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The TWail of Marshall K. Evans for
tbe Murder of His Father.
Cnrt f 4yor and Terminer Judges Pclroe 1
and I'uMiit
TTIils morning the prison tock contained a single
Inmate, Marshall K. Evans, who ws before the bar
of the Jourt to answer for the life of his father,
Thomas 1. Evans, which It If) alleged he took feloni
ously in Autcust last in Tontli -street, .below Pine.
Tlil prisoner Is a young man of medium stature,
fair complexion, aamlf luilr and beard, and soft blno
eyes, and a.ujlld, gentle looking you ny man. Ills
maimer bespoke a respectable and refined breeding,
Ms lress was neat, and lie conducted himself
wlUi the greatest composure and apparent self-control,
lie was represented by Uenorul C. H. T. Collls
anl Judjre William 8. Strong.
The questions of conscientious scruples upon the
unbjcct of capital punishment Indicated that the
Commonwealth would ask for a verdict of guilty of
murder in the first degree.
There was but little challenrlng, and a Jury was
obtained from .the regular patwil and sworn to try
the issue.
District. Attorney Gibbons opened the cafe for the
Commonwealth, ktating the lacfis of the case as he
'xpeot,ed to prove them: on thea-Uh of August last
Thomas I Evtirw was living at the house of Mr.
Uelcher, No. B(W S. Tenth street, and soon after
breakfast on that morning the prisoner, his son, ap
proached him, revolver in liauil.aiidllred live separate
ilischargcs Into hi body, and he expired in re
moments. This won onu of the Hiuideitt events that
had ever occurred iu this community, the case of a
Hon oooliy and deliberately takln tte life of a kind
and Indulgent father; no provocation had been
given, ami the last words spoken by tlio dying man
were words of affection and soiioKinin for hlsran.
To this cluirge the pv'soticr had pleaded not gitilVv,
nnd it was not for the Commonwealth to anticlpato
Ills defence; the witnesses would therefore bo at
once examined and the cit'i'timstanuuti of the re
volting deed be laid buHTe the Jurv,
Dr. E. 11. Klinplelgh, Coroner's physician, sworn I
made a poet mortem examination of the body of
Thomas L. Kvans on the 24!h of August luet and dis
covered live gunshot wot nds; four of theve wounds
were In the trunk of the body, two of them neces
sarily fatal, and two very dangerous, though not ne
cessarily mortal; the tilth wound was in the middle
of the right foot, and not noilal : the abdomen was
filled with bipod, and the immediate cause of death
was hiemorrimjte and the shock received by l lie
riystcm; the deceased came to his deat h by violence
earned by the wounds I have described; I made the
examination early in the forenoon, and I believe the
corpse was not entirely cold.
Joseph Hansom, Interpreter of this court, sworn
I knew the deceased, and have frequently soon the
prisoner; ho was a son of the deoaod ; I was pro
Kent at the post mortem, and recognized the bady
as that of Thomas L. Kvans.
Miss Cclina A. lielcher sworn I lived at No. 30iJ
fSouth Tenth street in August last; Mr. Thomas I
Kvans was the heud of the family; I was there
about 20 minutes of 8 o'clock on the morning of
August 24 last, when he lost his life; we were till at
the breakfast table when the prisoner came down
to breakfast; Thomas L. Kvans, Mary J.. Kvans,
ltachel and Julia Kvans, his daughters, and myself
were at the table In the dining-room down stairs in
the back building: the kitchen was right lurk of
the dining-room; this house hud three stories and an
attic; the back building had two .stories and an attic;
we hail Just sat down to breakfast, but. had finished
breakfast when fl'.r. Kvans was shot; I was In the
pantry, which is ri-rlit of the dining-room at the end
of the hall leading into the dining-iviom ; while 1 was
In the pantry heard the shouting going on; heard
four or five shots; I cmie rii'lif. out and saw Mr.
Thomas L. Evans hoi ling on to the pantry d toe; ho
held on but a few moments and fell to the floor; I
saw only his son Marshall there at the time; he was
standing in the entiy outside the dining-room door;
he looked very wild, his eyes looked largjrthnu usual,
but didn't speak a word; he was looking at mo
trying to support his lather; lie h'.ul u pistol in his
hand htill aiming it at his lather; I supported the
dying man uuli! two men came and helped me to
curry him into the pm lor, w here ho died; lie lived
perhaps twenty minutes; I can't tell.
Cross-examined 1 had ctiargo of the household;
the door of the pantry opened in the entry towards
the dliitng-room ; Thomas 1. KvaDS occupied the
third-story front room Immediately under Marshall's
room; the prisoner is a married man; his wife had
been staying at uiv hou.- e on end off a few days ut a
time, but was not there that morning.
ltachel S. Evamt sworn I am a sister of the pris
oner; 1 saw him on the morning my father lost his
life; I was at home that morning; 1 heard the report
of tire-arms in the house iwuit twenty minutes be
fore eight o'clock ; 1 henr.i at least lour shots, and
ran from the kilcheii into the dining-room and saw
father in the vestibule and Marshall tiring; by vesti
bule I mean the epaee between the front door nnd
the entry; I also saw my lather at. the dlnlng-ronm
door two or three minutes in terwards ; I did not see
him go from the vestibule to the dining-room door;
when 1 saw him at liie latter place Marshall was
Htanding at the mantelpiece in the dining-room;
Miss Belcher and a colored m m were with my
father; between the limes that I saw father at the
vestibule and at the dining-room door, 1 was in the
yard; when I saw Marshall liring he was in tlie
vestibule a few steps from father; my father was be
tween htm and the door, and Marsha l was tiring at
him; 1 had seen my father about live miuutci before
this, aud he was perfectly well then.
Cross-examined My lather was dressed to go out
and had his hat on ; I ran into the yard to get help.
Mary S. Kvans sworn I was at home ou the morn
ing my father was killed, and heard liring; 1 was
then in the kitchen ; I rushed into the dining-room,
and saw father standing in the vestibule and Mar
shall standing near him firing at him four or five
times; there was no other liring In our house that
morning; I ran down the alley Into Clinton street,
and beckoned' for help; I was gone about three
minutes, I suppose ; I returned into the house ami
saw Miss Jielcher supporting father, assisted by a
colored man.
No cross-examination.
Here the Commonwealth closed.
The Defense-Insanity.
General Collls opened the case for the prisoner,
reading from our penal code the dcUtiitlou of mur
der, which says that the perpetrator, In order to bo
liable to the penalty of death, must be a person of
Bound memory, will, and discretion. Though, tak
ing the case as most strongly against his client, he
would admit that the Jury must primarily presume
him to be sane, yet it would be shown by the most
conclusive proof that at the time of this heart-rending
occurrence he was a ravlug mudiuau, and u un
countable for his acts.
