ii JJjJjilL PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18TO. 1JOUBLE SIIKICT TURKU CUNTS. XJL. XIII. NO. 20. FIRST EDITION DELAWARE JUSTICE. Two Negroes to be Hung at New Castle To-morrow for an Out rage on a White Woman. The Condemned Men and thei? Crime One of Them Merely an Ac cessaryAn Effort to Secure a Respite. Fri m Our Own OorrttpondenU New Cabtle, Del., Feb. 3. The great cltyi or perhaps more properly the email town, of New Costlo is at preseut laboring under iomcwh&t of an excitement, caused by the fact that two colored men who are now In the county jail under sentence for the commlBBlon of a rape upon a white woman, will to-morrow pay the penalty of the crime by the sacrifice of their lives. This offense, It may be remembered, according to the laws of that triangular plot of ground known as Delaware, is punishable with death. Though the town is in somewhat of an excited condition, and though the coming event is the subject of general conversation In all quarters, the people generally, both white and black, appear to take the matter quite coolly. The general opinion Is that the parties richly deserve the punishment, and that protection to citizens demands Its execution. In the majority of cases no more personal interest is manifested than a desire to see the execution, and this desire is prompted by mere curiosity. Appearance of the Prisoners. The names of the two culprits are Joshua Jones and Lewis Carpenter. They are both colored laboring men, and nothing very peculiar is noticeable about the appearance of cither. Jones is the principal offender, and is charged with the actual commission of the deed, the other being only an accessary. He is a young looking man, rather under the medium height, with dark color and true negro appearance. Ills face usually wears a peculiar grin, and he is deci dedly joklsh in his disposition, even under existing circumstances. He has a large mouth and lips, and speaks with a strong dialect. Lewis Car penter, the other culprit, has more of a yellow complexion. He has thick bushy hair parted on both sides and standing up in the middle. He is not as lively as his companion, and usually trembles very much when he Is spoken to. The Prison and Cells. The place where the prisoners are confined Is the New Castle county jail, in the city of New Castle. It is a fine brown-stone building of comfortable size, situated just in the rear of the Court House and public offices; It is well kept and presents a neat appearance, both externally and internally. The condemned men are con fined in separate cells, from which all unneces sary furniture has been removed, to prevent them from having access to anything which could be used for self-destruction. A feather bed is in one corner of the cell, and in another a stool and spittoon, which articles together form the whole outfit. The prisoners wear a heavy iron bar riveted around their ankles to prevent them from escaping, but their hands are entirely free. For convenience in moving around the cell a striug is attached to the bar, to be held in the hand of the wearer, by means of which the weight of the iron is in a great mea sure removed from the feet. They pass most of their time in smoking. The two men are watched constantly through an iron grating. They have no work to do, and are at a loss for means to pass the time. Books and tracts have been furnished by the visiting clergyman, but they do not appear to have been much cared for by one prisoner, while the other, Carpenter, is unable to read them. He is not as bright in his intellect as his companion, though since he has been in prison he has learned his alphabet, and knows it almost perfectly. This might seem a poor pre paration for the death which almost certainly awaits him, but it has been learned only from want of something better to do. The other in mates of this prison are allowed at certain times to leave their cells. They are employed in various industrial pursuits, such as carpet-weaving and carpentering. How the Crime wan Committed. Jones and Carpenter were employed as laborers on the farm of Henry McCrone, in the neighborhood of New Castle. The Injured woman is named Mary Meredith, and was house keeper for Mr. McCrone. She is a white married woman and has been the mother of twelve children. Seven of them are dead, and of the five remaining two are now living with her. These are young children, one five years of age, and the other a six-months' old baby. Her hus band is a laborer employed on the farm, who wns away from home at the time. ' The prisoners, on the night of the 17th of Sep tember last, were returning from a visit to a neighbor or a frolic of some sort, in company with another colored man, one William Moore. They were perfectly sober at the time, and had not been drinking at all. Jones, being in a festive humor, proposed that the party should commit some devilment. This was agreed to, when the visit to the housekeeper was proposed. This was about 12 o'clock at night. The party, Moore Included, theu went to the farm-house, from which all the other inmates were absent, and entered the room of Mrs. Meredith. Mrs. Meredith was choked until she was insensible, and then the act was perpetrated. The , man Moore hag turned State's evideuce and is allowed to go entirely free. The Trial. On the Saturday following the commission of the deed Mrs. Mary Meredith sued Joshua Jones, whom she recognised as being lh her room by a patch