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lIIILA-DELIPIIIA., MONDAY, MAY 7, 18GG.
DOUBLE SHEET TIIREE CENTS.
RUSSELL AND BANCROFT.
I'ninlly Propriety nntl tlio
The Mew or the British Llon
"Wliy Should We not
be Friends r
Spicy Correspondence in Eelation t
Mr. Bancroft's Memorial Address
in the House of Representatives.
Etc., EIOm JKtC, Etc. I-.IC-, Ete Etc.
LORD RUSSELL TO MR. ADAMS.
CuEHiiAM Place, February 28, 1RGG. Dear Mr
Afluuis: 1 observe in the limit) News of ,ycter
day extracts from a speech 01 Mr. Bancroft do
livered in the House ol Representatives on the
12th instant. In this speech Mr. Bancroft is
represented to have said, re'erring to the break
inc. out of the civil war: "The British Secre
ta'ry of State lor Foreign Atlairs made haste
to send word through the palaces of Europe
that the great republic was in its agony; that
the republic was no more; that a headstone
was all that remained due oy the law of nations
to the late Union.' "
As words prouounced on such an occasion,
find by so eminent a man as Mr. Bancroft, may
have an eflect lar beyond the injury which my
personal character uiitrht sutler, I must re
quest you to convey to Mr. Bancroft the de
nial of the truth of his allegation, and to refer
hi in to facts of a totally opposite character.
Soon after the news of the resistance in arms
of the Southern States to the Government of the
Union arrived in this country, a member of the
House of Commons stated in his place that the
bubble ol republican inn had burst. I replied in
the name debute that the bubble of republican
ism had not burt-t, and that if the curse of
slavery still hung about the United States, it was
England who bud made them the gilt of the
poisoned garment which was now their tor
ment. In fact, I have never had any doubt that
whether the United States consented to separa
tion or pursued the war to extremity, the great
Western republic would remain, happily for the
world, a powerful and independent republic.
The authors of the Declaration of Independ
ence, in declaring lor separation from Great
Britain, after enumerating their complaints of
her conduct, go on to say: "We must therefore
acquiesce in the necessity which demands our
separation, and hold them as we hold therest of
mankind, enemies in war, in peace trieud'."
That we should be enemies in war is easily
understood, but when we are. at peace why
should we not be friends, a.-i the great men 6t
tho AmcriCKn revolution intended us to be? If
they in a moment of separation and of war
looked forward to a period of peace and of
friendship, why should we, more than three
quarters of a century atter these events, keep
up sentiments of irritation and hostility founded
on a mistaken apprehension of facts, and tend
ing to lay the foundation of permanent aliena
tion, suspicion, and ill-will ?
As Mr. Bancrolt's speech is likely to have very
extensive publicity, I reserve to myself the power
of making public this letter at such time as I
shall judge tit.
1 remain, my dear Mr. Adams, your faithful
servant, Russell.
P. 8. I subjoin an extracrof my speech on the
30th of May, 1861, as repoited m' Hansard's De
butes. MR. BANCROFT TO HE, ADAMS IN REPLY.
New York, March 23, 186G.
My Dear Mr. Adams. I have received from
you, by Lord Russell's desire, a copy of his letter
to you of 28th February last, in which he denies
the truth of certain allegations in my address to
Congress on the 12th ot the same month. The
passage which he cites contains these three alle
gations : That as British Secretary of Slate for
Foreien Affairs he viewed this republic as " the
late Union;" that he sent this view of onr coun
try through the palaces of Europe; and that he
made haste to do so. When Lord Russell calls
to mind the authority for these statements ho
must acknowledge them to bo perfectly just and
true.
On the 6th day of May, 1861, Lord John Rus
sell, then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
wrote a despatch to Lord Lyons, in which he
describes the condition of America as "the dis
ruption of a confederacy," and he further used
these words: "Civil war broken out be
tween the several States f the late Union. The
Government of the Southern portion has duly
constituted itself. Her Majesty's Government
do not wish you to make any mystery of that
view." Here is irrefragable proof of" my first
allegation.
On the day on which the Minister of the Queen
thus wrote he addressed h despatch to Lord
Cowley, ber Majesty's Ambassador at Parig,
dusienuting our republic as "the States which
lattly composed the American Union," "the lata
United States," "thelatel)nion,"andhccnslosed
in that despatch, lor Lord Cowley's instruction,
a cony ot the above-cited letter to Lord Lyons.
Having thus ostentatiously comaianicated his
view of our couutrv as "the late Union," he
asked, in return, "to be made acquainted with
the views of the Imperial Government." My
second allegation is, tLcre'ore, true, in letter
and in spirit.
