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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-18

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oss of art, he would have objection to treat with
another 'COrnet" in spirit of mutual confidence:
An obliging DRUM" Of unobtrusive habits. would
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apply. n B.-There is opening for quietly
disposed ''Piccolo." The best Of Liquors always on
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9iiots'' $50 --.,.:.l. ". i,s.. :, sSSS,spl 75
With the increased ability of our peo-
pie to pay, | believe it is not too much to
hope that the receipts of taxes for the fs-
cal year ending December 21st 1861 !, viii
be sufficient to pay every indebtedness OF
the State excepting her funded debt. :
In conclusion Of this subject, and as
general exposition Of our aims and reSpon.
sibllities, | would repeat to you gentlemen,
remarks first addressed to your predeces
sors. '-'- 90 - -" 's
SIT will not be expected Of US. that in
single twelve month, We shall discharge
every. Indebtedness incurred in the past.
and provide for. every, want; of the future,
while economistng the expenses Of the
present. We can at most institute q sys.
tenn of retrenchment and encourage a. poll
cy of economy, by which, If persisted in
for few years, the State Shall BE olsen
numbered of her. floating debt, her annual
expenses kept within her annual resources.
and while the burdens Of taxation upor, her
people shall be materially lightened, her
treasury shall yet have something FOR those
great public charities uiIn behalf Of the deaf
and dumb, the blind and insane, which it
wllibe her enlightened policy, at the pro-
per tune, to establish and fosier.na zsrss
lnitiatory steps were taken by the last,
legislature for . thorough Organization Of
the department Of Public obstruction. -
Recognizing the intimate relation between.
an efficient primary, school. and an ultimately
great and successful University, the Legs
lature entrusted the whole general super
vision Of the educational affairs Of tho
State to the Chancellor Of The University
\ \ 1sa
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1861-01-11

Let. your scrutiny Aofy appropriations
keep the ordinary expenses within that
limit. and we may safely anticipate a graft
fying record to be exhibited of the position
of the States finances in january, 1862.
The aggregate demands on the Treasury
during this fiscal year may be, then, quite
accurately stated as follows az 80
0dinary Expenses. s. -. ......Y3l IS74,z00
iy1iy ~ interest per eelrt, i,,..,s.... 10, ,QQQ
Prison accornmodations. y. %. ..'." 5000
Railroads. :. ~ .3..J..5.. a!e e 4.?.!"S 1000
: -Ii-.IF sl-. lt .l8I 1854 sZ4i5Ju -4--------
urs Total. ..s.. -. ...--, -, ...... $l52,700
To meet this we have the lax of Il -. !
, 1850, due March 18th, 1861, %
amounting to. =. -...'. $l47 ,01S So
Delinquent tax, due Jan. i, 1851 l12l6,5e4 %
. o. ,f-.tiLs,L. 10 sasa4 -J-r7@r-- --r-----
r H.. ~ y
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The people in. the southwestern border
| counties experience the want ofan efficient
administration of criminal justice Those
counties should be definitely attached to
some convenient and more populous co.n-
| ty for Judicial purposes. l
The county OF Manomin occupies an.
anomalous and profitless position. Contain
ing only t0talaIea of only sixteen square
miles, less than half a township Of land,
| it is unable to support the burden Of a
county organization. 1t seldom makes a
return of votes, has paid no State taxes
since its organization, returns no county
officers, and probably has none. 1t is eyi-'
dent that the county never should have
been created The territory now COM
prised in Manomin, should be annexed 10
one ef the adjacent counties, and l trust
YOU will provide for the annexation 6y such
means rs you shall find necessary. (,
The annual report of the Warden of the
State Prison exhibits the economical man.
agement of that Institution during the
past year, Notwithstanding the increasing
number of criminals. saa s-slz
From oversight no appropriation was
made for the salary Of the Warden for the
year 1860; this, with small balance for
clothing, bedding, &C., and for salaries OF
guards, will require the appropriation OF
one thousand, four hundred aud ninety,
two dollars, which should be made at an
early day. sd
There are cells provided for twenty-five
conyicts. Fifteen Of them are occupied,
and the balance may be before the next
session Of the Legislature 1t. Will there
fore be your duty TO consider what pro-
vision shall be made for the confinement
OF the convicts when the present limited
accommodations shall be exhausted. The
number of convicts in confinement, it,
should be stated, has increased eleven since.
the last year. .e.a s~Sf :
1t is possible few thousand dollars ju-
diciously expended may furnish eli the inc
creased accommodation required, say for
period of five years, by which time, sun.
questionably the increased population,
wealth, resources from swamp lands &C.,
will enable the State to have an ample and
appropriate structure erected for its
wants. sa{s sie 3,
The provisions, Of an act Of March 9th
1860 imposing upon the Warden the duties
devolving on the Warden, Dep
uty Warden. and Clerk Of the Board of in-,
spectors, though dictated BY commenda-si
bic wish to economise, does not tend % the
security Of the prisoners The WardeDs
must occasionally be absent or may be QItss
sble from sickness to attend to his dntiesss
and be should be abb te jenve q competent
person n chnroe vvifkoarf cnlliup AWAY oDa.
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1861-01-11

