The New York Herald Newspaper, October 5, 1868, Page 5

ease of alleged poisoning was continued Saturday |‘ morning, before Justice Bogert, at Nanuet, Rockland eounty, New York. The examination had been car- wied on through Friday night until all were exhausted, lawyers, prisoners and oficial attendants alike, and was resumed about eleven o’clock on Batarday. There were present for the prosecu- ‘tion Messrs. Henry Dally, Jr., Chauncey Shaffer and H..B, Fenton, while Messrs, H. L, Clinton and Qornelius Hoffman appeared as counsel for the de- fence. There were also present Profeasor R. Ogden Doremus, Dr. A. W. Shepard, Sister Carona and another Sister of Charity, and Miss Julia Maguire, the witness who had agected great diMculty in attending and upon her examination wept so bitterly when compelled to say that she was ‘twenty years’” old’ (yet she remained an earnest listener until the testimony of Dr. Shepard was finished). There was also present Dr. Louis Bauer, of Brooklyn, who materially assisted the defence in the medical testimony. The court room was crowded, as the testimony of Dr. Shepard, who “made the post mortem examination of Mra. Gamble’s pody im the dead house of Brooklyn, and Dr. Doremus, who made the analysis of that woman’s stomach and intestines, was of great interest and importance, both in their direct and cross-examina- tons. The session of the court continued until after four o'clock Sunday morning, with but one or two very Mmited receases, and during this time much of im- portance was elicited that may have considerable Dearing upon the future aspect of the case. Both of the medical gentlemen alluded to—Drs. Voremus and Shepard—gave their testimony in fall. When haif-past one o’clock Sunday morning had arrived, Mr. H. L, Clinton, who cross-examined these medical gentlemen, arose and moved for an adjourn- ment, as the Court had been in session since early ‘hat forenoon, and even if the witness then under Fig yr late pedearnty General Hammond,of had inconvenience in com- Bg again pom oy Ee it was not equal to the thers being kept there all aaa 90 5 far into the night, Dut the Justice refused When two o'clock had arrived ante orning), Mr. Clinton moved “ Linear as a Matter of bu- ¢ Mr. Gamble Mrs. manity, Hi "to wens to the jail, as they were permitted to return there the abl before three o’clock in the morning, and had to arise for the aay day two hours afterwards in COE to be it =e a Sheritf to the court, and that to com- articularly, longer to remain, who pean Hala, day, was a great hardship. The counsel (Mr. Clinton) offered to consent, if the Justice Would not adjourn, to go on in the poge of the defendants, This motion the Justice also refused, and the proceedings continued through ° une mi ne until, ae stated, four o’clock, or after, Sunday ‘The testimony and cross-examination of Dr. Shepard is herewith subjoined in full:— ‘TRSTIMONY OF DR. A, W. SHEPARD. My name is A. W. Shepard, and I reside at No. 126 Willoughby street, Brooklyn; am a physician by Occupation; I was annie red in a post-mortem ex- amination on the vody of Mrs. Margaret J. Gamble en the 14th of August last; I was requested by the coroner of Kings county to make an examination her body; found the body at the county dead- house; went there and made the examination in connection with Dr. Doremus; firat made an exam- tation externally, with a view of ascertaining if there were any punctured wounds on the body, either on the suriace of the body or at the outlet mone were found; the decomposition had in- volved the integuments of the head, face, neck and upper portion of the back; the remainder of the body was in a good state of spronerreticn. externally; abdomen was distended and tympanitic; rigor mor- ‘tus not well marked (the rigidity that usually occurs after death); cuticle on the scalp and face was re- Moved on the slightest friction; the muscular de- velopment of the body was the body was evidently well nourisedy ‘abeudence of adipose tissue; I opened the chest and abdomen and ex- mined the organs egret the lungs were con- siderab! gested, as occurs in the majority of post marion euees; the tissue of the lunge erepitat- peneath the f idence that the alr cells Inger—e: contained air; the heart natural in apy size, its valves normal, healthy; the stomach, fat of the small and large intestines, the liver (Dr. 8. referr:ag to memorandum), one kidney, pan- creas (an organ of the stomach), the uterus and the vagina; I removed and closed the outlets, delivering them to Professor Doremus for chemical examina- tion; I removed wgereon of _ igh — exaraines it microscopically subsequently; exainination showed the, presence of a small quantity of fatty matter; the liver was of natural size; I examined the other kidney, found {t natural in size, with no ap- pearance off fatty degeneration; I removed a section Of the muscle of the thigh for Dr. Doremus; after re- iain top of the skull I found the brain 80 much mposed that it was useless to examine it; the Tolowing day, the fd or Ane at the laboratory of of Dr. Doremus, the Doctor and myself opened and examined the stomach, after having care- fully washed its coats with distliled water; the walle of the stomach were normal in thickness; its mucous surface was natural in thickness, consistency and color; the contents and washings were saved by the Professor and put in se jars; we then washed = examined me ae er inteatine the whole Jengen; —_ es appearance; the larger intestine also; no sign of any corrosion or congestion. That extends ea a ond whole of it, I believe. Q. What, if Cee ng. was done with the lungs at and faa a Professor Doremus? A. I deliverea one I a pe know whether the lungs or either were laced in water at the post-mortem? A. 1 believe were, and they floated. Q. If you have ymiteed anything in your state- ment please state it if you now remember. A. Don’tnow remember of anything more. - ‘CROSS EXAMINED BY DR. A, W. SHEPARD. Q At the time you made the post-mortem exam- ‘mation who were present during the whole or any tion of the time? A. During the whole of the Eine, ‘so far ay 1 remember, Coroner Flavin, Profes- sor Doremus and one or two parties that assisted in removing © ies, and an undertaker, besides my- self, ene Saang.