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PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 18C9.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
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FIRST EDITION
THE BliOOnS CASS.
Under Way Again-The Missing
Witness not Forthcoming,
and the Trial Proceed
ing Without Zlim.
The Court Refuses to Admit the Affida
vits of Neil McLaughlin.
The Commonwealth Closes its Case
The Defense.
st-nla morning at 10 o'clock Judge Ludlow opcnctl
ttoe court of (I'liiirter Sessions lor tlio purpose of
i-roceeding with tlio trial or tlie would-be assassins
f Revenue Detective Brooks In such manner as tlio
condition of Hie case required.
The name of Officer Kelly, No. 35, Seventeenth
Police district, was called, bus no response was made.
Mr. Gibbons stated that every effort Had been
made by tlio Mayor's force to liml this man, but
without success, mid he did not feel at liberty to in
flict upon the jury the penally of a further Imprison
ment, and therefore would not ask another adjourn
ment, but would proceed with the trial and finish it
If possible to-day.
Otllcer Scott, of New York, was recalled to prove
the dates of the arrest of the prisoners in New lork,
and their delivery to the Philadelphia authorities.
Mr. Dwlglit then offered in evidence, as a part of
the Commonwealth s case, the two affidavits of the
witness Nell McLaughlin, saying that he was pre
pared to support the oiler by authority.
On the part of the defense, Mr. Mann objected,
first, because the Commonwealth could not ha
allowed to contradict or Impeach the testimony of
her own witness. Many mistakes were made In the
ilin of the hue and cry against t nese prisoneis.wiuoii
was far greator than that raised when a citizen
called a policemen to arrest a thiel and was himself
arrested while the thief was allowed to escape
which happened in this city withlu the past ten
days, bight could not be lost of the fact that Nell
McLaughlin, whose ailldavlts were offered, was a
Commonwealth's witness ; but there seemed to be a
lisposltion to charge him to the defense; and a
newspaper yesterday, in a learned article, accused
counsel for the defense of Infamy In using him as a
witness on their side of the case, when the mem
bers of the press now at the bar of the court know
that he was offered by the Commonwealth, and not
even cross-examined by the defense.
Judge l.udlow requested Mr. Mann to confine his
remarks to the question before him, namely, the ad
- inisSioillty in evidence of the ailldavits of the wit
ness McLaughlin. .
Mr. Mann then xesnmed his argHmcnt, addressiug
hmiself to his case like a lawyer, speaking law and
citing authorities in support of his position.
RMr. Dwlglit answered, also citing many decisions
Ef onr Supreme Court as sustaining his oiler.
Mr. Gibbons followed, saying that he had been by
duty bound to call McLaughlin for the Common
wealth, for it was upon his testimony that the pre
sentment of the Grand Jnry was found. True it was,
Mr. Maun did not cross-examine this witness, be
cause his testimony was wholly In favor of the de
fense ; but when Mayor Fox was called and proved
that McLaughlin had previously made a different
statement, he was rigidly cross-examined, and his
reference to the written statements was strunuously
opposed. The defense would have had a perfect
right to demand that these statements should be
given to the jury Instead of the uncertain recollec
tion of the Mavor. The Court and jury
were both entitled to have the truth or
ine case, no matter from which side
It came. If the principle contended for by the de
fense were established, corruption and deceit would
triumph, this court might as well be abolished, for
an assassin or other felon could not be convicted.
Should a man be charged with murder, and three
witnesses appear before the Chief Magistrate of the
city ami swear that they Baw the murder, and that
the prisoner was the mau who committed it, of
course it could not be known what passed iu the
Grand Jury room, but an Indictment was a present
ment: ami then upon the trial these three men, one
after another, should face the prisoner and say he
was not the man, then where would you be ? Where
would justice bo?
Mr. cassidy, in closing the objection, said that Mr.
Gibbons had been carried away y his own sensa
tional declaration upon the merits of the case, as
much as Mr. Mann could be said to have gone out or
the case to tight the newspaper world. Contenting
himseU with this little divergence, the gentieuiuu
discussed the simple question of law before the
Mr. Cassidy again began a defense of Mr. Mann s
departure Into the newspaper world, but was inter
rupted by Judge Ludlow, who said :
"Now, gentlemen, the newspaper world 1-as
nothing to do with this case; it is not in this court."
Mr. Cassidy "It ought to be out or if
Judge Ludlow "Well, it is, so far as this case is
concerned. We are not to heed (he newspaper com
ments any more than any other unauthorized pro
ceeding, and It is a gross impropriety to comment
upon a cause during lis trial in court; and tho jury
should hear nothing or the remarks that the news
panel's have indulged in about it,"
Mr. cassidy "1 am glad to hear your Hono- say
so, for It is bigb time that this was becoming known."
Judge Ludlow sustained the objection and .ex
cluded the evidence.
Here the Commonwealth closed, Mr. Gibbons an
nouncing that Kelly had been discharged from the
police force.
The Defense.
Mr. Cassidy opened the case of the defense, dweH
lng upon the effort which he thought was made to
put this case, which is a simple issue, upon the role
of sensational dramatic cases, which was becoming
fashionable, The jurors muBt have been linpressml,
as they tried to enter the court, with the lines of or
namental officers who surround tlio court, adorn the
halls, and escort the prisoners up and downstairs,
and the witnesses to ami from tie witness stand, the
presence of the Government officials, and several
other little Uicldunta widen occurred to heighten the
sensational effect, the failure of the witness McLaugh
lin to say what the District Attorney wanted him
to say, the immediate parade of the Chief Magis
trate of the city to demolish the testimony of Mc
laughlin; then the mining pullet officer and the
excitemeut over Ills ubsence, the consequent ad
journment of the Court In order to fllow the wholo
police force to find him; the whole police force
looked lor hlin and didn't find him. lladaltheso
highly sensational scenes been emitted, and
the jurors' attention been engaged Kiinp'y to the truo
issues of the cause, they would have bsen home last
night. He only mentioned these ma' tets in order to
. elio w how little they had to do with tb cause the
Jury was sworn to try. Their duty was simply to
find whether the poor men in the dock wero guilty
or not guilty of the assault npon James J. Itrooks; if
they were guilty tho Jury should say so, and JuUgo
Ludlow would give them the lull extent of the law;
but If they were not guilty, they would he acquitted
and allowed to pass out of this Court free. This
case was to lie tried Just as auy other
case. Then, dismissing all the matters
that had been Introduced only for sensation, the
cause dwindled down to the statements of Thomas
Hughes, James McLaughlin, and James J. llrooks.
