GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXill.-NO. 93.
FBOJI TBEKVON.
f CorraiiKmdetico of tho Pl>U*. Evening Bulletin.l
i TjniNTON, July 27.—The past week in this
city lias been fraught witli more than thb
ordinary routine of events/ First came the
intelligence on last Thursday morning of the
: deatfiof Mr-JohnA. RoebUug,thercHOwiiQd
bridge builder, in Brooklyn. Mr. Eoehling
s tood high among our business men as a, wise
counsellor and man of the highest honor. He
was President of the Board of Trade, and his:
opinions were received with marked deference.,
by all the members of that body. He also car
ried on a mill here, which gave employment to
a large number of men. • '
... JHis <teath .will long be felt by our citizens ,’
not only by his immediate friends and work
men, but by those who have been the benefi
ciaries of his large and unostentatious chart
ti es. The funeral took place last Sunday. Several
prominent scientific men from Hew York and
other places were present, besides several of
this State, and nearly all of our city functionar
Ties. The funeral pageant was very imposing
Besides the procession of carriages and long
line of workmen, the streets were lined on
cither side with citizens who took this mode
of paying their respect to his memory. The
interment took place at the Mercer Cemetery,
amidst a dense mass of people." And thus' ends
all that is mortal of a man of colossal scientific
and mechanical genius; of a largo heart, the
patron and friend of. labor.
The last great work upon which he was en
gaged (the bridge at Brooklyn) will progress, ■
inasmuch as the plans are all completed. His
son Washington, wbo has been constantly en
gaged on it, is ah engineer of the first order,
and fidly comprehends' the designs of bis
father in the contemplation of the work.
The potters’ strike, which bas existed in this
city for nearly five months, has been compro
mised upon a basis which leads to the belief
that it will be a lpng while before we are
called upon to record another strike or “lock
out” among the potters.
A sad case of suicide occurred here early
yesterday morning. A young man named
Oakley S.Belleijeau cut bis throat from ear to
ear, with a razor. His lifeless body was found
on a lot between Warren and Willow streets.
He was a quiet, honest man, about forty years
of age, and had served all through the
war. A too free indulgence' ih liquor is sup
posed to have led him to the commission of\
the rash act.
• A man named John Pool stabbed another
named William Dennody, in the Fourth
Ward, yesterday morning, for no apparent
cause. Dennody lies in a very critical condi
tion. Pool-was arrested, and committed to
await the result of tie wounded man’s in
juries. ■
THE FltESt'H CABIE.
- Some Facts about Dux bury—Tlie Coble
| In tiood Working Or<ler—-Tbe Olebrn
tloa Yesterday—DhUagolidied Visitors.
■ Duxitvitv, Mass-, July 27.—This town, the
height of whose ambition bas always been to
: sustain a local reputation for clams-, has sud
v deniy become famous through- the landing of
the new French Oabie. It is ten miles from
• i Kingston, which is on the line of the Old
V Colony Railroad, and is reached by a stage
i from that point. Not being' aware that the
place was so difficult of access, the French
: Minister and some other .dignitaries, who ar
rived there on Saturday, were forced to hang
on the lower step \of the stage-coach, which
was crowded;? and. rode thus three or four
miles iu the heat and dust, till their station and
condition were accidentally ascertained- Dux
bury is a small place, so small that it does not
a hotel, and the numerous visitors
who have flocked there since Thursday last
have found it difficult to “put up” anywhere,
as the few hoarding houses which the town
boasts of were soon filled. Duxbury was
selected as : the most favorable place along
our Coast for the landing of the
cable. Duxbury: beach is the northern
arm of Plymouth harbor, and lying off this
.: beach are two rocky shoals which serve as
' warnings off the coast. Between themare three
. miles of soft, smooth, . sandy ground, without
; locks or shingles. The slope -of the bottom,
s from the beach to the mud bed of the bay, is
,* an even and regular decline; the course to the
•sea almost due east, passing between the Race
Point of Cape Cod and Stellwagen’s Bank,
• and clearing the George’s Bank still farther
out, making a straight course almost in the
direct alignment or the Cable's track. Prof.
Pierce. Superintendent ot the United States
Coast Survey, selected the -spot.
Tlie calvarias been tested; and yesterday a
speed of'4? words a minute was attained to St.:
Pierre; aspevd of 8 words per minute through 1
to Brest, without repeating, and of 15 words
per minute from St-. Pierre to Brest. Tho
cable is now virtually ih'the hands of. the
French company, but a period of 30 days must'
: elapse before business will bo formally begun,
as all of the terms of the contract will be t’ul
i filled by that time. The cable across the
marsh (as Duxbury had no telegraph before)
is now'completed, insuring communication
direct to Boston. ‘
One peculiarity in tlic method of working
this cable is, - that it is not in any way directly
connected with a telegraphic instrument. It
is attached to a condenser, consisting of two
metallic plates insulated from each other. The
plates have a large surface, aud when the elec
tric sigual arrives at one plate it exerts an in
fluence upon the. other simultaneously, but
does not.pass across. - This influence produces
the signal. The advantage of 1 this arrange
ment is, that it avoids the disturbing influences
of the earth’s currents, and prevents • them
front interfering with the signals, of the' opefa
tors. It lias another advantage in promoting
speed. The inventor, Mr. Cromwell Varley,
says that “the induction of tho condenser
enables oho to work by the increment and de
crement of tho electric charge and not by the
electric current itself;”
To-day Duxbury celebrated the landing of
the French cable. The residents'have 1 -been
approaching a boiling heat eVei since last
spring; hut last Friday they fairly bubbled
over, and to-day: the result was seen. Jtwasr
at first intended to. have the celebration last
Saturday; out owing to the difficulty in getting
the cable from the shore to the town, it was
thought .best to wait until to-day, when tho
attachment of the cable would probably be
“an accomplished fact.” Between Rouse’s
Hummock, upon the very edge ofthe
shore, where / the cable was fastened
6n Friday, ..and the old hank .building
in ■ the centre of the town, which has
been fitted up ns the office of the' Company, is
an almost impassablo.marsh, more thau a mile
in width; and the’carnage of tho cabje across
it has been a matter of much difficulty ; but at
nightfall yesterday there only remained a
small portion of the marsh' to traverse, and a
quarter of a mile pf dry land. The celebration,
as fares concerned the ’committee of the town,
consisted of a collation* including, of cofirse, a
“feast of reason,” as well as of tneatand drink,
but a large number : of the inhabitants
of Boston ■ and tlio towns of Plymouth county
took a holiday, and visited the old town; so tliat
perhaps five thousand people were present who
handled the cable, inspected the instruments,
f { ** f 1 r * I p*' I
took possession of tlio telegraph offices, and;
generally drove the employes of the company
to distraction. The accommodations in ' the
town for visitors are of the most " wretched
description, and had it not been.', for the
inexhaustible bed of clams ontho shore,which
the natives kindly turned into insipid “chow
der,”at 25 cts. a saucerful,strangers would have
gone hungry until they got home again; The •
town, until last Friday, had been dead for 40
years, but the electric current transmitted
through the cable then galvanized it into a
life which the residents trust will be long !
