New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-03
Thing. .nnt Need Reforming.

Things tnnt Need Reforming.
To the EGifsr IF the Tri5En>::
While taking note OF few items that enlisted
our attention on Monday OF this week, while q:
the Hospital and Psnitentiary. we were strongly
IMPRESSED with The conviction that the inmates
ought at once to be classified according TO cherac-
Tar, and placed in separate apartments; also tina.
male and female prisoners should in ell cases oc-
cupy different buildings. Nothing could have
been mo.c oppo,tune than the recent decision Of
,ur Common Council to appoint judicious Ma
irons for these receptac!es OF degraded humanity
We found in both places among the mass Of
wletched beings, some whose youth and general
appearance assured US that associations with Gem
panions, twice as old in sin as themselves, would
oay tend to reform them into Ike habits ana
principles, and fitthem to come out possessed by
ten.fold more evil spirits than when they en-
tered.
Another thing struck US as demanding the
soecial attention of those in authority who are
now coming SO nohy to the work OF reform in
our Criminal Institutions. A woman, whose term
Of service had expired, had Just changed her phi
SIN ga,b. and was about TO leave. The question
was asked her, +" Have you any place 10 go to?'
no Have you any means to get nights
LODGING ," No "What will you Go - L
dom, know, l will get work il can.' "Wil
any one you have known give you recommen-
dation that will help you TO get service place 2"
No. If they know have been here Such were
also the answers of some OF her fellow prisoners
to similar questions. And such, as matter of
fact. is their true condition. They are committed
in most cases as vagrants. An official who keeps
the Register informed US that OF the tre hundred
and e;ghteen women now there, but t,centy. nine
had been committed b. the Court. Many OF them
had been there once and again, and when dis
CHARGED had often returned in week time, hav-
;ng descended grade lower than before. This
seemed to US but the natural result OF the system.
Turned out from place made to degrade, but
not 10 reclaim-in most cases indecenty clad
unable even TO read-without chsracter-wlthout
emuloyment-wilhout friends without iarthing
to procure food and no moral principe, what else
can be expected of them but continued course
OF crime
oh It's heart sickness to behold them thus.
perishnc without knowled dse-pershlng.
.s Ihourh they were but things OF dust and ashes.
Will not either the Corporation or the Phllan-
thropists of New.Yurk devise some measure By
which Schnol Of Industry and Good Morals'
NAV be established where the discharged con-
yict can be sheltered, employed, instructed-and
if disposed TO forsake the ways Of death, encour.
AGED aud assisted If this is not to be done cx-
cept by private charity, we know one individual
who has offered contribution OF one hundred
dollars toward the ohjcct.
viii the contemplated "House Of Retorma-
tor" soon to be erected on Randalls Island,
meet this want? VIII it 50 classify and scpa-
rate is inmate, snd place them under such mar
aqcmenl as to honor its name TIE confidence
we have in our present excellent Corporation,
leads Us to hope that ell these items will receive
me,i!ed attention PalseN VsIrERs.
rr The Wings of WlLLl,MsDuRGH had a g!o-
riors rally on Thursday evening and were ably
addressed by JAMES S. TnMrR of this city, ana
ABN CnIsr Of Brooklyn. The New York Glee
Club were also on hand The right feeling pre-
vailed, and the People Were out in great lsrcc.
TENTH X ARD CLAY LLuB.-rhere was a go-
r;o;,s gathering of the Clay men OF the 10Th Ward
at Croton Hall on Thursda, evening last; fall Que
thousand persons were present WM. DODGE.
JoHS o. SARGENT and HARVEY A. WEED were
the speakers. The right feeling appears to be
aroused in the Old Tenth
IL SOMERSET County, n. j. holds her Mass
Convention at Milestone (,hc birth place Of FRE-
LtNcuuYsEy) on Wednesday next, 7th inst. 1t
will be great rally,-Speakers,J l. WHITE ard
SAM A. FoorE Esq. OF this city, and Senators
MILLER and DAYTON of n. Jersey. Cars will
leave Jersey City al 6, A. NJ. to take passengers
to Milestone (by canal boat from New. .Brunswich)
and back to Jersey City, for Se0enty fec Cents
4 Yorker or two will drop over.
II A Wing Mass Meeting will be held at LIE
Roy, Genesee Co. on Saturday, August 10Th
MARX II. SIBLeY will be among the speakers.
Gr There will be a Wing Mass Convention
at Furnace Village, Salisbury, CT. on Saturday
The 10Th inst. Horace GREELEY OF n. \. Will
be one of the speakers, and JOSEPH HoxiE of
n. Y, H. G. WHEATON of Albany, and J. 3.
ELDREDGE OF CT. are also expected Others will
doubtless be there. The Freemen of the neigh
BORING Counties of New York and. Massachusetts,
ale invited to attend,
Change of Time:
The Eighteenth OF SEPTEMBER being the day
designated for The Annual Fair OF the New York
State Agricultural Society, the Wing Young
Mems State Central Committee, upon advise
ment, have deemed it proper to recommend
postponement OF the proposed Mass MEETING at
Rochester from the 18Th Of Septembe. until
WEDNESDAY, the SECOND OF OCTOBER. Wing
Editors and Presses throug ghout the State are re-
quested to give notice OF this change Of time.
Alb Eve. Journal.
~ Rev. DR.. SPRisG Pastor of the brick Pres