That Lord John RtisseM, as Secretary of State,
'Was i a haste to do this, appears from his not
having awaited the arrival of the American Min
ister of Mr. Lincoln's appointment, and from
those very letters of the Gtti of May, 18G1, to
Lord Cowley and to Lord Lyons; for in those
letters he confesses that he hud not, as yet, "re
ceived trom Lord Lyons any report of the state
ol affairs and of the prospects ot the several par
ties;" but that on coming to the decision which
was so momentous and unprecedented he acted
ou the reports of "some consuls" and "of the
public prints."
It is true that twenty four days after Lord
John Russell bad ofliciully described our coun
try as "the disruption of a confederacy," "the
lute United States," "(he lute Union" he re
proved a member of the House of Commons for
openly exulting "that the great republican
bubble In America hud burst," and owned "that
the Republic had been tor many years a great
uud tree State." But ho uttered no expectation
or hoDO of the restoration of our Union, and
rather intimated that the Americans were "about
to destroy each other's happiness and freedom."
Lord John, on thut occasion, rightly attributed
the Rebellion to the "accuracd Institution of
slavery," and confessed that England was the
giver of "the poisoned garment;" that the
former Governments of Grydj. Britain were
"themnelvfs to blame for ther1n of the evil."
But this confession must be intepreted by the
light of his averments on the 6th of May, 1861,
and by Lord Russell s later assertion, that the
iffortsof our country weie but a contest for
"empire."
In fpeaklrj? to the American Concrcs of the
life end character of Abraham Lincoln it was
rny unavoidable duty to reter to the conduct of
the British Government towards our country
during his administration, for nothing so
wounded bis leelinus, or extried his Judguieut,
or tried bis fortitude.
1 was Rked to addrees the two Houses of our
Congress, and those onlv. When I learned that
the British Minister at Washington was likelv to
be one of my hearers, I requested Mr. Seward to
advise him not to be present, and throueh
another friend. I sent him a similar message,
which he received and perfectly understood.
I need not recall words of ninety years ago to
be persuaded that in peace America ana the
United Kingdom should be friends. I have a
right to say this; tor when in the public service,
1 proved it by public acts: and, ns a private
citir.en, I have never wished our Government
to demand ot a foreign power anything but
justice.
I'ray send Lord Russell a copy of this letter,
which he Is at liberty to publish; and I consider
myself equally at liberty to publish his letter,
to which this is a reply.
I am ever, my dear Mr. Adams, very truly
yours, George Bancroft.
LORD J. KITPMtLL'S LRTTKR TO KARL COWLCY,
ALLUDED TO BY KB. BANCROFT.
Forbiow Office May 6, 1861. Mr Lord:
Although hor .Majesty's Government have received
no despatches irom Loa Lyons by the mail winch
has jUHt arrived, the communication between Wash
ington and New fork boine interrupted, yot tbo
accounts which have reached th -m from some ol her
MajoRtj's Consuls, coupled with what bu appeared
iu the public prints, are sufficient to show that a
civil war has broken out among the States watch
lately composed t ie American Union.
Other nations have, therefore, to consider the light
in wnich, with reference, to that war, ihov aio to ro
irard the confederal into which the Southern dtates
have united themselves; and it aopears to her Ma
jesty's Government mat, looking at all the circum
stances of the case, they canDoi hesitate to admit that
such confederacy is entitled to be considered as a
bolligerent, ano, as inch, invested with all the rights
and prerogatives of a hel liferent. I have stated this
to Lord LyoDB in the despatch of which 1 inoloie a
copy tor your Excellency's information.
In making known to M. Ihouvonol fie opnion ot
her Majesty's Government on this point, your Excel
lency will aod that you are instructed to call the
attention of the French Government to the bearing
.which this uniortuate contest threatens to have on
the rights and interests of noutral nations.
On the one hand. President Linoo'n, in bohalf of
tho Dorthorn portion of the late United State, has
issued a proclamation doclaiatory of an intention to
subject the ports of the s uttiern portion of the late
Union to a vigorous blockade; on the other hand,
President Davis, on boliall of the southern portion
of the late Union, has Issued a proclamation declara
tory of an intontion to grant letters ot marque for
cruisers to be employed aeaiust the oommerce oi the
North.
In this s'ate of things it appears to her Majesty'
Government to bo won desoi ving of the Immediate
conridera ion ot all maritime po vers, but more espe
cially of France and Euglaud, whether tlioy Bhould
not take some s'eps to invite the contending parties
to act upou the principles laid down in too second
and third articles of the Declaration of Paris ot
1866, which relates to the security of neutral pro
perty on the high seas.
The United States, as an entire Government, have
not acceded to that declaration; but in practice
the rave, in their conventions with other powers,
adopted the second article, alihough admitting tnat
wi'hout some such convention the rule was not one
of universal application
As regard) the third article, in reoont treaties
couclua-d by the United mates with bou'h Ameri
can republics, the principle adopted has been at
variance with that laid down in the Declaration of
Paris
l our Excellency will remember that when it was
proposed to the Government ot t be United States,
in 1866, to adopt the whole ot the Declaration of
PariF, they, in the first instance, azreed to the
second, third, and fourth proposals, but mads a con
dition as to the first that the other powers s iould
assent to extending the declaration so as to exempt
all private property whatever from capture on the
high seas ; but before any final docision was taken
on this pioposal the Government oi President
Buchanan, which in the interval had come into
power, withdrew the proposition altogether.
