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#*tea, and Ike enactment of ee- 1
we crown*? ju>i jwail reteibiaUry taws,
Otoer countries, and other states of
this Umoa, afftird excellent it l,t rations <*f
srfcat nuy by eSTjcted hv & proper an<l |
discreet manager# tat vrf Reuiteut/aries
Tbr are, to rHbroa ami to deter j
—to panisb Tresilly, bat preserve life—
to trades *mi rradost# ioos habits to
these bwe been rasH-cd m adleaess
m trie*—ito gxwdace re mitMcmement and
rexenwe, ad other cads of jaslice aod
ttoderatioo: Hiese abject* are praise
ww*hyz tbey embftt the tmnrices f *ke
(oli;liieseii *ut©*m*a. *vl pkduntkrejiifit.
We feadi oust attempt to retntik. at
this bote, ‘ira general vienc* of pmsh-!
meal *r*J crnnc, nor to advocate the mer ;
its -rs PeaDteatiarierc yet, as there sWjald i
he degrees of pvatsfemeut. proportionate
to the fe<KSi, we can hot think that the
retnbntsen sktvuld he according to their
fc^moesaewi.
It wilt be remembered* that the ‘ln
iSjwcloirt’ of oar PeiMteafiary arc directed
to make a rep rs sfce ‘Governor, at th<
end of each quarter, of the acta*l comb
ti-f? of the uMtabciiott. In f4fiimet of
thisdtttjt they have very creditably drawn
up a regal** and explicit llejxnt, -with a;.
preprlKie remark* uiuiei c-.iuJa tl ike ltd
lowing heads;
t. fuisn>Action. ;
2. M rai improvement.
3. Officers mud board.
4. Co# riel*.
f. Ca : i wUvtcin and Purchases
€. TV St*)ck.
7. Repairs.
SI Fi*iauc<*
Aud coaclmks with ‘GemraV Re
marks.*
I il'he fulrodxttlion informs ris of th
\r in tmtKi and esrablisbiuent of nil
for the government of the Institution—
chiefly prohibiting intercourse bctweei,
the prisoners aral -tber persons
'i. IMPROWSMENT.
Under tfs so >d; we learn, that there
># •? verv gieai defect iu the budding—
tir.t effinary caunoi be effected by the
prk-. ( -iit system and thicipiine —that the
cn jcw are & pt a>. !.r as practicable
tr-us intercomse with the world, either
br conversation, Setter or otherwise—
tfoxt the Clergy, Bibles and ‘tracts are
Qedto cn leaver to reform them.
3> ©P FiCJiH'? AIUB CWiBJ).
States who they are, and Hicir pay,a
•Kranting to $2,176 21 including rations
*nd clothing; and remarks—
* About ibe commencement of the quar
ter tbe ronvktf were restless, showi nga
st. ong dbqwntioa to mutiny,£ud <l(4 oth
er ura ■, hies. -ttiba deriroying the tools,
material)*, &Hence it was deemed
expedient to increase the guard. The al
terations, which have been made in the
arrangement *df the guard, and the centre
boxes, the ba ldi cg of an additional cen
tra box, and especially, tbe punishment
infl, ted <m tho*e of ihe convicts who were
ascertained to hare been the agitators of
mischief, it is believed, mil enable the
inspet tors to rednee the number of the
guard to be employed hereafter.
4 CONVICTS.
There are 84 * onvirts, for crimes, viz-
Rape 5, Manslaughter 5, Assault to
Jkiil 3, Forgery 7, Burglary 8, Larceny
16, t’ottnrerfeiting 5, Negro Scaling 7,
In veil ing slam 5, Horse stealing 14, Uow
stealing 3, V jgr,Huey 3, Misdemeanor 4,
Pmjory I.—Total 86. j
The rations for the quarter ending 31st
of March, amount to $598 33 and the
clothing tog 184 75.
The Inspectors cannot leave this branch
of the subject, without rem wking on what
appears to them to be the very great dis
parity ofpunishments to tbe enormity of
tbe ©iff nets. That there should be a dif
ference m the punishment of the same
crime, under different circumstances, is
tltngelb ‘T reasonable. — But that offences
•gainst the life fa citizea, and thosea
gainst lis p operty should be placed, as
regards punish’ ent ou the same ground,
and in many c&s--* even ou better, appears
to be subverting the end of public jus
tice. The distinction that should exist
between the value of Lfe and property, we
apptehmd lias wot been duly appreciated
by our Legi>latu>e,
O* CONTRACTS -<T MRCHASIiS.
