The New York Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1871, Page 3

~~ MEXICO. Probable Interruption of Friendly Relations, The President’s Message on Our Sister Republie. THE FREE ZONE. Smuggling Across the Rio Grande. Decay of Texan Commercial Towns. Rectification of the Frontier Necessary. THE FIGHTING IN TAMAULIPAS. The Line of the Sierra Madre Required. About a month since the condition of affairs along the Rio Grande was the subject of discussion ai mpecial meeting of tne Onbinet held at Washington. The matters considered were ef serious importance, and, according to the published reports, involved the question @f peace or war with Mexico. For over thirteen ¢ Mexican government has maintained a ite northern border by which immense quantities of foreign merchandise Rave been smuggled into the United Btates, and ali efforts at having it discontinued Bave proved fruitiess, The Juarez government has @one ail in ts power to comply with our reasonable demands, but it has been powerless. The Congress of the republic has refused to listen to argument or common sense, The present ruler of Mexico has been deserted by many of his supporters, who are engaged in some new struggle, throwing Mexico ace more into @ condition of chaos from which Bational disintegration seems inevitable. Our un- fortanate and distracted neighbor nas @ frontier Fanning about one thousand miles conterminous wita our own, and only separated from us by tne Bio Grande a part of the distance and by an imag- Amary line along the other part. THR ZONA LIBRB. Seme time m the year 1858 the Governor of Ta- maulipas issued a decree authorizing the merchants and citizens inhabiting the strip of territory extena- Ing from the mouth of the Rio Grande to its farthest boundary, and from the river inland for two leagues, to introduce, free of duty, foreign merchandise of @il classes, This is known as the zona libre (free Deity, and the aecree of the Governor was in opera- tion for three years before ratifed by the general NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. — ~ place under authority of the repreenntatioes of the | two peoples living atong the frontier. ‘To begin i le, ‘The free zone has long been complamed of he United States as @ crievance so great as that bat) wiih, uo true Mexican ever thinks of protecting Lue reyentie—and the Mextcan differs very litte in this Tespect {rom the people of other countries, He were on under the auspices of any of tne rers peace could not continue between | always takes Revie in seeing the Treasury de- the and the aggressor, spoiled, and thinks, ff he gives (he matter a thought, ry OF THE MEXICAN CONGRRSS, he 1s taking part of the common enemy. Suppose From 1860 to 1866 scarcely anything could be | you are a Mexican, from within the free zone; i done to check aut img across you are accustomed to range people on 01 Grande in cousequence of the war , side m favor of the ernment, on the the rebellion, but a3 soon as a favorable , gener, oapinst The Me: Rot periormil arose the subject was bi tb to thé | very xceplucnatle que ny the side Sean. Juarez, who had his Secre- | that party that has wn himseit to be potary Treasuty, M. Romero, introduce a bill | smart enough to obtain advantage over the common for its abolition. latter was for eight years | enemy. ‘The Mexican may envy the success, but he Minister to advocated the admires the ability of the smuggier. A privilege passage of the lexican Pongrese yw out the L—| (November, 1870), and not satisfied granted to few, as in the case of the free zone, can- ot be viewed as a heavy burden upon the rest. The Service at the Greek Church The Prince Spends DEPARTURE OF THE DUKE. 7 THE PRINCE IN PHILADELPHIA. arrived in Philadeiphia at thirty minutes past eleven o'clock last right, and was driven to the Continental Hotel, where apariments pad been prepared for him. ‘ meme Am, Quakers—Arrival of Alexin at ntal— Dene i of His Apartments—ihe Vrogramme Te- Day. Yesterday Morning. PHILADELPHIA, Deo. 3, 1871. a Quiet Day and | The prospect of tie arvival of the Grand Duke to- ; day has farnished food for gossip at all the hotels, | Clubs an@ private residences In the ciry, Interested Sets Out for Philadelphia. 3 THE WOARTON-RETCHUY CASE. Trial of Mrs. Wharton, Under Charge of Poie soning General W. Seott Ketchum. The Case for the Prosecution as It Wes Presented to the Grand Jury—Antecedents of the Pris. oner—Aristocratic Lifs in Maryland— by this, ext od a tryed ree se frontiers | Manis high and 10% arenda: ery oppege om crowds of people ae been gathered at Arrest—A Devoted Daughter—Change Coahuila Leon. lon Of zone Was | vance of erican a TO} nts i noite pee wf { all day, a e Fine ae ccntindal complaint tring the United Statee, | move than ae uereasonable sicwogiive ereang-and | PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK. | tor to-morrow is the vail m the evening. ‘ints at Was losing Patience wih a system that consti. | this So eauses te question to be more delicate, | evening, about nine o'clock, a large crow: began to Bavrimone, Dec. 3, 1871, th tuted a fraud upon iis revenue and an evil to both THR FEELING IN TEXAS. ‘ears the Honest and honorable mer- have complained of being undex- who bring goods across the fron- | Mexico w to stop the advance of the of the North, and the present barrier 1s feeble and must give way, AD extension of the fronuer to , Sterra Madre 13 considerea necessary. FIGHTING IN THE FRER BELT. All slong the trunter—the free zone—civil war a0 custum houses and bonded has been raging fortwo mouths. Matamoros, Sal- ‘Warehouses Nave been discontinued, and