The New York Herald Newspaper, March 19, 1873, Page 7

IN CUBA LIBRE, ‘The Herald Special Commissioner Writes from the Rebel Camp. UNDERGROUND DESPATCHES. ‘History in Brief of 0’Kelly’s Perilous Journey. ‘HIS HORSE LOST IN THE MOUNTAINS. ‘Pushing On Afoot and Not Daring to Halt. ‘IS FIVE GALLANT GUIDES. “I Nearly ‘Died from Fatigue on * the Second Day.” A DANGEROUS REST. ‘Safe Arrival at an Outlying an Encampment, YF coaataa & ON THE TRAIL OF CESPEDES. * Arms and Men Brought by the Edgar Stuart at Camp Tampic. ‘SOME SPANISH ROORBACKS. O’Kelly’s Horse Captured After a Bloody Battle. The Herald Man Seen with the Well-Dressed Eye, Sabre in Hand. O’KELLY AS A WAFTER. Tremendous Excitement in San- tiago de Cuba. USES FOR GETTING WHIPPED. TELECRAMS TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. Havana, Vig Key ‘West, March 17, 1873, Your correspondent in this city has received “the folowing despatches from the New York ‘Hxnatp's Special Commissioner to Cuba, Mr. James J. O'Kelly: — THE SIGN MANUAL. They are written on slips of very thin paper and are indisputably in the handwriting of Mr. O'Kelly. FIRST WORDS FROM THE CUBAN CAMP. Encampment Cupa Lipre, Feb. 22, 1873, To tax New York Henaip CorresponDENT, Havans:— * : On the 19th instant I left Santiago de Cuba -for the insurgent lines. I travelled all the afternoon and evening, and on the same night chad the misfortune to LOSE MY HORSE IN THE MOUNTAINS. Iwas, nevertheless, obliged to push on. After suffering great bodily fatigue I was for- etanate enongh at last to arrive at one of the outlying encampments of the insurgents. CESPEDES IN THE INTERIOR. Hero I learned that Cespedes had gone to - the interior. Thither I shall follow him with- ~out delay. O’Kenxx. Our Commissioner’s Second Despatch. CaMPAMENTO DE TamPic, Cuva Limnz, Feb. 24, 1873. After a short repose at the encampment vfrom which I dated my last I started for this place, escorted by a detachment -of the force under the command of COLONEL MaRTIAS VEGAS, ‘We reached the encampment after a long -night march early this morning. STILL ONWARD. On to-morrow I will continue my march to ~the headquarters of Carlos Emanuel Cespedes. THE AGUERO EXPEDITION. Here I have bad full proof of the landing of the expedition sent from Aspinwall under the command of Colonel Aguero. I have seen some of the arms which formed the freight of the steamer Edgar Stuart. I have also met TWO MEMBERS OF THE EXPEDITION. ‘These are Julian Padron and Genaro Garcia, ‘ They are at present here. Malt O’ Kerr. Letter from the Herald Special Com- missioner to a Friend. O'Kelly says, in a letter to a friend-in : Santiago de Cuba :— TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION. I left Santiago de Cuba on the 19th of -of February at half past three in the after- noon, and after quite a number of adventures arrived safely in Cuba Libre. When I come -to write them in full I shall certainly be ACCUSED OF WRITING ROMANCE. The fact is that truth is always stranger than fiction. I feel under very deep obligations to the five men who accompanied me through the lines. The first night I lost my horse on account of the steepness of the mountains, and the men carried not alone all my effocts, but ALL THE HARNESS OF MY HORSE over the mountains. On the second day I nearly died of fatigue, but as we were passing “NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. without the Spanish encampments it was absolutely impossible to halt. We were obliged, nevertheless, to rest in a very exposed position, as IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTINUE. After a short repose we gathered fresh strength and arrived at the encampment on the 21st, at two P. M. A SPANISH HORSE STORY. Private advices from Santiago de Cuba, un- der date of the 11th instant, report great ex- citement as prevailing in that city on account of a report being circulated that the horse owned by O'Kelly, and on which he was mounted when last seen there, had been CAPTURED IN AN ENGAGEMENT between the Spanish troops and the insur- gents. .A possible key to this canard is thet, O'Kelly, having.abandoned his horse in the mountains, it may have been found by some Spaniards and the rest added by imagination or braggadocio. A SABRE AND HORSE STORY. Another of these wild goose stories, which contradict the former, is in relation to a late engagement with the insurgents. The bat- talion San Quentin and other Spanish troops, comprising IN ALL ONE THOUSAND MEN, attacked the insurgent encampment on the hill called Magote. Tho Spaniards suffered severe losses. Officers of the San Quentin battalion are now said to report that they saw O'Kelly on horseback, with A SABRE IN HIS HAND URGING FORWARD THE INSURGENTS, Although this appears on the face of ita pure invention, it has caused much excitement in Santiago de Cuba. " “TROUBLE IN PORTO RICO. ee Key West, Feb. 18, 1873. Advices at this point, via Havana, state that there is serious trouble in Porto Rico. It must necessarily have reference to the eman~ cipation of the slaves. WEATHER REPORT. