From the North American and United States’ Gazette.

We have received from Messrs. E. C. & J. Biddle the last number of the Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline, which is published quarterly, under the direction of the Philadelphia Society for alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons. A glance through its pages shows what is well understood—that it is a

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THE
PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL
of
PRISON DISCIPLINE.

Vol. VIII.—APRIL, 1853—No. 2.

Art. I.—MORAL AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION OF CONVICTS.