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, il RII/iT BRITAIN.
i INiew Yaps,: April 28.--The Herald's
London special says : The .Fbst has
an article oh title :Wan qubstiori. and
' gives cnizency to the assertion that Frie
\ • ..
ident Grant desir ,
es the soquisition of
Clubs, In ardor to divert the attention of
Americana fropklbitetnal '
.distraction.
v says that there would be no doubt as to
e issue eta conflict. It thinks the
l as
, sinaltion el" Cuba would lead td a final so
i f France
of the whole of the West Indies.
<, atid England will doubtless de-
ermine whistler these designs against
rola will be tblirated, or aid Spain In
~, tainlnß her colony. ' - ..,
1 7 The French press has agitated the.
. question much in the same tenor, and
4 special meetings of the French Cabinet
i Were held, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
Which resulted in 'a special envoy being
Sent yesterday to London with dispatches
referring to the present complication of
c events.
I
SPAIN.
lklAnnin j 23.—1 n the debate on
the ConstitUtlob in the Cortes, an amend
f. - inent for ; a cexisorxhip of the prear.re•
fiectad on thirlikrficle guaranteeing the
r ilberty of the preisa and freedom of hold
3"ng meetingeo :It is expected that the
iduties on cotton and coal will be abol
lehed.•
• • G VAMANY•
ts~tl Bsuurr, April 23.—1 n the Prussian
Plat yesterday CoUnt Bismarck opposed
ff ca proposition for the publication of the
iofilcial blue books, but consented to lay
public documents before the Diet, if
I members insisted on seeinu them.
: • RtireSlA.
.tST. ParEnsetran, April 23.—The ice in
he Neva is brealking -up, and navi,giiticni
will soon be re , openecL • - • • •
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; , PLYitolnimi imogland • April IL—The
!..' Steamships Hattimonia, which left - New
';' York on the Nth inst., arrived and sailed
• . this evening for Hamburg via Cherbourg.
Gt.ssoow_ , April 23.—The" Steamship
India. for New York, arrived in Clyde
-:. yesterday.. , .
• l,', FINARCIALARD COMMERCIAL.
.:
,•`, LONDON, April 2 3 .—Evenin , g.—Consola„
• •
9334 y for money, and 9334 for account.
:, •• 6.20's steady, 80%. Ballwayahares rites
' I l id,v--Erie 22X, and Illinois 411831". ' TallOw
- lAuseedpil 431. Spirits Perro
t
' illernokiNd.-Aiagaitessier, Oilia..94prt. .
I :-issiod Mai 8d _afloat. Spirits
,Turpeiltine
30s 9d. Calcbtta Linseed• 595, . ,
.' ,r•• Arc/Tweet% April 23.-f-Petrolenni 524.
. ! Haves, April 23.—Cotton 145 . on spot,
1 ,and 14134 afloat.
f LIVERPOOL, :
April 23.—Cotton sales for
000
I;
were the
for week. 5°
,00 ba l e xpo rt es
and ,
Oo o n f whic speculation.'
The stock is 393,009 bales, of which 167,-
. ' 000 are American. The market to-day
-, was dull. Sales_of 8.000 bales. - Middling
uplands 4.2 d, and 'New Orleans 12,,d.
California white wheat 9s 3d. and red
western 8s 6d. Flour 21s 641. Oats 38 sd.
Barley ss. Peas 38s 6d. Pork 104. Beef
: , 91. L a rd 72, Cheese buoyant 81. Bacon 62. Common ,rosin ,4s. Petroleum an.
-, •changed.
i FRANKFORT, April 23.—Five•Twenties
•-, closed firm, 87,4. , . .
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Pau's,- April ' - 21.13ourse steay.
t - Ro u tesu 71f 15c.
HAVRE, April 23.—The Cotton niarket
t elosedlirmer both on spot and to arrive;
low ndkidlings to arrive 1423f.'
,
'onl'•; , Serious Railroad . - A c cident n Long li
`
)cud it Passengers Killed.
[Se Telegraph to the Pltt.burßh Gazette.l
NEW Y:ORJE, April 23.—A horrible an
' cident is reported, on the 'Long Island
railroad. The train which left Hunter's
Point at ten this morning, when about
.. . .
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one mile east. of Jamaica, ran' `oil' the
track when going at the rate of twenty
twines an hour. ' Six passengers were in
. Istantly killed and dfteen'others severely
injured, two'or three mortally. Every
person in the rear car was either killed
• r,;, or injured. Among the killed were two
women and an infant. The cause of the
I '. 4 . aceident was a broken rail. Among the
passengers killed were :Wm. P. Rush
'.
more, President of the- Atlantic Bank,
Brooklyn, and P. Shanahan, a railroad
contractor. Among the injured .• is Mr. : .'
