Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-25
AeGIs1ATURE VIRGINIA.
ATTRACTS FROM THE JOURNALS OF TIE HOUSE
OF DELEGATES.


An engrossed bill authorizing sepa-
rate elections in the county OF Grayson,"
was read a Sd time, several blanks flied,
and the bill passed.
An eugrossed bill directing the Au-
diior Of public accounts TO issue warrants
On The militia fine fund III certain cases"
was read a Sd lime aud rejected.
The report Of the committee for exa-
mining the public jai! aud penileniiary,
was on MIR. Clamberla, mes motion taken
up, read and ordered 10 be prinied.-li is
as follows:
The committee appointed By The House of Dele
gates 10 erdniMe into and report upon the state Of
shr PuJtc faii ana Pc'titraiia,y, hare. according
TO order performed that duty, aad submit The fol.
IVOciag report and resolutions usreHpon:
Your comRdtee GOes 0Jt coaccire az 10 he ats
dn'y 10 part al deial s!tr accounts Of the in
Su"t,on for ne hist RscGi seur, iaaSaiUch t as
az dmy ~ fhc Bvtsd ~ Directors 10 eraA3he the
sane ant repoH ibeIt0R qtufer-y yearly 10 the Err
ecutiUs and lint branch ~ HE gOrernnlem has
alrSddy submitted that SidtsaieHf 10 tie House
YeHr committee all hOuVeer erimiae tie same,
dpd cdref"Ay compared thereuih he aDsamentS
produced an ITS stbDoH anil found them 10 cores.
pond ruth tie hiridl r0ridfion NJ = ~ 50 -tCdich
sdiiuti0R satisfactorily accounted for.
f"Ur oR'hiftrc c1rtfHig Inspected tie interior
.! the building and - re gT,d ifed IN rrih0r.g tsG
rigiiGRcs and cure Of the Superintendent and has
d'sidants ; a oigihnce drn1ted By he niethodical
UfUHclCnGu
sn their rariOus occupations q carc erRced by the
ceanhaessof their persons, ddihr ceifDrt Of their
accommodations: ciedalinsss most coaducire to
thetr heoHh. an accommodation producing cOatent,
ava Gr'sRg almost To ctIcrtipSs cieafiy eUiacing
that the mild cgSticati"n Unlisted IN the hands of
cise and mercifai gOrelRne,t on the pioiators of
tts tS, Is cdcRiatsd rather to operate as an ncen
ti0e to tSt1rm, hdHa punishment of eGenders.
ErcfUeHt as your committee bc!ere THIS iHsfi-
t9tiOa to De. still feels itse constrained to re-
mark, that II as NOT as get perfect and that this
zmpericcti0n arises not from its management or
eoeaf from usorgaMi -ation bit Jiom the contracted
scale upon Waich IL 6uiit Your committee is
taforHed that it designed originally to contain
6At 200. The number Of conricts and iranspoI Is
already erceed that, being 200. Tie consequence
IS :, ma heg are erO'rded IN their lodgings and
limited in their iaborS and its profits As an eri-
dence Of the former, IL can onlu be necessary to
state that from necessity fpeLre human beings must
at night be confined to a smaH room II by IL
feet as to The thfer your committee Offer no
dpOicgytor gong more into detail May Of The
contists cometOr short periods these 50 far from
being Msetm and profitable a6oreis are in fact a
ehHse to the Institution a longer time being re-
gntiie 10 learn them any Of their hanGicruitS thun
that Jor tchich they are sent The onlv possible
mode thai your committee can suggest to obriate
this difficulty. as 10 enlarge the establishment and
trhen hrcectS that from the Increased accession Of
'sambers an tncredSe tchich results from lany
causes ui- the increase Of all countries as
ais population becomes more dense, and its morals
puidted; Snd as an this imcya,e of popuiation
and o. CRIME IS accelerated by an unlocked and u-
7r'shed tor migration Of the torer orders from all
paris Qf EhrOpe-G nag ration caused not so much
oyd desire TO partdhe Of the blessings of our free
institutions as t. dUOd starvation an their untire
land bringing ,Uth 1t Ill The rces attached to and
aRherent an its SittdtiOa IN those countries fyo,n
7uaence a. Games and contracting others as SOM MS
they land among as. At is manifest that so long
as confinement as The punishment Of most offences.
