6BSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XX.---NO. 17 MARRIED. VINO—JONES.—On Thursday, April 26th.iby Rev. Mr. Howe. Rector of St. Luke's Church, assisted by ttev. Mr. Hare. Rector of St. Luke's Chapel, Charles 4J.'King, of Providence, B. 1.. to Frances Ellen, daughter of George F. Jones, of this eity. rprovidence, E.. 'I papers, please copy], :ORRIS--O—On 26th inst., byßev.W.Forgus, 'Anthony J. Morris, to Mary R., daughter of the late ue Je l rse Smith, of Springfield, Burlington county, Few y. WORTHINGTON—FOULICE.--On the 26111 inst., by th e Roy. John B. Wood, John V. Worthington, of this .city. to Caddie G., daughter of Mr. John Foulke, of Doylestown. DIED. - - - CIILBERT.—At Brandywine Village, on 26th 'rust., 31/8. W. Culbert, in the 37th year of his age. His male friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, No. 7 Brandywine Village, on Monday morning, 30th list , at 11 o'clock, 'without further notice. HALLOWELL.—On Fifth day, the 26th inst., William Hallowell, in the 66th 3 ear of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are re; epectftaly invited to attend his funeral, front his late residence, No. 506 North Sixth Street, on Second day, the 113th inst., at 10 o'cloAr. without further notice. * JOHNSON.—This morning, 28th inst., Bonen SI ,7ohnson, in his 76th year. PAGF.—On the 27th inst., Charles F. Page, in the 54th year of his age. His friends and relatives are invited to attend his funeral, from the residence of his brother. No. 1820 iOlsestnut Street, on Tuesday, May tat, at 12 o'clock, M. Interment at Moorestown, N. J. ss •• SMEDLEY.—On the evening of the 27th inst.,William - Smedley. in the 67th year of his age. Funeral from his late residence, near Media, Dela ware county, Pa., on Third day, Fifth month, Ist, at ao o'clock. Carriages wi be Road)g. at Media, (Philadelphia at West Cheater R. on the arrival of ths 7.20 A. X.. train from the city. as 'LITHE & LANDELL are prepared to supply tam' lips with Dry Goode, at the lowest prices. LINEN SHEETINGS, MARSEILLES QUILTS, TABLE LINENS. DAMASK TOWELS • HOUSEHOLD GOODS. PETS CLEANED APD RENOVATED IN Et the cheapest and moat satisfactory manner, at the P . Pt-STON STEAM LAUNDRY, ap2oth,9,tuiBt 1520 South NINTH Street.' "117 - M. HEACOCK. GENERAL FURNISHING VT UNDERTAHER, No. a North Ninth street. above market. ap2Mms RELIGIOUS NOTICE 10. CHURCH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT Eleventh and Wnod streets, Rev. S. W. Barn 'hart. Sabbath, 334 P. IL It* via FIFTH GERMAN REF .RMED CEITYRUH, Green street, near Sixteenth. -services on to morrow at 1014 A.M., and 74 P.M„ by the Pastor, Rev. 8. R. Gless;. strangers are Invited. Ur> THE WOMEN OF THE BIBLE—The next sermon in this course will be preached io the £lurch of the Epiphany, to-morrow evening. Service .at quarter before eight. Its SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH seventh street, below .Arch. The pastor, Rev I R l: TZBeadle, will preach to-morrow morning and evening, at 10%:A.M., and 73(,. P.M. It* IU. OLIVET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, —Cor. of Twenty second and Mt Vernon streets. iStrmon to-morrow night to those who think the sins of Professors excuse them from being Christians,l* ig:THIRD REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH, Tenth and Filbert ?trees. Rev. S. W. Crittenden rx sob tomorrow. Service at 10X o'clock, A. M.. and 4 o'clock P. M. its i am••• e: • • • act " , 141 5 4- celebration of the Union Sabbath School, at the Church lillevet th and Wood streets, on Tuesday night May Ist, 8 o'clock. Tickets at the door. it* NORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Sixth reet above Green,Rev.R.W.Henry,D.Tl.Pastor. S.ervices Sabbath Morning at lOyi, and evenings& 7X. S rangers welcome. apai-s St* THE NEV. W. W. NEWELL, (Unitarian) will preach at Langstroth's Hail, Germantown, To. morrow Morning, at 10% o'clock, and Evening at 7}..4 - 1t• TENTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.—The Stated Monthly Evening Service in thiv Church, Walnut and_Twelftitstreehis will be lipld To-morrow, 34 8 P. M. lt* T.U. CHILDREN'S MEETING 4 O'CLOCK TO day at Baptist Church, Broad and Arch streets. Dr. Boardman, Pastor. Singing by the chil dren. Its THE RIGHT REV. BISHOP VAIL. of Kan• sae, will (D. V.) administer the rite of Confirma tion in the Church of the Nativity, Eleventh and Mt 'Vernon streets, on this (Saturday) evening, April 23, .at 8 o clock. It' lUb BEV. P. S. HI. NSON, will preach in Green Bill Hall, Sontheast corner of Seventeenth and Poplar etreeta.To.niorro K , Afternoon at 3- 4 " to 4 O'CbCk. 'Feat Free. All cordially Invited. Sunday 2 o'clock. its c?. THE THIRTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY of cbe Sabbath - School of the Central Presbyterian Church (N L.), Coates street, belnw Fourth, will be Ja eld TO-MORROW AFTERNOON at 3 o'clock. Ad dresses by Rev. J. Walker Jackson, Rev. J. Hyatt Smith and Rev. H. S. Hoffman. Its REV. J. H SUYDAM, Pastor of the First Re formed Dutch Church, corner of Severith and Spring Garden streets. will preach. To-morrow, in the _Morning at 1034 o'clock. and In the Eventng at 36 bef)re la o'clock. An are Invited, particularly strangers in 'the city. lt* TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHUR , III, Chest hut street, above Eighteenth.—Bev. G. A. Peitz, Pastor, will preach Sunday Mornine at 10,?. o'clock, and in the Evening at o'clock. Will commence a sterlPs of sermons upon "The Sower." Topic—" Seed at the Way Side." Strangers cordially invited. its "INTEMPERANCE"—The Evil and the It.- medy.