Prison Discipline Society, formed in Boston,


June 80, 1895.
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Prison Discipline Society, formed in Boston,


June 80, 1895.


Object, to promote the improvement of Public
Prisons, particularly within the United States. A
very extensive examination into the state of prisons
throughout the country, has shown the evils exist
ing IN them TO be enormous and that, too general
ly, they are, instead of correctives the very
ries OF vice. Perhaps the most prominent evil is,
that OF vicious men being brought together in great
numbers, especially at night to teach one another
lniqulty, and harden one another in sin. The con-
sequence OF this has been, that the prisoner when
released, has, in too many instances gone forth on
ly to commit new outrages and that very large
portion of convicts have consisted of those who have
been recommtted. The State prison recently es-
tablished at .auburn, N. York. one which this So
ciety recommend Z" model worthy ofthe world
imitation some of the characteristics of which are
the following neaness, industry, and the almost
entire subordinaon and subdued feeling Of the con-
yicts. In their solitary cells, they spend the night
| with no other book but the Bible; and at sunrise,
| they proceed, in military order with the lock
march, to their workshops thence, in the same
order to the common hall, where they partake Of
their frugal meal in silence. Not even whisper is
hhard. The convicts are seated in single file, al
narrow tables, with their backs towards the centre
so that there can be no interchange Of signs From
end of the shop to the other, you may pass SOC
convcts without seeing one leave his work. or turn
his head to gaze. They attend to their business
from morning to night the work is laid aside al
at once, and the convicts return in military order
to their solitary cells where they can, if they
choose, read the Scriptures undisturbed, and ther
reflect, in silence, the errors of theirlives. They
must not disturb their fellow prisoners by even ;
whisper. Each cell is provided with Bible, OF
Testament, by law of the State. The prisoners
also receive the undivided attention of wise ant
faithful and religious teacher, who spends all hi
time in the prison visiting the sick, teaching those


who cannot read, preaching in the chapel, ON th'
i Sabbath, the unsearchable riches of Christ, ant
going from cell to cell to administer the reproof


and consultations of religion to individuals. In thi
prison there is exclusion of all the positive evil
of the old SYSTEM which arise from cro1yded rooms
pick pockets, tieves ancendiares, and co,nteeiters
' and from unnatural crime.-A number ofnew pri


sons already erecting on the plan of that at Au
burn, and it may be confidently hoped, that mos
= salutary reform will ultimately be effected in tn
general system of Prison Discipline


y We are informed (says the Kentucky Reporter,
d that the following members who voted for Mr
n Ward the Jackson candidate for Speaker, con


sidered by their constituents, Administration men
d when they were elected viz =


e Messrs. Henderson, Bishop, Munford, Hall ant


Davis And two or three others, whose names ar


not recollected