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, March 19—1 A. M, Probabitites, For Wednesday” jn New England and New York south and west winds, with cloud and rain in the merning, clearing away, *xcept in Northern New England, by the evening; 1¢Y fhe Middle States westerly winds, partly cloudy and @earing wea- ther; for the Southern States westerly winds and generally clear weather, followed in the evéfiing by southerly winds and cloud or rain in the West- War DEPARTMENT, | | ern Gulf States; the low barometer in the North- west extends over Michigan and the Ohio Valley, with increasing southerly winds and cloudy weather, Cautionary signals continue at Wood's Hole, Bos- ton and Portland, Me. They will be displayed at the lake stations from and after April 1. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record wilh show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last rear, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s 1872, 1873, vee 39 45 3 harmacy, HERALD building :— 1872, 1873. 3:30 P. M. M. 18 soca 3 styee Se Average temperature yesterday. . i Average temperature for corresponding date last year.... MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES. Mr. Edwin Booth has been playing Richelieu in Chicago. Miss Minnie Hauck has just been engaged for two years at the new Opéra Comique of Vienna. Providence, R.L, is a fertunate place. John Jack has been playing Falstady, in “Henry IV.,” in that city. Miss Phillis Glover, lately of the Union Square Theatre, is in Chicago, Where she has an engage- ment extending the next season. Mr. W. J. Florence will play at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on the 24th and 25th inst., im “The Ticket-of-Leave Man” and “No Therough- fare.” An entertainment for the benefit of the Woman’s Educational Fund 1s to be given to-morrow even- ing at Steinway Hall. ‘It will consist of an address by Miss Emily Faithfull, and Miss Antoinette Ster- ling is to supply the music. In. honor of the anniversary of Lessing's birth- day a new one-act play, by Adolf Calmberg, enti- tled “The Son of the Pastor,” and treating of an episode in Lessing’s student life, was performed with success at the Hoftheatrg of Carlsrahe. “The Cataractf the Ganges” is to be revived at the Drury Lané Theatre, in London. The first per- formance of this spectacular drama was at the Drury Lane about half a century ago, and in the meantime it has,not been played there. An Italian operatic company, with Arditi as con- ductor, will eommence a series of performances at Vienna onthe 1th of March. The list of artists comprises the names of Mmes. Adelina Patti, so- prano, and Marchisio, contralto; MM. Nicolini and Marini, tenors; Graziani, barytone, and Vidal, bass. Handel’s oratorio muste is greatly favored: in Constantinople. The British Choral Union have successfully performed the ‘Messiah,’ and now the Armenian young ladies of the Agabian school, in Pera, are about to sing it, with tie ald of seve- ral gentlemen from the Union. The performers will be composite in language as well as in per- formance. English will vary with Armeniam in the chorusses, and in the latter language “See the Conquering Her®Comes” will be sung. Frank Marshall's quiet comedy “/'alse, Shame’ was reproduced at the Fifth Avenue Theatre last night and was welcomed by a fuil house. The piece was even more beautiinily set than on its rst production, This revival is an excellent op- ortunity for Mr. George Clarke, whose Arthur Lord Chilton is kis best piece of work. A little bit of coarseness in the comedy—the struggle of the drowning girlin the water—has been wisely eli inated from the first act. The renewed success of the piece last night is likely to keep it on the stage jor a longer time than was first intended. “A HOTEL BURNED. Exciting Scene in Montreal—The Fire Cuts Off Egress by the Staircase and the Servants Escape by Leaping from the Windows. MonTREAL, March 18, 1873. At one o’clock this morning a fire broke out in the building behind the St. James Hotel, and com- municated through the laundry into the passage of the fourth flat, and from there to the stairway leading to the fifth fat, where the female servants of the establishment were sleeping. The girls, find- ing that their escape by the stairs was cut of, turned te the Windows, and three of them threw themselves the sidewalk, where their fall was partial broken by Mattresses and ether soft material, They were taken to the general hospital, where they now lie tua very precarious state. Another girinamed Matilda Sayer hung out from a window twenty minutes and was finally rescued by the firemen, whe brought her safe to the ground amid the cheers of the excited multitude, otwithstanding: the evorts of the firemen the fourth and filth flats were completely destroyed. Three gentlemen saved themseives by making a@ ladder of quilts, ‘The hotel 1s insured toa large amount, The loss is not yet ascertained, FRANCE. The National Budget Presented to the Assem- bly—Half of the German Indemnity in the Treasury—No New Loan Required— Press Law Prosecution. TELECRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, March 