the mili- tillo, Mier and Monterey, where large quantities tary guardianship of the Jrontier has been turned of foreign is are stored, have been alter- i Brownsville and other towns nately occupied by the contending factions, into @ nullity. trade has fallen away, aud the chief business has been transferred to Matamoros, where foreign goods are landed, without pe ment of duty, and irom thence conveyed to fatupleo, and other seaports for transshipment. But the chief wrong is tne for of con al articles into this country, | and WI constitutes & system that is of no benelit | to the consumer, but only serves the interests of a considerabie ciass on both sides of the Rio Grande, Yho live by defrauding the revenue of the united Siaves. Unbappily, tov, nauional animosities enter nto the difficulty. ‘he mexicans are heartily op- posed to the advance of Americans, and notwith- senna thas ‘they are indebted to this country tor tne expul of the Frenoh from their soll, no sentl- | may be learned from the fact of his being sum- ment like gratitude exists fsmong them tor the Tavor, | moned to surrender Mier by one Naranjo. if favor may be called. r ridding ther ; in ying, October 10, says:—‘‘He ts re: with in- country of the foreigner they claim all the merit | vinctbie Mexicans to deuy his charge, ey, will e jor themsvives. In this state of thiugs—in presence i never yield to the dictates of any revolutionary | of the distracted state of the republic and m view of their persistence m maintaining tne free zone, | which 1s in reality a gross outrage oa the United pearl hy God how some decided action ' can be avowed. A cession of territory from the | Sierra Madre to the Rio Grande ts required. REYORTED ATTEMPT 10 BRIBE A CUNGRESSMAN. Daring the debate in tne Mexican Congress op i — im December, 1570, 1t was intimated one of American government attempted to influence and porchase him and another Deputy to report agaist its continuance While serving on a committee hay. the matter im charge. No dental was made of un me pho sinply because there was no one em- powered to do 40, or, what ls more likely, the per- son Wt was considered beneath notice. Mr, Guzman inguires what woula nee if the free zone were avolished, His answer shows a aegree of feeling in keeping witn Ins dishke to Americau progress, ‘The inhabitants of that region,” he gays, “who have given such proofs of their love tor liberty, distinguishing themgetves in the ware of in- dependence and reform, would certainly oppose, to deprive them of their liberty and well-being. I am told that the government 1s strong enough vo conquer them with two divisions of its army. In that case the people, warlike by instinct, and reso- lutein the maintenance of their mgnts, would cross: in @ body to the American shore, leaving the ashes sora." REPLY TO THREAT OF PIGATING. ‘The free zone, as stated before, was eatablished in 1853, It has been injurious to the very State in be the ruin of Tampico. ‘The Custom House at the last the gsecona one m the republic, its reve- nue being inferior to only that of Vera Cruz, It is now in such a state of decadence on account of the iree zone that it cannot pay the expenses of the moulitary force, which receives its payment through it. Mr, Romero, referring to the threat of force, remarked, “(he menace that the fronuer settiements would rebel agatust the autuoriies of the republic, & Congress should deprive them of the free zone, has no welghi. The Con, of the Union will not be infuenced in its decisions by threats of this kind, and much less when there is reason to believe that these threate procced not from the of the ing but from imperilied 1n- verests of a fow Cpe javors, PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND MAXIMILIAN. Further on it was alleged that the United States had solicited Maximilten and Miramon for the abro- gation of the zone, This was denied, for the simpie ance woud government. It is in full force at this time, not- ‘withstanding the protests of several seaport {| cities that it is partial and unjust, The | Wovernment at the time was not able to | Fefuse the request of the frontier, for the inhabitants had just put down Carvajal and other raiders. The | effect has been most disastrous to Texan towns as | Well as to the revenue of the United States. No | ‘argument is required to prove this, nor is any meeded to show that millions of dollars of contra- | band goods are being continually conveyed to tho American side of the Rio Grande. The induce- menw, which are irresistible, to purchase Mquors, silks and foreign merchandise in Matamoros at a very small advance over the foreign cost, are avalied of to introduce them ‘mio the United States at some pomt on an extended frontier of over nine nundred miles. This cannot ve prevented. Prior to the existence of this @ecree the amount of merchandise in the bonded ‘warehouses of Brazos de Santiago and Brownsville ranged from two to three mullion dollars; but since ‘Bhat period the trade has dwindled to such a point ‘that the Custom House there, instead of being a means of revenue, is an expense to the United States, At first our demands were confined to asking Mex- oo to put an end toa system injurious to both coun- tres. We did not claim the right to require her to modify her tariif for our convenience, Dut as a friendly nation asked her to give attention to the subject. Since that time the evil has grown into vast proportions. When it is remem- bered that the privilege granted to Matamoros, Oamargo, Mier and the other towns on the right bank of the Kio Grande of importing European mer- handise free