Indiana Intelligencer, Volume 4, Number 6, Charlestown, Clark County, 31 October 1821 — Page 1

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The In ISi Intelligencer FARMER'S F RIEND

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L. IV. WHOLE NO. 170.

CJIAI1LESTOWN, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1821.

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PRINTED LV DVWKIKS, MOMISOK, Wednesday morning, on Water- , vest of the; Court-House and Clerk's

i on the following terms:

p dollars per year if paid in advance. I II 7 . ?.,

to aot'ars ana a iixiij ij paid UuiJ yeurly.

V) dvliarsaivi 7 J aids at tne cud of (ice vuarlrr. and

r?e dollars if payment Is delayed until d of they cur. ' .ill letters to the Editors must be post vthemise, they vnll mtie attended to. jsTATE I'ENITENTlAllY. I From the Oracle. appears by the p'o'cdanution of tovcifior of this stote that the new 'prison at Je lTersonviiJe is comph t Vad ready to receive convicts, iltaneous with this event a gret te takes place in our criminal

, Uliences Heretofore punished le' inflict ion of stripes are now to enished by imprisonment tit h.nd . Incases where the former punJtnt dd not excetd 100 btripe, trimintd can be imprisoned tor a

not exceeding seven years: c50btripes, 5 years; where 3j

rs; 3 years.

he general plan of the csiablish-

is this r an agent is appointed, e duty it is to make contracts, to e Lud pay out money under the rion of the managers. Me is daia'tend to the state of the prison.

health, conduct and safe keeping

v r prisoners, to employ them most f-Iy to their respective opacities ifchae provisions, clothing and necessary for the convictb, & raw huh to be by them manufactured, to dispose of the same after they nufactuied. He is alsoempowI to contract with the Ohio Canal jpany, for the employment of the bodied convicts on the canoisurplus proceeds, if any remain if paying the expenses of the ptison, fo be appropriated to the purchase r' bck in the Ohio Canal. e are pleased to see the barbarious ' of punishment keretnfore pracIt thus stricken from our criminal t Hut it remains for time to show ther the substitute will be as efFec- - Hri lessening; the number of crimes 'ie former was. Very much, in Tespect' depends upon the manner f' liich the prison is conducted. re chief difficulty, and indeed the whn:h has caused all the similar v hshments on our continent to fail

btaining theobjectof their creation,

'at the prisoners are not doomed

,:tIitary confinement; but are period to assemble together at their ' Js and during their labor. By this 'lis the young offender becomes fccnip jiiion of the hardened villian: J ars him recount his exploits, is "Jit to laugh at the pranks he lias -i'td upon the world, St at the end of 'Cfinfmt mfiit comes out prepared to Un practice the crimes with which .sthus become familiarized. -p man is born a villian: he !e'."s to by degrees. He, who, for Ss st time robs his neighbor of his t, would shudder at the thought of --E'mg a dagger in his bosom; but ral(tg course of crime, by associawith men of the worst character, "Seating them dwell with pride up tbe crimes they have committed, -Tn the dangers they have run, it ore's in the young bosom a desire to tl diem even in crime. As in a 'T'loos, moral society, our ambition -J ns to er"t ll in?r!ta So in a 2ty cnn,po,d e the above rnatea tkVni i , t( o nfti n found t ex-

H vice. Ti.ij wiaLiiion is- punud j

I in every b)som: and whtn crimi; nl

are tints sU' out from the great world and yet are permuted to associate witl one anotlnr, they form a little wo-lr by themselves, where the grea-es' r gue is considered the greatest m m. uid where crime becomes an honorable mark of distinction. In such a fitnation, those who are penitent for dieir offences and who if left to themselves, wou'd endejvor to corre t tht ir rrors, are ridiculed, and laughed. to corn. until thry come to bt beve thar t is easier to ' reign in liell than Serve ui he-ivf n." in the present limited establishment pei haps the ss stem of solitary confine, meut cannot be carried to its fullest

extent; but still much can br dime, by not permitting thrm io eat or slrep together, and by allottmgjthem their work in such a manner as to prohibit all conversation between them. This

eeitainly is a matter worthv the consi

deration of the managersI' or nothing sooner subdues the spirit of the wic.ked than bei' g left to their own reflections. Being deprive d of all society, they find no comfort within themselves, their hents become hum b ed. an I in nine cases out of ten, they a :1. come out firm in the determina

tion to leod a nnv life for the future. If this establishment is to become nursery of evil instead of a school ol virtue, better hod it never been erect ed.

KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE. The following resolutions were introduced intothe H. ot Rtpresewiame1 on Wednesday the 17th inst. by John Pope, Eiq. ot Washington county : Retched by the General Assembly of the Ccinmoiiiveulth cj Ktntmky ; That the bank of Kentucky ousht to receive real property at a reasonable price, in discharge of debts in ail cases where the principal debtor has no oiher means of pjvment. 2. 'Resolved, That the Bank of Kentucky ought to give crt dit and currency to the paper ot the Bank of the Commonwealth, by receiving it in payment of debts, and reissuing it in moderate loans to the people. 3. Resolved, That the bank of the Com monwealth ought, without delay, to lend the ballance of the three millions authorised by the act establishing the said Hank; and to re-issue in loans to the people what m. y be received before the duy ol next. 4. Resolved, That the Commonwealth's lijnk ought to continue moderate calls on its debtors; and that af. tcr the day of next, thv per of said bank ousht to be gradually diminished and cancelled at the rate of per cent, per annum. 5. Resolved, That real estate within this Commonwealth, which may be sold before the first day of January, 1 825, under O' bv vir'oe of any extcu tion, ought to be redeemable by the debtor or his creditors at any time wrhin years after such sale, up on the payment of the price for which it may be sold, with an int'rett at the rate of percent, per annum, un. less the plaintiff in such execution t- hall before the sale, consent to receive the same at itsvdue in paymtnt. And that aitirr the first day of January. 1825, real estate sold as aforesaid. ouRht to he redeemable within oneyear af'er tin sale. 0. Resolved, That the laws against usury nusdt 'o be revived. y. Resolved, That the defendants in jutlgment-. lounded on any no'c. bo:wJ. or written contract, ninle alter the eLy of next, bv wnich dv obligor c ojiijois, p; uiuiic o; aj.ee

m expre terms to pay in specie, u?ht not to be allowed a replevin of .mre th ui three nrnndis; and su; h 'ases sli d not be sul ject to the-iuw fcpuring e dorsements, thitbank pa per will hs received in payment. 8. Rest ed. Hy the House of Re preventative, 'J'hat a committee b appointed jto enquire what alteration ct amendn ents ought to be made, in the laws dthorizing imprisonment for djkf.s andj whether it is expedient to abolish the same, except in cases of fraud. mi Trfc J j" v

isux. The curses of the piper system af ladirg heavilv upon the people arl to relieve th n. powerful efl'orts ai niakirg 'o seduce tate Legula tt.es to become manufactures of papr money. Scheme follows scheme, aid pteject is heaped upon project rme of which out do Laws' famous iiississippi balooning in France or tie not much less ce K brated South sea jubble in England. P ejectors will ist in every ape ; and men wi'l build iastles in the air and support them by tabulation, and do away the result ol experience by hypothecated IVcts. 'nere are muny also, that, it a thing ' will do tcr the pieseni" care uovhing about the future. The success of psper currercy in Gn at Riitain is constantly referred to, to ii-.duce us, to xlcpt it. It has &UC ceedtd there, with a vengeanc e! in

less than thirty years it has rai ed the

co'st of f npporting the government !