Inere are estimated to be hve million
acres Of Swamp Lands, three-fifths o.
which are probably available to agricul.
ture. There are, besides, the University,
Capitol and Salt Spring Lands, and the
five per cent fund. The product of these
rich reserves, even if it did not exceed sew
en- million dollars, should complete q broad
and liberal system OF public charities, asy-
lums, hospitals, and prisons, for all the objects
Of civil guardianship or cornmiseration II
should pay off our public debt, encourages
public works, erect public buildings, amply
endow our University and Normal Schools,
and SO perfect the social apparatus oI
Government, without the burdens and
sacrifices which it has cost other States to
found similar institutiens.' ~ N'e-asE -
All these useful and beneficient objects
are within the resources of the public
lands granted to the State of Minnesota.
These resources wisely used, the pub.
lie credit will remain firmly established,
while emigration viii pour, with d new
impulse, into land which promises the
material prosperity of d new State without
its privations, and the blessings OF ma
ture civilization, without its burdens. -
1t Is of the first Importance to settle at
the outstart Of legislation upon this sub
ject, the general policy which is to govern
the disposition sf the. public lands.
The School Lands as they are first in
importance, demand pour first considera.
ton, especially as the, principles upon
which they are administered may be sub
stantially aDDlied TO All the rest - 80 =
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| the swamp lands, to which we are en- titled
are embraced in the unsurveyed countr,
in which lie the rich savannabs OF the Ret
River valley and the great lake region Q
the North. In my own Judgment, howev
er, the estimate of 5,0OO0O0 acres, as th,
aggregate amount, is sufficiently accurate
for present purposes. .4..
/ The character of this immense surfac'
differs largely from that OF lands desana-
ted as swamp in some other States. kl-
stead of miasmatic bottoms, reeEing with
the elements OF disease, they are generally
fat, low lands of the summit levels, where
numerous lakes feed the sources Of oul
rivers. These fertile meadows, which art
interviewer in all our lake districts, and
the wide valleys of our streams, subject
at long intervals to overflow, make up the
mass OF these lands. From the nature ol
their situation they are capable Of easy
reclamation; and in fact, this is being grad
ually effected without expense, By the
progress of, cultivation and settlement.
And. it is alwell known. TACT that constant
and rapid process of drainage is going on
in the upper lake country, by the silent
agency of Nature, which in no long time
win add largely to the agricultural areas
of the State. in climate so dry as ours,
we may naturally expect that lands Of this
class will eventually be the most valuable
in the State. z0sai .Te 4sygS. ~.
In this sconnectionI may properly call
your attention to accommodation ef the
Secretary OF the Interior--requesting to
be advised whether the State in its selec-
TOPS Of swamp lands win abide by the
plats and field notes Of the o. s. Survey,
or prefer a re-survey By her own agents
AS the definition Of swamp lands is left
for the most part to the caprice of the
surveyor, the State would probably oh.
tain q large increase of.area by ordering>a
partial re-survey If you' should deter,
mine such survey advisable, [ would
that it be made by contract.
1t established prices each contr acteover-
ing ! u s. Land District las the returns,
[ am advised, will have to be sent TO the
in chat form. 81 ss.s .,,s
a great paRt Of the swamp lands embr1
ing ilAnds spd bottoms Of the Misdsaippi
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1861-01-11

