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DOUBLE SHEET-THREE CENTS.
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! THE 1TENIAN FIGHT.
Be-port by rl wnf y.
lurennPTTNo oorbbspondusck in regard to Tan
PCWCUABB OP ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
To the tissue ot falsehoods uttered by B. D.
Kl Han, with reference to the transactions mcn
tl ned on page 3 of his report, I, as Secretary of
W .r, can make no better reply thin to submit to
t le Fenian Brotherhood the cmire correspoa
tl rce between ray Adjutant-Gu.iural and Messrs.
Jeaks and Mitchell, ot Philadelphia:
BniDfimtrRO Armory, Fnir.AinxPHiA, Novera
ber 1. II5C6. Colo el C C. levif O ar 8ir: Wo
will take tilty thousand dollars in currency, lor tho
seventy-five hundred rifled inunkoin on bund at our
aimorv, ochvercd In ibis cur, witn bayonota in
Government reflation cases, each holding twenty
mutkets. Tbls offer to be binmiig on or for two
men. Youra truly, Alkiu'.u Jknks & Son.
New York, November 13. loCi B. D. Killian,
Esq., Secretary ol Uie Trcasuiv. t B. Sir: 1 have
the houor. bv direction ut the htciwry of War, F.
B., to jircsoLt the iuclood icj-ort, accompanied by
h t u com-u out, lor your action. Among a number
ol of cis mcde to fun ith arms ihnt of Messrs. JonKe
It Mitchtll i by tar the inot advantageous. 1'ue
arms are Lew, oi jtood qua.uj, u .u at a ,ower prioo
tbau any o ucrs ) rcwiiied, tno difloronou using
about in the aeerogato ?25,liOO t-mierai Sweeney is
dts.ro js of teouriu tlio lot of 7500 linaiodiatoly. J lie
Spr-DRlie d rilled muuct is not to bo obiainod at any
01 thi United Ma es arsenals, ordrrs having boon
issued to exc ude tnat aepcripiitm of musket irom
ail tiublic salea. . I shall auvo tno li-mor ol oaillnir ou
yon f'-r au aiswer to-morrow momma, ai 8 A. SI,
Veiy reBpccttuliy, your obedient servant.
i C. 1 Al'.HOLL Tryis,
Bilgadier-General and Adjuiant-Ueneral. F. B.
Treasury Department, F. B., New York, No
yemoer 17. 1866. lie Secretary ot the Treaanry ao
know edies the receipt ot a request from the Socre
tary ol War "to pay oyer (to bim) $10 000 at once,
for immediate ne, in conformity with tho ntsolutiou
of the Senate appropriating 60,000 lor the War Do
jsnment." The isecrelary of the Treasury begs to say, in
reply, that tne appropriation uy the donate autuorlgss
bim to place 860,OuO, as too a as loceivel, to the
er ditolihe War Depaitmouton ui books, buttbat
th i oisbursi men' ot mat sum, or -iimllor sums, must
be inane ou vouchers, ccrtifii-d to by the Secretary of
v r and approved as in other cu .c upon warrants
n; cn the treasury, the sccrot service Is the on;y
one ou wb.ch tho Secretaiy ot Wur can draw with
out tl m (t vouchers iu the lreacur JLiepnrtmoat, and
for the uiamlcst reason that tucli a service precluues
the'' oiicy" ol vouchors . ,
To si cure uniformity lu nccnuu!n and tho propor
matiFccment ot this tli'D.rtnw nt both as to demand
ana suuDiy, it is esientiai tnu' mi alsburseinouts
idould come utulrr the suporyisiTi of tlio secretary
ot the Ircamry. who will leaped the approval of
the Secretary ot War and oliier hea of depart
nv'Tits. To 'hat end nil payniontt to third panio
will be niHlo by warrants ou tho Treasurer, to be
presented by tbe parties in Inter s'. ot the Treasury
Itepartnicuc. Tins relievos nlliocrs of bureau
from the care or disbursement of iunds, aud
enables them to occupy tuir whole time
with duties moro ' connaio to tlioir respocuve
stations. The rnvmahter is, of course, an excep
tion, lor tho bciit-lit ol troops In H:-j field. In roier-e;-ce
to the reqn sition lor SlO.COi). tbe Neorctary
tens to a'btire tho Secrctaiyol' ar tint he will
forthwith tuke nieasuies to act on iho rofaronoe and
reooniinendutioii of the Kocrotary of Military Attatrs
Ol the 13'b. To this end, Messrs. will be re-
ouosied to forward ttioir proposal, torms of payment
included, which, bcina approved by the President,
wi I aesume the form of a oontract. and bo paid on
account by this department on application of Meosrs.
,wlth oortilKato ol reoeijit ot , sipnod
by the Secretary of War. bUou.d tho Kecretary
miiVA mim4 tor r.ni'tent exi.nndiiiirfl. ha will nlnma
at ach vouchers to tho inclosed torms, and certify
to the amounts, when payments will be immediately
made. Very tru.v. 11. Doean Kii.i.tan.
Secretary ot the Treasury.
' General Thomas W. bweeuey, Secretary of Mili
tary Afluirs.
fJeneral TevU notified Mcsts. Jenks and
Mitchell that their terms were accepted, but
according to the further correspondence, which
we are obliged to omitowinpr to our crowded
space, the arms were not purchased on account
of tbe delay and tne action of Mr. Killlan.
General Sweeney closes hs follotys:
It is only neceseary to add here that Messrs.
Jenks and Mitchell did not accept Mr. ii. D.
Killian's terms, either from doubts ol his per
sonal ability to fulfil thetn, or from the tact
that the Fenla Brotherhood not being a char
tered association, warrants on iU treasury pos
sess no market value.