—A Sermon on this subject will be preached on SUNDAY EVENING next, at 8 o'clock, an ti - e Clinton Street Chnrch, TENTH Street below 1 . SPRUCE, by Rev. Dr. March. All are invited to .attend. ap27-2ti -,U-* THE FIFTY-PI:MT Ar 4 VeitP3A oC the Sabbath Schools of the First Presbyterian church. N.L.. on Buttonwood street, below eixth,(Rev. Dr. Shepherd's) will be held To-morrow Afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Addresses will be made by Rev. P. S. Hen son and Rev. Alfred Cookman The usual evening :service of the church will be omitted.- it* e UNION M. E. Clil7ltell—Fonr , h street, be low Arch,—Sabbath, 29th inst., Morning, Ser. zoon by Rev. James Neal, at toy. o'clock. Afternoon :Missionary Meeting of the Sunday School at 23 o'clock; Address by Rev. James Neal; Interesting ex erctses by the scholars. Evening—in consequence of hundreds of persons being unable to hear the Centen .ary Sermon, preached before the Conference. Rev. Dr. Castle will repeat it at 34 to 8 o'clock. its Ks) 1.11 MAU Oi DI; WHOWARD HOSPITAL, Nos. 1518 and IMO Lombard street, Dispensary Department. Med itrt3atment and medicines turnithed gratuitously Seethe poor. seiti 4ire• OFFICE OF SFVERLY RUN OIL 111 , ,D 7 COMPANY—Room No. 15, 524 WALNUT street, YKILADELPHIA, April 28th, 1866. A Special Meeting of the Stockholders of this Corn- Tany will be held on TUESDAY, lia,ylst, at 12 o'clock. ap2B.e,m2ti S. R. WLLEINS, JR., Sec'y. 11.- AT 2118 GREEN STREET, A PARLOR FAIR Is being held for the benefit of the Z r WOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS." The tables :are filled with a great variety of useful articles. This Evening, at 7% o'clock, the children connected 'with the •MOME" will ba in attendance,and sing some -01 their choicest gems. On Monday evening all goods mot disposed of at that time will be sold at auction. The ,public are earnestly requested to attend. ap2B,2tro* PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAIL ROAD COMPANY. Office TS South FOURTH .Btreet, Pica-aok.trnia, April 28, 1868, Notice is hereby given to the Stockholders of this Company, that the option of receiving their Dividend In stock or Cash, under the resolution of the Board of 11th December,lB6s, will cease on and after the 3 tat of May,lB66,and that such Stockholders as do not demand their Dividend to be paid to them in Stock on or before that day, will be thereafter entitled to receive it in <ash only. ap2A-bni !U. IN BEHALF OF THE FREEIS3IIE N.—There will be a UNION MASS MEETING at the 'Tenth Baptist Church, (Dr. Kennard's) Eighth street, :above Green, on MONDAY EVENING, Stah inst., at half•past seven o'clock. in behalf of the NATIONAL 'THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, which Is engaged in the education of Preachers and Teachers for the treed. men of the South. Bev. J. H, Kennard, D.D., Rev. P., .Jeffry. D.D., Rev. P. 5: Henson, Rev. J. H. Castle. and .other city pastors, will address the meeting, Rev. L. A, Grimes. from Boston, who has just returned from the South. will give an account of his visit, and the great 'work In which this society is engaged. H. taALCOLM. J. H. KENNARD, R. JEFFERY, J. N. BROWN. MERCANTILE T.7n T. • Wherect. MERCANTILE 'LIBRARY NOTICE.— Whereas, Much complaint and great incon- Nenience continue to exist, owing to the crowded state of the Library Room on Saturday afternoons, and as the President and Directors deem it a duty fncumbent upon them to obviate all apparent and well substan tiated causes of dissatisfaction to our stockholaers and isubsribers. It is .71.e40/ved, That on and after the first day of May. 1866. the Library Room be open from 2 p, M. to 7 P. M. On SetnrdayB. for Ladies only, and that during the Bald 'iliours on the aforesaid day access to the "Newspaper and Chesil Room," be had by the door on the front stairway. Arrangements will be made by which gentlemen can .retnin and procure books, T. MORRIS PEROT, • President. apl4-IAW-7trp/ 0E . • , .., . IC i. _er i , -• . vn ti alit) vtittn e g 3 1111 tt),,. ii ..,, B. BRADFORD, Treasurer [l O3, THE GRAND ORGAN BUILT BY J. C. E. STAN - MERU:KM, FOR ST. CLEMENT'S CHURCH, WIL(LTEn tiFetO h RMA LLYI OPENED ON Friday Evening, May Ilth, Hs& Several distinguished organists will perform, and Prof. Thomas Bishop, has volunteered his serried& NO tickets will be sold at the doors of the Church, but they can be purchased at Lippincott's Drug Store. Twentieth and Cherry sts., W. H. Boner & Cos. 11e2 Chestnut street, and O. W. A. Trumpler's Music Store, Seventh and Chestnut sts. Tickets $l. ap2B-s,tu,thstrpf Oa HEALTH OFFICE. PiCILADELPRIA, April 24th, 1866. PROCLAMATION. Whereas, The appearance of the Cholera on board of vessels coming from Europe to the port of New York" has occasioned much anxiety and alarm among our citizens; and, whereas, it becomes our duty, as the guardians of the public health, to observe all proper measures order to prevent the arrival of thls disease in our city; therefore Resolved. That on and after May Ist, pros., all ves sels arriving from foreign or American ports, as directed in the second section of the Health law of 1818, shall stop at the Lazaretto for a visit, and that all pas senger vessels shall be detained at the pleasure of the board for purification and ventilation. By order of the Board o (Health. ap2.s.7tr'pi HORATIO O. SIC.r.i&L, Health Office. rliG GIEB3LiNTO iIthLINTOWN I WN I GERMANTOWN I e nnderelgned are delivering to the residents of blermantown and vicinity the best quality of Lehigh coal, prepared with care for family use at the follow ing greatly redneed prices, viz.: Stove or e Coal 75 Broken and for ftirnace, ............... 