of duty opens up for the purpose of @muggling the entire Southern and Southwestern ‘vordera of the country, it will not appear strange tnat our government begins to view the matter im a serious light. The revolutionists or mal- contents, or by whatever name the fac- tions now tearing Mexico to pleces may be designated, select the districts where commerce or wealth exists for their operations, Cortina and other generals occupy the towns alternately where tmese imported goods are stored, and, no doubt, will convey them to the best markets for sale, Cor- ‘tina is debarred from entering Texas at present for ‘@ reason stated below. lexico and the tree belt occupied by chieftains ‘witn no higher object than plunder, General Grant has found it necessary to advise some positive ac- ton in the premises, An extension of the frontier trom the Rio Grande to the Sierra Madre would be s@remeuy for the evil. OBJECT OF THE FREE ZONE. Ever since the conclusion of uur war with Mexico, ‘in 1°48, the prevailing sentiment of that country has Beon dislike or hostility to the United States. It Would be useless to conceal the fact. in 1851 the Tuminous idea of the ireo zone along the Rio Grande was suggested, but tt was not put into operation until seven years later. It was coniirmed Dy the national Congress in 1861. ‘The object was to check the advance of Americans on the northern vorder by placing @ serious barrier on the road tat cannot be easily overcome, Mexicans on the frontier are favored at the ex- of the rest of the people in order that they ‘will fyht against encroachment from the United ‘States; and this is really a large part of the expla- pauon of the continuance of @ system tnat is in iteels indefensible. The time for hesitation has We have borne ingratitude, insults and juries for years that iew nations would subunit to that a sister republic shoulda have a fair chance to consolidate her iastitutions and learn to maintain a staple government. THB SYSTEM UNCONSTITUTIONAL. In 1870 the government of the Uniied States, through its Minister, Mr. Nelson, made unusually representations to have the fret e The bill introduced by the abolished, ‘abinet for ‘that pi ‘waa defeated as stated, and during the del enough was made known to show how Hostile the sentiment Of members was toward this country, Tne {ree zone system was known or admitted to be unconstitutional and causing great agjury W other parts of the republic, but it seemed suficient that it was working harm to this country to hve ib negatived, ‘The reports of American agents agree that Juarez was iD favor of the plans or suggestions of our government. The fallacy of the representations ‘Made by interested parties, that contraband trade could be more easily prevented under the present ments than if the free zone was abvlisied, ‘was admitted. The grave inconveniences arising to the United States from the Uberty now extended to ‘the merchants in the free gone to land and hold merehandize there from Europe without the pay- ment of any duly, and the facili'y for smuggling the game cross the slight bdairier of the Rio Grande were serious causes of difference, it ‘was urged, should be removed without delay, Were poinied out, but unheeded, MEETING OF THB CALNE! At the Cabinet meeting referred to as having been gael a few weeks since, there were present General inet, and Mr. Grant, the Pater Committee on particularly ed, were dis- + and as it was jound that every means, the use of force, had been employed tu iganiic smuggling sysiem estab- exican overn- but to refer the mgress to decide tho policy to be The President siated that he 18 annual message the recom- HA agreed upon and then the question adaus of Mexico would auaterposition ly the it has come at last to the | int that, with a siate of revolution existing in | The | Teason that it never had any relations wita them, 1tis true that Mr. Forsyth, Minister to Mexico in ; 1867, recognized Zuluuga a8 President; but he did not do so without instructions, and soon after nad to break off bis relations with that admimstration before Miramon came into power. After chis the gov- ernment of tue United States recognized Juarez aa the constituuonal President, then at Vera cruz, and maintained relations with him until the close of the war. ‘The whole world and it is wonderiul that there he any one in the Mexican. Congress who did not know that the United States never recognized the | mtervention or the empire, nor maintained rela. tions with one or the osner. ‘Yet members charged that Prestient Lincoln had correspondence with Maximilian, ond was change the his government if the tree Zone was abolished. BENEFIT TO MEXICAN CITIES, The benefits to Matamoros aud adjacent country is not demed. Aiter 1358 European cargoes no 1 ir landed «n the left banks of the river; Mexi- can lands iucreased in value; the population in- creased from 18,000 in 1858 to 50,000 in five years. The cotton trade during the rebellion sull farther tucreased the population to 150,000, and of these 75,000 still remains on ' the frontier of Tamaulipas. But to all this 1 is answered that the privilege to Matrmoros 1s rainous to other parts of the republic; thai such a privileze 48 prohibited by the constitutton, and that the in- tertor commerce of the republic should not be lett at tho mercy of the enactments of a Legisiatare of asingie Staic, Boyond this the principles ot comity should obtain, and that as the Unitea States isa beavy sufferer by the conwaband system that 1s allowed it should be abolished. The result, how- ever, was that the Mexican Congress one year ago refused to alter the law ol