General Collls then proceeded to give the follow
ing grephio narrative ol the prisoner's malady:
Martshiill Key Kvans is about :18 years (it aa. Daring
more than halt of Ida life ho bun bnen ulllkted with chionio
rheumatism, which hug so crippled him as to partially ilo-
E rive bim of the u-e of both feet. This pliysioul inhnuity
us in time produced its almost invariable result, u
diHeaoed mind. In this particular cuae the disease lias
aNDiimod the uliuructer ot halliiaiimtiuiis ami delusions,
and first a'atmed bis family and friend about eighteen
months or two years a;?r. At that time ho uas in
business with Mr. Churlea M. Durrickaon at tho cornor of
RiilKe avenue and Kiriinr Harden street. Mr. Dorriekson
will toll you that at that time so alarming; bocamn his con
duct that ha w a unable to leave him alone in chawo of
the atore: that his father, the deceased, found it noos
aary to call tor and take his fou horae in the evoniiiv; and
t hat ultimately Mr. Dorrickson was compelled to dissolve
his partnership with ttio prisoner owma to the derange. 1
condition of his mind. At thin period his insanity mini
d'Bted itself in the belief that no was bein don roil and
pursued by limn who dusnod to take bin liie or do him
Borne bodily hnrio. lie suspected every mini whom bo aaw
lonennp in the streets, anu armed niuisuii tor his
protection. ,
IU I,, - vwa
kil??V?f ' - "" although oocasionally
Kn('w ' ,-u mind ward observed by tiiose who
. Uiey did not airain becoma the shbject of re
mark antil about the time ot thnuoathot his ouly child.
lr. Post, the physician who attended the child iu its last
illness, will relate to you much belter ttetn 1 can the evi
dences of insanity winch lie developed during the period
of that domestic ultbction. convincing this professional
Rentlnmsn beyond all doubt that he was at that time of
unsound mind. Mr. Hrinithurst, tuo undertaker who in
terred bis child, will detail to you the strange conduct
tf the prisoner upon that occjsiou, which so impressed
Mr. Hriuirhurst that tie will not lies tat e to eipress the
opinion that he was t hn insane. 1' or some t hue alter this
tiie prisoner's mind was filled with the idea that certain
parlies desired to obtain possession of his child's body ; he
went to Laurel Hill, bad the lid of the eoltin removed and
satisfied himself that the remains of his child were still
there. He did not tell the KiiperinUndent at the oeine
tery why ha did this, but with all the cunnimr of a luuanc
assumed that it was simply to satisfy a fatherly care over
the remains of his child; be did, however, contide
to a person whom he trusted beyond all
others, why he had done this. It was because tie behoved
his wifo'a father would spend $JtKI to (jot possession of the
body. From this period down to the sad occurrence which
brings him to the bar of this court he was out ot employ
ment, and his mind relapsed into tlut morbid condition
which culminated in insanity of the worst and most dan
bamiim .Vi.ri.iAr 11 a mihitei'tod everybody around him.
Iiis suspicions beine the most intense asainst those who
were most closely allied to him by blood or social ties. He
believed that his time had come and that his lile was to be
, lWen by members of hia own family who had conspired
l.Al hur In lliul nnrtui
Recently the prisoner had resided witi bis father, three
1 Bisters, and Miss tiolcher, the lady who mansKed the
household at No. VOtiBouth Tenth street; the only ulber
. inmate of the house was the domestic, Kii.a Klliutt. On
' haturdar, the illst of August last, Mrs. Kvans, the wife of
the nriioner. paid a viaiL to her nnoln. Mr. Steulien N.
Winslow, the proprietor of the Philadelphia (,'ummereial
I it, who resides at Kiverside, N. J. The prisoner re
mained at hia father's bouse that night, and at 11 o'clock
Mlarmeft the family by renortinv thar. a man had
anlHrnd the bouae throOffU the iVan.rirwi in l.hfl liai'k
attic room, and that he had heard him. Search was made
hy the family, withrut, nt roiirae, fin din anvboitv. DnrloB
this time the prisoner was very much e cited and wild, so
miirh so that his father did not permit him to remain
alone, but made him eome down to the third story and
aleep in his room : he talked to his father wildly about men
being after his life, twit hia father not encouraging bira in
this, he became si km and sullen i he did not. sleep dnrine
tne whole of that night, bat got out of bed twice and eat
on the floor; he inft the house very early the nest morn
ing, and took the boat at Cbesnut street wharf for
rteverly, which Is four miles from Kiverside; he
was met at lieverly by Mr. Winslow, hia wile'i nncle;
Mr. Winslow will tell yon that the prisoner was very
much eioited, so much so that he asked him if he bad
been drinking. He replied no; he hadn't tasted a drop;
and then in an incoherent and wild maoner described an
imaginary trouble be had had with a man who insulted
him and tried to rob him while he was waiting at Walnut
street wharf. He said to Mr. Winslow, "If you had been
there you would have cut bun to pieces." Mr. Winslow
apprsciatirg bis condition, gently remiaded him that the
boat left from Chemiit, street an i not Walnut street
whart. To this be made no reply, excepting that he had
not slept for several nichts. and tht he ttuiuht
. full glass of whisky would do him ir.xid.
VT. Window thereupon took him to tbi
hotel; hut instead of drinking a full glassof whisky, be
tpok barely a thimblefiiU ; during the drive in .Mr. Wins-lo-v'a
wagon from lieverl,v to Kiverside he again reiterated
the occurrence at Walnut street wharf, and complained
bitterly that some one was always pursuing him, adding
i im- i iiw niwn.ts wcul, prepared 10 ueienu Himself, and ex- I
hibtting to Mr. Winslow the shoetnakei's Unite which lias
been put in evidence; his conduct continued morose, ill
natured, snd remarkably simruhir, to use Mr Winslow's '
own hinKuaur, during the nest of theday: after tea ho com- ,
plained of a cramp in his stouiach, bclieviinj himself to
have been poisoned, nnd very early in theovening retired
to his room with his wile, in advance of any other member I
ol the family.
Wlmt happened in thnt room during that fearful night,
I shall not be permitted to disclose to you. His wife, who
nee the only witness present- is not allowed to lie heard in !
this rase, but, gentlemen, when .yon have heard what fol
lowed t'us upon the next, da), you will be able to form
some Kb' ot thediingeroiisordenl through which thit p-sir
woman passed, anil )un will believe witn me that between
sunset iw d sunrise she had lived through a lifotimo of
most haxrowine dread nnd suspense.
Hilling the mgiit Air. Winslow a sleep was disturbed hv
noises in this room, and so much was Mrs. Winslow
alarmed ti it she went to the room door, and anxious to
ascertain the cause of this unusual disturbance, endea
vored to look tluouph tho key hole, but found it had boon
fdoipod iv. 1-nrly the next morning. Mr. Winslow will
trllfou.hewrntto the bed room which bad been occu
jiiod 1 y thoi-risonorand hit wife, and found the contents
ot thorioni in utter contusion, itecoming alarmed he
went in pm-vit of the prisoner, assisted by the servants
anil the members of his family, but was unablo to find
either Kvnnsr hiflwife.
