The Arkansas advocate., 1836-08-26
I'HE ELAN OF A GOAL.

The whole house to be thirty feet by twenty In the clear the foundation to be two feet deep in the ground we'll raised one foot above ground with good rock the whole wall, above the foundation be of we'll burnt brick laid in good lime the part of the house de- sgnedtof the dungeon room must be divided from the ai- ers room, by apartton wall across the house cutting of twelve feetn the clear off ore end the house whchsto he entirely surrounded by double wall ofbrick eighteen nces thlck Wt space Of one foot between the walls which is to be filled with hewntimher square set on end and Hat rockspu in edgeways, us high the first story which will be nne feet between floors; the lower floor must be laid with two tier of foot square hewn timber laid one foot n the wall at each end laid tier across the other, md then iloored with two inch oak plank nas ed down with spikes, and so filled with tenpenny nails to render impossible to bore the oor the up- per floor to be laid nke with one tier Of hcwcd timber one foot square, and foored top in the manner, with two inch plank, spikes and nails; there mustbe floor, of foot square hewnd timber over tho upper room, which room is designed for the sdebors' room the dungeon room is to have window each slde eighteen inches square to have two tier of grates made of two inch square bars of iron, crossed two inches apar and made substantially fast in timbers fast ened in the wa and faced with large flat bars of ron through which the grate bars must pass; the whole ba lance of the wn except the dungeon room is to be single wall of brick eighteen inches thick, with two twelVezght windows and twadoors in the fore part of the jaers room, and two windows above in the same room of the sze with chimney the end of the ailers room, with fire place above and below built LID with the wall othe house, with good upper and lower oor and stairso go np to theu upper oor also win dows twelve panes rthe debtors room with one tier of grates e nsidc made of inch bars of foii fodr inches between tecrosses fastened and secured , ttie manner that the gratcs of the dungeon ure all the windows 1.-the aers and debtors rooms to be neatly finished off with shutters, sash and glassi tho doors to be neatly nished off and shutters and locks to them; the whole of the building to be we'll covered in wth roof feighteen inch shingles, inch thick at the thick end four inches wide, nailed to show six inches of the shingles of each coursc which roof must be completely pitched painted, when finished; tho dungeon room to nave one doof which shall go out of the aers room and the facing of said door shall be of substantial oak timber, well fastened and let into tho wall and faced with large bars of ron so that it can neither be cut bored there must be two shutters to the door, made of two inch oak plank crossed and nailed together with spikcB and lined both sides with sheet iron well and strongly nailed with tenpenny nails, with substantial wrought iron hnges and first quality locks of the strongest knd the debtors room to have door, securely made and well hung on good wrought iron hinges, with good lock; thewhoe of ths outside work ofthe goal to be neatly painted off with white lime.
 WILLIAM SCOTT, Conn