The New York Herald Newspaper, January 7, 1873, Page 4

4 STOKES SENTENCED, Last and Most Eventful Day of the Great Legal Drama, OPENING SCENES. The Court Building Guarded at All Points by Strong Platoons of Police. STOKES IN THE TOMBS. His Preparations and His Start Under Guard to Receive the Last Sen- tence of the Law. ‘HIS APPEARANCE IN COURT. NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 187: nd even well-known members of the bar and re- persons had to fight their way in inch by inch and foot by foot, ‘There are always in such scenes of excitement @ miserable lot of scamps, who an- nounce themselves as reporters, 80 a8 ain ad- miss'on, And this occasion was rly seized by them as an opportunity. One of LD re- porters was informed when he arrived that eleven Persons had already passed in as HERALD report- ers. The excitement was really tremendous, | Money was offercd in large sums to get a peep at the prisoner, ana ‘ites inted in the crush end were taken out to get a breath of air, Inside the court room was pac! Ladies stoed on benches and chaira, and the Court officers pushed hither and thither manfully to make them sit down. These ladies were strau their necks like cranes, and did not seem to min the discomfort so long as they were able to get & logs t the Lop of ane risoneh lead, ir. Lyman Tr alt Sat within a few feet of his client, and Mr, Townsend and Mr. Passos Were, within a few feet ef Mr. Tremain. Mr, Beach Net directly in front of the counsel for the 2e"C..ce, side by side with Mr, FulléFt6n, and Assistant District Attorney Fellows sat in frant of ail the other law- yers, lookit Lata et the Judge on the bench. The upper tiers of benches were heaped with a swarm of humanity. A BILL OF EXCEPTIONS, There was a marked silence in Court as Mr. Tre- pas roe to Re od "pe bill Cr etiaane, which he Intended sent, _ re rama was about hes, didone Sould faney the sound of the roiling up of an invisible curtain from before the judgment seat. He asked tho Court to facilitate matters go that the exceptions might be presented. The giant form of Tremain steadied itself for a . moment as he rose, and the great massive head turned around the Court, and the piercing eagle eyes fastened on the Judge for a moment, He spoke in a subdued tone, and looked at the pris- oner but ‘Townsend whispered to Stoke: —— Speech of Mr. Tremain—He Asks that a Dis- tant Day Be Fixed for the Execution--A Bill of Exceptions To Be Prepared. oot La THE DREAD QUESTION. What Have You Now to Say Why Sentence of Death Should Not Be Pro- nounced Against You? STOKES’ SPEECH. "% Violated No Law of the Land; I Never Fired Off the Pistol at Saratoga from Which Fisk Met His Death; I have Been Con- victed on False Testimony and Public Clamor.” THE SENTENCE. Yhat You Be Taken to the Prison from Whence You Came, and that Upon the 28th Day of February Next You Be There Hanged by the Neck Till You Are Dead. ~ INTERVIEW WITH STOKES AFTER SENTENCE. | OPENING SCENES AND EVENTS. : pr ee Stokes in the Tombs—His Preparations for the Day—His Start Under Guard to Receive Sentence—His Appearance in Court. At about nine o’clock yesterday morning Eéd- ‘ward S. Stokes called an attendant to his oell, on the second tier of the Tombs Prison, and said to him— “Jim, I want some breakfast as seen as you can et it, as I have to go to Court at ten o'clock.” The attendant asked Stokes what he wanted for breakfast, and Stokes musingly said:— “I think that I will have some broiled steak, some shad and a pot of tea, that's all—and some potatoes." The breakfast was bronght, and Stokes, notwith- Standing that he had passed a semewhat restiess night, ate heartily, He was then shaved cleanly ana he dressed himself quickly, but without any confusion, He wore a white linen shirt, of spot- less hue, and had a handsome diamond pin, valued at $1,200, in his bosom, He put on a dark tie, with crimson mixture; black trousers, black kid gloves and a short inside coat. Over all he wore a hand- some dark blue overcoat, trimmed with astrakban on the collar and edges all around, Stokes never Jooked better, and under any circumstances he is a handsome man; but his spiritg did not seem to be at all depressed, although he kuew perfectly Well that he was going to receive sentence of death in @ Court not halfa mile distant from his cell, Ata few minutes before ten o'clock a SHERIFF BRENNAN AND HI8 DEPUTY, | William H. Shicids, both of whom have mahifestea the greatest confidence in the prisoner during his long confinement, as far as any attempt at escape or other evasion of the Jaw might be regarded, came to his cell and the following DIALOGUE TOOK PLACE. Sheriff BRENNAN—Good morning, Ed. How do you feel this morning? STOKES—Good morning, Sherif (with a smile). Oh, I feel pretty well. Good morning, Billy (to Deputy Shields). How do you feel? Deputy SuikLps—Very well, Ea., thank you, - Sheriff Brennan—Well, Ed., if you are ready I suppose we better get down to Court as soon as possible. Stoxgs—I am ready now, Sheriff. Go abead, The party, together with Horace Stokes, the younger brother of the prisoner, walked through | the courtyard of the prison, and after passing the witket found themselves outside of the door en the Franklin street entrance. A carriage was in wait- ing. The four stepped into the vehicle and were whirled dewn Broadway to the New Court House, Stokes got out and with a firm step walked | toward the Broadway entrance of the Court House. The building itself was surrounded on all sides by immense masses of people waiting to get a glance at the prisoner; but he did not seem to notice them, and at the Broadway entrance the crowd was rather thin—asa crowd is always blind when it has no leader—and no one believed but that he would go in at the main entrance, as if the Sheriff were in charge of some curiosity from a circus and not & poor human being about to re- ceive the last sentence of the law. Stokes wi either manacied nor handcuffed, as he gave his ford of honor that he weuld walk alone without Any thought of escape. He was taken into the private room of the Sherif’s office, and there smoked @ -cigar and walked up and down the office, as he always does when he has room to take exercise. He seemed impatient of the delay while waiting for the Court to be in sitting, None of the ladies of his family were present, altheugh it was reported erroneously that his mother came to hear the sen- tence delivered—a report without any foundation in fact. TRE COURT ROOM. At half-past ten o'clock Juage Boardman, nis face Unged with a look of sadness, entered the Court and took his seat on the bench. Juuge Noah Davis, ‘well known as the Jate United States District At- torney, and lately elected Judge of the s Cor Ft, occupied a seat atthe right hand or judge THE PRISONER CAME INTO THE COURT ROOM at this moment, accompanied by the Sheri g some gf find puties sat on either side Fed the prisoner, a8 they had done durimg both i THE OUTSIDE CRUSH. The scene around the Vourt House was really ter- rific at this moment. Some ten thoasand people were assembled in Chambers street and in the City Hall Park, vainly endeavoring to get a chance to Bee the pecans or to gain admittance even to the inside of the building—an admission which would have been wholly useless to them had they got in- fide, as they would have bad to pass half a dozen platoons of