The New York Herald Newspaper, October 14, 1871, Page 3

1 NEW YORK WERALD, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 14. 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. 3 waa calmly smiling, | Yacht Cb course clock A. M. For the thetr partners in sin, had just arisen from the conch, Sinecrrere” mm no as | ei deta Sa ees THE PLAME-WRAPPRD. CITY. |sssoees emo acess oe SPEECH. seven a them a ~ commitiee boat is reserved ty for the -- cite M | fp hot te vi atin ie tea aa pao Gasca, 1 a |. ica and forthe" mamoors of mn om ene Tee iE vated . ofan ten Umes the patience of he ea‘d:— by the! of the club, place of refuge; bat the destroying eiement over. ‘gixeeution of James Wilson at | Road mre ve sent rane uni pr GE Tey ra a Two Nights and Two Days Amid the | tose tom, a, im many Instances, taraed ther " . x OP THR CONPEMNED—VisIT OF A | a few ; stood. It was sarmised by the 1; ARERR Kenterands lid’ he TORSO ts yommance | See TS ripen ae Yacat “Uicnokstersmaangine | ‘Fire and Ruin of Chicago. SSasalics sade, ves bared: sie ontrn tony ae . career you ance twins used bya ate poe tas Roya, Harwicn Yacut CLus, 4ND THE New could get out, as numbers of them were known ta tm self-defence and Yore YacuT CLUB FOR THE POSSESSION OF THE Ammnica’s Cup. racing : ne wise Ordered :— nigut, Hevaine fA Su" "Nr Faxon: | Thrilling Talo of An Bye- Witnesg 5 t. 78, from Sandy Hook light of the De A twenty miles to windward and back. |URSDAY, Oct. 19, over the club course, AY, Oct, 21, Sandy Hook lghtehip course A Compt 1 msive Picture of HE STORY OF HIS CRIMES. tet aa Ris'g wae i oN ge to her old “pal” with some means a ate Bemurnetion; atleast the prison officials suspected Fe ne ‘@pproach gel By oye nF. i E i E 4 ; i He Mia Varions Abortive Attempts ‘at Suicide by : Starvation and Stabbing. ‘ACIFIC HOUSE, * | such Cc — and she was not allowed to cf rey MONDAY, Uct, 28, Over the club course, bali which —e " or ten feet from him. anew hotel, in pi of construction, on > bis saey igus. 3» Faison—anoraen peermnars | fhe cup Ofer fi face Ere POT: Henk, Hemet, cesses the Terror, more than 's million doliats had already been ¢x- JR Calls Himself a Martyr to the He ra a pared sauled uy whl be a, dene to een 2%, Sandy Hook lightsbip pended, ze CONS a palin re Oe from alk Cai of Hi it abandoned the idea of. suicide, Witson wut Pinder st necessary kil warden. ‘The bést four out of seven to win, a een use umanity. was bound /to make w: with himself! if D BY,” course over the New York Yacht Ciub course | The Agony of the Night—The Unrelief of the | derfat structure in tue shape of a hotel that Chicago « . muah a: ting. mes: "Hereserved his The Sheri now bid he & ir & Fim an ansborace West of @ flaghoat stationed y 6 Wad yet seen. Fora time it seemed to me thatis ! Ear ERA FORT, Gr ve mercy on your 80! the was going to escape, but | was soon undecelved, a8 however; undh: the very tntest moment, and then, | Sit “God be caret d as cat bud Wester Southreeeett Gaye | .Day—Pxciting Journeys Through the i henall seamed to have vanished, be carned 2 OM the charts a8 buoy No, 10, t ito the flames seiz+d hold of the wooden cornices on LAST WORDS OF THE CONDEMNED. | x> ‘attempt into effect, He spent the | UIUC fest ot to the west ‘aud south: thence? to "the ligutstip, Burning Districts—The Refu- the roof, and tne rest. was soon told, The ie aioe x cvening to, veriting: motes for’ & proposed speech On | én ten minutes lave | rounding 1t to the northward and eastward, return: - be Meg Fe athe Soom al ~ “ain | tencedg oer, Ar our “midnigrnereureand | Shyttek (SME Cuacialy Gentietad Wo | tt fetusmay at ath uot on ie wea San pa oe oe the spctators” wore forced to rote to" safer Whe Oercer of. a. Modern Jack Sheppard—Fifty ‘ove: the wire had actually penetrate Ns y: ne wost bank, slept untilone o'clock. He was then visiteu by Mr. distance; but s0 engrossed were they by the burme Beart. and the result would have been fatal in a Yee Nos, a Ti and 9, and to the westward of the Fenn; the jailor,;when the 1ollowing conversation fla; stationed near the Quarautine landain ‘Wears--of Age: and Thirty-three’ Years in | oncnda— SAY ck IEG, stan ai tng of the hotel .and depot that they had not pers L30N—Good mornin: DICAL, COLLEGE. Staten Island. “ Prigon=A Heto of a Thousand Burglaries, Sy EBatins @; Mr, Fena, How doyou'| - pnereinains were ingen in charge: iy tho counsel | BwThe compeling yachts for ihe races over tne New | WHAT WILL NEVER BE TOLD, | cetves tne progrow ot the fire in other directions, erharere fea to-day Te ine rather and day forme: of the deceased, and walt be sarnel ¥ i ot Orne Be ae Q a a ea Kinng ANostbes ones nd when they turnod to flee the city was burning : ‘Hawrrorp, Conn., Oc: 18; 1871. ‘Witson-Yes, 1t mast be so. Pe ae Setting ft shail, do. all | otherwise ordered by the cominittee, 4 Pyrtgimd in every direction, ana only one marrow way was left A few general remarks were passed, and then | in their power to alleviate the condition of the pris- ‘Tie signal for prevaring to start will be the lower- for egress, ‘That notorions. pntiaw, James. Wilson, more tham aald, eeemune ey? oners atthe Wethersfield prison, ing of the Mags on the committee boat, and five min- | The Number of the Dead—The THE PANIC BECAME UNIVERSAL, . rene’ ‘ nas to-d Mr. alterwards the signal to start will be given, pa Pye : re i pte prs pie ers Hirox—lhave four hours yetrosleep. | 19, according to'nis Tatert acknowledgments! James which Wit be the iowertty of the flags and a pre. Extent of the Loss—The Men, women: and Cosi ran fy erie 4 vieawaeed : “3 . | Kentiey. He claims tohave been born near Belfast, | 100; Whistle from the same boat irection, the favorite pol seeming e the Warde the, vonnectiout Prison,.whom be) Yenn left) his cell. As Mr, Fenn was | in ireland, i 182k, and) boasted of” NAVIN! ‘The course for the races irom the Sandy Hook Rapine and Plunder. shores of Lake Michigan on the east aide of the clty. Mmardered some two years since, Hig execution’ | leaving he heard) him gulp, ag if | some. rslartes lgnts! red some. twa i. ing.