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SPAIN. ‘Workingmen About to Work the Municipal Government of Alcoy. CONFLAGRATION AND PLUNDER IN SEVILLE. ‘Citizen Reaction Against Rampant Radicalism. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, August 2, 1873, The Revenues of the Post Office. The following statement shows the number and value of postage stamps, stamped envelopes, news- Paper wrappers and postal cards issued from the stamp division ef the Third Assistant Postmaster General’s office during the month ending July 31. From these sources the revenues of the Post Office Department are mainly derived. As ths presents the business of the past month after the abajition * of the franking privilege, it ia regarded with con- siderable interest. A large increase over the busi- ness of any previous month in the history of the Department is believed to be the legitimate result of the wipiug out of the deadhead postal system. Of ordinary postage stamps there wore issued to postmasters, upon their requisitions, Foreign Navcl Commanders As- | 719,796, the value of which is $2,007,874; stamped sembled in Council. ‘Carlist Fortification and W ork in the Field. Republican Artillery Concentrating Against Valencia. The Insurgents Driven to a City Stronghold. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Maprip, August 2, 1873. Six thousand workmen of Alcoy propose to con- Btitute the municipal government of that town and maintain order, INSURGENT RULE AND THE COMMUNITY OF PROP- PERTY IN SEVILLE, During the occupancy of Seville by the insurrec- tionists many buildingsin various quarters of the city were set on tire and laid in ashes, In a number of the streets every house and store ‘Was entered by the insurgents and pluadered ef) their contents. The conduct of General Contreras in bombarding defenceless towns is producing an immense re- action throughout the country in favor of the tional government. CRDING FROM THE PROSPECT OF GENERAL RUIN. Many persons who joined the insurrection in the South in favor of the independence of the Cantons, have abandoned the cause in consequence of the excesses committed by the insurgents. COMMUNICATION CUT OFF, All communication between Madrid and the sities in Andalusia has been interrupted by the in- surrectionists, GALLEY SLAVES UPHOLDING THE “RED”? FLAG. ‘The frigates seized by the insurgents at Cartagena are partly manned by galley slaves. UMPERIALIST COMMANDERS CONGREGATING COUNCIL. The Spanish government has received tntelli- fence from Malaga that upon the arrival of the in- Surgent frigate in that harbor the commanders of the English, French and German squadrons held a conference with General Contreras, in which they surged him to order the return of the seized war ‘wessels to Cartagena. The government at Madrid 1s turther informed that the foreign naval commanders decided to hold General Contreras as a hostage until the ves- els are returned. WIGOROUS ACTION AGAINST RADICALIST VIOLENCE | IN VALENCIA. Eight siege guns and two mortars have been fent, by government order, to the National Re- (Publican troops before Valencia, to assist én the Dombardment of that city ‘The latest news from the scene of operations Peports as follows:—The attack upon the ingur- gents in Valencta was renewed this morning by ithe national forces and has been kept up all day. A dispatch from that city bo-night says the in- wurrectionists have been driven into the Plaza de "Moress, where they are besieged by the repub- dicans, FOR CHURCH AND STATE. A bill providing for the separation of church and ‘State was introduced in the Cortes to-day. Carlist Fortification and Concentration in Barecjona, | BARCELONA, August 2, 1873. Don Alfonso and Sabalis, the Carlist com- ymanders at Prats de Liugants, are fortifying thac town. ‘They are also preparing to order a levy en masse. ‘Prats de Liusanés is in this province, forty miles orthwest of Barcelona. Prussian Consular Report of Consola- tion from Cartagena. BERLIN, August 2, 1873. The report that the Spanish insurgents at Carta- fgena burned the house of the German Consul in (that city aud maltreated the Consul ts dented, ENGLAND. ‘Frightfal Accident to a Railway Train—Twelvd Persons Killed and Very Many Wounded. TELEGRAM TO THE EW YORK HERALD. Lonvon, August 2, 1873, A dreadful accident occurred this morning on ‘the Northwestern Railway, near Wigan, to the #Scotch tourist express train from London. Twelve persons were instantly killed and thirty “rere wounded- Among the killed is Sir Jonn W. H. Anson, Bart. Many of the injured persons will die. GERMANY. Diplomacy Towards the Belgian Crown. ‘Imperial TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BRELIN, Angust 2, 1873, It is probable that an interview will take place at an carly date at Franktort between the King of Belgium and the Emperor of Germany. “THE VIENNA EXHIBITION. Fire in the Industrial Palace, with Loges and Alarm. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, VIENNA, August 2, 1873. Afire occurred in the Exposition building this AMorning, and was not extinguished before the Al- face-Lorraine peasant dwelling was destroyed. The agricultural annexe was threatened wivh de Btruction, but was saved by the energy of the fire- men, CREEDMOOR. Shooting Yesterday—One Match and Three Sweepstakes. ‘ The first contest for a gold medal, valued at $100, came off yesterday, The weather was fine, a alight shower falling’shortily before the shooting. ‘The medal will have to be won three times by the fame person before it can become his property. Captain J. Bodine won the medai yesterday, scor+ Ing seventeen out of five shots, making three centres and two bull’s eyes. The two next best shots were by W. F. Robertson and J. F, B. Collins, the former scoring sixteen and latter filteen. Phere were twenty-eight contestants for the medal, Captain Bodine was presented with the medal by Colonel L. C. Bruce, and modestly responded, saying he would have gone home just ‘as Well satistied if some other worthy member of the Association had won it, for he considered it more from luck than from good shooting, as he ‘pever was a good off-hand shot. ‘The distance was 200 yards, off-hand, with any Poke nats not weighing over tem pounds, the rigger not to be less than three pounds test pull, Wane sights excluded, poet bebe and ve rounds, with privilege of two sighting shots. After the prize match was over three sweepstake The Matches occurred, two of 200 yards and one of 500 Yards. in Which some Ane shooting was done, envelopes, plain, 6,621,890, value, $198,076; stamped envelopes, with special return requests printed thereon, 4,310,500, value, $153,922; newspaper wrappers, 1,743,750, value, $19,669; postal cards, 14,981,000, value, $149,981, making the total value of all the articles issued to the public $2,594,352. Ku Klux Prisoners To Be Pardoned. The Attorney General has recommended for par- don R. O, Shotwell, of North Carolina, and William M. Fulton, of South Carclina, both of whom were convicted and imprisoned for crimes against the Ku Klux law. Printers’ Strike in Ottawa, Canada. William R. McLean, President of the Inter- national Typographical Union, has received a tele- gram from Ottawa, Canada, informing him of a strike among the printers of the union of that city, and has issued a circular cautioning printers from going in that direction until the matters at issue have been adjusted. Treasury Payments. The payments made from the Treasury by war- rants during July were as follows :— On account of civil and miscellaneou: On account of war On account of nay: On account of inter! SION) ........ Interest advance: railroad companies.... Total. . In addition to the above there were issued of the official stamps:—To the War Department 6,000, value $240; to the Treasury 1,525,000, value $207,000; to the Interior 3,500, value $1,060; to the Agricul- ture 30,000, value $500; to the Post Office 198,000, value $28,800; Justice 10,000, value $450; to post- masters on account of the Post Office Department 3,041,400, value $94,810, and of officials’ stamped envelopes 339,500, value $9,835, making the total number of official postage stamps and stamped envelopes issued during the month of July, 5,153,400, the aggregate value of which is $342, 395, The grand total of the montn’s work in this one division of the Bureau of the Third Assist- ant was as follows:—Whole number of articles is- sued from which revenue is derived, 107,508,410, the value of which foots up $2,936,747 18, The Treasurer holds as security for national bank circulation $390,655,250, aud for deposits of public money $15,680,000, The national bank cur- rency outstanding to this’ date amounts to $345,640,919. Internal revenue receipts, $395,281; for the fiscal year, $9,759,798; outatanding notes of national goid banks, $1,989,200. NILSSON’S FAREWELL. The Swedish Nightingale Takes Leave of the London Public. ‘The London Telegraph of July 16, speaking of Miss Nilsson’s last appearance in the English capital, says:— Mme. Christine Nilsson bade farewell to her English friends last night as the Marguerite of “Faust,” and her English friends packed “Olid Drury” from floor to roof in their eagerness to show the constaacy and depth of their aémiration. Only on rare occasions has such a crowd filled the theatre—a crowd as diverse in composition as it was great in numbers. Boxes and stalls pre- sented a brilliant array of those who are in a special sense the supporters 0! opera; but the pnd al were there aiso—almost literally in their “thousands”—occupying every as of Vantage” and defying heat and discomfort with a resolution wrhich did the highest honor to its cause. Mme. Nilsson may have had no chance this season of achieving fresh triumphs in connection with new characters, and, undoubtedly, the fact is to.be regretted; but last night’s oxperieace showed that she has lost none of her hold upon that faithful English public which, if tt declines sacrificing so- briety and dignity to admiration, never deserts those whom jt has once taken into favor. We not escort prime donne to their homes hy tot light, with royal princes acting as an i guard of honor, nor do we arsturd the BI jucen’s legos by midnight serenades; femonstrations, though less imposing, are not less sincere, and the artist who knows our Ways, as Mme. Nilsson knows them, runs no risk of under- valuing the honors she receives. The Swedish lady’s “benefit,” therefore, wasa great and strik- ing success, the attitude of the public towards her being one of intense sympathy and admiration. A better opera than “Faust” could bardly have served for an event so rh To begin with, it has an attraction of its own. ‘The most popular lyric drama of modern times, Gounod’s work is one of the very