police stationed as guards at as many ints in the building before they could have got the gourt a main TOO, guard at ‘che crowds the door of the were yery Usree. is depyties, the Sherif sitting directly be. | iy 8, Wile t ote ner sid Dos Past ance, whis) call and quietly back. Stokes looked better than he has at any time since the killing of Fisk, but under his eyelids there were two black rings, which came of two rather sleepless nights in his cell, Yet, withal, his fortitude was wonderful. It was not the swaggering bravado of the man who in his extremity teeis that he must make a theatri- cal display to cover the hollowness within. There Was nothing of the Corsican swagger or insolent manner of Pierre Bonaparte, who stood before the tribunal at Tours, his hands stained with the blood of Victor Noir. On the contrary, he seemed quiet and calm and sought no notice from any, but Sra Une sea mute a sete nonaasion. if rivalled that dis) et Many of the bystauders in the cour Son a ah aeeny, Ee yh perked re It was an awful moment when District Attorney Fellows rose up in the room and in asubdued voice demanded judgment on the prisoner's head, claiming with oilicial exactness a forfelt life for the irom maw of justice. Every head was bent forward as the clerk, Mr. Sparks, in that peculiarly grating voice of his said, walking forward toatable:— “kdward 8, Stokes, stand up that you may hear the sentence of the Uourt pronounced upon you.’ Stokes rose slowly, but without an effort. The ladies on the chairs put their arms and elbows on the shoulders of the strong men bencath him and they placed their handkerchiets to their eyes, say- ing “Poor fellow, poor fellow!" Stokes looked upon the Judge and the Judge looked upon Stokes, The eye of Stokes was steady, but the sufferings and karrowing condnement ol twelve long months had told upon him, face Was us Bae ag the face of the dead, but the lip or eyelid did not tremble or twitch for an instant. e Clerk said:— “Edward 8S, Stokes, have youanything to say why the sentence of the law should not be passed upon yoa ¢"” Stokes looked up and threw his head back and straightened his shoulders and “faced the music,” as he would have said himself in his happier days before a harlot had crushed the strong will and lion heart of the mun. He spoke slewly and not very loud, and hesitated but once. He declared solemnly that he was innocent of the crime of which he had been con- victed, and that he had not intentionally violated any law of the land. He spoke of a mistake that a juryman had made, and pronounced the evidence on which he kad been convicted to be faise from et to end, Then, in a broken voice, he concluded by asking the Judge to make the time which would elapse before the execution of the sentence as short as possible, The latter part of address was uttered inabroken voice, The bright world and the sunlight seemed to fade away, and darkness came down on this youn; man, with his handsome face, exuberant spirits and thousand attractive qualities to make him happy. At that moment, as the venerable Judgey his beard white with the frost of pearly seventy winters, and his eyes hali-dinmed with bilading tears, began to gollest his scattered notes on the desk befere him. It Is probable that Stoke § t hig wife, the womah hind Honss Wes wl aa he tect, and of bis little daughter of ten years, the only child be has, and whom he devotedly and pas- slonately loves, and who are now separated trom him by the ever moaning and trackless sea, and to whom, ere this journal shall be read by thous- ands of people, sorrow and shame has come in the shadows of the loity Pyrences—a sorrow and shame that is life-long, and a stain that can never be wiped out on this side of the blue oor of Heaven, 8) ‘CED, Judge Boardman ‘an to speak the burning words preparatory to the actual sentence with a distinet but saddeaed utterance. And let it be said of this gentleman, who is not much known to this city or its citizens, that seldom or ever has a judg- ment been delivered or a sentence pronounced with the selemnity and eternal fitness that charac- terized the remarks of Judge Douglas Boardman, The listener might kave transferred himseif or her- sel’ a hundred years back; might have walked up the Gemonian steps of Old Newgate; might have entered the hall of Lost Footsteps, and there, amid the horse-hair wigs and breeches and rapiers of the lawyers, the voice of the sitting magistrate, lord of the Old Bailey, and tho terror to honse-breakers and horse-thieves might have been heard relegating the unhappy criminal to Tyburh Tree and St. Giles’ Court. For in those days the Newgate Magistrate always pointed a moral in his judgment on the Ce wretch, and yesterday Judge Boardman followed this classic model. He told the prisoner that all that weaith and affection could de had been done for him, and that the verdict had been wrung trom this judg- Ment of the jurors, He said that he was himself unconscious of having urged the law against Stokes in any and that the sei tence of the Id be given as much te make an example as for any other reason, He spoke of the dishonor aad disgrace that would rest on all belonging to his j family and srg Xefape ‘ae oa but ie oa wipe out. He 3) f the causes which led to crime, of ‘appetithe Gifestraided nd of passions fierce, vindictive and unbridled, And then came the terrible ending of all the Mori ~ of the waters, and the prisoner at the bas, in all tl ie Nush of & manhood of thirty-one years, and with the thought of how many begyars in the streets were happis than he—so dear is life to all—heard the dread and wicndator, words Sf htt BS forth in his ears, trsueht with alf thé Tedriu an | thunderous majesty of & law that decides that he Who sheddeth man’s bigod his blood shall be shed. ‘The sentence was as follows! —- “Edward 8, Stokes, in_obediendé to the réquire- ments of the law, this Court orders and directs that you be taken hence in the custody of the. | Sheriff of the city and county of New York to the ees from whence you came, and that you be here confined in close confinement by sald Sheriff till the 28th day of February, 1873, and that upon that day, between the hours of eleven in the morn- ing and three in the afternoon, you be hanged by | the neck till you be dead, and may God have mercy on your soul”? As the Judge approached the latter part of the Sentence several women began to cry aud many were sobbing audibly. Strong men turned aside, and, as they knew what was coming, placed their ingers in their ears, vainly tryimg to shut out the words of doom. To many a man and woman came @ gasping sensation fm the throat, and as the Judge closed his sad address one universal murmur of sympathy swept through the Court. The bearing of the prisoner was so undaunted, his | Carriage was so free from the maudlin weakness which is usual in criminals convicted of a capital offence, his youth and all his frailties came up and seemed to ead for sym- athy, and he received it instantaneously. Vhile the sentence was being delivered he stood still and mute and listened with attention, but never quailed. The firmness and steadiness of the man were noticeably wonderful. The crowded audience swung to and fro fora moment, a hum spread all over the Court, and at a sign irom the Cierk the Court was still as the grave, LEAVES THE COURT, Then Stokes turned