Litchfield enquirer., 1832-05-10

Of the company, and promise to them ultimate and complete success. And last, though not
 least. all this has been accomplished at an ex-
 pense of few hundred dollars.
 would respectfully suggest to the Gene
 raI Assembly the propriety of granting to
 those who will engage in the growing of trees, and the culture of silk, for reasonable time,
 premiums sufficient tO turn the attention of our citizens to this most interesting subject.
 The permanent Cis il List Fund Ofth state of Connecticut, amounts tO S435. .1O2 6l, the interest of which Is applied to the current ex-
 penses oft government. The revenue to the state from every source
 for the year ending on the thirty-irst day of March, 1882, amounts to SS2,65 IS; inclu-
 ding cash in the Treasury on :he first day of April, 1881, S1,846 96, and uDcOIlectabls { notes. $243 19. The disbursements from
 the Treasury during the last political year,
 amount to S7S,665 76 leaving cash in the
 Treasury on the 1st day of fApril, 1882, $1O,OsS l S5, together with said notes.
 The wisdom and economy of our prede- cessors have placed our fiscal concerns in
 prosperous and Aattering situation but for-
 bear to detain you at this time, with mi- | mute statement Of the revenues or expendi- | lures of our government, as you will be im- l mediately furnished with the Reports of the proper accounting officers.
 The friends of the Peniteniiary System
 have great reason to rejoice at the 1attering
 results of the Connecticut State Prison dur
 ing the past year. After paying every expense, incurred for the support and management or
 the establishment, there remains balance in
 favor of the institution of S8,7lS 55; of
 which sum, S6.500 have been paid into the State Treasury.
 Experience proves the correctness of the principles which were early adopted, in the
 direction and management of the prison, and the employment of the cOnVicts; and con- stantly suggests the various improvements of which the regulations 1.-the details of it's con- cerns are susceptible. chaplain has for the
 last year been employed in the prison, who
 has most assidnoasly devoted his time and
 talents to the moral and religious instruction
 of the prisoners and in teaching the rudi-
 ments of our language to those Of them who
 had hitherto lived in the entire neglect of the
 means of acquiring an education which would
 have fitted them for usefulness, & enabled them
 to pass through life in innocence and safety. The whole number of prisoners on the first day of April, 1882, was one hundred ninety two; of which, one hundred seventy four
 were males, and eighteen were females and all were so employed as to meet the expense
 of their imprisonment. The prisoners in SCbCIds dSC bOOuSb dUO AWO UcdtDS
 only have occurred during the past year,
 The ordinary expenditures of the prison since
 the 1st of April 1881, have varied but little
 from those of the preceding year, but since
 that period an additional expense of S27s S2
 has been incurred in fitting up chaprl with in the prison, which is not included in the bal- l ance above stated in favor of the institution. Should the concerns of the prison continue To
 be managed in the present failhfnl, prudent and ski!lful manner, it is fair presumption
 that hereafter there will be an annual nett gain to the State from the institution of ten
 thousand dollars. The importance of maintaining the peniten- tiary system is too great in a moral and hu-
 mane. as well as pecuniary point of view, tO ] escape the attention of the Legislature; and it cannot be necessary to urge perseverance,
 in pursuing an improvement in the penal po-
 lice of Cur State, which has so happily coin
 menced. and which has been followed by l such signal success.
 r. We learn with painful regret, that sister
 State,% after a trial too short to lead to any definite and certain results, has recently abaD- doned the penitentiary system, as altogether inadequate to meet the ends of justice, and intellectual in the reformation of those who had rendered themselves obnoxious to the sanctions of her laws. The friends of human fly cannot but lament an act SO premature nor can they consider the mode of punish
 ment by the inflictiun of stripes, which she has substituted for the milder system which
 we cherish with so much care and success.
 but as inhumane and harbarous in the ex-
 treme stamping the offenders with endless
 infamy confirming them in deadly hostility to the human family, and speeding them on
 in their desperate course to destruction. The best interests of our country, and the
 most holy feelings ofthe benevolent heart are
 intimately connected with this all important
 subject; and they admonish us to examine it
 with single eye to the safety of the virtuous. and the reformation of the vicious; both of
 which objects, it is most confidently believed.
 the pententiary system is eminently calcula- ted to promote.
 The subject of Education, connected with com.
 mon schools has, for several years paet been pressed upon the consideration Of preceding Legislatures, without producing any beneficial results. am, how ever encouraged present it 10 your consideration, from conviction that agisatng and examining the uMestion will farther awaken the public mind 10 sense of it's importance. So far my. observation has extended. I am confident that there has been an improvement in the regulation and manage mont of common schools during the past year. Inc
 s,rttOrs have been employed who better quali-
 fed to tle performance of ihe duties assigned them:
 and an increased interest in their success has been excited in parents and guardians. If proper siimu-
 lans could be furnished 10 arouse those who are m-