The New York Herald Newspaper, March 13, 1869, Page 6

4 EUROPE. ‘The correspondence received by the last mail from our special correspondents will be found highly interesting. giving @ brief bus concise outhme of the leading topics of the day, ENGLAND. 70M Wa LODDON CORRESPONDENT. Judicial and Political Scandals—T! mvent Case and John Bright and His F ds. LONDON, Feb. 27, 1969. Ifthere Is one thing more than another of which Engli-hmen profess to be proud it is their judiciary. Wit» national complavency they contrast their Judi- clal system with those of other countries, and claim for it the most decided svyeriorlty, Especially are they fend of holding up to ridicule and contempt the elected judges of the United States, and of retailing in the press and in society every little bit or acandal concerning the American bench, What shall we Say, then, to the iatest judicial scandal in England, which ts now the prominent topic of conversation in the clubs aud, in spite of British reserve, has even been made the subject of comment in the press. Your readers have been kept tolerably well in- formed as to the details of the great nuunery case, called Saurin vs. Star, which has been occupying the Court of Queen’s Bench for the past twenty days, and which was decided yesterday by the verdict of the jury. No religious feeling was involved in this trial, because both plaintiff and defendant were nuns, and the plaintiff, so far from seeking to be absolved from her conventual vows, only asked permission to resume them, Miss Saurin charged Mrs. Star, the mother superior of her convent, with assault, imprisonment, libel and conspiracy. The alieged assault was stripping off her clothes violently. The jury found for the defendant upon that eharge. ‘The alleged imprisonmea was confining Miss Saurin to her rovu. Tne jury also found for the defendant upon this count. As for the libel and conspiracy, they consisted in maligning Miss Saurin to her sister Truns and to the bishops, and in conspiring to drive her from the convent, ‘the jury found Mrs. Star guilty upon these charges and fined her £500 damages. Unioubtediy this verdict correctly embodied popu- lar feeling in regard to the case, It was loudly cheered by the crowd outside the conrt, and would have been cheered by the crowd inside had not the Lord Chief Justice guarded against such a demon- stration, The case ought never to have come into court at all. It was @ matter which ought to have been settled by the Roman Catholic bishops without secular legal interference; but pn its mefits it has doubtless, been rightly decided. The scandal con- nected with the affair is of very little moment so far as the Roman Catholic Chureh is concerned, for that has survived many worse scandals; but there are certain circumstances i regard to it which have suilied the ermine and clouded the reputation of the Lord Chief Justice of England, sir Alexander Cock- burn, and it is to these that | especialiy refer. During the progress of the trial it was whispered ebout by tose must interested, socially or religious- ly, that a, clear verdict for the defendant, Mother Star, was certain, on account of the inveterate ani- mosi\y towaras the Solicitor General, Sir John Cole- ridge who was the leading counsel for Miss Saurin, - the plainti, Coleridge is acknowledged to be the most eloquent lawyer at the English bar. He is called “tue silver-voiced orator,” and in his style and manner very much resembles the late James ‘T. Brady, Whose Sudden death ia ag greatiy regret- ted here asin New York, Coleridge 1s altogether too Conscious of his own great powers, his popularity and his high position to condescend to dislike anybody; but for personal and political reasons the Lord Chief Justice is said to bave long regarded bim with strong aversion. When the rumors that this aver- sion wouid influence the Lord Chief Justice in sum- mung up the case were first circulated very few un- SS persons: nplaved them; but the result a8 prvven that they Were only too placed a foul bie: upon the sagies Jedicinry. AS you will see by report in the Times, Which you will scarceiy have space to regu, the charge vo the jury delivered by the Lord Chief Jua- tice was more like the appeal of an advocate than the impartial statement of @ judze, He made every Possivie eitort to decide the case in advance for the jury, and so lramed his charge that it seemed tended as a repiy tor the speech of Sir John Cole- ridge. His prejudice was so evident that, like vauit- ing awbition, it o’erleaped itself and assisted the cause which it was designed to injure. After the first two hours—the charge occupied seven hours tn dellvery—the jury paid no further attention | to his lorasiip, and the diszust at his paruality Was so upvureot a8 wo prevoke comment in the court. Coieridse aud Digby seymour, the counsel for the piamtitl, were so remarks of ids lordship drew {com we court room and would not return ti the verdict was deivered. His lordship repeat- edly stated that he was “startied” by the assertions of the Suicitur General; and toils plirase is merely a milu way Of saying that he considered the Solicitor General's assertions untrue. So disgraceful a scene has seidom beeu Witnessed In any court of justice, aud never, | firmly believe, in aa American cour. if it had been the comments of the Engilsh press upon tue scandal Would have been iaterminabdie. ‘Les. it should be said that your correspondent takes too harsh @ View of this matter, aud, being an Amer.cad 1s tvo apt to depreciate anything Engilsh, allow me to lortdy myseif py a sew extracts from the report of the Didy Telegraph, ® journal which can- not possibly be suspected of any gg preju- dices. The report says:—“ihe trial, if the tratu be spoken, was realy neid with closed doors, and the fudieuce was packed.” It Was packed, too, in favor 01 the defendaut. as the report goes on to explain by saying that “yodging from the smiles and sparkling glances with whica every comment of tue Chief Jus- lice tu favor of tue desendant was recetved by the majority of the ladies, t appeared that the sym, thies of tue audience were with the sisterhood.” ‘The Lord Chie; Jusuce issued the private cards of admission ana ‘8 responsible for tais pardality. But the report is stull wore explicit:—“From the com- mencement to tae end of bis long address the Chief Justice charged dead la favor of the defendant, and afier the Orsi two ours the jury's attention obvi- ousiy began to slacken. In fact, the address was in bubstance au exceedingly able répiy to sir John Cole- ridge’s speech. How tar such @ controversy can with propriety be entered into between the he 4 fud a counsel is & quesGon on which it would ide to enter here.’ purely 1 need quote no turther to establish my point. Itis to be presuimed that this judicial scandal is Dot vo be allowed to pass Wituous some sort Of ex- Planauon or apology. The Lord Chief Justice, with gi tus great abiliues, is becomtng altogether too famous—or iufamous—lor the partisansiyp wiich he displays in aduressiag juries, and only tue good sense Of iue twelve ge..tiemea tn the jury box has pre- served