GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XX.
lEID.
BLIIME—McOLELLANILAUn N gl
—At New York, Oct. 2311,
•zby the Bev. John Thompson, D. D., Frederick Blnme
to Miss Eliza atcOlellan. all of New York.
FIIRELAND—TBGO.—On the Bth father,n Ger-
Fmantown, at the residence of the bride's by the
Rev. Bobt.'C. Matlack, assisted by the Bev. D Niles
Freeland. of New York, J. Stem. Freeland and Fannie,
• daughter. of F. A. Trego„ Esq. •
• • GRA HAM — LENHARD.—On Nov Lst, by the Bev.
_J. S. Bracken, Mr. William Graham and Arminta
Sutherhutd. , eldest daughter of S. R. Lenkard, Esq.,
both of Allegheny city. •
BlMNS.=:joams.--On the evening of the lith
by the Rev. Chas. E. Murray, Mr. George W. Heins to
'_.Miss Charlotte D., daughter of Mr. Evan F. Johns, all
of this city.
LEE—BRUM WAY.—At the residence of the bride's
parents, - Buffalo, N. Y N. Y. Nov. by the Rev. Walter
..oarke,l). D , George F. Lee. of _Peekskill, N. Y.. to
.Mary Heywood, daughter of Horatio Shamway, Esq.
ARTHITBS.—On Tuesday night, at Pittsburgh, Sue
D., wife of Biddle Arthnrs M. D.
DA LOSTA.—On Nov. 811], Ann T. Da Costa.
The burial. on Monday 12th, 'at ten o'clock in the
:morning. at Chr:st Church ground, Arch street. •
PALInER.—On the Bth Ina., Mary, daughter ofJohn
And the laie Margaret Palmer, aged years.
The relatives and friends of the family are respect
.frilly invited to attend the funeral. from the realdence
of her father, No. 'lOl7 Fitzwater street, on Saturday
'morning. at 8 o'clock.
Funeral services at St. Tosepla'a Church. Interment
:at Cathedral Cemetery.,
WATERMAN.—At Chestnut Hill, on Tuesday, tie
Ct.h inst., Mrs. Mary W., wife of Isaac S. Waterman,
The funeral will take place on Saturday mor
ni ng,
And carriages will be at the Chestnut Bid Depot on
:the arrival of the 10 o'clock train from the city. •
B — -- - -
LACK. POPLIN A.LPACAS.—.TUST RECEIVED
a case.of SOWS:a Poplins, at 8731. and $i a yard.
SESSuN dr, SO S, atomizing Store,
• No. els Chestnut street.
I . .4" •a • .11 . 4a1i 'll Z e
FAMILIES WITH
HEAVY CANTON FLANNELS.
STOUT WELSH FLANNELS.
lINSHEINEING FLANNELS.
LINEN AND C./WON sHEETINGS.
- 1119LAOIC OTTOMAN POPLINS. —Just received. a
Ai few pieces of rich corded Poplins—scarce and de
3irable goods. RN SON & SON,
nos-' fit* Mourning Store.
No ols Chestnut street.
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LIT x' OF PHILADELPHIA
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to October Ist from 9t012 A. id. Open from Cictober
let to April Ist from 2 to 5 I'. M.
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MANAGERS FOR 1866.
.Matthew Newkirk - , Thomas Pedrick,
Wilson Dunton, Henry M. Kimmel.
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objectso of Philadelphia,
-and in carrying out these it combines in its
mode of operations alt the essential features of Bible,
Tract, Missionary, Temperance and Industrial Asso
.clations • .
Its management is plaCed in the hands of persons be
longing to different religious, denominations, and it Is
conducted without sectarian bias.
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ported sent, or coming for aid. And it furnishes to
its contributors cards, to be given to all applicants for
:alms so that the 3 can be sent to the office of the So
-ciety'for investigation and the needed assistance.
During eighteen hundred and sixty. Aye, which com
pleted I a thirtieth year
-2423 visits were made. and
1249 families were relieved.
41 applicants proved to be unworthy of assistance
13 could not be found.
200 adults were furnished with employment, and for
12 children good and comfortable homes were se.
.cured,,
Betides which many religions and temperance
meeings were held, and many -Bibles and tracts were
'distributed.
The managers earnestly appeal for aid to carry on
this good work.
EMA.NITEt, H. TOLAND has been elected
'General Agent in place of John P. Arrlson, deceased,
,and he and the missionaries are now calling on
-our citizens and the friends of the society for sub.
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my2.-Smo?
THE TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY
THE
. 1'...11N6 MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSODIATION, OP
y 1417. A lIELPHIA,
Will be held In the
ACADEMY OF music,
ON
TUESDAY EVENING, NOV. 15T.u.
ADDRESSES BY •
REV. DARE, O I , RANY..
BISHOP R.
SIM CL PSON, OF
PHILADA.
