The New York Herald Newspaper, July 11, 1872, Page 6

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New York, Thursday, July 11, 1872, t = = ‘CONTENTS OF Paen. ; Advertisements. - R—Adertisements, 3—The Presidency: Headlong Charge of the Un- terrified at timore; Greeley and Brown Nominated; The First Ballot 686 to 47; Extra- ordinary Enthusiasm for the Chappaqua Ohopper; The Cincinnati Platform ‘Adop ted; TO-DAY'S HERALD, Bayard peeping Out the Tide with a Dela- Ware Pitchiork; Bourbonism juelched, Hissed and Laughed Out of Hearing; O'Connor, of South Carolina, Champions the White Coat; soe the Roll of the States; A Plain American Citizen, Not a Soldier, for pane Adjournment of the Convention ine Die. 4—Stokes: The Mother and Brother of the Prisoner On the Stand; Stokes’ Excitability: Another Field Day Among the Doctors; The Counsel All Serene; More About the Probing and “Punching” of Fisk’s Wound; Fisher and Tripler as “Punchers;" Lengthy Rebuttal Tes- timony; Counsel to Sum Up To-day; Seven- teenth bay of the Trial—The Southside Rail- road Collision—Judge Prindle's Trial—The Strangulation of Miss Elliott by Her Mother— Nova Scotia—Suicide in Brookiyn. ie Papers and the Ballots: Analysis of One Day’s Partisan Exchanges; the Balances About Even ; Curious Facts and Figures—Judge David Davis—The Ice Panic: Why the Supply Was Sto} —The Case of Dr. Houard: ning Demand of the United States for the Imme- diate Release of the Doctor—New York City. News—The Heat Still Upon Us—The Pope's Protest: Letter of the Pope to the Cardinal Secretary of State; No Reconciliation Pos- sible—Naval Intelligence. 6—Editorials: Leading Article, “The Baltimore Endorsement of the Liberal Republican Can- didates—The Outlook for November”—Amuse- ment Announcements, in: Dr, Houard Liverated by the Action of he = Spanish Government—The Alabama Claims—Parliamentary Motion for the Intro- duction of the American System of Represen- tation in England—Texas vs, Mexican Thieves —The Privateer Pioneer: Interview with the OMcers of the Cuban War Vessel—News trom Washington—The Bourbons in Convention— Shipping Intelligence—Business Notices. $—Financial and Commercial: The Baltimore Nominations and the Wall Street Markets; Stocks Unsteadled a Little, but Better Subse- quently; Gold Firmer, with an Advance to 114; Gradual Increase in the Volume of Exports; a Further Decline in Erie, h the Closing Sales at 53; the New Administration Not Popular; Revival of the Consolidated Mortgage Loan for $30,000,000; Relaxation and Ease in the Money Market; Call Loans Taree Per Cent—The National Banks—Real Estate Market—The Erie Rallway: What the New President is Going To Do About It; Wall Street To Be Ruled Out—The Alleged Arson Case—Old Offenders Caught—The Maspeth Assault Case. 9=—London Building Trades Lock-out: The Fight for Nine Hours and How It Progresses; Lock- out of Twenty Thousand Men; The Building Trade in London at a Standstill; A Master Builder's Account; The Carpenters’ Parlia- ment at Bloomsbury; A Workman’s Story; The Heravp Correspondent’s Interview with Representative Men on Both Sides—Pope: Jones’ Dominion: Dark Deeds on Randall's Island—The Orangemen: Some Facts About the Admirers of the Dutch Prince—Murder by a Boarder—Marriages and Deaths. 20—The Presidency (Continued from Third Page) — Advertisements. Al—Interesting Proceedings in the New York and eeteie? A Courts—The Gotham flouse Mur- der—Libbie Garrabrant—The Sixth Avenue Shooting—Resignation of Superintendent Brown—Not with the Fi isters—Lamentable Occurrence—Our Col Commencements at Yale, Amherst, Be and Vermont Col- leges—Advertisements. A%—Advertisemen’ ToS) Wax Srreert took the nomination of Horace Greeley at Baltimore with great equanimity. Gold was a trifle higher, but the advance was due as much toa resumption of specie ship- ments as to anything that was anticipated in * connection with the candidacy of the Chap- paquan Sage. Tae Ranpawt’s Istanp Honnors are receiving additional chapters daily, which make a strict inquiry incumbent upon the Managers of the Institution. Revolt after revolt occurs, and a fresh draft of boys arrives at the Tombs, but nothing is done to modify a system which is wrong radically, and vicious in its details. The statement of the youth Kinney in another portion of the Hzratp will be found to give some startling information on the tem- poral rule of Pope Jones, who should be given some charge nore suited to his abilities and disposition than that of leading erring boys into the right road. The rattan and thumb- hanging are not the reforming agencies which this century can afford to encourage. Lionizixo anv Its Resvirs.