That B. 1). Killian does not "now hold the
refuta! of the same at t'te price agreed
tipon," and that the owners have "not very
kindly consented to allow the Brotherhood the
amount forfeited, owin to their feeling of
uncertainty in the capacity of General S., with
his r resent associations, to pay for the articles,"
1 lefer you to tbe lollowinp contract:
Kiw Yobk, November 80, 18C6 fins agreement,
made the 80th of JNovomocr, 1SC5. witnessoth that
tbe said Alfred Jenks & Kon do sell to C. C. Tevis,
ol Philadelphia, aoveuty-ilve hundred Springfield
rifled mutltets, now boxed and stored in tbe armory
ot Alfred Jenks & Son, at bndeblurr, lor the sum
of fifty thousand dollars, on the lollowing terms and
conditions, viz :
One thousand dollars cash to be paid at the time of
tlgnin? this airroement, paymeut wiereot is hereby
scknowledfied, and the balance in cash within sixty
tlas turn date the arms to be removed as paid for
' sai t paymeut of one thousand dollars to be lor
i sted to Alfred Jenks & Son if the agreement is
sot lully earned out by V. C leyis.
ALrBKn Jknks & Son,
C. C. Tevis.
Witnessed by William M. White.
B. D. Killlan. if a paid British asent, could not
have chosen a better plan to invite tbe interfe
rence of Ihe United States Government? tb.au this
very negotiation. Kugland is prolessedly a
friendly power, and this open purchase of arms by
an association whoie avowed purpose is to attack
her as soon as possible iniulit hare-compelled
the prohibition bv the authorities of any such
gales. I had endeavored to avoid any such
danger. It was the act of either a traitor or an
imbecile to do otherwise.
B. D. Killian has misapplied the term "mili
tary adventurers," if he reiers to the oflicers of
my department. They are, without exception,
educated gentlemen, whose social position is
unequivocal, and whose military reputation has
been earned in the field. TUey are unwilling to
become tools, but this character In the past is a
guarantee tor their future, and cannot be in
jured by anything wMch can be coined by B. D.
Killian, for the purpose of destroying theconfl
dence ot the Brotherhood in their ability and
integrity.
. B. D. Killian's cowardly and mysterious In
sinuations about "subordinates 'who expected a
hand.ome commission ou the sales." are of a
piece with his other tlanders cud tue too con.
tempucie to necu iuiuiuu.
' .In my Simplicity, I had imasrinod that nearly
' twpntv vears' experience as an ollicer had quali-
ed me to judge ot the requirement of an army
about to take the field better than even the
talented ex-editor, ex-land broker: ex-friend of
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, B. Dcrun Killian, could
possibly do, and had aleo supposed that, as is
ih raJn in tho Unltud States aiinv. my roceiots
'wereB. V. Killian's. vouchors lor moneys paid
iv.a hff 1,1 in. ' I
I imagined that I, too, Deeded vouchers to
prove to tbe Brotherhood lor to them, and not
to the Treasurer, Killian, am I accountable
that I had not speut the appropriation made to
my ueparrment lor oiuor iuuh nuuwj yuiyvavj,
lor which uloue it was designed.
Tbe secretary ot War of the United States
does not cot suit the Ktcretarv of the Treasury
. when ho needs muskets or ci;nnon;'he is not
obliecd to ask his permission, or await tho ap
proval ot even the Presii.eut of tbe Utited
, states. Deiore ne maVea his purchases.
Mr. Cliue did not interfere with Mr. Stanton
when the latter wanted to equip troops during
tne iBie neuuiuuu. infre are many manors
connected with my Deprtment, which, even
ctuia iiust vo tt v, uuaa's Aouesty or pur
rice, I would be nn willing to communicate to
him, because he .would have been, as a cmlim.
incapable of comprehending their object and
design.
My obiect has been and is to prepare for action
agtust Kngland and wherever sue may be most
vulnerable, and to that I shall continue to do ote
my energy, and with the aid ot .my countrymen
smroonnt the obstacles which ignorance and
treachery have thrown In our" path to freedom.
' BANE HESSESa'ftEl ROBBERIES.
Another Robbery In Broad Daylight
83000 Of h ruuil of m navImk-sj nnk
N'olen froiu m Meentter Tbe Tal(
DreMsa mm m Plrrmin, Elc.
A well-planned, bold, and most siiccossiil rob
heiy was consummated in Carmine street yes
terday morning, by which the bank porter of
the Greeuwich Savings Bank was robbsd of a tin
cafh-box, containing $3'HH) in United States
Treasury national bank notes. The Ingenious
manner in which the robbery was executed
renders tbe case one of peculiar Interest. The
thief was attired the full regulation uniform of
the Metropolitan l'olice, and, strange to say,
tie pol ce ollicer on post at the time was made
an unconscious Instrument In the crime.
Tbe circumstances ot the cafe are as follows:
At about 8J o'clock yesterday morning, asOfllcer
Stcllgrs, of the Twenty-eighth Precinct, was
patrolling his post along Carmine streot. ho was
accosted oy a man wearing the full police uni
form, who' informed hitn that he was then en
gaged in working op a case against a counter
feiter, whose arrest he was about to effect. He
further stated the counterfeiter was known as a
derperate character, and that he (the pretended
ollicer) would probably need his assistance in
making tbe capture. Ollicer Stellges believed
the statement of this man, fcnd agreod to render
all the assistance In his power. As they were
ptill conversing together a man approached,
carrying on his arm a tin cash-box, who was
passing along on the opposite 6ide of the street.
The-unknown man directed tho attention of tbe
ollicer to him, and told bim that there was the
counterfeiter, but said that it would not be politic
to arrest him there, as he was only going to a
house near by to get the counterleit money, and
that he would soon return, when they woulu
take h.m into custody.
