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

rad " “CHINA: Imperialist Army Slaughter of Thirty Thousand Mcohammedans. Terrible Seenes at and After the Capture of the City of Talifoo, ‘Suteide of a Sultan in Order to Escape from the Torturing Celestials. Bistory of the Oampaign—Trade with Western Chinese Provinces. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. —~Lonpon, June 3, 1873. A telegram dated in Shanghae, China, has been received in this metropolis reporting some of the circumstances which preceded and followed the capture of the city of Talifoo, capital of a Moham- medan State inthe province of Yunnan, South- ‘western China, by the army of His Majesty the Emperor of China. FBIGHTFUL CRUELTIES BY TUE CONQUERORS. The Shanghae despatch says the most frightful scenes were witnessed in the conquered city upon ‘the entry of the Emperor's army. The victorious forces fell upon their captives and TMaassacred 30,000 of them. SUICIDE OF A SULTAN. The Sultan of the territory poisoned himself, pre- ferring death by his own handsto the alternative of falling into the power of the triumphant impe- vialists, History of the Campaign. The imperialist forces that commenced their march against Talifoo about eight months since have succeeded in capturing that place, and, it appears, signalized their success by awholesale slaughter of the inhabitants and such portion of the rebel army as fell into their hands. Yunnan has long stood out against the authority of the Pekin gov- ernment, and endeavored to open commercial rela- tions, through its neighvor, Burmah, with Great Britain, {t is known that many of the provinces and dependencies of China are merely tributary, and not a few so independent as to do little more than acknowledge a sovereignty amounting toa mere matter of form. The Northern provinces have long been in revolt and Yunnan, which is largely populated by Mohammedans, entirely re- nounced allegiance to the imperial authorities, It has been a favorite project with English capitalists to undertake the survey of the country between Rangoon, the great commercial depot in Burmah, and Yunnan, with the view of constructing a rail- road. Trade with Western China has long been de- sired, but the exclusive policy of the Empire has 80 far proved almost an insuperable obstacie. The country, particularly Yunnan, is rich in gold and silver mines, and its manufactures, mentioned fur- ther on, are of the rarest and’ most valuable description. The favorite route to these re- gions is through Burmah, and it will be re- membered that the ruler of that country was recently on a@ visit to England, where he was received with the highest honors, The Chinese governinent, fully alive to the policy of exclusion, putiorth its strongest efforts to counteract the designs it suspected were entertained, and the barbarous and bloody conduct at Talitvo may be ac- cepted as an indication of its determination to keep out, if it can, European trade with the South- ‘western prov: DESCRIPTION OF YUNNAN. Yunnan is bounded on the north by the province ofSze-Chuan, en the southeast by Owang-Se, on the seuth by Anam and Siam, on the southwest by Burmah, and on the northwest by Thibet. It is thus surrounded on three sides by foreign terri- tories, witn no natural lines of demarcation sepa- rating it from them. Yunnan forms a plateau, ele- on the north and covered with mountains, several of which rise above the snow limit, but subsiding towards the south into undulating plains, It has extensive jorests and jungles, Which are inhabited by the wild beasts co: mon to that part of Asia. The capital Yunnan, or ‘unnan-fu, is a large an populous city. ‘Ihe inhabitants are remark- le for their industry, and excel in the mannfac- ture of carpets and silk [ster The proximity of Yunnan vo #urmah and the British East Inaies, as remarked above, has invested the place with con- siderable interest. The province has an area of 407,699 miles; the population is about six millions. THE INSURRECTION. The insurrection in the Northern and Western provinces of China assumed serious proportions in 1866, The causes that led to it are not clearly un- derstood, save that discontent with the central authority at Pekin was general and outspoken. Many Mussulmans have been attracted to that part of the empire, but no good eee has existed be- tween them and the natives. It would appear, however, that they succeeded in gaining a large portion of the common people to join the revolt, and obtained many important advantages over the Amperialist forces. 1n 1867 the government troops had to sustain a severe struggle against the rebels, On several occasions they sutfered severe deieats, and even Pekin was threatened. Several other Jarge cities and‘the treat, rts, Cheeioo and Hankow, were in danger of falling into the hands of the rebels, though none were actually captured. THE CHIEF OF THE REBELS DECLARED HIMSELF EMPEROR. He claimed to be one of the descendants of the Hiango, who were Mohammedans, and gathered under his banner all the elements opposed to the existing order oj things. It is the custom in China to despatch viceroys or lieutenants to the provinces, who are instructed to collect the revenue and administer the laws. They are not usually accompanied with any great military force. The people of Yunnan retused to recognize the viceroy sent to them, and being powerless to maintain his authority had to return to Pekin. A period of anarchy followed, and the adjoining provinces