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VOL. XIII NO. 113.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1870.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
FIRST EDITION
THE CAPTURE OF GOtCOtlRIA.
Particulars of the Execution.
Condition of Buenos Ayres.
JIcFarland, the Maniac, at Large.
Etc., IUc. i:tc, Etc., Etc.
MTARLAND.
Ill Crltlrtam I'pon hi Wife's Aflldavlt.
The New York World of to-day says:
Daniel McFarland was an angry man at 10
o'clock yesterday morning. Ills coffee tasted
worse than ever, If he may be believed, when
he found his wife could, as he says, "publish
such a tissue of lies against him as appeared In
the New York Tribune over her semi-formal
affidavit."
An attache of the World met McFarland in
one of the Eighth avenue cars yesterday morn
ing riding down town. He had a copy of the
Tribune in one hand and a copy of the World
In the other. Occasionally he would read with
unsteady eye a few pages of the supplement to
the Tribune, clap it down on his knee, and
commence muttering and mumbling to himself,
till he happened to see that he was observed.
The following conversation took place between
McFarland and the reporter:
ALL A FALSEHOOD.
"It's a lie, sir, one huge lie, from beginning
to end. I don't believe my wife" (he always
calls her "my wile," with a perceptible
emphasis on the possessive pronoun, and this
so matter how rapid his speech never very
slow). "I don't believe my wife ever wrote a
line of It. Now, sir, I leave it to your own
common sense, whatever my conduct was
towards her she knew it. It was not with her a
matter of belief. Why does she swear accord
ing to her belief, and not in the more positive
legal form ? Tell me that. I tell you it is all a
d d fabrication by Mrs. Calhoun, furbished up
by Henri Browne.
Reporter You mean Junius Browne ?
McFarland Yes, that same Junius Henri
Browne. Why, see for yourself. It is weakly
written, to be sure, but Browne is a weak
writer; and yet, bad as it Is, It Is better than
Abby could write.
R. But she wrote for the Independent?
McF. That be . She wrote for Oliver
Johnson, and that crowd tried to make her
think she was a sort of Mrs. Austin. They
flattered her in every way.
R. But she also wrote for the Jliverside
Magazine f
McF. Yes, one or two child Btories simple
things. Abby had imagination, but no strength
of thought no talent for a writer.
A LIBEL FROM FIRST TO LAST.
- R. The statements in this affidavit are clear
enough and most positive.
McF. Clear falsehoods and positive lies. I
tell you it's a libel from first to last. I'll sue the
paper that published it, and any paper that
copies it; I'll sue any one that dares to quote it.
See here, why didn t they prove this constant
drunkenness on the trial? Hackett allowed them
to try it.
R. Don't be excited, Mr. McFarland. You
have the verdict of a jury in your favor.
McF. I know; yes, I know. But now I ask
yon, did not my associate in the Appraiser's
office swear I was a sober man while there ?
Did not every one in the Enrolment office swear
I was a sober man all except one, who, because
he was disloyal, I discharged from his office ?
"SHE NEVER WROTE IT."
R. Mr. McFarland, I am not defending Mrs.
McFarland's affidavit, but simply inquiring
McF. What Is there to Inquire about ? Isn't
It all clear ? (Getting excited.) I tell you again
it is not her affidavit. Bhe may have sworn to
it, but she never wrote it. It s Browne's affi
davit. Its Mrs. Calhoun's affidavit. It's Mrs.
Sinclair's affidavit. It's the affidavit of that
d d free-love crowd. It's not my wife's affi
davit. You know nothing about It. How she
could ever be led, even now, to sign her name
to such a tissue of d d lies, wheu she knew
her letter protesting such deep love and affec
tion for me, and its increase, too, was read in
open court, is more than I can understand.
NEVER STRUCK HIS WIFE.
R. But vour wife states here you struck her.
McF. It's a lie, sir; a lie, a lie! I never did! I
' never could! Read her letter to me; it was pub
lished. Read It ana see li a woman could write
that way to a man who struck her or ill-used her
as thev sav X did.
R. She claims all her intercourse with Rich
ardson was free of guilt.
TERRIBLE BUFFERING.
McF. Now that s a sensible remark from a
sensible man, isn't it ? Of course she does; and
they make her say in that affidavit that all the
letters Richardson wrote to her were written by
a stenographer. Was that intercepted letter
given in evidence on the trial, that letter in
' which Richardson pines to have my wife in his
arms, was that letter written for Bayard by
stenographer and delivered unsealed? And
thi v say how she suffered when I fought to keep
my clildren. I suppose it was the actota brute
for me to want my own children. It was brutal
of me to wish to take care of them myself,
rather than to have the seducer of my wife rear
them up for me in free-love doctrines, spiritual
ism, and all other phases or rnuune morality.
BUENOS AYRES.
Un'Ternnl Suffrage Advocated Reforms la the
Administration Demanded Brazil Morrlii
Dlaeord In L'rasuay.
