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port On lrlntng, which also adopted
Mr. 7. 6. RUTHERFORD OF the western Rouse OF hei-
uee Ptsbu Pa read paper on the distinction which
should b. observed bet yagrancy anu dest!tu'ion
on the one hand aud crime On the other. The paper
enumerated the causes II vagrancy and among winch
considered nrtbanage important one " also
urged that begging should be prohibited by las
and made puni-habe offence but asserted thar one
penny Of prevention in the work engaged ~ by the IN
sti,uiios represented counted equal TO dollar OF cure
Mr.. ORLANDs HAsrIsGs OF Rochester took up the
subject and stated his opinion that delinquent children
should be placed with Christian families Tor moral
renovation. This was the great means supplied by
Providence for the elevation Of the race Vas va
srapcy q crime Ordinarily, in the warrant himself,
Who bad broken away from parental restraint and in
struc,op il was; but il was Dot always Inc object Of
tbese institutions not punishment, but REFORM and
| the guardians there supplied should act toward the
inmates parents Among the causes OF juvenile de-
dueI cy the ntion among parents that rhldren must
necessarily be wicked waste be deprecated a. most
injurious. In the histories Of those who enter houses
Of refuge il could be learned that here lay the CREST
difficulty, tie great cause OF youthful delinquency
Youthful crime uDquestionabiy on the increase,
and the fact that every wetrained child which grows
| I'D will train his children in q similar path, greatly
magrif-d the importance Of the good work under con-
| sideraiion.
| MIR. LoRIs ID. LIxcoLs Of Boston thought it good
movement 10 appoint in every city sp cia police,
whose duty il should be 10 search after AMI take
charge Of those classes of deDquens annoying to
the public certain to become adopts 10 vice. street
beggsr and nightwanderers following the dictates Of
d vicious curiosity.
The Rev C. r. BARNARD OF Boston followed in an
interesting speech giving his observations as TO the
causes Of vagrapcy in Boston, and throwing out sew
eral hints comparative Of our institutions with those
| Of Europe. ,
| Mr. j. w. KIrcHUN Of New.York, said that until
we could make the poor father mother feel that the
rich mans house the house for their children, we
could not bring about this reformation so much de-
| sired.
Mr. RrEMFLIS of Ohio thought the distinction be-
tween Migrants the hand and crime and destl-
tnon on the other could not be established. Exps-
rience in reform school showed the reverse. There
was no crime repulsive than that of the children
| Of rich parents-parebts who have grown suddenly
ricb or suddenly poor. The speaker believed step
parents being frequently cause Of the total annihIa-
ton Of parental love, were to be enumerated "a
cause Of crime. The great point TO brIng about,
which is recognized in the laws Of Ohio of England
and Of France, he thought was private reformatory
enterprise, such was more especially under
the 0righaton ana direction Of private individuals
yet capable of being recognized and supported by the
Govern en The smaltS the numbers IN an instrtu-
ton--the nearer could come TO indlvidualty-the
more good was DONE Onr public school education
was too one-sided proper system OF reform schools
required in its teachers the qualifications of father
brother aud teacher, and everything else. lie tine
speaker was lot in favor of arres'ing delinquent
children had been suggested but recommended the
prr cple If love.
Mr. w r. LINCOLN Of Baltimore related the
Of little girl who always ran away from benevolent
institutions and went to begging in the streets because
she had been taught to do that so there were boys
wlo begged, while their mothers were keepers OF
boarding houses. Can these be brought in in any
other way than by arresting them
Mr.. HAVEN Of New-York said that the law 10
this city made it impossible to send any child to the
House If Refuge unless found guilty of crime va
grancy by two magistrates or by the Court and jury
in the Juvenile Asylum, he said the statistics OF years
establish that average Of ~ per cent Of the inmates
are the children of emigrants ~ per cent were or
phans very large proportion were the ehildren OF
criminals and It'll larger portion the children OF M
temperate persons and also, large number of chill
drpiw we brou to heir dep0upnt
being inhabitants of hauns of lcentiousness
Parental neglect had been set down as the
great of juvenile crime but should |
consider what classes Of parents these were who
neglected their CHILDREN. The abors of these nstu
tOns had largely to do with them. lie thought the |
risk in bringing vicious children into Christian fam
lies was TOO great, more injury would be done TO the
vrtuous than good to the viciOus. To plant the |
vicious ofshoos of the city into the rank soil Of the
country would be dangerous for we could not ten now
fast il would grow there. The great object OF these
institutions not only TO instruct children mentally
and morally but TO make out Of them sefgoverning
the Convention TO visit the Juvenile Asylu n.
The Rev. MIR. HALLIDAY, in the name of the ladies' |
of the Home for the Friendless, also invited visit by
the members of the Convention to that Institution In
regard to emigration to which owed the great pro-
portion Of our delinquent children, we WERE after ALL |
indebted greatly for its developing the resources OF |
country aud il deserved In return the taking care
of its children. The vicious almost exclusively stop
in this city, while the better part go to battle the
unsubdued natural resources of the West Seventeen
thousand women, almost the entire mass Of whom |
were brought here by foreign emigration, arrest
ed and sent to The public institutions by the police !
every year. Street children, the speaker said, were
another very large class and an interesting one. He
then related most interesting account Of a lad, be
longing this class. who eventually escaped from all
restraint and was ttill at large.
The Convention here adjourned, after receiving an |
invitation from the President to visit the House of
Refuge on Thursday, to meet again at p. III.
BAPTIST CONSOLIDATED CONVENTION.
Yesterday forenoon Convention Of Baptist minis
tens and aymen delegates from the various Churches
met in Olver-street Baptist Church. The Hon. GEO.
N BRIGGS If Massachusetts appointed President
ANTHONY Colby Of New Hampshire, and A. Ii. CAP |
WELL Of New York Were chosen Vice Presidents; |
WM. RICHARDSON of New-York, and Il. j. JEFFREY |
Of Pennsylvania, Secretaries.
The President Of the Convention stated its object |
TO be the consolidation Of four Of the leading Baptist
benevolent societies under one general management.
There was considerable discussion upon various |
topics of merely business nature before arriving at
the subject in view. 81 delegates were reported |
present.
The Committee which called the Convention having |
received letters the subject of consolidation from
the Churches the readsg of them was commenced |
and continued till the hour Of II o'clock when
the Convention adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
After prayer 10y the Rev. Isaac WEsTCOTr Of NY. |
the SECRETARY Of the Convention resumed the read. |
ing Of communications from various Churches in refer
ei ce 10 the idea Of Consolidation.
The Rev. DIR. MALcoLh moved TO suspend the read |
ing Of the letters. The reading was suspended.
The Rev. s. ID. PHELPS, ID. D., OF New-Haven, |
moved series If resolutions suggesting the union Of
the American and Foreign Bible Society and the Amer
its location in Philadelphia and other consolidating
action reference TO the various Societies