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and the Gansevoort Property. Fiat Justitia, Kuat Colum. Conclusion of the Evidence in the Doty Case. in our Savings Banks. The Proceedings of the Prison Association. Another Murder in the Fourth Ward, de. dic, dic. The Fort Gansevoort Property. LETTER FROM MR. DAVIES. New York, Monday, Feb. 28, 1853. Beary Erben, Esq.—Dear Sir:—In the present- ment made by you, as foreman of the late grand in- , you have fallen into an error relative to the t io Mr. Jos. B. Varnum,and the cancellation of revious grant to Mr. Draper, which would con- vey the impression taat I, as counsel of the corpora- tien, bad been very unmindful of the interests of the city, and bad advised the cancelling of the grant to Mr. Draper, a release from him to Mr. Varnum, and @ grant to him without any mortgage from Mr. Var- gum being taken, whereby Mr. ae mortgage to the corporation to secure $120,000, was of no value, and nothing had been taken in its place. ‘The facts connected with this ti on, as far as I was concerned or have any knowledge, are | ‘these :—In the latter of the month of December last my clerk, Mr. lone, who had prepared a grant ‘to Mr. Draper, i dance a resolution of the jissioners of the Sinking Fund, and a map seut ‘to the office, made by one of the city surveyors, pre- zented the same to me for my Svororal Texamined fhe resolution and the grant, and this was the first Knowledge | had that a sale had been made of the Fort Gansevoort property. With the resolution was ted to me a letter signed by Mr. Reuben Love- br: the person named in tl e resolution of the Com- mers of the Sinking Fund as the purchaser, stating that he wished the grant to be made to Mr. Draper, and my clerk stated that such were the in- structions from the Comptroller's office. He ela pee: sented me a bond and mortgage to be executed by Mr. Draper, to secure the sum of $120,000, part of the pu money. After examination [ approved of these, as ares the practice, for exchange and delivery by the Comptroller. 1 nothi day after, when as -he counsel of Mr. Draper, and stated that a doubt had been expressed whether Mr. Draper coul! deaally take the title, he being one of the Governors Almshouse. I stated to Mr. Hall that if he mula be regarded as a head of a department of the | corporation within the Fave of the charter, he | eertainly could not; and that I had, while counsel to the corporation, invariably refused to approve of deeds to corporation officers, and that it nad never / occurred to me that Mr. Draper held an office within | ‘the terms of the prohibition. I requested Mr. Hall, therefore, to see Comptroller, and arrange the | matter with him. In the after part of that day, I was requested by | the Comptroller to yee @ grant, similar in all | ta to that of Mr. Draper's, to Mr. Joseph B. | ‘Varnum, and the grant to Mr. Draper was sent to me for that purpose, and I was informed that the parties to their legal form, and all the papers | were sent to the Comptroller's office, as was in all | further upon the subject until the | lon. J. Prescott Hall titted on me, | action fixed the price at which Mr. Quin could take his grane a§ seventy-five dollars per or nearly forg times as ag he, , ex to pay {t. Loommanicated thisto Mr. Quin, who at once expressed his surprise, and his utter inability to raite the amount nec , and it was clearly uo- deracod by him that he would have to pay about twenty-five per cent of the amount, and that the balance could and would be permitted to remain on bond and mortgage en the property; he, however, taid that new that he knew what he had to do, he would try and find some ‘tmeans of taking out the grant, and thus left my office; and 1 did not ree him again for some ten days, when he again called, and said that he had tried all means in his power, but was unable to succeed in procuring money, and that he must sell his pre-emptive right, unless | could, by taking the grant in my, own name, or in some other manner, raise the money for him. I told him at once that I could not enter into such speculations; I was a lawyer, and had po facilities for raising money for such matters; but advised him strongly and fre- quently to hold on to his right if he ld; that by paying for hia grant, building the bulkhead in front of it, filling it in, thus making the land and ballding one half of Hammond street, which he would have to do, he would, in my opinion, in a very few years, find it very valuable, and, in fact, a little fortune, over and above all cost and expense; that all he would have to pay down would | be two or three thousand dollars, (and this I suppose | is the grain of foundation for the statement would require $2,000 for the purpose.) He said that he could not raise the money at all, and that he could never, by himself, carry through the ulterior e bulkhead, &c., &c.—the requisite process to bring the property into market; his upland, or lot, at the corner of lest he should be unable to save even that, and beg- ged me to find him a purchaser for his preémptive right, which he was willing to sell for much less than it was finally sold for, and eery carries desired me to buy it; and 1 could easily have done so, at a built, the space ed in all probability, $28,000, there would have been @ space of seventy-six feet by 400 feet, or about the property of my own client—which, for this busi- than that of any other lawyer in town to a client; make me anwilling to profit, directly or indirectl, with the title, was to give Mr. Quin ten thousand dollars for it. And he, Mr. Martin, had several interviews with him on the subject, but from want of time to attend to the necessary improvement, he, Mr. Martin, finally changed his mind, and declined the purchase. Mr. Quin was again sadly disappointed, and begged me to continue my exertions to find another (ant at and made to me large offers for so doing. 1 did continue, and found another gentleman bed arranged that Mr. Varnum should take the title, and give his own bond and mortgage in place of Mr. "a, and to secure the like eum. | his pre-emptive ri c = nx | his pre-emptive right, and then took the grant from | be scanned, they would be found to have been dic- ly coon aga riders ; oe Mr. vas Gis Gasdntegiiees of tha Sinking Fund, and paid tated by the best impulses, and to have had as their pee a a eee tae, , for bim ha tne them the $75 per foot, the Ee they had fixed | chiet the affectionate welfare of dey it. kin- cores D - ald ee se tatere the | 4 nit. Mr. Quin received his money, and went dred. To afford the means of those kindred to ob- me jenna < jel poles thee Warnuni'e dclighted, and, apparently, very grateful for the | tain possession of the amounts thus intended for Might be ancadtioned.’ Taccordingly had pre £¢rvices I had rendered him, and said that he would them, would result in well-timed benefit to thousands dane resto a deed fom Ar Draper | bé,in town again in a few days, and that he would of deserving but dependant persons, at home and Per hie Ne tr Mm ‘gdh aE ate io pic call and pay Mr. Devlin and myself a handsome | abroad. Ifthe Brappeed law of confiscation is adopt- ta. AL the .. a a eeual’ Tee to the Go cu- ' counsel fee, he having engaged with Mr. Devlin to | ed. it is obvious that it will forever cut off the possi- troller’s office Nor Heiter tod. delivei i At the | Pay ee haste this is atte enn a Baty oe Sete suet Deine oueeaiee the la d 4 Mr. Quin has never yet called to e ed ose who advocate the law before time Mr. Varnum attended at the Comptroller's office | fee, ‘It is true, I nave eres asked hima for i ikougti the Senate that the Legislature can treat this proper- | to execute the counterpart of the grant and his bond mortgage, I was sent for, to go to the Comptrol- Jer’s office by that officer, and did go, and was pre- gent when Mr. Varnum executed the grant and | his bond and mortgage, and when Mr. Draper's eounsel delivered to Mr. Varnum his release and quit Mr. Lovejoy had sent satay dy the Comptrol- er's office a written request that the grant should be made to Mr. Varnum, and it was thas made with his | escent and Mr. Draper's, and by direction of the ‘Comptroller, the officer charged with the care of the zeal estate of the corporation. After the execution of Mr. Varnum’s bond and Mortgage, andthe grant to him, as