The Sing Sing State Prison.
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The State Prison at Sing Sing. on the invitation
of the Board OF Inspectors, was visited yesterday
by the members of the Court of Errors, Mayor
HsRrER. Chief Justice JONES, Judge OAKLEY,
Chancellor WALwoRTH, Chancellor MchouN, Rev.
Drs. SPRING, PECK, PIrMAs, LEvINGs, Cox, Blsh-
op HUGHES, and other distinguished citizens
All the workshops were visited and every depart
nent examined. The most perfect order and
the utmost cleanliness and neatness prevailed
throughout the entire prison. The visitors were
not permitted to speak to the prisoners. There
appeared to be a general anxiety to obtain view
of the celebrated Munroe Edwards, who was en-
gagged in weaving mats. He evidently felt deep
ly conscious OF his degradation and turned his
Since his confinement he has changed wonder
fully, so much SO indeed that several persons,
who were formerly quite familiar with his appear
ance, could hardly be persuaded that the bald.
headed, emaciated and detected object before
them was the same being who was wont to as
sumo the pzOudand naughty look and the lofty
and digniie dbearing of an honest man. Truly,
the way OF the trnsgressor is hard.


The company left the City in the steamboat
Columbus at p o'clock P. NJ. and returned again
at 10 P. NJ. AS there was no dinner prepared on
board and as the excursion was quite delightful
one the invited guests very generally went to their
respective homes with wonderfully good appe-
tltes.