D. 1.. MOODY. MANY DISTINGUISHED
TICKETS
:HOWARD AND DISTINGUISHED
STRANGERi WILL BE PREsENr.
TICFETS (a PORTION FOR RESERVED
;SEATS) W.LL BE READY FOR GRATUITOUS
DISTRIBUTION ON MONDAY NEXT,
AT THE
HALL OF 'THE ASSOCIATION,
No, 12th CAFSTNUP STREET,
and
ASHMEAD'E, 724 CHESTNT STREET.
• noe 6t By Order ofthe Committee.
IUbOTICE.—In comobance with the Act of As.
N sembly, April 4th. 1855 providing against a
- wrongful detention and appropriation of barrels and
ather vessels. Bergdoll & Psotm, -Brewery of the City
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have filed in the office of
the Court of Common Pleas a descriptions of marks
by which their barrels and vessels are known. We
claim as our property all barrels and vessels belonging
to us: Mark 1. .L B. &C. P. branded on the head and
bottom of each vessel or barrel.
2. A private mark of an anchor about two inches In
length, branded on the head or bottom or on both
heads of each barrel or vessel
n094,512t* BERGDOLL & P.SOTTA.
11bOFFICE OF THE PHIL ADELFFrIA. AND
SOUTHEItriI MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
:us SOUTH DEL AW sWe AVENUE. Para,AnEr.•
P. 111.9, November. Bth. 1866.
STOCKHOLDERS.' NOT.ToE.—Subscribers to the
Capital Stock of the Philadelphia and Southern Mall
'Steamship Company are hereby notified that certifi
cates for the same are now ready, and will be Issued
from this office in etch_ for the installment re
ceipts. LLIA.Sif J. IitA_WOLIII,
Do9.lre beef et ivy and . Treasurer.
UNIT/ RSITY -OF PENNSYLVA
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH AN.
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Soblety of the Alumni will be held in the College Sall
.an TUESDAY, November 180.1886. at 4 syclock P. M.
CHARLES E. rxX, President.
JOICV. COLZtere. Rec. isee'rs'. no9-4tlpi
ILrTHE ANNUAL ERITINTG OF THE
Stockholders of the DUNKARD CREEEC OIL
COMPANY will be bald at the Office of the Company,
No. SS South SECOND street, on TUEoDAY, Nov
::2Gth, 1866, ;t6 4 o'lllock. P. M.
no 9-100 -
P. STACIKHOUSE, la., Secretary.
1C? PHILADELPHIA EXCHANGE COMPANY.
—The Managers hare declared a Dividend of
ONE "DOLLAR AND PIP fY CENTS on each Share,
payable on ,
demand at the Exchange.
HENRY D. SHERSHES,
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WiHOWARD HOSPITAL, N 05.1518 •and 1520
rombard street, Dispensary Department. Medi
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ANTIQUATED PorrxsztairEtvr.—ln Craven
-county, N. C., about a fortnight ago, two
white persons and several negroes were
convicted of larceny, and received thirty
lashes each on the bare back. A local paper
:adds that ii there bad not been a flaw in the
indictment, the ringleader would have been
•convicted of burglary, and sentenced to
-death.
NO. 185
DM D.
THE - PARIS - EXPOEITIONOFIB67
The Scene on the Ohamp de Mars.
Progress of the Exhibition Buildings,
LCorrespondence of the Philadelphia Eve. Bulletin.]
PARlS'Friday, Oct. 26th, 1866.—1 t is a
wonderful Bight at the_ present
,nioment to
stand on the summit of the heights of the
Trocadero, and look below at the scene now
spread around you in all directions. The
Trocadero, I must inform my non-Parisian
readers, is a sort of small mountain (so de
signated, if I remember rightly, after .a sue
cessful combat of the French arms in Spain),
situated to the southwest ofParisyjust facing
the Champ de Mars. It is, therefore, now
placed in the very midst,and commands one
of the finest views both of the stupendous
works going on in that direction for the em
bellishment of the capital, and also of•the
entire field of operations for the forthcoming
Exhibition. Only a few months ago the
Trocadero was a rugged and difficult
height, accessible only on foot, and chiefly
frequented by climbing schoolboys, oat for
a holiday.
It sometimes served also for military pur
poses; and I remember, some fifteen years
ago, seeing it defended by an army of 30,000
men, on one side of the Seine, and attacked
by a second army bf equal numbers, from
the other side, in a great sham fight got up
by the "President of the French Republic"
(tempera mutantur et no. &el in honor of a
fat and peaceable Lord Mayor of London!
