The New York Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1873, Page 5

RIOTOUS HAVANA. — Mob Demonstration Against Deliv- ery of the Virginius. JOVELLAR ADDRESSES THE MOB. ——- Excitement Increasing---Ficht. Between the Cubans and Spaniards. es FIRST BLOOD SPILLED. Disgust of the Flest with the Patched-Up Peace. i dectcerietass Surrender of the Virgin- ius Confirmed. Graphic Description of Scenes in the Casinos. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Fiavawa, Dec, 13, 1873. Last night a party of men numbering ‘several bundred assembled tin Campo de Marte Square, and proceeded in a body to the Plaza de Armas, giving vent during their progress to their dissatis- faction atthe departure of the Virginius by loud shouts and other disorderly demonstrations, DEMONSTRATIO $ BEFORE THE PALACE. On reaching the Plaza de Armas they gathered «tn front of the palace o' the Captain General, where they renewed their shouting, at the same time ex- pressing their disapprobation of the course of a Bumber of prominent persons who have favered the delivery of the Virginius, VOLUNTEERS BURNING POWDER, During these demonstrations several harmless shots were fired. It is believed they were « dental, PEACEMAKERS ATTACKED. Two Spaniards, who endeavored to pacify the mob, were severely hustled. JOVELLAR ALLAYS THE EXCITEMENT. The crowd lingered in front of the palace until | midnight, when Captain General Jovellar appeared and addressed them, and succeeded in prevailing on them to disperse, The Virginias Off to Bahia Honda. HAVANA, Via KEY W , 1873. The steamer Virginius was taken by the Spanish man-of-war Isabella la Catélica to Bahia Honda, West of Havana, there to be delivered to United States war vessels, 4N INCIPIENT RIOT IN HAVANA—GREAT EXCITE- MENT—TWO MEN KILLED, There was a confict here last night between the Spaniards and the Cubans. Two men were killed. The excitement is very great. st, Dec. Dissatisfaction of Our Navy. Key West, Dec. 13, 1873, The news of the result of pending negotiations With Spain canses intense disgust among the ficet. ORDERS FOR HAVANA AND SANTIAGO. Desprtches arrived here this evening by steamer from Pensacola, with orders for Havana and San- tiago. The Pinto left immediately with the officers having charge of the communications, THE SHIP THAT WILL RECEIVE THE VIRGINIUS UN- KNOWN. It cannot be Known to-night what ship will be detalied for the service of receiving the Virginius. THE COLORADO ON THE WAY, The United States steamer Colorado is hourly ex- pected here. News of the Knuckle Down in Havana— Exultation of the Volunteers—The Surrender of the Virginius Fails Like a Thunderbolt—scenes in Casinos and Public Resorts Graphically Deseribed— Threats Against the Life of Our Cor- respondent, HAVANA, Dec. 13, 1873. At the marble topped tables that coversthe vast Moor of the Casino 1,000 volunteers, in and out ot uniform, sat drinking early last evening. They talked with far less 01 1he flerce animation that ap- peared to possess their souls the night before. flere and there among them were groups occupied in the warmest style of nerization, shaking hands as if they were heart bound friends, met after recovering trom an earthquake. ‘They laughed as if some long dried up fountains of joy had burst within them in all their perennial freshness. To the benevolent eye they were @ pleasant sight to see, and even a coniounded Yankee might have for the moment wished no eclipse of such soul pouring transports, These men had been at the meeting on Saturday morning before dawn, when the prospect looked asdim and gloomy as the untiiumined sky, They had heard and they themselves had spoken brave, high sounding words while fear pulled at their heart strings. They would not listen to the calm counsels of the Captain General, whose province it ‘was to say that Spain and America would reach a compromise; thar the Virginins should be de- livered up and war at all bazards be avoided, No, nv! They would have war first; war to the knife betore the Virginius should be surrendered and the flag of Spain lowered, And wherefore now this joy? Sunday passed over us in great doubt and gloom. Angry scowls from Spanish faces greeted the sounds of the English tongue wherever heard along the streets or in the casinos, A thousand wild ramors filled the air—tne Yankee army landing at Cardenas loomed up as @ terrinie fancy to the volunteer mind. Still they spoke brave words and the cry of “No surrender” rose higher with the gleam of desperate hope that Spain had passed into the power of a party that would speedily succor Cuba and defy America, But un- der the fatious warlike exterior the belligerent volunteers did feel a consciousness that their case at best was desperate; that no delirium of passion could quite lose sight of the wretched dispropor- tion of the means within their power to the pur- pose in their minds, Monday morning came, and ‘he news that did not appear in the papers was heardon many men's tongues—thav the dimiculty was settled and the honor of Spain saved, America declined to press her demand for the Virginius, and war was relegeted to the indefinite future, Hun- fireds of the warlike volunteers read this news written ow a stip of paper and posted within the Vestibule of the Albusi Theatre, Their spirits, pre- vionsly down low, now rose and passed out of their months in the manner I have described at the tables of the Casino Espafol. This, recollect, was early in the evening, ana the atmosphere wae Nght and joyous for awhile, though there were many present who knew America had not backed down, and were silent and serious enough in con. sequence, As the evening wore on the Tacon Theatre, across the p'aza, sent its crowds for news: and refresiment to the Casino, an unmistakably veracioud statement, published in the tittle even- ing bolelins, got generally circulated, and then came A SUDDEN GUSY OF PASSION that swept all the serene feeling of a few hours before completely ayey, The statement was that provided wish aygrters a telegraphic despatch from Madrid had just been received by the Captain General ordering the sur- render of the Virginius and her crew, or such as are alive, and the rest of the differences with America to be left to arbitration, This was a tre- mendous bombshell, solent America, had backed down, and ali was congratulation, In the evening America, irre- pressible America, Hung ont her insolent demand as deflantly as ever, and Spain endorsed all was misery and wrath most impotent, A singular change came all at once over the cheeriul groups of gin-suckers and coffee-drinkers. ‘The tables were deserted, and the Ligh, open door- ways and the long exiertor colonnades became thronged with litle