In about balf an hour after tho man pointed
out as the counterleitcr again approached, appa
rently reltirn'ng from whore He had been, still
carrying the tin cash-box which hung on his
arm by a leathern strap lined with copper. As
he approached the ollicer the two men nprang at
him, and arrested him on a charge of dealing in
counterleit money. The man stoutly denied the
charge, and attempted to explain, but ho was
soon bandculi'ed. The pretended policemen thn
directed the ollicer to lake the prisoner to iho
Stntion House in Greenwich street, while ho took
possession of the cash-box, which he stated he
would take to the police headquarters, and make
a report of the arrest to hia superior officers.
The cfiicer, who is a German, and a new man,
stupidly obeyed all tho instructions ot the un
known man, wno men cooity waiKca ou wuu
the cash-box.
Officer Stellges took his prisoner to the Station
House, where he of course had no charge to
make. The prisoner was there allowed to make
his statement, from which it appeared that his
name was Thomas Queen, and that ho had been
in the employ ot the Gieenwich Savings Bank,
situated at the corner of Sixth avenue and
Wavcrly place. Every morning he had been in
the habit ot going from the Savings Bank to the
Greenwich Lnnk. corner of Clarkson and Hud
son streets,' making a deposit of checks and
bills of large denominations, and receiving in
exchange small bills for the use of his employers.
When arrerted he was returning to the bank
with the cash box, containing at the time $3000
in Uni!cd states Treasury jNotes ana national
Bank bills in one?, twoB, and nves.
This statement, whica ratner surprised all
those interested, the officer in particular, was
communicated to Captain Dickson, of the.Twen-ty-eighth
Precinct, who immediately had an in
terview with Mr. Charles Gilbert, the treasurer
ol the Savings Bank, who corroborated the state
ment f their bank porter. Th3 whole matter
was then laid beiore Superintendent Kennedy.
at tbe Police Headquarters, who immediately
gave the necessary orders to secure the arrest of
the pretended officer and thief.
The omoiais at tne savings rsans state mat
Ouinn had bees in the habit of going between
the Savings Bank and the Greenwich Bank, as
before stated. The money and cnect were care
fully locked up in the cash-box, and sums vary
ing from ten to thirty thousand dollars were
generally conveyed by him. The pretended
policeman nad no aouot neen watcning ytiinn,
and was cognizant of all his movements. When
the porter left the Savings Bank the cash-box
scarcely contained any cash, but principally
checks, etc. but on hii return he would gene
rally have small billi, which were, ot course
more easy of disposal, and could not be traced.
Yesterday morning, Quinn carried but $3000
to tbe Greenwich liant, and was to nave re
turned with '$10,080 in ones, twos, and fives.
Owing, however, to the inability of the cashier
to give him the small biU required, but $3000
was given him, and he was told to return in an
hour for the balance of $7000. The police are
making every effort to ferret out tho bold thief.
JV. r. World.
A statue to the poet Andrew Marvel is to ba
erected in tbe town hall at Hull, Kngland, the
town which he represented so incorruptibly in
the days of Charles the Second. .
When Miss Burdett Coutts became the heir
ess of Mrs. Coutts, who had been Miss Mellon,
the actress, her fortune was computed at thir
teen tons of gold. It hss been growing ever
since. She cannot spend her income, nor even
give it away, with all her benefactions. It em
ploys several active secretaries to road her beg
ging letters, and tne labor ot properly attending
to their requests is . enough to overtask the
strongest constitution. She gives all she has
time to give, money, for drinking fountains,!
churches at Nootka Sound, to found bishoprics
at Van Pieman's Land and Jeruialm, and, for a.
thousand beneficent purposes. .. j
Pome statistics lately Dubltehed show the
great increase in the population of Paris of late.
years. At tne commencement oi iuo uixieeuiu.
century the population of the French capital
amounted to only 100.000. In about 200 years
later that Is, in tke year 1708 Paris contained
600,000 souls, the population having more than
quadrupled within two centuries. Since that
time the following has been the progressive in
crease in the population ot Paris: . ii
Inhahittinta. lnltaMtanti
In 1772 fifiO .OtlO i In 1889.' 1)00,000
In 1788 670,OOOHn 1842 '...1,000,0'K)
In 1RC8 680 .900' In 1851. ........ . .I,0o3 ZiitJ
In 1810 H22,0O0'ln Tritil 1,600 12
In 1824 750,00o!ln 1806 1,007,811
In 1830 770,000 )
Sheffield, from being the little place where
the armorers of Itichard and Richmond weut for
tneir arrowheads before tho battle of BoswortU
Field, ays an English paper, has become the
great place where steel is made from iron and
ttishioned into all its many forms, aud where of
lute me largest ana tuiuivefti oi airaor-piates lor
ships of war are produced. Tbere are now sotn
two hundred thotisand iLhabitanto where there
were only two thousand two centuries ato. and
the ratable property of tho town must bo nearly
a million. Within the present century the bbeB
Held pbodfl were tcarried lrom the town on paokf-
horses every week, wune now not miicn ies
than two thousaud tons a week pass by railway
to Birmingham. In tbo-e old days the streams
of the rivers atfordod the power that turred the
w heels ol the grinders and worked tne uatumer
Now smne ot the largest steam engines are em
ployed, and tbe rivers where fifty years ago the
people used to bathe have become the drains ol
the lactones.
TIII11D EDITION
The Trial of General Baker. -
Washington, January 27. The trial of
Lafayette Baker before the Criminal Court haa
uevelopcd some interesting fact in relation to
the detective system and pardon brokerage. .
