Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-01-10

more important professorships remain to
be filed, but the trustees give assurance
that appointments will be made To one
or more Of these departments during the
present year.
The productive capital of the college
now amounts to $504000, while its farm
its buildings, apparatus and cabinet to-
gether with the unsold lands belonging to
it in some of the southern counties of the
State, making an aggregate of at least
$780, more. Such a foundation can
fail to become very important
addition to the educational facilities of the
State, enlarged as it certainly will be by
private muniicence.
There seems, therefore, just ground for
cOngratulating the people of Ohio upon
the opening of the College on so broad an
educational and financial basis.
desire especially TO commend this in
stitutiOn to the kindly consideration of
the General Assembly, and to the good
will Of the people. 1t is the school of
the people; they will own it and profit by
IL L trust they will hereafter have great
reason to be proud of it. Its teaching
VIII be thorough and comprehensive
lis doors Will be wide open, and its bles-
sings vide spread its support ought to
be generous and cheerfully accorded.
By act OF the Legislature all of the ma
terlal collected by the State Geological
survey during its five years of service be-
comes the property of the College. 10
the keeping of which ii is already trans-
ferred. The collections are large and
furnish very satisfactory representa-
tien of the mineral wealth and fossil con-
tents Of the rocks of Ohio. The value of
the gift would be greatly enhanced by
afNr1n mr. rua1. e.
Suitable cases for the exhibition ofso
large an amount of material would prob
ably cost So 800. By the appropriation
Of such a sun. the collection could be
Immediately utilized in an impressive and
instructive display Of both the economic
al and scientific interests of the Geology
of Ohio. =
STATE LIBRARY.
The Legislature at its last session ap-
propriated $4,000 for the purpose Of
making certain specified improve
ments in the State Library. The
work has been done in satisfactory
manner, and there remains unused
of the sum appropriated 50, ,964, ,s5.
This amount could. have been judi
ciously expended for further i'm
provements, but the Library Com
did not feel at liberty to
go beyond the authority delegated
to them by the General Assembly.
The sky-lighr above the library room
ought to be enlarged, the walls and cell
Ing should be painted, the floor csrpeted,
and little expensive furniture added; for
,c s,,l, 4 ba-
ated is sufficient
l recommend that the Librarian or the
be authorized to direct the
necessary changes and additions to be
made.
OHIO AND MIAMI UNIVERSITIES.
The Miami University has temporarily
closed its doors for want of. adequate sup
port, and the Ohio University is far from
being in prosperous condition Unless
assistance is rendered by the State to both,
they will soon be obliged to suspend alto
gether. renew the suggestion made in
my message last year, that one of these in
stituhOns be changed 10 a normal school
of the higher grade, and the other to pre-
paratory department., auxiliary to the Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical College. Or, if
thought best, normal schools could be SUBJ
thing equivalent to this, is done, tie funds
heretofore donated to these Universities
will be lost to the educational interests of
the State. For the benefit of our common
schools, we want, most of all, normal in
structiOn; and if the Ohio and Miami uni
Versities were devoted to this purpose,
with very little help from the State, /
have no Doubt they would be abundantly
OTHER PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Ohio is Justly proud of her benevolent,
and penal Institutions In no
part of the world, it is believed, are the
asylums, reform schools aud prisons bet
ter conducted than with US. Our unfor-
tunate, and even our criminal classes, are
watched over with tender solicitude, ara
surrounded with healthful influences, and
are furnished with the necessarIes, COM
forts and some of the luxuries of life; they
are well fed and clothed and sheltered;
they are provided with mental and moral
culture; their lives are rendered as happy
as their situation and condition viii per-
nit Moreover, it is gratifying to know
that the yearly cost per cdDstG for main
tanning the inmates Of these public institu-
tions is from forty to one hundred and if
ty dollars less than in the corresponding
of other States east and
west of Us, ranking nearest to Ohio In
size wealth and population.
commend all these charitable enter
prises for the fostering care of the General q.
Assembly, with the recommendation that
the Central Lunstic Asylum and the
Northern Asylum at NeW6uFg be pressed
towards the completion as quickly as
possible, since our work houses, infrma-
ries and jails are now filed with dement,
ed persons who cannot be accommodated
otherwise.
REPORTS.
Your attention is called to the very
full comprehensive reports to the various
State officers, heads OF the departments
and superintendents of public Institutions.
They will be found TO contain much val
liable information and many important
suggestions. You ara especially referred
to the request of the Secretary of State
for an act defining his duties in passing
upon the LEGALITY. of certificates of in
corporation and also to his suggestion
that contracts for paper should be sWar-
ded by the Commissioners Of Public
Printing, and not as now by the Secretary
of State.
THOMAS CoaWR,
In little grave yard at Lebanon, War.
rem County, Ohio, marked only by bed
of myrtle Feposes the dust Of Thomas
Corwin, the most brilliant orator and one
of the Wisest statesman who lives grace
the history of the nation, No man has
held larger place IN the hearts and
minds of the people, nor has any one con-
tributed more to the welfare Of the State
of Ohio than he did. His public utter
snces will inspire the eloquence Of other
men long years after all who knew him
and heard him shall have passed away
The study of his life and its grand success
Will cheer the redoubled effort the toll
ing sons of genius and poverty genera
tions hence
1t is one of the sweet privileges af the
living to honor the distinguished dead,
1t is especially becoming thai the State
which Thomas COrWin served 50 long
and so well should testIfF its appreciation
of his public career by erecting an appro>
pirate monument to commemorate his
name and fame.
There are several other matters to
which had expected to call attention of
the Assembly, but they involve the ex-
penditure of considerable sums of money.
and do not feel at liberty, in the present
condition of affairs, TO suggest them.
In conclusion, permit me to express the
earnest hope that your present session
may be pleasant to yourselves and proflt,