The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-10-01
THE STATE PRISON.

We respectfully call attention 10 the commune
cation of the Rev. r. l., Harvey on the first page
of this weeks paper. Mr. Harvey is well known
in Windsor and vicinity as Il man in whose state
menls the utmost confidence can be placed.
Added to the assertions of MIR Harvey in relation
TO Brown, the united voice of all who are acquaint-
ed with him, as the Superintendent ollhe Prison,
condemns him as a reckless Speculation, and man
totally unqualified for the station INTO which he has
intrigued himself As the prison Affairs are now
managed, it is Il complete curse to Windsor and
vicinity Mott mechanic can get his bread, Brown
is into every manner of specuIalion from whip
ping negro women down TO trading in broken
winded horses, lie is into the tanning business,
the shoe making business, the carriage making bu-
sincss he buys sheep, he trades and speculutes
in every thing, ut the expense of the State As 10
the welfare of the Prisoners aud the interests Of the
State, he cares as little for one or the other as he
does for the cries of the miserable wretches whose
backs he cudsos. Everything in connection with
the Prison is made means of speculation You
cannot converse with a man in Windsor, unless he
be in Browns interest, who will not tell YOU that
the State Prison affairs are rotten and corrupt and
that the State is losing by his reckless spccula-
tons. 1t is time, say all, that the State take the
Prison into consideration, Something is wrong,
when Superintcndcns take the charge of the Prison
bankrups, and accumulate independent fortunes
IL, D,i, La, L.,
of income to The State, iii can be wrcSled from
the hands of hawking and unprincplcd spectators,
such as Milton Brown. Every body in The vicinity
knows this. This assertion is subslaniialcd by the
fact that individuals, year before last, proposed TO
contract with the committee appointed by the Leg
iSlaturc and give the State iwenly-ciglt bundled
dollars for five years, paying all expenses for the
labor of the prisoners which proposals. made IN
perfect accordance with the terms proposed by the
Legislature, were most kna,i,h'y Chat S the
word, eyaclly,) most haarihiy rejected by that
paragon of honesty and consistency, Charles
Hopkins; man somewhat notorious in this re-
gor, and now Solicitor in the General Land Office
IA cidcrcrat pet BY the knlvcry of this lick
Spite, the State has been robbed 10 Gil the pocI-
els Of Milton Brown and his friends These facts
arc well known hrreabouts, and the public voice
is loud in favor Of an investigation into the af-
airs Of the prison, If there is to be source Of
revenue arising from the Prison, let it 90 into The
Golfers Of the State, and not into the pockets of
Milton Brown or any other man. The way that
the prison is now managed must be changed, radi-
calIy and completely. The Legislature can ap-
point Superintendent, aud pay him liberal sal
AIRY, and let the avas Of the labor go into the
Treasury of the State. This viii put IN end to
these outrageous speculations, on the part of is
present Superintendent, or any of his successors.
We rcpca, again, that the State Prison, as now
managed, i, perfect sink of rOtieUncss, specuIa-
ton aud iniquity, aud the people who know best
about it, believe it to be So