-stuck im. his: throat, "but after that | commited over ight nondres | aE th aglaary ie drawn from the comm ities boat to the thi And; the circumstances attending Il, a8 well 98 the | 1) Wee stil and silent; and supposing Wilvon was ohio lightstitp and sailing twenty miles to windward, t.o lacey preceding, ware of the most | ascep hereured, At hall-past Tour o'clock, Dopu- | Prisons “Whenhe gor away irom tha ou mute, | wstakehons wean turmius cat aad TH |The Sten By Step Progress of ‘Mmeiden x 1 tes: d. and Finch; who were watching bim, e | ee boat and the light- extraordinary character, and such as to ereate the thought he breathed unnavarally, aad ean aur oe he fled to the woods, and both of his feet were oe eka an nm the committee boat an ie lig uit be as rollows, viz: o#sing aD im. ra te oft tna Codumitsee poke 60 th ‘The firemen had now arrived on the ground, and commenced to work as manfully as they could; bus their disorganized state was soon apparent, and ofor . erward ami ship. ‘The start will bea fying start, The same : it was evident they were powerless to check the on- mom profound senaauon among the citisans: TS} Fenn, They tue cet! and’ found Wilson | tauea Ta another instance Where ne cecaped from | drepuratory signal and siana) to stare used for the Destruction. ward progress of the flames. About this ime a tér Chicago calamity even, which is uppermost in the | lying on:his . his. right hand clasped over nis races over the New York Yacht C.ub courses will be nda ol everybody, was for. the time forgotten, | Dreast; the fore finger pressing hard ‘against Mis | Suantiy of clot, some ‘nectice’ and AIGHD B24 | Gheerved im the Tacea from the tighohi rible incident occurred which heightened the horror ga nothing else was thought. or talked about but | D&r® Un examining bim they found then secreted Mimhelt nan old Darn, where he cut The races over oth the above-named courses are of the scene, now momientarily on the increase, and made @ new suit of clotues, wach he donned in | saoiect to the rues and rezulations of the New York.| Detailed Accounts of the Burning of the | The gasometer on the west side Yacht Cluo, and are to be sailed with time allow- ance, ‘The competing yachts are requtred to carry their Principal Buildings (Court House, | private Signals at the main peak throughout the Banks, Hotels, Depots)—The Bell he ‘banging of the author of notJess than a! over, the heart. From this hole, noiarget than a | Dince of his prison gat. ‘thowsand crimes. He had resorted to varioug,| tack head, had oozed three or four drops of blood, Phe waned ous man, and the edmnicinity are dangeroa: tes Preasa! this: seem to cheat the gallows, having twice | foay shook couvulsively. Dr Slorge F Hawiey, peties Cava nON tna ie Ny DIeS BLEW UP WITH A DBAPENING EXPLOSION, hs scattering deatn and ruin everywhere around, and, in adattion, plunging the city in utter darkness, attempted starvation, and then, again, only # lew:| the Dhysician, waa at once summoned an races. t before thie tine ppointea nis, departure found ae Oe ee ee ee decide upon noxting Cc H T ] N G the hour of starting over either course will be ten of the Kremlin's Story Re- Lo aagpeep arpa SAAS AO: SEO: SNE, % ahother world, he made a final, and most, des-’| to relieve Wilson watil. a fartber examinati o | By COMMITTEE. erate effort at self-destruction by plunging a sharp: made, Later De, Wavley, Sr. rio the clk sue BOSE SET isda «ty A HOOMM peated—Blowing Up of the piananage niteriy tauinto palnt the horror, ana ened wiié throagh'his heart, but fortunstely.or un-.| 't Wes decuted ‘Consultation of physicians : Cuptalus and Masters of Vessels, Attention! Gasometer — Barnin forvanately this aitempt was m failure, and.| *¢ MWCO cleOK. Darga ne gut Commodore Ashbury’and the New Your Yacur Ouua, uJ nerves me’ from writing further, All wae 3 SECRETARY'S Orvicg, New YoRK, Oct. 13, 1871. of the Water Works. seemingly lost, and the cries of anguish the condemiicd ‘then for, the .trst time * — mbeepted thie “situation ‘ana the. tertibie doom {Witch awaited’ him, Yt was this. Jast .ineident, coupled with his extraordinary criminal career, aw from delicate women and children, and even stroug men, as they gazea upon the destruction of their beagutifal city, their property, their treasures and breathing regulariy and stro! Ateight o' his pulse te gee | to eli ner Arndt ‘Sana America’s Cup. To THE EDITOR. OF THE HERALD: mouth remained closed; eyelids slightly twitch. ‘Will you please state through the colamns of your ‘any o@, OY, it bis face the cles would, » Oo} . Ciph, (eit ina Pas the Calman eT comtions |e International Races | Pri isexew York Yaow ciuyisparneusry | LaRROR AND SUBLIMITY OF THE SCENE, ‘ : ‘ ness, he, 10 tape past their homes, were sufiicient to appall she mst stout> ‘Well'as Whe ‘pavlic desire i see the law-exeouted, | four he Was. discovered np “to Mine Arr ed nia the mastérs of all sailing vessels and steamboats hearted, The most Shas aroaseil the tisudily staid people of this city to | examination of ie physiciane, The conclu- anged. Wilk: Aa tha: ka, posible, Keep ous Of the: way of the rahe rad tect aM NDS O OO ope gi ys ealgghensepery the insepsioliity. of WUso wasieignou, Dect wen Conipeting yachin by Rot attempting to pase to | Hoartronding, Shocking, Shameful and.| ir\c were only wearing appar, from the inovilable for which he yielded up his life, as before stagea, | Rewermelged veliaved shat the insirancntnsed nad | First of the Series to Take Place on Monday mneols, 20 thoe in iors aces the spirit of fair Amusing Incidents. Tul, and every vehicle that could be put in requist- -.¢ Waa weubatder ‘of Mr: Wiiard, tiie Warden of the | could not be otherwise tnan fetal in afew daye— | Next—The Clab Course’ and’ An Ocean: | Pavie anus amvesaiyshows tone ne tion was emplayod to coRrey tanks, ds 80:the. Gwee Prison at Wethersfield, the circumstances of.