Et(e Eittskiiiifiirtffe PUBLIIIEED DUEL Er psoimax, Mast c 0„ Proprietors P. B. nraunitAx. aosisa luxe. T. P. 1101P3TON, N. P. REED, Miter, awl Proprietor,. OFFICE: WAIETrE 11011.0 D ID, NOS, 84 AND 86 FIFTH ST OFTECTAL PAPER et Pllleabiligt. Allogliey and All.- ittgulyCoalit Sw- Weak,. e year— 014.110 tie year.B.o' elterzionth • 775 00.. 1.50 1 tixe week T hreels; mos 751 mem carder.) I . TUESDAY, APRIL raRINT on the i pars of this eternises G.l.zsrrn r : Pai/e roetrY, - "Magdatene." Feniziwltymia and Ohio Irma, Clippings. Third and Sixth pages: .Financial, Commercial, Markets, importe and Riee r . News. Seventh page: Interesting iliscq3any, Amusements. •. . U. S. balms it Frankfort, ' B7}. : MannLnum it Antwerp, 531 f. (or D closed is New York iestetlay at'l33l. ; • Tint New York Democracy do not sus tain their Governor, Efopsawi, in hie ef forts to save the State Treasury from the plundering policy of railway subsidies. The majority of their members in the Legislattire vote against his vetoes, while • much the largest part of the Republican vote is given to sustain :them, It is said :lie has come to rely almost wholly upon - the Republican support, to aid him in pro 'tenting the people from his own Demo cratic friends. WE snomn be very glad to believe that the Parkersburg Times has authority for its assertion, concerning thcprojected bridges at Beileair and Parkersburg, that The matter of contention is not so much Upon the question of the span of the bridges, as the bridges the mselves— which belief Is confirmed by the fact that the Baltimore and Ohio road has repeat edly cffered to compromise ;upon four hundred feet, while the minimum fixed by the law is three hundred-filet, If the corporation has "repeatedly of fered," or even once offered, such a com promise, the Time alone has the news. The rest of the world is' under the im pression that the only offer which the Company has made is to increase its spans to four hundred feet, providedlthe friends of a free liver will pay an additional cost estimated at from 4100;000 to $150,000. The evidence as to this proposition Is on the record. But the Times tells quite another story. Where is its proof, to contradict the recorded testimony at 6Washington The Times is also in error—we trust its honesty at the cost of its good sense, in supposing It to be ignOrantly misled—in ascribing the opposition to these bridges at all to the Pennsylvania Railroad. This company is largely interested in the Steubenville bridge, which the resolutions of the recent public meeting in this city very pointedly denounced. Max. for readers of cable news! When :you. see a sensational item credited as a - "special to the New York Herald," don't •belleve a syllable of it. The foreign "specials" to that journal are, and have adways been, notoriously reputed to be <lf, home manufacture. Its latest &brio, tkln does more erbdit to its audacity than to its ingenuity. At this moment, when the whole world knows how bitterly Eng land regrets her one great mistake in' the nutter of, our Confederate rebels, and how eloquently that, blunder was de nounced by Jtatu Baron; and other in fluential members of the present Ministry, there is small danger that the blunder will be repeated in the case of Cuba. Even her Tories, who hate the Republic the most - cordially, would be too shrewd to support a policy which would literally throw-the Gem of the Antilles into Ameri can hands. Spain is Eughtid's ancient ally. What ever differences may occur, from year to year, in the international relations of those powers, are amicably adjusted with promptitude,sometimes bY Persuasion and, sometimes after • a menacing growl from ,the British lion. Bet England has imme morially claimed for herself the sole privi lege of bullying the Peninsular kingdom, and has never yet deserted'its side, when driven to sirtnnniti by another pay er. We repeat.that, if Idstory sheds any li g h t whatever upon England'i policy towards Spain; it warrunts the belief that she will now exhaust every pacific means to se cure her Andfsturbed title to her Wes Indian possendons. If 'sensible people would bestow a mo ment's careful consideration. upon the sensational fabrications which are the 'staple product of One half of our - news- PaPers, the other half would need to waits no time in their contradiction. PROTECTION OF RAILWAI PROP.. The Ohio Senate BATY. has passed a bill for the classification of milwayairectorN that but one- so third of the board shall an. nnally go out of office.. From the report before us, the appears to be general in its provisions, thus adopting, ter till the railways of that Btate uniformly, a priiciple which some of the Ohio Jour- Jullirlfgar6.4.