RECAPITULATION OF APPROPRIATIONS REQUIRED FOR THe foregoinG WORKS. United States Capitol extension... Annual repairs United States Capitol. Heating the rotundo, the old hall of representatives, and the offices and stairways connected therewith New dome of United States Capitol.... Extension United States Capitol grounds. North front United States Patent Office building..... For deficiencies: Annual repairs United States Capitol..... Enlargement Congressional Library.... I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon. O. H. BROWNING, Secretary of the Interior. $125,000 00 15, 000 00 15,000 00 5,000 00 100, 000 00 20,000 00 5, 281 75 5,922 46 EDWARD CLARK, Architect United States Capitol Extension. REPORT OF THE WARDEN OF THE UNITED STATES JAIL IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. NOVEMBER 1, 1867. SIR: In accordance with the act of Congress of February 29, 1864, requiring the warden of the jail to make an annual report to the Secretary of the Interior, I have the honor to submit the following: I succeeded the late incumbent, Mr. T. B, Brown, on the 26th day of July last, and, therefore, the present report is prepared only in part from my personal knowledge. The jail has been crowded, repeatedly, since I have had charge, and owing to its insecure condition, and the desperate character of many of the inmates, the fact that not a single escape has yet occurred reflects great credit on the vigilance and discipline of the guards, to whose efficiency I take great pleasure in testifying. But as it is unreasonable to suppose that even the constant watchfulness of a few men can be made to supply the defects of an insecure and incommodious building, it is earnestly to be hoped that the erection of the new jail may not be much longer delayed. A number of watch-spring saws and several files were by some means placed in the possession of certain prisoners, committed on charges of burglary, horsestealing and the like offences, by means of which a great number of the irons (in which it had been found necessary to place them after former unsuccessful attempts to break out) were rendered totally useless. The prisoners assert that these tools were brought into the jail by Mrs. Conover, alias Dunham, while she was permitted to visit her husband in his cell; a practice I never felt myself at liberty to allow. It is believed that all these implements have been recovered from the prisoners, but, in order to secure against any future attempts, I had (with the approval of the acting Secretary of the Interior) a number of case-hardened irons made at the United States navy yard. These, although more expensive at first cost than the common ones, (costing about $240 in all,) will, it is believed, be cheaper in the end, and will, undoubtedly, answer the purpose for which they were obtained, and which the others had failed to do. When I assumed charge the jail and out buildings were in a decidedly rickety condition. The furnaces required re-bottoming, the windows re-glazing, and the roofs and floors of the stable and storehouses were also out of repair. I have only made such repairs as were absolutely necessary to secure the health and comfort of the inmates and insure the preservation of the premises, but even these have been attended with considerable expense. The first item of the expenditures, to be referred to hereafter, includes the cost of a large stock of fuel, bedding, clothing, &c., yet on hand, sufficient, I think, to last the greater portion of the ensuing year. The clothing account has necessarily been large in consequence of court not having been in session for so long a period, thereby keeping the prisoners on my hands for such a length of time that the clothing brought with them was worn out, and I compelled to furnish them with new. The following is the number of commitments for the year, the character of the offences, &c.: For sodomy For illegal voting For adultery. For selling and giving liquor to soldiers Daily average number of prisoners during the year Number of prisoners sentenced to jail No deaths nor cases of insanity. The number at present confined in the prison is 113. Of this number, white men 251 The expenses of the jail for the year ending October 31, 1867, are as follows: For subsistence of prisoners, repairs on buildings, fuel, bedding, clothing, &c., and transportation of prisoners to Albany For medicines Pay of officers and laborers of the jail Total.... The report of the physician is herewith submitted. Hon. O. H. BROWNING, $14,924 89 144 81 15, 666 78 30,736 48 WILLIAM H. HUESTIS, Warden. Secretary of the Interior. WASHINGTON, D. C., November 1, 1867. SIR: Since my last report of November 1, 1866, I am happy to report that we have had no further epidemic at the jail, and it will be seen that the difference in the number of fever cases is very great. Last year it was one hundred and two; this year the number is sixty, which goes to prove my theory of the cause of the same by scraping the walls of the old whitewash, of over one-half inch thick, thus liberating a poisonous aeriform matter which was absorbed in the system and gave rise to the endemic of typhus fever. This year there has been no scraping of the walls, and there has been no visitation of such an epidemic. It is remarkable, though the jail has been more crowded than usual, there has not been one death in the establishment during the year. The following is the average number of diseases treated at the jail since No There have been several violent cases of pneumonia, but the health ofthe jail is very good at present, there being but few cases of slight sickness. W. W. HUESTIS, Warden United States Jail. W. J. D. DUHAMEL, Physician U. S. Jail. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION WASHINGTON, October 25, 1867. SIR: In the report made to your department on the 14th of November, 1866, the trustees stated that they deemed it best under all the circumstances "simply to so finish and furnish the temporary building (erected upon the government farm under the auspices of the Guardian Society, and placed in the charge of the trustees by the act of Congress,) as to make it fit for the reception and detention for the time being of the class of delinquents designated in the organic act." This they proceeded to do, and in the performance of that work expended the sum of $5,505 23. A detailed statement of these expenditures, and of the other sums expended by the board during the past year, furnished by the treasurer, is appended to this report. The utmost economy was practiced in the outlay thus made because the trustees were satisfied that "the temporary building" referred to could not by any possibility be made fit for permanent occupation under the provisions and for the purposes intended by the act of Congress. But notwithstanding all the care of the trustees to do nothing that was not absolutely necessary, they found themselves, when the temporary repairs were completed, with only a small balance, comparatively, of the appropriation made by Congress in their hands. At this juncture, and for some reason unaccountable to the trustees, Congress neglected to make any further appropriations, and the operations of the intended institution were accordingly brought to a complete stand. The trustees, under these circumstances, could do nothing but make provision for the care and preservation of the property in their hands. This they have done by employing a watchman, who has had charge of the building since March of this year. No other expense has been incurred, and nothing has been done towards putting the institution into operation. At this time the trustees can only report that there is still the same need for such an institution as was contemplated by Congress in the creation of this board of trustees as existed at the time of the passage of the law under which we were organized. Indeed the trustees are satisfied that with every day the need for such an institution in this community is made more and more apparent. But such an institution needs the fostering care of Congress. Nothing can be done without proper buildings, offices, and other appliances of such establishments. The trustees do not find themselves able at this time to furnish detailed estimates either for the necessary buildings or for the amount that will be needed to meet the ordinary current expenses of the institution. It is not necessary to repeat here that the old frame structure now existing upon the government farm cannot be made of any permanent use, and that if the institution is to be of any service, new and permanent buildings are required, For such permanent buildings they ask that you will recommend an appropriation of the sum of $100,000, and for the current expenses of the |