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VOL. VII-No. 111.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 18G7.
DOUBLE SHEET-THREE CENTS.
YJEWI1W
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MODI LE.
MURDEROUS ATTACK ON JUDGE KELLEY
AND HIS FRIENDS.
harrow escape oh a newffapkk correspondent
- sbvbral i'erhons killbd a8d wochdbd,
etc. etc.
Monn.E, Alabama, Mny 14 Midnight. A.
murderous and bloody allair occuired hero Ibis
evening. A desperate attack wus made upou
Judge Kelley and the body of gentlemen who
siiriouudcd lilm ou the steps of the Old Court
IIouhp, at the corner of (Jovornment and Hoy a I
BtrettH, during the meeting held ttiU evening.
The Judge had been speaking about a quarter
of an hour In a frank and temperate manner
when there appeared to be a disposition to
create a disturbance on the outskirts of the
meeting. C ries of "Put him down" were heard,
to which Mr. Kelley replied: "I tell you
that you cannot put me down. The 15th In
fantry are at my back, and If they cannot keep
the peace In Mobile, the United Stales Army
can."
The tumult suddenly broke out at this point
by a sudden ruHti towards the platform, aud a
general scattering of tue crowd. About a
Hundred people were on tho pint form, includ
ing many eminent citizens, leporteis of the
local press, and Mr. Vrllit, the correspon
dent of the New York Jlei-aUt, who sat beside
Judge Kelley, and Colonel John II. Taggurt,
the correspondent of the Philadelphia Evening
Tki.kgkai'H This rush seemed to be the slgna
for the milee to commence. The Chief o
Police attempted to arrest a ringleader on the
borders of the crowd, and he drew a pistol ou
him. The cry of 'Fire !" was then raised at
the corner of Koyal street, and instantly a
perfect iusllade ol pistols was opened on the
cn.wd who occupied the platform. In a
moment a colored man, who stood beside
your correspondent, fell, being struck in the
head. Again the cry of '0, Ood !" and a
heavy fall announced that another had been
laid low. Some friends dragged Judge Kelley
from out of the range of fire, aud finally suc
ceeded lu getting him away unharmed.
For several minutes the fire continued to be
directed to the platform, the occupants of
which were hastily making their escape, while
others endeavored to protect themselves by
gelling behind the table, which afforded little
protection, as those neurest the platform were
evidently firing under it. One mau was badly
wounded by a shot thus aimed, and a ball
glanced off a water bucket which fortunately
stood between your correspondent's head and
the assassin's benevolent intentions.
The firing, by this lime, was directed right
and left among the crowd in the street, who
wereUylug In all directions. There seemed to
be no attempt on the part of the police to arrest
the violence, or if there was it was luell'eulual,
for the Rebels bad Hall their own way.
It Is Impossible to tell at this hour how many
Were shot. I saw three fall in my immediate
Vicinity; but I occupied the place of a target. 1
saw one poor boy carried off the ground ixioun
Ing piteously.
It was evidently a preconcerted affair, and
was probably stimulated by incendiary articles
In the llebel press for the past lew days.
Colonel Sheppard, who commands the mili
tary here, at once despatched a body of troops
to the Battle House, where Judge Kelley is
stopping. They are nowon the ground In front
ol the hotel, where Colonel Sheppard has taken
up quarters for the night.
The city at present is quiet. The Republican
parly Is not as strong here as in New Orleans.
All the municipal offices are filled by seces
siouibts, whose hostility to the Government
,' has not abated a Jot. Even some of those who
1 accepted pardons, with all lis sworn obliga
tions, are still, in word and action, it Is said,
bilterly opposed to the legislation of Congress,
and to a great extent socially taboo tho ioy-
It Is complained that General Swayne does
not exercise his power sufficiently, under the
Military bill, for the protection or the loyal
people. No steps have yet been taken for regls
tei iug voters lu Alabama. In Louisiana It is
progressing rapidly, the colored people exceed
ing the whiles ou the list, so far, by a large
majority. A disposition to do full justice to
the negro in New Orleans was evinced yester
day by the appointment of two colored Inspec
tors of lustoms by Judge Kellogg, Collector,
and the promotion of a colored clerk. Mayor
Heuth. I understand, designs to throw open
the public schools Indiscriminately to while
and Clucks In a short time. Excluslveness has
been a cause of complaint by the colored popu
lation, who pay filly per cent, of the school tax,
and now cannot educate a child In the common
schools. This reform is mainly due to the har
monious influence of Judge Keiley's visit.
Mr. Kelley attempted to speak here this eve
ning, at the corner of Government and Royal
streets, to a very large audience of both colors.
Colonel Sheppard, who is in command of the
United States troops, kindly sent the band of
the Fifteenth Infantry to the meeting, which
enlivened the occasion with some line music.
Gustavus Horton, Esq., a gentleman whose
nephew was murdered in theNew Orleans riots,
presided.
Judge Kelley proceeded as far as to say that
he whs here, not, as one of their papers had
stated, the represenlatlve of any faction, but to
speak In behulf of the whole people and the
whole country of the United Slates. The faction
I serve is the thirty-two millions of the Ameri
can people, and I will serve them before the
world. 1 thank you for coming to hear that
notorious radical from Pennsylvania. Uema
irnL'iiFa made the war. They kept the South
apurt from the North, and would not let them
hear our words, as the editor of the Mobile
7Vm la trvinir to do. They are at their work
again, and they want to keep us asunder. But
We Will laae counsel tugetuer lu apiLo ui tn mo
editorial quills In the State.
The speaker referred to the statement or
Alexander H. Stephens, that slavery was the
foundation-stone of the Confederacy, and said
that the colored people knew that their old
masters during the war were fighting to keep
them In bondage. (Applause.) lie was here
to-night to speak as he could not have done
hefom i.h nir Thev would not dare to listen
to him; they were not allowed to read a North
ern newspaper. If a man on the oars was found
with one in his pockets he would be hunted
llkeafelon. (Cheers.) While the rights of free
speech and a free press are preserved, we never
can be cursed with another war,
item there was some luterruulion on the out
skirts of the meeting, with cries of "Pat him
down!" Then the riot commenced, and the
Judge's speech was brought to a sudden con
clusion. , ,
May 151 A. M. The firing, which commenced
at the place of meeting, extended to several
streets In tne vicinity.