Taking a hj ti.v breakfast he sfartnd for the railroad
repot, which ji three or lour hundred yards from his
house, and there ho found tho prisoner, balking wild, ex
cited nnd crusty, holding his wife tiRhtly by the wrist, I
while sue, poor cv.at tire, pnlo nnd bnxgard from her rest-let-a
mght, witho-it bonnet or shawl, her hnir streaming I
It osely down her shoulders, stood frightened H I
bhng in his grawi. Alter some conversation, in whicli
Mr. AViDslow expressed his opinion freely upon Kvans'
1ehavioi', Mr. iiislowaud the prisoner got on tho train
and iiimeto rhiliul-dphin. Mrs. Kvans returned to the
bouse, piomising to a'ime down in the next train.
Ariiving in I'liiladel.ihia, tliej prisoner immediately re
fjiiired to llr. Hosey's. at 1 Itl.i Arcn street, and uiiniired of
the servant whether tin doctor was in. Althnugu told ho
xur not in, he walked info the parlor, examined his face
and mouth at tho looking-glass, and told the servant, in a
wild and excited ir.aimi r. that ho had been poisoned,
put'ityi his bands upon his stomach to indicate Unit, ho
sufteiod pain. He loft there, saying he would return in a
short time. Ho did not return, however, but went at
once toliis fatlier'sphyaiciiu:. Dr. A'and.vke, in finest reet,
nbove'lejith, where he rung tfcn boll violently, nnd being
admitted, rushed hurriedly up stairs to the doctor's oth ;o,
and conuuenoed impatiently pu."iug tbe door 10 and fro.
Dr. Vcndyke, who was eating his lireakfast iu tho room
below, being attracted by his rer!ossnes, and by tho an
nouncement tbat he was the son of Thomas L. Kvans, loft
his hrcakliiat taldo and went up stuira to Dim. Kvans met
linn at tho otllco door with the excited remark:"! have
been poisoned ; can yon cure mo?'1 The doctor, anxious,
of course, to hear Ins wholocase beloro ho vontured any
advice, flsUcd him tho circumstances, to which the pri
soner responded : "The less yon ask about that the better,
tor you might have to tell more than yon wonhi
'liko come time;" the doctor supposing this alluded to
some domestic matter, assured him he did not want to
pry into b family manors. Tbe rr sonor thsn avain
excitedly at.ktd, "Can yoa euro mn; can you do notiiiog
Jor roe?" wbereiiion the do, lor made him sit. down, and
askod him the usual questions, with the view of ascertain
ing from the symptoms what th.iracter of poison, if any,
be had taken: in answor te these unestions, prisoner
stated that he had come down from Kivorside to sea tho
doctor; that on tho day before at dinner ho had
eat''ii poison, and allowed thedoctorn soreon his under
lip, which ho said was caused by it, but which, the Joctor
will tidl you, looked as though caused by compressing the
lip oper tho teeth, or by a nervous biting of the inside of
the bp. Ho told the doctor he "had not slept joc several
nights," that he " had a pain over the bowels, but no loose
nfss of bowels;" that he had ' eaton a portion of a cigar to
make him vomit oil the poison, anil that he had vomited "
After examining his patient with a great deal of
scrutiny and can;, his conversation, his manner, his
look, and his whole demeanor salislled him that he
labored under an insane delusion, and hail not baen
poisoned at nil. lie assured Evans that h. coald
cure him, which assurance seemed to satisfy him,
gave him a simple wash for his mouth, and advlsad
him to take rest. During tills Interview at Dr. Van
dyke's, there came another ring at tho door-bell,
which greutly aggravated the excitement of tho uu
fortuuute prisoner, who, rushing to the
otllco door anil koklng down stuirg,
inquired nervously, " U it anybody
after Just ns ho was leaving the doctor's ho
drew from IliB pocket the shoemaker's knife, told the doc
tor he bad had it in his hand all niuht, and with the glare
and manner of a maniac, described bow ho would have
used it, in ease of necessity. Dr. Vandyke will toll yoa
that he now beenmo alunnud for his own personal safety,
and kept his eye closely upon tho prisoner until he had loft
the house. I need not say to you, gentlemen, and 1 sup
pose I will not be peioiittu. I to prove the fact, but injus
tice to Dr. Vandyke it ought t be known that ho at
once communicated this sad discovery to tho members of
the priboiioi'Bfamily. How it was roceivod, or what action
tho piieonei's lather determined to take in conseiiuonco
of this professional information, tho law will not permit
me to disclose ; but as men of common sense you, gentle
men can presumo what a prudent parent would have dons
under the circumstances. The next morning )r. Vandyke
was told that a young man had shot his father in the
neighborhood, and he immediately, in his own mind, real
ized who were tho parties to the sad event.
We next tiud him at his father's house. Miss Bolchor
first met him and bade hi in good morning, and asked him
how he felt. He told her the story of the poison, accusing
his wife and her uncle of administering it, to lnm. Aliss
lielcher remonstrated with him, but tw replied only by
reiterating bis delusion nnd insisting that, when his wile
arrived, she should not bo admitted to the house. He in
ouirvd for his sistors and was told tlut they were in the
third story.
He went to thorn and in an excited end mysterious
manner exclaimed :"l have been poisoned; don't toll i
Julia (moaniiiK his younger sister). Ho showed them his
lip, iind accused his wife of poisoning him in a lit of !
jealousy. He now described partially wuat hud happened 1
between his wile ami himself, during the preceding
night at Rivsrside deseriidng how be had held her '
tightly all night with one hand, while witli tbe
other he hold the knife at her throat, and lel ioi
as though relieved, that no bluod had been ahed. "I was j
afraid one or tho other of us would have to go." His 1
poor sisters became terribly alarmed. They believed that
their own brother was indeed n raving maniac His wife '
arrived shortly after thia, and she gave bor account of
what took place at Riverside iiKin that fearful night. As
I said before, gent lomen, you are not permitted to hear
her statement of it, whicli I much regret. He met his
wife pleasantly enough, and she, like u true woman, en
deavored to minister to his malady, preparing lor him a I
hou nillow and other such things, ail of which be ntr. i
eistently declined to use, but left the house, forbidding
his w Ho to accompany him.
