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Y NEW YORK) HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1870-TRIPLE SHERT., ona as , with the principal, ’ would stand tho of @ chance of an election ‘PRISON LABOR. Usted itn, and kagwa, tn mon cna coum | Siero ith rato ax per fait bor auntie CIAL POLITICAL NOTES | Urotechra putfrtasana cours fs spponcion . DOMINGO. tries aa tue nwhere Captain Lynde iret It 1s also siatea In tho report, in counection with ‘ Sree of the democratic party to prouressivs, Ae eee the *congtyyate” sysiew Of prison man- | “a burglar who has beon to seven years Claimed as an aching “votd""—Tho vote for Police me “principles will adhere to tt 7} the . agement ‘The appearnce and location of the |} each upon two ta," that the autuorities do be that or long, aad wiu weigh down thi pina 4 for i the t | Biv0n are very din $00 ‘and mas- | nol know whether to accord to him the commutation | Commissioner Hank Smith for Supervisor. flough of defeat Cage or any man like pin who The Necossity Abolishing Present | five archusetire or “Se iain ‘the | @6 once upon fourteen years or Upon each separate | Called for—Charles O’Conor’s opinion on resoind- | idenufy himself with Buch n party, m | English Hostility to the Am ficle it of shops end grounds term of sonteace. ‘This man, who 4s Damed Hirai | ing the ratification of the fifesuth amendmont by ‘The question now 1s, “Wuo 14 the coming man erica. Contract System—Its Insuflicleney a8 & | towering aljuude of 18 Walia Vory fully satisfies | ‘Lvomas, has nearly completed ius Lwo torma of seven bn phi er sod Bo grasp M sara eat, of we mays af ondiaton, iJ Anneza: Proj p Source of Revenue to the State—Let the popular ideal prison, years @ack lor the crime of Arson, aud were he al- Built i Geoiana.wederal ayouste tal Toes, Shout gm Yor the nomination. Hen- tion ject. owed commutation upoa the full period of fourteen years—namely, three years and five montis—he would now be di ‘Tue agent, however, at Gricks is waiting and watching, Hoitman 14 on the track and will be ready 10 play into the baiKds Of 90 Now York manazers as Seymour did im 1458. Ber lors of # milton, Average nw of convicts Jor :ders—Tho 9 Yoar, 950, Wloss occupal were a3 Getting settled and becoming landnot cooks, 0. The | blacks In Georgia, just as an army of radical locusts of ok real And persynal estate 18 val about three-quar- tho State Employ Its Own: Con- nny CONSPIRACY TO OVERTHROW BAEZ, Prison shocinakers, carpenters, laborer @ recent inverview with the highest aurpority in the a i viets—Cliaton as an Ex. borth wing of Lye pruion Gontaus 649 celis, the souta | State, Waa advised that the man's cr utauon, a8 | ts invading the State to arouse them to fresh acts of | moat is sell! at the head Me tbo spt to oe ample of Relorm—Sing Sing eXtension 142, and the new extensigy 400, ‘There 14 | the statute at present exists, must 06 awarded OL | yiojenco against the whites. cry mittee and we oust not he cou i agers “4 a suop Where sasied aud Diinds are manutactured, | is two abstrace terms ol imprisoumont, Waich 1s or en on aaa ond if he gi0u.d cal a Failure—The Prison stool shop, soe, kame, Cabinet, reaper and mower, | seven years xed #6 one year aud tree months, and ¥rom bad to worso—Western papers dropping pol | woul ofan, foundry aid axie shop. In this insiatuyon tue thus the preseat law deprives him of eleven months’ | tics and taking up Mrs, Stowe's self-defence. \ rs WAITING FOR CONGRES3. Association, teace sysiom of employing Convict iavor receives ite | commutation of seu! for good conduct, In any "Know nothing polley—Ben Hii, of Georgia,advises NEW YORK ORTHOPEDIC DISPENS. ARY. best development, ibe convicts come event it is only upou @ warraat froin the Governor the people of that State to ao nothing—say 00- wluost Whol trom the rural disttlots and are abic pouled that A man whoge time has been commuted ior good Tho mail steamship Tybee, Captain Delanoy, ar- eneraliy an customed to labor. It , readily observed, | beiavior can be discharged rom the prison. thing,” in thelr present difficulties, But “acts epeak ‘Tne question a8 to wheter the present system of | t00, that discipline 18 more easily matutained, aud | ‘nat the financial condiuon of wo prison is im- Tecndteat word Avemh Mocting of the Presper iene’. Sf rived at this port yesterday afternoom from St. Do- convict labor iaures to the benoti t coutractors assert thas the labor is wortu twenly per | proviag tt will only be necessary to mention the t © Pationts and the Good Things They Ree x a Haytt, via Puorto Plata, It was expected 1 tb Of the State or to | cent more than at Sing Sing Prison, bus sor ihe iwst | fact ‘hat the aunual report for the year ending Sep. | A naughty sudject—-The Mormon knot. How tO] ceivedWhat This Charity Has Accom. | go and Hay! the Luterest of muividual contractors may be safcly | twenty years it Las shown ap average ananal deficit, | tember JO, 1862, which has beon forwarded | unrayal it without the aid of the sword of an Alex- plished in Its Treatment of Poor Children that the United States commissioners sent by the Qssumed from th> most recent stausiics as veing a | Jose best Inormed say that under taihful, eoo- | to tie Stuie Prisom Inapoctors, shows & gain to tbe | anaor isa puzzle. D f tie Spine | #overument to negotiate with tne Dominican au. nomic management With just ¢ on Idr } State of $41,000 over the Agures of preceding for Diseases and Deformitios of the Spine Positive 1oas to the former and profitable only to the | javor tuts Prison ‘snould be not ‘woll-eua- | year. a hexgurr Bad for Georgia.—A Georgia paper says carpet- and Hip Joint. thorities would return in the Tybee, re latter aud those most neariy concerned in the por | taluing, but in & position to @ rev. swat THE FKISUN aso0UIATIUN 3." Daggers, Scala Wage onasne aauil ara to hold migh Th 1 f this nobje | to the delay in the settlement of the ‘ it ry : | Te discussing ine contract system in its various "1 he annual meeting of the trustans o nobie : potuation of tie contract system. It was started, | Sane, Fo) ee an 4 = See Vie | repu: Ra vore Prison Association dovtares | carnival nthat Stato for ayear or two. ‘The Mis | private charity wes held atthe commodious ay- | “etalls of the trenty fr the -annexation of Sainana, caused by the factious opposition of certain cuerilia politicians im the dark cload of hos- tlle witnesses surrounding and tormenting Baez, chief has been to pay chero for a long, long time, When will that piteh be hot? that cases are continually arising wher, for sone real or fancied injury, the contractor Jays claim to damages. For the most part these claims aro exag- inmates cheaper pap any pene amp ofa oe a yo ison, placed upon same footing ou, DIIZhE borhan We ore oujectionable feoin the stand: No doubt, Wilh tis best possible intantions and de- pensary, No. 1, Brosdwa, eterday ailernoon, signed a3 @ source of prosperous revenue to the 5 209 J, x and 1t was mado an occasion to agaln bring together State-and of ludusirial amelioration to the convict, Not of cuiside hovess industry, as ite Various imam: | erated; at other tues tiey aco nodoubs just. in | UNDopular among tho carpet-baggers—Governor | ine largo number of patlen:s (chlidxen of Loth sexes) That it bas failed in the scope of ite organization | Uractures are of a much more domessie nature than | eituer Gayo, If the State pays, the ty losa is | Atcorn, of Missisalppl, “So the farmer sows bis | which are now under its pao for diseases and | 94 the uncertain atuttude of Congress, the coumise cannes ve denied, while at the same time is ms Randly. 