New-York tribune., 1870-01-07
aH1N
OHIO.
The following are the principal points of the
GOV. HAYEs's MESSAGE.

The following are the principal points OF the
message OF Gov. Hayes OF Oho
The balance in the State Treasury on the 18th OF No
yenber 1865 29 49, the receipts t atn 6aTSg S St
available funds in the Treasury during the year ending
during the year have been 9l9675 TO- leaving balance
in the Treasury November -, 1862 OF A5oOGO IA! Inc
Is 1863 was s0532 G75 49, During the last year the Fund
Commissioners have redeemed OF the various loans slD
Os3 81 and have invested loans not yet due s6O4S ~
leaving the total debt yet TO be provided for So s9SS a.
The whole amount OF taxes coecable un1sr sIa,e % ~
state Reports the total OF colectaDe during
the current year at 81 an increase OF he 'aAe
% i''' pRIsoSs-RHFoRMATIo OF coSvIcTs.
The management OF the AFFAIRS OF the h hey
maintained; under kind and iudcious treatment the
pecnnary results satisfactory The number OF prs
oners on the Of October 1869, was 9t and the num-
dsy was SAL This is decrease compared with the pre-
ceding year. of az the number Of convcts admitted
large proportion of the convicts, admitted,
quite young The age of about does not exceed
3l years More than twohirds OF the inmates OF the
prison are now under 80 years OF age 1t VIII occur 70
any who considers these So ,fS facts aort that M.
heretofore been made TO reform these young men
The present system has two capital % me % a
dened criminals ard the failure TO educate the conycts
in habits OF Thrift ana Snn be- leaves the Penten
ary exposed to greater temPtaons stah m Gas less
power to resist evil Influences and too often less dsp0
sitiop TO resist them The Governor cOmmends the irish
conyic system The distinguishing merit Of that system
s that il ensts tho cooperation OF the prisoner IN ms
own amendment, without Withholding from him the
punishment due to his crime"
SCHOOLS. .
The total number Of persons of school in the State
I'm 1863 was officially reported at lG9G75 an Increase OF
II O8 over the previous year The total number enrolled
I'm the public schools In 1869 7402 an increase OF
6l0 over the year 1868 The daily attendance
I'm the public schools 1869 I3iS65 increase over
1868 OF al 14 The for schools school Dud-
inga and all other purposes the present fiscal year Is
N 49, an Increase the taxation OF the previous
fiscal year OF sl69S g. OF this increase OF taxation
the sum of 1893 SC is the State taxation Tor schoO
purposes, and the OF S9S 90 Is III the increase vi
local school taxation
FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT
Concerning this subject the Governor says: -.
The most important measure whch IL WIN De your unly
10 consider at your present session. Is the proposed
Amendment 10 the Constitution of the United states
do not feel called upon TO discuss Its merits Ine gIeht
body OF that part Of people OF Ohio who sustained he
laws for the reconstruction OF the States lately IN reDe
lion believe that the Fifteenth Amendment Is Just hhu
wise Many other citizens who would not support the
Amendment II 1t presented as the Inauguration OF
new pOlcy In view OF the fact that Impartial suffrage -
already established in tho states most largely Interested
I'm tbe 1ueslop now regard The amendment as the be
mode ~ cetiing rid OF "a controversy which ought 40
longer to remain unsettled Believing that the measure
A. rgbt and that the people OF ONO approve IT, earn
estV recommend the ratification Of the Fifteenth Amend
,ne1t to the Constitution OF the United states.
The Hon. A. p. Howard, Republican, has
hen ceced 10 All the vacancy made by the death Of tho
Hon JOhn Russell In the XIth Senatorial District Oh
Ohio