The quick eye of the Emperor and of his
skilful Prefect of Paris detected the mag
nificence of the site, both for a permanent
embellishment and for the uses of the exhi
bition ; and lo ! in a twinkling, the moun
tain is converted into an immense inclined
plane, rising gracefully and easily from the
banks of the river, offering, as I have said ,
a splendid coup d'ccit of the entire Champ
de Mars and its transformations, and
pro-mising to afford, by next year,
a delicious promenade and cool retreat
to visitors weary of their long ram
bles among the adjoining intricacies
of Industry, Art and Science. The greater
portion of the side of the mountain which
has been removed has gone to form the un
dulating surface of the Champ de Mars, now
.converted into a Park, and also to construct
the embankment of the adjoining circular
railroad, which now runs entirely round
Paris, and which, with its magnificent via
ducts in the neighborhood of Auteuil,where
it crosses the river, is of itself an object well
worthy of the stranger's attention, both for
its beauty and utility. Indeed, it is not too
muck to say that the Exhibition itself will
form only one-half of the attractions which
Paris has to offer to the intelligent visitor
who may enter its walls for the first time
nest year. He has but to lookround him
and he will see wonders going - forward on
every side. At the very point on which we
now stand, at the Trocadero itself, thou
sands of square yards have been cleared
of rubbish and a labyrinth of tor
tuous lanes and alleys, and a suc
cession of magnificent lines of ave
nues and private palaces (this term is
not exaggerated) has arisen in their place
sufficient in itself to form a splendid cap!.
tal. And yet this is one specimen of what
is going on in every quarter of Paris, at al
points of the compass, and that, too, simul
taneously with the carrying out of such an
undertaking as the Universal Exhibition.
And now let us cross the river for one mo
ment, ,by the Pont de Jena, and see how
matters are progressing on the other side
It is evident at a glance that although plenty
still remains to be done, things are already
assuming shape and consistency. The im
mense outer circle of the Exhibition Build
ing, that destined principally to machinery,
now runs round its entire circumference
complete, and conveys clearly to the eye
the form which numberless engravings
have before made familiar to it, I cannot
say that the impression at present is
a pleasing one. Ce n'tst pas beau is an
expression which rises very generally
to French lips at first sight of it,
I have heard it even likened to immense
gas-works. But perhaps it is not fair to
Judge of the effects under its present coating
of heavy iron-colored paint. The sweep of
the outer-circle is grand and imposing; but
it must be confessed that it wants com
pletely the fairy-like grace and elegance
and airy proportions of the English Palace
at Sydenham, or any similar structure of
glass and iron. The ponderous roof without
an opening, hangs heavy and oppressive
overhead; and all extent of perspective is
necessarily cut short by the circular form.
The sensation of vastness is what is
chiefly conveyed; and in that re
spect, I suspect that one's feelings,
both mental and physical, - will be mosf
completely convinced of the superiority of
the French Exhibition of 1867 to all its pre
decessors, before it is over. All the inner
circles are also now complete as regards
their external arrangements, and so are the
galleries for the exhibition of fine arts,
which, as seen in the plans, surround the
central court, or garden. The latter is just
now receiving the first experimental essays
of coloring and decoration, in the Pompeian
style, on the portico which runt round its
aides. The erections in the, Park itself,
which appear to be most advanced, are an
ecclesiastical building in gothis style, des
tined for the reception of painted glass and
religious objects, and the International
Club, which is to serve as a rendezvous for
the interchange of ideas on science, art and
industry, by the assembled world.
DuTau GAP.—The Richmond Whig ra•
ther spitefully says: Butler little dreamed
when be was digging Dutch Gap that he was
conferrilig a benefit on the commerce of
Richmond. The canal—that is,Dutch Gap,
is now much navigated by sa il vssels and
steam tugs."
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVVIBER 9, 1,8Q6.
ETROGE bTOBY.
Extraordinary Explanation of a Sup
posed Murder--A Man Drowned
in a Subterranean Lake '
of Petroleum, &c.
Some weeks ago a man named Alvin C.
Temple, a citizen of New York, mysteri
ously disappeared at 'Darning Springs.
Within the last few days suspicion fastened
on a person named Robert- S ISteinway as
his murderer, and accordingly he was ar
rested. Since his arrest he has written and
published the following extraordinary state
ment in the Parkersburg (West Vat). Times,
of Monday last. It may only be another
"oil operation," but we give' the story for
what it la worth: .
Editors Times: My object in writing-this
communication is to lay before the public
the facts 'attending the' distressing death of
the late Alvin C. Temple, of the city of New
York, as I have just been arrested here on
a charge of being accessory to andthe cause
of it. - I am here without friends or ac
quaintances, and must go s to prison forwent
of ball. I hope, however, in the course of a
few days, to exonerate myself from all su=s
picion of any complicity in the death of my
friend.
