The New York Herald Newspaper, May 30, 1859, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 30, 1859.—TRIPLE AMERICANS (N FORBIGN PRISONS, Karrative of J. Campbell Smith—Hew Prise- ners are Treated in Mexice—Life im the Prisen—Case of E. M. Jeffersen— @utrageens Treatment of an American in Pers, key ery @ase of J. Campbell Smith, IMPRISONBD IN THE OLTY OF MEXICO. AconDADA Prison, Mix100, March 16, 1859, Thave been in this country ever since the 21st of Febra- ary, 1849, and duripg the whole of that time I have sup- parted myself and wife by my jabor. | have been for a few moaths past here employe is & hasienda de benef. Om, im Guavajuate. That is ihe uame given to those establishments iv this couatry wherein the silver is ex- tracted from ita orcs. On the 18tb of Fedrusry last [ received a letter frem my wife, wbo was then in the city of Mexico endeavor img © arrange our private affairs; but Mndiog that it wae peceseary that [ should go to Mexico, sho bad writen to me t that effect; and that was the Purpors of the ietter that I received on the iSth, as I have Biated. On the receipt of the letter I immediately retarn 4 to the hacienda, aud showed the letter to ths head of tho establishment in which I was employed; and he knowing the urgency of the case and the amount of pro perty at stake, directly offered to keep my situation open for me for a moath, in which time I hopod to be able to arrange everything satisfactorily and return to my em ployment. On thoevening of the 14th 1 secured a seat in the dit Sence, and started ou the foliowing moruing for the city @f Mexico, arriving in sight of that city on the afternoon of Thursday, the 17th. We had just changed horses, sad Wore On Our abt stage, Twjoicing OUG with Loe Otber at our gt fortune ia baviug got through our jourcey wiuaout aving been roboed, wnen, in the midst of our rejoicing, ene of my feliow passevgerr put out hig head at tae wio dow to look at whe city 10 tue distaace, and on drawing it fa again remarked tbat be thougut we were going ia be conducted ito the city in grand styio, Decause he thought he saw on the road stead Boe j after fevad wat be was rigbtin his conjecture, tor the diligence Stopped, and a mae opened the dour, and coming half thw whe coach, be inquired of the other passengers, who Were ail Mexicans, where they came from. de toen turned to we aod asked mo my name. I at once told him. He then asked what country I beloaged to, and I repiied that I was a@ citiava ef the United Bates, He thereupon toid me thet I was his prisoser, ‘and that I must get out of tne coach and go with hia to Mexico. I was about to do ao, when it very naturally escurred to me to inquire of bim what! was charged wito, or woy be made me nis r. His answer was made partly by a sbrug of the sooulders, and the rest of it ia ‘Words to tne effect that it was the will of tne supreme Zoveroment, which he seemed toconsider was an ail-suill- Gient reply; but I did vot thiak #0. However, ag the waa Was oniy obeying orders, it was no use tall with dim ; but as it was a way to walk, took the \toerty ef suggesting the propriety of my re- maining where 1 was until we got into the city, and added that as they were all weil mounted they woud dave Bo difficulty in Keeping me in signt by riding along- Bide Of tbe cosch, and tom when we gotinto the city I would alight at avy point he pleased and go with bim aad see what the supreme government had to say aguinst me. Be at once saw the reasonableness of the and agreed to it; 90 in that way I was conducted into Mexico. We entored the garrito of San Pabio. A little fursher on ‘the dingeuce stopped, aad I alighted at the erder of the of- floer of the goverameut. My portmanteau was given to ene of the horsemeu, and the officer waiked alongside ef me on the sidewalk; be very politely offered to mount his horse, which was being led by the guard, woo kept near us all the way. I teld dim wo please himseil as to that; that as I was in T would submit myself ja all things to the will Of those who were violating my rights asa freeman, He had again just replied to my ques.ion of «Waa am I ae- cusea of?” by saying chat it wae the order of the su- eme goverment, and added, that he bad beea loki ms every vay for the last mouth—as if toat wou! renger his sbswer to my question aay more satisfactory. AS} walked along | taxi my momory, put ip vain, te Focall @ wingle word or deed of mine that could be brought. ‘agaiast me, or could lend a coioradle pretext to fouada ‘Sarge apon ‘Our way to the “Deputacion,” or City Hall, Jay through Bome of the principal streets, and every cye wae turued wper me. The mounted guara in the street, one of them Garry lug WY portmacteau, und anotner leadag tae officer's horse, aod ne himself, s well Koown character, walking by wy Bide, Wore but too well caiculatea to attract atten- When we arrived at the “Depatacion” my guard led Me forward to bis soperior offiver, who was walking uo- Ger Loe portals, 204 preseuted me to bin aa the ladivi- @uai be bet been seatin search of. Tae saperior eyed me [rom feed Ww vot, aod 1aqaired my name aad profes- sion. i told him my vame sod origional profession in this eoantry, and was proceeding trutufully to infurm iii how [ was at preseat employed; but be cut me stort by t ling me tout it was fales, and to my great surprise in- Sisted that 1 wag a brewer beloaging W tae caile de Aloo- 80, 10 Guasajuaw, [told bim with som warmtn that 1 Wow Nos accustomed to vel! lies or wW deny my profession, Aud tbat there must bea mistake somewaere—hat moss areurcdiy T was nota beower, sur bad Lever ta my life Practived anytuing OC tne kiad, But [ might 4s well have Dela my teugas, for be koew that [ was—snd was oot my dame Sui ti? and was {uot an Amorctu? and did I BA come from atv? Aaviber insolent 100k at me, # nod of nis head to Des men, end |. 1 was uccordingly marcoed up ho placed io front of @ Paling Cust caciosed # deak; here 1 was ogan interrogated ax w namo, age, vrotes won, &o., &. Car time, aowever, the waole of this ia- job WaS enwred 1d. Dok; ibis preiuni- 1, was ten searched, my pocket knife, pencil aad & scrap of payer of vo importance were fiji at wey found about my person. 1 demanded again od \o Unis degrading treatment, aud re- Ge Ved tue Bane 2uswer as Hefore, with all the igsolense of pauper tbat a sma! miad Is obuged to empior in order fe Mace Up for be Wan os Netural force or digaity. Twas then ted through two or three rooms, full to suf- focation of the very scan of thi most Carwtian city; then tuto # smeil room full of women; next iow @ large room, aiso fuli of the frail daughters of Bye. At woe eud of this iast room or hall, { saw a Jarge foding door, towards whict my guide or joer led me; he oprued 1, and [was terust in; at the Sawe moment & Womsa entered With & peat in oUe hand aud & services ip the other, The first was throwu ou tae floor to serve as my bed, and the other was placed in a ouruer; Ue door was shen locked, aod 1 was left alone to taink ‘ali that I bad ever said or done toat could pos- aibiy warrant the supreme government in subjecting me te such iwfamous treatment; but (could remember a tuing, nor can the supreme goverumen: or any mem) Of the community bring forward a singlo acc or fa ‘Qgaiuet me; and the more I thiak of the whole afur, feom first to last, the more am I couvinced that my only crim contists in tae factof my being an Americao; and tue act of my passing from one part of this 90 caiiei repub- ‘Lc to auotber on my lawful business furnished thom with ‘aa opportunity of arresting me. Tt might have been a oaif or three quarters of an hour ‘After they had shut me up ia the chapel that the door wag opened and { was ordered to come out. Tae man led me ‘duck to the bar whore I bad veen searched and examined on my first entrance. At the dese stood tue individual ‘who bad given me the lie vo vulgarly under the portals. Ayain T was asked my name, age, profession aud nation, &., &0. A pocket bok aud a small number of letters ‘wire presenied to me, aud the man in offive asked me if they were mine. [ wid him no,and that he Knew it. Toie piece of acting having been gone through, he turned do top men stebding et tis pide, and within the railing, ‘and j\qvired if the articles in question belonged to them; Of cottge they replied in the affirmative, and he gave ‘them Weir property, at the same time shaking them cor- disily By the hand, protesting that they ouly lived to werve other, These two men were fellow