The New York Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1857, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7439. MORNING INTERESTING FROM PENNSYLVANIA. ‘The Senatorial Contest in the Legislature. OUR HARRISBURG CORBESPONDENCE. Haprissur@, Jan. 7, 1857. Legislative Matters—Who is to be United States Senator ?--Office Seekers. Both houses completed their organizition to-day, except a few of the minor offices, which will be fill- ed in the morning. The committees will be an nonnced on Friday and all will be ready for busi ness. To-morrow the House will draw the committee in ‘the contested case of George R. Smith, of Philadel phia city, (old) who was tairly elected by three ma- jority, but through a mistake of the election officers of one of the precincts John Ramsey was returned elected by seventeen. An effort is being made to stave off the decision until after next Tuesday, on which day the Senator will be elected. The grand fight among the d-mocrats is between -John Robbins and Forney. R»bbins has the united vote of Philadelphia, while Forney has the country members generally. Some of the Robbins men from the city swear vengeance on Forney, and say that he cannot be elected if he does get the nomination. But I have no faith in any of their swearing. The Saami ones say they talk large to keep up the price. General Cameron and his friends are confident that he can be elected over Forney. ButI have no faith in any such opinion, and I predict that any ll be nominated, and that he will be elected by the joint convention on Tuesday. The whole influence of the incoming and the outgoing adminisiration is wth Forney. The §; of the House, Mr. Getz, is an amia- ‘ble, lemanly man, and promises well to make a got Bre aker. The Speaker of the Senate—the vid saqattt ia decided wag. His h on his election to the speakersbip was a curiosity, and kept the Senate in rears of laughrer. About bt bg aon nuisance about the Capitol is ‘the hungry office hunters runuing about the 5 SS to sign recommendations to Mr. hanan for appointments. Nearly every demo- cratic member from the West wants to be Marshal of the Western district. For the Eastern district, their “name is legion.” Harrissure, Jan. 9, 1557, The Senatorial Contest, The democratic caucus this evening, as you have ‘been intormed, nominated John W. Forney. The vote stood for Forney, 36; Robbins, 21; scattering, 3. Nine, with General Foster, did not join in the caucus, and to use the language of John Cresswell, the Serator from the Huntingdon district, “they have sworn with upliftea hands that they never will vote for Forney.” If that is so, Forney can never be elected, unless some of the opposition vote for ‘him in preference to Foster when it comes to a con- test between the two. This I bave reason to know will be the case should the contest narrow down to that. General Foster has lost all claim to opposi- ‘tion votes by his course in the contested election case of Ramsay vs. Smith, now pending before the Honse, by his ultra course in fighting the case ina partisan manper. General Cameron is the candidate of the opposi- tion by general consext, and will be voted for as jong as there is a prospect of his election; but should he or his friends attempt to transfer the whole oppusition vote to General Foster, they wiil not be able to accomplish their object, on the ground tha’ he bas not as ex- pressed a single principle held by the republican or American parties, but, on ibe other had, he and his ‘friends profess to be ae mach of party democrats as Ol. Kernen. If that is the case, they say they may a ir party, eleo a6 well with more service to thei Forney. The etext forthe Foster men bolting is, that Mr. Buc! sent a letcer here with Col. Jos. B. Baker to-day, that be wishea Forney elected. There ‘is no doubt about it that such a letter was sent by Mr. Buchanan. They say they are not going to submit to “ executive dictation.’ Forney’s vote iti caucns. thirty-six, is a clear ma- jority ot the whole democratic vote in the Legisla- ture. The only member of the Senate who bolted is Jobn Cremwell, ot Huotingdon county. The Robbins men all submit to Forney witha grace that speaks well for their submission to party drill and caacus dictation, in spite of their “ large” talk up to The Custom House did good service for Forney— ! even New Jersey was on the ground—Heinlen, of the Camden Democrat, and the democratic candid ste for Congress defeated by Dr. Clawson, is here to aid Forney. Tooay the democrats circulated both ‘Honses a document headed,“ A Record of the Paat,” which is simply the address of the Know Nothiog bolters, iesued two years ago, when they refused to elect Cameron. They had » large jority of the Legislature, but refused to elect Gen. Cameron. The yepublican members of the House thought that the who was circulating that document to-day never heard of the rise remark ot Mrs, Girandy, that “ circumstances alter cases.” The fight will almost as interesting as it was two years ago. Harniasene, Jan. 9, 1857. Organization of the Legislature—Elestion of United States Senator—Office Seckers— Borers, §c. Both Houses of the Legislature organized on Tuesday last, andon Wednesday the Governor's ‘message was delivered, and the business of the ses- sion was actively commenced. Much unanimity and good feeling exists between the members, and the indications are that that bitter animosity which has heretofore characterised our legisiative bodies has been banished. To exemplify the truth of this fact, A will remark that in the Senate, where the opposi- tion have a majority, Capt. Wm. P. Brady, a demo- @rat, received the unanimous vote for Sergeant-at- Arms. Next Tuesday, the 1th, is the time fixed by law for the election of the United State Senator to re- tonight, and at present the excitement in and around the Capitol is intense. An So genie oe. litical miscreants, who in times gone by have pul! the wires and done the dirty work for the demo- democracy, have been mustered here, and are in ac- tive service. ‘The opposition to the democracy have so far acted in concert, and } learn po caucus nomination will be by Gen. Simon Cameron, him of Win- Indian fame, who has been so unti at ‘work ever since he vacated his seat in the United States Benate, stands up once more to give battle to the “ many-faced monster.’ Simon is now without opposition, and will bring to: bear all pelitioal tact for which he is #0 eminently dis tinguished. ‘ere any one dise but Simon Cameron runnin, , &concinsion as to the result mi; easily be got at; but as he ‘ covers his tracks,” we can Ln surmise at it. The democratic majority on & ballot is five, (provided the democrat who now ids a contested seat from Philadelphia is re- tained) and one blican member absent, who is sick, which will give the democrats a raajority of six. Sirong are to have con- “tested seat settled before the election, and also to bring the sick member upon the floor of the Honse “to vote. From before the assembling of the Legislature the town has been alive with aspiring aspirants for wor, for the few crumbs in the shape of ofi- py -ty a peste to a jeginla'ive community, if as The Senatorial Question—The Canew@ ‘Vormna- etani: ‘The last two days has heen decidedly iftertating amongst the candidates for Senator and their borers, and there have been rich devlopements re- vealed every hour, such as would startle those who are unacquainted with the modern mode of obtain- ing Senatorial honors. The various candidates have all been here im person, presenting their claims. Forney has had his headquarters at Brady's Hotel, which is the nearest to the Capitol, where he has drawn around him scores of politicians. Brodhead, Foster, Robbins, and Buckalew have also been actively at work pushing their claims. Buckalew withdrew from the field last evening in favor of Forney. Robbins is determined to push his claims to the last He into the canous with all the Philadelphia, Bucks, and Montgor county members, and a portion of York county, to back him. He has likewise Senator Bigler’s influ- ence, which however amounts to very little. He compromised wi'h Bigler last winter, and thereby secured the election of that gentleman, and is un- willing to compromise his chances again. | Thus matters are waxing warm amongst the demo- crats; in thé meantime Cameron has stationed himself at one of our hotels and is laying his plans All the ola charges that could be fend ow record against Cameron bave been printed and placed on the desk of every member. The democratic caucus meets this evening, when the rough and tumble will take place. hav- ing all the Philadelphia members, is an are to Forney, for he confidently exp:cted at five of those members. It is admitted on all hands that Forney will receive the nomipation as soon as the second ballot; I believe, however, that he will re- ceive the nomination on the first ballot; he certain- ly will if Foster's friends do not go into the caucus, which is now believed that they will not. Forney calculates on thirty-three on the first bullot, Robbins twenty, and the balance scattering, which, with the absence of the ten Foster men will secure Forney the nomination on the first ballot. There was a lively discussion in the House to-day on the printing the Governor's message. The democrats accused the Governor of sending a stump speech on the slavery question to the House, and of altempting to renew the bleeding Kansas excite- ment. An attempt was made to have President Pierce’s message printed along with it, as an offset, but failed. The resolutions for printing finally pass- ed. Nothing else of any importance has transpired in either branch of the Legislature. i Hay past Eicur o'Ciock P.M. The cancus met at the hour that it was called, viz: 7) o'clock. It was found that there were nine ab- sentees. They therefore adjourned for half an hour to drum up the stragglers. The absentees are all friends of Fester, who say that Shey are not going into a caucus to be dictated to by Buchanan. state that they voted for Buchanan for President, not to make a United States Senator. All attempts to get them into caucus have failed. The caucus reassembled without them, and proceeded to ballot with the following result: Jobn W. Forney... i John Robbips........... Charles A. Black... ... H. B, Wright........ majority resent on the first ballot. Brodhead had the satis- jaction of being powhere. The test will now be in the convention on Tuesday next. Cameron will re- ceive the unanimous nomination of the opposition, and enough of Foster's friends to elect him. Came- ron will be elected on the first ballot. But there is time for a great deal of managing and pipelaying before Tuesday next. Our Lancaster Correspondence. Lavoasrer, Jan. 9, 1857. Visiters to Wheatland--Ex-Governor Porter de tained over Night—The Legislature. George W. Griawold and Hon. N. J. Lord, of Mas- sachusetts, were at Wheatland, yesterday. Hon. J. C. McKibben, member elect from California, and Hon. J. H. Hili, of the Golden State, have been to "Packer, David puch, BG, Wels Pemayanin 2 x nel . + politicians, have been clrealating around in the at- mosphere of Wheatland, very much to their own leasure and gratification. Ex Gov. David R. Porter found the weather so very cold when he was at Wheatland the other day, that he dared not venture out, ae he stayed and took a good night's sleep at Wheatland. Col. John T. Riley, W. B. Rankin, John McMakin and Jos. Collins, a Committee of the Keystone Club waited on Mr. Buchanan at Wheatland, to invite him to attend the ball given by the club in Philadel oe. ne wee. But Mr. Buchanan had not time to attend. Rumor has it today that the Legislature intend to pay Mr. Buchanan a visit at Wheatland before he’ leaves for Washington. Political Movements. Mons Nasms ror tm Caniway. —Some ot the lowa papers are contending that Mr. Buchanan ought to take a men from Iowa for a piace in his Cabinet. Among those who are mentioned are Brigadier General Augustus Cezar Dodge, late United States Senstor from that State, and Charles Corkery, of Dabuque. Pxwavry or Hoaritatrry ro Mx, Bouwan.