A report has Just been made to Colonel Shep
pard tnat a negro Is lying dead on Cedar street,
a few blocks above the scene of the riot. He
has detailed a guard to take possession of that
locality until morning.
The whole military force, who are encamped
about a mile lrom the place of meeting, have
been ordered Into the city, and now are posted
at different points, prepared for any attempt at
a renewal of the riot.
Judge Kelley very coolly desoended from the
platform, In the midst of the fire, pushed his
way through the crowd, reaching his hotel lu
safety. Ms only disguise being your corres
pondent's hat, who subsequent y got off with
the only bat left on the table, which fortunately
proved to be Mr. Keiley's, and therefore there
was no loss of property In hats.
It Is said that several white men. who proba
bly had no part In the attack, were shot In the
milee. Mr. Goldsmith was killed, and Mr. Had
berry, late Chief of Police, was shot in the fore
bead. A policeman had a ball put through his
Itappears that shotguns and muskets, as well
as pistols, were used, but the firing was so rapid
and continuous ttoal It was dlflicult to tell what
kind of arms were employed.
If any disposition to reue w the Hots Is shown,
it Is probable that the city will be placed under
martial law. Colonel Sheppard H now In coun
cil with Mayor Withers upon the subject, and
beioVe morning we shall know the result or
their consultations.
Mr. Garrison, in addition to tho thirty
thousand dollars given him by his white
friends on his departure for hurope, received
a prenent ot a handsome timekeeper from Lis
colored friends as a token of appreciation for
)ManU-lavery etforts.
R I CIIMO N P.
IMMENSE MASS MEIiTINO OF WHITES
AND ULACKS.
BrEECHBS OF U0RACB ORKELHY, OBRRITT SMITH,
AND OTHERS.
Richmond, Virginia, May 16 This evening
a meeting whs held In the African church, and
was the most extraordinary of Its kind that has
yet taken place. The centre of the church was
occupied by a large number of prominent white
citizens, and the side aisles and galleries were
thronged by a dense assemblage of blacks. The
platform was occupied by Horace Greeley,
Gorrlit Smith, Governor PW-rpont, Judge Un
derwood, J. W. Hunnlcutt, and olhers.
SI-KECII OF HORACE GREELEY.
Governor I'ierpont Introduced Mr. Greeley,
who said he did not understand that his Invi
tation to speak was at the dictate of any party,
He understood that people of different opinions
wished to hear his views. They knew his
views, and ho came not to speak toanv particu
lar party. He came as a citizen of New York,
and he wished to speak kindly to all. An Ame
rican citizen, standing In the circle of the great
civil war, men falling on this side and that, in
whal each pulleyed a righteous cause, he
would say to Uiem that all the heartburning
and strll'o that has sprung up should now
be abandoned forever. The rivers of blool
that have been shed attest the sincerity with
which the American people louitht out the
great struggle for Union and liberty. When
people of uillereut parties and sections look dis
trustfully upon each other, there may be an
avoidance of hostility, but no real peace. The
war ceased with the surrender of General Lee,
though much had been said about a continua
tion of guerilla warfare; but the people of the
South said: "We yield give us peace." What
hindered peace in the llush of triumph? An
asHssiu's blow struck down the chief of the
nation, and this calamity received a complica
tion from Soutnern sentiment at the time that
injured the prospects of the South. The adhe
rents of these assassins were identified with
the South, and as the word was Hushed across
the country that Us Chief Magistrate was
stricken down lu the hour of exultation, wild
and passionate grief and wrath pervaded the
whole country. Those who pleaded for mercy for
the defeated were silenced by this tragedy. The
nation could not in its blind fury consider that
this was the work ol men unknown to the
great mass of the Southern people. It was a
terrible calamity to both Norm and South.
The melancholy military events that followed
were expressious of the popular wram. They
were true expressions of what the popular
mind fell at the moment. Shortly alter there
assembled Southern Legislatures that showed
an unfriendliness to tne colored people of the
Soulh. These Legislatures met and devised
laws, as if to u Incriminate harshly against the
colored people for the part they took In the
war. He would merely glance at some of these
laws, some of which, it they had been wise,
were utterly Inapplicable when slavery was
abolished. It might have been proper when
slavery existed to forbid, for Instance,
colored people keeping arms ; but when
slavery passed, all possible reason for
white or colored people holding arms was
in conflict wllh the Constitution of the United
States. If it be that United States soldiers went
around, and took arms that had been used in
the service of the Union, it was but an incite
ment to another rebellion. He considered thn
Juries ot the United States had the right to
deal witn till such cases. When Legislatures
came together and enacted such laws discrimi
nating between the testimony of black and
white, the common sense of the country was
insulted. All these laws were Invidious ami
degrading, and it looked to the people of the
North as a revival of the Rebellion. This legis
lation, persisted In throughout the South, was
one of the chief Impediments towards an early
and hearty reconstruction of the Union. He
would merely allude totue deplorable tragedies
at Memphis aud New Orleaus to iudioale this
species oi class legislation. They had no
idea how the elections In the North were
ahected by this suicidal policy. The re
assembling of the Convention In Louisiana
was made the pretext lor the slaughter of
some score of American citizens, and produced
a oamagiug impression at tne in or in against
the Soulh. These tragedies, this unwise and
Injudicious herniation, impressed a conviction
in the minds ol the Northern people that there
was no peace in the Union unless that all men
were guaranteed an equal share in the admin
istration of the laws. The Republican party, he
believed, had increased In strength and power
since the promulgation of the peculiar recon
struction policy of President Johnson. He knew
that the blacks hurrahed for their masters
when the war began, but when the conflict be
came deadly and the North thought proper to
fiut the blacks in the field, a silent understand
ng wus felt among the blacks that the war
was a war for freedom. While the North
Is under a thousand obligations to the
blacks lor their kindness to Northern pri
soners, the South Is under an equal obliga
tion to them for resisting every temptation
to iDjure their white masters. They could
have easily entered on a course of pillage and
massacre; put no outrage was perpetrated. Yet
It was predicted that the proclamation of
emancipation was a license for havoc and
massacre. You will bear me out that no such
predictions came to pass; and he would say
that these black men would be villains of the
deepest ;dye to take such advantage of their
in:. biers' absence. Some men say the blades
are ignorant, and degraded as if you make
ignorance the ground of excluding men from
suffrage. lean understand the Justice of such
exclusion; but if iguoraut whites are permitted
to vote, the argument Is in favor of the black
man, as his ignorance was compulsory,
while the white man's was not. He spoke at
length upon the obstacles In the way of the
African race, who must always remain
separate from the Caucasian, and the
gradual decline in the number of the
colored people. The enormous wave of for
eign emigration breaking upon these shores
will at a future time render the black race a
mere fraction. He would make equal rights the
corner-stone of reconstruction. He would wish
to be done with the question forever, and go
along to the consideration of other matters. If
those in the offices of the Government had
recognized this lact two years ago, the question
would be settled now and forever, ft is dis
gracefully true that Republican States have not
carried out this principle of equal rights. If
there be any who think that the Republican
party should be moved out of the way, he would
ask them to help have embodied in the Federal
Constitution the equal rights of all citizens, and
then he had no objections as to the
disposition of parties. He would pass to
the question of proscription. fa his
opinion every man who was a thorough
loyal citizen should not be denied the
right of voting. The purpose of Congress, he
believed, was to discriminate between those
who were still disloyal and those who, having
rebelled, turned honestly around and repented.
