Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-01-22

snail % appfiedto the purchase, repair
or erection ofany building. but that sun
not exceeding ten per cent. of origina
amount may be expended for the purchase
OF sites or experimental farms.
Sixfh-No State shall be entitled to thu
Idonation, unless the Legislature shall ex
press its acceptance thereof. within twc
years from the date of the approval Of ths
Act by the President.
recommend that the Legislature
promptly express it's acceptance of the
grant. pledging the faith Of the State fol
the performance Of the conditions upor
which it is made 7'h itA s.'l 20
The necessity for scientific instruction
in agriculture is generally acknowledged
and Congress intended by this magnificent
donation to provide means for the perma
nent establishment Of at least one efficient
Agricultural College in each State. q
The question presents itself as TO the
disposition which shall be made of thi.
grant. Shall it be given to the State Uni
versity. or apportioned among all the Col
leges in the State. upon such terms AMI
conditions as the Legislature may pre-
scribe; or shall a new Institution be clea.
ted expressly designed 10 carry out the
will Of Congress? 1t may be Difficult,
now to determine the question from the
fact that we cannot know how much may
realized from the sale ofscrip.
II an amount should be realized large
enough to endow respectable and success
full Proiessorships in each CT the Colleges
now in the State. attaching to them OK
Elemental farms, il would perhaps be the
best disposition Of it that could be m ade
But if it should not be large enough fol
such division, which apprchend will be
the case. then recommend that il be ap-
Piled to the establishment OF an institution
for Agricultural and Military instruction,
to which the children Of soldiers who shall
die in the service during this war, shall be
admitted free Of charge.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
On the 10th day Of October. 1861, the
Hon. James G. Jones. Attorney General
resigned. and accepted commission in
the military service Immediately APP
appointed Hon. John P. Usher to fill the
vacancy. who served until the 18th day of
March. 1862. when he resignsd, having
been called to the Department, of the Into
rior as Assistant Secretary. The vacancy
thus created Sled by the appointment
of Hea. John F. Kibbey. who served until
his successor was elected and qualified
These officers discharged their duties
with ability.
1 WEALTH OF TIE STATE.
The mineral resources Of Indiana are
but imperfectly understood. Nearly one.
fourth of the whole area. of tile State is a
coal field. large part of which is Of the
finest quality. Excellent iron ore is found
in vast quantities in many counties, and
although but little worked as yet will be
the source OF great wealth and prosperity
in be future Throughout the State. ex-
cepting few small localities, the soil is
rich aud fertile. capable of producing all
the grains and grasses in the greatest abun.
dance. The State abounds in fine timber
aud living streams of water. and in every
respect presents the facilities for an easy
and profitable agriculture, while an album
dance Of coal and water power furnishes
the means for manufacturing on the largest
scale and cheapest terms. From surveys.
geological examinations, and every source
o. knowledge open. in reference to1he to-
biography aud soil Of Indiana, | think j,
safe to say that no State in the Onion
having an equal number OF square miles
has less land not susceptible Of cultivation
The State is traversed in every direction
by lines o! RAILROAD well manage and in
successful operation. In 1850 there was
in the State 2.l25 miles Of Railroad in
operation, the construction Of which is es.
timated to have cost SO. 295. 14S: and it
may not be improper to remark that all
these roads were built without the aid OF
grants Of land by the Federal Government.
Yet these roads do not furnish sufficien,
facilities for the accommodation ofthe trav-
cling public and the transportation Of the
immense productions of the State. Some
conception may be obtained of the magni-
tude OF these productions by giving the
statistics of a few of the leading articles as
shown by the last census. In 1860 there
were produced in the State:
69.64l, sol bushels Of corn.
1929. 120 bushels of wheat.
5,028, 755 bushels of oats.
7.146. 1872 pounds of tobacco.
2.466. 264 pounds of Wool.
1878. 100 bushels Irish potatoes
635. 1872 tons of hay.
Although the population Of Indiana has
doubled in the last twenty years. and the
general growth Of the State in material
wealth has been in like ratio. yet we can.
not doubt that the increase would have
been greater but for the operation Of Ger.
tain causes. In 1886 the State embarked
in an extravagant and reckless system o.
internal improvements. To prosecute il
large sume Of money were required. AM
borrowed at heavy rates of interest, ant
the bonds of the State were in many case.
squandercd and passed into circulation
without an adequate consideration having
been received. Many canals. railroads
and turnpikes were surveyed and their con
.trucii,n commenced. Bnt bad system
in the beginning. its prosecution was bad
lily managed. and the result was that il
tl846 the State found itself in debt to the
amount Of Gil 900. 900, and not singh
work completed. the interest on the deb
unpaid, and the credit of the State utterly
Frustrated. In the mean time many ol
our citizens. seeing that nothing had beer
laccomplishcd. believing that public i'm