4 00He ots which ome can mene ‘uroctiy mo Gon muisigreuno @is, that, by” foros of the ‘contracs | *c-” deformities of the sping and hip joint, This institu. | SOWers did not take passage im the Tybee, Voluml- fair to measure it by the harsh and unylelding sian- | DO” ced: Wee ve ay labor ol our micohanics | tuo State binds and fctiers tteelf. ‘Suuld | Loouste migrating—Oarper-bhggers from Missis- | tion, which has bven in existence tor the past three | Bows despatches, which are understood to be vory Gard of judgmeat that nas been lately brought to } than tae wroughtiron producuous of the Clinton | its views of .pubiic policy chango and tue | sippl to the new placer in Georgia, years, accomplishing {ts work quictly, but | '™Periant, and a mamber of maps were brougnt. ‘bear on the subject in particular and influential | Muctorics. contract be abrogated it mass pay pny ‘The St. Louls Republican prodtots that tho Mis! gurely, is of that maturo to call forth the | Here, addresped to the State Department. The de.” quarters here ana elsewhere. Enough 14 already provea to inake it eviuent that when the State, dis- Pensing wiih the medium of contractors, contrives to secure a fulier Compensation for the labor of the convicts in such branches of industry as cannot be (aid to bring prison labor tnto injurious competion with the prodact of honest toil the penitentiaries of the State will be rendered se)f-sustaining aud the morde of tue prisoners Waproved tu many ways. THe CONTRACT SYSTEM means, the lowing at o fxed sum per “day for o Lunited period tne labor of convicts to certain per- ens Called Contractors, Itisthe duty of the agent @nd warden of ue prison to advertise When neces- sary for scalod proposals for @ certain number of Mon to be employed by contractors, say for five years,at @ parucular occupation, The State mr- mishes on its part the shops and the means for heat- ing them, together with keepers t@ control the men. ‘The contractor pruvides materials, Machinery, with the means of propulsion and ciuzena as instructors of the convicts m the diferent branches Of business in which they are employed. in some tnstances eitizon contractors are miroduced into the prison by the contracvors to ald in some portion of the Work, THEORIES PRO AND CON. The arguments ior and against the system are mumerous ebough to be tedious in the recital A Plausibte one tu favor of the inexpodiency of the State to manage the lavor of its convicts is that it would be an naposiiion upon the warden the doable Gutios of carrying on prison industries and conduct tng the discipitne; while, on the other hand, the wtro- @uction into the 1usiitution of an independent saper- Mncendent of industrics might lead to an unseenily @nd injurious confict between persons having in Some respects co-ordinate power. The State, too, it May be claimed in this way comes into the labor Market as producer, and thus contends with its own citizens, reducing by 1:8 competition the profits of their Ispor, and peruaps in some instances by forced gales artificially depressing the price of manoufac- tureré. Men fumiiiar with political economy may also urge that the State 19 but a poor Promoter of iinance; that its productive me- thods are expousive and ita whole manage ment of tdusirics imelicient. Against these Considerations we hear it advanced that it is not a question wheter the State shall eagage productive Mabor, which it 13 at liberty to decline, but ravher a probiem of how a master shail occupy the time of servants Wool he is Oviged to employ. lt may be Nkenod to tne case of an unwilling slave proprictor, Who bas persons on his hands who must be em- ployed, whom be would gladly discharge now, who must be discharged at a future day, ana whose tn- Struction and education in morals necessary to their coming /reedom he must care for a6 well aa bia own profit. itis imnposs:bie for such a proprietor to con- wider the finguciai question alone. Ke must regard ali the otper quesiivas wuicu prescat tue selves with an eye bo tae best wood of Ls employer and to tho wears Of sccieéy OR Whom they are Boon to LE Cast, as weil a8 Lo bis own pecuniary advantage. HOW THK SCATHS LIABLE TO SUFFER. The kid Of josses which the Stave is haple to from the coniraci system are supposed to be derived trom ‘these Buurce ‘ue power of the contractor w ex- @ct Blow rate of wages for tho men that he bires or Obber davorauie convitions in tie contract, reciaua- tions om ols part ior real or exaggerateu claims for damages occasioued wirougo tue alleged action of tne state, bad devts and cancelation of contracts; Corruption of keepers, saie to the State at an enor- Mous price oi His property or rights under a contract, Overwork und iis clvcts, and Lnaily, want of clash Acatiou among cuuvicis, PEKMICOUS BPFLOTS OF THR CONTRACT SYSTEM. 4t 18 eonteaded by those who oppose the contract Bystgyn that uausualiy uvd iuproperiy favorabie clauses are somietunes inserced ta Lhe contract, and that tie Moage in Which tne labor of the mén is ob- tuned at too iow a rate is either by combination @mong tue Coviractors themseives or else by fayor- ftism on the part of the State oflicers. This, of course, capuot help being a serious drawback to @ue heaithiul working of tae labor system fu the peutiwatiarics; bul thal it 1a accompanied py other features wilch oe:p tae verdigs of condeuna- tion the inspectoss themselves have frequenily ad- mitied. ‘Taree leading and serious objections are that it brings in contact with the men a Class of per- ons, Boch ws inres heip, teaumsters and foremen, as ‘well as Contracturs, Wnose mWrestd are not at al io common wita those of either the convict or the Btate, and whose iflucuce is destructive of tue * eifect of all primitive ruies aud reformatory disci- ine, The evidence that it is Mnacctaily & failure we ave in every year’s report of the inspectors. The mochanics of tie Siate believe it to be antagonistic to their Mitveres.4 fur very Obvious reasons. The evil eilecta on aiscipuve are too paipabie to necd discus. gion, While contraciora have grown rich beyond thou most sauguiue dreams Of avarice, the prisons have never ocea se.J-sustaining, Investigations of a long, careiui aud accucate cuaracter demonstrate thas walle be contractor receives two-thirds the Blare yois bus one-buird of the conyici’s labor, CLINTON PRISON. ‘This is one of the prisons woere the contract sys- tem has been aboiisied, and toe results have been giaiying im tue tynest degree. Prior to 1865 1b ‘Was mauaged upon the system of which we bave been speasiag, dud tt returued On annual deficit of $8),0uy. 1b WBs OCU Conducted Bince that time upon the priuciple os “State employ,” and tae tour Years show ant profivof over $25,000 each year, being @ Very considerabie dilference in the aggregate for tue quadreacai period. There has been an average per muutu of over 609 convicis, about tw70- thirds Oo. Whut wre emp.oyed in the Various branches Of the maauiacture Of icon and nas, the remamaer Dbeiwg occuvied us svoomakers, (alors, Cooks, Wall- ers, &¢, ibm prison 16 localed at Dannemora, six- tecn ines irom iiauseuurg. 