The New York Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1872, Page 6

8 THE COURTS. THE TRIAL OF EDWARD 8. STOKES. Seventh Day's Proceedings—Close of the Prosecution and Opening Address fer the Defenee, ANEW WITNESS ON THE STAND. ———— He Testifies to Having Heard Stokes Threaten to Shoot Fisk— Stokes Excited. THE LINE OF DEFENCE. Notwithstanding the exceedingly inclement state ‘of the weather yesterday and the impediments to tity travel there was.a goodly number of persons éa the Court of Oyer and Terminer previous to and during the proceedings in the seventh day's trial 0} Edward §, Stekes, among whom were a few of the fair sex. There was nothing new in the testi- mony given yesterday from that given on the first trial, with the exception of a conversation testified to as occurring between Mr. Andrew Parker, a ‘OW Witness ior the prosecution. This witness tes- tified that as far back as six or cight weeks prior to the shooting he had heard Stokes THREATEN THE LIPE OF FISK and say that he had a pistol for him, at the same time calling Fisk a blackmailer. While this testi- mony was being given Stokes arose in his seat and exclaimed, “ It’s false, every word of it is ialse.”” ‘The witness was subjected toa severe cross-exam- dmation, but tenaciously stuck to his story. ‘The proseeution rested their case during the afternoon, and Mr, Townsend, of counsel jor the prisoner, delivered his opening address, which ‘was pithy and forcible, though brief. During his wemarks he arraigned the private counsel on the other side in quite severe terms, which brought on a@ lively scene, lasting for about fifteen minutes, As far as is as yet known the line of defence will not differ materially from that of the first trial; at least there was nothing in the opening of Mr, Townsend to indicate a change, The Proceedings Yesterday. MRS. BISSELL’S TESTIMONY. The prosecution called as the frst witness Mrs. Mary Bissell. ‘this witness was new in (he case, and a little sur was caused in Court when it was ‘announced that Mrs. Bissell had tot appeared be- fore. Her tesiimony, however, was not of a star Mngly important character. It was to the effect that she resided in Twenty-third street, in the house precisely opposite te one which was known (a8 the abode of the Mansfield, On the 6th of Jan- aary she noticed Colonel Fisk's carriage several times pass and repass her window, but so far as she could judge there was no one inside, She also SAW A COUPE @rive to the entrance of the Mansfield's house, from which alighted a man whom she could not recognize; Mausfield appeared at the window, bat 4id not open it; she was unable to say whether any signals passed b etween the man of the coupe and Miss Mansfield; the map turned, re-entered the ve- hicle and drove oi. On the cross-examination Mr. Tremain elicited the fact that the witness had been watching the eireet for au hour and a hal and mentioned the circumstances related at dinner; she could not | wear positively that it was Josie Who appeared at the window, but thought that it was her, COLONEL FISK’S VAL ‘The valet de chambre of Colonel k, John Mar- shall, was next sworn. His eviden repetition of the testimony of the same Witness on ‘the previous trial. ‘The prosecution asked the witness if Stokes was 4n the habit of visiung at No, 399 West Twenty- third st . ‘The question was ruled out as immaterial, on the objection of thevdefeuce, The Court held that it was ofno importance to the issue whether Colonel Fink or Stokes had visited the abode of Miss Mans- | | fectly satisfled with the jury that were sitting in | judgment upon the prisoner, and felt confidence in field, I Bardwell were ncis Huniman and George talied by Colones Fellows, and, neither of them re- sponding, attachments ‘were issued to compel Aheir immediate attendance in Court, SERGEANT HAGGERT Sergeant Haggerty testified that he had received subpoena for Dr. Tripler, but was inlormed, on Hing at his residence, that he had gone to Aspin- all and would not ret Chrisiinas. During an interval caused by the non-appeer- ance of a witness, Mr, Tremain arose and said he would now ask the prosecution if they intended ling tothe witness stand Henry DeCorley, the parlor man, who received from Miss Hall the pistol found in the parlor. of their own wWithiesses, and Would mak ise as to Whom they should or should not ¢ emain contended that the prosecut were bound to call bim, and that although it was: in the discretion of the Court to order or not the opposite side to place that witness on the stand, iU was necessary for the prosecution to state their intentions. Here ensued Messrs. Beach, main, participating with grand’ gi no lows and Townsend His Honor finally Sl0. ended the battle by saying that the observations | of the gentlemen did no good, and were certainly eddressed more to the jury thau to the Court. DEPUTY CORONER MAKS: Deputy Coroner Marsh tecatied, and re- peated the testimony he had given on the former Irial, a6 Lo an analysis made of the contents oi the Stomach of decex wounds, and wha death. De , iD his opimion, was the cause of equence of the pistol wou The w d toamost thorough ¢ross-examination by Mr. Townsend; but ho ma- terial deviation from the testimony given by the witness on the first trial was made. TESTIMONY OF GEORGE BORDINE. George Hordine sworn—I was living on Fourth street on the 6th of last January, and was in the employ of Mr. Fisk as interpre Colonel Fisk employed a nutnber of foreign artis at the Grand Opera House in this # wy duty to interpret between Mr. Visk aud them; Lassisted the deceased to dress prior to his depar- ture from his house on the 6th o! Jannary; I recog. hize the clothing shown ie How as the coat and rei Sea a sve no! The of caused somewhat of a ‘aid he was e e Was simply a | | at Niblo’s, in wh nto the city until aiter | | the dead man’s money being poured into the pockets colouel Feliows replied that they would take | slight strife between counsel, | went to the head of the private stairs purpose of leaving the hotel, when Fisk -the uct of ascending; that Fisk, as soon as le saw Stokes, drew a pistol, and was in the position of | minutes to four P. 4 NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1872. a word; I or mucl ness on the stand sensafvon in the court room, A recess for half an hour was here ordered, After Recess. ‘The Court reassembled at half-past one, E ENGINSER'S TEST THE BN IMONY. Patrick McGowan was placed on the stand and ner at the Grand Central Hotel; I Saw & man With a white overcoat on in the main hall, having come down stairs, and he said, “There's @ man shot, gets cookery” the witness Hart was a little behind me at the time; I recog- nize the prisoner present as the man I saw wit the nee overcoat; i was present when tiie officer took him in charge; I went down stairs 28 Stokes was being taken up stairs; I saw the prisoner paee. tae same night—6th of January—at the ation house, On cross-examination—I