Am cut to 1323 Dollars ami 17 cents.
6. STOCK.
Decrease in raw materials, Dollars 44 40
Increase in manufactured articles, 1228 97
Increase in tools. 16 96
7. REPUR9.
Orders have been given to make an en
tire set wt centry boxes, adding one to
the number, heretofore in use.*
8 riNAvcKs.
‘old bonnes** utp p truia of,sgt
tfefcent and collection; of which, *t
appears that oq the Ist of Jan- 1329,
there was due to the institution, the sum
of §36,669 06 1 4
Collected during the quarter 4,796 44 3-4
Leaving to be collected, §2l 877 61 1-2
Cash on baud, and old debts collectod
during the quarter, $6,858,07 1-2
Oid claims paid off, 3,666 80
i” “ ■—■
Bilaace, §3,191,2712
*Of the new business,’ there has been
received during the quarter, in cash, the
sum of $1282 17 14
Sold on a credit in the same
tune, 3379 57 3 4
£4 611 75
Disbursements during the sain*
time, 3,711213-4
The state has not this year been called
on for any part ot the land appropriated
lor the Penitentiary.
The Gmerul Cash Account.
DR.
For cash rec. on old acc k t, §6,806 07 1 4
Do do uew ucc*t. 1,232 17 I*4
$8,U90,24 1 2
— .
CR.
3y am‘l of old debts paid oil, §3.666 30
Do do new do do 3,721 21 3 4
$7,078 013 4
By bal. on hand, 31st Mud*, 712228
If no bad I’ebts have been created,
he gain t 9 $777 89 1-4
General lie marks. — I'he 1 tspetb. i
iave endeavored to maotmu a rigi
■ystcHi of detail in the business of
•very department ot the in tiiu i •
t’hey require the I'riucipai Keepc
;o make written ieports oi Ins {*>♦,
chases, whether for or on credi
—of his disbursements of the coming <>
fund—and of every thing connected w;4i
the discharge of his duties in the insli'tu .
non.
Great difficulty and embaira.sne;
have been experienced from tiie want < 1
good materials in the articles ot woou
The supply or plank o .f in best
quality, and well seasoned.— The wo.
turned out of the shops nuu-t always u
tain an inferior reputation, as long as it is
made of inatei ials, wholly green, or in.
perf tly dried. It will require a lon ; .
time of close attention to this particular
before it can be brought to the condition
in which the Inspectors would wish to
see it placed.
Tue cells, for the reason already stated
being out of repair, corporeal punishinenl
in private , has been substituted lot
the itke punishment in public, as here
tofore in use. The results ot this
change have been thus tar ol Vie mo.-t
salutary character.
The inspectors in making (his report
have confined themselves to tacts that
have been ascertained during the quarter.
In conclusion, it is a sou ce ot grati
fication to the Inspectors, that they have
been able, thus far, to carry on the estab
lishment, without having recourse to the
fund appropriated by the Legislature lor
penitentiary purposes It will be a source
of higher gratification, if, at the end
ofthe year. tb. v-shall be able to make
the same annunciatiou. Ot their abdity
to do this they have hopes: and it is their
determination that no effort shall be spar
ed tending to real xe their hopes.
S AMUEL BOYKIN, )
JAMES S. C \ Lrit>UN, > Inspect ‘a.
J\MESCvMAK. S
Inspector's Office, Miy 8, 1829.
Hffeets of the Penitexiiary system, —
Catharine Cashire, a woman re
cently executed f*r murder, in the
State of New York, w hilst passing the
State prison on her way to the gallows,
pointed to it and exclaimed, ‘That
place was my ruin,* To if I owe my
present situation. I was sent to the
Penitentiary many years ago, when
I was quite a child, for some trifling
offence, and the depravity 1 there
learnt, has been the means of my
pearing in this character.* ‘Yes,*
said her mother, who was present,
from the hour she was taken from me
& confined in that place, I never had
any control over her. It was her min.’
