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PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1869.
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!lHE SOGERS MURDER
Extraordinary Developments -Sin
gular Story of an cxDeioc
ti?e Identification of
the Coat and Hat
Catching 4 'Jack"
Instead of
"Jim."
The N. Y. Trdnint ot this morning says:
I a comfortable, th'rd-story suit ol rooms
in the upper iwrt or this city, lives Mr. Everett
h. De La Noy, a-bearded, well-built, brown
eatured mau, of pood htiuht and apparently of
comidcrably lets than mid lie ajic lie ha an
impulsive manner, ana tens, witnoiu are wmiou
or. contradiction, a etory which Is of iutenae
interest, and which seems worthy of credence,
wpecially as Its most important details are
fully cou firmed by the testimony of that lively
and intelligent lady, Mrs. De La Noy, who mani
fests a pardonable f.uth and pride iu her hus
band. For about thice year Mr. Do La Noy
was a merabr of the police force iu this
city, and during the third year a dotective,
whoso surcss-s In working up Important
cases procured him the enmity ol
his brother detectives, sonic of whom (as ho
believes) U'.d a plot by which he was inveiele I,
against his better judgment, into a technical
misdemeanor, which procuied his dismissal in
February List. Some time ulter this he became
hrst mate on board the steambiat Connecticut,
of the Hancock Line, which plied between
Troy and Pier No. 44, North river, in thi city.
On this boat largo piles of cotton bales were
often carried, among which passengers occa
sionally lost their hats. A certain hat lost in
this way, and not reclaimed, came into Sir. De
La Noy's possession. One day, while handling
the hat, he picked off the number indicatini;
the size, "71," he think?, and cirelessly stuck it
Inside the sweat-band, and then tore out the
lining, which was loose, and threw it away.
Mr. De La Noy also had a dark-blue flannel
coat, on the fcleeve of which were several spots
ot oil, spattered there wblle Us owner was en
caged in oiling the axle of a freight truck on
board the steamboat. There was also, near the
pocket, a large grease murk, which used to
ereatly annoy JUs. De La Noy wUcuever her
husband wore the coat at borne.
At Troy, tome lime In June, 1808, a man came
n board the Connecticut, gave uia name as
James Mahar, aud wanted to work his pa-sare
to this city. He was soon employed as deck
band, and, not beiu? well domed, the mate
Save him the hat and coat above described. On
uly 19 both Ma bar aud Mr. Da La Noy left the
boat. Later In the season tbe 1 itter became a
treel-car conductor, and still later a peddler of
patent chair springs. At intervals since July
be has eeen Aluhar about the cit " and spoken
to him occasionally. On the niutnmp; of De
cember 24 or zt (he is not certain wnicnj ne
met bin in University place and passed some
words with him. Alter the
an occasional glimpse
murder be caught
ot the fellow
and on the morning of
came up with him In
tanned him on the
January 22 he
University place,
tiioutder, ana
said, "Jltnl" "Jim" sprang as thousa ho had
been shot; and before Mr. De La Noy could
express his surprise at this, and ask an explana
tion, a Mend accosted him, aud "Jim" slipped
away. This circumstance, the fellow's name,
and Fome o'her straws, gave the ex-detectivo
an idea. Between a and 10 o'clock last Friday
mom'nir. Mr. De La Nov. cominn down town.
met a couple of officers, aud incidentally asked
if they were after the Holers murderer, casually
Baying that if that coat ttte police had was not a
wliVe one, be Bhould be interested himself. Tbe
detectives, astonished at such a remark,
assured him it was not a white coat, but a
dark blue flannel one. The vision of possi
bilities that flashed across the ex-detecttve's
mind nay be imagined. Not an instant was
lobt in seeking Sergeant Lowery, whom,
it seems, he bad known wnen a policeman him
self, and whom be met in the stree. Permission
to see the coat was asked and granted. It wns
shown, and there were tbe "oil-spots," and the
grease mark near the pocicet. Its identilication
was instaut and complete! Mr?. De La Noy
also, to whom it was exhibited the next day,
iec 'gnized it w.tli equal promptness aud cer
tainty. The hat, too, Mr. DeLa Nov knew at
once, and (aid to the Sergeant, "If they'll re
ins'ae me on the police where I stood, I'll helo
look np this man." Commissioner Brennan
was at onre visited, and a satisfactory situation
guaranteed to Mr. De La Noy.
Ol course the immense importance of finding
this " Jim" instautly presented itself to Sergeant
Lowf rv, and alter a consideration of the case it
was thought advisable to make a tour of the
stat'on-houses and look among the lodgers
therein for this man. The necessary authority
was obtained, and the search was begun with
the up town statioD-bouses. The parly reached
the Spring street station about 1 o'clock on
Monday morning. Looking curefully among
the lodgen there, Mr. De La Noy, spyiug a
young man stretched out upon the
Boor, and clothed iu nothing but
a pair of pantaloon, instantly
exclaimed, "Jim, we want Ou!" and to8ergeant
Lowery, "There's the man!" An arrest was
immediately made, and another young fellow,
said to be a "pal" of the suspected murderer,
was also taken into custody, aa being possibly
the accomplice, whose evidence is so necessary
in the case. These prisoners were taken to the
Fifteenth precinct, the coat was tried on, fitted.,
and they were locked up. At this point, accord
ing to Mr. Do La Noj's slory, he clinched
(he good impression he had made- by a grand
eoup. la the presence of Chief Detective Youu.
B rgeant Loerv. and several others, Mr. De La
Noy remarked, "Now. gentlemen, if I am cor
rect lu my opinion, you will find the number of
that hat sticking to the Inside of tho s we it
band ! If it is not there I will give up all the
claims I have made 1 If It is there I think I am
fairly eutitled lo bo reinstated in my old plice."
