New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-07

ria.Ied s.neWist Of hs hsxd fsIs but noi much.
BV. what struck u Wih the most psin--wth sps's
almost terrole-Ta' the extremely youthful appeV'
ance oftb. prsone-. Msny school-bo,s appear % 10
oder. TWAS ighttul to see one 80 young miser.-
be uansc'ed. converted murderer. with only e,rs
v,t.s dsy, between him and an ignominious death. II
there nus be uoiel sLpwr,ck Il is ESD painful -
p!tres. il in taoss who may have compromising virts-
topesd or honorable notion. at .cne period Of he 10
exhibit. a w. gazei upon Hat face, there came o'e
Ms too IN emotion O. wonder and increiulity. But
tho, VT confess. wa considerably modified during our
Subsequent stroll through the prison. From - many
d,ois lid childish ssc,s 'ook outin SO many cells dd
We se, IN, emile thieves. burglars highwa, robbers and
h-e.rs flov frisb,iul j. he precoci,y Of gu1' IN
New-lcrL no one can know well who has not v's'tHi
the Tcubs.
Whom Rodgers persisted In b, innoCsacc. W. took
sim by the hand and. a, Indy snd conSidera,ely A
possible, and in 10 spin, Of cant, reminded hm bow
low and mean thing it would be TO leave 'ifswiihs
lie upon his lps-how, If he were guilty, a would 10
sctiag nobler and maner part TO admit his guilt.
lie moved but repeated his assevera,:oneof limo
cerce. And 10, giving him few uewspsper,, and
promising 10 see him again, We psss-d on.
When the door Of the next cell was opened, we sac
seated upon the bed of foreign aspect engaged
in reading what proved to be book Of Catholic devo
ton. This was NioHAEL CAscraI. convicted OF tho
murder If Policeman Anderson. lie has fsc-
strongly Jialian with olive complexion. mid eyes
spd hca,, beard. The expression Of his face il
kindly ne. a. he can speak English only :mpefectiy,
and W. cannot speak Italian at ALL il found most
convenient 20 send for an interpreter. or course our
conversation was not very brisk. The demesnor Of
Cancemi is entirely different from that of ShcpheI,
being quiet and resigned. lie asserts his nnocenc-
A. a.
Interpreter privately informed us that without douls
Michael Was mjustly condemned. When We remarked
that Mr. Asbmead had conducted his case with great
ability, he seized the cheap little crucifr which lay
upon his bed kissed il. and lifting his eyes to Heaven.
| exclaimed: " God . the be-, advocate" We sooa
| len him. and did So. noticed that he mne-
| diately resumed his devotons or religious reading.
We talked with these unhappy persons in no pNins
snd oyer-in9uisitive spirit, but should taxi 10
his fellow man. however fallen. We thought il kinder
instead Of suhectiBg them TO cross-exsmins,ion.
| which must be every hour repeated by visitors, and
| which must become very irritating, to content om.
selves with few words of Kindness and sympathy.
We thought did that they would feel less thst
! they were made a show. Cancemi and Rodgers ap-
peared to appreciate this but in the bosom of Shop
herd there seemed to be nothing but fright and selfish
nrss. We felt the most especial interest in Rodgers
I and we were, We confess gratfed by his dtmeanor.
God strengthen him when the fatal hour has comet
And he will need such, for one of the keepers
| told H. that such was the boys fear of death that
he did not believe that James could walk TO tho
scaffod. They all said they innocent. The best
human Judgment pronounccs them 10 be guilty; but
we will remember that there II another tribunal and
that in the striking words vi Caneemi, D'o a.
mKsiioR ADVOCATE"
Leaving The condemned cells We NO 90 take look
at the hardened villains who ravished aud murdered
| poor Teresa Spitzein. These are 1oo!e Hagan,
| Sailor Dan, snd Council. These, too, are all mers
| boys, and most Of lem have countensnces by no
means unpleasant, aud Hagans Is particularly good.
looking. They were rot the persons physiogOomiss
would select being capable of outrage disbol.
zeal. They al said that they were innoce', and. in
deed, We only Jaw person in the prison, who sd
United that he guilty, and he, to the credit wed
astothe decredit of the crafi, aprn.sr who had.
| in fit of absence of mind, written the Of his
| employer instead Of his own.
II was relief to mount to the upper galleries whefs
there lighter crimDaity, less despair. and doom
less formidable depending We wandered along.
passing Mt the door of each cell TO chat with such prs
oners as colloquialy inclined. They did not
| to be- very miserable. Some Of them smoking.
| playing cribbage, some sleeping, and
| scme reading prayer-bo,ks in the most osentstous
way. We aslcd one boy why he was there, when he
REPLIED ITO be looked al" Another declined 10 get
| up saving, Z" amt bear to he made q show Of"
third asserted that he put in for his good be-
havior, nearing that he sustained at the public
expense a mark Of honor We ut the door u
one cell the mistress OF the inmate and who knew
her told us that she only fourteen years old
| Before go into the street, and look up
once more to the blessed sky and breathe moro
the free uniainted air. must 90 and pay our
respects to the worthy Mairon of the Female Prison.
She has found just only one lioness to show
poor, miserable German woman, imprisoned for stnk
ing fatal blow at a who assaulting her hus-
band. She is called down to the Office, and In
weeping, with her baby upon her ann-the most pitt
ful, helpless inartcuate creaturel The Matron tried
to comfort her, but wicked creature had been
telling her that she would be sent TO Backwels Island
for fifty years "nnd what would become Of the three
children" We too, said our little word of coDsola-
on and 80 departed. As left the Motron showed
a gift which she had receyed-Mary Cowden Clsrks
book ON women. 1t was strange to gaze upon the
angel face of Florence Nightingale In such place;
but where could it be more appropriately looked upon
than in that abode of misery and Sin?