enough to insure the building of a railway.
The notables of the town,' with several
guests and 000 of the “great unnamed,” who
Bad purchased tickets, rejoiced • over the glo
rious event in the afternoon by eating a cold
spread in a large tent which had been erected
on the brow of a picturesque eminence over-,
looking the water. The Hon. S. N. ‘Gilford of
Duxbuiy- presided. On his right' were Sir
Jaipes Anderson, the Hon. K. it. Sburtleff,
Mayor of Boston; Mr. Day of New York,
Frof, M. Birscli of France, Mr. Watson, the
Agent of the Cable;Lieut. Vatsch of the Boyal
Engineers, Mr. K. T. Brown, Superintendent
of the Cable at its American end, and Mr.
Hill of the Cable Expedition. On his left
were the Hon.' Thomas Russell, Col
lector of the fort of Boston: Lord
Sackvllle Cecil, the Hon. Geo. O. Bras
toWjHresident of the Massachusetts Senate;
the Hon. George B. Loring. the Hon. B. S.
Tobey, of Boston, and Dr. Chas. T. Jackson,
the eminent Chemist. The French Minister,
Sir Samuel Canning, one of the projectors of
the cable, and other celebrities expected.were
not present. Addresses in response to toasts
of the usual tenor were made by Sir James
Anderson, Mr. Bussell, Mr. Brastow, ' Dr.
bhurtlefi; Mr. C. B. Thomas, of Duxbury,
• Lord Cecil, Mr. Tobey, Mr. Loring, the Hon.
James Bitchie, Of Boston, the Hun. Charles
Levi Woodbury, and Mr. Day. Three cheers
each were given for Queen victoria, Napo
leon, and Victor Emmanuel. f
Sir James. Anderson responded to the toast'
in honor of the cable, and was loudly cheered
at his introduction. After expressing his fear
of his inability to do justice to the subject,
and his delight in listening to so many natu
ral orators as had spoken before him, he said
that it had been his lot to be connected with
Atlantic cables ever since they had been suc
cessfully laid, but no rejoicing at which he
bad been present was to be compared with
that which he now beheld. (Applause.)
It would be a ven- cold heartand a very weak
tongue which did not feel a desire to say
sometliing, if not eloquent, at least honest, in
response to so cordial a welcome from ,the
lips Of beauty, as well as of earnest manhood.
He then went on to deprecate any personal
claim to the honor, which had bcen conferred
upon him by the managers of the celebration.
He had not navigated the great ship, nor laid
the cable. The uonor was due to Captain
\Bhcrard Osborne and Sir Samuel Canning.
He wished tliey could have been present at
the celebration in order ~to see what he had
often told them of—the grand welcome to
the cable and its projectors, which
in warmth could be equalled by
no olber country in the world. »He did not
envy the heart that did not feel romantic and
poetical at the landing of a cable from-Europe,
> o near the spot where the Pilgrim Fathers
landfcd two centuries and a half ago: ’ The pic
ture of that grand event of such momentous
consequences in the world’s history flash ml to
ids mind like lightning when Professor Pierce
told him where the cable was to be landed.
The voyagers in „ the little, Ajtayfldwer, great
and Gou-learing men, came -from a land of
political and religious' oppression, to where
they could worship as they thought proper ,and
their firmness, energy and’ : couscientidm
ncss enabled them to conquer every
difficulty that menaced them. The prayer
which preceded the feast caused his nund to
revert to the starting of the Cable of 1866, when
off the shores of Ireland a most impressive
service was held onboard the- Great Eastern,
and he trusted that these invocations -of the
Almighty’s blessing 1 might cause the cables to
he always in the service of peaco and not of,
war. [Applause.]' While speaking of the first
cable, be could not refrain from paying a
trihnte to his friend, Cyrus W. Field, to
whom, more than any other man living, the
success of the Atlantic Cable is due.
i No man knew better than himself the
intense energy of Mr. Field, even granting
that the reports of his opposition to the
new cable were ttue: it would oe strange if he
did notopposo it. Mr. Field had embarked
large sums of money, both his own and his
.Friends, in the enterprise of tbe old cable, and
it was human nature that he should desire to
havesremunerative interest for them. So far
as honorable opposition on the part of Mr.