few, which to a certain extent, are in- dependent of perrormers. ‘Faust’ never lacks an Spdlenody for Sypre is always charm enough in the story and in the music to “draw.” But—and this is even more to the purpose—Margucrite ranks among Mme. Nilsson’s best characters, il, indeed, it is not the one in which the public best love to see her. Every part she plays has its special at- traction. We admire the gracefulness ef Violetta, the force of Lucia, the half ethereal beauty of Oplie- lia, and the pathos of Mignon; but to think of her to thing oj watircrite more readily than of any- ing elgé, rian mMaiden’s story of love and death appeais to all sympathies, and, as Mme, Nilsson’s genius enables her to embody the ideal of the character, it {8 no Wonder that the performer and the part are ths instinctively associated. We have nothing new to fay of the Marguérite which was again presented on the Drury Lane stage last night; its merits are household words, and its praises have long been a favorite theme. Enough that Mme. Nilsson responded to the fervor of her reception by a performance rare, even for her, in the completeness of its art. The garden, the death scene of Valentine, the church, the prison—each exhibited a phase of the gifted lady’s conception of the character, and each phase seemed most per- fect tillthe next was shown. How the audience testified their approval may easily be imagined, vheugh scarcely, perhaps, could fancy exaggerate the demonstration which followed the third act. A steady and continuous roar of applause, amid which the clapping of hands was but faintly distin- guished, called the bénéjictaire forward again and again, while bouquets rained upon the stage in such profusion that even Mephistopheles, smiling benignantly the while, had to carry them eff in armiuls. As then, so atter the fourth act, and dience did all that audience could do to prove the strength of their admiration, and the heart- ness of their “farewell.” Uppermost in every mind, we will venture to say, was the wish that Mme. Nilsson might soon return to enjoy better opportunities of proving the comprehensiveness of her talent than those afforded by the now ex- Bec henrmen The prima donna was supported b; le. Baurmeister, Mile. Macvitz, Signor Campanini, Signor Dei Puente and Signor Kota, each of whom contributed to the merit of a representation above the average in point of excellens MURDER IN BALTIMORE, A Satoon Keeper Stabbed in the Head and Instantly Killed—Arrest ot the Murderer. 1,991,113 1,938,705 BALTIMORE, August 2, 1873. * About twelve o’clock last night James Kennedy, proprietor of @ saloon at 276 Broadway, near the County wharf, was stabbed in the head and in- stantly killed by Henry Mankus, a Swedish sailor. It is alleged that Mankus and others went into the barroom uuder the influence of liquor and called for drinks, which were refused by the bartender. The party then became noisy, and Kennedy, the roprietor, approached to Cee them, whereupon Mfaukus drew. a large sailor's jackknife and stabbed Kennedy, the blade eee his skull, The deceased is represented as a quiet man, aged thirty-eight years and recently married. The marderer was arrested. THE ELLENGER GANG, Lively Fight with Roughs in Philadel. phia—A Policeman Beaten. PUILADELPHIA, August 2, 1873, Last night Richard Barrett, charged with carry. ing concealed weapons, had a hearing before Al- derman Buchanan. He gave the requisite amount of bail and was upon the point of leaving the omce when he was arrested on another charge by a constable, While on the street, en route to the Station house with bis prisoner, the constable was attacked by a party #f notorious roughs known as the “Elienger hag and he was severely beaten with black jacks, His cries of murder attracted the attention of Alderman Buchanan and his con- stable, and together they went to the assistance of the’ officer. After a sanguinaty fight of five minutes, during which clubs, knives ana other missiles were freely used, the crowd was beaten of and four of them were secured as prisoners, and are held undgy heavy bail for tral, PRISON POETRY. Specimens of the Latest Pen- itentiary Lore. A Rogue’s Rhyme Logic on His Arrest and Incarceration. AT THE MOYA. Gallantry and Heroism of a Closely Pursued Fugitive. Humanity Stronger than the Fear of Punishment. A Female Rescued from Ruin and Death. . BIDDY AND PATRICK. Touching Effusion on Love and Treachery. “The Woman Tempted Me andI Did Eat.” PHILADELPHIA, August 2, 1878, Just two weeks ago to-night a telegram was re- ceived at the Central Police Quarters of this city urging the immediate presence of the captain, along with one or two detectives, at a station house located in the Nineteenth ward, At the time the telegram came I was engaged in conver- sation with this oficer concerning a matter of great importance, with which the readers of the HERALD have subsequently become familar, and wishing to arrive at some definite conclusion be- fore midnight I accepted his invitation and went with him to the ward. ‘To reach the station house we were obliged to travel across a very dingy and in more than one respect dangerous quarter of the town, celebrated for its brutal population and stupendous election frauds, At almost every corner of these lower districts we would mect groups of men huddied together, but little higher, in a social scale, than the