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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, PEOEMBEB 29, 18G8.
DOUBLE SHEET TUREB CENTS.
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pacific Railroad bonds.
Firrt Mortgage TJilrt y-Tcar
COLD OD LI CAT IONS
of mi
Central Pacific Hailroad Co,,
Bccorcd by an Absolnto First Lien Upon
the most Desirable Torllon of Uie
Great National Tacillc R.U. Ltno.
Dear sir: This great enterprise Is approach
ing completion with a rapidity ihat astonishes
the world. Less than 400 mile remain to be
bollt to connect the Central Paclflo Railroad
with 'the Atlantlo lines. The greater part of
the interval is now graded, and It U reasonably
Mpeoted that the THROUGH CONNECTION
BETWEEN SAN FBA.NCI3CO AND NEW
y ORK "W ILL KB COMPLETED .BY JULY
Th. Western portion of the Line, known as the
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD, besides
having the largest settlement, the richest
mines, the most valuable lands along Its route
la also built and completed as a first-class Rail,
road in all respects, being constructed dlreotly
by the Company themselves, without the Inter
ventlon of contractors, and In such a manner
as to Insure future stability, economy ol opera,
tlon and the permanent value of the property.
The report of the Special Commission of
Experts, recently appointed by the President to
examine the railroad and telegraph lines or the
Central Paclflo Railroad Company, telegraphed
to the Secretary of the Interior, Deo. 8. Is full
and specific, and conoludes as follows:-
Heavv trains oi raws, , . .
.. "toTJii To the extreme end of the road, four
nine safely to the extreme end oi ine roau, iou
pingsaieiy iu ... .. from Sacra
labor, material, or equipment., 7,"' J
1U character as'a great national work."
By the aid ot the General .Government, and
valuable grants from California sources, the
Company have already met the bulk of their
expenditures, and have sufficient cashresouroes
.wihem to finish their work with the
utmost vigor. The Iron, and a liberal equip
ment for the five hundred miles now about
completed, as well as the material needrul for
two hundred and fifty mllei additional, are all
bought, paid for, and at hand for use. The
anMriT completion of their entire line, and Its
access as a grand business enterprise, are no
, . matters or nopeiui pruuiua. uui m
hvond all ordinary contingencies.
The business of the road, although In 1U In
fency only.ls withont precedent THE GR033
EARNINGS FROM JULY 1 TO DEO-1 WEBB
UPWARD OF Sl,W,uw a.i wwui " iiiwi.
nntTT ONE MILLION WA3 NET PROFIT.
This result was from local commercial business
time when the Company felt oom-
nelled to employ their available equipment, to
. 1. ...H.nn.tinivlM uutftmnnnt
a large extent, m "u"" - -
f .nnniiea reaulred to subsist twelve thousand
men along a line of more than five hundred
Miles, and the material required for extending
- track THREE HUNDRED MILES during
the period, to tne tempo
enormous freighting business seeking transit
over the Road.
At a late date there were no less than seventy
nine locomotives running on the road, eighty
more on the way. and over twelve hundred
cars, to which the Company are constantly
making large additions, so that by the time the
immense tide of THROUGH TRAVEL AND
FREIGHT ACROSS THE AMERICAN CON
TINENT shall be ADDED TO THE NATURAL
AND EXPANDING LOCAL BUSINESS, and
the energies of the Company, with their im
mense facilities, can be devoted to the regular
traffic, THEIR EARNINGS WILL BE ON AN
UNEXAMPLED SCALE, and their Securities
be ranked AMONG THE M03T POPULAR IN
THE WORLD.
The current Interest Liabilities upon the
Bonded Debt, upon an average of three hundred
miles in operation during the above period,
were less than 3.j0,O0.
The issue of the Company's FIRST MORT
GAGE BOND3 is limited by act of Congress,
and will not equal one-third the cost and value
of the property upon which they constitute the
first lien. The greater part of this loan Is already
marketed, and is held as a permanent luvest
ment by the capitalists of this oountry and
Europe We are authorized to offer a portion
of the remainder at 103 AND ACCRUED INTE
REST IN CURRENCY.
The Bonds are of 11000 each, bear six per cent
Interest per annum, payable in the City ot New
York, IN UNITED STATES GOLD COIN.
As the accrued interest from July 1 is charged
to the purohaser in currency, and the semi
annual coupons maturing January 1 next will
be paid In full, In gold, there Is an advantage in
purchasing during the present month equal to
the premium on the back interest.
The Company reserve the right to advance
the price at any time, but all orders aotually in
trantitu at the time of any suoh advanee will be
filled at present price. At this time they pay
more than eight per cent, upon the investment, and
have, from national and Btate laws, guarantees
superior to any other corporate securities now
offered. , ,
We receive all classes of Government bonds
at their full market rates, In exchange for the
Central Paolflo Railroad Bonds, thus enaoling
the holders to realize from 6 to 10 PER CENT.
PROFIT, and keep the principal of their Invest
ments equally secure.
Orders and Inquiries will receive prompt at
tentlon. Information, Descriptive Pamphlets,
etc. giving a full account of the organization,
Progress, Business, and Prospects of the Enter
prise, furnished en application . Bonds sent by
return express at our cost.
PIKST EDITION
EUROPE.
Mail Dates to Doo. 1G.
rubllc Feeling in Spaln-The Plans
of Isabella-Gladstone's Latest
The Eastern Question.
FISK A HATCH,
Bankers and Flnanolal Atents of the Central
Paoino itauroaa,
MO. HAISAV STREET, NEW TOBK.