& sieeve commenced, Ud rtion of the time, uer Called on us and some gentleman was with him whom he tintro- auced, but his name I have forgotten; Mr. Daily, the prosecuting counsel, was present auring the whole of the examination; the undertaker’s name was Lynch, and he was formerly coroner; don’t remem- ber whether the last named was present during the whole examination or not. Q. How far had the post-mortem pro; when Dr, Bauer arrived? A. 1 am confident the body had been opened, or we were opening it at least; we had been in making the external examinations and the body opened, 1 iam ana were about ex! the internal orga! on Beret ong bad you hy Professor Doremus been @ post-mortem when Dr. Bauer ar- riveat Ry Could not say. Q. State as nearly as you can? A. [should think poy that we had been from fifteen minutes to haif ‘gn hour. Q. Before you commenced the post-mortem were the doors of ‘the deadhouse locked, so as to prevent & one entering it through them? A. 1 do not ow. Q. Haye you no recollection of any kind as to whether or not hee deadhouse was locked wien you commenced ? I don’t know, for the reason that I ‘was in one room| and the door of the deadhouse in another; Ihave no recollection about the locking, Q Was it by previous appointment that you and Professor Doremus made the post-mortem on the rin gear mk T can’t answer it, because I don’t know wha' . Had rea i prior 00 to the 1dth day of August any ap- (tment or any understanding that you and Pro- essor Doremus would on the rn of August make the post-mortem’ A. No, sir, Prior wo making the post-mortem had you any appointment, arrangement or ‘understanding that you and Professor Doremus would make the post- mortemt A. NO, ‘Are you deputy coroner? A. No, sir. Had you at that time any official position which ived had i the ro to make or take part in a i A. Yes, sir; when ordered by the wa fe Q state ‘what that Kae position was. A. It is of fines count, the ae foyer h piace? noid * Wren, tf at all, ‘ fe my by the Coro- the pono . Can't remembde! ro] 4 two two days fore; tt ae have been the same Did you have gonyersation with any one in meee the mortem before it wu made. ith whom? i casa” A. L do not remember id you first meet or ace Professor Do- on aan you made $ ‘he postmortem ata A 101 ou ex: na con © blood and if ae tenth n. Gony pty ination of 80, to what ¢: 5 an hy) mol p ftuid contents of tie ‘vessels of the abdo- and chi Did you oop them? A. I divided them. What was the condition of the blood vessels? Sorte | examined Just at its junction Aw the heart; the coate were smooth; 10 abnormal de- Q. Did you examine, the coats by the aid of a Miscroscope? A. No, sit. he extent wh fe Geter reas what i you we ieasisy a Ratner more. fluid, than. inthe normal condition of more recent ¢xatinations of post mortems. yt ® you search for thrams or Obstructions? by ae bd thrums or obstructions in i NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, Q. Or in the heart? A. ted ay atiterent ippearanc from the No, sir. Were the lungs or was either of them congested iy Cedi ymy mortem. terior, sie ar m ex: 3 voeeion tion repeated, as it was not responsive. A. ac 5 late, if you can, witten pares of Oa were F than other parts? A. The pos- Terlor surface of both ie. if you can, which mere of the lungs were lone. congeRted: pan, A. The anterior, 18 itis so in this case, {, uate, if you cany the noticable diflerences be- tween the posterior and anterior? A. The posterior surface being hypostaticall was more dense, crepitated less leas. readily nese than the anterior portion, which was less congested, Q. Please i lain the term bey coger con- gested.” A, the tendency of blood to de- Pendant parts by gravitation, ‘Q. What was the color of the lungs posterially and anteriorally, or behind in front? A. That be- hind was darker color than that in nage or rather pein more abundant gave @ darker hue to the "er "If the blood sinks from ont grerenfinyten ty he part, rou Be former present any y eppeery ance df congestion? Part was entirely vacated b, blood ft would ot, pe ce he whether the subject from of (3 part to Naser Pog I t sould tell ont pon Detore tt reg hl gre? (1 atk Under what Bynes! and circumstance. do find congestion of the lungs, generally speaking? rN When there is any ieaaeeeaea win the circula- peek canes an unusual determination of blood to the lungs at the time of the am Were Reaper mortem in such a condition that all their bry Sas ances could have been cena they Q What is the weight of a nor- mal liver in an adult ? hoes ht ey in different individ pe it is about one- ee patie: individual in @ nate ormans ite aorae’ rf ‘s avout bin tblys th pete a dines cannes ‘cannot give the eet stand. ai aieren tndiduas ut How many inchés auntert a neta Sean diamete! 8 rf Orarx incues in ite shortest eee no qbid You weigh the Liver of the deceased? A. air. “G. Did you ascertain its size ¢ by accurate messure- we Ouesti fea tee elteds on ecole sponal A. tion re] not @ responsive answer. A. Ithine laid? Q. How? A. By the eye; by inspection of the ples of other persons of e same size and: ‘compari- °O Then, if yn did ascertain its size by accurate measurem please state its ube size if you can? A. I cannot in inches, Q. Is a measurement of liver accurate which don’t enable one to atate its size in inches? A. Yes; — all ordinary morbid condition occurring usually in mortem examinations. Question repeated. A. Iconsider it so. Q. Did you ascertain the Be iss the liver by the aid of a microscopet A. Yes, Q. In what condition ‘dia [you ana it? A. In the forms of globules of oll. Q. Is the liver not usually enlarged when fat is found init? A. Usually. An adjournment was here agreed upon for one hour, after which the cross-examination of Dr. Shepard was resumed. Q At the postmortem did ayo ascertain whether the stomach was i A. No, sir; it was not opened; it was distended with gas. Q Could you tell without earten it whether it Siar bata A. No, sir; I could and did feel fluids in Q. Were they liquid or gaseous fluids, or both? A. I should say they were both. Q. About what quantity of fluids did it contain at the post-mortem at the deadhouse? A. Could not haan th ing of thi ere you present at the opening of the stomacht A. Yes, sir; at the laboratory of Dr. Doreimus. Q. Who was Se time? A. Myself, Dr. Doreimus and an assistant Q State, it on can, the quantity of the fluids in the stomach w! it was opened. A. I should esti- mate about two ounces, more or less; it was not measured in my presence. Q. State the color, odor and consistency of these fui A. About the consistency of thin gruel, about ‘a slate color; could not compare the smell to any- thing other than that of the emanations from a dead body; it nad no anne 8 odor, Q. State what smelt, 1f iar were Wee OE WS ee, ous matter in the stomach. ‘twas @ pungent smel eral disagreeable; tat is all that Ican describe it; the small intestines we opened and frashed on the 15th of August at Dr. Doremus’ lab- oratory. Q What was the color of these intestines? A, The