The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-04
At the Sing Sing prison the total amount
received during the fiscal year ending Sep
680329 20
$3.50 20


Amount expended during sam: period. $3.50 Is
Claims against the prison for debts CON-
trsctsd prior to LIST of January, lS4s.. 61se 90
Earnings for the year. ................ 1895 50
Expenditures for ordinary support. -. 0sp73 "a
Expenses Of female prison. ............ l04il 70
Earnings ............. 237o 80
The clinton prison received during the year,
including appropriation from State Tres-
The agent reports that the amount Of appropriation
necessary for the maintenance and support Of this
prison for the current year is estimated at $500
The wardens Of the several prisons report fsvoraby
upon the stae of affairs In their Provinces 30 TAR As dis
cpline and good feeling are concerned In reference
to working the stone quares at Sing Sing the warden
Of that prison tsys:-
Frsm careful examination of Its avsis and results
am satisfied that the employ Of the convicts at
this prison in the qusrries and cutting stone Is unpro-
htsble When all the expenses Of quarrying the stone
Of tools teams carts and feed taken into the
count II yields but little revenue to the State If dis
continued would dispose Of the occasion OF complaint
on the part OF very respectable class OF mecnsaics
with by convict labor and render fur
thsr application to the Legislature, any action Of
fore the proprety Of Offering to the contractors for pr
son labor the services Of the numbering
and II not wanted by them, that their services be ad
yertssd for some mechanical business which may be
legally carried on under the Law applicable to the sub
jectn
The officer says In another part of the report
Some time last spring, - committee Of the New York
Prison Association made visit to this prison. claiming
the right and authority to into any part Of the pr
t. converse with and examine the convicts when
and where they pleased, unattended by any officer Of
the prison respectfully declined scceding to their
request however, offered to show these gentle men
ANY and every part OF the prison. to furnish for their
to permit them to examine the keepers, and or all
Of the cenvcts at the same time Informing them that
the examination Of the cpnvcts must be in my pre-
as could not allow any not connected with
the prison to with convict, unless in the
writ Of in which said committee were plain.
tis, to vhich made answer The case was argued be.
fore the court, which sustained in the course had
pursued. About three weeks since, two Of the same
committee again called at the prison. and made another
demand for admittsnce, with the like privilege, to
which they received the and treatment
In the frst instance Although these might not do
anything which would affect the of the prison.
yet with the once precedent established who viii an
for the character of their determine
the amount OF mischief which upprincpied an or
committee Of men, might accom- psh permitted to do
say what they pleased to convcts In the absence Of
their kee Fersf
The chsplAns have opened schools for the instruc-
tion CT convicts in all the prisons where they
such will learn, reading, writing and arithmetic. BY
aproyision OF tie Legislature, the prisons supplied
son $50 vols Sing Sing $50; Female department. 5i3
According to the reports the deaths have
been remarkably few In number duriog the past year.
The report from the Auburn Is 8 deaths In months
At Sing Sing, male department, during the year. Il
female department, l. Clinton prison for the year L.
In his report the physoisn to the Auburn prison says
-" it'll single exception this, believe, Is the small
est annual mortality wch has occurred In this prison
for some years But conclusions relating to the gene
Deaths are, It to of all data the least relis
Bile. 1t is fact we'll known that the incurabe charac
has been decided, and in truth almost certain res
the part Of the Executive for granting pardons
humanity Il nevertheless renders cscslstons drawn
from the mortality in the prison almost worthless
City Intelligence.
THE WFArHkR.-At o'clock last evening there was
a eight sPIinkiiog Of snow, which however did not
he uufo rtun face
exposed to 1t just like bad rszor
FIRE IN FUIros SrhEEr-At half. past o'clock, on
Saturday night, fire broke out in the ixstory build
ing No. % Fulton street. the lower part Of which is
occupied by Mr. Miller. oil merchant aud others The
upper part Of the building full Of cotton stored
there by some party whose name we could not learn
The flames spread rapidly, and in short time burst
through the roof, and communicated with the ad
joining building each side, II and IS The former
was not much Injured by fire. though greatly damaged
by water No. 20, occupied by Cornelius, Lockwood
Brook va. burned IN the upper stories
ire In the building Was subdoed In short time by the
active exertons Of the fremen; but IL continued to
o'clock in the evening. The bales thrown
out Of the Windows into the street and the hose kept
play ing upon them. The building aud cotton were
taken charge Of BY the police, and by Captain Smith
assurance watch. The day being Sunday the owner
was out Of town and did not make his spsarsnoe at
the ecene was his name ascertained. The damage
TO the cotton by fire and water IL very considerable
We understand 1t is covered BY insurance. also the
buildings.
FinE IN THE BowERv.-Last night, about 10 o'clock
the City Hall bel. rang three strokes long and loud and
1t was believed that there great somewhere
IL turned out to be . shed that was burned in the
Bowery at the rear OF Blacks the confsctioner, near
Spring street.
evening fire broke out In the grocery store Of Anthony
Carr, S Mott street After considerable damage aud
the danger of far more the IRE extnguished by
stream from IL hose carriage.
eumstsnee in composition WITH the IRE In Ferry street
that street and the surrounding streets called
within the last 20 years All the stores In that neigh
borhood are leather stores and formerly t was all
great tan yard There is nothing difficult to set
Gre "a leather but 1t is isuted 1t like cotton
very hard to extnguish.
FLoRENcr's NEW CRY HorrL-The hotel 30 long
tno~n as the Howard House. at the corner OF Broad
way and Howard street has for some time past been
undergoing thorough repairs and reconstrnction and
pri.torshp Of Mr.. ,. Florence, jr, gentleman who
needs introduction from ms to the New York pub
lie. There nov already standing Ia Broadway
several monuments OF MIR. Florences enterprise, aud
among them tiorspce's Hotel at the of Broad
way and walker street, which was, when trst opened
considered the very pis ultra Of tts kind. The new
City Hotel IL, certainly, gem Of q place. and will
without doubt, be q fsvorite. The arrangements OF
the interior and the furniture elegant
Coin into the house from broadway the vsiter FIRST
enters the reading room, handsome apartment fur
ioupsps and rs.diSs room. seyond this snug little
place h the bar. room which IL furnished In modern
used 10 sdorn rooms of tins description. The
bar itsslf s orpamentsd with mirrcrs the centre one
Of shich s extraordinarily large and those on either
side Of more than ordinary dimensions. Tvo other
ge mirrors the westerly end Of the room
sa.h work In the partition which divides the
bar from the other part Of the house IL furnished
with elegant stained glass The bar proper h furnished
with every variety OF useful and glass
With ali the copcomtsuts necessary TO set n Oh 70 the
beet advantages while the frames Of the mirrors
wrought In artistic style displaying at proper points
In ing, nously contr,ea inches. classical figures aud
other beautifully designed images. Two elsborstey
ornsmentd chan dsers and several single Jets Of
light serve 10 illuminate the apartments at night pro-
ducipg brilliant effect Back the bar large
number a email eating rooms In any one one person
six may comfortably enjoy q breakfast, dinner or
supper. unaisturbed Some of these elegantly
furbisbed, and hung with pictures of . popular chs
racter In the bssementi elegant saloon With spa
oous bar match the other appointments Of the house
In this thirteen boxes t ed In style
at present unsurpassed The seats cushioned and
cushion backed and the curtains made OF rich and
beautiful slk dsmask the other furniture 10 made TO
corspond and the framework on the exterior OF the