When you see men hieing away to Brazil and
other places, you may be sure these men are
not reconciled to the Government. How many
more there may be we cannot tell. It was right
to exclude such men from sharing In the gov
ernment of the country. He accepted the pros
cription embodied In the act of Congress only
as a precautionary measure, and when dis
loyalty ceases to be chronic the nation would
Insist on the restoration of the proscribed to
the privileges of citizenship. As to confisca
tion, he would say, havlug been told the colored
1eople had refused to buy homes because they
lad been promised them by confiscation,
that they had a much belter chance of earning
homes lhan of receiving them by confiscation.
At the head and foot of this confiscation move
ment was Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, who has held
t he highest position in the Republican ranks.
His confiscation speeches were published, and
also his late letter against men peddling out
amnesty, but he knew of no oilier man In Con
gress who purposely proposed to take away the
properly oi iieueis anu give i to toy at men.
He did not mean to assume an opinion as to
what Congress might do, as It was probable that
violence at the Soulh might Impel that body
to confiscate the property of Rebels. If
by a blow or sudden flash It could be
so managed that the surplus lands of the
rich sould be divided among the poor, it
might do pood to the many and little harm to
the few; but, In his Judgment, any attempt at
confiscation would bring deplorable calamities,
bankruptcies, and general social prostration.
All the confiscations that ever took place In the
hi lory of tho world never Increased vUo Uw
sutyof governments. Individual mny have
grown enormously wealthy, out the treasury
of a country was never enriched. He had
always been an advocate of helping the poor
man lo the publio lands of the country. In
Florida, Houth Carollua, Texas, and other
States, the Government had air aily helpo I
the colored meu to lands. He would ask If It
were not easier for the colored men to go and
seek these lands than to wait tor theconfis
calion of their white neighbor"' estates.
Under the Influence of confiscation Industry Is
paralyzed and the seeds of hatrel sown mat
produce incalculable mischief. If all the luml
ol the Soulh were confiscated to-morrow, and
put up at auction, he did not. believe they would
realize the famous f'.v-f hundred mlillonsof dol
lars expected by Mr. Stevens. He did not pre
tend to be an adviser of the oolored people, but
he found since he came here that land was
cheap in Virginia, and tie cheapest way he
thought for the colored men to do was to buy
lands and settle on them. He would ask them
to become landholders, as it would give them
dignity and position, but not to wait for con
fiscation lo Improve their condition. He wus a
Republican, expecting to live and die one, but
he wished no man to vote except as he thought
it for the best interests of the oountry. He
would ask them, blacks and whiles alike,
to conform to the act of Congress, elect
such officers as can take the oath pre
scribed, and a compliant action on their
part would, he believed, be met by a corres
ponding action on the part of Congress, iler
a high and eloquent eulogy on the Slate ol Vli
cl n la, Mr. Greeley entreated them, whites and
blacks alike, to lake hold of the present cir
cumstances in honesty and good lallb. Lotus,
said he, forget the bitterness and sorrow of
these evenllul years, now so happily passed
away. He had great lalth that tho latter days
of this Slate would be more glorious than tier
past, and beseeched them, lu conclusion, lo
open their eyes to the magnificent resources of
their commonwealth, to walk upward and
onward, with an eye to the glorv and pros
perity of ourcommon country. (Applause.)
SPEECH OF OKKRITT SMITH.
Mr. Gerrltt Smith was next introduced, and .
said: Alter hearing the candid and able argu-
ment oi Mr. ureeley, ne did nol expect lo make
a speech in tho interest of any parly; yet if
anything he could say could restore the bonds
of mutual love among his countrymen, he would
feel intensely glad. In looking at the condi
tion of his beloved country, he thought how
happy ho should feel, were he a younger
mau, In travelling over the country, incul
cating love aud union among the lately war
ring sections. People told him he was a silly
Intruder Into the province ol statesmanship;
but true statesmanship, he believed, was per
vaded by love. He wanted to bring the
North and Houth Into a union of love. The
war is over; but only a truce exlsls. If each
paity would enter upon Its duties, the purpose of
union might be effected. He had fault to find
wllh the South. They do not.ln the phtaseof the
day, accept the situation. They need not be
ashamed to dosn. The remarkable bravery that
gave such trouble to their conquerors was ap
plauded throughout the world; but theyshould
uot run away from the terms of Congress, and
ran to the Supreme Court, and accept the
dogmas of the degraded '.Democracy of the
North. Under the Constitution, they who took
part in (he fight against the Government are
traitors to-day. But he was averse to having
his countrymen go down to posterity stigma
tized as traitors. When this strife had advuuned
to a great civil war, with a de facto Government,
and carrying on war as an independent power,
they were no longer traitors. He wanted thus
lo lift them from their supposed degradation.
