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VOL. VII-No. 59.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1867.
A FAMILY TRftGEOY-
JVoro the Buffalo Courier.
For man; vears two families occupying a re
pectable position bave resided in Kvan's Centre,
one named Dole, too orher Wntrbt. Mr. Dole's
iamilv consists ot himself, an old man; his wite,
two none, Joseph and Kraucin, and a youni:
lady nuined Elizabeth Carpenter, lormerly of
Albion. Mrs. Wricrnt Is a widow, having two
children, Eunice Hnd Charles S., the 1 alter a
young nianot eighteen, employed on the Lake
ft bo re Kailroad, and universal ly known as a
younu man ot laborious and Ftcudy habits, and
the only support of his widowed mother. Two
years since, Joseph Dele married Eunice
Wright, and from this union has come the
terrible affair of last went. For a loner time
the pair have been the theme of unfailing
jtossip In this vicinity. They seldom lived
together, Dole at tunes visititiEf his wile at her
mother's house, and she, now and then, stayimr
at his lather's hooe tor a few days. A uttle
over a year ago a child wa born, and since
then the conduct ot Jo.-eph has been considered
by the neighbors to be very singular, lie utterly
rtfufed to support his wife and child, anil
popular indignation has been widely aroused at
nis cours-e. At last it was announced that the
Doles had bouttht a farm near Warsaw, and
were about to remove tnither. Meanwhile
Joserh's wife, feeing no hope of support from
her husband, and desiring to bring the matter
before a legal tribunal, threw bersilt upon the
Superintendent of the Tour, who brought an
action to compel Dole to support her properly.
The trial came otf before Justice Josiah
Bouthwick, when Joseph was ordered to give
bonds to pay $1(11) for the care ot the child
forajear. .As a bar to the demand ot his wile
Dole exhibited a bill ot divorce which he had
i'ust obtained from a court in Elkhart county,
ndiana. The announcement tilled the friends
Of his wife w ith astonishment. They had had no
notice of such proceedings, and weie indignant
at the course of Dole, and it is evident that the
people of the village very cenerally sympathize
"with them. The moment the trial was over Jo
seph Dole and his lather's family started to leave
the court room, the lormer being materially as
sisted down stairs, it 1 Eiud, by Charles Wright;
but the parties did iioi come "near enough for
Any serious rencontre, and the Doles speedily
made their way home; A sort ol impromptu in
dignation meeting seems to have been held, for
somewhat later in trie nieht a crowd of tnirty
or forty men and boys collected in front ol
Dole's house, with the avowed determination
of "putting him through," in revenge lor his
treatment of his wile. They did not gain access
to the bouse, and separated; but the mischief
did not end there. Towards three o'clock in
the morning a party of young men, numbering
perhaps a dozen, with blackened fuces and
otherwise disguised, aroused the family, who
with difficulty had at last found sleep. It is
alleged that they threatened to tear down the
houe if Joseph was not giveu up to them.
Howover this may be, their avowed intention
was to take him out and give him a coat of tar
and feathers, or otherwise punish nun. About
hal'-past 3 half-a-dozen of them succeeded in
making an entrance by breaking in the door ot
an outer room, and made ther way to the
apartment where the oflending husband was
supposed to be sleppin.tr. Two of the party
entered an adjoining bedroom, which on
this occasion was occupied by Mr. Irish,
a lawyer employed on the trial of tho pre
vious evening, and who had determined to
spend the night at his client's house. A strug
gle ensued, in which Mr. Irish's head was thrust
against a window wirh such violence as to
break the sash. In the meantime, old Mr.
Dole had become engaged with three or four
more of the assailauts, who in the dark were
unable to find Joseph, he being hid in a closet
of the adjoining room. At this juncture,
Frank Dole, a boy of seventeen, hearing the
cries, seized a double-barielled shot-gun and
rushed to the door of the room iu which his
father was engaged. The weapon, he snys,
was instantly wrested lrom his hand, he can
not teil by whom. He made his way through
the combatants and up stairs. A moment later
he heard a report, and looking out of the win
dow, he saw the party run from the house and
collect at the gate. In about ten minutes, ac
cording to the 6tory of Frank, Mr. Isaac West,
the hotel-keeper, entered and asked who was
Bbot. His face was blackened at the time. A
1 ight was procured, and on entering the middle
room, Charles Wright was found lying on the
(floor in a dying condition. A physician was
summoned, but the young man was dead with
out having given utterance to any coherent
expression. He lay there till 6 o'clock this
morning, when he was taken home, the ap
pearance of his dead body being the first an
nouncement to his heart-broken mother and
sister ot the tragedv. His tace and hands were
blackened, his coat was turned wrong side out
and covered with blood. It wa found that the
eutire charge, a very heavy load of large shot,
had entered the buck near thetright shoulder
blade, penetrating so far as to blow away the
lower part of the lung. The Doles insist that,
however much thr.y might have been justified
in proceeding to extremities, none of the family
tired the fatal shot, aud claim that some of the
RSBHllins party, either by accident or mistake.
caused the death of their companion. (That
some of the young men had been drink ine
during the night there can be no doubt how
much and with what result will probably be
made known by the Coroner's investigation.
YELLOW FEVER AT PANAMA-
Heavy Mortality on the United State
Steamer Jamestown.
Panama, March 4. The Star and Herald of
to-day has a long editorial on the subject ot
sickness on the Isthmus route, and seeks to
make it appear that the reports about yellow
' lever are at least exaggerated.
For the sake of truth, and to give tha travel
ling public the means ol judging forithemselves,
I deem it right to ask the publication of a few
lacla in your widely circulated paper.
The deaths from yellow-fever on board the
United States steamer Jamestown bave so far
reached the number ot sixteen, out of r crew
of one hundred persons. The Executive offi
cer, John Adan s, was anions the last victims,
having expired on Washington's birthday. The
Paymaster (Bates') Is now reported by the sur
geon as past recovery, and another ot the otli
cers. as well as several of the crew, are reported
in a critical state which uieaus sure to die.
