The writer distinctly
remembers, when a boy, of having a man pointed out to him, of whom it
was said he had refused to pay his debts, and so was only allowed to
go at large "within the limits of the jail."
The law under which persons were imprisoned for debt was abolished in
Massachusetts many years ago.
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Somewhere about the year 1822 the tread-mill was introduced into
England. It was recommended by the "Society for the Improvement of
Prison Discipline." It was the invention of Mr. Cubitt, of Ipswich, in
England, and probably at that time or soon after it was used in this
country. Some years since there was one, as we are informed, at the
Massachusetts State prison at Charlestown.
_The Tread-Mill_.--We publish to-day an interesting description
of the Tread-Mill, (a new invented Machine to enforce industry in
Prisons,) accompanied by a Plate representing the same, for the
use of which we are indebted to the politeness of the editor of
the Gazette.
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