;^^DAT#>K6IMtgBS-^8»8-';,;: Vr W>3»'jsl'»p«4i»V*,«n» ft»T '•■'w-rroi * -. r ;' expressly jog., u •}« VWI.V. U- ■«. v- : 7 :,;, ''’V , - l dii‘i*bHNii. omaoLATioif, jj nired-tuour Oily. Btata;and the Atlantlo Statit, siw» . WWim fttaSatf W.OWWnU.i J i* 'fU- PrleaßixOsais peroopj, ; lh’ ft™"* wrappots, end ltemped,readj formxiltne. -iiy-'i -;;' ■' : ■ ■' c n ii i i'l,l i i - m'oiof 'his:,snbsi!iibferij f bitvb^ \. lhQ ; pr6B6nt \ i ’iyeeter. : "noV 'tKeir papers spite'.as. ;i£snd.i^Tfie, ; dgrijjplrfni founded; we-’confess* We- bave-tg-SSy; in ■ larger :■ number . than- any^thor'journalin thiB. Dtmiber x rias' rapidly-- and that we we;, wu^y oo«t^sbd ; ;Cohy«*idnC6;'instead;-;of;supply-' ost v and latest dew's.' 17e walt, tO T tho ISBt " malijt andj .'during the present week, have thel : : Ajiibone,, and Newhall trial,-which deeply :i lnterest»\ ; thtS^pttbllc;' ’Yesterday, for 1 6xainple,. .w,O;. had .'jSyiint;, columns , of, this tri&l,rtnken;ln shorthand (iyrerbatim' re- ■ .never beenlequalled, in fnlneßS t and ' clearness, by; any ■ ■jonrnal in , the ;]ffhibn > i s ; '.ihe I ; i c.fbse Lof whlch did . not reach, nsuntll between; (he .hours 1 of one >nd'tiro'vin^the ! m6rn‘injgrfwhereBS, ; nofconp of pnr eonjemporarien, with', far inferior 1 circulation, ■ tliatj case to. one-third of that.-extenti' Had ire glyen' : ,a‘ mero abatract-;df ':proceedingB' so interesting, as'; our neighbors dld, wo, could hayV been at', presa'ao early;as 'they- were. -A little: d . was in Ooiimibia'at.the time of the eleetloh. 'Teh; ballets werebad taall, ip' the .last,of whlbh.Oheat-’. nut reoei»ed.92 Tbtss, shd Adams, (the slate trado adtooate,p64; f , ; J’.V- Abrll!laht/e' .v-w. Si ><>-. u 4-. . The official s majQrity for -W» H-Kelrn, 1 bp position; ~«andtd&?f&!CoognKi la OH .Berks, is 469. It Lab mission ; Wanner, U tb b*. ; appoint«d, nor what new. experixnentHr. Buohanan wishes to try ; The trial of AHlbone in the (kmrJ o/ 7 QqMter and /a lollreportof theproceedlogswill brfmthd Hour columns •this' witnesses wore M. Bailey, who iis connected with the General’s office ;■ G. W. ChllcL and JoWjtarnnm, directors o£ the Bank. j. T>. . The (Pa.) Railroad has been finish ed, and the 1 Icooiiotiyo onUred thathbrpugh for the first ftmk Yrlday/theYStii alt. J, /- On ThuredayimritheJ&dioiedNew Yorkofflol als pleadSd fiot gotHyfand the trial ™ postponed until Monday.next,.whena pan tlolone thousand jurors trill Jdiohael Oan<)eml wUI bo triedf for the fourth Ho*,' at the OlroultCourt,‘ln Now.Tork, ohMoh-: day neit..7lt,ia«ald thatMr.BlßntjtheDißtriot AtteHeyj.d&gnatfrtafcey the-management of It Into hta o>rn .MoMr«, B)a)tikman.aß4 A«h' mead will opndnqtthe; defence." - ;(a - ' Profewor John S ; ’Hor<, of tSe ,; i*icfadelpMd' Central;. High Sohool,: tendered hla &nal farewell to the pupils of that laetltntlon, ae theirprincipal, ®e had'obonpled'that po«t;jror]ilxteen yeara, The Prejlient’J ineiiage andthe reports of the Beads of the .d.partmepta. at Waahlagton, ere in type, »ud «oin'e ‘of : theta Bays already been dUr patched to different portion, of the country to be" opened ee'ernn ee the reeding of the'menage in Congress lk bbmtaenpea , ,^? VJ ' ? ’ ’ - The Demperatto■ State Convention of Virginia; aalled to notalitate a sucoeseor to Governor Wise,'is now in BeBfio.n ; atßiehmond, Va. A great deal of intoreat le feU InJtho.rernlt of Its dellberitionsi and the members are ‘ a good dead exalted. Hon, John Irffeher.de :the eandldate of thoso who are unfriendly, toldoVorhqf Wise, andße(irfteßer) ia warmly opposed' by 'the adherents of the latter gentlemanf-sf .' ; ; 1 "'if The following jiff of Amerloana in Pariswaa re.- gietered at the banking office of Meaner Xianaing Baldwin, &,06,,;N5; 8' Plscede;li Bourse, from November 4th to November 18th rPehdaylranla— O • J. 0 Montob»r.t;is. M,rfeeaiM, A'. Boat.,', 1 . Maaaa > ohnsettß—J. E. Theyer, J, EltFoller, Or. P. Bald win, J. D- BerinettiVOf.B. Blgelow,* W Br BnOhi nan, W- P.' liewla', 0: Bob, B.;B;'Spaldlng and , wife.. Conheotttu t—B. Day, wife and danghteir, J. 0. Day. Ohio— p.;c.- Oobb./Blahop, Mollyaloe,. DelawateJOHyrrS. o,.Barney ahd wlfe. O«llfor ; n!a-;W. TufnbuU;";r-: - ; Jrom Ihta oompttedfrom the .the aworn appralaera appointed to .make .tha ihventbTyi 'lt' epjrfiis that the whole' 1 ,ataeimt waa. ; »3,4B3,939;B'9,‘‘divided' aa follows; ; . mannfaotoring |t001tW,|363,555; hJmkatoilpiVKjO,- :#6S; 4s( j !;' rallro»4 >iool(s i >•, .and bonds ' *B>»foaah off Band W d 208,858.98."; ■'£*•£ .i • Co S Pennsylvanians from, the Dhltid § tafba'Paten tOf- Mi-.rV ewAihr k* emenitrttkefnrnaeee'of.steamboilers'' Pat i lnjBdghiStar'Mirr2iUi(MBs#s>s.';*-«.'t!. a." |;^»W*‘*» , i4G*drPalni#r,of:littleitowD, lmprovementjnpnmps. , ■ . ’ SWWT*B#II iftJtaf. MbJflpttoß press, , j The Bpecial election in Berks, which has irolultod in the defeat of' Washer, the Jonos- Achninistration candidate, {aid the of Glaerol W. H. Keix, >l,|c6mpton nominee, has o.ofjropivcdfi Tory ; •sqrdial greeting ftom the^or|raii!ofj'powef; ; ' ;Tpis was to have been expected.' The per sistenoy of the of'Bork’s, in giving another rebuke to our Federal masters, is neith. ?r more ner less than contumacious treason. •Did they not know that they were expected to be the mere-creatures' or'power, with - no vo lition but p/yo|s ibyt and no rights save thpso which aro. doled out by Mr. BuonAXAN,' in his ( new and extraordinary position ai the''foe of the Democratic creed ?, JTlie.C|enorai'Administration resolved to take a fearful vongoanco for the defeat of Jkhu 'Not-only JwaOj bo< to, be reward ed because -his constituents rejected him, but atvtho .convention which nominated.a for, the vacancy - id. the short ses sion, no quarter was shown-to' anybody that had refused to votefor Glahoy. Belying on the supposed forbearance oftho Democracy of old Berks; this convention roiterated the most offensive sentbbehts^.attacked; the most eini nept Domocrats, made JoHEstho idol of the I , rcaidont,.,and rejected a resolution, in favor pf the adtnissionbl Kansas in-the. Union out side Of thequostion of population—a proposi tion hoW accepted by every man'in’ the North. Sirls'.thlS all.'; Beading is the' residence of Gov. Paokeb’s hble and accomplished Secre taiyof the Commonwealth, Hon. IV. M. Heis teh. .Fewmon sbarea morouudividod public confidence* - As, a Oem ocrat and a gentleman he is wholly withoutreproaoh. And yet this Joses convention refused, the slightest' allusion to the Administration of which this favorite son of old Berks !b' so' • distinguished a member; AU affront so gross was, of course, the result of 'orders' from W ashlngton;'' 0 utrages like" thqae, followii)g after Mr. BudnASAH’s haughty lhiulltp’ftje .people, 'in the of a'rejectqd and Incapable publio seryant to a .high',official position, excited a natural indig nationin the public mind,andtho sequel was no less natural. Goneial Keiii is complained of asnot Being a Democrat.' According to the rule laid down at Washington by the President, he is a.yory good Democrat, in deedr, Mr! JBuokAjAH.recopiised Hon. W; B. Seed, oiir excellent Minister to. China, as a good Democrat, on. ihe prestige- of a single vpte for,the Democratic tioket;.and he also sent . Hon.- Joseph R. OiixsDLEn to Naples as our representative,-though it is donbtfhl whetherhe even voted for Hr. BuoiiahAn in 18561 General Keisi voted for WilAam F. ; -PackeS > ’.i > B l lB67j'ahd this ought to make him - a first-rate Democrat, tried by the Bugiianah ' standard, He, is,, besides, a, very sterling citizen, a trne-hearied -Pennsylvanian, and a devoted supporter of tbo principle of Popular Sovereignty p and we have no doubt he will fill Guancy’s place with infinite satisfaction to himself andte his friends. BY MIDNIGHT MAIL. Ijettcrsfirom « Occasional*” [Correspondenceof-IhePres*,], ; • - - * i-WASHXNaro Hi Deo. 2,1858. It would-so6m as if-Mr. Buchanan, not satisfied with v surrendering Demooratio prinoipleaj is : re-' ' solved to tank the! old Demooratio eitadets of Penn* sylvan!