He returned home with his father at dinnar time and
there it wai Mr. Kvaua beard, for tho first time, what bad
happened at Riverside during the previous night, 'the
prisoner was very roatless and excitable during the whole
of that afternoon, becoming more so towards evening, aud
partaking of little or no nourishment during the whole
time. Alter toil, thodoccased wont to Dr. Vandyke's and
procured some medicine lor his son, but the sou refused
to tnkc it when offered to him. About !! o'clock the fami
ly retired, Mr. Kvans taking his son to his rwn room.
from that hour until daylight in the morning the prison
er's conduct was that of a maniac, ho threatened Id take
his father's life: accused his father of being in leagua
with bis sister against him ; said he waa going to have it
out, ami that ii bis father attemptod to get up he would
throw the pitcher at him; rushed down stairs with the
pitcher in bis hand, nnd seized tho knife which
lie bad left in the sitting room: his father followed
ti mi. and they remained down stairs together
until 3 or 3 o'clock in the morning, when tho prisoner
rushed wildly t)i stairs to tho front attic ami shut the
dixx violuiitly. iiis poor fatuor entrooted him to come
dow n, biuj In vain, t he prisoner having secured tho bolts
of Ida loitn, as we shall .show you, with his tooth-brush
anu a wedge maue irom a piece or a cigar " . ,
not permitted lo 'Show you - . f am !
consultation hold botw-- . result of tho
Borrow-strii l" ou mis afliictod father and the
to ' jouncr girls; but, you may rely, they came
. orekfast table that morning convinced that some
Bfr.i, l, iii ml once lie taken for their own personal satet.v.
At breakfast the prisoner continued sullen and merose,
and ate little or nothing. What happened after breakfast
yon rave already Heard.
vve iiiuiK, gentlemen, we caiinuiciy asa you, alter
proving ull these lucts, that you relieve this unfor
tunate man from all responsibility of this deed with
out leaving tho jury-box, If the Commonwealth's
oilicers themselves do not direct you so to do. I
mean this literally, for it mav be some comfort to
these amii'teii lauies 10 teel that no doubt existed
upon tne minus oi tins jury even lor a moment of
time.
1'enm.ylvaniu statutory offonso of murder.
Common law delinitiou of minder.
"(SiHinil memory and discretion."
We admit the killing.
We deny sound memory and discretion.
Thia phrase means that "if the prisoner Wbored tinder a
disease of tho lliiuI sulticient to prevent him from exsr
cisin proper control over his actions " he lacks tho essen
tial element of responsibility lor tins olfense.
I state the rule most severely against my ollont when I
aay
1. That you must presumo him to have been sane.
!i. That the burdi n is upon us to show you beyond rea
sonable doubt that he was not of sound mind.
htepliun K. Wiu.low sworn -in August last I resided at
Riverside, Now Jeisey ; the prisoner married my niece: on
Kuitday, August ill, the prisoner came down to Riverside
to see bis wile, aud 1 met liim when he came otT theboatt
1 not iced that he was paler ttiau usual, and was nervous
und excited; tasked him what was the matter, and be
said he bad not slept any the night before; 1 told bim
be bad belter take something, to which he replied that
he thought a glass full of whisky would do bim
good; 1 tis.k him to a bdul, whore, instead of taking
a glass full, he drank only ubouta thiuihle-full, and then we
started to nry house in my carriage. He here told me that
some cue had abused anu inmllod him, aud attempted to
rob him when the boat loft Walnut street whar,', and that
if 1 had been there he would have cot rha men to niacoi.
drawing open his coat and showing me a shoemaker's
Wuife. which he said b would hava nl I reminded liim
that the boat led Cbesnut street wharf, and not Walnut
street, aud that it was rather cowardly to carrysucha
weapon: he replied mat persons were
toiislaully pursuing him to injure bim. During the rest of
the ride be waa nllen ; after supper he walked re and
down the lawn, oomplaining of . pain in bis stomach, and
sayinathat be had been poisoned at the supper knble; I
(iffernd him several remedies, hut he refused peremptorily
to take anything; he retired with hia wifecpiHe airly,
about I o'clock . in advance of the rest Of the family ; about
midnight my wife amused tne, and said t here was a noise
in tbe prisoner's room; I waa again disturbed hya rise
coming from that room; 1 went to the room Beit morning,
and the prisoner arid bis wife had left it before tt o'clock ;
I found everything in confusion, the aarpets torn op
at the corners, trunks pulled nut into the floor, and the
table removed from the corner in which it usually stood
into the middle of the room ; I bad a searcn made for the
prisoner sod his wife, but without success ; after break
fast 1 went to the railroad station about three bnndred
yards distant, and found them inside tie station, be
holding her by Hie hand; she bad nothing on but an old
Sown and pair of slippers, and her hair waa streaming
own her hack: tasked bim why he had not made bis
appearance at breakfast, and bis wife anawered
that he was unwell; at that moment the train
appeared, and he took ia seat in the car just in front of
me, and was very sullen during the trip; I parted from
him at Front and Walnut streets, and did not see bim
again until he was in the lock-up; his conduct certainly
waa very erratic, but I am hardly competent to judge of
his condition.
Cross-examined-1 did not ascertain whether Ms state
ments were true or false; his con iuet on that particular
day was so extiaordinsry as at once to arrest my hi tention ;
be was not, to my knowledge, addicted to drinking; his
wife did not accompany him to town, but came down in
the nxl train; I made no communication of tliiso'cui
renee to his family ; my impression on that day wae that
his mind was ilernnged ; lie is naturally of tt cheerful dis
jtfsitic n.
Dr. Kdw. B. A'anrlyke fworn I reside at No. I'dJ Pine
street; 1 recognize t he prisoner; I saw him tbe day before
tho occurrnice ; on the looming ot Aug'istJO, the bell
rang violently : tbe servant answered it. seemingly in great
baste, and then walked shout tho office in an uneasy man
ner ; 1 went up and met him at the door, and he seemed
ouite excited, saying, "Doctor, I have boon poisoned ; cue.
you cure meV 1 tiild him to sit down and be calm, and
thnt it would be nocesnry for mo to know the nature of
the poison before 1 could autidote him, which hndnoim
mediate effect upon his conduct; he did, however, sit
down, and I asked him who gave hnn the poison ; he said I
had bet ter not ask him toi nmch about it, for 1 might
have to repeat it. and would nof liko to do so.