The hat was brought search was made the
number was found 1
Tbe details of the arrests made on Monday
morning were given in Tuesday's Tribune with
the circuiustauces that made it seem impossible
that the humected man could be the murderer.
1 A farther examination of tbe state of things at
the Spring Street Polica BUlion confirms this
View, and makes it almost cer'a'n that Mr. De
La Noj is mistaken in tninuiug that John Itooin
on aud James Mahar are ono aud the same
person. John Collins (whom, by the way, the
police are not at all anxious to arrest) his
lodged here since the capture of his
companion, as well as before, and was
called np last nl?ht about seven o'clock
and sharply questioned. Ho is a good
natured looking Scotchman, with no objection
at all to being arrested and fed, as well as
lodged, at tbe public expens?, aud says that he
bus known "Jack" (the onlv name lie ever heard
applied to Mr. Da La Noj'a -Jim") since l ist
winter; that from June to December. 18UH,
'Jack'' was aw.iy in the country somewhere,
"ditchicR:" that he returned about two months
ago. and wince then he has bad no overcoat, no
knife (not even a pocket knlte), and has not
worn a bat at all, but a cap. He has bad two
coata, one of which was torn about New Year's.
"What, tornT Was oue sleeve torn off?" "No;
it was only torn on the flap." "What kind of a
coat was it f "A brown one a kind of round
about." "Nol a dark blueonP "No." "And
wtat was the other coat?" "A black one
somebody gave him." Couple this evidence
with the strong and evident conviction of
the officials at the Spring street station that
their lodger can't possibly be the murderer,
and it seems fair to conclude that Mr. D La
Noy has made a mistake as to identity (very
natural, indeed, considering the circumstances)
and one which leaves his identification of the
hat and coat the most Important as well as the
most extraordinary development yet made iu
this case, and one which makes It seem de
cidedly more possible than it did two days ago
that a chain of circumstantial evidence may
yet be forged strong enough to bane the mur
derer ot Mr. Kogers, Nevertheless, though M.
Do La Noj's story seems worthy of full belief, it
is best to defer a final opinion till more facts
are elicited.
TRANSATLANTIC.
IHreel -otnmnilcn Ion IJelwccu
the
Kuiilli hikI t:nrnp.
The long desired hope for Jirect steam Inter
course between Europe and the South uppciirs
to be, to a certain extent, practically realized.
Galveston has several steamers running to
Liverpool. One ol the lines is composed of some
ot tho fine fleet that have hitherto run In tho
New York and Liverpool Dale Line, the City of
Dublin brini; one of thrin.
New Orleans can boast of quite a lnree fleet of
the imest class ot vessel?. Xae "Liverpool
Southern Meunishlp Company is the tmmo of
one of the lines, which ad virtues eijilit
ster.mevs, ranging Irom 1100 to 1400 tons, ior
Liverpool dircc. Taen. thero is another to
ILunburc. (mother to Ilreuicn, and another
again to Liverpool all of these latter touchitm
nt Havana out and home. The Hamburg and
Bremen line is composed of steamers belonging
respectively to the "Hamburg-Amcricin Packet
Company" and the North (Jerniin LI ljd" Line,
of this port and previously sailing from here.
The slcamer Alice, of the Liverpool Snulicrn
Steamship Couipiiny, lately brought on a enriro
of hardware and other muuutuutured goods
from Kurope.
There Is also a line composed of one or more
steamers between London and New Orleans,
making five distinct lines to Europe, besides
occasional arrivals, ono Irom Cardiff arriving
at New Orleans lately with a cargo of railroad
iron.
Mobile can boast of a single line to Liverpool
only.
Savannah is quite largely represented, and
worthy of the Empire Siate of the South. The
"Ueorgia ana .Liverpool Line" is coraposeu ot
seven steamers, sailing Irom Savannah on the
1st and 15th ot every month, and advertises to
despatch extra steamers to other European
ports when 6uilicicDt inducement is offered. It
has also the "Alacgregor Line" to Lrrerpool,
but the number of vessels composing it does
not appear. We have seen the name of but
one. Transient European steamers also reach
Savannah occasionally.
Charleston has a regularly organized line,
called tho ' Charleston and Liverpool Steamship
Line." The Uolden Horn, a new vessel belong
ing to this line, arrived at Charleston lately with
quite, a large cargo of meieimndisc, mostly
hardware. The steamer Statira was also loading
at Charleston lately for Liverpool, probably a
transient vessel.
The Norfolk and Liverpool Line, composed of
some half dozen steamers, we believe has been
temporarily abandoned, there having been no
departures lately.
Baltimore looms up in this business, having
two European lines one to Liverpool, com
posed of three steamers, and another to Bremen,
employing two more.
Thus nearly every Southern port of import
ance can boast of direct steam communication
with Europe at present. Unfortunately, the
vessels are all of foreign build and owned
abroad. In tbls. however, the South differs not
from the North. There have been several
spasmodic attempts to establish American lines
at the Noith during tuc pa-it few years, but,
since the collape of the Collins line, a lew
months have sufficed to discourage the owners,
and now of all the tine steamers that weekly
leave America not one flies the stars and
stripes.
Time will show whether, after the present
crop is shipped, the Southern pnrts can offer
enough ousmcss to induce a connuuauee ot the
existing arrangemeuts; but the press through
out the South, especially or New Orleans and
Mobile, speak very bopiilully of the success of
the project of direct communication, aud if it
cau oe proven 10 oe caiisnicturuy remunera'.ive,
copitalists will be easily found both at home
and abroad ready to invest in the enterprise.
