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VOL V,
'-No 97.
rHILADEL'PHEA, MONDAY, APEIL 23, 18G6.
DOtir.LH SHEKT-THREE CENTS.
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nrifrT WF(HM A"PTnT
11 JildJijllvurJyi JJjio
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The Bubble Burst-Tftfc O'Mahony
Side on the Wane-Ceneral DIs-content-The
Roberts Party
: Sweeney to Move Be
fore the First of May.
,1be bubble ol Ken-anl'm apiears to have ready
IV It rue, O'.tlauoi y ia 8 il ai Union r-quitro,
ba. wo no lender hear 01 tho script of iargo su'im of
money, r.o ivmor of warlike prepaia font are
a lent, do muss inoetinirs a.o bung or to be bold, tue
proplii c.e of the rrnva ol h'epii.ns ami tho con
quut oi Canada, or lightinir iu lrolund, in J3or
luudo, in Aeisua.ia, in lnnia, and tlie eantro of
AMci, nave not Ueu luliill d, and consequently
ti e lifb bonds aro lew ami away beow pur, and
eten the moai enthUMastic Fenian begin to loje
conUdeL-oe fu the movement.
'I'll': piipoii al work of the Union Square author!.
tleetat pie.eiu coi'siste in soHriu ndinra fair whioli
is fx lug uo'.d in v.ernai,ia Hull lor tne benotit ol ilio
lr an male piLUiids. Bout, aireut-i ui cabinet
officott liavo thrown asiue iut cares of etatj, and
re tliuio in eo lunation w til ibe lad es ot Hip ' It 1
Hand" tirole cu.au'd -u soliciting tlioir Fenian
adiniiers wh happen to visit them "to put down
their nanus for a c lauoe m u brcmtpiu, a silver
pilohcr, or pustuie of the Coionol." it is sid that
Cieieral Kiliiau anived in lie city from Eastuort,
Maine, lust evening, br nr n? wn.b hi n the entire
lundB. and having bia confreres to pay tneir owu
xpt)Ue on tho nt tin excursion back. '1 ho Tank
man n'e arc dlspi,-. d al i tie conduct of tho loadeis,
ana proLably bonce. orward 'nco will he a' very sen
s,b ' d imnation in u.e receipts ui the Treasury lie
pi t ineiit. -
1 earns daily go to the headquarters of the O' Ma
bony party demanding the r innuey, wine i thy
allege to have Riven uiu'er (he expectation that ho
tili its woro to be commoncd a month a so; but tho
lol'ovtera of the Head Centre vcrv soon eject the dis
affected parties, aud send them bowling into Knst
rjevoutvontn street. Hundreds ol others would make
aim iar den.ands nad tncy not bo u intiunduted by
the eties 01 'Urit'sti Spy" and '-ira'tois to Ireland,"
with winch the officials of tne Viofi'at Mansion as sail
ever one who napous to diiViir from tuetn.
l i,t lcberts-bveenuy men are making very
serim s picpareUoi s for a luaroli on Canada. Ihuy
keep then uioveuieuts entire y stcrt, and tb y so
I let tot n.ouey but car. ridges, io. 68, ot wlmli thoy
savthey reqtlre about 6flU,U0.). Colore two weeks
thle par.y sliall have ,uku somo definite acnou.
Sweeney intents to "movo" uboufhe first of May,
and pn.nii sea "v.otort " or "death." t.eneia' Mul
len, who adhoiod tot tbo Urion Square colors, bus
resigned bis poR.coti there. lud lo.t for the West,
whore it is said he do ivers lectures pronoun cine the
.whole tin dp a "humbuir ." tstnl O'.uahuny has a lo'
aohcroiiis leit, l u; the trreit ni;ij intv now svom to
look to Huberts a th only hope ot Ireland and
Ffiiiamsm. A'tw lcrk Tribune ;
The t enia n fhaU
WD'ERX Y IT, ASD WHKN 19 IT 1 I KELT TO SAItf
ONt OF THE eAIi-ORI IttFOKK TUB UNITliD 8TATK8
COMMISSIONED T11H PUObl'ECT NEA KEU TE1KA
WKhK AGO. , ' 1
' Tnis fc itnoon a collusion case came up before
TTMted states Commfsioner Osbo'-n, in which Judpo
Be' be ot counsel ot one of too purties moved lor an
a fournmeBt to Monday inoruiiitr -
'Mr. Dennis MeMation. counsel lor the other sido,
objected to Abe ai)jouri,roeut on tl e ground tnat
lie hd a witness who mint becu'led uway bulore
Mciiiiay', m wtuch tvent be would bo left without a
witmss
JLoth counsel Brined the subject with great enemy
and vtainith, when the Commissioner said lie wou'd
examine ibe vti'nept, and se what probability there
wa of 1 is. roiuir away. I'be vtitness, a midd'e-aed
Iribhmn. was then ea led and sworn, when tho lob
low ns examination took place :
Wiiat is y our namef , My name h Kdward Hitlyer.
Wbat is your business? I am a -calarinor niau, sur.
Are you row shipped on board 01 any ship? I am
Epf, sur.
Are vou troina to leave tl is oi-tiiet before Mon
day? I den't know, sur; I'm poiLiz to Stolen Islaud
thiaallernoon at4 o'c'ock.
Are you likely so ship io-day? I don't know, sur;
It depends on my landlord, now mucli I owe him.
IfJouROio sea, won't you sbl.i won't you sum
tho aiticiis belore tougo? I'm under oath not to
te 1 von
What is fhe prospect of your going before Mon.
dayf I don't know, sur.
it the prospect of your coin" any nearer than it
wss a week apof It is much nearer, sur.
I suppose you are connect a with the Feniant?
(No response from tho witness.)
Ibe CommiEBiouer said he would adjourn tho
examination to Monday morulntr, as the circum
stance of the probability ot the witness beinp absent
was not known to th law. The tjuostion thereupon
was asked by onie of the specia ors, Where is tho
Ft nian fleet f When is it ?oin to start, and wuere
lrcmf N. Y. (hmtnercial Advertiser, Saturday.
Border Fenians Movements of the United
. wtates Authorities.
St. Stsphens, N. B , April 21. United States
troops now guard the American nide of the bridire
bttween Calais and r t. tjtephiis. Vigilance here
bas aot at all relaxed, but the exclteuient has some
what subsided.
