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"VOL, VI.-No. 94.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 18GG.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
SPEECH OF WENDELL PHILLIPS
The Ixapeachment of President
Johnson Advocated.
Suffrage for Women Demanded.
Etc., Etc.,
Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
Boston, October 18. The sesond lecture ot
tie old Bay State course -was delivered to a
crowded auaience in Tremont Temple thi even
ing, by Wendrtl rhlillps, upon the "Peril of the
Hoar." The appearance of Mr. Phillips was the
signal for prolonged applause, and being Intro
duced, he commenced his address by saying:
mb. rnn.Lip'8 etsEca.
If be had consulted his health, he would have
wvut 8U excuse. He pceierred, however, to bring
.bis own excuse In tne shape of an untinlsbed
"Jierlormance. One Year aeo, he said, waen he
told im audience hi that ball that the South
meant to accomplish by diplomacy what she
had twied to do by arms, and that the executive
wan-not a power to be conciliated, but an enemy
to be watched, there were as many there who
thought him unduly suspicious as there were
tew now to deny It. The great weakness of
democratic government, he continued, was that
the masses are impatient to succeed, and
it was the duty of all leaders to engratt into
the body politic the virtue of its oppo
nents. He said that one year ago he ex
pressed It as his belief that Jefferson Davis
never meant to rebel, never intended to
light the flag or to desert Washington;
' that the i'atnl mistake of the Southern move
ment was that it lost the sure, anchored ele
ment of neutrality. Fifty years hence he
.believed the evidence would be ample tnat that
was true. They meant that the North should
be rebels while they held the Government.
The great danger of the present day was the
came as durlne the war. when thr nn'apr nftho
outh was a bugbeur. There wan no thought
f outside the national lines to be feared hie e
the cowardly unreadiness of tbe Northern
' masses to accept, their proper stand. As
' long ago as last Juue the South planned,
with the aid of the Executive, to place
herself just where the retreat irom Washington
Mailed to place Ler in 1861. She has not given
tap the intention yet. Fifty years hence he be
llieved there would be no doubt of that Mr.
Johnson may surrender a point, but the great
purpose Dentno mm lives; and what had the
iioitb. with which to meet it? It was said the
unanimity displayed in the recent elections was
an evidence ot thsir power to oppose the danger
--the unaniml'y, also, of the leading Republicans
of the day, who to a man are pledging them
selves as thoroughly convinced of the necessity
ot impartial sutlrjige. All those men were
speaking in favor of Impartial suffrage, but
why, he asked, did they not enact their belief
into a faith r The remedy for that wad to
tend those back to Congress, and tell them
to enact- their belief into a statute. He would
say to the New York Tribune, the National Re
publican Committee, and Congress itself: Go
uuun UUU 811 UOWn in IhO onm nt Ronraionl..
rive, and govern the republic; and for the tirst
mi-i m luui, uovcniini'nr, impeacn tne Kretident.
(Prolonged applause.) lie would have the House
of Representatives impeach the President, place
the President of the Senate in his office, and
then the people would run the machine. (Ap
plause.) The greatest trouble of our Govern
ment was that no private man of the republic
can have his policy unchanged for four years.
Jn this connection he stated that Henry Wilson
said he knew in January last that the President
meant to betray ihin. If he knew it, said
Mr. Phillips, why did he allow the storm to beat
upon a lew men, who were standing on the out-
ostsand proclaiming what be already knew?
'hat was not service of the rcnnhlW- A or-nt
I fault in the past had been the foolish fear of
letting the pecple know the real lacts. He be-
iieveu uie peupiecouia govern inemscives. iue
recowrttction which he wanted to have
was to Ttegin Immediately. It ' would begin
when it was safe for a Massachusetts man to
walk the streets of New Orleans. They mirht
fill tne House ot Representatives with men like
Alexander H. 8tepherie, and reconstruction
jwould not commence. He would have the
South and Southwest made like the victorious
North. .Speaking of tho Constitutional amend
ment, he denounced the iiiBcrtiou of the word
"runles" as .a bbel on the nineteenth
century. Tbe desertion of the negro
pane, it not ouiv an unjust, nut lum
inous proposition. He asked whose fault it was
j.hat there had been such bloodshed and perse
cution m the ttrects of Memphis and New Or
leans. He averted that the policy of the Presi
leal bad something to do witii it. but that was
Aot all. ft was General Grant. (ApDlauseand
liiisses.) The most humiliating position oecu
tuied on this continent, he taid, was by Uksses
t. Grant. If they had conquered, why were
Mot the streets of New Orleous safe? If
I he President would not let General Grant
Protect life and liberty there, then General
pirant should resign. Henry Wilson knew
yhe I'resident was false and hid It. Gene
ral Grant knew tbe South was not safe,
tind allowed it to be. if. said Mr. PhilliDs.
eneral Grant dees not meau to make the Smith
fe for a Northern man, he is not tit to hold his
mice, ii ne nan not tne means to do so, then he
hould ask for them, and if tbe President did not
.ermithim to do it, then he should imniod ately
esign his positional GeneiaL It he does not
ant to io ula duty, then denounce him as a
aitor. What is the use of our national Hoar if it
euns nothing except In the streets of Boston; if
does not mean protection of Northern life and
icrthern capital in the South ? His theory, Mr.
imps eatd, was tbai there ia no President. He
a deserter. The legislative do wer is the onlv
owerfelt Our James II has abdicated, and Pur.
lament rules tbe nation. He wanted Congress to
ommence its next session as a perpetual one.
Cverv ninniAnt t hut it no nnt In .ma.. h
i - v " " ' v BU t; .w t j t.