- . MOAT obiectionable i==El I Weekly, Ingle copy..es. so eoresontli L 2 115 • one to Agent. ,1869 affairs on the Upper Ohio as follows: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com pany now propose to push forward their works under the act of 1862, which au thorizes spans in general of 200 feet. with a single span of 800 feet; under which authority the bridge at Steubenville was erected. Since its erection, it bas proved to be a serious injury to and tax upon one of the great interests of the country, the coal trade an which all the people of the Mississippi Valley have a deep in terest at stake), in a manner which can not be clearly explained in a brief ani -cle; and it is certain that the erection of additional bridges as now proposed, with 300 feet spans, will still more senouslY injure the value of the 'Ohio river navi gation, and enhance the price of coal. The gist of the matter 18 this: It haa been found by experience, accumulated through years, that the cheapest possible mode of carrying coal from the mines along the Upper Ohio to the great mar kets on the rivers below, including St. ;Louie, is by meansof barges and boats arranged In - very large fleets, sometimes covering two acres, acme having a front of 180 feet, and a length of over 700 feet. The best pilots dare not attempt to pass these large terra through such a span as 300 feet, in, thenight, or In certain winds, because a little, misdirection, or a strong wind would throw one end or the other against one of the piers; thus the Steu benville bridge now t-gulates, at a loss to the public. the coal business, which . already amounts to over fifty millions of bushels per annum, and will in a very few years, with the Southern market healthy and flourishing,'- be augment° to 100,000,000. Millions of the people of the Ohio and venting unnecessary obstructions from 'going into the Ohio river; both branches of Congress, and the Egineer De 'mane of the United States, are convinced theintal yet e Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, taking advantage of the technleal dißiculties thrown in the way of the true eipreasion of Congress, now propose acting in a truly selfish spirit, to the seriona injury of the public, by persisting in 'placing piers only 800 feet apart, when the other railroad com panies hate acceded to the compromise width of 400 feet. First Presbyterian Church; . A meeting of the members of the First Presbyterian Church was held last even* ing at their lecture room, corner of Sixth avenue and Wood street, to 'lake into coninderation thb propriety of erecting a new lecture room' and Sabbath Seim! The meeting was organized by calling Rev. Mr. Boovel, pastor of the Church, to the Chair, and sprinting Mr. Charles Rays Secretary. After the matter h d been thoroughly discussed, it was volved to erect a new building, and to rais it fund for that par pose by subscription. A C ommittee of three was then ap rt, pointed to nominate a Committee to raise the fond& The Committee retired and after n a brief absence reported the follow ingnames aa erectiontt to collect the funds for the of the hall: Mrs. EL Denny, Mrs. Murphy, Mrs. Poindexter, Mrs. O'Hara, Mrs. Scovel, re. C. HaYth Mrs. Emma Wrav and °sere. J. T. Wood, Chas. flays, D.'Rob neon, R. Waring, S. R. Johnson, IL For he and J. Dixon. The nominations ere °Confirmed. Mr. Scovel said he would like to have some limit or amount stated as the fund to - be 'raised, and - then the com mittee Would know what they had to do. On motion it was resolved to tiz the Minimum aount at #40,000. m A number' of persons present expressed awillingness to sabscribe liberally, and e prospect for raising the amount in a s rte time is very flattering. • e meeting then adjourned, and was 1 witb beaectictioa by Rev. btrt., I I ft ' I I I Whin - Our own LeeAstature drat apPlied it to the Fort Wayr,e road. We need prf.mounce no opinion upon the precise vanses which induced that ap plication in the case ,at Harrisburg. It is enough to know that the measure was unanimously approved by the members of the corporation in question, and that the principle is accepted, in railway and financial circles generally, us presenting the most effective safermard against a very dangerously mischievous device'of the stock•gamblers and. financial sharpers of Wall street. Whoa this classification shall be the general rule with the direc tories,lt will be no longer possible for that class of adverb:lmre to revolutionize solvent companies, robbing stockholders and the public of millions of dollars, at the cost -of a few thousands in margins put np for a week or two. These swind ling raids uptm railway interests must be accomplished in the very shortest time— or not at all. Secresy and celerity areas essential to their success, as the same conditions were to Averill's cavalry-raid about, Richmond. Make it simply ha possible to revolutionize., by such Weans, an acceptable directory at a sing* elec tion, and the tactics of the guerillas will be forever foiled. . ' The public are profoundly interested in the limper management of 'their great railway lines. It is not a question whether particular men shall have re sponsible and lucrative posts, hut whether - immense properties, covering many mil lions of the wealth of the people, in every class and condition of society, shall be left veithout protection from dis honest attacks. The sharper who .suc ceeds—by schemes such as this principle : of classification is designed to prevent-- in impairing the property and knocking doWn the stock of . a great railway com pany, making the public to lose one or two millions in the depreciation, that he may secure a few thousands of profit, is as ranch an *tender against :the rights of *property, as would be the incendiary who wraps a city in flames that he may the easier rob its people. No remedy can so effectually ,protect railway stockholders i from such *mugs, as this which secures, i ‘ r / for thei directories, a permanency be- ii yond a y mere stock-gvmbling reach. 