Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-10

mittss made a full report oi Us opera
t,r,ns. which is herewith submitted. Il
viii be found from an eEamiaaton Of
the report, aad tie detailed ants 9i
tbs Arsenal from the time u 'arting' /
that it yielded net cash p % '3e
State of seyenty-one th0Use Jpiee
hundred and eighty dollars ~ cent, /
1911, $50 Of, besides bayiD@ - manu.
for future use, # neccessry, al lne loo's
and apparatus sioged away ID INC 'Saaf-
termasser's Department, valued at lou
thousand and two dollars and forty iour !
cents. All sums at any time drawn 1
from the State Treasury, on account 81 |
the Arsenal, have been returned, aud I
the profits only have remained IN M
hands. which / have charged against
myself in the general account, and have
used in defraying the expenses Of the
State Government II was no part OF
the original plan that profits should re-
suit to the State from its operations, and
they have sprung solely from the eco.
nomical and skilifoI management, for
which Colonel Sturm is entitled for the
chief credit It's original establishment
and continuance were strictly a military
necessity, aud whether absolutely cover
ed by the law or not, have been OF
great benefit TO the State and Govern
ment 1t entailed upon me great re
sponsibility and anxiety, from which
gladly escaped at the earliest moment
Education.
Your attention is called to the report
Of The SUPERINTENDENT Of Public Iu5truc-
ton, and tie suggestions and recon.
mendations contained 10 it. Tine School
Law requires amendment in several i'm
partant particulars, and 1t is believed
that the fund can be materially increas-
ed without adding to the burtheus Of the
people Of the State.
While Indiana has larger school
fund than any other State, she has not,
by any means, the best system Of com.
mon schools. Money alone will not
make good schools, and an indispensa-
bic requisite is educated and disciplined
teachers The necessity for State
Normal School has been severely felt
for many years, and earnestly urged by
the most eminent teachers and friends
Of education Indeed, / am satisfied
from my own observation, and the re-
corded experience Of other States, that
our system Of common schools can
never even approach to what 1t ought
10 be, until an institution shall be estab-
lished in which teachers shall be trained
and disciplined for their high and hon
orable calling 4 few thousand dollars
diverted every year from the school fund
revenue for this purpose, would soon
ts. ba nj tho hu "a "a q
vastly more beneficial to the children Of
the State. When we consider the mag.
nitude Of the school fund, the wealth
Of the State, and the ability Of our PEG
pie TO pay taxes for the advancement O
education, there is no reason why VIC
may not have system of common
schools equal to that Of any other State
save the absence Of qualified teachers
and these we shall never have in sali
Gent numbers until State Norma
School has been permanently establish
ed OF sufficient capacity TO receive ant
instruct all who desire to enter the pro
fession Of teaching
Donation Of Lands bg Congress .fo
Agricultural Colleges
10 presenting the subject of the dona
ton Of land by Congress for Agrieutu
raj Colleges, in the several States,
cannot do better than repeat the recon
menda'ions Of my former Message.
On the second day Of July, 1862, tn
Congress Of the United States passed o.
act donating TO each Of tue States no
in rebellion against the Government a
amount of public lands equal TO 5000
acres for each Senator aud Representa-
tive in Congress to which the States ar
respectively entitled by the apportiou
ment under the census Of 1860. Thi
entities Indiana to 800, 900 acres. When
ever there are public lands in Ahe Stat
subject to sale at private entry at 81 2
per acre, the quantity to which the Stat
is entitled shall be selected from sue
lands, but IL there are no such lands j
the State, or not enough, the Seeretar
of the Interior is 10 issue to the Stat
land scrip for the requisite number {
acres. This scrip cannot be located b
the State 10 which il is issued, but mus
be sold; bat the purchasers may locat
it upon any Of the unappropriated land
Of the United States subject to sale q
private entry al 81 % or less per acre
"There being no public lands in thi
State for sale at private entry, held
the Government, at 81 % per acre, II
diana is entitled to receive her donatio
in scrip
"This donation is made upon the 70
lowing conditions: First-That oil IN,
neys derived from the sale of lands Q
scrip shall be invested in stocks of th
United States, or Of the States, or som
other safe stocks yielding not less tha
FIVE per centum per annum, on the pc
value.
'tSecond-That the moneys so investe
shall constitute a perpetual fund, Ii
capital of which shall never be dimi
ished, except as hereinafter stated
"Third-The interest on the stocks
be invielablY appropriated bythe,State,
the endowment and support of at lea
one College in which the leading obie
shall be, without excluding scientt
and classical studies, aud including Mi
itary Tactics, to teach such branches
learning as are related to Agricultu
and the Mechanic arts.
"Fourth-If any portion Of tho fui
thus invested shall by any contingent
be lost, il shall be fully restored by q
State.
"Fith-That portion of the said fui
shall be applied to the purchase, repa
or erection of any building, but that
sum not exceeding ten per cent Of I
original amount may be expended
the purchase of sites rs experiment
farms.
"Sixth-No State shall be entitled
the donation, unless the Lsgislatu
shall express its acceptance there,
within two years from the date of the a
prevail of the Act by the President
81 recommend that the Legistatu
promptly express its acceptance of I
grant, pledgiug the faith OF the State
the performance of the conditions up
which it is made.
"The necessity for scientific instr
ton in agriculture, is generally acknC
lodged, and Congress intended by t
magnificent donation to provide mes
a