It seems to hor Majesty's Government to be deserv
ing of consideiation whether a joint endeavor should
not iiow Le made to obtain from each of the belli
gerents a lormal recognition of both principles as
laid down in the Declaration or Paris, so that suoh
principles shall be admitted by both, as they have
been admitted by the powers who made or acceeded
to the l-ieclara'ion of Paris, henceforth to lorin part
Of the general law of nations.
Ber Mujosty's Government would be glad to be
made acquainted with the views ot the Imperial Gov
eminent on this matter with as little delay a- pos
sible. I am, etc., J. Kusskll.
LORD J. RUSSELL TO LORD LYONS.
Foreign Office, May 6, 1861 My Lord: Her
Majesty's Uovernment are disappointed in not having
received Irom you by the mail which has just arrived
any report of the state of ahalrs, and ot the prospects
ot the several parties with referenoe to the issue ot
the struggle which appears unfortunately to have
commenced between them; but the interruption ol
communication between Washington and New Torlc
sullicioiitiy explains the non-arrival of your des
patches. 1 h" account, however, which hor Majesty's consuls
at diflereut ports wore enabled to forward by the
packet coincide in showing that, whatever may .bo
the final result ot what cannot now be designated
othe. wise than as the civil war which has broken
out botween the several Stat s of the late Union, tor
the present, at least, those Mates h.ive separated into
dietiLst confederacies, and, as such, are carrying on
wai against each other.
Hie question for neutral nations to consider is,
what Is the character of the war, and whether it
slioulu be regarded as a wai carried ou between par
tie aevi rally in a position to wage war, and to claim
the riehtsand to perform the obligations attaching
to leiligerents
Her Majesty's Government consider that the ques
tion can omy be answered In the alDrmative. If tas
government of the Northorm portion of the late
Union possess the advantages inherent in long-established
governments, the government of the
Somhern portion has, nevertheless, daly constituted
itself, and cairies on, In a regular form, the admin
istration ot the civil government of the States ot
which it is composed
Her Majesty's Government, thorofore, without
assuming to pronounce upon the merits of the ques
tion ou which the respective parties are at issue, sm
ao no less than accept the facts presented to them.
1 hey deeply deplore the disruption of a confederacy
with which they have at all times sought to cultivate
the most friendly relations; they view with the
greatest apprehension and concern the misery and
desolation in which that disruption threatens to in
vo ve the prcvinces now arrayed in arms against
each otbor; hut they feel that they cannot question
the right ol the Southern States to claim to be recog
nized as a belligerent, and as such, invested, with all
the rights and prerogatives of a belligerent
1 think it right to give your Lordship tins timely
notice oi the view taken by her Majesty's Govern
ment ot the present state of affairs in North America,
ano her Majesty's Government do not wish to make
any mystery of that view.
I shall tend your Lordship, by an early opportu
nity, such lurther information on these matters as
may t e required for your guidanoe. At present I
have only to add that no expression of regret that
you may employ at the present disastrous state of
a flaii s will too strongly declare the Ico lings with
which her Majesty's Government contemplate all
the evils which cannot tail to result from it.
1 am, etc, J. Kubbbll.
EXTRACT ROM LOUD JOHN RUSSELL'S SPEECH IN
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAY &J, 18G1.