Many "f tue Fenians were on this aide to-day.
watcQinz trie volunteers drill.
The new barracks erecting for the regular! Is
learlv a mile Hoiu the ton.
General Dovle, it is said, will make St. Stephens
his headqoai tens.
TBI ACTION OT THE UNITED STATES ATTH0BITIE8.
Whatever the injunctions from Washington may
be. the United States author ties are certainly in a
great Harry, flier are continually going; from one
to another, and bonrlv consultations are in prsirress.
The officials ot tne Customs department are most
uncommunicative, and an oitsiderbas to draw in
Iriences from what Is actually nacsing before his
eves. One would suppose that the mstruotions ot
the Uaited States Government were not of a char
acter, at this present time of peace and with our
republican simplicity in matters of state, to warrant
the Witbho.ding 01 an answer fiom a natural ques
tion to these officials from any citizen. A waut of
courtesy of this nature bas truvinted me from tiiv
inn to your reader- before this the following circu
lar, addressed to the Collector at this port:
"Xrasurt Depaetmekt, Aiinl 10, lb(i6. Sir:
lam advised through the Mote Department that a
scheme is on foot by the I'emuns threatening to
violate the neutrality law, and tiiat men and arms
aie passing tbrounh you' port for this purpose Yon
will exercise due vigilance in preventing, by all
lawful means wiibm the scope of your official
luies, any infraction of the nejtiatity laws of the
Liu ted Htaies, ana when vou have any doubt as to
your aatliority or ofho al duty, eonlor w.tti the
UiutPQ States Dibtiict Atiornev of your judicial
distnet, and be governed by h. s ailyioe.
t"H. McCulloou. ecrelary of the Treasury."
There is every reason to believe that the branches
of the Government, the Lepartuienu ol btate, of
War, ot the Navy, and of the Treasury, are not har
monious on the qmsiion wi.ich now puzzles them
all tor acton and solution ibe seizure of the Fenian
schooner Pray, her release by tl.o Custom) Depart
ment, her subsequent Beizure by the naval authori
ties, and the seizure ot the reputed Fenian schooner
Perstvermnct, and the conflicting exhibits of au
thor t,piove the fact. 1 miKUt here state that
General Killian, who claims the possession of bis
os-el by reason oi his Just rights as an American
citizen who bra committed no breach oi the laws,
now threatens to appeal to 1'rcBident Johnson bnu
aeif, demanding tho interference ot the Cuiet Execu
tive to restore his property to him.
1 he steamer brousrht with enra' Meade, a de
tachment of tbe 3d regular Artillery, lately stationed
at Fort Treble, in Portland harbor. Sue takes the
company now at Fort Sullivan, and with all the
force will proceed to Calais, where sne Is to disem
bark them tor duty at that noiut. Keport also ha
it that the wboie available force In the department
of the General is ordered here without delay.
The meaning ot 'he movement is variously inter
Tjreted. The Fenians sav thai the arrival of Euvlish
men-of-war la these waters is a menace which the
United States art prei arinz for. Another interpre
tation is that the United btates are determined to
entoree the neutrality laws, which, from tb situa
tion ot attain, are tureatnea with infringement
Whatever the true reason may be, the following
iaei nay assist to a better eompieheuaion of it. The
General soon alter his arrival was waited upon b
the Collector ot ibe l'ort. whom be ordered to bob
the two seized schooners at all hazards, and that if
their detention could not ke effected otherwise, he
would proclaim marciai law.
1 hree English war vessels arrived yesterday and
have none ut the Kt Croix river and Vassama-
cuoddj bay. One of thwe is (he 1igate Duncan, of
eifrhty-fonr rnris, flazRhlo of the squadron on this
cos-t, Blie has on ooard Admiral ir Jamo florie ;
of thei;oal 8vt. '1 he Jtuunan also (Tm t io I
2'2d Keemient of Ilrttish fslaiitry. Irom Ma fa, w.i"Se !
sircnptu ! variously estimated at iroin seven nuu-
died lo a '.honsaiid men. Ono ot tho otlior vo-.io s
biings a buttery or butia'ion oi artiHerv from II ill
tax to frit. John. It should be sia ed that tho ire
srnco of the 22d Roiiinent cat'not bo considered as
an tntirely hostile matter. The retriment was dno
for soino time in New lirnnswick where l wi or
dored to reliove the 15h Kooiment oulered to Bit
murta in accordance with tho usual changos and
transfers In the servico.
It will bo romnmboied that the I'enlan co'ioonor
'rojwas capturtd by tho rnvenuo oflioen a uw
dajs ago, on suspicion ot bavin? a lare can) of
arms behinrmg to tho Fenians. She wa detained
tint a few hours, ana aiterward re oated It was
reported that nor oTgo, which consisted, nndoub'
ealv, ot arms and ammunition, was Dmng dis
charged in small boats, which were rowed a'ong
the coast. Tne commander of the English warship
J'uladet then came on board the American boat
Wmomkl, and, on serialn representations bomx
mrde by him to tho oaptain ot the latter vessel the
Fenian schooner' wa. arain detained nndcr tne
puns ot the American man-of-war. I he cause of
ber detention, however, is believed to be an order
from Washington.
I5X1SCU TION.
The PHiil.Ina4ay 111 ardor Bunrr and
llunaer llntiKl I'liotr l.wxl Niiitit oh
KhiIh- lliry ftulrtxt tbtilr liiuuemiet
to the I.b eiu ast Ualluws,
t'rum the l iltnliury Commercial Hit.
It is Lot long ago since we recorded tho oxocution
ol Ibno w.eichcu human bei gs in l'nuuurir .or
the coinmit-aion ot the lughost onme aeamsi the law
known in ibis State. Tuu mu nue exc.temont which
their diatli upon the gallows created tiun was
baielv gieaiei than that produced by t"o rial, con
victidu, auu bauiriuv ol Dau.oi It user and jjhu U.
llouier, al Fbtnsburg, Cambria ouuuty, lor toe wl
lul and denueiato murder of Miss Mary l'aul and
ber niece, Anns Cassio Munday the onmo lor
winch tl.eKe two misoiable men yestordav alternuoa
sutlired the extreme penalty of .be law, was charac
terize by the uimoit ncartlcssuess, and shockd
the pulIic mind lor miles around the locality where
the deed was committed.