substitutes for hoee of Mr. Draper and the t to him, I have no | doubt I mentioned to the Comptroller that the grant | to Mr. Draper was thereby cancelled, and that it | moa. pene noted on the record of the counterpart | b Comptroller’s office. | ‘The duty of the counsel to the corporation in the | ration of deeds, &c., is stated in section 419 of | ordinances, which is: ‘Sec. 419. He shall draw | She leases, deeds and other Py pra connected with | ‘the Finance Department, and contracta for any ether eper — < “ay corporation, when so re. | quired by the head of the department.” This is all the knowledge | bad of or connection | with the sale of the land under water at Fort Ganse- voort. I had no interest directly or indirectly, re- motely or contingently, in that or any other sale | mer the Cg eet! in any thes sale | Ges te ¢ Common Council, whi Baa that oiice. I voluntarily attended the grand jury and desired | to give ten T possessed upon this or any | other mat T connected with the public affairs during | the time I held office. Did you not inform me that | the Grand Jury did not think it necessary to examine | me at that time, but that they would do 50, if any | came under their cognizance in relation to | sh they might suppose I had any knowledge? T regret that [ had not been examined, as! could ‘Ihave stated that Mr. Varnum did execute bis mort- | ee to secure to the city the sum of $120,000, and | T had no doubt it would be found on record. It ‘was the practice and duty of the Comptroller to place fim the Register’s office all moxteages to the corpora- tion for record, and I do not believe butthat he put ‘there this mortgage of Mr. Varnum. Respectfully yours, Henry E. Davigs. | P. §.—Since writing the above note I have called wt the Register’s office, and find that the mortgage of | Mr. Varnum to the corporation was recorded Dec. 30, 1862, as appears by the subjvined certificate: Reorster’s Orrice, Feb, 28, 1853. 1 do certify that there was recorded in this office, ‘em the 30th day of December, 1852, a mortgage from Joseph 3. Varnum, of the city of New York, to the mayor, aldermen, and commonalty of said city, ated Dec. 27, 1452, to secure the sum of $120,000" and interest, and that the same now remains of record, (Signed) i Heyny D. Jounson, Dep. Register. | New York, Tuesday, March 1, 1853. | Besry E. Daviis, Esq.:— | Dear Sir—In answer to your note of this date, I | an state that you are correct in saying that yon | voluntarily attended the grand jury room, and de- sired to be e: ined, as stated in your note to me, | and that after’ communicating ae! request to the Grand Jury, I made you the reply that should any thing occur by which your testimony would be re- | quired, you would be subpenaed. Yours respect- | fully, Henry Erpen. | Alderman Sturtevant and the Presentment of the Grand Jury. A CARD. The Grand Inquest of the city of New York for | the month of February last made a presentment to | the Court, at the close of its labors, in which I am held up to my fellow-citizens asa member of the Common Council endeavoring to extort from a Mr. Quin the sum of $2,000 for doing that which I, asa member, was bound to do in the discharge of my of- ficial duty; and I am thus subjected to the wrong of having an ex parte statement, concocted by personal malignity, and disclosed in the secret chamber of the Grand Jury, to which I am not permitted access for explanation, and to be seut forth to the world to my | serious injury; and my only remedy being an appeal | ‘to the public through the press. Driven to that course | as my only alternative, I will proceed to state and explain the character of the transaction with Mr. , and leave the public to jodge whether { have been dealt justly with by the Grand Jury, in making their presentment without explanation. Some time se the month of November—and I believe about the middle of it—John E. Devlin, Esq., ‘as counsellor at law of this city, called on me and stated that he had a client who lived in New Jersey, ‘and who was the owner of a lot of land, corner of Hammond and West streets; and that he believed | that he was entitled to the pre-emptive right to the under water in front of hia lot, and requested Ay assistance to examine it, and to procure from the missioners of the Sinking Fund, which is a Board composed of the Mayor, the ge ee al the Chamberlain, the Recorder and the Chairman of jittees of Finance tl Common Council, ona whe he two Boards of the ‘the iscing and disposing of water my around the city, and fix the price there- for, wi any reference ox application whatever ‘wo the Gommon Council, and over which the Common Council have no control, a grant for said right, which ex to for twenty do! a foot, Stee price Eesd'by Taw, pasoed in 1844, of 1845, pages 220 and 221,) are vested by law with pre-emptive righte and | and calumnies. in Mr. E. Griffens, who, after some negotiation, did 1 leave it to any lawyer to say what I am entitled to. His business ran pretty much through the months of November and December; how many times, andlong, he worried me at my office, I canno! pareena to say. I took a great deal of trouble for him out of sheer kinduess and rympathy, and out of regard to my friend Devlin, who introduced him, gave him the best advice, and did the best possible for him. And for all this professional trouble and service, (my ca- pacity as Alderman had no more to do with the case than iny capacity as a director or associate in any other S| I have never received the first cent. Whether the old man has been entrapped ‘ into statements made behind my back, whisk, he | never meant to make, in the sense given to them, or whether he has thought that he paid me 80 libe- rally in thanks at the time, that he can now afford in conscience to work out of his just debt of 2 pro- fessional fee, by going before the Grand Jury, and thas blac wags Ap perfectly uprizht and honorable transaction, I do not preterd to judge. I presume the former to have been the case. For the correctness of all the above statement, in all the of it, referring to them respectively, I appeal to Mr. Devlin, Mr. Taylor the late Comptrol- ler, Mr. Martin, and Mr. Griffen. And I also call upon Mr. Recorder Tillon to prosecute the moet searching investigation into the whole transaction, and into any other in which malevolence may pre- tend to connect my name with any suggestion of offi- cial, professional or personal dishonor. A dead set is made on me by a rich and pewerful influence, which is now moving heaven and earth, (but through means appropriate to neither,) to prevent the con- summation of that it aad valuable popular mea- sure, @ railroad in way. Ha been for many years an avowed friend to city railroads, and having done an honest duty, to my best convictions, in taking a pete : ey 7 passage of the Broadway Railroad grant, I am the object of many shafts—and many poisonous ones. Some persons probably delude themselves into be- lieving their own calumnies, or evil-natured suspicions; others labor to break me down on , a8 ameans toanend. But I defy them, and I declare, in spite of all these calumnies which are made to poison the atmosphere, that my hands and my conscience are as free from stain, in reference to any official transaction of my life, whether aa a member of the Common Couneil or in any other capacity, as I could wish them to be. If any man believes to the con- t let him now call the attention of the Recorder or the next Grand Jury to it; let him go forward himeelf, apes out witnesses and suggest inquiries. 