The New York Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1857, Page 2

THE NEW YORK | WHOLE NO. 7439. INTERESTING FROM PENNSYLVANIA. The Senatorial Contest in the Legislature. OUR HARRISBURG CORRESPONDENCE. Hapaispure, Jan. 7, 1857. Legislative Matters—Who is to be United States Senator t-—Office Seekers. Both houses completed their organization to-day, except a few of the minor offices, which will be fill- ed in the morning. The committees will be an nounced on Friday and ail will be ready for busi nes. 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 democrats 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 Ihave no faith in any of their swearing. The apres vnes 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 Forney will be pominated, and that he will be elected by the .joint convention on Tuesday. The whole influence of the incoming and the outgoing administration is wth Forney. ‘ rie ener fod the House, Mr. oe, _ Path gd ‘ble, man, and promises wel a ES Speaker. Tithe Speaker of the Senate—the \ David saagtn 6 a decided wag. His hb the josity, on his election speakership was a ci and kept the Senate in roars of langhrer. About nuisance about the Capitol is it the ‘the hungry hacen wee runuing about the house, members to sign recommendations to Mr. hanan for sppointments. Nearly every demo- member from the West wants to be Marshal Western district. For the Eastern district, eir “name is legion.” Harrissura, Jan. 9, 1857. The Senatorial Contest, The democratic caucus this evening, as you have ‘been intormed, nominated John W. Forney. The vote steod 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 uplifted 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 have 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 manner. General Cameron is the candidate of the opposi- tion by general consent, and will be voted for as long as there is a prospect of his election; but should he or his friends attempt transfer the whole oppusition vote to 1 Foster, they will not be able to accomplish their object, on the ground tha’ he has 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 as mach of party democrats as Col. Fi . If that js the case, say they ma} a8 well, a: se ine sone to ties care dle, Forney. The pretext forthe Foster men bolting is, that Mr. Bac! sent a letcer here with Col. Jos. B. Baker to-day, that be wishea Forney elected. There 4s 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 John Cresswell, ot Huntingdon county. The Robbins men all submit to Forney with grace that well for their submission to party drill and caacus dictation, in spite of their “ large” talk up to to-day. The Custom House did good service for Forney— ! even New Jersey was on the ground—Heinlen, of the Camden Democrat, and the democratic candidste = Congress defeated by Dr. Clawson, is here to aid ‘orney. Tooay the democrats circulated through both ‘Houses a document headed, “ A Record of the Past,” which is simply the address of the Know Nothiog bolters, issued two years ago, when they refused to elect Cameron. They bad a large majority of the , but refured to elect Gen. Cameron. The republican members of the House thought that the who was circulating that document to-day {isa never heard of the cise remark ot Mrs. Grundy, that “ ci 4s alter cases.” The fight will almost 1s interesting as it was two years ago. Haenispune, Jan. 9, 1867. Organization of the Legislature—Elestion of United States Senator— Office Seekers— Borers, §c. Both Houses of the Legislature organized on Tuesday last, andon Wednesday the Governor's ‘mesange was delivered, and the business of the ses- sion was actively commenced. Much nnanimity 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, 4 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- present Pensylvania for six years from the 4th of March next. The caucus of the democracy meets tonight, and at present tho excitement in and around the Capitol is intense. All the available Iitical miscreants, who in times one by have pulled the wires and done the dirty work for the demo- ee ee are in ac- ice. sae Capeciicn to the Comouney have so fie ostet in concert, and | learn no caucus nomination will be made by them. Gen. , him of Win ee oe fame, who has been 50 entiringt at ever since he vacated his seat in the Ualted States Senate, stands up once more to give battle to ‘the “ many-faced monster.’ Simon is now without a rival in the opposition, and will bring to bear all pelitical tact for which he is #0 eminently dis ‘ished. rere any one ¢ise but Simon Cameron runnin, for this office, a concinsion as to the result migi easily be got at; but as he “ covers his tracks,” we can only surmise at it. The democratic majority on joint ballot is five, (provided the democrat who now ids a contested seat from Philadelphia is re- tained) and one blican member abaent, who is sick, which will give the democrats a Cop! of are to have con- “tested seat settled before the election, and also to the sick member upon the floor of the House bs Harnrenune, Jan. 9, 1867. The Senatorial Question The Cauew'= ‘Vomina- tion of John W. Forney—Cameron's, tm The Governor's Message. Wie ‘The last two days has been decidedly inturésting amongst the candidates for Senator and their friends; our hotels and the legislative halls have been crowded to overflowing With the Senatorial MORNING EDITION~MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1857. borers, and there have been rich dev lopements re- vealed every hour, such as would startle those who are unacquainted with the modern mode of obtaio- 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 Buckalow 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 bis claims to the last He goes into the canous with all the Philadelphia, Bucks, and Montgomery 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 an- willing to compromise his chances again. Thus matters are waxing warm amongst the demo- crats; in thé meantime Cameron his stationed himself at one of our hotels and is laying his plans All the ola charges that could be found on reeord against Cameron have 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 sore to Forney, for he confidently exp:cted at five of those members. It is admitted on all hands that Forney will receive the nomination 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 cancus, which is now believed that they will not. Forney calculates on thirty-three on the first ballot, 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 vey discussion in the House to-day on the printing of the Governor's message. The democrats accused the Governor of sending a stump speech on the slavery question to the House, and of attempting 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. ; Haury past Eicur o'Ciocx P.M. ‘The caucus met at the hour that it was called, viz: 74 o'clock. It was found that there were nine ab- sentees. They therefore adjourned for half an hour to drum up the Hregniers, The absentees are all friends of Foster, who say that they are not 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 foliowing result: Jobn W. Forney... John Robbins... Charles A. Black...... H. B. Wright... POPS CV EON TE ULE TE eee 60 ‘Thus it a rs that Forney received a majority resent on the first ballot. Brodhead had the satis- faction of being nowhere. 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- pie) wan be ony: ny oe wide bbe od is ime for a eal of mi ing an layin; before Tuesday next. . rr Our Lancaster Correspondence. Lavcastrr, Jan. 9, 1857. Visiters to Wheatland--Ex-Governor Porter de tained over Night—The Legislature. George W. Griswold and Hon. N. J. Lord, of Mas- sachusetts, were at Wheatland, yesterday. Hon. J. C. McKibben, member elect from California, and Hon. J. H. Hill, of the Golden State, have been to an Se “Ba rian ae ow General . Packer, ne! A , Pennsylvania liticians, have been circwlating around in the at- po! mosphere of Wheatland, very much to their own ge and gretification. Ex Gov. David R. Porter found the weather 80 v cold when he was at Wheatland the other day, that he dared not venture out, so 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 hoses 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 Nass ror 1s Canuver.—Some of the lowa papers are contending that Mr. Buchanan ought to take a man from lowa for a piace in his Cabinet. Among those who are mentioned are Brigadier General Augustus Cezar Dodge, late United States Senator from that State, and Obaries Corkery, of Dabuque. Pxwatty ov Hoarrtaurry 10 Mz, Soxwax.—The following notice from the Blair county (Pa.) Whig, is more inte. resting at first sight than it appears :— Poet Orncs Arroixrumst.—Jobn Troxei has been ap ieee Dr. R. M. Dr. Jackson, who is thus displaced, is the physicien with whom Mr. Sumner stayed during the month of August, on the Alleghany moustains. Tous carly he is called to pay the penalty of bis horpitality. ‘Tas New Cnariais ov tu Massacucasrrs Hocer.—The Boston correspondent of the Springfield Aepullican speaks of the new Chapiain of the Massacbuseiis House ‘aa follows .