The New York Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1856, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 7424. TRIAL OF HUNTINGTON FOR FORGERY, Anteresting Medical Testimony as to the Con. dition of Huntington’s Brain and Nervous System, COUBT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Beforo Jucge Capron, Dac. 36.~Immediately afier the opening of the court * “Che counse! for the defence produced the following addi. tional evidence: — Wiliam Wicne was the first witness syorn, and exa. mined by bir. Bryen—I am oue of the firm of Tracy, Ir- win & Co., dry goods merchants, in this city; Iwas not ‘Oxamined as & witness on the arrest of Huntington; I ne. ver sew 4 pote of that tirm which was eaid to have been forgec by Huntington. ‘Tdis Wiiness was eet aside wntil the nove could be found, as 16 bad been misiaid. Horace Waldo, on belng sworn, deposed as follows:— ‘The meme of our firm is Walco, Burry & Co.; we are commiteion mercbants, in thie olty; the note which now ace was nol signed by any of the members of our rm: lam acquainted with tre bandwriting of all its members; itis not aimilar toavy of their handwriting; the smovni of the note is 85,040. To Mr. Hall—There is no general resemblance either tm the style or fillirg up of the note; all our papor was made payables at one bank; wo had a grewi variety of dotes our in August. George G. Lake, examined by Mr. Bryan, sald:—I made a deposition in a complaint against Huntington in Votober ast: Tam one of she arm of Udsdeil, Pierson & take; Ubsdei|, Piereon, Lake & Vo is the title of the firm now; tae firm ceazec wo be Unedell, Pierson & Lake last February; tbese threo notes, one dated Juue 9, for $5,084 62; another, Angus: 2, tor $5,983 34, and a taird daied Soptomber 1 , for $5 000, signed lt, Pierson & Lake, payable to the order o/ themselves, wero f Grm, nor do they bear any resem- Diance to the bandy tng of any of its members; I arn acquainted with ell \.¢ sgoatures of the firm; there is ry we ‘the style of the moter tbat would snow they wore drawn by our Ora To Mr. Hait—We bad notes out last summor, and are {a the babit of issuing notes. Mr. Noyes eid, to save tims, tho prosecution would ad- mit that the signatures on all the note: were imitation and ip a great many insiancens bua imitations, or no ti! tations i al! Mr. Sryan—Some of them are ficitt'to! jury to Kpow the amount of Huntiogton's the year 1466, I want the osits from from the {me be commenced his trans- n & Burbeck id that Huntington's books were not to be Ho avked that the bank b oks be produced. ' | observed that bis friends on the ouher side could precure from the cierks in the different banks the amount of Huntington's depoxits; their statements would de cecepted as evidence tm the caso; beyonu that the ‘Dooks would not be allowed as deciarations of the de fendant The Court—As the object of the defence was to prove ‘hia inability to keep books correctly they might be pro- perly put io evidence. Mr. Bryaa said tnat from the 39th of May, 1854, to the Gib of October (the time of hiv arrest) the aggregate of ‘ais deposits in the Bank of the Repudlic was $5,160 500; ahere was $9,(CO overdrawn -. Sam Randall was recaited apd examined by Mr. Bryan—Q. What did yoa ever near Huaticgton say in re- ference to residing in ths country? A, He nas often said be would cot do it, and Iaugned at me because I did; he ‘aid be would not iive in tue country ifanydosy gave him @ houre wud lot there; the iast timo he made this re- mark (for he has done #0 macy times) was withiaa few months of bis arrest; the time { epeak of I lived in 168th street and Tenth avenue. Paul D. Burbauk was recalled and examined by Mr. Brady—Q fhis new rtable in East Twenty third strect Chat was built by Huntington, cid you obtain the lease for that lana’ A. Yes, tir; ( bired the stabie nm my ame and took a lease of it about the Ist of Octoder y covrist ng of 8 acres wasdeeded ‘to Huntington on tue 1$:b Sept., wolch was parchased ‘at Yonkers; the deed was subject toa mortgage of $4,090; Mr. Huntington made an assignment to Mr. Halsey on the 10th October, and another to Bishop & Oo., om the 20h ‘of the rame month, Dr. Wilisré Parker, examined by Mr. Brady, deposed 3 followr:—Q What ts your occupation? A. i am « | ge gs physician {a New York; | have been in prac. 17 years; lL have been a professor in tovoral modical especially of surgery, aud also in the College of ‘Physicians and Surgeons; | iret my acquaintance ‘with Huntington on the 15th November, at the Tombs; ‘Re was introduced to me by Mr Beye went there at ‘Me reques; of the counse!; Mos+rs. Brady and Bryaa had 4 previous consul'ation with me :ciative to Huntington ‘ey sald bis actions were stravge, ad the quertioa o ‘oundvess or unsoundness of wind bad occapied their Sitention; they wished moto visit Huntington with a ‘View to tat etd; | paid him ove visit, but had two inter ‘viows with him during my stay; I wes toero aoout an ‘dour and « half in all, and conversed with him about aa dour; | suggested that Dr. Gi.maa should also ese him, iy as be bad written and taught apon the subjec: of medical jurisprudence; Lr Gilman delivered the tutro- ductory lecture to our course thir was—' The i cia\ions of the medical and leg Mr. Brady—t wil! begin with ington generally, without partic mind. Q Is there anything poou Dr. Parks Physically 1 snow excitable mi ving fully developed nervous ex- coltability: bis general deportmont Is extremely quiet and ‘inofieuzive; my name was oot acooanced to bim whon [ vieited him. Q Did you discover, aaything pecaliar ta the structure of bie mind’ A. Well, there way one fosture which was remarkable, namely, entire indif ference to bis situation; he seomed to have no sort of his si on = nO &oprehension of futare results I conversed with him upon various subjects; I asked bim if be was aware tha; be was liable to be sent t the Siate prison, and his reply was ‘thet it could not be #0, for ti to tnjare anybody,” ta @ short time I brought up the sabject again, watcaing bis bi the influence upon 3 ng prison woud u he ve very tiuenes upon him than if | addro said yory quietly that he did not 1ttond to injure any om fe said he bad forged papor twico before and was «lin: covered, and that they let him go because they con- aluded he did not intend to do aay wrong; | inquired of again why he made thia “paper,” ne said ho “itked to do #0,’ I asked bim if he should eunne act again if he and the a he elt the Eeare toatng over him, he said would rx bim from doing ri