The New York Herald Newspaper, October 8, 1872, Page 6

PENNSYLVANIA. ‘News from the Various Populous vania wit! give Grant @ large majority in Novem- bar, to calumnies of leaders of the republican party. He says that the hand re said in Northwestern Ohio, and stump for the President unless driven therefrom NEW YORK! HERALD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER: 8, 1872~QUADRUPLE) SHERI and Forney will reassert his devotion Grant in. the. face of persistent of Do his hand, as he ha? will take the by the calumniations of those who have lost toGen- Sections of the State. eral Grant such men as Curtin, ure, Ml ead, Be sa a nder no circums' ‘ he (Forney) cl y . Greetey, even with all bis personal attachment tS him and admiration for acter, aud thia ‘PHILADELPHIA TO COUNT HARTRANFT IN. char: Tr, ADK only because he believes Greeley’a election to the Presidency will disturb the b Bo believes usiness of the TO BE A FIRM REPUBLIOAN, country. MR. GREELEY that ith an; 3c a Beart a a a a vane Regist = With the exam} ar of oun Tylor in rere id an the -Cities. Grew Johnson fu 1800, he does. not ‘believe. Greciey ¢ Front for Buckalew, but Believing in Grant. Forney to HIS ESTIMATE OF THE MAJORITIES. ‘Ben Butler Makes a Little Calculation 4 of the Contingencies. yous have the cou: of a par’ Colonel, understood e had but that the continuance of the Cameron rule a! Harrisbui ould of Penns; would New York. ration mended him in his Cabinet, elected to the Senate, of Curtin would have - General Grant declined to do, and here Colonel es belleves was tho beginning of the trouble, to prevent the restoration revolution and channe. desires it to be nctly to to Gen: sonal fooling, dedicated Forne: thal ral Hartranft he has be aa destructive to the interests vania as the continuance of Tammany destructive to the interests of Before General Grant's inaugu- 1860 he most earnest! e recom- to. appoint Andrew . Curtin Cameron had been _previousl, id the ointment satistied both parties, ‘Tala jubsequently, when Geo: MoConnelt died, the rom the Fourth’ Senatorial. distriot of Senator from Pennsylvania, Colonel Forney, then Collector of Gent ‘ovat kes ged Colonel ‘Ale Peden K eolure PHILADELPHTA, Oct. 6, 1872. lent Grant, urged xander K. as the proper, person to succeed McConnell. this _ Mike many 8 writer who has preceded me, I | Ne vaegupported by all ene leadgre in Philadelphia, thought I knew something of Pennsylvania polities. | including the son of General Cameron. His idea residence of two years in this city, much of hich time has been devoted to the study of the ics of the State, led me to think myself pretty ell posted on the leading questions of the day— juestions that have a special interest for Pennsyl- amians; but Lirankly acknowledge [ have not the jaintest idea who will be elected Governor of this tate on Tuesday next, nor do I know any un- observer who does. To be sure, I find out by visiting the liberal head- juarteras = in this city tnat ‘Buckalew Frit be ele by 25,000 majority; but have 01 to go half a square jown the street to hear from Mr. Russell Errett, airman of the Republican State Central Com- ittee, that ‘Hartranft will certainly be elected by it least 15,000 majority,” and both sides seem to We good grounds for their affirmations if one can ring himself to believe both sides of a story at the time. Phifadelphia proper has about one wundred and fifteen thousand voters. What will Say when I tell you there are over one hundred aixty thousand registered names, or forty hhousand more than actually exist? Is not this jus? Will any One after this prate of the arity of the ballot ? The republican leaders have hesitated at nothing assure the success of their candidates. They inblushingly affirm that they will count them in if here are not enough legitimate votes to elect hem. Negroes have been imported from the Dis- Tict of Columbia and Maryland to “‘work on Massa Jameron’s railroad.’’ It will be one of the most ‘igantic feats of railroad construction ever wil- essed in this country; less than one week from -day they will have finished their work and eturned to their homes. Pennsylvania a8 about 17,000 legitimate negro voters, It is alleged that at least 21,000 negroes ré registered in the State. But there is ttle te fear from the importation of negroes, emocrats in all parts of the Commonwealth are ‘atching and will contirue to watch these new rivals, After the election the Municipal Reform ssociation of this city will begin their prosecution Ral ht voters, and Geary will possibly have an pportunity to renew his pardoning prerogative to n extent that will more than satiate his propen- ity in this direction. For the past two weeks I ave travelled over this State from one end to the ther, through and foronens at right angled Tlangles, and described in my peregrinatfons he tangent of a circle, Spetel ating a otal of seventeen hundred and thirty-five miles, nd have sounded the sean lights on both sides he political tarce. I conclude if the election is a fair one Mr. Buckalew will be elected Governor of ennsylvania. If it is not, it only remains to be en how far the radicals will (gd their threats to jount their candidates in by the Philadelphia vote. juckalew ought to come into Philadelphia with wenty thousand votes. If he does there is hope lor him. If not, farewell reform! Ido not think was to attach MoOlure to the Grant car, but Gen- eral Cameron interposed and prevented the selec- tion, and when Colonel McClure became the trregu- lar candidate COLONEL FORNRY’S GUNS WERE SPIKED. He could not attack MoClure when he became the regular candidate, because he had alres » ady Fegpm- mended him. Then followed tne State Convention, fee lay by eral Oameron and his son. General Hartranft, an emiable bnd brave Soldier, had become 69 compilcated in finan- cial affairs and the nomination was so forced in the interest of the Cameron ring, that with all Colonel Forney’s anxiety to suppo! ‘him, it became impossible to do so in view of the determination to enforce the promngacen. of the Cameron power. He had offered, through his columns, to sustain any candidate eral Cameron's friends might name unstained by suspicion, even to the extent of supporting John B. Packer, the son-in-law of William Oameron—the brother of the General. The response was an indignant de- nial, and nothing was left to the friends of Colonel Forney and Governor Curtin but to fight. They had to choose between personal degradation and Dersonal independence. The result ia before the country. Colonel Forney adds that the gentlemen who have charge of General Grant's interests had better cease to agsall such republicans as himeelf, in view of the doubtful character of tho elections in Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania, less they might need a Blucher to come in and save their Waterloo, Western Pennsylvania on the Elec- tions—Politicians Boasting of Their Intentions to Elect Their Candidates by Fraud if Necessary. PITTSBURG, Oct. 6, 1872. The Allegheny Valley, comprising