TUB DAILY HVUNIN'O. TliLKCiUAlMt- I'HIliADfiLPULV, MONDAY. NOVKMI1KU 29, 18G9. vetting SfclcpuJlt rUBLISIIED BTKRT AFTKKNOON (BUNDATI UCkTTKD), AT TUB EVENING TELEGUATII BUILDING, NO. 103 & TIIIttD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. The rrtt U three oentt per eojy (doubU thee!); or eighteen etntt per work, payable to the carrier bp whom tenet. The tubecrlption price by mail i Sine Dollar per annum, or One Dollar and Fifty Cent for two nun(A, invariably in advance for the time ordered. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 18C9. THE HCHOEWE MURDER CASK. The discuflsion of the Schooppo mnnlor caso is continued by Borne of our contemporaries, dOHpite the opinion of the Attorney-Oenoral sustaining the action of the jury and the Courts, and the fmlwoijuont issue of a death warrant by the Governor. The prisoner has been remarkably successful in attracting tho sympathies of a large number of zealous and able defenders, and in exciting a deep interest in quarters where his imputed crime, in itself, is abhorred. German societies have boon appealed to for aid in efforts to procure a pardon, because he is a Gorman, and physi cians have been summoned to his rescue because his conviction on insufficient evi dence might furnish a precedent fraught with clanger to .innocent M. D.'s. Tho evidenco ; adduced against Tatil Schooppe is over powering on every point, except on the ques tion whether Miss btenuecke did not, after all, die a natural death. That he had strong motives for murdering her, and that, if she was poisoned, he alone is tho guilty party, is proven beyond all reasonable doubt. The only feature in the case worthy of newspaper com ment is whether the evidence was sufficient . " to justify the belief that poison or poisonous drugs were administered by tho man who. tinder his triple character as lovor, hoir, and physician, was devoted in his attentions to tho woman whoso sudden death has given rise to this protracted discussion. The fact should not be forgotten that this question was raised at the trial, professional witnesses pro and con being examined at length, and that after the prisoner's counsel had exhausted their ingenuity in efforts to creato a doubt on this point, the jury still brought in an ad Terse verdict, notwithstanding the declaration of the Judge that "the fact that death oc curred from soruo unnatural cause, and also the specific cause of death, as in this case, that it was caused by poison, must be estab lished and proved to a moral certainty, aud beyond a reasonable doubt, by tho prose cution." Few who read the proceedings of the trial will wondor at the action of the jury. The ' physician called in for consultation with Dr. Schoeppe when tho sick woman was lying at the point of death, said tho symptoms indi cated no natural disease, but induced the be lief that she had been overdosed or poisoned. Other physioians who made a post-mortem examination found no traces of a natural dis ease sufficient to cause death. Subsequently an examination of the stomach and intestines, made by an experienced chemist, furnished, I in his opinion, sufficient reasons to justify the belief that poison had been administered. . ' A controversy has grown up since the trial in regard to" the correctness of the opinion of the consulting physician, the completeness of the post-mortem examination, and the accu racy of the tests applied by the chemist; but there has been scarcely a point raised in this discussion which was not raised during the trial, and passed upon by the jury, after a full hearing had been granted to both sides. Any sucoess which may attend the present efforts to re-excite doubts in this case will be attributable mainly to a one-sided argument and one-sided statements. If the public heard only the closing speech of the attorneys for the prisoner, they would see little reason, in any murder case, for a conviction. At the late eloction in Newfoundland the party opposed to Confederation triumphed by a large majority, and thus, while the AVinni PeS insurrection remains unsubdued, new difficulties and disaffections spring up in the regions whioh a few British statesmen vainly hope to consolidate into a