Jiouth was ruling the Governmont: and hn
vould have (he neit Coneress enact that thev
i.u.iiu iraMrmuit in marcn, mtsv, ana oe them
elves the Government, la conclusiou, he
aid: Five VCM aeo. we hSd a man In thn
Vhite House who called himself a "public
unctionary,' who has been engaged in the last
ear In exoluininsr to the wm-n mho i.ia inan
hd not succeed. Do your duty. Wo have eat
i traitor in thejWhile House who calls himself
an humble Individ, ml' Tin
rvill be explaining five years hence why he did
u ui.ci.eu. jv. x. wona.
(.Gambling. A match at baccaret recently took
lace at Baden, between an English duice and
Russian prince, both good player, und enor
, ioHslYtcn. The former is said to have left off
closer of 880,000 francs.
f Fat Offices. The net revenue of the Bishopric
f London in tbe year 1K65 was 20,007; of tho
lean and Chapter of fct. Paul's, 10,870; of the
'lean and Chapter ot Westminster, 28,733.
J Hipb - eta r blooded cattl was
"iicently sold in England for $10,000, an average
f 330 per head. Tne Eneiwh papers say
item prices were unusually high.
Chiuiof Paris. According to the census re
.ntly taken of Paris, tb population of the city
elusive of foreigners travelling, is 1,700,000.
Seath of a Hungarian Poet The Hungarian
t and philologist Czuer.or recently died at
tUb, of cholera,
THE PUILADELPIHA CA?iAUD(
"Prnld" Owns Vp, bat DellTC4 th For.
gcry to b Tra The Despatch Did Mot
Com from Washington, tmt wm Bsnt
from New York The Proprietors of the
"Ledger" would Ilavo Xdade Iloapa of
Money If the Statement had been True.
1 am anxious to afford to 'the public every ex
planation in my power i a relation to the dcs
paten of October 10, which was published in
tbe Philadelphia Ledger. The statement which
has been made by that paper does sot contain
tbe whole truth. It studiously couceals tbe fact
that It did not receive the despatch from Wash
ington, but from New York. It charges me
with having written the questions without
having any tellable data be I ore me. And it
keeps entirely out of sight the tact that on the
strength of the despatch as they received it (but
not from me), a person in Philadelphia in close
business relations to the proprietors of that
Eaper, engaged In gold operations by which,
ad the news proved true, as 1 believed it to be
true, he would have been largely benefited.
A simple statement of the facts will, perhaps,
set the matter in its clearest light. On the 6ih
and 7th inst., I Jearned that the sublect of the
extent of the pewers and dtitiej of tho President
under the Constitution, in relation to the exclu
sion of tbe Southern members of Consrress. and
in relation to the legal and constitutional status!
ot tbe present congress, was occupying a great
deal of the President's attention. On the 8th
and 9th 1 sought more definite information on
this subject from two gentlemen to whom I
have been in the habit o going when I wish to
verify any doubtful point, or to get a tangled
piece of news unravrLed. They are men whose
friendship I have proved and tried, and which I
value; and 1 have lound in my intercourse with
them that they are not only truthful and reli
able, but that they have a remarkable faculty
of being able to ret at tbe truth of almost any
alleged matter of Washington news, of detecting
errors, and of distinguishing mere rumors irom
actual matters of fact.
From one of these gentlemen I learned that
the President, in quite a recent conversation
with an intimate iriend, had dwelt at some
length upon this subject, and had recurred to
what be had said In his speeches and messages
upon if, and had remarked that he had said
nothing hastily or unconsidered, and that what
he bad said he would stand by, and that what
ever might be hw duty he would not shrink
from performing it; hut that he would take no
step in the matter without consulting the Attorney-General,
and (I think it was adued that
he intended to do so.
From the other I learned that a paper had
been seen in the Attorney-General's office, with
the printed heading "Executive Mansion," con
taining a series of questions in relation to the
actual status under tbe Constitution of the pre
sent Congress and the nature and extent of the
powers and duties of the President under the
Constitution, both as regards the present Con
gress and the right of the Southern States to
representation.
With these facts clearly impressed upon mv
mind, and believing them to be true, I returned
home, thought over the matter, and wrote out
the questions. The data winch I had before me
were ample. Tho words of the questsouH had not
been furnished to mo. But I had before me the
subjects to which they related, and the alleged
tnct that they had covered the whole ground In
relation to that subject. It is true the questions
might have been written by some one el. e, might
have been in the Attorney-General's otHco by
accident, might nver have been seen either by
the Piesldent or the Attorn jy-Gcneral. But tbe
natural inference was that the questions had
been officially sent to the Attorney-General; and,
with that idea impressed upon my mind as a
fact, I wrote out the questions.
I saw nothing inconsistent in these questions
with tho imiiorm utterances cf the President.
It beenied to me perlectly natural that the Pre
sident should seeir counsel of his constitutional
legal adviser on so gravs a subject, especially
when the leading radicals were boldly proclaim
ing their intention to depose and imprison him.
The questions at Issue between the Presidout
and Congress are not question of policy or ex
pediency, but questions of constitutional law.
Tbe Attorney-General is the proper person to
investigate these questions, and the "questions''
which I wrote amount simply to a statement
that the President has consulted his constitu
tional legal adviser in regard to tbe extent of
his powers and duties under the Constitution.
They do not in the least imply any revolutionary
intention on tho part of the President, for the
only answers which can be made to the ques
tions will show that, hard ad tbe necessity may
appear to him, the President must continue to
recognize the present Congress, and must leave
the question of tbe admission of the Southern
members for them to decide.
I sent the questions, not to the Ledger, but to
a valued friend ot mine in another city. I did
not write them for the Ledger, but for one of my
own friends. I sent it to him simpl v as a matter
of important nws which I believed to be true.