The Best witness would be shown to be a low vsga
liond and bounty-juniper, and utterly unworthy of
belief; the second, by his three different statements
made under oath, proved hlmscir to be in the same
., boat with Hughes. As to Mr. Hooks, ho would say
that the victim of this assault was deserving of tlie
sympathy of the whole community, and lie would
be heartily ashamed of the jury he was addressing
iid he not believe they accorded that sympathy
to him.
But the fact that Mr. llrooks was a revenue officer
flid not aggravate the case, and lie was no more en
titled to justice than any other reputable citizen, but
he stood eoublly with any other mau whoso life hail
ieen assailed m a similar manner. It would be
Hbwn that Mr. llrooks was houcstly mistaken lu
this matter; he was too excited to recognize the
. Vf. l, assailants; ho had, when
believing hlmsolf to be upon his deathbed, said lie
did not know who the men were, that he had not
seen them long enough. The defense would show,
l.y highly reputable citizens, that from 10 o'clock
until 3 of the day on which the assault was made,
the prisoners were all the time cither in front of or
Inside of Devitt'g tavern, next door to the Moyamen
Blng Hose house, so that they could not possibly have
committed the crime. .
'J heir flight from the city was easily explained by
the excitement that existed lu the eoinunimtr, the
suspicion that rested upon them, and the severity
witn.whi. h they knew they would bo treated if ar
rested. They knew that no ball would bo taken
nntil Mr. JJrooks recovered, and they determined to
ro away until he fchoiild bo about, when the re
turned lor trial.
It wonlrl be Bhown that Marrow was In a very low
State of health, subject to bleeding of tho ltlngs. Tho
reward of 50Q was exceedingly Incentive to the
Real displayed by the detectives and some of the
ether witnesses In the cause, which fact the jury
siionld bear la consideration in weighing their testi
mony. The following witnesses were examined
Thomas J. Martin My place of business is No.
ISO North Front street; I reside No. 1313 North Fif
teenth street; lam a member of the firm of T.J.
Martin A Co., wholesale liquor merchants; my
store Is about two-thirds of a block above Kcenan's
store: I remember the dav Mr. llrooks was shot; I
was in my store ; I heard a noise as though there
was a runaway, and going to the door,
I saw a rhaise running up Front street, Just like a
flash; I heard some one holloa, ".stop the wagon!
pnd saw Mr. Brooks running towards me with a pis
tol in his hand and blood running from his nose and
mouth, and said to him, "My God 1 Brooks, what s
saw Mr. llrooks running towards me wmi im
n his hand and blood running from his nose and
tth, and said to him, "My God 1 Brooks, what's
matter with you?'' and I ran to him; ho
I, "lam Idiot; will nobody slop the carriage ?"
was about to faint, and I took
the
said
him into my store, and sent ror a doctor; ne sain ne
was snot in the back, and the men in the hack had
done it; he said he was in Keenau's store extrmln
lngthe books, and while he was standing at the
desk making notes three men entered the store and
asked for Mr. Keenan.
Mr. Dwlglit objected to this as not contradicting
anything Mr. Brooks had said.
Mr. Cassidy contincd the witness to the points ho
desired him to speak npon, and the witness re
sumed: Brooks said then that he could not Identify
the men who shot him : he said that in answer to a
question 1 aknl him ; 1 asked him bc
lore the doctor came; when the doctor
came I asked what he thought of
Brooks, ami ho shook his head; Brooks was sitting
beside, and it was, thought he was dying; I ag.iin
asked plin and he said he could not identity them ; 1
had a motive In asking him.
Cross-examined 1 have a distillery a. Twelfth and
Washington streets; I knew Mr. Brooks personally
and he knew me; he never seized my distil
lery; It never was seized ; I never had any difficulty
with Itrooks; our intimacy had been of the most
friendly character; I have never been in Court In
consequence of any act of his; I have been in the
whisky business about twelve years; I was In the
whisky business prior to the imposition of the
whisky tax; there is a case In the United States
Court In which I am one of the leasers of a property
which was seized; 1 don't know by Mr. Brooks,
but he has ;sonie knowledge of it ; I am
interested as one of the sureties; 1 was concerned,
In 18is, in a suit agatust ten barrels of whisky, but
Mr. Brooks had nothing to do with it; as soon as
Brooks came in and lay down, I asked him could lie
identify the men shot; I supposed lie was dying, and
was anxious to get the information for the
benefit of tho Government: that was after he had
told me the men who had done it were lu the car
riage; I assisted htm to his home; 1 did not leave
him until 1 went to take him home; the carriage
was about the distance of the width
of this room when I asked him
who shot him ; I just asked him if he knew the men
who shot him ; I then thought he was dying; he was
lying on a lounge; that was the lirst question I
asked him ; I asked him if he would know the men
if he would see them, and he shook his head and
said no.
O. Did Mr. Brooks seize whisky at your store?
Objected to, but allowed.
A. 1 have no recollection of his seizing goods in
the store, hut 1 do remember his taking goods from
in front of my store; this, however, was a usual
thing with all the liquor stores.
Cross-examined by Mr. Cassidy The goods seized
by Brooks were not mine; I have never had, and
have not now, any unkind feeling toward Mr.
Brooks; I would do as much for liiin as I would ror
any man living; became to my store regularly; I
was brought here by process of a subpoena; I would
rather not have come.
Dr. William (julgley sworn My residence Is No.
