!MN PEAC0(111. Editor. VOLUME XX.---NO. 19 EVENING :BULLETIN. I §=IECD EVERY •A. (Randays excep t ed) as No. Sae Chestnut Street, Philade!phia "Evening Bulletin Association.' PROPAIIIMMuy MESON PEACOCK, !ERNEST O. WALLACE. T. L. PETEBESTON, TECOS. I. WILLIAMSON CASPER SOITDER, Tr., FRANCIS WELLS. The Bummer ie served to inibscribere in the city at annumcents per week. Payable to the carriers, or IS 00 per • RU4 ROYEER—SOCE.I.I4EIE--At therllesidenceofthebride's parents, Tuesday morning, May Ist, 1866, by Rev. H. M. Baugh ,er J. H. Royer, Req., Junior Editor of the toMiss Phoenixville, Chester county, Pa.. to Miss Julia F. youngest daughter or Adam Schrock,- Esq.. of Norrlatown. Montgomery S teph ensty ROGRItS — SAIINDERS.—At St. Church on Monday, April 3 th, by Rev. Dr. Rudder, Robert B Bogers.M. D., to Delialt Saunders. • * SAILER—PIM—This morning, at Pine Street Church, by Rev. Dr. Brainerd. Randolph Sailer, to .JOsephine Pile, daughter of Dr. Wilson H. Pile. • BANNIBTER.—At Cleveland. Ohio, on the morning of the 25th inst.. Juliet 0., wife of Lemuel Banniste CA_RPENTRIL—AprII 2sch, 1886, SanaL R. Carpenter, in the 69th year of his age. The Immoral will take place, on Thursday. 3fay Bd, at 10 o'clock, A. M., from the residence of Ms son, Joseph CarT s iter, 1824 Pine Street. • as JOH ON.—On Sunday, 28th inst.. Robert S. John ' ao_ ,n in s 76th year. Hui friends, andose of the family, are respectfully Invited to attend. Ms funeral, from his late residence, 1007 Arch street, on Wednesday next, May 2, at 12 -o'clock, without further notice. * OBITUARY At a special meeting of the Bachelors' Barge Club, _held on Monday evening, the 30th nit., the following „minute was adopted: I. We deeply deplbre the sad accident of Saturday night last, which resulted in the drowning of our Brother. Frederic J. Goodwin. . 2d. In the death of Mr. Goodwin we lament the loss of one who was greatly endeared to our club. A man of inflexible integrity, of singular parity of heart and life, of the utmost kindness of disposition, intelligent, frank, affectionate, faithful, an accomplished mer chant, a dutiful son and brother, and the ornament of a wide circle of attached friends. Bd. We tender our sincere sympathy to the afflicted mother of oar deceased brother, and all her family; humbly commending them to the care of that gracious _Providence who alone can comfort them under this sad bereavement. .12esotved. That the members of this club will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days; and that A committee be appointed to accompany the remains of our Brother to Brooklyn. Resoived, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the bereaved family, and that the same be published in the Philadelphia and Brooklyn papers. — J. M. COLLING WOOD, President. JOHN HUGGABD, Secretary. . . EYRE s LANDELL are prepared to supply fiuni- Hee with Dry Goode, at the lowest prices. LINEN SITRPTINGS, MARSEILLES QUILTS, TABLE LINENS. DAMASK TOWELS, BOUSEHOLD GOODS. - fIARPETS CLEANED AP. D -RENOVATED IN the Cheapest and mist satisfactory manner, at the PRESTON STEAM LAUNDRY, ap26thAtuist 1520 South NINTH Stmt.', '{STN. HEACOCK, GENERAL FURNISHING VT ENEERTAXER, No. 18 North Ninth street. above market. sp2r-im* • ' SPECIAL NOTICES. -rig:HORTICULTURAL HALL, BROAD and WALNUT.—P.aaay OIL "Follar,e Plants for Deco- Planting," by E. B. Rand. Jr., at 8 o'clock. its VHOWARD HOSPITAL; -Nos. IDA and Ude LombardstreettPtdPennar7 Department. red tzreattnent and mmonee rnidhed• gratnitonety Settle poor. se2B OFF/CE REVENUE OIL COMPANY; 276 South Third street.--Pmcmermame., May Ist, The Annual 'Meeting of the Stockholders will be :held on Monday, May 2181, at 12 o'clock M. lt* J. STARR HOLLOWAY, Treasurer. lU'THE 'UNION STATE CENTRAL ,0 Ohl HITTEE will meet at the rooms of the National - Union Club, N 0.11.05 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, on Wednesday, the 16th day of May. instant, at three .o'clock P. M. The attendance of every member of the Ctimmittee is earne4tly eolicited. PnatAnsmPmmA,Mayl,VM6 THE GRAND ORGAN BUILT BY J. C. B. STANDERLDGE, FOR ST. CLE.MENT'S CHURCH, (Twentieth and Cherry Streets.) WILL BE FORMALLY OPENED ON Friday Evening, May 11th, 1866. Several distinguished organists will perform, and Prof. Thomas Bishop, has volunteered his services. 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. B. Boner do Co'e„ 1102 -Chestnut street, and C. W. A. Trampler's Music Store, Seventh and Chestnut sta. Tickets ;1. ap2S-s,tu,thStrp) n DELAWARE MINING COMPANY OF MI ICHIGAN.—Notice is hereby given that all Stock ih this Company on which the eleventh installment of 'Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per share,called February ;'7th, 1866, and due February 19th, 1886, is not paid, is forfeited for said default, and that, according to the Charter and By-Laws of the Company. It will be sold i'at Public Auction on FRIDAY, the first day of June, 1866, at 12 M ., at the office of the Secretary of the Com. ,pany. No. 826 Walnut street, Philadelphia, unless paid ,at or before that time. By order of the Board of Directors. B. WYATr WISTAR, Secretary. Dated Philadelphia May Ist, 1866. myl-tu,th,s,ljelf I fi ......