Hie Lcttger virtually says, and has male tho
onblic believe, that they received tho despatch
rom Washington, which is not the fact.
The LednereayB the verdict of the public will
be against me. I do not think it will he now.
Truth has but one voice, and the publie can
generally tell when they bear it.
Very respectfully yours,
, t. , . , Hbnbt M. Fliot.
Washington, October 17, 18C6.
ELECTION INTELLIGENCE,
Arkansas.
The following is the result of the late election
for members of Congress, as published in the
Little Rock Gazette:
First Disthict William Bvers, 10.703 votw:
P. Van Patton, 3322 votes; T. M. Jacks, 402
votes; with 50 scattering votes, among others
one for General riindman.
Seconh District. A. W. Hobsou, 5861 votes;
J. H. Askew, 4222 votes; J. K. Fellow. 235 votes;
D. H. C. Moore, 438 rotos; 03 scattering.
Thibo District. A. B. Greenwood, 7183 votes;
J. M. Johnson, 3G18 votes; J. E. Bennett, 746
votes; II. B. Stuart, 241 votes; with 05 votes .scat
tering. Co onel J. M. Johrsoo In tho Third, and Dr.
T. M.Jacks in the First IMstrict, were tbe only
Lmon candidates in the daid.
The whole state, according to the statistics,
polled 60,278 votes. '
Vermont.
The Canvassing Committee of the Legislature
has presented the following report on the vote
cast at the late election:
For Governor. Whole number of votes,
45!412. Necessary for a choice, 22,707. Paul
Billiniiham has 34,117. Carries M. Davenport
has 11,392. Scattering, 8. Majerlty for Paul
Dillingham, 22,822.
Fob Liectknant-Governob. Whole number
of votes, 45,0:19. Necessary lor a choice, 22.700.
Abiaham B. Gardnea has 33,919. D. O. Linsley
bus 11,120. Majority for A. B. Gardner, '22,799.
Good Appetites. Tbe Cologne Gazette says, on
the authority of a citizen of Wurzburg, on whom
several soldiers were quartered during the last
war, that the following was the average amount
consumed at dinner by a Bavarian soldier:
Two plates of soup, four slice' of beef, with
potato salad, two and a half cutlets, two plates
of game, bread and beer.
Harrison as "Faust" Mr. W. Harrison will
appear as Faust, in a new drama of that title, to
be produced at Drury Lane. This will be Mr.
Harrison's debut as an actor. Mr, Phelps will
be the "MepblBtophelee'' to Jlr. Harrison's
"Faust.w
THIItD EDITION
EXECUTIONS.
Frank Ferris, tlic New York Wife
Murderer, Ilnng To-day.
New York, October 0. Frank Ferris, or For
ras, the wife murderer, was executed in the
Tombs Jail-yard this morning, about 11
o'clock. Ferris bid his children "good-bye"
yesterday, and warned them to beware of bad
company and ardent rpirlts.
THE WIPE MURDERER FERRAS.
History of hi J. Crime A Horrible Recital,
Frank Fen as, alias Francisco Ferrero, but
usually called Ferris, will positively be hanged
to-morrow in the yard of the Tombs prison.
Mr. William F. Kintlng, his counsel, has been
to Albany, where he made such efforts as duty
spemed to require (or the prisoner; but Gover
nor Fenton declined to interfere. We give the
lollowing account of the murderer, with the cir
cumstances which preceded his crime:
FACTS PRECEDING THB MURDER.
Mary Ferras, the wife of the prisoner, a hard
working, industrious woman, with three chil
dren, occupied the top floor of a tenement bouse
at No. 31 James street, in the Fourth Ward, in
the summer of 1864. The prisoner was a man of
very intemperate habits, and very brutal in his
treatment of his family. A few months before
the murder Ferraj made an assault upon bis
wife with an axe, from the effects of which she
neatly lost her life. She recovered; but being
in constant fear, she had her husband arrested
by advice of her friends, tor having attempted
to kill her. He was convicted and sent to
Blackwell's Island.
THE CRIME CONTEMPLATED.
Alter his release, which was a day or two
before the 9th of September, 18G4, when this
murder took place, he went in search of his
wile, and found her home still at No. 31 James
street, but she was not there, being emploved
for the day elsewhere. He left, and went around
to a number of p!ace3 at which his wife used to
woik, in order to find her. At several of these
places, after being told that she was not there,
Een as fell down upon his knees, according to
the testimony subsequently taken, and looking
upward, swore by the Virgin Marv ' that he
would kill his wile Mary, before 9 o'clock that
night no funning."
PREPARATIONS FOB THE MURDER.
After this, and before evening, he relumed to
the rooms of his wile, in Janes street, and
taking a large knile, sharpened it on the curb
stono in lront of the house. Mrs. Ferras had
not reached home, and he went away. At about
7 o'clock she came from her work, and tho in
mates ot the house informed her thfit Ferras was
out of pri.-on, repeating the threats he had
made. She was much fnghtoued, and by advice
the went to her room, took her bed, and brought
it down into a friend's room on the second flour.
She then gave her three little children, the
Youngest a babe, tbelr tuDDer. and nut. thnm
to bed.
About 8 o'clock Ferras returned to the house.
Finding his wife at homo, he orocured a lurire
hatchet or axe, and going to her room broke
O en tne door with the axe. Finding she was
not there, he began to chop up the furniture.
Mrs. Ferras, hearing the noise, and desiring
to save her goods, took a candle, and went un
to him.
MRS. FERRAS KILLED.
The doorw. heard to shut: a few worJs
passed, and Mis. Ferras, putting her head out of
tne window, screamed "Murder I" "Watch 1"
This call brougw ponce officer from the street."
