The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-25

they are living ana occasionally Visits at the house by
men Who introduce themselves former refuge boys
and express their gratitude for what the institution di
for them The method and spirit of the treatment pur
cf the annual reports Of the society that will qus
the paragraph In his own language lit takes the pac
parent and enioroes the mild and salutary disci
Is lost sght Of In sny Of its regulatons, in all 1T
discipline. From the entrance Of the cha he becomes
subject to Ia routine Of duties having view menta
education, moral improvement and mechanical skill
Order and method It Is he effect of the system prac
thorough change. At sucte tender age, past impress
soBs are not ineffaceae ard custom assist ed by prn
ciple soon change etIaraater. When again he goe,
into the world to take his place among mem he goes
without the brand Of infars,r his brow His mis-
deeds have been forgotten he starts afresh from
and equal platform; his fo'mer associations have
been ruptured; the hsunts OF not familiar he
has an intelligence that has cultivated he ut
recognizes the principles of virtue aud right hs he's tho
cunning VI his right band to furnish him with honest
means OF life To the world he has been slumbsrer,
and the world has opinion to form of stranger He
knows that II rests with himself TO determine what the
opinion shall be, and light aLG knowledge aud habits
are between him and evil The subsequent disposition
process reservation After ar average residence irtne
house OF year more the boys bound out In the
country to farming or trades the gs to domestic service
BY this means they are brought under the influence OF
moral families, TO which they wcnid have had
access under other circumstances TO the girl the in
fuence OF well ordered family Tho tone of refinement
the moral atmosphere which surrounds her in all
domestic employments particularly valuable
OF awakening sense Of delicacy, aud an apprecia-
ton Of the bseuty OF 3 vrtuous vomsnly character.
With our older boys a different course j. pursued
They would be mnmanageable a, apprentices, and
would run away. They are shipped with their
and friends consent whaling voyages. Remarkable
las attended these The very energy which
under other circumstances would have led the ruin
is here turned good account The discipline OF the long
voyage the excitement Of the life and companion
ship with men Of generous ndepe ndept spirit constitute
the appliances which they need, and when they
home they have out Of the knowledge of their old
associates aud ougrown their former tastes This ia the
third time the managers of the Society the Resrma-
ton OF Juvenile Denquents have bad 70 provide build
ipgs They remained the site till 1889 when
they removed their present location at The foot OF
PEELED to move again The city has encompassed them
and the premises altogether insufficient for the ext
gcnces Of the day For portion OF the year the male
department obliged to close Its door The vast increase
Ct vice and destution among youthful population
shown in the reports OF the Chief of Police warned the
managers to fulfil their duty by striving
buildings arranged for the separate accommodation
the various grades Of oucasts and danquent in which
marked Determinations in discipline might be intro.
dnced fresh incentives supplied to good behavior and
the refornaatory powers OF the institution greatly
augmented Fifteen years has been the term of occu
patton each of the former locations about the
period for general rebuilding of the city or at least
the adaptation Of its tenements new purposes The
House OF Refuge is safely eniently pnd admi
raby located where streets cannot cut through the
mises and the tide OF the city population
dash against its walls The site which may be said to
have been unoccuped being no longer available
place OF nterment was conveyed to the institution by
the Common Council the society conveying to the city
at the same time piece Of ground on Wards Island
containing ten acres, which is used q Potters
Field This portion OF KandalIB Island is, tOpO
graphically, separate and distinct location and the
occupation of 1t for q Houe of Refuge will not in
ttrfre in any way with the occupation of the north
end for farm schools, any other kindred purpose
We mean to be good neghbors with the Governors
OF the Amshouse, only that intend to compete
with them in the supply OF apprentices and gain il
the reputation of furnishing the most useful
snd best behaved chilaren. Our formidable wall Of
enclosure will protect our children from the
tamination of theirs the may be
The Common Council have authorized us to sell all
tie land we at present occupy and devote the proceeds
to the erection Of buildings The Legislature
OF the State has granted an appropriation OF fifty thou
sand dollars for the same purpose. by special proy
erect its buildings to be subject to the lien OF the
City Sinking Fund. The proceeds Of the land the
fcot OF Twenty tL1 street will be kept entire, and
pended in permanent erections The security OF the
Sinking Fund will therefore be augmented by the
othe State appropriation by any further appropriations
from the quarter an by all the expenditures
society from their upon the premises And
when ehey are no longer occupied house OF refuge
they Immediately become the property of the ely
The description Of the building in your hands will show
you Its extent and its adaptation to the best methods
Of reform. reform school for thousand children
Is truly colossal institution Of benevoence. Unfor-
tupatey, the cost will assume the colossal pro-
portions The grading of the site, which exceed
ingly uneven, and bed Of rock. will cost, when
peted $4,000 The contract price for putting up the
centre and two wings OF the main building is Sl6b Sl9
Our entire resources will not be adequate to meet the
expenditures. The completion OF the whole, which
Dot be delayed, will amount to another enormous sum.
