Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-01-19
The PenilenliarK.

he wise heads at Nashville. On
Thursday, Dee 18th, Gov. johnson
dominated three gentlemen rs In
fpectors Of the Penitentiar VI Nc ssrs.
q. I. ,Soqa, s. 2. Am uf anil G..
" ,Sait]-in' obedience to the law
which requires the Cover or to nom
mate and the Senate to confirm. In
Flae time, the nominations we're con
frIned, and soon thereafter, perhaps
the next day, the Inspectors met,
organized, and elected Col. Jdsee
W Page superintendent for the en-
suing two years This election has
given some Dissatisfaction, inasm UGH
as, 50 it is said, tic Inspectors viola
ted Hedges made OF the strength Of
which they we're nominated, by not
electins another. gentleman to The
Office, instead Of Col p. Accord
ingly, a few days ago, a motion was
nude TO reconsider the vote confirm
ing the nominations, and the qnes-
tipn was decided in such a manner as
70 becqaivalenttoa rejection Of them
While the move was pending, Gov
Johason sent a messenger to the
Senate, recalling the nominations,
whercupqn an almost interminablo
debate sprung up andso,we believe,
the matter stands.
LATER On Friday, 18th inst, a
message was received from Governor
Jolason, by the Senate, nominating
1rts B,paa, D. " HaH and Isaac
Pam, for Inspectors; which nomina!
tons we're, for the present, laid on
the table.
A bill has been introduced into
the Senate, by Gen F@yuh@sop, to
provide "a Jail and penitentiary
house for the State Of Tennessee =
The objects which Gen. F. seems to
have had in view in dfawing up this
bill, are, TO divert the labor of the
convicts into channel which shall
not compete with mechanical labor;
TO develope the resources Of the
State; and to retain within the State
large sums of money expended for
the railroads about TO be built here.
These are Important and worthy con-
siderations, ana ii the Legislature
believes the bill.in question viii ac-
complish them, without serious pecu-
MARY loss, it ought to pass it. 1t
provides that a new Jail and PeEi-
Tertiary Shall be erected at some
point IS near the centre Of the State
as may be, where iron ore a nd coal
shalA be most abundant aud conve-
nicnt, and near some railroad or wa
ter course navigable for steam boats.
"To raise fund for the erectionof
the Penitentiary, thc Governor is
authorized to issue the Bank Of Ten
nessee 81 * per cent. State bonds, not
exceeding two hundred thousand
dofMrs, which are to be given in ex-
change for the like amount of the
township school land fund, now on
deposit with the Bank of Tennessee,
1T an interest of sixper cent.
"lYhen the buildings shall be N a
state Of advancement sufficient for
safe-kteping of conYicts, such mum S
Der Of the convicts rs can be advaln- t
employed may be trans :
fcrred from the old TO the new Peh- ,
tentiary, 10 aid in its completion apd
the erection Of the necessary ma !
clinery, Sc. L
"When the institution is compile /
ted the whole Of the convicts are to b
be transferred to it, and kept at hard )
labor in the manulact ure of ironsuit-
able for railroads, NOT as mechanics 7
but in doing such labor as Slaves G
usually perform in coal mines or iron Y
The agent to 90 au- c,
horned to exempt females and fee =,
Jed bodied convictsIfrom such labor.
3pt no article EXCEPT Railroad iron =
hall be mannfaetured therein, ex- :"
ept such as shall be intended for
he use Of the conyfts for clothing, II
&c.
@Tho bill provides for the purchase r
f coal and iron, OF mineral lands ~
efficient for the purpose, and the til
reeiion Of FORCES, dhgines, and all an