being already in revolt, they united in a common cause of hostility to the government. The rebels in 1863 consisted of three different Jactions which had united, The Taipings, from Ho-nan; the Neufl, irom Shantung, and the Mohammedans, trom dierent other provinces, They were able to make remarkable headwa; The attempts to suppress the insurrection were | badly planned, and the imperial troops fought with little or no spirit or courage. In January, 1868, they were again beaten at shantung, and in the month of May iollowing the revels captured and burned several villages near Taku and gamed a great victory, capturing 10,000 of the enemy. i TWENTY THOUSAND pant PUT TO THE SWORD IN 309. In the early part of 1869 the Northern provinces were almost entireiy under tie control o! the rebels. At one time they were on the march for the great city of Tien-tsin (memoraine tor the hor- rible massacre Of French and Kussian subjects the i tollowing), after winning many victories. The johammedans formed a large part ot the advanc- ing army, but the Tien-tsin auttorities enroiled the militia and put the ramparts in a state of de- tence, and having the aid of some British ships-ot- War, no attack was made. This assistance was given to protect British interests. But in June fortune favored the imperialist arins, A great vic- tory was gaiped and 20,000 rebels put to the sword. This had @ disheartening eifect on the insurre tion, and in July, 1870, the imperialists were once amore successful in & sanguinary battle. Military operations were now Lal ae ag but the central uwuthority was hot established in Yunnan, ” THE REBEL ARMY. ‘The rebel army Is described as being admirably organized. It is divided into fifty large banners, each banner numbering fifty men, but under the command of each large bauner is fifty small stan- dards, with fifty men each, so that the whole army amounts to 150,000 men. No information is com- wunicated to the common soldiers. They do not know where they are to march and where they are expected to find the enemy. Each soldier bas to Took to his hanner; when that 1s put down he has to sort when it Is lowered he has to retire, and when lifted up advance. The rebels are well armed and supplied with provisions, which are supplied to prisoners in the same quuntities as con! receive themselves, Diifering totally from their imperial- ist foes, they treat their captives with humanity, and do net compel them to forced labor or subject them to a y indignity. There are a considerable Humber of kuropean oMcers in the rebel forces, ‘who act chiefy as officers of artillery, ; THE ADVANCE ON TALIFOO. The final effort of the Chinese government to suppress the Mohammedan tnsurrection was set on foot about one year ago. A large army was organ- ized and marched for Talifoo. ‘The Miuoutze hav- ing been utterly discomfted the General Cnung- kal-lan, in command of six battalions, was or- dered to go and assist in the siege ot the district city of Sin-chen, ovcupied by the rebel Mabommed- ans. The march, which lasted ten days, was throngh @ beautilully varied, but desolate and de- Vastated country. General Hoo, with the entire dD J Foca Ria Nagy yy in besieging. 1@ place; Oops sullered very mi irom the fire from a ahem LINE OF TWELVE Which the Mohammedans had erected within two HALE kad NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. consequently ote within range of modern practice, Ina short tina about thirty yards of the city wall, which was built of rough stone, felt down, fo! a BREACH FOR A STORMING PARTY} but so intense is their dread of the Mahommedans that neither the Chinese commander or soldiers could be got to make up such a » The gen- erais consequently decided to make a simultaneous attack on all the towers, so that the various at- tacking parties might keep each other in counten- ance. All the ommedi to the number of seven or eight thousand, found in Shin-yee-i00 WERE MASSACRED IN COLD BLOOD by the Yunnan troops three or four days after they had ai red, a cruelty which was expected would tind its fit retribution in the murderous desperation with which the defenders of Sin-chen wil sell their lives. On the 8th of July, 1872, about ope hour here daplight, the imperial troops car- ried into effect their combined movement by at- tacking all the enemy’s towers simultaneously; but the attack was conducted with so lttle skill by the commanders, and with so much fear and cowardice by the troops, that the result was almost no loss or danger to the rebels, while the imperialists lost 200 killed and in prisoners and some four hundred wounded. Some of the troops got fixed in such awkward positions that they had to Bane on the defensive all day, and only suc- ceede ¢ IN STRALING A RETREAT APTER DARK. The Mahommedans, on the other hand, showed the greatest couraae and dexterity in the use of their weapons, which consisted of guns and spears. Sometimes a party of a dozen or so would attack a whole battalion of imperial troops, first firing their “Yukan forks,” as their spears are called, on ac- count of their three prongs. The generals thus finding close quarters foo hot for them, decided on trusting for the future to the safe ane ranges or their sr allenr Sin-chen subsequently had to sur- render, and the same cruel massacre of prisoners took place as at Shin-yee-foo and Talifoo. With the fall of the latter place it will only remain a question of time before the capital has to sur- render, and order will then be restored in