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No, 35.
IN SENATE, JAN, 22, 1852.
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
Of the Inspectors of State prisons of the State of New-
York.
January 1st, 1852.
Hon. Sanford E. Church,
ft. Governor of the State of Mew- York,
and President of the Senate:
Sir,—Agreeably to the 7th sub-division of the 34th section of
the “Act in relation to the county and State prisons of this State,”
passed December 14th, 1847, the fourth annual report of the In-
spectors of State prisons to the Legislature, is herewith presented
to the honorable the Senate.
Very respectfully,
ALEX. H. WELLS,
DARIUS CLARICE,
W. P. ANGEL,
Inspectors of State Prisons.
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TO THE HON. THE LEGISLATURE;
In presenting their fourth annual report, the Inspectors of
State Prisons feel highly gratified in being able to state that all
the institutions under their charge have been favored with usual
health, while their pecuniary condition and the mild yet salutary
discipline reflect credit upon the subordinate officers to whose
hands they have severally been committed.
The following table exhibits the number of convicts in the
several State Prisons on the 1st day of December 1850, and the
number remaining at the close of the past year, including re-
ceipts, discharges, deaths, &c.:\
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No. 35.]
By the foregoing table it will be seen that there has been du-
ring the past year an increase of 61 male, and 4 female convicts
at the Sing Sing, and 39 males at the Auburn prison, and a de-
crease of 1 at the Clinton. This small addition to crime in our
State, compared with the increase of our population, and consid-
ering the great influx of emigrants, speaks most favorably for
the moral influences which are exerted upon community, and
the reforming system adopted in the management of our penal
institutions.
Of the 658 convicts received at the several prisons, during the
past year,'566 males and 35 females are on their first convic-
tion, 39’ males and 3 females on their second, 14 males are on
their third, and 1 male on his fourth, which shows a decrease of
eleven re-commitments in the whole number, as compared with
the previous year, the average of the re-commitments being only
1 in 12 of all received, and of these we do not find a single case
where the convict had received the clemency of the executive.
One hundred and seven convicts have been pardoned during
the past year, not one of whom has since been returned to pris-
on, while the Inspectors have the assurance that many of these
recipients of mercy, are conducting themselves with propriety,
and pursuing honest and industrious callings. The proportion
of pardons at Sing Sing is 1 in 17 for males, and 1 in 73 for fe-
males; at Auburn 1 in 14, and at Clinton 1 in 12 ; while during
the previous year they were 1 in 46 £ at Sing Sing, 1 in 30 at Au-
b rn, andj in 23’at Clinton.
The more liberal exercise of the pardoning power has created
a desirable influence in the prisons, strengthening the hopes of
the long sentenced, stimulating all to industry and obedience,
and lightening'the duties^which devolve upon the police depart-
ments.
The total number of punishments at the Sing Sing prison in
the past year was 233, being one less than in 1850, with an in-
crease of a daily average of 61 convicts. Here the punishments
average 1 in'30. At Auburn they amount to 337, being 8 more
than in 1850, or 1 in 24, but with a daily increase of 39 convicts.
At Clinton they amount'to 47 or an average of 1 in 24.6
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The modes of punishment are prescribed by the Inspectors,
and are generally trifling in their nature. The use of the show-
er-bath has been found a salutary corrective, and another year’s
experience confirms our previous impressions, that its effects upon
the physical system are harmless in all cases, while in some they
have proved truly beneficial.
The decreased amount of punishments in all the prisons, and
the vastly improved state of the government, are to be attribu-
ted more to the humane system of discipline, the efforts made
for moral and intellectual improvement, and to the better man-
ner in which the convicts are clothed and fed, than to any change
in the characters of the persons received. As the old convicts
are discharged, or become more familiar with the present mild
Bystem, less difficulty is found in controlling the prisons, and the
Inspectors are not without hope, that the day is not far distant,
when prison punishments will be unknown, or confined to but a
very few, and they of that incorrigible class who never willingly
yield to wholesome restraint.
The cost of provisions for both the male and female prisons at
Sing Sing, during the past fiscal year, amounts to $23,122.04,
which, with a daily average of 796 convicts, is 7 cents and 7f
mills per daily ration, being 8^ mills less than in 1850. This
shows a clear saving of $4,538.67 in the victualling department
of these prisons as contrasted with the previous year, notwith-
standing a daily increased average of 21 convicts have been sup-
plied. In addition to this favorable pecuniary result, the con-
victs have been furnished with the very best of provisions, and
the frequent inquiries of the Inspector in charge, have scarcely
elicited a single complaint of either quality or quantity. A
saving of provisions has been made at this prison, and the com-
fort and health of the convicts greatly promoted by the introduc-
tion of the table system.
The total cost of rations at the Auburn prison, for the year,
was $21,892.05, being $3,642.35 more than their cost in 1850.
The daily average cost per ration in 1850, with a daily average
of 661 convicts, was 6 cents and 7 mills. The past year, with a
daily average of 752 convicts, the average cost per ration is 7
•ents and l mills.7
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At the Clinton prison the cost of the rations for the past year,
the daily average of convicts being 114, was $3,530.85, or 8£
cents per daily ration.
The excess of cost of rations at Clinton is attributable to the
fact that the supply of a smaller number of convicts, costs more
in proportion.
There have 22 deaths occurred at the Sing Sing prison, 19
males and 3 females, being equal to 1 in 42| of the daily average
of males, and 1 in 24 of the females.
At Auburn 12 have died, being 1 in 52 of the daily average
confined.
At Clinton, no death has occurred since 1850.
It will therefore be seen that with a daily average of 1,662
convicts in all the prisons, but 34 have died; and when the pre-
vious habits and physical condition of these persons are consider-
ed, we cannot but conclude that for so small a bill of mortality,
we are in a great measure indebted to the superior quality of the
provisions, and to the judicious sanitary treatment adopted by our
several physicians.
As the prison districts are now arranged, it is not probable that
the number at Clinton will be increased by the ordinary course
of conviction for some years to come, that prison being limited
to the fourth judicial district, which, although large in territory,
embraces a sparse population, mainly composed of agriculturists,
who supply but a small portion of the victims of crime.
Much of the expense incurred in keeping 113 convicts at Clin-
ton, would not be increased were there three times that number
confined there; and as their present force is inadequate to a suc-
cessful prosecution of the business contemplated by the Legisla-
ture in the act establishing that prison, we would suggest the
propriety of a legislative enactment, requiring the judges holding
courts in such of the counties of the third judicial district as lay
north of Green and Columbia, to sentence all convicts convicted
of State prison offences, to the Clinton prison. This arrangement
would distribute the convicts more equally among the several8
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prisons, and enable the agent of the Clinton prison to prosecute
the business designed by the Legislature, and which the Inspect-
ors are now earnestly laboring to establish.
As the southern counties of the third judicial district are adja-
cent to Sing Sing, the convicts therein convicted, could more con-
veniently and economically be sent to the latter prison.
We know of no other changes or alterations of the prison dis-
tricts which are required at this time.
TERMS OF OFFICE.
The Inspectors beg leave to suggest an amendment to the stat-
ute, in relation to the appointment of the various officers of the
several prisons, and the term for which they shall be allowed to
exercise the duties pertaining thereto. By the Constitution of the
State, the power of appointment to these offices is vested in the
Inspectors, with the additional power of removal, without restric-
tion or control, and without being amenable for its exercise to
any tribunal or authority, save that of public opinion.
Like most other places of public trust and emolument, from
long custom and confirmed habit, these offices are sought for and
demanded as the reward of political influence and partizan ser-
vices, and the tenure by which they are held is almost if not en-
tirely dependent upon the fluctuation and changes of political
power in the State. So long as the law regulating these appoint-
ments remains as at present, this state of things can scarcely be
avoided, and the Inspectors must sutler an embarrassment from
this source, until the Legislature shall provide some adequate re-
lief by an alteration of the law.
The great importance of every office connected with our pris-
ons, and of having proper and competent men assigned to the vari-
ous stations is not in general fully understood, and can scarcely be
appreciated by the public at large, who have no adequate means
of obtaining the necessary information to enable them to judge of
the capacity and qualifications required in this branch of the
public service. Those who are entrusted with the care and di-No. 35.]	9
rection of these institutions, are called upon to perform not only
the ordinary duties of a public office, but they are charged with
the additional and responsible task of controlling, governing, cor-
recting, improving and elevating the erring men committed to
their care, and by their example and the influence of their own
personal character and authority, endeavor to prepare them for
a life of industry and respectability when they shall again enter
society at the expiration of their terms of sentence. To discharge
this duty acceptably requires a peculiar adaptation by nature and
cultivation which few men possess, and in which many would
utterly fail, who are nevertheless fully competent to conduct any
ordinary business or pursuit. It requires time and experience to
qualify even the most intelligent for a proper performance of the
duties referred to, and it is safe to affirm that no public employ-
ment in the State demands more intelligence and preparation, and
a better knowledge and appreciation of men and individual char-
acter, than the warden of a prison, or a keeper in a prison work-
shop.
From these considerations, the Legislature cannot fail to per-
ceive, not only the importance of making these offices respectable,
by adequate compensation and a fixed and definite period of ser-
vice, but the great injury that must inevitably result to the
discipline of the prisons, the welfare and comfort of the convicts,
and the pecuniary interests of the State, by the frequent changes
which must almost necessarily occur, upon every change of po-
litical power, in the board entrusted with their appointment.
It not unfrequently happens, that as soon as an officer has become
familiar with his duties; has learned the character, disposition
and capacity of the several individuals under his charge, and is
just prepared for usefulness in his place, the vicissitudes of po-
litical fortune sends him from his office, to be succeeded by one
wholly unacquainted with its requirements, and with all his du-
ties yet to learn.
In view of these facts, we have no hesitation in suggesting a
regulation which shall relieve the Inspectors of embarrassments
in this behalf, which it is difficult to avoid and impossible satis-
factorily to explain, while it at the same time shall secure the10
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State, and the officers and convicts, from the evils necessarily
attendant upon the influence of partizan politics in the govern-
ment and management of our penal institutions.
To this end we would recommend the passage of an act, de-
fining the period during which the several officers should continue
in service, and providing for their removal only in cases of neg-
lect of duty, incompetency, or gross moral delinquency in private
life. The exercise of this power of removal would be guarded,
and restrained within appropriate limits, by requiring a careful
investigation in every case by the Inspectors, and a report to the
Legislature of their action thereon, together with the reasons on
which it is founded.
FISCAL CONDITION.
AUBURN PRISON.
The receipts from all sources, at the Auburn prison, during the
past fiscal year* including $8,409.04 cash balance on hand
October 1, 1850, were........................ $78,764 56
The expenditures for all purposes, during the same
period, were................................. 88,546 00
Excess of expenditures over receipts,........... $9,781 44
The earnings of the prison, independent of miscel-
laneous receipts, for the year, were........... $72,529 06
The expenditures for ordinary support, were....	69,897 86
Excess of earnings over expenditure for ordinary
support,.................................... $2,631 20
There was due the prison on the 30th day of September, 1851,
the sum of $3,546.49, and the liabilities of the prison over and
above the amount due, at the same period, amounted to $17,-
773.04.
The daily average earnings of each convict during the year?
was 29 cents, and the daily average expense for maintaining each
convict, was 26/ cents.11
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A portion of the indebtedness of this prison existed previous
to the commencement of the last fiscal year, and was incurred in
making the necessary repairs and the erection of buildings and
workshops.
There is now in progress of erection at this prison, a large and
necessary stone building, which is to be fire-proof and prison
strong, designed for a mess room, chapel, and hospital, the com-
pletion of which, as will be seen by the agent’s report, will in-
volve an expenditure of $18,000. This sum, together with $13,-
766.26 to aid in the payment of the existing indebtedness, making
a sum total of $31,766.26 the agent asks from the State, and we
would recommend an appropriation of that amount for the pur-
poses stated.
The number of convicts at the Auburn prison has been in-
creasing for some years past, and great inconvenience has been
experienced of late for the want of cells, and proper accommoda-
tions in the present mess room and chapel.
The hospital is badly constructed, and too contracted for the
sanitary treatment of the sick, while it is destitute of the means
of ventilation, and the various improvements which experience
has found to be absolutely necessary in large establishments of
this kind.
The completion of the new building, before alluded to, will
obviate all these difficulties, while the space at present occupied
by the mess room, chapel, and hospital, can be used for addition-
al cells. This improvement was demanded, not only to accom-
modate the rapidly increasing number of convicts, but to enable
the officers to provide for those already there in a safer, better, and
more economical manner, and the Inspectors regarded its imme-
diate erection as necessary to meet the pressing wants of the
prison.12
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SING SING PRISON
The receipts from all sources at the Sing Sing pris-
on, during the past fiscal year, including a cash
balance on hand the preceding year of $3,711.06,	$87,135 83
The expenditures for all purposes during the same
period,were................................ 79,506 82
Leaving ths cash balance October 1, 1851, at..	$7,629 01
In the foregoing amount of receipts is included the sum of
$12,000.00, appropriated by the last Legislature for the payment
of then existing debts, and in the amount of expenditures is in-
cluded the sum of $2,502.21, expended by the agent from last
years resources, in the payment of debts contracted previous to
the late fiscal year. We also find, upon the prison ledger, the
sum of $2,914.62 due the State from contractors for convict labor
performed during the past year, but not received by the agent at
the close of his yearly accounts.
Deducting the $12,000.00 received from the State treasury, it
will be found that the total amount received at this prison, from
its own resources alone, during the past fiscal year was
$71,424 77
The same in 1850, was,............................ 53,479 38
Excess of receipts of 1851 over 1850,............. $17,945 39
In 1851, the receipts from contract labor alone were $68,972 28
In 1851, the receipts from the same source were...	48,808 43
Increased receipts from contract labor in 1851,...	$20,163 85
The above large increase of cash receipts in 1851, over 1850,
results partly from a larger number of convicts on contract em-
ployment, aDd partly from the fact that during 1850, many of
the convicts were thrown out of contract labor by the burning of
the work shops, and although their labor in building the present
shops was equally as valuable to the State, it did not add to
the prison finances. Notwithstanding these considerations, theNo. 35.]
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amount of cash receipts for convict labor during the late fiscal
year, is without a parallel in any similar period within the past
ten years. This result is indicative of the business capacity and
judicious management of the present agent, and affords us the
gratifying assurance that hereafter the earnings of this prison will
be amply sufficient to furnish its own support.
The nett earnings at the female prison for the last
fiscal year, were,............................... $3,585 29
The same in 1850, were,............................. 2,665 13
Excess of 1851 over 1850,........................ $920 16
The above sum of $3,585.29, is from contract labor alone, and
does not include the labor of female convicts employed in mak-
ing clothing for the male ar.d female prisons, which at least may
be estimated at $600.
This is a much better result than has ever been exhibited by
this prison in any previous year since it was established, and
although the matron attributed it mainly to the nature of the
employment, we deem it but an act of justice to that lady to say,
that this pecuniary improvement, as well as the superior disci-
pline, the quiet, good order, and cleanliness for which it is dis-
tinguished, are creditable to her own judicious management, and
unceasing attention to duty.
The average monthly receipts from both prisons, during the past
year, was,................................... $6,952 06
The average monthly expenditures for both, was,. 6,625 66
Excess of monthly receipts over ordinary expen-
....................................... $326 40
There has also been a saving in the cost of rations for these
prisons, of $4, 538.69.
By schedule F, in the agent’s report, it will be seen that the re-
ceipts from earnings of the male and female prisons, fall short14	[Senate
of paying all their expenses, in the sum of......	$1,808 78
To this add existing liabilities incurred during the
past year,....................................... 3,677 68
$5,486 46
From the above deduct the sum of $2,914 62, due
from contracts for last year’s labor, and avail-
able for present support......................... $2,914 62
$2,571 84
By the inventory of the appraisers it appears, that
in addition to the increase in the value of the
prison land, there is an actual increase in the
value of chattel property belonging to the State of 2,254 60
$317 24
Allowing all debts to be paid and collected which have accrued
during the past year, (and we know of none which are not good,)
and it will be seen that $317.24 is the actual cost to the State
for the maintenance of these prisons, during the past year, over
and above the revenue arising from their own labor.
The agent deems the present resources of these prisons sufii
cient to provide for their current expenses, and the Inspectorsare
gratified in being able to add, that, without the interposition of
some serious interruption of the business, the Sing Sing prisons
will hereafter be able to support themselves without any assist-
ance from the State treasury.
In their last annual report the Inspectors laid before the Legis-
lature a list of debts existing against this prison, amounting to
about $3,000.00, all of which were due previous to October,
1850, and the most of which had been due since 1847 and 1848.
An appropriation of $13,000.00 was made in July last and has
been applied to the payment of this class of debts, but owing to
the delay in procuring the appropriation, the several demands
were prosecuted and judgments obtained, which, by the addition
of interest and costs, and small demands long due but subse-No. 35.]
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quently presented, swelled the sum total of old indebtedness
above the amount appropriated for its liquidation.
The portion of that indebtedness still unpaid is as follows :
Balance due Geo. E. Stanton upon his demand of
$3,108.91, for rations furnished in 1848,,.....	$1,790 02
William Radford & Co., for groceries furnished in
1848, now in judgment, debt, interest and costs, 571 81
Balance due Romer& Briggs for indian meal in 1848,
(|50 having been paid by the present agent,) 132 58
Marshall & Stevens’ (judgment)................ 117 93
Clark Snow, for lumber 1850,.................. 256 18
Total of old indebtedness......*......... $2,808 52
A system of paying old debts by contracting new ones, has
been practised to a great extent in the prisons, in past years, and
has proved exceedingly injurious to their financial affairs. The
new creditor has generally charged an extra profit on his goods
as an offset to the loss of interest on the uncertain period of
credit upon which he. sold, and while the Legislature remained
in doubt as to the actual condition of affairs, each succeeding
year presented a new and startling amount of indebtedness.
To do away with this unbusinesslike and wasteful system, the
Inspector in charge directed the agent to employ the accumula-
ting resources of the prison in the payment of its current ex-
penses, and unless there should be a surplus sufficient to dis-
charge the old debts, let them be the subjects of legislative
appropriation instead of new demands. This arrangement has
been strictly observed, and the consequence is the agent has
been enabled to take advantage of the market prices, thereby
making a handsome saving to the State in the cost of clothing
and provisions.
Desirous of pursuing the present safe and admirable system,
and keeping the prison free from any new embarrassment, we
again present the above demands, as the remnant of that indebt-
edness which has been long due, and respectfully ask that the
Legislature appropriate a sum sufficient to discharge the same.16
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CLINTON PRISON.
The Clinton prison was established, and its location selected
with especial reference to the making and manufacturing of iron,
and it was not contemplated by the friends of the institution, nor
by the State, that any other mechanical or manufacturing ope-
rations should be carried on there by the labor of convicts. The
location selected is one highly favorable for testing the experi-
ment, situated as it is, in a section of the State abounding with
ore and fuel, and at present furnished with an easy access to the
most desirable market.
It is greatly to be desired, that the importance of this estab-
lishment, in its relations to our citizens, should be better and
more fully understood, and its advantages appreciated by the
legislative authority, to an extent, at least that shall ensure to it
means for a fair and satisfactory trial of its capacity to answer
the ends of its creation.
It cannot be disguised, that erroneous impressions and opinions
in regard to this prison, have extensively prevailed, and in the
minds of many well-meaning individuals it is regarded as a
visionary experiment destined to disappointment and failure.
These impressions have been derived no doubt, from individuals
whose feelings and interests are adverse to its success, and who
are hostile to the principles on which it was founded, and the
opinions referred to derive a sort of confirmation, from the results
already produced, when considered alone, and without reference
to the means available to the prison authorities for accomplish-
ing the work expected of them by the public. A careful consi-
deration of all the facts, will clearly show the injustice of those
opinions and convince any unprejudiced mind that no evidence
has yet been furnished sufficient to impair the confidence of the
friends of this institution in its ultimate success.
For a long time previous to the passage of the act establishing
this prison, the public mind had been deeply agitated, on the
subject of the employment of convicts in mechanical pursuits,
and year after year petitions were presented to the Legislature17
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from a numerous and highly respectable portion of our citizens,
asking to be relieved from the burthens imposed upon them in
being compelled to compete with convict labor. It was earnestly
contended by the petitioners that paying as they did a large pro-
portion of the taxes of the State, it was unjust to them to be still
further burthened, and crippled in their exertions, by having the
labor of convicts brought directly into competition with their
mechanical pursuits.
These petitions at length became so numerous, the petitioners
so urgent in a just demand of their rights, that the Legislature
was induced to attempt to furnish the desired relief, and to that
end authorized the establishment of the Clinton prison, and di-
rected the employment of the convicts therein, in the making
and manufacturing of iron in its various branches.
This arrangement was accepted by the mechanics of the State
as entirely satisfactory, and since the passage of the law, com-
plaints in regard to convict labor have not been pressed upon the
Legislature, although many will no doubt be surprised to learn
that as yet no iron has been made or manufactured at the prison.
A large and substantial prison, equal in every respect to the
other prisons of the State, and capable of accommodating 500
convicts, together with commodious stone buildings for the pro-
cess of separating ore have been erected, and the convicts have
hitherto been principally employed in raising and separating ore.
It will be seen that in pursuing this branch of the business alone,
and especially under the present depressed condition of the iron
market, a quantity sufficient for its ordinary support cannot be
separated and sold.
The following statement exhibits the quantity of ore separated
and sold during the years 18-18, 1819, 1850, and 1851, and there
is no substantial reason to believe, that for many years to come
the demand will exceed from 0,000 to 8,000 tons, realizing from
$18,000 to $20,000 :
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The whole amount separated and sold during
the fiscal year ending September 30th,			1848, was	$337	49
	cc cc cc	cc	1849,	8,616	60
	cc * cc cc	cc	1850,	21,119	12
	cc cc cc	cc	1851,	16,771	08
The	expenses of the prison during the same years				
	were	as follows	: in 1848,	39,900	98
	cc	cc	1849,	50,126	47
	cc	cc	1850,	37,693	37
	cc	cc	1851,	37,958	13
The	legislative appropriations during		the same		
	period, were	as follows	: in 1848,	40,487	47
	cc	CC	1849,	39,000	00
	cc	cc	1850,	20,000	00
	cc	“ available, 1851,		15,500	00
By this, it will be seen, that the income derived from the sales
of ore for the last three years, has contributed much to the sup-
port of the prison, but without the annual appropriation would
have fallen far short of the amount necessary for that purpose.
In view of these facts, and of the prospects for the future, the
policy to be pursued in relation to the prison, assumes an impor-
tance deserving the serious consideration of the Legislature. It
cannot be pretended that the intention,and designs of the found-
ers of this institution has ever been carried out, or the public ex-
pectations fulfilled. No works for the “ making and manufac-
turing of iron,” have been erected, audit may be asked why, with
a law authorizing the. construction of suitable works for this pur-
pose, it has not long since been accomplished. The reason is to
be found in the fact that no sufficient means have ever been pro-
vided for that purpose, and that the appropriations made by the
Legislature since the erection of the prison, have never been more
than sufficient to complete the buildings and the support of the
establishment for the then ensuing year. Under these circum-
stances the Inspectors and the agent have not felt themselves at
libefty to involve the State in debt to the amount necessary for
erecting the proper works, nor to commence the more expensive
operations without the sanction of the Legislature.No. 35.J
19
Without entering at all into the merits of the discussion in re-
lation to the competition of prison labor-with the mechanic inter-
ests of the State, the Inspectors beg leave to submit, whether good
faith to a large and influential class of our fellow citizens, as well
as sound policy, does not require that the original design of the
Legislature in the establishment of this prison, should be fully
carried out, and that the necessary appropriation for this purpose
should be made.
In order to carry out, so tar as practicable, the requirements ol
the laws passed in regard to this prison, and at the same time
avoid the necessity of incurring any considerable amount of in-
debtedness, the Inspectors have taken the necessary steps towards
the erection of a small forge of six fires, which it is believed will
not cost, aside from the labor of the convicts in their construc-
tion, over $2,000, and when completed will give profitable em-
ployment to about thirty convicts.
After a careful examination of the laws passed in regard to
this prison, the Inspector who has had the principal charge
of it for the last year, has arrived at the conclusion that the
original design of its establishment cannot be more effectually
secured than by the erection of a blast furnace for the manufac-
ture of pig iron. It was the intention of the former officers of
this prison to have adopted this plan, and they were only pre-
vented by want of the requisite funds.
A large sum (far short, however, of the amount expended at
either of the other prisons,) has been expended at this prison,
but it is idle to suppose that it will yield any adequate return,
with the plan o» which it was founded not half carried out, and
while suffering, as it constantly does, the embarrassment of a
want of the necessary means and number of men successfully to
test the experiment proposed in its erection at this point. Good
faith towards the mechanical interests of the State, would seem
to require that the Legislature should provide the facilities for a
fair and faithful trial, and that the hopes and expectations of the
individuals and classes interested in its success should not be
doomed to disappointment.
/20	[Senate
No exact estimates have been made in regard to the income
that would probably be realised to the State from a furnace of
the description recommended. It is believed, however that the
erection of this establishment will be found beneficial to the State
furnishing a revenue which shall be a fair equivalent for the ex-
penditure, and in which convicts can be employed with profit to
the State, and in a manner that shall not interfere to the preju-
dice of that large class of our fellow citizens engaged in mechani-
cal pursuits. The necessary labor in the erection of a furnace
could be performed by the convicts without citizens labor, there-
by saving much expense ; but in order fully to complete the ar-
rangements, a specific appropriation of $15,000 to $20,000 will
be necessary.
Many of the difficulties under which this prison has heretofore
labored, have been recently removed. Two years since, it re-
quired from 36 to 40 hours to reach the prison from Albany,
travelling a portion of the way over roads almost impassable for
teams. Now the entire distance, with the exception of 16 miles
by plank road, is performed by steam, in about one-fourth the
time formerly required ; and within the period referred to, six
different railroad lines have reached the banks of Lake Cham-
plain, where previously there were no railroads within the State
reaching the waters of that lake. Other lines are in progress of
construction, so that this section of the State, and this prison
will no longer be excluded from the market.
In point of position, it will be seen that it enjoys advantages,
which, if not equal to the other prisons in this respect, is highly
favorable to the development of its resources, and the success of
its industrial operations.
The objection which has sometimes been urged, that convicts
cannot safely be entrusted with the manufacture of iron, is now
known to be entirely without foundation. Many branches of
business are carried on in the other prisons requiring far more of
skill, and care, and faithfulness of the convicts engaged, than
would be necessary to manufacture iron from the ore, and no
difficulty is experienced in securing a satisfactory performance of
the most delicate work.81
No. 35.]
The total amount of cash receipts from all sources at the Clinton
prison, during the past year, was............. $25,864 10
The total amount of disbursements for all purposes,
was,............................................. 25,958 13
Excess of expenditures over receipts,....... $94 03
The indebtedness of this prison at the close of the last fiscal
year was about $12,000.
The nett amount of earnings of the convicts at this prison dur-
ing the fiscal year, including the estimated value of their labor
upon buildings, repairs and necessary improvements about the
grounds, is $20,016.65, and the daily average of convicts being
114, the earnings of each amounts to $.15.05. A large propor-
tion of these earnings, however, although valuable to the State
in the improvement of the prison property, is not available for
its support.
The last Legislature appropriated $S,000.00 for the payment
of the debts of this prison, existing prior to October, 1850, but
the law was encumbered by a provision which rendered $5,000.00
of that sum unavailable, and while the money remains in the
treasury, that amount of indebtedness has been added to the
liabilities incurred during the past year.
Upon careful estimates of the income and expenditures at this
prison during the present year, it is found that the following ap-
propriations from the State treasury, will be necessary to meet
its actual demands.
For the payment of the debts existing prior to the
1st of October, 1851,........................ $12,000 00
For current expenses and support the present year, 13,000 00
$25,000 00
Should the foregoing suggestions of the Inspectors in relation
to the manufacture of iron, be approved by the Legislature,
which we trust will be the case, a further^ appropriation of22	[Senate
$15,000.00, will be necessary to erect the requisite buildings,
furnaces and machinery.
PRISON ASSOCIATION.
The warden of the Sing Sing prison, has called our attention
to another attempt of a committee from the New-York Prison
Association, to usurp his authority and interfere with his man-
agement of the prison. It appears that the warden extended to
this committee the same privileges and facilities for prosecuting
an examination, which were claimed and exercised by the com-
mittee of the Legislature who lately investigated the affairs of
this prison, and also by his Excellency the Governor of this
State, but this was declined because the warden insisted upon
retaining the control of the prison, and being present when they
entered it. The course pursued by the warden is in pursuance
of the recorded rules and regulations of the Inspectors, and his
conduct merits an expression of our approbation as a prudent
and faithful officer.
The 4th section of the 5th article of the constitution of this
State, declares that the “ Inspectors shall have the charge and
superintendence of the State prisons, and shall appoint all the
officers therein.” The extraordinary claim set up by the Prison
Association is predicated upon a provision of their charter which
was granted previous to the adoption of the Constitution. Were
it otherwise, it is notpresumed that the Legislature would create
a pow er inconsistent with the spirit and letter of the organic law
of the State, and conflicting with and subversive of the authori-
ty of officers created by that instrument.
For some years previous to January 1848, the Prison Associa-
tion exercised an undue influence in the management of the
Sing Sing prison. Whatever the members of that association
may have designed to accomplish, their labors were certainly
unattended with any benefit to the State, the prison, or the con-
victs. At that time the prison was found to be nearly fifty
thousand dollars in debt, and upwards of three hundred con-
victs were without productive employment. Notwithstanding
the lash was freely used, and sometimes to an inhuman extent]23
No. 35. ]
the cruel lacerations of which were witnessed by officers and
members of that association, yet the discipline could scarcely
have been in a worse condition. A general complaint existed
among the contractors that the industrial affairs of the prison
were neglected, that the convicts did not perform a reasonable
amount of labor, and some of them have subsequently recovered
heavy damages for non-performance of the contracts on the part
of the State.
Itinerant phrenologists were introduced to examine the heads
of convicts by way of ascertaining if they had been rightfully
convicted, and the entire prison seemed to have been surrender-
ed to the wild and senseless speculations of sham philanthro-
pists and hollow hearted fanatics.
From this lamentable condition this prison has arisen to one
of comparative prosperity. By the aid of the State the enormous
indebtedness has been discharged, and the earnings of the con-
victs will now defray ordinary expenses. Several calamitous
fires have intervened, but the energy and industry of officers and
convicts have erected spacious fire-proof workshops upon the
ruins of those destroyed.
The introduction of the Croton water has been completed, the
Hudson River railway through the prison grounds has been con-
structed by convict labor, a massive stone building for mess
room, chapel, and hospital has been erected, and all the prison
buildings re-covered with slate.
While these works have been going forward, the contractors
have been supplied with men, and new contracts have been made
as fast as convicts could be spared from the State work.
We doubt if there is a penal institution in the world, in a bet-
ter condition in every point of view, than the Sing Sing prison at
this time. In the moral department, our chapels are crowded
upon the sabbath by attentive, and apparently interested congre-
gations, and the bible, prayer-book, and useful standard works,
have been substituted for French romances, and essays upon as-
sociation and fourierism.24
[Senate
An Inspector always in charge, keeps constant watch of the
provisions and sanitary tratment, listens to the complaints of
every convict, and compels every officer faithfully to perform his
duty. Such is the condition, and such the management of all
the prisons, and we doubt if it is within the scope of human wis-
dom to devise a more judicious or humane system for the safe
keeping and moral improvement of this erring class of mankind,
than we are now laboring to carry out under the law7 of 1S47.
With our knowledge of the past and present, wre shall long hesi-
tate before we consent to have the present prosperity disturbed,
and a system of mild and salutary discipline, which lias been
perfected by patience, forbearance and practical experience, des-
troyed by the meddlesome interference of any irresponsible asso-
ciation.
We wish it distinctly understood that w7e earnestly court inves-
tigation. We have nothing to disguise, and there is not a single
feature in the present management or discipline of any of the
prisons, we would not gladly expose to public view. Our prison
■doors are open to the public, and hundreds visit them daily from
almost, all parts of the world. But in the successful manage-
ment of this class of persons every thing depends upon discipline,
an implicit obedience of orders, and a strict compliance with
rules.
The Inspectors must obey the law under which they act, and
•any departure from its provisions renders them answerable to
your jurisdiction and liable to impeachment and removal. On
the other hand their authority must not be divided with, or tram-
pled upon by others, and their rules and regulations must be
strictly enforced by the subordinate officers. If the intelligent
and respectable portion of the Prison Association entertained views
different from us, and really imagine that they possess a co-ordi-
nate power in the management of these institutions, it may be an
act of charity upon the part of your honorable body to disabuse
them of that impression, which would relieve your prison officers
from much uncourteous interference and the expense and trouble
of further litigation.
The system of instruction adopted under the laws of 1847, ha*
been continued at all the prisons, by competent teachers who areNo. 35.j
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under the immediate supervision of the several chaplains, and
whose lalors have been attended with considerable advantage to
many of the convicts individually, and have imparted a reform-
ing influence to all. The reports of the chaplains and the ac-
companying communications of the teacher, detail particularly
the advancement made in this department, and give us the re-
newed assurance that important benefits are resulting to the moral
and mental condition of the convicts by the institution of schools
among them. Those reports also contain suggestions worthy of
consideration, and we would respectfully refer them to your in-
spection.
Since the introduction of the table system of eating at Sing ■
•Sing, the hours of labor correspond with those at Auburn, a table
of which will be found attached to the report of the agent of
that prison.
The warden of the Sing Sing prison has again called our atten-
tion to the subject of a wall about the prison buildings. This
matter has been urged upon the Legislature for several years
past, and every day the necessity for that improvement becomes
more apparent. Lately contractors have presented claims for
goods stolen from their workshops, during the hours when the
prison is closed, and urge their payment on the ground of the
exposed position of the property.
The warden truly sets forth the dangers and dfficulties which
he constantly has to contend with in the absence of the required
wall, and we can only refer to his report and renew our solicita-
tions that your honorable body will pass an act authorizing this
improvement, and providing the means for its construction.
The agent of the Sing Sing prison has referred to a number of
suits instituted against him and his predecessor, to recover dama-
ges, pretended or otherwise, arising from fires in the prison, and
other causes, in years past. The fire upon which one of these
suits was instituted,occurred in 1843, and the judgment rendered
for the plaintiffs was considered so manifestly unjust, that the
late agent, under the advice of counsel, carried up the cause upon
a bill of exceptions, where it is still pending.26	[Senate
Without intending to prejudice the just claims of any party,
truth compels us to say that in very many of these cases, suits
are instituted for the recovery of damages, and urged with re-
markable pertinacity, when, if the contracting party were an in-
dividual instead of the State, they would not he entertained for
a moment.
It is not pretended that the investment of capital, and the
disposition of property, where, to a considerable extent, they
are at the mercy of convicts, many of whom are constantly
irritated by what they conceive to be the hardships imposed
by the contractors, does not involve an extra degree of haz-
ard, and as an evidence that this is a general understanding,
the services of the convicts are obtained by the contractors
at a much lower price than is paid for similar services out
of the prison. Remove the hazard and danger which ever
have and ever must attend the investment of capital in our pri-
sons, and there is no reason why convict labor should not com-
mand as high a price as that of other men engaged in similar
employments; yet contractors, wTho take advantage of this con-
sideration, and obtain the services jof these men at prices ranging
from fifty to seventy-five per cent, below the usual standard, in-
sist that the State shall assume all the risk, and shall even make
good the damages which arise from causes which are either acci-
dental, or beyond the ability of man to account for. As the ex-
pense of defending suits of this kind, to say nothing of the trouble
and loss of time incurred by the oflicers, is becoming an item of
some importance, we have thought it proper to call the attention
of the Legislature to the subject, that, if possible, a remedy may
be provided.
For the conditions of the contracts existing in the several
prisons, as well as for detailed statements in relation to all mat-
ters connected with the finances, property and business transac-
tions, we would respectfully refer to the accompanying reports of
the several agents.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
ALEX. H. WELLS,
DARIUS CLARKE,
W. P. ANGEL,
Inspectors of State Prisons.__1. . .1 1 !■_! 1 '—■■■■_
DOCUMENTS
IN RELATION TO AUBURN PRISON.f


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AGENT’S REPORT.
State Prison, Auburn, 1
December 1st, 1851.	$
To the Inspectors oj State Prisons:
Gentlemen—In conformity with the requirements of the stat-
ute, I herewith present you a statement of the fiscal operations
of this prison during the year commencing October 1st, 1850,
and ending September 30th, 1851.
By reference to “ Statement A,” it will be seen that the total
amount of cash received from all sources during the year, in-
cluding cash balance on hand September 30th, 1850, was
$7S,764 06
And the total amount of expenditure for all pur-
poses was..................................... 88,546 00
Leaving a balance against the prison September 30,
1851, of. ....................................... $9,781	94
The earnings of the prison during the year “ State-
ment B,” amount to................................. 72,529	06
And the expenditures for ordinary support during
the same time,................................... 69,897	86
Excess of earnings over the amount paid for ordi-
nary support,....................................... 2,631	20
The cash resources September 30th, 1851, w7ere
“ Statement C,”................................... 3,546	49
The inventory of State property on hand at that
date amounts to “ Statement E,”.............. 27,681 42
An increase over last year of................. 969 12
The daily average number of convicts was 752, an increase
over last year of 9130	[Senate
The daily average earnings of each convict was29 cents, which
contrasted with last year shows an increase of 7 mills.
The daily average expense of each convict was 26/^ cents.
The daily average number of convicts employed on contract
was 643.
The daily average earnings of each convict actually employed
on contract was 45T\ cents, an increase over last year of 1TV cents
per day.
The outstanding debts against the prison on the 30th
day of September last were for building materials,
labor,&c.,........................................ $3,160	61
Labor and materials for new chapel, mess room,
hospital and dining hall........................... 4,006	28
For general support,.............................. 4,370	70
Total indebtedness,.............................. $11,537	59
From which deduct resources contained in u state-
ment C,” amounting to,................................ 3,546	49
Leaving an indebtedness of,.......................... $7,991	10
To which add balance on the 30th September against
the prison,........................................... 9,781	94
Leaving a total indebtedness for all purposes of,- $17,773 04
You are aware gentlemen, that I entered upon the duties of
agent on the first day of April last, six months of the fiscal year
having elapsed. During the six months that I have discharged
the duties of agent, I have ascertained that the indebtedness for
all purposes other than for the building of the new hospital,
chapel, &c , (contracts for the labor and materials of which had
been made by the late agent,) amounted at that date to the sum
of,.............................................. $13,567 65
Of which for building, repairs, &c., at the time was, 8,619 71
Leaving bills contracted for ordinary support and
unpaid of,..........................................
$4,947 9431
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At the same time I found a scanty supply of clothing and bed-
ding, about one hundred barrels of beef was the principal supply
then on hand, and of course every article needed for ordinary
support had to be supplied.
It will be perceived by reference to “ statement A,” that the
payments for rations amount to $21,892.05, which is an excess
over last year of $3,643.35.
Also the amount paid for stock, tools, materials, &c., was
$4,119.37, an increase over last year of $3,945.30.
This apparent increase arose in consequence of the fact that the
expense for wool, leather, ticking, &c.,has this year been charged
to the account of “ stock, tools, materials, &c.,” instead (as former-
ly) to that of clothing and bedding.
The disbursements for the pay of officers during the
year was,.................................. $27,199 55
Excess over last year of,..................... 2,370 59
a larger number of officers being deemed necessary in consequence
of the increased number of convicts.
In regard to the inventory of the property belonging to the
State, a large amount was appraised at less prices than last year,
it being considered as valued at too high rates in the former in-
ventory, although worth as much now as at that time.
The amount paid lor ordinary support this year being
$69,897.86, shows an increase over the amount paid last year
(which was $56,165.87) of the large amount of $13,731.99, but
in order to make the figures appear as in strict justice they should,
it is proper to add to the account for ordinary support of last year
the sum which has been paid in this year, which, it is fair to pre-
sume, was not less than the amount then found due, which was
$4,947.94.
The above, deducted from the account for ordinary support
this year, makes the actual expense amount to $64,949.92, which
only exceeds the last year the sum of $3,836.11, and is probably
as near the true state ol expenditure under that head as possible32	|Senate
Taking the above estimate into consideration, the actual ex-
pense for the support of each convict 23rI * 3 * * *,f cents, instead of 26 [8,:
cents as hereinbefore stated.
In order to show the actual excess of earnings, over ordinary
support, the above sum of $1,947.91 (being the amount paid
during this year for indebtedness incurred for ordinary support
of last year) should be added to the sum of $2,631.20 herein
before stated as the excess of earnings for the present year, which
would show the actual amount of earnings over ordinary support
of this, to be $7,579.14 ; and also contrasting this year’s excess
of earnings, over ordinary support, with that of last year, the
sum of $4,947.94 should be deducted from the sum reported as
the excess last year, which would make that amount to $7,468.94.
The work on the new mess room, chapel, hospital &c., which
was commenced by the late agent, has been, under the instruc-
tion of your board, continued by me. The building is 225 ft.
long and 60 ft. wide, the first story for mess room, to be 14 ft. in
the clear, and the second story for chapel and hospital, to be 24 ft.
in the clear; the walls are 3 feet thick, of lime stone, the outer
doors to be made of iron, all the windows to be grated, and the
whole to be made prison strong.
The foundation has been laid and walls raised some 4^ feet
above ground to the window sills, all the stone for caps and sills
for doors and windows are cut and delivered. I have suspended
all the mason work and covered the walls, to secure them from
the storms during the winter. I intend to re-commence building
operations as early (as the weather will permit) in the spring ;
the crowded state of the present dining hall, renders its speedy
completion of the utmost importance to the comfort and health
of the convicts.
I have completed for the dye house, by order of your board, one
shop 27 ft. wide, 60 ft. long, 2 stories high, and one shop 16 ft.
by 52, and one shop 31 ft. by 16 ft., the last built of brick, the
others built of wood and filled in with brick. I have built a
brick building 24 It. by 30 ft. for soap house with a fire proof
vault for ashes, also a blacksmith shop 14 by 26 feet for the use33
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of the men in State employ, a brick coal house 16 by 20 feet for
the machine shop, and rebuilt, and laid in hydraulic cement, one
of the large reservoirs in the centre yard. About 1000 feet iron
water pipe, from 4^ to 7 inches in diameter, has been laid down
in the yard for the better accommodation of the prison, and more
effectual security against fire. For the accommodation of the
machine contracts a building, 27 by 104 feet, has been completed
to be used for the manufacture of iron boilers.
The tool shop has, during the last year, undergone thorough
and expensive repair, and has been extended 60 feet. The roof
has been trussed and the columns, which formerly so much
obstructed the shop, taken out, additional windows put in and
floor repaired. This shop is in good condition and will not need
further expense. It is now capacious enough for the accommo-
dation of the increased number of men on that contract.
The cooper shop has had a number of new windows inserted
and will not need further repairs at present.
The stone wall, dividing the cooper’s and tool shop yards, I
have removed, which enables the guards on duty on the east cross
wall to have a clear view of both yards. A road has also been
McAdamized from the north gate to the wood house, a distance
of about 1,500 feet.
When the buildings for chapel, mess room and hospital are
completed we shall not require any more buildings for prison
use. The shops being new no extensive repairs will be needed
upon them, and for years to come, this Prison will not be sub-
jected to any large expenditures for builing purposes with the
exception of new roofing the main buildings, which will be
necessary.
The great necessity for more ample room for the hospital
department, better ventilation, the* crowded condition of the
dining hall, its low ceiling and dampness, render it very impor-
tant and necessary that the improvements commenced should be
completed with as little delay as possible.
[Senate, No. 35.]
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Senate
The following estimate will show the amount necessary for the
completion of the building, and also cancel the general indebt-
edness of the prison :	.
Estimated cost of mess room, chapel and hospital,. $18,000 00
Am’t to pay general indebtedness for all purposes, 13,766 26
• — ■ ■
$31,766 26
In order to complete the above building and pay olf the exist-
ing indebtedness of the prison it will be necessary to obtain aid
from the State by way of a loan or otherwise, the opinion being
confidently entertained that the future surplus earnings will
within a fe.w years reimburse the amount which the unfinished
condition of the buildings and the existing indebtedness of the
prison, now render in my judgment indispensable to be advanced
by the State.
I have deemed it my duty to thus present to you the present
financial condition of the prison, and to suggest the course that
seems to me to be necessary in order to relieve it from embarrass-
ment, and to put it in such a position as the best interests of the
State seem to require.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
C. W. POMROY,
Jlgent.
STATEMENT A,
Showing the cash received from all sources during the year ending
September 30th, 1851.
Cash balance on hand Sept. 30, 1850,............ $8,409 04
Cash received from
Cabinet shop, Hewson, Parsons & Se-
goine,.............................. $7,140	90
Tool shop, Casey,	Ketchell	& Co.,...	7,823	77
Machine shop, Beardsley, Keeler & Cur-
tis,.................................... 6,406	21
Carpet shops, Josiah Barber,.......... 29,178	84
Carried forward, ...........$	$35
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Brought forward,...............$	$
Shoe shop, E. P. Ross,................ 5,583 57
Cooper shop, Van Tuyl & Freeoff,......	3,614 45
Hame shop, Hayden & Letch worth,...	5,769 76
Visitors,........................ $1,699	00
Convicts’ deposits,............... 145	30
For rations sold,...................... 1,714	21
“ building and repairs, (lumber sold)	11	48
“ firewood, oil, &c., (wood	sold)....	28	00
On account of prison:
For United States convicts,.................. $773	82
“ swill, old kettle, mill	stones, &c.,.	215	71
« rent,.................................... 170	50
“ 2 horses,................................. 80	00
Total receipts,
Cask expended during the year ending Sept. 30tk, 1851
For rations,........................................
“ hospital,......................................
({ clothing and bedding,.........................
« building and repairs,..........................
“ firewood, oil, &c.,............................
“ hay, grain, &c.,...............................
“ stock, tools, &c.,.............................
“ furniture,.....................................
“ printing and stationery,.......................
“ discharged convicts,......................
“ salaries of officers,..........................
“ pay of guards,.................................
u miscellaneous,.................................
65,517 50
3,597 99
1,240 03
$78,764 56
, as follows:
$21,892 05
543 50
3,716 66
19,439 14
4,407 96
163 23
4,119 37
448 04
315 38
1,488 40
19,528 59
7,671 00
4,812 68
Total expenditures,
$88,546 0036
[Senate
STATEMENT B,	
Showing the earnings of the Auburn State prison for the year ending September 30th, 1851.	
Cabinet shop. Hewson, Parsons and Segoine, contractors for con- vict labor,		$7,140 90
Tool shop. Casey, Ketcbell & Co., contractors for convict labor,	7,823 77
Machine shop. Beardsley, Keeler & Curtis, contractors for convict labor,		6,406 21
Carpet shop. Josiah Barber, contractor for convict labor,		31,735 87
Shoe shop. E. P. Ross, contractor for convict labor,		5,583 57
Cooper shop. Van Tuyl & Freeoff, contractors for convict labor,.	3,614 45
Hame shop. Hayden & Letch worth, contractors for con. labor,.	5,769 76
Prison. Rent, swill, &c.,	 $386 21 Support of U. S. convicts,	 535 63 Visitors,	 1 ,699 00 Add for sales of sundry articles pur- chased for prison use and reckoned as part of the expenditures,	 1,833 69	4,454 53
	
