The New York herald., 1876-10-14

ing here from Sing Sing doing time for arson who
can play the nnie, and will get HIM In day or two
II can. All want rs that flute. and then think my
choir is quito complete, or as complete as possible.
have now double quartet in my choir and seventeen
or twenty singers and performers. / studied music
with ParKhurst and also took private lessons and play
the violin myself We sing from The Choral Tribute,
by Emmerson, and the Victory collection. by Brad.
bury" In all this conyersaton saw the evidence oil
the TACT that music hath charms TO soothe the burg
lars breast
wHrsrLxG RASCAL
In the middle OF the services aud whilc deep atten
tion beng paid to eryld words OF the Rev Dr.
leroy, heard ioud, long and continuous whistlng
proceeding from The body oi conyics The whistle was
very shriil and was repeated i've times. There
sant alarm and every keeper claped his budgcon and
placed his hand on his shooting iron while the minister
ceased his remarks A young Presbyterian seminary
student OF The Auburn emnary, by
my side and who teaches a Sunday scSoo class oil 500
convcts every Sunday imagined that revolt was about
10 break out, and spoke TO at the moment As the
whisDg ceased tho conycis gave roun nd Of applause
wltb icet stamping, showing how deeply they were
affected by the services hut the applause the
NOISY whistler, whom a sturdy keeper took from mia
seat IN the centre OF the chapel alter shaking his head
almost OIL his shoulders the convict cunning fellow
named William Barr, geting up silently and marching
alter the Keeper out OF the chapel With nangdog look on
his lace, IT he knew tna Lc was shamming Ho had
been discharged from the Lunatc Asylum, which is in
me prison nciosurc, the day previous BY Or. Mac.
Donald ms perfectly sane man. but Barr insists that
he rs insane and gives Warren Durston good deal
OF trouble, which may be possibly obviated somewhat
by short onnnement IN a dark cell
Though scanned every figure in the chapel did
not see stokes among the mass OF poor wret,hes aud
from prison oiciai tstll preserving my incopnifo
learned that stokes haa been the hospital
time as IN invalid, and that no person TO bc al
lowed 10 see him us any official who broke through
this rulc would get himself into trouble OF a
ture Let u suffice TO say, however, that | dtd
have few moments conversation ON Sunday with
stokes, no matter how the thng was achieved but
olical OF the prison. whose name cannot givc was
present and rather hurried tho interview was taken
through long series Of corr idors passages doorways,
sscenis and descrns, and finally entered the hospl-
tai
CHANGED MAN.
l YVES passing through rapidly whom heard my
name called and turning around, saw Edward s.
Stokes, the sol disam Broadway elegant who i've years
ago paid 81 o00a yearto his tailor to keep him ared in
the latest fashions OF Inc day But OH how chsnged the
man was | saw middle aged man--Stokcs is now
thirty eight years oil age--teEt in y chair over
steam heater, tho hospital beds all round
him, tho sheets bieached TO ghostiy white
gray. his figure slooped-the whole man
broken with sickness and irrilabiiy at what he bo
lieves nrmy 10 be long term OF persecution and con-
sp racy. ] walked over to where he stood and shook
hands with Stokes. and he smiled PLEASANTLY, but
noticed his lace white and full OF lines OF caro-
and suffering His sickness Is asthma, and he bore
every trace and indication OF victim TO pulmonary
disease whose days were numbered. Since tho fatal
staircase, the worst enemy OF Stokes might be salts
Nod with the msfortuncs that have beallen him His
brother Clinton is dead Of consumption, old Mr.
stokes died year ago. worried 10 death by grief for
ms sons disgrace and he has had various domestic
Affections which need not be enumerated. On the
Sing Sing PRISON register three years ago Stokes
answered 10 tho question. '.Aro you married
or single Z" tho ono brief word "Single."
mate fr,cnds-c.n iatnom the mingled romance
and despair that lies concealed by that one werd de-
scnptlvc Of his civil status. Stokes had blanket
shawl around his shoulders, although no sat by the
heater and was reading book. The man is entirely
changed IN nearly everything. Five years ago, al
though we'll informed man. he hardly ever took up
hook 10 read, Tor the gay life OF man about town did
permit oi study or reading, but during the last
chased a great many books, and, though his people
Baptists, bciieve Stokes has read during that
time principally books treating ofih subjects OF phi
losophy, history and science.
