The Sun (New York) Newspaper, December 27, 1872, Page 2

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1872. ry Theatre Canterbary Vattety Theatre — 0H. Merctéy ant Montes, Dan Reyant's Minstrels Twenty-th Fifth Avenwe Theatre-New ¥ Grand Opera Moure—Koovd thee Nible's Garden Leo wnd Lot kee, levers ‘ony Pastor's Opern House. Hoonty Dumps, Unton Rawinre Theatres hco! for Beaslal VW altack y -Prot er Sw MM wsemm —Mades in the Woot, Shall We by and by have a Dictatort A wide-spread, protracted, and exhanet- vil war is one of tho severest ordeals through which a nation can be called to pass. Tistory tells us of some which have out thes s orms n safety, hut it tells which have either gone down tunpest, or made shipwreck of their utions, ‘Twelve years ago the United States be- tame involved in a civil war which, for the magnitude of the armies set on foot, the ount of money expended, and the num- of lives sacrificed, has no parallel in mocern times, Pretminently a conflict between antagonistic priaciples in respect hot only to theories of government, but the very structure of society, the strife Was intensified and embittered by the con- ail n that it wasthe last stage ina long struggle between rival sections of the vountry for supremacy in the administra- tiaeof ds.afairs. Hence the issues at stake, and which were to be determined by the result of the war, wore adapted to deeply move the passions of all classes of our citizens, Though the contest on the battle-field is over, not alittle of the jealousy, the envy, the sectional prejudices, the factional ani- mosities engendered by it still remain, The fires have been smothered, but not wholly quenched; and it remains to be seen whether the strife will be brought to & close without evscntially changing, if not entirely; destroying, our republican system of government—not the me form, but the substantial thing in its sim- plicity and its integrit It is not putting the case too strongly to eay that during the war, and for a large portion of the subsequent reconstruction era, the Coustitution as our fathers under- derstood it was practically laid aside. ‘There was a necessity for this while rebels wore engaged in tearing down the Govern- ment, and, when Congress was employed in setting up the prostrate pillars, because the inflexible text of the Constitution did not meet the great emergencies which the rebellion created, and which the framers of the Constitution had neither foreseen nor provided for, It is preciscly at this point that our present danger comes in. The powers at Warhington pote Rcas conde angie | outside the Constitution during the war und the reconstruction period that they are wholly indisposed to return inside the pale of that old-fashioned instrument, although peace bas come and the Union is fully restored. For years past Congress has been wont to exercise authority which would have startled frem their chairs such men as Joun Qurycy ApaAms and Henay CLay, who, in their day, were accused of Julp.treme laxity in their construction of the Constitution, But just now arbitrary power is making long strides toward centralizing the functions of the Federal Government in a few hands, yea, even in the single hand of the President. The peo- pl felt themselves comparatively easy when they saw Congress gradually draw- ing to itself unprecedented authority. because they knew that with every r turning two years they could create a uew House of Representatives through the me- dium of the ballot boxes. This idea is rapidly becoming a delusion and a snare. Not ouly doos the Executive department ofthe Government, by means of its im- mense patrovage and its army of offic holders, exercise almost unlimited sway over the nom nation and election of mem- bers of both Hou “ss, but the President is beginuing to disdain Cougres- nal interference in public affairs, and by aid ¢ i lige, and supple Marshals, and the bayonets of a hireling suldiery str:-kes down Governors of States, and whol» Legislatures, J entire sete of Presidential Electors at his will, itis thus that “power is ever ste: from the many to the few,” wlarniing fact in this tenden ling The most to disregard the Const tution and centralize all au- thor in the hauds of the Pr lent is, that a large proportion of the present voters of the country have come of age since the outbreak of the rebellion, aud have boen trained in politics! affairs dur- ing an epoch when the Constitution was almost a dead letter, All through the te rible trials of the war, so far from being taught to reverence the Constitution, these young men rathgr imbibed the notion that it was av antiquated instrument, which did well enough to guide the slow steps of our fathers when the country was in its sap, but quite unsuited to these progressive times aud repidiy expanding nation, and wholly unfit to meet the exigencies of war gnd intestine commotions. From all this two consequences natural- ty flow; large numbers of the younger «lags of voters ery out for a strong goyern- ment, and look with indifference upon the stoulthy usurpations of the central au- thority at Washington; while the Presi- dent, taking advantage of the loose con- dition of public opinion, moves straight onward toward arbitrary power, a Unsophisticated Innocence. Now that the excitement attending the Presidential election has passed away, it becomes possible to take a calm and im- partial view of the political events of the pust year, And it cannot fail to strike the Jntelligent thinker that the claim, #0 confl- deutly urged by the supporters of the Administration, that the result of the late election is @ triumphant endorsement of Gon. Giant's course since he has been President rests upon the flimsicst possible foundation, No ove intimately acquainted with the drift of public opinion in the different Btates can doubt that, leaving the influence of the fraudulent victories se- cured in North Carolina and Penusylvania out of the question, Gen, Guant's re- election jy due mainly to two causes—first, the fact that the opposition failed to heart- ily agree upon a candidate to represent them; and, secondly, to the eredulity of a great portion of the Repub!ican party in accepting the most dagrant perversions of truth by the partisan leaders of the é&m- paign as fair statements of the issue’ at stake, There is avery large class of voters in this ceuntry who take their political ‘Opinions second hand from the accepted leaders of their party, and place entire faith in ali that is told them either iu the columns of their favorite partisan journals or in the speeches