inner surface was @ pale, whitish color; the outer surface the usual sliniug appearance, usual color of the serous membrane, Q. Same question as toodor. A. The the usual aromatic odor—peculiar pungent nature, pra offensive; that is as near as ican de- Q. Same question as to quantity of fluids. A. I could notestimate the quantity, a8 we washed the small intestines by a blow pipe—blew a stream of water on them Please give the approximate quantity as near bat hes can. A, | could not approximate, Can you give no idea whatever pote d the quan- uy A. prom one to four ounces; as pear & eae a as to the consistency of the liquid. A. It was rather thicker in consistency than the con- tents of the stomach, mingled with a material ap- Proaching fecal matter. Q. Now state as to the color of the liquids, A. It was ge erage color. id you, on this occasion, when the stomach we opened, ascertain the culo, odor and consist- ency and quantities of the contents found in the larger intestines’ A. I ascertained the oe con- a odor and approximated to the quantity. ae tate first as to color. A. Brownish yellow— little greenish tinge, I should say. Same question as to consistency. A. The lower part, it was hard; higher up, thinner, but thicker than in the previous portion of the alimentary A. Lapproximate is as near as I can Same question as to quantity. it from one to three ounces; this approximate. Same question as to odor, A. The] odor of ordl- Bary fecal matter. Q. Was the bladder empty or was it filled and dis- tended? A. It was pretty well contracted down, containing @ sunall quantity of urine; this is as near as I can teil. What was the condition of the blood vessels taining to all the organs of the abdominal org” Filled with blood, but not over distended. you mean to say that the finer or capillary vensels were oes or noticeable? A. Not discernibie by the naked Q. State wheter there were any signs of indamma- tion in the lower part of the abdomen? A. None whatever. Q. Did you notice whether there was any great distension of the vessels of the brain? A. No, sir. Q Asto whether the corpse on which the post mortem was made, as you havestated, do you know, aside from what you were toid, as to whether it was the corpee of Mrs. Gambler I saw the name op the coffin piate; that is the only way. Q When the parts of the body were given to Dr. Doremus, in what veasel where they? A. T placed tham in large giass jars held by doctor; these jars were about twelve or fourteen inches high and four or five inches tn diameter. Q. After these portions of the body were thus put in the jars how were they secured, ifatalit A. I think they wey covered over with something; don’t remember how or by what. Q. Did you see the covers fastened on in any way? A, Not that I remember. eine Were they in your presence fastened on? A. ‘0, a Were the covers loose? A. Objected toon the ground that it is not in evidence there were covers to the jars. Objection sus Q. Did you observe whether or not these vessels had any covers? A. No sir, I did not observe. A &, a ay observe how these jars were covered? + No 'Q. How many jars were there in which any por- dhe of the body were put, when given to Dr. Dore- mus? A. Three, if I remember it. Did you see ious of the m these jars or jars stnilar to Amy 3 how mext day at Yr. vormus’ laboratory? A. anh oy Q bia ed a aay {howe jare trom others of like character? A. N of course I cot Q. Could you tall ‘wlicther they. were the same jens bot at the post-mortem on the previous day? io Q. Could you Meaney, fs portions of the these jars on Lag li August as contradi from vane pettions of a body anothe woman? A. i think I could, 2 hi et Q. Were there any viva ae Marks 60 as to Identify Mo ‘bus there were some iat A n° dhe eth of At t Ragan covered As ere St yl Do ou rocollent with certainty? A. Yes, sir; tney were covered and sealed, in tbat see the seals broken on the 16¢h? A. ear, saw the Doctor break them; I did not ine ‘nem ame: did not bee that they were Q Wnen did You frat ave theve jars sealed? A At Des Doreater laboratory. by pus bed ‘ag this, to wit, 16th August, the b weap tno eau dee marth eraee ormras Nordin ‘het ihe timer? rect ba ig K the day bei Q. Do you mean eS ay Are the dead house, next saw them in Dr. Doremus’ mornes, nd then did not see them t ‘until the 16th ? ‘ea, wir, No, sir; not s minute Sx" yon prorat did you first see the body on ? A. On the tnrama | 14th of Aug Sorel oe Suter wi RS | Saag al Ser par know that it had not been washed aside | Ba as wan tad you? A, No; only by the ap- Q Wi Ren aid yon ‘arst gee that comin’ A At this me, onthe krone Se Rennes Banas contents Sys dead house to Dr. Doremus’ carriage? ‘4 Don't remember; 00, ae @ Do you xnow who exhumed the body? A. No, any appeare a er ‘nas. body died o renter nS A. oar diar- 0, sir. Did br. Bauer at the time of the post-mortem say why he was sent there? Objected to. Objection justained. Did he say that Mr. Gamble sent him? Cbjected «co Panama art Does aor bog always contain more or less ules r an: - wor in your atimaon produce aby percep ment of that Tit it ot when there is a superabundance of oll mipenentorty 80 ba to produce fat, that the liver Yes. po Does ieee fiver retain its normal size in per- gone dying {fo m disease where that organ is not dia- the} ene We Deen wel weil otherwise sad wale tho question hitesif) Ae 1eanould say question res to that — peli Bil nina st oming @ examination if. Shepard the ‘tiready: epparent wes enhanced by calling was en! pan the stad Professor Doremus and the te Sure geon General of the United States Army. MURDER. A Visit to the TombeWhat Those Whe Are Accused | of Murder Have to Say. “Murder! ‘Years‘ago tt would have shudered a whole community to hear it announced that 4 fellow being was violently brought to his life's end. But we are progressing. Nowadays, if anybody is killed, {t is read in the HERALD, and after the Coroner's inquest is held and its results published no one cares for it nor for the persons accused. Fow charged with murder are ever tried, and fewer still are con- vVicted. Whether the objection to capital punish- ment, now spreading among the people of this coun- try had anything to do with it, or whether tt was the philanthropic idea that punish- ment should be commensurate to the crime, either one of these has votaries enough to make up a jury of the Coroner, and the verdict in many cases will be in favor of the living and against the dead. “The dead can tell no tales” is an adage as old as language, and if those who have been put to death in the prime of life by the violence of others could speak many unjust accusations