1 THE ,BRIDGE QUEtTION IN CON GRESS.. W. •Ifitsen ROBERTS, Esq., writes to the St. Louis Republican, correcting cer tain erroneous impressions' to which that journal had given currency, Mucking the non -action of Congress on this question. He also explains the present -posture of . ' I .i~~.* "a ;;; PITTSBURGH Conclusion of Friday's Proceedings. Sanwa McCall, worn—Came with the prisoner when he as brought to prison. Had conversation with , on the road. Was in the wagon with him. -Leaned down on the seat and said "this was a bad thing and that if I was 'guilty of it I be lieved my conscience would not hit me keep it." Cross-examined—Described the part of the road where this conversatioon took place. Does not know if his hand was on the prisoner's s houlder—does not rec ollect telling him he had better state all he knew about it. Did not make the re mark to elicit an answer from any one. Does not recollect telling Bit'. Wilson that he had advised prisoner to confess. Mr. Wilson got into the wagon after a. while. Dees not mind if he told Mr. Wagon bistro they got to Butler that he told the prisoner to confess, it would be better for him. Thinks he did not tell Mr. Wilson anything about it before they cantos to town. (Recolleection much at fault.) By Court—Were no inducements held out, or threat or promises made? Re mark was addressed to prisoner and Mr. Fligger both—"kind of a conversa tion like." has ; epe e sExamnatin in chief resas umed—Wit nears ted all that w said just at that time. Was nothing said to induce witness to make the remark he has re peated. Defense oblected to hearing prisoner's reply. Overruled. Prisoner did not say anything for a few minutes, then kind of raised up and said they had took him, and if they could get witness and convict him, he supposed they would hang him. Before this, as they were coming through Unionville, his aunt Jeminis was there, coming from church. This aunt said to hint, "Oh, Taylor, Tay lor, are you guilty of this awful deed?" He did't say anything, but kind of hung down his head. This was said three and a half or four miles from where the con versation occurred. Cross-examined—His aunt was crying, very much affected, when she said this. The witness was very much affected too, but did not cry. Shed no tears that wit ness saw. Prisoner was not tied. Does not know that any of the guard were around. Had no trouble bringing him to prison. John Stolen, sworn—Was at church on the night of November 3d. Sat on the third seat from the pulpit. Did not see Taylor, and knows him. Did not see Wil liam English. Was at Mr. McCandless' next day. -1 Witness exhibited a dia gram of fractured pane, taken by him a few days after the murder, before the Grand Jury Sat.] • James May, sworn—Live from a mile to two miles from Mr. McCandless'. Was waked in the night, and went out be tween .ten and eleven o'clock. Exam ined the window and ground outside. Saw the place where the paper had been found. It was all over blood; had been tramped around and got bloody. Was between Conrad Double and the corpse, and when Double picked up the wad got some pieces of paper that was in Taylor 's carpet sack and compared this with the piece found in the load; has this paper in his pocket; (produced it;) these pieces were taken from Taylor's carpet sack to compare - with the load. Witness took them from the sack; fetched the carpet sack part way from Mr. Graham's. Mr. Fligger handed it to him. It was locked. Taylor had the key. Witness was not present when it was opened. There was a crowd. , Witnesa went out. "Did not go to see it opened." Squire Shannon unlocked it, and I looked in and saw the pistols. The sack was taken back to Mr. Graham's, and then brought back to Mr. McCandless before I got the paper ant of it. Witness examined the gun. It was brought to Mr. McCandless', then taken back to Mr. Graham's, then brought to Mr. McCandless, before witness examined it. The cap was bright; a G. D. cap;' a com mon cap will get green quicker than a water proof. This was a water proof cap on the gun. Witness tried the experi ment since on•hbfown gun; put a cap on it Thursday evening and on Monday it was bright; kept the gun in a room where there was tire; never made an ex periment as to how long a load of pow der would keep dry in a gun; suppose as long as in a powder horn. Croesexamined—hiy gun was shot off faur times; and the cap put on immedi ately. Know that fi ring off agar' leaves black and damp in the barrel and around the lock. Thinks if a gun was perfectly clean and dry, and