He ran to Ferrs' r ora, in company with the
inmates of tne house. Tho door was closed,
and barred by means ol an iron rod .inside.
Ferras opened the door, alter the officer had
threatened to break it down. Mrs. Ferras was
found lying dead upon the floor, her skull cut
open with an axe, and her brains scattered
about. The axe lav bv her side covered with
blood, and there was also a largo kniie which
had been used upt n her head; other wounds
were lound upon ner body. Ferras had on no
clothing but his drawers and shirt. These were
bloody. He was asked why he had killed bis
wife, to which he made no reply.
He was taken into custody, and committed to
answer tho charge. He hadkept his oath; his
wuc was aeaa neiore v o'ciock.
THE DEFENSE AND THB VERDICT.
The defense on the trial in the Court of Gene
ral sessions, as set up by William F. Kiuting,
jr., aw counsel upon tne trial, a. uakey Hall,
R. C. Ilutchums, and Gunning S. BedforJ, Jr.,
appearing toi the people, was Insanity. The
evidence, however, failed to support it. The
District Attorney called as witnesses Drs. Sim
mons and Hodeman, who swore the prisoner
was periocuy anc; tney uaa Deen in daily con
tact with him ever unce his incarceration,
aad never noticed any evidence of insanity.
He had been used in the prison as a tier boy.
The jury, after a short deliberation, convicted
Feiras of murder. His counsel could not strug
gle successfully against tbe facta. Ferras was
sentenced by Recorder Hoffman to be executed
upon the 14th of April following. Mr. Kintzing
obtained a writ of error and stay of execution
irom the Appellate Court ; but upon review
both the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
affirmed tho conviction, serving, however, as a
reite to the priioner of sixteen months.
Whereupon Ferras was resentenced to be
barged the 17th of August. In consequence of
mi- euuiis oi nis counsel, iue uovercor re
prieved Ferras until the 19th of October. JV.
3'. Evening tost, 18th.
INTERVIEW WITH UI8 CHILDREN.
At the request of the prisoner, Sheriff Kelly
seiit for his three children yesterday afternoon.
One, a boy, "Billy," almost eleven years of age,
ano the second, a girl, Mary Ann, aged about
eight years, are his step-children, and are under
the charge of the brothers and sisters in the
Catholic Reformatory. His own child, a boy,
"Joey," is a bright little- fellow, five years of
age. Tbe three children were brought to the
Tombs last evening about 8 o'clock, and were
ecu iron ted with the condemned man, who was
quietly smoking a cigar, se ited near the stove
in the ball-way on the ground floor. The step
children were tbe first to arrive. A they
entered ho rose hurriedly and advauced to
wards them with open arms, and kueeliug
down on the floor beiore them, covered their
laces with his kisses, mutterlug, as tho tears
rolled down his cheeks, My poor Billy, my
puor Mary Ann." Looking quickly about hun,
he noticed that his owd child was not present,
and then stood upright, a look ot aDguisti pass
ing across his countenance. "Oh, you are not
going to keep that dear child away, are you f I
must see him." The little lellow soon entered,
and the father was on his knees in au instant,
bugging the child in his arms, calling him by
various terms of eudeai meut. He then sat down,
and takine him upon his knee, gazed at him
fondly. "Don't you know me, my sweet little
boy 7" he exclaimed. The child turned up Its
beseeching blue eyes to the eager face of
the uutortunate man, and smilod such a
smile as only children can, and only a father
KnOWS 111 ( IWAainilB. A i n .. . 1 .nal. nrna . I.
little fellow liruwn t 4.,V., l,ar n,Kiu 1
v uv luiut a a uwh v, nunc
the poor man now wept with sorrow at the pros-
pect of parting, and again lnughcd at the steht
of the child, who returned his caresses. "Wno
broke your little back r ho asked, as he parsed
his band over the hump that showed where tne
child had been injured. "Who did it r won't
von tell me?" The child made no answer.
"There's a iady, my child, who wants to take
rare or yoH, where you'll see nobody drunk."
The burden of the man's mind seemed to no
that Alice, his sister-in-law, whom be threat
ened to visit lour months a'tcr he is dead, was
the cause of bis child's being deformed, and
that she was not a proper guardian lor him.
This was the more evident when he exclalmel,
as the boy Billy stood beside him,
"Billy, go to see your cousins an 1
Mrs. Kane, but don't go to see Alice, for
you know that bad it not been for her vour
mother would have been living now; you know
what she did." As tbn children were ano ut to
depart he gave each one some currency an I the
pictures which he had hung up on the walls of
his cell. To tbe little girl he gave his rosary,
and then made them all kneel down and say a
prayer with him, the liny voices of the little
ones mlnpling with the deep buss of the con
demned. Throughout the interview the children
did not seem to understand tbe awful situation
of their father, though the boy "Billy" showed
a Biillenness tdat be'okened a reeolleciion ol
tbe ninnnpr In wh eh he was deprived of bis
mother. As the children left they were each
embraced In turn by Ferras, who said ns they
loft: "God bless you, my dear pets; God bless
you."
A STRANGE REQUEST TOE OALI.OW8.
About 11 o'clock last night, shortly after his
children had gone, Fcnas asked permission to
see the gallown upen which he was to be hum.'.
The request stm-tled the keepers, but it was
granted. As he fitood lookitur at tne cross-boan
he pulled away at his cigar in a nonchalant
manner, and asked Mr. Finlev, the night keeper,
who utood at his side, "Where is the rope?"
Having been shown the hole throuorh which it
was to pass, he turned on his heel and said
quietly, "Well, that's all I want to see." He then
walked around the yard, looking up carelessly
at tbe moon and stars, smoking the meanwhile.