half round and looked for something. Not finding it he said politely, i “Bully, won't you be Kind enough to give me my at? The hat waa given him and he placed it on his head, and the Sheriff stood by himund the deputies gathered around their quarry. As the prisonér arese to go the people who had been sitting in the jurymen's se; made a rush, de a rush, the the men on the upper benches people inside of the enclosure made a rush and the crowd bear the door made a rush. rush to getalook at the face of the d in consequence of all these sim- there was @ blockade and the joked, The policemen and court oMcers made a dash and & struggle ensued, in which the crowds worst of it, Finally « 8s) ‘was cleared, and Stokes, accompanied by Deputy Sherif Bhields and other heri? Brennan, officers obtained an entrance into the Supreme Court, Chambers, from whence they gained access to the private room of the Sheriff's oMfce. As soon as the crowd had dispersed in some degree—there were certainly ten thousand people outside—a car- riage came to the part of Broadway Srouting. the Court House, and into this carriage Sheriff bren- nan, Shields and Stokes entered, and they were driven without any observation to the Tombs, at | the Franklyn street side of the building. Under the gloomy archway Stokes passed, in all proba- bility, never to repass again. While iu the Sheriff's office the condemned man enjoyed a Havana cigar, Which seems to be @ solace for all his sorrows. LAST DAY OF THE GREAT LEGAL DRAMA. eesti Tne Proceedings Yesterday—Sentence of the Prisoner—Stokes’ Address in Court. At half-past ten yesterday tho Court of Oyer and Terminer was opened at the usual hour, The long- | proteacted trial Of Edward 3 Stokes for tae mur- der of James Fisk, Jr., on the 6th day of January, 1872, was brought to @ close by the passing of sen- tence of death upon Stokes for that murder—just one year tothe day from the date of the fatal shooting. {t were needless to say that the court room was crowded; that there was'a great rush of thousands to witness the closing scene, one hun- dredth part of whom could not possibly even be admitted within the building or get a view of the closely guarded doors of the court room; or that inside the temple of justice itself tbe Beene wi most solemn one to all, but terrible in its solemnity to the doomed one there, the centre figure of Mi the great crowd, the only one who, when all these proceedings are at an end, may not go his own way, but under strict guard, with vd ll be escorted fence of doath, upon fis head, shall be secortes Sm to sus BOULALY C Prk Judge Boardman, having taken his seat on the bench, and counsel being all in their places, the risoner was brought in by Sheriff Brennan and his leputies, the Sheriff remaining close beside his prisoner during the proceedin; A BILL OF EXORPTIONS FREPABND. - There was deep silence in the Court whei Mr. Tremain, senior counsel for the prisoner, rising, sald:— Your Honor—Counsel for the prisoner have be- stowed their most careful and serious consideration PROB the case of their client, during the short time that has intervened since the verdict was rendered, in this hour we dare not, it we could, we would not if we dared, com- promise, waive or jeopardize any of those valuable rights fand privileges that ure. still xecured to the prisoner by the laws of his country. Nor would we be so indifferent to our professional tion as to make any Spears to thi jourt which wa pelieve could not be granted. We | are painfully aware ofthe entire inability of the Court of Oyer and Terminer to grant a new trial upon the merits in a criminal case. Great power, although often recom- mended, has not been conierred’ by the Legislature be- fore the highest Court of Criminal Jurisdiction. And al- though in the Court of General Sessions, just across the Park, the power Is given in cases of murdér and all cases of crime to grant a new trial upon the merits, that power docs not exist here, and, theretore, if we should jope in a civil case for relict on the merits and if we should oxpect incase the power existed that one might. with some degree of hope, appeal for relief on the ground that a verdict for anansiaughter or even acquittal would better promote the ends of public jus- tice, we are Daintully aware of the npotehey of ‘the Court in this matter, “We cannot, however, shut our eyes and hearts against the ppipful apprehension that the ex- istence of other homicides in this city, and the appeals made by the prosecution, td upon that state of facts, might haye excited an' injurious influence against this peisoner here, but, however, we are satistiod that the Jourt, as the Court ef Appeals has determined, has no power to interfere and grant a new trial for any error or spppoved derect, Tdesire, however, to say thaton any. thidg hae might fail trom my lips t have mo, Intention of Impugning in the slightest degree the entire integrity and with which the jury have discharged bat one. single law to this pris- oner im the t# of this State, and that arises upon the exceptions which have been taken Belay the progress of the trie] to Your Honor's rulings, admitung or excluding evidence, or to your charge, or retnsals to charge the jury, If any right exists hi desire that ‘our Monor, a3 { know you will, afford every facility to this prisoner in case he'shall be'so advised to obtain a re- view by the Appellate Court of theso decisions. Of course it doesnot become me to say anything more at this time, nor have we been able to give the case any considera: tion to justity me in Lae more ‘than this, The counsel for the prisoner entertain strong hopes that atter a more careful and deliberate review of some of the rulingy than Your Honor was able to bestow upon them in the pressure and haste of the trial some relic may be obtained, and here arises. a question of practice. ‘@ have been embarrassed Py, a decision which was made by the Supreme Court of the Sixth Judicial pipes in which it was held Court that a bil by the of Oxceptions ina crimfhal ‘case, unlike a. bill of exceptions in a clyil case,’ could no signed or settled out of Court, but that it must be done by the Court of Oyer and Terminer, for which purncse {t was proper that the Court should continue in session, or, if necessary, {0 adjourn to an early day, for the purpose of signing and sealing the bill of exceptions. In this case we desire to call Your Honor’s attention, that the matter may be put in such form that in ‘ease the pris. oner or his counsel should desire to obtain such a review nothing done here should interfere with that right. And, as Your Honor knows, the testimony ‘was very voluminous, I presame the District Attorney will be willing that a settlement should be made. without the service of copy, but upon the reporter's notes, with Sue modifleations 1s may be necessary, | We simpl yde- sire now that Your Honor, in view of this.diticulty, would fix some early day when we ma; meet here in this Court for the purpose of settling and signing the bill of exceptions. We have considered the question as to the time that may be desired. We are fully aware that owing to the pressure of time, we ought not to waste a single day, and therefore we shall give our immediate attention to the preparation of this appeal, We belleve that in the course of ten days from now It may be putin a state