'J he ciicumstanccs ol the case were peculiarly ag
gravating, and stirred up a liveiy detcruu atiou
among the poople to fee tno cuds oi justice satisliod
iu the execution cf tho perpetrator. To this oud
the officers ol the law were grea ly aisis.od iu ler
le .'Dg out ti e murderers, and although a loh period
e ap.-cd Lelore they di covered .ho real cruuinala,
uud nanv and van , us olstaclus be'sot tnain in
tiaciiiir out She jiroofs ol tneir avvlul crime, thoy
at lai-t sin cceded, and have brought two co a b.ooded
wretcho to justice and c nd gn punishment
111K JHUKUtUEO JfEMALKS.
Jliss Mary l'aul was a maiucii ladv of souiotevcnty
yi uraoli), who tcsided on a ntt o lurm iu a rotired
jiait oi Croylo township, Cambria county, in this
.-Mate. I ho larm hoii was situutod on a road not
vciy treouentiy trave.ed, and presented to the lmuii
ol a murderer many advautacres lor tuo takimr of
human lilo, without tuuning too many nks of being
otteuied. it wss a lonely siluaiion. distant from
any oiher dwol mg, and us Bo.o occupants wore a
iceble oid woman and hor nb cu, a gin ot aoventoon
eais, either or vxuoui would be u.mrly poweiloss in
the nanus of two suoh monsier as rlmor aud
Honker were shown to have b en.
For many yeats Miss Fau- bad lived a lite ot com
parative seclusion in ti-ib placo and durinu tliat time
i iimor suid tout she bad accumulated a cousiderab e
amount ot money, whioli was care nliy see adod in
the oid Itti ui-lious.-. 1'noold lady was a woman of
extremely trusal lialiti, aud possessed many eiima
bie qualities, lor which she was highly eotottned by
the lurineis' lannlies m the couu ry surrounliuir
h he was exemularv In ail her conversation and con
duct, ana reuutUed with yunerutiou by muny of
ti.e young pcod o uiuoug tier neighbors lor
the mother.y counsel and - Climuau advicu
which li om time ro time she was wont to extend
them. Of her personal history there appears
to have been little kuown, excouting thai she Had a
lumiiy ot relatives living in Cambria lowusbip, in
tho Shine county tho lauuiy oi ner niece, iliss Ka e
Muuay, who lived with hor lor the purpose of
learning- how to wcavo M'ss Paul was iub-1 igent,
active, and industrious lor one of hor aire, aud hor
sell tilled a small tatcli oi ground adjoining her
bouse, upon tho proceeds of which she iu part sub
sisted, aud occasional. y realized an insignificant
) ecuniary prohi. It is said that she was questioned
once about her means, but s e proved to be de
cidedly reticent, aud, lurthor than poople cou.d
judee lroin bur quiet extoiior .lie, there is abso
lutely nothing kuown about ber.
'Ihe idle rumor that she was a "miser," and pos
sessed ''iarxe wealth wbich she nad hoarded up lor
Ions years," and ''buried beneath her nouse," and
other similar stories of a similar character were put
in circu ation about the poor old lady, whoso wuolo
fortune in roality consisted only ot her little farm
aud a lew spare oollars she had managed to accu
mulate to sustain life in its decline, when sbe would
no longer bo able to work in her little garden paicti,
and must necos have the means to procure food
and raiment. These rumors were not believed by
intelligent peotle who knew her best and weie
able to juuge more correct y ot ber Character
and tiuancial status. Hut a lew icrnorant minds
naturally grasped the idea s well founded, without
stopping to inquire into ihe.actsor the ca-e. aud
S' oi its were ontn conooctd and circulated about
the old lady, so that she almost seemed to them a
tecond "Moiher Fader, witn ber 'little cricket ' "
ker niece. Miss Munday, had so tar succ eded in
acquiring a piaotical knowledge of weaving that sh
v as about to return to ner latuer's int;amoria town
ship, and was actually couuting the data for ber iov
lui leiurn borne wben ner yonng me was suddenly
ana biuiaiiy enaed.
AN ATTEMPT AT 8CI0IDB.
On the nlebt of the 10th Instant, Baser made an
attempt to commit suicide, and nearly succeeded in
accomplishing his design. Bv some means he suc
ceeded iu obtaining a small pieoe of tin. annarentlv
Deionmng to a blacking dox no, ana wnue tne atten
tion ol bis keener, who remained in the hall of the
prison, Vi as enpaeed, befiutalarro vein in one of
nis arms, ne men iaia uowu ou uis oeu ana appa
rently fell asleep. Some minu es afterwards he arose,
and, upon gaining the floor, he led forward ou his
tace. The noise ot the tall alarmed tiheriff Mvers.
who resides in the jail building, and, uoon hurrying
to tno ceu, aifcoverea uuser ivinc on ine noor aoua
rently in a dyintr condition The Sheriff imme
diately bound od the wounded arm, and desnatoboa
a niesseuirer for a physician, but upon the arrival of
be latter lie pronounced tne cage Hopeless. Ke
storatives, however, were administered, and after
working witn uuser lor nearly six nours, they suo
ocoded in lestoiina- hi in to consciousness.
A LETTKll UtOM BUSKR.
i The next morning four letters were observed tiod
to the end of a string suspended from tha wall.