QIt appears from tho tentlmony of Lieutenant
Uine, that In July hint he was detilled by the
Assistant Secretary of War, and placed at the
disposal of Baker and directed to act under his
orders. He was introduced to Mrs. Cobb, the
plaintiff, as Captain Howell, an ex-Confederate
Captaia, who was seeking for1 a pardon. ' ' ; '
f She told him she had great facilities for getting
pardons, bnt would not tell what influences she
had used. He drew up a statement or petition
and signed it os Clarence J. Howell, and affixed
a fptiilotiB magistratt'd certificate. This ho pre
sented to Mrs. Cobb who said anything could
be done with money. A contract was entered
into aud the pardon was procured. .The money
paid to ber bad been marked, and' this money was
afterwards found on her person and taken from
hi r.' It was a part of tho money used to entrap
the pardon broker, r
The witness acknowledged that he made false
sta'err.cnts to her.
During the proceedings Judge Hughes, as
counselor Mrs. Cobb,Rpokcof the witness IIowo
as a "co-coneplrator with Central Lafayette C.
Baker, and In order to break , up a legiti
mate business, these self-constituted gfiardlans
of the henor of the Government Induced this
lady to do tho very thing they professed to bo
anxious to break tip.
Even a thief cannot bo convicted if money is
placed in his way by conspirators to entrap
him, and , the conspirators are lustly exe
crated; . and now Baker and his co con
spirator, and a man who drew a . false and
fraudulent paper, and acknowledged that it
was fuch, . and who forged a magistrate's
certificate, need not put on a look of dignity and
talk to mc. The days of bullying are past, and
the courts ofjusV.ce are wide open, and oppres
Fors and midnight robbers must come unier the
luw, and their deeds must be kuo.vn and
spoken of."
These remarks were followed by applause,
which was suppressed by ihe Court, and tho
Marshal was directed to clear the room if it was
repeated. . ' ,
: SERIOUS RAILROAD ACSIOiHT.
Three Persons Killed Maay Wountled.
New York, January 27. A serious accident
occurred on the Hudson - River Railroad thl3
morning. , The Cincinnati express due hero
about 7 A. M., was partially thrown from the
track. Two cars, said to be sleeping cars, wore
precipitated oil a bridge Into the road below.
One was completely broken to pieces, and the
other very nearly destroyed. Three persons are
reported as killed, and many seriously injured.
The place where tho accident occurred was on a
small bridge over a road leading to a brick kiln
near Groton.
Loss of a Steamship.
Boston. January 27. The steamer WvaMotte,
hence for New York, went ashore near Ply
mouth, has broken to pieces, aud will be a total
less. The crew were saved. The ship is insured
in New York for $00,000.
"Mushed potats" (mashed potatoes) and
"cheri-pobler" grace the bills of fare at Parisian
restaurants now.
A London servant girl recently hung her
self. Beside her body, after death, was found a
'sensational novel," narrating murders and
suicides.
The ambassador of Morocco, who recently
arrived in Paris, brought, as a present to Louis
Napoleon, six splendid stallions and a magnid
cent tiger.
There are thirty thousand blind persons in
Great Britain, nearly a tenth part of the number
being in London. The great majority of these
thirty thousand persona are in a state ot desti
tution. An alarming incident occurred recettly at
the Zoological Garden of Stuttgard. A remark
ably fine lion was confined there in a cage sur
rounded by a glass framework to protect the
animal from cold. Mr. Werner, tho proprietor,
was going through a performance, and was
seated on a stool in the cage, when ho lost his
balance and fell backwards. The lion immedi
ately sprang on him aud a terrible combat en
sued; Mad lie Werner, seeing the danger ot her
father, took up a heavy seat and dashed It at the
glass, and the animal, terrified at the crash,
released the man, who was then able to with
draw, only slightly hurt.
Some curious st atif-tlcs have just been pub
lished with respect to the population in France.
It appears that the females numbered 18,741,037,
and the males 18,645,276, forming altogether
0,054,030 families. Taere exists 6,00!),120 boys
under age, and 6,106,321 girls. Of 8.579,046 un
married persons, there arc 4,479,850 females.
There are 931,023 widowers, and 1,701120
widows. Of the widowers fel are 20 years ot age,
and there are 820 widows of the same ace.
France possesses at this moment 1,529,154 girls
of from 15 to 20 years of age, and l,30S,3Gd boys
of the same age. The greatest examples of lon
gevity are supplied by females.- We find three
females out ot lour unmarried persons who have
reached the age of 105, and two widows who
have passed that age. 17,371 French men, and
only iu,400 hrencn women Have lost their sight;
12.447 French men. and only 9509 French
women are deaf and dumb; 22,319 French women
htve become Insane, and only 2372 French men.
T here are 23,407 male idiots, and only 18,118
icniaie idiots, xne lemaio sex prevails in
France, while it has constantly decreased in the
city of Vienna since the year 1H30, in the pro
portion of thrce-hundredths every six years.
The evening lectures for the working classes
lately introduced into France appear to have
bad an immense and deserved success. On a
Tecent occus'on the Secretary-General of the
Minister of Public Instruction; accompanied by
the Mayor of the Eleventh arroudlssemcnt, went
to the evenlug school Kue Morond lor the pur
pope of presenting the lecuirer, M. Levy, with
an official mark ol fho Minister's apnrobation.
Seven hundred artisans and apprentices were
present. , The Secretary made a very good
speech, in which he pas-ted a high eulogium on
their admirable conduct ns well bb on the antU
tude they had displayed for Btudy, and the
attention and gratitude they had "invariably
nianiiested towards their instructors. lie mei.
tioned that in consequence oi the encourage
ment Government had received in the numbers
wbe attend the course of lectures delivered, it
has been decided by bis Excellency M. Doruy,
that additional courses of lectures would be
opened next May. The Secretary concluded
by presenting M. Slay with tho palms of office,
wnun constitute mm uuiccr oi ruouc in-structiop,'
HOMICIDE IV A MM-R01M.
