The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-01-08

not the means OF providing funds Tor that
purpose. 1t would be ul.availing to at
tempt to borrow money; at present, OH
the credit of the State, or 10 force out a
new issue of bonds, when those which
have already been offered for sale are re-
jected in every market.
Reports have been received from the
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company,
the Baltimore and Susquehanna Rail Road
Company, and the Annapolis and Elk
Ridge Rail Road Company; also from the
Directors Of the Pcnitentiary, the Com
missioners of Lotteries, and the Topo-
graphical Engineer; all of which will be
submitted in the course of the present
week.
The law, which provides for placing
INDECENT deaf and dumb children at the
Pennsylvania Institution, makes it the du-
ty of the Executive to report to the Lee
gislature the number Of pupils sent from
this State, and the amount expended in
their education. That provision of the
law escaped my attention, till it was too
late to compl y with it at the last session.
A statement is now given. which en-
braces the whole period from the pas
sage of the law TO the present time.
The whole number Of pupils has been
forty -four; OF these, thrty-two have been
discharged, leaving twelveat the institu-
ton, who have not gone through their
regular course. The amount of money,
expended in their support and education,
from the year 1929, to the lst Of sthe pres
Ont month, is twenty-eight thousand and
ninetythree dollars.
Eight pupils have been sent to the In
stitutlon for instructing the blind, and the
amount expended for their support, from
the first of December 1899 to the present
time, is two thousand nine hundred and
seventy. four dollars. None olthese pu-
pills have been discharged.
By resolution of the last session, the
Executive was required to purchase the
title of John J. Mycr to the lot on which
the State Tobacco Warehouses, No. 2 and
3, are erected. Mr.. Myer was prevented
from acccding TO the terms proposed in
the resolution, by the refusal Of his wife
to rclinqush her right of dover. Since
his death, which recently occurred, il
has been ascertaincd that his represent
tatlvcs are unwilling to part with their Ii
tie.
AT December session 1885, resolu-
ton was passed, directing the Governor
to procure sword, and present it, in the
name Of the State, to Captain John A.
Webster, for his gallant defence of the
battery committed to his charge, during
the attack upon the city of Baltimore III
September lSl4.
Nv attention was called to this res olu-
ton last winter, and was then under the
impression that it might be carried into
effect without any further action of the
Legislature. But when | came to consld
er,!lhat the resolution had been adopted
several years before the commencement
of my official term, and that was igno-
rant of the reasons which prevented my
predecessor from complying with it | was
doubtful Of the propriety Of procuring the
sword before specific appropriation was
made for that purpose. have brought
this subject to the notice Of the Legisla-
ture, that they may give some new au-
thority or direction for carrying the
resolution into effect.
Some time in the month ofApiil 1910,
a murder was committed IN Frederick
county, by Frederick Fritz, alias Jacob
Brucker, who was tried at the following
April term of Carroll county court, con-
vcted and sentenced TO be hung. a
warrant was signedIGo his execution, but
as "a number Of respectable persons sug-
gested doubts Of his being in his right
mind, a respite was granted, to give an
opportunity of collecting information res
p Getting his previous history, which, it
appeared, had not been made the subject
of investigation at his trial, Numerous
communications and dispositions were
received, setting forth the par ticulars of
his conduct and behaviour, which showed
if they were correctly stated, that he had
been subject to fits of insanity for many
years, and that he was perfectly deranged
when he was last seen in the city OF
Washington, ii few days before the com
mission of the murder On the other
hand, respectable and intelligent citizens
of Westminster, who had opportunities OF
seeing and conversing with him, formed
the opinion, that he was in full possess
ion OF his reason; and was subject to no
disorder of mind, except that which was
occasionally produced by violent and
ungovernabIe temper. The reasons,
however, which they gave for that opin-
ion, did not appear TO be inconsistent
with the accounts of his previous Insanl-
ty; and after consulting with Judge
Brewer, who set upon his trial, and who
thought further investigation ought to
be made for the purpose OF ascertaining
the condition of his mind, was led to
believe, that the ends of justice would be
best answered by not ordering his execu-
ton. At the same time | was unwilling
to commute or mitigate his punishment,