r Uri IT ; TTTn TTT A TnYTTTT LLL4 VOL. YlII-No. 139. PHILADELPHIA, WEPffESDAT, PEOEMBEB 11, 1867.1V . DOUBLE SHEET TIIItEH CENTS. i . . 1 . J ...v. n.X - " 1 : .' ''.. . ; . I ' , , ' ' - ' ''.:'v . : FIRST EDITION BY THE GULF CABLE, Later Advices from the West ladles and Mexico. Ono Hundred Earthquake Shocks in a Week. KJC Kto.i Etc., Kte.i Kte. HAYTI. Th It a bla Preparing ta luradi Raytlta 8oll -Salnave Diurmlaid an Reslst fance. ' Montes, who 1b krnt iu jail at Cape Hay tic n, it reported to have gone back to St. Domingo from Jamaica, ana to dc neaaing eigot tuousana nay tian rebel troops on the Iron tier. (Should an Invasion of Hayti take place, H was expected that a very sanirnmary conflict would ensue. Kalnave asserted his determination to blow np hi capital and powder magoeines sooner than cede to tne wisnes oi ine opposition. Popular Clamor la Favor of GefTrard and Other EilKi. Havana, Dec. 10. We have the report from Hayti tbat the people there demanded of the Government the suspension of the decree that kecDs Gcfliard and others In exile. Gcffrard had again become popular, but the Legislative Chambers seemed undecided la the matter. PORTORICO. ' Om Hundred and Fourteen Shocks of Karthquakt 111 a Week. Havana, Pec 10. The steamers Barcelona and Cacique arrvea yesterday at Santiago de Cnba from St. Johns, P. R. l'he earthquakes on tinned on that inland, and .one hundred and fourteen shocks had been felt during the course of eight days. Some buildings are reported as having been thiown down by the violence of the shocks. , .. VENEZUELA. Report of an Earthquake at Caraceas. Havana, Dec. 10. By the way of Porto Rico we have the announcement that an earthquake took place at Caraceas, Venezuela, at daybreak November 14, and likewise a contradictory report as to the same. MEXICO. Stormy Weather at Vera Crux. Havana, Dec. 10. The steamer Georgia has arrived here from Vera Cruz, with dates to the 4th Inst. The weather at that port was very atormy when the Georgia leit, and, as the post office was closed, no papers were received. The steamer Fahkee, however, is daily expected here irom Vera Cruz. VIRGINIA. Proceedings of the State Convention The Steamship Hatteras Mlnlng-Thi Hew Masonic Temple Important Uw Caae. Washington, Dec. 10. The following stanilng committees were ordered to-day by the Virelnia State Convention: On the preamble, bill of nebta-and division of Dowers of government; !jrT the legislative department; on the elective f franchise and the qualifications for office; L on the batis of representation and apportion- ment; on the executive department of the governmert; on the judiciary, excepting county and corporation courts and county officers; I on education and the fands'relating thereto; oo taxation ana nuance; on county huh uuipwauuu. couits and county organization; on limitation and guarantees; on currency, banking, and insurance companies; on puoli : institutions; on misons and the prevention and punishment of crime; on military affairs; on the pardoning. power; on agricultural ana industrial interests and immigration; on internal improvement; on revision and adjustment; on future revision and amendment ol the Constitution; on schedule. Time committees will be appointed to-morrow, ai d the wotk of framing a constitution will then commence. A resolution was adopted requiring the Second Auditor of the State to prepare tor the use of the Convention a tabular statement, showing fvFirst, the total costs to the State of its interest in each canal and raihoad up to the 1st day of December, 1867, including legal interest; second, the total amount of iucoins, it any, arising from such interest in eaVh canal and each rail road, ana receivea oy me mate up to tue isi day ot December, 18t7: third, the total amount of the debt of the State, including the accrued interest, up to the 1st day of December, 1867, specifying how much of said debt was incurred for each canal and each railioad, Including the accrued interests as aforestid, the time or times it was incurred, and the date of the mnturltv thereof. Tbe lollowing preamble and resolution on the subject of the oath to be required of members were laid on the table: Whereto, In view of lb fact that before tbe canvass commenced ot dult ga.ee fur seats Id ihls Conveullou, ll was clearly and distinctly understood that the test oath, known as the "Irou-oiad," would not be enforced or required: therefore be It Jictohtd. That this Convention will not and ought not to require tbe aloresald oatb to be taken as a qualification of lie members to seats nn this floor. The following resolution was referred: Krmlvetl, That the Committee on Limitation and Guarantees be Instructed to report upon the expedi ency of Incorporating in the consil'utlon to be framed by this Convention a provision securing tbe rights ot property and enlarging the civil capacities ol man led women. Information from Mchmoni to-night states that the volunteer officers in the Freedmen's Bureau, in Virginia, who are ordered to be mus tered out of service on toe 1st of January, will, it is understood from District headquarters, be retained as civilians in tbe service of the Gov ernment in that Bureau until that institution is dis flensed with. The steauitr Hatteras, of the Richmond and Mew York steamship line, which was due here yesterday, has not arrived, and lias not been heard fiom since she left Mew York. Serious icars are entertained for her safety. A large number of delegates to tbe Conserva tive Convention to mo) row have arrived. The Convention will be a very laruo oue. The corner-stoLe of a new Masonic Temple in Bid nioud was laid to-day by the Grand Master of the, Mate, with imposing, ceremonies. A large crowd of persons were present. Tbe ad dress waa delivered bv the Rev. Dr. Burrows. In the case ot the Merchants' Bauk of Balti more against