powerful New Do y'' minion. John Bull will soon have more cause t ' than ever to grumble over the effete colonial policy which has ceased to be useful, but con tinues to be an endless source of annoyance and expense. It is said that Denmark has postponed the ratification of the treaty for the sale of St. Thomas to the United States for six months. She may as well postpone it for sixty years, for the American people are iu no mood to sanction the lost and worst of Mr, Seward's bad bargains. mssissirri anj) tux as. IXo apology for the Imgth of the following article is needed, ifhcn the rital iniportanre of the subject is considered. It has been prepared with gnat care, presenting iu the briefest possible spae.e a history of the pro gress of Reconstruction in Mississippi and Tews, and willieell repay per u aid. To-mobbow is the day fixed by the proclama tions of tho President for the commencement of elections in Mississippi and Texas which are to determine whether tho people of those States are now ready to resume their normal , relations to tho Union, or prefer to remain under the direct control of tho military power At the General Government. The election iu Mississippi will oocupy two days, while in Texas four days will be allowed, in consequence of the sparseness of the population in many districts, and tho consequent time and dim culty required for all the legal voters to roach the polls. In each State a vote will be taken upon the Constitution framed in pursuance of the Reconstruction acts of Congress, and ut the same time State officers and members of Congress will be voted for, in order that, if the constitutions ore accepted by the peoplo. there may be no further delay in the full and complete restoration of theuo two RUtos to all their rights, privileges, and duties uud n' The first stops towards the rehabilitation of Missiasippi were taken early in tho administra tion of Andrew Johnson, and were based on that functionary's peculiar notions of the most effective way for rendering troason odious aud punishing traitors. On the 2:tJi of May, 18;.",, President Johnson appointed William L. Sharkey Provisional Governor of the State, and that official at once sot him self about the task of reconstruction on tho Johnsonian policy. A convention electod by the Btill unrepentant Ilebol population mot on the 11th of August following, and passed ordinances abolishing slavery in the Stato, and declaring null and void tho ordinance of socossion. An eloction for State officer was hold in October, there being three can didates for Governor, the votes for whom were respectively as follows: Benjamin G. Humphries, l!l,(KJ('.; E. S. Fisher, 11, Ml; aad W. S. Patton, 10, :.'-!. Tho total vote thus reached but 4l,!IK5, while at the Presidential e lection in 18f0 it had aggregated (i:,lw'(). A full Congressional delegation and all tho cus tomary State and county officers were elected at the same time. On tho Kith of October the State Legislature assembled, and on the l"th, Humphreys, who had sorvod as a Brigi-dier-Generol in tho Confederate army with some distinction, was inaugurated as Gov ernor. But the Legislature soon gave the country a substantial proof of its reactionary spirit by refusing, on the 27th of No vember, to ratify the proposod anti-slavery amendment to tho Federal Constitution. When Congresn assembled in Dccembor, lf;r, tho Mississippi delegation to tho House of Representatives, in common with tho Johnson delegations from the other States, were refused their seats, and tho supreme law-making power of tho land proceodod to tho task of laying down a reconstruction pro gramme in accordance with the sentiments of the loyal people of the country. It is unne cessary to recapitulate in this connection the progress of the Congressional policy, which culminatod in the passage of the supplemental Reconstruction act of March 2.", lK(i7. Mis sissippi bocame a part of the Fourth Military District, under the successive commands of General Ord, who first assumed command on the 2th of March, 18(57, General Gillem, General McDowell, and General Ames. Gov ernor Humphreys, however, was permitted to remain undisturbed in his position as the chief civil