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Show Etl YOHK. The Clobber Acquittal Probable Pro-bable Harder. New Yrk, 21. Tbe acqji:ul ol Captain Williams, coaiainiiy called "Ine C:ubber," is thus commented on by the Hints: Pais was a judicial trial lairiy ruautd, aud the jury has acquitted the accused. This ciijofos of tie truiupor? cuarge. L may discourage dis-courage those who have made it their business lo invent slanders against an officer, who, whatever his shortcomings, short-comings, has a much better claim to be credited with the fearful perform- j aace of h;3 du:y than n.Ki of nis jjurn&iU'ic asii;ai,ts. The bedy of au unknown man was found in the harbor y ester-dAy, ester-dAy, with his hands l:t-d denied hi in and biiudlo.ded. W nether ii is a Cit;e-of ?;KC;.do or murlrr, a Cubn plainer .ie says: li ,Hi'i!,s to me thai i;ie mau is a S.u'.:-. American, Ameri-can, and from the interior. Ynu maybe sure he dii not commit suicide. sui-cide. South Americans don't do that, nor do West Indians. I have an idea that the man may have been an agent for the Cniliao or Peruvian governments govern-ments here on a private mission. He I may have been thrown from an oul-; oul-; going steamer, or he may have been bound and pitched overboard from the docks. The steamer CjiiaJa brought $10, 000 in gold coin. There are about $4,000,000 in specie afloat, bound for New York. |