1b was eatublisnea in 1544, ana covers an area of tuir'y-seveu ucred, to- Mord wih Laviug woodlands, from which to get ty BUpply Ol Cuarcual, OL 17,500 acres. The real @ud jersunal property 18 Valacd at @ trifle over a puli0n GOLas. ib 1 pleasantly and healtufuny locawcd, bas a prison dormivry 600 ieet long by unr Wiis, containing 644 Cells, ‘Wae Kitchen, diaing ball And Bioreruom ure mn che first story; the chapel, guardaouse aud armory in the second, and the los pitai im tae Laird story, Ine manulaciuripg depari- nent, Where yast quantities of nails are turned ous, 4s a3 Well Oruered wud Tey ‘the sort ag there is in the ‘Phe GuTereut buiidiugs scatvered over the grounds end surrounded by 4 primttive lookiug stockade are @ forge shop, eugie rom aud coal house, coal kuns, Tolling saul, inachiue and carpenter smops and ore separator, ‘Ticro is o raw raliroad and a plaok Toad over the MOuu.wins Wo the Coal kilos aud wood- lauds. The cousumption of charcoal jast year was Dearly 1,000,000 busaeis, There are two mines of fron ore—liali thine wad Thomas & Watson wine, The results of tio iow Bnd nail manufacturing for 186% were bot sO Satisfactory a3 they have been ior the past year; but there Was suMcient to Show that tho State in euploying fils Convicts acou well and wiseiy, In ised the Dnanves were in uD ubsetiied condition, producing a Geciind in Lhe Dall Market and cousiog manufactur. Ora to dispose of ther protucts at greatly reduced Oxures, On ts Sccuunt Many largo manufactories Suspeaded Operativas daring # portion of tue year, taking advautage of an expetient to reduce ex peuses that canuot be resoret wo by the stato in suco an emergency, as the labor employed being ©vavict lavor, and Lie Olficers and ‘foremen eagaged ‘Dy tho year, the expenses are Comtiuuous Whether $ne mea are 1dlo oO: epioved. ‘ Mr, Jobn Parkhurst, Agent and Warden of Citnton Prison, put is on record as als opmion after cereiui and weil considered atiention to the subject, that the aedcieucy shown in Loe exhibit of 1863 Was by no means & CouclusiVe arguuient against Ube feasibility oj renverng We prison soll-sustaining under the present systeb). Allowance must be made lor this undertaking a8 Much as fox hat of any of a private Mature. Large iuvesimenis had to be wade in Ynachinery, at a time, too, when prices were high Gud trade depresaed. Considering aii the circum. Biances, pertiays DO Labs cig of a Bintiar character has oxblvited, Buch grausying results or auch d iair wud satisfying prvspoct that in the future, When al! the workidg materiai of tae prison is paid tor, the revenue Will be caough to sustain itsef and pernaps make for uh ae arene nies the othor p-ntentiar.ca worked Under & diferent management angualy exbibit, “ AUBURN PRETO hee oa (a rotty generally Kiowa as tue oldest in the state, £ 4 GOOD REVR@UE FOR THE BTATB can be obiainea irom buth the marble quarries and the lime kilns of Stag Sing. Now, the quarries, which by the way are of Vast extent and excesdingly val- uabie Im polnt of material, M properly mauaged by the biale—aes they are its property—wu it unques- tonubly become a souree Of splendid reyen ie. At is geueraily adinitted that the quality of ihe stone is very superior, While the suppiy is said to b> almost inexbaustivie, It bas furnished the matertal for building of some of the new banks and isurance companies of this city, and ls every reason to believe that the demand will bewcreased. At present perhaps the largest quantity lor building purposes does not come frum Sing Stag, but if the guthorities take proper hecd—lovk to the matter for the benefit of the Dtate—Siug Sing will unaonbiediy be able to hy Tuarvle ip such iminense quantiues tha! will render the State Prison not only independent so far as its agif-custaining powers are conce! but make it Lue great source of an important revenue wo the Siate. As to cae lime Kilns it is easily vo be obscrved that the receipts {rom those works are much in ex- cess of the expenditures. 1613 aiso apparent that, taken out of the hunds of a self-interested, grasp couiractor and placed solely under the contre! o} the Siwie, Lhose lime kilos will redound inost credi- taoly to 163 udvantages, Surely it is the desire of ali fuibncul legisiators to enrich the State they re. prescutl, and no source should be left undiscovered, Aitdouga the Outlay 13 Comparatively tasignificant 8 cumpared with the receipts, tiey would have veeh mucd greater bad more men been employed aud the adiitional kins, somo time since commenced tO De bulls, been Rosned. ‘the facts speax ior tuem- selves. Furst of all, according to the inspector's re- port, the toiat cost'o! a kiln does not exceed $6,000, Wuea the present arrangements are perfected proba- bly 1,000 oarreis of lime will be burned every day, tne profit on éac. one sold being oue dollar. During tne yoar 260 men have been at work; but tae cncourage- wicut has been so great and tue prospects 80 goud that the number will sbortly be doubled. Indeed there is Overy Lope that @ vast mine of weaith nas here boon discovered, aad if properly worked it wail most assuredly repay even ordinary attention on the part of the State authorities, while tne State itseif will be cousiderably enriched thereby, It ta plain, therefore, tual contractors can no longer retaim to tucmiseives a great source of riches taat properly belongs to and ought to bo taken advantage of by tue diate iseli, since the ist of July, 1488, tne quarries Of Stug Sing have been worked directly for the state, Provious to that time 100 men were em- ployed on them by contract, The average mouthiy earalugs Were t4en $1,00). Under the altered sya. tom 120 able-bodied imen and @ squad of invalids have earned $6,000 per month, and this result, it is believed, ts capable o: large increase. SING SING, a3 everybody knows, 13 situate on tho cast bank of t@o Hudson, aud is distant from New York about tuirty-two Iniles. The mate prison was established in 1525 and the female prison ten years alterwards. she area of the prison ground covers nearly seventy- elgii acres, the real and personal estate beng valued aL abvur $1,000,00% Number of conyicts last year 1,70, whose ocoupations were principally upon cou. tracts ior individuals making chauis, opening quar- ries, Which produce bailding marbie, lime tluxion and maroe dust. The men are also employed as Salors, sucemakers, carpeuters, lavorers, cooks, &¢., while the jemaies are generally employed in waking and repairing conyict clotming and general help, ‘there are cavinet, malleable iron, sho, saddery, hardware end chain shops; warble aust mull, lime store house and other ike concerns tvrouvhout the grounds. Toe mate prison contains 1,101 cells, ta six Liers, and phat of the female prison 117, THE DEBIT AND CREVIT ACCOU are interesting im their way. It appears that the total cost of mainiaining the prison for the past year Was $977,162 65. Compared with the earniugs Of the insutition it seems largo, bur otherwise shows a decrease or expenditure. i¢ 1s couidentiy hoped, however, that it ill now be long before Sing Sing becomes a seif-sustainwg establishment. ‘The cost of maintensace is wiviced as follows, accora- lug to the Inspector's report:—Male department, $001,082 $7; femule department, $25,009 93. The total receipls were $264,165 08—irom the male de- partneat, $260,099 12; temale