Ca ill Wittsirggt Gayttti ItfrLIBM tiMY, BY Piaakiffili,lLKED&oo, Pro - ritliAors. • 7.7l.7lnilittaitai i i acitites KING. HOUBTON, grED. Zditors sad ProPrieWr ll :: - * OFFICE INAZETTE BUILDIN6, NOS. 84 AND SOIFTN NT. OFFICIAL 'PARES -1)f Pitttaburgh. ALtegimuy and ;; (hen* cOnitty, • 111MDat(y. firma- Waskly.L. Weary. • ; ...Mooloneyear.s2.solmlngie ea)rf .41 E:coulkt 76 Six mot.. 1.60 i 5 coidesmtek the week 15 Three mot 75 10 - _ 1. Carrier.) ; and onstoAteek. WEDNESDAY APRIL wan, 1869.1 Ws rexerr on the in pars of this morning:a Gezavrx a &nand gage':, Poetry, Ephemeris, Aliscellaneews. Third and Sixth pages: Commercial, Binaneid, liffeaftial and River News, Markets, Imports• Seventh page: Petroleum Rems, Real Estate Transfers, Location of Oil Refineries, •Brief Telegrams, Political . a innotineeinettte, Amturemaut Directory. 11. B. Borate st FrealFfoit, 87t077/. PETROMMI at Antwerp,.sB/f. Clow closed in New York , yistetday -nt 1831. THE Pacific Rallwspeonneetieesk ofrails will positivelybe made this week. Tau next monthly statement of the public debt willsbow a reductioit of abort two million!. iT •is intimated, and probably with :some foundation, that Secretary Bolen will soon resign the Navy Department. 14i, other Cabinet •elumges me likely to occur during pe.present seas Mt. > Ca rim pnliticiana seollindignantly -sit the laes thatttba people of the Doinhi icm are either to be persuaded' or whip fied into American 'annenstion. The , - ,3ll3iicans love us more .than they&Z EFPGLISTI. Jor.nta . A.Ls comment, with a lust and forcible pertinency, upon theinconsistency between: our own de ittpt' d Upon . Zugland,Tor reparation for beiate iri recognizit4tbe belligerency rebels, and the histe•of our Rep. iesentallvet ito , urge Cuban recognition • - ttpr %e President. Such acommentary naturally to be expected. Vic do not know what caused the Post pesterdartodmote an item citing the al leged bribe* of Mr. Mel to secure the destruction of the XXIXth Judicial 4 1 11:: llolirmits s Democrat, . d his vote decided the question, ' but • - w Ccapital our neighbor wishes to make o 4 of the case remains to be seen. If I"Ersu Rim= forded any "legislative roosters" with false promises, they were • the gallinaceons fowls that scratched for plunder on tho„Democratic pile of gravel. THE Wheeling Inte!limiter vigorously denotuices the political adventurers who arC attempting to deceive the President into some Sort of confidence in Can. - usuc's popularity at home. .oar own scquainetnee with West Virginia enables us to endOrie its strictures with our cor dial assent. The Carlisle game is the same that was tried on in the case of a t nomination, which it was at- pied to foist upon what President -L immix once called "tile State of Alla. 0E4.' 1 It was promptly exposed and defeated, while the fluttering of the Wounded birdirevealed the fact that re - aistance had tad in the right quarter. ~The Wheeling paper is after birds of the same feather---rank carrion, all of them— _ and is likely to. have the same success. whichever of the two Stites these birds of prey direct their flight to' the • Capital, and fly they never so high, they . are marked and known in the right quar!sr. ! Tax largculnous condition of Eastern journalism awakens our cordial sympa ',thy. It seems that an editor can no longer make an honest living by his vocation, in the larger Atlantic citie s , , and is obliged -to look to collateral, "jobs," for the sums . Teqrdsite to make both ends meet. A New "York Aot4nalist stands arraigned, by his simians cotemporaries, for the little' trifle of taking pay for.the prostitution of his types to personal interests. Another, in inigh'borin . city, is driveni by the un grateful public, into the real.estate line, and has actually 'been forced It wander far from home/ touting for business, and hnntin up bargains to be editorially a d. doubt with fat per centages. All this sort of .tidnr is inexcusable in editors; ibis onl a v,pepnitted to legislators and Congressmen. The people forgive f!,irtOse serviuttsfoi any amount of imblosh --, peculation, but demand immaculate • eetion from the journalist. This is yfslr,l, - 4 - • THE CUBAN FIASCO. I , 5 Th -' Government Ilse official' ad - vices, t ':. .. tiny SPM/ISii Minister, of the r elease , 7 .or the passengers taken out of the Lizzie ti'X'ltieniny Spanish naval Officers. The fullest indemnity and satisfaction for that .;:entrelias been frankly pledged by the 1 1: 11 4 2 whose erections evidently direct hini to iemove, with promptitude, every just cause of complaint on the part ... in't ,ourlaciTernmentand ,peePle. : To,,,lciary-, LC/Vicil CM is -In a 481" Y ntigictory train for settlemtntbetweea