It is reported through town that the com
mander of the vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
McDougall, has been uiged to put to sea by
leading men here, but that he is inflexible
in his purpose to remain m port. Tho fact
that he has a young wife ashore is given as the
reason of his fixeduess ol puipoie In this crlti
cal case. However, this is mere rumor, I am in
clined to believe. The shin, at all eveuts, can
not be disinfected while in port, as the hot
season is advancing upon us. With but three
exceptions, the deaths on shore have occurred
among the floating population, aud the majority
of these cases are statea w nave come irom di.
ThnniBH. It id almost certatu death lor a
in stnn here anv number of daV9.
The rivalry between the Nicuraeua and
tea should not be allowed to
keep the travelling public in ignorance of the
real state of affairs as regards health hereabouts,
i. .oil bnnwn that the season is unusually
. n tha ijnlf and naribhpan. as well as on the
i...i,; ciHa nf Central and South America. But
. .i. Panama, we are having a severe
assault from Yellow Jack.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Smwe will etay in
Vtnrtda six months.
Acting Master John Adams, executive officer
of the United States ship Jamestown, died at
THE WEATHER AND THE FASHIONS.
Vow the JVcttf York Times of to-day.
Yesterday, tor the first time in lour weeks, it
was possible for pedestrians to walk the streets
without being covered with mud. A cold north
west wind had dried up the whiting ot Broad
way, ana even the subaqueous crossings were
tolerable. It was "Opeulng Day" that is, the
day when Queen Fashion permits her slaves to
have a glimpse at the new tortures she has pre
pared tor them. It was noticeable, however,
that her devotees were fewer in number than
usual, and that it would seem that there is
some ground tor hope that thete will be a
lartre detection from her ranks this season.
The first scrims inroad lately made was in
the adoption ot the new style of dress the
short overskirt pattern of which thousands
have already been made, and seven-eighths of
them lrom the second-hand material ot the full
skirts wlih which the ladies were wont to brush'
the sidewalks, or carry gathered like loose
grain-bags around their heels. If fashion really
originated this new and neat style, she
has done at least one sensible thing;
but uely bachelors who have so loDg
been bothered with trails, and suffering
husbands who have paid their thousands
for the old-lashioned street-sweepers, will tell
you that necessity, ahd not fashion, is the
motive power. When houses rent lor SdOdO a
year, and board Is "cheap" at twenty-five dol
lars a week, it is quite possible that silks may
be held at live dollars a yard fur a considerable
period without finding purchasers. Hut never
mind the cause; the relorm is must acceptable.
Women who have lor years moved along the
stietts without visi.de means of locoiaotiou,
wbo have swung up and dowu the pave much
as a cooper would roll a funnel-shaped tub, at
iast confers that they have feet, and are not
ashamed to show them with boots.
It this is a result of the high tariff on silks
let us hasten to acknowledge that good may
come out ot evil that the toad has a jewel in its
head. We should like to Jeel certain that the
retorm wus a spontaneous tribute to common
sense; but such a theory is at least hazardous.
The connection between conmioj sense and
tashion is not susceptible of proof indeed, we
may almost say it is an impossibility. For
Fashion dehprhts in extravagance, and
so soon as any one ot her inventions
comes to be reduced within the reach of 'com
mon people," it is no longer fashionable she
lepudiates it and sets her wits at work to invent
its opposite. Looking at the gay threng yester
day, wc felt encouraged to hope that the ap
proaching season would redeem women from
some of their oppressive chains. The dresses are
already reformed; they are not or.ly neat but
convenient and comfortable, and (except in
some cases where forty or fifty pounds of glass
beads are dragging the victim into an early
grave) are so great an improvement in the way
ot cleanliness and health, that we ought to give
public thanks for the change..
Then the wnterlall nuisance is disturbed chij
nans are on the move. We saw yesterday lots
of them that had crawled up trom the here
tofore resting-place on the sinciput almost to
the crown. It is true the effect was ludicrous,
ab the big bunch of some dead person's or
horse's hair, iu working upward hail drawn tho
natural back hair up so that the sufferer's
heels hardly touched the ground, and her
shoulders were hunched up with manifest
evidence of pain; and what added to the com
micality of the picture was that the little pancake
called a "hat," was pushed forward and hung
over her eyes just as Frank Chanfran used to
cock his "kady" in "Mose." And bo. tipped
over upon her toes by the rise in her chignon,
and halt blinded by the hat forced over upon
the tip of her nose by the fame aggressive chig
non, the sufferer stumbled along "the street in' a
stage suggestive of extreme dizziness. It. is to
be hoped that thete asuirlng chiqnons will com
plete their journev, pass rntirely over head,
ana dimppear with the "hats" they are now
crowding out of place. As for the new devices
of Queen Fashion it is not the province of this
writer to speak. Tney are wonderful to be
hold; but there is consolation in the fact, that
nothing could be worse, more expensive, more
ungraceful, more ridiculous than the fashions
just gone or going out of date. There is every
reason to believe that we shall soon find that
women have not only feet but heads; and if it
shall also be found that those heads have half
as much brains inside as they have had horse
hair outside, the day of Inbilee will begin to
dawn.
THE FINE ARTS.
The Academy of Fine Arts of Paris has
proposed the following questions for the "Con
cours J!ondin" for 18(18:
'To explain clearly the difference and tho
nnalogies which exist between Cireek and
Honiaii architecture. To determine, wbether it
be by fact or deduction, what artists and work
men contributed to the coustructiou and deco
ra I Ion of public edifices or of private dwellings,
either in Greece or In Italy, and In other parts
of the empire, and what was the social aud
civil condition of these artists aud workineu."
The Academy has again given notice of the
subjects for the "Concours Eondin" for the
year 178:
"To investigate and demonstrate the degree
of aud influence which is exercised upon tho
fine arts by tho means ot nationality, politics,
morals, religion, philosophy und science. To
show, iu some measure, who of the most emi
nent artists have been free from this intluetiee
or dependent upon it."
An engraving by Rembrandt, "Christ
Healing the Sick," was recently sold at auc
tion in London. The sum offered was 200,
and tifter an animated competition it was
finally adjudged to Mr. C. J. l'almer, of Bed
ford row, at the enormous sum of 1180. It
is described as "a magnificent impression iu
the first state, before the diagonal lines on
the neck of the ass on the right, etc., with
marvellous effect of burr : undoubtedly the
finest known.- It is on Japanese paper, with a
large margin, and is in the most perfect con
dition. JNot more than eight impressions in
this state are known. First, the one above
described; two are in the British Museum;
the fourth is in Mr. llolford'a possession; the
nun now uoiongs to the Duke of Bucclouch;
the sixth is in the llibliotheque Imporiale,
l'flf'u' 1 1 . .1 CAt'anlli let i T ;1 1 it
Vienna, having an inscription in Rembrandt's
handwriting ou the back, to the effect that it
was the seventh taken from the ulnte? mill
the eighth is in the museum at Amsterdam."