130 Race str I w as sent ror to see Mr. Brooks when
he was at Martin's; J went there and attended upon
him; he was sitting on a lounge In the office or the
store; I asked him where he was wounded, and he
said In the back ; I found the wound, and my opinion
was the bullet had gone to the lung; there was great
confusion, and I directed him to lie down and an
swer no questions, and say nothing to any one; just
at that moment some one asked him if he would
recognize the men if he saw them again ; 1 think he
answered, "i do not think 1 would ;" I was all the
time urging him not to talk, the importance of rest
was so great.
Here the Court took a recess until ten minutes of 3
o'clock.
F. F. Hansford, William B. Matin, and L. C. Cas
sidy, F.sqs., for the defense.
NARROW ESCAPE.
The Nicniuer City ofToledo in n Kiorin-A Fenr
1 ii I .Scene oil Itourd.
A correspondent or the Marquette? (Michigan)
I'hiimh a!c; who was a passenger on the steamer
City of Toledo during a storm recently, gives the
following account of the scene on the boat:.
The steamer had run through tue entry, and was
getting away from the ice or Keweenaw Point, and
luto the sea, which came heavier at every revolu
tion 01 her wheels. Finding It Impossible to lie iu
any hunk, I hurried on my clothes as rapidly as pos
sible, ami staggered into the cabin, where, most of
the passengers about forty In uumlier were con
gregated. All on board exhibited more or less fear
on account of the fearful plunging of the stu.imer,
which was now running into a heavy sea, about
half way to the Huron Islands. At this point the wind
shifted from the north to the northeast, and blew
with redoubled violence, making what a sailor
called a "hay-cock'' sea. The steamer up to this
time had been making good weather, with the sea
heail, but now the sea struck her under thcgitards
with resistless force, almost impossible to conceivo,
and it was evident that she could not live long in
that position. An order was immediately given to
bear down for Huron Bay, In hopes of making a
harbor, and an effort was made at once to bring her
about. Every one was at the highest pilch or excite
ment, as the noble little craft slowly rounded to.
with i lie sea running mountains high, and making
a clear breach over her. At this point the
sceue on tho main deck was ono long to be
remembered. The rumor had gone round that
the steamer would bo lost, and strong men be
came paralyzed with fear, and dropped on their
knrcs in prayer; women and chllden wrung their
hands, nnd cried out in despair; and for a few mo
ments it seemed doubtful whether the noble boat
would ride or sink. Who was in the rough sea, more
wild and terrible than we ever Imagined would occur
upon the lakes. She made several feanul lurches
ijefore coming round, and the angry waves striking
ier beam, tore out her gangway on both sides, ami
rolled across her deck, knee deep. Trunks, baggage,
and light freight was swimming about In an indis
criminate mas, and deck hands and steerage pas
sengers were clinging to the stanchions to keep from
being washed overboard. Tho clerk, Mr. Cantleld,
being afraid to remaiu longer in his office, had come
out and was holding on to the doorpost, expecting
every moment to be his last, but resolved to leave
no plan lor safety untried. His office was hooded
with water from the main deck, and at every plunge
of the steamer the decks were swept clean by tho
seas. She was linallv brought about and headed
back lor the entry, where she arrived at live o'clock
A. M.. meeting with no fun tier trouble, since after
turning round. she rode more easily before! the sou.
Had the steamer oeen less staunch, sh
she would cer-
laimy hum- neeu lust.
FROM EUROPE.
. TIiIh .llornliiK's Quotations.
Elf the Anjhi-Amerlean Cable.
'Lonook, Oct. 2311 A. M Consols, 9.".i for both
money and account; American securities quiet and
steady; b-vm of 186', M-u: Win, old, M'4; 1U7, uH,;
KMOs, iC.j ; Kilo, 2iv; Illinois Central, 00; Atlantic
and Great Western, 2ft.
Liverpool, Oct, 2811 A. M Cotton steady;
middling uplands, 12d. ; middling Orleans, 12.,ci. ;
the sales are not yet estimated. Red Western wheat,
Os. lid.mDs. 4d. ; winter, 9s. ud.ta Us. 7d. Corn, litis.
Fens, 44s. t!d. Linseed oil, ..'33 los.
London. Oct. 23 11 A. M Linseed oil, X21 12s.
Turpentine, 2us. 3d. Sugar linn for both ou tue spot
and afloat.
This Aftcrnoon'n Ouotatlomi.
Lokpon, Oct. 23 1 F. M. Consols (dosed nto:)','
for both money and account. American securities
OUiet , 6'20S Of 1SC2, ; iMi&S, Old, 81V I 1678, t i
10-20S, 74. l'rie 21V Illinois Central, Oil; Atlantic
and Great W estern, 2n;. ,
LIVEK.'OOI, Oct. 23-1 P. M.-Cot 011-121. for
middling uplands, and 12Vd. for middling Orleans.
The sales have Imeu ttooo bales up to this time.
Lokiiok, Oct. 231 1. M. Tallow, 47s. 3d.
Livkufool, Oct. 23 1-SI0 P. M. Cotton dull; tho
sales have been 12,000 bales, of which anno wero taken
for export and speculation. Fork, 112s. d. Kellned
Petroleum, is. 6 VI.
Havhk, Oct. 23.Cotton opens quiet but Irregu
lar at lyajjif. atloat. , , .
Liveki ooi., Oct. 2312-30 P. M. Cotton nuietj the
gales are estimated at "O0 baleg..
Pakih, o.;t. 23 12 J0 P. M.-The Bourse opens
quiet. Hemes, 71f. M
AxrwEMvOet. 23.-Pttroleum opens quiet at W.y.
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BIT TULD GRAPH.
Custom Houqe Frauds A New Way to
Avoid Them Condition of Ex
Secretary Swing Terrible
Disaster at Albany
Loss of Life and
Loss of Pro
perty. FROM WdSHlJVGTOJY.
Improved Condition of Tlionian Fnlng, Sr.
