Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-01-11

is in part attributable to the return
Of soldiers from the disbanded armies.
he report OF Marriages in Is6I-2 was. 1850
7ss9 4ss9-s 9. 9. -----. 59 59 geo s99
81 Is6A-5 81 ..... 29I9S
1866 81 go. so 900
Not only has the increase been
about thirty per cent. over last year,
but IN some SIX thousand more than
n any year of the past ten.
The amounts of money loaned upon
the mortgages recorded In the State
are evidence both Of the numbers of
transfers Of capital and real estate, and
of confidence in the stability Of bUsi-
ness After the beginning of the war
and the depreciation of the currency,
the number of mortgages was very
much diminished, but the great in
crease since the peace viii be seen by
the comparison of three years taken as
specimens
Amount reoited in mortgages OF 1859. $50 707, ,o55
1861. p ,759 ,253
1906. $4,000 600
In all these cases the amounts for
the past year, are given 10 round num-
bers, the statements from some local
tiles not being entirely closed and
footed, but the report of the COmmis-
sipner will fully support the figures
above given.
The records of the State Department
show also q great increase in eertifi-
Gates issued for the incorporation Of
manufac turing companies, such as
rolling mills, iron furnaces, factories,
&c.
All our internal affairs thus show
the marks Of real rapid progress, and
the revival and increase of business
enterprise, whilst the financial reports
warrant the Auditor in declaring that
the finances of the State we're never
IN as favorable condition as at the pres
ent time, and her credit in the market
Is not surpassed By that of any other
State or Government IN the World.
Governor Cox next refers to the BEN
evolent institutions of the State Ap-
preparations having been voted for the
Improvement of the Asylumns for the
Deaf and Dumb, and for the Idiotic,
and for additions to be made TO the
Northern and Southern Lunatic Asy-
lums and to the Institution for the
Blind, the work has been prosecuted as
rapidly and satisfactorily as could be eX-
pected. The additions TO the LuDatic
Asylums at NeWburg and Dayton viii ,
when completed, afford accommodation
to a large proportion of the chronic in
sane who now endure a wFetched ex
istence In the County Poor Houses.
This class of patients will thus secure
that systematic and scientific treat
ment which can only be obtained in
regularly organized asylumns.
The new Asylum for Idiotie children
Is being pushed to completion and
promises to be one of the most useful
and attractive In appearance Of all our
public Institutions.
The Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb
approaches completion, and promises
speedy relief to the present crowded
state of the old building.
Hamilton county has, at an expense
Of $40, 1000, established, in conjunction
with the IsongView Lunatic Asylum.
a suitable Asylum for the insane
among the colored people ofthatcoun-
IT,
PENITENTIABY.
Under the management of the new
Warden, Gen. @. @. Walcutt, the af-
fairs of the State Prison have been
conducted with humanity, fprud6nce
and economy. The expenses, though
less than in the preceding year. still
exceed the receipts from the labor of
oonvicts by S16,239.86. This is owing
to the fact that the contracts for the la
Dor of the prisoners we're nearly all
made when the value Of labor was
much lower than at present.
The chaplain of the Prison being re-
quired, under existing laws, to keep
records and furnish statistics concerns
ing the prison, it is recommended that
a room be furnished him suitable for
an Office
The report of the Chaplain shows
that more than three-fourths of the
/ eonvicts are under thirty years old, and
in fact, a large majority of them are
young men who have very recently
come of age,
The number of youthful "first-of
fense3 eonvicts is unusually large, and
strongly suggest the inquiry whether
a separation of those who have not be-
come hardened in crime way not be
| possible, and modification of our
| system of punishment adopted which
shall have a more decided and direct
view to the possibility of reformation
| in such cases. One of the natural re-
suits Of such a war as we have lately
| had, is to break down the respect for
/ life and property among the worst
I trained and least educated classes of
| young men, and thousands have given
/ themselves to the demeralizing life of
eamp-felloWers, bringing home habits
/ which are now carrying them into the
/ jails and prisons Of the country. ]
| cannot doubt that many such young
men might be reclaimed by a proper
| system ofprison discipline; but / have
as little doubt that association with
! old and hardened offenders In the same
/ prison-shops, fixes the habit of crime
and the hate Of legal restraint, and
they are discharged at the end of THEN
only to commit fresh wickedness.
! Other States and countries have
made experiments on this subject
| which are worthy of attention. Iu
/ some of the prisons of Great Britain
what Is known as the Irish COnvict
System Is reported to have produced
| really satisfactory results. It's char
4 acteristic feature Is a continuous in
struetion of the prisoner In regard tC
his moral relations to society, accom-.
panied by a gradual testing of his re.
liability, and proportIonate relaxation
of the rigidity Of discipline and pun.
Z
, worthy. The punishment under this
system is more severe than in ours OF
the first entry of the convict into th,
prison, but is so graduated that con
tinued evidence of improvement re
/ duces hecondnement at last to a mere
IL nominal restraint. Tt Is said by yer,
respectable authority that experience
has proven the reformation of convict
under this system, TO be so Thorough
that ceFtificateof discharge with
clear record, is sufficient to seour
+ released prisoner emp and con
fidence without difficulty
Without fully vouehing for this o
; any other system which IS only know
to me through printed reports an
books, l feel justified in saying, tina
i inasmuoh as the increase Of convict
L with the growth of the State, and th
j other reasons given by the Director
: and Officers of our Penitentiary for
I revision of the laws as to its manage
e ment force the subject upon our a
4 tention, it is in my Judgment adyisab
, to take some immediate steps 20 sepal
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