of their party orators. Thive men are honest atid well meaning, but extremely cfedulons in regnrd to mat- ters which they wish to believe, and ex- cessively incredulous in respect of facts which conflict with their prejudices. This olass is largely represented in the Republican party, and it is to the unso- phisticated innocence of the majority of Republican voters, even mote than to the unlimited corruption of sorte of their lenders, that Gen. Grant owes his re cloetic These innocent Republicans have not tn their minds the slightost doubt that we are blessed with tie most pure and incorrupt. ible Administration that has existed since the time of Wasninorox, They devour the whitewashing reports of Congress with eagerness, viewing them as conclusive vin ations of the purity of all Republican officials They sympathize with P r-General Creswent for having been timost compelled to pay a fraudulent claim of several hundred thousand dollars sorely against his will by the stern require- ments of Congress; and they find their respect for Secretary Ronrson infinitely increased on learning from a Congressional document that this jolly mariner possesses & conseienve 60 tender that he was im- pelled to pay nearly one hundred thou- send dollars in defiance of law to con- tractors who had already been paid more than once for their work, merely be- cause he considered the payment a moral pbligation. Aud they rejoice to learn from so pious a man as the good Deacon Buck- reomam that the New York Custom House, instead of being the sink of iniquity that the opponents of the Administration have tried to make it out, is conducted on the same principles which govern the church organizations of the Puritan State of Conmecticut; while they flout the idea that either money or official patronage or corruption in any form was used to in- fluence voters in North Caroliva, Pennsyl- vunia, or Maine. It is this class of voters who were induced to think that the stories relating to the use of Credit Mobilier stock among Congress- men were wicked and malignant inven- tions of unscrupulous men, who were bent on overthrowing the Government. It was the unsophisticated Republicans of the same class who believed that the President was in earnest when he demanded the resignation of brother-in-law Casey, after the digraceful developments of a Con- gressional committee whieh had imvesti- gated his case had been made public; and whe put implicit faith in Grawt’s profes- sions in favor of civil service reform. In short it was because of the unsophisticated innocence of @ very large proportion of the Republican party that Gen. GRant re- the votes of buudreds of thousends of honest, well-meaning men, who would as soon have voted for BursroL Buin, the burglar, for President, had they realized the extent to which corruption has infected the ediministration of our public affairs under the encouragement of the ruling tu- fluences which have prevailed in Washing- ton ‘or the past four years. It remains to be seen how long it will be before the honest Republicans, who really Delieve in the purity of the Administra- tion, will discover how egregiously they have beendeceived, Just now it looks as if the disenchautment might soon ocour. Such scandalous outrages upon the rights of the people as those of the Custom- House gang in New Orleans, perpetrated with the direct encouragement of the President, cannot fail to excite reflection, even in the minds of those who have enter- tained the utmost faith in the wisdom and goodness of GRANT hen millions of dol- lars were spent to carry the late elections, and the men who supplied the cash for such purposes are determined to bave it back with usury, This willaccount for the Vast subsidies and magnificent sehemes of internal improvement recommended by the President—schemes replete with brilliant opportunities for the enrichment of his favorite supporters—and our innocent and unsophisticated Republican friends will have to pay their full share of the expense of these stupendous jobs. Notwithstand- ing deceptive appe ces, the retlection of Guan? was not intended as an approval of extravagance and the use of official op- portunities for private guin; but the Ad- ministration apparently regards it as such, and for the uext four years the jobbers will have full sway, This will involve an enor- mous additional burden of taxation upon the people, aud even the most devoted ad- herents of ae Administration, outside of the fayored Rings, will have to contribute their full share to the general plunder fund, When this comes to be fully unde stood, as it must in time, it will be a t rible shock to unsophisticated innoce but (he efieet may be salutary, Bis Cia act Sal Am Explanation. We have perused with interest the re- port of the proceedings of the Congres- sional Commitiee of Ways and Mess in their examination of Mr, Bourweis as to his Syndicate operations last year, The committee were very anxious, or at least some members of it, to find out just what was done and how it was done, But they evidently pursued their way under difficulties, Mr, BourweL,, among oth- er things, had informed his interlocu- tors that he had sold his five per t. bonds in the London market at pinety-one, and that this was equal to one hundred cents on the dollar for them, ‘This bothered Mr, MAYNARD exceedingly. He disordered his long Indian locks with his hand, to try and understand it, But he could extract no light from bis inner con- sclousners, Ile therefore psked Mr, Bou WELL to explain, The record of the pro- ceedings stands as follows: “Mr, LOUTWELLI-—There was an agreement that whe rate of exchange should be reckoned at Wl, and it was 90 reckoned “Mr. MAYNARD~How did that correspond with the market value? * Mr, HOUTWELI—It was considered to be p wilue, end as a matter of fact it was found Lo be put a fale ra that ts, there was no loss on the of the overnment, ATA BD Senn state how Ol for ex- ae ze ie In fact Der Y us r, TWELI- Exchange ia reckoued at about hat was the theory upon which we Mave, AD~ $e in understood to be the differenve of sterling Value in exchange on that wae, Roviwxci-~hat le understood to be the par valu This explanation, which seems to be about as clear as mud, quieted Mr. May- NAKD for the time being, and the examina- tion wenton, As it drew toward the close, Mr. MAYNARD, being surehe knew no more about the subject of his inquiries than when THE ‘nie began his offorts fot enlightenment, re« ‘turned to the charge. We again quote from the proetedings: “Mr, MaYNAnD—T wish to Boek, a ae Sask ’ eanges you as value