— Rev. Daniel Porter bas to day been choren chepiain of the Bouse. Mr. Foster is, or wat, & Methodist preacher in various places. He i# & zesious abolitionist. and | nut loog ago saw bim with « Sbarpe’s rile, be being then ebeutte start tor Kamas. He bas petyoned bu visit jo the present. Mr Foster is an al end eill do bie duty without regar wherever he i# In religion, | rhould vinis te te. ‘Tue Orrostyiow Pratrom™ in Coxsroricvt —The ivlow- tpg preamble and resolutions were adopted at the sat! adminisiration State ( onvention of Connecticut, which ‘Wes held at Hartiord, oo the 8t® inst., for the purpose of Rominatirg candidates for State officers -— Wheress, the party organization which sustaios the federa) administration bas, im its most recent declaration Of political sentiments, aed under the osurped name of democracy, avowed doctrines repugnant to the funda- mental privcipls of republican government, and | ie thereby rendered proper for ali good citivens to re afirm their it to those principles, therefore we the nan the people of Copnecuou!, in convention as- ser died, do deelare— That wo Lola there trotht to be relevent, (het all Men arr created fro and equal —tbat they are endowed by thelr Crestor with ceriain tnahenable nat among these are life, liberty, ano the pursuit of nee —od that to accure these rights governments are insti. tuted among men. 4. That a8 the constitution of the United States in ite own explicit language, was ordained by the poopie ‘in orter to jorm a more perfect union, establien jostice, omaure for the common det necore the blessings riy "90 we Will abide Dy and majorain ¢ at organic law in ibe true spirtand Meer ng of the statesmen who framed and the poople ‘who earab!ieb it 3. That ae a reseseary result of the foregoing declera- ton, and belle freedom to be vations! and siavery fectional, we will inflexibiy oppo ¢ the extension of elavery over the free territory of the repudlic ‘snd honest conse\cemore, bim now «Cal can The cane of the contemplated movement is the exorbitant price of board at the capital, and the difficulty e: jenced in getting accommodations. rovisions, Ii , luxuries, segars, and cards hive to be t from St Lonis to supply the tables at the capital, and the consequettce is members have to pay ten dollars a week tor |, and get. very short commons at that. We learn that efforts will be made to secure the Conrt House or the Mer- cantile Library Hall for the sittings of the body. — St. Louis Niwa, Jan, 6, NEWS FROM HAVANA Artivelot the Steom Frigate Wabash Thee Days Later trom Caba, The United States steam frigate Wabawh,,beary ing tbe broad pennant of Commodore Poalding, Capt. Frederick Engle, commander, arrived yester- day from Aspinwall via Havana. She brings home the old crew of the United States eloop-ot-war Bt 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 a6 Havana. The Captain General treated the officers of the Wabash with marked courtesy and distinction during their s'ay at that port. OUR HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE. Havana, Jan.i}, 1857. Ivregu arity in the Sailing of the Mail Steamers— Neo 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 HeBaLp. My last letter, though dated 29th ultimo, did not leave this until the morning of the 30th. Upon the arrival of the Cahawhba, quite carly in the afternoon of the 29th ultimo, I naturally concluded she would leave again 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 vext morning; how- ever, a8 nothing of moment transpired prior to her departure, I did not trouble a with a second letter. 1 pow merely refer to the circumstance in order to point ont 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 barbor. Thus Whilst the Cubawba was, as before related, and as it appears to me so unnecessarily detained, the Black Wayrior, which arrived later in the after- noon of the Ist inst. from New York than did the Cabawba on the 20th 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 hee to be my case, feel confident that this plain statement will have a beneficial effect, and that the sgents of the above named steamers, the Messrs. Cabusac ra, will take care that no such just cause of complaiat shall hereafter exist. Our papers of this morning contain the address of the illustrious Senor Regente at the omen for the year of the Real Audiencia Pretorical, which event came off yesterday, with o vast amount of the silliest ceremony with the royal seal you ever heard of. ‘The address of the Regente, at which I have but had & mere glance, appear temperate, well written document. It is with pleasure T 9m enabled to inform that, in reply to my inquiries after the bealth of Dr. Kane (of whore arrival in the last English mail steamer I stupidly omitted to inform you), yester- day, bis brother stated that he was Pan ‘comfortable. ‘The decease of such a men #8 Dr. Kane would prove & dire loes to the whole world; therefore do L ear- nestly (fer up my aspivations that the invalid will be restored to perfect bealth, long to live an to the country of his birth, The Wabash bas heen visited by large numbers of the more respectable of the irhabitants ot this city. I wos cn board of her on New Year's day. I perbepa, scarcely say that sbe bas been admired; for bow could it be otherwike? A scene then her decks presented sboat eleven o'clock on New Year's morning I have: witnessed. ‘There must then have been on