The Sun (New York) Newspaper, October 29, 1872, Page 2

SMW axel Tt Rhtnes for AML TUESDAY, OCTOBER wementa To Dn Rink hi a fe, Japan and the Japonene Mowe Night ae Ath 1, ad Pact River Aton stetey Be Re Minotreta il¢ Wie ways heatre Road (6 Kur Kt, Jomo Thentre Theatre Comiane Wood's Museum Angelo! Maint. White's Athene sm S85 Brow way. Atatieee Terms of The Sun. tube ribery, ve : fesmae Abs eere easy a 4, Cais erddupay tye BW ” For the ace mo yo of up town residents, adver tisements for Li: SES 9 ewed at our regulon fates at the np-town advertiec Shy Weet Tirty-cceond street, Junction of Bre aud Sixth avenue, and BUS West Twenty-third yaite Gragg Opera House, and ou the € SAL Grat treet, near k Broadway, from A.M. to SiO PM A Financial Crisis in Havana. The notes of the Spanish Bank of Ha- vaua are. us everybody kuows, the only circulating medium iu that city and in many other parts of the island of Cuba, This instituti n ‘sa joint- tock concern with acapital of eight millions Its out- tanding not s, secording to the last pub- lished aecoun's of its direction, amount to $55,730,002, Besides the above confessed tum, other notes, surreptitiously issued, with or without the conuivance of the Bank Directors, are generally believed to be in circulation to the tune of many more milliors. The Spanis Government has borrowed from the hank some forty-tive millions, which it declines to reluburse and forthe recovery of which it re mends the bank to look to Une colony Tn Havana to: vents of the ay every debt is noming ly due and recoverable in gold, Wut faitir this circulating medium, notes of this bank pass current. Of the discount on them that is, of the premium on gold. uo quota tion is allowed to be pubishel. But some Idea of the present value of this paper may be formed from the fact that on Friday Jast short sight exchange, payable in in this city, commanded in Havanaa pre- nium of twenty-turce per cent. That is, one theusant dotlars remindly in gol: due in Hay na would if remivted to this ity net {812.°9, But Cula is to- lay a and of anomalies. There is no war—of any con equence—but the Government, to ¢ ton, imposes additional taxes, which i collected would amount to over fliity milions a year id eo there is nothing surprising inthe fact that the shares of this hopelessly bankrupt bank are quoted at fifty to fifty-one pe vent. premium oe The Story of Mara—Hired Assassinas tion. A central figare of Philadelphia politic At this moment is # vloo t-stained rufian ' a Hven Mans. He has on his hand the fresh stains of two frustrated g issh nations, Of how many consummate mur- ders we have no record; Dut it is probable that he who amoug competitors was chosen for deadly work had given enough proof of his skill to satisfy his employers His story we propose very plainly to tell Tt sheds a lurid light on the social and political condition of our sister city, mor than one ray of which illumines, with terrible distinetness, the administration of justice. In Hon Mana we have ar dark agen: ies of medieval Iti land a century and ¢ ival of the ly and of Lre- half ago, when me were hired to do secret murder, and with- outseruple earned their wages, That mer- venary assussination—killing — obnoxiow individuals for so many dollars and cents— should come into vogue again in our day and this, too, ina communit founded on principles of peace, a dolent of | 1 bearing a name re of human brethren, pas ve ordinary comprehension. Yet that it las is thesimple truth, Heait Mana was hired to do a decd of blood, and to the best of hiv ability he kept his part of the contract he city of Philadelphia, durmg and a the end of the war, was the seat of as un- serupulous a Ring as ever disgraced com munity. Its main motive, and this, too. with all sorts of professions of exuberant loyalty, Was at any cost or risk to defraud the Federal revenue, especially of the duty on distitte rit he suburbs of the city were dotted with coatraband stills, ‘The Ring exten much further, for all the Erain-srowing counties were bound by th fine interes, and were in the same The centre of setion, however, was Phil- adelphia, Its active agents were there It» lending lawyers were there, Its obse- quious courts were there—not Federal which we believe to be honest, but State fund local, which everybody knows to be corrupt ov linhectle, The lines of party politics Were in this unholy cause oblit erated, wud the two well-known advocates of ui combination were lead of th local Republican aud Democratic parties They were the Ring lawyers, and if, o either side, the interests of the politica parties they were supposed to represent Came in coutlict with those of their grea wud rich client, the Whiskey Ring, politic of course kieked the bean, ‘This, as 1 may have occasion to show, was the i Case at the late election, when, at the b Ging of this irvespousible element, Den erate opeuly 1 yed their trust ebhoxious antagonist could be found tha & resolute and perfectly honest reven Went, Who could not be bought, Such it 1s69 was, or cmed be JAMus 1 Books, aud it Was voce may bo get lila gutof the way, ‘This being accomplished It was believed to be perfectly easy to x cure the appointment of a move pliable successor, The Philadelphia influence at Washington always has beon powerful There wa but one means of removir Buooks, aud that was to kill him, and accordingly it waa agreed he should bi killed, Now, we beg to say to any on Who reads incredulously that this is ali wotual, Well-ascertained truth, judiciaily Proved, Who the conspirators were overy- ody in