of excl what Wan the difference in value. poe aund sterling or English sovereign coin tm London or Now York? Mn Bo perhaps, ser that question. Peannote Crm COOKR--O enta tr valire pres cisely; there war Not a frnetionel aiterenea, "l do npt suppose you could Have come nearer if yu a little fur yo ho at Seta by nse aie in the bed YNARD- te the met Hy vali ot & ain fontan and New vars” rere te 110 d rerehce, except in meee irr and Pavan wee ATR AIUD —1 will bay American gold. ir, COOKE There ts no difference at all. Tt te worth exactly its valde itr proportion t the PUPtY af the metal YNarp- What are 5-20 bonds worth toe ‘in Neve Yotk? Tr. COOKE —Juat about yar in gotd, ac “Mr MAYSAND—What are they worth In Lone > Mr. Rourwert Jnet the enna, ‘They would quoted in London at about #h. We cannotsay whether we moat admire in this entertaining colloquy the intelll- gence of the questions or the himinous character of the answer, Mr, Boorweut was stuck on the first question, as we should not blame anybody for being, and called on Mr. Jay Cooke, Mt, Cooke's re ply is certainly remarkable for its energy, if not for any other quality. A man who could answer in that determined manner, and, as it were, extingnish the question by shedding darkness pou it, was evidently not to be trifled with, Mr. Marsarp, again bafficd in his endeavors to see the bridge bet ween these mysterions figures of 91 and 100, once more beat a retreat, and went off, as we see, on another line of in- quiry, with similar results to his under. anding. Weare sure be left that partic. ular session of the committee a sadder if not a wiser man, It is our business on the present occasion to give Mr. Maynaxp the information he in vain sought from Mr, Bourwe. and Mr. JAx Cooke, and to restore that animation of feeling with which he entered upon Kis in- quiry, and which must have been #0 pain- fuliy dashed by his interview with those eminent fiuanciers. The whole difficulty which has puzzled Mr. MAYNARD anses from the habit which prevails on the Lon- don Exchange of perpetuating a technical or fictitious value of the pound sterling. The actual value of this pound in coi of our money is four dollars and eighty- three or eighty-four cents. ‘This is what the British sovereign, which represents the pound sterling, and is its precise counterpart, is worth both here and in London. But the pound sterling, for rea- sons which tt is not mecessary here to ex- plain, is regarded and treated by mer- chants and barikers as being of the value of $4.44, or four dollars, forty- four cents and four mills. Now asa draft for one pound sterling drawn on London will produce £4.64 in coin, instead of #4.44, it becomes necessary to add the differ- ence in paying for it. This difference is called exchange or premium, but it is really neither. Thus a bill of exchange or draft or order on a man in London for one pound is said to be worth nine per cent. premi- um (the difference between $4.54 and actual vate of oo duane be nominal or at par between the two coun- tries; or, in other words, when a man will give you a dollar in London for a dollar in New York, Now here comes in the exphination of how it happens that the extraordinary proposition is true, which poor Mr. May- NARD vainly sought to have solved, that ninety-one cents is equal to adollar. It ail comes of treating the pound sterling as $4.44 instead of €4.94, which it actually ts, This fictatious pound sterling begets a fictitious dollar, of which €4.44 will bring $4.54 in good money. These dollars are ae- cordingly and manifestly worth about $1.09 each, or four shillings and sixpence English currency. These are the dollars Jouy But pays with when he buys our Government bouds, We repeat they are worth just about 109 centsapiece. When he proposes to pay you 91 cents on the dollar of 100 cents which the bond culls for, he therefore proposes to pay you 91-100 of a dollar worth 109 cents, or just about the actual par value of the bond. We furnish this explanation without tuking the time or the trouble to make it more recondite than was necossary. If it is not learned, we hope it is clear. Kuow- ing for whom our exposition is intended, we have aimed to give it a popular cast. It will suit the mquirimg minds of mem- bers of Congress generally; and we trust that both Mr. Bocrwet, aud Mr, Jay Cooxe will find it useful hereafter, when they shall aguin be beset by committer men in regard to the finaucial hierogly- phics of the Syndicate, If anybody usks us Why all this round- about method of expressing the fuanciul value of our bonds? we beg to refer bim to Mr, BuLL himself, It is his way of dong things. He chooses to thus yalue them, He suye he simply values the bond at four and sixpence tothe dollar, cud everybody ought to understand thut. If they don't, why the worst is their own, It isn't his business to give lessons in finance, Per- haps the average English broker would tell you he didu’t exactly see through it himself. Allof which reasons, along with the conspicuous absence of information vouchsafed to the inquiring mind by Messrs. Bourwenr and Jay Cooxe, ren- ders our explanation the more necessary oem Proposals for the rther Inflation of the Currency. plous influence of Mv. Bour- 'y and practice of inflating the currency according to his especial notion of the wants of business is already working its natural results, If he could on his own jadividual re- sponsibility issue five millions of the forty- four million bawkes loug ago with- drawn from n by a yote of Con- gross, as he lately confessed he had dou is no wonder that an eager demand for more has already sprung up in some of our principal cities, Both Chicago and Philadelphia are now clamoring through the newspapers for an se of the cireulating mediuin to re- lieve the money market, Both demand more greeubacks. Chicago presenta her litte plan, which is to instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to issue them in exchange to anybody and everybody who preseuts United States bonds in sums of not less than $10,000, This is an entering wedge to the conversion of our entire bonded debt tuto greenbacks. Why not? ‘The plan has very great advantages, Bo- sides, it has the merit, we think, of having been recommended by that very distin- guished finaneler, AND¥ JomNsoN, when he was President of the United Btates. Any way, it has the approval of Gien, Ben Burver, which ia the next best thing, It embodies the idea of the famous shuttle- cock system of redemption, advocated and, for aught we know, invented by that gvaticman. ‘Tle nyeton allows everybody