18, 1873, Despatches from Versailles repert that the an- nual budget of the French Republic was presented to the National Assembly yesterday by M. Leon Say, Minister of *inance. It shows a most grati- fying condition of the public funds. There ts now in the Treasury half of the sum of money due to Germany, and no loan will be re- quired to complete the payments of the war in- demnity at the dates designated in the Convention signed on Saturday last by M. Thiers and Count Von Arnim, the German Ambassador, ASSEMBLY ESTIMATES FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT, The following is the oficial statement of the na- tional estimates for 1573, voted a short time since by the French Assembly : Estimated receipts. .. Service of public debi Ditference......... Deduct for the’ public credits) Surplus Under the head of esti cluded 93,000,000 of francs to be raised by du- ties on raw materials imported for use in manu- factures, an item which is regarded by finan- clers as being quite imaginary, If this sum were deducted it would swallow up the surplus given above. PROSECUTION OF THE PRESS. The manager of the Rappel (newspaper, has been summoned to answer the charge of violating the laws regarding the press, " ENGLAND Capitalists Arrested in Cork. TELCERAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, March 18, 1873. Tbree shabbily-dressed men, who, from their accent, are believed tobe Americans, were ar- rested in Cork, Ireland, this morning, while at- tempting to deposit $12,000 ina bank in that city. They are supposed to be the partics who recently MEXICO. sonndlit joms Order and Foreign Commerce The Question of Duties. Maramongs, March 18, 1873. A recent order from the City of Mexico to the Collector of Customs here prohibits the sending by importers of foreign merchandise hence to other cities within the Zona Libre as heretofore, which, in effect, largely curtails operations within the Free Beit, a8 goods ostensibly sent from here to other places ‘or consumption within the Zona Libre have found their way into the interior without the payment of duties to the government, REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Meeting Last Evening at Republican Hail—They Endorse Charter Almost Unanimously. The Republican Central Committee met last evening at Republican Hall, corner of Twen' third street and Broadway. Owing to the expected speedy passage of the new eharter there was a large attendance, and every district in Ube city was fully represented, Mr. Hugh Gardner occupied the chair, and Messrs. George W. Lyon and Douglas Campbell acted as secretaries. After the calling of the roll the committee from the Nineteenth district reported on the contested seats. Their report was accepted, Mr. Jonn HR. Wufrs, as chairman of the com- mittee who attended the inauguration, made a short speech, retailing the pleasures they expe- rienced at the capital, and Mr. MCNarren offered @ resolution of thanks to the New York Republican Association of the District of Columbia tor the hos pitalities that were extended to them during their sojourn, This resolution was adopted wnani- bar A call was here made for a report in regard to the charter, three or four indiviauals joining in. The CHAIRMAN arose from his seat and satd:— Gentiemen, I have no authority to say anything at resent about the charter, The persons who have tin charge will attend te it, and 1 have ne deubt it wil pass all right, A resolution was then offered by Mr. A.J. Th. Dugapne, stating that the republican party was a party ‘of municipal reform, which sought the best interests of the people, and, as it had tlected Mayor Havemeyer, that tue General Committee in- voke the Legislavire to 40 amend the charter that the appointing power be placed in the hands ot the Mayor, ana not in the Board of Aldermen, Mr. Duge,nne supported his resolution in a speech of ten minutes’ duration, in witch he eulogized the ‘dayor, and said that if Mr. Havemeyer had becn visited by regular republicans he would not “save spoken of the party as he had done, As soon a8 Mr. Duganne had concluded Colenet Spencer jumped to his feet. He was decidedly committed the frauds on the Bayk of England, * ROME, “Vatican Audience to Canadian Champions of the Church, TCLECT/M TO TRE NEW YORK HERALD, Hour, March 18, 1873, His Holiness gave audience yesterday to 100 Canadians who served in the Pontificial Zouaves. His Holiness congratulated his visitors upon their steadfast devotion to the Church. THE ENGINEERS STRIKE IN MISSOURL .