These letters were direoted to various parties; one of
tuetn was addressed to itey, ait, Wilson, ol fJbens-
burv, and is the most important. Cousiderab e in
terest apt ours to be attacbt d to it by many who re.
ceive it in tno ngni ot a aying aeoiaranou. it is as
loliowe:
Ebensburo. April 7. 18(50. Mr. Wilson: Thov
think they have the ones that done this deed, but
God forbid. They have not. Those that done this
are far away. Mow, good sense and reason will tell
you that we aie not tho mon, and in particular poor
uousur. tie don't know auvtiung aoouc it wuat
ever. You will t ear in mind 1 have always told you
tnat we bad no nana in kiuinor tuoso poor women.
and 1 teli you so anain. We had no band In killiue
thon. I will tell you, though, what we did do; I
gave to Georpe Klanohard my (bait or map. Ho 1 st
the one he had. lie bad one ot the same kind as
mine, and be told me be lost bis in the woods, and it
be loct bis the time be was up here er not I cannot
say. be got out tot the penitentiary) before I did. and
be knew ot the thing as well as I, and 1 met him ou
Troy Hill on r unday, the 21st day of May, and be
wanted to know if I was going to come up here. 1
void bim that I bad sworn off going ou the cruise, and
be wauled me to give him my map, but I did not ttivo
it to linn J hen we set to meet again on tne 1st ol
June, and agaia on the 6th, aud on the afternoon of
me titu, J gave to mm my map. now i win ten you
that the mon that were seen bv James Cooper, they
were tha ones, lhev had a carpet sack, but no box
Now, Mr. Y ilson, the time that Mrs Graham saw us
go away was on the 15th ot June; then we bad started
lor oil City. Mow, please take notice, 1 made it my
business to sUw in Allevnenv from tne 2d of June
till the Otb, because I old know that the robbery was
to go on on the 7th of Juns. Now you see that I was
at nome at tue time, and I dons ail tnis Deuina
poor Uouser's Uck. So you see he don't snow but
thing ot the matter whatever. He is ionooeat to
deed, and as tor him being up here bunting is all
humbug, lor 1 know ft toe bear. He never was op
bsre In all his life till the Sheriff fetched bim here.
Ibis Is the honest truth. And bow if Mary Hitler
ean recollect that I baa to go to fittsbarf on the
f'h ' .Irrie to vneet a wan. I went on 'he J'h. 7f f
ard Btb, for 1 was to meet him K'ancharci) from a s
reiiiin but 1 hi ye not seei nm sinco, md 1 uev r
heard anything of me robbery. I bought tho Her
man psper am' I never b'nnn nnvthing In It, and 1
thought h gave It np and had not done anvih ng.
DAflSL, BUbER.
Till SOAVrOLD.
The s afield w.s mode lci: m a principle similar
to .l e ui,e usdat the recent executions n lns city,
wi.h ,l.e exciilfoii of the droD. vtucb wa tlurty
i.it?ao of ti nteen no"ir. It was con irnotfd
iiiiuei Hie immediate i.upeiylsi not nheriff Siy-rs.
v. bo is by Irudo a ca, tcu.er. Owitia tj tho narrow
ii.m- i s ens ol t. e juil yar.i, the rc 11 ol l was oreo'i d
iu a viica'il o' auloinins tho Court llniisi. I In
i oli. sine wss al ou' t.nr v l,v s x t out. I he ropes
vi ere nkiiUiatuircd bv Air. Frank liopp, ol Ke-ierv )
ownsn p. near ,.llei;lionv cny.
rRSPAllATIONft FOR THE FX KCUTIrtN.
About bi ven o'clock a ruard. cons stum of thirty
mi n, arrrod with muskot, y ore siatioued around
he court nouse at d la 1. and the avenuo.i leaning to
these buildiries 1 he entrance to tbo jail Wus also
gnardid. and no pet. inn wai pcraltted to enter, im
li having urgent busincs w.th the Sheriff Mr.,
Mycis hau removed Ins family trom tho bui diuir,
and tventhinr betokened that a so'cmn traced
was about to t euaetcd. I ho scaffold had been com-
ted and tested and found to be admiinoiv suited
u tny i.uri.ose lor wh.ch it was Intended. It was
li ca rd directly under he w-miiows of ibe cu 1. iu
which tho culprits were confined, and tho croja-biaia
was p. amy oi-cernio e to tnem.
THE miMONKRS.
ITh" condemned men pa,s d thoearlor por.iono'
tne uiuiit in iievoiioua exoicist wmi tuoir s in uui
hdvibeis, Faliiui' Christy and blU". About 10
o'o.ock liou.er laid down on his bed, and vlont
soundly until moinlnf 11 user retired ubmit 12
'deck, but his slumber was not so quiet and undis
turbed as tliet ol nis companion, iheyaroso aoout
7 o'c.ock. and partook ol a lipht breakiasl, and at 8
O c ock weio joinca by the clergymen wuo liau
lal ored so zealously for tho r spiritual wol aro Kiv
hgious serviuci were then rcsuuiod and continued
tor several hours. The prisoners, al hourh still pro
testing their inuooei ce, expressed themselves ready
to meet their God, and maniii stou a desire to havo
the execution proceeded w,th at as car.y an hour as
possible. Their calm ami cobeutod appearanco, and
the serenity with which thoy spoke of their ao-
proacmnir ueotii, was evidence to me mmuioi tnoir
si iiitual udvisorj tLat their labors ot love hud boeu
rewaidcd.
THE EXECUTION.
TreciEcly at 12 o'clock sheriff Myers yliitod tho
prisoners in their colls, aud informed thoui that tiieir
ust Hour uau arrivea. vvime luor was ouiug
p.nloued he asked ilio Sheiill" it ne woulc bo por-
ii.uted to speak irom the scallo d. Ibe sliuiill in
quired what re vib-bed to rv, h"n he repl e 1 tliac
be wanted to deulare publicly I). at Homer had not,
in any way, been connected wi h the criuio lor which,
bo was about to sul.er. air. U.oia told hi in that he
l.ud a ri.au y staled that irtqueuuy, aud that a mire
rt etitiou oi it would havo no ctleof uoon t e minus
ol tbo ulihc Buser oonversod on th su ! "Ct w uh
I ui her Chilsly, who also rocouimendud hi'n not to
S) eak, unies be had a comers on to make, llj than
stuti d t ut I is onlv oi'iccl was to assert -fouser's
innoeeiiee, but it his best fiiends on earth were oo
posed to it be would desist. He abo reiterated his
lormer eiaupenis in retard to himself, and said
tl.at bo bad nothing further to say.
i he prisoners wcro t:iun taken irom thoir cells to
the BcaHold, Father Christy walking by t'.io side ot
i.nser, and vainer uiies witn M( user, tiny were
at.ired iu tho same o.oihiug they wore in ho prison
curing their ineaiceraUon, bowr being dressed iu
black o oth coat, prey pauls, vlille slur', and itaitjr
shoes. Houser was i-iiiinarly a tired, wnh tue ex
d imon that lie v, ore a Da r ot told er'a uanu. Thoir
c othiug was much tUei worse lor wear, in face, they
pieseutio a very shabby apoearanoa. Upoi their
arrival at the scaffold, the botu kneeled down. when
the impressive mueral seivioe ol tho Catholio
l Lurch vas perlonuod by the attending cloi irvman.
