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TH
WHOLE NO. 8222.
THE ALLEGED WIFE POIBONIHG.
Coirt of Oyer and Tamtour.
Before Hon. Judge Roosevelt.
BIRD ?AY?MI88 BILL'S TESTIMONY CONTIM RD.
Makch 9.?Tke People r*. James Stephens.?lb* Merest
kt this ease still continues, and the coax I ?u Urn raornuig
densely crowded.
The Judge remarked to the jury that the counsel haj
greed that a diagram of the room* of the defoadant
should be explained by the District Attorney.
Mr. Asbmead objected, and the diagram wa, not then
explained.
Mies Sophia Bell was re- called, uid the prosecution waa
bout te resume the direct examination when Mr. A?hfeead
objected, as the prosecution bad had an opportunity
mt conversing with the witness since she was last on the
stand.
The District Attornry said ho had not seen the witnrss
fcince she was on the Btuni, and contendcl that ho hod a
light to resume the direct examination. '
After some further objection thu Court said it was not
matter of discretion with him. The direct examination
' wus then resumed.
Witness?Was at the funeral of deceased; sbo was buried
at Greenwood; was alio present at the exhumation;
Mm* wnu strum *>*1 At. thn irravn nnri |Ka OnrnnAP oflVivt
if bb? and her Bister recognized tbe body.
Mr. Astamead thought Uili mode or examination waa
wrong?Mr. Stephens was not present.
The examination proceeded?On returning from Oreonwood
her sister and Mr. Cardwoll went wi'Ji her; tho
coffin was taken to Bellevue Hospital; when they wero
about to dissect the body the doctors look oil' the lid for
her to see it; saw the body three times after exhumation,
and identified it each time.
Mr 8baiter asked if, before her aunt's death, there was
aaytliiDg particular in the appearance of her eye.
Mr. Aebmead objected.
the Judge put the question wnether she noticed anything
peculiar in her aunt's appearance?
A. The day of the funeral ol' Mr. John Stevenson's mother
my aunt wanted to go to the funoral, and Mr. Stephens
would not let her; we heard a noiso; my sister weut
to listen, and my aunt told us Mr. Stephens struak her:
her eye wus discolored, and remained to until she died; I
noticed tho discoloration all the time she was sick, and
when she was lying dead; 1 never, myself, mixed any
medicine for Mrs. Stephen*; tho piece of furniture under
which I found the glass with the remains of laudanum in
It was a chest standing on feet less than one foot from
the floor; it was large sized, sometimes used for a table:
when Mr. Stephens spoke to me or marriage he saill
could " have him now, as there was no barrier in the
way;" when I spoke of leaving tho house he Raid 1 would
be treating the child very different from what my aunt
asked me; I wanted to take the child with mo, but he
would not consent.
CroEi-i'Xamined by ex-Attorney General Cusbing?I
know Cbauncey Shaffer (tho counsel); I have met him in
I connection with this business athis ulilco; have met him
tktoo at church; I was at his office before the arrest of Mr.
Stephens; nothing was <*aid to mo about the necessity of
proving tbe poisoning in order to tree my brother from
tile charge against him (alleged shooting at Stephens); I
did not consider him in uanger; Mr. Caruwell, my brother,
my sister und a doctor were presect?cot Dr. Cadmus or
Dv. Ireinongcr, but tbe doctor who came to tell us of my
aunt's symptoms; I told the doctor that my aunt vomitod
freely, and complained ol a burning of tho ( beat and of a
redness beloro her eyes, and a great many other things
which 1 can't remember now; I described bow my aunt was
affected all through her sickness, as well as I could ;
1 do not know who that physician was, or who caused him
to be brought there; I cannot toll wlien I next went to
Mr. Sh filler's oil Ice; I was brought there by Mr. Cardwell
to testify as to my aunt'B sickness; thero was no trial
there.
[At tb!s stage of the proceedings tbo givat bell in tho
Park commenced tolling a flvo, and tbe cross examination
was surpvaded.]
M'. Cushing asked tho Court if he should continue tho
crors eiamlmitlon. I
The Court said that this was the " accompaniment "tho
vxftjr uuiuurnns uau jiroviutu lur in*; uubiuc^b i i tue law
courts. Though that bell had been frequently remonstrated
against, the only move the city government hail mailo 1b,
to bi tug the bell nearer to us. There 1b no help lor It, ana
we mukt proceed as well as we can.
WifB Bell continued, (tto sound of the boll rendering
her evidence very inuutirct)?I told them bow my aunt
whs afli.cted; thu statement 1 gave tho physician was not
taken down, but wliat I told Mr. bhallur was taken down
Id writing; 1 was sent for to go to Mr. Hhall'er'a olUco in
oonscqiieuce of tfce report, in the papers about my brother
Bring at Mr, Stephens; I do nut Know wno employed
Mr. fchalfcr, 1 was in the couutry then ; I
?o nwt kLow who tmploys him hero ; when
ItOD.c to this country flisi Mr. Stephens came to my lodgings
tor me, and took me to my aunt; I may Invo stopped
uitre four or live months, or longer, 1 don't remember,
and then went away; 1 did not go to reside thero again
until tho spruig Mm my lot did; 1 went t'.uro two or
three lim>x a wei k, and every Sunday; 1 was then a seameliets;
I worktd in the Filth avenue lor about throeyears;
u was at the house of Mrs. Forbes, Filth avenue; I worked
ail the time I hud employment, but was not employed
all the lime, and 1 was ai home on those days; l)r. Cadmus
might nave been at the house between the birth of
my aunt's child and her last sickness and I not know it;
lay annt was sick two j ars before her death.
Q. Was she not then confined to her bed for seven
weeks of the camo complaint as that of which she died/'
A. No,sir; the could not have been in bed for seven week?
without my knowing it; 1 did not sit up with her one night
two jcart lieforo her death; my aunt was uot subject to
ttn of vomiting all her life, unless she got something to
lake her; Dr. Iremonger ??.< called at aunt's suggestion;
mj aunt may have been troubled with shortness of
breath in going up and ilown staiis; I dou'l know if her
limbs were swollen before her death; my aunt was very
fleeby; I stayed ut home because my aunt was worse;
when the doctor catno a white cloth was put up in tho
window lor a signal (or my uncle, who worked m tho
neighborhood; I kr.ow Mr. and Mrs. John l'uitnin; never
heard tbal Mr. BUphtM complained to tlicm of our
neglect of our aunt, nor of their having sent things into
Uic home for her; ! have frequently given my .aunt
dribks; I gave her eleven drinks opo Sunday whilff my
suiter Fanny was at church; my bister took caro of her
when I was absent; the did nut vomit every time I gave
ber those eleven drinks; I Dover gave her brandy; my
aunt pfti'l she would feel better if she noithor eat nor
drank; she had no diarrsa:a on that Sunday I Brut no
Moid it on the day previous to her death; there was an
Injection given her on tho Sunday before bor death by
Doctor lremonger's orders; I wan home all day on the
Sunday before her death until the afternoon, when my
aunt requested me to go to church; I did not go to church
IB llie evening, nor to Sunday school that day.
0. Did Mr. Stephens ever give your aunt any laudanum?
A. Yes, air. Q. Hid you swear yesterday that you never
m bim give her laudanum r A. Vee, sir; I don't know
what 1 swore yesterday; I saw bim put laudanum in a
drink which ho gave me to carry to hor, and which she
would not tako. Q. Did you ever see lames Stephens give
bis wife laudanum 1 A. No, except what he gavo me to
carry to her, and that which I supposed he gave her out
of the glass the night before her death; I went to work the
ssorning before bor death, because I was afraid she would
u k under It If 1 were to stay at home, as sho would think
1 considered ber worse; when Stephens asked me to call
and tell the doctor not to come again, I refused. I did not
give any reason; I d;d not say to him that my aunt
was very sick and required the doctor; 1 talked with my
attar a short time when I came homo that night before I
went In to s< e my aunt; when I went in Mr. Stephens requested
mo to leave tho room; the furnlturo of the room
was a chest, a few chairs and one beil; my aunt was then
asleep; Mr. Stephens was at the bedside; he said she
would be better when she waked up; my aunt had .i
queer oppression on her face; the room was dark, but I
amid ?e? her from the light in tho next room; Mrs. Putsoaa
told me that she ought not to sleep sn, and to wake
my soul up, Mrs. Pulmau did not converse with or see
my sunt that night; my aunt did not tlinu say to Mrs. Pul uaa
tltat she was goiug to die and the felt nappy; Mr. and
Mr*. Puiman were going to church, and it was raining
rry hard; I know Mr. Siephens went for his sister (Mrs.
Itannau) immediately after 1 woko up my aunt; Mrs.
liani .n had bei n there all day, I was told by my siator;
aft* r I wake my aunt up I : hook her to kte;i her up to
talk to me I Old not shake her while wo were singing the
fey win. I Old not shake her while she put her arms about
sa> b< ck and kiued me, nor while she was asking mo to
taa* oars of her child; I don't remember that Mr.
m. i l >n? anil mm lianu.tn ana Maria Hnnnin were in
Hm< room at tli<> ttm>* of the Kinging ; I don't
kwif ti*U Mr. or Mrs. Haimau fan sing.
H In \ mi recollect your *unt {My lug to Mr. Stephens,
?b?n ?li? put her arm* about hm nock and klaaod h.m,
You hate 1m en a kind and Indulgent husband,and I tiope
t? m rt }oa in tuaTonf" A. I don't rocoiloct tboeo
worus but ahe said t-b? bopod ho would prepare to meet
Imy Hi ticivifli
g l? you fblnk ahe had any doubts of bis being prepaid
r A. I should think bo.