| PTAs s U, A. MINTON, Secretary of Committee, jake shore, whicu s vo ly safe place. Course To Be Sailed Alternately—The CatcaGo, Oct. 11, 1871. | I saw the most exorbitant ‘prices asked end given. AN ATTEMPT TO JIAVE THE 1ON POSTPONED: ‘The: ct the comma- wiilct it is hardly nécessary to more than briefly reser. -anmouncement: to 26. He was'vervilig aterm in the prison for @ bur. | Dity would most likely, in any event, soon be rid of Sailing Regulations—# otice to Mas- The Race for the Qaeen’s Cup—Ashbury’s | In describing the scenes and incidents | to express drivers—in some instances a8 much as tary conmiitted ii’or near Meriden, and he felt that fhe dreaded | criminal, eonamt: an edort to be : Arrogance. that came under my own observation during | $100—for conveying a few trunks @ couple of blocks. add theatarent Wild "Uiniaeceseartly cruel, and.to,ob-)| fatter Conmnntated’ the fee ee ie cant ters of Accompanying Vessels, [From the New. York Sun, ot, 18.) the progress of the conflagration 1 can | Women who had probably in their lives never exerted themselves in any way before, TUGGED AT SARATOGA TRUNKS : with the strength of despair, regardless of the wilde ness of their looks and the disorder of thelr apparel. God! the utter horror and despair of the scene. Who that witnessed it shall ever forget it? It clings to me with an undefinable feeling of horror, and 8 can scarcely realize that 1 am now providentially safe from all its perils, 5 tain ‘revenge’ tie déterniined fo take the life of the | Justice of the Supreme Court, in session in wridge- The Royal Harwich Yacht Club of England has | be guilty of no exaggerauot, for all that "7 ;. that (used with y thing but a creditable representative in ita Com- | thej) ination can picture or the mind conceive oficer whom be belleved to be “bis tormentor,” as | Zottéage, paneed, and ineomoets then! | THE FINAL RRESPONDENCE, | modore utr. somes Asnoury, who has brougnt us | te!maa! ? Reemphaticully expressedit. ‘The treatment which | w ecwena eit arrangements for tae este Co! yacht the Lavonia to this port to race for tie ‘queen's fails to carry any adequate idea of the grandeur and ‘Was obvoxious to nim was, he said, attempts :to.: poe. ns) facts ee ye pas eee presence Papawpon by _ errr Heke Rear bette Me Sit sublimity on the one hand, and the misery and y starve him for 1maginary violations of prison, rules, whereupon aia ih Sea 4 meonsciousnes® | yasbtemen all over the country will, no doubt, be | York Yacht Club are well known. Mr. Ashoury | Horror on the other p Pigalle it ot ap ab6 When, at ‘length, food was brought ta, him it < He WNEVTATELY RALLTED tif_ed tolearn that the international racea with | ¢mdeavored to win it with the Cambria against our | Of the burning city. It w niprecnsenee Herhectom rai whole feet last ir, but went home deleatcd. | properly understand the series of events on Sunday, ceaststed only of putrid meat and stale and moulay | and conversed with those about him. He stated | tne Livonia for the America’s Cup have been ar. . - | Subsequently, ai dm accordance with a suggestion \d ‘ruesa: wo back a little and wéeed, and very little of either. When he complained] 100k from’s tation pan ar the state "Prison apoue | Fanged, asd on Monday next, Octover 16, the firat | from ane ofthe donors, 1t was resolved that herentver | MONGAY and Menaars,< Go baek ® Of this he-was: subjected to solit: nmen the club holding the cup should be represented 4 solitary impriso} t | two months the guard 1m front of his cell being | of the series of six or seven will take place over the by only one yacht m mad race for it. After the | whicn largely tended to precipitate the dire calam- - sua‘other puntsnments which, as he maintained, at thy time, be tore the leather ritepaesstinog would, im a very short the, ‘ena bis day binding on ihe beta: and wrapped ene wire (whica | ABBUAl Fegalta course of the New York Yacht Club. | adoption of tilts resolution a challenge in belisit of | ity, ‘The events of the previous week had in agroat | The fire was extending all slong Clark, Le Salle 2 9 8 on earth. bas required -considerable timo and not a little | the Royal Harwich Yacns Club wasrecetved through was, iuches: long aud one end) | It | nog demorahzed the city authorities and rend- | and Dearborn streets, and I succeeded ia making. Omer prisoners, too, ne sald; were brotally treated | In the aud, tied, s, atring to 1 On the.| correspondence between the patient committee or | {Be cable uy Commodore Benneli, wno has shown | measite ‘without cause; and for their sake he determined to, | méraing of bis removal from jail he secreted this in throughout tne courtesy and good sense which Mr. | ered thein utterly unfitted for the trying duties they | my way north as far as the Court House, It bad not | his body; and when stripped und searched as the jait:| M@ecluband Commodore James Ashbury to effect | Ashbury conspionously lacks. "To this telegram the | were more lately called upon to perform. From the | caught when I reaehed it, but I fonnd the Shermaa joomla tded Frigg Seana Lr wan ot Useor ered. Monday mint ne drew it trom | this, bar the conclusion at length arrived at seems | following Onswer-was ont ie’, en,” “| Srabot the month until the date of the destruction of | House in ames, along with, the maguifcent block matien hp, 1. some maunor oF other, obteite poe 7 and sere —e Mt 7 | of avery satisfoctory nature and shows a great de | 2, y,yx» Asmuny, Léndoo, Commodore ‘Royal Harwich | the city, of whichit formed s part. ‘The scene was now ims ceanon of'a Kalle, from which he broke our the blade. jocue saad pa Cn gree of liberality on the part of the New York Yacht |; "YacmeGwbim THE FIRE ALARM HAD. NEVER CEASED describably grand, if one coutd conceive ~ k mt ated t urmly to the end of a 1ong, Btick. you thought I meant good- night, I meant good. | Ulub to the visiting yachtsman, mecha nine neh neon Bie alenee os hating Hr wo strike; the dry weather had so long prevailed, THE IDEA OF GRANDEUR 4 ihe’ efec, that, he ‘had a letter which ne @isnee PaReResae Ob Attar aibinerttes SetaanesO | | Tells vo: Femembered..thab af thele mecting ow of ihe Bova iNew Sash Caterade for americas $38 | renaeritig every dry substance completely indam-.