The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-01-30
STATISTICS.


Number Escaped. .......... %
Number removed by death 80
100
A AGn apP' snce remaining IN fon Nov % IS
Total number convicts this date 259
On OF capacity prison.
been required labor outside the walls public
Objectionable placing them under reformatory
Influences it has tendency harden and still further degrade
chances increased and the objects
Of rs has entered up0n active measures 10 secure the
erection Of Pentenary adequate to the of
the State and that with its completion the leasing system of
working convcts outside the walls will end
constructing the Pententiary proposed
p7h possible with the labor of the convc 1t is
only necessary that an appropriation should be made sufficient
the Of material and for supervising the work
The Southern Railroad has made the very liberal
proposition OF transporting all material to be used in the con
structon of the Penitentiary and during
period of five years transport all prisoners and guards
and from the Penitentary at halffare.
The supplemental report of the Board of Inspectors shows
O.. J. N R. purchased location
Of the Pententiar These lands fertile elgib oca
we'll supplied with timber and The plan and
specifications for the Penitentar approved by the Board
Of inspectors, is submitted to your consideration
The very able and graphic report of Dr. VIM NJ Compton
the thought and labor that has bestowed upon
worthy charity during the year which has just closed
built equipped and conducted scale Of
P's ~ :, ''s |'. II 'ne li.ce tne
has been doubed accommodate three hundred
patients From present Indications this limit will be
reached
all the ills which humanity subject, there is
the wreck of mind Reason dehroned only
animal remains and becomes object of pity and of
horror 1t is noble charity that makes provision for such
The Trustees of Asylum
appropriation made last session for the support of
patients wings On my accommodation, debt
incurred for that purpose They also ask for
These all necessary and important and you
will provide for them promptly.
INSTITUTION BLIND.
The very complete report Supentend-
blind facilities therefor afforded by the Institution
which presdes commended o your consideration. That
the blind throughout the State do generally
avail themselves of the advantages of this Institution esab
their especial benefit to be regretted Double the
pupils present under could be
materially increasing the expenses of the
Institution concur with the Superintendent in
mo the employment of agents gather up bring
school such blind youths are unable or for some other
fail to come of their own accord
The Of making an M e d to rero0f and
grounds the Institution for the Blind is 50 apparent as to
scarcely need mentioning
The report of the Board of Trustees shows
that the annual appropriation OF ten thousand dollars lacked
ffone dollars and tortynne cents OF being exhausted last
INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.
The report of the superintendent Carter
instructive information the subject of Deaf
Aues condition, habits and requirements. He gives
Institutions makes complete exhibit of receipts and dis
nuremen.s OF wants anu aS
whole number admitted to instruction
the year aggregates forty-four
Accompanying the Superintendent, admirable
Board of Trustees. This unmis
taxable deep interest which those officers feel
in the noble charity which has been entrusted their
heartily in their recommendations, which look to
extending the benetcent influences of the Institution
For the support Hospitals located Natehez
Vicksburg appropriation made last
overlooked and that there inen
ton the helpless and sick that
filed Institutions unproyded for recommended the
Trustees procure credit such means and
would be maintain them during the
reports herewith transmitted show that the Hos
pitfalls have admirably managed and that basis
reached There has been treated
Nachez 204 patients and debt OF
Vcksbu Hospital 1924 patients
treated and the debt the 1s day of January 1878 amounted
to s19,924.77.
reports show that the officers in charge of the Hospitals
their individual credit
in supply the of the afflicted people placed under
their You should make delay in showing the
citation of the State valuable services 10y making
The policy maintaining Hospitals State institutions
does appreciation The State in duty bound
make provision the blind and the deaf and
dumb but poor and the sick may very properly be left
subjects of local charity Both and sick
received the Nachez and Vlcksburg
Hospitals that these classes of patients do not
The aving maniac and the sick OF fever
ia adjoining rooms certainly most unwse arrangement