i v- ; ' s - > ■■■ GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOIUME XXII -NO. 306. «TBD9II [ a i CARD&, UmTA'nONB -JpOR PAH .tV um.*®. New tty lea.- ■ «ogfi))‘ . f 1 * 907 Cheatnat atroot, , XM EBBING! INVITATIONS ENOnAVED IN THE W Newestmod beat manner, UHIIS DREKA, Bta llsrerand BnrraYer.ltsa Chestnut atrect. febaOi-tf < MARRIED. nASTfKGS-EITCDKIit-On Wednesday, April 7tb, by the Rev A. A. Wll'lix, H. Edgvr Hastings to JlnillleltjMliCbeil.’dshehicbofTben. Mitchell, E j q. * WATT-BLAKELEY.—On the Tib of! April, 186?. ip Ibe Thirty-eighth Street M ; . E. Church, Went Pntla rielpbla. ny Iho Rev. B. A. Cleveland, X). M. Witt, E,q., of t PlUsbnrgh. I’a. toMlis 11.. A. Riokeloy,; fiangtitpr'of John Blakeley, Esq., of Philadelphia. IPltebbrsb Iwiierßeony.j f VAN HOUTIN—BI.AKEI,EV.—At the name time rrd plaie, by the 1 Itev, Jacob Dickerson, E. O. Van IloutlD, Esq, toMos K. Allie Blakeley, second d.uzV ter or. John Blaktlev, E,q.. all of Philadelphia. *, SBEPLEKU BLAKELEY.—AiIbe eamq time and piece, by, Ibo. Bov. U A. Cleveland. Jesse Supptec,: jj,q; ib ll ea If J. Blhkcley.Thira daughter of John BlukCLfcy. Ksq, all Of Philadelphia. ” ": Dim ■ ’ ASHTOJ6-rrOn tbp eTenlnjrof the 7th Inst,, lakao 11. Ashton, Id the flletivcar.ofhla ace. The male relatives and friends of the .family aro lu- Ylteo to attend the funeral. on Seventh-day (Satnr dio) morhlbp, at » o’clock, from his late residence, No 3kO V.luoaireoi>s;i'i 5 . . *" BIKNELI On,the morning of the Srb Inst., Mrs At n Burnell, lelict of the late Benjamin Barao.t, in tb< TOib searpf her ap& . , ; The relatives and friends of (ho family ore renrect fully invited to ttlcnd her funeral, from the residence of ler eon-lp-law, Mr. Charles Fernberg, No, 1616,. Green street, on Monday morning, the 12th Ins*-, at JOo’clotk, 1 ' JONES the morning of the Tth lost.. Alfred B. Jones,son of Pamuel A and Susan N. Jones, In the 12 h year of his age. , Tbe ftibeia' vrill take place from hts father’s resi dence, No. 8- 80, Wallace street, on Seventh-day (Sstar day) rcxt.tbe lOib 1n0i.,-aUI o'clock A H. . ** KIIIKBHIItE.—On the night or tee 7th Inatant, Itlcbai aM, .Klrkbnde. la rite 47ib year of. hia age, . The relatives and friuoas of the family are respect fnlly lnvned to atteno ibe funeral, from the.Friends' Meetlng.lJfHtite, Burlington, N. J„ on Seventh-day, the Kith lust., at 8 o'clock - . LEVlH.—OuTuesday, afUmoou, April 6th, William Levliv&q., aged 66 years. , The telativea and friend" or the fatally are Invited to attend Bis fanera'. on Krlday afiernoop, at3o'.locS. from ht« late residence, IS3B Be Lancey Place. NEW HOLD.—On the.llßidet., at Sptid'gtlel.l, N. J., Joseph T» New bold, in be 34tn year of'hia age.. Tne relatives and frleDda of the family are Invited to attend iho faaorul, from hir late residence, on Seven'h day, tho 10 h Inst, at 8 o’clock. * VUlAKTON.—Suddenly, on the Tth last., Kdza Wtivrum. in the 8811, year of bet age. " WINCHESTER-Onilb* ltd lust, tit Doyleslown, Augnsios Winchester, farm, rly of this cliy. The friends of the family are iuviled to attend the fu rcral, from the residence of his eon. J - O. Winchester, 1180 C'o.mubia avenue, on oatnrday, loth Inst., at 1 o'clock. ' OPKINIiGLOVES—FtHdTQIjAI.IrY ONLY, h EYItK 4s LANDELL rOI'ItTU AND ARCH, KEEP ONLY TUB BEST GLOVES. CH»ICB SPRING COLORS. BLACK AND VVHIIB. SIZES FROM 6 TO A Breciiiii woxickb. 8®“ FOKTHE EKEOTWJHOkjPCBUCBWfJ) MW- . . 1r ,,„ ) mr.AUKLriIIA, Aprils. U 6?. Dwimtf for'new Public Building*. to be Brat'll on In dowi'dtCDe Bqulire, lu tbe city of Philadelphia, with iiuclflcatipca. and eallmatca for the Mme. joiU bsrc reiv. d at tb« OFFICE uP THE “OEPAHTMEST OP BLKVB18,” 60524 Boolb FlFTHetreet,nntll tbo FtRSI CAI OFrKPiKKUr.lti.irf.at ISM aicbitecla intendluttto submit plena will receive elr. cnUis cot tabling full In’ormattnn oa to the ejuanil :hvr acitr of -tbe proiemd bull Turn, the amonut of urcom mrxatl Dio tie pioildid. Ac.. by applying. either per. penally or by letter, to the underlined. Secretary of tbe Board oi wrnim'eeloueie, at tbe aeutaweat corrnr or Walnut and Fifth streets. A premium of *100) will te paid lor the dealga posacw- Ing the mo t merit. SI tou for tbe eocond beat. BUXM for the ibitd, and BMO for the fourth. Tbe decitlon upon the merita of the plum to be made, and the premiums to be ate aided, by the Board of CounntMioarrß, on or but ore the first da> of Octob.rre*t, at 12 U. All rejected plat a it ill be returned. By order of the Board of Cotninirrlonere. p CGa> Secretary. PEFSONS IN DELICATE HEALTH SHOULD aval, them elves of tbe Scientific Treatment of D •- GALL >VVaY * UOLLEa. Their dircovrry conatita in tbe proper application of Magnttfam. Galvanism aid Klcctrlcuy lor the L cure at an dJatacee. Tbi y make thlr department of the Heeling Art a rpoclaltv. and in many care: Chav cure after all other mean! bad fain d. Office, 1230 WALSOT atreet second door from Thirteenth. apfrtn th <3»:rpt NOriUß.—The fi««t iaelaluient„of two hnodred dollar* itrsharp «ill hdi&idtn th-j ahWAholderg of tho Kig tor field aetate, on and alter MONDAY, the JSth in.'t, on presentation ol tbocertlticat.B t« (aKBY Tniltee- Kcv "IH ttreot, Poilad^a ip7-3trpi' POST OFFICE. PHILADELPHIA. PA.-THE Hell for Havana,jper steamer Juniata, will close •t U* iffie. on PnlßA*. it - I'ostmaßter. Bar 4?