the Valley Bank of Virginia, now on inai iu wcuiounn, juoi?q underwood de cided ia favor of the plavntitr on the two poln'i raised by counsel, and ordered an injunction to be issued restricting Mr. Brent, trustee, lrom interfering with the. assets of the bank. A, Vunce Brown, President of th Exchang- Bauk Of Richmond, is appointed receiver. ThUcase iuvolves many intricate points of law, and Learly a million of dollars. A-. Y. ITeraiJ. ThDanish press ia highly satisfied with the Bale of the "VY est Indian Idlauds to America. All parties agree ia winning that the (10,000, IKK) wLca received may U put by against tha next war with Praseia. ThU one idea pre dcnJiLAtei t Copenhagen. FROM EUROPE DY STEAMER. BISMARK ON FREE SPEECH. Interesting Debate In the Prussian Chamber f Deputies. In the sitting of the Prussian Chamber of Deputies on the 29th ult., the motion of llerr Lasken, proposing to quash tbe trial of Uerr Twesten by a special law, and to modify article 84 ol the Prussian Constitution, so as to make it consistent with the Constitution oi the Norti German Confederation, came on fortliscuBsion. llerr von Hoverbeck proposed that the House should proceed to the order of the day. llerr von Bcnnlgsca supported the motion of Uerr Lssken. Count von Lcppe, the Ministfr of Finnnce, slated that the members should await the deci sion ot the Superior Court, wbn it would be possible to determine what, measures were fit ling to be adapted on the occasion. Count Biemark said that be expressed his own personal conviction, and not taat of the Gov ernment, in spying that he attached no practi cal importance to the question. The conflict between tbe Chamber and tbe Government had arisen from a misuse of the ireedom ot speech. He considered tbe question of right in tbe present case was doubtful. The question now was bow to prevent the re newal of the misundeistanding between the Government anl the Chamber: he proposed to consider whether it was not possible to distin guish between two conditions of liberty of speech, view the right or lree speech in the Chamber, and tbe right of the newspapers to publish the speech. He was desirous of treeing the constitutional life of the kingdom from atl causes ot disagreement, and would support any means oi maintaining a good understanding. The motions of llerr von Hoverbeck and Guerard were rejected. Those of Herr Laskeu were adopted by 181 to 1G0 votes. Baron von Der Heydt, the Minister of Finance, brought in a bill relative to the assumption of the Elbe Duchies portion of the Danish.debt, amounting to 21,700,000, by Prussia. THE POPE. Interview with Plna the Ninth at the Vatican. Rome Correspondence Irish THmes. Those who have seen the Sovereign Pontiff deliver his benediction to Rome and to tbe wot Id at Easter lrom the Loggia, officiate at the grande mtsse at the high altar in St. Peter's, or assist at any other public ceremony or leetival such lucky ones will doubtless lorever preserve a lively recollection ot tbe grandeur aud reli gious solemnity of the occasion. But to see Pius the Ninth aright, to understand his true character, and appreciate it, you must strip htm ot his vestments ot purple and cold, and l Jiagine him simply clad in a long haoit of creamy white, seated in a cosy arm-chair at a taole covered with papers and documents, in a room in the Vatican, small and plainly furnished. Into such an apartment I was introduced, and it was here I spent the delightlul halt hour which I shall always remember with the deepest sense of pleasure and gratiHcntion. It was late when I entered past 4 o'clock and the lamp in the centre of tbe table gave a dull liehttothe room, though quite sufficient to enable me to observe every leature and every little movement of my august host. All the world has seen the Pope's photograph; but though his photograph resem bles him in a certain degree, vet there are few sun-pictures which ever do justice though they are sometimes too impartial and in the present case you lot e the whole benevolent expression of the eyes which ever light np the dignified countenance. To describe his Holiness as I saw him: He looks about seventy years old his age is seventy-five middle-sized, and though rather inclining to cotpulenoy, yet of a frame still retaining all -its muscular power. Little tiny dumpling hands, white as snow, and little tiny leet, ot which any lady would be proud. A face one cannot look upon without loving so mild is it and benevolent; the lar?e dark Italian eye being softened by the oomuant afiectionate smile playing about tbe mouth a smile not assumed and put a-slde at will, but one ot real Christian hope and resignation, ever suggestive ot the true character of the man. When one thinks of the trials and 8utfer.inos, political and corporal, endured with niauly fortitude by his Holineas tor the last twenty years, one cannot help admiring the soirit which has sustained him and followed him all through his career. It also makes us contem plate what would have been the present state of the Roman Catholic Church bad a man oi less courage and determination, or of a spirit less mild and conciliating, been at the head of her Government during these critical years. THE MANCHESTER EXECUTIONS. Last Letter Written bjr Allen. , Manohkbter, Monday Evening. The follow ing letter wue wiitten by Allen on the nigut pi elous to his execution: Salford Kkw Bailey Prison, Nov. 23, 1867. To you my loving and sincere Dear Uncle and Aunt Hogan: 1 suppose this is my las letter to ycu at this side of the grave. Oh, dear uncle aud aunt, if you relioct on it,, it is nothing. I am dying a horrible death I aai dying for Ireland dying for the land that gave me birth dying lor the Island ol Saints and dyine lor liberty. JLvery generation of our country has suffered; where is io Irish heart could stand byunaioved? 