(Gr M A VOL. X. NO. 134. PHILADELPHIA, . SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 18G9. TRIPLE SHEET THREE CENTS. RYWN IN TMILE(S-MAFHo 311 MILES LONG. 91 MILES LONG. SIM MILES LONG. 81tf MILES LONG. 81 MILES LONG. 81 MILES LONG. MILES LONG. 3l MILES LONG. 22 MILES IN MILES IN 22 MILES IN MILES IN 22M MILES IN 22M MILES IN 22 MILES IN NEW YORK. New york. NEW YORK. NEW YORK. NEW YORK. NEW YORK. NEW YORK. 9 MILES IN 9 MILES IN 9 MILES IN 9 MILES IN 9 MILES IN 9 MILES IN MILES IN riULADELPIIIA. PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA. A. dront H.?HVilt. We ask the ".Mention of the public lo the fol lowing brief statement of facts: It Is well known that in June, 1803, Dr. Colton introduced the nitrous oxide, or "laughing gas," for the painless extraction of teeth, and established the Colton Dental Association. On the 4th of Feb ruary following (1804) we commenced to ask our patients to sign a scroll, certifying that the gas was pleasant to inhale, and that wo had drawn their teeth without pain. (Our scroll was opened in Philadelphia, October 12, 1605.) That we might know the exact nnmbcr who should ign this paper, we numbered every name on the margin. When we had reached one thou sand (1000), and without au accident, we thought It a great triumph. WE HAVE THIS DAY, DE CEMBER 4, 1809, REACHED THE NUMBER OF FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND (55,000) PA TIENTS! AND WE HAVE SliTIB IET HID ONE Accident with 'the oas ! Can any strougcr proof be presented that the gas is a safe anti thetic, and that we know how to use it ? Here re FIFTY-FIVE FULL REGIMENTS of pa tients, and if they were marching in single file, allowing three feet for each, the line would be MORE THAN 31 MILES LONG ! We make tho gas every day, and, for the past two years, bave need from two to three hundred gallons per day, A large part of our business somes from the leading dentists of the city (we do nothing but extract teeth), who know that by long and constant practice wo hare acquired great skill in the business. Skill perfected by practice overcomes almost all diUicullics. To most per evns the gas produces very pleasant sensations, while to a few it is a pleasure to have teeth ex tracted by it. We i'refer to give the gas to healthy people, but have given it to hundreds Buffering from all sorts of disease, and with no 111 effects. We can ordinarily draw from ten to fifteen and sometimes twenty teeth or stumps with one dose of gas. The safety of the pa tient is the first consideration, the next is to extract the teeth carefully, and not injure the gums or ulveolar process. Wo strive to do tho work in the very best raauncr. Price, t3 for first tooth, and $1 for each subsequent tooth drawn at the same sitting. OtAce hours from 0 A. M. to .Vj P. M. To avoid a crowd, come in the forenoon, or call and secure an appoint ment. Colton Dental Association, No. 737 WALNUT STREET, PlflLADA. NOT ONE HOT ONE NOT ONE NOT ONE ' NOT ONE NOT ONE NOT ONE NOT ONE NOT ONE NOT ONE . NOT ONE NOT ONE " NOT ONE NOT ONE NOT ONE NOT ONE NOT ONE NOTONE NOT ONE NOT ONE NOT ONE NOT ONE NOT ONE NOT ONE ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT. 'ACCIDENT. AT Till COLTON DEBTAL ASSOCIATION, No. 737 WALNUT Street, . . BELOW EIGHTH. FIRST EDITION THE RICHARDSON TRAGEDY. Funeral Service of A. D. Richardson at the Aetor House Address and Prayer by Rev. II. W. Beecher. Ttie New York Tribune of this morning has tiio follow lnr; Hie funeral service of Mr. A. I. Klulntnlson, prior to Hie removal of Ills remains to Franklin for burial, were helil at the Asfoirllouso yesterday at noon. Long licfore that hour the room wa llllcl with the more Intimate friends of the cloeessert, and nianv, nnalilo to gain admittance, stood tn the hall around the door. Hie body, wtiU ti looked remark ably natural, win Inclosed In a handsome, rosewood coilln, bearing a silver plate, anon which was the Inscription: Al.nKKT P. RICHARDSON, Died Dec. , li9, Aged 3 years, 1 month, and 26 days. 1'pnn the lid of the coftln kind hands had placed beautiful floral tokens of that sincere and teudcr flection which the ruihloss lnind of death mav In terrupt hnt cannot change or Impair. Wiortly after 12 o'clock the relatives and personal friends and associates In the Tribunt entered the room. Aiming them were Mr. C. A. Itlchardson. Mrs. Klrlmrd-ni'i a son and daughter of the late Mr. Itlchardson. Mr. j-'.Hslia F. Itlchardson, Mrs. Saec, mother of Mrs. Kichardson, Mr. Greeley. Mr. Sinclair, ami. many others from the Tribune, Mr. Junius' LI. llrowne, Colonel Thomas W. Knox, the Rev. lloury Ward Jleeelier, and Mrs. Leccher, the He v. O. b. I'rothlnghum, I'rof. Calvin K. Stowe, of the Andover Theological Seminary; the Ucv. II. M. Field, I), t)., editor of the JivatmlM; Mrs. Elizabeth Ames, the sculptress; Mrs. farton, Mrs. Stetson, and many others. I'rof. Stowe was prepared to take part In the ceremony, hot owing to the presence of Mr. needier ami Mr. r'rotlitngiiani, his services were not required. The services were opened by the ltov. o. 11. Frothingliain. who read selected portions from the Psalms autlM. Paul's F.ptstles. Itrmnrks by the Itev. Henry Ward flerrher. If I believed that this man by whose corpse I stund, had broken down the wall, and plucked the fairest flower In a neighbor's garden, and that he was struck dead for such a crime, surely I would say no word here to-day. I would oner prayer for the living, but let silence cover him as with a pall. I knew his services to the country, but I was not per sonally acquainted with him. 1 derive my Informa tion not from feverish paragraphs which fly about, but from true and high-minded men and women, whrse word Is law to me, and who knew Mr. Richardson and knew, from the very first step of that history which has led to this tragedy, his feelings, his motives and his actions; with whom tie consulted from day to day, and to whom he laid bare his very heart, In respect to all tho transactions connected with this unhappy his tory. They bear witness to his singular freedom from deceit, to his