LDeHaven&Bro.,
Dealers in Government Secu
.rities, Gold, Etc.,
NOe 40 South THIRD Gtroet,
rBCLAfiXLTHIAJ
By the arrival of the stcnmhip We?er yester
day at New York, we have European advices
to the loth Inst.
The Eastern Attention.
From the London Evening Post, Deo.B.
The demands of Turkey contemplate no more
or less than an booest adherence to the terms of
a treaty to which the protecting powers are
parties. How will the respective government
act In the business ? It Is stated, and with ob
vious justice, that more tbtto two years ago,
when Greece fiist began to meddle In the affairs
of tbe Turkish dependencies, the European
powers ought to have entered au energetic pro
test. Had tblB been done promptly we should
now be spared tbe revival of a question which,
whenever It is brought onthotapts, become i
tbe subject of great differences of opinion and
very tcnous embarrassment. Unfortunately,
we have not yet altogether exhaus'ed
the uarro-wminded aud tbe littlo spirit
wblch possessed our ancestors. There
is something in the antitgoniam of the Cros and
tbe Crescent wbleh revives the old religious and
riifia) prejudices, and, as a matter of fact, it we
are not prepared tor a new crusade, our sympa
thies are by no means as strong or as generous
towards tbe Turk as they are towards tbe
Christian. Then, again, there is something In
tbe classic name of Greece which, even against
our better judgment, kindles a Dame of sympa
thetic enthusiasm. A government fulminating
mischief trom Athens is not nearly as likely to
be visited with its deserts as though it dated
from Bucharest. Human nature is the same
in the council chamber as it is In the library,
and It cannot be denied that Influences which
bave no place in the political system, and
which could not be seriously recognized,
play a part In the aflairs of every 8-.ate,
and produce results in no sense justified by their
character. Deeply grounded prejudices ou the
score of religion, and no leas potent, though
unconfcf-sed, prejudices with respect to race,
impair the perceptive faculties aud pervert the
judgment ot European statesmen; and beuce It
19 that under the protection of powers neither
of which could approve or even tolerate tbe
course of conduct pursued by Greece, if only it
were to take the matter into serious considera
tion, the Hellenic Government and its people
are permitted to assail tbe Ottoman authority
in Crete, and to play a part which is trea
cherous in itself and perilous to the peace of
Europe.
If anything is to be done In the matter, thero
must be no delay. A war la the Bast would be
a calamity the extent and severity of which it
Is impossible to forecast. There is not a po wer
of tbe first magnitude in Europe which may not
be embroiled if some step is not immediately
taken with a view to arrest the progress of
events which are following each other with the
greatest rapidity. In Roumauia remonstrance
seems to bave been of signal service. The G jv
ernment of King George rnav tot prove so
amenable to reason as that ot Prince Charles,
but the experiment ought to be tried, and
promptly. A collective expression of opinion,
distinct and final, by tbe protecting powers,
might even now be effectual and avert the caa
tropbe which appears imminent. Had an ener
getic protef t been entered in the earliest stage of
Greek intermeddling, it Is probable that the io flu-
ence of wise counsels would have been greater
and the peccant power mote resDousive to
moral suasiou than now. Two years' industrious
wrone-doinir has doubtless produced its char-
ncteiktic effects on the sensibility and cooscU
ence of King George and his evil advisers.
Moreover, the incessant, and to a serious extent
successful, promotion of conspiracies in ths
Tnrklb dependencies has committed tbe Gov
ernment ot ureece to a particular policy which
it is ciuiicuit to abandon, while tbe futile
attempt to defeat those underhanded manceu
vres has enfeebled the authority aud impove
rished the resources ot tbe Sultan. King George
and his councilors are cognizant of these facts,
and it is only natural they should vend to
strengthen the sinister purpose of an avrgression
which of course b.ts for its aim the reduction,
and possibly even the overthrow, of the power of
Turkey.
t It is impossible to fix limits to an unreasoning
lust ot power, such as that which the Govern
ment ot ureeco nas manifested, it u therefore
ossible that a remonstrance, to be effectual in
this last staee of the atfalr, mast bo of the
strongest possible description anl of the na'.ure
of an ultimatum. Clearly no European power
which has any claims to telfrespct can allow
its good name to be compromised by tho mis
conduct of Greece. With respect to that con
sideration there can be no cause fcr misgiving.
The danger, and it is as well to face it, lies in the
contingent possibility that at this stage of tbe
revival ot the Eastern question it may occur to
certain of Hie European powers which are not
particularly happy in their domestic conditious
ihat a disturbance In the East would 6erve as a
diversion, and, as they have so long abstained
from lnterterence in t no quarrel between Tur
key nnd Greece, they may be tempted to abstain
longer, until, plunging into tne mm si 01 a
fray with which they will disclaim all previous
connection they may find their account and
avert worse troubles at home. It U needless to
say that such conduct on the part ot any State,
though it nas plenty 01 precedent, wouiu do
most unworthy. Now is the time for actiou,
and promptly brought to bear on the question,
tbe necessity ror more serious and expensive
arbitration in the interests 01 peace may ba
obviated. While we write news reaches us that
the powers who ate intervening in the interests
ot peace between the governments of Turkey
and Greece bave induced the Sultan to deter
the api eal to arms until the 12th Inst., In order
to give King George and his counsellors time
for reflection. This course Is magnanimous on
the pmt of Tut key. and will redound to her
credit. Meanwhile it will be incumbent on the
powers at whose solicitation she has conceded
ibis respite to see that her interests are not
Injur ously affected by the act of leniency.
ENGLAND.
Gladstone's Recent Address.