But why, after coming down from the position
of an Independent nation, do you put halters
around your necks for the Government to pull
them? The North, he would say, was under a
common responsibility with the South for the
late war, 11 State rights brought on the war the
North Is certainly responsible. But It was not
State Rights It was slavery brought on
the war. Yet he still held that the North must
share the responsibility. He (the speaker) had
been an extremist in and out of Congress. He
had maintained that slavery was not law, and,
in the words of a great Jurist, that "men should
reject the wild and guilty phantasy of property
in man." For holding Buch opinions he had
been chased by a good many mobs in his lime;
but never by a Southern one. (Applause)
They were all Northern pro-slavery mobs. Pro
slavery decisions had beon rendered by Slate
aud Federal Legislatures, and every institution
ir. the North was inoculated with the views
of slavery. We of the North reaped far more
gain from slavery than you did. You but hold
the cow; we milked her. (Laughter and ap-
C Inline.) We are under a common responsl
lllty for this horrid war; but let us
mingle our tears of penitence, and forget,
in the prospect of our glorious future, the
sad errors of the past. The North
should uow take pity on the South, and Con
gress should have appropriated ten or twenty
millions of dollars to this suffering land. Could
he have his own way. tne(Governinent should
exempt the South for half-a-dozen years from
direct Federal taxes. Speaking of the relaltou
between blacks and whites, he asked, "Why
should not the whites love the blacks, ttiey who
have moistened the Southern soil with their
sweat and tears?" He would ca 1 upon the
while men of Virginia lo facilitate the poor
blacks in the acquisition of homes. It would
be belter and saier for these same white men.
At the conclusion of the war he desired to sen
some portion of large estates of Southern Rebels
given to the freed nien, but he was no advocate
of confiscation. He would say to the white men
not to grudge the black his new-born freeilo:u;
shun all partial legislation, and adopt a plat
form of equal rights. Aud now, black meu,
why should you not love the whites? exclaimed
the speaker. ("We do," "we do," was vocife
rously cried.) We are all brothers; our com
mon Father has colored us both differently, but
He does not hold us in diff erent regard for that
reason. 'Tis not ibe color, 'tis the character
within the skin, that should regulate the
standard of men. Do not ask for confiscation,
for homes that you gain by honest earning will
be more satisfactory than any you wrest from
your while neighbors. He was not so much of
a Republican as Mr. Greeley, for he would stop
disfranchisement and go in for universal suf
frage for both whites and blacks.
The disfranchised can exercise more political
influence when laboring under that disability
than otherwise, and he would ask the blacks to
petition Congress to restore political rights to
the disfranchised and defeated Rebels. It
would be the happlestconsummatiou the world
ever saw; and In conclusion he would advise
the blacks to trust no man who was not
opposed to slavery and an advocate of universal
suffrage.
Judge Underwood followed in a few brief and
moderate remarks, his presence being received
vith hisses from the whites and lusty cheers
f.-om the black portion of the audleuce.
At a late hour this evening the assemblage
went peaceably home.
General Burton, late keeper of the released
Slate prisoner. Is being serenaded at his hotel
by a party of white citizens. N. Y. Herald.
An accident ocourred the ether evening at
the Metropolitan Theatre, Huffalo, during the
performance of the Arabs. Three of the mem
bers of the troupe met with an accident which
at the time commanded but little attention,
but afterwards proved to be not a little pain
ful. In the act of breaking up, or dissolving
one of the complicated pyramids, these meu
fell backwards from their elevated positions,
and struck with great violence on their heads.
The shock to the nervous system was so great
in each, that they were rendered totally blind.
The English critics call Mrs. Scott Siddou's
a recent dibutante, whose name, by-the-way,
is neither Scott nor Siddons, but Chantry, aud
who is a lineal descendant of "the Siddons,"
in person a pretty pocket reproduction f her
great ancestress.
Washington fashionable society is agitated
by the preparations for the approaching mar
riage of a noble attache of the British Legation
to a daughter of Mr. George Harrington, our
Minister to Switzerland.
It is said that the Republican Committee
at Washington is trying to engage Miss Anna
Dickinson to deliver a course of radical lec
tures in the South,,
SECOND EDITION
FROM EUROPE BY THE CABLES.
Financial and Commercial Advices to
Noon To-Uir.
London, May 15 Noon. Consols for money,
0'2A; Krie Railroad shares, 41J; Illinois Central,
70; United States Five-twenties, 722.
LivKRrooL, May 15 Noon. The Cotton
Market opens active. The sales will probably
reach 10,000 bales. Upland middlings, lljjd.;
Orleans, lljjd.
Breadstuflsand Provisions unchanged. Corn,
42s. 3d. Pork, 77s. tid. Lard, 52s. tid.
Refined Petroleum, 10s. 3d. Tallow, 43s.
Antwerp, May 14 Evening. Reflned Pe
troleum, closed at 43 francs.
Frankfort, May 14 Evening. United
States Five-twenties, 77J.
second PKSrAT.CH.
London, May 152 P. M. Consols, 02);
Uri'ied States Five-twenties, 72J; Illinois Cen
tral, 7(i.. Erie Railroad shares have ad
vanced Liverpool, May 152 P. M. Cotton con
tinues active, and prices have advanced 1.
since the noon report.
Corn has declined 3d., and is now quoted at
42s. Provisions and produce are without
change.
FROM EUROPE. BY STEAMER.
The Java at New York.
New York, May 15. The steamer Java
brings European advices, via Queenstown, 5th
inst. Our files are chiefly occupied by the
Luxembourg and Reform questions, Loth of
which have become obsolete.
SPAIN.
It was reported that great agitation pre
vailed throughout Catalonia, Spain. Hostile
manifestations have been made against the
Captain-General in Barcelona, at the bull
lights. Troops had been hastily despatched into
the province of Tarragona and the mountains
of Figueras, where armed bands were stated
to be in the fields. The watchwords of the
insurgents were said to be "Prim, and the
Republic forever," "Down with the Queen,"
"Down with Narvaez."
Washington City Republican Conven
tion. Washington, May 15. The Republican City
Convention, composed of white and colored
delegates, has nominated the following ticket
for the municipal election In June:
For Collector, A. G. Hall; Keglster, F. A. Boe
well; Surveyor, C. H. Bliss.