—The following notice from the Blair county (Pa.) Whiy, is more inte. resting at first sight than it appears :— Poer Ornics Arrowtumst.—John Troxei has been ap Ly a rane eiceta to place of Dr. KR. M, |. Jackson. Dr. Jackson, who is thus displaced, is the physician with whom Mr. Summer «tayed during the month of August, on the Alleghany moutaitns. Tous carly he is called to pey the penalty of bis horpitality. ‘Tas New Cusriaix op tum Massacucartts Hovex.—The Boston correspondent of the Sprivgfieid Repullican speaks of the new Chapiais of the Massachuseiis House as follows .— Rev. Daniel Forter has to day been chores chaplain of the Bouse. Mr. Foster is, or wat, a Moihodist preacher ia various places. He i# & zesious abolitioniat, and | nut loog ago saw bim with @ Sbarye’s rilie, be toon sbout te start tor Kageas. Be bas postponed pis visit io the present. Mr Foster is an able snd honest msn, end ell do bie enty wthout re to conse emore, sherever he i Iu religion, | should cai him now « Cal: vinie lc Parker to. Tre Orrostyiow PLatromm ix Cox srericer —The jollow. ing preambiec aed resolutions were adopted at the sot! Rdminwiration State Convention of Connecticut, which ‘wes held at Hartford, oo the St? insi., for the purpose of Bormipatirg candidates for State officers — Whereas, the party organization which sustaiss the federa) administration bas, in its most recent declaration Of political Repiimenw, aed under the usurped name of democracy, avowed doctrines repugnant to the funda- mental prirciphs of republican government, and ii ie thereby rendered proper for ali good citizens to re afirm their attachment to those principles, thereiore we the dei gates of the people of Comnecuou'. in convention as- ser bied, do deoiare— 4. That wo bola there troths to be relf-ovuient, (net all men arr created fro and equal—that they are endowed by their Crestor with cermin inahenable una among there are life, \iberty, ano the pursuit of nes —aod that to accure these rights povernments are insti. toted among men. ‘That @ the conatitution of the Urited States in iteown age, was ordained by the people ‘in orier © (Orm A more perfeet Union, estableD | stioe, onenre domestic tranquility, provide for the common ‘om @ the general welfare, and secure the blessings rty to Oorseives anc our pesterity.’ fo we will abide Dy and mayorain tat organic Iaw in whe rue spirit and Meer ng Of the statesmen who (ramed and the poople Teceeeary reecit of the for ing declare. freedom to be vations! and siavery belie fectional, we will inflexibiy oppo ¢ the extension of slavery over the free territory of the republic 4, That while in other reepects we may entertain dif: ferences of opinion, which dillerences of opinion this arenes in Se renyoss tnnerteree with, we tion and to Mrseovnt LRGISLATURE Gore TO AnsovRN TO Sr. Lovm —We learn from a Jefierson city, aul Jefferson city and ye Bs ae oi § "s & place to meet at. The cause of the ited movement is the jenlty ¢: “rovisions, Ii , luxuries, segars, and cards hive to be tra from St Lonis to supply the tables at the capital, and the conseyuerce is members have to pay, ten dollars a week for board, and get very short commons at that. We learn that effo-te will be made to secure the Conrt House or the Mer- cantile Library Hall for the sittings of the body. | ) prevented a ya ’ ‘by (:ompt action on the part of the government o - St. Louis Niwa, Jan. 6. NEWS FROM HAVANA Ariivelot the steom Frigate Wabash Thaee Days Later trom Caba, The United States steam frigate Wabagh,,beary ing the broad pervant of Commodore Paulding, Capt. Frederick Engle, commander, arrived yeater- day from Aspinwall via Havana. She brings home the old crew of the United States eloop-of-war St Mary's, now laying at Panama. Purser George H. Ritchie, Lieut. A. E. K. Ben- bam and Master Wm. E. Fitzhugh, late of the St. Mary’s, are passengers on board. The Mexican war steamer Democrata, was still a& Havana. The Captain General treated the officers of the Wabash with marked courtesy and distinction during their s'ay at that port. OUR HAVANA OORRESPONDENCE. Havana, Jan.i, 1857. dvregu arity in the Sailing of the Mail Steamers— New Year <Addresses—Dr. Kane's Health— Visit to The Wabash—Festival on Deck— American Sailors and Spanish Senoritas—The Opera. Glad am I tbat the departare, this day, of the United States steam frigate Wabash, for New York, affords me the opportunity thus early in the year, of renewing my letters to the HxBALD. My last letter, though dated 29th ultimo, did not leave this until the morning of the 30th. Upon the artival of the Cahawha, quite carly in the afternoon of the 29th ultimo, I naturally concluded she would leave sgain the same day for New York, there fore concluded my letter, already nearly finished in anticipation of her arrival, closed and mailed it I was greatly surprised on as- certaining about dusk that her mails would not be closed until six o'clock next morning; how- ever, a8 nothing of moment transpired prior to her departure, I did not trouble you with a second letter. 1 now merely refer to the circumstance in order to point out the great necessity that exists for there being some fixed rule as to the duration of the pe- riod steamers hereafter shall remain in this harbor. Thus Whilst the Cubawba was, as before related, and as it co aed ‘o me so unnecessarily detained, the Black Warrior, which arrived later in the after- pocn of the Ist inst. from New York than did the Cabawba on the 29th ult. from New Orleans, much to the universal surprise was hurried off again the same afternoon, much I doubt not, tothe great inconvenience of parties having correspon- dence with the Jast named city, whica does not —— to be my case, feel confident that this plain statement will have # beneficial effect, and that the agents of the above named stermers, the Messrs. Cahusac Brothers, will take care that no such just cause of complaint shall hereafter exist. Our papers of this morning contain the address of the illustrious Senor Regente at the opening for the year of the Real Audiencia Pretorical, which event came off