Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-03-11
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by The above statement II will be seen, its
81 the articles manufactured in The Institution
those Of cotton and wool are nearly equal tt
al The other amounting for The year 1912 Il
rho sum Of af7.l0l A5, whilst al The Other
branches together ouIy produced the sum o
a1o,5g2 Oh.
And ing the %conviets 8re fast acquiring sutl
a knowledge Of The work, AZ will enable then
10 go M with gr aier facility IN that branch d
tabaf, even with The present machinery, All
t~nfreaas in That department Ia confidently en-
petted.
The Committee feel proud In being able n
Hthte, that upon information received from the
officers Of tho institution, the manufacture ot
cotton and Woollsn Rfods has yielded, during
the lnat year, Il profit Of thirty per c%ent.-~the
maintenance Of the ~fopvicts being Estimated
n 40 cents per day, Sundays included. Forty.
'hree eonvtcfs are III present employed in the
The faftoty, and with The engine producing
upwards Of cloth. per week.
H1Vtng adyetted 10 the profits which the
manufacturing business IL capable Of Yielding,
the Committee feel again the Importance ii
urging upHil The Legislature, the rsces5tty Of
making Il sufficient appropriation for the pur-
chase af additional machinery. The stes1n
engine at present in operatlsn is said to be
capable Of driving At least IA Of 1900 #~pindles,
in addition 10 The TO which, are now worked,
and which would produce thread fot III least
one thousand yards per day, aud would give
constant employment TO upwards Of one hun
dred rohvtcta--slxty Of eighty 81 whom, 1t %
eajd, li9v~ been, during tie last year, unpro.
tfablv employed.
II will no doubt he urged ~ an objection TO
any appropriation for that object, tina the pre-
sent embarrassed state OF the treasury must
preclude he possibility Of any relief from that
quarter but with due deferenGe 10 those
who maintain that position, the committee
think that argument CONCLUSIVE, in support
Of the proposition, whif b they have felt them.
selves lmpefiously canstrained to urge. II
hat already been shown that the manufacture
Of cloth from cotton and wool il profitable, and
the demand for goods 80 great that the inati.
tuition IL unable to supply it. That it IL the
only branch Of labor calculated TO give en-
pigment 10 a large numbsr of convicta, and
less obnoxious 10 the objection SO often with
truth and proprfety urged, that the State
should IN no case rorne into competition with
The industrious portion Of ite citizens.
ltk. tbeH1 III thfhT P'itibft I'll HE
convicts from other branches, and placlug
them inthe factory would in a great measure
At once re1ieye The community from any
dread Of Interference m the part Of the insti-
tuition against the mechanical industry Of the
place, whilst at the same. time the State
would, hive q sure GUARANTEE Tested by past
experienced that in about three years more the
would no longer be a barthen
upon the Treasury.
= The COMMITTED again s0g est, most re-
spectfully, he Necessity Of making some L.
rislatjve provision permitting cenyicts. in
criminal prosecutions, 10 testify against each
other. The safety IF the institution demands
that such an enactment should be passed.
More will for a moneni presume, that q on
vic1 will make r fo'1fdeHi Of tv l~eepers. and
should If he discovered that revolt or anyother
ls intended, or re"petrafen, punishment
could then he inflicted ON he guilty.
The infection of cerpnreai punishment upon
the c%onvic's in the Penitentjary is deemed
and the Committee take this
to recommend 20 the Inspectors,
to substitute in lien thereof the system Of SOL
itary confinement, for a reasonable time, as a
punishment to the refractory,
In most Of the older States provision has
been made infictIng additional punishment
on %conyicts who have been sent a second or
more times to the Penitentiary, ami although
the subject has already been brought before
the Legislature, yet no acfien hes been bad
upon it. In our Peniienfiary MANY c~Gnpicts
have returned a second ard third 'ine, with
any power in the courts Of Justice to in
crease. in such cases, the p~enalrt. Punish
lnent then, exemplary punishment, seems 10
be The only alternative - heck this seeming
desire or propensity TO crime,
The Committee, therefore, earnestly re
end the subject 10 inc serious Consider
alton of the Legislature.
Eirhty-fec c~onyicts were received during
he wear. being an Increase of eleven en- the
wear previous.
Sixty-six were discharged during the same
time. two W re parione1, and three escaped. |
The Physician reports that 4s5 cases OF dis
eases occurred during the year, three deaths,
two of which by consumption.
Agreeab!v to the Act of the Legislature, |
passed at last session, forty eonyicts of color.
both free and slaves, have been delivered
,ver to the Engineer of the Stale and placed
uDon tie public works.
TheComr't-ee report, thatthe Penitenfiary
appear. to lie conducted with great order and
7icanIire.f, and with a due regard TO ths OH
f the convfcts.
All of which is respectfully submitted
J. REPNARD,
Chairman Of The Senate Committee,
r. w NEWPORT,
Chairman Of ne House Committee.
MoRE mrr1xY-A vessel from Mobile TO
was recently run into Havana, in con-
sequence OF an attempted mutiny anongte
crew. An attack On The eaFtain's life was
made, bat adroitness and cool management
saved him, and encased the ~rascals in the
Of Havana