Yunnan, no doubt a particularly gratifying event at the commencement of the young Emperor's reign, amen SITE WHSSHAN CHINA. ee A lat paper says:—Mr. T. T. Cooper proceeded Calcutta with the Panthay envoys, at the request of our government, visiting Vienna and Constantinople en route. On arriving at Cal- cutta he will report to the Governor General, and will subsequently oes on to Talifoo, their final destination, Mr, per has the support of some Manchester firms to push his exploration as to the best route for introducing our manufactures into Western China. ‘The following is an extract trom @ letter from Mr. Cooper :— One of the moat erroneous and prejudicial statements which has been freely expressed, is that (he antlexation of Burman proper isalone requisite to enable us to trade with Western China, This opinion is not only based on unsound reasoning, but has operated m¢ tally against the realization of our object, inaswuch as His bleed the King of Burman, although fully alive to the ad- vantages of transit ‘trade through his territory, 1s not likely to countenance a scheme the promoters of which advocate angexation of his kingdom. Another and more prevalent impression {s that which leads many commercial representatives to unite in press- ing the government to undertake the survey ofa countr: between i fe Yunnan, with a view of construct- ing a railway. Promoters ot this scheme assume that Yunnan ig ready to receive and reciprocate a profitable trade, and that nothing is needed but an outlay of capi to secure communication, but I contend that this assump- tion rests onlv on conjectures based on the past history of the province, for we are at present in iunorance of the social and commercial state of Yunnan under thoso altered conditions of its population and government which have resulted from the political changes of the past twenty years : Until, thereiore. we are possessed of trustworthy infor. mation, the advocacy of this scheme fs premature aud obstructive of private enterprise. SHIPWRECK. The Steamship Drummond Castle Lost— Thirty Persons Drowned. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, June 3, 1873. The steamship Drummond Castle, while on a voyage from Han-Kow for this city, went ashore on Chusan Island, off the east coast of China, and became a total wreck. Thirty persons were drowned. FRANCE. President MacMahon’s Compliment to the Army—Legislative Confidence in the Mili- tary as Loyalists—The Commands at Raris and Versailles. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. PARIs, June 3, 1873. President MacMahon has issued @ proclamation to the army, in which he says:—“The choice of a President of the Republic from your ranks shows the confidence of the National Assembly in your loyalty.” THE COMMAND AT VERSAILLES. The President has also issued an order appoint- ing General Ladmirault, now Military Governor of Paris, to the command of the Army of Versailles. SPAIN. Citizen Congratulation to the Cabinet—The Ministry at War—Railway Corporate Convention with the Carlists. TELECRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Maprip, June 3, 1873. The Spanish government has received numerous despatches from the provinces congratulating it on the speech made by President Figueras at the opening of the Constitutional Assembly. THE WAR OFFICE PORTFOLIO. Sefior Pierrad has resigned the Ministry of War, to which he was appointed ad interim. Carlism Commencing to Pay. BAYONNE, June 3, 1873. The Carlists, who hold a portion of the Northern Railway in Spain, have signed a convention by which the resumption of railroad traMe will be Permitted, the Spanish authorities agreeing to the neutralization of the line from Miranda del Ebro to the frontier. For this concession the ratiway com- pany pays the Carlists $200 per day. THE MAN SKELETON OF MEXICO. PP iE SRA Liberation of One of Lozada’s Prisoners After Fourteen Years’ Captivity—An Underground Chamber of Torture—Dis- entombment of a Living Body, Un- kempt, Unwashed and Idiotic=The Victim of Personal Revenge. MEXICO Crry, May 16, 1873. A fearful story is told of the Indian chief and rob- ber of Tepic—Lozada—which has but recently been brought before the public, and which for cruelty cannot find a parallel. In the small village of San Luis, near Tepic, there has been discovered a subterraneous apartment, constructed especially for the prosecution of hor- rible crimes, and in this was found, not long since, aman who for fourteen years had not seen the light of day. Unshaven and unwashed, and doubled by feeblencss, and withal berett of sense when dis- covered, he is said to have had more the appear- ance of a wild animal than of humanity. From motives of revenge Lozada had him {ncar- cerated in the sepuichre, and formerly would seem to have taken especial pleasure in witnessing the tortures of this unhappy man, visiting him daily for that purpose, and taunting and mocking him in his helpless misery. THE WRETCHED MAN was placed on nis release in charge of a physician, who is obliged to use the utmost prudence in bringing him forth from his living tomb to enjoy once more the liberty of tife; and, even with the greatest care, it is thought his enfeebied system Will not sustain the shock such a change may bring to it. THE ALLEGED MURDERESS OF DR. BAKER, PorTLAND, Me., June 3, 1873, Lucy Ann Mink, the atleged murderess of Dr, Baker, was arraigned yesterday at Rockport. She leaded not guilty and was taken to Wiscasset jail he of the ¥ bows ; but it is