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BEACII—JARVUL-1n Hartford, Coon. ,Deeme r b 5,
by the Right Rev. Bishop Williams. Mr. 41 c
of Philadelphia, and Mae nettle Hart, daughter of Rev.
William Jarvte.
DIED.
131:CKLEY.—bludienly. et his residence, Donee/mine,
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Berk. county, Pa_ . „ ea Wednesday, Decezuner 11th , 1867, at
4A. M.. George . Buckler. aged 63.
Funeral from the tealdence, on Saturday, 14th instant,
at 11 A.
P.
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KEAPGER—On the morning of December AL.
Mrs. Elizabeth Christiana HeapPlinger, in the 63d year
of her axe.
PHIL 315.--On the 11th inst., John Philbln, in the blat
year of his age.
The relatives and friends of the family are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral, from his late real.
ammo, Ho. LlO9 Spruce 'street, on Monday, the 16th inst..
at PA. 111.„ without, farther notice. Funeral services at
St, John's Church, •..
PUMEMOY.— On the 11th instant, Elizabeth Pumeroy,
relict of David Pomeroy, in the 84th year of her age.
Her funeral will take place on Saturday next, at 10
o`elock. from the residence of her son-in-law. IC P.
Miskey, 1338 Spring (harden street, without further
collet,
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TirroN.—On the 10th inst., In Baltimore. Wm. Tipton,
late Chief Engineer U. S. N., in the 934 year of his age. .
j3URIAL CASS=
TATUM roe LIII:› D ILLIITIM /OLT 9.1887 . •
r.. I. LILLY. , Garza..
6. L comes or AND ouzels =km&
go
I claim that my new improved and ow)
BURIAL CASE= is far more beautifu in form
and finish than the old unsightly and repulsive coffin.
And that its =Wyatt= adds to its Strength and durs.
bilitv.
We, the undersio. haying had occasion to nee in our
Ismilies E. S. EARLEY'S P ATENT BURIAL CASKET.
would not in the future um:O.W other U they could be ob.
tabus& •
llishop if. Simpson. Rev. J. W: Jackson.
J. IL Scheack,ll. D., E. J. Crlppen,
E.
J. Marston. U. IL N.. Jacob 13.11ordsail.
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Lyons Velvet" 93. inch. for Saar.
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Baptist Churches of Philadelphia
IN AID OF THE
Memorial Baptist Chapel,
how being erected under the auspices of the CHURCH]
'TATE/SIMON 00ALItIntilON. Is NOW OPEN
At. CONCERT HALL.
and will continue for one week.
An estntlestialection of Fancy, Useful and Seasonable
articles will be on sale at reasonable prices at the Tables
,of the different Murtha'
AU challCo4. Wittig schemes, dc., 'will be ernctly
prohibited daring the Pair, and these objections
hie lodates being disailowed, the patronage and support
c f the DcaominstiOn Is earnestly solicited and excted.
Tickets can be procured at the Baptist Pub lic ation
Booms, VW Arch street. and from- the Superintendents
-ttAilktechers of the vicious Baptist Oundarliehools.
deletu th f litre§
ILfe.VA.NA CIUAIL CIECIJLAR„
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We have neither alsamiloned the CIGAR IMPORTING
''BUSINESS, ner commenced manufacturing what are
usually called "Domestic Cigars.. -
Vve continue to import Havana Cigars, as we have
: done for forty years. • •
Their high posh however, has determined as to intro
duce a hone tide substitute. that can BE RETAIL ED AT
MODERATE PRICE, and to this end we are nusnufac-
Auring trine BGindard Cigars, including grades' made en
tirely_ of Vuelta Abajo leaf, such as is used only in lead.
ing Havana factories. This we prepare and work ON.
THEIR SYSTEM. guided by long practical 'experience
. in thismannfacture at Havens:'
Our now enterprise is. therefore, in its leading objecte.
mere trasfer of AI find-class factory tram Havana to
Philadelphia, anti our manufacture will be, in greeter
part, strictly Fine Havana Eigan4equal to any ironerted.
'Yet much encaper, and by 'no• moans to be confounded
with even the bent customary grades of Domestic Cigars.
Tbeamoking public may soon judge of , the truth of our
assertions, as our Cigars will shortly , be offered to them
.through the principal city dealera
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and George street*. - ,
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Chestnut streets, at vis ectopir.;toon, or , the above , date,
lor the purtawe of escorting the G. Black dies,
and white gloves,
• Subordinate .4.4dges w/11 meet at their reeptietive Ledge
Mooniei.tuxd proceed to the depot,,,BrOati and Prime ma.
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Philadelphia Fire Zonave Band wPI please takilztotiee.
By order nf .the Grand Lodge. •
, • - WM. BLANCBODL 1,
,6 BEL MILLIS,_•I3_r.;" Committee.
lto " JACOB SOMERSET.
• THE DANE OP:I4ORTH AMERICA.
PnThAnsisnis li December 11, 1867.
The Directors have declared a ividend of SIXTY.
NINE esters PER SHARE, as of uly 1- laat, payable
-on demand . .
This Dividend, due . atoekholderit resident in thbi
city, if not called for before the Seth instant. will be
applied to
_payment of the amount demanded by the Re.
velvet of Taxes for State tax on summed value of their
o ck. JOHN HOOKLEY,
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OITY OF ALLEGHENY, PA.,
TRIGABITIMIOB OFYIOR, December 9,'1867.