1 should like to know what trouble, what pas sion, what mischief could separate tue true Irish heart lrom lis own native Isle? Dear uncle and aunt, it is sad to be paring lrom you all at my early age, but we all die some day or another a few hours more and I will bteathe my last,aud on English soil ! Ob t that I could be Durted in Ireland 1 What a happiness it would be to all my friends, and to myself, where my country men could kneel on ray gravel I cannot ex press what joy it afforded me when I found, Aunt Sarah, that you were admitted. Pear uncle, I am sure it was not a very plea sant place that 1 had to receive you and my aunt; but we must put up with all trial until a e depart this lite 1 lam sure it will grieve you very much to leave me in such a place on tbe evidence of such characters as the wit nesses were that swore my life away; but I forgive them, aud may God forgive thpm. I am dying, thank God, an Irishman and a Christian. Give niy love to all friends, same from your ever affectionate nephew, W. P. Allen. Pray for us. Good-bye, and remember me; good bye, and may Heaven protect ye, is the last wish of your dying nephew. W. P. Allen. OBITUARY. llerr von Dreyse, Inventor of the Needle Uun. The Cable this morning, in a brief paragraph, announces the death ot the Inventor of the famous needle gun. llerr von Dreyse ot whom very little is known beyond the tact that he gave to Europe one of the most effective of modern weapons of warfare, and oue whicn has played a conspicuous part in the recent political changes on the continent was born iu bona merda. a small town ueav Erfurt iu Saxouy. He waa a journeyman blacksmith, and accord ing to his own statement, first conceived the idea of perfecting a weapon ol the kind which has since made him famous, in travelling over the battlefield of Jena In 1800 and observing the heaps of dead and wouuded torn and mangled by tbe artillery and missile then in use. He subsequently worked lor a man by tbe name of Paull, in Paris, who was employed bv the mili tary authorities in the improvement of the Hint musket. It was during that time that he re volved In his mind and conceived the idea of the needle gun which was eventually perfected. He died at the age of seventy-nine, and was, a few mouths ago, represented to be vigorous in mind and body. He was the iuvenlor of an im proved hand grenade and several other destruc tive implements, none of which, however, have seemed to merit the popularity that has at tended the needle-nan, full descriptions of which have already appeared. CUA11LES DIGKENS. Ilia Second Readme Hew York. Another crowd greeted Mr. Dickens with affectionate welcome last night, at Bteinway Hall. The reading that was given comprised six chapters selected from "David Copperfleld," and one from "Pickwick." In the former were included tbe episode of David and Dora and Btecrforth and Emily, together with the descrip tion of a dinner with Wilklns Micawber. The latter was descriptive of Mr. Bob Sawyer's party in the lodging-honse of Mrs. Raddle. The shadows of pathos and the lights of humor are deftly blended in these selections, and they were faithfully and delightfully repro duced in the reader's interpretation. Simplicity, delicacy, reality these are the chief elements of Mr, Dickens' method as a reader and as an actor, Thai they are the elements of his method at a writer was long. ago known to every stndent ot his literary art. The works that he has created could only have been cre ated in one way; by minute, diligent, and long continued observation of external life, faithful retrospection, and conscientious labor directed and governed by the instinct of taste. It was the opinion of Voltaire that the man of taste is more rare even than the thinker. Mr. Dickens ia bothln one. He has been and is a great ob server. He has "looked quite through the deeds of men." The object or the mood that he wishes to describe is definitely fixed in ' his own mind, and Is then as definitely painted in words. No vagueness mars either tbe con ception or the painting. His characters are real to him, and he makes them real to his readers: and therein consists the spell that he wields, no lots as an actor than as a writer. In reflect ing upon the readings that he has .given, the conviction of his absolute truthfulness comes home to the mind with new and irresistible force. He has worn no mask. Ua has been an honest artist, from the first; and what he is doing now is only the natural outgrowth of what he has been doing all the days of bis 11 1 e. To have heard these readings Is to have witnessed the spontaneous expression of a great nature in the maturity ot its gKiat ness. There is something . One and touch ing in tbe spectacle of a life so earnest and a career so symmetrical. Writers and actors may well take to their hearts the mean ing of the success of Charles Dickens. To learn the lesson of his fidelity to the simple mechanical requisites of art would be an in valuable gain to many persons of both those classes. His reading, last night, was fall of this excellence. As on the first occasion be perfectly personated Bob Cratchit, the Little Judge, Winkle, Wellcr, and old Scrooge in the latter case even to so slight a detail as the habit of putting the hand to the mouth when f peaking so, on the second occasion, he omitted ro characteristic of the unctuous humor and stately bombast of the heroic Micawber, nor Mrs. Micawber's sweetly insinuating gabble, nor a particle of Mrs. Cruop's garrulity, nor the dole ful drawl ol ' lorn" Mrs. Gummldge, nor the rhrlll. vixenish spltefulness of Mrs. Raddle, nor the bland benevolence and childlike simplicity of Mr. Pickwick. Hard work was evident at every point; but it was work that had been done, and that now told only in its perfect results. In this reading, as before, Mr. Dickens was happiest in his humorous embodiments. The