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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 18GG.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
Till the Hour of Sickness Comes,
few care to Read anything on
the 8ubject of Disease.
In tbe yr 1848, the writer of tht article embarked to
tis Drov BoslneM In tbe city ol Philadelphia, but lor
the Uat e(htecD yra f meat o( lili time bai been occc
- jled In the manuiactnre ol the various Bo Id and Hold
1 X'rrcti, the moat prominent, and to which he detlrei
to call tbe particular attention of the Faculty and the
I ali o, are the Extract Buctm and the Extract Bar
raparllla, both cf which are highly concentrated pre
paration! of the lnrredlenta entering into their composi
tion. Cne bottle ot the Fluid Extract of Baraaparllla la
Jn'lr equal In strength to one gal on of the arrup or de
coction, as usually made, and burn'reds of dronrlnU
thronghoot the country have adopted It in making their
Trap oi thli name, and one tcbleapooatul ,
Added to a pint ot water. Is fullr equal to the
celebrated Lisbon Dlot Drink, so much used In
lormer jean to purify, enrlcb the blood, and
beautify the comp eilon.,, In calling attention
to my remedies, I wish It distinct y understood that they
are not Patent Medicines, most of which are com
Jx un led by persons too Ignorant to rnnd a physician
esmnlest piescrtptlon. much less competent to prepare
pbsjmaeeutlcal preparation. These persons adreitise.
'i his I jim oompelled to do to bring my name before the
pe p et - In conversation on various occasions I have
been astonished at remarks slrnl ar to tbe following, and
th'se mads In' many cases by persons of no ordi
nary IntollSgence To wit: that the raodlclno buslnea
la tbe most profitable a'l that Is necessary is to adver
tup. Iboosandf have embarked with such Ideas, aad
millions have been expended In bringing them before
tberniillc. The result ol such accumulated errors Is,
that when brought to tho tost, lacking morlt, they have
bow few have been successful I Ask the season of their
been snort-lived, now few, of the many thousands em
barking, are compelled to abandon the business In a few
years, entirely bankrupt! Look back fifty years, and
anccess and yon will find my statement in regard to
merit, correct '
The Science of Medicine, like tho Dorlo ColOmn,
eh old stand timptc, fure, and marine, bavlng fact for
it basil, induction lor it pillar, and truth alunt for Its
capi al. '
1 contend there Is no business requiring these quali
fications more. Tbe medicines are brought In contact
with Druggists everywhere. I am also aware that
persona reason In this manner tht which may be
nefit me may be ot no advantage to another. How
m staken the local
A Blood Purifier tor one is a Blood Purifier for all.
A Diuretic for one, a Diuretic (or a l.
A Narcotic for one, a Narcotic tor alt.
' A Purgative for one, a Purgative for all.
Just s mnch so as wholesome food for one Is whole
son e food for all, with no more difference than that
sjome constitutions require more tian others, and that
persons In disease are given to despondency expecting
in a fewdays or weeks, and perhaps with a single bottle
of medicine, to be restored to health, it not to youth
and beauty. These persons rarely recover, lacking
patience, and considering a few dollars expended for the
benefit of their hea th a waste of money. These same
persons may nave osen years in Drcamnsr down their
constitutions, and probably expended thousands of
dollars in dress and dissipation, and think nothing of It.
Inch forget that IjOOD HEALTH IS TRTJE WEALTH.
'With upward, ot 30,W)0 recommendatory letters, and
Hr solicited certificates, I have never rs sorted to their
pabllcaticn. In this case I shall, however, aspend a
few remarks, trusting they may be appreciated. I am
to the afflicted and suffering humanity.
Their Humble Servant,
H. T. I1ELVB0LD,
Manniacturer ol Helmbold's Genuine Preparations.
Prom the Philadelphia Ladear. - -
fBiUDiimiA, July It), 1W63 Our esteemed friend and
fellow-citizen. Mr 11. T. He uibo.d informs us that he
contemn. atcs icraovlng to tbe city of New York, with a
view of enlarging his huHlnexs We have been ac
quainted v Ith ulro for upwards of ten years; have been
p. east 0 with bis inte fin It and lair deullng. Commencing
In a una I way, his articles must possess merit to insure
the success he has met with, and irom our acquaintance
with bim cam confidently xpeuk that we do not believe
be is a mar. who would wlh to impose on any one,
mnch less the afflicted, and real y in uu. own long busi
ness experience as uu adv.rtlning medium, we have
never heara of tho sucoo8 of auj medicine without
merit.
From Philadelphia Evening Bulletin of June 20, 1861.
We are gratified to hear of the continued success In
Xew York of our townsmen, Mr. II T. Ilelmbold. Drug
gist His store, next the MerrouoiiUn Hotel, is iHteet
front, 23V lei t deep, and live stur es io bsiglit. It Is cer
tainly a grand extabllHhment. aud speiks favorably ol ths
n erltof his articles. He retains hi otllce and laboratory
In this city, which are also model extubuuumonts of their
claw.