The deceased and myself were both resi
dents of New York, and bad been ac
quainted nearly ten veers; about the middle
of September last we left home together on
a tour to the oil regions of Southern Ohio
and West Virginia. We came first to Ma
rietta, Ohio, and visited the oil wells of Dock
Creek. We then visited successively Horse
neck, Sand Hill, White Oak, and Burning
Springs. We arrived at the latter place on
the afternoon of Friday, October 25. We
spent Saturday in visiting the various oil
wells. Sunday morning we started on a
ramble
.to make some observations as to the
nature of the country. From this ramble
Mr. Temple never returned, and upon this
circumstance I have been arrested. I hope
the public, after bearing my statement,
will suspend its judgment until I
can offer more proof of my entire inno
cence. Mr. Temple, being something of a
geologist, carried a leather sack, suspended
by a strap over the shoulder, to contain the
specimens collected; and bride hand a ham
mer with a handle three feet long, such as
is commonly used by geologists. We
crossed the Burning Springs run at the
mouth,and climbed up the hill on the upper
side. About three-fourths of the way up
we discovered an
cgsopenin in the rocks.
caused probably by some nvulsion of the
earth. Into this we found that we could
crawl some fifteen feet, when further pro
gress was stopped by the fissure becoming
narrower. Temple, by thrusting in his
hammer, ascertained that the passage soon
widened again, and that by remov
ing some of the pieces of rock we
could go on. We procured a sapling which
we found on the ground above, which
we used as a battering ram. We could hear
the pieces fall as they were pushed inward,
and from the sound knew the descent could
be but a few feet. I went first, when we
had opened the way, and descended by let
ting myself down by the hands. Temple
followed. Lighting a match and a piece of
paper we found ourselves in a cavern about
twelve feet square, in which we could stand
upright. Pieces of broken rock, varying in
size from an egg to a barrel, covered the
ground. Temple collected home specimens,
principally said-rock and feldspar, which
tie put intoa sack to be examined at leisure.
Our progress was very difficult on account
of the loose andj egged stones. Partly feel
ing our way, and now and then lighting 'a
match, we managed to ascertain what I
have related, and also to discover a fissure
nearly opposite where we entered, some
three feet at the bottom and gradually
narrowing toward the top. Crawling into
this we found it made a considerable
descent until it opened into a spacious cave,
the dimensions of which I cannot state, as it
was not thoroughly explored. We found
here the same chaos of broken rocks, and
were continually bruising ourselves in
climbing over and ''\ through them. Pro
ceeding some thirty \yards we saw a light
on our right, which proved to be caused by
a split in the rock. Looking through it we
could see the hills on the opposite side of
the Kanawha, but could not open our way
out. Leaving this on our right, we pro
ceeded to make what explorations our
limited means would allow. After going
pH-1.)os fifty yards we were surprised at
finding a small lake, or pool, as near as I can
juusv, oume sixty feet in length by twenty
teet wide. Its level was some three feet
below the ground on which we stood. Tem
ple inserted his hammer into this pool and
round that instead of water it was oil—petro
leum. I have not time to describe our sensa
tions on this discovery, which promised
untold wealth. After discussing-the matter
for a few minutes, he attempted to try the
depth with the handle of his hammer. He
got as near the brink as he could, and was
about executing his design, when the loose
stones on which hei stood 'suddenly caved
in with him. Ile stink, rose again, strug
gled a moment, and I saw'him no more. I
was powerless to assist him, even if I had
not been completely bewildered. The weight
of the specimens in his sack no doubt pre
vented him from saving himself, as he was
a capital swimmer. The horror of my situ
ation may be imagined. I stood alone in
that-rave wherein, was death and darkness,
fully aware that when I went oat into the
light .I would only meet strangers and sus
picion. I called my companion by name
again and again, till terrified by the se,ml
- echoes that resounded through the
blackness. _
This is the true statethent of the fact.
Whether it will be credited is more than I
can say. lam fully aware how difficult it
is for me to answer the question. "Why
did you not make this statement sooner?"
Here is my reply. When I left the cave I
went to my room at the hotel. Over
whelmed as I was, I could not help being
sensible that the discovery was an impor
tant one, and resolvelitosecare the benefits
of it; so I kept the matter quiet .until my
designs should be accomplished. To this
end I obtained a favorable lease from the
agent of the . Rathbone Oil Company of
the ground covering the cave. This
lease, as, the county records will show,
was made the day after the occurrence above
revealed. It is made to George Temple,
the father of Henry V. Temple, the brother
of the late Alvin O. Temple. I have not re
served to myself, directly or indirectly,any
part of this lease. I hope this circumstance
will go far to show that I could have no
motive in causing the death of my friend. I
do not think his relatives, or those who
know me, will entertain the slightest suspi
cion to my prejudice. Yet I feel that I can
never have a moment's peace of mind until
the judgment of everybody idual acquit nu
OVRVUOLE 00171 k
of tLeeharge. And now, Messrs. Editms,
rtcpeat that you will give the foregaing
tiis~E ment a platy in your Raper and thereby
oblige a friendlese and grief-strioken man.