powder put into it, the powder would keep dry. Think it was glazed powder that 'Squire Shan non took out of my gnu. A charge of powder put in and rammed down but slightly would stay loose and ran out easily. A water proof cap keeps ita color longer than a common cap. The cap on defendant's gun was a water proof cap. If the tube of a gun was perfectly dry and clean, the cap would stay bright and good a long time. Never tried putting a cap on and keeping it in a room without fire. Court adjourned. _ . Saturday Horning. Court opened at 13)i. PICTURE OP DECEASED'S MOTHER. Bereaved mother took her usual place at the round table of the prosecuting attorneys, close to the witness stand, with her back to it, her face to the an denoe and the prisoner, in a direct line between her and them. It is remarked, to his disadvantage, that be does not look at the witnesses while testifying; but he cannot do this , without encoun tering the little, red, weather-beaten face, with its little, sharp, compressed features, overhung, by red, angry brows, under which the little, sharp, dark eyes lie in ambush to pierce his brain. She -is a curious study, this dampy, fat little woman, as she sits, day after day, with her little fat hands clasped comfort ably over her little, portly person, boring, boring with her little sharp eyes, through heart and brain of the unfortu nate, perhaps insane, or guilty lover of her dead child, veryn of herdead sister. She appears the Nemesis ofoffended Justice. Occasionally she nods, but quickly arouses "to .her work of ven geance. Her sharp attention to all that is,:.said, and ready suggestions and promptinge to the Commonwealth attor firmys ' l ne itticoe rr voiee in which she ga espnd ith the sharp, ve hershrill, w testimany,an tio brought down the house" by her spiteful little witticisms and severe retorts leveled at attorneys for the defence. She quite givea to the proceed- Inge the air of a family fight, instead of a solemn attempt to vindicate the majesty of the law. After she WAS seated THII EVIDENCE RESUMED. Squire Graham was recalled and re_peat ed the account of having taken the oPitts-' burgh Weekly Dispatch" in 'BO. Could not remember at what time he began to take it, b ut it was earlyin the spring; got it in ael b; joined the club sometime after it was made up; cannot tell whether tibenne got back numbers, or his copy moan d after the time of the others run out; has net searched in his house for the boleuthboseriptrohni.chit d number corresponding with that of which the wad seems to be a part. (Here ShOWII a paper.) /s confident this Is one '6O; it is a oopy he to . nli ddi mat /0, ated November sßer received on d 1 h marked and sent tO . lO Prilicklia r l - **S IC (at fragment of x GAZETTE: TUESDAY, APRIL THE :BUTLER HORRIDE. t, other paper is shown to him.) I He iden tifies it as one he marked and sent to Mr. Riddle; it is a portion'of one of the papers he received on his(subscription; he can find no date on it, except Marsh 27," to a telegram from Fortress Mom•oe; (returned the paper to prosecuting at torney, who passed it to Mr: Thompson, who carries it back to witness and calls his attention to several adVertisements dated very prominently "1862.") Wit ness says he was mistaken about this fragment being a part of one of his old subscription papers, and conchides that it must have come to his houselrom the store wrapped around something. Mr. Thompson reminds witness of his former statement that no Dispatches had come to his house, except those received on subscription. Witness explained that they often came as wrapping paper. Questioned by Cotirt--Witness , the weekly such search in his house' for the weekly Dispatch of February 2, :1861, as convinces him it is not there; searched by request of Mr. Riddle; cannot tell if it is lost; could find no number later than 1866. : I Cross.examined—Made no search for any particular number of th paper; it was last winter, after the meeting of the , Grand Jury, that be hunted for the paper; ' does not know, how many of these old papers were torn up or destroyed after prisoner's arrest; does not remember ever having any Dispatches except those received by that one year's subscription; has no recollection of getting tnat par ticular paper he has identified; just found it in his house and supposed it Was one lie had received by subscription. Examination in chief resamed—Wit ness found no Despatches in his hOuse of later date than '6(t. Looked carefully for any dated in '6l. Could not find cue. Alex, Mitchell, lately appointed Asses sor, sworn—Went to Pittsburgh lately, with Ali,. Riddle, prosecuting attorney. Went with him to the counting room of the Pittsburgh Despatch., Asked to see a filo of Vol. 8. Was shown a bound vol ume. Searched in it. Found what they were looking for. Is asked, "Why did yon examine that volume ?" 1 Objection by defence. 'Prosecution did not know what they wanted n prove by this witness, and after a half hour . had been consumed in argument by counsel, Judge McGutlin took the ground that any person who bad been in the habit of reading a paper was competent to iden tify it. ~ ,The objection was overruled; and witness proceeded. ,I He and Mr. Riddle had a copy of • the wad and wished to conipare it with a Dispatch'of the time in Which Mr. 