yesterday, with a vast amount of the silliest céremony with the royal seal you ever heard of, ‘The address of the Regente, at which have but had a mere glance, appears a temperate, well written document. It is with pleasure T 9m enabled to inform that, in reply to my inquiries after the bealth of Dr. Kape (of whore arrival in the last English mail steamer I stupidly omitted to inform you), yester- day, bis brother stated that he was quite comfortable, ‘The decease of such a mon #8 Dr. Kane would prove # dire loes to the whole world; therefore do I ear- nestly ofler up my aspirations that the invalid will be restored to perfect health, long to live an honor to the country of hie birth, The Wabash bas been visited by Jerge numbers of the more respectable of the irhabitants ot this city. I wos on board of ber on New Year's day. I perheps, scarcely say that sbe bas been adwired; for bow could it be otherwise? A scene then her decks presented sbont eleven o'clock on New Year's morning 1 have: witnessed. ‘There must then have been on board be- tween two and three hundred of the most beautiful ladies ot this city, and numerous caballeros, officers of the Spanish army, Ac., &c. As the boat I was in approached the ship the sounds of music reached my ear, ard when I st on the deck I found some twenty or thirty couple engaged in the mozes of the delicious waltz. Let cyn- ics say what they please, but a more delight- fol or Innocent vmusement (except to the vicious minded) than the waltz, there is not on earth. I bave said there were many of the most beantiful girls in this city then on board; but among “ the crowd” there was one who is, beyond all the others, pre-eminently beautifal—the Senorita M—a sister of the lady whose marriage with an American gentle- map, Mr. B., 1 noticed fo one of my letters some eighteen months ago. At eight bells (twelve o'clock), as is the custom with tars all over the world, all bands spliced the main brace. A finer looking set of men the world cannot produce, Had some of them heard, as I did, the expressions uttered by the fair ones that stood around to aee them answering to their names and step up for their grog, they would have felt not a little proud, I reckon 1 declare, a poor student (for such Eyet am) like myself, wight well envy some of those blue jackets for their manly, athletic forma, as they pasted by with an ease and grace truly ad- mirable. I was, however, more particularly attracted by the extreme beauty of the quiet, quaker-lke ‘looking brass guns, which, however, would doubtless prove so effective in covering a lending of troops, or in boat service in general. Too much praise cannot be to the officers of the Wabash for their general po- liteness. As they were all engaged in paying atten- tion to the ladies, a smart, inteliigent lad, about 16 yrarsof age, from Philadelphia, was directed to show tke party whom | accompanied (and which consisted entirely of gentlemen), over the ship; most excellently too did the little fellow perform bis task, exhibiting a thorough acquaintance with every part of that nob'e vessel, and proving, as he ke of ber, many ex-ellent = on amore— that if bis Ife be epared be will prove an honor to the country that gave him birth, as the Wabash, is, to the beautiful stars and ane which we all alike reverence. Long may the Wabash and ber consorts float as defenders of that flag, and to cause it to be respected in portion of the globe. Yesterday Brigadier General Mauzans, with se- veral members of his staff, visited the Wabash. He ‘was received with all the honors due his distinguish- ed rank. He being an old artillery officer, the men went through the exercise at one of those gigantic m guns. The General, I understand, was lavieh in — 4 ¢ the excellence e a discipline that prevailed in the management gun. A friend of mine, who was on board at the time. and who saya be is a “ connoisseur of beanty”— uote his ver words—declared a lady, the Senorita eres, who wos on board, to be of peerless beauty and gracefulness. * . The Opera trompe prevented “ Sucretia Borgia last evening. Unirep Sratye Strawenir Wanasn,) Havana, Jon. 5, 1857. ( The Bond of the Wabash and an Opera Air—Ma- retzck and Lucrezia Borgio—His Great Success = An Am ican Conspiracy on the Tale of Pines— General Concha on a Tour—Our Naval Men Ashore. * Thi« ncble ebip leaves us today, having prodnced a eens) ticn in Havana unequalled by anything that has preceded her in our waters. The fair have emiled their happiest, while the officers have put forth their most cordial, social qualities at their command. I write while the band of the ship is playing an oir from “Lucrevia Norgia” to a bevy of as charming humanity ss we could gather in a farewell boquet for the gallant and generous-hearted sailors. Max Maretvek gave us last night “Lucrezia”—the parts admirable, beyond criticism—Madame La Gran; rfect—Mies Philips, in the banquet scene, jnimitatle. Phe latter would have toen called out it the sense of the andience could bave been understood. At the close of the last act Madame La Grange was called, and many voices uttered the neme of Mies Philips, bat she waa not at the moment within reach. The has been en- tirely snecessfnl, and Maretzek will have no cause fo repent his engagement. Many persons were ki from the last evening on account of death of a vo and Penalver—the last of the race except the Cont of Penalver—bat the house was well and no space ost. Mr. Chauncey, at the Isle of Pines, onder the infreree of despair, has up @ conspi- » in that quarter, and if . This might have been EDITION—MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1857. the United States, But Mr, Marcy would not even ipqaire into the legslity of the trial of Chaunsey Winse, often presented to his attention. T rat it woe an imquitone fraud upen mon jnstice—there is no doubt, and consequences of blood, crime snd death are upon $he ““inaugura!’’ heads—that protecting arm that waa to reach everywhere, and has beem found nowher>. Winse is bere, a chained laborer in our arsen Jt. Chauncey is attem falkerism at the Isle of Pines, where he will fall if he has not the for- tune to escape from the coast, which is hardly to be d for. va Wabash geta to sea this afternoon at 4 o'clock. General Concha left the city yesterday for a short vist to friends in the country, ‘and put Commodore Pavldi: ¢ in command of our eity hospitalities. The Captain General's box was with officers of the ate Jast night, while from every other box in the galleries gieamed the shine of the buttons from clever snd paliant bosoms. Exchange on Lopdon 4} to 6 premium; New York 6} to7 discount; New Orleans 4} to 5 do. 38,000 boxes sugar on hand. Heafth |. Weather mag- nificent. Our Alexandria Correspondence. AuexanpniA, Va., Jan. 7, 1867. The Weather—Movements of the Negroes—The Insurrectionary Excitement—One of the Letters Found on a Negro—Value of Slave Property— Hiring Out Bond—Presidential Vote. The New Year was introduced about this vicinity by a slight fall of snow. The four or five last days of the year "56 were delightful indeed. There is but little news stirring at this time. The supposed contemplated massacre of the whites by the blacks, ot course claims‘a large share of general and individual attention. The latest in this line is the discovery, in the county of Caroline, Va., of a further evidence confirmatory of the pre- vious suspicions on this subject. On the night of Christmas eve, a negro man by the name of Thorn- ton, for many years a sailor on the Rappa- hapnock river, with two others, were arrested, and upon him a letter was found indicating a plot which was to be speedily executed. The people of the county are very much excited, and have given the negro two hundred lashes to make bim disclose the whole history of the note, but he persistently refuses, and says he will die first. Frem the highly exasperated state of fecling among the inhabitants, it is thought that they will certainly fog. him till Geath stays the lash, if he stubbornly holds out in his retn: Here is a copy of the letter found on the negro: — My i Bax FrisyD—You must certainly remember wnat Itold you, aod you must come op to the contract As ‘wo bave carried things thus far, meet at the plac» where we raid, and dov’t meke any disturbance uotil wo meet, ava don't let apy white wan know anything about i unlees he is trustworthy; pe tt, avd the couvtry is ours Cortain. rend me word tmmec tately to afford protection. Meet at the croreipg, and prepare for Sunday night for the B ighborbeod freedom—freedom. your old friend , S.—Don’t let any body nee this, Ww. R. ‘This letter, perhaps, was written by some fiend: ich abohtionist prowling among us, and st the same time enjoying the hospality and kiod attentions of thore whore indixcriminate and bloody de- struction be is planning with the deluded blacks—who are induced to rush on to their own inevitable ruin by their worst enemies. How true the sentiment—“fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” Should one of these hellhounds be nabbed it will barely be well with him. They would aot hang, but ym. Notwithstanding the many indications of a con- templated insurrection, there has been no deprecia- tion of value in slave property, as indicated by the almost unprecedented at which they have just bired by year. Our great annual hi: are pow jurt about over—men bringing from $150 to $180; those who are smiths or other mechanic: ranging between $200 and $300; boys, from 16 to 20 Jeare of age, from $130 to $140; from 16 to 17 years old, ranging at from $50 to women at £70 to $100,and sometimes more. addition to thia, the man who bires a negro hasto pay his taxes clothe and ffeed bim well likewise, whieh runs the mount up ratber bigh; and if the negro is sick du ring the year the hirer has to lose the time, no de duction being made for it unless an agreement be entered into especially to that end. For the curtosty of your many readers in the non-slave ‘holding States, a form of a bond for the hire of a negro, is herewith given:— On or before the first day of January, 1858, we bind oF obiige ourselves, our heirr, our assignoes, &c , to pry to A, bis beirs, sseignoes, &c., the sum of $180, for the hire of servant man Jack, for the year 1867. We fur- thermore bind curacives, Xo. Kc., t0 treat the said no- gro Jock humanely: to furnish bim with good and sub. savtial aommer and winter clotbiog, consisting of a coat wo pair; aod three whirte; and and for summer the usual amount of enmmer clothing—shoes, hat, shirts, pante- joema, &e, We do also bind ourselves to pay all hie twxee, and if ho sbouid bo sick to employ a physician to attend him, &e. Given under our hands and seals, &o. G 1,, (seal) D.@) (weal ) pate custom is to bave good security in each ease, ence the joint bond. There are a number of far- mera from New Yerk and Conpecticut, &c., that bave settled in this of Virginia, and it is amus- ing to notice with what facility they slide into the Southern custom of employing slave labor. The official vote of Virginia is at last announced, and Buck and Breck’s majority is 30,221—a little ahead of any other State. Grex. Cass ann 7 letter appeared in the Nr neary S, 1867:— t~-The following York Henatp of Ja- Poxnico, 273 F Sremer. | Wasuinotus, Jan 5 1867 j T informed = by telegraph, on the Ist of January, that General Cove Dim-rlt told me tho Premter-bip bad bern wrdered jm } I now in’orm you on the same ev’? ority, that be accepted the appotnt cre’ary of Bate It he cot me two dollars, which please creolt me in sobscription to the Haxatn FIFTY YEARS OF EVENTS POLITICAL, PORTICAL, AND HISTORICAL; Wirt Asacpores oy Rewawxaccn May, WY JOHN HARNEY, Which, not having been published, I request may be ramreee to met) Sail { having eecloved to you the re- quivite stam) repay the jo» Tem your ebedlenh erent. JOBN BARNEY. We have made inquiry in regard to the correct nea of the statements contained in the foregoing letter, and feel fally authorized to say that they are oe | without foundation. We feel equally well assured that no one member of the Cabinet has yet been sawed, ont ben all statementa CLT tary are merely speculations or conjectares.