titi governme nts . Of England and Spain. I , la / 118- - ' tan nein* , occasion for #ll.Ol/110 - 4 1111 t Podarnation waits - - A!,„ M,=== the faithful compliaice of our people with• the neutrality Isms. The proof is re garded as tetopther* satisfactory that no organized expeditions have actually left, or are now preparing to leave, the coon try'for Cuba. Reports to the contrary are known to be mere fabrications, in the insurgent interest. The drift, not only of popular sentiment, but of inclinati6n in some official quarters, towards some More or less direct form of intervention in Cuban affairb , I has been entirely checked. It is to the indiscretion of Mr. , N. P. Benne, and of his small party of syripatidzing propagandists in the Reuse, that the must thernselvesaectibe the die.- appointment of their oWn"hopes. Their pus h in that direction; at 'the recent ses sion, was flagrantly premrdurq; its result was to awaken publie j attention to, an existing tendency of affairs, to force a frank and loyal policy . of international good faith upon the Adidnistration, and to put the Spanish and Cuban authorities effectively upon their guard - against any poasibillty of aggression upon American rights. • .Had those, who have politically sympathized with the insurgents, or those, a still more numerous class, who 'desire Cuban annexation by no , matter What means, been politic enough to exclude the question from Congress altogether, and, as far as possible, had they kept the subject of annexation out of the American press, it would "sive been much better. for their cause. Unquestionably, ' there would then have been a quiet but steady drift toward embarassing complications be tween the two governments, wherein was the only reasonable hope for their ulti mate end. This Fabian policy did- not suit General Bbscs, who remembers only the tactics of his Red River campaign, and dashed blindly into liretrievable dis aster for his cause. The Cuban filibusters have lost ground which they will not recover under the present Administration. The strugglein CuLa has passed the dead-point of (lin ger to . the Spanish authority, which will noon be re.established above dispute in alf parts of the island. President Giusti. and his Cabinet stand unequivocally com mitted against any form of intervention, confirmed in that position by the mOral sense and political wisdom of the country. The whole business' of West Indian an nexation is, ti the present, "played out" —a slangy bat expressiv . e phrase-and Mr. Banks, with his little party of politicians and journalists, may ruminate, at leis ure, upon the fiasco for which they have to thank themselves. TILE DEMOCRATIC SCRAMBLE. A Cincinnati journal speaks of "Ami ga PAcrzn," who, once; having been a Governor of Pennsylvania, now declines to become again -the Democratic candi date. The Pittsburgh Post,of yesterday, sneers at an "irresponsible telegram;" purporting to be from Mauch Chunk, which "denies the declination" imputed to lion. ABA PACKER. T h e first journal blundered throng h ignorance, and -we 'would like to say-the same for our neigh bor. Here is the "Irresponsible tele gram" in question: Mauca Cauxs, April 24, 18439. I have been informed that the Pitts burgh .Post, on the authority of the Easton :Express, announced my with drawal frOm the Gubernatorial contest. I have authorized no one to make such announcement. My position is the same as given in the Chambersburg letter: ASA rACTilift, The Post says that Judge Ewa= don't want the nomination ; that he won't "scramble" for it; and,that hezill only accept it 'if offered to him "Asolicited and with unanimity." The . ' "irrespon sible telegram" above quoted tells quite another story. Gen. Cass will not have the "scramble" all , to hilitselt Judge Paciin niaibe "lien up in years," as the Post charges, 'but he is young enough to hold` big .own in any:' Democriffic "scramble," with Gen.. Gess .. "or any other man." When one neighbor re prints this "Irresponsible telegram" we presume he will continue to think that "thetJudge talks about the. matter in a very sensible fashion." 