^ CHUUO.L t Comer of FRANKLIN anIWOOD streets. THUIUSDAV EVENING. April mh, Deit, at So’dock. Musical lilrcelor. Professor Mamah M. Warner 8evo'»l di*tlD»ul;ht*d acuaUure »nd a full Trombone Choir have volunteered their rervlces. f ikkftafiftyc«-nts. *o be had at A\. 11. Boners Cob. MuHc Store, IIQ2 Cbeatuut street. ap6 3trp* ELECTRO MAO.SETIC MACHINES FOR Menical Lee.—Ones HheumaUan. Paliy. Gout. "Nenralffia DiPoewla and varioiu* other chronic com plaint., J?or ealo at N 0.633 Market street, WILLI \M 0. NIPP. apT.Sfrp jPgrTthKiail BAT US. UC9GIBAED STREET, TWO SQUARES. FROM TDF. continental. Ladies’ deportment strictly private. Open day and evctiD*. ; ■ »P‘ t ' r ‘» UOWa ItD HOSPITAL, KO3- 15H an* 1631 LO * ■'“'bard etrret, liiepeniars DoDartqjeot.-M9dl.al treatment and medicine tumUhed gratuitously to tlio poor. •• .&SON. 113 Sonth Foanli ctra'.t TO II£NT. TO RENT-FROM MAY FIBST ip NJVBtf -1333 berfitst-A firs'-cla** courtry Heal lease, Town- Jo. tblP'lire road* near Manhelin et* eetWermaiiiovra; iurntßhHtand compute with every cony mien f o. leu acre*, flee Vegetable add 1 Fruit garden*; e lUmslvo Ora neriee/mi'lng inenccesslou;Fordo* hou on conserva tory. Ice houe filled, &o KaU p/ly*et *No. 436 • WALNUT street (eecoa3-«tor/front room) from 10 A.M. to*J P. M. ftp the u3* MlBll CHESTNUT ttTnEBT TO l BT.-U' • fllralde tit ro and dwelling to perfect tUaWe, 'or any bueineaj. Apply Urolte* T,mli aLd iiaratt .atref-tf.-T/-- • >r *> • PHOPOSAIA TVEPAMBihNT OF BIOHWAV'S, UUIDQBd, SB >V . J} OFFICE OF UtJIEF COifAKBSIuNHIU, No 104 SOUlk FIFTH BTRfcET. . iwouum,*«*« l>mt.ai>KLiMiiA. AprilB; 1860. NOTICE TO Clii.-sTtiAuTOlitk’ _ Setled Proposals will be Received At omno.or ttb^ Chief CommiuionerOf nlehwajs until 13qN)to<$k*M, f on MONDAY, the 18th inat. for the construction of tha fob lowing three ftet oewera, viz,: On > Wed fitrepj, bet wo -u Hace and Branch etreeta; VV arren etrOoh between Thirty seventh and Thlrtv eighth etroeta; Twelfth street, irom Monterey to Race west ward outtacd street to Jacoby's*root .a 1 dou El.hth street from Master itreat to the no.th curb Une of ColumlU avenuo; ao d for the foil owing two feet atx loch Bewere, viz. : On Lancastar street, from Market to Thlrty thiro street, and ou lusaer, . ... . a . The undtxetanding to be that the Contractor ehaH take, bills pit pared against the ’property fronting on said tower to the amount of one d dlur ftU *l £ fty . c ** te for (each lineal foot of front 6n each wide of the atroefc a* bo muchca»hpaid; thobalance,as limited by Ordinance, to he paid by the „ «, When tho street to occnphd by a City PaßBens9r RaU xoadtrack, tho.o(‘wert:h&U be constructed along aid-sot said trMsklit truphmanner ob not to obonct or iaterfece. vritbthevafepasiageOl thecar* thereon; &udnoc rm lor r coh)pHiiied hy A : ce>tUioau , rthat’ a bon'd h'jM beeq filed f« tho Law department ka dtrectOdhy Ordlaanco of Muy 25th, 186 a 1* tho lowest bidder ehail notlMxecute ft cpDtrgct within iivqdave after tt © work U awarded, ho yill-he deemed a« rteclluluff, and w|*l bo hQidJtoulo ( on hisbonl fortliodjffererce ibotwoin hit bid and the next h gbf fit bid. Bpeclfloai lona may, bo ,h*dj at Afio> Depart- Wtnt of Burveye, which will be strictly adhered to; *' ■ MAHUIN H. WIOK(NB«IN, . apBStS Chief Commlesionor of JElighwayo, lift €fijemng liilletm Em ■ Eftv Bj.|s ' B (B TWITCHELL AND EATON END OF THE TRAGEDY Twittliell Commits Suicide History of the Cases THE TWO TRIALS After Conduct of the Condemned THE EXECUTION TO-DAY Eaton Han" at 13.4 S He Made No New Statement ,r fwiichell’s Death Caused by Strychniae At about three o'clock this morning the watchman on duty at the prison observed Twitchell walbiDg np and down his coll, appa rently In much distress. At twenty minntes past five the watchman again visited the cell and found the condemned man lying in his bed, apparently In a quiet sleep. Tbe watchman entered and accosted him, and, n ceiving no reply, ebook him, and fonnd to hia horror that the prisoner was dead. A hasty examination by the officers of the prison made it almost certoln that the condemned man committed suicide, by taking poison which had been conveyed to him by some of his friends. Within the last twenty-four hoars, Twltcheli has evinced an overwhelming terror at his ap pioacblog fate, and there can belittle donbt that, either at his own suggestion or by the instigation of some irlend, bent upon avoiding the Ignominy of tbe scaffold, he had concealed the poison with which he has ended bis miserable life. Whether proper precautions have been taken to prevent Twltcheli from laying violent hands npon himself cannot be ascertained, except by official Investigation. The murderer has added to his crime of assas sination and falsehood, the crl me of salclde, to which lie has been undoubtedly driven by the nneontrollable terror which the fallare of the las’ attempts to save him had produced. His miserable end will awaken a sensation of pity even v, ith thoßO who most lirmly believed in his gnlb and in the justice of hlB condemnation. He has used, and made no sign to convince' anyone of the truth of his so-called confession, and there is now but ope being alive who’ can unveil the whole mystery