watche:' degree? A. It might do #0, or it migut not; fo me as baving any special bearing one way oer, | went into the bistory of his family, bis own habits of iife Ey RG smoking among other mae f du tbe saat nd then about Franeciaco, inquiring about his sleep the habit of slee only three or fou it he did not ‘bject was the mere matter ‘ying on operations in Wall street; i should bis affliction as monomania—still the ing seemed to be the ali absorbing subject with if he were out he would make thie paper agnia. peak of tee, mina y are donot under. name to each pecu- nar of \nsanity—that ie admitted w be quite tmporribic by the most eminent modical ‘men; in treating of somo peculiar forms of monomania ‘those terms are made use of as expressive of this mona- manical condition, but though some forme are thus do tned by name | su; where are a great number that bare no name, Q. What books do your profession con- sider in thts matter of medical jurispradence high autho. A. Dr. Ray, of Providence, R. 1, and Dr, Books. ‘4. 1 think Dr. Ray has no superior on tho subject io ‘this country, perhaps in the world; | know him porson ally, war bis fellow sindent, and think ho is abou, fifty years old; he is now, and hat beea for a number of years, ‘at the head of the Rhodo Isiand Li is Asyiam. 4. Have you bad your attention called to the tertimony of the (thor of Huntington’ A, 1 have not, aad had no time to road ft in the newapapors Here Mr. Brady read the testimony of Israel Hanting ton, ae} Was reported verbatim in the Haman a fow Jaye ago. Q Aavming that thove facts are stated true, whist docs rity’ tor MORNING EDITION—SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1856. ‘that narrative furnish for you to express any opinion as to the tendency ot Huntington to unsoundacss of aot, or bis actual unsoundness? A. Tho waole of that evi- dence would go to confirm me in the opinion | formod when I visited him in person; first. ais scrofuia has hed, probably, some bearing upon the condition of his bi stem; and then the fact that from his mo- je there was this form of iusanity you speak of, ‘and that insanity shor cially when Ln Wy to the latter periods of Iife, Would go to establish the fact that there was in him a stroog hereditary tendency to iasanity; none of these fects Wore known to me whew I examined duntiagtoa. Mr. Brady when read the testimony of Sdward P. Day, tn the coctor’s bearing, which has aiso appeared in we Haxaip at the time it Was given, Mr. Day, it will be re membered, was # school fellow of Auntington, Q. Assuming that this is the result of tne testimony, do they furnish apy deta in arriving at bis uusoundaos: of mind? A It iseorroborative of what we ox7o bed before, Assuming Ubat those fac's slated by Iai tington ond Sir. Day, conmued Mr. Brady, preved vo the belief and sutistaction of tau jury, tig Upon the tendency, here citary or other wise, Ungton’s insanity, { HOw proceed to read the hypothesis, or assomption of other matiers, which wo claim to dé proved in this case, end take your opiuion in regard ty them, Mr. B then rend @ cond: nsed stawoment of all the previous evidence twat bad beon elicited for the de. lence. Q. Upon the precedivg symptoms and tndtostions beiug proved tothe satisfaction of the jury, im your opinion was the dejendant rane or iweane when ‘the forgery in ques- tion was committed ? A. Suppos ng I knew nothing now of the case, it is possible thas all you read to me migut take place as the result oF unparasileled recklessness, but kpowirg what I do of his case from poreona! exal tion and also from tesiimovy whic 1 have heard, fey thai these actions were the actious of an unsound or on ipgane man. No sane man would perform such aciions in that way Mr. Brady—The question branches thus:—If you {bink he was {naane, what was the nature and charac dun- ter of that insanity? A. It would be difficult to apswer that question direct\y—I could not briug it an- der the head of monam. via but I should way it was mo- Tamipa upon the subject of making paper for the simple purpose of obtaining means, nos that he had any motive beyond that that I could discover. As to the other point in which bo shows this total toattention his own per- ‘sonal preservation, whea such @ party becomes hypo condriac it ts one of the phenomena of an uasound or in sane mind, The otber branch of this question is, what would you on this case, as & professional man, expect to be the conduct of the cefendant if for any purpose, business or pleasure be desired te obtain on credit? Mr. Noyes objected to this questiou, but allowed It to be put, asking bis honor, however, to nov his objec My \wpression is that he would make more of this Q. Among the medica) gentiemea of iatelloct and Standing tu the United States so far as you are concarned is there recognised such insanity as what ts called moral in- fanity? A. There isby the profession; I bave not the maans of eta\ing how"genere! that opinion is, but tt seems to me tbat the majority of weil educated physicians entertaia that view. Q. How do you distinguish that from ordi. wary or gevera! insanityy A It is @ form of insanity which seems to bave its orig in some defective organization of the braig, so that that portion of the brain which acts on a given subject, as, for instance, the judgment or the imagination, is diseased, and therefore tha ‘Manifestation of that diseased organ wii also bo abuor- mal. Q. And as {i} does not relate exclusively to puroly intellectual mattors, is 1; rogerdea as moral tnsanity? A. It isthe opinioa of eminent medical men that the in- tellect may be unclouded in those instances; as, for in- stance, ho may have one p>rtion of the brain interfered with, where the moral functions are located, while cau- sality, comparison, imagination and al! tho intolicoiual fa- cuities may be unimpaired By bir Brady—Q. Ordinarily tf you grant the promises ofa madmen, tho conclusion {s logic; wad it a man hav ing the delirium tremens thinks the devi! is after him bo hag me the greatest procaulioa to keep out of bis way? A. Vos, sir. Mr. Brady read the testimony of Drs. Simmons and Fulgraf, who had been examiaed previoasiy as to Hun {ington’s state of mind. Dr. Parker said that their evidence confirmed his opi- nion of Huntington. You must (continued t20 Doctor) converse with « person or waich his actions Prtcsey, to learn bis insantiy ; on visiting Honitngton in privon my simple object was to accertain whether he was a sound or rational mao; and | concinded that he was pot. Cross examived by