* into the strongholds of the Opposition. - county has twice decided against the Ad* ministration's candidates. He has given them patronage and everything within his control, his | have .barked Unceasingly at-the heels of ,those''who have Stood by the platform and the principles of" the party',- yet Qlanby Jones and have gone down before the popular indigo nation like menlxtrloken with leprosy. Men have -fled}from them as from a' contagion. Despite though of contributions froth Go vernment : clerks,; and tb** distribution of pamph lets .frotn the'phbllo printing offiob of Cornelius .Tfomiell,'' despite vilification of those who ‘ar rayed themselves Upon' tfie Cincinnati platform and |in opposition to ihe trehsen of the Adminis tration attempts to disgrace them, Jehu and .his associate Wanner are both condemned in a district ;whdre-the Demobratio majority heretofore has hot lately' been less than 5,000. When before has Berks Never U and now.she apes, not fatter In support ef the principles, but only spurns the ftsofnations of power and the false doctrines of .Mr. Bdohanan’s*Administration.What-a~ Jouoa •to hetq taught to the South! , ' -It to stated that efforts ar.o, now being made to force;slaveryupon' Arizona.A' movement is on. loot to' restrict" emigration'there, by all possible moan*,'tc thp'slayeholding States. Of oourse, •when the polri£to f . ohce the free States oan iapply the'larger' numbeyof emigrants; and the country;'too; is not salted U) the institution. Just now slaves may be profitably.employed in working fihe sliver, and quicksilver mines, but when the news gets 'abroad,, tlurough , Oalifomia and elso- Wherct’ thatmbneyU to he rnia in that.quarlcr, Indians and ChlnAse can be Mred to work much ■cbeappiywith ho attendant responsibility jike that which attaches to the ownership of slaves. *' ~ Ihave not least ? doubt; frbinthe signs about me; ‘th at'ihe.h anger s-on of - Mr. Buchanan,seeing that_tbe sceptrels to pass' from 1 their grasp, will .xhakejherfven-aßd earth bend tb their schemes for •securing not only all the; patronage of thisAd- bat, byJ aotlon in advanoe, of what ever they.oanof the jaext., The Leoompton'ior- generally avowedly in a state of decay; /'Jheir decrepitude Is lamentable and truly piteous. Day after day/they ory out for assistance to stay 'them a little while longer as they totter along to extinction!, v But it would seem that a large hope of ultimate reward has'led, many of. the martyrs _to (he Kansas policy of, the Admlnistra. tioDtb comblnete, secure the oensus printing .fpt ISBOj .a - nice job of noariy two millions. How the division is to be made when the prisa -U bapturedj- whetherj the distribution of tho printingV or‘the, ' post',’ office, blanks is. to be a precedent or not, and. whether it has been fixed ;tba,t.Cornelius Wendell ds .to do all the work, and to be general treasurer of tbo fund, is not within 'my, information. Probably a new paper is to be .Started tb inouloafe the delectable idea that whilst CoßgreM may-intervene in the Territories to force tho Territorial Legislatures to pass municipal regu lations for the protection of slavery in their midst, •yet Congress, as a converse of the -Intervene for the .prohibition of that institution. Certainly, it ia right, as Democrats and national nt«o have always Contended, that the true Intent and meaning of ijhb Kansas-Nebraskaact/Was not to legislate riavery into, any of the ’Territories, .nor io exclude it therefrom, but to leave the poo -plo thereof perfeotiy free to form and regulate .tlxe4 inthelr own way. These ;ueii,.to run their' sohemes through, may try to keep back ; the . appropriation bills, and thus . frighten the timid with a fear of an extra session of Congress; but that will not do. There will be ln; the House, I think, to make the next a The financial condition of thoQovermnent, and the demands of the ma nufacturing,' and other, industries of the opnntry, are= not• to ‘be. 5 overlooked, and, if I judge right*, will not,' whatever Mr. Bnohanan. may say andyecommend to the contrary.- : <-The colamns for the extension of theOapitol are to'be.of whito and of American marble. It is-stated that the advertisement for Amerio&n marble throws this large contraot, at their own prices, into the hands of one or two firms, who have the only quarries in the country; It is right that ..the Administration should provide for its friends, whilst at Uxe.samo time it protects Amo* rfoan products. It was stated a year ago, and at groat length-‘and with largo words, that the Go ’Vernment: would "always advertise for and use •American iron in the construction of the buildings and works authorised: by law; :but the Sootoh* pipe contract, was a damper upon the hopes engendered 'by that flourishing announce mesh Amerio&n marblo, and Amerio&n sugar, and Amerioan cotton, are-lotted after and oared for. - Now, why should not Amorioan iron, the greatest interest of one of the greatest States In the Commonwealth, and the great inter est of halfla.dosen, States, also be protected? JLs it Pennsylvania is Mr. Buchanan’s own State, arid he is of too sensitive and delicate a na ture ;to have ! it said that he helped her beoause 'she is is own' State? It is right to proteot Ambrioatt iron if it be right to proteot Amerioan sugar and Amerioan marble,And it ought to be done.’-:;-, ' £ - ’ ■ >yMembers, are flocking in, and a good deal of spepalatioA of all sorts is Indulged in. Colonel Orr has taken occasion to repeat, since he has been here,/his conversational opinions of last year. The great mistake of the honorable'Speaker was *tbe appointment of the'special oommltte* on the ■Kansas question. That Was-a capital blunder, ; of whioh, I think, he was as much ashamed aa hls best friends. Ido not . think he would do .so at this ewaioDr even if he had the ohonoe. r .Thequarrelsof the New York ollqueskeep the President' in constant hot water. Pigbting, as most of these ollques art/over spoils alone, they are COnsequehUy more bitter than if they differed Ah.prinoipleS. , Mr.. Siokles, who has thus far ad heredtp' the .Administration, is resolved to submit to no morb .»«weakness in the knees’* as to the .the olty officials, as he plainly intimated in his speeoh after hlMlectlon. It U now announced that Senator Douglas will pot be In his seki till early In January. Bigler is ' ekoessivoly grieved, at the .seopnd defeat of the. Jones party in Berks oounty. ,fi[e yras rejoiced .at. the rejection‘of John, and moat, anxious that Wanner, though a Jones .map,AhottidJgo : ; in,,ih order to show that if J’ehu anybpdy ol.se could be oleoted.. . '/ already Hivo Senatprs/who. intend to de&oonoe, on the floor of the Senate, the Rochester speech of Governor Seward, and I lake it for granted they ore not all, of that party who will do so. You may readlji?/imagine effeot upon tho report any of these matters ta the board; I have bad'pceafitOn to DUy and sell etohange, and I kno# it wottldbe irapofsible to call the board to gethbir upqu these occasions; I know of no by-law that rendered it necessary for the president to report thefe matters; I know it,was tho habltof the president to make these loans, bat I do not know to what particular account they were charged; it would be perfectly proper to charge these loanstotranalontdiscountor tempo-ary loan, If the .transactions took.place between the meet ings df the board { it would bo proper far the president to draw bis check for that purpose | there were several books Submitted to tbO“dirbctora, braldea thb »< State ment of tbe bonk;” there Was a general ledger the rest; I never examined it; can’Uajr what accounts 'it contained; that would be tho proper plOto to put such accounts asl have'referred to; if suoh accounts wore > ih the general there was nothing to prevent tny bfcAminauon of them, if Y desired; I suppose itwaa a matter of general knowledge with the, board that the president made these transient diaeount loans; tne genor&l ledger was always accessible to the beard; I never heard of any objeotion by the president to the exercise of tbe powerjl have spoken of; so far astknhw, there was no concealment as to these acooVmts. To Mr. Thayer. The amodnt of the loans was re ported to the board-r-all the loans—the aggregate. It wotild appear from day to day whether these loans were Increasing or diminishing in amount. The state of the •bank waft a matter of special report. All the loans w"e?e lead off by the president—the aggregate—and sta ting whether they were more or Iseb than at the previous meeting. ’ * ‘ Re-examined by the Distrlot Attorney —There Was no list of the loans read by the president. No names were read, onJy the aggregate. .The book Balled - the’ State of the Bank ftas one of the books that were read froth by the president The Statement was the aggre gate of the loans for thq week, f Hook of “ the fiiateef the Bank” hahded to witness J Tbo president read the line at each meetiog sbofringthe amount of bills did counted, exchange, and loans. The president did not l&ad all these, he only read the aggregate, t. don’t re member-whetker there was another book read by him. Mr. Longhead. Purpose you just read to us the lines that Mr. Alllbooe read to the board, running through from your eleotion as director to.the failure of the bwk. ' Mr. Thayer. May it plea»e_tbe,Oourt, Ido not know what is in this book, and, *lherefore, do not know whether be prejudicial to' ffiy client or npt t ■ but Ido know that auy reports made to the board of