'We have also to suggest to the Post ' to take back that word "irresponsible." Such an epithet dnn't apply to anything that Judge PACS= says or does. We must insist that he is a citizen .quite too eminent and irre proachable, and a Democrat altogether too highly - . distinguished; to be pooh poohed away in this arrogant fashion by the friends of . Geri'. Case:. , We have an interest , in this matter.' The Post declares that the Democratic nominee will be elected. In that case we, are entitled to a voice in the selection of the next Governor of this Commonwealth. We frankly confess that we am for Oise, all the tinie—foe that candidate. But ire protest against any unfair sluramporrhis honorable competitor. '. We object to this. indirect way of injuring Geri:CASs in. Democratic estimation. We • want to see him nominated, but we don't want to see it done by cutting the throats of such ern- Went citizens as venture to be his,43 m petitors. To be sure, Judge Pack = ates 1 "scrambles," said generally • gete' nilice without them. Herein, also, he has the right to differ from our railway favorite, who is rather partial to "scrambles," in whiohire luta not won A great deal of of: Tice yet. It is also true that Judge Elicit -1331'S ambition hasheen often gratified, and that of our Owl!• favorite, General CABS, mover. • This is a good' reason to . a for sympathizing with the latter, but ni t fin r iesstdAng thelomier. ,. " Ceine,lieighbbi "is t, let is MI do,.the . fair thing krtelill4l9#4 t he 'a this "scramble," and put o f the throatpcut irsetlidi' ifterithe' 'Omninitkiiiiiiiils. t y ou are isOuriug our owavesdidam 11 • - • r f rate., • , • • • , • • o'Aziertifi 6 N tilP.se injudicious attacks , tpon Judge PACKER, and, unless you Can show a lit tle more of common pitsience, the friends , of General CABS insis . upon your saying nothing at all, leaving the General whol ly in our hands. Everybody is sure that we will do him justice, When the time comes. The Post owes an apology to the Judge and his friends, and at once. SENAT011"BOREBIABI AT HONE. • Wheeling Intelligence concludes an article, which very decidedly exposes the political treachery of this Senator, in the matter of the disgraceful Carlisle business, with the following paragraph: .In the short time that he has been in the Senate, Mr. &Inman has strarigeey diKappointed the. -, .expectations at his friends. Those Republicans who ap proved neither his election nor the means whereby he compassed it content them seldea with saying PI told you so." But there are those who .rendered him im portant aid in attaining his present posi tion. who are filled with amazement and mortification. To them his singular course is simply inexplicable. Whether it results from the Intoxication.of power and in fulfilment of the- old maxim in trine veritas, or whether there lit a power behind the throne more potent than the throne itself, (aa in tip case of Sprague,) whose promptings - the trisilile Senator faithfully obeys, remains to be seen. At present it is enough to riiCognize the fact without undertaking to explain it, THE . BUTLER HOMICIDE. Monday Morning. --- - Mrs: 'McCandless took her seat and the Court opened. - , THE NEWSPAPER EVIDENCE. The Dispatch matter came up and Mr. Thompson filed obiections to receiving it to eVidence, and followed them up byan able argument. Mr. McJunkin replied at some length, and Greek met Greek in a very close tug of war. - Mr. Thompson rejoined. At the close of his argument the Court Overruled the objection, re ceived the testimony and submitting to the jury the facts of Mr. Gralakm having been. in receipt of the Dispatch at that time, and of having given imffielent search to determine whether that num ber was in his possession at the date of the' murder. The papers were offered for the purpose of proving that •prisoner had access to them - and that the wad found. on the floor corresponds to one of them. . TEE WEAPON ,ESED: .Conrad Double recalled—He had a good deal of experience in the use of firearms; Mihcca he examined the gun a ft er the u der, and found it in good order. It had a bad iu it, and cap en it. He done this Immediately after it was brought to Mr. MoCandlesa' on the day after the murder. Does not know :what kind of load was in it. Examined the cap closely. Found It bright and in nice order. As far as his experience goes; it couldlnot have been on more than thirty-six hours, especially-ea-the gnu WAS loaded and the powder dune, in coutocC with the cap. Speaks of the water-proof cap. it would color in thirty six hear& :The .-common G D hapWilloolor in zsiz hintes, , or less time. The tube of this gun was filled with powder when he examined it. Him opinion,- from having axamined She promisee, is that .11 Was a gun that done the shootiag. A pistol would have scattered tliffshot or slugs farther. There aro few pistols, except a navy re voiver, that would hold as many slugs as were used. He calls the gun a "smooth bore rifle." Many shot guns would scat ter more than these slugs were scattered. A smooth-bore rifle scatters less than a shot gun. ' (Witness is shown the pis tols.] He believes they are the same pistols he examined at Mr. McCandless' on that Sunday._He thinks the charge which killed the girl could not have been tired ant, of. the largest. 