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PniLADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1867.
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THE HANGMAN.
Alexander C. Wiley to be Executed at
Wllkcsbarre, Pa., To-Morrow, for
the Murder of Alice McGlwce.
Particulars of tho Crime, Antece
dents of the Parties, Etc.
8PBC11I. COKTtSBrOKDENCB EVEN I NO ntLEORAPH.
Wilkebbarre, Pa., March 19. On Wedncs
diy, the ICth of May last, the good people of
ths place were startled bv the report that a
Ruder had beeu committed almost at their
doors. The tcene of the tragedy was the house
of Mrs. Hannah Miller, near Kingston, a village
of '.he Wyoming Vulley, loomed on the Lnclca
nanna and Bloomsburg Railroad, about a mile
south of Wilkcsfourre. A jutice of the peace at
ouce ptoceeded to the place and held an inquest
upon the corpse. The facts in the case, as they
w;re developed by the testimony of Mrs. Miller
anl Mary Trace, who had stepped into the
house to make a call, were somewhat as fol
loVs: Vae Murder, and Eirape of the Murderer
Ihe victim was a woman by the name of
AlceMcttlwee. About three nionths previous
to !he murder she had married Mr. McElwee,
hot maiden name having been Gardner. At
thii time the lived with Mrs. Miller, on the
momtain back of Plymouth. Alexander U.
Wily, who was nicknamed "Bird" Wiley, bad
been very intimate with Alice previous to her
maaiage, but alter that event she had wisely
refuted to continue his acquaintance. About
4 or 5 o'clock on Wednesday morning, May
16, Wiley came to Mrs. .Miller's house, near
King-ion. He threw himself down upon the
floor, and was lust usleeo when his hostess
arose, Mrs. Miller went about her baking, and
while she was thus engaged Wiley awoke and
asked lor a biscuit, to proc ure which Mrs. Mil
ler lett the room, a the basing oven was out
doors. In tht meantime, Mary Truce had stonped at
the houe on a morning call, and Mrs. McLlwee
was ecgised in washing oil the plates ot the
stove. While Mrs. Miller was still absent,
Wiley diew a revolver, which he first pointed at
Mary Trice, as if to ingbicn her, and then at
.Mrs. Mc21v.ee, who was standing not more than
two feet d front of him. He hied at once, the
ball ente-ing her head just baci of the right
ear, and )asing so nearly through that it was
atterwarcB tken. out just back of the left ear,
about an nch bicher than the corresponding
point at wiich it nad entered. So near to tho
murderer vas his victim, tht her head was
filled withgrams of powder from the weapon.
As Alice lei to the floor, Wiley cried out: "My
God I my God!" ana ran irom the house imme
diately. Tie report of tho pistol was heard by
Mrs. Miller, who started at ouce towards the
house. As sie did so, .-he saw Wiley running up
the hill, canyine something in his hand which
resembled a )istol. She then encountered Mary
Trace, who e.claimed: "That man shot Alice
Gardner!" JJ. Miller then proceeded to 'Tope
Hollow sduift,'' where Mr. MrElwee was at work,
to inform him Df the murder of his wile and the
escape of tlie guilty person.
Capture of the Fugitive.
From the diiv ot the murder until some time
in the fall, not bluer was seen or heard of Wiley.
It was then rumored that he was again 1n the
neighborhood, having associated himself with a
gang of robbt'rs and incendiaries. The authori
ties tit onne txerted themselves to discover his
lurking plac. and on the !th of October last he
was arrested in a barn in the Wyoming Valley,
in which he asd taken retuge. Knowing tnat
be whs pursued, he had covered himself with
hay, to escape the vigilance of the officers ol
justice, but without avail. No little manage
ment was required to get him from the mow,
without giving him an opportunity to use his
revolver. After his capture, it was ascertained
that he was one of a desperate band who had
been plundering along the mountain lor some
time past, and tbat the arrest of the ringlead ;r
Irustrated a plan lor the burning of a barn near
by, and the robbery ot the dwelling-house, dur
ing the attendant confusion.
The Trial and Death Sentence.
Wiley wa consigned to the Luzerne county
Irtil until his case came unfor tiial in December
last. As the prisoner had no counsel, the Court
appouved H. Kakes and H. t W. Palmer. Esqs..
to conduct his defense. The evidence elictted
on the trial did not diner materially from that
given above. After bcine out four hours the
jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder iu
the tirkt decree.
The prisoner's counsel then resorted to a
series ot tactics, by which they hoped to rescue
their unhappy client from tho gallows. They
entered a motion tor a new trial, on the ground
that the coustable in charge of the jury fell
asleep on his post, and while he was thus obli
vious one of the jurymen left the room, a few
minutes before the verdict was agreed upon.
The motion tor a new trial was subsequently
denied, and on Monday, Jauuury 7, Wiley was
sentenced to be hung.
Wheu asked if he had anything to say why
sentence of denth should not be passed upon
liim, the prisoner, without betraying any emo
tion, and without the least tremor in his voice,
stated that be hud no intention of killing tho
deceased ; that, as but three of the six cb am bers
of the revolver were loaded, he supposed he
vas. only snapping the cup on one of the empty
barrel?.
The findings aud sentence in the case were
approved by (iovernor Ueury, who appointed
Friday, the 16Mi duy of M'irch,' tor the execution.
The Sheiiff bad complete! bis arrangements
lor this solemn event, and everything was in
readiness for it, when the prisoner was granted
A Ilesplte of Six Days.
