Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-03


proper to adopt the Constitutional Amend-
ment, and thus "do most to make the
measure the promise and beginning OF that
full settlement Of our internal dissentions
for which we all long" The Governor
seems not sufficiently familiar with the cur
rent political literature to know that II the
South were to adopt the pending Oonstl-
tutional Amendment it would not DO
much toward . full settlement Of our In
ternal dissentions for which we all long"
Further humiliation would be required by
the Radicals from the South. 4r'r
Equally unfamiliar the Governor must usl
be with the business condition OF our
State, or he would not say, as he does 10
the members Of the General Assembly,
that 1.-THE season which has passed since"
their adjournment may be regarded as a
J prosperous one for our people," The peo-
pie generally will not concur with the Gov
ernor In this statement. .9, ,.I 4.
[ The receipts of the fiscal year ending the
18th Of November last, including the ball
ance of $756,O85 02 unexpended in the pre-
yious year, we're $S,455,74S4l, while the
expenditures were $7,43L496.73. The
Auditor Of States estimates for the eur
rent fiscal year, based upon the levy OF
taxes ordered by the Legislature, is that
the receipts from all sources viii be
$5,25l, ,4O4O1, and the total disbursements
$4,923, 1866. 1t is expected that the State
debt the present month win be reduced to
$ll,34l, 1850. The management Of the
State Treasury during the past year is
represented as having been in strict ac-
cordance with law. Authority is asked for
the Auditor Of State 10 transfer one fund
to another when it shall be considered ad-
visable. The tax duplicate shows the total
valuation Of property subject to taxation
IN 1867 to be 81, LOG, ,2Os, 92l.0O. Over thirty
six and half millions have been added to
the amount of this valuation during the
! past year. More than nine-tenths Of this
Is upon personal property. The Governor
thinks the inequality between personal and
real estate has no good foundation, aid
therefore is of the opinion that real estate
should be taxed upyet more. Eleven thous-
and buildings were erected in the year end
ipg July i, ls66-more than In any one year
3 for the past ten years. Thirty thous-
and persons were married in the
year 1s65-66--six thousand more than in
any one Of the past ten years. The amount
recited in mortgages in 1866 is S32,0OO,0OO.
There has been issued from the State De-
partment a greatly increased number of
certificates for the incorporation Of man
ufacturing companies, such as rolling mills,
iron furnaces, factories, &c. From this the
Governor draws the deduction that ''all our
internal affairs" "show the marks of real
and rapid progress, and the revival and in
crease of business enterprise" We hope
the Governor is right, but fear that he will
realize before long that there is real dis
tress in business circles, and that enter
prise stands in dread of the future.
: The several Asylums are in good condi-
tion, and thoroughly doing the work as
signed them to the extent Of their capacity.
Good discipline is maintained in the Peni-
tentiary. The expenses OF the institution,
for the past year, were sic, 1885 in excess
of the receipts. More than three-fourths
of the convicts are under thirty years Of
age, and large majority Of them are young
men who have very recently como Of
age. The War is pointed to as having
largely contributed to the convict force,
and suggestions are made that it were well
to devise modified system Of punishment
for those who have not yet become harden
ed in crime. Our State Reform Farm is in
stanced as having proven CRAFTY ing sue
cess. A Board of State Charities, the Gov
ernor thinks it would be well for the Legis-
lature to create.
The care Of the Arsenal and State arms
has been transferred from the Quarter
mastoS General to the Adjutant General,
in pursuance Of statute passed last win
ter. A more laborious task than was an
ticipated, the distribution Of medals TO
veterans has proven. A doubt as to the
propriety Of continuing the Bureau Of Sol
diers' Claims and the Washington Agency
is raised. The existing military claims Of
the State against the General Government
foot up $l,IILOOs 20. More than sixty
five millions of dollars were expended in
the State during the War for local boun-
ties, etc., exclusive Of the immense private
contributions.
I Legislation is recommended creating
Boards Of Health in cities and villages,
with arbitrary power, whose duty 1t shall
be to provide for the prompt and efficient
use of sanitary precautions against the
iAsIatic cholera, which is likely to renew
It's ravages during the coming year. The
Home for disabled soldiers Is getting along
well. The $4,000 appropriation to pay
military claims against the State has been
expended, aud an appropriation Of a like
sum Is needed to liquidste the unpaid
claims. Only two proposals have been re-
ceived inviting the location Of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College-one from
Licking county; the other from Worthing-
ton College. The creation of County Su-
perintendents for Common Schools is re-
commended. The. Attorney General re-
commends the simplihcatiOn Of the Grim
inal code, and the making intemperance
disqualification for the exercise Of judicial
office.
The damage done the canals and other
Public Works Of the State by the freshets