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VOL. XIV NO. 107.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1870.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
JFIBST EDITION
Trench National Defense.
A Letter from General Trochu
Prussia and Russia.
A Chapter of Horrors.
Four Children Burned Alive.
FRENCH NATIONAL DEFENSE.
Ilemarkable l-rtfer from Ornerat Trochn t
the lUayor ' farm.
Paius, Oct. 15. General Trochu has ad
dressed the following letter to the Mayor of
Pnr.s:
Monsieur le Maire: I have the honor to make
Known to yon the basis on which, in concert
with the superior General in command of the
National Sedentary Guard, I propose to estab
lish the organization of its mobilizable bat
talions. This mobilization meets with considerable
difficulties, and therefore with delays, which the
Iiublic mind, excited by a very animated and
egitimately impatient patriotism, but imper
fectly understands. It is my duty to enlighten
it, while not resisting its enthusiasm, and to
prove to it that no one has more at heart than I
the honor of the National Guard of Paris, and
the care of the great Interests which will be at
f take the day when that Guard carries its efforts
beyond the enceinte.
When I undertook the defense of Paris with
the co-operation of devoted fellow-workers,
whose names will one day be remembered by
the public gratitude, I had to face a sentiment
vastly different from the one I am now discuss
ing. It was believed and asserted that a city
like our capital, governed by such various inter
etts, passionp, and requirements, was incapable
of being defended. It was hard to believe that
its encitnfe and its forts, constructed lu other
limes, and under very different military circum
stances from those which prevail at present,
could be prepared in such a manner us to offer,
unsupported by an army operating from with
out, a serious and durable resistance to the
efforts of a victorious enemy; still less was it
admitted that the inhabitants could reconcile
themselves to the sacrifices of every kind, to
the habits of resignation, which a siege of any
duration intlicts.
Mow that this great trial has been made
that is to say, that the placing of the city in a
state of defense had reached a degree of perfec
tion which reuders the enceinte unassailable, the
outer fortifications being at a great distance;
bow that the inhabitants have manifested their
patriotism, and of their own accord reduced to
silence the small number of meu whose culpa
ble views subserve the enemy's projects; now
that the enemy himself, halting before these
fromidable defensive preparations, has confined
himself to surrounding him with his masses
without venturing upon an attack the public
mind has changed and shows now but one
anxiety the desire to throw out in turn masses
of soldiers beyond the enceinte and to attack the
Prussian army.
The government of the national defense can
not encourage this enthusiasm of the popula
tion, but it belongs to the Commander-in-Chief
to direct it, becaute with this right are con
nected unlimited responsibilities for hirn. In
this respect it is necessary to be guided solely
by the rules of the general experience of war,
and by those of the special experience which
we owe to the painful events that have over
whelmed the Army of the Rhine. 'I hese rules
demonstrate that no infantry, however steady it
may be, can be safely brought face to face with
the Prussian army unless it can be accompanied
' by an artillery equal to that which the enemy
has at his disposal, and it is to the formation of
this artillery that I am applying all my atten
tion. In the next place, our percussion guns
are excellent arras behind a rampart, where
there is no need to fire quickly; but troops who,
with such arms, engage others provided with
rapidly firing rifles, would expose themselves to
a disaster that neither braver nor moral supe
riority could avert.
As regards the appeal made to the patriotism
of the companies destined for outside service,
the Government canuot address itself exclu
sively to the battalions provided with rapldly
firlngarms; hence the absolute necessity for a
friendly exchange of arms effected by the Mayor
ol each arronaissement, so that tue volunteers
destined for w ar service shall be armed with the
bestriilcs of their battalion. The recruitment
of the companies will bo made by iiU opened in
each arrondissemeut. lhe company of volun
teers ill comurise. as far as Dossible. ona
bund. Id and fifty men by battalion, but each,
battalion will not be compelled to furnish this
contingent. If the list of voluuteers exceeds
150, those called will be taken in pre
ference from among the unmarried
men, of at least thirty-five years of age, who
are of a vigorous constitution, aud have borne
arms or acquired the practice of military exer
cise, ltie domestic council each battalion
will be required to furnlrh the above descrlp'
tions. Four companies, ioiued under the com
mand of a chief of battalion, will form the
battalions taking the field, and will be placed
exclusively under the orders of generals coru-
mandlnt? the active divisions ot the army. 1 he
latter will alwavs be at the call of the military
authorities. The officers, the cadres of subordi
nate omcers. aua tne corporals will
be appointed by each company.
The officers of the four companies
lormlng the battalion win appoint the com
mander-in-cblef of the battaliou. According to
requirement, aud in proportion to the number
01 volunteers inscribed, tue general command
ing-in-chief of the National Guard raiy form In
each battalion a greater number of companies
of war. In conformity with the rules of military
ervice, aud in the intercut of the secu !ty of the
volunteers themselves, a uniform will be obliga
tory for all. Each one must be provided with a
weather-proof knapsack, similar in lt-t chief
feature to the kuapsack of the troops, a cartridge-box
or pouch, and a half woolen covering
of the mateilal or a tent. Moreover, each
qnadron will be provided with various camp
utensils used in iniantry corps.
The war battalions of the National Guard
summoned to co-operate in the outside opera
tions of the regular army and Guard Mobile will
like them, be subject to milittry laws aud regu
lations. Tbey will receive the payment in kind
(campaign living) and the pay of ordinary
troops in exchange tor tnat received at present
by the Mat ion al Sedentary uuara, ana com
mencing from the day that they are mobilized
I conclude, Monsieur le Maire, this statement
with a few reflections. In the month of July
last the French army, in all the splendor of its
strength, passed through Paris, amid shout of
"A Berlin ! A Berlin !" I was far from sharing
their confidence, and alone, perhaps, among all
the general o leers. ventured to tell the Mar
shal Minister ot War that I perceived in this
noisy manner of euterlag upon a campaign, as
well as the means brought into requisition, the
elements of a great disaster, i be will which at
this period I placed in the bands of M. Ducloux,
a notary of Paris, will one day testify to the
Tm'nful and too well-grounded presentiments
With w Licit luy oul was filltd.