who has bonds to se entaficey vie ties os into ateenbacks, anf everybody green- ‘backs to exchange them for bouds. This swap, Which would end the whole subject of a return to specie payments, he calls redemption And a fesuthption, Chicago is anxious to try it on. If Mr. Bovutwe.u's scheme is good, Chicago's scheme is good, They both eay they are Willing that the limit of exchange should be forty millions to begin with. But forty or four hundred, it is all the same, The main thing is to start the system. Now, if Mr, Bourwsip knows when the country Wants money and it ought to be issued, Chicago kuows when she wants money and it ought to be issued, If she doesn't, then Chicago doesn't know as much as Mr. Bovtwent,. But Chicago is not alone. The following is one of the inany recent utterances of the press in Philadelphia on the same subject: “The nation sorely needs and confidently ex- ets more ourrency, Debates in Congress on Le subject are In order. and the more of them the betior. | If our Representatives and Senators are made to seo how the people are sufering from lack of currency the deficiency wil be made good with unstinted hands.” Mr. Bowrwetn will probably see after from thete and various other inti- mations of a similar character cropping out elsewhere, What Hveliness his peculiar views have imparted to projects for in- Hating the currency. Having fist proposed it himeelf, and having utterly failed to vall the attention of the country to the unnumbered evils of a depreciated circulating medium, and the dangers to which it exposes trade and in- dustry, of which we have ample illustra- tion in the case before us, we may look for a fresh and blooming crop of mischievous plans looking to th's end, ‘The Philac.ciphia suggestion of calling on Congress to discuss the question is particu- larly adroit, ‘The writer knows that Con- gress is the right place to appeal to when- ever there is a piach in the money market, There is an active constituency behind each member, pricking him on to any vote that will make it egsy for his constituents to pay their notes, Let him witbhold it at his peril. It is just here that we may per- ceive what Mr. Bortwe1s has wholly failed to perceive. This is the ever-present dan- ger of a popular demand for an increase in the supply of paper money, se long as it remains deprecated and irredeemabie. Let that demand arise, and Congress will yield to it. Itis not fu human nature to resist the temptation. Our only salvation, therefore, is in getting back to a specie basis with as little delay as possible, that we may interpose an effectual barrier to all these pernicious projects. But we shall never take the first step toward it, unless we get and keep men in the Treasury De- partment who appreciate and do not fail to present to the public consideration the ex- treme perils that environ a country whose trade and industry rest upon the shifting sands of au irredeemable paper circulation. The Hon. Sam Bann, editor of a Tennes- see organ, has lately displayed a degree of ability as a politician which must surprise bis friends, who have formed their estimate of his Resiy fern CFP ETSY ne das Xin charged the duties of a partisan editor, either Democratic or Republican, as the prospects of profit might appear most favorable. Banp went to Washington with the mont fiattering teati- montals from prominent Administration men in Chattanoova, earnestly begsing of Presi- dent an oMice forthe bearer, The testimonials were so strong that Gen. Gxant, acting on the principles of civil service reform, at once nemi- nated him for Postmaster at Chattancoga, which isin the Third District,and the Senate unani- mously confirmed the nomination. And now it appears, ar ie alleged, that these testimonials wore given to Dakp under the pledge that be would pot apply for any office ta the Third Die- trict, and with the understanding that he wanted to go out to the Territories—tu consideration, ia fact, of bis promise to leave that part of the ountry. The result is that BARD has the beet Federal office In Tenmessee, except one, and prowises to make Chattanooga his permanent home, to the great dingust of the individuals who signed his testimonials, some of whom, it is believed, are aspirants for the very office they have helped hiu to get, oo The childlike contideuce and trust of the editor of the Philadetphia Press are quite re- {reshing to look upon. He Is sorry that “some honest people believe there is ne healthy public opinion” and “that the best men in the com- munity di Ho does not think "when a successful adventurer like JAY GoULD comes forth and disgorges eight or nine nuilions of the people's money under the goad of an aroused sentiment, we n be sure that there ts a supreme vitality and &@ troublesome conseience somewhere," No ove doubis the supreme vitality of Mr, Jay VLD any more than of Mr. OAKES Asus and the Congressinen who did “the most good; but there te a proyateut suspicion that in both cases investigation was more troublesome than conselivuce, ——. - For several mouths the complaints in re- gard to mismanagement in running the local trains of the Penusylvania Railroad betwee! New Brunswick and Jersey Olty have been almost unceasing, Detentions and trregutari« ties, apparently arising from Inability to keep the tracks clear between Marlon and the ferry, have beccme very frequent, and these deter tions are growing more common and more ¥ atious all the Ume, Many hundreds of men doing business in New York depend on the local trains of this road for transportation between their homes and thelr places of business, and the irrexularities complained of are of great annoy- ance (o this class of the travelling public, Under the old management of the road such deten- tions were very rare, and {t Js only lately that thoy haye become important, ‘The reason wens erally assigned for the continual delays that have recently occurred |4, that the road hay more business than it ean well manage It may interest Mr, Boory to learn that the opinion ts rapidly gaining ground in New Jersey that opposition to charters for new roads comes with @ very bad grace from a company which fails properly to supply the actual requiroments of traycl at this time, Since the Pennsylvania company has taken possession of the road some Improyements in ite anagement have been made, which are as deserving of commendation ay the mismanagement of the locwl traftlo is of condemnation, Mr. BcoTT haa put some very nice new cars on the road; but they are not so exeoedingly comfortable that our business men care to be kept In them for