The New York Herald Newspaper, September 26, 1868, Page 5

THE DEATH PENALTY. ‘Doubie Execution in Worces- ter, Mass, Pwo Cousins Hanged for Murder, Rob- " Dery and Arson. History of the Crime and the se Criminals, fhe 'Seens onthe Scaffold and the Dying Speech of the Condemned. ‘Woroksrsr, Mass., Sept. 25, 1868, ‘The terrors of the scaffold and the stubborn fact that “murder will out” have been fully and clearly Wealized tn this city to-day by Silas James and ©@haries T. James. Rarely, if ever, has justice 6o @pecdily overtaken its offenders as in the case of fhe two unfortunate wretches who were swung from the scaffold here this forenoon. Itis only six “ ghort months ago since they breathed the air of free ‘@om, and so far as the courts had ever decided they ‘Were guiltless of the most trivial offence, During this brief interval they have been convicted of robbery, arson and murder, and to-day they have suilered that extreme penalty which it is within human Dower to inflict. Their transgression of the laws ‘was one attended with few circumstances likely fo create sympathy in their behalf, and weir Unfortunate and disgraceful end will be ap- Plauded rather than lamented, except per- haps by a few immediate relatives and friends. ‘The murder was so atrocious in every detail and the incidents of the discovery of the perpetrators were so singular that an account of the whole tragedy ‘Will not be out of place in connection with a nar- mative of the expiation of their crime on the gal- lows. HE-MURDER, THE MURDERERS AND THEIR VICTIM. ‘The tragedy, as before intimated, was one which aroused the indignation of the whole community, ‘and when the murderers were arrested there was an Mmvoluntary desire on the part of the people here- ‘sbouts to take the matter of punishment into their own hands. The murdered man was Joseph G. @iark, an individual well known to the sporting fra- ternity of New England, and not entirely unknown @mong that class in New York, Philadelphia, Wash- tngton and some of the Western cities. In Boston he was a3 popular as any of the local “sports” of ‘the Hub, and if there is any degree of honor at- tached to the memory of a professional gambler his memory will not be lightly cherished or his sad fate pass unmourned by those who used to mingle with him in games of chance. He had for some wo or three years previous to his death Maintained what is popularly termed a “gambling hell” here in the city of Worcester. His place was, $m fact, the only gambling saloon of any amount which existed in the city. Like all proprietors of gach resorts Clark generally got the best of those who patronized his place, and he was therefore sel- dom, if ever, found without an abundauce of ready funds. At heart, however, he was not deemed a bad man. His sympathy was easily aroused, atid he ould not bear to witness human suffering when it Was in his power to alleviate it, He had time and time again loaned moncy to the Jameses, and bad Otherwise befriended them when all their other acquaintances had turned them away penniless. One of the murderers, when arrested, in undertaking to assert his innocence, asked the officer if he was foal enough to believe that he would kill Joe Clark, the best friend he ever had in the world. That por- tion of the golden rule, however, where it says “Do unto others as you would,” &c., seems to have not been among the observed princi- ples of Silas and Charles James. Their ambi- bition was to accumulate sudden weaith. Murder, robbery and arson, and then a hasty flight to a distant part of the antry were their plans, and Joe Clark was selected as their victun, Having fixed up a programme Substantially as the above, they selected the erening. of the 27th of February last to consum- mate their murderous design. They accordingly ‘visited Ciark’s rooms in the Union block that even- ing; but the presence of other visitors frustrated thelr operations, and among those other visitors wae @lark’s mistress, whose account of the tragedy and its discovery appears below. The next evening—the 2sth—the Jameses repeated their visit, and finding Ciark alone made very short work of him, With twoor three blows with the sharp edge of a hatehet which he brought with him Charles James soon split open the head of his friend Clark and laid him a bieeding eorpse upon the floor. They then locked the outer door commenced rifling his body, taking some $17,000 in money, a gold watch and a diamond pin. To complete their tragical work they then tied a rope round the neck of their lifeless victim, and after @rawing it tightly for the purpose of preventing a ble resuscitation of liie, suspended his body ym the top of a high bedpost. Having done all this they sought to cover up ail traces of their crime by saturating the bed and body with kerosene and then wetting the whole on fire, hoping, of course, that the whole building and its contents woul! be barned peat d that the popalar impression would be shat KP perished in the flames, MOW CLAUK’S MISTRESS DISCOVERED THE CRIME AND THE PERPETRATORS. Glark, the victim of the foul conspiracy, like all eminent professionais of his sort, kept a mistres Bhe was u young woman, possibiy not more tha ‘twenty years of age, and possessed rare personal gttractions, and her appearance in pubiie was mot such to indicate that she was one of the many “fallen doves” which float around «ingly or in larger or smailer flocks in every community of respectable numbers. She was mar- ried when young and innocent, and falling @ vietun to the tempter she was prompily discarded by her Busband and soon alter she becaine the companion of Clark. Her associations with him, together wit) an accvunt of her discovery of the murder, are teresting as told by herself in the presence of the HBRALD’s reporter. The same facts, although more mm detail, were given by her as evidence upon the ‘trial and probably had more weight than any other testiinony tow: securing the conviction of the un- fortunate wretches who have to-day given up their Rives upon the scaffold in atonement for weir crime. Tn fact, only a day or two ago, General James, when fm conversation upon his pending fate, declared that Mf it had not been for that Eaton woman they would bave got off with State Prison for life. The follow- fag is the story of Mrs. Eaton, told in ber own way, in to questions and carefully noted by your Teporter>—1 was formerly called Mrs. Eaton and am generally known by that name now, having once been married toa man by that name; at the ‘time of the murder | boarded at my motier’s house, ‘which was about five minutes’ walk from Clark's rooms; folks called it that; I lived with Clark as his mistress, and such relation had existed about two ; F was somewhat acquainted with eneral’? Yates) James, one of the prisoners, but was not ainted with Chas. T. James; | saw General Jarnes at ark’s rooms two evenings before he Was Killed, and @haries was with him; I was inthe bedroom where Mr. Clark and I slept; | think the,two Jameses went out about eleven o'clock; General James was shaking and Charies was playing cards; I was there all the evening; John Gage, aman named sSaford and another man were there; | heard General James ask Mr. Clark, “What has become of that old girl of yours?” Mr. Clark said, “I have shook her * James said he would like to know where sne lived, os he always wanted to get acquainted with her; I don’t think either of the Jameses saw me; on ‘Thursday afternoon, the day before the murter, I saw the prisoners in the large room where the faro bank was; I was in the small room; when the first one came in Clark and me were sitting near the stove, and I went into the bedroom; the General asked Clark What he had done with that girl; Clark said “What girl?” and the General si ‘that girl = just got rid of;’ Clark wanted to bet that he ad not done anything with a woman; and the General said, “as