thieving, murderous souls of Alaska street and St. Mary’s. Their faces were as drunken gnd repulsive and their garments Presented the same wilderness of tatters as those we met in the cellars under ground, wherein many wrecks of humanity had at last stumbled headlong to die. Indeed, the station house, at which we finally arrived, was but a stone’s throw from the dreadiul neighborhood called “Pluck Hill,” where for so many years the most celebrated criminal upon the annals of crime, BLACK HARRY, HAD BEEN CHAMPION PUGILIST and thief. Black Harry is dead now, however, and the locality is not so dangerous, as it was, but the same dreadful poyerty aboundg, and around it are still enacted tragedies of a mast inhuman type. Understanding as We did thai-this was a very im- moral quarter, we confidently expected to confront some reckless criminal, brought in from private brawl or public riot, and were therefore very much Surprised to find simply a ‘sneak thief,” who had that very afternoon been arrested in the act of stealing goods. The telegram had been sent ask- ing the presence of the captain and a few of his Men for the purpose of looking up four of the Bneak’s associates, Who had thus far evaded the police. Tne captain detailed to various quarters in which these men were accustomed to be seen his few subordinates, and while they were away the officer and myself found our amusement in looking over the goods which were concealed upon the criminal at the time of his arrest. ‘They consisted, for the most part, of light linen fabrics, hosiery and gloves, most of which were marked with the ownérs’ es, d fo an probability had been stolen from clothes lines. Very carefully wrapped up in alady’s handkerchlef we discovered a sheet of paper, crumpled, soiled and torn, upon which, ina chirography almost imposstble to read, we found a very remarkable production. Robert Denson, of No, 326 Vine street, for such is his name and adaress, was no new criminal, as he himself confessed, but had been arraigned once before and led to the Moya, a building correspond- ing to our Tombs, under penalty of imprisonment for nine months. By scaae accident, however, only @ part of his time was served, and it was while serving it that the letter referred to was penned. It was addressed to one who was probably a | friend, and what suprised us most it was written | in metre. The letter is so original that I think it | warrantable to reproduce it. if ROGUES’ POETRY, Lasked fora glass of lager, Likewise a fishvali, too; He said he hadn't either, ' So L asked for an oyster stew. Says he, “You've got no money, And you want to close my eye," And this is the way the Oght began, ‘The tenth day oi July. I picked up a glass bottle, And I slashed it at his head; I sent him reeling to the floor Till I thought that he was dead. The fly cops they surrounded me Ere I had a chance to fly, And they covered me with nippers. The tenth day of July. They took me to the station house, And there I lay ali night; The Alderman came at morning, And saw my awin! plight. Kate Kearney came at sunrise, And swore that I must die For the assault upon John Carroll Tue tenth day o/ July. Then they took me to the Moya For tle space of twenty days, And when they brought me up to Court Judge Paxson to me says:— “Nine months tn the county prison, Young man, you will have to | For the hammering of John Carroll The tenth day of July.” When I entered tn my dungeon My spirits then did fail, There was naught but tron railings And a great big whitewashed wall; The prospects all around me Did make me heave a sigh To think of how they scooped me up ‘The tenth day of July. To tell the tale of the rats and mice Running along the floor, Is best made known tn the hearty way I madly raved and swore; But the whiskey here at the Moya And singing make me dry— So now you have the history of The tenth day of July. The metrical arrangement of the above ts pre- cisely like the original now at the Central Police quarterz, and in my copy ofit I have simply cor- rected the spelling and inserted a few points of punctuation, This accidental discovery upon my part opened a new field of literature to me, so that Tasked the sergeants standing about whether they had ever found upon other criminals productions like the above. I was informed that such was fre- quently the case, and that down at the Moya con- victs quite often gave vent to their feelings by means of poetical eifusions, some of which were highly ridiculous and others exceedingiy sad. I thereupon requested the officers to look over the old letters carefully guarded under lock and key, and after receiving their assurance that they would I sctout, along with the captain, in the di- rection of the Central Headquarters. Upon arriv- ing there I read the poem aloud, as it waa written, and much merriment attended tts rehearsal. ANOTHER CASE OF ABILITY AND CRIMINALITY. The next morning one of the gentiomen present the night before placed in my hands a roil of manu- script, Informing me, as he did so, that its author wag dead, havipg met hig fate hy a sgriga of cir. cumstances graphically set forth in the poem itself. ‘The production was not brief by any means, and I sincerely regret that its exceeding length prevents my giving it entire. The writer was aman of good education and very liberal culture, but by a con- tinuous chain of misfortunes, likely to