moment he enteis the realm of humor he is a monarch, and a merry one. His clear eyes twinkle, bis face is expressive of bubbling mirth that is almost forcibly restrained, his voice grows richer with Jollity, his whole being seems aroused. His great comic hits last nleut were Mrs. Gummidge. Mrs. Rad dle?, and the story of the necklace. There was true humor, also, in his personation of Bob Sawyer's servant, and in the deli cious epitode of poor little Dora. If be la somewhat less effective in outbursts of pas sionate emotion, it is from lack of strength ot voice, and not from lack of sympathy. Such bursts, howbeit, seldom occur In his read ingsand, for the rest, his interpretation of simple pathos is altogether perfect and admira ble. Who can forget Bob Cratchit, holding Tiny Tim's band, then throwing him a kiss, and brushing a tear from his eyes, as he prepares to propose the health of Scrooge? It was a little action, but it meant so much I Those only wbo have children and fear to lose them, or loving them hace lost, can know bow much It meant. There were kindred touches in Mr. Dickens' interpretation of Pegotty. As the poor old man told, in such a sad, straightforward, simple way, tbeMoryot his wanderings in search of Little Em'ly, there conld not have been adry eye in the audience. The noble, affectionate, almost Christ-like hero stood very visibly before us. 'There was a fine, massive grandeur in his fat e." says the story; and that same exaltation shone in the face of Charles Dickens, as he tpoke the words "And God only knows how good them mothers was to me." In description, Mr. Dickens excels all writers of fiction, past or present excepting, perhaps, his great and lamented brother in ait, Thackeray. The "Tenipest" chapter, in "David Coppertield," is a coble specimen of his power in this direction. That chapter he read, in a a greatly condensed form, last night; and his reading of it was a brilliant and remarkable trinmph of simple and natural elocution. The storm seemed to grow as he proceeded ; and every imaginative listener must have felt that strange, subtle sympathy which sometimes seems to exist between the strife of the elements and the tragic culminations of human fate. Death and Tem pest clasp hands, at tbe climax of that thrilling scene. One of the best artistic points in the novel is made as the narrative closes; and Mr. Dickens gave it ample force, last night, as he described the dead man, whose name is un men tioned: "But he led me to the shore. And on tbat part of it where she and I had looked lor shells two children on that part of it where some lighter fragments ot the old boat blown down last night bad been scattered by the winds among tbe ruins ol tbe house he had wionged I saw tim lying with his head upon his arm, as I had often seen him lie at school." N. I. Tribune. Horse Cars In Paris Mr. Kdward A. Stevens and Ueneral MeClellan. We learn on very good authority that Mr. Edward A. Stevens, of Hoboken, who has been lor some months In Europe, Is about to engage in the enterprise of constructing horse railroads in Paris; and has engaged the services of Gene ral G. B. MeClellan as engineer. If a good con cession as to the ngnt to use tne streets can bo t ecu red from tbe Government, horse cars ought to pay admirably in some of the main thorough lares of Paris. The delay of General MeClellan in Europe, after having taken passage for home, seems to be thus accounted tor. His new posi tion will be more profitable than a Presidential campaign as the candidate ot the Democratic party. Newark Adoeriiser of last eoening. The stepmother of Abraham Lincoln still lives near Farmington, Coles county, Illinois, iu a one-story log cabin containing two rooms. Aunt Sally Lincoln, as the villagers call her, is now eighty years old, and verv feeble. She is a plain, unsophisticated old lady, with a frank, open countenance, a warm heart, fall of kind ness towards others, tall and slender, and, in many respects, very much like the President enough so to be his own mother. And as he was but nine years of age at the time of her marriage with his father, it ia not impro- uaoie mat sue had much to do in forming bis character. She still speaks of Abraham as her "good boy," and pralwes his obedience. She lays ''Abraham and his stepbrother never quarrelled but ouoe; and that, you know, is a good deal for stepbrothers." About s mile and a half from her old cabin Is the grave of Thomas Lincoln, father of the President. It is narked by a piece of clapboard, oo which ia zmaeij tamo, c&ij ut luuau "T. L." SECOND EDITION THE LATEST HEWS. Our Special Telegrams from Wash ington and Baltimore. Tlio "National Intolligencor" on Senator Drake. Legal, local, and Financial Intelligence. Bte., Kte.. Kte., KtH Kte., Kte, FROM WASHING TON TO-DA Y. LsriciAL DEsrATcnsa TO evening telegraph. Washinotok, Deo. 11. The Resolution of Censure. The President's organ this morning is frantic in denunciation of (senator Drake for his advo cacy of the resolution of censure upon Johnson. It calls him "a mountebank," "a bogus Senator and says he was foisted into the Senate by a concurrence of extraordinary circumstances without a parallel. Since the defeat of Impeachment in the House, the conservatives have become rampant and overbearing, and threaten the Senate (If the resolution referred to should be passed) with Executive vengeance. The Pittsburgh Election. Even the Mayoralty election at Pittsburg yes terday was tortured into an endorsement of the President's policy, and last night and to-day the White House politicians are blatant and boast ing over it, and prophesying that the Republi can party is dead. FROM BALTIMORE TO-DAY. Manufacturing- Items Dullness of Trad and Suffering- In Consequence The Weather, Etc SPECIAL DESPATCH TO TH1 EVENING TELEGRAPH. Baltimore, Dec. 11. The manufacturers of Baltimore have agreed to send theull number ot delegates to the Cleveland Convention. There are now energetic efforts being made towards making Baltimore a great manufactur ing city. There are an unusual number of me chanics and laborers of all descriptions out of employment at present, and business is dally growing duller. The indications portend great distress. Money is scarce and poverty abundant. There seems to be a universal approval here of the action of Congress 'regarding the dis posal of the impeachment humbug. It is snowing this morning, and the weather is intensely disagreeable. 