The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1880-03-24

punishment, Dlt az ltlpIlii tiit 'TlIiNi't~.
Under the present system There l. no
hope of reformation, but on the other
hand, the prison j. Il hot-hed of crime,
a school for villainy. He who enters it
in its present condition, and under its
present management, mus feel that his
star of hope is set. We speak not this
a. II reflection upon the prc~on; Keeper,
but upon the system, where no grades
of crime are recognized, nu inducements
for reformation are held 0ui, but Wi, old
and young, hardened hearts and these
of less experience i'm crime are crowded
together. We must know that when
we thrust the child of II wears of aye,
who has been drawn into some pcltN
larceny 10y others into a crowded prison
Ia minglc and associate wiki the
hardened villains of years uf experience
in lawlesSneSs and crime, the State not
only does this child an injustice, ilt a
palpahle wrong upon society, hccaIi>" h"
is turned ont of the prison Il trained viii
lain, scho0lcd under the tutorage of
those skilled in crime. Yet, such il thc
case. | myself have seen a youth ~
that age in the prison compelled To AIS
sociate with all the criminals of every
grade. Let us now have grades in the
prison, 80 that the Young ana artiCss
boys may not he thrown in with those
of the worse grade, and let there he IT,
formatory influences brought Ia bear
upon these unfortunate humans, who
are our fcllow-creatur :, though viola
tors of the law they he.
The Senate. on "Wednesday 18th inst,
passed the bill 10 repeal the charter Of
the Green and Barren River Navigation
Company 10y "A vote of IL yeas, Is nays.
This has probably created more excite
ment and interest than any other meas
ure that has been before the Senate dur
ing the session. For several days il had
been under discussion. Capt. Robinson,
of the Company, had been present and
had attorneys. residents of this city,
employed in behalf ot the Company.
On Tuesday Senator Sixties, of Bowling
Green, made a speech again''; the hill,
manifesting considerable excitement,
and using rather strong terms daring
his argument. To this Cape. Hill re-
piled in his usual calm and digniiied
manner, reminding the Senator from
Bowling Green that his indecOrous Ian
guage was an objectionable violation OF
the law, for which he (the Senator from
Warren had just voted, making pro-
Voking language miSdemcanor. Sev-
eral other speeches Were made for and
against. \ large crowd was present,
and intense interest WAS manifested.
\ call of the yeas and nays was begun
ON the final passage of the bill, when
senator Montgomery arose To explain
his vote. continuing his remarks AT
length until the hour of adjournment
came, and then Il vote WAS defeated for
the day. The bill was again taken up
on "Wednesday nj II o'clock, and after
an exhaustive legal argument by Sena-
tor Adair, of Union, i'm favor ofthe bill,
the vote was taken, resulting as above
stated. Ii the bill can he gotten before
the House in time we think ii will un-
douhtedly pass that body.
The bill which passed the Housr. some
time since declaring the use of abusive
and provoking language misdemcan0r,
has also passed the Senate, and will
become a law.
The Lower House has passed a bill re-
quiriIig Sheriff. To complete the pay
mcntS al the State reNcnue hY the 9Th
of January instead of April, n is now
the law, and allowing an addition If ,
per cent. upon those who fail la pay by
that date. This We regard ~ uniavor-
able To the totacco-growing sections of
the State, in H. much a. no money is
generally realized from tobacco, which
is the main S.apie for money 10y this
date.
\ bill has also passed the House
authorizing tn" Commissioners of the
Sinking Fund To direct the Auditor of
Public Accounts To transfer Ia the Tcve-
nue. proper the surplus in the Sinking
Fund.
The House has passed bill reducing
the salary of the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts and his clerks.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher passed
through the city on Tuesday last IN
route for Lexington, where he had an
appointment to lecture. \ resolution
was offered in the House TO tender the
Hall, and invite him to lecture before
the Legislature at II o'clock, with a
view of telegraphing an invitation TO
| him. But the House refused to pass
the resolution. Some jocular amend
ments were Offered to the resolution
and much merriment produced. We
had great deal of curiosity To see the
hero of the Brooklyn scandal. but
thought il rather out of place for the
Kentucky Legislature in an official Ca
pacity, to send for him.
The reelected member from Owsley,
Jackson and Clay, the reritdJie and
ineritdbIc gentleman from CLAW" Jno.
ID. White, returned to the Kentucky
Capital yesterday, accompanied by a
brass band from Lexington. Well,
well, it is to be hoped that the prophe-
cy of the gentleman from Grayson, 4"
uttered some time ago, That the lion
and lamb would lie down together"
will be verified. OBSERVER.