--- MULTI( OFFICE. PIEMADELPILCA, April tirY 24th, 1866. PROCLAMATION. Whereas, The appearance of the Cholera on board of vessels coming from Europe to the port of New York has occasiones much anxiety and alarm among our reitizens; and. whereas, it becomes our duty, as the ',.guardians of the 'public health, to observe all Proper Omeasures,in order to prevent the arrival of this disease lin our city; therefore Resolved. That on and after May Ist, prox., all yes heels arriving from foreign or American ports, as rdireeted in the second section of the Health law of 1818, shall stop at the Lazaretto for a visit, and that all pas menger vessels shall be detained at the pleasure of the board for purification and ventilation. By order of the Board of Health. HORATIO H ea lthET', ap2.5-7trpl Office. freGERMANTOWN 1 GERMANTOWN ! GERMANTOWN 1 ! ! e undersigned are delivering qu a li t y ofdsients of +Germantown and vicinity the bes Lehigh 'coal, prepared with care for family use at the follow ling greatly reduced prices, viz.: stove orGoal 47 75 Broken and for furn ace, 7 60 dß:wawa, .It is believed coal cannot decline further this season, therefore the present time seems the best for purcha, obo - the winter's supply. ! Adhering to one price, orders by letter will procure 10oal as low as a visit in person. _ Address Office. Franklin Institute Building, 15 South 13eventh street, Philadelphia. „Boa a 2, Germantown Post office, or at the yard. Green Lane Station, on North Pennsylvania railroad. ap2-28trpt BIN M.: SILEAFF. fATATO - illilOV:4Y4lNA+loloMova SWIMMING SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BROAD Street, below Walnut. The Swimming Department of this Instution will open theist of MAY, with increased facilities and ad ditional comfort in its accommodations, In consideration of the prompt and liberal support with which the programme oflast season was received, no subscription lists have been distributed for this sea eon, but the Manager trusts that all those of his pa krona, desirous to encourage the same plan for the comingseason, wlll enter their name at the - oftlce be fore the 15th of May; bearing in mind that cleanliness. regularity of habits. daily exercise and an easy heart has Firmed at all times the bestlareventive against disease. TEMPERATURE OF THE BATH WILL BE ALWAYS THAT OF SUMMER H PAT. _ The Institution will ibe open for public inspectidn. from 9 A. M. till s. F. BL, en TUESDAY, the Ist of May and its friends and the Dublin are respectfully in vited, Fte,eular Instruction to begin on the Wednes- Aay following, apBo-6ti &mamas is an infliction that waits - on us all. None are exempt and there are none but need relief from its attacks. Whoever Can furnish this becomes our benefactor. A conviction prevails that Dr. Ayer does it. Disorders of the blood have been healed by his Sarsaparilla, and affections of the lungs by his Cherry Pectoral, too frequently and too distinctly to be disputed. His Ague Cure is said, by those who use it, to never fail. Reader, if you must have medhial aid. take the best of medicine. Poor remedies are dear as good are cheap, at any price you have to pay for them. — Chairleston Courier 111 1 • • • g ,a, IMI=I FR. JORDAN, Chairman, myl-14ti DIVIDEND NOTICES. CORN EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANE; 0 ?- PlErt A 33 r pa . ar s , May Ist. 1868. 'T e Directors have declared a Dividend of SEVEN PER CENT., clear of tax, and payable on demand. myl.Bt J. W. TORREY, Cashier. 1/bNATIONAL BANE OF GERMANTOWN, RElLADELPHlA.—GzatufAzyrowzi, May Ist; The Directors have this day declared a Dividend of SEVEN PER CENT. out of the earnings of the last Six months, payable, free from United States Tax, on and a ft er Thursday, the 8d instant. (06THE COMMEROL4I, NATIONAL BANK OF PMENSYLVAN/A., PECCUDELPIEta, ;Nay let 1813. The Board of Directors have this daa , declared a Div deed of FIVE PEE CENT, pay a ble on demand clear of National tax. S, O. PALMA, myl-60 _ Oarader. icrSOUTIINVAILIC NATIONAL BANN, Pray ADELPH/A, May Ist, 1866. r e Directory have declared a Dividend or SEVEN, PEE CENT, payable on demand. • WCITY NATIONAL BANK, PEca.anymnias, alday of Board of Directons have this d declared a. Dividend of SIX PEE, CENT., pable a o y n demand— clear of taxa,. • G. ALBART LEWLS. royl•et/ Cashier. WNATIONAL BANK OF COMMXIICE. Pmcinsnnamnie,laY 1 . 1868 . e Board of Directors have this day declared a dividend of SEVEN AND A HALF PER CENT Payable on demand, clear of tax._ mll-tu.tb,satti g?KENSINGTON ITALTIONALL BANK.—Pitu.