Buenos Ayres, March 30. The Government
of this province has urged upon the Legislature
the propriety of passing a law, prepared by the
High Court oi t) ustice, looking to a morougu
reform in the administration of justice. The
press generally favors also a proposition of re
forming the Constitution of the State, aud re
cogulziDg unlversul suffrage. The electoral
qualifications have been heretofore greatly
restricted.
There have occurred, at Rosarlo, serious dis
orders betweeu rival political clubs, growing
out of the recent elections. Revolvers were
. used freely by both sides. Unhappily, several
Eersons were killed and wounded, aud the affair
ad so grave an aspect at one time that the
local authorities deemed it prudent to ask the
aid of the National troops. These soon restored
order.
. Last week there was an effort made to hold
elections in this city for Senators and DepuUes
to the Legislature of this Province. Out el a
population of 200,000 voters very few went to
the polls. In the parish of Pierard tuer'j was
! considerable disorder, two persons belnjr, killed
and six wounded in the melee.
Dr. Mariano Varela, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, left the city a few days ago for Asun
cion, where plenipotentiaries from Brazil, Uru
guay, and the Argentine Republic were sum
moned for the purpose of agreeing upon a defi
nite understanding with respect to Paraguay.
The mother .and sister of Lopez, as well as
Madame Lynch, are aboard of the Italian Admi
ral's ship in this harbor en route for Rio Janeiro.
The sword of the late Dictator Lopez has been
sent by General Camara to the Emperor of
Brazil.
The insurrection in Uruguay gains ground,
and thirn is a prospect of a ereat civil war in
that unhappy republic. It has been predicted
time and again that upon the close of the Para
guayan war such a state of things would occur,
and there are people bo uncharitable as to be
lieve that Brar.il has already begun the work of
sowing discord both in Uruguay and in the
Argentine Republic
CUBA.
Thf Captor of Ooleonrla lie I Marched
inrougB inn rirei 01 r iirno rrmcipp,
Puerto Principe, May 3. General Domingo
Golcouria has been captured on a key near
Guanaja. The boat on which he and his com
E anions had embarked was taken after they
ad returned to shore, and they were com
pelled to secrete themselves on the key, which
eighteen miles long and six wide. The
names of his companions are said to be Men
do: a, Zayas, the two Agueros, besides an
American. They are not yet taken.
Golcouria was broucht here to-day. An Im
mense crowd awaited him at the depot and ac
companied him through the streets, shouting
Viva ttspanar and "Death to traitors i" ue
was strongly guarded, his bands tied behind.
ile was taken to the palace, wnere ne naa an
interview with the Captain-General. A gentleman
who was present reports him as saying, "I tried
to escape in order to puDiisn a manuesio to my
countrymen, informing them that it was time
to stop bloodshed, and that the cause was lost
for the present,'' emphasizing the "present."
The Captain-General then took him beyond the
hearing of the others present and conversed
about five minutes. He is to be sent to Havana
to be garroted, as he was condemned civilly for
political offenses in 1850. He is slight in figure,
of medium height, and wears a full, largo beard,
very nearly white. He is much sunburnt. He
Has on a yellow linen suit, witu a neavy sailor s
coat.
In his bearing here he has been entirely serene
and unaffected, looking about him as he passed
along with the air of a man entirely at his ease.
A letter from Havana tells the sequel of the
Bad story:
As I write preparations for the execution are
going on. Posters have been scattered about the
streets announcing the execution and exhorting
the people to maintain order, evincing that some
unpleasant demonstration is feared. The Prin
cipe lortincation or castie is situated outside,
west of the city, and an immense crowd, on foot
and in vehicles, is moving in that direction.
A gentleman who came as a passenger on the
Triunfo, and who had been an acquaintance of
Goicouria, spoke with him on the passage. His
bearing was serene and noble. He stated that
he had long Bince given up all he possessed to
bis country, and was now willing to surrender
his life, and that he hoped to die like a patriot
and a gentleman.
Later, and as l am about closing tnts portion
of my despatch, the execution Is over and the
volunteers and people are returniug. An eye
witness states that an immense crowd had
gathered to witness the scene, and throughout
tne utmost order was maintained, ine uencrai
marched out from the Principe with perfect
'coolness, gazing around upon the people and the
Ecene as tnougli an lndmerent spectator.
lie ascended the platform ana manifested a
disposition to address the crowd, which was
denied him. A crucifix was then presented to
him. which he refused, motioning it away. He
was then placed in position, a turn of the screw
was iriven. and the old revolutionist and con
spirator, who all his life long had worked for
the separation oi nis country irom spain, was
carried off lifeless to fill the grave of a felon.
LB Q AZi INTBLLiaSHCI.
"UNTIL DEATH DO US PART."
The Marriage Vow mil Its Binding Force In
Hie IMiieleenin ueniurv itiff uivorce uase.
Court of Common Pleas Judje I'axnon.