was at the foot of the stairs when Stokes came down; I went in search of an oficer after I had brought him to the office; 1 was the first man who took hold of him; a gentle- man, putting his hand in breast, asked the prisoner if he was hurt; the prisoner appeared ewlldered and pale; 1 don’t know who the gentle- man was that spoke to Stohes; the latter answered him “No,” in reply to the inquiry as to his being injured; when the peiponce was brought to the office Mr. Powers said “Here, here, here ;” nothing else that I remember, THE PROSECUTION WANT TO ADJOURN. Here a long consultation took place between the counsel for the prosecution, After it was ended Colonel Feliows suid:—“Your Honor, there are a great many Witnesses whose names are down on our list, but who have not attended, After a brief consultation with the gentleinen they had decided that the evidence of these witnesses was not very material, and therefore they had concluded to rest the case for the prosecution at ths time, reserv- ing, of course, the right of introducing the remain- ing testimony in the way of rebuttal at a subse- quent period. I think, Your Honor, that it would expedite the business of this case if we were to have an adjournment till to-morrow morning.” His Honor said that he did not feel disposed to grant the indulgence asked, He thought that the counsel for the people had had plenty of time in which to consult during yesterday aud early this morning. without ut% ter this but it subsided after he bag figished. W118 MONOR REFUSES. Messrs, Fullerton and Beach each urged @n ad- journment, but the motion was denied, Mr. Tremain said the defence would be prepared in twenty minutes’ time te go on with their side of the case, Their opening would probably take more than an hour, Another consultation here was held between all the counsel, and finally another recess for half au hour was ordered, upon the application of Mr, Beach. Q COLONEL FISK’S PRIVATE SECRETARY, ‘The prisoner was again brought mto Court at fif- teen minutes of three, at which hour John H. Comer testified for the people, Le said:—Colonel Fisk, whom I was acquainted with, died in a chamber of the Grand Central Hotel on the 7th of January, in the evening of that day; J identity the clothing now exlibited—the coat as the one worn by the de- ceased at the thne he was shot; the coat looks the same as when it came into my possession after the shooting; Icounted five holes in it at that time Pe see the same number of holes in it at tis me. i Cross-examined—1 was not present at the time Colonel Fisk was shot, but, to the best of my knewledge and belief, the coat shown is the sane worn by him; I was Colonel Fisk’s private secre- tary; Dhave acted as the agent for the executors of Colonel Fisk's estate; Lhave notified witnesses for the people, whose address | knew, to be present at the trial; 1don’t know of my personal knowl- edge whether counsel are employed by the estate; 1 WAS NOT SWORN BEFORE} I cannot swear positiveiy on which side of the coat were the four perforations that 1 saw; there was one perforation midway between the shoulder and the hip; that made the fith hole; Colonel Fisk was upwards of thirty-seven years of age, and weighed, perhaps, a little over 200 pounds, A LITLE FUN, Colonel Fellows requested that the witness put on the coat, lor the purpose oi showing to tie jury Ra manner of wearing it and to point out ihe oles, Mr. Tremain said they did not propose to have experiments tried at that time—(langhter)— ae they would be allowed to fire the pistol also, Mr, Beach said he did not propose to notice such levity, the proper time would come lor that. Counsel for Stokes rejoined that if the coat was tried on he should insist upon the witness tryin; on the pantaioons as well, to see if @ pistol could be taken from the back pocket and discharged without raising the coat. ‘The Court reiused the request of Colonel Fellows, and Mr. Townsend, of coupsel for the prisoner, arose to open ior the defence, THE DEFENCE. ‘The learned gentleman commenced his address to the jury at precisely ten minutes aiter three o'clock, He alluded to the persecution which the prisoner, Stokes, had suffered at the instigation of Fisk; to the infamous play of “BLACK FRIDAY’? the deceased was pictured as a paragon of virtue and the accused as the most detestabe thing on the lace of the earth, for the purpose of prejudicing pub- lic opinion and of hounding the prisoner to an iguominious death, He expressed himself per- the integrity of the honored Judge presiding. WiHAT COUNSEL KNEW OF FIs! Counsel went on to present the characteristics of the man who had been shot, and whom he stamped as an infamous, bad and most corrupt man, who probably the tweive men sitting there as jurors would not consent to brin back to lile, even if they possessed the power of so doing. A man, he continued, who owned New York city, and who used to manipulate corrupt udges With the same freedom and shame- fest regal style down Broadway la the company of notorious courtesans, Whéu tire counsel spoke ot of the counsel on the other side, and indulged in some additional allusions calculated to give offence, Mr. Beach interrupted by saying he hoped the | prosecution would be permitted like iatitude in tts closing to reply vo the imputations of the counsel, which he stigmatized as gross impropricties aud as utterly uncailed for. . SOME MORE FUN. Mr. Townsend—I hope the gentleman will be bh to explain what has never yet been ex- plained, Mr. Keach—What is that, sir? Mr. Townsend—The presence of himself and asso- ciate as private counsel at this trial. Crimination and recrimination were in order for i aT an hour, but were Anaily put astop to by the Court suggesting peremptori!: | the Lae ek A be bid counsel continuing his ad- | dress wituout bringing in matter foreign to the | cd and ae to the fuding of the | _— - issue. In continuation, the speaker said, they were prepare to sow that Stokes was walking past the Grand Central Hotel, accompanied by a iriend, on their Way 10 procure seats for the ‘Black Crook’? on the 6th of January; that the prisoner c to the hotel to speak to a lady who recognized him irom a window as an acquaintance; passed the parlor in which this lady was standing two or three times, and sed that he FINDING THAT HE HAD MADE A MISTAKE, e for the was tn = Tging the same at Stokes. ‘The counsel brought his address to a close at six -, When an adjournment was as he shocked public decency by riding in | Teference:to the nature of their duties. He was not informed as to what particular classes of of- fences would be submitted to them, but upon this matter the District Attorney would inform them. ‘Their sources of information in finding bills must be derived in the Grand Jury room from the sworn statements of witnesses, unless any member of their body had knowledge of the commission of an offence it the law, when he would, of course, communicate the facts to his fellow jurors, The Court then adjourned. MARINE COURT—SPECIAL TERM. An Action on Contract—Decision, Before Judge Joachimsen, John M. Jones vs, William Ferguson.