1 will hold no man to any ulterior pies rsa for anything he may do in an honeet and manly way, with a view to such an investigation. Bat fet any man now come forward before elther the Recorder or the Grand Jury, with any charge against the in- tegrity of any official act or vote of mine, and I will thank him for the opportunity of investigation, and will facilitate by all meang ip er, and will re- | spond freely to any examina Fildrésced to my- | self. ‘The office of Alderman is a thankleas one enough. | It consumes a great deal of time, makes its incum- bent the object of a thousand attacks from parties disappointed or displeased by any official act, and he thus becomes the object of the most odious suspicions To me it has afforded no ot be- nefit than an occasional friend and client, indirectly brought into professional acquaintance with me, though this is the firsinstencein which disinterested service in a purely professional capacity, kindl: tendered, and at the time, thankfully Soknowielged, has been thus repaid. Tn conclusion, I ask the just and candid reader to contrast the facts of this case with the abominable perversion contained in the paragraph in the pre- sentment to which I allude, and then to reflect apon the liability of any man to have his character black- ened for the most strictly upright transactions, mis- represented behind his back, before a Grand Jury, a body secret in ita ex parte inquiry, and sort of official calumny far and wide through the this an outrage of the most monstrous, and at the Oscar W. Sturrevant, Ald. of Third ward. I shonld hope that the papers which have pub- lished the presentment of the last Grand Jury, will do me the justice to lay this, my statement, also before their readers. 0. W. 8. The Surplus Money In our Savings Banks. TO THE HONORABLE THE SENATB AND ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. _ The Irish Emigrant Society,of the city of New York, respectfuily remonstrate ist the Leer of the law proposed in the Senate, to confiscate the State the deposites in the savinge banks of the city of New York, which have remained unclaimed for the period of twenty years, and petition for the seage of alaw by which the parties who are en- itled as heirs or other leyal representatives, to these funds, yey be enabled to ascertain thei rights, and prefer their jnst claims, and also to provide a general system by which, in future, where deposites remain unclaimed for a period sufficient to fotity the pre- sumption of the decease of the depositors, the funds may be reclaimed by those entitled to the succes sion. To accomplich these objecta, your petitioners thata law may be enacted Pb ing all savin: banks in the of New ork, Brooklyn and Wil- liamsbarg to publish in one or more oi tino tue lat paper, asa which have remai' pape gh ples _ * Cha since, and price rely retion of the Com- Amismtoners, who, in this case, by their unanimous years or more, the name of depositor, eee of aidiate aa Teaviy, (if known,) Particulars as to dates and amount, t it nees of the filling in the space, building the lammond and West streets being already mortgaged to its value, and he was very anxious led in, Hammond street made and extended to the exterior line, the whole cost of which, including the grant, would ‘not have exceed- eighteen or nineteen lots of twenty-two feet by seventy-six, fronting on Hammond street, which, unless there should occur a very serious revalsion in the value of real estate, would be worth in that lo- cality for business purposes, and that, too, in two or three years, at least $2,500 or $3,000 per lot, besides which ceventy-six feet of bulkhead, worth, I think, $2,000 per year. But I was not in a situation to take upon myeelf such speculations, and particularly with ness, I regarded Mr. Quin to be; my capacity of an alderman gave me no other relation to the subject | but the capacity as a lawyer was enough to actually pay him ten thousand dollars in money for conor, disinterested part in the | reading a | land, in the form of a presentment, on a charge they | have given him no opportunity to explain. Is not | same time, cruel character And who is safe from it for the period of ex be charged upon the cry ores in lative proportions; and pon, ma such banks may Le required to ascertain from each depositor, ps enter in their books, the places of residence and nativity of each depositor, with the view toa full compliance with the above proposed requirements. Your petitioners respectfu'ly submit that when the circumstances under which deposits are made in savings banks, and the causes which have produced the existing accamulation of unclaimed deposites, are maturely considered, it will be seen that this peti- tion is founded upon just grounds, and that the law of confiscation pending the Senate cannot be equitably or validly exacted. ‘Savings banks are not usually resorted to by citi- zens, OF 8 who have been long residents in this country, because the business knowledge and spirit of enterprise they acqnire early lead them to invest their means in pursuits which promise quicker and larger returns than the moderate interest which a Fav! bank'would afford, and their savings are thus absorbed in channels of business almost as soon a8 they accumulate. It is chiefly the emigrant who seeks the protection ofa savings institution, to guard and preserve the savings he is enabled to gather by degrees and in small sums; and from the very necessities of his posi- tion as @ stranger, if for no other reason, the fact remains a secret,resting between him and the officers of the bank. Oftentimes a single member of a family emigrates here to accumulate means and establish a home for his kindred, before the hazard of emi, ion is en- countered by thore who are unsuited age or sex to the hardship of a necessitous condition in a new country; and as means are saved, they are placed in a savings bank for security, until the amount needed in his mative home is realized. This clase of cases is numerous. Another class’ is that of emigrants who, havin, eettled here, are prevented by the smallness of the: means, and the want of knowledge of our country very low price, but I refused, for the reason which | and people, from entering upon’business pi 5 forbids a lawyer to speculate oat of his client, | and resort is had to a savings institution to preserve though it afforded me the eas: cpporsanity of a | their little po against the time of sickness or very Landsome speculation, as, after the bulkhead is | want of employment, and eventually to enable them to engage in trade. Others, again, who, after remaining for a period in our city, emigrate to other parts of our country in the pursuit of employment, intending to return, and who leave a sum which they can spare, to accuma- late during their absence. It is also not unusual for e nigranta to make depo- site for the benefit, and in the names of their young children, intending to leave the amount to increase until their children shall have attained their majori- ties, or to prpeias against their becoming fatherless and dependent upon strangers or the public bounty. The chief motives in nearly all the cases are make permanent and secret deposits. The motive of secrecy is constantly uppermost with 5 ing strangers, with none entitled to theirconfidence, and subjected, as they frequently are, to imposition, they guard with watchful care the secret of their ac- curnulations, lest Lee d become the prey of the , | designing and unwo! ; and when sudden and un- from a transaction with a client, and I absolutely | expected death overtakes them, the secret dies with declined 10 purchase; but, to obli, d serve him, I | them, Uelal, 80 far as it is preserved in the inacces- endeavored to find him a purc! for his pre- | sible records of the bank. There being no provision emptive right, and did find one, as I sapposed, in the | of law by which the parties in' as the repre- reon of Mr. Martin, the President -of the Ocean | sentatives of these deceased te ensier er ascertain jank, a gentleman familiar with that description of | even the fact of a deposit being made, the deposit property, who, upon my examination and satisfaction | necessarily remains unclaimed. And when these considerations are viewed in con- nection with the fact that, during the establishment of savings banks in this city, our population have been visited with cholera and other epidemic dis- eases, iy wich thousands have, without a moment's notice, been swept out of existence, the immense amount of these unclaimed deposits can readily be accounted for. Itis eatimated that the amount of these dormant. claims is now nearly one million of dollars. If the motives of those who have contributed this sum could ty as having escheated, and become vested in the tate, by virtue of its sovereign power, and may be legally disposed of in the manner proposed in that law. This claim your petitioners respectfully deny, becaue, by the doctrine of eacheats, property ouly reverts to the State through failure of heirs lawfally entitled to take it; and it cannot be said that