board be- tween two and three hundred of the most beauti Jadies of this city, and numerous caballeros, officers of the Spanish army, Xc., ke. As the boat I approached the sbi my ear, srd when I st I found some twenty or thirty couple engaged in the mezes of the delicious waltz. Let cyn- ies say whet they please, but a more ones ful or ‘pnocent smusement (except to the vicious minded) than the waltz, there is not on earth. I bave said there were many of the most beautiful 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- men, Mr. B, I noticed in one of my letters some eighteen months ago, At eight bells (twelve o'clock), as is the custom with tars ail 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 see them answering to their names and step up for their grog, they would have felt not a little proud, T reckon 1 declare, a poor student (for euch I yet am) like myself, might well envy some of those blue jackets for their manly, athletic forms, as they pasted by with an ease and grace truly ad- mirable. I was, however, more _particularl; attracted by the extreme beauty of the quiet, quaker-bke looking brass guns, which, however, would doubtless preve so effective in covering a lending of troops, or in boat service in general. ) much praise cannot be to the officers of the Wabash for their general po- liteness. As they were all engaged in 1 fee atten- tion to the ladies, a smart, intelligent lad, about 16 yrara of 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 scquaintance with every part of that nob'e vessel, and proving, as he ke of her, many excellent Cpe con amore— that it his Ife be epared be will prove an henor to the country that gave him birth, as the Wabash, is, to the beautiful stars and stripes which we all alike reverence. Long may the Wabash and her — float oe en — id cause it to be respected in ev 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 sigue Vint m guns. The General, I understand, was in a af the Keeton ah aw discipline that val in the management gun. “s friend of mine, who was on board at the time, pk sayy be is a “ connoisseur of beanty”—{ ie ve lwords—declared a lady, the Senorita eresa, who wos on board, to be of peerless beauty and gracefulness. . The Opera troupe presented “ Lucretia Borgia” last evening. Unirep Sratre Srrawenir Wanasn,) Havana, Jan. 3, 1857. { The Bond of the Walash and an Opera Air—Ma- retack and Lucrezia Borgio—His Great Success — An Amican Conspiracy on the Inte of Pines— General Concha on a Tour—Our Naval Men Ashore. * This neble ship leaves us to-day, having produced a sens tien in Havana unequalled by anything that hae preceded her in our waters. The fair have amiled 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 air from “Lucrevia Borgia” to a bevy of as charming humanity as we could gather in a farewell boqnet for the gallant and generous-hearted sailors. Max Maretvek gave ue last night “Lucrezia”—the parte admirable, beyond criticiam—Madame La rfect—Miss Philips, in the banquet scene, fumiatie. ‘Phe latter would have been called oat 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 peme of Miss Philips, bat she was not at the ent within reach. ba has been en- tirely suecersfal, and _— will have no cause t t hie engagement as Mooy pervone wore kept from the last evening on account of the death of a vo and Penalver—the last of the race except the Coont of Penalver—but the house was well and no apace lost. Mr. Chauncey, at the Isle of Pines, under the infire f despair, has been up a conapi- ee thes quater, oma ff Ween, bo Wil gartch te. This might have been ction on the part of the government o - the United State , But Mr, Marcy would not even pete into the legslity of the trial of Chaun»ey Winse, often presented tention. T rat to his att it was an imquitoas freud mon jnstice—there ‘7 no doubt, a 6 COMBEqUENE +4 of blood, crime snd death are upon she “inaugurai”’ heads—tbhat arm that wae to reach everywhere, and beem found nowher-. inse is here, a chained laborer in one arn auncey ix attem; atthe Isle of Pines, where he will fall if he has not the good for- fare to escape from the const, whteky ie Bi ly to be for. ‘he Wabash geta to sea this afternoon at 4 o'clock. General Concha left the city yesterday for a short visit to friends in the country, ‘and Commodore Pavldi: g in command of our sity hogpitalities. The Captain General's box was filled with officers of the mip Just night, while from every other box in the galleries gieamed the shine of the buttons from clever nd gallant bosoms. Exchange on Lopdon 4} to 6 premium; New York 6} to7 discount; New Orleans 4} to 5 do. 38,000 Lines coger on hand. Health; |. Weather mag- nificent Our Alexandria Correspondence. AexanpriA, Va., Jan. 7, 1857. 