two hours tn order to make the passage from Marion to the ferry, which cught to be accomplished in ten minutes. oo A disvovery recently made by the Church Commissioners in Ireland tends to show that although bishops may be infallible authorities on theologteal questions, they are Hable to get muddled In their views of things temporal, The Archbishops of Armagh and Dublin, on be- Ing called on to make a declaration of their in- comes in order to have them eommuted into « lump sum, under the Chureh Disastabliahment act, returned them respectively at £15,000 and £12,000, A reference to the tax Hats showed, however, that the same prelates had forwarded to the Income Tax Comunissioners the solemn declaration of thelr incomes as only £10,000 for Armagh and £7,00) for Dublin, Under these clroumstances the eommissioncrs declined to indemnify the archblabops for any more than tho sums in which they were last tawd, Both of these church diguitaries belong te noble families. SUN, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1872, THE TRIAL OF E. §. STOKES. ee THR PRISONER GIVES A WITKESS THR LIE IN OPEN COURT. > Row and Important Testimony Intredaced— Moker ears he “Will Shoot Fisk '—Close of the Praweention and Opening of the De~ fonce—-Mr, Tewntrnd Rebuked. The court room ef the Oyer and Tor- miner Was hot so crowded yerterlay as on the previous days of the trial of Kdward 8. Btokes on account of the snow storm, Seven witnesses were examined, three of whom—Miss Bisel and Mosers. Comor and Parker~were not calied on the former trial, ‘The case for the prosecution ‘was closed, and the defence opened to the Jury. Judge Boardman was oa the bench punctually, and the counsel oame in soon afterward. Mart Btssol was the first witaoss called. Sho is apreporerstng young lady, and gave ner testi- thony with seeming feluctance. She was exam- Ined by Assistant District Attorney Fellows, WHAT A YOUNG LADY SAW, Q— Prl lor to {y* 6th of Jaquary last bad you seen Ed- joker?” A.~1 dont know. At don't know, ee oppoutve that im arred at that hom emtate It? A. Roticed ¢ 4 Ste age wilt s roan ts up to the door, re "i job uy ‘one at the window of that nove? (6 Wah Was there in the earringe? A.—t an ears i A.-1 don't know, wien sah Fao a. ow wae be dressed know. ake oon Euow wrest kind of ie 'e wore? Ant 0 Dit you call the attent on of ‘4 Person to this urrevee at the tne? AI did at C88 798 Vell whet Bowe Bw $ AMT couldn't ogings vn you give any idea of 1K? Keaunot; I thought ‘ Sage 1 hvar of the shooting of Piek on that day? at Yendl: about sotelvck '@.-Tow be before twas ft that you saw this yn before id not say. 1 think eneow? A Ws an late as 40 Clock. Sarma! mow What kind of erent on ek SIPS. Mannited, 1 ee hin oh thet day P ohh fee hin nt the jon"? that dit Bo, eanner arringe., Saw it on ust atternoo np aud 9 own. Dont know that the conpe wi t + Munetield's, t maw her at the Window a short tine vefore. Could not my how house ie opportte yours? A.-Noart eh) New secu her frequently 7 \A.—1 supponed it 33. hea ypu Fer teen that man there before that etanding outeidr, Did not ser tagn pase Decween then. Q-\ou don't know sire, Mamatent ? at my window 08 tho second th ‘log there about an hour ing Wy and down how been lsaw the other ca! oarringe drove back sud forth for wow . Coule mot tel) eS eS . a Cy Thi cem the mau gd Mr Manabe lage loft i was driven in the direvtion of ohn Narsiall 24 Twenty-second street, was next called, and examined by Judge Fullerton. He said : Tain now omployed by Yr, Livingstone. | Wae with Mr. Fjak about three yours Bin valet; trevohed wth tush On the Gay of Me. ¥ th T tert —No sir, 1 looking amppore him at the Cipera House in the foreuoon, A not To. turu uutil after ye was shot. 1 acsbated’ dress 00 th pantaloons, vest, and coat e clothing he wore that ‘vlovel had been slok part of tie week betors nd was und-t charge of Dr. White, He had ‘Lis carriage at ali that week prior COL, FIRK'S VALET. rok Tie Com, ‘The os COE Le deat hg on es Dir steept spout ayear andahalf. Li with Mr, Fisk in boedingmerens feshaprdy Mansticid Judge Fullerton asked, on papues was in the habit of vinttion elas and Br. Tremain objected. The Judge waa ie did not consider it mutorial, Judge Fl- Terton then aked him whether be kuew and how tong, but this was iso ‘deemed of ‘0 Usgeerty, exarpined tvy Col. Fellows, \¢ residence of is. to serves ya and was doctor had gone to As) splowall. ‘ariey.a porter tn t Grand Hotel, exumined by Juage Fullerton, sai ntral Iwas sitting on the seat and beard s shot fred. Mr. Powers said, . 40 UP stairs abd eee what is the matter. ken COMINE Quwh waite, Witness pointed out un the diagram the - tions of the parties, showing where he took sr Fisk to. Mr. Stokes was 1p parlor 37 about a then Laken tuto the room where Flak was. Mt was Tommny Hart who ei 1, “Stop thet man.” ‘THE CAPTURE OF STOKER. minute, and was FREER a 3 free fe said what brought hie: in here, spd SroKes ait ag Kuww me: tald to'Siokes' be wen's He made no iy viteuoman and George Bardine were called, but they fasted to |. Attachments ware crapted to bring them. Bone other witnesses Were called, but none coming form ard, the prosecution waited for the Feturniof the attacimenta. Mr. ‘remain axid_be understood Henry Du Corlay was present, and he supposed 8 Proper Zo'cell bits, If’ the prosecution Intended to rf. Follows We will take eare of our own witnesses, Curt This co-versation wust be addresecd to the Jury Father than to the Court, STOKES'S PISTOL. Mr. Prematn—De | understand shat it ie not the nten- tog of the prveceutloa ty gall Du Conlay? I Naat 40 the Court ty ‘the fact that I ee on the “former. trial, aud received | uit Mr. Crockett ew at wilt ie te pr Feuvmt that it ie tie duty ve poly tale doy und It to be the dnty of the ocalt culr person, Do you deuy tia the pistol fund in the parlor Tain Most wecuemionably we “40 fay it is hot don't degy it ntexe thr pist tak: © Ib Le possession o1 Du ch bis aity Goroner, was faving made a post mor- non the body of Col, Fisk, and we of the wound [n the ab- Death was caused domen and that on the arm, Jy tuly opinion, from shook To Mr. ‘ownecnd jor death of Mt ck from the pos bere beet eee m There was not jcfent peritonitis ify there ut! gave 6 trace copulreDle By Gia hot imate oo abalysis oF the contedts of wie oloweeh, WHAY KiL irs Q.