The Prime Minister has Issued the following
addrn-s tothe electora of Greenwich:
11 Cablton House Tubrack, Deo. 10, 1808.
Gentlemen: Since the time when you were
pleaKd to elect me as one of your representa
tives the Government which was then in power
has resigned, and I bave been called upon by
ber Most Gracious Majesty to meet the publio
necessity thus created by the formation ot an
administration to conduct a Hairs and to prepare
for Parliament the proposal which the condi
tion of tbe country demands.
After the share I have taken In recommenc
ing the measures which have been principally
nuder the view of tho constituencies during the
recent elections, It was Impossible for me, con
sistently with loyalty or honor, to decline the
commission thus entrusted to me by her Ma
lestv.
I have accordingly accepted the office of First
1,0 r a oi ine -.treasury, ana 1 nave been aud stilt
am actively engaged In the endeavor to form
an administration which may, I trust, deserve
tbe confidence of the country, and will cer
tainly use eveiy effort in office to (five effect to
the great measures which, out of office, Its
members generally have agreed in recommend
in? In the country.
It Is under tneso circumstances that I solicit a
ttfietoal of my trust I am aware that I mnst
rely wholly on your Indulgence, for mi time and
thoughts are absorbed by Imperious demanis
which do not leave to me the usnal opportuni
ties of appearing among you before the day of
election, and which suggest that o' hers might
be more capable of doing full justice to your
local interests. Bat I have felt it mr duty to
place the qucstson before you In a broader view,
aud cratelul as I have Just reason to be for the
past, all that it has taught me of your public
spirit now renders me not less confident of tbe
coming h-sue, which I very rcspcc.lully leave In
your bands.
I have tho honor to be, gentlemen, your most
obedient and faithful servant,
W. E. Gladstohb.
SPAIN.
The DlNtnrbnuec at Cadiz.
On the morning of the 12th General Caballero
do Ho. la addressed tbe following proclamation
to tbe Inhabitants of Cadiz:
A revolution, Incited ind fomented by secret
enemies, is deluging with blood tbe streets of
your beautiful cttv, but has found no echo in
the Peninsula; and 1 come to suppress it with
the loices placed at my disposal by the Gov
ernment. Lay down jour arms, and your lives
will be saved. This I guarantee you In the
usme of the Government, on who-e clemency
you mav rely. Such is the only means by
which tbe insurgents, can escape being treated
with inflexible rigor."
I grant you a delay until to-morrow at noon,
In order that tbe old men, women, and chil
dren, as well as all peaceably disposed citizens,
may leave tbe town.
lnhabl'ants of Cadiz, It will not be my fault
if, with the means of attack which the imperi
ous law of necessity Compels me to emoloy,
there should come for Cadiz a day of mourning
and ruin. I shall regret such a result from the
bottom of my heart, but shall do my duty.
This proclamation produced an Impression
upon the Insurgents, and they sent a delegate,
accompanied by tbe Consul of the United
states, to General Caballero, offering to place
tbeir arms in buildings which he should de
signate. General Caballero de Boda expected to enter
Cadiz on tbe Uib.
General Caballero de Hod a, at the head of the
Army of Andalusia, entered Cad'zonthe lllh at
two o'clock. The people were giving up their
arms.
On tbe morning of the 13th the insurgents of
Cadiz offered to surrender their armies into the
hands of the Consul of the United States, but
General Caballero do Koda refused to entertain
such a proposal, end declared that hostilities
would be lenewed if the arms were not placed in
the military buildiugs. The insurgeuts there
upon yielded to his orders, and the troops
under the command of General Caballero en
tered Cadiz at two P. M.
wti Ex-Qnetu to Pnbllsh a Manifesto.
fc A Madrid letter contains the following:
"Queen Isabella is said to be about to publish
a manifesto, calling on the supporters of her
dynasty to present themselves as candidates at
the elections, and by that means to bring about
the triumph of her cause. T'"?re is a question
of founding a journal uuder the title of Hi A'ma
de Rcbespterre. General Prim has just pro
moted, by seniority, forty captains, thirty-seven
lieutenants, thlrty-Eeven sub lieutenan's, aud
thirty-one sergeants. The Uorresponuencia
announces that the Carlist agents are very
active in Catalonia. The came journal hinted
a few days back -that a foreign emissary had
arrived at Seville to combat the caudidateshlp
of the Duke de Mintpensier. For fear that its
insinuation should pass unperceived, tbe stme
organ adds Ihat a Seville letter calls atteution to
the large quantity of French money in circula
tion in that town."
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Affairs in Baltimore-Conrention
of tho Colored People-Editor
Bowles Declines a Dinner
European Markets.
ITlnancial and Commercial
AUSTRIA.
A Significant Speech by the War
irllulstar.
Tbe Austrian War Minister, Herr Von Kahn,
says the Pail Malt Oatette of the U'.h. made a
significant speech in tbe Committee of the ( ele
vations at Pesth the other day on the military
budget. Speaking of the fortifications which
the Ministry purposes to erect in the viciniiy of
Cracow, he aeclared that "no delay ought to be
allowed in providing for the security of Galicia
and the wboie of tbe eastern frontior, for we
shall Derbaps soon witness important events."
"I must take this opportunity," he added, "of
laying tbe greatest 6tress on tho necessity of
completing, 11 s specuuy as pissioie, me raiiroa is
which are to connect Hungary with Gal.cia,
and especially on the importance of the line ol
operations which connects Pesth with Kahau
and Przemysl. In Russia attempts are also being
made to biing the railways as close as no-isib.e to
the Austrian irorj tier. It may be true that ibis
is oone tor commercial purposes, out commercial
roads are aiso military roacis."
