The New York Herald Newspaper, July 15, 1872, Page 6

__ First Degres and Six for fan THE STOKES JURY Waiting for the Verdict ip the Great Criminal Case. ~” THE JURY AGREE TO DISAGREE. Locked Up on Saturday and Sunday Nights. The Foreman Says, “We Have Not Agreed and There Is No Proba- bility of Us Agreeing.” Jadge Ingraham Sends Them Back To Bo Locked Up Until This Morning and Tells Them That He Cannot Dis- charge Them Yet. ———— Intense Excitement in the City Among All Classes of People. HOW DO THEY STAND? “& Rumor That Thoro Are Four Jurors for Acquittal, Two for Murder in tho slaughtor In the Third De- Bree, Late Last Night. wt Se Pet ae —— an Hew Yo:kers who do business downtown * . ‘Who alcop above Union square aro well acquainted with Chambers street and its vicinity, For six of the week it is almost impassable from Cen- tre street to Church street. Vehicles pass to and fro—drays, beer wagons, spring carts, express ‘Wagons, coupés, with eager lawyers snugly ep. feonced inside, and all manner of conveyances for merchandise and passenger trafic, and not ex- gepting the big, lumbering stages that render Broadway, our finest street, a place of diMculty and @anger for a swift, hurrying people. But yesterday morning Chambers street had o @ifforent look. The wild eagerness of the people to ‘mow if the jury in the Stokes casehad decided pon a verdict had provoked the gathering of an Ammonse crowd. ‘@he front of the new Conrt House is disigured by gcaffolding and loose planking, and on every coign ef vantage hundreds of persons were perched at as an hour as cight o’clock of the morning. The escent of marble steps leading to the great @Mfrance of this building, tho greatest monu- fment of the defunct Ring, was thickly packed with Bxolted people of both sexes, standing, sitting Gown, and in argumentative groups of threes and fours and fives and sixes, ‘The crowds were like the jurors—they could not agree. The feeling has wonderfully changed during Qhe last three or four days, however. Those who Were anxious to see Stokes hanged a week ago were yesterday discussing the relative probabilities ‘Bf Manslaughter in the third degree or an absolute juittal of the prisoner, " Une of police came early in the day to keep the growd inorder, andanumber of angry disputes Were settled by them in a summary manner, the @isputants being told to moderate their feelings gud go cool themselves with welss beer, The erowds were in a bad predicament, however, as the pRaces of drinking for man and beast were all closed, Fronting the Court Honse for half a block either yaya great swarm of people, 3,000 in numbor, Were gathered. Every man and woman in tho Mass was looking upward to the windows, expect- x) to see Stokes come out and make a specch, as the wont with all foolish assemblages in New York city. The gathering was something like what Weseen on a Fourth of July night in one of our pub- io parks when the fireworks are being touched of. of individuals stood ready to cry “Oh!” ar “Ah!” at the elightest sensation that might be preduced by any untoward event. A dog fignt or tho appearance of a drunken woman would have proved of great relief to these people. Nothing of the kina came to dissipate their monotony, and in default of other amusement four ‘er five hundred people of the three thousand gath- ered there on the quiet Sunday, pitched into each otber on the merits of the case. ‘It seemed as if the days of the olvil war had back. Our people will recollect how, during fat terrible time, men went mad about rumored flefeats or possible victories on the Sab- bath days, devoted to rest and divine wor- paip. Yesterday there was a renewal of these scencs, but with the difference that fmstead of the words “Rappahannock,” ‘“Fredo- Moksburg,” “Ohancellorsville” or “Gettysburg,” which at that time dropped from men’s mouths Mike the smeltings from a furriace, there were heard @uch expressions as “Stokes ought to be hanged,” “Pisk was a murderous villain,” “There won't be Bny agreement of the jury,” “Ingraham’s charge ‘was allon one side, like the handle ofa pitcher,” and “Did you see what the HERALD sald to-day?” The feeling was of the most intense kind, On the ears, on the ferry boats, in shops, where the barbers clamored that their victims, ‘whose necks were swathed by towels, should purchase lavender and hair tnvigorator; im bar rooms and hotels; when churches were emptiod of their congregations; in Fifth @venue and Tenth avenue; in the puriiens of the Points and in the perfumed air of Murray Hill, the wames of Fisk and Stokes grated on the dull, close and oppressive atmosphere. It was, indeed, a midsummer madness, and its effects made men of lucid minds imagine that after all New York was but little behind Paris for its civic Ampetuosity and excitability, ‘This was the state of the city yesterday generally. Known in the metrop- few 2 us ODE OF KUWard S. Stokes for tay Siting Of —ewxk. And how was it in the building on tts Sab- ath day, in which the jury wore testing the evi- ence t « About five hundred persons of hoth sexes had Deen allowed to pass the triple line of policemen ‘and the four ranks of doorkeepers. It is needless gay that the ladies, blonde and brunette, who ve attended the trial for weeks, were in their ‘usual places, reinforced by new accessions of their @wn sex, The Baron Probasco and My Lady tne Duchess of Lord-knows-who were in their cane-bot, tomed chairs, These people were allowed to come ‘m at haif-past ten o’clock. A number of the Erie people, whom rumor credits with the receipt of $3 ® day for steady attendance, were also permitted to come. Professor Nealis escorted the ladies to their seats with a graceful ‘Wave of the hand. Deputy Mulvihill held one door, and there was great demand for Mr, McInierney, The lobbies were crowded by lawyers and attachés of the Court, and the adjoiuing room was occupied by the prisoner Stokes and his jriends, who seem more Warmly attached to Lim as the case slowly draws to @ close, The Jadies of the prisoner's family, unable any longer to bear the terrible ordeal of the trial, were Qbsent, worn out and sick with anxiety at their hearts. Stokes, who has borne up bravely all through the trial, until the case went to the jury, seemed tired ont and nervous. ‘This man, who is naturally light-hearted and of an impulsive, ahead temperament that no shock or adverslt; id unsettle, has et the last two days sui- da tyrture that no human being may ever envy. Many men with his light hearted, harebrained Bature would have become mad under such a tre- mendous pressure as that which has been brought to bear on lim during the last wae s hours. He Je unfit to withstand @ long 6 y though any = rose Tor to th ion clon: oe 3 5 Y; my G when Teaw Fisk comlug } whs going down, it made me fee by him watt was made "hal Sag abd whet he wi le crazy, drew a pistol on me what coul 140 but defend i? ere Ig not 2 man out of five thousand my: Dut would to save his own life, and if] had re- treated I would have boen shot in the back like dog, going + osamadn ” Stokes was fearfully excited aa he sald t! Before Jui q arrived Stokes had been walking ap ana dora the rook in a frenzied way, talking to at friends and sometimes walking by himeelf. During the last two days he must have walked at le: miles in the ante-room of er Court. Ho preserves his manhood and his self-respect, but no man under his Sicorasranoe can confrol a display of nervousness. If ‘edie = @ never be the same man ogi f ite who could commit @ murder out of P a} volition would down stolidly and ive th isolations Of roll op, and talk with evory one In a semi-conscious state; but this man, Edward 8. Stokes, seems to have no alternative but fo Talk like 9 champion pedestrian while waiting At ve minutes before ¢leven o'clock Judge In- raham came into court and ok his seat, Mr. ‘alentine walked up to the judgment seat, and whispered a moment to Hia Honor, whd whispered fo him {in return for & second or two, Then Mr. Valentine disappeared in the direction of the jur: toom, a the men and women rose, an si looking at Stokes, who had taken his seat bal rt his counsel, Tremain— ‘MoKeon, Townsend It was a Ver exctting, moment. Even the Erie opje were ai There was a deathiike silence in ag the jurors, one by » filed in and took their aia thelr’ aconstomed. places. Judge In- ahi ned each juryman’s face. Tustie of @ lady’s silk dress, a8-ene shifted Froaglly in her seat, was heard throughout ie Court 80 great was the silence. It was the moment of and death. Stokes leaned over and look his piercing aut ones in the of every man i he jury box. Tremain turned hig dead-blue eyes on ‘oné after another, ahd John McKeon set his ia ‘miy and gazed ronal at the foreman. The Dis- W rict Attorney, 10 seems to have a good-natured ce, {ted his eyelashes, and Mr. Sparks, who ems the calmest of men, forgot his indifference fora moment. The ladies opened their mouths and closed their eyes, The Judge slowly spoke, ‘I understand, gentle- men, that you have not agreed upon a vordict.”” “No, Judge—Your Honor,” saidtie honest-lookiny foreman, Mr. Mes<: Gamburger, ‘and thore is no! any probability of an agreement, There is no chance of ug agreeing.” Judge Ingrabanie—I do not think it is my duty to discharge eb. J case has been yery fully tried and argued. You have Rot been shu! very ae w long, and I feel it would not be Sight to discnarae vou april you have had further oppory2uity for con- al ion. Me ‘The Foxeman—We stand just as wo werd wc? wo Went in. pte ‘ Judge Ingraham (rather impausntly And inter- rupting the foreman, who wanted to speak} mej not care how you stand, and I don’t waht to know untilyou agree. 1 will arrange ft 80 {nat you send for me at any time that you may gr 0, 1 not think it would be zignt “to dischafge you al resen| ¢ > Mr. Lémerts and Mr, Tucker, two of the Jurors on tho upper bench, nodded their heads in an em- phatic and assenting mannor when the foreman endeavored to close his sentence to the effect that hey stood then ag they did when they went out, ‘né prisoner looked very much relieved, and so did his counsel, when the decision of the jury was ‘iven, At present there is parciyis possibility of fhojur ay roa on any verdict excepting man- slaughter in the third degree, although itis said that fury pe ne most stubborn jurors are staunch for Aor al. Up to late hour last night the jury were still locked up in mutual disagreement, and tho Judge, who lives in Harlem, had not been sent for, ‘the Court will meet at half-past ten o'clock this morn- ing, and in all probabil! y ho agreement as toa ver- dict will be had. It is said that Stoke, in this event, if the majority of the jury are favorable, can obtain bail to stand 4 new trial, but _as yet nothing is pos. ible, and ‘all things are left to the wildest con- jecture, A female interviewer, after the audience had dispersed, paid a Visit to Stokes in the room ada- joining the sour, qm a Mra, Beckner; uN regsed Ho he ha ty eee i hair han, ind, al ie gout looking aut lady-1 BN she lady, ay 8 editress of a Masonite paper called the Corner Stone, shook hands warmly with Stokes, who greeted her with his Waser valida and then the lady presented him with @ copy of he journal which ghe edits, In this journal there js an article which warmly supports Stokes, and states that the Erie detectives havo expended $13,000 in procuring bogus evidence against the prisoner. It algo asserts that there were two pistolsin the case; that James Fisk failed to kill Stokes, and that it was by a mere chance that the latter, who had been frenzied with Fisk's porse- cution, was not the victim instead of Fisk, who drew his pistol. At two o'clock Stokes was driven to the Tombs, coecrted by Deputy Sheriffs Shields and Judson ary CRIME IN LONDON. A Man Murders his Mistress, his Two Children and then Attempts Suicide, One of the Most Revolting Crimes of the Day— Particulars of the Tragedy—A Tiger Man— The Demon of Drink—Torrible Series of Murders in the British Metropolis, Lonpon, July 2, 1872. We have had a terribly realistic sensation this week—terribly realistic and at the same time terribly characteristic of English life. Two men, by namo Taylor and Israol, carried on business as partners together; they were married to two sisters, Israel, having got into some trouble, had to leave the country. Taylor then deserted his own wife and took up with the wife Isrdel; while Israel, on his part, on his return, took up with the wife of Taylor, The result ofthis change appears in the following report, published in all the morning papers yesterday, and which, I think, surpasses in horror almost every- thing I ever read:— HISTORY OF THE CRIME. Yesterday one of the most dreadful tragedics that has for many years occurred in Bermondsey took place in that locality, and some excitement has been created throughout the district in conse- juries were inflicted. The perpetrator of the crime {s & man named William Edward Taylor, a wholesale dealer in old metal. For several yeara he carried on an extensive business in the Grange road, Bermondsey. He is thirty-nine years of age, and of great muscular power. He bears the character of being a drunken and violent man, and has been more than once in custody for serious as- saults, He was married and had five children, but he and his wife never lived happily together; b frequently threatened to murder her, and