com, ""anded not more tha. °! OFF THE TRACK. A Great Western Night Express Train Suddenly Leaves the Track at Capetown, Ontario— " Twenty-five Passengers Injured— “Names of the Victims. cay HamI.ton, Ont., June 3, 1873, The night express train on tle Great Western Railroad ran off the track at the switch at Cape- town about two o’clock this morning. Twenty- five passengers were injured; seventeen took other trains on their journey, and eight are lett here at tne hotel. The railway people are doing everything for the comfort of the injured passen- gers. The folowing are the names of those injured at the railroad acciJent this morning :— James McNamara, Wisconsin. W. Dalloff, Gilford, Me. Henry Nees, Bay City, Mich, J. Ball, Michigan. V. Cole, Michigan, John Bush, Ann Arbor, Mich. 8, Smith, Aleca, Mich, E. Boyie, London, Ont, F, Blum, Detroit, Mich. Miss Lambert, New York city. Miss Tolan, New York city, Mr. and Mra, J. B, Wilson and Miss Whipple, Ful- ton, Oswego county, N. Y. Miss Laura Ames, Detroit, Mich, Mrs. Credsley, Corning, Steuben county, N. Y. Mr. F. H. Hyland, Oi! City, Penn. Mrs. Emma Thompson, Lockport, N. Y. Miss Georgia Adams, Caledonia, N. Y, Mrs. Northrup, of Minnesota, J. W. Fancher, All the above proceeded on their journey except Mr. and Mrs, Wilson, who go on to-morrow. Mrs, Hannah Butler, of Charlotte, Mich., burned, but not severely ; returned home. C, M. John, Chicago, nand badly burned and arm injured, » Mrs, Joe Denton, of White Pigeon, Mich., burned, but not seriously. Mrs. Hunt, of Texas, bone of leg near ankle sup- posed to be fractured. Master Frank Miller and Miss Minnie Clark also injured, but not seriously, The temporary delay to trains on the Toronto branch of the Great Western Railway will cease on Thursday, and on Friday next the usual time table will be resumed, WEST POINT. The Plebes Still Uncertain of Their Fate—Salute and Review in Honor the Board of Visitors—Distinguished Guests at the Hotels. West Pornt, Juve 3, 1873. The Board of Examiners were engaged to-day in taking notes of the examinations already had, and withheld their decision in the case of the Plebes, of whom there are one hundred and forty-two on the anxious seat. The list of the accepted and rejected will probably be promulgated to-morrow. The commencement of the examination of the senior or graduating class was also deferred for a day. A salute of fifteen guns was fired by the cadets, under the direction of General Ruger, the Superintendent, in the forenoon, and in the after- noon a review was held for the special benefit of the Board of Visitors and army officers here as lookers on. Among the latter, who arrived to-day, were General 0. D. Wilcox,Gencral Piper and Colonel J. C. Audenreid, of General Sherman’s staif, General Belknap, Secretary of War, will have extraordinary honors paid to-morrow. ‘THE REVIEW this eventay was jon fine, and elicited warm ex- pressions of admiration from all who witnessed it. But as the cadets are noted for the exceilence of their marching and precision in the manual, it is scarcely necessary to describe the movements in Getail. The march past in double time was, how- ever, notably good, and more tlian anything else showed the careiul training of the lads. A large crowd of visitors, mostly ladies, were present, and assisted in “reviewing” the darlings in iy jack- ets and white pantaloons, The Flebes looked on in great admiration, two of whom, Henry 0. Flip- per, of Georgia, and John W. Williams, of Virginia, colored officers and gentlemen, in futuro, were particularly astonished at the autumatic move- ments of the cadets. Their fate is still in the bal- ance, as they have not yet been notified of their acceptance in the ranks of the fledglings. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. ead aanrne of the Secretary of War and of Colonel Audenried, representing General Sherman, at this early date seems to warrant the inierence that unusual attention is to be given to West Point matters this Summer. And now tt is announced that the President will come here earlier than he intended, Rooms have been taken jor him at the West Point Hotel for the 10th inst. He will proba- bly be accompanied by the Secretary ot the Navy. As Rear Admiral Robeson has had experience as Secretary of War, it is proper that he should be consulted by the Board of Visitors, if they intend tw consult any one, belore making up their report. At all events, the naval interests of the Point, repre- sented by the ferryboat, require attention from the Secretary of the Navy, or somebody, and it is to be hoped he will come. INFLUX OF STRANGERS. Visitors are arriving vo-day in large numbers, | and it is expected that the ceremonies of to-mor- row will attract large crowds irom the metropolis. The foliowing is the roster of the graduating class of cadets whose examination will commence to- morrow :— | GRADUATING CLASS. Bailey, T. N. Cowles. Knapp. | Beacoin. Cummins, A. 8. La Voint. Birney. Dorst. London. Bishop, F. C. Dyer. Lundeen. Bishop, i. 8. Baton. Myers. | Bixby. Fuller, &, B. O'Connor. Bloom. Gardener. Paddock. Brant Garrard. Reed, H. T. Brown, E, T. Gilmore. Reynolds, B. Carte Harrison. Rossel. Casey. Holmes. Smith, F. A. Clark, D. H. Howard, E, T, ‘Taber: Coffin. Hoyle, G. 5. Totten. Cornish. Huston. Tyler, A. C, Cornman. Opening of the Summer Season at Wal- lack’s—“Mora; or, The Golden Fetters.” The Summer season at Walldck’s opened last evening very auspiciously, the assemblage being a large one and the