ROBERT S. STEINWAY.
The Double Murder at Coldwater, Mich.--
A DlTlded MouseNold and an Indew
pendent
A correspondent of th.e Detroit Advertiser
gives the following particulars of the tragic
occurrence -at Coldwater Mich., on -Satur
day night, Nov. 8, when air old resident of
the place shot his wife and a young man
who was accompanying her to her resi
dence, killing them both almost Instantly.
The correspondent says:
Mrs. S. K. Leach was the owner of a niil;
linery and fancy goods establishment, and
resided with her father in the eastern part
of the city. Oe Saturday night, after closing
her store, she started for home in company
with her father, Mr. T. Dougherty, a sister,
Mrs. Pickens, and a young man,Mr. George
Brown. On arriving within a short distance
of home they were met on the walk by Mr.
Leach. Mrs. Leach and.young Brown were
in advance, and immediately behind them I
on the walk were Mr. Dougherty, Mrs.
Pickens and Mr; M. S. Bowen. Leach I
passed the couple in, front and halted to ,
speak to Mr. Dougherty, who had stopped
to speak to Mr. Bowen in front of his resi
dence.
Mrs. Pickens asked her father to
come on, apd as he did not come she has- 1
tened, overtook the others,and took the arm
of Mr. Brown.
Leach addressed Mr. Dougherty, asking
him who it was with his wife? On being
told, he turned and hastened after them,
followed by Mr. Dougherty. As Leach
came up with them, one of the ladies said,
"Leach is following us." Mr. Brown turned
partly around, and as he did so, Leach shot I
him with a pistol, the ball entering his left
side. Almost at the same instant Mrs.
Leach turned around and he fired at her,the
ball taking effect in the breast and passing
directly through the heart. The two shots
followed each other as closely as they could
be fired from a revolver.
When Brown was shot he turned to Mrs.
Pickers and exclaimed, "I am shot dead;
but never mind me, Nellie." He staggered
against the fence and stood a moment, and
then with the assistance of Mrs. Pickens,
walked to the hease, a distance of about
eight rods. Here she assisted him to a chair
and then ran back for help. After sitting a
few moments he fell forward neon the floor,
groaning piteously, and blood issuing from
his mouth, which for a time lead to the be
lief that be had been shot in the month. By
this time the neighbors began to come in.
Mrs. Brown stooped beside him and asked
if there was anything she could do for .
him ? His lips moved in a vain attempt to
speak, and with a gurgle in his throat he
expired. This was within ten minutes of
the time he was shot. When Mrs. Leach
was shot she sunk down dead on the spot
without a word or a struggle: and it was
not until theietarn of Airs. Pickens from
the house that it was known she had been
shot at all. Help was soon got and the
body was carried to the house. Leach, after
firing the second shot, raised his hand
towards Mrs. Pickens. when she dodged
aside, and he threw the pistol to the
ground. Mr. Dougherty was about two
rods behind when the shots were
tired. He- paid no attention to Mrs
Leach, but followed on to secure the
murderer; in tact, not knowing at the
time that any one excepting Brown had
been shot. In the meantime Mrs. Pickens
hurried to the house with Brown, and re-,
turning met Leach as she was running for
help. - just then Mr. Dougherty came up
and seized the murderer and demanded the
pistoL Leach replled that he had not got it.
Mr. Dougherty then took him to theehouse,
Leach making no attemp t to escape or com
mit further violent:ft Mr. Dougherty now
bethought himself that the jail was the more
appropri pl
ate ace ;ter the murderer, and
started back with him, stumbling over the
body of Mrs. Leach on the way.
Soon after passing the body they metllr.
M. S. Bowen, who took the arm of Leach
and started with him for thejail, assistance
of nearly half a mile, Mr: Dougherty re
turning to look after the murdered ones,'
Leach walked qpietly along with Mr.
Bowen for a distance of nearly a square,
when they met Mr. Perkins, who took the
other arm and went with them to the jail.
Previously to meeting Mr. Perkins, Leach
walked along quietly and firmly, manifest
ing little or no excitement. After that he
was more excited, and at intervals would
seem to be faint, and would fall backward
for a minute, and then recovering would
pass on again. On one of these occasions
be said: "I am not so much of a man as I
thought I was." At another hesaid. "I
have killed her, but I love her yet." Mr.
Bowen said to him: "Perhaps not; she'may
be only stunned, and may recover." He re
plied: "It is useless to talk. The hand that
sped that bullet knew its mark too well.'
Said he: "Rill me, Bowen—shoot me—don't
take me to jail—get out a crowd and hang
me. lam ready."