Craig, of:Fast Thirtieth street, this city;:
i he is badly cut about the head and his
; hip is dislocated.
The following is a °Complete list of the
Med and,wounded by the accident on
r.s the Long Island railroad: Killed: C.
Rushmore,- President of Atlantic Na
tional Bank, Brooklyn; Dt. A. M. Pray.
- of Broo)tlyn;iltirs. M. T. Pray, of Brook
lyn; mother:of Di. 'Pray; Geo Van Nos
: trand, brakeman; P. C. atm:tabu), rail
-
! wad contractor, Newport; Jennie AtiaMs,
ten months aid,: wounded; 'E.. Irlingat.'
;. • brook, of 1 16boketi; D. C. Craig General
Freight. Agent , Lod ka l lrnad;
.., Mrs. Redd, New York; Mrs. L. E. Moore,
~, Brook ) yn; Mr. Ebidagodg.Mrs. Mifel'us.
7, probablit fatally Ernest manilla, , a boy
~ four years oidt TIC' . &Milt, Neiv , York; •
::_John Byrn e New York; Mr. Adams And
wife, New y ork. , . . I
•: , It itfrobahle the majority o ' th e
woun will recover, their injuries not
OA
"„i being A very dangerous character. I
.'- The need •In Ciihatetitat. •' •
Cer Telegraph is the PltteteleeD Oetette4
s, HARTWORD e °Top April 21 1.-7'he flood
. Inthe Ciennecticat river at root reached
twenty-six feet eight inches, 1 and has
since been Slowly receding. Front,,Com•
merce and other streets along . the river
are flooded:, add busigacis imieended
7-. and must remain so for several - days.
Tinge is s break in the ostuselraYtOnt lite
East Hortfordtdde,„ so that travelika-the
highway is'aus dad. ' Theritill, Po_ 40 ,
lay of lfaint. Thee datnalte to
the Cnuseway bridge will be 000 the
.:, loss to tattle", men in the fleo de d die.
i , .
Mot will be guitel
23
arge. ,
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Loons, April'.--A. portion
of the canal supplying the manufactories
=
I this -place gave way yesterday, in
of
bOsseqtlence of the high water in the
Connecticut, and all operations will be
sjtlspended' for amonth, or until the canal
, 'realred.
Three hundred operatives •,, are t hr own out
or employinent.
.
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[Br Telegraph to the Pittsburgh iiazette.l
WATERTOWN, N. Y., April 23.—The
flood. continues with unabated violence.
. .
The scenes of destruction are indescrib
able. Black River, a place about six
miles above here, has lost a chair fac
tory, saw mill, dwelling and Dridge,
costing sevon-or eight thousand dollars.
- At the upper dam, in Watertown, Mr.
Dougherty's saw mill. Messrs. Wiles
A Stewart Wagon factory, and hli
sera tannery, with flume and bulk head,
are all swept away, and Retnington's
magnificent flume has loosened from the
molts to which It was bolted for over
seventy feet. A hole Was broken through
and much damage done it. They have ,
anchored it to the shore with cables and
hope to hold the timbers from floating.
At the neat dam Bagley's iron foundry
and machine shop has been assailed to
day. with violence. The boom •on
the upper dam, holding several acres
of timber and flood wood which came
down the river, broke and• swept down
the stream, carrying in •itsi- destructive.
course one of the buildings of Bagley dr,
Swell; it broke a huge hole in the under
pinning of another, and it is be
lieved will crumble it to pieces.
One pier of the railroad bridge on
the Ogdensburg Branch has been taken
out. Lower down, on another branch of
the river, Dougherty's grist mill has
been torn down and swept away. Kim
tall's barley mill was broken into and
considerably damaged. : Coming down
into the cityithe rain wrought furnished.
a. sad spectacle. The dant - and magni
ficent flume that fed Vaname A
Smith's. cabinet factory, IHoward's
machine shop., Knowlton Bros. paper
mill, Lord's plow and mowing machine
factory, Haddock's ate, 'factory, (oun
drell's sash and door factory, Union
Flour Mills and Jefferson Flour Mills,
• Slow's planing mill and Davis' Sewing
Machine Company, were swept out,
leaving that branch of the river a scene
of ruin.
Lord's factory building, has been torn
down and Haddock's axe factory almost
entirely destroyed. Mr. Lord's loss is
the heaviest in amount. Moulton & Her
rick's mill i) just below Union, in
another dam, is completely under
mined and hangs over the river brink
with cables to hold it from falling..
Knowlton Brothers, had jubt raised : the
foundation for the extension of their pa
per mill. There are scarcely any signs of
It left. Nichols' wool carding and cloth
dPaining factory bad ore budding taken.