would be dis- persed and many unjust charges would be dis- proved. A Visit to the Tombs wil! disclose it. Only ten per- sons are now in the Tombs charged with mortal of- fences, and among them are two females, and all of them are comfortably housed. Some may object to the word “‘comfortable” since they are in a prison, but our own eyesight confirms us in the beltef that more than ten thousand honest people of this city live in less comfortable quarters and have less to eat and Jess to drink than the inmates of the Tombs, Saturday afternoon, for instance, a whole kettleful ott euett waa taren tack again to the kitchen, and in “a +, Jada ng from @ mere taste of its contents, the the best beef must have been” Yet, to be behind lock and bara, to confined within the — email space of a cell, to be fed like a cow at stipulated times, to have nobody to converse with, to hear only the clangor of the keys when one or the other “pies een le ee to some better or worse place of is ig bad enougn, and it snould should ariapies A with the desire to alleviate the sufferings of the unfortunate and to lessen the chances of all to come within such unwelcome walls, If the society styling itself the ‘Prison Association”? will pay but little attention to the feild for which it was organized many evils would be abated and many errors abolished. ‘To give an example to this association, itis only necessary to mention the name of Maximilian Muelier, who has been in prison since the 19th of December, aRh, or very nearly ten months. He is ony setting fire to a house on Second ave- nue, eat ‘Thirty-second and Thirty-third streets, in which he Ron) a store, and @ boy of tender age finding his death at the fire, he was guilty of manslaugiiter, or, pe books of the Tombs will have it, homicide. Mr. Mueller appears to be a young ung man ‘ot some intelligence; he is a native of ittenheim, in the grand duchy of Baden, and de- clares that he knows oni? at all either & about An fire or about the death of ae young man. since December last there might have been sufficient time to put the case on and why it was not done ba oMcers in charge of this business may answer. is John P. Bendon, who is charged with king” Sa Irishman named Patrick Eagan. Whether the be true or not, whether the pro- secution have witnesses to prove every count in the igre it is certainly wrong that since the 28th ae this man should be kept in close confinement and although he was ready for trial no trial coul be had. The authorities should look into matters of this kind, for if a man is guilt gullty he should be ae ‘and discharged at once if not guilty. Thomas Johnson is one of the ‘“cullod’” persua- sion, and he is hereee that, on the 14th day of last July, he killed Ellen May. He is only twenty-four Years of age, and his countenance betrays a mild Kispositions ” As the affray happened on the side- walk, and as Thomas himself admits that he was a little more than half seas over, it is very probable ns te ee his jefence. But arg | of the inmates of the Tombs chi with mee S it is but cee to be more particular. There is Denati Megaldi, an Italian, a native of Na- ples, only pp ta seri years old, and only nine onths in this ‘¥, Who is charged with killing gon Ryland gn the ith of July last. Spoken to in Tta'‘ian, he would feign not to understand; in French ot in English wouid he answer; but his e; on shone ht a glare trek i the bars of his cell, No. 62, that e visitor lieve himself py to be be- ond his reach. The description of a “bravo” by ickens i# not @ full portrait of the original In cell No. 63 ths is Patrick Nicholson, charged with killing his Wife Theresa on the 20th of June last. Patrick names ® handsome young man, and in appearance ble @ person as can be found; but the fact at he shot his wife he admits, and in extenuation ‘or exculpation of the act he claims that he found her with another man, and that fact so worked upon his feelings that he oe his own senses and fi the pistol. He says that if he had bat killed the destroyer of his domestic happiness he would be sure of an acquittal, as Gene- ral Sickes was. But ‘unfortunately he killed his wife, while her seducer escaped. Yet he hoped a bas A La do him justice. is confined in cell No. 40. He almost sao the gentieman, and does not deny that he fired at Austin Smedick, the policeman, but he denies to have had any intention of killing him. The facts of the death of this policeman should be fresh in the of the reader. How the several occasions at the oMicer, and how at officer was hit and mortally wounded; all these facts the reader knows. Yet the young man, a native of New York, and rr apupil of Mackerelville, takes it coolly, and he told our reporter that he had fede nod! tting out of the jon which had better not John Seibert occuptes cell No. 69 as his apartment. He is a with on the death of Jacob Steil- i mi Fourteenth street, between avenues B G," on rhe Toth of of August last. He is a German and he does not seem to know much about the dread- ful affair, He does claim that he was too drunk on that fearful evening to know anything, and that it having been a ral row the fatal blow was struck by some one whom he does not know. atone tether lg’ a wi ct it @ man by the name of Robert 5. OR Shee huss been tried once and sentenced to the lawyers secured an pod ty oth her former sen- tence and the grant of anew trial. Since June ¥ C4 this year she is again at the Tombs awaiting th new trial, but by the advice of counsel refuses to woe anybody. Not even her own confessor, she belong- Ee the Catholic Saare comanay any interview her, she deciining to converse even with the matron of the prison. For the murder of Jacob Pfeifie, which took onthe 14th of June last on Fifty-second stree be. tween Sixth and Seventh avenues, two persons are oy os the wife of the devoused? as principal, ae is on last the risoh except on an mention Interesting Scenes im St. Louie—The Exece- tdon ef William Banke Pestponed at the Last Hour—Cenduct of the Prisoner Prier to ee [From the St. Louis Republican, Oct, 2.) ‘Yesterday the set for the execution of Willa Banka the. gee man convicted of the new rope was and set in order for its fatal work. Some little ements were also Made in the tra) ene of the “drop,” and the scaffold was all When we visited the cell of the prisoner, a ite at after ten o’clock yesterday fore- noon, we found no evidence of was Seated on his low bed, and ie him were Mr, B. M. Black and J. 3, of the Methodist church. awe entered, the two gentle- — named were a@bymn, in which the voice of the faintly. It was the well known negro joined old strain, “Rock of ot for Me,” &c, Banks seemed restless, i demeanor was ‘that of aman anxious and Tearful i in mind, b ut restraining by force of will. He seemed Pereeied for his aie and to have eens pone. ras neatly dressed and appeared in althougn he said he had not slept di rig the oy ab In reference to the had Charlotte the story he told all along. He was was auxed some questions in reference to the matter, and he replied slowly in ‘@ distinct voice and Jooking hig penta straight im the face. One question was r sachin “Banks, for the satisfaction of your friends énd other parties interested, righ at Pale olen, time, I ask you if the facta as \to Killing of Chariotte Duncan are trne, and you nave no change to make in what you bee’ before said? “Yes, sir;” he anawered, “They are true.’ He sub- sequently added:— “It would do me now no. good to. speak falsely, bu hols oe is ny Judge, Id T did not tatend to kill her.” evidence of the Gets te aan Foster, who testified’ on the trial that ina agree) had ph Hg threats against tung ra sae the most solemm manner, as # dying irmed ne ne he 6 ae Deve 3 ay belo Hg :cor conversation aon: on the Speman. eee Foster an a ey, of Pig's IR was & gestion asked. “He Oharloti?” vest air. It is took poet furdhite ‘to detail the conversation which took as in Bubstance but what the ia Feerense to the a aunE, before, He to the judge or jurors or any ected with conviction, Bag’ to die. “Banks, did jee ‘and ex- Rosai put to him: eee rite 5 man in New Orleans?” He said “No;1 @ dimculty with @ man in New Orleans about some billiard balls, and I prin him ‘with my fist—that ‘wag all.?? The gentlemen who were with him said he had clear, intelligent views on religious subjects, and appeared. Renin ae thorough! his situa- ion. Lipari id last few weeks he has had any number of rel 18 advi Vogu and in one we under- stand a alight rprush” took place between the repre- gentatives of diferent ft churches. We were tpformed ere. that about two weeks ago he requested Rev. Wm. Ones Ay Siailociary, to be with him on the scaffold. i@ gentieman has been most active in endeavol to obtain a commutation of the sentence, having for some time impressed with a pont ion, of atthe truth of Banks’ explanation of the killing of Charlotte Duncan. Between ten and eleven o’clock the cell of Banks was visited by numerous persons, and quite a small crowd assembled in the jail yard. But they were to be disappointed, TNE REPRIEVE. It was eleven o'clock by the watch when the Rev. Mr. Porteus, accompanied by two or three gentle- men, who had been to intercede with Governor Fletcher on behalf of the condemned criminal, ap- ied at the outer yard door of the jail for admission, it was not the first time that they had been admitted that morning, and the door was at once opened to them, There was some hurriedness in their manner, ‘as if they feared that they might arrive too late, and they seemed otherwise to be free from all anxiety sadness, ‘Their errand was quickly told, and the news that a reprieve had been granted passed froin rson to person about the jail with a rapidity which was surprising. Mr. Por- teus was admitted into the inner precincts of the jai!, and he bastene: to the iron stairway leading to the third row of ceils, where Banks was. ie en- tered with four or five persons, and found Banks engaged in religigus conversation with a gentieinan, The condemned man must have known by their mode of entrance that he was to recetve some 1m- portant information, for he rose from his patiet, on the side of which he was sitting, ali in a tremor, When Mr, Porteus exclaimed, “A reprieve for thirty days,’* every eye Was fixed upon the prisoner to see how he would receive the news. He seemed over- come with emotion, and ejaculated amid periect still- ness, “Thanks be to God!” ‘Then came the shaking of hands, and he was asked if he would devote him- self during the remainder of his life to the service of Christ. assurance, ‘l promise to devote all of my days to the service of Christ,” was returned in an earnest and unhesitating manner. ‘Then he ed his friends for the warm interest mantfe: in him, and went on to say: ‘I call the Lord to ess My words; Tam not guilty of wiltul murder, and I would not, in the condition I stand, callon Almighty God, whom I may soon appear be- fore, to witness a lie; 1 did not shoot Charlotte on purpose. 1 forgive’ the witnesses cheerfully, and pray that they will go to God with penitent earts and be forgiven as I forgive them; for Goad bbed forgive them if they go to him.” He asked, with his frame quivering, ‘Is it @ commutation “No, @ reprieve for thirty days,” was the re) le seemed somewhat downcast but thankful, and engaged in subsequent religious exercises with ear- nestness. So stands the case at present. It is generally pre- sumed the Governor intends to commute the sen- tence, otherwise it is worse than cruel to keep the wretched prisoner oscillating between fear and hope, As to his guilt or innocence of the crime for which he has been convicted, no further evidence, one way or the other, can be expected. Those who think the shooting may have been ac- aeneel a0 on fires in thetr opinion as ever; bat they need expect no additional evidence, As to the desire manifested by certain parties to hunt up evi- dence Banks of other offences, it appears somewhat out of place. e direct question is whether or not he is a fair object of Executive clem- ency in reference to the crime of which he now stands convicted. The Governor has hg opportunity of finding out, but seems curiously irresolute in the matter. We understand Mr. Johnson, Circuit Attorney, is be among the number of those in favor of commuting the sentence. In reference to the reprieve granted yesterday, the following are the entries on the minutes of the Crim- inal Court:—The Judge appoints the 8th inst. for the execution, but that is merely to give tune for the formal Ke ind to be received, which, as above stated, is for thirty days. 8, Lovrs, Oct. 1, 1868, Hon. Wir.s0w Pata, Judge of the Criminal’ Court’ of St. Louis count, Be Sin For the purpose of giving further time for resentation and consideration of reasons for sommutia fentence of or wilt Banks, 1 Thave to-day tasued @ f rea the Bth inst, "The respite in due form will be tmalled by the Secretar oy ot t Sate at Jefferson City to-day, but cannot reach the M until to-morrow, The former’ res- pite expires to-day aud yduir sentence will be carried into exe- Mg fully request that you will order & stay of execution unt spite can arrive. ‘There seems to deep con- viction in the minds of some persons that there fa good ground for » doubt in Banks) eae, and I