Personal.
The Duke ot Beaufoit is to have the garter.
Hepworth Dixon's "New America" has
leached a third edition in London.
Bishop Whltehonse is to have a "welcome"
from his diocese on his return to Chicago.
Tilton was in Hartford recently with his
"Corner Stone of Reconstruction."
John Ruskin bas written along and crotch.
etty letter about co-operation.
Bergh is in Albany officially investigating
the Legislature.
Colonel R. I. Owens, President of the Vir
ginia aud Tennessee Railroad, Is lying quite ill
in Richmond.
John Jay Knox, Esq., having had his bond
filed and approved, entered yesterday upon the
discharge of bis ofiiclnl duties as Deputy Comp
troller ff the Currency,
SECOND EDITION
FROM WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON.
Pt'ECIAL DESPATCHES TO EVENING TEI.EGHArH.
Washington, March 15.
The Printing Investigation.
In accordance with the resolution of the
Joint Committee on Printing, J. D. Defrees,
Superintendent of the Public Printing, yet er
day made a report to the House, which pre
sent certain mysteries which require explana
tion from Mr. Wendell, the former incumbent.
From this report, it appears that about forty
thousand reams of paper are used for the
Government printing each year. Contracts
for the amount required are made at the be
ginning of the year with the lowest responsible
bidder by tho Joint Committee on Printing,
and bids for the quantity for the current year
were closed last month, and the awards
made. Upon taking an account of stock, how
ever, Mr. Defrees, who was elected two or
three weeks since, discovered in the ware
house 30,000 reams of paper, a sufficient sup
ply for the balance of the present year. In
vestigation reveals the fact that this paper
had been purchased at the price paid at the
beginning of the year during the last two
months of Mr. Wendell's official career,
although the price of paper had decreased
from Jiiuuary, 18CU, to November, 18GG, six
dollars per ream, making a difference against
the Government of upwards of $100,000 on the
excess of the amount required at the date of
the last purchase. The contracts made for
the present year, under the abeve circum
stances, will probably be cancelled by the
Government.
Heronstructlou In Virginia The Feel
ing In Other Southern States.
Information from Richmond received in this
city to-day represents that General Schofield's
order assuming command of Virginia as Mili
tary Governor gives entire satisfaction. It
was read in the House of Delegates and
referred, after considerable debate, to the Com
mittee on Federal Relations. The Senate was
actively employed in a political discussion on
the Wilson bill.
Senators Ould, McRae, Tront, Mercer, Rob
inson, and Keene have returned to Richmond
from Washington, having, as is reported, par
tially accomplished the passage of the Wilson
bill in the United States Senate, which was the
object of their mission.
Political movements are in progress all over
the State of Virginia. Lunenburg, Mecklen
burg, Fredericksburg, Williamsburg, and
other counties have, by a popular vote, called
a State Convention under the Sherman bill.
A gentleman from Georgia informs me that
the people there were ready to accept tho
terms of the Sherman bill under the proposi
tion of ex-Governor Brown. I am in receipt
of information from North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas, ns
well as Virginia, that the negro vote will tin
doubtedly be on the Rebel side under this
bill, and also, I believe, in Delaware, Mary
land, Kentucky, and Missouri, where the
Rebel element is stronger than in any of the
States.
Fire at Cincinnati.
CiM insatti, March 15. A fire at No. 59
Lower market, this morning, nearly destroyed
the dry goods store of J. M. Johnson. The
loss is about $10,000; insured for $13,000.
Ship News.
Mor.ll.F, March 14. The Star of the West,
cleared to-day for Liverpool, with 31 OH bales of
cotton.
Markets by Telegraph.
Mobile. March 1L Sales of 22-50 bales of Cot
ton; market firm; middling uplands, 28Ja-J;
receipts to-day, 539 bales.
New York, March 15. Stocks dull. Chicago
Hiver, loti; United States Flve-t wen ties, ISM,
W; do. 186-1, 107!; do. I8IS0, 109; new issue.
lw;. Ten-forties, tf7; Seven-thirties, llrst Issue,
Wy, all others, 105. Sterling Exchange, 8; ut
Bight, Uold, lilVt.
A Canadian Minister's Wedding Gifts.
A Canadian paper mentions, among other
gifts received by John A. Maodonald, the Attorney-General
West, on tho occasion of his
wedding, tho following : A set of opals and
amethysts, and a collar of diamonds and ru
bies, presented by tho delegates from the Ma
ritime Provinces; a table service, of massive
silver, by the Canadian Ministers; a bracelet
of diamonds and pearls, by Governor Hincks:
a boudoir work table, by Viscountess Hill; an
Ormolu sot, by Hon. John Rose; divers brace
lets and articles of jewelry, by Hon. and Mrs.
Howland, Colonel Coinberland, &c.
An F.1.F.CTRIC Boat. M. Molin's electric boat
is to bo tried in tho grand basin of the Tuilo
rios. Its inventor hopes to prove that elec
tricity, as a metivo power, possesses many
qualities superior to steam; and, bhould the
success of this experiment bo demonstrated,
M. Molin will be entrusted with the applica
tion of his discovery to a large vessel.
Fatal Duel at Vienna. A duel took place
at Vienna on the 16th ultimo, between Prince
Bernard of Solms, captain of artillery in the
Austrian service, and a nephew of the King of
Hanover, and Count Krhard Wedel, lato aid-Ie-camp
to tho King of Hanover. Prince
Solms was shot through the right lung, and died
on Dunaay morning.