you are so willing to bet, 1 guess 1 won't bet; Mr. Clark took tea with me at mother’s on the evening of the murder; Clark went away first and 1 followed soon after and went to his rooms, arriving there at a quarter be- fore seyen o'clock; the door was locked and T could not get in; neually Teould get tn at the ouside door with my key; when I found I could not getin Trung the beil and asked the reason whi: I #aid, “Josey, open the door and let me in; what are you ay me out here for?" I recetvs so lrang the bell @ good many times; I had any one im there he did not want me to see I ‘would go into the small room and stay and not say a ‘word; I did not get any answer and said | would to my room and come back in half an hour, and it} could not get in then I would break the door in; I went away and came back as] said; finding I could not get in I broke in the window to the door, when I waw ihe form of ® man pasa into the inner room; [ then said Clark, a8 I supposed,) if he would not {"wouta f° home and see him in the morn- instead of doing 1 waited there rd the door to Clark's and saw General James and another heir coats buttoned above their it ie only weneral James and that ‘vefore they got to the staire 1 went . NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1868—TRIPLE SHERT P ‘ 5 smelt smoke, then went across the entry toa — where there was a@ Mr. Foster, and gave the alarm; he w t> the room with me, broke wat Snes sam there Ithink, next day in we Police Court; Mr, Clark always carried a large amount of money on nm, and the day previ- att Bian pra a aad on, 10 nol an, fore he was kilied. : THR FLIGHT, PURSUIT AND CAPTURE. Raving accomplished their murderous design the first instinct of the eriminals was seif preservation, ‘They knew that Clark's mistreas had been in the building in the manner which she hag described and were, of couse, fearful that their crime would be dis- covered before the traces of it had been destroyed by fre. No time, therefore, was to be lost, The train for New York was about due and they agreed that to fly in that direction would be the most judi- cious, They accordingly went to the depot and pur- chased a couple of tickets for the metropolis, but Wille lounging about on the platform they discover- ed a crowd of police officers approaching and imme- diately undertook to skedaddle, ‘The officers recog- nized them and sving chase succeeded in capturing General or Silas James, while Charles made good his escape in the direction of Boston. He continued as far as Westboro, where he arrived shortly before midnight, He then proceeded immediately to a livery stable and hired a span of horses, saying that he had a friend lying at the point of death in Providence, , 1, and that he must be there as soon as possible, On the way he was con- Stantly beseeching the driver to hurry up, and ap- peared very much excited and frightened. Arriving at Pawtucket, about four miles from Providence, Charles said that inasmuch asthe horses were tired he would go on foot the rest of the way. He then pas the driver liberaily, and the two separated, the javier returning tO Westboro and James continuing on foot in the direction of Providence. He did not Keep on to the city, however, but stopped at Olney- ville, where he bad a sister-in-law residing, and while on the way to her house he passed some men who had seen an account of the murder in the morning papers and who recognized him as one of the s\)s- pected parties. They foliowed in the direction whtvh he was going, and perceiving their movements he showed his guilt by striking out from the highway and running in the direction of a piece of wooda a short distance from the roadside; the crowd tmme- ree a ky chase, and soon overtook and captured him; before reaching him he was seen to throw away something in the snow, but this was alter- wards found, and proved to be a handkerchief con- taining $900 in greenbacks, $300 in silver and the gold watch and diamond pin belonging to Clark; he Was conveyed immediately to the station house in Providence, where an officer shrewdly managed to to draw from him a confession of the whole crime; he told him first that the General had owned up ail, and that he might as well do the same; Charles then said that the whole transaction was proposed by the General for the purpose of robbing Clark of his money, and that he (Charles) struck the fatal blow with the hatchet; upon being told that he would probably be hung he replied that he presumed he would, but if he was he would ‘die e;”” Charles Was brought to this city the next day, and together with the General was comioitted for trial for murder; both were convicted and duly sentenced to the pen- alty which they suifered to-day. SKETCH OF THE MURDERERS, Ever since early manhood both the prisoners have been noted as particularly dangerous characters. They aspired to be “respectable gambiers,”? but along that class they were generally denommated as dirty loafers and dead beats or other equally objec- tionable personages. They were not brotiiers, as many may suppose, but first cousins. Silas James, or the General, as he was most Jamiharly known, was the more intelligent of the two, and it is prob- ably true that Charles was but a mere tool or machine uncer his control. He was thirty-two years oid, muscular, blind in the left’ eye and possessed of @ very wicked appearance. He was a native of Rhode Island, taugat echool when quite a young man, and his father was for a dozen years or more Hig Sheritfof Kent coun- ty. His grandfather, General James, was once a United States Sevator from Rhode Island, and it is from this honored forefather that the disgraced grandson inherited the cognomen of “General.” He was married some months before his crime. Some four or five years ago he gained con- siderable notoriety on account of being sus- pected of poisoning the noted trotting horse India Rubber, and during his incarceration in jail he ac- knowledged that the suspicions were weil founded. Charles James was also a native of Rhode island and the son of respectable parents. inpared inteliec- tually with Suas he was far below him, and it was robably on account of the General’s influence over 1m that he was mixed up in this unfortunate crime, He was about twenty-three years old and unmarried, AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PRISONERS, Neither of the unfortunate men was inuch inc!ined to conversation With a stranger when the HenaLp Teporter called to visit them the afternoon previous to their execution, With gg Ud their intimate friends and family relatives they conversed free but it was the request to the writer that as lite publicity as posible be given to them and the sad ordeal which they were about to pass through. The General said that notwithstanding he was a great criminal he had friends and relatives who were re- spectable, aud it was on account of his regard for tueir feelings that as little notoriety as possible should be given to tose who had cast disgrace upon them. He was incilaed, lowever, to be respectiul, but was very guarded in what few words he did say, and avoided any allusion whatever to the murder, He complained of being unweil, and remarked that it was the first day’s sickness he had experienced since he had been in the jail, He had spent most of the day in writing ferewell letters to friends and re- jatives, and tie contents of all them were sad and expresstve iu the extreme. Charles, who was in a distant cell, was occupied in reading the Bible. He, as well as his companion in crime, Was adverse to engaging In conversation with @ stranger and his reasons were much the same as those given by the General. His whole attention seemed to be absorbed by spiritual advisérs, anct it was clearly evident that his manifestations of repen- tance came from the bottom of a penitent heart. Soon after his committal to jail