Sprrial Despatch to The Keening Telegraph.
Washington, Oct. 23. Thomas Ewint;, Jr.,
is much belter this morning, and hopes arc now
entertained of his recovery, lie i9 still at the
Supreme Court-room, however, his friends beltim
afraid that an attempt to remove him miht
result in a relapse. Ho is quite conscious to-day
nnd converses freely with those around him.
CtiMoiu lloime Cnrtiurc Svntein Fronds.
Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Washington, Oct. 23 12 M The Treasury
is now engaged in perfecting a plan for prevent
ing frauds iu the custom house curtago system.
As things now stand, each drayman gives an
individual bond for a small amount, but as the
packages to be hanlcd from the wharves to the
appraisers' oilice are sometimes very valuable,
the security is not snfllcient. The plan proposed
is to make a contract for this job, nnd place tho
contractor under very heavy bonds and make
him responsible for his draymen.
FROM NEW YORK.
Destructive Fire nnd l.os of I.lle.
Albany, Oct. 23. A fire broke out iu the
crockery warehouse of Van llcusen, Charles &
Co., in James street, in this city, last night.
The loss is estimated at 30,000, and the insu
rance amounts to $30,000 on the building and
$30,000 on the stock. Several firemen were iu
jured, but none seriously. While this fire was
raging, and the whole department engaged
thereon, another broke out in Beaver street,
occupied by Henry Buchanan us a saloou.
Several persons were in the upper part of the
building, some of whom escaped, while the exit
of others was shut off. Oti3 man. named John
Pruyn, eon of the late Samuel C. Prnyn, leaped
from a front window and was killed. It is re
ported that the others perished in the Humes.
Several persons were badly-injured. Tho loss is
henry, but the amount of insurance has not been
ascertained.
Races Postponed.
New Yokk, Oct. 23. The Jerome Park races
have been postponed on account of the rain. No
day has been named.
New Vorh KtocU Market.
New York, Oct. 23. Stocks unsettled. Money 6
(7 per cent. Gold, 131. Five twenties, 1SG2,
coupon, 120j; do. 1864, do., 119 v; do. iSi)5,
do., 119V ; do. do., new, 117: do. 18U7, 117V;
Ten-forties, 10SV. Virginia 0s, new, 63; Mis
souri 6s, 87,V; Canton Company, en; Cumberland
preferred. 27K : New York Central, 187 V; Erie, 30 K ;
Heading, 90,'tf; Hudson Kiver. 172; Michigan
Southern, 03V; Illinois Central, -l".! ; Cleveland and
Plttshure. loo: Chicunro and Hook island, in.v.,
Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, 185;. Western Union Tele
graph, 3;;v.
FROM THE SO UT11.
Dead nod Dylna.
fipeeiaX Dcupateh to the Eoening Telegraph.
Bai.ti.moke, Oct. 23. General Anthony I
Milteubcrgcr, a prominent citizen and old de
fender, died yesterday in his eightieth year,
lie was Mayor ce ojjicio of Baltimore during the
mob of 1830.
Ex-ciovernor Thomas O. Pratt is now very ill,
and U is feared his Illness will prove fatal.
The lterlln.
The steamer Berlin has arrived, with about
four hundred passengers.
The City Hull Imbroglio.
J. Hall I'leasauts takes William O. Harrison's
place ou tho new City Hall Building Committee.
All others remain. The imbroglio continues,
nnd the old committee slill holds ou.
Niilciile.
Michael Dyer leaped from the third-story last
night, and killed hirnsolf. He was a stranger
here, and of Irish nativity.
Kalniug and disagreeable.
The llnltlmore Produce Market.
Baltimokb, Oct.23. Cotton quiet; nominally 2Gc.
Flour dull and weak; Howard Street supertiue,
S.v&ota b'76 ; d. extra, $0-25to 7; do. family, 87,25,a
7'00; City Mills supertine, t5o6'N; do. extra,
$0-2.-xa,7-2S ; do. family, 7-WKn!9,7f; Western super
tine, f.V50(n 5-75; do. extra, fs.v.4,S0 ; do. family,
$7i7-25. Wheat dull and nominal at tlMfrrfj-M).
Corn dull; white, Jl -10m l -10; yellow nominally fl$
1M0. Oats dull at. C7(ti0c. Kye, 1 1 10 1 14. Pro
visions unchanged lu every respect. Whisky iu good
demand and scarce at $l-21f 1 22.
CKAST.
The President nnd Slanderers. .
The New York Times of this morning publishes
tliis editorial respecting the slanders upon our Presi
dent :
We cannot hope that any denial will silence the
slanderers of the President, W hat they durst not
say boldly they suggest by base Insinuation, enable
to establish a single point against him, they insist
that he shall be held responsible for the acts of
persons over whom he exercises no control.
They propose to punish him for the tollies
ami sins of Corbiu and liutterileld. And
having failed to acquire a particle of evi
dence to establish his connection with these
persons, they have dragged iu the name of a lady,
uud have resorted to forgery to furnish a pretext for
the assault. Tho men who employ these tactics are,
morally, outlaws. Characterless themselves, they
shrink from no trick, however contemptible, from
no fraud, however in) unions, from no falsehood,
however flagrant, to give color and plausibility to
their allegations. All arguments with these men is
idle; all exposure Is to them a matter of iudlU'erence
The case as seen by the public wears a different
complexion. The nature and extent of the con
spiracy, the standing and motives of the conspira
tors, are all understood. T-he slanderers of the Presi
dent are fully appreciated, Their alliance with
Tammany, and the blending of partisan intrigue wit h
gambling and speculative knavery, are th iroughly
understood. This knowledge of the assailants of
(ienernl Grunt predisposed the public to judge him
favorably. They weighed his character as against
theirs, his antecedents, associations, and word
against theirs, and accepted his denial of their
stories as conclusive. They looked at what pur
ported to be evidence, and discovered that It had no
proper reference to liiin. They called for further
proof, and are met with the pretended contents of a
letter which on Inquiry is declared a forgery.