surround any one, his business and social position were lost, so that he was turned into the world, homeless, friendless and utterly destitute. The narrative opens with a brief description of his home, hts mother and his sister, for both of whom he enter- tained the most affectionate regard, He speaks of his sister as “a blessed waif from God,” to comfort his father and himself when the mother, “blessed comforter of all, was gone.”” Then he portrays the first tempta- tion; tells us how he yielded, fell, was discovered and ferced to fee from home. So hot was the pur- suit of the officers that he ran with naked feet across the “harsh stubble’? and “up the stony mountain side,’ the blood oozing out at every leap. He tells us, too, that many times he fell, and that great gashes were cut in his face ashe stumbled over the rocks. He concealed hinseif for two en- tire days in the thicket, and then fled the country forever. Gradually, as the months went on, he drifted here, and on his way “was obliged” to commit acts of theft to keep together “a fainting body and a rutned soul.” His talent was quite great in almost every respect, so that he was soon regarded as an expert; and though the police felt sure that he was guilty of many gross crimes he still was suficiently cunning to evade arrest, AT LAST, HOWEVER, HE WAS CAUGHT, bat by means of great physical strength he managed to break away from the detectives, and, with his revolver tn his hand, dashed down the street at a furious rate, rendering the distance between himseli and his pursuers greater at every stride. A few squares further on he knew would afford him secure protection, for within his hidden quarters the scrutiny of the police, he says, “could never penetrate.” Ie would have reached them but for one incident. He saw at a few paces ahead of him two roughs, and they bore with them the figure of a young girl, He was im haste. For the moment the criminality of their act was never even thought of, and he wonld have bounded past them all unheedingly but for the light touch of delicate fingers as.ne wildly few onin his course, He paused, and at the next moment came toa standstill, The circumstance 1s thus described: ‘Twas not her face, with its ashen lips, For f wasn haste that day, But the jressure oi delicate finger tips, ‘As I madly plunged on my way. His position was critical, and for a moment he wavered. Ifheranon he could find shelter and protections; if he paused arrest and imprisonment must surely be his fate, There was, however, an eloquence in the girl’s unconsctot touch that thrilled him. He tried to proceed, He could not. Some power seemed to turn his steps backward, Bygone days came up before him. The girl was somebody’s sister, and at once he felt for her as he would have felt or his own, This great emotion upon his part was not owing to any word the girl spoke, for, indeed, she uttered none, but the way in which she looked at him, She raised her form in its strength so faint, She bound her hand in her hair; Her decp eyes glowed like those of a saint And her lips wore a trozen prayer. That one glance was enough, for in it the past and the present were both blotted out. He made @ dash for the two men bearing her away. “One fell down at his pistol’s shot; but the other, springing forward like a tiger, struck him on the wrist with a knife and cleaved his arm, from his hand to his clbow, to the bone. He felt not the wound, but fought on like a hero, while the blood gushed from his gash in streams. He was trying to shield the girl from the blows, for the rough still held her by the hand, ana the next stroke of the knife struck tus cheek and laid it as open as his arm. Maddened by the blow, crazed and frenzied beyond description, he made a final dash and sent his antagonist to the ground. Just then the de- tectives came up and found him. IN VAIN THE LADY PLEADED, asshe wrapped her arm around him and wildly kissed his bieeding face; tn vain she besought them to lethim go, The stern hand of justice is relent- less, and whether it moves in defence of human law orin the lightning’s stroke, it willever, at some day or another, bring every single guilty soul to judgment. The man for whom the woman pleaded was senseless, His blood dyed the ground ina crimson tide; he had not the strength to raise even @ finger, and it was in this condition that he was carried of to the doctor under whose hands, during his treatment, he wrote the poem now before me. Duily the rescued girl came near his bedside. All that human hand could do for any one her hand did for tim. busy hours of the day, in the stili and solemn mo- ments of the night, she was there, fighting death with him, and passionately praying for his life. Then from afar came another woman, pure and sweet, and good and gracious, and the doctors knew from the way she wept over him that she must be his sister. An old man, too, was there— the father; but the mother, oh! the mother was no more. Oh, how earnestly the three prayed to- gether, and how heartily the convict joined in the prayers! He died; but ere the last spark went out his hand had penned the verses with which the poem ends: Forgive, Oh! God, forgive, And lead me in the light! Grant but an hour for me to live From this eternal night! The blackness seems to grow, Its weight falls on my heart; Oh! let there come a sacred glow And read the heaveus apart! And