| ¥ 81. Louts, March 18, 1873, The trains were stoppéd at different points to- day, and the strikers seem determined to suspend the operations of the road. Armed police from this city are at various places along the line, but are not strong enough to prevent the mob from at least’ partially carrying out their designs. The military has not been oraered out os was re- ported last night. Some trains moved from Moberly to-day under a guard of police, and comparative order iRioeenea at that point, The engines that were ditched there yesterday morn- ing Baro pisces on the track again to-day, the working force being protected by the police, and the road is now clear. A train from here last night ran inte a pile ef ties placed on the track on St. Charles’ grade, ditching the engine and tendern but injuring nobody. The grand chief engineer, Wilson, will arrive here to-night, when a compre- mise is expected to be made. About nine o’clock this morning a bridge, cross- ing & small stream a few miles from St. Charles, was burned. The damage was, however, repairfe in about three hours so that trains could pass. Quite g number of strikers were arrested at Mo- berly fe-day, and several were arrested yesterday at Lepington Junction and piaced in the Richmond Jail, Another train was detached at St. Charles to-night. The railroad company has offered a re- ward of $2,500 for the arrest and conviction of the parties engaged in ditching the engines at Meberly, cutting the telegraph wires at Montgomery an burning the bridge near St. Charles, and doing other damage at tne different points on the road. Grand Chief Engineer Wilsen arrived to-night and is now in consultacien with General Superintendent Van Horne. HORRORS OF LYNOH LAW. A Marderer Taken trem Prison at Mon- terey and Hanged—Shots Fired Into His Body While Hanging from a Tree— Fruitless Prayers of the Man’s Wife and Sisters. . SAN FRANCISCO, March 17, 1873. The lynching of Tarpey, the murderer of Mrs. Nicholson, near Monterey, this afternoon created great excitement in that city. The mob fastened a@ rope around Tarpey’s neck and compelled him to stand in the box of a wagon. He wag then told he must say all he wanted to, for his time had come, Tarpey addressed the crowd for halfan hour. The lynchers then drove the cue away und left the man hanging by his neck to the limb of a tree, his feet almost touching the ground. The crowd seized the rope and drew ising up higher. Several of the lynchers drew pistols and fired into the body of the dving man, At last accounts the oeey was hanging and the mob watching the ace, Pithe affair caused intense excitement. For several hours armed men held possession of Monterey and declared they would take Tarpey ly to Salinas for trial. The jail guards offered ce; NO shots were fired and no one was ‘arpey’s wife, sister and mother were injured, near the jat! and witnessed the whole affair, and begged, with fy s and tears, the mob not to injure him. ie leaders promised that Tarpey should not be hurt. The mob numbered over three hundred and were heavily armed. ‘Tarpey’s rela- tives live in this city and are weil known here. THE VIRGINIA RAILROAD STRUGGLE. Scott’s Free Bill and General Monopoly Arrangements Thrown Overboard. RICHMOND, Va., March 18, 1873. The Free Railroad bill has been postponed, and during the present session of the General Assembly Tom Scott's schemes in this State are virtually de- feated. The prevailing monopelists carried the day, and for another year, St least, they will con- trol the transportation of the freight and passen- gers through this State and of a large section of the South Atlantic States. Upon a motion to post- pone the consideration of the Free Railroad bill until the 2d of April an excited debate ensued. The pending question being ordered the vote re- suilted—yeas 71, nays 33. A motion to reconsider was lost, and thus enas the present railroad cam- paign in Virginia, ‘THE STEAMER GEORGE 8. WRIGHT, SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, 1873, A complete account of the cruise in search of the steamer George S. Wright confirms the fears enter- tained from the first that she has been lost, with all on board. Portions of the wreck of the steamer have been seen scattered along the coast hundreds of miles nerth of Cape Caution, where it 18 supposed the vessel was lost, and a signboard with the name of the missing steamer .painted thereon was picked up by the Captain of the steamer Gussie Telfair. ‘THE KINGS OOUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, Yesterday afternoon, at a meeting of the Kings county Board of Supervisors, Supervisor Johnson offered a resolution requesting the Legislature to repeal the act authorizing the police magistrates to send female prisoners to the House of the Good Shepherd instead of the Penitentiary. This caused quite a lively debate, in which seme of the mem- bers of the Board contended that the institution was sectarian, and parties were sent there for the purpose of converting them to the Catholic faith, This was denied by others, who took occasion to speak of the good work which was accomplished by the institution. It was stated that the women, when sent to the Penitentiary, became, by their assoclationg with criminals, more or less hardened, but when sent to the House of the Good Shepherd they were re- formed and were made to feel that they should lead a better life, After some further debate the reso- lution of Supervisor Johnson was adopted, and the clerk was instructed to ony the members of the Legisiature of tue action of the Board, ‘ posed to any such amendment or resolution, He thought that the nomination of Mr. Havemeyer Was @ mistako