Prisons and Prisoners in France. There
are in France upwards of two thousand prisons
and houses of correction, and the average
number of people of both sexes confined in
them is fifty-live thousand. The cost of the
maintenance of these establishments is four
teen million four hundred thousand francs.
and Hock Island. BUVi: Heading. Wiy. cauiou
I Vim raiiv fu) V.rln Riiilrnii.1. f)!)1 Cleveland und
Toledo, 118; Cleveland and Fitlsourg, 82; Pitts
burg and Fort Wayne, SMili: Michigan Central.
i)y,: Mlchluiin Southern, New York Cen
tral, (; Illinois Central scrip, lli'i; Cumber
lniid nieferred. 35: Missouri 6s. 81: Hudson
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Williams Homicide-Fifth Day.
Court of Oyer and Terminer Judges
Ludlow and l'elrce W.lliam U. Mann, IHslrlct
Attorney; T. Itrudlord Uwlght, Assistant Uis
trle.t Attorney.
The largo attendance of persons still con
tinues. the nr.rKNHK.
Mr. flendell, on opening tor the ilcfeni"!, fUl:
Murder In a crime which in peculiarly aduiiteil 10 ex
cite our Inrilitnution. We can coolly aiid ilinimlon
ately consider muny olTenses, place ourftelvcft n It
were one side, and be prejudiced neither loror aKfttnst
the aliened ollender. '1 his crime, however, excites
our npprehenHlom tor our own natetv and thnlot our
relatives. We wonder whether our turn inv not
come next. We exerclso all our powers to tiring to
justice the murrieier, in order thai in future others
limy be deterred from Injuring uh.
Our Creator lias linphiuled within us a desire to
solve enigmas, to clear bwbv mysteries. When (11100
mystery fc rises which, so fnr as our knowledge ex
tends, admits of hut one solution, we are apt, without
further Inquiry, to accept that Solution as the true
one. If a crime of more than ordinary turpitude has
hei u committed, and but one person is charged with
the cenjiiiis'f Ion of that crime, the whole community
Is too apt, without wailing lor proper inquiries to be
made, to cry out with one voice that the person itc
ciihed is indeed the criminal, and ought to bealouce
severely punished.
'1 lie ordinary course of Justice seems too slow. It
Is too often necessary lor the otlicers ot the law to
piuard their prisoners agaliiHt molt violence; and our
lund bus been ircmieiilly disgraced by the execution
ot innocent men. in an hoar ot excitement, by tn; de
gree ot Lynch law. Nor is this leeiiug confined to
mulls or to the community at large, it sometimes
til'ds its way even into conns of Justice. Kir Matthew
Jiale, In speaking of another crime, says; " The hel
nousness ot iho 0IVe1.se many times transllxe Die
Judge and Jury with so u.uch Indignation thai they are
over-hastily carried on to Iho unvlciion ot the per
son uicused thereof, by the confident testimony of
sometimes lalseand muiicloug witnesses."
1 Ibereloreask the Jury carelully to distinguish bo
tweun the two distinct allegations, that a crimo has
iieen commuted, and that the prisoner Is the crimi
nal: not to allow their indignation against the
ollender, whoever he may be, to be turned into indig
nulion figsinsl one who is merely charged with being
that ollender. These remarks are caused by somo
expressions in the openinuol the District Attorney,
w inch are calculated to excite their passions against
the prisoner and to mislead lliem. After denouncing
the crime and the criminal, he proceeded to assert,
that In no single case of deliberate, contrived murder,
w ithin his experience of twenty vears, had the mur
derer escaped. This assertion was made in the hurry
ot a speech. I feel contldent that the District Attor
ney could not bave made such a remark coolly and
deliberately. Probably one-half the verdicts reu
dered by coroners' Juries nro "Found drowned," or
"C ame to Ins death by violence at the hands of per
sons unknown," or to that effect, and it is very rare
in such cases for the Commonwealth to pursue tho
inouiry further.
The only murder of which I know anything per
sonally Is u case In which tho ded body of a womati
was lonnd In what Is now the Twenty-seventh Ward,
lt.v some means the body was traced across Market
Mreet bridge. A Doctor was arrested on the charge ot
having poisoned tier, lie was held for a tew days and
then discharged, and no further proceedings were
held ugainst him. JSobody was t ried or convicted for
this ollense; and here, In one instance at least, the
murderer escaped. Mr. Mann's argument, If drawn
out in full, would bo something like this: "No mur
derer has escaped within twenty years; therefore the
murderer will not escape ill this Instance. iotlle!
Williams is the only person charged with this mur
der, it lie escapes, the murderer will escape there
fore be is the murderer," This urgumeut refutes
itself when drawn out in full, it 18 only dangerous as
an insinuation, as used by the District Attorney.
Mr. Ueudf 11 then said lie would state the evidence
upon which they would rely to prove the Innocence
ol the prisoner. Then we meet with a dilllculty to
prove that a man Is Innocent Is to prove that lie is not
guilty, that be did not commit the offense; to prove a
negative is a thing which is always dltllcuU. some
times iuinossible. The law does not require us to do
this, for it Is a rule that be who alleges a thing must
f rove it. llesides w hich everv man is presumed to he
iinoceni till nrovid guilty. The man who arrested
Goitlelb told him that If he was Innocent and could
move It, he would get off. I want the Jury distinctly
to understand that this Is not necessary. But we will
attempt even this most dllllcull task.
The examination of the witnesses for the de
fense was continued:
John Mens sworn I testified In this cose for tbe
Commonwealth; 1 remember tho Democratic proces
sion ou the Monday evening before. Mrs. Miller was
found dead; I rode Iu that procession; (Jotlieb Wil
liams was in tbe wagon Willi me; lie was siitlmr on
the bottom of the waiion; there was fifty or sixty
torches carried in the watjon; there was a great deal
of oil spilt: some of the torches were broken, and the
oil ran out; 1 next saw Uollieb on Tuesday morning,
the lsth ot September, In Hamilton, below Tenth
street, crossing Hamilton, In the roar of Williams'
court, leading into liuttonwood street; he crossed
tbe street and went into the court in the rear of Mil
lor's house: 1 saw the same marks on his clothes that
1 had on mine coal oil murks and a greut deal of If.
four or five marks; it was kind of a brick dust color:
the material of his clothes was a kind of a drab; the
stains ou my clothes wore out: 1 could not rub
them off; In the wagon, at Ninth and Cbosout, be told
me he was tired of sitting on the bottom, aud asked
me if I would help blm up; I assisted him on to the
side of the wagon; I saw blm here yesterday aud
to-day, and it appears to me he looks better and has
more strength in Ills legs; 1 have known bl in from
ooyhood; he generally bas great difliculty iu getting
along: I have known him to drop his cane, and I
picked It up ol) several occasions; I never saw hiui
about Twelfth and Hamilton streets, but have
between Tenth and Kleventh streets, where my place
of business is; 1 was formerly proprietor of the slaughter-house
occupied at present by Btublu fc Neelit; I aua
a butcher: J butchered there.
