New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-04

Mr.. Warren slro tock me 20 wait the ARA jail in
which new and interesting experiment II nov beng
tsstfd The jail here Il sort OF general penitenaxF,
vthher prisoners are sent from all parts OF the north
western provinces The Number at present incsreeetea
l. about 2S00. The jail inelosss space Of sbOat -
acres wherein numbers Of small buildings AID man
usctoIies, the prisoners are al required to asor
stont { hours day. DR. Walker, the superintendent,
,lo formerly had charge Of the jail at MyuPOore, In
t,,dvced system Of prison education which
esssl that Shen be vas promoted to the management
81 the srest central ail at this place he determined 70
coutrue IT, Up 20 the present time, eighteen N abs
since the introduction Of the system rs effect oa the
moral character Of the prisoners mas been strongly
marked Al flst DR. Walker experienced great dim
esty tie prisoners suspectng that some MYSTERIOUS
Christian doctrine 10y covert IN the mutPhcatDn-taee
AID tie spelling book bot the Dr. perseverance, 50
wrought UPON them that al Of those employed AZ labor
wkn the jail (7CO being kept upoa the rosds In ie'-
tered ganes) are wiling scholars.
DIR Walker was Kind enough 70 conduct me through
the Jail and put the prisoners through Iher exercises
ltUas q mott remarkable spectacle mere were nun
eds If men seated attheiT looms weaving carpets snS
rg tie MULTIPLICATION table in laundering chorus.
Tpeire times t,rere sang the monitor IN shrl sot0
Ore kindred and forfyJoHr burst oat rhe caorns:
in AL SORTS Of voices We went into the blacAsmiths
shops here the prisoners, by refinement OF punish
u.at ere made tO forge their own letters, Themselves
filtered Ser,H times sineeH' sang the solo, az he
rn;s,d his hammer one hsEfrcd and t-etre was
reared in answer drowning the claag and bang Of he
iron. In the Women's department there vas sarul
tempest Of vulgar fractions the cooks recited astrcnom
iesl fact. Vhie mixing their nee. Even the hardest
cases confined in solitary cells going through the'r
~a-B abs" through a hole IN the door, 70 monitor
standing outside The murderers, confined Tor lie t)i
whn ere are several huudred) are not exempted bit
20 through the numerals while they work a paper
making brought away shee, Of paper, mife enireiy
Nv ttrse wr,tches snd vii present it to King Bonba'
whenever he il ready to write his abdicaton
THERE'S a monthly examination Of the prisoners. and
they WHO can read shoft story, and repeat the map
cation table ofshoc numbers and fractions up to l66.
6Sy25 and 6i1Ci, are entitled TO visit from
TIER friends, a battle in the Jumna, II i.nioes.
snd visit to tie Tai, if Moslems. The more
advanced scholars are obliged 10 pass in writing,
TIE facts of astronomy, simple and compound m
teres. &c. There is great emulation among the prs
oners and their progress is very rapid As one result OF
the system, in their moral improvement, it vii be
enough TO state that in 1851 before it was introduced
the number Of pubishments administered for oaenses
committed within the jail 1872 IN So, since ITS
introduction the number punished was Is lt IS not
much TO the credit Of the Government that II only al
lows the miserable sum Of five rupees (S' oO) mouth
in support of so important al experiment.
have run The letter to great length, and there Is
much still unsaid. Tomorrow shall make an excursion
10 the ruins Of Zulepore Likree, ia company With Mo
Shorer one Of the Secretaries of the Government.
R.