After he was put in jail, search was made
for the pistol, and it was found lying on the
ground about twelve feet from t he spot
where the bloody deed was committed. It
was a medium-sized five-shooter of Beare
patent. It was cocked and had three charges
remaining in it. --
Leach, on his way to jail, never once
mentioned young Brown, though he spoke
frequently of .his wife. Brown was about
25 years of age. He was a graduate of the
law department of the Michigan University,
and was• connected with his eincle t E. G.
Parsons, Esq., in the law busittess in this
city. He was an orphan, and had always
lived with his uncle, Mx. Parsons. The
causes which conspired together to bring
about this sad affair have been in operation
fora long time. The murdered woman was
Leach's second wife. They were married
about 12 years since, and had two children.
For a time they lived happily together, bat
about six years ago an estrangement began
between them. Bitter family quarrels en
sued, in which Leach sometimes used vio
lence and made dark threats. His wife re
ceived the company of gentlemen against
Ids wishes, while the tongues of idle gos
sips were busy. She lived with her father,
and Leach was engaged in business that led
him much away from the city. The breach
kept growing wider, and the quarrels more
bitter, until about a year ago, when Leach
was driven from the house; and since then
his wife has refused to have anything to do
with him,treating him with public contempt
on all occasions.
On the husband's part, he has watched
her every motion with a Jealous eye, follow
ing her footsteps, going into her store,
quarreling with her, and ordering other
men away when he chanced to find them
there, all the time , throwing o 1 dark hints
of the terrible tragedy which has since
transpired. Of late, young Brown had been
frequently with her, and had been watched
by Leach, who warned him to desist, threat
ening the lives of both unless the intimacy
stoPPed. Brown was also cautioned by
others, but failed to held it, hits, Leook
was frequently' warned of liar htzbband's
threats, but they had been so- common and
long-continued aslo be disbelieved.
Luring the last week Leach hadteezi turned
away from his.room at the Michigan Ekntthern
Hotel, at the instance of Mrs. Leach, and on
Saturday afternoon she had him arrested
for assault'and battery. On his omising
to appear for trial, the officer permitted him
to go at large, and within a few hours the
terrible deed was committed.
GREAT FIRE IS NisimvuLLE,
Be2truetion of the Broadway Varfettes—
Loss Nearly 0030,000.
At about ten o'clock on Sunday night,. a
the was discovered in the wholesale liquor
rooms of James Walker, No. 60 Broad stiset
Before the engines could be got to work the
upper stories were ablaze. In a few mo
ments, says the Banner, the whole building
occupied by the Broadway Varieties Thea
tre, Adler's clothing store, Walker's, and as
the sleeping apartments of the Varieties
people, was a mass of blockened and burn
ing ruins.
The wooden structures in the rear of the
Varieties were consumed and the third
story of the building occupied by Blood,
Gregory Jr Co., and A. C. Tucker, was al
most totally destroyed.
The following thrilling incident is related
by the Banner in conneetion with the ef
forts to save a block of buildings adjoining
those destroyed::
When the fire was raging fearfully, and
had broken through the dry shingles in at
least twenty places, and when every one
had given the building up for lost, the en
gine being Unable to play upon a certain
spot from which jets of flame were spouting,
a man's head suddenly appeared above the
roof, then his whole body, and in a moment
be atocd upon the sloping side with a bucker
of water in his hand. Be had ascended a
hastily made ladder, constructed by Mr.
Rugg and himself, and uR the crazy
the
buckets
leading to the third story the
buckets were passed to the brave man
upon the roof. The crowds in the streets
closely watched every movement. A mo
ment later and a thrill of horror ran through
the immense throng. Thompson lost his
foothold, and was sliding down the roof,
still clinging to his bucket of water, and,
catching at the wet and slippery surface.
Half-way down, and he griped the yielding
rotten shingles, and thrusting his arm
through a hole in the roof, stayed his fear
ful progress and saved himself from instant
death upon the boulders fifty feet below. A
long, loud cheer went up from thousands of
throats as the brave man again secured his
footing and applied himzalf to the task so
bravely undertaken.
The slumberer in the third story of the
Varieties building barely escaped with their
lives, little Charley Davis throwing some
feather beds upon the roof of the small
wooden building twenty feet below, and one
by one of them jumping from a window
upon it. They escaped with only their
night clothes.
Mr. W. B. Gregory was badly burned on
pne side of his face while laboring to sub
due the flames in Mr. Tucker's rooms and
the roof of Castleman'tt building fell in as
he was descending the stairs with a trunk,
which be had taken from the third story.
It is asserted by some that the fire started
in the cellar under Adler and Walker's
stares, and they scented it, but knew not
what it was, long before it appeared above.
The true cause is unknown, and will pro
bably remain a mystery.
The heaviest losers by the fire are Moul
ten it Reed, $25,000, insured for $12,500; B.
A. Adler,Vo,ooo, insured for $20,000: Jas.
Walker, $35.000; insured for $26,000; Blood,
Gregory ct Co., $10,000; W. Blood, $5,000;
R. B. Castleman, $3,000: T. J. Meyerhardt,
. 4 :5000. Loss of Insurance Companies,
$60,575.