directors cannot b« made to affeot tny client, uuteas It be first proved that be was present when those reports wbre made, or that in soide shape or manner he adopted those reports, or hal something to do with them. Mr Longhead. We are on one branch of the subject nlw, ahd we shall follow it op afterwards by showing NewbaU’s connection with the accoUdt Judge Thompson. Of,oourse, unless Mr. Newhall is. In Htrtne'Way connected with this. It oannot affeot him. The only question Is, Rball evidence be offered to rhow whatwss’tho transaction’ and then the District At •> torney is obliged by testimony to oonneot Mr. Newball wtih this transaction; otherwise, of courso,.it goes for abthtag., . , Mr. Loughead. That is understood.' Mr. Thayer. Tour Honor has hitherto laid down a very salutary rule in regard to tho admission of evi dence 1n this ease—to .wit, that you would require the Distrlot Attorney first to conoeot the defendants, and then to give the evidence whioh regarded them. Tour? Honor Vrillvety readily perceive how prejudicial it might be to these defendants to go on'for days with evidence of matters with which one of them had nothing to do if the District Attorney Were then to fail to prove what he intimates he oaa prove—their connection. I hum bly submit that the regular mode would be first to show the oooneetion; but I do not think that anything ought to be taken for granted, or that any collateral issues ought to be tried in this ease, or that any evidence oqght to be admitted which may affect the minds of tbe jurors, until it bo first shown that both of thedefendants were privy to those transactions. I think that the or dor of evidence in a criminal oase ia bf the essence of the ease, and as your Honor has adhered to that rule hitherto in the questions of evidence whtoh have ari sen, I hope you will continue to de so. Mr. Longhead. I think I understand the direction which was made. Judge Thompson. I have already said this morning, that It seems to me, that if Mr. Allibone. acting as pre sident of the bank, went beyond the rules of the bank, and committed a fraud, and if he at intervals ap pointed Mr- Newhall in his place, and if Mr. Nowhall did tho same thing, it would be eVldence from whioh the jnry might infer a connection, a combination The question of combination or conspiracy is not to be deri ded on by tbe court; it is not a question oflaw; it is a question of faot; the evidence must tend to prove It, and the jury are to determine upon tbe weight of that evi dence when It is before them. Now, anything which does not tend to prove such a conspiracy, the court of course Is bound to overrule; bnt where it has a tendon or to prove a-fraud on the part of Mr. Allibone, and is accompanied by'a declaration on the partof the District Attorney, that he intends to connect both parties with that fraud, by showing that Mr. Newhall did the same thing, and it is for the jury then to say whether it was under a combination or understanding, I think that Is evidence. Now, In order to do that, you must begin either with Mr. Allibone or Mr. Newhall, to show that one or the other of them did this thing. It iS admitted that they did sot do it together at the same moment of time, but it is contended tbat they fol owed each other in doing this, and that from thoir so following each other, and doing the eame thing in the sme manner and with the same results, a combination may be inferred. It is a question for the jury to say whether there was auy combination in doing these transaotlons. Ido not see any other way la which a conspiracy can ever be tried, because.lt Is a secret offence. People do not go together Id carrying ont a contpiraoy, and the gist of the matter Is the combination before they do a single act, but you are to infer the combination from the acts done by each of tberi. If thei are acts which can be explained, upon the Idea that they might have been done without any combination at alt, they make out nothing; they do not show the conspiracy ; but, in or der that the jnry may ascertain whether there was any , conspiracy, yea must get the sots before them in some way or other. I have admitted this evidence np to this time upon the express understanding that, inasmuch os each of these gentlemen is to be shown to have done the same thing, and that Mr. Newhall was placed in the position to do this thing by Mr. Allibone, the jnry might infer from that, if the evidence justified it, an understanding that it should be done in this way. That seems to me to come within the rule of conspi racy. Mr, Loughead to the witness. Mr. Childs, I under stood yon to say that the directors had before them the statement whien the president read, and. could read It for themselves. Tea, sir, wr. Loagiioaq.—»fc«n r }t'W«n the account of tbs amount of bills receivable which the bank had. and the amount which it had loaned since the last hoard day? Witness. Tea, sir. I did not know that the presi dent was loaning to any such exteot as hundreds of thousands of dollars; Xam not aware that there was anyimpossibilltyln the president reporting to the hoard thetransaotlons in sterling account; I do not know whether the by-laws required it; I read the book of by-laws after the bank failed—notbeta*. To Mr. Brewster. We knew thatjQhe state of the bank was prepared by the general book-keeper; it was not in the handwriting of the president: It was not re quired by the board that the president should report the exehanpe. John Farnura affirmed -—I hare been a director of the Bank of Pennaylraola for ttoreral years; since 1810 or 1841; I think 1 was a director every year, except orery fourth year, the charter forbidding any one to serve more than three years la four; 1 was part of the year 1857 a director; not quite up to the suspension of the baok; but after the midd'e of September I did not meet the board; I was pretty constant in ray attend ance at the Loard; be did not usually make reports to the board of discounts made belwen boards; I recollect some instances where he' did; I understood my answer to apply also to temporary loan: Mr. Allibone was pre sident for several years; I heard Mr Ohilds’s testimo ny; [book handed to witness;] l think this was the same book we had at the board; I did not know of Mr. Altlbone nurohasing a bIU of exchange from Mr. New hall for £S0,080; I did not know of Mr. Newball ac commodating the bank with various sums or money in July on Peabody & Company, in London; 1 don’t rs* member that the board was consulted on that subject at all; I think, in some instances, be reported to the board the loans he made between the boards; he men tioned were sold in tbe open market, and romitsod by the parties who bought thorn, I supposo; tho tran sient discount account was never withheld from tbe board with my knowledge; I suppose it was kept with S’neral ledger; T never turned to It to examine It; I elieve the general ledger was accojslble to me or any member of the board at any time; it was then in tho bank; ’I don’t remember that Mr. Newhall wai ap pointed president pro tem. bofore February, 1857 ; J havo.no recollection on the subject; what I mean is that I should not like to say he was not, but I hnve no recollection that he was; I can ray Mr James Mar tin waspresident pro tem on one '-cession; I recollect Hr Trotier acting as presldeiitpro’fcm. on one occasion; Mr.W. K Ilackorwaa so acting after Mr. Allibone’se'ac tlon; I remember Mr. Daniel Deal so acting after Mr. Alltbone’s olection: t ihlnk Mr. Sinoicknon so acted ; I believe they all read to the'board the statement of their appointment by Mr. Alllbone, which had to be iowritirg; we had tbo book placed before us, showing the aggre gate of the discounts made by tbe board and the dis counts made by tbe president: it did not show the particular accounts; I never neard any member re quest'of tbe president to report the transient disco int or tho sterlingaccouot; don’t remember the presidout refusing a request for any information; tbe presi dent was very prompt to give information whou asked for; I knew of no rule only tbo prin ed one, aetodiscounts; I knew of no rule requring him to report to tho board as to transient discount, sorting, or temporary loan ; I knew of his drawing his cbeok on the transiont discount account, for I s*w him do it, and I suppose he always did it; Idou’tjpee anythin* Irregular in that myself; I was not aware of any concealments of these accoun ts; tho oheoks drawn by tho pres'Wnt on the transient dis count account wero presented, I presume, by the partios in whosefavor they were drawn,to the paying teller; I don’t know of anv case in which tho president received the money himself on snob a check. To Mr. Thayer. I havo individually sold sterling exchange