'Jo-fifty, ia the present l tfeo ferer wHk
has rightly taken possession of the public mind,
I meet with difficulties which present a most
striking analogy with those that showed them
selves in the past. I now declare that, im
pressed with the most complete faith in a re
turn of fortune, which will be due to the great
work of resistance summed up in the siege of
i'aris, i win not cede to tne pressure ot the
public impatience. Animating myself with the
sense of the duties which are common to us all,
and of the responsibilities that no one shares
with me, I shall pursue to the end the plan
which I have traced ont, without revealing it,
and I only demand of the population of Paris,
in exchange for my efforts, the continuance of
that confidence with which it has hitherto
honored me.
Receive, Monsieur le Maire, the assurance of
my high consideration. General iRocnr.
russia and Germany.
Reforms In Accordance with the Prnsslan
system
The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Pall
Mall Gazette writes, October 8.
A discovery has lust been made by the Rus
sian War Department which has caused no
small alarm in military circles here. It appears
that after the war of 1806 the Russian Govern
ment applied at Berlin for a number of Prussian
officers to act as instructors in the Russian
army. The application was readily granted,
and some of the most experienced and able
members of the Prussian staff were sent to St.
Petersburg. These gentlemen were distributed
among the various military departments,
with full powers to examine all the de
tails of the army organization, and suggest
reforms in accordance with the Prussian
system. Ihey were employed on this duty
until tne onioreag ot tne present war, giving
many valuable hints to the Russian officers, but
at the same time making themselves tho
roughly acquainted with all the weak points of
the Russian army and its administration. A
few months ago the Minister of War determined
to have an accurate survey made of the whole of
Southwestern Russia, and three of the Prussian
instructors were employed for this purpose.
Ihey did their work admirably, and were well
paid for their ability and zeal. A series of
maps were engraved irom their drawings, which
are acknowledged by all to be perfect marvels
01 -accuracy and clearness; but the drawings
themselves have disappeared. There is no
doubt that the Prussian officers have taken
them to Berlin, where, coupled with the informa
tion they took such pains to obtain during their
two years' stay in Russia, these maps would be
simply invaluable lu the case of a Kusso-Prussian
war. The prospect of such a war is much
feared here just now, and has contributed not a
little to tho almost cordial tone to ward Germany
which is now assumed both by the government
and some organs of the press. One of the most
significant manifestations of this change ot
o)icy is the conduct of the authorities in the
Baltic provinces, the country where the antago
nism between Russian and German has ap
peared in its most extreme form. At the begin
ning of the war the Germans in these provinces
took every opportunity of showing their sym
pathy for the Fatherlund, making collections
In favor of tho wounded, holding patriotic
meetings, and singing patriotic songs.
These demonstrations greatly provoked
the Russians, and the military governor, Gene
ral Albedynskoy, Issued an order strictly for
bidding public meetings, and directing the
sums collected for the wounded to be divided
equally between the Germans and the French.
M. Galkin, the civil governor, at the same time
completely suppressed the use of the German
iguage in public omces, and toon measures
for making Russian the predominant language
of the country. Both of these high functiona
ries have now been dismissed, and their places
have been taken by General Prince Bragatlon
and I'rince stresznleil, the former a uerman by
origin, the latter a German by education and
feeling.
BURNED ALIVE.
Four Children Itemed Alive A Chapter or
Horror..
TheBnrlington Hawk-Eye, October 30, say6!
About 2 o'clock on Saturday raornintr an
alarm of fire was sounded in the vicinity of the
llairk-jive office, lhe flames were discovered
in the rear of aa old two-story frame building
on the north side ot Washington street.
After protecting the adjacent property tne
streams were turned upon the burning building
(which it was impossible to save), and in five
minutes the names had been bo nearly
smothered out that it became necessary to light
the gas in the street lamp on tne alley corner
to enable the firemen and citizens to proceed
with the terrible task that now lay oefore them.
that of exhuming from the smoking ruins the
charred remains of four human beings who had
nerished in the flames. It was a heart-sickening
scene, and it was in snence taat tne large cou-
course ol citizens present watcned tne dim
light of the lanterns as the firemen and others
clambered oter the wreck in search of the lost.
One after another the bodies were removed, and
taken to the basement of the Court House to
await the Coroner inquest.
From the evidence developed at the coroner'
court, it appears that Michael Bachcr, the pro
prietor of the saloon, and one of his daughters
were confined to their beds with intermittent
fever, and that the parents and six children
occupied the iront room on the second floor.
while a son, Philip Bacber, slept in an adjoining
room back or them, called the middle room.
The tbird room upon the second floor was un
occupied. The fire when first discovered was in the
kitchen part the inmatts were aroused by the
alarm i people upon the outside. Mr. Bacher
awakened his son Philip in the middle room,
who rushed to tho front window and jumped
out. Mr. Bacber helped his wife out, and
then, nearly suffocated by the dense smoke,
made an etiort to rescue his children.
Two of them he succeeded in putting
out through the wiudow, letting them
down as best he could to the walk
below. By this time, in his enfeebled condition.
and nearly senseless with suffocation, he at
tempted bis own escape climbed out of the
w indow, and with the help of his son succeeded
in getting upou the ladder, out the not suione
driving into his face, or else his physical pros
tration, caused him to sway back aud forth for
a few seconds in a helpless coudillou, aud then
fall down the ladder to the ground lusensiDie.
Other ladders were raised to the front windows.
but by this time the fire and smoke had obtained
such headway that no one could enter the room,
although several daring spirits made the futile
effort.
After his father fell to the ground the son.
