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manity, and as the advocate of an enlightened public policy, avail ourselves of the opportunity presented by this Institution, of extending new and invaluable privileges to a portion of our fellow citizens, who have heretofore shared but sparingly in the county of the State. Our Penitentiary System will necessarily be subject of inquiry. Under the Resolve of the twenty eighth of February last, a committee was appointed to investigate the conduct of its officers and the affairs of the Institution generally, and to report with all reasonable dispatch, the result of their examination. This committee have executed the trust confided to them, in a highly satisfactory, manner; and a copy of their report is herewith communicated.