Total earnings,		$72,529 06No. 35.]
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STATEMENT E—(Continued.)
Showing the expenditures for ordinary support, #c., during the year
ending September 30th, 1851.
Total amount of expenditures during the year as per “ Statement
A,”............................................... $88,546 00
From which should be deducted, for
Extraordinary building and repairs,
Payments on new machine shop,
rug “
brussels, “
New soap house,
boiler shop,
wood house and blacksmith shop,
Water pipe through the walls, and for a por-
tion of materials for mess house and hospital,
&c., about......................$16,862	61
Extra printing and stationery.
Advertising proposals for convict labor,	17	19
“ notice of applications for
pardons,.................................. 5	50
School books, registers and blank work,	59	19
Miscellaneous.
Costs in Hill’s and Barber suits,.....	847 26
Judgment and interest in favor of H H.
Cooley & Co.,........................... 309	39
Gas fixtures, pipes, burners,brackets &c.	547	00
18,648 14
Actual expenditures for general support,...
$69,897 8638	[Senate
STATEMENT C,
Shouting the, resources of the Auburn State prison September 30th,
1851.
Accounts.
United States, support of U. S. convicts,....... $535 63
Josiah Barber, convict labor, September earnings,.	2,557 03
A. H. & J. Burt, grease sold,................... 67 70
Douglass & Billings, brick sold, ............... 286 00
Sundry accounts against different individuals for
wood, job work, &c.,......................... 100 13
Total cash resources,........................ $3,546 49
STATEMENT D.
Synopsis of Inventory of State Property of the State prison at Au
burn, September 30th, 1851.
Rations—Pork, potatoes, wheat, corn, molasses, &c.,	$2,316 14
Kitchen—Stoves, caldrons, cans, tubs, tables, pails,
desk, &c.,................................... 1,223	56
South wing—Stoves, hammocks, tubs, furnaces, &c.,	800	58
Chapel—Benches, chairs, stoves, stools, brooms,
desk, &c.,..................................... 139	06
North wing—-Hammocks, mattrasses, blankets,
stoves, tubs, &c.,......'................. 1,735 48
Old hospital—Lamps, globes, lumber, mattrasses,
stoves, &c.,................................... 130	13
Wash room—Caldrons, tubs, boards, pails, machine,
hand wagon,.................................... 106	68
Armory—Stoves, lamps, desk, benches,	&c.,......... 28	25
Gun room—Muskets and accoutrements, stands,
powder and ball, .............................. 235	25
Guard house—Andirons, stoves, desk, chairs, pails,
tubs, brooms, &c.,............................... 8	75
Wheel house—Stove, rake, wrenches, hooks, ham-
mer, ladders, &c.,................................. 38	40
Carried forward,...................... $/
No. 35.]	39
Brought forward,....................... $
Dead room—Old tools, old castings, brooms, stove,
baskets, &c.,.................................... 169	95
Barbers’ shop—Stove, sink, kegs, glass, stands,
chairs, &c.,....................................   17	70
Tire-engine house—Engine and hose, sleds, benches,
buckets, stove, &c.,........................... 1,469	38
Stable—Horse, carriage, waggon, harness, hay,oats,
&c.,..........................................    303	18
Coopers’ shop—Stoves, desk, kids, tubs, pails,
chair, &c.,....................................... 85	35
Tool shop—Stove, desk, chairs, tubs,pails, kids,&c.,	64	38
Hame shop—Desk and fixtures, stoves, cups, tubs
and pails, towels, &c.,........................... 55	60
Carpet shops, (5,)—Desks, chairs, stoves, tubs,
pails, kids, cans, &c.,.......................... 246	50
State shop—Lumber, cast pipe, paints, tools, stoves,
plaster, &c.,.................................. 1,948	05
Lower yard—Cast shafting, drums, pullies, shanty,
pumps, &c.,...................................... 118	00
Soap house—Barrels, caldrons, grease, pails, tubs,
tools, ashes, &c.,............................... 171	73
West yard—Timber, steam-pipe, pumps, caps and
sills, &c.,...................................... 685	36
State cellar—Engine and hose, stoves, burr stones,
old iron, hinges, &c.,........................... 350	12
Machine shop—Shafts and pullies, steam-pipe, desk.
chairs, tubs, pails, &c ....................... 1,506	80
Cabinet shop—Steam-engine, shafts, wheel and
gearing, desk, &c.,............................ 1,604	86
Shoe shop—Stove, desk, wardrobe, benches, tools,
shoes, stock, &c.,............................... 537	54
State tailor and lace shop—Stove, desk, benches,
clothing, cloth, yarn, tubs, &c.,.............. 6,343	86
Dry room—Stoves, kettles, benches, cloths, poles,
&c.,.............................................  16	00
Spin shop—Carding machine, shafts, pullies, belts,
pails, &c.,....................................... 1,000	36
' Carried forward,......................... §40
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Brought forward,......................... $
South attic—Window frames, old machinery, doors,
' &c.,.................................................  29	60
Agent’s office—Stove, sofa, chairs, desk, book case,
tables, &c.,........................................ 154	50
Keepers’ hall—Clock, stove, chairs, desk, pails,
keg, &c.,............................................ 34	63
Clerk’s office—Clock, stove, desks, safe, stationery,
chairs, &c.,......................................   604	46
Warden’s apartments—Stoves, cupboards, tables,
oil cloth, clocks,	&c.,............................. 119	75
Warden’s kitchen and hall—Gas fixtures, settees,
&c.,................................................ 518	00
Chaplain’s office—Desk, book-case, wardrobe, table,
books, &c.,......................................... 909	25
Clothes room—Clothing, hats, caps, boots, shoes,
&c.,...............................................  532	75
Hospital—Medicines, instruments, apparatus, cots,
Stoves, &c.,...................................... 1,147	48
Front gate and yard—Bells, yokes and fixtures,...	174	00
Total,.................................... $27,681 42
State of New-York, ) gg
Cayuga county,	)
Charles W. Pomroy, agent, and William B. Smith, clerk of the
Auburn State prison, being duly sworn, depose and say, that the
foregoing synopsis is correct and true, according to the best of
their knowledge and belief.
C. W. POMROY, Agent,
WILLIAM B. SMITH, Clerk.
Subscribed and sworn before me, )
this day of Dec. 1851.	5
D. Clark, Inspector of Slate Prisons,
and Inspector in charge.No. 35.]
41
Auburn Prison, )
JYov. 1, 1850. \
To the Inspectors of State prisons:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true state-
ment of the monies received and expended for the general sup-
port, &c. of said prison during the month ending Oct, 31st, 1850.
Balance brought from September acc’t,.............. $8,409 04
Cash received this month, from
Carpet shop, Josiah Barber,............. $2,699	28
Hame “ Hayden & Letch worth,...	448	86
Tool « Casey, Ketchel & Co., ...	400	00
Cabinet, “ Hewson, Parsons & Se-
goine,................................... 628	06
United States convicts, for support of,..	773	82
Convict deposits,... .'...................... 5	06
Visitors, 817 persons,........,....... 204 25
---------- 5,159 33
$13,568 37
Cash expended this month, for
Rations.
Chauncey Pease, 183rV bushels corn,.. $109 90
James R. Hadden, 30 j'j u “	.	18 40
Aaron Hayden, 10	“ beans,. 10 00
H.	T. Dickinson, 1,092 lbs. beef,..	27	30
E. & J. Osborn, 2,183 lbs. “	  54	58
V Wilcox & Co., 1,816 Jibs. “	....	45 42
James R. Hadden, 26?u bushels corn, .	16	08
Cook Tyler, 31^ bushels potatoes,...	7	88
I.	T. Carr, 1,340 lbs. beef,............ 40	20
D. H. Foster, Jr., 464 lbs. beef,...	13	92
James L. Treat, 30£ bushels turnips,..	7	63
John E. Patten, 1,450 lbs. beans,...	36	25
Amos Hoadly, 13| bushels beans,.....	13	50
Isaac Sheldon, 1,716 lbs. mutton,...	42	90
James Warner, 8 bushels beans,......	8	00
Carried forward, ............. $42
Brought forward,............... $
I. S. Fowler, 19 bushels beans,.......	19 00
H. T. Dickinson, 1,800 lbs. beef,.....	45 00
Francis Hunter, 10 bushels potatoes,.. 4 40
A. H. Dickins, 22 bushels beans,......	22 00
John E. Patten, 820 lbs. beef,........ 20 50
Amos Hewitt, 408 lbs. beef,........... 10 20
G. W. Reed & Co., rice, &c.,.......... 11 41
Wm. Hills & Co., flour, grinding, &c.,.	50 03
A. C. Munger, butter, sugar, rice, &c.,	57 53
Hospital.
David Mills, 98 quarts milk,...................
Clothing and Bedding.
Edward Hunt, 2 coats, 1 hat,........ ' $5 50
Peter McKibbee, 2 coats,............ 5 00
James Parks, 2 coats,............... 4 50
Clarissa Maynard, 3 coats, 2 pair pants,
1 hat, 1 pair boots,.............. 12 00
Henry H. Cooley & Co., 4 doz. pairs
suspenders,....................... 4	00
Wm. Buckhout, fulling 3 U	yds.	cloth,	10	25
Robert Howland, 1 coat, 1 pr. pants, 1
hat,............................. 3	50
Abraham Midwood, 176f yds. sheeps
gray cloth,...................... 88	38
Maria T. Markham, 2 coats,..........'	4 00
George Sherwood, cloth, needles,	&c., .	21	08
H. Woodruff, cotton, flannel, sheeting,
batting, &c.,.........................  65	22
F. L. Griswold & Co.,canvass, wadding,
buttons, &c.,.................... 12	77
Abram Marsh, 1 coat,............... 2	00
Robert Jenkins, 2 coats, 3 pair pants, 1
vest, ................................. 10	00
Carried forward,
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$692 03
3 62
248 20N
No. 35.]	43
Brought forward,........................... $
Building and Repairs.
Thomas Sherman, removing rug shop,..	§15	50
Loren Patchin & Co., 778 bushels lime,	97	25
W. H. & F. Kelsey, 50,000 brick,......	200	00
Philip Van Arsdale, ft. lumber, .	40 00
How & Johnson, tin, and roofing new
shops,............................... 2,228	28
Douglass & Billings, 745 days work on
new shop,............................ 1,334	99
George B. Chase, stone for new shop,..	155	12
Fire Wood, Oil, fyc.
John W. Haight & Co., 20 gallons camphene, and
barrel, ...........................'...........
Hay, Grain, fyc.
Horace Maynard, 91 bundles straw,...	§2 27
A. C. Hutchings, 7 bushel oats,.......	2 63
Printing and Stationery.
Bryan & Moores, advertising proposals
for convict labor,................. 4 75
S. S. Riggs, do	do	do	4 43
Brown & Rowe,	do	do	4 33
Croswell & Shaw, advertising notice for
pardon of J. D. Crowley,.............. 4 00
Discharged Convicts.
Paid discharged convicts this month,.........
Furniture.
A. C Monger, 2 dozen brooms,.................
Salaries of Prison Officers.
Pay roll, officers, keepers, and teachers,
Pay of Guard.
Pay roll of 20 guards,.......................
Carried forward,....................
4,071 14
12 00
4 90
17 51
. 159 77
3 50
1,495 73
600 0044	[Senate
Brought forward,.......................... $
. Miscellaneous.
Zebulon Holmes, G days as	sub. guard,	$5	91
Lewis Markham, 25 do	do	25	00
James M. Gale, 6 do 24 ni’ts do	32	91
John Husk, 13 do	do	13	0
W. B. Hatfield, 1 do ....................... 1	00
Chas. Nicholson, 5 do ...................... 5	00
Joseph Philan, convict deposit refunded,	82
John Blanchard, do	do	5 38
Nathan Woodmansee, do	do	25
James Parks, pricking State horse,....	5	00
John Heany, 297 pounds tobacco,......	47	26
H. K. Garlin, one horse for State,...	100	00
J. H. Bostwick, twenty affidavits of
agent and clerk,......................... 2	50
E. A. Warden, one quarter letter post-
age, ...................................... 14	83
S. W. Reed & Co., one box tobacco, ...	4	63
A. C. Munger, tobacco, brushes, British
lustre, &c.,............................. 8	93
-------	272	42
Total expenditures, .......................... $7,580	82
Balance to new account, ....................... 5,987	55
.	$13,568 37
State of New-York, 1 sg
Cayuga county,	j
Benjamin Ashby, agent, and William Andrews, clerk, of the
Auburn prison, being duly sworn, depose and say that the fore-
going account is correct and true, according to the best of their
knowledge and belief.
BENJAMIN ASHBY.
W. ANDREWS.
Subscribed and sworn before me, \
this 11th day of Jan’y, 1851. j
James II. Bostwick, Justice of the Peace.No. 35.]
45
Auburn Prison, )
December lrf, 1850. j
To the Inspectors of State Prisons :
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true state-
ment of the monies received and expended for the general sup-
port, &c. of said prison, for the month ending November 30th,
1850.
Balance brought from October account,............. $5,987 55
Cash received this month from
Machine shop, Beardsley, Keeler &
Curtis,............... $1,063	22
Shoe	“	E. P. Ross,_____.....	700	00
Tool	“	Casey, Ketchel & Co.	853	96
Cabinet	“	Hewson, Parsons &
Segoine, ...............  573	14
Cooper	“	Van Tuyl & Freeoff,.	276	45
Hame	“	Hayden & Letch worth	428	84
Visitors, 334 persons,..................... 83	50
Convict deposits,.......................... 16	60
Building and repairs, brick	sold,....	1	50
Prison,	millstone	“	  50	00
---------- 4,047 21
$10,034 76
Cash expended this month for
Rations.
Wilcox & Co. 845 lbs. beef,............. $21	12
H. T. Dickinson, 871 lbs. beef,.....	21	77
Robert Black, 15 bushels beans,.....	15	00
Josiah Utter, cartage on potatoes,. ....	1	50
W. G. Simpson, 9 bush, barley,......	5	06
Milton Rooks, 1,842 lbs. beef,c.....	55	26
S. L. Compton, 50 barrels salt,.....	43	75
John T. Carr, 525 lbs. beef, ............ 15	75
James N. Bonnet, 7| bush, beans,....	7	50
FosterKinyon, 1,176 lbs. mutton, ....	23	52
John E. Patten, 1,460 lbs.'beef,....	36	50
Carried forward, ............. $246 7346
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Brought forward,		$246	73	
Foster Kinyon, 1,683 lbs. mutton,....	33	66	
H. F. Dickinson, 1,237 lbs. beef,		30	93	
Harvey Lyon, 96 bushels wheat,		90	24	
Amos Hewitt, 904 lbs. beef,		22	60	
Nathaniel Lynch, 617 lbs. beef,		18	51	
William Duryea, 776 “ 		23	28	
S. E. Dewitt, 963 “ 	 Foster Kinyon, 8,135 “ $244 05 “ 3,866 lbs. mutton, 77 30	28	89	
	321	35	
Enos Greenfield, 920 lbs beef,		27	60	
Clement Doty, 312 “ 		9	36	
A. W. Ellis, 879 “ 		26	37	
Foster Kinyon, 1,779 lbs. mutton,....	35	58	
G. L. Hall, 14 bushels beans,....		14	00	
Elon Sheldon, 17i bushels potatoes,. ..	8	75	
Samuel Hewitt, 399 lbs. beef,				11	97	
H. S. Greenfield, 2,311 “ 		69	33	
Wm. Deviney, 623^ “ 		18	80	
John E. Patten, 530 “ 		13	25	
Wm. Garlock, 886| “ 		25	99	
John Monroe, Jr., 8,610 “ 		258	30	
Enos Greenfield, 1,816 “ 		54	48	
H. D. Chamberlain, 2,891 lbs. beef,. ..	86	73	
Wm. Hills & Co., flour,		292	06	
A. S. Hope & Co., molasses and pepper,	380	03	
Isaac Sheldon, 580J bushels potatoes,			
5,805 lbs. mutton,		340	98	
J. H. Yan Arsdale, 345 lbs. beef,		10	35	
S. J. Hill, 369 lbs. pork,		14	76	
			$2,514 89
Hospital.			
David Mills, 121 quarts milk,				4 83
Clothing and Bedding.
John Pattey & Son, 1 bill of leather,.;	$165 41
Carried forward,........------- $	$
«47
No. 35.]
Brought forward,................ $
John Green, 4 doz. buckskin mittens,..	24	00
Wm.Buckhout,fulling349|yardscloth,	10	48
J. Ward, 1 coat, 2 pair pantaloons, 1
vest,.................................... 7	50
Charles A. Fitch, 4 vests,.................. 5	00
Nancy Butler, 1 coat,....................... 3	00
Wm. Buekhout, fulling 259 yds. cloth,	7	77
Wm. P Brown, 1 coat,........................ 3	00
John Husk, 2 coats, 3 pants. 2 vests, 1
hat,.............................. 10 00
Henry W. Peck, 4 pairs duck and freight,	42 80
Robert Jenkins, 2 coats, 3 pants. 3
vests,.................................  10	00
--------- 288 96
Building and Repairs.
G. W. Doud, bolts, bars, staples, hooks,
hinges, &c.,........................... 182	72
Geo. B. Markham, 80 days work as car-
penter and joiner, ....................... 171	00
S.	B. Brown, 100 stone window sills,
36 stone caps, 1 door sill, 2 door caps,
115 ft. flagging stone,................ 386	66
Chauncey Crippen, sand furnished for
new shop,.............................. 172	51
Beardsley, Keeler & Curtis, castings,
shafts, pullies, bolts, hinges, lead
pipes, force pumps, hangers, &c.,...	271 92
B. Tuttle & Co., 16 bunches shingles,..	30 00
W. H. & F. Kelsey, 68,800 brick,.....	275 20
--------- 1,490 01
Fire Wood, Oil, Sfc.
M. B. Converse, 2 cords of soft wood,.	4 50
T.	Hoadly, gas for October,.............. 176	70
--------- 181 20
Carried forward,........................... $48
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Brought forward,................ $
Hay, grain, ifc.
C. A. Hutchins, 7| bush, oats,.......	$2 G3
Horace Hayward. 200 bundles straw,.	5 00
E. C. & J. Witherill, 1,952 lbs. hay, ..	7 29
Wm. Duryea, 50 bush, oats,........... 16 00
-------- 3 431
Printing and Stationery.
Greeley & McElrath, advertising pro-
posals for convict labor,.............. $7 59
J. L. H. Denio, advertising for pardon
H. Hawkins,......................... 1 50
----------------- 9	09
Furniture.
H. W. Lyon, 9T6¥ dozen brooms,.................... 18 13
Discharged Convicts.
Cash paid discharged convicts,............................ 58	08
Salaries of Officers.
Pay roll, officers, keepers, and teachers,........ 1,541 66
Pay of Guard.
Payroll, 20 guard,....................................... 600	00
Miscellaneous.
Zebulon Holmes, 1 mo. substitute guard, $30 00
John Husk, 29^ days,	“	“	29	50
James Quigley, 2 nights	“	“	2	00
J. K. Shepard, 1 mo. 15 days “	<•	35	00
Robert Jenkins, 15 days	“	u	15	00	t
Theron Greene, 14 days taking inven-
tory State property,................... 21 00
Lawrence White, 14 days taking inven-
tory State property,................... 21 00
Oliver Stahlnaker, 6| days’ team work, 16 24
John Bachinstrass, cartage,............ 2 63
Carried forward,................. $	$49
No. 35.]
Brought forward,................. $	$
L. E. & W. II. Carpenter, use of horse
and buggy,......................... I 25
James Kipp, 2 nights watching for es-
caped convict,............................... 2	50
Wm. Kent, 1 £ days fixing pump,-------	2	<33
A. S.*IIope & Co., 212 lbs. tobacco, ...	16	62
Atwater, Murford & Co., 1,237 lbs. to-
bacco, .....a .... ■	■ .... ...a	234 01
Charles Stone, 431 lbs. tobacco, ......	90	39
James Smith, 150 feet hose, &c.,.......... 103	50
J. Gould, cartage,.......................... 4	45
--------- 678 23
Total expenditures,............................ 7,416 52
Balance to new account,........................ -	2,618 24
$10,034 76
Auburn Prison, 1
January lsf, 1851. }
To the Inspectors of State Prisons :
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true
statement of the monies received and expended for the general
support, &c., of said prison during the month ending December
31, 1850.
Balance brought from Nov. account,............. $2,618 24
Cash received this month from—
Carpet shops, Josiah Barker,............ $5,052	21
Cooper “ Chester Fanning,.............	200	00
Hame 11 Hayden & Letchworth,..	413	82
Tool “ Casey, Ketchel	&	Co.,	..	562	40
Cabinet “ Hewson, Parsons, & Se-
goine,.................................. 577	20
Rations, beef hams sold,........... 542	45
Convict deposits,................... 25	32
Prison, rent and swill,.................... 158	00
Visitors, 297 persons,...................... 74	25
------------ 7,605 65
$10,223 89
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450
[Senatb
Cash expended this month for rations.
Chester Gridley, 26 bushels potatoes,..	9	75
Edgar W. Saunders, 26 bushels wheat,	37	36
Smith & Farnham, 61 lbs. beef,.......	1	53
Salmon Tyler, 18 bushels beans,......	13	00
Enos Sheldon, 20 u potatoes,....	7	50
Wilcox & Co., 338 lbs. beef,............... 8	45
A. Vanderbilt, 289 lbs. beef,.............. 8	67
S. B. Bradford, 5| bushels beans,....	2	88
Jeremiah Harter, 2,663 lbs. beef,....	79	89
John Munroe,jr., 8,918 lbs. beef,....	267	54
A. W. Ellis, 834	«	  10	02
J. M. Seloren, 1,766	“	  53	98
A. Vanderbelt, 862	11	....	25 86
Horace Allen, 709	“	  21	27
W. Brinkerhoff, 1,863	“	  55	89
F. Murphy, 2,447	«	  73	41
Benjamin K. Sales,211 lbs. mutton,...	5	27
Jonathan Reed, 3,393 lbs. beef, _________ 101	97
H. C. Hutchinson, 889	“	  26	67
J. N. Starin,	50	bbls.	salt,..	43	75
C. G. Briggs, ag’t, freight on potatoes,
salt, molasses,......................  100	76
H. L. Knight & Co., 14£ bushel beans,	14	44
F. L. Griswold & Co., molasses &c.,...	98	00
David Eddiff, 638 lbs. beef, 1,513 lbs.
mutton,.............................    82	OO
A. W. Hollister & Co., 20 grain bags,	6	25
Enos Greenfield, 1,654 lbs. beef,....	49	62
Jonathan Reed,	8,755	“	   262	65
Jonathan Reed,	2,837	u ............. 85	11
H. A. Lamphen, 16,202 lbs. mutton,.. .	324	04
Isaac Sheldon, 5,782 u	...	144	55
A. J- Miller, 1,458 lbs. beef,............ 43	74
John E. Patten, 9,261, lbs. beef,....	277	83
Enos Greenfield, 2,218	“	  96	54
Foster Kinyon, 3,560 lbs. mutton, ....	71	38
Carried forward,................ $51
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Brought forward,................. $
James L. Treat, 12 bushel turnips,____	3 00
Philip Van Arsdale, 10,066 lbs. mutton,
1,404 lbs. beef,................... 293 77
Isaac Sheldon, 3,091 lbs. mutton,.....	77 27
E.	& W. Osborn, 4,542 lbs. beef,.....	113 55
---------$2,999 16
Hospital.
David Mills, 90 quarts milk,.......... 3 60
M. Ward & Co., drugs and medicines,.	247 11
Joseph T. Pitney, medical advice, ....	3 00
Richard Steele, drugs and medicines,..	5 01
--------- 258 72
Clothing and bedding.
Lathrop & Luddington, 8 bales Suffolk
and Manchester ticking,........... 471 11
H. L. Knight & Co., 37?, yards crash,
98| yards ticking, 3 pieces handk’s,. 17 58
H. B. Pomeroy & Co., muslins, calicoes,
burlaps, linens, surge, bagging, but
tons, &c.,........................ 91 78
F.	L. Griswold & Co., ticking, coats,
vests, pants, sheep’s gray cloths	&c.,	68 91
Charles P. Fitch, 2 coats,.................. 5	00
Robert Jenkins, 2 coats, 3 pants, 3 vests,	10	00
W. F. Segoine, 1 “	2	“	  5	00	.
John Kilborne,....................... 1000
John Chedell, 1 coat, l.pair pants,__	4	00
John H. Hewson, 1 coat,....................  3	00
John Brown, 2 coats, 2 pair pants,___	9	00
John Husk, 2 coats, 3 pants, 1 vest, 1 hat,	10	00
--------- 705 38
Building and repairs.
Putnam & Stewart, paints, window sash,
&c., for new shop,................... 244 75
G.	H. Doud, bolts, bars, spikes, &c., &c.,	187 38
Carried forward,................ $52	[Senate
Brought forward,................ $
Samuel Phelps, jr., 47,672 feet hemlock
lumber,........................... 476 69
Allen & Patchin, 169| bushels lime, ..	21 19
Thomas Strath, 3 loads of sand,......	112
--------- 931 13
Fire Wood, Oil, fyc.,
David Blenshaw, 7 cords wood,........	21 00
Auburn Gas Light Co., gas for Nov....	138 70
--------- 159 70
Printing and Stationery.
A. M. Clapp & Co., advertising pro-
posals for convict labor........... 4 60
E. B.	Spooner,............................. 5	00
J. C. Irison, stationery.............. 158 81
---h-------------- 168	41
V. i
Salaries of prison officers.
Pay roll officers, keepers & teachers...	152 25
Pay of guard.
Pay roll, 20 guard and extra,......... 712 00
Miscellaneous.
James R. Cox, adding and extending
inventory of State property,............. 5	00
Auburn and Syracuse R. It. Co. frieght
on,...................................... 2	82
Zebulon Holmes, 1 month substitute
night guard,	30	00
John R. Shepard,	do.......	30 00
John Husk, 26 days,........................ 26	00
Nathaniel Williams, 40£days team work,	101	25
Hiram Lee, convict deposit refunded,..	4	59
Gilman Berry, do do,.................. 5 05
Daniel Goodwin, 1 \ days team work,..	3 75
-----------	208 46
Carried forward,........................... $53
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Brought forward,........................... $
Discharged convicts.
Cash paid discharged convicts,........ 87 39
Total expenditures,.............. $7,782 60
Balance to new account,.......... 2,941 29
$10,223 89
State of New York, 1
Cayuga County,	)
Benjamin Ashby, agent, and William Andrews, clerk, of the
Auburn Prison, being duly sworn, depose and say, that the fore-
going account is correct and true according to the best of their
knowledge and belief.	BENJAMIN ASHBY,
WM. ANDKEWS.
Subscribed, and sworn before me, 1
this lltli day of January, 1851. j
James H. Bostwick, Justice of the Peace.
Auburn Prison, )
February \st, 1851. j
To the Inspectors of State prisons:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true state-
ment of the monies received and expended for the general sup-
port, &c.. of said prison, during the month ending January 31st,
1851.
Balance brought from Dec. account,	$2,441 29
Cash received this month from
Shoe shop, E. P. Ross,................. $1,091	77
Cooper “	Van Tuyl and Freeoff, ..	535	61
Machine “	Beardsley,Keeler &Curtis,	1,069	71
Tool “	Casey, Ketchel & Co.,...	664	53
Cabinet “ Hewson,Parsons&.Segoine,	637	32
Rations,.......................... 48	02
Convicts’deposits,................ 4	52
Prison, rent, grease, old kettle,	&c.,..	43	62
Visitors, 691 persons,........... 172	75
----------- 4,267 85
$6,709 1454
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Cash expended for general support.
Ration s.
Quick & Hall, G91bs. pepper, 1 bbl. salt,
and cartage,........................ $8 28
Chas. G. Briggs,agent, freight on 50 bbls.
salt,............................... 10	00
Hulbert B. Stiles, 10^ bushels barley,.	7 35
Z. Avery, 12| bushels	beans,............... 12	50
D. T. Pitney, 237f£	bush,	corn,......	142	63
Harrison T. Dickinson, 866 lbs. beef,..	25 98
, F. W. Walton, 294 lbs. beef,.......... 8 82
Isaac Sheldon, 1,230 lbs. mutton, 576
lbs. beef,............................... 48	03
Hospital.
Quick & Hall, 1 chest of tea, 63 lbs.,..	$18 90
II. G. Vananden, drugs and medicines, 6 32
A. McCrea, crackers,................... 18 50
David Mills, 93 quarts of milk,........ 3 72
R. Hathaway, 2 bush, apples,........... 63
Clothing and bedding.
E. P. Ross, leather,............ ..	$137 53
P. T. Watson, horse hide, sides, hipper
and kipp skins,.................... 31 50
Geo. Topping,21 doz. apron skins,....	12 50
J. V. Palmer, 1 coat,................ 3 00
Sylvester Schenk, 10 yds. canvass,. ...	2 50
W. H. Harrington, 602| lbs. sole leather, 102 46
Russell Chappel, 1GJ lbs. wool,......	4 13
E. Bertrand &Bro.,2doz.b’kskin mittens,	9 00
Wm. Buckhout, scouring and fulling
855 yds. cloth,;.......................  25	65
M. B. S. Eldred, 5 coats, 2 pants, 1 vest,	18	50
Wm. Andrews, 2	2 “	3 “	10	00
David Mills, 1 pair pants, 1 hat,....	1	75
Wm. Milk, 731J lbs. wool, 4 sacks,. ..	302	41
h cor. of
Carried forward,
$263 59
48 07
$
660 9355
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Brought forward,.......................... $
Building and repairs.
J. F. Terrill, screws, sash, cord, &c. ..	$3 42
Van Tuyl & Freeoif, repairing barrel,..	50
H. G. Van Anden, paint, oil and tur-
pentine,.............................	42 45
Beardsley, Keeler & C urtis, door weights,
stoves, &c.,....................... 37 24
Russel & Smith, 4 grates for shop stove,
9 iron doors, 1 cart wheel, and fitting
same,.......................... 177	18
Calvin Clements, work on water wheel,
and taking care of State shaft and
pumps, 8 months, ......................... 5	39
Allen & Patchin, 90 bushels lime,	....	11	25
Henry Lewis, frame and springs for
bells of fire engine,........... 5	75
--------- 283 18
Fire wood, oil. fyc.
Quick & Hall, 11 gallons spirit gas,...	$9 63
Auburn Gas Light Co., gas for the
month of December,............. 154	85
H. G. Van Anden, 238 gall’s camphene,
20 gallons oil,................ 137	13
Beardsley, Keeler & Curtis, 4 J	gall’s oil,	6	75
--------- 308 36
Stock, tools, Ss'c.
E. P. Ross, awls, hammers, pincers, and
rasps,................................   $22	90
Quick & Hall, 1 horse brush, 1 curry
comb,.............................. 94
H. G. Van Anden, 5 paint brushes,....	2 22
J. Choate & Son, r% doz. shears,......	4 50
--------- 30 56
Furniture.
Russell & Smith, 1 chaldron kettle,...	$25 06
Carried forward,............... $	$56
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Erought forward,................ $	$
Van Tuyl & Freeoff, 13 meat tubs,______	117 00
I. F. Terrill, 15 doz. knives and forks,
2 !-i doz. spoons,.................. 12 63
--------- 154 69
Printing and stationery.
Henry C. Scranton, 2 boxes steel pens,	1 80
Discharged convicts.
Cash paid sundry discharged convicts,,	51 75
Salaries of officers.
Pay roll, officers, keepers and teachers,	1,551 16
Pay of guard.
Pay roll of 20 guard and extra,.........	689 Ot
Miscellaneous.
Paris G. Clark, costs as att’y and coun-
sel in Hills’ suit,.................... 253 46
E. N. Warden, postage, quarter ending
December 31st, 1850,...................... 16	96
E. P. Ross, shoe nails, tacks, thread, &c.	13	63
Quick & Hall, 90 11s. old tobacco, 1 box
N. R. tobacco, 8 spittoons, 30 gallons
spirits,.................................. 44	63
I. F. Terrill, plain packing stone, 1
padlock,................................... 2	44
A. V. M. Suydam, balance on collar,
whip, &c.,................................. 6	25
H. G. Van Anden, lamp black and lamp
wicks,.............................. 91
Russell & Smith, 4 lbs. packing yarn,.	1	00
Lansing Briggs, visit and consultation
with Dr. Fosgate, at prison,............... 3	00
John H. Hudson, 41 days cutting and
packing pork,............................. 61	50
Carried forward,............... $	$57
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Brought forward,.............. $	$
J. Gould, cartage on salt from R. R.,..	2 50
James Quackenbush, convict deposits
refunded, . ........................... 25	00
James H. Bostwick, 26 affidavits,....	3	25
James H. Hamilton, 12 days work,....	25	88
Lansing Briggs, 2 examinations in case
of insanity,............................ 6	00
Hiram S. Woodworth, 1 horse,.............. 60	00
J. Augustus Hills, expenses in trans-
porting convict to Lunatic Asylum,.	8 00
Wm. Muir, 1 loom, harness and reed,. 8 00
--------- 542 51
Total expenditures,................ $6,585 60
Balance to new account,............ 2,123 54
$6,709 14
State of New-York l gg
Cayuga County,	$
Benjamin Ashby, agent, and William F. Segoine, clerk of the
Auburn prison, being duly sworn, depose and say, that the fore-
going account is correct and true, according to the best of their
knowledge and belief.
BENJAMIN ASHBY, Agent.
WILLIAM F. SEGOINE, Clerk.
Subscribed and sworn before me, >
this 22d day of April, 1851, J
Horace T. Cook, Justice of the Peace
Cayuga county.58
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Auburn Prison, )
March 1 si, 1851. J
To the Inspectors of State Prisons :
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true
statement of the moneys received and expended for the general
support, &c., of said prison, during the month ending February,
28th, 1851.
Balance brought from January account,.......... $2,123 54
Cash received this month from
Carpet shops, Josiah Barber,		$2,775	81
Cabinet shop, Hewson Parson, and Se-		
goine,		558	02
Machine shop, Beardsley, Keeler & Cur-		
tis,		508	60
Hame shop, Hayden & Letchworth,...	478	09
Visitors, 282 persons,		70	50
Convict deposits,		7	60
Prison hhds. sold,			50
4,399 12
$6,522 66
Cash expended this month
Rations.
Henry Underwood, 1,200jJ J bush. wheat, $1,125 55
M. H. Kenedy, 14| bush, beans,........	14 50
John Dean, 806 lbs. beef,............. 24 18
Wm Muir & Co., 38| bush, beans,_______	43 03
A. Godfrey, 2$ bush, beans, ,......... 2 50
John M. Sherwood, 26| bush, beans,..	26 25
------------- 1,236	01
<
Hospital.
David Mills, 93 quarts of milk,.......	3 72
A. V. Pulsifer, 47 £ chickens,........ 3 31
David Mills, 88 quarts milk,.......... 3 52
-----------------10	55
Carried forward,.......................... $1,246	5659
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Brought forward,........................... $
Clothing and Bedding.
J. 0. Barber, 4 pair pants, 1 coat,...	$7 50
Uriah Woodruff, 1 coat,............... 3 00
Richard A. Keyes, 1 coat,............. 2 00
C. & H. Carpenter, 20 old hats, 1 doz.
caps,.............................. 13 50
--------- 26 00
Building and Repairs.
Hayden & Letch worth, sundry repairs
on tools, doors, &c.,................. 38 99
Fire wood, Oil, #c.
Auburn Gas light co., gas for the month
of January,.......................................... 156	40
Stock, Tools, Sfc.
Eggleston & Wheaton, 5 pumps,.........	58 50
Isaac Sheldon, 38\ lbs. wool,......... 7 70
Wm. Milk, 286 lbs. wool,.............. 117 26
Samuel Taylor, 202 lbs. wool,......... 90 90
-------------------	274	36
Hay, Grain, &'c.
Isaac Sheldon, 975 lbs. hay,...................... 4 88
Discharged Convicts.
Cash paid sundry discharged convicts,.................... 40	50
Salaries of Officers.
Pay roll, officers, keepers and teachers,......... 1,562 56
Pay of Guard.
Pay roll of 20 guard and extra,................... 681 00
Miscellaneous.
Wm. Smith, arresting and returning
Head, an escaped convict,................ $00	00
James Van Valkenburgh, grinding flour
for prison,.............................. 30	18
Carried forward,.................... $90	18	$60
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Brought forward,.............. $90 18 $
James E. Tyler, expenses to Albany
and New-York, by order of board of
Inspectors, ............................. 45	50
David Wells, 1 clock for hospital, ....	2 00
John Vanderheyden, to filling ice house, 12 00
Thomas Brown, for cartage on salt, ...	1 63
Wm. B. Smith, 16 days services, assist-
ing clerk, previous to January 1,1851.	24	00
Abraham Stein, convict, deposit refun-
ded, ....................................... 2	10
Wells, Butterfield & Co. transportation
on prayer books,.................. 1	75
Wells, Butterfield & Co. transportation
on prayer books,.................. 4	00
Wells, Butterfield & Co. transportation
on Inspectors’report,............. 8	00
John Vanderheyden, expenses pursuing
escaped convicts,................. 2	00
C. & H. Carpenter, 2 buffalo robes,	...	13	00
--------	206	16
Total expenditure,........................... $4,237	41
Balance to new account,....................... 2,285	25
$6,522 66
State of New-York, 1
Cayuga County, ss:	$
Benjamin Ashby, agent, and William F. Segoine, clerk, of the
the Auburn prison, being duly sworn, say, that the foregoing ac-
count is correct and true according to the best of their knowledge
and belief.
BENJAMIN ASHBY, Agent.
WILLIAM F. SEGOINE, Clerk.
Subscribed and sworn, this 22d day )
of April, 1851, before me j
Horace T. Cook,
Justice of the peace, Cayuga County.No. 35.]
61
Auburn Prison, (
Jlpril 1 st, 1851.	$
To the Inspectors of State Prisons:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true
statement of the moneys received and expended for the general
support, &c., of said prison during the month ending March 31st-
1851:
Balance brought from February account,.........	$2,285 25
Carpet shops, Josiah Barber,........... $5,449	97
Tool shop, Casey, Ketchel & Co., ....	1,334	80
Hame do Hayden & Letchworth,...	996	67
Shoe do E. P. Ross,....................... 917	81
Cabinet do Hewson, Parsons &Segoine,	603	52
Cooper do Van Tuyl & Freeoff,........	624	39
do do Chester, Fanning, bal. due,	39	98
Machine do Beardsley, Keeler, & Curtis,	549	08
Prison, swill and grease sold,............ 411	97
Rations, beef and ham sold,................ 64	20
Building and repairs, old lumber and
stone sold,.............................. 9	98
Convict deposits,........................... 1	50
Visitors, 208 persons,..................... 52	00
----------- 11,055 87
Cash expended for general support:
Rations.
Cornell & Co., 17 bush, malt, 302 lbs. hops, 31
bush, barley, yeast, &c.,.............. $159	52
John E. Patten, 918 lbs. beef,.............. 27	54
Jonathan Paddock, 45 bush, potatoes,	35	06
Charles T. Ferris, 124±i bush, wheat,	124	68
Morgans, 93 bbls. pork,.................... 744	00
A. Berner, 11 do and 26 gal. vinegar,	35	43
George Snyder, 22] bush, potatoes,...	12	74
Lewis McCarty, 821 bush, parsnips,..	,30	94
E. & W. Osborn, 4,805] lbs, beef,....	144	16
A. 11. & J. Burt, 90 lbs. pepper,.....	8	10
$13,341 12
1,322 17
Carried forward,
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Brought forward,......................... $
Hospital.
A. C.Munger, sugar, butter, alum, rice, apples, &c.,	71 34
Clothing and bedding.
Horace Richardson, 1 coat, 2 pr. pants, $6 00
P. G. Cooke, 1 coat,.................. 3 00
Wm. Holan, 1 hat,..................... 50
Chas. P. Fitch, 3 pr. pants, 1 vest,....	6 00
Peter Foster, 7 coats,4 pr. pants, 5 vests,	30 50
Jacob R. IJorr, 1 coat, 2 pr. “ 2 “	6 50
George Clapp, 9 coats, 8 pr. pants, 3
vests, 2 hats,..................... 43 50
--------- $96 00
Building and repairs.
Hewson, Parsons & Segoine, base boards,
scantling, paint, cherry boards, tur-
pentine, &c.,................................ 29	02
C. T. Ferris, nails, pipes, water lime,
&c.,...................................... 61	91
Putnam & Stewart, 28 lights of glass,
sash painted, &c.,........................ 25	20
Loren Patchin, 210 bush,	lime,........	26	25
Russel & Smith, 545 lbs. cast wheel,
boring and fitting same,.................. 23	58
Ralph Somers, fixing gearing in spin
shop, 1 day,............................... 1	00
Alexander Graham, 12,000 feet timber, 150	00
Watrous & Osborn, glass, nails, iron,
screws, butts, belting, pullies, stove
pipe, &c.,............................... 672	89
A. H. & J. Burt, 11 kegs nails, 26
bunches shingles,........................ 102	50
Beardsley, Keeler & Curtis, bolts, smoke
pipe, pulley, repairs on water wheel,
&c.,...................................... 56	43
Carried forward,................ $	$63
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Brought forward,.'.............. $	$
Wm H. Van Tuyl, boards, plank, scant-
ling, lath, 1 door, labor, Ac.,.......	235 39
--------- 1,384 17
Fire wood, oil, Sfc.
Josiah Barker, 35 gallons lard oil, ....	$26 25
E. C & T. Witherill, 100 cords wood, 300 00
Henry McDonald, 65t4288 do do 192 15
Auburn Gas Light Co., gas for Feb., ..	150 87
A. H. & J. Burt, 190 gallons oil,......	150 40
--------- 819 67
Hay, grain, Sfc.
James Ashley, 1,050 lbs. hay,.......... $5 25
James Voorhies, 66 bundles straw,______	1 65
Chester Fanning, 70 bushels oats, fur-
nished in June, 1850,'................ 35 00
E. C. &T. Witherill, 513 bundles straw,	12 82
Isaac Sheldon, 1,000 lbs. hay,......... 5 00
--------- 59 72
Stock, tools, materials, fyc.
It. M. Van Sickle, 290 lbs. cotton yarn, $40 00
Josiah Barber, 2,8544 lbs. wool, 4 perch
stone, 73 lbs. iron, potash, cord, &c.,	922 81
Auburn Gas Light Co., burners, pipes,
fixtures, and putting up same,......	510 00
Chas. T. Ferris, stove pipe, shears, key
hole saw, &c.,...................... 95 24
Saul Taylor, 187 lbs. wool,............ 84 15
J. W. Rathbun, 66| do ................. 19 95
Watrous & Osborn, axes, knives, razors,
saws, hammers, shears, files, furnaces,
wrenches, &c.,...................... 234 65
A. C. Munger, 9 whitewash brushes, ..	5 06
--------- 1,911 86
* *
Furniture.
Chas. T. Ferris, 2 stoves, pipe, tea ket-
tle, 1 dozen lamps, 6 large ash ket-
tles, &c.,.................... $7438
Carried forward,.......................... $64
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Brought forward,................ $	$
Watrous & Osborn, 3 stoves, 1 large
iron kettle, spoons, pans, &c.,..... 105 66
---------- $180 04
Salaries of Officers.
Pay roll, officers, keepers and teachers,	$1,632 58
Pay of Guard.
Pay roll of 20 guard and extra,........	690 00
Discharged Convicts.
Cash paid sundry discharged convicts,	122 39
Miscellaneous.
P. Benson, attending and assisting as
counsel for deft, in Barber agt. State, $150 00
Paris G. Clark, disbursements in suit
Barber agt. State for witness fees, &c.,	77 50
Josiah Barber, coloring 78 lbs. black
yarn and flynet,.........................  4	93
Josiah Barber, overcharge on carpet
contract from March 1st to Nov. 1st,
1850,................................... 537	17
Chas. T. Ferris, 5 lanterns, padlock
and hone,................................ 11	25
L. Hinman & Son, 1 basket,...................... 50
Henry E. Essman, convict deposit
refunded,.................................... 85
Blanchard Fosgate, one examination in
case of insanity,......................... 3	00
Geo. H. Derby & Co., 300 books com-
mon prayer,................................. 60	00
Auburn & Syracuse Railroad Co., trans-
portation on one bale warp,................ 106
John Jarvis, convict deposit refunded,.	1	17"
John M. Dates, work done on fire engine,	1	50
John B. Lang, convict deposit refund-
ed,.........................................  6	60
Carried forward................. $	$No. 35.J
65
Brought forward,............... $	$
Stephen S. Austin, 5 saddle horses and
2 horses and buggies to pursue es-
caped convicts,............................. 8	00
Horace Cowell for pursuing and taking
escaped convict,........................ 10	00
Thomas Redman, for pursuing and ta-
king escaped convict,...................... 10	00
James E. Tyler, expenses in transport-
ing convict to Utica Asylum,.........	18 50
Auburn and Syracuse railroad trans-
portation on 3 bales sacking,........	3	99
E. Osborn, 1 days’ service cutting meat,	2	00
Clark Wilks, for pursuing and taking
escaped convict,........................ 10	00
Isaac Sheldon, 5 bbls. apples,.............. 5	63
T. M. Pomeroy, drawing 3 contracts, 3
leases and duplicates,.................. 12	00
Watrous & Osborn, 1 Fairbanks’ scales,
2 wheel-barrows, 2 dinner bells, locks,
padlocks, &c.,.......................... 45	52
A. H. & J. Burt, 5 boxes tobacco, 13
lbs. tallow,........................... 101	17
Josiah Barber, overcharge for weavers
on carpet contract in months of Nov.
and Dec. 1850, and Jan., Feb. and
March, 1851,........................... 328	70
Beardsley, Keeler & Curtis, 1| hemp
packing, 2 steel keys, 2 meat hooks,
&c.,..................................... 1	79
--------------------	1,412	83
Total expenditures,............................... $9,702	77
Balance to Chas. W. Pomeroy’s account,............. 3,638	85
$13,311 12
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State of New-York, )
Cayuga County,	j
Benjamin Ashby, agent, and William F. Segoine, clerk of the
Auburn prison, being duly sworn, depose and say that the fore-
going account is correct and true according to the best of their
knowledge and belief.
BENJAMIN ASHBY, Agent.
WILLIAM F. SEGOINE, Clerk.
Subscribed and sworn before me, )
this 22d day ot April, 1851.	$
Horace T. Cook, Justice of the Peace, Cayuga county.
Auburn Prison, \
May ls£, 1851. £
To the Inspectors of Sate Prisons :
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true
statement of the moneys received and expended for the general
gupport of said prison during the month ending April 30th, 1851 :
Balance brought from March account,............. $3,638 35
Cash received this month from
Carpet shops, Josiah Barber,		$2,640 16		
Cooper shops, Yan Tuyl & Freeoff,....	313 91		
Hame u Hayden & Letch worth,,.	524 51		
Cabinet “ Hewson, Parson and Se-			
goine,		578 83		
Shoe shop, E. P. Ross,		498 01		
Machine shop, Beardsley, Keeler and			
Curtis,		537 04		
Tool shop, Casey, Ketchel & Co.,		706 99		
Convicts’ deposites,		76 26		
Prison, horse sold,		30 00		
Visitors, 405 persons,		101 25	6,006	96
		9,645	31
Balance carried forward to May account, ....		2,979	39
$12,624 70\
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Cash expended this month for general support:
Rations.
Wm. Hiils & Co., for storing, grinding
and delivering grain from Aug. 1,
1850, to March 31, 1851,......... $193 04
Gilbert Pinkney, 169j® bushels corn,	101 66
John Esatten, 1591 lbs. beef,....... 47 73
Wm. Man & Co., 12J bushels beans,..	11 86
Smith Townsend, 30	“ turnips,	7 50
John O’Conner, 58|	<£	“	14 62
Henry Webb, 806 lbs. beef,.......... 24 18
Josiah Hopkins, 14 bushels beets, 1 do
turnips, 1 £ do onions,.......... 4 50
Henry Webb, 570 lbs. beef,.......... 17 10
Cornelius H. Van Vechten,200 bushels
potatoes, ............................ 112	50
Delos Bradley, 10^ bushels turnips,...	1	97
A. J. Beardsley, 9£ bushels beans,___	4	75
L. Townsend, 12 bushels turnips, ....	3	00
Samuel Busley, 27 bushels potatoes,	..	13	50
Chauncey Pease, 10“ wheat,.......... 8	94
L. Townsend, 14 bushels turnips,_____	3	50
---------- $570 35
Hospital.
David Mills, 108^ quarts of .milk............... 4 34
Clothing and Bedding.
George Sherwood, 60 vests, 42 coats,
35g yards cloth,................ 133	94
Francis Schmidt, 1 hat,............. 50
John H. Chedell, 4 coats, 2 vests, 1 hat,
1 cap,........................... 15	00
Hezekiah Mastin, 1 hat,............. 50
Wm. B. Smith, 1 coat, 1 pair pants, 5
vests,........................... 12	00
John Husk, 1 coat,.................. 3	00
Wm. L. Mott, 5 hats,................ 2	25
Carried forward,........... $	$
/68 .
Brought forward,............. $
Wm. F. Segoine. 3 coats, 3 pair pants,
4 vests, 3 hats,.................... 19 00
John Beardsley, 8 coats, 3 pairs pants, 28 50
Building and Repairs.
Wm. H. Van Tuyl, boards, plank, scant-
ling, timber, lath, labor, &c.,....... 7,301 99
How & Johnson, fixing smoke pipe in
machine shop, and roofing,......... 494 84
Thomas Strath, building sand,......... 75
Patrick Mullen, work on wheel house,	1 50
Firewood, oil, fyc.
Earl T. Frisbee, 201 cords wood,......	603 00
Orange Chapin, 25	do. .......... 75 00
H. W. Lyon, 13£	do............ 39 75
E. C. & T. Witherill, 37 cords wood,.. Ill 00
Stock and materials.
Wm. H. Van Tuyl, kip skins and sole
leather,............................ 07 69
Wm. Whitlock, force pump,.............. 20 00
Furniture.
How and Johnson, tin cups and basins,
Salaries of officers.
Pay roll, officers, keepers and teachers,
Pay of Guards.
Pay roll, 20 guards and extra,............
Discharged convicts.
Cash paid sundry discharged convicts,
Miscellaneous.
H. H. Cooley, judg. agt. State, fees on
execution, postage and interest,....	309 39
Carried forward,.............. $309 39
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$
314 69
7,799 08
828 75
117 69
14 50
1,707 67
619 00
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69
Brought forward,............ $309 39 $
W. B. Smith, copying contracts for in-
spector in charge,................... 4 00
John S. Jones, convict deposite refunded, 1 16
Choate & Brown, tips and scraps of horn,	50
John Husk, extra guard duty,......... 2 25
Wm. B. Smith, preparing contract book
for agent,............................... 6	00
Levi Johnson, convict deposite refunded,	59
John Williams, do do do	12
Daniel Goodwin, manure and carting
same,...................... ...... 5	37
Joseph P. Swift, for horses to pursue es-
caped convict,.............................. 2	00
David Jones, convict deposite refunded,	40
Philip Moran, do do do	40
Horace T. Cook, affidavits to reports of
agent and accounts	current,......	3	00
Elijah Willson, map of State of N. York,	4	00
--------- 339 18
$12,624 70
State of New-York, }
Cayuga county,	^
Charles W. Pomroy, agent, and Wm. B. Smith, clerk, of the
Auburn prison, being duly sworn depose and say, that the fore
going account is correct and true, according to the best of their
knowledge and belief.
C. W. POMROY, Agent,
Wm. B. SMITH, Clerk.
Subscribed and sworn before me, )
this 18th day of June, 1851.	j
A. C. Mtjnger, Justice of Peace, Cayuga county.70	[Senate
Auburn Prison, ?
June ls£, 1851. £
To the Inspectors of State Prisons :
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true state-
ment of the monies received and expended for the general sup-
port of said prison, during the month ending May 31st, 1851.
Cash received this month from
Carpet	shops, Josiah Barber,........... $2,788	06
Cooper	“	Van Tuyl & Freeoff, ...	355	94
Hame	“	Hayden &Letchworth, .	535	94
Cabinet u Hewson, Parsons & Se-
goine,..................... 004	01
Shoe	«	E. P. Ross,............ 506	89
Machine “ Beardsley, Keeler & Cur-
tis, ..................................... 570	55
Tool	“	Casey, Ketchel & Co....	749	57
Convict’s deposits,................... 19
Visitors, 542 persons, ............... 135 50
--------- £.6,246 49
Balance carried to new account,............ 2,277 15
$8,523 64
Cash expended this month for general support:
Balance from April account,.................... $2,979 39
Rations.
Ferdinand Lawrence, 155 lbs. hops, ..	$62 00
E. B. Elderson, 319 lbs. beef,...... 9 57
Samuel E. Decker,	440 lbs. beef,...	13	20
Smith & Farnham,	2,100	“	  63	00
John Wheaton, 58 ff bushels wheat,..	58 97
John E. Patten, 1,523 lbs. beef,....	45 69
Edward Wilcox, 900	“	...... 27 00
Wm. Moore, 97fi bush, wheat, $92.69
152f ® do corn, '82.28
------	174	97
Edward Nelson, 12£ bush,	turnips,__	2	34
John Dean, 996 lbs. beef,........... 29 88
Carried forward,No. 35.1
71
Brought forward,.............. $	$
H. T. Dickinson, 9,310 lbs. beef,....	279 57
Enos Sheldon, 13| bush, potatoes,....	5 06
J. M. Thornton, 120f£ bush, corn,----	63 94
Harvey Hunt, 135^ do ---------------- 73 18
Lockwood Hunt, 18j£ bush, wheat,...	17 58
John Coapman, 51££ do	..	44 96
Henry Webb, 311 lbs. pork, $19.38;
150 lbs. beef, $8.06; 69 lbs. beef,
$2.08,..............*.................. 29	86
Henry S. Dunning, 210f J bush, wheat,	210	55
John Frink, 36 bush, peas,................ 36	00
Silas Austin, 11^ bush, beans,............ 12	94
Silas A. Downer, 11^ bush, potatoes,..	7	19
“	44^	do	..	27 81
Orrin Brooks, 50 lbs. beef,.......... 1 50
Isaac Sheldon, 80 bush, potatoes,....	50 00
Silas A. Downer, 26 do	..... 16 25
John Smith, 4 bush, potatoes, 3 do beans, 5 50
---------- 1,368 51
Hospital.
L. Hinman & Son, butter, tea, rice,
sugar, &c.,.......................... $12 24
David Mills, 105| qts. milk,............ 4 21
John P. Pulsifer, 1 qt. port wine, 1
chicken,............................. 94
----------- 17 39
Clothing and bedding.
Charles Eldred, 3 coats, 3 pair pants, 1 vest, 2
hats,............................. $15	50
James E. Tyler, 2 hats,................ 1	00
George T. Pomroy, 2 pair pants, 1	vest,	4	00
Benj. Ashby, 5 coats, 8 pair pants, 8
vests, 5 h: ts,..................... 37 50
P. M. Eyan, 4 coats, 4 pair pants, 1
vest, 1 hat,....................... 19	50
John Husk, 1 coat, 2 pair pants, 6 vests,	11	00
Carried forward,.............. $	$72
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Brought forward,........... $
Silas Eastman, 1 coat,.............. 3 00
A. Bassett, 1 coat, 2 pr. pants,.... 6 00
L. H. How, 1 coat, 1 pr. pants, 1 vest,. 5 50
Benjamin Hermance, 1 hat,........... 50
Henry W. Peck, 10 pieces ravens’ duck 80 00
Win. Buckhout, fulling and scouring
cloth,.............................. 38 22
Building and repairs.
Chauncey, Conkling & Co., caps and
sills for new mess room, &c,........ 325 47
Beardsley, Keeler & Curtis, steam pipe,
casting and gearing,................ 314 60
J. & G. Clapp, lumber,................ 8 27
Deforest Sperry, 270 ft. maple timber, 2 36
Carr & Cartwright, 74 ft. oak plank,..	1 48
Sabin & Welty, lumber,................ 80 56
Firewood, oil, Sfc.
David Fries, 37g cords wood, in March,	119 63
H. H. Cooley & Co. 34£ “	“	102 75
Hay, grain, §~c.
N. Williams, 12 bush, oats, 1 do. grass
seed,................................... 8	00
Benj. Ashby, 1067 lbs. hay,................ 4	80
W. Kelley, 185 bundles straw,........	3	70
Wessel Haines, 15 bush, oats,.............. 5	63
Stock, tools, fyc.
James Leonard, 108^ lbs. sole leather,. 19 49
Saul Taylor, 349£ lbs. wool,.............. 125 82
221 72
732 74
222 38
22 13
145 31
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73
Brought forward,.........................
Printing and stationery.
Knapp & Peck, printing notices and re-
ports,.................................. $53 50
Derby & Miller, books, paper sand and
envelopes,.............................. 41 19
Salaries of Officers.
Pay roll, officers, keepers and teachers,.
Pay of Guards.
Pay roll of 20 guards,..................
Discharged Convicts.
Cash paid sundry discharged convicts,.
Miscellaneous.
Auburn and Syracuse R. R. freight on
molasses, &c.,.......................... $72	41
J. & G. Clapp, for repairs and exchange
of wagons, ............................. 165	63
Williams Stevens’ blacksmith account,	13	45
Ethan A. Warden, 1 quarter postage,	12	22
John Ramsey, convict deposits refunded	23	00
Saul Taylor, freight on wool from
Rochester,................................ 3	06
Van Tuyl & Freeoff, pounding barrel
and repairs,.............................. 4	50
David McLay, convict deposite refunded,	26
Chas. E. Van Anden, examination of 2
lunatics,................................. 6	00
Lansingh Briggs, examination of 2 lu-'
natics,................................... 6	00
Wm. Sunderlin, (warden), transporting
2 insane convicts to the asylum,____	9	71
Frederick Geign, convict deposite re-
funded,........................................ 55
Horace T. Cook, taking 4 affidavits to
reports, &c.,............................... 50
94 69
1,684 37
600 00
117 72
317 29
$8,523 6474
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State of New-York, ) gg
Cayuga County,	£
Charles W. Pomroj, agent, and Wm. B. Smith, clerk, of the
Auburn prison, being duly sworn, depose and say, that the fore-
going account is correct and true according to the best of their
knowledge and belief.
C. W. POMROY, Agent.
Wm. B. SMITH, Clerk.
Subscribed and sworn before me, )
this 18th day of June, 1851. 3
A. C. Munger, Justice of Peace, Cayuga county.
Auburn Prison, )
July ls£, 1851. 3
To the Inspectors of State Prisons:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true state-
ment of the moneys received and expended for the general sup-
port of said prison during the month ending June 30th, 1851 :
Cash received this month from—
Carpet shops, Josiah Barber,...... $2,603	09
Cooper u VauTuyl & Freeoff,....	306	73
Ilame “ Hayden & Letchworth,	493	22
Cabinet “ Hewson, Parsons & Se-
goine,............................ 530	73
Shoe shop, E. P. Ross,............... 478	25
Machine shop, Beardsley, Keeler & Cur-
tis,................................. 537	62
Tool shop, Casey, Ketchel & Co.,..	651	91
Convict’s deposite,.................... 5	42
Fire wood, oil, &c., wood sold,...	7	00
Prison, Swill lease, paint sold,.50	37
Visitors, 656 persons,............... 164	00
-------- $5,828 34
Balance carried to July account,.......... 3,501 06
$9,329 40
Cash expended this month for general support.
Balance from May account,........................ $2,277 15
Carried forwmrd,.......................... $2,277 15No. 35.]
75
Rations.
Brought forward,......................... $2,277 15
Darius Adams, 76 bbls. pork,........ $1,007 00
Silas A. Downer, 5 bush, beans,.....	6 25
S. S. Coonley,667 lbs. beef,........ 20 01
H. Hitchcock, 64ff bush, wheat,.....	62 06
E.	& W. Osborn,3,775 lbs. beef,....	113 25
W. Wheaton, 133±f bush, corn,.......	75 22
A. Sperry, 90/j bush, corn,......... 50 00
Isaac Mosher, 29 bush, corn,........	16 47
Allen Curtis, 370 lbs. beef,........ 1100
Myron Sears, 89 f § bush, wheat,....	89	72
Smith & Farnum, 106 lbs. beef,......	3	18
Stephen Cornell, 98 ff bush. corn,....	55	67
Jonathan Monroe, 40 f i do................ 22	89
Cyrus Wilcox, 1,536 lbs. beef,......	46	08
Henry Fellows, 149 bush, corn,....	83	88
Amelins Wheeler, 172 6'5 do............... 96	76	,
Lewis McCartey, 93do...................... 52	73
Elijah Gould, 10 bush, wheat,............. 10	00
------------$1,822	91
Hospital.
L. Hinman & Son, butter, tea, rice and
sugar,................................. $9	99
D.	Mills, 1084 quarts milk,............... 4	34
------------------	14	33
Clothing and bedding.
Lathrop&Luddington, bill, ticking,. ..	$163 10
F.	L. Griswold & Co, canvass and vest,	9 70
E.	P. Ross, 270 pair shoes made,...	92 81
Bejamin Hermance, 1 hat,............ 50
Geo. T. Pinkney, 1 coat, 4 pants, 5 vests,	12	75
Joseph Cooper, coats, vests and pants,	138	50
P. W. Ryan, 7 coats, 2 pants, 9 vests,
4 hats,.......................... 32 50
Philip Hoffman, 2 coats, 1 pants, 2 vests,	9	50
E. B. Cobb, 2 «	4	“	1 “	11	50
’	   470	86
Carried forward,......................... $76
Brought forward,.............. $
Building and repairs.
H. G. Van Anden, 2 boxes glass,........	$5 50
Douglass & Billings, mason work in
Dec. 1850,......................... 794	63
Douglass & Billings, mason work in
April, 1851,............................ 59	50
Beardsley, Keeler & Curtis, iron forges,
repairs on looms, &c................... 103	20
David Clark, repairing walks and sew-
ers outside, ................................ 6	75
Carr & Cortright, 136	feet maple plank,	1	70
Fire wood, oil, fyc.
Beardsley, Keeler & Curtis, 21 gallons
oil for engine,........................ 3	75
E. P. Ross, 3 gallons oil,................ 6	00
Orange Chapin, 25| cords wood,......	76	50
Aaron Hayden, 50£	“	  151	50
Auburn gas light co., gas for May and
April,............................... 223	13
Royal Quick, 258 bush, coal,............. 20	64
Hay, grain, Sfc.
John H. Van Arsdale, 15 bush, oats, ..
Stock, tools, fyc
E. P. Ross, leather and bench tools for
shoe shop,......................... 287 74
Gilbert Harlow, 35 lbs. wool,.......... 8 75
Printing and stationery.
Michael Cohan, 3 gross steel pens.
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971 28
481 52
6 00
296 49
3 00
Salaries of officers.
Pay roll, officers, keepers and teachers,................. 1,679 05
Carried forward,.................................. $77
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Brought forward,......................... $
Pay of guard.
Payroll, 20 guards,............................. 600 00
Discharged convicts.
Cash paid sundry discharged convicts,........... 236 40
Miscellaneous.
L. Ilinman and son, 2 corn baskets,. ..	$1 00
Lathrop & Luddington, interest on ac-
count, ............................. 285
Samuel Wilkes, storage on raft timber, 10 00
P. G. Clark, attorney and counsel fees,
&c.,.................................. 366	30
S. J. McWasher, 17| lbs. tobacco,....	4	72
Nathaniel Williams, 10 days labor, self
and team,.............................. 25	00
Amos Carr, convict deposit	refunded,	7	00
S. S. Graves, 6 cherry trees,.............. 2	25
John Steadman, convict deposit refund-
ed, ....................................... 5	25
Thomas Vanderheyden, convict deposit
refunded,.................................. 2
Betsey Philips, 4 doz. brooms,............. 7	00
A. C. Munger, taking 6 affidavits of
agents reports and account currents,	75
William M. Emburg, convict deposit re-
funded,................................... 21	65
Lafayette Smith, convict deposit re-
funded,................................... 50
John Nugent, convict deposit refunded,	09
Thompson Maxwell, team for pursuing
escaped convicts,....................... 3	50
David C. Patchin, capturing escaped
convicts and expenses,................. 12	50
John Earll, convict deposit refunded,..	03
-------- 470 41
$9,329 4078
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State of New-Yobk, )
Cayuga county,	)
Charles W. Pomroy, agent, and Wm. B. Smith, clerk, of the
Auburn State’prison, being duly sworn, depose and say, that the
foregoing account is correct and true, according to the best of
their knowledge and belief.
C. W. POMROY, Agent,
Wm. B. SMITH, Clerk,
Subscribed and sworn before me, \
this 14th day of July, 1851.	$
Horace T. Cook, Justice of the Peace,
Cayuga county.
Auburn Prison, )
August li'^, 1850. £
To the Inspectors of State Prisons:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true
statement of the moneys received and expended for the general
support of said prison during the month ending July 31st, 1851.
Cash received this month from
Carpet shops, Josiah Barber,............ $2,588	48
Cooper shop, Van Tuyl & Freeoff,......	316	66
Hame shop, Hayden & Letch worth,...	488	10
Cabinet shop, Ilewson, Parsons & Se-
goine,.................................. 587	28	*
Shoe shop, E. P. Ross,..................... 474	14
Machine shop, Beardsley, Keeler &
Curtis,................................. 541	36
Tool shop, Casey, Ketchel & Co.,......	654	07
Convicts’ deposits,................... 02
Prison,............................... 81
Fire wood, oil, &c.,......................... 4	50
Visitors,.................................. 171	50
--------- $5,826 92
Balance carried to August account,........... 4,023 59
$9,850 51No. 35.]	'	79
Cash expended this month for general support:
Balance from June account,................... $3,501 06
Rations.
Standard & Stamp, grinding 200 bush.
grain,............................ $5	00
David Eddy, 206bush, corn,............	116	00
John Sittser, 86-*-J bush, corn, 130/5 do
wheat,........................... 178	97
Gordon Brown, 99 bush, corn,......... 55	69
Wm. H. Payne, 77f£ bush, wheat,______	72 57
Lebeus Smith, 89if bush, corn,.......	50 23
John Oakley, 45 bush, wheat,......... 45 00
Edward Wilcox, 775 lbs. beef,........	23 25
James A. Moore, 73 £§ bush, corn, ...	41 21
C. Fanning, 445 bush, potatoes,......	278 42
John Dean, 352 lbs. beef,............ 10 56
S.	S. Coonley, 1,268 lbs. beef 25 lbs.
veal,............................. 39	29
Gilbert Harlom, 154 {r bush, corn, ...	86	65
Myron Sears, 73 j| ±	u ...	41 38
A. T. Pulsifer, 919 lbs. beef,....... 27	57
Allen & Naracon, 261 ££ bush, wheat,.	250	84
T.	J. McMaster, 161 lbs. beef,...... 4	83
H. Macomber, 50 bush, corn,...........	28	35
John E. Patten, 3,159 lbs. beef,......	94	77
J. W. Sherwood, 399 ff bush, wheat,..	399	97
--------- 1,850 25
Hospital.
D.	Mills, 105 quarts of milk, ................. 4 30
Clothing and bedding.
William Buckhout, dressing 76^ yds.
of convict cloth,................. 306
William Buckhout, dressing 127 yards
convict cloth,.................... 3	81
Horatio Brill, dressing 455 yards con-
vict cloth,......................... 18	20
Carried forward,80
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Brought forward,.............. $	$
Horatio Brill, dressing 602| yards con-
vict cloth,....................... 18	08
James Myers,	1	coat, 5	pants,	1 vest,	12	00
Irving Avery,	4	«	7	“	7	“	21	00
Wm. Barr,	2	“	5	“	2	“	15	50
Thos. J. Winsor, 6	“	4	“	5	“	28	00
J. W. Ryan, 3 “	4 {<
1 hat,......................... 13	50
John Halladay, 3 coats, 5	vests,	2 hats,	13	75
A. Bassett, 1	“	  3	00
A. B. Wood, 6	“ 1 pants, 3 vests,	22	25
Henry Pierce, 2	“	  6	00
Nich. L. Colsen,l	“	  3	00
E. N. Ketchel, 1	“	  3	00
Peter McKibben 4 “ 2 pants, 3	vests,	17	25
Charles Conlon, 3 coats,.......... 9	00
James Sunderlin, 4 coats, 1 pants, 2
vests, 2 hats,................. 16	00
Wm. Robinson, 1 hat,................. 50
--------- 232 40
Building and repairs.
Josiah Barber, 17,678 bricks for dye
house,.................................. 79	55
Conger and Hughson, 135 days mason
work,.................................. 236	25
Tibbets & Handy, 30 bushels lime (in
February,)............................... 5	40
Nathaniel Williams, 4 tons ground
plaster,................................ 10	00
—--------- 331 20
Fire wood, oil, fyc.
Beardsley, Keeler & Curtis, 2\ gallons
oil for engine,.......................... 3	75
Erastus Wheeler,T|T cords wood,......	18	14
Carried forward,.............. $	$81
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Brought forward,............... $	$
John J. Wilson, 29\ cords wood.........	87 75
C. A. Baker, 24 do do  ................ 72 00
Auburn Gas Light Company gas for the
month of May and June,.............. 209 95
E. C. & T. Witherill, 151 cords wood,. 453 00
-------- 844 59
Hay, grain, Sfc.
C.	A. Hutchins, 10 bushels oats,......	4 40
Stock, tools, See.
James Leonard, 24 sides leather, 1 doz. sheep skins,
3 porse hides,...................... 92 25
David Barney, 46 lbs. wool,............ 13 80
J. Patty & Son, 586 lbs. sole leather, 6
sides upper, 36 sides upper, 1 kipp
skin,..................'...... 218 13
D.	B. Keyes, 1 pair tailor’s shears,..	2 06
________ 325 18
Printing and stationery.
H. K. Lindsley, 10 blank books, and binding re-
ports, .................................................... 18	38
Furniture.
Van Tuyl & Freeoff, 4 meat tubs, 25 hoop poles,
2 pails,................................................ 12	06
Salaries of officers.
Pay roll, officers, keepers and teachers,.......... 1,691 26
Pay roll of guard.
Pay roll, 20 guards and extra,..................... 667 50
t
Discharged convicts.
Cash paid sundry discharged convicts,..................... 137	16
Carried forward,......................... $
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682
Brought forward,........................
Miscellaneous.
Z. M. Mason, chandeliers, pendants,
brackets, &c.,......................... $37	00
Beardsley, Keeler & Curtis, cutting off
pipe, 4 bolts,....................... 75
E.	A. Wordan, postage on letters and
pamphlets,............................... 8	96
S. S. Austin, horses to pursue escapes,	45	50
John F. Echalez, a map of Auburn,...	3	00
Louis Baron, convict deposite refunded,	5	00
C. L. Wheaton, expenses pursuing es-
capes, .................................... 9	25
Nathaniel Williams, 16.\ days labor, self
and team,............................... 41	25
Wm. F. Segoine, 8 days service copying
records for agent,...................... 16	00
Martin T. Eddy, cartage,.................... 2	13
C. L. Wheaton, services and expenses
pursuing escapes,....................... 25	57
James Hardy, convict deposite refund-
ed, ....................................... 2	25
Carpenter & Bemis, horses to pursue es-
capes, .................................... 8	00
Horace T Cook, 8 affidavits to agent’s
reports and accounts current,.....	1	00
F.	Ashley, expenses pursuing escapes,.	10	72
Applegate & Seymour, 2 shafts in wa-
gon,....................................... 2	00
Peter Kentz, watching bridge to secure
escapes,................................. 8	00
Benjamin 'F. Cowan, convict deposite
refunded,......................... 17
Jacob Dondore, convict deposite re-
funded, .................................   3	32	-
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$
229 87
$9,850 5183
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State of New-York, '(
Cayuga County,	J ss
Charles W. Pomroy, agent, and Wm. B. Smith, clerk of the
Auburn State prison, being duly sworn, depose and say that the
foregoing account is correct and true according to the best of their
knowledge and belief.
C. W. POMROY, Jlgent.
Wm. B. SMITH, Clerk.
Subscribed and sworn before me, I
this 11th day of August, 1851. \
Horace T. Cook, Justice of the Peace, Cayuga Co.
Auburn Prison, )
Sept. 1st, 1851. \
To the Inspectors of State Prisons:
The agent respectfully reports that thb following is a true
statement of the moneys received and expended for the general
■support of said prison during the month ending August 31,1851:
Cash received this month from
Carpet shofcs, Josiah Barber,	..	$2,581 78
Cooper shops, Van Tuyl & Freeoif,....	320 70
Hame shops, Hayden & Letch worth,...	481 96
Cabinet shops, Hewson, Parson and	
Segoine,		624 00
Machine shop, Beardsley, Keeler and	
Curtis,. 			503 09
Bhoe shops, E. P. Ross,			461 76
Tool shops, Casey, Ketchel & Co.,		630 10
Convicts’ deposites,		06
Prison, horse, grease, swill and potatoes	
sold,		169 95
Fire-wood, oil, &c., wood sold,				10 50
Visitors, 776 persons,		194 00
5,977 98
2,172 40
Balance to September account,
$8,150 3884
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Cash expended this month for general support:
Rations.
E. & W. Osborne, 3,602 lbs. beef,.....	$109	86
S. S. Coonley, 1,048 lbs. beef,....... 31	14
Allen baker, 52’* bushels corn,.......	29	57	.
A. M. McCrea, 190 cards gingerbread,
80 do rusk, 4,500 cakes, (4th July)	36	56
John Dean, 1,083 lbs. beef,................. 32	491
Wm. Muir & Co., 2 bushels beans,------	2	56
Edward Wilcox, 721 lbs. beef,............... 21	63
John Heany, 31 bushels potatoes,......	17	44
H. T. Dickinson, 5.950 lbs. beef,.....	281	43
John W. Smith, 143J bushels wheat,.. 143	56
Richard Courtier, 13	u potatoes,	5	69
Wm. C. De Witt, 11J	“	do.	3	59
“	«	17£	“	do.	5	55
James O’Neil, 7	a	do.	1	”*75
--------- 626 01
Hospital.
A McCrea, 576 lbs. crackers,................ 35	13
E.	W. McCabe, 75 gallons pure spirits,	30	00
D. Mills, 138J quarts milk,............	5	54
---------------- 70	67
Clothing and Bedding.
Pratt & Fay, shirting, toweling and
alpacca,...............................  228	20
W. C. Beardsiey, 2 coats, 7 pants, 3'
vests, 2 hats,.............—....... 19 06
J. E. Tyler, 1 coat,......................... 3	00
Robert Jenkins, 4 vests,..................... 4	06
C. & H. Carpenter, 36 hats,................. 18	00
Horace B. Smith, 2 coats, 2 pants, 2
vests, 1 hat,............................... 11	25
F.	G. Day, 4 coats, 3 vests, 2 hats,_	15	25
--------------- 294	70'
Carried forward,.85
No. 35.]
Brought forward,............................ $
Building and Repairs.
C. T. Ferris, bolts,butts, screws, roofing,
tin, zinc, locks, nails, &,c.,...... $61 84
Beardsley, Keeler & Curtis, water pipe,
repairing shafts, &c.,.................. 121	41
E. Allen, jr., 1,531 feet timber,.......	15	31
Wm. Allen, 571 bushels lime,................ 71	37
Brown & Leighton, 27 feet cut stone,	9	63
Carr & Cartright, 444 feet oak timber,.	8	88
George A. Rumrill, 181 feet lightning
rod, copper, &c.,........................ 21	23
Wm. H. Van Tuyl, error in April bill,
voucher No. 6,................................ 2	50
Fire wood, oil, Sfc.
Beardsley, Keeler & Curtis, 2^ gallons lamp
oil,................................... $3	76
Pratt & Fay, 18|	cords wood,.........	56	25
J. H. Chedell & Co., 221 gallons
camphinc,..................$110 50
“	“	1 gal. gas, 3 casks, 6 75
$117 25
Less 22-*, gals, camphenc,..	26 93
-----	90	32
Stock, tools, Sfc.
Chas. T. Ferris, files, hammers,augers, saws, picks,
shovels, &c.,....................... $29 36
Wm. Muir & Co., 556 lbs. wool,........	200 34
Orson Everts, 44 lbs. do ............. 16 50
Furniture.
Chas. T. Ferris, spoons, knives, forks, stove and
Pipe,.............................................
Carried forward,........................... $