Philip, who is about 19 years of aire, left the
family and went to the stable in the rear, har
nessed his two noises, and led them out to a
place of safety, it is a distressingly strange
circumstance that this young man should so
ioee his presence of mind as to leave the rear
room (nearest the fire), pass through the front
room, w hich was the mrinest iroui the names
at the time, and make no effort to rescue his
little brother and sisters. There were three
windows in front which could have been
smashed out ic an instant and the children
handed out or even tossed to the pavement
below, which, at the worst, would have been
better than burning to death.
Our desire, however, not to do injustice to
any person forbids any further comment upon
an event so terrible in every aspect.
The charred remains were placed In one coffin,
and interred en Saturday afternoon not until,
however, they bad been viewed by a large num
ber of our citizens, and lastly the friends of the
unfortunate victims. As the mother took her
last look at the blackened forms that a few
hours previous were her children in quiet repose,
the scene became on too agonizing to describe,
adonhicb, we Lope lie ver again to witaes.
SECOND EDITION
TO-DAY'S CABLE NEWS.
The Armistice Ratified.
Garibaldi in Hot Water.
The Troops Deny His Authority.
Capture of Dijon Confirmed.
Financial and Oommoroial
Etc. Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
The Capture of Dijon.
Berlin, Nov. 4. The capture of the city of
Dijon is confirmed by official despatches just
received from General Werder. A large part of
the town v. as burned by the bombardment. The
1st Prussian Grenadiers had two hundred men
placed Tiors de eombal in the engagement and
the 2d Grenadiers five hundred. The French
losses are unknown, but are believed to be
heavy.
IMstlmruIshed Prisoners fit Wllheltnshohe.
On Wednesday there were twenty-one gene
rals and eighty-seven superior officers with the
Emperor Napoleon at Wilhelmshohe. Prince
Murat and few others remained there and the
rest proceeded to Berlin.
The meeting of
The Emperor and Marshal Canrobert
was very cordial. They embraced and kissed
each other several times.
(Jarlbnldl nod the Franca-tlreurs.
London, Oct. 4. The National Guards aud
Gardes Mobile at Besancon refuse to fight under
Garibaldi, who is organizing the Francs-tireurs.
The Fraukfbrd Banker.
have offered to advance money to several French
towns which are unable to bear the burdens of the
war. The Prussian Government has approved
of this project.
The Armistice Confirmed.
London, Nov. 4 Special to Messrs. D. C.
Wharton Smith & Co. Private telegrams from
Marseilles this morning declare that the Bis-marck-Thlers
arranged armistice is officially
confirmed. The proposed suspension of hostili
ties is gladly received here, and is generally
considered as an eventual harbinger of peace.
This Morning's Ouotntlons.
London, Nov. 4 h -so a M Consols opened at
93 !i for both money and account. American secu
rities nrm; u. s. e-2us or lsca, sx; or 1865,
oll, 89; of 1S67, 90; 10-40s, 87 H- Stocks firm;
;ne, i; Illinois central, uo$ ; Atlantic ana ureat
"Western, S9)tf.
Liverpool, Nov. 411-30 A. M Cotton opens
active; middling uplands, 9Md. ; middling Orleans,
X(n9Vl. The sales to-day are estimated at 15,000
Dales, une sales or tne wees uave been no,ouo
bales, Including 25,000 bales for export and ll.ooo
bales for speculation, 'l he stock in port Is 463,000
bales, of which 04,000 bales are American. Receipt
during tne week 48, ou bams. r wnicn aa.ouo Dales
were American, Breadstuff are firmer.
FROM THE PACIFIC COAST.
Bpecle Shipment.
San Francisco, Nov. 3 The steamship
Colorado sailed for Panama to-day, with two
hundred and eighty passengers and $307,000 in
treasure, 131,000 of which was coin for Callao.
The steamer Commodore was wrecked on
October 22, in the Coquille river, Oregon, and
is a total lose. The total treasure shipments
since January 1 were $30,208,000, Including
12,041,000 to New York, overland.
A Brace of fJlurders.1
A report has reached here of the assassination
of Placido Vega at Teplc.
A. P. Crittenden, a leading lawyer of San
Francisco and reporter of the Supreme Court of
California, was shot to-night on the Oakland
ferry-boat by Mrs. Laura A. Fair, and but little
hopes are entertained of his recovery, the ball
having passed through his lung.
TEXAS IN THE SADDLE.
The Great Slt y-ftl He Uaeeln Two Hours and
rlltr-ltree Ullo me. at nam Antonio.
The Ban Antonio Herald of the 12th ultimo
says:
Two months since the "Agricultural, stock-
Raising, and Industrial Association of western
Texas, domiciled at San Antonio, inserted the
following advertisment in their city papers:
"The Agricultural, Stock-raising, aud Indus
trial Association of Western Texas offer a spe
cial premium of 50 to the first and 25 to the
second winner in a sixty-mile race around their
track at San Pedro Springs, provided that the
distance is made in three hours. None but
Texas-raised horses and Texas-made saddles to
be used. No limit as to number. The race to
come off during the holding of their fair, from
tne run to tne cm oi uciooer next.
This announcement caused some little talk on
the subject, but the almost universal opinion of
the public was that the race could not be won
on Texas-raised horses in that time. Up to the
morning of the day not a single entry had been
made, and the directors were in despair. How
ever, before 11 o'clock, Neil Coker appeared
upon the grounds with twelve cow ponies, and
declared it his intention to contest tor the prize,
Neil coker was uorn aua raised in Bexar couutv.
is about twenty-two Tears of age, weighs some-
..,,- (,,.. 101 nnt 1Q; nm,nli 1 1 1 1, .,1 ..
active young wan, a fair type of our stock-
raising community.
Nothing special occurred up to the 8th mile,
when an ungovernable mustang flew the track
altogether, and made a circuit down through
the woods; meeting the San Pedro irrigating
canal, he turned back through the agricultural
deiartment,leaped an elgut-norse-power thresh
ing machine, and finally, despairing of making
hii escape, tried his "level best" to pitch youug
Coker over bis head. By this time his attend
ants reached him with another horse; be got
back into the track ana proceeded on his way.