pusseagers with mein the diligence, asd very good company taney ‘were, O\ but now they scomed afraid to ackaowiedge me While in Presence of the undignified dignitary. ‘When thesemen were fairly out of sight! bad the temarity i hope I didnot vieiate any law of the land in doing 80) to beg that b\ would do me the favor to iaform me of what [ waa achusod, and why [was led round wbout in this maorer © be insulted, for no other reason the: [ could discover han to gratify a low, vulgar feeling. ANer & pause of ® mitute or so, in which we eyed each other with the tendermas of brothers, hecontescended to tell we that it wes by order of the supreme government that Twas vhere, thyn calling to one of the jail birds, [ was Jed away again through two cooms full of prisoners, At ‘the further end & the last room my conductor opened a door and told me} step in. I did as I was biddon, and the door ciosed upon oe, leaving me in a coll in watch I found a Mexican se\ted on the ground. Tais cell waz, as ear as 1 cao guess,yvout five and a balf feet by three and a half, and it stuyk like nothing on earth that I kiow Of. Asmall stauncthoned window admitted light aat air, the lester of a quay euly 1 be met with ina Mexican Prison. Tcould no longer cottain myself; I must and would Know whether it was thainvention of my jailors to leave me there ali olght or ng With that cevermination { commenced to Kuock on lhe door of the cail, aud c tinued to Knock until they ypened it. I thea begget for a drink of water, saying the was the fiith or sixth time Chat [bad made the same request eince [ entered the pri son, but had not received it, winough they had promised ‘on each occasion to bring it; but this time I had mate up wy mina to have it; 80 on his attempting to go away and 5 Shut the door, I placed myself jn gach a position as te prevent him from cloaiog it uniess he resorted tw violence. At the same \ime I eseured him that I would mot stir from that spot until he brought ms the water. Ho then called to somo one in the room to bring me water, which they immoediavely did. The pscaun woo Drought it | recoguized a@ she man wno had locked ms up in the chapel. TI begged of him to take me back to it, aad targed the removal on the pioa that if | were left ia tha! Cell all night they would either fad meviok or dead in the morning. He bade me wait a little and ke would gee what ould be dono, Istepped back into my ceil, aud in the course of tive or ten minutes he returned and cailed me to go with him. Gladly Ifoilowed him into the chapel, where I found everything just as 1 had lett it. He brougat mo a jug of water, and was about to leave ms for the night; however, previous to hie going I soquired of ‘him as to whetoer they bad seat w inform Mr, Black, the United States Consul, of my being in prison, ae they had promised to Dut he could give me no information on the sudject, af ing, bowever, that it woald be of no use, a8 Mr, Black ar Any one ¢lsw would pot be allowed to eee me, as { was in- comunicalo. Nevertheless, I toought it would dé well w Jot Mr. lack koow that an American subject was ta Prison, and he knowing that would, as a matter ofc urae, take prover steps to find ont the cauee of the imprison: ment. He promitd tw remind the commanding vilizer of his promise, aad also to request him to send aad in » had bo idea natarally be very much alarm. was io prison. unodg men, women and children, 20 vie, » 20 fitby, 80 unlike auyetng that is to be geen ia i thst’ can make po comparison that would sive you aa iden of the appearance uf sume ef theae poer 08, ‘The officer at the bar wes distributing to the various prisons the prisoaers mace the previous day. I was sent to the Accerdada along with a mau and woman; proba- Diy ong or two van loads had been sent off previous te that. It was very cou te of the authorities ia not Sending me with the firet baich. Before leaving the po liga office, { ventured once more to ingaire of the offioer what I was accused of, and after a moment’s hesitavon, ‘as if he was eousidering whether he might tel! me or not, be anid, “Yon are accused of eonspiracy against the sn. preme government” | thaaked him, and wear ont with ‘ue guard Of loot soldiers that was wuiting 10 conduct me tothe van. Five minutes ride brought vs w the Ac cordada (the name cf the prison in which T am writing this, of course by stealto, for lam not supposed to bave writing materiais cf avy kind), and I was placed in th partot iteet apart for the dneomunicads (i, ¢., thor who are pot allowed to have communicavion with any soul outside of their oci!). In whe eeli into whicn I was pat I found eight men, Mexicans all; they had. been io it, some of them fer more than two months, They were all politi- ca! offenders; they had agickiy, unwholsome ivok and lust about them, and they were all more or less lousy; two ip particular had eo many about them that wey were crawling all over them outside their clothes, This was @ state of things no longer to be endured; thereiore, as soon ag the man in charge of the gallery caine to open the door for # short tame ip the forenoon I walked out inte the gallery, and asked him todo me the favor wo call the head offuer vf the prison; that I wianed to kaow if I could pot paves root or oll to mysalt; if Tooutd obtain one by paying for it] would wilingly pay aaything they pleaaad. Be told me that ip the other ward of the prigon I might bay such priviiege, but as f was t i was im- pots.bie Lo give we the privilege thas i sougat to obtain, and added, that all the other rooms had more persons ia ‘them than the one [ was in. However, I wanted to see the chief officer abou; sending to let my family kuow whore I was, that they might seud me something to cat The map promised to do ali in his power for me, und said be would bring the chief a8 soon as he could ave him; but in the meautime he said I must go back to my room, as it was against the rules of the prises for aay ous to come out into the galiery. Late in the afternoon the head officer ete know what I wanted. He conld do nothivg for me ip regard to separate apartments, but he would semi aud let my family koow where I was, thas they might send me food, He recommended me to accept of the cbarity of the prison, in the meantime, as I hat not had an7thing for so loog atime { declined the offer, and toid him that 1 would go without food for the other thirty boar, and that I would not eat of the prison diet. to an hour after- wards they brougbt me food from my home, ang almost at the same moment they changed my quarters to the otber side of the corridor or gallery, aud there I have re- mained ever since, in company wita Senor de Gaviuo F. Bustamente. member tor Queretaro of tho constitutional Congress. We bavethe room to oursvives, and are ag omiortabie as an oan expect to be ia 4 oF On the day following my entrance into this prison a law officer, appointed by the government io power in the city of Mexico, visited me in the prisvo and examimed all my private papers that were in my portmunteau, took them away with him. He fouad foar scraps of pa- r, that } bad picked up in a room of a meson in Guana- juato, in the month of July, last year; these scraps had ia all probability been left there by some officer belonging to cater Bcd the constitution, who had occapied tne room prev to me, and £0 recently, too, that the pso- [ye Poeg ens Bot had time to Sweep the apartment. end the most entire of these papers, was written ia Engliah, and was from a doctor secking’ employment ia the army of Videurri; another of theae was aiso in Eng. lish, but it contained information respecting the inteuded movement of the army of the North (4. ¢. constitution), but #0 imperfect that little could be gained trom it; another was the route and distances of ya- rious places on the way from Zacatecas to some other point which I forget the name of; the foarth and lastecrap Was @ corporal’s jist of his co: y. Ibad forgotten ali about them, and I could not refrain from smiling when I maw thom among my private rs. I remembered ail about them, however, and the (oelings with which | was sctuated at the moment that I found them. My first thought on finding thom was to burn or destroy them, #0 28 not to fall into the hands of any one who might make a bad ase of them; and my second thoagnt was that I would keep them fora remembrancer of the times. I would have done the same thing had they been papers belonging w the reactionary army. No person bad ever geen these papers