1 ' ' ' ' Ship News. ' ' Boston. Dec. 11. The schooner reported ves. terday ashore on Cape Cod is the Hattie Anna, from Lvnn. In ballast, of and for Brookville. Maine. She lies one and a half miles from Race to Point light. Arrests in New York. Kkw York, Dec. 11. Two of the parties con cerned in the shooting affray on election night, in which Henry Wuflnbach lost his life, have been arrested and fully identified. Election in New II ampshire. Manchester, Dec. 11. James A. Weston, Democrat, has been chosen Mayor ove Clark, the . present Republican incumbent, by 300 majority. , ,, . markets by Telegraph. Nbw'Tobk, Dec. 11. Cotton heavy at Vsa. Flour dull; W)0 barrels sold; State, ta-654 lo'Sa; oiilo, IliKulU; Western, H-66JI2 mr, Bouthera. tWiit&Vl-to; California, lrsi6l ISO. W heat dulU Corn dull; 2S,0u0 bustisls Western mixed sold at Si-ss, Oats firm, and 1c. lilgner; 41,0uO bushels Western sold at HW()R6,' c. Varley llrm, Beef quiet. Fork quiet. JLard dull. Whlaltj dall. THE BROOKLYN POISONING CASE. The Post Mortem Examination The Victims Died from the KATacta of Strychnine. The post mortem examination on the bodies of Mrs. Fall and her daughter, who were found dead in bed at their residence, No. 3u7 Atlantic street, on Monday morning, was made yester day afternoon by Drs. tShepard and Willets. A careful examination was made on the bodies of the deceased, and the various organs were found in a healthy state. The stomachs were then removed for the pur pose ot making analysis of tbe contents. The fact that the nature of the poison might be de termined by giving some of the contents of tbe stomach to a dog suggested itself. The animal was procuied, and lour table spoonfuls ad ministered front the contents of Mrs. Fall's stomach. In a lew minutes thereafter he began to exhibit all the symptoms consequent upon poisoning from strychnine. He staggered about tbe room and then fell in violent convulsions, which were repeated nntil he died. It was evident from the experiment made upon the dog and its results, that the deceased must have taken, or bad administered, a strong lose of poison. This drug always causes con vulsions and a general stupor of tbe faculties, from which the patient does not recover. The question now to be determined is whether the deceased took ber own lite and that of her daughter, or whether tbe drug was given them by another party. Many think that If she took her own life (he would have been likely to have left a note explaining the cause of her ii sane act, but nothing of the kind has been discovered among her effects. From what can be learned her mind was 8ft'rcted from various causes. 8he was in ill health, considered herself In a destitute condi tion, bad a son who waa said to boon his death bed in Europe the last she heard from him, and that she was indifferent about living. Had an other riven her strychnine, she would have had ample time to have made her condition known to the inmates of the house. But on the con trary, she appears to have gone to bed, clasped her daughter In ber arms, and resigned herself to a painful death. From the position in which their bodies were found, it looked as if the daughter was struggling to get away from her mother, for ber face was turnud towards the wall, while that of hor mother was turned towards ber, and she was clacned tightly In her arms. The poisou could hardly be detected iu the beer, and the girl might easily have been persuaded by her mother, alter having prepared for bed, to take a drink. A man who occupies a room in the house ad joining, says be heard continued groans in the apartments Of Mrs. Fail during Sunday night, and says it tOtUuBtd for som hours, Jf, y. iitraU. I LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. : The label Case Commonwealth , Meeser. OOCrnT OV QTJAKTKn rcS.lTON-Juil(r Brew str. The caae or the Ootnmonwealtn vs. Marnier was continued this morn lug. The following additional testimony was elicited; Yesterday tbe Commonwealth offered to prove by a Mr. Wood that last Hnpterabar. or last Reptamnera year Sfto, In a conversation with him, thedofendant spoke of libel be had published In his paper rln.t one i eager, by means or an artful spelling of tbe Dame, and said be conld In the same manner libel the District Attorney wlthoot tear of prosecution. This was objected to and overruled. Mr, Wood was placed on tbe stand this morning end testlfled as follows: Yeager enked Mr. Meesor about the article, and he said" Vou do not spell your name with a Y;" Mr. then said It waa meant lor him: the conversation then turned upon Mr. Mann: tbe defendant aald be tried to put me In pri son once and bad failed; be would libel blm to morrow If he thought be (Mann) would prosecute him: he said by adding or omitting a lotter the name w.ou . oa en"rely changed: be Intimated tbat tbe for llbeh "m WOB'd PMVsnt bis being arrested Cross-examined I mm a boat-bnttder; I bave no business now; I bave been out &r business for ten rears; I bave been In the Government employ for bree years and three months one time, and three months another time; the remainder ot the tins I did as I pleased: I went to tbe ofllce ot the Bun-iau Mercwy In September, 1846: don't know what day of the month or the week ft was; Mr. Yearer