I inquired no further into tins; be said he had tasted
ometliing sour in his dinner the day before, nod sh tned
mo a ore on the inside of bis lip, which looked to me as if
it had been produced by a constnnt, practice of compress
ing his lip against his teeth, and not hy any corrosive poi
son ; he said he had some pain in bis stomach, hut bis coun
tenance save no evidence of any sulierini; I aske 1
if the poison had caused him to vomit or purge, and he re
plied that he had vomited freely by having eaten the half
of a cigar; 1 discovered no symptom of poison ; I esuie to
the conclusion that he was derangod in bis mind, and to'.d
him I thought I could give him something that could cure
liim, which seemed to quiet bim; be would repeat
edly ask me in an excited manner, "Can you
cure lne? can you euro me?" during this conver
Fation tho bell rang, and ho jumped np and
leaned forward and asked wildly, ' Is any one after us. " I
f:ave him a lit 1 lo wash for his mouth and told him' to go
lomei iust before leaving he pulled from hia pocket, a
shoemaker's knife nnd said, "Doctor, I have kept this in
my hand all night to prevent thoo persons from injuring
me, aud iiad they attempretl it, I certainly would
have rued it;" be fknrished the knife around nnd
became more excited in his manner; 1 kept an eye on him
for fear he should tnke some false notion that 1 wishctl to
injure liim: t went around lo his house and told his
family that I thought he waa insane, and should lie locked
up or very strictly watched: his father said he thought he
could manage Marsnall, and if ho could not he would let
mc knMv ; 1 have an opinion that the prisonor was of un
sound mind ; I have no doubt upon the subject. ,
The Court here took a recess.
c i x v i nrr 13 ij u 1 1; :v c e.
Tfkhmometric.u Krom the record kept a the
Pennsylvania Hospital we have gleaned the follow
ing statistical Information in reference to the s' tte
of the weather dining the m'mtli of ti. tooer. The
thermometer there indicated the following fig. ires,
the maximum and minimum being taken:
aiK of
iiKii.ilt. Mu.e. Min, h'-aiark',
1 14.. .54 Clear.
2 if -v Fog, clonly, light rain.
3 ;a 04 showery.
4 Cll 67 Heavy fa:n.
5 03 5.1 Clear. .
fl 00 49 Clear.
7 64 4S Clear.
S OS M Clear.
9 73 .-.M Kain, cioudy.
10 00 58 Clear.
II 04 ru Cloudy.
12 il fi5 Hainy.
13 nil 47 H.iiny a t:tne.
14 08 4i rartl,u:y Cear.
lft 01 49 Clear.
10 CO 40 Clear.
17 on 42 Clear.
18 50 40 Clear.
19 fit) 4;t Cloudy a", d ir.
'20 49 40 Partiallv clem'.
21 61! ,3S Clear, white frost.
22 57 47 Cloudy and r.un.
2!i 0ft 49 Clear.
24 01 41 Hainy.
2ft 45 37 cloudy in morning.
20 4h ar Clear.
27 14 8ft White frot. ,
28 40 39 Cloiidy afternoon. .
29 45 !',9 Cloudy.
:io 42 35 liatn lu afternoon.
III 42 84 Clear aud icy.
The 3d was the occasion of the greatest and most
destructive freshet ever known here, aud extending
through New York and New Kngland greater in tlis
Kastern States than here. At Mpringtleld (Mass.) 8
Inches ol rain fell, and in New York 4-21 Inches.
Oh the night of the 2ftth and 20tli the weather was
so seveie that the frost killed the dahlias and some
of the other tender plants.
Local Onus and Ends. The monthly exhibition of
the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society comes oil' to
night. The prison calendar, as furnished to Judge
Peirce yestenlay, contains about one hundred and
twenty cases, twelve, or one-tenth of the whole
number, being charges of murder.
The dedication of the Lyie Monument will take
place about the first of the year. It is proposed
that on this occasion the entire tire department
parade In citizeu's dress.
Messrs. ltenjamiu F. Wright, John F. Shermer,
nnd James M. Stewart, Building Inspectors, paid
their annual visit yesterday to the theatres and
Academy of Music.
The steamer Felron, sunk in tho Dela'.vare some
time since, lias been hauled oil' the rocks, and is now
lying on the beach high and dry.
The Lombard and South streets Passenger Rail
way stockholders held their annual meeting tins
morning.
The stockholders of the West Philadelphia Pas
senger Hallway Company meet this afternoon.
Yesterday being All saints' Day, it was cele
brated in a number of churches.
There Is nn insurance of i20,000 on the Academy
of Music.
Passrngek Kah.road Cars Lioenphd Tim state
ment below shows the number of cars belonging to
the various Passenger Hallway Companies licensed
by the city :
jMlfaeor to, ao. 0 tvi'l.
Ain itint 'at'tl,
3,3U0
2,0W
2.2MI
3,250
1,400
1,01).)
7ft')
70)
150
1,900
1,'WD
2,000
2,0ft;l
1,300
Second and Third streets 01
Fourth and Eighth Street 4')
Filth and Sixth Streets 45
I'nion 05
Tintli and Eleventh streets 28
Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets... 20
Seventeenth nnd Nineteenth Sts... 15
Lombard and South Streets 14
Spruce and Pine streets. 1:1
l hesiiut and Wa'nnt streets 3s
(ilrard College and Ifldge Avenue.. 20
Arch St., Hace and Vine sts., etc.. 40
Market Street 5:1
cijiites und Ureen Streets 20
4si
ti4,150
In addition to the above the fo!i'".i ....i.'.i.,
have also been license.', y t Highway Depart
ment :-Vv ;,e, 2533 ; li'a, a& ; Cans, C94 ; Hacks,
... j Making a t"'' ' oP-io.
HOMlcinK. t)n the 20t!i of September Teter Ver
hellcr, ugetl fort v-one years, was beaten at a tavern
near Front aud Pine streets, lie was admitted to
the Pennsylvania Hospital the same day in an tin
const ions state, aud remained in that condition
until the time ol his ueatn. wuicu occurieu una
morning. Deceased resided in lirtscom street,
above Pine. He leaves a wifeand children. Eilorts
have been made to secure tho arrest of the assail
ants of Mr. erchelkr, nut without eilcct.
Poi ick Appointments' This morning Mayor Fox
announced the following appointments on the police
force: Third district, t. I". Shane; seventn district,
Charles 11. McLaughlin; Delaware llaroor. tieorge
W. Dougherty and Martin W'ibtl ; Heserve, John
o'Grady and Hcuben Drittan.
Triklino Fiiie. About three o'clock this morning
a lire broke out in an ash barrel in the yard of Lig
get's Honor store, No. Il;i6 Market street. Lieu
tenant Cereko discovered tho ilanies and extin
guished them.
Ho hue n a Poat. John. Holt has been committed
by Alderman lieltler for robbing a skirt' in the Dela
ware, near Poplar street wharf, of a number of small
articles. He was arrested by Delaware Harbor
l'oilceiuan Sehuman.
llot'S RomiEHV. The house of Mr. Sunderland,
at Sixtv-seventli and Haverford streets, was entered
last night and robbed of a lot of clothing and ,.) in
money. 1 lie thieves ellVeted an entrance by means
of "nippers'' applied to the key of the door.
Fm.i. Dbad An unknown white man went into a
tieer saloon, at No. 727 North Second street, about
eight o'clock this morning. He was taken with
hemorrhage of the lungs, and died lu tweuty
minutes.
1T E I) I) I N 1 I JN V IT A T 1 O N 8
INOKAVKlilN TUB NKWE8T AND BUST
WANM-.lfc LOUIS DRFK A,
Ktat touts and Kofrruvor,
Ku. itil CI1KSMUT fcuutt.