- .anactrarA t May 1, In& • , e Board ofly.rectors have this ow declared a div idend of TEN PPB CENT, for the r'fast st.r. months, Payable on demand. Clear of tax._ _ GIRARD NATIONAL RANH. PH/LADEL May 1, Me. PER tors outhis day declared a dividend of SDI.CENT, of the profits for the last six months, payable on demand, free of all taxes. W. L. SCRAPPER, Cashier. COMMONWEALTH NATIONAL BANE, PECELADELPIIIA, May bit, 1866. Übe Dlnctois have declared a Dividend of FIVE PER CENT., clear of Tax, and payable on demand. myl-St; H. U. YOUNG, CashierA CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK, EttiLanxie f l CENTRAL May Ist, 1866. Ito Directors bave this day declared a Dividend of FIVE PER CENT., clear of Tax ,p , Ayable on demand. myl-84 wr TT.T 4Af H. PR AWN, Cashier. _ _ SECOND NATIONAL BANE — OF PHIL. Bir DP LPHIA, FRAITIEFosn, May 1,1866. ' a directors have this day declared a dividend of FIVE PER CENT.. clear or tax,payable on demand. ray l-6t/ --- - - W. H. SHE 1 ArERDINE, Cashier. . _ WTHE CONSOLIDATION NATIONAL BANK, .I"xtmenrals., April 5 0, 1 866. he Board of Directors heive this day declared a dividend of SIX PER CENT., payable on demand, c.ear of taxes. myl-ttf,th,s,3t/ JOS. N. PEIESOL, Cashier. FARMERS'AND MECHANICS' NAT/CNAI BANE. Pirmtnmcrats, May 1, 1866. e Board of Directors of this bank have this day declared a dividend ef FIVE PER CENT., also an extra dividend of ONE PER CENT.; both payable on demand, free of taxes. myl-61/ W. RUSHTON, Js., Cashier. THE MANUFACTURERS' _NATIONAL BANK.PmarnmsztA, .lilay Ist, 1866. The Board of Directors have this y• declared a Di. vidend of STX PER CENT„ payable on demand, clear of United States Tax. Di. W. WOODWARD, Cashier. • Fasts and Fancies. The following singular marriage notice occurs in a North Carolina paper: 'By Dr. J. A. Sherill, at twilight on Wednesday evening, February 28 1866, in Catawba county, N. C., at the house of the bride's widowed mother, Mr. A. A. Gabrile to Miss Lizzie Milligan, after a short but most de licious courtship." Catawba was evidently well represented in that bridal party. The St. Paul Press describes as fearfully grand the breaking of the immense ice gorge above the Falls of St. Anthony, last week. Twelve boom piers between the suspension bridge and the falls were de stroyed. Gorge-otus indeed! The Charleston South, Carolinian chroni cles a new phenomenon in that city, namely, a demand on the part of the blacks for higher wages. Our "erring brethren" have not yet got used to the idea of -bigher-ing colored folks. It is said that Archery is to be the fashion able amusement for ladies this season. The idea is to set up a lady and shoot at thei back of her head, until her water-fall is knocked off. Any good beau will answer for the purpose. The retreating Finegans come home richer than they went. Many of them started out with nary a red, but they all return bring ing the green-back. Reverdy Johnson is afraid that if Con gress objects to the President's indiscrimi nate removals from office, it will bring on a war with Austria ! No cards. A NATURAL CURIOSITY MADE USEFUL. —On the South Farralleone Islands, on the coast of California, is a remarkable subter ranean passage, connected with a rooky gulch, open to the ocean. Through this passage the waves of the sea force the air with much violence, and an observation of the peculiar character of the wind current some years ago induced Colonel Bache, of the Engineer Corps, United States army, to undertake to arrange a fog whistle which would give an alarm to mariners approach ing the place. This he succeeded in doing, and the wind instrument performed at nearly all timesi but with different degrees of force—sometimes "piano passages.' and at others fortissimo ones. About the time of low water, when the waves do not enter the gulch, it would cease for about two hours, when its shrill music would begin again. The force of the wind in stormy weather is so great that the first whistle erected by Colonel B. was carried away,and he subsequently constructed one of a disk of iron perforated with a hole six inches in diameter. This was securely fastened by heavy bolts to the solid rock, and it proved entirely successful. STRINGENCY OF THE LATE BLOCKADE.- A distinguished Admiral of the United States Navy, in recommending the pardon of an eminent cotton merchant of Louisi ana says: "Financial writers now candidly admit that the stringency of the blockade, for which the navy is now receiving merited credit, kept cotton in this country to the magnificent amount 0f5400,000,000 in green backs,or $300,000,000 in gold,which since the closing of the rebellion has come to the relief of the national credit, the national currency and the taxpayers from one end of the Union to the other." NATIONAL CEMETERY AT WINGRESTBR. —A national Virginia been commenced at Winchester, , which is intended to contain the remains of the United States soldiers buried in that portion of the Shen andoah Valley. It is situated in the west ern portion of the town, and contains about an acre and a-half. About 400 bodies of Federal soldiers were already interred on the spot previous to its selection, and over 100 have been buried there since. THE DWELLING howie occupied by Joseph Frye, of Bryant's Pond,Me., was consumed by fire on Sunday last. The house was owned by Mrs. Frye and her two sons by a former nusband, both of whom are ship masters. A large number of charts and nautical instruments were stored in the at tic and could not be saved. Loss $4,000. In sured for $1,150. CHAI3. W. OTTO, Cashier P. P. STEEL, Cashier. JOHN A. LEWIS, vrrr