This boon was accorded the unhappy man at
the earnest solicitation of ihe Rev. Father Fitz
Simmons, ot the Church of the Immaculate
Conception, and of several others, who mani
fested an interest in bis spiritual welfare. Sub
sequent to his arrest, and especially dunne the
triul, Wiley was t-tubboroly indifferent to all
his perilous surrounding". After the sentence
be was equally perverse, relusine to listen to
the consolations of religion, uutil within a week
of the day appointed for uls execution. At
this time there was a ehaugo 1n his bearing
which was as remarkable as it was unexpected.
Those who hud known bim in times back pre
dicted that he would meet his fate without
flinching. Hut they were mistaken. As his
fate approached, his hardened heart was
sorteneu, nis stubborn srlrit relaxed, and he
at last consented to listen to the messengers of
m-uuc mm jrooa-wiu. rather Fitzsimmoiia was
then requested to remain with him, and render
such spiritual service as he could at that lato
day. The Governor of the Commonwealth,
wnen apptwo to, granted the respite of six
days, that Father Khzsimnions might have
amine time 10 prepare the soul ol the mise
rable man torltbe fearful doom awaitiae him
AitnoiiKtt neitner wnev n.,r hi. k.H
ever been connected with the r.Httmiin nhiwh.
be chose a representative of that faith to attend
mm in ins mst mumunis on earth.
The Prisoner' Antecedents.
Wflev Is most emphaticallv a "t.at. .."
arid his reputation has always been in strict
accordance wuu jus cuamier, During the
war he enliRtfd in Company A. of the 14.1d
Repriment of Pcnnsvlvania Volunteers, from
whico he deserted several times, always eca.
piopr the punishment which he so richly merited.
PrrviouB to entcrltp the array he was a pro
fesed admirer of Alice Gardner. Hut this un
fortunate woman was remarkable for her esy
and vieldlnir virtue, and consoled herself for
the absence of Wiley by acreotine the attentions
of any one who came alone. She finally married
Mc 101 wee, and the results of this match we have
already seen.
The final arrangement for the execution ot
Wiley are completed, and unless the (iovernor
apaln interposes, which Is alto?e'.hfr impro
bable, the wre".chert man will be ewunn into
eternity on Thurvlav, the tlsttn-.
A Lothario Pollened " Sceue lu a Rail
road Car.
i'rom the Trot Whig, lSth.
On tho New York Central train which left
the Union depot lor the West on Saturday at
1-30 P. M., was a good-looking individual, with
charming side whiskers aud moustitebc. Pre
suming upon his tascinations, the gentleman,
shortly after the train had left Cohoes, endea
vortd to become familiar with a ladv, the wile
of an eneineer of the Central, who, aeeom
pxnicd by a couple of lady friends, was going to
Schenectady. Stating himself in the rear of
her, he wrote on a card, "1 would like to see
you on arrival at our s'.ooplnu place," signing
'himself John Brown, and dropping the card
into her lap. No attention was paid to this,
whet,, after a while, he wrote on anotner
card that he would like to see her at her resi
dence. The lady indinnantly requested him
not to annoy her further, when he bad the
audiicity to try to occupy part ot her seat; but
finally desisted, and took his place in another
Dart of the car. Track-master Victory Smith
happened to come along, the cards were giveu
to him, with a statement of the e'reumstaneps,
and, going up to the chap, he asked him it he
had writen the cards, and the question was
answered in ihe negative. "You did write
them," said Smith; "and wben we get to
Schenectady I wish to see you." The chap
had a ticket to some point west of Schenec
tady, but concluded to eet otf at the
Aqueduct, at which station he remained until
the afternoon train came down, laughing at the
Hil'air, and stating that he could whip Smith or
any other man; that he was so passionate
he knew if he pot angry he should
shoot somebody, etc. However, the
down train brought Mr. Kngineer, the husband
of the insulted lady, and the offender beinir
pointed out, Mr. Kngineer walked up to him
and knocked him down, giving him a b'ack eye
in the operation, and afterwards pummelled
bim until bis beauty was vastly damaged, and
he begged lustily for mercy. Then he was per
mitted to get on the train, and rode to Trov
with his hand over his face, gettiug otf near the
bridge and skulking down a side street, since
which be has not made "his maenificeut ap
pearance" so as to be particularly prominent.
We judge from the cards carried by him, aud
on the backs of two of which he had written to
the lady, that be is an aoent for the sale of
paper collar?, culfs, etc.
The Woodward Tragedy In Indiana -A
Brave Little Olrl, aud Her Story In
Court.
William Sanders Is on trial at Bedford, In
diana, accused of murdering three persons last
year in Orange couuiy, of that Ma up. While
this horrid butchery was going on, a little
daughter of Woodward's seized the babe and
secreted heiself behind the door, at the same
time holding her baud over the child's mouth
in order that its cries mieht not betray their
hiding-place, and by that means saved the lives
of both. A little son, some five years old.
managed to escape bv hiding under a bed. The
little girl is only about seven years old, aud
very small for one of her age. She is a very
bright child, and answered the questions put to
her with a candor and Irauknesi that is seldom
witnessed in older persons. The first thing was
for the Court to determine whether she was
competent to testify. The Jud asked her
name. She gave it in a clear and distinct tone
of voice. The Judge then ordered the witness
to be sworn, Hud she was then examined closely
in reeard to what she saw and did on that fatal
night. She told all about how she hid behind
the door with the bube, and how she held her
hand over its mouth to keep it from making a
noise; bow she weut ior the neighbors about
daybreak; and many other things which it is
impossible lor us to enumerate. The recital
was very affecting, and if the defendant at the
bar was the guilty party, he certainly must
have had terrible emotions while the story was
being told.