—It is seldom that visitors from Europe who have dis- tinguished themselves in any way and be- come the sensation of the hour here escape being spoiled by the flattery, of which, un- fortunately, many of our people are too layish. | Dickens came and was lionized to such an absurd extent that the only return he could | think of was to lampoon us unmercifully. Now Strauss seems to*have lost whatever little judgment his mercurial head possessed, and, in # Quixotic humor, insists upon rushing into print because some one said that it was? rumored around that President Grant was to ome all the way from Long Branch to dance to the music of the testy little Austrian, Well, ‘suppose it was not the case, there was no reason for an allegro furioso movement with the pen on the part of the composer of “The Beautiful Blue Danube.” The trouble is that Strauss has been spoiled, like others, by too mauch flattery, and his head is inclined to fol- low the example of the heels of his listeners, ‘We would advise him to keep his temper for the future, stick to his fiddle and bow and leave the pen to more judicious hands. *. Tne Baltimore MSindorsement of the Liberal Republicam Candidates—The Outlook for November. The Baltimore Convention yesterday com- pleted its business with the same harmony and enthusiasm manifested in its preliminary stages, and made the candidates of the liberal republican party—Horace Greeley, of New York, and B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri—the unanimous nominees of the national democ- racy for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States. So the work of the campaign fairly opens to day, and we are at last enabled to take an intelligent survey of the situation and to make some calculation on the chances of the respective tickets. While the action of the Democratic Convention was un- certain, and while it appeared likely that a serious secession might occur in the event of the acceptance of Greeley and Brown by the majority, it was impossible to form any reliable judgment as to the prob- abilities of the campaign. Nothing could be more certain than the fact that the country was unprepared to restore the old Bourbon democracy te power, and hence a large number of influential republicans remained purposely uncommitted to either side until it should be seen whether the democrats would endeavor to take advantage of the division of the republican party to’ put forward candidates of the old unrecon- structed stamp upon the dead issues of the past. If so insane a policy had been pursued at Baltimore these uncommitted republicans would have declared for Grant in preference toa restoration of the Bourbons on an old copperhead platform, and Greeley would have been left almost without supporters and would probably have retired from the contest. But wiser counsels prevailed, and the people are now left free to choose between two loyal men, both candidates of the republican party: the one a soldier who has carried our arms to victory—the other a civilian, a man of peace and a bearer of the olive branch ; the one the type of all there is good and bad in the national administration of the past four years—the other a radical representa- tive of the new reform party. No citizen will therefore be longer left in doubt as to his posi- tion in the campaign, and, despite the general breaking up of old party lines, the statistics of former elections will at last be of use in afford- ing light as to the probabilities of the present contest, In view of the overwhelming sentiment of the people in all the States in favor of.a dis- tinct issue and a fair fight between the rival republican candidates, the Democratic Conven- tion was obliged to act almost as a unit. There was just enough opposition to give tone to the proceedings. A few objec- tions were made to the adoption of “the Cincinnati platform, pure and simple,’ as General Butler used to say, and, out of the seven hundred and thirty-two votes given by the Convention, forty-six were cast against Horace Greeley on the formal call of the States. Of these West Virginia cast two and Florida two. The rest were given by Delaware, Georgia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; but as the three former States roll up large democratic majorities, andas Pennsylvania is calculated on for Greeley by the liberal republicans with great confidence, the hostile demonstration does not seem to be threatening. Besides, the nomination was subsequently by force of circumstances made unanimous, and the motion to that effect came from the anti-Greeley side in Pennsylvania. The politi- eal wire-workers who regarded the proposed union between the demoorats and the liberal republicans simply as a bargain for the spoils, and who were present at Baltimore endeavor- ing to manceuvre some sort of policy by which the electors were to be mystified, proved themselves to be altogether behind the age and ignorant of the true sentiment of the country. The people in the several States who favored the Greeley movement cared noth- ing about them or their intrigues. They desired to make a united battle against the existing state of affairs in the national adminis- tration; to bury the hideous skeleton of the rebellion out of sight forever; to unite the States once again in the bonds of fraternal regard; to establish in our relations with foreign nations a frank and manly policy that will neither bring the government into ridicule by bravado nor render it contemptible by weakness and vacillation. They wished to secure a real civil service reform, and to break up the mischievous rings surrounding the present administration. What- ever