WASIIIKUTON "KLNGS."
How tbe Treusnry In BIel by Con
tractor.
Tbe revelations made within a day or two at
Washington, by the committee who had charge
of the stationery contructs of the Department
of the Interior and the Patent Office, show that
the sharpers at Wabhinetou arc more scientilic
in swindling than anything ever carried on
under the roof of the much-abused City Hull,
and by tho officials denominated, In a Pick
wickian sense ot course, as tho "Forty
Thieves." Tbe report shows that contracts
were awarded te the highest bidders, and not
to the lowest. The committee find that in one
year the Patent Office incurred an expense of
over $30,000 for printing at extravagant rates.
Tbeaker and Stout were then in charge of the
office. In these extra orders they lound, for
Instance, books worth $9 were charged at f45.
Cash books worth $5 wero charged at $25.
Cards worth about $3 per 1000 were charged at
(40. PriutiDg envelopes woith about $260 oer
1000 weie charged at $20, and some at $40.
Buling, worth about $200 per 1000 sheets,
was cuargea at lao. rnuting 6UU.000 blanks.
woitb$2per 1000, charued at $16, and soon.
The employes of the department seem to have
been parties ps criminis in these tronsactions. A
messenger who was caught in allowing (also
returns ot stationery to be made was dismissed;
and again, during a month's absence of another
receiving clerk, goods said to have been deli,
vcred to tbe department were charged at $5000,
while, in fact, goods worth only $100 were
actually received. Numerous other similar
frauds were practised aud are given in detail in
the report. Tbe City Hall chaps musi thro w np
the sponee to toe v asntngion sharps. v. i .
Com- Advertiser.
MAKING A WILL.
A Demonstration byaNavnsre Husband.
lYom the ffew JIaven Conn.) Journal, Jan. 29.
On Wednesday evening Messrs. Gardner and
Ooodhurt, attorneys, were sent for to make a
will ior a woman named Mrs. Sprang, who was
reported to be near her death. They repaired
to tho bouse 8Dd to the noui of tho Bick wo
nan, Soon atter the husbaud came in, and,
learning their errand, directed them in rather
au emphatic munuer to leave. Believing "pos
tsslon to be at least nine points of the law,"
they refused to go, whereupon be was aoout to
proceed to eject them, when several men came
in and seized tbe pugilistic husbaud, forced
him into tbe hall, and locked the door. He
secured a large carving knifo, and while the
will was being executed filled the air with
threats of a bloodthirsty chamfer. ITbe will
having been executed, the attorneys desired to
leave, but the carving-knllc was constantly iu
their path lUe a drawn sword. They tried the
window, only to find tbe curvluu-kuite glisten
ing before their eyes. The stratagem of barris
terial genius was resorted to, but Mr. Suiaug
was ever ready to spring for them. At lengtu,
while tbe man was in tbe house, the door was
held by several men, aud then the attorney
crawled out of a window, atd left the carving
knife and its wlelder uncatutcd. Tbe man was
ordered to be arrested, but the order was not
carried out, aud aiterwards, by the request of a
daughter, it ws recalled. Tbe cause of the
rami's opposition was that the woman desired
to give a portion ot her property to her two
daughters, and the husbaud wu bound to Lave
tbe wbol.
B 0 0 T H.
The Opening ot HI Elirant New T.iea
Ire In Mew York ImhI evening:.
From the JV. Y. Timet of thit morning.
Mr. Edwin Booth's Theatre, on the southeast
corner of West Twentj-third street and S.jith
avenue, was opened to the public last evening,
and was very extensively occupied by the many
headed monster. The establishment is ono of
the most important ever dedicated to the art.
Its exterior graudeur is only equalled by the
beauty and brightness ot its In erior decora
tions. It lacks, howevrr, the spacious freedom
of the Grand Opera House, and Is particularly
deficient in lobby room. Ladies' dresses were
rent and disordered last evening In a way th it
will bring a powerful i ate rest t3 bear asralnst
the theatre. It is only under certain conditions
that tbe eex permits itself to be covderi.
As a rule, it is brt not to step on a woman's
dress, unless, like poor "Mercullo," you wish
to be "scratched tod'-a'h." What would have
become of tbe attendnucc last night had an
alarm of fire taken place it is drcnJful to think
of. Tho aliuni ot water and the skies were
plentious iu their gilts contested the little
lobby, and made egre- almost impossible. Mr.
Booth can remedy this by htivliig additional
wicket", and will, no doubt, do so. Where so
much has been done, It is hardly vain to loi.k
lor more. At all evfu sit is n itural to do so.
The piny selected for tlie opening, ns our readers
are wed aware, was Koineo ani Juliet. E'e
tbe ua'.'tdy had comm-nced Mr. Booth male
his appearance before the audience, aud spoke
ns tollows:
"Bclore the curtain rises on our ploy," lie
paid, "let me bid jou a welcome, warui as heart
can make it, to my new theatre. It has long
been my desire to build a theatre that meht be
legardid as worthy of our treat metropiii;
and at lust my ambition is realized, and, by the
kind co-operation of my valued friend Mr.
Hobettson, I am enabled to offer this one. I
should, however, be unworthy ot this success
did I now fail to acknowledge the unvarying
kindness wherewith tho public of Now
York has ever cheered me ou my pro
fessional patbwoy. For two years I have
been absent from you; and in that time
I have worked very hurd, and endured much
auxletj as was naturally the case, with such
an eutcrprifrC as this upon my hands. But now
1 hove returned, once more i irusi to enjoy me
sunshine of your favor. When the Winter Gar
den wos burned I had been announced to plav
'Honieo;' and it has teemed to me tit that I
should resume my professional labirs before
you precisely at the poiut where they were so
abruptly ended. For such de'ects us may bo
noticeable In the working ot tho scenery to-nuht
1 solicit your Indulgence. Once more I sincerely
t b ii n k you for jour presence."
