The Litchfield County post., 1826-07-18

2 or 800 dollas and gafnbllng for cOnsadera- ble amount is not unconRmpn. kn the prison at Auburn oycfstcnt is u0t allowed.
 Dnf5ifk5islness o fte Subordinate O OblceTs.- Some of the subordinate officers have not an adequate support and are tempted, for mon ey, to do faV0urs fof lfs prisoners, and to do that which is fefbidaen Besides pfOyi- ding an adequate support, the Report rcccm- mends more care in the appointment of men to fill these responsible offices.
 WGRt of MOrat 0ssd Religions InstTucsiOn.-- In the New Hampshire PeniteNtiary, which has afforded to the State, frOE1 o.e to five thousand dollars income, forthc last six years, twenty-five dollars only are appropriated an nually to supply the institution with the means of grace. Itis worthy of remark, however, that the warden, of his own accord causes the Scriptures to be read publicly to the men, twice every day; and on the Sabbath, if no cleTgy ynnanc can be obtained to perform the ser vice of the sanctuary, the warden does it him. self.
 In the Vermont Penitcntiary, which has nearly defrayed all the expense of its man agenent for five years, one hundred dollars only, are appropriated for religious irstrac- ton. The chapel has been converted into aweaxer's shop. The service on the Sabbath is irregular, and the scriptures are not daily read to the assembled cOnvicfs.
 In the Massachusetts Penitcntiary, which has given an income to the State, of more than thirteen thousand dollars in the last two years; two hundred dollars year only, are appropriated for the instruction of more than 800 convicts. There is only one short ser-9 vice on the Sabbath, and the remainder of this holy day, the men are locked up in their cells, and left t0 their wicked nclinatiOns. There is no reading of the scriptures daily to the men; nor is ssuch provision made by the state for the chaplain, as to enable him to de- vote much of his time, during the week, to. the appropriate duties of hisprofession.
 In the Connecticut Penitentiary, a liberal provision, ina proportion to the number of convicts, has been made for their religious in- strrcton i; but the chaplain has not residedi in or near the Prison, and for various causesnOt suitable to mention, the moral and religious influence exerted over the prisoners has been very far from what it should have been.
 In the State Prisen at New-Y ork city, the duties of the chaplain have devolved npon the Rev. MIR. STANFORD, a venerable man, mere than 70 years of age, who has been relied up on to supply the following institutions, con taining the following number of Inmates: State Prison, more than 500; Penitentiary, more than 300; Bridewell, from 1OOsto 200; Debtors jail, number variable City Hospital,
 
 2,OOO. Vast as is the praise and honour of this worthy and venerable man, who breaches regularly, -at least ten times week, how in- adequate is the provision of religious instruc- ton for all these humane and criminal institu- tions. sClergymen from the city sometimes preach at the State Prison.
 In the Jersey Penitentiary, there is no pro- vision whatever, by the state, for the moral and religious instruction of the cOnvicts, and not unfrequently month safter month has. passed, without religious service on the Sabbath. M
 In Pennsylvania, no provision is made by the state for the religious instruction of the wretched inmates of their almost incompara- ply wretched County Prison. The prison here spoken of, is the old County Prison in Philadelphia, used by the State as State Prison, for4which the new one now building, but not yet finished or occupied, is intended as 2 substitute. In this old Prison almost 400 naen were found occupying l6 rooms, which in the night were an emblem of the pit, andon the Sabbath the men came forth from their rooms into the yard, and were there seen engaged in various sports, without regard to the sanctity of the day or the presence Of the officers. All hereligious instruction giy- en these men is given gratuitonsly, by beney-, olent individuals or societies.
 m the Baltimore Penitentiary, no proyis- ionsis made by the state for moral ard reli- gious instruction. The friends of the Meth odist church have gratuitously and very reg nlarly supplied most of the instruction which l has been communicated. X ssaa
 1n the VmgtniA K. E.cnitcntiury,.sm smU prOyfsiUn is made by the state fol. religious instruction; the scriptures are, ssot read to the rz1en aaiy :: nor has there been a religious service on the l Sabbath, sometimes, for three months to- gether The chapel has been converted into
 solitary cells. aea a.
 This partofthe report concludes thus = I From a careful examination ofsanthentic
 documents, relative to the progress of crime,
 itappears that the whole number of conyicts,
 who have been condemned to the Penitentia- ries. in the last twenty years,is about 9O,OOO, and from the best estimate which we are able
 to make, about 6, ,OO0 ofthem are now abroad
 in society. If the increase of crime shan be I equal for twenty years to come, Go ths insI crease. of population, the number of co,I.
 demned c0nyicts toAthe Penitentiaries, in the
 twenty succeeding years, will De about AO,-
 900, of whom, at the close of that time, about
 10000 will be in society. What will be the
 state ofsociety, when 10000 men, trained in
 these seninaries shall be let loose upon it. Uader the two following heads useful sug- I gestiOns are made relative n tha eonstr,,c+;,.