of readiness for Your Honor’s sig- nature, © settlement may be completed, and Ihave only to if Your Honor thinks the passing of sen- tence will not interfere, that yon will fix an early day, say some day next week. for the purpose of sotiling thé bill of exceptions. And how, asking Your Honor to give tho prisoner the longest time! allowed by statute, I shall leave my client's case with Your Honor, thank! Teel pete . lea ny RU pro: erly a solentionsly to avert the ‘terrible sentence whieh the verdict of the jury renders it necessary you shall pronounce. Mr. Fetlows—In regard to the time suggested, I have only to say that as scon asthe bill of excep- tions shall be prepared we shall be ready to ex- amine it and suggest such arrendments, if any, as We shall deem proper. [ ha\c now, your Honor, only torenewthe motion oj Saturday night, that {hg qagment ofthis Court |e pronounced upon the Verdict, STOKES’ Sree cen. Mr. Sparks, the clerk, having asked Stokes why the sentence of the Court should not be pro- nounced upon him, the prisoner, speaking in a calm, low tone, said :— Thave nothing much to say, bat that Iam innocent of the erime of which I now stand convicted. I did not in- tentionally violate any law of the land. I would also say that I noticed in otie of to-day’s papers a revort of an interview with one of the jury—Bolles, 1 k—in which he stated that it probably would have been beiter T should not have sone upon the stand; that the pistol through which Fisk met his death ‘I had never fired off, when the jury all knew I had fired it trequently and repeatedly with Colonel Fellows at Saratoga. I can only say, If that be true, that I never. fired off that ‘pistol at Saratoga, and it never had been dis- charged by me but twice. I know that all the testimon; iven for the defence was viewed lightly by the jury. ee! convinced of that; and I know tliat public clamor has been raised from the frequent murders that are taking place in the city of New York. I know the evi- dence upon which f was convicted was false from Doginning to end, and counsel for the prosecution knew it but the District Attorney never alluded to it. [have nothing so say but to ask youto make the time of the sentence as short as possible, During the delivery of these remarks, which were uttered s@ faintly that but few persons in the audience heard them, the prisoner paused several times as if he was carefully weighing every word. There was nothing of nervousness, however, in his manner, and at the conclusion of his remarks he turned his eyes full upon Judge Boardman, and sig- nified his readiness to receive sentence. THE SENTENCE OF PEATE. = Judge Boardman at once procee led to address the prisoner and pronounce sentence in language as foilows:— Edward 8. Stokes, you have been defended hy most gminent counsel, with extreme skill and devotion. Yeu ave been yhppo, ‘engthened by the sympathies ire aaron attends. Al fae wealth, affection 01 justry could do for you has been cheer- fully dnd wall dons, Rhuny, Gafotully: selected. of tne telllgent, upright gentlemen, have listened paitently and kindly to your own account of the most terrible act, as well as to the other evidence put in on your betialf, and they have found you gtity of murder in the first degree—tfe highest crime known to our Jaw—in having caused the death of James Fisk, Jr., one year ago to-day. This verdict was wrung from 'theit Jndgment—not prompted by their-hearts. Iam certain do each juror but justice if saying and assuring you that his concurrence in this nerdict was the most painful act ot his life. The result is ot the fruitof unkindne; Zou, but a just respect for aris obedience to the law an fo the evidence in the case, evs!) Upon your, own testi- mony. Tam constrained to say that all the evidence sus- tains their conclusions and’ justides shelr verdict. Tam Not conscious, se far as Tam personally concerned, that Thaye urged the law in an: Respect against you. Dur. ing the progress of the trial T have endeaycred in all cases of doubt to give you the benefit of such dalbt. To me remains the painful duty of pronouncing thé judg- ment of the law, not alone as the punishment of your crime, but also that by your example others may take warning. Tamrad at your unhappy fate, so young, so attractive in person, with so many fountains of joy yet Untusted) stilt greater my sorrow to witness the ine merited disgrace you have brought upon your family and friends, for your diagrace is rettected upon them, who are pure—your dishonor, unjustly, it is true, but inevitably, stains their truth and virtue. It isa frightful legacy to leave atter you—a spectre that death alone can vanquish. It were idle tor me, if it were proper to trace the path from innocence to crime, to tell the tale of appetites un- restrained, of passions tlerce, vindictive and unbridled, I cannot do it, Let the time which the law gives you be devoted to reflection on the past. to repentance of your ing and in preparation for that great change so lear- near to you. Do not delude yourself with un- hopes. of pardon or clemency. Kdward 8, Stokes, in obedience to the requirements of the law, this Court orders and directa that you be taken i the custody of ie eriff of e and county ot ‘ort fo the prison from whence you tl be there confined in close cust 28th day ot February, 1873, and that upon that day, be- tween the hours of eleven in the morning and three {i th aiternoon you be hanged by the neck ull you be dead, and may God haye mercy on your youl. ~ Tae DEAYH WARRANT. Stokes heard the sentence unmoved, nor even throughout the reading of the death warrant— directed to the Sherif!—by Mr. Sparks, did h any change of manner or emotion of ‘The death warrant was then handed to the Sheriff; the Sherif touched Stokes on the shoulder; the deputies stood up; the sad party, the escort and the condemned man, turned thelr backs upon the Po fg seat so fatally cenfronted a moment be- fore by one of them, and made their way pa the crowd to the ante-room and so to the Sheriff's OMice and to the Tombs—a living tomb for a time at least to him, the youthfullest, and, but a short year and a day or two ago, the fullest of life, health and hopes, of any of them. So ended the Stokes trial. STOKES IN THE CONDEMNED CELL, eae ey His Opinion of the Verdict and What He Tht f Beach and Fullerton—He Says That the Jury Had Their Minds Made Up and Their Opinio: Fired Before They Heard the Evidence—Bat He Does Not Think That They Were Bribed and Never Said So—He Was Convicted by Perjured Testimony He Says. Areporter of the Hgeratp called at the Tombs yesterday aiternoon, shortly after sentence had been pronounced on Edward 8, Stokes, for the purpose of having a talk with him in regard to the Verdot of the ur. When Rakes tae bagpmlae “one --TRIPLE SHEET. forth from the Court, after the dread sentence of the law had been passed; he was not taken to hig comfortavle cell on the second tler, but te @ cell on the first tier, back of the desk at which commitments are received and in what is known as Murderer’s Row, In this row of cells all_ those condemned to death are confined While awaiting their execution; but at pregent there are no condemned prisoners in this row, with the exception of Stokes, This cell {s number four tn the corridor on the ground foor, and on the left-hand aide looking to the south quadrangle of the prison. so Stokes went quietly to the new cell proyi“ed for him in his usual gentlemanly mannez, and said, “Well, Ibelleve Ihave to ohange my quarters this time to snothel i," A small rosewood table Was Placid te 22" han an atnerwing ik rag Gestitute of all furniture but a fock bed, The: was rg Ghat, even; but these deficiencies will no doubt remedied to-day, as there is no desire in the prison ofiicials either to starve him out or freeze him out, Besides, money is a potent deity, even n the Tombs, and no doubt Stokes will hi & Washstand and a chair to-day, or any other iux:!