He then retired, chanced his dress, and the
piece proceeded. Ot this everything remains to
be said. The waits which are Inevitable on
firot n ghts, although never prolonged to the
point ot exciting inquietude or displeasure, led
the performance Into the most advanced still
lies s of the Light. They who could remain
were doub'less rewarded for their pains. Most
ccrlaiuly the early acts were the most marvel
lous specimens of staire production ever wit
nessed here. Tbe sceuery is absolutely
perfect, and the proportions of the stage
enable it to be worked also to
perfection. Thero wero "sets" last night
which could not even be attempted at any other
establishment, such 'for instance as the ban
quoting hall iu "CapuletV house and the cele
brated balcony scene. Tho opening was a suc
cess worthy of the gravest attention, and trivial
generalities and sl.immerlue verbiage are hardly
appropriate for the occasion. We may say
hurriedly that Mr. Edwin Adaais seemed to
divide tho lavor of the audience with Mr. Booth.
He was called out (would that it were always
possible!) alter his death and appeared to
he breathing quite freely. Tho fighting, be it
observed, was farious on all sides. Miss
McVickar's "Juliet" was perhaps marred by
timidity. Under any circumstances it is a
proper subject for further comment, if not
study. Mu2b credit is due to Mr. Mark Smith,
not only for his excellent performance of
"Friar Lawrence," but for the general com
pleteness ot the stage arrangements. The ne
ropes and pulleys, and machinery and me
chanics, led to occasional delay, but never to
disaster. Tbe play was perfectly well studied,
and followed the text of Shakespeare more
closely than usual.
THE BALLOT.
Tlic EvIlHOf ITHingr it at Elections, from
a Tory Ntoultoiut.
In a lenethy editorial on the subject of the
working cla-ses the Ixmdon Standard says:
We have said over and over again that If the
interests and political aspirations of the working
classes are to have a special represcutattou In
the House of Commons, we should be glad to 6ce
the mission entrusted to bona Jile artlsanB,
rather thau to the professional demagogues who
have so largely monopolized it out of doors.
But here, as in tbe United Sta es, the
laboring population, even in the plenitude
of their power, deliberately reject candidates
oi their own order for men of a higher class i.n
society upon whom they can rely to uphold
their legitimate Interests whenever they are
affected by the action of thb Legislature. Tuis
is tbe main ground of the quarrel ol tho Reform
Leaguers and tbelr patrous with the order of
things brought about by the general election of
18C8. It Is puerile nonsense to assume that
intimidation or corruption had anything to do
with the result. The workingmen exercised
their new privileges with alacrity and iree
dom, but in a manner of which Mr. Bcalcs
and his friends not unnaturully disapprove.
It demonstrated that those noisy and in
dustrious politicians were not appreciated
at their own estimate. Mr. Beales, as the
workiDgman candidate for the Tower Hs.ni lets,
has his own opinion as to the uprightness of
Mr. Newton, the other working man candidate.
Is it not po.-slblc that the working class voters
formed their own judgment as to the claims of
both, and acted upon it ? It is mere hypocrisy
to call out for tbe ballot. Every one knows
how the ballot can be and has been manipu
lated. It gave Yankee and negro Senators and
members ot Congress tor the Southern States in
America; and Garibaldi can bear witness to its
tflicacy in transtormlng the Savoyards and ihe
Nizzards Into Frenchmen. It is tbe familiar
and convenient wenon of tyrants, whether
they be individual despots or moos. "(Jive
me the ballot," says oue of Lord Lyt ton's
heroes, "and I should like to see ibe man who
would dare to vote blue. If it were a question
cf putting a stop to corruption or in'imidattou,
tbo conservatives ure tar more Interested In
taking the matter in hand than tbe statesmen
of the Adelphi. They have suffered most in
those small constituencies where bribery aud
undue influence spiritual terrorism, in lact
have been enlisted aaaiust tueni: and If they
could perceive in the ballot a sure safeguard
against the uue of similar IllugHuuate
weapons In the future, they would be
the first to urge its adoption. But this
Is uot tbe case with thor'e who are angry
because the clients of Mr. Mill and Mr. Soiith,
the unsavory darlings ot tho Adelphi, have been
omforaily relected. Tnose peisous, backed as
it would teem by "mysterious funds," have
appealed as worktngiuan candidates to con
stituencies in which the working class voters
were all-powerful. They were rejected to a
man; and. instead of accepting their defeat in
tilence, tbey mutter cbarn.es of undue influence
and clamor for the ballot, when they must be
perfectlv aware that the eiinrmnun rmmtitnen-
cles to which they appealed were prfcisely J
uuri. m nuiuu iue an oi corruption uuu
terrorism could not possibly be brought to bear.
The Blister, ht new London comlo Jour
nal, is to be managed by seoeders from Punch.
Tbo year 1888 gave birth to 137 new Tarls
journals, more than a hundred of wbiuh died
Ittfora 18C9.
PROVOKING.
A Vermont Mayer la Badly Sold.
Weston, the walklst, or "human velocipede,"
was shorn of some of his honors at Burlington.
Vt., by a wag who personated him so success
fully as to deceive everybody, A despatch irom
Burlington to the New York Sun, dated Febru
ary 1, says:
On Saturday evening a fictitious Weston
passed through this city, clad in military uni
form, aud foHo wed by three two-horse sleighs.
A multitude of persons walked with him through
tbe city, and he lelt us amid the light of bon
fires, asserting that he would rest over Sunday
in Swan ton Falls, thirty-two miles distant.