—Then bow do you BOL from shock? A, from Wouuds *uon ae Mir. ¥ Ran the abdomen, ‘analysis 0) not dte from lowe i never kuew 0 @ Wound making alx ‘To Me, Townsend Th where the pet rene LOA MU hot Bardine tt a Fourth and u terprrte ‘Opera House, there. Fd of Ineise wounde in ered, Yuk tual im Wok, AT ter hi ine. He wae at his res by, 4 passage wish Uh to Mr. Tremain 1s Fink's exmplog i, in the habit ai * deliians th but didy & orntng en half dressed. He haa bee @ went LO Delmonico's, and f eek that tice foreveral ‘iy ‘saw hin ageio at 110 at his office. Ty I wont away nd saw hf 8 ia opto clock. Ade won {ss we a busse Ma ‘eloek, Ad Share mn ghons cute iuuies OR and Wout hot Nib Taw sof i, whut he had J ig m4 he bed vo Moo Rockets when 1° dreasid out for pome niouey for blin fo Br. Uower a: STOKRS GIVES A WHIN RSS THM us. Fellows by offered in pridenoa the bullet. do by Dr. Marah as havin been ta body of Mr, Fisk; aleo the plato! ct to the plato) being put io Du Corlay is examined, ‘adhd ction was overruled 4 the Court, ised On ‘Une th of Woke i hea tad rage jar, et “t eat wae: AE ander a ree dorey Mere. w ai between hint thd Pk, i oaid Pek woe Hin Dleckmader, He ‘haa’ plate: and would Mr. Stokes he okly and addressi the Goure, said ina low tone al tolees Hilti false, ovary word of SENN ns i, Ho hen a dena “a uring the troseanarninguse vit iy ar Was neh oe crue leaden employmen RAN Paattu ting | said wes, *Thave kavwa yoo by sight ® long ve never been tntroduced to you." The we inquteed how I was getting atong with Meadville, How he knew, any thivg about Know, except Ubay he was far! iime with, fe Operd House, aud mort of then new mi joken to Fisk, Idid not know hin well, 1 wae not then Keeping the hotél there, Mr. in, He did pot "abst me there. ‘and, Great seri rot fay Thoved me by Trond not give tt on ott Go an Poot ate Btoker | wi tronble with Fise, ‘Ile avid mailer. He would shoothim. remember ‘else Waa aad. 1 hat T replied. MR. TREMAIN'S INBENUATION. To Mr. 1 Fon hind Kimball ives in Rivhth arenas, forty thi Forty. A trceta, that, tie well don bat 1 J too th hero Mes om RSENS RASA NT ee to ny Mr. Tremain objected that this was not called out by,any portion of the, cross-examination. rotes ted. rain drawn i outy mie due Court decided Ie inudsuise Patrick McGowan was called. He was the en- ginger of the hotel rnd one of these who stopped tokes. Ho testifud: A Feeder Wit m white coat came down sate, £Ge' ‘Thonnes Hart en orwomet hia Mr. Stokes. yan teat shot hi ior in feet botin end T followed, him to the bar 4, Flores want yon? and ot hold 0 provight itn bach. T went out in the wereet and got an oiedt. Winem 1 came back & tall gentleman caine up ‘and wsiced him rt. Lt Mr. Stokes as for ae th a aakced hin soinethin te The peteonee hn geenied exctiod. THe wen ps Wowildered, Mr. Powers wald, when st down, “Lere, here, here.” ‘Tnen 1 w THE PROSECUTION RESTING, Mr. Fellows here said that several other wit- nesses hid been summoned, some of whom gen Not come In consequence of the storm, m NLT cid not seam to the prosecution mater fo call them, and they were Inclined to intro~ duce no forther testimony, and rest their cae. But they had had no oppertuntty of conwulta- Hou together, owing to tholr engagoments, and ho believed that after consuttation they would fest the case 03 the part of the peoplo, and that fn ndjournment ut tis hour would not delay the case. 3 Boardman was not at all inclined to grant it, net even when Mr. Fallerton anged the storm and the delay of all travel, and Mr. Beach satd that the only difference [= pinton wan Whether they should read a portion of Mr. Stokes's former evidence. After discusston his Honor gave half an hour to the prosecution to wea ces Gees they ha ed Rag cane, and to the defence to arrange the opening. At the expiration of the hmlf hour the counsel retried tothe room and. called now witness, Jobn Ki. Comer, who testified : I wasnocuaimted with Mr. Flak, andl wan te, dled. om the th dny of January wee beter sith be y before his denth. ‘This Pelfove tone the one he wore when he wae hon. 1 game smo ay pomersion on the evening of the ho tide Ldpeorensd perforations in tt thet eve ht The seme ‘sonuition ‘se ow. re Wore five holes thon and now. MR. TREMAIN'S SUGGESTION, TQM, Tromsie—L yee net prewent when he was abot. He had a similar cok on when be le Hotel. Lcked mp the cloak in Mr. Harewsl Fins y rigate heoretar have the attendanc’ ing tthe Sta and have ‘to the Dutrict rere eamployed we trial. not fa 'on “compeet the cloak it w Mears. te we sot! for the tor wer Mow thal, the ey, are employ: for this trial. ‘corner, ab rosin about 7 o'clock, Parlor. There were weve fal in the room john "Mafehali, the colored. boy. Dr, Tipler aud Mes, Moren, I think, abd otheys. I gave the cloak to Johm ath Drs. Tripler — aul Fisher, Dr. White, Dr. Carnochan, and some pthers'were there. T'eag thet adninister somett! Jost of the tine tn the par ‘at the cloak) pocket on each side * Léid pot remember whether Ithad one or T Gitok there were four holes pretty close to- Getting : i think two on each side, and one between the fhowiders, miaway of the back. Col. Fisk was a corpu- mae, about hel. o Mr. ei cis ‘Ol, Fisk was not as tall as myself. T am $ fect 9 ca. the cloak ured by 8 hook and eye, ant T'thiak has po buttons. Mr. Fellows asked that the witness put on the cloak, 0 thet the position of the holes might be seen. Mr. Tremain objected. He wanted no experi- ments, and suggested that to make tt complete itwould be necasary to fire w pistol, [Laughter] Ldon't know what. I war’ ook ‘The Court decided that this was mot proper. ‘The prosecution then closed. ‘THE DEFERCE OVENS. Mr. Townsend then becun tis opening far the defence. He alluded to the anxiety of thepris- oner and bis coune Bikes capi thee, teke the life ot Bes iN pmaals._ Hem spoke at great length impartiality, notwithstanding the jurors’ sapressicn ‘of opinion, He warned them against transferring the guilt uf the community to the prinover. He spoke of the great outburst of fecting in the mewnmpers agsina: Stokes in the poghamtng of the year. He slluded to the asser- tion of tke tbe Killing was a de- liberate dogging Tek to the hotel and a de- hiberate lying in walt, and contrasted them — Sbe note shat, tha urcesoutien thomsely vi |. He spoke of the Big of Fo tnd of bie ° Lives of 4 M tating thas they were atl intended to create prejudice was, be said, but one counterpart for Fisk in history, Publius Cledius ef Reme. Te recailed Cicero's defence of Milo, and quoted at some length from ft. = With that man fell the corrupt governors of New York. When he tved he was a leader; a chief im that moet corrupt of . the Taminany Ring. When he 5 me sighed while virtue rejoiced.” Mr. Townsend spoke of the counsel as men tn- to whose pockets Mr. Flek's money had been poured; who had