Letter from the Infante of Spain.
The following letter has been addressed to La
France:
"Paris, February 28: In your number of the
2Gth of February last I read a letter from Spain
relative to the royal family, a:id in which I find
the following phrase referring to myself: 'As
to the Infante Don Enrico, the only one whose
absence lias hitherto been remarked and re
gretteo, he is said to be about to resume his
post ol honor by the side of the Queen.' I must
declare that assertion to be without foun
dation. Faithful to the principles ot liberty
which I have profes-cd all my lite, I cannot ad
mit that mv place of honor at the present ino
ment can be where illustrious Spaniards have
been victims of a most violent reaction, and
where a reaime of terror and proscription has
replaced the most essential sacred rights and
guarantees of the constitution. I have left Spain,
determined to sacrifice everything, even the
future of mv children, and live abroad, poor
and forgotten in my retirement, rather tiiau by
my presence at Madrid appear to approve of
acts so deplorable. In the meantime, until that
situation, fo painlui for my country, shall have
ended, it is in France, a generous and hospita
ble nation, that my post of houor is at present
to be found. Receive, et
"ENRICO MARIA."
Discovery of Seven Bone Caves.
A recent bulletin of tbe Koyal Academy of
Beldum contains an account of the exploration
of seveo caverus at Furfooz, lu the province of
Namur, in which beds of oiay and gravel, mixed
with bunes of annuals some being of species
now extinct were discovered. The most re
markable bed is one of vellow clay, which con
tains angular blocks of limestone, mingled with
bones of men and animals, and remains of im-
)lements and articles ot domestic use. No date
s assigned for these relics, but they are said
'to carry us back to a very remote period."
Mr. Dunont. who explored the caves in com
pany with Mr. Van beueden, is of oplnlou tnat
the lormer occupums were contemporaries oi
certain species ot animals which are now lound
in the polar regions only, or on the summit of
high mountains, and that the traces of handi
work inaicaiej a Biaiu ui civilization less ad
vanced than that of the stone uire, as exhibited
by the specimens discovered rn Denmark and
Switzerland. Traces of a parallel state of civili
zation exist in the caves in the south of France,
of which Mr. Lartet and the late Henry Christy
have given an Interesting account, now in
course of publication, with copious illustrations.
Professor Phillips, the oldest member of
the faculty of the college at Chapel Hill, N.
C, died suddenly last Friday in his seat
in the college chapel, at the age of seventy
eight. The rich Marquis ot Westminster has
accepted the presidency of an association "to
protect the Church of England from itomish
innovations within her own pale, and to pre
serve the integrity of her creed as Buttled at
the itatonmatloo."
THE KEW mm RAID. .
t'nlted State Troop, on their Way to
the Border.
Nine car loads of United States troops, form
ing an extra train, yesterday passed over the
Hudson Kiver Kailroad. The men were tally
equipped, and had with them all the necessary
luggage for a campaign. They were destined
for Oswego, and are undoubtedly intended to
opernte against any movement ot the Fenians
which may be attempted on the frontiers of
Canada. N. Y. Jlerald to -da;).
RKTUR.f OP PhEBIPENT ROBKHT? T) NKW TOItK.
Colonel W. R. Roberts, of the Fenian Iiro
therhood, arrived in this city last evening
from his tour in the West. President Roberts
was present at the Fenian Convention which
was held in Chicago, and reports a feeling of
great enthusiasm prevalent throughout the
entire West in regard to the proposed invasion
of Canada. Companies and regiments are being
organized, drilled, uniformed, and equipped
for the expedition, and a va.st amount of pre
paration is visible on all sides. President
Kolrts addressed a very large meeting in
liutValo on Sunday evening. A battalion of
six hundred men is ready for action in Buffalo,
and a regiment of nine hundred men in Chi
cago, well uniformed and drilled. The Senate
of the Fenian Brotherhood will be in session
to-morrow. Colonel Roberts pronounces a
supposed plan of campaign published in a
morning journal of this city yesterday, a ridi
culous tissue of misnpresentntion,and without
any foundation in fact. The plan of campaign
is alone known to President Roberts and the
Senate of the Fenian Brotherhood. Ni io York
Tribune to-day,
THE PEABODY FUND.
Meeting of the Truetee In New York.
The trustees of the Southern F.ducational
Fuud, at the invita'iou of Mr. Georce Peabody,
dined together yesterday, at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel.
General U. S. Grant, Robert C. Winthrop, of
Boston; Hamilton Fish, of New York; J. H.
Clifford, ot Massachusetts; William aikeu, ot
South Carolina; Mr. William M. Evarts, ot
New York; William A. Graham, of North Caro
lina; Chnnes McAllister, of Pennsylvania; Mr.
George A. Riegs. ot Washington; Samuel Wet
more, of New York; Mr. Kdward A. Bradford,
ot Louisiana; Georere N. Eaton, of Maryland;
George Pcaoody Russell, of Salem, Mass. ;
Hr-bop Mcllvaine, of Ohio; and William C.
Rives, ot Virginia, con prive the Board. Up to
iat pveninc all had arrived except the last two.
