New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-26

What Of the Citys
The following important Presentms,
was made yesterday by the Grand Jury Of a.
City at the close of It's labors. Ii is the f,I...
ialrest, elearest exposition Of the moral Evil
which now threaten'ngiy perade THIS metro0oE1
and their immediate causes that has vet bee. ~
forth. We trust il will be universally read
| ed and acted upon.
On single point this Presentnent d...
come up to the mark-we mean in relat;o, - - |
sources of Incompetence. The Grand Jur, ~.
as If the stringent execution Of our preseas |,
intended to limit the abuses OF Liqaor-,.,E,-
we're possible-when any twenty intelbs.o, IS
should know better. So long as tipphny.h hon.
are licensed or tolerated az all, there ma,
will be thousands of them, of every grade s,o,.
the first class Hotel Bar TO the lowest and e,,..
est grog shop, half thieves den, half brothsI IA.
Aldermen who should attempt 70 .,o.,,,.
thoroughly the laws as they are woald bs g ho;..
ed" BY great majority at the mex, el.c,;,.
There is no cure short OF the Complete and az.
lutte introduction of Liquor selling for g.;, %
the pattern of the Maine Law. TAat ~..ls
draw tie lines where they should be. and er..,.
party which would take care of its msiuts,,,..
/ and enforcement.
But hear the PREsHyrMENT
The Grand Jury In the discharge ofths,r a,,,
visited srd examined the various Institutions az go
Cy-sDd, while they have much that 10 worthy ~
commentator, In the cleanliness 10 ID order and ~
parent good maLsgeme mt every where Observable ~
something were nouced wnicn require the atesuoo|
OF our Cy suthoriues-anda remedy should be at oacs
provided.
OF these, one very serious evil Is the wan. of sus
Client !, ON In all our City Prisons.
The law OF tho State regulating houses Of deteuuo.I
requires that the detained should De kept seoarat o
each other-though will appear quite tnspifst t,s,I
this impossible In the present o our CIV
sno Disuict Prisons
number o. prisoners average at least 230 and oks.|
reaching 800,
The evil growing out Of this must be spp,rsnt A.
every one II all thephsoners were Old oenders anal
all ALIKE guilty. the esil would be great on bur Il is|
evidently much increased. when we consider ,hs,
many OF those confined imprisoned for the 6rs,
tme and are proven innocent of the charge assnstI
them when put upon trial
The " hole number of commitments during the. vs.rI
iSoI' Wa.
VI TINS number were patiyes. s9DlI
rorelgneis'
Temperate habits.
ihteupeIhe 1871
Nearly one-half of those charged with petty OF
aRsnit person and property, under 81 years of
sge-a class peculiarly susceptible the deetsroas In
husnces OF assocating with old and hardened offend
No distinction can now be made based upon the vouh
ano innoct nee or gull, aud age OF the paFus.nensr|
there of separating tried and
sentenced from those that not-though would ap.
pear ~ every one that these two classes should uoa
sOcaie together.
No place b provided for the detention of male wit
nesses, except such cels as are occupied by murder
ers, burglars aud telOns OF the worst description
1..-a.. -.
than three times as large that reported tor ,he
preceding year.
|, Is certainly criminal In ITSELF aud very mpoiuc to
confne these Innocent witnesses with such hardened
re- partsking with them sans food thu same
cell aud the bed the effect be fatal TO the
moral health OF such witue-es-many of who n como
forth adopts In crime-aud our City suffers In an In
creased number OF criminals
The above remarks apply In equal degree 10 the de-
tIict Prisons OF Jefferson and Essex Markets.
The Jury would recommend he immediate removal
of the Sixth Ward Stauonh house other location
more convenient for IT, thereby giving up the now
occupied by II u prison purposes thus giving increased
accommodations to the City Pdson and remedying In
some degree the evil complained Of.
The spirit of rowdysm and dis egard Of laws sppean
TO be steadily increasing in city and is SUBURBS
leading to the commission of the most daring crimes
seairsi life and property, which should ill every czsn
with CONSERVATION and alarm; aud we would call
loudly upon our authorities to apply some speedy aud
efficient remedy.
we were law keeping and law abiding peoolei but
that DAY to be passing away, and our CITY b.
coming notorious among the worst cities OF the
country.
Looking at the statistics of the City Prison. for tina
year 1851 we find that the most ghlu cause Of crms
is the prevalence OF ntemperance Nnetenths Of ths
commitments for the yesr Of Incorporate persona
and of the remaining TENTH we are assured on good
authority, large portion be traced to the sams
cause.
For the suppression of these evils we call upon our
City authorities 10 DO their duty faithfully and fsaresy
20 enforce rigdly the laws upon our st ,tue sook
II these laws were executrd In thsr true spirit
We think great Improvement would sOoD bs msni'est
And that they are nd thus executed we bsleve to 30
The great cause OF the continually increasing tide
crime that IL rolling In up,n
II II 10 found that present laws not stringent
enough, make them more so bat whatever laws se Do
have, let them be properly enforced
Every goo d citizen Is personally interested In ths
matter end sik all such give their sd heller
ing that they will heartily sustain our authorities la are
foIm so greatly needed.
The Jury would also present the crying Of newsps
peTs on Sundays by newsbOys as great annoyance,
dbturbpg the quiet of the day, and training 10 candt
dates for the House OF Refuge and the PebiteDt1y-
requesting our authorities 10 adopt measures S
the suppre scion of this growing evil -.
The Jury would also present az q very serious ery
the loDgcoDtinued practice of driving cstte throusa
the streets all hours practice which has caused 90
msDy injuries, and loss Of human life cannot In our
opinion, be defended upon any ground Of right e&
ptoiency. We would earnestly ask the passage OF SONS
law restraining putting endo this custom, so tnt
the lives and limbs of our fellow citizens may DO sale
nun SUI" tsirpedC HOWE. Pos~sa.
(Sgned) }. G. CALHoUs, Secretary
Grand Jury Room, June Is, 1861
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