in my possession, none knew that such things were ine: 5 and now after having iain so long and for- f ten among mY private papers, I could not refraie rom smiling when I saw them thus dragged to the light of day and pass iato the hands of ‘those who were persecuting me for — conspiracy; and althongh at the moment when they apprehended me they bad no basis on which to found such accusation, who shall ssy what their fears might not lead them w con- ceive of me now? Mr. Eiitor, I have told you, and through you the people of the U: States, “The head and front of my offending.” ‘This is thy sixteenth day of imprisonment, aad I know not ® word of what is beg done onteide of my priaoa, except this one fact, which reflucts the highest credit apoa those who have come forward ta so maniy and disiate- rested a manner to testify to my character, fhe doca- ment to which I refer i@ in the hands of Mr. Biack, toe United States Consul in this city, and is from Jobo Giags, Eaq., ber Britannic Majesty's Consul in Guanajuato. I will request Mr. Black to send you a copy of this docu- ment, jhat you may append it to this paper, Every act, thought, word and incident that I hare deayored to portray in this narrative is as true as I live, J. CAMPBELL SMITH, CASE OF E. M. JEFFERSON, IMPRISONAD IN CALLAO, PERU. 1, Edward Marius Jefferson, citizen of the United States of America, have been forcibly dragged to this prison in the most Jawiees and outrageous manner, where I have been illegally detained for more than two years in ite dungeons by the coastituted authorities of the repablic 0 Peru, without assigning me any legal reason for such bar! barous oppression and inhuman degradatioa and humilia- tion. ‘Whereas, on the twonty-seventh day of No- vember, in the year of our Lord one thousand cight hundred and fifty-six, and of the inde. pendence of the United States of America the eightieth year, while in transit of my legal affairs from the Lega- tion of the United States of America, in the city of Lima, jn the aforesaid republic, to the Consulate of the United States of America, in the city of Callao; that, on my arri- val at this last named city I was attacked in the public streets and most brutally beaten and maltreated by a party of armed men, some of whom wore the uniform clothing of this republic; all of them to me—sxcept one Francisco Duble, formerly chief officer of my ship, and chief leader of the mutiny and piracy committed om me on the high seas ou my lest voyage from this port to that of Canton, empire of Coina, via Maoila—my clothing was torn from my body, aod I wounded in several places, the marks of which are piainly visible on my per- pon at the present day; that the papers and documents that I bad in my possession, aad ether property, were forci- bly taken from me by my assailants, and but for the in- perk ap gre macho vere ber reat Witnesses of the attack, end gevero interfered in my protection, my life might have been sacrificed to there bandits. Bat ucceeded in seizing me again, and in my bleed- ing and wounded condition dragged me to the office of the captain of the port, who ordered me to be conflaed in the stocks in the Arsenal, without bearing my complaints and report of the ropbory per- petrated on me; violent thrents aad the most abusive laa- guage on me personally aod on my country and country- mea in general was the reply to my appeals fer justice. I was Cragged off to the Arsenal and ordered to put my bead in the stocks, to which humiliation [ indignantly re- fused to suomit. [was then In dragged off by my eaptors and confined in a 6 fiithy room, where I lay insevsible for about an hour, weltermg jo my bloed on the filthy floor of my solitary ‘gon; that I was then pinioned and my wraw hed firmly together, and again dra by the brutai soldiery through the streets in my haif lifeless and Dleeding and wounded state to the office of a person whom { supposed te be a magistrate, who ordered my encort te convey me to prison, without deiguing to Rear one word from me, but made use of the most brutal and obscene lsuguage on my exhibiting to him my wound and requesting medical «tte oe, ‘That [ was again, for the fhird time, forcibly dragged through the streets of this city, my eus‘oiians having re- ceivec orders from the last mentioned officer to load their muskets and ghoot me if I made auy attempt te escape to the consulate, or if any aitempt was made in the atroets to reacue me from them; that oo my arrivai ja this prison I was ordered into a cell among murderers and robbers aad other lawicss and atrocious bandits, where I remained under the guard of an armed soldier who refused all admittance to me and cut off «il comma: nication with the city. Gowever, [ managed to evade hia vigilance, and for the sum of afew silver coil managed to write to Mr. Miles, Consul of che United States, Tequeeting his appearance here and medical attendance, which was granted and continued. That on the thirty- Brat day of ber, one uhoveand eight hundred aud Bfty- I requested and applied for a change of venue from the tribunals, but was refused, for which [ protested against such violont abuse of power and Jaw!nsi ; Lees ‘then takea from my cell aod wbrown ina dupgeow among some poiutical offenders and public malefaciors, deprived of al! moans of commupica'ion by the rentry placed at the door of my dungeon; even the breathing of the fresh air was yefused me, A long and severe sickuesy was the ue taral consequence of jufuman treatment, and medi onl attendance was refused me when applied for; mor ye was I permitted the same privilege aa the assassix or midnight bantlit—the privilego of going. to the hospital when sick, The daily stipend of twenty-five coats, allowed to each prisoner for bis maihtensuce, was taken from me by the oaptain of the prison and placed to his own use. My petitions and agsinst these outrages have been diare- vi by the authorities of this republic, and my oompiaints only brought renewed lawlessuess and brutal! ty on my defenceless condition—abandoaed by the repre- sentatives of my country’s government into the merciless hands of my oppressors. ‘That on the Wth day of January, 1857, T caused to bs published in the Comercia newspaper, in Lima, the before Mentioned provest against the goverament of tois repub- Ne and its authorities for their bixh handed oppres. sion and barbarous abuse aod lawless outrage on the and property of an American citizen, acd him shut up in & duvgeon without or bearing, for which art of legal self defence I was taken irom my cell by orders of my Judge, lena Suero, and thrown iate the dungeon of tae DeRTO ehaingang, where | was kept coudned till the pre. seut day, without trial or bearing, and my appeals to the reprengatatives of the United states are disregarded; thoy réfused to taxe aay official part to my bobalf. And whereas, I bave beon verbally informed by tho prison authorities, on the 30th day of November, 1868, J that my term of sentence had expired, and that Governor Daneni, of this city of Callao, had ordered in the petition ‘mm legal form, and on the stamped of the repadlic 40 the superior tribunal in Lima, to obtain an order for my p rgpetidig) this lawiess boudage—tho result < which ae @ usual silent contempiaous disregard my “4 tions for justice, Then the Governor sent me a verbal mensege by the city Mayor, that he had received instruc- tions for prolonging my captivity, alleging ag tae reason that the term of sentence passed op me had not expired. Oa which information I cauged my legal adviser to send ‘me a certificate from the records of tae times and terms Of the sentence, if permitied, as the authorities have boon stoadfast im refusing me any iaformation on the subject, ‘though I have petitioned tor it in legal form ropeatedly; bowever, the point was ascertained that the term of tho gentence would expire oa the lst of April, 1859, a8 por bouk of record, And whereas, all due petitions and Isgal recources have been taken by ine im attempting Lo oblige the government tw put the sentence, or terms of tt, in full foroo of exeou- op, notwithetanding its lawless ‘and oppressive terms And tho iflegality of ius fladiag according to the censt- vation end laws of the republic; yet am I suffering and detained in the same lawless and relentices bondage, euf- fering the same inhuman (roatment, and this tov, afver the expiration of the terms of the sentence that they them- selves pronounced against me. X to the laws of all civiliaed And