That part of history which is called modern
refers us back to times, not perhaps within the
memory of an old inhabitant, but relatively re
cent, when our Christian ancestors regarded a
wife not only as a social partner through life,
but as a thing or property and a subject of
ownership, and her resistance to the will of her
husband and master was almost a petit treason
and punishable by him with a severe corporal
chastisement. In the good old days of Eagland,
whose laws on the subject of husband and wife
were principally derived from the wise Romans,
n suit for divorce at the instance of the wife was
as rare as Cardiff Giants. But, the learned writers
tell us, as society increased In numbers and in
knowledge, new circumstances eccurred which
called for new regulations, novel refinements
and luxuries were born attended by novel evils.
As society grew large natural rights and liber
ties became proportionally circumscribed and
were saciiliced to the new order of things, as
the price of the privilege of living in society
and of the boon of being rescued from a solitary
exile upon the Great Sahara. Accordingly, we
of the nineteenth century have so beautifully
advanced from the simple state of nature to so
cial perfection that Cardiff Giants have become
prolific and divorces so numerous as to be quite
common. In our sister States, Indiana and
Illinois, they turn out better annual crops of
divorces than of corn and wheat; down East
divorces have flourished as the natural soil has
grown poor; In the backwoods of Kentucky and
Tennessee husbands and wives trade each'other
off for horses, dogs, and guns, and, instead of
being censured, are only laughed at; and In
New York divorces are got up in truly sensa
tional style as grand advertisements for public en
tertainment, in like manner as the Black Crook,
White Fawn and Tweloe Temptations. Until
a recent date our State has been blessed with
an exemption from the epidemic divorce (no
thanks to late Legislatures), and husbands and
wives have hitherto felt quite 6eeure in the
possession of one another; but now a dark cloud
looms up in the horizon, which threatens a
storm that may try the ship of domestic happi
ness to Its uttermost, for there has been pending
in this Court, for some time past, a divorce suit
of the style of 1870, and said to be rare, rich,
and racy; high lile, pienty of money, formerly a
happy couple, and the suit is brought by the
wife. Louisa E. Koecker is the llbellant, and
Dr. Leonard R. Koecker, the dentist,
the respondent. In all the city there I
probably not a gentleman more univer
sally or more favorably known than the Doctor,
lie is a man oi varied taste and numerous ac
complishments, an amateur of all the arts
painting, music, literature, mecnanics in short.
he is known among his friends as capable
of doluc anything, irom writing a tragedy
to making a whip top. His genial temperament
has made him a lavorite in tne arawing-room,
and his thorough knowledge of his buaiuess has
secured bim one of the bet-t dental practices in
the city. He was one of the most active of the
parties Who first established the Seventeenth
Street Drawing-room, where, during the war, he
frequently tendered his services m tue enter
tainments given iu aid of charitable objects.
Mrs. Koecker is a lady of tine family, excel
lent talents, and splendid accomplishments, and
is eaid to have recently taiien neir to a nana
some fortune left by the decease of a relative In
J'nria.
The parties have been married twenty-four
years, and are believed to have lived most hap
nilv together until within two or three years
1.01. when a difficulty occurred concerning the
house in which the Doctor resides. It is said
that when he purchased the property it was
enrumtred. and as a matter of safety he put
the title in her name. In the course of ten or
twelve veara he succeeded in paying off most of
the debt npon it. when be discovered that
the lidv had made a will devising it away from
him. lie demanded a reconveyance to blm, which
was refused, and hence ensued dimcuiues
and complications,
which
&vn
worse and worse until there was
no peace in the household. A separation took
place, Mrs. Koecken withdrawing herself from
film. Legal advice was songht, and a divorce
suit was the issue. The principal accusations
made by Mrs. Koecker against the Doctor were
those of infidelity to his marriage vow; that he
was of immoral habits, having his study adorned
with improper pictures and statuettes; and that he
brought women to the house and kept them
there for an unlawful purpose. All which
caused the greatest astonishment and sorrow
among the friends of the family, who had
always supposed the Doctor to be a pure man,
and who during twenty years of his married
life had never heard a disparaging word spoken
against his character. In answer to this the
Doctor emphatically denied all the charges, and
so the pleadings were completed.
The suit is for a divorce from bed and board,
and during the post year the parties have been
before an examiner upon a claim for alimony
pendente lite. The proceedings before the ex
aminer were of an exciting nature occasionally,
the lawyers becoming considerably heated in
their work, and scattering uncomplimentary
epithets ad lib. at the young lady, who was
specially arraigned as pfLrticeps criminit with
the Doctor.
Both parties seem anxious for trial, and the
matter came to-day beforo the court upon a
writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum, issued
at the Instance of the libellant against the res
pondent, commanding him to produce in court,
lor the purpose of testifying, his two daughters,
whom be had placed in school at Boston. He
resists the writ npon the ground that he cannot
with justice be compelled to bring in his own
children for the purpose of testifying against
him to blacken his and their name. To-day
was fixed for the argument of this point.