Notice is hereby given to the Holders of the
IBM PER CENT, MUNICIPALHONDS eF THE CITY
• OF ALLEGHENY,
'That the Coupons on said Bonds, coming due January let,
be aid on said day (lees-the State tax) at the
13MM OF PITTSBURGH, in the City of Pittsbursh„
a.• D. HAUFERRON,
, 440,t21,n4 Treasurer of the City of alfesheny„ Ps.
CITY OF ALLEGHENY. PA.,_
Tertssmiza's OFFICE. December 9. 1887.
ALLEGHENY CITY COMPROMISE BONDS WANTED
Persons holdinn CoMpromise Bonds of the City of Alla
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M 67 will belnyebtod in these bonds .at the lowest rates
offered. Proposals wilLbe receiged by the undersigned.
audit WEDNESDAY, the Ist of January, 1888,
. • , D. MACFERRON,
. 46101211 74 Treasurer of the City of Allegheny. Pe.
gaggspe IMPORTANT INVENTION. -- I WNEliti OF
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...tiesa the workin of three of the JOHN COSFELDT
XATENT LO
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at 330 P. 111„ when the efficiency andvalue or this haven
,tion ae , & perfect safeguard against explosions from low
water in hollers will be shown.
16 Cars leave Ninth and Green at three P. lf.' de12.2t4
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LETTER FROM PARIS.
[CorreopotidenOe of tbo Philadelobla Evening Bulletin.]
PARIS, Friday, Nov. 29th,,1867,—There is not
much news this morning either political or
otherwise, and I have seldom known Paris
more English, bdth as regards public events and
private social life, than it is at ttdiiinoment.
The weather is dull, business is dull; the Bourse
is dull, society is dull ,pe Chambers are dull.
The only liveliness, agged,displayed seems to be
In Adteriqm circles, which are now once, more
muslliring strong for the close of the
year, and the Jour de An. Yesterday,
being Thanksgiving day,afforded an opportunity
for assembling at the two American churches,
and showed that the American element will be
well represented when what is called "Society"
breaks out again with the opening year. As to
French people, they are all, as tusual,lying incog.
at this season, either still lingering in their dull
châteaux, or, if they do come to town, taking
care to keep their doors shut against all visits
except those of intimitt' , . The Court sets the ex
ample in this respect; for whether, as whispered,
on account of health, neither pore nor file being
it Is said, anything to boast of In that respect;
or from sheer weariness, after the long series of
royal and imperial guests; or from worry about
this plsguey Roman business; or from all these
causes together, the "family at St. Cloud" (as
legitimists still profanely call the fourth dynasty),
keep themselves uncommonly quiet, and live as
close as church mice. There has been no visit to
Compiegne this year, nor receptions there; nor
will the Tuileries probably be re-occupied again
until just in time for the official cere
monies of 1868. In short, court life,
official life, social life, life in all its upper phases,
is as dead as it well can be in a plade like Paris
at this moment.
If we look abroad there is not much movement
going on In any direction; The lkfoniteur of yes-
terdsy tells, us, indeed, that the French forces are
"concentrating towards Rome," (which is, be
ginning to move as far off as possible); and
then adds, to be sure, that they are thence
being marched off consecutively to Citrita
Vecchia. where a "first" division does ap
pear to have been actually re-embarked. But
we may still have to wait a long, long while
before Nye see the "last" division go through
the same operation, ands, the _shores of Italy be
once more delivered fro—l this secondinvasion of
"red breeches." -The) nch Blue Book, or Yel
low Book, I forget which; announces that the
troops will quit the Pontifical territories when
the Papacy ceases to be "menaced." The phrase
used before was "when - tranqUilll ty !ere:stored.'
There is a perceptible difference in the two
expressions, and one which may materially
affect the performance of, the step in question.
On the other band, it Is said that the Roman'
States, or at least Civita Vecchia, will not be
evacuated until the 'meeting of the proposed
Conference is assnred, after which Rome will
be regarded as placed for the time at last under
the general guaranty ofEwope. But if you ask
whether, where and when the said Conference is
to meet, the answer is still doubtful on every one
of these points. "Rome has adhered," say the
semi-official journals, triumplumtly. ."Tes." re
plies the clerical and ultramontane Univers of
yesterday, with only a half-suppressed sneer—
"after having made it clearly understood that she
ntcuds to renounce none of her rights," and
that the '"pretensions of the Piedmontese
.(Fie) Government have made no change
in her resolutions." If Napoleon 111.
succeed in working any tangible end
out of such "adherences," "pretensions" and
"resolutions" as those above indicated, he will
indeed afford a new procf (though not before it is
wanted) that hie political tact and intelligence
are still unimpaired. By dint of persuading and
coaxing he may get a halter round the necks of
the Pope and Victor Emmanuel and bring them
up to the water. But will he ever be able to
make them drink ?,
, As to the
. ptber Powers,
all that has yet been wrung out of them seems to
be an unwilling assent to assemble and see whs . ,
can, or, more likely, what cannot be done.