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 opon 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. From the highly ex: ted atate of fecling among the inhabitants, it is thought that they will certainly flog him till Geath stays the lash, if he stubbornly holds out in his retui Here is a copy of the letter found on the negro:— Ky (FAR FaxsxD—You must certainly remember wn: Ttold you, aod you must come op to the contract As wo bave carried things thus far, meet at tte place where we raid, and ¢cov’t meke any disturbance uctil wo meet, ava don’t let any white man koow anything about it unlees he ts trustworthy; they are all right, and the country is ours cortain—oring all your frien¢a—tell them if they want freedom to come. Dov’t let ft leak out—-1f you shold get in wny difficalty, the crotelog, and prepare for Gundoy’ highi, for’ tne the ror day 1 for a ‘ghborhead freedom—freedom. your rf friend. P. S—Dov’t let apy boty nee this, Ww. R. This letter, perhaps, was written by some fiend- ich abohtionist prowling among us, and #t the same time enjoying the hosp ality and kiad attentions of thore whore indiscriminate and bloody de- struction he is plapning with the deluded blacks—who ure induced to rush on to their own inevitable ruin by their worst enemies. How true *entiment—‘fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” Should one of these hellhounds be nabbed it will herey be well with him. They would not hang, but i} bom. Notwithstanding the many indications of a con- templated insurrection, there has been no deprecia- tion of value in sleve property, as indicated by the Imo ecedented aad which pow just abont over—men from $150 to $180; those who are smiths or mechanic + rap, Urapede Led coed) boys, from 16 to 20 Jears of age, from $130 to 4 from 16 to 17 years old, ranging at from $50 to $70, and women at £70 to 2100,,and sometimes more. In addition to thia, the man who bires a negro has to pay his taxes clothe and ffeed bim well likewise, which runs the emount up rather 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 curlosty of your many readers in the non-tlave ‘holding States, a form of « bond for the hire of a negro, is herewith given:— On or before the first day of January, 1858, we bind or oblige ourrelves. our beire, our assignees, kc , to pay to A, bis beirs, sssignecs, &c., the sum of $190, for ti hire of servant man Jack, for the year 1867 ur. thermore bind curseives, aro Jock bumenely paptial mer and and fol yair of boots; yarn soc! Pai ope large heavy blanket: and for summer the usual amount of summer clothing—shoes, hat, shirts, pante- looms, &. We do also bind ourselves to pay ali hie xe, and if he should bo siok to employ a physician lo , ke, under our bands and seals, &o. @ 1., (soal.) D.@} (weal ) pitbe custom is to bave good security in each ease, nce the joint bond. There are a number of far- meré from New York and Conpecticut, &c., that bave settled in this wy 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 J0,221—a little abead of any other State. Grex. Cass axp Tar Cantyet—The following letter appeared in the New York Henarp of Ja- noary 8, 1867:— Portico, 273 F Sremer. } Wasuivotos, Jan 5 1867 § i niemet gen by telegrapd, on the Int of Ji al Cove Dimerlt told me the Premier: jer Which, not having been pudlinhed, I request may be Tetermed to me by mail— | having eclosed to you the re poistte to prepay the po- " Tess your obedient cerveaa N° SOMN BARNEY, We have made inquiry in regard to the correct nena of the statements contained in the foregoing letter, and feel fully authorized to say that they are entirely without foundation. We feel a assured that no one member of the Cabinet yet been selected, and that all statements to the con- tar, Wash- mgen Union, Jan. 10. Rients oy Maxairy Wowrn.—The Governor of Obio recommends some further to secure the righta of married women. 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 a — nae Rn ——— — she .e allowed to perronal Te, (her itare and goods) in the same way, poe ty nfl Lag me 'y reasonable ince we have n too long adhering to tem of feudal laws. aheei?s elie He fi i i PRICE TWO CENTS. Fitestons tn South Africa. # LECTURE BY THE BEV. WILLIAM CAMrwRLL. A large and intelligent audience sssombied in tho Broa@way Tabernacle, om Sunday rvenivg, to hoar ine Rey. William Canspbell, Colonia! Missionary of the sconcd Free Ciarch at Natal, Atrica, deliver an addross on the “Migstone in South Afrios.”” Mr. Campbell, on doing introduced to'the audtence, apologized for want of preya- ration, saying he bad not aword written for tho cccasion, the we apd tte boundaries. Beginning at Cave (iood Hope, be advanced north and saat into Airtoa, desoriviog the missionary stations as he went along. I witnessed, ‘at tbe Cape of Good Hope, an almoet endless va- races; persens of ‘oli colors, nauons and wed theve. There sro, there- Of religions praciised saere metsne, hough greatly op: to tho epread of Chrisuanity. yes greatiy desire to havo their salitrea improved ané informed [hey will, therefore, permit then to attena the colored or Christian schools establisded here Ui they are fourteen or Ufwen years old. The rotigt manifestations at Cape Town are very interosting and bor. Peusing nore ¢ interesting place. 