New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-15

Institution called TIE House gf Refuge for Western
PeaHsylsaEIa bat have not leirncd OF It's location
etc.
MasAcHUsETTs.-Tn lsi6, = petition signed by
very many Of the most respectable and Influential cit
izens OF thi. State presented TO the Legislature
asking that State Reform School, for juvenile dein-
quen,s, should be provided. A committee reported
favorably 10 the petition and at the next session Con-
missioners were appointed TO select site, &e, and
While thus engaged they received an Anonymous do
naton Of $4,000, with the promise of $4,000 more
from the donor, if the State would grant an equal
amount. The Stsse made the appropriation; the
School was located at WestbOrough and WAS opened
in ls4s. In ls4s, the Hon. Theodore Lyman of
Brookline. the anonymous benefactor OF the School,
By bis will made additional grant to i; Of s5o,ooo
making, with 81 800 for purchase of additional land
the amount OF s72 500 which be bestosed upon this in
.tituriop II is situated two and half miles from the
village on farm Of two hundred acres which is bor-
dered BY beautiful pond. The buildings COM
msnding enence and from their hight and extent
visible for many miles. They are of somewhat rregu
lar front with high towers and built in the form OF
a square, the quadrangle or court forming pIay
ground, and their cost was nearly slo0,oOO The
number Of boys now at the School is about 400, and
lOo more can be received Six hours are devoted
10 labor four and hall to School, with ample
tine for amusemerts sleep, etc. The labor account
forlas year employed in the shoe shops
lF; tailors' shop IS; farming ETC., 49, housework,
A; kitchen Is; miscellaneous, 4-Total, 34 Cash
received for boys labor s4,Ol5 ~; value of their
farm labor, sl 4s4 co. Whole number of boys COM
mitted to Dec. !, 1883, 9s6, of whom SIX hundred
"havt gone forth to their various places in the com
"muhity, many Of them carrying characters and
principles that justify the confident expectation of
their future usefulness and Iespectabty" Statis-
tics Of character Of the 262 boys received In 1889
Previously imprisoned, 65 Incorporate, g. Sabbath
breakers, 1872 trusnts 1876; tobacco users, 40; gen.
orally idle, 1885, etc. As to parentage: Orphans, 20;
half orphans, ss; incorporate fathers, So; both
parents incorporate, 26; and both parents whose
example was morally penicOus, l26. The principal
ofenses were: Larceny, 90; vagrancy, l6 slop-
breaking, l6 stubbOrnness, lo2. Nativity: Ameri-
cans, 2l5, from Massachusetts, l75; and foreigners
II; Of whom 90 were Irish. OF those aged sixteen
lmsximum,j 20; decreasing gradually TO 10 aged
years with of years making as general average
when committed, about l2l years. Religious exer-
cises are held twice daily, with preaching and Sab
bath school instruction on Sunday. The whole
amount granted by the State for current expenses of
the school since its opening has been over $50 900.
James NJ. Talcott has been its Superintendent since
MAY II, 1853, having succeeded w. r. Lincoln, who
had held that office from its opening.
State Reform School for Gnls.-In 1882
Board of Commissioners reported on the expedieney
Of establishing State Reform Schsol for Girls. In
1853 the subject again considered, but its COM
mittee made their report against il, and this was ac
cepted by both Houses. During tae session of 1854,
bill was passed providing that when s2C, 900 should
be raised by private subscriptions an equal amount
should be paid by the State and the institution estab
lished. We have learned that already some $4,000
have been subscribed by citizens Of Boston aud the
State; and with favorable prospect it is likely
that the entire amount will be provided this summer
The Boston Sekools.-These are, the House OF
Correction the House of Industry and the House OF
Reformation, which are city institutions We learn
that the House of Correction is now much over
crowded With accommodations for only about $50
inmates it has nearly 700 within its walls, and the
workshops and chapel used for sleeping apart
ments. Among the commitments to this house in
1885, 81 boys between the ages of and years
quite number Of whom were sentenced for inveter-
ate trusncy.
The Boston Asylum and Farm School for Indi-
gent Boys }" is private charity, receiving no aid
from the State city, first established in Boston,
and thence removed to ThOmPsons Island. The
number of admissions from 1895 to 1882 73O. The
number of inmates is limited to one hundred.
CoSsEcIIcUr.-At the session OF the General As
sembly in 1880 committee reported in favor Of the
Reform School which had been proposed, but further
action wss not then taken. The next Legislature, by
act of June a. 1884, appropriated $4,000 for its es-
tablishment, to be paid when equal SUN should be
rased by voluntary contributions The friends Of the
movement engaged Mr. p. Hoadley of New-Hayen to
act as agent in soliciting subscriptions and he after
one years efforts, succeeded in raising the amount,
which he paid into the State Treasury Sept H. 1882
The Trustees on the part Of the State then entered
upon their duties and located the institution in Meri
den The site, near the railroad depot and on high
elevation comprises 81 acres which cost s3 496. An
adjoining farm Of 100 acres, has been secured for
g., ,OOO and this contains excellent quarry of red
sandstone which will be used in the construction Of
the buildings. A portion of the main buildings was
erected in 1883, and the school was opened March
1884 The present number of pupils s abont thirty.
Total expenditures to April 1854 s40s sO4 81, being
s257 IS more than the receipts. The building, when
finished, will accommodate 800 pupils and those in
charge Of them.
RHODE IsLAsD.-The Reform School q! Previ-
dence was established by an act passed in January,
1850, and was opened on LIST November following.
II was provided for the instruction and reformation
of juvenile offenders between the ages of and Is
wears; and an arrangement was afterward made by
the State by which all juvenile delinquents might be
hnii nlx saptlv ifua tod In
he south east part of the city overlooking the bay
and will accommodate about two hundred inmates.
The number committed during the first two years of
its operation was ~. Their labor was employed in
making such articles as were needed by the instiu