Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-09-03


n,i,,,. ,i,ms Murt h,s h, done hut great ara'
,.o.os To he achieved. and We glad IL believe that
III. mind. Of pailan,opis,- have Of late been turned a
,., in ,b,. duec,n The glary achieved rvrry
,,,l s.J ,r,o Bunker ill Ii Re.aca d. Ia Pdln',
annals. ,., th.t ~hnh Delngs /, our country or be"s
m 6ott ,na, If ,lnp, aud suI ahead at all other ma
INN. N whatsoever relates 10 the improvement OF the
,,n,c.n.nt Ut pli,,ns and ths mgan,' III The cflin
,., r al, The actual c,,dtiin Ut oae {" III oes' fiai
and ,,,.ns /, n narn unlike that which WAS "itaess
-, amongst IA ity years ag", may 40" or e" III
-, u,ts II taru,- than Is The idea now entertained
81 To- jpsyn oil pfls,n ifon that which prevailed 'of
ri~f5,.
Y,,r4 alo oor peniIpntlaes at ared the at'en'mn u
H., 1; vptn.npn. al France AMI .h.lihd, aud del-gh-
Nun. orr- nj fro II la.pect ihrn, and learn Tue
5Ja4f, Il a :, s.n whicn wnrkrd well. In ooih
,,u4ati,a sons Improvements We been na II IN he
o.rc ION and ,ag-rnt al lhrlr Prisons mere
NV 1sru aIso mp rsn departures if" the American
me, htyr ,usv hundred III SUCCESS oi The
s,-tr N liz prAclia upafliInn. al maj aud lnli
,u pride prevented The transfer uee Z" the aner ca
arson, all It's detail. I" r. LA aud FRANCE Ia
ecrI p'nun !" the NJ 'ci''nrfy which. though
f5usui A. inpufiant and m'si .ih 'icn' here II would
n, 4 ii ait STIR Ii France. NJ na and religious
M sa- largely appealed |" IN our pe"''e"''At's' aud
l,,rr Is lh'e vi d''rct lnc"lc'r" al "'s""s
,tutt. T,r chap IL co''tefed "a inp'A'i '' '"r
v.rien Bal country whrfe Religious s''linea' Is
81, oeady rxincl 1t is IN France. IL IS evident mol
mucn c,uIi b. hoped l"r r'" such "A alt"cy. nhc'
,,,.r-tnrp Il III n.hlnl b giiud and his TRY
h,f pn.m. the riaf naon anl III Ha cnl ufe oi tue
.,rr ID ,carc-iy naly avo~ed oeecI, and IN
practice IS dl.rrsafded entirely
Our pr ,t-ullary system has been leng enough IN "pe
raf, Ia y,ela s II ull aud all that necessary
To oatlrr UP III. facts ascertain what has necn It's IN
.nc. up,n crime. ui the OH rts ol the s'cl
.,,,. To winch ". nave alluded IL collect STATISTICS al
lhs klld ani careful collation. ri returns. Judge
T. iy,fd, nj Me- rk, wn,Las distinguished himself
~ tns Aaik phanhtnPy. III the hfs report "l The
pason Association u,s thai crtne has diminished IN
fisr ales iar Improved systems oblsin, whilst
III ~" Buas, En,lt--wnrfr the Old rrsun' IL still
s.rn an,h, o,.hrf With I'"na' col"nts the ACCOM-
.lu urn,. baths Dungeons, and prfs' al snher
~ mas Increased "nh fearful rapidny m com
n,s ~ " ln me oil population. Ihs Is we"
.r,ay,. hun ,niy sad socrrlIiaale I" our c"un
-, IA. de adusl5a Ii give so'ne"i his sla.'
ncA. ~ niu. rlii,n If the assrr"n
..in .u.e, inc avr,a. e nu notf III for Is
ears pnr IL s37, has d'n'ni'td one quarter, white
h,t p,pl,all,, H., incfrased 20 per eh'
..ln Perm nj, tne average din ndttnn one ihlrd,
Muile Io ,latnn, Increased - per crn Ten yrars
LA .Nt,c Hampshire. the average tn 10 years. prior
10 1851, wa, in.ftsse I'll on,-il''h "f aoou eqnii
- ,n.Isa>e Ut population.
fla MASSACHUSETTS,, Tile Average Tor III years. ptl"r /"
1927. was scarcely ptfcepn1e '"cteasei While THE
p,pnlA, i,0 incr-a,eI 5 per crnh ~ len years
..lp Connecticut. The ncrtase vas doaat CON nrn-
sufai- win tue gt"wih Ut pnpha'lnh.