dur. ing his big Ateneo for seriously assaulting her she went to reside with her friends, taking with her one of the children, and has since refused to return to him. He, however, made the ac- qnaintance of another woman, Susannah liebden, whom he induced to live with him and pass as his wife, and five years ago she bore him a daughter, named Frances, the girl who was yesterday Killed, ‘They some short time ago removed to No, 12 Webb street, Bermondsey New Road, and let a part of the honse toa man and his wife. neither anaton «ld they hegr Taylor and Hebden quarrelling; pe _ “Steen ehat the rowa ki the but the neighbors ucua a house were of sucha frightfui character that wey frequently could not See ae the night. Last Thursday, after a dreadful quarrel, Taylor rushed out of the house into the street and suid to a po- iiceman, 7 HAVE KILLED MY WIFE; Thave stabbed her; 1 have murdered her.) Te was then under the influence of drink, and he had a large table knife in his hand, The policeman en- red the house and found the woman lying on the joor of the first floor back room in an insensibl condition, but she had not been stabbed. She ha been rendered insensible by a blow on the head which Taylor had given her. ‘Taylor was arrested, and the woman, having been attended by a dcctor, recovered. The man was taken before the South: wark Police Court magistrate on Friday, and fined 6s. for being drunk and then discharged, and he returned to the house in Webb strect. On that evening he was sober, and the woman induced him to remain at home with her and the five chil- dren while she read three chapters of the Bible to them. No row took place, and ail the family retired to rest in quietude, ‘A SATURDAY NIGHT TRAGEDY, On Saturday Taylor drank three half-pints of Tum, aud then he became furious, During the night the neighborhood became alarmed, and at one o’elock yesterday morning loud screams were heard issuing from the house, and a boy's voice was heard to cry out, “O don’t, father, don't yi have neaily killed me already.” The cry was followed ky the sound of dull, heavy blows. In a few minutes ail the cries ceased, aud the street door opened, and Taylor ran up to a policeman and a costermonger who were standing near. [lis throat was cut ina frightfl manner, and blood was flowing from It. He was unable to i nae bat pointed towards the house, and the policeman referred to and another man entered it, On the first floor a horrib! a bed upon the floor, Toom aqnposite roing into tho back room on fe sight presented itsslf. On a corner of the the wi oe of the horrible manner in which the death | i Owing to the fact | that they were both very deaf, they state that | yeuerdes, morning nor upon any other oc- | m. was tho woman | Wer somewhat injured, Hebden. She was | und: and was govered with blood, with which the was sata- ted. The top of her skull and both sides of had been ie was not firey ue beaten. ures At the foot of the game Of the girl Frances. The w! skull had it fair-haired child, with blue eyes, Ip 8 corner of ths room and close to the windo' lor, boy aged thirte atioat rhe rteen years, He was feurtalyLatied Di Ft head, and his skull was fractured an of his brains wero prot: » The police stantly sent tor Dr. Cuolahan, of Grange and in a few minutes he arrived and ordered the removal of the lad to the infirmary of St, Olave’s Workhouse, where it was aw reported that he was dying. Tho doctor and the police then care- fully examined the room in order to discover THE INSTRUMENT WITH WHIOH THE TERRIBLE ‘CRIMES HAD BEEN COMMITTED, and roy 7 found two weapons—one a bar of iron ten inches in length and more four penny 1p weight and smeared with blood and brains, anda clasp knife stained with blood, with which, appa- rently, the man out hia own throat, ‘The Doctor then examined the wound in the throat of Taylor, and found that he had cut the windpipe completely hrough and some of the small arteries in such a manner that he could not ak, and he is not ex- cted to live, instantly conveyed to Guy’s copia Dr. Cuolahan then carefully examined the body of the dead girl, and gave it as his opinion that she mast have récefvod the injuries on top of her skull while she was sittl: ie On the floor, near the bed and in 3 poo of blood, lay an open Bible, The table and chairs in the room had been upset, and the whole room presented an ap- pearance as If a fearful struggle had taken place, It is stated that on being broug ht to the hospital Ing bri e he was unable to speak, th nie made a rent ef- fort. He afterwards made signs for writing ma- Seualg and on being supplied With slate and pencil, wrote name, “William Taylor,” and other rather Hmconnected Kentences, among | wi were, “Another man,” “A military map,” Kill mo.’? The prisoner then had his wounds dressed and was put to bed. About thia time his brother called vo see him, but so.mat Come 1s MGs state the surgeon did not deem it wise to pe! the inter- view for fear of accelerating the death, 4 BROTHER’S STATEMENT, The brother made the following strange state- ment :—‘‘He was a very quiet man at times, but he frequently, became violent. I have to caution you that he is aman syd strength, and that he has told me that he would kill a man whom he has named. If he gets the slightest chance ho will, I believe, kill more ople. 1 wish that he should be carefully watched, It will be better for him to die than to be executed. On last Monday he was very quiet, and he took Mrs. Taylor and the children to Rosherville Gardens, where they spent the day. He had yh believed tha! copie wanted to kill him, and he has carried th ron bar with which he killed Mrs. Taylor about ‘with him fay tb purpose of protecting himself. He always carrrad the iron bar fp his cart when he was driving through the street. He also-had the bed- stead removed from his room for fear anybody might hide underneath it. He ordered the bo; Samuel and the little girl to lie on the floor by night across the doorway, 80 that, if murderers attempte: to enter the room while he wag am the cries o! the children might wake him up, ie THE WARNING o epee vet of tomhled was fe delgiel shown to v en very necessary, 00 wag closely nantes ha managed to Trae gh he wae a Watoucu .. - mone ‘A SUDDEN SPRIN 1 and, making a bolt, darted right Throne the Win dow, which was, fortunately, only one story nigh, Here he ran along one of the ‘corridors, and took olf the weights of the clocks, shreateping by siting to do for any one who eame near . He then ran into one of the women’s wards, and seizin, hold of the tongs flourished them in such a feariu manner that for some time every one was afral go near him. During the whole of this ate he wa