audience comprising many of the most prominent people of New York. The play was Mr. Boucicault’s new drama of metropolitan | life, entitled “Mora; or, The Golden Fetters.” Mr. Boucicault’s work will not add to his reputation as a dramatic author, the development of the plot being often weak and sometimes puerile. The leading character in the play is Mora Vaneycke, a young and beautiful actress, who is as good and virtuous as she is young and beautiful. Paul Schuyler, a scion of an old New York family, has | secretly married Mora, but is at the same time | making love to Bella Guppy, the daughter of a | newly-made mililonnaire. As Schuyler is to marry Bella, her father places several miliion dollars’ worth of bondsin the Keeping of Paul’s business firm, These Paul “lends” to a ring of operators on Wall street, by whom the money is lost and the miliionnaire impoverished, and who attempt to murder him, The first act closes with a musical matinée at Guppy’s house on Murray Hill, at which Paul's marriage with Mora 1s avowed, the second act ends wita the supposed murder of Guppy at Lickioid’s office in Broad street. ‘Then come scenes at the Tombs, at the Special Sessions, and in the low dens of tne city, the Wall street operators being handsomely punished in the end through the intervention of the golden fetters, and the repentant Paul is ‘saved’? by his wile. ; There is, of course, an underplot in which Hella Guppy is happy with her true love Lisha Boyd, Lisha fortunately has @ mother, Ophelia Boyd, at one time an actress at the Bowery Theatre, thus making another part for the play and Miss Mary Wells, Lickiold must have contederates, and thus Mr. Griffiftis, as Larry Suydam, and Mr. Fawcett, as Judge Cutts, firfd places, There are, besides, a number of minor characters. Out of such ma- terial and with situations like these Mr. | Boucicault migh we think, have made a | much better play, but as it is, its success depends | more upon the stage mountings and the acting than upon the skill of the dramatist. Fortunately the scenery is excellent and the cast as strong as any we have seen in @ local drama. Miss Rogers, as Mora, plays a thoroughly devoted and unselfish woman, Indeed, we might go much further, and say that she seems to be playing her ideal for the people beiore the footlights of the actual women behind them, teaching the world how true and good and pure actresses often are, Miss EMe Germon, a8 Bella Guppy, gives another example of the strong and impetuous women slie delights to portray. Miss Mary Wells, as Ophelia Boyd, is also characteristic. With the exception of the young gentleman who Bart Paul Schuyler the male parts are well represented, Mr. Wheelock as Lisha Boyd shows many sweet and exquisite touches of natural simplicity and earnestness, and only errs in being a itttie too fine and poetic tor a fireman. Mr, Bradiey, 48 Philo Guppy, plays a very good Part, and, though a suddenly rich, he does Do ylolence to his parts being the Teal gentleman cett give good examples of the staze viltains, called operators on Broad street. The acting last night was thoroughly enjoyed serovgnces, and the dashes of wit with which the piece al unds to lighten its daltcr features, The'play will prob. ably have a good run, and it cert will if iew exquisite creations and general exestience in act- ing can secure it, A “HUB” SCANDAL. Bacy Developments in the Barry Divorce Suit— The Chanteuse and the Draughtsman Le- @ally Separated—The Latter Gets Rid of His Wife at a Cost of $1,000 a Year and $150 Costs. Boston, June 3, 1873, ‘There was an interesting divoyce case, and one which has created much scandal in musical circles, in the Supreme Judiciat Court, to-day, the parties concerned being Mr. Charles A. Barry, a well- known artist, and Mrs, Flora E. Barry, contralto, his wife. The grounds of Mr. Barry's libel were based upon charges of adultery with divers per- sons. He was represented by G. A. Somerby, and the defendant by General B.F, Butler and E, R. Barney. MRS, BARRY'S TESTIMONY, Mrs. Barry testified :— live at 124 Chandler street; marrieé Mr. Barry four years ago last November; before marriage L was a music teacher; I was a public singer; Mr. Barry had no business; we ceased to live together last November; Mr. Barry once called me into the drawing room and said we lived unhappily, and asked for a separation; I refused; he showed me a written agreement to live apart, which I refused to sign; he made no charge of misconduct on my part; shortly aiter- wards, When I returned from a journey, I found a letter, in which he stated he had left my house and could be found at the Creighton House, and to for- ward any letters to his address; he gave as a reason for leaving that the expenses were too great; I paid most of them myself; I went one night with a lady friend to hear Bellew read at Music Hall; about nine o’clock some person passed. me a letter; I wished to know who it was, and we went down to see who it was; we went out, but could not ascertain who it was; thought we saw Mr. Barry; we were afraid, so we joined in with the crowd coming out of Music Hail, and went to Park street; there wasa gentleman near as; he was Captain Cary; Mr, Barry followed us; my friend said to Captain Cary, “YOU MUST PROTECT US;”’ Mr, Cary ule came up and I took is arm; when we got up to Chandler street we met Mr. Barry again, who came up and struck Mr. Cary and struck me; the only conversation I had that eventng with Mr. Cary was when he came up to protect