312 17
150 32
246 20
23 9986
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Brought forward,........................... $
Salaries of officers.
Pay roll, officers, keepers, and teachers,......... 1,680 57
Pay roll of guard.
Pay roll, 20 guards and extra,....................... 606 50
Discharged convicts.
Cash paid sundry discharged convicts,.............. 68 55
Miscellaneous.
Charles T. Ferris, sash cord, wire, desk lock, sand
paper, &c ,......................... $4 27
J. H. Chedell & Co., spectacles, lamps,
globes and cartage,........................ 6	56
Pratt & Fay, 74 lbs. tobacco,................. 1	88
Ethan A. Warden, 100 postage stamps,	3	00
C. D. Loomis, 22^ bushels ashes,.......	1	80
A. V. Pulsifer, cra'-kers cheese and
beef, (for officers watching escapes,) 4 25
Wm. Poison, expenses to Syracuse, after
escapes,................................... 2	70
Silas Rudd, convict deposits refunded,.	2	00
Horace T. Cook, 10 affidavits to agent’s
report and account current,................ 1	25
Wm. Sunderlin, (warden,) expenses to
Rochester, self and assistant, after an
escaped convict,.......................... 25	40
--------- 53 11
$8,150 38
State of New-York, ? gg
Cayuga County,	)
Charles W. Pomroy, agent, and William B. Smith, clerk of the
Auburn State Prison, being duly sworn, depose and say that tho
foregoing account is correct and true, according to the best of
their knowledge and belief.
G. W. POMROY, Agent.
WILLIAM B. SMITH, Clerk.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,)
this 13th day of Nevember, 1851, (
Horace T. Cook,
Justice of the Peace, Cayuga County.No. 35.]	87
Auburn Prison, >
October 1st, 1851. j
To the Inspectors of State Prisons:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true
statement of the monies received and expended for the general
support of said prison during the month ending Sept. 30, 1350:
Cash received this month from
Ilame shop, Hayden & Letchworth,...	$479 91
Cooper shop, Van Tuyl & Freeoff,......	324 00
Cabinet shop, Ilewson, Parsons & Se-
goine,.................................. 638	79
Machine shop, Beardsley, Keeler &
Curtis,................................. 525	94
Shoe shop, E. P. Ross,..................... 454	94
Tool shop, Casey, Ketchel	& Co.......	G15	44
Convicts’deposits,........................... 2	75
Prison, soap grease sold,.................. 610	03
Firewood, oil &c., wood sold,................ 6	00
Visitors, 1102 persons,.................... 275	50
________ 3,933 30
Balance to October account,.................... 9,781 94
$13,715 24
Cash expended this month for general support:
Balance from August account,...................... $2,172 40
Rations.
A. H. &J. Burt, 361 gal’s molasses, 112 81
“	«	87	«	«	25 23
--------	138	04
Wm. Hills & Co. 24,801 lbs. flour,___	409	22
“	“	119jj5 bush, wheat,..	117	18
Elijah Wheeler, 21	“	“	..	21 11
Wm. Hills & Co. wheat, corn, and
grinding grain,................... 313 93
Semi Babbett, 25 bush, potatoes,.....	7	81
Richard Raynor, 168 lbs. beef,.......	4	20
David Grant, 32 bush, potatoes,......	8	00
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Brought forward,.............. $
Cyrus Wilcox, 925 lbs. beef,................ 27	75
George Standart, 65 bush, potatoes,---	24	38
John Dean, 1,228 lbs. beef,................. 36	84
E. & H. Osborn, 1,905 lbs. beef,......	57	15
S. S. Coonly, 984 lbs. beef,................ 29	52
Wm. Smead, 50f ^ bush, corn,................ 28	47
II. G. Fowler, 42 bash, wheat,........	42	00
James O’Neil, 76 bush, potatoes,......	19	00
W. G. Simpson, 14 bush, do .................. 4	38
S. H. Smith, 24J bush. do ................... 9	28
James Warm, 1 bush, beans.,.................. 1	50
Wm. Smith, 13^ bush, potatoes,........	3	38
John E. Patten, 3,951 lbs. beef,......	118	53
Wm. C. DeWitt, 24 bush, potatoes, ...	6	00
Samuel Davids, 20^ bush, beans,.......	20	50
Francis Pollard, 4 bush, potatoes,....	1	25
Darius Adams, 213 bbls. mess pork,
11	“	207 bbls. prime pork, 5,151 00
E. Patee, 600 lbs. beef,.............. 15 00
Franklin Worse, 28 bush, potatoes,'...	8 75
James Warm, 8 bush, beans,............ 8 00
---------- 6,632 17
Hospital.
L. Hinnman & Son, butter, cheese, tea, onions,
&c.,..................................... 13	89
D. Wills, 1384 quarts of milk,............... 5	54
Alonzo Durfee, 6 dozen Taylor Indian
ointment,...............................  16	00
—--------- 35 43
Clothing and Bedding.
George M. Cray, cutting 705 pairs boots, shoes and
slips,................................... 44	06
John Clark, 1 coat,.......................... 3	00
John Husk, 4 coats, 5 vests, 2 hats,....	18	00
David Mills, 3 do 2 do 3 pant's....	15	50
J. L. Jenkins, 4 coats, 2 vests, 3 pants.	19	00
Carried forward,............ $	$89
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Brought forward,.............. $	$
Horatio Brill, fulling 348J yards cloth,
at 4 cts.,.........................
do fulling 3771	do	at 3	cts.	25	26
Chester Gridley, 4 coats, 2 pants, 1	vest,	16	00
William Johnson, 4 coats, 2 pants, 2
vests,........................... 14	00
George Wellner, 2 hats,.............. 1	00
Anson B. Carpenter, 1 hat,........... 50
Baron S. Hubbard, 1 hat,............. 50
--------- 156 82
Building and repairs.
Beardsley, Keeler & Curtis, forging, pullies, hanger
&c.,.................................   $39	09
Tuttle, Bowen & Co., timber, lumber,
posts, &c.,..........................	51 27
IJewson, Parsons & Segoine, maple tim-
ber and lumber,............................. 5	03
Josiah Barber, brick, lime, stone, &c.,.	181	07
A. L. Fiero, 43 perch stone, repairing
wall,................................... 26	88
Daniel Goodwin, 25 loads stone,......	17	19
Wni. H. & F. Kelsey, 130,750 bricks,.	555	69
Daniel W. Thorp, 14 bbls. water lime,.	17	50
Chester Fanning, 307 ft. timber,.....	3	83
Arnold Hughson, 111 days mason work,	194	25
Thomas Strath, 6 loads building sand,.	2	25
--------- 1,094 05
Fire wood, oil, fyc.
A. H. & J. Burt, 86 gall, lard oil,..	$68	80
do	5 gall. W. S. oil. ...	8	28
Beardsley, Keeler & Curtis, 2t gallons
sperm oil,............................... 3	75
Harvey Gumaer, 17j|f cords wood,...	53	44
Auburn Gas Light Company, gas for
month of August,....................... 108	80
--------- 243 07
Carried forward,.......................... $90
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Brought forward,........................... $
Hay, grain, kc.
Wessel Harris, ijff tons hay, pasturing, $6 37
C. A. Hutchins, 10 bush, oats,........ 4 40
W. Vanderheyden, 1 day threshing
oats, self and team,...................... 2	50
S. Wheaton, jr., 7 days threshing oats,	10	50
J.B.Eldredge, threshing 200 bush, oats,	6	00
-------- 29 77
Stock, tools, fyc.
E. P. Ross, leather, tools, kc.,...... $370 65
Bradley & Lester, thread, buttons, ra-
zors, &c.,................................. 143	88
Ratlibun & Clary, drilling, yarn, cloth,
kc.,..................................... 24	13
Saul Taylor*, 236 lbs. wool,................ 98	10
Wm. Muir, & Co., 43 lbs. cotton yarn,	8	96
O. C. Phelps, 1 sewing machine,.......	125	00
-------- 770 72
Furniture.
Hewson, Parsons k Segoine, office and
shop chairs, &c.,.................... 30 13
Van Tuyl k FreeofF, 1 pine tub,.........	11 00
--------- 41 13
Printing and stationery.
Chas. F. Squires, printing bills,.................... 2 50
Salaries of officers.
Pay roll, officers, keepers and teachers,............ 1,689 73
Pay of guard.
Pay roll of 20 guards and extra,..................... 606 00
Discharged convicts.
Cash paid sundry discharged convicts,................ 159 24
Carried forward,............................ $91
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$5 91
1 88
12 04
7 47
1 00
21 00
25
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2 81
1 15
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$13,715 24
State of New-York, ? gg
Cayuga County,	\
Charles W. Pomroy, agent, and William B. Smith, clerk of
the Auburn State prison, being duly sworn, depose and say that
the foregoing account is correct and true according to the best of
their knowledge and belief.
C. W. POMROY, Agent.
Wm. B. SMITH, Clerk.
Subscribed and sworn before me, ?
this 13th day November, 1851. £
Horace T. Cook, Justice of the Peace, Cayuga Co.
Brought forward,...............
Miscellaneous.
Beardsley, Keeler k Curtis, 641 bushels
ashes, and carrying water,.........
L. Hinman k son, half doz. cords,-----
ITewson, Parsons & Segoine, quills,
rolls, painting, &c.,..............
Ethan A. Worden, postage stamps and
postage in July,...................
James Birce, convict deposite refunded,
Charles Sampson, re-cutting 271 dozen
files, ............................
Wm. Muir k Co., 2 lbs. clover seed, ..
J. Stevens, blacksmith bill,..........
John Backenstrass, carting 37 loads, ..
Wm. Miller, convict deposite refunded,
S. S. Austin, use of horse and wagon,.
Horace T. Cook, 8 affidavits to reports
and account current,..................
Horace J. Baker, convict deposite re
John Hornby, «	funded U U	
Daniel Crippen, “	u	tc
Budd Thompson, “	u	ccCLERK’S REPORT.
Clerk’s Office, Auburn Prison, )
December 1st, 1851.	J
To the Inspectors of State Prisons:
Gentlemen—In compliance with the statute I furnish you with
following statistics of said prison:
Number of convicts remaining in prison Dec. 1st, 1850,	732
“ received from courts during the year ending
November 30th, 1851,................. 298
1,030
Discharged during the same period, as follows:
By expiration of sentence,....................... 182
By pardon,........................................ 55
Died from sickness,............................... 12
Escaped and not retaken,........................... 3
Sent to Asylum, Utica,............................. 0
Discharged by habeas corpus,....................... 1
Total discharged and died,................. 259
Total remaining in prison December 1st, 1851,.	77193
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The number of convicts in this prison December 1st, 1851, is 771, of
whom 151 are in the State's employ and hospital, and 620 are em-
ployed on contract as follows:
Carpet,... JosialiBarber,............. 294	38c.	294
Cooper,... Van Tuyl &Freeoff,.......	35	61TV	35
Cabinet,.. Hewson,ParsonsfcSegoinc, 57	65	57
Hame,... Hayden & Letch worth,...	67	55^	67
Machine,. Beardsley, Keeler & Curtis,	53	46	53
Shoe,..... E. P. Ross,................. 56	50&65£	56
Tool, .... Ossey, Ketchell & Co.,___	58	51	58
620
Number of men employed by the State and in hospital:
Yard,.........................................   41
On tailors’ board,.............................. 15
Satinet weavers and winders,..................... 5
Sock weavers and clothes man,.................... 4
State barbers,................................... 3
Hospital helpers,................................ 3
“ sick and lame,.............................. 12
Shoemakers,..................................... 17
Dining hall and kitchen,........................ 23
Soap house,...................................... 1
Wash room,....................................... 3
Wing, sweeping, &c.,............................ 11
Hail waiter,..................................... 1
Wardens’ kitchen,................................ 2
Infirm and idle,................................. 9
Stable,.......................................... 1
151
RECAPITULATION.
Working upon contract,......................... 620
Employed by the State, &c.,.................... 151
Total in prison, December 1st, 1851,......... 771WARDEN’S REPORT.
Auburn Prison, ?
Dec. 3rd, 1851.	$
To the Inspectors of State Prisons :
Gentlemen—In compliance with law and custom, I herewith
submit a brief synopsis of the discipline and management of this
prison since my appointment to the office of warden.
State Prison discipline is a subject in which the people of the
State feel a perfect freedom to discuss. It is by such means that
we arrive at the most perfect and systematic method of govern-
ment in all the various institutions that exist in our State. It is
of the highest importance that we should adopt that kind of dis-
cipline which has for its object not only the best method of
governing convicts while in prison, but which will tell on the
conduct of those unfortunate men, when restored to society and
the world.
I am of opinion that our present mode of discipline is sufficient
to command obedience when properly and promptly administered.
It is also of the highest importance that the officers having
charge of the different departments, should be men of judgment
and discretion, men who do not allow themselves to be moved
by impulse, but guided by the dictates of serious and sound judg-
ment. I am happy to see that the days of brute force in the
government of convicts are fast passing away. It is a relict of
past and dark ages. I find, from observation, that by far the
greater proportion of the men under my care are not entirely
incorrigible, but are men who possess more or less the feelings of
humanity, and when appealed to in a proper manner and by dis-
creet persons, it usually produces the desired effect. There are
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far lost to all feelings of humanity that the most rigid course
alone will command obedience. I would say in closing this part
of my report, that it is a matter of great satisfaction that I have
full confidence in the competency of the present officers in the
discharge of the important duties devolving upon them.
There is one aspect of State prison affairs that is truly gratify-
ing. I allude to the general good health of the convicts. One
cause of this pleasant condition of the men is the efficient services
rendered by the physician, in his prompt and faithful attention
to the wants of the men when sick, and another is the quality
and quantity of food provided for their common wants.
There is a matter to which I wish to call your serious attention,
which is the intellectual training of the convicts. I suppose that
the object of laws and penalties is the reformation of men and
better qualify them for the duties and responsibilities of good
citizens.
You are aware, gentlemen, that by far the greater number of
convicts in the several prisons are men whose early education,
as far as morals and letters are concerned, have been grossly neg-
lected ; very many of them do not understand the first rudiments
of that kind of knowledge which has a tendency to give a proper
direction to the thoughts and actions of life. To accomplish this
object, I would recommend the addition of two extra teachers in
this department, and your sanction and concurrence in lighting
the entire wings until 8 o’clock in the evening.
In relation to the moral training of the convicts, great praise is
due the chaplain and teachers who are engaged in this depart-
ment of the institution. Very many leave this place expressing
themselves in the strongest terms of approbation for the intel-
lectual and moral improvement they have made since their con-
finement in this prison.
In connexion with this part of my report I would mention the
great improvement already made in lighting the shops, and also
of the new building now being erected for chapel, hospital and
dining hall, which, when completed, will add very much to the
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In conclusion allow me to express to you my warmest thanks
for the advice and assistance you have rendered me in the dis-
charge of my duties.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
WILLIAM SUNDE11LIN,
Warden.
Convicts received, at Auburn prison during the year ending December
1st, 1851, showing the crimes of which they were convicted.
Table 1st.
Grand larceny, ...........................
Accessory to grand larceny,.............
Petit larceny, 2d offence,..............
do	3d do ...............
Manslaughter, 2d degree,................
do 3d do ............................
do 4 th do .......................
Burglary, 1st degree,...................
do 2d do ...........................
do 3d do ...........................
do .................................
Seduction, .............................
Rape,.....................................
Forgery, 1st degree,......................
do 2d do ...........................
do 3d do ...........................
Assault and battery with intent to kill,...
do	do	do	rob, ...
do	do	do	ravish,
Perjury, 1st degree,....................
do 3d do ...........................
Passing counterfeit coin,...............
do	money,................
Arson, 1st degree,......................
do 2d do ............................
do 3d do ............................
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3
28
4
2
3
2
8
12
44
7
2
4
3
7
7
12
2
5
8
1
3
4
2
2
297
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Robbing post office,   ................................ 6
Murder, (commuted,).................................... 2
Obtaining goods under false pretences,................. 3
Assault and battery with slung shot,..................... 1
Robbery, 1 st degree,   ................................. 4
Bigamy, ..................................................   6
Crime against nature,.....................................   1
Making counterfeit coin,..................................   1
Highway robbery,.........................................    2
298
Term of Sentence.
Table 2nji.
1 year,.	• < c	•••* •••• *i	... 5	5 years		1 month,			3
2 years,			... 84	5	do	3	do 		3
								
2 do	1 month,.... ,		... 2	6	do			2
2 do	2	do 		... 3	6	do	2	do 		1
2 do	3	do ... .	... 5	6	do	3	do 		1
2 do	4	do .. .,	... 9	6	do	4	do 		1
2 do	5	do . ...,	1	6	do	6	do 		4
2 do	6	do 		... 16	7	do			4
2, do	7	do 		2	7	do	1	do 		1
2. do	8	do 			7	do	4	do 		1
3 do			... 29	8	do			3
3 do	1	do ... .		9	do	6	do 		1
3 do	2	do ....		9	do	9	do 		1
3 do	3	do ....	... 2	10	do			14
3 do	4	do ....		10	do	2	do 		1
3 do	6	do 			10	do	3	do 		1
4 do '	i	• « « •	... 16	10	do	5	do 17 days,	1
4 do	1	do 			10	do	6	do 		4
4 do	2	do		15	do			1
4 do	3	do ....		15	do	4	do 		1
4 do	4	do ....		21	do			2
4 do	6	do ....	... 12	Life					2
4 do	7	do 							
4 do	9	do ....						298
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Commitments and re-commitments.
Table 3rd.
Under sentence of 1st conviction,.................	262
<(	“	2nd	do ...................... 25
“	“	3d	do ..................... 11
298
Ages.
Table 4th.
16	years,			 10	41	years,.
17	do 				 5	42	do
18	do 			 20	43	do
19	do 				 17	44	do
20	do 			 15	45	do
21	do 			 17	46	do
22	do 			 21	47	do
23	do 			 14	48	do ,
24	do 			49	do
25	do 			 12	50	db ,
26	do 			 11	51	do ,
27	do 			 10	52	do ,
28	do 			 10	53	do ,
29	do 			 2	55	do
30	do 			56	do
31	do 			57	do ,
32	do 				 3	58	do ,
33	do 			 6	59	do ,
34	do 			 11	60	do ,
35	do 			 9	61	do
36	do 			 4	63	do
37	do 			66	do ,
38	do 			69	do ,
39	do 			78	do ,
5
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4
3
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Color.
Table 5th.
White,.................................................. 269
Colored,................................................ 29
298
Habits.
Table 6th.
Temperate,...............................................  132
Intemperate,.............................................. 108
Occasional drinkers,....................................... 52
Moderate drinkers,.......................................... 6
298
Nativity.
Connecticut, ....	Table 7th. Natives of the United States. 	 5 Rhode Island,			1
New-York,			 141	Vermont,		... 10
New Jersey,			 3	Ohio,		... 2
Massachusetts,. .		Missouri,		1
Kentucky,			 2	Pennsylvania,		... 5
New Hampshire,.		 5	Louisiana,		1
\TipTncrfln			 1	Delaware,		3
Maryland,			North Carolina,		1
		District Oolnmhia.. . .	1
England,		Foreigners.		198 6
Ireland,			Germany,		... 5
		 25	Scotland,		... 2
Portugal,			New Brunswick, ....	1
Switzerland, ....		Poland,		1
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Convicts, where committed.
	Table 8th. •		
Albany,			Madison,		
Allegany,			Niagara, 		
Broome,			Oneida,		
Cayuga,			Onondaga,					
C.a tta rail 0T1S			 2	Ontario, 			 7
			
