f 1W IN H H A VOL. VII-No 110. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 18G7. DOUBLE SIIEETTIIREE CENTS. 1) SECOND EDITION mOM EUROPE BY THE CABLES. Financial and Commercial Advice to Noon To-Oay. London, May 14 Noon. Consols for money, 92; Erie Railroad shares, 42; Illinois Central, 7GJ; United States Five-twenties, 72J. Livbkpool, May 14 Noon Cotton is some what firmer. The sales to-day are estimated at 10,000 hales. Uplands, md.; Orleans, 11 d. JJreadstuffs quiet. Red Western Wheat, 13s. Od. Corn, 42s. 3d. Provisions quiet and tinchanged. Produce quiet. Standard white Petroleum, Is. 7d. Common Rosin declined to Cs. Pig Iron lias advanced to 53s. 6d. Linseed Oil, 39 10a. All other articles are unchanged. THE FENIAN DEATH PENALTY. SENTENCE OF EXECUTION ON COLONEL BURKE AND MH. DORAN COLONEL BURKE'S SPEECH IN COURT JUSTIFICATION OF IRISH REVOLUTION PATRIOTISM AND SELF-SACRIFICE. From the Cork Herald. May 2. At ten o'clock yesterday morning the Chief JuBtioe, Baron Deasy, and Mr. Fitgerald took their seats on the bench in Dublin. The Fenian prisoners, Thomas F. Hurke and Fatrick Doran, were put forward for the seventh day of their trial. At the sitting of the Court, Chief Justice Whiteside summed up. It now became his duty, he said, to draw the jury's attention to the nature of the charge preferred against the prisoners, to the law which affected that charge, to the facts in connection with it, and to the proofs that had been offered on the part of the Crown in support of the indictment and for the prisoners in defense. The jury retired to consider their verdict at twenty minutes to 3 o'clock, and returned after a couple of hours. THE VERDICT. On the appearance of the Jury a dead stillness , prevailed Id Court, and the calling over of their names was a moment of Intense anxiety. Few, Indeed, entertained a doubt as to the result. Still there was in the minds of some a slight nope that the Jury might have some doubt as to the identification of Doruti, but the next mo ment an nope was dispelled. ine ioreman naving banded in the issue paper, . The Clerk of the Crown asked Have you agreed to your verdict, gentlemen ? Foreman Yes. Clerk of the Crown Gentlemen, you find that Thomas Burke, otherwise Thomas F. Burke, and Patrick Doran, are guilty of the . charges as specified in the first, second, third, and fourth counts of the Indictment, you say, "Although In the discharge or our duty we have found a verdict of guilty againt the prisoners, yet we wish to recommend Patrick Doran to the merciful cons. deration of the Court, inas much as It docs not appear that he was either bo long or so actively eugaued as the other pri soner In promoting the okJecU of this treason able conspiracy." Aauresbing tue prisoners, no saia: momas F. Burke and Patrick Driran, you were indicted for the crime of high treuson. You pleaded "Not guilty," and put yourselves In the hands of Gotland your country. That country has found you guilty; haveyouanythlng now to say why Judgment of deuth and execution should not be passed upon you according to law? THE SENTENCE. SPKECII OF COLON 1CL THOMAS F. BURKE, I. B. A. Thomas F. Burke, lu a clear and manly voice, said:-My lord, it Is not my Intention to occupy much of your time in answer to the question why the sen tence or the Court should not be passed upon lue; but 1 may, with your permission, review a little ol the evidence that litis been brought against me. The first evidence is that ot bub-Inspector Kelly, who bud the conversation with me at Clonmel, in Tipperary. He states that he asked me then, wuat about my friend. Mr. (Stephens, that I made answer and said lie was the most idolized man that ever was or ever would be in America. Here, standing on the brink ot my grave, in the presence of Hi almighty and ever-livlug God, I brand that as being the foulest perjury that ever a man gave utterance to. No such conversation ever occurred; the uame of (Stephens was not mentioned. I shall pass lrom that and then touch ou the evidence of Ifrltt. He says 1 assisted lu distributing bread to the parties at the fort, and that 1 stood with him on the wagon or cart. That also Is false. 1 was not in the lortal the time. I -was not there when the bread was being distributed. I came in alterwards. All these assertions have been made and submitted to tbe meu in whose bauds my life ban beeu placed, as evidence made on oath by these men, solely and purely lor the purpose of giving my body to an untimely grave. There are many points, my lord, that have been sworn to here 10 prove my cumnlicliy. aud a great many ' acts bave been alleged that I look part In. It is not ' my Intention to give utterance to one word against the sentence that has beeu pronounced against me. I leel lully conscious of my honor as a mau, whlcii has neerheen Impugned, lully conscious that 1 can go into my grave with a name and character unsullied. 1 can say that these partles.eitheructuated by a desire fur their own aggrandizement or to save their paltry and miserable lives, bave pandered to the appetites, If I may so speak, of justice, and my lire is to pay the forfeit, Fully convinced audsatislied of the righteous ness of my every act in connection with this alleged revolutionary movement in Ireland, I have Dothlng to recall, nothing that I would undo, nothing to bring up the blush ot shame to mantle on my brow. My conduct and career, both here and In America, of which I bave been a citizen, and, If you like, a soldier, is before you: and I leel lu this very hour ot trial the consciousness of having lived an honest man. and 1 will die proudly, believing that if I bave given material aid to give freedom aud lib erty to tbe laud of my birth. I bave done only that which every Irishman whose soul throbs with a feel ing of liberty should do. 1 feel 1 should not mention tbe name of Massey. I feel I should not pollute my lips with tbe name ot that traitor, wboe illegitimacy bas been proved here the man whose name is not known, and who, I deuy point blank, ever wore the star of Colonel In the Confederate army. I shall let hi in rest. I shall pass him, wishing him, In tba words of the poet "May tbe grass wltber from his feet! the woods Deuy lilm shelter ! earth a home ! (he dust I A gravel the sun bis light! aud heaven ber God !" Let Manser remember fieiu this day fortb be car ries with him. as my able aud learned pommel Mr. Dawse, has slated, a serpent that will gnaw biscou sclence, carrying about with lum In his breast a living bell, from which be can never be separated. I, my lords, bave no desire for tbe name ol a martyr: I ask not the death of a martyr. But