LTA Ai 31cCONNELL, Cashier EXTRA. PROBST!' THE MURDERER AGAIN IN COURT; MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL THE MOTION OVERRULED SENTENCE .0 DEATH Probst Still Ca llous. An Impressive Scene UNPRECEDENTED EXCITEMENT The Murderer Probst was brought up to Court this morning, for the purpose of hav ing sentence of death passed upon him. As this was the last occasion that he will pro bably ever be seen again outside the prison walls, a vast crowd collected, and both male and female. stood their ground despite a slight rain that was falling. Arrival of the Prisoner. The same tactics were observed in get ting the prisoner into the square by the Walnut street gate as were followed during the trial, and the guilty wretch was met with the same shouts and groans as on former occasions. Inside the Court Room he jam was absolutely terrific. We thought the crowd of Saturday a closely packed one, but that of to-day exceeded it. Every place where it was possible for a human being to stow him or • her self away was closely packed, and in many cases the spectators were fairly piled upon each other. Several persons fainted in the crowd, and the offi cers of the court had great difficulty in pre serving order in the over-crowded court room. A Tableau. At ten o'clock Judges Allison, Ludlow and Peirce, of the Court of Oyer and Ter miner, accompanied by Justice Thompson, of the Supreme Court, took their pUms upon the bench. The door leading to the private apartment of the judges (back of the bench) was left open, and several ladies oc cupied places inside where they could gaze upon the strange scene. These surround ings, with the vast multitude in the room, the windows, blocked inside and out with eager spectators, and the miserable pris oner in the dock,' who was the centre of at traction for all eyes, made up a scene that is not often witnessed and that will not soon be forgotten by those who had the good or the ill-fortune to be present. A Caution to the slpeetaters. After District Attorney Ilann arrived and before any action was taken in regard to Probst's case, Judge Allison said:—When the'verdict was rendered in this case, on Saturday, I took occasion to say to the au dience then assembled, that there must be order preserved in the court room, that the spectators should remember that this is a court of justice. I said then what I desire to repeat now, that there must be no expres sion of approbation or disapprobation in re gard to anything that may be done here to day. I said then that the Court would en force order and would punish, if it could discover anyone violating the decorum of the place.__l desire to repeat that caution. Moving for Jaigment. District Attorney Mannnow rose and said: May it please the Cont t. On the 18th day of April, 1866, Anton Probst, the pris oner at the bar, was indicted by the Grand Inquest of the present term, of the crime of the murder of Christopher Deering. On the 18th day of April he was arraigned, and asked time to be allowed to consider before pleading. On the 25th of April he pleaded "not guilty to this bill of indictment, and fortrialtput himself upon the country. The same day a jury was called, and after a fair and impartial trial that jury rendered, on the 28th of April, against the prisoner a verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree. It now becomes my duty to move the Court that the sentence which the law of Pennsylvania affixes to this crime be passed upon the prisoner. A Motion in Arrest of Judgment. Mr. John O'Neill—May it please the Court. Before your honors pass judgment upon the verdict I desire to say that after consultation with my colleague, we con sider it our duty' to file reasons in this case in support of a motion for a new trial and an arrest of judgment. The reasons which we propose filing have virtually been dis cussed and passed upon during the course of the trial. Your honors have passed upon them, and we shall submit them during the day for filing, leaving them for further reflection. We consider this to be in discharge of the duty which this Court has assigned to us, and we shall do all we can for this poor, lone and deserted man, as much as if he were the best in the land. We do not wish to de lay or embarrass the proceedings, and we therefore submit the reasons for further de liberation, if you consider it necessary. Mr. Mann—l gave notice , on Saturday to the counsel that I would make this motion today. The Motion Overruled. After consultation between the three Judges, Judge Allison said—Daring the progress of the trial exceptions were taken in two or three particulars to the ruling of the Court. One or two of these exceptions were to the empanneling of the jury, based upon the answers the jurors gave to the in quiry addressed to them by the Counsel for the prisoner. In several instances the jurors said they had formed or expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner. Several of them said they still entertained that impression or opinion, but being fur ther interrogated by the Court, every juror allowed to take his seat in the box answered fully [and distinctly ithe form of question propounded to him, that, notwithstanding the bias, or impression, or opinion which he might entertain from reading the accounts of this transaction in the papers of the day; or from that which he might have heard, he OUR WELOLE COUNTRY PHILADELPHIA, UESDAY, MAX 1. 