foundation there may be for their objec- tions to General Grant, whether their con- demnation of his Presidential policy may be just or unjust, their purpose of a united opposi- tion was evidently earnest and serious, and the Convention was only faithful to the people it represented in making the issue distinct and in boldly and openly accepting both the plat- form and candidates of the liberal republicans as their own. We regard it as fortunate for the country that the present election is thus to be fought out upon the single question of the endorse- ment or condemnation of the existing admin- istration, because, whatever may be the result, it is likely to lead to desirable reforms. The American people are essentially revolutionary, and a large number of persons may always be found in favor of a change for the sake of change alone. Our citizens could not live under a permanent centralized government such as many affect to believe is contemplated by Grant and his adherents, or under a mon- archy, however limited in power and however strongly guarded by constitutional guarantees, Their quadrennial elections are the safety valve of their democracy, and with these secured to them and always to be looked forward to at | short intervals their revolutions are fought with ballots instead of with bullets. A French- man when he desires to overturn the existing condition of affairs: rushes to the barri- eades; an American makes his way to the polls. This restless American spirit has grown weary of seeing the Southern States still held in the iron grip of their sins of rebellion, and of hearing of the.suspension of the habeas corpus, the imposition of proscriptive test oaths, the enforcement of military despotism and the establishment of a negro balance of power as a check upon white men all over the South. Eight years have passed since the close of the war, and there is no evi- dence, except that concocted for political effect, that the bulk of the people of the rebellious States are not contented to accept its lessons | and results and to re-establish their prosperity | peacefully and loyally as good citizens, if per- Ulu Lt. ivih bal, vp ites in the hope that a change in the sdministra- tion may obliterate the last traces of the pains and penalties of their treason. The men of the North sympathize with them and desire the success of the liberal republican and demo- cratic candidate for the same reason. Now, we have already secured some good from this generous sentiment in the passage of the Amnesty bill in the last hours of Congress as the effect of the Cincinnati movement; and, whether Grant or Greeley shall be successful in November, we hope to see the lesson of this struggle teach the administration of the next four years the wisdom of sweeping away carpet-bag governments and bayonet rule in the Southern States, and of leaving the people of those States as free and unfettered as the people of the North. Another public advantage to be anticipated from the single-handed fight between the regular republicans and the liberal repub- licans is the prospect of a possible division of the negro vote of the South. The administration calculates with confidence upon securing that entire vote, and not with- out apparently good reason. The Southern negroes are pleased with the Union uniform so honorably worn by Grant, and it will be hard to persuade them that the leader of the federal armies is not the liberator to whom they owe their emancipation. At the same time, Greeley and his friends will make a desperate effort to divide the colored voters of the South, and it will be strange if such abolition apostles as Greeley and Sumner should be without honor among the people for whom they have done so much. It will be a good thing for the country if their efforts shall prove successful and the dan- ger of a black autocracy in the Southern States be averted. The thought will probably occur to General Grant and his friends, however, that it may be hazardous to await the result of the election before commencing the practical work of re- form. They must now understand the danger that threatens them, and can no longer close their eyes to the fact that a dissatisfied feeling is abroad all over the country. We do not care now, nor will it advantage them, to in- quire whether the popular discontent is warranted or unjust. The Hznaup has sup- ported General Grant and his administration, and sees no reason yet to wholly condemn orto abandon him. We recognize the substantial facts that he has reduced the national debt, established the national credit, kept us at peace with all the world, and made the country generally prosperous. In war he was fearless and aggressive; in peace he has been conserv- ative and cautious. But, as an independent journal, caring nothing for parties, politicians or Presidents, the Heraup has frankly told General Grant on former occasions, and tells him now again, that he is surrounded, far and wide, by parasites, who are belittling and breaking down his admin- istration, and that he has about him advisers incapable of statesmanlike policy. The nation was humiliated by our