trying to BREBE, but the gurgling from the woun prevented him. The blood was now again stream- ing trom his throat, ang hg then smeared hig fingers with it and wrote on pad xe with 18 blood, “Polgon me. Kill me, Put me dut of my misery.” Several of the attendants who ecn- deavored to grapple with him armed themselves with broomsticks to ward off thé blows he made with the tongs, and in the scuffle a fearful scene took place, the unfortunate man striking tho sticks with violence so great as to shiver them to pieces, Ho was eventually secured and again placed in bed and strapped down, and now lies very precarious state, ANOTHER MURDER IN BERMONDSEY, But 6 few days previous to this murder, and in the same district of Bermondsey, a barber had murdered his wite and then Aglerpted to cut his own throat. In fact, we are told by an English paper—tha Ranaara tne “UANOTHER SBASON OF MURDERS Appears to have set in. Last week it was our pain- ful duty to report five, and this week has com- menced terribly, We mentioned yesterday the shocking murder of a woman and elild in Bor- mondsey, and to-day news reaches us of another murder on Sunday, whicn took plage at Chatham. An unlucky drummer ‘f in FP Sfathaeg’ a seventeen, was reading {n the barrack newsroom, when James Tooth, aged forty-two, a ry camo behind him, and with a razor cut his throat. ‘There had been some slight previous difference between them, The murderer was taken before the magis- trates yesterday and committed for trial.” PRESS COMMENTS ON THE TAYLOR TRAGEDY. Tho Times, which very rarely comments upon murder cases, finds the circumstances or Taylor’s crime so horrible that itis obliged to devote the following observations to the subject:— This extraordinary scene indicates, no doubt, that Taylor wag under a paroxysm of delirtum tremens, and the crime seems the final issue to career of drunkenness. The police have twice ha him in custody for violent assaults, and be was once sentenced to Imprisonment for beating his wife on the head with his (sts. She refused rwards to return to him, and he persuaded the unhappy eda he has now murdered to itve with him. ‘hey have had constant quarrels, and only last. Thursday he rushed out of the house drunk, exclaiming that he had stabbed his wife. The woman was found insensidle froma blow on the head which Taylor had given her, but she was not stabbed. Taylor was then taken to ‘the police court, where the magistrate fined him five shillings for being drunk, and discharged him, One cannot but wonder whether this magistrate acted on the principle lately laid down by a judge, that the law Ought not to be too hard on mon for beating their wives provided (hey abstain from the use of deadly weapons, At all events, if Taylor had been pun- ished as he deserved for the brutality of Thursday he would not have been able to commit the crime of Sunday. On Friday he was sober, but on Satur- day he said to have drunk a pint and oa half of rum, He then became furious, and the murders were probably committed in a paroxysm of rage. He must have beaten wife and his two children to deatl#with a bar of iron. The strangest circumstance is that his own.skull ls said to be fractured by a blow which must havo been given with some weapon like an tron bar. .In his rage he may have endeavored to kill himself by a blow before he resorted to the clasp-knife with which he cut his throat. Or, since the room pre- sented the appearance of a straggle, it may be hat the unhappy woman tried to decend herself. Tay- lor volunteéred a statement In the hospital that he had had a struggle with a man named Coe; and it is possible this may be one of the dejusions which are characteristic of delirium tremens. ‘This, however, was the tragedy which was being perpetrated in Taylor’s house while two policemen were standing outside Ustening to screams, and doubilng whether they had any right to prevent a man from “ chas- povwe his Own boy,” and while neighbors could overhear piteous appeals for mercy. There were | two deat people up stairs in the very house where the crime was being committed, who heard nothing, and three of Taylor's children, “hearing the row,” had ran up stairs and locked themselves in another room, We would not condemn conduct which has not yet been explained, but, in any case, it Is dreadful to think that a man may commit this wholesale and furious butchery within the very hearing of policemen and neighbors, and that no one should deem it aduty to interfere. Whatever the law on the subject may be such non-interven- tion is absurd, An Englishman's house is not his | castle for purposes of violence and cruelty, and policemen ought to be empowered, if they are not | already, to force an entrance where such soands are audible as proceeded from Taylor’s house. No wild beast could exhibit more ferocity than Taylor, His death may save him from the jadgment of the law; and, doubtless, should he survive, and even if the facts as they now appear be sub- stantidlly proved, an attempt will be made to Re liate his des on the ground of temporary insanity, No doubt, he Was mad at the moment, bythe pi made himself mad, #2! Was responsible for bri ing himself Into a ‘state .0 which he was no longer mastor of hfs actions. He Was pouyoasca uy wong {i such a cage 43 nok Inaptly Irn eT tee SEB} | drink,” byt hg Aad ev sned the Yemon till tt was WA Tef?, “ane case ts a hideous lilustration of ime destructive power of strong liquor, and it may exercise timely influence in stimulating woe Ey | jJation now pending on the licensing laws, | lor acems to have been In @ posi viyoh would | | not have been much alfectedwb; restrictions | | likely to to be Imposed on public Touses, He is said to have carried on a extensive business as & | wholesale dealer in od tron, and such a man could | have found means to get his rum if all the public houses in the neighborliood had been shut, ret | far as we have heard, it is by no means clear tha’ the oxisting law had been applied to Taylor's pre- | | vious offences as effectoally as it ought. Ifthe present agitation does but induce magistrates to deal far more severely than is thetr wont with cases of violent drunkenness and wife-beatin; will do good service, Such offences may end in murder any day and they should be treated as brutal and dangerous crimes. It is to be feared the cruelty and the ferocit: he he as every day in some quarters of London would be appalling if brought to light. But it 1s deemed almost a matter of course, until, ad We see in this instance, nelgh- bors look on as If they had no right to prevent It, | RAILROAD AOGIDEN'T NEAR DOYLESTOWN, PA. DoyLEstown, Pa., July 14, Tho morning train on the North Penn- | aylvania