us at the solicitation of my friend, The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Somerby and testified as follows:—I was a singer before I married Mr. Barry; I was FORMERLY THE WIFE OF THIS MR. CARY; he was divorced from me in 1868; I married Mr, Barry cight weeks afterward; I now live with my father in ©) diier street; I don’t remember how much I have paid for household expenses; perhaps $1,000 of my money, and I have borrowed about $2,500 of my father; Nr. Barry told me before we married that he could earn $250 a week; he was a draughtaman; I earned about $2,500 a year; L paid the servants §7 a week; Mr. Barry paid for the provisions; he once accased me of waving my handkerchief out of the window to C.ptain Cary; this was during the Jubilee; he accused me of writing and corresponding with Mr, ‘Torrens, of Bangor; Mr. Torrens was a musician; when I was in Bangor, singing, Mr. Torrens pald the bills; 1 had several letters from Mr. Torrens in my pocket and Mr. Barry found them; at the time | made an engagement fo sing atthe Old South, Mr. Barry went to the committee and MADE FALSE STATEMENTS andl failed to gett place; I had a quartet and Mr. Barry told the husband of the soprano singer that I was untrue to him, and the gentleman re- fused to allow his wife to sing with me, and I thus lost several engagements; it was the 14th of March I was at the Music Hall to hear Mr. Bellew read; Mr. barry never offered me personal violence befere; Ihave lived in Boston twenty-five years; sometimes ride in the horse cars; that night i waiked to the concert; when we came out we saw Mr. Barry; we were afraid; we didn’t get on the car because we were afraid Mr. Barry might get on the car and assault us; I don’t kuow as it was safer to walk up Park street than to get on a car; we happened to meet Mr, Cary; he happened to be on Park street; 1 can’t live wii Mr. Barry, for he interferes with my business; he has made public statements in regard to my infidelity. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY. Charles A. Barry testified that he received about twenty-five hundred doliars per year; | have paid all the bills except two servants; 1 paid one se vant, but she wanted two, and agreed to pay them; I gave Mrs. Barry two hundred and fifty or three hundred dollars out of my own pocket to pay for the furniture; I wrote a letter to Dr. Potter, in- quiring jt Mrs. Barry needed money; having learned an effort was being made to get money from me, last November I went to the Creighton House to live; I complained of her correspondence with Mr. Cary, HER KISSING MR. WHITE and other parties, and her going to balls and stay- ing out all night; these statements or accusations were made six months before I leit her; I never made any accusations as to her infidelity; never had anything to do with Mrs. Burry’s discharge from the Old South choir. Cross-examined—I think very likely I stated my grievance to Mr. Kimball, of the Old South church; im fact 1 know I did; I stated that my wile was going with Mr. Cary; I believe she had been going adulterously with Mr. Cary; can't say | meant to convey such an impression to Mr. Kimball; am in- clined to believe that I stated the same thing to Mr, Osgood; asked him if he knew whether Mr. | Cary was at Bridgewater; wrote a letter to Grace chureh, New York, inquiring if Mrs. Barry had an engagement there; irom and alier last June I began to BELIEVE MY WIFE WAS GOING ADULTEROUSLY with Mr. Cary; in and after September, 1872, I be- gan to think she was going adulterously with Mr. Torrens; never employed a detective a day or a night, excepting that one time; think I gave him $5 for delivering that letter: I don’t know now that she was adulterous, but believe it, Miss Sallie Joy was called by General Butler, and testified :—Mrs. Barry went with me to Winches- ter, N. H., the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, and we stayed with my parents till the next Satur- day. THR QUESTION OF ALIMONY. General Butler then addressed the Court on the question of alimony. Mrs. Barry, he said, was making $2,500 a year, and the fact cannot be sworn out of sight that her husband went to places where she had engagements and said that she was living in aduitery, which was utterly alse, causing her to lose her engagements. Mr. Barry aiso wrote to Dr. Potter, 01 Grace church. New York, telling his story. The effect of his actions*has been that she is entirely deprived of her means of support. The Court decided that the husband should make weekly payments, at the rate of $1,000 a year, jor the support of Mrs. Barry, and should also pay her $150 1or counsel fee. CASHIER SAVAGE SENT UP FOR FIVE YEARS Boston, Jane 3, 1873. Tu the United States District Court this morning J. L. Savage, who lately pleaded guilty to making faise and fraudulent entries as cashier of the Lechmere Bank, at East Cambridge, was sentenced to five years in the Lowell jail. BOSTON, HARTFORD AND ERIE. Meeting of the Old Board of Directors. ‘The Boston, Hartford and Erie directors, under the old and supposed defunct corporation, gave renewed evi- dence of their vitality yesterday. The stockholders, it will be remembered, about six months ago elected a new Board of Directors, with Frederick A. Lane as President. It was expected that the known bad terms existing be- tween Mr. Lane and the Erie Board would destroy the influence for bad, as many thought, exerted by rie in the affairs of the Boston, Harttord and Erie Road. This expectation