'lt is aims eery to have - waddibg between the shot and powder. The lead was too large to have been put into s =pistol of that size. It could have been used in a gun such as this one. He came to the conclusion that the small fragments of paper p i cked up on the floor and not preeerved'wereparts of the wadding on - WWII the shot The wad had been larger than the snrapiot preserved and brought to;Court. The way he knows that the other small scrape were a part of this wad, and had been on top of the shot, was that they were thrown so far into the room. (When first examined he minutely gave his reit sons for believing that these scraps were parts, of the wad below the shot.) Crose-exatnined--Did not discern the wad he would suppose to 'have been above the powder. Theiretwesi he judges these fragments were on, top of the rot was, thatAhey had been driven ao fat into the house. The wad. would be torn and scattered by being driven through the glass. Counts on the size of the gun by the size of il the wad. It is the salt petre which corrodes , the cap.. If the gun was perfectly dr• And the powder glazed, the cap wou ld 'corrode. A gun fired off gets a smoky vapor, and a cap put on soon after it has been tired off would discolor in one hour; if put tin im mediately after firing it would so cor rode; powder put into it would cake very soon. One shot will soil the gun barrel inside and the lock; has loaded his gun when clean, and the powder would stay clean three months and go 'Off all right. It would not cake in a dry room. Pow. der in a gun will get moist; the barrel will sweat and cake the powder. Dry powder will effect the lining of the cap. ' Does loot know the number of gun bores. He does not know that a common shot gun will Scatter more or shoot three times Stronger titan a smooth born rifierkle , panda on the tuanner of loading.' In Chief Resumed—After agun %clean ed and one load fired out of it, the sell of burnt-powder will not be perceptible; from eight until 'ten o'clock would be time enough for the swoky vapor. to es cape, and a cap put on at ten o'clock, at night would be discolored in the morn ing. (By the' time 'this Wltneate:got through with ithe gun, the Com'mon wealth seemed to .be pretty; smoothly bored and to calculate that either the gun or their witness:was a blunderbuss) Daniet"Glro .l l4l)l, Jr., re-galled—Was at his father ' s on Sabbath' oVening.s On that and Monday' evening examined the ladder. The lathier bad been placed at the spring Unite after the rain. Saw from the mark of the; ladder that there had, been.no rain after it had been placed where 'it ,than Was. Could detect no marks at the back of the house of B hav ing been their& • The ground is Slaty. Thought there were fresh marks on the side of the beau,. Would not be cer tain. Had been talking of the way the prisoner Might get out of - Bud into the hobse, and ,etattilned. ' Thottght the button on the Weatherboardlog hadlxsen recently turned.' The door wasehutand buttoned. Does not know hoar tang the ladder had ;been at dm sprlng,h94Se. might reach the button by going lIP'-ra" lender four feet. if it were tinder the door. it opened qi the ontelde t iukt a, loft. A - window opens from this loft ttrt,_____he room, and &door goes from tall w i tlP "'" _the .Prionner's bed 'mew '201., door -4111ttimineoh$-9taft46llo6lll6autuu4-totomoss:_tbre..,in I°P-bil - Tv APR/L - 28, 113139. gun; first plati. he saw it,.that day, was on the road between Geo. McCandless' au& the, Franklin road; examined the cap; there was a little spec, of verdegris on it; he took the gun from the person whb was carrying It, and took it back to his father's; does not • remember who had the gun when he took it. The four shooter was not in the Carpet sabk when 'it was opened; it was shown to him by Squire Riddle; did not see one of the pis tols in it; thought he had seen one of them in the sack; thinks the fatal shot might have been tired from the largest pistol. He gave a very intelligent ac count of how that pistol might have been loaded and made to carry snob a charge as was fired; forty-eight shot could have been fired from it. Arrsioroorr SESSION. Examination of Daniel Oraham—Flred two shots from the pistol since court ad journed. Had an inch of -powder in it, and thirty grainiof shot, some No. 1 and some No. 2 abet.