blundering, weak and un-American course in the Alabama negotiations from first to last, and our whole foreign policy has been dis- graceful to a great, powerful and earnest nation. The cliques, all influential at Wash- ington, must be broken into fragments and driven from the capital. The men who hold office in the Southern States and keep up a continual state of excitement by their acts must be turned adrift. The country must no longer be disgraced by its representatives at foreign courts; the bad must be sifted and separated from the good. There must be a thorough reform in the administration favors in this State, and the Presidential policy must no longer be the policy of coarse, low men, accustomed only to rule in caucuses and ward meetings. General Grant's personal character stands high, and the people four years ago evinced their gratitude for his ser- vices by electing him to the highest office in their gift. There is yet time for him to avail himself of his personal strength and his popu- larity among the people, and to stay the tide setting so strongly in favor of a change, if he will adopt a policy of his own and cut loose from his undesirable surround- ings. Citizens of character, worth and ability would be ready to rally to his side if he would purify the atmosphere around him. But he must waste no time in a slow, indecisive policy. The administration cannot afford to be defeated in a single State election, or to show signs of a decrease of strength. Like an army in an enemy's country, their first re- verse would prove their annihilation. Foes would spring up all around them, and their destruction would be certain. The oppo- sition can battle on until November with reverses and still have a hope of success. A retreat froma single position on the part of the regular republicans would become a stam- pede. General Grant should, therefore, com- mence the reforms we have indicated without delay, before the first week in August. If he follows the advice we have given him, and uses his influence to check the personal abuse in which his supporters indulge, and to in- duce them to conduct the campaign with that courtesy and self-respect that marked the speeches of August Belmont and Senator Doolittle at Baltimore, he can yet trust to the respect and gratitude of the American people and set his opponents at defiance. Let him refuse or neglect these concessions to public sentiment, and he may find all the strength of his name and all the glory of his services insufficient to save his administration. The people evidently desire a change in our national affairs, and would rather accept it at General Grant's hands than at the hands of another, Will he refuse them what they have a right to demand? The Circulation of Partisan Papers. We give to-day a list of some two hundred of our political exchanges, culled at random as they came from a single day's mail. It will be seen that out of about a million claimed circulation the number is about equally divided between Grant and Greeley. This is both curious and extraordinary. It is curious be- cause the Grant papers have had the advantage of several weeks’ time since the regular repub- lican nomination was made to make a demon- stration, and it is extraordinary because the Greeley papers have, toa great extent, only indicated their Presidential preference through: “Old Probabilities” himself to tell. The Orange Parade. The advent of the 12th of July is looked forward to with feelings of apprehension by the order-loving portion of the community, be- cause a foreign faction wishes to its idiotic quarrels to the free soil of America. With the cause and origin of the Orange Society in Ireland we have nothing to do. It may be the bulwark of civil and religious liberty, which its friends claim it to be, or the baneful curse of an unhappy land, as its enemies pro- nounceit; all we are certain of is, that here in free America it seems resolved to make itself a nuisance by transferring the hatred and strife of another hemisphere to our scenes enacted in the streets of our city on the last 12th of July will not soon be forgotten, and con- siderable apprehension has been felt lest these scenes should be renewed on the coming anniversary. The vigorous action of the authorities last year has not, however, been without its beneficial results, and the demagogues who urged a thoughtless and passionate people to acts of violence have been reduced to silence. Whatever may be thought of the good taste or judgment of the members of the Orange Society in unfurling in this country a banner which has always been the signal of strife in their own, so long as they keep within the law they shall receive the full protection which is the right of every citizen. In the vindication of the liberty of individual opinion too many were shot down in our streets on the last 12th of July, and in sup- port of the same principle the same sharp and decisive action would be resorted to again if ~vecessity called for it. Fortunately it seems \ if no danger of riot or breach of the peace existed. All intention of interfering with the parade has, we believe, been abandoned by the opponents