81 FlSyT~ = - y
magnificent endowment is to be worth al
an Instrument Of social development to the
unborn millions of the future. The esti
mate now placed upon it will be the wit
!. ness to posterity Of the loftiness or the
meanness Of the views which actuate US
4 This estimate will be expressed first Of al
1 i'm the minimum price which you shall
/ affix, to the lands. ,,u IL, s..:.. e.
The question of a minimum, you will per
ceiye, is in fact the cardinal. point to be es,
| There, is one general principle in, the
adjustment Of minimum which, doubt
| not, will meet with general concurrence: Il
should not be so high a. to exclude, the
the present generation from the benefits Of
the res ulting revenue, nor 80, low as to
| impoyerish the permanent fund. q How
then, shall the permanent interests of the
| school fund be reconciled with the just
claims of the present generation I? The
school lands represent not an actual but
latent and prospective value, depending
upon the general growth of the State for
its development. Lands that might be
soldsthis year for half a million dollars,
would probably be sold in ten years for
three millions. The former sum,at seven per
cent. interest, would yield an annual reve-
nue. OF, $4,000, the latter, Of $2l0,000.
WITH the benefits that win accrue to edn-
cation during theinterval between the lower
and higher valuation compensate you and
yoar children for q sacrifice of fiye-sixths
Of the prospective value Of the lands 2 /
think not And surely looking solely to the
interests. Of the present generation Of chill
dren, and regarding the period OF fifteen
!. years over which our laws assume that the
education of youth extends,i it would not be
wise ECONOMY to provide for the first
Ave years at such an expense to the last
ten. .rt .s4
But as the fixing Of the minimum attains
able ID the present generation implies
so,lhic sacrifice Of prospective values, where
shall the line be drawnf Such limo must,
ofoourse, be arbitsary, but | think we.are
not entirely without data for approxima-
tiun 10 3 astandard, (which win reconcile tha
interests tof the pseseht and futufe0 ON
the common ground of.ths pabiic veal.
II Is !. proper to- sob-erve that the
value Of the School. Lands bears .
! i.,ins,t =. lst;ons To- the density of POI
,,,,sllsya. Lsaials rapidly rise4 il value
under tho pressure. Of immigfation nom
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1861-01-11

nc IduuS 6flOuiu DC CsdSStucu III SfouCoJ
with minimum price affixed to each class.
They should then be appraised, and not
sold for less than the appraised value. The
terms of sale should be as liberal as COM
patible with the security Of the principal
and prompt payment of the interest, non
payment Of which should work forfeiture.
In the case Of timbered lands, the whole
purchase money should be required.
All tracts ofland, which upon appraisal,
shall be found to have reached or exceeded
the minimum value, shall then he offered
at public sale, unless the Directory
should deem it for the interest Of the fund
to withhold them n not then sold the
Commissioner should be authorized to sell
at private sale at notless than the appraised
value. "a ,ssf,5s,.s,.e..., ., sel
The Michigan ,plan.aof conveyaDcing
seems to embody all the necessary
checks. Under this system the moneys
arising from. sales, instead of being en-
trusted to the caprice of County agents to
loan on real estate of doubtful value or
fallacious title, and subjected to innumera-
BILE risks of principal and interest, would
be paid into the Treasury to be invested by
the Treasurer under the advice of the. Di-
rectory, or the official direction Of
the Legislature. ~ iat&s 8
A portion of the schooland other funds
might be very safely and profitably inyes-
ted in our own per cent. bonds. BY
this application the 500, 1000 of annual in
tefest now paid by our people to eastern
cities would then be retained in our own
State for the benefit of schools. = III.
Upon the proceeds Of the Swamp Lards
we will have. mainly to depend for the
means of building mp those great humane
institutions, Asylums for the Blind, Deaf,
Dumb and Insane, which are at once the
glory and necessity of our modern civiliza-
tion. The principal derived from the sales
If the Swamp Lands may very properly
be devoted to these objects, and'to the
erection Of the new State Prison which .
few years more will mako necessary. A
certain. percentage Of the proceeds might
properly be distributed as . road fund to
Inc Counties, in proportion to the amount
of the fund fec6iy6d th6feffom, and = por-
hon might 80 TO the endowment Of Nor
nal Schools.
The University Lands should be placed
,nder the control Of the Land Department. |
There is no propriety tn investing the Re- |
yents, Is Is now done, with functions % |
OFeien 70 their proper dplies The pro-
St. Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1861-01-11