Constant Guillou, Theo. Cuyler, and W. J.
McElroy appeared for libellant; Attorney General
F. Carroll Brewster, George Northrop, and Hon.
W. L. Hirst for respondent.
The Judge calling up the case, Mr. McElroy,
for the libellant, stated that the respondent had
made return to the writ of habeas corpus, say
ing in substance that the two children had
always been where their testimony might be
taken by deposition. This return Mr. McElroy
proposed to traverse by the officer who served
the writ upon the respondent, and who would
tell what answer the respondent made at the
time.
Mr. Brewster objected to any verbal traverse
of a written return, and his Honor directed the
traverse to be put into writing and filed, which
Mr. McElroy proceeded to do.
Mr. Brewster said this proceeding was exceed
ingly novel. Said he: "We are here this morn
ing to try an Issue directed by the Court, issued
against the respondent and replied to by him.
Now the other side attempted to foist a new
matter into the case by goinginto evidence upon
the habeas corpus. This 1 do not understand.
If the writ is one for the restoration of children
to the mother, your Honor would not hear it
now; if it is a writ ad testificandum, I never
heard of such being directed to any other per
son than a jailer; and the case cannot be con
tinued npon any traverse. Therefore I ask that
unless the other side want this divorce case to
be continued, a jury be at once called. If they
wish a continuance, let them make their appli
cation, and we will answer it."
No answer was made to this suecrestion. and
his Honor directed a jury to be called.
Air. uuyier Before tne court makes that
order, I have a word to say. We are here to
try this cause. A necessary preliminary to a
trial is the production of witnesses. A writ
was directed against the respondent, command
ing him to bring in the two witnesses who are
under his control, and he makes return that
they are not In his control, which return we
wish to traverse, and then your Honor will see
what truth there is in it.
Mr. Brewster I insist npon our rleht to trv
the issue which Is upon your Honor's- list, and
not tne issue upon this writ. After the libellant
commenced proceedings for a divorce, these
children were sent to school in Boston with her
knowledge, and she could then have taken their
testimony as going witnesses.
1 he Judge said he deemed it proper to have
the writ first disposed of, and therefore allowed
the traverse to ne made.
Mrs. Koecker here came into court and made
oath to the traverse.
E. G. Sellers, crier of the District Court, was
sworn, and testified that on the afternoon of
Monday, the 10th Inst., he served this writ upon
the respondent, w ho said the children were in
Boston, and whoever got them would have a
hnppy time of it.
written to the Superior of the school at which
the children were, and at the same time sent a
telegram from Mrs. Koecker, requesting that
tbc children be ready to start here on last Mon
day. In answer to this he had received a des
patch from the Superior, saying that she had
been prohibited by Dr. Koecker to allow the
children to come, which he wished to read in
evidence.
Mr. BrewBtcr and Mr. Northrop objected to
this on the ground that the communications be
tween the Superior and Mrs. Koecker could not
be evidence against Dr. Koecker.
Mr. Cuyler said that as the Superior was the
agent of the respondent for the custody of the
children, her answer to the demand for their
production would be evidence in this investiga
tion.
Judge Paxson "The true question before the
Court is this: Dr. Koecker has been ordered to
produce these children in court and has failed
to do so; has he sufficiently explained his failure
to obey or not ? I will allow the telegram to be
read.
The telegram was read, and stated that the
despatches had been received by the Superior
from Dr. Aoecter forbidding ner to allow the
children to come to this city, and therefore she
had to refuse to send them. A letter received
this morning by Mrs. Koecker from one of the
daughters was also handed to the Judge and
read privately by him.
At the instance of his Honor, Mr. uuyier pro
ceeded to define his position. He said he was
exceedingly anxious to try this cause, and was
unwilling to allow anything but that which was
of the most absolute importance to the issue to
work a continuance. The testimony of these
children was most material, and the cause
should not go on without their presence. There
fore, he asked that a jury be now sworn aud the
cause postponed until they would have time to
travel from Boston to this city.
Alter much discussion by counsel upon this
motion for a postponement, his Honor over
ruled it and directed a jury to be called.
Counterfeit Nauce.
Court of Quarter Sessions Allison, P. J.
A. A. Smythe pleaded guilty this morning to
a charge of selling counterfeit Worcester sauce
of the brand of Lea & f errln. I he prosecutors
stated to tne court mat tnis proceeding was
instituted simply for the purpose of protecting
tne proprietors of tue sauce, ana setting an ex
ample to other would-be counterfeiters, and not
with a view ta bring upon the defendant a
heavy punishment, and therefore they asked the
Court to pass a lelnent judgment, las Honor
Imposed a fine of M and the costs.
A onncI,ady Drowns Herself la a Cistern.
On Saturday night last Miss Eliza Uolton. a
young iaay miny years oi age, committed sui
cide at tne residence oi ner brother. Park
llolton, Ksq., near Warsaw, Gallatin county.
