The New York herald., 1873-01-27

What you know you know" Here, again,
Hoax Ames beats Iago, for in the teeth Of
everything he tells and tells, and
as the curtain falls upon stageful
of slaughtered regulations, though dying
fast himself, he still is seen killing.
eat every word reputation dies" We
think we haye made out our case. Whether
the victims were guileless as Cassie or guilty
as Roderigo we do not care to examine.
Our business is with the colossal figure OF
honest honest Iago. We place him on his
pedestal, and call the world to look upon him
with what feelings it may Ours would be to
Put In every honest hand whip
To lash the rascal naked through the world.
But are there honest, cleanly hands enough
to set about it ? or must we look with feelings
only of wonder on 'shonest, honest hgo?"
The Aagustan Age OF DIarder-A Voice
from the TcmAs.
We convict the metropolitar authorities of
murder in the second degree of every man
and woman detained in the Tombs beyond the
period of six months. We convict these same
authorities of malignant designs upon the
health Of all persons incarcerated within the
Tombs for even the short space of an hour
The world is full Of misnomers, but the Tombs
is not one of them. Were we called upon to
illustrate the eternal fitness of things, we
should triumphantly point to this prison,
which is at once our safety and our pride,
and, throwing down the gauntlet of argument
x,,;& &ho 80 <h.:
ciety to pick it up" If society knew any,
thing society would let that gauntlet alone. 1t
does not, however; therefore we propose to
enlighten its apathetic mind. Were not
Edward s. Stokes prisoner we might re-
frain from giving gratuitous information; but
as Mr. Stokes is supposed to be related to So
ciety, and as, now that the epidemic of murder
has set in, no one can tell what highly influ-
entail member Of its lofty circle may feel in
clined to playfully shoot or deftly hack to
pieces his lifelong friend, it is the duty of
society to realize that its most cherished
ornaments may be slowly murdered, though
the hemp of the gallows should never know
them for its own.
Learn then, Society, that the Tombs is built
not only upon swamp, but upon what was
originally lake seventy feet deep, so CON-
modious as to float vessels that passed through
a canal connecting it with the river. Seventy
feet of water How thoughtful of the great
intellects that first decided to provide watery
grave for every human being brought within
the clutches of the law! We marvel that they
did not write an essay, entitled death Made
Easy" to show what blessing it would be
to society were every prison and penitentiary-
particularly the latter-so humidity situated
as to guarantee certain, though not too i'm
mediate, dissolution. That this was not done
IS an oversight but we see wonderful acumen
in the long delays SO frequent between the
examination and trial of prisoners, and iuries
may be saved the bother of sitting upon cases
if sufficient time be given for damp walls to
settle upon weak lungs and crush the life out
of miserable sinners It is well enough for
the prayer book to ask the Lord of Heaven to
have mercy ON them, but why should the
lords Of earth Days, weeks, months pass by
before prisoners in the Tombs are brought to
trial. This is an admirable arrangement for
those guilty Of murder, for the greater the
delay the greater the certainty of cheating the
gallows, But how Is it with such as are in
nocent Of crime and only require the decision
Of ON impartial jury to be restored to
their suffering families? "Look at
these wallis" said prisoner the other
day, drawing his hand over the white
washed wall and holding up to gaze
fingers as heavily coated as though they had
been dipped in fresh paint ''This is what
we have to endure. We are always cold The
hydrant leaks. Sometimes there is foot of
water on the floor. Our feet are never dry
f,o,,k at the carpet" The carpet was as wet as
tbouof3is., had been laid down in the middle of
BroadwaysS:r sure of being acquitted. All
ask for is>a trial, but if stay here much
longer do you think I can work at my trade ?
I'm getting used cp fast. It's enough to kill
q horse" Ay, it is, Indeed, and we congrat-
uiate New York upon her lying cemetery. 1t
ia we'll to be original, and certainly no other
city can boast of so novel possession. Long
may it cast damper upon the spirits of the
Innocent
Of course it is an axiom as immutable as
any in Euclid that poor prisoners have no
rights to decency that authorities are bound
to respect, and in the demonstration of
this axiom the Tombs seems TO be
as successful as in the taking of
life. Society is accustomed to
regular and frequent supplies of clean sheets
and pillowoases therefore society will be
shocked to hear that there are prisoners in the
Tombs to whom q change of these articles is