<J. Why did jou not into those word* "preparo U mri't" I
y??u>may T A. I KuppoaM the words I used bad lb ; snme
InJf aiuit UMd we hbo wihbcil mo to be the j.orSOn
to lay ber out; Fanny did not come to tny bed and w ak
?r v;. and tell mo my a ml was dying; I was ! Itting In
cfaair at the time and In a kind of a sleep, for rvorj'ih n
aa kept quiet, 1 do not know of stepheun Iving down that
aftht, 1 don't recollect luy aunt faying "Von mum lie I
fatigued, .lame*, go and lie down;" I do not remembor
tfta. euphons Maying that If ho did not lie down
M would make ber worae ; I do not reooileot,
bla aboes being taken to her b?*1stdo to show hur tbut b
ted lam dowc; I do not recollect lying on the lloor lu tb
aiUing room and aoine one throwing aome covering ovo
te, ami that I after war da got up and lay down oa the bed
I did mm go to bed that night; Mra Hnnnnn and raysel
t?*d *?t my aunl; I did not a wear at the Coroner's Inquest
thai 1 found a tumbler under my aunt's bed ; 1 saldl found
nndar Ike rheat, wblcb wna uaod aa a table, noar my
? ?* ? * *. 'I Boot any that that tumbler was the on-s
which Mr Rte|>hena had given mo about a week before to
r*a my aunt there wero several tumblers In the luiuso;
was nailed before the Ooroner'a Jury several times, aud
mc? befbre the (.rand Jury. y. bid you say at tb" Coroner's
ibat yon were not at home much in the day time,
and e<>uid not tell about the way h? treated vour aunl.'
A 1 t>i-l*vo I MMl omolhluK to tlitt eflW t; Iho rotiijn fur
ht* ?rt Ukl?| bl? out With him w*n, he Mi'l ovry
K?ly ??' tennrag ?t ntir ft hiving mmh nn old wonmn
wtU> blm, ?nd IhM pcopl?<411* hor >111 motter; I don't
hiH'? ?b*thrr 6' tola h?r th?t; br "Ud mo to me.
Q IV> yog riroll" t fc m ?? !> ? (bat yon wore a mnrh
twMff loofeMw w and lh?t hp would rathnr go out
?i?h Mf A 1 don't ro.-ollort, I Imve ofVti fti.no to
?*> irrb ?h'i h m booMko my dual wmho I mo, 1 dt I do'
fcvh< *1 line *i'J bam 10 It; my (.iUkt wld mc I
E NE"
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?n Ml ^III* ?I|Mnb i?ut ?r age when I k-ri borne; I
aa about eevea ar < if ot ftkrt m Una eoualry; I donoi
!K?ik<iu> (rMkt briag drub at tbe ptc nic at which
I ?u with Mr CbrdaelT Mr IWdweli waa paying bi?
Jdr.?r?i Mm * were out engaged before my aunl'a
death objected to Mr. tfcrdwell coming to bia
ooar atw r w j aul ueatb, be told mm be iu oppoaed
to tbe Damage; I bare oat he#a rnvrwd to Mr.
< .irdwetl, >u MtKvwtit of an aaonymoiM letter
ttst to Mr. Cardwcli by Mr. t*u>pb<os. it
br<4< aiT tbe B>wr?n? fur tbe ireaoot; Mr. Oardwell
did to* believe tbe toateitaof thai letter, bo*. I did not
* ?li t? g?t B>*' r *d wither tbe feeling* I bad tbeo, I told
tun it wta Mepbeat baud writing .and tbat be knew woat
wt of a wan he waa aa well a* I d.d Mr Cardwell and
ruy brother Wok ma in < fw-nter, aa ihey thought tt bi*et,
order tbe Mate of aiy fi-eitngi. we (topped at * bote! in
lltrtF'ti; we did not step togetl er tut man aod wife;
(ardwell tame l>*>k to tin city onee or twice; my brother
itayid Ueia three or four tlaya; I think Cardwell
anu ] Lave Miked of majriagi ?:nte our return irom
(bi bter.
t). Are you willing to marrjr CardwaU? A. Y?s, air
(Laughter.)
If. In be willing to marry you* A. Y- e, air.
V. Why ten* iuu k,. I n ?: r ed f (laughter.) A. I did
in t with lo iiii t'jr * i ?<* (tub atrial a* un? w*s |?nidicg;
1 do i.oi know .my tLitif about Mr. tkrUwell's woallli; 1 d i
not kjow ol' I. rf ?n..toying counsel in Uiia cu?e: I am
?t ill tDrsged to tKi n.*rri?d tu him; Ut>' unuoiiymouit leiwr
conUintu some cbargt m sgau.lt my ctu/uljr. y And you
xatout of lownwob Mr. CsidWtU loget rid of that/
A. 1 nlwBjt lound Mr. Cordwell a g< ml. uiiua. and I knew
I wui perfectly ante iu e&iruaticg myiaif wuii him; It wa?
alicr my aunt'* death that tteplieus lent Wui. Koox to
oui bedroom; it wu* nft< r 1 left fc?< pten?' tiou* tfu' I mux
Mi).until lo .Mr. (lardwelt; Knox was never on our bod but
on u.ut (tie occasion, be li*a Lh i n iu our room and fUx>i
at tbc bctsifle one# when my sister ?h sick and once
when ] WAS tuck: he nev< r lay on the tied bnt on that one
?ic-. ?ti<oo; I never went to Stephens' room to teil bun that
Iuox waEon tlie bed, and that I wauled to sleep somewhere
else; I ricoiir< t the bed breaking down one night
y. Wag Knox m ibe bed that night* A. No, sir; Mrs.
ilbnnan, niy t Mer aid myself were.
y I>ld Mr. Stephens ever atu inpt to rommit a rape on
you? A. Yes, sr. y. I?iU ho succeed* A. No, sir. y.
Where *88 this? A. In the Kiflb avenue, I threatened to
ull my auut, but I did not; when I catno to Ibe bouse uy
uuli tolo me bo wait Rick, and I thought I would not break
up the liappinees of a family; In the spring. after tbat, I
went lo reside at Stephe n' bonne; he attempted a rape
on me In bis own house iT/r my aiuil's deatli, on New
Veui's Kve, after 1 was ut eburcn, and I got Kick and left
i In i in.11 b, the f< xton said Mr. Stephens wm in the church,
and be asked mo if be would go in lor bun .and I Mid yen, to
gel any cue to toe m? home; be saw me borne, and wbon j
I y/nb In bed be came and BilWN to uuie Improper
llbei ties witb mo. I screamed and told him I would Lailoo
to loud that I would be Lord all over the neighborhood: I
be then desisted; be helped me to take off my bonuct and
?liawl while I w.i* sitl mg in tlio chair, but not to undress;
my sister was at Ibe Keeling tbat nigbt with Mr. Knox; i
Old Lot send tola the church for her, freeacse 1 aid not
know rhe wns there at the time; tbe meeting was not over
till twelve o'clock; when my sister cau.e home I aid
not tell ber about Kepheus' atttmpl; I did not tell
ber of tbc attempt In the fifth avenue; I was as
intimate witb Btrpbrns as a niece should he witb
an uncle, as I called him then; he cuse out very
olten with roe; my aunt told mo that I must bo careful
of tlie people ol IhiR conatry, and that aa I bad no father 1
or bioibcr bero he (Stephens; was tbe most proper person
to takecaic of me; 1 din not tell her thenol IM attemptUo
had made on me, because 1 knew it would destroy her
pearc of mind lor life; lie threatened to leave her if 1 told,
;ir<i I did not with to separate man and wife; my aunt
thought a gnat deal of Inn. he was frequently in my
company, because my aunt wished it, aud ho wished it
Llmseil', in ordtr to prevent any one e!fe from keeping
ioinpany witb me; after my aunt's death. I told him I did
not wish turn to be so mui b witb me; he did not go every
where villi mo after my aunt's death, but bo tried to bo
with me fvery linio he could; be did not go out iu the
evenings with me uni- ss my sl'ler was witb me, and then 1
lie would come; when he spoke ol marriage 1 told him never
to lir- atne such a tctng again; I might have gone out
with h m alone alter my iiunt'8 death, but I have not gone
wdl.' hiln three tmns every Sunday lo church, nor walked
cut. Villi Lim every evening; when my brother llobert
un uti.Mr Stephens took me in a boat to tbe vessel to
li*tlL bill!.
y. V here did your brother slop that nigbt?
Mr. >halfer objected to the question. Allowed.
The Court then loozaiecesa of laentv niiniiteK O 1
ru itfctrmbliug, '
31 ts Bell wu* to-called to tbe witness ?tund, when tbo 1
qu< . tu n was re[M.lei!-?W here did your br .tbcr Robert
nop the tlifct night be ariivefl? a. At Mr Stephens'
bouse: he arrived in July of last year; bo stopped until
in ii morn ug: be then cmne down to where my elater and
myself ttopped.
Q I'M you krow r.nytblog of yonr brother shooting at |
Btipboiity A. I do tot; I was In the country at tbe time;
1 oo not know anything about an indictment being found
ag;? i n' linn
Tbe 1 >istrict Attorney said no indictment bud been found
a^a'Dbt bim.