About the thirU enth mile, another horse broke
on the other side of the track, and came very
near a stoDe wall, lie was finally brought to a
full stop, but considerable time was lost.
With all these mishaps, at the end of the
thirty miles young Coker was two minutes
ahead of time. The Marshal, General Young,
made this announcement in a voice that could
be heard for half a mile round.
The crowd now began to get excited, and a
universal shout went up for more and better
horses. Men who had refused the use of their
horses, and scoffed at the possibility of such a
race, began to believe he would make the trip,
, From this time on, young Coker's fortunes
smiled unon him. Lie now made on each horse
nice or twice only a mile and a hilf, aud mile
his changes nearly evon la Uu kecunus. Ik wan
kow tvUcbt to U that without aa acvldent b
would win the race, and every man. womn,
and child on the ground was wrought np to the
highest pitch of excitement. 8cdale old judges
lost their dignity, and hurrahed at the top of
their voices, the ladies waved their handker
chiefs, children screamed, aud young Coker
gained on his time every round. Finally the
Marshal tapped the bell as the last mile was
made, and announced "sixty miles in two hours
and fifty-three minutes." At this young Coker
exclaimed: "Let me give them another mile for
good measure," and with an eye as clear as an
eagle's, and limbs as lithe as the mountain doe's,
he mounted a fresh horse and made his sixty
first and laft mile in two minutes and fifteen
seconds.
It is safe to say there never was such a con
course of people, or such a scene in Western
Texas. Men wanted to carry him around on
their shoulders wanted to treat him give him
coffee, ice water anything. Finally, he was
taken up into the judges' stand and introduced
by the marshal; and that the crowd might have
a chance to do something for him, a prominent
banker of this city pulled off his hat and called
out, "All who wish to do something for the
young man, here's a chance." The last we saw
or him, bis bat was well laden with gold and
silver, which was given to Coker, in addition to
the premium of the association.
SUICIDE IN JAIL.
A WlfeAbnsr Is Sentenced to Jail and Com
inns nuiciue la Ills cell.
On last Monday, says the Toledo Blale. of tho
2d inst., a German shoemaker named Frederick
Werner was arraigned In the Police Court on the
charge of assaulting and abusing his wife.
On hearing the story of the wretched wife.
Judge Pcnficld imposed a penalty upon the hus
band ot twenty days imprisonment In jail. The
prisoner received his fate with brute-like indif
ference, and being handcuffed was marched,
with the rest of the prisoners, to the jail.
After being securely longed within his narrow
quarters the husband brooded over his conduct
and the sorrow and disgrace which he had
Drought upon nimeeit and his family.
Last night was the appointed time for the
consummation of the rash deed, and amid the
darkness of the dreary jail, when no sound but
the deep drawn breathiDg of the slumbering
irisoners oroko tue weird silence, the man put
an end to his earthly troubles.
lhe means by which the man killed himself
are somewhat singular. At the customary hour
in the evening for locking up prisoners, Werner,
who exhibited nothing unusual in his appear
ance, was locked in his cell like the rest. This
morning, shortly belore seven o clock, the turn
key proceeded to let the prisoners out of their
cells, when that officer was startled at finding
Y erner lying cead upon his face on the lloor of
the cell, with his Head towards the door. A
towel, with a firm knot tied in it, through which
which was secured a barrel stave, was twisted
with great tightness around bis neck.
lie doubtless naa these articles secreted in his
cell when he was locked in. It is evident that
the man tied the towel about his neck, and then
inserted the stave through the loop and per
formed the slow process ot strangulation by
twlstine the loop to the necessary tightness
around his throat by turning the stave round
and round.
Mrs. Werner, it seems, at the instance of her
friends, soon alter the imprisonment of her hus
band, resolved to leave the latter, and had re
tained an attorney to procure a bill of divorce.
But death has anticipated the wlshed-for decree
in a court ot justice.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
Alary IHohrman Trial of John flanlon fllore
auoui inai (jonlex.ion.
Court Of Oyer and Terminer Judges Ludlow and
I'tirce.
The Court this morning resumed the trial of John
II anion for the murder of Mary Mohruian, on tlie
Cth of September, 1868. After the close of our re
port yesterday, Detectives Oeorge II. Smith and
Joshua Taggeit were examined, and their state
ments were merely the groundwork upon which the
confessions oi 11 anion were to te jam.
The first w'tuess called was Alderman William R.
Hclns, who testified as follows I am an Alderman
of the Nineteenth ward ; my oillce la at the north
east corner of Fifth aud Berks streets, about three
squares from 11 anion a house; 1 paid a visit to him
in tne uounty rrison on tne itn or ueceraoer laic,
in company with Joshua Tasirart: I never visited
tiuu in prison at any oiner time; at tnat interview 1
did not make any threats or promises to induce him
O. K. Trjon sworn-C ave been a detective officer
of this city contlnuoVfny since Juue, lSS8;lu De
cember, 1869, aud Jfliuary and February, 1370, 1
visited iiamon in prison anoui tnree nines, twice in
comDauv with Oeoree Is 111 1th and once alone: the
first was December i!7, with Oeorge Stnltli ; canuot.
give tne date or tue seconu, Dut tniuk ltwasm
March ; the third was last Sunday afternoon ; at tho
first visit 1 used no threats or promises to induce
him to confess.