an earnest effort Was made through Mr. Aldrich, the counsel for Charies James, to obtain executive interference in the shape of a commutation of lus sentence to im- prisonment for life. A petition, numerously syrr by citizens of Rhode Island, who knew him boyhood, was forwarded to Governor, in declining to interfere with the sentence, stated tuat he did not think a careful examinat of Charies’ previous carcer would warrant the be- lief entertained by his friends, and if such facts had existed they ought to have been produced at the trial, where they have received proper consid- eration. This tutelligence being conveyed to the condemned he immediately set to work preparing bitoseif for the pending fate. No attempt whatever Was inade to secure executive clemency in behalf of the General. I pking into Charles’ youthful face and remein- how reluctantly he yielied to temptation to commit crime, lis most inveterate enemy would be impressed with the hope that he would receive that forgiveness trom above which was denied to hin here below. During nearly the entire day yesterday he was either engaged in perusing the Scriptures or uniting m prayer with the Rev. Mr. Shippen, the chaplain of the prison. He would occasionally give vent to his feelings with tears, and then brightening up would appear as caim and happy as if a brigat and happy live was before him. He would some- times vary his devotional exercises with singing tue weil known hymn of ‘There's m light in the window for thee. being one of his favorite selectiona. In rendering voca! praise to Him before Whom he was so soon to pear, his yotce seemed to possess all the charms of youth and a sweet melody which no musical cul- tivation couid ever have effected. THEIR LAST Ki ‘There were no features of #pecial toterest or im- portance connected with ther clostay monmeuts of life, There was a guard over both to prevent any possible movement towards escape or seif-destruc- tion, and with Charles there was a clergyman moet of the mght, with whom he spent the greater portion of the time im prayer and other ¢ votional exercives, The General complained early in the evening of fecling unwell, and a physician was suututuoned by his request, who preseri Pp naces for his tls, and afterwards he dropped asiecp and slept quietly anti! daylight this moruing. Upon awakening be said that he felt much better and was imily prepared to meet the fate which awaited bin. Charles aiso expressed himself as pertectly resigned, but there Was @ hervousness manifest Which told plainiy that death was more of @ terror to him thar » one Whose infuerce tad placed him in his an- fe position. During all the forenoon, up to tof leaving the cell to tread tie road of ‘4ymen were in attendance upon both, ac- ug spiritual consolation and wging them to trust in Hite before Whom they Were soon (o appear for forgiveness of their earthly sins. THR FINAL SCENE. At about half-past nine the Sheriff, accompanied by sore of his deputies, brought together in the cor- ridors of the jail the two mea about to suffer the death pensity. It was the first time they had seen @ach other for along time. They siook hands and manifested considerable emotion, one remarking and the other agreeing that their situation Was a most unfortunate one. Neither seemed inclined to indulge in much conversation, and they were ac- cordingly informed that their time had nearly ar- rived and that they Must prepare to sufler the exe- cution of their sentence. They then bid goodby to the several officers of the prison, and, their legs and arme being bound with straps, they were brought TRS, forth from the jail to the scafuid, each being escorted on either side by one of the Sherits deputies. The galiowa were the same from which a dozen other murderers had been executed, and consisted simply of a platform about fifteen feet square, With @ drop or ip about tive feet square in the middie, and with a heavy cross beam over the top from which depended a couple of ropes with the fatal nooses already prepared. All this sad paraphernalia of death was erected in that portion of the prison used as the chapel, but which was originally set apart for the infliction of the death naity. The room was about fifty by thirty- and the scaffold was located im the southeast corner. In front of tt was the pulpit from which the Chaplain discourses every Sal ih, and on either fide upon the walls were sabietws bearing gilt inserip- tions of pat from Scripture, and im other por- une af the nttle house of worabip were wal) pews, cygetions, whch he Gving men had often listened to the truths of the Gospel, but which were now filled with a of men to witness clot ‘diemal and i gad k ne ot tee rainy, A in and’ in’ depa must have been @ source for them to leave this in its aspect. Above were & couple of gaslights burning brightly, and in the cen- tre of the chapel a chandelier shed its luminous rays over the culprits as they entered the place which their mortal spirit was to takeits Might. They came in with a firm and steady step, both in an elegant suit of black made up in the latest fashion. Tn ascending the scaffold both men gave & searching glance to the tators who were aassembled, con- sisting of about fifty in number and including onl; the reporte: witnesses and a few of rs, a few of the > ing citizens of the vicinity, In taking their pince upon the drop Charles gave a sad look upw: to the depending heinp, while Silas scanned closely the ugly structure upon Which they were standing. The latter appeared cool, but the other was nervous and agitated and apparently sought to control his feel- ings. For @ moment ail was silent as @ graveyard at DulanlaDsy and then the sad stillness was broken bit Sherir owlton, who stepped forward and said: SILAS JAMES AND CHARLES T. JAMES—Do you wish to say anything at this time, or to have anybody say anything for you’ .ifs0, you have Low ab opportu- u unity. To this Silas, the “General,” replied:— I have nothing to say; but 1 wish to thank the officers, who have been very kind to me during my aa They will piease accept my cordial KS. Aiter @ moment of silence Charles stepped forward and made the following remarks, Maniesung much nervousness ail the whiie:— Ihave afew words that I wish to say, as people always like to hear what persous who are hung have to say as their laat words, I would like to say that Lentertain no hard feelings against the jury or the Judge who convicted aud sentenced me for my crime, In esp to the evidence of the witnesses, and thelr tesumony, I cannot say that they swore to what was not so, but they exaggerated a little and told more than was right. In regard to the execu- tion of myself 1 would say, and of course it would be natural for me to say it under these circum- stances, that I do not believe in capital punishment under any circumstances, I would gay, as we liave murdered Mr. Clark, that [know of course that he suffered an ignominious death and I consider that weure suffering an iguomonious death and are in the same category which he was, It is, of course, in accordance with the laws of Massachusetts that we are to be executed, but 1 don't know whether it will be justified in the eyes of God or not. ‘The State of Massachusetts might make laws to execute ever; man who stole four dollars’ worth, but that woul not prove that they would be justified in the eyes of God, Buti will not pretend to linger upon those potuts, as I know that it is useless to talk about it now. But I would say, a3 we are to executed, that we are suffering the same ignominious death that Mr. Clark suffered, and our death isin the same circle of ideas as the dewih of Mr. Clark. and therefore I say that I think the execution is not reaily justified in the eyes of God, You know God says “Thou shalt not kill.” 1 know that | have not done His bidding; butfof course when we do wrong all we can do is to repent of our sins and He has promised that He will receive re- pentant sinners, for He says, “He that belleves in ine and doth truly repent shail have everiasting life.” But Ido not pretend to quote Scripture; but 1 wish to say that, although I die in accordance with the laws of Massachusetts, I have a kind word for the officers of the prison, all of whom haye my sincere thanks for their attentions, I would also return thanks to Mr. Carter, the jailer. He has been very good to us and done more than his duty required. 