750 Chesnut,..... .... . .725 It is believed &jai ao;;;; we . ,:iiiiileason, therefore the presert time seems the best for purcha sing the winter's supply. Adhering to one price, orders by letter will procure coal as low as a visit in person. Address Office, Franklin Institute Building, 15 South Seventh street, Philadelphia. Box 62, Germantown Post office, or at the yard. Green Lane Station, on North Pennsylvania railroad apt-26trpil & SEEF,AFF.Ci MERCHANTS' UNION l PRESS COMPANY. —We learn that subscriptions to the stock of this Company are very liberal in this city, in sums of fifty to one hundred shams, among our leading wholesale dealers and jobbers, and that arrangements are being made to go into speedy operations. An office will be opened in this city at an early day. • Facts and Fancies. Mlle. Steps, a yoang Belgian pianiste, is creating h furor in Paris. The young men complain that Mlle. Steps is inseparable from her pas. Who is afraid of Miss-Steps A contemporary suggests that a lady, on putting on her corsets, is like a man who drinks to drown his grief, because in so. lacing herself she is getting tight! A tender-hearted mamma in Indianapolis recently prosecuted her daughter for steal ing some of her clothes. The daughter denied the stealing but confessed to ironing them. It is stated that the sale of artificial eyes in Paris average about four hundred per eek. The whole tendency of, things in Paris seems to be artificial-eyesing. "Mazeppa," as an opera, has been very successful in Venice. At the first represen tation, the composer, Pedrotti, was called sixteen times betore te curtain. Mazeppa is always sure of a good run. Robinson, the circus rider, was severely injured a few days ago while rehearsing his new act, in which he is to jump from his horse, while going at full speed, through a stage coach. The New York papers think that this is certainly the feat with which Robinson is to break his neck. "As quick as Jack Robinson" is an old adage. If the modern Robinson is smart enough to break his neck with his own feat, by all means, let him do it. A correspondent says that General Butler appears in Washington in behalf of an American Bunting Company at Lowell, which proposes to make all the "Stars and Stripes" needed by Uncle Sam. If there is a Gip in the Government supply, the Gene ral is the man to supply it. THE DETROIT FIRE.—The lost to the De troit and Milwaukee Railroad, by the fire Thursday night, will reach $200,000, and the Michigan Southern Railroad will probably lose $20,900. The fire was occasioned by a barrel of kerosene oil, which, leaking, ig nited from the lamp. The fire spread in all directions, and in a few seconds the build ing and the ferry-boat Windsor were wrapped in flames. A lamentable loss of life occurred on the boat. The Tribune gives the names of twenty-deck hands, firemen and porters who are supposed to have been burned or drowned. The boat was towed to the Canada shore, where she burned to the water's edge. MRS. Jon GILBERT, an excellent actress, well known and much esteemed in this city, died in New York, yesterday, aged 60. She will be buried in Boston. MAIL routes are being rapidly reopened throughout all parts of Florida. John B. Myers dc Co. Auctioneers, Nos , 2:3 2 and 234 Market street. will hold during next week the In] lowing important sales, viz- ON MONDAY, April '3O, at 10 o'clock, by catalogue, on four months' credit about Lae lota of French, India, Germanand British Dry Goods, commencing n ith 3,1(0 dozen Berlin Gloves, of a favprite make, and at 11 o'clock, 300 lots of Dress Goode and Shawls. of the celebrated importation of Messrs. L MAILLARD & CO. Also, 1,000 pieces of other French and British Drees Goods, 2,1800 Summer Shawls, large lines of bilks, Silk and - Cloth Mantles, Baaques. dtc.; 100 dozen Silk Fancy Scarfs. 2.000 dozen madras, Gingham, Cotton and Linen Hdkfs., 500 pieces Swiss and Dra pery Mullins, foil lines White Goode, Balmoral and Hoop Skirts, 00 cases Gingham and Silk Ban and Rain Umbrellas and Parasols. Also, Laces, . Veils, Heed Nets, Ties. Ribbons, Fancy Trimmings, &c. Ox TUESDAY, May 11, at 10 o'clock, by catalogue, rn four months' credit, about Lao packages Boots, Shoes. Balmoral, dtc.., of city and Eastern manufao ture. ON THURSDAY, May 8, at 10 o'clock, by cats. 'ogee, on four months' credit, and part for cash, 900 packages Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, including' Cltths. Cassimeres, Batistes, Doeskins, Coatings, Dia gonals, Tricota, Satinets, Italians, &c. Also, Dress Goods, bilks, Shawls, Linerili, Shirts, Hosiery. Gloves, Hoop and Balmoral Skirts Sewings, Ties, Umbrellas, &c. Also. 175 pack ages Cotton and Woolen Domestics. ON 1 7 81. DAY. May f, at 11 o'clock, by catalogue, on four months' credit, about 2.50 pieces of Stipertine and Rine Ingrain, Royal Damask, Venetian. List Heron, Cottage. and Rag Carpetings, 60 rolls White and Red Check Canton and Coir Mattings, &,. Large Sales Extra Valuable Beal Estate, Stocks, Loans, Pews, eke. The attention of capitalists and others Is invited to the Messrs. Thomas & Sons' catalogue of Real Estate, issued this day containing llsts of seven sales. The sale on Tue'day next will include valuable business stands on Arch, Market ar d other streets; desirable residences spruce, Walnut, Seventeenth. North Fifth. c.; country seats and farms, small dwellings and valuable building lots. Also, a large list of stooks and loans. _ _ Sale on the Premises —Brown stone residence and fur niture, 1514 Pine street s ' first May, at 10 o'clock. Sale let May. at the Exchange, including a very large amount of valuable property, Sale at beading. Pa., at 1 o'clock P. M., estate of F. Morgan. deceased. Ziruatees' Sale on the Premises—On Saturday, sth May, at 4 o'clock P. M., elegant country seat and farm, Holm esburg, Twenty. third Ward. Eighth May, at the Exchange—Large sale, including Estate of F. M. Drexel. deceased; eleven squares of ground, South Broad, Thirteenth and other streets. Also, a number of ther valuable estates. Large sales 15th and 22d May. Full particulars in pamphlet catalOgues. Extensive Sales of Real Estate; by James A. Freeman, Auctioneer. The catalogues of James A. Freeman's "Ninth Spring Bale," issued to-day. are Worthy of particular attention. A large number of properttes are to be sold Without reserve, at that time, by order Executors, Heirs and the Orphans' Court. Auction Notice—Sale of Boots and Shoes. We would call the attention of the trade to the large and desirable sale of Boots and Shoes, to be sold of catalogue for cash, on Monday morning, April 80, commencing at 10 o'clock. by Philip Ford & Co.. Anotioneeni, at their store, No. 006 Market Street. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 28.1866. PROBST! THE TRIAL PROGRESSING A.rgurnent of Counsel THE EXCITEMENT INCREASING Arguments of District Attorney Mann and Messrs. O'Neill and . Wolbert. The excitement caused by the trial of the murderer of the Deering family culminated this morning. At half-past nine o'clock, when the van with the prisoner drove up to the Walnut street entrance to Independence Square, the crowd was dense, not only at the entrance to the square, but the railings around the enclosure were thickly lined by curious spectators. The appearance of Probst was the signal for the usual hoots and groans, and we saw one female in the square who shook her fist at the prisoner as ne passed along to the Court House. The murderer exhibited his usual - cool and =- concerned manner, and we could detect bat few evidences of annoyance or embarrass ment as he faced the angry multitude and listened to their anathemas. The Proceedings in Court. This morning the Court room was more densely packed with people than on any previous day of the trial. The desire to hear the argument of counsel and to wit ness the closing scenes of the trial, drew more than the usual number_ of females. The members of the bar were also present in strong force. During the interval be tween the arrival of the prisoner and the formal opening of the Court, all eyes were directed to the dock, and Probst's counte nance was closely scanned to see if there was any indication of breaking down. As usual Probst met the glances of the people with the same stolid indifference that has characterized his demeanor- for the past three days. Address of John A. Wolbert, Esq. At fifteen minutes past ten o'clock, Mr. Wolbert commenced his address. He said: May it please the Court, antint, Gentle men of the Jury:—You will pardon me, in opening my case, if I make mention of my position and that of my colleague in this case. I said to the Court when assigned for this duty, that the position was not a pleas ant one, and at all times unenviable when a human life Tis at stake. Feeling deeply im pressed,as one must on a trial of this nature, I came here to-day to make the statement of the prisoner, and meetthe Commonwealth's case. I asleatat your hands no sympathy. I had almost said I disdain it. But I come to meet the case of the Commonwealth, and answer it from the beginning to the end. It is not by eloquence we are to try this man. Not all the eloquence of the District Attor ney—and there are few who equal,and-none surpass him in the discharge 01 his duties— will suffice .in a case like this. The prisoner at the bar, Anton Probst, is twenty-four years of age. His father, his mother, three brothers and a sister now re side at Baden, in Germany. He came to this country on the ship Columbus, leaving Bremen on the 12th of March, 1863, arriving here on the 9th of May, of the same year. He had been in the country but two hours when he strayed into Castle Garden, New York. An officer of the Government met him there and persuaded him to enlist in the army. He was taken to a rendezvous somewhere in New York and enlisted in an infantry regiment of the State of New York. He left there and went into camp some six or eight miles from the city, and from there was sent to Virginia. He served his term and then came to Philadelphia. He staid here for some three or four weeks. When be got back the bounty he had left for safe keeping was returned to him and he had money to spend with the men on Front street s who came here to testify. After it was gone he again enlisted, apd entered the sth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was sent to Camp' Cadwalader, and staid there some eight days, when he left for the front. The regiment was stationed at Deep Run, the prisoner tells us. When there he com menced doing picket duty, scouting and drilling, for he had been, in an infantry regiment, and was therefore not conversant .with cavalry tactics. One evening, while on picket duty, about 8 o'clock he was shot in the thumb of the right hand, and this ac counts for the thumb being missing. He came home after receiving his discharge from the army, a few days after the capture of Richmond. He came here and called on Mr. Mohr, on Front street. He had some money which Mr. Mohr was keeping. He got that and staid there fourteen days,when he left for New York. While in New York he stopped somewhere in Green wich street and staid there four days, and then returned to Philadelphia. Not feeling well, he met a comrade on the street who asked him to go to the Soldiers' Home. He did so so and remained there until he recov ered. His money was now gone. He was alone, and he started out in search for work. Why he took the direction of the Neck I cannot say, but perhaps he thought it was the shorter route to reach a farm house, and as he was most familiar with farm work he was anxious to reach one and obtain employment. He came somehow to the house of Mr. Deering. Mr. Deering was not at home at the time, but Mrs. Deering was there. He asked Mrs. Deering if they needed a man to help. She said they did; that Mr. Deering was not at home, but would be down at six o'clock, and requested