Cross-examined I don't know whether he was
aware that I was au ofilcer; I told him the purpose
of my visit; I did not tell him that we Intruded to
have him removed to Dunn's cell ; that was the first
time I ever saw him ; I gave him an article; Smith
saw me give It to him; weweut prt pared with It;
we went mere with a purpose: we knew wnac was
Vi Bnal mi vnAmt I ti i t a n inrA onof n 4 maf tain
111c irai luivrjc uuw u xct-u uw muoi uiantvi
that otter matter was not then the real purpose: I
should think be was impressed vlth thd fat he was
in the presence of two omcers; my manner was
pleasant but not persuasive; 1 did not question him
much; 1 asked mm 11 ne remembered
the article I brought - htm: I cer
talnly questioned him as au ofilcer questions a
man from whom he wishes to obtain Information;
my manner was neither confidential nor sharp; it
may nave been omuiai ; we went to Air. renting aud
asked him for a reliable, truthful raau into whose
cell to put llanlon, and he referred us to Dunn; It
was not llai.lon but Dnnn tnat 1 saw last Sunday : 1
saw llanlon but ouce; I did not sty to Dunn that, he
would be examined, but Mr. Smith aud I told Mm
he ( light to be called up in court, but not that he
would have a pardon.
Re-examined The article we took to llanlon was
a hat; we put It on his head; the information we
wished to obtain from him was in relation to another
matur than this.
The preliminary examinations being now closed,
Michael Dunn was recalled to prove tlie confession.
Mr. Uagert made tho oiler of proving the confes
sion and statements made ty ti e defendant to the
witness between December 24, 1SG, aud March 1,
1670.
Mr. Brcwstf r said that he opposed this testimony
with all the force be could command, jet If, at the
maner stood, the Court had made up its iniud m
to the competency or the witness, ne would acqui
esce In the examination being made now, and post
pone his argument until he came to discuss tne
question of credibility.
The Judge asked Mr. Brewster If he didn't deem
it advisable to state the reasons upou which he
wlsr-ed the testimouv excluded.
Mr. Brewster said that, briefly, his reasons were
the peculiar situation of the party, appearing reek
ing with crime and Infamy, and the condition of
llanlon, who he was and where he was at the time,
for one of the ! earliest English statutes, one of
Edward III, made It penal for iny prison -keeper
thus to deal with a prisoner; this, la connection
with the humane maxim of oar law. that a man ac
cused of crime should not be allowed to accuse
himself, he thought were amply sufllelent reasous
for tne exclusion or mis iniamous outlaw irom tue
stand.
Again. If this man offered to Plead guilty In open
court, the judges would not allow It, but would
direct him to enter a plea of not guilty, and appoint
counsel for his defense; then would tbey allow
Wiese volunteer detectives, eater, and this low,
wicked, wretched convict to do In the lonely cell
what tbey would not permit tn accused nimseir to
do In ibis hall of justice detail his own admission
nt mi' It?
Judge Ludlow said the obieetlona made by the
prison r's counsel to the competency of this witness
undoubtedly raised a most important question, not
only affecting this particular cane, but also tne whole
criminal jurisprudence. A whole day has been con
sumed In taklug the preliminary testimony to the
very point which Is new under discussion. If, In the
amii-ha nl that exummatian. our iulud had been
made np that the prisoner was entrapped, what
would have been the result we do not now say ; but
after reviewing this testimony we do not see that bo
s entrapped or Induced 1 prom'ses or ihrents. bur,
I vaa lie and voiuuuuy. ud ouicme tuiui iu
Mvsler ue deUutid that a eonlwsica made by a
parly In cnstifly may te given in evidence, prof Idpd
it is unattended by any liapmper 1nferen-.ta. This
iiiuKiBent was artetwarns followed ny ims court;
mo, foUowii s- tne ludiimeut f the Siioreiue Court
and our own itench, we have but to decide thu the
testimony of this witness la competent, aud Its
cieciblllty is entirely a question for t he Jury. -
Dunn ngxln took the stant and testified Since
August, lHttft, I have lived lu Mojaraenting prison ;
1 did not know llanlon before he came Into my cell
onthe2thof Dtoember, 1S69; he remained there
until the 1st of March : the first time he spoke to mo
about the murder of Mary Mohrman was on the Sa
turday after he was put into ray ci-ll ; tnv told me he
was suspected 01 tne runnier or Mary Mohrman ; I
ticked liim how old she was, and he said she was
about thirteen ; that was all he said ainiut it that
day ; the next time he spoke of it was
on the following Thursday or Friday; he
told me he was tho man that did it ; that "on the
Sunday the murder was done I did not dress my-jeif
up that day; 3 o'clock in the afternoon I cros-id
over to Fls!ier'8 lager beer saloon; left thereat 7V
o'clock in the evening and went over to my owu
house and sat down on my own steps: luafow
nnmiusl got up and want as Mr as the corner of
Fifth and Diamond; I asked Emma
Hunch to show roe the way to
Fourth and Dauphin; she was play
Ing with Mary Mohrman and another
little girl by the side of a cigar post, but she knew
nie;you know Fourth and Dauphin streets as weU as
1 do, she sala ; I then went into mv owu house aud
fixed nivself so that my own mother would not know
me; 1 then went the back way into my alley, which
runs between my house and the elgr store; I stood
there until I got a chance to get Mary Mohrman into
tne alley ; a pnrty or two seeu us standiug there, but
did not know me, for I had whiskers on;
1 got h r In the alley, at this time Emma ISuscti was
not there tint the other girl was, ami she s.iw me
lead Mary Mohrman by the hand into the alley ; the
next day she said it was a man with big whlsKers,
and thnt Is why 1 stood my ground : In a mlnure or
two after I got her into the alley a man came
through the alley ; at this time I .had her standiug
up against the fence that separates
the cigar store from the yard miming
buck to the alley; I did my best not
to let the man see her, he hit up against me In pass
ing ; he ('id not know this man, aud 1 was d d sure
he couldn't swear to me; the raau went on through
the alley somewhere; I then opened the gate that
leads Into my own back yard aud cook her luto mv
privy ; she began to cry, aud I caught her
ly the neck, but she cried harder; I had to hold
tighter; I determined not to' let hor