and P.eni. W. Thomas went with me, I think; M. Hall Stanton was not with me; he and I went there at another time; Mr. Meeaer was In the office tbe first time; saw other msu there, but don't know them; I don't think they were near enough to bear theeonversatlon: If they did tbey must bave bad very sharp ears; can't tell the slue of the otlicof I never was there before or since those two occasions; at the time of the first visit I don't know who were there, or how many were there; I saw one. but would not swear that! saw two: this one wai In slde el twenty feet of me: can't toll the dimension of the room; Mr. Yeager asked Mr. Meeser about the article, but I can t repeat the words; be went there for some satisfaction about It; Mr. Meeser said. -Thai Is not your name, you don't spell It with a Y-" Mr Meeser did not say,"It don't mean you:"Icannot'recol lect how the conversation turned on Mr. Mann: doa'l remember bow or by whom tbe name of Mr. Mann waa Intioduced; Meeser said Mr. Mann bad attempted to put him In prison once, but bad failed, and if be thought be (Mann) would prosecute him, he would libel blm to-morrow: I told Mr. Mann of It some time afterwards; caa't tell when; It Wasn't long afterwards" 1 T , Hi mu iu. same aay, or tne next day: I don t know whether Mr. Yeager heard the conversa tion; I don't know that Mr. Yeager Is dear; tbe next time I Went there waa ahm-tiv r . i .Zl same da; aay. tne next d.v n tk. ... j Mr, . Hall BUnton went with me tbat day; no ) else was with me.- Mr. BUnton was accused of one eise was iwitn me: Mr. BUnton was accused of ,u nwu jjir, amcr in yetting- tne article ud. and we went thereto prove that he was not Implicated In It: some ol the boys tbat were mentioned in tbe article accused blm; Mr. Meeeer and Mr. Stanton bad a conversation about It; Mr. Meeier said the let- ' ter came there, and that Mr. BUnton didn't write the letter; don't remember anything else tbat was said: be said If he published an article about Mr. btanton he would call him "Mr. Soranton." ovu.uu Charles Vansant sworn I am an officer of this Court; obUlned a file of the Sunday Mercury front the 0I1JC6 yst8rfiey wu w Mr. I)wlght-f his paper, the 8uhdy Mrrnivy, dated November a, 18OT, contains an article beaded "Hill Mann s still." Joseph B. Brown sworn I reside at Wo. 82t Spring Garden street; I am in the dry goods business. No. 15 North Second street; the firm la Kelley Brown bave known Mr. Mann upwards of thirty years: have known blm intimately. Q. Did you know him wben he studied law? Ob jected to, and objection sustained. Captain Timothy Meeley sworn I was a oaptaln In the 2d Pennsylvania Reserves; I was mustered In on tbe 26th of May, 1891; I left tbe service on the 16th or June, 1864: I was with my regiment during that time, except for six weeks or two months, wben I was away in consequence of being wounded; the regiment left Philadelphia on the 291 b of May. 181. and went to Kaston; Colonel Mann raised the regiment; he was the first commanding oCUcer: he remained in com mand from the time of Us organisation until Novem ber, 1861. Captain J. Orr Finney sworn Know Colonel Mann: was acaptaln of tbe 2d Pennsylvania Reserves from tbe time of Its orgao'satlon, and servftl three years; I waa wounded In tbe arm. Captain James M. Burns sworn Know Colonel Mann; was a Captain In tbe 2d Pennsylvania Re serves: Colonel Mann was the first commander of the regiment. T. Theodore F.sltng sworn Have known Mr. Mann Intimately for thirty years; read the article In the Sunday Aftrcury, and thought It referred to Mr. Mann. Knoch W. C Greene sworn Have known Colonel Mann for about twenty years: read the article In the ffuiulay Mermtry: I understand the article to refer to William . Mann. William Kuddiman sworn Am a uemborof the Philadelphia iiar; have known Mr. Mann some elt yen years; read the article; I thought It referred to ColontlMann. Benjamin M. TJusenberry sworn -Have known Oof Mann for fifteen or twenty years; read the article published In the tiuiulay Mercury; thought It to refer to Colonel Maun. Cross-examined I am a printer; I know Col. Mann as a public ofHcer; did not know where his olHce was. F. W. Bradford sworn Have known Colonel Mann for twenty-five years; read the article In the ifumfut Mercvrv; thought It referred to Colonel Mann. Cross-examined I think his private otlloe la at Fifth and Green streets; have never known blm to be called Mr. Bill man until yesterday. William B. Haggart sworn Have known Mr. Mann about forty-tbree years: read the article which ap peared in tbe ttunday Mureury; believed It to refer to Mr. Mann: have never known blm to be called wii. Hum Blllman. Dr. Duffey sworn Have known Colonel Mann well for about twenty-five years; I read tbe article In the tiunday Mercury, and believed it to refer to WUliam ii. Mann, Conrad P. Kscher sworn Have known Colonel Maun since be use been District Attorney: read the article In tt Sunday Mercury, and thought ft referred to Willl.m B. Manu. John V. Heluler sworn Have knoWn Colonel Maun about twelve yeari-; beard the article read iu Court thought it referr d to William B. Mann. t'rons-eamloed Have never kuown htm to be felled William Blllman. Thomas A. Barlow sworn Have known Colonel Mann about ten years; my son read the article In the family circle, and I beard lt thougbt It referred to William B. Mann. CroHa examined Never heard him called William Billman. . " Joseph V TIttermary sworn Have known William B. Maun for ten or twelve years: read the aitlcle In the unday .Mercury, and thought It referred to Win. 11. Msnn. William H. Starr sworn Have known Mr. Mann for twenty-five years; read the article Iu the fiuiulay Mi rcury.