on his pantaloons, which was visible in the moonlight. Jones vigorously protested his innoeence when accused by the woman before Mr. McCrone, the owner of the house, and said that if he had done such a thing he would go and chop his head off. How this skilful opera tion was to have been performed does not ap pear. He was arrested along with Carpenter and Moore by the constable of Wilmington, and they were all lodged in jail to await their trial. On the way to the prison Jones asked the cou ntable when he thought they would hang him. The constable in reply said to the prisoner, "You admit, then, that you aro guilty?" I might as well," he returned, "tho way things have gone." He, however, pleaded not guilty at the trial. He was tried at the November term o the New Castle County Court, for which trial about fifty witnesses had been summoned for both sides. Tho following Is the testimony of Mrs. Mary Meredith: Lived at ITenry McCronn's on tlie 17th of Rcptem ber; was his housekeeper; lived with my hunbnd and two children ; Garoy Streets and his wife, neigh bors of ours, were working at 'MoCroHes on the lUh of September; they left about 10 o'clock to go home; there wbh none loft at the bouse but mvself and two small children : William Moore and Lewis Carpenter were working there that day; pave them their sup per; they went away aloiit 7 o'clock: I did up my work and took my little boy up to tils bed; after Streets went away 1 took ray baby and went up stairs aud laid down on my bed with my clothes on and put mr baby to sleep; lett light burning in the kitchen and one burning In my room; door was left unbolted; Mr. McCrone had not come home; I Intended artcr the baby was asleep to go down and shut the shnt ters in Mr. McCrone's room ; being tired I fell asleep ; was awakened by some one on my bed: the lamp was out ; reached out my hand and found by his head he was a black man ; I screamed : "Lew, in the name of God, Is this you ?" I said, "John, Is this you T' put bis hand over my mouth; 1 screamed for my hus band ; ho was at John Morrison's, and had not eomo home; I called for Garey Streets and Mr. McCrone ; my children were both crying; they then lcrt the room. WitucBS then testified while she was groping around two of the men returned, and that she wns seized by the throat, choked until Insetisi ble, and the outrage perpetrated. Her evidence thus continues: When I como to, 1 heard my little boy scroanilng and siijinif, "O. mamma where are you? Are you t'esdt" The baby was also screaming; I took my children in their night clothes and (led to (lorry Streets'; they were the nearest neighbors; it wanted five minutes of 12 o'clock when 1 got there; I told them all about it; staid there until mornlnir; I know by the light of the moon shining in my room that Joshua Jones was one of the mun ; knew him by his light pants, with a patch on the knee. Moore, the accomplice, who is allowed to go free as State's evidence, testified that after leav ing the house, in company with Carpenter, they met Jones and spent the evening with him. On the proposal being made to commit some devil ment, all three 'returned to the house, entered and blew out the lights, and then the two prison ers only entered Mrs. Meredith's room. When Mrs. Meredith screamed, witness and Lewis Carpenter ran; Joshua Jones came after them, cursing them for running, when he and Carpen ter returned to the bouse, witness refusing to accompany them. When they came back Joshua Jones admitted committing the crime. The man Lewis Carpenter, made a written confession, implicating himself and Jones, but it was not admitted by the court. He now tells a different story altogether. He says that he did not enter the room at all, but that Jones and Moore were the offenders. On the conclusion of the trial, the jury, after an absence of an hour and a half, returned with a verdict of guilty. They were sentenced on the 3d of December last. The following is the sentence of Jones, the principal culprit: And now to witness on this third day of December, A. 1). 1869, it Is therefore considered by the Court that you, Joshua Jones, be now taken from the bar of this court to the public prison of New Castle county, the place from whence you came ; that you be there safelv and securely kept In custody until Friday, the fourth day of February next; that on that day. between the hours of 10 o'clock in the morning and 8 o'clock in the afternoon, you be taken to some con venient place of private execution within the pre cincts of the prison enclosures, and that you be then and there hanged by the neok until you be dead, and may God have mercy on your soul ; and you are now committed to the custody of the Sheriff of New Castle county until tills sentence of the Court is carried into execution. The sentence of Carpenter is similar. Though he is only an accessory, and proven to be such, the law of Delaware holds him to the same penalty. He is to be hung to-morrow, in com pany with the other. The Woman. Mrs. Meredith is a plain, hard-working woman, wife of a laboring man, and is undoubt edly virtuous, but she is rough and uneducated, as are many in her situation of life, which fact will account for many things which have been noticed in connection with her conduct. The prisoner Jones affirms that the thing would never have happened if she had not, at various times, said things calculated to inflame his passions. She herself said that she would not have prose