ton OF our railroad property, the State
will insist upon receiving. -e
,Yetit is desirable, at least-and, per-
haps, for the reason just assigned, this is all
that is now possible, that you place upon
the Statute book some law general in its
terms yet well guarded as to the provision.
for security of the, State. by compliance
with which capitalists may, ifthey desire, al
any time. become entitled to the lands and
other railroad property of the State along
the line or lines which they shall propose,
with a deposite Of pledges, to build, without
either the expense of eonvening an extra
session, or the delay of waiting the next
regular session. as:os 9 ~
In any legislation regarding the transfer
Of our railroad lands, 1 desire your atten-
ton to be'directed to the claims Of certain
settlers thereon prior to their location by
the. late companies, whose. rights have re.
verted to the State from their inability to
pay for their claims at the recent land sales.
The enforcement Of our strictly legal rights
in the premises, will work great hardship
to q worthy and industrious class Of citi-
zeps, and sully. the honor of the State by
an act Of hagrant injustice. You should
therefore extend to them every protection
compatible with the interests of the State.
An amendment to.the Constitution rati-
fed at the last election, in effect requires
that any law levying taxes for the payment
Of the Railroad Bonds of the State, must
be submitted to vote of the people
There are numerous reasons why an early
settlement of the question relating to these
Bonds is desirable. Certainly, equity nei..
ther ssems TO require, nor have we in any
event the ability powato assume the bur
den OF paying them alta par ye'ss. !.
Ii y Still my opI,ion that the q cstiun
re.stsag " them may perhaps be hest set
lied N CONNECTION with the railroad quess
lion. At!lsAst, we can better afford to
pay themsanex We .reoaiHe Tia considers
Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-19
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Spefial 9Otirss.
10 kNVAu.zDS.

DENECIA. located in climate that is The medium
between the heat Of the interior and the cold Of the
coast is particularly adapted TO the treatment Of
The sick. and e~pecmny to the prostratins endemic
fevers OF The interior.
The subscriber has been practitioner in D,neois
for nine years, having found BY experience the pecl-
liar hea,hiulne,s OF the climate which he partially
attributes the which attended bis treatm,
of many dangerous cases, has determined to open a
Hospital for the sick.
TIE Hospital will be fitted up for the accommoda
ton OF both sexes aud viii be made in every respect
comfortable home, no part cuar treatment will
b. adopted, Food eoutuen sense viii leach INIT ev-
cry and every eystru wants peculiar treatueut
Tue undersigned viii be prepared 10 have aecomoda-
tious for baths, &c
Excellent Springs are in thr neignborhood. Nothing
will be spared 10 assure quick and permanent cure
in the most chronic diseases.
C"nsuhatonn all modern languages and privacy
strictly attended to.
A. NERHAVE, VI. d,
au3O 3n Benecla.
Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-19

Mrs 'GvIS At iloMG.-The wife of VIM.
NJ. Gwin has long been noted for the mag
niicance of her receptions at Washington -
She snow living more retired life, us will
he seen hy the following extract from late
Washington letter.
Mrs Senator G. win was arrested two days
ago in her own house, in this city, where
she has been confined ever since, proper
military guard having been placed in the
house to prevent ary communication between
her rand rebel spies, who, it Is supposed have
been in the habit of frequeu,ing the house.
a trunk was seized Mt the depot in this city
addressed to Mrs Gwin. 1t was opened and
found to contain lot Of gentltmeus shirts
Some Of them we're sawe4 together, in one of
which was found rnsp Of all Of our fortii-
cations On the Virginia side OF the river
This was an important dAeovery, and re-
suited in the immediate arrest of Mrs G win.
Altogether about six persons who have called
W on Mrs G-aeenhow. Mrs. swim and the
wife and daughters of Philip Philips, have
been arrested and held, They are South
ernerS, and from circumSantial and positive
evidence obtained against them, are spies A
large number Of people besides these hnve
called as acqupiuancts, and upon learuing
the facts of the arrest and giving evidence of
their own loyalty. were allowed to leave
None Of them were allowed TO enter the
house without being informed that they
would not be allowed to pass out without an
-orler.from the Secretary of War or Provo t
Marshal Consequently all callers not ar
rested declined entering
Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-19
By T ELE CRAP Il.
Military appointment--State Fair Mat.
..teIs--R Races--Mr. belongs Address.
SNCRNMINrO. ScIt IL

