Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-06-02
YER MONT APH.

The Hon. 5. Il. Armstrong presided
The meeting commenced by prayer and
reading of the Scriptures by Rev. Mr.
Brown of St. Petersburgh. The passa-
ges Of Scri pture read were one portion
which was selected by prisoner as ex-
pressive Of his feelings, while in prison, Of
abasement and self-degradation; and an
other of the same convict after his dis
charge, full of hope at his Deliverer, The
Lord is my Shepherd l shall not want,'
&c.
The Report Of the Society was read by |
its Secretary, Mr. Dwight. 1t is the llth
year since the organization Of the SOcie-
ty. In looking over the list of mortality
for the past year, the Report says, We
have to record but a single instance of
death among $50 Of its officers, lite direct
ors, and life members; and but one out of
500 members of the Society," We have
had no such experience in any former
year of the goodness of our God, and for
which we ought to feel grateful, and ex
hibit this gratitude by devoting more ar
IDENTIFY than ever the lives he has spared to
the great cause Of improving the condition
ofthis class Of unfortunates Of our fellow
men The divisions of the Report were
|. AsyIums for Poor Lunatics-2. State
Prisons-3 County Prisons-4. Houses
of Refugee. Imprisonment for Debt
6. Capital Punishmcnt-7. Domestic Cor
Responsiveness. Foreign Correspond
ence.
/. Lunatic AsyIums. In Maine, much
has been done to establish these important
institutions There has been received by
individual donations, the sum of $4,000,
in addition to $4,000 granted by the
State. The building is to be erected this
season. and located on the East bank of
the kennebec river. In New Hamp-
shire, the feeling is favorable, but no legiS-
lativc act has been passed on the subject
In Vermont, report of the Legislature
on this subject gives l44 1unatlcs in 60
townS-and the examination is ncomp lcte.
$4,000 has been granted for ; years, max
ing $4,000. The subject was first start
cd by Mrs Marsh of that State, giving by
will $4,000 towards the subject In
; Massachusetts The institution at Wor-
cester is in a very satisfactory condition.
1t was the first ofthe kind in the L. States.
During its continuance liz have been
disc harged cured. The Report states,
that of cases which were attended to ear y,
81 l-2 per cent. have recovered, while on
T ~ Is II per cent. have recovered of those
cases which have been neg ccted single
year This part of the Report abounded
with interesting and highly important facts
{ on the treatment of those who have here
tofore been considered inc urabIe In the
p mana cement of the Mclean Asy lum, an
important fact has been established, VIZ,
= that family worship and religious teach
ing will exercise most happy and sooth-
ing restorative on the insane mind. In
S Rhode Island and Connecticut there are
no such AsyIums. In New-N ork the LIE
: gislation have granted 100000 for the OBJ
c ject In Ohio, $4,000 The estimate
,, which has been made on the subject oflu-
J macy, gives lunatic to every 1000 souls,
and among some portious of the country
= as Boston, it has been found to bc in COZ
OF the population.
= g. State Prisons. In Maine State Pris
: on they have been blessed with revival
+ of religion. There are there 70 convlctS
In Massachusetts in 1885 there were &c
@ prisoncrs-in 1886, 40. The deaths
d have been in 90. The amount Of pro-
ceeds from the labor ofprisoners exceed
It the expenses. In Connecticut the receipts
e exceeded the expenditures by $4,000. The
|. Report was full on the NcwY ork prls,
s ons, and female pcntentiarics. taIIuded
h TO the causes of crime, such as lntcmper'
l. oncc, Ignorance, want of patcrnal nStruc,
i ton, ignorance Of the moral Jaw, and de,
: graded character of the coIorcd popuIa-
d ton. At the North one-sixth of the IN
O mates are black, at the South One-haIt-
J. while in Tennessee, where Shareholders
arc interested to keep their slaves from
o prison, only 3 in 100 were colored. Gan
. not humanity do here, what slavery effects
there? 3. The county Prisons are II
general badly constructed and in lament
able condition. The Report closed with
. an allusion to Capital Punishment.