the tree zone, but actually extenaed it over an additiouai portion of the neigh- boring republic. THR UNITED STATE3 SENATE ON THR QUESTION. In opposition to @ change in the iree zone Mr. Velasco, a member of Congress, stated that after the Treaty of Guadaloupe-Hidaigo the Americans founded settlements along the Kio Grande for tue object of building up @ contraband trade with Mexico, The system of bonded waretouses and the ease of procuring witnesses who should testify to the exportation of goods across the irontier ren- dered it easy to defy the vigilance of Mexican cus- tom house officers. Mr. Ve'asco stated also that oMcial data prove how enormous was tne contra- band trade with the United States twenty-three ears ago. It would appear that before ne law of the zone there used to be from three Millions of ‘ons goods constantly in deposit at Brazos de santiago and Brownsville; out since then commerce has So far ceased that the Custom Houses at those plices are now @ source of expense to the United States. All this mercnandise, 1t Was erronconsly stated, was intended for Mexico, for the frontier towns had no commerce, except uctoss the river. AMexican Cus- tom Houses at that tue were not paying expenses, which fact Was suiticlent to show that millions of doilars in merchandise were being constanily ex- ported into Mexico without paying duty. Among the erguments adduced in the Mexicaa Congress last ‘winter was a report presented a shurt time beiore to the Untied States Seuate. It was stated that “it Is impossivie to prevent smuggling upon a line like tnat of the Rio Grande when there are any induce ments to it, and without doubt there was before the establishmentol the zone Much smuggling irom the American side of the river, to the dewiment of ine Mexico.” But the iree zone has changed itis state of things by establishing on the rigut bank of the Rio Grande a basis for contraband trafiic, and has brought w “that particular locality continue as jong as the Lexan merchants have to pay the duties established by law. A Pa.JWIC VIEW. The New Orleans Aepublican takes a paciiic view of the question. | Operations on the northern trouser as to pretend that because there is a dufcrence between the re- Matamoros, and toat Imported into Brownsyilie the United Siates shoula at once force Nextco to adjust her custom house rates by our own on our pouttiern vorder. smuggling, 1t is claimed. prevails all aton; the Canada line, but that hes never been consideres @ just cause for our ing to war witn Great Britain. Smuggling is sald to prevail along the Rio Grande; but id only instruct us to re- duce our tariif or to doubie our vigilance. In com- mercial circies in New Orieans, where correct views are not unlikely to prevail, it 1s thought the opposi- ton to the [ree zone exists only because It injures Brownsvilie, and whatever injures Brownsvilie, it ig said, at once assumes national imporiance. It 13 claimed that there {s no Sm nagiing of any conse- quence across the Rio Grande tito the United States, As 16 does Not pay. Goods are admitted into Matamo- | ros on the payment of a small tax, but they cannot | tout of LOWN again unt atcer they have paid the jexican tari, which 18 fully equal to our own. It ig still further argued on our stie of the line that in order to smuggle goods into the United States through Matamoros the party smuggling must first pay rc hoce of @ duty as he would have to pay New Orleans, New York or Gaiveston, and hen he has to run the gauntlet of being picked up on the Kio Grande by the United States offictals, The New Orleans Repuvtican holds, in addiuon, that the smuggler, by way of thé free ono, does not avoid the tarif, but absolutely pays it; secondly, he risks himself mong a caonsummate set of thicves and assassins along the Kio Grande, and, tnirdly, he has to smug- 1 is goods {nto the’ United States at last, after faving gone down tne Rio Grande and paid as much money a8 he wou!d have to pay had he entered his goods in the New Orieans Custom House, OPINIONS ON THE BORDER, While these are the views of men who think the general policy of President Grant the most juaicious; that there are a lot of people on the Rio Grande who would certainly inake money in the event of Hostiliues between the Unit States and Toba tf ‘ices advanced; heavy shipments, | Ex. Mexico, and, who, are consequently demrous | Sones? 9a" Waled inte wewin; fn cutrency Tet cent oent jum ; in gold, 60 days’ sight, 11 per cent premium ; to break ap the {ree gone—there Sot Roreaighi, 12'a 13 per’ cent preminm, Exchange is take . a Wide pervedipg igeling of animosity between the , London of er cet nremuum 90 Rasim ¥ er cept neeualusay the members (Mr. Guzman) that the ' with arms im their hands, 8 measure intended | of their homesteads as trophies to their oppres- | which it exists, and it was shown that its contina- | named port was | customs revenue and of the honest commerce of | & degree of | yecsyertey wat was unknown before, while the | mericau side has sudered decadence. which must | It says that we might a weil set | up the claim to supervise the Canada tari and its | venue collected on merchandise imported into | has it, too, else the crowd that ilmed tie sidewalks ‘The Md stoops of houses on Second aveaue, between | arrive, and by ten all the halls, corridors and tne vost- | THE PRIN RAYVERS. _ ibule of the hotel were crowded. Waiters are rush- | P. CE AT P. "| ing to and fro, Policemen guarded alll the available room to room, crazy a8 March hares, and tne ladies chatted in groups at the head of the first landing, and wondered if the dear Duke would arrive