Mr. Noyes—{ did not oxamine Han- tington in concection with avybovy else; I bad some con. versation with Dr, Gilman in reference to hia (Huating- ton’s) condition; | do mot know how jong after mo that Dr, Gilinan visited him; Dr, Giimen and inysoif are ta ths same medical vollege; [ know of wo otner modical men having examined Huntington but Dr. Giiman and myself; it mght have been tour Gaye batore I examined fantia top before counsel requested mo to do #0; | mot Moe Brady snd Bryao there by apoviniment. Q Wa » 80 far as you Bo >the D Altorney or to the public authorities of tbia kind, with reference tu bis tuasnity, was to A_ know of nose; I was thing done quietly, aud that po one sboald kaow that did not su; ja ( ven to the wutuoritios: i acquiescea in the suggertion that the matior should b> kept secre’, and that I ehould go incr; | have aot mno: communicated the fact that [had mace an examination t> Any of tbe public autnorities, bave noi requested it to by done, por do I know that anybody else has, { ¢0 not know that Huntington was appr.zot of my intouded state; I know nothing ip refereoor to huntington except woat | Dave beard from the evidence that bas heea real to me to this court room, excepting a bitef that I saw whion was made out by bis wife of bia actions; [ csuuot say poritively whether it was before or immediately afer my interview with Huntington at the fomos; ( aot a very elaborate paper; it had a brown envelope on it, and covered perbaps two or three paces of smal! jettor paper; I returned . Bryan; there ir such 8 thing as simulati y jotiod Of AN examination being made by s medical wituess to @ person wo is in- fane would faci itaie the assimulation of lussnity very much; 1 sbould say that it would be a pradent precad- Won to pot let him know anothing aoont it; [ de not know whether | ep): ined any such thing upon the parties who applied to me to examloe Huntington; I do not kaow whether he was informe of my visit or not; im short, no Precautions were taken upon that subject, asl concerned; It is difficult at times to detect simalative sanity; I thirk none of Huntingioa’s counsel were present when I asxed bim these questions; that course ‘was adopted at my request; on Deing arked why ho com mitted these forgeries be gay) NO Fearon; be liked a good bank account, and should do the same again; | am poriooily certain that be gave po reason excopt that: I asked him the question particularly what he proposed to do with the money; he said that he baa never vieiied a gambling house but once in his life, and that was in San Francisco, snd although he bad « repuiation for being a «reat woman man, he devied the accusation: he seid he had not laid up any money; | do no; koow that | asked him what be ba/ done with his acquisitions by the forgory; I I asked bim how all bis mosey know what that mene, [think ‘More of & monomania then of Q Do you mean by it moral insaniiy? morally ivsane. Q. In your judgment, ‘What subject is he morally jogane? A. He hav no me upon his character; the stigma connected with be committed a erime. the consequences of tne it indicts upon bic, ore A. to te may know it ts wrong. that he is insonsibie to toe A. You, str. Q. cane pravity, or a ok honest ; I do not Yy cefinition of a depraved mind one that is jaences of ori & depraved 4 mind—as mind that acts from motive, I ‘Am adequate motive ia necessary: a wrong when imotives are put in bis ‘We Will not argao the point now. Dr. Parker—I think if a man hava depraved mind, in order to act deprave'y he must have a motive which els him; | have not studied the operations of the minds of depraved ort reference to thy sonseqaoace 9° their wicked course. Q Have you not sufficient infor. mation on that subjec! to know that the mos depraved men are, to a great degree, inrensibie to the conse nences of their victons career’ A. If you moan oy s 4 praved mind that the tendencies of that dopravity follow that course of life until tho conasionce te destroyed, I should say they were; | suppos various sorte of orime unohecks the age of thirty live would result ip insensibility to 6 conrequences of crime. Q. Would not sach a course Rife as I have mertioned be consistent witn all that have observed in the contact with Iam t our converrations with bim in the prison’ A. I think not, sir. Q. Why not? A, There is nothing about the man ‘that looks |ike « hardened villain, the oxgrersion of the faoe did not indioate that; but as far as there is anything of moral power; whon I ox- 3328s view to sima ative insacity, | talked purpore of exsiiing his affections, and there was po ¢ffect produced on him; be said he invanded no wrong. Q. Isthat not precisely the samo insen sibility which a hardened man, alter & course of crime for years, might exhibit if he was playing s part before @ medical practitioner? A. Tt is possible. Q Will you say that no hardened rillain covld do it suocesatully? A. My opinion t# that ft could not bedone Q Is rot simulative insanity often undetected? A. They cannot fimulate changer tha; my Occur in the conateuanoe, the bias inat will show itsel’, and also the pulse tions of the heart; simelative insanity te wsnally capable of detection. Q You say be hae no appre Cintion of bin situstion horause of a diseased ration—you mean mentally? A I team the ¢ of the fun And organs of the brain. Q Wha Particular organ is diseased? A, The brain, Q In wha, Portion, do yo refor to the organs, according to Phrenologists that you mentioned? A. I refer now, #r, to the effect that he has @ trouble of vision, a ste: ty pain tp the bead, and bas sieepiess nights; I rely u) io ese facts because he told me tiem; I am not props ‘o Say that his mental organization was such that be was irresistibly impelied tocommit forgery. Q. Why coud he not resist the tendency to commit forgery? A. B: cause of his deceased physical not mental organization. Q. What was this diseasc? A. I am unable to give you the pathological eo ofthe case, Q Is that equiva- lent to saying you could no} give a reason why he could mot resist 1y A. He bad cer aiu mautfemsativas and symptoms (I am now speaking simply of what | saw) namely, pain in his head, congestion of tho brain, “ma chinery’’ in bis head (that he reforred to aiso ta our in terview) and waniof sleep; putting those facts togethe they lend ue beck to tho wevitabie oonglusion that thor 1s M decoased orgaatzation. Mr, Noyes—Plouse auswo- my question, Qo What was the difficulty in his paysioa organization which prevented him irom boing unable t rerist ihe epdency (9 commit forgeries? A fae praxis» nature of that diflioalty | cannot name, as ies pathologioa wpatomy cannot be aecerisined Q Do you suppoac h bas conscience? A. 1 think ha bas; TI do not suppose t ots ise ober moa’s consciences, Q Way noi? a. ¢o net know, Q Whv¥ co you suppose it doce not as like other tmon's conscieucest A. Beoause ho nas doas What other men would vot do baving consclouce. Q Is 48 not, wir, became he bag comuitted too many (or- geries A, Ido not botteve it is At this juncture of the exarmtaation 9 recess of half an hour was taken, after which tre oross exsiinayon of Dr. Pa ker was resumed, Dr. Parker—1I do pot koow that Huutington is laboriag under any tr sane deiusion; I have not discovered that ho ‘s Iaboring under apy deiuston; 1 do not kaow that he is Jaboring under any delusion, wuother insaue or not, which propels him to coinmi forg sry; I taiak he {4 nob laboring under any delusion whisn orbits bis commit ting forgery; ithink Le ie not laborieg under aay delu sion which prevents him from sbvetuiving from comals ting forg Q Taek you ine same question, suosti- ‘ord haliucinaion ? Witnes:—Explain to me jean by that word — With great respect, I have the honor to ox- Q Is ho Isboring under avy haitucination amine you, which impels biin to commit forgery? A’ I kaow of no: thing which furbids tt; I have not discovered that he ts laboring under any trresietibio impulse t commit avy other offence; { have wot discovered that bis organi zation compels him to steal or tie Q But you think bo is laboring uader an organization wich sats nin to commit forgery—bave the goodacss w stare what chat Organization ie’ A. That [ am unable to do; it is my opinion that it is merely puysical; it is not meat Q So then it is ihe paysical organization, wen all al meptal operations aro ent rely right? A. No, sir; his mental operations aro not right; they would be if bis organization were; this tentensy to torgery, | repost, exists in bis brain, avd because of his diseased orgaaiza von. Q. It exists, as I uaderstand you with @ kuowle igo on his part that bo bas committed # forgery, aad that is acrime. A. He doos this knowing that ii is a lorgery, but how far he appreciaten it an @orice, ( am not propar: ed toeay Q Does tals oiganization consist in aay undue existence of what is calied the faculty of acquisition? A. [ think It dors vot; there is no evidence at all tuat it exists in Jorge acquisitiveaess. Q Wha: is the propensiy, the duigence of whisn the physical organization leads him to exhibit apy iorgery? A. l cannot toll the organization twat surnishey the propensity that leads to forgery; it isa love for forgery gro miog ous of his diseased paystoal or- zation. Q In your opinion as & medical man, that exists tn connection with @ parfect monal uadorsianding op bis past that it is @ forgery and wroag? A. I think that is my opivion; I do not mean to say that this pro Pensity 1s so strong tba; he canvot resiat tt; Tam unarle to tay how far the power to resist the tendency to commit forgery is impsired by hia physical organization, bur [ tink if be were set free ne would do just as ho had done fore Mr. Noves —That is hardly an answer to my question, Dootor. Q To what extent do you suppose hia power to resist temptation to commit forgery is impaired by the the Ciseased physical organizatiou of which you spoax— ia it partial or total? A. lcauno; say what motives you bring to operate upow mind, pixe him before mouiv: w would to avoid it, but if let go free be woutd ¢othe same thing; Ido nat koow whether his poysical orgauization i@ auca pe enable bim to ailog aud ove forgery. Dr. lated and that resulved is the covumiseion of thoss dee: has existed ever since and exists uow, aut thet tondeat) is Increased by the alseare under wbidh he labored. Would ibe pby sica! orgswisation of which you speak i: him to get up ficticious banks, A. Ido oot kaow but would. Q I want your opinton asa medios! man, wht», ther from what you know of bis fathor'n teaxtimoay Soar own cheervation, bis phje'csi orgsaization @ suc as to lead bim to get ‘up spariocs banks and circuiat epuriony noice! bis physical organization is forging of epurious pap he getting up of banks and sach things; | wucld mot, as « medical man. pronounce that he dia not kaow these offences wer wrong and would subject bim to punishment; I think hy bas no appreoiation of the stigma which such offeacs would infilot upon bis famiy; I look upom the fact of hi: not attempting to cecape as an item of consiteradie im portance in reference to his tnaanity; my notions of rule 0( law are at variance with them tu some particulars: ti Admiseion of the crime of forgery woen vharged with 1 Would bave no bearing on the question of bin inesuity rgerion was mate Koown he wat perfectly quiet nd made no pertapent provision (or hit family a. no attempt to ercape; I #e9 no inottvo for hia action; it ® fact that mom Woo acquire money in this way spend it as recklorsly as they obtain it. Q. What would be your tupposition if you kn that when arrested “a red spot was observed on bia forehead ¢n which drops of perspiration that he had rot committe the forgeries an! coarged them on another’ A. I don't koow that the mere fac! tplration on bis forebosd isa proot that be wat bis guilt, as be might perspire trom other causer; | think he knew ho did wrong st tue time and totended to make rea itution, and did in a measure appreciate hia prsitioa To Mr Bady:—What hes beon said about insanity to day, bax reiated to physical cause; moral insanity is a8 much # dinease of the braia as mental rasacity; it was intended bofore i saw Hantington toxt he was not to know that I was a pyei Charlies K Gilman eworn, testified as follows —I havo & physician oe professor of m9 the rooms of the Tombs; with him, that [ 1 of euriomty avout bi ‘my object was to appreciate the state of his mind; Laskeo him « umber of questions about the obarge upoa which he was arrested, but [ did aot examine his motives particuiarly at that time: the point that stru% me par- Uoularty in regard to nim was his periect conlidence that be should ercape, although | astured him to tho contrary; then it was impossible to excive bis natural feeling 1a ro gard to bia children: | made aa exclamation about one of them which | thought would excite him, bet be éid not mora! insanity ex be intellectually manne; on larg incompatibio wisn insanity, even when exbi bited inconnestion with that insanity; es a goneral rule insane deny that they are insane, aed are ery urgent to be let