1866 could enter the box as :an impartial juror, that he could decide the question of guilt or innocence upon the issue raised, by the evi dence which should be submitted in the trial .of this case, and by that alone. „I was careful to emphasize that in every inetance, and no juror was allowed to take his_seatAn. the box unless he was in the manner I have explained an impartial juror, laying aside whatever of bias he may have had and being governed by the evi dence alone. That objection applied to the empanne/ing of the jury. This very question was presented recently in Berget's case, and was submitted to the judgment of the Supreme Court, and I be lieve I am right in reporting as a fact that all the judges concurred in the opinion that thicase,as presented to them—and it was not near rut strong as I have stated the present case—that there was no substantial groUnd • for a writ of error. That question may therefore be considered - settled, not only in our own judgment, but in the judgment of the highest Court of the State. There were two orthree other points about which Judge Peirce and myself have no question as to the correctness of the rulings. The most substantial point I suppose was the objection which was made to the testi mony of Dr. Shapleigh as to the characker, number and description of the wounds in ' dieted upon the bodies found lifeless at the time of the discovery of the remains of Christopher Deering. As a matter of order of proof we rejected the offer of the District Attor ney to introduce testimony at the time and under the circumstances of that offer. We thought the proper ground had not been laid, and we required him Erato prove by eye witnesses not only that the bodies of the other seven victims were found at the same time, but to give the character of the wounds as they observed them when first discovered. After that ground had been laid, the Coroner having testified to the inquest upon the bay of Christopher Deering, then we permitted Dr. Shapleigh to give to the jury hisprofessional examination of the bodies of the several victims, associated as they were in death with Christopher Deering. We do not think, upon reflection and con sideration, that there was any error in the admission of that testimony, because it was permitting simply a further development in the way of a professional examination of the wounds upon Christopher Deering and those who were found at the same time. The excetions counsel have taken to the p rulingwhich of the Court in the several instances stand unaffected by the disposition we propose to make of the case. These exceptions can be taken to the Sup reme Court and reviewed upon an appli cation for a Writ of Error. If the Court shall consider there is suffi cient to warrant a writ of error, then a full and ample opportunity will jbe given Coun sel to advance anything they may have in support of their allegations of error. The prisoner can y not - be prejudiced by any , dis we ma naakeof this ruie. His rihts are posal reserved both by the rule and the Court and the Act of Assembly. The Act of Assembly provides that there shall be no Bill of Exceptions except the Judges who tried the case shall think there is in the reasons assigned, that which re quires them to allow it. We do not think that there is in the case any good substan tial reason for further delay. I have con sulted with my brothers Peirce and Ludlow, and they concur in this view. We there fore overrule the motion for a new trial. The Prisoner Stands Mute. Judge Allison now directed Mr. Moore, the clerk, to direct the prisoner to stand up and inquire if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced. The interpreter standing by the dock, informed Probst of the order. The prisoner shook his head in the negative in replied to the inquiry whether he had any thing to say. Judge Allison then proceeded to pass sentence. The Sentence. - - Anton Prbst—You stand at the bar of this court, convicted of murder of the first degree. A jury of your own selection pronounced you, after a patient trial, guilty of a crime, the puniehnient of which is death. Without cause and with malice premedi tated, you took the life of Christopher Deer ing. This, the verdict, recorded against you, establishes as a fact, judicially ascertained, after a solemn and impartial trial, in which your every right was moat carefully guarded. No one of the forms, which the law has declared to be of the substance of such a trial, in the jealous watch and care which it keeps over the life of the citizen and the alien alike, has been neglected in your case. A stranger in a strange land; alone but not friendless, for the law itself became your friend; provided you with able and conscientious counsel; shielded you from popular 'violence; watched over and