The Convention adjourned at 2 o'clock this
morning, having been In session seven hours.
The Conservatives or Democrats have already
selected their candidates.
The Chicago, Hamilton and Dayton
Railroad.
Cincinnati, May 15. At the annual meeting
of the stockholders of the Chicago, Hamilton,
and Dayton Railroad, the old B lard of Directors
was re-elected, except one of the board. They
re-elected the old oflicers, the stockholders
being satisfied with the contract wllh the Cin
cinnati, Dayton, and Easlern Railroad.
Markets by Telegraph.
New York, May 1ft. Stocks dull; Chicago And
Bock Island, 8u; Heading, liw(J; Canton, 4;t: Erie,
68: Cleveland and Toledo, 11 Cleveland and I'nu
burg, 73'n: Pltlaburg and Fori Wayne. !Mj: Michigan
Central. l 109; Michigan Southern, 67': New York
Central, Cumberland preferred, so; Virginia 8s,
62; MlHsourl 6s. (i?4; Hudson Klver, 101; U. H. Five
twenties, 1HU2, 1(19; do. ISrtt. 10W: do. 1865, Iu6; Teu
forliis, 0!; Seven-thirties. UM'i; all other), lo.!?.
(sterling Exchange. 109; sisht do., 110;. Uold, 13 '.
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
MOVEMENTS OP SENATOR WILSOX.
New Orleans, May 14. Senator Wilson
arrived here to-day from Montgomery, accom
panied by Major-General Lucius H. Warren,
lie addresses a publio meeting on Thursday
evening, and leaves for Washington the next
day.
FINANCIAL TROUBLES.
New Orleans, May 14. The trouble of the
First National Bank is caused by inability to
meet a check of Thomas P. May, held by the
United States, and which was presented on
Monday. The cash on hand was declared in
sufficient for the purpose, and an examination
proved the correctness of the declaration.
The military authorities have taken posses
sion, and a receiver may be appointed. The
assets are probably ample to satisfy the depo
sitors. The Government deposits are nearly
fifty thousand dollars less than the bank's
securities in Washington. A. S. Mansfield, a
capitalist, offered to sustain the bank and pay
the depositors, but the offer was not accepted.
Mr. May, a millionaire, to-day signed over
to the Government all his property. Among
the assets in the Sub-Treasury were found a
considerable amount of May's obligations,
and May's offer was accepted. The amount
exceeds the obligation. Business at the Sub
Treasury is uninterrupted.
The magnificent Bibliothfeque Yemeniz,
said to be the richest in ancient and curious
works which has passed under tne hammer
since the celebrated sales of the Dae de Val
licre, in 1784, and the Comte de Macarthy, in
181b", is to be sold at Paris in the ensuing
month. The catalogue comprises at least
4000 lots. In the private catalogue printed
for M. Yemeniz are enumerated Two copies
of editions engraved on wood; thirty-six manu
scripts on vellum, some of great value; thir
teen manuscripts on Paris; twenty-seven works
printed on vellum; 176 rare works, with dates,
from the commencement of the art of printing;
448 works, printed at Lyons during the six
teenth century, ninety-six of which are by De
Tournes and thirteen by Dolet. Twelve of
the works belonged formerly to the celebrated
book collector Grollier, and seventy others to
various lovers of old books. Among them is
the "Assertio Septem Sacrauientum Adver
sus Martinum Lutherein," which Henry VIII,
King of Kugland, wrote against Luther in the
year 1 521, a copy bearing the signature of the
King both at the beginning and end of the
work. Tho library comprises also twenty-six
works by Symphorion Chatnpier, as well as a
considerable number by the Aldi and Kl.eviri,
works printed in Paris aud other cities during
the sixteenth century. Here is likewise a col
lection of novels of the age of chiralry, mys
teries, books of costumes, on lace works, the
chase, the culinary art, medicine, music, etc.
Ali Haider Bey, already known as the
author of two Turkish dramas, has just
finished a new three-act play, in verse, enti
tled The Princess Noon, which is said to be
the first tragedy ever produced in Turkish
literature. The plot is of the time of Semi
ramjs, who figures as one of the characters.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
COUllT OP OYKR AND TKRMINEIt Jndeei
AlliHon and Plerc W llllam 11. Mnn, District
Attorney; T. Bradford U wight, Assistant District
Attorney.
THR Mil HOMICIDE.
The court reassembled at 3 o'clock yesterday alter
no n.
Henry Seldel I know the prisoner: about a weelc
before the occurrence he cittne Into my place and,
sneaking In a low voiee, told me he did not believe
hller WuHid gel ins Just dues: and nil iu oiu-e he com
merced crying like a oiulil unit wringing bis bunds:
be said he was worried In bis mind, and did nut
know what he would du; he mtld htactiild wan ruined,
her character destroyed; and tbm be would ml her
have seen her go lo tnegntve than become the victim
ol i bis liili lui linie: l.e Mild he roiild nut rest n luh I ur
rtiiy; be could not eai r sleep; he could not attempt
to work until the trial or Kller w is concluded.
Ci o-s examined He suld he did not believe Kller
would gel Justice; he had heard that a boy was to be
pi educed at Ibe trial to injure bis daughter'! char
acter. Tli defense oITered to prove by William H. Myers
that Kller had acknowledged that be had outraged
the prisoners daughter. Vhe court consented lo
admit this evidence. If It could be proven to have
been communicated to the prisoner; but as the de
fense said this could out be shown by tuls wituevs. it
wan ruled out.
John 1.) ml Oeorge l;llrr acknowledged to me that
be hud ravished Lets' daughter; X tol l I,hh wb.u
Kller bad (old me: this was about a year ago.
Croa, -examined Mr. I. els hunghla head and walked
A ndrew Hnrtzog testified that be went to se Lets
hi the prison, una told hi m thai he had done wrong;
.Lets i-aul lie knew It. and was very sorry.
Dr. Urotzer Know Thomas l,eli: he brought his
child to mu for examination: I examined the child,
and told til mi thai 1 found rvl'iences of viohttloii; I
bmw him on the morning that Kller wus -hot; It is
my professional opinion that at the time of the shool
li. g l.i Is was partially insane on the suliject.