of the Orangemen ; but the precan- tion of the authorities will be in no wise relaxed. We are glad to be able to allay the natural apprehension which has existed on this sub- ject, and if the press of the city will only refrain from inflammatory remarks on the subject of the parade we may hope to see the 12th of July pass off without any serious breach of the peace. The noisy agitators who were so prominent last year in urging the poorest and most ignorant class of the frish population to acts of violence have not appeared upon the scene, and if they should we hope the police will take instant charge of them as in- stigators of violence and riot. : It is to be hoped that the defenders of the “glorious, pious and immortal memory of King William’’ will be satisfied with the assertion of their right to parade, and that when they lay aside their orange regalia on the evening of the coming 12th they will come to the resolution to trouble the peace of this city no more. If their enthusiasm for the memory of the great William is such that they must honor his memory, they can do so with eminent propriety in their lodges, free from danger of interference from their enemies of the green. It cannot be that there is any clause in their secret code which compels them to trouble other people by an offensive and un- necessary dragging of thejr coats through the streets.of a foreign city for their opponents to tread on. This kind of amusement be- longs to a time in the history of Ireland that every decent Irishman tries to forget, and we can scarcely be expected to permit the estab- lishment of a Donnybrook Fair in the United States at a time when the fair, with its conat- trailing, has been suppressed in its native land. We are a patient and long-suffering people, but there is a limit even to our good uature, and if this practice of foreign factions renewing their animosities and combats in our midst be continued we shall at last be compelled to suppress all foreign celebrations whatever. Hitherto we have borne them with exemplary patience, but the prospect of having our streets turned into battle fields for hos- tile factions, to the danger of the peaceable inhabitants, is something which we shall not endure. ‘There is no reason why American citizens should be subjected to a yearly pen- ance far worse than the traditional ‘wooden shoes and peas in the brogue’’ punishment, which the Orange fraternity so much dread; and rather than submit to it we should resign ourselves to seeing the fanatics depart from our shores for the land of bogs that they love so well, but, strangely enough, are so anxious to quit. By all means let these rivals of the Orange and Green who desire to settle up the old score return to their native bogs, or to the banks of the classic Boyne, where they may fight that famous battle over again to their hearts’ content. We shall wish them godspeed in their pilgrimage to the shrine of their favorite saints, and only hope that the associations may prove too strong to permit their return to a soil so uncongenial as ours to that hearty and enduring hate upon which the Orange and Green factions feed and flourish. ‘We make this suggestion to the rival factions in all sober earnestness. If they cannot make up their minds to abandon the advantages in this coun- try which draw them from that of their love let them arrange yearly excursions to the bog- side at Derry or to the banks of the Boyne, where they can drink the pious and immortal memory in draughts from the historic river. This would free us from the presence of the most ardent fanatics during the season of madness, and ought to be a welcome solution of the difficulty to devoted worshippers of the Orange and the Green. On this classic ground they might give free vent to their pent-up feelings, and satisfy their martial souls by as much free fighting and fifing and drumming as they had stomach for, without being hampered in their move- ments by the presence of American soldiers or restrained by visions of ‘‘cops.”’ If the fate of the Kilkenny cats should overtake them the city of Gotham would willingly subscribe to erect @ monument to their heroism and devoted martyrdom, in consideration of their depar- ture, so that the memory of their virtues should long be preserved in the land of their birth. In fact, there is no compromise that we are not ready to effect with these pelligerent | Hl iy t ef 1 i i i if “i} He F i i E 1H ip | i i f = i EE i Ef | f E TF) tts [4 eke e i it gFS re | ifr of orange and green in honor of the independ- ence of the land which affords them refuge and bread, and by their peaceful conduct endeavor to make the American people forget the dislike and contempt which these con- A cable despatch, which we print this morning, informs us that Sir Alexander Cock- burn, in consideration of the great services he has rendered his country as a public servant of the Crown, and particularly in considera- tion of his services as Lord Chief Justice of England and as member of the Geneva Court of Arbitration, is to be created a Peer of the United Kingdom. This, we think, is very well. We honor England for rewarding