Chautauque,			 9	Oswego,			 6
Chenango,			 4	Otsego,			 2
Chemung,			 3	Orleans,						 7
Cortland,			 1	Rensselaer,			 20
Delaware,			 3	Schoharie,			 3
Erie,			 67	Steuben,			 4
Genesee,			 9	Tioga,			 6
Herkimer,			 4	Tompkins,			 3
Jefferson,			 12	Wyoming,			 4
Livingston,			Yates,			 1
Monroe,................ 29 U. S. Courts,.............. 10
298
Education.
Table 9th.
Read and write,.............................................   19”
Read only,..................................................... 37
Neither read nor write,........................................ 63
Collegiate, ..................................................   1
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Number of punishments during the year ending the 30th day of
November, 1851.
Table 10th.
	Shower Bath.	Yoke.	Solitary confinement.	Head shaved.	Total
December,			8	4		15
January,			15	15	1	35
February,			3	4		15
March,			 5	10	5		20
April,			 18	16	7		41
May,			 9	7	4		20
June,			 17	8	8		33
July,			15	12		52
August,			 15	4	5		24
September,			 8	13	10		31
October,			 4	9	11		24
November,				 *6	13	8		27
	122	121	93	1	337
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<1CHAPLAIN’S REPORT.
7b the Hon.
The Board of Inspectors of Prisons for the State of JYew- York :
Gentlemen—The undersigned, chaplain of Auburn prison, in
compliance with an annual duty prescribed to him by law, re-
spectfully submits the following report for the first ten months of
his chaplaincy of said prison, ending Dec. 1st, 1851.
That so much of its concerns as are placed under his charge,
viz : the educational, moral and religious, are in a very satisfac-
tory condition. Still the short period in which I have acted as
chaplain here, will not enable me to speak emphatically, of the
results of my efforts ; but I look forward with much confidence
to the future ; and am encouraged to continue my exertions for
the reformation and conversion of these guilty and unfortunate
men.
The present is a new era in the history of Auburn State prison,
being the first time that a chaplain has ever been appointed from
the Protestant E. Church. The introduction of that spiritual and
experimental volume, the Prayer Book, is to all appearance, hav-
ing a very happy effect upon the minds of the men confined here.
The difficulty anticipated by non-Episcopalians, in introducing
the services of the church into this place, had only an ideal exist-
ence as they have admitted to me many times since its intro-
duction. The discoveries that many of these guilty and unfor-
tunate men have made since their acquaintance with the Prayer
Book, have both pleased and surprised them. Contrary to the
expectations of many, they have found its doctrines scriptural
and evangelical; its prayers and songs of praise, instead of being
defective and stale, and enslaving as they supposed the devo-
tional feeling, they have formed a fitting language for every
emotion which could occupy tlioir souls ; every varying feeling
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of the soul has been gratified: it does not as was anticipated,,
wear out, but like fine gold its brightness increases with its use,
and the secret of this is that its breathing thoughts and burning
words were inspired by the spirit of truth. He that is familiar
with this book is conscious of the oneness of thought, feeling,
sentiment and language, which pervades the Holy Scriptures and
the Book of Common Prayer.
And in it, we find the absence of every thing which can mark
it with a sectarian character. It embodies those great truths of
the Holy Scriptures, which are not the peculiar property of any
age or country, much less of any sect or denomination of Chris-
tians. They are truths which belong to the church in all ages,
and bind the ert of all Christians in a bond of harmony and
love.
And we lift our heart in gratitude to Him who directs all things,
that in His wisdom, He inclined you to send to these guilty and
erring ones, this Companion of the Bible.
After a short experience here, I found that my greatest effort
for the good of these immortal souls, must be made on the Sab-
bath, in the public preaching of the gospel. I found a great
difficulty in dealing wTith them profitably at their cells. They
deny that they are guilty; or that they were led into the com-
mission of the crime of which they are all charged by other men
worse than themselves, who are still at large, others were under
the influence of drink; and in this way they raise a barrier
against any moral and religious instruction and admonition that
I may give them at their cell doors. To these I have no gospel
message to deliver, u Christ came not to call the righteous, but
sinners to repentance.” My commission is to sinners, and, judg-
ing from many of these men’s own account of themselves, of the
goodness of their heart, the correctness of their conduct, and the
multitude and excellency of their meritorious actions, we should
conceive them not to belong to the lost race, whom the Son of
Man came expressively and exclusively to save. To pursue the
self-justiciary, here, into all his “ refuge of lies,” and sweep them
away before his face, when he has the opportunity of defence, and
drawing about him his cloak of hypocrisy, is almost a hopeless105
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task. While, therefore I have reasoned with, them in the still
watches of the night, and after public services on the Sabbath, I
have given more attention to the public means of grace for their
reformation. There, I have endeavored to exhibit before them
fully, constantly and connectedly, sin, the law and the saviour ;
there, I have endeavored faithfully and aifectionately to apply to
their conscience the pride, guilt, ingratitude and ruin of their
sinful course ; and have repeatedly made the announcement, that
the substitution of any form of doctrine, or outward duties, or a
cloak of self-righteousness in the place of sincere repentance,
frank confession, entire forsaking of sin, and simple reliance on
Christ, turns life itself into death, and hinders not only the law
but the gospel itself from saving them.
But there are others who ingenuously and penitently acknowl-
edge their crime, deplore deeply their guilt, and anxiously in-
quire, u what shall I do to be saved ? ” From the eyes of the
hardened criminal have streamed tears of penitence and remorse,
and God and man have been thankful for the gospel, for the
prison with all its privations and hardships in which the gospel
is preached.
The young gentlemen of the Theological Seminary still devote
themselves with unabated zeal and perseverance to the sabbath
school, “ having respect for that recompense of reward,” beyond
the grave. The Sabbath school is under my supervision, and in
my visits there, I notice that the truths of the Bible are fami-
liarly and forcibly impressed on the mind and the conscience,
which must through God’s blessing tell upon their subsequent
lives and in eternity.
There are now in the library about 700 vol. suitable for use.
These books are placed in the shops in charge of the keepers,
each keeper acting as librarian for his shop. The books are
changed from one shop to another, as often as is deemed desirable
for the benefit of all concerned. This library is replenished ev-
ery year with books purchased with the appropriation ($100)
made by the statute from the Literary Fund. Still the library is
entirely inadequate to the wants of the prison; after all the care
and pains that can possibly be taken, the books are fast going to
pieces, and the decrease is greater than the increase.106
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The Protestant Episcopal Tract Soiety, the Prayer Book Soci-
ety, and the American Bible Society are entitled to our acknowl-
edgments for Tracts, Prayer Books and Bibles, sent me to present
convicts gratuitously while here and when discharged from the
prison. And my prayer to God is, that by the increase of his
blessing, he will give continual enlargement to their plans, sphere
and means of usefulness.
I would solicit the attention ol your honorable board, it has
often been done by my predecessor, to the very imperfect man-
ner in which the wings, where the convicts are confined at night,
are lighted. I can say with him, that I can see no reason what-
ever, for confining 700 or 800 men in almost total darkness, and
consequently in idleness for so large a portion of the time, as at
present. No good can possibly be accomplished by it, while the
result must be evil. In fact, the direct result must be to debase
and brutify the whole man, and fit him for continual confinement
in inner darkness on the earth, and in outer darkness in eternity.
The correspondence of convicts with their friends, has been
conducted chiefly by the chaplain, under the direction and su-
pervision of the warden ; about 450 letters have been written for
400 convicts.
The school is as well sustained as can be under the circum-
stances, as tire teachers are obliged to-go from cell to cell, as their
time is limited, they can spend but a few moments with each
man, still they are much interested with their work, and pur-
sue it punctually and faithfully, their report which is appended
will show the state of the school.
Every facility is granted the chaplain for pursuing his appro-
priate work, and so far as can be seen, there is a cordial concur-
rence in the mode of worship now used here.
May God’s blessing rest upon every department of this insti-
tution.
All which is respectfully submitted.
By your obedient servant,
E. W. HAGER, Chaplain.
State Prison, Auburn, Dec. 1st, 1851.No. 35.]
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STATEMENT
Of the Chaplain of Auburn State Prison concerning the convicts
confined therein on the first of December, 1851; reported in ac-
cordance with subdivision 6, of section 60, title 2, article 1, of
Chap. 460, entitled “ An act for the better regulation of County
and State prisons.”
Table 1.
Counties where convicted.
Albany,.................. 36
Allegany,................. 7
Broome,.;................. 5
Cattaraugus,.............. 6
Cayuga,.................. 27
Chautauque,.............. 15
Chemung,................. 11
Chenango,................ 14
Clinton,.................. 6
Columbia,................. 2
Cortland,................. 2
Delaware,................. 9
Dutchess,.............. 5
Erie,................... 161
Essex,.................... 3
Franklin,................. 2
Fulton,................... 6
Genesee,................. 12
Greene,................... 9
Herkimer,................ 16
Jefferson,............... 32
Kings,.................... 1
Lewis,.................... 3
Livingston,.............. 22
Madison,.................. 7
Monroe,................. 75
Montgomery,.............. 3
New-York,............... 11
Niagara,................ 15
Onondaga,............... 42
Oneida,................. 41
Ontario,................ 24
Orleans,................ 17
Oswego,................. 19
Otsego,................. 12
Queens,.................. 2
Rensselaer,............. 18
Saratoga,................ 9
Schoharie,............... 4
Seneca,.................. 7
Steuben,................ 10
St. Lawrence,............ 5
Tioga,................... 7
Tompkins,................ 5
Washington,.............. 3
Wayne,.................. 11
Wyoming,................ 12
Yates, .... ............. 9
Total,............ 771103
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	Table 2.		
	Age of Prisoners.		
Under 20,		... 85 Between 40 and 50,. ...		. 90
	... 332 50 and over			. 39
« 30 « 40,. .	... 175		771
	Table 3.		
	Nativity.		
Natives of United States, 561 Natives of Sweden,....			1
Canada,..	... 41	Mexico, . ...	. 1
Ireland,..	... 79	West Indies,	1
England,.	... 53	Switzerland,	1
Germany,.	... 18	France, ....	. 6
Scotland,.	... 8	Portugal, ...	. 1
			771
	Table 4.		
	How often committed.		
1st. time,				
oh « 		... 90 6th “		2
3d «	u. 20		
			771
	Table 5.		
Occupation.
Farmers,							 175	Millers,		. 7
Blacksmiths,			 15	Upholsterers,		5
Butchers,			 9	Cooks and waiters,		15
Boatmen,			 51	Cigar makers,			3
Carpenters,			 39	Saddlers,		5
Sailors,			 48	Cabinet makers,		. 20
Bakers,			Engineers,		. 4
Barbers,			 16	GardpnprSj ,		7
Weavers,			Merchants,		, 10
		 11	Gunsmiths		2
		 5	Hatters,		3
		Machinists,		, 13109
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Coopers, ..				Farriers,			2
Clerks, ...			... 14	Pedlars,			16
Tailors,...			... 11	Physicians,....		3
Printers, ..			7	Watchmakers,..		4
Ostlers, ...			... 9	Miscellaneous,.		234
Tanners, ..			... 3			
						771
			Table 6.			
			Terms of Sentence.			
1 year, and under 2,.			... 2	7 years, and under 8,....		31
2 «	cc	3,.	... 359	10 « “	15 j • • . •	34
3 «	u	4,.	... 99	15 « «	20,....	6
4 “	u	5,.	... 52	20 “ «	25,....	4
5 «	u	6,.	... 137	For life,			17
6 «	u	7,-	... 29			
771
Table 7.
Mental Culture.
Cannot read,............ 183	Common education,.......	40
Readonly,............... 96	Classical education,....	2
Read and write,.......	450	----
771
Temperate,............. 203
Intemperate,........... 438
Table 8.
Habits.
Moderate,,
130
771
Table 9.
Social state.
Married, or had been married,............................ 604
Unmarried,............................................... 167
Total, .......................................... 771
E. W. HAGER,
Chaplain.no
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To Rev. E. W. Hagar, Chaplain :
While submitting to you the following report of our labors as
teachers, we would in justice to you, as well as to the warden
and agent, acknowledge a degree of kindness and promptness in
supplying us with needed facilities for our work, which have con-
tributed much to its pleasantness.
Rut while cheerfully acknowledging this aid, and feeling con-
fident that we have used it well, we are conscious that all is not
yet done which might be done to make our department of prison
labor as efficient as the claims of humanity demand.
We are often compelled to leave to the darkness of their cells,
and the still gloomier darkness of an almost hopeless state of
mind, many young men, who might if kept employed in seeking
useful knowledge, be yet awakened to hope, cheerfulness and
reform. When such solicit our aid, or beg for a light by which
to read, we often wish an additional teacher to help us practi-
cally proclaim to the outcast the mercy of that society he has
abused; and still oftener are we led to hope the day not far dis-
tant when through the long winter evenings, every cell shall be
so lighted that all may read.
This would surely not interfere with the end of their punish-
ment, for if the peace and security of society be that end, though
it were admitted that all to whom the hand of mercy is thus
tendered were men confirmed in vice; yet, as most of them are
soon again to be let loose upon that society, how important that
every reforming influence be cherished, every debasing one
avoided; that men who are shut up in a prison cell fourteen
hours out of the twenty-four, have something else to occupy
their thoughts than the dark reminiscenses of a life of crime.
Rut they are not all thus hardened; on the minds of very
many of them, the remembrance of home and other days has yet
a reforming power; with such there is often left enough of self
respect to be kindly roused, even to the changing of the danger-
ous criminal into the loyal citizen. This will appear the moreIll
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probable when we consider the large proportion of our convicts
who are young men, of whom about one-half were intemperate
drinkers, and one-quarter were intoxicated while committing the
crime for which they are now imprisoned.
In going from cell to cell, each teacher can instruct thirty to
thirty-five in an evening. That we may reach as many as possible,
we take about double this number and then teach each half on
alternate evenings.
The whole No. taught by us since December 1850, is.......	226
We have now under tuition,............................... 147
Whole number taught in reading,.......................... 165
“	“	«	writing,........................ 82
“	“	<(	arithmetic,..................... 73
Of these there were who did not know the alphabet,.......	48
Knew the alphabet and could read a little,................. 97
Number of those who could not write,.................. 76
Who knew nothing of written arithmetic,	126
Respectfully,
THOMAS CONDON,
JOHN S. BRISTOL,
Teacher*.
Auburn, November, 1851.To the Hon. Board of Inspectors of State Prisons of the State of JYew-York ;
Gentlemen—The following table includes all the deaths occurring in this prison since date of last report from
this department.
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LANSINGH BRIGGS, Physician and Surgeon.DOCUMENTS
IN RELATION TO SING SING PRISON.
[Senate, No. 35.]
8

REPORT OF THE AGENT.
Sing Sing Prison, )
Agent's Office, Dec. 1, 1851. $
To Alexander H. Wells, Darius Clark, and William P. Angel,
Esquires, Inspectors of State Prisons.
The agent of the Sing Sing Prison respectfully submits to the
Board of Inspectors, the following statement of the transactions
of this prison during the fiscal year terminating on the 30th day
of September, 1851.
Having entered upon the duties of my office on the 20th day of
November, 1850, the transactions detailed in this report previous
to that date, are of course those of my predecessor, as exhibited
by his accounts, vouchers, &c , which will be found in their
proper order, duly verified by him.
General statement of cash receipts from all sources.
The total cash receipts from all sources of prison income du-
ring the fiscal year, including the appropriations of $12,000 by
the State, amount to.............................. $83,424 77
The total expenditures for all purposes during that
period (including the sum of $2,502.21, paid by
me on account of liabilities incurred previous to
the commencement of the present fiscal year,
amount to.................................. 79,506 82
Balance of cash receipts over cash expenditures,..	$3,917 95
For the various items of cash receipts and expenditures, the
Inspectors are respectfully referred to schedules A, B, C, D,
hereunto annexed.116
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Earnings of the Prison
The cash receipts for earnings and products of convict labor of
the prison during the year, (exclusive of miscellaneous receipts,)
amount to...................................... $69,003 78
Miscellaneous receipts, rent of State farm, &c.,....	2,403 30
The amount of convict labor executed for the State
during the same period, estimated at 40 cents
per day, being the ordinary contract price, is ..	16,348 00
Total amount of cash receipts and labor performed
for the State,............................... $87,755 08
Total amount of cash expenditures,............. 79,506 82
Leaving a balance for excess of earnings over cash
expenditures, of........................... $8,248 26
Deduct cash paid for debts incurred previous to the
commencemnet of the present fiscal year, as be-
fore stated, from the amount of gross cash expen
ditures for the year, and the excess of earnings
over the expenditures for the fiscal year amounts
to........................................... $10,668 25
For the particulars of the above statement of earnings the In-
spectors are respectfully referred to schedule E, hereunto an-
nexed.
The above aggregate of receipts and the general expenditures
of the prison, present more favorable results than have here-
tofore been realized from the labor of convicts, in the Sing Sing
prison. In the absence of losses by fire, or other casualties, this
financial improvement would seem to warrant a confidence in the
ability of the prison to sustain its own ordinary expenses, inde-
pendently of the charge imposed by the annual deficiency in the
earnings of the female department. It will be observed, however,
by reference to the statement of its earnings for the last year, as
compared with the preceding, that an improvement has also taken
place in that prison, to the amount of nearly one thousand dol-
• Iars. It will be seen also that a diminution has taken place inNo. 35.J
117
the expenses of the female prison during this improvement in
its earnings, of over two thousand dollars.
The total amount of cash receipts from contract labor and all
other sources, (exclusive of appropriations from the State,) for
the fiscal year ending September 30th, 1851, was..	$71,424 77
The total amount of cash receipts from the same
sources for the last fiscal year, was........ 53,479 38
Excess of cash receipts from earnings, &c., for this,
as compared with the last fiscal year,....... $17,945 39
The amount which the earnings of the prison this year, fall
short of liquidating its whole expenses both male and female
prisons and incidental expenses included, is but $1,808.78; for
particulars of this result, the Inspectors are respectfully referred
to schedule F, hereunto annexed.
The liabilities of the prison on the 30th September, 1851, for
debts contracted during that year, other than the amount due
officers and guards on the 1st October, 1851, were about $3,677.68.
Tire amount of credits due the prison, Earned or accruing dur-
ing the same period and remaining unpaid, was about $2,914.62.
In addition to the disbursements for the ordinary support and
incidental expenses of the prison the agent has expended in cash,
in constructing new shops, the sum of $2,663.20. With this
amount there has been constructed :
1.	A shop for manufacturing shooks to fulfill a contract; the
stone part of which shop is 70 feet in length by 36 in breadth,
the wood part of the same shop being 100 feet in length, by 26
in breadth. This part of the shop was mostly built out of an old
building, formerly standing on the prison dock, and known as
the stone house.
2.	A stone shop for the manufacturing of saws to fulfill a con-
tract for 5 years, 83 feet in length and 36 feet in breadth, with
slate roof.118	[Senate
j£3. A wooden shop, with tin roof, for grinding saws, 75 feet in
length by 32 feet in breadth.
4.	An engine room, with tin roof, 45 feet by 22 feet, constructed
of brick.
The following contracts for convict labor have been made
during this year:
1.	With Henry R. Hubbell, for the services of from 30 to 50
convicts, to be employed in manufacturing shooks for a term of
five years, at 40 cents per day per man.
2.	With James Horner & Co., for the services of from 50 to
100 convicts, for a term of from 3 to 5 years, to be employed at
the manufacturing of files and saws, at 40 cents per day. This
contract has been assigned to Cortlandt Wood & Co., with the
consent of the agent and the approbation of the Inspectors.
The other existing contracts are as follows:
1.	With Thomas WTeatherby, for the services of from 20 to 30
convicts, at carpet weaving, for 5 years from the 1st September,
1848, at 40£ cents per day.
2.	With Joseph I. Lewis, for the labor of 50 convicts, at the
manufacturing of saddlery hardware, for 5 years from the 10th
day of January, 1849, at 35 cents per day per man.
3.	With the same, fc>r the services of from 30 to 50 convicts
to be employed at the same business, and at. the same price, for 5
years from the 1st day of May, 1850.
4.	With Hotchkiss and Smith for the labor of 50 convicts, at
the making of carpets and rugs at 40£ cents per day, per man,
for 5 years from the 1st day of December, 1847.
5.	With Henry A. Taylor for the employment of 30 convicts
with privilege of increasing the number to 150 at quarrying and
burning lime stone, See., at 40 cents per day per man, for five
years from 1st May, 1817.
6.	With Samuel Taylor for the services of all the practical
coopers in the prison at 50 cents per day, per man, for 5 years,
on and from the 1st January, 1848.No. 35.]
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7.	With Charles Watson for the services of from 10 to 30 con-
victs, who are hatters by trade, with the privilege of employing
as many more as may be at the disposal of the agent, who are
certified hatters, for the manufacture of wool hats, at 40 cents
per man, per day, for 5 years from the 1st May, 1849.
8.	With James Horner & Co., for the emplo i n ; lof fro50
to 75 convicts at cutting and making files, for five years, from the
1st May, 1849, at 40 cents per day per man, with the privilege of
increasing to 150, if that number bo at the disposal of the agent.
9.	With James Johnston for the services of from 20 to 50 con-
victs to be employed in the business of manufacturing tapestry
carpets at 40 cents per day per man, from the 1st day of Octo-
ber, 1850, for 5 years.
There is also a temporary contract with Charles Watson for
the employment of as many female convicts, as may be at the
disposal of the agent, in trimming and binding hats, at 20 centg
per dozen.
The following is a statement of suits now pending and institu-
ted as well by the agents of this prison, as by individuals against
the same:
My late predecessor in his report of the date of 30th Septem-
ber, 1850, to the Inspectors of State Prisons, stated that at that
time he was under the advice of the Inspector in charge, adverti-
sing for the letting of tho services of (£from 50 to 100 convicts
to be employed in manufacturing saws and files, and from 20 to
30 for making shooks.”
In pursuance of the steps thus taken and under the advice
and approbation of the Inspector in charge, an offer of Messrs.
James Horner & Co., was accepted for the services of from 50 to
100 convicts to be employed in making saws at the rate of 40
cents per day, and a contract in writing executed by me and the
contractors to that effect, with the approbation of the Inspectors,
was subsequently assigned to Cortlandt Wood & Co., and the ser-
vices of from 30 to 40 convicts having been from time to time,
assigned to Messrs. Wood & Co., and the contract in the’eourse120
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of execution having been found an advantageous one to the State,
an additional number of convicts was occasionally assigned to
that employment of such as had no previous trade, though less
than a hundred in all were so allotted.
While the contractors were proceeding according to the terms
and upon the faith of their contract, a most extraordinary attempt
was set on foot to prevent the fulfilment of it, by an action com-
menced by one Smith, describing himself as a journeyman saw
maker, and asking for an injunction against the agent and the
contractors, to prevent the further prosecution of the business of
saw making in the State prison at Sing Sing, on the ground that
the principal supply of saws was derived from manufacturers in
this State, and not from foreign States or countries. This appli-
cation for an injunction having been denied by Chief Justice Ed-
monds, the party saw fit to discontinue that action, but has since
commenced a new one in the Supreme Court, adding names of
other journeymen saw makers, and in, and on behalf, of such as
may come in, and contribute to the expenses of the suit. They
also pray for an injunction against the agent and contractors to
restrain them from the further manufacture of saws under the
present contract, and to have it surrendered and cancelled, and
to prohibit the making of any similar contract in future, and de-
mand $1,000.00 damages as already sustained.
To say nothing of the legal expenses incurred by this novel
proceeding, these attempts to break up contracts beneficial to the
State, are calculated to deter parties from entering into any con-
tract for convict labor in any manufacture, if they are liable to
be thus assailed by every individual who may imagine his inter-
ests are affected by what is called the competition of convict la-
bor. How far this subject may deserve the attention of the Le-
gislature, is respectfully submitted to the judgment of the Inspec-
tors, as well as what particular measures they may see fit to sug-
gest to prevent a recurrence of similar vexations.
The suit of Zalmon J. McMasters and Jaoob J. Merritt against
the agent of this prison, was commenced in November, 1848, to
recover the value of oertain property alleged to have been des-
troyed by a fire at the prison on the 19th day of July, in the year
1843.121
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The right of the plaintiffs to recover seems to be based upon
the alleged carelessness and unskillfulness of the officers of the
prison for the time being, in erecting a certain engine house and
steam engine in the yard of the prison, and in the management of
such engine by the convict in charge thereof, from the furnace of
which the fire is said to have originated.
A verdict for the plaintiffs was obtained in this suit at the
Westchester circuit court, held in April last, upon which they
entered up a judgment against the agent of this prison, on the
13th day of last November, for damages and costs $10,980.68.
As numerous exceptions on behalf of the State were taken at
the trial, presenting important questions of law, instructions were
given by my predecessor to the attorneys for the State to take the
case to the general term of the supreme court for its decision.
A bill of exceptions was accordingly made on behalf of the
State, which has been incorporated in the judgment roll, and an
appeal was taken from the judgment on the 5th day of December
instant, and the suit is now pending before the general term of
the supreme court in the second circuit.
On the 13th day of June last, an action similar to the one above
mentioned, was commenced against the agent of this prison by
Abijah Fitch, Thomas M. Hunt, and Henry H. Cooley, who claim
to be assignees of the property and rights in action of Horace
Hotchkiss and William P. Smith, former contractors in the pri-
son. The suit in question is brought to recover the value of cer-
tain property of Hotchkiss & Smith, alleged to have been des-
troyed by the fire in the prison on the 5th day of February, in
the year 1859, which, it is alleged, was caused by the careless-
ness of the officers of the prison in erecting and managing a cer-
tain stove or stoves, put up for the purpose of warming the shops
of the prison.
This cause has been noticed for trial on behalf of the State at
several circuit courts held in the county of Westchester, but was
not reached on the calendar until the circuit held on the 4th
Monday of November last, when it was put over that term on
the application of the plaintiffs, and the same is still pending
and at issue on the pleadings.122
[Assembly
la June, 1850, my predecessor commenced an action against
Horace Hotchkiss and William P. Smith, for a balance of con-
vict labor amounting to $6,327.07. The defendants put in an
answer to the complaint setting up and alleging, by way of de-
fence, certain breaches on the part of the agent of the prison of
the two contracts under which the labor was performed. The
damages for these alleged breaches of the contracts having been
liquidated and settled by an arbitration had between the agent
of the prison and Hotchkiss and Smith, such arbitration and the
award therein was set up by way of reply to the defendants’
answer.
The amount of this award has been paid to the assignees of
Hotchkiss and Smith, after deducting the amount due for convict
labor, this was done under and in pursuance of chapter 352 of
the Laws of 1851, which leaves the balance of such arvard for
future settlement and final determination between the parties,
and which leaves the question still unsettled whether the amount
claimed in this suit is to be finally deducted from the amount of
said award.
This cause has been noticed for trial oh behalf of the State at
the several circuit courts held in the county of Westchester, at
which it has not been reached on the calendar. It was noticed
and prepared for trial at the Westchester court held on the 3d
Monday of September last, and the trial thereof was commenced,
but it was put over the term by occasion of sickness in the fam-
ily of one of the jurors empanelled to try the same. It was
again noticed and prepared for trial at a circuit court held on the
4th Monday of November last, and was then put off on the ap-
plication of the defendants, and it is still pending and at issue
on the pleadings. John Humphries, late a contractor in the
prison, commenced an action against the agent thereof on the 5th
day of November last; but as the suit was commenced by sum-
mons, and the complaint has not yet been served ; I am unable
to state the nature or object thereof.123
No. 35.]
The total cost of rations for both prisons for the year 1850, with.
a daily average of 775 convicts, was............... $27,060 71
That of 1851, for both prisons, with a daily average
of 796 convicts, was............................... 23,122 04
Difference in favor of 1851,.......................... $4,538 67
The average cost of a daily ration in 1S50 was 8 cents 65 mills.
The same in 1851, was 7 cents and 73 mills.
In view of this improvement in the financial department of the
prison during the past year, and the prospect of an increased
income from the same sources for the coming year, the agent feels
great pleasure in being able to announce that he sees at present,
no necessity for appealing to legislative aid, to meet the current
expenses of the present fiscal year. If no unforeseen misfortune
should occur, the current receipts from the earnings of the con-
victs and other sources, will suffice for all purposes now charged
to and paid out of those funds.
While I beg to tender my congratulations on this favorable
state of the fiscal operations of the prison, I should do injustice
to the Inspectors as well as to ray own sentiments, if I did not
also acknowledge the very great benefits derived from their active
and energetic supervision of the prison, and I cannot but feel
that the State is much indebted to them for this exemption from
any appropriation for its future support.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
MUNSON J. LOCKWOOD,
J)gent of Sing Sing Prison.124
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( A. )
Alfred R. Booth, agent of the Sing Sing prison, in account cur-
rent'with the People of the State of New- York: For cash received
on account of the said prison, and expended for the general use of
the same, from the lrf day of October to the 20th day of Novem-
ber, 1850.
1850.	Dr.
Oct. 1. To balance from last month’s account brought for-
ward,.............................................. $3,711 06
31. To cash from contractors and all other
sources this month,............... $1,181 74
Nov. 20. To cash from contractors and
all other sources to date, .	4,135 48
---------5,317 22
' *
$0,028 28
1850.	Cr.
Oct. 31. By cash expended for general support, &e.
of said prison this month,.. $3,621 42
Nov. 20. By cash expended for general
support, &c., of said prison
to date,................. 4,798 14
---------$8,419 56
Balance in agent’s hands to date,......	608 72
$9,028 28
Nov. 20. By balance carried forward,.. $638 72No. 43.]
m
(B-)
Munson J. Lockwood, agent of the Sing Sing Prison, in account
with the People of the State of New-York, for cash received and
expended for the general sapport and payment of debts, &c., from
the 20th of Novenmber, 1850, to the 30th of September, 1851,
both days inclusive.
1850.	Dr.
Nov. 20. To cash received from late
agent bro’t forward,.....	$608 72 •
30. cash received from con-
tractors and all other
	sources,	this month,...	$67 26
Dec. 31.	do	do	4,684 48
1851.		%	
Jan. 31.	do	do	5,519 44
Feb. 28.	do	do	5,699 45
Mar. 31.	do	do	5,896 03
Apr. 30.	do	do	6,142 04
May 31.	do	do	5,973 65
June 30.	do	do	6,667 31
July 31.	do	do	10,902 31
Aug. 31.	do	do	11,150 83
Sept. 30.	do	do	15,406 75
78,107 55
$78,716 27
1850.
Cr.
Nov. 20 to
Nov. 30. By cash expended for general
	support, &c.	, this month,	$126 16
Dec. 31. 1851.	do	do	5,275 42
Jan. 31.	do	do	3,714 32
Feb. 28.	do	do	5,197 62
Mar. 31.	do	do	6,523 47125	[Senate
Apr. 30.	By cash expended for	• general		
	support, &c., this	month,	5,850	36
May 31.	do	do	6,086	01
June 30.	do	do	5,096	02
July 31.	do	do	11,869	77
Aug. 31.	do	do	9,776	52
Sept. 30-	do	do	11,471	60
§71,087 26
Balance in agent’s hands car-
ried forward to 1st October
1851,.................... 7,629 01
$78,716 27
The annexed table marked C., exhibits the cash receipts of
the prison, showing the sources from whence derived, &c., for the
year ending 30th September, 1851.
(C.)
STATEMENT,
Exhibiting the amount of cash received from all sources by the agent
of the Sing Sing Prison, during the year ending the 30th Sep-
tember, 1850, and the sources from whence the same was derived.
Balance from last year’s account
brought forward,............ $3,711 06
Cash received during the year as
follows:
Weave contracts.
Thomas Weatherby. Hotchkiss and
Smith, and James Johnson,........... $16,331 84
Lime contract.
Henry A. Taylor,....................... 4,353 90
Cooper contract.
Samuel Taylor,......................... 746 50No. 34.]
127
Hat contract.
Charles Watson,........................... $17,679	54
Sadlery and hardware contract.
Joseph I. Lewis,........................... 11,217	16
File contract.
James Horner & Co., and others,..........	8,099 98
Cabinet contract.
Charles H. Woodruff,..................... 3,85127
Saw contract.
Cortlandt Wood & Co.,.................... 2,444 37
Shook contract.
Henry R. Hubbell,............................. 647	12
Stone shop and quarries.
For stone, and cutting the same, &c.,...	3,700 60
Rents, tfc.
Rent of State farm, &c.,................. 234 97
Clothing.
Rags, wool, &c., sold,..................... 226 58
Oil and fuel.
Old oil and camphine bbls.,sold, &c.,..	31 00
Hospital stores.
Empty packages, &e., sold,..................... 35	00
Provisions.
Sale of bones, swill, empty bbls., grease,
&c.,............................... 1,048 33
Visiters.
Sundry visitors during the year,.......	'361 92
Convicts’ deposits.
Cash deposited by convicts upon arrival, 17 49
Discharged convicts.
Error by A. R. Booth in 1849, refunded,	20
United States convicts.
Received from U. S. marshal, for sup-
port of sundry U. S. convicts con-
fined in this prison,.................... 497 00128
Senate
Appropriation s.
Received from the Comptroller, special
appropriation for the payment of
old debts, &c., &c.,............. 12,000 00
---------- 83,424 77
$87,135 83
The following statement, marked D, exhibits the amount of cash
expended during the past year and for what purpose :
(D. )
STATEMENT,
Exhibiting the amount of cash expended by the agent of Sing Sing
Prison for the general support of the same, and payment of old
debts, (fc., during the year ending 30th September, 1851.
Salaries of prison officers and teachers,.. $23,620 39
Pay of prison guards,................... 11,863	50
Provisions,............................... 25,650	30
Clothing,.................................. 4,108	96
Oil and fuel,.............................  2,934	44
Furniture,................................... 927	08
Hospital stores,........................... 2,030	30
Building and repairs,...................... 2,663	20
Stone shop and quarries,................... 2,037	45
Postage and stationery,...................... 187	22
Discharged convicts,....................... 1,132	14
Convicts’ deposits refunded,................. 123	41
Transport of lunatic convicts,................ 63	75
U. S. Convicts, refunded to U. S. mar-
shal, fines,................................... 1	00
Incidental, counsel fees, advertising, dam-
ages by late fire, &c.,.................... 2,163	68
---------$79,506 82
Total amount of expenditure, including
old debts contracted previous to 1st
Oct., 1850, and paid during the present
year,............................... 79,506 82
Deduct for the amount of above old debts, 2,562 21
Nett expenditure for the year ending 30th Septem-
ber, 1851,.......................................$76,944 61129
No. 35. J
The next following statement exhibits the earnings of the pris-
on, including contract work, and the unproductive labor of those
convicts employed in the service of the State in building shops,
repairing buildings, manufacturing clothing, and all other work.
&c., during the past year.
(E.)
STATEMENT,
Exhibiting the amount of earnings in the Sing Sing Prison from
contract labor and all other sources, during the year ending Sep-
tember 30th, 1851.
Weave contract, Thomas Weatherby, Hotchkiss Sc
Smith, James Johnston,.......................... $16,231	84
Lime contract, Henry A. Taylor,...................... 4,353	90
Cooper contract, Samuel Taylor,........................ 746	50
Hat u Charles Watson,............................... 17,679	54
Sadlery and hardware contract, Joseph J. Lewis,.. 11,217	16
File contract, James Horner and others,.............. 8,099	98
Cabinet contract, Charles H. Woodrutf,............... 3,851	27
Saw	“	Cortlandt Wood & Co.,........... 2,444 37
Shook	“	Henry R. Hubbell,............... 647 12
Stone shop and quarries, marble cut, and stone
sold,8cc.,........................................ 3,700	60
State farm, rent of John Humphries and others,..	234	97
Clothing, paper, rags,&c., sold,....................... 226	58
Oil and fuel, coal dust, oil and camphine barrels,
sold, &c.,........................................... 31	00
Hospital stores, empty packages, demijohns, &c.,
sold,................................................ 35	00
Provisions, soap grease, swill, bones, and empty
provision barrels sold, &c.,...................... 1,048	33
United States, received from U. S. marshal for sup-
port of U. S. convicts confined in this prison,..	497 00
Visitors, sundry persons visiting this prison during
the year,........................................... 361	92
$71,407 08
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[Senate
$71,407 08
Total amount of earnings, &c., brought forward,..
Convict labor executed for State purposes from, ls£
October, 1850, to 30th September, 1851.
By convict masons,
CC	cc	carpenters,
CC	cc	stone cutters,
cc	cc	blacksmiths,
cc	cc	coopers,
cc	cc	quarrymen,
cc	cc	laborers,
cc	cc	teamsters,
cc	cc	tailors, shoemakers
and weavers.
Total number of days,
average price of convict labor
4,129
4.442	’ “
5.947	“
4.442	“
313 “
5,634 “
5.947	“
1,878 “
8,138 “
40,870 “ at the
if 40 cents per day, 16,348 00
Total nett earnings of male prison from all sources, $87,755 08
(F.)
The total amount of expenditure during the year,
was,....................................... $79,506 82
From which deduct for all debts incurred previous
to the present fiscal year, but paid out of the
present annual receipts,........................ 2,562 21
Leaving the nett yearly expenditure at............. $76,944 61
The total receipts from all sources being $83,424 77
Deduct amount received from State
treasury,........................... 12,000 00
Leaves the actual cash receipts from
prison income alone at............. 71,424 77
Add, the cash balance on hand on the 1 st
day of October, 1850, k not included
in the above amount of cash rec’pts, 3,711 06
---------- 75,135 83
Leaving a balance of............................. $1,808 78
Being the difference which the prison actually falls short of pay -
ing its own expenses for the past year, independent of all resour-
ces of cash relief received from the State treasury.131
No. 35.]
The following statement exhibits the earnings of the female con-
victs employed on contract labor at hat binding during the year
ending 30th Sept., 1851, exclusive of the work done for the State
in making and repairing convict clothing, washing hospital linen,
&c.
1850, amount of earnings for the month of October,..	$265 57
do	do	November,	227 75
do	do	December,	214 20
do	do	January,..	279 25
do	do	February,.	291 85
do	do	March,...	369 99
do	do	April,....	352 85
do	do	May,		387 83
do	do	June,....	285 60
do	do	July,		266 83
do	do	August,..	281 57
do	do	Sept’mber,	262 00
Nett amount of earnings on contract labor,..... $3,585 29
STATEMENT
Exhibiting the expenses of the female prison for the fiscal pear ,/
ing September 30th, 1851.
Fuel and lights,.......................... $1,100	00
Furniture and clothing,...................... 760	00
Salaries of matron and	assistants,......	1,900	00
Guards,...................................... 720	00
Agent, clerk, chaplain and physician, one-
eighth part of salary	each,.............. 3G2	50
Rations,................................... 2,101	15
Hospital,..................................   350	00
Repairs this year,........................... 600	00
Waiters, teamsters and	laborers,............ 584	00
Discharged convicts, mileage, &c., and
clothing,.................................. 200	00
$8,677 65
The earnings for the same period on con-
tract labor Avere,...................... $3,585 2913-2
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The earnings on State work, clothing, &c.,	600 00
-------- 4,185 29
Excess of cost of support over the earnings for the
year 1851,....................................... $4,492 36
The net amount of cash receipts from all sources this
year, deducting all cash drawn from State treasury
was,...........................................$71,424 77
The same for the previous year was,.............. 53,479 38
Balance in favor of 1851,...................$17,945 39
The cash receipts for contract convict labor alone in
1851 were,......................................$68,972 28
The same for 1850 were,............................ 48,808 43
Balance in favor of 1851,.....................$20,163 85
It will be found upon reference, that the above rescipts are an
excess over any other period of the past ten years.
The nett earnings from contract labor at the female prison for
the present year were,........................... $3,585 29
The same for 1850 were,............................. 2,665 13
Balance in favor of 1851,...................... $920 16
Being an excess over the earnings of the female convicts of
any previous year since the existence of this institution.
The average of monthly receipts throughout the year
was,................................................ $6,952 06
The average of monthly expenditures throughout the
year was,........................................... $6,625 66
The total cost of rations for the year ending 1850 for both prisons,
with a daily average of 775 convicts throughout the year,
was,............................................$27,660 71133
No. 35.]
The total cost of rations for the year ending 1851 for
both prisons, with a daily average of 796 convicts
throughout the year, was,....................... 23,122 04
Balance in favor of 1851, with an excess of .21 con-
victs per day throughout the year,.............. $4,538 67
The average cost of each daily ration throughout the year
in 1850, was 8 cents and 6^ mills. The average cost of each
daily ration throughout the year in 1851, was 7 cents and 7|
mills.
e
STATEMENT
Exhibiting the total cost of Rations for the male prison, from the 1st
of October, 1850, to the 30th of September, 1851.
Total cost of rations for October,					. .. $2,122 66
U	tt	tt	November,		1,932 82
tt	tt	tt	December,		
tt	tt	a	January,		... 1,673 17
u	tt	tt	February,		1,569 51
tt	tt	u	March,		1,581 46
tt	u	tt	April,		
c<	a	tt	May,		
tt	a	it	June,		1,470 93
tt	tt	a	July,		1,719 79
tt	tt	tt	August,		... 2,151 36
a	tt	a	September,		1,921 10
Total cost of rations for the past fiscal year for male
prison alone,............................... $21,020 88
The average number of male convicts throughout the year was
723.
The average cost of each ration per day, throughout the year,
was 7| cents.134
[Senate
STATEMENT
Exhibiting the total cost of Rations for the female •prison, from the
1st October, 1850, to the 30th September, 1851.
1850.	Total cost of rations for October,...... $184 38
do	do	do	November,......... 174	75
do	do	do	December,......... 178	47
1851.	do	do	do ' January,................... 167	83
do	do	do	February,......... 151	32
do	do	do	March,............ 169	66
do	do	do	April,............ 167	22
do	do	do	May,.............. 153	82
do	do . do	June,............. 158	46
do	do	do	July,............. 189	51
do	do	do	August,........... 200	79
do	do	do	September,........ 204	94
Total cost of rations for the past fiscal year, for the fe-
male prison alone,..................................... $2,101 15
The average number of female convicts was during the year
73212.
* ** 3 6 5 *
The average cost of each ration per day throughout the year
was 7 cents 7| mills.
STATEMENT
Showing the total cost of Rations for both male and female prison
for the past fiscal year, ending 30th September, 1851.
1850.	Total cost of rations for October,...... $2,307 40
do	do	do	November,........... 2,107	57
do	do	do	December,........... 1,887	38
1851.	do	do	do	January,............ 1,841	00
do	do	do	February,........... 1,720	83
do	do	do	March,.............. 1,751	12
do	do	do	April,.............. 1,722	53No. 35.]	135
1851. Total cost of rations for May,.............. 1,767 69
do	do	do	June,................. 1,629	39
do	do	do	July,................. 1,909	30
do	do	do	August,............... 2,352	15
do	do	do	September,............ 2,126	04
$23,122 04
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[Senate
Sing Sing Prison, ?
Oct. 31s£, 1850.	5
To the Inspectors of State Prisons:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true state-
ment of the monies received and expended for the general sup-
port, &c., of said prison during the month ending Oct. 31, 1850:
1850.
Oct. 1. Balance from last month’s account brought
forward,................................ $3,711 06
Cash received this month as follows:
31. Weave shop, Thomas Wetherby,
Oct. account,................... $264	69
Lime contract, Henry A. Taylor,
Oct. account,.................... 290	06
Cooper contract, Samuel Taylor,
Oct. account,..................... 86	50
Stone shop and quarries.
8. J. Wilcox, bl’ksmith work, $1 25
Peter Berrean, 50 tons
stone,................. 25 00
16. John J. Kane, stone on ac’t,
charged P. McCard,. .. 45 20
19. Capt. Tice, use of horse, &c.	4 38
Capt. , 2 tons stone,..	1 00
21.	Wm. P. Smith, monument
and boxing,............ 26	50
E. F. Grant, on ac’t stone, 200 00
Capt. Tunnell, unloading
slate,.................. 2	50
22.	Capt. Berrian, fifty tons
stone,................. 25	00
23.	Rodman & Co., 825 lbs. old
copper, &c............ 132	00
J. F. Sinclair, stone,... 11 00
31. T. J. Seixas, 50 tons stone, 25 00
498 83No. 35,]
141
Provisions.
Oct. 23. Mr. Shadyne, empty flour
bbls.................... 2 00
31. J. Lister, bones,........... 4 29
Convicts.
5. James Galligher, convict
deposit,................
23. Jean F. Hersennes, convict
deposit,.......................
1 00
2 00
Visiters.
Sundry visiters this month,
6 29
3 00
32 37
------ .1,181 74
$4,892 80
Cash expended this month:
1850.
Oct.	Vou.	Officers.	
1.	1.	Paid sundry officers, per pay	
		roll Sept,	$1,892 19	
19.	14.	Paid G. G. Leach, 16 days as	
		keeper, April, 1850,		24 00
		Guard.	
	2.	Paid sundry guard, per pay roll	
		Sept.,		
		Provisions.	
10.	8.	Paid Williamson & Vail, rye flour,	$171 00
11.	10.	“ C. Halstead, “	29 00
17.	13.	“ Bloer & Marsh, beans,		64 15
24.	16.	“ John V. Tompkins, potatoes,	43 20
	• #	Building and repairs.	
2.	3.	Paid E. & J. Bussing & Co., nails,	
		Oil and fuel.	
12.	11.	Paid Elijah H. Brower, wood,..	
1,916 19
986 25
307 35
65 50
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Oct.	Vou.	Stone shop and quarries.	
5.	5.	Paid Gabriel Tompkins, oxen,..	
		Furniture	
30.	19.	Paid Thomas E. Allen & Son,	
		brooms,		
		Convicts’’ deposits.	
10.	7.	Paid Geo. Young, conv’t deposit,	15
11.	9.	“ Chas. Conner, “	1 12
15.	12.	u Rosanna Divine, u	50
22.	15.	“ Eliza Berger, “	1 00
		Lunatic Convicts.	
26.	20.	Paid C. W. Christie, expenses to	i
		Utica Asylum,		
	'	Incidental expenses.	
4.	4.	Paid James Lusk, damages by	
		blasting,		8 68
5.	6.	Paid Caleb Roscoe, adv. convict	
		labor,		19 00
26.	17.	Paid J. W. Thompkins, exp. to	
		Auburn, McM. & Co.,		24 10
		uiscnarged convicts.	
31.	18.	Paid 27 discharged convicts this	
		month,		
100 00
12 00
2 77
33 00
51 78
130 58
$3,621 42
Balance in agent’s hands brought forward,... $1,271 38
State of New-York, ) gg
West Chester county, \
Alfred R. Booth, agent, and James C. Hale, clerk of the Sing
Sing prison, being duly sworn, depose and say, that the foregoing
account is correct and true, according to the best of their knowl-
edge and belief.	ALFRED R. BOOTH,
JAMES C. HALE.
Sworn and subscribed before me, /
this 12th day of Nov.'1851.	$
Joakim Ulmv, Justice of the Peace.No. 34.]
143
Sing Sing Prison, }
JVov. 20th, 1850. I
To the Inspectors of State Prisons :
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true state
ment of the monies received and expended for the general sup-
port, &c., of said prison, from the 1st to the 20th of November
instant:
1850.
Nov. 1 Balance from last month’s account brought
forward,.............................. $1,271 38
Cash received this month as follows :
Hat shop.
2 Charles Watson, Oct. ac-
count.................... $1,353 31
Saddlery Hardware.
Jos. J. Lewis, Oct. account	861 10
Weave shops.
4 Hotchkiss & Smith, Oct.
account............... $499	10
James Johnson, Oct. ac-
count.................... 268	09
12	John Humphries, Oct. ac-
count, ................. 67	70
------------ 834	89
File shop.
James Horner & Co., file
cutters, Oct. account..	643	19
James Horner & Co.,bill,
female cutters, Oct. ac-
count..................... Ill	25
------------ 754	44
Cabinet shop.
13	Charles H. Woodruff, ca-
binet makers, Oct. ac-
count, .......................... 240	85144
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Stone shop and quarries.
Nov. 4 John Magee, use of horse
unloading coal,......	8	00
13	Charles Hammee, stone,. 1	00
14	Capt; Parker, use of horse
unloading coal,......	3	50
18 Henry Baker, stone horse
block,.................... 3	00
E. F. Grant, bill of stone
cutters,................. 67	33
Provisions.
11 Jos. Lister, bones........	4 18
14 William Auser, 2 molas-
ses hhd.,..................... 1 00
Mr. Sniffin, 1 pork bbl.,.	63
Convict’s deposits.
19 Samuel Teerpenning, con-
vict deposite, ............
82 83
5 81
2 25 4,135 48
$5,406 86
Cash expended this month as follows :
1850.	Officers.
Nov. Vouch.
1	1. Paid sundry officers this month,
pay roll October,.............. $1 >907 86
Guards.
2. Paid sundry guards this month,
pay roll October,.............. 1,021 00
Provisions.
9	7. Paid W. & H. A. Hughson, flour
and meal,...................... $474 75
8. u S. Paten, 4 quarts yeast ....	25
14 15. “ J. Willsie, rye flour.......... 76 50145
No. 35.]
Nov. Vouch.
19 22. Paid Williamson & Vail, rye flour.
25. George F. Bowne, cod fish,..........
Hospital stores.
18 21. Paid J. Horner & Co., ice from
June to October,........................
Building and repairs.
1	3. Paid James Ludlow, agt. Co. S. L.
N., land lime,................
18	21.	“ J. Horner & Co., files, &c.,...
23. “ E. F. Grant, cement and tim-
ber, ...............................
Oil andjuel.
4	5.	Paid John Magee, ft. on 184| ton	
		coal,				230 62
7	6.	“ Peter Denny, 71 bbls char- coal,					27 63
14	12.	“ Joseph Parker, ft. on 60 tons coal,		78 00
18	21.	“ J. Horner & Co., coal and cin- ders, 				5 00
		Stone shop and quarries.	
9	7.	Paid W. & H. A. Hughson, feed,.	100 00
18	23.	“ E. F. Grant, wheelbarrows, rope, &c.,		31 03
		Pumiture.	
12	13.	Paid J. Brown, ft. on cast iron bed-	
		steads,				8 28
	24.	« J. Horner, table spoons, &c.,	26 00
		Lunatic convicts.	
12	4.	Paid Robert Lent, exp. transpt.	
lunatic convict to asylum,
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24 24
52 38
36 30
91 56
151 50
794 56
26 62
112 92
341 25
131 03
34 43
24 75146
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Jfov. Vouch.
Incidental expenses.
•' V
12	9. Paid Francis Larkin, witness fees,
&c.,.....................i.....	133 44
10.	u Seth Haight, adv. seal and
proposals,.......................... 10	50
11.	u Brown & Rowe, adv. convict
labor,............................... 9	70
14.	“ Enodi Davis, adv. convict
labor,.............................. 12	30
15	16. “ Ten Eyck & Co., adv. notice
to slaters,.......................... 1	35
16	17. “ A. G. Roos, expenses pursu-
ing escaped convict,................. 2	00
18. u Francis Larkin, sub. aift. as
J. P.,............................... 7	58
18 J20. “ Murason J. Lockwood, as ap-
praiser St. prs.,............................. 39	00
21.	£< J. Horner & Co., damage to
files by water, &c................. 170	44
Discharged convicts.
17	19. Paid Maria Murphy, discharged
convict,...................... 4 00
18	JJ6. “ two discharged convicts .this
month,........................ 13 36
386 31
17 36
$4,798 14
Balance in agent’s hands brought forward............ $608 72
State of New-York, ?
Westchester county, J
Alfred R. Booth, agent, and James C. Hale, clerk, of the Sing
Sing prison, being duly sworn, depose and say that the foregoing
Account of .correct and true according to the best of their know-
ledge and belief.
Sworn and subscribed before me, { ALFRED R. BOOTH,
this 25th day of Nov., 1850,	$ JAMES C. HALE.
Joakim Urmy, Justice of the Peace.No. 35.]
147
Sing Sing Prison, )
JVov. 30, 1850. $
\
To the Inspectors of State Prisons:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true
statement of the monies received and expended for the general
support, &c., of said prison, from the 20th to the 30th of Novem-
tember, 1850.
1850.
Nov. 20. Balance to date brought for-
ward,.....................
Cash received this month as follows:
$608 72
Stone shop and quarries.
21. Captain Bowing, use of
horse, &c.,...........
25. Charles Gilbert, stone,
27. Capt. Fleming, use of
horsh, &c.,..................
$8 00
26 76
3 75
38 51
Convicts’ deposits.
23. Augustus Nichols, con-
victs’ deposit,...........
Jason Atwood,..........
$3 00
25
67 26
$675 98
• Cash expended this month as follows:
Vou. ' Provisions.
22. 29. Paid J. Willsie, rye, &c.,
38. 36.	“ Peter Odell, fresh
24 76
meat,
29 00
53 76
Building and repairs.
27. 32. Paid Ephraim Colleigh,
freight on timber,....
10 00148
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Vou. Oil and fuel.
Nov. 23.	30. Paid J. F. Fay freight		
	on cask of camphene,		0 40
	Convict's deposits.		
20.	27. Paid James Kemp, cov-		
	vict deposit,			7 00
	Incidental expenses.		
25.	31. Paid James T. Collyer,		
	appraising State prop- erty y • « • ••••••••••	39 00	
28.	35. Paid R. U. Robinson, man-		
	ager, &c., horse and carriage 		4 00	% 43 00
			