iritis the will or that Almighty aud Omnipotent God that my devotion to the laud of mv birth shall be tested ou the scaffold, 1 am willing there to die in defense of the rlgUts of men toa tree government, and of the right of an op pressed people to throw off the yoke of thraldom. I am an Irishman by birth, an A mericatf by adoption: by nature a lover of freedom, and au enemy to that power that holds my native land In tbe bonds of tyranny, it has so often been admitted that the oppressed bave a riKbt to throw on tbe yoke of the oppressor, even by English statesmen, that I deem It unnecessary to revert to that fact In a British court of Justice.' Ire land's children are not, never can, and never win be willing aud submissive slaves. And so long as ths English flag covers one inch ol Irish soil, just so long will tnev. believing II to be a divine right, "conspire. imagine, and devise" means to hurl It from power, na ra in Ilh stead the God-like structure of self. government. Before I go any further I bave one important duty I wish to dispose of to in mv learned and elouuent counsel tbe Poor gift of the siucere and heartfelt u....,u nf in honest mau. I Oder them. in the name of America, the thauks of tbe Irish peo ple I SHOW that 1 am nwrv wiiuuuv iciuiiivff wuu out'a friend, ui fact three thousand miles away Iroia r.,nin Hut I know that 1 am mil forgotten there. t.. .,.. nri ireiiHrous Irjsh heart of America to-day leels for me to-day sympathizes with and does not i. ....... ,i, ...on u hn is willing to tread the scaffold ay, defiantly, proudly cnsclous of having to suffer iii defense of American principles and lu defense of liberty. I now to Mr- Dowse, jur. nun, miuiur. O'Loghlen, and all the other counsel engaged In my defeiiKe. tninni whom. I believe. Is Mr. Corrau, nd tn mv uhla solicitor. Mr. lawless, I re turn Individually and collectively my sincere and heartfelt thanks. I shall, now, my lord as no doubt you will sugge the proprlet; r.rtiirnin attention to the world beyond the grave- shall now look only to that borne where sorrows are at an end, where Joy la eternal, aud I sball hose aud i,rav that freedom mav vet dawn on this poor down ilotHWucutwyy, Jhia in m by rUl la my juayei, and the Inst words I shall titter will beaprnvertn God for lorglveness, and a prayer lor ponro'd Ireland. Now, my lord. In relation to tne Informer, Curydan. I will make a lew remarks, It in perhaps before I come to Corydan I should nay much has been spoken on that tihle or Colonel Kelly and or the meetings held at his quarters or bis lodgings In London. I desire to any that I never knew where Colonel Kelly's lodgings were In Jxmdnn until I beard the informer, Maasey, announce It on the table. I never attended a meet ing at Colonel Kelly's: and the other statements that have been made on oath by him to you, gentlemen ot ti Jury, I solemnly now declare on my oath, as a man ay, as a dying man have been totally unfounded, nd have all been lalse from beginning to end. In re lation to tbe small paper Introduced to you, and brought against me as evidence of mv having been using that oath, I desire to say that that paper was not taken lrom my person: I know no person whoso nnme Is on that paper; O'llelrne. of Dublin, and those other delegates you heard of, 1 never knew nor ever met them; that paper hi-8 been put In for a pur pose, but I swear positively It Is not In my hand writing: I can also swear I never saw It. yet It Is held In evidence against me. Is this Justice, or is it right? Is this manly? 1 am willing, If I have transgressed the laws, to suffer the punishment of my offense: hut I object to this system of trumping up a case to take away the life of a human being I ask for no mercy. With my present ema ciated frame, and my constitution nomewhatshattered, It is heller that my life should be brought to au end, than that I should drag out a miserable exist ent e in the prison pens of Portland. Thus It Is, my lord, 1 accept of fie verdict; of course my acceptance ot It Is unnecessary, hut I am satisfied wi ll It, aud now 1 shall close. There are many feelings that at tuate me at this moment. In fact, these few (linriiiitiecied remarks can give no Idea or wbat I (lehlre o say to the court. I have a family I love as much as any man In Ibis court can love his. Iran re vifirtbi r the htcssitip of my (tfirti mother o.t 7 left h r fur the taut time. She then spoke as the Spartan mother of old, "Co, my boy, return either with your shield or on It." This consoles me this gives me heart to sub mit to my doom, and I hope that God will forgive my past sins; I hope, too, thai inasmuch as lor seven hun dred years lie bus preserved Ireland, notwithstand ing the tyranny to which she has been subject, that as a separate and distinct nationality. lie will also assist her to retrieve ber fallen lortunes, and to rise in her beauty, the sister Columbia, the peer ot auy nation lu the world, At the conclusion of this speech some sympathetic applause was manifested in Court, but was instantly suppressed. MR. DORAN'B SFERCII. Chief JuBtice Hue the other prisoner got anything to SBJ'T Mr. Doran said he had not muoh to add to what bad already been expressed by bis fellow-prlsouer and compatriot. He also was conslgued to an early grave upon sworn falsehoods. The policeman, suerl dan, Vint on that table and, with a smile on bis countenance, swore he (Mr, Doran) commanded the riflemen on the nlgbt ot the Sib. aud acted as alde-de camp or snballeru ollicer under l.ennon. Whoever Lennon was he did not know. Hherldan also swore that he saw him at tbe attack on the barracks at Glencullen. when tbe police surrendered. Now. there were men who could give another kind of evidence, but they were not brought on the table to prove his Innocence. He never spoke one word to him that night, ortoanybodv; bis meeting with Meares was quite an accident a man he never saw or knew before that night. He forgave them all as be hoped God would forgive blm; and all he wished now to say was to return heartlell thanks to the able and eloquent counsel tbat defended him. and to bis solicitor, Mr. Lawless. The Judges then retired, and after about a quarter of an hour's deliberation lu chamber, they returned into court, ADDRESS OF LOUD CHIEF JUSTICE WHITESIDE. The Chlel Justice, addressing the prisoners, said: Thomas F. Burke and Patrick Doran, after a pro tracted and carelnl investigation into your respective cases by a Jury whose patience was unwearied, you bave been found guilty. and you are now called on to receive the last seutence ol the law for the blgbesl crime known to tbe law, tbat of high treason