BELGIUM. :
Destructive Storm Tweufyslx People
jtuieu
From Vie London Post, Deo. It.
A violent storm broke over Belgium last we k
and committed great ravages in almost all tue
towns of the kingdom. At Tournal tbe roof of
the Town Hall was partly carried away; at
Numur some lives are said to bave been lost; at
Mens chimneys were blown down and houses
damaged, and seveial booths from the fair Held
weie carried away. At Bruges, the church, tbe
hospital, aud the theatre, lu additiou to some
lactones and private dwellings, suffered con
f-idernbly. Also at Fiitziar, near Cologne, the
tower of tbe church was blown down during
mass, and seveial persons burled under the
ruins. Sixteen corpses have already been got
out, but ten more are known to be still there.
GENERAL GRANT.
Ills Pollry to C'ruxh tbe Plunder
ncneineH.
From the Cincinnati Gazette Radical), Dee. 24.
Grant, during his late trip from Chicago to
this city, remarked to a gentleman in company
that he feared the "carpet-baggers" would
swamp tbe Government before he could take
possession of tbe White House. By carpet -
unrein uo luenui iuu laru cuuKreguuuu ui in
dividuals now at Washington with their pockets
full of schemes, tbe objectot which Is to deplete
tue xrcasury. uenerai ur.int spoice very treeiy
on this subject. He did not hesitate to de
nounce tbe business as public robbery and the
schemers as publio roboers, "I am not in
favor, sir," said Grant, "of directly or indi
rectly increasing tbe public debt while there is
a party m tne country mat taiKs aoout repuaia
tlon. Furthermore, it is absolutely necessary
that we should bave tbe strictest boaesty In the
collection ot the revenue and the strictest eco
nom v in all expenditures. "
This is Grant's platforu. He makes no secret
of it. The plunderers know it. They have been
to see tbe President elect. Pending the session
ot congress they asked him, with rererence to
some of their gigantic railroad schemes, if he
could not favor them to remain neutral. In
reply he said he would use his influence to
defeat all plunder schemes. He will keep his
promise. Ho will, furthermore, mark the
plunderers, whether In the lobby or in Congress
Now, It tbe public desire soms particulars of tbe
schemes General Grant referred to, or desire to
get a glimpse of the plans cut out for tbe winter
by tbe Congressional lobby, we refer them to
the Washington letter printed in this paper. In
all these schemes Congressmen are ot course
Interested. Let the people keep an eye on Con
gressional movements, and they will soon be
able to spot the rascals. You need not keep
vour eye exclusively on the Democratic side
in plunder schemes political lines are not
drawn. Tbe eorruDtloulsts huut In couples,
Let as, if possible, brings publio sentiment to
bear that will keep hands out of the Treasurv
until Grant lets into power. Then the Treasury
will bo sale.
The Natoheilani are pushing for iubsorlp
lions to the Hatobei ana jacks on aauxoao.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Meeting: f Colored People Delicate
Hurg-U-at Opernlluu.
Special Despatch to The Evening Te egrapK
Baltimore, Dec. 29. There was a large meet
ing of colored citizens at Douglas Institute lis4
night, to raise means to defray the expenses of
tbe delegates to the Colored National Conven
tion at Washington. Numerous speeches were
made by white and colored orators. Tne Reve
rend Henry M. Turner, colored ex-member of
the Georgia Legislature, spoke strongly iu favor
of educating and giving the colored people their
rights and political equality. A considerable
amount of money was raised.
Rev. Father McElroy, now eighty-seven years
of age, the oldest priest of the Catholic Church
in the United States, and who has been blind
two years, recently had his sight perfectly
restored by the removal of a cataract. The
old gentleman now walks about, and expects
soon to preach again.
FROM MASSACHUSETTS.
Samnel Bowles Decline a Dinner.
Pi'EInqfield, Dec. 29.-8aoiuel Bowles, the
editor of the Springfield Republican, declines a
dinner tendered to him by Governor Bullock
and other distinguished citizens of Boston. His
letter, which appears In the Republican of this
morning, discusses at some length the du'ies of
Independent journalism and of the American
press as the best defense of the rights of the
American people.
THE EUROPEAN MARKETS
By Atlantic Cable.
Tuts Morning's Qnotattont.
Lonson, Dec. 20 A. M. The Money market
is active. Cousols for mouey, 02i: for account.
92. U. 8. Five-twenties Arm at 741. Amert
can sIocks quiet. Erie. 205 : Illinois Centra),
1)54; Great Western Railroad, 42.
Liverpool, Lec. ii a. iu. uotton market
active; the sales for today are estimated at
16,000 bales. Toe shipments from Bombay
since the last report up to the 25th in3t., havo
been iu.uuu Dates.
Red Westeiu wheat, 9s. 10d.ft9s. lid.: other
articles unchanged.
Frankfort, Dec. 29 A. M. united States
bonds dull at 78278.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
TUE HILL MURDER.
Trial of George H. Twltcbell, Jr. Tbe
ueic-uve.
TENTH. DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
Court or Oyer and Terminer. Judges
Brewster and Ludlow. District-Attorney a
Bbeppard and Hagert, and Klouard Ludlow,
uq., ior me uuminonwemiD. i. r. rt&nsiora,
J. X. Pratt. C. H. X. Colli s, John O' By rue, and
Wm. 11. Mann, Lsqs., counsel lor the prisoner.
The Court met this morning at 10 o'clock, and
tbe testimony for tbe defense was at onoe re
sumed, tie attack upon the veraolty of the
witness j osepn uuoert, wmcn was Degun yes
terday, belrjg renewed.