wih to afford (bom Full op- tunity lo present their names. respectfully, yours, “i FiOS. OFLercHER, Coveruor of Whisour! Then comes the following:— In view of the foregoing letter from the Governor of the State to the J is court, and the court deeming that the statements therein contained are suflicient cause shown to proiong the time for the execution of Williuin Banks, herg- otore sentenced to. be hung on September, 1564, fund respited by the Governof to thie Ist day of October’ 1868 ls ordered by the court that the time for the execution of the said William Banks, as heretofore fixed by the judgment of that court and by anid ‘respite of tee loveruor, be farther prolonged to the 80th day of October, 1868, on which day the Sentence of this court ordering the execution of said Hanks shall be carried into effect by tho Marshal, between the hours And at the place indicated in sald sentence. SMASHING UP THE CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS TOBACCO RINGS. Government Detectives on the Track—Seie sure of FactoriceDiscovery of Enormous Frauds. (From the Cinetnnat | Gazette, Oct. 2.) There is a good deai of consternation ery booed tobacco men of the clty 0 over the presence of ernment detective in their midst. It et fresh in Wu clr inds that a has not yet eli ice, through th ia pt ‘ot tia othe, five of the to- for counter. were found B. Bouton of Hannibal, Miseath, an and that th ‘ame secured this Rethhardt, as agent the arrest of person, hia convic- fot, They are both cemene ‘from, the the Kingdom mot aon, and that Ce? Cate io oop anes. ‘urtemberg, and while Reinhardt is rather reti- For some time the cent as to his knowledge of the occurrence, caoepe tal enormous frauds were being ng perpearnon prc 80 far as to say that he ws rho ge the fatal | revenue by some of the tobacco manufacturers of blow, Mra. Gertrude ms widow 4 One ground of that suspicion we are at the man, male Holbrook, of Louisville, ng at whe Knows” who + pays a tax him. 8 cate gag age Pa IT ig IEA ry all our , and she told it , and readers if they be on First district alone there table raxit not nity, nor thet it was, of to learn the amount of them. ity tpl he ith ia believed to be ‘hether can & low estimate of the of which the gov- quesvion. Berore the ir it cy cheating, this counterteit- Struck him a ape ade 29 ae Rf Ag that to have been. tal posttions, families are among our best, asehe never did we rete 9p who find in their money their but a Bee of we ~ to men of St. Louls, whose which ne had moat even had overawed man, livingin ake oom same house, came to their rier neighbors, but even the revenue rooms and struck her ni oiticern themsetves, At the time Of the trial of W. down, The | end trial B. Mann, ais after ition was eae to Wash. true facts in the case. ington, “ant, ment officials, for In recapitulation it yd be stated that for homi- oa release; & that egouat, they we yy “yong now ten Ty eiasinte ustody at Bhi og be be cer? ae mS whol 0. tim, that oO no ‘that they had ad foes ker for justifying their Deir ott | eat ens Injustice to any potion. We wish to state dis- Burlew & Co., of defrauding of the government by means of coun’ eee will be remembered, perhaps, by some of our false brands were also found in their the pack- ages have passed under his eye. In this honorable aa itis that ony Burlew & Co. have ‘The same officer under whose direction this seizure has been made has also seized the factory of James A. May, of Indianapolis, for the same crime. It is hi that trauds have been committed by this bey lenrpent to the amount of $50,000 in twelve mont YACHTING. FROM GUA LONDON. OON. CORRESPONDENT. Close of the Season—The Sappho. Lonpon, Sept. 23, 1868. ‘The yachting season is over and there is absolutely nothing doing. ‘The American schooner yacht Sappho has left Cowes and is now lying in Southampton waters. It 1a pont that has negauaedics for her purchase have been crite ‘ur fo the pedcenisid ina has t. OWN u) a FA ache owner, > ands, % ~ AQUATICS. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. The Proposed Anglo-American Four Oared Race. LONDON, Bept. 23, 1868. ‘The sportsmanlike challenge recently issued by the brothers Ward to row any four-oared crew in the world fora stake of $6,000 has been accepted by the Neweastle ‘Tyne Champion Crew,’’ subject’ to some slight modifications of the terms originally proposed, and in all likelihood articles of agreement will be forwarded “on approval’? by to-day’s mail. The English crew are willing torow in America on any suitable water for the championship of the world and a stake of £200 ($1,000) a side, conditionally on their receiving the sum of £100 ($500) towards their travelling expenses. No date has been named for the match, but it cannot pos- sibly take place until tne spring of next year, as two members of the Tyne Crew—viz., J. Ranford and James paper pare engaged in sculling nratches, the former ha’ been pitted against the redoubtable Harry Kelley to row for the Knglish champlonship and £200 a side on the 17th of Novem- ber, while the latter hag just signed articles for a match with Mark Addy, of Manchester, for £00 a side, to take place on the Tyne or, the ivth of next month. Some donbt seems to exist in English rowing cir- cles as to whether the brothers Ward will consent ro row for80 small.a sum as $1,000 aside, inasmuch as they originally stipulated that the stake should be $6,000, and oifered to give or take $1,000 for ex- penses; but in the event of this proving the only ob- stacle in the way of an amicable arrangement be- tween the bigh contracting parties it will doubt- less be readily obviated. The English four are will: ing to row in the “American fashion’--2, ¢., without coxswains—an innovation that is rapidly becoming opular in this country, more than one of our lead- ing amateur clubs having pronounced in favor of ihe system; and a well known Newcastle boat-build- ing company have received instructions to construct a four oar onthe new principle expressly for the event of the match taking place, it will be far more ee a) for all parties that the honor of ieee nting English rowing should have devolved on on the ‘Tyne four, ins' of a second class crew oe bowel imei brothers, of Hull, who originally he Wards’ challenge. The Newcastle men are are e S eame crew, with one exception—Randford eee substituted in place of Chambers—that won the champion prize at the late Thames regatta, and, under ewistin circumstances, are perhaps as finoa “four” as it is possible to get together in by evigrt for though as ne Go0d, or perhaps better, indi- idual oaremen are be found on the* Thames the innumerable