crowds, cach vociferating, “Noa, selior, wunea lo entregaremos!” (“We Will never give her up!) Hands shook in the air ike a forest of fans stirred by s hurricane, The babel Was lore contused and deafening than an opera chorus shaking with the chills and struck with lunacy, One man jumped ona chair, and though he said nothing be was applauded to the echo; but he waved his mght armas if he was forging imaginary horseshoes, and be banged down 80 on the back of his head as ow he dared the American army to come and capture Two meu, by an unfortunate coinciaence, jumped at the same moment Jor a stand on the seat of a chair, but came in collision and fell over into @ maelstrom of waiters, Yankees were sent to several grades of perdition, and nothing in imagination was leit of the Great Republic but the North Pole and a few tail feathers of the bird of freedom, On an upper floor of the Casino tsa vast billard room, where trom morning till night the crack of the balis are heard, uke the reports of a dozen pistol galleries. The shuMling of dice and checkers makes another intermediate ratue, and few places, indeed, have a more lively air than the upper story of this re- markable ciub house, When the news that spoiled the coffee and weakened the gin down stairs travelled up amid the players the sounds, 80 quick and exhilarating betore, diea off as the musketry roll of battle drops to a desultory picket fl ing. The games were cast aside in all directions, and the new turn in affairs was the universal topic of fume and tustian. One man struck the cue, not the billiard Jar to the sentiment o! the hour, when he cried, ‘We'll burn her before we surren- der her!” He was a fine looking 1ellow, and had he hit the mark 80 exactly with an Ameri- can crowd a universal shout of “bully boy” would have rewarded him. IJmagina- tion on the rampage plays the devil with evervthing in this favored land. One dozen of these gallant Spaniards, with their retrospective eyes fixed on the deeds at Cordova several centuries ago, and armed witi billiard cucs alone, feltin that supreme moment of exaltation that they were a match Jor the entire puissant Seventh regiment of New York. “Burn the Virginius,”” thut’s the sentiment as I write; burn her before she shall again fall into the hands of the Yankees, What ‘they may @o to-morrow the Lord only knows. A rumor was current at the Hotel Ingiaterra that an actual attempt was made last night io burn the Virginius. A company of regulars were sent on board this morning to frustrate any further efforts in that direction, The great ex- citement last night was not unattended by a scrimmage, One man who ventured to defend Castelar was KNOCKED DOWN WITH A CHAIR. At the palace a meeting of a very stormy charac- ter was held. It lasted for ten hours, It was attentead by the principal Spaniards and army officers, and the telegram announcing the de- cision of the Spanish Cabinet was discussed at great length. One of the members, who came out during the sitting, reports that when he left, astorm ofindignant abuse was being levelled at whole it Castelar, It was said his cowardly conces- sions were 80 dishonorable and unaccept- able that it was altogether out of the question for the Spaniards in Cuba to comply with them. One of the speakers expressed him- self to the effect that Castelar ought to nave been hanged by the populace of Madrid; that here in Cuba all were ready to stake everything and fight to the last, adding that the Virginius would be burned rather than delivered, There is a change this morning. The Captain General comes out with a proclamation, imploring Spaniards to keep cool. He says he has received certain orders from Madrid, and he trusts that a seuse of patriotism would induce them to regard the situation with calm dignity. You will find the proclamation elsewhere and also extracts from the journals of Havana, which are all well worth read- ing, and especially the Voz de Cuba, which con- tains a most significant article. The papers, you will notice, are full of the most DOLEFUL JEREMIADS, and the Captain General exhibits the little control he has over (he volunteers by the deprecating tone of his address. He implores where he 1s entitled to command, ‘the Voz de Cuba, which is the su- preme organ of the volunteers, feels more comfort- able this morning because it has discovered the stipulations of America do not Include the aboli- tion of slavery, The pockets of the Spaniards are easier in consequence. The day the false news was given out that Amer- ica had backed down from her demand for the Vir- ginius, a Spaniard whom I knew met, and shook me warmly by the hand, his face beaming with de- light. Last night Imet him among the pillars of the Casino, sad and silent. ‘Don’t smilie,” said he in low, reproachtul accents. “Do not rejoice at our terrible humiliation, This is a bitter cup, indeed,’ and he turnea away, the picture of the most abject dejection. Words are inadequate to express the feeling prevailing this morning all over Havana, At every corner I meet faces altered to the one expression of dismal dis- appointment, All the brave high words have ceased. The Casino js silent, and the few groups at the marble tables are like funeral mutes. Even a Yankee must commiserate the misery of tiese men, Where all was valorous hope and promise two nights ago there is now the most pro- found dejection, Silence and sadness go hand in hand, The Virginius will be delivered up. There may be an attempt to burn her by a few desperate men, but even that is now doubtful. Impotent despair has taken the place of desperation, It will be the gloomiest day tue Spaniards of Havana ever saw shoula the American feet from Key West come into the har- vor to receive the famous captive crait from the hands of the General of Marine. I should not he surprised to see the stores closed and hung with mourning while the bells of the churches TOLLED A DIRGE. The fleet, should it come, will have to pass down ‘the entire length of the harbor to where the Vir- ginius is now lying. In her main cabin iast Sun- day there was a grand dinner given and attended by may Spanish officials and the editors of the radical journals /sle de Marina, Voz de Cuba, &c. {t was a dinner at which numerous speeches were made, the prowess and glory of Spain being exalted to the skies, Congratulations on the work done at Santiago passed around, and the company separated to high glee with “Vivas 4 Espana,” and expressions of boundless confidence in the power of the Cuban Volunteers to hold their own against the wortd, The contrast is touching, In a tew days the Virginius, which was being prepared for the Spanish service, will be handed over to a hated enemy, It