Falsehood and forgery r isuch are tho beginning
and the end of the means employed by the gold
gamblers iu their work of defaming the President.
The attempt to complicate the question as atfoct
lng tho conduct ami position or the President by
associating him with the speculations of Messrs.
I orbln and liutterileld, Is equally unavailing. He
must be judged only by his acta, they by theirs. The
vindication of his character concerns the country ;
the vindication of theirs concerns principally them
selves. It is not our desire or our duty to exempt
M r. Coruln from the penalty or his almost criminal
folly, nor to screen Oeueral Buttertleld from the
official investigation which the Treasury U bound to
institute into his acts.
Only the most strenuotjs exertion of hundreds
of men saved the entire rock basis of 'the Falls or
hi. Anthony from bong undermined lw the reccut
flood,
FOURTH EDITION
EUROPE.
Death of the Earl of Derby A Sketch
of His Private and Public Career
His Services in the Eng
lish Parliament and
Ministry. '
Symptoms of Trouble in Paris Spain
Tranquil Eugenie at Cairo
The Fenian Demonstrations.
FROM EUROPE.
The Frnlnn Prisoners.
the. A nalo-A merican Cable.
ft London, Oct. 23. The recent reply of IU. lion. Mr.
Ulanstone to uie i reDuieut ui mu uiuoricn Ainiicmy
Association, on the subject of the course of the Gov
ernment towards the Imprisoned Fenians, has
caused considerable discussion. The London Am
nesty Association protested against the sentiments
of tho Premier. A committee appointed by this body
had arranged for a monster open air demonstration
ou Sunday, but the meeting Is likely to be indefinitely
postponed, as it has trarsiured that the Government
would suppress it if attempted.
Dentta of the Fni I of Derby,
The Earl of Derby, who has been very 111 for a
week or two, died this morning, seventy years old.
Kpnin Trnnnxll AnnJn.
MAimin, Oct. 23. The country is tranquil. The
llishop of Albania and several Protestants have boen
arrested at Granada,
The French Chamber.
Paris, Oct. 23. It is now certain that none of the
Deputies will go to the Chamber on the 20th instant,
as was at lirst contemplated by members of the Op
position. Premonitory Symptom of Tronble.
Paris, Oct. 23 The military arc collecting In
PariB in view of the threatened irregular meeting of
tho Corps Legislatlf ou the 26th inst. An imperial
manifesto is expectea. xne urieanists are active.
It is thought that the crisis may restore Kouher to
the Cabinet.
Euireiile In Eypt.
Paris, Oct. 23 A despatch from Cairo to-day an
nounces the arrival of the Empress Eugenie in that
city, where she was well received.
Paris, Oct. 23. The Bourse closed quiet; Rentes,
7ir. arc.-
Antwerp, Oct. 23. Petroleum closed firm at CO.'f.
FROM WASHING TON.
ItesiKiird.
Despatch to the Annociated 1'rew.
Washington. Oct. 23 Captain Watson Webb,
3d Artillery, has resigned, to take eil'ect April 20,
lt70. lie has leave or absence till that date.
Personal.
Major-Gcneral Harney has arrived in this city
from Dacotah, and had an interview with General
fcherman this morning.
The War Olllco.
Oeneral Sherman will continue to discharge the
duties of Secretary of War until the arrival of
Secretary Helknap.
Boulwell nnd rnnt.
Secretary Bontwell had a long consultation with
President Grant this morning.
Flnnnclnl Mtateniciit.
Fractional cuiTcncy printed for tho week,
$1,079,900; shipped to Assistant Treasurer, New York,
f. '100,000; do. Boston, $100,000; do. Philadelphia,
$100,000 ; do. St. Louis, Charleston, and New Orleans,
each $50,000. United States depositaries Chicago,
Cincinnati, Pittsburg, and Baltimore, each $50,000 ;
do. liuilalo, Mobile, and Louisville, each $25,000; to
banks, $.507,970. Total shipments, 1,431,970. Securi
ties held for circulating notes, $342,4.59,050 ; do. public
deposits, $19,273,000. Bank circulation outstanding,
$229,73245. Frautlonal currency redeemed and de
stroyed, $419,200.
Secretary Fish's Itercut Proclainntlon.
Special Dejatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Washington, Oct. 23 The issuing of a proclama
tion In form by tho Secretary of State In reference to
certain bonds of the Credit Fonder, Poland, now
' being ottered for sale in this country, which are
alleged to have been Improperly obtained, or, to use
the very language of the proclamation, "stolen from
the Bank of Warsaw." is looked upon in diplomatic
circles here as going to the very verge of national
comity and good will, and as taking a high stand for
the Government or the United States In support of
what Is proper and right. It is a high tribute to the
Internal laws of Kussia by giving them practical
, eil'ect In this country.
If the laws of Uussla annul the bonds in hands of
Innocent holders, the effect and Intent of the pro
clamation are to render them equally .useless herein
possession of our citizens, however severe may be
their losses. It is not doubted that this action of our
Government will lead to some reciprocating act
of the Imperial Government, and inspires renewed
hope ofjsuoeess lu.the hearts of all persons interested
iu the Perkins claims against Kussia.
Cabinet lleetlnK.
There was an Informal meeting of the Cabinet to
day, and it Is understood the Cuban question was up
for consideiation. Some important developments
are expected soon.
FROM THE WEST.
Another Snow Storm.
St. Lor is. Oct. 28. Another heavy snow storm
prevailed here last night. This morning the ground
was covered with two inches of snow and ice.
Marine Disaster.
The steamer Sally was sunk thirty miles below Bt.
Joseph iu the Missouri river yesterday. The boat
was valued at $10,000, and insured in the .Ftna,
Monongahela, and another Pittsburg company for
$10,C00.
Horrible Murder.
