Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-03-25

as he abandons rum ahd The rum shop.
II !. Is u young mechanic, whose course o
intcmperancc and crilne has progressed III
fearful rapldlty. His crime was theft.
| }. Is "a young colQred female, charged will
conm:tting burglary. She says intcmpc
rance has brought her TO her present unhappy
situation, und that she was intoxicated wliei
she committed the ACT Tor which she Is in
prlsoned.
The Providence County Jail will next re
ceive our attention.
n Individuals committed 10 Jail in 1889, 2i3
II individuals committed TO Jail IN IeIO, 24U
II Il is the opinion OF the Warden of the
prison, and Keeper Of the JAIL, that nine
tenths Of all the commitments MS above
stated, were on account Of intemperance
This may seem to be an exaggerated state
ment, but an examination Of The prisons
touching their habits, viii convince any one
that more than 4 5lhs ond nearly Q.lOlhs OF
all the commitments are IN consequence oi
IlniCmperance.
/ The committee visited the Jail, and had
convcrsation with oil the prisoners, sayc
three. The following Is the result Of the
H Termination.
i IN jail on the slh February, 1871, (not
including debtors twcniy-one individuals,
Is men, 3 women, and 3 boys. Fifteen Of
| the adults were persons Of intcmperatc
habits. The habits Of The remainIn. three
before thelt conviction are unknown. II
should here be remarked, that, probably one
quarter or one thrd Of all The prisoners IN
The county Jail, had been liberated but u
short time before Tins investigator was
made. Taking this fucs into consideration,
and taking II tor granted That the persons
liberated were generally Of iniempera,e
habits, we find tha. nearly nine tenllis Of all
the commitments may be attributed to in
Temperance. 1t may be proper here to men
ton, IN confirmation of the point we are
now laborIDg 10 establish, that n similar cx.
animation was made IN the month of Sep.
tcmbcr last, which resulted as follows:
lnmutes OF the Jail al that time (noi in
GLIDING dcbtors) thirty three men, and
three boys, presenting an amount of moral
wreichedncss, seldom Witnessed in The same
number Of individuals. OF the thiny.lhrec
adults, we may safely say that thirty, or
more than nine tentfs, were in prison main.
" through the influence Of strong drink.
Durlng these examinations, the following
lacts were brought 10 light.
Many were committed to Jail on complain,
OF their wives, who felt their lives or The
lives OF their children to be in danger; two
were confined on complaint OF their fathers ;I
one father for beating hls son /; one young
nan ior Dlting an individual IN drunken
quarrel one sailor for striking an officer of
vessel IN tit Of Drunkenness one Young
man was awaiting his tiial on Il charge of
arson, who said IL was his custom To buy his
liquor on the Sabbath at several hotels. lieI
attempted to commit the crime with which
he Is charged on Sabbath evening. Scve.
raj were imprisoned for resisting officers.
Onc man, on a charge o! murder, is now
awaiting his trial he was very incorporate,
and had made up his mind to commit suicide;
he succeeded IN suspcnding himself by the
neck; was discovered and cut down bv an
individual who wished To save his life; as soon
as he recovered himself, he plunged knife
INTO The body OF his friend, the wound proved
mortal he died IN about three wec!.s. Oar
space VIII not permit Us TO pnriicuarlze fur |,
lher AS we contemplate these scenes Of
h0Hor, aud this vast waste Of human happi.
ness and usefulness, in connection with the
'in ard guilt necessarily involved, we. may
see something OF tho intrinsic wickcdncss OF,
That business, which fa,iens and huurishes II
at so mighty sacrlhce of all that Is valuablr
IN HE, consolng IN death, or blessed beyond
The grave. |!
Facts have come 10 our knowledge during
tins investigation, which, IN our opininn
have an important bearing upon the Tempe. |,
rance Reform, aud which we cannot in ju.-
ice 10 the cause withhold.
II Is now generally known in this comnu
niiy, that about the first of November last
the Irish Temperance Reformation was 4
commenced ~ tins city and vicinity and that
~ us onward march II las produced wonder. I
nl changes IN ibai portion OF tie community. \
he Oenehcial results Of this reformation are !
cxcmphhcd IN the dlmInulon off
rlhe ana peace breaking among The lrlsh.
we VIII stale iacts on tins subject winch no II
me can gnlnsoy, proving that lhc use Of IN.
"KlcalIng drng Is the grand cause of crime i
u TINS cny. We will now give the number
u commitments, and the proportion of for
lgners, Tor three months succeeding the
r''h Reformation, and the corresponding
hree months u year ugo We derive TIM =
Information from the jan records. /,
Committed IN November and December,
e3o and January, lS40, 81 persons; Of tins
I''mbcr, 2l were Foreigners. "a
Committed IN November and December. i
$40. aud January, lo4I, 33 persons; u! ,hi,
lumber, . only were Foreigners. showing = 4
aIIng of Of three -iour,hs since the lrl,hi
ei0rnalIon, IN The commitments Of for. /.
IgncTs.
These facts,abnodan,ly prove our position,
nd we would ask why we may not expect
lmIlar results IN relation To our own coun- .
Iymen when Temperance principles shall
Universally abound, wien our magistrates ,
nd legislators, our lawyers and physicians, ,
ur ministers and deacons, our young men
ld young women, our fathers and mothers. 4
hnIl come up 10 this great work OF rciorma. 4
on as they ought, aud by pecuniary aid, {
'hnIcsomc example, and pcrsevcrng effort.
anIsh forever the intoxicating cup from The :
Dciol party, The Wedding feast. from the ho-
81 anu the steam boai, from The grocery aud
ie domestic 6residc. It
II is The opinion Of persons competent to C
'dg", that OF al the commitments 10 the II
rovIdencc county jail, three iour,hs are
Ilher permanent or transient rcsldenty of 4
rov'dencc. The amount paid by The ciry Il q
Providence 10 1910, for the board of va
rants, at 81 rs per week, is two hundredl
hd sixty seven dollars. q
The Asylum next claims our attention.
Iherc has been received into the Asylum
ON February, 0lb, 1889, to February OH.
al, two years, one hundred aud fifty five Ia
'rSons. OF this number scvenly.six were ii
'rsons OF known incorporate habits, fv, a.