The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-12

ability for the correct and rapid dis
patch OF business, as a secretary, i
| without a superior, and his accurate
recollection of names, dates, and mi
mute circumstances connected with
the organization of the army, rem
dered his services most valuable, Our
relations have been most agreeable,
and it affords me pleasure to make
this public acknowledgment. ,aee,
+ no MILITARY AGENCIES 81
The military agencies in this city
and in Washington for the prosecu
ton and collection, free of charge, of
bountles, back pay and pensions, due
to soldiers. and soldiers widows and
orphans, have been keptin operation.
and have transacted large amount of
business and rendered great service
to those who are poorly able to pay
for it. The report of William Ham
naman, Esq, gives a full statement of
the transaction of the two agencies,
and contains matter and suggestions
of much interest and Importance. In
my opinion the agencies ought to be
maintained and their sphere of use
fullness enlarged by appropriate
legislation.
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.
The general management Of the In
stitutiOns for the Blind and Deaf and
Dumb, and the Asylum for the Insane
has been satisfactory, and believe
that the Board of Trustees and the
several superintendent have labored
to conduct them upon sound and eco
nomical principles. At the last SEES
sion of the General Assembly an act
was past authorizing the enlargement
of the Insane Asylum for the recep-
ton and care of the f.ineurable in
sane; The constructionof the build
lngs has been. commenced, but further
will be Fequired, for
their completion. The necessity for chs
enlargement and additionl cannot be
{, ,iyn 81. Ell n. Many cases yQf the incaYa-
pie insane have come to my know
lcdSe, where The patients are without
friends, or their friends are unable to
take, care of them, and which are, of "a 4
chaaracterI to make il difficult 70 prot
VIDE for them in she County Peqf
Houses, and render il inportantlthat
the 2 " building shauld be completed /
without delay. brI r /
The general efficiency and success /
OF tbs, benevolent disdi- /
ana aregereditable teAhe intehieetfce I
and humanity of her people.
ia 2Ha PENRfENfI ARIES. li3pr jsia /
9 The reports of the Boards, Of Trus-
tees and the Wardens of the Northern
and Southern Prisons, and other in 4
formation I have received, show that 1
The Prisons have been we'll and I
economically conducted. A fire oc-
cured in the Machine Shops of
the Southern Prison last summer.
Dy which considerable damage was
lone, and number of c0nyiets
brown out of employment. As they
could not again be returned to labor
Until the damages had been repaired,
or which there was no appropriation.
took the responsibility of urging the
State Treasurer, Hon. John |. Morri-
ION, to pay from the Treasury the
amount to make the re-
,airs, which he did; and Iynow ask
his General Assembly to approve his
1t was done to prevent a
loss to the State in the
way of convict labor. i
The Report of the Board of Trus-
ees of the Northern Prison states that
he sum of sixty three thousand, eight.
hundred and ninety-two dollars, and
eyenty-six cents, will be necessary to
otnplete the construction of that
'rison, and for deficiencies on account
f work and materials already fur
ished, eighty-seven thousand, nine
undred and twenty mine dollars, and
cents, for which. amounts |
n appropriation is asked, and to ]
,hich your attention is specially di- ]
acted - iiib yi-.9i3 s1 W3t
HOUSE OF REFUGE ~, 4, IA
The second section of the ninth arr
Gle of the Constitution reads as fol-
)ws:
." The General Assembly.shall pro
ide Houses of Refuge for the refor-
iation and correction Of juvenile Of
,nders."
This Constitutional provision adopt !
! in 1851, and which is plainly man :
atory in its character up to this time !
'mains wholly unexecuted. The
ecessity for such institutions is adj
tilted by all who are at all familiar
it'll the administration of the law, s
I'd | believe that a strong public 5
demands that the legislative 9
of the subject shall not v
} longer postponed. We have no v
now for the juvenile Of .
nders but the common Jail and b
e penitentiary, neither of which C
lert reformatory influence a
bon the youthful mind; and dur Fl
6 my six years experience as the o
xecutive. of the State, | have often Il
zen constrained to pardon the youth Fl
] criminal because [ felt that to in il
rcerata him In The ,nn,,;tnnh;ar.. 4