KENTUCKY. 



KRUMMACHER, FRIEDRICH W. 405 



prosperity of the whole country ; the destiny of the 

 State is involved in that of the country ; and their 

 prosperity depends, in a very great degree, upon that 

 of every other portion of the Union, of which she 

 forms a part. 



2. That the unconditional restoration of the South- 

 ern States to the free and equal enjoyment of their 

 rights in the Federal Union is indispensable to the 

 peace, happiness, and prosperity of the country. Ken- 

 tucky therefore declares that, in her judgment, a 

 universal amnesty, without distinctions, discrimina- 

 tions, or test-oaths, is at once demanded by the high- 

 est statesmanship as well as the purest magnanimity. 



She also expresses her sincere individual interest 

 in this matter 7 because certain of her citizens are sub- 

 ject to disabilities, liable to penalties, or forced to 

 remain in exile. She therefore urges upon the Presi- 

 dent of the United States a proclamation of univer- 

 sal amnesty, unrestricted by test-paths. She is en- 

 titled to the services of all her citizens ; she desires 

 the return of all her exiles to their homes, and the 

 restoration of all lying under any disability to a per- 

 fect political and civil equality with all her other citi- 

 zens. 



The public charitable and reformatory insti- 

 tutions of Kentucky are said to be under very 

 efficient management, but some deficiencies 

 are severely felt. The penitentiaries in 1863 

 contained 240 convicts. In the five years which 

 have elapsed since that time the number has 

 increased nearly threefold ; several additions 

 to the buildings have been made in the mean 

 time, and others are needed. The extensions 

 made during the past year have 312 new cells, 

 and considerably enlarged the hospital accom- 

 modation. Great need exists of separate penal 

 and reformatory institutions for females and 

 for boys ; 240 of the inmates of the penitentiary 

 at the present time are between the ages of 15 

 and 20 years. The number of convicts received 

 within its walls during the year 1868 was 343, 

 and the whole number of inmates on the 31st 

 of December was 616. There are two lunatic 

 asylums in the State : the Eastern, at Lexing- 

 ton, and the Western, at Hopkinsville. The 

 State was divided into the Eastern and Western 

 divisions by act of the last Legislature, simply 

 with reference to these two asylums ; all per- 

 sons found by the proper inquest to be fit sub- 

 jects for the care of an institution of the kind 

 are sent to the asylum situated in that division 

 of the State in which they reside. There is an 

 institute for the education of feeble-minded 

 children, located near the capita^ which is in 

 quite successful operation. 



Much need is felt of more thorough organi- 

 zation of the school system of Kentucky. The 

 title of Shelby College has been changed by 

 legislative enactment to Saint James Col- 

 lege. 



The expenses of the government of Kentucky 

 during the last fiscal year amounted to $3,490,- 

 195.29, and a surplus of $748,128.57 was left 

 in the Treasury on the 10th of October. The 

 debt of the Commonwealth, including $1,632,- 

 297.46 in irredeemable school-fund bonds, on 

 the 10th of October, 1867, was $4,611,199.46. 

 Of this the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund 

 redeemed $992,008 in State bonds during the 

 past year. The actual amount of the State 



debt subject to payment which remained due 

 on the 1st of January, 1869, was $1,906,894. 



Both political parties held conventions in the 

 early part of the year, in which they repeated 

 and confirmed the declarations of principles 

 adopted at previous conventions. John W. 

 Stevenson was nominated for reelection to the 

 office of Governor by the Democrats, and 

 R. Tarvin Baker was nominated for that 

 position by the Republicans. At the elec- 

 tion, 140,146 votes were cast for Governor, 

 of which 114,412 were for Mr. Stevenson, and 

 25,734 for Mr. Baker. Mr. Stevenson's majority 

 was 88, 678. The whole vote cast on the presiden- 

 tial ticket was 155,455, 115,889 of which were 

 for the election of Seymour, and 39,566 for 

 Grant, giving Seymour a majority of 76,313. 

 New Representatives to Congress were also 

 chosen, and Democrats were elected from all 

 of the nine districts of the State. 



When the Legislature adjourned on the 10th 

 of March, it was to meet again in extra session 

 on the 5th of January, 1869, the regular ses- 

 sions of that body occurring biennially. It is 

 made up of 8 Republican and 30 Democratic 

 members in the Senate, and 9 Republicans 

 and 91 Democrats in the House of Representa- 

 tives. 



No serious disturbances of public order have 

 been reported in Kentucky during the past 

 year. Some complaint has been made of the 

 operation of the Civil Rights Law, whereby 

 prisoners in the custody of the State courts 

 have been in several instances taken therefrom 

 by Federal officials, and removed for trial in 

 the District Court of the United States. 



KRUMMACHER, FEIEDRICH WILHELM, an 

 eloquent preacher and author of the Reformed 

 Church of Prussia ; born in Duisburg, Rhen- 

 ish Prussia, in 1797 ; died in Potsdam, Prus- 

 sia, December 10, 1868. He was the eldest son 

 of Friedrich Adolph Krummacher, the author 

 of " Krummacher's Parables," an eminent pro- 

 fessor and pastor of the Reformed Church. Ed- 

 ucated at the University of Duisburg, he en- 

 tered upon the pastorate in his twenty-first 

 year, at Elberfeld, Prussia, and soon acquired 

 a high reputation for the orthodoxy and evan- 

 gelical character of his preaching, as opposed 

 to the then prevalent rationalism of Germany, 

 and also for his extraordinary eloquence as a 



Ereacher. His first appearance before the pub- 

 c as an author, was in his "Elijah the Tish- 

 bite," a work deservedly popular, and which was 

 translated into most of the languages of Eu- 

 rope. The English version has been twice 

 published in the United States, and has had a 

 very large sale. This was followed by " The Suf- 

 fering Saviour;" "Last Days of Elisha;" 

 " King David ; " " Solomon and the Shulom- 

 ite ; " " Sermons on the Canticles ; " "Glimpses 

 into the Kingdom of Grace ; " " Bunsen and 

 Stahl," etc. He also founded and edited for 

 some years two religious periodicals, " Palm- 

 Leaves, a Monthly Magazine," and " The Evan- 

 gelical Year-Book." In 1843 he received a call 