Ky., by drowning herself in a cistern. About
three months ago her mother, to whom she was
devotedly attached, died, since which time she
has been melancholy and low-spirited, and
several weeks ago attempted suicide by shooting
herbelf. After this attempt at self-destruction
ebe was carefully watched, but on Saturday
night Bhe managed to elude the vigilance of
friends, and threw herself into a cistern in the
rear of the house, where her body was found
i mu ueil. womiug.
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Important Naval Intelligence.
Advices from tho Enropcau Fleet.
Horrible Tragedy in tho West.
IMcws from the Pacific Coast.
ITiiin.iicln.1 and Commercial
Etc.. Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Naval News.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Washing-ton, May 12. The United States
steamer Supply is at Spezzla, Italy, discharging
cargo, there being a Government storehouse
opened there. After discharging she will leave
for New York, carrying sick and court-martial
prisoners.
Passed Assistant Surgeon James M. Flint, of
the European fleet, was detached from the
Franklin by order of the department, and left
for the United States on the 18th of April.
Commander W. W. Queen, of the Tuscarora,
was at Aspinwall, United States of Colombia,
March 1.
The United States steamer Phlox, Mate B. G.
Perry, arrived at the Washington Navy Yard
yesterday from Annapolis, Md.
The Pensacola, Lieutenant-Commander Mem-
man pro tem. is at Mare Island Navy Yard.
The Juniata, Commander Luce, left Spezzla,
Italy, on the 2d of April for Tunis, where trou
bles were reported, but on her arrival found all
quiet, and was to leave in a few days for the
coast of Spain.
The United States flag-ship Mohican, Commo
dore Wm. R. Taylor, arrived on the 29th ult. at
San Francisco, eleven days from Victoria, Van
couver's Island.
The United States steamer Richmond, Cap
tain Mullany, was off Cape de Gata, Spain, on
the 1st of April.
The United States steamer Palos is being
fitted out at the Boston Navy Yard for duty In
tho Adriatic fleet. She will be ready by tho 1st
of Jiyie.
SiHcial Despatch to the JSventng Tewgraoh.
Washington, May 13.
The United Mtates Nleamer Qulnnebancr.
Commander E. Barrett, sailed on April 1 from
Montevideo for the United States, to touch en
route at Bahia, Pernambuco, and Para.
the Htcainer Onward,
Commander M. Haxtun, was at the Bay of Cal
lao, Peru, April 22.
Furlough (.muted.
A furlough for six months from the 8th of
June has been granted to Lieutenant-Commander
Francis B. Blake, United States Navy,
now in Europe.
DeiUh of an Army Oflicer.
The War Department has received informa
tion of the death of First Lieutenant John Fitz
gerald, 2d United States Artillery, at Drum Bar
racks, California, on the 21st nit.
FROM THE STATE.
The Tail The (Spring Meeting at Reading
t'u.tiioneil.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Reading, May 12. The entries for the trot
which were announced to come off on the
Reading track, on the 21th, 25th, and 20th Inst.,
was opened yesterday, and after their being
perused it was found that not a single purse had
been filled in accordance with the pronuncia-
mento which was issued several weeks ago. This
is accounted for from the fact that the Trenton
meeting takes place on the same days, and the
additional fact that the purses offered there were
considerably larger. It was concluded to post
pone the meeting one week and receive fresh
entries until the 18th instant.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
Ban Fbancisco, May 12. At the annual
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-day
Robert B. Swain was elected President.
Billiards.
At the billiard tournament on Tuesday, Koed
line1 beat Wright and Little beat Ewell. The
games were closely contested.
New Silver mines.
Parties from Arizona state that there is a rush
for the new silver mines. Numbers were arrly
insr from the Eastern States and from the Rio
Grande.
FROM THE DOMINION.
The Troops The International Boat Race.
Toronto, May 12. The troops for the Red
River expedition leave on Monday.
The preliminaries for the International boat
race at Lachme are arranged. The race comes
off on the 15th of September.
Mr John Waclonalds Condition.
Ottawa, May 12. Sir John MacDonald
passed a good night last night and his condition
is more hopeful.
The Hudson Bay Company.
Sir Francis Hincks announced in the House
yesterday, that money naa ucen paid to tne
Hudson Bay Company ior tne purcuase ot tne
Ttort TMvpr Country, which would be transferred
to Canada in about a month. $1,4(50,000 has
been appropriated, in the Dominion Parliament,
for Northwest purposes. .
FROM THE WEST.
Terrible Aflalr Near St. I.uuls.
St. Louis, May 12. A special despatch from
Allensville, on the Iron Mountain Railway,
elves an account of a bloody affray there yester
day between two men named Johnson on one side
and two named Cummlng and Comstock on the
other. Young Johnson reeelved a cut In the
Bide, letting out a portion of his bowels, where
npon he shot and killed Cummings. The elder
Johnson then beat Comstock with a club till he
was senseless, and he will probably die. The
affray grew out of a disagreement in the settle
mentot a business matter. Cummings, made
the first assault. Young Johnson will probably
die.