these funds have thus been forfeited until due means have been taken to ascertain the fact whether there are or are not lawful claimants, justly entitled to the suc- cession. To confiscate this property in the manner posses var petitionare teh tenia be an peat on of private property to public use, in violation of the fundamental law of our goverment. The instances of real estate eacheated to the State, are comparatively few, and these do not arige so frequently from the entire of the kin of the deceased as from their a8 aliens, reference to take it. That disability not cae t say, certainty, to personal who can that there its Rogie dollar of the vest fund referred to cone not a lawful owner in this or some foreign count (espe arrears upon this question is constantly present city, in re; to other personal property. When a stranger dies with ro- perty in his possession, withont heirs Se upon it, the public officer, appointed for that pur- pose, takes possession of %, giving public notice in the ne pers, and he pfotects and preserves it for the of the persons who may be entitled to claim it. In due time this property is reclaimed by the relatives of the deceased, who have become in- distant lands, ds of miles away; and many are the instances in which the necessities of parenta, wires, and children, have been relieved by the assist- an@thus afforded. 4 Your petitioners are informed that no case has occurred since the formation of our State goveru- ment, in which persopal property to any considera- ‘tate under the doc- ble amount has reverted trine of escheats. There are many additional reasons which ht be alluded to agulnst the policy and justice of the proposed confiscation, one of which is that it would create a feeling of insecurity in savings institutions, which would tend, in a great degree, to impair their | usefulness, giving rise to apprehension as to the per- manent preservation and just ultimate disposition of the deposits; while the confidence which would be created with depositors, that in the event of their a teed ont ee nvald pen in enjoyme! ie proj ey might have in the custody of savings banks, would erent enhance the beneficial influence which these institutions have thus far exerted. | Another objection is that the funds in question have been deposited with the banks in trust, and | these institutions are responsible as trustees, and liable at any time, when legally called on, to respond to the amotnt of the deposits and accumulations. | If these fands should be taken from their ion, and appropriated by the Btate, it would afford no tection to the banks, and would not affect their legal liability to make good the amounts they have received and incurred the obligation to pay. To perfect the ve of your petitioners, would be essential to establish, by law,a period of continued absence, in which the presumption of death should arise, in reference to claims to this property, similar to that which is established in regard to claims to real estate, so that the legtl representatives may duly administer. Your petitioners, in conclusion, earnestly petition that the peopceed law of confiscation be not adopted, | but that the law by your petitioners receive your favorable sanction; and your petitioners, &. Grecory Ditxon, President. The Alleged Perjury in the Forrest Divorce Case—Conciusion of the Evidence, COURT OF GENERAL SERSIONS. Before the Recorder, and Ald. Wesley Smith and Bard. ‘THE DEFENCK CONTINUED.—ELEVENTH DAY. | Fan. 28.—This cause was resumed at the sitting of the court this morning, today being the eleventh which has been consumed by the actual trial, exclusive of the first day, on which the jury was empanelled only, and Saturday last, when the court adjou: without any proceedings being had. The accused was accompanied, as before, by his wife, and several relatives and friends, among whom wore eight or nine Indies of very genteel appearance. The cross-examination of Miss Harriet Doty, the defen- dant’s sister, was resumed by Mr. Chatfield, at the point where discontinued on Friday last; the firs! question be- ing the one then objected to, but which objection was then everruled. The court having noted the exco of defendant's counsel, allowed the question, as follows:— Q. Do you know, where your brother was from 1840 to 1844? "A. I could not say positively, sir. Q Do you mean to say you have no know! of his place of resi- dence during that period? Objected to,as it had been shown she could bave none but honrmy kaowiedge of hin residence. Question allowed and exception . A at DP enn absence from home, till b's return io 1844, I think I received letters from him from New Or- Jeans. Charleston, and New York, but I cannot state in what years, without the letters. Q Have you any of those letters in New York? A. None that I received before his return in 18447 Q Have you such letters? A. 1 4id not say, poritively, that I ever received any, but that I thought so. Witness continued. It was a good many years since nhe had seon her brother when she saw him in 1644; she could not say how many; the lat place she saw him at, before that, was at Rochester, at home Q Can you, on reflection, rtate yon received any letters from him in 1842 or 487 (Objected to; objection overruled and exception taken. » 1 do not I could without seeing the letters, if I have any. Q Can yon state, within five irs, when you Teogived any previous to 1844? A. No, aot pois » Did you receive any ines 18447 (Onjected to, and ob- Jeetion .) Q Where were you in 1845? (Object- €4 to, jeetion sustained.) Q Where were you in July, 18457 (Rame objection; same ruling.) Q. Is there ineddent You cam remember, that occurred io July, 2 formed of their rights through the public press, in | 18467 (Fe we edjection; same reling ) @ Cam you stete yea ceived ary letters fom your Saat io der, 18uet edjection; some ra! ry lone were put an to the year Ii ith the lke fm eack case) Q Where were you in July, 1848? (Objeeted 10; objection overrwed and exeeption Solan Y A. Ip Rochester Q Do you remember what oocurred in that woatb? (Onject edtecp the same princip'e. grant overruled, and exception taken . I don’t thi of anything now, Q Ind you. duris g that month, receive any ‘ettecs from an; one? (Objection overruled, and exception taken ) A. cannot ray,sir Q Do you remember anything that or curred during the moni of July, 18427 (Objeeted to ‘an¢ objection sustained.) Q Where were you in June. 1844? A. Twas at my home, in Rockester; 1 am sure I was. Q Luring the whole mouth? A. I thick I was, Q. are you sure) I think Iam. Q Do you re member anything that occurred in that month? A. I don’t think new of any particular cireumstance; I could not ray. Q Had you any visits from any friends? A. I could not say, sir. Q. Was your father at home? A. I think he was; I could not say all the menth; could not say Irecetved any letters Q. Where were you during the month of August, 1844? (Objected to—objection over- ruled and exception taken.) A. We were at Rochester, not all the month, but nearly so; if my memory serve me right we left at the latter part of the month, and came to New Yorh; my mother, myself, two sisters, and two brothers; my father remained lat Rochester. Q. Do you remember that you received any letters that month ‘A. I think I recei a letter or letters—if I did, one was from my sister; that is alll remember; I may have re- ceived one from my brother, tnedefendant. Q. When did ‘ou see thone letters? A. About ® year f ago, during the rial between Mr. and Mrs. Forrest. gt your letters together? A. Yes. Q did you sepa- rate the one you produced on hye rom the others? A. At about that time. Q Why did you separate it? A. I received a despateh from New York arkii me to send such letters or papers as I co the date whem my brother came home. Q to come from? A. I to Who did that despatch puport wala sot tel; T dbink it waa from m brother. Q. Wheo did yon zensive wo — pagent date ule seeing the te] ou ‘any papers wi you to New Tork? A. Yer. & Had your brother been sworn at the time you received the despateb? (Objected to asa matter the ie sar could not porensons of ber ge—objection overruled, exeeption taken.) A. I did not know. Q Do you know now whether he had? (Objected to for same reason—objeo- tion overruled, andexception taken.) A. I naw his tes- timony in the paper