to Mr. AMibone, as presldontof tha bank ; I sold him storliog bills in the summer of 1857, and I think previously; I sold him as president of the bank, and thought I was dealing with tlje bank; these pur* chases of exchange from me were net reported to tho board, to my knowledge; it was not customary and so for as I know was not expected; I did not understand there w«s any mystery about these di'counts by the president; I think the directors generally knew the bank was in the habit of buying sterling bills; the bank had a printed book of bills, which they wero in tho habit of filling up when they sold bills; there was a notice of sterling bills Tor sale on the door of the bank, generally, not always; I have no recollection of any particular in stance Id which tho president reported tin sale of a bill of exchange; seme of the billH I sold Mr; Alllbone during the summer of 1857 were drawn on llensoD & Co., of London; I sold him some other bills also; tho bUtn I sold him were of considerable amouu't; the credit opened with G. Peibody Sc Co., of London, was opened with the full knowleJge and consent ol the boa-d; the terms upon which the business to be transacted between the bank and I’etb'dy wo a understood by the board; J did not fcn w of any of AHiboiie’sf urrhosei, only when I dealt with him myself; I am not aware that any ol the other directors were aware of the bills I bonghtsnd sold 5 tbe house of Baring, ofLrndon. was a correspondent of the bank In Mr.'Trotter’s presi dency ; twlc» a year the bank collected for ‘some foreiguers State Interest 5 they wonid then sometimes remit tho bills on Barings, or sometimes purchase some other bill#} they Ola not do much In draw* log, except at these times; at the time the in •tflreat was due ; I have got loans myself upon the » ?!4° rai T loan and tbe transient discount account; I did not 'krow there was any impropriety in that. Re-examined by,the District Attorney.—The tran aient discount I obtained was not very large; It wast sot of very frequent ocoU'tence—occasionally done} -per* It *ay they tfere all paid ; I never saw 4 *[< Newhalfdtaa' checks for these temporary loans ;f l think lfc'WSfl the same check of the president uanslent discount account; the checks that I saw were either upon one or other of these accounts—the tran>’ sient discount or the temporary loan (’’’the partiss get ting the checks would, 1 presume, go.ia to the paying teller and get the money; I never knew the paying teller to refuse one of these checks or to make any in quiries: they never iuquired or knew that there had a loan, except Ihu it'passed from thepresident; •£» know the extent to Which these loans were maOdby the president; t did not fchow that the preai 2?i. presidents was fusing these-loans for -.r'V l U 8e * * kstl an impression that temporary V Jo n ?,V la ' lw "hether I am right or notj.raade for r. ww ‘l** 8 - T ot into that account; tho' book only S™*. T so , much 1184,18 ° r the bank: temporary dia -BllJ?P°aed went into the general ledger } J^ aie , ra , t . ooi that this book (“ the State of the Bank”) I?®*®? the.filalomont or notes.discounted and the as sets of the bank. .J°' h °,f ou . rt - 1 H*- 1 —hen I got i chock rrom the preeMent u o discount, I took it to tho paying tel that T'Lof.n 0 ! 1 d otBllit “ ln m ' b,lnk h °-’k i the notes iXvif . c \l B eeeur.ty wero eltendod on my b *° k »« a» those of tho htnk ; when I got i poelted itI'® 1 '® B ° a " 4 JrSW the I alwayo do-: ..ofl r ' Tll " , ' r '. I m »T hare got $20,000 or $25,000 on tno temporary loan or transient discount account I I . got fW lar *® r ,om »* >”y onetime.' All vwn« nB I „ got on tbiVor any other account were paid william Geuae sworn.—l was a director ia the Bank or Peupsyliania; I was ejected immediately after the ! onof tho bank after thB first suspension; I Joe* ,I,} about 1841; I was a director in 1853, 1858,1856. and 1857; I had to go out In 1854; I was a director until 1858; 1 was very regular in my atteod ance at the meetups of the board, for I lived close by; the amouut of ordinary discounts madfe by the board from week to w« fr cannot be recollected by mo; tbo dlscbnnt books would fchow it; whenever a note was dis counted the president marked the letter “A” bo Tore the note, to showtUatit was accepted; all the notes that wero offered were recorded before thoy came to tho board; the books show all the cotes whloh the directors discounted—not those , done without the knowledge of the directors; the board’s dikeounta depended 6n tbe income, sometime* $70,000 or $3O - boo, sometimes as high as $150,00.); I sp’&k of some years ago, not of 1850 ana ’6f . In 1857, we did little or nothing in the way of discounts, sometimes not for want of paper but for want of foods; we were obliged to regulate our discounts by the income ; it also depended on whether we were indebted to other banks ; if wo were so indebted we should be obliged to hold in. I knew nothing about the sterling aocount; I only learned of it after the su'penalon of the B*uk ; I knew that the bank had an oped credit of-£50,000 with Peabody ACo , against wbioh they drew; that fact was known to the board ; I did not know of Mr. AI- Ilbooe allowing Mr. Newhall to have large accommoda tions on that account, until after the suspension; I did cot know «’f an account in tbe bank opened as a tran sient discount account; it did not'eome before the direc tors; I did not know of anaccount opened in the bank as a temporary loan account; I beard there waa monev loaned odt by the bank on oall—l .did not know it o*f my own knowledge—money loaned by the president or f resident pro tem. ; I found out the extent of those call oans, after tho suspension of the bank; I heard there wore spmo call loans made daring the summer of 1857 j bat dm not know it of my own knowledge; Mr. New-, hall himself in the person who told me; X went home with him several times from the hank and he said— Mr. Brewster. I object to Mr. Newhall’s conversa tions unless Ur. Allibone was present. Mr. Lopghoad I think it is proper if I show that while these gentlemen wero themselves getting large accommodations from the bank they were refusing to discount business paper legitimately offered to the bank. Witness. X do not think what Mr. Newhall stated will arriount to anything. Mr. Brewster. Ido not think It will. Mr. Longhead. Perhaps we had better have It, and judge. Mr. Brewster. I think we had better not have it. Jndge Thompson, If it appears that these two gen tlemen were taking Urge sums for their private use, I would admit thio; but I should like to hear evidence of that first Mr. Leughead. I have in one shape offered that already, but I shall offer it hereafter. Judge Thompson. I must hear it before ihe question can be admitted Mr. Geisne’a elimination continued. —Daring the year 1857.1 cannot tell without the books wh«t were the discounts by the board;. I never examined the ge neral ledger; the individual ledger we were not allow ed to examine, and it is not delicate for a director to go behind the counter, take the books, and examine them; I never did it; I did not know to what extent the pre sident, or acting president, was using the funds; it would be an impossibility for a director to know that: I did not know of the money of tbe bank being used for other purposes than 'discounts by the board, except from hearsay ; I did not know that tho president was making occasional discounts between the board’s meet ings, except from hearsay. No cross-examination. Oharlen Sinnickson, sworn.