childl3li frankness, to his truth and honor in not only all tne relations of his life, but In the whole of this fatal afl'ectlon. I'pon such aliondant testimony of many concurring friends, who well understood huiuiiu life nnd human na ture, 1 believe him to have been up right. That, he was imprudent, tluit his sympathy carried him into wavs which a nicer prudence and a larger worldly wisdom would have eschewed, Is hardly tube doubted. Hut, that he consciously violated uny law of Uod, or any canon of morality which human society has thrown around the household, his most familiar friends utterly deny. When death was drawing near, and T was called to unite him to her who now sits desolute, over whelmed with multiplied sorrows, I went with alacrity. I believed that she was both legally and morally justified in separation from a brutal hus band, who, to excessive and outrageous personal abuse, had also furnished that one extreme ground of divorce which Justifies It In the eyes of all Chris- lenuom. Ann me lacis ana iruui are Held to be not the less real and morally justifying because she. for her children's sake, aud for her osvn, shrank from the odious task of revealing and proving the extreme reasons moving her, unci obtained a divorce on a re presentation of a part only of the reasons that existed lor such a separation. I went often to tho throne of grace during tho anguish of my country's recent trial fortlioso men who stood by her most f;iitlifulU, and I vowed taat they should be my brothers, and that as long as X lived, wine what might, If they carried themselves faithfully towards my native liind, then they should never lack a friend in me. There were two classes engaged In lighting that Rebellion; those who were In the Held and those who kept up the heart aud spirit of the country at home. Among tho latter this niau occupied a foremost place, aud did Ills work nobly and well. And 1 am willing to stand by his side In this hour of darkness aud disrepute. For, my friends, how strange is this hour! Death settles all enmities In all ordinary coses; death reconciles bitterest foes; but hero is a case where death creates enemies, and leaves no peace even In the grave. The lion in Ins strength anil in his own fastnesses is able to derend himself, but no sooner has the cruel arrow of the huntsman laid him low than he Is set upon by every vile thing, every artli Jjuctle, every fly, every crawling worm. Now that ho is down, ileli flies are all around about liini, and death, that is to most men a truce to old enemies, Is the very arraying of the bat. tie against him. It Is a shame, a sorrow, and a disgrace that It should be so. All tho more need Is there tlierufore that those who knew him, and knew that ho wasapureand true man, should in this hour staud fearlessly for bis integrity, and should not lot her who bears his name go down in the darkness and trouble by reason of the misapprehension and slanders that bave fallen upon him. He cares no more for it himself; but oh! there are children who bear his name; there is the household which must loving much stiller much ; and there are faithful friends who are witnesses of his integrity. For their sakes we staud here to-day, not as by a felon, but as with a man worthy to be loved. In taking my farewell of this corpse. I believe that I take letve of a man whom one need not be ashamed to call a friend. Let us unite in prayer. Prayer by the Kev. Henry Ward Ilecx-her. Holy and Just Thou art, U Uod ! Thine eye pierces all concealment aud all obscurity. Thou canst read the secrets which are hidden from men. We must once more draw near to Thee. O Thou that glvest liberty in times of trouble, we near no voice, wo reach out aud mid no band that we can touch, yet Thou dost come to us fulfilling the promises Thou hast made. Be pleased in Thy providence to clear away all doubts and darkness that have settled on Thy servant who lies before us. Ho pleased to esta blish truth. and Justice, and we beseech of Thee, O Lord our Uod, that Thou wilt spread abroad throughout the community, agitated aud torn with various dlscoiduut reports, a piacid mlud, a clearer Judgment, and more temperate feeling. Especially for that handmaid would we pray. -.Never leave her, never forsuke her, aud may there be no day so dark and no hour so desolate that she may not li ml that consolation which alone can come from Thee. We pray for those who bear his name. May there be those who will take care of them, aud may life bring Its blessings U them. We beseech Thee that Thou wilt draw near to all those whose friendship has been grievously wounded. Aud may they have that divine blessing which nuikcth rich and addettt no sorrow, on for the spirit of Cod among men, aud for larger trust; on for more simplicity and truth. Nor would we forget him who lies Imprisoned. In this hour of our sadness aud sorrow, O (lod ! remember him with for giveness, and graclousucbB, and kindness, and over rule all events that are yet to transpire for the fur therance of trutn and Jns'ice. And to the Father, Son, ami Holy Spirit wUl be the pralso forever, Amen. At the conclusion of Mr. Beecher'a prayer, an op portunity was given to view tho bmlv, of which many availed themselves. The remains, accompa nied by the relatives, were taken on the eveuttg boat to Norwich, whence they were to be carried by rail to Franklin, Muss., aud interred In the old City Mills grave-yard. The tin lieu Corpus Case for the 1'osnrnslon of One or the IttcKarland Children-The KtI deace. The following evidence, which was taken In the habeas-corpus case in the matter or the boy Percy, which, two yeurs ago, was brought aiiout by Mr. Mc Firlaud for the possession of the child, will be found of luterest at the present time: TIHTIMOHV OF SAMrKL SINCLAIR. JtS(J., PDUMSHBR OK TUK NKW YOllK "TKIBUNK." Q. Did you ever have any conversation with Mrs. McFariand as to her being engaged to be married to A. D. Kichardson ? If yes, when, how orten, who was present at the time, and all that was said In relation thereto T A. We had a conversation aiiout It perhaps