1 would also say @ good word for ‘Mr. Shippen, the chaplain, and also for several other ministers wito have visiied us and tried to cultivate in us a religious feeling, to make us think of heav- ouly things, and not to think of those things which are so much of a fallacy here on earth, but to place our minds on heavenly things tf we would have God with us. i don’t know that I can say anything more to gon to-day and I will, there‘ore, bid you ail fare- well. & When the condemned man had finished his dying words the sheriff calfed upon Chaplain Shippen, who offered a feryeut prayer for the salvation of the souls of the men about to die. During this the eyes of Silas were fixed upon the floor of the scaffold, while Charies looked sad!y and nervously upon those who were gathered arouud him. When the Chapiain had finished he shook the pinioned bands of the con- demned, saying “Good bye, God bless you and have merey on your souls,” to which they both responded by saying “Farewell; Heaven biess you, Mr, Shippen.’? Sherif Knowlton then stepped forward and said that he had received # warrant directing him to execute the death penalty upon Silas aud Charles T. James, and tiat the instrament would be read by Mr. John A. Dana, Assistant Clerk of the County Court. Mr. Dana read the document accordingly, which was as follows;— Tar. COMMONWFALTH OF MassacuusETTs To JouN 8. C. KNOWLTON, OF WoRcrst ERLFY OF OUL COUNTY OF Wouorstin, GRErtine : Whereas at aterm of our Supreme Judicial Court held at Worcester, wh m and forthe said county of Worcester, on the fourteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred aud sixty-eight, Bilas James and Charles 7. cemter, in eald county, were the evhne of murder in the first degree, and ther said court the said Silas James and Charles T. sentenced for said crime to suifer the pains of death by being hanged by the neck until they be dead, all of which, by an exemplineation of the record of said court which we have caused to be hereunto annexed, doth to us fully appear; We, therefore, commund you that apon Friday, he twenty- hday of September, fn the year of our Lord one thousand hundred and sixty-eight, between the hours of nine o'clock before noon aud tweive'o’clock meridian of the same day, within the walle of the prison tn said count ter, agreeably to the provisions of the seventeenth chapter our general statutes, you cane execution of the ald sentence our suid court, iu'all respect to be done and performed them, the said Silas Janes and Charles T. James, for iis alrali be your suilicient warrant; wher r perl, und make return of this warrant, wi thereon, into our Secretary of Stace’ ‘4 twenty days after you shall have executed the same. Witness, his Excellency ALEXANDER H. BULLOCK, with the advice and consent of the Council, and our seal hereunto affixed ut Boston this tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and ninety- third of the independence ot the United States of Ainerica, By nis the Governor, with the advice and cou- sent of the Couneil, ‘OLIVER WARNER, Secretary of the Commonwealth. During the reading of the fatal warrant the depu- ties who accompanied the condemned men to the scaffold commenced adjusting the rope about their necks and drawing te black caps over their heads, ‘To Uus Silas submitted without remark, but Charles wished to hol on to Life und the last’ moment and objected to the cap being drawn down until e realing of the warrant Lad been finished. The cers were relentiess, bowever, and proceeded in the performance of tie disagreeable duty. Wheo — the ye had been drawn down end = Mr, Dana had finished reading the voice of Charles was heard uttering he Lord's prayer, and when he had reached that pus-ave of “Thy will be dong on earth as it is done in feaven,” the signal Was given, the fatal spripg touched, and the bodies of the two unfortunates were dan and their souls ushered inte the p! Maker. The General died without! a struggle, his neck Was apparentiy broken by the fall, Chari even while suspended from the terrible & fold, clung to life with (he utmost ten- acity. He struggled, drew up bis legs a dozen u sor more and his entire hody shoox violentl; long drawn breatis broke the sad and painful sill- ness which pervaded the prison sanctuary. J Beene altogether was one of painful intercsi bardiy be tolerated exc ne of Which the men were bodies hang about haif an hour, when the They were then cat down and piaced in coins and in ® few minutes were on board the P idence train en yvoule to their place Of burial in West Greenwich, KL ¢ Appointme: The surgeon aunounvced that death had enasned. of the Day for the Execution of William F. Foster. BaLTiMone, Md., Sept. 25, 1808. ‘The execution of Witham F, Foster (colored), was convicted of the murder of Emeline Parks (also colored), in September jast, has been fixed for Friday, the 4th duy of December next. The death warrant Was read to the prisoner yesterday by ine Sheri. Hie exmbited the most intense emotion. HORSE NOTES. dames D. MeMann owas one-half of Lady Thorn. Lucy and George Palmer are matched to trot at the | astion Course on the 22d of October for $2,500. ‘The programme of the island Park trotting meet ing, commencing on the 0th, is very full of entries of (iret class horses. MeConue i & Thompson bave had an addition to their st ain Glide, a five year oid, by Bonnie Scotland, dam Rebeeca, by Gleticoe, Messrs. J. 5. Wilkins, of New York, and ‘Thos. Wil- son, of Rochester, nave purchased the trotting geld- se | rege Pair Price $15,000, lathain, the California stallion, beat Mambrino Prince and Mike Norton in @ race of six leals, at Newburg, a few days ago, The filth heat was trotted tn 234%. ‘The Narragansett fair will bea huge a‘tatt. All the good liorses at present on the turf are entered for the Several purses oered. ‘The meeting will con- Unue three days. The Legislature of Maryland and the municipal of baltimore have each given $26,000 towards the revival of racing in tat State, A new race course is to be formed in the vicinity of Bajtimore, 4, Minor Botts’ famous stallion Revenue died on the 16th inst, at Bel Air, Va., aged twenty-six yeark. The death of this horse must have been very sudden, as his owner, when at the Paterson races last week said that Kevenue was apparently as young and vigorous a8 he had been for twenty years. yhen Mountain Boy and Lady Thorn trotted at Island Park last week the receipts of the gate were said to be $365, ninety per cent of which was «i- vided between the owners of the horses. They will be better paid at the Union Course next week, as the proprietor of that track gives a legitimate purse of $2,000 for them to trot for. - At the sale of Mr. John Jackson's stud, at Fair. fleid, near York, England, Hiair Atiol was bought by Mr. Blenkiron for 4,000 guineas. ‘Tun- stall Maid and EMe were purehi by Colonel De Butze for 1,000 guineas each. The Whole stud, comprising — forty-tor Mares, thirty-six foals, ‘With seven yearlings and five norses in trainin; aiso the four stallione—Biair Athol, Neptunus, Scandal aod Barry Braiieford—fetched 23,106 gupess. THE MELITA DISASTER. Particulars of the Burning at Sea of the Steamship Melita—Rescue of the Passengers and Crew—Statement of a Passenger. A few days since we published a brief account of the burning of the steamship Melita, Captain James Sumner, of Liverpool, on the sth inst., while on the passage from Boston to that port. By the ship Jacob A. Stamler, Captain George Sampson, which arrived here yesterday, thirty-nine days from Havre, having on board the captain, second and third officers, sur- geon, chief and second assitant engineers, steward and fifty-four of the passengers of the ill-fated vessel, we have full particulars of the disaster and full as- surance of the safety of all who were involved. THE FIRST ALARM. ‘The steamship Melita left the port of Boston on August 27, under as fair auspices as ever vessel went to sea, with an aggregate of 108 souls on board. Without forethought of disaster or prescience of il fate in the minds of crew or passengers, she pro- ceeded on her voyage, and at two o'clock on the morning of the 5th instant had reached latitude 43 deg. 64 min, north, longitude 29 deg. 20 min. west. At this time and while bouting steadi!y aloof over the great waste of water stretching to the horizon om every side, @ large part of the crew and most of the passengers being wrapped in undisturbed slumber, the cry of “Fire!’’