The Weatheraby saw mill went with it,
leaving Flynn dt ruller's.grist mill to re
ceive the force of the flood, whereby it has
been greatly damaged. Farwell A Ba.
ker's tannery, just below, has been 'rid.
died. The stock was taken out--and
saved.
At Brownsville and . Dexter losses are
reported; their extent is unknown. It is
said to have beets produced. in- part loy
the giving way of a deal in John Brown
woods which was construeted%to hold
the water Of a chain of lakes. Tbe 'sight
upandatelmakut 44,01,-xesernblawLang,
Sue or Lachhpf Rapids in St. Lawrence.
Vries, April 23 -iTtie State data at
North 'Lake Reservoir, covering- about
five hundred acres,gavelvay on Wednes
day night, anddestroyedmilis and other
property amohntinto 8,000. The
dam was located abo u t forty l m oo iles north
east of Utica. Englge.eralaavetfrequentiv
reported the dam unsafe. The natural
freshet was receding when the dam gave
way.
AratArry, April 23.—The' inundation
here continues, the water having rEce
ded only about two . feet. All railroads
to this point are how running regularly.
The Central and Hudson River Roads are
in good order.
Pot:Tammuz, April 21—Trains were
obliged to cease crossing by Rile Bridge,
o miles south of Albany, on the Hud
son River Road, until nine o'clock this
morning. ,No °diet part of the road was
damaged. The trains on all the roads
are now beginning to run regularly. The
Montreal train will come in to-night.
Fatal Affray at Louisville, Ky., Between•
River Pilots.
• .
EBY Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gasptte.l
LOUISVILLE, Apri I '23.—Aratal ahooting
affray took place at eight o'clock: this
evening, in a gaming saloon, between two
river pilots named Joseph Croxtou and
Ben Miller. It appears that Croxton eu
entered the room in a state of intoxica
tion, and approaching Miller, who was
sitting near a table, drew a revolver and
fired as Miller was about to turn his face,
the ball taking effect In the shoulders. A
violent struggle then ensued, Miller en
deavoring to save himself by using
chairs, but Croxton fired two additional
shots, which proved fatal, and Miller ex
pired. Croxton and Miller had been in
timate friends, but lately some misunder
standing had taken place between them,
which finally ended in the shocking
manner described. Croxton was arrested
and committed.
Accident to Workmen—Five Children
Poisoned.
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
LOUISVILLE, April 211.—Two workmen,
employed at the cement mill below Jet
fersonville' Ind:, while digging a ditch,
were baried by the caving 7n of an em
bankment. One of the party waa in
stantly killed and the other badly In
jured. •
On Sunday last five chUdren, belong-
Ing to the families of. Jas. Criswell and
John' Weinscott, living near Gratz, Ky.,
were poisoned I:sy eating wild carrott.
The son of Mr. Weinman, aged 12, died
alter having some forty bard, convul
sions. The remaining four, Mr. Orig.
well's children, are still alive, though In
s critical oondition.
The 1 1 1°04 in Canada.
By Telmeth ttrthe Pittsburgh 6asettr.l
/ILesystsar., April 28.--The ice began
to move out of the river last night and
the water is rapidly subsiding, being
now Your or five feet below the wharf
wall. Griflintown is left , dry, but tern
bly dilapidated. Danville, I. Hyacinth
and Bt. Andrews are badly flooded. Two
men were , drowned at • the latter place.
At Lonna several houses were swept
away and two men drowned; also, two
men drowned at Upton. The Grand
Trunk embankment between Waterville
,and Lennoxville Washed'away. A
_Ex-President Johnson—bestb of His eon.
“ty Telegraph to the rittaburgh Gazette.]
NeaRVILLE, .April 2.l3;—Ex-President
Johnson was announced to speak to-day
at Pulaski and at Colombia tomorrow.
At Athens*, Ala., he received intelligence
of the death of his son, Col. Robt. John
son, and hastened homeward, passing
through Nashville this afternoon.
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THE CMJ-ITAL.
[Ey Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Osaette.l •
WASIEENISTON, April 23, / 8 63.
SENATE SESSION.
The Senate last night confirmed the
following nominations: Enooh Hoag, to .
•be Superintendent Of fridian Affidrs foi
the Central Superintendency. The vote
confirming J. S. Carlisle as Minister; to
Stockholm, after a long debate, was con
sidered, but no final action was taken.
At half past one o'cloon the doors wore
again opened, and the Senate adjourned
sine die.
NOMINATIONS NOT ACTED ON.
The' followipg is the official list of nom
inations which were not acted on by the
Senate:
John H. Hutchison, Minister Resident
at Hiwilan Islands, A. H. Markiand,
Third Assistant Postmaster General; Jas.