—In this ac- tion on contract, commenced prior to May 30, 1872, a trial was had before me on the 11th of June, 1872. The plaintif’s complaint was dismissed and judg- ment rendered against him for costs and allow- ances, From this judgment an appeal was taken, and is now pending. The plaintiff moves at special term for a new trial on the Judge’s minutes and on the case on appeal settled by me, First—The motion cannot be entertained on the Judge's minutes under section 264 of the Code, Second—By section 12 of the Marine Court act of 1872 the Court has power to grant a new trial in all cases, and in the same manuer and with like effect as is given by law to other Courts of record. The term “all cases” covers and includes a case in the position of the one now before me. The manner of Making such motion is prescribed by section 265 of the Code of Procedure to be on a case” or “excep- tions” or “otherwise,” and must in the first in- stance be heard and decided at the Special Term. In this Court judgment is entered in almost all cases immediately upon a decision and { hold the plaintiff excused from not moving before judg- ment. Gueker vs. White, 27 How., 97, and Folger vs. Fitzhugh, 41 New York Keports, ee) The plaintiff is regular in his motion, Third—The case of Hooker vs. Eagle Bank of Rochester, 30 New York, 87, was not followed on the trial as'it should have becn by inadvertance on my part. In this respect the case is analogous in principle to a case in the old Supreme Vourt (Supervisors of Onondaga vs. Briggs, 2 Denio, 3s), where that learned tribu- nal confessed that in a previous decision in the sanie case it entirely overlooked the provisions of the Revised Statutes, My decision was erroneous, 1 say as was said oy Judge Bronson in the case last cited, “I shall cease to respect myself when I want either the courage or candor to confess an error of judgment of which 1 am thoroughly convinced.” An order must be entered setting aside the judg- ment and granting a new trial, with costs on this application to the party eventually successful to abide the event, MARINE COURT—PART I. Decisions. By Judge Joacnimsen. Eisner vs. Rip.—Motion for new trial on Judge's minutes demurred, White vs. Theisse.—Same, Fitch vs. Fitch.—Order resettled. ‘The costs ($10) must be absolute instead of abiding event. Heim vs, RoJman.—Order resettled and directed to be entered as of this date. The Late Judge Slosson. After the hearing of a large number of motions in the Marine Court, Chambers, yesterday, and which ocenpied the Court till noon, it was moved that the Court do now adjourn out of respect to the memcry of ex-Judge Slosson, and to give mem- bers of the Bar an opportunity of attending his Juneral. Judge Gross, in adjourning, paid a :eel- ing tribute to the memory of the deceased, saying he considered it but just that the Court should thus, for itself and the members of the Bar prac tising before it, testify to the high appreciation with which Judge Slosson was regarded both as a lawyer and a citizen, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Sontences—Close of the Term. Before Kecorder Hackett. The Court met yesterday morning for the pur- pose of finishing up the business of the term.. Joun Donovan, who pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand larceny a few days since, was sent to the State Prison for two years and six months, Michael Fitzgerald, who was convicted of rob- ete was sentenced to the State Prison for the period of ten years. After disposing of one or two unimportant mo- tions the Court adjourned for the term. His Honor the Recorder has sat unremittingly during the month tilia late hour each afternoon, and thus has been enabled to clear the City Prison to a great ex- tent of the large number of persons detaiued there for various offences. TOMBS POLICE COURT. A Row in Water Street—An Officer Stab- bed in the Thigh—A Qucer Way of Getting a Christmas Dinner—A Hun- gry Man Smashes a Plate Giass Wine dow to Reach a Turkey—Froceedings Before Judge Dowling. The returns at the Tombs yesterday morning were unusually large, especially the drunk and disorderly cases, “Christinas comes but once a year; but it came once too often for a number oi people who made too much of the good cheer so liberatly provided. As one of the tiously remarked, “What a number of respectable drankards we have this morning! And so it w some twenty different pe: vi brought before the bar of justice who evidently belonged to a pretty good class of society, They hung down their heads In utter shame at the degradation they had placed themselves in, and Judge bowling, thinking they | had suffered punishment’enough, discharged them without even a reprimand, The drunkards being dispdsed of more serious business came up, TROUBLE AMONG THE SMITHS. Henry Smith keeps a liquor store at 59 West street, On Christmas Eve a man named Charles Smith, no relation to the aforesaid Henry, came into the former Smith’s store and called for drinks, Which he refused to pay for, and acted in avery disorderly manner. The pro- prietor and another Smith surnamed William at- tempted to eject Charles from the premises, and Charles in revenge stabbed Williain in the chest with a pocketknife. Charles was arrested and Judge Dowling committed him for trial at General | Sessions. CROSS’ CHRISTMAS TURKEY. Alfred Cross, a laborer on a railroad, was stroll- ing up Broadway late on Wednesday night. His head was blazing with bad whiskey and his stomach gnawing with hunger. He passed the store 240 Broadway, where a patent cooker is oa exhibition, with a roast turkey on the spit, “VENI, VIDI, VICI.” Cross saw the turkey, and as he could not open the door he put his foot through the plate glass window and walked in through the aperture thus summarily made, Onicer O'Connor, of the Third precinct, was on his beat and heard the crash of glass. He ran in the direction of the noise and when he got opposite the window he saw a tall, stalwart man, with bushy whiskers, and knife and fork in haud, mak- ing a furious onslaught on the turkey cooked by the patent apparatus. Mr. Alired Cross made no resistance to the officer, but watked with him quietly to the Chambers street station house. Mr. William G. Philipps, the proprie- tor of the concern, appeared beiore Judge Bowtiny clerks senten- | | hot think I would, | that he would be ready for trial at any time. Judge Our Lady of Angels, Suspension Bridge, very im- portant to many, and certainly pleasing to all in- | terested, Buffalo, administered the Sacrament of Confirma- tion to four students of the Collegiate Department, at Headquarters, and OMcer Curley and Detectives Gadel and Dolan were, sent over to identify him, accompanied by Mr. White, of 203 Broadway, Harri n’s former employ er. Harrington.was brought over to the