Mr. Shaffer?For the best reason: ho ilid not shoot bim. '
Witness continued?Alter I lett Mr. Stephens' house I <
went there fie?|ieiitly for nomc th^gs, but I never got '
thuii; 1 went nine t c cs to s>e IJell* (the child), u-coiup.Lied
by my MHier; 1 can't nay how ao!>n after 1 lett the
loHM that 1 vi'iuL tlMM agate; I went within a week ; I
lather thick I did not go the next oeenlug, and continued
to go lor i-omo time: sometimes I remained a few minutes
aint sometimes halt an boor; u trunk and bed of mine were
there, which I got, but there were oihor things??nr! was
a mourning dress, which I dlJ not get; i ordered Mr. Stopbena
to Feu J my i. unit to whore 1 >.<u< boarding ; when
it mme Mime things were missing; 1 took a quilt out of the
cbe?t and leftltthere, to mai n room in my ir.ink for other
tliiEPs; thero has b<vn a difficulty between Mr. ^U'pheta
and me with regard to money matters; 1 gave him some
money to keep for me, uud ho wanted to charge
out ol it for m) sister's hoard *l<i!e she kept house lor
hitn altfr my aunt's death; I left $50 with him; ho has
never given me f HO; 1 never could get a settlement with
him; ho wutiied to have six or (even personx present to
make a Mtttaaeat, bat I MM as there was no one present
when 1 gave him the money, there was no necessity for
witm ffrs; ho then would not give it to me, nor the things
which 1 had left in the bouse; 1 then told him bo miglit
keep the money, and never to speak to tne again wherever
he should meet me.
i). ImC you tell him so after tho allair in Filth avenue?
The District Attorney objected to the question, as Insulting
to the witness, ana he would protect her.
Witness continue^?I <iid tell him then never to apeak
to mi', but be taid It my aunlobserved it she should know
All, and then he would leave her and go out
AV.st; my brother went to bim for tbo money,
but he denied that ho owed it to me ; ray
filter did the housework and the marketing for Mr.
St<pher,a after my aunt's death; sometimes my sister
W'UHI iivuu uiu liMIC Hill HJ uu cntUJUB JU U1U LR'IgUDOr- 1
bood. ,
Q. Did tbo DcighborB come to the house anil complain i
thai (bin little thud wan cent to market? <
Mr. Shaffer objected to tlieae issues. I
Mr. Cusbing instated oil his right to ahnw tbe care that I
wan taken of Ibis child? t
fiuch care ai vultures show to lombc, '
Covering ?i*d devouring them. '
Tbe Court said that thw was uneallod Tor and Improper. j
Mr. Shaffer?Yw; but In Tory poetical. (Laughter.)
Mr. Cushmg ob?erve<l that it might bo very pl. ii.i int !
for Uit gentleman to croatt: a laugh ovor the gravis of a :
murdered woman and on tbe trial of toe alleged murderer. '
Witness continued?T went to An nwocu to the du?in- '
torment; ] reccpntzcrt my aunt's face and some of the
drewl had put about her, Q. Yon spoke of your aunt 1
having a black eye, and do you not kuow of her having
I it her fj ' 111,; flu ! (.'/
. A. No, fir; bet I kuow ?ho raid fo to people, to hide nls
v.llsny , I do ) o>. t.cow that she hit her eye against a chest,
but I know Blie got a tiitu.k eye thu day Mr. btvpliens refuted
10 take her to Mra. Stevenson's funeral. "
To Mr. ^rilmiiad?1 maoe on afltdavit before Judge
Wa'.bh, t n which Btepbei ' wa< arrested; in that I swore c
u> wiiat I kr rw and what I l>eli< d to be tr ue, I swore to '
what w 'if indellibiy fa^d on my mind, never to be obliterated
; I swore tLoro that 1 Faw (MkMMl powdtl* and
give them to Mr?. Stephens, and tbat was true. i{. Irtd 1
)ou net lay brie that you did not see Mr. Stephens give
jour aunt auj medicine except the laudanum he gave you
to give her? A. 1 think not, sir; lor I saw him give
her a powder and pll'a; that wax while Dr. Iremongor
wiis attending her; Stephens took the prescription c
and brought, btuk pills; tbe powder was administered 1
during tbe daytime; I saw the )iowdor mixed In a large
jpooD and given to her;l did not tell this before, because I 1
was not at-ked: my father Is living, and resoles In the *
county Cavan, Ireland?(letter prouuecd.)?Thla is in my J1
faiher's handwriting, [ihe letter was marked by the jj
Court, but not yet read. |
Re direct?y. What was the color of the powder ad mi "
niRt? rod y
Mr. Cushion objected to tbe question. The proMCutlon r
Llimit,1 I, ...L-?.l ... ..? . " - . C
_ v*a ?>ufc i|<ivdmvu uii uiv uiruci>, n vu?7 iww
known the color oi" the powder; and if they <li(l uoi know
it, th> n it would be looked upon now us f.ibricatcd icsti '
moiiy.
The Court thought the quot'on had better be excludod. 1
Q. tatc all llie property Unit you have noi got I'rom ?
Ftepheni. A. Mr. .^hallor, it Is no matter ab>Rii it; I 11
would lint accept of It now.
Ihe question watt withdrawn. i
Wltbrte?When m> brotlier left mo at Chertor be re
tmued to New York; tfce next I heard of him was the allalr *
with Mr. Fttpbene: tlio reason I did noi leave Mr. Ste- '
pliers' boose WdS that be threatened me and ity sinter
that be would bave us excommunicated from Uie ohurob 1
ami iiiln v,s In the city, ami he baa swceoiled by bis letters
in doing bo. |Hore the witness wept.] ^
(J. Ibd yom- aunt use the word "premre"' to meet her 0
In heaven when ihc kicsod her husband the night before
her death?
*lr fimhlnir i.bireted. The wttneaa had not mentioned
that word on her direct examination, but on her cruaa r
examination ahe added It. (Admitted.) t
Witueat?1 am aura she laid "prepare;" at the time of i|
the transaction iu tho Fifth avenuo the family were in f
Ibe eonntry; he (Stephens) cjimo to see me, and I a
f bowed blm over the house, It being a very Ann homo, I \
showed him my bedroom; he tonic a bottle of wiuo from
bla pocket and told me It would do me good to tako some
of It, aa I bad been in 111 health; when leaving the bed
room he aelced bold of me and made the attempt I have I
alluded to; he did not auoc?od in the attempt; I bave
never gone to a place of amuaement with him; I never
was at a place of amusement antll about a year ago; I
never went to any church with Mepbens but tho Twenty
seventh street church, and once to Thirty fourth street r
churrh dedication, and once to Seventeenth street ch.irch; ?
my brother or slater accompanied mo to Sio;>h<iu' house a
when 1 went to get my things; once I went alone; I stay ' r
there about hall an dour tr'klng an<! trying to gel. my
th<n?a, but it 'Hi? cot ammiut to n<u?li.
This cloaed 1.1 io Itxtimony of M.aa Bell, a-bo war. frequently
moved to Uara by the hi 'oas'iainen of her p<>
Kitiou Mid the ptouiat uaturo el' Mie tM.rrofutorics. ?
W V A
yy i 17
MORNING EDITION?THUI
Dutrict Attorney Waterbury explored tbe position 'f
the defendant'* rooms from a diagram, which was sttsptcded
in Ue court.
It' njlU.XT OK MR. Ok*DWELL, TUB AFrUSIHl) OK MlS-< HELL
Samotl Co/dwell deposed?I reside at 490 Unrd av?
Due, I am In tho dry goods business; I have b?eu mar
rt?d;ay wife is not living; I have two ofcUdrao, 'inabout
18 and the other 10 yearn of a^e; I kuow
tie prisoner; I have known il..<s Hell abi ut i?outy
TLtLlU*; I first became acquainted wit1) her ?t
a Sundsy school cicuriioo up to Kandali's I.cand,
or one of tbe islands; I visited her frequently afWwirds,
at Mr. Stephen*.' homo; the prisoner objected to my visit>Lg
her; he fatd her father would never pormit mo to
c arry L< r; as *ho was a member of tho church and 1 was
not; In- abused mc one in tbe avenue; be called me a
"two faced, shufllirg fellow," and I told him I could not
quarrel with bint as he wart unclo to M>es Bull, to wbom I
was |?jinu my addrtNfes; I told him he might forbid mi
Lu> Loupe; aud I should not go there, but that I
Mioti u not discontinue ay ador"?tes unless Miss Bell
fcei^clf told me ko ; I ceased going to h>?
loute : a day whs fixed for our mtrriuge
1 ttui k it was tbe Kih of Auguit last; at Om wo ag/eeil
to be mi rrled ,n Seventh street, hut the elergyuiau wart
out i f '<>wu; we w>re tl>eu to bn married by another; tnat
ceremony i.i.ver look place, in oonM'qjcuco of an anonyn
ou? Itts-r 1 reotived tu.c night after 1 had parted iroai
41;F? Ri'll.
[Letu i produced aed kfcntillcd.]
Witnn hero i io Jiici d t lie en vision), which is addressed,
"Mi. t'urdwell. between Tinrtv filth mm rhiriv.Mnh
ktrret*. rtlr<l avenue."
The Iiifirlot Attorney then proposed to reid the letter.
Mr. Arbuiead objected t? lis beiug read uutil tbn dof>
nee t?il hod an opport'inliy of cross-r sunning the witU'
(Objection overruled ami exception taken.)
The loiter was then read liy the District Attorney. Tbe
f< liowitg is a verbatim copy:?
Mr De*k 8m I (end lo you one. or to Lines to Let you
ktow li at 1 wa? inloiutcd Hint you ire Keeping company with
.. > i.i:i ^ \.om?n where name ii 11*11 1 wuutto Let you Knov
siirtol Ler 1 ood Pthavler 1 ? ts Proni-.h'. en a trial on her
m eel conrernlUK of b?r itDd him and he Hefuted to tell any
iL ng in* 11) Ha Put tbn llunke U. lus harnl audio* 11 he would
1. -ik 11- 1.1. i 1 1I.1T1: 1 .-u? v.Uncta agalu't luui ami lie had to
ai m?r lor htm tell 1 went where aba liveu hi tluii avenue
aid ifce l.ady to.d me about her with if not very good. J
wculd not I ike t<. apuk for nomu tlm longer and toucan ask
her v< urfel! i.nd then you eau jif'ge lor yourMlf or aak her
hew ?he spent btr nlii'iis when he: ant wa* m the country or
wlri. lieraiitM.d her flaler w?aatibe evhance ihe man mat
wrr.tto ibe Ooie and liere lliein hi the lied ana fche sot up and
Put a elouclit on the dore ibis was all sworua Jiefore me
nod I now Put you onyr.urg&rd forjou ruty boar it youri
?lf you ran go t?t bat i tuiy and fhe will tell yon she
knm\? bn v he new verm mondng. when I went
In lo her ucralia and seen him aud her In hed she
ki.uva vh.i slit- was dolnjj aud ahe was In church that
r.l: l.tard w'id cit and uti te.d and fb? eent in for her ucoel
#i)d be went after boil 10 bia hoiiBe I know what I herd and
fn y?'i? luu aak her anl then you ean judge for yourself It
la a wonder ?b" rould hi.v* the face lo Pass bertelf off on any
1. an the must ihluk Ibe we verry Itllnd theme. are only a few
,r,u,fk ol what in agaliitUr her her good uiicel and her will lie
brought w here ilia will have to tell the truth and th.it very loon
I 1 you Be very wiM and you eau lind It all out for in I Live I
will mi'ke a r sample of bim and her lor 1 never knew to grater
rUltcs? llian they were and hti wife alive, and 1 am told a
i e> y nice woman fur the uucel wax a raakel aud she waa not
1'i un li r ihe kLew it was wrouu 1 will nay no more now Hut
1 may ac..n meet ycu and I aliali you tome more about her
Little noiie.
doiit be afoole for 1 ?me aure ihe could notpa?sherscffon
you.
(lood liy I ?m your friend when he was nuked to dear hltnnell
iu tbe Present 0;' live be could no*, do it lor there was to
many witness sgsinia hint.
lou will foor. hu t more.
l'xnmmation continued? 1 am not in any way related to
tliiB tuiiiily or to Mi.-* Hell; the matrimonial engagement I
have inaoo v> uti Mi>h Hell still rernaiiib; aotlung of imprtf
riety ha# tvor taken plate between myself and Mish
bell.
Mr. CtiJliiBg objected to the District Attorney proving
ihe good or hod character of his witnesses by another
wiiii .'s l elore it ib ini|Ka> bed.
Wutieee?1 called upon Mre. .Stephens during her illness;
[ aw In r three or four timeti; I observed about hor a
piercing, aoxicus look, and that sho had a black eye two
iteekB In lom she ilied; I taw al?o that she had it when
die died: it was lie n as plainly visible as before; I was
present before the Coroner; I weut to the house at the
line or ibe funeral; 1 wa.s pi eneiil at the opening of tho
H.1I1D ut uretnwood, and agfiiD at Bcllevue Hospital; I
ould distinctly rtcoguize hor; Mrs. Stephens complained
>f a burning sensution in hor c'ifst und throat; I reoomniini'ed
Hr. Iremongcr; Stephens treated his wife in a
rcry rough. boorii-h manner; one time phe was speaking
i teillgtntly about go'o,? into business, of which b1i? had
roii.e i?iia, when he remarked to her that " she was Ut to
k 11 mMkn."
This witness w?.; not cross examined.
The time l'or adjournment Imcing arrived, the District
Attorney announced that the next witnctB would lw j(uu
Fnnnjr Bull, and the examination would l>o a long one.
Ihe Juc'go ?c id it viae desirable that her examination
nliould be dntfhed at one sitting, and therefore adjourned
the Court to Thursday morning, at 10 o'clock.
The Proposed New Corn Enhance.
A meeting of merchants in favor of erecting a iievr
Produce Exchange as a substitute for the old Corn Exchange,
was held on Monday laft in tlio office of N II.
R'oife & Co., in South ftrcet, to discus* the projict ana
letei miao upon some pi?n of action. N. li. Wolfe was
ailed to ihorhalr. TVn meotirg was composed of sub
icrlbers to tic Corn Exchange, who, alter having tried
n vain to prevail njion ihe dlrrctoro ?f that ass<x;iation to
ielc:t a building mare suitable to the wants of the mcm>ero.
as well os a moro hcnliljy locution, determined to
akc the matter in t'ur.lr owu hamls, and, if ncccssary,
01 m a B'-w Hfiociation and erect a n"W ediflcc. The meetcg
v?;i? u.idrefred hy Itobcrt F. Sage, E. H. White, Mr. Kastr.ii),
Col. Isaac H. Reed end others. Tbo speakers aluded
to the utter unmiitablllty of the present ?Jorn Ex
;t argo to the retirements ot the subscrib-rs, and nlaj
ts very unhealthy lootioti The Corn Exchange was so
nanaged that do retire?* of existing grievances need bo
xpc<ied, and t:o bope? of improved accommodations en?rULeii
Col. Kit J thought the wliolo subject of too
Bach imparlance to be hastily disposed of. Too meeting
,bt ii adjourned.
An adjourned meeting was held yesterday atlornoon at
he fame place, and wm largely attended. A number of
.he truitvis of the Coin Exchange were present. The
pjonly of the meeting tqnmd themselves dotitii'Diil
to have a building aututblo to the wants
SxcbsDfe Association will erect such building,
fj'-n th's present movement will bo abandoned, und
br Hi- rrliai ts are willing to continue with tbem. If
Lhey will rot erect imw building tn amoro suitable location,
then tho projectors of the presoDt movement will
'orm a liew company and erect a new l.ui'ding themsol veg.
K committee of Ave was appointed, of wblch N. H. Wolfls,
is chairman, to select a suitable site for tho new ex:hiiDge,
to report at a matting to be tailed hereafter by
he chairman. Great unanimity prevailed during tho pro eediugs,
iind it is stated that two hundred tbouxand dolars
could have been subscribed on the spot to carry out
bo profofed object. It is due to tho present Corn Kxctiange
*?p eolation to state tbut they had proposed to enlarge the
nescnt cdlflco by building on adjoining lots, provided
bey could obtain tbem. To this tbe merchants demur,
m ac4MMof the unhealthy looilitv, and to the fact ttint
be present building was so badly constructed, that unless
t should be taken down and a Dew one erected, the addiion
would be of very little ben lit; and. also, that the
>wnc rs of the adjacent lots, In view of the fact of a delicto
purchase by tho ICxcbiuige Association, would a?k
xoruita&t prices for the lot., .md iho expi-nse would
eventually havo to be jiaj,! by tno subscriber*.
The I?W Courte.
St'PRKME COt'RT?CilAMItniS.
Before Bon. Judge Cicrkn.
M-AR'itS)?Jfotalic A. /AinVn/., <>ka?<init ll'm A. Ifiirf?Tilrit.i'k?lieferrtd
to IVtn. Ml'( bell.
SutRUtl \Venott agaitut Gtc. 7'.tt ttl ?Motion to
ubHtilute referee grantei!, and CUarlcs A. I'eubody apminted.
<V,iri ud IJ'attT affair it John K. Stoul tl at?Motion f.*
cii rity for r<*ui granted; flv dollars costs to defendant
o abide event.
SPTtriAl THRU.
Before Hon. Judge Davie*
Rrt Ifrngr en a Marring* Outran?KjH O m.
'Itnrgr Cr< toe and 'I tin was an . r.lMo for l>rokerag*
inp ii..iu.ai;i rulrMt. It ji :t .m ?>. u h ?t
n tlic oompia'nt am) on tbe argument, that the prir> |*l
lefcodant, a lady of sotno pro(?-rty, ?i.. dr. irons to
nairy, and told tne plaintiff tliat if li' '?'?uli .1 1.. - a
ultabls hatband she would pay Min
ti the marriage being oonsuniTniUi d. <>m> pU nuff. who
t tiot engaged in huou brokerage ac a bus.urea. b .t was
nown U tin lady as a persoc\'. Ii mJ, rx<tUhi bimwlf in
,d\ ant e her views, lie lturrxluood too ?r ibrec gentle
lien lo ller, w.tli one of ulioj. tn i r,i .i c .i nl i>i mar
lage was miuie. Alter a courtship protracted through a
' DMderable time, however, the " igagsttaeot was broVeo
tf. At length, liojrevrr, the plain'.df IrUolaoed a new
inr/i, to whom the lady tn question b< run" eL(ng*d and
ii due course of time n juried. The p'aint II tine < iaiaed
o receive bis thourand dollar.". 1 aims to c bla.n it b. >n
.mictb'e demand, ho brought this action, Jo.mug wtl. in
The defendant* demurred tu the enropia.et on the
[round thi'l marriage brokereco le bunlnr t which rent I
ravcne* publl.: po!lc<r.?o that (tie CouiU mil not caterer
.ny rortracta to pay for ?rrvrn In u> |oUi;i.|? mir I
iuse, or guttatn an uctlon U> recover cooim.'aiotis. I
The Court gave judgment frw the dWteidarte oo the de l
nurrcT, dl*ml**lng the complain.
Jchn A .Vimowon r? H llaiphi.?Jedgmeot fn? i
lofcndant on demurrer, with liberty to plafctifl tn amend,
n pa} incut of coata, In twenty day*. I
81THWOR COI'RT?TRIAL TKBM.
BelOre Hon. Judge IVrropnnt.
William Fimler rt. (Iforg* L. HiJIari W ml ?Actum tn
ecovcr inniagc* lor InjurTee remitting from the tail of a
>alo of cotton upon tho plaintiff. He waa employe! by the
IcfcndanU, and engaged in battling the halee through the
alia, when one of the bale* being Insecurely faatened. an.i
. knot In the rope, It fell and broke Ute platulifT* arm ,
'erdiot for defeudanla.
urarni mm.
Before Hon. Judge Sloemiu.
Datih n, Jixriorr, u Horit?Judgment for plauitilf?to '
? Fettled.
Orphan Aijlum ftixiriy rt. ntmtuky ?Qare aetUed. i
I
tnronrn' Office. i
Two drowning caaea and a fatal railroad accident were '
oportcd at Uie Coroner*' Olllce jeeterday. I'eter I'uruer,
tltrmnti nil board tbo ati amstip City of Baltimore, wa* ,
..-l.i. 1.1?liy drowned hy falling overboard. Aman.wh * ,
Hmc ! unknown. Ml Into the tkat.n,; pond at the Central i
nrk anrt wnn drovnod. The rallrrmd ai/Ulent ?? tt?I
t!,. depot eftlte Hiitaou Hiver Kai.road, m ttlMk rtreet,
lit rti U'l'iin, nnnof tho nr.Trn, wn xtrntal ,
',i to ..ih iw<< n t*"c?ra whtrb be n ?r ;
I tfie t*n?. I
UK H
ISDAY, MARCH 10, 1859.
Th? Oliver Street Mauler.
CORONERS IKtilltM VhKDICT OF TUB JCHY?
THREATS OK LYNCHING.
Hie inquest In the case of Mrs. Mary Kletcher, woo was
Bordered by a CbiDnm.Q,name 1 Quimbo Appo, at No. 47
Oliver atreet, on Tuesday evening, was bet4 yes?rd.iy
afternoon by Coroner Jackman at the iate residence ol tne
deceased, at the abovn mentioned number. Ttu ?viJ -ucc
was conclusive as to the kiting. The prisoner coofowcd
tbat he stabbed deceased, but said that bo was Ural assaulted
by deceased and two other women, ani In
timated as much that the act w as <tone in s?lf
defence. The jury took a different view of the
matter, however, and brought in a verdict of guilty.
Luring the prog rets or the examination lite tiouse was be
sieged with a mob of reveral hundred men, women and
children, who were very much excited, and swore vengeance
upon tho head ol ihu poor Chinaman. As too po
lice were conveying Appo to the Toml* they were followed
by au cxcitcd throng of men au 1 women, ajd .-eve
ral edorts were made to rescue the prmouer witn ih? vm>w
to lynching, so strong waa ihe feeling against li ut lint
the police managed to keep pos^i ion of their pri*ou?r,
arid lodged b n. safely in the relK The following * >
report of the tent.mouy taken beloro 1U0 Coroner yetlarday,
together Willi Uio verdict of tbe Jury and the cxmitii
nttiou o.' the prisoner:?
lie. niai) utiurr, icsiuiiik ?? 11 wiver iirwi, ao
po?el Uiut n seven and eight o'clock the uo?r>J *
noise in Mrs. Appo'aapaumeni, id tho secind story 01 itic
building: on going to the room I Raw Mi* ! ' wher (too
deceased) talking with tho prisoner. aha wax routouBtratmg
with hint for auiming hie wife; be ran out ?r the
room after Mis. Fletcher, who was running away f.-wm
him, and overtook her n ar her sister's a; irtniontjin tbe
same floor.a short struggle took place between decou* d
and the prisontr, when Mrs. Fletcher toil down sturs
crying "O God, ' I followed deceased down stairs, a:i l
upon examining licr I found tbat eh> was dea l. there was
blood flowing from a wound in her body; 1 won alto stab
bed by tbe prisoner, but I don't know whether It woj bo
fore or after the death of Mrs. Fletcher.
Catharine Appo, wile 01' tbe prisoner, deposed thtt ou
tbe evening in question her hut ban (1 came home, and finding
ber drunk abused her; witness commenced orvmg,
when decased and two or three other women rushed into
tbe room and rendered me assistance; one of them picked
up a flat Iron and struck tbe pruoaer with It about tie
arm or shoulder; on being relented I got out of the room
atid did not sre anything further; tbc dugger now shown
me belongs to tbe prisoner; I have frequently scon it on
the bureau; the prisoner ofur told me not todrlnk liquor,
uud to miDd my own business irtieadof keeping company
with the ether occupants of the bouse.
James Young, of tbe Fourth precinct police, deposed
that about half, post eight o'clock on Tuesday
evening bo beard that a Chinaman hud murdered awomui
in Oliver street; 1 repaired to a resort for Chinamen at
the corner of Jaim s and Cberry streets, a?d commenced
searching for the prisoner, who, I understood, bad escaped
after committing the murder; al ter some trouOlo I
succeeded in dnding tho pi isoner concealed under a bed
in ono of the rooms in said hons?>; I arrested him and took
him to the station house, assisted by officer Dailey. on bis
way to be station bouse tho prisoner confessed to mo that
he Killed deceased, and said that his wife wa*> a drunkard,
ur.'l made other remarks which i do not now remember.
William F. Huiley, of the Fourth precinct police, deposed
Uiat be was in ocmpany with the previous witness when
the prisoner was arrested,and corroborated bis testimony
in all the material points.
1'atrick H. Fletcher, husband of deceased, deposed that
on hearing of the murder be ran borne and searched tho
boure for the prisoner, but without success; at tho loot of
the flairs, within four feet or my wife's body. I found the
dagger produced In evidence; when 1 searched the prisoner's
room his wife suddenly assaulted me with a stool,
and cut my head; I gave her no provocation for tho assault.
J'octors Ferguson and Gallagher made a post mortem
examination of the body of deceased, and testified that
dentil was cacstd by hemorrhage from wounds in tbe
heel, and back, ap]iarently inflicted with a dagger or dirk
knilc.
The case waB theu submitted to the jury, who, aftsr
due licnberatlon rendered tbe following
vukhkt:
Tbit the deewsed came to her death by hemorrhage,
from wotmdb inflicted with a dagger at the bands of Uulrabo
Api?>, at the bouse No. 47 Oliver street, on the 8U? of
Mtrcn, l?at?. *
Upon tbe rendition of tbe above vcrdict CoronT Ji-kman
proceeded to examlno tho prisoner in the usual torm
1 rtscrihed by law, as loilows:?
CJ. ft i.ul is jour name ? A. Quimbo Appo.
Q, How old aw yoa? A. Thirty-four years.
0. Whore were you born* A. Chuein.
Q. Where do you live? A. No. 47 Oliver Ptreet.
0. What Is your occupation ? A. Tea traler.
Q. tf ive you anything to say, and if go what, relative
to the chaige here preferred against you? A. 1 wanted to
keet- my wife Irom bad compauy, on aiwimtof which I
was yesterday provoked to ijuMfrel with deceased and
other women; so many pet upon inn that 1 seized a dagger
lying on tho bureau and stubbed Mrs. Fletcher.
The prisoner was then comrnillcd to the Tombs to affail
tiio action of the Grand Jury, now in session.
Tilal Trip of the Steamship C(Wtzuoalca(.
Tbo steamstlp Coat/.acoalcus made bcr trial trip flown
the bay yesterday, ller dimensions i>re as follows:?Tonnage,
2,000; keel,over all, 290 feet; breadth of beam, 38
feet; depth, 14 feet. ?he is cajuiblc of accommodating
about one thousand passeDgers.
The i otttzacoalcos is to run Irom New Orleans to M'nitltlan
for or under the dimtion of tbo Tehaanlep'iO Tran
tit Comiory. Sbe has t*-en thoroughly overhauled md
lilted up for the service upon which she is about to enter.
R. II. Snnlnier baa had the general charge of tlttiog her up.
Her machinery has been repaired by the Neptune Iron
Works Company. The carpenter work was dono under
tbo direction of Andrew J. llonnion. The old wooden
wheels l.ave been replaced by now Iron ones, the diameter
of tliem being lessened one foot, leaving their present diameter
at 34 xct 6 inches. A new donkey engine, new
boiler an?'furnaces, have been put In her. It is Claimed
that the Costi-aceilcoB has been made us strong as it Is
l>cssible to make any sUamshlp, while she hu certainly
been finished with lunch art and taste, her steerage it
l si tlcularly tine, being well ventllatod, commodious and
comrortab.e. n.deed, it is said that no other vessel has
ev< r left this port with so tine s one.
The Coatraroalcos left the pier at the foot of Eighth
street, Eau river, between 9 and 10 o'clock yesterday
morning, with quite a number of Invited guests on board,
and paired down the East river, thence down the bay. Hho
was tbirtyt*o minutes going from the Bittery to Fort
llumiUon. s distance of seven and a half miles, against a
stiung ficoU tide, under twenty pounds of steam, and
making sevi nteeu revolutions a minute. Alter passing
below the Narrows the returned, making the distance
from Fort Hamilton to the Battery in twenty fonr minute?
ninfer the lame pre/sure of steam. After steaming
iibout in various direct ons till between two and three I
o'clock P M , she landed at the foot of Spring street,
North river.
Turing the trip a sp'endkl collation was served up for 1
the siKfts, among w hom were the Messrs. Hargous, I*
F. Meyer. .1. Mclmm Murphy, and K. H. Sauinier. On (
ihe 1 Mh met. tho sUamship will start for Now Orleans.
Ibc tollowlDg arc her principal officers:?Thomas W. Wll- 1
on, Csptain: Charles K Tteardman. Chitf Engineer; John I
Nelson, Purser; John F. Mills, Steward; J. W. Hutchinson,
ltl officer; J. J. Woodbine, second officer.
1 he mate o! this steamer is being prejiared and flttod
up jc?t like l>< r for the same service. Roth of them
t ave been puri based by Barfons k Brothers, agents for
the Tekuantepeo Hoe. Tbcfe steamers wore bolK in 1865
for tke'ireat Western Rail read Company to be run oti
lake <">lario They were used on this route about ten
month*, and In June. 1AJ8, Capt. Wltloughbv anl Capt. .
ill., . ,c> v..? York. They wero taken to Hunter's i>omt
and J' are. I "[ " > the railway to bo coppered aud fu<tened.
afi? r *hi b tbty wire nkeu to tho yard of Mr. Sncedcn
for iti i trptae of tx'inp altered. Tl?e guards Wire rut
i it 'o * Hi ii tbr< e tee: of lb* hull, ami otaer alterations
r.a * in Ui lli. m for n a aervico. Theec changen woro I
i .M'r mi i'i" < vt<. tutlun tbat tin" lio-ilo would be pot on
tkv I h i ainlau knd l'nnania rout*, bat the negotiations
lii'ij. 'i 'iu "me ojiur* in fff<r win mad - by the t'uitod
I l? > ' trl.-r I'l. ni for tin- I'nr iguayan
, i r njlly, the government derided not to cmI
,.j il n fo- r.at I'urpoM, and they now have been di?.
. 3 a? ah-ve atal'-d. llie lM*t<: are well ud gubavi
. :> built, and ortgtnaMy cost 160,000. Iliey are
t i t'i (1. y iini-bed m 'he ' at'ir*. end uio alt-rationi now
?r?.lr * 11 lrrrri.?e the cut lo J ICO.HOC Tbe englnis are i
m vi.ty ifh ? U?d*n, tw.-lve feet atroke. and were built
117 tt< W l 1" >? (butidry. Hie boat* wore built at the
Iowa cf Nif ara, on lake (tularin
HiUlamtbaif City Xrtra.
Hr" '! ? r "(to Cam An agel negro, familiarly
loow a* ' oM C-iio, who fbr many yearn rettld-vl at
Vr*H Hotel, Jamai a, hung him.; If on Tueaday after 1
-ou, .a a bait, n??r th? liutol of p. Ifemon, Jamair*
Atoui V* o'claek ? Ike motmrg tome boys pataing thn
l?rr. ?aw lb* oM negro appended by the neck, *nd giving
Lbe alnrv be tal rut down 1a time lo save l.ia life. After
Ltot? Ur waa ??ri d?p ndoot, and in the afternoon went
' t i'f. i?l In w . going to maaaa Kale.'- Soon
v 1. no I bar* ng by lbe ihh k in the barn, quite
JCTto wa? bromgbt to Ito awtry many ream ago
'I.e. v.i a I Mr ? al?-b Weeka, and r.mam.M wit;i li;m ,
until Mr W.-oia' death, when ho lived with Mr Itanoa
Be wai aa old and faithful aervaat.
I
RcfMaadial TlaaMii.
liru.nl roi KT mk< 1*1. th.j.
Mm Haw. Judfo iVrta
Miami ?Jmtmffm.lmm. t?? * *> ?/ Pmrt Bmpi<*(*' r?.?
Do?ra?l moved for aa lajwuee, itadar see Sit of the Ooda. i
lo reatratn Mm Ii?i 1iaH fHa 4kyofei| of their ehuroh In ,
rittjr third 1r?? te the Norfolk atreo< Baatlal ohiirah. and
r'a II ?d 1 -n Ik* IWHII ikal Ula ellaaii ? >uld he dWraud?l of
lb* aBKii.i ' "f a .lebl he rlalated lo fcarr agaiuat lbe rhureh,and 1
i ?.? ?! for U? *nrrfc md UkUrtu ripMalnc Ik* n> (
inK of l? ? !>, M4 ?fcnwln? r?^ fHUh m U?lr |.r..?*od ?!? . ,
?< .. ?ko?1t ! lfc.1 IV plalauf W l no ?i*l indrtx.-.tnoaa .
litnn >* ? Wjon.l frmt.
(OOIIM-I mm'rmtn tktt tk? rl*ua? of Um? Cod* dM IV* '
rrli^? in )tt rattan r*l?lou? l?oi?*or?UoM. ?fc*l ?u* <
roiiM ??* l??n? of tw?rt to d?fr?'i4 r>vp->r*ll^a nould
re?ntf. m ? latrai ft* wlttrh II rouM bo rrfmlMUIr or torttcmdy
rp(|>i n?fcl*. |
< l?rfc? rtfitaN tfco motina of Uw> rl*itiUf? munwl.
ih < 11, tko frrm?<l tkat Uo Doub<1 W !?? '
tutrnf ?fco ?*rt ol tbo .lofkn <
iMtih ? *nf'ho.r cV r ! ? J>? c*atr*-y, N ?t?"C?x>
ih?' ?<?* I . ge?d/ i ? ? 1 il<-, tift bl<i| u
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City Intelligence.
Kuwakd Kvcmtt'b oiutio.i <w human?Nearly
every *<at to the Academy of Mutic was tilled lust
evening, en tbo occasion of Edward Everett's oration
be'.ore the Men .mule library Aiaocialiou on tho early
life of Iknjamin Franklin. Among the audience in the
rrecrved aeats on tbe stage were many prominent merchants
and citizen?. Mr. Everett was moat cordially
received, am, in bin |j*rnpicnons and eloquent style,
fketcbrd the ai'y program of tho tallow chandler,
printer, phMWpbtr and statesman, interspersing tho
rrord with lnuui.l p-usages suggtsud by bia tbeme.
Alluding to ibe dedieation of the tutun of Franklin in
lM'Pion, in 1856, be pictured bia own feelings on tho occasion,
whf.n be contrasted tbe struggles of tbo poor
Detected boy putting lor kuowlcdge with the multi
U>o? gathered to pay tribute to tits memory He pai 1 an
el< ?ju'iit tribute to tbo leather 'In i-acr of liueiun by
wtoM< munificent admiration for Kranklin tbia inonum?u
t il left moeial had been raised?tho first la bis honor,
a th. iifh ibe ?nge wa< veiierat- d throughout the world.
CiaLkiin, be (aid, hud never boen asbimod ol his pro.
f.raW n.and slur all his i.onors, at homo and abroad,
was not a*lnnnd to contribute to tlie Xewt fatter and
(v?ra?(?"tr>*' /jttl^ern of the day.'1 Ho had fcen witbm
n ! w weeks pronably Uie only letter extant which
liankins miner ever wrote him, and that was con
g alolat in Uie tag. au<i philosopher, now forty years of
H'< . who bad inaJe (he greatest Miontitio discoveries of
ti e ime, ui < n lwing elected aa Alderman nf Philadelphia.
A' Ibe rcnc'taiou of tbe oration Rev. Dr. Adams, in a
wy mat, clsrair and eloquent manner, tendered the
tl .i ka of Ui< wbole coma unity to Mr Everett lor bis
|i atu.iy to ibe Mircantile Ubrary, iu wiuoU all present
D>of? cordially untied.
ArH ?Ycateiday waa A?b VTinloiiday, or
tlx- tint dky of Leal, a holiday of tbe Eptacopol and Roil
an (aliolic churches all over the world, the palms,
or aubtutute branches, ioap?crnted and uted on Palm
.Sunday of one y?r, weie kept till tb?- present reason of
ai-nther, wb'n they wrr barnt, aud their aahca blessed
b) IU' prints aud sprinkled on tbe he.ula of loc p"*ople;
becee tbe name given to tbe day. II la a day of general
p< tai.ee, when tbo romn. untcanti* of the above
churchea make a confusion of tV'ir .inworlhlne?a,
aud petition tb- Tyrone of Grace for " now
and ci ntrlte bearfa>, and for mercy, porlfcct remiaaoa and
forgivenm of ems.'1 Toe commencement of this great
fa>-l was generally blaervsd yesterday by all the Episcopal
an<! Koman Catholic ( Lurches in the city. In aomo of
them services were held from early in the morning unt 1
late at it if lit. Nrrvlrca appropriate to the oocasiou wero
hi ! in Tiiiuty Church at nine o'clock in tho morning-. a
laifn i i.-fjii ou mm l?re?0Lt. at noini Uie cburcb *m
again Ailed and aervkxs held. Law m?MeR were performed
in all tbe koman i'aibolic churches in the forenoon, and
In the evening veaper serviees held. Tho only veBper Hervii-ea
yore through with waa that of bl'?sltig tho a?bcs,
wbU^i waa done before each inam. In St. Patrick's Cathadrul
ii.ui t en were aaiil lromsix until uine. A. M. Alter
each malt tbe nrteet gave an explanation to tho e?ngregatiuu
of tbe uae of the " t> lea sod aatua."
N.iikixai. Uxft Baix AaBonanox.?'she ai.au*! meeting
of tbm association waa held last evening m the Cooper Institute?the
Prer.alent, W. H. Van Cott, in the chair. The
following cluba were represented by their dnlegatee:?
Knlckeibocker, Gotham, Eagle, Kmpire, i'utnam, Baltic,
Mutual, Mxcebuor, Atlantic, Harlem. Krkford, Continental,
I'uion, Columbia, Stuv x eaant, Hamilton. Amity, Metropolllan,
I'anin.e, Kt Nicholas and Monument. The following
uia clubs were ad milled into tbo itmociation:?Hamilton,
of Jeraey lily , Atiai tic, of .lamnlca, I.. I.; Ualted,
ot Tr.ntiiii, Nitrctie, o: \?>w Utrecht, Mar. Ktculapiun,
Independent and Katv |)M, ot Itrooklyn, and Manhattan
and Afhland, of New York. The Couim'.Ueu on Nominauoua
lepoitcd apainst tbo adu;taion of < iglit cluba, bocai.se
el M ine Inloi tnaliUex m their application*. Their
reiort waa adopted. After wime ununpoitant reports from
ccmmitlei* Wire dikpoiMMi of, the asfcuc*lk>n adjourned.
Hie attendance at tin m< iin^ w.u. Ur^e.' than usual,
fl.owing tbal tbe |>opuiarily or it?L au.li.lic g.mc- is ou tbe
laoraaae.
! xptjuranoi or rnr. Saoamc. isto th* Ham;* Ornca ?K
Whitehall boatmau, nam-.I Hny.a, nailed at our otllce yesterday
u> explain that it waa be who bred the abit wli.cn
entered the window of th? barge otUro on Monday night;
that It was from a fbotgun; that he bai tonon the Jersey
llnta ahootlng ducka, and on hia return, uot wishing to
keep tbo gun loiulod, discharged It at a rat, when tbe Kho,
glanced off and entered tbe window as deicrl'ie l In tho
paragraph biecrted In ycef-rdaya llta>ui. H waa not
aware of the dangerous nature of bis act till lie saw ibil
paragraph. 11 ought to ix- a wnrmt'g t? all peiaons using
tlrearmft to bo careful. Had th<?" ft r ?tns of duo it sboi
struck Captain I?wber he ml,"hi ba\e town klllod. Tim
harbor police uted to din-iia'ti" tbeirpistols oil leaving <>Q
duty Id the neighborhood of ui? bar.e oflice, but tat>'. is
now an order agali.,-1 It, and the [>r?< t ce It diaraelwiwtl.
Tit* East pmotlvasu JUiuukar.?We understand that
the East Pennsylvania Ka'lroad, whi h oor:ij> et s t':e <- ?.
tlnuous lice of travel from New York to tUrrlsbi.-g, v a
Philadelphia, will be ready for traRlc on or about the I t
of April. This read hk* been coostmctod m a vary brief
time, and under somewhat unfavorable circumctauca, at
k t oil of a 1.Mli-over a million of dollars, by Mm 1
KngiDter, Mr. K. E. Lyons, who ajshtet Col. Talxn in the
survey of tbe road from Tt* Cruz to the City of Mnleo.
Mr. I.y< ns, we believe, i* also ubou: to MMI Mm
contemplated Morristown rai.road
Fu r. an Swtwn Avkm-b?About eight o'clock Tuesday
night a Are waadiscovered In the cabinet Kb)po< Mr. Miller,
fourth lloor of No. 10 Second avenue. The Bremen were
quickly at the prcml**, and fioon cxtin?':whi 4 tbe Are.
Mr. Miller's loss will be about 100; Insured for $150 in
tbe Rutgers Insurance Company. Tbe rear part of tho
fourth floor is occupied by Chas. Tppenhaib. a* a e*btnet
bbop; stock damaged about 9160; insured for fciOO in the
Safeguard Insurance Company. The fltb lloor Is oecup od
by Alexander P. Farroll, manufacturer of sprng beds;
damage about $100; insured for $300 in tbe Safeguard Insurance
Company. Tbe third lloor is occupied in frot.t by
MM Bartholomew, cedar cooper: datnigeto stoc* about
$60; insured lor *oi)0 In the Safeguard Insurance t >tm;nny.
11. Bushman, manufacturer of hemp hole, also oorupies
part of the third lloor; stock and machinery :ghtly
damaged by water; trsurcd for $3oo in tbe 8*fcg .ird Iusuiance
Company. Tbe first and second floors are ocoupled
by John B. Wyckoff, aa a stable and feed (tore; sv?~<
damaged about $100 by water: injured lor $1,000 in tbe
.Etna Insurance Company, of Hartford. The building I*
owned by A. W. Swift. It is damaged about $000, and is
insured.
Police Intelligent;*.
William Godson, an alleged fugitive from Justice, and
tbe supposed perpetrator of a murder committed at Mystic,
Connecticut, some two years ago, waa arrested in this
city yesterday morning, by policeman Johnston, of the
Eleventh prcclbct, and In a few boara afterwards was
lent back to Connecticut for trial. The murder of which
Godcon Is supposod to be the author occurred In the winter
of 1867. The victim?one John Humphrey?waa found
in the river wtth his throat cut from ear to ear, hia artua
untl legs were dismembered, and bla body wis otherwise
horribly mutilated. Suspicion fell on ttio accused, bat be
managed to make good bis escape, and was not hoard of
until within the i*ul day or two, when officer Johnston
?ot upon his track, and succeeded in capturing 1. in < ;>
hoard the ship Jacob A Weittrvelt, at the fool of F'1W?
itreet, Fast river. Godson Is an Irish laborer, but has
been In this cot.utrv many years.
Attshit to Khj. Hw Wira.?t.eorpe Dorr, a French
man, residing at No. 27 Centre street, wan taken into custody
on Tuesday nlgbt, on charge of attempt to kill pre"
ferred against him by his wife Caroline. The accused, i,
appears, assaulted tho complainant with a large knife,
cutting her face and breast In a shocking manner. When
the officer entered the place the prisoner was swearing
IMit* a lroo|>er, and said be was determined to kill bit wife,
huir was evidently under the inltueuce of liquor, tni j
wbtn locked tip in the station hots give every symptom
i>f one suflering with delirium tremens. The accused
Is the individual who was arrc?U d for grand larceny
nhout a week ago and from a Tomb- lawyer stole a ooupie
of gold watches and a check for S1?M>. Justice Connolly
committed the prisoner for trial In default of 'jail.
Aijxgip OfTRKis tvox a K km a ik?As a German gir'
of respectable connections, named Miry Chi, was pissing
through Chatham street yesterday morning, about balf |?ast
nine o'clock, she was accosted by a man named Frederick
(.Dinger, who asked ber If she wanted work. To this question
the girl replied in the slilrmative, whereupon Klllnger
tout ber to accompany htm to Uls eil.ee in the imm"diate
neighborhood and be would procure bora good situation.
Without suoptcticg the real object 01 the fellow, Mary followed
him to No. 10 Molt atrcet, und at bis roqueet was
induced to enter the doorway. In an instant, however,
ihe perceived the true character ?f tho house, and made a
dash for the ball door. There she was mot by Kllingcr olid
lbs landlady of the establishment, who endeavored to drag
litrback, but all to no purpose. Mary escaped to the
itreet and gare tbe alarm, when policeman Sherlock, of
ihe rtixth precinct, came to her assistance. Upon seeing
lbs approach of tbe officer Kilinger nought to escape by
light, but after a long chase he was captured and Ukeo
- ?? - . i t.in,r \ wiin, JUU1UU lOUUUliy CUUIAIUCU
be accused for examination.
Piwwt Crow a raxkl Hoc.-ni ?PetectiTes MeOord,
Jlowcy and Ring made a doscont upon iko
>anel house No. 41 White street, on Tucflay nlRbt,
ut4 arrested th? proprietress and all the tnt
aU* The prisoner* gave tbetr n?rar>i a* Elizabeth
NClair.riaTld Moore, George Williams and Andrew AnIrews.
The police represent this houFe to be one of the
sorst places in the fifth ward, nnd state that almost
if I tly ptrangers are policed Into the establishment and
nbbrd of all their money. The prisoners were taken to
lie oflloe of tb? Itopaty Superintendent and locked np.
Oi:**r) lasnwiw Aim B>:*<ii-Asn?.?O. K. l'ettre, a na
Jto of Kranoe, was brought befbro Justice lJrenn.m on
barge cf Moating a pold watch, $00 In money an.I s.irac
:lcthinc, valued in all atSil8, the propnrty of Henry
of No I Dtlucsj ftrpft. Committed tor mamtna
' u. Edward o.Iiuoi c wan also brought Ik .'ore Jublfcu
i.n.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
i
Brendan on charge of picking the pocket of Mrs.
Wizabeth Wernor, ef 537 Fourth street, wttile
the was attending divine worship at the Catholic
church in Second street. The magistrate committed
ike accused lor trial. Adam Wright was arrested on
charge of burglariously entering tno dwelling ".ooae of
Wm. M. Mitchell, No. 180 Sixth street, and stealing therefrom
property valued at S'J3.
Lost hh Ijp tv a I'ujht.?Patrick Cavanegh came into
the Eighth precinct station bouse on Tuesday night, with
bis mouth and hacdx covered with blood. He sUtod that
while enga^od !n a row in West street with a man named
Cave, the latter threw him upon the ground, and chewed
his lower lip off. Patrick was tani to the N'ew York Hospital
for medical treatment, and tho police promised to
keep a look out for Mr. Cave.
A ?id Cai-f..?The Twentieth precinct police report a
gad cape of neglect in their return to tho Iieputy Superintendent
yetlcrday. 8u*au Iiov.b, a woman seventy
years ot a,;?, was turned out ol' doors by her son, and
?us obliged to aeek protection from the inclemency ot th*
weather at the residence or an acquaintance in Ninth
avenue. The ;>< or creature Old not Eilrvivo the cruel conduct
of her <>lf?i>riiig Icur. She sunk gradually under tho
tll'tcls of the blow, and uied on Tuesday night.
As Ai.lsoi'J) fi'cmv* from Jipticb.?FroderiNc SchalTer,
au alleged fugitive from Chicago, lit., wa3 arrested at the
Alitor Houso yesterday, by detective Pevoy,and committed
to the Tombs for examination. The prisoner is
charged with stealing a gold watch and chain, valned at
$100.
The Virginia Election.