guarded your life with ales • less vigi lance; and by the direct inter .. tion of i ts might and its power, obtain• I for you a trial, according to the forms of the Consti tution. All this was secured to you by none other but by legal evidence, not in the least degree by your own confession, but by evidence from which there was no escape,' moat concluaive in its character, you have been found guilty of.the commission of one of the most appalling crimes of which the records of civilized jurisprudence make any mention. , A felony of murder unparalleled, your heart conceived and your hands executed; in plan most comprehensive ; in minuteness of detail, unequaled; in execution, relent less, brutal, savage beyond precedent. A husband and a father, returning to his home, in all the strength and glory of his manhood; a wife and mother, toiling for the little, loved ones, whom God had given to her—toiling at her domestic altar—her humble fireside; a companion of your daily labor, who with you shared' your bed; who almost slept in your arms; at peace with you; the , very breath of whose life you breathed; your fourth victim, an inoffensive visitor, whose sex would have not in vain appealed to your compulsion, if compassion ,you possess, had yon but thought of the mother who gave . you birth. • And four helpless children of these slaughtered parents; four little ones, who had never done you harm; of three of these, in innocent and happy childhood, you had been the daily witness; listened to their" young and merry voices, and perhaps have, had them play in con fidence and trust about you; and the fourth a smiling, tender, gentle babe, who had not yet learned to lisp your name, or to know you as a stranger in that house hold, whose tiny, bloody garments,brought here by other hands,. bore testimony most • crushing against the monster, in the shape of man, who cut and haeked its youngest life away. Of all who gathered beneath the humble roof of ChristopherDeering,but one remains, a little, lonely, solitary boy, saved not by your mercy, for mercy you had none, but by an interposing Providence, protected .from your murderous arm and uplift axe, with which you sought to kill them all. All this you performed alone, or aidedty another, it matters not which, so far as the legal and moral guilt of all these murders committed by yon is concerned; and much more that human eye hath not seen you did; with malice inconceivable. Almost without motive you went at your' work self-imposed, -- and eight innocent vic tims you slew;• not suddenly; not in a tem pest of resistlesspassioh, but in the coolness of a premeditated- design—one by one, at intervakP, with solemn pause; with calm deliberation, and with a quenchless thirst for blood you ceased not until all that you set out to do was fully ended, andyou found yourself alone with the dead. Your triumph wasthen com plete. • This is but a poor picture of your work, and of this I here rettund you, that you may, even now, at this dread hourfor you,realize, if it indeed be possible for you to do so, the enormity of your deeds of blood, and before God seek for pardon for your crime. , No one may limit His power to forgive, but you can find mercy only in redeeming love. Man cannot,will not, dare not pass by nnavenged, a crime so fearful, as to be almost nameless. Society demands protec tion and . violated law its vindication. But the Omnipotent God hath said, "Whosoever will, let him come." To his mercy I corn mend you. But what you have to do, do speedily; for the night of death casts its shadows already around you. The avenger .of blood has followed steadily after . you, and in the darkness of the night, the invisible finger of the Almighty pointed you out to your pursuers, and justice now claims you as its own. And that which it requires to be done shall not long be delayed. You had your success in the execution of your fell purpose. But it demands its triumph now, in the detection, exposure, conviction, and. promptest and severest punishment of the criminal, who has defied alike the laws of God and man, and outraged all the nobler sympathies of his nature. ' It only remains for me to pass on you the judgment of the law, which is, that. [Here the four Judges arose, and amid a breathless silence concluded' the sentence.] ANTON PROBST, the prisoner at the bar, be taken from hence, to the jail of thEtCounty of Philadelphia, from whence he came, and thence to the place of execution, and that he there be hanged by the neck until he is dead, and may God have:mercy on his soul - - - - -- • The Demeanor of the Prisoner. Dun the time he awful recital of the crimes ri committedg t by Probst was falling from the lips of Judge Allison, and when the terrible words of doom that consigned the murderer to the gallows, and demanded blocd for blood, were being uttered, the pri soner stood in the dock as impassive as a statue. At no point did he evince a dis position to give way to any feelimg of emo tion, and he resumed his seat with as much apparent indifference as though he had merely been sentenced to do peruser* in the county psison