The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-22

covered and suspended p~~ase-way the back
door u this bah ~ih the secood Dry Of ia. main prison
Let ieaye the pfison-yaEd By s main entrane.
thIoash Which The prisoners brought This is on
Franklin street. and reach passes throu III the
bale Of the ssth Wad Police Station house. which is IN
he Tcnbs holdings Tie police force for this con-
ssis o. uinely men, halt of whom constantly, on
daiy taefs always sufficient nubsr jasI this
Iron door 10 preseni Demonstration the pat the
prisoners ty way OF escape The force for the SIKH
yard 10 f~r larger &n hat Cor any oser embraces
The f4oas "Five Points, within lis limits Though
ing small pace q gfouni the Points reqare the presence
Of sosn tea 10 tsensy Poes ali times. The city has
nine hundred police alwa enpoyed besides the vounia
or "iodep~ndeat Polic.iAn thieftskers,gLo are
paid only by rewards Tor the apprehension Of eriunss ard
the recovery Of stolen properly.
The criminal courtroom OF the Tonbs which, as be fore
remarked Is entsred from Cenn uts back into The
prison yard TO within twenty feet Of the main prison
On Tuesday morning visited IL while Recorder Talmadze
hodps special session for the trial Of petty aIe~a-s
assaults e. In such (he reseTnents being merely
the commitments Of jn-oes) me has Jurisdiction without
the intervention OF ares Lawyers rarely either
side and hsn single wines. for the prosecution
oien examined 1t ook tie Recorder come seven aud
a half minutes Try and OF scqu a prisoner
This the time ia which he disposed Of half
dozen while remained in the courtroom This is
going IL with vengeance. Yet the trials were evidently
fair and the fact. elected sufficient for rghul deteni
nation OF the No other system would answer for
the disposal OF fifty snch per diem, which al
times his hands HIS associates are any TWO
aldermen Of the city.
Before taking leave OF this subject must not forge. 10
mention thai Quaker med Hopper the agent for The
Prisoners Friend Society has within few years past
taken from The Tombs the House OF Refuge the City Aims
house, Sc, full fifteen hundred females hide giss and
women, Of abandoned character for whom the society
has provided pisces comfortable and respectable homes
in the Interior The utility and nobility of this charity are
to be appreciated OF this city One ut be here
for ones .clf how surely thousands upon thousand
of poor and thoughues females mpeed by the force
OF circumstances into vice, crime, and then loa,hsoe
death, unless rescued by such phianthopic labor
may with truth say those abroad, who give so lib
orally charities baving their headquarters in this city
that OF all the New York prises this for
its means effects the most good TO society
The anniversary dinner of the Dramatic Fnnd Associa
tiOn, which OF the Astor House on Tuesday las
erously attended by the literary artist, of
the city The newspaper reports will furnish you with an
OF the good things sad and the comforts
discussed the occasion Five hundred and two dollars
subscribed in aid of the funds charity which
already may be said to be on a foundation.
The news by the Europa OF which have rs vet ba,
brief synopsis, has created deep feeling among tbs Faro
pean-born, quarter OF million in New York, who with
few exceptions sympahise heartily with the Italian
republicans. As yet have bur the meagre eleyraphic
accounts which reached hours ago by the Bali
Sun Great eagemess manifested get al the par
ticniars
The portion of the wing people of New York who re-
member the report of the examining committee of stock
holders o. the United States Bank OF Pennsylvania do not
government banker whcr Washington letters in
the New York city papers declare have been determined
on by General Taylor and his constitutional advisers