against the Queen. Nothing indeed remains for me but to perform tbe lad aud painful duty imposed upon me by tbe law, and that duly Is to pro nounce the sentence which I cannot change or alter. ( H is lord Mb ip here put ou the black cap.) Tbat sentence Is tbat you and each of you ahull be taken from the place where you now staud to the place from whence you came, and tbat on Wednesday, tbe 28th day of this month ot May, you he drawn on a burdle from that place to tbe place of execution, and that there you and each of you sball be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and tbat afterwards tbe bead of each of you shall be severed from the body, and the body of each ot you. divided Into four quarters, shall be dis posed of as ber Majesty and her Kxecutlveshall think lit, and may the Lord God Almighty have mercy on your souls. (His lordship here appeared deeply affected, and many persons In tbe court abed tears.) The prisoners were iben removed. THE GALLOWS. PUBLIC EXECUTION IN CANADA. FIFTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE PRESENT, ETC. Sorf.l, C. E., May 3. To-day, at twenty-seven minutes past 11 o'clock, I'roveucherBuH'ered the extreme sentence of the law for tbe murder of Jutras, In January, 1SU7. THE CRIME. The mnrderer resided at St. Zephlrin, C. E , and was on terms of Intimacy with a neighbor named Jutras. Not only was Jutras unfortu nate in this Intimacy; It was his crowning mis fortune to possess a wife. Between Mrs. Jutras and Frovencher a casual acquaintance ripened Into criminal intimacy, the injured husband, with most convenient and customary blind ness, suspecting nothing of his wife's affec tion lor ber paramour. On one occasion the guilty eouple visited Sorel, aud passed as man aud wite. Their clandestine meetings were very frequent. In November Provenclier'a wife went wilu him to call on Jutras. After an evening spent in virtuous and prosy conversation, a fes tive bottle was produced and one tumbler filled for M'me Frovencher. For the first time on record her husband declined the seductive fluid. She quailed the llowiug bowl, and, as ipight be expected, died at once. Public suspicion among the rencn mnnuiuus is it pniut ui siuw growiu. Nothing was thought of this event, aud the disconsolate widower sougut refuge In the bosom of the Jutras family. Here tie abode in peace, mourning his dead wife, and behaving to Airs. Jutras like all her male relations, especially her husband. Bo the abandoned couple lived until the 5th of Jannaw. when Jutras went forth to labor. His spouse provided him Willi a flask of whisky and strychnine. Frovenouer accompanied him; and with a praiseworthy ab stinence, too rarely met with among the French Canadians, declined to drink with his com panion. Jutras imbibed to such an extent that he came home trembling convulsively, uuring bis illness he was dieted on strychnine and soup, so that eventually ne succumoeu ana died. His spouse sought consolation lu the arms of Frovencher. TRIAL AND CONVICTION. The cud and measure of the Iniquity of these adulterers and murderers filled at last. Suspi cion became aroused, amd an inquest was held. At the March assizes at Worel the guilty pair were Indicted and tried. Five minutes' delibe ration by the Jury ended In a verdict ot "guilty," and tbe prisoner was sentenced to be uanged on the 3d ot May. His paramour ana accomplice was luuiutcu at the same time and found guilty. Her counsel pleaded a a reason why execution should be delayed, the fact that she was soon to become a mother. Investigation by a Jury of matrons confirming this, her execution was deferred until next jNOveinuer, wuou, uu too uuiu, she will expiate ber offense against the laws ot Heaven and of man BlrenUOUS euorts wcio umuo ujr wie aiDUUfl ui the prisoner to obtain a commutation of his sentence. TUoae weu-meauiug uusyuuuies ever ready to cnampiou auy wuoo nuiuuieubiy uutu- rlous to be nopciess uuu unuunui viug, auu tun neonle of the v lei n lty, to whom It was a grievous Bhould be executed, petitioned the Executive for clemency, but with fruitless prayer. Hit John Michel and the Executive Councel decided that the atrocity anu uareiuceu uutum oi mo crime admitted of no apology or mercy, and the prisoner was informed that he must prepare to die He did not until the last abandon, his hoties of commutation or reprieve. The good nuns of the congregation, and the Catholic clergy of the vicinity, attended to the spiritual welfare of the prisoner, w th the demo tion which is their constant characteristic. But although they continually exorted hiiri to make a public confession of his guilt, he steadfastly re fused to do so. ever protesting his innocence. Ktill It was evident that his protestat ons were made only from bravado; and his sinking tone and anxious countenanee told but loo truly the truth of man's suspicions, and the certainty of ills guilt, in tbe cell be was quiet, almost ttul Ion. He ate his meals regularly, and slept soundly, apparently unimpressed with the sense of the doom so Immediately Impending over him. He conversed freely with those ad mitted to see blm, and seemed cheerful, although frequently he foil Into fits of apparent abhcnci). whence he only roused himself with an ellort painful to behold. The night previous to his execution he ap Pvwta uueasy Mid. lesUesa, wid H wv lata era lie could compose himself to sleep. He slept at InBt, bui not soundly, waking frequently with Anxious, shuddering starts, and moaning fit times, "Ce n'claitpas moi" ("It was not I"). THE SCAFFOLD, Meanwhile without the gallows had been erectt tl, and the inlnlHier of death waited for his victim. The excitement among the simple country folk of the neighborhood as the day of execution approached had been Immense. Threats M ere widely circulated of the intention of Hie mob to tear down the gallows and pre vent the execution, and tbe sherlll and Jailor bad telegraphed urgently to Hie At tornty-(Jen-eral for troops and a detachment of poiloo to guard the scaffold. '1 he latul day dawned grey and gloomy, with occasional showers, no except Ion to tbe disiinil three weeks of rain aud raw weather which had preceded it. From an early hour the little town of Borel was all alive. The roads were crowded and choked with French carts and skeleton horses, and three hours ere the exe cution l he space around the fatal tree was thronged Willi grey coaled habitant and poke bonneted women, all bound to the scene of the last net In the tragedy of Frovencher's guilty Hie. Every moment the crowd tnlckened until, as the bells tolled out and every head wivs baled, fi out ten thousand to fifteen