whereas, it w contra , One is Obtiged to seek bie on expeusive sealed paper, and in iega! form, which he hag not the ability to per- form hmseif, nor the means of payivg a lawyer for, nor the privilege, daily granted to the bandits and mule- fasiors of this privon, 10 seek It at liberty. And whereas, ine whole is nothing but a feign of jus- tice, and a meape of seeking to prolong the lawless im- prisonmwent of an American citizen by highnanded op- a of the government and authorities of the republic Pera, Therefore, in addition t0 my former protest made and eptered ageinat the government of the repubilc of Pera and ite agents and authorities, for the causes and reasons therein and herein specified, do further most solemuly Protest against the government of the republic of Pera, 18 agents and authorities, or any other parson or persons interested or concerned therein, ta thas lawleasly holding an American citizen in the dungeon of @ negre prison after the expiration of his renteneo, not admitting the le gality nor any jast grouuds of heving it passed on me without the legal proo!s and a fair and impartial hearing Defore the tridunals, according to the treaty made by the government of the republic of Pera with the government Of the United Staves of Amarica aud tue coastitution of this republic. Furthermore, I do most solemaly protest ageinet the government of the republic of Peru and its au- thorities and agents for all lowes and damages w my per. son and character and bea'th, or any otuer losses and da- mages that I bave heretofore suffered, and those that I may herealter suffer, of whatever nsapner or nature they may be, to myself, heirs or assigus, arising from my long and crueland lawless tmprivoument in the dungeons of this prison—abandoning to the goveroment of the United ‘States of America all my lawful claims against the govern ment of the repuolic of Peru for the lossea and damages that Thave saffered, or may hereafter sustain, to myself, heiraor acsigns of whatever name, or phat are now or horeafter may be, arising from soeir lawiess and high-hauded op- Preasion of lawiessly holding an Amerigaa citizen in il- legal imprieonment in this prison, without assigning me apy legal nor lawful reason for such unheard of darbarity and cruel oppression. For which J do hold reeponsibiethe representatives of the government of the United States of Amerie in these republican cities of Lima and Callao fer this unjustifiable avandonment of ove of their fellow citi- zens to brute) ou'rage and inhuman and lawless captivity ‘im the dungeon of a foreign prisou, And { ce further hold the iment of the United States of America responsi- bie for all losses and damages that I have sustained or may hereafter sustain, of whatever name or nature they }- may be, cither to myself, heirs or assigus, arising from their unjust anandooment to suffering wad bigh banded and lawless oppression, and num veriess crueities aud bar- Darovus treatments that I bave end am sill saffering ia Megal captivity from the government of the ropublic of Peru and its aul ; reserving toumyself the right of ex- tending this my solemn atapy future time or place. Made tn the prison of Casas Matas, Castle of Callao, Re- public of Peru, April the 12th, 1869. E. M. JEFFERSON, Wriuuam Morxs, Eaq., Consul of the United States of America at the Port ef Callao. Casas MAtas Paisor, Catsa0 Castiz, April 11, 1869. Stm—I have the honor of addressing you again on the subject of my lawless detention in this prison by the go- vernment of the republic of Peru, without assigning mo any legal motive for such detention. Therefore, I request your official interference in my be.* half, that at leat the authorities may deign to angwer and despatch my petitions transmitted to them by you, as Cen- fu) of the Untt-d States, in my behalf, as an Amsrican citizen, to obtein my liberation from tne dungeons of this prison. Not adimitting the legality of the weu- terce passed on me by tue tribunais of this re- public in April, 1857, nevertheless, I have been obig- ead by force to resign to it. However, the ‘terms specified therein have expired, and the time of mg illegal captivity ended. Tcannot conceive any legal nor lawful reagon for prolonging such unheard-of oppression, by high handed measures by the debauched authorities of this republic, in illegaily holding me in rutuless and law less bondage. ‘Lam in bopes of hearing from you favorably before tas sailing of the mail, tnat I may be eaabled to take tae necessary steps wita the home govern menton tae subject, in hopes of obtaining my liberty through their interfe- rence in my behalf from foreign bondage and jaw'eas im- prisopment. Ip hopes you will please to avuswer me in writing on this point, 1 am, Sir, yours reepestfaiiy, ot ree Te AL SERFERSON. Wnraiaw Mines, Esq., Consul of the United States of America, Callao, Supreme Court—General Term. Before Hon, Judges Roosevelt, Ingraham, Patt, ‘Allen and ont. DECISIONS. May 28,—A. J. Pope, &., ve. William B. Danimore,—Ap- peal dismiared, Jobn Q Jones vs, the Terre Haute and Richmond R. R. Compauy —Judgment reversed wad new trial ordered; Costs to abide tbe event. James McCall, Presiaent, va. Isao Fryer.—Jadgment af- firmed, with costa. ‘City Savings Bank ye. Oliver B, Bidwell. —Jadgmont af- firmed, with costs. Cornelius Baker vs. Lowis H. Sayre.—Judgment affirmed with costs, and plaintiff, if 80 advised, may apyly and ile a written decision signed by the Judge nunc pro func. Vernon T, Noyes ys. Josiah H, Barton.—Order aflirmed witbout coats. In the piatter of the petition of George T. Jaciasn to re- move Willan J. Hoyt.— appeal dismissed without costs, Robert & Elison vs. Edmund J. Portar, &. —Jadgmont Modified according to the written opinion; form to be set- ted. ‘The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church v#, Susan D. Brown, executrix, &c.—Judgment afirmed, with costs, Jonn Binese, Executor, &. v8. Wm. Mansfeld —Judg- went reversed und pow triei ordered, Coats to abide the event, Judge Ingraham dissenting. Francis M. Page ys. John Boyd, Jr.—Judgment af- id. James Shephard, plaintiff in error, vs. The People, &., defendavts in error.—This is a criminal case, Snephard having been tried an4 convicted of arson in xotting a house on fire, Judgment affirmed. Frederick ¥. James vs. Thomas Adams,—Judgment re- versed, Gardner P. Andrews vs. Francis B. Wallace.—Order of Surrogate reversed. The New England Steam and Gas Pipe Company vs. Ed- ward Kirkpatrick, &3.—Judgaent affirmed with coats. , John L. Colby vs. George A. Osgood.—Judgmest re- ‘verred and new trial ordered, corte to abide the event. Charies Lambert et. als. vs. Waiter S, Griffith._New trial ordered, costa to abide the event, Wm. T. A. Fuller vs. U. B. Brewster, Reosiver.—Judg- ment reversed and a new trial ordered, costs tu abide the event, Camille Marie ot. als. vs. A. T. Dean, impleaded, &o.— Segpmes ataced ei coete. oe oy le im. Boardman, &c., vs. Maurice Vergnes.—Judgmoent affirmed, with costs, _” Aarou O, Cheabrough, &., ws, John Riley.—Vordict set asice and new trial ordered. Costs to abide event. Androw J. Perry, receiver, vs. Wm. Z. Branch.—Jadg- ment costa, , wil Jobn Runk, &s., receiver, va. Thomas P. St. John, &c.— Jadgment sffirmed, with costa. Samuel J. Hunt ve. Catharine A, Conner, adminiatra- trix, &c.—Judgment reversed and a new trial orderod, ‘COsts to abide the event. Wm. C. Codman vs. John L, Dean.—Judgment affirmed, with conte, ‘ M. Price Moore vs. John Moore.—Decree of Surrogate affirmed, with costs. De Forrest Manice va. Daniel Miller.—Judgment for de- fendant on the verdict. Joel 8, Oatman vs. John Taylor.—Judgment aflirmed, with costs. John Jay, receiver, &., v8. Wm. H. De Groot.—Order affirmed, witbout costs, Cases disposed of on — albert Priest va, Rodman M. Price; Joseph Banvard v8. James A. Latsen.—Appeals dismissed, Wiber H. Disbrow vs. Wm. 8. Driggs. John Olang v8. John Watts DePeyster.—Appeal diemissed without ovsis. Jobn 4. Davis vs. Dercus ©. Newell, Horatio N, Wild ‘vs. John Towneend.—Order affirmed, Wileon’B. Boll vs. David M. McMiss.—Ordered appealed, and reversed without costs. i borer Morgan vs. John A. 0. Gray—Judgment affirmed y default, ‘Stephen Duffy ve. Logkn.—Motion to strike cause from tte Hank OF Mddlovon ra ap. eo Bank n vs. Elon Huai lon, &0.—. peal dismissed without costa, age Piergon T. Halstead vs. Win. H. Brown.—Motion for now trial denjed on default. Mary Stewart va. David C, Aeman—Appeal dismissed. Wm. H. Bourry de [versois va, David Louvitt, &.