and a blunder, and he did not wish make matters worse, Several motions were here made to refer it toa committee or lay it on the table, when Colonet Spencer moved the previews question and asked for the yeas and na The motion was carried and the resolution was ut to the vote. The result was 102 against 5 in favor of Mr. Duganne's resolution, Colonel SPENCER then moved that the resolution, with iy vote of the General Committee, be printed in full. A VoIcE—I move, as an amendment, & ¢opy be sent to each of the republican members of thé Sen- ate and Assembly. Colonel SPENCER—I accept the amendment. The motion was carried ‘almost unanimously, after which'the meeting adjourned. LAW AND LAWLESSNESS IN UTAH. SaLr LAKE Crry, Marclt 14, 1973. The conflict relative to jurisdiction between the Mormon and Federal Courts is daily growing more serious by the release of criminals convicted by the Probate Court. To-day United States Judge Haw- ley, on a writ of habeas corpus, discharged James Dunn, sentenced to two years in the Penitentiary jor robbery, on the greund that the Supreme Court of Utah had t wice deeided that the Probate Court of Utah had no criminal authority. James R. Thur- but, who was sentenced by a Justice of the Probate Court to work out a fine of $100, has also been re- Jeased on a writ of habeas corpus by the United States Court. The attorneys generally are much perplexed at the condition ef atfairs, and fear the whole legal machinery of the Territory will become a dead- lock. All the liberal members of the Bar approve of Ju Hawiley’s course, 1t being the only ene he could legally take under the circumstances. ‘The wile of United States Senator Log: Provo, arranging for the removal of the remains of her father, Captain Cunningham, when number of men gathered around the house, vociferously thanking God “for the death of the old Captain,” and in other ways conducting themselves in a most shameful manner, In a criminal case before a Mormon Justice, wherein the defendant was fined, a notice of ap- eal Was rejected on the ground. that Chief Justice icKean had decided that there could be no appeal under the present law from # Justice’s Court. The Justice said he differed from McKean’s ruling, but intended to adhere to it as the authority of a supe- rior tribunal. was at THE MASONIO FAIR. Among the many features worthy of notice at the Masonic fair is an clegant Past Master's jewel, set with diamonds, which is being voted for by the members ofthe fraternity and their friends at the stand of York Lodge, No.197. The same is to be Presented to the Past Master of any lodge baving the highest number of votes at the close of the fair. The voting is to be conducted in @ similar manner to that adopted at the great Sanitary Fair, when such an excitement was created by the close contest for the sword be- tween Generals Grant and McClellan. Already about twenty Past Masters are in the field, and the contest is exciting considerable comment in Ma- sonic circles, The voting is watched with intense eagerness, and it is known hew each candidate stands by loeking at the record, The “tug of war” will come, however, on the last two nights of the Fair, when none but sealed envelopes, containing the number of votes, name and money will be re- ceived, Several of the lodges are determined that their Past Master shall be the lucky mag, and aro not only voting openly, but express the determina- tion to do the work by secret ballot on the final heat; so it cannot be known to whose lot it will fall until the ballots are opened and counted by the Executive Committee. GERMAN BENEVOLENCE. Thirty-Seventh Annual Report of the Widows and Orphans’ Aid Society. The German Relief Society in Aid of Widows and Orphans, which has been in existence since 1836, has just issued its annual report, showing that the Society numbers 562 members, and is pos- sessed of a capital amounting to $73,940 96, During the past year the Sectety supported 148 widows and eight orphans; and since the formation the sum of $160,024 has been expended for charitable pur- poses. The officers of the Society for the ensuing year are, A. W. Faber, President; First Vice Presi- dent, H. Rocholl; cond Vice President, Theo. Dreyer; Treasurer, W, A, Schmitt ries, Ernst Steiger and ©, F. Bauer. nner; Secreta- COLONEL ROBERTS AND THE CONGRESS BACK | PAY, Colonel Roberts, the Representative tn Congress from the Fifth district of this city, has received the following letter from General Spinner, the Treas- urer of the United States, showing that the extra salary voted by Congress has been paid back into the Treasury in accordance with his instructions :— TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES, CASH DIVISION, WASHINGTON, March 14, 1873. Srr—I hand you herewith the duplicate of cer- tificate No, 7,507 to the credit of the United States, $4,718, rane the amount of additional salary, Forty-second Congress, due you and deposited by the Hon. N. G. Ordway, Sergeant-at-Arms, in ac- cordance with your instructions to him and your letter to the Secretary of the Treasury of the date of March 11, Ba