The condomnoo men appe.uo l io realize thuir poat
lion, out neither ot them exhibited tno least sign
or fear Dminc tho service Ituser moved his tips at
il n pr.i.ver, uhlle Houser listened attentive y, but
made no outwaid demoustratlou.
VxiOii the conclnsiou ol the sorvioe. the con
demned men kissed the clergy nun and sheriff
tiyors, when they sea.ed tiieuiselv.'B on chairs,
which had been placed on the Dial form, and the
blier'ff bound their lous socu'ely with strips of
muslin. Ihey tnen arose, and the rops wore
placed around their necks. Houser noticing Dr.
livnn, tho Jail l'i ysician, among the sneo ators,
motioned lor him to conio upon the scallod,
when bo bade I im an aU'ctioiiato fare we. I and
kissed bim. Ibe Sheriff then covered their
beads with white muslin caps, and wa king down
tho etuis ot tho hctillold, placed hu toot
upon the tngeer, and tho unfortunate men
were launched into eternity, ibe knot ,ou
tlourer's neck sliDued around to the back of
hiB head, and the fall completely dislocated
bis neck, causing a'most instant death. IS user
struggled violently lor about tw o minutes, and died
of strangulation. I be execution took place within
ten minutes Irom tbe time the condemned loft thoir
ceils and fifteen minutes afterwards Drs. K. S. Bunn
aud William J.emmon pronounoed tbem both dead
They were left banging an hour, wben t ioy were out
down and pieced in neat pine coiiins which bad bo n
tepared lor their reception, the physicians had at
rst intended to make a post mortem examination of
tneir ren ams, but tbey alierwards couo.uded not to
oo so. ibe couios were tnen placed in a waaon ana
convei ea to the Catholic Cemetery, loo tsd at the
outskirts ol the town, where the deceased had ex-
prexteo a desire to be buried. A laree crowd ot per
sons who bad congregated In front ot the prison fol
lowed the wagon to the cemetery and witnessed the
buriai.
The execution throughout was admirably con
ducted, aud vreat credit is dun to Sheriff ilyors and
his deputies lor the manner in which ibey per
fected their arrangements and carried them out
I he number of net-son admitto to witness the ex
ecution was limited to forty, moludinir tbe jury.
The spectators consisted ol tue Sheriffs of the ad
joining counties, a few prominent citizens of tbe
town, ana tne representatives ot tne pre-s. as tnese
were the first executions that have ever occurred in
Cambria county, the tshoritf'was besietred with ap
plications for tickets of admission, but he refused in
neany every inetanoe,
Mr. Munday. lather of ono of the victims of the
oruol murder, asked lor permission to witness the
execution, but bis request was not pranted. lie ap
poured to be verv much dlsanoolnted at the refusal.
and did not leave the vicinity until informed that the
sentence ot the law bad bee a carried inro encct
Mis wife and niece of the murdered girl accompanied
bim.
In order to iratifvthe curiosity of the people, who
have expressed a desire to see the scaffold, the sheriff
bas cono uiied not to remove it lor some tune, ana it
is ossiblo that the scaffold upon w hich Uuser and
Houser weie hanccd will hereafter be numbered
among tne attractions of tbe beautiiul village of
Hbeubburg.
The Official Vote in Connecticut.
The official declaration of tho voto tn the re
cent Connecticut election shows thut Mr. Eng
lish received 43,438 vote, Mr. Hawloy 4J,95,
and there were 4 (fourl scat tenner votes. Ha
ley's majority, 533. Tho llarttord limes (Demo
cratic) ' eays: "The averatre maiortty is 1(102,
Mr. Hawley, the loweist on his ticket, runs nearly
fiOO behind the average of his associates, after
mi me reauction oi that average cauneu oy air.
Winchester's local unpopularity. On the other
hand, Mr. English, the Democratic noinlnoo for
Governor, runs nearly 300 ahead or most or nis
associates on the ticket. The differences are
exceedingly raie, if not uuourallcled in Con
uecticut elections, and may be tegarded as sig'
miicaui-"
An Alleged Chilian Pilvateer Afloat.
It has been discovered that a vessel named
La Oriental has sailed from this port, as is al
leged, for Chili, f ha cleared on the 6th inst..
lor llucDOS a yre.fi, and attracted no suspicion
while she lay here. She sailed on the iitb, and
on the 12th orders were received from Washine
ton to detain hr for examination, Information
having been giveu by the Hpauish authorities
wmcn ustinea tnis proceeatusr.
The vessel was thei, on her wav to her desti
nation. It is stated that the was built lor river
service in South America, i on perfectly legiti
mate business, and has not the remotest connec
tion with the Chilian v. w AVw York Commer
cial Advertuer,
It has been remarked that Queen Marie
Amelie and the Landgrave of Ilc.ve Hamburg,
who both died on the same day, were also
born on a 2Mb ot April, but at an lnte. val f one
year between them.
JEFF. DAVIS IN PRISON.
Fortrran Monroe 4 Vlw of .TeflT Dsvtt
'Inking III MrlaWlk-lrlon I. Ho
of iiivi rrnlior Shiiis of Jim tlewsi of
Mm i.'ontmMrarln.
From Richmond I went down the river to
Fortress Monroe. On the way ohiects of Inte
rest were pointed out -Fort Darling. Butler's
Dutch Gap Canal, Harriton's Landinj, City
i o,ni, Jamestown, the nrsi white settlement in
the New World, Newport Nws, etc. Upon in
troduction I obtained a pass to enter tho For
irefB, whore I hud not been nmnv hours, when
i met the oreat ltobi-1 chief, Jeir. Davis, tace to
tare, while ni mm tiikinf his iiKlinl dall r walk
on the loniparts, tinder escort of an oll'ccr by
his side, aid two armed sol diem buhind hun;
and I had a good view of him as he passed tno.