let me enter there, Forever to live! Father of Mercy, hear my prayer, Forgive, O God, forgive! There is nothing remarkable in this effusion, nor could its many verses be considered as even mod- erately good poetry, but beneati tts simple rhythm there is an undercurrent of the strongest emotions, atthe touch of which we are awed, and pity is ex- cited from the deepest depths of our souls, I can- not help turning away from it with feelings of sad- ness, for L believe that from ita piot, crowded as it is with incidents of the most tender as well as the most tragic interest, a master mind could deduct @ | poem whose fame would become world wide. I WILL GIVE ANOTHER EFFUSION of an entirely different nature, and then this hur- ried letter must draw to a close. It is a poem written by Patrick Moony, who unfortunately be- came enamored with Biddy McCarter, and through his devotion to her was unexpectedly summoned to justice for theft, Biddy was by no means an ordinary creature, as the opening stanza of Pat's poetry clearly shows— Any man’s heart would burn Ata face a6 clare as her’n; ‘Twas a3 lull as the moon an’ as round as the sky Her form was go fine An’ lier glance so divine That the divil himself seemea to dance in her eye. Pat then goes on to tell how he used to meet her on the kitchen steps, how they ate “cowld mate” together, and how upon the most miserable even- ing of hia life his “darlint” prepared the follow- ing :—~ Och, Patrick, me love, When the store man’s above, Just crape to the vill, where there’s dollars and cunts; An’ it’s then we will flee, An’ it’s married we'll be, An’ we'll live in a house where we won’t have no rints. Pat does precisely what his sweetheart advises, is caught, brutally beats one of the officers, and thus laments his hard tate in jai Och, Biddy, me love, Och, me own turtle dove, Oh, damned be the minute | listened to thee! Fur with Jimmie McVay Ye have now run away And it’s divil a tear that yo'll o'er shed fur me. 1 have thas presented three poems of different character, precisely as they came to me, in which I think can be discerned the clements of an catirely new literature. How far this school answers the demand of the present generation, or into whai proportions tt will ultimately develop, | icave for wiser heads to determine. ST. LOUIS MORTALITY. Sr. Lours, August 2, 1873. The Board of Healtn reports 211 deaths for the week ending to-day—being a decrease from last week of thirty. Seven deaths are reported to be In the" CRIMINAL CHRONICLE, A New York Printer Suspended-oIs” It Another Foster Case 1—What His Spirit ual Adviser Said om the Gallows— “This Is Murder Most Foul.” The HERALD has given already full details of the execution at San Francisco, on Friday, the 27th of July, uf Charles A. Russell, a New York printer. From the San Francisco Chronicle of the 26th it seems that the spiritual adviser of Russell, just before he was hanged, asked him if his dying con- fession made to him was true, and the condemned man, with the black cap on his bead, ina clear voice, answered :— “Yes, 80 help me Ged |’? The Chronicle reporter continues :— As the trap swung back Dr. Carpenter, who was greatly excited and could not control his emotions, turned away, and, looking down on the crowd be- neath, exclaimed, ‘And they uave no more that they can do;no more that they can do!” ‘The crowd began to move away, and a buzz of conver- sation began before the body had ceased revolving, The Sheriff commanded suence, and Dr. Carpen- ter, raising his hand, exclaimed, “Hush, hush, for the love of God!” A moment afterwards, as the crowd began to leave, the Doctor approached the trap, and, look~, Ing down upon the swaying body, exclaimed, in a tragic tone, “1his is murder most foul!’? Chronicle reporter approached him shortly afterwards and inquired whether Russell left any statement or confession. The Doctor replied that he had a written statement made by Russel and some documents which would show that he was @ much misrepresented man, and one who should not be on the gallows, but he would give no tnfor- mation in regard to the tenor of the statement, saying that what was told hint was a sacred conf- dence, and he could not reveal it. Hedeclined to give the statement for publication until he could arrange it as he desired it, with the proois to sub- stantiate tt and vindicate the memory of Russcll, as he had promised to do. ‘The career of the man who suffered an ignomin- ious death, as above related, affords @ powertul i- lustration of the SoRrtp Hag etfect of evil asso- clates, ll was born in the city of New York— where his parents now reside—in August, 1843, and is, therefore, not quite thirty years old. He has four brotaers and two sisters, all of whom are liv- ing. His parents were pious people of the Presby- terian persuasion, and he had the benefit of being Well reared and early tustracted in the precepts of Christianity. During tis boyhood he was vivacious and somewhat mischievous, but he did not mani- fest any vicious tendencies. At an early age he leit school and went to learn the printers’ trade, He was intelligent and ambitious and applied bil sell diligently to his case and study until b came master of the trade and acquired a fair cation. He worked for a number o! years a trade, during which he was steady, tnd and honest. THE BEGINNIN When the civil war issued the first sell