This morning the genuine Weston came into the
city, having walked Irom New Haven Centre,
Addison county, to this place, a distance of
thirty-two milef, b lore brcuklast. The whole
city was astouished. Mayor Ballon, who had
paid his respects to the sham Wcsion, called ou
the real pedestrlon at his hotel, and after a
short conversation became satistied that ha had
hold of the genuine article. The affair has created
much Indignatioii. It is said that the walkist,
was personated by two students of the Barling
ton College, who took turns in walking through
the various towns ftnd village", and rode
through the country in a sleigh. The real
Weston is now nearly two days bt-hind time,
and is much annojed by the sham atTair ahead
of him. It Is reported tnat tbe people of St.
Albans have been humoueged In ttie sd'iic
rummer. We?ton left bere at l-20, and will walk
hence to House's Pom l. N, Y., 5.15 miles tr im
llantor, before stopping. He is still couideut
of making up lost time. The youog la iy who
followed the sham Wcsion twenty-two milt?. in
a cutter for the purpose ot presenting him with
a pair of woollen gloves ot hr own manufac
ture, is greatly mortitied. Her brother threatens
vengeance on the mischievous Btudcms.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
Sri-iiEMB CouuT in Banc Cbluf Jnatlcs
Thompson ana Ju.iges Agaew, H&arwood, and
William. The following Judgments were
entered tuts morning:
By Chief JuNilce Tuompsou:
Biulih & Flnley's Appeal nud MoUlnre's Ap
peal from the Common lea of Allegheny
county. Appeal dismissed.
Miller et at vs Gray. Executor's Appeal
fiom tbe Orphans' Court of hc juylkili eouaty.
Decree affirmed.
Kroui's Appeal from the Orphans' Court of
Bucks county. Decree ufflrmuU.
Bugey'a appeal from the common Pleas of
Montgomery county. Deu.ee revor-ed.
By Jndga Agnew. Kainbnrt & Kooti vs. New
Yoj k and Hchuylk ill Coal Company. Krror to
tbe Common Pe:8 of Suuuylklll county.
Judgment ailiriuod.
Louisa Beau's Kstnto. Appeal of Wilson's
executois, Freeland and Tiltuoie, fiom Orphans'
Court of Chester couuty. Decree affirmed.
Susan B. Brown vs. N. H. Peouletoa & Co.
Krror to tbe Com tuoa Pleas of Dela ware oouuty.
Judgment reversed and v. f. d. n. awarded.
11. C. llcffler et al , vs. Thomas Fiederluk et
a). Appeal irom the Common Pleas of Bucks
county. Decree reversed at cost ol apptdlees.
John B. Douty ct al.. vs. Joseph Bird et al.
Error to tbe Common Ploas of Northumberland
couuty. Judgment reversed and v. 1. d. n.
awarded.
WilmiDgton and Reading Railroad Compauv
vs, Peter teiauller. Error to the Common Picas
of Chester county. Judgment allirired.
COCKT OF QUAKTEK HE.SSION8 Judge Ltld-
low. Assistant Dlstriot Attorney DecuerL
Prison casts were before the Court to-day.
William McKarUnd pleaded guilty to a
charge of assault and battery upon William
Moore. Ue la a young man, member of the
Niagara Hose Company, and bad been to the
fire al Ninth and Chesnut streets, aod bad be
come very drunk. Reluming lo tbe hose bouse
in tbe morning, his friends took: bim into
Moore's tavern, at Tblrd and Hbippen steeets.
and had a disturbance with Mrs. Moore, who
began screaming. Mr. Moore pursued htm
down the street, when he turned aud attacked
him.
George Smith pleaded guilty to a charge of
the larceny of a pair of boots. He went into a
store and asktd tbe proprietor to give him tbe
boots, and upon being refused be stole a pair
and run oil' with them.
Edward McCann pleaded guilty to a charge of
assault and battery upon Kllzabetb Francis. It
appeared that be went iutoabouse In Front
street and beat tbls woman.
James Robinson pleaded guilty to a charge of
the larceny of a buffalo robo, having been
ciuight using Hon tbe road.
Thomas Dunnavan, alias "Tom Tit," pleaded
guilty to a charge of the larceny of a roll ot cas
aimere he was seen to lake fiom a store. He
stated to tbe Judge tbat be bad Just oome oat of
prison, where be bad been detained three
months beyond bis term because of his ina
bility to pay a fine of (20J, aud be was forced by
necessity to commit tbls larceny.
Michael O'Brien pleaded guilty to a oharge of
the larceny of a set of harness, having been
fuund attempting to sell them,
John Harklns pleaded guilty to a oharge of
malicious mischief. He went into a tJteeo
store and asked tbe proprietor to give him a
chew, which was refused; tben, out of revenge,
he went into the street and broke the show
window. Sarah Perry pleaded guilty to the proprietor
ship of a disorderly bouse in Pine alley, which
was the resort of J uvenlles.
John Collins was oonvlcied of a oharge of as
sault and battery upon Patriot McCaun. Tne
firosecutor testified tbat the prisoner, bis son-n-law,
stood in tbe street and tbrew bricks
into his bouse, one of which Btruck bim on tbe
forehead and stunned bim. Tne prisoner said
tbat he married this man's daughter when be
had some money, bounty and otuersams, and
he lived with her very peaceably for the time
being, bnt when his cash was gie be was
treated so badly that he was compelled to go to
sea as a marine. After a two-years' cruise be
returned lo bis wife's bouse to Inquire of his
child, and was told that it was dsad, and was
moreover beaten out of the house; and t.hea in
tbe beat of his passion be threw the brinks.