Field tO the new cablewentj ho did notTegard
that as unfair or unjust, because he believed
that if the case were reversed we would all do
the same. [Laughter and applause.]- In re
gard to the prevention of the landing of the
cable, Sir James expressed-: little fear
that anything could induce the American
people to be unjust, and he felt confident that
they were willing to give the new cable fair
play., That was all his friends, asked. .If they.
did not do their work at least as well as the
oilier line they would not be entitled to the'
public support, and should not expect it. But
although this cable was laid on the shores of
Massachusetts purely asa commercial enter
prise, yet every right thinking iiian and
woman would trust that it might he
a great promoter and sustainer
of the. peace, and civilization' of the whole
world; . Sir James then referred .'to his many
passages of the Atlantic (100 in ail), and liis
yearly increasing respect and admiration of
this country, in which he had as many friends
as in his own. He eulogized the talents and
labors of Franklin and Morse, and concluded
with heartily -thanking the company, in the
name of the projectors and directors of the
cable, for the honor done them through him
self. : ■ ■■ ;
C. B. Thomas, an old resident,'responded to
the sentiment in honor of Duxbury. He paid
a warm tribute to the memory of the Pilgrim-
Fathers, who landed near by. He referred toi
the history of Duxbury, and spoke of the aid
that Lieut. Broohs, a son of the town, had ren
dered to science .by his beautiful contritance
for deep ocean: soundings, bringing the first
specimens of the bottom of the ocean from a
depth of more than two miles. He referred
in glowing terms to DanlelWehster,who might
from his near residence be almost called a
Duxbury man. He concluded as follows:
•‘Here, then, standing 1 between the grave of
■Webster and the harbor of. the Pilgrims, we,
in the name of the American people, extend a ,
cordial welcome to those: who. have consum
mated this .gigantic undertaking, and ofl'or our
heartiest wishes that this telegraphic Ware mayv
he a bond of perpetual harmony between the
old world ana the new.
, A’ sentiment in honor of Massachusetts was
responded to by Oollector-Easnell., Mayor
i Shurtloif responded for the city of Boston,
Which was toasted. At the conclusion l of his
address, Mayor Shurtleff stated that he had
received the following despatch from Paris:
"To His. Excellency, the Mayor of • Boston,
America :—The Prefect- Of Paris, rejoicing in
this happy occasion of the closer union be
tween the two countries, begs that the Mayor
of Boston will accept his best Compliments and
good wishes.”
The Mayor stated that he had sent tbo fol
lowing in reply: ‘
| “Duxbuky, July 27,1869 To His Excellency,
;> the Prefect of pans :■ The Mayor of Boston
• • sends a most hearty greeting. May tho new
bond of urnon between the continents be one
• of peace, prosperity and amity; and .may the
. citizens ot the old and now worlds rejoice in
mutual congratulations on 1 the great scientific
accomplishment.”
•/.. . " "
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28,1869.
Just as tlie speaking wasending, word was,
brought to the Chairman that the cable had
been brought across the marsh, and the com
pany rushing out cn masse to see the joining of
the,cable to the wire, terminated the festivi
ties without Ony.formality. The consummiv
lion of the enterprise was expected at sun
down,when direct telegraphic communication
nietweeii Boston was tor the firet tlmo rOri-'
dered possible. The event was announced by
the discharge of artillery,and the performance
of national airs by the band. Mr. Boutwell al
lowed tlie cable to be landed free of duty,as was.
done when tlie cable . between Washington
Territory and Vancouver's Island was brought
to this country. It was 'thought that it would
be possible, as. soon as. the cable was. joined
with the land wire, for the Emperor NapO
leon, in Paris, to fire a cannon in liuxbury by
means of electricity. Had tbe junction been
effected earlier in the' day, the experiment'
would undoubtedly have been tried. A recep
tion in the evening, at the house of one of the
prominent residents of the town, concluded
the celebration.
lafajett* tollejjc Commencement.
i Easton, Pa., July 27.— The staid old town
of Easton has.been enlivened this week with
the anniversary exercises of Lafayette Col
lege. Commencement week was inaugurated
on Sunday morning last by the baccalaureate
sermon at Brainerd Church, by the Rev. J. B.
I'.ekard, D. D., the-Professor of History and
Rhetoric. Text—Hebrews xii. 1,2: ‘‘Where
fore, seeing we also are compassed about with
so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside
every weight and run with patience the race
that is set before us." Three leading thoughts
were dwelt upon,and At applications deduced.
1. Faith in the holy, the blessed, and the in
visible, is a power able to conquer sin and the
world. 2, (self-sacrifice, animated by this kind
of faith, is essential to all great agencies for
good. 3. The great object of huihan existence
is, or ought to be, to glorify God bv lives of
self-denial actuated bysuchafaith. In closing,
be said: “Let it be your greatobjectto glorify
.God by lives of self-denial. You are compassed
about with many witnesses; there is evermore
present with you the invisible God; it is the,
office of faith to make clear such realities. Try
so to live that the world maybe better; try so to
live that good men may ask: Who shall fill
your place? In the afternoon areligiouscon
xerence'was held at the College Chapel. The
Xlev. H. W. Sproull and the Rev. Darwin
Cook were the speakers, and religious culture
was earnestly dwelt upon. In the evening,
the Rev. A. H. Kellogg, pastor of the Univer
sity-place Church, Uew York, delivered the
st-xmon before the Brainerd Evangelical So
ciety in theFirstPresbyterian Church.
