The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-01-13
BOARD OF STATE CHARITIES.

which your attention Is respectful!
called.
BOARD OF STATE CHARITIES.
Prior to the organization of tn,
Board of State Charities in 1867, ther,
was no provision for a systematic ex.
animation Of the benevolent and cor
FectiOnal Institutions under the con.
troll of the State and local authorities
The members Of the Board serve with.
out pecuniaTy compensation. It is
simple justice TO them to say that they
have faithfully performed the thank.
less task of investigating and report
ing the defects in the system and in
the administration Of our charitable
and penal laws, aud have furnished
in their reports information and sug
gestiOns Of great value. If it is true
that an abuse exposed is half cor.
Fected, it would be difficult to over.
estimate their work. They have, theiI
reports show, discovered abuses and
cruelties practised, under color of law,
in the midst of communities noted for
intelligence and virtue, which would
disgrace any age. Let the Board be
granted increased powers and facilities
for the discharge Of their duties, and
it will afford security-Perhaps the
best attainable Ito the people of the
State, that the munificent provision
which the laws make for the poor and
unfortunate, will not be wasted or mis-,
applied by the officials who are charged
with its distribution.
THE CHRONIC INSANE.
During the last year more than nine
hundred persons, classed as incurabIy
insane, have been lodged in the coun-
ty infrmaries, and almost ono hun
dred have been confined in the coun-
ty jails. Besides these a large NUM-
Der of the same class of unfOrtunates
have been taken care Of by relatives
or friends. The State should no long
ere postpone making suitable prOvi-
siOn for these unfortunate people. phe
treatment they receive in the in6rma-
ries and jails is always of necessity
unsuited to their condition. and is Of
ten atrociOus. To provide for them, I
would not recommend an increase of
the number of asyIums for the insane.
1t is believed BY those best acquaint-
ed with the subject, that both ecOno-
my and the welfare of the patients re-
guire that the chronic insane should
be provided for BY additions to the
aRylums already built, or to those
which are now building. 1t is prOba-
bic that in this way such patients can
be supported at less expense to the
people of tho State, than in infrma-
ries and jailse However this may be,
their present condition imperativey
demands, and, l trust, will receive the
serious consideration of the General
Assembly. Although commonly
elassed as incnrable, it is quite GER
tain that, by proper treatment, in
suitable institutions, the condition OF
all OF them will be vastly improved,
and, it may well be hoped, that many
Of them can be entirely cured.
INEBRfATE ASYLUM.
The expediency of establishing an
asylum for the cure Of inebriates has
not been much considered in Ohio
The encouraging results which are re-
ported by the officers in charge of the
State Inebriate Asylum of New York,
induce me to recommend that the
General Assembly provide for full
Of the subject.
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COL
LEGE.
The Agricultural and Mechanical
College Fund, created by the sale Of
and scrip, issued TO Ohio by the Ma
iional Government, amounted, on the
first instant, to $4O4,91l 373. The
State accepted the grant, out Of which
his fund has been created, February
10, 1864, and is bound by the terms
)facceptance as modified by Congress,
to provide "nOt less than one college
On or before July 2, 1872, where the
eading object shall be, without e1-
,luding other scientific and classical
'iudies, and including military tao
lies, to teach such branches Of learn
ng as are related to agriculture and
he mechanic arts" The manner in
which this fund shall be disposed of
las beer, amply considered by pre-
,eding General Assemblies, and in
he messages of my predecessors in
he Executive Office. ! respectfully
urge that such action be had as will
render this fund available for the i'm
Dortant purposes for which it was
granted. tits not probable that fur
.her delay will furnish additional in
on any of the important
questions involved in its disposition.
Much time and attention has been
given to the subject of the location Of
The College. No doubt it will be Of
great benefit to the county in which
it shall be established, but the main
object Of desire with the people Of the
Slate can be substantially accomplish
ed at any one Of the places which have
been prominently named as the site
1fthe College l therefore trust that
the friends Of education will not allow
upon a question of compar-
alive small importance to the people
1t large longer to postpone the estab-
ishment Of the institution in cOmpii-
lnce with the obligation of the State.
SOLDIERS RECORD.
A large part of the work required
O complete the "Soldiers' Record"
n pursuance of an act passed March
II, 1864, has already been done at an
expense of about $4,000, and the pro-
2riety of making an appropriation
sufficient to enable the Adjutant Gen
,ral to complete it, is respectfully
for your consideration.
SOLDIERS ORPHANS HOME.
During the war for the Union, the
people Of this State acknowledged
heir obligation to support the fami-
les of their absent soldiers, and IN
lertook to meet il, not as q charity,
out "a a partial compensation justly