clieuts irom oucrageous wrongs. The address of tue Chief Justice in the case of Governor iyre savored so much of political maiignity that it ac- tually defeated us Own Ob) ect; and HOW, in the face of & packed Gudience, aud seated upoy the very ‘throne of justice, Sir Alexander Cockburn bas 60 far periuitved tumseif to be carried away by personai animosity as to devole bis entire charge to a petu- fogging reply to Su Jonn Coleridge. Agata | Bay that if such an occurrence had wkea piace im any Of tue courts of we United Rrates the wavie of Euglind would have been tilled With sheers aud reprovcucs directed against te American judge anu tue americaa system, but fair to ask Kngiishinen vo look at iio aud re- move the judicial beam irom their own eyes before inspecting the ives Oo: Awerica, A lord chief jus- ce, Who Ils a advocate rather than a jadge, should quit the Veack aud be relogated to the advocaie’s bar. A long wile ago, When the republicans of Massa- churetis wie OF 1 nating Wendell Puillips for Conyress, the cdivor of the HERALD, in a series of aruces by uo Weans forgutten, urged them to persevere in this scheme on the ground tuas the Conservatiain O41 vitive Would se0g Carb Mr. Philllp’s unraly spir.tand transiorm the reckiess agitator unto ® ComMOD secure siatesman., Mr, Pil read these articles, perceives tue for clived the now ana conunues ts Jonn brights us ta O68 2D Oralor aL” weil for Mr. bri ample of Mr. Pu aocep'ance of a jn the Cabinet, as President of the board of Trade, Mr. Jobn Bright bas been the tical scandal of the liberal party. A Cristian is id to be “in the World, but not of it.” Mr, Bright is in the Cabmet, but not of it We have read his speech a6 Fishinonger’s Hali, im which he Genounced ali his colleagues for tmefficiency, but u Can have no idea of the sensation which that nh created m Evgland or of the til-feeling against Mr. Bright in bis own y which it has uerated, and which is stil! on the increase, Pegasus is not of much use harnessed to an earthly Cart until he stops attempting to fly and trots along ily, Mr. Bryght does not like to cease dying, leagues dishke bisa, but are afraid of him. ness a an Outside Operator. eadei Pulllips of Bagland, both agvator, aud it would have been Wd LC IMiated the slurewd ex. expect ever; that he will Kick over the Une of thom wid me, & ae ie ol that it was harder to manage Bi juct the ernment. iknow that jobn Erie has always , lenient judged fo the United ews understood to be & Al and has ‘merica, h ays our country; but his Toe to nothing, and his fine have ‘No parsnips—not even those of the Alabama olaims. it ls too oiten the fault of Americans that i RY WNT ayaa ber in the Gladstone Cabinet, and when the crisis comes he will be found wanting. Honorable Discharge of an American Banker in London. Prom the Anglo-American Times, Feb. after at id eekeeination in the Court of bank. saptcy Mr. B, x, Ketth, of the late firm of Belding, Kein & Co., American bankers, was. uitted on ‘Thursday, February 18, of ton in the events which so \hat house, We were notaware the business were known to have been caused by au aberration of mind in the partner then tm London and which eventually led him sul- cide, The saiqunes on the grounds of ex- cessive expenditure, rash and lous specula- tions and contrac debts without reasonable ex- pectation of ment, but Mr. Commissioner Bacon not only acquitted » Keith of these ry one fem of expenss "fo “er ng ex) rent atte pe ca ge trl nown practice o: mercantile honses in don, and he asserted that it not been for the sudden departure in so unlooked for a manner of Mr. Belding the business might have gone on. In- deed, it ig now believed that the house would have been @ marked success had it not been for the unfor- i te aed i is spilt min, rs do an act of issice we consider to be due to Mr. sa ma gated wren i ele [From the London Soho, Pee oy It seems that the government has an little Iriah difficulty in store which it will not be easy to surmount, tone of the ‘at the confer- ence of peers and members of the House of Commons yesterday shows that it is to insist upon the the Royal ‘Com! for the purchase of te Irish railways. Lord Derby issued the commission for the purpose of ascertaining its practicabilit and now that this has been proved, the Irish re Rech chigdl abe no mood to be ‘shal of ane, 6d were unable to heoenr mone 57 ete assumed that the Chancellor of the mark it was the juer was adverse to the ject, and his name is to have used “in no very kind way.” a8 he has done in irish « We stone 1g morally bound to carry out the recommendations of the Railway Commissioners; but his ministry has directly declined todo it. We shall soon see what change a little Irish coercion may effect in his policy on this question. FRANCE. Debates in the Legislative Assembly—Improve- ments iu the City—Debts and Expenditurce— M. Thiers on Retrenchment. ‘ Paris, Feb. 26, 1869. Before entering on the interesting debates now before the Legislative. Assembly concerning the debt of 398,340,040f. due to the Crédit Foncier from the city of Paris a retrospective glance at what has been achieved this session may be worth notice. The Chamber, which in the year 1867 voted the sup- pression of the address because it took too much time and diverted the attention of the deputies from more urgent domestic affairs, has for the last month held but eight sittings, only two of which were im- portant, Since the suppression of the address in answer to the throne speech the Chamber has had nothing to do before the different committees are ready with their reports, which documents are al- ways behind hand, and the budget ts not discussed earlier in the session than before. It is true that when it does begin every other ques- tion is mixed up with tt, Things which shouid have been taken separately are all pressed into the badget and it becomes an interminable affair. The depu- ties then, in their anxiety to get through, neglect knotty measures, and vital interests are hurried over when not curtailed. The present absorbing question hascome up just a fortnight later than anticipated. This delay was caused. by the absence of communications to the deputies on the coming discussion, and when they were distributed the members had to study them. Thus it is that every- thing is put offuntil the last hour at the Palais Bourbon. Isay the last hour, because the present committee was nominated just one year ago, when the law was to have been debated in the Ohamber. Twelve months have passed and even now the docu- ments are incomplete. According to anticipation, bite attention is most excited on the question. jone could excite in @ higher degree. The works executed in their the masses of workmen drawn thither, the necessities of all kinda which the development of the city has given rive to, increased prices, expropmations, 4c., are sul that fill an immense space in the system of the present government, and consequently any elucida- tion on Ways and means is eagery weicowed, From the beginuing no one was disappointed. Such a crowd has for some time not been seen at the Corps Législatiul. Two