him to call at that time. He went back and saw Mr. Deering, who en gaged him to work for him at $l5 a month. He staid there but a short time or until he got more money. He then left and went to Mr. Mohr, in Front street. After staying there a day or two, he went to an employment office and theyeent him on to Maryland, where lie got; employment at picking peaches. He,staid there ten days, when he was taken sick with the typhoid fever, or rather felt the approach of the fe ver, and he came to Philadelphia. When he got here the fever overtook him, and he was compelled to go to the Alms-house, where he remained two weeks. During this' time Mr. Mohr received a* package from. Ger many from the prisoner's father. It con contained $3O. Mr. Mohrsent it to him by his bar-keeper. After leaving the Alms house Probst went to New Jersey and re mained there three weeks at work making roads. Getting out of employment then he came back again to Philadelphia and again called on Mr. Deering for employment. Mr. - OUR WHOLE COUNTRY • Deering told him to go to work at $lO per month, and the prisoner staid there from that time on until his arrest. Having thus giving the history of Probst t'rero the time of his arrival in this country until his arrest, Mr. Wolbert reviewed the case as presented by the Commonwealth. He urged that the Comfoonwealth had not established that the murder had been com mitted on Saturday night, when Probst was first seen in Front street. It might be that Mr. Deering and his family were in full life on that Saturday night, and in the absence of any proof on the subject, the jury could not convict upon a theory. It was true that the articles were found in the leather valise and the valise was traced to Probst, but that was on Saturday when the same farmer may have been alive. The possession of these goods might be evidence of larceny, but it could not be said to be evidence of a mur der. That the murder was not committed on Saturday was established by the fact that the prisoner's shirt, found in the house on the Following Thursday, was still wet around the neck band. Mr. Wolbert contended that all the cir cumstances indicated that more than one person committed the murder. It was not probable that one man could murder eight persons. There was an absence of any evidence of a struggle, and the fact that two axes were used was evidence that two were engaged. He referred to the circumstance that there was no evi dence that Probst endeavored to escape. He might be guilty of larceny, bat in the presence of the doubt hanging over the case the prisoner would be entitled to an acquittal. Address of John P. o , lllelll, Esq. In opening, Mr.- O'Neill said: May it please the court and gentlemen of the jury, I feel that in your eager anxiety to do justice you will lend me a patient hearing. I rise, not to defend murder or advocate violence; I rise to discharge a duty com mitted to me by this honorable court, and intend, to the beat of my ability,to discharge it and give the whole of my power to that lone and distressed crea ture before you to-day, I have no recom pense—l expect none. No pay shall soil the discharge of so honorable a duty as this. The respect and reverence due to this court is not to be polluted by any worldly gain. We are here, appointed as we have been, to walk with this pi isoner through the travail of this trial. We have been appointed the sentinels to watch lest the liberties so precious in the eye of the law should be violated in the trial of this man. We have to thank yon, gentlemen, for the manner in which yon have treated ns. You have patiently listened to every letter and syl lable, and from the earnestness you have displayed in the past we may feel satisfied that you will follow us to the end. Then come with me to this case, "good men and true stand together and hearken to the evidence." I shall not ask for sympathy, I shall not ask for mercy. I shall ask for common justice, and that you will give. The prisoner appears before you a stranger, friendless and penniless, away from the cottage under the hills of Baden, a criminal in an American dock. The only friends he looks to are the twelve in thejary i , box. You are his friends to-day; you are' his peers. He looks to you, and you are to watch him. Mr. O'Neill then followed the Common wealth's case, urging that the wet shirt of the prisoner found on Thursday was conclu sive that the murder was not committed on Saturday, and if it was done alter that day, the prisoner is relieved, because he is traced in the city after that day. The day of the murder is the key to the case. The evidence is that the prisoner got the goods be fore the murder. Can they now be brought before the jury as evidence of murder? While this is the case, can you run counter to the chance which the Court always awards a prisoner, and awards him the presumption of innocence until he is proved to be guilty. I say the goods were obtained before the murder. Can yon swear otherwise? - you are bound by the evidence, and the fadt of the murder being on Saturday, is not shown by a particle of evidence; and in the absence of testimony, you .are bound by your oaths to con clude in favor of the innocence of the prisoner. Stress is laid *upon the fact that blood is found upon the clothes of Probst. What blood is it? There has been no'medical examination, and you are re quired; in the absence or testimony to pre mite that it is not human blood. You are bound to take the theory which is in favor of Innocence, and not the one in favor of guilt. Is it probable, first, that Anton Probst did it? and, second, that he did it alone? Mr. Deering, a stalwart man; Miss Dolan, full-grown; the boya stout lad— is it probaple that he would take all these and in open day, almost in the presence