New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-16

| vo:s ne fcfuses 70 est tetse Pertial dirce,,,
dsrs with n kinssf what that cAn be wh,,l
mar :krs Wiling 70 bear he punishnss.
There enters INTO his miEd, it may bs, esr.A
| tho lisht Of urselhsh love. His heat s.sS,
refuses TO cat, ard begs to se .hs usn ~
ps.ieItly tskirg on himself the burden III
eressiors. NJ. Nichols at spg,h come. !,
with The boy, snd tells him What be Is .ry,r.,s>
what promp. bin to do it; what the boy cS
and WIS. way there is open before hin III,
choose il. Tie lad Is p.titent, sDd kea.,..S
school has rev friend and faithful officer ma,
isrepcsed o him, and il may be 3: iesg.s =
mencts Few AID reformed life.
Such instances We are assured, s'Fsrge a.
seem. are constantly occurring. rae boys v,,sf
love The cid man. ss they cal bin, Ike ss..a
With regard TO the principles OF honor, v.s.s
bow Mr.. Nichols reposes coriiieroe ID .bs ~
placing them in situations Of trust ia ;Se So
One lsd hiss charge o: the bakery, srothe, q -
mtories, al other ofthe shoe shop, and slyt,, ],
hcsp'ta.. More thsa fory have been :rus.s.
,loue 70 the city, aud to remain from sxurj.,
III Monday morning, and OF these rot one hsc.SS
trsy,d lis tIus.. Yet these were the l;;'s ,A.,.'
ysgsbond., ard loafers Of this city, as r.cAss
governed as cur own street boys.
There ale in the school, as stimulus 70 ,ter N,
honor, i've grsde, of homer and five of d.ss7ses p
are accompanied each with certain privilege: u -
va.ions, as for Instance, particular kinds Of .s A.
st the table, badges, privilege of visiting the c,s
the Ike, SO that the lsds constantly lad theirs.
divided into tistirot ranks srd classes. Tasy ks,>
yery ambitious of attaining certain honors, ".
very much mortified when they lose them. Ti<,,
kid Of esprit Dc cops among them IN tie is,,
classes.
The practical results of this whole system ue T,
ercouisgirg II is well known thai n similar &C
tions here a very large proportion Of the .emys,
constantly running swsy, If they have ne opPgtsa
And if they are in the House Of Refuge under d,
peral sirsngement-as is generally the ese-s
effects VI their characters are often only ties,,
well mspaged prison. The whole number Il. .cs,
out Of this Rsform-School duriIg the as: YEA =.
only seven, from nearly two hundred members, N
ofthe boys seem permanently attached 70 NJ. NJ
and the institution, and, We DOUBT rot, viii ask.
through all their future life 10 the SGferrs,s
almost az 10 father.
II should be remembered that the success Ct IA
res:s not so much upon the system as upon .ss n
The same measures might be tried elsewhere uadas
other superintendent, and prove an utter isIars.
in all great move ments Of reform, l. is the living
rather than the doctrines which hiss done the work
is true something Of this excellent plan may b,s
tated BY some of our reformstory institutions, b.
pcrmsnsnt fruits will depend on the manly bex.,a
the genuine kindness, the judgment and :he pe1i
the officers. Wherever a person is found w.th tss
genuty to influerce this poor class, with ;ae .yux
which brings him near to them, with the u.ts;ss
which shall enable him to bear all things Tor The n
Of the most wretched and outcsst, then should eus
formatory institutions secure him, and retain bin "a
cost.
The only criticism which we hsve to offer % u
school at Chicago, an Institution which is an hsaa
the West and our country, s that the quarters is i
establishment are 700 mean and poor ani are ro.xi
worthy of city whose private residences and ~
houses are so splendid and convenient. The hrusq
which founded the school should make Il, a. lst
healthy and roomy enough for it, object. c.IL