Yesterday morning the exaiiunatidns of the
classes in tneir respective branches of study"
took place. In the afternoon, the Kev.. Alex
ander W. Sproull of Chesterf Pa., addressed
the students, commendingithera for the grati
fying success evinced in - their. examinations,
complimenting them pn their classical attain
ments, and paying to the Faculty the tribute
to their faithfulness well-merited by their la
bors. He was followed by the Rev. W. Rad
clifle, of Philadelphia,-who brought to mind
liis own collegiate course years ago in contrast
with the improved method of instruction now
milled to the collegiate course of study. These
gentlemen, asthe Board of Visitors, represented
the Presbyterian Synod-of Philadelphia, under
whose patronage this institution Is more
especially placed: "The eveningwas dedicated
as Senior Class Day—College Campus.' The
brow of the hill was crowned with countless
lights, which were reflected by the stately
Delaware at its base. The Germania Orches
tra of Philadelphia .welcomed the attending
guests, and a promenade- coxicerfjpreceded the
literary services. The programme included a
Poem, “The Doom ot the Ku-Klux-Klan,” by
H.- Denny McKhight; the Class Oration; by
Walter Q. Scott; History, “’69: its past;"
Prophecy (Coniic), “The Fate of the Class of
nil) Revealed f’ “Address at the Tree,” by A.
Clarkson Fulton; Song—by the Class; Closing
Oration, George E. Jones; Parting Song—-by
jlie Class. /
This morning “reunions” of the Washi.
ig - filing
ton and Franklin Xiteraiy Societies were had
in their respective halls. Major Henrv T. Lee,
A. 31;, of New York, Class of 1860, delivered
the oration to the Franklin. His subject was
,•* intellectual Loyalty,” which he ably detined
as “ the influence of thatcertain temper or dis
position of_the soul, which, though it .is the.
oflspriug and the source of many: virtues, is
yet distinct from all; which is itself founded in
love of truth*-in truth-and constancy.” The
Kev. Darwin Cook, A. M., of Rradford county,
Class 0f1842, was the orator of the Washing
ton Society. His theme was “Mental Cul
ture,’’ and its varied phases were ably analyzed
and delineated. ■ » . ; ■ ■ ■
Tlie meeting of the Alumni occurred this
afternoon in the Jenks ChemicaKHaU,and tbe
session developed some interesting incidents.
Mr. Wm. Kennedy, of Carlisle, Penn., was ap
pointed President; the Kev. Dr. Charles E,
Elliott, of Chicago Theological Seminary,
Vice-President; Professor Selden J. Coffin,
Secretary; Beuben Haines, Esq.,of Maryland,
temporary Clerk. The Necrological Kofi of
Deceased Alumni was then read, as follows:
The Bev. Edward D. Yeomans, D. D.,Class of
1815, pastor at Orange, N. J.; Alexander W.
Bea, Attorney, Class of 1810, assassinated in
the coal regions of Pennsylvania, October 17,
1808; John M. Barber. Class of 1817, Paterson,
N. J., March, 180 U; W. Hunt Budd, A. M.,
died in Louisiana, Aug., 25, 1868; Samuel S.
Green, accidentally killed in; California, Nov.,
1808; Stephen Story Yates, died at Auburn,
N.Y.. November 22,1868. The formation of
an Auxiliary Association of the: Alumni
in Philadelphia was announced, The Com
mittee appointed to erect a monument to those
who fell in the War for the Union, reported,
through their Chairman, Major Lee, or New
York, thqt §2,000 had been collected for this
object. Animated remarks in support of this
movement were made by tho President, Gen.
JaniesL.,Selfridge, Dr. Love, the Bov: Mr.
Torseman, and Messrs. C. Salmon, J. Bur
rowesand J. H. Neighbor. Many previous
subscriptions were doubled, resulting.in the
raising of $l,OOO additional. Tho corner-stone
will be laid at the ensuing commencement.
James P. Boyd, Esq., member of tho Docen
iiial Class, read,an original poem, giving a re
sume of college life, reflected froma ten years’
experience outside its walls.
■ This evening tile Hon. James Pollock,
LLL)., ex-Governor of Pennsylvania; delivered
the oration before the Literary Societies, in tbe
First Presbyterian Church, in the presence of
a large and attentive audience. The Governor
Eloquently referred to the student reminis
cences of his early life, and said to the scho
lars—“ Now is tbe time, now is thebourfor
.preparation.' If yon desire : to leave the im
press of your character upon tho age in which
you live, improve the present; mark and use
WbH its.'passing’ momenta, and as day by day
i n solemn Order ;■ moves, secure; from each tho;
blessings that it brings.and add to knowledge
truth, and to truth virtue —not that boasted
thing of earth, that looks no higher than
this; lower world; hut virtue, born
in heaven, that rules: the life, that points the
way, and leads us on to, happiness 1 and; God.
Prominently marked upon tho ago, and dis
tinguishing it from all others that have pre
ceded it, is its mental activity, its intellectual
progress and acquisition. The . evidence of
this: is, everywhere, in every department off
knowledge, mtke pursuits and business of
common life. The tendency, of. the ago is to
popularize science, to simplify its great truths,
that its rieb treasures may be easily communi
cated to the popular mind.' Its utilityilepouds
upon its diffusion. The progressive' spirit of
the present ware against every system of - ex
clusive'knowledge in the few- It domaiids
knowledge for tlie many, the spread of intelli
genee ana science over the intellect of tbo age.
OUR WHOLE CO
') jTbls demand cannot be resisted; this desired
consummation cannot long be- postponed.
Miudwith its wbndrous acnvities has entered
'upon this work, and, aided by the .genius of
-Modern- philanthropy, success .is- -certain.
-While. knowledge in its highest ilforms and
loftiest thouglitshould befreC andi given' to
all, we require a higher degree of scholarship
'ln the learned professions thorn they can now
Claim. Young men, mistaking the promptings
t>f vanity for a consciousness of vocation, un
fitted and unprepared, rushintotbem, disdain
ing to enter the more -humblO - but not less'
honorable walks of industrial life. The result
Is that the quack, the pettifogger, and the
Sgertng politician in the race
e the physician, lawyer and statesman.