A number or witnesses were examined as to good
character, and In corroboration ol the statement con
cerning the strange conduct of the prisoner.
At 6', o'clock the court udjouruei uutll this
niorulng.
THIS MORNINO'B PltncEUDINHS.
The Court met at lu o'clock this morning, and the
examination ol tbo witnesses for the detttuse was re
sumed. Mrs. C. Schmidt sworn I know Thomas Lels; have
known him since he was two years old; I knew his
lunilly In Germany to be respectable, nice; be has
borne an excellent character In this and the old
country; I know the fuel that his father and uncle
were subject to melancholy; this was well known
throughout the neighborhood where they lived.
Mrs. K. (-chwart 1 have knovyi tbn prisoner from
bis boyhood) I knew his family; bis father bad a
melancholy look; It was sometimes Bald thai his
in cle was melancholy.
Mrs. M. A. Herizog sworn I am the mother of the
in toner's wit..; Thouii a Lels has been married to my
daughter lor more than twelve years; he has always
been affectionate aud kinu lo hit lamily; before this
calamity that happened lo bis daughter be treated
me kindly, its Ins mother; but arter that he became
changed .rude, and violent: his ej es seemed to pl.Tce
me; he wag worried and confused, aud was not thn
sume man; he was quite beside himself; from what I
have said to the Jury, and what 1 have seen ot bis con
duct, I do not think be was lu bis right mind when he
Bnot Eller.
Mrs. MarySpleks I Uveal No. 8 18 Orchard street:
this Is next to Leis' house; I have known nlm sevon
or eight years; he was, up to Ibis occurrence, gentle
manly and kind, but afterwards he was changed,
downcast, and depressed,
Mrs. timltz 1 live at No. 8IS Orchard street: have
known '1 nomas I, els about four years: when ibis hap
pened to bis daughter he was always polite and plea
hunt to his neighbors, but alter this be had a vacant,
melancholy stare, and was not as he used lo be.
Mrs. Louisa Mehllnger sworu I live at 1011 North
Third street; Thomas Leis Is my Bister's husband; I
have known him more lhan twelve years; he was
always very kind and very pleasant lo bis conduct
before this happened to bis child: after th'shewas
changed and unpleasant: a few days before be shot
Kller be said bis head was not right; lrom what X
have said to the jury I do not believe be was Bane.
Km iua Klllinger I live lu Orchard street; bave
known Thomas Leis three years: he was always a
kind gentleman before bis child was Injured, but alter
that he changed; helalways appeared melaucholy,
and I bave seen him weep.
Caroline Outtman I bave known the prisoner
since bis childhood; before his child was dishonored
be was a kind and pleasant gentleman; but after
that he was not the same man; he said his family had
been ruined, aud be could no more loon people In the
face; he was down-hearted; I have seen him weep;
from what 1 have testllied lo, X do uot believe be was
sane when he shot Kller,
Charles Arbugase sworn I live at No. 841 Orchard
street; I have known Thomas Lels eleven years; be
has born a good character, none bore better; the Mon
day belore be shot Kller be came to my bouse In tears,
Baying that his family was ruined; I often met him
after this happened bis child, and he was completely
changed; he Bald his trouble made him almost mad.
Kudolph Bent sworn I knew Lels in the old coun
try; bis family was one of respectability; after this oc
curred to bis child he changed, aud towards the lost
I thought he was going crazy: I knew a relation of
bis that was crazy, aud his father was once locked up
In a room; from what I bave stated X do not believe
lie was sane when he shot Kller.
LouIhb Lels recalled Whal happened to me when
Eller and I were In tne room together was told lo my
lather: my sinter wophle told htm first, and then I
told him. (The witness then repeated what she had
told ber father.)
Here the defense closed.
ARGUMENT FOB. THR COMMONWEALTH.
The District Attorney then began the argument of
the Comnionwca'th's .case. ,lie said that, In many
respects, ibis case bad proven painful both to the Jury
anu himself, and '.hut lu listening to the details it was
hard to repress (motion. But each bad a duty to per
lorin; be blnibelf, as the District Attorney, aud the
Jury. The law must be sustained; If It is brought to
this court and there stricken down, It would be Blabbed
ill a vital part, and the wound would prove fatal.
The prisoner at the bar Is charged with the murder
ot Oeorge Kller. That be killed him there Is uo
earthly uount. Now. did he kill h'm accidentally or
wlliuliyY lie went to the Court that morning wllh
ibe pistol, pulls It lrom his pocket, aud the Instant
Kller comes In he manipulates that pistol with his
linger, which Is power ess without a will aud kills
Oeorge Kller. This was a wilful killing. Why did
he uot shoot the oilicer? Because he willed lo kill
Oeorge Kller, aud uo one else.
Was this a deliberate killing? Was It a premedi
tated killing? lie put a loaded pUtol lu ins pocket
and nent lo the Court-bouse. There he sat at me end
of the bench, bo that be would be near Kl'"r wlii-n lie
utered. This surely was premeditation. When Kller
entered, Leis deliberated and coolly raised the pistol
ard bred. The whole affair was well weighed care
Hilly considered.
The trouble weighed heavily upon bis mind; and be
'U at a loss to know what lo do. lie knew the con
fcequencea of whatever action be might take. He
took the action his mind most inclined to, aud he Is
here to lake the consequence, lie did not ouce
lose bis reason; and the whole question of bis guilt or
hiuocence will depend upon the construction you
put upon It.
The District Attorney then explained the case of
Oeorge Kller, and why it had nut been tried, aud
staled that It was to be tried on thn very day of the
killing. Then thai the prisoner bad gone to Court
day alter day, aud each day his disappointment
weighed him down, and he became more and more
unhappy and troubled, At last be beard that there
would be a witness produced to testily to the bad
character of bis daughter.
This aggravated him very much, and be seemed to
conclude the more he attended Court, It seemed to
Mm the deeper he and bis family were plunged Into
disgrace, lie seemed lo think that there was hut one
way of ending the matter, and that was by killing
Kller. Thai morning he told the Doctor that there
would be no trial. Perhaps he was Iheu thinking of
killing Kller.
This was no evidence of Insanity: this Is the height
ot human reason, tie deliberated, reflected, aud
acted. It might be convenient. In this case, to say
that this man was Insane, but It Is uot law.