all that sec- tion of country between Pittsburg and Oil City, promises to forget its olden record in this contest, Formerly it was safe to count on & repub- lican majority of 10,000 votes. Since Greeley and Schurz have visited the “Smoky City” and received such flattering welcomes the sentiments of the people have greatly changed. We hear of republi- cans on every side who will cut Hartranit in favor of Buckalew, yet these same people propose to re- main true to Grant, notwithstanding their falling off from party ties {n the State election. There will be @ small republican majority, but it will be overcome by the vote of coun- ties east of Pittsburg. Buckalew stands very high with all the rural population. Hartranft’s principal strength centres in Harris- burg, Chester county and the city of Philadelphia, The frauds to be practised in that city are on the Tost enormous scale, The organization of the Tepublican party is without precedent, and their unlimited control of funds gives them facilities for the practice of fraud that their liberal competitors cannot hope to enjoy. Governor Curtin expressed himself in a convorsa- tion I had with him on Friday last as very sanguine of the success of the liveral ticket. He told me he had not the faintest hope of Buckalew’s success when he wrote his New York letter; but since his overnor Ourtin’s letter carried many of his old tends witn him. No one seems to doubt he rote it from honest convictions, but they ay he was absent from home and knew othiny of the political situation, and vas led away by McClure before he could examine Into the situation. Wicked McClure! Poor Curtin! believe Mr. Curtin fully intended leaving the arty two years ago; and only awaited the organ- zation of the Constitutional Convention to declare umself, Did I not write you, nearly two years | ince, that ex-Governor Curtin would go over to | he democrats? Was I wrong iu that prediction? ‘he liberal movement was not known at that time, People nay say what they will, the ex-Governor is ertuiniy in earnest. Ii Buckalew is elected Cur- in’s future is assured. If not, Mr. Curtin is poli- ‘ically a dead duck. 4 Does any one suppose the political leaders in this tate are wedded to the cause of Grant because hey believe in him? Let them be undeceived, ‘néy know they must propitiate the national ad- inistration to assure the success of the ticket in | he State. When Hartranft’s nominatien was made nown at Washington it occasioned the greatest issatisfaction, and it was only on account of Wil- fam B. Mann’s declaration that “Grant should not | Clected if Hartramft was not,” that the national | epublican managers at Washington put their | A MANASSAS MORDER. Chivalric Celebration of the Battle of Bull Run. LOVE AND MURDER IN VIRGINIA. The Story of Rhoda Fewell, the Desperado. A Prisoner Shot Dead in His Prison Cell— Tho F. F. V.’s Excited and a Lively Timo Expected, A TRUE BILL FOUND. The Trial to Take Place in November. Manassas, Va, Oct, 7, 1872, Your spectal correspondent finds himself at this place, not altogether unknown to fame hitherto, but more recently notorious in the opening scene of ® remarkable scandal and tragedy, which it is expected will during the coming week undergo thorough legal examination and scrutiny. The scene of the scandal is Manassas, Prince William county, Va., lying thirty-three miles from Washing- ton, and at the junction of the Orange and Alexan- dria Railroad and the Manassas Gap Railroad and the future termini of tho Manassas and Potomac Ratlroad and the Virginia and Maryland Rallroaa, recently chartered. The village stands on the summit of an elevated plateau lying between the Potomac and Rappahannock and be- tween tide water and the Bull Run Mountains. The surface of the country seems to slope gradually in all directions, so that Manassas, topographically as well as historically, isa “city sot upon a hill which cannot be hid.’ This was the key to the military operations which were carried on in Northern Vir- ginia on so gigantic a scale one decade since. This was the centre of ‘‘Mosby’s confederacy,” in which that partisan chieftain was “monarch ofall’ out- side the tmmediate presence of the Union armies. At the close of the war not a house or building of any kind, not a rail or @ fence post remained to in- dicate the former presence of civilization, with the solitary exception of the Weir House, of red brick, standing about one mile from the station. Away to the northwest, lying about six miles distant, can be seen the battle flelds of 61 and '63, and stretching away about ten miles beyond the slopes of the Bull Run Mountains. Further to the southwest can be seen the spires of the village of Warrenton, and about fifty miles away the Blue Ridge towers in majestic grandeur, altogether, when touched by the golden beauties of a Virginia sunset, making a view seldom equalled either in historic interest or scenic splendor. THE VILLAGE OF MANASSAS, numbering about five hundred inhabitants, inabout equal proportions of Northern emigrants and native Virginians, 1s laid off in squares parallel to the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, and is almost surrounded by the iortifications erected by Beaure- gardin 1861, It looks more like a Western town springing up on the broad prairies than a staid town of the Old Dominion. As the centre of a Prosperous farming community, the site of brown stone quarries, which, since the war, have been largely developed and are inexhaustible; as the future county seat of Prince William; a3 an impor- tant railroad jungtion, and asa central pomt of a section, every square inch of which 1s historic, Manassas has evidently a prosperous future be- fore it, Lucien N. Fewell, universally known from bis arrival in the State he had changed his mind. The demonstrations he has received and the reports he hears cai aive him every reason to hope for the victory of his newly-found friends, There 1s something about Pittsburgers that rec- ommends itselfto a stranger. They are an active, enterprising set of people. Despatch is their first thought in business matters. When Carl Schurz Was announced to speak here, two weeks ago, there was no such thing as organization known. Without a dollar the leading spirits went to work and had organized and equipped a rocession of 7,000 American and German liberals efore the Missourian arrived. This means some- thing mere than child’s play. It is an evidence of the feeling and intentions of those who espouse the liberal cause, and I cannot belleve, after that dem- Onstration, that the champions of reform in this juarter of Pennsylvania will allow themselves to forget the issues of this campaign when the hour arrives for them to prove their devotion to their professed principles. ‘The republicans here open'y boast of their inten- tion to count Hartranft in if there is no other way of electing him to the Governorship. Mackay, the State Treasurer, a native of eb ure, is making @ Strong fight for victory. Night and day he but- tonholes men of