of the neighbors, commit such a murder? Would he loiter about the farm, and would he go to the very haunts where he could be found ? How could the murder have been committed on Saturday, while the dogs were there? These faithful animals would have found their master had he been buried deep in the ground. Look at the case in all its features and remember the great feature of the law, the theory of a man's innocence. If there is any theory which will save that man's life you are bound to adopt it. It is circumstantial evi dence,and we all know how frequently there have been convictions of innocent men based upon a peculiar array of circum stances. Mr. O'Neill closed his address at five minutes past 12 o'clock. During the argument of Mr. O'Neill, the prisoner showed unusual signs of emotion, When a reference was made to the probabili ties of his going to the scaffold to expiate the deed of blood of which he was the alleged perpetrator, Probst trembled violently, and his eyes looked dim as though with tears. An allusion to his own probable fate reached springs- of feeling which no recital of the agonies suffered by the dead and the an guish of surviving friends and relatives had served to disturb. Argument of the District Attorney. At the conclusion of the speech of Mr. O'Neill, District Attorney Mann arose an.' said : With submission to the Court— Gentlemen of the Jury—ln arising to ad dress to you the concluding argument for the Commonwealth, in a case like this, I feel constrained at the outset to ask you to bear with me it I forget, at some moments, the calmness and deliberation of the public officer, in the bitter indignation of own manhood. The circumstances connected with this case are so unparallelled in atrocity, so un exampled in horror, that I cannot think of them, I cannot speak of them with calmness. Not only are we called upon to consider the death of Chris. Deering and the manner of his murder, but the cruel and wanton slaughter of seven innocent and unoffend ing creatures is so indissolubly connected with it, that we cannot sever the conduct and deeds of the murderer of the - one from the Indiscriminate- destruction of all. For I am sure you must feel satisfied now that the death of all the victims at the Deering term is fairly attributable to the same wicked heart, the same fiendish arm, the same plotter, and the same artistic. de stroyer. How, then, can I, I repeat, speak or think of this with coolness ? I really fear. "The expedition of toy violentlove • will outrun my paueer, reason." As 'I stand here, even now, my mind car ries me away from this spot and , fixes itself around that secluded house, calling up me mories of the kind father, theliappy mother and the innocent prattlers that dwelled there. A few weeks ago, and there all was glad nese and sunshine. But a cloud has lowered upon that house; the hand of the Destroyer - has been there, and with fingers of blood has written upon its walls, DESOLATION. No father, no mother, no child, no loving one of God's creatures dwells there now. All is solitude. The very dogs run master less, and in vain turn their eyes wistfully to stranger forms, seeking in vain for those bands that were wont to answer with caresses. But eight several black-covered coffins in the darkened room of Mr. Gart land, with their silver lace faintly glim mering, with the name and age inscribed of each victim, reveal the terrible cause of this otherwise mysterious solitude. These victims have now passed away, their dirges have been sung and the earth has closed above them. In a few short months the spring will bedew their graves with verdure and the flowers will bloom above them as over other kindred ; turfs, but they cannot and will; not be forgotten in their narrow dwellings. The recollection of their un timely end will haunt the neighborhood where this bloody tragedy was enacted, and long will our annals tell the story of this fearful crime. In after years the aged crone shall gather around her the little grand children, and telling the story of themas- Kicre of these innocents, "send her hearers weeping to their beds." I do not propose gentlemen, to enter to any great extent into the heart al ekenhig de tails connected with this wholesale slaushter. I shall merely content myself with demon strating certain propositions,which I believe can be drawn from thewhole evidence in the case, and I desire to call your attention, first, to the fact, that all these murders were committed by one person and by one person alone ; that that one person was no stranger to the family, but was one whose presence gave no alarm, but was on such intimate terms with the family as to be able thereby to execute the hellish plans that his wicked heart had conceived. That this was done for purposes of plunder, and in order to carry away all articles of value from the house of Mr. Deering, and from the per sons of those he intended to kill. That theprisoner at the bar was the per sc n who carried away this plunder for the acquisition of which the murders were com mitted by him, and thus that he and he alone is to be held responsible for the per petration of these fearful crimes. I have said that this was the work of one, and you will be convinced of this if you only consider for a single moment the arts of deception which must have been prac tised to a;lure his victims to the fatal spot at which they were slain, the same weapon evidently used in order to accomplish his entire purpose, and the same singularly fearful manner in which the instrument was used on each. The presence of a stranger would have .excited surprise, and might have inter fered with the perpetration of this hellish work, which was evidently plotted and con trived long before the first blow was struck to further its execution. This