economy will BE- necessary To hring the snnuu
cost vi the four A,ylums within limits saiiSiac
tory 10 the people.
' The number Ot hOyS remiing on the State RI
form Farm at the close oi 1859. was lO2 A
the Close OF 1888 il was 49, The rx,mnIiturc
during the last ear wrr u 5I7 dollars; OF whic
u Br,e proportion was Tor buildings Uhd o hr
p rmnnent impruvem uls when have ndde
largely TO the value OF the larm aS property
lhls institution has thus far fulfilled the wis
and humane design OF the legislature. Its di
rect agency Ia reformation has been quite as el
& ieut as was anticipated while it woul b
difficult to measure its utility in the prevention
of crime.
Under the influence Of its example, lndustriu
Schools have been oignniB4l IN Cicvel add an
Cincinnati 'Or thai class ui vagrants aud des
tute children orphaus- who cannot b
brought into common schools, and from who's
numbers the ranks of crime are continually rt
cruIted. The institution 1T Cleveland II IIn,
rot only some measure Of instruction. hut EN-
ploymeut aud food, as Inducements to alIcu
dcucr, has been, thus tar, exlr mely useful, an
gives promise Of ser greater utility. VagrdncV
plfrriug, aud more serious crime, have scu>ib
diminished unier its influence. That at Cncl,
, natl. more recently begun, is YET TO make proc
OF lis efficiency for good.
Upon ex ,miniug The reports Of the variou
: ln,tituli.uS, you will doubtless observe cOnsd
elable diff renee IN amount aud value OF nioi
mat,un and IN mods Of treatment. | ha,
) hrreioure sugg sted, ana now renew the sug
e sjion that he several s Ipcrnlen lrnts or Pre-
dents ol B ,aris Of irus ees br rrqulred TO III e
al least once year or cOnsultutIon upon plan
,,I
Reports. | do not dOub taat such consultation
will promote economy in admins, s,ratlon, an
S, cure much clearer aud better statements of II
theory, hi IOp and results.
I The administration o. the Prnten,iary, dur
ing the las year were emln"ntly successful =
, While the number OF conIics Increased iro,
693 to S53 exceeding the Number of avsllabl
crhs By 1873 aud compelling the use ot III
chapel dnd hospital us conVlc quarters, the ju
: dlciOus discipline of the pIisiOm was such lha
: industry, urer and hearth pre-, allied in unu- -ua
degrees within IT'S wats, 1t was Impossible, II
orCe, to find prof abe empIo! mrnt Tor so nu
merouS BODY OF prisoners, aud ye though x
peudilurs nee ssarlly lnclcds' with number,
} they were ex.r,drd by the earnings of the yral
, The Two additional bnil ldlHSs directed by h
last G 'ucrdl Assem- Ily are nearly completed "a
II cost cunsilerlDly rtdu, ed by the EMPLOY meu
Ot convict labor ~ pOI I'lunS Ol thr work. Wne
tP shed t"ey will supply 75 additional cells
But the nunhrr will still he Tar too SmIl AMI
II prisoners continue to multiply at the prcsen
rate The dlsptopor,ICn, already inconvenienl
mns soon become dangerous.
Under JOINT Resolution of your prcdeces
s0rs, appointed Il commission OF three citizen
10 euq into the rXprdiency OF turJhcr culdr5
ing the present prison or cOns'ructiuga new on
in some other part OF the State. The report,
presume, will SON bc subm mtted 10 you, and /
wilt be for you to dei~rIniue what course OF ac
ton is required BY the public interest
: have Thought il NY duty TO exercise tin
power oi pardon somewhat more sparlugly thol
most Of my predecessors. M light reason ha
been consciously permitted to induce lnterlrr
ence with the rerdicls of juries and the senten
ces OF courts. Still, the number of cases n
which have felt myself bouu 10 inlprpose.h
not bern very small IN soms. the innocence o
the prisoner has been mad manifest, IN Others