— ington Union, Jan. 10. Riouts oy Maxaiey Wowrx.—The Governor of Ohio recommends some further provisions to secure the righta of married women. e Cincinnati Ga- aette states that the State of Ohio has already made more liberal provisions for women than any other State except Louisiana. The present provisions in their favor are, however, principally confined to real estate, which a woman may now hold separate from ber hueband. The Governor recommends that she be allowed to bold perronal property (her farnitare and goods) in the same sy and to me in her own nate. These are certainly reasonable provisions, since we have been too long adhering to the old ays tem of feudal laws. Personal Intel . Com. Bloat, United States Navy, is in Washington i i i i PH 78 & BF i a £ Mitastons tn South Africa. # LECTURE BY THE BEY. WILLIAM VaMrnnLe. A large and intelligent audience assombicd in tho Broa@way Tabernacle, om Sanday evenivg, to hear ine Rey. William Campbell, Colonia! Missionary of the sonch Free CBarch at Natal, Alrica, deliver an adéross on the “Missions in South Afrios.”” Mr. Campbell, ou doing introduced to'the audience, apologized for want of proj. ration, sayiag be had not a word written for tho occasion, Dut that, fresb from she field of missionary abor ta doush Africa. where ke bad bees for the lav six years, be could ‘aot refrain trom tmproving tho oocaston to peak upon boundaries. Beginning at Cane Good Hope, be advanced north and set into Airica, desoriviog the missionary stations as be went along. | witreesed, at tho Cape of Good Hope, an aimvet endless va. races; persons of oli color, nauons wed there. ‘Tnere aro, there- fore, almost ali Kinds of religions pracvsed shore ‘The Mabumetsne, ‘hough greatly op; to tha epread of Chrisuanity. yes greatly desize to have thet salidrom improved and informed hey will, therefure, permitthen to attena the colored or Christian schools establised here Wil they are fourteen or dfwen yours old. The religious manifestations at Cape Town are very interosting and en- couraging to missiopary labor. Passing norte f-om Goo dHope throuh Parl, 1 found it av neral|; pregest French langasge has talien to! hguse, But the end the Butch is tho lapgusge now used among them. This i en enoouraging missionary field 1g southeasterly to tho town of Zivellauvam I foaad ‘mieetovary lapors ot Dr. Kobinsoa very successful. He bae gathered together tue colored and whites into one oming ucton, thus breaking down tye strong prejudices Wat Gxistod there against a mixed congregation. Ile be- gen in the face of that prejudice, and iaborod dil gently against difficulties, preaching to dota raoos «ll thei pro judices gave way. This devoted minister of the Dutch churob bes been very suocessiul there. Waen | entered his oburch Tfound him dtsoonr: ing to @a aadience of both colors. | had the pieasure of preaching to him audience Ubsough bim en interpreter. Tals is about 120 miles from Good Bope, Passing to Georgetown, scout 150 m les from Good » I reached @ misionary station at which I felt dircouraged, but hope thet the missionary who has ately settiod there will rovi epirit in those who pave forsaken tie Coriatian fai © and returned 10 the ways of thetr fatbors. They had a churoh there, however, erected entirely by the lavor and means of the natives. | was sorry that, trom being —- in the towns as servants, many of those who had made a creditable profeesion for awhile, were driven back to thelr old ways. This bas a sad and blight'ng effect upon ives Advancing five or six hundred miles far- come to the missionary ficid of Mr, Robson, woo has @ large colored «congregation, to whom he ip the Duteh coitoquial Isvguage, for you mast know that nearly wil the negroes in Cape Colony speak that !an- guage; they learned it from the early Dutca aotilors, ‘ben there are the Fungoes, who are supposed 0 havo been Gi from their bomes by a peighboriog tyrant. ‘They e regarded as strangors, and treated as such by thetr own kin Whilst tue other natives have to be addroseed in the Dutch language, the Fungoes have to be addreseod in the Fur or Caffre ianguage. by eea, through the Bay of Cadraria. mencea the Fungoe's country, Natal derives its pame from its discovery, piace on Carietmas day, tn 147%, by the Yor: toguese Natal, on the map, see: cept country, ay compared to believe it to be of the sreatest importance, for it is to be the meane by whiob religion avd chrisitent y will be ex tedded through the whole continent of Africa. [t bas a better harbor tbap any coant the comet; it ie a very bealthy region ‘wo!l watered = ‘Taere are n0 less than oro bun rivers, jarge aod smail, eutering the sea from it, thre of them quite large. Io 1897-'8 tis country waa viated by several adventarers from Cape Colony; at that time they f una out fow na- in Natal, but observed the buts and other evidences ge populstion The reason for this war that the ving north of thom was a great warrior aud mado king irequent inenrsions tnto Natal, making torribic ravages, vuln and destrvotion. wll ibe asuves were driven in every direction and almort destroyed jn 1835 Captain Gardiner went inio the verritors and soon obtained the serv.cer of a missions y from Kogiava to wach the na t ves, but their labors met with but Hitie #1 ou are cf cooree acqreintod with tae history of ©. diver and Know that be fell in Paiegoma, whi: ing to estabiieh a missionary Geld there. and bis bones were found all whitene2 from ~xposure in the service of bis master. Som afte’ Natal was loft by the gal- jant Gaerdiver, tbe American Missionary docie vent missionaries there; they were at et encourage! by the reigning prince. Thea sorung up that great movement in Cape Soong, tre original Dutoh setiiors being dinvatisied with tbe abolition of ala ‘very abd other things, « large vody of th: m took a north ewicrly cirection, and ret ont to reach a territory where they covid do as they hiked and ne subjects wo no eovern- ment. This movement took piace iu 1834; it crested «great excitement ip Furope, as 1 © Dundred per- tons