wretch, whoever he be, in my esti mation, first murdered Cornelius Carey; appioaching the unsuspecting boy he struck him down and then coolly and waatonly chopped his throat with the axe, and held his bead over' the ditch, and suffered the blood to be poured out in the ditch on the water, leaving, as be believed, no trace of blood behind. He then raised the lifeless body from the ground, carried it with a strap that he had fastened around his waist, and covered him over in the hayrick taking the poor boy's cap and stuffing it in the mud under the bridge, hiding it away as he supposed from all human sight. He then went to the house and beguiled the mother outinto the barn, and there struck her down /and chopped her throat in the same wanton and brutal manner, then led or carried the little ones to the same place of slaughter, dashed out their brains, and with the same wantonness in- Bicted the" same fearful gashes upon their throats, and when, Mr. Deering drove up, framed some excuse to decoy him into ,the stable, as he had his wife before, and there struck him down, coward-like, from be hind, butchered him and gashed throat. Miss Vol= went into the house, and up stairs, took off her furs quietly, her bonnet, her cloak, and finding no one in the house she started out to the stable to inform Mr. Deering. She was there met by the same monster and disposed of in the same way. Their bodies were all placed in their con cealments parallel with each other and with their feet towards the dwelling house, as if they had been dragged to the place of con cealment by the shoulders,and each disposed of in the same way and by the same person. The same fearful mark, and in many in. stances, even to a willing murderer, of un necessary cruelty, inflicted c a fin the mere spirit of wantonness, was upon all. I mean the terrible gashes in the throats inflicted after the skull had been shattered, and the brains dashed out, affords incontestable ev idence that it was the inhuman handiwork of one superlative villain, whose heart, en tirely regardless of all social duty was, fa tally bent upon deeds of rapine and murder. This same destinctive mark is seen upon every victim. I repeat, was it the mere spirit of wanton ness, or a habit of destruction that led to this? Had these poor murdered creatures been found in a wilderness miles assunder, the conclusion would have been inevitable in every case that the work was that of the same fiend. How much more powerful must that conclusion be when we find their bodies laid side by side and the instrument of death within a few yards of them. In an American tale written by our towns man, Dr. Bird, we read of an ach-enture that occurred when Roland and Telie Doe were journeying through the forest. Fear ful of an attack from hostile Indians, they became aware of the propinquity of other enemies of the Indians beside themselves. They suddenly came upon the body of a savage of vast proportions lying on its face across the roots of a tree - and glued it might almost be said to the earth by a mass of coagulated blood that bad issued from the scalp and axe-cloven' skull. Fragments o a rifle, shattered as it seemed by a violent blow against the - tree under which he lay, were scattered at his aide, with a broken powder-horn, a spliPtered knife, the helve of a tomahawk, and other equipments of a F. L. FETHERSVM DOUBLE SHEET, THREY • warrior, all in like manner shivered to , pieces by the unknown assassin, The war ' nor seemed to have perished only after a fearful struggle; the earth was torn where he lay, and his hands, which yet grasped the soil, were dyed a double red in the blood of his - antagonist, or perhaps himself. While Roland gazed upon this spectacle he observed the body of the Indian to. be raised by a spasm, which was the last and but momentary; yet as it suddenly ceased and with it the life of the sufferer, the body rolled over on its back and thus lay, ex posing to the eyes of the lookers on two gashes, wide and gory, on the breast, traced by a sharp knife and a powerful hand, and as it seemed in the mere wantonness of ma lice and lust of blood which even death could not satisfy. The sight of these gashes answered the question Roland had asked of his own imagination; they were in thederided f a cross, and as the legend, so long of the forest fiend recurred to his memory, he ruponded, almost with a feeling of super stitious awe, to the trembling cry of Telie Doe: "It is the Jibbenainosay L" she exclaimed, staring upon the corpse with mingled horror and wonder: "Wick of the woods is up again in the forest." What there was fiction, is here a terrible reality. I've read also in Quentin Durward.. that Louis Xl.'s Provost Marshal was wont to put the bow string around the necks of his victims, and then say with a merry tone: "Cut a fists' de Its Whoever uon his shoulder and toss him into the river. finds him will utter no complaint, for the k'ng a toll passes free-" I ask you, yentlemen, whose mark was Twist Standlng over the lifeless forms of these eight gashed and zontilaied cones, I propound the question to them, and although their et es ar- closed In death, and their organs of utterance have been severs...lJ can fancythst their forms feel horrid animation in the grave,and that In response to this question each arm is extended and esch bony finger is pointed to the spot where little Willie pointed yesterday, as he stood noon that wit ness stand and in reply to a question of mine raised his little hand and pointing to the prisoner said - that man"— Yon must therefore feel convinced gentlemen that this was the work of one person: ann I have said that bis purpose was pinnder—and this plunder was com menced immediately after the murder of Miss Dolan; her chain and pocket-book were taken