New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-04


dents. 81 eco, beside donation OF stock a. implc-
meta, have been thus far COZ <rboied by The friends
of the enterprise This instr u,iup IL under be drec-
ton and cuntrO Of Of the best men 10 the 81
Its efuess ID pot an 10 be enjoyed by tue large
Glars fer whom IL is Dc s,vnsd
The Peoples Col zoe nov in ryocsss of construction
at Havana, in c,nycr County 70 intended 10 eomboe
Waeiiea, sbo general education with daily man'ia
labor. The site selected ~ healthy and commanding;
tie cole, edice will be well adapted 70 lis purpose,
while eve hundred OF Gdjacent land oi tho hiSh
cot character fertility, AFFORD ample iieih ior Tue
Developments Of the ~ STEM. The baildings, when
cOmpieteD, will have eost nearly sN~,oto: His eN-
peced tey will be ready for students IN september:
The fprit which animated the tpiehtehrd ano "a.
PROF .c,ors of This college suiably Responded To oy
lie, rh,lsnthroIic AID wealthy, will produce moss
fAreciaI results 10 the Of educaton aud 70 the
o, licultural Interests VI the State
There Rave been received into the House OF heluge,
New York in the eleven months preceding Noyem 'er
g 1859, gl2 boys and 20 girls. During the same
re- rod here have been discharged 259 boys and -
girls There were remaining at the latter date 4o'
boys and II girs The total number OF CHILDREN re-
re we'd into The House OF Refuge slnce 1879 IL 765l
TIE expepses for the year 1859 will be about s490
TIE ors house for tie erection Of which The Legsa-
ME of 1859 atlrspnated SIS eco, WILL il is hoped, be
eady tor occupation very early In the preeent year.
Wien it completed, The Institution WIN accenln ~
date s6O boys Al 240 girls separated and casehed 80
as 10 nah. The discipline elective and thorough. Each
county is entitled 10 send TO this institution girls under
sixteen years Of age and az by recent law the super
yieo,s are authorized fix the compensation to pad
for c,iIevup c ildren from their respective counties,
4 IL hoped that this right will be more generally eAef
cised 49,
Tie number of inmates in the Western House Of
Refuge at Rochester was, on January let, loJs, ooo
in, that time ard d0~n TO November % l53 have
been received and l25 discharged and pus 20 service
leaving at the latter date Ala inmates. The. highest
numb in the Institution during the past year has been
AZ, and the average number 4o2 Tue previous year
Al. h.r nrna Az
sum ont WIS in 1885, $50 81 in 1882 800 The appro-
priaion OF 50l6 made by the lat Legislature has
been expended in extending the wall 10 az to give
moIe room for shops and thus 10 promote dscipline.
An additional appropriation OF ~ ,OOO should be mace
to pay balance still due, and to rebuild the work,
shops. The regular appropriation for the support oil
the institution is SIS, -,
Tie New-York Institution for the Instruction OF the
Deaf aDo Dumb contained on Jan. 1893, jDo IN
mates There have been admitted during the year,
down to Dec |, 1859, SO. There have been WIN
dawn So leaving in the institution, at the latter date
2s7. OF these $50 have been selected as State pupils,
smeahr a1s to stdo provided for only go At the
rate OF $3.50 per pupil Beside this, there were appro-
priated SIS, GO tor buildings.
The Eew-York Institution for the Blind now con,
Tins c(5 lnplls. Twenty five have been discharged
an IS recesed during the year. Inc APPROPRIATION
made by the last Legislature was 81 600 for the sup
port and education OF 1870 pupils
The New York State Inebriae Asylum at bingham,
tor is hot vet completed The masoh'S0rk IL hhlshed
and psd Tor but about $4,000 needed TO comple'e
the buildings The cunt OF money actually received
under tie law of April l5 1852 which grauted 10 tnis
institution ten per cent OF the excise moneys mas 0eeh
els 600 u and il is estimated that 054 more Will be
received The fact that GOO applications Tor adj
mission have already been made, shows that, though
the Mebrate Asylum is an experiment, liz one worthy
of encouragement.
TIE dscipline, conduct and efficiency of the police
Of New .Yoik full, vindicate the wisdom and propre'y
of tie M.troI oliian Police law. Even those who OPP
pofed It's Ell ,cment now admit that Ntw-forK never
had 20 pood roIce and citizens of other States pro-
pose Ihe Introduction into their larger cities OF sys-
TEN smllarly conducted. There are l'l0 persons EN-.
rloy ed nnder the Board Of Police, beside 3Si special
policemen who held commissions but draw no pay rom
the Board The regularly authorized number Oh pstrc-
uep H. in New.York, 400, and IN Brooklyn 1885, IN
both cares exclusive OF officers and doormen The
House OF Dete nton for wi Desses Ia one OF the most
humane PROVISIONS Of the Metropolitan Ponce ac..
During tie year 4J9 Witnesses have been detained there
wbo under the old system, would have been confined
in Jail The receipts of the Board during the past
year bsve been q, 1886 GA, and the EXPENSES
toned TO the General Office 5S25 TO the House Of
Detention, ST. 2l5, $50 to NewYork, anu S2l ITO to
Brooklyn Tie Lite and Health Fund now amounts
to S5 49, and pays pensions to toe widows OF three
poIcemt n. One thousand and seventy lois OF stolen
properly, wary Ing in value from IS cents TO 5000
each, have been received by the Property Clerk and
GS4 ots of the aggregate value of 81 $50, were re-.
STORED to the There have been sent from and
during the year, ", UCO messages, snd by 1 means
1874 lest CHILDREN have been restored TO their friends
it9 fires reported, and LOO emissions OF counterfeit bills
notified. The increased efficiency OF the police ia
shown by the fact that the humber OF arrests Tor bur-
glsry crime the detection OF which depends greatly
on Efficient pairoll X constantly increasing, and has
doul led within the last four years Moreover the Ar
rests for ofenres against property have largely IN
creased since 1884 while the reported Losses have de-
creased nearly fifty per cent.
But though the law is thus shown TO be wise and
judcout amendments are needed to give the sys.
TEN ito full development The comparatively small
salary allowed by law to the General Superintendent
great obstacle in the way Of securing the services
of CONF etent person the executive bea of the
force. Tie restriction should be tar modified as TO
allow the payment Of salary to that officer at least
equal to that paid other functionares OF similar i'm
IvIMnee. The Supervisors OF the Counties Of West
eheiter, Richmond and Kings Brooklyn excepted
have 10 long neglected ~ authorize the appoint
nent of patrol force in those counties, that it wor
thy Of consideration whether they should not be CON-
peleO to carry out the intent of the law. Amendments
should ako be made giving power to pay as well as to
appoint 81 ecia patrolmen election days, and provii
ing efectually for the furnishing OF proper sta
holhouses. i am also of the opinion hat now that
The force has been successfully organized the time has
for the reduction OF the number OF Commissioners
from seven to three This would save considerable
exI ese without in any degree imparlng the efficiency
Of the organization
The very general favor that has been manifested to-
ward the Central Park Of the city of New-York, de-
mobstrates that IT II more than realize the high
pecatone OF its projectors. Though it is undertake
ing OF the municipality within which it is situated, the
fame Of its attractions, and the fidelity Of its
agement, have marked il throughout the country not
only as preemibebly the foremost work OF its kind,
but as standard of taste aud skill in all the arts that
have been 10 inegeuty combined in ts construction.
The Commissioners, having obtained the approval Of
the Common Council of the City Of New-fork, will
apply the Legislature for further to COM lee
tins work, snd 1 the more cheertuy commend their
al plcson to you, because 1t appears from Official