He was theu conducted into the building. This
unnatural conduct ol Ferras t-urpred even his
keepers, who are ued to scenes that make o'hor
people's blood chill with terror. In fact, Finley,
w ho bus witnessed nineteen executions during bis
stewardship at the Tombs, sa.ys Ferras is ih
liret coiidcnmed man he ever saw willing to eaze
upon bis own gallows through mere curiosity.
I'p to 11 o'clock the prisoner, although exoress
ing bimsell resigned to the will of heaven, and
willing to die. showed none ot those sigus
which one would expect to Und in a man who
had seen the sun set for the last time ot his lite.
He seems foreign to all sense of terror, and to
say that be fully realized last night tha terrible
event of the morrow would be far from the
Iruth. A more stolid indifference was never
shown by any man who was ever prepared for
the death of a felon in U1I9 city. The prisoner
is well guai ded, Deputy Sheriffs Georee Coffin,
Thomas Smith, James Egan, and George G.
Cadmus being in cons'ant attendance on the
culprit. Hew York World to-doy.
The Execution of the "Would-be Mur
derer of the Russian. Emperor.
A letter from St. Petersburg, dated the 15th,
ult., in the Aford.atves some iuterestiug details oi
the execution of Karakozow: I have this
instant returned from the execution of the
would-be resicide. A notice in the Diiners vei-
terday informed tho public that the execution
would take place this morning at 7 o'clock, in
the great square of Smolensk, ut the end of
Vob-111 Ontrui. I was there at half-past G
o'clock. There was already a crowd of perhaps
more than 60,000. Many carriages were standing
in me neignooring streets, in tbe middle ol the
square a gallows was erected, andnottar irom ita
pillory, with a platloim at about the height ol
a man. At a lew minutes before 7 the cart
arrived, escorted by a picket of cavalry, with
the condemned sealed on a raised bench, so that
every one could fee him. He was dressed in
biu k, and had his back to the horses. On hU
breast was a label with tbe words "Karakozow,
iciiuiue." nis arms were tied Dehind Ms duck,
and he was livid. Getting out ot tbe cart he
6turubled, but the executioners' assistants sus
tained him. Alter a few steps he seemed to
rei over himself, and walked firmly to the pillory.
The crowd was attentive and t'ilent. I heard
some peasants and workmen say: "The wretch
has deserved it. May God parJon him, but
be ought to die." A Secretary of the Senate, in
full uniform, appioached the condemned and
read tbe sentencein a distinct andaudibie voice
Karakozow listened attentively, bis bead was at
fitst bent down to the left In a listening attitude,
and then Jell over to the right as if ho could
hardly sustain it. When the reading of the sen
tence was concluded, a priest advanced to the
crim'Dal with a crucilx in his hands. Karako
.oiv. kissed the cross very devoutly, fell down od
bis knees, and lcceived the benediction ot tbe
pnesL
lie then bowed to the people iu every direc
tion. Seveial voices were beard to say, 'Mav
Gi d pardon him !' The two executioners then
bat.daffed his eye3 and covered him with a
shroud, which they bad some little difficulty In
putting on. He was then conducted from the
pillory to the gallows. Tb cord was placed
round his neck, and at a signal from the head
of the police he was launched into eternity.
His death was instantaneous. At 7i the bo ly
whs taken down and placed in a black coffin.
Tbe crowd dispersed, calm, silent, and reflecting.
The Baltimore Police Commissioneis.
Ialumore, October i9. Governor Swaun has
summoned the Tolice Cooimiesioners to answer
the charges made against them by the committee
appointed by fhe conservatives of this city. The
notices were served last night, requiring their
presence at Annapolis on Monday next.
Ship News.
Fortress Monbob, October 1!. The tteamcr
Ccncmcner, which sailed on the 11th Instant from
Churleston, bound to New York, put into Nor
folk yesterday short of coal. She was four days
nni'tli of Hatieras. and exparienced a succession
of heavy northeast gales. On Tuesday she spoke
the schooner B. M. Hawkins, from New York for
ChsTleFton.
Pi ice ol Gold.
New York, Oct. 19th. Gold is quoted to-Juy,
at noon, at 148j.
Markets by Telegraph.
Nkw York, October 19. Ihe Cotton Market fs
J"1' at 4ti(g,12o. lor midd iugs. Flour has advanced
B lOo. lor State; -ales of 18 600 barrels at 8 25
UU' loifititei 10 (J8-60 for Oniot S 26" 11 40
lor Wes ein ; and 121860 for oulhern. vVheat
is Ji?2e better; the cales ore small. Corn is lo
loiter; 80,000 bush, m il at Pfrgl 01, Whisky steady.
SEWS FROM SALT LAKE C1T V.
The Editor of the "Salt r.ake Vldette"
ISeaten by Mormoua, and Ordered to
I. rave iue niy muutn Outrages, Ktc.
Leavenworth, Kansas, Oct. 18. The Denver
$vw publishes the following extract from a
private letter to Captain Cochran:
We learn that Mr. Weston, editor of the Salt
Lake Union Vldette, was taken by the Mormons
on tbe night of the 3d inst., and severely beaten
und given six hours to leave tbe city, "and take
with him several prominent Gentiles. Mr. Wes
tou refuses to leave, and denounces Mormouisin
iu the biltetest terms. From the fmm pnt oc
currence ot outrages by the Mormons oh the
uentnes, serious trouDie may be locked for.
Letters from Puebla to Denver nnniv tor arms
and ammunition for protection against the Ute
Indians, who are reported to hare killed fifteen
perspns and made prisoner of one family.
MARYLAND CIMP-MEETIKQ OUTRAGE.
Report Of tho Frttdmii'i Bureau In
vestigating Committee.