- :It did not fill the bar rel an inch. Fired at a board, about an inch thick, at a distance of ten feet. Did not examine to see how farthe shot pen etrated. The.shot scatteredever a space of` fromlifteen.to twenty inches; took in a diameter of about that. - The larger portion of the shot was nearest the cen ter. Took no: particular' aim, but it struck allittle higher. than he 'thought he was aiming. The second shot had over an inch of powder in. Put in more than an inch of lead and about forty grains of shot and with a little wad on top. Filled the barrel to within an inch of the muz zle. Fired it at the other aide of the board, at the same distance- ' it scattered about the same; aimed ati a white spot and thinks the shot struck about 88 he aimed; shot scattered from fifteen to twenty inches; a number were close to .the centre; one was about half way through the board; it was a poplar or pine board, does not know which, but was soft wood; the last shot was all No 1; thinks, there were about forty; Isaao Brannon was with him; he cut one of the shot out of the board, and. Joseph Davis cut one out; some of them made square holes in the board; accounts for this by the shot be ing compressed into such a narrow space An the barrel; thinks the fatal shot could have been fired from,that pistol, andAhat round shot fired from it would look, like slugs. - thossextunined—Considers - i that that Distal would compress round shot to look like slugs, as much like slugs as the one taken from the head of the corpse. One could not tell whether the shot fired from it had been round , or square. The glass would mash the shot some; did not hear it stated that one of the shot had gone through an inch door. Does not know that a. shot fired at an angle through glass would lose force; thinks that pistol would infilet the wound, and was present at the examination; has used such a pistol; shot at a wagon bed, and the shot did not go through it; does not know ''''what kind of shot was found at Mr. McCandless ; does not know that any of the shot - went through a saw log. It might have gone through a saw log for any thing he knew. He fired the shots to Me if he was cor- Feet as to his illustrations. Ile used , common rifle powder. [ Was exceeding- ly smart, rapid, ready find witty In his answers. Thiefilppancy is quite in keep ing with the general idea of fun in a pro bably approaching tom:lotion, which ap pears prominent among the witnesses. 1 The lacider had been at Mr. Long's. The loft door is on the north end of the house, away from. the road. There is no open -hog from the loft but this door. [Draws a diagram of the house.] The sitting room is under this front room up stairs, through which one must pass from Brie 'offer's room to the loft; up Stairs are three rooms, down stairs, - but two. Under the porch loft is , a lumber room, the same in which 1 the hatchet and blacking box were kept. The front zogm, up stairs, is furnished I with oats an corn, and is not carpeted. 1 The loft w empty. There generally were boxes in it. 'Thinks there was no oorn in it at gn at time; does not remem ber any corn in it or the front reourthen. It is a twelve-light window into the loft from the flont room. The door can only be button IM and unbuttoned from the outside. It was buttoned: when he saw it. Could net stay whether the marks of the button having been turned were made a month or 4 day before he saw them. The wain; weatherboarded and unpainted. ,Cannot say whether it is painted. There is no moss or, fuzz on tam hoards. The imerka,from the ladder, or what he took fofelhem, were mud, or looked like nituL. ' TH:POPN TO. A PLISM POINT. haste B ras nen, re•calledr•Was pres ent and saw plr. esraham fire the pistol at noon; heard MS 'testimony and agrees with him. Believes) he could recognize the click of tie gun he heard that even ing; tries the 'gnn and concludes it is not, loud.enongk tries the pistol and thinks' Atlllte the Wand; .thinks it had the same double click. *[This witness sucks hie teeth with a pleasant smack and chirp, and looks "merry as if he had meal to sell.") Crosstexamined.—Gun does not make click enough, to be like what he heard that evening: thinks it was not made by the - gun; doeS .sibt thilik the gun could make the click he heard. • • Joseph W. Davis, sworn—Was present when Mr. Graham fired the second shot at noon; heard 61W-testimony and could not disagree with him; took one shot out of board; it had net penetrated far, not more thaft aqUartei of an inch; the other he saw taken out had gone deeper, per• haps near a half inch; Mr. Grahim fired at ten feet distance; the' distance of the gun from She! wiadoW waWaa great when deceased was shot as that of Mr. Graham from the board in the shot witness saw himsmake. • THE DISPATCH AGAIN. T. Grah i ani,Sen.,re.called--Smoe Satur day there was a search Made in his house for Difirestchev• He did not: search,.. , but gave lioerty to others. There wore - same papers found; . none ig•February 2,1b61; 'they looked for any numbers of that year, and ;found