The object ot the visit ot these eentlemen
here is 1o confer with Mr. Peabody iu reference
to the definite disposition and purpose of the
$2,000,0(10 which he has donated as aschoolfund
tor the South. The Board will remain in the
city during the week. Thi evening there will
be a party in honor of Mr. Peabody and tbe
trustees at the re-idence of ex-Governor
Hamilton Fish, and to-morrow the trustees will
dine at the house or Mr. A. . Mtewart. jv. x.
Herald to-day.
Speaker Colfax upou Reconstruction.
llot'HE OF RUPRESUSTATIVES, WASHINGTON,
March 0, 18t7. Editors Missouri Democrat:
I noticed in the Democrat, of the oth instant,
an editorial, in which you say that "even Mr.
Colfax, on his return from his California
' .11 -i . ft -r
journey, taiKert strong jonnsonism. xour
memory must certainly have oeen at tanit, lor
I know you would not do me injustice inten
tionally. I returned home from the Pacific
early in October, 18(i'2. The next month, at
Washington City, a fortnight before the organi
zation of the Thirty-ninth Congress, I delivered
a serenade speech, whieh Mr. Johnson has
always denounced as the initiation of the Con
gressional policy which antagonized with his;
and I remember the St. Louis Democrat, in
common with our leading Republican papers
West and Fast, specially indorsed it. While
conceding that the President's conditions to
the Rebel States were judicious as far as they
went, that speech insisted on additional con
ditions, as guarantees for the Union and for
the protection of the emancipated, whom it
declared should be called freemen and not
freedmen. And it also declared as the true
policy of reconstruction, "Make haste slowly."
It was my first speech alter my return. Yours
truly, Schuyler Colfax.
Pay of Army Officers.
The pay and allowance of the gentlemen
who wear stars and shoulder-straps in our
Army on its peace footing are reported to be
as follows:
General Grant, 18,120; Lieutenant-General
Sherman, 14,814; Major-General Halleck,
7717; Major-General Meade, $7717; Major
General Sheridan, $7717; Major-General
Thomas, 97717; Brigadier-General McDowell,
$.r)517; Brigadier-General Rosecrans, $5517;
Colonels, $4500; Lieutenant-Colonels, $3994;
Majors, $3705; Captains, $3049; First Lieu
tenants, $2713; and Second Lieutenants, $2053.
We don't realize that any twenty per cent.
addition can be urgently needed Acre. A'. '.
7 riiune.
A Biitn Show. At the annual bird show at
the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, on the 9th ult.,
nearly one thousand one hundred specimens
were exhibited, including a jackdaw, all white;
an almost equally singular specimen of the
hedfw-sparrow genus, all white, and an Aus
tralian magpie, which has a teuor voice, that,
w ith a little musical culture, might be turned
to profit as an exhibition.
A Food Prize. Madame Guerineau, sister
of the celebrated traveller Lalande, has handed
to M. Drouyn de Lhuys, as President of the
Society of Acclimatization, a sum of one
thousand francs to found a prize in memory
of her brother, to be awarded to the traveller
who by his discoveries, shall have done most
towards improving the food of the humau race.
TK-iTim ov CiiiLriRKN. From the statistics of
the Registrar-General of Kngland, it appears
that a much larger uumlier of the children
born at the latter part of the summer die
within a year of birth than is the case with
those born at other periods. . ,
A Rich Kstvte. In Kngland last year there
was a payment of legacy and Buession under
one will of the sum of i-1 5 ,200. Ihe same
estate contributed 42,000 to the probate
duty, the property being valued at 2,800,000.
' A Tenor to be Married. It is reported that
the Knulisb tenor. Mr. Holder, is about to be
llio digital! iruui, ." '
n n -vl n.l tnon Kncl ish widow of large fortune,
now living in Paris. The destined bride is a
relative of the house of Rothschild.
Greece. The Greek Government has dis
tributed decorations among the French jour
nalists who have supported the Cretan insurrection,
SECOND EDITION
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
ITInfiiicial and Commercial
CAI1LE DKSrATCHKS illls P.M.
London, March 20 Noon. Consols for
money, 91; Erie Railroad shares, 40; Illinois
Central, 78J; U. S. 5-20s, 74J.
LiVEurooL, March 20 Noon. Cotton quiet
at 13d. for middling uplands. The sales to
day will probably foot up 8000 bales.
Breadstuffs quiet. Provisions generally un
changed. Lard, 50s. 9d.; Tallow, 41s. 3d.
Linseed Oil, 39 per ton; Iron, 51s. (5d. for
Scotch Pigs; Rosin, 16s. fid. for line.
BY STEAMSHIP.
The steamship Moravian, Captain Acton,
from Liverpool, at 3 o'clock on tho afternoon
of the 7th, via Londonderry on tho evening of
the 8th inst., arrived at Portland at 1 J o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
THE DEATH OP DR. LIVINGSTONE.
A report had reached the English Consul at
Zanzibar that Dr. Livingstone, the celebrated
African explorer, and half of his party, had
been murdered by the Calfres. The report
rests on the authority of nine native atten
dants, who escaped. The attack was suddeu,
but the Doctor had time to overpower those
facing him, but was cut down from behind,
while endeavoring to reload his revolver.
THE ARMY OF TUB I'OI'E.