He was well dressed, bad a light-colored felt
hat, nnd new boots. His ave wss clear and
bripht, his ster hrm. and his bearing as proud as
a Koman conqueror. He is Indulged in this
recreation every day, and is apparently cheerful
and Irce from care. Dnnny; the.ie walks he
frequently recites scraps of Latin and (jreek
t.oetry. He is privileged with the use ot tne fine
library of the Fortress, and is permitted to write.
o conrue under inflection ol the coiiunaailm'
officer.
Ho is a gTeat smoker, and when in his
i'.piirtment ctnplovs his time In wri inn, rc.io
iug, and praying. Alternately he is very quiet
nnd pious, and' revive and boisteroiiH. lie
freely expresses his ouinious about the ienerals
nnd leaders on both sides, lie thinks McClollau
was our greatest general, aud savs Grant is no
soldier, nothing but a butcher; Lincoln a
pood-nutiired man, nut rt tacsass: Andrew John
son is pretty swart, aud inclinea to no the bur
tbibg so tar as he can, but he Is not a icat
man.
He thinks his capture was very uilust, as he
as lairlv paroled bv t lie surrender of Lee and
Johnsou, and says thtt if he had auv idea of
being taken be could easily have made his
escape. He was terribly en raped ut what Kootc,
ot Mississiopt, said of him, and d.jclareil that
Foote was a "constitutional liar" that he "had
ol len told him so;" Baid he was glad when he
made his eGcape irom the Confederacy, and that
fie pave orders to let him po, ai 1 not to stop
him," adding, "I was glad to get rid of such a
nuisance."
"The Duke of Marlborough,'' Jeff says, "V'
sorted his sovcrcten, lotipht mici cssiullv under
tiie launers of ano'her prince, nnd his n.itna hai
come down in bisiory ns one ot the noblest men.
liiid greatest of generals ol his t'lne. But M;ir-f-hnl
Nov, ono ot Napoleon's Hmous generals,
br, atterthe nariishment ot Napoleon to El on.
pave in bis adhcsiot to the ruhmr powers, and
n;iain joined his chief on his return, wat, a tor
bis final overtlnow, taken and shot as a traitor."
His commentary uooti those historic faeU wai
this: "jfrfuson n "or prospers lor when it
does, none daro call H treason."
It is of no consequence to any one to know
from what source or by svha1 means I derive my
information concerning the savings nnd doinis
ot this bold, bad man. I can only pay the recital
is terlectly true, and to be relied uion. JV. .Y.
'dimes.
VISIT TO SANTA ANN
A Sandusky Boy HrenKftMtm with Illm.
i Tho Sa-.duskv (Ohio) Ruaister publishes an in
teresting letter from a Sandusky boy, a graduate
ot the United State3 Naval Acadeuiy, and now a
midshipman in the Navy, wno-e vessel, tne cm
fcra, recently touched ut St. Thomas. We copy
the following:
"On the 11th, five of us midshipmen wont up by
$anta Anna's residence, tinpn?to pet a siirht oi tho
noted General. As pood luck would have it, oue of
tbe sudden rain-storms peculiar to the trupiot came
np Just as we wore opposite his house, and observing
our condi'ion, an Amoncsn, who appears to
be the General's Mnjnr JJoma, came out and
invited us to enter, a propositiuu which we
gladly aceoptod We woro shoo n into a kiuJ of oar
Tor, most beautifully furnished with Brussels carue s,
six larpe-sizod mirrors, spienilid iu mture in the way
ol chairs, tables, solas, eto . ai d maiblo statuary in
abundance. While wo wore look ng at ever-thing
with true Ynnken inqmsitivouoss, tho General sent in
hi ".Major Homo to invite two of us to take breakfast
with bim, but as there were rive ot us the dajor
dcoided that we should draw lots for the honor. He
accordingly produotd two handkerchieis, and tying
a knot in the corner oi ono, placed a'l four o ruors
of one and one corner of tbe other together, aud
invited us to drav, alter tbe manner ol drawing
straws. I was unlucky euouirh not to draw eitli r
tbe knot or the sing e handkerchief, and thoreiore
couldn't go in: but I didn't repret it, as ho Shortly
alter requeued the leinainder of as to wait aud taze
colli e with him, which proposition we wore nothing
loath to accept, as we oanuot drink ootl-e with
Santa Anna everyday. As soon as break last was
over (it ought to have been called dinner, lor it was
12 o'clock M., and they had everything that
we woulo have at that meal, tbontrh cookod in
Mexican style) we went In, and alter being sepa
rately introduced to the General, took our seats at
the table. We attempted a conversation with him,
but found be could speak nothing but Spanish, fhore
were several at the table besides ourselves, viz., an
American, a Dane, a Mexican or to, and a Cartha
ginian. There was also a rjpauiard from f eru, Seuor
i ozano, a dark-looking man who is a p jet. lie wag
the only celebrity besides the General and our
Belves(!) 'the coffee was seived up in the finest
Sevres china, on a silver salver, the lararent
I ever saw. Af'er coffee came wine and cigars.
The American acted as interpreter, and we man
aged to get along very well. The Geueral
looks like a very fine old man; is 68 years old,
with bair of a dark brown, and appears to
be in perleot health. He docs not wear spectacles,
ana teems likely to retain nis sight tor many years
vet. Alter cigars we inaee a graceful adieu, which
was rendered by tbe interpreter as only an exnres
sionwt that sort can be rendered, in tbe moat flow
ing ot Spanish sontenoes. It made me stare to bear
our short speech translated into words as long as
the moral law, aud as only a Spanish-born oould
express it, tor tbe poet acted as our m erpre er, and
he did get it oft well, toe. I wanted to pat him on
the back It pleased the General ainazinirly, too,
and he returm d it in true Hidalgo style, saying that
everything be possessed was ours, and we could
make ourselves at home, eto. I forgot to mniiiia
that bo proposed a toast to us during the meal, viz. i
that we might all become Acluma a. After every
thing was saul and done, and we could find no ex
cuse for slaving any lonvor, we took our departure,
well pleased with our day's adventures. In fact. 1
think 1 never passed a more siueularly agreeable
day In my life "
The Danger from Cholera. 1
Tl.e physicians who have examined the cases
ol sickness on board the Virginia, say that there
is no doubt that it is cholera, b it add the assur
ance tbat they do not think there is any danzer
of a communication of the pestilence from the
vessel to the city.
The Albuuy Journal comments on this as fol
lows: "Of couise, in tbe light of all bcientiflo
experience, this conclusion is pure nonsense.