more than once; 1 remarked to her that many of her friends thought it wax very Imprudent aud very strange that she should engage herself to be married so sown after leaving tter U unban d ; she replied that sre thought she was free, having sena tated from her husband : I was present at an Inter view bctwi en Mr. and Mrs. McKarlatirl at my h mse on the Putiday evenlug after she left him ; he stated en tior refiuai to return home with him that she was taking a sup that senouslv concerned not only him self but thtlr children; he finally said that If she persisted in her determination he would only bow and submit to It the best he could ; there waa no agreement for a separation further than this. Did youthen hear Mrs. McFariand charge her huMiund with any acts of violence towards herf A. No; she chaw d that he was subject to lltsand vioiei t paroxysms. Mr. Sage h t father, was one of those present at the Interview; he said that he had never before heard of any trouble between them or anything agslnst Mr. McFariand. y. Mate whether Richardson ever told yon, or any one else. In your presence and in the presence ol Mrs. McFariand, that ho and Mrs. Mcb'arlaud were engaged to be married? A. Ilo said to me that thty weie engaged to be married, but I am not positive that Mrs. Mcr'arland was present, tlemgh 1 think she was, at the time; this was In the week he was shot; 1 think she was then present. TESTIMONY OF MR. BINCLalKB MAN-SERVANT. William D. Mori is, In answer to questions put to hun, rshl : I am in my sixteenth year, by occupation a alter to Mr. Sinclair, at Croton. where I real . I), id fore Mrs. Mcb'arlaud went back to No. 74 Amity street, did jou see Mr. Richardson at Mr. Sin clair's house? A. Yes, sir; he came that, evening. V. How many times did you see him there? a. A good many tunes. y. Did Mr. Kichardson Inquire for anybody when you answered the bell ami let htm in? A. Yea, sir; lie always innuired fjrMrs. MoFarland when I let him in. Did they come homo In the evening togatlicr during that tunc? and if so, at. what time of tnglit? A. Yes, Bir; they did so late at uiglit, after 10, uear 11 o'clock, from the theatre'1, V. State whether or not Mr. Richardson fthd Mrs. Mci'ailaud carua homo to Mr. Sinclair's ami stopped there after sliu came hack to No. 72 Amity street; audit so, how long after 7 A. Yes, sir; tiiey then went hack and stopped quite a while, often ; when ho came back he was shot; after this Mr. Kichard son stayed at Mr. Sinclair's over a week; he was In the back room, up stairs, while he stayed there; Mrs. McFariand came back to Mr. Sinclair's aiiout two or three days after she had gone back to No. 72 Amity street. O. Did any one else come to Mr. Sinclair's to stoi at the same time Mrs. McFariand did, and if so, who was It? A. Yes, sir; Mr. Hichsrdeon. What room was Mrs. McFariand in while she stayed at Mr. Sinclair's at the time that Mr. Rich ardson was stopping there? A. Middle room, up stairs; all open to Mr Richardson's room; no doors in the room, nor shutters; when you are In one room you are In the other one ; I call It all one room. W here did Mr. Richardson and Mrs. McFar iand spend their time duriug the time they were at Mr. Sinclair's together? A. In theBttme room with Mr. Richardson while he lay in bed wounded. (J. How much of the time were they together ? A. All the time; I went np stairs; they sat together. i). Where did Mr. Ktchardson have his meals while he was at Mr. Sinclair's? A. In his bedroom all the time. ij. Who carried his meals to him? A. Mrs. McFar iand carried them to httu. . Where did Mis. McFariand have her meals diiilog tills time? A. Iu Mrs. Richardson's room, along with him. V. Who carried her meals to her? A. She held the waiter on her lap at his bedside, and they'd eat together. y. Who took care of Mr. Richardson's room while he was at Mr. Sinclair's? A. Mrs. McFariand mude Ids bed and arranged things In It, and cleaned up the room to make things look neat and tidy. I). State ail that you ever saw Mrs. McFariand doing In and about Mr. Richardson's room while he wns confined to his bed. A. I saw her do a lot of things making up the bed. dusting, aud putting things in order to make It look well and decent while Mr. Klchnrdson laid In the bed wounded; saw them eat together off the same plates; saw her carry up his meals and sit by his bedside aud hold water on her lap for him near the middle of the bed; I have seen Mrs. McKarluud throw her arms round Mr. Richardson's neck and kiss him. The Civil Mule for Damages. The following Is ihe affidavit upon which the civil suit for damages was commenced In the Supreme Court of New York, by McFariand, and Wtilch nos to nave come up lor iriui iu January next; Supreme Court-City nml County of New York Daniel Alcl'Hrlund vs. Allien 1. Hiclinlsin. Ttie complaint ol' tho above named plaintiff reBptjuliiiily allows that Abby 8. Mi'Karlnuil is 1 tie wife of said plaint ill, and was at the Mine unit times in w.ut complaint hereinafter meutionoil. Tina in the mouth of February, Sh7, and at divers tunes sioce aLri suhstquent thereto, aLd while tt-o aaiil AbhyH. Mo- rarlunu wua tho wile ot feuiU plaintin, tne saiu utmmaaut, an said plaintiff' is informed and Ixiliuves, wrong. ully uud tinuiiiK uud wickedly anU urKcntly intending to injure sid plnintili and to deprive hiip of tie comfort, fellowship, 8 viety. and nssibtance of the Baid wile, and to alienate and uoktroy her affection lor him, did maliciously and wicke.lly and without the consent of feuid plaintiff, aijd wutl knowing her to be the wite of said plaintiff, carnally know her ttio wife of saiu plaintiff, an J did debauch and have illicit and criminal intercourse witli her, and did thernby alienate t he love atnlbtiiectinn of bor from him, tile said plaintiff ; and by r en boh thereof he, tho said plaintiff, iiatn liounohitiinrto been wholly deprived of the affect ion, comfort, fellowship, society, aid and assistance ot his said wife in und aboub his liouiestic affaire and otherwise to which tie was en it led, and would lmve had but for the wrongful act and