is the thought of this that has killed the appetite of Havana, and there is more misery of mind at this moment and more bitter resentment ericans than it would be easy to de- scribe, “Ah! said a Spaniard to em, “it is not the sur- render of the Virginius that hurts us, it is the as- sumption that we have no right to capture ana shoot or hang the bloody minded pirates and free- booters who come to invade us. What would these wretches shot at Santiago have done if they had landed and got the opportunity? Why, they would have killed every Spaniard they could lay their hands on, They were a gang of intending mur- aerers and nothing more.” There will be no war, The warlike volunteers will consent to everything, In 24 hours they have passed througk all the moods and tenses of hope, joy and despair, So strong was the fecling last night, that the Captain General became alarmed for the safety of the American Consulate and a guard of soldiers were quickly | In the morning America, in- it and | his hat | [it was a NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECKMBEK 14, 1873.—QU ADK Consular office. You have already heard of the | flerce threat flung after the N York HERALD | resident correspondent, that, in case of trouble, he would be the first to get his quietas, The HERALD correspondent never had any fears trom the start, hor has he any now, troublous and uncertain as the times a As this despatch is being sent away there is enough gathered of the tone of the entire radical press to state that they have all swung round to the support of the Captain General. “Let us have peace.” ¥ ere THE SPANISH [RON-CLAD ARAP.LES, ee ‘3 The Coal Barge Biockade—Interview of a Herald Reporter with an Officer of the Vessel—The Feeling of the Com- mandey and the Officers—It Is Consid- ered the Result of Design—The State- ment of an Eye Witness—The Dilatory Course of the Authorilies. ‘This vessel still remains in the dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and, trom present appear ances, is likely to do so for an indefinite period, as there iso apparent effort: pemg and remove the coal barge which was sunk in front of the entrance to the dock, now'some eight days since. As the report has been generaily cir- culated that the sinking of the barge was regaraed by the comimander and officers of the Arapiles as the result of design, intended to delay the sailing of their ship until alter a conclusion of the negotia- tions arising out of the Virgnius affuir, and which, it was supposed at the time, would resulg in hostilities, a HERALD reporter was yesterday directed to visit the vessel and ascertain w! the ideas of the commander and officers, in re ence to the supposed accident, are. He stepped upon the deck amid a heavy rain storm, wluch gave agloomy aud desola‘e air to the surround. ings, the more so that the v pairs, Sentinels clad in oilcloth, and with the dogged, sombre, aissatistied look peculiar to a cer- tain class of spiniards, moved to and iro, but the decks se es d, A non-commis- Sioner ollicer at once appeared, Who proceeded, alter a courteous gesture, to cail the oMicer of ihe deck. ‘lo him the character and purpose of t Visilor Was made known, aud he at once expr his regret that the iiiness of the commandant Seflor Montenegro, woud nt lis receiving him. The officer would, however, give all the in- formation required. ‘We all believe,” he said, “that the sinking of the barge was through design, and with a view of Getaming us here for a time with the least trouble,” “purely yodo not attribute such a purpose to the American authorities,” said the reporter, “No, Certainly not to Admiral Kowan or the Commander of the yard; but the barge was sunk there purposely. Lwas in charge oi the deck at the time and saw the whole proceeding. 1t was about haif-past one or two o’clock in tie morning. My attention was called by the guard to the large number of lights at the stern of the ship, near the entrance ot the dock, and I at once proceeded to that point and remained there, 1 saw the barge at first tied to the corner o1 the gateway, whence it Was removed and placed directly in front, when it began to fill and almost immediately sunk, ‘Dhe Swatara had been removed to give place to the barge. Itis very strange. Certainly in no country im the word woud the rules ol a yard perinit w barge loaded with coal to be brought into that sition and at such an hour. Many Americans ep spoken about it find styie ita very contempti- kK, and we think so, though we do not know who is responsible.”? “And has there been no effort to remove the obstrucuon ¢? asked the reporter, “You see,” wus the respo with a gesture “The ge 1s entirely covered by . the commander addressed concerning it to Admiral Rowan, very much regretted the unforcunate ‘a last word with emphasis aad « smile), and promised that tue ba removed. But wio knows ? you are ail 1 “And have been .or eight days and more, It is @ source of great annoyance; bat we can only await the action of the autuorities of the yard for | the present.” A reference to the Virginius question resulted in mutual congratulations on the provabilities oi con- tinued peace between the two nation und th reporter, having expressed his obligations Jor the courtesy extended him, withdrew, STRUGGLES OF A SAVINGS BANK. ee The Hoboken Bank Case in the United States Court—A Final Decision To Be Rendered This Week. In the United States District Court, at Trenton yesteraay, the Hoboken Savings Bank case was again brought up alter having been adjourned irom day to day throughout the week, Three weeks ago a petition was filed by Mr, Abbett, counsel for a few of the depositors, to have the, in- stitution adjudged bankrupt, bata delay of two weeks was then granted. The injunction issued by the Court at that lime, restraining the trustees from using any of the tnods, was modified since by allowing them to invest safely the interest accru- ing on bonds and mortgages, Yesterday morning Mr. Keasby moved to dis- miss the petition ior the following reason: . That this is not a corporation such as comes within the scope o: the bankrupt law. tion does not disclose any act of bankruptcy. He then narrated the circumstances in which the bank stood irom the time the first irregularities were dis- covered in April last, and reviewed points urged by the petitioner in support of his application. He said that the petitioner was a depositor for less than $400, and he was sure that not one per cent of all the depositors favored those proceedings. Counsel made several quota- tions from the act bearing on such institutions in support of his arguments, The Chancellor of the State had authority to examine the affairs of the bank and