allroad, shortly after leaving | this place this morning, ran over @ cow, throwing the engine and two milk cars off the track, Gown an embankment nearly | thirty fect deep. The fireman was seriously in- Jui and the engineer, the milk agent, the baggage CUBA. ad heen veaiod it and hee brains Were ving | "Tho General Satisfaction at the Re- moval of Valmaseda, MARSHAL CONCHA Bloody Encounters Between Spanish Troops and Insurgents, A Duel Between Havana Journalists. Havana, July 6, 1872, ‘The following telegram, published in the bulletins Thursday evening, created much sensation in po- litical circles here:— New York, June 80, 1872, A special telegram to the HERALD of this city says that General Valmaaeda has resigned the command of the island of Ouba, and that General Ceballos Will take commend ad interim, His successor will probably be General Cordoba, Another telegram dated at Madrid July 1, confirmed the foregoing. The ant+Valmasedists Were jubilant over this long-expected result, ‘and immediately circulated the rumor that the Count had that same morning delivered his command to General Ceballos the Segundo Cabo. I have been informed by the best authority that this has not taken place as yet, Val Maseda not having received any orders from the home government, nor having been notified of the acceptance of his resignation. But, acting upon the general information, he had sent a telegram to Madrid insisting in his desire to deliver over his command immediately, and asking for permission to leave the island in the Spanish mail steamer on the 15th proximo, The contemplated removal of the doughty Count has long been predicted by your correspondent, and only his promises of a speedy suppression of the insurrection have maintained him in power ap to the present. Very little is known here about General Cordoba, his probable successor, except that he is one of the leaders of the party at present in power in Spain, Whatever his qualities may be, his position when in command of this island will not be an enviable one, He will have to contend with men and circumstances foreboding Ro easy task, and, with the exgeption of enriching himself and Ms favorites, he is kely to make as 1n- glorious an exit as lls ‘predecessors tor the iast four years, However, the majority of the Spaniards in this island and all the Cubans have beén longing for tho relief of Valmaseda, both Parties augarli ry change for the better In ‘nol Tspective pottteal sympathies and imbitions; and whether a capable pergob ora pole-cat is sent out here to govern, it makes but a slight difference to either as long as the result is the removal of General Valmaseda, MARSIAL CONCHA NOT WANTED, Whatever intrigues there may have been for- merly in favor of Marshal Concha, his return as Captain General of the island is no longer desired by any one. Even the party which once advo- cated his reappointment has thrown him overboard, ‘The reason is obvious. His name 18 so intimately associated with the maintenance and propagation of slavery that even such men of pro-slavery ten- dencies as Zulucta, Calvo, Olano, Pla, Sotolongo, Pulido, Troncoso, Valdivtelso and others repudiate him, These gentlemen do not want to have the slavery question at all agitated, and the advent of &n ayowed supporter of negro bondage like Marshal Concha would lead precisely to what they strive to avoid. They are well aware that his restoration to power would provoke angry re- monstrances, perhaps open hostilities, on the part of the United States and Great Britain. For those two Powers could not construe such an appoint- ment otherwise.than as an act of bad faith and a violation of the repeated promises of the Qpanish government to abate, not to aggravate, tho evil of slavery, And they are equally well aware that the United States and Great Britain, however they may differ on other matters of policy, have but one opinion regarding the slavery question in the West Indies. The return of Concha, they argue, would give a just excuse for the interference of tho United States in Cuba on the broad international grote of humanity, a step which would be the jeath blow to their clrerished institution of slavery. TIRADES OF THE HAVANA PRESS, This recent cage, and the former ones of the Virginius, Stewart, Hornet, &c., continue to serve as texts to the journalists of this city, who, contin- ulng to envenom thelr pens in gall, expound as bitterly as ludicrously over the consequences which May yet accrue to Uncle Sam and his cousin for the negicct of their duties towards Spain as neutral and friendly Powers; in eyery iustance ignorantly forgetting the fundamental principle and logical deduction that neutrals can hardly exist where belligerents are not recognized. The press prints dally the furthest fetehed rules of international law, iutimating future Spanish Alabama claims and pretensions of influencing the Geneva arbi- ration. Accordin; to thelr ideas of what the United States ought to do in the different instances of expeditions being Atted ¥ and escaping from its ports, it would appear as Uf foreign governments should discharge the dutics which generally de- volve on consuls, act the hone of police detective: gag the Pac pera t n it speaks of Spain’ past and present glorics; arrest everybody sus- pes of filibustering prochiities, and courteously and them over to the Spanish authorities in this island to be garroted or shot at the Punta. How- ever, the press of this city has found something to @ jubilant over—the result of the Houard case, and ridicule the pretensions of Grant’s Cabmet to -the right of explanations from the Spanish overnment as to Dr, Houard’s arrest, egal or illegal trial, conviction, violation of treaty rights, return of his confiscated pro- perty and an indemnification,, after waiving is American citizenship, to which, they deduce, he had no right or claim, otherwise the United States covernment would not have been so weak- spirited as to ve it. THE STATUS OF TUB INSURRECTION has not changed materially during the past weck, although the disastrous termination of the Fannie’s expedition has tended to dishearten many of those inactive Cuban sympathizers whose utmost efforts in cause have been to cross their arms and talk insurrection with those whom they know they can confide in. When Valmaseda leaves the island ho will probably take to Spain with him many of bis favorites, among them Colonel Aragon, com- ome! in the district of Moron, and having the chief supervision of the military cordon. This commander has been highly prized by the Count, as through his activity he has brought within the Spanish lineg over seven thousand in- surgents, and by his lenient policy and