IIELllBOLD'S FLUID EXTRACT BUCIIU.
A positive and apecific remedy for diseases of the Blad
der, Kliinrys. (travel. Dropst. 'iiio utmost confidence
an be reposed In Its curative power In the above dis
eases, also In restoring the exhaus'ed powers of nature,
which are accompanied by so many a arming symptoms,
among which will be found indiposition to Exer.lun,
1 Of s ot Memory. Wakelulness, Horror ot Disease, or tore
boslngs ot evil l In tact, univer al Lasiltude, Prostration,
and inability to enter Into the enjoyments of socletr. If
no remedy is used In such cases. Consumption or In
sanliv ensues. Vlilt our hospitals, asylums, and prisons,
and be convinced. '1 he reader must also be aware tha.
however slight may be the attack, it is sure to afiect hi i
bnOllv health, happiness, and that of bis posterity
Helmbold's Extract ot Buchuwi l give you brisk and
enervetlc feelings, enable you to sleen well, and la more
strengthening than any of the Preparations of Bark or
Iron.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
AND
IMPROVED ROSE WASH,
Cures diseases arising Irom bablts of dissipation and
Imprudencles, aiaylng pain and i"flammatlon, and for
which those unpleasant and dangerous remedies are fre
quently uwd. It cures at ll:t' expenie, little or no
change in diet, no inconvenience, ami no exposure.
All tbe above diseases require the aid of a Dlnrotla.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU 13 THE
GREAT DIURETIC.
lIELMfiOLD'S EXTlUCI SAUSAPAMLUD
- Cures Scrofula, Bait Rheum, bcald or Bore (lead, tot
ter, Pimples on the Face, Erysipelas and all eruptions
of whatever nature on tho lace or skin, purging out the
llumois which make disease, enriching the Blood, and
BEAUIIFYIXa THE COMPLEXION.
How to use tbe remedies so as to guarantee a perfect
cure i In all coses except those arising from habits of
dissipation or Itnprudencles, use the Kxtract Buchu. In
these use tbe Extra t Buehu and Kise Wash, In Uumsrs
on the face, or an? and every part of the body, me Ex
tract Sarsaparilla, apply to Plum es and external
Humors or Eruptions, Improved Kose Wash. Whole
lome lood recommended In all the above discs ips,
Instead ot restricted, avoiding fs'ty and high-seasoned
food and acidulous and stimulating drinks. la recent
cases, a cure is effected in an astonishingly short period ;
but in cases of long standing It Is better to purchase a
half dozen bottles, and nse la'thfii'ly according to ex
plicit directions, In which case I am enabled to guaran
tee a perfect care.
Direct letters o HELMBOLD'S Drug and Chemical
Warehouse, Ko. Ii9 Bioadway, New York, next Metro
politan Hotel, or HELMBOLD'S Medical Depot, No. 104
South Tenth street, A-uorobly Build ns, Philadelphia.,
Describe symptoms lb'all communications.
Bold'by all druggists eveiywhete.
BEWARE OF C00NTTi:RFEIT9.
ASK FOR HElMBOLD'S.
take Ko Other,
THE FREEDMEN.
THE POSSESSION OP THE SEA
ISLAND LANDS.
Objections to the President's Re
construction Policy.
Important Letter frlm James L. Orr, Gov
ernor of South Carolina, to Andrew
Johnson, Prcsidcntot the United
States,
...
Executive Oppick, Charleston, January 10,
18GG. To the President of tho United States
Sir : When first your wise and humane policy of
the restoration ol tbeir lands to all pardoned
proprietors was declared, there was a hopeltil
prospect of a very happy result. But In tho
execution of that policy there has been a moit
unaccountable delay, and that especially in those
sections of tho State where there was the largest
scope lor its exercise, and where the presence of
the Freedinpii'a bureau ought to have furnished
the readiest means tor its execution. Now it
appears to me that it there is one subiect upon
which the interest of all parties agree, of the
Union and of tne Ptate, of the freedman and of
the landowner, it is this: tho speedy resumption
and steady prosecution of the agricultural indus
try of the South. And all these intercHts are
directly concerned in knowing whence the diffi
culties come and how they can be removed.
1 believe there is but one main difficulty. For
I would observe, first, that in this State the
freedman now sutlers under no civil disability.
Without reference to any special legislation, and
there is as yet no special legislation of force
here, the treedmon, by the State's acceptance of
the act of emancipation and the passage of the
Constitutional Amendment, is relieved of tno
disabilities of his former ' condition of slavery,
and Is to-day as thoroughly protected in his
rights ol person and property as any other
inhabitant of the State. He has, therefore,
every right to labor and every guarantee that I
have that he will be protected in the enjoyment
of the fruits of his lubor. For even supposing
this not to result from the simple abolition oi
his status as a slave, the military courts which
ulone now exercise jurisdiction in cases where
he is concerned, alford him ample protect on
and very summary remedy. The difficulty then
does not lie in that direction. Nor does it pro
ceed from the land owner.