My honorable friend, the member for the Wet
Itiuing ol Yorkshire, alluded the other night to one
subject in a toue which 1 was very sorry to hoar
used by any one. My honorable triund said that
''the great republican bubble in America
had burst." Now, air, I aiu proud to oou
less I may be subject to correction but
ior mv part, wbru i find that a dark and
tyiannieal duspotisra has been abolished, aud that
people are lisely to enjoy Ire government in its
place, I rejoice. It is my duty to represent her Ma
jesty as friendly to all existing States; but if a den
petio government tall, and the people who have
boeo subjected to it are likelv to obtain better aud ireer
government 1 cannot conceal that it givrs mo satis
faction, and that I sympathise with them. But I
own 1 have very different tee tugs when a great
republic w inch has enjoyed for seventy or eighty
yoars institutions under which the people have been
tree and happy, enters into a conflict in which that
freedom and happiness are placed in jeopardy, 1 must
say the joy which I lelt at the overthrow of some of
the despotitms of Italy is counterbalanced by the
pain which 1 experience at the events whiob have
lately taken place in America. I admit that 1 have
thought, and that i till think, that in this country
we enjoy more real freedom than the United States
have ever done. I admit, also, that the treat foun
ders of that lepubllo, wis and able men as they
were, had not the materials at hand by which they
could interpose, as we are able to do iu tbis country,
t e curb and correction of reason in odorto rostrf in
tie ps.'slonflte outoursts of the popular will. Yet
we cannot be bllno to the fact that the repub io ha
leenformany year a great and tree State, exhi
biting to the wi rid the examole of a people in the
enjomout ol wealth, bai piness. and freedom, and
afloroing bright prospects of the progress and Im
piovement ot mtnkind. When I refleot that the
ipprojchm which are cast by the States ol the
Nor h upon the S ates of the South, and the resist
ance which (key have called for'h, have arisen from
i hat accursed imtitunon ot slavery, I cannot bit
recollect also that with our gr. at and
glorious institutions we gave thorn that
cinse, and that ouis were the hands from
which they received that fatal gift of the poi
soned garment which was flung around th m trom
the (list hour of tnolr estab ishment. Therefore I
do not think it Just or seemly that there should bo
among us anything like exultation at their discord,
and still less that we rhould reproach them with an
evil for the origin of whioh we are oursolves to
blame. These are the teolings with which I heard
the remarks of my honorab e friend the other aight,
and I must say that 1 believe the sentiments wh'cti
he expressed form an exception to the general 1m-prcs-ion
in England. lucecd, I think nothing oonld
be mote honorab e to our country than the prevail
ing pain and grief which have been occasioned by
the prospect of that great and free people bolng
about to rush into arms to dostroy each other's hap
piuess and lieedom.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
The VlnU of Mm. J IT InvM to her Han.
bane-Nhe is Expected t Remain at
the Fori renn Raining a Snnkcn British
llrlff. He.
Fortress Monroe, May 6. It is now confi
dently stated that the vixit of Mrs. Jefferson
Davis to this place promises to be of long dura
tion. Durini; yesterday Major-General MilcsJ
acting under instructions from Washington, D.
C, directed Lieutenant McF.lratb, the Post Quar
termaster, to turn over one of tho casemates of
the Fortress. It is understood that Mrs. Davis
applied for a room in Carroll Hall, where her
husband is confined, but was refused by General
Miles.
The conditions of the visit of Mrs. Davis, which
were made known shortly after she arrived
here, permit her to have free intercourse with
her husband during all hours ol the day, and
etrictly en.loin upon her to use no illegal mea
sures in attempting either his rescue or release.
The British brig Victoria, which was wrecked
near Cape Henry several months since, has
been raised by the Messrs. Baker, of Norfolk,
and towed to that city, where she will undergo
the requisite repairs.
The report of the ball given by the officers of
the United States gunboat Conemaugh, laying In
this harbor, proves to be incorrect. It was a
surprise visit by the officers of the Fortress, aud
the utmost cordiality was extended to them.
The schooner J. J. Spencer, from Camden, N.
J., bound to Cuba, with an assorted cargo,
arrived here yesterday, and was quarantined.
A case of smallpox had made iU appearance on
board.
The ship Thomas, from City Point, went to
sea to-day.
The schooner John if. Franklin, with a cargo
of wood, has sailed for New York.
Mr a. Davis theUneat of Dr. Cooper The
Conditions or Her Tlslt to Mr. Davis
She Proposes to Bemsln with her Has
band until he is Relieved by Govern
ment or Death Her Opinion on the
Subject or Mr. Davis' Parole. Etc.
Fortress Monkok May 4, 1866. Mrs. Jeff Da-is
has taken np ber quarters insiue the fort. She re
mained thi re last mgbi, having previously sent for
ber baggage and man servant. ir. Coopra Post
Surgeon, and, bv virtue ol such position, the medi
cal attendant of Mr. Dav.s, has given her apart
ments in the house occupied by himself and family.
The Doctor, it will be remembered, is not only tue
medical adviser of Mr. Davis, but also furnishes him
his meals from his own table. Although entertain
ing no shadow of sympathy for Mr. Davis, as head
and trom of the late KcbclJion, he naturalily fools a
deep professional interest in him; and in the dis
charge of his professional duty, has been unfaltering
zealous, and faithful; and to his admirable skill and
watchful care there can be no donht that Mr. Davis
is immeasurably indebted lor what of health and
vitality still remain to him. Holding such relations
to Mr. Davis furnishes all the explanation that need
be given ol his receiving Mrs. Davis as a guest in
I is family. As for Mrs. Davis, she may congratulate
Ler.-ell that she has lallon into such hospitable and
considerato bands.
CONDITIONS OF MRS. DAVIS VISIT.
As stated in my letter ot yesterday, Mrs Davis ob
tained permission to visit her husband direct from
1 resident Johnson. But the permission was given
under certain restrictions, though with a liberality
ot indulgence that greatly surprises very many here.
1 he restrictions are that she is not to ue any influ
ence or contribute any aid to the resoue oi Mr.