good tact kept them content within bounds and at work cultivating the land in that district. With General Vaimaseda’s departure a general change in department commanders may be expected, and a new commander, in place of Colonel Aragon, will probably not have the same influence over those Reople, and the majority of them will embrace the rst opportunity and return to the insurrection. The inexperience of new commanders will con- tribute in reviving the struggle in those parts of the Is}and where it has weakened. REPORTED CUBAN VICTORY, The Cubaii¥ of etd the Spantards, TRa. Gubaik on Was cat scree aniar and ager, (ute TRA of this disaster to hk Spaniards ‘have been sStearaphed i Wolguih to the authorities; but, ad al stqilar cases. withheld from a press, “ report states that Ls ar all colu in ag set Upo i as uefoated by. the oT at Sitio jquito. “twenty-one miles from Holguin, on the roid te Bayamo; that alarge column, cymmuded by % colonel, was then gent forward tQ reScue tho wounded, but was at- tacked by the itisurgent General Modlsto Diaz and badly defeated, with the loss of its colonel, seven oleers, and over one hundred of the men killed. ‘ine foregoiug has been partly confirmed from other sources, another report stating the loss suf- fered to have been the colonel, five officers and 140 men. The Spaniards have, in truth, suffered re- cently at the hands of the inaurgents. A Spanish entieman recently arrived from Gibara reports hat the government troops in that district had also been defeated near Alcala, Pepilio Gonzalez, following the example thus far of all Cuban renegades who have deserted their cause, las published a proclamation addressed to his late comrades, advising them to give up thelr cause and retera to their allegiance to Spain. His words failing in their desired effect he has pro- ceeded to deeds, On the 24th he and Juan Urquiza, another renegade, went out from Tuias with sixty men of the Matanzas ae Infantry, and meetin; a party of rebela encamped on a farm attacked and killed two of them, but also suffered a loss of one killed and two wounded. Oficial telegrams from Puerto Principe report AN ENCOUNTER, on the 20th between the joined bands of Villamil and Miguel Diaz, witn Major Fernandez and 190 men, at a place between Santa Marta and Mercedes de Navarro. The insurgents are reported to have made an obstinate resistance, leaving seven of their dead behind them, for of course they were ter and one Or two other persona on the Cars obliged at last to disperse, In the “oMelal” report at least. On the 28th & company commanded by Vap- REPUDIATED. algo repoi r the insurgents, devoid of inte! yu ish tl summing up as all Span! Loe with the Marquis of Villaytre havi ed four in- cogent in the Magayales Mount operations of the company of the Matanzas Dassen white! left Tuflas tho 26 are bie 7 rind have been the capture of Rafael Gonzalez, three women and four children. On the 28th, at Jtqui, they fought and dispersed (!) Penitio itellano’s go killing Fer- Jone Conualeg and several’ sties, sad niscteen ers and nineteen ns of their families, perso THE NEW SPANISH TACTICS, The Seem to have adopted a new tactic tolngade the Inpargente surrender, They per- mit the of bing dl wi jave been surprised and caught to return into the and Induce their husbands to desert. A number of them had already returned, accompanied by armed men, their usbands. The gove: ent Ribilshes as the result of its cperatone. inst the insur- ae during the latter half of June, 190 killed and 7 gree 970 presentadds surrendered; cap- 112 firearms and a number of sidearms; aud, as eee owning up to a ve: loss to them- selves—three killed, twenty-two wounded and three bruised, @ semi-monthly ofticial state- ments are 80 ridiculously false that even the rea- sonable Spantards blush at them, A large number of other unimportant skirmishes are reported, with the stereotyped result of ‘dispersed.’ UEL BETWEEN JOURNALISTS, Some excitement has prevailed in editorial circles pegardin a piepanectiys duel between Don Juan Ariza, chief editor of the Dtarlo dela Marina, and Don Adolfo ah Storling, editor and director of La Espafta, The former is also correspondent of a Epoca, & journal published at Madrid, and he has lately criticized severely the policy of Captain General Valmaseda, La @ creation of Vatmaseda's, and whose editor sustains and de- mate use P very, sourrieuaeet tbe atone tes rks abou editor of the 10 adn t or and correspondent of La Epoca, 18a... Sei rigs 9 0. Beton as @ sent some of his friends to consented ‘ oe with 8. challenge, which he 0 approval 0 Count Vatmaseda, correspondent to-day Lair & letter subscribed by a num- ber of 9 wealthiest and most influ. ential men of this city, such as Don Manuel Calvo, I. Torraya, F. A. Uonte, director of La Vos de ferrin Sotolongo, Pulido and others, mem- bers of the Casino Espafiol of this olty, in which, after complimenting Sefior Atiza highly on the course he has pursued heretofore, they advise him not to make it a personal affair, as it is the cause of all he defends, at the same time disproving a duel. Sefior Ariza hag sopepied the adyice of his trieuds, and sc the matter rests at present, The Fourtn of auly was vory.¢ jul IM ir ly was very quictly celebrated this year in Havana. The American einen was closed, and the shipping hoisted their bunting. At the barrooms where Americans most do congregate Pep lunen ao American drinks wate, in somes eral meeting o tnd to celebrate the di ai pao jay. The Orescent City, from New York, has brought $400, Oa Toro In balk bills of $1 and $8 for the nse of 18) the Spanish Bank, dd Fie Villtiascue f OFAN, Will Drobahtw last number thas ral F pee, ew captain General pamed makes his ¢3!