Q. Did you have any trouble in getting the blood out?
t ejected to and sustained.
Cross-examiiintlon 1 Judge it was coal oil in the
lumps; they said so.
ti. Did you ever use the word "stain" from coal oil ?
A. I have.
t out shown to witness. He was requested to point
out the Ktains. Several places bethought resembled
tho stains as he saw them 011 Tuesday; the stains now
are darker than they were tlieu: 1 didn't lake par
ticular notice of bis pantaloons; I did out see uuy
blood stains on him ou Tuesday.
Ituect examination I was abont fifty yards from
hnn when I saw him on Tuesday; ou VVednesdayl
saw him about 8 o'clock and noticed the same stains.
j;e-cross-examlnation I did not pay particular
attention to bis clothes ou Wednesday.
Joseph M. Pile sworn I remember visiting the
Blaugliter-house with Mr. Worrell, In Garden street;
it was on the east aide of tha street, above Hamilton,
or In that neighborhood; 1 don't know the proprie
tor; but one of them was the same who testified
before tbe Coroner; I remember a large man telling
Mr. Worrell the sluughter-bouse was us clean when
Gotlleb Williams was there as It was then, ami It was
impossible for bint to get blood 011 him In the slaughter
house; I remember your t Worrell) calling his atten
tion to the Moor; there was somo little blood on the
Hood: there wus some on tbe walls, some apparently
tiesh and some stule; a cureful persou might go iu
there fora Uttle while, und not get blood on them; but
a person going in there and sitting down might
carry the marks away with them; 1 remember seeing
blood aud witter running down the gutter; he suid
something to the effect that a persou would not get
blood on them lrom that place.
Cross-examined The only fluid blood I saw was
running down tbe gutter: I didn't see fluid blood
there that would saturate the pants unless thev were
piessed down against It: we went In the slaughter
douse: I did not get blood on my clothes, nor did
Mr. Worrell, as I know of; I didn't take notice
whether the butcher bad blood on his clothes.
lte-exumlnation If a man fell In the gutter where
the blood and water were running dowu, I think it
would saturate his clothes.
lie-cross-examined The contents ot the gutter were,
I j udge. water and blood: I don't think the proportion
v. us 50 parts of blood mid 50 parts of water; 1 Judge
from the color it was about a quarter blood,
H. Did your nose ever bleed?
A. Yes, sir.
ti. Did you ever notice how many drops of blood It
took to render the basin of water crimson, red, or pink?
A. I never counted the drops; I do nut believe a tea
spnonful of blood would turu a basin of water to a red
(iii b color; 1 don't think the water was running; 1 pre
sume It bad been stopped off.
Jxiuisa Detkly sworn I have known (lotlnih Wil
liams over a year; I lived In the house with him at
Frederick l'lckner's, bis uncle; I was the house
keeper; I have often heard him say he would commit
tuilcjde; lie often suid he would go up to the top of the
house aud Jump off, or take luudunum; he would
never get well: 1 have tied his shoes and helped hi 111
to put on his clothing: I have helped blm up when he
wss lying down or sitting down; ( have seen him
full down: he could not get up himselt, but I had to
help him.
No cross-examination,
Mis. Martha (shrimp sworn I live In Havwood's
place, formerly called Williams' court; I have lived
to re between five and six years: I remember the day
on which Mrs. Miller was found; I have often heard
screams before that day! 1 heard afterwards where
they came from; I have beard them more than once,
but could not suy how often; thev attracted my atten
tion at the lime; It was In the morning, from a quarter
to halt past seven when I heard them ; the soreauts
were loud.
Mrs. Mary Yost sworn I lire In Haywood's place:
I bave never beard screams eurly In the ruorolug; as
geaeral thing the people In the court are out at
about 7 o'clock, sweeping the pavements and talking
to one another at their doors; my house Is No. 6:
there are two bouses above rue In tbe court; we bave
a flat ou our house, which overlooks tbe yards In the
neighborhood; we can plainly see into Mrs. Miller's
yard from IU
Detective Taggart. who had been previously sworn,
testified that when Williams was brought to the feta
tion House, and the examination was being made, he
Stated be bad been to the slaughter-bouse; 1 went
titer, and found he tad been tueie; M bid h wa
at Fisher's tavern, Nintb'and Noble streets, at ten
minutes before 7 o'clock,
l.'iiestion by Mr. Worrell Did you go there ?
(ihlictcd to. and sustained,
Henry Williams was then called, but Mr. Mann
obiec ed.
Mr. Worrell 1 wanttoshow by ttie brother of the
prisoner that he made every search to find the man
w hom bis brother Informed him he had a Unlit wl'h;
that be ollered a reward of a hundred dollars, and
published It In the papers.
The reason why t oiler this Is simply this:
The District Attorney mavsay, and very properly
too, "they mnde no eilort to ilnd this man; why dun t
tin v bring him here? Whvdldthey tiolmako some
attempt to find this man with whom flollieb WllliuiiH
hud a quarrel?" Tbe brother llrst offered a reward
of twenty-llvo dollars and then afterwards increased
It to a hundred. It was advertised In the Public
ifri-.ajonriial that goes almost every where, but he
never found him.
Mr. Mann 1 object, may It please your nonors. for
this reason. They oiler proof that the defendant
fought a man. Now I apprehend that the flrst thing
to show in that there was such a man In existence.
They should first bring some proof that they saw lilm
in altercallou, and having a fight with this man. They
should give some testimony as to the existence ot tho
man lore they prove that they made efforts
to Ilnd him, and whether they were not trying to fliitl
a myth, a mere creatureof tiotlelbWilliams' imagina
tion, and not a substantial human being. Therefore
I apprehend that they must llrst show that sut li a
mini was in existence, and that they made an effort
to find him. In Armstrong's ease they advertised
for the man and woman that were In the waon
with the chickens, and who tail blood 011 him. Ilut
they didn't get them, and didn't prove that there ever
were such a man and woman.