deparcment, $4,063 96, leaving a deliciency of $105,999 47 vo be provided for by the state, Last year the to.al expenditures Were $827,359 92 aad the receipts $180,929 34, loay- ing a deficiency to be provided for of $146,630 63, Tha cost to the State of the prison tor the past year 1s thua suown to bo $37,631 11 less than for the preced- lag year. During tus year the average cost of sup- perting each convict for rations only was a3 follows:-— For mules, 17 8-10 cents per day, Or $5 4334 for the month; femates, 27 2-10 cents per day month. loctuding all items, per day:—! cents per day, or $22 42 per Mou; female, 54 ceuts per day, or $1653 per month. Looking at the debit ac- count it is found That the items from which the tore- guing stavement is made are as follows:—In the male prisoo—Kations, $52,843; eficers’ salaries, $90,020 63; clothing anu bedding, $31,706 21; m: $49,502 51; O11 and Tuél, $14,124 33; building pairs, $10,893 83; hospital, $3,243 12; discharged convicts, $1,047 14; grain and feed, $2,606 62; stn. Uonery, $1,974 20; furniiure, $1,162'43; marbie and iupe Works, 267,939 76; Chain works, $12,139 09; total, $851,082 07. In the female de ent— Omcers’ salaries, $8,033 07; goncrai support, $17,435 31; total, $24,009 98. The prison, on we other hand, mace the following earnings:—Contract earnings, 45,976.75; misceilaneous, $33,653 75; United States convict board, $4,915 40; mlutary con- de Vict board, $1,225 17; convicts’ visitors’ fads, $42L 69; cou Junds, $02 82; Westchester ~ marble Mme works, — $123,014; Westchester chain works, $22,378 60; total, $204,900 12. The contract earnings are from the following Bources;-—Shoes, $27,524 03; Cabinet, $6,685 45; soddiory, hardware aud harness, $23,112 50; and malleable irom, $9,638 40; total, $65,915 75, In the semale prison the receipts from coutact Work were 74,063 96. It is of couree to be regretied that the chuin works lave stopped, haviug proved a failure, waule, tn order to carry on the busi- ness hereto(ore, the State has peen called upon to Wake up a desiciency Of $27,002. SING BING VS. THR PRISON ASSOCIATION. Those in whose hands have been piaced the gov- erlimental affata of Sing Siug Prison are at present Very lndiguant at tie ineevuracies which tuey aitege AvoULA in tne lately adopicd report of the New York Prison Association, a synopsis of which appeared mm the HesaLp of Weduesday, 27h December last. in viow of the stutens hereinafter altuded to it ta diMcult to conceive how ile New York Prisou Association, ¥ ite facilities for obtalning correct informadon, conid compile matter ta 1s re- port which, 113 charged, is ab Variance with mauy existing features in tie prison Tianagemont. The philanturopic spirit wich actuates the members of ie asgociauon alluded to is deserving of the highest commendation; but there 14 no douvt that in some Jeatures its excess of humanity nusieads tts better jucgment. [tis but just that tose Who lave charge of Ute largest penal metitation of the Mupire Stace stouid not suiler irom wiarepresentation, expecially where thgir reputation i most neariy and delicately concerned; yet, nevercheless, so exceileuta body of men us compose the New York Prison Association could not otherwise than inadvertently commit tne oa the authorines of Slag Sing Boek io correct. THR ALLEGED INACCURACIRS sald to be contutned in the report before referred to, and pointed out by the ofictais, at Sing Siag Prison, are, Mirsc, the assertion that “there is Dot a single liprary 1 any prison in tho State and very tew books,” while it appears that im tue prison named there is @ library coniaining more that 4,000 volumes, under the direct control of the chaplain, To tits collection additions are being constantly made from appropriations already authorized by the Legisia- ture for thaé purpose, aud expended at the disere- luou of the agent and Warden. Again, with reference to ta0se employed as teach- ers in the prison, tt is made to appear in the report that these mdividualiy recelye, for ‘104 hours! tiiag and labor, $14 60 per hour, or $1,600 per annum.?? ‘The existing facts in thia case are that iour teachers ure employed im che male prison and one in the female department. The duties of the former com- prise teaching for two houra every night, except Lhose of Saturday and lay, and they receive as compensation $300 per aunam. For stmiler duiles the lemale teacuer draws & salary of $200 por annua. Shouid any tune be lost by the teachers it is careialiy noved ia the clerk’s office and a propor touaie deduction made from their salacies, contract system is made the subject of severe denunciation, buing characterized as ‘one of the Greatesé swindics that was ever foisted upon the biate.” It is charged tu the report that tt is optional with convicts who work for contractors to do little or Liuch tor tucin, and usually exact sums of Dyoney oe ake labor, and With Lhié they procure bitcd ria, Mmoral plotures and [tersjuye frou the prison: puthorities,”” Noy. it pray be known Ls the Prisca ABSOCIALION that 1a contract work every con- Vict lias his task laid ont, and this he 1s compelled to periorm; should he do mors than is gilotted to hia he is allowed for it by the contractor, and this mousy, Instead of being given to the convlgt, 18 de- posited monthly by tue contractor with the agent to vue credls Of fuo couvict entiticd thereto, and under no circumstances are the men aliowed to receive auy portion of tae money yutu discharged pom tbe Ju many of these cases, had the State iweil em| ‘We couvicts, there would bave veen no loss, but & sunple change of labor from one oranca of business to Guother. Alluding to a printing convract tor 1868 tuey say that atter the inspectors had entered imto the contract much public dissatisfaction arose ‘that Convicis should bo employed in this busiuess, owing to an apprenension that the compensavion of Printers might be reduced. ‘These views prevalied with the Legisiature and the contract was nuliitied, ‘The contractors set up a claim for.$75,000 dauaces— claiming that the men whom they hired tora few ceuts per day were worth several dollars. Had the ‘State managed the industries thore Would have been but a transfer irom one department of labor to another, with such alight lo3s ag might follow upon ‘w sale of materiuls. Farther on they contend that when the inspectors Dave male u coutract with which they are dissatia tied aud which is not prohibited by law their-only recourse 18 to buy out the interest of the contractor: He then sets his price extremely igh; and the men whom a littie while beforo he considered worthiess and of no account now become most valuebie work- men, and his views of prospective protits kindle his imagmation, He is determmed—tie imspectors are indiifereat; he ts prompted by self-interest—tne in- apeciors buve @ ianguld sentient for the public good. ‘The stronger party wins, aud the contract 13 sold at enormous rates, ‘whoy a'80 argue that it 18 plain that the self-inte- rest of the contractor Will often bé opposed, tu par- ticular instances, to the disciplive Oo: the tnstituuon @ud she bighesi good of tho coavicts If the contractor “18 @ man of determination he adopts the one or the ovher of two courses; he eituer drives away the Keeper who resists iin or reso. ts to ihe inore quiet process of corrupting li. How much of this 18 “done 16 1s impoasivie to