Ibousuud liiiiht have been present. The prisoner awoke early, and dressed aud shaved carefully. He at first betrayed consider able agitation, but as the day advanced became culm utid t-eir-possesNbcd. Ills spiritual adviser was with him from an early bour. He bade fare w II to nil the oftlcers of the prison, and then continued some moments In conversation with the director. THE LAST SCENE. At thirteen minutes past eleven tho cortece moved out and directed their way in solemn silence to the scaffold. Tho prisoner walked very steadily, with a cheerful couuieuuuco, but Willi his eyes cast down. On mounting tue scadolii the rope was immediately adjusted by tbe executioner, a tall Canadian, with brawny arms half bared, and a blackened face. The prisoner desired It f be left loosely about his neck while he received the last rites of religion. During the ceremony his face was very pale, but his Hps set firmly without a quiver. He declined to acknowledge his guilt to the very lust. He then told the hangman to tighten the rope, the cape was drawn down over his eyes and the drop fell instantaneously. The body fell the length of the rope, one or two convul sive tremors agitated the knees and lower por tion of the legN, and then the body swung sus pended and motionless, a lifeless oorpse. In a few seconds more than three minutes life was extinct, A piercing shriek was heard a second be ore the orop lell. It proceeed from Sophia Boisclalr (Mrs. Jutras). who, from tne window of her cell, bud watched the procession move to the foot of tbe gallows. But her agitated mind failed at tbe supreme moment, and with a loud shriek she lalnled. Her hands clung so closely to the bars of her window thai force was neces sary to uurivet their grasp before she could be removed by the attendants. The vast crowd now began to disperse quietly and In perfect order. The corpse still swung aud turned in the raw air. In a few moments more it was cut down and cofQned, aud one of the guiltiest wretches that has ever disgraced humanity in Canada has gone to bis last account, and was ensepultered in unhallowed ground. If. Y. Herald. OBITUARY. HENRY B. JENKINS HISTORY. OF THE FHCENIX BANK DEFALCATION AN OLD MAN'B CRIME, FOLLY, AND PUNISHMENT. At half-past 1 o'clock: on Saturday morning, in one of tbe ward rooms of St. Luke's Hospital, the curtain fell on the last scene of one of the most remarkable dramas of crime which has been recorded in many years. At that hour Henry B. Jenkins, the defaulting teller of the PhcL-nlx Bank, died, in tbe fifty-first year of his age and the second of bis incarceration, broken down by the remorse and fearful mental suffer ing consequent upon the crime with which he stood charged. Tbe facts of the case are briefly as follows: On the afternoon of August 10, I860, Henry B. Jenkins was arrested on the complaint nf John Parker, cashier of the Fhceuix Bank, on a charge of embezzlement, and on the same day was locked up to await an examination. The amount of his defalcations, after several days spent In inspecting bis books, was ascertained to be about $300,000, and his mournful fate stands out in bold and terrible relief as a fearful example of the consequences of yielding to the temptation of dishonesty. The unfortu. nate man died In almost absolute want, save only such ministrations as his relatives and friends were wont to bestow upon him in his hours of afUictlon. The money which he so recklessly or thoughtlessly converted to un lawful uses vanished like a mist in less time than It had occupied him In appro punting It. For some time previous to his de tection and arrest he appears to have fallen Into the bunds of others, whose designs seemed to be to extort the lil-gotton gains from the tempted and fa. leu man. The first ot these proved to be James H. Earle, a person who had formerly occupied the position of book-keeper In Uie bank, and who had beeu removed about six mouths previously. This person had, it ap pears, aided Jenkins in the abstraction of the funds and the lalse balancing of the books, aud lils share of the ill-gotten proceeds amounted to about $100,000. Ou the even ing of the same day upon wuloh Jen kins was arrested, Earle also was taken into custody, and locked up In a cell of the Twenty ninth Frecinct (station House. For a time during the evening he conversed pleasantly, but subsequently became apparently depressed, and laid down to sleep shortly after 11 o'olock. That sleep was but the precursor of tbe last long slumber in which the unhappy man was des tined Koon to be enwrapped. At 8 o'clook on tbe following morning an offioer entered the cell. Earle was prostrated on the floor, bis corpse cold and stiff. An open penknife, a pool of blood, aud a ghastly wouud In his throat told the fearful story. The defaulter's. accomplice had committed snlclde. In bis pocket was found a brief note of farewell to some relatives, a prayer for the future of his' little surviving child, and a request that he might be burled beside his wife, "dear Dorie." The other persons most prominently con nected with Jenkins in his crime were Uene vieve Lyons, alias Vleve Brower. a waiter girl in a Broadway concert saloou; her paramour, Charles Davis, alias Sam Brower, and a member of the demi-monde named Kosa Frazer. To the former he had evinced considerable attachment, making her frequent presents of considerable sums of money, and ultimately furnishing ele gant apartments for her use la Bleecker street. The girl Vieve gave sruu'l sums of money to her paramour Davis, and he also occasionally re quested loans of varioUB amounts from Jenkius wiiich were always teudered. "No threats,'' euid Jenkins, "were necessary to a man In my position." Davis knew enough of the secret to insure acquiescence. Kosa Fiazer eugaged the attention or the be trayed and unhappy mau lor a period, and his visits were frequent to her place of residence. She received lrom him numerous sums of money, and, among o ber valuable articles, a baudsome cluster diamond ring valued at $1000. Her acquisitions, however, proved as evanes cent, though not so fatal, as did those of tbe misguided donor. A .... After his confinement in the Tombs, Jenkins became comparatively calm aud resigned, and not at all uuwilling to converse with the lew visitors who obtained access to his cell. At several Interviews with friends he expressed himself in a manner which would Indicate that he was less unhappy after his arrest than while at liberty revelllug in a career of luxury, ele gance, profligacy, and abandon. During those hours when he bestowed money squaudoriugly on all those for whom he coucelved au