Philadelphia knew; and who they are, if Huan MARA ever bas a chang of uking, the world will know as well aa Philadelphia, [t is believed that one of them was elected to an important offiee of trust the other day; and it is known that another, who, being an Alderman, was pre- vented from taking a hand in the murder, is a man who, after a long career of elec. tion frauds, dating as far back as 18 crowned bis infamy by betray ing his own friends. Tn councils such as these the murder of Mr. Buooks way planned; and alter caveful eerutiny of eandidates Huei Mana aud Jaurs Dovongnry were se- lected as competent assascing They were furnished with arms aad auuauni- tion, ‘They were driven to the » of contemplated murder ia a carriage pe vided by their cmployers, In broad day- Night they were carried carefully, so that their aim might be steady, to Mr, Broons's office, and found him alone, engaged in his public duties. Without a word of premo- vition, with no exetise of real or hetitious altercation, they did, or thought they did their work, ‘The unvortinate revenue of) cor was shot, as it was believed, te death, and lett weltering in bis blood. ‘Phe assis drove away undetected, aud for a tine were carefully hidden, Wheurecentty incourt Wittig Mc Men LUN Was asked if these murderer of them, had not, when fugitives fron tive, been hidden in his he me fior Mata on the former trial now District objected to swert do te who bid Mr. B. ns. Ht fou a long time they were, until Mr. Brooks so far ryecoveved hi to b to tell his story and aid in their deter The duty Iphi and OF one jus- counsel the an Attorney, te his ell den th we not from woun tion in proseeuting crimes Vhitad was then in the honest oman, not clate of rufians and gamblers: and, a Dovaurnry Mana ayrested, convicted, aud sent to the penis tentiary. Their counsel were the leadin lawyers we have referred to, and. the of their defence was open and notorious perjury. This was in Septer ber, IS. Before they had served out one- fourth of the sentence, these blood-stained rulllans were absolutely pardoned by Gov bands of an the fer wert time, and Weapon Grany, to the great releef and satis fuction of the individuals whe had employed them to commit the crime, One might supy of prerogative tha would lave {this gross prostitution 1 the shy rish pulse of Philadelphia, but it did not. There was faint remoustrance and little else: and Mana first, and Dover. PREY more cautiously afterward, returned to the communion of rufanicn, the cons tre of which is the Moyamensing H house, the high priest Alderman Witttas MeMcnnes, The met the real the attempt murder scemed for a tiine to be se of f instigutors « Mr. Baoons safe, and all con- corned breathed freely. Alas! for hu forecast, and expecially for that form of it on which the guilty pride themsely Last July it happened that these bose friends, MCMULLEN und Mana, indulged in a mild quarrel nominally about 4 houquet on a supper table, really About the arrears of blood mone in the course of which, probably witt the same pistol with which he had been furnished to kill Baoows, Mana 4 fully shot his patron, MoMt Lies, wound ing him seriously, but not fatally, Having done this he fled, and was again secreted From the 2d of July to the 20th of August he managed to elude a pursuit not very ae- tive, and was then by the purest aceident arrested Ilis tin there capture « nu ne of Mr. Bre surface. DouGHERty pani " A was danger 's et comMME to thie had been stabbed to death by hands um known, but Mana lived, Cost what it inight, he must be prevented from tellit what he ku Accordingly, ina way utterly unheard of in the case of an un- tried prisoner, all access to him was de- nied. None were allowed to see bim but those whose drend secrets he held. He was not even permitted to have counsel in Philadelphia, and the strange spectacle was presented of the Bederal District At- torney for Western Pennsylvania, three hundred miles away, volunteering to de- feudaman from whose hands the fre blood of a F been wash Stat ti deral revenue officer had not ! Swore stepped in, The n was at hand, and it occurred to these bold, bad men that even Mara might be utilized. He was tempted to make a confidential statement ving the + of his employers, or of them ght be influenced by terror, and then read the following statement in a Phila delphia paper which w Lev el ev nan uw we prefer toquote of the 1 berot nt whieh Mais ny him. ‘This state Weiniass a ade Hauriasen, the ton in whieh he alternative would not y SWOrRR rats, also B quiet being rosecu have United stat defend Other dicated their Hleutenante Ring, GuANt statement United iitat ive r tak rent in and tof th the epres return f Adininistration and extoris from hin a staten leading members of both parties, | F pone the United States District Attor " Httebirgh to Philadelphia to defend the hus It in ferrorem over the hen rats Whose naines are on it, threaten: Wit they dare to oppose the Rin A with the penitentiary if he about the Grant Republicans betted him in erime, and wh to escape his lips. ‘thts protected | t through its Ja Maia Ii Thus GRAN S by tow Swor he uMdavit acriuinal implieat ng r that pur lows a word sided and candidat ve shameful l or offer Lory was never Written, A But the tragedy, the farce, is not end. ed yet, There has been another trial of MAna recently which, though there has been a verdict, can hardly be said to be concluded, He has been tried for the as sault on MeMrin mmenting on this trial, the Philadelphia Ledger, not a partisan, gravely says nthe MAKA trial rigor