The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-01-21

centre, and protecting the walls from frost
through the winter, would require 81, 900;
and on the lst of March, 1864, there wonld
! still be balsuscu hand of $6,45l,T. II
pursuance of an act passed by the Legisla
ture, appointed anew Board of Directors
and as required by the act, they held Their
first meeting at W Weston, on the lst day oi
January, 1864. They have not yet made
report. have just received of the OLD
Board their report of the progress OF the
work, the expenditure ofmoney, materials
on hand, &C., up to the 3fst7of December
1863, when their time expired. Their re
port cerroborates the statements of the
Joint committee as to the probability, when
the latter examined the building, of com.
pieteing portion of it before this time, and
also as to the amount Of money on hand, and
the work that it was thought would be &C
complished in its expenditure. But this
report of the Directors shows that they
have been mistaken; that the money here
tofore appropriated has all been expended,
except ST., ,904, ,48, and that debts have been
contracted which will exhaust this balance
ce; and that considerable amount ofwork
remains yet to be done before any portion
of tho building will be in condition. to &C
comnodats patients: They state the
fact, however, that there is about six thou
sand dollars worth of materials on hand
ready for use in further progress of the
work. l invite your attention to the elabor-
ate and intelligent report of the Directors
in which you will find q statement OF the
receipts and disbursements ofmoney, of the
progress of the work, and of the general
transact ctions of the board since their ap-
pointment by Gov. Pierpoint, in August,
1861. They do not however make any es-
innate of the amount of money that will
be required to put the left wing of the bull
ding in condition to accomodate patients.
1t is to be hopsd!that the Board will furnish
>uch an estimate during the present session
and recomend that you make the neees.
sary appropriation. ,.rzaI =.
-a]9he Legislature at its last session wisely
appropriated sum of money for the SUP.
port and education Of the blind of the State,
who are in proper condition to receive in:
struction; of which only four have availed
themselves. There is still another class OF
persons in the State, who are seeking au
education at your hands, and who are, in
my opinion, entitled to your kind consider
alton. They are the deaf and dumb, who
have not the means OF educating themselves.
I recommend TIL you make an appropria-
ton for their benefit. We're it not for the
unsettled Condition of affairs in the State
resulting from the rebellion, 1shouid feel it
my duty to recommend that Immediate &C.
tion be- taken toward the erection of pro.
per buildings for the education of both
classes of persons just mentioned. And 1t
may be advisable, situated as We are, to
take the initiatory steps in the matter
However, shall not insist upon it, but sub
nit it for your consideration.
In my message to the last session Of the
Legislature, Istated that there was "a mum
Der of persons confined in the common jails
of the State, who have been sentenced to
imprisonment in the penitentiary slice the
rebellion" and / recommend that provision
be made for the construction Of peniten-
iary, or for the confinement Of those per.
sons in some places where they might be
required to labor, &c. | was Of the opinion
then, that some steps should be taken with
the view, to the building of penitentiary,
or that some place in the State should
be provided temporarily where those con-
victs could be confined and required to Ia
bor The Legislature thought differently,
and passed law authorizing the Governor
to remove the persons, then convicts, Or
that might thereafter be convicted to the
penitsntiary of any State in the aion, if
he could negotiate with the proper authori
ty OF such State on satisfactory terms. This
law contemplates the carrying beyond the
limits of this State, into another State per-
sons who have been convicted of crime nn
der the laws Of the State into which it has
proposed to carry them,-our laws would
not be in force there,-snd they would be
entitled to their liberty, and could secure
it by proper process from the courts OF that
State Their discharge from confinement
could not be prevented, if at all, by procur'
ing from the Legislature of such State. the
passage Of law authorizing such occupa-
tion of the peniten,iary Of the STATE. Great
courtesy has already been extended by the
authorities of the State of Ohio, in receiving
into their humane Institutions, the insane
and blind of our State, for whom application
has been made and do not feel at liberty
to ask the Legislature of that State to pass
q law of the character mentioned, simply
for our accommodation, unless you indicate
that course more plainly than youhave done
in the act above referred to. Owing to the
spirit Of lawlessnsss abroad in the country,
these convicts are multiplying RAPIDLY, and
there are but few of the county jails where
they can bs kept at all. I therefore renew
the Recommendation heretofore made, that
you provide some place within the State
where eonvicts can be kept more securely,
and where they may be required TO labor.
The Legislature, during the last session,
adopted resolutions setting forth that con
siderable expense bad been incurrediin or
ganizing, and sustaining while so organized,
the people OF this State into companies, i !,
for their own protection against insurrec-
ton. invasion or rebellion, and requesting
the Governor to apply to the President Of
the United States for relief from the
fund appropriated by act of Congress
passed July 81, 1861, entitled Gan act
making an appropriation" &c. have not