cuted Jones if he had not, at a previous time, struck her on the head with a bucket, and made her head ache. From this it would appear that the desire for the punishment of the men arose not so much from an abhorcnee of the crime, or its consequences to herself, as from revenge. The Mother. The mother of Joshua Jones visited hi in for the last timo yesterday. She is a resident of Wilmington, and has lately been married to another husband. Her present husband accom panied her. She did not say much during the interview, except to reiterate her assertion, often made before, that it was always her opinion that that boy would be hung. This, by-the-way, seems always to have been the opinion of all who have ever known him. He certainly does not have a very good record. Ills mother left the cell with her handkerchief to her eyes, and appeared to be weeping profusely. But on the road home to Wilmington, it was noticed by her fellow-travellers that she was anything but deeply affected. Life and gayety wore her chief characteristics as tar as they could be discovered. But such is human nature. Like the drawn bow, the greater the tension, the greater the rebound. A Reprieve Asked For. Some of the citizens of New Castle, including the jail physician and the visiting clergyman, are interesting themselves to procure a respite for the prisoner Carpenter, though with what success is not yet known. The ground for the request is not the fact that the man was not directly engaged in the offense, for any com plicity is punishable by the law, but that he is not of sound mind. He is undoubtedly not as bright as his follow, but to most persons he would appear to have enough sense to know when he was doing wrong. Singularly enough. this plea was not set up al any time during the trial. Ihe Attorney-General of the State has been urged repeatedly to write a letter to the Governor In his favor, but he is yet undecided what to do. Without this aid, very little hope of a respite is entertained. The Governor is not a man addicted to this ort of thing. For Jones there is no hope, nor are any efforts being made In his favor. IIo will certainly be hanged to morrow. The Place of Execution. The jail yard is to be the scene of the execu tlon. It is a square enclosure, about fifty feet long by about twenty wide. In this place now stands the Delaware idol, the whipping-poet and pillory. Here every six months those sontonced by the court are led forth to be punished, the jail gates being thrown open to admit the public to the entertainment. Burglars, robbers, and other offenders aro puuisbod with the whip, Some other offenses are punished with the grant of a situation in tho pillory for certain lengt is of time. In the opinion of the residents it woul I be impossible to live In this region without those Institutions. It certainly Is rather bard on the proprietors of circuses, minstrel exhibitions, panoramas, lectures, and the like. These free shows ought certainly to bo taxed like auy other. The scaffold Is to bo erected directly In tho rear of the pillory. Somo eight hundred tickets of admission have already been issued, and a few more are yet to follow. The demand for tbcm has been very heavy. Tho Sheriff has found It Impossible to transact any business, owing to the crowd of applicants. It mlghtay for some private parties to got up an opposition hanging on their own account and charge ad mission. A heap of gold would certainly be the result. I.rwl Carpenter was visited in his cell yesterday, no was found crouched up by the heater In ono corner, smoking. In reply to Inquiries, he stated that be was born in Chandlorvllle, Pa., but was raised in this neighborhood. IIo expects to get a respite, and eventually a pardon, from tho Gov crnor, and does not look forward to tho d:iy of execution with any degree of apprehension. Should the worst come, however, he says that ho will bo ready for It, though whoa tho idea is presented to him he invariably begins to tremble. The Rev. Mr. Spottswood, a Presbyterian minis ter of this placo, has been visiting aud reading to him and the other prisoner, but on the day of execution the Rev. Mr. Spencer, tho Episcopalian clergyman, will officiate. Joshua Jones, on being visited, was also found smoking in tho corner alongside of the heater, but he received tho visitors most cordially. Ho has boon slightly unwell for some little time, and the wife of the Sheriff has been sending him toast and other delicacies. He made a complaint to the keeper during the visit that the toast did not have enough butter on it, which fault the keeper pro mised should be remedied. This promise was received with a broad grin by the slightly sick man. He grew more sober when the subject of the execution was mentioned. When asked how he came to do it, he rcpllod, "Why, sir, it was in my head, you sec, not in my heart. It just came into my head." "And did you not know it was wrong?" "Certainly I knew it, but you know how it is when a thing comes into a fellow's head." "You do not expect to get off from the pun Uhment?" "O no, sir," ho returned. "I am waiting to hear them put up the scaffold In the yard. I haven't heard them yet. When I hear that I know I am soon going home." "Then yon expect to go home?" we asked. "O yes, sir." "Don't expect to be punished any more?" "O no, sir, I am going home." A copy of a book of scripture texts printed in large letters was hanging on the wall, and in reply to a question whether ho had read them, be said: liO no, don't know who left them here." "Can you read?" 