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JACOB HODGES.
sympathy, and to excite far other than
charitable feelings towards him.
Upon the completion of the new prison
at Auburn, Jacob was among the number
of State convicts that were removed to
that place. A new system of prison dis¬
cipline was adopted at the opening of this
spacious penitentiary, and the keepers
appeared admirably fitted to carry out its
details according to the peculiar character
and disposition of its inmates. The su¬
perintendent of the prison, the late Mr
Powers, was a man of uncommon excel¬
lence of character, of remarkably kind feel¬
ings, and condescending to the prisoners
He regarded them, though felons, still as
men and moral beings, susceptible of
better feelings, and capable of being edu
cated and reformed. Every thing wa.«
here arranged for the purpose of cultivat
ing among the prisoners a desire for edu
cation, the means of an honourable sup
port in life and the maintenance of correct
morals.
For the first time in his life, Jacob was