Isaao O. Price affirmed I live at No. 1825
Mount Vernon street, and am a metubsr of the
bar: 1 Know Mr. josepn uiiDert. ana from wuat
I have beard of blm I thins: his oharaoter for
truth is bad: I would not rely noon what he
s id.
Cross-examined I ihinK I have beard Mr.
Lewis, a plasterer, speak of nlm; Mr. Tnorap
son, the son of the Chief Justioe, and Mr.
w ilium Martin aiso spo&e 01 mm: mere was a
lawsuit between Mr. Lewis aud Mr. Ullbart,
and what tbe former said of him was during
the pendancy of that suit; it Is only an impres
sion I have of wbat Mr. Tnompson said.
Conrad is. Anuress amrmea 1 am a builder
and measurer, I remeraOer that tbe well of the
house at Tenth and Piue streets was cleaned
ont in search of articles; It was cleaned out to
tbe bottom; I understand it was done at the
direction of Mr. UhepparU.
iMiwiu v. Maoneiie amrmeu 1 live at west
Logan square; bave known Mr, Joseph Gilbert
well for inirty years; 1 naraiy suppose mere is
a person in I'nlladelpnia wno would believe
anytblog be would say; don't think it possible
ror nirn to ten me iruin; 1 wouia not Doiieve
him under oath.
Cross-examined I was one of some parties
for whom he built some houses, and there was
a civil suit; the statement I bave made is en
tirely outsiue 01 nusiness matters; 1 nave
beard Chief Justice Thompson, Cartetoa K.
Moore, Mr. Hancock, Benjamin Woodslde,
John Crump, Solomon M.Buuu and a great
many others whom I oaunot recall, speAk of
him.
William Ralguel affirmed I have Known Mr.
Gilbert about fifteen years; my impression
from wbat 1 bave heard of him was that his
character for truth was not good.
Joshua tapering sworn 1 am a oonveyanoer
and member of the bar; I have known Mr.
Gilbert seventeen or elgnteen years ; some
people consider Mr. Gilbert a very bad man
and otbers do not, and I do not want to be the
judge between these opinions.
Benjamin Woodside sworn I have known
Josepn Gilbert about twenty-five years; he is a
brother-in-law of mine; I bave had no Inter
course with him for sixteen years, and pretend
to know nothing of bit oharaoter.
Hamuel P. Hancock affirmed I know Mr.
Gilbert; have known him fifteen or twenty
years; of late years I have heard but little of
bim; when I did know him I would have no
confidence In him: wbere bis Interest was at
stake I would not believe him.
Cross-examined My latest knowledge of him
dales back ten years ago, and I do not reoolleot
who spoke of him.
George Thome recalled I said yesterday
tbat Mr. Gilbert did not owe me for a board bill,
because I thought it was Mrs. Gilbert who
brought tbe suit agalost me, but now I learn
tbat It was he; I was his creditor to the extent
Of $1000.
B.C. Worthlngton; sworn I have! known
Mr. Gilbert for tun or twelve years; I believe
bis reputation for truth to be very bad.
George 8. Twltohell, (Sr., sworn I will be
sixty-rive In April next; wnen this happnaed
I was living in Thirteenth street, below Vine;
I am a widower; my wife has been dead some
sixteen or seventeen years; she died in my
house opposite the Jefferson College; she was
never Insane.
Question Was she ever In an ins me asy
lum T
Mr, Hagert I would like to know what the
object of this is.
Mr. Mann I ask these preliminary questions
In order that the jury may know who tne wit
ness is.
Mr. Hagert I would like to have the offer
reduced in writing. ,
'I ills was aone ana ur, nagert prooevaea
to state his objeollon, whiob was that the offer
was not evidenoe.and would not, even by argu
ment, get to tbe knowledge of tbe Jury.
Mr. Mann replied that his reason for making
this offer was, that there had been elroulated
throughout tbe eommnnlty, before tbe empan
elling of the Jury even.and afterwards, that the
Witness, by &J course ol eonduott b4 driven
his wife erasr and tint her lato a lnnatlo asr
lam: and when the witness would take the
stand tbe Jurors would say, "Why, that Is the
man who drove his wire into the asylum." In
order to do away with suoh impression, it was
proposed to show the falsity of this report, and
that he lived on the kindest terms with his
Wife, who died in his arms.
1 ne uourt rejected the ofrer.
The witness resumed On the ntsht nf the
tnnrder I was sent for by a messenger to go to
jeuiuuuu t ine aireeu. ana on me way aown
was informed or tbe arrest of my son; I went
up stairs Into his bedroom, and saw his wire;
I staid there until 6 o'clock next morning,
when I went to tbe Station House to see my
son, but did not get to see him until he was
orougni Deiore me uoroner; 1 went Daok to me
house about 7 o'oIock In the morning, and re
mained nntll they took my eon's wife and the
servant girl to tbe Central Station House:
whether from the house or from his wife
In tbe carrlaee. I will not beDOHltlve. but I took
some articles of Jewelry wblch she gave me
loose In a handkerchief; tbey were one duster
diamond ring, one sapphire ring, one pair of
earrings, two Imitation breastpins, two plain
ijoiu rings, iwo pair or sieeve Duitons, one belt
buckle, one set of gold cnral Jewelry, one gold
thimble, one gold breastpin.
Cross-examined I think it wan near 12 o'clock
when Mrs. Twltcbell was taken awav: these
articles were given me but a short time before
sbeslarted lo tne station house; I think I did
1101 oacK 10 me nouse ror taree or rour oay;
I think I have been tbera twine or thre llmnt
since tbe murder.