go until I had done all I wanted;
but when I wss done she was dead ; every una
thought she was cut with a knife, but 1 did not cut
her ; 1 then carried her across the
yard ; I took her across my yard to a wiudow that
leads Into my cellar; the wiLdow lifts up anu down,
and put the body through tho wiudow; put down
the window agnln, took oil' the whiskers, aud
went up stairs; It was 8 o'clock when
I was in the privy, and 8k,' when I got upstairs:
she had auburn hair, large grey eyes, and was
about nine years of age ;" he gave me three distinct
sees at nltlerent times; I was hardly up stairs
when Mary Mohrman's mother came In front. 01 mv
house looking for her; my mother went down stairs,
and tney notn went to 100k lor ner; i went too, but
did not go far, and soou turned back to my own
house, went luto the cellar to see If she was quite
dead ; she was dead cnoiign ; I covered her up; the
cellar wns not much used ; it was full of rubbish; I
was pretty fall of lutrer beer, out 1 knew enough to
tiy and yet the body awav from my hous if 1 got
half a chance; 1 was seen In the alley thatnlght,
after ihe murder, and 1 went luto the house an I
01 ned one of the shop wlndo a little, and peeped
through the shutter to see If the coast was clear;
saw one or anotuer win g'ung aouui au mgut;
so I had to leave her still In the cellar, cleaned niv
self up and opened the shop as tiBuai, Just aa though
nothing had happened ; I didn't un to bed, though 1
felt sicdv: late a nine break last ana went down
town; if anyone had found the body I wouldn't
have been cane tit in rniiadeipnia: 1 went home aud
gut a little dinner; 1 was bound to get her away
that Monday night; 1 tried three or four
times before half-past 2; seen the coast
wasn't clear till between 3 and 4 o'clock; got
the body, went out my back way, turned to my left,
crossed over Diamond street, then 1 turucd aglo up
Diamond street as fur as Fifth, aud turned up Firth ;
turned again and went into Dauphin street, and then
turned aL'ain: 1 saw a man ou the opposite side; 1
got behind a car aud don't think he saw me; I weut
aud threw ner into mo s?are 101; meu 1 crossed
over to FlUh or Sixth street or Susquehanna ave
nue and a lairer neer woman saw me : 1 oamo down
on the lower side of tho street: I saw a llht in a
wim'nwanu some one standing at it ; 1 uwt away
home now as fast as I could, now after four
o'clock: I cleaned myself up and went and fixed my
snop, out as soon as the bony was found 1 was sus
pected: I knew the Cops were watching me
(meaning the Detectives), and for three weeks, no
matter wnere 1 went, one or two or inera was watn
Ing me until they gave it up and left." That is all
he told me then. The next, time ne told me " "
(This deserities the violation of the child and her
s r- ngulatlon, and Is unlit for publication) The
next time we talked he said, "I irot the body and
put 11 lengthwise in front of me, fastening my coat
arouru cer ana me, weut out tne ones way, turned
to mv left, went out Diamond street: again all was
clear until I crossed busquehanna aveune; there I
met Charley Mass;" ne said tne name was seiied
M. A. f. 8. ; "1 had on a pair of light plush slippers
that I paid S3 60 for ; the way I was dressed aud fixed
up 1 don't think Charley knew me; I knew
he was going to the stable to feed his
horsp, bo aa to get to market to
buv things for his mother, who kept a grocery st ve :
he only lived a few doors from where I met him;"
be marked his route down upon a slate for me;
"When 1 met Muss I had the body in mvarins:!
went on to Dauphin street, and got t) where l put It
down ; I had just got It out of my arms when I s i-v a
man coming; then I ran and got behind a car ;1
sisld there a minute or two, and then I went to
Fifth and Susquehanna avenue, and there a lager
beer woman seen me; sin was opening the
shutters from the Inside; I held down
mv head, and threw up my arms
like this (crossing them before his face) so that she
could not recognize me;" he told me this woman
ki owed him for four years: I asked him if he ever
trl d to settle It with h;r,and he said, "M ke, she won't
be Burnished;" that's all he said to me; he told me
about it different times; I asked him who did his
washing end be said his wife did it first, and told me
afterwards that bis washing all went
inf. be asked me one day wh.it
was the vounci Ht crirl I ever played with, and I told
lnru sbout nine or ten; he said, "I lick you all hol
low ;" I asked him how was that, and he told me Mary
Mohrman was ou'.v net ween six anu suveu .years ui
aue. and 1 called him a liar: ho swore au oath that
that was her age : he asked me if 1 wai in his place
what would I do, that ne bud friends.
mciiev. and influence: I told him tu it
I would pet in v friends to Bee Charley
Masa and the latrer beer w nuan and fry to get them
to keep their mouths shut : he sld "I'll have plenty
of time to do that if 1 am to be brought up for if,"
at another time he 88' el me if I tViiiirtit the detec
tives w onld settle it for money ; I told him I didn't
know: he said, "How often can the detectives
search your house?" I told him as often
as they bud a warrant ; he asked me if Tagart was a
fly man: 1 toio nun 1 ninrt know, nut 1 11 au nearu
th thieves In New York sav he was; ha said, ' I've
a ereat mind to send for Smith at any rate;" said I,
'Please yourself and then you'll please me;" then he
g(t a shoemaker's hammer and knocked ou the door
aud sent for Mr. l'erkins; the next day he told me
he had -eu Mr 1'erkinn lu tiUo vu cell and told me
he mw Mr. Smith: hi told me he had seen Smith
th-next morulng when he cme In ; he showed me
the figs and oranges smitn nan given mm; ne toiu
me the reason he did not take the body Into the
ci liar oe.or was because It fastened on the Inside
near the kitchen, and ills mother or sister or wife
mitiht c me down and see him open It; he said there
was a little narrow passage between the kitchen and
cellar doer, in which was a shelf for old bottles and
so on ; lit told me two places where the omcers had
followed Mm ; oue place was to his brother-in law's,
and the other to a place where they sold lager-beer:
i,e onid ii,. tin w 1 her were watching him : be told
me that Ma wife asked him on Mouday morning
where be had been, all night; he told her "I fell
asleep down I elow and have only Just awakid ;" ou
Tiles mormrJg bu? ua&cta uiuj Hptuu, - louuur,
when have tou t een all liivhtV' and he answered.