say. Testimony oa such a point ts not easily accessvle, ‘There is enough evidence, howover, to Blow that ib ‘BxISts. Jn speaking of the pdlitical influence at work tn Ue prisons there 1s force in the following:—Iuspec- tors naturally regard their position a3 a prize gained in an exciting political contest insvead of consider- img ib as @ Bacred.trust. To tuem the appointment of warden and keepors 18 & source Of political power ravher than so means of promofing the in- terest of tho prisons and prisoners, ‘The inavctal returns to (ue State are secondary Go the advantages Which wil! accrue to themselves. Ofticers are thud selected without regard to thoir fitness or adminis- trative ability, but on party or personal grounds. We do nov-assert that ali iaspectora are governed by such Considerations; but the tendency of the system ig in thia direction, and the resalta pointed out do arrears and indeed constantly mae, Tag influence thus operating on tae inspectors is céminmaicated to all the oMeers, through the uncer- tainty of oficial tenure. Every officer holdg nis postiion at the mere pleasure of a mujority of the inspectors. As there are but three mspectory, ti majority shifts from side to side almost year py ear. ‘Thia state Uf things Operates tnjurtousiy m many ways. It preventa the growin in the warden of the spirit of self-respect and of independent action. His office hangs upon. the sieudor thread of the imspectors’ pleasure, or, What la more Variable still, the political uscen- daucy of thts party or that. Instant removal may foil the least dissatisfaction, and it is certain to follow every turn in the political wheel. No churges heed be made, no reasous given; the order of remo- val itseif 13 all-suMfivient. The interest of officers under such astate of things can be but elight. The salary ta low, and but little adminisirative ability can be fairly expected. Meu having such qualities would not naturally be thought of, or if thoy were could not in general be procured. If they were pro- cured they would have little or no field for the dis- play of their talents. The inferior officers are in laany iustances novoriousiy unwortuy of their posi. ions. ‘The foliowing tabies will snow the contracts at Sing Sing Prison for the years 1809 and 1870, the carnings of tue Westcnester Marbie and Lime Works for the year ending September 80, 1869, and the former occupations of tue prisoners in the prison:— CONTRACTS AT BING BIN@ ELISON. No. of | Price per Contractors. Convirte, | “Day. Noha Yh dand (4. Johnson & Uo. 6 = [40 cents. yoars,..|Bigelow & Trask.) 150 |40 cents. Foar,t,:|Georgel. Trask.| 100 |& conte: +/9 months./George L. Trask. SU cents, iff peat. | °H Woodeut| 1p 149 Genta ih 18) [$0 conte: 17,164 aos Stock on hand October DOvts DUO eeeeeee eee Baraingr ovey expenditures... PRISONERS. -ediers. FORMER OOCUPATIONS OF 8 palaces. x Bookkeepers . Bricklayers... Burnishers, Butchers. f) Cabinet mga reerrerecter Mert ra ich eHaewcakannen I Bi Total... THE KING OF CLUBBERS. A Policeman Held to Bail for Brutally Beat- ing « Citizen. Michael Lynch, a liquor dealer, restding at 95 Tenth avenue, corner of Sixteenth street, appeared before Justice Shandley, at Jefferson Market Police Court, yesterday morning, and made application for w Warrantfor the arrest of officer Henry B. Coy, attached to the Sixteenth precinct police, charging hia with assault and battery. It appears that on Wednesday morning, about four o'clock, Lynoh weut into 8 Saloon at the corner of Twénty-second street and Eighth avenue fox the purpose of wetting 8 stew, and there it & friend, A police. man, Whom he asked to indulge with him. While they were in the saloon Coy camo, tn dressed in full uniform and commenced abusing On account of ® previous charge he had made against him beforo the Board of Police Commissioners, calling him a son of 4 ——, and threatening to “puta head on him,” etating he was o pretty Sucker tO make & charge After abusing him some ti against auy person. he threw off his coat and belt, strack him in ¢) face, knocking hi down, beating and kic! him in & brutal manner. Fearing he would bo killed Lynch preteaded to have swooued, when Ooy put ou his coat and prepared to leave the saloon, ex- clatming, “Keep te gon of 8 —In there util 1 get away. The two mon in charge of tho saloon, after Coy's exit, locked the door and prevented Lynch irow going out. He finally succeeded in funing the pavenient, when he met & policeman and demanded of him to arrest the parties in the saloon, but the officer refused to envert his oul At this stage of the proceedings Coy ngala ade his dppear. ance and begai reatening to put using Lyned, thi and kill him it he did not move on He then requested Coy to arrest the of him gad dragged him two blocks away atation house, threatening to kill him if he did not get away, Nearly blinded and inaonalble from the etfacts of the beating at the hands of Coy, he made his way to the station house and claimed protection from the sergeant in command; and while waiting Coy agala made his appearance and attempted to beat hun in the station nouse, The sergeant dotalied an oiltcer to accompany him home, whero he lay confined to his bed for three days. ‘A Warrant Was issue? and placed in the hands of omMicer Kelly, of the Court eqand, and the pugnacious “cop? was yesterday afternoon arr , and gave bonrts in the sum of $600 to appear at ihe Special Sed sions and answer the oharge. Mrs, Lynch on Saturday afternoon preferred a complaint against Coy belore the Board of Polica GomipWaonors. ; souri teat oath case will be decited before tho first of Fepruary, Then there will Lo one bother out of tho way. Cry of Stop Thief—Tne cry of the radicals that the Gemocratio leadors in this State aro working to ef fectaspiit among them by esta>lishing @ second Republican General Committer, ‘The Savaunah Repudlican comes to the defance of Goneral Terry, now military rulor of Georgia. It exhorts them not to be too hasty m the condemna- tion of the General. Satan is not aiways 8o black as he 1s painted. It is oxpected that Nebraska will ratify the fif- teenth amendment, at an extra session of the Legis- lature, between the 10th and 20th of #ebruary. Misgourt having ro-ratifed the constitutional amendment, the question is mooted a4 to whether she can bo counted tivice in favor of the provision as against New York’s one voto ia uuratifying it. Its @ ratting piece of business ail round, Missouri on universal suffrage and universal amnesty. Aye! aye! ‘The Nashville Republican Banner says the Tennes- sce Senate lacked one of @ ‘quorum’ the day before, Is it fair to assume that the Senators lacked sup- plying themselves, under tho rale, with the article specided in the lasteyliable of tho word quoted? Shades of old Robinson county no doubt forbade it. ‘Tho Missouri radicais are gald to bave up bill work. Tho State organ declares that the party is pusily engaged in putting things in order so that it shan’t split—‘Just as a good teamster looks to his harness before he reaches a steep hill.” A Wesiern radical organ catia tho New York demo- crats Dogberrys, because they have resciaded the resolution ratifying the fifteeuth amendment, It is a question about those days, whtch party deserves the cretut of velag called Dognorrys, or of being written down asses. The radicals are in a muddie and the democrats are becoming crotchety. The sare paper expresses the belief that before February closes twenty-elght States will hayo ratified the amendment, making the requisite constitutio, aumber, The quesiton is, ‘What number of state have ratified the amendment?" not “What numpe have un-ratified it,” “As New York has already rati- fled It, she wiil, no doabt, be counted in when the proper time comes. ‘The Illinois Constitational Convention ts in full blast in Springfield. It has not yet touched upon a provision in regard to divorces, There will be a florco tussie over the woman’s suffrage question, but it will probably be carried. Some of the pettifogging polliicians io indiana object to having their State stigmatized by being called the State of ‘‘ant!