Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-07-16

the Prisoner.
dispatch elaoWhore announces that the
jury IN lhe Stokes case were unable 10 agree,
aud that II bad been discharged, and the
: prisoner cent back 70 the Toombs. To show
the intense Interest taken IN the tidal, and
the great anxiety wlh which The verdict wa
awaited, wooxtruot the following from the
New York Herald Of yesterday
/ New Workers who do business down town
and who sleep above Union square are well
| acquainted With Chambers street and lie
vicinity. POr SIX days Of the week IL Is al.
most impossible FROM Centre street to Church
ttreet. Vehicles pass 10 aud fro drays, beer
wagons, spring carts, eEpress wagons,
| cOupes, with eager lawyers snugly cnscOnCed
inside, and all manner Of conYeyances for
merchandise and passenger traflc, and not
excepting the big, numbering stages that
render Broadway, our hnest strogt place Of
| dihiculty and danger for hurTyiug people,
Bot yesterday morning Chambers street
had different look. The wild eagorness Of
the people to know u the Jury In the Stokes
case had decided upon verdict bad provoked
the gathering Of an immense crowd.
The front Of the new courthouse Is disdg-
urVd by scafioldlng and loose planklng, and
On dyeiy coin Of vantage hundreds Of per-
| sons wUro pcrched al rs carly an hour a. &
O'Clock Of The morning. The long descent Of
marble steps leading 70 the great entrance Of
this building, the greatelt monument Of the
defunCt ring, was thlcklY packed With ex-
cited people Of both ecXGs, standing, sitting
dowh, and IN Representative groups Of threes
| aud Tours aud lives and skies.
The crowds werel ke the jurOrs-thcy could
not agree. The feeling has wonderfully
changed during the last throc or four days,
however. Those who were anxious TO SEQ
Stokes banged aweek ago were yesterday dis
cuslng the relative probabilities Of man
slaughter ia the THIRD degree or an absolute
acgulttal Of tho prisoner,
A line Of police came early In the day To
keep the crowd In order, aud a humber Of
angry disputes wore settled by them In
eumhary manner, tho dlsputants being told
10 mbderate their feelings and 20 cool them
solves with wtlss beer. The crowds wero In
bad predicapent however, as the places Of
drinking for man and beast were all closed.
Froutlng the court house for half block
either way 4 great swarm Of people, three
thousand 10 number were gathered. Every
mau and woman In the mass was looking
upward to the windows, expecting 50 see
Stokes como out aud make a speech, as Is
the wont with all foolish assemblages In New
York city. The gathering was sOmewhat
like What Is seen on Fourth Of July night
In one Of our public parks when tile fire
work. are being touched OF. Hundreds Of
lndly lduals stood ready to cry 'JDhl'' or "Ahl"
At the slightest sensation thai might be pro-
duced by any untoward event.
Il seemed as II the days Of the civil war
had eome back. Our people VIII recollect
how during that terrible time, men went
mad about rumored defeats or possible vlcto-
rles on the sabbath days, DEVOTED 10 rest and
diyin? worship. Yesterday there was a re-
newal Of these scenes, but with the difference
that instead OF the words "Rappahannock, A."
nFredericksburg," "Chancellorsyille," or
SetSsOurg, which al That time dropped
IRON mems mouths Ike the smeltlnRs from q
furnace, there were heard snch expressions
- Stokes ought TO be hanged, Fisk was
muTderous villain, There won't DO any
agreement OF the jury, 'lngraham's charge
was gu on one side, IKE the handle OF a
pitcher, and "Did you see what the Herald
said today
The feeling was OF the most Intense kind.
Gu the cars on tho ferry boats, In shops
where the BARRIERS clamOrcd that their VIC
tins, whose necks were swathed by towels,
should purchase lavender aud hair inylgora'
tor - bar-rooms and hotels; when churches
were emptled OF their congregations; In Fifth
avenue and Tenth aycnuei In the purlleus Of
the Pdints and In the Pertdmed air OF Murray
HIM the names Of Fisk and Stokes grated on
the dull, close and oppressive atmosphere.
IL whs, indeed, midsummer madness, and
lie effects made men Of lucid minds Imagine
that alter all New York was but little be-
hind Paris for ia civic impetuOsity and eX-
citRbillty,
This was the state Of the city yesterday
generally. Such trial was never before
know 10 the metropolis as this one OF Ed
ward 8. Stokes for the killing Of Fisk.
About Ave hundred persons Of both sexes
had been allowed 10 pass tue triple line Of
policemen and the four ranks Of d0orkeeper.
IL is needless to say that the ladies' blonde
and brunette, who have attended the trial
for weeks, were In their usual places, rein
IOreedlby new accessiOHs Of their own sex.
The Baron PIoGasco aud my lady, the Ouch |
ess Of lOrd-knows.whO were In their cane
bottoned chairs. These people were allowed
TO come 10 at 1880 o'clock. A number Of the
Erie people. whom rumor credits with the
recelpl OF IS day for steady attendance,
were also permitted TO come. Professor
Neails escorted the ladies TO their seats with
a graceful wave Of the hand. Deputy Muivi-
hill held one door, and there was great de-
mand Tor Mr.. Mcln' erney. The Hobbies were
crowded by lawyers and attaches Of the court,
and the adjoining room was occupied by the
prisoner, Stokes aud his friends, who seem
more warmly attached TO him ~ the case
slowly draws 10 a close.
TThesladies OF the prisoners family, unable
any longer 10 bear the terrible ordeal OF the
trial, were absent worn out and sick with
anxiety al their beArts. Stokes, who has
borne mp brayely all through the trial, until
the case went 70 the jury, seemed tired out
and nervous. This man, who Is naturally
light-hearted and Of an impulsivo, go ahead
temperament that no shock or adversely
could unsettle, has during the last two days
suffered torture that no human being may
ever envy. Many men with his light-hearted,
hRlr-bralnod nature would have become mad
under such a tremendous pressure us that
which has been brought to bear on him dur
ing the last ioTty-elgbt hours. He Is unit to
Withstand loug suspense, though any OBJ
server can sec that nc Is not afraid Of death
II Is the stigma Of the assassln's name which
has been placed on bin BY the prosecution