of the dreadful deed which has rent George S. Twitcholl, Jr.,to a’suicide’s and a felon’s grave. FCBTHEB PAKTICPLIKS. Twltcholl’s cell was visited this moping by Deputy Coroner Fletcher and Dr. Shapleigh. Tho dead body of Twitcholl was found lylDg upon the bed. The face had a ghastly and livid appearance, such as Is always perceptible in a person who has beCn killed with poison. , The eyes Were wide open and staring horridly; j lhe mouth also was partially distended; The .hands were contracted as If by the spasmodic ac tion of the poison npon, the mnecles. The Doctor was unable to make a careful post mortem examination at the moment, but thore Is no reason 'whatever to donbt that the Unhappy man bad taken violent poison of shine kind. A stick of licorice was found in life cell,' with the end bitten off. It is not unlikely that the fatal drug hod been concealed in. this and con veyed to tho prisoner. * ‘ ’ A detailed: post>morlem Examination will bo m’ade Dr. Shapleigh this afternooh at 8% .o’clock. \ ; Thero seems, to bo no donbt whatever, that Twltcbcll lntended from tho first to kill hlaißelf ii bo were.pot pardoned or reprieved.' _ ,Mr. Brlngburst left Twltchell last night, at 11 o'clock, In good health, and probably meditating this second awfol crime., ' - - 6 At a very late hour in the night TwitchoH was visited by threo Catholic prloate.whn were itf attendance upon Eaton. TwHchcU received’ them kindly, expressing hlB gratiflcatlon at their PHILADELPHIA THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1869. attention. Although 'ln macb agitation and dis tress, there was not such an excessive degree of emotion as to excite any anxiety for his lifo. appeaxUkcb of rati cbix. > When our reporter visited the cell this mom leg, be fonod tho body lying upon the cot, ex tended as in life, and nothing bat the signs men tioned above, to indicate a violent death.- . Tbe cell was a marvel of neatness, everything being in perfect order. Opposite thebedwas a email table, on which stood some fragrant dowers, while on the’Wall hang‘several photo graphy one of them being a portrait of hie friend McCnlly, who stood by him thronghout hia trial. Over thesoplctnrcs woaa Scriptural text. There was nothlng-ln the cell to indicate that Twltchell did hot die calmly and peacefully. The Sheriff, visited tbe cell this morning with bis jury in order to beconvlnccd of the prisoner's death: and tho "Coroner was in attendance to: make arrangements for the port mortem exainina tlon. lATIB It has beeih ascertained that Twltchell was" poisoned with slrj chnlne. ... , ; A 6TUASOE (TTOKT. It appeals that Gerald Eaton was aware of TwitcbiH's intention to commit snlcide. A gen tleman who bad a conversation with Eatou this morning, says that somd time last night the two condemned men were allowed to have an : Inter view. In the course of it, Twltchell said, “Jerry,, von will have to.go alone to-morrow. 11l not >.-c with yon; but mam’s the word.” Afterwards Eaton revealed this statement to the dtrgxmch' in attendance, and they thought' proper.to inform the officers of the pflson. Cw itch ell’s celt was then thoroughly searched, nd everything was removed by which he might . jure himself, even the looKlng-glassbsing taken .way. Bat he must have had poison concealed ibout him, or may have already swallowed It. OKBAIJJ KATOS. In the cell beneath Twltchell, was Gerald K.aton. Confined In the cell of which Probst, iVinnemore and Berger had been Inmates, he has at no time displayed any anxiety or fear, bat on lie contrary, has expressed the idea thatlf the pints from the other world would come to earth, aa should have seen tbe former inmates', of his !’ol)| and in a jocular manner he said he had seen none ol them. Rev. Father Riley was with him until late at eight, administering tho consolations of- the Catholic Church, and this morning he was re signed, and willing to meet hla fate. Late last evening he stood at his door and saw twitcht Uin the corridor above, and on the op posite side. He said to hlm:‘ rr ' “Well, George, how do you do? I hope yon will go out like a man to-morrow.” Twltchell made no reply .except by signs which consisted of an elevation of the hand to the montn, wbieb has since been Interpreted to mean a manifestation of his Intention to commit sui cide. This morning Eajton took a last farewell of his wife, tbe Interview being of the moat affecting character. After she left nobody was allowed to communi cate with him except Father Riley, who was in attendance since daylight. Eaton still con tinned cheerful, and expressed bis thanks in the most enthusiastic terms to his counsel, asserting that they had done all In their power to save him. 1 HE EXECUTION. 