The ready and early employment of this labor
is his oniy salvation. Without it his lands must
lie idle, and that when the promise and pros
pect of remuneration are ten-fold trreator than
they ever were, and his wants an hundred fold.
On this head the official reports are conclusive.
They expressly declare that the planters are
ready and anxious to work. But that the freed
men will not contract to work lor wages as long
as the Government does not explicitly assure
him that lands are not to be given him. I would
releryou especially to the reports of General
Beecher, from the Combahee plantations, and
the reports of Major Delany, a colored o.ficcr,
who was sent on an official tour of inspection
from department headquarters through the sea
coast parishes.
The language of this latter Is so decisive, his
opportunities for observation so peculiarly favor
able, and his sympathies so clearly with the
freedmen that I will quote from his officiil re
port :
"1 have met with a general representation of
the inlelhgenne and farmer wealth of the planters
and large land owners of these districts, and
large numbers of the freedmen of both sexes
and every condition among them, and have
generally found the planter ready and willing
to enter into any agreement reasonable and just
to both parties, planters and freedmen. All
with whom I have yet met and had conversation
on the subject of the planting interest readily
indorse the most liberal desires ot the Govern
ment and tne Bureau towards the freedmen.
And the freedmen express the most anxious de
sire to go to work on plantations, and simply
hesitate for tbe purpose of receiving dellnite
orders from the Government that they cannot
obtain the lands by purchase or otherwise, when
they will readily enter into arrangements to
work or give place to those who will."
In the upper portion of this State, where the
Freedman s Bureau has never been organized,
and where post commanders chiefly had charge
of the relations and conditions of the freedmen,
this delusion was never as strong as lower down,
and yet it was strong enough to prevent any
contracts being made before the 1st of January,
1866. Up to that time the freedmen believed in
the certainty of their future proprietorship.
Since that day has passed they are manifesting
much greater willingness to meet the necessities
of their condition. Bnt lu the lower part of the
State the condition of thines is different The
delay in carryingout your instructions positively,
which has continued from General Howard's
visit in October to Captain Ketchutu's return
in the last few days, rendered the freedmen. as
a body, incredulous of any restoration. They
have in many places quietly but firmly refused
to accept any terms, tint I regret to say that
within the last few days they have in some in
stances reported to violence, burning down
dwellings, destroying bridges, intrenching them
selves in their quarters, and refusitig either to
contract or give way to those who will. And in
these cases it is proper to say that the contracts
offered them have been approved by the United
States authorities as liberal and just. This is
not unnatural. For as long as the treedman has
reason to believe that the Government will give
him a homestead of forty acres, he will not
voluntary work for wages.
It cannot, I think, be denied that the action of
tbe aeediuen's Bureau in this State has largely
contributed to this unfortunate result. Without
entering into a minute detail of its administra
tion. I am constrained to say that there is to my
mind sufficient evidence of an unwillingness to
co-oporate cordially with the policy of the Gov
ernment. Certificates oi title have been in some
cases granted to persoa tilling none ot the con
ditions even of General Sherman's order, aud
have been given to chance visitors to the island
for lands not only for themselves, but for their
lilends who had" never been away Irom their
homes in the interior. Great delay has been in
terposed In the execution of the forms neeessary
to restoration, and the Bureau has Indeed gone
so far as by a construction too unworthy for any
comment, to defeat the very object ot your
orders. For it has been decided that where the
freedman refuses to contract on any terms, how
ever lust, that in such coscb there cau be no
"mutually satisfactory arrangement," and his
refusal acts as a bar to restoration.
In addition to this, the whole Parish of St.
Helena, and a great portion ot St. Luke's, com
prising a body of estates which, in Intrinsic
value, in the former amount oi products, and in
perfection of culture, cannot be surpassed by
an equal extPnt of country in any State of ths
Union, have been appropriated by the Govern
ment under the provisions of tho Direct Tax
acts. These lands are occupied by freedmen,
some under pretense of allotment, somo under
pretenfo of purchase, some under pretense of
General Sherman's order, and most under no
pretense at all. The Tax Commissioners
charged with the execution of these acts have
manifested the same sympathies as the agenta of
the Freedman's Bureau, and this wholo section
of country is held out as not only a home of
refuge, but as land of promise for every indolent
freedman In the Slate. I have felt bound to call
tho attention of tbe Socrotary of the Treasury to
the condition of this section of the State, in a
letter, a copy of whicn I herewith transmit, and
to which 1 would earnestly solicit your serious
cc nsidcration.
Finally, a bill has been reported ta Congress,
and is now under discussion, by which title i
granted under General Sherman's field order are
to be confirmed lor three years.
I do not think, therefore, that I am risking
cither an extreme or doubt Ail opinion when 1
say that the chief cause of all our difficulty in
linding a solution ol this questlm of labor pro
ceeds Irom the action of the Government, en
couraging tho belief that the sea coast region of
South Carolina is (o be confiscated in the hands
ol its owners for the purpose of establishing a
system of independent colonization for the ireid
n. en.