MEMrius, Oct. 23 A horrlWe murder was com
mitted near Tttrdy, In this State, on Sunday morning
lust. Gilbert Coml8 shot nnd killed his brother
Jacob, who was def ending his mother against an at
tack by Gilbert. The ail'alr grew out of the distribu
tion of the property left by their father. Gilbert had
mx been arrested up to the last accounts.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Our l.ate ftllniater to Paraguay.
IUi.tmiokb, Oct. 23 Gen. McMahon, late l s.
Minister to Paraguay, arrived here yesterday on the
steamer Berlin Irom Southampton.
OHITTARY.
The F.nrl of Derby.
A cable telegram announces the death of one of
the most distinguished statesmen which the nine
teenth century has produced in England, the vene
rable Earl of Derby, who held, nut 11 within a year
or so past, the positiou of acknowledged leader of
the conservative party.
Cdward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, the fourteenth
Earl of Derby, and Baron Stanley, was born on tlio
20lh of March, 1799, at Knowsley Tark, Lancashire.
The Earldom of Derby, which he Inherited, and
which now descends to his eldest son, Edward
Henry Smith Stanley, styled by courtesy Lord Stan,
ley, was conferred by Henry VII. in HS6, upon the
then representatives of tho old an heroic Stanley
family of Lancashire, for acts of devotion to the
sovereign and manly prowess upon tho celebrated
Held of Uoswortli. It has thus remained in the
Stanley family for nearly four centuries, and during
that long period tho title has been borne by many of
the most Illustrious men who figure In the history
of Englau For more than two centuries tho
Earls ol Derby also hold the sovereignty of the
Isle of Man, under the suzerainty of the Kfng of
England, and it was not until the reign of George
III that this sovereignty was transferred to the Bri
tish Crown.
At an early age, the late Earl was sent to Eton
College, from which institution, after the customary
term of residence, he was entered a a itudeut of
Cliristcuurch College, Oxford. During hU academic
cuter be attained to more than ordinary distinction
but never graduated. In 1821, when be had carccl
attained Ids majority, ne entered upon bis long po-
litlcal career, being returned In that year as a mem
ber of Parliament for the borough of Stcckbrldgo.
It was not nntil March 80, 1824, however, that he
ventured to address the House. Concerning this
speech, which was npon the Manchester Gaslight
bill, Hansard, the chronicler of Parliament, says
that Mr. Stanley addressed the House "In a maiden
speech of much clearness and ability," Following
up the success which attended his first eil'ort, lie soon
attained a high reputution as a debater, and took
rank among the most prominent leaders In tho Whig
opposition to tho then ministry of Lord Liverpool.
In 1820 his constituency was transferred to the
borough of Preston, Lancadilte, and on the lltli or
March in the following year he enterel upon a Gov
ernment offlce, becoming Under-Secretary for the
Colonies In the administration or Canning. This
offlce he continued to bold after Canning's death,
retaining it until the dissolution of the GodcrlJh
(Earl of Hlpon) Cabinet, la January, The three
years of the Wellington government which follo wed
this change found Mr. Stanley among theHr3t and
most eloquent of the prominent men who thou sat In
tho House of Commons. In isao, when tho reform
Cabinet of Lord Orcy was formed, ho accepted the
position of Chief Secretary of Ireland, one involving
great labor and responsibility, together with a seat
in the Cabinet, an honor which is rarely united with
that appointment. Being required, according to the
custom, to resign bis seat In Parliament and go be
fore his Trcston constituents for re-clectlon, he did
so and sustained defeat at the hands of the radical
agitator, Henry Hunt; but he was soon after re
turned for tho borongh of Windsor, on the retire
ment of Sir Hussey Vivian. He continued to repre
sent this borough until 1832, when he secured a scat
for one of the divisions of Lancashire.
In the. great Parliamentary struggle of 1932-1,
which resulted In the passage of the reform bill, the
church temporalities bill, and the bill to establish
national education In Ireland, Mr. Stanley took a
brilliant and cireetive part. His speeches dttriag
that stormy session, In reply to the lierce assaults or
Daniel O'Connell, Richard Labor Shell, and others,
are splendid cirorts of parliamentary eloquence. In
1833 Mr. Stanley exchanged the troublesome offlce of
Chief Secretary for Ireland for that of Secretary of
State for tho Colonies, no was nominated to this
post with the special object of carrying tho abolition
of slavery In tho West Indies, which was effected
under his auspices.
In the following year, on the death of his grand
lather and the succession of his father to tho earl
dom, he became known by the courtesy title of Lord
Stanley, and In the same year retired from the Cabi
net In company wMt Sir James Graham, the Earl of
Kipon, and the Duke of Richmond, in consequence
of his and his three colleagues' non-concurrence with
the ministerial proposition to appropriate the surplus
lunds of the Irish Church Establishment for secular
education.
In the brief administration of Sir Robert Peel (Dec,
1834, to April, 1835), Lord Stanley refused to take
offlce. But long before the six years of tho Whig
dominion under Lord Melbourne had elapsed, he and
bis followers, facetiously known as "the Canning
leaven ot the Whig administration," were found
voting steadily, with the conservative opposition, as
avowed members of the conservative party. In 1811
the Whigs went out of office, and Sir Robert Peel
formed a cabinet In which Lord Stanley occupied a
scat as Colonial Secretary.
In 1S44, while his father was still living, he was
summoned by writ to the House of Peers as Baron
Stanley of Bickerstail'e, and assumed the leadership
of the conservative parly in that bsdy. When Sir
Robert Peel resolved, In 1815, to adopt a free-trade
policy and remove prohibitive duties ou foreign
grain and breadstuff, Lord Stanley loft the Cabinet
and became the leader of the protectionist oppo
sition.