Continued in our ntxt edition.
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Of KICK OK THI KVKNINO TELKOBAPU, 1
Weduebduy, May lo, ltkj7.
The Stock Market, as we have noticed for
some time past, continues very dull, but prices
were wittiout any material cbaat;e. Govern
ment bonds were tirnily held. 18U2 6-20 sold at
l(ii; July 18G5 6-20s, 108; 10-408 at and June
7'3os at 105, no ctianfre; 111J w bid tor 6s ot
1681; and 10CJ lor Aupust 7'30s. City loans
were in lair demand. The new issue sold at
U)"siW2i, an advance of 4; and old do. at 97,
uo change.
Railroad shares comlnue dull. Pennsylvanis
Railroad sold ot f2, no clianire; Readiuir at 61J,
uolcbanpe, aud Lehien Vallev at 69A, an ad
vance ot 4; 130 was bid for Csnnien aud Amboy;
28 lor Little Schuylkill; ;2 tor N orris lown: 6S
lor Minehill; 33 for North Peunsylvsuia: iitor
Kiraira preferred; 13 for Catawiw common;
27i tor Catawia preferred ; and 2(i lor I'hila
di'lphiaand Erie. . .
City f'assenper Railroad shares were firmly
held. 75 was bid for Becoad and Third; 04 for
Tenth and Kleventh; 191 lor TblrteeotU and Fif
teenth; 27 for Hpruce and Pine; 65 for West
Philadelphia; 124 for Hestonville; and 27 for
Girard Collepe. , , , , .
Bank shares were in good demand for Invest
ment at full prices. 136 was bid lor First
lational; 111 for Third National; 103 tor Seventh
National; 230 for WvrUl America; Ib'H for Phihv
delphia; 132f for Farmers' and Mechanics'; 64
for Commercial; 95 for Northern Liberties; 31
for Mechanics'; 48 for Penn Township; 65 for
Girard; 88 for Western; 43 tor Consolidation;
67) for Commonwealth; GOJ for Union; and 120
for Central National.
In Cansl shares there was very little flolnt?.
Schuylkill Navieatlon common sold at 21. an
advance of J: 30 was bil lor SchuvlkiH Naviga
tion preferred ; 61 for Lchieh Navigation; 15
lor Susquehanna Canal; and 6GJ lor Delaware
Division.
The Monev Market Is unchanged. For call
loanB on Governments the rate is 45 per cent.,
and on other approved collateral at 66 per
cent. The banks are dic"iinin(r nearly or
quite all the Rood commercial bills artsine from
their business. Taper of lonjr time, or that ts
not baed on crood, substantial values, Is dull,
and rules from 10 to 15 rer cent, discount.
QuotHtionsof Gold 10 A. M., 136J; 11 A.M.
13i;12 M., 137; 1 P. M., 137.
The New York Tribune this morning says
"Money on call is 66 per cent., and very
abundant to strong bouses. Commercial paper
papers slowly at lull rates, and names are
clocelv scrutinized, fiest sells at 6A47, and
Bcond privies at 816 per cnt. ""The bank
trouble at New Orleans is another admonition
to prtiflencp, and one which a good many nr3
disposed to beed."
rmi.ADEbPHIs. 8T0CK EXCHANGE 8LR3 TO DAY
Keporled by Dehaven A Bro., No,i tt. Third street
FIKHT BOARD.
."iron 5-2rts 'BI..CP ln liKWSeh N 6s, 82..b5. 77
do.'twS.cp.Jy.lOS tkiuO la5s..cn 94
Uk.i do.'li2.ci.Jy.lns I HiOsli scu N stlt 2l'f
fuvo uo. oo.rg.j ,iu.'a
S-iSU V B 7-3IN.Jy 10.')1;
t:m L iimus.cp m
(:un do c. w
UK) sb I'euna ll.o . 62
100 do ns t2
ltm do b9u U
10 lo.. ........... ti
0 do . iZ
24 do. .............. f2
inesh Read R sfc. 61 '
leu do ...B6- h
4 sh Ih V K 59X
liX'BU bit Mich CI X.
wu mi; es, jew...is.iii2
1011 fln...mun....li2
i'XD do. New 10-2
tno do-Now In-J!4
tv o ao Old. B7
t.iooo C .t At 2 ni 73
iuuv;c A A m 6s.'70 USX I
Messrs. Do Haven & Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates of ex
change to-day at 1 P. M.: U. 8. 6s of 1881, 111
111; do. 1RG2, 1091094; do.. 1864, 105
105$: do., 18G5, 10(ai6(ij ; do., 18G5, new, 107j(3
108: do. 6s, 10-40s,99K995; do. 730, Aujr., 1064
V;l0j; do., June, lOoj&lOSi; do.. July, 105J
105J; Compound Interest Notes, June, 1864, 119
mini: do., July, 1864, 118iT118i, lo.; Aug. 1864,
118y;118i; do., October. 18h4, 117ta)1174; do.,
December, 1864, HGfrbllGi: do., May, 1865, 113$;
do.. Aug., 1HGS, 1125; do., September, 1865. 112:
October, 1865, 112. Gold, lJ6i136. Silver,
130132.
Alessrs. William Painter A Co., bankers, No.
36 South Third street, report the following
rates of exchange to-day at 12 o'clock:
0. 8. 6s, 1881, coupon, llljlll; U. 8.
5-208, coupon, 1862, I09(t109i; do., 1864, 105(rt)
105J; do., 1865, 1061S106J; do. new, 107J
1081; 6s, 10-40s, 9lJJ9!)J; U. 8. 7-30s, 1st
series, 106(106; do., 2d series, 105g(il05J;
3d series, 105i105i. Compound Interest Notes,
December. 1864, 16; Mav, 1865, 14: August, 1865,
13; September, 1865. 12.; October, 1865, 12 J.
Philadelphia Trade Report.
WEONEsnAY, May 15. Bark Is In fair demand,
and the stocks are light, bmall sales of No. 1
luercitron at (42 ton.
In the absence of sales, we quote Cloverseed
at S8-50 $ 64 lbs. Timothy raphes from 3 25.
to a-60; and Flaxseed from $;) 05 to S315.