1 was settird by Krevoh Huguenots; for Cape Town ‘Was not all settled by the Dyatoh, as is ogg nae weed But the French langasge has falien into disuse, southeasterly to the town of Ziveilsuvam I foaed misetovary lapors of Ir. Kobinsoa very successful He bee red together tae evlored and whites into one onina ution, thus breaking down tho strong prejudices that exirtod there against a mixed congregation, He be- gen Ip tho face of that prejudice, and iaborod dil gently Against oifticulties, preaching to dota raoos «il their pro Judiees gave way. This devoted minister of the Dutch churob Bes been very successiul there. When | entered his obureh I found him ¢iscour-iug to aa sadience of both colors. | bad the pieasure of preaching to hin audience ‘Uheough bim a- interpreter = Tois # abeut 120 miies from Good Bope, Passing to Georpetown, scout 150 m ies from Good , 1 reached a jonary station st which I foit dircouraged, but hope thet the missionary who has lately settiod there will revive the spirit in those who Dave forsaken tre Cyristian fai\n and returned to the ways of their fathers. They had a churoh there, however, erected entirely by the lavor and moans of the nat Iwas sorry that, im the towns as servants, many creditable profeesion for awhile, were driven back to thelr old ways. This bas a sad and biighting effect upon te natives Advancing five or six hundred miles fur- ther, I come to the missionary ficid of Mr, Robson, wao has a large colored congregation, to whom he ‘p the Dutch colloquial Innguage, for you mast know that he negroes in Cape Colony speak that lan- they learned it from the early Dutca settlers. are the Fungoes, who are supposed w have fe almont ali kia ibere been driven from their bomes by s peighboriog tyrant. ‘They ere bere regarded as strangers, and treated as such by their own bin Whilst the other natives have to be acdrosred in the Dutch language, the Fungoes have to be addreseod in the Furgoe or Caffre language 1 went to Natal by sea, through the Bay of Cat enoea the Fungoe's country ; Natal orives ts mame from iw discovery, which took piace oa Carietmas day, tn 1474, by the Yor- tuguese Natal, on the map, seers @ smal) and insigaia- cept Country, ax compared tom whole continent; but I believe ut to be of the preateat importance, for it i# to be the means by which religion avd chrisitenty will be ex te through the whole contivent of Africa. [tbas a arbor than any ot the coast; it ie a very bealthy region ‘Taere are no lees than ore bupored rivers, large sod small, eutering the ees from it, thrie of them quite large. In 1822-'3 this couvtry was visited by several adventurers Colony; at that time they f una out fow na- Nata!, but observed the huts apd other evidences ‘ge populstion The reason for this was that the ving north of thom was @ great warrior aud medo frequent incursions into Natal, making torrible ravages, yulp and destrvotion. Ull the astives were driven in snd aimortdestroyod in 1835 Captain \erritors and soon obtained the y from Eogiava to wach the na Dut their labors met with but little succes You coontry watered tres, aro Gf Coarse acqraintod with the history of Captain Gar. diver and know that bo fell in Paiegoma, while atiempt- ing to establish o miseior ary Geld there and bis bones Were foupe all whiten? from xporure in the service of bis master. Soom after Natal was loft by tne gal- Jant liner, the American Missionary docie veut missiovarios there; they were at st encourage! by tho reigning prince. Thea sorang Up that grat movement in Cape ovony. tre original Dutoh setulers being dixratisied with tbe abolition of ala ‘very apd other thin earterly cirection, tbey covid do as 1 © largo roay of thr m tow net ont to reach a territory where ied and he abject to no overn- Ment. This movement took place tu 149; |t crested «great excitement in Furope, as there were twelve nundred per- ed from Cape Colony. Taey had to pars rome beart revdiug scones ia Coasequence of the of the reigning prinoe of Nate', bdelore they Peacefal settiem«nt there, ani riapd tbat they were ii on British soll, and still Brat ‘eh subjeots; some advacord still farther and formed to In consequence of th: dovoed Wave thetr feldr oF Dr Livingston was broken up, to begin that travel whica Pas been of ro much advan to science, religion and commerce. There are *B tbowrand white settlers la Natal; three thoasaad end there are at least 120,000 catives there; y Of a different race from thore tn Cape Coloay ‘they are Callrer, but regard the