The age demands a more accurate and com
-prehensive scholarship in, the professions—in
lbP pulpit, the forum and the press—this last
p power that gives immortality to knowledge,
and knowledge to the world. But however;
;necessary or important collegiate : education 5
may be, this scholarship: may-exist without'
the diploma sighed; sealed and cdelivered by
professional scholars. The, self-made' man,
Who, cast in Nature’s finest mould, struggles
np through adversity, unaided by the ad
. ventitious circumstances that make some men
great, and writes liis name among earth’s hon- 1
bred ones—he is not the less a professional
scholar or professional man because lie lacks
the parchment certified by authority Of a royal
charter or act of Assembly. The record of a
noble life is liis diploma; Us seal, the impress
Ofagrand and virtuous character. I nave
ever thought Nature doth nothing so great,for
great men, as when she’s pleased to make
them lords of truth. Integrity of life is fame’s
best friend, which nobly, beyond 'death, shall
crown the end.”
WIFE IHVBDEB IX CHICAGO.
A Woman Stabbed and Almost Instantly
Killed by lier Husband.
y L : [From the Chlcaso Republican, Ju1y25.1
• The south side of the city, a little after noon
yesterday, was shocked by the announcement
of a fiendish murder having been : committed
by Thomas Wilson, the victim being Ills wife,
Catharine Wilson. The parties occupied the
hack portion of the premises owned hy a Mrs.
Duggan, No. 112 Fourteenth street They had
four children—a boy of 14; a girl of 9, another
boy of 8, and an infant'billy 6 -months old.
At the time the deed was perpetrated, there
were in the house only Wilson, his wife and
baby, the other children being at a friend’s
house. Police Officer John Casey, of the First
Precinct, entering. by the hack way,. found
MraVf Wilson almost -lifelessr-stretched upon
the floor, weltering in blood from a fearful
gash in the right side of the abdomen. Her
bowels . protruded from the wound, and in':
about two minutes after the officer’s arrival,
[he woman died in terrible agony. Officer
Casey immediately proceeded to the inner
room; where he tound the murderer,
whom ■, be at once arrested, not,
however, without considerable resis
tance on his part. Finally the
Officer mastered him, and placing him oil a
street car, conveyed him to the Twenty-second
Street Police station. ,Officer Casey, accom
panied hy other officers; then; returned to the
theatre of the crime, and placed the body of
the murdered woman on a bed, to await the
Coroner’s inquest. On searching the premises
a large dirk-knife was discovered, which was
Wet at the time, although there were no traces
of blood on it, and which is supposedto have
been the fatal weapon used by the monster
husband in taking the life of his unfortu
nate victim. The murderer is- a man of
about 40 years of age, and has lived in . that
neighborhood with his family during the last
eight years, following no particularbusiness.
He has frequently represented himself to have
been an officer in the British service, with
what degree of truth cannot be ascertained.
The murdered lady was, in appearance, a fine,
comely woman; of about five and thirty, Irish
by birth; and hearing among her neighbors a
high reputation.
It would appear, from the statements -of
people well acquainted with the Wilson
lamily, that the husband and ; wife havo been
living unhappily for several years, owing to
the quarrelsome and violent disposition oi the
former. This same man, almost four years
ngo,riangerously stabbed one Thomas Doyle,
who, on recovering from his . wounds, refused:
to prosecute him, Wilson never would work
hard' for ~a living, and the poor mnr
dered. wife _usedto take in washing to
support the entire family,' including the"
worthless scoundrel to whom she had the mis
fortune to.be bound. She was engaged at her
work, over the wash-tub, at the time of the
fatal quarrel. ’ It is said that Wilson used to
keep all the money, and the poor woman had
to beg some of him to supply the family wants.
This aroused the anger or the brute, and a few
mornings ago he droveboth,wife and children
out of their beds to seek shelter at' a
neighbor’s house. Atfi o’clock yesterday morn
ing, Mrs. Duggan, who lives in the front
partof the premises, heardjMrs. Wilson at her
door; she got up to let her. in, hut the woman
went away before she could; speak with her.
The quarrel appears to have lasted all day
until noon, when Mrs. Duggan, hearing a
fearful shriek, went into Wilson’s apartments
and found things as previously described. She
asked the wretched murderer to come and
look at his victim, hut he -only said—“ There’s
nothing wrong with: her; give h« r a drink of
water." This was before the arrival of the
officers.
The tragedy,has causediimnenseexcitement
in the.neighborhood, where Mrs. Wilson, al
though in reduced circumstances, was honored
and beloved. , Crowds . assembled around the
house and gave' expression to their indigna
tion in no measured terms. Had the knowledge
of the fearful crime spread in the neighbor
hood previous to the removal of Wilson, the
exasperated people might have meted out to
him “a long rope and a short shrift.”,- Happily
for the peace and credit of Chicago, the san
guinary wretch is nowin the hands of offended
justice, audit, is to be hoped he will riifeef with
condign punishment. > ; <
At the inquest, held last night, when testi
mony in accordance with the facts was ad
duced, the Coroner’s Jury handed in the fol
lowing verdict: “We find that the deceased,
Catharine Wilson, ef No, 112 Fourteenth
street, city of Chicago, &c., came to her death
through injuries' received from a knife in the
hands of one Thomas Wilsoni said to be her
husbnnd.” - ■
Wilson was committed to the: County Jail,
on charge of murder in the first dogree. .
An Expensive fat. .