THIKD EDITION
WA 3 n lit OIO IS,
Our Weet India Squadron Another
Iron-clad to Strengthen It
Cabinet Meeting To-day.
E V H O P 72.
Demonstration in Paris Changes in
the Spaniih Cabinet A Stir
in Diplomatic Circles.
FROM WvlSUIXGTOX.
Spn-ml Vrfpatch to The Evening Ttlrgrapk.
Washington, Nov. 2.
The 1're-ldcnt
received nu vi-ttors to-day but Congressmen.
I'nblnrt Meeting.
At, noou tbe Cabinet met, all the members
tirehtnt except tbe Secretary of theXavy, wbo U
still in Philadelphia. The new Secrctiiry of War
attended tbe Cabinet rucctiui; for tbe first time
to-day.
Thp Went Indian Fleet.
The Miantouoinnh, one of the most powerful
ironclads in tbe navy, has been ordered to Jjoln
tbe West India squadron. It is tho opinion of
Admiral Porter that tbe naval force of the United
States now in Cuban waters is sullioient to clean
out tbe entire Spanish navy. The frts at
Havana, iu tbe opiuiou of our naval oilicers,
would lie ot no account iu resisting the passage
of our ironclads into the harbor.
FROM NE WYORK.
The Flections ProprcdiL tMilcily-Prcmntnre
KejuleinHN.
New York, Nov. 2 The election is progress
ing very quietly, though quite a large vote is
being polled. The weather is delightful. Only
a lew lights have occurred thus far, and but one
or two arrests bavo been made for illegal voting.
A large omnibus, with six horses attached, is at
City Llall ready to carry policemen wherever their
services may be required. The excitement, such
as it is. Is confined entirely to tbe local tickets.
It is said Horace Greeley is running largely
ahead of his ticket. In Brooklyn it is also very
quiet, though an unusually heavy vote is being
cast fur such au unimportant election. It is
estimated that over 40,000 votes will be polled
there. The Evening htmrrat claims 14,000
majority ou the 6tate ticket.
In Jersey City tbe election is progressing
iiuietiy. the contest being mainly ou City Clerk,
there being two Democratic candidates and one
Republican. There is considerable feeling on
Ihnt issue.
The itloney nnd r'loek Market.
Dcxpatch to The Mottling TcUyiaplu
The stringency iu tbe money market has
abated, and tbe rates arc now tjfoT, with lair
demand.
The consolidation of the Central and Hudson,
of which so much was expected, proved to bo :t
dead failure, tind both stocks are down con
siderably. Central reached 178. but rallied
again to 161. Cither stocks are oil, in sympathy
with tbe Vandcrbilts.
The gold market shows great weakness, and
the premium is lower than at any time since
18t;r, Vi7-X- Tbe tendency of the market is
lower. It has not yet been decided whether
the Exchange liuuk will resume business or not.
FROM TOE SO UTH.
The Fire In Hnllhiiore.
Baltimore. Nov. 2 The loss hv the. lire at.
Ihe Abbott Rolling Mill last night was 100.000,
and insured for 540,000 in the following Balti-
more oiliccs.- Franklin, !r.000; Monumental,
foOOO; Atlantic, 15000; nnd Potomac, 5000.
About six hundred persons are thrown out of
employment.
The Illrcllon.
The election to-day is progressing very
quietly.
Ohitunry.
Baltimore, Nov. 2. Hon. Charles A. Wick
lii'fe, ex-Governor of Kentucky and Postmaster
General under President Tyler, died in Howard
county, Maryland, at tho residence of bis son-in-law,
on Sunday evening.
FROM EUROPE.
A New Ambassador.
By the Anglo-American Cable.
Paris, Nov. 2. The newly appointed Ambas
sador from Prussia arrived to-day.
Pnrls Crowd.
A great crowd of people are assembled at ;
Mouut Mart re Cemetery. The police are ou
hand in force, qut their services are apparently
not needed.
The Snnnlwli Cnblnct.
Madrid, Nov, 2. Tho Cabinet has been in
part reconstructed. Martos has beeu appointed
Foreign Secretary, and Feguorald, Minister of
Finance.
This Fvcnlnu'a Quotations.
Su the Anglo-American Cable.
Havre, Nov. 23-30 P. M. Cotton opens activo
aud linn on the spot at 14Sf. ou tho spot and ailoat
at iS7f. to.
Paris, Nov. 23 V. M. Tho Bourse Is now nat.
Rentes, 7U. 30e.
FURNITURE.
QAUTION1 BE WAKE!
1'XK.llTLKI'i!
THE TRtOK OF TRADE EXPOSKD.
It has been a clan of certain small bouses in the Furni
ture trade to Rive 6 or even l(i per cent, commission to
imrtis from other trades and stores bilnuiiiR or sendinit
customeis to them, and then churning the purchasers a
niKhir pries tor their lurmlure, or eite semilog uioiu so
inferior article.
Tins is to caution parties not to go to stores where tnoy
are tbasslily rocomiiieodud by tbuse interested advisors
Messrs. Gould 4 -o. do nov pay any oominisxion to carpet
stores, or any others, and oun tlieiolore atlord to sell
cheaper, and give their customers tbe full benefit of this
savin)?. , .u-i .it
J by nave ny nonoraoie ueanuic neuurvu iuo miKvni fur
niture Trade in the city.and hope to merit its continuance.
t.OULD & (JO.,
. F. Criner of NINTH and MARKET Streots, and Nos.
87 a no an Norm 8KGONU Street, lU-".llt
FURNITURE.
T. & J. A. HENKELS,
AT THEIR
NEW STORE, 1002 ARCH STREET.
Are now selling their ELEGANT f CRNITURK at
very reduced prices. 8 '29 Biurp
i xJrt is i rr u it ii.
J. X.UTJB,
No. 121 SOUTH ELEVENTH ST11EET.
I am selling off my entire stock of
FIRST-CLASS FURNITURE
AT LOW HATES,
On account of retiring from business.
Ft.ie call 600 eamiue. io 'it ftatliam
FOURTH EDITION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Earthquakes in Germany Exportation
of American Specie Tbe Em
prea of France and the
Suez Canal.
FROM EUROPE.
HenvT Shock of Earthquake.
Ekanm-okt, Nov. a (Jnltc heavy shock of
earthquake wcro felt last evening throughout
Germany, aud particularly in Darmstadt, Weis
bnden, Mayence, and Frankfort.
American RrendniulU.
London, Nov. 2. The Times to-day, in lis
money article, comments on the rapid increase
of importations of wheat from the United Statos.
Tho most Interesting question, the writer says,
is the extent to which it can ho kept up in com
petition with Russia and Central Europe when
the railways in that section are fully developed.