"1 hHve been lu a little muss with two policemen;"
i d r 1 snowed nt r a nine mono ou me imisdui oi iiih
shirt; on the day the body was found, I went over
to ifher'a Itigi r beer saloou and stayed there till
past li o'clock, Just to hear the conversitlon, what
Ir would be eb. nt, and 1 sold what they said ;" ho
told me they said "a man did Jit with wld-tkers on,
ami one ui mi was out under looO ball: that made It
look it well fi r me;" be said there was a s"bscrip-
tion made up for the mother In the morning; he said
he went the dav after the x dy was found, aud
locked at it lu Mrs Mohruian s house; ho told me
he had two ra'is of slippers, a light pair and a bltck
pair: he said "wheu a strange man came
into my stioi. 1 put him down lor a cop right away ;
r omt of tht m old C'me; and try and gel luto con
versation wdh me about the murder; but I used to
turn it eii with a lauuh : the hat he put on my bead
v as Riine, but tiiey cau't prove It; after the Ger
piairo n tTalr occurred I toM my wife and mother
, r !- c-i re tr. nf 1h m-i-rtrr of M rv IU.hr-
1 r8i so as to havn tiling. uud 11 1 gu.vitaud
1 Here Ue Court too a rcwiw. .
jfuahci2 An a co.ti.tiu hub.
.
Ktbkiho Tft.iwibaph Um-rm,l '
Fridar, Nov. 4, 1870. f .
The activity In speculative circles continues.
and affords ample channels for the cmnlovment
of all the funds the nanks have to spare. Kates
continue steady at 0fn) per cent, on call,
and at 7tf per cent, on choice paper. The
movement of currency hence towards the West
and South is remarkably ligbt for this usually
active Beason, ana strong impressions exist that
the money market hero for the rest of the year
win be steaav. me oniy clement HKciy to dis
turb the market is the strong tendency of capi
talists at this time to speculate in stocks. Prime
discounts range irom 7fn)'J per cent, and offer
ings oi paper are below the average.
uoid is seilln'r freely under the impression
that a further fall Is Inevitable. This morning
tbc premium touched 110, closing at U08.
Governments, in sympathy with snecle. also
declined, with the single exception of the 6s of
lb81, which advanced.
At the Stock Hoard a good business was done
at full prices. No sales either of State or city
bonds.
Heading Railroad was steady, with Bales at
50(&50 81, the latter b. o.; Pennsylvania
advanced, selling up to 50; sales of Norrls
town at 87(88; and Lehigh Valley at 5W.
Oil Creek and Allegheny was in aetlve demand,
with sales at 45(6)45. The company has a
surplus of 500,000; Its stock and bonds amount
to i 7,000,000, and yet it pays a dividend of 2)4
per cent, quarterly, equal to 0 per cent, per
annum on $20,000,000, clear of all its expenses.
in Canal shares there were sales of Lehigh at
815if82.
Commonwealth Bank shares sold at 50.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haveu A tiro.. No. u S.Thlrd street.
FIRST BOARD.
10000 Pa A N T C 7s
10 sh Com'h Bk.... 66
iota 91 i
100 sh Read R..030.60-69
100 do 60S
200 do.. I8.b30. 60-69
160 do.. bCAIn. 60-69
100 do 60-69
100 do D60. 60-81
909 do 60-69
600 do ....18.C.60 69
400 do Is. 60-69
100 do.. Is. blO. 60-69
100 do 800. 60
10 sh O C AR..0. 4.1 .,
loo do 45V
10 do C. 45
100 do 010. 45
fiooo W .Tcr7s e. 85
i loou in fennaes...
4000 Leh 63 gold 1.1s 89
flOOO WllmKK78 91
tlOOOO Vh AH 69. B5. 91.V
so Bu renna ..dp. 69
10 Uo....cAp. f9
109 do 69 V
6shNorrisfn R.. 87
8 do 88
73BhLer VaL.ls. 68
100BhLehNav.b:i0. Si
IB do o. 81V
8 sh Cam A Am R.H6M
Jay Coo kb St (Jo. quote Government BecuiTlea aa
follows: U. S. 6s of 1HS1, n3m-il3',, ; 6-liOs of 1842,
10S108.V: do. 1864, l07VtM7j; do. Nov. 1866,
ios"u 0107 ; no. do., juiy, loa Huaioori : do. do.. 1867.
109.fl09; do. 1863, lllit(lli9; 10-408, 106'.'
IOC'; ; facuics, noui . uolrt. lio.
MKS8K8. WILLIAM PAlNTKa CO.. Mil. 36 8. Third
Btreet, report the following Quotations: U. H. 68 of
1881. 113M11BM : 6-20B Of 1862. 108 Vw108Sf :1 do. 1864.
lM4(A107)i ; do. 1866, 107V,$107 do., July, 1866,
10!i(ai0!);f ; do., July, 1867, I09t,'iio9?i ; do. July,
ISfiS, 109VA'10: 6s 'l40, HMJtf irtilos U. S. PaClflO
KR. Cy. 6s. liivaiu?,'. "old, lio'4,4iior.
Nabk h. Ladnbr, HroKurs, report tula morning
Gold quotations as follow s:
10-00 A. M llovcilt-06 K, M no u-
10-25 " 1lOJill8-l6 P. M 110V
10- 28 ' 110112120 " 110'
11- 03 HO 12 21 " HOW
11-06 " 110 1
Philadelphia Trade Heport.
Friday, Nov. 4,The Fiour m wket is quiet, but
we continue former quotations. There Is very little
demand for shipment and the operations or the home
consumers are confined to their Immediate wants.