You cannot show that you mnde anv search to fl nd
a man unless you show there was such a man to ho
lonnd . because If there was no such man it won d
amount to nothing. It Is not a real inn flif' thing.
I mil they show there was such a person, they ought
not to be allowed to show they made search lo find
hm.
At this juncture tbe Grand Jury came In. and pre
sented the following presentment:
rilKSKNTMKNT OK THE OKANIl JI ItY.
To his Honor James It. I.udlow, JuiUe of Court
of Oyer and Terminer and Quarter Sessions ot the
peace for the city and county of Philadelphia: The
Grand I nquest of the Common wealth of Pen 11 sylv in a
inquiring tor the city and county of Philadelphia for
February sessions, upon their respective oaths and
iifllrniatlons, do present. That they have acted upon
six hundred and seventy-nine bills; four hundred und
twenty ot which have been found true bills, and two
hundred aud fifty-nine ignored.
'ihe Grand Jury have visited the Almsheue, and
found it well conducted, bv eood and experienced
managers. They also visited the County Prison,
House oi;iteluge. and Rssteru Penitentiary, and found
them to be in good order, and under excellent manage
ment. In connection with the above, we fullq endors
tie previous Grand Jurys in regard lo the erection ot
a llovseol Correction.
With a population of over (1000 souls. In tho above
Institution, we hope our citizens will at once see the
urcent necessity for such an institution, and that ttie
proper authorities will take immediate steps lo curry
out that Important measure.
Ihe Grand Jury would recommend that more re.
ptrictlon be put upon the many low drinking houses
and taverns which iutest our city, being convinced
that most of the cases of assault and halierv and ma
licious mischief which have been before this Grand
Jury have grown out 01 disturbances at these places.
in conclusion the Grand Jury congratulate the
Court upon at last having obtained tor the transaction
ol their business comfortable and commodious
quarters by the erection of the new Court House.
William W. Graham, Foreman.
IiATin It. Fox. Clerk.
Judge I.udlow. Iu receiving the presentments, said
they referred lo tbe House of Correction. This subject
bad been before the Court a number of times, and lie
understood the Councils were mas Ing efforts to build
one. At last a proper place hud beeu secured for the
transaction of criminal business.
Mr. Worrell then submitted the following to tbe
Court: ,
The defendant offers to prove that he made every
exertion to procure the evidence of the man with
whom the tight occurred at Twelfth and Willow on
the morning of the l'Jlh of September last, that be
advertised and offered a reward ot 100 to any otjp
other than the man himself who will give notice of
tbe whereabouts ol the man.
Mr. Worrell That is our otTtr.
Mr. Mann objected.
The benefit of uu exception was asked for, but not
grunted.
The defense here closed.
Detective Hmlth recalled On the morning, or
shortly after bis arrest 'lie was taken to the photo
graph gallery; be walked from the office down the
Iron steps to the gallery without any oune,;uud up four
flights ol stairs without any assistance, und wulked
buck agaiu In a like manner; 1 was not present at any
time when he boasted 01 being strona; I remember his
Faying previous to bis being Larulyzed he wus able to
whip uuy one.
1 went np into the market and saw the woman at
the stand in regard to bis presence: Mr. Taggart and
1 were there, aud had a talk with her: she had hardly
liny recollection ol the occurrence; she knew Wil
liams, and be was In the habit of coming there anj
gelling his meals: she thought he was there ou
Wednesday, but could not tell the time.
Mr. Dwightlli-ri opened in behalf of the Common
wealth, lie reviewed the evidence submitted, and
thought the jury could have no difficulty in cuu vlct
lng the prisoner.
During Mr. Dwlght's address, Mr. Mann called Mr.
ConlBon, who testliied that be bud taken a suhpmua
to Mrs. Alice llolden, andtbut he had refloated to Mr.
Mann that she was in a critical condition, subse
quently tiiat lie bad gone alter and learned that she
was well enough lo be out in the morning, and that
she was now here.
The District. Attorney asked that she be called.
Mr. Holden sworn I am slightly acquainted with
tbe prisoner; 1 remember the day Mrs. Miller was
killed: I saw the prisoner on the morning oi that day,
between 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning, or Mfteeu
minutes pusl 7, iu Hamilton street, goiug up Wil
liams' court; 1 had u fair view of him; he looked as
usual; I was sitting nearly opposite the court lu
Humilton street, upstairs.
Cross-examined My house Is nearly opposite the
court; I know him when I see him; I have seen him
there hundreds ot times, going into Williams' c mrt
In the morning: I could not see how far lie went up
the court; he was just turning the corner to get into
the court; I auw his back: I didn't seo his faco; it was
the upper corner ot the court I saw him turning; I
did not see him on Tuesday; I eun recollect where 1
was on last Wednesday; also on the Wednesday pre
ceding: also on the day belorethai; I was in bed for
three months previous (laughter); it.wos about lilleuu
minutes pusl 7 when I saw him.
Mr. Dwight then resnmed. He said you could not
find unother mau who walked as Williams did, It dice
this witness was enabled to recognize him thouga she
did not nee bis luce. When Williams was seen going
into the court at a quarter before 7 o'clock nothing
was noticed unusual in his appearance; but when he
was seen at a quarter before 3 o'clock, at Kleventh and
liuttonwood streets, bis appearance was noticed to be
fieculiar enough to cause theexclamalion, "Why.Uot
eib looks us if he had fallen down lu a slaughter
bouse." '1 lie statement of the prisoner, made to the Detec
tives, might be true and It might be false. I be was
un Innocent man he would tell tbe exact places he had
been that day, so thul they could be corroborated; but
If be wus guilty be would Invent a falsehood lu order
to screen him from consequences which be dreaded.
Part of his statement was true, aud part was not.
in reference lo the place where the cuff was found,
he denied ever being In the yard. The part of his
statement iu reference to the fight is utterly false.
J.et him sbow us be has bad nine months to do li
the human being, after be left Fisher's that morning,
that saw lilm go up Noble street to the corner ot
Twelfth. If he can do that, then, geutlemeu. acquit
him.