all parties to vote for Hartranit poe to the wheel to belp Pennsylvania | rough. Thave found a political sage in the person of | r. Henry M. Phillips of this city. He said to me | esterday, “Did you ever reflect that statesmen | most invariably spring from the minority?” Hav- | ng seen no statesmen of late I was forced to ad- t my ignorance and to assert further that I had ot been struck with the necessity for statesman- hip in the management of Pennsylvania politics. ir. Philitps, who is quick and nervous in speech— lay be it comes from his bachelorhood—replied, “Yes, yes; I know all about that, but let me tell you fhow they are developed, When a man is ‘with the majority he gets in a groove | And slides along with his party. He finds no con- | ingen requiring him to assert his independence, and consequently to bring out his genius, if he has ‘any. Leta man leave the majority. Let him de- clare himself opposed to the principles of the men | avith whom he associated. ff he be a man of any rominence the fiercest invectives will be hurled at | im, and he will find he requires all his moral courage to repel these assaults. If he have within him the elements of a statesinan he will, rise above Dis assailants and prove by his prowess and his in- | tellect the possession of those attributes we all ad- Juire in great men.” | I wonder if the political management is tobe | conducted under better auspices? Will Andrew | pregg. Curtin be the successor of Cameron? There | is no Other man in this State so well qualified to Biape the destinies of the State as Mr. Curtin, Zhe Winnebago Chief, with the war paint erased | and the scalps stripped from his girdle. We would ‘hear no more of rings, no more of political conven- Uons “fixing” nominations in a hotel, and pardons | would nevermore be granted for political motives. dt is well for Pennsylvania that the frauds upon her ‘treasury were not conducted through a ene series of years. Itis better still that no great losses have occurred. The people of the State needed Bomething to awaken them to a of the Wrongs they were suffering. We vaiu Ith the | ore for having suifered tines. is with 0 tates. People appreciate honest administrations he more for having sufered dishonest oficials to tarnish their good names, The days of honest gov- froment will return to Pennsylvania. Ere long the un of a brighter and a better day will burst with | li the glory of purity in our political heavens, aud #ings snall disaolve like the morning dew. Forney on Pennsylvania—The Demo- | cratic Majorities as Estimated at the Press Ofice=Why Forney Did Not Sup- port Hartrantt. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 7, 1872. Colonel Forney says Buckalew will come into Philadeiphia with 10,000 majority. Hartrantt will | probably get York, Montgomery and Lehigh coun- ties, and will poll a strong vote in Tioga and Brad- ford counties, He will lose 2,000 in Allegheny. Lan- | aster county will give about four thousand repub- lican majority, Lebanon about one thousand two | hundred, which is velow the usual republican ma- fority in that county. The republican delegation to Congress will be Almost unchanged. Republicans will, probably, @lect a member in the Lehigh and Montgomery dis- Arict, which will be an additional member, | Colonel Forney thinks ana hopes that candidates we Congress at Large will be elected; that Gov- Foor Curtin will be returned to the Constitutional vention without opposition, and will, almost indoubtedly, be the President of that Convention. vernor Bigier'’s conduct in retirtag trom the | lemocrat ticket to give way to Curtin is warmly | mmended, MB BELIEVES BUCKALEW WILL BE RE-ELECTED y at least 6,000 majority, whatever may be done | Philadelphia, and there is a reasonable chance & democratic and liberal republican Legislature, Matter how the October electiong go Penpsyl- | here to-night, but there is @ good deal of excite- | than @ few months or | his not having been in Philadeiphia during and save him (Mackay). If hia administration of the financial affairs of this State has been as pure and upright as his friends claim, why should he want to be saved’ Saved from what? If he hag committed no crime. if his books are not burdened by aise entries and his conscience is clear of re- roof, why should he make such frantic efforts o ve saved? There is a@ bad odor about the management of the republican lead- ers, When men openly boast of their in- tention to “count? a candidate into office it is quite time the people awakened to a sense of the degradation of politics andthe State should rise in its power and administer a rebuke that would not soon be forgotten. It is: asserted that this city has more names registered for this election than there are voters in both Alle- gheney and Pittsburg. Philidelphia is enjoy- ing (?) the same delightful state of things, With all the indications against him—with the sentiment of the public against the ring that | nominated him—Jolin F. Hartranft, I believe, will | be next Governor of Pennsylvania. There will be lively scenes here on Tuesday next, and ere the fall of night shall o'erspread the heavens Pennsylvania will have settled the question of the Presidency. Ben Butler on the Credit Mobilier Fuand— He Believes the Republicans Will Carry the State by a Large Majority—Mor- rissey Bets Differently. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 7, 1872, Mr. McCoombs, of Crédit Mobilier notoriety, had | a long interview with General Butler at the Conti- neutal Hotel this evening. He says he had reason | to believe that neither Governor Boutwell nor Gicuni W, Scofield received a cent of money of the Crédit Mobiller tnd, I understand ‘Mr. | McCoombs recently said James Brooks, of | New York, did receive some of this money, My informant 1s @ man of prominence in national politics, and one who isin a position to know. ieneral Butler this evening expressed himself as full of the belief that Pennsylvania will go republi- can to-morrow. He believes Hartranft will be elected by a large majority of lawfal votes, John Morrissey recently bet $8,000 against $10,000 that Backalew would be elected. There is no betting ment. Arrest of a Radical Postmaster for Dis- tributing Fraudalent Na‘ lization Papers. BETaieueM, Pa., Oct, 7, 1872, Robert E. Paisart, radical postmaster in Bethie- hem, was arrested by Oficer Lucas, of South Beth- Jetem, this afternoon, for distributing fraudulent naturalization papers issued by the Court of quar: ter Sessions, of Philadelphia, and signed by Thomas Ashton, cierk. He was held in $1,000 bail to answer. Opinion of Judges of the United Sta: Courts in Regard to Illegal Voting. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 7, 1872, In the Spectal Sessions of the United States Su- preme Court to-day, Judges Strong, McKennan and Cadwallader on the bench, the following ques- tion, growing out of the report that fraudu- lent naturalization papers were in existence, ‘Was propounded :—Whether, when in the event of @ man offering to vote upon a naturalization paper purporting to have been issued out of the roper ofice in Philadelphia, which paper is known © be fraudulent, either in comgequence of the ap- plicant nov having been in the country not more in consequence of that 4 the iDengty United States Marshal can boyhood by the sobriquet of “Rhoda Fewell,” and the man who will be tried for murder during the coming week, is a married man, about twenty- six years Ofage. A mere youth at the outbreak of the war, he entered the Confederate service and “fought with Mosby” until taken prisoner and con- fined at Elmira, N, Y, He was reputed to be a good soldier. He is naturally of a reckless, dare-devil disposition; but his recklessness of getting into scrapes is fully equalled by his ingenuity in getting out of them. Naturally of an agreeaple and friendly disposition, people readily forgive in “Rhoda” what they would have considered criminal in others, Rhoda seemed to have no idea of law, and he would be at one time THE TERROR OF THE COMMUNITY, and at another its spoiled and petted child. It was the exploits of “Rhoda” and one or two other similar characters that caused the Reconstruction Committee, in December, 1869, to summon George C. Round, @ lawyer of ‘Manassas, to testify before them in pi ao thereto, It is supposed that the State of Virginia would have been admitted before the holidays had it not been for “Rhoda.” For some months past he has been under bonds to keep the peace, and there has been but little complaint against him. His sister, Miss Fanny Fewell, was a sprij on girl of sixteen years of age. While she was boid and forward in her manners, nothing was ever heard against her character until the recent developments, She was handsome in appearance and, being the youngest, was evidently a favorite child and allowed her own way in everything. JAMES F. CLARK, THE MURDERED MAN, was about thirty years of age, sinall in stature, but very active and restless, He served also in the Confederate army, and bore much the same char- acter as “Rhoda” for recklessness, mingled, how- ever, with more shrewdness and cunning. He was severely wounded during the war in nearly the same manner as when shot by “Rhoda,” and recovered, contrary to all expectations, His father, Rev. John Clark, 8 @ minister of the persuasion Known as | Primitive Baptists—or, more vulgarly, as “hard | shells"—and is now the editor of the Warren Sen- tinel, published at Front Royal. Clark has prac- tised law in Prince Willlam and Stafford counties since the war, and was a fair lawyer, though more noted for shrewducas than depth. He was quite prominent as ® conservative politician, wag elected by them as Commonwealth's Attorney, and came Very near receiving the nomination of Senator in the First Senatorial district, which was equivalent to an election. Clark could render him. self very affable and agreeable and succeeded in winning the affections of a Miss Lee, residing near Fredericksburg, which resulted in A RUNAWAY MATCH, and, for aught that the community at large knew, a happy one. atop in Was! but would take the care at the first 3 a, Miss Fewell informed the conductor that while seal ‘the-train-she was near ona ugh to. mim to have ki him. It rs that she herself in the water t, and although her father opened the door in his search a a Lay by Al- dria & cari was in Wi and girl entered if and drove away, watchman at fie depot and the conductor of the train sawa man in the carriage whom they desori! as & small man with light hair and light . He told the wate he wi OLBRK IN WASHINGTO! nd had been seen waiting there ‘his cerning r two nights before. Sue hand-trunkman the watchman that he had becn helping the y: couple oi. From Alexandria all traces of the fugi- tivos were loat until the first depot hh d Wash- fogtor waa reached. The agent of t lepot in- formed Mr. Merchant that a young oe answer- ing ine description had taken the train there the day before, and the agent accurately described both of them, even describing the dress worn by the lady, which was recognized by Mr. Merchant. In the mean~ time Miss Fewell's friends at Manassas, satisfied hat she was not on the freight ‘tram, concludea hat she had cloped with some young man in tho village and her numerous beaux and admirers were awakened from their slumbers, but when at last all of them patti “teen present, the terrible suspicion was ar that all of Clark's move- ments had been but ver for his elopement with this girl. The mail and tele; hh were brought into requisition, but nothing coul the missing girl. Hours lengthened to days and days to weeks, but no tidings Came, In the mean- time the Postmaster received A COMMUNIGATION FROM OLARE dated Memphis, July 16, and postmarked Memphis, his mall be forwarded, with the en- “Tf not called for im ten days re- turn to J. T. Green, Baltimore, Md.” Very few days passed but some letters were received from Clark by his friends, dated at Memphis, Little Rock and other places in the Southwest; but it was no- ticed as a remarkable fact that none of them were postmarked so that the name of the t office could be distinguished, except the first three let- ters, which came at the same time, postmarked Memphis, Tenn. In one of his letters he requested to be remembered to his friends at Manassas, and among others mentioned “Miss Fannie.” A letter written to the Postmaster at Memphis brought out the fact that Clark's mail had been forwarded to Alton, Til. FIRST TIDINGS OF THE PARTIES. The first that was heard from the guilty parties was through the columns of the Cincinnati Com- he did not see her. merctal of August 16, which gave an account of a lady found by the police in that city calling herself Mra. James F, Olark, and who said that she and her husband had been in Mexico, Mo., for some days, and that her husband had come Kast, with direc- tions for her to follow in two days. ‘She was with- out means, and the police authorities pald her fare trie to Washington on her way toher friends io irginia, About the same time Clark was seen in Washington. and in conversation with hus friends expressed himself in the most decided termsin reference to the rumor awe Miss Fewell and himself and denounced it as entirel; untrue; said that he had not seen Fannte Feweil and that the moment he had heard the reports against his character he had returned to set him- self right. Up to this time there was not the firat scintilla of out Ae AYREON ASA GAak me uncture Miss Fewell put in an appear- ahot on the stage, Mr. Clark was arrested, and on the examination Miss Fewell gave her testimony, which was as follows:— aly name js Fan A Feyell; born on the 29th of June, 1856; Tam tho ah ir of W. F. Fewell, a resident of Manassas, Prince William county, V: rst became ac- uainted with Mr. James F, Clar! ly this summer, at the residence of Mr. Hinson, at Manassas; 1 mot him often at Mr. Hinson's; his wife and children were with him when I first made his acquaintance; I dont know how ng this was before the removal of his family to spe) ners, eoung he paid Pere