New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-11-09

d sta.r frefr sees m one drectlon. leav-
ice suticie1; space " pass b2tSeHn each- In -
t-is tai tie bows soon MARCHED - re from the
rlsy- ground each go.lg - is p.lca aaf deposit
le hshs- bat 81 standing until ~ Asiyla they
t.rred tow ari Their seats, -ecltrd Short iaaAAs
.l7irc in ~ sou. a. then ses,ins themselves pro
eae.ed o. dis -uss, II good s9ps,ite, the cnocc
ate and 1rr&d plsced before thea.
~As ars-war1 present ~ the mssscalug cut
OF .tOse = no were o. VOrS upon the isrm. Some
~ tue sluacs went under the direction @. grown
perscn Others under tbs. ci one O. then on mum
5er each leader being accountable for tn sood
couiuct % those urGer bis charsc some SD OF to
were thus msrsha.ed sad passed o1t 90 tie gates
He.e .itt.e incident occurred which tod volumes
o.. the spirit prevailing sm00g the 5oyi Sd O! the
u.a.hod by which shey are Foverned. As vas
standing D. the SIDE % % Superlr .endeui' little
.cil.w came W al sad. NJ. Lincoln. tae lew
boys messing the fo-r VINO hsd come on day
fore are going O.; wiki ne farmers sup
posed thst, seeing the gates opered they thought
tbis would be gcoi op1r.unity 80 rln away. Ar.
l. 4. ithout turning ro1ud. simply SAID " gu may
cali them back, sEd when he had finished what
sas Shout gave directions a. - the workshop
into y hich they should g.
Tne WORKSHOPS then IN active operation we're
the shoe and sewing rooms, Ia esch Of which
nearly 100 boys were busily employed, under
chsrse Of one or two acGlts-msie "a The trst Re
male In the second The osGer n both Vas PEI
feet. and the worS much better executed thAn !
expected. All the clothing OF the boys, sil tie
bed-Inen, aud sullss articles. are here made snt
repaired, snd large amount OF work u aiken m
from sbrosd. Though tbs Is Gully tue first yesr,
the bcys Al-esdy earn pore than lsusuGi.y allowed
hy contr sectors who eire colvicts ulder s.asrc---
cuuistsEcos and thereis sloat Adycatag3 derived
rom TIC absence ot every iImedi ate authority
save thst Of the Sup rinteEiCut and -ssstants
Before my departure. | walked over the farm,
entered the barn. and everywhere saw the Toys
4. work, sngly or 10 squais apparently wilhou.
supervision, cheerful ana coDtcnted ard 70 COM
g.. .. S. IL were. my estimate OF the confidence
opposed 10 sDI- ~ them, Ultimately vent 20 the
4e Jo. IL We % driven by ore oi tnc 0oys, ru
Xas 10 Cary Dack articles fuired iOr the use OF
the house. He ie.t quits proud q the good quail
ties ~ ms horse told me II the amount ci work
- bal recently SccomP shed, said thst rne 5o!s
were generally cJrteutsd at,er tayiug been IN
The school k,ti,e while, bCt that some .1ed 70 set
away 1ea they lrs. came. had learned y nte
e the school, that no sttempt % escape had been
fucCesstui. there being feeling snong she boys
that they would be dissTaCed 0y s-cn an event,
ahich causes ,'em 70 give timely notice 20 the
Superintendent. TIE iJye and esteem ieit toward
him sli others il cI arge exc gcry manifest, az
- these ceilings, among other causes, must be az
,.buted q ouderi-i success hich Gss cerSsiu.y
itaefto attended the estso lshmcnt Ihese lesi
irgs ar D doubt, ing IN r great measure IT,
try Individual characters of those VINO are
.neir objects but their success also due % the
" So regulation, under which the school u c71-
Quoted, AID not ieast, ~ my opiul1n. % Tie ia-l
that thole regulations are LoS arbitrary. but emA-
nste from An authority shst 81 the Trust, ~ s.
oerior "a tho superintendent, IT, which hs Is him
SET sat .ct. Ntis 70 him and his assistants t.,
boys mus. looA for ell their privileges and irdui
gences.
cannot do better than quote in this connection
from the port made by the Suporin.ende NJ T.
the Trustees IL December lsst:
Our dscip Inc u, az Tar ss possible parental Ia It's
character. mild and persuasive, bat nstn and dec led
Tho ign II the Institution being ~ T.fWfa rather
than - punish blenders. We shtI usn al nf7ns con
si.t.ut y good government, 20 secure tie content
ment srf happiness OF the youth VINO may be- sont
here believing his . 10 the most efficient mans at
accomplishing the great md sous AZ tor IA the establish
meui II the Institution.
sach has been. and q toe basis Of the govern
ment Of the school and herein lies the secret OF It's
success May Ne al learn from the example hero
set b. ore US
All connected with the Institution seem 20 have
n clesr view 90 the duties they have assumed and
70 rftrm those duties cOnsciel-Ousy huch
credit IL due - toe Commissioners aud Trustees,
O.. well - h. those wna have the immediate gov
eminent of the scaooL Some may have been and
90 doubt are more interested and sctlve than
others, bat ali mast have the happy consciousness
that they ars engaged IN grea, aud good work.
think that usyc written enough 10 supply
food tor reflection, and TO show The hope there Is
as regards the future lie OF the bOys committed 70
the State Reform School, most Of whom but a
year sgc, would have been sent to the Isls. and
many CT whom, young as they are, lnone being
admitted over l6l have already passed months,
perhaps wears IN those hot beds Of vice and sbodes
Of misery. / have read the history OF some OF
those boys. detsei in a book kept Tor that pur-
pose aud have seen the record Of the nurber OF ar
rests each has undergone, amounting " oae IN
stance to 25 or 50. | compare their present con
otion and prospects with what was formerly their
lot and thank God for tho Massachusetts State
Reform School Yours, truly, = o.. g.