He wears a marine's uniform, aud is ouion a
thirty days' liberty, but be says ibe authorities
at the yard did nol know his whereabouts.
Oyster-Knitting-.
Tho history and profits of tho oyster-beds in
France are given la a French journal as fol
lows: "In 1859 about 3,000,000 ojsters wero laid
down iu tbe Bay of St. Brieue, ou the coast of
Brittany. In the following year three fascines,
taken up at hazard, contalre J 20,000 oysters of
from one to two inches in diameter. Tbe total
expense of forming each bank was ouly 221
Irancs, aud 300 fascines were laid down for this
sum. Multiply, then. 300 by 20,000, and 6.000,000
oysters will bo obtained, which, if sold at 20
francs per thousaud, will produce 12d.0J0 francs.
If, however, the number of oysters on each
fascine were taken as only 10 000, the sum of
00,000 francs would be procured, which, tor an
expenditure of only 221 francs, would give
as M. Laviclare, Commiseary of the Mtntimo
Inscription, remarks iu hisreoort to tho French
Government 'a much larger proflt than any
o'her branch of industry.' In 1862, tho produce
of ojsters sold in Paris amounted to 2,446,095
fiaucs."
A Btook company with $50,000 capital la
to start a sew daily and weekly paper, the
Jiocky Mountain Press,
Sheriff Meade, of Cavnga, N. Y., has sned
the Auburn iVeus for (5000, for Baying tbat be
kept a dirty Jail.
The Diable d Quatre, a Parla paper, has
been seized because of a aoandal in relation to
the Bonaparte family.
The boating men of Oxford University are
eagerly expecting a vhallenge from Harvard
pext summer.
The second term of Cornell University
commenced on the 6th instant, when twenty
new students were admitted.
Eos well S. Burrows, of Albion, baa given
(100,000 to the Kouheater Seminary, where
fore it proposes to take his name.
A state chair for President White has
lately arrived at Cornell from Berlin. A profile
of Mr. Cornell la oar red on the baok.
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Storm on the Chesapeake Skalln
1'xtraordinary Murder Trial
in Washington-The Eu
ropean Markets.
ITJiiifiiii!tl ftitl Commorotal
FROM BALTIMORE.
tftormy IVcniher wir the 'itiet Ueu tvo
lent liequests MInhIiij;.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Baltimore, Fi b. 4. Tbe captains of stesmers
nnd other vessels arriving here last night and
this morning report very stoi my weather oil the
capes and in the Chesapeake, yomo vessels
were seen, believed to be in distress. The rain
storm, with thunder and lightning, was heavy
lust evening.
Mis Maria M. Stinnecke, of Baltimore, a
maiden lady who died whilst visiting York, Pa.,
a few days ago, left her entire fortune, over
thirty thousand dollrrs, to various benevolent
and educational purposes here and elsewhere.
John H. Stevens, a well-known Bnltlmoresn,
mjsterioosly disappeared from here three weeks
ago. It is feared that he met with foul play.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Despatch to the Attoclttted Preu.
Unllty of ManNlaughUr.
Washington, Feb. 4. The grand jury has
found a true bill for manslaughter agatus' a
mon who, without knowledge or skill in medi
cine, administered ten grains ot sulphate of
morphia to a woman, who U alleged to have
died in consequence.
FROM BUFFALO.
A Skating Dlnteli Extraordinary.
Bcffalo, Feb. 4. A skating match for $300,
between Mi6s Ada Godbout, of New Brunswick,
and Miss Nellie Dean, of Chicago, took place at
the rink last night, bclore au audience of 4000
people. After a very exciting contest, the match
was won by Miss Dean, tbe score standing 31 to
31. Miss Godbout has challenged Miss Deau to
skate another match for the same amount, at
the r'mk, oil Saturday evening next.
Ieath of Captain John P. Hale.
Heading, Feb. 4. Ciptaln John P. Hale,
superintendent of the Scott Foundry of Messrs.
Sejbert, McMauus & Co., and a promineut citi
zen of this place, died yesterday of typhoid
pneumonia, after a week's illness. Ha was a
son of Budge Hale, of Centre county, and a
brother-in-law of. Becrctary Welles, aud was
well known throughout the State and elsewhere.
Fire at lloston.
Boston. Feb. 4. The largo cooper shop of
Hill & Wright, lu East Boston, was burned this
morning. The loss is $12,000, with an insurance
ol 57000.
TBE E UR OPE AN 31ARKETS.
By Atlantic Cable.
Tills JMoruingr's Unotattoni.
London, Feb. 4 A. M. Cousois for money,
931, lor account, 93. United States 5-20s caster
at 70. American Blocks steady. ErieRallroai
25; Illinois Central, 03.
Fkankfort, Feb. 4 A. M. United States
bouds, 73880.
Liverpool, Feb. 4 A. M. Cotton opened
active; middling uplands on the spot, 12jd.;
niloat, 12dJ.; middling Orlean, 123d. The sales
to-day are estimated at 20,000 bales.
Corn, 33s. for old and 31s. for new.
London, Feb. 4 A. M. Tallow is quo'.ed at
409. 3d.
Tbls Afternoon's Quotations.
London, Feb. 4 P. M. U. S. 5-20 quiet.
Railways steady. Erie, 24 j; Atlantic and Great
Western, 884.
Liverpool, Feb. 4 P. M. Cotton active;
uplands on the spot 12 jd.; afloat, 12 fd ; Orleans,
12 Ad.: Lard quiet aud steady. Cheese, V5s.
Naval stores dull.
London, Feb. 4 P. M. Tallow. 4C?.4Gs. 3d.
Cotton at Havre opened active at 138f. on the
f pot and 140f. afloat.
FINANCE AND OOMMERCE.