	Discharged convicts.		
21.	28. Paid James Boyd, dis-		
	charged convict,		4 00	
27.	33. Michael Power, dischar-		
	ged convict,		4 00	
28.	34. John J. Ingersoll, dis-		
	charged convict, .....	4 00	12 00
			
			$126 16
Balance in agent’s hands bro’t forward,			|549 82
TATE OF NEW-YORK, ) gg
Westchester county, $
Munson J. Lockwood, agent, and James C. Hale, clerk of the
Sing Sing Prison, being duly sworn, depose and say, that the
foregoing account is correct and true, according to the best of
their knowledge and belief.
MUNSON J. LOCKWOOD,
JAMES C. HALE.
Sworn and subscribed before me }
this 11th day of Dec. 1850. 5
Joakim Urmy, Justice of the Peace.No. 35.]
149
Sing Sing Prison, )
December, 1850.	£
To the Inspectors of State Prisons :
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true state-
ment of the monies received and expended, for the general sup-
port, &c. of said prison, during the month ending Dec. 31, 1850.
1850.
Dec. 1. Balance from last month’s account brought
forward,................................ $549 82
Cash received this month as follows:
Hat shop.
2.	Charles Watson, Nov. acc’t,.. $1,226 16
Saddlery hardware.
I.J. Lewis, Nov. acc’t,....	828 89
File shop.
James Horner & Co. Nov. ac’t, 654 13
Weave hops.
3.	Hotchkiss & Smith, Nov. ac-
count,.......... $502 92
4.	Jas. Johnstone, Nov.
account,........ 274 28
Thomas Weatherby,
Nov. account, ... 246 65
6. John Humphries,
Nov. account, ... 49 55	
	1,073 40
Lime contract.	
Henry A. Taylor, Nov. ac’t,.	253 51
Cooper contract.	
Samuel Taylor, Nov. ac’t, ...	65 50
Cabinet contract.	
Chas. H. Woodruff, Nov. ac’t,	269 42150
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Stone Shop and Quarries.
1850.
Dec. 3. Philip Sleight, mon-
ument, ......................... $52	18
7. 0. Washburn, stone,	4	07
18. Capt’n Teal, use of
man & horse,	....	8	00
21. Capt’n Lynch, use of
man & horse,....	1000
23. Capt’n Stone, 2 tons
of stone,......... 1	00
-------	75 25
Provisions.
3. Joseph Lister, bones, 7 37
28. Jeremiah Sniffen, 1
	hogshead,	 75	8 12	
	House and farm. J. Humphries, rent,		20 00	
	Clothing.	• -	
	Joseph Bower, wool,		206 85	
	Convicts’ deposits.		
5.	Cornelius B. Low, convict de-		
6.	posit,	 James Barker^convict deposit,	25 75	
	Visitors.		
31.	Sundry visitors this month,.	8 25	4,684 48
			$5,234 30
Cash expended this month as follows :
1850.	Officers.
Dec. Vouch.
1	1. Paid sundry officers, per pay
roll November acc’t,.......
$1,949 35No. 35.]
151
Guard.
1850.
Dec. Vouch.
1	2. Paid sundry guards, per pay
roll, November,........... •	981 00
Provisions.
5	4. Paid Isaac Woolsey, potatoes		
	and turnips,		$106 63	
9	12. “ Samuel McCard, beef,..	192 40 u	
	14. “ G. W. Lynch, potatoes,.	35 00	
12	17.	“ James Brown, turnips,. 18.	“ R. 71. Johnson, beef and	33 90	
	pork,		1,029 88	1,397 31
			
	Hospital stores.		
9	11. Paid Jno. Romer& Co.flour,		420^80
	Clothing.		
5	8. Paid McCard & Smith, mus-		
	lins, &o			185^42
	Buildings and repairs.		
4	3. Paid David Gardner, land		
	lime,			15 21
	Furniture.		
19	20. Paid William Lawrence,		
f'	clock, &c			13 00
	Stone shops and quarries.		
5	5. Paid Clark & Burrhus, feed,.	18 00	
	7. Israel G. Hoag, hay, .	A 44 56	
9	13. Rob’t G. Mead, 1 yoke		
	oxen, 		115 00	
25.	21. John Wright, straw,		4 28	
4	Incidental expenses.		181 84
5	6. Paid David Ludlum, apprai-		
	sing State property,...	39 00	152
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1850.
Dec. Vouch.
6	9. Paid A. G. Levy, advertising,
90 38
40 64
$5,275 42
By balance due ageut,........................... $41 12
State of New-York, [ sg
:k Westchester county, ^
Munson J. Lockwood, agent, and James C. Hale, clerk, of the
Sing Sing prison, being duly sworn,depose and say that the fore-
going account is correct and true according to the best of their
knowledge and belief.
MUNSON J. LOCKWOOD,
JAMES C. HALE.
Sworn, and subscribed before me, {
this 14th day of January, 1851, ^
Jo AKIM Urmy, Justice of the Peace.
See........\........... $2 75
9 10. “ £. B. Spooner, adverti-
sing, &c................................... 10	50
11	15.	“ Lee, Mann & Co. adver-
tising, &c.................................. 17	10
16. “ Lee, Mann & Co. adver-
tising, Sic............................ 10	50
19. “ E. R. Jewett, adverti-
sing, Sic.............................. 10	50
Discharged convicts.
31	12. Paid 7 discharged convicts
this month,...............No. 35. J
153
Sing Sing Prison, )
January, 1851.	$
To the Inspectors of State Prisons :
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true
statement of the moneys received and expended for the general
support of said prison, from the 1st to the 31st January, 1851:
Cash received this month, as follows:
1851.	Hat shop.
Jan. 2. Charles Watson, Dec. acc’t., . $1,234 43
Saddlery hardware.
J. J. Lewis, Dec. acc’t,....	822 32
4.
9.
29.
6.
File shop.
James Horner & Co., Dec.
account,.....................
Lime contract.
Henry A. Taylor, Dec. acc’t,
Cooper contracts.
Samuel Taylor, Dec. acc’t, ..
Weave shops.
Hotchkiss and Smith.' r;c. ac-
count, ............*. $553 93
James Johnstone,Dec.
account............ 347	85
G. Griffith, Dec/acc’t, 87 95
T. Weatherby, Dec.
account,........... 239	69
Cabinet shop.
Charles H. Woodruff, Dec.
account,....................
640 15
249 25
74 25
1,229 42
286 18
Stone shop and quarries.
6. A. Buckhout, stone, $18 31
21. Edward B. Lane, one
yoke of oxen-,.....	90 00
Sol’mon Ackers ,stone, 3 00
23. Hudson Hirer R. R.
Co., convict labor, 244 85
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Hudson River R. R.
Co.,building sewer, 300 00
Nov. 29. J & L. Tuckerman,
stone,............ 179	81
Thomas Smull, stone, 50 00
-------	885 97
Provisions.
6. Joseph Lister, bones,.. $8 14
9. Mrs. Grace Wicks,swill,
Oct., Nov. and Dec., 57 26
23. Joseph Horton, 2 pro-
vision bbls,............... 1	00
25. Joseph Lister, bones,.. 8 00
------	74 40
Oil and fuel.
25. Peter Denney, error in bill,
Nov., vou. 6,.............. 1 00
Convicts’ deposits.
16. John H. Pitman, $1.00, Jas.
Johnson, 12c,.............. 1 12
Discharged convicts.
25. A. R. Booth, error in Fefc;' ry
account, 1849,............... 20
Visiters.
Sundry visitors this month,..	18 75
— 1 — 	* “lie
Cash expended this month as follows:
Balance due agent last month,
1851.	Officers.
Jan. Vou.
1. 1. Paid sundry officers, per pay
roll, December, ......................
4.
Guard.
2. Paid sundry guard, per pay
roll, December,..........
7. Paid W. Clark, a guard, per
J. C. Yoe,...........,.......
1,032 00
41 12
$1,949 35
17 00
1,049-00155
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1851.
Jan. Vou.
Provisions.
3. 4. Paid John Brown,. potatoes
and turnips,..................... $7	19
6.	9.	Paid	Thos. Bailey, fresh beef,	59	48
10.	“	James Lusk, turnips,...	19	65
11.	“	Isaac W. Moseman, do,.	15	37
15.	19.	“	Haight and Van Liew,
beans,.......................... 182	75
17. 20. Paid Stephen Cypher, turnips,	8 02
18.	23.	“ M. Vassar & Co., freight
on flour bbls.,................... 5	13
25. 31. Paid E. Oobleigh, 300 bush of
• onions,.......................   124	00
Hospital stores.
9. 16. Paid Mrs. Grace Wicks, one
cow,..................... 22 50
16. 22. Paid George Tieman, sharpen-
ing lancets,.................... 75
31. 32. Paid Hudson River R. R. Co.,
freight on drugs,........ 40
Clothing.
8. 15. Paid J.Pinkham&Co.,leather
and awls, &c.,.............. 47 10
27. 30. Paid Hagaman and Dolittle,
neats foot oil,........... 2 25
31. 32. Paid Hudson River R. R. Co.,
freight on wool,.......... 1 £0
Building and repairs.
2.	3. Paid David Gardner, agent,
&c., lime,................ 9 87
3.	6. Paid David Reed, lumber, &c.,	55 38
Furniture.
6. 12. Paid Charles H. Woodruff, bill
, sundries,................V 19 75
421 59
23 65
51 25
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1851.
Jan. Vou.	Lunatic convicts.
6. 8. Paid A. K. Hoffman, examina-
tion and certificate,....... $6 00
Oil and fuel.
31. 32. Paid Hudson River R. R. Co.,
freight on camphene,.....	165
Stone shop and quarries.
9. 16.	Paid	Mrs. Grace Wicks, wood
for	handles,.................. 10	00
17. 20.	Paid	Stephen Cypher,' straw,	5	95
16. 21.	“	Aaron Ward, hay,.....	18	87
21. 24.	“	Edwd.Orser,straw,....	7	84
21. 25.	“	P. Youmans, “	....	6	45
25. 29.	u	Corn’us Youmans, straw,	5	30
-------	54 41
Incidental expenses.
3: 5. Paid John Flack, expenses
pursuing escaped convict,	1 50
8. 13. PaidH. Jones, drawing paper,	19
15. “ Thorn Many, expenses
pursuing escaped convict, 4 25
11. 17. Paid A. G. Levy, advertising,
&c.,............:.......... 7 50
14. 18. Paid Mary Weatherspoon, da-
mages by blasting,................. 3 75
21. 26. Paid E. S. Sutherland, adver-
tising, &c.,............................... 9	30
27. Paid E. B. Lane, defining
boundaries and surveying
State farm,.................... 25	00
17. 28. Paid Gardner Van Wyck, tak-
ing affidavit,..................... 13
------	51 62
Discharged convicts.
31. 33. Paid 5 discharged convicts,
this momth,.............. 20 80
$3,755 44
Balance in agent’s hands bro’t
forward,..................... $1,762	00157
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State of New-York, ? gg
Westchester county, ^ ss
Munson J. Lockwood, agent, and James C. Hale, clerk, of the
Sing Sing Prison, being duly sworn, depose and say that the fore-
going account is correct and true, to the best of their knowledge
and belief.
MUNSON J. LOCKWOOD.
JAMES C. HALE.
Sworn and subscribed before rue, ?
this 17th day of February, 1851. $
Joakim Urmy, Justice of the Peace.
To the Inspectors of State Prisons:
Sing Sing Prison, ^
February, 1851. \
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true
statement of the moneys received and expended for the general
support, &c., of said prison for the month of February, 1851:
1851 Cash received this month as follows :
Feb. 1. Balance from last month’s account brought
forward,................................ $1,762 00
Hat shop.
Charles Watson, January acct., $1,491 62
i
Saddlery hardware.
J. J. Lewis, January acc’t.,...	908 67
File shop.
J. Horner & Co., Jan. acc’t,.. 685 95
Lime contract.
Henry A. Taylor, Jan. acc’t,..	250 08
Cooper contract.
Samuel Taylor, Jan. acc’t,...	79 00
Weave shop.
4. Hotchkiss & Smith,	$614	96
Thos. Weatherby,.	267	78
James Johnston,...	361	65
S. Griffen,............ 51	20
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Cabinet shop.
Chas. H. Woodruff, Jan. acc’t, $302 03
Stone shop and quarries.
8. 0. Washburn, stone,	$22	02
25. S. & S. Seixas, 50
tons stone,.....	25	00
R. R. Voris, settle-
ment on judg’t,.	75	00
------- 122 02
Provisions.
18. J. Lister, bones,..	$8	91
25. Wm. Bloom, 1 mo-
lasses hhd......	75
-----	9	66
Convicts' deposits.
10. Dennis McCarthy, convict de-
posit,..    ..................... .	1 58
House and farm.
John Humphries, rent,	...	,.	40	00
United States convicts.
U. S. marshal, support of '
convicts,................ 497	00
Visitors.
Sundy visitors this	month,...	16	25
Cash expended this month as follows:
1851.	Officers.
Feb. Vouch.
1.	1. Paid sundry officers per
pay roll Jan’y,.......
%
Guards.
1.	2. Paid sundry guards per
pay roll Jan’y,........
Provisions.
7	6 Paid Peter Odell, fresh
beef,...................
5,699 45
$7,461 45
$1,949 35
970 75
26 40159
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Feb. Vouch.
	8.	Paid Clark & Burrhus, In-	
		dian meal,		$15 00
	10.	Paid Davis & Washburn,	
		Indian meal,				4 69
10.	14.	Paid William Vail, beans	
		and potatoes,		12 33
13.	18.	Paid It. & H. Johnson, beef	
		and pork,		958 00
19.	25.	Paid Hudson It. It. R. Co.,	
		fr’t on herring,		6 20
22.	28.	Paid Haight & Van Liew,	
		herring, 		154 99
25.	30.	Paid Michael Drury, peas,	286 13
		Hospital stores.	-
7.	7.	Paid William Pugsley,	
		beef and mutton		8 77
	9.	Paid Isaac Tompkins,	
		milk,		6 95
	10.	Paid Davis & Washburn,	
		flour,		51 25
19.	25.	Paid Hudson river R. R.	
		Co., ft. on tobacco, &c..	1 25
22.	28.	Paid Haight & Van Liew,	
		sugar, &c.,		84 56
		Clothing.	
4.	5.	Paid Hudson river R. R.	
		Co., ft. on yarn, &c		4 36
13.	17.	Paid Chambers & Ward,	
		1 ball filling, &c.,		100 09
19.	25.	Paid Hudson river R. R.	
		ft. on warp, &c., .... ..	1 36
20.	26.	Paid J. Pinkham & Co.,	
		thread, &c.,			12 73
$1,463 74
152 78
118 54		160	
		Building and repairs.	
1.	4.	Paid James Horner & Co.,	
		window glass,		
		Furniture.	
1.	‘ 3.	Paid Charles H. Woodruff,	
		lounge, &c.,		
		Oil and fuel.	
4.	' 5.	Paid Hudson river R. R.	
		Co., ft. 3 bis. camphene,	1 11
19.	25.	Paid do 1 do.,	38
22.	28.	Paid Haight & Van Liew,	
		sperm oil,		107 94
		Stone shop and quarries.	
7.	8.	Paid Clark & Burrhus,	
		• feed,			
		Convicts' deposits.	
8.	13.	Paid William Fisher, a	
		convict,		25
15.	22.	Paid Henry Attwood, a	
		convict,		1 00
26.	31.	Paid Martin Herrick, a	
		convict,		15 12
		. Postage and stationery.	
7.	12.	Paid James W. Robinson,	postage,...
		Incidental expenses.	
8	8.	Paid Knapp & Peck, adver-	
		tising proposals,		|8 53
10.	15.	Paid Johnson & Davis, ad-	
		vertisingTproposals,....	7 60
7.	16.	Paid Lockwood & Cobb,	
		advertising costs, &c.,..	134 00
14.	19.	Paid Bryan & Moore, ad-	
		vertising proposal, ...	6 78
	20.	Paid S. Haight, advertis-	
		ing proposals,		7 35
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95 75
12 00
109 43
36 00
16 37
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161
Feb.	Vou		
15.	21.	Paid Brown & Rowel, ad- vertising proposals,	 $9 58	
16.	23.	Paid S. S. Riggs, adverti- sing proposals,	 6 86	
17	24.	Paid Robt. R. Oakley, copy affidavit and papers, &c., 3 00	
21.	27.	Paid Peter Davids, agent, extra freight on Inspec- tors’ report,	 6 50 United States’ convicts.	190 20
25.	29.	Paid H. F. Talmadge, fine for eo. Jacobs, U. S. c.,		 Discharged convicts.	1 00
28.	32.	Paid 10 discharged conv’ts this month,	61 47 $5,197 62
Balance in agent’s hands brought forward,				$2,263 83
State of New-York, ) gs
Westchester County, }
Munson J. Lockwood, agent, and James C. Hale, clerk of the
Sing Sing prison, being duly sworn, depose and say that the fore-
going account is correct and true according to the best of their
knowledge and belief.
MUNSON J. LOCKWOOD.
JAMES C. HALE.
Sworn and subscribed before me, \
this 20th day of March, 1851.	3
Joakim Urmy, Justice of the Peace.
[Senate, No. 35.]	11162
[Senate
Sing Sing Prison, \
March, 1851.	£
To the Inspectors of State Prisons :
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true state-
ment of the moneys received and expended for the general sup-
port, &c. of said prison, for the month ending 31st March, 1851:
r • r » - L!r,(r — f;
1851. To cash received thi£ month as follows :
March 1. Balance from last month’s account bro’t
forward,............................... $2,263 83
Hat shop.
Charles Watson, Feb. acc’t,. $1,444 69
Saddlery hardware.
J. J. Lewis, Feb. account', ..	944 43
Weave shops.
James Johnston, .. $500 89
Hotchkiss & Smith, 579 47
Thos. Weatherby,. 259 17
.-------- 1,339	53
Cabinet shop.
Chas.H. Woodruff,Feb. acc’t,	309	49
Lime shop.
Henry A. Taylor, Feb. acc’t,	245	94
.1 bn* >iw<
Cooper shop.
Samuel Taylor, Feb. account,	78	00
File shop.
James Horner & Co., Feb.
account,..................... 691	05
Stone shop and quarries.
6. Capt. Haines,15 ton
stone,.......... $7 50
10. G. B. Tompkins, 1
yoke of oxen,...
104) 00163
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March 20. Capt. Kirk, use of	
horse,		$4 37
21. Seth Bird, stone,..	23 77
27. Capt. Atkins,50 ton	
stone,		25 00
27. Capt. Weeks, stone,	5 00
-------	165	64
Provisions.
17. Mrs. Grace Weeks,
swill,Jan.&Feb., $24 25
29. Jos. Lister, bones,. 7 03
31. Frecl’k. Fortmeyer,
soap, grease, &c., 606 95
-------	638	23
Clothing.
19. Mrs. Watkins,	lot	of	rags,..	19	73
Visitors.
Sundry	visitors this	month,.	19	30
-------	5,896 0&
Ldx/.'	__________
$8,159 86
1851	.	Cash expended this month as	follows:
[ar.	f You.	Officers.	
1.	1	Paid sundry officers per pay roll, Feb., Guards.	
	2	Paid sundry guards per pay roll, Feb., Provisions.	
4.	4	Paid Sam. McCord, fresh beef,		$126 60
5.	8	“ D. A. Griffin, fresh beef,		23 40
5.	10	“ Thos.Sarles,potatoes,	136 85
5.	9	« G. W. Sarles, “	47 75
8.	13	“ Chenery & Johnson,	
beef and pork,....
$1,949 9*
.18
976 m
1,490 00164
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Mar.	You.		
8.	15 ~	Paid Laird & Van Liew,	
		herrings,		$38 25
10.	17	“ G. B. Tompkins, fresh	
		beef,		47 75
15.	18	“ Laird & Van Liew,	
		hops,		95 78
20. ^	19	u John Purdy, turnips,	8 40
18.	20	“ Laird & Van Liew,	
		rice, &c.,		127 35
31.	24	« Fred’k. Fortmeyer,	
		soap,		573 00
31.	26	“ Laird & Van Liew,	
		storage,		37 75
31.	28	11 John Vail, rye,		19 50
		Hospital stores.	
10.	17	Paid G. B. Tompkins, fresh beef, ....	
		Clothing.	
6.	11	Paid H. Hotchkiss, freight	
		on yarn,. 						1 38
8.	14	Paid Chalmers & Ward,	
				137 64
		Building and repairs.	
4.	3	Paid David Reed,lumber,.	$46 04
31.	25	w Croton & Sparta, L. &	
		C. co. lime,		20 43
		Furniture.	
5.	6	Paid Porter & Fairchild, brushes,....	
		Oil and fuel.	
5.	8	Paid David A. Griffin, wood,,	
		Postage and stationery.	
25.	22	Paid Joseph Gillett, pens,...	
2,772 38
4 74
139 02
66 47
32 50
31 82
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Stone shop and quarries.
Mar. Vou.
| 4.	5	Paid	Edw’d Bouton, straw,	$12	00
22.	21	“	S. R. Tripp, 1	yoke
oxen,.......... 125	00
28.	23	“	E. F. Hanbold,	pow-
der,	250	00
. -------- 387 00
Convicts’ deposits.
5.	7	Paid, Thos. Gains, convicts’			
		deposits,		35 75		
25.	27	“ J. B. Lord, convicts’ deposits,		16	35	91
		Incidental expenses.			
6.	12	Paid John W. Woolsey, ser-			
		vices, &c.,		7 00		
10.	16	“ J. P. Jenkins,drawing			
		contract, &c.,		5 00	12	00
		Discharged convicts.			
31.	29	Paid 27 discharged convicts this month,		114	54
				$6,523 47	
	1			?			
State of New-York, ^ t
Westchester County. }
Munson J. Lockwood, agent, and Janies C. Hale, clerk of the
Sing Sing prison, being duly sworn, depose and say that the fore-
going account is correct and true according to the best of their
knowledge and belief.
MUNSON J. LOCKWOOD.
JAMES C. HALE.
Sworn and subscribed before me, )
this 16th day of April, 1851. \
JoakimUrmy, Justice of the Peace.166
[Senate
Sing Sing Prison, )
April, 1851.	\
To the Inspectors of State Prisons:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true
statement of the monies received and expended for the general
support, &c., of said prison, for the month ending 30 th April, 1851.
1851. To cash received this month as follows:
April 1. Balance from last month’s account brought
' forward,............................... $1,636 39
Hat shop.
3 Charles Watson, March
account,..................... $1,635	69
Saddlery hardware.
J. J. Lewis, March ac-
count, .....................     1,020	47
File shop
James Horner & Co.,
March account,.....	768	55
Weave shops.
James Johnson,.......$621 36
Hotchkiss & Smith...	637 08
Thos. Weatherby, ....	280 48
t: : i’V*		— 1,538 92
Cabinet shop.	
Chas. H. Woodruff,	
March account,....	332 42
Lime shop.	
Henry A Taylor,	
March account,		423 73
Cooper shop.	
Samuel Taylor, March	
account,		81 50
House and farm.
John Humphries, rent, 17 50
$6 do do	50 00
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Stone shop and quarries.
April 5 S. & J. Isaacs, 50 tons
stone,.......... 25	00
Capt. Helmes, use of
horse, &c......... 5	51
11E. Van Wart, 1	stone,.	1	00
12 W. D. & F. Vreeden-
burg, iron and stone,	171	81-
15 Mr. Scott, 2 kegs pow-
der, .......................... 5	00
22	S. E. Buckingham, one
stone,............... 2	00
23	Ludlum &	Smith, do..	10	94
---------- 221 26
■Provisions.
3 Mrs. Grace Wicks,
swill,............ 11	38
10 A. S. Briggs, 21 molass-
es hhds,................ 13	00
---------- 24 38
Convicts’’ deposits.
17 Henry Smith, convict
deposit,..................... 25
26	JohnKarnen,.................. 56
----------81
Visitors.
30 Sundry visitors this
month,............... 26 75
1851. Cash expended this momh as follows:
Apl. You.
Officers.
1	1 Paid sundry officers, per pay
roll, March,................. $1,995 18
24	Paid Elias Carle, services substi-
tute keeper, Ap.................... 14 00
6,142 04
$7,778 43
$2,209 18	168		Senate	
	Guard.	' '		
Apr.	Vou.			
	2 Paid sundry guard per pay roll,			
	March,			$966	50
	Provisions.			
	3 Paid E. L. Porter, potatoes,....	$5 00		
3	4 Paid Moses Hale, do		190 00		
8	8 Paid Chenery & Johnston, beef			
	and pork,		580 00		
9	9 Paid W. & H. A. Hughson, meal,	515 63	*	
26	20 Paid Sami. McCord, fresh beef,	513 10		
30	23 Paid Laird & Van Liew,molasses,	183 59	1,987	32
				
	Hospital stores.			
3	6 Paid Davis & Washburn, flour,.	67 63		
30	21 Paid Henry G. Nelson, cow,....	32 50	100	13
				
	Clothing.			
21	17 Paid M. Marclay, fr. agent,			3	97
	Oil and fuel.			
21	17 Paid M. Marclay, fret, agent, ft.	76		
26	20 Paid Sami. McCord, wood,		64*75	65	51
				
			•	
3	5 Paid J. Green, maps,		5 00		
12	12 Paid W. D. & F. Vreedenburg,			
	stone, &c.,		341 62	346	62
				
	Postage and stationery.			
21	16 Paid James W. Robinson, postage		27	62
	Stone shop and quarries.			
9	9 Paid W. & H. A. Hughson, feed,	158 13		
26	20 Paid Sami. McCord, cart, ton-	-		
	age, &c.,			5 25	163	38No. 35.]
169
Convicts1 deposits.
Apr. Vou.
7	7	Paid John Taylor, convict dept.	4	56
10	10 Paid Isaac Vanderhoof, do,...	50
12	11	Paid John Brown,	do,...	7 62
18	15	Paid Dennis Bower,	do,...	249
24	19	Paid Mary Wood,	do,...	2 00
---------------17	17
Incidental Expenses.
15	13	Paid Greeley & McElrath, ad-
vertising, &c	 9	30
14 Paid A. G. Levy, printing hand
bills, &c................... 2	00
21	18	Paid Robert Lent, expenses to
court, &c.................. 16	50
12	22	Paid Lockwood & Cobb, witness
fees, &c.................. 105	50
------------- 133	30
Discharged convicts.
30 25 Paid 29 discharged convicts this
month,...................................... 129	66
$5,950 36
Balance in agent’s hands, brought forward,......$1,828 07
Statk of New York, ? gg
Westchester county,	)
Munson J. Lockwood, agent, and James C. Hale, clerk of the
Sing Sing prison, being duly sworn, depose and say that the fore-
going account is correct and true according to the best of their
knowledgs and belief.
MUNSON J. LOCKWOOD,
JAMES C. HALE.
Sworn and subscribed before me, \
this 16th day of May, 1851,	\
Joakim Urmy, Justice of the Peace.
170	[Senate
Sing Sing Prison, )
June 1,1851. J
To the Inspectors of State Prisons:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true
statement of the monies received and expended for the general
use, &c., of the said prison during the month ending 31st May,
1851:
1851.
May 1. To cash received this month as follows:
To] balance from last month’s account brought
forward,..................................... SI,828 07
Hat shop.
Charles Watson, April ac’t,	1,627 35
Saddlery hardware.	
J. J. Lewis, April a’ct,...	1,027 27
File shop.	
James Horner & Co., April	
account,		834 21
Weave shops.
James Johnston,...........$647	78
Hotchkiss and Smith,... 634 75
Thomas Weatherly, .... 282 06
------	1,564 59
Cabinet shop.
Charles H. Woodruff,
April account,........$325 76
Lime shop.
Henry A. Taylor, April
account,.............. 418	87
Cooper shop.
Samuel Taylor, April ac’t, 76 00
Stone shop and quarries.
15. S.&J. Isaacs, 50 tons stone, 25 00
do use of horse &c.,	4	00
W. B. Post, do	6 50
Mrs. Underhill, stone sink, 5 00May.
16.	Capt. • Smith, 1 ton stone, 50
26. James B. Swain, 1 piece
coping,.................... 2	00
28. Captain Finger, 10^ days
convict labor, ............ 6	30
30. Captain Barritt, 10J days
canal labor,".............. 6	30
Provisions.
22. John' W. Lounsbury, six
bushels salt,......... $1 50
31. Joseph Lester, bones,....	17 00
Visitors.
Sundry visitors this month,
ijoow rh?i§1 o*7
55 60
18 50
27 50
5,973 65
$7,801 72
Cash’expended this month as follows :
1851.	Officers.
May. Vou.
1.	Paid sundry officers per pay
roll, April,............... $1,988 18
Guards.
2.	Paid sundry guard per day roll
April,..................... 960 90
Provisions.
3.	8. Paid John Brown, potatoes,....	$5	25
17.	17.	K. H.	Johnson,	pork	and
beef,..................................... 530	00
18.	R. H. Johnson, pork and
beef,..................................... 455	00
19.	R. H. Johnson, pork and
beef,
549 25172
May. You.
Clothing.
1.	5. Paid Chalmers & Ward, yarn, $145 66
19. 20.	McCord & Smith, serge, &c.,	7 13
31. 24.	Henry E. Paulding, wool,	37 13
Oil and fuel.
3.	9. Paid S. W. Smith, wool,.........	$55 50
16. 16.	Peter Denny, charcoal,...	19 65
31. 27.	Laird & Van Liew, oil,....	324 00
Building and repairs.
6. 11. Paid Reed & Co., roofing,.....
Furniture.
3.	7. Paid Thos. Weatherby, worsted, 2 53
19. 20. McCord & Smith, cotton
batts, &c.,............. 72 27
23. 21. Wm. J. Van Tassel, wood
for baskets,............ 10 00
Stone shop and quarries.
2. 6. Paid W. S. Pickering, iron, &e.,	5 88
10. 14. Smith Acker, hay,................ 38 77
23. 21. W. J. Van Tassel, wood for
handles,................ 10 00
3i. 2o. r«ier uueii, nay,..................... 37
Convicts’ deposits.
8. 12. Paid James Gallagher, convicts’
deposit,................... 1 00
13.	Louis Fisher, convicts’ de-
posit, ..................... 1 00
31. 23.	Francis Barnes, convict de-
posit, ............................. 51
Incidental expenses.
1.	3. Paid Francis Larkin, att'y for
Romer and Riggs,.........	50 00
2.	4. R. Lockwood, counsel fee, 30 00
[Senate
189 92
399 19
205 48
84 80
61
92 26
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May. Vou.
3. 10. Paid Mary Weatherspoon, dam-
	ages by blasting,		2 50
16. 15.	Croswell & Shaw, advertls-	
	ing convict labor,		22 90
26. 22.	E. B. Spooner, advertising	
	convict labor,		6 55
31. 25.	Lockwood & Cobb, costs, &c.,	400 57
	Discharged convicts.	
31. 28. Paid 25 discharged convicts this
month,................... Ill 65
$6,086 01
Balance in agent’s hands bro’t forward, $1,715 71
State of New-York, ) gg-
Westchester county, }
Munson J. Lockwood, agent, and James C. Hale, clerk of the
Sing Sing Prison, being duly sworn, depose and say, that the
foregoing account is correct and true, according to the best
their knowledge and belief.
MUNSON J. LOCKWOOD,
JAMES C. HALE.
Sworn and subscribed before me \
this 18th day of June, 1851. i
A. H. Wells ^Inspector of Prisons.174
[Senate
Sing Sing Prison, ?
June 30th, 1851,$
To the Inspectors of State Prisons:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true
statement of the moneys received and expended for the general
support, &c., of the said prison during the month ending the
30th June, 1851:
To cash received this month as follows:
1851.
June 1. Balance from last month’s account brought
forward,............................... $1,715 71
Lime shop.
2. Henry A. Taylor, May acc’t, $489 04
Cooper shop.
Samuel Taylor, May acc’t,...	59 00
Hat shop.
4.	Charles Watson, May acc’t,..	1,679 79
Saddlery hardware..
J. J. Lewis, May account,... 3,081 51
File shop.
Henry A. Taylor, May acc’t, 673 43
Weave shops.
Hotchkiss and Smith, $658 30
Thos. Weatherby, .. 294 56
5.	James Johnston,.... 666 97
-------	1,619 83
Cabinet shop.
4.	Chas. H. Woodruff, May acc’t, 383 23
Saw shop.
5.	Cortlandt Wood, May acc’t,...	320 20
Shook shop.
19. Henry R. Hubbell, May acc’t, 125 38
Stone shop and quarries.
7. Edwin Cross, one load
stone,............. $1 25175
No. 35.]
June 1. J. W. Clark, one load
stone,............... $0	38
S. S. Parker, eonvict
labor, &c.,.......... 33	34
13. Capt’n Jones, convict
labor, &c.,........... 3	60
23. David Ludlam, Jr.,
stone,.............. 100	00
David S. Ludlam,
stone,............... 20	31
30. Capt. Shell, stone, ...	50
------	159 38
Hospital stores.
David Baily, 1 cow,.......... 35 00
Visitors.
Sundry visitors this month,..	41	50
-------	6,667	31
$8,383 02
Cash expended this month as follows:
1851.	Officers.
June Vou.
1.	1. Paid sundry officers per pay
roll, Mayj................... $1,977	10
9. 10. Paid A. W. Bird, services as
extra keeper,..................... 7	50
30. 27. Paid Isaac Van Wart, services
as extra keeper,................. 15	07
-------$1,999	67
Guard.
2. Paid sundry guard per pay roll, May,...	963	00
Provisions.
2. 3. Paid Clark & Burrhus, meal, $96 00
4. 4.	<( G. B. Tompkins, fresh
beef,......................... 112	80
7. 8. Paid John V. Tompkins, rye
flour,......................... 90	00
12. 12.	Paid Williamson	& Vail, flour,	284	21176	[Senate
June Vou.					
19.	18.	Paid John P. Coe, potatoes,..	131 75		
23.	21.	“ David L.Ludlam,onions,	10 50		
30.	23.	“ William Vail, rye,		24 30		
	24.	11 Laird & Van Liew, meal,	52 50		
	25.	“ u u molasses,	111 65		
	26.	11 Stillwell & Brown, rice,	23 52		
	28.	“ James Johnston, flour,..	36 00		
	29.	u A. S. Hatch, rice,		186 76		
	31.	u Laird and Van Liew, molasses,				183 59		
				1,343	58
		Hospital stores.			
4.	4.	Paid G. B. Tompkins, meal,..	12 66		
9.	9.	u Wm. Campbell, tobacco,	9 16		
15.	15.	<£ Marsh & Co., trusses, ..	15 00		
23.	21.	“ David S. Ludlam, coffee and flour,		138 50		
30.	26.	Paid Stillwell & Brown, to- bacco and sugar,		76 43	251	75
		Clothing.			
5.	6.	Paid David C. Codington, hats,	7 50		
10.	11.	“ Chalmers & Ward, yarn,	80 55	88	05
		Building and repairs.			
5.	6.	Paid DavidC.Codington,brick,	10 50		
13.	13.	“ Lyon & Paddock, timber,	87 60	98	10
		Furniture.			
5.	5.	Paid James Johnston, carpet,	73 50		
17.	17.	u Clark&Solomon, brooms,	4 00		
23.	21.	“ D. S. Ludlam, brushes,	2 75	80	25
		Stone shop and quarries.			
2.	3.	Paid Clark & Burrhus,			28 44	
		Convicts' deposits.			
15.	16.	Paid John Carroll,		79		
22.	19.	u George Burrows,		5 00		No. 35.]
177
June You.
23.	20.	Paid Louis McClain,		25	
5.	7.	“ James Honeyman, .....	20 00	26 04
		Incidental expenses.		
14.	14.	Paid Ralph Lockwood, fees,..	20 00	
23.	22.	“ Mary Weatherspoon, da- mages, &c.,		2 81	22 81
		Discharged convicts.		
30.	30.	Paid 39 discharged convicts this	month,	194 32
				$5,096 01
		Balance in agent’s hands bro’t forward,..		$3,287 01
State of New-York, l
Westchester county, j
Munson J. Lockwood, agent, and James C. Hale, clerk of the
Sing Sing Prison, being duly sworn, depose and say that the fore-
going account is correct and true, according to the best of their
knowledge and belief.
MUNSON J. LOCKWOOD,
JAMES C. HALE.
Sworn and subscribed before me, )
this 16th day of July, 1851,	$
Joakim Urmy, Justice of the Peace.
O
[Senate, No. 35.]178
|Senate
Sing Sing Prison, )
July 31s£, 1851. )
To the, Inspectors of State Prisons:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true state-
ment of the moneys received and expended for the general
support, &c., of the said prison during the month ending 31st
July, 1851:
1851. To cash received this month as follows:
Julyl. Balance from last month’s account brought
forward,................................. $3,287 01
Hat shop.
2. Clias. Watson, Juno account,.... $1,401 57
File shop.
James Horner & Co., Juneaec’t,. 580 58
Saddlery hardware.
J. J. Lewis, June account,.......	94G 12
Weave shops.
Jas. Johnston,...........$591 81
Thus. Weatherby,......... 202 10
Hotchkiss & Smith,....... 57184
-------	1,425	81
Cooper shop.
Samuel Taylor, June account,....	37	00
Lime shop.
Henry A. Taylor, June account,..	423 70
Cabinet shop.
Chas. H. Woodruif, June account, 344 11
Saw shop.
Cortland Wood, June account,...	367 95
Shook shop.
Henry R. Hubbell, June account, 85 57
Stone shop and quarries.
Elias Kingsland, stone,.. $25 00
10. Amos Adams, convict la-
bor,......................... 84 28179
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July. Joseph Hunt, 1 yoke oxen, 101 00
22. Daniel Carpenter, 1 cis-
tern neck,........................ 4 00
--------	$214	28
Provisions.
31 Elijah Dunham, salt,... $16 50
Mrs. Grace Wicks, swill,
May and June,.......... 18 12
--------	34	62
Appropriations.
Comptroller, $5,000, less expenses
collecting,	$12.50,................ 4,987	50
Visitors.
Sundry visitors	this	month,........	50	50
10,902 31
$14,189 32
1851. Cash expended this month as follows:
July. Vou. Officers.
1.	1. Paid sundry officers, per pay
roll, June,...................
Guard.
2. Paid sundry guard, per pay
roll, June,.........................
Provisions.
10.	7.	Paid Laird & Van Liew, meal,		$76 50
28.	15.	«	A. A. Ruggles, “	27 50
25.	16.	u	Laird St Van Liew, Hour,	210 00
	17.	a	John Romer St Co., “	310 00
30.	18.	u	Williamson St Vail, “	257 40
	19.	<c	R. H. Johnson, beef & pork,	2,255 38
	20.	a	Powell & Co., Hour,....	1,521 43
31.	21.	u	Chenery & Johnson, pork,	
			&c.,		2,320 00
	22.	u	James Johnson, flour,..	13 50
$1,967 55
970 00
6,991 71180
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July. Vou.
Hospital stores.
9.	6.	Paid Geo. Sherwood, sugar, &c.	$14 49
25.	16.	“ Laird & Van Liew, tobacco,	201 98
30.	18.	“ Williamson & Vail, “	45 51
31.	23.	“ Morgan Hyatt, soap,		32 04
	24.	“ H. W. Ambler, lard,&c.	3 83
	28.	“ Davis & Raymond, fresh	
		meat,		45 70
		Clothing.	
12.	10.	Paid J. Clement Yoe, clothing,	$95 94
31.	26.	11 Marshall & Stephens, dry	
		goods,		314 52
	31.	“ Elijah Dunham, leather,	234 00
		Building and repairs.	
25.	14.	Paid W. C. Arnold, lumber,..	$140 53
31.	27.	“ David Reed, “	219 94
		Oil and fuel.	
13.	9.	Paid Merritt Smith, oil,		$48 30
31.	26.	“ Marshall & Stephens, wood,	1 75
		Furniture.	
9.	6.	Paid G. Sherwood,brooms, &c.	$13 38
31.	24.	“ H. W. Ambler, “	16 97
		Postage and stationery.	
8.	5.	Paid Doggett & Rode, N. Y.	
		Directory,		$2 25
14.	12.	Chas. C. Butler, prayer books,	18 00
17.	13.	Jas. W. Robinson, postage,...	22 02
		Stone shop and quarries.	
7.	4.	Paid Will Ricketts, hickory	
		butts,		$13 33
31.	25.	“ E. F. Ilaubold, powder,.	250 00
	29.	11 Israel G. Hoag, hay,		111 05
343 55
644 4&
360 47
r
50 05
30 35
42 27
374 38.181
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July. Vou.
Convicts’ deposits.
5.	3. Paid Medad Groff, a convict,. $2 OG
10.	8.	“ Wm. Robinson, “	50
-----------------	2	56
Incidental expenses.
14.	11. Paid Ralph Lockwood, fees,..	35 00
Discharged convicts.
31. 30. Paid 14 discharged convicts,
this month,................................ 57	42
$11,869 77
Balance in agent’s hands	brought forward,.... $2,319	55
State of Nf.w-York, )
Westchester County, $ SS'
Munson J. Lockwood, agent, and James C. Hale, clerk of the
Sing Sing prison, being duly sworn, depose and say, that the fore-
going account is correct and true according to the best of their
knowledge and belief.
MUNSON J. LOCKWOOD,
JAMES C. HALE.
Sworn and subscribed before me, }
this 7th day of August, 1851. \
A. H. Wells, Inspector of State Prisons.1S2
[Senate
Sing Sing Prison, )
Sept. 1st, 1851.' j
To the Inspectors of State Prisons :
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true state-
ment of the moneys received and expended for the general sup
port, &c., of the said prison during the month ending the 31st August, 1851.	
1851. To cash received tins month as follows: Aug. 1. Balanee from last month’s account bro’t forward,		 $2,319 55	
Hat shop. 2. Charles Watson, July account,	$1,370 11
File shop. James Horner & Co., July ac’t,	019 30
Saddlery hardware. I. J. Lewis, July account,....	925 33
Weave shops. James Johnston,.... $049 32 Thomas Weatherby, 2(18 13 Hotchkiss & Smith,. 539 70	1,457 15
	