-matrimony.”” They prefer to have it siyled “the State of allmony’—~a condition of things in which their pockets are interested when young wives obtain divorces from rich old hus bands. . ‘The Memphis Conservative rejoices in the reflection that the radical party. no longer unanimously en- Guises tho Yiowe ul PouaWr Drews, of Miuaonri, and Predicts there will bes spilt in tho party. The New York Zribune rakes the Senator over the coals on account of tho movement toward removing from the United States Supreme Court the power to decide upon the constitutionality o1 the acts of Congress. Bat the St. Lonis Democrat asks, ‘Because a man gets tired of hash every day is that a sign that he will stop eating or tnat he should change his board- ing house?” We suppose we shall next have “eel soup’ introduced—another boarding-house delt- cacy—as an illustration of Western politica. Any- thing for a wriggle. ‘The Mormons sre rampant over Cullom’s Utah bill. Brigham’s organ swears by tho pillars of Nauvoo that it would rather see the land converted into a wilderness than that one of the enemies of the Church shall enjoy undisputed the fruits of the toll of the faithful. Its unfortunate for the Mormons at this juncture that there should be so much bicker. ing among themselves, Besides, Brignam is grow- ing old syd rasty, although still very bitter; and be- sides, furthor, the children born in Mormon wedlock when the institution was being established are now grown to manhood and womanhood, and when so- Clal intimacies with other people are touched upon, aud when questions affecting rights to property and the relationalip oetween brothers and slaters, frst cousins and cousins-german, and go on, arise, itis difficult to draw distinctive lines, thinga are so very mixed. Uncle Sam had better prepare for a smart little Mormon rebellion. According to the Augusta Chronicle the democracy hold the State of Georgia by 90,000 majority, The bavannah Republican knows but two or three re- publicans tn that city who endorse the reconstruc- tion acts of Governor Bullock. Referring to the message of Governor Hoffman, of our State, the Charleston Courter says it will add to the reputation of the Governor ‘‘as one of the rising and leading statesmen of the country.’? Tae North Carolina Legislature ts in @ broil about fnew local war bill. Let as have peace. One thing ts pretty certain—if Virginia is not to be allowed t6 come tato the Union her raflronas aro going out, They are apreading out everywhere, South Caroiina democratic papers are congratu- lating the people upon the tide of Northern emigra- tion that is beginning to flow into that State. Daniel Walsh, alleged wife murderer, has been reprieved by the Governor of {Ilinois. Wheretpon a Olicago paper perpetrates the following atrocious soml-political note:— - “still live,""—Danier { Wyenster- Senator Ross and Cornelins Wendell—“If *twere done wien ‘tis done thon ’twore well tt were Wen- del quickly.” “CHASE AID THE PRESIDENCY, (From the Cincinnati Gazetie,) Chief Justice Chase aspired to the democratic nomination for the Presideacy in 1388, and was dis- appointed. He now aspires to the nommation for that high office by the democragic party in 1872, and recently it has m generally supposed that he would be selected, js now it looks as of the democratic leaders had concluded not to make that bag ree gen! New York leaders were in correspond- ence with the democratic managers in ‘this Brae ju arg to ny ndmen' wih, d ¥ a ‘4 aispendi aston nl tt should be decided whether Chase or some other Dian should be the ential candidate In 1872, Tf Chase should be decided upon, New York would not open t to rescind the ratification of the Fif- teenth Aniéndment, and Onio democrats would per- mit the Legisiature of this State to ratify. Chase, it ‘was alle |, Would secure a large portion of the col- ored yote, provided the Fifteenth Amendment, which he favors, should be adopted, and with the Chief Justice as the standard bearer in 1872 policy ‘Would dictate to the democracy the abandonment of bil freee to the amendment. if at a8 the democratic New York Legislatare resolution rescinding the ratification, it ia to be conciuded that the New York manutactur- ers of democratic candidates have abandoned Ohase, and that there tg to be no new departure in 8 12, ‘The democratic party for ten years has been the party of folly. Iu adhering to anti-war doctri anti-war candidates, sn anti-negro policy and ai m ve doctrines it haa organized deieat, From ail this experionce it has learned nothing. It 1s Joined to its idol. Of cqurse tue leaders are not fools enough to think of ruubing Chase upon an anti-negro piatform. Of course Chage 18 not silly enough to suppose that ho highest encomiums upon its founders, among whom @re mapy of the frat geatiomem and some of the brightest ornaments of the medical profession of tho city. The gratuitous service which the faculty of the dispensary hag rendered to doformed and crippied children, by providing them wich instruments and by attendance, has aizorded eMoactous relict to Bev- eral hundred littic one3; and while shoir lives have aoformity, an inestimable blessing has at the sume time been rendered to the community, as now, with been made happy in being retteved from disease and the use of their limba gud joints, they are growing up to be self-supporting and forming a part of the workers and the weaitn'of tho coun:ry; not, as before, neglected ane early dving, or living crippled an de ormed, subsisting on cuarity—a burden aud a sor- row bo those all avout taem, Gathored in tie fare room of the dispensary were about one undred of the pationis, from the prat- tling child of two years to the intelligent girl or boy of fiteen or more summers, tie wayoricy in charge of their parents, “It was a sceno winch giaddened the heart of every adult pres nt, #3 boivre them was the embodiment of health, vigor and beauty, ives of prospective usctulness aud enjoyment, wae: but a short ume ag Was dissase, de.ormity and dis figurement of the “naman form divine?’ In the front. ofthe room were five large wees of evergreens, Jaden WALt ariic.es of couifo.t, designed to be given to each child, such as gioves, tippeus and woollen comforters, waile scores of coruacopias, filled with toothsome goodies, were also visible, aud (be eyes of tae iy | chidren sparkled anew as they saw thom, with & tabie arranged he's, middle of the roo, from which they Wor to farnished with a substantial junoh, Mr, James Brown called the company to order, when all was 1 reaainess, und asked Dr. Char.es F. ‘Tayior co explain che character oi tne charity, Which 1n a few sentences be did modestly and applopriacely. ‘Vhe gifis were then distr.baved bo toe Calureu, the Junch partaken of and wae bright cyes aud happy hearta Went to (heir homes aud their roo:ue, Alter this pleasant work had dveu-d spensed with the annual meeting of the trusiees was held aad reports suomtiwed irom Assistant surgoous 1. A. L. i@ and David O. Carr, abd 280 trom Surgeons . Taylor and W. KB. Vermiye, From tose 3 the following statisitval Mormation was obtained relauve ty the patients:—Admitied during, the year, 335, 01 Which 227 came under® treatment; of these 16 had rece.ved previcus treatment, Now under treatment, 214; of these 409 for Potis’ disease of the spine, 40 for disease of the bip joint and 24 for o:her orthopedic ©.18e8, ‘Phe assistant surgeons have visited dary the year 275 pacicnis at tne residences, while the pavients who have visited the dispensary since ft ‘Was founded foot up to the number of 3,074, Makes @ Lobii of patiouts beented for that time 4,545, Since November 1, 1568, tuere have beon bui tive deatus ginong tue patients, three of whieh were conscyueot Upon the diseases incident to clulunood, ‘Luis Is really @ grauiyiug exhibit, and speaks volumes for {ne humane, gentic and successia! treatment prac- v Subsequently an election for twen! took piace, with the tollowme result:. S W. Coe, Willlam KE. Douge, alexander Frear, James Bourman Joanston, Kobert Lenox Keuneoy, U, A. Murdock, Robert S, Newton. Howard Potier, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles F. Taylor, W. kdward Vermilye, David V. N. Wiliams, Morgan Sn der, Joon i. Aspinwall, David Dowas, Aliau Camprell, Roswell D. Hitcvcock, Robert Wiathrop, William b, Ogden, F. 8. Winston, Samuel Ha wk. The ‘trustees when elected tho following ofticers and appoined the subjoined surgeons tur the dis- nsary:—Presilent, 4ames Brown; V! @ President, TA jardocn; § eRar’ loware rows. urer, Theodore hooseveltt Surgeoun chaise fay: lor, William E. Vermilye; Assistant Surgeons, Toomas M. L. Chrysue, David C. Carr; Consulting Surgeons, Wiilard Parker, William H. Van Baren, ©. R. Agnew, Jonn ‘I, Metealf, rnest Krackow1zer. 7 THE NEW YORK FOUNDL! An Influential Association Formed to Farther Its Intoreste—Meeting of Prominent Citizens at Delmonico’s=“ihe New York Foundiing Hospital Association” Established. The interests of the Foundling Hospital, under charge of the Sistera of Cuartty, which has just been established in our city, has excited the universal support of all classes. So truly charitable and beneficial an object cannot fail to bring out the warmest interest in the hearts of our community. A new impetus has been given to this support which promises to be of vast beuelit to the advancemeut of the iosutution, A meeting was held on sunda: evening at Delmonico’s, corner of Fourteentl street and Fifth avenue, at which were Ppp ent mauy tbe most intuential gnd re- spectabie of our fellow citizens. This meeung was called jor the purpose of aiding and assisung the Fo Hospital, aud was couveued by circu- Pultached the names of Mr, John Supervisor Walter Roche, Mr. Dennis Dono. and Mr, Micbael J. Cody. Among the gentlemen ton the occasion were Judge Dennis Gane Wm. J. Kane, Postmaster Patrick HB. Jones, Sevator Thomas Creamer, James H. Cole van, Jere- Miab Quinlan and cthers. On motion, Mr, James if, Coleman was made tem- pory president of ie meeting. Joun Fox bere entered the room, when that gentle- man Was ubanimously elected president of the meet- ing amid mich enthusiasm. Supervisor Walter Roche was clected treasurer, and Messrs. Dennis O'Donoghue and John F, McGowan, secretaries. ‘The Vresident then stated the object of tae meet- ing, and remarked that the immediate business waich called them together was for the purpose of getting up @ lecture in aid of the Founditng Hospital. 8. 8. Cox had promised to lecture at the Ccoper In- stitate on “Spain,” on the evening of the z(th inst, After the lecture had been given it was proposed thas the organization should be made a perwancat out Senator Creamer moved that the organization be titled “The New York rounding Hospital Associa- tion,” which was aaap ied. The price of tickets for the lecture was put down atone dollar, and each gentietian present gave his name for a certain number, The temporary establishment for the foundiings is at present at No. i7 East Twolith sirect, a descrip- tion of which has alveady appeared in tue UgRALD. ‘There lj not @ quarter envugn accommodation tor the large number of children to be attended to, and aconstant increase is taking place. -At present there are 160 children tn the Institution, whica is under the charge of Sister Trene. THE MARINE SOCIETY. noe Annual Meeting and C Yesterday. whe Marine Society of the City of New York held its annual meeting and centennial celebration yes- torday afternoon, at four o'clock, at Kolb’s Hotel, Pearl street, Hanover square. After calling the mieeting to order the following oficers were elected for the year 1870:—President, John M. Ferrier; frst vice President, Ambroise Snow; second vice presi- dent, vg French; treasurer, Kinney Coulllard; secretary, Captaim Perkins, About fifty members were nt. An address by the President followed the close of business routine, ta whieb he stated that the income of the soclety for the year 1869 was $105,000, which was expended for the benefit of the widows of deceased seamen, mem - bers of the society, who had died without pro- rty. Mr. Butier, the attorney for the society, lowed with a few remarks, THe stated that George Washingtou and Governor George Ciinton, of New York, were honorary members oi the society, and read their autograph letters of acknowledgment on being elected in 1780. He also stated that the origi- nal charter was granted tothe socicty in 1770, by the Colonial Secretary of tie Britisn government. ‘The charter was shown at the conciuston of the ad- dresa, Iie couciuded with a touching tribute to tie men Who perl their lives py going ‘down to the sea in ships,”? and to their humane and beneficent acts tn succoring the widow and the orphan. The meeting was subsequently adiressed by Mr, Murphy, the Kev. Mr. Jones, chaplain of toe Sailor’s Snug Harbor, and py Cnaries H. Marshall, Jr., when the society adjourned to the dining room to partake of @ generous Co! Corron Movina.