attach mentor passing feeling of friendship, he seemed to have had a presentiment of the Damooleau sword which quivered above his head and brought shame aud a dismal retribution in its fall. After several examinations before the Essex Jluiket 1'eUva Cvurt, wulcU icsullouia unfold ing nndenlable proofs of bis gollt, he was 00m mlllcd for trial. At the September term, 1H8. of the Court ol General Sessions, he was Indicted ou a charge of embezzlement and grand lar ceny, and on the 14th of the same month he pleaded not guilty. His trial was set down for the following Monday, but was ou that day postponed until the ensuing Friday. On Friday It was again postponed, Indefinitely, and a greater tril.nnal than that of man bus now cullt d the criminal tn the bar of an unalterable and unlmpeanhably Just retribution. Thus closed the shadows of deal h around a brow shaded through maturity of years with that honorable frost which of Itsolf commands respeotand venerallon; much more so where the integrity and purity or the cnaraeier has been preserved through the slivering years as chnsle and unblemished as the honored grey tresM's. During his several examinations little was ever gleaned concerning the antecedents of the now departed man, but it was asserted that he was a native of Western New York, and was of highly respectable family. He had been, at the lime of his detection, In the employ of the Fhceuix Bank for twenty years, and had during that period been regarded as Irreproachably honest, though ha I an examination of his books been made some years prior to the ulti mate exposure. It is believed tbat they would have exhibited a deficiency. He was of a natu rally quiet and unobtrusive tempera ment, and this fact of itself would have served to disarm suspicion had it ever arose, as lu a majority of instances a delHiilter is a fast and dashing man. His bal ances always appeared on the books scrupu lously exact, and his peculiar correctness was uttrlbtited to the fact of his unusual slowness, rather than to studied attention for the pur pose of concealing his malappropriatlons. He hud a habit of carelessness In almost every thing but the keeping of his books, and upon enltrlng the counting-room would usually throw his coat in one place, his hat or gloves in another, and his loose papers were generally lu like disorder. The only assets of value he pos sensed at the time of bis arrest were a lew thou sand dollars' worth of shares In netroleum stock, as be did not keep house, but boarded In a private family in Union place. He leaves a wife, a most estimable lady, aud four children to mourn a husband and a parent's iutal indis cretion. N. r. Herald. TENNESSEE. GOVERNOR BROWNLOW'S ADDRESS TO THE l'EOPLE. Governor Brownlow has published a long address to the State, in which he reviews the action of the Democrats in the Legislature, in opposing colored suffrage, answers the charges that he was formerly a defender of slavery, and presents the situation as fol lows: "There are but two parties In this country, and In the nature of things there can be but two parties now one tlie party ior the Union, the Republican party, or, if you please, tbe radical party, standing up to and endorsing the American Congress. The other is tbe repre sentative of the Kebel party, sometimes calling Itself the conservative party, sometimes tbe National Union parly, and aealn the Constitu tional Democratic party. This ring-streaked and striped itebel party led us Into war and Hebellion, and It is time to leave It in its wickedness. We bave but two alternatives. We muBl go with the Rebel party, with all their infamy and the blackness of their record, or with the only party competent to crush it. and tbat is the Republican party. We have again beiore us the issues of 1801, and tbe Republican parly alone has the power to save us. Whether successful or otherwise at the polls, I stand upon this platform of principle. "lam charged with inconsistency, in that I am, as an Old Line Whig, advocating the prin ciples of the Republican party. A Republican Congress has inaugurated Henry Clay's Ameri can system a system tbat I have advocated for the lust thirty years. A protective tariff, the construction of the great Pacific Railroad, the improvement of rivers and harbors, the esta blishment of a national currency, etc., fill Mr. Clay's bill fully, and give the country what I have all the time contended for. With what show of consistency can Uplon men of any stripe now come out and act with the Rebel Democratic party The Democracy of the South Inaugurated the Rebellion, and the Democracy of the North aided, abetted, encou raged, and sustained the Rebellion. The Demo cratic leaders resolved in their Chicago Con vention, In 1864, that the war for the Union was a failure, and Mr, Elheiidgejolned them in the support of their ticket eucouraglng and sup porting desertions from the Union army. "The Southern Democratic Rebellion cost 'ink country 600.000 lives and $0,000,000,000, 'and carried mourning and desolation into every household, North and South. The Democratic leaders instigated riots at theNorlh; they con spired to release the Rebel prlsloners at Camp Douglas, and to surrender Northern cities to their tender mercies I And this same party nerved the arm of Booth to assassinate the patriot Lincoln I "In perfect keeping with the rebellious spirit of the Rebel Democracy, North and South, has been the action of the late treasonable conclave at Nashville. They have uominated lor Gov ernor Emerson Elherldge, who advised the people of Tennessee, on the slump, as late as 18G5, to overthrow tho State Government by lorce to shoot down the tax collectors and neproef asserted that the negroes were as much slaves as they ever were and for this treason be was arrested and imprisoned by Major-General Thomas. This mau represents the spirit and principles of the Convention that nominated him, and all this class of traitors will rally to his support. The nomination of Mr. Etberidge was not made In the expectation of electing him, but t& produoe mischief. Promi nent memuers of the Convention admitted, the evening after the nomination was made, tbat tbey did not expect to elect him. This nomi nation of a man who has been hatching and plotting treason and sedition against the State Government since its organization; a man who proclaims tbat the Ktato Constitution has not been amended; that the colored people are yet slaves; that violence In overthrowing the State Government is Justifiable; that disobedience to the laws and breaking up of the courts are also Justifiable all this discloses a state of the Reb' 1 