1 This morning, alter the announcement that Twitchell bad escaped tbe gallows, the city was full of rumors that this would eave Eaton. At ten o'clock Sheriff Lyle appeared at the prison with the following deputies and juroret DEPOTY SHERIFFS. C. Francis McGuire, William Wagner, John R. Downing, George Fisher, Robert Td-Earloy. JCBY. Joseph Wagner, PeterAmbruater, .Jas. McCormick, Ignatz Bechler, Fred. H. Gerkln, George Magee, David F. Weaver, Albert 8. Bouaffon, •I no. J. Reese, •100. O. Howard, . Albert H. Gross. Hoping against hope, the Sheriff delayed the execnllon ef Eaton as long as the law would permit. .v ,* - Friend s and relatives were In the prison yard discussing the probabilities of a respite, and even the Sheriff began to believe that at the last minute something wonld. reach him from Harris burg. The Sheriff was at tho prison shortly after ten : o'clock, and.after the examination of Twltchelt's body nothing remained but to prepare for exe cution (he sole remaining prisoner. After waiting patiently for the expected re prieve, the Sheriff at last concluded that the Governor would not interfere. In the mean time Father Riley and Father Barry were In at tendance upon Eaton, giving him the last conso lations of religion. Throughout he was Brm and collected, and in no respect gave indications of fear of his approaching doom. About eleven o’clock Messrs. Brooke and Shapley, his counsel, visited him in his cell to bid a last farewell. The-gentlemen were accompanied by a reporter who was recognized by Eaton. The prisoner giaspcd hlm by the hand, and in doing s o betrayed not the slightest tremor. Father Riley requested the reporter to be present at the scaf fold in order’to report anything that might bo said. The reporter suggested that it would be better to make bis statement-in advance, as the newspaper representatives might be too nervohs to take down what was said. i This fact,was stated to Eaton, and he at once. .said: ~,, v ,,„ GKBAIA);BATOH'S SrAI'KMKSX,' 1 have nothing. am inuuceut of this thleg. lam thankfnl to all .the prison people .fdr all their Uludness, and'especially to my coun sel for their exertions; iff iny behalf. , '■ l ’’ ’ PBEPAnATIOXB. j ”\Aftef this interview Eaton was lefi aloue with liis spiritual adviser, affd nothing of what oc curred in tho condemned cell was allowed to es cape. 'At forty , minutes post 12 o’clock the Sheriff concluded that’ there wne'no necessity for waitleg oeger for news from Harrisburg. Information yvse 1 sent’ to Eaton to prepare, and he expressed his i willingness and readiness to be lod to tho tcaffold. TiIGSOAirFOnD. '■ The stmetnre upon which Probst, Williams, Armstrong and Winnemoro wero executed, was erected at tho end of 'tlio northern corridor, tho same spot upon which Winnomore was exeented. OUR WHOIiE COUNTRY. Henry C. Moore, THE PEOCEBSION. At Id minutes of one o’clock Eaton was led from hts cell between Fathers RUoy and Barry > and both chanting the dirge for tho dyingvasThey marched from the cell; Eiton, dressed neatly In a enit of dark clothing, carried in, his hand a black crucifix, which ‘be frequently placed 1 to bis lips as he passed along tho walk leading ~to the gallows. Tbe procession itself was led by ibe condemned and the clergymen, followed by the deputies, jurois and rcpoiters, and daring,the sok am march the prisoners, who could view the cortege frofn their cell windows, peered curicinslyr out, and occasionally one of the more Inquisitive would inquire which was Eaton. OX THE BCAFtfOT.TV Reaching the scaffold, Katon,. whose eyes had been downcast daring the short journey,gave pae glance at the stractare.bat betrayed not. the 'lightest emotion. Without assistance, ho walked op the'steps and stood, with Fathers, Riley and Barry, upon the scaffold. Sheriff Lylo and Mir. Perkins were also upon the platform; and when the last hue of the Chnrch for the dying'were: administered, they stood aside. Eaton and the clergymen kneeled upon the platform, and while'' the prayers far the dying were being recited,be followed andibiy and with a firm voice. The whole concluded with tho Lord’s Prayor and v/th invocation to the Holy Virgin, and sb Eiton rose from his knees he arranged his dress, es pecially that part below the knees that had been drawn pp; While engaged in prayer. Sheriff Lyle, Mr. Perkins and the two clergymen bade him farewell." ■J Tbe Sheriff remained while the others retired, and after placing tte handcuff* on his hands be hind bis bacfe, pot tbe white cap over his. (ace. During all this lime the most careful scrutiny of the frame of tbe man who waa expected in a few minutes to bo launched into eternity. tailed to detect the slightest tremor. He slued erjjct, and when the noose was placed aronnd his mck In a' manner not satisfactory id those who were in charge of the exeentibhi he turned his bead, in order to allow a more ’scientific adjustment of the noose. So 100 with ' lho cap. It was some time before it conldbe jproperljl arranged, ahd during this pro cess Baton was calm and composed, and, so far as wnspof sible with his pinioned hands,’assisted die Sheriff to fix the cap in its proper position. HANGED. : At twelveinlnutte of one o’clock everybody had left tbeecaffold. Eaton stood alone, uprigbti and in no motion Indicating tbe slightest fear of death. - Shot out from the world by tbe cap over' bis face, be could cot tell what was occurring around him, and there was ndlhlng of this world except the rattle of tho timber as it was being removed from beneath the scaffold, preparatory to the pulling of the rope attached to the centre upright which supported ihe platform. All these preparations he could bear; he'couldhedr the mntterings of the small crowd gttthered toyvltnesß his execution, but ot ibe entire party it Is doubtful if