Davis, or his release otherwise than through the
proper Governmeut channels. Toe indulgence
granted her admits her to unconstrained interviews
with ber husband, and at all hours of the day be
tween reveille and sunset. It is not enjoined that an
officer shall bo in the room with them, neithor ia It
forbiddon. In the absenoe of such Injunction, Gene
ral Miles to-day allowed ber to visit her husband un
attenaed by an officer. A sentinel, however, walks
back and forth oontdnially in front of the barred
windows of his room. Last, and not least, no limit
is placed npon the length ol hor visit.
THE TIME MRS. DAVIS PROPOSES TO REMAIN.
In answer to a question bow long she proposed to
make her visit, Mn. Davis said, emphatically, "I in
tend to remain until Mr. Davis is ordered away for
trial, or he is released trom prion, or dies." And
she is a woman of that decision and spirit that she
will do what she sayp, unless some intermediate in
terdictien occurs to prevent it. She evidently has
no such fears, and it is believed she knows too well
the tenure of her sojourn to allow herself to enter
tain any such apprehension.
MR. SAVIS' FUTURE AS LOOKED AT BY MRS, DAVIS.
It is natural for womon to be enthusiastic particu
larly when their strongest afli-ctions aud more die
rist.ed hopes are interested. Mrs Davis is probably
not an exception. It is coriain that she is enthusi
astically hopeful regarding the future of Mr. Davis.
She expresses the sure be tef that he will very soon
be released on his parole. It is possibls that the wish in
ber case is father to the thought, but she talks with
that froidom oi assurance on tho topio earning oon
viotion of a stronger basis lor the belief she expresses
than idle surmise founded on delusive hope.
There might be parsons she says would like to
rescue Mr. Davis from prison, but she scouts the
idea of his accepting any such release. lie will not
go away trom heie, she declares, unless In a manner
comporting with bis sense of high honor; and she
claims for him a punctilio of honor partaking of
the chivalry of the old knlghtg of the medmval
ages On the subject of parolo sbo insists with equal
emphasis, that be would sacrifice bis life before vio
lating bis parole. AT. Y Herald.
From Savannah.
New York, May 7. The steamers Virgo and
PerriU have arrived, with Savannah advices of
May 3.
The Savanm h Daily 3Teic$ and Herald says the
trial of James Duncan, for alleged cruelty to
Federal prisoners at Audersonville, has been
brought to a close, and the Commission has de
termined upon the findings and sentence, but
tbe?e will not be made public until passed upon
by the Department commander.
At an election held on the 2d Inst, for County
Court Judge and Solicitor, 1539 votes were east,
electing Levi S. Russell Judge, and Major John
0. Ferrlll Solicitor. The election was orderly,
but was warmly contested. The nsual firemen's
celebration took place on the 1st of May.
THIRD EDITION
HIGHLY IMPORTANT!
PROBST, THE FIEND,
MAKES A FULL
CONFESSION.
He Killed the Eight Mem
bers of the D caring
Family Himself.
HE HAD NO ACCOMPLICE.
The Motive of the Bloody Deeds
THE REASONS FOR HIS
FORMER RETICENCE
AND PREVARICATION.
Fear of Mob Violence.
HE FEELS THE WEIGHT
OF HIS CRIME.
E2tO. XZtO.. 22 to.. Etc., EStO.
Anton Probst has confessed. Yesterday after
noon, in the presence of his spiritual adviser,
the pastor of 8L Alphonsus Catholic Church, Mr.
Perkins, the superintendent of the prison, and
the medical stall on duty at the prison, Auton
Probst made a free, voluntary, andjopen con
fessionsuch a confession as stamps him to be
the most blood-thlr9ty wretch known in the an
nals of history. lis killed all the members op
THE DeAEINO PAMILT.
He was visited by his spiritual adviser late
in the afternoon, who entered into conversation
with him, and in the presence of the above
named officials Probst wa-t told that his best
course, both in a spiritual and moral point of
view, was to confess all he knew about tho tra
gedy, and to tell the Rod's truth. He was told
that his obligations to the authorities, by whom
he had been treated so kindly, and every con
sideration in the future, demanded that ho
should make a clean breast of it.
Probst, after the lapse of lew minutes, pro
ceeded to make the following statement by way
of a
CONFESSION.
He stated that he had no accomplice, and con
ceived the horrible crime unaided and alone.
The theory of the murder as produced on the
trial, and the one so generally accepted by the
public, is entirely true in its main parts. He
states that he conceived the murder on Friday,
and that night slept with the boy whom he in
tended to make his first victim, namely, Corne
lius Carey.
He knew that Carey wus working near the
hay-rick, and he proceeded there with the large
axe, but his heart failed him three times before
he could induce himself to strike the unsuspect
lug boy the fatal blow. At last he mustered
sufficient courage and went at his fiendish work
killing Carey just in the manner he frequently
described.