'Gra ham was a subscriber; found the paper they wanted; clerk refused to tear the par out of the file, or to ermit the ,to ta ke the volume out of the p office; we nt 1 back to the hotel. After dinner Mr. Rid die went alone to the Dispatch officeland got the volume; witness did not go with I him; did not see him, after they parted I at the hotel, until they met at the depot, I when Mr. Ridille had the book, and they I brought it along. Witness is shoin a volume and says this is the same they examined in are counting room and brought along. Witness is asked to state if he believes this to be a bound file of the Pittsburgh Weekly Dispatch. Objection by ; defence. Court inquires if witness has such I knowledge of that paper as would enable him to identify it. Thinks he has. ills father took the daily In '6O and '6l" He read it 1 1 sometimes. pretty regularly, and the weekly I : • [ Cross.examination—His father nev er I took the weekly. Witness cannot say, ; certainly, that he ever read a copy of the ; weekly of '6l, or ever saw one. Examination-In-chief resumed—Has occasionally seen a copy of the weekly, but cannot tell when Thinks he has such knowledge of it as would enable him to identify it. Thinks his acquaint ance extends back to '6O or '6l. I Cross-examined—Has no recollect! On that he ever read a copy of the PettabuO Weekly Dispatch until tie r d what pur ports to be it In this bound volume. I, Examined and cross.exa fined—Aga#l . affirming and denying, an; Court ruled that witness was not com tent to lien:\ tity. 'Squire Graham, recalled—" Would be able to identify the paper if it was in the same form as when I got them." Is shown the copy he has identified, and is not certain except as to his autograph and stencil marks on the margin. Cross-examined—Knows nothing about i the paper, except by seeing mom° num; biers of it. There were some'numbers he did not get during his year ;of subscrip. Grand,Compllmentary Lion. Has no means of knowing that this ger - Canning—lnte Bene fi t to Matta. restiag Bromine. la the paper it purports to be, but such um as anyone wOuld have who had read a few numbers! Last night, the Opera House was fi lled , Examination in chief resumed—Wit-' to its utmost capacity by one of the most ness believes he is able to identify. I refined and brilliant audiences we have Defence objects. Court rules that the ever seen drawn together on any similar jury must decide if the evidence of was in Pittsburgh. Every seat knowledge is sufficient. Mr. Thompson; occasion argued that witness' own statements, . , occupied from pit to dome, and the aisles prove his incompetency. ; as well as "dead head row,"were uncom- Cross-examined—lf shown an un.! fortably Crowded with paying patrons, 1 marked copy of PaPer would have no anxious to put in an appearance and manna of knowing it. here is more argument of manse], thus ensure and secure to Manager and minute directions by Court , The Canning a benefit at least as sub prosecution appear to have carried this stantial as complimentary. The rich Point. Witness is shown that same old old comedy of "She Stoops to Conquer" copy of November 10th, 1860, and,is about - to pronounce upon It, (*.hen Mr. •Thonap- was presented, perhaps, as well as it son arrested his answer and g fi led written ever was by the talented stock company, objections, on the ground that this was rand from It a large store of enjoyment not the beet accessible proof on the point; was derived by all in attendance. Mr. assuming that there must have been and Mrs. Vandereen, Harry Motto, fifty persons engaged in the Publication Oliver B. Doud, Mr. Norton, an other of the Dispatch, In '6l, that , many of members of the company, shone for d th in these mum, be living, and ate no more ; a lustre which stamped all as artists of a than thirty five miles distant, and that superior order of talent. The play was they had a right to demand the best 'splendidly interpreted, and had the proof on this point of identification, be. Manager been guilty of an attempt to fore the papers can be received in evi- prove how excellent were his members deuce. Objection overruled and excess. in their various lines of actin lion taken by Mr. Thompson, better selection could have g, no been Witness believes the paper with the made. The orchestral interlude between stencil marks and his autograph, is a the previous play anti the following farce copy of the Pittsburgh Weekly Dispatch, was happily filled in. When the green of the date_ already given. Is shown curtain fell on "She Stoops to Conquer " that particular number in the bound there was a very general and universal volume, and believes it to be a copy of cry for Mr. Ca nn i ng. P audi the same ' paper, vol. 8, No. 47, dated encea are inexorable on the speech ques- February 2d, 186 L tion, and lucky is the recipient of their Cress examined—[ Witness is a white favors, if