this Court had not. On application of three depositors the Chancellor may order a strict investigation and ascertain the salety of the = investments and prudence or the management. Such an institution as this is was hota moneyed corporation under the act, Its chief and primary object was not to trans- act business for gain to the trustees, All the profits belonged to the depositors, Tne managers were forbidden to receive a dollar for their ser- vices. Jt was simply a fiduciary corpora- tion, If it lost by fire, robbery or trand, common mistortune. The provisions of the bankrupt law do not reach savings banks or corporations not deriving proiit to them- selves, ‘The trustees will pay all their indebted ness if they are allowed to proceed with tie.r an- ties and the deficiency made good by suoser p tions. ‘They ask that this Court shall declare them a tiduciary institution and that they are not hable to be thrown into baukruptey, since — they have never committed any act of bank- ruptey. An agreement iad been signed between Ww. bippen and others on the part of the bank, with Fisk & Hatch, whereby the latter would pay the sum of $73,000, one-hal! in four months aud the other hall in s1X months, to the trustees, and that the Central Pacific Railroad Company guaranteed the payment of the balance—$21,000—in substan- tial securities, Therefore, not a dollar can be lost of the $94,000 in the hands of Fisk & Hatch. Mr. Abbett then proceeded to argue in support of the petition. He said that the $94,000 in the hands of Fisk & Hatch had been invested in violation of jaw—in violation of the charter o! the bank. He would state that he did not represent a creditor of $400. The proper thing tor the Court to do isto hold the matter within its control. Why don’t the trustees act in a practical manner, by having things actually done instead ot promising ? The bank had made one ruie of law tor one set of de- positors and another tor another set. Tne law should work uniformly in all case: THE OBJECT OF THE TRUSTEES is to get out of the bankrupt court aud to get into the Court or Chancery. Then what can the Ch cellor do? Order an €xamination to be made, can this Court. He ma; proceedings which may depositors. q So go on and direct other we for the interest ol the He situply starts other proceedings, All this can be done by the bankrupt court, This bapk is no charitable nor an eleemosynary institution. It is @ regular moneyed, business and commercial corporation, and, as’ such, is Within the provisions set forth by the Bankrupt act. The bank carried on business for the sole purpose of making profit. The trustees did as they pleased with their profits. They regulated the rate of interest to suit them- selves. The United States government taxes the deposits of saving banks and treats them as pri- vate corporations carrying On private business for their private advantage. in this case the money 1s given tor profit on what was put in, The whole thing resolved itself into this—Shall this corporation be taken out of this Court and thrown into Chancery?’ He hoped His Honor would control the whole proceedings, so that the depositors might not suffer. He did not ask the Court to put it into bankruptey immedi- ately; he wantea the Court to have control. He preferred this Court to the Court of Chancery. It Is less expensive and more liable to detect traud and protect the creditors. It was quicker and inet expeditious to reach the substantial ends of justice. At the conclusion of Mr. Abbett’s argument the Court then said that, as there was an important pee involved in the case, ample time should he taken to examine the papers; therefore a de- cision would not be rendered tll next Tuesday. Many of the most energetic advocates in bank- Tuptcy in Hoboken have now become its strenuous opponents. A few crippled and voracious voliti- clans wished to profit by the bankraptey proceed- ings; but hig} are likely to be disappointed, One good result of bankruptcy, however, Would be to made to raise | el still retains tae | dismantled aspect resuldug trom her rcent re- | 2. That the peti- | the | CHECKS AND BATONS. nderground History of the Gam- bling House Raids. A NIGHT IN THE CELLS. +. Gobbling a Herald Reporter, Who Now Plays the Trump Card. * the The Pen at Court. Prison Police A genuinely good thing aud that is sure to meet the rty approval of every good citizen is the re- cent raid ou gambling houses, 1tis true there is a@ lurking suspicion, judging trom past sparodic efforts in the satne direction, that this is only a virtuous spasm destined to’ speedy culmination into a comatose condition—in other words, that It | wil prove a dead fauure as far as accomplishing the reai end so muca desired, The worst and most painful feature of all is the possible likelihood that, instead of being inaugurated trom a just and earnest | desire to strike at the root of this great evil, to | Btay the tide o. its baneful and broadening influence; | Ynat instead of doing this under the pure stimulus of a high and conscientious enlightenment, and with the simple salutary purpose of advancing morality and lessening crime; that there is at the bottom of it only political claptrap; that this seem- ing air Of outraged morality 1s only the airing of a high police functionary’s petty, vengelul spite against a political opponent. But the effort to deive this undercurrent is not the object of the | present story. These surmises, alter all, may bea | mistake. It is to be hoped they may prove so. The mode of conducting the war and the abuses growing out of it, made familiar from painful per- sonal experience, are topics now proposed to be discussed, These tactg are of a character that do not come under the public observation. But they are facts that should be stated, and then let the public judge of them, A HERALD REPORTER ON THE SPOT. As the younger Pliny left to posterity the record of his own observations of the suomerging of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the mingling sea of lava and storm of ashes belched from the crater of | Mount Vesuvius, it so happened that a HERaLp reporter was “on the spot” at the raid on Thursday | evening, What we saw and suffered in our reportorial experiences, written necessarilf some- | what in the et quoram pars magna fui style of Virgil, makes up a chapter—although far more briefly told than it might have been—that will fully corroborate the assertions set forthin our preia- tory observations as tothe mode of conducting this gambling war. Still painfully smarting under a keen sense of the gross injustice of which, through vain and arrogant stupidity, we have | been the victim, we shall keep our stil pent up and | burning ire under sab; jon, set down nougit in malice, apd make our narrative, Othello like, “a plain, unvarnished tate.’