on ite Was Convicted In despite of oa sotwithstanding the display of earhe nly apparent rou N ice for ex t the | r fl to have | un, dof «log the de xreat slow of eon the other But Mans tn : en alle to hold tie IP the pu liken Lane muni I rewret. that ‘ L ile Our peoy ther the trial f he But why, we venture t h Lould th Itisin the y of the Philade udministrators of justice ¢ day to avert have sp dispuragingly, as reason to do, of the local j that ity, As a general rule, it is the willing crvant of him who claims to represent the Commonwealth —MAna’s orig) Lat Phin te Wwe have en at this 1 this continuing scandal, ken we liciavy of al, fe torney, But there are exceptions, we are fain to hope, to this disparagement. he Judge before whom this late trial ha eeu had has more than once shown hin- self superior to these evil influences. He it was who dirceted the couviction of Venkers and hie confederates, and in doing #0 defied fovial and political influence. Ile hae it in his power now to further the ends of justice by giving Mana full oppor= tunity to tell all he knowa It may be done with perfect propriety. The Court, alter the verdict ai least, is master, Bad as Tiven Mara is of ours can be construed to pattiate his crimes, he is spet- Jess in comparison with those who bought and paid for his bloody hand, We have not said more on this sad theme of the social deterioration in Philadelphia than it deserves, Never in the checkered story of our polities has that community exercised a more decisive intluence than it did three weeks ago; and never was ther A Erosser outrage on popular rights than that of the combined iniquity of which rogues like Yerrces and ruffians siet Mina are the appropriate her ——— Poor Old Traman Smith. and no wor Old age ap What would not poor old Treway Switit do for money! It is said there are plenty of wreteher in this city who would murder erty, that Hk tehod pair a man for ten dollars. TRuwan Suren Would not murder aman, Ob, ne! That would not bein his line, But he would do other things, Which a man ought not to do, for ton dollars, or less, if he couldn't get more, His poverty but not his will consents. Poor, pitiable old man! Hi once elevated life seems to be prolonged only to sink and deepen inte stiame We hope he will tive until next winter The pul good will be pron hit hi existence is extended long enough to en able him to give testimony before a cer- iain investigating cor ee of the United States House of Representative We suppese that it would damage bin aud one other man: but thatit: would tend to the purifieation of one of the Federal Shadows. Uf the operation of the Ku-Klux law had been extended by Congress until after the Presidential election, a result which Grayt ond his immediate supporters earnestly attempted to bring about, mem- bers of Grerney clubs would: have found themselves in very hot wate As it is, in the South the Grantites declares: that such clubs as illegal us the Ku-Slux, and threaten hang penalty for are ing as a vinin them. A very loyal Geant orgmt in North Carolina, the Statesville Anerican, wes the following lingua ce on this subject not if no oath is required of those ty themselves in this t anit intent fs ert \wal and opposed to the law, whieh: is still in foree, and will be executed aa herete fore. ‘The men who persuade oth Avold always necks the at the pres GieeLry clubs, and y waits all Kae hax A will escape th This brief extract exhibits ina vivid light the seritiments which animate the loyal Grav milad on the subject of po- litical rights and frecdom of opiuion in this country — Do the People Want a Good District Attorney ? Ifthe people care to have a good Dis trict Attorney allt have to de is te Vote for CHARLES Doxonur, He is able honest. He will faithfully perform The office if an important one Mr Doxonvr can be elected, Shall he be Let who want good governmen in eve partment, vot a—and they or have a better eundidate—and hi “thon u City Judge. we few otfices in the city, or in u the st which really o tance than that of City It is the duty all good citizens to to it that this office is well fille Its jurisdiction is of greater iinportan and of greater dignity than that of the vivil cour Phe reputation of the ¢ have been placed its beneh time it should be ted agan Those who entertain these views will vole for JOSIAM SUTHERLAND, The Committee of Seventy—A Cheat. If political associations were to be in- dicted, the Committee of Seventy ought to be proceeded against at criminally, and indicted as a cheat, at common law. Such men as the admirable Josern Howrrzer Choate, James Exorr, and Ep- WARDS GRANT PIERREPONT, ure too iuteli- gent in their profession not to know whit acheat they are parties to. They may say all ix fair in polities, But all is not fair in ol The Committee of Seventy is only a GRanr committee under another mame Iisa delusion anda Flection diy holiday. Every registered citizen should be 1 an opt tunity toy If all classes will shut up shop on that day, both employer and employee will be enabled to devote the day tot tsa their country. The polis will close at 4 P.M 1 not at sundown, Phe reeent troubles in Mississippi coumty Ark. all re d from the ett f one man to aflame the negro populat sa whites for political purposes. ©, B, Firzparnick, the ator of the difficulties, is one of the CLAY TON school of politicians, and appeurs to surpass his leader in recklessness and deflance of law He was formerly Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Arkansan, isa candidate for the Le gislature, and had charge of