Baltimore, October 18. The Freed men's
Bureau has concluded its investigation of tbe
outrage on the camp-meeting at Shipley's
Woe's, snd tbe following Is the result:
Bureau of Rkivobs, Frkbdmkn, Etc.,
Headquarters Assistant Commissioner, Bal
timore, Maryland, October 13, 1800. To Major
General O. O. Howard, Commissioner Freuu
niens Bureau, Washineton Oeneml: In ac
cordance with Instiuciions, I have tbe honor to
report that I have careiully examined into the
cause and one n of the riot which occurred on
the nkht of the 30th of August, 18G6, at a camp
meptiug of the Methodist Episcopal Church, iu
Shipley's Woods, Anno Arundel county, Mary
land. Moie than forty witnesses hae been ex
umined at this office, including prominent
ministcis ot tbe Methodist Episcopal Church,
many of the tent-holders and maty ot
tbe colored people themselves, as well as stran
gers accidently present. By the evidence
it appears that for a long series of years tbe
Methodist Episcopal Church has been in the
habit of holding camp meeting on the ground
named above, at which It was the universal cus
tom for colored people to attend: that on this
O'CHsit u the colored people were present as
usual, and had their oumping ground assigned
to them by proper olliccrs appointed tor the
purpose of selecting a camping ground for both
wbiio and coloied perons; that tbe camp
meeting was more than usually quiet and or
derly until tbe last night of tbe meeting;
that the meeting on tbe night of the 30th of Au
gust was one of more than usual solemnity and
impressiveness, and that the riot was instigated
by a number of white men making an attack
upon colored people while in the act of prayer,
evidently with the view of involving the whites
engaged in camp-meeting in a riot. This tact
Is shown Irom the white rioters always retreat
ing within the circle of the white people's tents
when pursued by the negroes, and also by
threats against the white ministers. It is shown
conclusively by the evidence that the negroes
acted only in selt'-de:ense, and leit the ground
entirely when advised to do so by the white
preucbers, thus leaving their tents and gooda
to be destroyed and burned by white rioters,
From a careiul reading of the whole testimony
it is impossible to resist the conclusion that the
rioi was premeditated, and that the object of
the riot was first, an attack upon the colored
people, and second, a deliberate attempt to
bieak up the camp-mcetins ot tho Methodic t
Episcopal Church on Recount of the allege !
auti-sluvery sentiments of its ministers and
members.
I am, General, very respectfully.your obedient
servant, E. M". Greoory,
Lvt. Major-Gen Vols., Assist. Commissioner.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
A Rail Torn Vp and a Train Thrown
From the Track One Person Killed
and Several Wounded Reward for the
Murderers.
Mladville, Pa., Oct. 18. Yesterday morn
ing, about ball-past i o'clock, as the Express
train lor New York, on tbe Atlantic and Great
Western Rtilroal.was piusiug a curve threo an 1
ahulf miles the other side of Union, about 33
miles from Meudville, it ran off the track aud
nlunued down an embankment 30 feet high.
The euelne. bairaire car, two nasseuL'er cars.
and to bleeping coaches went down, and were
bad'y damaged. A number ot persons were
nun. Air. u. t. oiarcueivs, ot ciimira, JN. i.,
was lusiauii v Kincn, nis s-kuii Deing crushed in.
Mr, A. D. White, the conductor, of Mcaiville,
was injured.
lias. Bell, residing near Cincinnati. Ohio, who
was on her wedding tour, was slightly injured.
auu uuo man Dciongiug in Jamestown, JN. x.,
hud bis arm broken und was iniured about thp
besd and throat. Tho other injuries were all
blight. An operator an! a telegraph repairer
f, I (1.0 n0.fAri) HniAn 'P. , l.w 1. . .
were upon tbe train, immediately cut the wire
und sent a despatch to Mladville; upon the re
ccl t of which a locomotive was sent to tbe
spoi, having on board General D. McLaren,
Superintendent of tbo road, and Dr. John F.
Ray, surgeon. Tho wounded were all cared for,
and part of them sent to Corrv, about twelve
mil... . 4 nn. i i ' ...
muto uisiauh j.uc iue!, were Drougui to Meap
ville. General McLaren made an examination
of the track where the accident oeoiirrod und
found that the rail had been removed from the
tracK upon the inside ot the curve, the removal
ot v hich bad caused the accident.
Tbe rail was lound near the middle of the
track, not battered in the least, while all its
neighbors showed signs of thumping and bung
ing from the car-wheels. The spikes which
had fastened the removed rail weri micninnr
Every incicatlon proved that the accideut was
tbe result of malice on the part of some persons
unknown. Tho Company are determined to
thoroughly investigate the matter, and have
otleicd a reward ol $2000 for the apprehension
of the scoundrel, besides employing a detective
to letret out all of the circumstances of the
case. Mr. Matthews was the first passenger
ever killed on the Atlantic and Great Western
Roud. His bedy was taken in charge by the
Freemasons of this city, he being a member
of the fraternity, aud kept in their hall till the
news could be sent to his relatives. A nephejv
arrived In town laft night, and took his re-
muius to Llmira to.day. A coroner's inquest
ujjl'u wo uuuj itrturut-u n voruici in accordance
with the facts stated above.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
- i
Court Of Quarter Heaaloua Al'ionn. P. .T
'1 lie Court was occupied to-day iu the disposition ot
t nyvs Ktaerry, Mrs. Sherry stated that she had
lour children, the eldest thirteen years of ae, aud
tlie .ounnest eight ) ears old. he earn tnat nor bus
bai.d leit hei about seven years aso. tie onoe came
beck to her, aud remained with her aoouc three
wt ( kit oniy. mio i aid mat she bad no oue but her.
tell to depend upon, and (hat she could not possioly
sun ort herself and four children with borneeJla
alci.e.
l.i r husband has lately been conduetor on a street
car. reoe.viiig t2 25 I cr day. He is also a earponter
by imUs. liosiaud ibat he had at different tiaies
mvi ii bis wiie money ; that siuoe be left (he vouid
huve bim arrested, aud thrown out ol ever' situa
tion he had been able to get The Court, attar boar
in? the BiatempnU of to h husband and wife
coi c tided to make an order of 8tJ per woe It for the
sup! ort of the wile and children. 1
City vs. Jaokson. M s Jackson stated that ihe
dad 1 een marr ed to her present husband lab-out lif.
tcmor sixteen) ears; that she had lourfc nfdrc-n.