Lime shop. Henry A. Taylor, July ao’t,..	451 02
Cooper shop. Samuel Taylor, July account,	30 00
Saw shop. Cortlandt Wood, July account,	537 02
Shook shop. Henry It. Hubbell, July ac’t,.	102 23
Cabinet shop. Charles H.Woodruff, July ac’t,	302 96
Stone shop and quarries. 5. David Reed,stone,.. $9 91 10. Seth bird, stone,... 75 00	No. 35. J	183
Aug. 19. James C. Willetts,
convict labor,....	$2 70
23. Aaron Ward, monu-
ments, &c.,.... 33 37
30. John Barlow & Son,
old lead, &c.,.... • 47 62
House and farm.	$159 63	
5. Oliver Washburn, rent,	 Provisions.	31 25	
22. Joseph Listers, bones,....... Convicts3 deposits.	5 90	
9. James Carr and John Charles, Gil and fuel.	73	
16. J. & S. Engle, camp. bbls.,... Jlpprop rial iorss.	30 00	
Draft on Comptroller,	 Visitors.	5,000 00	
Sundry visitors this month,..	61 00	$11,150 83 $13,470 38
Cash expended this month as follows: 1851. Officers. Aug. You. 1. 1. Paid sundry officers, per pay		
roll July,	 8. 9. Paid Isaac Van Wart, services	$1,984 85	
as extra keeper,	 Guard.	18 00	$2,002 85
1. 2. Paid sundry guards, per pay roll July,.. Provisions.		981^.50
6. 5. Paid I. Woolsey, ft. beef, &c.,	§47 39	
11. Leonar.lCbadeayne, flour,	22 00	
13- A. .A. Bugsies, meal,..,.	43 63	184
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Aug. Vou.
14. 16.	Paid Reuben Quinby, pork, &c.	$529 63
16. 17.	And’w Lewis, cartage &c.	108 63
27.’ 25.	A. A. Ruggles, onions,&c.	70 21
29. 28.	A. S. Hatch, molasses, &c.	298 83
30. 32.	Laird & Van Liew, pep-	
	per, &c.,		15 01
33.	Laird & Van Liew, flour,	257 41
37.	Davis & Raymond, beef &c.	109 12
43.	Andrew Lewis, carting	
	provisions,	 Hospital Stores.	22 47
6. 5.	Paid Isaac Woolsey, ft. sugar,	$4 42
14. 15.	Reuben Quinby, mackerel,	40
16.	do tobacco, &c.,	39 17
25. 24.	W.Ward& Co., medicines,	379 92
30. 32.	Laird &. Van Liew, sugar,	
	&c.,				259 51
37.	Davis & Raymond, fresh	
	meat,	 Clothing.	22 86
6. 4.	Paid Wm. Robinson, leather,.	$261 75
5.	Isaac Woolsey, ft. on “	l 50
7. 8.	Draper, Knox & Inger-	
	soil, prints, &c.,......	287 22
9. 12.	Chalmers & Ward, yarn,.	404 14
14. 16.	Reuben Quinby, muslin,	
	&c.,		82 65
20 . 20.	Hudson River Railroad,	
	freight on dry goods,..	88
25. 23.	Oscar Schenck & Co.,	
	warp, &c.,		480 2§
30. 30.	Wm. H. Skinner, muslin,	
	&c.,			5 60
42.	Chalmers Sc Ward, filling,-	341 56
43.	And’w Lewis, eart. goods,	37 22
$1,524 33
706 28
1,002 17185
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Aug. You.	Building and repairs.
6.	5. Paid I. Woolsey, ft. paint, &c.	$11 5(3
6.	B.S.Washburn,hardware,	49	75
7.	“	“	14 44
9.	10.	Stephen Collyer, kimber,	232	48
14.	15.	Reuben Quinby, cement,
&c.,....................... 9	17
16.	Reuben Quinby, cement,
&c.,....................... 8	27
30.	29.	William Bleakly, bricks,.	28	75
34.	Wetmore& Co., sheet iron,	72	82
38.	John Barlow & Sons, hard-
ware, .............................. 774	97
43.	Andrew Lewis, carting
bricks,................... 26	97
:----------- $1,229	18
Oil and fuel.
6.	5. Paid Isaac Woolsey, freight
on oil, &c.,.............. $1	57
14. 15.	Reuben Quinby, freight
on camphine,............... 1	50
16.	Reuben Quinby, freight
on wood,................... 2	00
11.	18.	J. & S. Engle, camphine,	491	79
19.	19.	James C. Willetts, freight
on coal,................. 107	00
20.	20.	Hudson River R.R. Co.,
freight on fluid,....	86
30.36.	D. D. Mangum, wood,...	5	00
43.	Andrew Lewis, cart. &c.,	52	50
---------	662 22
Postage and stationery.
30. 31. Paid Henry Anstice, bill	of stationery,..	95	ot>
Slone shop and quarries.
5. 3. Paid Harris & Buckhout, feed, $22 13
20 . 20.	Hudson River R.R. Co.,
freight on feed,.... ..	l	85
23.22.	Aaron Ward, hay,..........	20	28
29.	27.	E. F. Hanbold, powder,.	135 08
30.	43.	And. Lewis, labor teams,	15 00
193 7118C
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Aug. You.	Furniture.
6.	5. Paid Isaac Woolsey, freight
on brooms,.......... $1 00
14. 16. Reuben Quinby, freight
on brooms,....v.....	4 37
Convicts’ deposits.
12. 14. Paid J. F. Ilussem,.......... §2 00
35. John Aldridge,............... 9 08
Incidental expenses.
21. 21. Paid Ralph Lockwood, fees,..	$50 00
28.	26.	A. K. Hoffman, services,.	3	00
30.	39.	R. A. Robinson, expenses
to Utica,................   33	19
Elisha Crawford, fees J.
W. Tompkins,..........	220	50
Discharged convicts.
30. 40. Paid 26 discharged convicts
this month,.......... $136 05
Error in May account I). C.,
voucher 28, in adding,....	20 00
$5 37
11 08
308 69
156 05
$9,776 52
Balance in agent’s hands, brought forward... $3,093 86
State of New-York, \ ^
Westchester county, \ '
Munson J. Lockwood, agent, and James O. Hale, clerk of the
Sing Sing prison, being duly sworn, depose and say, that the fore-
going account is correc t and true, according to the best of their
knowledge and belief.
MUNSON J. LOCKWOOD,
JAMES C. HALE.
Sworn and subscribed before me, )
this 9th day of Sept., 1851,	$
Joakim Urmy, Justice of the Peace.No. 35.']
187
Sing Sing Prison, )
September 30th, 1851. J
To the Inspectors of State pr isons :
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true state-
ment of the monies received and expended for the general sup-
port, &c. of said prison, during the month ending 30th Sept. 1851.
1851. To cash received this month as follows:
Sept. 1. Balance from last month’s account bro’t
forward,............................. $3,693 86-
Hat shop.
2. Charles Watson, August and
September,................. $2,057	78
Wm. H. White, per Charles
Watson, on acc’t, of judg-
ment, old acc’t 1848,............ 554	04
File shop.
James Horner & Co. August
and September,.............. 1,198	19
Saddlery hardware.
J. J. Lewis, Aug. and Sept...	1,857 03
Weave shops.
Hotchkiss & Smith,
August,............$536	91
A. TT. Smith,Sept.. 377 68
3. Thomas Weatherby,
Aug. and Sept.,..	479	91
James Johnson, Aug.
and Sept.,....... 1,193 52
--------- 2,588 02
Lime shop.
Henry A. Taylor, Aug. & Sept. 858 04
Coopers’ shop.
Samuel Taylor, Aug. & Sept.. 73 75
188
[Sknatk
Cabinet shop.
Sept. 3. Chas. H. Woodruff, Aug. and
Sept.,....................... $696	82
Saw shop.
Cortland Wood, August and
September,.................. 1,218	60
Shook shop.
Henry R. Hubbell, August
and September,.................. 333	91
Stone shop and quarries.
5. Cyrus Frost, stone,	$4 50
9. T. I. Seixas, “	25 00
13. Cap’t Atkin, “	22 50
18. Jas. Carpenter, u	1 75
David C. Codington,	
stone,		4 38
Wm. M. Skinner,	
stone,			4 50
Abm. Acker, stone,.	8 00
20. David McCard, “	8 06
Edmund Blunt, “	9 00
23. Burger Van Horn,	
stone,			1 25
Stephen Ogles,stone,	63
30. Mr. Hemmingway,	
stone,			1 12
Charles F. Maurice,	* ■
stone,		10 45
Oliver Washburn,	
stone,			4- 87
PI. Wild, Sec’y, ke.,	
stone,		76 88
Sam, C. Jones, stone,	176 56
Andrew Lewis, «	3 74
Seth Bird, «	8 25
Rev. Mr. Bowden «	253 24Ho. 35.]	189
Sept. 30. Geo. E. Stanton, Sec.	
&c., stone,		143 50
New Jersey Iron Co.	
stone,		55 00
William H. Peck, 1	
horse,		166 00
Jno. Rotherly, stone,	40 00
--------- 1,033 12
House and farm.
3. Isabella Bard, ] rent, 25 00
30. J. J. Lewis, 1 year’s
rent, ............... 20	00
0. Washburn,! rent,	31	25
------- 76 25
Provisions.
13. Joseph Lister, bone,	2	95
23. Burger Van Horn,
onions,............... 4	50
27. JohnW. Lounsberry,
salt,,................ 1	00
30. Mrs. Grace Wicks,
swill,............... 31	13
Laird & Van Liew,
error in April ac’t
1851, (vou. 231,
see June ac’t, vou.
31,)................ 183	59
------- 223 17
Convicts’ deposit.
Mary Robe,.................. 375
Appropriations.
17. Dr. on Comptroller,............	2,000 00
Visitors.
34 ,25	15,406 75
Sundry visitors this month,..
$19,100 61190
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1851. Casa expended this month as follows:
Officers.
Sept. Vou.
1	1. Paid sundry officers, per pay			
			roll, August,		$1,974 02
8	5.	ct	Isaac Van Wart, extra	
			services as keeper, ..	31 50
19	7.	a	Harrison Hilliker, extra	
			services as keeper, ...	26 25
30	20.	u	Edgar Buckhout, extra	
			services as keeper, '..	3 00
	22.	a	Daniel Luther, extra ser-	
			vices as keeper,		3 00
Guard.
1	2. Paid sundry guard, per pay
*	roll, August,........
Provisions.
8	4. Paid Laird & VanLiew, cod-
fish,.......................... 24	28
23	8. R. H. Johnson, pork,........	595 70
9. R. H. Johnson, error in bill,
July, vou. 19,.................. 1	00
16 30.	William Pugsly, beef,......	11	07
23.	John R. Shat?, pork,.......	232	50
24.	Geo. W. Lynch, onions, ....	30C	01
27.	“	meal,.......	21	31
28.	Davis & Raymond, beef,_____	172	07
29.	A. A. Ruggles, flour,......	228	28
32.	«	“	....... 1,048 71
31.	“	onions,.....	75 73
33	Chenery & Johnson, pork, ..	530 00
34	“	pork & beef, 1,322 50
35	“	pork,.......	415 00
Hospital stores.
30	16. Paid Wra. Pugsly. beef, ...	1 18
28. “ Davis & Raymond, beef,	7 23
|2,037 77
1,038 50
5,044 26
8 41
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Clothing.
191
Sept. Vou.
30	10. L. & V. Kirby, satinet, &c...	$36	97
30.	J. Pinkham, warp, &c......	452	52
-------- $489 49
Building and repairs.
31.	Paid Alfred Sagrave, tin,....	193	50
25.	“ David Reed, lumber,...	338	87
-------- 532 37
♦	Oil and fuel.
26 11. Paid S. S. Ward, coal on judg-
ment,............................... 1,207 09
30	14.	“ Joseph J. Lewis, coal, &c.	49 83
-------- 1,250 92
Furniture.
23	10.	Paid L. & V. Kirby, blan-	
		kets, &c		259 36
30	21.	“ Alfred Sagrave knives,	
		&c. ...............	26 96
	15.	“ Thomas Clark & Co.,	
		brooms, &c		35 50
		Slone shop and quarries.	
30	12.	Paid Saflin & Smith, powder,	237 50
	13.	a E. F. Hanbold, “	57 50
	17.	“ Oliver Washburn, straw,	28 42
	19.	££ Jane Furman, straw, ..	8 89
Convicts' deposit.
6	3. Paid David J. LaClaire, con-
vict deposit,........................
321 82
332 31
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Incidental expenses.
Sept. Vou.
8	6. Paid Ralph Lockwood,coun-
sel fee,................. $25	00
36	18.	“ Francis Larkin, counsel
fee,.................... 157	00
26.	“ Lockwood & Cobb, wit-
ness fees, &c....................... 140	10
Discharged convicts.
36. Paid 17 discharged convicts
this month,....................
Balance in agent’s hands bro’t forward,..
322 10
* 85 65
$11,471 60
$7,629 01
State of New-York, )
Westchester County, £ ss'
Munson J. Lockwood, agent, and James C. Hale, clerk, of the
Sing Sing prison, being duly sworn depose and say, that the fore-
going account is correct and true, according to the Best of their
knowledge and belief.
MUNSON J. LOCKWOOD,
JAMES C. HALE.
Sworn and subscribed before me, 1
this 31st day of October, 1851, $
Joakim Urmy, Justice of the Peace.
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STATEMENT
Of the valuation oj State property at the Sing Sing Prison, on the
30th day of September, 1851; as taken and valued by William 0.
Mills, Daniel K. Sherwood, and James T. Collyer, sworn apprai-
sers.
In mess room and kitchen—steam boilers, pumps,
tables, stools, plates, &c.,.................... $1,010	03
Wash house—wash tubs, pails, pegs, wheelbarrows,
&c.,................................................ 18	50
Store house—flour, rice, beef, pork, molasses, meal,
&c.,............................................. 1,890	33
Fire engine house—engine hose, fire buckets, lad-
ders, &c.,....................................... 775	00
Lower store house—flour and potatoes.................. 97	50
West dock and yard—marble pillars, crane, weigh-
bridge, sundries, &c.,......................... 2,135	90
Stone shop—anvils, tools, iron, steel, bellows, &c.,.	334	20
Black and tin-smith’s shop—tools, tin, iron, &c.,..	407	15
Carpenters’ and coopers’ shop—benches, desk and
seat, coopers’ and carpenters’ tools, &c.,. 404 84
Chapel—stoves and pipes, benches, pulpit, books,
&c.,................................................ 45	51
State shop—stocking and cloth looms, clothing,
tailors’ and shoemakers’ kits, leather, old and
new shoes, kc.,.................................  7,329	33
Chaplain’s office—book case, desk, sundry books,
and table and stove,............................... 188	60
Hat shop—desk and seat, stoves and pipes, tubs, &c.,	83	50
South weave shop (Weatherby’s)—desk and stand,
stoves and pipes, kc.,.............................. 32	50
Cabinet shop—desk and stand, stoves and pipes
benches, kc.,....................................... 13	88
Middle weave shop, (Hotchkiss and Smith)—desk
and stand, stove and pipes, wheelbarrows, &c.,.	32 00
Plating shop—desk and seat, stove and pipe, brooms,
baskets, &c.,....................................... 14	50
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In north weave shop—desk and stand, seat and cush-
ion, stove and pipes, &c.,......................
Saddlery hardware shop—desk and stand, stove
and piping, wheelbarrow, &c.,................
Foundry—desk and stand, stove and piping, large
tubs, &c.,...................................
File shop—lathe and tools, grindstone, tools, vice,
steel, iron, &c.,............................
Old kitchen, (used as storehouse)—window glass,
nails, oil, camphine, lead, turpentine, &c.,.
Saw shop—desk and stand, stove and piping, seat
and cushion, &c.,............................
Lime shop;—desk and stand, stove and piping, seat
and cushion, &c.,............................
Coopers’ shop—desk, stand and closet, stove pipe,
and water pail, &c.,.........................
Keepers’ hall—lanterns, lamps, bed and bedding,
cupboard, chair, &c.,........................
Agent’s, warden’s and clerk’s office^—book case,
books, desks, tables, chairs, sofas, -&c.,...
Warden’s house—cooking apparatus, floor cloth,
carpet, &c.,.......*.........................
Guard house—carbines, pistols, sabres, arm racks,
stoves,&o.,.... .............................
East yard, barn and stables—oxen, cows, horses,
carts, harness, wagons, See.,................
Marble quarry—chains, crow bars, tools, &c., and
powder in kegs,..............................
Hospital—furniture, bedding, medicines, surgical
instruments, &c.,............................
Main prison hall—bedding, bunks, night tubs, wash
kids, &c.,...................................
Clothing room—woolen and cotton clothing, mus-
lin, &c.,.....................................
Total male prison,.........................
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$64 58
36 50
38 18
472 73
321 36
21 09
12 30
11 43
115 59
647 10
144 52
1,653 45
915 21
481 04
1,020 45
3,216 70
1,051 87
$25,637 92No. 35.]
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Female Prison.
In kitchen and mess room—boilers, tables, kitchen
utensils, &c.,.............................. §161 1
Store room—bread pans, flour, meal, and molasses,
&c.,............................................. 22	63
Main hall—beds and bedding, sheets, night tubs,
benches, &c.,................................... 604	96
Nursery—stove and pipe, cradle, table, chairs, &c.,	6	25
Clothes room—comforters, quilts, muslin, clothing,
&c.,............................................ 191	08
Work shop—stoves and pipes, benches, stands, ta-
bles, &c.,........................................ 84	65
Chapel—benches, chairs, pulpit, books, &c.,........ 26	25
Hospital—bath and fixtures, tables, chairs, bed-
ding, medicines, &c.,............................ 382	78
Matron’s kitchen—tables, tin ware, stove and pipe,
crockery, &c.,................................... 21	94
Matron’s dining room—carpet, table, chairs, stove
and pipe, &c.,................................... 36	06
Matron’s parlor—carpet, sofa, table, chairs, &c.,..	83	75
Matron’s office—writing desk, chairs, tables sofa,
book-shelves, &c., carpet, washstands, &c.,...... 27	00
Upper hall—Oil cloth, table, lamp, carpet for stairs,
&c.,............................................. 13	00
Bedroom—table, bowl and pitcher, carpet &c.,...	3	50
Attic—cots, book-case, grate and fixtures, kc.,....	11	00
Inspectors’ room—carpet, table, sofa, chairs, book-
case, books, &c.,................................ 374	43
Wood house—basket, coal box, coal screen, &c.,...	7	00
Garden—garden tools, &c.,.......................... 26	26
Total female prison,............................ $2,083	69
Stale Farm.
130 acres, @$200,......................................$26,000	00
Grand total,..................................  $53,721	61CLERK’S REPORT.
Clerk’s Office, Sing Sing Prison, ?
December 1st, 1851.	£
To the Inspector's of State Prisons:
Gentlemen—In compliance with the statute, I herewith fur-
nish the following statistics of this prison:
No. of male convicts remaining in prison 1st Dec., 1850, 694
do	do	received from courts during the
year ending 30th Nov., 1851, .. 280
----- 974
do	do	discharged by expiration during the
past year,..................... 156
do	do	discharged by pardon,............... 42
do	do	discharged by reversal of judgment, 1
do	do	died from sickness,................. 19
do	do	escaped, W. H. Hazard,............... 1
----- 219
Remaining in prison 1st December, 1851,.................... 755
The following is an exhibit of the number of male and female
convicts employed on contract labor on the 1st day of December,
1851, and the contract price of each per day, with the name of
each respective contractor and nature of employment; also the
number of men employed on account of the State, with the na-
ture of their labor, productive and unproductive:
No. of No. of Price
Contractors’ names.	Nature of employ.	males, females, per day.		
Henry R. Hubbell,..	manufacturing	shooks, 25	40 cents.	
Henry A. Taylor,...	lime burners, ..		 23	40	u
Samuel Taylor,		coopers,			 3	50	u
Cortlandt,Wood & Co.	making saws, ..		 73	40	u
James Horner & Co.,	making files, ...		 67	40	aNo. 35.]
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No. of No.of Price
Contractors’ names.	Nature of employ.	males, females, per day.
James Johnston,....	carpet weaving,........	65	40 cents.
Joseph J. Lewis,....	saddlery hardware,....	68	35	“
Augustus H. Smith,,	carpet weaving,........	39	41|	“
Peter Hayden,....... plating harness furniture, 31	40	“
Chas. H. Woodruff, .	cabinet contract,......	46	40	“
Thomas Weatherby,.	carpet weaving, ....	22	40|	“
Charles Watson,....	hat making,............... 91	40	u
Charles Watson,.... hat binding,.............. 55 20cprdz.
Henry A. Taylor,... quarrying,................ 20	40 cents.
On State Work. Productive, 1st class.
In stone shop.
Stone cutters, blacksmiths, carpenters and plasterers,..	20
In stone quarries.
Quarrymen, teamsters, &c.,............................. 18
In State shop.
Turners and engineers,.................................... 2
Productive, 2d class.
In tailors’ shop.
Tailors, shoe-makers, weavers, winders, &c.,............. 30
In yard and docks.
Laborers, &c.,............................................ 6
Unproductive.
In mess room and kitchen.
Cooks, waiters, bakers, scullions, &c.,.................. 16
In hospital.
Sick 12, waiters and cook 4,........................... 16
In main prison hall.
Lamp-lighters, waiters, &c.,............................. 13
In wash-room.
Clothes washers, ......................................    3
In stables
Teamsters, ostlers, cowboy, &c.,........................   ®198
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hi shops.
Waiters,.................................................. 40
In Warden's house.
Waiters and gardener,....................................   3
In keeper's hall.
Barber and waiters,........................................ 3
Female Prison.
No. of females remaining in prison Dec. 1st, 1850, ....	71
do received during the year ending 30 th
November, 1851,..................... 38
— ioa
do	convicts discharged by expiration during
the year ending	30th Nov., 1851,...	29
do	convicts	discharged by pardon,.......... 1
do	do	died from sickness,............. 3
do	do	sent to lunatic asylum	at Utica,	1
---- 34
do	do	remaining in prison Dec. 1, ’51,	75
Of which number were employed as follows:
%
Hat binding, Charles Watson,.......................... 55
Making and mending convict clothing, cooking, wash-
ing, waiters and sick,............................. 20
---- 75
Ail of which is respectfully submitted, by
Your obedient servant,
JAMES C. HALE, Clerk.A LIST
Of debts due the Sing Sing Prison on the lsf day of December, 1851,
as appears from the prison ledger.
Ledger folio.	When con- tracted.	By whom due.	Nature of debt.	Amount.
230	1849-50	Hotchkiss & Smith,		Conv’t lab’r	$6,030 73
230	1846-50	Garrett Fashay		do	49 15
241	1843-48	Robert Wiltsie,		do	1,521 35
245	1846-19	Henry R. Ilubbell,		do	88 02
251	1848	Janies Horner & Co.,....	do	3,828 32
256	1850	John Humphries,		do	798 53
259	1849	William J. Ruck,		do	369 12
203	1849	William A. White		do	27 67
271	1847	James Spencer,		do	31 69
273	1847	Pompton Iron Works,. ..	Stone,		53 62
274	1844-50	George E. Stanton,		do ....	75 92
275	1851	Benjamin Brandreth,....	do ...	20 31
277 1849		Naval Hospital,		do 		469 08
278 1845		Paul McCard,		do ....	228 75
279 1843		Zalmon J. McMasters,. ..	do ....	12 25
283!l843-45		S. M. Tompkins,........	do 		23 56
28011848		Michael Llanelly		do 		13 41
28211846		Pierre Van Cortlandt. Jr.,	do 		25 00
282	1851	Board of U. S. convicts,..	Snp.U.S.C.	1,500 00
284	1849	St. Paul’s Ch. Sing Sing,..	Stone		3 50
285	1851	O. H. Booth		do 		22 50
288	1843-11	Aaron B. Lockwood,....	do 		14 29
288	1844	Williams and Atwood,...	Conv’t lab’r	5 50
289	1844	Isaac C. Smith,		Powder,. ..	18 00
289	1848	Charles Lynch,		Stone,		40 86
294	1844	Stephen Marshall,		do ....	2 00
294	1844	Merritts &. Co.,		Conv’t lab’r	2 40
296	1841	French Catholic Church,.	Stone,		30 28
299 1851		Abraham Kipp,		do ....	3 00
301 j1846		Samuel Tompkins,.			Sundries,..	10 61
301	1851	Peter Odell,.		.					Empties, ..	12 13
302	1851	Stephen Jennings,		Stone		5 31
306	1846	Levi Peck, ,., .• .	,		do ....	5 00
307	1849 ;	Andrew Wheeler, ......	do ....	5 -65200
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LIST.—(Continued.)
Ledger folio.	When con- tracted.	By whom due.	Nature of debt.	Amount.	
307 j	1850	Stephen Colyer,		Stone,		$13 14	
307	1848	Henry Allen,		Swill & st’n	331	50
308	1849	C. A. Montross,		Oxen & sUn	62	04
309 309	1847	T. M. Niven,		Stone,		66	05
	1846	John Orser,		Lab’r & st’n	4	56
309	1846	Hr. Edwards,		Stone,		1	00
311	1851	Michael Lent,		do		62
312	1847 Samuel L. Mott,			do ....j	9	20
312	1851	Isaac Sherwood,		do ..., 1	6	50
313	1848	R. T. Underhill^		do ....	19	09
315	1850	Albert Lockwood,		do ....	3	00
315	1847 !John Lawrence,	 1850-51 Isaac Woolsey,			do ....	4	50
315			Empties,...	71	86
316	1849 -State Hall Park, Albany,		Stone,.....	798	60
316	1851	Stephen Shadyne, 		do ....	4	31
316	1851	Chencry & Johnson,		Empties,...	216	00
317	1850	Starr & Fellows,		do	24	00
317	1850	J. & S. Engle,		do	13	00
318	1851	J. & L. Tuckerman,		Stone,		343	14
330	1851	J. F. Sinclair,		do ....	15	00
330	1849	Grant & Cobb,		Labor, ....	31	42
344	1849	James M. Bard,		do 		10	97
344	1851	William H. Peck,		Empties, ..	23	63
346	1850	John Holmes,		Stone,		8	00
316	1851	Isaac Nelson,		Tin		5	00
347	1849-50	Colonel Webb,		Stone,		5	00
347	1849	Henry Harris,		do ....	2 25	
347	1819-50	William Arrison,		do ....	1	75
349	1851	1 Carney Lamoureue,		do ....	1	50
352	1849	Martin & Crafts,		do ....	24	99
353	1851	Barnabas Foshay,		do ....	6	63
354	1849-50	Executors of J. W. Brick,	do 		46	88
354 1851		do do	do ....	71	25
30l'l85l		Brundage Tompkins, ...	Salt,		12	14
361 1851		William Lewis		Stone,		17	20
362	1850-51	George W. Lynch,		do ....	128	56
370	1850	F. Vredenburg,		do 		112	74
370	1850	E. Benedict,		• do ••••	1	75
370	1850	D. Bailey,		do ....	5	75
370 376	1850-51	W. O. Mills,			16 88	
	1850	John Strang,		do ....	13	50
376	1850	Clark Snow,		XiBrtll} • ' • • •	48	35
377	1850	E. M. Blunt,. 			Stone,		2	00No. 35.]
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LIST.—(Continued.)
Ledger folio.	When con- tracted.	By whom due.	Nature of debt.	Amount.
378	1850	Stephen Orser,		Ashes, ....	$4 50
378	1850 51	Robert J. Reed & Co., ...	Labor,		97 00
378	1850	Jesse Ryder,	,.	Empties,...	3 75
379	1850	Lewis Jones,		do	2 50
379	1850	Ambrose L. Jordan,		Stone,		82 37
379	1851	Rufus L. Todd,	 Simeon Purdy,		Oxen,		96 00
380	1851		Empties,...	5 00
381	1851	James T. Colyer,		Stone,. ...	14 50
381	1851	John Cock,		do ....	5 00
388	1851	John Russell,		Blocks,		96 76
390	1851	Reuben Quinby,		Stone,		60 79
391	1851	George W. Lynch,		do ....	4 06
392	1851	Alfred Reynolds,		do ....	10 37
393	1851	Ebenezer Delany,		do ....	8 08
394	1851	Peter Odell,		do 		10 00 $18,453 44STATEMENT
Sheuring the expenditure of one hundred dollars drawn from the
Literature Fund, pursuant to the act passed May 13,1846, to pur-
chase hooks for the use of convicts in this prison.
Description of work.	No. Vote. Ain’t.
Alton Locke,................................... 1	60
Irving’s Columbus, . *......................... 1	60
Lamartine’s Girondists,..................... 1	1	75
Raphael,........................... 1	20
Memoirs of my Youth,............... 1	20
Scenes where the Tempter has Triumphed,........	1	30
Combe’s Philosophy,............................ 1	33
Thatcher’s Indian Tracts,...................... 2	66
Perils of the Sea,............................. 1	33
Euler’s Philosophy,............................ 2	66
Animal Mechanism, &c.,......................... 1	33
Sparks’ American Biography,.................... 8	2	64
The Spectator,................................. 2	66
Hale’s United States,.......................... 2	66
Renwick’s Mechanics,........................... 1	33
History of England,............................ 5	1	65
Lives of Eminent Men,.......................... 1	33
Renwick’s Chemistry,........................... 1	33*
Lives of Ancient Philosophers,................. 1	33
Bacon and Locke,............................... 1	33
Trades and Professions,...... ;................ 2	66
Renwick’s Philosophy,’......................... I	33
Paley’s Evidences,............................. 1	33
Turner’s Sacred History.......................... 3	99m
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Michelet’s Modern History,
Modern British Plutarch,..
Spiritual Combat,.........
Female Heroism,...........
St. Augustine’s Confession,
Lives of the Fathers,.....
Primitive Christianity,....
Minesota,.................
Life of Dr. Johnson,......
Life of Madame Guyon,...
Life of Catharine Adora,..
Festivals and Fasts, ......
The King’s Messenger,....
Old Man’s Home,...........
The Distant Hills,........
Shadow of the Cross, ........., ...............
Gathered Fragments,............................
Laneton Parsonage,.............................
Amy Herbert,...................................
Gertrude,......................................
German Interpreter,............................
Goethe’s works,................................
Deck and Port,.................................
Sacra Privata,.................................
Companion to the Altar,........................
My Mother’s Jewel,.............................
Noble Army of Martyrs,.........................
Guilty Tongue,.................................
Francis Lucas,.................................
Parish School Primer,..........................
Modern History,................................
Tracts for the Season,.........................
Mary Queen of Scots,...........................
Madame Roland,.................................
Chariest 1st,..................................
Hannibal, l....................................
Marie Antoinette,.......................
Use of the Body in relation to the mind,,
1	33
1	33
1	17
1	37
1	38
2	3 50
1	1 25
1	63
1	80
1	I 70
1	45
2	82
2	25
1	25
1	25
1	25
1	88
3	2 00
1	67
1	67
1	34
2	1 70
1	1 00
1	63
1	50
1	25
1	25
1	25
1	25
1	35
1	1 12
1	4 86
1	50
1	50
1	50
1	50
1	50
1	33
i
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Arctic Voyages,.................
Plutarch’s Lives,...............
Dwight’s Lives of the Signers, ...
Great Events,...................
Science and the arts,...........
Annals of Scientific Discoveries,..
Plain Sermons,..................
Sewal’s Morals,.................
Leibig’s Chemistry,..........
Carlisle’s Schiller,............
Life of Mrs Godw in,............
Roman Republic,.................
German Emigrants,...............
The German in America,..........
Four Months in California,......
Good Examples,..................
Illustrious Mechanics,..........
Thornton’s Oregon,..............
Fremont’s do .....................
Kempis’ Imitation of Christ,....
Life of George Castriot,........
Chambers’ Miscellany,...........
The Penny Magazine,.............
Leo the 10th,...................
Lorenzo de Medici,..............
Cowper and Thompson,............
Christian Science,..............
Hulsean Lectures,...............
Church Women,...................
Our Lord’s Passion,..... .......
Martyrs of Carthage,............
Reeves’ Practical Discourses,...
Sinner’s Guide,.................
Charles 2nd,....................
William the Conqueror,..........
Alexander the Great,..............
Walton’s Lives,.................
Last Enemy,.....................
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1	33
4	2	64
1	66
1	60
1	60
1	1	00
2	1	25
1	63
1	20
1	60
1	50
1	62
1	56
1	33
1	20
1	75
1	75
1	1	75
1	50
2	1	20
1	75
10	6	00
8	7	00
2	1	70
1	85
1	1	25
1	1	12
1	80
1	37
1	50
1	38
1	1	25
1	56
1	50
1	50
1	50
1	68
1	88205
No. 35."|
Tupper’g works,...................................... 2	1	75
Naomi,............................................... 1	67
History of the Reformation,.......................... 1	87
Christmas Holidays,.................................. 1	3-1
Three years in California,........................... 1	1	00
Sea and Sailors,..................................... 1	1	00
Natural Philosophy,.................................. 1	33
Box and cartage,............................ 1 00
$100 00
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WARDEN’S REPORT.
Warden’s Office, Sing Sing Prison, )
.	December 1st, 1851.	£
Jo the Inspectors of State Prisons:
Gentlemen—In obedience to custom, I beg leave to submit to
you the following brief statement of affairs connected with the
police department of this prison.
Having had charge of the prison but nine months, I am com-
pelled to embrace a period of time occupied by my predecessor ;
nor is my experience such as to enable me to furnish any valua-
ble suggestions to those so thoroughly acquainted with all mat-
ters pertaining to my duties.
The number of convicts remaining in prison on the 30th of
November, 1850, was 694, and there were received during the
year, 280, making a total of 974; of these, 156 were discharged
by expiration of sentence, 42 were pardoned, 1 was removed by
reversal of judgment; 19 died, and 1 escaped, leaving in prison
at this time, 755.
I am much pleased in being able to state that during the past
year, no circumstance has transpired to interrupt the good order
of the prison, or to arrest any of the various branches of business
prosecuted therein. Providence has favored us with a good
measure of health ; the property of the State has been preserved
from the torch of the incendiary, and no acts of violence or at-
tempts at insurrection have marred the peace and quiet of the
establishment. The various branches of labor have been prose-
cuted with satisfaction to those who employ the services oflKlie
convicts, and with profit to the State, while, by a careful dispo-208	[Senate
sition of the men and a watchful regard of the feeble and indis-
posed, health has been happily preserved and generally promo-
ted. This branch of our system has been greatly benefited by
the commodious workshops provided the preceding year, by
which means we have been enabled to place every able-bodied
man upon productive contract employment. I doubt not the
report of the agent who has faithfully and judiciously managed
the financial affairs, will bear witness to the superior industry of
the prison, which cannot but have added largely to its usual in-
come.
During the time I have had charge of the prison 1 have expe
rienced much inconvenience from the want of a wall about the
yards and buildings. Whatever may have been the means by
which convicts could safely be kept in this prison in years past,
-
my experience satisfies me that the opening of the Hudson River
Railroad immediately through the prison yard, and the increased
residences near the prison, have removed these means of safety,
rendered us liable to encroachments from citizens at any hour of
the day or night, and certainly exposes us to dangers, both to
life, property, and the detention of the men, against which it is
almost impossible for our police force to guard. The safety of
the prison alone is a sufficient consideration to provide this
necessary improvement, while the vast amount of property be-
longing to the State and contractors, and which continually re-
mains in an exposed situation, is a matter of serious importance.
The erection of the necessary wall would enable us to reduce
our guard force to such an extent, that the saving of expense in
that department would repay the cost of the improvement in a
few years; wdiile the increased value of labor—the security of
the prison—and the various other advantages flowing from it,
would be felt as long as the prison is maintained. I cannot too
earnestly call your attention to this desired improvement, nor
can the dangers and disadvantages arising from the absence of a
wall be fully appreciated by any except those upon whom may
devolve the care of the‘convicts and the safety of the property.
During the year my predecessor and myself have been required
to "inflict two hundred and thirty-three punishments, 138 of
which were w'ith the shower-bath; 4 had their hair cut close;No. 35.
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87 were placed in dark cell; 3 were yoked, and 2 wore a ball
and chain. Many of these punishments were inflicted on the
same convicts, as the whole number of men who ha.ve not yielded
to discipline and observed the rules without the resort to coercive
means will not probably exceed one hundred.
It would be indecorous in me to institute any comparison of
discipline, nor will my limited experience allow me to do so, but
' while order, industry and decorum characterize the general con-
duct of our prisoners, and while the number of punishments is
found to be less than in any previous year, I must be allowed to
express my approbation of a system so humane and so salutary
in its operation, and the results of w'hich compare so favorably
with those extorted by the severe and almost inhuman flagella-
tion which prevailed a few years since.
During the past summer a committee from the New-York Pri-
son Association called at the prison and demanded the right to
go into it unattended by any of its officers, there to withdraw
convicts from their keepers—to make such examinations, and to
do such acts as to them might seem best—thus in effect claiming
that they possessed a power superior to the Inspectors or any of
the subordinate officers. A claim so inconsistent with my au-
thority, and so dangerous to the safety and discipline of the pri-
son, I could not admit to exist anywhere, except with the Inspec-
tors, and I therefore respectfully resisted what I deemed an un-
warrantable interference with the powers and duties which the
law and your appointment devolved upon me. Willing at all
times that the management and transactions of the prison should
be made the subject of public scrutiny, and truly desirous that
any and every society and class of men should be made fully ac-
quainted with the condition and treatment of the convicts, I ten-
dered that committee every opportunity to prosecute their de-
sired examinations proffering them the use of the books, and the
privilege of interrogating the officers and the inmates, under oath
or otherwise, but claiming that, as warden of the prison, I had no
right to surrender its control into other hands, nor could I suffer
the necessary and long standing rules of the Inspectors to be dis.
regarded. The same privileges which were claimed and exer-
cised by the committee of the Legislature who visited the prison
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in October last, to investigate its affairs, as well as the privileges
exercised by the Governor of the State, who visited the prison
last summer, were extended to this committee, all of which they
declined, refusing to accept of any thing short of an unconditional
surrender of the prison into their hands for the space of ninety
days. Upon the return of this committee to New-York, they
served me with an alternative mandamus, to show cause why they
should not be permitted to enter the prison in the manner I have
described. That proceeding is still pending before the court,
and although I have no fears as to the result, yet I have thought
it proper to call your attention to the subject, that you might the
better be able to judge of the course I have felt it my duty to adopt.
For a short period in the summer, the convicts were visited
with a complaint usual to the season, which detained a number
from their labor for a few weeks; seriously affected some, but
proved fatal to only four. Under the skillful and judicious
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treatment of Doctor Belcher, our very excellent prison physician,
it was soon eradicated and the patients restored to their usual
health. With this exception, we have experienced a degree of
health seldom equalled in the same number of persons in any
situation of life. For this blessing I feel it but an act of justice
to say, we are almost entirely indebted to the untiring care of
the physician, the excellent and wholesome provisions supplied
by the agent, and to the system of cleanliness which has been
rigidly enforced.
For more particular details I would refer you to the annexed
tables, which are condensed from the official records of the
rison.
The officers generally have faithfully performed their duty,
and have cheerfully co-operated in carrying out the rules and
regulations adopted by your board.
In conclusion gentlemen, allow me to express my thanks for
the confidence you have reposed in me, and especially to the
Inspector in charge, to whom I have been almost daily indebted
for assistance and advice.
I am very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
R. A. ROBINSON.No. 35.]
211
Sing Sing Prison,
December 1,1851.
Statistical table» accompanying the Warden's Report.
Sing Sing Prison
December 1,1851
No. of male convicts remaining in prison on the 30th
Received from the different courts during the past
year,.......................................... 280
----- 974
No. of male convicts discharged by expiration of sen-
tence, during the year ending 30th Nov., 1851,.	156
Discharged by pardon during the same period,....	42
Escaped prior to 31st December, 1850,.......... 1
---- 219
Number remaining in prison 1st December, 1851, .......... 755
Table No. 1.
Convicts received during the year ending 30tk November, 1851,
showing the crimes for which they were convicted.
Grand larceny,.........................................   110
Burglary,................................................  59
Attempt at burglary,....................................... 3
Assault to rob,............................................ 2
Arson,....................................................  7
Attempt at arson,.......................................... 1
Petty larceny, 2nd offence,............................... 13
Receiving stolen goods,.................................... 3
Bigamy,.................................................... 8
Forgery,.................................................. 18
Rape,...................................................... ^
Robbery,................................................... ^
Assault to kill,.......................................... **
Manslaughter, ,j.... .•................................
F ae pretenses,............................................ *212	[Senate
Perjury,..................................................  1
Carrying slung shot,....................................    2
Mutiny,.................................................... 8
Incest,.................................................... 1
Counterfeiting,............................................ 7
Seduction,................................................. 1
Larceny at sea,..................'...................... 1
Murder,...................................................  2
Assault to commit a rape,.................................. 2
Total,................................................. 280
Table No. 2.
Terms of sentence.
For	1 year, and under	2,.................................... 2
2 years do ........................................... 83
2	do	do	3,................................... 33
4	do	do	5,................................... 30
5	do	do	6,................................... 40
6	do	do	7,................................... 13
7	do • do	8,................................... 16
8	do	do	12,................................   14
10	do	do	12,................................... 3
12 do	do 15,.................................. 6
15	do	do	20,................................... 1
20	do	do	25,................................... 2
life,..................................................... 3
Total,............................. 280
Table No. 3.
Commitments and re-commitments.
Under sentence of first convictien,....................... 264
do do second conviction,............................ 18
do do third conviction,............................._	8
*----
Total,..............................................? 280No. 35.]
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Table Np. 4.
Age.
16	years and under	17,...................................  21
17	do	do	18,...................................... 28
18	do	do	20,...................................... 35
20	do	do	25,...................................... 72
25 do	do 30,.....................................•..	56
30	do	do	40,..,................................	43
40	do	do	50,...................................... 17
50	do	do	60,....................................... 6
60	do	do	70,....................................... 1
70 do	do 80,..................................... 1
Total,................................................. 280
Table ffo. 5.
Color.
White,...................................................... 249
Colored,.................................................... 31
Total,................................................. 280
Table No. 6.
,	Habits.
Temperate,.................................................. 172
Intemperate,............................................... 108
Total,................................................. 280
Table No. 7.
Nativity.
Natives of the United States.
New-York,..............................................   89
Pennsylvania,.........................................'	11
New-Jersey,.............................................  13
Massachusetts,.............'.......................... 5
Connecticutt,............................................. 8
Maine,..................................................   1
Virginia,.................................................  3
Maryland,................................................. 3214
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Rhode Island,.............................................. 3
District of Columbia,...................................... 2
Louisiana,................................................. 1
Vermont,.....................'......................... 1
138
Foreigners.
England,................................................... 11
Wales,.... .............................................     1
Ireland,................................................... 71
Scotland,................................................... 2
Canada,..................................................... 7
Germany,................................................... 32
France,..................................................... 6
West Indies,................................................ 2
Prussia,.................................................... 2
Italy,...................................................... 8
Total,................................................. 280
Taele No. 8.
Counties where convicted.
New-York,............................................... 187
Kings,................................................... 32
Dutchess,................................................. 0
Albany,. ................................................. 2
Queens,................................................... 5
Westchester,.............................................. 6
Orange,................................................... 9
Rockland,...............................................   2
Columbia,................................................ 10
Suffolk,................................................   1
Rensselaer,............................................... 1
Greene,................................................... 3
Putnam,................................................... 1
Ulster,.................................................. 10
Sullivan,................................................. 2
Total,
280PHYSICIAN’S REPORT.
Sing Sing Prison, >
Oct. 1st, 1851. $
To the Inspectors of State Prisons:
Gentlemen—Subsequent to my lust report, a good degree of
health existed in both prisons until July last, when diarrhoea,
the common complaint of the season, became prevalent. In the
course of that month the disease rapidly run into dysentery, of
an aggravated nature, when, on account of the increased number
of patients in the hospital, it became necessary to place apart of
them in the chapel.
The whole number of patients admitted into the hospitals of
both prisons, with this disease alone, was about seventy, four of
which cases terminated fatally.
The daily applications for treatment in the incipient stage of
this disease, and other slight complaints for July and August,
averaged fifty-eight.
Two cases of cholera asphyxia, of the most aggravated form oc-
curred in July. One proved fatal in the sequel; the other recov-
ered after several weeks of confinement.
It will be seen on reference to the annexed tabular exhibit of
deaths that there have been sixteen deaths in the male prison;
fifteen from ordinary diseases, and one suddenly from affection of
the heart.
Three deaths have occurred in the female prison. Two of
these were in very bad health when received into prison, and
were not expected to recover; the other died of dysentery.216	[Senate
A condensed view of the sanitary conditions of these prisons
is given in the annexed tables.
Three have been sent to the asylum for the insane, at Utica, viz:
William Robinson,Christina Grossman, and Ann Herring; they
having been declared by two physicians as unfit subjects for pris-
on discipline.
The present social mode of eating at the mess tables, combined
with the good quality of the provisions purchased by the agent,
have contributed, no doubt, greatly to the general good health
of these institutions. A mild but efficient discipline is main-
tained in both prisons.
Two births have occurred within the past year, from convicts,
soon after their reception at the female prison, one of which was
premature and dead born.
Accept, gentlemen, my gratitude for past favors and believe
me,	Your obedient servant,
W. N. BELCHER,
Physician.EXHIBIT
Of the number of applications for medical treatment, number not prescribed for, and number exempt from labor, with the
average number daily employed in each respective occupation throughout the prison, together with the number admitted
into hospital, and total deaths for the year ending 30 th September, 1851.
217
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May, 		149	11	47
June,		73	3	89
July,		136	10	186
August,		271	10	202
September,		139	8	43
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Daily averages,						2UIState of health of the convicts received during the year ending 3
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No. of convicts received in good health,....................
do	do	do bad health,........................
do	do	do imperfect health,.................. 88
do	infected with syphilis,................* • •	1 ®
Total,.............................................. 258
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men’s health upon their reception in prison.
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do	bad health,.................................. 3
do	imperfect health............................. 36
Total,............................................ 218
The same discharged in good health,...................... 178
do	do	bad health,...................... 2
do	do	imperfect health,................ 22
do died during the past year,........................ 16
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•illCHAPLAIN’S REPORT.
To the Hon. the Board of Inspectors of State Prisons:
In obedience to the requirements of the statute, I beg to pre-
sent the following as the chaplain’s report for the past year:
I entered on my office the first day of April last, since which
time I have been performing the duties of chaplain. On Sun-
days, in the morning, holding divine service and preaching in the
chapel of the male prison, and immediately after performing the
same services in the chapel of the female prison; in the after-
noons, ordinarily, going to the hospital for the same purposes,
and visiting some of the convicts at their cells; and on the week
days, attending at the prison, to visit the hospital, to look to the
library, to converse with convicts, and for other miscellaneous
matters which from time to time require the chaplain’s notice.
In these duties I have the satisfaction of finding that in my per-
sonal intercourse with the convicts I am met by them in general
with respectfulness, and sometimes with much thankfulness; and
the public services are characterized by order and decorum, many
joining in them with apparent attentiveness and devotion. These
things I regard as advantages which the discipline of the prison
and the disposition of the convicts, afford in the great and diffi-
cult work of enlightening and reforming so many misguided and
guilty men.
The value and results of the chaplain’s work is a subject of
great interest. In forming a judgment upon it, one may err on
the one hand in giving too ready a credence to all the expres-
sions of religous feeling which he hears, and many will err as
much on the other side in distrusting all hopeful appearances
when they see so much that is manifestly bad. Prisoners are222
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open to the influences of religion. The circumstances of their
condition are calculated to make them more succeptible to the
ministrations of the gospel here, than in their former situations.
It is true they are here peculiarly in an atmosphere of crime;
they are collected together professedly as criminals, the old and
the young offender, the hardened and the better disposed associat-
ed together, and all acting upon one another and ready to visit
•with ridicule those who seem piously disposed. These are doubt-
less bad influences and lead some to excuse themselves with say-
ing that a prison is no place to reform in. But on the other hand
there are other and more important and favorable influences
bearing upon the convict, if he will heed them. The state of
punishment and affliction that he is in, will tend to soften and
humble him. He sees the consequences of sin. He his cut off
from many cares and pleasures that ordinarily serve to draw men
from looking into their consciences. He is much alone where
he is almost compelled to self reflection, and he enjoys the min-
istrations of religion, public and private, in a degree that per-
haps he was not before accustomed to. In these circumstances,
by God’s blessing, many are awakened to some better sense of re-
ligion and better resolutions, and there are a few penitents that
with great zeal seem to desire to devote themselves unreservedly
to the service of God. But there is great difficulty in forming an
estimate as to the extent or the individual cases, in which these
good resolutions are genuine and lasting. What with those who
deceive, and those who are themselves deceived, and the difficulties
of determining the true characters of men here, and the impossi-
bility of following them in their course of life after they leave the
prison, one feels compelled to the greatest caution in passing any
judgment upon particular persons. Our faith in Him whose
word we preach, makes us confident of its value. Some good re-
sults .we see to gratify us; but the day of the revelation of secrets
will alone declare what influence the ministrations of religion,
which the care of the State provides for these its erring subjects,
what influences these ministrations have in staying that down-
ward course to infidelity and recklessness which crime when left
to itself tends to; in awakening consciences, establishing faith,
planting the seeds of good resolutions and sending forth better223
No. 35.]
citizens, and preparing some for a happy death and some for a
good life to the salvation of their souls.
The library and the teachers’ department, are two other instru-
mentalities for the improvement of the convicts, which come
under the supervision of the chaplain.
I have not yet made a thorough examination of the old boots,
but there are about 1,200 volumes, a considerable number are
small or defective volumes.
There will always be some who will wilfully injure the books,
or fraudulently endeavor to appropriate them to their own use.
A strict supervision will lessen this evil, but cannot entirely pre-
vent it. There have-been added this autumn by, the appropria-
tion, ($100,) 1G4 volumes. The former chaplain reports that the
yearly appropriation does not supply the yearly waste. A larger
> appropriation to the use of these two prisons would seem to be
required to make the library more effective. The privilege of
reading is highly valued by many; some acquire a taste for read-
ing here, and some here for the first time learn to read at all.
1 would in this connection suggest the importance of lighting
up the halls during the short days, so as to enable the convicts
to read at least for a couple of hours in the evening. For about
five months, when they are locked up from 13 to 15 hours and
over, they are not able to read at all in their cells, except about
50, whose position is near the lamps. A few hours for reading
would be a great benefit to those who are anxious to improve
themselves, and would tend to induce in all more improving, or
at least more innocent thoughts.
The teachers continue in the regular discharge of their duties,
to the profit of their pupils. In the female department, there
are 34 under the instruction of the preceptress ; of these 7 have
just learned the alphabet, the rest are learning to spell and read,
and 24 are taking lessons in writing. The female female convicts
enjoy the advantage of being able to assemble together, and can
therefore be taught in classes.
The condition of the male department will be seen in the ac-
companying teacher’s report.224
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The teachers, it will be observed, speak of the matter of in-
creasing the efficiency of the present system of instruction. If
it were thought proper to afford the convicts better advantages
of education, there can be no doubt of its value to them.
And the particular mode which they point to of securing the
constant services of a teacher, or of some way combining the
pupils in classes, would be decidedly the most advantageous, if
practicable.
The tables of statistics which I annex, are compiled from the
prison registers, the items are obtained partly from the commit-
ments, and partly from a personal examination of the convicts at
the time of their reception, I must express my satisfaction at
the order for providing a more suitable and convenient chaplain’s
office. It will much facilitate the performance of his duties.
I am sensible of the imperfect manner in which it is possible
for me to perform all the duties which the care of so many souls
give scope for; but my work has not been without its satisfac-
tions. Many things from the convicts encourage and interest one
who is engaged in promoting their spiritual welfare.
I would acknowledge too, the kind manner in which I have
been treated by yourselves, and the other officers of the prison.
May God make all the labors of the institution effectual towards
the suppression of vice, and the promotion of justice and reli-
gion-
I am, gentlemen, yours respectfully,
MINOT M. WELLS, Chaplain.TEACHER’S REPORT.
To the Rev. Mr. Wells, Chaplain of the Sing Sing Prison:
Sir—In compliance with your request, we hereby report that
the whole number of convicts under our instruction at present,
and the studies they are respectively pursuing, are as follow, viz*.
Whole number,..
Learning to spell,
Learning to read,
Learning to write,
In addition,.....
In subtraction, ..
In multiplication,
In division,.....
195
74
121
59
16
5
6
51
And this is about the average number under our charge. Of
the number thus engaged, several have made extraordinary pro-
ficiency ; others have made respectable progress, while all, or
nearly all have exhibited a disposition to make good use of the
opportunities with which they are favored. When the difficul-
ties under which they at present are obliged to pursue their
studies are considered, it must be perceived that they estimate
