VOL. VIII. TERMS:--ONE DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE. NO. III. THE PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL OF PRISON DISCIPLINE AND PHILANTHROPY. PUBLISHED QUARTERLY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF “THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR ALLEVIATING THE MISERIES OF PUBLIC PRISONS,” INSTITUTED 1787. “The separation of one prisoner from another is the only sound basis on which a reformatory (prison) discipline can be established with any reasonable hope of success.”--_Fifth Report of Inspectors of English Prisons._ JULY, 1853. PHILADELPHIA: E. C. AND J. BIDDLE, SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FIFTH AND MINOR STREETS. LONDON: CHARLES GILPIN. 1853. Isaac Ashmead, Printer. CONTENTS OF NO. III. ART. I.--The Former Times and These, 109 II.--Inspectors of Prisons, 117 III.--The Old Ulcer Opened Again, 124 IV.--Prison Matters at the West, and Political Management in General, Affecting Prisons and Prisoners, 128 V.--Uncertainty of Conviction and Punishment, 135 VI.--Recent Occurrences in Philadelphia, 142 MISCELLANEOUS. Indiscriminate Almsgiving, 150 Shooting with Red Paint, 154 New Work on Separate Confinement, 155 The Elizabeth Fry Refuge, 155 Ohio Lunatic Asylum, 156 Connecticut State Prison, 156 Not my Mother! 156 NOTICE OF THIS JOURNAL. “It embodies more information on the subject of prisons, arranged and expressed in the spirit of literature and science, than any other publication of our country and will compare with any Journal devoted to this department of knowledge in Europe.”--_Hon. Charles Sumner’s Speech, in debate on prison question in Boston, May, 1847._ RECENT NOTICES. _From the North American and United States’ Gazette._