* tom “thls tsland, if not be- ans Conk ‘eas ds abhorred by both Spaniards * “The foltowing artists havo heen engaged by Mr. Tamberlik for the coming opera seen in this city :—Dramatic prime donno, Madame Blume, Sig- nora Bulli Paolf and Signora Do Baillon (soprano legglero); contraltos, Madame Fanny Natalle de Testa and Signora ‘Vracclolini; tenors, Signor de Palorm! and Signor Ronconi; baritones, Signor Perego and Bigot, Bartolini; bassos, Signor Rossl- galll and Signor Ricciardi, THE UXBRIDGE BANK. Special History of the Robbery of the In- ing room all room Charlie and all three crept silen behind the counter, door of the vault, it was gent - the outek and the men ente th combination lock on thg infer door of the was the onl ing, that lay.be' the and their anticipated oC Oharife was tl one present who could unlock it, and, feartr he might forget the Som Naar his compant told “to seep calm and not get Gxcitea. Re ied of his position by a twist, cord round his neck, Charite M unlocked door, and, opening it, the bers to hastily oxamine the result of venture, They first emptied leather carpet bag containing papers, into it what bank bills and Torp y amountin, the aggregate to a littl twelve thousand eight hundred dollars. then burst open another k, the propert of Mr. Hayward. Init tl bills, a gold watoh, diamond & 80 bearing ho letters “E, S. t..n and several welry delongin; the deceased of “Little Mabe. % x Tot take.” moy“ata9” fh 2, ey also left som ty lars in coppers ‘and five cent eodigr E thing else of value they threw into the carpet b They then asked Charlie if there. were no bo the bank, and could hardly believe him when sured that there were done, but were ihr 2 FeO CARED accept his assurance 1 M THE PORTALS OF THE OBURC! They then left the bunk, Bo the d as they found it, aud escorted Charlie back to house, leaving the carpet bag in the street ne Unitarian church, apparently in charge of nol in particular; at least Charlie didn’t see near it after it was set down, A VILLANOUS VALEDICTORY, After returning to the house with Mr. Wi the attentive an: olive Tob oa from ths. outs oO gt and 0 drin' efore going to the bank the col Was taken into the room where Mrs, Maywand Mabel were, and Mir. Weston was taken into same room on his return, They were then on chairs, their hands placed in handcu . the chair, cords were ele round their ankles: above their knees and the Teplac Hayward was left on his bed, Mis ‘hanas hal behind him, and his fect and legs bound. He si considerably, his wiiole weight belng on his and he complained of it, His captors endeavo to ease him by placing pillows under his shot and that not accomplishing the object-desire th placed a chair under tho filows, At firs’ eased him some, but in a little while the af upon his handcuns was very hard to bear .a managed to get his ieet of the bed, rg ne pin an 40 a pitting posites: re’ hi wever, qul on hides en, NO 9 and 16 galt veg | Web —— # PERSONAE PECULIARITIES OF BURGLARIOUS PROPER SORS, $) The old ai: of honor among thieves was trated by the fact that the leader of the eared desirous to confine their Kage ions strictly to the bank, although unfor' some of his nen did not seem to share his feel While they were in young, eaten’ roow one of men took his pocketbook for his own use, After taking the funds from the bank the: cay asked Charlie if any of them belonged to him, ani sald ‘if they did he should have them as they did not wish to take any of property.” Thereupon Charlie told him of incident in his room, the told him be should have the pocketbook and before the-party left it was returned, bu! 3s rs 4 subsequent examination it was found that $25 or $30 in bills had been removed. ig The sliver in the house was not touched, Geet wes a gold watch and some coin in one of th re stitution by an Organized and Drilled Gang of Burglars. Thirteen Thousand Dollars Taken from the Safe—Jack Sheppard’s Operations Eclipsed— The Officers Bound Hand and Foot—A Cashier Led Out with a Rope Round his Neok—He' is Forced to Tell the Lock Combination—At Church, but Not To Pray, and the Dawn of an Eventful Day. UXBRIDGE, Mass, July 14, 1872. One of the most remarkable bank robberies ever known took place in this quiet, out-of-the-way town Just before daylight yesterday morning. The mere fact of the robbery has already been briefly men- tioned in the HeRALp’s despatches, but the pecu- larly bold and thrilling incidents of the affair, how the masked villains entered the house of the cashier atthe dead of night and handcuffed and gagged the whole family, and then dragged the teller of the bank and forced him to open the vaults of the establishment, form a story which causes the achievements of even the renowned Jack Sheppard to dwindle into comparative insignificance, HISTORY OF THE CASE—INVASION AND OPERATIONS OF THE BURGLARS, The robbers, it is believed, came into the town in two separate carriages, and arrived shortly after midnight, Hitching their teams under the shed of one of the village churches, they Proceeded to the Post Office and took aladder which lay alongside the building. After reducing its length to serve their purposes they carried it to the residence of Ebene- wer W. Hayward, the cashier, some fifty yards dis- tant, and, placing it in position, five of the Masked gang quietly entered the house through an open window of tho second story. Hav- ing thus obtained access to the dwelling the party silently entered the various sleeping apart- ments and stood ready for action by the side of the unconscious sleepers. Simultaneously the slecpers wore awakened by feeling a hand grasping their throats and hearing a low voice ordering them to be quiet, and assuring them that they should not be hurt. Besides Mr. Hayward and Mr. Weston there were three other inmates of the house, Mr. Hayward’s: daughter, Miss Lucinda T. Hayward; his granddaughter, a little girl twelve years old, Mabel 4H. Toft, and a colored servant girl named Annie Ross, a recent arrival from North Carolina, Each of them was handcuffed, but the bracclets being too large for the little girl, her hands were tied with a piece of a sheet, They evidently expected to find a son of Mr. Hayward in the house, as they visited a room that he had been occupying, but he had gone only a day or two before, and consequently did not know of the affair till about six o'clock next morning. Mr. Hayward, who is a gentioman of seventy-five years of age, and who has been cashier of the bank for fourteen years, says that ho was startled out of ® gound sleep by feeling a hand grasping his throat, and, opening his eyes, he saw two men, one holding a pistol in one hand and 9 candle in the other,-while the other man said, “I arrest you for forgery.” Mr. Haywood naturally replied, “it was the firat time that ho ras_ever charged with any satoaln-tit belo ‘no coud #60070 fm Ss "unent the men had héiideuffed him. & NEW AND STRANGE DUTY FOR A CASHIER. They then helped him to put on his pantaloons, and told him he must accompany them to the bank and unlock the doors to the vaults. He told them he “could not do it,” They had so excited him that he could not get down stairs, and his appearance evidently impressed them with the truth of his statement, for they immediately demanded to know where his clerk was, Ho replied that they “prob- ably knew as well as he did.” ‘They then ticd his feet together, and also tied his legs above the knoes, and, after placing a knotted handkerchief in his mouth, tying it behind his head, they left tho room, leaving him lying helpless on the bed. 4 NEW EB OF ACCOUNT FOR A CLERK, Mr. Weston, the clerk of the bank, who boarded with the cashter, says