I pointed out in my last letter that the state o
the Imperial revenue was not very flourishing on
'ts own showing. Let ns just glance for one
Moment at the municipal revenues of Paris,
which are not yet published, Mit have been shown
me. The consolidated debt of Paris amounts at
this moment to 514 millions of francs ; the float
ing debt of its Bank of Public Works to 90'1E1-
lions, and its notes of hand, signed by the Prefect
and Issued on his sole authority, to 384 millions.
In all; 984 millions, or 955 millions more than
when the Orleans dynasty fell in 1848. A city
debt of very nearly a milliard, or one thousand
millions ($200,000,000), is a pretty fair sample of
what Imperial magnificence can achieve in less
than twenty years, and also a fair warning of
the state we should be in should anything un•
toward or unexpected befall us.
The Imperial Commission of the Exhibition
lias just paid into the Administration of Publid
Assistance the 'sum of 176,000 francs, being the
amount received at the turnstiles during the three
days before the final close, devoted' to charitable
purposes.
The removal of the innumerable objects which
appeared in the Exhibition is rapidly progress
lug,' and the Champ de Mars looks like a battle
field after the conflict. Colossal statues of men
are lying about headless, or without an arm Or a
leg; and I saw the great horse which Charlemagne
lately bestrode looking very pitiful the other day.
with its plaster tail plucked out. Wagons and carts
and laborers by the hundred are engaged in the
work .of destruction, ruthlessly pulling to pieces
.what it took so much toil and time to put together
and which remained so short a space in existence'
When one sees the demolition now going for_
ward, one is confirmed in the view 'that far too
much was erected of an unnecessarily substantial
nature, and almost in every case with an un
successful result. I hand before alluded to the
unfortunate speculations of the theatre and
international club. I learn now that the im
menst photographic establishment of
Pitrro Petit has been equally a • failure
for the proprietor, who is a heeyy loser by the
.transaction. The huge temporary church, erected
for the disi)lay cif ecclesiastical ornaments, and
O which a Separate entrance fee of half a franc„
^as charged, proved almost a nullity in its ref
already half demolished, and the
ofty lighchonse close by, Whoa° erection was
'mother useless piece of extravagance, is sharing
e same Sate. The fountains have long - ceased
;$ plays flags no longer float from the Venetian .
..iasts, and ruin and desolation now reign whore
^ ere were so recently so much life and anima
.
on Next week a public sale is amnotaiced
f the hundreds of rare and beautiful plants which
idorned the central and reserved gardens and th
agnificedat green-houses of the latter. Boon
not a vestige will be left of the moat extraordin
ary agglomeration of ,objects witicli the world
,perhaps ever,saw.
P 'The French Blue Book cOrtiMis the following
'referenco to -Aeti,ll
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
Mr. Graffen states that he is in the office of the Sunday
Mercury, and that the defendant is one of the publishers.
Mr. .Ino. W. Frazier, the U. S. Assessor, and Gen. A. L.
Magiitcrn prove that the government tax is assessed and
paid in the name of Win. Meeser do Co.
•Mr Wm. P. Fenton, of the Ledger office,proves that the
forthcoming publication of this article wag advertised in
the fait/lie Ledger, and he produces the manuscript of
that advertisement, which Mr. Graffen testifies is in the
handwriting of the defendant.
'The witnesses for the defendant also connect him with
the publication of this newspaper, and I presume—though
tide is entirely for you—that the allegation that the de
fendant is one of the proprietors is hardly a question of
various dispute. If you so find, then the fact that others
may be in partnership with lint is of itself no defence.
The second point which it is necessary for the Com
monwealth to establish is. that the article pnbllehed was
a libel A libel has been defined to be "a malicious pub
lication, expressed either in printing or writing or by
signs or picture& tending either to injure society gen.
orally, or to blacken the memory of one dead. or the repu
tation of one living, and expose him to public hatred, con
tempt or ridicule." Our statute Upon thiesubject declares :
"'That if any person' shall write, print, publish or ex
, hibit any malicious or defamatory libel, tending either
to blacken the memory of ono who is dead, or the reputa•
Hon of one who is alive, and thereby expose hint to pub
lic hatred, contempt or ridicule, such person shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, be punished
as therein directed. You will therefore tee that upon this
branch of the case, it will be necessary for you to find
that the article was malicious and was calculated to
blackenthe reputation of the prosecutor, and to expose
him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule.
The Commonwealth avers that the article in
question comes directly within these definitions
of. a libel. It is said that it charges the Dis
trict Attorney with serious crimes and misde
meanors, and that it holds him up to public hatred,shtune,
reproach and ridicule. if this is the true effect of the
article, It ie, beyond all doubt, a libel of no ordinary mag
nitude. But this, like all the other questions in this case,
is a matter exclusively for your determination. It will,
therefore, be necessary for you to consider the charges in
the paper.
It-apcakt of the deeds of the 'Demon referred to,
and says that none of them was good—that years of plan.
ping, scheming contending, cheating and defrauding,auch
as are incident to the life of an unscrupulous politician,
had stamped upon his face a look of malignity and
cunning.
