The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1870-01-06

Prlog q Qthe Organization Of the
Board OF State Charities in 1857,
there was no provision for a syse
examination Of the benev.
Olent and correctional instilutiohs
under the control Of the State and
local authorities. The members OF
the Board serve without Pecpnipry
compensation. IT'S simple justice
to 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 haveturnished
in their reports information and
suggestions Of q cat value. II il 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 crueliies practiced,
under color of law, in the midst OF
communities noted for intelligence
and virtue, which would disgrace
any age. Lot the Board be grant.
ed increased powers and facilitles
for the discharge of their dures,
and it will afford security-per.
haps the best at.ainable-Lo Tho
people Of the State, that the mum
iivvnV- ProviSivus wniCR Jne laws
make for the poor and unfortunate,
will not be wasted or misabplied by
the officials who are charged with
its distribution.
THE CHRONIC INSANE.
During the last year moro than
nine hundred persons, classed as
iDcprably insane, have been lodged
in the county infrmaries, and al-
most one hundred have been con i.
fined in the county jails. Besides
these a large number of the same
class of unfortunateShave been la.
ken care Of by relatives or friends.
The State should no longer post.
pone mOking suitable provision for
these unfortunate people. The
treatment they receive in the in
firmaries and jails Is always Of fines
cessity unsuited to their condition,
and is often atrocious. TO provide
for them, l would not recommend
an increase OF the number Of asy-
lums for the insane. 1t is be-
loved by those best acquainted
with the subject, that both econo'
my and the welfare OF the patients
require that tho chronic insane
should bc provided for by addi
tions to tho asylums already built,
or TO those which are now build~
ing. 1t is probable that IN this
way such patients can be support
cd at less expense to the people of
the State, than in inErmaries and
iails. However this may bo, their
present condition imperatively de.
mands, and, ! trust, will receive,
tho serious consideration of the
General Assembly. Although com
monty classed as incurable, it is
quite certain that, by proper treat
ment, 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.
"a INEBRIATE ASYLUM.
The cxpediency Of establishing
an asylum for the cure of inebri
atos has not boon muoh considered
in Ohio. The encouraging results
which are reported by the officers
in charge of the State Inebriat'
Asylum oil New York, induce mi
TO reco that the Genera
Assembly provide fora full inves
tigation Of the subject
AoRIcULTURAL AND MECHANICAL
COLLEGE.
Tho Agricultural and Mechani
cal College Fund, created by th,
sale OF land scrip, Issued TO Obi,
by the National Government
amounted, on the first instant, I,
s4Oi,0ll 371. The State accepte,
the grant, out Of which this iunC
has been created, February IL
1864, and is bound by the term
of acceptance os modified by Con
gress, to provide mot less thar
one college on or before July 2
1872, where tho leading objec
shall bo. without excluding othc
scientific and classical studies, au
including military tactics, I
teach such branches of learning u
aro related TO agriculture and III
mechanic arts" The manner il
which this fund shall bo dispose
Of has been amply considered b,
preceding General Assemblies, an
in the messages of my predeces
sors in the Executive Office. / re
spectfully urgo that such action b
had as will render this fund avail
able for tho important purpose
for which IL was granted. 1t
not probable that further della,
will furnish additional informatio
on any of the important question
involved in its disposition, Muc
time and attention has been give
to tho subject Of the College N
doubt IL will DO Of great benefit /
tho county in which it, shall DO os
tahlishOd but the main object 9
desire with the people Of tho STAT
can bo substantially aceonplisho
atany one of the places whic
havo beon prominently. named a
tho site OF the College, ] there
ltJyo trust that the friends of educu
tion vii. not allow difference upon
ouestioh OF comparatively smal