salely Patent waiting certainly deserves its reward, and generals or chieftains aro those who belore Maxi- Fiftlethand Fifty-first streets, yesterday morning and who he would dance with first to-morrow milian’s time ravaged the frontier and seized al they lata hands upon. ‘The ground covered py the freo zone is tramped over by the followers in @ quarrel or quarrels, it would be hard to show who are right or vho are wrot ina, & notorious freebooter, who dares venture into American territory at first took up arms for Juarez, but it seems ne leans now towards the rebels. Cortina 18 seeking from ‘Te: the passage of amact granting him amnesty for BIS | t crimes on the y tig importance on the other side of the river | wer, nor will they be dictated to by the rabble of | luevo Leon. You can, a8 you picase, assault the Plaza, le to promise. 1 am a soldier, have troops at my disposal, ana will tight to the end.’” ‘The result was that Cortina left Mier and went to an- otper part of the free zone. He carried om a large amount of plunder. ‘A TEXAS FRONTIER PAPER ON MEXICANS. General Quiroge, @ former imperialist chier, hag Joined ibe insurgents. ‘Yhe revolutionary cause was rca, 80 ned by this addition to its force. ere seems, however, to be no system or the operations in pronase, are made, and places of importance or instguid- | cance are alternately menaced, Jt would pe dim. | cult to the movements of the revolutionary forces from place to place. One thing is evident— that where property, goods or money are likely to be accumulated the contending factions are not far distant, The Kanchero, of Brownsville, in its issue | of Octo! 21, speaks of the situation, The river only separates the town from Matamoros. “All is again quiet says the Ranchero, in the heroic ; city of Matamoros, lv still lives that revolution | mnay flourish, ‘To add to Juareg’s trouble all his old generals have deserted him except Escobedo and | Cortina; they are bound by bloody bonds stronger than adamant. The ghosts of thousands whose blood was unprofitably shed and of Carlotta are | country a tew years ago, and the penalty for her ; ' yeturn after them; nor are the revoiutionists in a better Ox. ‘The devils follow them up avd backs their crimes -; and they must hurry up and get there immediately. Thanks to His Savanic Majesty whether their final abode be heaven or hell, it would be as wellif the Mexicans were out of the way 80 as to prevent far- ther harm.’ These are the sentiments prevailing along the frontier amonz Americans, and It 1s easy to understand the strong pressure brought that keeps that part of the country in perpetual tur- mot), ‘The contraband trade is ru:ning all the towns on the Texas border, and what is done under cover of Mexican law cau only be dealt with by oar gov- ernment. In this view of the sitnation we may ex- | pect some decisive policy shadowed forth or recom- | Mended by the President i his forthcoming Mes- ; Sage in reference to Mexico, The only remedy that 1s considered suiticient is to extend our frontier be- . Yond the Rio Grande to the Sierra Madre, CBITUGRYE. Right Rev. Thomas Davis, D. D. ‘The Right Rev. Thomas Davis, D. D., Protestant Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina, died at Cam- den, S. C., on Saturday, the 2d inst, Bishop Davis was an eminent divine, and active in the discharge | | Of his missionary duties during the earlier years of his manhood. He was much afficted by ill-health latety. Indeed, it may be said that he was specially visited by disease. ile was blind of eyesight and very feeble in 7 during many years past. His earnestness availed him, notwithstanding, so that he permitied himself to be only partially mcapaci- tated from the discharge of his functions. He was carried off suddenly, almost without additional Warning of the approach of death, Ebenezer Dale. Ebenezer Dale, of the firm of Dale Bros. & Uo., of Boston, died suddenly yesterday afteracou abbis residence on Beacon street, in that city. E. Penrose Jones. Captain F. Penrose Jones, Ordnance Storekeeper atthe United States Arsenal, in Columbus, Ohio, | died im Columbus yesterday. He was much | esteemed in bis oMcial capacity and by an extensive circle 0. friends. | SOUTH CAROLINA. Ko Klox Trials in Columbin—Ex-Attorney | General Stanberry and Reverdy Jobusou | for the Defence—Retrenchment and Anti- Repudiation Measures in the Legislata CHARLESTON, 8. C,, Dec, 3, 18’ In the Ku Klux trials at Columpia, on Saturday, | the Grand and Petit Jurors being orgamized—the | former conssting of eight whites and thirteen | colored, and the latter of twenty whites and thirty- | two colored—several indictments under the Ku Kiox Jaw were presented, and the prosecution moved to proceed with the trial. Counsel for the | defence asked for a postponement of the hearmg ‘until Monday, which tne Conrt granted. Mr, stan- | bery, of Ohio, appeared, with Reverdy Johnson, | for the defence. ‘The Legislature is addressing itself mainiy to the | Inauguration of measures of retrenchment and re- | form im the management of the State financ The | clamor for repudiation has suvsided, its imprac- | tability being generaily conceue BINCKLEY VERSUS ROLLINS, i Suit of the Ex-Solicitor of Internal Revenue | Against the Ex-Commissioner of Luternal Revenue for Libel—Unn Oficial Docunr Convey Libelions Matter @ BaLtiomore, Dec, 3, 1571. The case of John M, Binckley, formeriy Solicitor of Inc i Revenue, against Edward A, Rollins, ex-Commissioner of Internal Revenue, to recover | $59,000 damages, in the United States District Court, Judge Giles presiding, was given to the jury i on