If this is not so. then the interest of this
State require that this impression, so generally
prevailing, should be authoritatively corrected;
and that those who for purposes of personal in
terest or political agitation arc onJeavoring to
prolong and to exaggerate the present embar
rassments of the State should be deprived of so
ellective b means of mischief. If it is so, if un
fortunately there should exist a disposition to do
this great wrong and to inflict this irreparable
Injury upon the State, I would ask your atten
tion to the following considerations: This
policy can only be intended ni a reward to the
freedman or as a ounishraent to tho land-owner.
The number of the ireedmen so rewarded must
be very smull in proportion to the millions
whom the Government have enfranchised. Upon
what principle are the few thousands woo have
occupied, or who may occupy, these parishes of
South Carolina to be selected above their fellows
for such a reward ? They consist chiefly of those
who remained on the plantations when their
masters removed, have enjoyed for years tho
advontflges of homes to live in and lands
to work, divided among themselves the sup
plies and household goods that were aban
doned, and without contributing in the
slightest degree to the aid of Government,
hnve shrewdly benefited by the confusion of
civil war. Tho only addition to the original
population being the vagiant negroes who, with
out necessity, abandoned their own homes and
hwarmed as camp followers in the rear of Gen
eral Sherman' columns. So m uch for the reward.
As for the punishment, it is not a matter of
complaint that these estates being most exposed
should suffer most. That Is the chance of war.
Biit when war has ceased Its ravages, when
civil law, the same law for all. and above all,
resumes iti authority, then individual penalty
can only be exacted on gcnoral principles. But
to appropriate for confiscation only those
lands which, by the accidents of military
strategy, have been occupied by the army, is to
punish by lottery. For more than four yeaw
the owners of these lands, the first occupied by
tno armies of the United States, have been pay
ing the penalty not so much of their crime as of
their tituiition.
Driven from home, deprived of all income,
reduced in the vast majority of cases to poverty,
they are now selected as the victims of still
further punishment; while those equally in
volved with them in this revolution, who have
fortunately escaped the suffering of invasion,
arc still exempt, only because they have not
suffered at all. Can any reason be found why a
Elanter on the const, who was driven from his
ome in 1861 or 1H62, should now have his lands
appropriated tor distribution, while his fellow
citizen of the middle or upper districts, whose
estates have been untouched, whose industry
has been undisturbed, but who has participated
as fully and heartily in the war, shall be con
firmed in the possession of his ?
But whatever may be the motives of such a
policy, I would ask your attention to its con
sequences both upon the treedmon and the
State, And I wish to be distinctly understood
as finding no fault with, animcorfratrement the
Government may wish to mve to the natural
and, in many respects, commendable desire of
the freedman to become an independent land
owner. The policy of which, as the represen
tative of the State, I complain; is the partial and
unjust confiscation of the property ot a small
portion of her citizens, including a large number
of unoffending widows and orphans, to be given,
in the same spirit oi injustice in which it is
taken, to persons having no claim for special
consideration at your hands.
The mere introduction of the bill for confirm
ing these titles has had an immediate and inju
rious effect. It has checked the energy which
was beginning to manifest itself, suspended tho
contracts which were in progress, arrested the
spirit with which the planters were preparing to
go to work hopefully and heartily, and stopped
at once the investment of Northern capital,
which was beginning to find profitable employ
ment in Southern fields; and these effects are
not confined to the section of co'intry directly
included in the bill, but extend far beyond to
contracts in distant neighborhoods, and Indeed
to the labor of the whole Stats.
Disastrous as I am persuaded this policy will
be to the freedmen, equally disastrous will it be
to the rest ot the State. As long as so large and
valuable a portion of the Slate is set apart for
such a colonization as is proposed, so long will
there exist in the State a source of perpetual
disorganization of Us labor. The treedmen of
the rest of the State will rot understand, or be
reconciled to the lact, that while they are forced
to contract, and to contract for wages by no
means so liberal as can be paid at present prices
of cotton on the islands, that large bodies of
their fellows, without a solitary advantage of
character or service, should be selected by the
Government for this unparalleled bounty. They
will work discontentedly, aud whenever the
opportunity offers they will leave their homes
lor these lands, which are off ered without money
and without price.
Further than this, the separation of so essen
tial a portion of the State, aud its government
by the Freedmen's Bureau, will be tno erection
in the State of a government within a govern
ment, will excite and foster that which it should
be the object of every wis and humane states
Man to extinguish, a 'bitter and growing antago
nism between the races who must live together,
and exceot under the existence of martial law,
will place the Government of the United States
aud of the State in perpetual contradiction, and
involve (hem in constant and annoying incon
sistencies. This policy, too, deprives the State of the reve
nue and resources ot the most valuable portion
of her territory at the very time when she neods
every dollar that she can raise aud the use of
every Industrial resource which she can develop.
It interposes a complete check upon the indus
try and enterprise of the interior, by shutting
out her Atlantic coast from the field of enterprise
and investment. It surrouuds her commercial
metropolis with a country aud a population
which cannot contribute to its development in
trade or add to its growth. It renders the rail
road connections which, before tho war, con
nected Charleston with Savannah and Wilming
ton useless expenditures. In any other portion
of the State such an experiment would be disas
trousupon the sea-coast of South Carolina it
mtibt be latal.
