Litchfield enquirer., 1831-05-12

steady and Persevering course of the OiIicerB connected with it; proper employment Oe lhe prisoners; an early change of employ m,ent, as the varying demands Of the ulanu- factured articles shall require; aud theavO;d- ance of losses by continuing the present mode of transacting the business upon the cash es- inmates.
 I would suggest the prOpriety of making provision for the services of Chaplain, and for Sunday school instruction tn the pTisOn.--
 Here is an ample field for moral culture, and every benevolent heart V ill reiOice to improve it. Many of the inmates, are ignorant and it. Iiterate; and all. the victims of crime, They consider the whole human family as array ed in hostility against them-as indifferent to their happiness, and delightlng in their sHtfar-
 ings. Could they he persuaded that they are
 not punished vindicti' ely. they might be iG1- duced to abandon their vicious habits. and ; prOpensities, and be restored to society us Sif-
 tu"us and useful members. st,s,.
 The large appropriations made by the Le- gislature for several years past, together with " the ordinary expenses for the support of Gov ernment, for the year ending on the Slst day of March 1881. and disburseG from the Treas-
 ury the past year, amount to eighty-seven thousand six hundred eighty dollars and six cents. The receipts into the treasury during the same period. were seventy five thousand
 seven hundred and fifty three dollars and se-
 venty cents. The excess Of disbUrSe.
 ments, eleven thousand nine hundred twenty six dollars and thirty five cents. There was cash in the Treasury on the 1st day of April
 1880, thirteen thousand seven hundred seven
 ty-three dollars and thirty one cents leaving
 balance in the Treasury, on the Stst daySf March 1881. Of one thousand eight hundred
 and forty-six dollars. and ninety -six cents. The amount of the permanent fund is three
 hundred and ninety nine thousand seven hun-
 tred and two dollars and sixty.six cents,-- ! the income of which, is applicable to the eisil
 list expenses. .@ 8v.rs
 The strength and prosperity of the nati0n is increased by sound circulating currency. The operations of the Bank Of the United States, have had aO important agency in ps-
 tablishing the present medium Oi exchange,
 by which we are, throughout the country supplied with currency equal to gold and
 silver coin; and there is every reason to be-
 lieve that this soundness will De permanently.
 maintained by the existing regulations.
 The depressed and Auctuating state Hf tlra. currency during the last war with England, inj"riously affected the operations of Govern
 ment, and the progress of the war. 1t was
 with difficulty that loans were obtained and then not without paying premiums, that ihs necessity of the case only justified. With this depressed currency, the expenses of the war were augmented from fifty to one hun dred per cent. The people sustained the lOss.
 It is wise in most pursuit to perssvere in measures that experience has proved to be- safe and beneficial; and not to abandon them for untried speculations. s<.
 Since the commencement of the present Political year. May 18SO.) there have been received for, and on account Of this State, as its quota of Arms, under the Act of Congress f1sOs-fOurteen pieces of 6ib. iron ordnance. mounted with apparatus and implements cOmplete-eight hundred rifles, and an order for four hundred and ninrtv one pistols, which, when received, vii! balance the account of the War Office, up to the 3ist day of December lsSO. The Arsenal in Hartford has been re- paired within the last year, in very jutliciOus manner. The sheds are made of durable ma terials, for the storage of cannon, where they will be protected from exposure tO injury from the weather, and preserved until they are wanted. The muskets and rifles are in good order,and ready for use if at any time. we should unfortunately he driven to the ne cessity ofpntting them int'h the hands of the militia. fOr the defence of the rights and !ih- critics ofthe country.
 The continuance Of Republican form of Government depends essentially upon a4ss'
 The Bill reported by the Military Commit tee to the House of Representatives. of the Congress of the United States, at their last session. has some salutary provisions. which, if enacted. would be an improvement upon the present Law. .trf
 It provides for the enr"llnent of all free, able bodied, white male citizens, between the ages of 2l and 40 years, the annual inspection of the Militia by the General Officers. and their staff, and that RO more than one ff- teenth part of the Battalion Companies shalt be permitted to join volunteer corps. It pro- vides further, that persons exempted, by the States respectively, shall not exceed one 6f- teenth part of the whole number of the Mili- tia in the State.
 The Responding state of the Militia. calls for Legislative provision. and sufficient en- enlargement to arouse the latent ardOur for the highly responsible and honorable sersice.
 A question, which has agitated the public mind for some time past, in relation 10 im- prisonment for debt, has never received a satisfactory solution. ArtfHl individuals, by fBessr. or fraud, not unfsequently, possess themselves of the property of their honest and unsuspectiDg neighbors. with fuIl knowledge of their own inability to pay: and with set- tied purpose tO evade reasonable, and siip- ulated consideration therefor. Whether these obtain possession of property. by such means, or by opening the doors Oftheir sleeping neighb0rs, by force. Or false keys, is in moral point of view. equally base and rn and ealls far Ta.Eialntye enact.