loose on ths ground that Uhey are not tneano Witnosr bere confirmed the statements of Peck and Pritebard, in which it is asserted that & man can be mo bailuctnation. Cros ined by Mr. Curtis Noyes: famine the man alone myself; the bim three qcarters of an hour; the last timo | talked with bim ap boar; no the og Wrong. and that {t was impossible he could be convicted; all { could get out of bim wae that he koow it was wrong, as men ray when they commit usury. y—Wo don’t onli that usury any more, we call it ** presents.” (Laughter) Witnese reeumed-CAil that | evsan to aay ts, thet having examined, | believe bim to be insane; | pronounce hin insane, a man manifeats his insanity in a particular way, 1 suprore Huatington bas that mixture of mentei aod ity whieh ta very ofven foand; | believe he brain; 1 don’t believe be wonld be ip to encape of forgery I have my dombia as to whether he is jasane; eation is, if he were placed in ciroumstanc’n where onid Commit violence would be not have doae ao I tbink be bas general inear a it ts doubtful whether it ie right to call yonomania ; | difer with Dr. Parker in re gerd to this m ty bel maria: Ture the and “unsound if pe bad a boy en ax being ‘identical,’ I Ditrted ont, “What @ horrible inue ritanee be had grown up to.” ho war periectly cold, wv aid “it wonld All blow over:’’ though be Knew it wae orgery he cid not appreciate It; T think too ligt manner mm whieh an 4 h ae | nity; f th th other t ap at hw Nene . t fneane teu r re #89 8 Care of inmant. IWIY, but tnawe although he knew it was wrong,.. bud his power of res'ss nce wes diminished dy the 1oental effects dependent oc his physical organization; it is my oploion that Buati 17 ; my Caisulate on what he might or might not do; the ce tion made by twelve Judges in Kogiand of insanity wrovg in my opinion; I rd it os moasense. Mr. Bryan put in evidence a'deed of sale of mores Of land in Yomkera to. Hunting'on, dated Sopvember 17, & general release dated November 28, gigned by a great mary pertons; a generai assigument for the benefit of ail ‘his Creditors, without any preferences, gud thon stated that the defence rested, The counsel ipr the prosecation ald their evidence was also finished, Prinover’s counsel asked @ low questione of Mr. Bowyer a \o the amount of forgeries which fel, iato the the polis, and which was aboat $560,000. ‘The Court then adjourned wll Monday, whea counsel on both aides wilt sum up, and tho ease wili be given to the ury. Brooklyn City intelligence. Escars oF Parsowead.—Late on Christaas aight or ear- ly yesierday morning, six prisoners confiuod in tno Kings county jail made their escape in rather a daring and novel mauner, Four of thom were coninod ta tho same cell, which wee in the uppor tier, next the roof; snd probably having some knowledge of the insufficien- cy of the building, they tore up someof the flooring of thetr cell, and then urimg tas lever moved one of the fing stones which coastitute the roofof the cell, mak- tog on opening ‘argo eaough for them to pass through. ‘The flag coiling ts perfectly 1089, nos helng anchorad or even comented, apd therefore it was am easy mattor for the prisoners to shift one of she mtonos, Aftor this they cut tarough the shingle roof, and making a 1030 of thelr blankets, they lowered themsaives over tbe out- sido wail of the jail and madetheir excape. Proeviovaly, however, v0 going off, it is supponed that one of them de- ascended through an aperture loading from the root to the other end of the corridor, and vy means of ao falee key opened @ cell in which two cthor prisoness were con- fiaed. In descending from tho roof they had made a dea rope out of their blankets aud all doeo safety with the exception of the tast, who was precipiiated to tho grocad from a hoight of nearty twenty five feet in consequence of the breaking of the lime "He, however, managed to get away, and nono of them bave as Tae’ shoriff, now. ever, bas oflered a reward for their apprehvnsion, and there {s ttle doubt but they will all be safely in custoay ina short time The ueames of the partied are:—Mcla- tosa, Jorepb Scanian, Daniel Churiock, Hemry Cur- tis, ' and Ubaries Tully, alias Lewis” Scanian was convicted in tho city Court ou Wednesday of burglary, and was romnded for sentence Tully, alias Lowis, is & doy from 14 to 16 years of ago, and has repeated)y escaped (rom the House of Refuge A short time ago be broke out of the cells in the Fifth dis- trict station house, and there is fittle doubt that he the moving spirit in the present daring attempt. ALaxm oy Fing—May Ros Ovax anp Kittap,—Thore was an alarm of fire in the First district, about7 o'clock last creulpg, which brought ont all tho fire apparatus. Atlantic Eogine No. 13 aud Niagara Engine No. 8 wore racing dowa Falton sire}, cash ocoupying @ railrosd track. When nesr Clinton street No. 13 sneered across the track tp front of No. 8 A man wo but en tostaat before bad hoid of the iaiter’s rope pped a fell, and No, 18 ran over hi the wheels passing He was carriot R. J. ies’ drug where every: tbing poaribie wan done for ais relios, it he died soo: after, Tho body was conveyed tw the First district sta 4“ whore it was viewed by three or four bandred, but no one coud Identify him. He ts about 6 fee: 8 inchos in height, stout, dark bair and black whiexers. fis clothes consist of a dark gray coat, snuff colored loons, blue cloth cap wit Ding. coarse boots, an: in bw pockets aruie aud punch. His oj yes that he is @ machtalst, or biacksall or dome such time tho docoased o's fortunatety miseed tim woormarr—A boy about 19 years of ago, named \. F. Taylor, was brought before Justico D. f. Jeserday morning, ebarged with abaudoning bis A rofuaing to support her, ‘They were married tn was run over, but the pisses ancy Felt, & member of No. 18, fell down , uy a0 orguolzation inal tasa ox-f-INGIFiggt apd lived togotber until the 20th of October, J he told hor she would e:ta Bus fetbor, woo is an en wanker 10 J mvenco, torbfied that he ed given bis soe $44 1 a losing buswwess bad wtopped tho ples. tho wre is im the emily way, and sccoraing ho ailidavis of Mra. Leeney, the landlady, is hkely to come 4 berden to the county if not supported by the hosbend. (a default of recurity in tho sum of $260, ne wae locked up until he could dnd it Ioxsnvimy —The body of the women found froon to death io Wasbiogton park, on Christmas morning, wart \dentified yesterday, at the Coroner's inquest, by her wasbend, William Johason, a very rospectabie maa, re siding im Prince street She had taken toa wilh her bas band tno evening 1Ous, and wtterwarde gone to visti ® Iriend, whore It 8 Bupposod sho received Liquor enough to taduce the lethargy which proved so fatal. have to give htm ap Coroners’ Inquests A Woway Kictan—lier Homann Oesaceo wore tee Mcxnme.