A YOUNG MAN SHOT BEAD.
ARREST OF THE MURDERER.
Investigation by tho Coroner.
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Between one and two o'clock this morning,
during the progress of a ball given by the Invin
cible Base Ball Club, at National Guards Hall, a
fracas occurred in the -entry on the first floor,
during which John Maloney, aged nineteen
years, was shot and instantly killed. . The deed
was committed by Frederick Paul, aged twenty-
five years, who was arrested immediately by tho
Sixth Ward police officers, and locked up at the
Station House. The disturbance originated in
an eating saloon opposite the hall, and was re
sumed in the street, and extended to the entry
of the hall, where the shooting occurred.
It stems to hive been tho renewal of an old
quarrel between two rival fire companies. What
part, if any, the deceased took in the tight is not
shown by the evidence of the witnesses exa
mined. All that eeems to be known is that ho
was in the entry, and was shot there. The de
ceased resided with his, mother in Swanson
street, below Mead alley. Paul, who is twenty
five years of , age, resides at No. 227 Christian
street. Both men are single. The shooting, of
course, created the greatest consternation in tho
ball-room, and put an Immediate stop to any
further festivity. Coroner1 Taylor held an in
vestigation this morning at 10 o'clock, when
the following evidence Was elicited:
' Fiancis Schreibcr, sworn Reside at No. 318
Cherry street: know Paul, the prisoner, and
Maloney, the deceased; was at the ball given
iaM uini ac national uuarus' Hall; met
Jial iney there; he was sober; saw him after he
was shot; he was lying iu the etitrv; I weut
from the tall-room with two friends to Claw
son's eating saloon, opposite; Paul and another
man ai there at the eating bar; Maloney was
not there; saw no difficulty between Patil and
Maloney; three men came in and called tor
drinks; ono of thetn looked at Paul; Paul said:
;"lou needn't look, it's me;" angry words passed;
the smaller one of the three men ran to
Paul and caught him by the neck. Before this
Pauf said he didn't want to have any moro
words; that he wanted to have it out in a tight,
and that it they would siake up titty dollars they
would go out; another challenged Paul to come
out in tho street; one of them picked up a
ketchup bottlr. but Mr. Clawson took it from
him; the other two men pulled the men from
Paul; ono of them canio up nnd said to Paul he
had a little brother who could lick him: another
one took tlio little lellow aside and whispered
something in his ear. The next I saw of the
men they were in tho hall; witness recognized
Paul; Paul's triend said it was foolish to fight, it
was only a company affair; I saw a scullle in
entry; heard pistol. v '
Dr. E. B. Shapleigh, who held a poH-mortora
examination on the body, testified that there
was a pistol wound in the comer of the left eve.
The bail passed through the braiu, and caused
death. A portion ol the lead was found in the
brain.
Charles Iligglnson, sworn Reside at No. 49'
Norlolk street: was at the ball: went in company
with Conlin", McMullen, and Berry: went there
about 11 o'clock; didn't see the prisoner there;
didn't see him before occurrence; I had no pis
tol; I was on the pavement at time of shooting;
I heard there was a fight when I was In the ball;
ran down stairs into the street; saw a mob; they
came across and went Into the ball; I heard the
report of a pistol lrom the entry; there were
from thirty to forty persons there at the time;
didn't appear to be a general row.
Thomas Gorman, sworn. Reside No. 45 Beck
street, below Front; was at the ball; was with
Donnelly, Steel, and Bramore; went there about
9$ o'clock; know the deceased; was raised with
him; don't know prisoner; I was upstairs In the
ball-room about 1 o'clock this morning; Andy
Graham came up and said there was a fight
down stairs; he had been struck in the head: I
went down and got In the entry; saw Paul and a
couple more; Paul had something in his hand;
either a pistol or a revolver; Paul fired;
Ululocey was on the right of me, and tell
I saw the flash of a pistol; Paul then ran; I
ran after him up stairs, and by the time I got in
the ball-room two officers had him in custody;
Maloney was about a good step from mo when
he was shot; Paul was comiag in the door; he
w as torcing his way in through the crowd; ho
made no remarks, hut drew the weapon from his
pocket and took deliberate aim; saw no one else
w ith a pirtol; don't know what became of the
pistol; saw no one attempt to protect Paul; don't
think the latter was intoxicated, as he ran too
good for that; we took Maloney to tho hospital
hen the doctor said he was dead, and we
brought him to the Station House.
John L. Bennett, sworn Reside in Sansom 9treet
above Tenth ;k no w neither prisoner nor deceased ;
saw Mr. Paul first last night at Clawson's, oppo
site tbe Hall, eating a plate of oysters; a lot of
fellows came in there; had hard words; thought
they could whip Paul; I didn't take particular
notice of the a flair; the first thing I knew
some one bit Paul in the neck; some one jumped
up and said "I have got a brother eighteen years
of age who can whip you;" Paul ' said be
could take either of them in a fair fight and
whip them; the party went out, still leaving
Taul eating his oyster soup; Paul finally got up
and lelt with hit Mend; Paul went across tho
street to the hall, when the crowd tackled him
and gave bim a pretty hard round of it: I saw
bim hit half a dozen times very hard; he went
into the hall, and there I heard a pistol shot: the
deceased is, I think, the man who hit Paul
w hile In tho saloon.
