The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-01-14
STATE PRISON.

lure, on = ule ESTABLISHMENT OF DJale FlSOu OF
Penitentiary," made their report yesterday fore
noon; in which they recommended that State |
Prison be erected in Thomaston. The report
enters infinitely into the subject, setting forth
the arrangement Of such an establishment and
the mode of punishment of oonvicts. We shall
cndeavor to publish the report or an abstract OF
it, in our next
Gen. Chandler has been reelected to the Sen
ate of the United States, for this State, for six
years from the 4th of March next. "A few days
before the ballot was taken, it was limited that
this gentleman favored the professions OF Mr..
Crawford 10 the next Presidency the alarm
Immediately spread, and many VINO had been
considered friendly to bis election ceased to sup
support him. The other candidates we're Ben
jamin Ames. Speaker Of the House, Daniel Rose,
President OF the Senate and Mark l.. Hill, mem
Der OF Congress Gen. Chandler had majority
Of IS votes. The people Of this State, we are
persuaded, wish for men in Congress who are
untettered BY pledges to any man, whether il be
Adams or Crawford; they do not wish 10 be sold
to the highest bidder ike cattle in the market
but they desire their representatives to meet
events they occur, and stand fcarlessiy on
the vantage ground ol the public good, unshaCk
led by engagements aud Pledges, and unbiased
by promises Of future emolument. Ill Is no won
der then thai our House of Representatives were
alarmed BY the report against Cen. Chandler,
anc although il was disbeilovcd by some, yet up
on many il had ITS effect il vas thought a man
in his high station, should not only be free from
the charge, but even from sus iciOn.
Mr.. JONI QUINCY ADAMS has replied at some
length IN the 1Ich ond Enquirer, to the last
proclamation Of the rodoubtabe Gen. Srny III.
This production is not boilGd lis others ia ylsour
and promPtness Of mind and maniiests 10 all the
world that tue Gen. has carried the "war into
the enemy's country" ana been equally uulor-
tunate, as he was in his Canada expedition. Al
though Mr.. Adams is extremely successful in al
his intellectual contests, it admits of much doubl
whether il be expe1ient, necessary to his rep
utatiOn, that he should take the field on every |
occasion, when some irritable adversary chooses !
to challenge him. lie observes however, il vim |
dicauon OF bis present appearance before tie |
public, that he should not have deemed il worth |
while to have answered the Gen. had not former |
votes and opinions been attacked, which it was !
proper for him TO explain and justify. Whatev- |
may be the dernerit Of Mr.. Adams or his dis |
qualifications for the Presidency, it cannot be |
denied, that he possesses sound learning, great |
experience in affairs Of state, and an acute, ac- |
tive and penetrating mind.
We arc happy TO notice, in the last weeks |
proceedings OF the Legislature, that Bill was |
passed in The House of Representatives, TO a |
third reading, amos: without opposition, to in
crease the salary of the Chief Justice of the |
Court Of Common Pleas to the sum Of $500. |
we understand however, that il is in contempla-
ton, in consideration of this increase 20 make /
it his duty to 90 through the state annually.
With this increase Of labonr AMI expense we
should think even this rease Of salary, bntan
inadequate compensation. If he is to hold the
Courts, as heretofore, in what used TO be called I
the western clrcult, We presume is intended, /
and IN addition, is to mold courts in each Of the |
other Counties in the state, be cannot realize |
from his salary, although nominally $500 more
than thirteen hundred dollars; for two hun
dred, must be consumed in expenses while alb !
sent from home. The Chief Justice would prob |
ably be induced to continue IN office, for this |
salary, Notwithstanding this increase Of labour !
although we must suppose it will be no inconsid-
cradle sacrifice, on his part of what he might |
make in The profession.
We were also happy TO notice that Bill has |
been introduced 10 adopt the niSi prlus system,
in relation TO the Supreme Court. This will be |
a saving for the Judges Of that Court, Of nearly |
one halfof their expenditures, in their circuits,
and Of nearly one half of their labours and. in
our apprehension be equally as well for the pub
lie. The salaries of those officers have certain
ly been low enough, considered 10 connection
with the expenses they must have incurred for
the services they have been required 10 render.
1t IS furthermore an object of importance that
they should have a considerable portion Of lcis-
IRE to be devoted to research and investigation
We hope therefore that this measure NAV be
adopted.
The weather during part Of last week was ex-
trcineiy cold on the fth inst. the mercury at 8 |
O'Clock in the morning was deg. below zero or
Al deg. below the freezing point TIE harbour
was then closed by ice and has continued frozen
ever since. Yesterday morning at sunrise the
mercury stood at l deg. above zero.
1t is strange that among the host OF Presiden-
tial Candidates, who have been obtruded upon
the public by officious friends, such man as
RUFUS KING should not once have been named.
A man who ever since the existence Of this coun-
try as an independent nation, has been before
the public eye, and discharged the numerous i'm
portant trusts which have been reposed in him.
IN manner to secure general appreciation. Mr.
King was graduated at Harvard in 1777, and is
now probably about 60 years old
/" He is scholar and ripe and good one,
Exceeding wise, fair spoken and peTsuading.'
Let New-Yorlz nominate Mr.. king. and LET
US see il the iarring interests on the great ques-
ton OF President in the various sections Of our
country will not be extremely narrowed, and the
doubts which now exist be removed from many
minds.
Bangor BGnk-JosHuA RICHARDSON and
SAMUEL TRAsK, Esquires OF this town have been
selected, and invested with authority. nv the I,e-
oislaty1re ia ennuira into fhp naire ~ ~, D..