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Secondly—After [being?] [brought?] back— And they, (with all who hav [been?] [sentenced?] to the penty & confined in County jails since the Penity building was destroyed) hav been confined in the Tempy Penity. if they should be imminent & threatening [dama-ge?] of the place where Tempy Penty is situated being [?] they may be [moved?] [towards?] place of [?], where they may be employed &c I do not think the Legislature was interest-ed & that the convicts should be [moved?] from ^the Penityar^ Ala until the Tem-py Penty was in [?] to receive. ^them^ It was to be prepared for their reception as soon as possible, and they were to be confined in it, until it became [necessary?], from threatened invasion to move them. When moved [from?] that camp and that, and then, only, they might be employed [?] "in the manner most conducive to the interest of the State." Such are the views I entertain in the [art?] A'B—
Very Resply Yrs
T J Wharton [?]o Genl of Missi
[?] to you [?] informing me that the M. H. C E & Co had sent you the [?] of wrath against [Lyers & Law?] & asking of them was any law, [urging?] them to be sent to you— I answered there is [none?], as far as I know.
Also as to your [promise?] of [removal?] of [?] &c I call [attention?] to [Cong?] [Pap?] 639 Art 32 as to [Tempy?] of Penty—
A similar claim is not [?] [?] to [?] of [?] [?]