Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-01-13

y soy prisoner, however calious in The
paths OF crime. from hQYnxoeu = 10x WI
! Eve come, that At this required expo.
me q IA helA bHb " mot feel his rpl
&c a I,ul 4 pess. some.
locke, Ankh bore disgrace
In &c q tonleived. B.t n
k,roc ~ Astf |inoslAsed when it Is
borne in mind that there are but feu
5000 eeisliaRti1= 7S7gE<se-
st'tulions. The report tells US that all
az has it's representatives there. Young
girls and maidena-sIa-I hstar tsA4e1E,,ifaa.
Nc; EcMfive, 1u OF the mod esty Of ma
tu,e, and, it my BE-, culture also-some
" III no other charge Of crime than not
babilualIy attending the pub ic seh Dol:
A.s-c.v4steug.115s1ns!11asVsR IS de-
a. 56inrlD SPECIFICATIONS. Gil. and
boys are unfortunately logged silh.
<1ardpq1NH with N kbS
llcaee6 n Every way without considers
~ a,AERity. On orc occasion a young
Woman seventeen ears Of age, an sta
]: 4 =; , f; q
y inches long The blows were dealt
|yh14 Ter (SulagVland back Of her
1neck. The Superintendent says that he
l;;.,Ipck rhsr ewi,h all his might bat the
sp VI IT The girl was up asd she Would
not yield. Her tormentor hhcrsupon
~axed exceedingly wroth, and, tendidg
for a large stick, ia rly dubbed the poor
woman until she gave 10. He s6en
caused Der to be thrown into the cell
l,and .iisd ipsa The. TODD IF Tire sbfi'ary-
bread ssd waller. And here she re-
msined from The thirtpet tn bf July to
the 6fh dav of August, when she
WIS released by the lnspectols.-
Their testimony AZ to the condition Of
the girl and tho ibr utaIity Of h treat
ment is so revolving that we give it here
in = condensed form: Upon each
shoulder they say, "tue flesh was d's-
colote3, blue black in spois full as large
a. the palm Of the hand, and there were
| pert. CITY evide' traces Of blows upon
her back and shoulders. She seem, 10
us resolute grl Of more than ordi.
nary strength OF purpose and charac-
ter; there were unm,stakable evidences
| 50 that her feelings Were quick 10
rc.pc nd t. appeals OF tenderness and
good will, as no doubt they are quick
in passion. On the 5th OF August we
aga visited the institution. She was
suffering the solitary, it being the
seventh day of her iucarce,a at on her
| shoulders were still strongly scolotcd;
the same ind; atoms Of character were
manifest. 1t appeared she had been
visited bv the NATION daily with f9od
and by the physician. who ,cems by
the rules not to be allowed to .ho d
| communi alton with the inmates except
IN pursuance Of his mod cal duty She
stated she had not been spoken to by
any officer OF the establ.s hmsnt abou,
her misconduct, her penitence, her re-
solves or purposes, or about anytniDl
connected with her imprisonment; ant
| to this extent her statements were not
denied. She repe atcd three ststementl
to the Superintendent, who repiil d By
ii is ques tlen to tue girl, 'llavc you evel
sent for mc: to which she r-joi, ed
No, SIR and te which he rtjoincd
sWe,l, then She was finally release,
from the sell on the evening of the 5tt
day of Augu.t, the same day of GU
second visit. Speaking OF the corporea
punishment the Superintendent remark
cd, 1t was the severet aogg,n, l eve'
had to do In the course vi this inves
t,g.tion we were informed BY this off
Ger that in the boys deeattmtnt the
pnnishments ere so,ne.,mes inflicted
with an ordinary wagon whip by the
Superintendent in person."
Not content with the full exercise o
these shameful barbarties, the officer
Q; the reiormstory are further guilty o
starving TIE inmates committed to their
care. Fully oue>third Of the male pris
oners ard ,nauy Of the females comp ain
cd that It was impossible for then
to obtain food enough to satisfy
the natural cravings of hunger
All their appeals and requests were in-
v.riably ire ted with indifference and
contempt. Even a piece ot bread 70,
supper was frequently refused to some
starring boy or girl; and the DULY tx
cusc tina, the master had to give Tor b
hardened conduct was that they had al
that The law allowed them.
| This il but mere glance at the gros.
immortality and blu'sniy psac.iced in an
stitu:ion originally intended 10 reform
the er,ing aud, by instlling into III,
minds OF poor struggling children The
precsp,s OF virtue and morality, CONVEX,
then into hone.t and useful members o
society. Blu, how this praisewor by de-