Tombs yes- terday noon and arraigned before Judge ‘Dow. His Honor committed him without bail. Julia Smith, the unfortunate girl whose life he attempted to take, is now in West Twelfth street, in charge of a charitable woman who has under- taken her reformation. As soon as she is able she wel appeat to prefer the formal charge against the prisoner. ERD OF THE IRISH TRIAL The Jury, Unable to Agree, Are Finally Dis- charged—Ten for Acquittal and Two for Con- viction—Forty-four Hours in the Jury Room—Dr. Irish and the Widow Anderson Admitted to Bail. The jury in the Irish-Anderson poisoning case, who retired on Tuesday afternoon and spent that and a “merry” Christmas and the following night in @ room on the top floor of Brooklyn’s Court Honse, appeared in the Court of Oyer and Terminer at ten o'clock yesterday morning. The room was densely crowded—in fact, it was never deserted either by day or night while the jury was out, In reply to the question whether the jury had yet agreed upon a verdict, the foreman, Mr. Alvin W. Bell, said that they had not, and that there was no prospect that they could, Judge Pratt said:—"lt was a very painful duty for the members o! this Court to keep you conflned for so long a time, especially at this season, but it war thought that in a case of this importance and one invoiving so much expense that if a large majority stood one way or the other tt was best to keep you together until that majority might bring over the minority, You have the consolation of knowing, gentiemen, that you have faithfully per- formed your duty, and have not shirked it as many others have done in this very case. You have aone more in this case than is usually required in the way of jury wluty of citizens in the course of five ears, and) you will be entitled to be excused ! you shoud be summoned again for @ long time to come, You are discharged.” At tr; ired after the discharge of the jury that they stood’ ten for acquittal and two for convic- tion—the mainarity issenters being Francis Hol- broth and Ward W. Sweet. Mr. Holbrook was re- ported to have been the firmer of the two and to have aroused Mr. Sweet at a time when the latter began to waver, JUDGE MORRIS’ ENCOUNTER WITH A DISSENTER. Ex-Judge Samuel D, Morris, one of Dr. Irish'’s counsel, accosted M1, Holbrook in an excited man- ner and charged that he alone was the cause why the Doctor was not a iree man, Said Mr. Morris:— “Mr. Holbrook, you have made a lalse statement here. You have said that at one time you stood four for conviction and eight for acquittal. Now I assert that the jury stood two for conviction and ten for acquittal, You were one of the two, aud the other one was wavering; and you alone are the cause why Dr. Irish is not to-day, at. this hour, a free man.” Mr. Holbrook—Mr. Morris, who is your authority for that assertion? Judge Morris—One of the jurors; he is not here now. Mr. Holbrook—Well, I demand to know who that runaway juror is. I have a right to know, charged, aslamby you, with having made a false state: ment. I repeat what [ said, ana say further that, as Jar as | know, there was no wavering on the part of Mr. Sweet. From the beginning to the end BS a firm in his conviction of the guilt of Dr. irish, Judge Morris replied that he did pot envy Mr. Holvrook his position and that he would iather stand before the community as Dr. Irish did than 4s Holbrook did. It seems that on one ballot the jury did stand four for conviction, with an earnest recommendation to mercy, and elght for an acquittal. Mr. Holbrook so stated previous to his encounter with Judge Morris, which was witnessed by a large crowd of bystanders, DR, IRISH AND MRS, ANDERSON ADMITTED TO BAIL. Counsel for Dr. Irish subsequently applied to Judge Pratt, in Chambers, to have the Doctor and Mrs. Anderson adinitted to bi Distriet Attorney Britton said :—I do not consider, under the circumstances of the case and the way the jury stood, that I can oppose it. The facts that 1 presented in this case were ull the facts 1 have at the present time, which I deemed to be competent and which the Court decmed to be competent. 1 do not think I ought to oppose the application to bail Dr. Irish. A large preponderance of the jury were for acquittal, The jury was an intelligent one. He has been IN JAIL FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, and I don’t think, under a proper amount of bail, that he would not appear on another trial. Under these circumstances { don’t think ii would be proper for me to oppose the application, As to Mrs. Anderson, I tiave to say that she hag been Heong ee we br. art oe the fo en haye against her, except a tew ors iat pave ‘bsen “‘Introdieed fine, ‘the fal ot br. Irish, such as the testimony of Jackson, Maguire, Smith and others, which I could not introduce against her, will be much the same. On that trial she will be & competent witness in her own behalf, and her evidence would strengthen her defence; so that, in a legai aspect, the case against her is not so strong 45 that against Dr, Irish, In that case it would bé unjust, ax she isa woman, And in Weal health, for me to oppose this application; and if it were possible for me to make any opposition I do {think the people will be fully ‘Led if she is admitted to bail. judge Morris thought that Dr. Trish’s bail should be fixed ata very low amount, and said Pratt, he said, on the iacts 48 prescuted, would not convict, and it the defendant were convicted His Honor would not hesitate to give him a new trial, pitas Britton thougnt this statement was out of ace. Judge Pratt fixed Dr. Trish's bail at $10,000 and that of Mrs. Anderson at $2,500. Messrs. William L. Randolph and Charles D. Fisher became bondsmen for both of the prisoners, who were thereupon discharged and went olf ac- companied by 1 and irien FUTURE PASTORS. Ca en eere Holy Orders Administered by Bishop Ryan, of Buffalo, at the Seminary of Our Lady of Angels—Thirteen Theo- logians Raised to the Dignity of Sub- Deaconship, and Two Ordinations to the Priesthood—Interesting Cere= monics—Names of the Sub-Deacons and the Dioceses for Which They Are Destined. SEMINARY OF OUR LADY OF ANGELS, SUSPENSION Brip6g, N., Y., Dec. 21, 1872, Auevent took place to-day at the Seminary of The Right Rey. Bishop Ryan, D. D., of | and that he would do the same, BREACH OF PROMISE. ——— Romantic Mushroom Lovers Corresponding While Three Thousand Miles Apart. LOVE’S WAVERING COURSE. A Proud Pittsburger Sends to the Em- erald Isle for a Wife. The Wrong Lady Responds and Crosses the “Briny.” THE MEETING. Corbett’s Margaret Not the Ideal Maiden of His Heart. The- Disappointed Lothair Fails to “Bind the Bargain” and is Muleted in $400, PrrrspuRG, Dec. 23, 1872, The most romantic of follies in the shape of a breach of promise case that perhaps was ever brought to the notice of the Coarts of this State hag been in progress of investigation before arbi- trators for some days past, and in which a decision ‘was