—Cathreine Seaily, wife of William Soally, re- tiding at No. 479 Peart stroot, where for the past three years be bas kept @ liquor store, was found on Wedvesa & lying insenaibie upon the floor of a room tn awolling, aud shortly after died, Coroner Connery was notided of, ths circumstance, and commencet holding an imquest upon the body, which wae contiaued unlt! yes- terday, and covonded. The evidence addncvs showed that (be deceased bad frequenl\y been brutally ocatea by ber husband; that on Tuesday afwornoon he was seen to tbrow her violently upon the floor, she failing upoo ber back. Tae following morning ehe was fouad tosensibie, ag above stated. Dr. ‘at was calle’ aud mado a post mortem examination of toe body. He found two inot sfons upon the back of the head dividing the scalp from the dove. On diesecting tho reulp, three contusions were aisoovered and a large clot of coagulated bloot between the dura mater and the Drain. This clo:, io His opinion, was the Girect caure of death. Several bruises aad scratches were also found upon the faoe of the deosased The Jory, on the above evid readered the following came to ber doata y blows or a shove aud fall, at the Daads of ner husband, William Soally, tofiloted eltaer on Taosday evening or Wednesdsy morning, Doo. 23 or 24, 1860."" Upon the redition 0* the verdict « warrant for the srrost of the busband was issued, and be was brought betore the Coroner snd committed to orison. The deceased was ® native of Ireland, and 82 years of age. Hor busband was siso bors nm Ireland, and ts 36 years of age. A Womuas Fousn Iran mf ft Steuer —Betwoen 19 and 1 o’cleck on Friday morning an Irish woman, about 96 years of ago, was found dead at the corner of Hourton and Fheebeth streets, with her bead cut and [sce dis- Oigured. Sbe had a bottle of liquor with ber, and is sup- pored io bave fallen while intoxicated, and died either Irom cold or the injuries ehe revetved by the fail. It ts poesible, however, that she migot bave bee assaulied and beste Her remains wore taken t) the station boure, where an inquest will be held apom the body thia morning. The name of the deceased is not knowns. She was dretsed in a brown merino gown, aad hed bisck hair. Ap ¢xamination made by « physicmn sbowed that ber skull was . Police Intelligence. Tos Late Fine is Ciivton Piace—Proragty Mixusc,— At the recent fire at 42 Clinton place the boarders were awakened suddenly from sloop, and, half clothed, had barcly time to escape with their lives. In a moment of ‘S00 Ganger of course much valuable property was icf debind, and we understand that a robbery of joweiry end watches ot considerabls value wan effected. The ‘Tae Cast oF rus New Gaaxana Comvasy —The exami. nation of James A. Requa and others of the Now Gra pata Canal and Steam Navigation Company, charged ir, Emile Gouwlard out of a deed of a valved at $5,000, by false representa Lone, was resumed yesterday afternoon, before Connolly, The direct examioation of Mr Goulard was reeumed and he reiterated the substance of bis alidavit 7 morning, three dila. plated wooden buildings in North Second atroot, near Unien avenno, in the row of buildidge known as Tiny's Tow. were destroyed by fire, Thay wore anoocupted, and the joer war of little secount. The fire was tho work of an ineendiary Kavos Cx <Rectived in the Hoepital for werk end comber %, 51; born, 6; discharged, TreNvaree — The Gormnn Gynvonstic Association of the Bestern dt be 1 og!s'atar tet have given r at (te werk sith Wallack’s Theatre—Hiawatha—Mrs, John ‘Wood. Mr. Stuart bas produced in a very excellent style “Hiawatha,” an extravaganza from the pen of Mr, Wal cot, the popaiar comedian. ‘Hiawatha’? according to Walcot, is somewhat more absur! than ‘ Hiawatha’ ac Gerding to Longfellow. It is also somewhat oss stupid, and if we mu t bave “Iliswatha”’ at all, ws prefer Wal- oot’s idea of that sborigize, The piece is full of sharp hits, funny songs, borapipes, jigs aad various other do monstrations, montai nad pirysical, and calcuisted to pro. voue isughter, which they deridediy do, Tho play has Deen entirely successful, and the author may cougrata- Iste himself upou haying not only entered epon danger ous ground with safety, but with maving gained no soli share ofthe laurels which a goneroux public has lately Swordod to reetdeut wrilers for the stage. “Hiawatha” ts excsedigly well done in over7 respect, The acting is capiial throughout, Bizy John Wood more than confirms the praines of the critics of the modorn Atbens. Sho is wn exceedingly pretty woman, slags well, dunoes well. taiks weil, wots well; justat prosoms we cannot remember wheu the New York boards had a lady equal to her in soudrettes, whlch rdle scoma to be hor spa: Ciallty. She has & quick perception of every fanny thing she uitere, and has @ peculiar knack at making tho au dicnoe ktow that it s fonny, nad that they are to laugh, and they do laugh. We trust that Mrz, Wood will be permanently attached to some of the New York thestros next year, She is altogether too good for the raral dis tricia, In the meantime, we advise every oun who ed mires a combinatica of persona? beauty and great artis- tie merit, to see Mrs, Wood duriog her engagement at cn Uhas they will apply the pwnsaze of aa Wallack’s. Miss Mary Gannon also bad a very good part, which she acted with ber usua! spirit and maivefé, The author impersonated the “big Indian,’* Hiawatna, bimsolf, aod made a good thing of it. We should not omit to say word in praise of the music, vocal and instrumon- tal. The pivce ia tuli of sovgs, choruses and concerted Pieces, mavy of them difficult, but mil weil executed, Ths orchestra under the Jalon of that renowned Sicilian, La Manuva, was cxceilent, and the opening giee and cherus, a parody on tbe “Chough and Crow,’ from Guy Manner- ing, wae given with extraordiaary verve and aplomb, Finally, if on¢ des'res to spend @ pleasant hour or two we commend him to Wallack’s Thoatro—!{iawaths—Mra, Wood— Walcott and the hearty laugh which he wil! be sure to enjoy. ‘ Hiawatha,” to night, and for many moro nights to come, we presume. Mr, Madison Morton’s adaptation of a clever French faree, “Tho Rights and Wroags of Woman,’ has also deem produced here. The principal parts are vory well acted by Mr. Lester—-whose return to these boards we are bappy Ww cbronicle—and Mrs, Hooy. Gottschalk’s Concert—Thalberg. Mr. LM, Gottscbalk, one of the very tlaest of Ameri- can artiets, gave bis farewell concert at Niblo’e Saloon Jast evening. and had a crowded andionse, So great was the rush for tickets that tae best seats commanded a preminm of thirty or forty por cent on tbo prices of ad- mission, which were highor than the usual concert rates. ‘Tho concert was exorilent througnont, but the chief fos. ure waa duett on Themes from the ‘:Trovatore,”’ for two piavos, erranged by Mr. Gottschalk, and piayed by that artist and Mr Tealoorg, which was received withthe greatest applause, Mr, Gottschalk is about to depres upoa an extended concert tour, ‘rom whieh wokrust he wilt reap large quantilies of fame and doilars. Mr. Taalberg bas returned to town aftor a gories of very suocesa{ui concerts a Baltimore and Washington. He has been /eceived everywhere with the groatest on- thusiaem, and our countrymen have never paid higher honors to any artist. Mr Toalverz will give a concert at Phimdelpbia tls evening, ard on Monday at Brooklyn, with D'Avgri aad De Wihovst, Hy» thoa goes to Boston and retarns bere pox! month. Captain Ry sand Senator Wilson Naw York, Dac. 26, 1868. To Jams Gonnox Bevwerr, bey — in| ‘eport of the proc edings of the United States Senato, publisbed iv the Banat» on the 19th taat., it ts finted that Sevator Wilaen of Massaobusette, said in a speech @ ed (uv (he Sena'e, that ta a prooessioa m by the Kmpiro Club ia tom chy, ® transparency wan carried ropreeenting the roourgicg o€ \bres black mea fled fainabord, wa yrery one knows wa0 exon, and no man kaows tho utter ity of that charge better than the honorable Sonaior himself, But this i* ia perfect keeping with tho many paso planders which bave deen perpetrate! agaiast the Empire Clad, and myself tp parvoular, for many years peat I cannot answer every cootempubie #lander #bicn may be pudlithed sgainst mo, but as thie comes from « source which ought to be entitled to oreait, [ have taken the trouble to contradict it. By publiching the above you will confor a favor on ( youre, &e., &c., ISAlsH RYNDERS, City Lntetitgence. VaLwanee Parvtisas Stoney yaom tHe Kart ov Scrrone —Tur Tioay iy mus CovrteY —By aa advertisement pub. Mabed eisewhero it will be seen that the Caariton Hours, im the county of Wiltshire, England, belowging to the Earl of Suffelk, hae been rob ded of several valaabie patatings, apd it ls evpposed that the thief, with bis rare prander, is ww tbis couniry. Among th paintings are two landscapes by Pourrin, a Virgin and Chitd by Leonardo da Vinct, an oiher by Procaccini. La Rabotour by Caracct, the Nauvt ty und head of Gordo, dewides a hoa view by Vander velte jor of & Daten town by Vander Heyden, This rogue’s insanity took an artietio turn, The reward of £100 will Bo douot put our doieotives on the Joom out for bim, Camauas is Tus Mavou's Orrice —A number of cabmen applied for @ renowal of thetr lisonce yesterday, atthe Mayor's office, but Mayor Wood refared to comply with their request, alleging that their hacks wore not kept ia proper order, nor did they merit « renewal of therr li cenre until Provided better ascommodaticns for the pubiie, The jurnteh clean end y hacks tbe Mayor will no douds be generally endorsed. Fivpsow Riven Ranroap—Onaxer or Toe Tame —On Mongay the Albany ex train will leave at 11.18 A M.. Inatead of 11.30 A. per time table in the adver. Using columns, Hoboken City News. Prmar Senoot Exawixation.—The somi annual exami nation of the Hoboken public rchool took place om Toes. day. A large Present to witne-s the exercises. The exemietion of the male the pupils generally had made good progress. The num ber of ys Peguered wae 290, with an average atten dance of 176. Number of girls registered, 174. average atiendance, 128. Togiator ed 649, average attendance 404 The schoo! wiil be reopened on the fret Monday in January by the villagers, but the villaine Lit tpeenaivery' store. The citizens of Middlete wa bi "e store, wo have omen nae At Gothic Hall, and resolved to for the app:ehension and conric- since held a meetin | offer a reward of $8 | thon of the partion | Intelligence. | the Untied States steam frigrate Scequohasaad, from | Toutno, arrived at Genoa on the 27th of November. | A Lisbon correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, writing on November 29, —The Morrimac fe etl | hore, the late Regent D. Ferrando having signified his ith to vleit her before her rrare. Our tary! officers bore seem to have [ttle opinion of her capabilities as « mporsible tuat ber immense Tadoes, the generally scome t0 be that Brotaer Jouathan has | averdone it e, aa they deem it PRICE TWO CENTS. AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. Our Paris, Berlin, Vienna and Madrid Correspondence, ke, &o. &eo. A letter from Berlin, give a the Aanover Gane, says: — The inst cbstacls which opposed the se question of the Sovnd dues hae deen Overco: has deflaitely accepted Deaien propositious 0 Denmark am indemnity of 210. 0e Inqbiy ad vautsgoons for alisation of the dues palu by ber ‘bert Lo £99,000, ‘The Lo Madrid stay ox Jost of Lec that the cleo! 2 saya:—Our advices from on of Mr, Baghenen to tae Pre United States bad o sion on the Spanish cabinet witch respect to Cubs bad boon expected. A despatch from St, Petereburg, of the Sth instant siated shat 60,000 Russians, commanded by Genora! Bern. Jott, are ready to march upon the frontiers of Persia at tho firstcallofthe Shah L+ Nord, uf tho 9), has « long article on Persia, whieb country, it remarks, is “pene rally considered as a {ifid of battic wpen which, on oe Cay or auotber, there will be measared the relative strepgib of two greai powers, whioh are at the same time Suropean avd Asiatic, and where will be ultimately de- cided the foture fortonos of Rusais.’’ The writer potmer out that, by article four of the treaty of Gulistan, the Em- Peror of Russia is bound to furnied help to tho Shah, “se that 20 foreign enemy can interfere with the affairs of Persia, and thet the Court of Porsia wil be fortified by the help of the Court ef Kur In London on the Lith tostant, the prisoners Redpates and Kent were ngain placed at the bur of the police court, The Sun adds—The invesigation into the ae ats of the Great Northern Railway Company \s att! proceeding, and the defsloations are not expected to ex. ceed £150,000, A denpatch from Paris, of the Lith iast., eays:— ‘The Prinoe of Prussia od to day, at 27. M. Privoe Napoleon and the military authorities received him at the Northers Railroad station Two battalions were drawm up in the courtyard, wore four carringes of the Emperor Were waiting, The two prinoer, escorted by a equearom of the guider, proceeded to the palace of the Tulerias, where they alighted, The Liverpool Mercury of the 12th iast. saye:— Tt is stated that the ponrion of £500 grauied by the Qveen to Father Mathew bas proved bare'y sullicieas to pay tho insuravce un bis Ife woich be considered 1 bie duly to make for the purpose of securing ihe payment of Bis orediiors tn the nt of hie death. Tue poliey ow his lite ia eluaer ior £3,000 or £6,000." The Paris Debats of the lth that. says — We believe we able to abate with nome corvainty that Hpgiand, {un entering the coatereace dittiuo.iy declares abe Will cuniorm to the deciaton of the majority whatever thas docimy ve. The relative position of the dispatauts is we secret. On thooneide, France, Russia aud Purssia; on the other, Evgiud, Avatria and’ Tarkey; iu the middle, Sardinia, whieh coincic tng origtoally with the opinions expressed by France, is uow, it is stated ogeciliating be- tween the two ‘The Loedom Times of the 11th inatact cays :— Ata meeting of the Colonial Goid Mining Company to day & resolution was passed, wotborzing an immediate disso- lution. It appears from the latoel advices tha: opera tions cannot be conducted +ither to New Zoath Wales or Victoria ai @ profit, and nencs the recotamendasion te Wind up. A diilerence of opipion is entortained Dy the mepagers i Austria with regard to the proai te large qvartz cruauiog eatavlianment at Pors Pntinp, bas tince, under the mort tavoradle ciroumstances, from £10,000 to £12,000 adcistonal capital would be req Ahe Girectors are pet prepared, afler the experisace the past, to ecvise the outlay | Bhould tho sharohoiders de inclined to prosecute this branch of enterprise, it ie elated they can avell themselves of the Li nited Liabiitw company with loss expensive masage- ion OL INE grest majority was decidedly le 0 w diseolvtion arresder of the ohar- ‘upents having proved whetly swer to qoostions it was meo- mount of capital absorbed bas bere £112.(00, and that the distribation from the remaining assets (principally machinery) will, if anything, be but trifling. The London Gide announces the death of Lieutensut General the Hon. Beary Edw. Butier, Colonel ot the Fay fifth regimest, who in tbe curly part of the war lont ne three sons within a fow wooks, viz., Captain Butler, o the Righty sixth; Captain B.T. Batlor, of tue Pity ana. and Captain James Hatler, of the Ceylon Rifles, whore bame ie 60 ucbly associated with the dofence of Siltstria. ‘The London Times of io. 11 rays. — An officer of rank (@ Msjor) ip he U. & army hes trane- mitied io Weolwich books von of #eliototh compored of fibres of (be palm tree from South Africa, im terwoven with tue ordinary threed caavas. Tao flores bare beew withd-ara, i order to verily the leventor’s aspertion “that sheete mate of this material will resist the teeth of okt Bore: bir ucest of tempers’ The dure- bility of the palm dbre bes thus besa put wo sundry sid bas Deen pronowcced by the examining officers Woolwich to be inGuitely enoerior to aaytning yet die- covered for the manu ecture of sailcloth, rope pare amd edips’ cabies. According Vo the last adviowe from India, the Calcutta Chember of Commerce had unanimously passed «strong revolution in favor of tho Fastorm Bongal Railway, tm- tended to ron from Caloutta throngh the dole of the Ganges to Jorsore, and vliimately to the olty of Daca, ‘The Indigo Planters’ Asnoolavion were also about to take the queation into consideration Our Parts Correspondence. Panis, Dec. 3, 1856. The Second Paris Conference—Value of Russians in Poris—The Entente Cordiale of Russia and France—The Emperor in the Streets—Improve- menta in Paris, §¢., &e. It seems to be determined that we are to have a second edition, in a duodecimo form, of the famous Conference which in this city of cities settled every- thing, ond as it appears, concluded nothing, in March. lass. Blow high, blow low, it is an ill wind that blows no one any good; and such seems to be the Parisian opinion of this rare diplomatic phase. Here no anxiety is felt about Russian aggrandizement; to have the Russian alliance, with France as the digni- fied friend, seems to have gratified every ambition. “ Brother, brother, we have been both in the wrong and that it is only that troublesome, bumptious, snap- ping, treacherous Albion that should henceforth stir our bile, seems pretty much the thought of all, Let the Isle of Serpents and little or big Bolgrad go to the devil, says the lively citoyen de Paris; what we want is tranquillity, gaiety—in a word, custom; and itisonly you English with your fidgetty Premier that prevent us having it. Here is Paris over half filled with rich Cossacks—we have parties attached to the Russian Embassy whom the Emperor Alexan- der has specially charged to spend with « flowing band the riches of his eountry. The splendor of their apartments, the magnificence of their retinue, the gorgeous lustre of their meubles, the beauty of their equipages, the taste and generosity of thei banquets, the beauty of Russian ladies, the exquisi'@ gout and lavish cost of their toilets, the empresse- ment of Russian manners, their frankness, their cor- diality and attractive hospitality are in every one’s mouth; and if the English had their way they would deprive us of all this. We like the Russians, we love their society, we care not a iillip for the Turk, nor a button for the English; and if another confe- sence there is to be, our opinion is that the Emperor will but study the general wish of the French na- tion if he remain firm in opposition to any scheme which may have for its object the fvrther disparage- ment of our friend that was lost, at who is now found again. To be down in the very dregs of despondency to-day and to be swinging like e monkey on some topmost bough in the genial breeze to-morrow is the character of the French. As it was in the beginning, now and ever shall be, the Gaul is pro- verbially the same, and the observation is by ne means confined to the superticially ednented, or to the mere maeses; the characteristiy ot the nation is ae evident in high places as cleewhere; and what [ have above remarked asthe parlance of the shop- keeper, is tree ina modified degree of the class to whom the shopkeeper looks for patronage and sup port There seems to be, however, if T may jrtee trom