parneulss: za, unell al fe 1 J receives ni inv LO Hinson's. ie itinson “ond he had fet his wite forever; the nextday I received another note from Mr, Clark, tn which he stated that he had separated trom his wife, or rather that his wife had left him, and that he in- tended settling in the Wost; from that’ time up to the time Tleit T recclved notes from him, these notes urging me to come with him; I then wanted to know if he an his wife had really separated ; he fia me that they had positively; I then went to Mrs, Hinson’s, and she told me it was certainly 60; that she had letters from Clark telling her all about it; 1 then made up’ nd to go with him—that is, I was urged to go with him; hé promised to marry me when I got to Washington, UNOONTROLLABLE EMOTION. When she reached that point her emotions, on account of her nervous condition, became uncon- trollable, and the Judge and counsel found it neces- sary to withdraw. Itscemg from her sibernuene statement that the runaway dotple travélled West by the way of Baltimore, Eimira, Buffalo and other laces, until they reached Mexico, Mo., pr mnisin; er continually that they should be marr! soon, At Mexico they got out of money, and after trying to obtain money from the Masonic order and falling in that Clark left Miss Fewell and travelled East, and by some means mane to reach Washington bout the same time with his companton in guilt. lark was confined in the Brentsville jail on the charge of “abducting” Miss Fewell, from which he | his left arm bent on the inside of the door and with Clark removed from Brentsville to Manassas last Spring and entered very heartily into the canvass for the removal of the court house to the latter place, At Manassas he became acquainted with Miss Fannie Fewell, who lived bata oppo- site his residenc Clark was evidently con- siderable of a@ ‘ladies’ man,” but noth- ing suspicious was noticed between him- | self and Miss Fannie, All of a sudden Clark began to Says dissatisfied with Manassas, talked of going West or South and commencing business there, and took his wife and two children to his father-in-law’s, near Fredericksburg. As an excuse to his friends he sald that he had become deeply involved in debt, and he was going to sell | off Lis law library and household furniture and pay up his debts and start anew somewhere else, Rumor said he had been very extravagant, and was indebted to various parties for whom he had collected money as an ttigent He wrote a letter in the Manassas Gazette, of which he was the eal- tor, resigning his position, and informed his friends that his address for one month would be Memphis, Tenn., and left his business as Commonwealth's Attorney in the hands of a fellow attorney. After he had been gone about a week, as was supposed, THE OLD MAN WITH A HAND TRUNK, who | as an unknown character in this drama, arrived in Manassas on Friday night, July 19, and called at the Eureka House, a hotel kept by the father of Miss Fannie Fewell, who is likewise the railroad agent at Manassas. The old man, feignin; drunkenness, asked for liquor, and was directe: across the street, For some unknown reason he could not accomplish his purpose, and the next night he appeared again at the same hour and with the same actions, but without the hand trunk. The next night, the 20th July, a freight train arrived at Manassas at midnight. Miss Fewell as the train was coming in pare the door of her brother-in- law's room, and, in answer to a question from him, replicd that she was ill and was going out. AS the night was bright he thought nothing strange of this, and only desired her to take her maid servant with her. Becoming alarmed from her protracted absence, her sister, Mrs. Merchant, went to look for her and could not find her on the remises. In the meantime her tather, while on he platform attending to his duties, had observed 4 female figure coming towards the train from the directiun of Mr, Merchant's house, preceded by A MAN CARRYING 4 HAND TRUNK, but never fora moment suspected tnat it was his daughter. Having finished his business with the arrest such person ofesing and endeavoring to vote upon the spot and take him before the United States Commissioner, Judge Strong, the other Judges goncartag sald, “Tho ith section of the act of Congress of February 28, 1871, detines vory clearly the duty of the marshal and deputy mar- shals, and I know no authority iu this Vourt by Wiugh 1 Gam imetcuct then,’ train, he went home and retired, and was waked up in @ few minutes by Mr. Merchant, who in- formed him of his daughter's disappearance, They went together and searched the car, but in vain. The man with the hand-trunk occupied a seat in the car, He was seen afterwards in conversation with Miss Fanny by tho train hands, and was over- heard tolling her that “the lcutenant would not issued the following card :— OLaRK’S APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. I know how sensitive public opinion is and how eastly it is operated upon to the prejudice of any one charged with a crime of this character, but surely It is bare jus- ce to withhold popular outery against ine until 1 en convicted before a Jury of m; cially does this scem to ‘me a rigl have countrymen. Espe- it which T can confi- dently expect to have recognized by the press, since In no article that I have seen has my previous life for rectitude and integrity in sush matters ever been assailed, and since I came 'to the community where arrest might’ rea- gonably have been expected and have never shrunk from any Investigation of the case. I fecl the deepest sorrow for all parties concerned in this most unfortunate affair, and no earthly Ill will towards any who are en- foged in an effort to rivet poe. me a legal conviction and fo place me in a felon’s cell. But I am not guilty of the charge against me, and when the case 19 fully investt. gated and all the tacts fully developed J have no fears of a conviction by ajury. IfT have violated any let that law punish mo through its recognized and sworn agencies, Tam inthe custody of the iaw and. expect, to be discharged as the law directs, an don’t ask to be dis- charged in any other way. JAMES F, CLARK, On the morning of the Sist of August Rhoda Fewell, who had left Lelie | the night previous, where he was engaged in the business of putting up lightning rods, got oif the train at Bristow sta- uon, about three miles from Brentsville, hired a horse from @ colored man and rode toward Brents- ville. The horse came back in a short time without arider. It is supposed that Rhoda concealed him- self in the pine woods immediately behind the court house and jail. About eight o’vlock A. M. a man was discovered by persons sitting on Mr. Kincheioe’s perce Stealing cautiously toward the front door of the jail and observed to enter. These oo paid no attention, supposing him to be ‘he brother of the jailer, In.a tew minutes the FIRING AND CRIES were heard, and Major Thornton and Mr. Lips- comb, Deputy Clerk, both hurried to the spot, and on entering the door the