The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-01-19


vide for the issuing of scrip 10 payment
fof these claims, payable il one. two and
three years hence, bearing interest at the
rate of seven per cent? per anum aud
also for board of dhres Commissioners.
whose lsbors shall not exceed sixty days,
to proceed to the county seat of each
county, or other most eligible place in as
many different counties as may be deemed
advisable, and then and there Examine
carefully and accrr ltely each claim pre-
sented for adjustment. and on their report
scrip to be issued 10 payment, not to ex-
coed in the aggregate, however. four hun
dEed and ninety two thousand nine hun
dred and forty four dollars and eighty
three cents, as, follows:
For services rendered. s 1871, 3l7 "a
/ Damage sustained, - LOG BOG O5
Miscellaneous claims, 5000 SO
Total. es4825 944 So
BONDS. ssd3 baqrah Fl
By the provisions Of an, Act passed by
the Legislature, approved February 24th.
1865, was constituted agent on the
part of the State. to sell and dispose of
bonds Of the Stale of Kansas, 'sto aid 10
the construction Of the Penitentiary,' .
to the amount of sixty thousand dollars
and by Act approved February 9Th. 10
&c, to sell and dispose of bonds of the
State of Kansas, amounting to seventy
! thousand dollars ''for the purpose of pub
lie improvement" I proceeded to New
\ FORK in the month of April, 1866. to
dispose of said bonds. Some of the
leading financial men of New York, to
whom applied, assured me that Kansas
bonds had no market value there that
seventy five cents was the highest price
that could be obtained for them in that
market. After several days delay and
Negotiation l was offered, through Fisk,
Hatch d Co.. as agents, the sum of nine
ty cents on the dollar, which was sup
posed by some Of the most prominent cit
liens of Kansas to be the highest possible
price that could be obtained. l proceeded
from there to Washington for eonsulta-
ton on the subject, and on my return to
New York was offered ninety one cents,
net or clear OF commission, on the con-
dition that the interest on the bonds for
! public improvement be paid in New York,
the same as the other bonds, and not at
the office of the Treasurer of the State OF
Kansas. Finding it impossible to dis
pose of them without complying with the
proposed condition, and believing. as I
did, that the interests of the State could
be better subserved by accepting the
condition and 6isposing of the bonds
without delay Gas it was not deemed safe
or expedient to commence work on the
Penitentiary or any of the public works,
until the bonds were disposed Of y that
the work, once commenced, might not be
stopped for want of funds. 1 therefore
personally became responsible for com
pliance with the proposed condition, and
disposed of the bonds, and submit my
action in the premises for your consider
alton and approval. issl
EDUCATION. a u5u
The following statistics from the report
of the Superintendent Of Public Iustruc-
ton, show our rapid advancement in ed =
vocational matters:
From 7Zl school districts repor
ted last year, there were As, AL chill
dren of proper school age. This year
there are 81 districts, and 81 1928 child
rem, of whom 81 258 have been in attend
ance npon common schools. Last year
there were 899 persons engaged in teach
ing, while this report shows I.GS6
Last year $50. 1913 90 was paid for teach
er's wages; this year Sis .9241I. The
amount assessed by school districts last
year was $1O6. 500 O3; this year it is
S192. 69O.17. Value of school houses
last year $122 .822. "a; this year $685..
897.3I.
The education of the youth of our
State is OF the most vital importance.
We cannot neglect it wilhourincurring dis
astrous consequences to the public, and
inficting irrepsrable wrong upon the
youth Of our State. The land endow
ment for free schools, which of all should
receive the most fostering care, is most
muni6cent-being the sixteenth aud
thirty sixth sections in each aud every
township, or one eighteenth of all the
land in the State-makipg in the aggre
gate about three millions of acres which
with proper management and care will
create fund, the interest of which will
give US educational advantages unsur-
passed by any other State. The State
University. located at Lawrence, has been
opened under very favorable auspices aud
with competent corps of professors. A
neat and substantial building has been
erected upon beautiful and slightly 10
cation. The Institution opened in Sept
last with three able professors, and be-
tween City and sixty students. Il has a
grant of seventy two sections, making
forty six thousand and eighty acres.
With this endowment and the continued
perseverance and ability of those " he
thus far have had its management aud
supervision, together with judicious ar
? preparations from The legislature, it will
soon be to Kansas what the State Univer
sity is to Michigan-the pride and orna-
ment of the State.
The State Agricultural College. located
0 at Manhattan. has five professors anc
= teachers, and one hundred aud ifty stu
= dents. It was literally endowed, by al
0 Act of Congress. OF July 2nd. 1869
: granting to each State, land to the amour
% of thirty. thousand acres TO each Senate
and Representative in Congress. Unde
a this act. tire grant to the College is ninet,
q thousand acres of land, which was selec
ted with care, both as regards quality an
s location. 77
ol The Institution is i
a ] successful operation, and is under th