huadred stood in a file down the quay, a hedge of spectators a!l along the pavement, fmpatienc visitors and auditors im te outer halis and the tribunes full within the palace. Senators, Councillors of State, ladies, every one at their post, and the Ministers on their row of the victim: a ge combat, dea! ramor that apreaa was tat was makes apeorh, that would last six hours, attacking the fre it of Paris all the time, It seemed enjo} to the oppo- sition; but M. Thiers was goon seen in his Fad colored overcoat and black velvet collar quietly look- ‘mg round from r his and singling out with his the one who would climb up to the orator’s piliory before him. That mortal was M. Garnier Pages, w! led to accuse M. Hauss- mann of an extravagant and frivolous expenditure of 1,805,000,000f. for the gratification of personal ‘anity to the neglect of works important to public heaith. He thought it wise to ask where such lavish extravagance was toend. He censured the Prefect of the Seine for having had to make the avowal that his estimates for the réseau (second series of works) had provea erroneous to the extent of 230,000,000f., he foresaw that the for the third series of tiuprovements (aoe Fe) would of the orator's have to de doubied, But the we accusations were for the cooked accounts which he said had bee: merely to deceive the Cham- ber, the debits aud credits being ene fictitious. bd keg ony has Lowe pg “worn could no longer be permitted to exist. con. ciuding the Oe gg pee attention to the revising and regulation of the law on doties. ‘vhe member of the government having res: hn, M. Ernest Picard ascended the tribane and Im} fe hia very considerably. He called the schemes of 1m- ovement inere gambling, and considered that the -hamber qugut to prevent such speculations Which redected discred.t om the nation, and turued the mu- nicipalily into a banking company. M. Genteur, Councillor of State, replied, eulogizing the works accomplished by the government from the year 1552. I will only note the principal feature of nomenclature as regards the capital. He reminded the Chamber that within the last fifteen years, 19,000 houses had been bulit m excess of those de- inolished, 157 schovls had been establish: forty churches pat, 6,000,0000f. annually ex for uitous instruction. Space was opened for pubiie healthevery where, lakes d) ardens traced, entire forests transplanted to the ‘oprals 4 pavements and public scrects, 1,496,000 had been oullaid, Wages bad increased, and certain salaries were augmented eighty percent. The rate of pau- rista, Wich in 1851 Was one in eleven, 18 now one seventeen; and the death rate, which in 1760 was one im tuarty, fell in 1800 to one fn thirty-eight, aud OW stands at One In every forty-two mhabitanta. My private impression on hearing M. Genteur was that peopie would soon stop dying altogetuer under the espire of the nmety-nine prefects of France—all in emulation of Baron Haussinann go and do like- wise, The following day was no less animated at the As- sembive, aithough the Grst part of the debates was 4 continuation of some very dry statements from M. hat added no new feature vo of jomen| had the eifees of ‘ifics on the jarget portion of the Chamber, 80; he murmur of up| YORE TRY iT ty PUSCSEEE weUpraie sre nT bo SATURD AL, Oa talthard pO we eakees a a9 ivy t Talalod AO dave QT, as it crosses i a Pog business in that quar | ception In the South has been on the whole cordial, ter has never ex! ‘Bouie’ has cost from sixty te eighty millions, the Piace @'Opera thirty and odd while the itue Monge—it 1s so fortunate M, Thters did allude to this street, as it has always been a puzzle to your cor Tespondent—the Rue ig simated thirty or forty feet above the level of the pernas People Wno inhabit this suspended have to get home up pyramidal steps, and» however wholesome the exercise, however pure the air, they can never be enjoyed by such mvalids as the paralytic. It was half- Bees nan isa Sl isos rg jhe, as sat U at ‘office correct! Uh ‘proots of if discourse, Whlol ‘was to appear in the el, ITALY. Reopening of the Roman Question—Spanish Affairs und How Regarded—The Popularity of the King Illustrated—Sympathy with GreecePresent Position of the Ministry— Italian FinanceOpening of Antiquarian Ex- cavations at Herculaneum—Duiness of the ay FLORENCE, Feb. 20, 1869. The Roman question will shortly give rise to fresh battle in the Chamber of Deputies, on the oc- casion of the publication of the Italian Diplomatic Green Book, containing several important docu- ments upon the negotiations for establishing Italy's quota of the Pontifical debt and the arrangement of & modus vivendt between Rome and Italy. The op- position will seize this opportunity of attacking the French occupation of Roman territory and the want af dignity and independence manifested by the gov- eTR-en¢ in tamely accepting so flagrant a violation of the hnrember Convention, which France, never- theless, Fedu-og Italy to observe by paying her due Proportion of We =.ntincal debt, The whole Roman question wil be agalu ~-.ent forward in this de- bate with all the old passion; «na if the Ministry shouid be overthrown serious CObsiegtions may be expected with France, since tho neW =apinet would be pledged to some decided protest agalu. the French occupation and to a subsequent rupture of diplomatic’ relations if that protest met with no attention, The Menabrea Cabinet have now been seeking in vain for the last twelve months to obtain some concession from France to satisfy the nation, and they must finally face the Roman question ina firm, decided manner, or give way to other men, The great probability that Spain will continue to be ruled by @ republican form of government is very distasteful to the conservative monarchical party in Ttaly, and has quite extinguished all their sympathy for the Spanish revolution. They fear that a repub- Mean Spain will give too much encouragement tothe hopes of the party who are working to overthrow monarchy in Italy, Garibaldi is now little less hos- tile to the dynasty than Mazzini himself, who, two or three months ago, drew up a sort of indictment against the house of Savoy, and declared mouarchy tn Italy to have been tried and tound wanting. This document was circulated in tens of thousands over the country, and, as might be supposed, seized, wherever possible, by the police. It isa grave fact that there does exist a large in Italy, inclua- ing, perhaps, not a few members of the Chamber of Deputies, who are distinctly hostile to the monar- chy, and would seize the first tavorable opportunity of deciaring themselves. It is to be regretted, also, that the royal family of Italy have not that popular jtige and attachment joyed by most other con- sstitational royal f: in with their Scandal 1s too the old pie ok obke wit ft e no smoke withou' fire. one {hetdent alone that an vol- having engage- In a conversa- she be life, the profeasional “Yes,” sighs the heroine, “but stilt have one advant over me”—Vanno dat (they are re- ceived by the King), No sooner were words ken than one irontcal laugh burst irom the whole audience, appeared to relish the words ‘a8 an intense joke, and evidently 3 gave them an lication little dat for the illustrious denizen ol Pitti Palace. The has lost ground with the le, and it now depends upon Prince Hum- bord'to make his estaplishivent a berter model of the “sweet domestic charities” and decencies taan has yor been ailurded by the oouiey ia the Kastern qa Po} aides entirely with Greece, and 1 bave good reasoa to know that if war breaks out between Greece and Turkey many Garibaldian volunteers will join the Grecks. The government will of course be bound by international law to prevent open enroimenis in Italy for such @ purpose, but the enlistments will nevertheless be made, and some measures of orzani- gation with that object have been already projecied, ‘The for policy of the Menabrea Cabinet may be summed up in Grants famous words, “Let us have peace.’