it has enabled the disciples ol Pitt to extend their if fiuence tothe uttermost

parts of ihe habitable world, and wade knee-deep in the blood ot nation" .' to dep pulate d t counrries in A.-i, and desri ov millions of men in Europe! but entdileel eternal misery at hoim, unU ss relieved by a civil war, in which will be a cutting of the throats of prin ccs and priests, and their panders and pa'tizans! The debt never can be paid and when money takes the place of p- per, the interest must fail for we have seen that the people cannot pay the taxes in such a state ol things. Yes the sjstcm has succeeded in England! it has succeeded in the subversion of every thing like liberty, which the rapacity of its rulers had yet left to that ct untry : it has succeeded in the annihilation of a jeomanry, which, thirty years ago, was an ornament of human nature. And it is this system which is held up for the imitation of Republican America! now enjoying profound peace, and the most ample resources, with all the elasticity of a youth and power of manhood provi ed only, her means are rightfully m,ed. 11 our country has over-traded, we must met-t its consequences. If the evils we sufier come out of unreasonabie issues of paper, snail wereme-d them by making more paper ? Before any scneme or thU purpose is adopted, we hope thjt a solemn pause will be made, to consider whether procrastination wi 1 riot add to cur diilicnlties at the d y of settlement ivhich evety lv,(hj knows mint come may it not come upon us in the "night season" in time of war, or soni? other public calamity, when, as was the case in Great hiit.tin, instead of lessening the hep of trouble, we in y be comp lied to increase it f Now is the better time to relieve our sr Ives and purge the country of speculation the present time oi.ly is oursLt not the work of rt formation be impeded by any expedient vv? art uhie to bear the opt ration, and si:' o.ier it is over the bene:. W hi lit I etvl'-'es. wt m.st reovdn sta:iiiur . but th'i 'tie; lit,;;:.; tll-jclfd, wc nut: J! 'J V .i J g I -. .

Perjons residing in towns h..e gtn eraily a ve-y Lint itlea of the distress that prevails in some parts of the c onntr5 the product of year of im ustn ous economy is swept nway by the genius of speculation, rap.rinus as the crave, cold and u- feein g as death! Hundreds of late happy anil late independent farmers, by ti e whoredoms of the system, are driven from their homes f?nd made b-mkrup s and bejj. gars. The se people are greatly to be pitied; but their imprudence is as reprehensible a the authors of-.tht

destruction i awtul but il it S' rves as

a monument to warn the people here

after ; if it causes every reflecting far

mer to take his inlant son to the altar, and there make him swear "eternal

enmity" to speculation, teaching him to confide in the good old way of money rmking, by honest labor, future

happiness may be hoped for to compensate present miseiy. I have just

heard a plain story about the stle ( i a farm in Pennsylvania, by the sheriff for nine thousand dollars, at the if stiaation of a neighboring batik, which

was worth at least twentj -five theusA -I.I - I .

ano. ivnu tnus tne system is consum

mating every where, in making nobles and paupersThe issue must be, that r ur paper money mak ing shops w ill go dow n, by dozens money rise to its le gi'imate value, tid economy supply the waste which prodigality has caused. Nics

Fro:n the Springfield ( Mass,) Patriot. . We challenge the whole world to compete with Old Sj-kincfifld ! ! Two scvi-n-years old oxen, and one four years old steer, ri-ed by. Col.' Abel Chapin, of this town, were driven to this village, from his farm in Chicope parish, on Wednesday last, and their weight accurately determined. The weight of the great ox which Ce)l. Chapin sold in Boston 3 years ago, and which was distinguished by the name of Maximus, was 2716 lbs. The largest of those weighed on Wednesday, and which w e must now call Trismegitus, weighed 3028 The next in weight 2709 The steer 2165 Potatoes, On the best mode of preserving potatoes to retain their flavor as they have been taken from the ground, by G. Whiting: He proposes to pack potatoes in caks .when digging them from the ground, and filling the interstices, as they are put into the casks, with sand. The cask will hold as many potatoes as it would without sand, tiy this means the air is sufficiently excluded, which is very injurious to potatoes, as is also the light of the. sun ; they cannot be too somi seeun el horn both. He says betook two himdrrd barrels tothe West. Indies, rrd on his arrival fnund thrtt the potatoes had preserved their flavor ard sweetness a . good as when they first came out of the ground, oc that they were not inihesluh est degree a fleeted by the close airof the ship This is evidently a very important, economical and commerc ial discovery, and oujjht to l" nude public through the country. 'I 'he common mode is, to dtp; potatoes and lot them Ly some hours to dry, w hich is a v ery i; jurious practice. A'af. Jut. The following ad -rt'sernent is literi!lv copied from a New Jersey paper : To be s ;l 1 on the. fj'h of Ju:yt on? nindred and thirty ooe mi is ai !awt he prt)u i fr of em.'innt Attorney, ib nit ?o IV...i tronj 1) si);.' ,s.

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