petty cesigualen and bickerings en- ndered by the recent ‘championship wrangle’ tween Kelley and Sadier have created such dissen- slon and ill feeling am: apne the London watermen as bier all hope of inducing them to “pull to- gether.” By the raise this unhappy dispute will again come before the Court of Queen’s Bench early in Novem- ber, the stakeholder aving obtained a ‘rule to show cause’ ona point of ed and it is said that the lawyers are sanguine of able to upset the ver- dict of the bn Bie noes after the hopeless muddle made of the former trial such @ consumma- tion, a hough nee devoutly to be wished in the best interests of Oe a area a vakeeoae very ques- Uonable. pas eantime, as above stated, weed has entered into a fresh match with the rising New- castle sculler, Randford, who a few months hp an utterly unknown man, albeit at the recent regatta he completely electrified the rowing world by carrying of the champion sculls against all comers, including the two Thames “cracks,” Kelley and Sadler. ef sbeebs oon nny . very fine performance, bar mesiders hi reason to be proud of their reprasentanives it may be remem én passant, that a strong ion prevails in well-informed b eg that Kelley and Sadler were “rowing dark” on the occasion with an eye toafuture match. Whether this was actually the case will doubtless be shown by the results of the forthcoming match; but it 18 only fair to say that Randford’s backers evidently do not believe ira ‘ag they at present offer odds of five and six to four on their man. evel but The International bp vhedony ian {From the Portland Argu The second forfeit of $750 a al ein in ‘the comin, championsnip rowing race between the War Brothers and the Paris crew of St. John, was put up ‘Thursday. The Wards are training at Cornwall and the Paris crew are training on the river, a short dis- tance from St. John. This makes a $1,000 a side up. po pheno. deposit of $500 has to be pianked on the 11th o ber. BASE BALL NOTES. The next game of the Unions and Atiautics «~ te championship will come off at Tremont. Sweezy and Fisher have retired from the Buckeye nine. It is rumored the Craver, of the ‘‘Haymakers,” will be in this city next season. The Woronocko, of Westfleld, Mass., played with the Stars of that place a few days ago and won, with a score of “ to two, in six Innings. Wor-a- knocker that was! The “Red Stockings” will play at Albany to-day to-morrow. Stearna has left the Harlems and will, probaviy, return to his frst love—the Gramercy. Natives of the chief Western towns are agitating 4 trial of ‘nome talent” vs. ‘professionals.’ Judge Advocate Belton intends to push the Mutual- Duffy matter, and to make also an Active fight of the affair, as the Actives played inst the Mutuals, with Duffy in the Mutual nine, before the Judiciary committee had taken action on the complaint. Beit on, Judge, till you wet it straight, Matches to Come Of. To-day—Excelsior vs. Athiete, of Washington Heights, at Tremont, To-morrow—Union _ ys. Atlantica, rape ‘va. Quickstep, at Staten isiand. ednesday—Union ve. Active, at the Capitoline Fn aa va. Independent, at the Capi- toline grounds. Saturday—Atlantic vs. Princeton, at Princeton, N. J. Union vs. Active, at Tremont, FREAKS OF A CRAZY MAN, The Danger of Relying on Circumstantial Evidence. From the Hartford Times, Oct. 3.) rox cht lay noon, when the New York éx; aires train for this city was between North Haven and Wallt t34 & barefooted i in the road at Tremont; but not killed. nce at hight in the 0 have sent bim to VENEZUELA. A Compromiss Probable at Maricalbo—Move- ments of the Contending Parties. Havana, Sept. 24, 1868, By the arrival at this port of the English steamer Eider, from St. Thomas, we have advices from Ven- ezuela to the 9th. The commission sent out from the capital to Mar- ieaibo bearing bases of an arrangement had re- turned. Sutherland agrees to recognize the govern- ment of Caracas provided the latter will recognize the existing State government of Zulia, of which the former is the head. There is very little activity on the part ofthe revolutionary forces, as may be gath- ered from the following extract taken from a journal published at Laguayra under date of the 2d:— If we gre to judge of the situation of the republic from appearances we are enjoying an octogenerian | Berd and pe ene is going on as well as could lesired, Such is the has quillity and ane absence of political successes. Notwithstanding the residence here of the general-tn-chief of revolu- tionary forces the people are ene d in their ordi- nary occupations, and were it not for the presence of 80 many soldiers and the ocoastonal visits of a few persons having to do with the condition of affairs we would not believe that we were in an epoch of revo- jafon and pope —— the country bite fering countless rs. It appears as we were divided from the rest of it republic and had small pent with it; but this sso only in appearance, and if one compares the present situation with the past he is forced to the conclusion that matters have seldom been worse. The causes are known to all, a we despair seeing the war brougit to a close \d believe there is only left for us to be precipitated Wes an abyss of ruin. The forces at Valencia remained in statu quo, un- able to move for want of supplies. From Coro we learn that an had been worated in an encounter with the liber The combination against Cumané had been broken ony a discords am mang ie revolutionista. ‘he oficial print of Carabobo states that the ancient capital of Beran ‘imeto was occupied by the govern- Past ap weer an action in which the Generals fo a Oomenones were routed. to latest accounts the East remained in General Pedro M. Rojas. It was re- t the latter had gone to Yaritaqua with his 500 men. tare HAYTI. Important to Traders About. the Blockade of Haytien Porte—Counterfeit Currency Circulation=War Movemente—Cabral—Re- Hef for Distressed Perte—The Coffee Mo- mopoly, By the arrival at this port of the brig Oliver Cutts, direct from Port au Prince, we have Haytien advices to the 12th of September, ‘The government had issued a decree of consider- able importance to persons engaged in Haytien trad It bears reference to the blockade proclaimed some time back of the ports of the republic which are occupled by the rebel forces and as intended to put a stop to illicit trade with those places, The decree states that the blockade is violated to a very large extent by persons sending vessels to the said ports for cargo, such vessels taking quantities of goods and provisions which were sold to the rebels and ‘that in these transactions only the old paper money of the