The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-08
Wait or Hon. Daniel q. Daekinsoa . sAs Cat1
ChaElts hle InsaltatAeMa.

Wait or Hon. Daniel .. Dsckinsoa . shs Cas1
ChaEits ble Insaltatasns.
Upoa invitst1os Of C. Godfrey GuntAer, Alnashsuss
Governer Hon. Daniel g. Dickinson yesterday visitss
Raafas and Wards Islands, TO view the city ohAraSls
and criminal institutions ,hereupon situated.
Among the party Governors Townsend Dusro end
Bell, and Augustus Schell, Col Mead, Gen. Ward end
other well known hard shell democrats.
The party took boaz from tbs foot Of Tweaty seventh
street, and were rowsd to Randalps Island, wtee Ae
nursery schools and MEDICAL departments were duly ez
anained, and found to be In Q clean condition, and
healthy could b. desired or expected
Mr. Dickinson seemed highly interested, and eSpreassA
himself astonished stthe improvements that bad bees
made since the time he had before visited tho instu
items in the year 1914.
In the nurssry the party were edited by come thrss
hundred scroulous scorbutio and pave chdrsa
going through hs,r lessons 10 geography stAme h ..1
imagination would suppose to ~ music.
'The Poor Old Slave" and "Hard Tsues" were thsa
poted was for the benefit Of the hard shs vsitsr and
the latter were mostly personal reminiSosns4s. .
maximum of sound aids minimum Of melody caa ~
calico good singing these we're very creditabe o&0T
little fellow some eight years old then made speest
the purpost Of which was that every small boy In tAs
President United States. piece u inor mston that
seemed 70 have quite cheering effect tine sorustg
headed NJ rrehins that Sled the
All the bows ON the Island some four hundred In
ber were then marched out under command Of Geasrs
line, ma re ing, counter marching, and perforuaug
number OF tactical t1st would have astonih
ed SCOTT or Cairns While this was going ON, the bsnA.
also composea Of boys, performed piece of music, sap
posed to be the anal ohorW OF La Spia" only more
insellieiole
Nr GUNriR addressed the lads briefly and introduced
Gcverns, DICKINSON to them who received wth
cheers In ponse to which he compimented them q
star dug army cur laws recogrned He said hs Va. nov
An c.o mar, and had lived chequered lie, and he
satisfied that the only road TO happiness and trus great
hv he And anAt tptA0 honaa,
Vice ehonld be therefore, and in the great bat
tie OF life that before them virtue, sobety and
The Governor was .Qain chesred when the party lsx
The Island Satisfied that these poor diseased chiArca
amply and siadly provided for.
The Lunatc Asylum was next visited, and tho usual
inspection OF the psuper insane gone through WITH o.
woman was shown who labored under the hAluoinstoa
that the Roman Catholics were intent on building
cathedral in her stomach and she went to bed every
night with club in her hand to beat the 'PapisS o
Or: RANNEY, the resident physician, addressing Mr.
Dickinson: " Allow to introduce you to lady whe
thir ks sfe IL the wife OF President Fraukn Piercs
CIV. NcSuSsos commissratiog]-Poor woman -
Mrs. F1rRcK-wslk in Mr. Dickinson; 1 believe il q
sone the Fir ce you "a my husbands
.s,ss very well, lately, .. matters s Of puouo policy
LADY vhsthsr NJ Fierce would be Issisessd to The Pss
years you see his las pleased almost
evs,ybcdy.
Gov. UCKINsON-Weu, Doctor, that's enough; I
think We had better pass Poor womAnf
And the party did pass on lated that the prophecy
Of the old lady in keepog With the character Of he
institution she lived in The Almshouse AMI wurkhousss
next inspeo ed sfor which the party -
the Penitentary where dinner was served up. which,
after being disposed Of
Gov GUN1HR rose and proposed the health Of the
Hon. Daniel s. Dickinson, which was duly ohee cd.
Mr.. DICKINSON said he was pleased TO find himself
among national democrats, and he felt honored BY the
reception he had received. Hs was not in any pubis
station oy which he could reward any ioc favogs
shown to him; he wss but private citizen, and he fat
Of the good feeling his poor serv for hs country
bad inspired among hs riends He had been all die
learn that the nstttotons not unser party in6u
ences. He wished the company TO understand that
1t would please him better to be with those
considerable charities and to spend his time Ia looking
then to occupy any political station, however hsn,
that the American people could conser upon ham.
(Appause) We're he in the position q
the Goverocrs Of the Aims House. he could lay his hsAA
done good for his fellow creatures 1t holy do ~
The poor msimed children they had that day
great In Tire sight of God the imperial infAat
whose birth the nations of Europe rejoicing.
oonoiion ame,iorated and he had been 10 In
teretted than in what be had this day Indeed ho
et more for the OF the poor and the plans or ths
epghtenn mt than tor any political confederation Gov.
Mclirs0n gave In conclusion
The charities anc the Ten Governors Of New York.
Governor ISAAC TOWNSEND responded, and said tho
men beEs Of the Boald better in acting than IN
speaking There were nearly seven thousand persons n
Augustus Scher, Gen. Ward, Col. Mead and othsrs
epoke. After which the party renrsed to the city muah
pleased edifeG and instructed BY what they had
and heard during the day. The wssshsr WAS charming,
Gov. NcheDson who s in GOOD health and spirits,
intends recurring to Binahamton to-day