from her: then her carpet bag was taken possession of Mr. Deering's watch was taken from his person and the silver one In the house was takens pocket-book is ta from the house, and after th em ey was abstracted it is thrt.wn down. The house is ransacked and rifled. and every article of value is carried away. With the dia. appearance oi these articles, Anton Probst, who bad bean at work at that farm for several weeks, also dis appeared. His c.othes are left behind, Stained with blood: the shirts and clothing of Mr. Deering were carried away and it is confidenuy believ det ectio ne pin ssimiion of' taese articles will lead to th ofthe perpetra tor of the crimes. The murders were committed eviaently upon Satur day; Miss Dolan's carpet bag was stolen on Saturday. and on Saturday night, Anton Probst, is in the Northers. part of the city. with the stolen carpet bag, spandi= the money, for which he bartered his soul in haunts of vice and dissipation. For a few days be goes from place to Mace, exhibit ing the articles stolen from the house of Mr. Deering, and taker from his and Elizabeth Dolan's persons. He sells Mr. Deerina's watch and pistols, and whilst be is wandering off is the night time from the city.and into the darknets the hand of the law is laid upon him, [Mr. Mann is still speaking as we Ig .. .torn:Si. We shall continue his remarks in our later edition.] Terrible Affair in liientnelcy. [Prom the Cincinnati Gazette of Apt - 1126CM Shortly after one o'clock this morning, a messenger arrived from Crittenden, Ky., which is 27 miles back of Covington, on the Lexington pike, with the information that James Robinson, the managing man of Robinson's circus had been killed, and that two or three others had been, it was sup posed,mortally wounded. The particulars of the affair, as obtained from the messen ger, are as follows: About 8 o'clock a party of seven men rode up to the entrance of the canvas, and after dismounting, demanded admittance. The doorkeeper refused to allow them thi privi lege of passing in, stating that they must first procure tickets. They refused to com ply with the request, and each pulling a seven-shooter, fired promiscuously into the interior, through the canvas. It is estimated that forty-nine shots were fired. James Robinson, of this city, the business manager of the concern, was killed, and two of the performers, whose names were unknown to our informant, were badly wounded. Some persons in the audience were also wounded. The murderers, after committingtheir work of destruction, jumped on their horses and made off. Mr. John Robinson, the proprietor of the . circus, accompanied by Dr. Massey, left at two o'clock this morning for the scene of the affair. [From the Cincinnati Evening Times, of April UtIO Since the above we learn that the naaut statements are corroborated, with the excep tion of misinformation relative to the wounded. We give what we learn addi tional, to the effect that a severe fight oc curred, in which John Alexander, nephew, and John, son of John Robinson,- the well known showman, were badly injured. These parties have both reached the city this morning and are now in good care. The case of the nephew is considered by far the mast critical. The James Robinson, canvass master, is not related to the show man's family. He also is wounded, although not mortally. We learn also that in the fray two of the assailants were so, badly wounded that they were left on the ground, and several others were injured to an extent not yet known. MARINE BIILLE'rRIL I:O):9%Ety.A:eirci!):4II4:II,IMWITIFI r=FrrirrrmrrirrwrTrl MA ME= THIN DAT. Brig Aurora (Br), Cash] n, Halifax. C C Van Horn. Brig Calmuck, Minott, Salem, Mass. Warren, Gregg & Morris. ' Brig Olive, Foes, Boston, Rathbun, Stearns et Co. Fehr J G Babcock, Higbee. Boston, Ffew York and Schuyl Coal Co. • Scbr Sea Foam, Griffin Boston. W Hunter, Jr. t Co. Scbr Magnet. Sanborn. Boston. J B Baxley , Co. Schr H M Wright, - Ogden, Norwich, Van Dunn., Lockman & Co. Schr Telegraph, Travers, Washington,Bancrart,Lewin & Co. Scbr Kansas, Skinner, Washington, Glover & Macaw. Schr Stafford, Hudson, do ' do . . SAILED. The steamship Delaware, Captain Thompson, for Liverpool, sailed from Washington street wharf at 10.30 this morning, taking out a full freight, consisting as iollows: 10,000 bushels corn In bulk, 9000 do in bags, 170 tons oil cake, 50 tierces tallow, 1675 bales cotton, 41 do furs, 100 hhds and 50 bbls syrup, and I box boOks. ed:FMORANDA steamer Arse°, Gadsden. from Havre via Falmouth April 12, at New York yesterdaY. steamer America (Brem), Meyer, cleared at New York yesterday for Bremen. Ship Hannah, Wicks. sailed from Plymouth 19th inst, tor this port. Ship Endeavor , Doane, frorn Manila for New York. passed Anjier 25th Feb. Bark Reunion, Tracey, instant. unc. remained at Havre 11th Brig Cleo (Br), Dinsmore, for this port, remained at Leghorn 9th inst. Brig Princeton, Wells, hence at Boston yesterday. Brig Hattie B Wheeler, Guptill, hence at Portland, yesterday. Scbr Salmon Washburn, Thrasher,hence at Taunton 23d inst. Schr Elizabeth English, Potter, hence at Providenee 26th inst. Bohm M W COok, Falkenburg; H Croskey Potter; lindine, Martin; Stockham, smith; Joseph Porter. Burroughs; B T Allen. Allen; 'Bechtel Seaman. Neal; .1 Clark, Adams; ,J H Allen. Seaman; Maggie Weaver. Weaver Ocean Wave, Jeffers: J Alderdice, Smith; H A Weeks Godfrey; .1 M Flanagan, Corson; Sophie Ann, Smith; L Ardenried, Crawford. and .S Castner. Robinson, Rebecca. hence at Boston yesterda • ' Sohn 0 E Paige, Prink : Eliza dc Pricer 11 Simmons. Godfrey; J Birdsall, Hazelto_,n• M Fritzinger; M Reppller, Steelman; P M Wheaton. land; Richard Law. York, and W P eakansar. • hence at Salem 234 Inst. - -
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