It charges him as. used to deception—as having lost a
finger in a barroom fight—with having hunted a person
down - and thrust him into a prison cell for 20 years—as
having been a rough—as havina been once concerned in
a larceny cause, and having learned the law that ho
might evade it. It adds that he indulged in barroom
fights. It represents him as offering a gross insult to an
unprotected female. and as being chastised by her rela
tive for the indignity, as commanding the services of the
worst characters in the city, as having been "in secret
partnership with the Sutler of his regiment," having
'lnside all the money be could out of the boys," and
taking "good care to resign and come home as goon as
there was any prospect of a fight in view."
If you believe that these and the other parts of the
article in question come within the definitions of a libel,
which! havegiven to you, u and that it was malicious.
and was published by the defendant—you will then pass
to the consideration of.the 3d point to which! have called
yout attention. viz.: Does this article allude to the
, person, and does it convey the insinuations charged in'
- toe indictment. .
The publieatien in question refers to a person styled
therein as the honorable Willie% Biluaan, an a Tribune
of Philadelphia, at having an office, as wanting a finger
between the fore finger and little finger of the right hand,
as being a lawyer, a man of authority, occupying a proud
and high position. and us having belonged to the,a2d lie
giment of Pennsylvania Reserves.
The Commonwealth charges that these and other mat
tere of description point to the, prosecutor with such cer
tainty as to leave no reasonable doubt in the minds of all
readers of the wipers, who knew the prosecutor, that ho
wan the pinyon.
In support of this allegation, they have called a number
of witnesses. Messrs. Remak, bleManes. ()muddy,
Tacker, Phil.
lips, O'ihyrne, Brooke, Naylor, Esling, Greene, Ruddi
mau, Dusenberry , Bradford, acker, Esher, holster,
Barlow, Sterr, Berry, IRedheffer, Given, Cochran, Moore,
_Aimee, Chipman, Walkdr, Beane, Dr. Duffy. Alderman
'1 Mammy and. Alderman Maul° have boon examined
upon this point.
These witnesses state that they have known Mr. Mann.
some of them, for many years— several of them have
known him Ire in boyhood, and all with more or less die.
tinetness say that they understand the article to refer to
him.
The defendant, on the 'other hand, contends that this
publication did not allude to Mr, Mann; that It had no
reference to any particular person, and was a mere work
of fiction, innocent in Its design and harmless in its mint:
position.
To support this view of the case, he has called A. F.
Bill who says that the greater part of this article was
written by.lithisell at some 4letance from this elt,y; that
it wen sent to the calico here by Mail; that the writer did.
net know Col. Mann, hie antecedents, or the loss of his
fore-finger; that it was a- more fiction, and had no refer.
cues to Mr. Mann or to any one..
Mr. Graffen h as also stated that be roceived'a package
fron the post-Mike, and be has given you the account of
what he nftervi at ds saw in the defendant's office
Mr. Wright, the prool.reader of thll. hundely Mercury,
ease that the defendant did not road the Proof
'The defendant has also Dittoed that one of 'Mr. afamee
°Mem was a onemtory.,bellging—the other office being in
a three storied building.
prom thin evidende the loathed counsel for the defend
ant have argued that &lair reading of thia artteld,dis.
proves the inuendoes °barged ohe indictment
'hey t ave also urged , with iseistsbility; that there Wadi
an absence of all malice, than the t riastion wag is, the
'Arugulitr 0914110 intaineelafhtf Ithefoy of ag Ateeliict
"Our relations with the United States," it says,
"have resumed their habitually cordial character. I
Faithful td onr historical souvenirs, we watch
with sincere sympathy the efforts made by the
great American Federation to complete the work
ants' raconstniction and efface the vestiges of
civil discord. The prosperity of the United Slates
is associated with that of the world at large, and
in the wishes we express for its development,
Our interests are In harmony with our ancient
traditions of amity." •
THE COURTS.
THE MEESER LIBEL CASE.
CHARGE OF JUDGE BREWSTER.
Verdict of Guilty.
MOTION 808 A NEW TRIAL.
PRISONER IN CUSTODY.
'Judge Brewster's Charge.
. This morning at ten o'clock the Court-room
was again densely crowded, It being understood
that the case of William lifecser, charged with
publishing.a libel, would be given to the Jury.
Alter the attorneys had arrived, Judge Brewster
instructed the Jury as follows: .
Gepaemea N th, Jury • As you have heard, this is a
prosecution for libel. - The indictment charges in sub.
stance that the defendant, ou the first day of December,
I&i7, published in a certain newspaper in this city, called
1130 - h undairMerciiry. lifals - Afind malicious iloel of and
concerning Wm. B. Mann, Esq., the District Attorney of
this county, against the form of the statute in such cage
made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of
the Commonwealth.
It is necessary in all such cases for the jury to be sails.
lied beyond all reasonable doubt:
Egret—That the defendant published the article men.
boned in the indictment.i
,S °cc/rid—That the matter \ h t published was
Third—That it referred to he person and conveyed the
insinuations charged in the indictment.
The Commonwealth is bound to make out all these
point,/ beyond a reasonable doubt, before the defendant
can be required to present his defence.
It may be proper to remark that laws punishing libels
have always found a place in the jurisprudence of all
naticns who have valued the character and honor of
their citizens. Amongst the Jewa, to slander any one,
particularly those in authority, was expressly forbidden
by the Law of ilioees. The same principle was recog•
weed even by heathen rulers and legislators. Lord
Coke mentions alms of the Lydian by which the pub.
limbers of slander "were to be let blood in the tongue,
and the listeners and applauders in the ear." The laws
of the Persians, of Solon, and of Rome, all punished this
offence.