— Affirmed with $10 costs. Other cases against tae same defendants, The People of tho State of New York by their Attorney General va, James Bowon.—Demurrer trausforred to epe- cial term. . John J, Gleason vs. Brunswick and Florida Railroad Company. Order attirmed, James B. Taylor ve. Joha T. McKnight.—Ordor appealed frem reversed. Robert Langton vs. Hanson H. Chass,—Motion to strike cause from calendar, unless appellants serve case aud pay $10 costs. the mavier of the 1 of Emma A, Cunningham, Order of Surrogate affirmed with costs, Jane Westerioe vs. Edward (Gabutt.—Surrogate’s decree in part reversed aod affirmed as to venue. David Ludiam va. the Hudson River Railroad Company. TJadgwent reversed, order of reference discharged, and & trim) by jury ordered, Henry Haidermain, &c., ve. Wm. Bayloy.—On consent, appeal Aigenesed and judgment below afirmed. jchard S. Williams, presd’s, &c. va. Luther V, Puller, ee Ooit aod Charles Field. —Judgments reversed; now v. granted, 1, Bruxton, arsignes, &o, ve. Isaac M. Woolley; Horton Hart vs. Gilbert B. Torrett; Motiey G. Hare ve. Peter Lutz, The President, Directors, &o, of the Soura Berwick Back va. Bu C. Latebteld.—Jaogment afirmod. George W. Bourne ye. the Mayor, &o., of New York, Judemunt of adirmaues by defeult as agains; the com- Plawast, SHEET. The Cobble Stone Pavement. A few days ago we called attention to the fact that the mercantile thoroughfares in the lower part of the city were ‘almost in ao impassable condition, owing te the unevences of the cobble stone pavements, Since the article referred to appeared we have been overrun with commanications from aggrieved parties, from every quarter in the city, making complaints of a similar ature, It has been erro- neously supposed by many that the correction of these difloulties belonged to the Street Commissioncr’s Depart. ment, It formerly did, but by the amended City Charter of 1867 the paving aud repairing of stresta was travsferred to the Crotoa Aqueduct Board, aud by them placed under rhe immediate charge of the “ Water Purveyor.”” Batore thi transfer was wade the Croton Aqueduct Board were remarkable for their tot and discipline ta tho discharge of their public business; but unless they pay more atveation to the street paving they wilt undoubtedty got in {il odor with the public. At the present time the ‘ Water Par- yeyor”” has a force of two hundred aud seventeen men and thirty horses and carts employed in repairing tne street pavements—rather a small force for a city of the sine.of New York. Those mea are divided up into squaas of about thirteen mon each. The cobble stove pavements in streets where there is mueb travel bave been tried and found wantiog, as they are constantly ont of repair, aud hence detrimental to tas mercantile busivees of our city, death to horse flerh, and trying to the patience of man, When a street gets out of order it should either be thoroughly repaired, ar (1s cob. die stoner repleced by Belgian or similar pavomeat; and not patebed up, && has been tue cass for some tine past In the city tax levy passed by the last Legislature tocre ia an item of $100,000 for Be'gian pavement, another item of $76,000 for repaira of streets; these sums, ib would seem, would do much, if judiciously appited, towards pat tng our streets in good condition, It is a fact, however that many of our etrects need immediate repairs, aad wo holes filled in and gutter siones in many places reset, in order that the streets can be Kept ina proper eaaitary condition, 14 will not be uninteresting to our readers te kbow that the Common Counoil ant the Croton Aqaeduct Board conjointly haye under coneideration the coosacma- tion of contracts at an early day for the paving, with Bal- Bian pavement, the streets enumerated in the following table :— Proportim Est. No. Ee, to be paid Location. 4 yds. cost, by the city. 5th ave , Warhington #q.. 4,200 $91,500 14 or $47,250 Ave. D aad Columbia et., 10,400 23,860 all, 23,850 6th ave., from Carmine to A2d Bt... se. see. eee, 50,000 112,500 3: 37,509 8th ave., Hudeon & 424 at. 33,000 74,250 3 24,750 2,900 6,525 3, 8.262 2,900 6,525 3, 27h 2,500 6,625 3g) 1,875 Broad 2,700 6,075 34, 3,087 aves... 1,250 2.812 34, 1,496 S4th s., : 14,000 31,500 34) 15,750 86th at; Sth & tn aves... 2900 6,525 3z)° 3/262 46th st., Go. do, .. 2,000 6,525 3, 8,262 $377,212 ‘$167,279 * Contract awarded to John L. Brown at $2 27 per yard, to be completed in 70 days. Contract awarded to John L. Brown at $2 20 per yard, to be completed in 60 days. $.Contract awarded to John L. Brown at $2 23 per yard, to be compieted in 60 days. The Steamer Washington at St. Catharines, Brazil. TO THE EDITOR OF THB NEW YORE HERALD. On Boarn Sreamsny WASHING oN, Sr. Caraarines, Prazil, April 1, 185), I take the Iberty ef calling your attention to a certain affair which happened here, in order that justice may be done and credit awarded to the proper parties, being ap- prehensive that an attempt will be made to prejudice the interest of the new Transit Company, and perhaps to injure the personal character of certain estimable gentlemen. In the course of our voyage we put into Pernambuco to take in coal and provisions in sufficient quantities to last the ship to Valparaiso, on the Pacific side; bat not being able to obtain the requisite amount of coal, and provisions being exorbitentiy high, our captain determined to stop at the Isiand of $t. Catharines to complete the coaling and provisioning of the chip, not daring ta atop at Rio Janeiro on account of the yellow fever, which was raging badly. Jo accordance with this determination, we put into this Place, and were go fortapate as to Onda large quanuty of coal deposited here for the use of the Paragaay expedi tion, Our captain mule immediate application tw the Americen Coosul, as oy ent of the government, for eo mach Coal @8 Wes DeccHRAry, wud Was Gesured by tha? ailiciul that he could give bim no detiaite answer until be bad con- sulted with a private agent or friend, or somethmg of the kind, at the city of St Catharines, some Afteen miles dis tant. With one pica and aactbher, however, be daiaye the matter so Jong that the captain of a stig hor charging coal for government, offred on hia own reepoa sibility to leb tue sbip buve whut ona! she needed, nud take the captain’s draft therefor on bis company ia favor Of the United States; andia this transaction be was no ronning the slightest riek, for be bad obtained knowledge that the object of tae expedition hat b. complintied, and that the expedition itself was oa it ra. tore home, and thst the coal would be labile to lie for years vodispored of. Thus matters stood until the ship was ready to hal alongeide of og, when there arrived from Muntavidoo two steamers of the expedition on their return home. Tha commanding officer, apoa being made acquatuted with tha Blate of affairs, immediately sanctioned, 60 far aa he could, the whole transaction, and advised te Consol to lend what nes Stance he could in turthering it, Upon tnvw, taat gon. tleman immediately assumed the whole responsibility and offered, a8 the captain of the comling ship bad done, to .take the captain's draft on bis company. With this un the derstanding the coal was delivered; aud now come most singular part of tha whole transaction, The Co upon belog offered by Captain Welch bis draft, as agr utterly refused to take it, aud demanted seoirit Our captain offered a bottomry boad on the ship, wach was also refused; and all this because the Consul bud heard that the Hermano had been seizod at Saa Franciaco for debts contracted on her late trip around the Hora Please bear in miud, Mr. Exlitor, that the whole amount in dispute was but four thousand dollars. What could ovr captain do with all bis contracts repudiated, and his abip being detained at an exponse of almost five buadred dol lars per day. Atter using all the moass in his power to in- duce the Consul to fulfil his contract, with no avail, our captain yesoived to put to sea. Accordiug- ly be made ont three drafts and a» bowm-y bond, all eigned by bimseif, and only needing the stamp of the Consul, and leaving them in oare of the captain of tie ship before-mentioned, and aiso sufficient funds to dis- charge all other debts that tbe ship had contracted in port, to be delivered to the Consul, be put to soa. = Those are tbe plain facts in the case, and I leave it to the public to hag Al Captain Welch did not act perfectly