L. Foley, Secretary of Legation at Mad
rid; D. V. Bell, Consul at 'CLoderich; D.
B. Randolph Kelm, Consul at Kinkiang;
Geo. W.'Swift, Consul at Windsor; P.
Risley, United States Attorney,
Cali
fornia; JohnA. Pratt, Assessor In ternal
Revenue for Seventh District. Kentucky;
Jas. P. Morse, Pension Agent, Ports
mouth, N. C.; A. Fewstadt, Assessor In
ternal Revenue,Twel ft h District. Ill.;
Jonathan, C. eils, Collector Internal
Revenue, Eighteenth District, Ill.; Wm.
A. Davis, Receiver of Public Money,
Stockton, Cala.; A. Low,Supervising
Inspector of Steamboats, S econd Districit;
Jaw. V. Schofield; Consul at Hakodadi;
G. A. Houghton, Supervising Inspector
of Steamboats, Sixth District; Thos. M.
Elliott, , AVpraiser . 'of Merchandise for
New York.
Postnaasters—Jas. Kellyy, at New York;
Robt. A. Smith, :Honesdale, Pa.; J. M.
Ross,Abingdon. Va.; Chas. P. Wheeler,
Enfaa, Ala.; Mrs.- Adeline Livingaton,
Greenville, Ala.; Jos. Oconto, Wis.;
John J..Hazely, Greensburg, Ind.; Jos.
Ferrier; Jeffersonville, Ind.; George M.
Howlett, Cedar Rapids, lo.; John Linga
felt, Hollidaysburg. Pa.; F. Bali, La
grange, Ga.; A. W. Caldwell, Rome,
tie • Jas. McKean, Mercer, Pa.; W. W.
Morrison, Cedar Falls, 10.
NEVEM= REGULAT/ON.
Commissioner Delano lies decided,
with regard to the affixing - and can
celling Internal Revenuestampe: In all
cases where an adhesive stamp shall be
used, except as may be otherwise pro
vided, the person making and deliver
ing or giving instrument. matter .or
thing to be taxed, shall affix the stamp;
that the entire surface of each stamp
shall be expotted to view' acttethat
the same. b* writing with
on ash oi by.ionne ,roectottdeal 4
means, as the Commisektoor- may here
after require, in UMW' that'. tech'6kia- -
celled *tamps cannot lie again used.. The
cancellation of stamps for spirits and to
bacco Will remain se heretofore. The
Commissioner calls the attentiosof - of ,
deers to the provision in the act impo
sing a fine and punishment for wing ad
hesive stamps which have already , been
used. • • -
CALLS ON THE PRESIDENT.
The President was visited to-day by a
number of Senators and others. Among
them was a son of Brigham Young and
his wife, one of. Brigham Young's
wives and Mrs. Little, all of Utah. Be
sides these a delegation .of the German
Veteran Union called to, pay their re
spects and to present him with a eafd of
invitation tothe flag festival on the 17th
of May.. A delegation of Indians also
called and were admitted to the interior.
A. delegation of colored men. from Alex
andria, were at the Etecutive Mansion
and will probably have an interview with
the President tomorrow.
TILE EIGHT HOUR LAW.
Attorney General Hoar sent to Secre
tary Bone this afternoon an opinion as to
the constitutionality of the eight hoar
law, saying he saw no reason to differ
from the opinion rendered by ex-Attor
ney General Everts. In accordance with
this, Secrentry Bode has issued a circu
lar letter to the heads of the .various
navy.; yards, , saying that while the
Navy Department has not the .right to
compel mechanics and laborers to work
more than eight hours, yet It ha 9 the right
to employ them to labor extra hours and
pay them pro rata for such extra work.
CHURCH TROUBLES. r.
The troubles in the Congregational
Church haver been amicably arranged.
Dr. Boynton has resigned and about
one hundred and - twenty-live members
have taken letters to the new Peoples
Charon, with free seats, of which Dr.
Boynton will be pastor. The others will
remain in the.. present church building
with General Howard. Satisfactory ar
rangements have been made regarding
the propeoty.
PERSONAL.
James M. Davis, a fourth class clerk in
the Treasury. Department, and. Private
Secretary to _Messrs. Chase, Fessenden
and McCulloch, w as removed from. office
this moining: ' - •
Secretary Boutwell leaves Washington ;
to-night on a short Vieleto Boston. '
LAVitloPtrlidirAßES tit A Terwit.
