Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-12-06

were forthcoming. hu!e uelre 10y
NV we're removed 10 the Capitol, where
,hey w.re retain d about hi'eea LOUIS;
md nm ,he evening OF The day succeeding
tho FIRE wer- removed to the srmory, 'ha'
h inc the only place brong'0g 10 The Puo-
I,c sufficiently large to keep them. excep,
the CAPITOL, wh~re 1t was not eohsr,e.e"
n op.r TO them to stay longer than llli Inc
roons in the armory could be prepared 10.
their reception. In this place was 'ou'iu
necessary to ensure their safe keeping W
enp!oy an additIonsl iorce in ala OF Tue
nuh,;c ynard This was done by calling
into service a company OF militia lm go 80
raj days, and accepting the sei''ceso' ".
volunteer companies when were "e'9
rendered by them and received oy '"e
ecutivs Capt Samuel Gary having pro-
(ered his services 10 raise ConhPd"J
yoIun,ee rs To reliev, the militia, u was ue'
term,ned ,cCeie TO his proposal "e
mn nv. Q nty tise III numne we're &C
cord,ngly raised tor sixty days unless soon
or discharged. They were not hna''s as
cbarged until the end OF their ter"i OF ser
yica. for thoogh the prisoners were remo'
we'd % the Penl,entIary before that !'me,
!, WAS not considered secure enough TOT
their sale custody without an adh''io"a'
guarj On the final discsrge OF this com
pany of volunteers. !; vas Ju1gen pfuie"'
70 continue guard of twenty hVe men,
with an ensign to CO nmand them VINO are
a, Inns line acting with The public guard
ha,ing en- Unlisted Tor ninety days unless
sooner discharged. Il.
Ths situation of the Executive, on the
b.npeu,cg OF this event, was ne" ana
.omewbat embarrassing Ih"T cohtih-
gsn, ,und W as nearly exhausted An I'm
mediate call of hp Legislature was thought
of lrr a mom. mt by myself; 'ut snort re
fiction induced the opinion, that ih's
measure should not be resorled TO, unless
The necessity was evident. A survey OF
the Pen,trntiaTy was determined on
and II beng the opinion OF several 'ntei-
hoen, persons, that II could, al no great
eypep.e. be pu, 10 situation IN SNORT
time with The assistance OF part OF me
nr.soners. ,ok-ep them ~ better condI-
ion m all re.pecrs than the armory, " was
determined to make such temporary re-
pairs as would be sufficient for this pur-
! nose, and also to ehabie them to carry on
ine,r manufacturing operations IN part - -,
TIN. was thought better than an extra call
ot the Legislature at that season OF 'ne
war. winch would have SUBJECTED The
members to gre al inconvenience. ana Inc
.,unl;c 10 a heavy and unlocked tor ex'
oense. There ,being n" public money
wh,cb could be applied to tho e repairs,
m. Executive made loan OIL one OF tne
banks on their individual credit ne
whole amount expended IN extra guards
materials, work, NC. does not mucn eA'
,e.t In. sum OF 5000 dollars copy o.
the accounts accom-, James lois commune
cation, marked No ].
|, was considered also, that The materi'
ais procured and work done, would all De
necessary in the permanent repairs oil 'he
. u;li,np so that no loss could De sustained
An,nvss,,yst,on has been made by the d.
T ,.c,n,s ~, The Prnil.DtlsTy INTO the pIoba
:, 10 origin of the fire, and the loss sus
: ,a,nod m ,aw materials aud manufacture
J. s@.s s.s~-se'yy'-suu r0ss '0stained IN raw
rns erialS and manufactured articles, ii !:
stated, will not exceed 1900 dollars.
On tbs subject of the P-nienliary sys.
zen, ] trust hall be pardoned Tor ma
king a lev remarks That the penal code
{ every clvilizer Il christian community
an object oil the hr>t Importance, IS admit.
ted by all who are competent TO re6.c
and torn an opinion on The subject Ii
was the hTm conviction OF the great truth,
. that the ceriuanty of punishment would be
more etfe( asl ~ preventing crimes than
,is severny, winch induced that phian
'hroiic itg ',latsre, who adopted the peni
eOtiary system, L. q, % / he want OF a
scale OF punlsbments grahu,ted to the ma
ligniIy OF Oh noes, was apparent to all at
IeHlIve observers That thu same degree
OF punlshn ent. and that III" highest know,
[ to The l-w snoul b. Inflicted on The trrm.
bling pufloIner OF ms A-ighbor's goods.
tr b" rs offence perhaps as Was in
: f1ct-d III the midnight house burner and
assassin. was shocking to humanity. Ju.
r ries often strained point 10 clear the
prisoner, when 10 their Judgment the pu
n,shneni was Zoo severe, when conviction
Ould have taken place, had II been 10
any degree rrOpOrlIoned To the offence
The Executive power also, frequently ielt
strong inducements 10 interfere from the
same cause. All the circumstances con,
spired powerfully TO introduce The Penn
Tertiary system-l am fully swar- of the
objections supposed 10 b. produced by our
.xperIeDCe-that tins system was intend
ed 10 produce retorms ilOn-that the iIlal
has been made and has tailed; r-iorma,
ion having IN lew. perhaps ~ no instance,
taken place But IN reply TO these objec-
ions, may u not be taHly asked, has the
trial in truth been made? ls there sin
gle state in the UDirn. where the building
intended tor confinement, has been cen
s,ructed IN such way as to enable the ex.
PeIIm' n, to be- fairly tried? From the in
forn' ~tion IN this sutjec', believe ii is
certain that no building has been so con-
stTuC ca a. 'oensuIe q complete Iiai OF
sonary confinement, and il seems 10 b.
the opinion OF all the enlighte ned friends