A curious incident has occurred in Walker
street, New -York. ‘ Nine’ days ago; while
workiheh were constructing the iron front of a
new building atNo;4S) Walker street, a cat by
some means crawled into the hollow, part of
the iron girder which forms tbo baso of tbe
front. The Workmen heard the, cat, bat paid
no attention to' its cries, and tho Work pro
ceeded, thus entombing the cat.
The fact Was reported to 1 the Society for the
Prevention' of Cruelty to Animals, by whom,-
it is reported; the builders were ordered to re
lease the cat, oven if ,it became necessary to
take down the entire, front to acaoiuplish it..
'-The front had been ejected as far as4ho fourth
• story by this time, and, the matter began to
wear a serious as well as an expensive aspect.'
There was no altornatiye but'tp comply with
tlie orders, and men Word yesterday set to
’work to release the animal. It was found 1 ne-’
cessary to removo.a small part of the side wall
into which the. girder was inserted, and then
(Chisels and sJedge-bflnimers were brought into,
-requisition, tutu a hole suilicioutiy large-made r
to enable the cat’to crawl through. The cat,
.V:
x CRIME .
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which was.ivery thin and weak; as the result
of its long Confinement,’seemed greatly
pleased,' judging by its actions, in escaping
trom the living tomb.'
the ASTTI-HESTT TROrjIEEIS REVIVER.
Officers or the Law Rebuffed—Tno nep. :
otjr SheisUTsi Shot and Dangerously
Wounded—The Sheriff’s I'osse Driven
. Loir. ...
The neighboring; county of Rensselaer was
the scene of a serious disturbance yesterday,
grotring out -of. the revival ofitheanti-ront
The affray tookpjaceupon thefarm
of William Witbeck, just east of the village of.
Greenbush, and about li miles from this city.
: From the facts >v« have been able to gather,,
concerning the affair, it seems that a writ of
ejectment had been issued against Witbeck,
■ and that on Tuesday of last week Deputy
Sheriff Griggs, of Rensselaer county, served
the process andjplaced Col. Walter-8. Church,
of this city, in possession of .the farm,
who, some years since, acquired the Van
Bensselaer title to this and other manorial
lands by purchase. Colonel Church placed
three men in possession with directions to ;
hold the property. On Saturday last Witbeck
returned with aparty of some 23 men; drove
the opposite party ofl.and again took posses*
sion. Yesterday morning Deputy Sheriff
Griggs again proceeded to the scene of dis
turbance, taking with him' but one man.., He
found Witbeck there with a dozen men, who
ordered the Sheriff to leave, threatening re*
sistanee in‘ cade he attempted to execute his
prodess. He then returned to this city and ob
tained a posse consisting of Deputy* Sheriff),
Leonard Witbeck, of tins city; and William
Southard,of Rensselaerville,Patrick McGraw,,
Thomas Mulligan, John Woods, two
brothers named Mullen, and- Gideon Mc-
Menaiiiy, and ten others. They proceeded to
the farm and orderedWltbeck and Ills party to
leave; Witbeck thereupon drew Ids revolver, -
containing four chambers, and declared that
he would -not; leave unless; they carried his
dead body; from the field. .The sheriff’s posse
then advanced, and, as they did so, Witbeok :
fired and:shot Deputy. .Sheriff Leonard Wit
be.ck. The, ball took effect in the lower part of
the back, on the right side, opposite the third
lumbar vertebra;, and penetrated obliquely
downward and inward, through the large mus
cles and thnsoft part of tlieloms. It is feared
the ball is lodgeain tfcti cayity of the stomach;
The woundedman was placed in a wagon and
brought to his residence, No. 28i South,
Pearl street, in this'.'city.: He bled .freely, and
the wound Is considered dangerous. He was
attended by Dr.: Armsby. After the
first shot was fired the. fight became general; -
Witbeck and: his party tiring revolvers and
muskets, and the. Sheriff’s party defending,
themselves with their fists, Until Thomas Mill-’
ligah sncceeded in wresting tlic ' pistol : from ■
Witbeck’s hand, and shot him in the head, in
flicting a slight wound. Tiie Sbeiiff’s parly ,
were unarmed,'and although he feared before
starting that weapons would lie necessary, by
the advice of Col, Church and others, who did
not anticipate a formidable resistance, he was,
dissuaded from arming his party. ; Deputy
Sheriff Witbeck .hail a pistol,which he bor
rowed on the way out, but it was hot loaded.
The Sheriff’s partyrivere forced to retire, leav
ing the .other party in possession, who con
tinued to shoot wliile the foniier were leaving >
and carrying off their wounded. ;
Deputy Sheriff': Southard was struck with a
club and injured. He aim received a scalp
wound Horn apistolshot. His injuries are hot
serious. John Woods, one of the Sheriff’s:
posse, received three pistol-shot wounds, one
m the groin, one in the thigh, and- one- upon'
the knee. Ho was also struck upon the head
with' a club. Although very serious, his inju
ries are not considered of a dangerous charac
ter; Deputy Sheriff Griggs was shot live times,
twice in the thigh, once' through the shoulder,
and once through the ana (the hall passing
through a memorandum-book half an inch
thick, and lodging in his side), and after ; he
fell was shot through the mouth,the hall knock
ing out a tooth and passing through the roof
of the mouth towards the eye. He was also .
struck on the forehead by a club after he was
shot. This is the most dangerous of his wounds.