respectfully, . E SPINNER, Treasurer U. S. Hon. WILLIAM R. Roperrs, M. C. LETTER FROM MINISTER WASHBURNE ON MONOPOLIES, {From the Cincinnati Commercial, March 16.) ‘The next President of the United States has ad- dressed the following letter to the editor of the lilinots Staats-Zeitung :— Paris, Feb. 10, 1873, My Dear Mr. RasteR—As the humblest citizen of our noble State, permit me to thank you for this article. (One entitied “The New = ery Question."') You lave hit the nail on the head, and you are rignt. I have often said that, having put down the monopoly Of slavery, the people now should address themselves to putting down railway, telegraph and express monopolies. All that is wauted is to arouse public opinion, which, Mr, Webster once said, 'was more powerful than the lightning, the earthquake and the whirlwind. Let the conspirators against the rights, the interests and the independence of the people tremble. Truly yours, E. B, WASHBURNE. PROVIDENCE PRINTING CLOTH MARKET, Provipence, R. 1, March 18, 1873. Printing cloths quiet: prices unchanged Beard of Alder- Visit the City Prison—What They of the Cells—Suggestions for a New Prison. ‘The Tombs was again visited yesterday afternoon by the Committee of the Board of Aldermen ap- pointed to examine into the conditien of the City Prison, The committee consists of Aldermen Coke, Giteey and Morris, but as Alderman Gilsey was | sick and Alderman Coke too late, Alderman Morris Was “the committee” —ali there was of it, A num- ber of experts (rem the Board of Public Works, city © Micials and reporters accompanied the Aldorman, and as they marched in file to the prison many of the passers-by must have mistaken them for PRISONERS JUST RETURNING to their cella, The party included Alderman Ly- saght, General Joseph ©. Vinckney, Clerk of the Common Council; Charles P. Miller, Assistant Clerk; Alfred 8. Bugbee, Assistant Clerk; Wiliam Young, an old buiider, who was acquainted with the original architect of the Tomba, Benjamin Wells; Stevenson Towle, engineer in charge of the sewers of the Department of Public Works; John 4. Serrell, another expert of that Department; the President and several members of the Board of Aldermen of Long Island City, Morgan Jones and a humber of ether gertiemen. War Johnson received Alderman Morris and his party with much courtesy and showed them through every parf of the prison. Cemmissioner Bell also accompanied them, giving all the infor- mation in bis possession, “The only trouble about the prison,” Mr, Johnson said, when they bad ar- rived in the interior of the male prison—which was first visited—v“arises from the pipes. They go around the whole prison, and if any of the prisen- ers In one of the corner celis chooses to throw his boots or clothes into the box ALL THK OTHER PIPES WILL OVERFLOW, Some prisoners whe have just been sentenced to serve a long term in the State Prison are only too fd to de that to wreak their spite upon some- ily.” “You could put three tiers on the Franklin strect side,’ Commissioner Beli remarked, address- ing himself to Alderman Morris, who stood beside him, “and four tiers on the other side, For a moderate supeene oa could make the prison last | for the next fifteen years at least. hould think these imprevements Would not cost more than $100,000, and that would do for the next fifteen years.” The party ascended to the second tier. One o! the keepers the first cell in “Murdere y,") Wi y Hakely, the murde ut, and Alderman ERALD repor' ell. Alderman was highly pleased with the cell, ‘he wals are perfectly dry—not a particle of dampness," he sald, The cetl was light, airy, had & neat carpet, and was as comfartable as any Alder- man could wish It to be . (EN POR A PERMANENT RESIDENCE, The Warden wanted to show the ANerman Shar- key’s cell, but a pretty woman, dressed in black, stood before the iron bars hnd talked to the Bae. It was Sharkey"s wife, ¥ n, ho is @ polite man, Would not showe e Alderman at eXperta, who com- pared notes all along, the cells in the other part of this tier, Where Stokes is confined, As the reporter passed by Stokes’ cell he saw him standing erect and smoking leisurely one of his excellent cigars. Stokes seemed to enjoy himself, He looked well, nearty, was dressed with elegance and had @& leisurely, cheertul air, He looked more like & tourist, bent om some gay jaunt than like @ prisoner under sentence of death, When She reporter assed = his cell «soni wi back Stekes was lying on his panke his cigar and hokling a copy of the News York HekaLp in his hands, On the chair bes!de the bed lay a heap of newspapers, illustrated jourwals, reviews, pamphiets—quite a@ number ot religious ones among them—books of poetry, fiction and Itgtory, Rumorous works, &c, he cell wax a model of neatwess, One of the adjacent cells, Ne. 71, was found to be in a decidedly damp condition, ‘The walls were yellow and discolored. A number of other ceils Were also very damp, but in the point of clewnli- ness Alderman Morris expressed great satistaetion. “It ts certainly one of the cleanest prisons I gver saw,’ he said, Mr. Morgan Jones