Eaton was not the mostpptnppsed. At 10 minutes of one the rope was palled and GeraldEafoadropped. There was no percepti ble struggle nntif tbe body had hung about flso minoteo,when there was the usual muscular con traction In the lower limbs. A double execution In Philadelphia has not been witnessed for years, and it was not sur prising that, Independent of the offence for Which tbe convicts were to suffer, the community were exclUd. George 8. Twitched, Jr., and Gerald Eaton were to pay the penalty prescribed, and between the two the community hoe been excited for month's past, both having their friends, adhe rents andopponents. As the day for the execu tion drew near, this division of sentiment grew stronger end broader, until at last it reached thit point when It might bo truly 1 said that both were the heroes of factions whose sole aim was to save them, or tbe victims of those who conld see nothing bat guilt In their career, and wbo nrged the justice of their punishment. Between the two criminals await ing execution there was this wide difference: One had killed in cool blood and with premedi tation a mother-ln-laW, while the other, though gnilty of miirder, was believed to have been In stigated by the demon of drink and was not In bis sober senses when be committed the offence. a simple narrative of the two cases will best illustrate what we rcler to. TUB TWITCHELI. CASK. On the 223 of November, n qutet Sunday even ing, the neighborhood of Tenth and Fine was r to riled with' the story that Mary E. Hill had been murdered and thrown from tho window, where she was afterwords discovered. Sarah Campbell, a servant girl in tho family, who had left the bouse early In the afternoon and rotarned a few minutes nftbr 9'o’clock, was surprised that her repeated.rings at the bell.were do! answered, until George 8. Twltchell, Jr., dressqa in an undershirt, with a coat buttoned to the ibis, admitted her. Ho expressed some tarprlge that his mother-in-law, Mrs. Bill, did.not answer the bell, and used the t spieseioh, *T wonder where mother can be?” to which the servant replied •‘Wo’U seo.” Twiteholi, however, passed upstairs,leaving to the servant to dh cover the whefeabbhts of the misslDg woman. Sarah Campbell ‘ found a candle barnlDg in the kitchen, with' the doors open, and naturally she passed into, the yard w order - to ascer tain the meaning of the exposed condition ' ot the house. Outside i he Ultchen door, and immediately beneuth the window of the sitting-room above,' she found the liiclees corpse of Mis. Hill. ’ She gave the alarm; Mr. Twltchell responded, and'after expressing his f-mprlso, inquired, ;“'Will nobody help me to carry her in ?" The servant girl did help, and when they got inside 'Mrs;.' TwitcheU was seen" in her night-clothes, Standing 1 iff tbe kttchon. Mrs. Twitcholl passed to the’ front of the house, gave the alnrm, and iu a sh'ort time’, tielgh tiors and physicians wore in attendance. All this while Twilchcll was busily engaged washing the 'nee nDd bathing the bead of tho-murdered woman, and declaring that she could not be dead. Finally, a neighbor, who; Suggested au examina tion of tho house, discovered that Mrs. Hill bad been murdered in ; the' second story back room, while lying on a sofa, which , was , satu rated with bloo’d, and that the body had been carried to a rear wlndow and thrown out, the marks of blood being distinctly marked on the oil-cioth of-the robm to the window, out of the window, and on tho board-facing of the baildlng. Twltchell was ot onco accused of the.tnurder,and was placed under arreAt. He was: thon dressed os wbEn'i-beftdmlttcd the: servant girl. He requested permUslon, to ehange Uls ciothlng bctore going to the station-house. The itqui st wne granted, and in hla hed-rooni he put «n a white shirt and vest. At the statlon-housa It.was dlscovcrid that this white shirr, ub woll as the vi st dhfl'edat, bad blood off it. aud ho was tiEkid to.acepnutfor litem. Hu sala th'at he got the stains in carrying tho body. His .attention wuscnllidto the fact that he did not wear the shirt when he carried. tho body, and to this bis only reply was, “Tills Is a fatality." In tho meantime MneTwltcbell was In custody. As the daughter ojMbe murdered woman, suspicion did not at. first attach to her; blit after being detained in the bouse during the night, and the dtsco'very next morning that Mrs. Hill, her mother, bad threatened to commence. a pro.-ecd llcn agalDSt George S. Twlicbcll, she was taken into, custody as a principal.: The grounds for suspicion, independent of any otbcrclicumstanCis, were these: Mrs. Hill had purchased no house at Tenth and Pine, bat la the negotiations tbe deed bad been made to Ca milla IS. .Twltcheli. . When .this was discovered by Mrs. Hill, a few weeke before tbe murdor, she wee greatly incensed, and had visited a lawyer with a view lo tbe instituting of proceedings on Ihb Monday succeeding tbe day on which she was mnrderrd. ’ At the Coroner's inquest 1 all these facts were developed, and Mr. and Mrs. Twitchell were co u miticd for trial. Mann, O’Byrne. Collis, Pratt and Ilaneford were then - engaged for the fmrties. BDd an effort was made to secure the re enie of the wife upon n Writ of habeas corpus ; but ibe effort fulled, and