—tnat cry which alone and under such circumstances has power to pale the cheek of the stanch and otherwise fearless seaman, and interrupt the cool self-possession of his dauntless mind with timid tmaginings—broke with startling distinctuesa on the morning air, breaking the slumber of all on board and waking to terror and affrigit passengers and crew alike, An examination o: this alarm proved the vessel to be on fire forward, and no time was lost by the captain and chief oMcers in making preparation for a conflict with this insidi ous enemy. The fire pumps were manned, tue ste hose stretched forward, Iines formed and every availaole means put in requisition tor passing water. It was a fight for life. Between those on board and @ nameless grave in the fathomless decp alone ex- isted the frail vessel thus threatened with destruc: tion, and under this stimulus the men worked as only those work whose lives hang by the thread of their successful evort. The male passengers joined in the exertions of the crew; but as the day bore on, in spite of their brave devoir, the tire gained headway, and daylight broke upon a doomed vessel and illuminated the spectacie of desperate men vainly struggling against @ terrible fate menacing them beyond escape. Notwithstanding the apparent helplessness of battling against what seemed inevitabie destruc- tion the fight was bravely maintained through the first hours of the newborn day; every glance being anxiously, ever and anon, turned towards the hori zon on either side in the anxlous hope of descrying some friendly sail, drawn to their reiief by the coiumn of smoke which bore testimony for miles of their desperate strait, As may naturally be supposed, the greatest alarm and consternation prevailed among the female passengers and children, and cries and shricks of agony mingleo with the erack- ling of the Herce Dames, Increasing the general dis- tress. SAIL, HO! At about half-past eight o'clock a sai! hove in sight. At its frst appearance ihe joy exhibited by the strug- gling unfortunates was beyond description, but Was soon change’ to a terrible dread, and faces blanched agaln at the thought that periaps no aotice would be taken of their simatiou, This fear, however, was dis- sipated and a feeling of thankfulness and gratitude too strong for demonstrative uilerance took posses- sion of all when it became apparent that they had been perceived and tliat the sail was bearing down on them, The vessel proved to be the American ship Jacob A. Stamler, Captain George Sanipsou, from Havre, bound to New York, and in response to a signal from Captain Sumner lay to Yor their relief. All hope of saviwg the Melita had long since been given up; but to stay the progress of the flames unit such time as the passengers—mostly women and children—and crew could be got of called for every exertion. No time was had to save any- thing; indeed, the passengers, being with! one excep- tion in the steerage, had before this lost their all; but boats being speedily got out from both vessels the work of transferrmg the women and children commenced, the male passengers and crew follow- ing, the oficers abandoning the burning vessel in the last extremity. Twenty hours were occupied in this work, and ai four o'ciock A, M. on September 6, both vessels having drified somewhai, in latitude 49 deg. 4 min, north, iongitude 28 deg. 30 min, west, the course by the glare of the burning sieamer, now completely wrapped in flames, which folded her in a fierce embrace as though triumphing in savage giee, having won undisturbed possession of their The next morning she had entirely dis prey. appeared. SAVED. The addition of one hundred and eight persons to the number of those on board the slp Stamler, ne pas- but what they wore and were in a most wretched plight, pre- Crowded togetiier as without provisions, caused great distres: sengers saved from the Melita had nothin, senting @ pitiable appearance. they necessarily for any length of time rendered of those he had saved on board, DISPOSING OF THE SAVED, The first vessel that appeared was the British bark bound for past three On being spoken the Captain agreed to take fifteen of the al mariners, aud accordingly the chief oitcer and sixteen of the crew of the Melita were sent on board, being an excess of two over tie number he On the morning of the sti the Monequart, of Prince Kdward’s Island, Liverpool, which hove in sigut about hy o’vlook in the afternoon of that day. hipwreckea had agreed to take, ship Kurrachee, of and for Greenock, was spoken and visited by Captain Sumner, who, after considera- ble persuasion, induced her captain to take thirteen of his (Captain Suinner’s) crew, who were accord- ingly: taboard, A hitue later the Prussian brig Auguste, Captain Block, from St. John, N. B., bound to Newry, Was spoken. Captain Biovk expressed his perfect willingness to take all on bowrd he could, but his vessel being small only seven seamen and ¢ passengers were sent to him, A FRIENDLY SHOWER. There were stt!] on board the ship sixty-two of those whom she had rescued from the’ burning steainer, Which extraordinary addition to the num- ber of those for whom the vessel was victualled on ying port caused considerabie anxiety, especially the item of water. A heavy shower of ralu, how ever, which fell a few days afterwards, ana in which Captain Sampson caught 400 gallons of water, ed that source of disquictude, and no as fett that they could reach New li suifering, Which was done as be ni York wit fore staved, A RECKEANT SAILOR. It is not often a saiior abandons his brother sailor in distress, aud While exampies of heroic Hel! sacri- fice on the part of one toler of the sea for others in diMcuity and danger can be cited beyond number, instances of recreancy or in calamities are of very rare occurrence. present disaster bas however furnished one. pears that while the crew of the sieumer were on their way to the ship Stamler, Captain Samp- son of the Stamler spoke a bark whose name he did not learn, that auswered she was from Water- ford, bound for Quebec, It was at night and she passed between the ship and the steamer, yet when asked to take # portion of the rescued crew on boara she passed on without inaking any response. SCATEMENT OF ROBERT CHISM, A PASSENGER. About midnight on Saterday an alarm of fire was i. The passengers were ail asicep. Some got up and went on deck; but the greater portion re- muined below, as directed by the oficers, and kept very quiet. On Saturday morning weall went on deck. There was no confusion or disorder. At daybreak we saw wship, Which came up close to us about ten o'clock. She proved two be the Jacob A. Stamie and at eleven o'clock the femaic passengers we sent on board of her, We were not sent aboard untht in the eveuing. We were 1 pumps; but