acts ot aiiio defendant as aforesaid, and has moreover guttered 8 rent mental and bodily pain, distress, and illnrss to his aiiiaito ot il6.UWJ. Second And for a second and further cuuse the said plaintiff snys that in the said month of Fcbruaiy, 1"7, and at divers times prior thereto, and while she, the said Abby 8. McFariand, was the wife of him. the said plaintiff, and while she and said plaintiff wore living and cohabiting happily together, the said defendant, well knowing ber to be the wife of said plaintiff, wruiutfully and improperly contriving and wickedly and uujuitly intend ing to injure said plaintiff, and to deprive him of the com fort, fellowship, society, and assistance of his said wife, and to alienate and destroy ber affection for him. did, by arguments, artifice, and entreaty, maliciously endeavor to induce and prevail upon the said Abby U, MoFarlaad, the wife of him, the said plaintiff, to Irave and abandon her borne and residence, and the home and reaidenee of him, the said plaintiff, and did rlnslly, to wit, on cr about the 21st day of said February, ls-i7, iu punuanea of Ins long-planned aud wicked intent, and by means of his said aitihue, entreaty and persuasion, as aforesaid, accomplish his said designs, and did wickedly and maliciously and with like design and intent as aforesaid entice ber, the said wife, away irom ber slid borne and the home of said plaintiff, then being in said city of fiew York, and did persuade and induce bor to leave her sSid home and residence and to take up her abode elsewhere, at a place and places provided for her by said defendant, and did then and therewith like de sign and intent as aforesaid harbor and detain her. and induce her to remain away from hira, the said plaintiff, against the consent of said plaint iff , and in opposition to bis utmost peaceable efforts, and endeavor to obtain her from the custody, control, and iniltionceof him, the said defendant, 'lhat by. reason of laid premises the said plaintiff has been wrongiully deprivod by said defendant of the comfort, society, and assistance of bit said wile, and has been subjected to gieut loss of time in endeavoring to recover her Irom said defend ant, and has suffered greatly and distrosNlully in body and mind to his damago of i .u.ihio. Third And tor a fur ther and third cause ot action Uin said plaintiff says tint the said defendant, stitl furthor wrongfully contriv ing and wickedly and unjustly intending to injure the said plaintiff and to rioprive him of the comfort, assistance, kociet,aud services of lis infant son, Percy 8. McKar luud, did, on said 2lt day of February, 18o7, wickedly and maliciously, and without the consent or privity of said plaintid, lrauaulently entice and prevail upon him, the paid ion, to leave aud abnmh n the home anift csi Jenco of him uud of the said plaintiff, then being in the city of Mew York, and did abduct a' (1 remove him thorn! rom and did bur bor and conceal the said son and causa hi in to lo bill bored aud concealed away from said plaintiff, and by means of which the plaintiff did incur an 1 pay large sums of money in 0-hta.iniug tne release and return of rani child, in all to the damage of S d.lHH). Therefore, by reason of the said aovoral premises aa aforesaid, the said plum tin brines suits and demands judgment against, said delHudant for the sum of $40,00(1, with interest Irom the 51st dy of February, IW7, besides the costs of this action. J. B. KLWOUl, flaintirt's Attorney. City owl Vuuntu itf Xcic l urk, Daniel Mcr'arland being dniy sworn deposes and says- That he is the above named plaintiff t that he baa heard the foregoing com plaint read and knows the contents tben-ei', and that the same is true of his own knowledge, except as to the mat ters therein stated en information and belief, and aa to that matters he believes It to be true. llANIK.fi MoFARLAND. Subscribed nnd sworn to before me, March 13, lH-iH. r tHHKit A. it.u;i-n, Notari Public City and County of New York. Ilillulelpltla Trade Report. Hatuhdav, Dec. 4. The Flour market is exceed ingly ipilet, and In the absence or any demand for shipment, only a few hundred barrels were taken In lots by the local tiadeat 14-87 Itf t3 for superdue, $s 124(36 M for extras, o-76o-20 for Northwestern extra family, fr 76vi.6-12tf for Pennsylvania do. do.. Iikrtfl-oo for Ohio do. do., and fo-ios7-25 for fancy brands, according tit quality. Hye flour la steady, with sales at loo barrels at f.vm. Tho demand for Wheat 1b limited to the Immediate requirements of the local millers, who purchased 17(0 bushels Pennsylvania aud Delaware red at 1 1-80(5)1 -82, and 800 onshels Virginia whim at 11-50. Kye mav be quoted at f t-0o3riil. Corn Is less active. (Sales of old yellow at f I -09, and sooo bushels new da at bCtagoc, Oats are without change; sales of 2000 butdiclB at tuMOOo. for Western and Penusilvauia, and 62c. for Delaware. S500 bushels No. 2 two-rowed New York gold atU Nab a Ladnir, Bankers, report this mornins'a Gold quotations aa follows: lotHjjL M 122,' 100 A. M 192 V 10-30 " 122,V 11-12 " Wiu 10-40 llr,iU1M " 122.' 106 122,V ' SECOND JEDITI0N ZATSST by TELnanArn. The Rumor of the Loss of the Steamer Dictator Unfounded She is Safe in Savannah - A Church Burned in Jersey City. FROM NE W YORK. A Church Horned. Nkw Yobk. Bee. 4. A fire broke out to-day In Sr, Matthew's Kpfccopal Church, in Sussex street, Jersey 1 tty, which was entirely destroyed. Came, a rtefec tlve flue. This church was tho oldest In Jersey City. 1 he loss Is estimated at 1-40,000. New York JHmiry market. DttpaUsh to The Jivenitig Ttlegraph, Nbw York, Dec 4. Money Is fairly active at y7 percent. Foreign exchange Is dull and Inactive. London prime bankets', 90 days, los-tKWfi ; dr. slyht, I09,J,(10x ; commercial. HX,vbW,. 'old Is strong at VU, having opened at ',. Govern ments are active at an advance of about all round. (Stocks sre strong and higher. Hock l-daud is a fea ture end has been bulled up to ins. Northwest, Ifcndtng, and the balance of the list have advanced sllghtlv. Humors on the street this morning that tho (fo'vernment will expand the currency nsaiti arc pot believed. FROM UAL TIMOR E. The Bremen Mieitmcr. . DMpatch to The Kvening Telegraph. IlAi.TiMOitK, Dec. 4 The ltremen steamer IU!t!