The Commissioner-of the General Land
Ofilca'has approved the application of the
City of Nevada, Calafornia r to purchase
lands mrithin its boundarlea. This is the
first else under the nevi law, giving the
right to to*zis to so .purehase mineral
lands. •
'IMMONTD,
,
Major Cha.ries E. 'Mix, ivho has been
Uhler Clerk. and frequently acting •as
Commissioner of Indian Affairs for thir
ty-three years, hie been removed, and is
succeeded by Wm. B. Waugh, of. Mary.
land. The former retires on the let of
May.
ra-narrx PRESIDENT SENTENOEID.
Leonard lanyok, President of the late .
Merchants Natibnal Batik, was te.day
sentensed to two years imprisonment in
the Albany Penitentiary, to take effect
thirty days after the , next' general term
of the Court. ,
DISNENTINO OPINION.
Senator Wilentihas' :addresesd a leiter
to the Sebretary of:,War, dissenting from
the - official const`rhelon placed on the
eight hour law; The letter wlll probably
be published.
INDIAN COMMISSIONER.
The Ooxami;udoner' of Xtidian AlraLee,
Gen. Parker, will enter cn hie &Weal
next Monday, instead of the let of Mey,
as originally intended.
A 'DUEL, PERHAPS.
A report prevailed today that Abbott
and Spragueleft this city this morning
to settle their difficulties, but it is u
true, both gentlemen being still in Wash
ington. liTo correspondence has passed.
CUBA.
lßy Teleirrenb to the Pit burgh Gazette.]
HAVANA. ril 23. The Government
,
at Madrid has aide d the proceeds of
the property of dial parties confisca
ted in Cuba to be a lied to defray the
expenses orthe war.
A manifesto is published in the Gaeeta,
signed by a, large number of native Cu
bans and influential and wealthy plant
ers, and others, residents of the jurisdlc•
lion Villa Cla ra, offering their personal
services and property to assist the Gov
ernment in suppressing the rebellion,
and condemning the acts of the Revolu
tionists in the strongest terms.
The Havana Government disapproves,
of the proposed fusion of the Bahia dr Ha
vanna Railroad Company.
A court martial is now engaged in try
ing the cases of,Lawzes and Medina.
Nasty YORK, April 23.—A special to the
Herald, from Havana, says the passengers
taken from the Lizzie Major have been
placed at the disposition of the United
States Consul at Remedios.
Naw ORLEANS, April 23.—A number
of Cubans and Cuban sympathizers held
a meeting to-night and afterwards para
ded the streets in a torch light proces
sion, carrying United States and Cuban
insurgent flags. They serenaded the
newspaper Offices. Among those signing
the call for' a meeting was Mr. Dumas,
newly appointed Minister to Liberia. A
number of -colored men were in the pro
cession. ,
CHICAGO.
Excitement on 'Change Concerning
Corn in Store.
[By Teleirrapb to the nastiest/II essette.3
Cit.acActo, April 23.—There has been
much excjiement on theßoard of Trade
for the past two days, by the discovery
that the corn in several elevators and
warehotises waft heating, and particulcr
ly Ito in Munn & Soott's elevators; and it
is found that owing to the condition of
the corn when brought into market, and
from the effects of the last se
vere storm, that nearly all in the
city will soon be in the same
condition. A meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Board of Trade was
held this afternoon to take action on
this condition of alikirs. After much
discussion; in which, from the tendr of
the rentarkeAt seemed asif nearly every
speaker was "a - seller , r the following
resolution was offered by S. L. Under.
woOd, end pasted: •
lhashadilltlit..shas4sthperricoesm.
halms feaeisca st4the 91.tyllikvator shall
constitute._ what dellirary.for all cask
sales of new corn made yederday. the
22d hut, if delivered or tendered that
day: and also sales of "seller the mouth,"
whibh were tendered yesterday, but not
thereafter.
Strong efforts were made to put in
other contracts besides those.specided in'
the'above resolution, but the Board re.
fused to atiow it.
NEW YORK CITY.
By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
NEw Yoas, April 23, 1869.
The National Board of Underwriters
to-day, after a long dimes/shin, informally
voted in favor of appointing an Execn.
tive Manager, with an' advisory commit
tee, to discharge the executive business
of the Board. Objections were raised to
their taking a final vote ,on the question,
wnich wilt be further osinsidereti.
Vari
owt substitutes for the scheme were re
ferred to the Bxecntive Committee, with
instructions to report a plan to the Board.
The U. S. Commissioner to-day refused
$lO,OOO bail for Wilson, who is charged
with heavy drawback frauds. 4.
The billiard match to-night between
Foster and Decry, for $260 a side. French
carom game, three hundred points, was
.won by Foster by one hundred and sev
enteen. Foster's greatest run was nine
teen, Deery's
•
Counterfeiter Shot—Odd Fellows Cen-.
tenlai Convention.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
Sr. Louis, April It —A notorious
counterfeiter named Louis Dallman,
was shot and killed bP a policeman here
to-day while attempting to escape. arrest.