? NOW THE OPEN SESAME Meeting a country friend Hotel, pursuant to appointm nt, he proposed, as a | pleasant way of whiling away the evening, a visit to what he chose to designate in polite phrase us | the club house opposite. “Is your club house a gambling house?’ I asked. “A regular one, and of the first class,” he an- swered; “but you know that to us countrymen, who are not so used to these tuings as you city folks, the word gambling has a harshly grating | sound,” J asked him if he could get in the place. He said, “Certainly.” ‘It would not be at all surprising,’ I sug- gested, “it there should be a raid there; and having instructions from the office to look particu- larly after this thing it would be capital sport to be on the spot and describe the scene.” “On your account I would not object to a raid, but ob my own, excuse me,” said my friend, and away we Weul. He proved to have the “open sesame,’ as the colored Cerberus at the door, aiter a preiatory peep through an opening, sdmitted us inside. We | were low iu the club house, alias gamolung nouse, No. Broadway, kept by one Mr. Janree, Thad been in club hou alias gambling houses be-” fore; in Morrissey’s, at Saratoga, and im John Chambertin’s, at Long Branch, and amid their luxurious environments o1 arc’s most expensive aaornments, had seen men of the very hignest social aud political rank “coquetting with fickle | fortune’ in the various games of chance being | played—taro, roulette, rouge et noir and so on. | This gambling house is on the second floor, and though, of course, tailing far short in its appoint- | ments of the splendor of the watering place clab | houses referred to, Was capacious, occupying three | rooms deep and tastily thongn not gaudily tur- nished. My friend, who hasa penchant for taro almost as deeply seated as that of a once noted Sport whom he quotes as saying that the two greatest pleasores in this life ure winning at taro und losing at taro, bought some checks and began | playing. FIGHTING THE TIGER IN HIS LAIR. There were only three other pla.ers, two of whom. subsequentiy turned out to be also rural gentle- | men, Who, in their visits to the city, it woull mani- festly appear, embrace the tiger in their programme of “seeing the elephant.” ‘There was a roulette table and one for rouge et noir, but none of these found any votaries. Altogether there were only a dozen fees in the room, two of whom were play- ing cribbage and two others indulging in a litte oli sledge. My irlend played sharply, and luckily | won. Aiter a time he went to his hotel to deposit | nis Winnings SO as not to risk losing them, and lett a lew checks m my care. 1 had been simply a “jooker-on in Venice.” DESCENT BY INE POLICE. Suddenly a sergeant of the Eighth p lice In civilian attire made his appearance. been admitted as a supposed Aavitw’ of the place, | though if seems strange that such a mistake should have veen made; bat he. immediately whisked in sight his snictd, and there followed | quickly in Wis wake sevetai burly pohcemen | dressed in the ful panoply of reguiation biue and brass buttons, and each carrying tuose unmistaka- bie badges of brute authority—a polieeman’s baron, ‘There was a ‘y sudden getting up and getting | from that tab.e. The dealsr thrust nis stiver deal box into ms pocket, some one With hghtning- like rapidity gobbled the money trom the | money drawer, and in the scramble the checks were scattered in every direction—a | cordial mingling of the “red, white and biue’’ tat but for its wildness would tiave deeply stirred the heart Of a patriot. I did not stir from my seat, but w ngratulating myselt on my good [uck being there, It was the professional “ruling pas- | sion strong.” Wi aracteristic artistic ardor I | was taking in the points. This was a nut worth | cracking—a beat in special description on all the other papers, “Let no one escape,” exclati the Sergeant in @ tone as majesticaily and hero commanding as that of the gallant leader or the bold 600 In the famous charge at Balaklava. “Is Mr. Janree here!’ he then asked in a more quiet and subdued tone. “That is my name," answered Mr. Janree, walk- ing up vo the Sergeant. “You are my prisoner,” replied the Sergeant with a Napoieon-like brevity, and then, with th air of one “leading squadrons in the field,” hea signed the various prisoners to the various polic’ me WAS OBTAINED at the Metropolitan ‘Come with me,” said a policeman, taking me tudely by the shoulder, “Lam a reporter and——" “Come wita me, sir.’ repeated this personation of the great majesty of tue law. The smile of in- credulity that crept over that seemingly scolid immobile face was—I can think of noting to com- pare it to—but it was not reireshing. vent vidé’—but the comparison hetween Cresar’s fortunes and my own bere diverge from their paraliel. That triumphal word “vinévinci’? | does not, lucklessly, give the same crowning splendor to my narrative. AT THE EIGHTH PRECINCT STATION HOUSE. It was but a bref walk to the Eighth precinct station house, and alarge gang, principally from “Murderers’ Row,” followed, A simultaneots de- scent had been made on another gambling louse. ‘the prisoners were being brought in rapidly. As they were ranged in frout of the desk jor exam- ination, I recall that scene in “Macheta’— DuNcAN—What bloody man is that ¥ MaLcotm—This ts the sergeant, ‘The particular sergeant on duty then may not be of @ particularly sanguinary nature, but he asked some questions that made the blood ot a good many boil, As it came to my turn to undergo tue inquisitorial ordeal | gave my name and business irankly, which, it 1s altogether probable, not one in 20 of the others did. Essaying a brief explanation, and assuming that upon this T would be let go at once, I was told bluntly, “You'll have to see the Captain! Meantime I had a good opportunity to study the crowd of my coprisoners., It was very certain that at the second gambling house the police had pounced upon a most sorry lot. ——— unrestrained, loose companies, Even such, they say, as stand in various lanes And beat our watch and rob our passengers. detect culpable negligence, if any existed, and thus make the property of the managers liable jor the Withia the gates of the ! detcit A glance showed that they were made up mainly of pickpockets, thieves, burglars and cutthroats— the TaklOge ANd goraplngs, 4u fact Of “Murderers? UPLE SHEET. | raised about a foot trom — Row.” While undergoing examination and report- ing themselves as houest devotees to use!ul em- ployment, Many were told ther true character, and which, though wineing at tne imputations, they did nut attempt to refute. INTERVIEWING THE CAPTAIN, After a while Captain Wiliams came fn and bur- riedly passed into the back room. Following atter him, [undertook the most aiticult and delicate of repor oria tasks—interviewing him, “Captain Willams, [ presume? 