the rogistration in Missistippi county, He had organized a longue among the negroes, the object of which ap parently was to dr of the county, whit in order to leave t party in the appro the white population ou is Democratic in polities, field clear for the Grant hing elections, ‘The negroes Were provided with arms, and provision was made for procuring a further supply, Pura ratiick had been engaged in drilling black cavalry and infantry for about tw Abs pre vious to the recent outbreak, and his ignorant followers expected to take and hold esston full the pr in the county belonging to pponent ininistration, Among other exploits | Kk got into 1 with a Wan named MERKAY, a tax collector, and shot him dead, to which be was Indicted for ur fort non part of the authorities, Pecaariics put himself at the head of his black troops and threatened te ' town of ¢ Th riff went w nd read the Blot act to Fig the Sherif, after which a fight t place and the mob of blacks was disper Prvav arnien escaping to Tennessee, It was reported th everal negroes were killed in the fight, but this proves to be a@ mistake. It is now said that hone were shot except three or four who were accidentally Wounded by the careluss handling of firearms, It was expected that Gov, Havney Would call out the militia to assist BUPZPATRICK in his infamous designs upon the peace of the community, but sueh course was finally deemed alittle too bold even for Arkansas, and at the latest accounts tt was the impression that thin candidate for legislative honors would re Gan and stand bis teind The whole such Cxtravacant pay to the officcholders wer gto the choice of legislators bein of negroes who vote as they ar directed hy the en ances. “They vote Just ax Esay in ny par 1 this conrelention: ae they call nie, for a Ing, because they know I go f d come from the good ol Thus it is that the white 4 South er inden of President Tirens regardin the of public oficers to support his Ad thinistration appear to be very much Nke ¢ J of President Grant. Ata recent meeting the Peri t Committee of the French Na tional Assembly, M. Doreen congratulated Mf TALS on his censure of the five officers wi alled upon M. Gaximerra at Grenoble, t thought this was not enough. AM public fune- tionaries wt lalmed M, GAMuBTTA, he sald, should be punished. To this President Titers Apolwctionly replied hat his only power over Mayors was dismissal, and that was of no use, as tucy were likely to be redlected. [ts easy to What such republicanism as this will lead to in France; but what will Ik lead to heres —— The Treasury Departinent apy Have wepecial animosity against the ex of alcohol, for, not content with plac a tious and unnecessary restrictions on the bond required from expor upparently for the pur pose of 1g Dustness Into the hands of Seve retary BOUTWELL'S friends who are engage OCTOBER 2 story Ie Interesting as an illustration of the mensiires resurted to in the Southern Btater to carry the clections In the interest of the Grant party. - — A correspondent of the Boston [ost has found an honest carpet-bagger—that is, a man who ls @ woud deal more honest than carpet- buggers usually are, inasmuch as he frankly acknowleducs the Iniqulty of the laws under which he holds a very remunorative oflice, ‘The curpet-bagger in tax asKesne and collector in @ parish of Louiatana, a position whick he obtained through the in ee of his brother, who i# also a carpet-bagger from Ver- mont. ‘This individual, according to his own ae: COUNT, assesses and collects taxes cach year tothe amount of $200,060, the rate of taxation In th rural parish be ie in being more than three times the rate in the city of Boston, For the assess ment of this tax he receives a commission of five per cont, Wik ten per cent, nore for col lection, making of $30,000, out of which he is obliged to pay the salary of a deputy and certain office expenses to the amount of $2,000, leaving him a not income of $24,000, ‘rhis carpet-bagger frankly acknowledged that £1,000 0 year would be aliberal remuneration fe the servives he renders, and further volunteered the information that the laws which permitted banking. the Commissioner ot Internal ke has now decided that awearge of alcohol should be lost at sea, aid satisfactory proof of the fact be produced, the exporter would b compelled to pay the taxes on It just the sane fit had been sold in this country, the trans- portation bond belng proceeded against first and the ¢ bond ward if the former Ih ave insuficte » vatiaty all require. ments. And th Jon is made inthe face of the act of June, Isa. which provides for the ex portation of aleol ity free, ‘The zeal mani fested by the Treasury Department for the pr mot f our commercial interests is only | Jons of the Internal Revenue H we for Sherif in 1 Fanos. While Com Ht the Boss's Jobs, and crush him. ‘The people wi ay about th A vote for wv a great elt —— There isn bitter fewd existing in Vir- | ‘ the carpet-hag. fretion tb etoGna ‘ port 1 te plu t sto a The reports im regerd to. this year’s cot ton crop have heen s jethug hat it bs dim actual amount produced, More acron were planted in cotton | than ever before, and up to July the indieations were all in favor of an immense yield, Thon there came successive broods of worms over a wide belt, intheting great injury upon the growing plants, with un reasonable rains #1 sone places, and ln others protracted dr S the latter causing rust and hedding of blooms. But September has passed without gales, and those who have attentively watched the growth of the crop believe that at