Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-06

CAPTAIN TowLE. of the State Prison.
furnishes the following report FOR Inc
month Of January: Number OK prisoners
GA hand, December l, 1873. 9i3; recelS-
ed during January, IS; number alschi,,
ced. under provisions OF the ACT, -
discharged by order of Court. y Dy Ma,
ior General Schoheld. 1: by Secretary Oh
The NAVY, .: by death, =; Total, 80.
Number ON hand, January III. ls'4, 9'l'
increase in January, SIS r. foSt.
This is Il shown, of some of the sta
tis,ics of the California State Prison at
Point San Quentin. We find the total
number of prisoners to be 9oi- by REL
ereuce to the census of 1870 we find the
popuIation of California, then. to have
been $50, 2i7 Estimating the present
population of that State to he 6o'ato' we
have one convi,t to every Go people, or
thereabout. In Nevada. according 70
the same census, We had, ia 1870, pop
ulation Of 1921, all told. Say we call
this 1910, now: and divide that num-
Der by ZIG, the number OF convlcts IN
o7,r State Prison, and we ascertain that
We have one convict in every iOU of our
people. This is grievous excess over
California: and is, as we understand
more than four times in excess OF the
rafi, OF the Atlantic States. Here. then,
ere facts wei worth the attention OF PM
lanthropists and moral reformers "has
Is il tina. breeds among US so fearful Il
ratio OF criminals? Doubtless the tra1ne
in intoxicating liquors has much to an
swer for; but liquors are no more aoun-
dant here than in the Middle and west
srn States, and no easier of access. In
VAGUE way, and without entering INTO
ce.aiIs- this sad condition of things may
he charged 70 an absence of home lnnu-
ences. and the Proclamation, IN many
An outlying mining camp, OF a splrlt and
temper OF utter lawlessness and freedom
from restraint. But, to begin down on
the granite, do our women always exer-
else the maternal influence as they
should? Don't the sage-brIsh women
catch this lawless spirit with the rest OF
us2 We are accustomed to look on
hoodIuulisrn as something born OF the
streets and slUms of Large towns and
cities. But the meagre hamlets OF the
desert Seem to breed lawless boys IN
greater proportion than the thlchiy-set-
tied populations Of the older States. Ii
would come handily If We were to con-
tent ourselves with charging this preva-
lent yiciousness 10 the excessive proper
tion Of gamblers, and. doubtless gaming
does beget much serious quarTeiing and
eacourag. deal O: incidence and de
mobilization: but if there were 10 large
class of workers ard money makers &c
encourage gambling games there would
speedilv be az abandonment of the faro
box and the dice-board for other and
more remunerative occupations. This
wav of treating the subject may be
ameaable to {: charge of reasoning I'D {
circle; bu. in a State where people are
spread SO far apart as they are here
and where crime is so alarminsly pre7a
lent. no one class can be fairly charged
with creating the things complained OF
The moral atmosphere Is what s at fault
and to the cure of this all prevalent
cause is the task to which the teachel
and the philanthropist must bend hi
energies-and III this work the pres
should be found lending An efficient
fearless, always ready and helping
hand.