It was Invented tor the express purpose of con
cealing bis accounting for his whereabouts from a
quarter ot seven tu a quarter of eight 011 Wednesday
morning. Il wus the mingled emotions of the mind
that Hushed his cheek above aud left It pale below.
The court look a recess at half past one until .three
o'clock. . ,
Court of Quarter SBilon-Judire Brew
ster. Morris Holland und John l'owell were
put on trial, charged with picking the pocket
of P. J. Aiken, of Nnshville, Tennessee, In the
neighborhood of Thirteenth , and Chesnut
streets. The defense Is as to the Identity ot the
uicused. Jury out.
Kobert Hensoo and Frankliu McllrMe were
found guilty of the larceny of some ctilckeus.
John Kelly was found guilty of the larceny of
a watch, lie took it from the nocket of the
prosecutor.
fu pre me Court Chief Justice Woodward,
and Judges Thompson, Stroud, und Head. The
following cases were argued: Oukes vs. Oram;
l.ackuwuuna Iron aud Coal Company vs. Kales.
FINANCE AND COSlfllCKCK.
OryiCK of Thr Kvknino Tklkobaph.I
Friday, March 15, ltW7.
The Stock Market was Inactive this nioruinfr,
out pt lues were (-toady. In Government bonds
there was very little dolu : lt)-40 sold at 8, no
change; 109J was bid for old 6-20s; 1U9 for 6s ot
1881: and 106J105 lor June and Aiifrust 7-30s.
City loans were in lair demand; the new issue
ole a 102, no change; and old do. at 97 $98,
an advance ot J.
Railroad sharea were the most active on the
list. Heading told at 61, no chance; Pennsylva
nia Kailroad at 66J, no change; Camden and
Am boy at 132, an advance oti; Philadelphia
and Baltimore as 654, no change; and Lehigh
Valley at61J. no chance: 34 was bid for North
PpBosylvanla; 30 tor Elmlra common; 40 for
preferred do.; 14 for Catawissa common; 291 for
Catawisua preferred; and 46 for Northern! Central,
Bank sharea were firmly held at full prices.
Southward sold at 100 and Mechanics' at 33.
136 was bid for Karmers' and Mechanics'; 55 Tor
Commercial; 100 for Kenlngton; 58 for Perm
Township: 66J torUirard; i)6 tor Western : 31J
for Manufacturers'; 100 for Tradesmen's; 46 for
Consolidation; CO for Commonwealth; and 6a
for Union. , .
Canal shares were unchanged. Tiehlgh Mtvt
cntton sold at 63$, co chanee; and rcbuylklll
Navigation preferred at 32, no change. 25was
bid for Schuylkill Navigation common; 14J for
Susquehanna Canal; 55 for Delaware Division;
and 56 for Wyomlne Valley Canal.
Ouotations ot Gold 10 A. M., 133j; 11 A. M.,
Ul; 12 M., 133; 1 P.M., 134, a decline of.
ou the closinir price last evening.
The New York Tribune this morning says:
"A case of interest to commission merchants
was recently decided in Chicago. The defendant
was instructed to ecII for the plsintltT a lot of
wheat at a certain figure, seller's option, ten
ditvs, plaintitl putting up a margin. A few
days after the sale was made, wheat advanced
almost enough to swallow up tbe margin. The
defendant called on plaintiff tor more margin,
which he refused to put up. The defendant
then filled in the "short" to protect himself, at
a loss to tb plaintiff. Subsequently, and before
the option had pxpirsd, wheat suflcred a mate
rial decline. The plaintiff sues to recover bl9
probable eain. The defendant pleads custom.
The Court bulds the pica is not good, as tho evi
dent c shows that the custom of 'fl'ling in' at
the 'runnlnir out of martrins' Is universal
among the con'misslon merchants of that city.
Verdict tor plaintiff."
The debt ol thr- United States, less the amount
ot cash In the Treasury, amounted on the first
ot the current month to $2 640.7.'i3,989.80. The
following table shows the nroeress ol the debt
since the outbreak of the Rebellion:
March 4, 1RC1 Jflfl.lfW.R.W.M
Juno 30, 1S1 8,4!t8.b70.29
June 30, 18fl2 502,021,401.28
June 80 1803 l,0!l3.4U,om22
June 30, 1MU l,72l.847,:.84
June 31. 1866...
2,7f,7,2:'3,274.86
August 31, IWi
(September 30. 1803
October 31, 1805
November 30, 1805
January 1, 1H06
February 1, lStJtf
Juno 1, ISOfi
August 1, 18G6
September 1, I860
October 1. I860
November 1, lHilfl
December 1, 1 still
.Tamiarv 1. 1807
2,7a7,i,'J7ii.80
2,718,001,814.71
2,7t0,l)08,877-40
2,7 14,747,43329
2,716,581,5.(6-19
2,71 6,808, 152-63
2,670.28S,;W7-52
2,633,b99,27638
2.50S.6H3. 16822
2,573,336,04 1-08
2,561,310,005-72
2,5l!t,(m,288-22
2.5 W,3i5, 17462
2.543,3 ID.7 48-56
2,530,763,889-80
r ebrunry I
1807
iMurch 1, 1807
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-DAY
Kcported by Debaven & Bro., No. 40 H. Third street
BEFORE BOARDS.
100 sh Reading 11 SI
FIRST BOARD.
ionn5-SOsfil..rsr 107
27 sh South wark Bk.litO
$j(io I' 8 lo-4HH..ep.Hls. ns
f);xio l'a ttsjiaat due... 9SV
fliKioo do cp..ls. IM?
siuoo City 6ft, Old 8
7(K) do 2d.. Vt
1700 do. Newls..lni
1100 Lehigh s '84 91
P osh Ocean Oil 2-56
100 sh Read R .c 61
IMJsh Pen lift K btWi
m sh Leh N stkJs.bS 53 'i
1 ah Cam & Am 13Z
4Rsh Wilm It.. sow 11.. 6534
HK)sh Maplo Hb...stiu. 1J
Z(H sh Sch Nav Ff.. 32
100 do. so. 82 .
in:) ' do 82
1W do Is.85.. 82
Messrs. De Haven & Brother, No. 40 Bontll
Third street, report the following rates of ex
change to-dav at 1 P. M.: U. 8. 6s of 1881, 109
fJSl0,J?do.,1862.in9,10tU; do., 1864,1071074;
do., 1865, 1074?)107; do., i860, new. 106J106f;
do 5s, 10-408, 97975; do. 730s August, 105
105; do., June, 1051054; do.. July, 105
1054; Compound Interest Notes, June, 1864, 17J
17$; do., July, 1864, 1717i; do.. August,
1864, 16J16; do., October. 1864, 15415J; do.,
December, 1864, 14A14 ; do., May, 1865, 12J
121: do. August, 1865, llitailj; do., September,
1865. 10$10fj: do., October, 1865, 10j!10j.