- more Is now coming up the bay. It has about utiicty passengers aud a full cargo. New Trial fJranted. The Supreme ilench of Italtlmore has granted a new trial lu the case of Margaret lteck and four children against the Northern Central Haliroad Com pany, from whom she got a verdict recently In the City Court of seventeen thousaud dollars damages for' killing her husband. FROM WAS1I1JVGTOA. KafctT or tho Dictator. 8)tfial he-iqiatch to The Evening TeUxjraph. Wahiiikoton, Hce, 4. The rumor from Washing ton of the loss of the Iron-clad Dictator must be un founded, as information received from I. 8. Kitchen, Surgeon of the Dictator, dated November';), l.Hd'j, states that she was safe in the harbor of Mavaiuiah, and would not sail for a week or ten days. FROM EUROPE. Thin iHoriihia'e Quotations. By tht A mjlv-American Cable. London, Dec, 411 A. M. Consols for money. Si v, and for account, 9i V 6-ws of ltw, S.V,' ; of I '., eld, PUT, ; and of lcs, KAV. 10-tos, 81. Krie. 20 Illinois Central, 99V. Atlaiitic and Ureal Western, 2"y,'. LlVEiu'Oob, Dec. 411 A. M. Cottou dull; np landB, l'iMli'.d. ; Orleans, 12VI- HaIcs to-day estimated at 10,000 bales. Corn, 129s. 9d. Xor Ku ropean. London, Dec. 411 A. M Sugar Is Arm. 1aki8, Dec. 4. The Bourse opened Urm. Hontes, Ta-sof. Antwerp, Dec. 4. rctroleum opened firm at 60f. Petroleum closed hist night at Kremeu liriucr at 6-03, and at Hamburg at to-2. G X2 EX T 23 TJ C 22 D. A. 3Xuileroii!S C2iartotte. Seventeen Years' Imprisonment Al lotted to Smith, the Assassin of Hughes The Sentences of the Other Three. In the Court of Oyer nnd Terminer, Judy's Peiroo and Paxson on the benoh, tins moraiiiK tou- young men in the prune ot lilo were called uu to auditor to. the lives of four of tbeir fellow mon. 'I liny all preBi'ined a Ht.ron;r, hearty appeuranue, showing that each mijzlit havo lod an hon.Mt, i&itiustiiuuslito with pmtit to tbnuiHclvo and to ttiecoiumu n.ty ; but iu each cam the doinon of strung drink bid boon peimitted to take possession ol tlioir lmndH, had lo t ttioin lioiu the path of virtue and brotigbi thoiu huro, deraced folons, to answer with their liberty lor the heinous crime ot murder. At thuopeninuof the Court District Attorney Gibbons aron and moved that judfttneut bo pronounced as'iiiiHl Kdward binith, who waa convicted of murdor in the second deicree in taking t ho life ot John Duties, on the Clicsuut ttrect bridite, on the nitfht of pctober 2,1, and who pleaded uiltyto a charge of biuhway rubbery upon tne colored liirl, llulila Coleman, committed at the same time and place. O. Davis Page, Esq , counsel for the prisoner, made a strong appeal lor mercy, to which Distr.ct Attorney Clib bona responded at length. In passing sentence Juiiso Peirce said : l-.dward (Smith, you have been convicted of murdor of the second dogreo in killing John Hughos on tho Chounut bt reet llridge on the night of the 2d of October lust. On the night of the murder you woro a lawloss prowler threugb the streets of Pmladolphia, going from tavera to tavern, and drinking wherever you went, reatly for any opportunity to indulge in your brntai propensities, and capable of any crime, even to highway robbery and murder. On taut night, and but a short tune bnfore you killed .lobu Hus bos, and near to where you killed bim, you committed highway robbery upon the person of an unollending colored woman, who waa quietly going to her home in Weet I'm la delphia, and meanly took from ber the shawl and aaoipie which sue wore. To this robbery you tiave pleaded guilty. 'I he victim of your murder was a peaceable unoffending citizen, quietlygolng towards his home, wboin you met, and having some unlawful and malicious dosun, tirst en gaged with bim in a scuflle; you then stabbed him with a Knife to the heart. Of this mortal wound your victim died beiore he could reach the other end ot tne biidge. The evidence given at the trial would have justified the jury in rendering against you a vertiot of murder of the firm degree; ami toe tkiurt would bave had no difficulty iu sustaining such a verdiot; but mercifully giving you the benelit ot every doubt, the jury bave found you guilty of mureer of the scceiid degree, and bave thus saved you from the ignominious duaUi of the giillows. '1 be crimes of which you have been convicted are but the natural trait of the life which you bave led. With op portunities for the useful employment of your time in industrious purenits and the cultivation of your heart and mind all around you, you nave cnosen to as.-tociate ith a gang of youthlul idlers and outlaws like yourself, known aa the Uamblers, who infest the neighburnood of tho bchnylkill. borne of ibis gang, and of otuer like asso ciations, nave already been inmates of our prison ; and others of thoni, like you, will, sooner or later, unlesa tlicy withdraw fiom such associations, become inrattes of of the Penitentiary, and may pasa beyond it to tne gallows. The fate of your victim on that unfortunate night was a tad one. iteceiving from your tiand tne blow of death, oiliera who T,'itncsed it reached iortb no arm toassotc him, nor to arrest the murderer who tied from the scene. Alone, unassisted, staggering from Ins weuud and the ioaa of blood, tiding the difcuial night with bis piteous moans, he was suffered to fall and Hie upon the bridge, within sight and bearing of persons who oall themselves men ; yet could lot their ledow man perish of a mortal wound which they knew he had received, without cue word of sympathy, ne olUr to auist him to his borne, one eltoit to sUunca bis life-blood as it flowed troiu bis wound, or oue word of consolation in his dying moments. Nay, when death had lined its icy seal upon oiin, they left hun stark uud lifeless under the cold sky, aud went their wuy to their homes and their premenades, without- oven iutorniing the police cttiueis ol the terrible tragedy which had been enacted, or toat a lifeless