aban- doned his case in the ofiice of Fran esliers Weekly, where he had been employed for some time, qud entered the army, Ie waSa brave soldier and did | good service for bis country. He participated in SIX general engagements and numerous skirmishes, 118 DOWNFALL. and his commanding ofiicer, pueral Gilmore, testifies to his good character and soldterly qualities. He served nis term of enlistment and was honorably discharged, holding at the time tne rank of sergeant, Lt Was in the army that he first contracted tie vicious Labits that led to nis ruin, He claims that until he fell under the demorahzing influences of arimy life he had never done an act which would render him amenabie to the law. For the next three years alter bis discharge he led an idle and dissolute lite, consorting with the vicious and depraved, and gaining a living by fair means or foul. In 1867 he came to this coast in search of his brother, Philip, a printer, who worked here in 1858-59, but when Cuarles got here tus brother had enlisted and gone with bis company to Arizona. Russell found himself here without money or friends, and, resorting to his mode of life in the Kast, he was soon ‘spotted’ by the police. A few months afterwards he was arresied for steal- ing @ suit of clothes in Sacramento, was tried and convicted and gent tothe State Prison for three years. He served out his time, and on his dis- charge went to Utah, wher) he became United States Marshal and there made the acquaintance, in the discharge of his oficial duty, of Crotty, his victim. He afterwarcs came t this State and worked a8 walter tna restaurant in Sacramento, He subsequently went to Vallejo, and was EMPLOYED BY JAMES D. PAGE as waiter in bis restaurant on Georgia street. In the course of time Page saw indications of crimi- nal intimacy between tis wife and Russell. A quarre! ensued and Russell came to this city, | where he became involved in the ditticulty which led to lus death, Page and his wife quarrelled ana separated in consequence of her conduct with Russell, The latter wrote several iect- ters to Mrs. Page while in jail last Sum- mer. Page intercepted two of them, and ublished them as proois of his wife’s infidelity and Russeil’s bad character. He was arrested and tried for tampering with the maUs. While the trial was ending he shot his wife, and supposing he had | iiled Ler, blew bis own braigs oul. Mrs. Page re- | covered, and visited Russell frequent!y in jail until a few weeks ago, when Russell's friends, who were striving to have the sentence commuted, intimated | to her that wer visits would not help his case any, | and she disco.utinued them. Russell denies the charge of improper intimacy with her, and that, with the statement that be did not intend to Kill Crotty, constitutes the main points in the statement to Kev. Dr. Carpenter, the truth of which he solemnly affirmed on the gallows just be- fore being launched into eternity, Robbers of Wells, Fargo & Uo.’ Ex- press Captared Two Years Later. {From the Virginia City Montanian, July 24.) Many of our readers will remember that on the 9th of July, 1871, the treasure box of Wells, Fargo & Co. was robbed of $16,000 while the coach was stopping at the Red Rock dinuer station, thirty- five miles below Loveill’s. All that could be fairly | conjectured at the time was that a collusion had | been made between the driver, stock tender and | station keeper to steal the treasure Lox and throw suspicion on other parties. There was no messen- | ger accompanying the couch on this trip, | and the robbery was easily accomplished, All efforts to work these suspicious into positive proof were unavailing, though the severest mea- sures were resorted to by the express detectives. If we remember correctly, shortly alter the occur- rence @ party wnder guidance of “X” beidier cor- | ralled the stock tender and endeavored to make him consess, but a severe choking at the end of a | lariat elicited nothing but a spat fley'ah of the gine, aaa aaaye soon passéd out of confixent. he ollicers of the stage company and the detec- tives, however, still believed the station people } guiity, and for two years have kept the movements of McClain (station keeper), Hinsmau (a Red Roc! ranchwan), Rugg and McCoy uw ir strict surveil lance. During this time McClain has “got tired of keeping station” and gone into the stock busi- ness, having over one Lundred head of cattle and | horses when arrested; Hinsman grew prosperous | ina degree of rapidity that seemed anreasonable to those acquaintea with his resources, and Rugg | was flash beyond the profita of his avocation, But there seemed no way of proving how all tis sud- | den prosperity came about, as two years had de- | veloped nothing but mercased suspicion. But within a few days the whole adair has leaked ont, it seems, through a dissatisfaction among the rob- bers over a (livision of the spoils. Jim McUoy, the stock tender, now comes forward, picads jth | ane to a articipation in the robbery, turns State’s evidence against lis com- panions. The reason for this singular conduct is this:-—-In dividing the $16,000, McClain, liinsman | and Rugg appropriated the lion's share of the | money, putting off McCoy with the 'y sum of $127 and a promise that they wouli “take it all right some time."’ This they have never done, and McCoy, probably out of pure spite, now “peaciies’’ on lis pals. McCoy lodged the information with the oficergsome two weeks since, and on Satur day last Sheriiy Con Bray had the four men tn jail at Bannack. It is understood that all the parties plead guilty and that McClain’s steck and certi- ficate of deposit for $2,000 at the banking house of Henry Eling, drawn i favor of Hins- man, have been attached ana turned over to Wet Fargo & Co., a3 a part of the stolen treasure. McClain and Hinsman are cool scoun- drels, and on several occasions since the robbery have soid grain to and otherwise dealt with the stage company. Rugg Was arrested in Salt Lake City, and, like McCoy, was impecunious. The parties will probably be brought before Judge Knowles at the October Term of the Second Judicial district Court at Bannack, whemce they will be given a term cach iu the Montana Peniten- tiary. [t is time an example was made of some of | those coach-robbing desperadoes, and we hope | the captured quartet may receive jnst as much punishment as the most liberal construction of law can inflict. A Murder in DeKaib County, Ga., tn 1866—The Murderer Arrested in South Carolina. {From the Augusta Constitution, July 30,) On the 5th day of June, in the year 1866, the citi- zens of the usually quiet county of DeKalb were startled by the discovery that a murder had been perpretrated tn their midst. The victim was a Mr. James M. Richardson, a well known and esteemed citizen. Suspicion soon rested upon a man by the name of Wylie C. Smith as the party who had done the deed. The Grand Jury of DeKalb county, under the direction of Colonel William H, Hulsey, at that time the Solicitor General of this circuit, immediately found a true bill for murder against Smith, and @ warrant was issued for his ar- rest. Smith, however, became cognizant of these proceedings and fled at once to parts unknown, | They were at one time both arrested by | mother and nurse this hol weather. 7 rt =——assetasensssmeiesnssysstenrashns diners etter ES Smith was in Soutit Carolina, bat im what part at the State he was living. This fact was d to Governor Smith and he at once issued a upon Governor Moses, of South "3 arrest, aud suthorized Messrs, Porter. and Henry Holmes, of this city, to go after him. From Mr. Porter we obtained substantially the fob lowing details :— ‘THE PURSUIT AND CAPTURE. iaat'Mondny elt Atlanta and proceeded over tocur ast Monday Janta and pI sister State, The Governor of South Carolina did not, ov this occasion, throw any impediments im the way of the officers, but issued his warrant for Smith’s arrest and delivery to them. Having thus fet. all their ers right, Messrs. Porter and jolmes: prosseded’ ‘on to a place about twenty miles above Laurens Court House, im the northern part ofthe State, where they found their man, They came upon Smith in the read near a& which he was living, and he was tel; taken into custody. Smith was considerably sur- prised by his capture, and cap in that place,’ but offered no resistance. ‘The officers with their risoner started homeward, and then their troubles regan. Efforts were constantly made to get Smithy out of their clutches by the peopie around, and re~ quired the exercise of great vigilance on their part. a man named Crew, On a warrant charging that their capture of Smith and his detention in custody by them were illegal. They managed, however, to evade the captors, and hurried forward before they could be again stopped, They brought their prisoner as rapidly a8 possible to Clinton, from thence to Newberry, tron: Newberry to Columbia. and from Columbia to Augusta, Ga. Taking the morning train at Augusta, they reached this city yesterday afternoon, and lodged Suith in Fulton County Jatl for sate keeping last night, Thts morn- ing he will be taken to Decatur and safely kept there for trial. During the whole time that Smith was with his captors he was very reticent, 80 that very little could be gathered from him in relation to the affair. In a conversation with a reporter of the Constiie- tion he stated that he never authorized any state- ment that he feared mob violence in DeKalb county. An Alabama Jastice of the Peace Kills a Constable. {From the Opelika Locomotive, July 30.) On last Friday, at Dudleyville, Ala, a most un- fortunate affair occurred, in which Mr. Jennings was stabbed in the neck by a Mr. James Heard, and almost instantly killed. The circumstances, 80 far as we have been able to learn them, are as follows:—It seems that Heard is either a Justice of the Peace or constable. and while he was under the influence of whiskey that day he very peremp- torily ordered Mr. Jennings to arrest some one, which Mr, Jennings, in the absence of a warrant or any other legal authority, very properly retused to do, which so incensed the irate inagistrate or constable that he brought on a dificulty, when @ fight ensued, resulting ax above staccd. ‘The affair is very deeply regretted by the citizens of Dudley- ville and neighborhood, Mr, Jennings was a peace- able and orderly man and a good citizen. Mr. Heard is under arrest, awaiting his preliminary in- vestigation, How Strange! That an Article In- stantly fatal to Bedbugs, Roaches, Moths, Ants and Garden Lice should be perfectly harmless to man. Yet this is the case with KNOWLES! (NSEC? DESTROYER, The Weekly Herald. Contain Only 1 the news. Published every Thursday morning. 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