Oi-nca OF THB KVSNINS Tklkobaph,
Thursday, Feb. 4 169.
There is no change to record in the Money
market. Call loans rule at (7 per cent., the
lormer rate on Government bouds. Prime mer
cantile paper ranges Irom 7!) per cent, per
apuum. The Btock market was inactive, this
morniug, but prices were steady. Government
securities were brmlv held. 108 was bid for
10-4Cs: 1124 for 6s Of 1881; 1134 'or 'C2 6-20s; 103J
for 'i4 6-20s; 111 for '65 6-20s; 10S for July '05
6-20s; and 108J for '07 6-20s. City loans wore
higher; the new issue bold at 101, an advance
of j.
Hallroad shares, as we have notlcsd for some
days past, continue the most active on the list.
Pennsylvania Kallroadtold at 57l58,no change:
heading at 48 a decline of J; and Camden and
Amboy at 124, no change; 66 was bid tor Xor
ri8town;65 for Mluehili; 60 for Letilgh Valley;
34 for Cats wUsa preferred; and 2(1 ior Philadel
phia and Krle.
City Passenger Railway shares were in fair
dernaud. Hestonvlllo fold at 12., ou advance
or i. and Thirteenth and Fifteenth at 18t$l!), no
chance. 46 was bid for Seooud aud TuirJ;3H
for Filth nd Sixth; 70 lor Tenth and Eleventh;
and 26 tor Spruce and Pine.
Bank shares were firmly held at full prices.
238 was bid for North America; I57i lor Ph i -delphia;1231
for Farmers' and Mechanics': 67
for Commercial; 31 j tor Mechanics'; 57 lor I'eun
Township; 68 lor Girard; 75 lor Wvs'ern: and
434 for Consolidation.
Caual shares were dull. Lehigh Navigation
sold at 314, no cbaugc: 10 was bid for Schuyl
kill Navigation common: 204 lor pre!eird do.;
aud 13 for Sus juehauna Canal.
PHlL4I)KLFai4 BTOOK EIVHANCK BALKS TO-DAI
tteiioriea by Ah iiaveu A Hta., JSo. SO B. Tulxdstresi
JTIKHT BOARD.
(.100 5-208 '67-CD cms
so ntx PS ma B
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guslliaui A l&Ui. 19
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do..in.otkjL. 6a
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do......btkJL 6S
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Nsrr 4 I adner, Stock Exchange Brokers,
No. 30 S. Third street, report this morning's
sold quotatlous as follows:
10-00 A. M. 135J1116 A. M. . 135
10 25 ' . , 135A'li-28 " . 135,
10-26 . 136J 111-33 . 131
1032 . 13i 11-40 " . 185
10 68 . 136j 11-46 . 135
Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers,
No. 36 South Third Street, report the loliowimj
rates of exchange to-day at 12 o'clock:
United States 6s, 1881. 11240U24; 0. 8. 6-5K)a,
1862, 113113J; do., 1864, 10ffl510!l J do., 1866,
liojeilll; do. July, 1865, H 8S108: do.Jaly,
1867, 108J'tl09;do. t6X, 10o10!; 10-408, 108f
f(tl0H. Compound Interest Notes, past due,
119-26. Gold, 13Sftl364.
Messrs. De Haven A Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates of es
chaniro to-day at 1 P. M.: U. S. 6s of 1881. 1124
tJlliJSdo. im, H34?ail3j; do., 1864, 109Krj
10!); do., 1866,110'3111l: do.. 1866, new. 108160
108; do., 1H67. new, 108.?ilj)109; do.. 1M68, 1081
tf,109; do., 6s, 10-40. 10HffiSl8J; do. 30-year
6 per cent. Cy., lOlJ-filolf Due Compound
Interest Notes, 194; Gold, 135tfl3ftji; Sllyer,
1310 132 J.
Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. quote Govern
ment securities, etc., as follows: U. S. 6s or
1H81, 1124(!SmA; 5-tf8 or 18(12, 113JilU3j;
6-20, 1804, lWjfiiirm: s 20s, Nov., nc lll(a
111 is July, 18t:f, lOrriDW; do.. 1RC7. 0WA
K19J; do. 1168. 10110 1094: lO-4l)i. 10108;.
Union Pacific boi ds, 1014102. Gold, 135i.
Tu New York Money Market.
Fiom the Timet.
"Money was In good demand to-day at 7 per
cent., and at this rate lenders wore ready lo
Klace luige balances on call wild the slock
rokers. The exceptions were again at 0 per
rent, to some of the lending firms dealing in
tbe public funds, Tbetuoits were advanced on
all the Unlitd States 620. nud also on the
10-lOs and 6 per couts. of 1S81, mainly on a
strong demand for home Investment and on
forplun outers to buy. but In some measure on
a change of Jeellng among the street specu
lators, who ere now larger buyers than suiter.
The 5-2ds Of 18021efi:oll 113; the new of 1807,
2(8 per rent.; 10-40s. 108J.4 pr cent., and the
oil er gold bearing bonds In like proportion.
''There whs a considerable busluess done in
the Bou them Htate bonds, without material
change In prices from yesterday's quotations.
The rallwa a opened, after the b'illlaut market
of last night, at lower figure, led by free oilers
In ih 1-ona-room to sell New Yorn Ceutral at
165. 164, ard 16.'IJi per cent. This feeling, how
over, was soon chftnired at the boards of the
Kxcbange, and the Vanderbllt roads all ad
vanced strain Central to 105, Harlem to 140
lilH, and Hudson to l."0;.jil.37 per cent. The West
rn roads also recovered their bu'llsT tone,
while the miscellaneous shares were lower ou
raciflo Mail and sieady on Western Telegraph.