The cholera travels in waves of the atmosphere.
It is an Impalpable, intangible, but potent mala
ria, which ca'us its baneful seeds upon the cur
rents of the wuid, and travels whithersoever
they will bear it. The danger ia in tho fact that
the advaneo wave has broken upon our coast.
There are others rolliug on behind it, and we
must be prepared to hnd that they have over
leaped the feeble barriers of quarantine, swept
past the insufficient obsta-les that will bs op
Dosed to them by the Sanitary Board of the me
tropolis, ana deluged the laud with disease."
The Paris correspondent of the London Or
chestra writes, March 27th: "No change at the
Opera Comique. M. Flotow's new opera is get
ting on rapidly, and Gounod's charming work.
La Colombe will be given la about a fortnight.
At the Lyrique Jon Juan and Lea Joxicuaes
(mmeret are nearly ready. La Fiance tTAbydos
has been replaced oo the b'lls, and met with
fair success, Mad'lle Daram, a young and very
promising artist, taking the part orlgiually sus
tained by M'we Curvulho,''
THIRD EDITION
"VVA-SIIirVCS-TOIV.
Special Despatches to The Evening Telegraph
WasHiNGON, April 23.
The Collf rtorahl of the) First, Nrcou.l,
nnd I'iiirtl lltrloi,.
It Is reported that Colonel Wllliim A. Ofay,
of rhiladeljihia. ex-in-spector of strco;s iu your
city. Is a candidate foT Collector of Interna'
Itewnuc, Second District of Pennsylvania, in
place of John II. Dichl, who has "neH the office
for several years. Colonel Gray liB3 been here,
and his claims are strongly urped.
Colonel D. W. C. Baxter, 72d Pennsylvania
Fire Zouaves, of your city, is being strongly
pushed for Collector of Revenue, Third District
Pennsylvania, in place of William J. Wain
wri:ht, present Incumbent. It was announced
some time since that Colonel 8. M. Zulick had
been appointed, which was incorrect, as Colonel
tfnllck does not reside in th District, which wa
unfavorablc to him.
Simon Cameron is here, working to defeat the
confirmation of General Knipc, lately appointed
Postmaster at Harrisbtirg, but the proupcct looks
lavcrable to Knipe, and U is thought he will go
through.
The Collectorshlp of the First District is un
settled, and it Is "hung tip" at tho White House.
Sumuel J. Randa'l, Representative from the
First District, has been the prime mover iu
pushing Sloanaker's claims, in consideration of
Sloanaker using his office and Influence to secure
Randall's re-election.
Sale ot Marine Hospital.
The President has signed tbe bill authorizing
the Secretary ot tho Treasury to lease or sell at
public auction such Marine Hospital bulMings
and land's appertaining thereto as he may deem
advisable, provided that the Hospitals at Cleve
land, Ohio, and Portland, Maine, shall not be
sold or leased, nor shall auy hospital be sold or
leased where no other suitable or sufficient hos'
pital accommodations can be procured upon
reasonable terms for the comfort and conve
nience oi the patients. The Soctetary is also
authorized to sell at public auction sucli of the
revenue cutters as he shall find ill adapted to
the purpose ol the revenue service, and to ex
pend the proceeds in tho purchase or construe"
tion of other vessels better euited to the wants
ot the service.
, Oar Financial Condition.
There are now in the Treasury one hundred
and thirty millions of dollars, and all warrants
for army pay aire in, and drafts for the same are
being issued lor payment up to tho clone of the
present fiscal year, ending June 30. All Govern
ment securities are at par and above six per
cent., and tbe financial affairs ot the Govern
ment are so prosperous that if Congress shall
not embarrass the Treasury by voting away the
public fuuds injudiciously, to Indemnify claims
lor looses incurred In the late Rebellion, or some
such questionable purpose, the Secretary of
Treasury has hopes of negotiating the five per
cent, loau at par.
I lie Mexican (inflation w Ithdrawal ol
ttie 1'rench Forces.
The French Minister bad an interview with
the Secretary ot State on;Saturday. It is said that
he presented the formal adhesion of the French
Government to the American principle of non
intervention as explained by the Secretary of
State. The Emperor kindly and cordially re.
plies to the United States, and engages to with'
draw his troops from Mexico in three detach
meuts; one of them next November, and the
others in May and November, 18ti7. The full
and final correspondence between the two
Governments which led to this important result
will, it is expected, be sent to the House of
Representatives this week, in answer to a ci 11
recently made on the Department of State ou
motion of Mr. McKee, of Kent ucky.
Neutrality Tho Chilian and renlan llf
lieu idea.
The Secretary of State in February las
writing to the late Daniel 8. Dickinson in rela
tion to the steamer Meteor, which was seizod
and prevented from being used as a Chilian pri
vateer against 8pain, said: "The President is
determined that the neutrality laws of the
Urlted States shall be administered in good
faith, with entire fairness." The principle thus
announced will, there is no doubt, be as strictly
applied in preserving the peace between Great
Britain and the Cniicd Statesshould the Fenians
seriously endanger it.
Kecoimtrnctlon.
The Reconstruction Committee will probably
report Robert Dale Owen's plan for reconstruc
tion to-morrow. It contemplates universal suf
frage in 1675, and a change in the basis oi repre
sentation In 1870, when it can bo done upon a
legitimate census.
General Kn Route.
Generals Stcedman and Fullerton left Norfolk
for Newbern yesterday.
Southern Dignitaries.
Robert E. Lee is expected here in a few days,
and his secesh friends are making duo prepara
tions to show him marked attention. Mayor
elect Monroe and Alderman-elect Nixon, of New
Orloans, who have not been permitted to exer
cise their functions ou account of their conneC'
tion with tho Rebellion, are here getting their
pardons. ()
Masonle Visitation.
President Johnaon, who Is a member of the
Masonic fraternity, has invited the Supreme
Council of the Southern Jurisdiction to visit
him.
Financial.
The disbursements and transfers by the
Treasury Department last week amounted to
$10,348,077.
Cash In Hand.
Treasurer Spinner had in his cash vaults,
Saturday noon, legal-tender notaa, fractional
currency, gold, silver, and other cash, amount
ing to $96,018,471. . ;
Internal Revenue.