-and thought it relerrod to William B. Mann. Benjamin L. Berry sworn Have known tbe District Attorney for a number of yvara: read the article la the Sunday Mercury, ead 1 bong at It referred to Wil liam B. Mann. . , Cross-examined Never heard htm called William Blllman or lhe"Trlbune" of Philadelphia. Jaints C. lledheffer sworn Am a member of the Philadelphia ear; have known Mr. Mana all my lire; lead tbe article tn the Sunday Mercury, and thought It referred to William B. Mann. A large number ot witnesses were examined, wbo testified the same as the above. William B. Maun sworn I am amember of the bar, and bold the pt sltlon ot District Attorney for the city aud county of Phlladeli bla; I bave been a mem ber of t-e bar since 1888; I studied with Cuas. Naylor; 1 studied it at tbe wish of my father: I glanced at the artlcle'on the day of Its publication! Isaw it lorn, own bouse; 1 understood It to refer to tue; In retard to my bnKer being chawed oil In a bar room UghiUislelse; It was sb t on down tbe riven never Insulted a woman; Iu my eltlce no tuna threw an Inksund in my face, or Insulted me without resenting Iu I was Colonel of the 2d Pennsylvania Reserves; i raised tbe regiment; I went to the front because there was a chance to fight; I left tbe regiment la Noveiuoer at a place called Camp Plerpont, about going Into win ter quarters; I left it . because there waa a great deal for me to do at home: nnvor made a dollar oil ol any man in my regiment: never bad any understanding with tbe sutler: 1 never asked Judge Kelley to turn any man out of oflloe for auy purpose whatever; don't know Mr. Meeser; neverdldknow blm; there Is not a word of It true. No crosjtaxaml- nation. . ' . . . : ' The Commonwealth Bore closed. John A. Clara, q., opened fur tbe defense. He raid tbat such a oue bad uoi been In the Court befoie, within bis recollection. It Andrew Johnson ana Thaddens Sleveus would prosecute all the publishers or newspapers for the libellous articles which appeared In tbelr papers, the penitentiaries ot the country would not be sulllclently large to contain them. Tbe defense would show that the story, lu Ita Intention and design (so far as Mr. Meeser waa concerned), bad 110 reference to William li. Maun. Tbey would (how wbo the author was, produce him lnCourt,aud show by blm that he had no reference or allusion to Mr. Mann, and tbat Mr. Meeaer, who Is but one of the publishers ot tbe Sunday Mercury, never read or perused the article or story complained of; that ll was seut to blm aud by him given to the compositors, and tbat he never saw or knew what It waa anlll the paper waa lesued, Mr. Brown then went on to statu (uat the case bad been brought to trial vry quickly, oullke a treat many cases, tbe parlies In which are conapelled o remain In Court day after day, Tbe examination of witnesses for the defense was then commenced. COtJRT OF COMMON FLEAS-Judges Allison aud Pal roe. The Orphans' Court argument list waa resumed to-day. COURT O QUARTER SESSIONS Judge Ludlow. In tbe ease of tbe Commonwealth vs. Barlol, charged with maintaining a uulaanee, before reported, the Jury tendered a verdict of guilty. Sentence deferred. MSI PRIUS Judge Sharswood. la the oaoe of the Mahanoy and Broad MouaUIn I lull road Company vs. Richards and fisher, before reported, the deteudanta, as a set-off, put forth a claim for damages in f i jmj lor Injury alleged to bave been sustained by a failure on the part of plain tills to complete their branch road at the time agreed upon In tbe Ouuuaot. Veidiot for ulalnllfls. m:t 17. Jeun Baird vs. Thomas T. Smith, treeiee.end Vary Aaa toplcer and Jobs Baser. Aa aetloa of jaoUuuf jtt jprvvMly ai JJrvaa aa paaphbs awww, A - -j i " 7 uh . ii n ber of deeds for the property were put la evM.nM and the ease depended npon the right ol an kIZI trial ibQt deda 19 wove the property. i. , UNITED STATES DISTRICT COTJBT-Todge CadwaiaHer, la the caae or the United Sutra va.' ' Joseph Mero, the mate of tbe Amerioaa ship Jomipai r lisher.cbanrad with tirnelly and wantonly baatiua- " Uriah M. Weld. man, a Seaman of tbe same shire, n tbe high seas, be ore remitted, the jury coavlcted. v ai d the Court Imposed a fine of50. " . Ibe United State vs. James Chambers and JohSI Mullen. In this oase the defendants were oharaed; ..' with carry Ing on a distillery without having paid the special Ux. - Richard Mllwood. Assistant Ateamnrof the Fourth! District, testified One betorday night rereutly be went to a stone bouse standing ou a vacant lot at . Twenty-fourth and Coatee si reel, and found It fry tened at all the doors and windows. He knocked at the doors, nut hearing bo aotse la- ' i side he proceeded to force open oneot the doors; aodi Jutt as he bad sacceeded In openlug the door, Mullen , arose from a beach, rubbing bis eyes aa If be had been asleep. De said be bad been wailing for Chambere, hie employer, to come and pay blm his week's wagf, ,, and bad fallen asleep, Tbla apartment was a coopwr'a shop, being filled with new barrela and cooper's tool. . j The witness went round the lotto an adjoining room, . and, on forcing an entrance, tonnd a large sootn In '1 which were hogsheads filled with mash and a stUi Stat for running. ' Tbla room was fn the same building with- tba cooper shop, but separated lrom ll by a wall; ehs 1 left the premises Chambers came op, and onbelnc r asked 11 be carried on the esubllahment, aatd be wan a cooper, and did business there; Mullen said he waa employed by Chambers la tbe cooper trade; ae be lieved Chambers had rented the distillery to a man - whom be didn't know. There was no special license taken Ont far the dla- ; tlllery and It was therefore selxed and forfeited. Bus there being no evidence whatever to oonneet the defendants with the charge, the Court Instructed tha jury to acquit, and tbey did so. . - FINANCE AND COMMERCE. Oryica of thsj Evrtrrwo TnvomAra V W edueaday, JUeo. U, u7. The Stock market was excessively dull this morning, and prices were without any material ', : change. Government loans weie a fraction -lower. 