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

20 are no, aware .hs, any definite acton s yt beer
had uuon the prGect Sov. Bsker, az The las, ses
sion. earrestly recommended il TO the Legs atIre IN
bis message.
NIwJERsEY-By ac, o: Feb. % 1850, the Legs
Ia;ure ordered the bailiing Of House OF Refuge,
and its construction comm, need At Kingston But
by act of March 20, lisa the properly vas ordered
10 be sold which accordingly doue in part, and
the remsinder deposited At the State Prison. Gov.
Fort in his message of 1883, proposed that instead o.
the House Of Refuge there should be erected work
houses, in connection with the county ails, With
view 10 the reformation OF juvenile offenders; but
as vet. nothing has been done in the MISTER and it i
considered rs abandoned.
MlrYLASD.-An actof ls49 authorized the County
Circuit Courts 10 send minors under sixteen years o.
are convicted of criminal offenses to the House OF
Renee in Baltimore; but the Legislature At it,
sessions of ls5a and 53, declined to grant the neces
sary MT ans for It's early completion the connection
between that institution and the State thereby
severed. II i. row under the control of the members
Of the Association and the corporate authorities OF
Baltimore.
M,csIcAS.-At the last session of the Legislature
Governor NcCleland recommended the establish
ueut OF House of Correction tor the " many boys
of tender age sent the State Prison, which is no
"6tnursery for theG, and for whom mllder and less
Infamous punishment should be provided.
IspIAsA.-The Constitution Of 1851 provides that
Houses Of Refuge for Juvenile Offenders shall be
esiabEshe l." and Governor Wrights message to
the Legislature of ls53 urged the erection Of work.
houses or houses Of refuge in connection with the
county as or in districts also for the reformation
"of youth in place Of sending them 10 the State
"Prison where they become the associates of those
"who are more hardened in crime
Essays on Jurenile Delinqaeaey.-The Board Of
Managers of the House of Refuge in Philadelphia in
1852 offered two prizes 500 and $50 for the best two
essays on the causes producing, and the best means
of preventing, juvenile delinquency. Forty-four
essays were received by the Board and placed in the
hands Of a committee of which Bishop Potter
Chairman The first prize Of 500 was awarded to the
Rev. f. f. Hale Of Worcester, Mass. and the second
Of $50 to The Rev T. V. Moore of Richmond, Va. All
Of the Essays were given in charge of Committee
Of the Board to examine them, and to invite the
cooperation Of the Managers of other Schools Of Re-
formation in the publication of such of said essays
or portions of them, as ii may appear desirable 10
publish. We hope that these may soon be given to
the public; believing as We do, in the correctness OF
the following sentiment which we find in The Penn
,tlrana Journal IF Prisoa DicipliRe for April 1854
"There are few things more hopeful in the present
aspect of the times than the multiplication and OK
tension of Houses OF Refuge and Reformation tor
Children and Youth. Those who have observed with
much the various processes by which dePraved
character ia built up, can appreciate In some degree
the importance of any means TO interrupt them Bat
only those who have and known the lncorrigbl-
ibv Of finished rogue, can put proper estimate on
early reiormatory measures.