—l was olected a director of the Bank of Pennsylvania in February, 1848 : I was director for a part of 1857 ; I resigned shortly after the suspension; I was elected in February, 185 G; I waa ir regular In my attendance at the board’s meetings In 1856 and during midsummer Iq 1857 ; in 1857, Mr New hall and myself acted as president pro tem. ; I acted some time iu midsummer, but I am not positive ss to the exaot time; I was not president pro tem., at any meeting of the board and therefore ltwlli not appear on tbe minutes; Mr. Allibone sent for me one afternoon and asked me to act in his place for two or three days as he waa going away; I went tbe next morning, but he came back that afternoon—sooner than he expected; I did no temporary loan or transient discount lu that time; none of the sterling hills bought and sold by Mr. Allibone were generally reported lo the board; it was not customary; I cannot now give the transactions that were reported to the board; ho sometimes mentioned sterling transactions, hat there was no specific report; there was no report of the pur chase of a £60,000 bill from Mr .Newball—no report of bis havingallowed Mr. Newhall to hweacccmmodatlons on the eterling exchange in Jaly and August, 1867, which were not settled notil September 22; I did notknow of an account opened in the books of tbe bank called transi ent discount account, nor of one called temporary loan account, nor of one called the account of (l Thomas Al liboDQ, presidentno suoh accounts were directed by the board, to my knowledge, to be opened; I have been in president’s room between-ihe meetings of the board; I saw him discount paper; whether the discount was temporary or not I did not know: I did not exarr ino into it further than the report or the general book keeper, made durlog the session of the bank: this book f‘ state of the bank”) ia the report we got; the twn i In tv Of (> tmiD dlKHniatod, lom*. exchange,” embraces ail the discounts maae by the directors and president ;Ihe only statement before ns at tho meetings of the board was this aggregate, and that item would increase as 'bills in the meantime matured or dis counted; a separation was made there of the decrease or increase from one board daytoanother; theiocrease and decrease of specie, the difference io aocount with our leading corresponding hanks, was before us There Is an item here, %i increase of bills discounted,” one “ increve or decrease of deposits.” another, ” increase rr decrease of specie;” on one day, we'had It specifi cally noted how much more was in the hank or d*s counted by tbe bank, than on tbe preceding day;. Ijdld not know of an account classified as transient discount; I never saw the general ledger; I know of no fund set apart by the directors on whioh the president could draw for transient discounts or temporaiy loans; nor do I know of any speoial report of them to the boardit know of no sum set apart by tbe board as the accouinof ‘•Thouiss Allibone, president.” Uross-oxamined by Mr- Brewster.—l was elected a director five years before Mr Allibone was president; Mr. Trotter, his predecessor, and Mr. Allibone, occa sionally mentioned sterling transactions to the board ; neither made any specific report of those transactions; there waa no difference in that respect between the praotice of those two gentlemen; Mr Troiter dealt In sterling without consultation with the t’o&rd, except that sometimes we got bills from the Booth on London, and be brought them before the board : but in refer ence to’our own bank’s dealings in sterling, Mr. Trot ter made no communication- to tne board that I was awaro of; I nevor saw the general ledger before the board, but they had access to it when thoy desired, in dividually or in a body; we were sometimes sent by the board to examine a particular account in the individual ledger; I never heard anv objection to an examina tion of the general ledger: I never hoard a re que«t for information as to sterling and other matters, And that Information withheld; I saw Mr. Allibone discount notes between boards: I made no objection ; it was customary ; I sometimes said, this, is all right, I suppose; I know it .was customary both by the president and cashier; some times the notes would be marked and sent out to the clerk to be placed on the books of the parties who got the accommodation; I never saw the president draw cheoka for discounts: I was not aware of epeciflo tom porary loans made; 1 knew it waa always ouatomary to make such loans; it would be correct bookkeeping to bare aotounts for transient discounts if suoh discounts weromade; I bad no doubt there was some account to show transient discounts Rod temporary loans, but I did not know under what head they wore put in the ledger; I knew of no concealment of these accounts from the board or any member of it. Cross-examined by Mr. Thayer —I did not consider the president’s conduct, In making teTporary loans, as out of the course of business: it was in the regular c urse of business; I think Mr. Newhall and myself wero elected dlreotorn the same year, but I oannot speak positively; Ido not know that the bonk lost a cent by Mr. Nowball’s transactions; lam a member of the pre sent board; there is an unsettled account with him; the president never informed me that Mr. Newhall loosed the bank a bill of £30,000; it was not naual to report tbe particular purchases and sales of sterling; I never knew it done. Re-examined by Mr. Longhead.—l never asked the president as to the extent of his use of the funds of the bank for transient discounts or temporary loons, or for account of “ Thomas AUibons, president,’’ or for his own individual account; I did not know how the ac counts were classified; my understanding was that the money whloh went out on those accouuts was in the bills discounted. To Judge Thompson. I never inquired into these transactions, because 1 supposed they were in the books: the classification of the accounts was a matter of book* keeping. To Mr. Loughead. I never made it subjootof inquiry how far the president had power to mike transient dis counts ( I did not examine tho books to eeo how far they actually went; I did not do ao .because if I had examined the books 1 should havo had to quit all other businoss; it was a book of thousands of rages with mil lions of transactions; we trusted to our book keepers and supposed the president and cashierwouid supervise them; I did not take the paios to see precisely how much the president had loaned or used on the transput discount or temporary loan account; the directors ex amined the balance-sheet and the asseta of the bank t > aee if they corresponded, I being ooe, as a committee of the whole; I did not examine the books to see what amounts Mr Allibone had cast In auy special accounts that were charged to him; at tho meetings of the Board in 1857, the loans were sometimea small and sometimes large; I did not know that the president was drawing large sum? of money on specified accounts. To Mr. Thayer, Tho temporary loan and tram lent discounts must havo been by the common consent of the board, but I did not Kdow they were classified in that way. I 'oMr Brewster. I novor examined the books; in 1853,directly after Mr Alliborecamo to the bank as prosident, an overdraft of Mr. Fay wbs reported ; I do not remember who were tho committee of internal arrangements then who had charge of tho matter; it was reported to the board by tho prc&iieut that there had been an examination at that time ; I dont think that was over two or three months after Mr. Alli bouo cimo to the bank os president. Wm.P. Newlin a^ntied.—l was a diioc'or of the Bank of Pennsylvania in ISSG and 1857 ; I dii not know of tho existence on tho books of tho bank of au account caUcd the transient discount er temporary loan ac count, or the account of Thomas AUlbono, president; I never saw the books in which tboae accounts woro kept; Ido not know in what form thov were opened; I did not seo tho general ledger at the meetings of tbe hoard; the ordinary business of the board was to meet twice a week and diac-mut good business paper offered bv tho customers o' the bank; we oximined the affairs of tho bank to report its condition to the stockholders; that is, wc counted tho cash and bills r^ceivalbi; the lasi examination I am familiar with was mate Decem ber 31, 3850; Ido uot know that 1 was one of tho com mittee, hut I took part in it; Ido not evon remember that any committvo was appointed for thAt purpose; I know that the bank did buy and sell exchange; I un derstood that, before my oieolion as director, an account had been oponed with tbo houEO of Teabody St Co., of London; I did not know ef a bill of exchange being bought by Mr. Alhbone from Mr. Nowhall, on tho 16th of September, for £ 60,000; I did not know of the bank selling him exchango on Pcabsdy Sc Co , for large sums, in July, August, and September; I did not know how muca money had been drawn by the president’* checks, and charged to the temporary loan and transl nt dis count accounts, or to tho account of “Thomis Allibone, president;” I never asked him whit use ho made of the money of tho bank for any of those purpo ses; he made uo report to the board in my hrarirg of the amounts of money used i-t that wav ; the discounts ‘made between boards were entered into & book and sent into the president's room; [book ” Statement of Bank” handed to tho witmss ;J this is not the book; you might call it & scratcher, I suppose ; it was in the possession of theca«hier; that contilued the amount we discounted; it was a very email book In which the cashier made the cutties; I do uot know whether the discounts marie by tho president were kept in a book or not; in 1857 the discounts varied very much ; we went as high as from iS'J/OO to $BO 000. and. possibly, occa sionally higher, on each dinomnt day; 1 have seen tbe president draw checks charging the amount to tempora ry loan 5 it was done to give a party obtaining a tempo rary loan the use of it For a few days 5 the money was got by the president's check; tbe president’s cheek drawn to any of these accounts was never dishonored that I heard of. Croiis-mmlued by Mr, Drewster.