honor- able in the matter. A PaS3ENGER. A Terrific Tornado at Iowa City. HOUSES, BARNS, ETC, SCATTERED IN FRAGMENTS— SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED AND MANY BADLY IN- JURED. {From the Iowa City Republican extra, May 25.) There occurrei on Tuesday afterno0n about six o'clock, one of the most terrible and destructive whirlwinds that was ever visited upon People. The path of its ae- struction commenced so far as we can learn about ono or two miles from Iowa City. When first discovered it was about west from the residence of Geo. Powell. Soon after it was firet noticed, it moved in a southeasterly direction to the residence of Gen. Morris. Its force was very con siderable there, unroofing barns, sheds, upsetting bug- gies, &o. It then swept along in nearly an eastern direc- tion, gathering in intensity and destructive force. Reach- ing the residence of Mr. Morgan, it shivered hie house into atoms, not leaving two pleces of timber or sticks together, killog Mr. Morgau,ason aod a grandson, The bodies of the son and grandson were found from 200 to 500 yard from the house; this war about three miles from Towa City. Mrs. Morgan has her thigh broken and was otacr- wike badly injured. A man by the name of Wolfe, residing beyond Mr. Morgan’s house, is reported to be badly injured—aino bis wife and littie child, Stiil farther on, some #ix miles from Towa City, Jease Berry and bis son, aged about sixteca, were on their farm when the tornado swept by. Mr. Berry, an old and highly esteemed citizen of this olty, was. Instantly killed. His body was brought to the city about four o’clock this morning. His son hag four of his rive broken, and otherwise eeriously injured, and it ig thoagat by his attending physicians that be cannot posstdiy uve. Wo also learn that atenant of Jesse Berry had one arm broken—hir wife’s bead severely cat—and an infant chilt in the arms of its motaer was also Druwed. Further on, near the Seven-Mile House, a naw brick buliding was totally destroyed; in the wrack at this plac Bix were injured—four very badly—some i} is (eared tally. we bear, algo, that a man who yesterday accom aniod Mr. Berry to his farm for tbe purpose of buying it, was badly burt. Also,a laborer, named MoCoy, on the farm of Mr. Berry, hai his shonider brokea. Also, another man in the barn where Mr. Berry was, saved his life by crawling under the manger in the basement. He is coa- siderably hurt. It ss itapogsible to learn all the particulars of this dire caiamity. We have gathered them harried!y; yet wo be- Neve all the essential facta stated will be found entirely correct. It is betioved by those who have visited the ecene of the ruin that the tornaso’s force became expend. ed ator in the vicinity of the Seven Mile House; still we moy bear of serious disasters beyond. {t 1s tated by those ot oarcitizens who have visited the wreck of this destructive whirlwind, that one can form no adeqnate idea of its power and devastation withoat a per- sonal observation. The earth itself is torn up ta placos, howgee, barns, sheds and fences are soattered a8 chafl, and lie aboat tho roads and fields in wiid and awfal ruin. ‘The eufl>rers are receiving every attention at the hands of our chizens which a pitying and tender humanity cao beetow, By thie calamity, which camo with the sudden- ness of a whirlwind, wives have been mae widows, ai little children orphans. 10N.—-The will of the late Wil- les county, Mi., contains the foliow Talso deve and bequeath that my neg-o woman Kitty and ber ebiidren, Jonn, Catharine, Ss rab aod Canriee, shri} work for themselves Oy pavieg tas exeoulor annually ooo cept per pear aire,” Taia bo quest, the Port Tohsgeo Times says, file, in the opinion ot Judge Cratn, and ff has deckirod 1% null aad voit, as axainei the policy of the laws of the State, ns exinidived by repeated acts of the Legisiature of Maryland, Iurortanr De of THE VIRGINIA ELECTION. tot The Probable Election of Letcher by Plve | bave Thousand Majurity. The telegraphic accounts of the Virginia election have been thug far very unsatisfactory, and in most instances unreliable, The frat flash of news showed immense gaint for Mr. Goggin, the opposition candidate for Gover- nor, bat ag the returns began to come ia more in detail those gains were materially reduced, and showed that Mr, Letcher was stilt master of the field, ashe no doubt will continue to be. That the democracy have lost strength, and that the opposition haye made » tremendous fight, we think there can be no doubt; but when we consider the great odds they had to contend against, it canvot be for @ moment eupposed that they have been successful. We etiii hold t the opinion that Mr. Letcher is elected by at leest five thongand majority, which isa reduction of one bail of Goy. Wise’s majority four years ago. The following telegraphic despatches were received on Saturday evening from tho offlses of the Riehmond En- querer, democratic, ane the Richmond Whig, opposition; — FROM THE ENQUIRER OFFICE, UCUMOND, May 28—P. 4 It ig ropoeeible as yet to give au acunrate evatement aa to the general resuit lor meu bers of Congress or Lagiala: ture. str. Letcner will be elected Governor by between 5,000 and 6,000 majority. FROM THE WIG OFrr orgy We find it anpossible to give a det of the result in the Siate. By the above it will be seen thu! the democrats are Pangnine of success, while the oppositioa, anwil'ing of course to surrender while there is hope, pat forth a doubi as to the result, é We annex the following letters from our Richmond cor respondent, whose statements may be relied ugou:— OUR RICHMOND CORRESPONDENCE. Ricumoxp, May 27, 1859. ‘Ihe Election in its Siale—Letchor Elected by @ Smali so. jority—The Cxuse—Buter Kepinings at Letcher’s Nomi- nation, de. de The ejection retarns come in very slowly, but enough is known to justify the prediotion that Letcner ts elected by & majority of five thousand. In Scutawestera Virginia, or that section composed of Hopkias’ and Edmundeon’s districts, Letcher’s vote is considerably below that of Wire ip 1855. He also loses ia Paulus Powell’s district, but gains in tho Northwest, io Jenkiue’ asd Clemons’ dis tricts. In Eastern Virginia Letager loses in the counties, but gains in the cities and towns, upon the returns of 1855, leaving the aggregate result in this section about the same ‘as at that period. The loss to Letcher is gréstest in the Thirteenth, Sixth, Third and Ninth Congressional districta, where the regular Congressional nominees of the demo- cratic party were oppored by independent democrats. Bartering of votes between the frieuds of the independent candidates and thoee of the opposition gubernatorial can Gidate was extensively carried on, and thus was Letcher compromised in a very serious degree. His joss in the Steve from this canse cannot be less than three thousand. In the districts where there are independent nominees the contest was bitter, and the relative frieads of the candidates were utterly unscrupulous as to tha means by which they could evoure the success of their respective favorite, Even in Jooa Letoher’s owa dia trict, where bis popularity was deemed proof against ali combination, he has been the victim of tas bartering sys tem. The telegraph this evening reports a failing off of 500 yotes on Wise’s majority in the counties of Sheaan- doah and Rockingham, which, with Page, oonstituve the great “Tenth Legion.” lo the two former counties, Har- rig, the independent democratic ceodidate, is reported as having a majority of sixteen hundred over James A. Bkioner, the regalar nominee of the party. Ex Lieut - Governor Sheltoa F. Leake, who rao as an independent candidate 'p opposition to Paulus Powell, in the Suxtn Coa- greesional district, is certaiply clectel. H's success is due to whig or Know Nothing votes, obtained, it is ssid, St 8 eacrifice of & large numbar of votes to Letcher, Js defouted in this (Third) district by Daniel C, Dejarnette, jodependest democrat, by @ similar operation. In the Thirteentn Congressional district, 8. RK. Floyd ia suppo#ed to be elected over Eloert 3. Martin, iodependeot Extra Billy Smith ia aleo elected over Suackelf0rd, iadepeasent democrat, and Thomas, Know Nothing, by a coanderabie majority. There is co change in toe ovber districts, A remarkable feature in this election is, that the par- ties wuo were most clamorous for Latcher’s nonknauoa ‘Were the least active in promotiog bis election, while tavee who oppored his pomipation were