the meritorious services of faithful public servants; and we congratulate Sir Alexander Cockburn on what he no doubt considers his good fortune. Having been born in 1802, Sir Alex- ander is in his seventieth year; but as he is still hale and hearty and full of mental vigor, he will be an important addition to the House of Lords, and it may be his privilege in his new sphere for many years to come to render useful services to his Queen and country. It is useless to deny or disguise the fact that Sir Alexander Cockburn has been singled out for special honor mainly because of the services he has just rendered his country at Geneva. If anything were wanted to convince us that the British government is satisfied with the issue of the recent contention regard- ing the admissibility of the indirect claims we should find it in this very fact—that Sir Alex- ander Cockburn, the British member of the Court of Arbitration, has been deemed worthy of the highest honor which it is in the power of the Crown to confer. The example should not be lost upon us. An opportunity is afforded us to prove that repub- lics are not necessarily ungrateful. Our repre- sentatives at Geneva have claims upon us. They look to us for the rewards which are so justly due. We recommend. President Grant to consider their claims, and to proportion reward to merit. Beyond all question Mr. Bancroft Davis has the first claim to national honor and ‘Presiden- tial favor. As we have no titles to confer, leta place be made for Mr. Bancroft Davis. Why not send Mr. Davis to Ujiji? Our cor- respondent recently in the heart of Africa ex- perienced much difficulty from the rivalries of contending nations. It is not at all impossible that the work of Dr. Livihgstone may be in- definitely prolonged by these same rivalries. Asa peacemakor and healer of international diniculties Mr. Davis could not fail to find suitable employment among the tribes of Cen- tral Africa. It is, we think, at least desirable that Mr. Davis should be permanently re- lieved from all such onerous and responsible duties as those which devolve upon him as our agent .at Geneva. Ending Cuban Troubles. It will be seen by a special despatch to this paper from Madrid, published in another col- umn, that Dr. Howard has been set free by an order of the Spanish government. It appears, however, that the Doctor demurred to receive his freedom as a matter of grace. He seemed to think that would imply that he had been guilty of the charge on which he was con- demned, and might debar him from claiming compensation. It is said, indeed, that he was actually forced out of his prison. He imme- diately after called upon our correspondent at Cadiz. We have urged on the government not to stand upon any punctilio with the Spanish government, but to obtain the release of Dr. Howard in any proper way in which it would not sacrifice its dignity or any right, and we are glad to learn that he is free. While we hold that the government of this republic should protect its citizens all over the world, we cannot see the justice or propriety of straining the right or privilege of citizenship so far as to quarrel with foreign governments over men who, while claiming to be citizens, never reside in the United States or perform any of the duties ot American citizenship. Temporary absence from the country on busi- ness on the part of either native or naturalized citizens should not deprive them of the protec- tion of the flag, but those who take up a fixed and permanent residence abroad and perform none of the duties of American citizens should hardly expect our government to interpose in all cases of difficulty with the authorities of their domicile. American citizenship is too precious to be trifled with in such a manner. It seems that the troubles of the Cubans, as well as the trouble of the United States about them, are never ending. Every few days there is some fresh event or new embarrassment con- a aii cP ey time this difficulty about Dr. Houard is ended we hear of the capture of the Pioneer, a veasel said to be a Cuban privateer or man-of-war, by the United States revenue cutter Moccasin. ‘Whatever may be said of the heroism and per- sistency of the Cubans in for their freedom, they certainly manifest little skill Most of their expeditions fail through the in- competency of those organizing or command- ing them. They seem to have the fatality of running into the lion’s mouth. We know not upon what the Cubans claim the right under international law to send out a privateer or man-of-war, except upon the fact that the independence or belligerency of Cuba has been recognized by some of the States of South or Central America; but even then this little sailing craft, not larger than a good sized fishing vessel, is a poor apology for a bel- ligerent. In fact, it makes the Cuban cause ap- pear farcical. The whole of this prolonged trouble about Cuba is the result of the weak- ness and indecision of our own government. The administration ought long ago either to have taken such action as would have secured the independence of Cuba or to have frowned down the attempt. We are more interested