The effective strength of the Pontifical army,
which on tho 5th January was 11,188, had risen
on the 15th of February to 12,33b". Four corps
have increased considerably the French
Legion, the Zouaves, the French Chasseurs,
and the auxiliaries. The legion has received
533 recruits, and at present numliers 1522
men, one-half being at Rome and the other at
Civita Vecchia. The Zouaves have risen from
1759 to 1917, of whom 1702 are in Rome and
215 at Viterbo. A third battalion is said to
going to be formed. The foreign Chasseurs
were only 128i; they are now 1322; 240 only
are in Rome; the rest are disseminated among
the provinces where brigandage prevails.
Finally the auxiliaries, a sort of National
Guard, especially established for the repres
sion of brigandage, have been raised from 500
to 800. They are divided into squadrons.
Every man receives If. 50c. a day when on
service, and is armed and equipped by the
military administration.
THE TURKISH TREASCRY.
The vf ant of money in the Turkish Treasury
is so great that something bold must be at
tempted to provide for the engagements of tho
coming month, the commencement of the
Turkish financial year. The deficit of the
year is as yet not ascertained, but it is esti
mated that if everytliingis taken intoaccount,
including the repayment of the late temporary
advances, which come within the category of
expenditure to be provided for, there will be
between 3,01X1,000 and 4,000,000 deficit.
This on an income under 14,000,000 is cer
tainly startling, and the prospects of the
country are such that it is but reasonable to
look for great additional requirements in the
ensuing year.
If the secularization of the mortmain por
tion of the Vacouf (Mosque property) is
adopted, the Porte will have a fresh security
for raising a new and largo loan. Whether
this will succeed is somewhat doubtful, but
one thing is certain, the loan-contracting sys
tem cannot go on much longer. The internal
condition of the empire is going from bad to
worse, local taxation is grievously increased
and increasing, and the abuses of administra
tion are greater than ever they were, lo the
conversion of the Vacouf, the great bt'lk of the
landed property of the empire, .here is a
formidable opposition from the ' xrge fanatical
section of the Mussulmen, wh even now look
with very dissatisfied aspect at the turn affairs
are taking.
FROM WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON.
SPECIAL DESfATCHJiS 10 EVENING TELEOhAPH.
Washington, March 20.
Affairs In Virginia.
From Richmond learn that General
Schotield's approval of the action of the
Senate in calling a convention, is an indication
of the desire of that body to meet the require
ments of the Military bill, and will influence
the House to follow their example upon re
assembling after the recess, which will expire
upon the 10th of April. Their constituents
will doubtless force them into this measure
before that time. The people of Buckingham
county held a meeting on Monday last, at
which the Military bill was indorsed, and their
representatives instructed to vote for the call
of a convention, though nothing had beeu pre
viously said upon the subject.
It has been rumored that General Schofield
was about to change his headquarters from
Richmond to Fortress Monroe; but as Rich
mond is designated as headquarters in General
Orders No. 10, the report is without founda
tion. He will send his family there during
the summer months.
There is great destitution prevailing in vari
ous portions of Virginia among the poor of
both races. Extreme want exists, and in
Richmond alone there are upwards of three
thousand people who can scarcely be main
tained by tbe charitable societies there. This
number are outside the protection of the
Bureau.
; Heavy freshets in the southwestern portion
of the State have resulted in the destruction
of immense quantities of property, including
mills, etc., and the crops to a large extent
have been destroyed. This will further in
crease the starvation.
The Supplementary Reconstruction Dill.
The presiding officers of the House of Repre
sentatives and Senate fo-day signed tho Sup
plementary Reconstruction bill, which was
afterwards presented to the President.
The Hartford Courant reaffirms the state
ment that Mies Anna Dickinson is about to
write a novel, but denies that it will in any
way have reference to any incidents of ber per
sonal history,
PKNNSYL.VAN1A LKGISLATDRE.
Senate.
IlARRiHmrRO. March 20. The following bills
In I'hice were read:
By Mr. Connell, an art to secure grants for
in In id ir petroleum from forfeiture: a .Supple
ment for the Peiinxylvnnla Kailrond Company,
huthorlziDK the construction ot ndditlouiU
truck.
Hy Mr. Ilandall, a supplement for the Phila
delphia Transportation Company.
The bill submitting the question of Runday
cars running In l'liiludelphla toqualltled voters
on the second Tuesday In October beliiR culled
nn, Mr. Donuvan spoke In lis favor, und Mr.
Hall against It.
House of Representative.
A cnrnmnnleatlon was read froin tho Mclbo
dist KpiHcopal Conference against the running
of cars on Sunday In Philadelphia. Tabled.
The fenate joint resolution providing for the
final adjournment of the legislature wui
umended and pasxed.
Tho resolution ns amended reads: That the
Legislature adjourn lincdie on Thursday, April
11, at 12 o'clock M.
A resolution wns offered by Mr. Ghegan that
during the remainder of this session no iiu'tn
ber shall be allowed the floor more than live
minutes at any one time, nor more Jt ban twice
on the same bill
This wns amended by Mr. Jenks to read ten
minutes.
On motion of Mr. Stumbaugti.tho wordi "in re
than twice on the same bill or subject" win
struck out, and the resolution ns amended
passed.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
THK WILLIAMS HOMICIDE.