who migrated from Cape Colony had to pars rough some beart rendicg econes 10 coasequence of tho Jrapny of the reigning prince of Nate’, detore thoy ound a peacefol eettiement there, and when they had oitsbed domes there, they were given to unser. d that they were wil oo British soll, and still Brit some advacord atlii further and formed public. Ip consequence of that move lane's devoed missionaries bad to Weve thetr Belce of Inbor. The miss\ooary ostabdlish nent or Dr Livingston was broken up, and he was induced whica Pas been of so much advan religion and commerce. There are ‘DB thouvand white settlers la) three thoasand are Datch, and there are at jeans 1 ratives there; they are Of s diferent race from thore In Cape Coloay they are Caitrer, but regard the wor Calire asa term of reprosch ; it is the name given them by the Mehometans, and Geneter iniiels or unbelievers; they speak the Zoim or Caffre language. There are twoive mission. aries there from the American Board gf Foreign Miesions ; the Ovid formorty eceupled by Dr “Ad ‘and at provent by Mr. Kuce, 18 @ vory sudcosstul Methodin also have missionaries thore, Polygamy prevails among aii the Oaifves of South Af. rica— it is there in ita worst and most degrading form. The Callre ban to pay an equivalent to the faiher for his wife, and when he bas obtsined ber, uses her moreas his servant apd slave than as his wile. | He dependa for sub wisterce, not upon his own labor, but upon hers; she must plant the corn, reap sod carry it to market Nothwg can awaken om ympathy more for woman than to see « Coffre marching into town at the head of bis wives, who are bearing thelr produce to market. fhe missionaries rot their faces againet polygamy like bare of gteel, and ‘boee who are converted forsake it Many suppose that becavee the Caffres are not jdoato ® it will be more easy convert them. This is noteo. They have so jast idea of religion, nor can a!) those who join our churoh gve jo Ca oy Lend ‘their faith. I have been oniofly labor rants, jandred and twenty average = dante at church, and forty chtldren ia our Sabvath echool, ‘Then 1 have to visit the jittle sottiements of Europ ane for Fine ww Tames Street—About 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon a fire was discovered on the fifth floor of building No. 13 Thames street, corner of FSi oy in the printing office of P. Miller & Son, firemen were promptly at the premises end soon extinguished the flames. The fire origi- pated’ under a composing bench, which was de stroyed. The loss on this floor will be small. Mr. William F. Miller, one of the firm, had been at work sane the day and only left the premises at 3 o'clock, about one hour befure the fire was disco- = pL Ts =. comme, 5 Yo «& G esta: ment. ~— + be be about fro hundred dollars by water. In- sured on printing room and w+ oy room $6,000, $3,000 in the National and $3,000 in the North River Insurance Companies. The second and third floors are occopied by the dry gooods firm of Claflin & Mellen, as Yankee notion rooms, They bad about $51,000 worth of stock in them, The damage will be by water, Pag Foto amount of $2,000. Insured for 30,000 as follows:— Home 25,000; Metropolitan $5 ,00 $5,000; Phenix, of Hartford, $2,500; Western, of Pittsfield, $2,500; Retiance, of Philadelphia, $5,000, and American, of Philadelphia, $5,000. The first floor and basement is occupied by Clark & White as the Southern depot for Con, water. ‘Their stock is damaged by water, as will be a on of it. are in- a8 yt — ; Jeffer. son $4,000; New York Equitable 64,000; National $4,000, and Howard $2,000. The is owned by ex-Alderman Peters. It is damaged it #100 and insured. Fine 1x Broamway.—Shortly before four o'clock 5 ~ alarm of fire for the Fourth y i : 5 5 i i PRICE TWO CENTS. THE SING SING PRISON. Vict Ratmmishment, and the ble Characters therein Incarcer In the coorse of two months, the annual Report of our State Prisom Inspectors will be published. It is a large octave concern of some 350 pages, eminently caicuiuted é interest the stactician and bore the general yublic. With the view of enlight. enipg our citizens on the management of their con- vict establisbmen%s, we aticipate the red-tapists, and present them with » full description of the principal prison of the State, those of Auburn and Clinton being similer to if, though on a smaller scale. The name Sing Sing is a cormptior of the Indian “Ossinsin,” signifying “a rocky place.” When the State bought the property it was called Mount Pleasant, but the name was charged, doubtless, but the authorities should be accensed of playing on words. The State draws considerable protit from the quarries on the estate ; Giraee church is a speci men of the gaological prodwe of the vicinity, and the prison itself is constructed from it. The prison of Sing Sing is composed of an irregu - lar mass of buildings, erected from time to time, aa cecasion required. Visiters can obtain the best view of the establishment when descending the hills from the village, or, as the villagers are pleased to term it, the town; said locality boastmg a number of frame houses, and four thousand inhabitants. Strangers arrive at the oflice of the prison before being aware of it; so wallor diten surrounds the place, and nothing seems to cut off the establish- ment from the outer world. Moans, however, are taken to prevent the escape of convicts; armed men are posted about the rocks surrounding the prison, and quite a number of barrels can be brought to bear ona fugitive from various points. Prisoners are aware of the arrangement, and there is necessa- rily a strong objection to ran the gauntlet. The office is situated ina plain looking dweiling house, the ground flour of which is given up to the principal officers of the establisament; there are also two or three committee rooms for tue use of the State Prison Inspectors. The office proper consists of two apartments, in the outer one of which two or three men and women may generally be seen wait- ing until permission is granted to see their prisom friends. The inner office is