Major, who was the first to get there, saw Fewell with a pistol in each hand in the act of firing through the iron grated door at Clark, who had been taken from the debtors’ room in the upper story of the jail and placed in acellon the ground ffoor, the door of which opens on the right as you enter from the front door. Fewell states that he went direct to the debtors’ room, and not finding him there, ex- atoined all the celly e Stairs, and then came down and found Clark lying on the bed in that cell. Fewell had shot flve or six times be- fore any one arrived, and was in the act of firing his last shot when Major Thornton seized him and attempted to take him away but | did not succeed, owing to the fact that Pewe! { had his left hand fired the last shot. He then walked to the door and escaped in the direction he came. On opening the door of the cell there was great confusion, Clark evidently had used every means at his disposal to de/end himself; a pitcher, ink- stand and a heavy glass saltcellar were all in num. berless fragments about the door, and he had used | a table as a shield, but to no effect. Clark, after he was shot, got on the side of the bed, was perfectly rational and requested somebody would stand out- side and guard the window, as “he was afraid Rhoda would come back aud shoot him;” said he was SHOT IN THE BREAST; and on an examination of the wound it was discov- ered that the ball had passed on the left side of the heart and in close proximity to it and Jodged in the back bone. Upon a subsequent examination the physicians found another wound in the back, the second ball having penetrated a short distance into the flesh, This Dr. Simpson extracted, and it proved to be a navy ball. A warrant was immedi- ately issued for Fewell’s arrest, but before it was drawn up by the magistrate Fewell appeared in our village, jumped into his father’s carriage and drove off to Manassas with Mr. Varnes, who, at the solict- tations of Rhoda's father, who had heard from the conductor on the morning train that he had got of at Bristoe, came over to Brentsville to stop any sear that Rhoda might wish to make, but ar- rived here ten minutes too late. When they reached there Rhoda gave himself up to Mr. Butler, the Jus- tice of the Peace, who committed him to jail, where he was assigned to the same cell in which he had shot Clark, and where be still remains awaiting his trial. Clark lingered three days and died. During this time he was in mortal terror lest “Rhoda” should break out of his cell and shoot him again. The fol- lowing is the dying declaration of Clark before a magistrate :— I was lying on the bed about halfasiecp. Twas aroused by hearing the room door open. On looking I saw a pis- tol pointed through the inside door, in Rhoda Fewell’s and. Tjumped up and ran to the corner on the right hand side of the door. I was going to the corner he fired on me and missed me. Iran to the corner on the other side of the door. He shot at me again. I saw him joke the pistol again through the door and I grabbed it. Rr was about the size of a navy pistol. 1 tried to wrest it from him, but failed. Ho then drew # smaller one, and with that shot me in the breast, Just betore ho fired the last shot Major Thornton came and endeavored to stop hun from firing. The following is TUE STATEMENT OF THE JAILER. Bofore I went out of the Jall on the mornin, ult, L started to shut tho front door and Clan God's sake, John, don't shut that outside door} mother.” Z then left the door open. | I was about one Hundred yards of trom the fail, holding my horse while he way éating grass, somewhere about eight o'clock, of the 31st said,‘ i ooaren on the annive! of the drat battle of Bull the 2ist of July, and the shoot- BS of Sark co es ‘the second bat- of Bull August. Brentaville today prenented a scene ot unusual tp, ee and Virginia, tavern, but, be- de inion. for a hospitable town, is the ah ir wasreain ran’ be ie ERE OL Sax Was sHor TALL WH Ms is about two » With a hall through the GBS aeetntce ond aoe” Reh which Olark wan't }, and ich Rhoda Fewell ho hall on te lower right hand as you enter the on a mot inians, eeyeual ati and confusion in the neighborhood, The le who come to Court mostly come on orsel and the long rows of horses tied to the fences which could not be accommodated in the stables showed that there was an unusual: large attendance. The Grand Jury, after a shor' charge from the Judge, retired to their room with the Sheria, and RETURNED IN TEN MINUTES WITH A “TRUE BILL.’ against Lucien N. Fenell for murder, and with sev- eral other indictments, after which the Court ad- journed for dinner, During the recess the Sover- el reg served with a dosee of Sepeles Grant By e 3 adver speake inner of battle in tnd Sec legal engagement were drawn, The counsel were called in by name. It Sounded Romem tas to hear Henry called at ti ‘The vaat crowd turned their attention and headed men, about five feet ten in height, straight as an arrow, with @ step at once quick and firm. On the alde of the Commonwealth Attorney Ex-Covernor Honry A. Wise and Judge J., Y, Menifee, of Rappahannock county. of the pprifonse sat the W. Tho General Eppa Hunton and General W. ne. 18 firat movement wason the part of the defence. ground of the absence of witnesses, one of whom was @ resident of Washington. The defence had made great efforts to find , and had employed a could not find him or even ascertain his name. ‘was understood that reference was made to the land trunk man, who sat Judge Charles E, Sinclair, Commonwealth Judge mas, paey General @ moved for a continuance on the detective to hunt him up; but to this day bea AIDED IN THE ELOPEMENT of Miss Fewell. uite @ sparring ensued, in which Governor Wise brought down the house by the remark that the defence should have had @ subpoena issued and placed in the hands of the officers of the Court to summon the witness if he were found in the State, or that “bastard of a political rape which we call Virgi- nia.” The Governor announced, without desiring to Brejucine the case that he should tread carefully as on burning ploughshares; but where he did step he should step firm, The Judge, at the close of the argument, decined to continue the case, which will come up on the first Monday in November. EOE YACHTING. “the Brooklyn, Yacht Cub, The Meta, Sophia and W. T. Lee Win im The Brooklyn Yaeht Club abtiea a. regatta yesterday afternoon for nants in each class, Bud WoUun@ Up'the day's amuse- ment with aclambake at Stillwell’s Unionville He tel. Tho fleet rendezvoused off Prank Bates’, aaa, a3 there was avery lively breeze up, the thought it would be better tolet all classes go ai- rect for the stakeboat of Unionville, instead of go- dng round the Southwest Spit. The judges were Messrs, J, M, Sawyer, W. ©. Foroe, 0, M. Felt, W, H. Langiey, Martin Wood, F. B. Bunker, Oh, L, Franklin, R. P. Carrand George”@: Dunning. The wind-was about,southeast and the.tide on the first of the ebb. The following yachts started:= . . $3 LOOPS, FIRST 0! TUTRD GLASS ALORS. ‘i