FEVANCE AtlD CQ3mEttCl
Evkxika TzicaBAra Omm,
Tburadaf.Msfia.lH7U. I
The money market continues easv. the sanely
of money, especially of the national bank cur
rency, being very abundant. 45 per cent,
is the range for call loans. Governments being
of course the favorite collaterals, though good
railroad and miscellaneous securities are ac
cepted freely with good margins. Discounts
range from C61 per cent., with the bulk of
the business at the lower figure for choice busi
ness paper.
The sale ot i,uuo,uuu of Treasury eold yes
terday brought out bids for over t5.000.000.
showing a strong npward tendency In the .mar
ket. The bids accepted ranged from 1H -90(a)
115. Cash gold appears abundant notwith
standing both here and in New York. The
marKet to-day is steady, the sales fluctuating
Dciween ana U5 up to noon.
uovernments snow a further advance, with
a good investment demand.
Then was a good business at the stock mar
ket morning, and prices were nearly all
higher. City sixes were neglected, with some
sales of the new bonds at 102. Sales of City
fives at 93.
Readine Railroad sold freely at 5151:
P.iKiirlv.nl. urn a afoo.ln r.A 1. f I-.. ., ,1
Ambovsoldat 120: and Lehigh Valley at 50
rniiaaeipnia ana r.ne was tne cmet object of
attention; sales at 28?.
ine miscellaneous block list was very steady.
but without movement, holders being too tena
cious to encourage sales.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK BXCIIANGB SALES.
Reported bj De Haven A Bra, No. 40 S. Third street
FIRST BOARD.
13000 City 6s, N.ls.lOiSi im) id Read R...b5. (H!
1500 do IB. 102
100 do 61 k
11400 do Is. 102V
12700 ra 6s, 1 so . . is . 1044
taoPhila Cs 93
30 do. trf. 6ltf
2C0 do 61
80 do 61
4 do.... c.trf. 61s.
100 do 61-66
200 do.. 5Aln. 61
100 do 85. 61)tf
1200 do IS. 56
loo do beo. 61 4
100 do 61
7 sh Lit Sch R.... 43
100 Sh Ph & K R.800 28
100 do....b0. 23
100 do 28 V
f 20000 Am Gold. . .1S.115J,'
fVIK'U WB HS, 14.. 18. 83
13400 Sch N 68, 82.1s.
I)C 53
12000 Loh Gold L... 94
9 sii Manur UK.ls. 81
leshCam & AmK.120
9 do 119
!0 do 120
ah Penna R.cAp. 66
60 do la. t6
Oat Cooks & CO. quote Government securities as
follows: D. 8. 6i Of 1881, 1171117 V! 5-208 Of 1862,
112k;mvt do.. 1864. 112(4112 V; do.. 1865. 112V
1125 do. do., July, 114,iUU; do. da, 1861,
114V(115; do. 186S, 114(4115; 10-40g, 10S(
108 ; Pacifies, 112ail2T. Gold, 115.
HJtSSRB. JJI ilAVKN A BROTHBH. Nu. 40 B. Ttnrd
Street, Phlladelpnla, report the following Quotations :
U. 8.6sof 1881,lHailTY; do., 1362, 112ail2;
da 1864, 112(3112; aa i860, ii2Vail2; da 1865,
new, 114(AH4 ; da 1867, do. H4vU6; do. 1363,
do., 114?,(AU6 ; 10-40B, 108108: O. 8. 0 Year
S per cent. Currency, 112V$ll2f ; Due Comp. Int.
Notes, 19; Gold, lisv(li5?i; Sliver, losaiio.
Union raciflo R. R. 1st More Bonds, SS5S4SC5; Cen
tral Pacltlo R. R., tiSiasss ; Union Paclflo Land
Grant Bonds, 1765(4775.
narb lapnkr. Banners, report tnia morning
uoia quotations as lonows:
10-00 A.M 115
H-V5 A.
11-30
11-32
11-45 "
M.
115'f
116
... .115
... .115,
10-06 " 115
10-10 " 116Ji
10-15 " 115
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Thursday, May 12. The Flour market Is quite
active and holders are firm In their views, particu
larly of the higher grades of extra families, the
stock of which Is reduced to a low figure. Bales of
1600 barrels, Including superfine at 4-505; extras
Ub tAS u i auvvu, niMwuBiu, nuu m.iuutttuitft extra
family at 15-25(36; Pennsylvania do. do. at l."5-50,a
6-60; Indiana and Ohio do.- do. at 15 -50; A6 60; and
fancy brands at 10-75(47-50, according to quality,
ltje Flour may be quoted at 15-25. In Corn Meal no
sales were reported.