Robert N. Clawson, sworn lteslde No. 523
Race street; keep an eating and drinking saloon;
never saw prisoner until last night: he wus In
my place with a friend, and got some oysters;
this was about 1 o'clock this morning; In a few
moments three more came in, aud commenced
talking: one or the party called Paul some name,
and walked up and hit him while eating his oys
ters; Paul grabbed the man by the hair and
held him: he didn't strike him; another of the
party grabbed the catsup bottle; I seized It from
his baud; the three who cam in went out; Paul
and his friend when done eating also weut out;
alter this I hoard report of pistol; heard Paul
make uo threats, and saw no pistol.
. Vi Ilium A. Clawson, sworn Reside with my
brother at No. 523 Race street; knew orisoner
by being in our place last nisht. This witness
corroborated all that the previous witness had
said. The party opposed to Paul called him a
loafer, a coward, and a t of ab ; and ono of
them chc lleuped Paul to go into the street and
fight; Paul said tfus was np ,piace' to fight, aud
hei.wautenotliwj to do jwith- them; a small
man rushed lor Paul; tho latter grabbed him by
lin 1i.1t. l'fml linfri lilm ntf'nt-. nrm1. lt.nr.t-l.. .l.
small man drew a "black-lack."J
Da Id S. Barry, sworn Reside at No. 625 Race
street; keep eating and drinking saloon;, have
seen prisouer frequently; I was standing at my
iwr auouii " nM', win-,, tuiii iu over to too
ball, having a ticket; upon reaching about half, '
wav tn the enf ry, mot a party of twelve or fifteen
coming out; some of them went across the
Mi eet, and some stood on the pavement; saw
Paul come across the street; three made a rush
for him; one of them said "That's him; give it
to him;" they caught him at the door; a small
man sunck htm three or four times I saw one
man hit Paul, and several grab for him; the roan
who struck Paul r.sembles Thomas Gorman,
one of the witnesses; alter being rtruck Paul got
in the door, which was cloed. and the pistol
was discharged; don't know whether deceased
struck Paul or not. ' 1
Samuel P. Johnson, sworn.-1-Reslda No. 778
S. Second street! at halt-past twelve o'clock I
was In the ball-room; went down and crossed
over to Clawson's to got a cigar; three men were
there and Paul; oneofthem struck Paul; the lat
ter caught Mm, when another struck bim and the
third interfered; the three went out and crossed
over; I heard them say, "Wait and see if the
coward comes over:" didn't see a pistol fired. .
Officer John Martin of the Sixth Ward police
Testified tnat he and Officer Odenheimer were
standing at Sixth and Race streets; saw a party
coming from the resturant towards the hall; saw
a muss and started towards them: by the timo
we reached the hall they were all in hall; wo
heard pistol und rushed up stairs and arrested
Paul; he said he had been attackod and had shot
in Folf-dolense; could find no pistol on him.
The cace here closed, and the Corouer held
Thoma Gorman, onp of the witnesses, in $1000
ball for his appearance at Court to testify in the
c: se. The other witnes-es were held in their
own recognizance The jury rendered a verdict
in accordance with the facts, and Paul, the pri
soner was coiumittcd for trial.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
SrrnEME Court at. Nisi Frius In Equity
John II. Smith, as .well for himself as for such
boloers of the common and preferred capital
stock of the Catawissa Railroad Company, or
either of them, as, agreeing to contribute to the
expenses of this suit, may become parties
hereto. Complainant vs. The Catawissa Kail
road Company, defendant
This a bill ui equity, tiled by the complainant,
who is the owner and holder ot a certain num
ber of shares of the preferred, and also of tho
common capital stock of the Catawissa Railroad
Company, and sets out tho incorporation ot tho
Company and tho construction aud use of a rail
way, coinniencinz at Milton, in the State of Penn
sylvania, and terminating at its junction with
the Little Schuyikill Railroad, near Tamaqua,
and connecting at Milton with the railroad of.
the Philadelphia and Erio Railroad Company. .
The bill also sets out the issuing of the pre
ferred stock and of tho common stock ol the
company, since the date of the issue of which,
no dividend has been paid, except a dividend of
three per cent, declared and paid upon the pre
lured stock In tho year 1801,
That at a meeting of the stockholders of tho
Company, held November 13, 1865, it was an
nounced that the Directors of the Company, at
tbeir last meeting, authorized the Issue of scrip
for the arrearage due the preferred stock, as it
now stands, beuring the same rate of interest,
and lha;, iu pursuance of such authority, tho
Company has given public nntice that the certi
ficates oi Scrip will be Issued on February 1.
Tbe complainant then avers that the dividend
eo declared is not out of the first earned profits
ol the company ; bs being informed and behoving
that tho company has no: made sufficient earn
ings in the past year, or in any year therefore,
to warrant them in declaring such a dividend,
or in issuing scrip for the arrearages due the
preferred stock as it now stands; and charges
that it is unlawful, and by its issue he, as a
holder of the common stock, will not be entitled
to receive any interest or dividend thereupon
until the scrip so issued shall receive a propor
tionate part of said earnings.
The complainant, therefore, asks that it may
be decreed that the com Dan v have uo risrht to
issue this scrip, as aforesaid, until the earnings of
tne company wm warrant, aud lor a special
injunction till hcaring,restrainlng the defendant
from issuing the said certificates of scrip on the
prclerred stock, until the same shall have been
carned.ij . . .
The case for the complainant was opened by
William McMichael, Eaq., and the question in
volved was very ably and forcibly presented.
W. Heywarl Drayton, Esq., and F. W. Hughes,
Esq., appear for the defendants.
Sleeting of the Bar.
ADDITIONAL COURTS AND ADDITIONAL J IT DOES
NEEDED INCREASED COMPENSATION FOB THE
JUDICIARY.