| in the midst of so much desolation, ‘The forked’ fxamine. | Mr. Willard cameo the ool, Te- | gell and iis assistants for alt biame in the matter of | 7108) Sg ooe tne a eo co | Mae ame AM die aa Weesreats, | | Mable, and the slightest canse was hence samicient | names were leaping from block to block and. trom! tapaced to peruse it, Saute eae ongened the em not discovering ‘the weapon, a8 discovery was Mr. Bennett's despatch stated thus | © kindle great flames in every ditection. | building to buliding; pausing at no obstacle, hindered by no obstruction, they swept on like >» A gannipg proper stuck . the .deadiy ‘weapun the ‘bars and pit demons of destruction, annihilating the beauty u Peres it 1) Produced ing secure aCe Although plu letter to u Stand Le Tmeauded ‘would not pnd Be va teuaes from. "ater pronyhn led Clearly tat the challenge was acce from Mr. | These precursors of the subsequent awful beard and almost through the voay of the oe Ct Ashbury as representing the Royal Harwich Yacht | trageay seemed to all appearance 10 have ee chance to display her ailing qualities, revurned to | Club, a second telegram was received from him say- Deets, of course, aimost instantly, and tiius | quiet will ve where the weary ae at tot, Dovnee, 1 ben of their oflaine®. proposition to'sail the above ember |.i0g ists number ef ENGlieh clave would “shorty OULMINATED ON SATURDAY and pride of the queenly city on the benks { ¥ had added to his. jong list of Ltt anger be zou, el me wiih Tapralitude. rom my heart 1! or rees, which had been accepted, but with this | 8@Md the necessary cerulicates for the Livonia’s | evening in the breaking ont of afire which con-| of Laxe Michigaa. The Sherman House m @ I offencés the terrible crime of wilful aud ma- for the kindness with. which you bave ” vey, GE matches souie time in Uctover.”’ This took our | gumed four entire blocks, destroying in its course | few minutes was completely gatted, and almost in- Stantaneously the Briggs aud ‘Tremont houses oe. and the three great hotels of the city were on fire at the same time, Their basements were oc- comes by tne een railroad offices and rs 1 not reconclie myself to the idea of ‘dying une death of resolution conveyed the ultimatum that the New | yaclitsmen by surprise. They had neard nothing of Ooo et ee ee en comet ig, Gaution you have | york Yacht Ciub would sail the races with nlm as re- challenges from clots other than ihe Royal Mar. | more than twenty’ acres of lumber and coal yards. 7 H the wire | took out of » ration dish over two months ago resel the Royal wich, ‘ould be absurd to send any until the | It was my duty as reporter on a morning paper to ep eos 1 Harwich Yacht Club only. | race ‘with the uivonia had been sailed: for there | visit tne scene of the conflagration, and certainly it Y te Prison. At first ft was five Inches long. 1 shi shea by rubbing it om the soup when the waichnan | Commodore Ashbury has assented to this, and in | wasa possivility that we might lose the cup in this was asleep. | You saw all my clothes mjaken off and there was | nis answer to the committee's communication of | frst contest, Nevertheess, it turned om that Mr. exceeded, in intensity, extent and ruin, anything 1 ry ‘on hours alter I reached the Jal. “rhe wire wae | ‘Thuraday, read at their final meeting yesterday | AS/0UrY aotuaily intended to bring nis Facht hero | had previously ‘seen, ‘The firemen made the most wrapped {n'thin Teather to protect me. On the leather was = Tsnve’ ; Shae, heroic exertions to stay its progress, and’ by thelr a ‘thread, only. the end of which was outside. The | *fternoon, which is herewith annexed, it will be ob- | that he might have twetve chances of carrying off pleces that I broke off the wire are now on the bottom of the | served that he also feels anxious that tne contests { the coveted prize; and to facilitate this little plan | Uravery and courage extorted cries of sincere admi- door of cell No: 1: ‘Thave stated these facts to orevent yon | nai soon take place, of his he expected the New York Yacht Clup to | ration from the vast crowds of spectators who wera ‘bh bei: with i mitted me to obtain rat ited six ths? weapons iAtough carelessness, it. was vezi (o impossible | Despite the wiany exciting incidents of the past | instance,” Pune. Months! notice In cach | cathered om every side, After unparalleled exer- for you to prevent wlat I have done. Some will Finding on his arriva! in this city that he would | tions they succeeded In my "that fo terminate, my lite mr week, which: Bave-disturbed tie community of New’ |’. (oto Teimauiah this prejett, he insisted upon his GETTING IT UNDER CONTROL, der, Not under existing circumstances, | Suppore you | York, the correspondence relating to the proposed |. original demand for tweive races, and, in a letter Bn OF pele hv Le avon i | races with the Livonia, as pubiwhed ay by day, which 18 a fine example of the tordly style of com- | #4 by three o'clock baa gained complete mastery 5 *wodhd tha Nothing of the kind. | Creaied @ vast amount of inverestin the minds of | pos:tiun, nawmed the respective dates at which it | over it, ‘The tired men were then sent to their to the botiom, tbe murder? Nothi Thave between two evils, and I simply choose ths | leading citizens, and, without doubt, on Mon Would suit his convenience to sail ‘These see b . t to ke will be well covered wit! were ail be! the 1st of Noveinber. baie to homes by the Cnief ,Marshail, as he judged ail dan. least ‘Bur f am actuated by ober motives, pre- | the bay of New Yor! it th Wiomrof “an unjust sentence. The public can | steambuats and sailing vessels, laden with people | jeaye for hdme on that day. He also protestea | ST Of ita further spread was removed. On Sunday jon you nor the uctous murder, |... MIS. TRIAL FOR MURDER: ‘was commenced at once and was {cliowed In ar succession by conviction and sentence to death. Tee whole community was aroused against oim, gad it was an impossivility to ootain ao unpreja- iced jury, a fuct which several members ofthe yary whotmed the case freely acknowledged. He had abic counsel assigned him, batimthe widdie of the trial he took the case from their hands and managed it ior himself in a ver saitul, manner. He read up on ‘law, fil ‘exceptions, pitched inio the government }, and in other ways showed himself familiar with the arts and dodges of the best