heard nis sec! and by whose advice he hud done acts of which he was, perhaps, now ashamed. un. eile ar REPRIMANDED. Mr. Beach int objecting to this ine of remark, unteas wie came to sum up be ParD rrmiiced to reply, uunsel would be send said he hoped parsiaoed te ans and give an explanation they had long desired. h—What do you mean by that ? nseod—1 mean the position you gentlemen Jodde Posriman—I think the counsel goes outside of thie came at be bos to say about the gentlemen em ployed tn tals case, It seems to me if Ye ot calculated 0 ala this jury in the mtter sented tot It is rather Iaponed to ree y rosed to restrain ke which they may choore tmuch better sacked M'tur counsel how and’ during the further progrens of (he ease will contine thousely strictly as possivie to the ineies bere to be tre vt lotrodice reinarks outside of the case which do uot Feally 0 before Ue jury. ‘ownsend—t ynderetand the gentieman to object, If.s0, { will abstain from all farther comments. Mr: Rogeh=f » 411 pot be Fomtion by the ouneel. I did got object. 1 to allude propitety ot the | my assoclat ‘na (he jury T way be ullowed'to auewer, ns Ulsposed fo answer, these aujusttiiable repronc couusel, aud 1 will greatly pre opportunity, A SHARP SQUAUBLE BETWEEN COUNKET. Mr. Fullerton There 4s votbing in iny connection cb Law z to have known, whatever Mr. to way, Het bau sak AC. his now to he pre: ulated to dint rac roe mted. wa by jor that you will give aa Townsend be townsend entree the minds of he A prmmarter whith came iat thir wide at Ube #1 eflidavit which tied. beea tape Dreeved br dutye bret Wikies Fuligrio& 1 epoike of wo ued Yalug, It 4 an in- ion. Mr. Townsend (conitnuing)—Sutte and letters whieh werenuppreveed. 1 only aok bY whose advice the par They are not mine. If you should #0 a thousand timer You eanuot prove it, ¥ ns aap ize Boardman directed Mr. Townsend to Mr. Townseud continued custodians of pub) ward UY ho pre jablic prl Y br of drunkenness Verdict for (ae defendant would OF revenge, WHAT TR DEFENCE WILL TRY TO While the jury were the they eould bo ruls tn this eae idem ould Dy deked. Thi de club that Blokes Was actuated by jealousy PROVE. 7, proposed to prove that on the woraing of Jau. & Po Waka WILOes ID & Case Whied hal continued for trial for eeveral daye tu the Yorkville Polic nd efter teat It seems Co haya ns We Cry W dave hi Audrews, Into whose office he w po sued Ihdlounent had pecw fous ed ty Biokes Mr. Rufus Dy Chat Mr, Stokes then took a cal drove to the Louse of Josie Mune Ald *to' get” some. pap'ty ‘whict We mended’, he then drove do town and Went toa drinking | saloon tho corner of Amity Htreet ond Broad w Hing the driver to go to thy Fite ha ot Wye the corner Ne wanted Fro 00) joka anda trieu iowa Broad i 2 ¢ Grand Pentral, aud Makes, se iy nih ‘window anked ie Frlesi Lo wo tata the bot in, haan, aud th : loke4 proceeded up the stairs to th aeetis las re aud seetn that he wa i ured! a agwa a Tasle Mt Pen at pat very dey takes hi awit 4 her 0 ory bevntint have bach ia ful ve yatinetiwe Fisk crssveds Bectag Fink with «plat lo bie hands be afcpoed Lac my) anit a ste ‘And When he pulled the crign wae ls bie 9a After asking for the same consideration for th evidence for ‘he defences “0 equal ‘attention wasend closed to the pri interes! shar earous hy, a A Delegation from New Orlenwa, ‘Twelve geatiomen from the Committes of Or Hundred sews to Washington by the eitizcus of Now Orieang to sppeal to the Provident agatunt the destrucy tion of the State Government of Louisiane and the area. ‘Hon of & weurping government in \te plage are now ia Unis city, ‘Thode wan are a fllaws: ott. eee KOE are Sod at the, Jagrope whee es Roa tt Ach have'nt si het warn eel oly a4 Campbell, are expected to be preseat, iis ew pte re THE STRIKES IN ENGLAND, THe srrvaaLes OF WORKINGMEN VOR ADEQUATE PAY. Prosecution ef Correspondence of The Sun, Loxvon, Deo, 9.~Victimizing and porses outlon, followed by legal proseoution, le the order of the day. The most outrageous cose off Perzecution ts that of one of the Fentan prisons ers, Daniel Reddtn, lately released on the ex+ piration of his fve years’ torm of imprisoninents Like other political prisoners before hin hd haw returned @ ruined man, physically, fn cotises quence of fIl-treatment by Jaflers and docte both in Milibank prisen in London and in thet docks at Chatham. He now in Dublin im such a dangerous state that bis doctor refused) Permission to friends to visit him last week, al the excitement might prove too much for his mind, In consequence of this a committee haw been formed in London for the purpose of ime modiatety taking steps to prosecute on behalf of Dantel Reddin the jailers, doctors, and warcers who wortured him a0 brutally during his term of imprisonment, ‘The best lozal talont is to be employed to bring these torturers before the legal tribunals, and the codperation of frionds | bo be solicited throughout Ureat Bri Ireland, Mr. D. Rearden is Treasurer and Mr. Thomas Mooney Secretary of the committees The fact that both thowe gentlemen have means and are willing to make some gacrifives in the matter is a guarantee that the Intention wil ve carried into execution. TRE HYDE PARK OFFENDERS are fherally supported by subscriptions trom theit friends ta utthe coumry, it ie cals culated that some £150 will be required to. peal jueen’ neh agatpst the semence of . Of the whole namber sume having spoken im Hyde Park, con« trary to the regulatious of the Hanger, the mag= Istrate picked out only ene upon whom he tn= posed a fine of £5, for the purpose of having he into asuperior court, ‘The hearing Of the other cases was adjourned indefiaivety At first the:e was some disazroemont as to what was best to be done. Adger was for paying the fine and compelling the magistrate to take his case next. He was dissalisided with the defence that had heen mado, and he was persuaded that he could make a better Job af it himself, Te ‘this it was objocted that paying the fine would AMOUNGIO Admitting the offence and the gullty and themiagistrate might not take his case next At this stage the executive of the Labor Repre- sentation took the matter ap by subscrining som money for the defense, sna operate with the Hyde Park Defer in getting up the appeul, ‘Tho result was a Joint) committee. consisting of two lawyers and four workingmen, one of whoin is Adger, to nent: with the lawyers who are to conduct tho cae of the appellants against the Government. ‘The ne of defence to be taken ts that nrithor Governinent nor Parliauent have the richt te Interfere with the immemorial right of