The sight of the blood of the boy, Probst states,
producedinhm a devilish and bloodthirsty feet
ing, and he determined at owe to murder the
entire family.
He disposed of thp body of the boy as de
scribed before so often, and then deliberately
walked over to the house. He entered, and told
"Charlie," the little boy next la years to "Wil
lie." who was absent, that he wanted him to
help him do some work in the barn. The little
fellow followed him, and as soon as' he got blm
inside the barn-door, he despatched him. with the
bin nil axe he bad secured.
He then went back to the house, and told Mrs.
Dealing that something was the matter with
one ot the cows, and he wanted her to come to
the barn. She went, and he followed, and as
60on as she entered inside, he struck her in the
head and killed her.
He then states that he went back to the house
and brought the children out, one at a time, and
taking them Inside the barn, despatched them,
one by one, with the same axe. In each instance
he cut their throats, aud placed the bodies in
the corn-crib himself, just in the position they
were found. He theu covered them up, and
proceeded to wipe out all evidences of his guilt.
He then went buck to the house and awaited
the arrival of Mr. Dearing, not expecting Miss
Dolan would accompany him.
As soon as Mr. Dearing arrived in the car
riage, he (Dearing) got out, and Probst told him
something was wrong with one of the cows, and
asked him to go over to the barn with him.
Dearing went along with him, and Miss Dolan
went into the house, up stairs, and took oil her
bonnet aud furs.
Mr. Dearing did not even take off his gloves
before going to the barn, but proceeded there at
once, followed by Probst, who bud the axe con
cealed ready for use.
As soon as Mr. Dearing entered the barn-door,
l'robst stutes that ho struck him in the hpad,
and felled him to the earth, aud theu chopped
at his neck with the edge of the axe.
Miss Dolan was the next and lust victim. She
proceeded to the barn after coming doivn stairs,
not finding any of the family in the house, and
Probst, who was in waiting, treated her as he
had done the rest of the family.
Atter laying out the bodies and covering them
up with hay, the murderer went Into the houe
aud commenced searching for valuables, but he
states he got no money, but expected to secure
a considerable amount.
He states that Miss Dolan's pocket-book had
very little in it, and he said nothing whatever
of the two $50 compouud interest notes, aud the
$20 bill of the same character.
He remained about the house for some time,
picked up the articles found in the black valise,
and left about dark. His further movements
wwe pretty much as brought out on the trial,
and which are patent to the minds of the whale
community.
IS Probst (tfttes that he would have confessed to
all the murders be lore, but ho feared if h? did
so he would be torn to pieces by the mob.
During the trial, and even at the time of his
capture, he states that he had a disposition to
make a confession, but the yells of tho crowd
when he first saw them frightened him inti thp
belief that if thev knew the extent of his crime
all the police in Philadelphia could not save him
irom their clutches.
Probst also states that be did not like to go
to the court-room during the trial, as the yells
of the crowd when he made his appearance on
the street made a deep and terrlb'e impression
on him, and he mneh preferred the solitude of
hio cell.
During the afternoon he will be visited by
pome ot the authorities, and it Is expected that
a minute confession in detail will be extracted
irom him.
He knows that he will never agala be brought
face to lace with any number of his fello -cre.v
tures, until the day of his execution, and there
fore will give to the authorities all the informa
tion they desire in relation to the murder.
Although no one had doubted, for a Ions
time, that he was solitary and alcme In his
devilish work, it is a source of infinite satist'ae
tion to know, from his own lips, that he had no
accomplice.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Special Despatehei to The Evening Telegraph.
Washington, May 7.
The Pay Depsrtment of sb Navy.
The President has approved tho bill providing
that the active list of the pay corps of the navy
shall consist of 80 paymasters, 40 passed assist
ant paymasters, and 30 assistant paymasters.
Paymasters shall be regularly promoted and
commissioned from passed assistant paymasters
and passed assistant paymasters from assistant
paymasters, and all possed assistant paymasters
authorized by this act to be appointed who have
not heretolore been appointed and commissioned
as assistant paymasters, and all assistant pay
masters hereby authorized to be appointed shall
be selected from those who have served as
acting assistant paymasters lor the term of ouo
year, and who were eligible to appointment in
the grade of aselstant paymasters, when they
were appointed acting assistant paymasters as
aforesaid; subject, however, to such examina
tions as are required by law, and such as may
be established by the Secretary of the Navy,
Passed assistant paymasters shall give bonds for
the faithful performance of their duties in the
sum of $15,000, aud that their annual pay shall
be, at sea, $1500; on other duty, 1400; on leave
or waiting orders, $1200.
The Thanks or Congress.