that he was awakened by hearing @ slight noise in Mr. Hayward’s room, and opening nis eyes he found @ man standing at his ith @ revolver pointing at hishead, At | first Charlie thought he would “play ’possum” and manage in some way to get hold of his revolver, which was in a table drawer, but as the man stood between him and the table he gave up that idea, He was almost instantly handcui and informed that “he was arrested,” but no cause was assigned, He was allowed to put on his pantaloons and one of them helped him to put on his stockings, Then a small cord was placed around his neok and grasped by a hand ready at the slightest attempt at outcry to choke off his breathing. He was then taken doors. The others walked on eithor side, and dur- ing the walk to the bank he was hit on one cheek With A Dlatol aud on the oter by & cold of an ‘coms, 4 In general the family was treated with consider. able gentleness, and thoy all bear cheerful see mony to the kindness shown, although the; Would have been perfectly. willing to have pensed with the attentions of the desperadoes trely,. While the men were binding Miss ete Ooh: faint, and told the Captain noticed she appeare men to be careful, some water Was spri in her face. FACTS FOR THE POLIOB. \ The robbery of the bank was accomplished bé- tween two and three o’clock Saturday morning, the town clock striking two while young Westo! and his unpleasant companions were stan in the door way of the Unitarian church. The bors all left Mr. Hayward’s houso finally, as early a@ half-past three o'clock, although the l- mates were told that a guard wot be left to see that they gave no alarm. After sittin, awhile in the uncomfortable position in which the; were left, little Mabel managed to get her hands out of the cloth that bound them, but was afraid t move around inuch. Charlie also managed to his arms from behind the chair, and atter consi ory able dificulty stepped through them backward, ant Mabel secured a pair of scissors and cut the cordd round his legs and also those t Donnd the Others. Quick work was also made of the gags. ¥ THE EVENTFUL Mi 1 HE UL MORN. Daylight began to appear by this time, but th females wore 60 frightened that they would not Ie Charlie go out to give the alarm, \d they waite till about half-past five o’clock, when Mr. Bram: who does the milking for Mr. Hayward, came int the yard. Even then the women ‘would not allg Charlie to call out, but he managed by holding his hands to attract the attention of Braman, wi quickly entered the house and as soon as po! after hearing the story, gave the alarm. pelgnoes flocked in, ‘but nobody had a ke’ to fit the handouifa, and the prospect was that the! would have to filed off. Fortunatoly, at tl juncture, the irl Annie got up, an Sha noticed a peculiar key under her, and it was foun it would unlock all the ee and the captives ‘Wore at Uberty gee be R LIGHT, h FO) Efforts to discover the rogues were at once’ begun; but, as they wore masks and were other- wise disguiged, it is exceedingly doubtful if fey are red. ‘The directors of the bank hav offere reward of $5,000 for the detection en mviction of the robbers, Nothing 1s sald abou! thé revovery of the money, the officials appet more anxious to get hold of the rogues than to ge’ their mene ‘The bank has @ surplus of ov $365, and consequently the loss ue $18,000.11 not em! erreas itat all. 2 6 FoUvETS, tis baja were disappot in not getting more spoils, a1 if they had walted, ul only they rouid undoub : edly liave r 1 je a a the mille Ay Tie village. < sdiedl ped | Saturday morning $20,000 was received frot Boston, and thus the bank was ready for busine: almost 93 early as usual. F five men, anal ‘The gang numbered aloe! more, 6nd iyponcee to be tl oronghly organize having @ Jeader, whom they implicitly obeyed, Is. the case on stch occasfons rio Star were called, but tne men designated each other Hriens ys during bees operations gt the hougé 1, 2, 8 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10 Were called, but. o1 five men were seen at any one time. M of them wore masks, but the le was apparently disguised with false whiskers, os he wore a full beard much darker his hatr. He appeared to belong to a more refin class of men than the rest of the gang, his lan, evincing more education, and several times he cat tioned his men to treat the females gently an seemed desirous to cause as little suffering to all ‘was compatible with safety. The men appeared be entirely familiar with the interior arrangement of both the houses and the bank buil It is belleved that some of in or about the house the as the little rl Mabel heard gomc_ noi the previous night, and got up to see what it was, but, finding nothing, concluded it must have bec! 8 Cat, . ta bi ut ton o'clock on Friday evening Mr. = heard two peculiar whistles, soft, clear and smoot! and called the attention of some of the fat t them. A neighbor also reports hearing the whistles, but failed to see anybody, and thought no more of it until after tho robbery Was discovered, MURDEROUS AFPRAY AT WEEHAWKEN, Among the patrons of that retreat of Inger and swegt gin known as the “Mountain House,” in Weehawkei, yosterday, wag George Murphy. George had a dispute with the proprietor, Henry Bescl, about a keg of Jager which had becn wagered between them, and as th ee uae not fortheoming — Bescl resolv tory What virtue would be in a good pounding. Not content with discharging two cham’. 5 op revolver at Murphy, he nounded iis noad almogt A nga with seme néavy Weapon, which, of pctuldrs state was a hammer, Otters say that he used a knife. Information 4g conve nate Hoboken police statjon, and” Omcers Ford an Hammond were so%i in quest of Henry, e! they reacheg t's house they learned that he Ceol rN They pursued him, however, to. West Hobokth, and when thoy found their man he in- formed them, with the coolness of the rig mountaineer, that, being within the bi om of West Hoboken, he would not surrender to the Ho- boken authorities. Tne discussion that follo was very brief. In less than a minate Henry Marching off between two biuecoats, and he the night in a public institution at Hoboken, Murphy lies ina yory Pyecazions condition, and the officers who visited him state that his head pre- sented a shocking appearance. BLOODY APFRAY IN PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA, July 14, 1872, This morning Thomas Foley, a stevedore, shot ‘Thomas Corrigan, a laborer, inflicting a dangeroug wound, Both men were on th timat terms, Foley was arrested, my cena 3 ties ‘We are informed that the “lock-out” of the pool pressmen is nearly ended, all the employers it four hi | omens javing agreed to the terme of the J