Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-01-13

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Incrs in crime from hardened 0
Ifenders. Whether this can best 1
Edone by alterations and an extei
sion Of the present penitentiary c
lby the erection Of new one, is 70
Ey ur wisdom to determine
+ In several other States volunte
Try associations have been forme
10 provide for, encourage, and rul
nish employment to discharge
fconyicts, and their efforts hay
Been Of incalculable benefit to thi
unfortunate class. If a similar as
tsociation should be formed by tn
Benevolent citizens Of Ohio, the
Hwill reasonably expect to receiv
sproper assistance from the Genera
Assembly, and in that expectation
! trust they will not be disappoint
led
COMMON SCHOOLS.
I The total number Of persons 0
School age in the State in 1869, wa
Officially reported at | l,02S,G75; al
inc-oa OF II, ,l09 over the preyi
Gus year. The total number enroll
led in the public schools in 1869 wa,
740,382, an increase Of 8,Gl0 ovel
the year 1868. The average daily
attendance in the lupIic schools il
1859 was 434,865, an increase over
1865 OF a. IA.
/. The total taxes for schools
school buildings, and all other pur-
poses, the present fiscal year, is
S6,578,l96 83, an increase over the
the taxation Of the previous fiscal
year of$6l6, 795 68. Ofthis increase
of taxation, the sum Of $l7,833 86
is in the State taxation for school
purposes, and the sum Of $685.
96l 81 is the increase of local
school taxation.
The State G Commissioner Of Com.
mon Schools, in his report, will
recommend the adoption Of coun-
ty superintendency, the substitu.
ton of township boards of educa-
ton for the present system OF
township and sub-district boards,
a codifcation Of school laws and
other important measures, to which
your attention is respectfully call
ed,
BOARD or EDUCATION
Prior to the organization Of the
Board of State Charities in 1867,
there was no provision for a sys-
tematic examination of the benoy-
olent and correctional institutions
under the control of the State and
local authorities. The members of
the Board serve without pecuniary
compensation. 1t is simple justice
70 them To say that they have faith
fully performed the thankless task
Of investigating and reporting the
defects in the system and in the
administration Of our charitable
and penal laws, and have furnish
ed in their reports information and
OF great value. If it
is true that an abuse exposed is half
corrected, it would be difficult to
overestimate their work. They
have, their reports show, discover
ed abuses and cruelties practiced,
lnder color Of law, in the midst of
communities noted for intelligence
and virtue, which would disgrace
my age. Let the Board be grant
I'd increased powers and facilities
or the discharge Of their duties,
md it Will afford security-perhaps
he best attainable-to the people
If the State, that the muniflcent
provision which the laws make for
he poor and unfortunate, will not
,e wasted or misapplied by the Of
lcials who are charge with its dis
ribution.
THE CHRONIC INSANE.
During the last year more than
line hundred persons, classed as
ncurably insane, have been lodged |
n the county infrmaries, and al
most one hundred have been con
ined in the county iails. Besides
hese a large number of the same
lass Of unfortunates have been ta-
zen care of by relatives or friends.
The State should no longer post
zone making suitable provisions
or these unfortunate people. The
reatment they receive in the in
and jails is always of ne
essity unsuited to their condition,
nd is often atrocious. To provide
or them, l would not recommend
II increase of the number Of asy-
lms for the insane. 1t is believed
" those best acquainted with the
ubject. that both economy and the
Welfare Of the patients require that
he cronic insane should be provi-
led for by additions to the asylums
lready built, or to those which are
ow building. 1t is probable that
4 this way such patients can be
at less expense to the
eople of the State, than in infrAa-
les and jails. However this may
e, their present condition impera-
Ively demands, and, | trust will re-
Give, the serious consideration Of
he General Assembly. Although
ommonly classed as incurable,it is
ute certain that, by proper treat !
lent in suitable institutions, the
of all of them will be i
astly improved, and, it may well t
e hoped, that many of them can t
e entirely cured,
INEBRIATE ASYLUM.