When, In December, 1S45, Sir Robert tendered his
resignation to the juceu, Lord Stanley was Invited
by her Majesty, at the instimceof Lord JohiRussell,
to form a protectionist cumnn, nut ne resolutely de
elined tho oil'er. During the six years of Lord John
Russell's tenure of the premiership, Lord Stauley
added to his already high fame as an orator and a
statesman by bis frank, manly, and magnanimous
course as the leader of the opposition In the heredi
tary branch of the legislature. Ills speech on the
Irish poor laws iu 140, his speech on the
ail'ulrs of Greece in 1850, and his famous
explanation of the reasons why he declined
the premiership when offered to him iu Feb
ruary, 1881, when Lord John Russell's minis
try were defeated in the Houte of Commons on
Mr. Locke King's motion ror an extension of the
franchise, are among the most remarkable of bis
forensic efforts.
"On June 30, 1851, on the death of his father at the
advanced age of 70, he succeeded to the earldom and
the vast ancestral estates in England and Ireland
which are attached to It. On February 20, 1852, Lord
John Russell having sustained another defeat on the
Militia bill, Lord Derby was again called by the
Queen to construct a Cabinet, and succeeded iu per
forming the task within a week after the overthrow
of the Whig chieftain. In July of the same year
Parliament was dissolved, and the new Parliament
assembled in December. On one of the first test
divisions the ministry were defeated by a majority of
i 19 in an unusually full house, and after ten months'
j tenure of office, they were succeeded by the so-called
coalition Cabinet, of which the Earl or Aberdeen was
the head. When in his tnrn this last-mentioned no
bleman was driven from power, the seals of omen
were again offered to and declined by Lord Dorby,
and finally entrusted to the care of Lord Palmerston,
who continued to hold them until 1S58, when, by tho
same majority of 19 by which Lord Derby was over
thrown six years before, Palmerston was defeated
by the adoption of Mr. Milner Gibson's amendment
on the second reading of the Conspiracy to Mur
der bill.
On the resignation of Lord Palmerston, Lord Derby
was again summoned into the presence of the
(lueen, und entrusted by her with the formation of a
Cabinet. In June, 1SW, the Derby ministry was
again overthrown, sustaining a defeat in the House
of Commons by a majority of thirteen, on a vote of
want of confidence, having just previously dissolved
Parliament and made an appeal to the country.
Lord Palmerston was in consequence restored to
the premiership, with Mr. (iludstone as Chancellor of
tho Exchequer. On the 12th of March, 1800, Mr.
Gladstone introduced in the House of Commons his
first Reform bill. n tlio motion for a second read
ing or this bill, the Government was sustained by a
bare majority or live votes, ami was subsequently
defeated by a majority of eleven, on a successful
amendment affecting the scope of the proposed en
franchisement. Tin defeat forced tho Whig Min
istry, of whlcb Lord John Russell Became the head
In October, 1805, in consequence or Lord Paltuer
ston's death, to resign, and Hie seals of office wore
again entrusted to the hands of Lord Derby. During
the seven years Which he hud passed on the opposition
benches, Mr. Disraeli gradually roao to tho position
of actual leadtr of the Conservatives, although the
venerablo nobleman who had so long swayed the
councils of the party was still its ostensible head.
Tho tactics which resulted in the defeat of Mr.
Gladstone's Reform bill were guided, if not dictated,
by Mr. Disraeli, and when the new Ministry came
luto power lu July, Imio, he was not only the Gov
ernmcut leader In the Commons, but practically tho
head and front of the Ministry.
Willi that tact und foresight which have always
characterised this great master of political mtrlgue,
he develoited, in Ids speech on the address to the
throne on the opening of the session of 1800-07, ,tlie
fact that the Premier and himself wero determined
to bold at bay the liberal sentiment of the country,
and at the same time maintain their position at the
bead of tbe government, by Introducing a Reform
messuro under conservative auspices. The other
members of tbe Cabinet were treated as mere cy
phers iq this matter, and it received .tbe slur Of
being styled "a combination of Disraeli anfl
Dcbrett," Mr. Disraeli, In his speech, state
tbat the Ministers regarded the question ot
reform as now beyond the range of party debate,
and tbat It need no longer affect tbe fate of tho
Cabinet. A moderate Reform bill was accordingly
Introdnced Into the House of Commons but thia
action caused the resignation of a portion of the
Cabinet, and within a week It was withdrawn. In
March, 1867, an amended bill, more liberal In its
scope, was Introduced by the Government, and after
withstanding the assaults of the opposition and sus
talning material modifications, was finally passed.
Mr. Disraeli having by his conduct of this measure
become tbe acknowledged leader of the conserva
tives, Lord Derby, a few days after the opening of
the Parliamentary session of 1868, retired from tho
position which he held as nominal head of the Cabi
net, and tho ambition of his "right-hand man" wai
finally satiated with the Premiership. Lord Derby
had entered upon office for tbe last time with reluc
tance, ami the Infirmities of age caused him to de
cline to serve any longer as the mere figure-head Of
the Disraeli Government. From the time of his re
tirement he continued In fceblo health, aud his deatlt
at the mature age of sixty-eight years has given rise
to no surprise.
The late Earl was elected Chancellor of the Uni
versity of Oxford on the death of the Duke of Wel
lington, In lt52, a position to which his rare cul
ture and valuable literary labors Justly entitled
time. His most prominent work was a translation ot
Homer, published a year or so ago, and received
with universal favor. On the 81st of May, 1825, the
deceased was married to the, Hon. Emma Caroline
Wllbrahain, a daughter of Edward, Lord kelmcrs
dale. Three of their children, two sons and it
daughter, died In infancy, and three survive. The
eldest son, commonly known as Lord Stanley, who
succeeds to the title and estates, has long figured in
the politics of Great Britain, having held several
Cabinet positions, Includingthat of theSecrCaryshli)
or state ror India, to which he was the first one ap
pointed, and in the late Conservative Ministry that
or Secretary of State ror Foreign Affairs. The Hon.
Frederic Arthur Stanley, the second son. is an
oillcer in the British army, aud tbe third child is a
daughter.
HEMtt CQQPElt.
A Sketch of the New Senator from Trnnr-sir.