for wringing the necks of a few of the inmates of some farmer's chicken coop. The Removal of the Prisoner. After the formalities of the law had been gone through with, Judge Allison directed that the doors of the court room should be closed, and that all who were present should remain in their places, until the prisoner was removed. A powerful body of police with much dif ficulty pushed back the crowd from the Sixth street entrance to the Court House, and when the condemned man made his appearance a frightful din of groans, shouts and imprecations arose. Probst- was hur ried into the prison van and the latter was driven rapidly off, followed for a short dis tance by the moss zealous of the excited crowd. The concourse soon after scattered, and thus, we presume, ended the last of the public demonstrations of abhorrence for and detestation of the principal actor in the most terrible crime known in the annals of Philadelphia. Probst in Prison. The manner of Probst, while in prison, remains unchanged. He says nothing ex cept when questioned, and still adheres to bis original story of having a confederate in the crimes of which he is accused, and in part convicted. FIRE IN new HA:VER.-A despatch from New Haven, Cann., dated yesterday, says : —About one o'clock this morning one of the buildings of the New Haven Clock Company was discovered to be on fire. The flames spread rapidly, in spite of the efforts of the fire department, until all the buildings of the Company, seven in number, were con sumed. Eleven dwelling houses in the vi cinity were also burned, with nearly all their contents. By this fire twenty families are rendered honseless and two hundred workmen thrown out of employment. The total loss is estimated at VOO,OOO. The Com pany had an insurance of $160,000 on : their manufactory, the risks being held in the office of Lester d Webb, insurance *wants of this city, but in what Company is not known. It was one of the most destructive conflagrations •that ever occurred in this city. DIVORCE n MASSACHUSETTS. Chief Justice Bigelow, of Massachusetts, made short work with a divorce case which came before him at Springfield a day or two ago. It was an application of a wife for divorce from her husband, on the ground of extreme cruelty. It coming up in testimony that the woman had been beaten and otherwise ill-used by her husband, the Judge at once decided the case in her favor, taking occa sion to remark that in case of any violence by a husband to the wife he should not hear ail the points before deciding in favor of the latter. The woman might forgive cruelty toward herself, but the Court would not. THE FENIANS.—Another body of Fenians retired from Eastport yesterday, in good order. A small force of them, refusing to withdraw, are still operating along the border. The English steamers Cordelia and Rosario had arrived at Eastport, and the steamship Ottawa at Halifax with troops and ordnance stores. General Meade, who has been is rapidly . . recovering. It was said that the English war vessels lying off Eastport are sinking torpedoes for unsus pecting Fenians to run upon in their future raids. A LIGHTNING STORY FROM WiscowslN. It asserted that during a recent storm in Wisconsin, the lightning was seen to strike into the lake in the vioinity . of Madison, and masses of ice, two feet in thickness, were hurled hundreds of feet in the air, and the latent heat, set free by the change of vapor to liquid, was so great as to raise the temperature from below the freezing point to that in summer (seventy-two degrees), and preserved it there.for nearly twenty four hours. • A COLORED man is sitting on a Jury in the Rhode Island Supreme Court—the first instance of the kind in that State. F. L. FETITEMON. PubUm DOUBLE SHEET, THREE C Allegheny Vaney Ranswlssti CelnPa4P• Mora the Pittsburgh Commercial.] is exceedingly gratifying for Pitts burghers to know that under the energetic administration of President William Phil lips, this road at last is to be extended to Oil City, and made of great value to our city. Under the . ct of the late Legislature . approved by: the Governor, February 10th 1866, the Company was authorised to issue 1 bonds , and for these bonds iron for the ex tension, of the road will doubtless. be had On satisfactory terms. The residue of bonds can be placed for cash hererand:in the East at fair rates; so the Company bids - fair soon to be like the Fort Wayne and Chicago- Railroad Compony. The.estimate of the Directors of the . Alle gheny Valley Railroad Company,- of the business of this Company per annum, after the extension of the road, is as fol.. lows: From oil traffic - - Trade Connected with oil From coal traffic Iron and salt - Forest and farm Passengers Total - - - :--$3,400,010 Three millions and' four hundred thou- sand dollars -per year. These tables are ap proved of by the Directors, Messrs. . Phillips, James B. Murray,_. James Par_lc, Jr., B. F. Jones, George Black, and F. K Brunot. When Fort Wayne stock sold at $7 it was looked upon as worthless. Now the same stock sold to-day in New York as high as 103. Allegheny Valley Railroa4- stock is now quoted at $lO, and we sincerely! . trust that toti, like Fort Wayne, will soots advance near its par value, $5O. All im provements bringing business to Pittsburglri should be fostered by our entire cola-- munity. 