The great iUcstlon for the United States to con
sider in this connection is the reduction of
freight and other charges, and the enlargement
of communications with the Mississippi.
The Anrz Cnnnl.
London, Nov. a. A despatch from Alexan
dria states that Mr. Pauline has surveyed the
Suez Canal and finds that the water is twenty
feet in the shallowest part, and the captain of
the Imperial yacht Alglc has Informed the
Empress that he cannot make the passage
through the canal, as his vessel draws more than
twenty feet of water. Tho Empress iusists that
new soundings bo made, nud says that if the
Alglo be not able to go through, a vessel of
lighter draft must be procured, us she Is deter
mined to pass through tho canal.
FROM WASHINGTON,
Tbe Avondule Fund.
Special Denpatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Washington, Nov. 2. William S. lluniing
ton, Treasurer of the fuud for the relief of the
Avondule sufferers, of this city, transmitted
to-day $.fK)'18 ns the result of the proceeds of
the concert by the Arion Club, and contribu
tions from ofliecrs and employes of the N'.ivv
Yard.
UlTTERFIKLJ).
Iiivcnllaution of tbe I'liorKCM Atfrelnst Hint.
WastiiiiKton correspondence of the New York
Herald savs:
Secretary lioutwell and Solicitor Hanlield, or tltc
Treasury Department, were closeted Willi the Presi
dent for a Ioiir time to-day. It is understood that
the matter under consideration was the recent visit
of the Solicitor to New York concerning tho exami
nation Into the charges against Ucncrul liutteriield.
It is reported that Solicitor Hutuicld prepared a
written report. Mr. lioutwell savs this is not trim.
All the report made was a verbni one to the Secre
tary, the main points of which were rehearsed
to the President to-day. The trouble is, there has
been no formal Investigation ordered lntieneral llut
terileld's case. Mr. Hautleld wits simply sent over to
look Into the mutter lu an informal wav, und see
what was 'in the stories circulated ajrulnst 'Sutler
Held, if an investigation Is pone into it will have to
be by a Committee of Congress or smne commission
liaviui; power to send for pcrsoiu aud p ipers and
compel the a' tendance of witnesses. The Secreturv
of the Treasury and Mr. Ilunlield ttro unusually reti
cent about the result of whatever examination he
made in New York, and refuse to allow it to bo pub
lished for the present. In the meantime Mr. Hour
well la still on thu limit Tor an Assistant Treasurer.
All tho gentlemen to whom It has been tendered
Save declined it, with the exception fit is S'lid
of Charles J. Foljjer. The story at the Treasury
Department is tliut he is turning the inatrer over in
his mind. Hut it is feared that if he learns us much
about the Sub-Treasury as Cisco ii'itl Van Dyck
know, ho will follow tho example of the other kou
tlemen and decliae. The chief trouble about the
oillce is that the Assistant Treasurer is not, only re
sponsible for Ills own conduct, but for that of every
clerk In his oillce. If a clerk absconds with f amis
entrusted to him the Assistant Treasurer must make
it good. General liul terlield has ucasa now pend
inn in the department, where one of tho clerks
run oir with several hundred dollars. 1'iider tlice
arrangements few capable, honest men want the
oillce.
OBITUARY.
Sir Richard tilosvenor, dlimiuis or W'est
iiilnnter. A despatch from London dated yesterday reports
the death of the Marquis of Westminster, iu the
sevcnty-lifth year of his age. The deceuscd noble
man wus horn on the 27th of Januarv, 1T15, his father
being Sir Robert, who was created Marquis of West
minster in 1S81. The family is one of the oldest ami
most distinguished in Great tiritaln, descending from
illustrious ancestors who nourished in Nonuuudy
as far back ns the year 912, and were fudireetlV
related to William the Conqueror, with whoiii
the founder of the English (jrosvenors came over to
Knglaiid. The Immediate ancestors of the late Mar
quis were first ennobled in ltiiii, when Sir Richard
Grosvenorwas created a baronet. In ltiil another
Sir Richard was elevated to the peerage by the title
of llaron Grosvenor or1-:atot, county palatine of
Chester, and in 1784 was advanced to the dignities of
Viscount lielgravc and Karl Grosvenor. The subject
of this sketch wus not distinguished in politics, al
though he possessed a great tleulot Influence. J lo
succeeded his fatUerln February, lsjc, becoming tlie
possessor of probably the largest estate In Kngland.
ills wealth wus enormous, yielding, It is said, an an
nual Income of nearly three millions of dollars. The
manner in which this vast fortune was obtained was
remarkable.
The ilrst Karl Grosvenor was in comparatively
slender circumstances, but was t lie owner of a large
tract of low, marshy land in Westminster, which
yielded li tin but little and which was regarded us of
little valee. The rapid growth of London towards
the land attracted the attention of u master builder
mimed Cublit, who leased a iiiiiiiIht of the unpro
ductive acres, turned them lulu city lots and began
f reetitiK houses. Tho value of lhe property now In-
f itaseil w'.tii marvellous rapidity. ( pou I was built
tho present aristocratic portion Of London known us
l'imlico und lie'gravia. Cubit ucquired Immense
wealth by his enterprise: but the lucky owner ob
tained the lion's share. Iu a few years, It is stated,
the lots leased oy Cublit will revert to the present
owner, whose fortune will then be increased to pro
bably ?i,0(.o,io0 per annum.
We have already remarked that the deceased no
bleman whs not distinguished lu politics. It iiuj
also be said that he was distinguished for his
wealth ulone, und fur nothing more. He was at one
time Lord Steward of the Household, and was i.ord
1 leutenmit and Custos Roiuloruni of tne county of
Chester ul tho tlmo of Ills deuth. In the House of
Lords lie wus known as u kind of conservative libe
ral, who cured less for politlcul questions than for
his vast property. Ills eldest son and heir, however,
who now succeeds to the title und estuto, Hugh
Lupus, Earl Grosvenor, lias been for some years
prominent as a member of i'arliuiuent In the liberal
interest. He Is regarded as a man of line ability,
has travelled extensively and was conspicuous during
the recent reform agitation iu England by his refusal
to vote for the liberal measure. .V. Y. llcrahl.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Raven Hro., No. 40 8. Tliird street.
' 1L-H'L'L-M IHI11JI1Q
tnonoPaes 1 se....iux
turn Read R 78....102tf
fiooocity 6s, New. 104
lUUsll Cuta Pf.liSO. H7,V
itBht'am & A R. T20
loo sh Penna opg.t i. fi.vi
fcftOsuRcad H...!iil. 4T7i
100 do....rg.vl.47'Sl
1200 do ad. 47?,
tsoo do Is. 47,',
SECOND BOARD.
t"000 Ph 4 E 78. 05. I I'SIH He D 111
81)
lots.... i
1000 V Pa R bs.gua 7U
fisliLeli VR M?;
100 ii Penna.. eAp. fwtf
I lirceiet d too late for eiasnijlcation.