Court of Oyer and Terminer .Tudges
I.udlow and Pierce. Will lam I!. Mann, Ulsirict
Attorney; T. Bradford Dwigbt, Asslsiant I Us
trlct Attorney. Mr. Worrell, Counsel for Got
lleb Williams, presented the following to the
Court thiH morning:
Oyernnd Terminer, October Sessions, ISM, No.
at S, Murder. Now. March 20th, A. I). 18ti7, the
defendant, hy his counsel, Thomas J. Worrell,
moves tbe Court for arrest of judgment In tho
ntiove case, and assigns the following reasons:
First. That tbe said defendant was entitled to
bis discharge from custody nud imprisonment
on the second day of February, A. U. 1807, and
has since that time been Illegally restrained of
lim liberty. Hecond. Hecause the Court prred in
reluslng tbe petition of tho defendant of Febru
ary 2l, A. 18;7, be being at that time entitled
to a dischatge from his imprisonment and ex
emption from trial under the hill of Indictment
No. liliS, of October Sessions, 1SC0
Tbe Court directed Williams to be brought up
to-morrow.
Court of tiuarter Seselone Judge Brew
ster. The Cnttiiuou wealth vs. Theodore Wei land
mid Jasper Shall. In this case tbe defendants
Wi re charged Wil li assault and battery with In
tent to kill Joseph Clement. The prosecutor, a
young man, resides in the upper part of the
city, und Is a whlpmuker by trade. On tho
evening of September 12, 18U0, he, with some
other young men, went out on the lot lu Mar
shall sUtet, near Oxford, and lav for some lime
talklnu; soon after some other boys came upon
the lot nnd built a bonfire, which they fired.
The prosecutor saw the defendants very near
the lire. He beard a report or a gun from the
tire, und found that a ball had entered his left
leg. liut be did not see any one raise a gun to
lire, nor did h see a gun In the hands of either,
liut whoever tired the shot after having been
told that a boy bud been shot, tired again.
oitloer Howard, whoarrested the delendants,
tes lifted that tbe defendant Hhull had acknow
ledged that he had fired the gun, hut did not
Intend to shoot anybody. When Wetland was
arrested gunpowder and caps were found upon
htm, nnd he said that he was with a boy who
shot another, but hud not fired the shot him
self. The defense was that the gun was tired In
order to cleanse It, it then having an old
loud in it; but there was no bad intent, and the
wrong doing of the prosecutor was entirely
accioeniul. Good character was also shown.
On trial.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Woodward,
and Judges Thompson, Strong, and Agnew.
The cae of Gould vs. Lee was arguod this
mornlnc.
Win. H. Walter vs. Charles Knapp.
The Czar has conferred the Grand Cross
of St. Stanislaus (tho highest order of tho
empire) on the French scholar, Stanislaus
Julian.
Grace Greenwood, in a letter to the Chi
cago Tribune, says her husband is "not Mr. J.
R. Lippincott, of Philadelphia, 'the great
publisher,' but Mr. L. K. Lippincott."
The confederate delegates from Nova
Scotia and New Rrunswick, left London for
home on the 2d of March. The Canadian
commissioners were to stay for a few days
longer.
FINANCE Aflj) (JCnu'lKKCK.
OFKICK OF THK EVKNINO TF.LBORAPtf.l
Wednesday, March 20, lo(7.
The Stock Market was Inactive this morning,
and prices were unsettled and drooping. Gov
ernment bonds continue In fair demuud. Julv
1SG5 6-20s sold at 107, a decline of J; aud August
7'30s at 106, an advance of i, 109 was bid for
old 6-20s; 109 for 6s ol 1881; aud 973 for 10-40s.
City loans were dullj.the new issue sold at 101 j, a
slight decline.
Railroad shares were the most active on the
list. Reading sold at B0J51, a decline of i on
the closing price last evening; Catawissa pre.
ferred at 30J, no change; Northern Central at
45, no change; Camden and Am boy at 132j.au
advance of i; and Pennsylvania Railroad at 56,
no change; 31 was bid for Little bchuylklll; 57j
for Minebill; 30 for Rlmira common; 40 for
preferred do.; and 28 j for Philadelphia and
Krie.
City Passenger Railway shares were un
changed. Hestonvillo sold at 14, and German
town at 28J. 7tf was bid for Second aud Third;
CO for Tenth and Eleventh; 20i tor Thirteenth
nnd Fifteenth; 72 for West Philadelphia; 27 for
Girard College; and 40J for Union.
Bank shares were firmly held at full prices,
but we hear of no sales. 109 was bid for Sixth
National; 230 for North America: 153 for Phlla
delphia; 136 fcr Farmers' and Mechanics'; 66
for Commercial; 32 for Mechanics'; 100 for
fcouthwark; 5G4 for Girard, 95 for Western; 32J
for Manufacturers'; 100 tor Tradesmen's; 68 for
City; 44 for Consolidation: CO for Common
wealth; G3 for Union; and 125 for Central
National. , ,
In Canal shares there was very little move
ment. Lehigh Navigaliou sold at 63, no
change. 31 was bid for Schuylkill Navigation
preferred; 14 J for Susquehanna Canal; 55 for
Delaware Division: and 56 for Wyomlner Valley.
Quotations ot Gold 10 A. M., 134; 11 A. 11.,
1343; 12 M., 134J; 1 P. M., 134, an advance
of i on the closing price last evening. .