some voluntee BY The sailors got drunk and when they were brought on board this abip (tie Stamler) were very riotous. some of them tumbled into the water and three were put in irons. When the Melita was slowly burning—tbat is, all day Saturday until eleven o’ciock at night, when the flames burst through the hatches—our luggage was plied on deck and could have been easily saved. ‘Two boats, with two men agside all day, yet not a box was Ihave three ren here with me. everything but the clothes on our backs and they are nos much. We were within tree days’ sail of Queenstown when the fire ap- peared, and in my opieea it would have been an easy matier to run in iftae Raiches were closed, As to how the fire originated it ts easy to expiain that. ‘The ship sprung @ leak three days after we left Hoston and the water got into the cotton, which jormed the bulk of the cargo, Instead of keeping the hatches closed, as l think should have been done, they were wide open ali tha time. The stup was going full speed and there was plenty of draft, so the cotton took fire of course. It took fire by spon- taneous combustion, | suppose. There are thirly- five of the Meiita’s passengers on board the Stamler now. The remainder have gone ashore, NAMES OF THE OFFICERS, The following are the names of the officers of the Melita who arrived here in the ship Jacob A. Siain- jer:—Captain, James Sumner; Doctor, Gordon; se ond omicer, Charles MeWhinnle: third ‘oficer, loge chief engineer, David Houston; second en- » William Kerr; steward, James Kice. NAMES OF THE PASSENGERS. Cabin—Miss Wateon. Stee; Jane Briney, John Lioyd, James Kennedy, Michael McAulitfe, Lawrence Power, George Foley, John Nott, Rebeca Nott, Wil liam John Beer, Ano t. bike Robert G,. Chia, Mrs. Chism, Henry 'Chism, Elizabeth Chism, Edward Chiam, Jane Jones, Moses O'Connor, Kate Foley, Hannah Kiely, Mary Masoll, William Fritz, Mary Smith, Eether Swain, David Willams, Bridget Bartley, Margaret Fyie, Michael Saunders, John Higgenbottom, Sarat Higgenvottom, Nancy Higgen- bout one) bottom, Luke Higgen! mn, Catharine Walsh, “Richard Walsh, Mary Connor, Mary Harris, Peter Faraday, Patrick Gallagher, ‘shomas Ryan, Kise Cole, Hannab Haniey, Auguatur It ap- ginee! the cause of all hope of tainler got under way again, lighted on her ni were on the ship this was not the greatest subject of concern, The supplies of the vessel being insufficient tor such a number of mouths necessary to seek to make some other disposition of at all events a portion of them, and Capiain Sampsou accordingly ordered a look out to be kept for ali passing vessels and prompt signals to be exhibited when any ap- peared in sight in order that he might put a portion Manley. Bernard Ward, Patrick Coffey, Bridget Mc- | Colonel Almidor. Petite Goave must now inevitably Intyre, Jutia Pitzgeraid, Joseph Belsborongh, Alice | fall into the government's hands ere long. Fimally, Direen, Wiitiam Lambert, Ann Jackson, Thomas Mc- | on the dd inst,, the Piguet leader, General Peut Guire, Mr, Lee, James Dunbar, stowaway. Prancole, obtained signal advantages over a body of inzurgente between Bainet and La Riche. H. The Moniteur publishes many accounts of acte of AYTI. cruelty and vaudaism comunitted by the ret ee The worse one is undoubtedly the maiming of a the small on of General Vil Lubin, at La Coape, merely Movements of Insargeut Party—They Are | jcause of the insurgents’ hair e lather. More Reported as Losing Ground—The siege | one reads of this present civil war in daytl ihe Raised—Minister Hollister Feasts salnave. more is he convinced of the trath that both sides are PORT AU PRINCE, Se * | carrying it on in a regulgr Kilkenny cat fashion » Sept, 5, 1805, The government, by its monopoly of coilee, was About half of the $200,000 gold loan asked by | enabled to buy a cargo of American provisions, President Salnave of the merchants of this city has | brought by the Oliver Cutts, and a pay for itm cof the balance from private individuals. The reaction | cost price. This has allayed Me, discontent in favor of the government continues daily gaining | that was arising because of the dearness ground in the South, A priest has arrived here trou | Hearty Every house in EM Coupe, upon. thn bree Miragofme, charged with offering the surrender of | pation of tie place. The Spanish Chargé d'Aqaires the town to the President, and now @ report, | /0st all his clothing, and everything else that was iu his house there, Mr. Spencer Si. John, the British generally believed, has it that Miragoane has been Charge d’Ataires, Wasa uch greater sutferer, by taken by storm by the government troops under joaing 8 valuable collection of manuseripta be 4 f to | Dis private correspondence with the late Rajal General Lavachs, : The lnsuygont: ganrieon ja AAG 4 | Brooke, of Borneo fame, whose literary executor ae have escaped, in part, to Petit Goave. It isexpected | is. ‘The ieiters were invaluable, General Vu Luvin here that before long all the towns and villages of the Hare Mr. St. John that if they are set is ee 5 air allegian he shall have them restored. Genera South will have returned to their allegiance to the | thinly ‘ip a man af determimarion and oF hia word. government, Carrefour, Leogane and Graude Goave | put itis very rerlain whether be shal succeed in have already done so. finding ie deiters, On the 22d ult. the war steamer Liberté, recently ey rig age Py i vaairy - Faery ol captured by the insurgents, landed a body of troops | Finances and ations; iilaire Joan Plerre, at Fruitier, three mites from there, She was fired at pipe pubic t ra and Reigiwus Worship; , ‘i ener nae ud, Interior, culture and by the diferent forts, but was not struck. On the | Paplic Works; Genaral Méuclas Ciéwent, War aud oth the government corvette Trait d’Union, lately | Marine; Louis i’Espinasse, Director General of Cus- fitted out, was sent to capture her. A number of | toms, shots were exchanged between the two vessels, when | ; Most of the new Ministers have issued circulars. the Liberté left and the Trait d’Union came back here. Towards the close of the past month the govern- ment twice unsuccessfully attacked Peétionville. In the last endeavor they took St. Amant, a small ham- let that had been very strongly fortitied by the insur- gents, On the 2d inst. the villages of La Conpe and Aronillard were evacuated, by Generals John Lynch, Jean Pierre, a8 the ead of the Bureau of Worship, has addressed one to the Vicar G Portau Prince and to the priests iLroughout the republic, telling them, among other things, to mstruce their flocks th the duty of obedience io tie estab- lished and legitimate government, and enjctaing them, “above ull things,” to include the ua of the President, Sylvain Sainave, in every prayer offered by the Church, Forgetful of Sa.uave’s rebel- licn at Cape Haytian agaimst Geirard, the Miniater euds his circular with pe re a acred W J Ales is chuld- Commander-in-Chief of the revolution, and Pétion ea Aare. wiltaeneanieat with a noly. love for Faubert, with their forces. | They have gone to St. | thetr country aud will spare to it the awful leagons Mare, which 1s suid to have been menaced with a | itty now recelving.” The Vicar General replied (o Counter, Serolpeiea. 