Saturday afternoon, after the conclusion of the | argument by counsel, with Instructions to bring in | | asealed verdict, The jury not having agreed on a | | verdict at the nour of the adjournment of the Court, the finding wilt be rendered to-morrow morning. ‘This suit was first iusuituted in the Baltimore City Court in 1899, and on application of defendant in Wecember, 1869, was removed under an act o | Congress to the United States Cireutt Court for trial. ‘rhe cause of the action is, as stated in plaintiffs declaration, that defendant addressed a letter to the President of the United States to cause his re- moval from the office of Solicitor, aud otherwise in- tending to injure and defame him, ANOTHER SUICIDE. Henry Groot, a German cigar maker, went to the saloon No, 20 Bleecker street, about nie o'clock | last night, and asked for supper and a night’s loaging, Ae was at once furnished with the suv- per, and after he had devoured it was shown to his room by one of the servants, About an hour later of Tre. ; braved the weather for more than two hours as they vino, E-cobedo and Cortina who have taken sides did, | primeely personages that attracts the multitudes so, : The piety of thts Russian Prince seems to be of a misty air, and | purer sort aud more devout than that of the English | priuces and the Chinese and Japanese who has visited these snores. Alexia’ 1g undoubtedly great, for bimis equally great, But he does not seem to caremuch ior the American orthodox hour of ser- viee—nalf-past ten o’clock In the morning. Heres the Grand Dook hisseif.”” opened and the Prince entered, and recelved, as on | former occasions, the priestly blessing with te golden crucifix, which Alexis kissed most plously. | ian in; Father Bjerrine then sprinkled the Prince's right ; The usual forced levies | hand with holy water, which Alexis drew across he walis are his forehead and then quietly took @ position in ad- vance of his courtiers and near the right of the ; ocpne Sparmmtns is ariGaly altar. the crowd outside, were some twenty ladies and | Tosewouds, seventcen gentiemen, including several Greeks and | Rusdlens, with @ sprinsling of our American and | Cosmopolitan nationalities, Mx atacazy and (he more prominent Russians | bers of the suite have apartments in the immediate were no’ present. ; bamishmeat to Siverta. would be imposed upon her friends in Russian- j ! Porand should she correspond with them and tne | correspondence be discovered. Yet she was among | | to bear on the President to rectity a state of things | yesterday. went, aud (he Russian Vice Consul aud @ iew of | the feet accompany the Grand Dake:— the Sevilana were not ice-bouud as on Thursaay | Captain Shantz, Lieutenant Sealesner, Passed last, and they were present to caant the ittany and other services. Tuey were led by Prince Galitzin, | nap, Assistant Engineer Ivenom, Assistant Engi- prayers for tie imperial family of noon had veen fine it was supposed he Would have to see the Grand Duke Alexis would not have might, and other kindred topics so dear to the iemale heart. About half-past cleven a noise was heard near the private entrance, three hearty cheers rent the ‘There must be something enchanting about THE GRAND DUKE STEPPED LIGHTLY from his carriage, apd walked leisurely up stairs, Mow the ladies did crowd one another to get a look at his peavenly bine eyes and killing side whiskers, 28 0 lovely blonde at my elbow expressed it. ‘Tne faintest blush mounted the cheek of Alexts as he looked toward his fair reviewers. Mr, Joseph F. It was fobias, the moving spirit. in the reception, in com- - | pany with Mr, Kingsley, of the Continental, escorted ieee OCN00K yoatercan. MogainE ere He-errive | § The Grand Duke to hia apartment, just opposite the respect for religion aad the people's respect marmur of applause ran through the strect watch: | grand stairease, and the members of the suite were FS, aNd the iltzle urchins, raising their voices above tne din, sung out:— escorted to the parlor, THE DUKE’S APARTMENTS, The suit of roomsset apart for the reception of Alexis, at the Continental Hotel, are models of ele- ance and taste. Rooms Nos. 4 and 5, on the first oor, fronting on Ninth strect, have receatly been refitted, with a view to the Grand Duke's occupancy. Rosewood furoiture, uphoisterea| with blue velvet; royal Wilton carpet of chaste and elegant pattern, and centre table complete ihe furnishing of the reception room. with paintings and photographs of the imperiat family of Russia, aod hunuog and jcultar to that country. The farnished with | ali the necessary conveniences, including bathroom, | Washroom and so forth, The bedstead is of fine | rose covered with the richest tedding ma- the private apartments of the Duke present @ decidediy rich appearance. The rooms adjoining the Duke, on one side, are set apart tor the use of Admiral Polsset, and on the other is the | dining room. Catacazy and the remaining mem- | “HERE HE COMES! HERE HE COMES ! The street door Within the little chapel, waiting as patiently as | Admixal Possiet and | The HERALD Yeporter conversed , Vicinity of the Grand Duke. The Russian flag was voish lady Whose father died Io exile in eis |, UNE bo the breeze from the Continental Hotel this olish lady whose father n exile 1 this | morning. ‘the Duke entered and was greeted by Mayor Fox. Almost the first question asked was, “WHERE DID THESE PICTURES COME FROM /”’ “There's a Horace Vernet; I know that,” said | | Alexis, pointing to a fine portrait on the wall, He lit @ cigarette and said to the Mayor, “Let me know what we have to do to-morrow,” and then witl to her