crimwmal iaw- vers of the day. His efforts and pleadings were in vasn, however. Fate, pubiio opinion, as well as law and justice and everything @lse, were dead: aguinst against Him, ANG it Oniy took the jury five minutes so come to this conclusion and render a verdict of which, with their books and contents, then petned whonaney got int) {he streets, ing 0 » a uainted with the city, they turned where they should not, and in many ices met (he deaths they were endeavouring t0 escape Irom, The Court House, I perceived, had now caught, and the spectacle of Its burmipg was-awfally bad It was one of the finest specimeus of architecture Hnots. Butit of massive stone and surrounded by @ strong iron railing, having fire proof corners gnd an iroa exterior, it seemed an utter tm) bility to destroy 1t, but an element was a! thi laughed at impossibiliues, and it, jared universal ruin. Among Other adornmenss it wae surmounted by @ high tower, {rom the top of which + Bor the odicers on duty at my cell, but I | of all classes anxious to note the first race of we a AN ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY STARVATION, all feel terribly bad. But just put yourselt 7 against being compelled to race with any centre- GREAT EXCITEMENT PREVAILED an entire view of the city could be obtained. It From ihe moment of luis Sentence, she criminal | iy plage and ask your own bears. what “your wntia ‘do. a pe EE Meira oe board yacht although of course, he knows, How, | through tne city, and masses of people kept passing | Was iurnished at the top with a Deautirat clock, the Seems to have de! anxious ow my thoughts, an me’ fore he le! Lif hat such vessels wi el st with bell. of execution into his own hands. le had u horrer ‘them dowa, Followmg tae coutest of Mouday over the club | areentitied to represent our club ander the rales; | to the scene, Many were the comments they in- Thepwlding yee eee Mon fog the scaffold, but death tn any other form he was willing to meet. ‘There were no iiplements con- wentent for nim to take his life harshiy, and, fur thermore, a watch was kept over him day aud it. - His only Means was siurvution, and this le ‘ kK to inflict upon himself with @ will oe werance hardly without a parallel. Prereday noon, October 6, until Saturday even! Gcaober 15, he refused to tuke nourishment in any ehape Or manner. Atvempis were made to ores tuo down huis tnroat, but all in vain. Alter CAUGHT IN THR SUMMIT and. the fire spread downwards, completely gutung the Interior of its priceless contents. in ¢he baad- ment was the county jail. in which iarge numbers of prisoners wece awaiting trial. {saw tt stated im some outside Journals that they had been burned up! in their ceils, but this is erroneous, as 1 myself saw them taken out. Subsequent events proved that it would have been better they nad been abandoned to their fate, as many of them escaped from the officers in their transfer to the Brideweil, and were everlasting God, T call upon all thatte within | course the secoud race will take place on Wednes- | 'gnd he added some remarks.about English fair dulgea tn; but one feeling seemed to be predoml- hy Sore Wik my stad and mur | Gay irom, Sandy Hook lightship, twenty miles to! waien were botn impertinent aud insaiting, ae nim ald CA ai GEE a aatkictaons tae cack: y ‘ines ‘Thou + ‘y, The New York Yacht Club considered his commu- Mi e Sa ee eeath ar eet ies One past | the club course, and 40 On, three races being over | nications, and appointed @ cominittee to arrange | Structlon haa not been greater. 1 attended service we ney of life rejoicing; and, most merciful God, as 1 godown | the sea Cuurse and three over tue annual regatta | with nim, ag representative of the Royal Harwicn | in ono of the prominent churcn into the vailey of death I will fear no evil, for my teas win | COUrSe, ANd In case Ol a tie the deciding struggle | Yacht Club only. for aseries of six races to deer: noon, and yh be aressives a ah ae et Thee. Pardon af my sins, I implore Thee ; deal with me not | to be from Sandy Hook lighiship as before, © | mine the possession of the Queen's Cup, the winner 1» PP according to my sins, but according to thy mercies. Thou | followiug 18 the Cummantcation of Commodore | 9; ‘a Majority of the races to be entitled to the cup, | 0 behalfof tne sufferers by the oMmelating ciergy- ott eer Sy eevinenve celere, me oP Riana avez. ey Ashbury, and the respouse of the committee passed | and a seventh race tobe sailed i the result was & | man, who little deemed that he was Cao ee Tete Ora Rass made me, chow | upon at their meeting of by eapite dam te. This action elicited the following jetter irom DELIVERING THE LAST ADDRESS many toerr. Thou hast drawn a veil over the future, ead no COMMODORE ASLLBURY’S COMMUNICATION, vue model British yachisman:— ” NINE DAYS OF FASTING, man-can remove N. I now cast my poor soul on Thy mercy: |. Bunvoont HOTEL. NEw Youu, Oct. 13, 1971. Brrvoorr Hover, » | omthe pulpit inwhich he stood. I had been | gfierwards ece | ato pi anda grant LAL COMM! or Tu] ie DI er esranu a catag rsome mam | Rey uraNeracpeaticlgtaatasge oe | NuggE anne Comte or tun Rew Youn LAr | | | aug ual REfan ec mS | Went out oy tan lars of the. preset nih, | 00 fonaMost TR SORROW, TREE «= uantines at the beginning, and afterwards gradu. - = * | munication OF this Uaye woe ig po creke perros com: | Duan Nin—I'am this evening favored with yours of this | 8d on my return home I immediately retired to | sirange and siguificant circumstance now. trane ally increased unt! his physical system had ay spued. The fire ad reached the summit of the tower, and the great bell became loovened trom its fastenings and slowly fell to the ground. | In tallin; it rey rly tolled, aud it seemed to those who he: it to be ringing TuM DEATA KNELL OF THE DOOMED CITY, The Ce timbers forced me to Icave the Court House and Clark street, and | rapilly hurried to Dearbon street, where most of the newspaper offices were situated, On my arrival there I found tho entire street in fames, every newspaper office with ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC LETTER FROM THE OON- | that I gall the series of ‘Six or aeven races representing te | Git) {n eosmection with tie provosed racea ior the olece, | Test nad scarcely got to bed when bed a return to its original or Lealihy condi- DBEMNED, Koyai Harwieu Yacht Cluo, and which I hereb; Hom lic stated then that te reason he had aval | In view of his numerous attempts at destruction | it undersvood tue faces will be tauer the calen ond Segue | 2,006 22 (2torm vou, as & conse fneuoe Vaereof, that I have THBARD THE FIRE ALARM STRIKB Goned his aiempt at suicide by starvation was be- | the following letter, written some months since, | lations of the New Yurk Yacht Club and under the manage | {6 wai)-unier ihe K11,Y.C.’s flag over the New York vacn, | 12 9 southwesterly directiou. I sprang up and ot rt e! > 4 ni murder of Captain Willard, Hc’ sald that di in prison and jail:-— Gonlineimens | 1 shail have much pleasure in endeavoriag to meet your | be at the station and win te Livonia will continue turougn | "Whole neavens were illuminated, the streets the time of his fast he had ‘but once tasied water, ** GoannGrsote earn Patedw; Hor, 6 1400, ‘Monday, the 16th October—N. the series, according to the number given in the chalienge, | seemed as bright as day and the heat carried by the ww York Yacht Club course. d ad thon he drank from tne wash, baalu. Novung | sr, Aroxsoy Pas ucaday, the 17th October—twenty miles .o windward be. | Sinim the cup for the. cInb whose fag Lind earedumer. ff | Wind Was most intense, I sald to a fellow reporter paased 7 Hovongy Srn—When in jail I gave my counsel a letter to | voud Sunuy Hook lighisuip and beck. I decide to race in accordance with my rights I will do myself | who slept in the r ith after he vegan to starve himseil. mail to the Governor of Ohio, The answer was to come to | Wednesday, the ltth October—Ciub course, yf giv ear twenty: Y motion, w | pibrawAuanness you for James Wilson. When you read this piease send | | Thursday, (ho 19th Uovover—Sandy Hook lghtehip rea | WiuPthe avice1 intend o sail the. serice-or part tnereot ad “sump up!” 4 WEW TRIAL REFUSGD—ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT A ott. wa hare, the exception of the Tridune either burning or Amatvempt was For Base ior @ new tria, bat | By, Wer, “What Was happened. to my ampere? | — Seuiiar, ine Si October: Sandy Mook hghtabi the aay on onto te thatthe Livonia seta aocaraance | {02 fouthern part of tne city ts on fre.” We both Dat the. buudiae, waleD wane res pooe’eney Wes have written them asking for an jonday, er. ly Hool ID Bea course, * al ¥ hurriedly dressed and hb: ut ie ing, which wusa one, was the Motion was, of course, denied. Having’ thus bo with the cub rales, Youre Wulys + weg ASHBURY, 7 Ml Dastened to the scene, but | Minced ina few’ Moments t0'm Heap of Fula, tT 4 terview, anil get_no more answer than though I wrote to | a8 please ve. ) losb_ali hope of escaping the scadold through the ieepir Tana.” Refore you answer tile please see. one oF fuesday, the Mth October—Bandy Hook Mghte2!p sea | Commodore of the Royal Harwich Yacht Club, amd member | €fore we went far we botn had come tothe con- | could not reach the #ventng Journal, which was ‘wheth notes: ba, of the Courts the murderer again renewed th of them, snd ask Fecelt course, as above, f the twelve yacht clul clusion that the cit; a d, ltuated Jurth ‘ancet of fire extend ¥ ‘ward yuspect they ‘Assuming any races are nired to be resaile a of the y city was doomed, as the flames | situat urther north, & extending ouner't menus Seanad te whe astines to repeat Aa have ‘abolished “ihe ofiees I" re abba tan timate | thereby the days ve requ rea’ to ve rearranzed, I Astana It ts to be hoped that after their answer to this | were travelling with a velocity that was perfectly | &cross the street evectually barring my atempt at starvation, ‘This time he went of gaur provable Income for’ nezy year you, must ot | the denrableo dayy yal not be overooced, n order wo rew | eptie the New York Ciub will hold no further com- | terrifc, tn halt an hour from the time the fro | See, From my, knowledge ofthe vicinity J could He - SIX Daya WITHOCT FOOD. that's ng you will never get, Not that it would be 7 2G ears he resesitaking plate, su8 .F end s controversy, Wed 8 lavor in the first Instance, and it was cheers | Droke out six biocks of frame buildings had been | pusite Tremont House, and I afterwards heard any pleasure to ou out of any anticipated good, but | Fcousent to sail as representing the Hoyal Harwicn Yacht | ruiy granted by the waiver of the six months’ | swept away, and still there was it nad perished ut an early hour. y acm Warren Botelle had some nourishment in hape of beef tea injected into his stomach | that there are those who would consi ft a feaat to see my | Club; but in doing so it must be ciearly understood I do so Hi without prejudice to the rights of the New York Yaeht Club | Notice. He aeked for twelve races, when sirictly ye Be Petey Ne ee neck broker; but that isa sight no mortal man will ever | wind the juve of Great Brisaia aud ireland respectively. | he was entitled only to one, and six were offered laps erent ata Ata cps see, They dare not put me to iy. % wial, and if I was ‘fairly tried and condemned | [note the committee express a surprise that in my recent | him, And, after all this, not only does he demand | Which, thoroughly wearicd and exhausted by the “ 4 LY gs str tha ae, Bag ee he re- 1 ° id n ‘alow* saat man the satistaction Vetere signed fA hey] vo amelie — el 4 Rovme that a certaim class of yachts shall be excluded from efforts of the preceding night, was in no condition > thas hereafter they might count on nim for A af fon Fe] ny BY pp amet roe tt eee? | Uinb, “t was in hopes my motives would have. Deen under Pode aig of Tod the twelve races, bur he | to cope with the new and more appalling danger. THREE SQUARE MEALS A DAY, hy that they were mot impartial; hence their ver- | stood,and thereby prevenied my troubling you with this | Tay seo fy to sail over the course and claim the | The fremen had vecome completely demoralized, TUK FIREPROOF BUILDINGS. The greatest interest was now wanitested in what the provable fate