was wholly unfulfilled, ag Mr, Lane immediately formed an alliance with Erie in fighting the foreclosure of the Berdell mortgages. Since the defeat of that coalition @ strong movement has been excited among the stockholders to force Mr, Lane to re- Several jailures to procure a quorum of the Board pled with the illness Lane, bave c he necessary é ‘as held at the 4 Forty-sec street. Atter much persuasion Mr. Lane resigned, and Jobn Rooney was ap- pointed in ais stead, The remaining business of the ineet- ing was principatiy the declaration by the directors ot their to litigate ther as to certain portions of af the old corporation, which, itis claimed, the hortages do noteover. The at es im bank- r 'y, Oharles R. Chapman and George M well da the directors, are of the opinion that property worth several millions 1s thus still the prop: erty of the ‘stock and interior creditors. The leases of the Norwich and Worcester, and Harttord, Provulence and roads, ag Well as the Woston are be to be in this category, although we ne rporation are in possession propose to con hon. Ayainst these Assets if obtained, only $199,000 of debts have bee n in bankruptey hie to ten millions of dollars. The old stockholders complain bitterly of what th have been the reason, as $10,00) have cted by them, One of the acts at the lay Was to authorize the new President to employ counsel immediately and bring the case betore the courts as speedily as practicable. ts Laid in this wale ts ‘way that In any event a dividend as ‘is | reply on su $$$ $$ $$ TRYING TAMMANY THCKS, A Bold Stroke by “Creer”, Conspirators. Magnificent Scheme to Plunder | omtce presidea the Public Funds. Trying to Make Charley Sutton a Burglar—He Says He Is Too “01d” to Begin Now—Five Per ER Tn law under which these assessments are made, hiv Which they cam be readity set aside. in the old Tammany days {t was no infrequent thing for the FRIENDS OF THE “RING” to have their assessments vacated, bat it coud only be done through eoilusion with some one tay. ihe sorees to the books of the Bureau. In ali cuss re this was done the Courts ordered judgment’ In favor of the plainttit, aa it is said theve was w alternative; and this enterprising party desired to absorb the whole business and make “god juare divvy all around,” t was Di little peculiar that the ‘“‘grecnuer.'* should select ag the scene of his operations aw over by an ex-Superintendent at Police, and that he should want to “ring ia” ak “whack up’? with an ex-Warden of the Cite Prison. He will Drobably be out to-day Meking ior one ob the ‘‘young men”? recommended to lim by Suton, e CHOLERA. Cent on Three or Four Millions—Another The Diseaso Prevalent in West Prussia aud Letter Writer Come to Grief—“Not To Be Mentioned toa Living Soul”— Mayor Havemeyer Indignant. An exposure of an attempted bribery of a public ofMicial, which will call to recollection very vividly the fact that no one has ever been convicted of stealing and destroying “the vouchers” from Comptroller Connolly’s office, was made yesterday under the instruction of Mayor Havemeyer. In this case no one stole any vouchers, nor did they mean to steal any, but an attempt was made to inaugurate @ system of collusion which should Russian Poland. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BERLIN, June 3 1873, Asiatic cholera has appeared in two villikges tr West Prussia, having been communicated from Russian Poland. A rigid quarantine ofjthe infected districts has been established, MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship Minnesota will leave thf; port on facilitate the perpetration of an act of burglary in | Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool, erder that public records might be used to aid in an ingenious plan to filch from the public treasury bya sort of legal “shystering” operation. The case, probably, stands alone for cheek in the one Phase and for greenness in the other. In the room known as the ‘Governer’s Room,” on the second floor in the rotunda of the City Hall, is temporarily located a bureau of the Department of Finan ce, known as the Bureau of Assessments. It is un der the control of Commissioner John A. Ken- nedy, formerly Superintendent of Police. In this bureau is kept the complete record of city assess. ments on real estate, and the books are numerous, cumbrous and complicated. Mr. Charles Sutton, formerly Warden of the city Prison, is now Keeper of the City Hall, and on Wed- nesday, @ week ago to-day, he was sitting in his parlor in his residence within the City Hall building when TWO GENTLEMEN (?) VISITORS wore announced, Mr. Sutton met the gentlemen, and was informed that they desired to speak with him privately. Neither of the gentlemen were over thirty-flve years of age, and one was consid- erably younger. “Do you want to make some money, Mr. Sutton?” asked the elder of the visitors. “Well, Lam not a proud man in such a case, and wouldn’t mind making some,” replied Sutton. “Lhaven’t made a great deal so far, and as I'm getting oid I think it’s time I commenced, if I ever mean to make much."’ His visitor then proceeded, with much detail, to disclose a plan that was “worked’? success- fully on some occasions when Tammany's rotten régime ruled the roast, He explained that he de- sired to obtain access to numerous books in the Bureau of Assessments for the purpose of ob. taining extracts, transcripts or copies of entries and records therefrom. ‘The offictals of the Bureau would not permit these extracts to be made. The visitor proceeded :—“You, Mr. Sutton, have keys which uniock the aoors of the offices of this bureau. 