DESPERATE EFFORT AT ESCAPE.—On the
morning of last Wednesday, says the
Doyistown (Pa.) Democrat, as'Eligh Sheriff
Wilkinson was about entering the prison to
unlock the inmates from their cells, he was
both startled and surprised at the appear
ance of the two Quakertown horse thieves
who came leisurely up the yard on the
porch and very cooly wished him good
morning. They stated that they had made
every effort to get away, and had failed, and
gave up the attempt. An examination soon
proved that the plan had been well laid, and
the amount of work done in one night
equalled some of the famed. exploits of
Baron Trenck, especially when executed
without a light and the slight tools at their
command. ,The prisoners were confined
together' in the centre cell of the second
story of the left wing. They procured, as is
supposed,from the wife of a prisoner named
Barnes, who often visited her husband, a
brace bit, and with this little instrument
commenced their earnest struggle for
liberty. First they bored out a square of the
heavy oak flooring which had been harden
ir g for half a century—removing this they
picked out the mortar and loosened
the heavy atones then removed
the lath and plastering, and thus de
scended into the dining room. Here, they
resumed their labor by , sawing through the
floor, and thus entered the 'cellar under
neath. Then selecting what they deemed
the most vulnerable spot, they commenced
to tear down the wall, near three feet in
thickness, and succeeded in Making an
aperture clear through, but not wide enough
to permit of their egress, owing to the iron
sill above and the massive atones beneath.
They then tried to scale the yard wall with -
ropes made out of blankets, but did not
succeed, and daylight coming on and they
cold and disappointed, were forced to aban
don the attempt. The prisoners, whose
names are George Hays and Wil liam Og
den, are desperate fellows, and have since
been separated and securely ironed.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—The Washington (ra.)
Reporter says: A man named Jeremiah
Stewart, of Nicholson township, Fayette
'County, was accidentally shot a ',few clays
since. He had taken his gun and gone over
to the house of a neighborwho was making
Sorghum molasses, and as it was raining,
one of the boys took the gun and put it
under the edge of the 'pan to keep it dry.
On taking it out the hammer caught a cane
stalk, which pulled it back and caused the
discharge, the contents entering Mr. Stew
art's right aide and passing through his
bowels. The unfortunate man, after lin
gering for five days, died from the effects of
the wound. 'He was a member of Co. E.,
14th Pa. Cavalry, and had served three
years as a faithful soldier.
Stamm, A young woman nanted Evidine
Ferguson, residing in Livermore, West
moreland county, pa,, , committed suicide
eek before last, by ta king a table-spoonfal
of corrosive sublimate. She had, the day
before committing this rash adt, been de
livered of a child, and the thought 'of her
disgrace so preyed upon her mind that she
deliberately pat an end to her life. The
father of her child is said to be et monied
man, living in Livermore,
F. L. IMDEM.'
DOUB
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MOIL EUROPE BY TIME ATLANTIG
Turkey.
CONSTANTINOPLE, November 7th, 1866",
The trouble between the Sultan's govern
ment and the Cabinet of the - United States
growing out of the conduct of the Turkish.
officiale towards the
_Consul. and Consulate
of America in the island of Cyprus,has been
settled.
The Mexican Question,
November 7 , 1.866.—The .Ikronitezt.r
of to-day says that htaximitism will remain
in Mexico.
The "German Question.
Bizarzw, Nov. 7.--Prussia sees, in the ap
pointmeut of Baron Bat as lkirdster of
Fort ign Affairs of Austria, an attempt on•
the part ,of the Cabinet of Vienna to inter
fere in questions considered settled.
If this view be correct it will impel the
Prussian Government to complete - more
quickly 'aid surely its national work in
Germany.
, 'ltaly.
V.BlacE, N0v.7,1t,65 —King Victor Eman
uel, the rztler of united Italy,entered teeny
at 11 o'clock this morning.
The Patriarch of Venice received his Ma
jesty in thi 3 Church of St. Mark, where a Te
Deum was channted in honor of the event.
The reception given by the municipality
and people,.was magnificent, and great joy
was mant ested everywhere. The crowd
which turn ed out was so immense that the
troops were unable to defile before the King
for want of.spite'e.
,The National Guard of Venetia has been
mobilized.
IFaels and Fancies.
Petrolentil V. Nasby is to leave the West
and accept a position on a New York paper.
So to heal • it. troleum will certaiy
dete rry
te riora tV Pe
ere. Confederate X Roads nl is
a much parer atmosphere for a genius like
his.
William GI; Untore Simms is writing a his
tory of South. Carolina, for use in schools.
Mr. Simms - Trill please send us an early
copy.