the 1 cose wits called for trial December 17, 18G8. A severance was de mandid and allowed under the Act of Assembly,' and Mr.: Twltcbell was placed: on trial. Ajary .was no; obtained . until December 21, and then commenced, one of ,tbe, most: memorable cases In bur local history. It was indeed “a war of giants." District-Attorney Sheppard, fresh in bis office, was pitted against Mr. MSnn, and 1 a host of asslstiints, and the importance of’ the issue Involved was utmost lost sight of In the keen scrutiny .which was given to tbo conduct of the two opposing counsel.. Tbe trial continued from Decombcr2l,lB6B, to January 1,1869, when a verdict of'gUUly of murder in the Qrst degree was rendered by 1 the jaiy, after less than a half hour’s deliberation. THE TRIAL. Tbe trial was pecnliar. The prosecution estab lished, in addition to tbe fact that Mr. Twlicnell was 1 an inmate of the bouse, and had pecuniary reasons to wish the death of his mother-in-law, that bis white shirt, which he did not have on when he carried in tbe body, was sprinkled, with blood; that his Coat sleeve was sprinkled with blbbd; that a collar and cuffs found In his room Were sprinkled With blooi; and Dr. Levis, to whom was entrusted the chemical and micro scopic examination of theae states, declared that they came from a living body, and were the result of jets of blood, &c., and not the result of contact incident to carrying a dead body. Blood was also traced to Twltchell's bed-room, and two spots were found on tbe blankets of hia bed. Hlapecnnlary difficulties; bis threats, against .Mrs, H|H,,tbe presence of a poker covered with blood, were also shown. The latter, it was testified, might have made the wounds, thirteen of which were found ou Mrs. Hill's heed, one penetrating, through the temple to tbe brain, as thougbthe longue of tbe poker bad been used. The fall from .the window ac counted for the more extensive fracture which was found across the base of tbe skull. The defence was an ingenious one. It con sisted of ihedical testimony that tbe blood stains on tbe clothes could have been caused by carrying tbe body; that.the accused was a peaceable and quiet citizen; that a man named Altgolt had seen two men leave the bouse at an hour‘earlier than that fixed by Sarah Campbell for tbe discovery of tbe body. But after the most superhuman ex ertions, the result was as we have stated—a ver dict of guilty ofmurdcrln the first degrde, ren dered' oh the first of the year. Motioaß for a new trial; appeals :to tbe Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and finally to the Bupreme Conrt of tbe United States, were made, and the result Is well known, as Is the fact of the so-calied obn feeMonnnd subsequent statements given In sup port of it. Gerald Eaton. Public attention has been eo much attracted to George S. Twitchell, Jr., that little attention bos been paid to Gerald Eaton, convicted of the mur der of Timothy Heenan. The case, however, Is a peculiar one. and deserves notice. Oa the night of the l'2th of Jnne 1868, Gerald Eatdn, With o party ef friends, met Timothy Heenan in a sa loon at the southwest corner of Fifth and Spruce. A quarrel was the result, in which Eaton, It la nlltged, drew a pistol and aimed it at Heenan, bnt was restrained by ono Trainer, who, said, “Not now." The party left and went to' Trainer's saloon, on Locust street, near Sixth, wberethe pistols of the crowd were recharged, and all returned to the corner of Filth and Spruce. The saloon where they first met Heenan was closed, but crossing to the southeast corner, they again encountered Heenan, when Elton again attempted to shoot, and was again re strained by his friends. The crowd ihen left,' and were proceeding down Fifth street towards Locnsl, when Hco uaD, , who bad previously declared himself unarmed, followed a friend who was druutr, and endeavored to bring him back. In bis elfort to do so he got within a few feet of Eaton and the partv with him, and be was shot and died the next morning. The defence sot up that Eaton (l did not discharge the shot, and two wlthossee, one of whom admitted hie profession to bo thar of a thief, asserted that some ono else seized) the pistol in Eaton's hand and discharged It. There are some peculiarities in Eaton’s cose that deserve notice. He was tho associate. for years ot thieves and vagabonds, bat the detec tives assert that he was nover known or believed to have becD concerned in any unlawful practice. Me won la assist the pickpockets; he would act as i heir messenger; he would assist them to ihe i xtent of his power when they wero in difficulty; but he never waß concerned In any overt act himself, and was simply a tool in the banas of other and shrewder men. So,, too, in Fifth Ward politics. Ho espoused tho cause of one local faction In the Democratic party, and In that way incurred the enmity of thoso, who, in his dire distress, have been afraid to come forward to urge a roprievo in his behalf- Could the history of Gerald Eaton’s case be given, And all its details of political trickery, jugglery, and a desertion of ono who bad rendered essential and important service to one wing of a party, a irich chapter ln tho local Democracy would be opened. But he was considered worthless after