In submitting these views which I have been
forced to do under tho pressure of constant
engagements I have not been able to discuss
them very thoroughly, nor illustrate them as
lully us I would desire. But tho State which I
represent has had such an experience both of
the wisdom of your policy and your generous
sympathy with the embaras9uieuts under which
she is laboring, that I feel I' have almost cer
tainly secured her justice when I have placed
her case under your consideration.
I deem your immediate attention to those
representations of such vital importance to the
State, that 1 have instructed Hon. William Henry
Trescott to proceed to Washington and lay this
letter before vou. Mr. Trescott has already had
the honor of' being the bearer to you ot former
communications from my predecessor. Governor
l'erry. I have desired hiiii to enforce these views,
j with the Information which he possesses, and to
put you in poseession or sucn aotaiis as l nave
be n unable to communicate more particularly K
Mr. Trescott enloys my entire confidence, and
both as a member of the State Legislature and a
large landowner in the-section of the State to
.which this communication refers, is thoroughly
familiar with the subjects which I have en
deavored to bring to your attention.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
James L. Orr,
Governor of South Carolina.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
District Court Judge Stroud. Barbier A
Simpson vs. John Hess. An action of replevin
for 110 dozen skins. Defense, a lien for work
and labor bestowed upon them In finishing.
I'lalntiff's reply, that defendant injured them so
badly that they deteriorated in value from $2 to
$3 per dozen. On trial.
District Court Judge Sharswood. Rayner
Raynor vs. Mary HalL An action of replevin
lor certain carpets and other articles. Jury out.
Alfred 11. Mead vs. John Brown. Suit on book
account to recover for goods sold and delivered.
Defense, set oil'. On trial.
The Germautown Murder. .
CONTINUATION OF THK TBIaL TnK KVIDKNCK THIS
HORNING.
The trial of Christopher Bergcr, charged with
the murder of Mary U Watt, was contiuued in
tho Court of Quarter Sessions this morning.
Alderman Thomas sworn I identify this deed
(i!ced shown); I handed it to Miss Watts at her
house on Queen street.
Cross examined This was in 1857; don't know
that I ever saw it afterwards.
William Bonder, sworn Found the deed
on the North Pennsylvania Railroad, about one
and 8-hall miles below Fisher's Lane; I was in
tbe woods cutting a straight pole; had a dog
along; saw some rabbit tracks; stooped down to
look in a drain that was there, and found the
deed; it was pushed about one and a half feet
inside; it was Friday,;the 12th of January; I took
tho deed to Sergeant Dickson; it was wet at the
time. .
Thomas Shlnglo Saw the prisoner on the
morning of tbe murder about ten minutes to 7;
on the southwest corner of Queen and Main
streets; I was not quite a quarter of a square off;
I approached htm till I got to tho corner, when
I ctosscd tbe street towards him; he was watch
ing me intently; I returned his look, and he
turned his head away ; alter passing him a few
jards, I turned round; he then turned as if to
cioss the street, aud disappeared.
Crosp-examined I left home thirteen minutes
to seven; he had a black slouch hat on, and a
long overcoat down to his knees; he didn't starer
me out of countenance; I don't think any one
could do that; I stared hlra out; the cars came
down Main street; next saw the prisoner at the
Inquest; recognised him at once.
William Jake Saw the prisoner on the corner
of Queen street, nearly every morning for ten
aays or two weeks before the murder; saw him
on the morning of the murder about twenty
five minutes of seven, at Queen and Main
streets.
Cross-examined. IIo was right opposite my
stable gate; when I came out of the stable ho
said good morning to me, and went towards
Mibs Watts' house; I said to Mr. Funk, one
morning previous to the murder, "That man
looks worried about something;" about 6 o'clock
on the day of the murder I told Mr. Hughe6
about seeing the prisoner on tho corner; he first
asked me about it.
Re-examined The prisoner did not know roe,
except by coming round tho store. One morning
I asked him If he would like to rido to tnvrn
with me; he said he guessed he'd wait for the
carrahe wanted to see about something?
William S. Funk Keep a grocery store at tho
roiuuwobi corner oi wain and Queen streets;
saw the prisoner standing there for a week or
ten days before the murder.
Cross-examined Queen aud Main streets are
public thoroughfares.
Henry Gravensteln Know tho prisoner by
Bight; saw him going down Green street (on the
morning of the murder; (he lived three doors
from me.)
Cross-examined He lived with Mrs. Butcher,
his wile's grandmother; I saw him that morning
about hall-past 6: ho was in a great hurry; 1
spoke to him and he answered.
Elizabeth Vanderslice Saw the prisoner be
tween 10 and 11 o'clock on the morning of the
murder; he said ho bad lust come from town: he
had money in his hand and said, "Rub that off
tne siate;'' tnen ne said, "Wait on me;" he owed
me $23-84; he gave me two $10's. a $'2. and two
$1 notes; he bought near $3 worth of meat and
provisions.
