The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-12-14

REFoRMAToRIEs AND DTMINUTIoN OF CRIME.-At
sne hrst meeting OF the London Statistical Society,"
| neld on the 10Th, Mr.. Baker, of Hardwicke Court
worcestershire, read paper on criminal returns
MS OBJECT being to show that the general decrease
OF crime from the year 1856 to 1859 was princnaTlv
TO be attributed to the establishment of reformao
rles In all parts of the country. 1t appears that
the number of commitments of every kind has di
mlnlshed In the four years included in the returns
from 1875 in 1856, to l07, 172 in 1852 notwitb
standng now there greater activity in the police
ana consequently, greater number of detectinns
with respect to juvenile crime it has allen steadily
from 1881 in 1856 to SOB in 1852 BEING a reduc
zion OF 5,O6S, or sc per cent, while the adult crime
mas fallen steadily from 80, 1855 to 9s 1885, or Il per
cent
AN ENGLISH NJ. P. on our WoRKIYG CIAssEs-
Mr. Bright has recently made a speech, in which
he said that the great body of the artzans and la
boring classes in this country are in better con.
dition than those in England. He assigned the
three following causes: GIN the United States the
land was wholly free from all feudal law and te-
nures: the people were instructed by an extensive
ana thorougly working common school, useful to
degree Infinitely beyond what the people of this
country ever dreamt of; and further, that from
some cause or other that he could not then inquire
into, the government of the United States although
the population ofeach country about 80 900 O0O
spent nearly eco 600 geo sterling less than the gov
eminent of this country. He only stated facts and
ne said they were not in the least questions of par
". nor questions of forms of government, but ques
tions Oh principles with regard to our legislation"
B0TTER Bound FOR LONG VoYAGE.-Among the
relght lying yesterday at the Reading Railroad de-
pot, corner OF Thirteenth and Callowhill streets
! was package destined for long voyage 1t was
single huge box, containing seven hundred pounds
OF butter. The butter was furnished by farmer
on the line of the Catawissa Railroad. 1t was or
dered expressly by our Minister to Constantinople
to which port it was dispatched yesterday morning
| Whether the appreciative gentleman intends the
entire batch for his table is more than we can
say. The butter, we learned is packed into cans
from which the air had been exhausted, and is ex-
pected to keep in perfectly fresh condition for
many .months.-PhH. Gazette, Dec. H.
The BANE OF AMERICAN PoLrrcs. The
New York San does not think, as many ap-
pear to do that profanity is the greatest of our
liona vices. "The prevailing iniquity," it re-
marks, sin the United States, it seems TO is
falsehood, in word and deed. To this we may re-
fer all the troubles of the present crisis five will
all speak the truth of politics, with kindness yet
with candor, and then act that truth fearessly at
the baliot-box, the country will be entirely safe.
But whenever corrupt party-spirit and selfish cow
ardice SUCCESSFULLY tempt us to speak and act falsely
in this respect the power of Providence is pledged
to blast our best-laid schemes"
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