The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-16
LOCAL MATTHRe.

iurnished to the Council q pIan for a new All
which seems TO rs 10 be very complete in aver,
particnlar The building IL to be GS by 100 feet
| and irom the drawing 10 designed tor an elevated
tite The edifce 10 to front on some public street
aud to be constructed in the most substantial
manner as follows The front building is 10 be Of
brick, two stories high, Of gothic STYLE with iron
window siils ana caps and cornice, and surmon {.
cd py neat tower. The rooms on the first floor
! are to be neatly fipished, one of them being an.
propriated to the use of the aer and the other to
| the Mayor for his sunrise courts The second
story 10 desgned as residence for the jailer and
his guards This portion of the building is to have
a basement, to be used az kitchen, store room,
etc, 10 which large boiler is to be placed to do
| the cooking for the prisoners, and to furCisb
steam for warming the cella.
In rear OF this building is to be the prison house.
three stories high, aud to contain $50 cells each
feet by feet inches in size, and intended for
the confinement Of but ore prisoner. This part of
| the Jail IL to have no basement. The first ,or
will be devoted to felons and hardesed criminals;
the second TO females only; and the third to juve-
| niles-so that the various classes will not lie
| thrown together. The cells are to be divided By
| strong walls one brick ard half thick and are
| to have arched ceilings. The front building and
the prison house, as observe By the plan ia to
be connected by a passage 10 feet wide so con.
structed as TO enable the guard 10 see at a glance
all the prison doors, which front the hall on either
side. The outer walls of the prison are to be of
good granite, is inches thick and to be SO secured
that the blocks neither be cut through or dug
out The inner walls to be of brick and in these
the warming fiues will be constructed. Another
recommendation in this plan, s, that the yards to
the cells are so divided by high walls that no
communication can be had from one to the other
Men, women and boys are all to have their sepa.
rate walks. and the young Ia crime will therefore
be cut of from the pernicious influence of har.
dened criminals, Aud yet another recommeDda.
tion 10, that the tire ed6ce is to be thoroughly
fire proof The outer wall enclosure of the en-.
tire prem ises is to be of brick. and abont 32 feet
high, so that prisoners cannot by possibility scale
IT. This plan, if carried ont, is estimated 10 cost
200, and eligible location will probably
be secured. suitable lot will cost 500, ,0G0 more
so that the city will be required to spend about
| soventy.five thousand dollars to secure a prison
house as humanity, and a proper regard for the
| safe keeping Of prisoners, demand. There is but
a single suggestion We would make here, aud
that is, that the cell yards be so constructed as to
| separate the whites and blacks. The two classes
should not be associated, even in prison. az the
effect is very demoralizng
If the plan recommended is adopted by the
Council, and the Mayors Court is held in the
building, the necessity will be avoided of carrying
prisoners through the streets to aud from this
| court, and thus prevent exposure of vice. the
publicity of which is not at all calculated to deter
others from engaging in it
Nor SUsrAINED.-William Berlin, Of
Berryville, Clarke county, was arragned before
the Mayor yesterday to answer the charge of fee
loneously taking and carrying away a slave
| named London, the property of Neill Burnett
trustee. From the evidence it appears that Berlin
had msds a deed Of trust to secure certain cred-
tors. and that he afterwards took this slave and
started for Tennessee. Soon after leaving Win.
| chester, Mr. Burnett telegraphed Messrs. Keen,
Baldwin Co. Of this city, to have him arrested,
aud the faith of that dispatch, Mr John c. Will.
liams, one of the firm, procured warrant.
| placed it in the hands of Captain Wilkihson, and
| had the accused taken into custody. The Mayor,
after hearing the evidence dismissed the warrant.
Mr.. Berlin, by the advice Of his counsel, Col Au.
| gust, returned the servant to Mr.. Burnett, the
trustee. stating at the same time that his proper
~ in Clarke amply sufficient to pay the trust
| deed
| CONCERT OF PRAYER. The various
| Baptist Sunday Schools held a monthly concert OF
prayer at the First Baptist Church last Monday
| night, Rev. c. J. Willis presiding, when the fol-
| lowing reports were submitted of the average at.
tendance for the month of January