the lowest estimate tworthirds of the splendid promise in July will be realized. Comparing this with the yleld of 184%80, the only season in which so great an area was cultivated in cotton when the erop saved a about Ave miliion t the pre ar should be at the least three A Bird of Hales, and more prot nes which would be one million bales in excess of lust ny condition at tht far ben very Pneny of th wviguble, Which ha undoubtedly exercised ortant « apo the receipts The cost of reporting the testimony en- hodied in the Con nal Ku-Klix report amounted to some $2.00, while the printing flereotyping, and binding of the inimense edt tlon of the report ordered for circulation for partisan purposes must have carried the total cost oft ibieation up to somewhere in the borhood of $200,000, As an evidence of value of this hook, it ix sald that there is not a copy of it to he found in the Congressional library, the Senate library, or elsewhere in the Capitol; but it has been sold by the wagon load as waste paper tothe funk dealers in Washing ton, This Is one way in which the taxes g under this Administration. Jons Fovny made a mistake when he nominated Mr, Haveweven for Mayor. He wht to have nominated ABRAHAM . LA RENCE. SUM we be that the susplelon tha Mr, FOLEY means to ald in electing Janes O'BRIEN is not well founded. Senator Anrioyy has written a letter it in regard to bis dishonorable rull t ‘ yl ent of the Senate in receiving as an mentary enforcoment DIL in viola «ruil which bad been unanimously adey f pate. ‘The Khode Island Senator had better Jot that matte It was a wre ad tary usaye for a partisan purpose, and the act As the exhibition of everything caleu Lited to woue dormant feeliage of bitten is now in order with the Grantites, Dr. A. 1 Heanovy bas exhibited ata monthly meeting of the Massachiusott cane with which Historical Society the ebony PiRetON BROOKS assaulte CHANLES SUMNER, As the great Massachusetis statesman thinks the caning bas been fully atoned for, surely the weapon with witch the long-forgotten injury was inficted might be permitted to rest in obsourity, THE POLICE BURGLARIES, CONTINUATION OF THE TRIAL OF M'WILLIAMS AND DOYLE, Serene Cros Exa! The Hurginr Proctor Rev the ming Up—The Room — MeWittinw Doyle on the Stand Hed The Su sry to Go Out Towday. The trial of ¢ { MeWilliams and De- teetive Doyle was resumed yesterday before Judges Depue and Newkirk in the Court of wa was erminer ¢ poe of the obtained by ring those from the upy in order to get to the Court House, had t under a Gree noblest work of publig dollars vory bad taste. At 104 exces Judge's Lench were se of Hue sony Attorne Chancel! iw fi dir has a he y bouts rt of ine w county, Acting Chief of Polic Attorney-General G urretts William: \ w nd i iy CHANCELLOR BEN tt ta i ft yand Hrow! inseribed the words, officers were b With burglars in an attempt to rob the tlonal Bank of Jersey City of two milli ane hb than with the re ce thr 0 ty inches in height, and weighs w reddish-ar we of the vy black ' complexion, E moustache Hudson county, Ned. Y, Witnesses, and list- a steepled bell, rT portion of the town, pass banner, on which “An honest man the widering that two for complicity First Na- ns of psiderod by many in ju Goa.” ing tr was 0 crowded to the court room wal the railing surrowndin od many ¢ LUMEN AIEES wat Dick District Esq Nehrist hy repr m, Charles Keq. of ¢ 1 dsat behind their . ve Ww motley crowd of ine who were kept in order by ers, ‘These individuals car ca of office, aud while some of | superannnintod | Meherny ibtedly retired but honorable Who svinpathized with each ed, and parsed sand squirthig rhey were as to the and the Winfletd senting nut in. thel men ou triad atall and well made mmplexton, bh moustache nex very. plu ition. Detoctty leney and! wcliah and van hack e, «ire nis pe ite corp WILLEAMBON ungel forthe defence. He is | ver years of actly 200 pounds, Ets bump nuded of halrand yery prot mn the Up end of I chop whiskers cat tinevently, apparently with a pair of sheep | hears, a double chin, al twang, aud sveaks | like an ext rata Nantucket camp meeting. | tox assist er hawy Charles Wint ke not ‘a well-pr has very brixh raary iN red Mirai is th Wintleld's ial went a spotless while shirt front, and one fro: ing. hee chief prose plain black ele an nd cur The Judes wellek with He bh et heavy black w fe w rand whisk wner. t ven count, Later It was olalmed these tw ottictal ‘on foot a plan to enable the burgh to esenpe from the prison van on their way te the county jail ond itwas sad that Doyle wc tually f ed the prixoners with keys for that purpose TH STORY OF THE BUNGLARS, Last Thursday the trial of MeWilllame a Doyle was begun, Dennin Dawe Bra one of the convicted bi ae the fest wit lie told a very straizbt though alms obuble story of having been tet by Mewil ny in New York, when the latter propone that he Denning and others should rob th MeWilliums was to receive Xi per cent. o:f aniount captured, and for that considers Proctor. whose real name tw . Hunsiera | Denning’s testimony, | ris, was also ex ‘Oorresponded with. th t fled to their discovery of the In ‘ y, the avr of MeWilllams and | i for the prosecution closed | w count by Deputy Sheriff Cro- | ni ner of MeWillhams's eseape from | THY DEFENCE nearly the only witnesses they could prod a | MeWilliams was put on the stand torvof the conspiracy. He sald, ameng other things, that he was in’ Philadelphia when. the robbery was attempted; that Doyle was con vale from an attack of smallpox, and that Wille Deverenx, Proctor's sister, who could