- ries hat he may desire. Stokes, on meeting thé HeRaid Féporter—yhom he has pita met belore— greryea him warmly, althowigh he donid only give im two fingers through the bars of the iron wicket, “Well, Ed, Lam sorry to see you here. How do you feel?” (Stokes seemed to be in most excellent spirits, but was not at all boisterous in his man- ner. He was dressed in a yachting jacket and black trousers.) SToKEs—Well, I feel better than Beach or Fuller- ton, lamsure, They have locked me ts here, but they have not been able to deprive me of the heart in my breast. Although they have deprived me of rire ibad they have not deprived me of my feeling RePORTER—Well, Ed, I want to ask you what you think of the verdict of the jury. You did not ex- pect such a verdict, did you ? Lire 1am simply astonished at the ver- dict, Lexpected from the jury an entire acquittal, It was the severest shock 1 ever received in my life. I never dreamed of such @ verdict, 1 could not un- derstand how the jury could give such a verdict. REPORTER—What cause do you assign for the sudden change in the jury after the new evidence had been introduced of Jenny Turner, Henry Do Corley and others in regara to the finding oa second pistol ? Stokses—A malicious and false report has been Started that I have said that the jury were bribed, I said no such thing at any time or to any person. It 18 a mere siander, like all the other slanders in this case. But it is @ well-known fact that they all declared, when they were sworn in as jurors, that they had each and allan opinion, and that they would be able to give a verdict on the evidence, The fact is that they could not do anything oi! the kind, and they did not give a verdict on the evi- dence. They brought @ conviction on false tes- timony, injected into the case by the ingentous lawrere for the prosecution. It was all as false as hell, REPORTER—Do you refer to any particular wit- ness, Stokes? ‘ Stokes—Why, I must refer to Thomas Hart to particular, Now, look here; Hart says and swears to it that I was at the south side of the staira when Iffred the two shots. Dr. Marsh proved incan- testably tnat the ball entered the right side of Fisk and passed into the leit part of the abdomen. Mind you, Fisk is coming un-the stairs and I am at the north side according to Thomas Hart. If so, how could a ball enter the right side of Fisk, I would like te know, and pass on to the left and lower part of his body. Why, any reasonable man will tell you that itis impossible. The position of Visk, as described, and the posture of myself, sworn. to by 1homas Hart. render such a shot impossible, I never was at the north side of the stairs. It was trom the south side that the shot was fired (during this conversation Stokes illustrated the action as ir he had been firing). He swere falsely, that man Hart, and he knows it, too. REPORTER—What of the other witnesses? Sroxes—Just look at the manner in which the prosecution treated Miss Jenny Turner. They asked her all sorts of degrading questions. They asked her if she had been employed ina concert saloon, and the fact was the poor girl had never been je of a concert saloon since she was born; and also they tried to insinuate that she had cor mitted a theit from the Morse’s, That was a shame. Mrs. Morse dare not Eeone oo, such thing. Se ae she corroboratea by any one else STOKES—Why, certainly she was. Did not Charlie K. Hill corroborate her and Heury de Corley an even some of the witnesses for the prosecution itself? One of the witnesses for the prosecution tells a false story—I mean the man named Curtis, He swears that he was on the third floor when he heard the shots. Now listen to the rest, He Swears that he left the third floor and came down to the second floor and went below all the lengths of the stairs leading to the street, where Fisk was shot. All this was done in a crowded hotel—one of the most crowded and pub- lic in New York. Then, he swears that he helped Fisk, with other persons, oy the stairs slowly— mind, he swears slowly. When he had assisted Fisk to the top of the stairs he swears that there wag no Man or woman on the corridor or on the landing, or anywhere near the head of the stairs. How is possible that there was no one present during all this time, I would like to know. Isit Po sive thet at thig time if crowded hotel, and gitests trauslent and perianent going to and fro, that ne should be the only person to hear the shot in the whole house? Is it not incon- sistent with truth on the lace of it? Does not Jenny Turner swear that there were as many as twenty-five persons at the top of the stairs when Fisk was assisted up to the head of the staircase ? Thatis the kind of testimony that a jury has convicted meon. Oh, I tell you that God Almighty will justify and bring the truth out yet. Do you think that any one but an idiot would believe that a man could, on hearing the shots, come from the third story to the street and that no other persons Would assemble during all that time? And Mr. Beach very quietly asks Curtis it he saw Jenny Turner at the top of the stairs, where she was certainly standing, and of course Mr. Curtis says “No,” at once. Mr. Powers, too, and Mr. Crockett, they both swore to having the pistol. Each of these two men, it seems, found a pistol, and they can’t tell anything else, I wonder which of them really found the pistol, or did they both find it at different times im tne gD It was also said by Mr. Beach that the defence had suborned Miss Turner as a false witness to give false testimony, Now you are pretey well acquainted with this case, and you OW ois a knowledge tae did Rel know wh J ‘ner was or anythin, out her, Tolheg now ite stout two months aince inal T received tyer informing the where- abouts of Mise Turner, ana if P'snow you a copy of the letter you can tell whether or not if that letter was not brought to me in the Tombs, in the consultation room, and given to me. This letter told me where Miss Turner was ata time when the poor girl was keeping out of the way to avoid being locked up in. the dismal House of Detention. This is a copy of the letter; read it, Here Stokes showed to the reporter a copy of the letter, the original of which this writer certainly saw delivered by @ reporter to Stokes in the Tombs about two months since. It was addressed to a well known police officer in this city, and the seal of the yellow envelope in which it was enclosed had been broken by the person to whom it had been addressed. The letter is as follows:— Lex, Mass. (date torn off), To— Tee eee te ‘Dean Sin—There is stopping at our place oh’ Senay usnet. She is an Imporiant witness in the Stokes case. Fisk’s friends have intimidated her from coming to New York. If you desire further information I will give it to