he Could do no more dirty work, and bis trial, which ended December Mb, 1858, was soon fol lowed by his sentence to death. January 16,1869. CONDUCT OF XII IS CONMtMhKD. The public Is by- this time pretty well ac-, quainted with the prison life of Twitchellnnd Eaton. Eaton, sentenced to death, bat reprieved, utdi then ordered'! for .execution. to-day, with Twitch'd!, has kept th'e even tonor of his way from tho' beginning; to tho end. When'he dis covered that his doom was sealed. honßked for the ministrations of 1 u Catholio pnest, and sinco then Father. Riley has .been .in .constant attend ance upon.him,apd has Lrought hlm to .that frame of mind that, while .discarding all appear ance or bravado, he expresses his readiness to go upon thß eqafl'old. Throughout Micro has been no hypocrisy with him.’ He ad mits tbathddUeharged'oaa shot the bight of the fatal occurrence,: hot declares his belief .that ltidid noli take, effect, Yestorday be assorted that the mad who killed Heenan is walking; the streets of Philadelphia.. ' . .. In regard to Twltchell little need be Bald, nrs condnct ln prison has bpen closely watched, and blB confession, given on Saturday last la Ibo Bulletin, wns not unexpected.. His subsequent statements and explanations have also beuii pub lished, and tho world cun form Its own opinion of their worth. One, fact cannot bo overlooked. Dating the trial this papor referred to the stolid sad,unconcerned domoanor of the prisoner, and euggested that tho criminal annalsof thlscountry established ohe truth: that the man whocoiild fit calmly and coolly-lu a prisoner sddek and ■ never betray any emotion dnring recital ot. the terrible crime, waa the very man a nervo to commit a murdor. All -those' have gone hoforo Twltchell proved this, and even If TWilchcll’s confession bo true, he was an acces sory, raid know the troth of tho murder, and yet could sit day after day listening to tho rocltal of F. L. FETHERSTON. PnMislifir. " / . - I •“ 1.-7- -s. 1 - 1.? :--.v^'■ PRICE THREE OENTB. tto facts without betraying the slightest emotion. . , TUB LAST DATS., • , /. / Yesterday both of the coodomnedbode farewell'. :°i, '" /'lends. ' Both had bees' en'courflgdto bt-Hevo that there would bosbne escape/but; withla a day or two both ceased to haye aiiy h °P<3-, 5 As loner as there seemed to.be the. least fore Qf -, bore bitueuli with a good dealolOP-, ulnae; but .when tbfre was no loozer ressoo to believe that the Governor would' In tor ero, rnlicheir’began to exhibit such a state or-nfep.'- 1 vousnessand fear as rendered him a pitiable? 1 obj* et He bos at times wept freely.aacl uttered sueb lamentations as showed him to have Uto , gallows constantly In view. ' ~ After one of these ootbdrsts on Tuesday’ cven ing, a gentleman connected with the jirlsd* .visited thecell, and spoke to the condemned, In' the hope of reasoning him into a morecomposetf -i state of mind, and of indnclng him to look ttpOn'M death more philosophically. “Yon; klMitf#; 1 r. Geow.” be said, “that all men must' .dw,i an&W that It is only a question of time; and yon should' , v u-w your approachlng end with more' resigns- A , * lion, and lees of fear.” “I cannot," he said: “tha thought that lam to die in so short a time is tef~ ; rlblr; lhave tried to look death In the facts MtH'.' eonrngp. bnt it Is Impossible.” Here .he paced bis cell In a manner showing a fearfully distressed . - I «'c 1 1 mind, and then ho .burst Into tears os, be? ■ fore. Finding that he conld not makeonlmpree*. ciou opon him, the visitor left him. Twitcbelf. expressed a wish that hlsfathet" shonld be taken cafe of, 1 If anything la loft oat of 1 ihq property Id Camden, consisting Of - a ssfr mill and a patent-right for the manufacture of. shingles- He had coqtracted to,furnish amitlloa of shingles to a party, and when the tnnrder wa» committed two hnhdred thousand bad ' been ' de- ‘ llvired. Besides a chattel mortgage of $l5OO held by John H. Stafr oa the property, vamed at $7,000, there are claims against it amouritlogto $4,000.. The monty invcßted In the shingle fact lory was fnrnished by the wife. ; . mr These who saw Twitehell yesterday./feltcon-; vinced that ihoso In charge of the. esccatlon would ho compelled to cafry bim to the scaffold. ' The event of this morning, however, relieved tho' antboriiire of all diQicnlty iri hls case, ’ '„ ■ Gerald Eaton, whooecuplea a cell belOW thaV of Tnitcbd), was much more cheerful and re-i aigni d than bjs fellow convict. During vester- , day morning he received visits from; his who and two slMcre-in-Jaw, and bade them farewell id a' manner which, though cheerfdl,'bad' nothing of' bravndo about it. A number of bis male friends also bad interviews with him during the day, all being careful not to state to him the efforts being made for his reprieve. Eaton expressed, his belief', that there was no hope lor him, and that ho r would undoubtedly.bp executed, and Stated that be was ready to die. Rev. Father Rlloy waswith - him during the nf nT '. . : c And to think that these may last a thousand. years, lo menace with ugliness the generations; The Tnrk of to-day, however, Is.a tranquillized fanatic. The West has Invaded even the seraglio,. and looks out of shop windows upon betaUorea pashas who'ride abroad nnder an oppression of ' bnllionrd broadcloth, unheralded by tbe flaunt ing borse-tails of onr school geographies,' and not longer .terrible, with cimeter and ataghan. . In Turkey as well as in China, the . foreigner, . ambaseadoiially represented, seta np unusntu pretensions, and maintains, os nearly as may bo, . on imptrium in'tmpetio. ■ , ,t ~ .. The Prince of Wales can do better than exist lobe-drawn pomps from a b&nkrupttreaßury. Tho reforming saltans are the fruits Of thlsctfm- > tinned .training—monarchs who fall short, ln- i detd, of their purposes, because, they find slaughtered Janizaries in the mosqge . and tho . bazaar. 