'O yes, sir, certainly." IIo was then asked how his mother took the sentence of her son. "Is she sorry for you?" "Yes," he answered slowly, "she is sorry, of course she is sorry, but then she looks at it like a woman. She often told me I'd be hung. If I had always followed her advice I would not bo here." "And who was that man who came with her to see you ?" 'I 'spect he s her husband. He used to come to see her, and she sent me a piece of cake since I've been here, like wedding cake. 'Spect it must have been wedding cake. She didn't like to tell me she hud been married again, you know." The Crime Nothing Unusual. It is the opinion of most people residents of the State of Delaware, that without the death penalty being affixed to this crime, it would be Impossible to live here. the crime is so very common that It has come to be an every day occurrence. Cases are cited which have occurred since this one where a young lady walking on the avenue of Wilmington was thrown down by a colored inan, and an outrage only prevented by a pollcaman who happened to be in the neighborhood. Another case hap pened in Middleton, and there are several per sons now in jail for tho commission of other deeds of a like nature. A case was tried in the same court, directly after that of these men, where a colored father was charged with an outrage on bis own daughter. This was discharged from want of evidence, though tho man was undoubtedly guilty. But the very fact of these cases having occurred after sentence being passed upon these men proves that the heavy penalty does not affect the ratio of crime. In the olden timo, in England, wheu counterfeiting, highway robbery, and tho like were punished with death, tho number of those crimes on the criminal calender was greater than at any other time. Be that as it may, one thing is evident, that societies and individuals who trouble the residents of some States about the abolition of capital pupishment for the crime of murder had better turn their attention to the great field of Delaware, where men are Dot only killed for a less crime than murder, but also those not actually guilty of the commission of the deed, but only accessory thereto, meet with a like severe punishment. UOMAKCE. American Converts to Romanism. An Italian correspondent sent the New York rost the following: Wo have just had the denouement of what did promise to be quite a little romance. Those Americans who passed last winter at Nlco may remember the excitement caused by the myste rious disappearance of Mrs. Hill, who was sup posed to have drowned herself, or to have eloped. Tho Var was dragged for hor body, ana a runaway couple of suspicious manners was pursued to a Genoese hotel; but all searob.es E roved vain nntll within a few weeks, when tho usband learned that tho lost one was safe and sound in Roman convent. So he came on, had an interview with the Secretary of State, and de manded her surrender. Antonelli said, "Certainly, if she chooses to go with you:" aud gave him an order to that effect. Mr. Hill wont, saw, and did not conquer, as the lady declined to go home, alleging that she wag not happy with him, and was happy where she was; he cried out that it was a Mortara cose, and threatened the English fleet, etc., etc.; but Antonelli simply replied: "Jvon posaumua; your wife Is of age. and wo cannot do violence to her inclinations. All the poor man could learn was tho manner of her ill.rl.t Him lllwl anlToi-n artmn fom!l Ol I ,.l I .... got religious, hired a fishing boat and coasted down to CI vita Vcecbla. At Rome she was ccrilnlly received, of course, and so the tale has conic to a prosaic ending. Two New York ladles, Mrs nicks and Mrs. Ward Burnett, imitated Mrs. Hill's example last week, at least po far ns to become Catholics; but neither of them has expressed any desire to renounce tho world, tho flesh, and the devil to the extent of conventual seclusion. The St. Louis Democrat thereupon remarks: The Mrs. Hill referred to by the correspondent Is the wifo of Britton A. Hill Esq., of this city, agalnBt whom a suit for divorce is pending, and will be tried In about two weeks. The Italian correspondent makes several erroneous state ments in the above extract, which It may be proper to correct. It is not true that Mr. Hill went to Europe after receiving news that his wife was drowned, consequently he could not have had an interview with the Pope's Secretary of 8tate, nor threatened Antonelli with tho thun ders of the British fleet. Tho facts are that Mr. Hill, on hearing that his wlfo was drownod, wrote to officials at Nlco, offering a reward of !H)00 francs for the recovery of jthe bedy. After a while he received intelligence that tholaly was not drowned at all, but had gone away In company with an absquatulating banker, and be troubled himself no further about her than to prepare for the trial for divorce. OBITUARY. Dr. David I.lvlnipitone. Again we have news of the death of the celebra'.sd Dr. Livingstone, who, It Is announced with appar nit authority, has been burned as a wizard by a chief lu the interior of Africa, It may be that the report U false, but a sketch of his life will be read with Inte rest. This distinguished traveller and mtsslouiiry was born at lilantyre Works, near Glasgow, in mi. ills father was employed In tho cotton mills at taut place, aud David was placed at the same