Pole Dosh is Hy E. Pearson. m1. It was a magnificent day for a sail, with & good fresh breeze and nearly all the yachts were reefed down under snug canvas. The open carried lenty of live ballast as well as inaumerabic ands ags, and Sper fons, they wanted It all before a ved at thelr destination, The yachts started lollows :-— t The fleet alt went past Bay Ridge with their booms to starboard ‘and sheets lifted. The most intarent Je oe eal Mr eeeaie ee three open om e, Meteor an annette. pretey close together until they fetched the Nar- rows and began to haul on the wind, when the W. T. Lee, with Joe Morris atthe stick, gave them @ lead, The Meta started ahead of the other a noor aust Slt PRS near no’ bat and never al widened the gap ever, minute. The Kate and THE RING TRIALS. . Opening of the Court of Oyer and Ter- miner, Before Judge Brady. The Trials of Ex-Boss Tweed and Genet Set Down for Monday Next—Tom Field’s Case To Be Heard Next Thursday—The Charge to the Grand Jury. The long-expected trials of the parties tmplicated in the late municipal frauds are at length under way, and whatever penalty law and justice may de- mand in the several cases will, no doubt, in the fulness of time, be visited upon them. Yesterday was the opening day of the October term in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, before which court the criminal proceedings against the parties will be held, Judge Brady presided, and before him the trials of the several defendants will be had. There was @ very large attendance in the court room and great interest manifested in expectancy o!/-the Judge’s charge to the Grand Jury. As will be seen from a pernsal of the charge the Court confined it- self to those fai which the law prescribes shall be 8 part of ll such charges, not! ing being said sald relative to the Ring frauds. @ presen: Grand Jury, of course, has nothing to do with these cases, as indictments have already been found against the parties. The following named gentle- men were sworn as THE GRAND JURY: David B. Turner, foreman; H. D. Stover, Alvin J. Johnson, Dantel M. Devoe, W. H. Barmore, Peter D. Lodewick, James A. Smith, A. A. Peterson, Charles E. Kugler, S. Philbin, William Dowd, Gustave Koenti . J. Collins, B. B. Atterbury, D. G. Riper, A. F. Welds, S. H. St. John, Henry Simpson, Jacob Zulzbacker, Edward Duvenier and H. J, Davi- son. After being sworn in Judge Brady charged them as follows :— THE CHARGE, GENTLEMEN OF THE GRAND JuRY—The duties which you have to perform, though simple, are fraught with momentous consequences to the peo- ple and the accused. It is your province to inquire, and for that purpose roo are organized and become an integral part of this Court, into the truth of such charges as may be laid before you to deter- mine whether there ts sufficient evidence to war- rant an indictment. You stand between the State and the citizen, with the responsibility restin, on you to do justice to both—to see to it that you present no one from envy, hatred or malice, or leave any one unrepresented through fear, favor, affection or hope of reward, and that you | etl) all things truly as they come to your nowledge, Cd | to the best of your under- standing. This, the language of your oath, is the embodiment of the law. It is concise, plain, com- Prehensive and just. You should therefore pro- ceed diligently, faithfully, but tearlessly with your investigations, having but one object in view, and that solemnly, but after due and careful inquiry, to present the offender, whoever he may be, when you shall become satisfied that he has violated some laws of the land which subjects him to crimt- nal punishment. This should not be done, how- ever, on es or insuificient testimony. You should, as declared by that great commentator Blackstone, be thoroughly persuaded of the truth of an in- dictment so far as the evidence goes, and not rest | satisfied merely with remote probabilitles—a doc- trine that might be applied to very oppressive pur- poses. The evidence received by you should be of facts | within the Knowledge of the witness, and not of such as he may have gathered upon inforination, and therefore founded upon belief. Guided by these elements your conclusions must be satisfac- tory to yourselves and to the people who look to you for protection against danger in every form from the telon; for in the due faithful and tearless | administration of criminal justice resides the greater security of the citizen. These are only general observations, which I deem it my duty to make on this occasion. Youare doubtless aware, but it is nevertheless proper to advise you,‘that sixteen of your number ts necessary to make a quorum, and that the concurrence of twelve is re- quired to find an indictment. After alluding in detail to the other details of their duties, his Honor charged them in obedience to the statute on the EXCISE, LOTTERY AND ELECTION LAWS, and to the laws against receiving illegal fees, and for the prevention 0/ fraud in the sale of steamship tickets. In regard to these laws he sai The multitude of offences, resulting from the excessive use of spirituous liquors and the effect of deleterions liquors, used even in moderation, has, no doubt, had its infuence, rane the, 80, in requiring that the Excise laws should be the subject of particular | mention, and the apprehension that the violation of the Election laws might sometimes result in sub- verting the franchise, and in that way preventing the election by vote of the person really chosen, may have exercised a similar control in regard to them, However that may be, and whatever reasons may have prevailed in reference to the other laws mentioned, having referred to them my duties are discharged. The Grand Jury then withdrew. District Attorney Garvin then rose and stated that there were numerous indictments against William M. Tweed, Henry W. Genet and Thomas C. Fields pending in the vourt of Oyer and Terminer, and he desired that a day might be fixed upon for thelr trial. Mr. Fields’ counsel replied that he did not ob- ject to a day being named, but that on whatever day the case might be called up he would move its adjournment for the term, not being prepared to 0 on, S District Attorney—Next Monday might be sect four for the trial of the other cases, leaving out elds, At this stage of the proceedings Attorney General Barlow came into Court and said he desired to have the day of trial fixed on a date previous to Monday, it being of importance that they should be dis- posed of with as much despatch as possible, The Court asked if counsel for the defendants had been notified of the motion to set down the day of trial, oA was answered that notice had been ven them. oe was finally arranged by counsel that the mo- tton to acer the trial of Fields’ case should be heara on Thursday, and that Genet’s and Tweed’s should be disposed of on Monday. An adjournment was then taken until Thursday. when Mr. Valves called to mo and told mo jail 48 quick as possible—th: bedstead in att Reon wrth owd around the door, Gnd