observed, in regard to the soft pipes, “We ought to put an upright pipe in each cell; or, let us say, One pipe for every two cells. This pipe ought bd ge up tothe roof, and then, if one pipe is Stopped up the other won't be.” Com- missioner Bell said to the HERALD reporter:—“One thing is moteworthy. Of all the epidemics that have visited this ety none has ever penetrated into the prison, Another fact; searcely amy of our prisoners get sick here. If they are sick it is al- most Invariably because they were sick when they were brought here. You see, here 18 EXPERIENCE AGAINST TH Alderman Morris remarked—the ty were on the third tier now—that the last rd of Alder- men made a great mistake when they leased the adjacent block for $15, “It would have afforded us accommodations for more than fitteen yearg,’? he said. General Greenthal’s ceil, This great strategist was in good spirits, and said his cell was not damp at all. “Oh, are you here again!” the Commissioner said to him, as if recognizing an old acquaintan “Yes, I'm here again,” the General replied che fully, and he asked the reporter what his (Green- a not the reporter's) chances were of getting out. ‘The females’ prison, the boys’ prison and the kitchen were then visited, And the Commissioner treated the party to some soup—a sampie ef the prisoner's fare, It was very good; much better than the served in two-thirds of the boaraing houses {“fashionable’’ ones included) in this city. The kitchen was extremely clean, and tae Warden deserves great credit on this score. The Aldermen, having finished the inspection of the entire prison, gave the reporter AN OUTLINE OF THE REPORT which the committee intend to submit to the Board of Aldermen. They will recommend to de- molish the entire eastern half of the prison, waich includes the Police Court, female prison, &c., and to erect a new building on the medern plan irom four to five stories high, When this part Is com- pleted the other half is to be torn down and re- placed by @ new and modern structure. ‘Then the ground is to be filled up four er five feet and thoroughly drained. The committee will recom- mend that the Legislatare entrust the Department of Works with the erection of the new prison. A TRIO OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDES. inninli A Shocking Chapter of Disappointed Love in Newark=—The Pistol, Polson and the Rope. Yesterday was a day of genuine sensation in Newark, attempts having been made by three per- sons—one young lady and two young men—to suddeniy sevér their relations with this world, In one case atleast the attempt bids fair to be suc- cesstul. On Monday evening Miss Etta C. Lyon, a prepossessing Woman ef about twenty-six years of age, until lately a teacher in the Eighth ward pubtic school, shot herself in the head with a pistot while temporarily stopping with her aunt, Mrs, 8. C. Mandeville, No, 280 Broad street, She was called to tea by her aunt? and responded that she would be down presently. Soon after a pis- tol shot was heard, and, on going to the room up stairs, she was found lying on the bed bleeding copiously. Doetors were sent ior, but although still alive yesterday it is believed she cannot recover. in Bergen, and yesterday she was to have gone there, having Ubaycaondge Larag § resigned her piace in school ten days ago, and her aunt intending to move to Binghamton, New York. All night Mon- | day she was insensibie to aught but pain, No rea. son is known for the rash act, but it is the belie! of many that the poor girl was cruelly deceived by an unprincipled scoundrel who has brought ruin or affliction to several families. His name is withheld for the present. The relatives and medical men are very reticent on the subject. Singularly, yes. terday, while” Mr. Sears, the City Superiatendent of Schools, was making out Miss Lyons’ selary for the month, he received the news ot the sad affair, ATTEMPT NO. TWO, Hannah Hannibal, of 74 Summer avenue, New. ark, won the love of Join \ arker, but @ horse car driver storm Hannah’s heart and married her, came unconsolable. Henee John be- Despondency and jealousy set in, About noon yesterday Join poured a half ounce of croton Oil in 4 glass of whiskey an ale lowed it, He called for pen and ink and r, and told what he had done. Physicians wore called, and John is likely tolive long enough to real- ize what a silly fool he made of himself. The fot- lowing letter, a hundred times more extraor: ¥ than those that passed between the widow Bardell and Mr. Pickwick, Was found on him. It tells its own story :— Newaw March, 1873. J Dear Father it is with A sad th Lines to you But the Girl that I Love Be dot Marray on, Sunday night to a Horse car Driver on the Summer A. V. Line and | Doo not Cair to Live Kny Longer so | hav Get A half once of Croton oil to kill my self with [ Got Lonce amt they tuck it Away from ine But isis third time and this is the I shall Cutmy throght 9 me Without ihe Girl that I Love Bet js A dread and Death is A Chatm Lay me under the Sod so that my heart can Kest in heaven or hell So Good By till we meet ‘on the Judgment Day [ that