not be found, was the main instroment us concocting the conspiracy, ‘The eross-examinis tlon of McWilliams was not Bished when. the Court adjourned on Saturday Yesterday MeWilliania’s crossexamination was continued. He told the story of his escape front custody, where he went, why he returned, and ambler road robbery Deputy She kh named Mike Murray. whom he met on ay, MoWilliams denied all complicity or on with the thieves or the attempted and said that when he was arrested by Att Jenatured fac he turned back & i he dave Pup and ws to dull} rod he had to evil Lutoutte r Vata wet toten triat LE DRTROTIVE'S BHORY Detective Dovle was then sworn and exam. ad "i d th ity the First Nathonat TN r ever hy ken to the : fear 1 he ot P once In jail and never to bed Me muah and Wittield. of counsel for the defence, were nest oxi Phe lorter Was neked If Mrs, Doveroua. ever spoke to blur of MeWillintas being connceted with the bur glary, Chuacellor Hon Willlanison interrupted Dut Mr. Wintel, spoaking very slowly, said sho sad," MeWillistus told me he was golng to bry bo Sicteds that he wae olny. to Hove Al tobacco and lor hy beard rey Dupue net brown b wh hair. Mr, dob # named to rob t ied that he was advi {1 Cronin he mac suit of black, black studs ort it Now Joiey never produced @ WW. the Ch frst unlike G erved man eves, and ix evidently ‘or w personal ¢ though op. M Horta he looks ns of Curtle coadjutor, is. a sn a moustache, bright gray and dressed in a plain sult every inch the gentleman, — | ENERAL QULOMIGST tor for the people. Le wears and bis gray. bushy eve and gray bolton the by ald. though hi “ul appearance very Weniyas Jobson, Sr and Alder. Mr. Gi pits He « true Jersey- man 4.0. Gar Hew mis the At- | Hy weitie a teres ves and His nose i Turkish dU Newkir The fe nar « pointed, mplexion quick ey then fort bene bington M rt rk Ewald Maltha HISTORY OF THE Ast | u Xamination of the ia Vinuet be understood | azo Charles J. Proctor, Prank Den: “yh F were found & i Myst degree for breaking Int he First National Bank of Jersey | {dollars Were In the Vaults When the men Were surprised at 1 burglars were Indteted us Calef | McWilliany Doyle aver, the burglars | piracy "to save. them. Prison and implicate others, sand Doyle were and Jury ef Hudson county, piring with the burglars be bank, There were in to eriminate ed to Jump his ball by # up his mind to he thought the oflcer had him, When he broke aw Lafayette, but afterward As ho Wie wlfaid his sdter id be conn a sas hie va ferry Pte Now rty-weeoi He tien OuLeAL pacedle Cavin, wad Ube ep ita up Wl he last day of the cme laughter and a decided Lig CUUTE Look & recess. nu of the Court Serqount MoKatg was called, and in answer to the ques lon ax to what thin Chief s his return from Hiladalphia concerning the arrest, replied hook my hard and anid, * Youhave done well. It ‘att Bot arrvst, good-by Polico Depart itne wert ‘One or two unimportant “ fence rested their amined brieity and then the Cie, PROCTOR ON THE STAND AGAIN. At this stage of the case Jud, Depue orde the doors to be closed, nobody was allowe weorenter the © rt_room and the Sheriff was ordered to produce Proctor, one of the con. vieted burglars. As he entered the room hand- butted and leaning on the Sheri's arn all eyes were centered on him, but he never faltered. A wicked ile played arou) ta he gazed nm Me Williams and Doyle, witle th os were being removed from his wrists. MoWll- hama fastened bia eyes on Pro . and never took them off him while he remained In the room. Doyle never lifted his eyes off the floor, A letter, said to have been a py of one written Proctor to his sister was offered in evidence but objected to. Proctor read it carefully, but could ‘not swear to the copy, as the orleinal was not produced, ‘The witivess was then again hand- cuffed and taken beck to his cell, He te really a fine-looking man, about fiye feet six inches in holght, bas good pad, bright eyes, full face, heavy dark whiskers, and has alLoger wentiomanly appearan but plainly, and looked Hke a well-to-do merchant rather than a burglar. ‘The case Was then closed, and District Attor- 2 ney Garretigon procoeded to sum t Te'spoke for over half an hour, when Judge Depuo said ho was forced to leave and would adjourn the ral ¢ case until dd this morning. The ge ion is that the accused will be convicted, al- though many anticipate a disagreement of the Jury ue ¢ Biulitor of Siu: fam for Tam opposed to the election of Jud eoley for President, and Nedford,. Lecause Udo not believe him in any respect tit or competent to All the place. The Courtof Goneral Sessions should be pre sidod ovor by a man of some dignity. as well as hy o qualified for the duties ; and from what have seen of that court while Judge Bedford wax on the bench, it has seomed to be more of a the- atre than a court of justice. von ag ht For instance. @ Honor enters th door, and before getting in, some one al a sala- ry of $100 por month cries out in an angry tone, “Hote off in court!” Now ifthe Judge under- | stood his duty, ar possessed any dignity, ln would take his Seat, and then order the erier t 1 the court at’ the proper tine. ‘Then all Would take off their hats, without cost ne ely $100 jonth. Agi, as soon Ws Ge this first act Is performed, we friend of bis Honor take a xoat on the Lone engare his Hon rin private conversation lawyers and © waiting to commence th businers of the court, AAs soon as cue leaves th nother, and then another resumes th 8 that ab cties, to the detriment of the courte » publie Interest nified 1 o'clock, the business