About 600 bar-els sold, including super Que at 1460(3
4-76; extras at t56-&0; Iowa and Wisconsin extra
family at 6-600; Miunesota do. do. at $6-254-60;
Pennsylvania do. do. at $tS-2S -S0; Onto do. do. at
fc-tj(Kn 7; and fancy brands at 7-iiS-25, as in quality.
Rye Flour may be quoted at .Vj)5 26. Iu Corn Meal
no sales were reported.
l'rime wheat is in fair demand at full prices, but
common frrades'are dull. Sales of 6O110 bushels Indiana
red at tl-39(l-40; 21100 bu- hels fauov spring at II 83;
and 400 bushels Delaware red at $128. 400 bushels
very choice western Rye sold at 960. Corn Is more
inquired after; sales of 60imi bushels at 8K82c for
yellow, and 71(79c for Western mixed, including
a lot of new yellow at 07c, Oats are in fair request,
wun Bales 01 xuuu iiumieiH weHteru, reunsyivama,
and Delaware at 6265c. Barley Is unch united.
uioversera m etft witn a steady inouirv at M-50ra
6 75 Timothy and Flaxseed are nominal.
w nisky is dull, small sales 01 western iron-bound
at 88(S,80.
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PORT OF PHILADELPHIA NOVEMBER 4
BTATB OF THBUMOMBTKR AT TUB EVININO TRLBQRAPQ
OKPICH.
7 A. M 47 1 11 A. M 66 S P. M. 60
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Steamer Frank, Pierce, New York, W. M. Balrd
a. uo.
Steamer Tacony, Nichols, New York, do.
bieamer Mayflower, Fultz, New York, W. P. Clyde
A CO.
Schr R. W. Huddell, Maloy, Gloucester, Slnnickson
& Co.
Schr James Ponder, Hudson, Boston, do.
Schr F. O. Wariuer, Dickinson, Pawtucket, do.
Schr M. H. Rend, Bowman, New Bedford, do.
Schr Marietta Steel num. Steelman, Washington, D.
C, Van Dusen & hro.
Schr Taylor & Math in, Cheeseman, Boston, do.
Scnr K. nit no. 44, Trainer, wasn ion, u.c, do.
Schr Benj. Gartslde, Stiinford, Uooricetown, do.
Schr E. 11. Blocksom, Morris, Delaware City, do.
Schr M. E. Uobson, Blocksom, Lebanon, do.
Schr W. Richardson, Smith, Onpe My, do.
Schr Noah's Ark, Sbewell, Atlantic City, do.
Boat Inkerman, Boyer, New York, do.
Boat J. O. Presby. Woodward, Newark, do.
Boat Emerald, O'Brien, Daob's Kerry, do.
Tug Thomas Jefferson, Allen, Baltimore, with a tow
01 ba rifts, w. r. uiyoe- uo.
Tug G. B. Hutchlns, Davis, lUvre-de-Grace, with a
tow 01 oarges, w. r. uiyu
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamer H. L. Uaw, Her, 13 hours from Baltimore,
With mdse. aud passengers to A. Groves, Jr.
Steamer J as. a ureeu, Vauce, from Richmond and
Norfolk, with mdse. to W. P. Clyde Jk Co.
Steamer A. C. Stlmers, Davl-i, 24 hours from New
York, with mdse. to W. P. Clyde A Co.
Schr J. Price, Nickerson, from Boston, with lin
seed. Schr General Grant, Frambes, from Georgetown.
Schr E. J. l'lckup, Bowen, do.
Schr R. KR. No. 49, Little, do.
Schr Henry Allen, Ttem. from Dlghton.
Schr A. E. Craumer, Craumer, from Boston.
Schr W. li. Bartlett, Bartlett, do.
Schr J. Nelson, Cavalier, do.
Schr B. H. Jones, Jones, from Somerset.
Schr Alice B. Alley, from Providence.
Tug Hudson, Nicholson, from Baltimore, with a
tow of barges to W. H. Clyde b. Co.
Tug Chenapeake, Merribew, from Havre-de-Grace,
With a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde h. Co.
I- Ship Martha Bowker, at this port yesterday
from Duukirk. is eonsigued (vessel) to Workman A
Co., and not as before reported.
MEMORANDA.
Br. ship Eliza McLaughlin, liibberts, from Ant.
werp for Philadelphia, was spoken 13tu ult., lat. 47,
long. 10 43.
Ship E. II. Duval, Cook, hence, at Antwerp 19th
nltiuio. .
Ships Castlne, Wilson, and Black Brothers, Perry,
hence, at Antwerp 21st ult. ....
Br. steamer AbyesinU, Haines, for Liverpool, cl d
at New York yesterday.
Steamers Columbia. Van Sloe, for navana; Gen.
Barnes. Mallory, for Savaunati ; and Georgia, Crow,
ell, for Charleston, cleared at. New York yesterday. :
Steamers City of Merlda, Deaken, from Vera Cms
via LUrana. aud Perlt, Gardiner, from New Orleans,
arrived at New York yesterday.
Bark Battle Wymaun, codlunt, henoe, at Brouw.
ershaven SOth ult.
bark Pedler, Jansen, henoe, at Copenhagen 13th
ultimo. . ,
Bark John Ellis, Melvln, hence for Antwerp,
passed Dover 21bt ult
Bark OrchUla, Havener, hence, at Gibraltar tn
UlBrki Alice, Erlkssen, and Wasp, Davis, henoe, at
Gibraltar loth uit. ; the AUce cleared on the llth for
Bark Louisa C. Madeira, Hoslander, hence, At
Genoa 16th ulL
Br. bark Thomas, Swendsen, for Philadelphia, at
Havana vwtn uir. h tl ...
. Lur Ad-.!;h ll:cril. court. fM rfcXaWf 14.
' fiow ClenTucgoi S4ta ult.