Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-01-17

past two years; % ..s q
No.enrollsd 10 schls 55l,s39 6oo,os4 6s5.l77
Av.daiiy attendancs si5,s5l 350,s0s tO3,592
No. teachers smpl I8,76t 1884 20,Tsi
Amt pd teachers si,77s,7es I,s4i,bs5 2,oAs,oeo
No; sch houses 1882 io,?Is ia,!ss
T:..si. Ts e. hSI Ssh 's .ssi. ~ ass ass sis H
Puviis enrolled 7,s2s lo,5is ls,iss
These facts satisfactorily show that our school
system is rapidly demonstrating It's excellencies.
The steady increase in the number Of children
In attendance upon the schools, the improve.
ment In the qualifcat lions oil teachers, the mum. ).
Der and character of the high schools OF the
State, aud he great Improvement In the trchi-
lecture OF the school houses, are indicative ofa
perva.iing educational interest among the Pee-
rle.
I do not deem II necessary 10 recommend any
essseptal tliqca,ion Of tho school law. The
email Appropriation which the Commissioner
recommends for tao encouragement Of In stitutes
iu the more sparsely settled counties would, /
doubt not 10 productive of good.
THE STATE LIBRARY
Connected with the subject Of education, In
vito your attention to the report, for this year,
Of the Comm asolers pf the state Library, in
which they make some suggestions which are
! entitled TO your cuhsderstton. a. ---'-.--.-', &,
| The State Library has now been instituted
for forty three years. The entire expenditures
| Tor its increase and preservation, including saa-
ries, to November IS, 1854, have beel $Js;542 81.
! The hole number Of registered books is 22,703.
Tke reppie Of ohio hdvii 6 provided liberal
instruction Tor III t6o youth of the state, seems
not only appropriate, but imperative, that while
the common school furnishes that instruction
necessary to q fair Knowledge of the methods
and means of intelle ctual service, an institution
SHOULD bo fostersd which is capable Of oollecting
the practical applieaiioA Of those method. aud
iDesis. 'il a7 fe ftif
Libraries are not only respectable evidences
OF intelligence. are they only places OF de-
posL for public records. They are workshops
wherein the highest achievements Of the human
mind are prepared for, or wrought out. The
ohio State Library has becoine, In respec:a BILE
degree, Q wvrksEop for writer's oI books Of hiS-
torio value, AMI it would be a sourcs OF just
pride to the people Of the State U II were 40 sup
piled With book, as would afford an sPportnni'
ty for any citizen execute Wiiatever, intellco
tuAl engagement his tasies or his business nigh
such appropriation as the finances of tn,
II STATE permit, for The finishing Of the Librar,
!, Hall and for the increase and preservation o
= kbe Librs " by means Of aciessions and by
: catalogue, are respectfully Recommended.
s The suggestions ,ofths Library Comuiissien
D ere respecting exchaugsso Of Ohio laws, report
), and documents, with sister States, and witt
y governments and sooe,ies of Earope, deserv
: con siderution. Tho Librarian has given partie
: ular attention to l6at branch Of his duty, an
o ought not to be deprived Of any reasonsbl
means of promoting such exchanges. Inter
J. change of laws and public documents encou!!
agos that intercouse, of nntions which most emil
= y nentiy contributes to thorough acqua'nisa,a.e
,, with the characteristics Of their people. This
a the Federal Government liberslly recognise
- when IL authorsei the free transmission OF a
public records between the States, and In .thi
10 spirn we may encourage thorough Interchange
y as we'll with foreign nations, as within th
a Union. Many Of the most valuable accession
: made to the Library within the last Ave yea
have been by means Of international Exehsng
d BEsEvoLEKT INSTITUTIONS.
ts The benevolent in.titutions Of the State cor
10 ,inue to make ample RETURNS for the patronal
% they have received, 1 take great pleasure iu r
90 fsrrins you to the Reports of those sntrust'
,s, with their administration, showing their eper
as tions during the past year, aud their prese
'er condition. Accompanying these Reports y
a. will be gratihsd To hnd the fret Annual Rept
P Of the Hamilton County Lauatic Asylum, whi
w. promises to be one of the most ssluAbe and su
~. crssful Institutions Of its kind th the eonntI
nl- No provisions having been made, BY Law,
2. printing this Report, transmit II 70 the Semi
'ur Il will be ssea by references 10 . ekssfuly p,
10, pared table ofinsttutions for the 'nssns In
go United States in connection with the. subject
> lrecoveries Of lunates, forming part cf the "
Iri- valuable Report Of the superinisndsnt. .of
gea Central Lunatio Asylum, that tho Institpti
Be has for mnny years maintained position
To dssncs Of an simiIsr institutions Of the UNI
ght stats. In the proportion of its rscovsries ~
ool the number OF patients committed to It's O.
ate This fact is attributed By the suPerintendt
ults in no small degree. to the policy ef the ~
Of In requiring all It's Inmates to be main tainef
ted the expense Of tho stats, and all chronic and
ma carabls cases TO give place, when necessary
those that are recont aud, hopefui. !, ,it,.
led, Whilst this 10 gratifying evidence of
! an wisdom Of our STATE policy In respect to the
bci: mnistrstion Of our ylums for the insane,
do not the fact that the chronic and incurabls
10. sss mHit give pisos 70 those that are recent
Ipb. usrs hopsfsl !, ssggest the daty Of the Stat
y make some suitable provision for the Gust
Is Lad car6 o!ths inaarabls Insanef Would
~ tho creation and naintsnaucs Of an ssy'um
= r 90 lfieent purpose be 10 accordance with
y ~. ~ humane spirit Or our Constellation, and the
ui! w! nevoltnt sehtimsnts the pscples 20 % t7S
] vel goi - oHio MsptoALl COLLEGE. s,7l
and 4 beg is.ts 70 oAll yout psrticulss attsatia
gpf- 1.-The Acoonp pApyiug rsportof the Trustees Of
'xer. Medical College Of Ohio. The finances Of
our institution seriously embarrassed, and 10