? Upon the maintenance of de- pend ull the ministeriai for reducing the huge tureatening Wuik of the Italian Moancial deficit, all the internal administrative reforms and economies 8o gregtiy needed for the development of the national prosperity. War would again pluage the country Lato that ing sea of e: and passion of which Italy has had too much, and the evil effect of which . yg me ey Mes peopie settle down quietiy to work ans ceokpy “tt table business with ott polttieal than hot h ‘The ‘Coamber of Deputies ig only decently attended when some great fight is expected to come off and there is sure to be entertainment from the me speakers and some piquant diversion in the‘Way oi scenes between tue ident and unruly members. At other times, when nothing but the regular ordi- nary business of legislation has to be got through, there 1s the greates¢ diiliculty in forming a quorum, tank ad President ce juently to Co Rod sitting @ sharp reproo' absentees, who appear, however, to be entirely case-hard apd bear the lication Gazette with part inning to discredit the Chamber with the country. 1t would seem that without some con- stant excitement honorable members Mud their du- ttes toe irksome. Without the fillip of ty and faction fights they fall into an which 13 seriously prejudicial to the nauonal interesia, This is admitted and deplored by none more earnestly than Italians themseives. late nulniaterial triumph upon the questions out of the disturbances in the provinces tn the collection of the grist tax was not too complete. ‘The ere taken up py the opposition was that the law not been appl according to the provisions of the bill vuled by Parliament. The Mindumental basis of the law was that the amount of taxation should be accurately estimated by me- chanical tellers axed to the ding machinery of each milland registering the amount of meal thi! had passed through. But the tellers were not ready, are not even now ready and not one of them has yer been applied. The Ministry have made and are silll making compromises with the millers for the amount of taxation due, or where the millers refuse to com- Pound for the tax by paying @ certain sumdown a Tanctionary is stationed in the mill charged to watch and record accurately the amount of meal ground. ‘This #8 a very irreguiar state of things, and Wil no doubt diminish the amount which the Mimster ex- pected to realize from the tax. The resistance to the tax in the central Italian provinces was very serious, and was only F 3 down by @ free use of the oy = were probably not less than 160 rioters KUled and wounded during the disturbances from first to last. ‘The Min- istry considered the act of the Chamber in simply passing to the order of the day as aa explicit ap- provai of their conduct; but euch a conclusion was hot warranted. Government secured a majority rough the votes of the third party—the trimimers— who supported them because they felt their own Imability to form & Ministry and would not’ play into the hands of the Léft, But this third party pumoer in their ranks several ambitious, restless men, wild are oxceedingly unhappy at their long exc'usion from office and would overthrow the Ministry at any moment if by so dome they could obtain power. Generally ‘speaking, the maj is neither compact nor stanch the fate of the Cabimetis altogether ancertain. Ministers are making Every effort to gather thelr supporters together for In ition to the Roman question the financial Budget wili give rise to important and oritical de- Bae df Count Cambray D y has ry by Hy nin too sanguine an estimate Spa of his various reforms, economies and fresh imposis, The grist ‘tax would We cen- surable were it only for the fresh arm! employés it juires for ite Cae ee of an V4 employes are already the locusts of State Italy. Italian foance ia still in @ very serious and Critical condition, and yet the public expenditure continues steadily to Increase, "he vudget of 1869 Will show an auginentation in this way of 45,000,000f. Notwithstanding ai! the promises aud antici of the Minister iast year; and if must be pr a ey partuig with ner re~ SOUrces tO Baliniy to mouth neces- sitios Without voing able attempt diminishing her sition will ry the K + Great scandals are ppl da which this momspoy Wass to the wh, faotigasonts duo th al ed isa vard Haussmau) | uud tue poopie amass Laing? in all the beter buwor bo Welgorts the long previous sojourn of the Prince ant Princess of Piedinont among sem. ‘Thg Prince and suil remam at Nuplcs, and t able that on account of their absence Florence wil not have its usual court balls this sea- gon, An interesting rumor {s lately current, which it ts to be hoped be true, althovgh not yet om!- claily confirmed. The Princess 4 ite is, it is said, fas ladics wish to be who love their lords. During his stay at Naples King Victor Uninuuet dit ong thing which will delight all lovers of ciussic arch@ol of excavations in the lava-buried cit, of tiorculie neum, which has slept unvisited by ani.quanan pick and shovel for some centuries, He bas aisy von- tributed 30,000 francs towards the expense of the work, Discoveries of the lughest interest may be anticipated from these excavations, which will be prosecuted regularly like those at Pomnpe The carnival 1a Florence has not been so brilliant or 80 gay as just year. It is very possible that the absence of the court may have something to do with this, bus the fact remains that on the Corso days there were few maskers, and those very poor ones, and a general falling off in rio and allegria, A society was established here last year for the pur- pose of encouraging ‘carnival f aaiped It gives prizes to'those who appear in the best masquerading costumes on the Corso, and its members generally strive to get up a spasmodic resuscitation of the old Italian carnival spirit. But their praiseworthy edorts meet little encouragement. On the tirst day of the carnival only two shabbily-dressed maskers presented themselves to claim a prize from the fes- uve tribunal enthroned in state under the Uizt, These two got the second prize, and then the judges sat in expectation for another two hours, —TPIP Lic , His Majesty inaugurated tue reopening | vain, no others presenting themselves, The bate of the Coriandoli, or peliing with round sugar comflts, waged briskly on one or two points of the route taken by the car- riages, but was not so general or so joyous 2s in past ears, The institution of carnival asa public aym- lic festivity is evidently dying out here. This time sig ae teh Rly tac wana es sumptuous vehicles, heavily 8 funkies, were conspicuous by their absence. it was thought a badd Terceshie - Nang pred a on u ast year: ace) the new? rdavty woth which they had hitherto held strictly aloof. Why absent this year? Perhaps to resent the absence of the Court at Naples. ‘The whole of the Italian army, numbering 238,927 men, are now provided with convested breech-load- Py ais wi the government factories turn out } Ot ke total rate oF 1,000 per aay. Active reforiua are bang introduced’im the equipment and drill of bod boon to moe pace with the Fe oper De lecessary vast improvements made ans being made, GERMANy. 