human body was ijnig eiposed upon the public highway- . , , , , These men continued to conoeal Tunir knowledge of the felony of murder, which jou bad committed, and were thus iu some sense abettors aftor tho fact of the crime which you coiniiuttud, until they were brought forward in this (Jourt to give testimony at the trial in which yon wore cou- V'ltbcg leave to commend the attention of the District Attorney, the otUcer of the t 'oiunion wealth, to the oase of theeenitu; to consider whether or not they bavo been guilty of misprision or concealment of felony, and if so, to suggest to him the propriety of sending in bills of indlct liieut against them. .... Duriag the long period of Imprisonment to which it is cur duiy to sentence yon, you will have ample opportunity to think upon aud, we trust, (o repent of the enmos which yon tiave committed. You go into prison a very youog man ; yon ill come out of it in the middle of life, bo use your uuie and privileges that you may daily grow in graea of heart, and in Ihe culture ot your understanding, that at the end of your term, redeemed from the habits ot an evil life, you uisy b restored to your family and to society, and tbetcalter live a unxful and honorable life. The sentence ol tho Court is, that for the fslony of mur der of the second degree, of which you have been con victed, you undergo- imprisonment, by separate or solitary confinement, in the blate Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for the period of eleven years, eleven montfcs, and ten days. And for the felony ol robbery of which you have bnen convicted, the sentence oMbe Court is last you pay a hoe of one cent, and that yon undergo imprisonment by sepa rate or solitarj confinement In the said Eastern Peniten tiary for the further period of five year from and after the eipiration of your sentence above stated on bill No. 14S, ol October sessions, 1S6U, for the felony of murder of the second degra e, of which you have been convicted. The prisoner here drew his face up to the crying pitch, and lu a sobbing manner gald : "Honor, I'm Innocent of the crime as the sun shines. Won't you please lighten my sentence,? I dldnt do It at ail, won't you please lighten my sentence t" Judge Pierce "Vow caae has beta fully ctn- sidered ay a Jury, and I think the verdict a merciful one." Smith "I ain't gnllty. Tlease lighten my sen fence. " lie continued this -until directed by an offi cer to sit down, artcr which he put a handkerchief to his fnce and continued weeping, this being the first evidence he has yet given of any emotion, lie Cuee of Henry Cnrr. In the ease of Henry llarr feolormD. who waa Mnvtntad of Biurdsrof the second degreo. coupled with a reoora w filiation tomeroy, In taking the life of Francis H. Wy- wt n icoioreoi. an earnest appeal was also made by Thei dt r H. Oe'jlst'l.l ,ger. Tbe.Oourt took all matters of mill. gi ion into onnsiitntation, and imposed a sentence of thro years and sii months in the Eastern Penitentiary. 1 he la of William ftlaore. In the caao of William Moore, eonviotad nf manslanfrh. ter in killing Charles U'Kni ley, evidonoe of good charac ter waa adduced, and the prisoner was ientnmid to an iiiiriniiDinentoi six years ana three month intno r.astern I tnitentiaiy. The Cnse of Thlllp Flannlaan. In the eate of Philin Klnnnigan. convicted of murder In the pecomt degree in killing (folen-l James J. beyhert, at I I irteenl.li and Wood slrtiols, on tho night of Snptoiubur 111, by cruelly and without, provocation striking hun n n the head with a blackjack, the motion for a new trial was withdrawn by hi counsel, Mr. bneasa, anil the Cent, saj nr; that a verdict of murder in tho first dnrrree mrlit jnstly bare been rendered, and the prisoner was fortumtt-o in t scaping with his life, Imposed a sentenco of ittiprH-m-rtii ntoi eleven yaars, eleven months, and ten days in tho Kattera Penitentiary. A .Minor Aflnir. John Oorlica.whn was recently convicted of a conspiracy to cheat and doiruud, was sentenced by Judge Paiin to pay a line of tfeVGO. and undergo one year's imeriftoniuout. I In Nov, mher teim of the court was brought to a closo oy these proceedings. A rOLlTICAL VEXDETri. Diapernte niot In New York-A 3nn of "Re t rntrra" Attack a I.lquor Knloon-Deino-rrutte Politician Family Vunri-d. I I he New York JfmiW, to day, has the following :- A few minutes after one o clock yesterday at ternoon a gsi got about twenty repeaters, bailing from Maekerel ville, htaded by Horonoe bcunnell, atolitician of small calibre in the Rightaentb ward, commenced a series of solium ages that will, no donht, tern inate fatally to seve ral persons engaged in them, and to one or two men who hnppmed to be near the scene of the aff ray Prom the statements mule by the officers nf the Kigatoenth pre cinet it appjara that at tho above hour the party, hoadru by Rcanooll and his half I rotlier John, co ined the store of Tbomaa Uonohne, No. 3,'S Hecond ave nue, corner of Twenty third street. The latter, beiui a fricud of h'cannell'a opponent, John Nosbit, who is an atpirant for Aldnnnanio honors, and against Hcann-11, who is also a candidate, was jeerod and hootod at by the mob, most of whom were armed with mvolver, which they earned openly, and had also concealed under their coats largo clubs, evidently manufactured for the oooaitna. A number nf those wenpoas are now In the pim , sion of the police, bpsmoared with blood. John Scan nell, tho brother of Kloroiico, was loud iu his dsn jiiviia tions of tbe Nesbit faction. A FATAL HFOT. About this time some ono in the party, whether of Florence Rcnnoirs friends or Donohoe's could not bo as certained, tirod a shot, and Florence fell to the floor, ex claiming, "1 am shot." The affray from this time asmmod a very serious shape; wbieky bottles, pistols, knives, clubs, chairs, antl tnmhlors being used inJincrimiiiat-oly. i)urinf the meloo e'loreuce !