country is used, the rebel authorities having interdicted, the circulating of the new issue of notes in the districts held by them, which has the eifect of seriously depreciating the latter. In conse- auence the decree denounces as enemies of the country all those Haytiens who shall be convicted of Waving sent vessels to any of the ports in question and of having traded with the rebels, and declares vhat all merchandise, all money and all vesaels seized for having been employed tn such speculations shali be contiscated to the benefit of the State; that all goots sent to ports held by the rebels shall be subject to the payment of the regular duties fixed by law a3 soon a8 the government shall have retaken these towns, and that the merchanta who shall be proved to have been engaved in the trade in question shail be deprived of their trade licenses in addition to the other penalties prescribed by law. Another blockade decree had just been published, It declares that not only the ports held by the rebeis, but all ports which had not submitted to the legiti- mate government and were not administered by the agents of the government, were closed to foreign commerce, and that the only ports open to such commerce, until further notice, were Port au Prince, Cape Haytien, Gonaves and Port de Paix. The Consuls of the republic in foreign ports were also enjomed to do everything in their power to prevent the sending of vessels to any Haytien port except those named in the decree. It had been discovered that a quantity of counter- feit paper was in circulation in Port au Prince, The government had published a notice warning the peo- ple on the subject and instructing them how they aight distinguish the false notes from the true ones. ‘The police were on the track of the parties concerned in the fraud. The government had also announced its intention of immediat withdrawing from circula- tion the ten dollar and $100 bills issued by ita few months ago, and that it would receive payment for such coffee as it might sell to merchants either in the small paper currency of the a or in bills of a large denomination, ind)fferently. To relieve the sufferings of the people arising out of the Ke prices of American provisions in Port au Prince, in consequence of the interruptions of trade by the’ war, the government was {pro pled cal provisions and selling them at prices proportion- ate to the actual market value of coffee. The sales take place every day (Sundays Nes ted), from eight to ten o'clock the mornil the prices are Roa ery in the Monit mur, the government ces of coffee—that™ is, the prices at Fruich, itis purchased by the government under the ex! monopoly of the article are also published weekly in the same paper. The raising of the siege of Port au Prince, and the success in various places recently gained by the Caen troops over the rebels, had awakened that the rebellion would soon end by the sur- render of the entire body of Cacos, whose resources were almost completely exhausted. General Che- vallier, however, still remained shut up in Gonaives by the rebel forces. The siege of that place had lasted for six months, during the whole of which time Chevallier sno had no communication with the capital. His resot been completely ex- hausted, but ho ati still ie managed to keep the Cacos at bay, and his armies continued to make sorties on the’ nanan oy time to time, many of these by the brave General himself. To rallste the distress of the popuiation of the be just sent to Gonaives by ar ae of provisions, irections to the au 101 the town that they should be sold to the poor at the lowest prices. It had also sent by the same vessel and asloop-ol-war provisions and money for the army. Despatches re- ceived from Port au ce and Cape Haytien showed that the cause of the rebellion was in almost as des- rate a state in the North as in the South, Nissage ayet, the leader of the revolt in the North and the chief of the rebellion, had been compelled to evaca- ate St. Marc and retire upon Marchand with his principal adherents. The piace fell immediately into the power of the government. Fort Garis, which defends the entrance to Petit Goave, had been car- ried by assault by Satnave’s soldiers, At Artibonite the reaction was advancing. The most T- fect oraer and tranquillity reigned at Ser- anne, Grand Goave and Mole St. Nicholas. jacmel, Jeremie and Aux Cayes continued com- pletely surrounded by the government troops, and reinforcements had been sent from Port au Prince, which, it was contidently expected, would enable the besiegers immediately to make themselves masters of those places. According to the Moniteur @ superior officer had arrived at Port au Prince from the government army at Jacmel to announce the capture of Cabral, ex- President of St. Domingo. Cabral was taken, with 100 Dominicans, at Saihou. He was immediately shot, and the Dominicans were conducted as prison- ers to the camp of General Holo) jopaerne. A number of Cabral’s followers sought safety by flying in a small vessel, but the vessel was hit by a cannon ball fired by the Haytiens and so severely disabled that she was unable to proceed and was captured, with all on board. At the instance of President Salnave a Te Dewm had been celebrated in the parish church of Pekin- ville tn honor of the raising of the of Port au Prince and the victory obtained at Pekinville by the national army over the rebel An article had appeared in the Montteur expiana- tory of the Intentions of the government relative to the monopoly of a The pod says the govern- ment is alive to the fact that ion of Haye is articles ——s into consumption in paid for in coffee, ps, that it has no wish to gal merchants this means of " aesting ioe oe ‘oad, a etep them to suspend their pin would oblige importations. Searwiains Green sees Monopoly a moment att the time when the necessity hist atled for it Poh to exist, pa iby &@ New York merchant, =p A Tre to on converted into a ship % on Trait de Union. She tg Fel ah schoower Fleur de Marie. the decline of the rebellion and the con- fident copes of entertained gold had failen from 110 to,80, and trade was beginning to look up. STATEN ISLAND. On Thursday night @ large stable on Elizabeth street, Stapleton, was destroyed by fire, The Joss is estimated at $400, ‘The Moravian church at New Dorp has been en- riched by a gift of forty-six, a acres of land adjoining the Moravian ‘The present was made by Commodore Vander! To-day the Oyer and perminer of the Richmond et Court 7, at the county Court House, = jd a calendar. roman drain: Re Ialand, an im- prondne pant areal needed i is eauimated, Will cot 000, 000,