The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-11-13

The Worcester House of Correction.
following paragraph is from the Worcester Spy.
The complaint we helieve is we'll founded
; When a.law was lately PISSED requiring the
several counties to build prisons with accom-
modations for giving employment 20 the con-
Victs confined in them, Forester acas the only
county that complied iOifh the Tequisition and
10 eronerate the other counties from the expense,
the lac aOaS repealed. When afterwards the
county Of Worcester offered to sell this build
ing to the State, at price much below its
cost, the legislature declined the offer, and yet
the conyicts of other counties are sent there,
10 be supported at the expense of the county
of Worcester. We presume that the Legisla-
ture, at the next session, will be disposed to
provide some remedy for the unequal burden
which now falls on that county"
We did not intend if should be inferred that
the convicts are supported at the expense of
the County of Worcester.n Our complaint
was, that the State has almost the exclusive
use, and that gratuitOusly, of prison built at
the expense of the County.
The Advertiser has alluded to what we. last
week, forbore to mention, viz. that the Legis-
lature passed an Act requiring (and that too
under penalty,) each County to build such
prison as ours; and, when this County had
complied with the Act, repealed the law, and
authorised convicts from other counties TO be
sent here. But this is not ALL The Legisla-
ture authorised one of the Slate Courts to al
low the accounts of expenses incurred for the
support of Stale prisoners, and to order their
payment from the Treasury of this County !;
and, when money had been so paid from our
County treasury, refused to refund the whole
amount, on the ground, we suppose, that the
charges were too high-as if the people of this
County were responsible for the making or al
lowance of those charges
Again, then, we say g it is unbecoming The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts," to subject
the County of Worcester to bear an expense
from which other Counties were exempted.
and which has in fact been incurred for tho
benefit OF the State: and the subject need
only be rightly understood, to induce the Leg
islature to remedy the injustice that is suffer-
ed.
The following article, from the National In
telligencer, well depicts the injustice which is
so often Cinconsiderately, perhaps done to the
publishers of newspapers. The case therein
presented, is not, however, the worst that be-
falls them. 1t often happens that, when pa
thence is exhausted, an attempt to collect ar
rears of long standing is only so far successful
as to ascertain that payment will probably
never be made. Punctual payment to the
publisher of newspaper is something more
than an ordinary duty-because of the great
er embaTassments he is under in attempting
to urge payment.
From the National Lntelhgenesr.1
We have lately had the most urgent
occasion to address TO some of our sub
scribers, by letter, a request that thew
would have the goodness to transmit 10
us the money due for their subscriptions.
We subjoin samples Of the answers we
have got. The following came to hand
yesterday =
!, '.-(S. c. Sept. 81.
" Messrs. Gales & Seaton-
"Ihave often seriously doubted wheth-
er any good was likely to be produced
by telling man, plainly to his face, of
his faults or errors. Your favour of
the list inst. has, in some degree, re-
moved my doubts on this very deep and
important subject. have, for some
two years past, very seriously thought
Of sending to you my small dues for the
National intelligencer. knew the i'm
portance to you of these little matters
and though had the best inclination
In the world, not to keep you out of
them, confound me, if could ever
bring myself to think of the subject on
or near mail day. You have at last
told me of my neglect; and though un-
accustomed TO duns, I'll be hang'd if |
can be angry with you. As a peace
offering, please accept the enclosed
twenty-dollar bill; and the only favour
! ask of you in return is, that when it
runs out, you will not again indulge me
SO long in my laches.
Very respectfully, s
Your obedient A. B."
There is pleasure in having to deal
with man Of honour, in whom the
moral sense predominates over false
pride.