G3)d,134134.
Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers, No.
36 South Third street, report tho following ratea
of exchange to-day at 12 o'clock: (J. 8. 6s, 1881,
coupon, 109f7109j; U. 8. 5-20s, coupon, 1862,
loyjtJBlOOg; do., 1804, 1 OY.Jf?2ll07A f do., 1865, 107
ft101; do. new, 100iJ106i; 10-40s, conpou. 97J
tS974; U. 8. 7J0s, 1st scries, 105jr105;
do., 2d series. 105.1105A; 3d series, 105 J l05J;
Compounds, December, 1864, 14i144.
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Friday, March 15. There Is a fair home con
sumptive Inquiry for Flour, and holders of
choice lots, particularly, are firm In their vlewa.
.Sales of 1100 barrels, lucluding superfine at $8
8-75; lOOO barrels extra at 80 50; 000 barrels Norto
wct'.tern extra family at $ll(ei12-50; Pennsylvania
and Ohio do. do., at SU50Ya14; and 300 barrels
limey at ?lftfi)l-60. Uye Flour is selling In a
small way ut $7(j725. Nothing doing lu Corn
Meal, and prices are nominal.
There is very little prime Wheat offering, and
this description Is In good demand, while corn.
iikiu qualities are in Rood supply and almost
utit-alable. fsales of 1500 bushels choice Penn
eylvnnla red at S3310; and California at J312
(.1 :i-15. Kye moves slowly, with small sales at
fcl -:ii(&l-:i8 for Pennsylvania. Corn Is scarce and
in Kood demand at an advance. Sales of 2000
bushels new yellow at 81-05 in store; 600 bushels
Western mixed at 81 in the cars; and 20 000
in tho elevator at 81-05. Oats are In Rood re
quest, with sales of Pennsylvania at 63!)6tc.
Kot Uiug worthy of notice doing In Barley or
.,'J.";e,re 18 3 8'cady demand for contraband
hifcky, which sells at 75o.81-20 $ gallon.
LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
I-ORT OF PHILADELPHIA..
..MARCH IS.
BTATK OK TUKBMOMKTKR AT THE IVKNINO TBXK-
. OKAI'H or VIC K.
7 A M ai 11 A. M 32 p. M. . S8
For additional Marine News tee Third Page.
c., -Aii.it 1x1 Its MORNING.
Jaard Tfo? ' CoRllleet Antwerp, L. Wester-
t ahada ' 6mlUj Ueufuegos. Madeira A
ScL?1!ly.MS.n (new), Crelgbton. Milton. Cald
well, (Jorum A Co.
J?''!"" f.ltt,r.y Clui' Brldgeton, O. C. Carson 4 Co.
r-i-hr M. iiowuiau, Charlesworth, Milton, Captain.
. v nA,P?,lIVFD THIS MORNING.
Schr E. G. lllard, Parsons, s days from Portland,
with nidse. to Crowell fc Collins.
Scbr Lizzie Balehelder, Kiil'1IIi,6 days from Boston,
with iiidse, to 1). 8. Htetaon & Co.
Steamer Francis, lievliiuey, 2 days trom New York,
with utdse. to I). Cooper A Co.
, , ... memoTTanda.
Ship W. H. Moodv, Durkee, for Philadelphia, en
tereu out at Liverpool Sutli ult,
liarque M. Cliadwlck, I'alne. from Genoa, at Llcata
Mli ult.. and sailed for Philadelphia 25th.
Jlrig Itreeze, Sheuhy, for Philadelphia, cleared at
SlesiTna ltith nit.
Hchr Lewis Mulford. condemned atSt. Thomas, was
sold ou the itotlt ult. for t00.
DOMESTIC POTITS.
New York, March 14. Arrived, steamship City of
Cork, llrldtieuiau lrom Liverpool.
HteaniHhip Iowa, Craig, from Glasgow,
Steamship llitue, Starkey, from Mohlle.
Steamship Juno, Smith, trom WllmlnKton, N. C.
Ship litiruioii. Crulckshauk, from Cullao.
Marque Bt. Heveulck, Brown, from Leghorn.
Jtarque A. Kinsman, Means, from Havana.
ItrlK Hahlna, Ferris, from MayaKUez,
ltrlg Victoria. Anderson, lrom Cardenas.!
Itrltf Nellie Gay. Gay, fiora Cardenas.
Hrlg G. F. Penmton. Burgess, from Cieufuegos.
Itrlii Sophie. Strout, from Brunswick.
Brig Bogota, Lindsley, from Asplnwall.
Brig W. M. Nu.m1i, Mcltrlde, from Para.
Brig Lima, Hill, from Cieniuegos.
Brig Time, Maiming, from Curacoa.
Schr C. c. HayllH, steel, from Mohlle.
Cleared, steamships Victor, Gates, New Orleans!
II. Livingston, Baker, HavaDiiah; ship Carol us Ma
uus, Asbhy, ban Franclsi-o: barques Yumurl, John
son, Hagua: Industrie. Illicken. Bremen; St. Clair,
Bollea, Naples; brigs Rising Hun, Hcbolleld, Arroyo;
ig Bun, scnoneiu, rnwi
, Crus; R. McK. Btwarluf.
uth, Bailey. Hu John. N.
oent. Falmouth; Keoaukj
liisuianereu, jenseu, eaui t.
Clark, Matauju; Bunny sou
.I . . . it.....
Bmall. Matantas; H. K. Jameson, Jameeon, Hv"a,
Lola Monies, Sparrow, loatua; Ooldfluder, MoBrioB,
lugged Ulhiid; tMa Jiaucy, Wwd. . Jwn,
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