The demand continues goort for rearly all the
Western Pacific mortgages."
From the Tribune.
"Money was easter at 67 per cent, on call
loans. Commercial paper sells at 7(&9 per cent,
ior prime names.
Sterling Kzobange Is dull with little
doing: the nominal U'tutlous are: London,
fcO davs, lC9;f,ilO!i-';: London, sight, 110i
110 Paris, lonn.6-lCia5 15f5: Paris, short, 5-lsVg
51i!4; Antwerp, h 17Sari6I; Hwlss. bWM&
fi lt!4; tlamburg, iMVa'Hn!-:;; AiuMerdacu, 4l(U;
Frankfort, 4111J,; Bieuaen, 7979; Berlin,
"The Hannibal and St.. Joseob (Mo ) Road has
sold since the war 40:t 329 acres of lnd, leaving
on hand only lUS.OliO out f tne 700.000 originally
owned bv them. Their sales lost year amounted
to Si 757,000. Tbe luud was nearly all sold to
actual Bettlers."
Slock notations by Telegraph 1 P. M.
Ulendlnnlnp. Davis & Co. report through their
New York house the following:
N.Y.Oenu K itil!4, West.UoionVTel.... 3!!
N. Y. & Erie Kit..,. E5 Clevo. & Toledo R..105
Ph. and Hoc. R 9i? Toledo & Wabsh..
Mlch.aand IS. I. K. 1)1 Mil. & St. Paul Et... w2
Cle. and Pitt R fil'V Adatus Express (SDVs
Chi. and N.W.eom. 82.1 Wells, Fargo 3lC2
Cttl. and N.W.pref.. WiiUnitedfcjtaies 60k
ChL and R. I. R Tennessee 6s, New 07 'X
Pitta F.W.AChl.lUihls'aold 135U
Pacific MaUBteam.llC! Market lrreg ular.
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Thursday, Feb. 4. The demand for Flonr
is quite limited, and only a few hundred barrels
sold in lota to supply tbe wants of tbe homo
consumers, at $5(35 25 for superfine; 95 75625
for extras: S77-50 for Iowa, Wisconsin and
Minnesota extra families; $8-5010-25 for Penn
sylvania and Ohio do. do. and 8ll13 for fancy
brands, according to quality. Rye Flour sells
at 87(37-50 per barrel. Nothing doing in Corn
Meal.
The Wheat market is without change, and
the Inquiry Is mostly from tne local miners for
prime lots. Hales of red at $100(g)l 75. and
white at S2 102-20. Rye Is unchanged. Sales
of Western at SI -56 1-67. Coru is in limited
request, and prices are weak. Bales ol 2000
bnKhala new vellnw at HStrfikin rhn un..
for prime dry from store. Oats are steady.
6000 bushels Western sold at 73c.
Nothing doing in Barley or Malt.
Barkis firm at the recent ad vanoe. We quote
No. 1 Quercitron at 850 per ton.
Whisky is dull at l)8o Sl per gallon, duty
paid, for Western, in wood and Iron-bound
parkMges.
India is to have an offlolal Moniteur. .
A Virginia paper oalls the philosophy of
Diogenes "Tubism."
The Grecian bend has reached California,
bnt there it is called the Paoitio Blope. .
The "geluneriplde" is a Yankee inven
tion for the rapid propulsion of hand-sleds.
A German-speaking Japanese student has
entered Heidelberg University.
Last term $3000 was paid oat by Cornell
University for manual labor performed by the
students.
Nearly as many people are killed in the
London streets as on the English and Welsh
railways.
The Legislature of Maine is considering
the necessity of some enactment against bag
gage smashing.
A Berkshire girl walked fourteen miles
through the snow the other day to marry a
young man who was "forbidden the hoase."
A Yankee Snnday School philanthropist
gathered a bon?ful of children by circulars
which promised each one attending a stick of
candy.
LATEST SUlFFDiU LNTELLIUEM'K.
For adlUionil Marine New$ tee Intide Pag.
BY TICLHUHAPH. J
Nkw Yok, Feo. . Arrived, ateamibip OjIhoj
bla, irom Havana.
PQBT OF PUILADRLPJ1IA FB!ICAH t.
STATS 0 tHKSKUMKTKB AT TUB BVKWiNft TJCLS-
. UAHx ojrric-K.
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O THIS MOKN1NCJ.
Bteamablp Voluuieer, Joum, New or. J K.Obl.
Cbida aiJlr' Jdl""ttuaer dleuiuejo. MUln
Bohr Anu Ktmbo. Oolhour. Washington TylnrACo.
bcLr Amelia. iW. t.ew York .Volga? i Son.
ARRIVED TUIii MOtfJI.VU,
Bteamer fransilu. l'.er,o. laVjum oui BaJil
more. will) mdBb. to A. Urt,ve, Jr.
from Houibraruyla 8s Tnoman .r l'nil.dUi'i
wifm '""MlfilpoU for L.tfuyrl ou .onr
2, . 5.W.aUon' do ,ot Mvn. otuo 10 ineHr
watei Ibi aiternooo. Wind and rainlM- .
josjuru iwiiii;TaA.
eiS.,-iI',M w'o W.t.o. lot Philadelphia,
oittared at UiioKivilla H fl cum nil.
Inefauk' W'lll2a:h.noU6l Fall River 1.1
d TuVt. -wooe, nanny, nei
, HcbrH. BlmmoEi. andfrav. from Boston for PUla-
ffiMHl,1,u" 'Hoi. saw. . ...
1- . b'J"e aaueritawaite. Lung, at Baltimore M
urn., from New iwi. 11.'
ton. M Holme Uule Id lust.
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