He fired four ahote at the policeman a but
without effect. w
Mayor Cole has issued a proclamation
requesting the general suspensiou of bu
siness between nine and three o'clock on
Monday. 26th Wet., so that all persona
may participate in or witness the celebra
tion of the semi-oentenial anniversary of
American Odd Fellowship. Very exten
sive arrangements for this celebration
are in progress, and it is expected to be
a grand aftalr. Several thousand mem
bers of the Order will be here from ahroad.
Hon. Win. Wallace of Indiana, will be
the orator of the oc casion.
News from Mexico.
ilty Telegreph scs the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
NEW YORK, April 23.—A telegram
from Guadalajara (Mexico) reports that
some rebels captured RftarlO on the 2d
instant, but abandoned the place and
fled on the approach. of a • b 06 3, of Gov
ernment troops, .eight thousand strong.
Colonels Ortez and Castoneda have pro
nounced against Juarez and joined
Gen. Paliace. General Guerra, When
doze and Davoloa have arrived at Mex
ico with 1,000 men.
Markets by !telegraph.
NEW ORLEANS, Aprll 23.—Cotton;
receipts to-day 1,452 bales; for the week
8,5 33 gross, 8037 net; exports tOday 8,832;
for the week to Liverpool 10,348. to Con.
tinent 14,784; coastwise 2,031; stock 92,417:
sa les taday 1,200 bales; market irregu-*
;an middling 28 '4c. Gold 1843 i. Stet glhange 144 x. New York Sight
0i sugar 'dull; common p®lo)4o; Prime axe. Molasses; ferment
ing 50®50.„ Flour d ulksuperfipa 55,70;.
double extra
.110;.' treble extra ;6,50.
Corn firmer: white 78c. Oatis Miner
_t 70 720. 'Bran', gi 5. Hay arm; prime'
,pork-firin at $32,. Boom; firm at
'lsm@lljielNo. Lar ddull; tierce 18®
itsn'keit.lo3l(o`43‘o. Whisky depressed
and nominal. 'OOll4-tuichanged.
THE BUTLER HOMICIDE.
Trial of Z. Taylor Ilockenburry for the
'birder of His Cousin, Miss Mary Ann
IleCandiess—Wednesdays Proceed-
logs—lmportant Testimony Adduced- II
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Threatening Letters of the Prisoner
Written to the Deceased Circumstan.
Daily Fasten the Crime Upon Him— i
Interest Increasing.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Mrs. McCandless was called. Is the
mother of Nancy Ann McCandless. On
the evening of the 3d of November last,
just after they sat down to supper, she
heard a shot; her daughter was shot; did
not see her fall, but heard Mary say,
"Nancy's shot!" went to her and found
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her on the floor; kind of gathered her up,
sitting like, and found her all bieeding;
thought she maybe breathed twice, but
the blood was gushing out of her nose,
so she could not tell. Did not examine
the wounds, but could see that her head
was ell torn. Taylor Hockenburry came
there that night after the murder; he
stood outside looking. in. I went up to
him and said, "Taylor, what villain has
give me this sore, troubled heart, and
murdered my innocent child?" He
made no reply; he went into the house,
but did not go up to the corpse; watched
to see what he would do; he did not go
up to , look at her, but dodged around be
hind the other people, and looked as if
he wanted to see her; that was all I said
to him. The first that 'I -had seen him
after the accident was when he stood out
side the door; he said nothing to me,
made.no inquiry; was present and saw
him when he was brought in after the in
quest, next day; did not speak to him and
have not spoke to him since. When I
spoke to him that night he hung his
head and said nothing. Witness' reason
for watching Hookenbu.rry was. some
-thing that Mary told her after Ann was
killed; it was, maybe, not fifteen min
utes, maybe not five minutes, after the
murder that Mary had told her this
something; had not left the room: had
asked Mary to bring water, and she ran
out and brought some. Witness washed
the blood off Nancy's face; were all in
an uproar; were lamenting cannot de
scribe what was going on there.
Priioner's counsel objected to examin
ing witnesa as to the prisoner's shooting
in the house and the burning of the
barn.' , [Objection noted.] The shooting
wasdone on Saturday night,end the barn
was burned two weeks a ft er, on Sunday
night. Witness described the shooting,
the means used to enter the rooms, beds,
&c., just as her husband had done. The
balls went across the bed; the first one
struck the wall above the clock; the
other about eight inches above the bed.
and about as far below the head as would
have made the ball strike about the
shoulders of the persona sleeping in it;
was awake when the first shot was fired,
but did, not' bear the,. person enter
the ' houtur. was mltty .