magistrate of tho Stato, and con tinued to bo recognized by tho Federal Gov ernment as Provisional Governor uutil June lti, 18(iS, when General McDowell ordered his removal and placod General Ames in the position of Provisional Governor, the latter finding it necossary to resort to a show of force to eject Humphreys. Meanwhile, the Johnsoni.od Slate govern ment made a desperate effort to prevent tho inauguration of the Congressional reconstruc tion policy in tho State by applying to the Supremo Court for an injunction restraining the President and the district commandor from attempting to execute the provisions of the Reconstruction acts. But tho application was refused by Chiof Justice Chase on the l"th of April, 18(17, his dooision basing the refusal upon "the impropriety of such inter ference," which, said the Chief Justice, "will clearly be seen upou consideration of it probable consequences, " enumerated in sub stance as follows: If the President should refuse obedience, the Court is without power to enforce its process; and if the President should comply, the House of Representatives might impeach him for refusing to execute the acts of Congress. In this way the Chief Justice got rid of passing directly upon the constitutionality of the Reconstruction acts, and the Congressional policy proceodod with out interruption. The first step under the Congressional policy was the registration of voters, which took place in the fall of 1807, and reached an aggregate of about 110,000, a large majority of those registered being colored. An elec tion was then held to decide upon the ques tion of holding a convention for revising the Constitution of the State, and 09, 7:$;) votes, nearly all of them colored, were cast in favor of a convention, with but 0277 against it. The order of General Ord announcing the result was dated December .", 1807, and in that order the 7th of January, 1808, wai de signated as the day for the assembling, at Jackson, the State capital, of the Convention. By the lath of May the draft of a Constitu tion was ready for tho signatures of the mem bers, and on the isth the Convention, having fully completed its labors, adjourned. The Constitution which was the result of tho labors of this Convention contains several proscriptive jwovisions, which, although not in conflict with the letter of the Reconstruc tion acts, is opposed to the liberal spirit whioh at present animates the great majority of the loyal people of the country. It encountered a violent opposition when the people were called upon to vote upon the question of its ratification, and at the election, which was held on the 22d of June, 18C8, but 50,21 votes were cast in its favor, while 00,800 a majority of 702'J were thrown against it, and reconstruction in Mississippi was brought to a standstill for the time. An election for State officers, held on the same day, resulted in 0:i,:s21 votes being polled for the Rebel General Humphreys, who had been ejected from the Governorship by Gcuorul Ames, aud .'i.VJ.'JO for Beriah B. Egcjloston, his radical opponent. Subsequent to the election, an effort was - made to secure Congres sional approval of the Constitution and tho restoration of the State to represen tation iu Congress, notwithstanding the ad verse result of tho eloction; but only the more extreme of tho Republicans entered into this scheme, and, although it secured the endorsement of tho Slate Convention hold in November last, and it was claimod that a re counting of the vote and the rejection of certain counties in which the election had been irregular, showed that the constitution hud received a clear and fair majority, tho ' project oucounterod the dofoat whiuh it merited. Tho election whi.,h commouces to moi;rw is bolu in pursuance of tho act of Congress passed at the oxtr session, held immediately after President Grant's inauguration. Ia pursuance of the provisions of this act, seve ral clauses in the Constitution which wan de feated in June, 18i!8, are submitted to a sepa rate vote, as was done iu the case of Virginia, and tho chances aro that, whilo these clauses will be again dofoated, tho remainder of the document will receive the approval of tho peoplo. Both