rendered this evening. The defendant is J. 8, Corbett, a rather fine-looking gentleman, past the middie age, and who has been in business for a number of years in South Pittsburg. Of worldly goods he has a fair share, but a partner to share in his sorrows and joys he as yet had never possessed himself of. Some months ago he made up his mind that he would end his bachelor life, which was beset by many miseries, by taking unto himself a wife, Those creatures he had seen on this side of the Atlantic did not strike him as being the thing, and he resolved that one of the fresh and blooming maidens from the land of the shamrock, his native place, would be the most suitable helpmate he could possibly find to make more pleasant his jour- ney through life. With this laudable object in view he wrote a letter to his brother in Ireland, requesat- ing him to look about and see if he could strike a girl that would suit him for a wife. , His brother, being a man of family, Corbett thought would be an adept in such matters; he would protit -by his ex- perience, and another thing, would be in no dan- ger, of filching bis flame and thus eclipsing him altogether. ‘he Mr. Corbett in Ireland did as he ‘Was requested and put the two in communication without delay, she jorwarding her photograph for inspection. Before the arbitrators were laid twelve love-letters written by Corbett. ‘hey are dated from the commencement of their courtship on through the happy, popping time, and finally wind up atthe breach. The first epistle bears the date of June 15, 1870, and the assault that was intended to yield fortune and a wife is commenced in a business-like way. He addresses the lady as MISS MARGARET GILMORE, and states that he had written to his brother in- quiring if in his neighborhood there was a girl who would suit him for a wife; if there was he might bring her out with him, ‘There ts one thing, Miss Gilmore,” says the gushing lover, ‘that I must let you know, and that is, when was in California “I had a~severe sickness and jost a great deal of my _ hair. so 1 mean to allow you to know all, tlatyou may be a judge if Lam suitabie.” “Supposing we are both satisfied,” says he, farther on, “1 expect to bring you out with my brother's lady, and as soon as ponies And there is one thing further I'should ike to know before our acquaintance gets more extensive, and that is, to what Church you belong. As for myself,I belong to the Covenanters or Presbyterians.” IN THE SECOND LETTER the wooer indulges in no endearing title, but ad- dresses her in the same plain manner as he did in the preceding epistle. This letter was written about amonth subsequent to the first, and the warmth of expression in the lines does honor to his appreciation of the grand art of wooing. He states that he must say, through his Reve e econ enna aCe of he that she js_ expecial r Oo him, an er aan fabine pldtarg ne ‘ituks all the world id “This is speaking bold,” says he, “but we must speak our minds freely, as the time js short and we so far apart. If you ave satisied with coming out to mé with Mrs, Corbett and family I will havg al! Suitable re, rations made Jor you on your arrival in Pitts- burg. - HE PROGRESSES FINELY. In the third letter Mis e is addressed ag dear, and he says 8 i you would like tohave a man for company on board the boat. ‘That is only a poor saleguard. It is God ] take for my care-taker, and I never have been disappointed. Thgpe you will have the same guide when you croks the little stream to ine, Who 18 awaiting his dear Margaret, I received a paper from you. I Was so glad to get it, and more so knowing the lit- tle hand that it came irom. Dear Margaret, I hope you wiil not forget to write to Mrs, Corbett for fear She will be lonesome without her husband. I will leave off the sub,ect by sending a kiss, one of the swectest.” Inthe fourth letter Corbett says that he sup- poses she would not like to take the journey alone; neither wouid he press her to doso, Ifshe thought of coming out to hum he was just the same to her as at first, and requests her to write the sentinents of her mind. ‘The fifth letter bears the date of November 20, in which he says, “You spoke of coming ont to me right away. I amsure I would be fen to have my Margaret sitting beside me as I write these few lines, but 1 think it would be advisable for you to wait until Spring. If God spares your health we will havea happy meeting.”’ Number seven indicate that THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE | May ran smoothly, notwithstanding the old Hebe and even if he should go to parties and balls while his true love is across the wide sea. He says in this letter that if she thought well she might write every two weeks, or as often as she liked, He would think ita pleasure to receive a letter from his dearest every day, but that he would have to bid her good evening jor the present, for by the time he dressed it would Ve high time for the party. A MAITER-OF-FACT LETTER. The tenth letter tells her not to stop one day more in her own country than she can help, He | continues, “You shall come on the train from New | York to Pittsburg, and, please God, I will be at the | depot to receive you; aud this Is the token that I | will know you by. When you step on the platiorm of the cars hold a white handkerchief in your leit = nis tensile aauexaiclin ; ‘was obliged to go to transact some very important “AINT YOU GOING TO MARRY ME FIRST 1? insinuated the new arrival; and then she talked of his honor, but finally concluded she could trust him to full his engagement after his return. However, months passed, and her attempts to bring the recalcitrant lover toa proper scnse of his shortcomings failed in every instance, and, - & dernier ressort, proceedings were institute: against him for breach of promise and damages; fixed at $10,000, CORBETT’S DEFENCE substantially was that there had been an tunate mistake; that he thought the woman had all this time been courting was an old flame o! his of the same name whom he had left in Irelap: some seventeen years before, The party to who! he had written in the first place undoubtedly go! the names confounded, and this he averre: Jed to this disappointment, which he regretted y one could. arbitrators rendered) event lowing Miss Margaret Gil: More the sum of $400 for the laceration of he: heart. Neither party is satisfied with the result Miss Gilmore considers the sum trifling for the di appointment and misery entailed upon her by the doings of a false lover, while Corbett thinks Be paying too high for his fotly. THE CRISIS IN FRANCE. n THE RECENT TRIUMPH OF THE RIGHTs Gains and Losses—President Thiers Makes a Vire tue of Necessity—New Positions of Par- ties—Was the Battle the Result of an Imperial Manwuvre? Paris, Dec. 9, 1872, M. Thiers claims to accept his seat with ready’ grace and good will in that very chair in which the’ Majority wanted to force him to sit. So far from ever having had any