1 began, ina tone intended to be a MaxXtuum specimen of polite and coneiiatory address, “My name, sir,” he blurted out, brusquely. “lam among the victims Of to-nigbt's gambling raid,” I continued, to'lowing him; *1 bad gone to tue place ox professional business.” Professional bus.ness! That’s good, So you are one ot the profession?” turning Mis look on me ior tue first time, “No sir, 1am no gambler; [am a reporter of the New YoRK HERALD, | was there (o report a raid, there was one. Of course, as you now know this fact, you will not treat me ionger as a pris- oner, but give me all the information in your power to assist ine in writing my report.” “A reporter of the HERALD! Well, that’s the best yet,” and he turned and looked squarely at me 3. “that’s a tine story, but it won't go down,” and the would-be withering look of co tempt that fol- lowed wouid—would—well, it would make the for- tune of any man on the stage. “Will you not look at my letters in proof of my statement,” I insisted, and took from my pocket a bundie of jetters bearing my name and reporto- Tial address to hand to him. “Ili look at nothing,” he savagely replied, and turned on his sublime heel and then look his seat by the Sergeant behind the desk. Remembering the somewhat antiquated advice, given to one Mr. Brown, that it would not do to give itupso, [went op im front of the desk and persisted in his hearing me. 1 told him if he would send an officer with me police headquarters 1 could iiently myself at once, “Take him down, take him down!" was the re- sponse, and, to give tue mandate more impressive- ness, he pointed, giving to his arm and extendet loreflager a truly imperial curve, to the stairway leading below. Not satisfied with this, he called out, sarcasdcally:—‘t is you members of the press that made all this trouble, aud now you can take your place among the press gang.” 1t was simply that Shakespearian assage vivifled— “Robert Shallow, Esq., saith he is rig t,’? with ad- ditional intensity given to that other passage— And [spit upon him whilst I say he lies, And lies, and lies — The jeers that followed from the crowd pleased him, no doubt, wondertully. 1 saw l was in jor it. ‘There was bo reasoning With a man so utterly un- reasonable, I was taken down—metaphorically and literally—pat of what followed, anun. THOSE WHO WERE LET OFF. While this extreme of harshness was visited upon many, some Were let go. Tne dealer at No, @ mah whose corpora! dimensions would hardiy admit of his escaping observation, was allowed to depart in peace, and so was one of the alieged proprietors. There may be a mystery in all this which is beyond the capacity of the ordinary human mind to solve. Who knows but thatin the ear of certain ones there may have been whispered I am bound for Persia and want gilders tor my voyaze ; Therefore make present satistaction, orl And many of smaller fry were let go. Mention the fact as a curious one, IN A CELL. The cellsin the Eighth precinct station house are in the basement of the Wuildiag. + Ina dark and dankish vault, They are ranged in two rows, with a narrow pas- I simply Sage way between. Opportunity to count them was not given me, but, irom the length of the pas- Sage Way, there must be 25 or 40. I was thrust into ceil No, 15, and soon siX others were pl in the same cell. This length by eight feet a cell was some ten teet in wide and not over seven feet in Leight. There was no window, no means of ventilation, uo opeuing except’ through the closely barged do A coat of whitewash somewhat reieved the coarseness of the rough walls. On one side was a board platform the bottom and in on: ter closet arra ment, minus all tie reining accessories in the Way of modern impr ments. To put seven prisogers into sucu a Cal- cutta hole, corner a W, Fragrant with all The unclean.y savours of # slaughter house, is simply an outr; but yet it was done ou this night, and, no doubt, often done on other night: Tie ad acent celis were equally packed. How s Idescrive tat night? Itas like the might pictured by Hubert in Macueth— Black, fearless, comfortless and horrible. The foul air is Jetid with tobacco simoke curses, tue yilest utterances aud rivald mingle in the wildest contus:on, furious With drink, are at intervals brought in, and, with their added shriexs and yells, give @ wilder flerceness to the pandemonium scene. ‘The sounds that tell what hour it 1s Are clamorons groans that strike upon the heart, Which is the bell. So sighs and tears and groans Show minutes, times and hours. But there were some jolly songs. There wasa | glow of inspiring com ort in hearing the custo with which nearly every one apparently joined in the chorus :— Up im a balloon, boys; Up i a balloon All among the liv Sailing round the moon. Among the livelfest of the songs was the “Song of the Gay Gambolier,”’ with waich all seemed to be familiar. Seeing what the night was to be, I atvempted to get the might watchman to havea note conveyed for me outside; but no pecuniary jeers, songs Men and wome inducement even could move him. He was as doggedly obstinate as lis captain. Others upor- tuned him to get cigars for them; but he had a soul above human sympathy—the eoldly callous soul of the turnkey. It appears, as I sub- sequently learned at the HERALD office, that very soon atter I had been consigned to my cell two other HERALD reporters visited the station house, and that both the Captain and the sergeant avoided—and studiously, as it must have been— any reference to my case. Ii barbarity eonld be crystallized this an instance, Of course there” was no sleep. Let one be sick there andH eaven telp him. ‘The turnkey only comes in oace in two or three hours and no amount of groans or importunities would vring him at any other time. From those dark and teud cells, irom that foul air, from that Bedlam o! contu- sion piercing the brain like red hot steel, more than one precious human soul has gone to its last account; and the verdict has been, “Died of drunkenness.” [tis a stain upon civilization to treat human beings in this way. lam making my story too long; but, as 1 recat the horrors of that night, [feet that no language is strong enough to describe them, no words of imprecation forcible enough to incite io the needed retorm. Was ever such reflaement of cruelty’ Refusing to hear all explanations, retusing all possibility of identification of ones real character and mission, reinsing to send a communication to