The member, of the London Swimming
Club bad a swimming match in the Lam
beth Baths the other day, in which a silver
cup was swan ded for the best leaps over
hurdles floating on the water; an egg-diving'
contest was w n by a diver who fished up
thirteen eggs o
om the bottom. Wonder it
the eggs were arranged in a roe? There
are always dirt rs eggs in a roe..
Daniel D. Ha me, the celebrated medium,
has written to his friends in this country,
stating that a i vealthy lady, named Lyon,
in England, has adopted him and made him
her sole heir on condition of his taking her
name. This- be consented to do, and now
signs hiinself Daniel D. Home Lyon. Daniel
is again among the lions.
_ - -
Mr. Hiram Wo odrttir asserts that he has&
horse now in training which will be far
superior to Dextt Ir, and which has already
made a quarter of a mile in thirty-three:
seconds. How NVoodraff gets such horsest
is the wonder: 'IC "obody owning them world
think: of going to Hire 'em.
The Boston Post honestly admits that ad
ditional returns - minder it pretty certain that
the Republicans have "carried 14Iassachu
setts." - • -
The same paper says: " Hanging a Priest
and a Reporter will not obliterate Fenian_
ism." It evidently forgets that a Reporter
can't be hanged. Where would , they get
the Noose -
'Bred of life, a London brewer threw him
self into a huge vat filled with carbonic acid
gas, and will brew no more. His bier was
ready for him.
Mr. Seward said, a few days. ago, "Count,
roe out of the ring if New York does not give
us fifty thousand. William is accordingly
counted out. But stays What ring does he.-
refer to? If he meana Mr. Jchrustin's circle r
ft is no 'count whatever.
The President has persorWly directed the
mustering out of Colonel Eaton of tha Pay
Department.xvho has made radical speeches
during the late canvass. Ws greatly fear
that his Royal Elighness thinks more of his
drinkin' than he does of his Eaton. -
A IR USEMENTS.
BENEFITS.-At the Chestnut to-night Mr.
J. Jefferson appears in a new bill- for his
benefit, videlicit : "Woodcock's • Little
Game," "The Windmill," and "The Spit
fire." Mr. Dan Bryant, at the Arch, ap
pears in "Born to Good Luck," "Danny
the Baron," and "More Blandeis Than
One." Mr. Edwin Booth, at the Walnut.
appears in "A New Way to Pay Old Debts"
and "Taming of the Shrew." At the Ame
rican Miss Rate Fisher-gives a popular bill.
At the City Iltieum Mr. Stuart Robson
gives a programme full of fun, as will be
seen by the advertisement. .
MATIWEES. —There will be a Booth mati
nee tomorrow at the Walnut; "Hamlet"
being the attraction. At the Chestnut "The
Gnumaker of Moscow" will be the card.
At the American Miss Kate Fisher will ap
pear.
ACADEAFT OF Musrc.—The German tra
gedian, Mr. Bognnail Dawison, appenrs to
night in "Narcisse," which has
,been faz
miliarized to English audiences by Mr.
Bandmann at the Chestnut and Arch. He
will be well supported.
SIGNOR BLITZ gives an evening perform
ance to..night and an, afternoon and evening
perform n ance to-morrow at Assembly
g
Buildi. .
Tan MINSTRELS at the Eleventh Street
Opera House offer a splendid bill to-night.
...
THE GERMANIA. OnciEtzsTnA..—To-mor
row the Germania Orchestra will give their
first public rehearsal for the season of
1866-7. The performance will oommence,as
heretofore, at half-put three o'clock in the
afternoon. The programme for to-morrow
is made np of novelties. It is as follows
.
i-coneert.Overture B. Rom
2--rong--a Night on the Ocean W. Techlrek.
3-A Imnek's D. nces-Waltz j.Lanner
4-Meditation:- -Sell. Bach
5-Overture-Rienzi .R. Waver
6-Scene and Rot, do,Romeo and Juliet- . -...Bint
7-The Bummer of Berlin -Oulop..- . 11r„ Minhaeis
The New Route from PhiladelphLe to Norte
FonntEssPitoNitoE, _Nov. 7.—The steamer .
City, of Norfolk arrived at Norfolk yester
day afternoon from Annamessex, Mary
land, and connected with the express trails
goingSonth on the Seaboard and Roano
railroad. She bad about twenty-five pas
sengers and considerable freight. This is
the first trip made, and the Air Line route
from Norfolk to Philadelphia is now open
for travel. The City of Norfolk is an iron
steamer, and was built at Wilmington, Del
aware. She is over 1,000 tons burden.
B.
BALL OUT` WEST.--The Leayea
worth Journo/ gine% soareof a match be
tween the Frontler Club at Wyandott and
Wyandott Club. Also the score of a niatok
between the Antelopes of Kansas city and
the Frontiers. Base ball seams to be fairlf
girdling, the -earth"
CABLE..