—l did not knot? or any of th» J>ilUirarohaßqd,Apd sold unless I vu in i the transaction' as Mller; there ttm, there- j fore, uOMri;otf*j|&nwißg about the 1 bills in regain to which exatpufed; I seat paules J? tb? tank to e^obtage ; I Ktfew that was part of it? busftdesC; th& flre»fd6n*sas to report those traoßaciious to the_hoird that IJtnew of 5 I hare president draw,'his check to temporary loan -Mcodot; I did not see him get the money on any such check:-I did not know that the general ledger was open.to the inspection of-any director at all times; I never to examine it; I read the by-laws of the bank when I was elected a dlreotor; I did nothavb occas on ttnaxamlne the ledger, but I think that per haps the by-laws allowed the general ledger to be ex amined, bnt not the individual ledger; I knew that papet was discounted and short loans made by the pre sident, and it would be proper to open accounts for that; there was no infojffiation Withheld about them*- Ito iny knowledge. ' • ' 'ToMr. Longhead --«I did not lnqulre into them. •- . Cross-examined by Mr. Thayer,--! got a temporary loan from the president, Mr. Allibone ; it was paid • security was given at the time; I, do not recollect hav ing applied to Mr Nevrhall for one when he was acting president; I would have done so if t had. occasion refit. . . To Mr. Loughead. Daring 1867, John Parnutn, Wil liam Qeisse, Charles Sinoickson, Arthur H. Howell, Lawrence Lewid.Thomks A. Nevrball, franklin Well, John D. Taylor, George W Childs, Thomas AlUbone, William P. Hacker, who was unable to attend from in disposition, and myself, were* to the best of myrecol lection, directors ; Mr. Hafeker is doad ' Lawrence Lewis affirmed —I was a director of the Bank of Pennsylvania; I was a director at thet'me of the suspension; 1 was eleoted ia February, 1857; I was not a director in 1666; £ had occasion to inquire of the pre sident what amount of dlaconnts was made by him dur ing the intervals between the sessions of the board; I made the inquiry during the sessions of the board; it was a common thiog for me to ask that question; I can not give the answer at any specific time: it was the custom for Mr. Aliiboae to answer my qaeatipns,'which answer was satisfactory to me at the time, and then it passed from my mind; the sums varied from day to day —at one time $lO,OOO, at another $16,000, and so on up to $40,000: I never knew until after the enspenston of the bank that Mr. Mlibone drew upon any account for that; I ascertained it afterward*. Q Bid you compare Mr; Alllbone’s answers to your questions of which yon have spoken, with the books of the bank? " A. I tried to do so.- Mr. Wharton For what purpose is that a sked?;. It will not do to try this case by any examinations Mr. Lewis may have made, however intelligent and upright hi may be. Mr. Longhead To meot the objection In some de gree, I will ask the witness if he ever examined the books or the bank for the purpose of verifying those statements of Mr. AlUbone, without Inquiring at pres ent what was the result of that -examination ? Mr. Wharton. That would lead toavery immaterial result, aud therefore, I should think, was hardly ad missible Mr Lawiah&s said that, ingeneral»theque?- tions asked by him of Mr AlUbone received satisfacto ry replies, and that then, as was natural, they passed from bis mind. Now, to go into after examinations, without having the mater'als before the oonrt and jury, is entirely improp*r. If the verification of any of those statements of Mr. AlUbone Is to be a subject of Inquiry, it should be the subjeot of inquiry here, in the presence of the court and jury. • ‘ > Judge Thompson. Ido not think the eoansel under stood the question. If I understood Mr. Lewis, he re ferred bis answer to the time when the answer was made ; that he looked at the hook at the time Mr. Allihbne made the statement.-. , Mr. Thayer. I don’t urderstand how that can he evidence against Mr. Newball, unless he was concerned in making that statement. There must be some limit to the introduction of these matters where they are not shown to affeot both defendants. I Mr. Longhead.. We are. examining Into accounts I about which we propose to affect both defendants. Judge Thompson. Well, go on. “ Mr. Longhead to witness. Mr. Lewis, did yon make any examination of the booksof the bank? Witness Not until after the suspension; I-was sa tisfied with Mr. AlUbone’s answers, and I did not exa mine into the affairs of the hank every time I asked the question; I had confidence In what Mr. AlUbone told ire; I knew of no-accounts upon whith he h&d any privilege to draw ; I kew that Mr. AlUbone, as presi dent of the bank, had the privilege of discounting during the intervals between the sessions of the board, uodor a by-law; I knew that at tbemeetlogs or the board.a memorandum was placed on the table which in dicated the amount of the bank’s income that day, and tho amount which had been discounted in the loteival; I found that theee memoranda, which were my only b&Bls of information, except the answers of the presi de nt to my questions, were for $5,000, $lO,OOO, $15,000, $20,000, and up to $40,000; it would he an'unusual oc currence if they amounted to $40,000, and when they were so large ss that I would get some information as to them; I would ask the president who got this money; lie would give the names of parties; I believed they were gocd,and that.tbelr paper should he discounted by the bank to the extent that was done, and therefore was satisfied with his replies; I was out of the olty in the early p«rt of September, and was not at board from BaptembcrlO t 022,1857. ' John D. TSylor sworn —I was a director of the Bank of Pennsylvania in 1867; I was pretty regular in ray attendance at the meetings of the board; Mr. Allibene was president, aud in his absence Mr Newhall noted generally; I recollect no one else acting up to the sos pension; 1 was not aware before the suspension of the' existence Of'a transient discount account, or of a tem porary loan account; I was not aware of any antb’orlty on the part of the president to’ draw upon any particu lar account,' except on his own private account; I knew that the president could grant'temporary loans and dtscoun’ notes, and of course he must draw on some thing for that purpose'; 1 do not know cf sny resolu tion passed by the board in regard to that matter at all ; I presume the president directed the various ac counts to be opened on the books; Iho board, to my knowledge, did cot make sny order for the open ing of any particular accounts; when -discounts are nude, the party takes the note to the note clerk, who passes to his credit tho face of the note, leea the discount; it does not require the president’s check to get'the money on a not© of tbateort; a temporary loan ia’where the presi lent draws upon the fun ds of the bank upon such security as he takes; that waamyua derstapding as a director; the only report of which I kcow of oans er discounts, made between hoards,' was by a slip of paper, l«id before the directors, made out by the discount clerk, stating the income of the bank since the last discount day. deducting from that the account discounted in the interim by the pre sident, and'the balance showed the amount on hand for the board to discount upon; I cannot remember any of these reports, in 1857; they varied every day; the bank suspended September 25!h; the assignment was executed, I think, February 18th, 1868; lam one of the assignees: I cannot state what proportion the dis counts (made by the president, and reported to ns, bore to the discounts made by the board; thope made by the president w ere sometimes little or nothing,'sometimes $20,000; except that statement, I had no idea of how much was used In that way. - Orogs-«x*ralne offered in evidence here; but Mr. Tbaver is now going Into a general dlseussiro of Mr. NewhaU’s.accouuta in the bank, their present position, and the satisfaction of Mr. Taylor with them. I object to that, as not being properly part of a cross examination • • Judge Thompson. Bepoat your question, Mr. Thayer. I did not catch the meaning of it. Mr. Thayer. 1 The witness said that he bad examined the acconots since he became assignee aud in his office of assignee. Now, I ask Mr. Taylor whether be has found in 61 r. NewbaU’s accounts anything which is not right ? ! Mr Loughead. I object to that question. Judgo Thompson. I allow the question. Mr. New hall ie here on trial as well as Mr. Alliboue. v Mr. Taylor’s oross-examination continued.