9 Srensues OP ET. Logs.—A letter to the Providence Press has some interesting sta tistical facts resp: sting St. Louis. Its popu— lation, according to the writer, is variously estimated at 220,000 to 245,000—a medium between the two being nearest correct. There has been a very rapid increase during the past year. St. Louis has 91 churches, one normal school, with 60 pupils, one high school with 378 pupils, 20 district (public) schools with 13,980 pupils, several evening schools, 54 private schools with 9,40 G scholars, 3 commercial colleges, 4 univer sides, 4 medical colleges, a Mercantile Ü brary Association with 22,485 volumes, a splendid steam fire department, 44 brew- - enes, 11 distilleries, 1,151 saloons, 24 news- - papers, 9 of whieh are dailies; one shot tower, n hotels, numerous asylums, bene— volent societies, tkc. Tax .Nsw TAX Brm..—Thenew tax bill, reported last week, and of which a synopsis has already been given, provides that in case it shall be ascertained that the annual or any other list which may have been or which shall hereafter be delivered to any, collector, is imperfect orincomplete,in con-. sequence of the omission: of the names of any persons or parties liable to any tax or duty, or in consectuence of any omission under statement, under valuation, or false or fraudulent statement, the assessor may from time to time, or at any time within one year, enter on a special list the names of such persons or parties so omitted, to gether with the amount of the tax of which they may have been or shall become liable, and also the names of the persons or parties over and above the amount for which they - may have been assessed on any returns so made. Munans.—A 'family named Thornbo rough, living at Three Mile creek, on the road from Lawrence to Leavenworth, Kan sas, lately had some dispute with John Hurd, a youth of sixteen years. Sunday evening he was requested to visit them and talk over and settle the trouble, and while at their house William Thornborough came with a gun and deliberately shot Hurd, who died in about forty minutes. At last ac counts the murderer was a fugitive in the woods. pursued by the Lawrence Sheriff. PROGRESS OF COLORADO.—The section in which lumber is found in Colorado has twentv-five saw mills, and ten flour mills have been set up within the past few years. The quartz mills in the State are counted at over one hundred and fifty, costing W.000,- WO. They average, if all were running on medium ores, not less than $23,000,000 per year. Wages rule at five dollars per day. In addition, a - resident of Golden City is soon to erect a blast furnace and rolling mill at that, place. EXEC:trial, X CLEMENCY.—The President yesterday ordered pardons to be issued to forty-nine Texans under the first exception of the Amnesty Proclamation, as having held civil offices under the so-called Confe derate Government, and three from Georgia, ten from Louisiana, and five from Alabama, under the 13th or 20,000 exception. AU of these were recommended by the Governors of their respective States. GIFT TO TUFTS COLLEGE.—The Boston Gospel Banner announces that Sylvantus Packard, who recently died in that pitY, and who had been a liberal friend of Tufts College, at Somerville, Mass., left the resi due of his property—amounting to more than 0100,000, profitably invested—to that lnstitution. • A NEW THEATRE is being erected in Lowell, Mass., on the site of the old Merri mac Hall, recently destroyed by fire, and in the immediate vicinity of the Merrimac House. It is to be owned by Mr. Emory, proprietor of the Merrimac House. It will contain one gallery and will comfortably seat between 1,200 and 1,300 people. IN the Supieme Judicial Court at Exeter, N. H., Charles N. Clifford and Patrick Sheenan, for highway robbery on Market street, Portsmouth, were sentenced to tea years in the State Prison, and one day solitary confinement. Exmosion.—The steamboat James Rey— nolds exploded on the 24th ult., near Mem— phis, Tenn. Loss $4,000. James Graham, chief engineer, was drowned, and Mr. G. Rolson another engineer, was badly scalded.. Several the crew were also hurt. A Numulat of leading railroad and busi— ness men have bought up all the peat beds contiguous to the line of the Hartford and New Haven railroad, with a view to the substitution of peat for coal, as a fuel for locomotives. INTERNAL REVENUE.—The receipts frome. Internal Revenue on Saturday last, were $873,964 44. The total amount received from this source Auring the week, was $3,915,353 63. THE WORKMEN employed by the Ameri can File Co., at Pawtucket, have struck in consequence of the refusal of the Company to dismiss six of its employes who did not belong to their League. Tax latest invention is paper shirts, to bo sold at 25 cents each. - $600,00 - 300,000 - 800;0011 - 500,000 300;690" 900,000.
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