native ind, she said, would be | And a similar penalty was perfectly satisiled. Mayor Fox then took his leave and Alexis was left to maxe his tollet for supper. In addition to the regular suite the following pamed officers of the select group of admirers who were admitted | within the sacred precinets vi the Greek chapel | ‘The Greek Corsul Boiassi was pre- feet. the choir trom | Judge of the Fleet Starlegoi, Captain Shefroff, the oficers of the Luperial | shipman Ergamazom, Passea Midshipwa, Gla whose (leep Lass voice gave @ peculiar gravity lo the music of Hordinski, witch was rendered on this occasion, uring the openin, ba Ala and te ussia neer Petrom, THE PROGRAMME TO-DAY, To-day the City of Quakers and_ Brotherly Love will present an unwonted aspect of gayet; Yhe Prince wil be taken in charge this mor ing by the Commuitscee of Reception, and the first part of the programme wiil be gone through, a drive through the principal streets and afterwards THE GILDED DOORS which aivide the outer sanciuary from the high agitat, Were closed. But at the reading of the Holy | Gospel rom the thirteenth chapter of St, Luke they | discussed the programme, with which the Duke | ; | aw | avenues leading up stairs and bell boys ran from { | | ! | | favorite resort. of the dite of the city, | the detectives to kee} On the tth day of July last Mra, Ellen @. Wharton, widow of Major H. W. Wharton, lave am oMlcer of the United States Army, was arrested in this city upon the charge of poisoning General W. Scott Ketchum, a retired oMcer of the United States Army, and the attempt to potson Eugene Van Nese, 4 clerk in the banking house of Alexander Brown & Sons, and her own confidential business agent. For some days betore the arrest was made vague Tumors were afloat throughout tue city connecting her name with these terrule crimes, but they were passed by as idle gossip by nearly all save those who were entrasted with the duty ol executing the law. HER SOCIAL POSITION. Mrs. Wharton occupied a position in society second to no lady In Baltimore. Her house was the and her countenance and favor was courted by the most re« fined circles of Baltamore society, She was a pro minent member of the Episcopal Charch and a leading apirit in the charitable associations of the city. Her only child, & beautaul girl, named Nellie, was also cousptcavus tn mutters pertatntug to re- | gious and social life, and her society, as well as her mothers’s, Was of tae most iteililgent and re- fined. ‘Therefore tt 1s not to be wondered at thas | the community in whieh she lived and moved, a ' leading and moving spirit, was startied when it wag {| announced that she was accused of the crime of ‘ murder, SENSATION. When the arrest was made & majority, perhaps, of the community held up chelr hands in horror, and declared that her arrest was “the most out- Tageous proceeding’? that could be imagined, while Many others deciared that she nad not only pole soned General Ketchum, but fail “half dozen ovhera of her friends, inciuding her husband aud son.’? TRSfTMONY SENT Ty THE GRAND JURY. ' Saturday, the 16th of July, the Grand Jury of Baitimore city took up the Case, and the lellowing circumstantial evidence, adduced in relation to tha death of General Ketchum and tae poisoning of Mr, Van Ness, led tu her ai os On saturday, Jane 24, General Ketcium left bis home iu Waslington for the purpose of paying & visit to the ly of Mrs, Wharton, where le was | an intimate friend, and ior tne adaitional purpose of collecting a note o1 $2,400 which he beld against her, a8 she and her daughter had prepared ty 40 wo Europe the following week. Shortly after arriving Mra, Wharcon’s he was laken very ill and died om Wednesday, June 23. br. P. OG. Williams, Who at tended him, suspected poison and Lumedately told his sasplvions to ie Marshal of Volice, who directed a close watch upon Mrs, Wnarton, and, at his suggesiton, General Keteangy@ Temaing Were disinterre and examined, and Lwenty grains of tartar emetic iouud in lus stomach. ‘Was then ascertained that he had taken ‘ood 1 Mra. Wharion’s house. and this iormed te nest !mk in the chain of evidence agaist her, A day or two | after the death of General Keichuin Mrs. Wharton went to Washingion and demanded of his son, Qnaries A, Ketcham, the payment oi 34,00, whicn she said she had given w his lather for sate. keeping. He seemed surprised, and reierred her to General Brice, Paymaster Geavral, who tmformed (, ‘the Raralive 1s cou.ained 18@ para- | @ visit to Fairmoant Park, breakfast at the Belmont , her when she applied to him lias the sph frown tne elevenih to the sevenieentn verse | mansion and a visit wo the Navy Yard andareview | Ketchum estate owel her nothing. He also Inclusive, and relates to & Woman who ; Of tie Ua cot ‘The citizens have been requested by . called = nev attention to tme fact that bad ijufirmity elgnteen years and was bowed | the Committee of Reception to make @ liberal dis- General Ketchum’s account showed her i debt to him §2,60, When he told ner tus she together go that she could nov iit her. | play of bunting and suspend business for a ortef | sell on And when Jesus saw her he called ner and | Ume, so that the reception may ve as im- | séeted much embarrassed, uni sald that she paid cured her, but sneruier of the synagogue and the bres _ gy ne a a Grae 4 ue Dente Ae het wobaarun tae mae ‘ uke Will be taken to Independence an ere refer ¢ ple were indignant that he should do such a work Dore hoon aeieion. wae (yutee anc ner’ demand ‘on the Sabbath day. But the saviour revukea the | shown the vartons luteresting relics of the evo. hypocrue