the mom zsaioas in 015 bebuif, The motive of this indifference ou tne part of the former is to throw the respoastoility of the reduction 1a tho party vote upon tho Knquirer and Wise. Toss result will not follow, however, for te most vacua amoog Let cher's early supporters curse biteriy the Hunter clique, who were isetrumenptal in eecuring his poumation, All now covcede that it Was ao opforuinsie nomivetion, Ard eiter komupdson, or Tucker, or brockendrough been. the Lomivee, the democratic majority im the Stale would not be Jess than filteen thousand. The Legislature will be largely democratic, as before; and #0 far vs I can jutge from it compiextioa, it # consti. tuted eminently favorable to Wise, Tavse woo are com potent to judge of the proctivities of tne newly elected members, eetimats that fully thresfourtas of them are Wise men, Que inevitable effect of the preseut rewalt in Virg'ta will be to destroy the influeace of Hunter mod busfrienos, for they are justly held responsibie for it, May 28—P. AL. aemMeut a3 yet They ure bitverly denounced here by the democracy of of every €Dade, and applauded hy the Know Noubinge for their adspicious agency iu securing Letcber’s nomigation, and thuagiving them #0 grand an opportunity Lo oreak the prestige of democracy in Virginia. Tp the city Goggin has a majority over Letcher of 459. Flonnoy’s majority over Wine in 66 was 978. In Hau- Tine copnty Goggin O48 a majorily of 350, being a guia of 128. Ta Curobne tonuty Goggio gas 128, aod 369 1a Petersburg. In Farogville he geins 50 an 308 in Moat- gomery ¢ latter baving given Wise @ majority of 68 iu '65. yd county Gogg.n nas » majority of 230, being a gain of 348 on 1 eof 55, In Lyuch. burg tere ie a democratic gain of aboat 200, aad anoat 200 or 300 in Norfolk. In Waeatagten couniy Goggin’s mes iD '65 it gave Wiss o Aouer’s majority 1s on y 4, os precinct yet to agaunst 115 given for Wise, be beard from. Caroline gives moujority of 110, Deing a democratic jos of about Taos gains to ine Know Nothings in the East are nearly counterbalanced oy their lorees in Ricbmoud, Alexandria, Norfolk, Stauaton ano Lyncbourg. Lateher, from ail taut is uscertainad up to this time (6 P. M), will scarcely receive 4 majority of 5,000 ‘nthe Siate, Tais will be a democratic logs of 5,000 on the vote of ’65, The greatest democratic ewrongholds in the Vailey and porthwest remaia be heard from The result 1 these sections wi!i doabties? make « favur- - change for the democracy in the aspect of things, fhe excitement bere is intense, and the Know Nothings are jubilant, Tucamonn, Va., May 25, 1859. One of the Grand Democratic Ralives— Governor Wise Called Out—He Makes @ few Remarke—Great Enthusiasm— Douglas ond the Presidency—Hv Purpote in Regard to the Charleston Convention, dc. The democracy of Richmond assembled at the African Charch last night to hear an address from James Lyons, ExQ., a distinguished lawyer of this city, The attendance was the largeat I have seen since the memorable cam- paign of 65, andthe enthusiasm little less intense than that which marked that critical period. Mr. Lyons epoke for nearly an hour and @ half, the chief points of his speech being a vindication ef the democratic party from the charges of extravagance andcorruption made against them by the Know Nothings. He dwelt with considerable emphasis on the fact that the so-called “opposition” party did not venture to prociaim a single principle, and showed that their opposition meant nothing more nor lees than a subversion of the cardinal principles of the dcmocratic party—to wit: equal rights, strict construction to the end of a true States rights policy, and the recognt” ‘Von of the claims of the South to due protection under the federal [constitution. Opposition to the dem ocratic party therefore, involved a repudiation and subversion of these Jeading principles; and bow far it wae consistent with the interests of Virginia and the South to aia in carrying out such a policy he would leave to his bearers to judge. Mr. Lyons read some extracts Secrotary Toucey’s letter ‘on the sudject of the Philadelphia contracts, in vindica tion of the President from the cuarges of improper inter- ference in the award of said contracts for party purposes ; and in that connection took occasion to evlogwe his fidelity to the South, though differ- ing with him on many points of pubiic policy. At the close of Mr. Lyon’s speech Col. T. P. Auguat was called upoa. He delivered a few remarks which were chiefly devoted to a langhable criticlam oa the non-com- mittal position of the Know Nothings. Just us Col. August was stooping to takea glass of wa- ter, determned, as I thought, to resums bis address again, Cov. Wise was observed seated inan obscare back soat near one of the evtrances to the church. [nstaatly shouw for “Wine, Wise, Wise,” rang through the building, and a simultaneous rush was made to the door near which he Bat, to intercept his egress. For full five minutes the cries for Wise continued, but the Governor kept hia seat as if determined pot to respond. Meanwhile the crowd kept graduaily moving from the extreme poiats of tno builaing towards the Governor’s seat, evidently with a view to secure a position near him should he agree to speak. Every door was blocked upto preveat bis leay- ing, and finding at length that he couid not avoid respoad- ing, he stood up in his obscure position. This was tho signa! for such @ display of enthusiasm as I bad never be- fore witnessed. Shout after shout went forth from the assembiage, and the rush tn the direction of the Goveraor’s position was again resumed. Cries of ‘Down ta froat,’” “Down to front,” and ‘Hats off” rung along the outer line of the immenee assemblage. Tho cali, however, svemed to have no effect, the immense ruab from behind cansiug such a lack of room in the front seats as to require al to stand. Those in the roar, unwilling to submit to the dis advautage which they would thus bs made to endure, at. Tempted to force their way forward, when a scone of the wimost confusion ensued. Whoo ail cho advanced post- sitions were occupied, and every seat blocked up, the srowd in the rear got upon the backs of the seats, and managed to hold on by leaning against those in tront. Menawhjlo tse Governor remained stationary, awaiting a eubstderee of the excitement to commance his aidvess. Fue audience, however, Were Not content that be shyutd speak from his obscure position, acd, #ith a wehemence which made the butlding ring, they cried out to bim wo get on the piatform. Hie walked from his seat, aud ad vanced a few paces down the aslo, aud there stood. The appianso as he advanced was deafeniog, and the crow), seeing that he was not disposed to go on the stand, again raived tho ory of ** Platiorm! platform!’ but -without effect—he refused to go any farther, Ordor boing re. 5 apologising for unt taking bis plaxform, baw had « piatform,aod woud «leoo9 0 the reminiscences which [Me election day tu ‘0d Said that ne pearcel ttored, the Governor the platform, fay bovertheless ove Ho referred brie Bat day’ brovght to. is mind, fell on ‘the ‘Asn g 6 lor Diintaa upfuried triumph on the Capitol. “Ot his gourte in the governorship he had nothing to say. It was for the people of Vir... a to aay whether he bad dischargea his duty or not. He heard no complaints of bis administration trom, any quarter, and be was therefore relieved of the necessi- yw ‘of saying apyihing in his own defence, fe did not lecm \t proper for bim to engage iv the conflict whien wag nding 1D the State, inasmuch as he would be com. , io virtue of his official position, vo deede which of ‘he rival candidates ahonid be eiected, in the contingency of a contested election. In thie view of 18 official relations to ihe candidates, he deemed it prudent to keep his bosom, free from any taunt of prejudice that conid furniah even @ provext for doubt regardipg the wiegrity ef bis decinon, ‘SO lar as be was concerned, be would take care, should the matter come before hie to be decided, that the caadi- Gute baving mow voles would be declared elected. Ais Action ib this regard be was responsible to the State for ; but he velo was hs owa, aod Loat vole saouid be re- corded for the cemocratic Gcket. 