traU at the age of ten. During the period of about ten years which he spent at the cotton factory, lie pursued lu the lutervals of dally labor au ex tended course of self-Instruction, and acquired a knowledge of Latin and Greek, aud of various branches of science. lie conceived the Idea of goiog to China as a medical missionary, with which object he attended lectures on medicine and divinity lu tlie University of Glasgow. In 1840, he embarked for Cape Town, from thence proceeded to the interior of Africa, where he founded missionary stations and labored at his calling. In June, 1849, Dr. Livingstone, In company with two English gentlemen, started ou his first explor ing expedition, and on August 1 reached Lake Ngaml ever tho Dakaliharl desert, which had for a loug time presented lusuperablo obstaclos to persons approaching In that direction. 11b and his companions were the first Europeans who visited this lake. While al Fort Natal he became acquainted with his countryman, the Kev. Kobert Moffat, one of the most active of the African missionaries, and eventually married his daughter, wtio shared in some ol his most perilous Journeys. For sixteen years namely, Horn 1810 till his return to England at the close of 1858 he labored perseverlngly as one of the agent of the Loudon Missionary Society at Kuril in an, Mahodson, and other stations In South Africa. Daring that time he made several expeditions Into tho interior, and twice crossed the entire continent, a little south of the Tropic of Capricorn, from the shores of the Indian Ocean to those of the Atlantic The most Important of these journeys was eutered ou in January, 1863, and in May he reached Liuyauti, the priuctpal town of the powerful Makole tribe, where he was enthusiastically received by the chief, Sekeltu, and the entire population. Departing thence in November he proceeded up the Lecambye river, an-l its affluent, the Cccba, to Lake Dilolo, and thence, with considerable diilluuity aud peril, across the Congo river to Angola, at the capital of which country, Loando, on the western coast of Africa, be arrived May ill, 1S54, aud was kindly received by the .Portuguese authorities stationed there. lie left that place In tho ensuing September, reached Liu yantl In September, 1KN5, and thence proceeded down the LcCambje and Zambesi rivers, which he found to be Identical to (uilliuune on the Indian Ocean, reaching that placo May 20, ISSU. lie had thus wltniu a period of about three years explored a portion of the Aft lean continent never previously aescrlbed by Europeans, aud traveled probably upwards of 9000 miles. From Qulilmane he proceeded to Englaud, where his wile aud family had preceded him four years before, aud he arrived there December 12, 1856. Owing to his long absence from England, and his constant intercourse with the savage tribes, bis mother tongue had becomo ho un familiar to him that at public meetings given in his honor he found ditllculty in expressing himself with fluency. In 1857 appeared his "Missionary Travels and ltcsearches lu South Africa," und the next year he sailed for (ullimane, where he had been ap pointed Consul, and subsequently departed on a new exploring expedition up the Zambesi river with a party of scientific men. His explorations up to the close of December, 130 1, were mainly devoted to the locality of lake Nyassa. lie ascended this lake for two hundred miles, and gave Interesting details of its shape, extent, aud of the rivers flowing Into It. IIo also exerted himself, at considerable peril, to cause a tribe to abandon slave hunting. Having received a steamer in parts from England, In the spring of 1862, he had It transported beyond the cutaracts, put together, launched upon the river, and in this be again ascended the lake, and was involved in some of the native wars. In 1S64 he returned to England, and gave detailed ac counts of his travels, aud described the climate and topography of the region on the west shore of ILake My ansa. Dr. Livingstone departed again late in the year 18C5, with a simple equipment, furnished jointly by the British Government and the Royal Geographical Society, in the hope of ascending nearer to the equator, and exploring the Albert and v ictoria Nyanza, and as certaining definitely their relations to each other, to Lake Tanganyika, and to the source of the Nile. In November, 1S68, letters were received from him bear ing various dates, between September and December of the previous year. In these cheerful letters he asked for stores and medicines, which were sent to him at Ujijl. He expressed no apprehension of per sonal danger in any or these communications, ills movements remained for long periods very uncer tain, but an expendltlon which had been sent out lu search of him, returned lu January, 1803, with most satisfactory accounts of his safety. Last year a communication was received from him by Lord Clarendon, dated from near Lake Bang weolo, South Central Africa, July, 1868, lu which he said that from what he had seen, together with what he had learned from Intelligent natives, he thought he might safely assert that the chief sources of the Nile arise between 10 degrees and IS degrees south latltndt, or nearly in the position assigned to them by Ptolemy, whose river lthapta is probably the lto vuma. The receipt of this letter seemed to dispel all anxieties for his safety, and his return to England at an early day was expected. In ''Travels In the interior of Africa," by James Chapman, published last year, however, the following reference is made to Dr. Livingstone s labors, and a clue Is given to the causes which have led to his death at tho hands of some savage tribe : "Of Dr. Livingstone's labors we hear but poor suc cess. Previous to his last arrival among them, when told that he was coming, the first question they asked was, 'What is he coming to do? to bring guns?" 