Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-01-02

consider moro important and grander |
schemes ofuselulness 10 the world, II not TO |
their country This makes It necessary for |
Ohio, even under the unjustWelght q her |
other loads of taxes borne |0f the general
or national welfare, to set that some plants |
devised and ppt promptly NJ executidn 20
remedy There evils.
It's not b bedenied, however, Nllat it
BY nb means follows that err solIllers have
not been aud may not be largely defraud-
ed and robbed by others than these private
agents on the contrary, there Is much ev-
idence to warrant the fear aud shame, that
In Inanycasgs m0st Ingenious and COVERT
systems OF robbery have been practised by
public nJlicerS Of the GENERAL, and perhaps
State G0verntnents. If therefore, any
legislatiEaran action shall follow this recom-l
mendatl0n, great care aud wisdom ought
TO be used, 10 prevent our own agents from \
Committing these frauds, which they are
called Into po wer 10 prevent, "a. .
nrBg Report Of the Qpartermas Gene
raj embraces q succinct account Of the op-
e5H.lons n 5fne nltFary qencieSS S ppr'' y Hps
P"9sJ'"'' .paiJa9G9T % is3s y9di ln
"a IA oniaosnP PAY iAGENTs.sHii. .doi .g's
1.-THE gross amount Of allotment money
received By theseagent Ohio soldiers
aud paid Into the treasury, is ss465. .T02 80,
42l,43322 or more than 0ne-half of the
entire suns were collected during theyear
1866, and that too with1 lOsstO the State OF
Only, one hundred dollars( Sl00). This loss
resulted from 0neo the agents receiving.
10 "a mOment OF great hurry, a counterfeit
note. n AS the necessity for these Ofiieersn0
longer exists, It Is presumed that thel Gem
elallsAssemhlyl will Legislate according
ly. uoli3B1tsni iGI991s 'di o1 .h
liiiloq bns lsUPRESIE COURT. gaI9oisI1h
-iAm9Actaof me General Assembly was
passed On March 29,i 1865. 'sTo relieve the
judges ofJhe Saprene Court from duty ip
the3 Dlatrict Courts for the year 1860"
Much d0nlUhas been entertained and ex-
pressed as to the proprietfof tllls legislal
hon. but there would seem To be no longer
ajnst ground 10 doubt upon This policy.
The Court has remained In session at
the capital In the extra session
tbts authorized. f'1a greater length
Of time than It's judges would otherwise
have been required TO labor 10 the district
courts. lt has thereby been enabled during
the year to dispose Of at least double the
usual amount Of bssiness, and TO begin its
present term with a docket largely re-
duced. .n9s1l--+ .fl r'ill2Nl' Ii ~
The disadvantages of suffering the cases
10 get so far if advance Of the ability of
the court to get through the docket, and
the benefit 70 the people Of having prompt
decisions TO their causes, are so many and
50 great, that it Is worth some sacrifice Of
others TO bring about such result. An
other year OF like action would probably
clear the docket once more. And should
be tempted 70 recommend the renewal Of
thoAct for the public benefit but for three
considerations Ole Is, some danger of
such repetitions becoming confirmed into
pfeoedents; another, that members of thu
bar have doubtless continued their cases In
the Iodistrict courts last summer,
under the confident expectation OF
having justice of the Supreme Court to
preside &C the trial in the next; and the
third reason for not now renewing this
proceeding is, that It is really working the
supreme Court too hard. The district
court service Is a holiday Of health and
rsleasnre compared to such a summer Of
duties in general session. 'H
,i 80 is' NATIONAL GUARD Law. ss sg-l
Much complaint has been made against
the militia fine of four dollars, of the en-
Tollment and other operations of the act of
March 81, 1864, Ito organize and discipline
the militia of OhiO,p and the amendatory
act passed Aprial IL, 1865. r '.'T 0ni
This fine, it really seems to me, now that
the war is over, like all other military ex-
penditures and displays,) ought to be great
lyredueed. Aud surely the enrolling pro-
cesses should be so modified as to suppress
Orpunishthose abuses, by which such large
sums of money are made in each year in
some of the counties, by the officers eXecnt-
ing them. Tam informed that for the 30,-
000men enrolled in Hamilton county, for
example, the part of the fines which goes
asfees 10 the officer for defaults, after the
10th Of September, amount, perhaps, TO
$4,000 per dRpuDs, or mOreg 3N fH'j1t.a
In some Of the counties the Treasurer
claims not only the five per centum for coll
lection, but che thirty per cent. penalty on
the four dollars in defanlt. Dhelaw, how
ever, seems plain enough, and perhaps the
recent circular of the Auditor of State may
effectuate an observance of its purpose,
and so obyiate the necessity of an amends
mentin that particulars lln :rIf1uQF
The cost. too, of so many and such fre=
quent medical examinations for disability
isauseless and odious Yexation. Certain-
Iva man who is permanently disabled, ,(say
without his leg or arm,) need not be sub
iected TO the tax of money and time by a
yearly repetition of this ceremony. So of
the men actually serving in the National
Guard itself. What utility can there be in
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS after year? These
exemptions for disability, by the way, in
our population, make bigger thing than
might atfirsG thought be guessed. They are
already reported at 100000 men. and are
estimated, f0rnext years report, at $40, 900.
These figures denote a direct annual ex-
penditure In money by the unfOrtunates, OF
$4,000, and $l60,000 per annum, not 60
calculate the much greater value of the
time lost by the proceeding. War and its
shadows and foreshadows are costly things,
truly In fac, in our present circu u, STAN