New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-08-10
CITY ITEMS.

CITY ITEMS.
SATURDAY. Aug
EXTENSION or ALBAsY-sT.-The Committee met
las, evening. bat without taking an decisive seton On
me question adjourned sine de
- Two stately and gorgeous Flanin Jbes have
ben ulscsI in me Bowling Green 70 cool themselves IN
is seen 70 Jul advantage oay VIXEN they extend and Tsp
their .ns fading :roE: tie most beautiful a1d Intense
scarlet through every shade OF red 20 white heir
hig5c-whea the head Is elevated extending 70 nearly
four teet-laur on slender legs jo.nrsd midway
large. ro1ad than mans finger, AID Uniform = size
from The body down. iheiE long neck snG large hooked
bill, and 1aa!r tneir gri1ed ard siats.y t-ead-al
prominently distinguish them -rGe S--
MuT1yr AT GOVERNORS IsLAyD,-On Thursday
evening al officer or dr;y II tie California Regiment
in endee~o-ng 20 enforce the order for the ext.agiish
1a.eat lights o'clock. WAS knocked down By ser
geaat Of Company Z Capt Morrison with lie OF
men repaired 20 the tent and entering. hin-eli
re5ucd by TIE principal actors in the affair and threat
ened with blow The sight OF loaded pistol n me
Captains hand soon cooled the courage OF ihe nien and
the rng!eader was arrested. We did not learn BIS
name
PROBABLE CASE or MASsLAUGHTER.-A person
named Francis sullivan last night arrested and de-
tanned 20 answer for pushing julia McCarty down an
area in Waer.st near Cache-ines thereby so severely
injuring her That she Is not expected 70 survive
RoBBED OF 4 GOLD WAIcH.-Mr. Alexander
Hi. Of Richmond va. had valuable gold watch stolen
from ms berth on board OF tie steamboat Oregon 'SAle
on her passage from Stonins:oa last night
ASorHER GOLD WATCE STuLES.-A gold watch
and chain also gold paHcilcase, were last evening
stolen from o. Anthony-s;-
EscAPED Convict RETAKES-Olver Lasher.
an escaped convict from the House OF Refuge. was last
evening re.taken in the 9th Ward and cent back.
THEFT OF DREssEs-A female named Mary
smith was arrested last evening and detained TO answer
Tor stealing i've dresses and Tuscan straw bonnet worth
500 the property OF Catherine Seely and Alice Devn,
o: No % NsdisOn.st The accused was caught leaving
the house with the property II her possession.
ARRESTED on SUsP1cGoS-Oficer McVittic last
night arrested named James Scanncu on suspicion
Of stealing horse and wagon.
2 At meeting OF the Executive Committee
Of the Prison Association held or the 23th u!rmo the
accompanying Report was ordered 70 De published
The Committee whom were referred the Resolutions
OF the Executive Committee requiring The Committee Of
Detenlions examination OF the Prison for fe
males al Essex Market n THIS CITY and 10 aHe Special
Report thereon bes leave 10 Report:
Tha, your Committee proceeded without delay 10 visit
the prison for females Essex Market and found 10 their
regret tina; the statement OF the Agent OF the Commit
tee Deienions entered in his diary ana heretofore
read 10 the Executive Committee not only substantial
!y correct but that tho half tue whole truth had
been toG" Thai The place in which female prisoners were
there confined and wA!c had been used Tor thai purpose
SINCE establishment OF Tie Police Court a. Essex Mar
ket probably could not eqlaled point OF hit DARK
ness and ventilation, any jail. PRISON place OF
confinement authorized By law any portion tie
United States. And strange II may SEEM nOtw.tlsaDG-
Ing the CITY Authorities recently erected Essex
Market SINAI! comm0dous prison for males, contain.
ing twenty cells apparently well Constructed Eud
ventilated the cells having therein outside doors OF iron
lattice work 20 that there Is free circulation of air within
the hall side OF which the cells arranged
H.. .r5ai- have been suffered 10 he coec.
lively confined dark cellar extending underneath the
building occupied by the Ponce Magistrates Tie cellar
is divided yerey by strong plank partition, part
.atf~l liar Hrsp
afford the only entrance SLED with the Goa. fuel &c
Used the Dnldins-passng through his part, heavy
close partition opens into ;st portion used
prieou. The roonifi be not too dxnlaed 10 distinguish
1t suchH which the PRISONERS are confined - some
thirty IL length by pcrhnp. eighteen twenty feet IN
,vidih On the side toward lie yard Is small grated WIN
dow The top which about level with The yard. This
window being than feet epia and almost
wholly under ground. having small bulk around H.