parties out side who would have accomplished my release. These'were not the worst leatures in the case. The acme of cruelty was being debarred from sending any Message to my family, apprizing them ot my whereabouts. Not alone upon mysell was the penaity visiter The blow feli alike upon absent wite and children, the former sudering a long night of inexpressibie agony and apprehension, and che latter aistracted with grief and the most painful forebodings of evil. There is not a ihus- band or father or wile or child in this great city but will characterize such conduct and cruelty on the part of a police captain as something more than inhuman—as an exemplification of “man's inhumanity to man’’—that shouid speak trumpet. tonguea to the higher oficiais conterring place and power on men so utterly soulless and dead, not alone to the plainest dictates of justice, but to the commonest emotions of Kindly and generous sym- pany. IN THE PRISON PEN, At a quarter-past six o'clock iu the morning the prisoners were taken to the Jeferson Market Police Court. The otlicer who kindly acted as my escort was not kind enough to allow me to get any to eat, and I presume the others were tre the same way, Weill, ail were put in the “prison pen,” as it iscalied. A pig pen would be about as fitting a name. Ail the bummers, thieves, prostitutes and ragamuftins arrested in this police district during the night were thrust into this pen, And such a group | For an approximate description of them I must again summon Shake- speare to my aid, Full of unpleasant blots and sightloss stains, foolish, crooked, swart prodigies, d with loul moles and eye offend f marks, To make the torture of such company and such surroundings more exquisite we were kept there till ten o'clock waiting, it was said, the arrival in the first place of the Police Magistrate, and then of the returns from Police Headquarters, TAKEN INTO COURT. The victims of the gambling raid were all brought into court together, Judge Sherwood occupied the benca, and he certainly deported himseil with the col is and dignity of a veteran judge. A few had counsel, but the most had not. ‘The results of the day’s hearing has already been published in the HERALD, and need not be recapitulated, This man claims to be a HERALD reporter,” ex. claimed Captain Williams, sarcastically, to the Judge when my case was called, “and I know the claim to be well founded,’’ promptly answered Mr, Rockwell, the Clerk. The took of surprise that came over the Captain upon this announcement was something starting; something most agreeably, not to say intensely, re- ‘treshing. A likejook of bewilderment gleamed also from the dull optics of the sergeant. When the Judge heard my explanation he promptly ordered my discharge with «a reterence to the dog Tray—a reference I am bound to say that was hardly necessary, as I was already thor: oughly familiar with both ihe proge and poetic his- tory of this celebrated canine. It he had said keep out or the clutches of fools clothed with a little brief authority it would have been pertinent, and 1 would have taken it kindly, MMISSIONER OHARLICK AND FARO, Last night and the night before ail the faro banks and other gambling dens in the city were closed. Those places known as “day games’? were also shut up, the proprietors not daring even to lifta curtain, According to present indications the animal is dead, More than that, he Js buried and the grave closed over him, for he is never again to be allowed to show his figure in New York—that i# as lopg as the present Board of af . ruse it, as she knew it contained Police is in power. In conversation with a reporter of the HERALD last night Commissioner Charlick said :—~ “Yes, sir, faro is dead and so ts banco and keno, never to be resuscitated as long as Tam here, and, from present appearances and Heaven hosts that is likely to be some time. Some ef the people who have come here haye said to me, ‘You are fighting Tammany Hall in this thing;’ but 1am not, 1am battling against a greater power, @ more pernicious evil, and one that has been for some Ume sapping the vitals out of the community. Be sides, mind you, don't think Tammany Ht Would countenance the continuance of this vice any more than Lam inclined to; but that isan out side question. The Board has taken this matter in hand and they mean to keep it in hand. I dont care for the opinion or good or bad feeling of political cliques, I shall carry out © the intention I formed in coming in to this Board. if they suit the people 1 am satisfied, They are meant for the protection of the public, the tnviola- bility of the fireside, anu if they answer that pur- pose my end is gained, I never took @ iree pass to @ theatre or on a railroad or at a free dinner in my life, and | never snail; and you may be certain [ am hot going to be ir ghtened now because some men say my lie is in danger, I have given tree liprert though, lots of thein, which I paid for; but never gave one to the HEegaLp, for I know it always pays its pay.” “Have they threatened your life, Mr. Charlick?? “Yes, they have come here and told me some of the gamblers would kill me; but tnat has not frightened me. I go and come just the same, and shall continue to do so. When I go out [ shall go ina blaze, they may be gure of that; and I shall disappear with the Satisfaction that 1 crushed gambling out of New York. | have heard some of the captains have been interested with these gamblers; -but when I find one of them out 1 wilt know how to treat him. Faro ts dead, and bance aud the other fellows will lollow suit." THE MURDERED ST. LOUIS COACHMAN, es The Inquest Divulges the Fact That He Was a Gent'sman in Disguise and Had Net Ruined His Af anced. The St, Louis papers of the 11th inst. contain fun reports of the evidence given before the Coroner regarding the murder of Boetticher, the coachmaa, by Benjamin F, Cronenbold, a brother of his flancé, details of which appeared in the HERA» of yester- day. The evidence shows that deceased was the son of a wealthy Prassian merchant, who accepted a position us coachman in the family, whicn he left some time ago to enter into the liquor business; that the murderer and his victim were on good terms until the day of the wedding and first at- tempt upon Boetticher's life, when young Cronen- bold received the following anonymous letter that led to the rash deed :— Mr, Brxzawtx Crorxnorn, Crtys— You know the circumstances of your sister Cora, and also the relation in which sho hus Come, through the in- fluence of your ignorant mother, wi.h’ that worthless, crazy adventurer, who used to altend as a servant in your mother’s house during your abseuce in Bue Tope. It devolves now Upon you, as