Weekly national intelligencer., 1845-11-22

Nocofiscence. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
iNaate dspruUity = ~
Ia,beciKfy Of ,nind
Weak principle. y. =. II
Sudden temptation ... -. ....... Is 40
Anger I. ....-.. ~. IL
Innocent as fhey assert .............. l4s
Don't know the casise. ..........
t- Fur gain ....a... 3
self defence ..-.....-....
N jealousy -.......-....s..&
Evil associations 25a
Miss Dix adds - IL win how serious is the .a,m
on the lsbors Of all conneced with thc enghenins and
instrcne their minds And not few appear to be subjects
for hospital rather than prison discipline. Bui this
fact mol peculiar 70 the Sing Sing prison The Warden
friends Of reform the mems prison and the Matron in the
women has laboed earnestly for the last yeN Nj
this most difficult sphere Of duty"
The following extract cannot be too earnestly re-
commended 70 general attention:
Eughtened anseressors and Of considerable intel
aSs; so cunning 70 permit ihemssirs. % he BY
the emissaes Of the law Feeble minds too in6rm Of ppI
pose keep ia the straight path, Too incapable Of reasoning
out their sruest good and eea interest ad many q consiu
enaes The safety of the community requires the restraint
these, and If possible it asks their reformation TO this e
supply the not by severe and arbitrary punis
mcnt but by firm consistent discipline, united with carefully
directed modes of instruction. Few have been attracted
an evil to good life by the severity Of Their fellow
ny have been brought Of that knowledge which
causeh not 70 BY the gracious influences Of earnest pe'y
shining out in Life and conversation. We too often judge
by false standards Weomise, through all refcm
ed prison systcms much under the most avorahe
modes Of administering them. II is not easy TO correct M
vial inconvcnen habit for short time INDUCED shall
whole life Of wrong and mistake be amended by few years
Of imprisonment Nourish aud train rightly the young plants
then, they grow to maturity they will not exhibit deion
ty and yield unwhoesome fruits While we are unspanng
vapdrh
with our Judgment of the sinner.
The present has been called the age Of daring enterprise
and bold experiment, this is ue not less in the moral and
intellectual than in the mechanical movements Of the wd
The long forgotten theories post ryr with buried I'M
tons revived modified applied and sometimes pereoi
3D. II y NOT woDcsn un, .ssJ fhis stirring life, tlis
amazing rush Of events and this phase Of
cety much that is chimeca and unsound should challenge
attention. and engage votaries Agated throw upon
their surface sparkling bubbles and rbd oth but the for
mer in breakng quickly disappear and the latter pasg
away bears off impurities leaving the deep waters wholesome
and puri6ed. -,
The resessness and excitaby Of our people must ind
escape valve; Is therefore well that the thousand pro-
and theories of the day should have their experimental
life for experience sound and wholesome teacher snd
the vetares Of plans and systems which have teaed
whether religious, social civil quietly 10 renqish
scd, they would cling TO error, with all the teaciy Of s8
will, and the obstinacy Of weak miniclness.
4" Truth, know, rests basis too solid TO be swept
away by hcish Of As the history Of the past eSh
wrong, of sound reasoning specous sophsms
learn from these ocn interrupted, yet finally result
higher faith in human nature and juster estimates Of mutual
obligation Guided b. this faith and profound ~
duty, shall gradually place oni eucafion in the q
instruction, from which it has oen been cast out and
moral pocr win be increased this Archmedesn es
which only cxat national prosperity TO permanent si
dard and secure the duration OF free governments
sSrhc restraints Of human laws would be less oen derded
and ccd tho laws Of God would te less rcckessly
pied upon, public teachers studying their several pros
sions, diligently studied human nature and more Gaze
fully ncucacd in the place Of creeds and unesscntal dog
OF human invention, the holy Preceps illustrated IN he
life Of Jesus Christ How surely them not speedily woud
decrease those wrongs, and foes and mseres those ero
and vices and crics which deform society and break as
peace In the language Of Of the wisest instructor Of
our times III Me education Of The conscience cuct i
chiefly neglected and who may not that through his
fearful neglect spring the weeds and the which
the wheat6elds Of the world
We have much interesting information respecting
the prisons in Great Britain, France, Belgium Rus
sia, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany
We believe that the benevolent Mrs. Fry nd
much towards the establishment Of the prison a'lh
dcd to in the following paragraph. Wecan scarcely
imagine any public institution established -io'
higher or a better purpose, or more calculated -
do good:
.sThc prison al Penonvilc, two and hall miles from
London Is conducted ON the Pennsylvania system, and -
constructed with all the nrovcmenss m hcatng sup
plying water, and thorough ventilation TINS PRISON ex.
celcntly governed The ignorant are taught TO read ana
write prayers are offered daily Sunday Is occupied -
preaching religious Instruction, and reading The chaplain
has the a ~ chief teacher and three assistants IN conduct
ing the cascs which receive daily nstrnc'ion IN hs various
branches Of common school education Pcntonvhe ff
son Of instruction and probation, preparatory 70 transport
ton 10 Van Dsmau's Land The limit Of imprisonment n.
therefore, IN 'ttis prison eighteen months"
we should be glad TO sec ho,ssess Of refuge W,
;,,,euVe Offenders" established in every city
ypopnlous village throughout the United States 4
T,rs ! observations. upon and description OF y 4'c
which have already been established are pariiea
larlv worthy attention. The importance Of Kse
cassifca.ion Of prisoners is earnestly insisted up
thc admission Of this principle in its fullest extent
should be attended to in the construction OF all new
prisons.
We have thus made hasty survey OF THIS v"-
uablc publication, and we feel that we have u0ne
very imperfect justice to its contents.
The great work OF prison ameliosauon We 49, ~.
mcnced by the benevolent HowaRD' ~ sPsn, ~,
lifc and finally met his dea,n' N '.s p'ose,usv,
Since his day many philapdlropists nave walkeo y
his steps and cmulaed his example among QUIZ
the excellent Mrs. Fas, who has just been called y
her reward We hope for our amiable county
woman. whose disinterested iabors we nave ossn
considering. long continuance Of life and hcatu'
A. ~, and bp