f was inforined that Rhode Fowoll had shot Clark.” Atthe September term of the court, ‘Rod: counsel made an effurt to obtain ball. The trial promises to be the most exciting in the State for eara The character of the families involved in this {amentabie aifair, the notoriety which it nas obtained {n the public prints and engaged all combine th i of the counsel to helguten the invarenk Mu: The Ring Civil Suits, The civil suits brought by the Corporation Coun- sel, in the name of the Supervisors of the County of Adate had a sharp little brush, and a8 soon as! the former shook out her full jib she ‘sppeared to be doing the beat work, The little Sophia atarted without any head sail set, but off Fort Hamilton she sent up a small jib. e W. T. Lee made some: eee le ing, beating the entire fleet, and 6 in fie foam from her bows with a saucy air. Her Cy avd Th aq when they landed. The Meta shortly ai ae the:Sophia, by olor Py ast heel ‘gate arrived next, followed by ie, Flyin feud, Seagraves and Jeag- nette, ‘The following is the time oI rival = we a a a fee foe 12 8 itt 5 1 20 a 118 9 ya }BD Ty 3 00 «LoL 8S ify ine o 17 10 3 {po ips The judges finally announced that the Meta, Sophia and W. T. Lee had won the pennants ele respective classes. hy The race having been satisfactorily decided ti ‘achtsmen set to work at the other part of the en- rtainment, and did immense execution in the chowsler line. The refreshments combined clam and fish chowder, roast clams and lager. There was a good deal of talk about the respective merits of the Lee and Meteor; and an attempt was made to get up a match, to be sailed the same afternoon; but half an hour's talk on the subject ended smoke. The festivities were kept up until five P.M., when the yachtsmen returned to their boats and started for nome, heartily pleased with the wind-up of the season. Yachting Notes, The sloop Vixen, Captain Livingston, is laid up for thé season, at the residence of her owner, at Staten Island. The Vixen was the winner of the first class sloops in the Atlantic Regatta in June, also in the regatta of the New York Yacht Club, also of the Subscription Cup at Newport in At beating the Gracie and other crack sloops in these races. The open et yachts Mary ©, Campbell and Cruiser, both of the Harlem Yacht Club, are matched to sail ten miles to windward and back for a hundred-dollar cup. The race will be sailed on Saturday, starting from oif Frank Bates’ South. Branch Hotel. The steamer Pope Catlin will leave Harlem early Saturday morning, make a call at Frank Bates’ and then accompany the race. Joe Morris is to sail the are The schooner yacht Dreadnought took a turn outside the Hook yesterday, in order to try her sails and rigging, preparatory for the ocean race next iphone C The nt Peerless, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Maxwell, from V's Island, passed the HRaLD Telegraph Station at Whitestone yesterday afternoon, en route for New York. MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. At a meeting of the Board of Aldermen, hela yesterday, President Cochrane in the chair, a reso- lution was offered by Alderman Martin modit the ordinance in relation to hackmen so as to allow them to leave their boxes if necessary and solicit passengers, which was laid over until next session. BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN, Petition for the Removal of Washing= ton Market—No Sunday Music in the Parks. Ata meeting of the Board of Assistant Alder. men, held yesterday afternoon, the President, Otis T. Hall, in the chair, the following petition, signed by about four hundred downtown merchants and others, was presented :— We, the undersigned merchants and others, transacting business in the lower part of the city of New York, do Most respecttully petition your honorable body for the removal and sale of Washington and West Washington Markets. These markets have long since ceased to public benefit and. have now become a public nufsan hey sustain the high prices for meats and other neces riegof life, and are to-day a greater monopoly than any institution i 4 These markets are located in the most valuable part of the elty. where property israpidly depreciating in value, owing to the unhealthy’ surroundings, and the narrow, crowded streets in which these markets are situated, to- gether with the numerous ferries centring at this point, render this part ot the city almost impassable, The blockade of Broadway below Canal streetis caused almost entirely by these markets, and costs millions an- nually to our merchants in loss of time and cartages ot goods to the warves for shipment. The whole of this water tront occupied by these mar- kets is absolutely needed for commercial purposes. We believe the removal of these markets will be agreat public benefit and do more to relieve the lower partot the city than millions of dollars expended in widening the streets. a petition was laid over and ordered to be printea, Assistant Alderman Connor offered the follow- ing :— Whereas a room known a3 ‘the Governor's Room" has been set apart in this City Hall building for State recep. tions, and also as a depository of works of art connect with the history of the State and nation and portraits individuals prominent in national, State and local his- tory; and whereas the said room is overcrowded with the D ‘mon Council be appointed to ascertain whether the room aforesaid can be enlarged or whether any moans can be devised to place the paintings and works of art in safer and better positions. Laid over. The resolution tn relation to Sunday muatc in the parks was ordered on file, which virtually kiils it. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, The Board of Supervisors met yesterday after» boon, Mayor Hall presiding. Supervisors were ap- Pointed to receive electoral returns as follows:— Eighth Ward—Supervisor Cochrane. court, Sixth dnd’ Fourtecath Wards—Supervisoe owan. a mi mn and Had ie std Mette. peapervieks: Conover. Ninth Ward—Supervisor Falconer. First, Sccond, Third aud Filth Wards~Suporvisor Fits erald, Stleventh Ward—Supervisor Peter Gilsey. ‘Twelfth Ward—Supervisor Mai Seventh and Thirteenth Wards—Supervisor Eighteenth Ward—Supervisor Mehrbach, Nineteenth Ward—Supervisor Plunkitt, Seventeenth Ward—Supervisor Raddo. Ward—Supervisor Vance. Fifventh Ward—Supervisor Van Schaick. Twentieth Ward—Supervisor Wilder. A resolution was adopted removing the Armory of the Sixteenth regiment from Tammany Hall to the southeastern portion of the building at the corner of Broadway and Forty-fifth strect, The Board then adjourned. McLaren. Tweed, Connolly and others, pa) ray nofore Judge Barrett, in the Su: ert on the ied gt calen- jar. was, howevel yy con- sont for twa weeks both sides ‘asking for. tiie to cheming the Greumeats ead opinions in the criml- oasom, FIRE IN STATEN ISLAND, At seven o'clock last evening the barn of Colonel George Brown, in the village of Middletown, States Island, was burged to the ground, and four valu able Loraes gad one cow Were routed to death.