The President has approved the Joint resolu
tion declaring thai it is his duty, and the privl
lege of Congress, to express the gratitude of tho
nation to the ofHcers.soldiers, and seamen of the
United States by whose valor and endurance on
land and sea, the Rebellion has been crushed, and
its power and pride humbled; by whose fidelity to
the cause of freedom the Government of the
people has been preserved and maintained, and
by whose orderly return from the fire aud blood
of civil war to the peaceful pursuits of private
life, the exalting and ennobling influence of
free institutions upon a nation has been so sig
nally manifested to the world.
A Reconstructed Newspaper.
The Vicksburg Herald, which has a special
contract with the State Department for print
ing the United States laws passe during the
last five years, and for which they receive seve
ral thousand dollars, informs its readers in an
editorial that the laws of this Congress must
be held to be of no binding force. The same
paper contains a notice of Governor Hum
phreys, tbat all Confederate and State soldiers
who are disabled, destitute, or need relief, will
be cared for by forwarding their names to hlui.
Colored Union troops get such treatment as was
recently exhibited at Memphis, where their
schools and churches were burned, and over
forty murdered.
A Statement Corrected.
Several correspondents have wrongly attri
buted, through the journals with which they
are connected, criminality aud blame to Colonel
B. E. Paulding, of tho Paymaster-General's Bu
reau, as having been instrumental in placing the
large amount (variously stated at from $.'00,000
to $700,000) in the Merchants' National Bank of
Washington, D. C, which so recently col
lapsed. The facts are, as we learn from
a source entirely reliable, that the Trea
surer of the United States has ordered all
paymasters where drafts are drawn on a Na
tional Bank or Repository to allow the balance
over the amount actually expended by pay
ments to be retained, uud not disturbed.
Although this custom Is believed to be entirely
contrary to law, yet it has been the universal
rule since the establishment of the National
Danks.
FROM BALTIMORE TO-DAY.
General Grant In Baltimore Testerday.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph,
Baltimore, May 7. General Grant, accom
panied by Representative Washburne, arrived
here on Saturday evening, in a buggy, and
Btopped at tho Eutaw nouse, where they had
many calls. Yesterday afternoon they re
turned by the same conveyance to Washington.
Tho New York Cholera Report.
New York, May 7. The report from the hos.
pital ship at quarantine, to-day, states that ono
new case of cholera occurred on Saturday, and
five new cases yesterday from the steamship
Virginia. There are now 112 cases in the
hospital.
Ship INews.
New York, May 7. Arrived, steamihip New
York, Southampton, April 25, with 700 pusson
gers. U. S. gunboat Triton, Pensacola.
Gnats. Accounts from Louisiana report the
kllliiiff of large numbers ot horses and mules In
the northern part of the State by btiUalo enats.
One plantation lost thirty eight mules and horses
in one nhiht, another twenty-flve, and others
irom fifteen to twenty each. The buffalo guat .
is quite a small Insect, prevalent generally in
river and creek bottoms at some seasons ot tho
year. Great numbers of them will flit about and
settle on a horse, ur.til they so fill his nostrils
and throat as to produce strangulation. Riders
have often lost their horses in tbis way while
going through a locality infested by them.
EUROPE.
STEAMER "CHINA" AT HALIFAX.
"nn.ri uxji. i.u n- uu'.'i-ru
TWO DAYS' LATER NEWS.
MISSING STEAMSHIPS HEARD FROM.
n s -.-u-ij-ij-u-LTQut,
THE "CITY OF WASHINGTON DIS
ABLED AT SEA,
The "Propontis," from Philadelphia
Arrives at Liverpool with the
Passengers of Both the
Steamers on Board.
Ct0.s Etc.. 2tO mtC., X2tC
Halifax, May 7. The stcnnnhip China has
arrived from Liverpool, with dates via Queens
town, ou the 2'Jth ult. Her dates are two days
later than already received.
The steamship Propontis has arrived out Irom
Philadelphia with the passengers by the missing;
steamer City of Washington, having overtaken
the latter fcteamer disabled and under sail.
The steamship Propontis arrived at LlverpoDl
on the 27th. The Cxty of Washington had her .
machinery disabled. The steamships FuUon,City,
of Dublin, Scotland, and Cuba, have arrived out- '
The ship JCegant, from New York for Liverpool,
was abandoned at sea. Her crew was saved.
second despatch. v
Halifax, May 7. The steamship Propontis
arrived at Queenstown with the mails and pas-
sengers ot the steamship City of Washington.
The latter had lost her rudder and propeller '
and was proceeding under canvas. 1
It is stated that Austria has definitely deter-
mined upon adopting energetic military mea- ,
sures in Venetia.
The Reform bill has passed the nouse of Com-
mons by a majority of five votes. j
The German news is conflicting. There is con- .
siderable uneasiness as to the relations between '
Austria and Italy; but the Italian Government
denies having any warlike intentions. '
Commercial Intelligence.
Cotton fhe salos to-day (Saturday) amount to
6000 bales, including 1009 to speculators and for ox
port. The market is dull and slivntly doelined. '
M iddling Uplands are quoted at about ll16d.