Justinian in hie Institutes clawed libels amongst pri
vate injuries of the highest degree.
King Alfred commanded that the forger of slander
should have his tongue cut out, unless he redeemed it by
the price of his .bead; and though the severity of such
nunibbments was in time mitigated, the offence of libel
has always been punished in England and all the States
of the 'Union.
Ile reason given for this is. "that the effect of a libel
is a twofold damage—a damage to public orderby pro
voking private contentions, technically termed' breaches
of the peace, and a damage to the individual in his cha
racter and credit,"
. .
It is for the first of these reasons (that a libel provokes
"a breach of the public peace") that the saying,"the
greater the truth the greater the libel" has passed into a
maxtral"for it is uhnecereary to say that the public
peace may be equally interrupted by the przvocation of
a libel, whether the subject-matt Sr be true or false."
It Is, however, useless in the prment case for us to enter
upon this vexed question, for this defendant has not 'of
fered to prove the truth of the chatges contained in the
alleged libel. Ile rests his defence upon a position en•
tirely different, utterly denying that he intended to point
to the District Attorney, or, indeed, to any person. that
whilelt may be itaterestin& however, for us to knave that
while the remarks of General Hamilton and U. S. Justice
(afterwards Chancellor) Kent, in People vs. Croswell for
a libel on the President of the U. 8., 4 2:0hne. Cas. 837)
led to the passage of a law in the State o New York, per
milting tbe truth to be given in avid itt such cases,
and arAitaltenteeky, Tennessee.. Ohio and New.Jereey
have recognited the same principle, the State of Pennsyl-
vania was the first to take this step for the security of
the Liberty' of the Press.
Passing from the consideration of these general mat
ters, let us direct our attention to the especial elements
of this prosecution :
First then cta to t iefact of publiention.
1 be Vommonwealth alleges that the defendant is one of,
the proprietors and publishers of the raper in which the
alleged libel appeared. Mr. Michael Byrnes has proven
that be bought one of the papers containing this article at
the offie,e of the fiunday dtleeeurV.
Mr. Charles b. Wilson says ti at he was employed by
the defendant to attend to a department of this paper,
and that he has seen Mr. Meeser at the office.
to be orraeryed inviolate. and that for all these•reasons
the defendant is entitled to an acquittaL
Let us look nt the several propositions. If Sou have a
reasonable doubt as to whether the article referato Mr.
Mann, the defendant ehould be acquitted.
Bat, beyond all doubt, Mr Mann has lo it a finger. Mr.
Thorne, Mr. Logan, Dr. lt(dey, and Mr. Mann dimEtelf,
describe the occasion of that loss. He was alao a Colonel
of a Regiment of Pennnylvania Reserver. Gov. Curtin,
Dr. Reed, Capt. Mealy. Gait Byrnee and Mr. Mann prove
this. and undenstand the defendant's counsel to adnift
that he held such au office.
Ile is. in the lengunge of the article "a lawyer—a man
of authority, occupying a high posit i on," and the name
affixed to the person sketched in the alleged libel is • •
'name by which he has been—according to the evidence of
Mr. Renick- known and called. It must also be admitted'
that the division of the word Biliman into two words
presents believe e the name of the prosecutor.
Do you that these several coineldencea could
have united in this esee by accident? •
The argleeent of the infidel is, that the whole world is
the I emit of chance. But the answers of the defenders Of
the existence of a Creator he that order and arrange
ment are the evidences of design. The old illustration of
this, is that if a mass of type were found in confusion we
might infer that this was the result of accident. but if
upon examination we should discovertbat thelittlo pieces
of metal were arranged go sate present intelligible.words
and sentences in harmonious connection with each
other, the mind-of the beholder would reject the theory
of chance and say that such coincidences 'could only be
the result of matured design and intelligence.
The Commonwealth has, in order to, establish her alle
gations that this article was intended to refer to Mr.
Mann, and that the defendant was actuated by malicious
motives, called Ifichard B. Wood as a witaees. He hna
detailed to you a conversation which he says ho had with
the defendant some fifteen months since, in which, as
alleged, the defendant in substance stated to this witness
thaehe could safely libel a man by changing a letter of
the name, and that he would libel Mr.'hiann. The adver
tisement of tide forthcoming article in the editorial of the
eeinday Mercury, and in the advertising columns of the
Ledger, is also relied upon.
An editorial of the Sunday Mercury, of date Nov. 3.
18e1, in which Mr. - Mann - le -distinctly named, has also,
been read to you. [Bead Nov. 3,1867, and Nov. 24,1867.1
It is my duty to say to von that these advertisem ents, editorials and the testimony. of Mr. Wood are Only to be
considered by you upon this question of design and
malice. On this branch of the caseou will ask your
selves whether such coincidences cou ld concur and Such
an article appear without intending any allusion to the
prosec,.ter
There are authorities which deelare that a defendant
is answerable to an indictment for libel although the
publication is the_ result. of. ignorance and negligence.
