St. Mary's beacon., 1857-04-16
TnE MARYLAND pENITENTIARY

THE MARYLAND PENTTENTIARY.
During the last session of the Legisla-
Itnre application was made by the Board
FAf Directors of this establishment for an
arpropriation large enough TO enable
them to build a new and capacious build
| ing for contining their convicts IN when
not engaged 1T labor and it was proposed
to purchase d portion of the Jail lot be-
longing te ths city for locating this new
lbuilding OF ii the appropriation needed
conld be obtained. That appropriation,
was unwIseiy denk5 by the LegissNaure.'
and since then. as we learn. the city
authorities have dug the foundation for
their new and commodious Jail SO near
| the Peniten;ary walls, that all prospect
= Of obtaining location for the proposed
new Penitentiary building on the Jail LOT,
is forever lost. II. therefore, the present
Penitentiary buildings cannot be 50 re-
constructed as to find separate confne-
ment during The hours of relief from la
| Dor for all their convicts, the State will
be compelled to purchase a new site for
Penitentiary and erect new buildings
out and out. Under such crcums! ances
no place can be so suitable for tho erec-
tion of new Penitentiary as the neigh
borhood of Annapolis. The Capital OF
the State is where the State Prison ought
to be any how. With but three or four
exceptions, every State has erected her
State Prison at her Capitol, and as An
napolis has shown some signs of life and
improvement during the last few years,
The State OF Maryland ought by all means
10 stimulate our energies little more by
giving US the benefit of the erection of
her Pebitentiary in our vicinity. An
napols is yet destined to become city
OF some importance IN our country, and
the man is now grown who will live 10
see part Of the products Of the coal beds
: of Allegany brought by rail road TO our
wharves. 1t will require lwo or three
double track rail roads to bring all the
Allegany county coal TO our sea coast,
for which there will arise a$demand
within the next quarter Of century, and
: one OF these track must during that time
find its way to Annapolis.
Ii may be said that stone and brick of
the right sort cannot be obtained in An
Il napolis or its neigh hlorhood, but will have
to be brought from Baltimore fer tie
q bflg ~ .c l;,, Noven- Leon;
& to be worthy ofconslidefatioif,P AID pallAGe
more than made up in the course of a
few years by the low price of fuel in this
neigEborhood compared to what has to be
: paid in Baltimore. Annapolis deserves
: the fostering care of the State on account
! of its ancient Tenown among the places
of note in the country, and her lcgisIa-
tors will not sCruple about lending her
the aid tina: she will receive from TIE
4 building and location of a new Prniten-
tiary in our suburbs for the paltry con-
d sidertion of few dollars and Gents
q Baltimore is no longer fit location for
0 the Penitentiary. The city improve
0 ment have surrounded il and we learn
that it is daily overrun with city visitors
+ who are provided with free tickets whilst
e nine out of every ten countrymen who
wish to view the place have to pay their
: twenty-five cents each. This is not fair
r The people OF the whole State should be
treated alike. If one class are required
c TO pay for their admission all ought to
be. We are opposed topriviIeged class
es any where.
We repeat: if the present Penitentiarv
buildings cannot be so re-arranged as 10
afford separate confinement On nights
and Sundays to all its inmates, let US
have new one bnllt, and Annapolis
! city selected for its location. Some OF
our people will be found enterprising
enough to furnish it with all its Supplies
on terms iust as advantageous As they
can be found in Bal;imre, and Directors
and Managers can be found among u<
5 who will conduct its business quite as
profitably TO the State as 1t has been con-
: Quoted of late years beyond all question.
: We hone that our brethern Of the Press
: in The State will second our motion for
erecting the new PententIary in Annsp-
oils, IL the erection of new one BY the
} State shall be shown to be a positive ne
cessity MD. Republican
: The TRAGEDY AT LoUisvILLE-Fur-
Mer Parficuhus.-The telegraph has
r already mentioned that Thomas TraverS
: had been arrested at Louisville, Ky,
, charged with the murder of his wife,
Mary Travers, on Thursday night last
; The Courier states that Travers had been
/, intoxicated Cor several days. and that the
neighbors heard him when he came
. home about IL o'clock at night. /: then
; proceeds: