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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
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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
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petitors. To be sure, Judge Pack = ates
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"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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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:
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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 <necessary to be
done, to make all appear as it did when
the news reached him.
Amusements.
OPERA HersE.A large aUdienee. es
asembled at the Dpera goose last eveli
ing, it being the opening night of Mr;
Brougham's engagement. "The Lotter
of Life" was presented for the first tinier
in this city. It will be repeated to night,
and if always presented as it was last
night, it might have a spocessful run Ibr
a month at least.
PITTSBURGH TREAT RE.—The entertain
ments at the Pittsburgh ; continue
to be of a highly interqsting and amusing
character, and, as a consequence; the est
tablishment is liberally patronized. Mr.
Williams, by a system of liberal manage
ment, has 'succeed in building up a pay
ing business at the Old Drury, and while
enjoying the results of his• liberality; he
continues Ur give such entertainments as
please the public and sustain the reputa
tion of the establishment. There is a
change of p ogramme every night, and
the membe - of the company are all stars
in the prof- : on.
Central Passenger Railway Company.
The Baard of Directors of this com
pany have, since their organization, held
i
weekly mee' nge, and are pushing the
affairs of the company to the end , that
the citizens ong the line of their road •
may have commodatb4is as good as
those afford by any passenger railway
in this oily.
At their last meeting : 'One of the Wise
tors was instructed to proceed to eastern
cities and contract for . six cars, to be de
livered as soon as,possible. In the mean- ,
time a large gang of workmen will ,be
put to work at repairing the track and
building new stables at the terminus.
It is the intention of the Directors to dis
card the me of, the old cars as fast Renew
ones can be obtained. , . -
Troublesome Customers.
T. Tobias, proprietor of the Big 13 1e l0-
thing store, on St. Clair street, made in
formation before Alderman Donaldson,
Saturday, against Andrew Weisner and
David Polk for malicious mischief. The
accused are raftsmen. It is alleged they
came into the store of Tobias Saturday,
morning, and inquired the price of some
goods, but the proprietor, believing from
their manner that they simply wished to
annoy him, ordered them off. They-re
turned, however. It is said, several times
throughout the day on the same errand,
and at last to get rid of their attentions,
he made information. The case was
settled, the defendants paying the costs,
and promising to cease their importuni
ties.
. \
—The Semi-Centennial anniversary of
the Odd Fellows was obaerved in San
Francisco with enthilidaSm. A ire
ntunbor. of Lodges from the interiorcities
participated in the celebration.
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, •
SHOULDER BRACES.
The value of these appliances to human h al.h,
end to promote and extend human life , can
scarcely be over estimated. When we contem
plate the vast number of indirduals wbo have
acquired the habit of etoopini, and look at - 'tbe
• many crooked and PI-shaped persona, the usefal
ness of these appliances are forcibly gungestet! to
our minds. And It is not • merely to thon' who
stiffer in the deprivation of heal; h that rge speak;
thousands of others who are . apparently . secure
in its enjoyMent would be compensated Ton
sand times by the constant wearing one of these
useful, we might say necessary, attic ea of hu-
Man apparel. The narrow and contracted chest
is as much a subject for proper physiological
training as is the maintaining:and keeping the
stomach and other Vital organs in a bean --d
proper condition, to duly neyform their pro.
mate functions. Every . ope understands,- - !M
-out &newspaper admonition. that If a Wee inn
.be broken, an artery severed; or a - raptu re any
where
where shows itself, that these ate objects worthy
of our deepen care and solicitude. Then why not,
when you observe the human 'body. beconting
hicurrated, the chest contracting into an hour
glue 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 your present ease and comfort. but likewise
the future., prospect of yourself and those -of
your immediate kindred who will one day occupy
your places in life? The cost in money is a mere
trifle. The remuneration to the health and
strength can hardly be weighed in the same MI..
once: It ought to be remembered-that the spinal
column {snot only of prlmary,lmportance to the
physical, but likewise to the mental well being.
The health of the human body Is as much respon
sible to the position of the organs, and their be
ing in place, as it Is to physic and due regulation
of diet and reglm. n. We have known persons,
.bundreds of them, with narrow- and,- hollow
chests, who Scarcely took in air enough; to vital
ise half the blood. speedily restored, to health
without an ounce of medicine, so called. by the
use of one of the elioulder Braces.,', ,We have
known others who have enlarged the capacity Or
the chest as mach as six or seven inches in cir
cumference by the same means, and who can
doubt their utility in all cases where-the tenden
cy to consumption er any other of Me diseases of
the respiratory organs are, at all imminent. .
These Braces are sold and, applied at, also all
other mechanical appllanCei, tit DR. REESER'S
NEW MEDICINE STOKE, NO. Mil LIBERTY
STREET, TWO DOORS FROM ST. %Am.
AND AT HIS CONSULTATION ROOMS,
No. IAO PENN BTBERT." from 10 A. •M. 'IAMB
P. M. . n 2,4
All ABSOLUTE SAFEGUARD.
Invalids, broken down In health and spirits by
Chronic Dyspepsia; or suffering. Mini the• tent
ble exhaustion which folloWs the attacks of acute
disease. the 'testimony of thousands 'who . have
been raised as by &miracle from asimllarstate. .
of prostration by HOSTETTER'S BTOMACEI
BITTERS. is a sure guarantee that by the same
means you too maybe 'strengthened and restored.
But to those who stand in.peril of epidemical: ton
all who, by neaten 'of arnosure, privations and
uncongenial Climate br unbeedthy 'pursuits, may
at any moment be sarbmen down. tblartiananapn
Is most particularly and emphatically address
ed. You, who ore thus:situated, are maitre*
an absolute safeguard against -the danger that
menaces yon. Tone and reghlate the system With
this harmless medicinal Stimulant and Alterative
and yon will be fOreserned against the 'maladies
whose seeds goat around ion In the air 'unie.en.
HOSTETTEirti STOMACH BITTERS 'are 'not
*tufa Standard Tonto and diterittfee throughout
the United:Brutes, but they ire *admitted by the
eerttilesteioy tee'leeit distinguished eitizios of
tke Union; to' the people; ad'Otber blade. In
Oatiada, Atittralis and the Writ tidies; thiy are
krionairy taktitietrui place in other stermarh
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