after I received the despatch; cannot say ‘whether it'was before I left Burlington or not. Q ‘Was there not a paper vent to you or any member of your family, containing that testimony, or the testi- mony in any form, which you saw before you left Bur- lington? ve you seen the letters from which you repa- rated the one produced, since you came to New York? ‘A, I believe I have; I think I have not seen the inside of them. Q. Don’t you know whether youhave or noi? A. I think Ihave not. Q After receiving the telegraphic deapateb, how soon did you come to New Yerk? A. Ithink I started from Burlington the same day I received the des- patch, and brought those letters with me; witness con- them with her brother; thought it was two hts after she left Burlington, when she arrived in New York and stopped at her brother's. He was st home, and rhe gave him the letters, and con- versed with him. Q. Was it after that conversation that your brother was ? that she knew when her bro- Objected to, i , BS assum ther was re-examined. (Objection sustained.) Q Was your brother re-examined on that trial after you arrived in New York, and after you had shown bim those letters? Objected toas leading te hearsay evidence only. (Objection over-ruled and exception taken.) A. If [ recollect i ae don’t think he went on the stand after I came to New York; I think it was in January I left Burlington for New York, with the letters; I cannot give the year without seeing the despatch. Did you see any testimony of your brother in the papers in whieh he corrected the date from 1843 to 1844? A. if you mean, sir, did I see any report of his testimony in the paper, have read it. Mr. Chatfield required a direct answer, and the defen- dant’s counsel objeeted to s repetition of the question, contending it assumed he had corrected bis testimony, which was not shown, and that moreover it had been fally answered. rm Court over-ruled the objection, and noted the ex- ce} in. eatlon put.—Did you nee the re-examination of on brother when be corrected the date from 1843 to 1844? A. Thave seen it in the Ltd a ei Q. Was that after you came to New York? A. Yes. Q While you were at you brother’s? A. I think I saw the examination in the pers, but can’t say when or where I saw them first. Q. ow long did you remain in New York at that time? A. It might be two ot three weeks. Q Was the Forrest trial going on after you came? A. I think I saw some thing about it in the papers after Icame. Witness con- tinued—Did not go in to hear it ; thonght her brother ‘was at home = of the time she was here ; when they eame to New York in 1844, they lived in the Sixth ave- nue, at No. 14, abe thought. Direet resumed—The letter produced was the original, written by her brother to her, and wass genuine one ; when she sald penny post, she meant the express. Mr. Cha’ it bore the mer and he did not die- pute the genuineness of the letter. (Other letters shown. ‘One of those wasa letter from her sister, in August, an another from her brother, in July. The family lived in New York about three years, and it was about five years after their removal from , or three years ago, that they movedto Burlington ; when she said she was two daya and three e nights ‘coming from Burlington she did not mean on the all the time ; they were detained, but she could not remember the precise cause ; she had come down during this trial, and got here ina day—+tart- ed in the morning and arti: t night. Calista. Loty, another sister of the defendant, ex- ined—Remember Rocheater, for the first time im 1844; came to New York; left on Friday and got here on Sunday morning; her eldest brother (wil sre ener rl he wrote the letter on the { ing day (Monday) to her sister, the last wit- ness; she wrote a week or two afterwards; the letter pro- duced was the one; it was dated 8th of August, 1844; her brother then lived at 42 Maedougel street. Cross-examined by Mr. Chatfield—Q. Do you remember the day your brother got to Rochester? A. I think it was rthe 26th. Q. la that a matter ofmemory? A. Yes, sir; I remember it being the latter end of July. Wit- ness continued—Remembered attending a lecture with her sister on the 4th of July: had mever seen her brother until he game to Kochester at the latter end of July; had no recollection of anything particular oce: hae | the month args other years, 1843 ra ee di not know where her brother was during those years; never received a letter from him before 1844; came to New York a year ago with her sister, to the Forrest trial case; was at home when the telegraphic despatch came; her sister came for her to Wallingford, where she was staying since, on Soturday; abe had net seen the londay: telegraph; they proceeded on traim. from Rat- wlaprenhi Re Eeaieed en the heights by show’ drifts and did not arrive here till Tuesday morning; thought it was about the second or third week in January; abe dido’t know when, but she thought the trial ¢1 on Monday, and they arrived on Tuesday morning; thought they were too late. - nie, Sooo verdict was given on Monday morning, anus ‘Witness continned—Did not know the date of the tele- graphic despatch; did mot know it was so late as to the 27th, but knew it was the day after the trial. Direct resumed by Mr. Clark—She did not know about a verdict, but her was the whole was concluded. Robert N. Eldridge—Was 8 fishmonger in Washington market; knew Mr. Doty for seven or eight yours; so far na Le knew, his eter was good, . Cross: i—Meant he was « good man—en honest 03: man; judged from his own knowiedge and what he had heard ethers say; had heard a { many speak of him; had heard Capt. tS oa gone him asa geod and econo- mical steward; bad heard several other persons speak of sit ier af ljeunaeat hag erie, the Gou e hour ljournment ec rt rose till Tuesday morning. TWELFTH DAY. Marcu 1.—One of the counsel employed for the defence having been detained at the Surrogute’s office this morn- ing, some delay occurred in resuming the proceedings. On the arrival of that gentleman the firat witness oallod } was Mr. Alfred C, Smith, tailor, who (examined by Mr. Clark) deposed—that be knew Mr. iy. and had known him fifteen years; his general character was good. Cross-examined by Mr. ChatGeld—Had known him ail he time; row bien, except when be was away South; be went away in 1841, and returned home again he thought about 1! 4, he came on here once in the porate sian id was in 1842; it must have been late in the summer or early in the fall. Q. What has been the ebaracter of Mr. Doty sivee the trial of the Forrest divorce suit? ‘Objected toon the ground that the question was the character at the time of the commission of the alleged offence. A man might be charged with crime, and testi- mony enough manufsetured ia six months to blacken the fairest character ever presented. Question allowed, with n view of testing the witness’ accuracy. Exception taken. ‘A. The opinions of people as to Doty’s charaoter since then seemed to be influenced by their prejudices in the Forrest usit. Florace Whitehorne—Was d in the clothing busi- ness, and had ved in New York twenty-two years; bad known Doty twenty-six years; knew him in the country; never heard anything against his character till that trial. Cross-examined—Was quite a boy when he first knew him ; ¢ (Dot ) came to New York in 1835; thought he was married then; he thought he was employed about some st: jot as driver; after that he was om the Long Island Railroed; afterwards in « public house in this city; could not trace him Cs Ast ood as he left the boy Aa meg in 1887; had seen him since his return in 1844; had visited his family, and he had visited witness’; had heard his character canvassed since he wan eharged with this offence, and several thought him guilty, and some did not. (Defendant's counsel i na before.) For the lant week he thought the opinion had been in favor of Doty; before that it was lke that as to any man crime, many thought him guilty whe her charged wi or no. Hexter C, Fores, builder—Knew the defendant since 1846; he was then at the Croton Hotel; his general character war good. Cross-examined—Up to the time of the Forrest trial he had heard nothing about his charaster; up to that time witness himeelf would have given him a good ono. Andrew Jackson Tuttle, wholesale liquor dealer, New York—Had known Doty five or