The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-25

eoe. From the latter they have received three
sppropristons amounting In the Aggregate to
appropriations sucent to defray the cost Of ercctn
the female house. The House OF Refuge IL school Of
reformation for juvenile nas Sr nSns
It retains BY law the control Of those entrusted 70 its
snsa
the child has entered upon his initiation in Q vicious
o. life and has sscop. s ss 81 burden nd to the
claim to guardianship, and the State to protect its IT.
stands in the place Of parent and takes care Of edu
the parent would discharss the same duty. Here is
home for these disparentsd children in many cases
accommodated, receive instruction in the ordinary
branches Of school education are trained to
have instiilsd into their minds those principles Of
moral and religious truth which win at them
AZ have and Ss
Of time, which win vary in different cases. and should
average perhaps year and half they indentured
to Of good character living in the country away
from their former companions and The thcky spread
snares OF the city The justice and wisdom OF this
have been demonstrated BY the subsequent history Of
those whom the managers have occasionally and always
after careful exanation, surrendered to the OF
their friends fer experience has shown unfortunately,
that the children thus released have generally out
than those retained in the institution and nsn
tured to strangers The House Of Refuge is not designed
to b prison, in punitive sense, although children
The lattice work which ornaments the windows Of this
building is indeed framed Of strong wroughtron bars,
intended to guard against escape but the purpose
ish them for what they have done, but to sepa-
rate them eaectualy from the associations with which
naturally return, and by which they would certainly
be ruined. They are regarded and treated In the
children who
er deficient moral training, or bad example. divncy
imaged soul lies wrapped up in the life Of each one Of
birth may be restored Stained indeed it is, but the
stains may be washed away. They arc sufficiently i'm
pressble to lay aside old and put on new habits Past
deficiencies may be remedied by instruction and dlscp
line Their false idea Of the constituent elements Of
human happiness may be removed BY implanting true
retrbutions Their conceptions Of their own position In
the world may be transformed into earnest and hopeful
aspirations The love of vicious excitement may be
perseded by purer tastes and higher motives This Is
the spirit which should pervade the whole scheme of
formaory discipline for the youthful vagrant offend
temptations that have surrounded these Children and
have been trained from infancy almost in the know.
ledge Of the Scriptures, and in all that Is wholesome
heart and declare that he Is by nature any bet
ter than one Of them9 Who Of us dare say, that IL
he had been exposed to the same influences he would
fiery ordeal unscathedP The sight Of such a group of
children collected those seats and in yonder gal
mercy This house is to be retreat for calm reAec-
tion covert from the Storm place OF refuge whore
the svengng Nemesis Of crime cannot pursue Them
tracks so rnaCY others through ite They feel with
greater e ftensty, the desolation occasioned by
separation fm relatives and friends, from all whom
they have ku0YpAnd loved in the world: but the
dy is neoas, e their restoration to moral health,
the value & Which they do not now, they viii here
after apprecAas fthe case Of those who have slight
ed parental Councils and by disobedience and perverse
snfulness, have Thought this deprivation upon them
selves Is natural that they should feel It to be
lead them to conjunction repentance, and the purpe
Of reformation That many of our inmates become at
tached to the institution and to the officers with whom
ing accompanies them when they leave and their graft
tude for the benefits they have received is often
drsn that they have been confined in this house on
the contrary It is progressive step in their elevation
to the rank and character Of respectable citizens.
upon them Instead Of mpairng their selfrespect it
tends to awaken sentiment Of dignity by the reflection
What THAT there Is nothing to
ton they 60 forth with fair education and with habits
of industry adequate to provide for their wants
Independence, therefore, accompanies them The fact
that there has been cessation in the demand for ap
prentices since the commencement is evidence that
Others do not regard children reprobates. The
moral mental and industrial training they have recev
enter upon the new course Of life after graduating from
racters rendering their intercourse with others ebar
RAISING disagreeable. Those who conduct with pro
prety acquire the esteem Of the families where they
rise to perfectly independent and respectable position
But Is there corrupting companionship within the
House OF RefugeY Unquestionably, this is OF the
most difficult points in the Of these instu
TONS II ID true that dleness s not allowed to become
the mother Of vice. Six to eight hours at labor four
hours At school, ten hours in dormitories with
drills and meals between, leave boys but
small remainder of the day for mutual intercourse No
recreation 1t Is recreation, however, without
partnership and it is here chiefly that they exposed
70 mutual influence for good or evil That youth har
upon the less depraved and the innocent is perfect
obvious With respect to girls the evils OF such
partnership stl more evident and disastrous. The
plan Of separation into grades is the only practical
NEEDY and It is because of the facilities that will be here
offered for that purpose that the friends Of juvenile re-
formation should feel special interest in this House
of Refuge When our building shall be finished, the
boys and girls will be divided respectively into two DIS
S.y e.
many distinct institutions. collateral advantage
resulting from this plan is, that more lenient
rerior grade, which will be Of particular bene-
ii. to the younger children, who will naturally
0s aT w BE- r the
workshops for this division of the boys instead Of eight
hours during eight months and seven hours during four
time for relaxation reading and various privilege
1t is subject of regret that the plan cannot yet be
carried into execution The division will take effect a.
separation The division of tho girls will not be prac
cable, while occupying, according to the temporary
bnildng The erection Of the Female House Is required
for the proper accommodation of the children and is in
dpensably necessary for the perfection Of the organ
zaon. The managers looking forward with anxiety
to the full realization of their purposes and anticps
tons do not propose to give you detailed descrip
ton Of the building. You will form better idea OF It.
especially Of its dimensions, by promenading through
the various apartments, than BY anv description. You
have that the exterior is Of North river brick
Brick was selected being cheaper material than any
even the most common, stone. The windowheads are
archcd with brick, and there is no cut stone used
except for sills and two plain above and
below the basement story. The architectural
effect is produced by the distribution. of the
masses, and not by beauty Of materials cost
liness Of workmanship The imposing features of the
structure the deeply projecting, lofty, and DOME
surmounted centre and end buildings and the partially
detached ventiaing towers in which the stairs are
placed The height to the ridge Of the roof of the
trail mass, Is eighfysx feet of the ends seyenfy-sx
feet and Of the long connecting wings sixty three feet
The building has q front OF Ave hundred and ninety
feet and surface Of and quarter acres.
The buildings embraced in the plan win space of
more than two acres. The Female House will be de-
tached edfce lying to the south OF this and line
with H. 1t will correspond in architectural appearance,
having centre, two wings and end buildings of the
style and elevation The front will be two hundred