3h SOYOr, At Exealgens Salnuve: | all this in genoral terms, protesting that the clergy jeneral Nissage-Saget is said to have suggested this ’ to al evacuation, 40 ue to, have @ concereration or | Would always continue (o abstain irom inixing with troops to prevent further reactionary movements. ‘The news from Cape Haytien is indeed fattering to the President's cause. Some twenty or more days ago a picked body of the garrison forces, led by Gen- eral Emanuel, made a vigorous charge upon the be- siexing Cacos and routed them, killing many and taking a piece of artillery, which was triumphantly brought to town when tlie troops returned. The old General Joubert, one of the originators of the present revolution, Was among the insurgents killed in this sortie of the garrison. The man-of-war Alexandre any party, and would contribute to i 83 each one With hia duty according to the ma. Saviour, Minister ‘Tete, as Chief of Finance, in one circular announced that in order to secure an equilibrium of finances the governiuent will from next month tem- porarily suspend every institation not of an urgent character. In another circular, issued as Minister of Foreign Kelations, Mr. ‘fete discoursed thus:— The government of the republic baving used every conelliat- ory means to induce the insurgents who have takea op arme abiished authori bmit and 1 tu order Petion, formerly the Galatea, 18 daily and anxiously | Sit obedience vo dhe iaws, dsploring the un‘ortinaie and ver: expected at Cape Haytien from New York. Her ar- | rible excesses to which tls insurrection has given ri id rival will be a ieee a to President Salnave’s | which it continues to ‘cause io et serene rr icion me ee é strength. Altogether it Is clear the revolution ig | ¢xists, previous to deciding on the adoption of ail \ c going down, Should, however, Cape Haytien and | enforce the subimuissiow "of the localities, which yee persiat to their criminal resoives, #0 as not wo from these principles which the government has constantly followed_-of endeavoring to extend all possible protection and guarantees of the laws to the foreigners and th ea ble inhabitants who reside in our several towns, ab is de- Gonatves fall, as they may at any time, ii is feared that then the North will secede from the Port au Prince jurisdiction and the South, and thns the republic will be divided into two, as it was in 1810, when Ciristoque was crowned King of Hayti and Pétion assumed the Presi- deney of the southern part of the territory. The suburbs of Port au Prince are now free from the damaging proximity of besiegers. Produce and provisions come in freely from the piains of Cul de Sac and La Coupe. Unfortunately, after the evacu- clared that a last warning ia given to the insurgents, Com- ined fore jortly attack all the cities wich yet re- a well os bined forces will shorty a je insurgents, | Foreigners those of the inhabitants who ‘always rem! without taking part in this insurrection, which ¢ ruins the country, are informed that they must immediately port themselves to the commanders of the governme nt troop Who will ‘adord them Whe fachity, of placing ‘themselves near legitimate authority, aod grant them all the prote ation of the Cacos, these were pilaged by the hich they are entided, But shoud they fail to abi soldiers, All distilleries were plundered and the | {govomuitiogs ot the present warning the ,overnment. eat copper kettles cut up and broken and brought to town. Several families are rendered penniless by this vandalism, and many persons are preparing to jeave the country. On the 3ist ult. Hon. G. H. Hollister, the American Minister resident, guve a banquet at his conntr: seat in honor of President Sainaye, who assisied, with several of lis aids-de-cainp. The oficers of the United States steamer Gettysburg were also present. The next day Mr. Hollister tert for the North on the Geitysbui AS far as | can learn there is some serious misunderstanding bevween hin aud the revointionary leader, General Nissage Taget. | hope to be able in my next to give you Une results of the Minister's visit to St. Marc, I hear that nearly ali the politieat pi not aud will uot be responsible for the eviie wuich are at tendant or the accident of war which may happen to them, Minister Tete has also issued the following procla- mation or circular, which shows clearly that bis views on the sub; of naturalization are not up to the American staudard, and must not prove very ae- ceptable to Presideut Salnaye’s intuuate friend, Min- ister Hollister:— Certain Haytions are ebjuring thelr country in the mo- ment of danger into which {thas lately been thrown, go that fi haa come to the knowledge of government that they are naturalized inthe different consulates. Without which they lived, danger every elt! lity) does to Teculling to thei the tintes of peace durin and for which iu revurn 1a the moment o zon owes hia services to his country; that natio not become completely lost by a declaration of on be quit of it juaiat the time when it is necessary into exile from here to Jamaica by tho F the "country of tance and labur ; steamer Surcoup have goue to Jacmel, where they | while, Oe: as esi ‘ations made to change one's nationa, ve no have pubiished an address very deaanciatory of President Salnave, and in which they alxo pay left- handed compliments to Mr. Hollister, Jaemel is still hemmed up by tie reactionists. On the sd the government issued an amnesty proclamation pardoning ali tose now im arms against it who will surreader at once—excepting the prinetpal leaders, From the Moniteur 1 tind that citizen Alexandre Florent, recently named Minister of Justice, Public Lustruction and Religious Worship, has, for good and. satisfactory reasons, declined the threefold appoit- Ment, Hilaire Jean-Pierre, Director of the Port au Prince Custom House, has been named a3 his suc- cessor, Alexandre Tete, Minister of Finance and Foreign Relatious, is also to take charge of the porifollo of commerce. General Numa Rigaud will continue as Minister of the Interior, ha vantage even of being regu- 2 the public is warned that the governeacnt will cousiier as null puch acts of foreign paturaiization and that it will energetically disown them when brought to ita notice, The “aathioritics are directed to look upon all wuch as nd without elect. ‘There were but two merchant ships in the harbor of Port an Prince when the Bottvar left. The United Slates siermer Gettysburg had gone on the 2d inst. for a cruise to tho uorth of the isiaad, with Minister Hollister aud fis secretary aboard. On the 5th her Brisish Majoncy’s steamer Noyalist left for Santo Do- mingo, Her Catholic Majesty's steamer (iuadiauo was Wo leave on Uie 7th for Santiago de Cuba ‘The news froin Cape Haytiea only reach co the jd inst., brought here by the French mati steamer. Captain Theobalde Parisien, the oiicer who was in command of the Sylvain at the Gime of her capture by the insurgents, had arrived at the Cape, having Agriculture and Public Works, while General Mene- his release by strategy. He proposed, when las Clément enters the Cabinet once more as Minis- , to join te cause of the revoludon, and ter of War and Marine. Louis I'kspinasse remains | thus managed to get ou to St. Marc. llore he General Director oi Customs. T' iy tue preseat | yniced with the Cacos, under General Nord. They constitution of the Cabinet, There is no telling t it may be next week, so many, changes has it perienced of late. General Ciément is absent froim the capital but has beeu sent for to assume the Jead of the War and Marine Bureau. Serator lienrt iy to succeed him in the command of the Port de marched afterwards on to Cape Hayrien, and. at liaut Cap, about two miles olf, Capiwa Parisien offered to go to the Cape and prev. vn the authorities to surrender. General Nord ad, aud sent tim op but ounce in Cape Haytien, aptain reported to the General in command for duty for ay Paix distric palnave’s HerBritannic Majesty's gunboat Royalist has gone to | “On August eneral Nord himself went to Com St. Domingo on a cruise. The spanish gunboat Guad- | fort, one mile from Cape Haytien, and deputa- lano leaves next Monday, 7th, for Santiago de Cuba. The government has bought a cargo of American provisions, Wiicil ii Is retailing to the people at very low prices. ‘The merchant brig Oliver Outca 1s to sail ‘on the 10th for New York with coffee aud logwood, Gold bs weilipg al $90 Lo $100 Hayticu for one Spanisti ton’ to its authorivies, proposing a conicreuve. The latter aceepted and attended, aud