wora Cafire aa a term of re} ; it @ the name given them by the Mebometans, and dencter infidels or unbdelievers; they spoak the Yom or Oaffre language. There are twoive mission- here from the American Board ry the Od formorty eceupled by Dr” Ad by Mr, Kure, 8 & very successful one, also have missionarien there. Polygamy prevail# among ail the Oaifres of South Af. rica it js there in ita worst and most degrading form. The Ceflre ban to pay an equivatent to the father for his wife, aud when he bas obteined her, uses her more as his servant apd siave than at bis wile He depends for sub wisterce, not upon his own labor, but upon here; sue must plant the corn, reap sod carry it to market Nothwg . The mins Tho rot ihetr feces againet polygamy like bare of gteel, and thoee who are converted forrake it Many suppose that becavee the Caffres are not jdoato ® it wil! be more casy to convert them. This is noteo. They have mo just ides of religion, nor can all those who join our churoh @ve J0et grounds for their faith. | have been on'efly laboring paren be dy gd Natal My Geld hae become #0 «xtpoed that ire co laborors. We have eignty commvni*ants, one hondred and twenty ation. dante at church, and forty children .0 oar Sab veth echool. ‘Then 1 have to visit the jittle sottiements of hurop ans for fi'ty miles around Therefore, | am retarning to Engiaod to get 'wo more laborers, and we wan) two mere masons te bulld three new balldings for congregetions. Fine ww THames Street—About 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon a fire was discovered on the fifth floor of building No. 13 Thames street, corner of ee. in the printing office of P. Miller & Son. firemen ve? eee at the _- end soon extinguished flames. The fire - pated’ under a composing bench, which was de stroyed. The loss on this floor will be small. Mr. William EF. Miller, one of the firm, had been at work during the day and only left the premises at O'clock, about one hour before the fire was disoo- vered. The fourth floor was occupied Miller & Baste, a establishment. The’ wifl be about ae 5 ee, = ann, sured on room ere room . 000 ibe ‘ational and $5,000 in the North $3 River Insurance Companies. The second and third floors are ocenpied 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, > amount of £2,000. Insured for 30,000 as follows:— Home 5,000; Metrepolitan $5,000; New Amsterdam + Pheonix, of Hartford, $2,500; Western, of Pittefield, $2,500; Reiiance, 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 compelled to = pertion of it. are in- snred for $18,000, as fol :— Home £4,000; Jeffer son $4,000; New York Equitable $4,000; National $4,000, and Howard $2,000. The is owned by ex-Alderman Peters. It is damaged it $100 and insured. Fran 1s Broarway.—Shortly before four o'clock on Sunday morning, the alarm of fire for the Fourth district was by the discovery of a fire in the segar and liquor store, No. 603 Broadway, occupied by Augustos Castellonas. When the door was forced open the fire was found surance A make a thorough ig’ THE SING SING PRISON, Interesting and Copious Details of the Cow. vict Ratnmtishinent, and the Various Nota- ble Characters therein Incarcerated In the covrse of two months, the annua! Report of our State Prison Inspectors will be published. It is a large octavo concern of some 350 pages, eminently caictated # interest the stactician and bore the generai public. With the view of enlight ening our ci 7 on they management of their con- vict establishments, we oaticipate the red-tapists, and present them with © full description of the principal prison of she State, thove of Auburn and Clinton being similer to if, though on o smaller scale. The name Sing Sing is a cormptiorr of the Indian “Ossinsin,” signifying “a rocky place.” When the State bought the property it was calied Mount Pleasant, but the name was charged, doubtless, but the authorities should be accensed of playing on words. The State draws considerable profit from the quarries on the estate ; Ciraee church is a speci- men of the goological prodce of the vicinity, and the prison itself is constructed from it. ‘The prison of Sing Sing is somposed of an irragu - lor mass of baildings, 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 office of the prison before being aware of it; so wall or diten surounds the place, and nothing seems to cut off’the establish- ment from the outer world. Moana, however, are taken to prevent the escape of convicts; armed men are posted about the rocks surrouncing 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 dwelling house, the ground flour of which is given up to the principal officers of the establisament; there are alao two or three committee rooms for tne 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 Stewart, the very complaisant principal kesper, who has the auto cratical