Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-01-16

""a IA lHo LOTTO Oruer. IL is designed
10 furnish the necessary accommodation
Tor the care and treatment of one thou
sand lunatics Its east front will COM
mand view of the city, and the north
| Will enjoy prospect of the canal, the
| valley of the Mohawk, and the long
range Of hills 10 the distance which d.
vides the waters flowing into Lake Onta-
rio from the tributaries to the Hudson
Ihe principal part of the basement has
been constructed with an expenditure of
torty-slx thousand dollars, exclusive Of
the cost of the site. Thus the foundation
has been laid of a charitable institution
commensurate with the exigencies of the
state, not unworthy of It's growing wealth,
and justly designed to endure as a monu-
ment of the taste and munifcence of this
age. The document furnished by the
Commissioners, states the probable cost at
S43I,636.
! Deaf and Dumb Asylum-The num-
Der of pupils in the New York Insttu-
ion for the Deaf and Dumb, on the 10th
of November last, was las The num-
Der enjoying its advantages at the public
expense, is 100. An additional building
has recently been constructed with an ex-
pense OF $4,000
Institution for the BLind-The institu-
ton for the blind, new and noble chart
ty, has been recently founded in n. York,
and is in successful operation 1t has 81
pupils gathered from all parts of the State
State Prisons.-The number of con-
victs in the State Prison at Mount Pleas
ant is 842 The amount received for la
Dor is S82, 26O 90. The expenditures
including S4,928 Is for the transporta-
ton Of convicts and materials for the pris-
on for females. are S64, l67 81, leaving a
surplus of Sl8,093 OIL. The prison for
female convicts, an institution required
by the humane spirit of the age, will be
speedily completed. The plan contem-
plates separate apartments for seventy-two
Of this class of convlcts, very small
number in comparison with that of the
other sex, but happily for our State, and
honorabIy for the character of Woman,
a number greater than any for which the
State has ever been called to provide
The number of convIcts in the prison at
Auburn is 636. The earnings during
the year We're $40, 26 Sc. Its expendi-
lures S58, 1853 AZ.
The number of convIcts received at
both prisons in the year 1882, was All !;
in 1888, 4l2; in 1884, 446; in 1885,
AL; in 1886, 365; in 1887, $50; in
1888, 444. Crime has not increased in
f the same ratio as population. The num-
Der of convicts received in the prisons in
1887, year memorable for its p cuniary
| or bar hat Of 9th
er in the series. Increase of prosperity
diminishes the amount Of crime. The
proportion of colored persons in the State
) to that of white persons is TO 48. The
t proportion of colored persons in the State
Prisons is about to 6. This class oil
f our population is In great measure de-
prived by its condition of the advantages
of our schools. 1t is respectfully submit.
ted whether a solicitous regard for the
: public welfare, justice 10 an injured race
and the dictates of an enlightened human
ity, do not require us to provide more eff
II fectuaIiy for their education.
is Banks-The Governor regards the
= law prohibiting the banks from issuing
IS bills of lower denomination than 6v,
n dollars, as unwise, and recommends tina
v the act suspending its operation two years
3 be converted into an unconditional repeal
lie The new banking law adopted at tn,
of last session repealed the restraining law
.e and adopted a system which, establshin!
ed proper safeguards for the currency to b
) :: issued, authorises the business of bankin,
e. bv associated individuals, without the Spe
n cial and exclusive feature of Legisativ
ue charters. Under this law certificate
D. have been filed by thirty-two Bankin
H. Associations, with an aggregate actu;
capital of S8,883,l75. Of these, ten al
as. located in the city of New Y ork, and ii
on Others are distributed as follows, viz
he Rochester, Port Richmond, Buffalo, Loci
,as port, Utica. Brooklyn. Ovid, Watervill
On Clyde, Alexander, LIE Roy, Kinderhoo
ab- Attca and Batavia. Circulation, amour
ing to $1,314,99O, has been issued
is the Comptroller, to thirteen of these
his stilutions which have deposited the sec
les rites required by law. Of these secu
ers ties, the sum of S314,9Oo consists
nee bonds and mortgages, and the residue
has Stocks of the States Of Indiana, Arka
osit sas, Michigan, Maine, Alabama. and y,
ew York. A safer currency than this is L
100, known in the commercial world.
Colleges, Academies, and Comm
S SchooLs-Union College has three hui
was red students; the College at Geneva,
'aid ty; Hamilton College is surmounti
80, the embarrassments with which it has
l. long struggled; Columbia College,
the the city OF NewY ork, contains one hu
'em- red and flty-seven students.
There are one hundred and forty
orse incorporated academies, seventy mine
tile which are snhiect u thc visitation Of