the radicals and conservatives aro confident of the election of their Stato tickets, but as tho President has thrown the weight of his official inilnenco against his brother-in-law, Judge Dent, tho conservative candidate, and tho radical candidate, Judge Aleorn, is sustained by tho whole ad ministration influence, it is quite probable that there will bo no material split in tho Re publican ranks, nod that tho conservative ticket, which also claims to bo tho representa tive of the true Republican party of tho coun try, will encounter defeat. In the State of Texas tho progress of the reconstruction movement has boon much fclower than in any other of the States which entered into the Rebellion President John son appointed General A. J. Hamilton Pro visional Governor in July, 1 80.1. A conven tion was soon after held, which annulled tho ordinance of secession, dcoreod the abolition of slavery, and repudiated the Rebel debt. Amendment to the State Constitution bring ing it into harmony with tho new state of affairs were also submitted to tho people at an election held in tho summer of 1800, the vote standing 28,1 lit for, to 20, 100 against them. At tho uame time an election for State officers was held, J. W. Throckmorton, tho Johnson candidate, receiving 18,0;!1 votes, and E. M. Pease, his loyal opponont, but 12,0.-1 votes. On the l.'th of October follow ing, an election for members of Congress was held, but tho Republicans took no part in it, ond tho Rebels had everything their own way. Throckmorton, moanwhilo, was inaugurated, and an out-and-out Domocratic Legisla ture commenced operations by rojocting, by on almost unanimous vote, the proposed anti slavery amendment to tho Fodorul Constitu tion, tho Senate containing but two members who favored its ratification and the House of Representatives only live. When the Reconstruction policy of Con gress was fully enunciated, General Sheridan became commander of tho Fifth Military Dis trict, in which Texas was embraced, and on the T.Oth of July, 18(17, he issued an order re moving Throckmorton, who had boon recog nised as Provisional Governor since his inau guration, appointing Mr. Pease to tho posi tion thus vacated. The latter continued to hold this ofiico until about tho 1st of October of this year, when he rosigned to become an active canvasser in favor of tho conservative ticket. In the troubles which lod to Presi dent Johnson's removal of General Sheridan from the command of tho Fifth Military Dis trict Texas had but little share, tho time of the people being principally occupied with shooting each other, and rendering tho State generally about the most uncomfortable place to live in on the face of the earth. A regis tration of voters under the Reconstruction acts was, however, made in the latter part of 1807, when the names of .r0,078 whites and 4 7, .181 blacks a total of 101,2.V, and a white majority of 1)0117 were placed on tho lists. From the 10th to tho ltthof February, 1808, an election was held upon the question of calling a convention for revising the State Constitution, the vote resulting in 11,08!) votes in favor, to 11,110 against it. On the 15th of June following, the conven tion assembled at Austin, frittering away its time until the IHst of August, when it was obliged to adjourn without having accom plished its task, in consequence of the refusal of General Reynolds, who had recently beon placed in command, to approve of an addi tional appropriation for paying the salaries of the members. On the 1th of November, 1808, General Reynolds was relieved by General Canby, but he wa3 reinstated on the 8th of April of the present year, and still retains the command. The Constitutional Convention reassembled on the 7th of De cember, 1808, the date to which it had ad journed, and completed its labors by submit ting to the people of the State a Constitution of such a liberal character that the President did not think it necessary to designate any clauses for soparate votes, under the act of Congress of April 10, 180!. It contains no disqualifying or test-oath provisions that will affect the participants in the Rebellion, and will unquestionably bo ratified by an over whelming vote. There