government of the one thousand inmates of the prison. The three Inspectors— Messrs. N. Bowen, Wil liam A. Russell and Wesley Baily—-came down from Albany on Weduesday, and met together ie the evening: the only busiess transacted was im relation to additional inkstands. Haviog unant- mously concurred that tho State of New York could supply them with two more of those articles if it would, they finally determined that it should, and forthwith adjourned—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 bead- quarters of the guards: « bulletin board contains the orders given from 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 twenty 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 are locked wo Should anything occur during the night, such ase prisoner being taken ill or oecoming unruly, the guards communicate with their two mates by means of a bole in the wall,and the key they require ia handed to them. If the prisoners of the corridor io 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 CELLS A short passage 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 hundred feet in length and four feet thick, of solid stone. Five hundred cella, arranged in five tiers, fece each wall, running the length of the building, £0 that one keeper has a perfect view before him of what may occur requiring his attention. A passage way divides the centre of the building; thas che two. officers on duty can communicate with each of without quitting their reconnoisance of the cells on either side. Men have lately been engaged patting in iron Pipes for warming the edifice with steam; the building being entirely of stone, and ut present more- ly warmed by a few stoves, the cells are not 40 com- fortable aa they might be: but each convict has fo: rc blankets to make ameuds for the absence of caloric, Mr. William Beardsley, the Agent and Warden, has 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; bat the light is diminished about nine o'clock, !-aving only sufficient for the keepers to see what is ing on. A former convict received bis pardon for the in- vention of a pecniiar look which closes fifty cells atonee. An immense,iron bar, 240 fect in fongtln, is propelled by a crank, which, when driven home, is secured by lock and key. It would be an utter im- posstbility to raise this bolt from the inside. celis are just large enough for the parpose and merely contain a bed, which, during the fastened ip against the wall, and being let down night, allows only sufficient room to pasa. Two wide of sleeping arrangemont obviates the bility of much rolling, and must be poor accot dation to those ht up in loxury. The entire edifice Bang oy = Uy be or = times weekly, by the com , and in all respects wrell ventilated and healthy. THE HOSPITAL. An fron tunnel leads from the cells to the tal. ‘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 «mail chamber is well well stocked with drugs and chemicals, and om the o le side is the hospital kitehem. The pharmacy is tended by two convicts, one of whom—a German surgeon was arrested the second week his arrival lo New York, for having counterfeit Kx 4) Tad. bee “ gazed in ee epectors, wtate e peem en, the Prussian and }rench naval services, and finally en- aged himeelf on board a Liverpool emigrant . ind to this port. He accounted for the shin- = by stating that his landlord had given em to him, and that be was sentenced - upon to Sing Sing. The other dispenser, a well educated and apparently entlemanly lately performed a surgical operation om & convict, in a very suocesstn| manner. The prisoner in question had his lett thamb dragged oft by machinery, in one of the shop<; the bone waa torn away from the secomd joint, lacerating the mas- ii: cles and puiling out the tendons haif way ap to the elbow. yo convict dragg ist amputated the bone below the joint, took up the arteries, and brought the muscles ther, and the patient was progressing very favorably when we saw him. Fall sets of instruments for perform.og every kind of surgical — were shown us, and everything in “Toe oer 4s tment of the hospital is opi ar- n 80 that everything rece by the patients Pg Ly my ly. The bread is of much finer quality than that supplied in the prison, and lishes are grven when Last Wednes- day there were but nine of whom three were sui * poe ag TL 4 ® highest number in the h any time, we are ven to understand, was only t 5 u two years. a fact which well not merely for the healthiness of the yy, but also for the excellent sanitary arrrangement of the pri- son. THE CHAPEL. Adjoining the hospital is the chapel, which at the prea om is = some alterations. wh Aa been up very bandeomely painted and varnished by convict sentenced for The benches will accom- modate a thousand prisoners, the keepers sitting on & high stool at the end of each row: visiters are gow