of Oh court colnmences by his Honor telling the pub- Ve that ifthe jury Id And any one guilty of burglary or robbery he will s «then to the Tongest term the law allows. Bu marks ar fnproper, and Intended for bun and they Finally, about generally excite the Jury against the accused to such an extent that they are often found guilty when the evidence doe t warrant it as in the ease where one was indicted for highway robbery, and the proof wax only that he, the soner, had rubbed up againat ® boy when Le missed twenty-seven cents, which the accused must have stolen. ‘This was the evidence of the only prosecuting witness, the boy, and be wa said to be of bad character. But strange to say, the Jury in that case found a verdict of guilty; and stranger than al Honor Judge Bedford, instewt of setting the verdict aide as ageinat Che Law and evic - imamediacely, with an alr of delight, satd jury having found Ity of the charge, Txentence you te the ison for twenty years. t tie { bave beva disgusted with tration of justice in that t. and ucht that if the fate of criminals could decided by throwing heads or tails, What an advantage it would be over and above such mockery of justice, called law tines a criminal ts called out for e Judge Bedford will say nd,“ T lave received a a solue One saying that your relations table. and that you haveenot been guilty oCany offence vetore and therefore Lwin Ite deal i a in your en Men are frequently let of an this way th lating the law aid making the Judge 1 impeachment; and ior so doing he Is ‘ ne brave and fearless Judge Bedford thave often seen himand know it to be his practice when sure one ix convicted who has no ward politician. to intercede in. hi behalf to. write a letter or to say cometh for the pr real up the police o and ask hit privately his opinion of the pris ouer; and then say, "TL understand from the police officer that you are a professional thief wnt I theref Henve you Lo sO biahy. yew ty State »” and this he does without seo Ww that itis in violation only H bat the letter I row right has a to feor any ee parte statement agains t acctived when the latier has no i respectable te t we who ha 1 La jury that he approves of U disap prove his feelings may be if that was bbs busin Because wimitted Tweed without bail trate ; brave and fearless for violating the brace and foariess for refusing to ad bail when the law and Constitution gave bim t) Tight to be bailed. and when he had taken the oath to carry out the law, or to see that it was done, Did he hot know at the Ume that in re- fuming bail he violated his oath? and that any other Judge would grant it upon writ, of habeas rust And whatdid he gain by so refusing to perform his plain duty? He ouly showed bis Ignorance of the law and his untiiness for the Ylace he occupied ; and in warent city lke New wk. for Heaven's sake let us lave a man for Judge who has some knowledge of the di incumbent upon him, and awillto perform those duties without otto per Therefore coredinetances, T shall Vote for any other th Bedford JUSsTICR. - —— - Au American Dies tn the Crater af Mount Vexuvi , ¢ Revista of Nopte A party was formed to asecnd Mount Vesuvius on y afternoon th t ru int y sisted of ‘ three Englishinen a ne Frenchman. ay night they took varrlages f Having pr orses, guides arrived at th: the up. i 1 res do no wid until the vielnity was reached, when Messrs “ Frangois Mieur n riean aud a Frenchman fi mn being wered white the cavern whi # formed below the r th f th vol wm. The guides, who provide themsolyes with ropes for that pur. 1 he reauest. of the foreln, rr Low The mountain i Tanger Was anticipate wat party above the crater ” ides, growing anxious would’ tor for you toh the ropes.” Still the ro} nd ho ANAWor cane from the sulphui 1 murky cavern below Twenty es passed, and the adventurers were yet silent should be lowered down and t ropes untithe had investignved of the e 18e He had hardly when he uit lust bid Diente che una pietra strettionina there's nothing here but a very As far as any Hving person can tell th Unfortunate stranger Victine ot their o imprudence, were hurled Into the mysterious abysees of Mount Vesuvius. Inthe same month, two Englishinen of birth and ench comedian committed th: ame te error, ‘The sanie ambitton which d them to seale the iey heights of th rh alse nerved then te uivions wile it and they were in some labyrinth of lava eres ulphur 14 Ni au Fourteenth 1 ‘ woul rept Twente fpst A d Totle Cr r oe Declines the Nominns Mr. Jobn Heckler, who wos nominated by the Avolly Liall and Workinguicn’s Contra! Union of the Kighth Assembly District for the Assembly, haw de lined the Heuitnation in fayor of Solon B, Miith, i le horses employed by the Manhatuin Alin Coupany at a Weat wants: sia aireed a 0 vie Of Beal, They r {he picture bs They vee Taylor's Compr | | | DAVI THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION OBSOLETE, A anno Longer Enticte Speedy Usamle nA Court which Gtkes its Osu time Aud nets on ite Own Whitin les Hussey, who was arrested on day for not giving @ minute Listory of his Life, sine marshal, was arraigned yesterday before Coma missioner Davenport for examination, When the Commissioner had taken his seat, i. Majory counsel of Musaey, sald he was ready to go on with the cake, and would prove the charce against bi Comm to adjow could at Mr. at ony bis client Jragged from his howe on a trumped-up ¢, and was entitled to an exe amination. He had witnesses ready to establish his entir Comm bot entit of courte xarninine tion, Hy giving ball he had watved his