'No; the Book.' 'Well, then, he had better stay away ; his God has killed ns.' Sebetoane's doc tors attribute the chief's death to the white mon coming among them, aud whenever Dr. Livingstone preaches lu the presence of or visits a chief, tlie doc tors burn something as a charm, to protect them from his witchcraft. Being, as they find, a doctor, he has also a reputation of being a wizard. This makes him either feared or admired, and gives him a certain Influence. They give him credit for being a good doctor, and say he has cured many, but killed some, natives. They do not believe in natursl deaths; waenaniau dies he has been killed, by all accounts the doctor's preaching Is barely tolerated by the chief, who Is at heart highly displeased at his doctrine concerning rain and polyamy. The people say that Dr. Living stone has promised them all the good things of the earth, rain, corn, cattle, etc., If they would believe In God and refrain from polygamy, slavery, and other malpractices : that they have waited a long time for these good things, and that they would wait another year to see if the Good Man he talked about helped them nicely tusa static). While they were relating these things, and con versation grew slack, the Councilor l'oonoaul was observed sitting with a piece of newspaper upside down, mimicking the doctor singing a hymn, and, observing that he had attracted our attention, he rolled over on bis back, threw his feet Into the air, and exclaimed, bursting out luto a loud laugh ol' ridicule, 'Mlnarl' (a corruption of the Dutch Myn heer, generally applied to missionaries). Such is the sort of impression as yet made on these bar barians. It is to be hoped that in time better suc cess will attend missionary efforts." Somebody says that Ike's last trick was to throw Mrs. Partington's gaiter into the alley, and call the old lady down from the third floor to see an alley-gaiter. He might have called to her just before he threw the gaiter from the wludow and asked her to see "Shoo Fly." SECOND EDITION &ATSST B7 TDLHOHArn. The British Steamer Monarch Letter to Her Commander from Secre tary Robeson Political Cor ruption in New Orleans A Destructive Fire ' in Towanda, Pa. Ivlc, Ktc, Etc., Etc., Etc. FROM WASUUVaTOJI. Letter of Secretary lloheson to the Commander of the .Monarch. Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. Washington, Feb. 3 The following is a very courtoous and characteristic communica tion from Secretary Robeson to Captain John E. Commerell, C. 15., commanding II. B. M. S. Monarch the offers contained in which will doubtless bo accepted: "Navy Department, Feb. 9, 1870, Sir: I beg leave to congratulate you on your arrival In our waters, and on the handsome manner in which you have conducted your share of the obsequies of tio late Mr. I'eabody. I regret that your rapid voyage and yonrjairival Ave days jefore the department expected you, prevented tho presence of a larger number of our vessels to Join with yon In the cere monies at Portland. As your vessel may necessarily require certain repairs, I beg leave to Invite you to such of our ports as you may desire, and where you can have access to one of our Navy Yards. New York cr Boston can perhaps oiler you the greatest facilities, and I shall be very happy to direct that you be pupplled with anything nocessary to prose cute your voyage homewards or wherever your destination may be. It would gratify our Senators and Itepresentatlves and the members of the Cabi net to visit your noble ship, and if you could art on! the time I shall be very glad to have your ship visit Annapolis, which Is only two hours' Journey by rail from Washington. "In the event of your coming I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you at the Capitol. "I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ' "Gioroe M. Rqbbbon, Secretary of the Navy." FROM THE SOUTH. Political Corrnptlon In Louisiana. New Orleans, Feb. 3. The committee ap pointed by the citizens' meeting on Monday night, waited on Governor Warmouth yesterday afternoon and presented the resolutions adopted at the meeting. The Governor In replying stilted that he had vetoed a great many bills making subsidies and grants to individuals and companies, which in a few instances have beon passed over the veto; that there were many In tho Legislature Ignorant of the manipulations of the lobbyists; men who bad been recently enfranchised. They have to be taught and instructed. The Governor went on at length making dis closures as to how various measures were en gineered through the Legislature by these same good citizens, to sign ono of which he had been offered fifty thousand dollars by one party, and in addition Mayor Conway, of this city, bad of fered him any consideration to sign It. The bill was vetoed. The bill here referred to was the five million gold bond bill for redeeming the city money. IIo was also offered $50,000 to sign the Nicolson pavement bill, which he vetoed. In the course of bis remarks the Governor stated that Auditor