re .af pace o. confinement must DC enlarged Again,
lam
at Terminates only ,ofh the RJe of the condemned
-qed w making the Circuit court Of Hrnric, tis
1anat to identity tie cOneict, and ascertain his
PrtH7tS condemn TtiOn the LLc ulich beCor, ,c0s ,
0ezf IN pour stGtte book is made truth ope,atire.
acc3alp!ish this scheme your committee hath
Gu 2''sry TO 6e made Of The public ground
's (. 60 ths Penttentia'y and a dratt Of the
S,9a % 2lg.-.a recommend BE- reference to the
&.a0 esi5gt@ submitted ii wiHbe found that an
= .JaF Y ~ ret By - ,0H BE- enclosed, eniJrac-
.rE a. prssG1s hf,iidiag; !his To be enclosed BIZ a
,J~ q We proper Reight, say II fect AID covered
& fasG Tlof. tchich roof luiA be Supported bv
$Ag1.a Dysts oAihi inner side dndthe roof project
a. 11 RET teyoNa the posts UiR form IN. enclosure
oM case escape toW b. ncrt to i,npossibie.-
VtNf H!tS cEet0s IRE, Which WW cOniuin about
eigh acrsy go4 o00lRttee propose 20 erect tie ne
ceSSdy balltiagS 70 cgrgy0H the }oA0riay branches
0tade. Andfrst. IN tie present building rope
DtdSlng rs carried on the most contracted scale
and !eaSt pr1ftG6ie mode Tie longest ,calk is bit
eiShiy yards dS there is no place 10 tar the rope
thy can only nuke The addressed rope ,ciich is not
asprgftabie The ,Uholc cost Of aep,o used forthe
last gear 1000 dollars most of arhich ,pas
gFoHgH into leading lines and bed cords-but by
che scheme suggested by yOur committee the largest
rope, and for all purposes Rluy be nude : and in
thlS business, ii is simple and edsiiy ierned you
stght employ many Of those sent for TOO short a
PERIOD to be profta6iy employed IN other trades-
-dgatn, the business Of tanning Is knouH to BE- If
not The most profitable, among The most So M
run nateriaiS cost bd half lhat the leather sells
Jor; ne 6agnce Of The price is made mp by labor
expended ana Pr9htS on that LdbOr. Tie iQbor yol
hGrr-add UheR the committee find that the cost Of
thdt atlcIe tOr tie consumption of the institution
ttst yenr exceeded D l., 1000, 1t can easily diriae
chds 'gi be the sarRg to the state by the introduce
t!'n ~ GAS trade. an ample supply of running
Vdfer Is nor ut command: all that is Irant.ag isa
yard WHhtn th;S space you may Law off a Kitchen
garden, Uittch to be estimated not n1erely rs n
source 81 supply for vegetables (Uhich in Itself is
"ot az utt"portdnt object, but II cHtirhted as IL
Onghtso 0e, uld as as intended to BE- by the infy;n
aud c0noateSceRt. it UiH be trHty an important and
desirable acquisition, and UiH contribute more eff
JgctHahyto theT permanent restoration to health,
tre" ave u'e druSS Muented by pharmacOpoliSts.
mere are SecerH other lesser objects that gqirht
ammo dohOt uhH be embraced in this scheme Your
C1Hmutee WM only 0drert to one. Iiro years since
ns P"1te gard tcas increased, and to WIiat end is
yet 90 Oe dScefalned. The detail for tie Capitol
dsdthe PehenttGrg, the Onhy ObjectSde sc0rtAy
Of specth protection, is aom as formeriy The oNL
greet " the increase, has beeH to diminish the dH.
teS gf ne sodieTy, by making their tours less fire.
fS"t' ,'HsC We gemOcUt ~ the receRHe from The
Gap'toI TO the raHttS Of tie banks, your committee
cannot heSitdte ia SayiRg that the Peniteptiyv is
'Me most important ole guarded Hence IL recon-
menus q TenOrat o5thC BarTacks from, ,chere it
n0r IS, to the Peniteatidyy Piaced ,olere nop
Isthe troops are sn'Tonadedby Hpptiag shopsyCi,ich
Rod MT temptation Too s'TOng TO be reSisfpd-n
compilation that is yieided to- much 10 fhei;ury of
thelr health and discipline BY carrying Them to
fhe Fenientsd'y goU reaore 3heD, in gTeat ,agas.
ere from me peThiciOus influence, aud at the sumo
time you carry them from ,fgiioD at ,,Lirb mo-,
are not necessary. To one ,Chec then ,rH at aHfjes
be MccnlLALLe IN LLai. -