objection to sitting there hé even pretends that itis the very place of all placea he was most anxious to take. His readincas: im giving way, when he found there was nothing els to be done, approaches the comic; but the subject is so serious that people do not laugh at it, At the present moment the Parisian world rests after fitteen days of crisis, and, looking around, finds that it has passed through a revolution—a veritable Parliamentary revolution, the first of the sort, by the way, it has gone through in many a. day. And it is, perhaps, a little indication of im+ provement that the pation can stand the throes‘o! revolution Jor fifteen days, and permit the contest toremain strictly Parliamentary. It might have. been worse in a few days more, and it is not alto- gether clear that it may not yet go into the streets. As the substantial result of the resolution we find: the position of the government with respect to the: parties in the Assembly decidedly changed; but we: see no guarantee that the change will be per- manentor that the future will be more tranquil tham. was the past, Only, the President having changed: his position the direction from which the danger comes ts different; ‘but the danger can scarcely be less. He has gone nearer to the Right; but of course to do this he had to separate himself a httle from the Lett; and while the progress made toward the Right hardly satisfies that now excited and pugnacious party, the separation from the Left will raise @ furious outcry, which will be splehdid capital for the agitators, Who now propose a regular cam- paign before the people for the dissolution of Assembly. Into what new approaches toward the: Left the fury of this clamor before the country may trighten M, Thiers it would be dificut to say; but it is so clear that he has lost prestige in his recent encounter that every shade of opposition will come up with fresh spirit, and Thiers can scarcely in the. faee of a general assault hold his present position, Moreover, the Right will not rest, 1ts grand pure pose was to compel Thiers to separate himself from the Left; but the organs of the Right regard the. actual achievementin that direction as altogether” unsatigiactory, and hence will mainly use the: ground gained as a position from which to strike for more, But if the Right definitely separates the President from all support of the Left, what then? It will throw him over. If he can onee be forced to lean on the Right, and on that alone, then the support will suddenly betaken away, that he may fail, | 4“ SRENGTH OF IMPRRIALISMs ‘Wf. Avbatucci recently said, “Wekre thirty-five; imperialists, heart and soul.'? People did not gen- erally suppose that the imperial muster in the Assembly was so strong as to give that many downright adherents; but M. Abbatucci, no doubt, can be trusted to keep the tally. Now it should ba observed that the majorities, one way and another, on nearly all the recent critical votes have been in the neighborhood of this im- perial quantity. Aud in a body somewhat evenly balanced how great is the power of a party. of thirty-five that is in good discipline and whose leader knows exactly what he wants, There ig also in this Assembly a party of tide-waiters— politicians whose only purpose is to vote with the winners; and if this party, numbering a hundred, watches closely the tactics of the thirty-flve, and sees that they always turn the vote one way or the other, then the thirty-five will soon have ip. the body the moral force of a much larger party.. ‘This is what has come to pass with respect to the: A | imperialists in the Chamber. It is their coalition,, with the monarchists that, skilfully manquvred placed the government in its very precarious posi- tion; and of course the putting Thiers a little nearer the Right was not the ultimate purport oJ. the imperial game, and 60 we may count upon see. | ing more of the tactics that produced this crisis, In order to see very clearly the imperial hand im the events it is only necessary to consider who- would have been in a position to reap the benefits: of a public convulsion if things had been forced to anopen collision. in what situation would the Right—the ostensible makers of the crisis—have: found themselves? They would have been hope- lessly in the wrong before the country as the in« stigators to anarchy; they would have had no man to put in Thiers’ place; they would have fallen to pieces in their inability to agree on a sovereign in: Vest 1 had assisted him to put on; Mr. Fisk's house | had until this morning. to prefer a charge’ against the man who smashed | COnferred sub-deaconship upon thirteen theo- | hand. Hold it out loose, so as I will | whose name they might appeal tothe army, And. wos next duor but one to the Grand Opera House, | | his glass and eat his turkey. He told the Judge | logians and raised two gentlemen to the dignity of | see it, for nobody is alowed to go on the Lett, making its appeal to the country, would the platform; but when you come off the 7 : and there was @ private passage Ww ay connecting the EwWo buildings, wie Bee tev —— Cross-examined by Mr. Tremain—I am a Belgian 5 that he did not think the prisoner was « burglar or ye As the white-robed Levites approached jotended to commit burglary; that all he wanted he sanctuary, carrying lighted tapers in their Was compensation for the broken window. Acom- | hands, embleinatic of innocence and sanctity, they malicious mischief was taken against | certainly felt the importance of the step ‘which have found itself in the presence of an army organ- , ized under the walls of Paris to put down the peo- ple; and the Emperor would have shown his hand. curs and step on the platform, hold the white hand- | kerchiet in your left hand aud look straigut to the | opposite side, and I will be there, and the word | | | | BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS. { Paa | Plaint o! it was my duty to luterpret between the artists heir emplo: or, Mr. Fisk Iyeted in the capacity emThe Salt of | Cross, and His Honor committed him for trial at per were going to take by thus conse- | will say will be your name, “Margaret.” * = ier trene "br Gvef'a Feat; his company at the Bowen va. ChascmOne of the Jurors | Special Sessions, ~~ tte ene crating themselves unreservediy to Almighty | Muy the God of Heaven be your gnardian and , 90d taken the stakes, theatre was a large oue, lumbering about Aity | gray Sick—An Adjournment Til Mone | *, ~.. “bOWNFaLL oF waTeR sTRERT." God, renouncing ail earthly ties of kin- | guide, and may He be your all and all by Jaud and bear persons; I saw Colonel Fisk a little before nine : Jack Perry and his better half, Mag Perry, alias dred and friends, and bidding farewell | sea, One parting kis trom your lover. Goodby.” RUSSIA AND GERMANY. duy Next—Swearing of the Grand Jury. Yesterday Judge Shipiian sat in the United States Circuit Court for the purpose of proceeding | wita the trial of the