101 was bid for MMOs: 1121 for 6s of 1881; " -1041 for Juno 7-30: 107 for 33 8-20s; ' 1041 '64 for 6-20s; 105 for '6a 5 20s; and 107 foe ' 1 July, '66, 5-20s. City loans were unchanged: the '" ' new issue sold at 89, and old do; at 961, lute -rest off. . baiiroad shares were the most active on the) ' list. Lehigh Valley sold at 6061, a decline) of i; Pennsylvania R. K. at 4949, an advance) of t, and Philadelphia and Erie at 27J, no ' change; 1261 was bid for Camden and Am boy 2r for Little Schuylkill ; 64 for Norrwtown ; 67 for 1 , Minebill; 13 i for Catawlssa preferred, and 12 lor . , Northern Central. City Passenger Baiiroad shares vrVre un " . changed. 74 was bid for Second and Third; 63 -for Tenth and Eleventh; 18 for Thirteenth and " Fifteenth; 26 for Spruce and Pine; 44 for Chesnut and Walnut; 64 for West Philadelphia;. :. 10 for Hestonvllle; and 30 for Green and Coates. - . - Bank shares were firmly held at full prices,' ' ' but we hear of no sales. - 102 was bid for' ' Seventh National; 62 for Commercial; 110 for Northern Liberties: 66 for Girard; 80 for '-') Manufacturers'; 70 for City; and 60 for Com monwealth. - - . , ; j - J ; Iu Canal shares there vaas very little move ment. Lehigh Navigation sold at 30i30J, no ' change. 13 was bid for Schuylkill Navigation : common; 22 tor preferred do.; 12 for 8osqno - .. hanna Canal; and 36 for Delaware Division. - Quotations ot Gold 10 A. M., 1354; 11 A. M.' :c2 134j : 12 M., 136; 1 P. M.. 136 j, a decline of oa , the closing price last evening. The return of the Bank of England for the) ' ' 1 weekending the 20th of November gives the. , followitg respite, when compared with the pre vlonsweek: Begt.................M.w. fS.OTO.fllfl Increase ........ MW "' Public Deposits..... G,0W,lO7 Decreaae....M St.lM :. Other Deposits.-. 11I5,0B3 Iucraao.......,8tti,010 ; On the other side of the account: . Governmt eectirltIes.lJ,l K)3 No change! Of ber Securities....... 1 60 too Decreav. 1,SM ' ' oies unemployed 13.1B7.7W) Increase..ltr7,0M The amount of notes in circulation Is 23L-; " 899,915, being a oecrease of 249,736, and the) stock of bullion In both departments is 22, 230,228 showing a decrease of 2678 when com pared with the preceding return. The earnings of the Union Paciflc Railroad! , ' for tbe month of October last were $81,617 from Government business, and $186,654 from mer chandise and passenser traffic, being a total for the month ot $267,171. The working expenses in the month were $120,146, leaving a net bal ance of $147,025. The road at tbe end of Octo ber was operated to '"Hays," 290 miles. The total of the United States bonds issued oa 2G0 miles, $4,160,000. PHILADELPHH STOCK EXCHANGE BALES TO-DAI lie ported by Sebaven dt Bro., No. 40 8, Third street FIRST BOARD. tf'OO S-JOa '65.Jy.cp.... los 200 sh Big Moont-. H - iaw New Jersey s....lti2X 13 ttl fuuua ii..... 4yJ . , fl-wCliy a, mua.ctp su g d. m3 tfloo do.N..cS;p. s7 a doTZTZTZ I2 It 0 sh Lit Sch B.bdO- X 14a do ".&. aojS- . 16 ab Ih V R.Ib. 61 100 do.....b30 bo3 US dOw. is. KiJi 100 do...b6 SOU Messrs. De Haven A Brother, Bo. 40 boath Third street, report the following rates of ex- , change to-day at 1 P. M. : U, H. 6s of 1881, 1124 1121; do. 1862, 1074fgH07; do., 1864, 1041fl ' 104 ; do., 1865, 106105j; do., 1866, new, W7IGA ' 107i; do.. 1867, new, 107107f; do. 6s, 10-4us 101,(81011; do. 730 June, 104J106. do.. July, 104j105; Compound Interest Notes! . June, 1864, 11940; do., July, 1864, ll-40; do. August, 1864, 119-40; ao., October, 1864. ' 119-40fft20; do. December, 1864, 119J119j; do ' ". May, 1866, 117H74; do., Aucust, 1865, 1161Q " 116J: do., September. 1866, 116J116f; dot October, 1866, 116j115. Gold, 136i136. Silver. 130131. ' Messrs. William Painter A Co., bankets No. 36 S. Third street, report the folio wins: rates of exchange to-day at 12 o'clock j Gold 136136J; O. & 6s, 1881, 112j1124; U. 8. 6-208 1862, 107j107: do., 1864. 104rtl05; do., 1866! 105S1044: do. July, 18G5, 107i107,; do. July! 1867, 107107J; 6s, 10-40s, 101 1 101 f; U. 8. 7-308, 2d series, 1044(3106; 3d series, 1041 106; Compound Interest Notes, December, 1864. 119i; May, 1865, 117i; August, 1865, 116J; Sep.' tember, 1805, 1161; October, 1865. 1154. v Messrs. Jay Cooke ft Co. quote Govern, ment seem 1 ties, etc,, as follows: U. 8, 6s of 1881,112U24; old 6-20s, 107jf108; new 6-20g. 18C4, 104lf?jl04I ; do., 1865, 1051061 ; do., July' lU7J(3107,;do., 18C7, 107j(aiU7i; 10-40e, loiy JOM; 7-SOs, June, I044105; do., July, l04Ja . 106. GoId,134i135t. Philadelphia Trade Report. Wednesday, Deo. 11. The Flour Market la ' quiet, but prices are steady. The demand la ' ' .from the home consumers, who operate with extreme caution. Bales or a few hundred bar rels at f7-608-2S for superfine, 18 509 26 for ex tras, tJ10-75 for Northwestern extra family, the former rata for Inferior; $107o12'60 for Pennsylvania and Ohio do. do., at which 120Q barrela were taken; and C137514 for fancy brands, according to quality. Rye Flour is dull at t8 509 bbl. 700 barrela Brandy wine Cora Meal sold at 10ft 6-12'-a decline. An active inquiry still prevails for prima Wheat, but common grades are not inuub wanted. Hules of 31XX) buatiels good and prime red at 2-60(2 65, and 18,500 bushels No, 1 Mil. wankee, to go oat of tne raariret, on secret ----K.velHheid firmly. Bales of i'iin"lT "5 tl-70(q.l-75, and Southern at v allow at less active. BaWs ot 600 busba! js and 160(1 bnjfbels new Western , jnlx-- uerV.TdTev. d,snk ComaiUdoner Wilson, of the General T.tioffloe. has received returns from the wl offloe at Tallahassee, Fla., showing that during the month of November last 12J faros? comprising 7701 acres, were added to the productive area of that Btate, under the Homestead at of June 21, IBM, which ,003 taoa the eiitrisa to eight acres. 4h
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