Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-06-25

cpd 10 pay specie, we have liad q harael run
than we anticipated.
rrG.sptusrEa We Hlc prepared to print
any uaunlity of tickets The candidates nt tiits
Parish and West Baton Rouge may require,
IL application lie nude ~ season, EHfty next
week will be the most convenient TIME
NJ That Id n very haniRuue and honorable
letter from Mr.. ~tIlriaft. lseJd II, aud aee
bnw we'll his statements tnffuhH,rat6 our Hfits
clio uflhs IIlh iist, on The history Of i'ouisl=
ana. Mr.. I%iflart'B sentiments and iranktlces
do him honor but what else could @n OK"
poct from M old ana tried veteran aid patriot'
whose entire life has been devoted TO tbs SER
wee of hls country !
Tnf fExfrrSTtAEY-rhe few plain, tom
perate retn7rhp made BY us on The recent pro-
c~ealings If the Ioafj uf inspectors for The
Frnitentiary, sroin 70 haSe produced d e. Cd
effect. During the week. We have copfefsed
with Two gentleman who voted for the cllangeE'
operated, and both confessed their readiness
"a reconsider their vote on the reduction oi
the pay Of tho guards, We have also bad .
conversation with d mcuthef ri TIC legiH'as
tnre who rle6 no iacnpHi1erabIn share pt fne
attention ID tho subject, Hhilo the question Of
reducing The salaries was bc5ofe the house
liz HFHares ~ that it Was mol the Intention Of
the Legislature 10 reduce the ]saigrtes Of The
guards, considering them already low rotigil
So with soms other officers Of The PsnlteHfia-
~ their important and iatlgnlng duties, It
was thought. merllcd fully every cent thrs
received for discharglng them.
In the ease Of nr. flolgtt all agree that HIS
elevation to tho rank of m officer IN The III
~htitution IL euhyofaive VI good order aud law.
II this circumstance Ia 10 be Tolerated, the
pyatetn may with equal Justice be carried out.
There are good clerks IN the pcnltentiary-
lot one be appointed there are persona at,tang
the ]eonyie,s who could perform the daiies al
w1rdcnn, guards, Ne,-@why not "~eotehiFe
the Bcallty funds Of the State by filling these
offices, too, with culprits aud then, to COM
plefc tho "good harttn work." az there arc
ielonF Ia that butllng highly capable for al.
mort my important poet, Htlnpoee Ito Board
of inspectors make Il etitRble election from
among thotn, aud resign it's duties 10 them
This would BIO carrying out tho System az
coInrnencpd.
Since writing the above, a letter from hlf.
McCalop has beet, received, which sill le
found below, and which excuses ts from
further remarks We had iutentled 10 make,
fNH htlftAHfl 1l @NfIfti NAHs Ildt We ~ HSf
think mechanics should be mo favored ia
the Pcniicniiafy Than doctors or lawyers,
No know Of no claim the former have over
tho latter to hold excepted stations aud il IL
has been The custom to indulge meela fScs by
i do,ni- accumulation Of their punishment, why
may not a doctor enjoy the same privilege.
Fer ourselves, we cherish q like respect
for all honorable professional gentlemen As
49, A. "a. ta.EanIt, sta.at Aatpa 3 EH tfn JM4
honorable Of both clauses, ohr repugnance ie
the same.
For the EaseHh,)
B.res fsaUaE. June lIth. lsts.
Mn HrEgraS:
| see in your paper Of last week sofaeheafy
complaints against the Directors of the Iott-
stana penitrntiafy, III respect to dfschafEinR
the physician. and making Doctor lIough At
tend to his brother c%onviets. The warden told
ms that lIuBrh w~assNeak aud not able IN do
hard work, and that he had to put him in the
hospital. 10 attend TO the sick. which was the
very thing that | thouglit'he should have done.
! have always heard TINT Doctor fiough was
q rood physician, and | Thought then, and still
do think, that ii was as well for him 10 attend
thc cor ricts by himself as to do II under 4
physician; and more sos when the state Is
saving 4 thousand dollars d year by il. Some
say il is a disgrace 10 the PenItentiafy, and
that have taken Iiouyh from among the con-
vlcts and made an officer Of him, when he
should boat hard work the warden tells me
he is not allie 10 do hard work and as to his
being made nm officer, when any good work.
man is lucky enough 10 get into the Pcni.
tertiary. III Ito not put al the head of his bro
thnr worlmen, and, instead Of his being a
freeman, il bound 10 obey aud do his duty,
he he taylor cr doctor7 | agree that the off
GERS and the guards Of the Penitenttarf are an
honofahic SET Of men tut has Hough any
thing 10 do, bat To obey them, and 70 do what
he is ordered by them 70 do, just Ms much MS
If he was at hard work I
As To the wages of the guard, | may have
done wronr. not that | think twenty dollars a
month now is net as good wages as thirty-five
was TIVE or three wears ago But, because il
was taken of all nj enc time, some say that |
took nearly hah Of the guards wages on and
did not take of any Of the wages of the head
warden nor the captain. The reason Of that
is, that the Legislature took that on themselves;
hut | took three hundred dollars n year off the
clerks salary when he was standing by. and
Il he murlnured he kept it to himself, and
there is | believe. as much responsibility on
that officer as on any in the Penitentiary, and
perhaps more, RI the expense Of the p~eniten-
tiarp and the income 90 on as they are now
going for one year more, 1t would be better TO
send no more c~onvfcts there fer the state has
no money and the fenitentiary is in debt. and
viii soon have no credit. DO You not think
1t time for some ehangef
VIII you give this a place in your paper
and oblige Your friend,
5AMEs McCALoP.
Mn. EpiroR:--yor will ablige me by in
sorting IN yotfr Gazette this little extract from
the Clinton Wing. A great number of your
readers know Mr., Lyons to beya warm a high
" respectable member Of the democratic
party.
The Baton Rouge Gazette" containing
the REPUTATION Of The charges against Mr..
BUTLER, was handed to Us BY z. :, Lyons,
atsq. with This remark, which We consider
honorable u himself as II was To MIR. Butler.
= "'Fhat it is 4 shame that a man who has
lived without r~eproach for forty years. should,
the moment he became a candidate for Office,
he standered and sllitea IN the manner Mr.,
BUTLER had"
TT We have stiTI 4 large number ct com
anunfcatSons on hand, which arc deferred for
want al reota,
RATES OF rxtuASsEs-Ihe Union, Mocha
and Traders, Louisiana and Gas Banks. t
pay specie. The City is 1t : 10 10 per cent.
discount the Louisiana STATE. the same CT
items, 30 to 4A; Consolidated, 30 10 IS Ca
nal, 80 to So Commercial, 30 10 So Carraitan,
30 TO 81 Exchange, 90 TO 20; AtchafalaYa,
n, 10 SO, Improvement, 65 10 70; and the