mind that many good men did not think existed; and in the estlmstion of tho publicjus titles the enactment of the 'Militia Law,' and other extreme radical measures. "Wherever these violent speeches are made, inflaming the bad passions of bad men. I deem it my duty to station troops, and shall do so let the consequences be what they may. And altliough tlie greaUst Imaginable freedom of tbepiess aud of speech should be allowed to meu of all parties, and the conduct of publio men and their measures should be criticized without reserve, I do not conceive it to be the duly of the Slate guards to stand quietly by and hear any man excite the mob spirit by denouncing tbe Federal and Stale Govern ments, resistance to the courts, and the set ting aside of their decisions by force or mob violence. "With these opinions briefly set forth, I submit my interests to the loyal voters at tne ballot box to be disposed of on the first Thursday in August. So fur as I am individually conoerned. my success or defeat will amount to nothing, but it is of the first importance to the Slate, aud to the Union men, that the princtplcg which my nomination represents should triumph. "W. O. Buownlow, "May 8. 1867." NEWS FJIOM NEW ORLEANS. TUB BANKS AND BCB-TREABUBY IN TUOL'BLE AN IMPORTANT LBOAL DECISION. New Orleans, May 13. Commissioners from Washington are here to inquire into the arl'aira of the National Banks and the Sub Treasury, respecting which there is some trouble. Nothing will be lost by the Gov ernment, however, and depositors will recover every dollar. The Supreme Court to-day decided, by a majority of oue, that notes for negroes sold before the war are invalid. The deoijhMt in volves Biany Bullions of dollars. FTfcOM: ARIZONA. Reported Massacre ofU. S. Troops. MiiIom Capture! by the Indians. San Francisco, May 13. The steamer Mon tana, from Panama, arrived to-day. The Los Angelos Telegraph says that a gen tleman from I'rescott, Arizona, reports the defeat of a company of United States troops by the Indians, and that forty men were killed. The Apachea are raiding on the Lapose and Trescott roads, and have captured forty-eight mules. They are also reported to have seized a train of seventy mules loaded with goods. The wife of Governor MoConnick died sud denly at I'rescott on the 30th of April. Markets by Telegraph. Nf.w York, May 14. Htucks strong: OIiIprko and Ilnck Island, Br,; Heading, ld;i; Canton. v. Krie, Cleveland and Toledo, 1 la; Cleveland and 1'iiis burK, "4; 1'iitsburK and Fort Wayne, W) ; MiclnKn Central. lOtl; Mlclilgun tSoutlieru, 6H: New Voik Central. Vl; Illinois Central, 114: Cumtierliind pre ferred, 13IJs,i VlrKlnm s, 6r.'2; Missouri .;'; U. M. Five-twenties, lHii'J, 1H9 do. IHiil. IW1,; do. l', lini',; new Isrnie,, 1('7; Ten-forties, Seven-tlilriles. first Issue It)1; alritnuers. luV. bierllug Exchange, lu.1.4. Gold, 136.'.. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE, COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER Todtres Allison and Pierce William 11. Mann, District Attorney; T. Bradford Dwigut, Assistant District. Attorney. TUB LBIS HOMICIDE. The Court reassembled at 5 o'clock: yesterday af ternoon, when the twelllh Juror was obtained. The District Attorney opened the case to the jury, BtaliiiK the tact ufihe killiug of Uenrge Kllerby tne prisoner in the old Quarter (Sessions room, on lue 2uth o' February, giving tlin Intei lion ot the Com uiouweailh to press fur murder In tba tlrt decree. Dr. hhKf.lelgh sworn I iiiuden p'.st-uiorieui exami nation upon the body ot George hller; the ball passed through the heart and lodged lu the spiual coluuiu; this caused his death, Mrs. Mary Kl'er swoi n neorgo Eller was my hus band; I saw his body at borne alter he was killed. Ciohs examined We were married In August, IMS; my husband did not live lu Orchard street from May until l ecemher. 1S66. Ollicer T. Hilverlborne sworn I was In Court when this recurred; I wan there a' a witness; I was turning round to see I he prlsnnercome in the door; two women eaaiu first, and then Kllei; Just as he turned tbe dock, coming round the corner, Leis put down his arm and shot; Lela was silting en thoeudof the back aettue; I did not see him draw the pistol, but 1 saw him lire it; Kller Bald "Ob I Oh I Oh !'' ihe prisoner sat dowo again on ihe bench; h said he wished he bad killed him. tor be had insulted his latullv; I seized him and took the pistol out of his hand; Ofllcer lvreilz.r took Eller out; 1 next saw him at ihe Coroner's office; he was then tiead. 1 Ofllcer Krelizer sworn Ellsr was living when I took him to the office: I do not think It was three minutes from the lime I took him into tbe Clera's office until be dUd. Cros-exanilned I had seen the deceased In the dock a number oi times, but I had no recollection ot his being there a year beiore. Here the Commonwealth closed. Tbe Court adjourned at half-past o'clock until this morning. THIS MORNIHO'8 PROCEEDINGS. Lewis O. CAssidy, Esq., opened for the defense. He said: It Is not often that counsel lu a case of this kind in any caseot homicide feel so macu impressed by the importance of the cause as both the counsel do in tli's case. Iudeed, It Is very rare that twelve gentlemen are selected that bave the power tbat you have. I beg to call your attention to the fact that your powers In this case and 1 say It with all gravity siid all seriousness are second only to laat ot the Omnipotent: lor In your keeping are the Issues ot life and death: In your keeping are the good names not only of tbls defendant and bis wire, but the good and the fair names of his little ones aud all who are bound by lies or marriage aud of blood to him. While these Issues are in your keening, gentle men, I know that I need only to remiud you to give the same serious a' en tion and deliberate and thought ful action which you should give to all cases pre. sented to you. Now, gentlemen It was said at the outset of this case by the learned District Attorney In an elaborate opening, that this was a case without parallel, lie hadn't known of such a case; he hadu't met with such a ruse In his reading. There ure some things thai we will agree with the Commonwealth about, aud at the very outset we agree with this position. Before we get through with the defense, you will agree with me and with blm. that no case like this ever occurred upon this continent, and he bas not been unfortunate enough to meet any like it la his reading. Del nie Invite you, gentlemen, to go with me In your mlna's-eye a little while lu the early part ot April, lKSC, and let me ask you to accompany mu to the northern part of the city of Philadelphia, In