"It is announced that arrangements have
been made by the Telegraph Company and
the Associated Press for tho delivery to sub
scribers, in every city and section of the
United States, of financial aud commercial
news from every part of the world, as soon as
it Is received by telegraph. 8uch an arrange
ment, carried out with energy and fidelity,
will prove of immense advantage to the whole
business rommunlty. A few individuals In
every city have always managed to obtain quo
tations of the prices of stocks, produce, etc., in
advance of their publication by the pres, aud
have thus bad an immense advantage for pur
poses of speculation over the great mass of their
rivals in business. All the efforts of the press
to prevent this have proved unavailing. The
largest spcculetors were lure to obtain the
news first, and at her dealers were thus in a
great degree at their mercy.
"The only moe of remedying the evil Is that
now adopted. The press receives from Europe,
three timet a day, quotations ol all the leading
articles of traffic, and prompt commercial re-
fc-rta from all parts of tJLe United Btotcs, At a
segregate coot of more than $200,000 per annum.
B the arrnneement now entered Into, all this
news in Landed over at once to the Telegraph
Company, nnd by them transmitted to every
city and' town In the United states wnere it
may he wanted, and is deliv;rd to subscribers
ar a stipulated price per week or month. The
authenticity and accuracy ot the news canuot
be questioned."
rillLADELl'llIA STOCK EXCIHN'lE SALES TO-DAY
Hupurted by Deliaven A iiro., No. 40 8. Third street
11E FOR 12 BOARDS.
100 9h Ocean Oil - C- '
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Messrs. De Haveu & Brother, No. 40 Boutll
Third street, report the following rates of ex
change to-dav at 1 P. M.: U. .S. (is of 1881, 109
C'lU.tJ;do.,18G2. 109r(tl0!4; (lo.,18C4,107j(!il07i;
do., Ib6r, 107108; do., 1865. new. 107((ilt)7j;
do 6f, 10-408, OOjCfiOSj; to. 7-30-, Aupust, 105
(mm; do., June, 105jj10.r)j ; do.. July. 105i(3
lOoij; Compound Interest Notes, June, 1864, 17j
(ft.UJ: do.. Julv, 1864, 17J(p)17il: do., August,
18C4,1CJ1CJ; do., October, 1864, lSJOrtloj; do.,
December, 1804, 14jfftl4J; do., May. 18C5, 124
12; do.. Auirust, 1865, H JllJ; do., Hentem
ber. 186S. I0j(f?illj do., October, 1865, 10J10$.
GoJd, 134134.
Messrs. William Painter A Co., bankers, No
30 South Third street, report the following rate
of exchange to-day at 12 o'clock: U.S. 6s, 1881,
coupon, 10!)f109.J; U. 8. 5-20s, coupon, 1862,
inyrftlO'Jl; do., 1804, 107107: do.. 1865, 107i
rrl08: do. new, 107107i; 10-40s, conpon. 97J
fft97j; U. S. 7'30s, 1st series, 105(ai06;
do., 2d series, 105J1054; 3d series, 1054105.
Compounds, December, 1864, 1414J. Gold,
134$134.
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Wednesday, March 20. There is a fair
demand for Flour for home consumption, and
some little Inquiry for speculation; but there is
nothing doing for shipment. The sales reach.
1300 bbls., including superfine at $8875; 100
bbls. extras at 810 50; 800 bbls. Northwestern
extra family at 811-5013-2T; the latter rate for
very choice; 350 bbls. Pennsylvania and Ohio
do. at $U'50($14; 100 bbls. California at IU-15;
and fancy brands at' 81 1 50()17, according to
(iuuiity. itye nour is selling at tszwyyoo.
olbinR doing in Corn Mnul,
In Wheal there is no new feature to present,
there being little or no demand except for
prime IoIh, which are scarce. Hales of 1000 bush,
choice Pennsylvania red at $3-15. and 500
bushels No. 'i Chicago sprim; at $2-00. and 600
bushels MilWHUkie at S2 85, and 3500 bushels
Cbleago on private terms. Rye ranges from
8 1-45(0)1 "50 for Western and Pennsylvania. Ia
Com there is less activity, Bales of 6500 bush,
new yellow, lu store, at 81-13, a decline. Oata
are scarce and wanted. Sales at 08($75o.
Cloverseed comes forward slowly and is la
steady request. Hales of 200 bushels new at
88'7ofo9-12i. the latter ",tlture from second
haudB. Timothy may be quoted at $3'5O3 (30.
Flaxseed is selling at $3-20(g) 3-2.3.
Whisky The trade Is entirely supplied with,
the "contraband" article, which sells at80c$l.
Markets by Telegraph.
New York, March 20. Stock Market is ex
cited. ChlouKO and Rock Island, 97; Heading,
101; CantonCorapany, 47; Erie Railroad, 59;
Cleveland and Toledo, 118; Cleveland and Pitts
burg, 82; Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, 97!4;
Mlcnigan Central. 108: Michigan Southern,
77; i; New York Central, 10,); Cumberland pre
ferred, 32; Virginia 6s, 55; Missouri 6s, 97; Hud
son Kiver, 188; United States Five-twenties, 1862,
do. 1801. 107; do. 1865, 107; new issue, 107;
Ten-forties, 97; Seven-thirties, first Issue. 106;
all others. 10o; Sterling Exchange, 108; at
sight, 109. Money steady at 5 per cent. Ciold.
134 Vx.
New York, March 20. Cotton is a shade
lower; sales at 32 for middling UDlands. Flonr
firm and In fair demand; 6000 obis, sold; State,
89-3.Vfill-25; Ohio, 811-30a)13-lo; Western. 80-35
(5il3-25; Southern, 810-U()(a)l(J-50. Wheat dull,
prices nominal and unchanged. Corn dull:
mixed Western, $l-20rl'2l. Oats dull; sales of
12,000 bushels; Western. 60(0)800.; State, 71s)73o.