Cross-examined He had been dealing with
mo live or six months; came frequently to ray
store nearly every morning and evening; he
would stop there while waiting tor a car to go
to town; he was in my store when we got news
or the murder, between It) and 11 o'clock; he
heard the news and the remarks of the people
E resent; I saw no change in his manner; I asked
1m if he was going to see the murder, anl he
said no.
Henry H. Keppart Am employed at Vander
slice's store; Berger was there on Wednesday
before the murder; told him he couldu't have
anything more till he paid the hi).; he got no
thing fiomnie; I was on friendly terms with
him; he went with me a great deal; he said he
never owed anybody yet and wouldn't owe any
body In Germantown.
V John Garwood The prisoner got medicine of
me on New Year's day; got more next day, and
a breast pump that he wished; he had no money,
but promised to pay; again saw him the follow
ing Saturday, when he paid me ten one dollar
bills; he mentioned the excitement akout the
murder.
Isaac Conrad On the evening of the murder
the prisoner paid me $1-30; I gave him twosilver
half-dollars; he gave them to me one ortwa
evenings previous, saving he had forgotten his
pocket-book, but would redeem them.
J. Ross IJrowne.
J. Ross Browne, tho distinguished American
traveller, has just been appointed Captain ot
Arizona volunteers, and ordered to report to
headquarters in this city for topographical duty.
He will start to Arizona soon. Ross Browne
owns a delightful residence in the town of Oak
land, across the bay Irom San Francisco, and
has an interesting family. His home is sur
rounded by tho rarest of shrubbery, and all the
flowers that grow In our climate bloom in his
garden. I had the pleasure of calling on him nt
his residence, und found him one of the most
agreeable gentlemon I ever met. Ho gossiped
about his travels in various quarters of the
globe, and said that he started Irom home
on his first trip with but fifteen cents in
his pocket, travelled 12,000 niileS, and
returned with more money than he had whon
ho Btarted. He also told me that he went
to Germany on one occasion, taking his faaiily
w ith him. He arrived in London with barely
money enough to carry him to his destination.
He resided there three years aud returned again
to his np live land. He said the captain of the
st anier had to carry him on his return to New
Voi k on credit. He supported himself all the
time he w as in Germany by his pen, writing for
Harpy's Magazine, the Sacramento Union of
this State, ar.d other journals. Ho told me that
he had never mado much money publishing
books. The Harpers, he said, always preferred
publishing his magazine articles before printing
his books. The price usually paid him by
Harpers for a mRgazine paper was $250. I was
in company with the proprietor of a literary
journal of ihe city nt the time I mado the visit,
and, during all the time we remained at his
house, he talked to us about his travels and
literary labors. He is a man ol great energy,
and is imbued with the prjgressive spirit of the
age. Chicago Tinws.
THIRD EDITION
IMPORTANT JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS
Hon. Joseph Allison Appointed
, President Judge.
HON. W. S. PIERCE ASSOCIATE
JUDGE.
Harrthburo, January 31. The Hon. Joseph
Allison has been appointed to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the death of Judge Oswald Thomp
son, and the Hon. W. 8. Pierce has been ap
pointed to fill the place of Judge Allison, In the
Court of Common Tlcas.
AVvsiiirsc5rrorv.
ftptcial Vetpalchet to the Evening Telegraph.
Washington, January 31.
The President's Views on Pabllo AfTtrn.
Hon. James Harlan, in a card to the Daily
Chronicle, says that part of of the report of his
remarks on last Friday evening, which referred
to the President, is so imperfect as to change the
sense, and he adds :
"After referring to the danger apprehended by
some in conlerring tno elective franchise on a
vast multitude ot persons so recently released
from slavery, and the danger on tne other hand
oi exciuaing tne largo portion ot tne thoroughly
tovai part oi tne population, irom a voice in the
reorganization. I expressed my erea'.or confi
dence in ignorant loyalty than in Intelligent
treason, ana added tnat 1 nad never disguised
the preference, and would not do so In the future,
Concluding with an expression of confidence In
tho wisdom and virtue of the Presideut for
whom I was not authorized to speak, and who
has been able in the past, and would be able in
me iuture, to aisciise nis own views."
flPoatal AfTaira In tbe Sooth.
Postmaster-General Dennison yesterday dl
rectcd upwards of a hundred post offices to be re
opened In the Southern States.
Sew Hoify -Order Office.
On Monday next filty-five new money-order
offices are to be opened, Including Richmond,
Charleston, Savannah, Mobilo, aud many othor
important places in the South and in the Terri
tories.
Clerks DlftctiArged.
It is stated that ono hundred and fifty clerks
are to be discharged from the Treasury Depart
ment to-morrow.
Land Ofllce Statistics. '
At the Land Office at Ionia, Mich., 6C55 acres
were taken up in December last, under the
Homestead law.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Senate.
Hartusburo, January . 31. Meaars. Coonell.