$cuum-ll received a wound in the side from a pistol shot, tho ball taking a backward course, severing the spinal cord. THK WOUNIlED. (icorge Johnson, an engineer, residing at No. 4 Crand street William-hurtf, wax shot in the neck, severing the carotid artery, Ho was removed to Beliovue Hospital, but before he reached there lott his senses, and not tho slightest hopes sre entertained ot his recovery. A tuiin named Joseph Martin, a salesman at No. 84 Spring street, redding at tho I'uoiriu Hotel, in the Rowery, received a blow on the bond from a club in t he hands of one of tbe mob, fracturing bis skull. Ilia wounds, which are not danieroii'i. were dresto l by Folico Surgeon Kim lurk, aftor which no was removed to the hospital and will be held as a witness. The proprietor of the plaoe, T'nuiuas DouoHoe, received a oistol-shot wound in tho right arm, between the elbow and wrist, which is not of a very serious nature. Or. Phillips, of Beliovue Hospital, made an eismination ol the arm, and discovered that the bone were shattered, hut expressed tbe opinion that it would not bo advisable to amputate it at present. Florence Boanneli was -placed iu an ambulance and removed to Beiievue Hospital, when au examination of hit wounds was made by tho bouse surgeon, but before it was finished be became palsiod in Ins lower limbs and lost his senses, whcb Or. LyonB. bis physician, pronounced exoeodinuly danuf rous, and stated further that ho could not possibly suivive through tho ni;;bt. Office ov tup. Kvf.nino Tki.koraph 1 naturday, Deo. 4, lSo'9. Cold continues steady, vurylug between 122;'; and in,, with uuiittMi triiiiNiiciions. tiovernment loans are unlet, but prlees are again strong, showing a further advance on tycsterday's closing quotations. The Stock inurkct was exceedingly dull this morn ing, but prices generally were unchanged. Stuto loans were fniiotivc; Hie war loan was sob) at lot. In city sixes no sales were reported: 9s;'4' was bid for the new Issues. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE! SALES. Reported by He Uuveii itro.. No. 40 8. Third street. $2000 Pa fls,WLCp.lol to sli Cam & A It. llfltf do nti,- 12 do. ls.HO'tf 18 sli Cam A. Sc. 6:a 1 do c:is, 7 do Is. ::',; Wish Ch A. Will It.. 4Vtf 100 Bli Phil A jjk.. 2000 Klnura It 7s.. ss $1000 I'tilla & E 7s. 85 11 bh Com'l Bk.... 6ir 24 sh Oirurd lik.ls. MS 1 sh Penna K.... M 73 do Is. 54 ' 20shCnmA Am.ls.119 Bsh Leh Val.... bSV Jay Coo kb A Co. qnotu Government securities aa follows: U. 8.08 Of 18S1, Ht!,.-((tll0', J B-20sof 1SC2, 11H?4114; do., 1864, lllCSni ; do., 1805, 112'3(a) 112?,; da, July, 1866, U4t$li44'; do. do., 1ST, lU'.tSitH'i; do., 1868, 114um.' ; 10-lfls, 107'iii 10: cur. 6s, 1073ni'il07 ; Gold, m. Tim Cotton Tkadk Eales. Receipts for the week at United States ports, ceding Decemlier 3 100,305 Same time lust year tw.ooo Increase 10,395 Stncfc at all United States ports 279,000 ' same time last year 210,000 Increase aa.ooo iami; new iiira, ji, ni., nun; nuuilllUgH, 2bj. Philadelphia, 2.VC. JfATESl quipping lntelligece. For tuUit fotuil Marine New ses Innidt Pajts. SorTHAMPTon,i)ec. 4. Arrived, steamship nainmonia. front A aw York. PORT OF PHILADKLPHIA DKOICMBKft 4. STATE OV XUXBMOIOCTEB AT TJIB KVRSING TKI.EliBAPH OWIUK. 1 A. M 25 1 11 A. M..... 3J I S P. M 37 OLKAltKD THIS MOKXINO. Co HuntBr Harding, Providenoe. 1). S. Stetson A Steamship Fonita. freeman. Now York. John P. Ohl. Bt-eamship Noriolk. Piatt. Kichmoud via Norfolk. TV P Clyde m tlo. BtwiuMirNew York, Jones, Uoargetovrn and Alexandria. Bteame'r Mayflower, Fnltx, New York. W. P. Clyde A Co Bchr N. A 11. Uonld, Crowell, lioatoa. Westmoreland Coal Bohr O. Puvidson, Jeffon, New Haven, Hmulckson A Oo. Kcbr I . J. Warner, Dickinson, New Haven. do ruurv. t-it, . jubu, tmum ivorwaia, Bchr L. Isabella, Clark, Halem. f-cbr A. I.eland. Henuett, Uockporl, Bohr IU 1-aw. York, Sionington, Bobr B. J. Uussell, ISmith, l,un. Ki.ne J. 8. II ilea. Kproni. New York. do. do. do. do. do. Tug Chesnneake, Merrihew, Harre-de-Uru.ee, with a tjw of barges, W. P. Clyde A Co. do. ARRIVKO THIS MORNING. Bteamahlp ianita, i-roeiiian, 34 hours irom New York Withnidse. to John V. Old. ' Kteamer tieorge H. Ntflut, Ford, from Georgetown and Alexandria, with mdse. to W. P. Clyde A Co. rKOWwa nd HUiamer A. (!. Btimers. Knox, 24 hours from New York, with nidso. to W. P. Clyde A Co. ' htesmerW. Wbilldin, Kiggans, 13 hours from Balti. Wore, with mdso. to A. Groves, Jr. tschr itlla F. Crowoil, Howes, 6 days from Boston, with mdso. to P. Crowell. Bcbr A . G. Caskill. Gaskill. 5 days from Newborn N f) With railroad ties and shingle to Finley A Co. ' Bchr VViudward, Koeves. 7 days from Richmond. Vs.. with spoke to llulklay A Oo. ' "' Sour Ocean, McClr-ady, 6 day from Baltlmora, with lumber to Collin A Co. Bchr Geo. H. B.iuires, Tiramona. 5 day from Rlohmoud. Va., with granite to Richmond Urauite Co. "", Bchr A. Tirrell. Atwood, S days from Lane' Cora, with granite to Barker A Bro. wl' Bcbr I: B. Ives, Bowditch, from Hag Harbor. Bchr J. H. MoOaif hey, Himpson. from Boston Bchr N (iodfrer, tiodtrey, from Halom, Maas. Bcbr Nightingale. Boebe, from New Ijondou. Bcbr W. 11. Dennis, Lake, from Providence. Bchr Paulino lUinbo, Itidiler, from Plymouth. Tug Thomas Jetfermin, Allen, from Baltimore, with a tow of barge to W. P. Clyde A Oo. Tug Commodore, Wilson, from llavre-da-Uraoa, with a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde A Co. bkTxiw. Mr. Jamae Rutherford, pilot, report having seen yes terday afternoon - Barque Mary Lowerson, from tho Clyde, at sncbor off Joo Flogger; barque ttlena, from Ivigtut, off Bombay Hook: barque Doretta, from New York, off the Ledge Lightship; also, on light barque. Bant nnknown. eff Overfall, and a light brig, (J. lhurlow, from Now York, ofl Bowliay Hook, at anchor. MEMORANDA. Hole lit mood a la. lw balwaik. anJ ba4 to heap both pump going during til gal ; do! lawiU.we foot waUrtaUe bold. BCSr Kawara ineyr. uorman, at lloln' last., irom rnuaaotpuia tor Newoaryporti oipont ale from H W. on the nigbl of SUth Nov. : Belli sil OS O U31E IX ICAI Tho Grc.it Council. Convocation o!" the Zlomai Zlie rarchy in the Sternal City on December 8 Preparations for the Event The Plan and Scope of the Council, and the Subjects to be Pasted Upon. Tbe Bull of Convocation