six yoars; his general charaeter, as far as he knew, wns Cross-examined—Hud been’ In company with him « good deal; was & principal in the ostablishment, and had dealt with him. E. D. Thompson—Had known Doty six or seven years; ro far as he knew bis character was good; he had been in the employment of witness, who kept » refectory; liad been with him about a yeer. Crom-exarained—-His place of business was in Pine street; Doty was carver, and left of his own accord; never heard Anything ‘against his charaeter; never himself mado any such remark a4 that Doty could dress great deal ter than he eould, and he did not tell how he got the means; witness had ‘never been bitter agalnst Mr. For- rest in bis troubles. (Objected to and ruled out.) Un a man who attended Srnec his business, ard whom he knew nothing; did Bs Bie reste S asearnte vas ertimoted fa the onsen enon M, Baunderson, proprietor of the College Hotel, Philadelphia Hed known Doty since 1842; his character "Orsea-examined—Decame sequainted with him in Phi- ladelphia; it struck him it was In summer time; he was sotnt ‘at his hotel on hin he guest except that way to New York; knew more of him shan an, ther something to do hotel business; did not know his eter then; next time he saw him fm New York, at the Croton Hotel. were he was steward; in 1847, witness came to live in New York, and then Doty wasin some cating house; had seen him in Mr. Thomp- son’s refectory; during the last year and the one before-e had seen a good deal of him; he furnished him with pro- visions; bad heard his character canvassed before the trial, when hotel keepers meet the rally talk of ople in the same business; had hea: Franklin House, and others, speak of Doty; was said to be very good, and he was very punctual in his pariness; had heard other persons, not in the trade. talk of him before the trial; Mr. Packer, # poulterer in Wash- ington market, said he was a good honest fellow, and a first rate steward. Mies Harriet Doty, recal'ed and a» letter shown—She stated that it was the telegraphic despatch she received. Mr. Whiting proposed to read it in evidence. Mr, Chatfield not objecting, it was read as follows :— si EcmeOnOe: SADT ar, 1852. “By telegraph, from New York—To Harriet Doty— By telegraphs een mast eome to New York instantly. T want you to testify the time I visited you in Rochester. It is of vital {mportance Bring any paper or writing that may help to fix the date. All your expenses will be paid. Blast instantly, or it wil be too late. Answer immedia- ly. 'M. M. DOVY, 69 Grove street.” The New Yorx Hgnaxp edition of the trial, and the mi- nutes of the Court, were referred to, to show the testimony in the diverce #uit closed on the 19th, except that of two witnesses recalled by arrangement next morning. James F. Otis sworn—hesided in this city, and was assistant editor of the newspaper; attended part of the trial between Mr. and Mrs. Forr¢st, in the Superior Court; was present at the time Dr. Quackenboss gave his testimony. Q. Be pleased to state what{he said with reference to his attendance on Miss Clifton, as her physician, from some time in the month of April, ‘until some time in the month of September, 1844? Objected to. Objection sustained as before, and ex- ception taken, Mr. Whiting stated, as an apology for ering the testimony again, that) since it had ruled ¢ut the question had been put to one witness and not objected to, but that the witness did not recollect. Mr. Chaifield said he bad probably forgotten to do so. le ‘ cted now, Q did he say relative to daily entries made by him in his book of loa gird to Miss Clifton from the oth feptember, and back to the 26th of April, 18449 (Same objection and same ruling.) Jesse Ketchara, printer, of New Vork, was next exam- ined as to the defendant's character, which he pro- nounced good, never havtng heard it questioned. ‘Abel B. Ritch—Knew Mr. Doty; his knowledge com- menced about the year 1843; his character, as far as he knew It, was good; he (iol gree of a house owned by the witness in 1844; hired it the December preceding; ived in it from January 1844 to May, 1845; remember the Fourth of July, 1844; his impression was strong that Mr Doty was at home then; remembered him leaving home in the summer, after the Fourth; he told witness where he was goirg; said he meunt t0 pay a visit to his family, by which I understood he meant his parents; he said either in Rochester or Syracuse, but could not recol- eet which; it was somewhcre out west in this State; said he had not seen them for many years; he remained away for more thanone, he thought, and less than two weeks. Cross.examined—Mr. Doty cocupied the same house as witness, in Macdougal street; he was positive about his Deing at home on the Fourth, as witness was out all day, bat at home in the evening, when the children had more Pet 1 than usual, and Doty partook in letting them off for them. Re-exemined by Mr. Clark, and a memerandum of lea: handed to witness—He was quite certain about the date; it was 1843 when he first hired the house himself, and the memorandum was a lease from him to the occupant pre- vious to Doty. Mr. John’ Meekin re-called—Produced his book from Slst August, 1844, to about Sd March, 1845. ‘Q The last preseription was on the 10th of July; when do you find the next? (Objested to.) . Whiting proposed to show there were no prescrip- tions from Dr. Quaeckenboss from 10th July to 13th of eptember. They had already proved up to 31 ‘ast. e objection was aantainel: and the inquiry ing put in the form of a question, was ruled out, excep- tion taken. Q. Did you receive a prescription from Dr. Quackenboss for Miss Clitton at any time after 31st August, and, if so, when? (Same ol same disposition. ) Eldridge Packer— id at OT bers street; wasa poulterer; hadknown Mr. Doty five years, or more; his character war . Cross-exsmined—Sinee the trial, had heard s great many people express their opinions, one way and another. Mr. Whiting offered the Albany Evening Journal July to December, 1844. (Objected toand Vecgeich en C. Stone, ezamined—Was connected with railroad. Q. How ‘much time did it occupy to go from Albany to Buffalo by railroad in 18427 Mr. Chatfield asked the relevancy of this. Mr. Clark said, their witness, ‘“Blaros” had stated that pi yt in one day, and he wanted to show the impos- sibility and consequent inaccuracy of the witness. ‘Mr. Chatfield objected, and the Court sustained him, Exception taken. Q. Could a person travel frcm Albany to Buffalo, be- tween five o’elock in the meeting and sundown, in the months of June, July, or August, 1842? (Same objection and same ruling.) John W. Orr, engraver, sworn—Had had a slight knew- ledge of Doty six or seven years; as faras he knew his character was Cross-examined—Knew him but slightly, and had not heard persons speak of him. John Van Winkle, potmaker, Mr. William Jackson, of New York, and Mr. John A. Pullen, were severally ox- amined to the same point, and gave similar testimony. At the adjournment of the Curt the counsel for the defence raid they had concluded their testimony, with the exception of that of one witness, who was sick, and whose eviderce would most likely be raled out. They. therefore, only wished to reserve the right to offer and have it passed upon, which was cone Adjourned till Wednesday morning, at eleven o'clock. THIRTEENTH DAY. Marcu 2.