The managers OF the society will lay Its wants before
the legislature, with the confident belief that ns-
tuition necessary to the welfare of the community
and precious in its benefits to those unfortunate ch
dren whom it rescues from degradation and ruin will
not makeits appeal in vain. We have now, upon OF
our ises Of the unfortunate laid the stone OF
temple of humanity. This rasge Of beautiful islands
around great city The which shall be erect
ed upon them unlike the fortresses which encrce the
cities Of the Old World not for defence against
foreign enemies nor to overaws peaceful cti-
but for the protection of the destitute and for
defence against crime and depraviy. There is some.
thing peculiarly appropriate in such site for the pur
pose OF our Institution Ths unfortunate and erriny
youth who shall be gathered upon this isle Of refuge
separated from the city by yonder silyery chanae AID
short period, upon dense OF buildings homes Of
comfort aud domestic happiness reared by industry and
tenanted by thrift with churches and school houses scat
tered among them and will what labor and vrsuous
endeavor the of Law and the influences Of edu
ton and religion have done for the great body OF that
vast population bave called our house Of refuge 9
temple OF humanity and when think of its purpose
to receive the young within Its shelter reclaim and
store them teach them the duties OF the present life and
tell them Of the lie hereasr-it seems to to be- in
It's spirit and object embodiment of that beautiful
preston Of the Saviour of mankind" Suffer little child
rem to come unto me.n
At the conclusion Of the address, the ceremony
terminated with the bencdction, which was pro.
nounced by Rev. Dr. Ferris.
After the conclusion Of the ceremony, the co mpa-
ny were invited by the Governors of the Aims.
house to dine, Mt which place they partook of a
sumptuous dinner, prepared for them by the Off
GERS of that institution.
At the close of the dinner the President rose aud
proposed the health Of the Ten Governors Of the
Almshoufe, which was responded to in few neat
words by one OF the Governors, who was present.
Below b a description of the institution
The House ofRefuge the stone OF which Is the
depository OF this psper comprses building for the
msles another for the females kitchen, wash house,
and four shops all arranged in accordance with the
copaDying plan In two separate DEPARTMENTS male and
female The buildings cover two acres Of ground and Of
this two acres the boys building and quar-
ter acres The stone walls twenty feet high enclose
about ten acres including that occupied by the build
ings The lawn in front of the buildings reaching to
tbe Harlem river, amounts TO about five acres This
fifteen acres of land undulGting and rough by nature
composed Of rocks s~amps and meadow land, has been
reduced to fair plain: descending gently front and
rear to the water The House Of Refuge being erected
BY the New York Society for the Refuge Of Juyeae Deli
quents The principal building, the csrner-stone OF
whicn beirg laid this 23d day Of November 1864 Is
In process Of erection the other buildings have
yet been commenced This principal building Is in tho
Italian style OF architecture, and comprises a
building eighty by eightyseven feet and radiang from
this centre building four wing buildings each ortysix
by one hundred and eighty feet connected to the centre
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