a brave ung man, to protect Your sister's hotior, and open jor so doing woutl be to tell said oUF house and the house ot your sister forever, and in ‘case lie does not, mind, shoot him down by his first appearance at her and your . This much all your trien h ever to be respected by thy i bear, YUUR FRIEND, of Which there are a great many in number provided you do your duty. i A point of some interest brought out in the evi- dence was that tne ceremony so abruptly post. poned on Thurstay evening was to have been performed on the afternoon of Tuesday, the day of the murder, at the Lutheran church, Ninth and Soulard streets, and the trip to town the party— mother, daughter and Boetticher—were about to make, when young Cronenbold commenced fring his pistol, was for that pnrpose. ‘The following is the only important part of the testimony of the young lady :— The Corener—Did Mr. Boetticher ever treat you or your mother with disrespect or im any manner unbecoming a gentleman ¢ Witness—No, sir. A Juror—Do you know of any letters that were sent him? A. Yes; on Thursday morning he re- ceived a letter and he gave it to me to read. he Coroner—Did you read it? Witness—I read 1t;it said that he should tell Mr. Boetticher as soon as he came into the house to leave us, and, if he did not mind, wouid shoot him down; the letter was without a name. ‘The letter given above was placed in the hands of the witness, and she identified it as the same that she had seen. A Juror—What effect did the letter have upon um ? ‘Witness—As soon as he got it ke asked fora pis- tol; our own pistoi—my father’s; this pistol (the ue used by Cronenbold and shown to the witness) is not my father’s; my mother had taken it away long ago because he intended to shoot several other folks who came to the house; so i told him I did not know where it was; on Sunday or Monday he must have bought this pistol; he said so to an- other gentleman; the letter carrier brought the letter | have spoken of. A Juror—Do you think your brother's anger was excited by that letter? Witness—Yes, sir. The Coroner—Did he show anger previous to this? Witness—No, sir, not against Mr. Boetticher; he showed anger a few weeks ago several times, but it was on account of some one else. The Coroner—Against whom? Witness—it was a gentleman who came to the house and wanted my brother to write nis name on someting. ‘The Coroner—Will you state to the jurg again ‘whether you are positive that Mr. Boetticner has always treated your mother and yourself ag @ gentleman and as an honorabie man snould? Witness—Yes, sir, always. The Coroner—As one always should? Witness—Yes, sir. ‘The Coroner—You are sure in your case? Witness—Yes, sir. The Coroner—He always treated your mother as @ gentleman, as far a8 you know? Witness—Yes, sir. ‘Ihe young lady, after hearing her testimony Toad, mgned itin a nervous manner and was ex- cused. the hame you MRS, AUGUSTINA CRONENBOLD, dressed in deep mourning and heavily veiled, was next called. Not understanding English, Charles Lesser, of the Anzeiger, Was sworn as Lnterpreter. The bulk o1 her testimony was simtiar to that given by her daughter. Deceased was not rich, Ent scoomphished, intelligent anda manof good character; hg never treated me, my daughter or my son, h disrespect im any manner whatever; never knew of any quarrel between Boettcher ana my son; on the coutrary, they liked each other very much; since vis retara from Kurope wy son bas been troubied in mind, probably irom being instigated; te was at times inelancholy, and from tnis | was satisfied that his mind was not quite right; never knew him to make threats to kill any one before, but I noticed him to be excitable; 1 Know that he was instigated and excited by tae anonymous letter which he received three or four days ago irom the male house servant, and just before that the maid servant came tome and said, “Mrs, Cronenbold, your son has received a letter without a signature;” 1 begged wy son to let me read it, but I saw it was written in Engiish, and my daugh- ter read it and told me the contents; my son did not like to give it to Cora; he then threatened to shoot Boetticuer 11 he did not leave the house when next he came; [looked upon the threat as a joke; the matter was discussed at the dinner table; his statements were incoherent; we then DISCUSSED THE SOURCE OF THE LETTER, but no conclusion was arrived at as to its author. The withess dweit strongly on the excitable na- ture Of her son, a8 shown on the evening of the proposed wedding and on the receipt of the letter spoken of, Four days previous to last Thursday her son showed her a letter which he had received from Boetticher, but declined to readit, saying that he would do so next day; she begged him to pe- joetticher’s in- tentions in writing; Boetticher also thought her 8-1 Was not allright; her son did not open the letter, and it ts still closed; she knew the contents of the letter, because it was the result of @ conver- sation which they had on the subject and was written in het presence; tt was @& matter Boetticher’s par hy of courtesy on Mr, e also received a letter from Miss Johanna Heinrichs which excited him; this letter he burned, as its contents were tree this Was the reason be postponed the reading o! the other letter; the anonymous letter was re- ceived on the morning of the wedding day; her son had received medical treatment trom Dr. Engleman and his son several times for his coniused condi- tion and melancholy temperament; iny son was Worse at one time than another ; this was since hi return from Europe in September; the witn 8, about nine weeks ago, hid her late husband's pistol because she was a‘raid her son, knowing his con- dition, would do some harm with tt. ‘The testimony given on the Jollowing day (the 11th) exploded the cruel charges made by the murderer that the deceased coachman had effected the ruin of the mother and daughter, while it also showed that at times the accused has betrayed signs ofemotional insanity. The trial is excitin; reat interest in the city, and one of the I fournals publishes woodcuts of the parties figuring in it, PUNISHMENT FOR UNLAWFULLY SELLING BAILROAD TIOKETS, Pitrspura, Pa., Dec. 13, 1873, The parties convicted some time ago of unlaw- fally selling railroad tickets without being author- ized agents were called up in the Court of Quarter Sessions this morning and sentenced to pay the costs of the prosecution and a fine of ci Sterrett announced that he had taken into coast: eration the fact that the constitationality of the act had been in question and that some doubt existed as to the law, but that hereafter he would impose severe penaitios and imprisonment in addition tog fine im such cases.