'S FACTS .« NO TAHtCieO, 1 -/Ven-cious paragraphs. L r.'t . > And presently these corridors .will be left to un-.. frequent feet, and the- languid, zephyrs of the -, summer solstice. .Then, ,1 thlnk. lho reputable ' ghost's Will come back. tJp and down, they can glide in the moonlight, and murmur a chords. ' with sedgellke sound, of the frivolonsnesswf nil earthly pomp'and altoreation; till halting, at tho epode, within the pallid vastness of- tkedotne.' they exclaim in the tremblqment of if lean, ; but lifted utterance: These, when oratory tsUs . her height, when policy plans her conquests, and.: . ambition marshals his detainers.'are the stones.of emptiness, and the lines of cdninsioD 1 . It might be tho exhaled extravagance of some 1 Congressional debate arrested In Its ascent and fixed by a malignant transmutation into this dls- . tressing improbability. There is mitigatloa id . Us altitude. If it were at the same level with the,, frantic ball-hnrler it would press upon tho, icßlbetic'sensibility of the countrv liko a horrid ' vision of ictbyosaurus upon an ulderman'ufter too much turtle and punch. I passed from tbeporta), whence bereavement and infirm despair’ biul.so often Issued upon o' street where the .blown poplar blossoms Jay In. swaths, and turned front the serenity of, the , H-puichres to the selfish stir, of tho metropolis, and the daily toll of JntirnaiiSm. bale of the i alincntoclr Library. The books of the late George W. Fahnestock.. Esq , Inelndlng some carious works rotating to; Amirican history, were sold yesterday and the day before at .the Auction Rooms of M. Thomas &Bons. Some of the prices Wero of a fancy character. The Loyalist Poetry of tholsQVOlu- . Mod, with the Carton and Prospectus, one of ninoiT-nme copies printed, brought $7O, Joel Barlow’s Columblaa, plates, $l2. Neville B. Craig’s The Olden Time, a monthly publication: relating to the settlement of regions around the bead of the Ohio itiver, 2 yols., reached ®2() por volume. Buccaniers of America, .(account .of Vlorgan. front, a .Dutch narrative),, brought-SiC. Henry D. Rogers’s Pebfieylvaola Geology, slf. La Florida del'lnCß,Madrid,i722, sB(soi Nnttails’ Ornithology, 2 vols., $6 50 per volume. History of Frlnting ln America, by Isaiah'Thomas, Wor cester, Mass., in two volumes; $lO per volume. Btllle*s Memorial of the Central Fair of 1861, wjth photographs, $lO 50. Tho library was a considerable one, making 1.188 lots. AMCSKIUrtIMTS. -Miriam's Crime and tile bnrlcsqno Cm ion will be giv<*D at tbo Walnut this evening, by tbo Misses Jennie and Li/.zle Willinore ttnd Mr. Felix Rogers and their company. Mr. Rogerr. a cuipadlan of very remark able powers,,will have a benotlt to-morrow night. —Robertson’s comedy of School trU be iepeafdtl at the Arch this evening. It is said that Mrs. Drow will produce Robertson'sttbme shortly. .—At the Chestnut Street Theatre, this evening, 'The Field of the Cloth of (laid will bo reposted. L-Profcssor St. Jean, the magiciaD, will give a pen- , foimonc© at the Theatre OoiDltiutJ ibid ovonlu^. —Gran’s French Comic Opera Company will begin a ; season at tbo death ruy of Music on Wednesday next. Tickers can bo eecnred at the Academy and at Boner, s, , IIOS Ohcstmit,street. i i.t. L' L Tbo "Illustrated Tour of Ireland" vvdl lie exhibited,, ~ at the Aseemb y Buildings this evening. .. rids evening Mr. James K. MtirdoMt will gtvo readings in Olivet Chnreb, Twenty-second andAlunhS ■ ' Vernon rtrWt? ■■ : ■ ' - \ rmtsica! entertainment will be given In tho Mdi b r U viun Church. at Franklin and Wood Btreets,' thl9; . evening. ~ , - , —The third performance of The Prophet took, .plfttip ■" last evening, at the Academy, and yrag'mosv heartily l erjoved. More. La Grange has hover; donm tuxvthluSr.' ' so improssivo os her performance or '‘Fldos.V ( - It; is.a noble creation, worthy of u great actrossas wbtlas of a ..rest sinner.' 'i he other artlsts'dld weil,"ttnd the ■ml « en »ic‘ne was uißgnlflro.ot.. ...This, evopiug., tile merrv opera or Crtrpim « wilt he plaTCil, In which Missßollogg a; pears uTgrmtL advantage; while Ronconi. ae ibe cobbler, islrresistlbly dtOlL' Fop ■■ to-morrow, evenimr Von Glocann i ls announced,caec to. the fall etryngih of the company. Dickens as a Gkiwan tJonoRAK.— To find ont ° whetber Charies Dickens really waa-intimutely funililar wlth tbo lanenage aud llteraturn of.Gor- . many, Robert Wnldmttliqr, the Germau poot. ro- i ccntly wfoip to him.Mr: Dickens, replied «h »t he’ read Gt rmau, anil hnd studied 1 the master- - > pieces of German literature, but-that ho .had great dUUculty lu reading Gorman manuscript*- lift