Nichols, and Ilaynea presented remonstrances
against Sunday travel.
Mr. Kidgway read a petition in favor of the
act allowing persons to testify in their own
Mr. Nichols read a bill authorizing the con
struction of a free bridge over the Schuylkill by
tho city of Philadelphia, to be commenced with
in one year.
Mr. Kidgway read a bill closing the doors of
iiic uiiniu.T purci ciuc& uuhiu IU tun puuilU.
Mr. Hope read a supplement to the act incor
porating the Pennsylvania Travelling and Trans
portation uompany.
Hons of Representatives.
Mr. Negley called up the act extending the
nine ior one year ior tue reception ot soldiers'
claims, which passed.
Mr. Davis called up the act for the organlr.a-
nun oi me DcnuyiKiii uoamy l'once loice, and
moved to consider, which the House refused.
Mr. Markley offered a resolution, giving tho
use oi DacK. seats oi ganery to colored personj,
Not agreed to.
The Committee on Wavs and Means reported
lavorably an act tor the relief of tha citizens of
Luambersburg, who sufiered Irom Itebel Incur
sions. The Committee on the local Judiolarv rennrt.erl
favorably to an act making eight hours a legal
aay s moor in rnuaacipnia.
From Havana and Mexico.
New York, January 31. The steamer Moro
Castle has arlrved with Havana advices of Janu
ary 27.
A roval decree hail hnen rpnolworl itiiannrntHnir
v.. e
the formation of a society for the suppression of
tne slave-trade, reprimanding the Captain-General
for countenancing it, and ordering its sup
pression. There was no cholera at Havana, but
considerable smallpox at Eegla, a small town
opposite the city.
It is reported that the Gulf is full of Chilian
privateers. A schouer and a steamer, flyiug
suspicious flags, had been seen by the latter, is
believed to have come from New Orleans, and to
be cruising in tho Gulf. War risks are being
effected at Havana by tho ship-owners, but one
company had refused to take them.
The staamer Tonaieanda, from Boston, arrived
at Havana January 27, via Matanzas, having
been without fuel for two days. She would pro.
cccd on the 30th Inst.
The steamer Vera Cruz arrived at Havana,
from Vera Cruz, January 22, and will sail Janu
ary 28 for New York.
Private advices say the French are tired out,
and freely discuss tho abandonment of the Em
pire. There is an Intense feeling against the Amerl
cans.and the French say they want war with the
United States, and to be sent to Texas to wipe
out the Bagdad affair, which they say was the
work of the Federal troops,
Ilerschel V. Johnson Elected United States
Senator Irom (xcorgia.
MiLtKDfiEviLLE, Ga., January 80. In tho
Legislature to-day, on the first ballot lor Sena
tor, A. II. Stephens received 152 and Mr. Hill 38
votes; scattering 1. Mr. Stephens did not' con
sent to the use of his name, and on the sixth
ballot Ilerschel V. Johnson was elected, receiv
ing 152 votes.
Sentence of a Murderer.
n artford, Conn., January 30. Albert. Stark
weather, convicted of murder in tho first uiegreo,
having killed his mother and sister, has been
sentenced to be hung on the third Friday in
rebruary. He was completely self-possosjed
while receiving the sen tence of the court, 1
STEAMBOAT DISASTERS.
Two Hundred and Fifty Lives Lost.
Cincinnati, January 31. The steamer Miami
had about 250 passengers on board, among whom
were 91 men of Company B, 13th, United States
Cavalry. The accident occurred at 7 o'clock in
the evening, Just after supper, while the pas
sengers were assembled in conversation around
the stoves in the hall. The explosion was of
such force as to rend the cabin floor asunder,
and let every person In the front part of the
cabin 'down Into tho mass of fire and steam
below. Great numbers lost their lives by Jump
ing overboard. Tho total loss of life is sup
posed to be nearly 150. Thirty of the soldiers
were lost
The steamer Missouri had 120 persons ron
board, twenty-flve of whom were passengers.
The latest information from Evansvllle places
tho loss of life at about 100. Tne Missouri was
one of the largest passenger boats on the river,
and was valued at $100,000.
Specie lor Europe.
Boston, January 31. The Asia sailed to-day
for Liverpool with a small specie list
Tiie Lae Firb ok Delawabb Avejtce.
The loss by the fire yesterday morning at
Delaware avenue and Vine street will loot op
about $100,0(10, distributed as follows: Tho
building No. 237 on Water st., and No. 242onho .
avenue, occupied by William B. Johns, and the
one occupied by Tomlinson & Hill, No. 239 on
Water street, and No. 248 on tho avenue, be
longed to S. and W. Welsh, and Thomas A. New
hall, and were formerly ot the Brock estate. The
loss on tho two buildings will reach about
$10,000, which is fully covered by insurance in
the Franklin Insurance Company. The upper
stories of these two buildings was occupied by
JamesS. Shiudler, sailmaker.
He estimates his loss at about $30,000, $15,000
of which will tall on parties who bad sails in his
establishment In the process of being made np.