There is a llrm feeling In the Wheat market, but
there is not much activity; sales of 1500 bushels
Pennsylvania red at $1-40, and Western do. at $1-32
1HH ior fair anu prime, ttye may be quoted at Si
( 1-08, for Western and tl-06 for Pennsylvania. Corn
Is In small supply aud commands full prices; sties
oi reuusyivauia ana ueiawaro yenow ac (1-14 91-10.
Oats are steady, with sales of 4000 bushels at 61u
ofic. inr reuuBjivBuia ana cic. ior western.
In liarley and Malt no sales were reported.
Bark In the absence of sales we auote No. 1
Quercitron at f 27 ton.
Seeds are dull. We quote Cloverseed at f 7-60ta
8-25 for common and prime, Timothy at $7, and Flax
seed at !2-20(A2-25.
Whisky la nrmer: sales of Western iron-bound at
I l-io ; now ncia nigner.
A Alan'a Mead 8a wed Off.
A few davs since a vounsr man by tho name of
Brown, who was employed by his uncle, Samuel
Brown, of Brooklyn, III., to help him about his
saw-mill, met with an accident which proved
instantaneously fatal, lie was at work at the
mill, and slipping, fell against the saw. which
was a circular one. It caught him by the arm
and drew mm down until it touched nis cheek.
Brown made an effort to escape, but without
avail. The saw went crashing through his scull,
cutting the top part of his head entirely off and
scattering nis Drains in every direction. An in
quest was held, and a verdict was rendered in
accordance with the above facts.
LATEST SHIPi'UiG INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Marine Neva set Inside Pages.
New York, May 12. Arrived, steamships Den
mark, Dorian, and uansa.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA MAY 13
BTATB OV THSRMOKKTKR AT THI IVKNINO TBLBOKAFH
OKFlCa.
T A. M 63 1 11 A. M 66 I S P. M 70
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
8teamer Anthracite, Green, New York. W. M. Baird
& C o.
Steamer E. N. Fairchild, Trout, New York, W. M
Balrd & Co.
Sfr Beverly, Pierce, New York. W. P. Clyde & Ca
TugThos. Jetfemon, Allen, Baltimore, with a tow
of barges, W. P. Clyde 4 Ca
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Tug Chesapeake. Merrihew, from Baltimore, with
a tow of barges to w. P. Clyde & Co.
Tug Hudson, Menoigon, irom Baltimore, with
a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde A Ca
SteamBhip Volunteer, Jones, 24 hours from New
York, with mdse. to John r . Ulil.
Steamer Jos. S. Green, Pace, from Richmond via
Norfolk, with mdse. to . p. civde & Co.
Steamer Bristol, Wallace, 24 hours from New York,
wixn mase. to w. r. ciyue co.
Bark J. B. Dutfus, Blauvelt, 43 days from Liver
pool, with mdse. to Peter Wrtaht A Son. April 6th.
iat. 60 16, long. 26 60, during a gale, lost mlzzenmast
head and all attached.
Brig L. M. Merrltt, Eaton, 8 days from Cardenas,
with molasses to K. C. Knight & Co.
Brig Mattano, Jar via, 18 days from Trinidad, with
molasses to Gee. C Carson A Co.
Schr Bonny Boat, Kelly, 8 days from Boston, with
nifiKe. to jnersnon cioua.
Schr li. W. Tull, Kobinson, 8 days from Bucksport,
with ice to Knickerbocker lee Co.
bchr Ann Kirkbrldge, Jester, 6 days from Irwin
Point, with cedar posts to Sbaw A Son.
Schr Calls'. a, Spear, 6 days from Vinalbaven, with
stone to Lennox A Burgesn.
Schr Brandywiue, Adams, from Newport.
Pchr II. G. Hand, Hand, from Providence.
Bchr J. 8. W'eldon, Crowell, from Providence.
' Kchr Iona, Paul, 5 days from Potomac nver, with
cedar posts to Jas. L. Bewley A Ca ., ,
Schr Delaware, Bennett, 8 days from Milton, Del.,
with wood to Jai. L. Bewley & Co.
BELOW".
Bark Scharoyl, from Matanzas, and two brigs (one
Italian), reported by Wm. Marshall, pilot.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
H AVKB-nB-G hack, May 12.-The following boats
leflU?rS :craig1and Homewood, with lumber to Craig
krithartnef with wheat to noffman & Kennedy.
Revenue, with lumber to Mcllvain & Bush.
V. W. Bhuman, with lumber to Patterson & Lip-
pltMLEh,er with lumber to Watson, Malone A Co.
George Uopson, with lumber to D. Trump Son.
Wm. M. Floyd, with lumber, for Bridgeport, N. J.
MEMORANDA.
Schr P. A. Gran, Lake, for Philadelphia, cleared
, at New York yesterday.
DOOMED TO DEATH.
Tho Mohrsvillo Murderer.
His Paralytic Victim.
ZZis Crime and ZZis Career.