in the fate of Cuba, really, than Spain, and our government should have put an end, one way or the other, to the civil war and the horrors growing out of it in that island. Both the Spaniards and Cubans have been aided by this country in carrying on a frightful war that is a disgrace to the age, and we have got the ill will of both. A firm and decided policy in favor of one or the other was required. Let us hope this weak and vacillating policy will be abandoned, and that one more compatible with humanity and the dignity of this great republic may be pursued in the future. ‘The Approaching Verdict on Stokes. At ten o'clock yesterday morning, Judge Ingraham took his seat upon the bench, and the Court crier the seventeenth day of the trial of Stokes with the old formal calling: — Oyez! Oyez! which has, in ita translated form, degenerated into an incomprehensible jargon of sound that answers for a solemn warning that the deadly work of the day has begun. ‘The defence was still offering ita evidence to shake the firm foothold of the prosecution.’ The medical testimony was resumed. Dr. Tripler was recalled to prove that he never read or heard of “Taylor on Poisons,” nor Harley's work on vegetable neurotics. More examination on this line of phy- sician knowledge, when, after Dr. Fisher stating that he did not re member a conversation with Marshal Cowing on the subject of probing, the latter person was called and testified to a curious story. It was in effect that Dr. Fisher told Cowing to tell Dr. Tripler that he (Tripler) had been “punching at” the wound for half an hour before he (Fisher) arrived ; that the ball had been felt by the probe, but had been pushed into the abdomen some distance by the opera- tion. A very odd piece of testimony. The mother of the prisoner took the stand to say that her son, the man at the bar, had given evidence of unusual excitability upon certain occasions in relation to his difficulties with Fisk—helping out, evi- dently, the vague insanity plea. Her son, a brother of the prisoner, followed with the story of Stokes’ fears for his life and carrying a pistol to protect his life against Fisk or his emissaries. The mother was not cross- examined. Next came the evidence on the commissions which had been issued to examine Amasa Sprague on Teh ig EPH og Une y ga ecre fs is alleged, by Fisk’s emissaries. A great part of this was excluded by the Court; but doubt- less the jury took note of what was admitted. On this point it must, it seems to us, be difficult for a juryman to decide. An amount of testimony is offered which he hears and cannot forget. The very fact of or- dering him to forget it will fix it on his memory. Acute counsel know this, and hence the struggle which invariably occurs to prevent even the reading of such matter. Here the defence *closed. This announce- ment of the defence, which means, ‘‘ This is all we can at present say for our client,” is always a critical one. But the Court promptly called upon the District At- torney to proceed, and the rebuttal opened. It all lay, yesterday, in the direction of proving that Fisk had no pistol on the day he was shot. His Belgian intrepreter, who helped to dress him, and seemed comically offended because the defence hinted he was little better than a valet, said so. Fisk's coachman said so, and several who might or might not have cognizance of the fact said so, Thus the case rests at present. The evidence yesterday alluded to an alleged conversation of Dr. Fisher with Dr. Shine as to the amount of opium administered internally and hypodermically, which, if provable, will tend to show the mismanage- ment, so far as the doctors are concerned, of the case of Fisk. The defence has been extended so that it is hard to say where the stress of the counsel in closing will be Inid; but yesterday's evidence leads towards the conclusion that the most tenable ground remaining is the accidental nature of the meeting with Fisk. The excitability or insanity seems at present such as would overtake most men at being involved in deep hostility with a man like Fisk. The medical and surgical matters are involved in such ex- treme contradiction, to say the least, that none but the jury are at present safe judges. Whether their conjectures at the truth of the matter will happily hit the right opinion very few in this world can say. Between opium, brandy, probing or “punch- ing’ and a pistol ball as causes, the effect of death seems to have been reached, and this is all we can—thanks to the doctors—he certain of. But the doctors are not on trial. The man whose hand directed the shot will have to meet a verdict of his country- men in a day or two, and then we shall be able to speak with more freedom, and, perhaps, more certainty, to whom or what the death of Fisk was due. THE WEATHER. Wan Daranrunyr, OFFICE OF THE CHIRF StoNAL OFricen, W. D. C., July L—1 A. M. ASHINGTON, Cloudy weather, areas of rain and easterly winds Probably prevail over the Gulf States; partially cloudy weather and southerly to westerly winds for South Atlantic States; westerly winds and clear tha clearing weather for ‘the States; weet erly winda for New