WicklitTe had robbed the State of half a million dollars. FROM THE STA TE. Great Fire at Towanda. New York, Feb. 3. A great flro occurred last Saturday evening at Towanda, Bradford county, Fa., involving a loss of $250,000. The following aro the chief sufferers: Powell & Co., dry goods; total loss; insured. E. J. Campbell, total loss; insured. Tracy & Moore, dry goods; total loss; insured. The Pennsylvania and New York Railroad office and the Young Men's Christian Association rooms were totally de stroyed. Mr. Penncbacker, tailor, total loss; Miss Upbam, dressmaker, and Miss Griffon, mil linery establishments; and Codding, Russell & Co., agricultural implements, were also a total loss. The surrounding buildings were badly domaged. FROM EUROPE. ThU Moraine's Quotation. By the Anglo-American Ca'jU. London, Feb. 8 11 A. M. Consols for money, 92,V92, and for account, 92X3S ; United Mutes five-twenties of 1862, 6a.'; of 186S, old, 80 v, of 1S6T, 8&X ; ten-forties. 84 ; Erie Railroad, 80; Illinois Central. 103 : Great Western. i'ahis, J1 en. a a. ju. rno jjourse opened nrm; Rentes, 73f. 60c Liverpool, Feb. 811 A. M. Cotton closed dull last night at lixt for uplands; ll Vnd. for Or leans. The sales yesterday were lo.ooo bales, of which 8000 were taken for export and speculation. The market this morning opened steady ana un changed. The sales to-day are estimated at 10,000 Dales. Red Western wheat, Ts. 8d. ; Turpentine, 89s. 60. : common rosin, 6s. ' London, Feb. 8. Sperm oil firm; Calcutta linseed dull; refined petroleum firm: turpentine, Bis. Bkbmbn, Feb. 3. Petroleum closed active last night at 7 thalers 6 groats. LIambuko, Feb. 8 Petroleum closed Arm last night at 16 marc bancos 1 schilling. antwkkp, Feb. a. Petroleum opens this morning quiet and steady. ThU Afternoon's Quotation. London, Feb. 8 a P. M. Consols for money 92?;, and foracconnt 02'.. Consols for account have re cently been quoted for the account to close on the 8d of February. The present price is for the next account. American stocks easy ; Erie Railroad, 80V. Owing to a temporary derangement of the telegraph lines the Liverpool markets, dated IF, M., have uot come to nana yei. LB a AZi HXTTHLLXGEHCXI. District Court No. 1 Jndae Stroud. Sarah Harris, executrix, vs. Maurice Sheahan. An action on a mortgage. Verdict for de fendant; Lee & Walker vs. Domlnlck Topey. An action of replevin to recover a piano, which was alleged to have been hired for a certain price per quarter and to have been transferred and levied upon for rent. The defense maintained that the plaintiffs had sold the piano and were receiving quarterly payments, and that it was not a mere case of hiring. Verdict for defundai 0 cents. John Good vs. Henry A. Russell. An action wn a promissory note given for tho payment of rent lor a farm, lue defense alleged a set-on in the natnre ol a trespass committed by plain tiff, in entering upon the laud and felling trees On trial. District Court. No. 3-JudffO Flare. Joseph W. Souder vs. Samuel B. Coughlln. A $oi. fa. sur mortgage. Verdict for plaintiff, 17.805.: : : Henrv Wadlnerton vs. Thomas Serrill. Au action to recover for the board and medical treat ment of defendant given by plaintiff. Verdict for plaintiff, f 10oS-37. J. Adler & Co. vs. Teller, Anathan & Co, An action on a promissory note. On trial. I ourt of Over and Terminer Judges Allison and I'axMon. The trial of Charles K. Gelkler for the murder of David Scidmnn reunited in a verdict of not ftnilty, which was rendered at 8 o'clock last evening. INo homicide case was ready for trial to-day. Quarter Hesslons. This was tho day fixed for the Wlnrv-nnTW dealers to appear and take their trial, but when 10 o'clock struck none of them were In attend ance, and therefore, at tho motion of the District Attorney, the balls were forfeited in the cases of ine louowmg men: William Parker, ball In 1500. J. Msdlann Miller, surety. IVfnr find .TnanrtH n.,llfvi.Aw. tiAt1 l nA John G. Butler and William D. Kendrlck, Henry jiimuiiiii uu uukciu onuciniiKcr, sureties. joun Munacrnciu; ban in JfOUO. John K. Man dcrncld, surety. rrancis Al. Prevost: ball In tl500. Jocenh Shoemaker, surety. iiernara iiartou; bail in C1500. Joscnh Shoe maker, surety. riAJNC'K AI COMJICllCE, Orrioic or thr Kvitimfo Tict.it ah a fh,I ' fnarsdsr. Fob. 3, 1S7U. I Tho Money market shows increasing activity both for business and speculative purposes. The range of interest on call loans with Govern ment collaterals Is from 45 per cent., and on stock securities 5(S6 per cent. Busi ness paper is In good demand both at the banks and iu the outside market, and there is a better supply, the activity in the train market havincr added to tho supply of first-class paper. - uoia is quiet aia rattier wean, out steady. Sales opened at 121, declined to and closed about noon at Viyi. Government bonds Inactive and slightly off. ' The Stock market was unusually active and prices advanced. In State loans, sales of tho third scries 6s at 107J, and City 0s, new Issue, at 100. gales of Lehigh Gold Loan at 92 for the &60s. Reading Railroad sold largely at . o.. and b.o.; Pennsylvania Railroad was active and strong, selling at 55, an advance of Lehigh Valley Railroad was taken at 54; Phila delphia and Erio Railroad at 28(S b. o ; 74 was oia i or xiorrisiown, ana so D. o. lor L'ata wlssa preferred. there was a trood demand for Canal stocks. Sales of Schuylkill preferred at 15 and Lehigh at u.j d. o. In Passenger Railway shares there were sales of Spruce and Pino streets at 20), and Iteston- vine at ine bidding tor tho balance ol the list was not of a very spirited character. