The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-08-21
LOUISVILLE, KY. sATURDkk, AUGUST a-ls47.
. Special Cs,rssSesdesee Of the CArs.ssy,e.
1nos0DeFoDee In New YSxk.

| Special cs're'sssde.ee Of the CArssssype
| 1nes0pesaDee In New Yssh.
| TRKxoxr House.,
| NEw YosK, August 6, ls47.
| WoRrHy CHRoS.:-Day before Yesterday
again vsitSd that mansion house Of misery. the
Tomhs, with friend from Connecticut. and to-
day paid IL another visit with a gentleman from
Massachusetts. ] went in with two men from
Rhode Island the other day, and all unite in the
opinion that the misery existing there exceed
| any thing they ever saw before
On the first mentioned visit, / noticed new
set of "hve day prisoners" about ffty in num-
Der. i entered the "cook " room, and, in look
| ing around, observed q man in an adjoining room
| who seemed very busy in mailing up a box, I
directed my course toward the door, and Judged
from the careless, Indifferent manner in which
he worked, that be was boxing up some sort Of
rubbish to be conveyed out Of the prison. Pro-
voked at something, he seized hold Of the cover
and ripped it of, erposing the nekening, shroud-
less body Of q mss, who had but few hours
previously died Of delirimm tremeRs, Twas told
that this was the second death that had occurred
in prison that morning from Rum. All of the
'hve day" corners mentioned above. were in for
dSpnkenness. What n more ssd than to zee
boy in prison. A lad hut twelve years Of age,
living in land Of school houses and churches,
yet uncared for, driven to crimes
"Made venial by the OCCASION
for which
- he shares felOn's cell.
That fittest earthly type Of hell"
Many such boys are inmates of the Tombs.
l conversed with little fellow, yesterday, shut
up in his close stone room and surrounded by
huge high walls. He was about 10 years old.
He sni he haI 49,,
months There, he never went to school, be-
cause his father could not pay the school tan
He came here ignorant, and with ignorant pa
rents-fell among bad boys, and thus got in
prison.
Bad masters drive bows into crime. While
standing in the Police Court the other day, a
man came in with his apprentice; he wished to
complain of him as being unruly. He com
menced by saying, "If ttere is a denii our Of
Hell, ii is that boy" He received a scorching
reprimand from the Judge, and was told truly
that he was worse than the boy. and unfit to
have youth under his care. What most shock
ed me yesterday was, TO observe four iaie girls
brought into court, who / was told were all
charged with RIGHTEOUSNESS, The Oldest was
only 1.-the others gave in their ages 10 b. II
years. The oldest had been in the daily habit
Of seeking GU; little girls, and for few shil!ngs
booming them to shame. Fiends
-" objected with that leprosy Of lust
W hich taiats the hoarest years Of vicious men,
are found so lost to honor's voice as to rob in
nocent children of their virtue. il is hoped that
a nest Of ruffans will be molested. who have
been in the habit of getting these little girls
SHARED. One Of the Younger girls Is an oNn
sister to the leader Of the foul play. Besides
those on examination, there were SIR more in
prison for the same offence, and quite as young,
who were brought in the night previous.
Yesterday morning went through the Fe-
male Department with Mr. Edmonds. the keep
er. There Were over one hundred females I'M
prisoned, most of whom were under 25 wears of
age l saw a woman who was brought in the
night previous charged with the murder Of her
own child. In this department there sep
erate rooms for those who NAV wish 10 retrace
their downward course and reform. They are
under the charge Of a matron, who seems very
benevolent woman. In the whole prison, on
my last visit, there were about 2J0 prisoners
They are coming and going continually
Seven-eighths Of all that are imprisoned in the
Tomb'. are there directly or indirectly by means
Of intemperan6e.
am indebted for many important facts 10
Col. F.. l.. Snow, the Clerk Of the Police Court,
and distinguished advocate of pure Cochituais
| and Croton, whose voice has many times gone
up for total abstinence in the old "Cradle OF
| Liberty" lie says as near US can be estimated
there are about 10000 groggeries in Gotham
half Of which are licensed. Some of those
shops in the lorer grades may average in re-
ceipts three or four dollars per day-while the
respectable aud more CANDY, crimson-curtained
and gothic windowed saloons, where maidens
with voices
| ssweet and musical
As bright Apollo's Lutte
are heard to sing. probably receive at their mar
bic counters from one TO two hundred dollars q
day. But to make a small estimate, suppose
each shop receives Sc On per day from the drink
| ing portion of the y.-multiply that
| by 800 and YOU have near sreHty-tnco BiiiiioE
dollars, that yearly EXPENDED for-what,-
| right or rrong' Let the citizens Of the EN-
pire City" answer, Where and in what, does
this immense exchange Of capital end The
| Tombs, BiackwelI's Island. Sing Sing. the Aims
house. and the Grave, will answer the question
The yearly cost of the Penitertiary is abou,
$500 900 the Almshouse about the same
| The Police and City Prison, all of which ow,
their existence to drunkenness, and must ano
| will exist while rum rules, come near an annua
cost Of S2,0OO,000. Here are dollars and cents
not life the thousands that die, no one can es
innate. Pope says
! "Man isav very worm by b.th )
| vet ,rho dare estimate his worth
Where is the sympathy Of the public on thi
great question Of rum or no rum | nigh
. answer, buried up in selfishness and avarice.-
The whole country wept. and every breeze wa
big with sympathy, when the news sprea,
that 81 5,000,OO0 worth Of property was de
stroyed by fire. A fire was then raging, AM
has been burning ever since-not Of property
but men, romen and children, Yet where's tn
fireman to put it QUIT Where is the sympath,
of the people Money before men. is thei
motto. Sound the tocsin, men Of the press. an
call up those who ever protesting, but neve
do. Work is what humanity needs, and let ia
worker's motto Be UNION. Boston is Ner Ior
in miaiafure, and pretty large miniature s
IL. N