devoted mainly to clerks and housekeeping, and is the ordi nary locum tenens of Mr. Daniel Stewast, the very complaisant principal kesper, who haa the ante cratical government of the one thousand inmates of the prison. The three Inspectora— Messrs. N. Bowen, Wil liam A. Russell and Wesley Raily—came down from Albany on Wednesday, and met together ia the evening: the only busiess transacted was in relation to additional inketands. Haviog unani- mously concurred that tho State of New York could supply them with two more of those articles if it would, they finally determsned that it should, and forthwith adjourneé—one to his ofium cum dignitate by the fire, and the two others to segars. KEEPERS’ HALL, On descending a staircase from the office the Keepers’ Hall ix reached. This room is the head- quarters of the guard+: 4 bulletin board contains the orders given {rom time to time t» the keepers by Mr. Stewart, and alongside it is an arrangement for telling what guards are in the building at the time being. There is also a safe containing the twonty keys, which lock up nightly the twenty corridors im which are situated the ceils of the convicts, one key locking fifty. At night time there ave four keepers on duty; two in the keepers’ room—the others look ing after the prisoners,with whom they are locked Should anything occur during the night, such as @ yusoner being taken ill or ocecoming unruly, the guards communicate with their two mates by means of a bole in the wall, and the key they require ta handed to them. If the privoners of the corridor yo question should revolt on their cells being opened, they are nevertheless voable to leave the main building, and are as much prisoners as ever. THE CORLL. A short parsege leads from the Keeper's hell to the edifice containing the cells. This building is the feature of Sing Sing, and is #0 constructed as to render escape almost impossible. The walls are five bundred feet in length and four feet thick, of solid stone. Five hundred cells, arranged in five tiers, fece each wall, running the length of the building, £0 that one keeper has a perfect view before him what may occur requiring his attention. A passage way divides the centre of the building; thus che two officers on duty can communicate with each othee without quittiog their reconnoisance of the cells on either side. Men bave lately been engaged putting in iron pipes for warming the edifice with steam; the building being entirely of stone, and at present more- ly warmed by a few stoves, the cells are not 40 com- fortable as they might be: but each convict bas fo: r blankets to make amends for the absence of caloric, Mr. William Beardsley, the Agent and Warden, haa superintended the above arrangement. and hoped to complete it the past week. The building is well lighted with gas outside the cells, so that pnsoners can read when they retire for the night; pat the light is diminished about nine o'clock, leaving only sufficient for the keepers to see what is going on. A former convict received bis pardon for the in- vention of a peculiar lock which closes ez, cells atonee. An immense,iron bar, 240 feet in length, is propelled by a crank, which, when driven home, is secured by lock and key. It would be an utter im- posstbiiity to raise this bolt from the inside. The celis are just large enough for the fom ey — and merely contain a bed, which, during the day, is fastened up against the wall, and being let down at night, allows only sufficient room to pasa. Two feet wide of sleeping arrangement obviates the possi- bility of mach rolling, and must be poor accommo- dation to those bronght up in luxury. The entire edifice is whitewashed throughout two or three times weekly, by the convicts, and in all respects is well ventilated and healthy. THE HOSPITAL. An fron tannel leads from the cells to the hospital. The room devoted to the sick ix capacious and lofty; the roof is arched and perforated, so as to ensure free currents of air. A smail ¢ ber is well well stocked with drugs and chemicals, and cm the 7 side is the hospital kitchen. The pharmacy is tended by two convicts, one of whom—a eon was arrested the second week German sv his arrival New York, for having counterfeit notes. In conversation with one of State in- apectors, he stated he had been engazed in the Prussian and French naval services, and finally en- paged himself on board a Liverpool emigrant ship, und to this port. He accounted for the shin- lasters ¥ stating that his landlord had given bem to him, and that he was sentenced there- upon to Sing Sing. The other dispenser, a well educated and apparently centlemanly man, lately performed a surgical operation om & convict, in a very suocessin! manner. The prisoner in question had had his lett thanb dragged oft by machinery, im one of the shop=: the bone waa torn away from the second jeint, lacerating the mas- cles and puiling out the tendons half way ap to the elbow. The young convict dragg at amputated the bone below the joint, took up the arteries, and brought the muscles together, and the patient was progressing very favorably when we saw him. Full ‘ets of instruments for perform, every kind of surgical operation were shown us, and everything im admirable order. The department of the hospital is ar- ranged so that everything required by te patients pd ay dy ony ly. The bread is of much finer quality than tha‘ grven w it a in the prisom, and relishes are an Stoomer J. Last Wednes- day there weie but nine ts “oder treatment, of Whom three were suffei lung affections, pa yl from an a another rom scrofiu the hospital any time, we highest number in an “4 x understand, was fhe past two years. 8 fact whieh ar; well the healthiness of the | y. but also foe the L# 7 sanitary artramgement of the pri- son. uf hospital fis the « 1, which at the Adjoining the is chapel, whic! a jent is some alterations A pit has just been put up ft very bandsomely a convict sentenced for lite. The benches will accom- modate a thousand prisoners. the keepers sitting on a high stool at the eud of each row: visiters are gow