—The testimony for the defence being all in, the prorecution commenced to call their rebutting evi- dence this morning. The first witness placed on the stand for this purpose, was Mr. J. Lawson, who had before been examined. Q. Were you in the city from the 15th July, 1844, to the end of that month? Mr. Clark objected The evidence sought to be now given was not rebutting; and no rule of law was better sottled than that the prosecution should not be allowed to re- open their case. The Attorney General replied, arguing that the testi- mony was rebu shifted their . The defence ha ground, and shown that Doty had to Rochester at a period jater than that to which he testified, andit was to rebut this position. Mr. Whiting followed the same argument adduced by je epg The witness, Mr. Lawson, had before been eximined as to this point of time, and if they were per- mitted, they might recall the colored woman and other witnesses. It was not to rebut anything they had shown, but to fortify their own case. The Recorder said the rule was certainly well establish- ed that the prosecution must exhaust their testimony, and then the defence, and that nono could be admitted afterwards but what was strictly rebutting, and it ap- peared to them that it must be to rebut a fact, but was to rebut an inference, which could not be done. a1 the Court therefore su: ed the objection, and the ques- tion was ruled out. Q. Did you see Mr. Forrest daily, from the 19th July, 1844, to the end of the month? (Same objection, rame ruling.)' Q. Have you any memorandum which shows you where Mr. Forrest was from the 17th to the end of July, 1844? (Fame objection, same ruling ) Q. Did Mr. Forrest call dally at your place of business, in the month of July, 1844? (cams objection, same ruling.) The witness was then withdrawn. Henry Reeve, called—Resided in Greene street, and did #0 in 1844; wasa coal dealer; knew Mr. Forrest. Q. Did he deal with you in July, 18447 Mr. Clark objected to the question, aa immaterial, nei- ther was it introductory, unless it be to such matters as could not legally be introduced. (Question allowed, and exception taken by defendant’s counsel.) A. He did deal with me in July, 1844. Q. Did Mr. Forrest sottle with you and pay you money in July, and when? (Ob- jected to, and ruled out on the same grounds as before, and after a renewed discussion of the subject, and inci- dentally of the whole case.) Q Did you see Mr. Forrest between the 17th and the endofthemonth. (Same objection, rame ruling.) Hamilton I ‘sworn—Kesided in Brooklyn; knew the defendant Fitishts from what he had heard, his character wis rather bad. Cross-examinol—Thought he had had some dealings with him; he ealled at the witness’ place for some things, and if he got them, he paid for them; he knew Mr. For- rest; was fis tailor; bad done no work fer him for five or six months; had before then; was called on the Forrest case. Q. Previmus to that, who did you hear apeak ill of Mr. Doiy? A. Mr. Crandell and Mr. Quinn; Mr. Crandell attended bar at the same place as Mr. Doty: witness hi in the Forrest case, used the expression that Crandel “ppoke against him rather by inuendo than anything else,” Mr. Quirn was a fronteotter in Nasean street, and a neighbor of his; never heard any one else speak of him before that time. Re-examined—Q. What has been hix character nince that trial, and what is it now? (Objected to as to the merits, and that it wae re-opening the direct examins- tion. Question allowed, and exception taken.) It wan then put, ‘What is hie general character now?” A. I don t know that can say more than I have. Faward H. Quinn sworn—Resided in Williamsburg, 1.I.; did business tn New York; knew Doty; had known him some five years; bis general character was bad. Cross-examined—it was nn he was the Mr. Quinn that the last witness spoke of; he knew him, and might have spoken to him of Dot; he did not remember doing #0 before the Forrest trial; waa a creditor of Mr. Doty, who owed him abont a bundred dollars. Robert Duncan—Had known him over ten or twelve years; had heard some speak ill of him, and others speak well of him. Crost-examined—He was #! ‘Thomas Hooper—Resided in Union square; hed known Doty nbout two years; did not know what his general chazacter was; had ‘heard it apoken of sines the late trial; not much; bad Lad dealings with him, Cornelius Benter--Employed in the Astor Honse; had known Hoty from the year 1861; had not heard his gene- ral character mueh spoken of; had heard him spoken of since the trial, but not frequently. Frederick Masham—Had known him five or six years, and had heard nothing for or againat him. feveral witnesses were called, but did not answer; and the Attorney General said he did not desire to attach them and would reat here. Tho defendant’s counsel ox- presed their readiness to give any reacorable time that was required, but the Attorney General adhered to his determination The fact that Doty attended on the Forrest case under ae of mubpena was admitted by the prosecution and noted. Mr. Whiting said there was but one witness remaini whore testimony they had been unable to take, as intend- ed, in writing, but it was on » point olready passed upon by'the Court, and it would probably be, 0 jected to. It was esto the intimacy between Mr. Forrest and Miss Clifton. Counsel did not, however, pross the subject, and i was withdrawn, both sides concluding their testimony ere. ‘After some disenssion an to the, order of summing up, {twas arranged that an ‘session should be had MOTTOW in day) which would enable them to com- I. ’ its and Mr. Glark will each sam ap on the rt of the , and the Attoraey General reply for fhe prorecation. ‘The Court adjourned about two o'clock, until eleven to morrow (Thursday) morning. chtly @ creditor. from | Ae Meeting the Prison Association. On Monday evening the Prison \Associatien held their anniversary meeting at Metropolitan Hall. Owing to the rain the attendance was thin. Among the gentlemen on {he platform were four females, one of whom was the celebrated Lucretia Mott, and another Mrs. Grew, both of Philadelphia. Judge W. T. McCoun presided. Rev; Dr. Ferris opened the proceedings with prayer, and Dr. Russ then read the annual report of the Association, sa follows :— A tof the past—although not withont its re- erie meds: numerous evidences of duty performed, ‘and of good accomplished. In no former year has the ‘association been wore active in the discharge of its da- ties—in no year have so many claims upon ita charity for ra been presented, and in no year #0 many rituat found for them addition to these duties ft has devoted much time and attention to those under arrest. both in this city and Brooklyn, The whole number that has been in some way aided by the associa- tion during the year, amounts to ¢84, viz : 122 men, 252 women, and $80 boys and girls. ‘The’ receipts of the in- stitution, rege from the treasurer's report, are $4,279 81; the expenditures, including appro- riated to building fund, $4,200—Jeaving a balanee in tho nda of the Treasurer, on the isth day of Janusry last, of $79 81. Of these moneys $3, 40 have been expend- ed for the support of the Home and for board, tools and clothing for discharged convicts, $150 paid to dnancial agent for services, $201 66 for clerk hire, and $100 for counsel fees. The association regret that it has not been able te extend the sphere of its usefulness beyond limits of this city and Brooklyn, to other counties, but the limited condition of their tinences makes this restric- tion imperative. The duty of wspecting our sity privona inone which, since the passage of the act of 1647, re- all former acte in regard to these prisons, and im- neglec' is of the first importance, and one whieh demands toot diate, deliberate and earnest attention of the lature. Can it be that these prisons are to be longer lef to the ment or mismanagement of pensioned officers, without any one legally qualified or permitted even to investigate their condition? If thereis any thing important in relation to our whole pclonm aration; ft te thet our houses of detention should be such as tc prererve the inmates from contamination and corrup tion, These are not prisons simply for the hardene¢ offender, but oftentimes are tenanted by those whoa characters are as spotless as our Own; ‘and must sack De subjected to the contaminating influenop of veteran: in crime? We may make our State Prison as disciplinar: and Breiustine as possible; but if we would prevent con tamination or arrest the Criminal in his first faltering steps to crime, we must pay prompt and early attentior to our county jails. The gallows has just termi nated, at the age of twenty-one, the life ef an inter esting young man, who, six years ago, was first brough to our city prison for a slight. misdemeanor, and whos education while there undoubtedly contributed, in n small sere! te the fatal denouement. He himser said, while stensioag oe. the brink of a felon’s grave- “Only for the acquaintance I made here, I should neve have come to this.” The importance ef the subject seem todemand the immediate atiention of the Legislature and in connection with it, we respectfully suggest th propriety of making all our houses of detention strict!’ separate prisons, and establishing district prisons fc those convicted, This, weare persuaded, must be th policy of the State, #0 soon as it unellexamine dpeely int the results of our present system. Experienee of the pa: three years im Albany and the sdjoin! , Boer to settle the her tat § of the measure, in regard { ite moral influences and its economica) admisistration. This penitentiary is made » district prison for sever of the adjoining counties, and during the past year hi not onl: Ctr ober ry pach “aah bean hand, shed ar above al nses, $1,0) " tty after a Douncing this fact, remark that it chall admiratio and more than this, a competitor. Passing frem hous: of detention, the next thing that inte: us is diseipline. Under this head the confinement of witnesse foee aa 8 Part chacent. datection Tor tak and the yoke as t, deter or ton “statistics, are the principal regard to witnesses. the states an interesting ca of s woman who had been induced to purchase what called « lot policy, under goich ere Lacherseta ‘as is too often thecase. Smarting under her losses, a plied to the . A warrant was issued, the policy deal arrested a} heiey 7 tothe City Prison, - held to bail, which he proces, and was set st libert The injured witness, who came tor redress, was also he to bail for her appearance to prosecute; but, net havi amassed wealth by crime, she was not a3 fortunate ast accused in finding a friend to bail her. and she was cs into prison, and made to explate the crime ef dari to enforce a law of the State, by an imprisonment of fifi seven days, Atthe end of this time, the trial of t policy dealer was brought on. He confessed his Pras dned ten dollars, which he immediately pald, and » discharged. The law having no further use for the pc woman, the also was discha: but withent one ce compensation for her lons of id the it, her affairs, and probably taught by her » again to seek redress from the law on a simila Is there no remedy for this perversion of Must the accuser thus suffer for the,criminal? wholesome operations of the law bc thus eomverted ir instruments of torture to those whom they were inter ed to protect ? This is by no means a solitary exam; The evil is so common that it has passed into s prove: that a rieh peliey dealer or gambler can hardly be « vieted. On the subject of fines, several cases of extre: hardship are cited, and it is finally recommended that all cases of fines im; er car courts, every day’s i ‘inonment shoul: baile te «@ given smount the fine, so that the prisoner should ‘have : solute relief when the term of his punishment | expired. The douche and yoke, as instruments of pun! ment, are demounced as contrary to law, and more ¢r and dangerous than the cat; and the experience of tier months in the State prison of Maine is cited to show t! olitary confinement on bread and water all cas sufficient to subdue the most refractory. follow isthe e of the warden:—“It will be seen, b ferring to fhe lint of punishments, that they have | very light during the past year.” There have been | | seventy-one days ote coc the year, and these trifling offences. This fact is the more gratifying to 1 for it is remarked by the oldest officers a be nt ead the discipline was never better.” In cases of detent for trial, it is represented that at injustice is of done to the individual detained—his character is inju” and berides the Joss of liberty, be is often aubjectec, pecuniary loss of a serious nature Whenever the ir vidual is proved to be tmnocent, it suggests the propri of pp ie some compensation for his loss of ti: | The statistics of our prisons present many intere facts in relation te the progress of crime. 6 first t re, ghall notice ts, that in the elty of New York, i: } , jerly conduct, in almost e instance the tult of rum, bes, notwithstanding the efforts of tem range and philanthropy, inc 278 per cent—that intoxication has increased al per cent, and the two ther from 5,579 to 11,280. ison of si P oa statistics, for the last! ‘appears that crimes against property have al y about 60 percent; but that crimes agai the person have increased 129 per cent, or from 1,300 1848 to 2,920 in 1862. An alarming feature of this tr appalliug fact is, thatthe inc.ease reems to be regu year by year, and not, as is sometimes the case, the res of some spasmodic effect. Another case of alarm n be found in the fact that the increase has been ets in the highest crimes. Thus, we fir! assault to kill wa. in 1848, and 39, 59, 61, and 76 in 1852, or three fold; m slaughter, in 1848, ‘was 3, and then 4, 16, and 11 in 1862, moet four-fold; number in 1868 was 9, and 9, 15, 21,1 56 in 1852, or more than six-fold. This rapid and fear increase of the most heinous crimes demands m serious consideration of the statesman, the philantb phirt, and the Christian, as al,o the fact that 90 per c of the whole number committed to peed ase during past year were intemperate. The statistics of sixt) State prisons, for the year 1861, give us a grand tota , against property, inst the person. On scann over the tables of statistics, for these several prisons, only remarkable facts that present themselves are, tha the State of New York alone, there are s greater numbe: cases of bigamy and perjury than inall the other fift’ Btates ; there being twenty-one cases of bigamy in } York, and only fifteen in the other States; and sevent, cases of perjury to three in all the other States. | average period of confinement in tho several States diminished since whhin » few years. Connecticut seems to administer tl imprisonment, the average being six years, seven mon} 20 daye; and the Fastern Penitentiary of Pernsylval the shortest, it being only two years, six months 4 three days. There are in all these prisons, 180 fema| and 641 colored ns. The report then passes to consideration of the subject discharged convic' pays a tribute of respect to the memory of their riend and coadjutor, the venerable Isaac T. Hopp presents the statistics of the committee for the year, of the home of the female department, and offers sovi cases of reform which have been tested by the experi« ‘years ** and closes with the assertion, that after e years of toil in this uninviting field of effort, the | Mitteo feel a confidence in assuring the public that| least elght-tenths of their beneficiaries are saved f| iuture imprisonment and orime. Mr. Jon Cocumane moved the adoption of the re; and said {t required no argument to sustain it. theory was nature and the argument humanity. 1) were facta alono with which the Association had It wasene great step in the march of humanity-| amelioration of its condition, and the reduction off \nfferings. These were times when philanthropy mj thouranda to imitate Clarkson, whose laurels | wreathed by Deity itself. Humanity had now taken ii broad embrace evil that may be remedied. jects whieh this roclety had in view were eminently Lieal.. It penotrated the prison gloom. It visited the p er and examined his conscience, and found an imm spark there as vivid as any outaide of thevagiore WI Repentance and reform were the result ol among the poor outcasts of humanity, and it was hoped reform outside, where reform is far more sary than within. Let them fraternire with e1 0-1 sentative of humanity on earth. The increase ‘fer a very serious consideration. It was not confined to York. It was Fe ance J over the country. muat be, therefore, some secret impulse. The great of Juggernaut was rolling by, immolating its thou! Tet them not stend by with bloody hands, sustai those institutions which were increasing crime. them not stand tamely by to countenance that mo: of all mischi6fe—capital punishment. tome two ago he stood at the foot of aia where the vii were to be offered. He was told that they felt.the ence of spiritual advice, and that they stood in the fi touldgo with safety into the presence of cif was not bis opinion, as far as ho ppearances. A they took their march ey sesmed to think they were the bi Roman holt Deity, Maker. Bi a Seay a rarae say they were not prepared, bat im every sign a) oo want , and the revolt joat and rivalaey cant back the eurrents of the heart upon themrelves. tenths of those who witnessed the spectacle, will recorded in ‘the hearts readers. ‘Mr. Havwrs—The Prison Association was : One wan to correet the evils in the The second embraced the head Relating +0 clothing, diet,