Orchard street. Let me taka you to tha humblest of bumble homed. When you enter. It will strike you with Its cheerful ness, Its cleanliness, Its pleasant aud bright surround ings. You will find in it a faithful, devoted wife; you will find four little children, tin eldest of lliem twelve years of age bright, cheerful, aud happy lu this home, and known throughout the neighborhood as the very embodiment or virtue. In the upper part of this house you will find a man at work at bis simple culling of bootmaker known throughout that neighborhood for years, known t ) his employers, known to his relations, to his companions, to his church and his friends, as the model of all that constituted tbe humble but houesl citizen of the Com monwealth. An upright, bumble, and honorable mas, against whose fair fame no man living, to that day nor to this, has ever uttered the slightest breath of suspi cion. That man was the presiding deity, we may Bay, of thai household. Thomas De's was that man. He presided over that household, with his wife and the four children that are now In Court, wltu the four little ones that gathered around his hearth. Mr. Cussldy then went on to describe the peaceful and happy home nf Leis previous to the seduction ot his daughter by Eller, and after be had committed tbat horrible act, the heart of Leis was on tire, and Iieroons telling him that Justice would not be dous lim, be shot the seducer of bis child. The speaker thought the Jury would have no diffi culty in rendering a verdict of not guilty. TKSTJMONV FOB THE DKFJENSE. Louisa Leis sworn On the ssth of December I was VI years old; In April 14iC, I was 11 years and t months old: I am the daughter of Thomas Leis; I lived in April, 166, at No. 800 Orchard street; it Is between Lawrence and Filth street; my lather has four chil dren living; I am the oldest: the youngest was, on the 21th ot January, two years old; I run read and write; I was going to school every day in 146; 1 visit church and Hunduy Hchool every tuiiday;)my fatnar Is a boot filter; uiy father was kind and pleasant tome and tbe other children; I never saw him quarrel or say an uukind word ui anybody; he worked at home, up Btuirt, lu the third story; mv mother Is living; be was always kind to her: I knew Oeorge Eller; be came to live with us wheu he married; bs lived in the second story; be had two rooms; he and his wife; my fatner's fumlly occupied tbe rest of the house: I slept in the buck room up stairs; Kller and his wife s.ept In the second story: there was a bed In the froul room where Eller lived. Q. Did he ever call you Into the front room while your mother was out, bis wife was out, and wbat did he do? Objected ta. aud objection sustained, Q. What etlect bad It upon your lather when you communicated to him what bad been done to you? Objected to, and objection sustained. Witness resumed There was a change In my father's manner, speech, mind. etc.. in April, IS66; he did not attend 10 bis work as before; before that be attended to his work Industriously; he did not attend to his work regularly after Ihe attuir; some of his employers came there and found his work iinllnislied; he. did not sleep at nights until twelve o'clock; ht didn't complain to me; I was asleen myselfi he used to say li to mv mother, and I heard 11 then: he looked troubled and melancholy; I saw him cry about li; I heard him say vlml lils fuiully nnd himself were rulued; be spoke about my helsg ruined; I did not bear him say that every day, but very, very orten; be didn't look us ha used 10 before: he looked troubled; he didn't eat his meals as before: I didu'l heur him say anything ab"Ut killing blnisi II. , 1 Joseph Klehenacker sworn I live back of No. 5 I'ri.nklln sireet: 1 nui a blacksmith; I lived In Fnlla delphla ten j eure; I have kuowu Leis iweuty-tbree I years: oeiore April, isn, Ue was a vory uprigi'i honest mun. and attended 10 his family: he ' peaceable, quiet man, so far as I know- I visited him at bis bouse sometimes: I observed his conduct to wards his wile and children; so far asfknow.fle whs a man ot amiable uhd kind dispo'","; I have never heard anything against his chr-"r Jpr peace, quietness, and good order: afler there was a great change lu him; he wul,1",v"i. , me like be did before; he spoke of b-mg r '. he was acbuuiedof himself; his eyes ,p?Ui. if.l" not like they used 10; he seemed W Uke It UarO. and couldn't hay anything; oalf once he Insisted that nobody would P',;am, J1.1'" about it: be spoke of lifs child and -is fniily be ng ruined; ne talked pretty much of tbat all the time; once he said he didn't know where to go any more: be grew worse about Chnstman time; every time I saw him he was worse: I reuinber the time wheu Kller was shot; 1 saw him In the court-room before that; a few days before tha affair we bad a glass of Jyvw Wsvlkeij NiM wt (U9 iMt Um i AW kliui he snld he wished It was all over; he was getting per-' lectly wild upon me sunjeci. ij Wns It your opinion that in January and Febru arv he whs out of his mind? Objected to, anil ooiecnon susinou. Witness resumed ills mind was sot right on tbe ' sublect. . , , . . . Cross-exsminea Me wisnea ne was ueu, (Jienuni to April, li, he talked rational upon nil subjects, but a forwards he did not: I knew him In the old country. 1 lived within a quarter or a mile 01 wuere ne was "rrarz Wlllard sworn I have known Thomas Leis : for twelve years: I live at Belgrade and Tioga streets; he has enjoyed a good character lor peace and q ilet ne.HR: I never heard anything gainst his character; I observed a change alter April, I8fi: he was;very much Incensed at the outrage commuted on nis cuuu. Continued in our next edition. COURT OF QUARTER HE-islON8-Judge Brew ster. I'rison cases were before the court to-day. Oeorge Hpence was acquitted of a charge of the lar ceny or two bushels or potatoes. 