1am a lawyer, and want you to use those keys in partnership with us. We propose to ob- tain certain recerds or copies of them, and we know in what set of books ALL THAT WE REQUIRE are kept. Having obtained these records we shall be enabled to go to the courts and have the assess- ments vacated in favor of such persons as employ us. There is no doubt of our ability to do this, as there are numerous precedents for it in this and other cities of the State. Now, if you can assist us ‘n this matter we can make it pay you very hand- somely. The amount which we can recover or set aside in favor of the assessed property owners three or four millions of dollars, at the east, and on this we will stipulate to give you @ good percentage. It you can contrive to admit us to the hall, and get us into the rooms occupied by this Bureau of Assessments, we will do the rest, as we Know exactly where to look for the information we seek when once we get in there. Wecan doitall in the nignt time, and if one night is insufficient we can do it in twoor three, as we shall leave everything apparently un- disturbed. We propose to give you satisfactory guarantees of secrecy and for your share of the remuneration, Of course we shall, when we be- come possessed of the information we are after, go to all the people assessed, convince them of our ability to have their assessments set aside, and | receive from them a pro rata commission on the amount recorded in their behalf, There is not the shadow of a doubt as to the success of the plan, Mr. Sutton heard them ali the way through, and sat rubbing his chin and was considerably flushed, After a brief pause THE “BOSS’? CONSPIRATOR SAID, “Well, Mr. Sutton, what do you say’ Will you nee us in this thing The keeper scratched his head, played with his | beard, shufled around a iittic on iis chair, and | said “Well, Pl just tell you how itis, gentlemen. I am getting along pretty well in life, and about all I’ve got in the world is a good reputation, and I'd like to keep that much anyhow as long as | can, I'm a litile afraid of this thing (shutting one eye) 5 I don’t quite like to go into this business”? “You need have no tear,” urged the ‘lawyer,’ consolingly. “You will not be doing any wrong such as might be involved in robbery, and you can make a haudsome sum out of it.”” Sutton’s fingers went creeping through his beard, and he smiled a dubious smile. Bringing down both hands in a good-natured way on his | knees, he said:— “Gentlemen, this is@ serious piece of business, and I'd like to have a couple of days to think of it. | I'd like to sleep on it. 1's A LITTLE TICKLISH, and I shouldn’t like to be pushed for an immediate subject.” After a@ littie further conversation in this vein his visitors went away, and the jolly keeper went “to thinking.” About noon of Thursday HE RECEIVED A LETTER, of whicn the folowing is a copy :— Ovrice oF Jonx M. Grover, Counsetton at Law, ? Want Street, New Youk, May 29, 1373. § TTON, F8Q. -— Deak Siz—The matter of which T spoke to you evening will, I trust, be held as in the strictest conti between us—not to be mentioned. by either party to a living soul. My office is, as you see, 34 Wall street, room 10. My uncle, J. T. Gi as been for twenty years the lawyer lover. of the Archbishop of New Yor! which is im itvelf a guar matter in question involves a large and will make in writing an give you a fair proportion of the receip tion—say five per cent on the gross rece|pts—wh: if | succeed, be # very large compensation for your ven ture or share in the preliminary labor. I trust that you will consider the matter in its most favorable ligh u Vas ty the course you in you will in: vest or not. “Nothing v e hin is an old proverb, and the venture in this case is nothing. Yours, truly, J. M. GLOVER, Alter receiving this billetdour the Keeper kept on thinking, and in a short time made up his mind to communicate with the Mayor and the heads of departments about it. He accordingly informed Mayor Havemeyer of the facts, Commissioner Van Nort and Commissioner Kennedy, and through the latter gentieman Comptrolier Green was also in- formed of the game that was being broached, ‘ation Day,’ Friday last, was @ qu d of the Catholic clergy, tee of respectability. The sui de about the fall, atl the pabile ofices being closed. t day Keeper Sutton stayed at hom ABOUT THE MIDI the younger of tn tlemen Who had waited uoon him on Wednesday called again to see him, aud inquired’ of him if he was prepared to co- operate with them. “Pye come to the conclusion thas I’m a little too old to play in such a game as that,” rephed Sut- ton, “put I guess you can get some one else to help you. I think you’d better go to some of the young men, There’s plenty of men open to make a stake, but [ don’t think at would be quite safe for me to venture into it, for you see if anything went wrong it would be very rough on me. Butt guess you can do well enongh witout me. i THR YOUNG MAN WAS A LITTLE “UPSET”? and embarrassed , and as hie left took the opportu. nity to say— a “Well, Pm very sorry, Mr. Sutton, that you don’t feel inclined to go in. It's a big thing and there’s a pile mit, and you could help the affair vetter than any one else. However, as you say, there are others who will do it, We've gor to have the thing fixed and we shall make the point yet. 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