Breadstuff dull. Provisions flat.
London, April 28 Evening. Consols closed at
America if Stocks Unitod States Five-Twenties
60J a,70: Illinois Central Railroad 79ii80; Kne -liairroad61J62.
L
Latest Marine Intelligence.
Arrived from New York, Immitcu'ate, at London .
derry; dan Petro, at Aliroa ; Adelaide, at Alicante: -t
W. lioland, at Marseilles ; Allen at Deal.
Arrived from San Franoiseo, Cecilia, at Swansea. -
Memo. The ship Patritic Henry, from London ior
New York, which put into Cork on the 16th alt , has i
been sold, )
T H E F E N I A N S.
Official Clrcnlar from O'Mahony Stric
tures on KILllan.
From the Xvw York Herald.
There is ajterrible cross fire of pronunciamcntos
just now between the late chieitains of Union '
square, whoso doings have been unmasKed, aud ,
whose cosy nests have been vacated in conse-
quence by the enraged rank and hie of the Man- -huttan
Barony.
O'MAIIOHTITE ONSLAUGHT ON KILL! AN.
Tho "tug of war" seems to lie between O'Ma
hony and Killian. Borne weeks age O'Mahony
issned, through the columns of the Herald, a .
magnificent puff of B. D. Killian, saying he was
'worth more to Ireland, at present and in pro- '
specttve, than all tho malcontent Senatorials
Eut together." Killian was created chief cash.
andler, and tho cash is now the bone of con- ',
ten tion between the high chieftains and high, ;
privates. Killian comes in tor hard knocks. -O'Mahony
has demolished himself and his East-;
port expedition in an immense foolscap circular,
giving a detailed analysis ot that famous cam-'
paign.
In the course of this lengthy document,
O'Mahony claims that the plan was "proposed '
by Mr. B. D. Killian;" that it was partially
founded on a supposition that "the other ene- i
mie6 of Britain," (Roberts-Sweeney malcon-1
tents) would follow up the blow, on a turther
belief in Killian's representation as to the neu
trality of Canipo Bello, and on other plausible
grounds, which were debated by the High Coun- .
cil in the celebrated palace secret session. .'
These statements of Killian O'Mahony now
stamps as talse, and charges Killian with mal-
contentism in ordering the fighters to report-,
without O'Mahony's consent, lie says:
"Next day, unfortunately, by the erroneous state-:
menu made to me of the neutrality of the place i
to be captured, and under tho pressure ot impatient -members
of the New York circles, the fiirhtinit ,
material of whioh bad been, without my know- '
ledge or consent, ordered to report for immediate '
duty, and throw up all employments, I was induced '
to convent to a sudden movement, and to sign an '
authorization for Mr. Killian to commence." '
He goes on to charge "the General Command- r
ing" (Killian) with "treason or folly, which, '
trom the start, threatened to defpat the at
tempt." He complains that seeing the Killianlte
game played out at Eastport, he "telegraphed"
an order for the prompt vecall of the men, '
which order was not complied with" until lur
ther "larse expenditures" were made. He says,
"it was the plan, or rather, the handling of the
plan was defective." Referring to the trial 1
going on, he pleads for pardon, and winds up. '
thus: '
"The whole matter Is now under consideration bo-.
fore a select committee appointed by a convention
ol the Manhattan district. The report will be plaoed '
belore vou before many days. Ttiere have been ome
grave mistakes made by myself and others connected '
with this affair, and much discontent aud bieserlng ,
has thence arisen. Whether tbis first mistaken more
ol mine he pardoned or not, in consideration of my
constant suocessos under severest trials during the.
past enrht years, yon shall ever find me prompt to '
do my duty as a I eniau, whether as a private in
the ranks, or Id an oflloial position. The lesson I
have learned teaches mo, and should teaoh a'l true '
Fenians, tbat we should never forget th sgrandrcvo- i
lutionary maxim i ;
" 'The patient dint and powder shock 1
Can blast an empire like a rock.'
"It must not be forgotten that the Campo Bo'la
movement was expect id to have been simultaneous '
wito the launching of an Irish iron clad, owned br
ibe Irish republio, in I he American waters. In this,
there aroe, unexpectedly, very considerable delay.
consequent upon 'red taoe' formalities, and thus ,
odo ol the principal requisites tor the suooessful cir- .
rving out of the plan was not available in tuns I'
remain yours, fraternally, -"
'Jqhw O'Kahqbt, II. C. F. B."
Wnifdicilginv uiv run.n.n ITU
Richmond (Va.) Dispatch savs: "The 8outhr
might be compared to a lady who had selected a
brave cavalier for her husband, and attempted
to run of with him, but who had been over-'
taken by the father, and brought home. Nothing;
worse, and few are willing to make even so'
much ol a concession." .