—l hare seen nothiog in slr. Newhall’a accounts which I do not consider perfectly right; I did not Include in my last anniror his account as noting president, bnt I have looked into that account; and I have seen his tr»ncac tlnns duly credited and debited, and everything settled and paid; there lean unsettled account with Mr, New hall, hut enough money of his to pay it; I believe the balance against Mr Newball is about $3.*.00, and there is $8 000 or $lO,OOO to oovor it; the $9,000 or $lO,OOO Ib in Pennsylvania Bsnk notes. Re-examined by Mr. Longhead —lf the back Is com pelled to pay the £5O 000 draft, it will be charged against Mr. Newball, and will leave him largely In the bank’s debt; I found that in March, 1857, he drew $182,875. GO on his own account and kept It four months before paying it baok, and he paid baok an amount to balance what he had taken oat; it was July 14 before that amount was paid; 1 presume there was a charge for Intonost; tho books will show it; It was paid three or four days before the credit exrired; he loaned it to himself on bis own credit; tho books show a credit for $132,375.60 to transient discount on the 14th of. July. [The five checks heretofore identified, drawn by Mr. Newhall as president pro tun , were exhibited to the witness and shown to correspond as the debit for the corresponding credit of July 14 1 To Judge Thompson That snows that money was drawn on 6lr NewhtU's checks as president pro tern., they do not show that he himseir individually got the money; if the money had gone into other persons’ bands and was paid by them, it went to the credit of traosient discount. To Mr. Longhead. It was all charged to the tran sient discount account, and credited to that account when paid. There are no names on that transient dis count vcoount. To Mr. Thayer. 1 believe the interest on such dis counts w«a paid to the president, and h&udedover by him twice a year. To JuOgo Thompson. I don’t kcow that the presi dent pro tern, drew the money individually on those 1 •< transient discount ” checks. The book does not show the name of a person who received a cheek. To Mr. Meredith. From anything that appears there is no infei et.ee that Sir. Newhall himself got the money individually. T<> Mr. Loughead. Generally the name of the notef or whatever it was that was paid that day, was entered. A transient discount was always credited when paid, and the name «f the party’s note which is discounted would appear in the book. I have looked over Mr. Newhall’s private account in the individual ledger, and his firm’3 account, and find only the unsettled matter I menti'-ned To Mr. Thayer. From all I can understand, the ac -1 captor ou that £60.000 bill is a good house The court at 5 o’clock (earlier than was intended,) adjourned until Mouday, in consequence of the illness of one of the jurowt, Mr. Thomas. Correction. —Within the past few days, in detailing an account of a robbory and other riotous pro ceedings in the southern section of the city, we wero in orror in stating that thoße implicated were frequenters of Aldorman McMullin’a tavern. As an act of justice to the Alderman, we would state that he has long sinco disposed of Uls late business, and is dovoting ail his at tention to his official calling. Wo believe that through the malice of some of the reportorial corps his name is frequently associated with mstte-s 3a which he has no participation, much to his personal injury. REORGANIZATION or THE FIRE -DEPART MENT.—The committee appointed by City Oounclls, in September last, to consider the propriety of establish iug a paid Fire Department in Philadelphia, have pre pared circ liars asking information of the authorities of the principal American and European cities concerning their fire system, their cost their efficiency, the fre quency of fires, &c., &c.. The Information which will be obtained in this manner will be of the utmost im portance and valae, and will form reliable data, id con nection with onr own fire statistic?, for an intelligent report and wise legislation upon the subject. Fires.—A slight fire occurred about/our o’clock, yesterday afternoon, at the Franklin Printing Ink Work!, corner of Oherry and Jacoby streets. It wan caused by the accidental burning of a kettle of gnm turpentine, but was soon discovered, and extin guished before doing much damage. An alarm of fire was caused, about five o’clock yfs'er day morning, by the explosion of & fin'd lamp, in the second story of a house in Shippen st.. below Seventh. The furniture was damaged considerably, but nobody was injured. Pickpocket Arrested.—lt has boon here tofore announced that several people havo had their pockets picked by the light-fingered gentry of ouroity, while attending the exhibitions at the Blind Asylum. Officer Kneass, of tho it dependent police, visited that institution on Wednesday lost, and found a large repre sentation of tho fraternity present. He succeeded m detecting a fellow named Alexander Purple, while in the act of picking the pocketofMis Lewis He arrested him, and he had a hearing before Alderman Ogle, who committed him for a farther heating. Arson Cask. — Fire-detective Blackburn has fully l-iYi'itigated the circumstances attending the fire laffebha’d’s court, and yesterday discharged Patriok Cahill who was charged by his wife with having fired bis own dwelling. Mr. B’nckburn Is fully satisfied that it was merely an act of carelessness on the part of Patrick, and not intentional - , „ • Pennsyltania-Railroad Directors.—At the session of Oonnoils on Tbnrsday.last H. O. Wood, j, M. Thomas, and B. F ‘Onrtls were elected directors of the Pemieylv&uia BailrC&d Company, to represent the stock held by tbe city, the LATEST NE WS BY TELEGRAPH. Berks County Election* [SPECIAL DPSPAtca.] Reading, Doe. 3 —The official returns are as follows Keim... -.*„*.*..6,18«d condition, owiog to the loose management and In* ferior stock employed. The first mail irom Albuquerque, New Mexico, to California was ordered from the thirty-fifth parallel route to take the Aril ma road to Penoa, and thence into California by the Butterfield route It was reported at Fart Smith that Lieutenant Beale wou'd go Into winter quarters. Tbo rumor of hla hav ing been attack'd by Indians was disbelieved. Mr McKibbin reports that the Apache Indiana con tinue their depredations on the frentiers of Ponora and Arizona. Seven out of a party of eight bad recently been killed by a body of Mexicans, about forty mile's from Fort Bnobanan. The revolution in Sonora Was In full progress. Gov ernor Pesquira had*Jopt the support of the rich men and merchants of the province, oq account of his failure to return a large sum of mon»*y borrowed from them on the promise of repayment. Captain Stone was progressing successfully with his surveys, under the present contracts authorized, by the Government., Mr. Franklin reports the Camahchas as somewhat troublesome, although they are. not organized In hands sufficiently large,to occasion much alarm. Mr Edwards, one of Lieutenant Boale's party, awlr. ed at Fort Smith, reports the expedition all well and in camp on the south side of the Canadian. Lieutenant Reals would proceed to Albuquerque aa soon ai the escort, which.waa a abort distance behind, overtook h’m. 1 , The .mail frrm Neosho to Albuquerque was at Lieu* tenant Beale's camp. Colonel Boas was in ih» neigh borhood v.siting the springs and proceeding with the examination of ihe surveys towards the Mohave and Tijoa. ; - The President’s Message* Washington, Dec. 3—A special messenger left the capital to darforSt Louis, with copies of the Presi dent's Message and accompanying documents, to be for warded by the overlaod mail to Ban Francisco. Advance copies wilt also go by the Salt Lake and Tehuantepec routea snd by the steamship to sail from New York on Monday, for the Pacific . XJuited States Treasury Statement. WasHjkoton, Dec. 3 —The Treasurer's statement for the week ending on Mond»y shows the receipts to have bsen $568,000, orders paid $352,000, drafts ismfd to nearly the same amount, leaving a balance of nearly six millions; reduction from previous week $266,000. Virginia Democratic Convention; Pktsbsburq, Deo. 3 —The State Democratic Conven tion met at 10 o'clock this morning, when the crowd in attendance exceeded that of yesterday. Mr. Barbour, of Culpeper county) nominated Mr. Letcher as a candidate for Governor. Timothy Rives, of Prince George county, took the floor qnd rnado a speech, pouring hot shot at Mr. Letcher, and creating much sensation in the Con vention Mr. Prjor was taking notes during the assault, and will probably reply this afternoon. It is thought that no vote will be taken to-day. During the stormy debate of last evening Mr. J*ek aon, of Wood county, gave Mr. Seddon, of Stafford county, the lie, and it is rumored to-day that the parties have g- ne across the boundary into North Caro lina to settle the difficulty by a duel. AFTERNOON SB ttlON. Mr. Rives concluded his remarks at 4 o’clock, and waa followed by Mr Pryor, who is making a powerful speech in'avor of the nomination of Mr. Letcher Ihe crowd is immense, and the appl«u‘e frequent and tu multuous. It Is hardly possible for the Convention to reach a ballot to-night Death of a Convict—Excitement in An - buni prison. Auburn, N. Y., Dec. 3.