A meeting of the Bar was held at tho Supremo
Court Room at 12 M. to-day, to take action in
reference to obtaining additional accommoda
tions lor the Judiciary. The attendance was
large, and embraced many eminent "Philadol
phia lawyers."
The meeting was organized by the appoint
ment of Ell K. Price as Chairman and Henry S.
Hagert as Secretary.
Mr. Price, in taking the Chair, said that the
object of the meeting was to remedy the evils
portrayed at the late meeting of the bar la
relerence to the death of Judge Thompson.
Mr. Edward Shippen said the purpose of tho
meeting to-day was to consider threa points:
Additional Courts, additional Judges, and in
creased compensation for Judges. He did not
anticipate final action on these points to-day,
and therefore offered the following resolutions:
Hrtolvtd, That the nubjeets for tbe consideration
ot which tnis Bar have been convened, be referred
to a committee of five, to be appointed by tbe Chair,
in order that tbe same may be carefully considered.
Kr solved, That the said C'omaiittee be requested to
report at an adjourned meeting of the Bar, to be
called by tbe Chairman, what action in tueir judg
ment sball be necssary or desirable in the premises,
and faid Committee shall comer with the Judges of
t lie Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and thbJudi
ci ary of ciiy and county ot Philadelphia.
Mr. William Roach Wistar seoouded the reso
lution, and hoped the members would agitate
the matter, and create a public opinion that
would remedy the evil.
The question raised by the resolution gave
rise to considerable discussion, in which Messrs.
Edward Shippen, Gustavus Remak, Joseph A.
Clav, Josiah Randall, and others took a part.
Mr. James Lynd, the President ot Saleot Coun
cil, explained the action of tbe city authorities
In their eltort to secure comfortable quarters
lor the holding of our courts. He stated that
the proect was to erect a building immediately
couth ot the present room occupied by tho
Court of Quarter Sessions, 60 by 68, and with
appropriate preparations for ventilation by open
ings In tho floor and ceiling.
Eli K. Price addressed the meeting in reference
to the Influence which the lpgal profession wero
at present exercising upon the community.
The President appointed the following gentle
men members of the Committee under the reso
lution: Edward Shippen, Joseph A. Clay, W.
Roach Wistar, H. M. Phillips and Guutavus
Remak.
Obticeb Beaten. This morning Officer
Joshua Guyon, oi the Nineteenth Ward Police,
was lound on the sidewalK In Vieana street,
below Franklord road, in an Insensible condi
dition. He is badlv injured, and it suppo-iod he
was knocked down by some parties while in tua
discharge ol his duties.
Tho rolling stock of the railway companies
of Great Britain consisted at tho end of 1864 of
7203 locomotives, 16.885 passenger carriages, 6 iOU
other vehicles attached to passenger trains,
204,880 wacons for conveyance of live stocir,
minerals, and general merchandise, with 8030
carriages or wagons of other sorts; being a total
ot 243,610 engines, carriages, wagons, and
vehicles, which, placed buflor to butler, would
probably extend somewhere between 600 and
700 miles, or from London into the Scottish Highlands.
FINANCE AND COMMERQia
Oppici of th Eton in Tkmmrath, )
' ' ' Saturday, January 27, 1866.
, There was a firmer feeling in the Stock Market
this morning, and a moderate business doing.
In Government bonds there Is no material
change to nctlce. Old 5-20s sold at 103; sew do.
at 102j; and 7'30s at 98J. 92j was bid for 10-40s;
and 1034 for 6s of 1881. State and City loans
are unchanged. Pennsylvania 6s sold at 86; and
new City 6s at 91.
Railroad shares are the most active on the
list, and prices have an upward tendency. Cata
wissa preferred sold at 35J364, an advance of
14; common do. at 220234. an advance of 14;
Beading at nfj(49j, an advance of 4; North.
Pennsylvania at 34J, an advance of 4; Philadel
phia and Erie at 29 j, an advance of 4; Northern
Central at 44J; Camden and Amboy at 115; Nor
ristown at 64; and Pennsylvania Railroad at
64j(5.66, an advance of .
Iu City Passenger Railway shares there Is very
little doing. HeslonvUlo sold at 34j. 71 was '
bid for Second and Third; 52 for Tenth and
Eleventh; 30 for Green and Coates; 25 for Oirard
College; and 10 for Ridge Avenue. .
Bank shares are in good demand at full prioes,
with sales of North America at 202; Philadel
phia at 140; Mechanics' at 28$; and Glrard at 52.
60 was bid for Commercial; 00 for Northern
Liberties; 94 for Kensington; and 60 for Perm
Township. ' - '
Canal shares continue dull. Wyoming Valley
Canal sold at 57; 21 was bid for Schuylkill Navi
gation common; 27j lor preferred do.; 53 for
Lehigh Navigation; 113 for Morris preferred;
8 for Susquehanna Canal; and 31 tor Delaware
Division.
Oil shares aro rather firmer. Dalzcll sold at'
1J, no change. Mingo at 21, an advance of 4;
and McElrath at 2442A, the latter rate an ad
vance of 4.
We call attention to the fact that a dividend
of sixty per cent, will be paid during the year
18C6 by . the Connecticut Mutual Life Insu
rance Company, Walter H. Tildeu, Agent, No. .
404 Walnut stroct. .
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-DAY ;
Reported by De Haven & Bra, No. 408. Third street.
KIB.8T BOAKD. ,
f 3000 U 8 5-20iC2. ... 108 i 600 Bti Catawissa pf .
851 ,
V1UU ao. ...Bmamozj;
800 sh . do H6i ,
11000 D tsT oOsJuno. 984
20O to ....June 08j
83tK Pa 6s c & p.... 8'
66000 City 6s, gas.... 87
fffl600 do now 91
100 do . ...mun 91
82'00 Pch Nay Loan. 80
8300 U n Can b 25
200 th do..... .lots 81
1 0h ' do b80 8S .