you. J.P. MOORE, Deputy Sherif. Stores (continuing)—You know that I received that letter amd that I knew pothing about the young girl at the time or her whereabouts, ihere Was another witness who came on the stand. I refer to Captain Byrnes, He went on the stand and tried to contradict De Corley, the parior man, but he did not succeed. le was @ witness the prosecution on the first trial, and when my pistol was handed to De Corley by the District Attorney he pesitively swore that my pistol was not the pistol handed to him by Miss Grace Hall. Now, mind you, he never came on the stand during the first trial to contra- dict De Corley, Mr. Powers, the proprietor of the ho- tel, and Mr. Crockett, one of the clerks, both swear that they each handed the pistol to Captain Byrnes, Now, the question I would like to ask is, Which of these gentlemen handed the pistol to berrta isely. Byrnes. One of them must have sworn fal Captain Byrnes went to De Corley and got from him a description in writing of the pistol which he (De Corley) id. Where is that now? Captain Byrnes was asked for it on the last trial, but could give no satisfactory answer; be didn’t know exactly where it was and could not produce it. And if there were not really two pistols in this case why was Captain Byrnes so particular in tting a written description of the one which De Soriey found. My mee was found buried in the back of the sofa, So help me God, I never went near that sofa, and didn’t knew it was in the room—the pistol was put there after I had been searched, The jury slighted the testi- of my witnesses. What do they think jomos Hart's testimony? His testimeny was impeached by James Brennan and James Gill, from the House of Detention, I have sworn myself, if it is atall to be considered, that he was not here, Miss Jenny Turner swears that he was at back of the hall and could not have reached t the the head of the stairs until after the shots were fired. Charles K. Hill and Peter Coughlan swear that he was not there, and these two iast were wit- nesses for the prosecution, as was also Henry De Corley, who swere that Hart was rot there, And Jenny Turner corroborated them all, REPORTER—How did you feel when you came back to the Tombs on Saturday night? STOKES—I seemed to be in a dream. When I entered my cell I thought the wh ped from under my feet. I never was 80 astonished in my life as I was by that verdict. Month after month you see the most de- berate murderers escaping ments of juris where the evidence is clear as the hand y' face, and here is a trial in which the evidence all through is of the most conflicting nature and the jury only hesitate three hours. ud if this last trial had been like my first one, where the evi- dence was not at all favorable to me, the jury need not have left their seats at all, but might have fendered a verdict against me right in the jury box where they sat. Jesse M. Bolles, one of the jurymen, spoke of my pistol practice at Sara- Wah lvl, i‘ 1 Kallawa i Waal, had Gigd bli 1 pistol in a shooting gallery there. The pistol I fired at Saratoga was the pistol they used in the gallery at practice, and I never had used this pistol at Saratoga in any way. ‘They had @ Dian named Kimball ready bring om the ¢tand to prove that 1 had uttered threats to Mr. Parker. I haye been itroduced to “ir, Parker, te aot toihnad ‘wi are Kratos against, Figk to any , living or dead. The proeeouti pains which they seemed to th, ePoUED a made ORO mi. a great deal of— br pae the bee man to drive to the was Fisk or a pa Ba =, nee a knew -* “frequent or Mrs, woe horelt testifies that he never was bans al times. to visit — her, and two or three peopte told me that he was sick during that week. Ag scan on 8x driver to go to 5 the Grand Central I can only explain it in this way :—I have always told a hi driver to fe toa hotel when I wanted to go to a particular street if ® botel was located near it. For instance, if 1 nted Jay or Vesey Zag Set QO ay Vict tea $nd itI wanted to go to Of Houston stree I would tell the driver to tog, t the Metropolitan, or if I wanted to im the vicinity of Madi3oi square I wouid tell him to let me out at the Filth Avenue Hotel or Hoffman House. But now all I have to is this, if 1 were looking {or and lyii in wae for Hak vt dy, and end a abOV well ag +) yet nits I could just as weil ‘ave found him at the Grand Opera House or in its neighborhood. I did not infend to kill him, and the meeting with him as I did was purely acci- dental, as I hope for salvation. This terminated the interview, and the reporter left. Stokes to his solitariness. At four o'clock the risoner was locked up in his cell, without commu, Plcation uatil morning, Two deputy sheritfs are on detatled duty outside his cell. IMPORTANT FROM BOLIVIA. President Morales Shot by His Nephew, Commander La Faye, of the Army. History of Events Leading to the Com- mission of the Deed. te his personal safety added to the horrors of his aitu- @iton. Brandy became his sole co.norter. ‘The morning of the 27th dawned over the city—& day fixed by Heaven for what is called a NECESSARY SACRIFICE, for the disappearance of a creature only Cal- culated, in his present state, to work evil to hit country and hls fellow men. Morales was some- what quieter in the morning: those near him, ie however, perceived that Wi laboring under extraordinary excitement, perhaps the pre- jude to delirium tremens, He visited the different ut was roltabie. a DAKO plas es his pngontroliable temper ld master fmeena he broke out in curses Rnd Teopesoatonk at other moments he was silent and Comparatively calm, The same perfect quiet continued through. out the city, The people were anxionsly awaiting the end of the singular drama being enacted before Yhem aud the Lass act was diawang 1° & 1088. spe thine o'clock at night Moraics was in his owm Apartments, pacing. up und down and every instant ing to the bottle for relief. One of his aides- Pp entered with a sealed letter. Morales snatched it from him, read it and rushed furious! to the td room, where the officers on du stationed, Tne letter had informed the Pre: den| tt that very night his aides propose binding him and placing him ina secure prison. Although no signature Was attached to the docu- ment, the President tooked upon it 43 a warning. and, excited by liquor, mad with passion and totally oblivious to consequences, assaulted his aides with insults and blows, ‘Two of the olficers received the buffets and oaths of General Morales without making reply. His nephew and aiue, (OMMANDER LA PAYS, Tremonstrated with him, pointing out the fact that he was maltreating the oaly friends remaii totim. Upon La Fayé Morales then turned, an best ans itn twice accused him of treachery’ and leceit. La Fayé fell back a few paces, drew his revolver, and firing six times iti « ~ SHOT MORALES wounding him once in the face, thrice in the head and twice tn ee Wrepat, ts, Wounded man re- mained standing for @ moment, then gradually SUNK oi &ri Adjacent sofa, where, in a short nour afterwards, in the arms of his daughter, he breathed his last. La Fayé instantly proceeded to his barracks, turned over the command to his ad- jutant, and before the story of the murder was made public had fled from the city, Until the next morning the fate of the President was not known, and then CONGRESS HASTILY ASSEMBLED, elected the Council