is The only OF light and air 10 the whole prison and
inmates In bright day, visitor after beng IN the
prison would he able 10 count The prison
crs provided they within ten twelve feet Of the
cellar window, but in cloudy day upon hrst going IN
before the eye accommodates se 10 the perpetual tw
light that there the effort would prove Ruthless and
aag On the side opposite 10 the yard window and
on Tie end opposite 10 te parn0n are rows o. ce nine
ALL out The light OF day never reaches these
cells. they not used for combining the prisoners
separately, but are len unoched-and me prisoners OF
every and description, the SICK and grossly dis
soiuie, those wild with the horrors, the nth
and utter nelpessness OF gross inoNcauon IN which they
are found are turned promscuously together. IL the
middle of the four five buDss and TWO
three benches upon winch the wretched inmates are found
sitting lying down, and upon which they sleep al night
unless the number is greater than these accommodate
when they lie the 1oor or group their way 10 the ounHs
contained in OF the deserted cells. No water was
conducted into the prison fog the purpose OF cleanliness
bu, tubs Were Ia OF which IL was regulation they
should be carried twice day; which means, the
Keeper informed your Committee were wholly Intellectual
in preventing especially weather nsupporta
bic stencil arising from the pson. the annoyance
OF those occupying the rooms above and also those VINO
passed near The cellar window before referred To- Your
Committee found there confined here their arsi
fourteen females which said be then suffering
under ds!irfum tremrn On their second visit week sub
your Committee discharged being
Inc expirsou of their term a. vour Conntt s.ppo.ed
for which they committed days All the prisoners
confined here. with few exceptions those detained
eYsina,ion before ror,,nal on criminal cIar.s h.ing
OF the class called i've day prisoners, vet although the
term OF their imprisonment was short, and sometimes but
for day wo your Committee found none Justify
advocate this place proper place for The confinement
OF human beings no matter how degraded or low IN The
scale oheing they might be or how serious their offences
against the laws well being OF society Assistant Justices
Taylor and kecAum united with your Committee N repro
baton the existing and kindly offered al
,ht influence and sd IN her power Tor Is aoo!!snnent
Even The keeper having charge OF me premises iAohsn
was 4; place TO keep dog, but stated TO your Com
ulee that bad as was II was infinitely worse last sum
mer there were frequently then confined my or sixty
| men women Altogether.
The evident disregard for the comfort health welfare
OF the prisoners was mere seen by all your Committee
found without its effect upon The conduct sad Ian
euage OF the prisoners themselves They sone OF them
seemed 10 be prisoners OF despair AID more d!ssore a
profane than they could been The most abandoned
hsuns OF The language OF rbad lewdness, inter
mingled with curses, Only constantly heard but
addressed your Committee in eNerat.ou OF the
place IL which they confined, as they Anew
st bsd as The. were. society and law did sn sier wrong
IN forgetting the common dictates OF humanity the
administration OF deserved punishment.
In CONCLUSION, however, i gives your Committee
pleasure state that hrou The active cooperation Of M
Falon, the keeper ofthe City Prison. persons now
consred II tins Prison or have been since the 9Th dsv Of
July, ms. Your Committee sld!2g there lsaP
preherson 70 by What authority The prisoners were Kept
there after commitment instead g being down 10 the
City Prison procured Mr. Fson accompany the Chair
OF your Committee me Essex Ms!ke. Prison, and
he hen SHUT up lie pa' heretofore occupied oy females
whose needed and Others have since been
confined there Justice Taylor AID kechur having in
formed your Committee TIA; hey contemplate making
report the Common Council thereon and pray FOR small
a2propr anon OF 900 20 build small temporary prison for
The ave days prisoners nci those confined for crimes
which measure If accomplished. in connection with the
Prison for males lately erected tae:e will place The Essex
Prison in respects n advance Of our Cy Prison
point ico:suco1 the separation OF prisoners ard
TIE free supply o! air 10 tie cells
a. BENEDICT, Chairman Sub. Com
General Notifies.