God Will forgiy im Killing my self this is 1 t Word from your Di oe on TOUN NEWTOS Die [ Must and Die I Will this I Write With a Steddy Hand. ATTEMPT NO, THREE. In consequence of a quarrel with his wife re- cently, one William Green, living at 102 North Canal street, attempted to hang himseif in one of the upper rooms of his house in Newark, but a woman living in the same building happened to pass the room, and seeing bim hanging quickly cul hua down, Conseauently Yo is still Lying, Commissioner Bell and the reporter went into. Her parents reside | THE mMODOCS. Everything Quiet at the Lava Beds—Genera§ Canby Still Hopefal of a Peaceful Settle- ment—Waiting for the New Commission. SAN FRANCISOO, March 18, 1873, Everything is quiet at the Modoc lava beds, The military are awaiting the action of the new Peace Commissioners, and the indications favor the be. lief that the Indians will come eut for another talk, If they fail to do so the treops will proceed te attack them immediately. General Canby’s Despatch to the In« terior Department—The Settlers Pro« tected—The Troops Quartered Around the Lava Eeds. Wasnincton, March 18, 1873, Secretary Delano to-day received a telegram from General Ganby giving information as to the condition of affairs in the Modoc country. Generaf Canby does not despair of bringing the Modocs to terms without bloodshed, but has so posted his troops as to prevent the Indians’ egress from the lava beds, and has thereby protected the settlers against danger of raids, General Canby also reports that he has captured some thirty horses and mules, comprising nearly all the stock of the Modocsa. This was effected without any violence or conflict. A letter just received from a prominent citizen of Tucson, Arizona, dated February 25, says:—“E saw Mr, Jefferds, the agent of Cochise’s band, yesterday, and he says the Indians under his control are contented and show no disposition or desire to leave the reservation, and that the re- cent massacre of a large number of people in Sd= nora was not done by any of his Indians.’’ COLOSSAL RAILROAD SUIT. Trustees of the Vermont and Canadw& Ratiroad @harged with Misappropri« ating $6,000,000, . Sr. ALnaAns, Vt., March 18, 1873, The knotty question whetver or no the presen¥ trustees and managers of the Vermont Central and Vermont and Canada railroads shall continue ta the management of thelr trust came up for a hear« ing before Justices Royce and Redfield, sitting aa Chancellors in a Court of Chancery to-day. The trustees and managers Were ali present, except Lawrence Barnes. of Burlington, and the fob lowing were present as counsed:—Vermont and Canada—F, A. Brooks, of Boston; Presi-~ dent BR. Hard, of Burlington; Herman iT, Re and A, G. Saford, of St. Ale For the first mortgage bondholders—~ . N. venport, of Brattieboro; Mr, Safford and M. B. Carpenter, ef St. Albans, For the trustees And managefs—Messts. tet Underwood, gf Bur. lington; B. FP. Fifield, of Montpellier; John Wa Stewart, of Middlet Jasper Rand, R. 0. Bens ton, and Messrs. Nobie, Smith, Davis and Adams, of St. Albans. ' The forenoon was taken up by the reading of the petition of the Vermont and Canada Railroad Co: pany for an order to compel payment ofthe rent also the petition jor the removal of the trustee: r also the petition of the first mortgage bondholders for the removal, and a long list of specie charges thereunder. A dn the afternoon Mr, Stewart read a very long ere to these charges in behalf of Governor mith and Joseph Clark, setting forth the full his- tory of their operations from the time they took possessioy. The answer denies wholly the charges of fraud which have been made against the trus- tees, without attempting to explain them, and generally considered as a whitewash. The taking of evidence of the sabject will be commenced toe morrow morning and continued several days. The Magnitude of the interesis involved, as well as the high social and political pesition of the parties to the suit, has attracted a great many lookers-on. The charges against the trustees allege the misape propriation of $6,000,000, DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS AT PROVIDENCE, Provipenes, R. 1, March 18, 1873. The Democratic State Convention met in this city to-day. William B. Beach presided, and the following nominations were made :—For Governor, Charles KR. Cutier, of Warren; for Lieutenant Gov- ernor, Samuel H. Wales, of Providence ; for Secre- tary of State, William J. Miller, of Bristol; for At- torney General, George N. Bliss, of East Provi- dence; lor General ‘Treasurer, W. P. Congdon, of Newport, Do Not Throw Your Lite Away by Neg- leeting a chronic cough, that HALE'S HONEY 8 HOREHOUND AND TAR would cure in a few days, PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DROPS cure in one minute. A.—Of the Advantages Derived by Deale ing direct with the manufacturer in preterence to mere venders, in order to obtain superior fabrics at a leas pric at this day can possibly be ignorant. SCHEID, Manufacturer of gentlemen's HATS, 118 Nassau street. 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