The demand for Flour Is entirely from the)
home consumers, who purchase principally of
the better grades of spring and winter Wheat,
which are in small supply, and held with much
firmness. Sales ol 500 oarrels.'.'ncludlng super
fine, at 89'5010; extras at 10'X)(9ll'25; North
western extra family atf x:i(31475; Pennsylvania
and Oblo do. do., Sl.'irglS; California at 16 5017;
and St. Louis at $17&17 50. Rye Flour Is held at
SD. Nolhlng doing in Corn Meal.
The Wheat Market continues quiet, there
being Utile or no demand, except for prime
lots, of which the supply l.i light: sales of Penn
sylvania red at $33 30. Kye ranges from $170
fel 75 v Inish. Corn is dull aud prices have
again declined; sales of 6000 bush, yellow,
afloat, at 81 liO. Oats are inactive and lower
sales of Pennsylvania at 78o., and Western
at 75c.
Prices of Whisky are nominally unchanged.
LATEST SHIPPIHG liHTELLIGEHCE.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.,
.....MAT 13.
BTATB Or THERMOMETKB AT THI KVKNINO TKLB-
OK41-H OFriCK.
7 A. M .......66,11 A. M .652 P. M......e
For additional Marine Newt see Third Page.
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Barque Cumberlaud, Parker, Bllgo, Ire., Workman 4
Baraue Minnie Campbell, Lunt, Weymouth, N. a. C.
C. Van Horn.
Brlic KdwlD, Allen, Waldoboro, K. A. Bonder A Co.
Brig BrlllHh yueen, Faruswortb, Halifax, C, C. Van
Horn,
Brig M. T. Trueman, Thompson, Caps Breton, do.
bchr C. W. Newlus, Learning. Kajr West, Merchant A
Co.
Bchr Crown Point, Severs, Newburyport, Curtis A
KnlKbt.
Sclir M. J. Lnnt. Brown, Newburyport. G, B, Kerfoot,
bclir American JCagle, Ramsey, Washington. J. T.
Justus.
Bchr W. A. Crocker, Baxter, Salem, Lennox fc Bnr
gesa. Bchr K. J. Heraty, Meredith, Roxbury, L, Audenrled
A l'o.
Bchr Golden Eagle. Howes, New Bedford, Blaklston.
Graeff A Co.
Bchr W. H. Rotan, Spragoe, New London, Kommell A
Hunter.
Bchr J. B. Jobn(ion,(Hmltb,Provldence,SuffolkCoalCo.
Kchr Reading KK. No. 48. Powell, Norwich, do.
bchr 8. and E. Corson, Corson, Boston, Borda, Kellar
A Nutting.
Bchr Maria Jane, Jones, Providence, Bcott A Bon.
Bchr Jaims Jones, Jones. do. do.
bt'r W. Whillden, Riggans, Baltimore, J. D.RuofL
ARRIVED THW MORNING.
Br. barque Ada, Murpby, 42 days from Newport. K..
wllh railroad Iron to K. A. Bouder A Co,
Barons Sea Kagle, Julius. Jr., 7 days from Bagoa,
with molasites to T. WattHon A Sons.
Br. hrig Annie Vail, Vail, 2& days from Trinidad,
with niolasaes to order.
Bchr M. J. Lunt, Brown, t days from Newburyport.
with mdae. to G. B. Kerfoot.
Kchr American Kale, Ramsey, 6 days from Balti
more, with rdse. to captain.
ScbrJ. J. Worlhinzton. Terry. 10 days from Port
land, wltb mdae. to Crowell A Collins.
Bchr K. J. Heraty, Meredith, 4 days from Lynn, la
ballant to captain.
Bchr Crown Point, Severs, S days from Newbuyport.
wllh mdne, lo Curtis A Knight.
Bchr Anna Sheppard, Uowdltch, from Boston.
i-clir J. W. Vauneruan, Uliarp, from Bualou.
Bchr Maria Jane. Jonea, from DigUtou.
Schr Jamea Jones, Jones, from Newport,
Bchr W. U Rotan. Bprague. lrom Normlk.
Bchr J. B. Jebuson. Biulth, from Full Klver.
Steamer W. Wbilldtn. RlKgana. hours from Balti
more, wllh mdse. to J. V. Jluoff.
steamer Mount Vernon. Kerat, 24 hours rom New
York, wllh mdae. to oaptaln.
la now oil Ibis place. 'aaA0B?U.VOHK
MEMORANDA
Steamship Noruiau, Crowell, hence, at Boston yes-
teBiewublp Hunter, Rogers, hence, at Providence lath
'"kcUm North Pacific. Errlckson: C. Hever. Poland
j. M. Broouiall. Homers: 8. H. Hlmrp. Webb; JameaU
MBioy. ItuMaell; aud Helen Mar, Baxter, hence at
BoMion lull hint.
wrhr C!ar. Hammond, for Pliila,loli,i . ,,,
more, Balled from Providence Hull lnat, mmw
Mohr R. Beyuiour. beymour. henna. a.t .u
lUihlnat. ' "
bchre Fanny Fern, Saunders, and American Easle
Bhaw. hence, at Pawtucket 13lh lnat. Jtagte,
Bchra E. W. Perry, Rlsley, and J. C. Ruuyoo Matbla
hence, at Providence Uth hist. "uou,mainis,
Hchr Charm, Btudley, for X'hlladelphla, cleared at
Boston lath Inst, r ' v",r"u fc
Bchr Barub Purves, Jones, bence, at Baker's Land
ing lttU lnnt.
Hours J. P. Ross. Ball, and S. L. Crocker, Preabrey.
hen oh. at Dlghton l'2tb lust.
Hchr Thomas Borden, Wrlghtlngton, hence, at Fall
River 12th lust.
fBT TBI.BSBAra.l
Fobtrkhs Monkok. My 15. Arrived, brig Lucy
Ann, from Reiuadloa, Cuba, 60 days, for Baltimore,
with a cargo of sugar. She Balled lu company with,
the brig Mophorus, lor Philadelphia, and no lira Maggie
McNeill aud Mary J. Adams, for Boston. Loadlug at
Kemeoloa the brig Bon Quixote, Spoke the acuouuer
Aibert Tjwt, buuul iuwjb.