The Papal Syllabus of Errors The Invita. tions to the Eastern and Protestant Churches, and their Re sponses. i:tc, i:tc, i:tc, i-:tr. That rcrtt cveut in the Llstory of tho Romish Church, tho convening cf a General orO-'cutuijni-cal Couiiril, the first tltice 1545, will take place on the eighth of this present month, next Wed- -nesday, in the Vatican Basilica, at Rome. Since the times of Luther and the Great Reformation, the condition of tho Church, or of the Pope, perhaps, has not been such as to otvll for a general convocation. Now that it has come, we may look for great results. The t'onncll First Suggested. The design of convoking a gcueral couuc.il has been entertained by Tope l'ius for many years. It was for the first tiuiu olllcially announced on June 27, 18U7, in an allocution to the great as sembly of bishops, who, in compliance with a riiipul invitation, hud gone to Rome to be present at the canotiUatiou of a number of saints. In this allocution the Tope said: "We have already eutertuinnd for a lontr time prist a project which is known to Bevcral of our venerable brethren, uud we trust that our thought nmy bo realized as soon as the desired occasion shall present itself. Our project is to hold a sucrcd fl-'cuiiieuical und General Council of all the Bishops of the Catholic world, in which, by collecting various opinions, tve may. by common accord and with the aid of God, adopt tho necessary and salutary remedies, par ticularly in that which concerns tho many evils which now Billict the (.lunch. By means of such a cotiucil we have a certain hope that -the light of the Catholic truth In which the mluds of men arc Involved will shed abroad Its beneficent light, and citable mankind to discern and follow, by favor of the divine grace, tho true path of salvation and jut-lice." The Bishops, in the address presouted to the Pope, expressed joy at tho Minoiincement of tho speedy assembling ot an (Ecumenical Council, from which they thought tho Church would de rive abundant fruit. The Pope Bub30iiu"utly appointed a congregation of seven Cardinals, to whom ho lntrut-ted tho duty of arraugiug the preliminaries for the meeting, aud, iu tho course of tho year 1W", a number of prominent theolo gians from di Herein churches wcro called to Rome, to take part in tlio labors of thin special congregation. The Hull of I'onvorntlan. Tho bull convoking the council was issued on the litith of June, lti8. Tho cauncs which prompted tho calling ot tho council, and the mission it is expected to accomplish, are thus referred to in the bull: 'Tollowiiig the practice of our illustrious pre decessors, we have deemed it opportune to assemble a General Council, which wo have already long desired, of all our brethren the bishops of the whole Catholic world, who are now called to take part in our solicitude. These, our venerable brethren, being prompted by the warmest love for our Catholic Church, and re markable for eminent pletv and for reverence towards us mid this Apostolic See, bclmrttn clous also for the salt atlon of souls and excellent in wisdom, in doctrine, and erudition, aud greatly lamcutinir with us the griovous condition of sacred and profane things, they will hold nothing luoro precious than to communicate to us their judgment, and to confer with us in order to provide salutary remedies for so many calamities. "All these things have to bo most carefully examined and regulated by tho iKcmueuical Couuell, more particularly with regard to all that in these eil times concerns tho greatest glory of God, the integrity of faith, the respect For divine worship, and the eternal salvation of men, tho discipline of tho orders of tho clergy and their solid and salutary training, tho observ ance of ecclesiastical laws, tho amelioration of manners, the education of Christian youth, and tbe peace and concord of all. And further, the council must seek by anxious study that by the help of God all ills may lie removed from civil society, that erriDg wanderers may be led back into the right way of truth, aud that vlco and error may be eliminated, our august religion and her salutary doctrine may everywhere bo rjuick ened by fresh life, and may still further extend their liillueuee, and thus piety, honesty, probity, justice, charity, and all tho Christian virtues may gather strength and llourish, to the great benefit of humau society. None can ever deny that the strength of tho Catholic Church and her doctrine does not uloue regard the eternal salva tion of men, but Is essential nlso to tho temporal welfare of peoples, and to their real prosperity, order, nnd trampuillity, and even to tho progress and solidity of human science, us the annals of sacred aud profaue history clearly prove by a series of splendid facts, and still couetautly de monstrate. "Thereiore, after most fervent prayer offered up day and uight In the humility of our heart to God the Father of light, we have judged it to be expedient that this council should be assem bled. For this cause, strong in the authority of God, tho Father Almighty, the Hon, aud the Holy Ghost, aud of the iVoly Apoitles, Peter and Paul, which authority we represent on earth, we, with the counsel and consent of our venerable brethren, the Cerdinals of tho holy Roman Church, by these present letters, an nounce, convoke, and ordain the sacred (Ken menlcal aud General Council to be holden in that our city of Rome In the coming year, 180!, in the Vatican Basilica, commencing upon the 8th day of December, sacred to the immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary, and to be prose cuted and couducted to its termination by the help of God, to His glory, aud to the salvation of all Christian peoples. "We therefore desire and command tiat our venerable brethren, tho patriarchs, archbishops, bishops, as also our beloved tons, the abbots, and all others who, by right or privilege, are en titled to sit in general councils, and to manifest their opinions in the same, should, trout alt Cc'itiuurd on tht Tenth rv, EuypUvitnt, i
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