Ur. 8. W. Uross sworn 1 am a physician, re
siding at Eleventh and Walnut streets; I am a
lecturer at Jefferson Colleee. belnc a nullaiwua
of Dr. Levis: I have bad a large experlenoe la
surgical maladies and diseases, rendering me
aniiuar witn ine oiiaracierisuosoi Diood-tala-i;
1 read the evidence In this case concerning trie
Diuod and carrying in or tbe body; tbe body
begins to stiffen in from five to six hours aud
continues In that condition from sixteen to
twcniy-rour hours; the stiffening or riyu
mortis comes on more slowly after death
from shock; the coagulation or blood within
tbe body is retarded by deam from shook; oau
not say tbat loss of blood retards oaicalatlon
within the body; blood coagulates slower In a
cool than In a wirm atmosphere; taking into
consideration the death by vloienos, loss of
blood, and cool atmosphere la tbe yard, I ant
sure the blood la Mrs. Hill's boiy
bad not ooaeulated wben found.
for coagulation comes on simultaneously
with tbe slifienlna of the body, wnioa oniy
commences five or six Hours after death; taking
these faots Into consideration, If her body waa
found within five or six hours after death it was
lound in a favorable condition for sprinkling;
when water is added to blood In excess mere Is
no congulatton at all, but tbe fibres of tbe
blood are separated from it in a tola film, no
proper clot being formed: I bave examined tbe
clothing mat was produoed in this roura; 1
examined mem carefully for ttireo
hours In tbe Grand Jury room of this bulldlne:
1 used my naked eye and a glass, but not a mi
croscope; the only additional aid I could have
nad from a microscope would have been to
satisfy me tbai the blood was that of a mam
mal; tbe sprinkles on the pants, coat, and vest
1 can account for by a theory different from
tbat of tbe In Miction of wound"; tbey eou Id bave
got on these and tbe boots, exopt on tbe out
side of the lefi boot, blah up (unless tbe pants
were rolled up), by stepping in tbe blood la tue
yard, by carrying in the body from tbe yard
vo ine cuonen, anu Dy wasuing me
head; the stains on tbe outside of the left boot
looked like smears: I would account for these
sprinkles upon tbe clothing by tbe falling track
ot tbe head Into a pool of uncoagulated blood;
If tbe prisoner's body bad been in a stooping
position, and had raised tbe bead, and the head
had fallen suddenly back Into the pool or un
coagulated blood, many of these stains might
bave been made; I feel confident of this; these
sprinkles upon the rlgbt sleeve could bave been
very readily made In this way; I would aooount
for some of these spots byaBhaklngof the head;
I can explain some or them as being made while
bathing the head, tbat is the sprinkled spots on
tbe sleeve of tbe coal; sprinkled spots of diluted
mooa migntvery reaauy nave oeen mrowa
noon these articles of ctothlna bycarrylna the
hand holding the substance with which the
bead was being bathed to the head and from
the bead back to the basin; 1, as a surgeon, cool,
calm, and collected, could not have bathed tols
head without getting such stains, unless f pro
leotea my eioming: mesnapeor aspoioruuia
uncoagulated blood depends upon the velocity
with wo loll it strikes the object, the texture of
the object, and the position of the objeot when
struck; I have examined the white linen
shirt produoed in evidence In this case: me
twenty spots upon it could have been made by
a rapid movement of the hand or finger; I have
made experiments in forming blood-stains; I
did so nine days before I bad seen this shirt.
(A piece of linen was banded the witness.) I
recognise this as one of my experiments; I
made those blood-stains upon that linen with
human blood which had been outof tbebjdv
five or six mlnntes; this was undllutej blood; I
placed this piece of oloth on the table, on lop or
snolber piece, and with my hand covered with
blood I flirted my fingers towards 1; they re
semble in form the spots upon ths shirt;
on one piece tbe spots were made from elgat t'i
ten minutes after tbe blood bad left the body:
from a mloroscoplo examination or a chemical -test
I cannot tell whether these spots cams
from an artery, from a wound, or from the
sprinkling from the finger; that is, all f
can say, and I do not believe any man could
say more, is that they are spots or blood;
tbe minute sprinkled spo s on tbe
cuff could bave been made by a rapid move
ment of tbe band; tblscutl,a!luded to us havlug
a washed appearance, if bandied by a bloody
finger and afterwards left In water upon a ta'Ue
or bureau, probably would have presented tbe
same appearance; I have made experiments
with a view of ascertaining wlta wbat faculty
a human skull can be fractured by a poker.
Question Will you, in your own language,
slate the process you used and tbe results?
Mr. Hagert Did you have the poker pro
duced in this case, or the body of Mrs. mil?
Witness 1 did not, sir.
Mr. Hagert Then I objeot.
Mr. Mann We propose to prove that the
poker used la these experiments was ot tbe
same kind of Iron as that produced by the Uoua
monwealtn, Mr. Hugert If the witness Is asked whether
be has read Dr. Bbaplelgh'a testimony describ
ing these wounds, and whether from that, upon
bis professional reputation, he will say that the
murder could not have been committed with
this poker, 1 do not objeot; but do if he follows
that op by giving as bis reason tbat he has ex
perimented with other pokers and other skulls.
The Court admitted the offer so far as me
opinion as to wbetber the wounds oould bave
been inflicted with this pok-r, for mat was
directly in tbe path of the Commonwealth's
case (Dr. Bhaplelgh's testimony), but excluded
it soiar as the experiments with other pokers
and npon other skulls. Judge Ludlow, lu giv
ing bis view, cited the ease of Champ vs. Camp
bH, it Metcall's Ky. Ksports.