—A colored convict died yes terday while In the shower bath.-where he had been p'acrd for punishment. The affair caused great excite ment among the prisoners, and & general rebellion waa feared, but the night pissed off without disturbance. Fire at Bochester* Rochester, N. Y., Dec. B—Four stores in State street owned by Samuel Wilder, heirs of B. Packard, and M. Cooper, were burnt this morning. Thelosaof the owners jssl2,ooo. Amcng the other sufferers arw Messrs Brown & Pitkin, loss $7.0C0, insured $13,000; Howe Sc, Rodgers, loss $20,000, insured $12,000. There were also several minor losses. 1 New York Canal Navigation* Albany, Dee. 3—Sixty bodte are now passing the sixteen locks of this section of the canal; twenty more wilt oome forward before might. AU the boatßeastof TJ'lca are likely to reach'tide-water before the close of navigation. Sailing of the Canada from Halifax* Halifax, Dec. 3.—The steamship Canada arrived here at 9 o’clock last night, and sai'ed hence at mid night. Gen. Williams, the hero of Kars, was a pas senger. * Markets by Telegraph* Baltimore, Dec. 3.-—Flour duU and unchanged. Wheat firm ; 10,000 bushels sold at $1.30a1.6Q for white; fl.'O Tor red. Corn firm and unchanged. Pro visions closed with au advancing tondency. Whiskey steady and unchanged. The Slaver Eel to Case* (Correspondence of the Associated Press.} Columbia, 8 C-, Nor. 29. The crae of the slsver Echo was given out to the Grand Jury tn-dav. The ease Is prosecuted on the part of the United States by the United States District At torney for the State of South Carolina, James Conner, Bsq.i orohtrleston, and Messrs Havne and Miles re tained *8 special counsel by the Government of the United States The defence .is conducted byL W. Pratt and R. De' TrCville, of Charleston, and Maxcy Gregg and Edmund Bellinger, of Columbia. The in dictment is drawn against the deteodant* as the crew or company of the brig Putnam, that being the real Dime of the vestei; the “ Echo,” being a fictitious ti tle. painted on a bond, by which the real name of the ship was concealed. The Putnam was built in Balti more, and was owned first in New York, and subsequent ly in New Orleans. Her first register was made by Jonathan S. Dobson, of New York os “ only owner and master ” The ihip is therein described as a brig, built at Baltimore in 1845; length 82 feet; breadth 22 feet 8 inchei; depth 10 feet; me*Burentf*nt 187 tons. Her last register waa made at New Orlears by Kdw. H 3. Townsend, in the name of tbe brig Putnam, and the description is p eciB*ly similar to that in the first register. The cap tain of the sUvor, Edw. 0. Townsend, having been first landed at Key West, will ba tried there The prison era on trial here are Antonio Frank. Richard Thomas Bites Alexander Rodgers, Vit%l De Miranda. Jose Gon zalez Lima, Archibald Scott, John Pasio. John E Co pell George P Aken,- William' Henry*, Antonio We lanowlch, and five other Cubans The indictment charges that they, ** being or the ship's compan* of a certain vessel, beloga brfg called tbe Potuara—the said vessel being then and there owned, in the whole or in part by a citizen of the said United Staten, to wit, one E. C. Townsend—did pirat cilly arid feloniously receive on board of said veß Ai, so owned *s afore said, certain negroes, to wit, three hundred negroes whose names are to the said jurors are unknown; they, tbe said negroes, not being held to service or labor by the lawa or either of tbe States or Territ riea of the • United States." Tbe United States District Attorney to-day submit ted the indictment to theaotiou of theOraud Jury. His Honor Justice Wayne, In a cooc’se and able manner, explained to the jury the prorlsionsof the act of Con peratf May 15, 18 20, under which the indictment would be fount, if fouud at all After reading end clearly explaiirng the several substantive offences de signated by th« law, and in order to assist the jury in their investiaation, Judge Wayne recapitulated briefly the counts iu tbe indictment, which are eight ia num ber. The first charges that the prisoners did receive on the brig Putnam throe hundred negroes not held to service in any of the States or Territories of the United st\tes; suoh brig being owned by one Ed ward 0. To’Wnsemi. The second Is a repetition of the first charao. except(that tbe vessel.is describe! os being owned by some person or persons » nknown. The third count charges tbat tbe prisoners did con fine and bold in confinement, io the brig Putnam, owned by the sold Townsend, the said three hundred negroes. The fourth varies tbo charge only so far as the ownership is concerned. The fifth charges the prisoners with aidiog and abetting in forcibW taking the negroes on the ship The sixth changes the count R 9 to ownership. The seventh charges tbat the prison ers did receive and forcibly cocfloe tbe negroes, or abet in forcibly confining them. And the eighth again viriei tbe count as to the ornership of the brig. His Honor thought it necessary, without at all intending to enter into a consideration of the law, to make a single remark, because of tho very general misunderstanding in rogard to the law of piracy, and respect to what ef fences are piracy, and may be made so by tbe statutes. Ho stated that it wan not a fnot tbat there wvi but a piug'e crime that could constitute piracy The act of g*uier*l piracy is robbery on the high beas, committed byonewhO'has thrown off allegiance to all Govern ments, and is what the law terms the enemy oF the human race, and may be vanished by all nations. Then tbore other acts of robbery committed on the h'gh scan are piracy, which ape made, so under the law. And a?aio, when a man belonging to a ship or vessel ah*ll nrt commit a robbery, but *hVl attempt to take such vcs«o! from the command of h«*r master, and deliver her to another, or usurp her control of her to himself, the law roakos ft piracy, pa nrabable as piracy is, by death, under the power dele gated to Congress to guard oor commerce against of fences committed on the high seas. In like manner, under th° same pc»w«r, when a parson receives, oi forces, or takes on board a vessel, a negro, not being a slave, with the intent on of selling him into slavery, the law makes him a pirate, and pan! lies him with death. Tbe judge repeated briefly his explanation cf the pro vince of a grand jury. They were not to try the pri soner, bat simply to determine, from the facts given in evidence, whether enoagh appears to justify them in putting the cars before a pettit jury. The bills were then submitted, and the jnry retired. Meeting op Councils.— Councils met as usual cn Thursday last.but owing to the crowded state of onr rolnmns yesterday merning, wo were unable to publish even a condensed report. The following em >ricea t! e principal psrt of their pnceedingi; Bel«pt Oounc 1 appropriated $5OO to George Lowbar, and tho same amount to the widow of Thomas H Sny der, tho former of whom was injured, and the latter killed, by the bursting of a cannon dirieg the cable cel e brntu.n. Dr. John Neale, Dr. Wm O. Kline. Jr., and Dr. J J. Mcllwaio were elected Managers of Wills’ Hospital. The Common Council rec ived a communication from the managers of tbe Northern Home for Friendless Children, Ohking Connells to ap propriate $2,000 to the institution for the ensuing year. A resolution authorizing the cleik to advertise an ordinance, creating a loan ef $lOO,OOO for the erection of echool-hnusps, was adopted. J. B. Paul, Edward Hopper, and R. S. Ksndordlne were elects d managers of Willis’ Uospita'. and William Welsh, a director of Girard College. The resolution, authorizing the con struction of the Cohookaink main culvert, by Daniel ‘Stone, at a cost of $80,357 17; the Oohocknnk branch culvert and Twenty-fourth street main culvert, by Messrs D. and C Kennedy, at acost of $23,122 S 3, and the latter at $53,983; the Twenty-fourth street branch cu'vert, by Bennett & Prall, at $8,172; the Mocre street cnlvait. byE. 0 Paulin, at $l2 132 40, and the T ne.Rtree’ culvert to George Clark. atslolo2 50, waa adopted j also, the ordinance authorizing tbe construc tion <.f a double-track railway on Arch street, from TepUl to Twentieth street.