*flatly; before theseemettdot swei-dred
ttlere'Yrss A sound like
not`reaognlze the voice; bdt ft did run in
her mind that she had heard it 'before;
could not tell, for , , sure that the voice
called up any person; could not mpke it
out for certain; the voice did not appear
like a strange voice; cannot mind that
they examined the walls of the room
next day for marks of , balls; searched the
wails the entry to see if there was any
market powder; did not think of any
one being so cruel as to fire balls among
us; did not think of 'coking over the
girl's leads; it was Taylor Hockenburry
who first showed us the marks of the
balls;1 witness and her husband were
present In another rooni with Taylor,
talking about the shooting; they were
saying that they could not see any bullet
holes; he said,:"l can show you bullet
holes:" as soon as he said this, went
with him into the room, and he past
pointed out the two places; do not re
' member if the girls were with us; de
fendant had been in the house, after the
shooting, before this time; cannot just
think when he was there, he was in the
habit Of coming so often; cannot just re
member about his times claiming; could
not tell if he was in this room, before that
time, after the shooting; witness was
generally at home; might have been at
preaching in that time, did not ask him
when he had seen the holes, and be did
not explain; it was after Hockenburry
showed the boles that Simon Alexander
picked out a bullet from one of them.
The;witness was seriously troubled in
trying to give iniier testimony about the
breaking open of the house on the Sab
bath; she found, on coming from church,
that her married daughter Lucinda was
there,' having come in consequence of
the breaking; the door had• been forced
open by a hatchet, and an effort made to
force tae look of a bureau.
Croita-examinafirm.—lt was Ann slept
on the front of the bed; she was nearest
the door. Tbe way witness knew that
it was the first shot that struck high, be
aide the clock, is that Nancy' said she
hear.d the clock jingle when it struck.
quideper
easilye wall Is all spotted;
not distinguish the holes
from the spots. The bureau, attempted
to be forced open, standa in the same
room where the firing was done; kept
money in that drawer; theta might have
been three hundred dollars in it that
time; saw nothing of any attempt to
force any other drawer; say it was a hat
chet used, because Ann told witness it
was a hatchet the man had used. Taylor
lived with witness; was very quiet; did
not always anewerwhen spoken to;
never went off to frolics. Witness was
very much confused the evening of the
murder, said nothing to Taylor that
evening but what she tuts stated; did
not atuthe hands with him; did tot
swear, beers the that she shook
hands with him.
Proaeoution objeeted to askin witness
if she had not suspected a neig hbor, not
now in` the country, as the Incendiary.
Court decided that, as the prosecution
had attempted to connect prisoner with
the burning of the barn, the question
was proper.
Witness had some suspicions; it was
among the Pisetsg •It' was Oliver risers
he was her lialtsister's husband; lived
on the idjoiningLsrm, down the lane a
little bit. There was some talk that it
might have' been , Piser who- did the
shooting in the house. Witness might
have suspected Mr. Thompson,•himself,
butha4 rot at that time. {{This raised
hiNth.,) There was talk of Oliver Piser
i•sulng her husband for slander, for ev
ihe did the shooting and the barn
burning'; was on bad terms with Piser:
never wanted to buy ,Piser's place, but
did not care bow soon he left the coun
try; had bad boys, who used to throw
stones at the house of witness as they
passed to school, and stone the hogs; was
glad when they left the country; never
suspected Jimmy Oritton; had no suspi
cion of Jimmy; last time she heard of him
was when Mr. Kennedy brought him
from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. Piser
sold out about a year ago and went
to Missouri; have not heard of any of his
family living in this part of the country
since; the breaking in of the house on
Sabbath was after the Pisers left.
There was a good deal of mirth in Court
over the testimony of this witness. From
the sound of the , Voic.e which said "boo
boo" on the night of the shooting,
she thought it might have been Pleerhi.
Cross.examination resumed. Do not
remember tellihg my daughter that that
might have been Piser's voice, but it did
come into my mind that it might have
been him. •
Mary McCandless was next called. Is a
daughter of George C. McCandless, and
sister of Mary Ann McCandless. She
described the position of the family at
table the evening of the murder, just as
the other two witnesses had done; did
not see Annie fall; was just going to say
to Annie thit "there was some more of
Taylor's shooting." [Counsel objected,
and this was stricken out.] Saw her on
the floor and said to mother "Annie's
shot;" mother went to her; told me to go
and fetch some water; fetched the water
and went away attain, for 'the sight was
so horrible that I didn't like to witness
it; went out into the kitchen; that was all
I know; observed mother washing An
nie with the water; she had just raised
her, sitting up like, and was washing the
blood off her; heard no noise before
the firing: no barking of the dog; ho
curtains on the window; the window pa
per was rolled up; attention had not been •
called to the window before the shooting; •
was so badly scared that she did not know
what her father did: do not know if he
went to the neighbors; yes, father did go
to Barkley's; did not see Taylor Hocken
burry there that night; saw lum come to
thehouse next morning; he , mVasmith the
constable; did not speak to him; saw
him , come into the house; atalioVhear
him say anything; on the evening belbre
Annie and father and I were gathering •
apples; it was beginning to get "disk;
father.brought in theapples; Annie held -
the candle; I helped father to shoul
der the apples; saw a man go down the
road toward the church; did not know
who it was; sister did not say that she
saw him; saw, the man by the light of
the candle; he was walking fast; do not
know for certain hoar long that was be
fore the shot was fired; supposelt was a
half hour.