100 sh do......b80 811
400 sh do 3"f
290 do b30 8ij
100 sh do 85
800 sh do b80 M
200 sh N Central.. .88 44
100 sh Union Caul. . . 8V
800 sh Uaizell lj
87 sn Cam & Am... .115
20 h do...t15.115 .
70 sh Wy VCan.... 67
- 4 sh Penna R 65
104 -n do .... lots 64
2211 Phil & Gor... 64 -7
sh N AmerBk,...2021
10 sh I'lula Bk 140
8sh Cir. Bank..., 63
67 sh McK & Elk... 8
lOO sh lioc;Honv..l)30 442
83000 fkAme.6n.89. ttfli
HOsliMiuro b30 2,
61)0 sn catawissa .... a
100 sh do 130 23
100 Bh do 23.
200 sh do 1.5 2Ki
200 sh Reading... .s80 AW
lflOsh do bflO. 4.U
lOOsh do b80. 40J
lOOah MoElrratb.... 2J
400 eh do 2-44
200 sh N Pa K. , lots 84
100 sh do t(i0 81
200 811 Fhfc E....b30 29 J
SALES AT rUPLIO STOCI BOARD TO DAY.
Reported by F. T. W aiton, Ko. 208 8. Fourth street.'
. FIRST CALL.
100 sh McElrath... b5 2 100 sh McElrath 2
200 bh do blO 2 200sh do. ...b20. 2'
lOOsh do......... 2f 100 sn Heading . ,s30 49
100 sh do ;..b6 2 800 h Am Uum Ft.s6 11
Haepeb, Dckmkv & Co, Quote as follows :
Buying. HeWng
no.
American uoia iwk
American Silver, As and 4s 188
American Silver D'mes and Ha f Dimes 128
I'cnnsvlvania Currency.. 85
New York Exchange 1-20
189f
184 ,
129
25 '
par. ,
PIULAD'A GOLD
EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.
.189 12 M : 1391
10 A. M.
11 A. M
Market dull.
.139 ip. m mi
The New York Tribune this morning says:
"Money on call is quoted at 6 r er cent., but
with exceptional loans at 6 per cent. In Com
mercial paper no change. Prinio bills 7 per
cent., good at 89, and others 1015 per
cent.
"Exchange Is held more firmly, and quoted
108$ for leading sterling, at 60 days; Bankers'
sterling, 60 davs, I08j108j: Bankers' sterling, 3
days, 1093; Commercial, 107J108i; Francs,
long date, 6-186'17i; Francs, short date.
6-156-13L"
The records of the Treasury Department
show that from March, 1863, up to August, 1866,
abandoned and captured cotton valued at
$5,744,000 was seized by the Government in the
Valley of tbe Mississippi. Of this amount
$3,306,000 have been paid into the Department,
the remainder having been transferred to the
original owners of cotton which to that amount
had been improperly seized.
For the fiscal year ending Jun 30, 1865, the
mint and branch mints of the United States
coined $32,819,24864 In gold, silver, and copper.
Philadelphia Trade Report.
SATtJEJDAT, January 27. The European advices
are rather more encouraging for BreadtulEi, but
they have had no perceptible eflect upon our market
Tbe reoelpts of Flour are small, but (here is no ship,
ping demand, and the only sales are in small lots for
tbe supply of tbe home trade, within the range of 7
(a 18 lor common, superfine, and lancy lota, accord
ing to quality. Small Bales of Kye Flour, whic.i is
very dull at (550 In Corn Meal nothing- doing, and
pnocs are nominal. ;
There is scarcely any demand for Wheat and only
a lew small lota of utir and prime rod sold
at t2a2-20 t buBh. Prlo-j ot white ranie from
f2'4o to 2 65. Southern Rye is woitb 90c, aud
i'enna. 97c ClSl Corn is very quiet: small sales ot
yoilow at 74o. Oats are dull at 60o. Pnoet ot Barley
are nominal. About 6C0O bnshe's Malt was disposed
of, nart at 91 42 1-45, and part on privai terms.
No, 1 Quercitron Bark is quoted at If ai 60 per ton,
but tbere is notliiur doing.
In Provisions there is a (irm feeling, fialet ol New
Pork at 80, and Ham In iickle at 13&19J0 ; 800
tcs. Lard sold at 13 C lc.
Whitky selit slowly at $2 262 27 for Penna. and
Ohio. -
Market by Telegraph.
Nsw York, January 27. Cotton is qnlot at 43 j.
for middling. Flour oulij saris of'660i) bbls at 83 65
(o 816 lor State, 8 45ra;10 80 for Ohio, and 3-85 S
lor Western: Southern dull : 850 bbls. sold nt ' "
16; Canadian quiet; 200 bbls. sold at 97-&0i
Wheat dull. Corn qmtj sales of 21 000 busiio .
82('85c. Ueef steady. Pork dud. 1-ard quiot at . .
(g,l8o. Whisky dull.
Baltihorh. January 27. Flour is quiet W; v
source and steady Corn dull; yellow 76o. ( , .
heavy at 48,i49o. Soed Cluvomwd flrmj Flax :
dull. Provisions liesvyi Lsrd Wo Coff-e ti'i
Sugars drooping. Whiky siendy at fi2 81u;2 81J .
. Strakosch has leased thoalre In Vienna. .
There are on an average twelve accidon .
per day in tbe streets pf Paris.
California Is successfully cultivating pea
nuts. Tho biggest rat In all the world is undoubt
edly the Russian autocrat.
The peppermint oil produced in Michigan
last year was worth $90,000.