Ihe eldett thirteen yearn or oe aud that younifdst
one aud a halt years of age. fche said tlilit her hu.
baLtl was addictoa to the use ot liquor, Mid that be
had frequently oome home Intoxicated ftnd bad at
such iuie t routed lieriua most shamef ul manner.
(Sue said lie had not support ed her lorlgeren years,
and nad on seveiat 1 cca-iona taken arfar her woar
inif apparel. He is a laborer, aud Bctsrf- per day.
Jucksou stated tbat he bauotlou seuA her sufficient
tutus 01 money for herself aud faiofuy, amoiiutinir
altogether to H1500.
ihu Court coutliiuodthemattertfllliipxt SaturJar
Ciiv vs. Miiohoit. iaemle stui4,a tnat she had
been marr ed eight yean; that be hid often abused,
aud had ven struck her ; that re treated her to
I adiV tliat (lie wai compelled to lo.v htm : ! hid
two children to support. Upon beil10 questloued by
tbe Court, bo h parties expressed Ifuelr wilhn?nea
to live wiviuvr, iuu ncic aocoruiq
l;ly allowed to go
borne tone uer.
City va. Smith. Thi case wai
ao-o. and an order for 4 per a-eek
lioard some time
L as made. Smith
tailed to comply wuh this order.
land was aiain
broupbt in to-uay. Ihe wife (tatet
Children Were in a tnoHt diilnria
that her little
bonCltion. The
buahand is a glaasblower, and oan in
t'U. The Court made an order 01
lie conld not possibly pay tbia tnucb
I tike from 12 to
7. Smith (aid
but the Court
iuourui ue could, and placed him
lie should do to.
Vy vs, Walker. Mr. Wik
I a ouktody nntil
stated (but Di
hi" bn marr'ed two and a half years, and had no
c ildreu; that her husband had leit her several
timer, and bad wafle with nor irt ated her very
badly. He ia by trade an engloeer on the rver, aod
r ce vf d wakes ot 5fi per month. Wa ker's wit
nesses testified that be was always a verv kind hus
band, and tbat he had done all h 3 pouibttr eould
01 bertnppor, bat that the trouble was caused by
t laiftts-m-aw.
For tbe present the Court made an order ot to
per week.
"y vs. Jordan The wife in title earn, said that
s ehod been married '2 years und had no children :
t at ber husband left her some two years ago, and
hts 1 o', for year and more, done anything for her
(M oor.. He is an undertaker by trade, and makes
16 per week.
1 be bos Land said that the improper conduct of
bi w"e compelled Mm to leave her.
The Court made an 01 dor o 95.
Court of Common Pleas Jadee Ludlow.
Samuel Evans rs. Max. Cress. An action on a
bond. Verdict for plaintiff, 87-20.
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
. T
Office op thb Kvenino Tblboraph,
Friday, October 19, 1806. J
Tbe Stock Market was moderately active this
morning, and prices were firmer. In Govern
ment bond" there was more doing. Old 6-2Us
sold at 114J(3,115, an advance or 14; and 7-30s
ut 10,"S(7.luG, for June and July; 1)9 was bid for
10-4UB: and lVii for Gs of 1881. City loans con
tinue In lair demand; the new issue sold at 100,
an advance of .
Railroad shares were the most active on the
list. Catawissa preferred sold largely at 3I
31 j, an advance ot 1; Pennsylvania liillrod at
67, no change; and Philadelphia and Frie at
32i32, an advance ot 4; 121IJ was bid for -Camden
and Amboy; 86 for Little Schuylkill;
5:i lor Nortistown; 68 lor Readins; 67 for Mine
hill 31) for North Pennsylvania; 66 for Lehigh
Vabcy : 30 for Elmira common; 42 for preferred
do.; 67 for Philadelphia and Baltimore; and
46J for Northern Central.
City Passenger Railroad shares were in fair
den and. Ile.stonvillo sold at 15. a slight ad
vance; 88 J was bid for Second and Third; 64 for
Tculh and Eleventh; 204 tor Thirteenth and Fif
teenth; 64$ tor Chesnut and Walnut; 71 for West
Philadelphia; 30 for Green and Coares; 28 for
Girard College; and 11 for Lombard and South.
Bank shares continue in good request for in
vestment at lull prices. Central National sold
at 130; Bud Farmers an I Mechanics' at 134; 230
was bid for North America; 1M for Philadelphia;
68 lor Commercial; 100 tor Northern Liberties;
33 for Mechanics'; 33 for Manufacturers' and Me
rhnnics'; 72 for Bank of Commerce; 100 for
Tradesmen's; 68 for City; 58 for Commonwealth;
70 for Corn Exchange; and 66 for Union.
In Canal shares there was very little move
ment. Schuylkill Navigation common sold at
2H, a decline of 4, and Susquehanna at 14 16,
an advance of J. 36 was bid for Schuylkill
Navigation preferred; 123 for Morris Canal pre
ferred; 68 for Lehigh Navigation; and 67 for
Delaware Division.