he or she escapes saying some• haired, thin old man, with an unsteady thing before the green curtain. Mr. Can voice.] He never saw the paper he last Ping with all his native modesty and re identided until it was shown to him a tiring disposition, was called forth and moment ago. [The old ground is gone in a few well directed remarks ex over and over again, about that subscrip- pressed the pleasure and aatis tlon, the uncertainty of beginning faction he derived from the °cut or end of it, and of what numbers were atom He thanked not only the or were not received.) Witness still patrons of the Opera House, but likewise thinks he is certain that, he joined the the press of the city, which had so gen elab early in the spring of '6u, and got erously seconded and assisted his eftbrts the paper a year, except some number to provide during the past season a high which failed to come. Is not certain he order of intellectual and dramatic food. ever got a copy of the. Weekly Dia- He was truly felicitous in- \ his remarks patch in '6l. In his late search he failed to and won the hearty applause of all pros rind one of a later date than '6O. Cannot out. His desperate attempt to escape say that he ever saw a paper of the date' behind the friendly curtain was checked of February 2, '6l. Cannot say what rudely and yet pleasantly by the sweet numbers he ,got and which he did not sounding voice of Mr. Alexander Moil get. ' weine, from a private box, who, in • Hamilton Alexander, sworn—Lives on one of the happiest and; moat po- Muddy Creek: was agent of the Pitts- etical efforts we have ever heard burgh-Teeny gent began in '54 or him make, proceeded to present 1 55,'and Was ageht for about seven years; him with an elegant and elaborately is familiar with the paper; had know- wrought basket of floral the as an offe ledge of . where they came from; has been in g from the ladles of the city. Mr. Mall in the office and press office; thinks he wain°, than whom Pennsylvania pre would be able to recognise a copy any- sents no happier extemporanebus orator, where he , might see it; 'be li eved he is was not content to overwhelm' the ?od able to Identify these two particular ent, with a flood of rich oratory, only copies now shown to him . equallediby the rich, radiant and fragrant Creasexitinhied—lf the heading were fl owers which were passed to , him, but off he mold tot rmsruiz e them., If In a new burst of auolhne eleaueruse pro. 04 Erie" were substituted for ilittaburgh" ceededi` with all the coolness ktown'on4 In the head, . he ,wourd not know Own. to atigh order ,•?f genia to p_rasent , Thinks be got nimhlub In 'Mc dam WS 4 1 10 0 l'ilusiße nod ancire ' anonninnil I ill 1 ~,pe. 2'... , •, - -, - 4', - -`:,,.....: 1.--, -,4,- - -, ......,- 0-• - .....14,-,,..--,_ ,_- . ~.. - , $147:4,-'::/ ; I TC4 0 -4- V 45 :•..-`'''Erfpl.P.`i ,- ;: ,-Y:',' ' '' '''' ' '1.2:%'2i - 7. l'i:.. f:,:±.,'-..-- •=l-•.,:,.. ,- -...... - ;,•:?: -7-- 7 7 ~,..- '.d.:;7-77:--''.71.,-,°-,,,,, ‘41...--.,..„,-024-5,-A.,$,A-Ew.--e,,-.40,,vv.-.*-17,--,,,-,A.10,5x.3,-,:;..,-k-,-:a.V1,;:,.-31•`,'V,,,,-..i.,-44•9i ,--. `;•zz.l,--.6--,;;,,At-LW, 1 , - ~ - - - --e . -4741,.4 ' , ' ,, i , wr0aratia . ,; 71,-4*0: 3 4 , 9 - wt:A:4O.4 - ,,i-iy:m•?!.lWV!-A-.5;144,71YA-* , f M ',4bif5.,..f,..t.W.,..,414W, 454..,4...,'1T-44:k14.WRInri, 1,1",,t; 1 i ' tIIX-1416fe.'-'6l.4ttliV&-kfrf44.*l-2*'aritAtol,44 'k4ViV .',O-..1 -qtti I 1 . .. - . , : r y li~6' u a-", , I 27, 1869 L ktiow at what time of the ear; in h 'clubs there were none less y than ten or more than sixty, getterally about thirty; at the bezinning of the war there were more subscribers than at other times, and in times of political excitement, about elections. A member of a club, joining after it was made up, could gat back numbers or have his copy continued after the time of the others had expired; his brother had once had his copy so continued. Commonwealth poposed to ask witness to identify. Defence objected: Objec tion overruled. Witness identifies the paper and gives name and dates. AFTERNOON SESSION. Joseph Pots, sworn—Lives in Butler. Is a printer. Has worked at the busi ness since 1854 Worked in the office of the Pittburgil Dispatch in '66. Worked in Pittsburgh before that time on the Pont, Commercial Journal, Oil News, anti the Sunday Variety. Began working in Pittsburgh in '55. Was working in Pomeroy, Ohio, in '6O and '6l. While in Pittsburgh saw the Dispatch almost. every day. Read it sometimes. Was not familiarly acquainted with it until '67, but could have recognized it. (Many and minute questions and intelligent, prompt answers about the, name of type; &c.) Witness does not know who were editors or owners of the Dispatch in 'BO &e 1; recognizes the papers and is shown the wad; compares it with the paper in bound volume; finds that the head and colt:nun letter correspondealso the date line, the used in the date line, (which are the three Pe on the end of VIII,) and the portion of the heading; the letter used in the reading matter on the frag ment or wad is smaller than that in the paper in the bound volume; so