two, [ls shown two papers.)" These are the two 'papers which were found; he believes those two . Papers were ,received on hie subscription; they•were - found - hi the bUttery or lum ber room, on top of a book case; were lolled' up in it bunch of papers; .thinks them Dispatches of 1861; these were all that could be found of 1861; one of them hi dated Jan. 19, 1861,, Vol. 8; the other Vol. 9; June 22, 1861, No. 15. Has no knowledge of• them coming in any other way than by his Subscription. • Cross-examined= Cannot tell how maw papers were ,foundp he ; did not bunt; others hunted, but did not look much; others were 'found of '62; 'cannot recollect what time in the year those '62 papers were datbd; did not bring them in, because he did not think •it 'Worth while to bother; still his subserlpi- Don began ifi'MarcW or April. 1860. If he is not mistaken to the time of hilt sib soription one'of these would' tie after it. [Witness is all of a Jumble.] Did not care about; bringing any other-papers; knows no way of their coming to his home , but, by subscription; subscribed for one' ykar. [More jumble, over and over, and ever so much talk.] Dose not knew l no*, whether theft) were;, any DlVaichin on the rope up stairs. [AI - oh his first exantout. lion, that he - kept his Dispatches on the ropeilkenosulthlalur Atm 'cope i nsall up after he tressed to get the D 140011101111Witiel story with eLI. positions • and maybes, and uncertainties, and cont radictions, and the old man goes 'to his seat looking , rather crestfallen. If the reporter were conducting the defence, Iberia would be a very determined effort to get all the witnesses, for the prosecu tion; back on the stand, and get them to swear some more.] A SENSATION. Ilfr.Wiltion recalled—Saw some papers in the prisoner's carpet sank when it was opened at Mr. McCandless'; he saw a pocket-book in the sack and some money that was in it. Squire Riddle had the sack; was knwilling that witness should have anything 'out of the . sack; but banded sack out and told him to take it; he refused and only took the pookevalook. The; Squire examined it; saw the money, andi pulled out a . little picture or part of a picture from it. He looked at it and said It was a curious picture. [Objected to.l Witness took it home. The last he knew of the picture Mr. l Thompeon had it; got it to look at on F riday or Saturday. Thinks it was after he was spoken to about it. Does not remember that he was told it would be wanted. [Witness is required to pro duce It. Mr. Thompson thinks it so im portant that it will take time, but prom ises to\ get it. A hush of expectation about the picture. Considerable argu ment about it and the. propriety of 'Squire Riddle giving it to witness. Kr. Thompson pronalses to Produce it.] PISTOLS—INDISCRIMINATE snoorria. Mr. Graham, Lien., again--Ilas known defendant •to carry;one of the pistols shbwn him, and sometimes the gun; but seldom the gun. Had heard him say he shot his pistol off on 'the road near Mr. Campbell's. He did not sav,lfor what purpose; just said he shot the load out. Jacob Campbell had reported that some one had fired at his house. Defendant said Campbell ought not to be telling the like of that.. It might- throw suspicion on some one; it was him who had tired his pistol near his house, just to get the load out. Cannot fix the time. - but thinks it was, not more than six months before the murder. Never saw him carrying ants out of the house. Crosa-examined--It was a little too common for boys to be shooting round. ' Camplell was blaming Piser for shooting hagnearhouse, When: Taylor (prisoner) told him it was not Pim, for it wail he himself, Who shot that time near his hone°, and that he meant no harm. Mr. Graham has a pistol very like this larger one of defendant's. Has had it fifteen or twenty years. JOhn Stotert, re-called—Saw defendant at one time carrying a pistol past his house, carrying it out at arms length, pointed toward the house; was on the road between Mr. Graham's and Mr. Mc- Candless', about three quarters of a mile from Geo. McC's.; defendant was coming from.that direction: it Eves about day ' light: witness was afraid to come out; the dog barked and he peeped .out through the crick of the door; spoke, and defen dant said "I am here;" there had been shooting and witness' house had been fired into; defendant was going toward hiabonie. at Mr. Graham's. The dog was bailting furiously; he might have been pointing his pistol at the dog; wit flees had borrowed Taylor's gun; Taylor came for it: and got it and that night his houSe was fired into; it was a ball, a large revolver ball,• it was taken out of the weather boarding, about five feet from a window; a second ball was fired into the weather boarding on the end of his house: saw defendant have firearms the day he took his gun away. Cross-examined.