One such deplorable instance the of evil
arising from the promiscuous incar
ceration of convicts of all ages and
sexes utters a proof that ought uot to
pass unheeded. Tiie chief ground
upon which the friends of this mode
of punishment base their arguments
in its support, is the opportunity pf
forded for reclaiming the offender.
The example above cited, tleorly os
iablishes the extreme f Ily of Imping
to eradicate vicious propensities, hy
crowding together the slaves of vice,
and the noviee in rrim'’
CABINET*
tv a hhe- vy’• > *. A[j\r .3. • 529.
VV r e recumoientl ah j u -10 pern
sal of the article on our first
from the Geortria Journal, signed *JI
Friend ts good;’ it is rip! te with
truth, and we do hope, that the evils
so plainly shown, will be looked into
oy the people, partirui u Iy, 1 tl at jiaH
that relates to the ,\‘tvllu. ru subscrip
tion speculating gentry.
Tis said that the Mowing revolu
• ionary officers were weighed at West
Point, on the 19th ot Augnst 1783.
Gen. Washington, weighed 209 lbs.
fieri. Lincoln, 234
Gen.. Knox, 280
Gen. Hantiugdoti, 132
Gen. Greaton, IG6
(!<d, Swift, 219
Col. Mn liael Jut i- on, 252
Col. li.oirv .1 iv - . 238
Lieut. Cel. Huni-fogib , 232
Lieut. Cd. Cobh, 182
Li ut. C‘S. HuoioltVeyc. 221
I’ne average wiogOUa t 14 Ihs.
JRAND UltKftt KEE L'NE
Off, Wales and Mr. Thomas, ap
pointed to run, as e.-ain, and mark
e line which divide iv land occu
iit*d by the Creek au’V’i ( rnkee tribes
,f Indian*. have p ii- n id the duj
ssigpi and them. —Tt U ric line, aa as
ertriged, runs, 34 i 2 miles, from
the Suwatuia Old Town, on the Chat
talioocbee, to SiXaS, on the Uightow
~ n.v... .* an odes the High
ovver,'••{ where, thi i river joins the
Isteuahlah u;id forms the Coosa; and
iiriji.’e 17 3 4 <iM -s, by a uest<*H
ours'*, to the Alabama line. The a vs*
rage length of the ten itoiy, thus as
ertained, is 57 miles, and the width t-
Carroll hue, averages, 32; loikiuc
1824 squ -r* miles. *„d 1,167,360
res. The land emhra ed within fh;-,
tine, is represented tn be ge o rally ot
good qualify: tii t ionnediatt yon th
C’hattalmoi bee, Hightower # artd both
sides of tte Coosa, to he pump, and
that at a distance trim those three
rivers, but writ v. avert and by creek
slid branches, to be .susceptible of < nl
tivati m. Mr. Thomns believes tiiai
about 24 districts, of 9 square,
can he laid off, of w hich three court
ir'sean be formed.
Sq. M. Acres.
It appears tlien,
that the trritory cut
off from what was
formerly considered
Cherokee lands con
tains, 1>824. 1,167,360
By a calculation,
made by Mr. Thom
as. from former sur
veys, and running
of the boundarj lines
between Tennessee,
Alabama, and Geor
gia; the territory
which will remain
in the possession of
the Cherokees, and
to which the title
will have to be ex
tinguished, ami av
eraging 83 miles
long, and 51 miles
wide, contains, 4,438 2,872.320
So that the whole Cherokee ten ito
ry proper, with that portion belonging
formerly to the Creeks, hut now to
Georgia, contains 6,312 square miles,
oi* 4,039.680 ac res.
We have been furnished by Col.
Wales, with tiie following Protest lj
the Cherokee Agent, Col. Hugh
Montgomery, on the running of the
line, and his answer to it, which pre
cludes any remarks we might have
been disposed to make on that pro
test.— Journal.
Col. S. A. Wai.es,
Sir —As th> United States’ Agent for the
Ch --dke.es, and in accordance with the
w site of that tribe oflpdians, i deem it to
be iny duty, to protest against your run
ning an y lines, or mm king any trees,
through, or on the Cherokee lands, and
particularly, a line from Suwanna on the
Chattahoochee, to the Sixas, on the High
tower, which, it seems, is intended to de
signate a boundary line between them and
the Creek Indians;
l*t. Because the Cherokee 9, positively
and unequ vocaliy, deny that any suen
boundary at that place ever did exist be
tween them.