The receipts from Internal Revenue on Satur
day last were $411,418-08, and tor the week end
ing on that day $3,434,19458.
From General Grant.
General Grant, prior to his departure for?
r.lehmond, Issued a special order to General Fos
tcr lor thP protect'on of the Union citizens of
Florida from the cruelties and injustice prao
tised tipoir them under the cover of the Statu
laws.
A Richmond Dinner Party.
A correspondent at Richmond states that th(J
Licutcnatit-Gencral, his wife, and wife's father.
Colonel Badrau, Mrs. Grant's brother-in-law, tha
City Postmaster, with several others, to tho
number of twenty, sat down to a dinner given,
luhoror olthe party by the proprietors of tha
Spotswood House. Senator Yates and ex-Gov
enter Wood, and Mrs. Senator Trumbull, of
Illinois, are there, the guests ot Colonel Loomis..
Governor Smith, of New Hampshire, is also at
Richmond.
From Forticss Monroe.
Fori bess Mokrck, Apr',1 21. General James
B. Stcadman and General J. 8. Fullerton, Com
miss'.oners appointed by the President to visit
the Southern States, accompanied by Colonel O.
Brown, Assistant Commissioner of the Freed
nien's Bureau, and other officers of the same
institution, aulved here to-day trom Norfolk,
where they have been having interviews with
the municipal officers and the citizens of that
city and Portsmouth. They called upon Maor
General Miles, commanding the District, aud
were lurnlshed with conveyances to visit
Hampton, Statetown, and the freed men inhabit
ing those villages. An extended examination
was made into their condition under the present
working of the Freed men's Bureau, and the evi
dence of all the accessible land-owners and
farmers living in this section of the Peninsula
was taken, with a view of ascertaining the actual
practical results of the Bureau and the preva
lent opinion existing in regard to it. Generals
Steadntan and Fullerton return to Norfolk this
evening, and from thence Intend making an ex-'
tended tour along tho Seaboard and Roanoke
Railroad.
The gunboat Ascvtrey arrived in tbe harbor
lute this afternoon, towing a naval storesuip in
tended tor the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Tbe Norlolk and Portsmouth ferry has been
unconditionally turned over to lis owners by
Colonel A. P. Diuut, Acting Quartermaster, in
accordance with instructions from the Quarter-
masrer-Ger.eral.
It, is understood that tbe Light House Bureau
has inaugurated measures to rebuild the Light
Houe at Wade's Point, at the mouth of the Pas
quotank river, an I the Croatan Lieht near Roa
noke island. North Carolina. . A new light is
pronosed to be established at the mouth of tha
North liver, Congress having appropriated
$10,000 some time aao for this purpose.
The election of municipal officers In Ports
mouth, Va., which took place about two weeks
since, having resulted in no choice, by reason
ol the untimely and unlawful closing of the.
polls in one of the wards, it will be held again
to-day.
Fiom San Fiancisco.
San Francisco, April 21. The Chamber ot
Commerce have adopted, aud telegraphed to the
Califoruia delegation in Congress, resolutions
requesting, under a suspension of the rulej, the
passage of a law making it a lelony to ship or
transport nitro-plycerine within the United
States on American vessels.
The California, Oregon, and Mexican Steam-'
ship Company will inaugurate aline ot steamers
between San Fiancisco aud the mouth ol the
Colorado river on tbe 15th of May.
The Coroner's jury on the Inquest held on the
the bodies of Samuel Euight and ten others,
killed by the late explosion, found that thoir
deaths were caused by the explosion of nitro"
glycerine contained in a wooden box which,
aorived on the steamer Sacramento on the 13th
inst., addressed to W. H. Mills, Los Angelos, and '
that no mark indicated its character. Tbe Jury
express the opinion thut the shipper is guilty of
manslaughter, and should be prosecuted. They
acquit the Pacific Mall Steamship Co., and Wells,
Fargo & Co., of all blame.
" r
Marine Intelligence.
Fortress Monroe, April 21. The weather is
unsettled. Wind from the south and eatt.
Three schooners bound to Charleston, S. C, '
saPed yesterday afternoon, but came back
during the night, aud reported the wind dead .
ahead, and a heavy sea running at the Capes.
Tbe steamer James Elevens arrived here this
morning from Savannah, short of coal, bound to
New York.
Steamer Ella, recently arrived from Savan
nah, Ga., sailed for New York last night.
The BrUish bng Ella, Steele, from Philadel
phia, has arrived at Norfolk, light.
Kbw Yobk, April 23. Arrived, steamers Mo
neka, from Charleston; Saratoga, from Rich,
niond. Barques A, 8. Sell, from Cardenas; May
fower, Jrom Mayaquez; Catharitip, from Ant
werp; Golden Fleece, from Ponce ; Orixa, from '
Cullao; E. Wright, from Cardenas. Brigs Aurall,
from Sagua; Zercon, from Rio Janeiro; Los
Anigos, from Para.
FROM BALTIMORE TO-DAY.
City Tax on National Banks-Death of
a Catholio Frleat-llvll Rf-tbta, Xt.
Special Despatch to Tlie Evening Telegraph.
Baltimore, April 23. The First National
Bank of Baltimore has filed a bill of equity ia
the Superior Court to restrain the city authori
ties from taxing the stock of said bank, which,
the city claims the right aud power to do. This
6ult involves principles of great importance t '
all National Banks.
Rev. Lawrence McCauley, Catholio priest, '
rector of St. Peter's Church, died on Saturday. ,
Two uew cases under the Civil Rights bill are
now pending in our Courts, and many others are
likely to occur. :
The IT. S. Gunboat James Adger.
New Tore, Apnl 23. The United States
gunboat James Adger, from Aspinwail on the .
Ilth inst., arrived at this port ta day.
Markets by Telegraph.
Kew Yobk, April 28 Cotton Is quiet at 87c for :
Middlings. Flour bas declined 6olUet sales ol 6600 :
bbis. at f6eCfa8 60 for'8'atei 8((Xnia for Ohioi
tS 66 8 60 for Western i 9 ti: (? 16 26 for Southern t -and
7 7612 for Canadian. YV heat and Cora dull t
sales unimportant Meet steady. Pork steady ; aa'ee
of 1200 this, at M'62i fer Mi. Lard firm. Whisky
dull.