1 ne owner or ine potatoes told the prosecuting officer tbat he had beea fully compensated for his Toss, and expressed a de sire to bave the prisoner prosecuted no more. There- . fore the bill was submitted without evidence. It was not a question as to whether be bad stolen (he pota toes or not. William Grubb was convicted of a charge of the larceny of two pounds of randies, valued at 40 cents. Johu U. C rawford was charged with fraudulently making a written Instrument and fraudulently utter- . Ingthesame. The allegation upon the part of the . Commonwealth was. thai In tba early part of April the , rlsoner wrote to II. V. Hloan, commission mdr chfltit. No 31 Houih Water street, from Charleston, representing himself to be possessed of largo quanti ties of rosin, and rcquemlnK Mr bloan to take tho rosin Immediately upon arrival, and make the best sale possible ot ft. In these letters he Hated that ha was in business, and wished to form a connection Willi Mr. tiloau's i'blludeli bla house, lie siatd that he had shipped a cargo of rice lor I'hlladelphln by sea. lie himself called upon M r. Sloan on the .2d or April, aud said he v. a very much surprised that tbe in voice aud bill of lading ot the cargo had not been received. On ibe'Jid I called again nod produced the Invoice and bills 01 lading, and asked an advance oI$hio oo upon Ihe goods: he endorsed the bills of lading to Mr. (Sloan's order, end received tbe check. But before ho had caxheH the check he was arrested. The captain ol the vessel hy which these goods were said to have been shipped, testified that he arrived In this port from I hnrlesion In Ihe ad of May, and that his cargo consisted solely of wet lumber and about a pound ot rosin. There was no evidence to show that these bills ot lading were made In the jurisdiction of ibis Court; therefore, a conviction upon the first cause of the In dictment, charging the making of these instruments, was not pressed for: but there appeared to be suffi cient evidence tn induce the Commonwealth to press for a verdict upon the several counts charging tha fraudulent iBSulug of these Instruments, Verdict guiliy. DISTRICT COURT Judge Stroud. Christian Ens man vs. Ilenrv Kuih. An action on apromlssory note. Kn (le'ense. Verdict lor plaintiff tlul'70. DIsTRICTCOUKT Judge Hare. James W. Mar tin vs. William Lloyd anu John Crawford. Before reported. On trial. Rabbits is Australia. A Melbourne paper says: "Eight years ago fourteen rabbits were turned out in Mr. Austin's estate of Barwon Park. The number of progeny shot last year on this estate was 14,253; and in spite of this destruction, and what goes on outside the estate, they have swarmed over the neighbor ing country, and have been found at conside rable distances around." Bismark and Napoleon. The following mof attributed to Prince Gortschakoff, is circulating in the Paris salons: "Bismark keeps Napo leon on his legs by boxing his ears, first on the right side and then on the left." Pkogrbss. The introduction of iron-clad ships has cauRed the "wooden walls" of old England to tumble. The next step will be to get rid of the wooden heads that block the path to Reform. LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. PORT OP PHILADELPHIA.. ..MAT 14. STATE OF THEKMOMKTKR AT THE KVKNLN9 TKLK ... 8BAP1I OF KICK. i 7 A. M......63,'ll A. M.......70t P. M-......7g For additional Marine News Me Third Page. CLEARED THIS MORNING. Barque Frank, Lewis, Marseilles, UWestergaardACo. hchr J. J. Hpncer, Flemlug.X'arUenas, Capialn. Schrj c. McShane, Hager, Washington, Laihbury, Wickersham 4 Co. ' SchrM. G. Farr.Maloy, Providence, Penn Oas Coal Bcbr' J. C. Atkins, Atkins. Milton. 8. J. ChrlstlanACo. Kcbr Chief, Townsend, Indian river, J. L.llewIeyACo. Bcbr J. A. Berkley, Hemmluway, Hartford, West moreland Coal Company. Bfr Diamend btate, Talbot, Baltimore, J. D. Ituott ARRIVED THIS MORNING. Steamship lielaware, Thompson, from Liverpool. Via Boston, with mdse.. etc to A. R. Mcltenry A Co. frM&W d"y8 frm Brig J. F. Carney. Carney, 10 days from Matanzas. with molasses to E. C. Kulght & Co. loth insu.ofr to Workman' 4 tT" ' 'rm NeW Yrk ,n bal,Ml laft'lSA'lS:' days ,rom New York' 10 b'l, bfdlMt to cpum?' H8gan' 5 dBr8 fr0m BItlnlO'. in Hcbr Oeorglana. Allen, 10 days from Banger, with Ol I and laths to Allen A lUeedles. ' fcchr Yankee Blade. Coombs, 6 days from Wilming ton, N. C, with lumber to K. H Rowley. tSRhr Marv CI. Purl; M,ln. R .1 ... r.. -n i - in ballnst to captain. ' xicllLWLu,n,e,.laf wel1' 8 J1"" rom Choptank river, Md . with lumber to captain. Bcbr J. A. Barkley. Henanway, S days from New Haven, In ballast to capialn. Hcbr Kitie Hall, Maxon, 1 dsy from Frederica. Del., with grain to James L. Uewley A Co. ' Bcbr Clayton Lowber, Jackson, 1 day from Bmyrna. Del., with grain to James L. Bewley A Co, oul,"" Hchrfi. T. Wines. Hulne, from Bostoa. KchrL bertv. Taylor, from Hartford. hclirKlchard Law, York, from Providence. bcbr James Dlverty. Carroll, from Georgetown. chr ball e 8. Godfrey, Godfrey, from Plymouth. bcbr 1j. (iatlev, Kalmadge, from New York. Hchr Albert Fields, from New York. bteamer Diamond State, Talbot, a noura from Bal timore, with mdse. to J. D. Ituoff bteamer R. Willing. CundlfT. 12 hours from Balti more, with mdse. aud passengers to A. Groves, Jr. Oorrpondenee of the Phmdelvhia Bxchanoe. Lkwks, Del.. May 18-fl A. M.-Tbe ships Admiral, SI rBUe! J. Southard, for Antwerp: and barqu Kensington, for Ilotierdam. all from Philadelphia, went to sea on evening of nth iust. JOSEPH LAFETRA. nifihiP&riinUL ? "haRforNphiladelphia, entered out at London 2ih ulU Steamship Norman, Crowell, hence, at Boston ate 0 olock this morning. ln8tautJame" 'Uaker Thompson, hence, at Havana 6th, Brig Ellen Anna, Blanche, hence for St. Jobn.N. B., at Holmes' Hole loth lust., and nailed nel day. Sohrs Minnesota, Pblnney, and K. O. Kulght, Fuller, hence, at Boston pith Inst . , . , . . bcbr Alexander Young. Young, tor Philadelphia, cleared at Galveston 4tb Inst. . ba.a ..... Hchr T.J. LIU, Baker, beao.' ew Bedford Uth "be ure' On eld a, DavH: L. B. Wales. Leach; Ann 8. Brown. bu. ib7o,..r. Nurwoiw; md O. U.Elmer. Haley, hence. .1. ''" ' "',,,,, , . NkTkerton; d Ocean Wave link ailed j " - .'... bclir W. tape Baker, tor Philadelphia, sailed from PorKCiioy"' )uth InaU Ht.rs Northern Light. Ireland: E. Doron. Jarvl.. A pinJO. bhourae: J. M. anre, Burdg: Brandrn i . flUHleraon: J. W. Knight. PhinK o. ti, Pet-ll Chirk-' j. Porter, Burroughs; aud O. F. Uawley Clark! hence At Providence I2i b lust. ' "euu. Hohrs H. O. Hand, Hand, and L. Chester. Gookln from Boston for Philadelphia, at Holmes' Ho 1? will Inst., and sailed next day. "vm totu ..BhrJi'"ny lrn. bauudera, hence lor Pawtucket at Providence 121I1 tnnt. "lunoi, TSwr?,B' J- Mr"f"1- ,w"awi w- Vanneman, Hharp K. W. Gardner, Meelmau; George Kdwarda Wk from Boston; J. 8. Clark. Clark; M. J. BusselL B.uU " W . b. Houghton, Ttitem, from DanverHport- J. blwk! ham. Klsley. from MarhUhead; aud II. A. HaundoiN Carroll, from Hallnhury, all lor Philadelphia at Holmes' Hide 11th iiiNt. ". i Hchr m. Klnnle. Parsons, lor Phlludolphla. sailed from Providence lillh lusl. ' lea DOMEsflO PORTS. Nkw -i oHK, May l;t.-Arrlved, steamship Ashland Nortou, from New Orleans. v uluu' steamship Monterey. Ld wards, from New Orleans bh pt haaaye. bhewan. from Yokohama. vnens' Klilp Thornton. Wells, from Liverpool. iiMWi YiOiwlv, J viituwwvii, hm IUg JaBvlro,