of State, with Don Tomas Frias as the chief, naming this gentleman as ruler of the destinies of Bolivia, according to the stipulations of the constitution. The people eagerly gave in their adhesion to the new order of things; the only shots discharged during the crisis of four days were those which putunend to the life of an un- worthy President. THE BODY OF MORALES, barracks, 5 Details of the Tragedy—Public Consequences of | lay in state for the customary period, and was thon the Event—The Republic Tranquil—A New Government Chosen by Congress—Scencs in the Hall of Parliament—A Rough Session and Its Probable Fruits, Luma, Dec. 13, 1872, General Agustin Morales, the President of Boll- via, was murdered in La Paz,on the 27th of last Month, in a private quarrel which he provoked while intoxicated. The assassin was his own nephew, Commander La Fayé, of the Bolivian army. PROMOVANT CAUSES TO THE BLOODY DEED, To fully comprehend the particulars of this shock- ing affair it is necessary to briefly relate the excit- ing occurrences which took place on the four days immediately preceding the catastrophe, and the effect which they produced towards hastening the end. Morales for some wecks had been on bad terms with Congress, the thisunderstanding growing out of the decided opposition on the part of the Legislature to the de- signs of Morales respecting the Aullagas silver mines. This immensely valuable property, belonging to the rich family of the Artichi, had long been coveted by the President, and he improved the supposed existence of a breach of the mining laws by the owners to propose that Congress should confiscate the estate for the benefit of the nation. The Assembly, however, refused to listen to the project of the Executive, clearly perceiving the ulterior designs of General Morales, From this circumstance an open rupture was feared between the two opposing parties. On the 24th of November the President was banqueting in the palace, celebrating with his fol- lowers and captains the second anniversary of the overthrow of Melgarejo, his deadly foe. ‘The furious character of the man was excited to almost madness by the recollection of his victory and by the copious libations he offered in memory of the event. Rising from the table, he staggered to the building occupied by Congress, at that moment in session, and meeting some of the Senators and Deputies in the lobby, commenced assailing them with threats and vile abuse for their persistency in thwarting his plans. Fortunately, he was persuaded, on some pretext or otier, to withdraw from’ the scene, and he retired still breathing oaths of tuture vengeance. ‘i CONGRESS ALARMED. The members o1 Congress were naturally enough alarmed at the aspect of aifairs, the session was suspended and a general consultation was held to decide upon the course to be followed. In_ the midst of the conference Colonel Daza, ome of Mor- ale’s creatures appeare@ at the door of the hall, accompanied by a few troopers and a military band. ‘The guard on duty ehdeavored to prevent the entrance of the imtruders, but was obliged to yield to superior force, eo towards the centre of the chamber, Daza drew his sabre, an action instantly imitated by his companions, and broke forth into a most Indecent and Prefane tirade against the representatiyes. en his yocabulary of gb was ehagaise fe turnad othe ‘itsiclans and ordered them to play funeral marches as a pre- lude to a coming tragedy. The Congressmen were exhorted by the President of the Senate to remain tranquil in their seats, and to calmly await the late which appeared to hang over them, With covered heads the members obeyed their leader; the peo- ple in the galleries groaning and hooting at the soldiery, but unable to take a decided stand. Daza waveréd—his object possibly was ony to intimidate—and after a moment of irresoiution retired from the scene. He immediately reported rogress to the President, who doubtless had Imagined that the very appearance of an armed force would have been sufficient to terrify the Senate and the House of Representatives into abject submission, or would have forced them to incontinently raise the session. The rage and des- erate fury Of Morufes rose to fever heat, but no urther steps could be taken that even- ing, save placing guards at the outlets of the city to prevent the escape of the Congress- men and to conceal the news from the cquntry at large. The night was passed in fear and abxieiy by rhe citizens of La tongs can ah raft were néai on every ie esident intended @ oon attiel, ditnatt those most {ntineately acquainted with Morales scouted he idea, since after the terrible lesson given in Lima in Juiy few aspirants to power in South America would venture on an undertaking so with appallin; mories. The people re- mained perfectly quiet, and the only sign given of the universal agitation was by the presence of groups of allrighted men throughout the streets of the town, Morales was invisible. CONFERENCE AND A CALM PRECEDING A STORM, The following day had been fixed for the formal dissolution of Congress, Early in the morning Corral, the Prime Minister of Morales, invited the members of the Legislature to a conference, in which he endeavored to patch upa peace. But the wiles and diplomacy of the Minister were as naught before the dignified bearing and de- termined rttion of the outraged represen- tatives, hey resolutely declined to enter into any negotiations with the Executive until their wounded honor was satisfied, first by an explicit apology from Morales, and a guarantee of future freedom from insult; the immediate dismissal of Daza trom the service, and the promotion of the officer who #0 bravely had struggled to defend his charge against indignity. Corral would not assei to these demands, an the condition of affairs was even more dimcult tham before; the breach was widened, the cloud of danger increased, and no One knew when the storm would burst over the unhappy Republic. The people vehaved exceed- ingly well, refusing all coussels wepcing toward epen revolt, The conduct of the President was condemned in the most energetic terms. The in- suits heaped upon their representatives were re- garded as personal injuries to themselves. Corral hastened to ‘Moral * and communicated 1 . be ead ie proveKed to blind fury, threatened to execute his emissary on the spot, and Corral, flying for his life, found safety and refuge in the mn of the United States, where Colonel Markobreit, the American Minister, received the fugitive with the utmost aitermoon Morales, at Kindness, In the . Hi ? of his arm, roceeded to e halls of Congress, winch Be discovered untenanted, ‘the Seuators ahd Deputies fearing to risk their lives in the hands o! the desperate President. Here, before his we and the few people gathered together throngh curosity, Morales read an abusive ad- dress, calling the members traitors to their coun- try and their trust, and declaring the seasions 01 Congress at an end. On learning this new and arbitrary action THE CABINET RESIGNED, leaving only General Sanginez to continue as the adviser of the Executive, and for his fidelity Sanginez received the appointment of Prime Min- ister. Morales, now reduced to absolute frenzy, gave himself up to unbounded debauchery and soon became hopelessly intoxicated, Deserted by his former friends, regarded with hatred