New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-22

o.. r an attempt to get away. Being taken into
su.,rpda In presence Of eight or zen or more PSF
lDe ,se Deputy Superintendent foos set the nose oI
s ~ them blet ding by blows with the hsnds on h's
nd face so that be was sent 10 the tank Ia t1s
80, otiaR ICON o wash himself. The SuPerlenu
~ soon ordered lis Deputy 10 follow nun IN
"a be hoggipg hin while queslons were pro-
landed ana blows given to be other BOY. AFTER some
% The rest of Us alto repafed TO the dLlrg'room
TssrwSye however the boy who was undergoing
s,geIl.ton literally made night Mucous WIN EroHu-
% Ne fourd him lying stretched out face down
sd on A table the front one on the night hald siie
'stbe room. and the deputy superintendent, with
.sver and zeal fully sustaining his reputation as
s.gellsor of the boys, applying the ratan TO back
I'd bare slready bleeding and herwlse dishgured
~ The iasbipg The other boy was now laid out in
* sanA manner on the table wita the FIRST atfOrdlng
s;obt ooe should think, disgusting and losthsone,
NV tb.t we we're gathered roand in such seeming
ouieserce. The two were repeat dy Z" beaten With
~ A. by the superintendent and his deputy, who
,imes both abored at once at the same boy. One of
hem for some cause being thought little than
he Other was stripped naked and then tied to the first
NJ the row OF iron poets the III ht han Of the dining
room II am thus particular, thinking that some Of
the visitors TIE Refuge may hereafter Do curious TO
glance eye at hese locaities. The deputy supern
trdent nov gave himself anew 10 using the rattan
though by is soon beginning TO pass from oOe hand 10
tie Other, II evident the logging must 5000 re sse,
vness sOme one should come to his assistance. The
upeiinteDdent Accordingly lending hand the boy in
such coLdition could lot keep himself from dismal
grosps. Bot it is time 10 end the scene. At length
he boys, after two hours at this ordeal retired
their beds to be ratsEed again in the morning and
snt to work. But / will not make othsr de-
msnds on NY readers at this time The fore
going are unexsggersted specimens of = disc
pine lavsbly mcted out at the House Of Refuge.
believe have not before said that The boys Ill bathe
DICE week; and TO zee them they resdy to 90
Il 10 the bath will easily suggest the story of Jacob
looking around bis "riDs -sueaked, specAled aud
spotted cattle and the rather for the appearance OF
both the cattle and the boys being due to the free
81 nfueIce of rods. For. 90 where you viii, a tie
Refuge diou groom, school room or bath, csne-shop
or shoe.sh0p, up stairs or down, the ubiquitous
rod locks oul significantly, waiting for ts vIc1m.
am not at bumor-the above is too seriously true 10
scmt OF the ludicrous.
Thus have laid before your readers the House o.
Refuge; aryi am that OF such institution, ia
suoh condition, your reao would like to become
little better acquainted with s freside bistory-soms
Of those in which people sct and character is
uLiooed, Illustrating better than dissertations can do
The real Il atuIes Of the House with which al the sub.
edinae officers have TO come more or less in cOntsc
10 circumstances. IA L happen - be
,cqu aDed wi IA few choice scenes of this kind WILL
win your permission, pu.so ofthem ioto oonclut-
ry article j. X. HALE.
Ses. Yo,k Nov. p, 1855