4e said be endeavored Ww g0 to Accomac with a view to record his voue, but was prevented by some o'ber business requiring his presen.o bere. He would record it, however, im this oy oa the ovy of election, and do so iu We bam he Nad jast tadica- tr The governor made few amusing atlasions to ‘tem,’ at the eame time lookieg mpiently towards the sice of the budding where @ few of the Know Notnings were eluding. He complimented “Sam”? for having cleaned bis ruffles, which be soiled in the *ealver” by eeeCClAll g WL LwO reepectadie old boe whigs—Mesers, Wyncam hobertson aud G. A Ayers, whom they nomina- led for the House of Deiegates from thie city, The Gov- expor Closed with there few remarks, though many ef. lors were Wace wo Wduee bim Ko go on. A Great des) of dissatielaction prevails here amoag the democracy at the policy of int midetion which the press Dougas’ toterest seem to be pursuog, ia connection ib bis Candidacy for the White House. They are no- querbonebiy meking mavy enemies for him by their threats of secession from tbe Coarleston Conveation, in certain cootingencies. Tors policy 1 understood to be re~ means of buiymg the party into. Dou- and I can say, so far as the South ig concerned, 1b wii prove a fruiiiess scheme. 1 am imformed by & gentleman who stapas bg 12 the confidence of Dovgias, tbat be (Douglas) will abide py the action of ibe Conventon, should @ certein distinguished aspiragt for. the Presidency, with whom be is op wrms of frendship, receive the nomination. O:her wise he will bot foere are some aspirants for that office who sus- tained bis position oo the Kansas-Nebraska Dill, But who now seek ta proseribe bm, whom he will not support if nommated. There sre understood to be Hunter, Bre-k- inriege, Davis and Soulé. Tbe nomination of any one ‘of thore will be the signal for bis witndrawai from tne Conveution, and it may be from the democratic party. 48 Lam informed, he wilt De reconciled vo no other nom!- nation than that of Wite. TELEGAPHIC. Ricumonp, May 29—M. In the ninety-five counties heard from Levcher’s majo- rity is 428. Forty-eight counties remamed to de heard from, which gave Gov, Wise a majority of 2,87. The average gan for Goggin in each county heard frem is 78. . ‘Wasnrnaton, May 29, 1859, A private despatch from a reliable whig source in Rich- mond to-night says that in one hundred and eleven eoun- ties Letcher’s majority is 335. The thirty-seven remain- ing counties gave Wise 1,439 majority. THE VERY LaTE&ST. Ricumonp, May 29, 1859. In eighty-two counties heard from Goggin gas 4,035 on the yote of 1865, Heavy bets on five thousand majo- tity for Letcher. Poiitticos Inteiligence, Two Repvpucan Parties iv Kansas —There are two parties seemingly ia Kansas opposed to the democracy. One may be termed the black republican party, and the other the colored republican party; one proposes to kaock down the adminietration, and tbe intention of the other is to pitch into it after it is thus forced into a recumbent po- sition; the object of one » o make Kansas a free Stater while the intention of the other is merely to keep eat sla- very. The ouly perceptivie difference between these two factions is, that the black republicans, who are known ag the Useawattomie tribe, boid to the creed that Congress bas rovereign power over the Territories, and that it is the im- Pperative duty of the general government to prohibit sla- very therein; while the colored republicans, who were inavgurated st Big Springs on the twelfth of Mey, are sound on pepular sovereignty, and maintian that Copgrers hos no right to eetadlish slavery in the "Ter- itories, neither has it power to aboligh it, Dut that ‘t is wholly @ creature of local law, Aad this difference seems likely to become a cause of war besween the two. Fusion at present seems aimost isopossibie, The sound of clasbing arme has already been heard, aud if we do ‘not receive intelligence of lively times recurring ia Kansag it will be no fauit of the repubiican factioas. F. P. Brark ov rie Massacucserts Two Years Ammnp- yest —Hon F. P. Blair, of St. Louis, baving been re- quested to give Lis opinion of the republicam amendment to the State constitution recently adopted in Magsachu- setts, eaye he could rot act witha party that would at tempt to make such legislation @ part of itscreed. We wil) 8e6, Rervses To Cham a Vicrory.—The Albany Journal will not acovpt it as a victory, even if the opposition should succeed in Virgivis. It says it will bea pro-elavery tri- umph whichever way it reseulte, Kyow NorarG Srare CONVENTION OF PENNSYLVANLA.— This body met at Harrisburg on the 25th inst. Fifteen Gelegates were present, representing nine counties, They decided to take no definite action in regard to the approaching State election, end passed the foliowing reso- Jution Reeolved, tbat wo still adhere with abiding faith to the principles of the smerican party, as enacted in the plat- form adopted at the Americag State Convention in the city of Lancaster in Jone, 1807 %and that we pedge to each other our united efforts in promuigating and sustaining twese principles. Ex Sxvaror Foore. —This gentleman was fairly woke up by the late eeasion of the Southern Slave Trade Oonven- tion, Ia response to an invitation be was to have ad- Greesed the citizens of Jackson, Mins.,on the 20th inst, “on the fearfal aad momentous issues” which at present Seem to be agitating the fire-caters and nigger-drivers of the South. ug ny Baksectr 10 Senator Brown.—Hon. A. G. Brown, of Mississippi, will receive the honor of a public barbecue at Terry, on the 18th of Jane next. The people of the whole South are invited to attend. ‘LucreLatcrs OF New Hawrsnres.—The New Hampshire Legisiatare will convene in Concord next Wednesday. Sars Exxetions.—There will be no more State elections ‘until August. f Ang Names Tarvcs?—This question ie asked by the Charleston Mercury, which seems terribly put out because the biack republicans baye stolen a portion of the demo- cratic thunder, It says:— Tbe abolitionists call themselves ‘ republicans,’ ao the squatter sovereignty adherents in \bemselves “ State rights democrats.’ The former isud Thomas Jefferson and celebrate, in Boston, his birth. day, witb a biack enorgy known nowhere elee; and the Jatter vaunt of State rigbta for no reason Bee, excepting that the Southern States are rights, and the Northern Staves claim the right wo the B the fugitive siave law. Now, what are we name? Bere have we been rejoicing in appellation of “ state rights democrats” these many peer these bolters—these jea—these soveign'y traitors—these nigger hypocrites—creep under our umbrella, get into our coat, thrust their into our breeches, their toes into our shoes, and cur bat awry, with the “devil: may care” air of the himself, cail themscives ‘stave rights democrata!’? is left to us, but to “Mourn ia dark secret, Ike the sricken dove"? i Suppex Dzarn or a New York GEnrieman nv PBILADELEA.—Mr. Arthur T. Jones, a retired from New York city, formerly conne:ted with the firm of Draper, Haggerty & Jones, wellknown auctioneers of that city, died very suddenly at the La Pierre House, in Broad street, below Chestnut, at four o’clock yesterday after- - noon, Mr. Jones arrived in this city yesterday and sppeared to be in the epjoyment of and spirits, and, after partaking of a ‘ured to his room. The chambermaid, wao was passing thortiy after he entered bis x; en emanating from that place, and, upon cree) found Mr. Jones ping for breath. rang the bell, and Dr Bickley, an tomate of the ho'el, summoned, but before he reached the apartment life extinct. Mr. Jones was about $4 years of age, a man of wealth and influence in New York city, aud wae highly esteemed by all who knew him. wr. Jonce was a ined er, and leaves two daughters to mourn his sudden demise, Coroner Fenner beld an inquest on the body iast evening, and rendered a verdict of “Deata from natural causes,”> The remains were taken charge of by Dr. left this city with them for New York im the nignt Sra Philadeiphi 4. ia Press, May \ Tus Cask or Carr, Cornrs.—Capt. =. C. Corrie of the slave yacht Wanderer wae agaim é before the United Sates Dietrict Court, 8. C., on the i2th inst, the defendant ‘under United States Circuit Court for Georgia, | Wayne. Magrath, J.,inan elsberate opinioa re rules and taws which govern the jurisdiction iw this Class charged against Corrie, and conciuded @ judg- mevt reaffi:ming former decisious, chimiog excla- sive jurisdiction for the Uourt of Shain teeta the third app ication that has been mate for the and delivery of Corrie for trial m the sederal data | “ Naval Intelligen The Hon. Secretary of the Navy tract for building United States barracks at the ae station to @ party In county, of tua