their privileges highly, or they would, long before this, have
abandoned them. It is true, a few from time to time, have done
so, but they form the exception, and not the rule. The great
majority of those whose names have been entered on our books
have remained under our care until their dismission from the
prison. If it be, as we think it is, an object to reform, as well as
to punish convicts during their incarceration, every means condu-
cive to this should be employed.
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And what we may atsk, will be more likely to produce so de-
sirable a result, than honest and judicious endeavors to enlighten
their minds 1
Man is a thinking being, and whether he wishes it or hot, his
thoughts are continually active. It is therefore important that
their thoughts be directed into appropriate channels, and to sub-
ects that relate to their present and future well-being. And es-
pecially must it be important to use endeavors to this end in the
case of those whose moral perceptions have been obscured by a
course of sin against GocLand the laws of their country. It has
been our object during our intercourse with them as teachers, to
act upon the above-named principles ; and wTe have endeavored,
in connection with our duty of instructing them in those branches
of knowledge which we are required to teach, to impress upon
them the propriety, as well as necessity of yielding a prompt and
willing obedience to all the rules of the prison w hile suffering
the penalty of their crimes, and also after their liberation the
same obedience to the laws of the State ; inculcating the doctrine
that without a rigid observance of the law's and regulations of
society, there can be no honor, safety, or peace. Permit us to
offer a few suggestions in relation to some improvements that
perhaps might be made, and w'hich our experience has led us to
believe would greatly facilitate the progress and enhance the
comforts of those committed to our care.
A very general complaint among the convicts is, that the
that the arithmetic in use, being without answers to the exam-
ples, is illy adapted to their wants. We think the objection w’ell
founded, and would recommend, if thought practicable, that it be
exchanged for a different one. We have reason to believe, that
an exchange might be effected with the publishers of Ray’s arith-
metic, which we consider well adapted to their necessities, at a
trifling advance.
The transition from the spelling book to the Bible, or library
book, is rather too abrupt—something intermediate seems to be
called for; and we know of nothing more suitable than “ McGuf-
fie’s Second Reader.” It is made up of a series of interesting,
moral pieces, written in easy and familiar language, and we think227
No. 35.]
-admirably calculated, not only to promote their progress in read-
ing, but also to strengthen and establish them in moral principles.
In respect to the time they have for study in their cells, we beg
leave to observe, that in the fall and winter months, it is hardly
worth mentioning. There are a few whose cells are contiguous
to the lamps, whose opportunities for study are of course good,
and we have no doubt that if'a sufficient number of lamps could
be afforded to accommodate all, it would tend to produce the
most happy effects. We believe it is the practice in most of the
contract shops, to require the men to perform a certain amount
of labor, after which they are at liberty to study.
It is common for them to finish their work by two or three
o’clock P. M. Hence it will be seen that they have considerable
time at their disposal, and it has occurred to us, that if the salary
of the teachers could be raised, so that they could afford to spend
their whole time at the institution, and thus have the opportu-
nity of turning to acpount the time which the convicts have at
their disposal, it would be productive of the most desirable results.
It would give the teachers an opportunity, to some extent, of
classifying those of equal attainments, and thus rendering their
labors more efficient than they are or can be under the present
system.
We have the honor to be, very respectfully,
Your obedient servants,
N. J. GREENE,
BENJ. KELLOGG.
Sing Sing, Dec. 1, 1851.228
[Senate
Table I.
Whole number of convicts in the male prison,.......	.... 755
do	do	female do .............. 75
Number of convicts, male, white,.......................... 610
do	do	colored,................... 145
Number of convicts, female, white,........................ 61
do	do colored,.......................... 14
755
75
Nativity.	Males.	Females
Natives of the United States, white,....		 261	18
do do colored,.. .		 143	13
Foreigners, white,			43
do colored,			 2	1
	755	75
'	Males.	Females.
White. Colore
d. White. Colored
of England,				1
Ireland,			 170		36
Scotland,			 8		
Wales,			 2		
Germany,			 71		2
Holland,			 2		
Belgium,				
Prussia,			 5		
France,			 9		2
Spain,			 2		
Italy,			 11		
South America,			 1		
West Indies,			 3	2	
Nova Scotia,			 2		
Canada,				2
sea,				
			_______
349
2
43
1229
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/
Table II.
Counties where convicted.
Albany,......
Columbia,
Clinton,.....
Chenango,
Dutchess,....
Delaware,....
Essex,.......
Erie,........
Fulton,......
Greene,......
Jefferson,
Kings,.......
Montgomery,.,
Monroe,......
Nevv-York, ..,
Oneida,......
Onondaga, ...
Orange,i.....
Orleans,.....
Ontario, . ...
Putnam,......
Queens,......
Rockland,...,
Richmond, . .
Rensselaer,...
Schenectady, .
Schoharie,...
Steuben,.....
Suffolk,.......
St. Lawrence,
Sullivan,
Saratoga,....
Seneca,.....
Tompkins, ..
Males. Females.
22	• • • •«
12	• • • •
1	. . • •
	1
18	• • • •
1	• • • •
2	• • • •
	12
1	• • • •
7	l
2	• • • •
95	5
1	• • • •
	5
514	32
1	1
	4
22	3
1	• • * i
	1
3	• • • •
12	3
5	
1	• • • •
7	1
1	1
	1
1	• • • •
4	• • • •
2	1
1	* • • •
1
I
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Males. Females*
Ulster,......................................... 1
Washington,...............■. *■.......*.........*	2
W estchester ................................... 15
755	75-
Table III.—Crimes.
	Males.	Female®.
Against, the person,				 132	10
Against property,			... 615	65
Against person and property,...		 8	
	755	75
Against the person.
Males. Female*.
Murder........................................ 6
Manslaughter,..............................   24	1
Poisoning,.................................... 2	1
Attempt to poison,.......................... 1
Mayhem,....................................... 3
Assault to kill,............................. 40	1
u “ rape,................................. 7	1
Rape,......................................   13
Assault to maim,.............................. 1
Shooting to kill,............................. 1
Mutiny,....................................... 9
Assault with slung shot,...................... 2
Carrying “	“	.................... 3
Incest,....................................... 2
Sodomy,......................................  1
Seduction, ................................... 1
Bigamy,...................................... 12	2
Perjury,...................................... 5	1
Abduction,.................................. 2
132
10No. 35.]
231
Against property.
Males. Female#.
Grand larceny,.................................. 307	34
Larceny at sea, .................................. 2
Burglary,....................................... 164	6
Robbery,......................................... 42	1
Forgery, ........................................ 36	4
Receiving stolen goods,........................... 7	2
Petty larceny, 2d,	3d offences,.................. 39	14
Falsepretences,................................... 3
Counterfeiting,................................... 4	1
Uttering counterfeit money,.......... ............ 3	1
Arson,............................................ 7	2
Breaking jail,.................................... 1
615	65
Against person and property.
Burglary and attempt to Shoot,.............. 2
Rape, burglary and robbery,................. 2
Burglary and assault to kill,............... 2
Assault to rob,............................. 2
8
Table IV. Occupation.
Meahanics.
Bakers,........
Basket makers,
Blacksmiths, ..
Cigar makers,.
Carpenters,
Coopers,.......
* Dyers,...........
Dressmakers, ..
Engraver,......
Engineers,
Hemp dresser, .
Hatters,.......
Hat trimmers, .
Male#.	Female#.
7
2 1
13
3
24
15
2
6
1
4
1
4232	[Senate
Mechanics.	Males.	Females.
Harness makers,...................................  2
Moulders,.......................................... 3
Mason and stone cutters,.......................... 24
Machinists,........................................ 7
Nail makers,....................................... 2
Painters,...................................... • •	4
Printers,.......................................... 3
Piano makers,...................................... 5
Rope makers,....................................... 3
Sadlers,........................................... 4
Shoemakers,....................................... 18
Spinners,................................................... 1
Tailors,.......................................... 27
Tailoresses,...............................................   2
Tobacconists,...................................... 3
Tinners,..........................................  5
Tanners,........................................... 2
Wheelrights,....................................... 4
Weavers,........................................... 7
199	11
Miscellaneous.	Males.	Females.
Bar tenders,...................................... 16
Butchers,......................................... 11
Barbers,............'........................... 7
Cooks,...........................................   9	1
Clerks,........................................... 13
Chemist,........................................... 1
Daguerrean,........................................ 1
Farmers,.......................................... 40
Grocer, .. ................................................. 1
Gardeners,......................................... 3
House-keepers,.................................	17
Laborers,........................................ 295
Lawyers,..........................................  2
Merchants,........................................ 18
Musicians,........................................  3
Preacher,.......................................... 1No. 35.1
233
Miscellaneous. .
Pedlars,.............
Physicians,..........
Servants,............
Sweeps,..............
Sailors and boatmen,
Soldiers,............
Surgeon,.............
Teachers,............
No occupation,.......
Mechanics,...,
Miscellaneous,
Table V.
Ages when convicted.
White.
16 and less than 20,		
20	U	cT CO
30	u	40,
40	a	50,
50 and over,..		
Colored.
16 and less than		20,
20	u	30,
30	u	40,
40	u	50,
50 and over,. ...		
Males.	Females.
13	
2	
17	35
3	
57	
10	
1	
3	
30	
556	64
199	11
556	64
755 •	75
1 1 -	=
Males.	Females.
132	9
287	33
131	18
29	
31	1
—	—
610	61
=====	=*
Males.	Females.
19	2
41	10
57	2
17 11	
—	—
145	14
=====	=
,.. ,. t
\234	[Senate
Table VI.
Degree of Instruction.
[From Register since 1848.1
Males. Females.
Classical,........................................... 8
Well educated,...................................... 37	1
Read and write,.................................... 290	21
Read only,......................................... 170	31
Cannot read,........................................ 90	22
595	75
Table VII.
Habits of life.
[From Register since 1848.] *
Total abstinent,,;................................. 248	40
Moderate dri nkers.................................. 97
Intemperate,....................................... 250	35
595	75
Table VIII.
Whether employed or not.
[From register since 1848,]
Employed when arrested,.......................... 290	35
Not employed do	....................... 305	40
595	75
Table IX.
Terms of sentence.
Less than 2 years,.............................. 3	1
For 2 and less than 3 years,..................... 248	44
3	do	4	do ...................... 80	11
4	do	5	do ...................... 49	2
5	do	6	do’ ..................... 125	11
6	do	7	do ....................... 8	1
7	do	8	do ...................... 27	1
8	do	9	do .....................   6No. 35.]
235
Males. Females.
For 9 and less than 10 years,............................ 4
10	do	11	do ......................... 104	4
11	do	12	do ........................... 4
12	do	15	do .......................... 17
15	do	20	do .......................... 13
20	do	25	do .......................... 12
25 years,............................................ 1
life,..............................................  17
life and 10 years,................................... 1
755	75
Table X.
Social relations.
Females—Single,........................................ 38
Married 28...................................\
Mothers 26...................................J
Widows,...................................... 9
75
Having one child, ...
two children,
three do
four do
five do
Moth. Child.
8	8
4	8
10	30
2	8
2	10
26
64MATRON’S REPORT.
Female Convict Prison, )
Sing Sing, Dec. 1st, 1851. J
To the Inspectors of State Prisons:
Gentlemen—At the close of another year I take pleasure in
being able to communicate that the convicts under my charge
have enjoyed a usual degree of health; that good order has gene-
rally prevailed in the prison, and that the industry manifested
in the prosecution of their labor, and the improvement made in
our Bible classes, and in the attainment of a primary education,
will compare favorably with the results of any preceding year.
On the 1st of December, 1850, there were remaining here, 71
convicts, and there have since been received 38, making a total
of 109. Of these 29 have been discharged by expiration of sen-
tence, one by pardon, one was transferred to the lunatic asylum,
and three have died, leaving 75 in prison at this date.
Of those now in prison, 16 white and 12 colored, are natives
of the United States, 38 are natives of Ireland, 3 of Germany, 1 of
England, 2 of France, and 3 of Canada. There are 17 under 20
years of age, 38 between 20 and 30, 19 between 30 and 10, and
one above 50.
They were convicted in the following counties: New-York, 32;,
Erie, 11; Kings, 6; Monroe, 5; Onondaga, 4; Queens, 3; Orange,
3, and Oneida, Schoharie,Rensselaer, St.Lawrence, Seneca, Greene,
Schenectaday, Chemung, Saratoga, Ontario, and Tompkins, one
each.
Of those now in prison, three only are sentenced upon second
conviction; 23 could read and write indifferently, 31 could read237
No. 35.]
only, and 21 had received no instruction whatever. Thirty ad-
mit that they have been intemperate in their habits; 41 have
been married, and 34 are single.
The terms of sentence under which they are severally com-
mitted are as follows:
For 1	year and under 2	years,......................... 1
2	do	do	3	do ..........................43
3	do	do	4	do .......................   11
4	do	do	5	do .......................... 4
5	do	do	6	do ......................... 10
6	do	do	7	do .......................... 1
7	do	do	8	do .......................... 1
10	do	do	11	do .......................... 4
At this time there are 55 engaged in trimming hats, 5 making
clothing for convicts, 14 as cooks, washers and waiters, and4one
as hospital nurse.
The business of trimming and binding hats, has proved to be
one of great benefit to the prison, not only in a pecuniary point
of view, but also in promoting contentment and good order among
the convicts. Although there has not been enough of this kind
of work to furnish constant employment for all those engaged,
yet their earnings amount to $3,585.29, which is nearly a thou-
sand dollars larger than the contract earnings of any previous
year. To this sum should be added the product of the labor of
those engaged in making bedding and clothing for the male pri-
son, which cannot be less than $600, making the sum total of our
prison earnings exceed $4,000.00. This favorable result of pri-
son labor, is owing more to the fact that the employment has been
of a nature suitable to the tastes and acquirements of females,
than to severe or extra application.
During the year past, three convicts have died in this prison:
Mary Bogart was received here from the city of New York, on
the 23d of April, 1849, in a very bad state of health. Under the
treatment of the physician, she subsequently improved, but her
constitution appeared to be fatally impaired, and the erysipelas
finally terminated her Jife on the 9th of April last. Julia Barto,238	[Senate
a colored woman, from New York, was received at the prison in
Sept., 1848, also in bad health, which assumed the form of con-
sumption, and terminated her life on the 10th of July last. Ma-
ria Smith, of New York, was received here the 15th of August,
1849, in good health, which she maintained until attacked with
the dysentery, during its prevalence last summer, which assum-
ed a very malignant and unyielding form, and finally terminated
fatally on the 9th of August last.
These convicts received every attention and all the medical
aid which their situation required, but the physical condition of
the two former was such when they entered the prison, that they
were then probably beyond the reach of sanitary treatment.
The latter enjoyed good health up to the period of her attack.
She had conducted herself with strict propriety, and I regarded
her not only as a good convict, but as one possessing more intel-
ligence, and a greater degree of sensibility than is often found
among her companions. To the mental agony which she suffered
in view of her detention here, and the fearful prospect of a prison
death, I imputed the rapid course of her disease and the failure
to arrest it by medical treatment.
During the year, I have been called upon to impose forty-three
punishments for infractions of rules. These, for the most part,
have consisted in locking them in their own cells, sometimes in a
dark cell or solitary ward, or substituting bread and water for the
ordinary food. On some occasions we have been compelled to re-
sort to the straight-jacket, when the violence of the convict be-
came dangerous to those around her. This branch of my duties
is by far the most difficult and unpleasant, calling for the exer-
cise of patience and forbearance towards those whose errors ap-
pear to be the result of ignorance and habit, rather than depra-
vity or design; at the same time, a strict observance of every ne-
cessary rule must be implicitly enforced, in order to maintain
that degree of discipline upon which the welfare of the convicts
and the safety of the prison almost entirely depend.
When we consider that these convicts are, for the most part,
composed of a class of persons who have been reared in vice, and
hitherto unrestrained by any moral influence, a correct deport-239
No. 35.]
ment, or a willing obedience to authority, cannot always be ex-
pected ; yet, it is due to them to say, (and I consider it a redeem-
ing feature,) that with a few exceptions, I have found them dis-
posed to yield cheerfully, and in many cases manifesting a desire
to win the approbation of their officers by good conduct, and to
reform their lives by improving the means for instruction so lib-
erally provided by the State.
Mrs. Harriet Spencer, the teacher employed by you, has faith-
fully performed her duty, and under her instruction, many who
came here ignorant of letters, are now able to read with facility;
others are learning to write, and are devoting their hours of study
to these primary branches. The institution of a school among
these women, produces a beneficial influence upon their conduct;
and, were there no advantages to result from it in the improve-
ment of their morals when they leave the prison, the benefit
which it exerts here more than compensates for the trouble and
expense. When I meet convicts in our Sunday school, however,
who have been taught to read in prison, and who are seeking
bible knowledge with apparent sincerity, I cannot but indulge
the hope that their prison acquirements will prove a lasting be-
nefit, and some of them at least will improve them for their future
and everlasting welfare.
For more particular details in relation to the progress of edu-
cation, I would refer you to the report of the chaplain.
Our Sunday school has been continued with evident advantage
to many who have taken part in its exercises: aided by the ladies
associated with me in the management of the prison, I have been
enabled to include all the convicts in the various classes, and in
hearing tbe lessons, and in giving the necessary explanations, our
Sabbath mornings are spent in an interesting and useful manner.
During the past year a change of chaplain introduced a change
of the form of chapel service, and that of the Episcopal church,
which is now in use, has excited a new interest among the con-
victs, and with many commands earnest attention.
Among those who were discharged during the past year, there
were some who left us with the well-grounded hope that their240	[Senate
imprisonment had produced a favorable change in their feelings
and deportment, and that with proper encouragement from those
who should take an interest in their welfare, a perfect reforma-
tion might be relied upon. It is to be feared however, that too
many even of this class, oppressed by the degradation incident to
public conviction and imprisonment, too readily seek the society
of their former associates, amid the haunts of infamy and vice.
I know of no means by which this demoralizing evil can be coun-
teracted, except the well-directed efforts of the philanthropic ;
who, under the aid of Providence, have already accomplished
much in rescuing this class of their fellow creatures from inevita-
ble dispair.
Although there are many things connected with the manage-
ment of the prison, calculated to render the situation embarras-
ing and unpleasant, yet a practical experience in the various du-
ties pertaining to the office, renders their performance less diffi-
cult, and enables me to discriminate with a greater degree of cer-
tainty among those under my charge. It has been my object to
enforce discipline with the least possible approach at coercion,
believing that the measures which produce voluntary submission,
are the most likely to prove efficacious by enlisting the better
feelings of those they are designed to control.
Trusting that my exertions to promote the welfare of the con-
victs and the best interests of the State, have met your approba-
tion, and that my feeble abilities may not have been found wholly
inadequate to the performance of the various duties which your
favor and confidence have assigned me, I remain, with many
thanks for your kindness and advice,
Your obedient servant,
A. M. DODGE.DOCUMENTS
IN RELATION TO CLINTON PRISON.
[Senate, No. 35.]
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AGENT’S REPORT.
Clinton State Prison, Dec, 1, 1851.
To the Inspectors of State Prisons:
Gentlemen—In pursuance of tlie requirements of the statute,
I respectfully submit the following report of the financial affairs
of this prison for the year ending the 30 th September, 1851, and
of the police department, and general condition of the prison, to
the present time.
I assumed the charge of the prison on the 22d day of July
last, and the statistics contained in this report, are derived from
the prison books, for the period the institution was under the
control of my predecessor, and from my own knowledge and ob-
servation, since it came into my hands.
Upon an examination of the account current, herewith sub-
mitted, you will perceive that the receipts of the prison from all
sources, for the past year, were $25,864.10 ; and the amount paid
for current expenses during the same period, wras $25,958.13.
The earnings of the prison from convict labor during the year
are as follows:
For amount received, and now due for separated
ore raised from the Averill mine,.............. $10,771 08
For amount received, and now due for separated
ore raised from the State mine,...................... 263	23
For amount received from machine	shop,.............. 554	84
For separated ore on hand Sept. 30,	1851,............ 6,000	00
For hay, grain, and vegetables raised on prison
farm,.............................................. 1,050	00
For lumber manufactured, sold, and used upon
buildings in prison,............................... 2,000	00[Senate
244
For convict labor on buildings, repairs and ma-
chinery, ............................................. 3,500	00
For convict labor cutting and drawing saw-logs, ..	250	00
For convict labor on highway, for tax on Averill
mine,................................................. 77	00
For convict labor building sewer below prison
yard,.................................................    50	00
Total earnings,........................... $24,516	65
From the above sum of $24,516.65, is to be deducted the
amount paid to the owners of the Averill mine for ore, and for
powder for blasting, for wood, coal, and the use of teams and
tools. Allowing for these various items of expenditure the sum
of $4,500, it leaves a balance of $20,016.65, as the nett amount
of the earnings of the convicts for the year. Besides the labor
performed by convicts above referred to, the necessary number of
men have been employed as waiters, cooks, washers, tailors and
shoemakers, of whose labor no estimate has been made.
Upon referring to the last annual report made by my predeces-
sor, it wili be seen that the amount received for sales of ore du-
ring the past year, falls short of the sales for the previous year,
in the sum of $1,623.81. This difference arises in consequence
of the reduced price of ore, rendered necessary by the continued
depressed state of the iron market, and the difficulty of meeting
a ready sale at remunerating prices, in view of the embarrass-
ments under which the iron interests of the country is at present
suffering. Previous to the first of August, 1850, separated ore
had commanded the price of $4 per ton, which was subsequently
reduced to $3.50, and finally to $3 on the first day of October,
1850, at which latter price the ore has been disposed of since the
period last above referred to. Had the price of ore continued the
same as at the first period of reduction, the amount produced
from the mine during (he past year, including the amount unsold,
would have realized the sum of about $22,000.
The convict labor on repairs, buildings and machinery, is esti-
mated at fifty cents per day, which is less than the average of245
No. 35.]
earnings at this prison, and is far less than the same labor could
have been procured from citizens engaged in the same branches
of business.
The average number of convicts in the prison during the year
ending September 30th, 1851, was 114, and the number of work-
ing days in which they were employed was 310. The average
earnings of each convict for the year is $215.05, or about 69
cents per day.
These facts show a gratifying increase in the earnings of the
convicts, and the gradual development of the resources of the
prison, justifying the expectation that under favorable circum-
stances it will eventually be able to maintain itself without
aid from the treasury of the State.
During the past year several valuable and permanent improve-
ments have been made within the prison enclosure, embracing a
steam saw mill, a farm barn, and other necessary buildings and
erections.
The saw mill is a substantial frame building, fifty feet wide by
sixty feet long, and is furnished with one English gate, of two or
more saws, and one stock gang of twenty-four saws, for sawing
plank, capable of being increased to forty-two, for sawing siding
and other thin lumber. The machinery is propelled by a new
steam engine of thirty horse power, and the whole is now in suc-
cessful operation.
The-mill was erected by convict labor, with the exception of
two men employed to superintend the work, and aid in its con-
struction. All the timber and lumber has been procured from
the State lands, and manufactured at the edd mills in the prison
yard, by convicts. The engine was also constructed by convicts,
in the machine shop, with the aid and under the direction of Mr.
Burdick, their keeper, who is a practical mechanic and machinist,
and the amount actually paid out for materials, does not exceed
one hundred and fifty dollars. A property has thus been erected,
worth to the State nearly the sum of $6,000, and for which only
about $1,800 has been expended beyond the labor of the con-
victs.
i246	[Senate
Many advantages are anticipated from the completion and suc-
cessful operation of this mill, and it will, undoubtedly, during
the coming year, prove a source of large income and profit to the
State.
Under the advice of the Inspectors, I am now proceeding to
stock the mill, with logs from the State lands, and intend as soon
as the same can be conveniently accomplished, to put in a set of
saws for the manufacture of lath from the slabs.
The raising and separating of ore continues to be regularly
carried on, as the legitimate business of the prison.
Upon assuming the charge of the prison, I found a large quan-
tity of ore at the State mine, which had been raised previous to
the winter of 1848, and which was estimated sufficient for 2,000
tons of separated ore. Under the advice of the Inspectors in
charge, I have caused a set of elevators to be erected, for the
purpose of raising the above ore from the State mine, and to be
separated and prepared for market. This ore, when separated,
commands a higher price than the separated ore from the Averill
mine.
Considerable embarrassment is experienced from the want of a
sufficient number of men to prosecute successfully the various
branches of business now in operation. For this reason I am un-
able to work both mines and the separator at the same time, so
that operations are almost entirely suspended at the one, while
engaged at the other. From forty to sixty men are required for
immediate use, in order to avail myself to advantage of the faci-
lities we now have for prosecuting the business of the prison.
With the additional aid required, the income of the prison would
be largely increased, and in a ratio far greater than is now real-
ized with the present number of men.
Under the advice of the Inspectors, I am now engaged in pre-
paring to erect six forge fires, for the manufacture of iron, and
shall prosecute the same to completion as fast as the materials
can be procured, and the state of the rveather will admit.247
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This matter has received the especial attention of the Inspec-
tor in charge, during the past year, who has diligently prosecuted
his investigations, and made the proper estimates, with a view to
determine the policy proper to be pursued. At his suggestion
and with his assistance, I have made the necessary examination
in relation to the facilities afforded by the present structures in
the prison inclosure, and the machinery now available for this
purpose, and I find that the whole arrangement can be carried
out with a comparatively trifling expense.
I propose to occupy for this purpose the large stone building
erected west of the separator for an ore and coal house, but which *
is now unoccupied, and has been found on examination to be
suitable for the purpose. It is a strong, substantial building,
sixty-eight feet long and fifty feet wide, furnishing ample room
for six fires, and the necessary machinery to operate the same.
When this arrangement shall have been completed, an additienal
force of about thirty men will be necessary. Twenty-one men
will be required to attend the fires, and ten more for waiters and
taking care of and supplying coal. I regard this as an advanta-
geous arrangement to the success of the prison, believing it im-
portant to incoi’porate as much of the labor of convicts as possible
with the articles prepared for the market.
In addition to the foregoing considerations, it seems to have
been the intention of the Legislature in establishing this prison,
to employ the convicts in the making and manufacture of iron, and
this intension appears to have been kept steadily in view, and
expressed in all the acts making appropriations for its comple-
tion and support. Good faith towards the State therefore seems
to require that the experiment should be faithfully and fairly
tried, and I trust the Legislature may be induced, at its coming
session, to provide the necessary and adequate means.
To this end I beg leave to suggest for consideration the pro-
priety of a specific appropriation for the erection of a blast fur-
nace, for the manufacture of pig iron. The sum of $20,000 would,
in my judgment, be sufficient for this purpose, and I have no
hesitation in asserting the opinion, that it would be found a pro-248	[Senate
fitable investment, and in the end justifiy the policy of the estab-
lishment and maintenance of a public prison at this point.
The plank road, heretofore authorized by the Legislature,
leading from this prison to intersect the plank road from Platts-
burgh to Saranac Hollow has been completed, and in use for the
past year. Experience has demonstrated the great convienence
and value of this improvement, by furnishing an easy access to
market for the productions of the prison, and relieving the com-
munication with it, from the difficulty presented by an almost
impassable road. Without the plank road, the manufacture of
lumber, beyond the amount necessary for prison use, could not
have been profitably carried on, and the value of ore separated
from the mine, would have been materially lessened by the en-
hanced expense of transporting it to market.
Last year the Legislature appropriated $12,000 for general
support, and current expenses incidental to the prison, which
sum was drawn and disbursed by my predecessor in office. The
further sum of $8,000 was also appropriated to pay the indebt-
edness of the prison which had accrued previous to October 1st,
1850. This appropriation was not made until the 20th of June
last; previous to which time, my predecessor had paid and dis-
charged from the resources of the prison, about $5,000 of said
indebtedness. This was deemed necessary and indispensable
from the nature of the demand, a large portion thereof being
due for supplies necessary for the support of the convicts, and the
maintenance of the prison. Upon the passage of the appropri-
ation, it was found encumbered with a provision, which rendered
it wholly unavailable for the amount so paid by the agent, pre-
vious to its passage. The sum of $5,000, therefore, of the last
mentioned appropriation remains still in the treasury, and cannot
be realized without the further action of the Legislature.
After making a careful examination of the present fiscal con-
dition of the prison, and an estimate of the probable receipts
from the sales of ore and lumber, I find that an appropriation of
$25,000 will be necessary to meet the demands against the prison
and provide for its support during the year.
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If the Legislature, at its coming session, will pass an act trans-
ferring to the prison fund the balance of the appropriation now
remaining in the treasury, of about $5,000, and which is unavail-
able as above stated, the amount requisite for discharging the in-
debtedness of the prison, will be only $7,000 instead of $12,000
as hereinafter estimated.
The whole appropriation will be required for the following
purposes:
Indebtedness of the prison on the 1st of Oct., 1851, $12,000 00
Current expenses and suppor for the present year,..	13,000 00
Total,..................................... $25,000 00
The average cost of rations per day during the year ending
November 30th, was 8^ cents.
The average number of convicts during the year ending Sep-
tember 30th, was 114. The number of convicts remaining in
prison on the 1st day of December, 1850, was 114. The number
remaining in prison on the 1st day of December, 1851, was 113,
showing a decrease of one during the year.
Those remaining in prison were convicted of the following
crimes:
Burglary and larceny,.......................
Breaking jail,..............................
Aiding prisoners to escape,.................
Grand larceny,...........................
Forgery and counterfeiting,..............
Forgery, ................................
Bigamy,..................................
Obtaining money under false pretences,...
Forgery, 3d degree,......................
Attempt to ravish,.......................
Petit larceny, 2d offence,. .............
Burglary,................................
Burglary, 3d degree, and petit larceny....
Petit larceny 'after felony,.............
Assault and battery intent to commit rape,
8
1
1
29
1
5
1
2
1
3
6
13
1
1
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Attempt to rescue from a public officer,,
Assault and battery with intent to kill,.
Burglary, 1st degree,..................
Burglary, 3d degree,...................
Perjury,...............................
Manslaughter, 2d degree,...............
Arson,. ...............................
Manslaughter, 3d degree,...............
Passing counterfeit money,.............
Robbery,...............................
Murder,................................
Total,..........................
4
10
2
2
2
2
4
2
4
4
1
113
The number of convicts remaining in prison on the 1st day
of January, 1848, was................................ 146
The number of convicts received at the prison since the
1st day of January 1818, was......................... 213
During the same period the following number were dis-
charged as follows:
By expiration of sentence,......................... 137
By pardon,.......................................... 28
By death,.........................................   11
By removal to Lunatic Asylum,........................ 2
By escapes,........................................   6
By removal to Sing Sing and Auburn,................. 62
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Leaving remaining in prison December 1,1851,...	113
The number of punishments which have been inflicted during
the year just closed, is forty-seven, which were of the following
description:
Shower bath,.............................................. 39
Solitary confinement on bread and water, ................. 6
Ball and chain,.-......................................... 2
Total,.......................................... 47251
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The reports of the chaplain and physician are herewith sub-
mitted, and to which you are respectfully referred for statements
relative to the moral and religious instruction, and the general
health of the convicts.
H In conclusion, gentlemen, I submit the foregoing statements,
with my sincere acknowledgments to you for the uniform kind-
ness and courtesy which has characterized all your official and
social intercourse with me.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN L. BARNES.
Dr. Isaac N. Comstock, Agent of Clinton State Prison, in account
current with the State of New-York, from Oct. 1, 1850, to July
22, 1851, inclusive, being the termination of his agency.
1851.
July 22.
Dr.
To cash received of State Treasurer, being the balance
in his hands of appropriation of
$20,000 for 1850,	$1,500 00
do	do	State Treasurer on	
		appropriation of	
		$12,000 for 1851,	10,619 98
do	do	sundries,		1,176 26
do	do	machine shop,		554 65
do	do	visitors,		88 25
do	do	convicts’ deposits,..	17 34
do	do	Averill mine and	
		State ore, 		9,845 82
do	do	interest		7 00
To balance carried forward,				18 49
$23,327 79252
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1850.	Cr.
October 1. By balance from last years’ account
brought forward,................. $126
1851.
By cash paid for		buildings and repairs,.	710
do	do	stock and tools,		203
do	do	rations,		522
do	do	clothing and bedding,.	1,407
do	do	fuel and lights,		13
do	do	hospital and medicines,	18
do	do	discharge of convicts,.	227
do	do	postage and printing, .	126
do	do	salaries of officers,....	5,005
do	do	pay of guards,		6,801
do	do	teams and keeping,...	590
do	do	expenses of agent,....	145
do	do	storage and freightage,	186
do	do	miscellaneous,		606
do	do	machinery,		866
do	do	Averill mine,		930
do	do	plank road, 		4,787
do	do	saw mill and logs,....	550
42
12
53
71
64
25
71
24
73
72
36
73
97
62
30
86
53
14
15
$23,827 79
1851. July 22. By balance brought forward, ...	18 49
John. L Barnes, Agent of Clinton State Prison, in account current
with the State of New-York, from July 22, 1851, to September
30, 1851, inclusive.
1851.
Sept. 30.
Dr.
To cash received
do	do
do	do
do	do
from State Treasurer, being the ba-
lance in his hands of ap-
propriation of $12,000 for
1851,............ $1,380	82
sundries,.......	5	10
machine shop &
furnace, ....	19
visitors, ......	19	50No. 35.]
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To cash received from convict depo’ts, $00 49
do do	Averill mine &
State ore, ...	649 50
By balance carried forward,.......... 220 45
$2,275 25
1851.	Cr.
July 22. By balance due I. N. Comstock, late agent, $18 49
Sept. 30. By cash paid for buildings and repairs, ..	161
do	do	stock and tools,		22	48
do	do	rations,		1,630	26
do	do	clothing and bedding,...	80	00
do	do	hospital and medicines,..	1	00
do	do	discharge of convicts, ...	56	92
do	do	postage and stationery,..	19	86
do	do	salaries of officers,		241	00
do	do	pay of guards,		29	05
do	do	teams and keeping,		63	13
do	do	miscellaneous,		68	86
do	do	Averill mine,		42	59
$2,275 25
1851. Oct. 1. By balance due John L. Barnes, late agt., $220 45
STATEMENT
Exhibiting the total amount of caih received by Isaac JV. Comstock
and John L. Barnes, agents of Clinton prison, from all sources,
during the year ending Sept. 30th, 1851.
Cash received from State Treasurer, being the ]
balance in his hands of appropriation of $20,- i
000 for 1850,............................J
do	do State Treasurer, being the ?
amount of appropriation of 1851..........^
do	do	sundries,.................
do	do machine shop,................
$1,500 00
12,000 00
1,181 36
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Cash received from visitors,....................... 107 75
do	do	convicts’deposits,..................... 17	83
do	do	Averill mine and State ore,..	10,495	32
do	do	interest account,....................... 7	00
$25,8Q4 10
STATEMENT
Exhibiting the total amount oj cash expended by Isaac A'. Comstock
and John L. Barnes, agents of Clinton prison,for general support
of the same, erection of buildings, tfc., during the fiscal year elid-
ing September 30th, 1851.
Cash expended for buildings and repairs,.......... $711 73
do	do	stock and tools,........................ 226	01
do	do	rations,.............................. 2,152	97
do	do	clothing and bedding,.............. 1,487	64
do	do	fuel and lights, ... .................... 13	25
do	do	hospital and medicines................... 19	71
do	do	discharge of convicts,.................. 284	16
do	do	postage and printing, &c........	146	39
do	do	salaries of officers,................. 5,246	72
do	do	pay of guards,........................ 6,830	41
do	do	teams and keeping,...................... 653	86
do	do	expenses of agent,...................... 145	97
do	do	storage and freightage,................. 186	62
do	do	miscellaneous,.......................... 675	22
do	do	machinery,.............................. 866	86
do	do	Averill mine,........................... 973	12
do	do	plank road,........................... 4,787	14
do	do	saw mill and logs,...................... 550	15
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Clinton State Prison, )
November 1, 1851.	£
To the Board of Inspectors :
The agent respectfully reports, that the following is a true
statement of the moneys received and expended for the general
support, &c., of said prison during the month ending October 31,
1850, as appears by the books of said prison.
Cash received this month as follows:
Sundries.
Oct. 31. Timber sold Peabody & Ames, &c.,
Visitors.
Forty-six persons,...................
Jlverill ore bed.
Jackson, Morgan & Co.,	ore,.	$348 90
Hart, Bailey & Co.,	u	189 23
Spaulding & Son,	u	147 05
Hewitt, Stoddard & Platt	u 5	416 70
Geo. H. Parsons,	U	284 27
Interest account.		
Jackson & Morgan, interest,..		$0 94
Hart, Bailey & Co., “	• •	94
Spaulding & Son, “	• .	1 03
G. H. Parsons, “	. •	91
Appropriation.
State Treasurer, on appropriation,
$456 39
11 50
1,386 15
3 82
1,500 00
$3,358 06
Cash expended for general support, &c.:
By balance brought forward from last
year’s account,..................... $126 42
Buildings and repairs.
Wm. Munsig’s bill, lead pipe,......... 25 00256
Rations.
H. H. Everest, 2,772 lbs. Gra-
ham flour,.................. $76 23
Monthly pay roll, for beef and
peas,.................... 78 92
Clothing and bedding.
Grange Sard, clothing for dis-
charged convicts,................ 50	75
Friend Humphrey, 109 sides
leather,..................... 311	50
Monthly pay roll, socks, and
deer-skins for mittens, ....	58	99
Hospital and medicines.
Monthly pay roll, per George
Dodds, 350 crackers,...........
Discharge of convicts.
Charles Bunker, Franklin co.,	3	50
Peter Snyder,Montgomery,co.,	7	62
John Gaily, Clinton co.,		3	00
Zagar String Zing, Rensselaer		
CO., . _ T _ T . . . .		5	25
Jas.H. Gardner, Rensselaer co,	5	25
John McDonald, do	5	25
John Fleming, Albany co., ..	5	40
Hiram Lamb, Sullivan co., .	8	70
Sullivan Worden, Schenectady		
CO.,		11	52
Stephen H. Craft, Onon’ga co.,	8	70
John H. Price, Rensselaer co.,	5	25
Postage and stationery.		
James Henry Gilson, 1 quar-		
ter’s postage,		15	55
James Henry,bill stationery,.	41	51
Teams and keeping.
Monthly pay roll, expenses of team,....
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155 15
421 24
1 50
69 44
57 06
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Miscellaneous.
D. B. McNiel, administering
oath to clerk,............ 13
Sam’l Shaw, surveying west
line No. 10.,............. 4 50
Monthly pay roll, convicts’ de-
posite refunded, &c.,..... 7 41
--------- 12 04
Machinery.
Pruyn, Yosburgh & Co., bill of
zinc, wire, steel, &c., &c.,.	289 89
Manning & Howland, 39| feet
plain packing,............ 1D88
-------------- 309	77
Plank road.
St. John B. L. Skinner, 17|
saw logs,..................... 11	53
Sam’l Shaw, 4 days locating
plank road,................... 12	00
Monthly pay roll, 134J}£
plank road logs,......	84	23
-------------- 107	71
Balance,.............................. 2,070	68
*	$3,358	06
State of New-York, ) gg>
Clinton county,	$
John L. Barnes, agent, and E. P. Marble, clerk, of the Clinton
State prison, being duly sworn, depose and say that the foregoing
account is correct and true according to the best of their know-
ledge and belief.
JNO. L. BARNES, Agent.
E. P. MARBLE, Clerk.
Subscril>ed and sworn before me this ?
17th day of December, 1851.	£
A. Scribner, Justice of the Peace.
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Clinton State Prison 1
December 1, 1850.	{
To the Board of Inspectors:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true
stetement of the monies received and expended for the general
support, &c.,of said prison during the month ending Nov. 1850,
according to the books thereof.
Nov. 1. To balance from last month’s ac-
brought forward,			$2,070 68
Cash received this month as follows	:	
Sundries.		
30. Tin pans and salt sold,			1 24
Convicts’ deposits.		
H. N. Morgan,		#1 26	
Thomas McGuire,		15 40	
		16 66
Aver ill ore bed.		
Geo. Parsons, ore,			100 00	
Hewitt, Stoddard & Platt,		692 58	
Jackson & Morgan,...........	98 69	
•		891 27
		$2,979 85
Cash expended for general support, &c.:
Rations.
Elijah Weston, II bush, beans., #13 75
Jas. H. Gilson, 160 lbs. venison, 4 00
Monthly pay roll, beef during
the month,................. 36 82
------	54 57
Clothing and bedding.
Moses Sangemo, 6 deer skins for
mittens,...................... 6 37
E. Harding & Co., 1 roll filtering
cards,........................ 25
Joseph C. Myers, 1 hat, 1 shirt,
for discharged convict,.........	2 00	*No. 35.J	259
Nov. 30. Jas. Henry Gilson, 7 deer skins
for mittens,.. *............. 6 00
John H. Morgan, 1104yards sat-
inett,............... $197 03
John JI. Morgan, 1230
yards flannel,.......	430 50
------ 927 53
Monthly pay roll, 11 deer skins, 10 63
Hospital medicines.
Monthly pay roll, paid J. Dodds,
crackers,...................
Discharge of convicts.
John Butler, Schenectady Co.,..
Teams and keeping.
Hewitt, Stoddard & Platt, shores
and oats,................... 14 83
W. N. Morgan & Son, 33 fj
bush, oats,.................,.	12 69
Miscellaneous.
Jas. H.Gilson, expenses and time •
while on business for the State
from Feb. 5,1848, to Jan. 1.
1850,........................... 44	25
Lyman Soper, expenses to Keese-
ville.............................2	88
Asa Palmer, cleaning and fenc-
ing two roods and 20 rods land, 8 12
Lyman Soper, expenses after es-
caped convict,................ 50
Monthly pay roll, expenses, ...	2	64
Aver ill mine.
H. & H. Matthews, 1 tin horn,.
Plank road.
Merrill & Meade, grading and
planking 34S rods,............... 667	50
952 78
1 50
5 04
27 52
58 39
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Nov. 30. Peter Keenan, grading and plank-
inglGOrods,................ 500 00
Monthly pay roll, pd. for plank
road, logs and draining,... ' 15 14
-------	1,182 04
Machinery.
Monthly pay roll, mould-
ing sand,................... 22 38
Balance,....................... 674 85
$2,979 85
State of New-York, \
Clinton county, $
John L. Barnes, agent, and E. P. Marble, clerk of tho Clinton
State Prison, being duly fworn, depose and say, that the forego-
ing account is correct,'and true, according to the best of their
knowledge and belief.	JOHN L. RARNES, Agent,
E. P. MARBLE, Clerk.
Sworn to and subscribed before 1
this 17th day of Dec., 1851, $
A. Scribner, Justice of the Peace.
%
Clinton PnisoN, /
January 1,1851. $
To the Board of Inspectors:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true
statement of the monies received and expended for the general
support, &c., of said prison, during the month ending December
31, 1850, according to the books thereof:
Deo. 1. To balance brought forward,.	$674 84
Cash received this month as follows:
Sundries.
31. Nails, paper, &c., sold,......	4 37
Visitors.
22 persons,................... 5 50No. 35.]
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Aoerill ore-bed.
G. H. Parsons, ore,..........	400 00
Hewitt, Stoddard, & Platt, ore, 649 09
--------- 1,049 09
Balance,................ 2,770 88
$4,504 68
• ... — ----------------- ■ ■
Cash expended for general support, &c.:
Buildings and repairs.
South wick & Taggard, nails
and lamp black,........... $1 53
Monthly pay roll, 500 brick,
and work on guard house,. 4 63
--------6 16
50
2 13
48
20 08
1 88
15 16
------	39 73
Clothing and bedding.
Orrin Davis, expenses for
straw,........................  2	25
Southwick & Taggard, shirt
buttons and handkerchiefs,	1	55
V,\ H. Morgan & son, 10 y’ds
alapaca,....................... 3	12
Monthly pay roll, 8 deer
shins,......................... 8	00
Stock and tools.
W. H. Morgan, one bag, ....
Rations.
J. W. A. Turner, pepper, spice,
&,c.,.....................
Southwick & Taggard, pepper,
&c.,......................
Northern railroad co., trans-
portation on 15 barrels pork,
and 11 hogs,..............
W. H. Morg an & son,2^ bash.
salt,.....................
Monthly pay roll, beef and
beans,.......................
14 92262
|Sekate
Fuel and lights.
W. H. Morgan & son, 3 gross
lamp wicks,.............. 3 00
Monthly pay roll, paid L.
Torrey, 2 doz. lamp wicks,	20
Hospital and medicines.
Monthly pay roll, 330 crackers
Discharge oj convicts.
John Delong, Washington co., 4 80
Dennis Mahony, Schenectady
co.,...................... 5 00
James Wilber, Clinton co., ..	1 00
Postage and stationery.
Southwick & Taggard, slate
pencils,...................
Salaries of officei s.
Monthly pay roll of officers,
October,...................
Pay of guards.
O. T. Davis, 2 days substitute
guard,..................... 2 00
Monthly pay roll guards, for
October,................... 760 83
Teams and keejjing.
Hewitt, Stoddard & Platt, 25-Ji
bush, oats,...................... 0	65
J. W. A. Turner, 2 bush, oats,	75
Southwick & Taggard, 2600
lbs. hay,....................... 10	40
Monthly pay roll, paid for
hay and oats,................... 49	31
Miscellaneous.
Lyman Soper, expenses to
Plattsburgh,............... 3 68
3 20
1 00
10 80
10
579 15
762 83
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Orrin Davis, 9 days dragging, &c.,		$24 22
Thos. D. Gilson, expenses to Troy and Albany,	 Southwick & Taggard, twine,	17 94
&c.,		 Monthly pay roll, apples, &c.,	1 52
(Christmas,)		4 01 	 $50 32
Plank road. Eli Roberts, grading & plank ing 1 \ mile plank road, ... St. J. B. L. Skinner, 29 day’s services as superintending	1,608 33
the construction of pl’k r’d, Orrin Davis, 11 days, self and	87 00
team on plank road,	 Loring Ellis, 109,604 ft. hem - lock plank, and half draw -	24 75
ing, extra,		 J. W. A. Turner, ^ day’s la-	316 15
bor on road,	 Southwick & Taggard, 4 days	50
man and team,				9 00
Monthly pay roll, sundry per- sons for service,			53 64 	 2,399 17
Machinery. J. W. A. Turner, nails and lead,	 Southwick & Taggard, pitch,. Monthly pay roll, 27 days,	89 1 76
pattern maker,		47 25
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Averill mine.
A. G. Lucas, agent, 200 kegs
powder,.................. $175 00
Monthly pay roll, 1 month’s
services as engineer,....	41 60
------	516 60
$1,504 68
State of New-York, }
3 \ jgs*
Clinton county,	$
John L. Barnes, agent, and E. P. Marble, clerk of the Clinton
State prison, being duly sworn, depose and say^that the forego-
ing account is correct and true, according to the best of then-
knowledge and belief.
JNO. L. BARNES. Agent.
E. P. MARBLE, Clerk.
Sworn to before me, this 17th )
day of November, 1851,	\
A. Scribner, Justice of the Peace.
Ci inton Prison, }
February 1, 1851. $
To the Board of Inspectors :
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true state-
ment of the monies received and expended for’ the general sup-
port, &c., of said prison during the month ending January 31,
1851, according to the books thereof:
Cash received this month as follows :
Sundries.
1851.
January 31, leather, paint, &c., sold,................ $0 97
Visiters.
24 persons,
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Jlverill ore beds.
Hewitt, Stoddard & Platt, ore, $-101 62
Jackson, Morgan &. Co.,	“	382 96
Win. H. Myers, & Co.,	“	735 86
Balance,..............................
Cash expended for general support, Lc.
January 1, By balance brought forward,...........
Buildings and repairs.
«	31, Redford Glass Co., 4 boxes glass,....
Stock and tools.
3. A. Hasbrouck, paints,...............
Clothing and bedding.
Monthly pay roil. Paid A. B. Balch for
1,250 straw,........................
Hospital and medicines.
Geo. Dodds, crackers,................ 75
Monthly pay roll. Paid J. Dodds
115 crackers,........;.......... 50
Discharged convicts.
Charles Burton, Albany county,.........
Postage and stationery.
Jas. H. Gilson, 1 quarter’s postage,...
Teams and keeping.
Monthly pay roll. Paid L. Fling, 82
bushels oais,..........................
Misc ellaneous.
Samuel Shaw, tracing linos of State lots,
Nos. 60. 61, 62, 63 and 64,
and marking,................ 5 33
Monthly pay roll. Paid M. C.
Woodworth, convict deposite, 05
1,520 44
2,432 63
$3,960 04
$2,770 88
16 65
2 98
5	00
1 25
6	OO
18 69-
30 75
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Plank road.
Wm. H. Myers & Co., 142,388 feet plank,
$783.13 ; laying and grading half a
mile plank road, $307 50,......... 1,090 63
Machinery.
J. C. Manley, 2,200lbs. Lehigh coal,...,	11 83
$3,960 04
State of New York, ) gg
Clinton county,	J s'
John L. Barnes, agent, and E. P. Marble, clerk, of the Clinton
State prison, being duly sworn, depose and say that the foregoing
account is correct and true, according to the best of their know-
ledge and belief.
JOHN L. BARNES, Agent.
E. P. MARBLE, Clerk.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, \
this 17th day of December, 1851. $
A. Scribner, Justice of the Peace.
Clinton State Prison, J
March 1, 1851.	\
To the Board of Inspectors:
The agent] respectfully reports that the following is a true
statement of monies received and expended for the general sup-
port, &.c.^of said prison during the month ending February 28,
185!, according to the books thereof:
Cash received this month as follows:
Sundries.
Feb. 28. 1 brown mare sold, $100. l^ard, &c.,
$15.80,........................................ $115	80
Visitors.
153 persons,....................................... 38	25
Jherill ore bed.
llewitt, Stoddard & Platt, ore, $1,210 07
R. A. Gilman,	« •	150 00
---------	1,360	07
Balance,.....................................  1,248	18
2,762 39
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Feb. 1. By balance brought forward from last
month’s account,...................... $2,432 §3
Cash expended for general support, &c.:
Buildings and repairs.
Monthly pay roll. Pd. J. Muzzy, draw-
ing 7 hogs,.............................. 70
Stock and Tools.
G. H. Jackson, 1 sett runners and raves
for cutter,........................... 2 50
1
Rations.
W. P. & P. M. M. Platt, 3
barrels salt,		$5 25	
J. H. Gilson, garden seeeds,.. Monthly pay roll. Paid Peter	5 40	
Winkle, 46 bushels peas,..	34 50	46 15
		