are three candidates in the field for Govornor, two of them, Generals Davis and Hamilton, claiming to bo in harmony with the administration and the great Republican party of the North. Hamilton, who was the leader of the original loyal parly in the State, depends, however, chiefly upon the Rebel element of the population for support, and will receive every Rebel vote that is not oast for Stuart, the extreme Democratic candi date, who opposes the new Constitution and the new order of things generally. Such is a succinct acoount of the progress of reconstruction and the situation of affairs on tho eve of the elections which commence to-morrow, in the two Statos whioh have not yet been restored to their rightful position iu the Union. Tho result of the elections in both States will be awaited with absorbing interest throughout the country, in tho con fident hope that the peoplo of neither State will consent to take a backward slop. SPEblAL. NOTIOES. Tor adMiionaX 8itvial li'utlro ce the InuJe lmet. SL$- DKPAKTMKNT OF llllCElVEtt OF XI. 8. PuU.iHKI.PRIA, Not. 27, lSu!. TO TAX IA YJCRS.- Notiro is horoliy Kiveu thut a poaaltjr of THKll PKK HUNT, will be adclod to nil Oil luio uupa d alter Oocviubor 1. JOHN M. MKLLOY, lSSt Revolver of Tuns. tfcif HOMCKOI'ATIIIU HOSPITAL FAIR, at UOKTIO I LTD KM. II AM,, will uloaj TO AIOKHOVV liVKKIMl. ftith Inst., at luo'oW. Many heauiilul muclni reiuio to l sold, nil of wliicti it is doairoil tJclo.o, in I liraiiM " tWV.k U'U. H il ill FIFTH EDITION Tim HEWS. The Gvnboat Question A Motion to Discharge the Vessels from Custody. FJIOM NRy YORK. The I.ntct Turn In fho Hnnlh ltulnfiN. VtH ateli to The Running Tel'uraph, Nkw York, Nov. 29.A motion to ril.sohartfo the SimriMi Kiiulioats from r.HHtoily ou tlie Kroiin.l that there Is im war existing between tlm l iilteil States ami 1 em, unci tlmt thero in no proof ol their Imlnit liitendfii to net otrcnslvelT aanlnst Pern, will ho arpiie.l heroroJiiclo Itlntcliford na Thtirxdar Inthn L. !S. District. Court. District Attorney I'iorrepoiit Klves It 88 hi opinion that tho motion will tie de nied, ho having yo faith In the Krounda on which tho motion in made. , Counsel for the claimants have notified the District Attorney that InnocaHe will any motion he mado to Iiono the vessels, hut In the event of the motion to Iini:hnre belnir denied, they desire an early trial ou tl10 merlin, to which thu District Attorney will nmkn no opposition. Another ltnllrnnd Aeeldent nt Plant Ilopn. Nkw Yohk, Nov. V0 On Saturday lost, through the cnrcluDHiibHH of its engineer and conductor. It H caid that extra freight train No. ill) ran Into extra fright train No. nr., at Mast Hope sta'ion, on tho Krie Itallroad, the scene of several fatal accidents, and that twenty freight cars wcr demolished. No person Is reported to have hcen Injured this time. FROM JVEW ENGLAND. TronbleH of a Itace Conrxe. Boston, Nov. '29. Application lias been mado to the Massachusetts Nupremo Court to enjoin John A. Sawyer and others from establishing a. men course at Kiverslde J'urk, Brighton, on the ground that such establishments aro declared nuisances by4! ,a tute, unless licensed by the Selectmen. The Court declined to hear the case pending tho action of a town meeting called to meet with the Solectmou in regard to licensing tho track. SPEOIAU NOTICES. jggTjr. tifiNTLKMBN WIS1HNU A Q(J r? Cut In the highest style, and made up with every embellishment of Silk Facings, Velvet Collars, Quilled Lapels, etc., can get it best, cither ready-made or to onler, at New. 818 and SiiO CHESNUT Street. ANY GENTLEMAN WISHING PANTS whither plain or nobby, made of fancy Ca.ssinicre or Heavy Cloths, artistically cut, warranted to lit well, can get the best, either ready-made or to order, at Nos. 618 and S'-'O CHESNUT Street. ANY GENTLEMAN WISHING A V JTjO L cut ln'sh or low, made of Velvet, Silk, or any other fine material, can satisfy himself best In r nnni the Custom Department or Keady-inade Department of Nos. 818 aud 8ii0 CHESNUT Street. THE CHESNUT STREET CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT, OK 10JJ5 JOHN WANAMAKER Nos. 818 AND 820 CHESNUT STREET. OVERCOATS. OVERCOATS. OVERCOATS. JOHN B. O O LT O II AT THF. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBEK 0, Subject "Circumstances." MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBEIC 1.1, Subjoct "IlAllIT." HENRY WARD BEECIIER, Subject not jot announced, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBKUARY I. HORACE GREELEY, "Tin? Woman Qukstios," TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY '22. These Lectures will be delirered in tho Academy of Musio, on the days named, for the benefit of the Young Mnn'i Ohriutian Association of Philadelphia. Ticket for the course of four lectures will be sold at Dattield Asbmead's Bookstore, No. 734 Ohesnut streot, on Tuesday, Novomber 80. Single Ticket! on Wednesday, December 1. Reservod Soats Course Tickets, $350 ; Sin gle Tickets, 75o. ; Family Circle, &)o. 11 30 34 37 gj jgy- ACADEMY OFMUSIC. TIIE STAR COURSe" OF LECTURES. VH'TII LKOTURK ON MONDAY KVKNINU, Nov. 29. HON. 8. 8. COX. Subject "Progress in Spain." (Prepared expressly for this occasion.) WEDNESDAY EVKNING, Dee I, HON. CHARLES SnMSKU, Subject "The Question of Caste." l'RIDAY KVKN1NO. Deo. 3, REV. ROBERT COLLYKR. V. V.. Subject "Cleajr GriU" DOO. 7-MARK TWAIN. Dec. -DjcOORDOVA . Deo. 16 WENDELL PHILLIPS. Admission, 60c. Reserrnd seats, 73c. T'cltets fnr sale atOOUl.D'S Piano Wareromns, No. 923 CHKhnu 1 Street, and at the Academy on the evening of the Lecture. Orchestral Prelude at 7,'l o'clock. 11 23 7t fgy MERCANTILE LIBRARY NOTICE , On and after January 1, 18711, the dues will be aa follows; lo stockholders, $4; to subscribers, 6 per annum; or $4 for six month. What better Christmas prosent esn be (tiveu than a share of this stock l'noe, file, or a life membership, free of ducD, price $-10. II 39 134 11 lsa431 T. MORRIS PKROT, President. jJSy- THE HAHNEMANN WREATH, PRE- pared by Miss McKean to surround the portraits of the ProfuDbors of the College, will be exhibited at the Fair in HORTICULTURAL HALL. 'I'HIS KVKN1KO, It OLOTHINQ. GET YOUR SCISSORS And Cut this Advertisement Out, SO AS TO REMIND YOU TO CALL At the Great Brown Hall. TDK LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF FINK CLOTUINU. WONDERFUL VARIETY OF STYLES. IMA.KNSU PREPARATION OF WINTER BUSINESS. DETERMINED TO PLEASE EVERYBODY. WE CAN FIT ALL SIZES AND ALL SHAPES. GOOD CLOTHES FOR GOOD MEN. EXCELLENT CLOTHES FOR EXCELLENT BOYS. Clothes to work In, Gluthex to btmiy in, Ulul ho8 to no to school in. Clothes to ko to Church in, Cloth on to Ki to wedniuKS in. Clothe to stay at home in, Never so cheap a ut KOCKIIIIL & WILSON'S Z o c 4 3 Sid o tr Cheat Brown Hall, Nos. Oraund WOCUESNUT StrouV, PHILADELPHIA. Mm), CQLLADAV & GOVS jsixxok: of TvliiHt lo Hold OfiTl.v tlio lirtooittla or Tiiimiiiy Homer. Colhiday & Co. Crape Poplin Only 25c, Worth 50. Homer, Colladay & Co. RoubaiK Poplins, OnJy 25 c. Worth 50. Homer, Colladay & Co. BoublQ Told. Heavy Corded X&ohairs in fashion able Dark Shades. 37c, Worth $100. Homer, Colladay & Co. Trilro Poplias For Walking Suits, Only 50 c. Homer, Colladay & Co. Sest Quality Serges For Walking Suits, Only 45c. Homer, Colladay & Co. Silk Epinglincs, Only 75c, Worth Sl-50. Homer, Colladay & Co. Fine Empress Cloths in all the rfew Colors. 56c. Homer, Colladay & Co. Sest Quality Green and Blue Plaids Imported. Only 87ic. ER, COLLADAY tt CO. cio ak t is a m. rJT m e tv rjr. In this department wo havo mado an entire revision o the Piiccs of our Cloths, Astrachans, Cloaks, Suits, and Velvets, and tho greatest bargains are now offered to pur- f chasers. ' -X Nos. 1412 and 1411 CHESNUT STREET, 1 Homer, Colladay & Co. Black Silks, Best Lyons Make, 0150, worth $250. Homer, Colladay & Co. Black Silks. Best Lyons Make, $2 00, worth $275. Homer, Colladay & Co Til 1 fl!l1.. I ..BiaCK emits. Best Lyons Make, $2 25, worth 83'00. Homer, Colladay & Co. Black Silks, Best Lyons Make, $250, worth $325. Homer, Colladay & Co. Hosiery of all Kinds, from 25 to 33 less than before. Homer, Colladay & Co. Linen Housekeeping Goods, An immense Stock, At 25 to 33 Less. Homer, Colladay & Co. i Lyons Silk Velvets, 1 All Widths, I ; Homer, Colladay & Co. Mourning Goods In Infinite Variety, Lower than since the War. j I'lilLAOSU'Ul. 4 J
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