NAceNMeNro, SeIt l8.
Captain Theo. a. Coult, of M,rys,ille, was
to- day appointed 10y Governor Downcy,
Major of the Fifth regiment of California
Volunteers Ii is rumcrei that camp is to
be established at Marysyile
There were more people in attendance at
Agricultural Park to day, than Yesterday
The forenoon was occupied in displayir Q
stock The only race at the Park came off
at two o'clock. 1t was pacing, mie heats,
entries were Young Lightning, hy c. Jus'is;
St. Clair by j f. Miller; Aleck Barnes "
VIM. Finch and Pet by j II Kelly Barnes
took the frst heat and Young Lightning the
two next, Winning the race. 1ime-2:55;
2:4G; 2:46.
A, the Yolo Grove Course, Mt o'clock,
th doublc-team trotting race for purse of
$1,000 came oft 1t was mile heats. best three
in i've, with Jim Barton and Glencoe Chief
against Shot and Rambler.
The latter team y on the first aud second
helts; the former won The third and fourth.
1ime-2:26l, 2:3G1, 2:3l4 and 2.4l
Night coming on, the race WAS postponed
till Tomorrow morning. A large amount Of
money is up, aud great interest is manifested
in the result.
There were 1919 single tickets of odms-
sion sold at the Park yesterday. and 5G4 to-
day.
There are about dozen places Of amuse~
meut in full blast in town, and fifteen to
twenty gambling saloons.
The Pavilion was denseiy packed with
people this evening to hear the onnrul ad-
'ess 10y Hon. Chas Z. De Long 1t was
delivered without notes aud occupied about
three fourths of an hour, The >pcaker evinc,
a thorough knowledge Of the history Of the
State its resources and ualur advantages,
and also of its wants. He concluded with
il glowing culogy Of Cali orria, beautiful in
sentiment and lauguase, which called forth
the enthusiastic plaudts Of the vast assem-
hia,ep
Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-19

A LoKELrrUMs' OPINION OF HIMSELF AND
HIS PROGRESSION The local editor Of the
Placerville Republican having seen one of
his best efforts attributed to the heavy editor,
thus Indignantly responds
I've don't want Bowman" or any other
man of his ealibre, to wear our laurels Bow
man has nothing to do with the local depart
ment Of this journal and couldn't write it up
to save his soul He hasn't even the taste to
appreciate it. and when we condescended to
ask him the other day. how he liked one of
our brilliant things he had the impudence to
reply that. "he had no doubt it was very
fine. but really. he hadnt time to read the
local he had more important things to at
tend tot" Now, we venture to say, that with
the assistance of pnr of scissors hottie of
muclage. and fair assortment of exchanges,
we could tnrn out every twenty four hours
an average of one hundred Just such stited
- lenders as fill the columns of the political
journals of the day,-exeept, that we could
not, without some extra eXertion, infnse into
them the requisite amount of stupidity and
dnllness. 1T is the merest hack-wolk in the
world, and does not require a single scintlla
of the divine fire of genius. Any witty fell
low, like ourself or DoesicEs, or Dow Junior,
or Ching Foo, or our unappreciated neighhor,
she "phunny man of Coloma, can be as
solemn and owhsh as any long visaged pre-
tender who ever undertook TO imnose upon
the veal; understanding Of credHous pub
lie. Bnt the rule doesn't work the other
way. Your heavy man can't come the fan
r, 1astic and airy vein That requires geni"S.
Iae reverend Sydney (who possessed some
scntillations of the divine fame) never snid
uues thing than when he declared: The
eravest fish is an oyster; the gravest bird is
an owl; the gravest quadruped is an ass;
Io Ino the gravest man is fool" Solemnity
aas s ceased to be considered badge Of wis
Non' and dignity is played out.