by the people, his prestige lost with the army, the unhappy chieftain knew not where to lace his confidence or how to shape his course. the natural violence of his character carried awa; the remnant of intelligence which he possessed wink LOOK WG GARGE UAE buried with the honors due to his rank, Frias, the new Chief Magistrate, is a species of Bolivian ‘Thiers. Advanced in years, he has always been noted for his conservative ideas, and throughout his long life has manifested great ability in the different pablic positions he has honorably filled. ‘The respect entertained for him by the country is universal and profound. From violence and ter- rorism proceed, in this instance, peace and con- fidence, SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE MURDERED MAN, The biography, of Moraies is conamon with that of many military men in South America. Raised to his position by the force of arms, employing all the arts of treachery and deceit at his command, and staining his record with feariul acts of cruelty, he Jell a victim to his own unbridled temper. During the first portion of his adininistratien his efforts towards forwarding the interests of the Republic received due praise, but at last his own personal projects banished the public good from his mind, and eventually led to his tragical death. PUBLIC COMMENT. It will be seen from the foregoing narration that the murder of the Bolivian President proceeded from events of a purely personal character; no political motives militated in the affair, Within ten years three of the rulers of Bolivia have met their deaths by the pistol—Belzd slain within twenty feet from the spot where Morales gasped out his life by his favorite, Melgarejo; Meigarejo shotin Lima by his son-in-kw, and Morales, if dethroner of pec titgi ht assassinated by his nephew. There seems to be a futality hanging over these officers, Balta, too, only in July last, killed in his bed ty his brother in-law, When will the massacre end? COMING CONSEQUENCES. Associated with Frias in the Councll of State are the distinguished names of Salinas, Sanjines, Var- gas, Ralia, Aguirre, bosque, Del-Caryio and Bap- tista, the latter filing the post of Vice President. Elections will be called for a President and new Congress in the course of @ few months. The awful lesson given by the people of Lima in the de- fence of their rights and liberties against the auda- cious attempt of the Gutierrez was the death- blow to militarism in South America. Had it not been for the terror which this warning inspired tn the furious nature of Morales he with- out adoubt would have likewise endeavored to ie the supreme power and declared himselt ictator, Such a course would have necessarily led to the ruin of Bolivia. But the firm attitude of Congress, the openly expressed disapprobation of the people, and the sword hanging over his head deterred the unhappy President from such an en- deavor, The seeds are sown deeply, and the Bo- llvian people have, it ts said, gained a new right ta the respect of the world, NEWS FROM CHILE AND PERU. THE CAUSE OF CUBA IN THE CAPITAL. Enthusiastic meetings to aid the Cuban patriots have been held in Lima, SANITARY SCIENCK AT THE CONGRESSIONAL CENTRE. In cousequence of the unheaithy condition of Lima the removal of Congress to wnother place ia talked of, CNILE. Telegraphic communication is now compicte be- twee Chile and all the northern portion of the Argentine Republic. ight of the Caracoles mines in Chile have yielded in nine months 105,855 quintals of metal, worth $2,200,000, range COLOMBIA. Se ae ie Frontier Filibusterism from the Border of Venezuela—Revolutionary Move= ment in Cagea=—The River Inunda- tions in Bogota—Sudden Death of an Interesting Traveller, PANAMA, Dec. 28, 1872. Two generals, Meza and Lopez, crossed thé fron- tiers of Venezuela into the territory of San Faus- tino, belonging to the United States of Colom»ta, with about one nundred men, Il! treated the Colombian authorities there and carried off cattle and other plunder, The news created great ex- citement. It is generally supposed the Venezuelan government was not aware of the conduct of the said generals and will rectily the matter, REVOLUTIONIST AGITATION IN CAUCA. A revolution has broken out in the State of Cauca against the administration of General Mosquera, who js President of that State and of the liberat arty. Qn fhe 2d inst. the State Was deciar é gl to e in a stated Of wal Bishop of Pasto ai Nad arty nave ah with the revolutionists, Chureh Vi being dissatisfied that the management of the schools of Colombia bas been taken oat of the hands of the priests. THE SITUATION ON THE ISTHMUS. Tn Panama the government has again put up at public auction the right to sell ice, which at pres- ent is @ government ToROpy. The cession ts for tive years, and the price restricted to fifteen cents a kilogram, Politics on the Isthmus for the last week or two have been in an unsettled state, not so mich from any contemplated struggle between liberals and conservatives as from divisions in the liberal party itself, . RIVER INUNDATION. There has been @ great inundation of the city of Bogota, caused by the overflowing of the two smult rivers that run through it. ‘uch property was destroyed and several lives lost. The damage done is calculated at $160,000, Subscriptions were being set on foot. This is the first tim ich an occur rence has happened there since the establishment of the city at the time of the conquest. STEAMSHIP AFTER A GALE. The steamer Henry Chauncey, on her voyage from New York to Aspinwall, met with a gale on the 12th inst., which increased to cane. The steawer behaved well, and the passen- were 580 well pleased with the efforts of CaptainGray and his crew that they presented bim with a complimentary letter and a giit of $600 for Mrs. Gray. DEATH AFTER VOYAGING ON THE DEEP, Among the passengers by this steamer was & Miss Mora, of Costa Rica. She had accompanied the family of President Guardia to Europe and was on her return home by way of New York. There she contracted diphtheria and died at Aspinwall on the 23d, GENERAL NEWS ITEMB, The sale of the ice monopoly at Panama has been postponed until the 30th, The dry season has set in, with cooler weather, the minimum o the thermometer being 42 degrees. The steamship Montana, from San Francisco, ar- rived at Panama on the 27th inst. She brought the news that the steamer St. Louis, o/ the same line, and engaged in the Central American trade, was at Acapulco having her boiler repaired. The Montana, therefore, callea at the Central American ports on her way here, and will do the same on her return northward, leaving here on the dist. General Correoso, Wio Was appointed Colombian Minister to Central America, Will leave ou his mis- sion by the first steamer, Frem the interior of Colombia there ts no news of importance. FIRE IN WILLIAMSBURG—LOSS $7,500. Near midnight Sunday a fire ovcurred in the fancy goods store of Charles Sabbath, 337 Grand street, Williamsburg, sing & loss of $3,0000n stock and fixtur insured in the Liverpoo! and Commercial for $2,700, The flames aiso spread to the adjoining cigar store of Mr. b. Monday, whose Joss on stock and fixtures 18 e@sttinated at $3,000; Insured tn various companies for $2,000, Mra O'Brien, owner of both baildings, estimates her LQ oS 81901 Mmguted Lor ge00 in tue Vitiaema’.