Clothing and bedding.		
Monthly pay roll. Paid for 15 knots yarn,		45
Hospital and medicines.
Monthly pay roll. Paid J. Dodds 230
crackers,.................................
Teams and keeping.
Abram Lobdell, 3,910 lbs. hay 16 32
Wm. H. Spaulding, 1 span bay
horses,.................... 235 00
Miscellaneous.
Wm. H. Keeler, expenses to
Keeseville and returning, .	2 75
Monthly pay roll. Paid A.
Macomber, expenses to
Keeseville,.........•..	50
Wm. H. Keeler, expenses to
Plattsburgh,.............. 70
1 50
261 62
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Machinery.
Calvin Allen & Co., 2,800 Lo-
high coal,		14 00
Goulding, Green & Conro, 3	
lead pots,		3 86
Wm. H. Keeler, 21 sheets tin,	50
Monthly pay roll. Paid Wm.	
H. Keeler 11 days’ moulding,	3 00
Plank road.
Monthly pay roll. Paid P. Keenan work
on road,...........................
21 36
2 92
$2,762 39
State of New-York, )
•	' \ ss*
Clinton countyf $
John L. Barnes, agent, and E. P. Marble, clerk of Clinton
State prison, being duly sworn, depose and say, that the foregoing
account is true according to the best of their knowledge and be-
lief.
JOHN L. BARNES, Agent.
E. P. MARBLE, Clerk.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, ?
this 17th day of Dec., 1851.	^
A. Scribner, Justice oj the Peace.
, ' . .	‘ SSi.i j 2
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Clinton Prison, ?
April 1st, 1851. I
To the Board of Inspectors:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true
statement of the monies received and expended for the general
support, &c., of said prison during the month of March, 1851, ac-
cording to the books thereof.
Cash received this month a3 follows;
1851.
Sundries.
March 31 Cash received from sale of pork, hams, lard-,
&c...................................................
107 79No. 35.]
269
Convicts’ deposits.
Henry Knox, convict deposit,............... 03
Averill ore bed.
Hewitt, Stoddard & Platt, ore, $1,766 75
Jackson, Morgan & Co............ 151 04
__________1,917 79
Interest account.
Geo. H. Parsons, interest,................. 3 13
$2,023 79
March 1 By balance, brought forward from last
month’s account,.................. 1,248 18
Cash expended for general support, &c.:
Clothing and bedding.
31 Kingsland, Baber &. Co. 3 lbs.
woolen yarn,.............. 375
G. W. Larkins, 6 lbs. woolen
yarn,..................... 7 50
-------- II 25
Fuel and lights.
W. A. Morgan & Son, lamp wicks and
chimneys,............................. 3 17
Hospital and medicines.
Monthly pay roll, paid J. Dodds, 115
crackers,............................ 50
Discharged convicts.
John Banks, discharged con-
vict, New York co.,... 12 00
Sami. B. Rowe, do	do
Columbia co................ 12 00
-------- 24 00
Postage and stationery.
A. A. Prescott, 150 envelopes,.	26
Win. Reed, 1 gro. pens,......	1 00
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Storage and freightage.
Monthly pay roll, freightage of pork from
Rouse’s Point,........................ $7 04
Miscellaneous.
Jas. H. Gilson, expenses to
Plattsburgh for money,....	$3	35
Amasa Macomber, expenses to
Keesevillefor moulding sand	5	43
James Henry Gilson, expenses
to Keeseville for money,--	2	60
------------- 9 38
Machinery.
Edward & White, bill of iron,
&c,........................... 50	38
Colvin, Allen & Co., 2,000 lbs.
Lehigh coal,.................. 10	00
Amasa Macomber, 2 loads
moulding sand,................. 1	25
--------61 63
Saw mill.
Monthly pay roll, paid for drawing timber
for mill,............................... 7 95
Balance,....................... 653 53
§2,028 79
State of New-York, '/ gg
Clinton county,	)
John L. Barnes, agent, and E. P. Marble, clerk, of the Clin-
ton prison, being duly sworn, depose and say that the foregoing
account is correct and true according to the best of their know-
ledge and belief.
Sworn and subscribed before me, )	JOHN L. BARNES,
this 17th day of Dec., 1851, $	E. P. MARBLE.
A. Scribner,
Justice of the Peace.No. 35.]
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Clinton Prison. 1
May 1,1851.	\
To the Board of Inspectors :
The agent respectfully reports, that the following is a true
statement of the moneys received and expended for the general
support, &c., of said prison during the month ending April 30,
1851, according to the books thereof.
April 1. To balance brought forward,.............. $653 53
Cash received this month as follows :
Sundries.
31. Hams, lard, &c., sold different persons,..	60 72
Visitors.
Forty-seven persons,.................... 11 75
Averill ore bed.
Hewitt, Stoddard & Platt,	ore,	$356	28
Jackson, Morgan & Co.,	“	103	23
R. A. Gilman,	“	200	00
G. H. Parsons.	“	410	00
-------- 1,069 51
$1,795 51
Cash expended for general support, &c.:
Buildings and repairs.
31. Monthly pay roll, paid for cutting timber, $28 90
Stock and tools.
Emerson & Simonds, two No. 20 cru-
cibles, ...................... $2	00
M. Noyes & Co., 40 lbs. old
brass,......................... 5	00
Wm. H. Morgan & Son, 1 lb.
glue, ................... 25
Hammond & Co., 7 tons pig
iron, ....................... 178	00
Monthly pay roll, 1 washboard,	17
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Rations.
Apr. 31. Monthly pay roll, paid for beef and beans, §28 48
Hospital and medicines.
Monthly pay roll, paid for crackers & beef,	2 60
Discharge of convicts.
Nathaniel Peek, Jefferson co., $8 00
Philip Fitzgerald, Essex co.,.	1 40
Oliver U. Tucker,Washington, 5 00
Allen Corey, Schenectady co., 6 00
--------- 20 40
Postage and stationery.
James H. Gilson, one quarter’s postage,..	18 70
Teams and keeping.
Monthly pay roll, 79/j bush, oats,.........	31 68
Storage and freightage.
Jack O’Grady, freightage on coflee,........	25
JinsCtllan co us.
James H. Gilson, expenses to Plattsburgh
for money,.................... $1	20
Lyman Soper, expenses with
team,.......................... 4	S3
Monthly pay roll, paid tor ex-
penses for oats, &c.,............ 2	75
--------- 8 28
Balance,..................... 1,470 71
81,795 51
State of New-York, } gg
Clinton county,	$
John L. Barnes, agent, and E. P. Marble, clerk of the Clinton
State Prison, being duly sworn, depose and say, that the fore-
going account is correct and true according to the best of their
knowledge aud belief.
JISTO. L. BARNES, Agent.
E. P. MARBLE, Clerk.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, \
this 17til day of December, 1851, $
A. Scribner, Justice of the Peace.No. 35.]
273
Clinton Prison, )
June 1, 1851. ^
To the Board of Inspectors:
The agent respectfully reports that ^the following is a true
statement of the moneys received and expended for the general
support, &c., of said prison, during the month ending May 31,
1851, according to the books thereof.
May 1. Balance from last month’s account brought
forward,.................................. $1,470	71
Cash received this month as follows :
Sundries.
31. Pork, hams, boards, matrasses, &c., kc.,
sold different persons,..................... $245	09
Averill ore bed.
R. A. Gilman, ore,........... .$150 00
Jackson, Morgan & Co., ore, .	150 00
G. H. Parsons, ore,.......... 151 50
--------------------	451	50
2,167 30
Cash expended for»general support, &c.:
Buildings and repairs.
J. C. Manley, cut. and draw.
timber,.................. $64 48
Richard Jackson, cutting and
drawing timber,.......... 26 20
Orrin Davis, drawing timber,	63
E. W. Lewis, cutting and
drawing logs,............ 11 84
Monthly pay roll, cutting and
drawing logs, and paid J.
Conger, $48.75, as carpen-
ter, .................... 196 65
________ 298 80
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Stock and tools.
J. C. Manley, paid for weigh-
ing coal,................. $0 13
Ransom Pierce, paid difference
in exchange plows,........	2 00
Clothing and bedding.
Monthly pay roll, paid F. Ayres, 1 load
straw,................................
Rations.
J. C. Manley, 12ff bushels
barley,......................... 9	40
Ransom Pierce, paid for carrot
seed and beef,.................. 1	66
Orrin Davis, 13£ days harrow-
ing, ............................ 30	38
M. S. Lewis, harrowing grain
&c.,........................... 19	81
Monthly pay roll, garden seeds	1	38
Fuel and lights.
J. C. Manley, 5 J cords wood,
Hospital medicines.
H. Hewitt, 53 lbs. sugar,.#...	4	51
Monthly pay roll, paid for		
meat for hospital,		1	85
Discharge of convicts.		
George Hamago, Clinton,....	1	00
A. H. Thorndike, do ....		50
C. M. Yosburgh, Rensselaer, .	5	22
Clark Barnes, do	8	67
Charles Tice, do	5	44
James II. Foote, Saratoga,. ..	6	86
Teams and keeping.
Monthly pay roll, paid C. Blake shoeing
horse,.................................
$2 13
2 00
62 63
6 88
6 36
27 58
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Storage and f reightage,
J. C. Manley, cartage of mer-
chandize, &c.,............... $166 87
M. S. Lewis, cartage from
Plattsburgh,............... 8 89
_________ $175 66
Miscellaneous.
>	Lyman Soper, expenses to
Plattsburgh,..................... 1	38
Ransom Pierce, expenses to
Plattsburgh,..................... 1	40
Richard Jackson, 1-J days team	3	38
Ransom Pierce, expenses to
Plat sburgh, &c.,................ 1	51
M. S. Lewis, 6 months ser-
vices as lawyer,................. 180	00
Ransom Pierce, paid expenses
to Plattsburgh for 3 teams
for boiler, &c.,...............  14	64
’	’	________ 202 31
Plank road.
M. S. Lewis, drawing 38} logs,............... 3	82
Saw mill.
J. C. Manley, draw. 217 logs, 21 70
Richard Jackson,	296	29 60
M. S. Lewis,	1092	108 66
__________________	159	96
Balance,............................... 1,217	23
$2,167 30
State of New-York, } gg
Clinton county,	^
John L. Barnes, agent, and E. P. Marble, clerk, of the Clin-
ton State Prison, being duly sworn, depose and say that the fore-
going account is correct and true, according to the best of their
knowledge and belief.	JOHN L. BxVRNES, Agent,
E. P. MARBLE, Clerk.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, )
this 17th day of December, 1851. $
A. Scribner, Justice of the Peace.276
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Clinton Prison, )
July 1, 1851.	\
To the Board of Inspectors :
4	•
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true state-
ment of the monies received and expended, for the general sup-
port, &c. of said prison, during the month ending June 30,1851,
according to the books thereof:
June 1. To balance from last month’s account,
brought foiward,....................... $1,217 23
Casli received this month as follows :
Sundries.
30. Oats, tallow, labor, &c.,................. 13 91
Convict deposites.
L. Cole,		$00 13	
James Ferguson,		00 47	
Rufus O. Hay,	 Averill ore bed.	00 15	00 65
R. A. Gilman, ore,		$50 00	
Benj. Gilman, “ 		75 00	125 00 $1,356 79
Cash expended for general support, &c.:
Buildings and repairs.
Asa Palmer, carting brick, &c., 13£§ff
tons, and cutting and drawing 109
pickets,....................... $48	92
Jeremiah Mattoon, drawing 20
pickets and 9 poles,......	2	50
S. T. Stiles, cutting and draw-
ing 356 pickets-and 18 poles,	81	58
Rawson Pierce, 60 bush, lime
and expenses,.................... 9	66
Monthly pay roll, paid O. N.
Beach 89 days’ services, &c.,	179	00
A. Van Burkirk, extra labor
in mill,........................... 7	50
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Rations.
Monthly pay roll, pd. G. F. Lawrence, 1
heifer..............'..................... 15 00
Discharge convicts.
Peter Fisher, Clinton co.,..	$4 37
Jesse Lucas, Washington co.,.	5 10
Wm. Osgood, Schenectady co.,	5 04
Jas. McCready, Albany, co.,..	5 40
Peter Peterson, Columbia co.,	6 31
Geo. Snyder, “	6 66
John Osborn, Schenectady co.,	5 04
Danl. Bedell,St. Lawrence-co.,	4 77
Sidney Foster, Madison co.,..	9 00
Wm. Shephard, Essex co.,...	3 00
54 78
Postage and printing1.
Croswell & Shaw, advertising proposals,.	8 95
Storage and freightage.
Ransom Pierce, freightage expenses, ....	2 77
Miscellaneous.
Davidson & Viele G5 J lbs curl
ed hair,....................... $19	87
Asa Palmer, 15| days harrow-
ing, ............................. 35	44
Brinsmade & Brothers, 2 box-
es percussion caps, .............. 00	75
--------------------	56	06
Saw mill. '
Jeremiah Mattoon, drawing
226 logs,...................... $22	60
S. T. Stiles, drawing 341 logs,
$34.10, and cutting and
drawing 237 standard logs,
$118.50,....................... 152	60
--------------------	175	20
Balance, .............................      714	87
$1,356 79278
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State of New-York, ? gg
Clinton county,	)
John L. Barnes, agent, and E. P. Marble, clerk of the Clinton
Prison, being duly sworn, depose and say, that the foregoing
account is correct and true, according to the best of their know-
ledge and belief.
JOHN L. BARNES, Agent.
E. P. MARBLE, Clerk.
Sworn to and subscribed before )
me, this 17th day of Dec. 1851. }
A. Scribner, Justice of the Peace.
Clinton Prison, )
Aug.l,\M\. $
7b the Board of Inspectors:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true
statement of the moneys received and expended for the general
support, &c., of said prison, from July 1, 1851, to July 23, 1851,
inclusive, according to the books thereof.
July 1. To balance brought forward from last months’ ac-
count, ...................................... $714	87
Cash received this month as follows:
Sundries.
30. Beef, ham, &c., &c., sold sundry persons,.	169 69
Machine shop.
A. R. Booth, agent, castings,............. 554 65
Visitors.
Sixty-one persons,................................ 15	25
Avcrill mine.
Jackson, Morgan & Co.,	ore,.................... 75	00
Stale appropriation.
15. State Treasurer on appropria-
tion, .................... $8,000 00
22. do do do 2,619 98
------------10,619 98
Balance,............ .............. 18 49
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July 22. Cash expended for general support:
Building and repairs.
Ranson Pierce, 30 bush, lime,............
Stock and tools.
Monthly pay roll, paid Amasa Macomber
for 1 Stocking & Co.’s revolving pistol,
Rations.
Ira Rowlson, 16 bush, barley,	$10 00
Fitch & Cook, 4 beef cattle,..	112 00
Hospital and medicines.
Monthly pay roll, paid G. Dodds for 805
crackers,................................
Discharged convicts.
Monthly pay roll, Philander Kelsey, Co-
lumbia county,...........................
Postage and printing.
Roby Gustavus Stone, adverising propo-
sals, ........................ $2 75
James Henry Gilson, 1 quar-
ter’s postage,................ 1913
Salaries of officers.
Pay roll of officers for November and De-
cember, 1850, and January, February,
March, April, {day and June, 1851,...
Pay of guard.
Pay roll of guards for November and De-
cember, 1850, and January, February,
March, April, May and June, 1851,. ..
Teams and keeping.
Ira Rowlson, 78|| bush, oats,
at 38 cts.,................... $29.97
Monthly pay roll, 353 bush,
oats,$134.14, and 1/*V, tons
hay, $12,..................... 146 14
$3 75
10 00
122 00
3 00
20
21 88
4,426 57
C,038 53
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Expenses of agent.
July 22. Isaac N. Comstock, travelling expenses as
agent from Oct. 13, 1850, to July 10,
1851,.................................
Miscellaneous.
Jas. H. Gilson, 9 days’ services
as appraiser, and making
and extending 2 copies of
State inventory of property, $52 00
Seymour Edgerton, cutting
and drawing 43 pickets,...	9 89
O. A. Burton, interest on $3,-
000 from Nov. 28, 1850, to
July 15, 1851,............ 131 25
Hansom Pierce, expenses on
business for State,....... 2 40
Seymour Edgerton, cutting 26
pickets,......;........... 2 60
Monthly pay roll, paid for
horse hire and labor,.....	2 00
Averill mine.
Seymour Edgerton, hewing
timber, work of oxen,....	$8 25
Monthly pay roll, paid Jno.
Mason 8 months’ services
as engineer$332.80,and Jas.
H. Gilson 2|i months’ ser-
vices as weigher, $72.69,..*	405 49
Saw mill.
Seth Thomas, 101 days’ labor
as millwright,........... $189 38
Seymour Edgerton,cutting and
skidding 88T6g*g logs,...	17 66
Mfichinery.
Monthly pay roll, paid Jno. Banks and
J. C. Myers for 7 months’ services,....
145 97
200 14
413 74
207 04
390 00
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State of New-York, (
Clinton County,	}
John L. Barnes, agent, and Edward P. Marble, clerk of the
Clinton State prison, being duly sworn, depose and say that the
foregoing account is correct and true according to the best of
their knowledge and belief.
*	JNO. L. BARNES, Agent.
To the Board of Inspectors:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true state-
ment of the monies received and expended for the general sup-
port &c. of said prison, from July 22, 1851, to August 31, 1851.
Cash received this month as follows :
E. P. MARBLE, Clerk.
A. Scribner, Justice Peace.
Ceinton Prison,
Sept. 1, 1851.
Sundries.
$3 75
Visitors.
71 persons,....
19 50
Convict deposit.
Carisse Paro, convict deposit
49
Averill mine.
Benjamin Gilman, ore,......
Jackson & Gilman, “
G. H. Parsons, “ .........
$209 50
65 00
200 00
474 5ft
State appropriation.
State Treasurer, balance of appropriation, 1,380 02
$1,878 26282
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By balance from last months’ account brought for-
ward, ...................................... $18	49
Cash expended for general support, &c.:
Buildings and repairs.
Thos. D. Gilson, 6|“ bush, lime,........ 1 61
Rations.
Cyrus Cady, 2\ bush, beans, and 1 l bush.
peas,......................................... 3	29
Clothing and bedding.
Richard Jackson, 6 pairs	socks,................ 1	50
Postage and stationery.
E. H. Southworth, one gross
steel pens,................ $00 50
Levi Platt, 200 P. O. stamps, 6 00
-------	6 50
Miscellaneous.
E. D. Baker, jr., publishing notice of par-
don of Edward Sorrett,................... 3 00
Balance,
$1,878 26
State or New-York, \
Clinton County,	\ ss'
John L. Barnes, agent, and Edward P. Marble, clerk, being
duly sworn, depose and say that the foregoing account is correct
and true, according to the best of their knowledge and belief.
JOHN L. BARNES, Jlgent.
E. P. MARBLE, Clerk.
Sworn and subscribed before me, )
this 17th day of Dec., 1851,	$
A. Scribner, Justice Peace.No. 35.J
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Clinton State Prison, >
October 1, 1851.	$
To the Board of Inspectors:
The agent respectfully reports that the following is a true
statement of the moneys received and expended for the general
support, &c., of said prison during the month ending September
30,1851:
Sept. 1. To balance from last month’s account bro’t
forward,........................................
Cash received this month, as follows:
Sundries.
30. Weighing hay, &c.,....................
Machine shop.
I. Bostwick, repairing tin ware,.......
Averill mine.
Jackson & Morgan, ore,......	$100 00
BeDj. Gilman, ore,.......... 75 00
Balance due J. L. Barnes, agent,
$1,843 87
1 35
19
175 00
220 45
Cash expended this month as follows:
Stock and tools.
Smith & Swasey, 1 French seat wheel,
and 2 fore-part irons,.....	$0 88
Benj. Gilman, 228 bush, coal, 13 68
Hewitt, Stoddard & Platt, 2
doz. bags,................. 7 92
Rations.
Miner & Pratt, 25,413 lbs. pork, cartage,
packing,barrels,&o, &c.,..	$1,395 02
Finch &. Hunter, threshing 958
bush, grain,.............. 44 00
Hewitt,Stoddard & Platt,flour
and corn meal,............ 139 33
$2,240 86
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Sept. 1. Monthly pay roll, 36| bush.
potatoes and 694| lbs. beef, 38 62
Clothing and bedding.
Orville Page, 33 pairs thick
boots,..................... 74 25
Monthly pay roll, 9 prs. socks,
$2.25, one matrass,$2.00,..	4 25
Hospital.
Monthly pay roll, crackers,..............
Discharge of convicts.
Monthly pay roll, Parkman Chappell,
Clinton co.,.................. $1	00
Fred’k Johnson, Essex co., ..	2	00
Moses Chase	do	..	4 00
Jno. Sage, Schenectady co.,..	5	04
John Ryan, Clinton co.,....	3	50
Chauncy Griswood, Sch’dy co.	6	00
Carl J. Heyman, do	9	84
Geo. W. Porter, Albany co.,	5	50
Dominique Wright, Sch’dy co.	5	04
Thos. H. Thornton, do	6 00
Philander Smith, St. Lawrence	4	50
Arthur Duffy,	do	4 50
Postage and stationery.
James IT. Gilson, 1 quarter postage,._________
Salaries of officers.
Pay roll of officers, chaplain for 1 month,
and 2 keepers for 4 months and 5 days,
Pay of guards.
Pay roll of guards, 29| days,.................
Teams and keeping.
Carlisle, expense with State team, from
Aug. 1, to Sept.22,inclusive,	$15 68
Hewitt, Stoddard, & Platt,
24r| bush oats, and 600
shorts,.............. 17 90
1,626 97
78 50
1 00
56 92
13 36
241 00
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Monthly pay roll, paid C.
Bromley 39 days services
as teamster,.................
Miscellaneous.
Win. R. Stiles, expenses in
pursuit of Mooney, an es-
caped convict,........... »%..
J. H. Gilson, expenses in pur-
suit of Mooney, an escaped
convict,.....................
Asa Palmer, expenses in pur-
suit of Mooney, an escaped
convict, and use of team, &c.
Monthly pay roll, paid Moses
Pickering, for arresting
Mooney, an escaped convict
$50.00, and convict deposite
refunded A. Duffy, 25 cts.,
Averill mine.
Monthly pay roll, paid J. Bost-
wick, lljV/s tons clay,...
29 55
------	63 13
9 13
1 48
5 00
50 25
------	65 86
42 59
$2,240 86
State of New-Youk, ? g.
Clinton county ^
John L. Barnes, agent, and Edward P. Marble, clerk of Clin-
ton State prison, being duly sworn, depose and say, that the fore-
going account is correct and true, according to the best of their
knowledge and belief.
JOHN L. BARNES, Agent,
E. P. MARBLE, Clerk.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, )
this 17th day of December, 1851. $
A. Scribker, Justice of the peace-
iSTATEMENT,
Showing the expenditure of one hundred dollars, drawn from the
Literature Fund, pursuant to the act passed December 14,1847,
to purchase books for the use of convicts in State prisons.
Of whom purchased	. Titles of books.	No. VOlfl.	Price per vol.	Am’t.
Harper and	Chalmer’s works,		8	1 00	8 00
Brothers.	Prescott’s Mexico			2 25	6 75
	Ferdinand,		.... 3	2 25	6 75
	Peru,		.... 2	2 25	4 50
	Miscellaneous,		.... 1	2 25	2 25
	Campaign Sketches,		1	1 00	1 00
	Pillar of Hercules,		.... 2	85	1 70
	Minesota,		1	75	75
	Thankfulness,		.... 1	45	45
	Whale and its captors, ..	1	60	60
	Useful acts,		1	1 50	1 50
	Magic of Kindness,		1	45	45
	Percy’s Anecdotes,			 1	2 00	2 00
	White Jacket,		1	1 25	1 25
	Tempter,			45	45
	Kings and Queens,		1	1 00	1 00
	Abbott’s Scotland,		1	1 00	1 00
	Thornton’s Oregon,		1	1 75	1 75
	Calvin,		1	1 00	1 00
	Johnson’s Religious Life,	.... 1	1 00	1 00
	Wonderful Inventions,..	1	75	75
	Smith’s Philosophy, ....	1	1 00	1 00
	Smith’s China,		1	1 25	1 25
	Abbott’s Histories,		.... 12	GO	7 20
	Neander’s Christ.			 2	2 25	4 50
	Buxon’s Mexico,		1	60	60
	Gleig’s Waterloo,.		1	90	90
	Madame Guyon,		1	2 00	2 00No. 35.]
287
Southey’s Wesley,		 ....	1	2 00	2 00
Alison’s Europe,		1	5 00	5 00
Hopkins’ Confessional,		1	1 00	1 00
Dwight’s Theology,		1	6 50	6 50
Geisler’s Ecclesiastical His-			%
tory		1	3 50	3 50
Hannah Moore’s Works		1	2 50	2 50
Bible Society,		1	1 50	1 50
Little Savage,		1	45	45
Moshiem,		1	3 50	3 50
J. C. Meeks, Bar of Iron,		1	16	16
agent. Way of Life		1	37	37
Cottage Lecture,		1	50	50
Biblical Geography,		1	50	50
Biblical Antiquities,		1	75	75
Senses of the Mind,		1	21	21
Crusades,		1	21	21
• Jatfer’s,		1	21	21
Court of Persia,		1	21	21
Life of Lavater,		1	21	21
Lost Hours,		1	21	21
People of Persia		1	21	21
Alfred the Great,		1	21	21
Plants and Trees,		1	21	21
Village and Family Library,.	24	12£	3 00
David,		1	35	35
Wickliife,		1	27	27
Grace Dermott,		1	27	27
J. Hudson,		1	32	32
Highland Pastor,		1	27	27
Robert Dawson,		1	27	27
Eagle Hill,		1	28	28
Evenings in France,		1	28	28
Useful Christian,		1	30	30
People in China,		1	30	30
Life Pictures,		1	30	30
Calls to Usefulness,		1	32	32
Tahita,		3	32	96
Six Days Wonder,		1	34	34•288			[Senate
Ways and Ends,			1	32	32
Good, Better, Best,		1	37	37
Huguenot,		1	42	42
Beekman,		i	40	40
Solomon,		i	37	37
Every Hay Life,		i	37	37
Elsuria,		i	35	35
The Sufficient,		i	34	34
Arts of Life,		i	25	25
Robert Kent,		l	25	25
The Arab,		l	25	25
Native Village,		l	25	25
Great Change,		l	25	25
Nestorians,		i	25	25
Guide to Savior,		i	23	23
Sickness Improved,		l	23	23
Sloth and Theft,		l	23	23
Parker’s Reasoning,		l	23	23
Life in Earnest,		i	21	21
H. Wood,		l	21	21
Cottage Lectures,		l	50	50
Young Tradesman		l	35	35
Young Folks at Factory,		l	40	40
Daily Record,		l	40	40
Friendly Appeal,		l	20	20
Hearts’ Ease,		l	15	15
Repentance,		l	15	15
Moriarty Mirror, 		l	20	20
Family Scrap Book,		i	21	21
Tree and Fruits,		l	21	21
McDonald,		l	12	12
Bible Evidence,.			l	33	33
Jacob’s Solomon,		l	62	62
Cornelius the Centurion, ...	i	62	62
Adams’ letters on the Bible,.	i	31	31
Memoir of Abel,		i	62	62
Bogatsky’s Golden Treasure,.	i	62	62
Scenes where the tempter, &c.	i	30	30289
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American	Backslider,................... 1	15	15
Tract	Universalism,.................. 1	25	25
Society.	Bunyan,........................ 1	40	40
S. Manual,.................... 1	25	25
H. Hunt. Life and Remains, M. Chair,. 2 rl 50	3 00
Fletcher’s Life,.............. 1	65	65
Life of Dr. Clark,............ 1	1 00	100
Thirty years from Home,....	1	38	38
J. C. Myers. Sabbath Manual,............ 3	50	1 50
Bunyan’s Pilgrim Progress,..	1 1 00	1 00
One Backslider,............. 1	50	50
One box,.................. 1 69
$122 56
Deduct for discount,....	22 56
Total volumes,..... 168	$100 00
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CLERK’S REPORT.
Clinton Prison
December 1, 1851.
i
To the Inspectors of State prisons :
Gentlemen—In accordance with the requirements of the statute,
I hereby report that the number of convicts confined in the Clin-
ton State prison, on the first day of December, 1851, is one hun-
dred and thirteen, who are employed as follows:
In the mine,.............................................. 30
Engineers,................................................. 4
Tin shop,................................................   1
Saw mills,..............................................   16
Machine shop,.............................................. 4
Agent’s waiter,............................................ 1
Kitchen,................................................... 1
Prison hall,............................................
Hospital,.................................................. 2
Invalids,................................................. 11
Sick,...................................................... 3
Teamsters,................................................. 2
Shoe shop, ................................................ 2
Tailor shop,............................................... 5
Get tin out timber for State,.............................. 3
Carpenters’ shop,.......................................... 5
Wash room,................................................. 2
Barber’s shop,............................................. 1
Blacksmith shop,........................................... 4
Furnace,................................................... 2
Office waiter,...........................................   l
Wood sawyers,........................•.................. 2
Total,
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The whole number of convicts remaining in prison, on
the first day of December, 1851, was............ 114
The whole number received	during the	year	was,...	42
Total,........................................... 156
Discharged by expiration of sentence,.....33
“ pardon,................................. 9
Escaped,......................................... 1
—	43
Remaining in	prison	December	1,	1851,........... 113
Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
E. P. MARBLE, Clerk.
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Clinton P
Dec. 1st,
To the Inspectors of State Prisons:
Gentlemen—Since the date of my report of December 1st,
1850, this prison has enjoyed a state of health highly commend-
ing both the location of the institution and kind of labor re-
quired of its inmates. Some of the advantages possessed by this,
over many other similar institutions are, that while their inmates
are subjected to confined positions, and the depressing influence
of unwholesome air in crowded shops, in this, the different branch-
es of business are such as require the active exercise of every
muscle, while at the same time the system is invigorated by the
free, uncontaminated air of the mountain. That the beneficial
result consequent upon these circumstances may not be counter-
acted during the hours that the men are necessarily confined in
cells, the most rigid regulations in regard to cleanliness and ven-
tilation, are enforced. Especial care is taken during our incle-
ment winter, that the clothing is sufficiently warm, and the diet
nutritious; hence the the mass enjoy a condition of health and
vigor rendering them comparatively content, and easily con-
trolled and eminently fitted for the accomplishment of the great
object of their confinement, intellectual, moral, and religious
improvement.
The whole number of prescriptions applied for out of hospital
during the year ending November 30th, 1851, was 1,533. The
whole number made was 1,077. Every person conversant with
the practice of medicine in prison is aware that daily applications
are made to obtain prescriptions for imaginary, feigned, or no dis-
ease at all. Of that class I have refused 456,and am aware that
in my desire to err on the side of charity if at all, I have pre-
scribed for those of the same class.No. 35.]	203
The whole number under treatment in hospital was 22, of
whom 19 were discharged, cured or much improved. Now re-
maining 3, one of whom James Stuart has been an inmate of
the hospital for nearly the whole year, has shown symptoms of
insanity ever since my connection with this prison, is no long-
er a fit subject of prison discipline, and should immediately be
removed to the State Lunatic Asylum.
No death has occurred during the year.
The diseases lor which treatment has been required, have been
mostly of a chronic character, depending upon the previous
habits and circumstances of the patient, and dating their cause
anterior to his admission to this prison. But few cases of acute
disease have occurred and those easily controlled by remedies.
All necessary medicines have been promptly furnished by the
agent and these of the best quality.
By reference to the appended tables, it will be seen that the
daily average of out hospital prescriptions has been diminishing
since April, showing a constant improvement in the health of the
prison. From the examination of a table of invalids given in my
report of last year, it will appear that of the convicts then confined
here 34 were so far broken of health as to render them incapa-
ble of enduring hard labor. Since the date of that report 42 have
been discharged, some of whom were included in that list; others
have been cured, reducing the number of invalids at least one-
half. During the same time 42 convicts have been admitted, of
whom 39 were received in good health, so that while the average
number has been less by 4 than the previous year, the strength
of the prison has improved.
I have examined the provisions furnished by the agent, and
with the exception of a small lot of flour fraudulently delivered,
they have been of the best quality.
For a more condensed view of the sanitary condition of this
prison, you are respectfully referred to the following tables.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient ser’vt,
D. A. RAVMOND,
Physician.294
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Hospital report.
	1 Whole No. in hospital.	Whole No. of days.	Daily aver- age.	Number dis- charged.	Number ad- mitted.
December,		1 4	31	i		
January,			55	1 2 4	1	3
February,		4	42	A 3 1 u	3	1
March,		7	83	23;	3	6
April,		1	40	H	1	
Mav,		5	106	3 3 *3	4	*2
June,		2	50	J I lg		1
July,		s	90	2-2 ?	1	1
August,		3	93	XT 3		1
September,		4	94	3 *	1	1
October,		5	120	3 1 4	3	2
November,		5	113	3	2	3
Out Hospital report.
»	Number of applicants.	Number of applicants refused.	Number of prescriptions made.	Number of prescriptions applied for.	Daily aver- age made. I	Number ex- cused labor. A A-e.s
December,		67	21	112	152	3 jr	2
January,		65	18	124	153	4	3
February,		65	23	110	164	3tt	2
March			84	18	168	228	513	4
April, 		65	25	176	262	5}-§	2
May,		63	16	103	148		1
June,		75	23	54	104	l|f	l
			48	14	46	77	Hi	2
August,		39	13	39	59	l	1
September,		49	15	60	82	2-i	
October,		24	8	23	31	28	2
November,....	45	9	56	71	114 x i 7T	1CHAPLAIN’S REPORT.
To the Hon. Board, of Inspectors of Prisms for the State of
New- York:
Gentlemen—It has become my duty to report to you the reli-
gious and moral oondition of the convicts confined in this prison,
for the term of four months and a few days that I have been con-
nected with it as chaplain, together with the duties performed by
me in the discharge of my office.
Since my connexion with the institution the conduct of the
convicts, so far as it has been the subject of my personal observa-
tion, has been orderly and peaceful; but, doubtless, many instan-
ces of impropriety have come under the observation of those offi-
cers whose supervision is more immediate and particular.
In my intercourse "with them in the performance of my duty I
have been uniformly treated with respect. I have met with only
one instance of open and avowed infidelity and hostility to the
interesting truths of revelation in general and of Christianity in
particular; very many of them, however, are indifferent to the
claims of religion upon their attention and regard. A small
number profess to receive the solemn and all important truths of
our divine religion, while a larger number appear to be more, or
less interested in them. When assembled in the chapel for
divine worship, which is conducted according to the rites and
liturgy of the Protestant Episcopal Church, their conduct is dis-
tinguished by a decorous attention, and many of them unite with
earning devotion in the solemn service. -
In my visits to them in their cells for conversations, on the af-
ternoon of Sunday, I find many of them occupied in reading the
Bible, and such religious and useful books as the library contains.2fi6
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Some of them enter cheerfully into religious conversation, and in
the judgment of charity we may be permitted to hope they are
not all of them self-deceivers, but seduced by the temptation of a
delusive world, principle has been sacrificed, as is too frequently
the case, at its shrine; while many are indisposed to enter into
serious conversation, and avoid such intercourse with the chap-
lain as would lead to it. Upon such, conversation is not pressed.
I have found a large number of them unwilling to admit their
guilt to the extent the law has decided; while some of them ac-
quiesce in the justice of its condemnation, and acknowledge they
are suffering the retribution of their own misconduct. Some few
have assured me they regard themselves fortunate in having been
arrested in a career of crime, and by means of the salutary dis-
cipline to which they are here subjected, led to sober reflection
upon the past, and to form resolutions of amendment and good
conduct for the future. It is to be hoped these are not, all of
them, imposing either on themselves or others; at the same time,
all such assurances are equivocal, even when made in the great-
est sincerity and candor. Men subjected to the restraints prison
discipline imposes, must, doubtless, be led to a retrospective
view of the causes which have terminated in the privation of
liberty, and measurably the wreck of their earthly prospects of
usefulness and respectability ; and in the regret of the past and
ihe hope of the future, to resolve and bo convinced—perhaps
they have resolved—that the past shall not be repeated, and the
future shall behold them what they ought to be. good and useful
citizens. But, alas ! for the imperfection of human nature and
our firmest determinations, when these restraints are no longer
felt, and the seductions by which they were once beguiled from
the path of duty, are again spread out before them in all their
ensnaring reality, how small the number that may escape tlxe
delusion—how few comparatively inay stand firm in their integ-
rity, the trial alone can decide.
From the day I commenced my duties as chaplain to the pre-
sent time, divine service has been conducted in the chapel regu-
larly every Sunday morning, and a discourse addressed to the
convicts, and the same also on the morning of the day appointed
by his Excellency the Governor as a day of thanksgiving to Al-297
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mighty God for*the fruits of the earth and other blessings of his
merciful providence. In my discourses I have aimed to interest,
to instruct, and to convince, in the hope that with the blessing of
God upon the means He has appointed for these great purposes of
our ministry, reformation, repentance and entire conversion may
be produced. The divine blessing has been invoked daily when
all are assembled in the dining hall for the repast at noon. The
convicts have been visited in their cells every Sunday in the af-
ternoon ; all have been conversed with who have been disposed
to enter into conversation with me, and none have been neglected,
those only excepted who have avoided such intercourse. With
a few excep tions, J hav e visited them every evening of the week,
Saturday evenings always excepted,and devoted from one to two
hours in conversation and hearing recitations from members of
the convict school. The hospital has been visited every day, but
as there are only a few invalids and none seriously indisposed,
the duty here has been inconsiderable. It is customary on the
afternoon of Saturday to call in the prisoners from their ordinary
occupations .at an earlier hour than on other days, and assembling
them by classes in the library hall, each is allowed the privilege
of selecting two books for reading during the week. On these
occasions, I have been present invariably to superintend the dis-
tribution. The conducting the correspondence of the convicts is
a laborious as also a very responsible duty which devolv. s upon
the chaplain, and occupies a large share of his attention. This,
duty has been duly attended to and performed.
From the statistics accompanying this report, the lamentable
fact is forced upon one’s attention, that much of the crime that
pervades our country is attributable to the intemperate use of
spirituous liquors and the neglect of early instruction and reli-
gious education. Of 113 convicts confined in this prison, it ap-
pears that 72 acknowledge themselves to liave been in the habi-
tual and excessive use of intoxicating liquors; 16 were unable to-
read, and 23 could read imperfectly; while ihe whole number
under instruction in the prison school has been 48, very nearly
half the number at present in confinment.
I cannot conclude this report without bearing my testimony
to the humanity with which the unfortunate inmates of tiiis in-298
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stitution have been uniformly treated since I bt^ame connected
with it. Should any stranger visit it, and cast an attentive glance
at the prisoners when assembled in the dining hall at the noon
repast, the general appearance of healthfulness and cheerfulness
which meets his inquiring eye, would satisfy him, without further
inquiry, that there is no deficiency in any thing necessary to
promote the health and comfort of the men. Their food is abun-
dant in quantity, and wholesome in quality; and their necessary
wants in sickness and health receive a prompt attention; and I
should be at a loss to imagine in what way their condition as de-
linquents, and here measurably satisfying the demands of the
violated laws, could be improved consistently with the objects of
their confinement, and their security.
It affords me pleasure to add that from all the officers I have
received every assistance and facility needed by me in the prose-
cution of my official duties.
All which is respectfully submitted, by gentlemen,
Tour very obedient,
NATH. F. BRUCE,
Chaplain.
Clinton Prison, Dec. 1, 1851.*
STATISTICS.
No. 1.
Counties where convicted, and number from each:
Albany county,........................................ 2
Clinton	do ....................................... 11
Columbia	do ....................................... 1
Essex	do	    4
Franklin	do ........................................ 2
Fulton	do	  7
Kings	do	     1
Madison	do ....................................     1
Montgomery	do ....................................    11
New-York	do .....................................    1
Rensselaer do ...».................................... 4
Saratoga	do ....................................     8
Schenectady	do .....................................   13
Schoharie	do ........................................ 1
St. Lawrence	do .....................................   19
Ulster	do	      2
Warren	do .....................................    5
Washington	do .....................................   20
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Nativity. .
United States, .....................................     72
Canada, ................................................ 12
Ireland,................................................ 17
England,...............................................   6
Scotland,..............................................   4
Germany, ..............................................   2
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Age.
Under 30 years,....................
Between 30 and 40,...............
Between 40 and 50,.................
Over 50,...........................
45
46
8
14
113
Social slate.
.
Married,.................................................. 53
Unmarried,................................................ 60
113
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No. 2.
Education.
Common school,............................................ 33
Read and write,.. ........................................ 40
Readonly,...............................................   23
Unable to read,.........................................   16
Academic,.................................................. 1
113
Complexion.
White,................................................... 103
Indian,...................................................  2
Colored,....... .......................................     8
113
Habits of life.
Temperate,................................................ 41
Intemperate,.............................................. 72
113
Health on reception.
15
98
Indifferent and poor,
Good,...........•
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Employed when arrested,....................................... 62
Unemployed,................................................... 51
113
Duration of sentence.
2	years and under,........................................... 32
2	years and under 3 years,................................... 11
3	“	4	“	  16
4	“	5	“	   15
5	“	6	“	  19
6	“	7	“	  2
7 years,................................................... 3
8	years,...................................................... 2
10 years and under 11 years,..........,.,r................. 12
Life,.......................................................... 1
113
Member of times convicted.
First sentence,............................................... 99
Second, “	............................................ 14
113
No. 3.
Occupation.
Boatmen,.................................................. 6
Blacksmith,............................................... 4
Brick maker,.............................................. 1
Butcher,.................................................. 3
Carriage painter,......................................... 1
Carpenter,................................................ 4
Cabinetmaker, ............................................ 1
Chair maker,............................................   1
Clerk,.................................................    1
Cook, .. . i.............................................. 2
Cooper,..................................................  2
Engraver,................................................. 1
Farmer,.................................................  22302	[Senate
Gardener,.................................................   1
Hostler,..................................................   1
Hunter, .................................................... 1
Jeweler,.................................................... 1
Laborer.................................................... 36
Miller,...................................................   1
Plaisterer,................................................. 1
Plane maker,.............................................    1
Pump maker,................................................  1
Sailor,..................................................... 3
Shoe maker,................................................. 3
Soldier,.................................................... 1
Stone cutter,............................................... 1
Stone mason,................................................ 1
Teamster,................................................    3
Tin smith,.................................................. 1
Tobacconist,................................................ 1
Turner,..................................................    3
Weaver,..................................................... 2
Wheelright,...............................................   1
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TEACHER’S REPORT.
To Rev. N. F. Brpce:
In compliance with your request, I respectfully report, that I
have had charge of the school in this prison since July last, dur-
ing which time 48 convicts have been under instruction, 5 of
whom have been discharged, leaving 43 under instruction at this
time and employed as follows :
In reading and spelling,......................... 6
Spelling alone,............................... 2
Reading alone,..............................  11
Arithmetic,.................................. 20
Writing,.................................... 2
Geography,...................................  1
Grammar,...................................... 1
Total,
43
As a general thing, I find that these men evince a strong desire
to learn, and apply themselves to their studies with an earnest-
ness that is truly commendable, and they progress in a manner
that is gratifying to themselves and to me. There are some in-
stances of men who have been here but two years who now read
quite fluently, although they did not know the alphabet when
received.
Necessity compels me to teach them separately at their cell
doors. I am of the opinion that if I could take them out in
classes they would receive much more benefit from my instruc-
tion. The books used are Saunder’s first, second and third classI
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Readers; Saurider’s Spelling book, Smith’s Grammar, Olney’s
Geography, and -Adams’ Arithmetic.
I take this opportunity to tender my thanks to you for the
kind and efficient service you have rendered me in my labors
and remain
Your obedient servant,
HEMAN LOWRY,
Instructor