right to ane oinat Mr. Major rey tacitigen had aright to clear himself of any charge, His client had been re-ted for an offence acinst the hiv. and. ih Vish his Innocence. Commissioner Davenport (abruptly) 1 adjourn this ease to Thursday [A stir int) Mr, Major hoped the Conimissioner would tee consider his decision, 11 was (rag, he sald, that £, Cusick was out on bal, but the ely was still hanging over his head Conmlbstoner Davenport (sarcastically) n't know that L will ho able to go on with the se, oven on Thursday week, TD sivall boil oxide inations in all the jell cases before Etovch any of the others. Ihave got a great deal of Lusiness to attend to. Mr. Major said His Honor had adjoursed the case until after the election. and hoped an ea lier day would be fixed. Mr. Dayenport, iowever, refused bo alter bis deck Mr. Win. Kirke, the bondsman of Mr. Hu tn $5,0001iore asked tho Conmissioner whether he. could give Mi Hiv owy atexamination in the event of lis sum rendering bite Comunissionor repited that Me. Kirke mi urrender Huw y. Out that would haX ne eftoct upon his decision. Mr. Hussey then went out with bis friends, MAKING U#K OF OLD WHIMKRY FRATDS. Another determined efort was made yustere day in the United States Distriet Atiorney o ty suppress the names of persons who are Ghangod, In-connection with bewks, Samuelss with dofraudin he Government. One of the mew Whose n hi been withheld is Man Siorn. a member of one of the great reform come liteos of thie city. [tinsald thet Mr. Stera wae inlieted by the lost Grand Ju for whiskey frauds, but the papors have been pigeouholede PUL VICTIMS OF THE BASTILE, Another Outragean Act of Jobo 1. Daveme pore Au Attoruey Dragged to the Baste ud At 1 o'clock yesterday a strange cage of ' y came up for hearing before Commine sioner Jobo I. Davenport. The facts ae brief, and the conduct of the Commissioner and bie satraps is damning iu proportio vity the fact On Saturday lust Mr. Fran attorney, who resides at before the Board of Rectstry tn his ward fo pose of registering. A diapute arcane as to his place of reaidence, and two deput St 8 marshals accompanied him to street. ‘They ascended tw the second Noor and entered the landlady's room. The landiady is Mis. Mary McKenna, # respectable old lady somo Ti sears of age Ii the room at the time were a Mr. McElvaney who ipaddes in, PIG cuth street, Mrs. Mo denna, ant Margaret Ray. ‘The frat question asked bp Does this man live here?’ who hivored under the hm er wes mace to Mr. Moe ite dues uot, but he isan od ” mina fe race t) Me, Mo= bi t vee in A ace seized M.. Healey Dadthow eet Jail, where » det a hear- y Iucted his Mrs, MeKenna, wii did reside in her room from her, wine he that when the aw in here he was under the impression Ui ferred ty Mr. Me ra an old fri tly called at he house; tha (it referred to Me. Hoaley t tthe deputy harshals were two frien.ts, Manaret Ray testified ih sub- antilly, and that soe bad no f¢ at che quentbon was asked as to Mr. Healey. aid that he said that” he lived in. Filteemth she spoke ouly of Mr. Mekiva Ai this point Mr. Healey stated that he bad Inany other witnesses to prove that he lived at Roe Mott street, i the Commissioner was not yet atited. Commissioner Davenport was not sat intled, and adjourned the case until 10 o'clock this morning. ‘The prisoner furnished a long list of witnesses, after Whick he was taken to the Ludlow street jail. Moth the Distriet Attorney wand the Ce Soner outraged decency and Taw in the eros ation of the two ladies, requiring tl AAWer Guests ie LO heir pri alta had no conceivable lel vanes to (he case under consideration Down With the Minions of the Usurpers Away With the Bratile. Kititor of The Sua Siu: My blood, since the Heinrich arrest, has been hot enough to boll an egg. If any the Davenport dastards of the Stahl 1) pe were to enter my house on sich a mission ay he eme tored Heinrich’s, 1 we ject ts the ine dination due to such a misere th the a with which [would erush « roach, though a» thou Ludtow stree tood roaily to revolve ing to abr ‘ sib over the civi Josnit, and may not be midons of such crest head und owner © wuswer imp: house in thia¢ rich, Lwould, if the au ext me public redress, have ate Whatever cost I had t i Willing creature of a wioke ehes, LE hope the people of great Sew ¥ Hot tie yl F the YEW YOu, OF 1 ba Alleged False Regi In the case of Timothy Norton, who wae faiovly reybotored, at Oro Klving his resuieuee ab one place of rogistration as in James street, aud «ftorwaré partial exantination took piace yoaterday, th Wich proving that Norton did not live a heregatercd as ving there. Tf — What will he the effect of even a fe ary Withdrawal of the horse power froin th 400 rious question to contemplate, Coal « ‘ from the mines to run locomotives fw aunot " tthetr produce bow!seinaot reach t te Will be protected “ wd at the nou-appearance of custome wl nthe valu i a. Toy ni f ca ‘ ' wa a r t 4 water un ¢ “ne " 7 \ thine mont. I niekly a! yetern, and acte silk It 18 weertain prov 1 superior the most of thea t tee there are nc ) Sow Y \) ENPORT he cue of to aepeciat deputy bis client (alee in every r issioner Davenport, however, devided rn the heariug until such tine ax he tend to it, jajor thought ti a6 unusual an 1 had bee ourinivsloner's dee nwarranted. ie sud innocence, and he desired tu exercise cht of clearing himself of the charg oner Davenport said the prisoner waa led to an examination, It was an act py « t to grant bin an Justi wild be allowed to eatab ¢ Mar a Qu 1 Old 1 jou, Fail y A to Compree The Horse Epidemic.