New-York tribune., 1867-05-29
guilty on ho charge Of trcasonfcloOy were returned

man in any assembly BY reason Of has personal ap-
peafanee, which is extremely handsome. lie is a a
yUnng tecw-Say 0f - 10 n years oil agc-Ci lat,ler
9nOTc than the middle size, and well lui!s ih5
features, from eycry point Of view, arc snoh as %
sculptor ight take for q type OF beauty hls Soh'
plexOn is oleGr and healthy, his skin as smooth as
ivory. Hisnmstache ami beard are full ana 1OWihg,
and of light color But withai the rnost n0tcabio
thing about him is the wonderful clearness anu D,ll
aney of his eyes. lie wears his hair parted IN the
middle and brushed neatly to each side Oh ms ioIe,
head. HIS hands too, as one might sec when ne did
not wear his gloves, smooth and whito ana iiCely
shaped. And his dress in the dock was that OF
gentleman. Nature was very favorable TO nun
certainly, so far as the outer hm was was
concerned; and it ~ evident ne must
have had excellent qualities Of heart, too For, with
such an attractive pGSOReiie, wOnld not many men
have found some lighter mode of spending neli tne
than engaging IN not very hopeful politieal con
spiracy. and taking chance-a very strong cIHocs i1o
of meeting the hangman's halter OF the horrible
doom of penal seryitudef Yes, many Young leiaoM
so gifted would have TUNED 10 dong the rake, ara
the swell" and all that sort OF thing ana gwen up
much of his time TO fortune hunting, seeking to make
n capture of some romantic young lady possessed o1
a good round sum i'm her own right, or else some
wealthy lady of middle age who wOnh nc sihn 10
catch u young and handsome husband. but riood
was of too manly . disposition and had TOO hlgn
spirit for this sort of thing Beside he had dasn
OF adventure in his nature yielding to winch nc GOT
involved at one time IN smuggling operation, as
which he was detected, and Tor when nc w5
brought to justice-but not, 1t IS, salu, hhlI
he had realized rather good thing at the
expense of her Majesty's revenue The second
p,isoner Duffy, il q small, weakly, and sicky
man but intellectual looking and Of gentlemanly
demeanOr lie is in o far advanced stage OF con
sumption, and apparently so near his end thaG one
might almost expect To the death agony come ON
him in the dock lie IN prison before, under the
suspension of tho Habeas Corpus Act nut aiIGr
prolonged imprisonment was released at u t'mc Wocn
IL was thought he was just about To dle But, tllc
TO the Fenan cause, even TO the gates OF death, nc
resumed operations in the conspiracy with tho lttiG
share of Vitality left him lis lamp of life had
burned very low, but while n spark renamed "
should light him on his path OF hostility to the
British Government The vital iame, however can
not last much longer. week or two oi the treat
mcnt accorded to convict prisoners VIII probably
end the career of the devoted patriot, Edward Duly
The third prisoner, Cody, is altogether u hhctehI
stamp Of man from the other two. lie IS u square
built hMd-featurcd, determined looking person,
evidently of n lower walk OF life. In addition
to the general charge of Fenlanism against
him, there is one OF horrible nature. IL IL
that he President OF committee ioined i0I Inc
purpose 0f assassinatng all parties who might DC
known to be giving information 10 The Government
or taking active part m procuring the conFiClioh
of the prisoners. The sole authority iof tis thalHn
against him Is the abandoned Mrctch COlydOn ana
il is really inconceiyabc how judge or jny should
take anything on the uncOTOholdtcd testimony vi
that INSCRIPTIONS villain. Circumstances indccd
in this ease afford color TO s statement, but
may not those circumstances nave suggested inc
statement 10 him = Cody, like Duffy, Had been ar
rested ON a previous occasion. lie, with tonr OF hNc
other PERSONS was taken IN April, 1866, IN public
house IN this city which was known as fclial rem
GeZyOus. and at the time OF ls captlnc he behaved
very violently: He made several cndeaNors To Draw
q loaded revolver which he had about HIM. anu 1c
would have done SO but Chat policeman held an
other loaded revolver To his mouth aud threat
ened 10 llow his brains ont if he offered any
further resistance. ll9 Was detained ~ PRISON
until October of that year. and was then liberated,
no one appears TO know why. This ought 10 have
served ~ n caution 10 him bnt IL tbd pot prevent
him from running most rccl,li issly and fOblshly INTO
the very jaws of danger ana tins oh mailer aitO-
gcther uucOnncctcd with Fcnansm Ihls lclIoW
appears 10 have a good deal of the rOWdy ln ms
mature. Had he only conducted himself deCcntiy he
would not now be in the dock awaiting his sentence,
IL be
the evening of Saturday, the lth oi ths month, u
policeman on duty III GrasiiOI-st. saw this nhln en-
gaged in sOHo alteration with another person, ana
apparently a0ont 10 assault nm. inc P3IISgindi man
came MP and desired HIM 10 move on. liad touy
done so, probably there would be moro about the
matter. But instead of this he made AN mpudent
and threatening answer TO tine Policeman, ana re-
again ordered to leave the place Inc poicehah
then attempted 10 take nm MO custody anu
struggle cnsued in the course 81 winch Cody drew u
revolver. and dagger dropped ont oi ms ciOthes.