'The Bourse—Confidence in President Gz >.2_ Administration—Feeling Against Pructia—A Southern Confederation Again Spokea Of— The Belgian Railway Question. FRANKFORT, Feb. 27, 1869. Our bourse bas been dull for the last days, Amert- cans only excepted, which are eagerly bouzht for investment; large quantities thrown on the market from London, Paris and New York have been reaaily taken by capitalists, so that only very little is floating. ‘There 1s a prevalent opinion that under Grant’s ad- ministration the bickerings between Congress and the Executive will cease, and that the finances of the country will then rapidly improve. The price to-day is 83, the highest since the civil war. A good busi- ness has been done in Central Pacific bonds, and large sales on New York account have been effected therein. For the last few days speculation has revived in Austrian credit shares under the presumption that the large Waldau loan will be take up by the Credit Bank. Money continues abundant, and foreign bills, particularly on Paris and London, high. Our peaceable town has been held during the igst fortnight in an unusual excitement on account of the settlement which shall now be effected in money matters with Prussia, Public opinion here was against bargaining with Prussia about the uncon- testable property of the loan; still as Prussia has laid her hands on all and everything, and as w® have no power to take it back, a more reasonable view commanded not to loge an opportunity to ar- rive at @ half satisfactory seltiement. it appears that the King has interfered with the ministers, not to strip our town altogether, and thus a deputation has been sent for and left for Berlin with the in- struction to claim 3,000,000 of florins for the confls- cated railway and other ck egindd Hitherty no re- sult has been obtained; still it 1s very likely that the government will finally acquiesce, as they make a Teal bargain and a3 it has cost great troubie to obtain the sanction of our municipal authorities by a small jority. , a Bavaria & law has been passed to limit the hitherto unbounded influence of the Uatholic ciergy in the public schools. ‘This 1s unusual in so benighi- ed a country as Bavaria hitherto was with this re- In Baden the Folly Ministry appears to be on last legs und ig likely to be succeeded by Blunt- senli, who is less devoced to Prussia. The Grand Duke is in weak health, and his demise would weaken the Prussian party in South Germany, There is much taik again about a Southern confederation. Prussia, it is said, Would no longer object. Stati the ope between the four governnents of the South So great and their abhorrence to Bavartan leader- ship so intense tnat the present negotiations will probably.end in smoke, as the previous ones did. ‘The Prussian official press has much lowered its tone towards France, and treated witn equanimity the childish accusation of the Paris press that Prussia bad inst Belgium not to sanction the contract between the Luxemburg Rail- way and the French Eastern Ratlway Company. The language of the French officials was irritatiug and frivolous enough, but everybody was aware that jobbery was at the bottom, and that they wrote at the instigation of the bankers, who would have made a profit of 12,000,000 irancs by the bargain, and who could aiford to pay welt for amount of spitefal language. The bourse, gene! so shy, did hot care a straw for ail the threats held out, and the storm passed away as soon as the Belgian govern- ment remained firm and stood by their rights. Sull_ the irritability of the French on so oy @ question proves that the sensibility of the och about foreign poiitics has not away, and that it is repuguant to them to have lost that Beene in Europe to which they sacrificed ir liberties won by three revolutions, They ac- cepted the empire in the expectation that they would henceforth dominate their neighbors, and they have been aisappointed. In this country not # man in his senses wishes for war with France; but at the same time nobody is afraid of it; and the French are im & great delusion if they expect trom German malcontents any assistance. Tiey would commit the same fault as the allies did when, in 1792, they hastened to the advice of the French emigrants, who made them believe that when invading France they would be.weicomed as friends, Even tue antagon- ists of Prussia Would side with ber to repel French interference, ‘The anaiversary of Washington’s birth was ccle- brated by @ grand bali given by Generai Consul AMurpay. RUSSIA AND INDIA. Proximity of the Russian Outposts to the English Territory. The following information, published by the Turquie, of Constantinople, under date of the 6th ult., is important, as it denotes the unceasing energy disp.ayed by the policy of the Russians in continually pushing forward:— By the iast overland mail we are briefly informea that the Russians have pasved the Oxus in the vicinity of Balkan, Whatever may be the motives of Rassia in pushing forward her military outposts so far as Balkh, the fact is worthy of consideration that ty the Russian troops have appeared belore that ct and have taken up positions at the entraace 1o ths defiles leading to the British possessions, Tie dis- tance, in @ straight line, between #aikh and Pesona- war, the first town in British India, i$ uo? more than about 300 miles, and the distance from Baixn to Caovoul, which the British aireday consider partly ag their own, is about the same as going from ‘Da to Prague. The two g.eat rivals, who some «i must meet as the champions of the Germanic an: Slavic races on Asiatic soil, are now close to each other, and, notwithstanding the high range of moua- tains that yet separates thein, they will soon respec- tively become aware of the iact. Toe Contact of the Kussians with the British must cause an inevitable collision of interests, which will force Great Britaia to drop its peaceful and yener- able icy, Which is often incompatible with the standing of a great Power. Althougn this excreme may yet be distant, from careiul ovservations made daring the last few years it is evident that @ struggle between these two Powers must ensue to determine the supremacy of power In