far as wit ness can make it out, the reading matter on the scrap corresponds with that in the bound copy. Henry 6'. Rifleman, sworn Lives in Butler; is a news dealer and has been for_ nine or ten years; took the- Weekly -Dis= patch three or four years ago; took ten or twelve copies; is tamiliar with the paper and thinks he can recognize it; witness examines the papers; runs ahead of the examining attorney and insists on saying they are copies of the Pittakirgh Weekly Dispatch; be is brought back again and again to the point; identifies the papers. Defence objects, and at twenty minutes to four o'clock, after a contest which has lasted since half-past eight this morn ing, the papers are offered in evidence. As it is Saturday evening, and most of the witnesses live at a considerable dis tance, and want to go home, Judge Mc- Guilin adjourned Court- until ten o'clock on Monday morning. Then -will begin the tug of war abou t . the reception of these papers, and it probable that here lies, or will lie, grounds for asking a writ of error. vistx TO THE JAIL. I At noon the reporter went to the jail, 1 and talked with prisoner, in' hope of be ing able to read his*singular eyes, and a clo , se view confirms the suspicion that he is a monomaniac. The balls have that glassy transparencyf a hunted so seen ' me times in the eyes o ani mal, an appearance I have never seen in a human eye, except for an instant in a paroxism of terror, or in positive insan ity. Notwithstanding the almost uni versal belief in his guilt, and the appa. rently damning nature of the testimony, I see a strong probability of his Inno cence. The unconcealed prejudice of almost every witness who has been ex amined,suggests how easily "trifles light as air make confirmation strong as holy writ." And there are other reasons, (which it would be wrong to publish now,) which tend to make me think that he never fired that shot. NoTE.—The Sheriffof the county, who is universally estee das a gentleman and officer, wishes orrection of my statement about loe ng Martin, the man Imprisoned as Mrs. Shugart's as complice, in her cell. ft was before the Sheriff came tolive in the jail, and while the prisoners were in charge of a jailor; that Martin was, by mistake, locked out of his own cell and in the "female de. parttnent" all night. She is now locked in her cell, but has, at all times, had the liberty of the entire department, there being no other female prisoner. i The matter is no secret, but no one blames the Sheriff, who gave one of his arms to ' his country, and keeps the county cage as clean as possible and makes its unfortu nate inmates as comfortable as the build ing will permit. • token of the high regard in which Manager Canning •is held. He ac tually gave away a five hundred dollar set of genuine coin silver table utensils in such glowing manner as to make the, audience feel that the gift was trifling.in its nature. Seldom have we heard a happier speech, 'or one that was more full of truth and sentiment, than that uttered by the talented orator and Shakes. scholar in aying tribute o half of the gentlemepn uniting in the n prebe - sentation enterprise, to Mr. Canning, the indefatigable caterer to the higher pas sions for exalted drama. The recipient . stumbled and stuttered, and was not at home on the occasion. He only felt conscious of endeavoring to do his duty, and this magnificent token was tendered him because of his success in that direction—an acknowledgment which he never had the arrogance to as sume he was deserving. Whether he had or had not is not in our province to de termine, but that he was worthy that mark of appreciation, and, indeed, one ten thousand times more valuable, we have the largest. confidence. He has made a good managerand a popular one. His reforms, his well guided efforts, his great desire to elevate the drama, are all fresh in the memory of . our readers, and we are heartily glad that he has been so substantially assured. that the course pursued last season was the proper one and such as will forever continue to merit for him the estimation and respect of the community. A Conductor Caned. " It was thought by some of his friends, that after enduring a galling fire from sixty thousand stand of government arms stored In Johnston's establishment, cor ner of Wayne and Penn streets, on .the 14th of December, 1867, by which he was put hors du combat, and rendered unfit for duty for about a year, Mr. A. W. Browning, the very popular and faith ful conductor of the Erie Express be tween Pittsburgh and New Castle, had had inflicted upon him enough of misery for a life-time, and more especially as lus halting gait gives evidence that he has not as yet recovered from the effect of the. wounds then received. One of his admi rers, however, thought otherwise, and on Thursday of- last week, caned him most:. beautifully. On that •ay he was pre sented with a Very beau iful gold.headed cane, In -token of the 4igh esteem ia which he is:held as a gentleman and officer. Mr. Browning i a very worthy man, and we congra .slate him in being made the recipien , of such a beau- . tiful, and in his present_ ondition, such a suitable present. • Few Music Hese, Ived. We have received ".lisrsey Sam," a comic song, written, composed and sung by. Gus Williams, and published by Charlotte Blume 43 Fifth avenue. 