Another policeman coming up at the time, hc was
secured and taken 10 the Statlon-liOiiSc on bcinR
searched. q document was found on MN, giving INC
names and addresses of the Judges on the special
Commission, the jurors who tired Burke ana Doill'
and q number Of the witnesses who had gwen tcsil-
mOny against them, suspicious circumstance Ger,
taniy vet one which does nOtpfONc tlc existence Oh
an Assassination Committee though IT may nave
suggested the story TO the infamous wretch Co@uoh'
Tfis story came altogether ny surprise On The prison.
cr,' counsel. Had they known IL, they never would
have allowed Cody 10 be tfled at the same tihe as
the other two prisoners whose chances oil lali lflal
Were likely 10 be pTCumdcCd DA lHc tNhcll'f 'uIi-
ceIning this assassination plot. When MI bnti as-
covered that such evidence was 10 he lroduced. hc
grew very indignant at The conduct oi the Attorney
General IN grouping those three cases together re-
Oustrated strongly against and called on tie court
To elect Try the prisoners separately The court qua
moi accele To- this request but undertook to impress
the iury the fact that Flood and Duity were not III
any way involved IN those revelations concerning
Cody. Mr.. Butts closing speech IN defense oi the
prisoners an able argument All through ana III
It's pcTOatiOn rose to the hight of tue OratoIy. None
but dull and cold heart could be unmOycd by ITS
Iathos It's passion, il noble sentiment The Solicitor,
General replied tOr the Crown IA very ialr ana
temperate speech aud Baron DcaSy having summed
up the ease, the jury retired, and ~ about hait an
hour returned with Nenaict OF gmliy against All
tie prisoners They were then put back I'll Monday,
when sentence will be passed nnless the cot should
allow that au objection raised 10 The procedure WhIlc
the jury considering their verdict iyalidates
the whole trial. Ii they shall hold the tia 10 have
been good, Monday proceedings VIII probably be oi
very interesting nature, as II Is hkely that Mccall
teTty Flood, and Duiiy viii address the court
Poor Burke who lies IN kilnainhan Jail under sen
tence of death is i'll dying state IL s not likely
that he can live up 10 the date fixed for the eXec-
tioI-the 18th inst On "Wednesday evening. his de
cease seeming to be imminent, he received the last
rites of the Catholic Church. He exhibited spirit
of resignation aud most profound pietY. His death
is hourly expected. The sentence on Patrick DOIan
has been committed TO penal seVitnde for llte The
public refuse 90 believe that the capital sentence III
be carried ont IN any case Inelahd u,le Ioi DE
guilty of such act, with Europe and Ameilca
looking on and moie especially nov that President
Davis has been restored 10 liberty, ana Il
lesson in generosity and humanity to polt-
ical noe thus set TO a the world 4 meeting
under the presidency OF the Lord Mayor was
held here on n3uesday TO adopt memorial 10 tue IA
ecutye prayug that the lives of these men might be
spared number of very respectable and iniueil-
tial citizens look part in it, and the attendance
would no doubt have been much larger only Tor the
general conviction that such meetings and memorials
are unnecessary and only help to get the Govern
mont ont of a difficulty. Some years ago, when the
MacNianus funeral was passing the spot where Rob
ert Emmett wss executed, every man OF the fifteen
ar sixteen Thousand who composed the procession
l.ats fto nj lpe
hud one of the flags carried by the insurgents IN the
regent instruction bore the inscription Remember