Gideon McMenamy received a slight pistol
wound on the hand. ;
Dr. Mosherprobeeded to Blooming Grove to
attend Deputy-Sheriff Griggs. All the
wounded except Sheriff- Griggs and William
Witbeck were brought; to tins city; and were
attended by Drs. Armsby, O’Leary anti Van- 1
derveer. ; The affair created the greatest ex
citement in the city last evening. All sorts of
reports were circulated, and, of, course, the
a flair was greatly exaggerated, and the resi
dences of the wounded men “were besieged by
hundreds'of excited persons anxious to learn
the particulars. This morning (Jol. Church
went to Troy to procure warrants for tiie
arrest of William Witbeck and his two sons,
Benjamin G.Dennison, and several others who
were implicated in the attack upon Deputy-
Sheriffs Witbeck and Griggs, The warrants
will, in all probability, be executed by officers
of Rensselaer County, the offence having been
committed in; that county; It was rumored
in tiie city at noon to-day that Deputy Sheriff
Griggs had died from the effects of his wounds.
The report, however, wasunfouuded. Denuty-
Sherift Witbeck’s condition is quite comforta
blo to-day. Every care and attention is being
bestowed upon him, and the chances are that
he will recover. Sheriff W. is a relative of
William Witbeck, whom he undertook to dis
possess, and by whom he was shot. Tho latter
was also shot and slightly , wounded l>y til#.
Sheriff’s posse. Farmer Witbeck claims that
Sheriff Witbeck fired the first shot, and also
that he tendered the rent, which was refused,
and the farm defended. It is also claimed, on
the part of the anti-renters, that the men were
unlawfully taken from this side of the river,
anil; that jmey, came the last time without a
warrant.— Albany Evening Journal, Ztth.
1.1 ST OF PATENTS,
Liirtof patents issued from the United States
Patent Office for the weok ending July 27,
186!), and each bearing that date: >
drain Drill—-J . Easterday, Frederick pounty,:
Md., and J. B. Crowell, (ireencastle, Pa. ,
Dec Jliie—H. Filson, Monongahela City, Pa.
Dorse Hay Fork— 8. C. Kelley, West Liberty,
Pa. "■ '
Probang or Instrument for the Treatment of
Diseased Orifices—G. S. &M. F. Lowell, Phila
delphia, Pa.
Broom Head— 3. M. Allison, Salina, Pa.
Wafer Wheel—S. H. Barnett, Lanesborougli,
S&heejr TaggingJigx— E, D. Crawford, Nfortli
Metallic Keys —\V.JHill, Pittsville, Pa. -
Lamp liumpr —Ante-datad July 21, IB6O—G.
Hillegass. Philadelphia, ? Pai:ii>
; Jtazor Strop — ,l ..,Teukins, Philadelphia, Pa.
> Attachment for U<ts Burner—J.G. Love, Phil
adelphia, Pa., aligner to himself and S..
Fuller. • .■■■• : • I
Meth%<s , of : Exploding, Xitro-Glyeerine —G. M.
Mowbray, Titusville, Pa. 1
.Reamer—-A. .T; Prescott. Catawissa, Pa.
Manufacture of Iron and Steel —J, J. Johnson,
Alleghany City, Pa.
EE-TaauE.—J)e«ico /or Separating Coal from
Slate—Dewis P. Garner, Ashland, Pa.
: Designs. —Josiah J. Ferris—.Gate—Phila
delphia, Pa., antedated May 18,1889. assigned
to himself, Murphy & JJrown.—Plates of a
Stove, antodated June 2!), 1889, 2 to Garretson
Smith & JH< Brown,Philadelphia,Pa.,assignors
to Abbott & Koble. .
: EXTENHiosieJ.:: A: Peabody; Philadelphia,
'Psi.—Machine for Mortising, Window Blinds. •
' FitANCis D.Pastokius,
Solicitor of Patents,
: Northwest corner ot'#Fourth and Chestnut
streets. " ■ ' 1 "
"v ■' •.. !! 1 - 11 ■- - ; p- =.,
F. I. FJETHERSTON. PnWisWrj »
PRICE THREE CENTSfr,
PACTS AND FANCIES.
—All illusion—The bridal Toil.
. —Fifteen to twenty car-loads-' of peaches; .
leave Wilmington daily.’
—When a lover dotes, oaibis /darling, atre-* ) .
iusal acts as an antidote.
—-Somebody advertises “endless matoliesV'
a check, probably, to divorce., j
, —The latest name for matrimony! is “cont-i :
muting twoeido.” -
—A^ onl sang a few nights ago at Dore’s re- ;
ception. ■
—FiV/oi-o says that all the heantifnl. AnMrf.'.
cans in Paris have gone to Switzerland. - ~
< —The French societies oi Detroit are pro* ; '
pawiig to cclGl>rat©;tli6 hundifidtli &HQiT6rB3n r
of the birth of Napoleon’Bonaparte. >':
1,— Four nieces of Whittier are mahing his
Old house wake up this summer, and they do
not disturb his dreams either. . /
. —But little will probably be said- about
‘ at White Sulphur Springs- ■
while. George Peabody is there.
> —Thebe&t.cafdof the Democrac y—the “last '
trump” spoken of yesterday by the Horn
Richard Vaux.
! —Napoleon salutes the Secretary: off State
tlir< ugh the French cable to-day. Strange
that the first French message from the sea!
should he to a Fish out of water.
{ —One of tiie blonde actresses is spoken of '
by.Riehard Grant White as having a velvet
voice: She might have clothed herself and 1 v
Sisters then.
1 —Color no longer, keeps a man out of good ’
society at the Virginia Springs. The two-col
ored gentleman from Turkey, Blacque Bov, i»
quite a lion at the White Sulphur.
—At a meeting of the East ltiver Bridge
Company held on Saturday, a resolution was- ■
unanimously adopted to place the unfinished
work of the late John A. Roebling in the
hands of his son, Mr. Washington Roebling.
