The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-01-18

The State University 10 now in sucoeesta
ouernsion, although much embarrassed iol
want Of means arising from non. payment O
interest due on loans Of it's permanent fund
The enacsmeps Of laws requiring the more
nromps payment Of interest, and Ter n
safety and better investment OF the pefms
nent fund as above suggested, VIZ enaDl'
| the Trustees and Faculty TO extend the use
fuiness Of the institution. am dscioeui'
OF opinion that not only tho interest q tn'
| institution. but also the interest OF sne osa1'
| require, that Jon should provide 2 MlnIas!
Department Of the University, ana snools
establish Military Professorship therein
The sad experience OF the last Few mon'n'
has shown us the necessity Of mii'sas.
knowledge among our people. ~ giving
| to the young men who may attend the Vol
versity, military instruction and training
we will not only greatly benefit them, bu
will also have made provisions for what oul
present experience shows, may at any mo
ment become necessity to our people. TIT
Board of Education at their recent session
directed the Trustees of the University 4
make provision for . Military Department
therein as soon as the General Assembl.
should make the necessary appropriations
therefor, and l earnestly recommend thu
subject TO your favorable consideration.
TEE PxxlrxNTIARY.
The affairs Of the Penitentiary have beer
we'll conducted during the last two years.
Its present faithful aud efficient officers, al'
though laboring under many difficulties
have, by their careful and 3skillful manage,
ment,i maintained excellent discipline, pre-
served, in a remarkable degree, the health
of the eonyicts, and have SO economical it,
| expenses, that Of the sum appropriated a
the last Regular Session for the general sup
port of the Prison, there remains unexpend,
ed on amount so large, that in the opinion
OF the Warden, no appropriation for thai
purpose will be needed at the present SEES
sion. These officers, however, as well a
th ose in charge of the Insane Asylums, the
Asylums for the Deaf and Dumb, and the
Blind, and the others who have been charged
with the duty Of the State either labor, ma
terials, or merchandise Of any kind for ordi-
nary State purposes, have been continually
embarrassed for the want of money, and
operations, and make their purchases at
great disadvantage With warrants on the
Treasury. OF course they have been COM
PEELED to pay higher prices in warrants thar
they would have had to pay in cash. As
soon as these warrants arc delivered, they
are presented at the treasury, and endorsed
unpaid for want of funds, and from that
time draw eight per cent. interest, SO that
the excess of price and interest are so much
clear loss to the State that might be saved
il our taxes were promptly paid. Neither
States nor individuals can manage their at
fairs in this manner without serious present
embarrassment and great ultimate loss, and
in my Judgment it is clearly your duty, as
guardians of the public welfare, to see to it
that this state of affairs shall not continue.
The reports of the officers Of the Peuitentia-
~ show the sums, which, in their opinion,
should be appropriated by you, and the
objects for which they are needed. Whilst
am satisiedthat all these objects are legit-
innate and that the accomplishment Of them
would add much to the safety and complete
ness of the Prison. / cannot in the present
condition Of our finances recommend appro-
pria.ions for all. The completion Of the
third tier Of cells, additional accommoda-
tons for the hospital, additional shop room
and new cistern, are perhaps indispensa-
BILE and should be provided for. ts
The suit pending for some years between
the Warden and the contractors, for the la
Dor Of tho convicts, has been decided, and in
my judgment, very unfav orably to. the State.
In view of this decision, it will be necessary
that considerable additions be made to the
present.shop-room in the prison yard, unless
it be determined to feed and clothe the con.
vic.s at the expense Of the State, and fur.
nish their labor and shop room for them
gratuisously. recommend that special
committee be sent to examine what further
shops may be needed, and what steps can
be taken to protect the interests Of the. State
in this particular. The present contract for
convict labor will expire on the LIST day of
June 1864. In order to have fair COMPETE
ton for the reletting Of that labor at the
expiration OF the present contract, provu.
ion therefor should be made at the present
session, and il possible, such provision
should be made by law as will prev ent, under
a new contract, the heavy losses the State
has sustained under the present one.
cHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 4 g,4,.
The Reports Of the proper officers Of the
Deaf and Dumb and Blind .Assylums are
herewith submitted. These Institutions an
peal 80 strongly to our better feelings and
the necessities Of those for whose benefit
they are intended, aro so peculiar and 90
urgent, that ! cannot withhold my recon-
nendation that the usual appropriations DO
made for their support. The appropriation
made at the last regular sessions for che new
building for the Blind at Vision has been
expended in the manner required BY law
The building is now enclosed and is not, %
I understand, liable to injury By. exposure
to ths weather, and submit whether Il n
met advisable, 10 our present financial con-
disios, to withhold the appropriation neces-
sary to complete it until the next session 81
the General Assembly. The failure 20 Inaka
this appropriation will rot prevent the
proper care and instruction Of the punk. n
the mean time, o. they can be well provided
Tor In tho building now occupied BY tbem.-
fou will learn BY ths Reports Of the on
GERS OF the Insane Assylum that that in,ti-
tusson, 10 long and 90 nseh pseded. b,
besn Tor some months il successful opera.
tion. The appropriation mads at the Iast
regular session for 6pishink and farn;ehinS
the center and east wing Of the building -
proved to be moro than sufficient for that
purpose, and there 10 . considerable balanea
unexpsDded. The number Of patients nov
IN the Institution l. nearly or quite suAieient
- MI ail the finished portion OF the build-
ing, and much ipooaveuisuos arises from
the fast thss pasieess Of both eexes ~
eenhoed IN The Same wing. This fact. vith
the additional one that before The NEXT -.
sien . large portion Of the nov oa6nished
part OF the bsildiDg will IN oil probability
90 needed Tor the reception Of pstients. IS.
duces ne to recommend, % easnestlv "a.
tnss N appropriation b. SOW nade vhich.