The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-16
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those great interests which are dependent on public
morals and conservative principles. Intimately con-
nected with such duty is that legislation which pre-
vents and Furnishes onenses against persons ana m
the possession OF the rights aud privileges which
mark all enlightened civilization. -. A.
IL is assumed as impossible that there can be two
different standards of integrity-one OF which
governs the private citizen, but has no control over
public action How best to secure these results is
study for earnest practical minds and all aids that
may assist such, either in individual effort, or 10
public council, should be welcomed as valuable
In the year $780, there was a total of sI7 convicts
in this penitentiary. 113 llliterate; 12l could
spell and read 4Oi could read and write; IL had
good English education.
dead; 95, father living; 1856, mother living.
In the year 1870, there was total OF 953 convicts
In this PeniIentiary, OF whom 265 were unable 70
There we're sl5 convicts received durlrg the year
1870. or these 62 were iliterate; 30 read only 22S
or these sib convlcs, 1O9 had parents living; "a,
parents dead; 20, father living; I2, mother living
Taking the above statement as comparison for
period Of ten years. the following facts are also
suggestive
81 the 3i5 prisoners received into this Peniten-
tiary during 1870, 164 were born in Pennsylvania;
6S were natives OF other Staes S3 were foreigners.
It will be conceded, after an examination OF the
small number OF individuals sent to this State Peni
tentiary, that a similar statement comprising the
population OF the State would be OF great value.
Reliable returns could be obtained from all
the justices Of the peace in Pennsylvania,
with criminal offenses-the crime charged-and the
disposition by the justices Of these cases. BY the
records Of the courts OF each county in the State It
will appear how many of these cases were returned
by the justices to court for trial, how many were
acquitted by the jury, how many convicted and the
sentence Of the court in each case. 1t would re-
qure comparatively little trouble to ascertain the
these of hsd &c
returns the Legislature would be enabled to
osT Tne Por rs uSsS @ n
sentences OF the young Offenders. Also the effect
Of imprsonng such at their homes, or domicil, or
where the offense was committed. Sentencing such
to State Penitentiary and placing on them In their
youth the character Of convict, when it may be that
the intention to commit crime and the opportunity
OF committing 1t were not prevented from coming
In contact for want Of discretion, might then be
In 1850, the total population of Pennsylvania
was 2,Sll, 1856. or these 1865 were insane,
sdSnola AID 1882 % idiotic. There were eeO6 pubic
mics in the State, at which 743 pupils were In at
tendance. as reported by the census of that year.
The same census however, elsewhere reports the
whole number attending school to have been 5O4, ,6lO
and that 1922 adults could not then read and write
this State is given as 300, a15 OF these
276O were insane. ana 1S42 idlotic. gnfor-
tunately there is no information to be obtained
to the schools and pupils In the census OF 1850, as
above given for 1850.
The total population Of Pennsylvania for 1870 is
BY the State report OF Pennsylvania it appears
that in 1870 the number OF school districts In Penn
sylvania were POOP; the number OF schools, 1922;
the number OF pupils, s2S Ssl; the average number
OF pupils, 555941; at "total cost, including ex-
penditures OF all kinds" OF 7,771, 1920
HIn the city of Philadelphia there were $50 schools
whole number of pupils registered" 49,, $780, aver
age attendance Of pupils 71029; ''total amount ex
pended for school purposes, 81, 1853"
BY the politeness Of the Hon. John Scott, United
States Senator from Pennsy ylvania, and Mr. James
A. Walker, the Superintendent OF the Census, the
following Information has been obtained from the
Census for 1970:-
The whole umber OF public schools in Penn
sylyana is 19 1922 the number OF male pupils 1885, 1861
female $50 775 income raised by taxation 1854 004
received from public funds, s366,l2I The
total number OF private schools, SAL male pupils
2l,4b7; female, 2666s. Number Of colleges, acade-
mics, and Kindred institutions, 2OS total male
pupils. 1906; total female, 677O Total population
OF Pennsylvania by first enumeration" 3,449,2 ;
by second enumeration" 3,6I5,993.
Evidence on this branch of the subject Is very
difficult to be obtained. The most reliable hand
is contained in the following tables, from the 3sth
and seth Beports Of the Inspectors OF this Peni ten
tiary to your honorable bodes:-
Then follows comparative table exhibiting some
OF the characteristics of convicts natives Of Penn
sylvania received from 1s4l to 1853, In comparison
with those received from 1854 to 1885, thus:-