after ong con- versation the parties on both sides ex other, Generai Nord told bis brechre come to ask a peaceful surrender of the not come to fight, a# they were all [ yous and dollar. brothers, He showed a despondent joer frou RSP RTH Salnave to Cheviiler, which had been tater Salnave’s Side of the Haytinn Story—TheStexe | Gepied by Ceusrat Pouou Fauvert board of Gonaives—The Campaign Throughout the | the vessel that bore it, After of this letter some of Sai Country—Monitear Accounts ot Vandalism— Outside Evidences of Exaggeration—The Nae taralizution Question. KINnaston, Jam., Sept. 10, 1868, Ry the West India and Panama steamer Holivar, which came into post yesterday, | have aavices from the Haytian capital to the 6th tustant. During the preceeding ten days an abundance of happy events for President Sainave ha appened and presage the early trininph of bis arms, The be- alegers of Port au Prince, under Generals John Lynch and Petion Faubert have raised the siege of the city and evacuated in turn La Coupe, Petionvilie, Droutllard and La Croix des Bonquets. On the Ist inst. Generals Lynch and Faubert embarked on board the rebel steamer Liberte, to join Nissage-Saget at St. Mare, and left their foliowers to rejoin them there as best they could, A body of government troops, under General Vil Lubin, foliowed the retreating insurgents bey oid La Croix des Bouquets, taking a number of priso: era, The Moniteur afirms that the revolutionists left behind them thirty pieces of artillery, some in good condition, besides @ quantity of provisions aud ammu.iion, The President was not so overjoyed by this favorable termination of his defence of the capital as to forget what it became him to do at once to further strengthen his cause and to wake the most of Lynch's aud Faubert’s flasco before Port-au-Prince. The town of Gonaives was stil! holding out for the goverament, General Victorine Chevaiter cowmand- ing. He had made several sortivs ayainst his be- stegers, in one of which be captured @ gun, but had failed to drive them of. On the contrary they have hemmed him in closer than ever. The Cacoe by land, and the Li and armed boats by sea, had cut off ali communications and suppiiea.- The gar- rison was suffering for provisions, On the 4th the Corvette Trait nion, and @ schooner ladea with desired to surrender, aud the joiced, thinking the civil war terminates y were s00n disa; dd. Generals Ulysses Aubas and Saint Lacien Emanuel opposed all sucger declared that the eatry inte the place taust ve over their dead bodies, General Nora a stated that he had hoped to enter withou’ the sion of blood, but he would now be competied to do #0 by force. Thereupon the couterenc the city an Was momentarily expec and Emaniel prepared to Meet .t boldly gud fearlessly. NATURALIZATION, Yesterday's proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas, in the Supreme Court and fn the vitices of the Naturalization Uurean were not marked by any ex- traordinary wucidents., Judge Barrett ouly sat from twelve to two in Wie Common Pleas, and im the Sa- preme Court but one hour was devoted to the work of naturalizacion. The usnal crowd of brevet citizens besieged the dark hole Known as room No, 12 long before noon was announced from the cupola of the City Hall and waited with commendabie patience for their turn with the fussy officials behind the counter. One in- dividual, who was not quite a ctvilian in appearance, bat who was seemingly under the protection of stout party in blue, standing beside him, was sta- tioned at the door, with a pole the length of twelve feet in lis hand, on which was inscribed the talia- manic word “police.” To an inquiry as w the mean- ing of the demonstration he replied Uiat he was there to shove off the crowd, The crowd was not very dense at any time during the day aad the youth with the pole had no opportunity of rm his prowess in shoving. What he will do when the great unwashed and upterrified, now ambashed be- hind the walls of Tammany Hall, advauce on tis de- fences, Ume will reveal. In the Court of Common Pleas John McGrath end another Greek prescated their papers of citizenship for the Signature of the Judge, but it turned out on examination that they were just one day Loo soon. ‘The two vears (hat the law requires to have elapsed between the declaration of tniention to become a citizen and the swearing of allegiance to the Unitea provisious, were sent from Port au Prince by Sal- s States had not been completed by some hours. pave, for the relief of Chevalier and his soldiers, age Barrett therefore hailed back the papers end Before leaving, this, corvette Trait a’ nion, which ited the applicants to call again another day. isa strong merchant vessel recentiy fitted oul as a | One man's application was rejected because It could not be proved that he had resided one con- tinuous year in the State, Jt ia worthy of remark that those of the applicants who served in the army and who claim ciuzenship on that ground make (he jeast fuss and answer the questions put therm with the greatest readtiness and politeness. A soldier presented himwelf yesterday who had served six months of his term in the army in Andersonville prison, His pay were found correct, and be Was very speedily supplied with the certificates of citizenship to which his service in the eunse of the Union entiied him. Fifteen persous were naturalized in the Supreme Court yesterday, The Court of Common Pleas will be closed to-day, but Judge Barrett will sit on Mou- day, at tweive o'clock, to resume te work of Datu- ralization, Natoralized yesterday Previously aaturalizes man-of-war, tried to get a fight-out of the rebel steamer Liberte, but failed. This occurred on the vist ultimo, when the Liberté was in sight of Port au Prince, The Trait d’Union was towed towards her by the towboat Acetléré, Wnt she was too fast for the corvette and kept out of range. On the ist the Liberte reappeared before the capital, but lett the same day and bas not been seen ayain by ie Port au Princlans. The government repo of affairs in the interior all show favorable results for Sainave’s ultimate success, I will synopsize them, cautioning your readers at the same time that they are ty be received with considerable allowances made for the Ma) Uan predisposition for exaggera- tions. At Leogane General Christ, Jr., is guarding the place with abous $00 men. Generals Chrtst, Sr. Holopherne end Lafond have assembied and organ ized @ large jorce of Piqueta, with which (hey are to give anoiler blow to Jacmel, At Gros Motne, on August 29, Geveral Henriques, with only i by routed twice that number of Cacos. Two days later the young General Marcetin oer them another licking at San Louis du Nord. In Riviere Saié Gene- rai Syndie administered a third defeat to the Cacos, killing and wounding seventy-eight of tiem and cap: turing forty-five. In Mole St. Nicholas the government forces held undisturbed possession. In the depart- ment of Artibonite the reacuionists are very active: General Nissage Saget, of the revolution, had to occupy March and with @ part of his ti moved there from St. Marc to prevent the place pro- La Aa OBITUARY. Richard C. Morse. A cable telegram aunounces the death of Mr. Richard C. Morse, of this city, He died at Kissingen, Germany, on Thestay last, in the seventy-fourth year of hix age. Deceased graduated at Yaic College in the class of 1812, After studying theotogy in the seminary of Andover, Maga, he came to this city in connection with his brother, he com- lication of the New York boserver, 1s, W menced the y with which journal he remained until 1858. Eh nouncing for Sainave. On the let inst, the govern- | retired from active life, and was travelling in com- ment troops aemaulted and carried Fort ‘Uae, near | pany With hia wife forthe benedt of his ith at Petiie Goave, killing the insurgent commander, J tie time of bik death.