Litchfield enquirer., 1832-01-12

ussary, town taxes and fnHds and voluntary contri- buttons, is CO, ,329 dOIars."
 His ExeelIeaey recOmmsads the adoption Of meas. urss for extending the system of county psOr Or work houses; tho establisbment of House of Refuge for the insane; and the erection of psnsniiay at Sing Sing exclusively for annaes Upon this latter suL- jsct, he remarks-
 =. The female convicts beoaging lo the prison at Sing Sings are kept in department of the Aims House in the City of New-YOrk, prepared for that purpose, the great expense of ono hundred dollars each. Their number was 49 on the 18th day of De. cember last The number Of female cOnvicts was on the l7Ih December last, twenty niue, who for want one rOom-AmOng them some of the most proRi- gate Of their sex, mingled with others, who, under proper restraint and instruction. might be reclaimed The keepers 6nd it beyond their EOwer to preserve order among them. On Q late visit there, noticed the decent demeanOr of female, whose sentence of death for numbering her husband, had been commu- ted by me to imprisonment for three years under be-
 lief that she had produced the death hy iMadvertence ter but ignorant. The keepers informed me that her conduct had been orderly, and that she submitted with patience and gratitude to what rhe considered punishment administered with justice and great cy. This is an extreme of individual remain ing unharmcd by that contaminaing association; but there is an intermediate class of partially deprased young persons, whO cannot escape utter pOlutiOn.''
 He adds :-" need not urge upon you the impOr- ance oi striking a the root of crime. Every success u measure of that tendency strengthens the bands Of society, essens the amount of human misery, and di minishes the expense of government in regard to perism and crime. The age in which we live is dis insuisied by the many successful efforts which have been made 10 diminish the provocatves well as to correct the predisosOns to vice. IL may be hailed aa the glorious epoch when public opinion has chain cd to narrow limits that devOuring monster intempe ranee and when untirng philanthropy has perfected system Ot instruction which promises much for the general diffusion of knowledge, and it's results, the love of virtue and liberty. system Of infant insiruc tiOn which originally devised tor charity scholars, has been found so attractive to children, and so per fectiy adapted tO their instruction tn the rudments Of science, that teachers initiated into a its mysteries, are establishing sch,os upon that plan, throughout the country fOrhc reception ofpay scholars. Children are taken care of n these schools, at an age very early. that 1t is Of importance to mothers who are compelled to labour to place their infants in them.'
 The Governor thus uoticesthe Manual Labor School in Rochester :-
 think it proper to nntice an interesting experi- ment now in progress in the village of Rochester, to combine mechanical labor with instruction in those pupils rise at four o'clock work three hours and study ten. have looked over account which has been kept with twenty students during the last quarter and they are credited for earnings sum amoun.ing to a trhs short Of all the charges against them Mschan- lcal alternaes better with study, than agricultural la bor. The institution was f0uaded last Spring; it numbers now s'xty-one pupils and bids fair to realize the expectations Of its generous pairOns."
 
 State Prison Sing Sing 963 convic,s-n that at burn 6a2 and that the cells in both prisons all cupied. Ths convicts at Auburn have earned the past year more than enough support the institution and those as Sing Sing have earned $4OO0O besides building wo-hundred cells, and erecting large stone work shop. He adds :-" Our erimiha code may be improved, by reducing the number of cases subject capital punishment and by eAargng the power the courts to punish n of peculiarly aggrava- ted arceuies. The circumstances attending the late robbery ofa bank in the City of NewYork, show that there are Inducements for depredators to wsigh in advance, the value of expected booty against the pow er of the law to punish. This defect mgh, he reme- died by giving the discretion to punish for graad larceny, and elesa,ng in the scale of crime certain cases of burglary in the third degree"
 Upon the subject of she Militia System, he says :- "l, is believed that some improvements are necessa- " to make it conform to the changes which have ken place in the coalition of the country since it pu. in operation, ,ha. the public may be relieved of portion Of the burden. consistently with all she objects which it was intended to secure. If, on examination, should appear to the Legislature, that the para mount powers of Congress the subject present insuperable obstacle she accomplishment of this ob jset by state Isgsa,on, i, will be worthy of consids ration whether the Senators from iis State ought no, to be instructed to propose sach amendments the act of Congress, regulating the enrolment and orgaa izasion of the miltia may be necessary to the required relief."
 We copy the following paragraphs entire :-
 Whatever will foster she great interests of agr culture, commerce. and manufacturer, cannOt fail e engage your attenties that account. Although our former agricu uTal societies, from inherent fecis were speedily dissolved n Of the counties yet they produced much good. would recommend their revival by state authority under organization advise te appvopriaiioa of any money of the treasury or the grantng o power to raise any and very much d0ubs the policy of grating any rewards or prizes. The main object Of any agricultural sOcie- ty should be, to briag farmers together twice year, to receive or communicate information on the of ihsir farms, their industry aud the1 sk . Under its ps,roaage, end subject to its government we'll gualsd fairs might bs permanently lyessablslssd.
 l s 1oe tOs years siaco eoaOn began 10 be eulva- ted in southern states article of commerce. and ssgRr has besn mueh moro Vseeniy introduced {; those Most articles of culisso said to Sour fish best the northern margin 0fthe s0ne Ofthsr growth thus, the Sea Island Cotton, iraasplanted from southern latitude, has asfased 10 length of staple, beauty and strength of fibre, n of southern states, which readers uRrvalled article in the markets asd 'he sweet Po'atoe, indigenous un- der tropical sun, where it expeHds issG n vines, becOmesa valuable edible iD northern StRaeiOn, and 1nurishes well is this climate. With such results before us should despair of seeing ths vine. the mulberry, and various productions of owa aad more southern laiiiudes, which noa nov made, among the ordinary productions Of our ag ricsamrml indusary.n