Mr. llott in his standardereatise upon this subject, says
- Will it be insisted that thin ignorance and negligence
are not public crimes? Where there in the injustice. that.
being guilty of crimes, ho should be criminally answera
ble? It was in his power not to have been guilty of this
Ignorance and negligence. Be exercises a trade of danger,
and Is is his duty to have the necessary precaution, and to
guard the avenues of. mischief. If a druggist, for exam.
pie, have a boy in his shop tot ally ignorant of the quality.
of all medicines, and that boy should sell :poleon, would
not such druggist be indictable for a misdemeanor as
against the common health and safety c f society? In a
word. in every trade from which a mischief may ensue to
tile public, there is public obligation of caution and moot
attentive vigilance upon the master, and the breach or
absence of such watchfulness is a crime, dm"
And bar. Juetieetitoky (in Dexter ye. Spear. 4 Mason,
116) says :
'eo man can protect himself from responsibility for a
libel by pleading his ignorance of the real parties who
are attacked, if he knows the publication to be libellous.
H e l e bound not to do a wrong to another, whetherper
venally known or unknown to him. Indeed, malice is so
far from being disproved, by showing that the printer did
not know tvho were the parties libelled, that it often' ag
gravates the malignity of the ease, by showing a wanton
and indiscriminate malice, and an indifference to the
peace cf the innocent.
Notwithstanding these rulings, I have been willing in
this, as in all other cases, to give the benefit of any doubt
which may arise emu a conflict of authority, and I have
accordingly admitted the evidence offered upon these
points for the defence, and submit it for your considerae.
tion.
U you find that this article is in its nature libellous.
—under the definitions I have given to you—and that it
referred to Mr. Mann, then It is my duty to remind Toil
that according to the construction put by the defendant
upon the testimony of Mr. Griffin, local editor and
witness, the defendant• with his own hand placed the
manuscript upon the hook for the compositors. This, you
will remember. is thti allegation of the defendant, and U
that be the truth; if his own hands sped this manuscript
upon the highway of publication, and it is indeed a libel
upon this prosecutor—then the defendant cannot excuse
his act upon the plea that he did not read the paper
It has also been urged that the defendant should be as
quitted because he did not write the article in question.
Title, I feel conetrained to say to you, is not the law. If
you are eatlefled beyond reasonable doubt that the defen
dant published a libel as charged in the indictment, it is
wholly inimateriatto the law whose hand penned the ar
ticle.
.
it has been justly observed to you that, this is a cue of
great portanee both to the pro-ecutor and to the de
fends %he latter is defending himself front a sedum
char the framer la defending btu character In the put
and sf bbilsapaluthetuturts TuConst.itutiondia
*'that the printing prom shall be free," and that
'e y Ty citizen may freely speak. site and print on any
v
~.jeet, being reeonaiVe >or the abuse cif that liberty.'
o freedom of the prom ;thus secured is not an unro
-
strained li -ease.
General Hamilton, in Croswell's ease (3 Johnt: Cues)
l • isely said ;
'The liberty of the prose consists in the right to pub.
eb with impunity truth. with good motives and for jus.
• able ends, whether it respects government, magistracy
o' individuals " And it was held in a well considered
c: .e (Sheckell vs. Jackson, 10 Cush. 25) that "the fact
th defendant is the conductor of a publie press gives
him eculiar rights, or especial privileges or claims to
indulg He has just the same rights that the rest of
the con pity have, and no more. lie has the right to
publish th ruth, but no tight to publish falsehoods to the
injury of 's rs with impunity."
In the llgh f these principles, gentlemen, you 'cannot
fail to reach. ut determination of this cause.
If you h a reasonable doubt upon any material point
In this case you must give the defendant the benefit of
it and acquit him. If on the other hand you are satisfied,
beyond all re:atonable doubt, that. this defendant mall..
ciowly published the libel in manner and form as be
stands cloarged,"you should say so, withoat regard to the
consequences.
The Verdict.
The jury, after an absence of a half hour, re
turned a verdict of guilty.
A motion in arrest of judgment and for a now
trial WAS made. Mr. Brown, for the defendant,
then asked that Mr. Meeser be allowed to go
upon ball until the motion could be argued.
Judge Breweter said he wild determine during
the day what course to puritte, but for the • pre
sent the defendant must remain'in custody.
ANIUSEMENTS.
Mae. LANDICIL—A rather small audience greeted
Mrs. Lander last evening at the Academy of Munk
upon the occasion of her first and only representation
of Medea. The perfonntmcd was worthy of a crowded
house, and it is amatter of regret that the Academy
was not tilled, nut only. as an encouragement to
the artist, but that oar playgoing people might see
that an American actress in a rigidly classical rots
could acquit herself most creditably. The performance
was good, but it was not equal to Mrs. Lander's
personation of "Mary Stuart," the beat that
she • has yet given us. And for the reason'
that the latter, being gentle and subdued. Is better
suited to her powers and her peculiar style of actfi.utr
"Medea" is a woman distorted, from nature, by fierce
and uncontrollable passions, and she does deeds from
the thought of which every true woman mast .ehrink
instinctively. Mrs. Lander represented this character
admirably—indeed, we question if any American
actress upon the stage could have done it' nearly as
well—but it is almost too intense, too furious for her
powers, and she can therefore never hope to make it
as acceptable either as "Elizabeth" or "Mary,Stuart."
To-night Elizabeth will be given for the last time, and
to-morrow, on the occasion of her testimonial benefit,
she will appear as "Lady Macbeth."