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by De Haven A Bro., No. 40 & Third street. FIRST BOARD. $1000 Taos, Rd s...10T,' f 'ooo Phil &. E7b.. $1000 do 87 tr.oo Pa 6s 1st sc.. 104) $6000 Pa Ss 1 m..ls. us ' 60 sh SpAPine R. 20 loo stollestonv'e.... lax 18 do l 100 sh Read..rgAi.48 8-l 100 do..st0wn. 48V JIOWHI City sa.New.ls.lOO 1900 do ,.ls.b30. do ..1S.D30 . 48V do.. Aln.48 3-1 6 do 48 S-2 do C48 S-l do... 810.48 9-19 do ....C48 3-1 do S60. 48 V do... 830.48 8-18 dO...l8.b30. 48 V do.... 18. 48 8-10 d0..lB.b30. 48V do 48 8-18 do .49 3-l dO..b30wn. 48V do. .Is. blO. 48V dorcAln.48 8-18 jiuoo ecn n os, vi.. 6.v rr.ooo do is. no IWOOLeh 08,84 84 JMto Leh gold L s;v' $1000 C A A IU 6s, 159 sft.... 93 1 sh Penna H.... (! 100 lo..sonwn. t64 100 do....2dJM. esx loo do M?; M sh Penna K.ls. tt . 1 do Brt 81 sh Norrist'n..lH. 75 osh Leh Val...)n. (V4 25 do b5. 54 2ash8chNav Pf.. in 200 sh Leh N.ls.b30. 83 400 V)0 400 lot) 100 109 100 100 6('0 600 400 800 100 BOO 400 100 200 do 18.48 8-18 lOOshPh AK..b60. 2Sj 100 sh Ph & S R.ls. 28V Messrs. Db Haven Jk Bkothbr, No. 40 S. Third Street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations: U. 8. 68 Of 1881, 118V(118 V ao- 18'2, 115XrUV ; do. 1864, U6i(4UbJH do. 185, 115V115V ! do. 1885, new, 114VIUV; da 1867, do. 114,,(114V, do. 188, do., 114V(S114V, 10-408, I123,'(i;li2,-: U. 8. 80 Tear 6 percent. Currency, ill V(U1?; Due Comp. Int. Notes, 19; Gold, 12l4liflVS Silver. U0V(11& Union Pucillc B. It. 1st. Mort. Itonds, $St08i; Central Pa clllo R. R. 1st Morr. Hor.ds, $40950 ; Vnion Paclflo Land (irant Donds, $6MK$67B. Jay Coo kb A Co. quote Government securities as follows: U. a 68 Of tSSl, 118 &-208 Of 1882, mU6i; do., 1864, 115VC": 116?,'; do., Ib65 11BV 116.S; do., July. 1865, 114V(U4S'J do. do., 1867, 114114; do., 1869, 114VW114V! 10-40S, 112, 112; Cur.es, lllvlll'. Gold, 121V. . Nakr k Ladnbb, Bankers, report this morning's Gold quotations as follows : 10-ooA. M 121 3; 11-02 A.M 121V 1010 " 12lVlll80 " .......... .121V 10-60 " 121VU-63 " 121 V Stock Quotations by Glendinnlng, Davis 3c Co. Tort bouse the following !- Telearapn t p. m. report through their New Paclflo Mall Steam... 41 v Western Union Tele 30V Toledo A Wabash 11. 53 MIL & St. Paul R com 72 MIL ft St. Paul pref.. 86 Adams Express 64 Wells,FargoCo.... 19V United States 52 Tennessee 6s, new. 49 Gold 121V Market firm. n. x. cent. una ti Con. Stock Scrip. . . 9T V do. scrip 93 N. T. it rleRall. . 26 V Ph. and Res, R 96 Mich. South. NLR. 85 Cle, and Pitt. R. 92 ChU and N. W. com . . 13 V Chi. and N. W. pref. . 89 v Cbi.andR.LR 115V Pitta. F. WVA Chi. R. 88V Philadelphia '.Trade Report. Thcbbday, Feb. 8. The Flour market Is less active, but prices remain without quotable change. There is no demand for shipment, and the home consumers purchase enough to supply their imme diate wants. Sales of 600 barrels, Including superfine at $4-254-60; extras at $4 fi2V-75; Iowa, Wiscon sin, and Minnesota extra family at $55-78, the latter rate for choice ; Pennsylvania do. do. at $5 5-61 V; Indiana and Ohio do. do. at $3-256-25; and fancy brands at $6-60(3 7 -60, according to quality. Rye Flour sells at $4 -87V barrel. There Is more inquiry for Wheat for shipment, but tho local millers purchase sparingly. Sales of 10,000 busr.els Pennsylvania red at $1-23(31-24, and 26,000 bushels do. do. on private terms. Kye is steady at 98c. bushel for western. Corn meets with a fair demand at former rates. Sales of 8000 bushels new Pennsylvania and Southern yellow at 87(3!H)c. Oats are steady, with sales of 2000 bushels Pennsylvania at B8(C5c No sales were reported in Barley or Malt. Bark The stock of No. 1 Quercitron is light, ana it Is In good demand at $30 ton. Whisky is dull at 98c.(g$l V gallon for wood and Iron-bound Western. j LATEST SII1TP1NG INTELLIGENCE. Fur additional Marine Ketoi ate I mule Pagt. (By Telegraph.) New Yoke, Fob. 8. Arrived, steamships Ne braska, from Liverpool, and Fah-K.ee, from Bermuda. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA .FKBRUARY 3 8TATE OF THERMOMETER AT THE EVENING TEUIGRAFH OFFICE. ' 1 7 A.M 38 1 11 A. M 44 8 P. M.J 45 ARRIVED THIS MORNING, ' 1 -. Steamer F. Franklin, Pterson, 13 hours from Balti more, with mdse. to A. Groves, Jr. , Ital. bark Maria Angela, Pirajno, 80 days front Palermo, with fruit, etc., to Paul Pohl, Jr. Schr Caroline, Tlce, 1 day from MMvllie, with mdse. to Whltall, Tatum & Co, - , - ' ; i .'..:! MEMORANDA. ' , Steamship Fanlta, Freeman, hence, at New York yesterday. - ..... .., , . ..i Bark Annie Augusta, Davis, hence at St. Jsgo 18th ultimo. ... , Bark Savannah, Scalfe, hence, at MaUnzas22d ultimo. ........ :. .i .u . Bark Henry P. Lord. Plnkham, sailed from Carde nas 26th ult, for a port north of Uatteras. Brig Almon Howell, Atberton, sailed from Carde nas 24th ult. for a port north of Uatteras. ' Brig Maud Potter, Shields, sailed from Cardenas 26th ult., for a port north of Uatteras,,,. . Brig Lochinvar, NK'kerson, hence, at Cardenas Brig Georglana Geary, Conklln, hence, at Trinidad 19th ult. Schr J. M. Fitzpatrlck, Smith, hence for Boston, at New York yesterday ; had jlbboom carried away. Schr Iludduck, Lang, hence, at Matamiaa 27th ult. Hchr Ida L., Uearse, for Boston, cleared at New York yesterday.
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