New-York daily tribune., 1865-07-15

round nes and We Learn that has proved success
TIE oFFicEs AND CHAPEL.
Arother buidinc-a handsome one 4 stone-is taken
u by he offices Of the department the store ana the
chapel The latter is large and appropriate apart
ment occupying the entire upper portion of the build
ing In that portion used as the store are Kept pro
visions and clothes All the departments on the island
make their acquisitions upon this office through the
storekecper, Mr.. John Z. Flagler. Two large iraine
storehouses located on the dock near py ana are
mostly kept full of supplies
THE woHKHoUsE.
This establishment ndioins the Ansh House Inc
grounds are ample and gracefully laid ont. Ihe pmd
ing itself with the exception OF the Luna'c Asylum IS
the most imposing the Island 1t about o'o rect III
length and consists of two wings with square main
building in the center. Yet upon entering nj one e1
tremity view is afforded OF the entire length OF the
building through one long corridor.
Mr. John Fitch the Superintendent, informed us
flat at present there are l97 males and 6 females con
fined in The establishment. They are committed from
the city for oenses less grave than those conhned III
the Pententiary- usually FOR getting drunk disordery
conduct &C. but they all classified by the name oi
yagranis The females by far the most numerous
They are sent to the WorkhoEe for 80 many Gays VI
months or in default Of an amount of ball which 'heFc
no probability they viii ever be able to paw some oi
them are very old offenders Many have been com
mtted to the workhousc thirty fifty and scventyh'e
and there are several who have been there over
one hundred times
To take one OF the worst cases. Jane Wilson has been
coming and going for the last twenty years She has
probably been sent here two bundled times. Jane Is
queer fish. About fifty years of sge she looks seventy
and crime and debauohery stamped so deeply IN her
wretched face that the impression must have gone
through into the forehead Of her son, which VIII ap
near with its branding nfamy before the Judgment
seat Of the all. Father Jare is committed for say two
months She meets old friends in the prison. Yet she
invariably protests that she il perfectly innocent
spotless as snow-euieless as newborn babe Ihls
is merely James way of telling facts and every one
understands IT, So Jane goes back to her old quarters
-nakes hoop skirts mends panteoons or scrubs hoors
and eats her prison.fare conentedly. Yet during all
this time Jane has ambition in life, one only-to
get back 10 NewYork. She counts the hours that IN
tervcnc between her and liberty. When NJ as''
The longed for moment arrives she departs ior
the city She knows very well the first step Of liberty
since size has taken it repeatedly for years so she is not
+ now backward in taking il. That step Is TO take
drink-the liquor usually being warranted TO kil at
$50 Yards The next step is to get drunk and this fol-
lows as naturally as rolling of log. Jane wakes up
IN precinct station house. stops while IN the
Tombs. and then reappcsrs again AZ the " "Workus'
with that dear familiar face Of hers and that everas
ing story Of spOtless innocence ON her charming ps
And this is the routine Of Jane Wilson's life. Although
the Workhouse may DO many people great deal Of
good it evidently does Jane harm for, if 1t had let
her alone she would probably nave quietly drited into
the infinite on a stream Of Tot-gui whisky long ago.
whereas she is now a continual expense to The NUM-
cipal authorities beside being standing nuisance to
the community at large IL respect to women OF this
. class. the Workhonse seems to be failure
The women are employed at different kinds of work.
Some sre sent down 10 the hospitals To scrub floors
clean paint etc; Others employed upon contracts
FOR hoop skirts and in mending the clothes Of the
children on Randes Island Tiftvhree constantly
n employed at Bellevue Hospital. seventy at Randall
leland nine at Wards Island and three the Lanatic
d Asylnm
- 4 large number were NJ work in the hoop skirt de
partment Many Of them had attained Il surprising
skill in the business which would probably insure them
decent subsistence IN the city Some Of these women
A were mere girls dirty ragged and wretched bui trly
featured and evidently capable, under better crcum
is stances OF being usen members Of society They are
= usually the product Of the Cow Bay Five Points and
# other impure and pernicious influences. As general
+ thing the females here utterly incorrigble
-e to the woTkhouse or drit away TO "a worse place.
4 IHE MALE DEPARTMENT.
e Many Of Tie male prisoners are employed grading
. the ground at the L1nltic Asylum and upon other por
e ons Of the Isand but the greater portion Of them
.e broken.down mea who have ruined themselves By
= iquor before they came 10 the W0FkhoIse Drunken
m ness and dsorderly conduct are the main onenses
Ten days is the usual term Of imprisonment Another
b. set Of prisoners up for graver ocnses such
Of carrying ncciedwcapons. attempting 10 use then
d against officers. They generally committed IL
default off BAIL and vigorously treated
" than tie other prisoners. They not transferred Il
e any other department for the purpose Of putting then
n 10 work but arr kept in The Workhouse. aud watcAe,
e very closely.
,e 4 certain numhcrof the employed in making
M aad repairing shoes They manufacture al the shoe
used in the establishment, and repair all the shoes fo
the clillren Of Randals Island rs wel as make tl'
e. greater proportion Of their clothing.
re Tie workhouse grounds very handsome and wei
~ attended to. An the work that Is done upon them h
performed by the inmates Of the institution and vege
e tables more than sufficient for the prison consumption
is are raised.
TIL LUYATIc ASYLUM.
,i The Lunatic Asylum i. noble structure with tv,
% wings the whole forming two sides Of recangle, an,
y an ocagonal building ia TIE center at the junction
f. the Two wings II is located very near the northern
extremity of the island fine view being obtained from
, the uuper windows over the widening waters of Eas
If River with it, many islands and blooming banks Dr
r. L. Parsons is the resident physician. The number
of patients undergoing treatment at the present tint
i comprises gj males and l57 females. They frcquentl,
arrive at the rate of three four dayl6 having
arrived last week-and are not discharged quite Sc