Tun TUNATITEIL—The Lottery of Life is still on the
boards at the Walnut. At the Chestnut Mlle. Zoe will
appear this evening in the .Child-of the Wreck and
Wept of the Wish-tout Wish. Mr. 'Edwin Adams will
appear at the Arch in the Dramatist, after which will
be given Craig's burlesque of Romeo and Juliet. The
American will have a varied entertainment.
BUNYAN Tsimastrx.—This eerie; of splendid paint
ings will be exhibited at National Dan this evening.
The designs are by the most eminent artists in this
country, Messrs. Darley, Church, Kyle, Huntingdon,
empty, and others, having contributed to make these
tableaux in every respect s most admirable and beau
tiful panorama of the events described in the Pilgrim's
Progress. The prices,of admission have been reduced
to as cents for a single admission. Four tickets for
one dollar, and admission for children 16 cents.
KewranY's Cobroxem;.—On Friday and Saturday
evenings Mr. Kennedy will,give at Musical Fund Hall
two of his popular and pleasing entertainments upon
tan Songs of Scotland. ,Mr. Kennedy has a good tenor
voice, and hesings the old ballade of Scotland with
pathos and fooling.
Emma= Breese °emu Hornsx.—The laughable
burlesque Surf will be given ut this opera house to
night. A tubber of other burlesques are announced,
with extravaganza songs, dances, and the usual va
rieties belonging to the minstrel stage.
•
BLrrz.--The immortal Signor wilt give another of
those unique e xhibition of magic for which he is fa
mous, at Assembly Builditurs, to - night . bignor Blitz
has determined to withdraw from the platform* at the
close of the present season, and. those of Ws old
friends who desire to see him again in his character of
a
a p„r ee ser of the Black Art, ettould embrace the pre-
B o h r o pportunity.
PIIIIJOICLPIII/I OPIIIIA. Iffouss.—A moat attractive
programme Ls offered for MIS evening at this popular
e gabliehMenti Budworth will appear in several
favorite characters; and the members of the troupe
will constitute the customary selections of vocal and
instrumental music, Interspersed with humor, local
tuts, and burleagtle.
MLLE. Jariatuumem.—This, celebrated Qertuau
trees will make her debut at the Cheetuut Street theatre
on Monday evening neat in Medea The eetteon
Ink brit eis nights. If relied be tree, 'Mile. Jemmies.'
chek is not,:only gifted with remarkable personal
beauty but elle poseeeeca the very higneet order 'of
dramatic talent. Under there conditiontaheean4ot,
fall to,drawlafge•audlencee. The ad to be at
o diticliet
AVNO4,IO Xualc.fitose tatlab.
F. L. rEmogroN.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
FACTS AND FAME:MIS.
—Gen. Ilarney to do his way to Washington:
—Last Sunday the thermometer stood at teat
degrees below zero in Quebec.
—When CM& road be said to - "be Amotiotial
When it has a positive inelhaation.—Ex.
--(lilt lobsters in the hair are considered a neat
tiling In Paris.
—Tile Ferndale colliery , explosion, made 65
widows .and 14d orphans.
—lt is stated that George. William Combs is
writing a novel.
—A four hundred bariel oil welt Ids really
been struck at Reno.
—The Dickens tickets limeottatf3rfelted hrEfew
York, and Dolby is agonized.
—A Janesville (Ohio) paper oars a • prize; ,lour
every, club of, ten marriage notices sent 0- ,
—A. musical dog in NO, Albany,. Ind., plays
on'tbe piano and howl's. -
—ln' Arkansas they call a circus a Hippo.
Olympiad:
--Mrs. Greeley Is to write for the Ledger, they
say. - r.
"—Raphael × lectured in Louisville on
Tuesday on "The .Winds and WILMS."
—The Chicago Times calls for female street
car conductor!). Second the motion , • •
—A National Convention of Kergs@ne•;JelU
nero is proposed.
—Divorce is. termed "unhitchment" in
treit.
—The president of the school board' of Ira
county, lowa, le in jail for horse•htealing.
—Victoria subscribed BT,OOO to ` the' fund for
relieving the sufferers by the West Indic t hur
vicane. „
—Bennett calls for a public hangman, one who
knows hislusiness, and - can - do it , without bung..
ling. Bennett is perhaps apprehertsive.—Ex.
.—A Now York •paper has discovered that Mr.
Dickens occupied exactly flfty,three minutes
with his Sunday dinner.
-The Democrats of Kentucky are• tiling to
provide a competence for the widow of Governor
Hell*
—Wanted--A fire insuratitii — olliee willing to
take ' risks on Secretary Seward's purchases
among the West India Ishinds.—N. F. Herald.
—A well was started at Allegheny City, Pa., to
find oil or salt water,and found the latter, at
fifteen hundred feet, and hot at that.
—Ridhard White died in Norwich last Friday,
aged 102. • He went to bed early and smoked in
veterately.
--Harper s Weekly's "own artist" drew Ply !
mouth Rock from his Imagination as a bare
boulder, whereas there Is a monument upon it.
—On a gate post in La Prairie townehip---says
the Laeon Journal—is the. following curio
slit: `•Too conite For sail Hear."