Quotations of Gold 10J A. M., 149; 11 A. M. ,
148J: 12 M., 148; 1 P. M., 148fl.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES T0-DAI
Reported by Ve Haven & Bro , No. 40 8. Third street
BEFORE BOARDS.
100 sti Cats nt 81 ; 200 en Keating- .... 68
110 sh do b6 8U
FIRST BOARD
6000 C 8 6-20650001)108 J 800 sh Ocean 6i
4MXJ0 tio....l(V2.1l6 100 su Misq Can.. 1)80 llf
WfjQO do..,. 1802 .1143 1 lOOsh Th 4 E....b60 824
$ loooo u U 7U08 June.ioss
20l0 do 106
&!20O City 6s new.l elOO I
8. 000 Loh 6s. 84 92J'
1000-& AOs 80... 99
$15(00 Vt Cent 2d m. 41 i
; HC00 tuea Cnl bds 65 I
97(00 no.... lots. 65);
9860 do.... scrip 64 J,
7'i0 do 64V
loO sn do e 82
200 sh do.. s30 wn 82
200 sh fata pi Its 81
100 sn do b30 8U
100 sh do BU
100 sh uo b60 811
100 sh do b30 8lJ
100 rh do b6 81J
6 sh Ten Nat . . . 130
WsuFand M Bk..l34
10y sh Bank 8t tiro Tel 10
200sbUiiiton -69
100 sh Host K ...sflO 15
600 sh Fulton Coal.. 6
82(00 Elmira 6s 67
8 sh Soh Nav 28
l'Ot-h V & A sorip.. 461
10 h I'm K R 671
47 eh do.d b lots. 67 i
Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers, No.
36 South Third street, report the following rates
of exchange fo-dav at 12 o'clock: U.S. 6s, 1881,
coupon, 113Jg,113; U. 8. 6-20s, coupon, 1862
115115J; do., 1804, 110illlJ; do., 1865, 108i
5il0t; U. 8. 10-408, coupon, 99J(3ll0O; D. S.
730s, 1st series, 106$107; do., 2d series, 106
1064; do., 3d series, 106106. Compound In
terest Notes, December, 1864, 113JIMJ.
Messrs. De Haven & Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates of ex
cbanare to-day at 1 P. M.: American gold, 1484
14'j; Silver Is and 4s. 141; Compound Interest
Notes, June, 18G4, 16$; do., July, 1804. 164; do.
August, 1804, 15; do., October,. 1864, 141; do.
December, 18C4, 13$; do., May, 1865, 11$; do.,
AuGrust, 1865, 10; do., September, 18C5, t;do.,
October, 1865, 8.
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Friday, October 19 The rcoeipls and stock of
Flour continue extremely small, and prloes, particu
larly ortue better grades ot spring and winter Wheat,
have a decided upward tendency. About 1000 bbls.
were taken by the home consumers at $7 768 76 for
superfine, 9gl2 for old siook and fresh ground ex.
tras, tia60a;13 76 for North wecern extra family,
the latter rate an advance of 25c. bbl ; Pennsyl
vania and Ohio do do. at $18-60.11 60, and lanoy
brands at S1516 60, according to quality. Rye
Flour commands 97 p bbl. 1200 bbls. Braudywine
C'oru Meal (old on private terms.
1 here Is a cteady demand tor Wheat, and prices
are liimlv maintained, but the offerings are very
(Kia'l. bales of lair and choice I'ennsylvania and.
bouthern red at 92 Wjo3 lo, and a car load of lair
while at 83 13. Rye is in good request, with sales
ot 21)00 bu. he's Western ou private terms, aud 700
busbols at Kl 80. Corn is moderately active at fair
prioes 8a es of 4000 busbols yeliowat 1 10cil l2
and 6000 bushels Wecteru mixed, to arrive, .rtoat
at 61 081-09. Oats sre scarce, and held firmly
Bales oi no Koutbern at 69 80 oenis.
No sales of Barley or Malt were reported
W nisky is quiot, with small sales of Pennsplvania
at 2 41, an d Ohio at 2 43 2 44
The Colonial Government of South Australia
is endeavoring to introduce the cultivation of
the tea plant. For this purpose tbe sum of 50
has been spent in the purchase ot tea trees fn
China. Some of these will be plumed in tbe
Colonial botanical garden belonging to the
Government, and the ret distributed amongst
tho settlers. It is thought tbat this attempt
will be successful, more particularly as there
area great number of Chinese ettlers in Aus
tralia who are perfectly acquainted with the
manner of cultivating tae tea trees.
A strange accident occui red a short time
since f Dudley Cattle, England. A young man
named AKred Spiller, aged rineteen, whilst re
turning to Birmingham with his father and
brother, stopped a moment before tbe shaft of
an old mine in order to light his pipe. Tbe
moment he lighted a luciler match a loud deio
naiion was beard, the shaft of the mtne was
tilled with rnbbNh, and the voung man disap
peared. Alter a king search the body ol the
untortuna'e youth was discovered, horribly mu
tilutcd.Jat tbe bottom of the mine.
The Sieole states that tho following curious
nlienoinenr.n latelv occurred nt. St. iu,.w.ti...
Heine having inundated all the meadows near
the river, the gudgeons, who are very fond of
Insect, invaded by thousands the grass, which
was under water, to feed upon them. The sub
siding of the water having taken place sud
denly, the greater portion of the finny tribe
were left high and dry, and became the prey of
the country people, who, armed with shovels
buckets, etc., soon transferred them to the fry-
in no ii
""ft
Mr. Algernon Swinburne U Tint Anlfl avfilurr
to publish a sutire on bis critlp In defend ot
his last book, but proposes also to sue bis pub
lisher for damaees in with.1
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