John Deal's Consummate Villainy
Ho Goes through the Whole
Decalogne and Receives
llis Reward.
His Execution to take Place at
Heading To-Morrow.
From Our Oirn Correspondent.
Reading, May 12.
The Excitement Over the Execution.
Notwithstanding that it has been fifteen years
since the inhabitants of this city witnessed an
execution, there is little or no excitement with
reference to the hanging which takes place in
the jail-yard to-morrow. That there is no com
motion over the event may be attributed to the
fact that the doomed man since his early life
has been a worthless character, and one whom
it was predicted som years ago would wind up
his career on the gallows. On the day previous
to the departure from this world of Bonner and
Rodcnberg at Huntingdon, of Titus at Carlisle,
and of all the murderers who have been hung
outside of Philadelphia, the sheriffs of these
places were beset by dense crowds of the
enrious who were anxious to witness the last
solemn scene. But here, comparatively speak
ing, there have been but few such
requests, and in nearly every instance Sheriff;
William B. Albright has refused the application,
it being his Intention to adhere as closely as
possible to the provisions of the act of Assembly
on the subject. Even if he were disposed to
oblige his numerous friends, he would have no
room for them, as the jail yard where the scaf
fold is erected will not accommodate over fifty
persons. He has therefore limited his
Ticket, of AdmlsMoa
to a very small number, and even has ex
pressed his determination to issue but few to the
representatives of 4he press. He has an idea
that many of those who claim admission on the
strength of being connected with the news
papers are bogus, and in this respect your corre
spondent, judging from his past experience, co
incides. These fellows are merely interlopers ,
and on more than one occasion by their miscon
duct have brought the blush to the cheek of the
genuine representatives. The man for whose
execution the scaffold has just been erected is
Zachariah . Synder, alias John Deal, who was
convicted in January last of the
Murder of Richard JI. Harlan
on the 8th of October last. The victim
was a paralytic, having no use of his
right arm, was about thirty years of age, and a
native of Schuylkill county. He was a strolling
vagrant, and without either a family or any set
tled occupation.
A (Sketch of the Crime.
The facts of the case, as proven on the trial
were, that on the afternoon of the night of the
murder, the two were seen in company by dif
ferent persons, about tho taverns, lager-beer
saloons and stores in Leesport. Harlan had a
pack of envelopes, a portion of which he suc
ceeded in disposing of. They took snpper at
Jacob Tobias' Hotel, where the deceased left the
balance of the envelopes to pay for the meal, as
he said they had no m6ney. Between 7 and 8
o'clock in the evening they went to the store of
Wanner & Boyer, where Deal asked for a
hatchet. He was told they had none for sale,
when Harlan inquired where they could got a
hatchet
"T Cut Their Way Through."
They afterwards went to the store of Charles
Miller, where the prisoner bought a hatchet for
87 cents and a handkerchief for 25 cents. They
were seen together between 8 and 9 o'cleck at
the public house of Jacob Graeff, where they
had taken a drink in the afternoon. When they
came In In the evening,, the prisoner carried the
hatchet under his arm, and had also a satchel
and a pair of gaiters. He said something about
bis being a carpenter, and having bought the
hatchet to work at his trade. Harlan asked for
drinks, and they counted their money. Deal
bad about (2-50 and Harlan twenty-ive cents,
which was reduced lo five after paying for the
liquor. Harlan asked for lodging for both, but
Deal said they had been drinking too much to
gether that day, and would do the same again
If they remained over night. They were not
perceptibly intoxicated. They then left, taking
the direction of Mohrsville They were last
seen together, a little afterwards, at the confec
tionery store of William Weiser, where they
stopped and asked for a drink.
The Dead Hdy
of Harlan was discovered about daybreak the
following morning, about a mile above Lees
port, by Daniel Kline., As he was driving down
the road he observed blood on a bridge over a
certain creek, and saw marks in the road as if
made by the dragging of something along. He
looked over the edge of the bridge aud saw the
body of a man lying In the water with his face
downwards and his feet resting on a rail at
tached to one of the abutments. He conveyed
tho Intelligence to Leesport, and an inouest was
impanelled by Esquire Rahn. According to
the medical testimony before the inquest, the
wounds upon the body of the deceased were de-.
scribed to be a fracture of the skull In two
places In the forehead, in the centre, and over
the right eye, and a gash about three or three
and a half inches In length on the right side of
the neck, penetrating to the vertebral column.
Either of these wounds was capable of pro
ducing death.
The Next Heard Peal
was about 1 o'clock on the afternoon of the same
day. He was apprehended by two persons for
an alleged assault npon a woman on the road,
near Orwlgsburg, Schuylkill county, and was
taken before Justice Samuel H. Madden of that
place, by whom he was committed to the Schuyl
kill county jail. When arrested he had in his
possession a satchel, which contained a hatchet
and a pair of shoes. The hatchet he presented
to Samuel Yost, the constable who conveye d
bim to prhion, after offering to sell it to hlia.
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