VIRGINIA. 



761 







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nln* 



l'V'7'J 



10,437 



Aggregate numK-r 



LOSS. 

 \ 14" 



:liollS 1,180 



iiurgo 



'A-'I9 



iM-nplx-il t'r..:n rolls 5 



Not Ilually accounted for 7"> 



1.-..7-.M 

 Mastered out of service, In all 



ito 



'-'. .i i,yoi 



Knliit.-il In tbo L'uiu . . y, Army, ami Ma- 

 rim- Corps l.* 



Dialled men paid commutation 1,971 



7'otal number of men furnished by the Stato..... 84,238 



Under the act of November 9, 18G5, a, Re- 

 form School has been established at Water- 

 bury for tho correction of juvenile delinquents. 

 Hitherto there has been no institution of tho 

 kind in tho State. Suitable buildings for the 

 school, with sixty-seven acres of land, Imve 

 been purchased. Quite a number of scholars 

 have alretuly been received, and tho school 

 gives good promise of accomplishing all that is 

 exported from such an institution. 



A " Home for Destitute Children " has also 

 been established at Burlington, by private char- 

 ity, which has commenced operations, and will 

 probably be liberally sustained. 



At the election for Governor in September, 

 45,412 votes were cast, of which Paul Dilling- 

 bam, Republican, received 34,117. Three Re- 

 publican members of Congress were also cho- 

 sen. Tho Legislature is divided as follows : 



Senate. House. 



Republicans 30 li-'t 



Democrats 13 



VIRGINIA. The messaire of Governor Peir- 

 pont to the Legislature in December, 18(56, is a 

 long document, and treats nearly all tho local 

 ami Federal questions of interest very fully. 

 With regard to, labor and immigration ho ex- 

 pressed the following views: 



The subject of labor is attracting great attention in 

 the State. We must first depend upon the mttive 

 labor now in the State, white and colored. This ia 

 to be encouraged by the repeal of oppressive laws, by 

 the encouragement of common schools, and by fair 

 wages and Kind treatment. The colored man has 

 great odds against him. In many instances he is 

 paid less wages than tho white man iu the same field, 

 and requiredto do the same amount of work. If ho 

 does not, he is denounced as worthless ; he has tho 

 theories of politicians and the dogmas of dirines 

 against liiui ; the one class nafataratita that the true 

 theory of the organization of society is, that capital 

 should own labor; and tho other, proving to their 

 own satisfaction, from the sacred record, that God 

 n hi.s wisdom made tho negro for a slave that he ia 

 tlic laborer to be owned and worked for his own 

 amelioration aud advancement, and the general good 



of ill.- few who should own dares Men are Attached 

 to their tlu-'.ni-s l,v tlii^c kings lulc by divine ri^lit. 

 The negro has to progress, if progress be shall, 



. tip-.. 1 1.--. In some sections of the State ho 



me well thi* vear. lie ought to hare a fair 

 : ami it may be, when ho shall bare as many 



incut* to work as tin; white man, hu will work. 

 Tin re are few who toil all day but cast a wUtful eye 

 ut tin; setting sun. The negro should be tried hope- 

 fully ; urn! I am pl.-;i i-<l t lind that a large number 

 of the best met* of the State are willing to encourage 

 the freedman to work, and give him a fair chance, as 

 regards wa^'s and education. 



i-ii'.irts are being made to induce the Legisla- 

 tun: to appropriate moncv to immigration so 

 I do not think that it would be good policy to make 

 these appropriations, nor would I favor any organiza- 

 tion to which tlio Stiite shall be a party, \\hcre money 

 is to be paid out of the public treasury in proportion 

 to the number of immigrants imported. It will cer- 

 tainly lead to filling the State with a pauper popula- 

 tion. The inducement for the better class of immigra- 

 tion must be left, to a great extent, to individual 

 enterprise. La-.t winter the Legislature authorized 

 the appointment of three commissioners of immigra- 

 tion. They have been appointed, and tho 1) 

 organized. It is believed that this board may be 

 made tho channel through which individuals may 

 procure tenants, laborers, and purchasers for th.-;r 

 lands. But it will require active cooperation on tho 



8 art of individuals to effect this object. In ths of- 

 ce of the board will be kept a faithful registry of 

 all the lands in the State offered for sale, on the pre- 

 scribed conditions. Parlies in the State, desiring 

 purchasers through this channel, should have their 

 lands carefully laid off with plats, showinz the 

 amount of land in each lot proposed to be sold, 

 nnting the county in which it is located, it-* il 

 from the county seat, proximity to railroads or nav- 

 igable water-courses, and the distance from the 

 nearest general market ; the amount and quality of 

 timber, the amount of cleared land, the character and 

 productiveness of the soil, and whether best fitted 

 for agriculture, horticulture, or grazing; and tho 

 price per acre at which it is offered. In all cases the 

 title should be unencumbered, aud a certificate of the 

 clerk of the county court to that effect should be pro- 

 duced, with a certificate of tho county surveyor, as 

 to the reasonableness of the price compared with 

 other lands in the same section, and the truthfulness 

 of the description. These descriptions should be re- 

 corded in the books kept by the commissioners and 

 printed from time to time in the languages of the 

 countries in which they are designed to be used. 



Tho Governor urged, by elaborate arguments, 

 tho adoption of the Constitutional Amendment 

 as a measure not involving dishonor to tho peo- 

 ple of the State, but one which would greatly 

 improve their condition. 



The State militia is reported to comprise 136 

 regiments of tho line, of which number 10T 

 have boon organized, and the others are in pro- 

 cess of organization. 



Tho public debt, with the interest funded, 

 amo'intcd on the 1st of January, 18G7. t<> 

 383,679.27. Deduct from thn tho amount 

 hell by the sinking and literary funds, and. 

 there remains as a balance for which interest is 

 to be paid, $41,005,997.67. Tho estimated in- 

 come to the Stato treasury for the H-HV ! 

 ending September 30, 1867, is $1,228,079.30, to 

 which should be added the amount on hand 

 October 1, 1866, $334,607.56, making a total 

 of $1.563,286.86. Tho estimated expense of 

 carrying on tho government of the State for 