Witness was asked to state what occur
red in the house at the time of the former
shooting. Mr. Thompson objected for
the defence. Overruled. She and her
sister were sleeping in the room with
father and mother; heard a shot fired;
sat up in the bed; Annie told her to lie
down; laid down and a second shot
was fired; knew the shots came from the
door by the sound; it made a flash; saw
no person; he made a sound; went "boo,
boo r boo" like; it wits before the shot
was fired; a vary, fthert time elapsed no,
dziaaamtbsitiral shut;
only laid• damn-400114 Vl* 8 4 1 .4.0.4417
time as to who had fired the AO; nOth-•
ink was said next day 'about boles in the
wall; don't know why Taylcir,lhe prig
oner, first showed us - the holes; it was .
the time he showed: them to. , father and
mother and slater Annie; I was present;
that was the first tithe I 'had"teen them;
do not remember the day, of the week;
he asked if he had eeett bullet holes;
father said he had not, and he said ho
could show them to 'him; we all went,
into the room and- he showed them; he
Just went up to the bed and pointed them
out; he did not look about much; he said
there was a bullet hole; then looked up
and said there was the other one; defend
ant had not before been in the room
after the shooting, that witness knew of;
had not heard anything at the time of
shooting like balls striking the_wall; ob—
served no jingle or rattle; does not know
why they had not examined the walls;-
saw Jimmy Alexander take, the ball opt;
Jimmy worked for father; the ball was.
taken out of one of the places
,Tkvlor
had pointed out; he stood on fiellair to
reach it. .
She showed on the all that the other
bullet hole was about 'a foot above the
bed; if she had remained sitting lup
thinks the ball would have struck her.
Defendant lived abotit the house several
years; was like a member of thelimily;
went through the house as he wished;
he always seemed to be friendly; sister
and he had correspondence by letter;
knew of him writing to hen-she did not
write to him; saw the letters he wrote;
she showed them to me; saw a couple of
letters; read them tioth; they were dated;
cannot state the date; remember the first
one was in '67; the other in the winter fol
lowing. Mr. Thompson objected to this
question and answer. Overruled. Mr.
McJunkin withdrew the question and
the answer was struck out,'and prosecu
tion submitted proposition in writing.. ,
Court . adjourned.
arruusooar . • •
Mr. McJunkin read his SESSION
propositiou,
which was to prove that defennt tpull
written letters to deceased, which letters
cannot be found, but were read
.by. wit
ness.
Examination resumed—Saw her sister
have two letters; did not know where
she kept them; showed them tO w i tnesl4
who read them. Father fetched her one
of them from the office. and Emma Zilla
McCandless brought the: other. They
were both sealed when they were
brought to her sister; Saw her sister re
ceive them; took themlo be Yin his writ
ing; had men his writing; had seen the
defendant w ith her; went to ached with
him; believe these letters were in the
handwriting of defendant; Annie burned
them; it was not long after she got them
that she burned theme saw her burn
them; it looked as if both were together
when she burned them; is not certainp
have searahed•for these letters; have not
been' ble to And them; does not know of
her sister getting any;other letters:siker '
-had them in her hands, and witness had
them In her hands; have looked in draw
ers and bandboxes, and" have searched
so as to be satisfied the letters are not
now to be found; searched 4 r'eat Many ~
times; it was out of the enVelope , when
Witness had it in ' her hands; ehte r h ad
the envelope in her handfv. The a nal.
ope was addressed to Miss ; N un Ann
McCandless; both letters ' had - tae' ad
dress: "Miost M ss NsneY Ana Sidealidiaaa,' •
pbaspect Poe." Thies IB the offi ce
where they got their mall; r read _each t
twi et e44 could give some of the contents of.
the lters. They were middlingshort.4
Irwas common white paper,,notiAtteif
paper. , they were written upon; not a
on.hal
whole sheet; does not know If they were
f sheets; does not know ii' they
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