India, This prediction will take longer to sail than that which foretold = the rivers laxartes and the Oxus would become FOREION MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, ‘The government of St. Gall has awarded a goid ‘Watch to @ man who saved tho lives of eigaty por. sons during the fnundation in the Rheinthal, Count Bismarck enjoys a salary of $18,000 as Chan- color of the Northern German Confederation, and a similar sum a8 Prussian Minister of Foreign ‘fais, ‘The small town of Pont Anthon, France, was re- cently saved from destruction oy fire, through an alarm given by ® tame raven. Unfortui the watchful bird perisied in tne Aames, Count Charles Waiewski has brought back from Greece humerous vine cuttings from the planis of Corinth and Cypras, which the Expross is avout to and acciimatise in tl jardens velu: palace of 8t. Clond, > Cardone Delonging to the The seals have just been taken off the property of Princess Degloceie The family papers have Ween ht to the Ce fnd among them are said ve 8t. Helena, The Prin by her in Brittany, possessed an at Trieste, Which produces a te enue Of $2),000 a being left to the Prince Imperial, to be yoar; the whole SMELT. THE GALLOWS. Execution of a Negro Marderer in Maine Particulars of bis Crime~The Trial and Conviction—Statement of the Prisoner—His Behavior in PrisouA Contossion—The Exe- mies ‘Tmomasron, Me., March 12, 1800, To-day Clifton Harris, the negro convicted in July last of the murder of Mrs, Kinsley and Poliy Cas- well, at Auburn, Androscoggin county, was exe- cuted at this place, TUE LOCATION OF THE CRIME. Auburn, in Androscoggin county, Maine, just across the river from the large manufacturing cily of Lewiston, is one of those nea’, thrifty towns so often to be met with by the traveller in New Eng- land. It is largely engaged in the manufacture of boots and ghoes, not, a8 in some cases, by the estab- Lshinertt of large organized factories, but by deaiers, who parcel out the work among a partly rural popu- lation, who employ upon it their spare hours. These New England communities, of which the one de- scribed may be taken as a type, where industry, love of gain and mechanical skili are associated, some- times surprise the world by becoming theatres of the most horrible and starting crimes, tike the Coolidge tragedy in Waterville, the Hersey murder in Hing- ham, or the recent taking off of the oid man George «in Penobscot county—showing that the moral atmos- phere of these populations is, afver all, not much better than that of the “‘hotbeds of vice,” as large cities are called. THE VICTIMS. ‘The crime of which we here give a sketch, and the expiation of which took place yesterday in the prison yard at Thomaston, was one brimfui of hor- rors, corabin ing murder, rape, robbery and perjury. Among tie persons gain! their subsistence b; labor at alogmak crates women—Su: Serr ions, and aged Oss wal spinster, aged sixty-seven. Living home remote from wiles, they labored hard at Dinding shoes for a firm in ‘uburn. In that mdus- try Mrs, Kinsley had not only made a living, but had accumulated @ little property, which, invested 1n bonds, was Kept in the house, orderly, indus- trious and respected, they Not, apparently, an euemy nor an ull wisher in all the wide world. Thursday, January 11, 1967,_ wil be long remem. nw! bered as the date of one of the most terridc storms that ever visited the State of Maine. All day and all night tbe snow was driven in blinding sheets across the country. Travel and business were suspended, wit boldest and hardiest did not care to face the Wilo elements, but kept within doors. ‘The coast was lashed by billows aud strewn with angry wrecks, The tierce siorm that beat upon the hum- bie Kinsley house and piled the drifts igh towards its eaves Was Weaving a shroud about its dead in- mates. The early passers along the highway, break- ing the road, saw no sign of life. Nor all that winter day was there any door opened or face at the win- dow, or smoke above the roof. For still anotuer lay the gloom aud stillness of the tomb reigned about the premises, seen and marked of ail traveliers, * THE MURDER DISCOVERED. At length a neighbor, towards nightfall, impelled by curiosity, went to the door and Knocked. ‘There Was no auswer. A little bye rere he proceeded to the house of Mr. Keloh, brother of Mrs. Kinsley, and stated his fears. Logether they went tu tus house. Looking in at ine Window oi tue kitchen tiey remarked the checriess aud Cutting aspect of the room, the floor coveced with patches of snow that the gale had driven ia at the crevices of the doors and window. They entered, aud in the winter twi- lagat groped from room to rooim, At leagta they encountered, lying on the floor, something whute, that, dimly seen, bore une outlines of @ uuman form— & Uhing thatin its ghastiioess tuey feared to look upon and dare not touch. The horror of murder possessed aud paralyzed them. Hastily leaving the house they aiarmed the ueigubors and procured Lights, APPEARANCE OF THE BODIES. The form that they had seen proved to be the body of Polly Caswell, lying in @ pool vi blood, and frozen stid andhard, Her skull was driven um athe wop, as by wu blow irom a ciub, Sie lay across the door sill, partly in her room aud partly in an entry. In her bed, in another room, lay the dead body of Mrs, Kunsiey, most horrivly mutilated. Her nands and fave were covered with biood. ‘there were stabs on her face, on her hands, on ner body, and horribie gashes on her legs. ‘the bed was saturated with biood, into wich the body was irozen. And, most revolting and mhuman o/ ail, the lower pordon or the bedy aud thighs bure the distiuct marks of bloody hands, Such was the sight vhat mei the horriled gaze Oi the brotner Of the outraged and murdered wo- mau. The money and bonis of Mrs. Kinsiey were not disturbed, showing that the motive of the mur- derer Was not wioney, or eise that ne had uot in formed himself of Lue place where it Was Kept, EXCITEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. Of course tue commission of a crime so atrocious aroused tue utmost horror and indignation, Conjec- ture exhuusted itscif{ im tue eadeavor to iad grounds or suspicion against sowe one us the per- petrator of the crune. A poor wandering vagrant Was arrested upoa no otuer grouud tuaa that ho Was @ Vagrant, pul be soa proved an abi and was discharged. Next, an imbecile French Canadian, repusive and lity la person, Was Courged wit the crime aud imprisoucd; but he, wo, was proved to have been ii another lovaliiy at tae duie of the crime, . THE MURDERER DETECTED. At length a clue was itvuad wuici pointed to a negro named Cliton Morris as tue perpetrator of the crime, Harris was avout twenty years vid, one Ot those black wails brouut back by tue retdx of me army surge that ruiied over tue south. He had found # piace as servant in & uouse- hoid, and was knowp as a prowler by, nigat abous tae neiguboravvd, associaved with a gang of low whiies. ke Was also noted tor his libidiwous propensities. On several occasions he had been know, to cilmd Into the rooms of females and there cunceal hunseif, but he