.'in .Ner Jtrsey, where = p,pnialhln has doubled
in4 y.ats, me pr,g mas bert iplh"s
!, e35. 1913 In 1889, IOJ-l" 1910. lo4-n 1911,
l5i In 1872. l37 III 1913, l5j
lin fennsy rI.ia, ,nd ur VAS ahr 10 speak {" her
E,sl-rh Pe-.iary only the aveta.e nun0tf u con
VETS 1896 IL lS4z va, oe7-iur The last 'hfee
years was 3i5. and he: p'pnatIup mas INCREASED one 4
thlfd ~ ten years.
"in Mar Lund, the average for five years, prior Ia
1888, wa. 5Sl t.r lar t,ut yeas zaI and pu-
lAr'n hs. Increased one eighth IN ten yeaf+ pm
al ths d,nu'I"n MAS d'"nlr,s ewing III Te'e"l Ia"
which allw I'd class ui conVicis Ia be sold III
10 slavery!
TN ruy;tio The aver ,ue for the last - yeprs has
b-rr 5 =, Years, rrlnt In 1885, II was f2-ior
',r Is y-.r 81 Pop rIatlpn locFel,rJ - per cent IN
- ye,f..
''Apt IN Mem York, The aver,at f,r SIN year. prlor
To ISL, va, ,niv lNo per @eni d mug rerpd when
thr .eppal trian Increased - cent.
Ia Bn4bnd. tram $50. during seven years, there
81, regular ,qna ~ 40 per ctuI. aud
ithda- NJ s"ul degree of alup,l every 100
a liz ie,puia j e" HE Large were
arrested Ia lS4 3 iirr. were cu,vIcled exclusive OF
VIDA 'oas ." al" ., "rl,ws, 81 800, or nearly ~
ey ~ / - nham,anls.
~ rave of mikin. this com paris con
plat lof W. have moi vet adopted IN ihls state per-
irc Ysen U PRISM STATISTICS hnl We have progressed
81 tar ihi W. can apr ,SIii,e 10 rtghl fouclushn
.hns, IN lgand, the CONVICTIONS IN S42 for srrl"uS
cfiIes such. tr ms ancp. as III slate punished
by c'hh rU.ni IN the state prI>"ns-dnu1nIed Ia 81
5 y, or every 40 nj her p"pe; whIi. IN New
rh ,trrnvIc,ipns Tor 81 nIlar IF ucts III 1919
l2Jl or IN 1909 ol tho population. w 1880 the
cplVrt,o,s s.te N every 1911 oi The pppulatmn,
aud dunn1 The Il years from 1893 10 lS4J, our pppu
Ia ,irn md increased SlD.3 3
l'd # The nnurer tnus convicted in 1912, in this
birth.
'Wl,huut yielding 10 The temptation 10 stop and
rrauate ourselves and our country upon this au,pcuu>
STATE Ut things, W. may hr allowed Ia pause
and ask pertinent IN the matter hand, what has
produced Tbs rxrraUrdnafy d,tfrrence}
MA ain! all due allow ance ,r the improved State Of
the Eu!sh police, for The peculiarly penal ch1race' ui
her game, rxisr, and revenue laws, sba fad that
it's great degree be asribrd To temperance, edu
ea,'oa. and our p.n,,rn,lsry systems.
This III. place discuss the progress of ten
pssanc- reform; hnl deny thai II has IN IIs
cou Try been rfcacuus IN arrr.llg the progress u"
enre.
''And a. pducatin, fact tells the whole story
o. the i3J. 3S9 arrested IN England IN 1912, 80 $50
m rearv one ni, could MT read while Ut al pms
"nefs AZ Sinl Slry eighth only ca"nh read aud o
tn. " hoI~ num,-r oi cory cons this stale loil
one XIII could not.
'Dnt beyond all doubt. the grea, agent which has
kPpna bach lha mild