JT OKFICK PKNNLNU RAILROAD
COMPANY, TKltABUititiiDi'"' m. a iiu
phii.ahkm'HIa, Penna., Nov. , 18.
NOtlOKTO blOUKlIOLUHHS.
payable in U on an.r al It. jjendi. nn
ia rtt:"-:iCj.M. n a south third
hl.!?t.t:i-ini,ntiened t 8 A. M., and closed at 8 P.
lhvirimids, and alter tb.t date Irom A. M. to 3 l.Al.,a
""Ti'tll ' TilOri. T. FIRTH, Treasurer.
FIFTH EDITION
TZZZ3 LATE ST r?X3 US.
FROM TIIE WEST.
Ilnllroad Fnte rprlnen.
St. Louis, Nov. 2 J. E, Peters, President of
the Michigan Central, and J. Bridges, Managing
Director of the Grand Trnnk Railway, of
Canada, have been here a day or two on busi
ness relating to the extension of the connec
tions of their roads to St. Louis and other points
in tho West. They desire to run compromise
guago cars from here to Portland, Maine, and
make rates, if possible, which will Induce ship
ments of flour aud produce to Liverpool and
other European ports via Portland.
Victim r the St.nrvrall Ulsnnter.
The bodies of the following persons lost on ,
tho Stonewall have been recognized: James A.
Adams and Mike Kennly, stock dealers, of Stl
Louis; J. Doyle, J. P. Ames, John Hanley, Q
Condcry, Joseph Laws, J. Kelly, N. O. Loot,
Jared Coleman, and Peter Cunningham.
All the above named, except two, were deck
passengers.
Fifteen hundred dollars in money has been
found, and is with the authorities.
letriictlon of Cars.
Dixpatch to The heiung Telegraph.
Chic ago, Nov. 'X The freight car paint shop
of the Illinois Central Railroad, at Twenty-sixth
street, was last uiht destroyed by fire. Sixteen
freight ears were cont-umcd In it. A passenger
ear of the (ircat Eastern Railroad was burned
last night at the depot. The cause is said to
have been a contact with an overheated stove
pipe. The IC I eel Ion In Illinois.
The election is progressing hero, aud the
greatest excitement prevails, but so far there
has been no disturbance. It is expected that
the vote will be very close. Both parties now
claim to be ahead.
H'P iioaed 8ulrldr.
A young widow, .Mrs. Mattio Templar, has
been missing for sumo time, and the most dis
tressing fears are entertained as to her fate, as
she left a note saylug "Good-live" to her pa
rents. It is thought Hiat she committed suicide.
She lost her husband in the army, and leaves
two small children. -
Tliti 7lawiM'liuMctt IHcetion.
Boston, Nov. ". At 1 P. M. Adams CDemo-
Pl'ilt il'nl 111 flilh Tttr' n rtliirniir. knA
l lie cuair lnanu! n tory of Adams it Holden, in
Westminster, M:u-s., was burned yesterday.
Loss, $:!0,0(i0.
The United States steamer Pawnee left the
Portsmouth Navy Yard to-day for Norfolk, to
be used ns a receiving ship.
Illne.HM ol 4iicrul Wool.
Tuov, N. Y., Nov. a. General John E. Wool
is seriously ill ut iiis resideucc in this city, and
grave apprehensions are felt in regard to his
recovery. He is eighty-six years old.
FROM EUROPE.
The I. litest Quotations.
By the Anglo-American Cabin. , ,
r-ONOON, Nov. 2-4 30 P. M Consols closed at
for both money and account, American securl- '
ties (inner; 6-208 of is2, sii; of 1305, M: and or
ltii, 10-it's, 77: Erie, iil,',-; Illinois Central,
D7.' ; Atlantic and (ireiit Western,
LivKiieooi,, Nov if!io P. Jf i.'piiind Cot! on,'
12'd. ; Orleans, JL'!:,d. ; sales to-day 10,000 bales, in
cluding 1)000 for export and speculation. Turpentine. .
26s. 9d. '
London. Nov. 2t-30 P. M Refined Petroleum.
Is. S'.id.(nMs. 8 VI. I.lnaet'd, i.'29 ns.
Fhankiokt, Nov. 2 United States 5-203 closed
firm at s.v.
Antwkkp, Nov. v. Tetroleum active and firm at
01 francs,
ei.Asuow, Nov. 2 Arrived, steamship Ottawa,
from (Quebec. '
FOR SALE.
FCIt SALE,
Elegant Brown-Stone
n U S 2 D E U O .E,
WITH COACH HOUSE, N
No. 1507 SPRUCE ST1UIET.
I'urnitvre new ami trill be intituled, iftcixlied. ,
APPLY TO
J. NORMS ROBINSON,
AT DREXEL & CO.'S,
No. 31 SOUTH THIKD STREET,.
10 16 Btuth PHILADELPHIA.
fPS FOR SALE, NO. 3000 CHESNUT .
i'i" Stroet, the first-class marblo-front Dwnllinjr, with .
Ma ii sard roof; replete with evpry modern oonveuienoe.
rUX A lil'KKA KT, No. 2-.il 8. b iV'l'H Street. 10 ;L- 6t"
TO RENT.
WEST PHILADELPHIA. TO RENT. A
fine Stone Stable and large Yard, at Nn. 4201 WAL
htriM.t. II atutUnDt
MINCED MEAT.
RINGED M EAT.-
TIIF..Ki:ST I TIIC MAUItETV
THE NE PLUS ULTRA
MINCED MEAT.
THIS FACT IS BEYOND QUESTION.
Th andorsiimed is now ready to fill U orders for tb
bov. celebrated MINOHD MEAT. o universally known .
all over Ui country.
JOSHUA WRIGHT,
8. W. CORNER
FRANKLIN and SPRING GARDEN
PHILADELPHIA.
Fob Bale by aj.l Unsctai I08tfr
IMPORTANT TO EUROPEAN AND CVBAS
TOURISTS. rassports, prepared in conformity
witn t lie now requirements of the Stat Department,
can be procured in tvvcuty-four hours on applica
tion made, either in person or by letter, onlyat the
Official ransport Bureau, N. 135 8. SKVENTH
Street, Philadelphia, ROI1ERT 8. LEAGUE & CO.
Also, olllclal liHis of all Ministers, Diplomatic
Agents, Consuls, and Consular Ageutu of tn ,
L nited Plates, n ho they are, where they are from
and where they are located, furuUUed Xree of charge
to appUcantB i 7 30
LAND WARRANTS PROMPTLY PROCURED,
PURCHASED. TRANSFERRED, LOCATED,.
AND SOLD. Apply to ROBERT 8. IJiAGUE A CO.,
No. 135 8. SEVENTH Street. 1 30-