After a very exciting contest tho Tennessee Legis
lature yesterday elected Mr. Henry Cooper United
States Senator, in place of Mr. Fowler, whose term
expires In 1871, defeating ex-President Johnson by a
vote of 68 to 61. The result was not altogether un
expected. Some time ago tho name of tlie Senator
elect was mentioned in connection with the posi
tion, the antagonism of Kthorldge and Johnson
being too intense to admit of their supporters'
coalescing upon the one or upon tho other. Indeed,
Mr. Johnson's rrleuds stood by him to the las;, when
they were defeated by the Joint votes of the ex
treme radicals aud ex-secessionists, which strange
combination of antipodal elements was brought
about by mutual hatred of Johnson.
It seems, however, after all that the cx-Presldeut
Is nttt so badly beaten. If he failed of an election
he at least hail the consolation of witnessing the
triumph of one of his warmest personal friends and
the Ignominious rout of his opponents. The Senator
elect, Mr. Cooper is well known in Tennessee. Ho
was born In Maury country, in that State, during the
early part of the present century, and Is now a man
In the prime of lire. lie Is a brother of Edward
Cooper, well known to our readers as the secretary
of President Johnson during his administration.
He moved to Bedford county at an early age, studied
law, and was admitted to the bar. After a few year
his practice became largo, and he was known as ono
of the ablest lawyers In the State.
About the year 1850 Mr. Cooper married, and dnr--lng
the same year he lirst entered Into political lite.
At this time he was elected to the State Legislature
by a majority of some 600 votes, after a most excit
ing contest. At the next election he was opposed
by the most popular and influential man in the
county, and his defeat by several hundreds w.w
regarded as a matter of absolute certainty. Mr.
Cooper, however, entered upon the canvass with
great energy and determination, lie imparted to
his supporters the same spirit he possessed", and tlio
result was that upon the largest vote ever poiled in
Bedford up to that time, he was returned to tho
Legislature by a majority or twenty. In politics he
was a Whig, and, Indeed, never has voted a Demo
cratic ticket that we are aware of. When the Eetjel
lion broke out he did not hesitate a moment to avow
his devotion to the Union, and his unalterable pnr
pose never to give his support to the secession
cause. During the eutiro war his course was con
sistent with his stanch Unionism, so that he will ap
pear belore the Senate of the United Stares with d
record ns acceptable as that of Senator Sumner.
Upon ex-President Johnson being appointed Gov
ernor of Tennessee, soon after the fall of Nashville,
he tendered a State judgeship to Mr. Cooper, who
accepted the offer and served In that position until
I860, when he resigned for the purpose of accepting
a chair lu the Faculty of the Cumberland University
of Lebanon. His career ou the bench was most
honorable. Several times during bis term he endea
vored to resign, but Governor Krownlow. although
aware of his conservatism, declined to receive the
resignation, but insisted upon his retaining the po
sition. In one of his messages to the Legislature
Brownlow referred to J mlge Cooper in tho highest
terms of praise, expressing his earnest regret that
the State Judiciary should be deprived of so pure
and upright a member. This encomium wa B;7
the more flattering when It is rcmemberc rnai. irt
Judge was an openly avowed polity, on'poiient of
the Governor, and looked with, 0rror at his admin
istrative acts.
At the recent election In Tennessee Mr. Cooper
was tho conservative nominee for the Sta'.e Senate
f.tom the Eighteenth district of Tennessee, and was
elected by u large majority. He Is a gentleman of
ability nnd Is looked upon as a rising nun in his
State. W e have no doubt that Mr. Cooper wdl make
a most acceptable Senator.
DUTTEK FIELD,
The New York AHlNtnut United State Trea
surer to bo Iteiuaved.
In its Washington correspondence of vestordiv
the Tribune has tills Item: ' uy
The subject of the damaging charges made bv tins
New York gold sharks against General Ilutter'tield
Assistant Treasurer at New York, and his alleged
connection with the recent panic in Wall street, has
been earnestly considered by the President and
members of the Cabinet, and all the facts against
him which have been presented have been carelulU
and deliberately canvassed. For some time past,
anonymous communications and charges against
(ienernl Butteriield have been received bv Secretary
Bontwell, but thus far no serious charges have been
preferred by responsible parties In rct'orence to his
alleged use of his official position for private specu
lation. Matters, however, are now in such a condi
tion that a caange has been decided upon, and it la
probable that General- Buttertleld's resignation will
be received to-morrow. If ho does not resign, there
is the best authority for sayiiig that ho wiil bo re
moved. In any event, a change will bejma le in tho
office of Assistant Treasurer within a short time.
A CHOICE HIT.
W hat a .Member or a Foreign La-untlou Hux
Hone.
' The N. Y. Herald's Washington correspondent Id
answer-able for the following:
There is considerable talk Just now in Washington
circles about an affaire d'amour between a certain
young gentleman connected with one of the foreign
legations here and a certain colored young lady,
wtio is described as extremely beautiful and attrac
tive. The young gentleman, the story gftes, became)
so completely bewitched that he escorted the lady
to public places, and was not only seen
promenading with her on the streets, but even
in her company at the theatre. The lady, it seems,
beurs so little of her African origin that unless very
closely scanned she would -pass for a white; hence
the ease with which she gained admission to the
theatre undetected. You have heard of the threo
colored gentlemen who smuggled themselves into
the Natiounl Theattf lice a few weeks ago.and wero
compelled to leave ou being discovered. Well, it
turns out that the trio had another object in that
visit to the theatre than the ono generally assigned.
Thev went there ua much for the purpose of "spot
ting'" the beautiful young colored lady in
the company of her distinguished admirer as of
testing their right to admission on a white equality.
The young lady was there that very nleht, aud the
circumstance became known to great many re
spectable white ladla who were acquainted with
gentleman accompanying her. Thenext-morniriK
the ailuir was In the mouths of all the gossips, mil?
and ieiiiule, and the sensation that result'fl was so
unpleasant to the geutumain who constituted tlio
hero of the scandal that he fled from ims city to
New York for protection. Altogether it ii u'j-au t'iO
liugest social s ;andal of tbe season.