—Cotton begins to move from the South in a lively manner. On the sist of December Savannah sent off threo vessels laden with the pre- cious staple for Liverpool, the total clearances on that day making 8,701 bales, weighing 3,023,486 one and representing @ value of pear gpe million ollars, HOSPITAL, Fox, ht satchos, there 1s reason to believe, go to prove hat the reiterated statements of the desire of tho Dominican annexed to the United Stated had ample foundation. ‘The maps were prepared with great cars, and are ins tended for the use of the State and Naval depart menis, but it 13 possiolo that members of Congress will ghortly bo furnished with coptes. Mr. Perry ‘will remain with Baez until the opinion of Congress on he bat, efforts to which 1s actively at work fomenting discord on the island and creating hostilixy towards the United States, Mr, Sullivan, who weat out with the com missioners, also remains at Samana awaiting events, It 18 reported that a number of Americans are al- ready in St. Vomingo prospecting, ln the hope thas Congress will soeedily fallin with the manifest de- sire of the administration for the acquisition of this nigger-riiden and desirable tsiand. people to have thelr country annexation question is ascertaimed; will use bis bes’ British tfluence in the meanwhlie, counteract § the Opposition of the European Representatives to Amorican Annexation—John Bull Head of tho Heap—Oer Majesty’s Consul In a Fixe De Bends a Conspiracy Agninst Baez—Busle ness Improving—The Poople Pleased at the Iden of Annexytion. Si Dominco, Dec. 28, 1809. ‘The British government has Leon caught la a very awkward prodicumant here In tho Dominican repud- lie, and everybody in tue Secvet is wondering Low Jobn Bull will back out of this very close corner, All the European Consuls are opposing, a3 @ matier of course, the public demustrations im favor of annex- ation tu tue United States; but asa rule they manage their opposition with # decent reserve, the ouly no- forious exception to the rule being tho Uagiish Con sul at Puorto Plata, ‘Tats port being the chiet trading place on the north coast of the Dominican territory miny forelga mer- chants have settled there, and among them are men ¢o biind to thelr own Interests thas they are resistiug, by every means m their powor, the popular desire to wicrge this country in the Union. Mr. Farrington, tie British Consal, ts openly and actively at the head of the anti-American party on tne north site of this island. It would ap- pear sufficient'y bad taste in him to maka himself conspicuous by loud ainner-table abase of the Baez administration, but it seems her Britian Majesty’s Consul did not stop at sharp talking against the government to which he ts accredited. He is charged with haying p!auued & revolution and conspired to bring about the overthrow of Baez by the free use of British gold. He barfatved wits. three or more officers or the Dominican army to divide betwecn them individually abont $19,009 1f they would ‘‘de- clare against Baez and annexation.” Arms and vessels were to be supplied, and were, in fact, in proparation at Turks Isiand, Tortola and other noighbdoring colonies vo renow the invasion of Samana by Luporon when tho tidings of its cession to che Uniled rated leit upon them jike a thander- bolt. ‘The silent promptitude of General Grant ia closing the bargain and taking possessiou of Samana upset all thetr calculations, and some of the oldest aad flercest opponents of Baez took time by the fore- lock vy turning Staie’s evideace, Some curtous letters, from’ most je niang quarters, were thus brought before the Dominican Cabinet; but no name inoulpated caused more sure prise and resentment taan that of Mr. Farrington. ‘rhe charge against the English Consul at Puerto Piata is taat he tried to bribe Dominican’oftcers to rise im rebellion against their government, It is thougnt that President Baez was inciined to get over the master a» quiet appeal to the British gov- ernment for bis removal} but the Senators, to whom the pavers were privately submitted, demand that. Mr. Farrington shali be arrested and publicly put upon triai, his exequalur being tirst withdrawn, Four-fiftns of the Senate advocate annexation, and are, therefore, savage on those foreigners who are using their official standing to prevent it. Mr. Far- rington, the Enghsh Consul, is not beiteved to be so rich that ne would willingly expend $10,000 ina cash present from hw own et, besides at least an equal vontribution for muithiy purposes, merel “to keep the greedy Yankees out of tuts talan’ 7 if Lot he, who 9 ths piper? Hayti—Salnave’s Hasti—is now running three dependent governments, having respectively Port au Prince. St. Macc and Jacmel for their capitals, Port au Prince, of Western Hayti, 1s very busy mind inz its own business; St, Marc 1s ruling manifes- toes and paper currency, witich the poor negroes take at the point of the bayouet, and Jacmel te se much the same thing. Though i a state of chron siege from Samaye's party, Jacmel has an outside force of Cacos, who live by pillaging the Bometcan cattle ranges, When they make a enccessial raid they report the catule captured as “prisoners of war.” ‘The horses, mules and donkeys are styled “cavalry,” and the horned cattle “infantry.” After returaing from a@ trip, in-which they have been care- ful to keep out of sightof tue Domwuicans, one of ther papers will state, with ail the pomp of largo headings in capticals, “that on such a day our brave soldiers, under Colonel samo. made @ brilitant at- tack on a large Dominicau force statioued at such or such place and routed it alcer a desperate engaze- ment, leaving the otlicers dead or dispersed, and bringing away 200 prisoners of the common soré.!? ‘These reporia have been more than once publisticd in the St, Thomas and Jamaica papers as evidence that Baez conld not hoid out much jonger. There is a iittle revival of busmess since the “stars of the Union have shed their protecting ight over Samana,” as one of the Dominican ladies sings to her guitar. It only requires two volunteers, one on while the other is off uty, to gaard our flag and keep the peace in our new coilee gardea, There 1s but one voice—that of inteveo delight and perfect obvedience—amcng our newiy wade icliow citizens at Samana, Here we are asking with impatience wheg our turn 1s to come. ‘The National Bank of St. Domingo, the first and the kind in the repubiic, has es. quarters next door to the national et on the government square, aud is Lo begin to jue its bills the frat Monday of 18iu. ‘Yhere ar Hh ‘at Americans out here in search of lands, Aud tar e plready raised prices more tha Ofly per cent within tae Monty. A HINT TO THE WORKING CLASSZS. Wontivo WoWiN'y Proredrrve, Ustow 48 BLERCKER STE New York, Jan. 3, 1870. To THR Eorror oF THB HERALD:— ‘Win you allow thia institution to make, through your journal, a suggestion which may be of value to many of your readers—the working people of this oity? Cousiderable experience in investigating and prosecuting demands for wages has shown us that the wreatest dificulty in legaily sustaining and prov- ing these claims arises from an omission on the part of the employés to keep any hook or memoranda of the account between the employers and themselves. Generally trasting to the rans of those 3 delay 5 it the mercy of the em- uhapiesty tadioe orevnere. the account has been rupning any length of time the enployé usuaily 3 um IM gross, as M balance, 15 knows that & s' ee onoh unable tne particulars of the accoun'. The em- Hayes eee ten It dishoné@ily incliued (and this in- clination 18 not entirely foreign to some New York employers), alter hig account book at will, and . plausibly ciaim that as the matter stands in Diack and white Jie cannot be mistaken. ‘The remedy is simple, and our object In writing ts to suggest that every employs who reads this sual form the habit of keeping an account in some torm, however simple, of the transactions had between herself or himsetr and the employer. The items need only be those of the iength of time of working, the ‘amount of work, if piece work, taken, done and returned, and the amounis of money received aud times of receiving, If fotowed this hint may be the meaus of straightentn: isputed accounts and for- ‘warding justice to of the empigyed. M. ¥KERREB, Superintendent.

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