'lt bears a beautifully colored title page and is destined to have (a large sale ixt this city. •1 " - "Say, Kaiser don't you want to buy a dere' is the title of a' mirth-provoking song by the same' popular author and comedian, attractively printed and pub lished by Charles C. litellor,No. 81 Wood street. No comic song ever spread more rapidly into universal favor• than this grotesque musical gem, and we can pro- mice it a great run. —ln the Assembly of the New ' ork Legislature a bill has been ordered o a third reading removing the Capital, of the State to New York City, by a vote of 44 to 28. SHOULDER BRACES. The value of these appliances to human heal th, and to promote and extend human life, can scarcely be over estimated. When we contem plate the vast number of individuals who have ' acquired the habit of stooping, and look at the many crooked and ill-shaped persons, the useful-' ness of these appliances are forcibly suggested to our minds. And it is not merely to those who suffer la the ceprivation of health that we &peat; thousands of cabers who are apparently secure Hilts enioyment wduld be compensated a thou sand times by the constant wearing one of these useful, we might say necessary, artle es of hu man apparel. The narrow and contracted chest Is as much a subject for proper physiological trebling as is the maintaining and keeping the stomach and other vital organs in a healthful and proper condition, to duly perform their appro. °Mate functions. Every one understands, with out &newspaper admonition, that if a lager arm be broken, an artery severed, or a rupture any. where shows itself; that these are objects worthy of our deepest care and solleitnde. Then why lot, when -you observe- the human body becoming incurvated, the chest contracting tato an hour glass shape, and the other vital powers sinking to decay—why not seek out a: remedy that -will • correct these growing evils, which not only con cern year present ease and co ort. but likewise til the future- prospect of yourse f and those •of your immediate kindred who wit one day occupy your places Le life? The cost in eney is a mere trifle. The remuneration to t e health and • stringth can hardly be weighed the same bal ance. -/t ought to b e remembere that the spinal column is not only of primary im 'ortance to the physical, but likewise to the men I well being. The health of the human body is' much respon i sable to the position of the organ and their be ing in place, as it is to physic and due regulation of diet and regim.n. We have own persons, hundreds of them, with nano and hollow chests, who Scarcely took in air en ugh to vital ize half the blood, speedily rest red to health without an ounce of medicine, so called, by the use of One of the !boulder Braces. We have , • known others who have enlarged the capacity of the chest as much is six or seven inches in ch.- cumferenee by the same means, and who can doubt their utility in all eases whe the tenden cy to consumption or any other of t e diseases of the respiratory organs are at all lm anent. These Braces are sold and applied " also all other mechanical appliances, at DR. ILEYSER'S NEW MEDICINE STORE, NO. 18 LIBERTY . STREET, TWO DOORS FROM ST. CLAIR, AND AT HIS CONSULTATION ROOMS, No. 1110 PENN STREET, from 10 A. N. until 41', Id. • ap24 AN ABSOLUTE SAFEGUARD, yuvalidi, broken down In health and spirits by Chronic Dyspepsia, or suffering front the let*. WS exhaustion which follows . the attacks of acio disease. ; the testimony of thousands who have been raised as by &miracle from a similar state of prostration by 'HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS. is a sure guarantee that by tne same means you too'may be strengthened and restored. But to those who atind in peril of epidemics, to all who, by reason of exeosure, privations and uncongenial climate or unhealthy pursuits, may at any moment be attieiten down, this parag raph is most portion/arty and ensphdficring address ed. You, who are thus situated, are proffered an absolute „safeguard against the danger that menaces you. Tone and regulate the systems withthis bari&less medicinal Stimulant and Alterative and you - Will be forearlDed against the maladies whose seeds goat around you in the air tumeen. HOSTETTER% STOMACH BITTERS are not only. a Standard Tonic and Alterative throughout, the. United States, but they are accredited by the certificates of the most distinguished °Risen' of Dm Onion, to the people of all other lands. Canada, Australia and the West Indles,, they are gradualir taking the place of all other stomach. us, whether native or ibreign, and as trusty ae truth is progressive and deltionstratlon throws dnTl i onbt, they fi will eveatuall7 supersede Orel', other , Iffirent nd Reiterative new emplereat medicinal II =NI
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