—There is a man in Manchester, N. H., wlu> ■
carries economy so far that sending messages- •
by express lie requests that the envelope be '
returned fpr use a second time, should he hav»
occasion to send to the same address
~ The model of the colossal bust of Hum
boldt, executed for the Central Park Com
mittee, by Professor Blaser, of Berlin, has .
been sent to ,Hanover, where it will he cast in
bronze under the superintendence of Howaldt.
. —Experiments lately made in Sweden, on a
large scale, upon the production of brandy
from lichen*,' afid especially the reindeef moss, "
have; it is said, ! proved so successful as to war
rant the practical application of the process,
i —At the Gong Branch ball, the other even
ing, a great many strangers were presented to
Gcneral Grant. “General.allow me to pre
sent Sir J ohn Barrington,” said a dignitary in
liis ear. “How do you do, ‘Mr. Burlington?”
responded the President.
: —The hiunidityof theaTniospheroyit is re
ported, has been increased on the Isthmus 1 of
Suez since the introduction of ; the-waters of:
tlic Mediterranean Seu into the lakes. Fogs
as dchse asthose of Paris have been observed
in districts where, heretofore, rain lias hardly
ever fallen. , •
> —The Seymour (lud.) Times tells of a
curious ease -wherein., bed-clothes infected '
seventeen years ago - recently communicated
smallpoxto afamily. The bed-clothing- had
been plastered up in a wall, and the wall bo
ring recently opened, tho family incautiously
handled the infected clothing. ; , ..
—William and Mary College, which was
lately an applicant for pecuniary aid at the ,
Northj is said to he in a very flourishing
financial condition. After all the Improve
ments are completed and all the debts paid
it will have a surplus of nearly a hundred
thousand dollars, v .
i —A Hartford dealer in furniture and coffins
lost a lucrative customer lately, who happened
to natronize-a rival undertaker upon the death
of Lis wife, by bailing him-orethe streetwithr
“ You hny your furniture of me, hut whit’s
the reason yon don’t give me yonr funeral -
business?”
—FoitEiox tbifx.es.—Wo borrow a little
troth to-day from the brush of Figaro:
—On the evening of the 10th,.three China- -'
men from the Embassy took-tlieir placesin a
box at. the Varietes Theatre, at Paris. The
audience payed attention.to nothing else hut
the oriental visitors, and theactors played at
the pig-tailed critics exclusively. ' The..good '
-ncople-werb particularly stmek-by-the-'emgne. - -
Each time that the artillery of applause went
off, they stared in stupefaction at these fellows
striking their hands together. :; .They laughed
gaily.at the .grimaces of Gourdon and Leonco;
lmt their most sincere explosion was at the
close of rhe first act, at the moment Wlion
some Chinese, armed with lanterns, .plunge
the unfortunate Euce in a tea-box. The piece
was Fleur de The.
; —At. tlio fair of Snint-Otien was seen lately
the following legend, printed with blacking on
a booth: ... •. ■■
Ecitusipn ; of five infants,
twish •
, of : the same mother.
—llalfe’s Bohemian GiW,'so well known-on
every. stAge in England and America, is now :
prodijced for the first time in Paris. Thocom
• poser lias never been satisfied with the singing
material of the capital, but recently, finding,
himself at Paris, vis-a-vis with, the exquisite .
face of Marie Jtoze, the beauty of the Opera-, v
Comi quo, he selected tbo fair creature for his '
Uoheinieiine, and she is now dreaming Of ;
marble halls every night, amid the canvas '
Scenes of the Theatre Xynque.
—Among the signatures to. the famous in
terpellation . was that; of Bub tie Mouchy,
which appears to have provoked some temper
in high.' quarters; the Liberie, says:. f'Much',
amusement is felt at. the blow of a fan. roeeivetl
' by the lingers of a young duke, just elected
deputy, for having signed without 1 leave the
demand for interpellation of the tiCrs-parti.
Will hit.chastisement profit him?” ;
• —'f he coiip d'etat has at length taken place
•in the Clinmps-Elysees!
, Thjre, the escaped cat gono wild, and guilty :
of the death of all the little birds in the foliage
of the Elysees, was brought down at six
, o’clock on the morning of the eighth; by the
needle-gun pf a chasseur, from the t<q> of a
chestnut tree, wherein he had taken refuge.
I —A conspicuous picture by Lazerges, at the
Salon, represented the foyer of the Odeon on •
the occasion of a first representation; among
the literary groups were seen portraits of tho
journalists Rochefort (of the Lmtierm), and.. ,
Louis tTJbach (of the Cloche). The picture was
bought hv the government, hut the. Minister
of Pine Arts demanded, the suppression of the
two figures.. rTfiev-jiainter-refused,- and ad
dressed a protest to. the Emperor, who sent ,
back the letter without any observation to M».: v
Nieuwerkerke, in whoso province the case re- -
mains. The question is, what action will the
Minister now take?
—A* souvenir of the Grand Emperor: ■■■■■■;■
Napoleon was one day dining alone with ■;
Jlarie-Louisa at the Tuilories. Suddenly, ,in .
the soup-plate just handed., the Empress, tl»e-„'
hero of Marengo perceived— a fur ! Taking it
between the thumb and index, tho
held it out, dripping, towards the- ehambetw"
lainfn waiting. ’ The great man’s faob was 1
dark, and be performed the gesture in the
gloomiest silenoe.' The chamberlain wash ready
man— ' --
He bent his knee, and, laying his hand on
his heart, murmuredin a voice hrohen by emo
tion : ' ' r ' ' * ’'
. “Ah, sire.what bounty I The Empress's hair t
I wUI keep it as long as I Uve!”
tkesar smiled; disarmed.
Tlienextday all the coote and bottle-waahero
anA chwrfjermaida had their hair clipped oloa* •
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