Chow do you feel, Ed - asked of tho who
stood three trials for murder, and whose expenses
lawyers fees and other items, including his final
verdic-have amounted in Eve years ts $500, 600
Wei, Mr. -, don't feel well At ALL ! was
die aud have suffered terribly s,ncc came hors.
tell you thought woult never leave this hospital
You do not know what persecution ! have suffered
less W OF sending me nearly 800 miles from Sing
Sing TO this place, with my hands and feet in irons
not been allowed prison ars, a. bad as that s
l do not wish 10 ind iault with Warden Durston; It
tho State Prison inspectors Clark and Crowley,
that ordered It."
INTERMITTENT FEWER.
swell, arc you better now, Ed, than you were .
.'Ycs; am little better; but sometimes have in
termt,ont lever, aud am all flushed from 1t, and
the asthma hurts me- You do not know how have
suffered assure you l will bear up until the day
comes Tor my release ms well as can, II they don't kill
me before the 2sth oil October"
Have you anything else to complain Of, Ed ?"
s.My letters have been ntsrdictcd and intercepted
ho'.s "s.s NV '''' 1'"1 : - A'' '1' ''A'' 'A'
..Never mind" said. .you must not think of these
things any longer. You will soon be ablc to enjoy
the benefits OF freedom and breathe iresn air."
"What news Is there OF the electionsg Will Tilden
''Somo people have heard rumorE to that effect,
but no one can be certain OF politics, i" answered
..wcli If he the State Of New York isn't no
liable carry the whole country and be elected to tho
Presidency no answered, inquiringy. fown gath
his face he spoke OF the possibility OF TIL
denis election, for Stokes has been very bitter against
Tdcn his father DEATH as he has private
about the OF the old gentleman s dcA:h Stokes
dd not speak further OF politicG
~ see you are fond OF reading Ed. What book Is
thaLyou have with your querIed.
This is splendid book think The finest have
ever read The man who wrote II knows OF what he
writes most thoroughly was just now reading
nns passage in IT,"
''Connict Between Religion and Science" Stokes had
been roading the eighth chapter OF this well known
work, entitled .contict Respecting the Criterion OF
that which treats OF the Jnder Erpuyadtorius. The
passage which Stokes thought to be nnc and which
possibly explain the present bent Of his mind,
.Tnc :c,on OF the death punishment for differ
ence or opinion still! rcsoried 10. When Calvin
caused Scrveus 10 be burned at Geneva 1t sbvous
every that the spirit of persecution unim-
paired The offence philosopher lay in his belief
This that the genuine doctrines Of Chrstany had
been lost before the time OF the Council of Nice;
that the Holy Ghost animatos tho whole system OF
IL will he absorbed the end of all
things, into the substance OF the Deity, from
which they have emanatcd. For this he was roasted
TO death over slow nrc Was there any distinction
between this Protestant da 10 and the Catholic
one OF vanini, who burned at Toulouse by the In
QUESTION. in 1929 for his dialogue Concerning Ma
turcgn
Now that is what call Hne passage and written
by . remarkable thinker" added Stokes, in a faint
tone
FUTURE
saw that the man quite ILL., and yet heard that
q
vaicsccat the very next day after him, but with
permission walk around in another hospital
than that where he Sunday last
Stokes health is broken at present
than known TO himself, and Or. James X
Wood who was his private physician has been
tonshed, u is said that stokes system has lasted so
long unuor hard a fate he has had for the past
nvc years Stokes has not yet determined what hc
will do when he comes out Of prison, but II may be
nndcrs iond That he Ia not any onccr a married man