Mud not been suspected of a darker crime. . HB COsPESSES AND IMPLICATES A WHITE MAN, Alter betng imprisoned the negro coulessed his guilt to the detecuve aau Couaty Atiorucy, aud iu Picated @ wiite mau uamed Verril us nls accom: pice, Verril is @ shoewaker, a bachelor of avout lorty years, @ thin-faced, meek-looxiug man, in poor health, aad, physically, the very reverse of tie per- sou likely to Commit the crime. ‘The only ground of suspicion agaiust Verri, aside froin tie ueyro’s con- Tession, Was Ue fact tual he bad associaied some- what with Harris, THE TIAL AND CONVICTION OF BOTH. ‘The trial took place at Auburn, in July jollowing, Judge Waiton presiuing. arr, alter couvssing the crime in Oyen court, Was used a8 & Witness against Verril. He detailed cirvumsianialiy the murders, siating that they met by agrevuent tn the Toad at iniduigat, went wgetner to tie house and forced an ehixauce by tau back door. ‘the negro stated that he Kilied Aliss Caswell by striking her on the head With # cuair as she came from her rum, @ separale @parument irom tua occupied by Mra, Kiusley. Khe saad that Verril xilied Mrs. Kinsiey by abies. her Wita @ suce knife, as well as Committed anotiiér aod nameless crime upod her persun. ‘tae deience for Verrii Was solely un attewps Wo prove an alot, Whica was saccessiul only $0 far as to show ‘nat be weut to fis boarding uouse aad to bed at an early hour. The theory of the goverument was wat he arose when all was stli wud Went to the reades- yous. ‘The jury found them bob guilty of muraer, Verril’s couasel tied exceptions aud motion tora new trial, Wich Were Overruled by the full beach of the Supreme Court. HARKS RWCANTS 13 CONFESSION AS TO VERRIL. Meaullme tiv negro bad beea seatenced to death and couveyed to tle Stale Prison lo awalt tue Ware Taut vor execution, ‘Cis the laws ol Maime requize suai be issued at the ead ol Ove year's unprisva- ment, if the Governor suail 60 deierming. Hi no Warrant 1s issued Lhe Convict remains in Lae prisoa durug life, S000 aiter ais comunctai to prisou Lae negro coniessed vo the Warden add overs that Le had falsely accused Verrii, aad that he was, m fact, tmuocent of aay part im Wwe Crime OF KnoWleuge Of 1h VERRIL 18 DISCHARGED. Armed with this coniession tue counsel for Verril Moved for a new trial, ou the grouud of newly dis covered evidence. in resisting tue ciaiin the Aiturney General deviared tuatti a new Wa sould be granted he would euter & nove prosequi aid absuden the case. Altera tui hearing Judge Dickerson deiiverea an erabo; and fearaed opiaion upon the pots raised, Whici is Licurporated Mito Cie Maine iepurts, grautiag the MOUOL Lor a Lew Wial Thereapoa tie case Was abandoued by the goverament, and Verril Went jorta a iree man. Sice Wut Hue Harris has Again reversed uis sLutemeNt aud decared Liat Ver rll a guiy. His prevaricativd aod peyury have been such Caat tue Community Is Cefuia Ouly Of Ls own guilt aud low down moral sense, THE DAY OF BXBOUTION APPOINTED, AND A RR- PRIEVE GRANTED, In January Governor Chauiberiain issued his war. Taunt to Mr. 1. B. Grose, Ssuerit Of Kuox county, commanding hit to execute Liarras on tie Leta Ua, of Februafy. A kuowiedge of tue tact produced gtoat excitement aniony ie opponents or capil punibhment, aod much disonssion of the nutter ensued through the press, the tmost indugnita por+ on of Which supporis tue Goveruur. ‘Lhe rouse of Kepresentalives passed a resolution ‘requesung the Governor Ww reprieve Harris for Wirty days, wick was done, Meautune eifurts were tade to get tofveg the Legwlature & bill abolisiiag capil punishinents; bu it failed. Percetving Wie deter mination of Governor Chamberiai to put out or tke way this monster Of depravity, aud the puviic sonti+ meant by wich he is sustained Iu 80 doiug, all oppo = Was witudrawn, dud jiarris eit to uis deserved THE LAST PREVIOUS EXECUTION. The latest execution, vy Siate aucnority, previous to that of Harris, Was or ® man named Speucer, @ pall of Frankiort, in Waldo county, wao, winle prisoved for homicide, stavued and Killed Warden Tinker, Convicted of this crune, he Was seuieuced to death by Governor Coney, and executed in the summer Of 1865. ‘A CONFESSION. ‘The day appointed for the execution of the negro murderer Harris was @ bright and picasant one, con- trasting with the solemnity of the proceedings at the Bite Prisdén. On Weduesday Harris made a confes. sion to Mov. Mr.‘ Mason, reiterating all he hud said in the trial concerning Verrili's grit, He said that Verriil orummated tha ronbere no way to quiet them except by murder, both struck Mrs. Kinsley with chair and Verrill finished her with a hatchet, Harris killed Miss Caswell by blows on the head with a chair, He told a different story once in the hope of being Jeniently dealt with and through importunity to do 80, ‘THE GALLOWS, The gallows used was the one built by the United States authorities at Auburn for exe- euting Cox and Williams for murder on the high seas, On it was also executed Spencer for the murder of Warden ‘Timker at the State Prison in 1964, It was set up in a pit made by excavations for limestone in the prison yard. A Mantia rope three-fourths of an inch in qlameter was used and Lhe fall calculated to be eght feet. The whole apparatus had been thoroughly tested in advance. THE LAST NIGHT ON EARTH. There was much exctlement among the prisoners, who took every opportunity to look at the prepara- tions, The prisoner had conducted himself welt during his confinement and won the regards of the oiticers, He slept weil on Thursday night and ate @ hearty breakfast sent froma the warden’s table, for which he expressed thanks. Rev. Mr. Emery, the prison Ker ge passed two hours in the ceil of the condemou: fe professed to have repented of his crime and to have a taith in salvation. PREPARATIONS. FOR THE EXBOUTION. Sheriff Grose was assisted by deputies Brown, Carkin and Torrey. The time fixed for the execu. tion was between ten and twelve. At half-past eleven Warden Rice informed Harris that his hour had come, The Shertt! and deputies then took charge of the condemned and flied along the gallery ast the guard room. Harris, who is only five fect four inches bigh and weighs but 120 pounds, con- trasted strangely with his stalwart custodians. He was dressed in a white suit, and marched sea, showing no signs of fear. Rev, Messrs. Mason Emery repeated aloud passages of Scripture during the march. About the gulleries were grouped fifty persons, including officials, guards, representatives of the and the spectators authorized Cy law. ‘The coffin lay at the foot of the gailows. e few points outside the yard commanding views were crowded with spectators, including the crosstrees of a flagetad, After ding th vain Harris was placed on agcent eI the drop, and he his hands frequently and nervoi over bin tioe The pent oe} ee cn his arms and 1 ith ropes, and plac about his neck, A portion of the Scripture was read, including the Fifty-first Psalm. By the prison- er’s request # prayer was offered by the chaplain. Harris was then told that he had an opportunity to make hit ‘last statement, and he eald:—“Everything in regard to Verrill testified to on trial at Au- burn is true; that is all.” A white cap was then drawn over his ‘and instant f : Sheriff Grose essed his foot on the spring. 