TABLE VII. Gives a circumstantial view of the state of the penitentiary and prison, on the 19th July, 1816, specifying the number of convicts then confined, from each county; the several employments at which they were placed, the number at each employment; and the number of untried persons at that period. 0 Spinning, Reeling, &c. 0034 407 Total..... 1407 Negroes and mulattoes, 176 407344 Males, Of which were-Whites, 231 63 Females, Additional from the city and county of Philadelphia being those whose time of service does not amount to one year... Untried prisoners and vagrants... And amount brought forward. ..... Total... 25 283 407 715 No. IV. A View of the New-York State Prison. By a Member of the Institution. SECTION I. DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDINGS, WALLS, Area, &c. THE Prison is situated on the east bank of the Hudson river, at the distance of about one mile and an half from the Cityhall. The buildings and courts comprise four acres of ground. A more pleasant, airy, and salubrious spot could not have been selected in the vicinity of New-York. The west front overlooks the river, into which a spacious and convenient wharf has been extended beyond the prison wall. The upper apartments command an extensive view of the city, harbour, the adjacent islands, and the surrounding country. The principal front is on Washington-street, and the center is projected and surmounted by a pediment: a correspondent projection and pediment adorn the west front. The whole length of the front is 204 feet, from each end of which projects a wing, extending towards the river; and from these wings spring two other wings in the same direction, but of less extent. The edifice consists of a basement, and two principal stories of fifteen feet each. The roof is covered with slate, and the pediment or center is crowned with a handsome cupola, in which is a bell to sound the alarm when any disturbance or accident takes place. The walls are composed of free-stone, and the windows are grated with iron inlaid with steel, and hardened. The whole fabric is of the Doric order, and contains fifty-four rooms, 12 feet by 18, for prisoners, sufficient for the accommodation of eight persons in each. In the north wing is a large room, with galleries, neatly finished as a chapel, where divine service is regularly performed every Sunday. A corresponding room in the south wing is used as a dining-hall, and a like-room |