New-York daily tribune., 1843-01-05

Total. SZe15 70
The report from the Mount Pleasant prison sateE that The
receipts have been diminished by the operations OF the act
| OF 1872, but does not estimate the amount.
There have been AT convictions for criminal offences,
by record since the first OF January last,
turned to the office Of Secretary OF State by The clerks OF
euang OF murder to-wit two in New York
IN iagara one In Sullivan, and in Tompkins II Is
cord, from which returns yet received
,hs same as last year it would swell The aggregate to-
1883; OF this number COZ ieloDics.
The number OF convictions by special sessions
27s which added to the number OF convictions by eouris
Of record Will make 1885, as the whole number of conylc
tons returned 10 the Secretary's Office
Our fellow citizens who engaged in various rnechani.
pursuits have on several occasions presene6to the
sderaon of the Legislature alleged grievances in conse.
quence Of State Prison competition. The act of ie42 will
probably IN its operation lessen to some extent The evil
complained Of
proper encourage the industry and enterprise of
The mechanic street the labor of conyc;s
requires that these unfortunate beings should he engaged
in conducive 10 health and also essen
,sl that the labor should berendered productive.
should he found iha. convc,s can be safely and ben-
6cialiy employed in the mining districts, may proper
to convert most OF their labor to tha, object.
The granite OF Massachusetts has been extensively used
in the city Of New York and sher places II represent
ed that stone Of quality equally ssod, has been found
the Highlands abou, fifty miles from New York.
suI examination should prove The stone 10 be good and the
auarres accessible easily imagine that convict labor
could be proftaby in quaryiog and ess
ing, which would materially interfere with the Industry
of the mechanic
There are al present in Institution Instruction OF
the Blind sixty pupils educated and supported at The
expense he AID in that for the Deaf snd Dumb,
in the city OF New York, one hundred and eighteen.
The selected by these pnpsis generally ave years
in the first instance, which invariably extended six
years whenever the directors and the pupils 0f her
parents or friends desire srch exsn5n both tbess Insti
iutions are said be In high condion OF efficiency and
excellence; capable of afordng 10 those who have been
buS ont rom he ordinary intellectual improve
mcnt ample opportunity 10 store their minds with know
LEDGE by tseir excrlcs sbeif daily bread,
aad a comfortable competency .or the future
Its represented THAI the contributions required by the
act to provide tor sick and disabled seaen" from sailors
and mariners regarded oppressive Itrs that
application which may be made by This interesting portion
of oar fellow citizens viii receive, as II deserves al alien
tive consideration.
the Consideration the Legislature the subject of the Judi
ciary and have coBcurred in the necessity OF some change
the SYSTEM Various propositions Baye been dIscuso py
successive Legislatures but nohiDg as been effected
All representations made TO concur IN stating tsht
court OF shancery oyerburdened with bpssess
that injurious delays experienced IN t6e adnnsIenoh
Of Justice. This Is not the fault Of the able and indesauga-
Bile ocer the bead OF that court, but II results on toe
fact that the Consultation has not made adequate poyao
Tor The pansion OF TIE Judicial system with the incieasea
population a3d business Of the State. Although a. lsain
there been delays ia the supreme cnuH or sse as
five years there Is reason 10 believe ieal e
which fall upon the justices OF Thai conf ats
than any ,hree individuals may always be aoe 70 tsi
And whatever may be made the i6cfeaeI VI
ciaI business in this great Safe VIII soon renafs az
OF the judges indispensable.
My pursuits have not qualified me 70 po.nI ~. tms s
remedy these eyiis but dhinH ine M or the
CONSTITUTION saontd be sound J. - ~ H., ia
snn, in ass than two years, and no ssle
tIino ,i,e trst step tosaards that resa pn
as upou other suhects am nos IN 70 ~ ri bs, sauIS
unieSe sys,sn, which In the rtain bas wcrse1 ~s'
- 80 unon some nptried experiment. bet |oo.
49, i ,aa r,r,eut SYSTEM so as 10 meet ,ts puoe esas
eos,nend the whole ausiect 10 ycuF casciS'