2d Because the evidence teken by
Georgia, n support of such claim, was
entirely ex parte, and no opportunity
given them to rebut or explain away the
testimony which was taken.
3d. Because the dividing line between
the < herokees and Cheeks, wa* and dini'ive
!y setUed, and the line run between them
seveial years before the tr**v of tiie In
dian Springs, under which he State of
Georgia claim-: See a confeience on diat
-0! ject. betvveei them, on the 9th of
August, 1814, am. the final adjuntmePt of
that question on Jie 11 h December, 1 21,
both of which conferences the Cheroktes
Allege was reported to the United States
Government, and th line so run betiv< ea
them recognised and acknowledged by
the United States in the treat - at W asU
siigton, on the 24th January, 1826.
4th. Because it is behev< cl to be the
province of the G neral Government,
(and so provided bv (he laws of inter
course,) to run all Indian boundary bn s,
claimed by her U’ tier treaties, and not
! eft to individual States, and especially
me which is interested, as is Georgia, in
the present case
And, lastly, because I fear, aid that
line be run, if would encourage and occa
sion a great number of white families to
uAi into, and settle on, the lands emb a
ced withi* t!o>-e lines, to the gre.it uzl. y
ance, distress and r uin of the poor he p
less and inoffensive Cheroktes, who in
habit ih ; m For the reasons above stat’ and,
I do, iio-i sincerely and solemnly, protest*
ogaicst the running of the above line, un
til the j>!ea-u*e of the United Slates is
known on tli subject.
I have the honor to b* your obedient
servant, If MONTGOMERY
13 Hi Map, 18.9.
May 13 h, 1829. .
—Yoik V -Tter of dus and He, protest
•;*; int the survey of any Ine in the
Cher koc a iou. ami pirticuUly agaiost
the one 1 tut i \v murk.ng, a id enclosing
• paper purpo lioir io be a Treaty with
the Cree ks at W ashington City, in 18260
together wnli a copy of an agreerm-nt be
fweeu the Creek and Cherokee tribes of
Cdians. o 1814 mb fore me. 1 con-id
rit tnv iuty, not” ithlanding to obey
ny Inst; ‘J( iions, and ro.nplete the survey,
he i. ving that it is not the p (ivin.-e of eitn
er, the United States Agent for tb - Cher
okees, or ttiyse'l, to detrnvi > tho ques
tion, whether the State of G* o gia ‘S right
or wrong in tins inaiter. I* rnay be proper
however, for me to add in justification of
•.he course pursuing by the S ateof Geor
gia, that the testim collected, to which
you object a- ex parte , wa deemed suffi
rientby the Executive of the State to es*
tablish tlie line I am nmv ?un:.;ng, as the
1 1; ue line between the Creek and Ch erokee
; tribes ot Indian , prior to the Convention
| between those tube:, m D teiuber, 1821,
rheir agreement on the subject of this
boundary at that time, tixii g and • Buzz.id
Boost, on rbe Chattahooc. ee R v> ! > t s one
point, and the mouih of V l*s ( reck as
Uie other, is not considered a, bmdi
either ou the United States or l cm :.-i i,
because neither A\eie a part’ to it; mid
the law to winch you refer ina-es bat a
jgreeinent void. she paper v u .oclosc
[me as evidence of a conference tn-tw en
[the Creeks ami Cherokees. on the 9th <>f
j .V*.gust, 1814, by which their boundary
i purports to be defined and settled, which
’ i ai the signature of General Jackson to it,
:is pronounced by liim to be false: (Sre
his letter to tre Secretary of War, dated
4 h June, 1C16.) ihe tieaty \vi s h the
Creeks, at Washington City, in 1826, to
which you also refer me as settling defin
itively the boundary between the Ciecks
arid Cherokees, lie’ er has been, nor never
wilt be, iecogoisi and by the State ol Geor
gia, as .i valid instrument. The treaty of
182 ). at the Indian Springs, had proceded
it, and ceded for the use oi Georgia, all the
laud owned by the C re.e 1 ’ ~~