New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-07
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Mr. Dorsey apoorizcd for the roughncss Of this notice
10Y 3 and recalled our Saviors words addressed
10 the Scrbes and Pnaysces We serpenis ye generation
OF yIpers! how can We escape the 0dGHG0U Of hcIg'
Even now he said. despite the vgor Of hs announce
ment he finds himself occasionally compelled 90 loan $40
or 20 10 Il poor fellow who caut bear 70 accept Of
charity; bur he always does on FanLu5 plan u re-
Quirng payment 20 be made, when Ac borrower las the
ability. 10 some other person In need.
Last year Br Dorsey offered 10 the head OF certain
prison 500. condition that he would give DIS prisoners
d roast-turkey dinner; the accepted, Ee says,
U1 ~ Jies instead OF roasted: and he las sued for
recovery OF the $780, the ground Of breach Of con
tb Ola cntlSna on the return or l prodicai SON had
said boys now ku the fattcd calf ana roast 10 for the
feast OF welcome how would he have felt u, on after
yyar Going into the kitchen he had found them boiling
the calf He would. think have been likely 70 make
fuss about it," inquired what trst caused him TO
conceive the OF feastng couylcts once year
roast turkeyl In reply, he stated that hc had himself
been IN circumstances 10 know what exquisite
pleasure roast dinner Afforded 10 one VINO bad long
been living sodGen food, and he then aud there
solved that If he ever had the means lac would provide
roast year al least Tor class oi men Who seldom
get ANYTHING but bOleut food.
Mr. Dorsey informed me that he had lately written 70
the Warden Of the Penteutiary m acknowledgement Know"
ing who he Was stating that II 1t would he agreeable.
his native state ne haa JI3J IeteNeI IeP|, IRON
which he learned that an old friend OF hs-HaTy J.
lie most welcome so he will have the biggest OK IN Ken
lucky roasted and served up the prisoners, with all
keeper now in the state Penentiary Richmond, Va
Barnham Wardwell-whOse great aim ana effort are 10
learn 10 do Well don't think the inmates Of that
prison have ever had such feast through your gen
erosity so many other conyicts have enjoyed" He
stanty replied, My mother was born IN Virginia. l
will write TO Wardwen az The prisoners there
shall have feast this year" When spoke TO him OF his
"work"-reeyHg the needy and feeding the prisoner
he INTERRUPTED NE, somewhat bruSGucly with Work, IN
dced Call 1t fun, for such II 49, and nothing else on.
II rich men only knew the luxury OF giving II would be
impossible for them 10 hoard. The only thing money is
good for is 10 be gwen away When man feels that all
f of GODS poor nothing is easier than 10 dispense with
"a liberal hand; but when his feenng, reference TO
what The Lord gives him, Is This IS mine he never
GER enough; the whole world would not satisfy him"
From MIR Dorseys passed Ou-fOur niles-to frOvi-
dence where paid short visit 10 Gen. NIali, who on
the field dd good service u rs hour Of great
esr need and Is doing equally good service IN his
warfare uuou crime-uOt criuInaas the head Of the
prOvement the condition OF things here since my last
visit, four years ago. Cen wan is cmphatcaHy the
Immensely He governs almost wholly by moral means
His only punishment the solitary cell aud even tho
excellent and breaches OF order few aud far between
Without appropriation nom the State the General
has Instituted prison school, 70 DC oI t"O honi ut
ing each OF nVe evenings IN Tue "eeA. nc IaAt' CIe
of n himself without additional remuneration, and IS
aided by ms uuder-keepers, who Ohcate "a turn. The
desire for instruction on the part OF the conVcs IS gen
era and eager An agency for maintaining the discipline
very simple and yet quite ehcent mas Deen put IN Iac
tlCe by Gen Wall III is a roster OF lHc prisoners Oh
which the Of each IS plainly written THIS 10 hung
up end Of the block Of cells, with the names an
full view, except when man ~ under pulsin ana
then the side Of the clip on which his name Is
written exposed 10 vicw showing black surface IhS
simple cOnriVaDce has wonderful eject upon the men,
as every intensely anxious 70 see ms name which
rs token Of honor ana not the black streak which, on
the other hand, IS a token OF dishonor.
There feature In the present management or TINS
institution worthy OF all praise. The only branch OF
productive industry pursued here is boot and shoenak
charlottesville Bay State Company, thnk-to give to
all who employed by them, work in their shops out
but universal In prisons the problem how u dispose
of our discharged convcts would be solved.