the people to the use ef the public parks, m speeca in those parks, which 4 iguenitons! whether the Government regulations could be enforced before they had been Intd on the table of the House of Commons, aside, The Labor Representation League bas issued subscription’ asheots to assist in the defen dat the rate at which money ts coming in now the necessary, funds will be collected before the close of the year. Asaninstauce of how widespread is the discontent with the proceedings of the Govern ment in this affair, it may be mentioned that Toney wus remitted last week from Hobfasty Hirkenbead “Manchester, Halifax, Cheltenham, and St. Neate—a rustic pla largest amounts were £5 collected amo work people of an iron firm at Midd and £4 #s, collected among the Hyde Px ence of Chusles Bradiaugh on Dec. 1 sensible thing done at tne meeting. the upshot of the alfair may be, Gladstone bag offering Lo com Committee done no good for himself and hia cx isa it. He might have safely left the Jogistntion to other people. There aren set-off democrats in London who, like cackling henky rush ut every time they feel an inclination to cackle ut something, and the more sensible por- tion of the working-class democracy would have frustruted thuir game ere long, but even at the risk of being annoyed by mountobank bawlera, Jn season and out of season, the right tw meet in Hyde Park must be upheld for rare ob= casions, when nothing short ef showing ones to their sensos. as bx Toa Terhape Cadatnne wilt retrieve his humor By itcatne Ayrton scree Seow fasion, oa Indian ‘nahobs who have taken it into thelr hhends that nature intended them for leginiatom, “out of the Ministry, and the electors of the ‘Tower Hamlets will surely kick him out of Par- ament at the next election, Bradlaugh ts wrys ing, in vain, to get his seat. A MONSTER PROSECUTION te going to be opened to-morrow against ste Wwkers. ‘The prosocution ts the result of @ Strike artdmg Out of a system of victdmicing the leaders of anewly-established union. It is only about 6x months sinoe, after everybody hadob- tained advanves of waves und reductions of the ‘working hours, that the gas stokers bethe Themselves to untvo toget-a Mtle relief and @ little more money, Previous to thet, whoubee they wore an the @ay sbift ar the night shift, they had to be im atiendun: é f z F aa iis naces from «lx to six during seven days week for ne mare, and in m: in Birmingham, precaution had’ bee: worst. ‘The demand to be made was Js. 4d. a6- Vance on the week's wazes, which I understood to be 2ts, and the reduction of Sanday work so thas the men might bave every alleraate Funda & holiday. Something similar was gained in London shortly after, not without « purtia strike; but those who headed the movement became marked men, and, as is usual i auch cases, the weeding process commenced. Mon were discharged weeks ago on some paltry pre~ he real reason was that they were the spolesmen of the uniouisis, They were sup~ ported while out of work and smuguled into other firms, and whea found out discharged again. ‘hls, without entering Into details, ts he sim and substance of the strike that broke out among the gas stokers last week. ‘The great dificulty is that the gus works, being every where the property of heartiews and soul- less corporations, aro here in. the bande of more heartless and soulless managers and directors, who are anxious to show good dividends, which they secure by long ours and short pay, and ff anything turne amiss th Po, bo act speedily. There is more trouble with works belonging to corpo. rations in th tory districts than with the most stingy Lndividual emplo: corporations cannot be reasoned with Uo the weeding and hi was put in practice week before last, betwoon turned out las Monday,uuta c in elr work. uted, ta anot hed, and the me wht, anu then they w Police, aud the Kus the as men, Tturn Inuit vw deved, raing publio t the press, t Wok ie side of" tho men, wen Tad aright to sori admitted, but the press disputed that We gas men were like other nea, By striking they In- Jured the whole of the public, pat London atuhe mercy of (he thieves, and sv On, and on | wesday one “police mogistrate granted summonses against six men ior conspizacy and aguinst five: hundred for breach of contract. ‘Chere is no Written agreement as to the duration of the hire ; the men receive so much a day, and are pald every Suturday, and this tac magistrate took aM Suntigient videneo that they were tacitly under & Weekly wet, and oucht to have kyon week's notice W leave, upon wich he granted the suwinouses, At anocher police court sums ranted agaist six conspirators, and # threat is heid out tuat these Prosecutions we vuly the beginuing. The con. spiracors- the lors may be imprisoned, oh oonvietion tera not exc yonre, the contract breakers for three and the magistrate who granted the 05 sul 0 18 80 wire of conviction that he has. be hand calculated how many convicts can be pveuluntly aduatted into the county jal on any one day, aud has made the summons s re- turnable aceordingly. The worst is that the places of the turnouts were Glled up in (bree days, soue at de. 6d. aday, At ie all unwkilled laber at the best, however bard "AN ANTERNATIONAL VICTIM n made at Amsterdam, of Gerhard, a tailor, who Was ono of Vice. Ur 6 of tbe ‘International Consre the He Used Lo get Work enotgi Trot Mist m 4 LO Work With soveral huips; hut HOW. Tam told, singe big return from the Hague, be cannot gel Work enough for biwsvif, aud laying & Wife wud olaht childrea to provide for, he by 1a State of derUitution ul Be BUNBEA MS, —Persons Interested in the navigation of ‘the Yam Hill river, a Oregon, will be gratided (9 learo ‘that M ‘orbett hae tnirocuced t United Statee Benate a bill appropriating $254 from the Nathomal Treasury for the unproverme f tat stream, ~The, Fast Chester National Bank of Mount y to go West, Mr. Morton hau Autres Ls JM authorizing thie institu to change to Bvansvitle, Lud, and ite nase to that of the National Bank of Evansyilie, ~The German bark Coriolan wre at- tacked by pirates vome inonths ago tithe Indian Ove: and lost tem persons out of her erew of etghirrn, But for adevice of the captain, who poured hg id taren Ure deek and studded 16 with glass, thus caus pirates to fall and out their foot, the vessel Would hare been readily captered, When nearly every man of tho crew bad been killed or wounded, # British gunbowk ‘came to the ald of the Corlolan, aud destroyed or eap= tured nearly ei! the pirates, The prisouers, tou 1 nM der, were mune Welly diyposed uf by boing Langed ob (hu yard aru,