He employed from thirty to forty hands, and
among the sails making, and which 'were de
stroyed, was a full set tor the United States ship
Chattanooga, at tho Navy Yard, a set for th3
barque Sea Eagle, and other vessels. He has
$22,(100 Insurance, $5000 of which is in the Ph;.
nix, $5000 in the Delaware Mutual, $5000 State
ot Pennsylvania, and the remainder in the Etna
and North America, of Hartford, and the Spring
field, of Massachusetts.
The loss of Mr. Johns is estimated at $18,000,
on which there is an insurance of $14 .000 in tho ,
American Fire Insurance Company. The ground
floor of No. 242 in the avenue was ocoupied by
Samuel ' Williamson A Co., general produce
dealers, who uttered by water; but is insured in
the Reliance ComDany.
Tomlmson & Hill estimate their total loss at
from $15,000 to $18,000, on which Is an insurance
et $5000 in the Mutual of Pniladelphia, $4500 in
the Magna, of New York; $5000 In tho North
American ot New York; and $5000 in the Reli
ance. Budd & Comly, who occupy building No. 235
Water street and Nos. 238 & 240 on tho avenue,
valued their stock at abiut $25,000. They lose,
however, but about $5000, which is fully covered
fty insurance In the International, of New York,
and the County, ot Philadelphia. This store bo
longs to tho Brock estate. Messrs. A. J. Cattell
A Co., and other parties had goods on storage In
this building. On tho ground floor of this build
ing on tho avenue was stored 132 hogsheads of
sugar owned by S. A W. Welsh. This suffered
badly by water, and is fully covered by insurance
in the American.
Building No. 2S3 on Water street, and No. 238
on the avenue, occupied by J. C. Davis, rag
merchant, sutlered slightly by fire. The avenue
front, on the ground floorj was occupied by
Stephen Cox A Co., dealers in produce and fruits,
who suffered by water. Their loss is covered la
the Republic Insurance Company ol New York.
Champion, Souder A Co., produce commission
metchants on ground floor of No. 244 on avenue,
sufiered slightly by water, and were insured in
the Reliance.
The loss by water of B. L. James, who occu
pies Nos. 241 and 243 on avenue, is fully covered
by Insurunce in tho Delaware Mutual.
Austin A Wood, produce dealers, occupied the
ground floor of No. 246, aud suffered slightly by
water, but are fully insured.
Building No. 243 Water street and No. 248 on
tho avenue was occupied by Henry Bumm and
others for the storage of molasses and haf.
Considerable hay, but no molasses on hand; loss
by water. Tho fifth story ot tho building was
occupied by R. F. Shannon, sailmaker, who
sutlered slightly by water. H. A. Mickl-, dealer
In fish, etc., w ho occimled the first floor on the
avenue, also suffered by water, and is insured.
The Street Crossings. The condition
of the streets, lanes, alleys, and gutters of the
city is Indeed disgraceful, and especially Is this
so in a city where the people are required to pay
an annual tax of four dollars on every hundred
of the valuutlon of their property. For three
days past the crossings In all parts of tbe city
have been both filthy and dangerous to pedes
trians, whilst in many cases the space between
the ruils of the city roads is filled with mud and
water. ,
Notaby Public Governor Curtin has
appointed Erastua Poulson, Esq., Notary Public
lor this city.
The Proposed Convention of the English
Episcopal Church.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has sent the
following reply to the request of the Canadian
Synod for a General FphcCpal Convention to
settle questions arising in consequence of the
decision ot the English Law Courts on the
Colenso affair, and the jurisdiction of colonial
and English prelute3:
T the Bithopa, ( lergy, and Laity of the Province of
Canada, tateiy asscmbkU in their Triennial Synod:
Addinoton Park. December, 1865. Mv Right
Reverend and Dear Brethren: I have duly re
ceived the address forwarded by vour Metro
politan from the late Triennial Provincial 8ynod
of tne Province of Canada, requesting me to
convene a Synod of the Bishops of tho Anjlican
Church, both at home and abroad, in order that
they may meet together.and under the guidance
of the Holy Ghost take such counsel and adopt
such measures as may be best fitted to provi !9
for the present distress. I can well understi '.
your surprise and alarm at the recent decin ' w
of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Co'-f
in gravo matters bearing upon the '
trine and discipline of our Church, and 1
comprehend your anxiety lest the recent re
of action in the two provincial convocatlo -
Canterbury aud York snould lead to the di
auco of those relations which have hithert'
sisted between the different branches o!
Anglican Church. The meeting of such a
asjouproposo is not by any mans foreit
mv own feelintrs. nnd T think- it miirht ten.
prevent those Inconveniences the possibility
whicn you anticipate.
I cannot, however, take any step In so gra"
matter without consul tine mv Ei.isconalbretli i.
in both branches of the United Churcb of E -land
and Ireland, as well as those in the differ.-. c
colonies and dependencies ol the British E npir.'.
Your faithful and aff ectionate friend and brother
in Christ,
.C. T. Cantcab, Primate or all England.
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