OPENING OF TQKOtntKdN ATORIAL CAMPAIGN?SPEECH
OF THE HON. JOHN LKTCUKK AT WOODSTOCK.
Woodstock, March 7, 1869.
1he Democratic Candidal- for Governor on the Stump?
Opening Speech of Mr. Letc'ner on National and Slate
Quotum*.
The Xlon. John Letcher, democratic candidate for Covcrnor
of Virginia, opened his canvass in this town at
noon to day. Woodstock is tho county seat of Shenandoah,
Mr. Lctchor's own county. It has about two thousand
inhabitant?, and in general appearance seems little
younger than the mountains which surround it.
The opening speech took place in the Court House, an
old fafcbloncd building, the interior only accommodating
some hundred and fifty persons. The rain, which was
falling heavily, mode the roads very muddy, ami the general
attendance in the Tillage wis smaller than id usual on
fair Court days. The Court House was pocked by a crowd
that would have surprised the architect.
Mr. I>;tcher ascended the platform, followed by a number
of gentlemen, who, being candidates for his place in
Congress, seemed desirous of following in the footsteps of
their illustrious predecessor. Pie said that bo appeared
there to render to the people of hia district an account of
his stewardship in Congrens, and vindicate himself in their
presence from attacks made upon his course in the House
of Representatives. His vote upon tbe Oid Soldiers' bill
was defended by showing the inknen;e cost of the pensions
it would impose, and the liability of frauds nnder
it. In the battle of Plattiburg somo Ave or six thousand
were actually engaged, and about thirteen or fourteen
thousand upon the way. At the passage of the Bounty
Land act, If the rolls of the Land Ofllie were to be relied
upon, not one of these soldiers had died, but, on the contrary,
their number had nearly doubled, no defended his
vote u;on the Agricultural College bill, by showing that
It was unconstitutional, and would have the effect of giving
Iowa a greater proportion of land than Virginia. The
President had done his duty in this matter. The opposition
phoned the hoUbwnef.s of their cries or economy by
voting for this bill. (A voice?"Where were vom, Uncle
Johnr") I was among the nays, with eighty-six democrats
out of ninety-six. llr. L. then defended the administration
from the charge of extravagance, and warmly
extolled Gov. Floyd. The Increased expenses of the army,
be said, were owing to the Mormon war, which grew
out of the indiscretion of Mr. Fillmore in appointing
Brigham Young Governor of Utah; and those of the Navy
Department to tbe Paragi-ay expedition, which was essential
to the national honor. He had opposed the immense
sums lavished upon I'ost Office and Ou.-om House buildings.
After mentioning several coses of useless expenditure
In iLis regard, ho said: ''They have a splendid Post
Office in KicLmou'l: why not in Wooistock)"' (Laughter
and applause.) He bad opposed the Homestead bill, an
well u<- a revision of tbe tantf of 1SS7. Let thai muuure
hare a fair trial; make up tor deficient means caused by
comincrnal revulsion by selling tbe mines In California
ai d ut Tike's Peak, and surveying and bringing into mark?
t the other nrntial lands ol the government. Too farmers
had no protection for their wheat a^aicst the laws uf
demand anil supply why should the manuusiurer have
for bis clotbsf The review of his Congressional record
closed, lie surrendered his post with gratitude into the
hands of his constituency.
I blUthe meeting of the opposition members in P.ichirond.
many of the wbi< uppers bid sustained him. Thus,
Um No folk Ilerald of DaoT 8, 1858, die cued it '-Dot improbable
that the whlga would, in many instances, My uiao
tLf n- political pre'.erences ami vote for tho democratic
nom rets." and on March 8 came out in vehement dem
n< ..inou of him (I>'tcher) fur opening the canvass in
bii owu district, wbire it insinuated it would be dangerous
for Mr. Coggin to venture. Unfortunately for the
t' ttor. Mr. floggui opened tbe canvass in bis o?a county.
Mr. liflober tben explained the difficulty which bad occurred
in reference to api-ointments for joint meetings betwun
limselr and Mr tiofgin,and declared that, having
tilled the appoiutmeuls be bad already male, he would
wet Mr. lioggin at b;a o?. n appointments and close the
canvass In Beolord, thus bearding the lion in his den.
(1/iud ippiauie.)
They Lad accused him and tbe people of bis district of
unfai'htulcess to the South. It was not true. Woodstock
war m round as Norfolk. Nowhere could truer hearts
be found to uphold that glorious (lag which bears upon its
folds the mouo".Vtc tem/*r tyraniust." (Applause.) Ho
quoted liis speech in lae liouse o( Representatives oo tho
list of February, 1865, in whish he declared that if tho
South could not remain on terms of equality tbe
I'nionmuslbe dissolved, and appealed to u.e crowd if
be did Lot truly represeut their sentiments. Who assails
us. continued lie, for unsoundness on tbe question of
slavery? Tbe President of tbe Convention, wbo has sakl
that no one held slaves l>y legal right, Robert K. Scott,
who boids to tbe constitutionality ot tbe Wilmot proviso.
John M. 'mits had token tbe sued against him. How
sum us he? Tbe Richmond Whig had been oompelled to
denounce bis unsoundness. In 18M be ignored tho
question of slavery. He avowed in Richmond uis willingness
to unito with free negroes to put down the democracy.
Spoils were of more interest to bun than tbe rights of tbe
South. Wbo, in 186C, was willing to luse with the black
republican*, and avowed his desire to rortn a union with
hem in 1800, but ibis samo Rotla? At a dinner given to
Holla in Kie-bmond, tone years since, John Qamcy
Acanis was appropriately Invited, tbe whig* of Richmond
had invited II. W. Davis to speak there, and received
him into their embraces. Were they the parties to
ssMtil any on* for unsuiinda<ha u; on the questiou of
slavery f Had tot their chestn candidate, Mr. Fillmore,
released from tbe penitentiary of the District 91' Columbia
convicts sent there for kidnapping slaves from their owners
' He d?lied s>xb a |?rt) to cb*llonre any -me upon
faithlessness to tbe South. One of th< resolutions of tho
opposition o inenl on, wblcb attacked the democrats majority
in tbe legislature for not completing tbe wjrks of
internal improvement, l>e could not understand. If it
mr int thai lh? State should si on e j r.i-ee.l to finish thos?
imprm , inoiiW, tbrn it tin ? ti:.' ?! c.vJcl op,"Vii.ou, lu tlio
preeen; < nodili<>n of Uir State uo*?or? be thought that Um
I^giKlaiiirr parse*J a wiae and politic course in pursuing
it tradu*. fystem, and nut burdeninc the body politic wtlii
tii? entire espenH- ill once. lie had hoped, wtillo in
Corgi ea;. to havo procureU the payment of a debt
of tbc I n.t d Sain due Virginia, wbtch would
have (tone totueal ?i towards finishing the uncompleted
I'm *. It wu aju-t cU m of $1,760,1)00, wnirh tuoner or
later would bi paid, Tne general government In 18215 nettled
with Virginia for advance* made In 1812. In IMS*
Hteilur a.count settled with Maryland waa ad.lt>ted upon
a diflervnt basis. I'pci. the i>a?.? by which tne Maryland
account wv adjusted Virginia bad a claim upon Um federal
treasury of tl,tco,uuo. rthe bail l**u unsi; . ?esful Id
obta.n.ng this meuaure of ;u*Uoe; but It* payment wan
ruly a <pie?tM U of time. Wh.le, tl.en, be believe! to as
speedy a completion of ibe fTate work* of Interminmuntcatlon
u a di.e regard to the publH burden* would Justify,
he could not sgree that the * heir amount neeossary
f r tbal purpoce should bo r,?.i>ed at ootv. The resolution*
in whi' h the whig convention denounced alien sufIr'
OHM with an III graf-' irn"i pa-t..* who supported
Mr. Killmore, who *iune<i a bill ?I lowing alien sullrage la
Washington T-rntor). tie (I etcher) UKiugbt that boo*
but naturalized citizen* should rob- cither in the State* or
the Territories. In cuticle.on, be dcelred to say that hM
<1^^(11.111. 'j.hom lie r?Hn>Kii' cd m a moit roe pec table and
InteUgont 7er.tlerr.ar. hud appealei at Iledftird, la hM own
district,to men of all partiot to support him. He made
the ramo apiwal to the voter* of this dMtrtct. Mr. Goggta
bud no claim* upon tbo people of Bedford be had uoi
1. pon the peoplo of Shnnundoab, and ho might confidently
appeal for their tupport.
At the conclusion of hi* speech be was loudly applaud ed,
and the candidates for Oongreee incoccded to Um
stump.
City Politic*.
Rsrv nucA* Camui Comnrrm?The Republican Gentral
f'cmmlUee bold an adjourned meetiag last nlfht?C.
A. Peabody In the chair. After toe reading of fee
minutes, Alderman Starr introduced a resolution In admit
reporters to the meeting* of Um committee. Ale flotation
gavo rise to n stormy debate. Among thons who
strenuously opposed the motion were a number of
fvcuth lection or Ui? I'ollce regulation*, which raada
bus:?"No member of the I'ollco Department will be permitted
to connect himself, directly or in any way, w*h a
eiuioiy. dub, or committee, or organization of any kind,
tbu oui.'Ot of which M the poltttaat adrano?wt of a
party, cl qoeor individual." The raaoiutiou wv tabled?
yn*, w uey*. The chairman announced the nance ><
the farciitim Comrr! fee, coii'tating of one from e-wfc
ward. A preamble ami resolution wito ail opted, reoem tticnolnf
the republican mnmh.w of the I."(alature 10
atrtnuouily advocate the ?a.-ly |*jw.jfe of a reentry 'atr,
Ibr ucctwg IL.CU adjuuMitd.