—lt was just day when he saw defendant: knew him before he spoke; thought the dog would bite him; was olose to him; doea not,think the ball in ; his house was shot out of this gun; started toward Mr. Graham's when he got the gun; it was not the next morning that he saw defendant; got it in the even ing, and that night tho ball was fired into his house, but it was not such a ball as could be fired from the gun. Commonwealth rests here. • s j OPENING FOR THE DEFENCE. Mr. Thompson opened the defencii. Irnmediately after his address to the jury the adjourned. The belief in the prisoner's guilt appears to be nearly uni versal, and is a singular instance of the currents which move public opinion. The Commonwealth assumes that the prisoner burnt the barn and dug the putty off a window. pane on the same night in order to make a second forcible entrance. The barn was discovered on fire, and the Are under fell headway at ten o'clock. Of course the putty was not picked off after the family was aroused by the fire and must have been done be fores it. And one of the witnesses swears the, the prisoner was in his house, a mile and threaquarterte distant, at bed time; went to bed when the rest of _ the family did; was there in the morning as usual. Three weeks before the fire, (whit* wasthree years ago in June next.) the prisoner should have tired two shots over the bed of &maned, intending to take her life. One of 'the balls was picked out of the wall and was a large revolver -ball. The balls fired into Staten's house were also large re volver balls, and no attempt has ;Wen made to prove that the prisoner had any firearm that would project such balls. Other barns .were burned and houses fired into, And he is charged with all, because he once joined with - young Gra /lain in asserting the innocence of his sispected - guardian, Oliver 'neer. It is assumed that .be must have fired the bags into the wall of the bed room, be cense be drat found - the holes. He had 1 fee access to the house and went all t 'rough it ivithouVattracting any atten ti n; came so often that Mrs. McCandless elvers that up to the day of the murder stye took no notice of his times of coming , a d going. If he was - not a fool, he w hid naturally go to that room and look for bullet boles, after hearing of so start ling an incident; and a boy, of , quiet htibits, such as he, is just the one to have found them and pointed them out. It is beyond ocimprehension or belief that he 'pnid haye gone to the house that,Ssib th, In so slight ii'disguise, and did all the talking that the disguised' man did. without an intimate acquaintance like the dead' girl detecting his voice. It is 1 one of the most peculiar I have ever I heard, and his pronunciation , differs so reittoh from that of all the witnesses I hiv e heard on the stand, - that I think it nlt to - impossible that he could heve talked to his aunt, old Mrs. Oratiam, aud' his cousin Annie, without betraying himself by hit voice. 'hen the prosecution has shown no mo tive fbr the murder. There is no evi dence of a quarrel between him said the niurdered girl. He was visiting 'her to the'last, and if those letters contained what her sister Mary now thinks she remembers, why was not Emma Zilla called, who is said to have read one of them and brought it from the office? It is out of the bounds of belief that serious and threatening letters could have been received by a girl unaccustomed' to re ceiving lettere and nothing be said or done about it. The - published account of the - • letters 'differs . materially from that given betbre the inquest, when one would sUPPOtiesher memory would hive been mere, yi,vid. It, is. strange Mary.can' remember 'words so well and forget-the ' Ocder'clf. thetaper trn 'whieh they werei inittliscind , whether -they were -Olt oneoiwboth sides of - lte : I hues no doubt sberernerdhersthelettinsvitte idlffereeiCid& +aisle,* reillyWork and • the author would surfer be eblelii *en: - ' 111 nize hisAwsion. These people have talked , of and dwelt on that mystery until they cannot always distinguish between what. they know and what they imagine. For instance, Squire Graham, who• now gives such strong testimony against the prisoner, was confident in his assertions that it was quite impos sible that Taylor could have committed the crime. Ido not think it possible he could have returned after starting to churoh, got his gun out, got to MOCand.. less' by the time of the murder, and got the gon back to his room, the ladder brought and taken away. and all and 'sundry other things