--PresidentJohnson haspurchased a farm in
Greene county, Tennesace, in anticipation of the
cime of his term.
,
—An old citizen of Portanionth,N. recently
died at the age of ninety-one years and eleven
months. During so long a life he never had oc
casion to send for a physician.
—A play written in the ancient language of the
Lucas, has been discovered in Peru. It is to be
translated. published, and played in . a Lima
theatre. It was written by an baker. - •
—The insane creature who calls himself' "the
immortal J. N.," grappled General Lee the other
day in the street in Richmond, and bored him for
some space:
—Only one Elan is being sued for libel at pres
ent in tbla city, but if yen ask any one who the
sufferer is,strangely enough he will answer, "Me
—Rev. Dr. Beadle has been trying, to raise an
organ fund for a church in this city by lecturing
on• "Molluscs." He demonstrated to the congre
gation the advantages of shelling out.
—An lowa editor suggests that ,every man be
allowed to marry as many wives as are required
to wash, cook and keep house for him—he has
been unfortunate in procuring'servants.
—L'Evinement, a Montreal newspaper,pnblishea
the following among notices'of births: "At CM
coutimi on the 18th, Mrs. L. A. G., Esq., advo
cate, of a son."
—The St. Joseph (N.fo.)Union says: "Sue Detail
decamped from Leavenworth (where she was
managing a theatre) leaving several bills unpaid."
Several parties wanted to std Sue.
•---To an advertisement of "lodgings to ,lefor
early risers," at Danbury, Connectient,'‘ there
as added the information that "Cochin" China
fowls of unusual vocal powers are kept' tiext
door."
—A Witsau,WiscOnsin,boy of nine years wishes'
to be a second Weston, and has walked fifteen
miles between breakfast and 9.05 in the morning , .
—Ex. Tho question now arises, what time . ,
said boy eat his breakfast? and what morning is
referred to? •
—A Kentuckian, who had, after a protratted
courtship, made up his mind to propose to a
young lady carried his. resolution into effect.
The lady with some hesitation replied : ,
"I am
partially engaged, but mother wants to marry.'
—English clergymen otthe Established Church
are not accustomed to extempore prayer, as is
shown by the fellowlW of the rector of
Frome: "We pray Th ide those in ,au
thority that they may pi ch upon the right man
for the bishopric of Litchfield." •
—The Ledger this morning says: "A popular
London ballad, now in vogue, is called oye
tears, Fm thankful that ve This will be
valuable information to the thousands of people
tu this city who have whistled, sung arid, played
the air of said ballad for live yeankpast.
—How a news parturraph can be improved by
condensation is illustrated by the following ac
count in the Cork (Ireland) E xaminer of a recent
occurrence :—"The mail brings some important
items of news. Gen. Grant had refused to- issue
artillery to the Maryland militia, on the pound
that be intended to employ it against the Con
gress."
—The Joliet (Va.) Signal says that the , white
convicts_ in the penitentiary were asses bled
the chapel last Sunday and compelled to listen to
a negro preacher. Many of them were so indig
nant that they hissed and exclaimed, "Ptit-the
d—d nigger out." Just the very class of men
who are afraid to give negroes a chance in' the
world. , •
—We are glad to 'see that our Northwestern
territory was spoken of in Congress as " Walrus
sia," the name given it by this journal. Mr.
Seward, to be sure, calls it "Alaska," which is
the misspelled name of a portion_ of the whole
territory, but Congress agrees with us, and we
hav'e much more respect for the Capitol than, we
have for the State Department. 0
—Of the tide of immigration the Osceola (Mo.)
tferaki, of the sth Inst., has the following
"Afore and More.—`They come, they camel
The' Yank the Yank,' is the cry from every
quarter. The same might , be said he. Our
streets have emigrant wagons on them every day,
and the timber is dotted by their carup-Urea. every
night, go where you please—andspt they cottie. l "
—Some simpleton has sent to Mr. T. G. Graves,
of Lafayette county, Mo., the following bit of
literature : Nov. the 13. T, G. GraVes : Sir : I
wish to_ give you &word of advice that:la-do not
rent any of yoer farms to a nigger if you do you
must abide the consequence thar is a party of
men I among the rest who have sworn if you do
not to levo a hut nor bord • nor rale standing , I
have been told by reliable men that ths are hOld
ing union Leag meeting in ono_ sic your houses
now this wont do Tommy titer iti'plenty of white •
men to rent CS so drop the sitter a wbrii=lo' the
wise is sufficient your Respectfully. -
A Crtrzint or Guitarertm, =
A , Hum:, DEnn.—A. deetilla now ,• i itto:'
corded In the• sevens' Register's oitlceecht w l''''" tx
elik t
Pennsylvania Railroad Coinpany .coe, ‘ ,
Ponncyivanla Canal Company, all the.- i ci f
t seals trent,,Columbla to ‘ HollidadEe*igv , e
eoveldenOten m0ney.ie.40,850,000 „C.: 4 , ,ti vi the
IRP..
livenne stamps efax,ed tp,it amnna4 , ', se c
,This de • will hays .t,ct"be recorder In -, „coup-
,ties o Wolters 1 : 1 4 11 ,0 11 / 1 FerrYl4 1 01 , •
11131, 1 ' ' "' "" 4 Pik 04 1 t. - 4*
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