cause of Bowen vs. Chase, Eleven of the jurors answered to their names, One of the jurors stated that the absent juror, Mr. Romer, was still sick and unabie to leave his house, His brother was dead, and Mr. Romer | would not, owing to the condition of his health, be | allowed to attend the funeral. HIS HEART IS TRUK TO MARGARET. The eleventh letter bears the date of March 9, and goes on to state:—“You your brother says | am worthy of the confide: ‘ou have placed inme, Lhope at least that { am’ worthy of your confidence. If I did not tituk myselfso I shouid not address you in such a manaer. If I can find in my intended a heart as true and as free from de- ceit, it will surely make me feel happy. Yes, my | dear, when | was addressing you from time to | time I thought you were just jike myself, worthy of all the confidence that {could place in you. A | ce house at No, | to ail the vanities of the world, But they also felt that all those promises would be realized in them which tueir Saviour had addressed to those who renounce themseives and foliow Him. So they courageously went over the Rubicon; | they cheerfully stepped over the boundary line which separated thei from the custodians of the Ailus Mag,” keep a notorious dan 338 Water street. It is the resort of the worst characters of both sexes in the Fourth ward. Wednesday night one of the inmates came ranning towards Officer Francis Murphy and cried, “Oh, go into Jack Perry's; there's an awful row there’ OfMicer Murphy ran into the house and found a | drunken sailor with bis hand on Mag's throat, | sanctuary; prostrate on the ground they firmly while Mag was yelling like an inturiated wild | pronounced their sacred vows, and the blessing of beas Her husband was coming forward to | the Lord’s anointed conttriped he soiemn com- strike the sailor, aud his arm was arrested ny | pact between theni and the Almighty. The names | Officer Murphy. ‘The seilor was eventually put out | of the géntiemen thus promoted to sub-deacon- o'clock on the moroing of the Gik of January; | Colone! Fisk arose about half-past ten; he had been out the day before; he had been’sick for some days revious to this; Left the deceased at the Opera House, but saw him again at hal!-past two, about; he went to his house, 313 West Twenty-third street, at three o'clock: Twas in tne Erie office at this time; IL next went to his room, and passed hail an | hour with him; J then left ‘or home, aud never saw him again alive; [know what he had in all his pockels; German Peace Fanatici—Propagandism. by the Agency of Fire—Project for the Destruction of Russian War Material,. Foundries and Factorie: St, Pererspura, Dec. 7, 1872. The German princes and statesmen have shown. on many occasions of late their good feelings toward Russia. It is not long since Minister Von HE DID NOT HAVE A DOLLAR with him at the time twas with him; Twent to Judge said the fact was now obvious that the | of the house and then both husband and wife | ships are:—Revs. Thomas 8. Keveney, John | few more days, and then what? I shall be with my i Comer at the office, and got from tim for the | ot be proceeded with to-day. | turned on the officer, They knocked him down | Farly and Join P. MeIncrow, Albany; Revs. love." i" ‘Ss ER i Moltke and some German princes visited St, } Colonel; I gave the deceased $5 of Une amount. | d proposed an adjournment until the | gad kicked lim. He made his way to the sidewalk | Eugene McDermott, Michael P. Conroy and Aloy- “1°38 A LONG LANE THAT HAS NO TURNIN Petersburg to iaspect the gunpowder and cart-. Colonel Fellows said he now offered in evidence in January, Mr. Romer might then | and rapped loudly for assistance. Oficer Meyer | sius Packman, Builalo; Ke’ Dougherty The twetlth and last letter written by Corbett | ridge factories, cannon foundries, arsenal and \| the bullet, identified by Dr. Marsh as the one ex- — be well, The Court could, in the meautime, do but | and two other officers came up and then a general | and John A. Gleason, New Yor Jolin Gorm- | Was a brief one, merely stating that he had for- ge 5 e - | tracted from the body of the de ed. He also little. | mélée ensued. A gang of some twenty pimps and | ley, Boston; Revs. pied Gallagher, Bernard | warded the passage ticket for jus dear Marg: iret | other military institutions of the Northern Empire, 4} offered in evidence the pistol. The Judge—That being so, it is very embar- | thieves came out of Perry's place and attacked the | McHugh and Daniel J. Sheehy, Brooklyn. | wherewith to come to New York, and thus the cor | and now the Prussian Prince, His Imperial High- Mr. Tremain objected to ihe latter, but his ob- | rassing, 4s the other jurors have been dismissed, | officers, front and reat. In the scrimmage, im | Among the pricsts assisting in the ordination | responaence euded, but not so with the courtship. ss Frederick Charles, is expected to visit the jection was overruled and e and the Court is to reinain idle all that time. [tis which che policemen used their clubs freely and to | were Very Rev. Father Rice, CG, M., President, and | Alter the arrival of ihe passage tickets Miss Gil- | ness Pry ‘deg 7 AN IMPORTANT WITN: a matter of indifference to me; but the conve- | great advantage against the desyerate mob, Oficer | Rev. P. V. Cavanagh, ©. M., Vice President; also | more left her dear home in id ireiand, with the | country of the Czar, The existence of this evident \) PAR ulenee of the jury should be consulted as to the | Meyer was stabbed in the thigh by some unknown | Fathers Lavazeri, C. M.; Shaw, M.; Lefevre, C, | fond expectations which one might suppose would good will is further shown by the fact that the Ger- ; be generated in the heart of a qguileiess girl when | about to brave the dangers of an ocean Voyage to | Man government sent a short time since to the ' meet her own true Maas! ee! Ng : alg | Russian officials a note of warning, as’ I am in- \ | code of signals, and duty sent them to her affiauced ; | * the e: also told him when she would arrive here, and Cor- Bat by private sources, which was bith citany dett, with burning cheeks and heartaglow with the | that “some German fanatics (the wo Ma | used) had started for Russia with the Intention of prolongation of the time over which this trial is to extend, A Juror—We are all very anxious to go on witli the case, sir. Judge Shipmun—I suppose so, sir. Mr, U'Conor—We have ply a desire to go on With the case as fast as we cau. We do not wilt M.; Kircher, C, M.; Cronin and @. A stlil z CE Andrew Parker sworn—Kefore 6th of Janu- Re e solemn act awaited the assembled congrega- prisoner Stokes; 1 had seen hi six OF eiglit weeks befol hat date;! was intr duced to Mr. Stokes by a Mr. Kimbail; this was or eight weeks the shooting; we lad a col yersation about nination going ou In the Yorkville Police Court; Stokes said that Fisk was a person, who escaped in the darkness of the night. | Jack and his cara sposa were urraigned