of the Breproof buildings would be. It was pow three o'clock, and the fire lad been raging for five oo and #0 far they had been sale, and we were foudly hoping they would stand the pressure and weather the storm. We were and was tence based explanation, cstential in my opinion aa showii soon Sat neccucn hie giertook Hae to the time of | slot and the sentence based on it are alt and void. But the | fatienal cn cathe dead of irnst v8 ile full iaearitee | prize as a representative of the Royal Albert Yucht | and in many instances were under the tnfuence of | UAUecelved. ‘The Higelow House, which tad deem be was remand his cell, where ti ii is igided | Cation that caused the alleged murder, rendered both ihe ver. | ,, When uegouations were AAKING pine, Cust detesence te Llub—designated i his letter by the initials “R. A. | jquyr, so that, instead of the band of heroes of fitted up ata fal ulous cost prev‘ous to Its opening tog communicath _riuere He indited the | diet and the sentence clearly illegal. My beat wishes 10 | the Wish Of we commilice, | walved my right to aail uover | Y, 0.”—a clu with which the New York Yacht Club, on the 1st of November, caught, and Sahitbumacene 16 to be tor | snerifr Russell, most respectfally yo iereat Sod, theretor joa for and on | einer through him or otherwise has had no corres | the urday evening, we found aothing but a IN THIRTY MINUTES WAS A HEAP OF ASHES, The First National Bank, which was located near (~ firepro.f buiiding), caught the Names, anu though burned slowly it burned surely, and then men ive UD ail hope and prepared fur the worst, The Tribune building, which had fora long time withstood the destroying element, next succum: and though the wails stvod, ail ita vaiuabie con- materials, di re, as JAMES WILSON, | behalf of the Xoyal Marwich Yacht Cmb in my er! For the first time he subscribes My ioog fast was not broken srr 1 ras bunary = een ud eapachy te wom nouoey if, but, pak found we could atari eee Sener poy tuite ford! pont hg | Le age-ig a lawless oe ee a it assed tuat because I got a new idea, an changed, | 1 % bee! good a born i h as a claimet I must sail over the ciub | The commitvee bave inform nim that as \y Ben A meat hae Tasted nine daye the roconoae (oy nlomachs | Course, ae representing the Royal Harwich Yacht Club for | no challenge Na8 beem accepted but that of the | matter of opinion whether it could nave accom- Fo) gomttien bes worked o6.- ile Wonin chen eiber seis’ | C00 ree. ae ee eee ant terahal oo er ee te, | oral are ae pring Ganel'enk beget’ Soecn phshed anything, but my own belief is that, had the Kenn of eenscal Speneel Seersem boson Ue Sn by virtue oF, the twelve challenges enclosed in my letter | Srast now adhere to the provision which the deed of | fTemen been on the ground in time and in a 22th August, and it was fore indwpensabie I OW SHE BANE OF THE DARK RIVER “ai T did, that Thad 4. | gilt contains, that ia case of disagreement the match | thorough state o: eMciency, the flames might have as the fatal mament approached, and as all hope for 10 gail Wwelve coneceus | shail be sailed over the usual regatta course of the | neen checked, But as 1t was nothing was done, and vwarded lo the warden: — cto Camp Hounory, 28 @PROIAL TELEGRAM VIA SYRINGE AND RUD Mr, Captale Boreus:— | er & protrae @ome mik porridge aus crackers. WILSON, Cell No. 1, REMOVAL OF THE PRISONER FROM WSUHERSFIELD TO HARTFORD. in Inet, 1 AHLE | sucha 4 vain strugsle, has surren- noknowa, Fi ‘send me escape from the dread of which might win the cup; and itwaeby | club holuing the Cup and subject to its rules and it bas taken me to tell the story, pene ES MMR, ree proves trom ae | ites "Game Soioue “tng yeh ued | Fsrariaae ae rion ait Stn | Sopuation® ina anoré tm the fre nad extended as far north as un runaraia, Be TBeeconte: “te expressed ‘the wish thas | Should tae place immediaely, and his | exch club, knowing that my doing #0, would be inder sires 10 ‘achting annals will be searched in vain for an | Van Buren street, Most of the theatres, had by this time been con~ be ‘might be conveyed in an open car. | Wish in that particular was ''gratined ag | tos deed of trust under whicn you bold the cup, 4, | exhibition of arrogance to equal the matchless im- CARRYING DBATH AND TERROR sumed. Hooley’s Opera Mouse, @ tasteful littio 2 stage, and thus ve permitted to look apon | far 98 ible, A company of military was have seaured too tho elaby ane cus yourninetar puusence shown by Mr, sshbury in this entire aftatr. structure, opened for the season with great éclat Que aurrounding beauties of art and nature, and fo: called out to guard the jail, aud & body of twenty. JAMES ‘ASHBURY, ws conduct has been simpiy intolerable, Alier- | before tt and leaving ruin and desolation behind. | (and recently the sceué Of @ most successiul engage= be dust tine, as le reverently expressed ‘nimselt, | HVe Chuzens wae selected 19 (witness she last wet in Commodore Royal Harwich Yacht Citb, | mately pa con deeeen ting {oF atime, he | The magnineent depot of the Lake Shore and Rock py as cee oh apt ang OR iy y Property. Farwell : Clark 4 “ureathe the pure aie Oy peavey) pi es was | ticemtied. at Seria fied ra Of the press, ‘THE COMMITTEE'S REPLY. Island Railroads had now become enveloped in | street, the property of tne Young Men's Christian 300 Yaont Cupp, ceptance of his propositions; and he now proceeds | flames and in an awful brief period was reduced to Oct, 13, 1871, to act the Lacs hat his threat of sailing over the | a complete rum, It was one of the finest buildings , 4 yal Harwich Yaobs | course alone. t him do it by all means. Nobod: and Will be harmed by this absurd’ performance on ine | % !t8 class in tne United States, and had gained the 0, MemMurable to Miss as marking or gy od od a upon Christian Associauion of not jess than four landred thousand dollars, The Dearvorn Theatre, occupied for the season by # minsirel troupe, went next, and Crosby’s Opera House and MeVicker’s Theatre were oMce and forined @ OFricg OF THK SECRETARY OF TRE at the Ja)lure of repeated attempts to enforce an ac- as eigen tab between Wethersfield and Hare New ¥ { 48 