Tbe witness resumed I have read Dr. Shan
lelgh's testimony describing the wounds In
flicted upon tbat lady's head; but unless I am
permitted to give my reasons, I will not give
an opinion, bat I may say that tbe experiments
with these pokers only confirmed an opinion
formed years ago; it is impossible forme to
stale whether that weapon could have killed
Mrs. HI 11.
Tbe Court Yon may state your opinion as a
medical expert, bat not as formed from these
experiments. . ,
Witness As a medical man I have an opinion
as to wbelher these wounds oould have been
lnflloted with that poker; I do not believe that
a poker made of this soft material oould have
been struck against a human skull of moderate
thickness without receiving-some obange in its
form; therefore, I do not believe this poker
could have produced tbe wounds upon the skull
because It is not sufficiently misshapen; it
would not have been likely to have been spat
tered with blood, because it is a small object
and the sprays would have passed it.
Continued in our later editions
LONDON.
How Tbey Do Things In tbe English
Metropolis.
The Pall Mall Oaiede draws a picture of the
wsv they do things in London, which seems to
be an exaggerated portrait of New York. It
comes in, happily, to point a moral for those
who contrast the conduct of affairs In that city
with the methods in vogue In London. The
Qatrtte savsi
"There is no proper authority to look after the
police, and consequently Loudon Is about as
secure after nightfall as iloanslow Heath a cen
turv ago.
"There la no one to see to tJa cabs, and cocfe
quently the slnnds are filled with a collect'on of
vehicles which bave been condemned la even
other town. .
"1'bere is no one to attend to the roads, and
the result Is tbat those that are still macada
mired are periodically barricaded by lnjers of
flint, which have apparently never made ac
quaintance with the stonebreaker's hammer;
while those tbat are pitched are flooded every
wet day with a mud-fall ot several Inches.
"Tbe administration or the Metropolitan Dis
trict, with all tbe vat interests It embraces, is
left to a series of incapable vestries, into wtrch
no man of any inttllectaal or moral weight
stands a chance of being elected, and whose
whole theory of municipal government Is the
continuous perpetration of obscure Jobs."
We are ol ten ires ted to disquisitions on the
excellence of the London police; we are asked
to adopt tbe Lot don cab system; we bear ot the
evil condition of our streeis; we are held up to
scorn lor the character of the men we pi tee In
municipal oflice, vet it appears from tbe fore
coins extract that In each of these particulars
London is ss badly or even worse off than New
York. In police arrangements it is certainly
far Inferior to that citv
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Orrics or tsi Rvsnins Tklkssaph,! '
Tut-sday, Dto it, ls6. J
Jloney continues in fair demand, but the
rates are without anv material chanire. Call
loans are quoted at G8 per cent First-class
mercantile pacer ramies lrom 810 per cent,
per annum. The banks havo been lending quite
freely for several weeks past to their customers.
There was very litt'e dUpooltlon to operate in
stocks this morniotr, and ptlccs generally were
weak ar.d unsettled. Government securities
were a fraction loxer. 1144 was bid for 6s of
1881; 1101 for '62 5-20.: 1071 for C4 6-20 ; 1071
for '66 6-20; UOi for July '65 5-20s; 110 for '07
6-20s; and 103 lor 10-40. City loans were
unchanged; tbe new issue fold at 100,P0j.
JKailroad shores were Inactive. Readint? sold
at 40, a decline of 1; Lehigh Valley at 65 j, no
rharee; Camden and Amboy at 129 i, no change;
and Pennsylvania Railroad at 64 L a slight de
cline on the closing price ot lant evenlug. 66
was bid for Nornstown; 57 lor Minchlll;35 for
North Pennslvania; 30 tor Elmira common; 314
tor Catawissa preferred; 25 for Philadelphia aud
Erie; and 48 for Northern Central.
City Passemrer Railway snares were dull.
Flestonville sold at 104, a decline of ; 47 was
bid for Second and Third; 65 for Teuth and
Klevcutb: 23 for Spruce and Pine; 46 for Ches
Dut nnd Walnut; and 33 for Green and Oodles.
Bank shsres were fiimlr held at full prices.
Mechanics' sold at 31. no change.
In Canal mares there was very little move
ment. Lebiuh Navigation sold at 28j(3282. a
slight decline; 12V was bid for Kusquehaana
Canal; and 30 for Wyoming Valley Caual.
PHILADELPHIA BTOl'K KXCHAHfiK SALES TO-DAY
Reported by De Haven A Bro No. 40 a Third street
F1KHT BOARD.
Siooo f6,iser.......i(i7
u cay w.New cp. 101.
KlO do......lci0,i
t;00 do. imS
(2i do. d b.l'
Sil4sh Pennaft.......)ii 61
This morning's gold quotations, reported
by Narr & Ladner. No. 30 South Third Street:
10-00 A. M. . 134 10-50 A. M. . 134
10-01 . 1341 10-58 . 1341
10-10 " . 135 11 02 41 . 134?
10-20 " . 134 11-45 " . 134
10 40 " . 134i 11-50 " . 134 .
Messrs. De Haven & Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates of ex
change today at 1 P. M. : D. 8. 6s of 1881. 114J
mUf. do. 1862, Il04ll0j; do.. 1864, 10741
107; do., 1805. lO70lO7j; do. 186S, new, 110 J
HOg; do., 1867. new, llOailOi; do., 1868, llOj
(Mill: do., 6s, 10-408, 105irgl05. Due Com
Eound Interest Notes, 194; Gold, 134j135;
liver. 13040132.
Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. qnote Govern
ment securities, etc., as follows: u. 8. 6. of
1881. 114(ftU4: 5-20s of 1862. UOiOiUOl:
6-20S, 1864, 1071107j: 20s, Nov., 165, 1071
107i; July. 1865, lltMtailOi; do.. 1867. Il0$ft
111: do. 1868. llOJflllli: 10-40S. 1052(ftl05i.
Gold, 134J.
Stock Quotations by Telegraph 1 P. M.
Glendinnlnp, Davis Co. report through their
jMew xorKUOuseiua Kn owing:
9 ab Mech Bk..... 91
SS sb C& Am.,.,.....il'i
67 an LeU Nav.m.la. m.'
1" do
1.0 sh HestonvlUe...... 10,'i
N.Y. Cent. K 158'
N. Y. and K. K. 30
Ph. and Kea. K 08
Mlch.W. and N.I. R 87
ClfeV. A PHtsb'sr. R..
OhL and N.W. corn 70Vj
CbL and N.w. pref. 817-6
Pitts, k. w. & cm. luiZ:
Puclflo Mall 8. C0...I17V4 1
West. Union Tel.... 33
Clev. and Tol. It It. W'd
Toledo & Wabash.. 68" 2
Mil. & St. Paul oom.68V
A darns Kxprens 482
Wells, Fargo Eip... 26VS
Unfed States Krp.
lennessee 0s. new- my:
Gold Meeel3l m
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Tuesday, Deo. 20. The Flour market presents
no new feature and only a few hundred barrels
were taken by the home consumers at 15-25
5 75 for superfine, tOQ 50 for extras, $7-258 for
Northwestern extra family, f8 7510-50 for
Pennsylvania and Ohio do. do., and lll13 for
foncy brands, according to quality. ' Rye Flour
commands 17 508 per bbl. Ho obange to notice
in Corn Meal.
There is a moderate inquiry ror wheat of
prime quality at f irmer quotations, but Infe
rior sons are reelected, pales of 700 bushels
pood red at 62 05, amber at $2 102-12. and 400
bushels white at 12 45. Kye Is steady, with
sales of 4C0 bushels Western at $160. Corn Is
wltboul special cbanne; sales of 1000 bushels
new yellow at MifcflOj., according to dryness;
new white at 85S7o., and 1000 bushels new
Western mixed a' H5o. Oats are stronger; sales
of 2500 bushels Western at 7477o. Nothing
doing In Barley or Malt.
Bark is held firmly at $12 per ton for No. 1
Qnercltron.
Whisky is dull at $l'03l-05 per gallon, duty
paid.
Two murderous wives are in jail in New
York. One killed her husband with a rolling
pin and the other with a poker.
latest smrrixo ixtklliuksue.
For additional Marine Newt tee Inside Paget.
POET OF PHILADELPmA..w..TEOBlttBgB BO.
STATS' OrTHKaMOIf BTBB AT TH1 IVEST INO TBLaV
eAF orvtoa.
I A.M-......84,11 A. M &8;I P. K.nnM...JS
CLEARED THId MORN I NO.
Pcbr H L. Tay. Baker, Bonum, Day. Huddell k Oa. '
Bcbr Wm. B. Tbouiaa, Winsome, Osrdeass, Uee. C
Carsoo at do.
ARRIVKD THIS MORNING.
Steamship i, W. Kvernoau. Vaoor, from Rtchmoud
and Moifolk, wllb uadae. to W. P. Clyde dt Ou.
Bchr H. I Tay. Baker, troca Boa loo.
Bcht H. li. Craniuer, Uraoaier. from Bostoa.
Correspondence Oj the Philadelphia Exchange.
Lew 108. ImI., Dfo. 27 P. . The barque Holtqae,
Ckpisln Darkae, from Loudon for l'blidelpnla left
lbs aucbortMce tbls u.orniur Oapt. Durkse sent me
a oommunioMloD from tbe Breakwater, wblcb please
luiert aa a poatcrlpt. Tbe brqu Buay, from Buenos
Ayres: brigs A Unions Clara P. tilbba; Julia K. Aray:
sobra Ilarlon. aud Weieuga. all for Philadelphia, aud
isemsblo Iaaaa P. Builia, from BVRonab for New
York, remain In harbor. JOSttfH iAJlT&a.
Cani. Darke. commanding tK'1a Idollqoe. from
London tur Pbiladxlebia, now ml euobor In tne Road
aland, sent tne tbe following written report, wblob 1
Indoaa fur publication: Lauded Captain M. WlUon,
Of baique Allna Morion, of Liverpool, . H , at Lewee,
Del. j'eil In wV'b bersuberejuenily to isth lea. hove
down, dacks swept, and diamaaied doling a violent
hurricane on above Sate, and requests mat Tar
mourn, N. 8 , paper will please copy.
Tbe Idollque Is i days from London, and expe
rleuoed btavy weather tbe entire Damage baa beeia
20 days wst of cm., Wt-orse'a Shoals; loat fore and mala -topsails,
and considerable 01 be damage to sails and
risking. In UL 4 14 K.. long. It li W.. pawed .hi
Americana, ol Bs Jonu. N. B.. abandoned water
loKprd. with niMta and jtbboem standing; rails gone
enildeblpa; lower main and npper topealfyerd gone;
sldee eut of S rebruae; oabln floors and poop windows
clove In; batches gone; long boat leaned ou iurebouee;
and anchors iaehsd on the rail.
. ' . mbmoSInda.
Barque Fannie, Turner, henoe, at Hve 14th Inst,
Bobr Llsiie Maul. Bueuler, tor Philadelphia, sailed
from Balem ISib loat.
. Vy- W. Hall.Teomey. from ProvMeBOSfor Pb
laaslDbla, at Ksw York yssiexaey.