Hurley quiet; 8506 bushels sold at 81-25. Rye
firm. Provisions quiet; Pork, hoavy; 1200 bbls.
mess at 823-6023-67. Whisky quiet.
LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
POET OP PHILADELPHIA,
MARCH SO.
STATE Or THKRMOMETKB AT THK KVKMIMO TKI.B-
(jkaph orricic
7 A. 87111 A. M .46(2 P. M ......62
For additional Marine Newi tee Third Page.
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Barque Emily aud Ada, bwasey, Naples, L. Wester
suurd & Co.
ling Niizurlne, Murphy, Barbados, J. R. Rue it 80a.
bclir Ktlian Allen, Bluke, Mtantan, A. Merino,
l-chr Kuppahunnock, Cortou, Richmond, K. D. Jones.
fcScbr A. WllluUs, ouug, CUincolKuyue. Captain.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamship Chase, 1'rosnumn, from Providence, with
nidHe. u I.tilbbury, Wlckersham & Co. Was detained
by heavy snow otorm. Monday P. M. exchanged sig
nals with steamship Hunter, for Providence, 10 miles
W. ofMontauk; Tuesday, 10 A. M., 5 miles a. ot Kar
ri egat, saw herra. brig General Banks, hence for Neiv
York; same time exchanged signals with tug Tem
pest, bound N.i passed in tbe bay three barques aud
two brigs, at anchor; met steamship Roman, for Bos
ton, leaving tbe Capes.
Br brig Anna, Morrow, IS days from Ponce, P. R.,
with suuar and molasses to John Mason A Co. I ft,
brigs Kugina. G. u. Roberts, and Bchr Ruby, loading
lor Philadelphia. ' '
Brig John Chrystal, Barnes, 25 days from Mayaguez,
with sugar to John Muson Co.
Hchr J. W. Vannenian, Hharp, 20 days from Quanta
namo, via Norfolk, with sugar and luolussea to U. W,
Bernadou & Bro.
I.tWKK, Del.. March 18-7 P. M. Barque Union, for
Marseilles: brig Premier, for Barbados: schrs K. Magee,
tor Hagua, and Thos. Borden, lor Fall Kiver. all from
Philadelphia, went to sea 17th lust. Brig Clifford, for
Cientuegoa, went to sea this evening.
A light-boat for New Bedford arrived at tbe Break
water this afternoon. All the vessels bound N., that
hnA . .... I . .... . . . , I .,,!.. lark
MKMOKANJJA.
Btcamshlp Chan , Crossraan, for Philadelphia, sailed
from Providence 18th insU
BrlgE. IL Rich, Ifopklus, for Philadelphia, sailed
from Trinidad 7tn lust. .
hdir I'liiiH-i, vov iir.iioft. for PhlladelDhla. cleared
at Boston lsih lust,
bchr Mary a. Parr, Molloy, was loading at Trinidad
8th Inst.
Bohr Lizzie D. email, Tlce, hence, at Providence 18tn .'
Instant.
bchr Edwin. Tiittle, hence, at New York yesterday. ,
tnt. II l:,..iI..,u. ltn ro-iMM In. ft nnplnA.lh nf II,.t.
teras, at Trinidad 8th Inst. ,
bchr W. Waltar, Reeves, hence' for Portsmouth, at
Salem lath Inst.
bchrs J. Waples. Robinson, and B. B. Wheeler, Mc
Laughlin, from. New Castle, Del., at Providence loth
iusiaut. .
bchr Burrows Cj before reported ashore at Cape Poge,
was pumped out lsih by the steamer Mnohanseit's
BtcKin-uiinip. and got atloat. The steamer towed her
to Holmes' Hole ou Saturday evening Just in time to
escape tbe heavy snow storm aud gale. The wreckers '
were to receive 25 per cent. ,
DOMESTIC PORTS,
;Jkw York, March 1.-Arrlved, steamship Valley -City.
Tomliu, from Washington. '
bteamshlp O. Washington, Uager. from N. Orleans,
, Steamship Montgomery, rrom is'ew Orleans.
bteamshlp ban Jacinto, Alkius, from Savannah.
steamship Prometheus, Beckett, from Wilmington, '
Steamship Saratoga, King, from Richmond.
Ship (Jreat Western, Cunningham, from Liverpool.
Ship W. Tapscott, Bell, from London. ,
: Barque Laboramus. Raymond, Irom Newport, E, '
; Brig J. Crosby. Baldwlo. from Cleufuegos,
Brig Pavoril, Beech, rrom Manraullla, . ,
1 Brig Potomac, Snow, from Rockland.
Bchr Amelia, Fitchelt, from Ragged Island.
i Cleared, steamships E. C. Knight, DeuU. Washing- (
ton: Iowa. Craig. Glasgow! Cuba, Stone, Liverpool; u
Bhips Resolute, Freeman, do.iblr Kobt Peel I.arraDee, ,
Jxmdou; barques C. M. von Bflhr, Blitgardt, Cork, j
Cemsbok. Chandler, CronBtadi; millonla.HUampt
Rotterdam; brigs Minnie Abbe, Fuller, Buenos Ayres; r
3. W. Sawyer, . JHarsHllleej Ieakitiii MorgaHj f
' A.hjtte, ClOWeUi Aj.lJ.ua,