beiore | mor Judge Dowling yesterday morning aud held toan- | tion, Rev. Arthur O'Conner, of Green Bay, and swer, Rev. Mr. O'Brien were to be ordained priests, The Roman Catholics throughout the world had offered up prayers and fasis ou three daysduring this week | to implore the blessings of Aimighty God upon all HOW TO LOSE A DIAMOND Pr On the isth of December Aibert Whittaker went into the drinking saloon corner of Houston fire of love, awaited tlie arrival of his all. damn pistol. When the witness stated the above alleged uination of Stokes the prisoner looked intensely the testifier, reddened, and, before he could be halfway in his seat and said, very word of it.” n—1 was not non the other trial; T am ng nothing no ber; 1 have s prisoner t since Septem- off and ou for the t know whether Mr, Kimball dor the conversation Jasted but a few minutes: yes, during that short apace of time Stokes (oii me he meaut to kill Fisk — daughter)--most of (he boys at the Opera House know me; have had conversations with Fisk a Nittie; don’t know how i nh: after afew words about a hotel I used to heey at Meadesville the cone versation turned upon THE EXAMINATION AT YORKVILEES Iwas removed from the charge of th Meadeaville oy » Fisk, aithongh ne the nalluc at [was sorry he bad had troubie with worry because I hate to sec trouble between men of any kind; T have maiice to no hotel at aidn't Juans 3d dou t yemember wugthey 1 leary sigkgs ) Jus i Dlackmaier and “Ili kill him; 1 carry @ | ” ex: | dtol) hold our consent irom any suggestion the Court may giv dudge Shipinan, addressing the eleven jurors, said trom their weil known intelligence and char- acter, aud from their appreciation of their oats, he had not thought it necessary to make any ad- monition to them on their duties in avoiding con versation with persons about this case or of allow. ing them to speak of it in their presence. He had no doubt, ifany one did so, they Would iaform t Court, that the party might be at once arrested, Unitilthey had heard all the evidence, the argu- mie Of counsel on both sides, and the final re- marks of the Court upon the case, they were, of course, to express no opinion pon it. A Juror—I suppose we may talk to each other about it? Judge Shipman—Yes; but, of courve, you wiil re- frain jrom expressing any opinion upon it until the e 1a Minaily submitted to you, and then a grave ibility Will be thrown upon you and you to discharge it. ‘The case 1s adjourned to Monday next, at eleven o'clock THE GRAND JL The Grand Jury having bee naming Mr. John videby charged them ju alyrmal manner in sworn, Judge Ship- I, Hail as foreman, the | and Crosby streets in a drunken condition, He treated the house some six or seven times, and at last became oblivious oi where he was or who was with him, While im this state lhe was robbed of a mond pin worth When he came to his senses he explained to # Clapp and Benuett, wio, Wednesday rrested a well known thief named Jounny M iy Was brought before Judge night Murph, Dow swer, ig yesterdé ANTEST OF WARRINGTON, | chanters in one o: the most touching of Gregorinn 00 and an overcoat worth | y and held in $2,600 bail toan- | distribute the sac those whom He had, during this Quatuor tense, called to that dignity. The “Veni Creator” having been intoned by the Bishops and taken up by the melodies, the prelate anointed their hands, robed | them in the insignia of their future rank, com- | mitted the sacred vessels to their charge, and by the imposition of hands imparte? to them the | | power to oifer up the holy sacritice of mass a to Then, , aments to the faithful. in common with the Bishop, they offered up the Immaculate Lamb to the Eternal Father, and having listened to a few remarks of the right rev- | erend preiate, concerning the duties of their calle The Would-Be Murderer of Julfa Smith | ing, they returned into the midst of their former in the Tombselic is Committed With- out Bail by Judge Dowling. John Hartington, who shot Julia Smith at 61 Bayard str on the 12th of December, was ar- rested Wednesday night in Brooklyn and heldon feliow students to imapart to them their first bless- ing. After the ceremonies the right reverend Bishop speut about an hour in the midst of the chosen future pastors, and the college band, under the abie leadership of Professor Bracunlich, pertormed several beautitul relecti among which were the Soldiers’ March, from unod’s “Fausv’ and the cut off his hair and mustache closely and had other- | German and Russian national airs, three different charges of grand larceny. He had wise sought to prevent identificati When ‘ar- rested he gave the name of George Rob- orks Ne oO la aegah | Was LeCeived fhe new priests will start to their respective dioceses after they will have spout a Jew days iv the midst oJ their friends, THE SPARK SUDDENLY DIES OUT. On the day appointed the anxious lover was at | the Union depot, and in due time tlie locomotive | | came pufiing up to the stopping of the train, bear- | ing its precious burden, A pair of bright, search- ing eyes ran along every whadow of the long line looking out for the signal agreed upon. ‘hes around about the newly arrived pas- sengers, and at last duds her, One would have thought so ardent a lover as his corresponden proved tim to be would have folded the girl in his | arms an‘ filled the air wittt smothering Kisses; but | not so, He did not appear in the least captivated. She was not by any means what his fancy painted | her; it had been distance that lent enchantment to the view. In short, he concluded a giave mistake must bave been made. ‘The girl he hac fixed in his mind's eye was no girl at all. well up in years, probably verging on her de- artare for that period kuown as the “fat, fair and jorty,” and he did not take kindly to the situation, His countenance wore at this moment a rueiul ex pression, suggestive of penne suppressed bitter- hess and disappointment; dit he gallantly escorted the lady to the house of a relative, and the next day he made his excuses and announced bis inten- tion of departing Jor a vulage ig Uhio, where be She was | destroying by fire ali the guns and the munitions of war factories which produces them, and also alt the provisions contained in the various depots of the Empire.” A HOME FIELD FOR THE PRACE MISSIONARIES, One month ago the arsenal and foundry at Briansk, in the province Orlarskaya, at the very heart of Russia, was (with the exception of one engine, which was saved) totally destroyed, and grave suspicion points ia the direction of the so- | called fanatical Germans, Whose desire for peaco and the abolition of armies might more effectually be directed against the condition of affairs at home, where to-day exists the greatest (numeri- cally) army in the world—viz,, 791,020 men and | 98,169 horses. THE BNTENTE DRAWN CLOSER, The warning given by the Germans, however, points toadesire ou their part to inevease the friendly spirit between The pations.