American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-01-15


baneful nhucnce-traces his rum, and Justly
ascrbes most of the vices of his after life.
alt is almost impossible to eXaggerate the
evil Of combining any number Of criminals or
accused in a common room day and night; and
whilst this continues to be the case in the prin-
cipal jail in this State, it must be expected that
those who reach the Penitentiary, no matter
how young, or how new or unfortunate in their
crime, will be we'll tutored in all the vices and
skilled in all the tricks that make up the ac-
complished rogue-and that the acquaintance
formed there will hover around them when their
term of service has expired here Such has
been the amentabe fate Of some Of whom we
hcar-such is the case of some who are now in
this Insttulion-and who but for the vices
learned in our iails and the acquaintance there
formed, might have been honest and useful CT
items"
The proprety of sending slaves or free ne
groes beyond the limits of the State, as a pun
shment for their crimes, instead of the Peni-
tertiary, is questioned.
AS the law for the discharge of criminals
from the Penitentiary in the summer season,
has by decision in Kent county court, been
repealed, its re-enactment is recommended, as
is also the passage of a law by which the fact
of the insanity of convicts may be established,
SO that they may be removed to some proper
institution to be cured.
OF the 9S prisoners received during the year,
SO were whites-56 males and females; and
SO were colored-35 males and females; 7S
were Americans and 20 foreigners. OF the
Americans GO were natives of Maryland, and
of the foreigners II were from Germany. The
number convicted in Baltimore was So, the re-
naming 90 being from the different counties of
the State.
The crimes for which they were convicted
were as follows: Stealing Sc, felony %, muir
der in the second degree 3, manslaughter 2,
burglary 2, assault with intent to kill 2, entic-
ing or assisting slaves to runaway 8, perjury 2,
bigamy, felony and forgery, receiving stolen
money, attempt to commit rape, arson, and
obtaining goods under false pretences, each l.
The goods on hand on the 3Oth Nov. last,
belonging to the Pcnitentiary, was valued at
500 ,0S2.30.
The expenses of the Pententiary from lst
Dec. 1914 to 30th Nov. 1885, were as follows:
On account Of PriSonerS-For clothing, ex-
elusive of shoes, $2,9l4.86; shoes $685.; provi-
sions Ss,s2I.04; fuel S2,Ol2.59; furniture and
bedding S236,57, Total SIS, 93106
Household Expenses. Amount paid to prison
ers on their discharge, maintenance of prison
ers not employed in productive departments,
cost of oil, paints, repairs, Sc. S2,9S2.S7.
Pay Of Officers Salaries of Warden, his As
sistant and Deputies, the Clerk, Physician and
Matron, Sl2, 523.49. Per diem of directors for
attendance at meetings of the Board, and on
committees, 5000. Total Sl3 ,5l9.49.
Interest account. Paid in discounts for the
use of money 80, 0S1,90. Total amount of ex-
penses 34,42132.
The apparent profits of the year ending on
November 80, 1915, were Sl,220,92; but the
actual profits were &c, so .6S, there having been
an apparent loss of S4,6Sl.6l on the Invoiced
price of the vestngs which were on hand on
the 30th November, 1914, of which vGstings
there had been large amount manuii ctured
under a contract which fell through before its
Consummation; and there was also loss of
$500. Is on the invoiccd price Of the stock of
shoes which were on hand on Nov 30th, 1914.
and which had been accommodating for several
years.
EXPRESS FROM New ORLEANS. Aprospec-
tus has been issued, says the n. York Express,
for daily express from New Orleans north, in
consequence Of The delay Of the mails. a pri-
vato express now runs daily, and has become
imperative on the merchants of that city to
protect themselves against the loss they suffer
by the irregularity of the mails.
IMPORT OF TEAS. The import of teas into
New York, during the last year, amounted to
20, 42s, 05l lbs, of which about one third were
black. This is an excess over the previous year
of over 5000, 900 lbs. The export was lit
tic under one million pounds.
SHIP BUILDING. During the year ending
30th June, 1915, there were built in the United
States 1888 vessels, with an aggregate tonnage
of LAG, 0lS tons. The 1croasc ofncw tonnage
in l845 over that Of i, s42, $50 tons.
NATIONALITY. II man citizens of Sy-
racuse, N. Y, have meeting, and re-
solved that they arc not la.oh, but Germans.
The Postmaster, in publishing the letters,
headed them Clutch Letters" and placed over
them the figure of u man smoking pipe.
BosroN AND ALBANY RAILROAD The re-
venue for the past year Of this road is over
100000 The prospect of increasing BUSH
ness on the road, for the next year, is SO large
that orders have been given for the construc-
ton of engines and cars to the amount of &c.,
900.
DoN'r Look LIKE WAR. The Navy Yards
appear to have had an overhauling recently
Nineteen hands were discharged from the en-
gineer department at the Washington Navy
Yard ON Friday. In New York paper we
see that some of the persons in the Brooklyn
Navy Yard have also been discharged.
FIRES AND lNCENDIARIEs IN BosroN. There
were no less than six fires and alarms in Boston,
between ia O'Clock Saturday night and o.
clock on Sunday mnrninn All or .,neL of