Wel) as the principal streets yn tne city, ‘were filled witn eager and curious spectators, many proeession; and marched to tho jail a hair fore distant The insututiou was surrounded by No, 26 BROAD 87H A CROWD OF FIVE OR SIX THOUSAND, Jaure AonpoRy, Baqy Commodore miles to get a gli at the coudemucd | all anxious to gain admission, or e! wr , fan “wison surveyed tne scene with wonderful | what was going on. trough the grated Sunni | LEAS StR-2¥our communteation dated October 18 teat | part of go unworthy @ representative of noble | admiration of travellers for the variety and com. “ calmimess, anv discussed the eveut with the officers | windows, ‘The Sherif proceeded cen ia the ve come to a successful conclusion, and zor ‘assent to sail | SPOrt pleteness of Its arrangements; but the destroying announced ty him that ul ries i" ami ti scoempanying tilt 1M & Very quiet and unconcerned | sell of the condemned, aud sa istceer Terie wiles yon renreeeat tas hovel Har The Livonia Again Challenged. element knew no meroy, and in a few minutes it | now at this hour (four A. M.) tue only places of, Men ‘ALTERED BIS MIND” ABOUT sUICIDB. PREPARE POR DUATH, acht Clab only. Pgs ee aceepe ibe cales of (he New York, Oot. 14, 1871, was a smoking heap of ruins, Hundreds of cats, | amusement that remained, + | when he was safely lodged 1n the jail the prisoner | Wherewpon Wilson proceeded to dress _himseit with | Gaym tine wing slight alteranion of the | | +5 AsnpURY, Esq., Commodore Harwich Yacnt | Which could not be removed, were burned to their EASTWARD PROGRESS OF THE FIRB. ; > - Prolsesen (o have given up the Iuea of suicide, put care. A neat white, shir, neav-fittiog black |. ““etaday. Oct. 16-—New York Yacht Club course, Olub:— trucks, and when I went over the ground on ‘Tues™| worse’ Arce, Wabash and. Aichigaa avenues ane abe mes ity of his professions is shown by the iréas coat of the same color, a biack silk Wednesday, Oct. 18—Twenty miles to windward beyond 5 1, fi Water street still remained Intact, and if the fire ) events ub followed twu-day. Upon arr’ ry weil E° shed voots completed his ontfir, | Sandy Hook iightebip and back, + — . = Dear SiR—I hereby challenge you to sail arace day they extended, far as the eye could reach, had ceased here (ue great majority of the valaable q J a be said “i did not mean to put any to Placing himself bewween Sherif Russel and. Deputy arse: age Macks ory blabip course, anabore, | With your yacht Livonta against my lighter, the LONG ROWS OF UTTER WRECES, hey Dye ppt dong omy Nag AT to + Ot. urae, 5 would. nor gorto Hartiorde T woud wthow: | nt” "anc 10 SiR SCAFFOLD Monday, ‘Wet. —Cluh ovuree, sloop Polly,of forty twotons, forthe sumof five thou- | The Dulldings around the depos were mainly | issued, and tne #ire King moved forward on was commenced. Wilson walked firmly, but ap. ateamendayy See EY UR aan’ courses aa | Sand dollars ($4,000), on Saturday, the 14th instant; | ‘Tame ones, and Were chiefly occupied by persons parently with painful effort, surveying ail the winte ove, the course to jov- | Of the lowest order of morality, chien: every visible thing and every face around him. Ag |» And we propose tn start on Monday morning at ten o'elock } ernor’s Island rroote ine fue the tual tina aa THIEVES AND vacenveras Re ascended the Lap tlpg bp to the dang- Wa ue on hes bemAnehirtad ance and your yacht only to carry a fying jrb, and | of the worst class. The ajstrict bore th ling rope, and tinaily tool of it with @ nerv- . MOSES H, GRINNELL, Chairman, | 80 togive my sivop three miles the start. “That fre sai umphaat bing lmoved further south, and the panic suil on tie Increase, All was one seencot confusion and dismay, Tuo strangest sights. were evecy where to be beiield, THB SUBLIME AND THB RIDICULOUS y seemed to be but one step asunder, and in the not go sandtimes rather commit suicide (nan be hanged, Mor guere are other considerations taut las in- au ane to alter iny mind. ‘The Scriptures tell me tua. God frequently altered tis mind, and did fot do things that le declared He would do, ‘the man that Will Not change his resolution whea circum- | ous twitcn, as if to. test its strength, for SHEPHERD GANDY, seems tome @ fi ¢ Jation to Chicago that St. Giles does to London or sfuanges, prove Wat ft woul be for tne best to 4040 | the terrible purpose, 10 wnten at as soon fo ve ROBBAT S HOME,” chance of winning my money Hes FOR, 8 GOON | A vive Potuts to Rew. York acid-tv had long been | Tue 9640,m4ol Norco Fe aie ain angen HUY LE , smile, “ qe usw is he Tength of my Hon Won Moe deca | cotmtyover the whole multitude present, oceasnc | Perc. A. Mrwzen, Sceretary of Commiiien 1 Pn es ig McCarthy's saloon, Coonties stip. | the horror and detestation of the better class of | ‘tressed, apparently one of Ane peer 0 ten, hurrying by aug ycaus reovnoiled to Leing ‘Aniawfuily and | ally nodding here and there to those’ whom he THR CLUB TACT a citizens. ‘The shanties burned Ine so much tinder, | 10 the lake shore, wit oe eee nrmiy grasped & © “anjumtly’ put Lo. death, but seeing that were Je | recognized, Fiuaily tne awful silence Was brokeu | that will sail the Livonia will uot be named unt dnd Whe scones thet were to be saed ail + | Pe Naas, we omed (0 be. teenlly, Guoomnabet ‘jotbing ia” me but ta spend theérest. of my by the Sherif, who commenced tue reading | the moraiug of each 1ace, Yachting Note. sor noo Witnoneed OF SECURE | Try A se etre andih Ing JOAgTaAe) SOD \ oe 2 Matai ‘ones tne ore cplevaty, 1 br ¢ the i. bgt ey the Shorr an. busky tone, THE COMMITTER i . eine steam yacht Mystic, Mr. Clarke, from New | ‘is place were heartrending in the extreme. The £ Ee ee * + ag yh: Tg Nn Hey Oo abide 1D such e hen jad ou SNOW, ME, mittee steamer will start from foot o| ‘ork, passed Whitestone yesterday, en route for | Wretched inmates poured into we streets by sqores | ¢. 4 thei rile mi more lace Tsnaid Jeave tly world becloy ‘than sound | Wilaou, haye you anything to fay Why tbo senfines | Dos treet {oF tne races Over the New York | Greepwich to lay Up een ys ** } 00 hundreds, we women (mauy of whow, wiih | dragging at trunks aud some were bowed Own Dee.