1 Sgt ip pe unded uy) Ground as the rope ‘autwinted.” The hands cluiched convulsively, the knees were drawn up a few ti the body shuddered for perhaps two minutes then became quiet. Drs. Chase, Estabrook ana Peace erred examined the body and reported thas heart beat for seven minutes after the drop fell, In twent, ronounced dead and cub down. ie neck was broken, and he died by strangulation. The corpse was left in cuarge of the prison authorities. THE LABOR QUESTION. minutes he was Meeting of Master Butlders—A Thorough Organization of the Employers—Reports of the Various Trades. A meeting of employers engaged in the erection of buildings was held at 61 Liberty street yesterday. The following trades were represented by commit- tees:—Plasterers, carpenters, stone cutters, painters, blue stone cutters, granite cutters, marble cutters, roofers, stone setters, stair builders, gash and blind makers and iron workers. The object of the meet ing was to consolidate the various interests in house building for the purpose of defeating the trade or- ganizations of the journeymen in their unjust de- mands, It was argued by the masons that no con- tracts ought to ve taken unless @ provision be inserted Cast all time lost through strikes of work- a he be added to the time spectiled in the contract, ‘he committees were then cailed on for reports of the condition of their respective trades. Mr. Blackstone, from carpenters, sald that the masters’ society had not held a meet for several months, and that he had nothing speci: Mr. Manton, from the painters, said lem in their business. Men were working ten and eight nours per day, and wages varied from twenty sulilings to four dollars per day. coal ye a the tron men had nothing 0 report bet Macksen, from the employing plasterers, said Journeymen were generally working oight hours, and a few were working ten hours per day. He was in favor of men working ten hours per day. Mr. Taylor, of the granite cutiers, said the men were workiog ten The other trades reported, but their reports com- tained nothing worthy of mention, A committee of two from each trade was then ap- pointed to arrange jor a large meeting, in which rst trade snould be represenied. it was requested ail employers immediately organize, sv a3 to be im time to counteract the movements of the working- men during the spring. The foliow: gentiemen compose the commit. tee:—Masons, Messrs. Eidlitz and O’Brien; a Verers, Jackson and MoGlimsley; carpenters, Hen~ neasy and Whitlock; stone cutaeee, Wen808, Jacques and Stuciair; blue stone cutters, Dickinson, Hurst and Trainer; granite cutters, James and White; irom Tea an ros en aape ara a unroe " ‘out Boyle, Lurber and Bird; barson end Liv’ fagston; rook ters, ani Cromwell; contrac fers, Baldwin and Mullery; stone ser Coney McKinsey; house shovers, Good: Adams; ma- terials, Nesbitt and Peck.’ in 4 Tis Comuittee were empowered to add to their number, and the meeting tien adjourned. THE YOUNG MUADER IN INDIANA, Confession of Mrs. Clem’s Brother=A Ree markable Story—Another Chapter in tho Tragedy—Suicide of Hartman. ‘Int (March 9} (Indianapolis ( ) Kher ra Cincinnatt Rumors have been fying about the city fortwo days past that Sike Harunan, famous from his connec- tion with the Young murder, had confessed his guilt! pdt eee Hartman family Fu became necessary, confess in order to save lis sister, Mrs. Clem, lately couvicted aud sentenced to the Penitent ry tor fe, In accordance with this pain' Wilson and days since made to the Grand Jury what he and the, Harunan family term @ co: ion, Pudlica- ben a the hoses gerd has been deiayed pu giv an opportunit to examine into iis trunutuiness, aud arrest other parties impiicated, tf iA ad- taits he was on the ground at the time of the mur- der, but denies he did the killing. He says that Avrains, the third party accused, beought a gun and gave it to’ man by the maine of Fiscus, who went, out to Cold Springs, the scene of the muder, arid se~ creted himself; tuat ne (Hartman) drove out ing buvyy and was present when the murder was come mitled, woman who nee in this bi work was, he says, & prostitute of this city by tle name of Frank rk. When Fiscus mot, Young Mrs, Young screamed and fell on her fi where- upon the woman Clark stepped up aud shot her, through the head with the pistol, They then robbed Young’s body of $27,000. ‘he burning of Mra. Young's clothing was an accident, he says, resuting from a cigar that Fiscus was smoking at the time, He further states that lea himself, Mrs. Clem, Dorsey, Fiscus and rank Clark, were parties to the plot to murder, Young, and that he, by agreement, went out in the! bugey to bring Frank Clark hone the deed should have been committed. This, is ti third Woman who was seen in tu yy with Mr. Young and wife, and not Mra. Ciem. saw none of the paruies until the Monday following the mur der, whea Abrams asked hin to meet him at bis Abrams’) stable that night, He then was introduced 0 Dorsey, who told him that he gporwey) and Fiscus had gone through the house of Young on Saturd: night, and gotali the papers and $70,! ‘and ti on that Gay (Saturday) he got $15,000 or $20,000 from Young on a loan. Dorsey yy to pay bim $4,000 more. Dorsey went Mrs. Ciem on Thure- day and got from her $15,000 in notes made by Young and indorsed by Dorsey, ay | told her to keep her mouth shut ie would pay her the money; but if she did not kee stul, she Would be driven into the murder as one the princtpais; and that on (aki the notes to her that as he was she adininistrator he would see them sertied. After the murder Frank Clark took the inoucy from Young's coat pocket. When slo shot Mrs. Young she did not kul her eye ad Fiscns then killed her by ies He on the head, Fisous did not shoot Mrs, Young for the reason that the flew oif his gan, and on seeing that he calied Frank Clark to shoot her with the pistol He tuen described the route he took to bring the woman to the city, and Where he went, driving at a slow pace to get the mare covied of before taking her to the stable. He then ar ue did not tell lis counsel, Who are also counsel for Mra. Clem, the whoie stor, Antti just vefore the last time he was put on the wii hess stand, be told them then he did not want to be PUL On the stand ay a witness again, Hartman Commits Suicide. (ndlanapolis (March 10) despatoh to Cincinnati Ga zetie. At seven o'clock this moraing Silas Hartman, & brother of Mra. Clem, committed suicide in his in the county jail by cutting his throat with a razor. Abrams, who 1s indicted with him, and slept in the Same cell, was awakened by the moans ef the a; maa. Le gave tho alarm, and in less than @ minut the turnkey was in the ceil, Hartman was alive, but died without Loo He severed the Jycular vein and artery on tho side of his neck, The ‘oner returned @ Verdict that bo oame to his soar iates Ge hands, Mrs. Clom 16 frantic with grief, tae Hartman oCaei ans Wha ava ot jainily yesterday At ie @upposed she a os