by showing num wnat every one of them @ grand bail will Jution 1% contains. In the even! belgnvonos the suspicions that General Ketchum 1 i ct rtuelr oXeN aNd asses Ou the Sabpath | take place at the Academy of Music, which the Deen fouly dealt with in her house. a aaacae this woman being a daughter of Abra. | Philadelphia quality fatter themselves will cqual | ‘At first no one ecemed to thivk that Mrs. Wharton nau was of more value than those beasts of burden, | the New York ball. The tickets, lucluding break- i had committed tue crime, nov even General ‘Before the reading oi this lesson aud immediately | fast at the Belmont mansion, are Hxed at $50 for | Ketchum’s fnends, but When it was set afterward the assistant priest stood 1n tne centre of | lacy aud Migr and if the exorbitant price | wed beyond preadventare that he nad died the doorway and heid in his hand @ large hghted | charged 1 have anything to do with the succeas | from the administration of tartar emetic capale, while Father Bjerring, with lus back toward | Of the undertaking, it cau scarcely prove @ falure. | the mauiry went lor how it could have ‘The entire time spent in the city will be only twenty- four hours, and the Grand Duke will have a busy time if the CS acre of the Philadelphians be faithfully carried out. He will Ieave tne Quaker city to night, and retin to New York cariy to- | Morrow morning, in the special train on which he leit last evening. the congregation, powed frequently toward tne grand aliar. ‘The doors were again closed and a red silk cartain was arawn over the top winle the priest comsecraved ‘THE SACRAMENTAL ELEMENTS and offered up certain prayers prescribea py the hiuray of tue Greek Church for the Mupertal family, the Metrépolitan Patriarch, the Graud Synod aud Deen given him, it was uscertained that Mrs. Wharton had purchased sixty grains of that a) at a store near her residence, about the time General Ketchum came to her house, ‘There was another circumstance in remtion to the purchase ol tartar } emetic to which tue authorities directed their atter- tion, Several hours previous to tue arrival of General Keichum mr. Eugene Van Ness, her con- fidential business agent, called at her house, the priesty aud religious orders of tue Churci. ‘tne . y doors were again opened, when Father THE TRIP TO BOSTON. while there she olfered him @ glass of beer, me advanced age the sacramental ves- Le oe Worpar, ily ne wr eee AL aves 4 sels covered with rich saiin velves. em- | On Th morning the G! “ y b ; brojacred. civths, heretuiore descrived, in 13 oe i rand Duke will leave | (oneral Ketchum had died, im’ her house, hands, ‘the euoir chauied wud tue priest prayed | this city for Boston in @ spectal train tendered by and returued the vessely to @ iitte tavle waicn | the President of the New York and New Haven Rall- ; stood iu Iromt Of the picture oO: ihe Blessed Virgin. | images are not allowed in the Greek Churca, put | pictures are, and te litte cuapel 1a Secoud avenue : hus a fair assortment of Madeana Iniant and ; Coach, He will go by way of Bridgeport and Spring- many Christos, Aguln the litte dvors were closed, | Meld, stopping at the former place three and at wane buc priest look tie sucrament himeeli and oifered up more prayers, to Wilich tie cuolr re | Springiield two hours, arriving in Boston about ten road, which will consist of one baggage and two passenger cars, and an elegant Wazner siecping | and the symptoms were remarkably like those at- tending the illness of General Ketchum. Mr. Van Ness was attended at Mrs. Wharton’s by Dr. Chew and bis own Wife and sister, and the ladies seemed to nave had their suspicions aroused by we same- neas of the symptoms of their relative and General Kevchum, and wien a milk punch was brought up reacribed by the physician Mrs. Van Ness tasted t, and, fluding it bitter, poured out the milk and a i > on a oo Y. M. On Friday a grand reception will be given to | ® Sousiiy to this service.” Again tue dyoes, were by the dovernor at the’ Slate House, | Myoreted the glass Und uad the coutents. exauined opeued and the priest udvanced vo tne trou wien | SOG POT, Me stay Oe ge na ine | bya chemo, and they were Jound tu contain Ue chalice, and While offeriug up prayers made (he 4 | fifteen grains of tartar emet fn of the cro ui elite. Tie assstang | NAV Yard. A meeting of citizens was held on | i A “TRUK BILL? FOUND, sign of the cross and aygum reured, periormed Ms pure with the lighted cundle as | belore, and attera few more secre: prayers toe uoors | were ed aod Father bjerrimg Camg iorward, holding viiX in O18 hand, and pronounced ibe Yeuedicilon, alier Which tue Granu aad | stepped jorward aud DEVOUTLY KiSSED TRE GOLDEN IMAGE. His pivus examp.c was iollowed by ail the Rus- sian notavies preseut, anu thus euded the service— Saturday anda committee appointed to perfect the arrangements for toe ball on Friday night, at the Boston Theatre. ‘There will also be a concert in Music Hall, by the school children, and a banquet at the Kevere House. The following correspondence between Captain G. ; V. Fox and Minister Catacazy, concerning the con- | templated visit of His Imperial Highness to Lowell, | Will be found of interest:— Upon this evidence the Grand Jury found the bill upon Wuich she will oe arraigned und tried on Mon- day oext. SURMISES FROM ANTERIOR PACTS. after sne was arrested it was said that her has. band and sup, each of whom had @ large policy of insurance upon their lives, had died suddenly and in @ most mysterious manuver, and almost every one who had been mtmate at her house imagined that the last prooably tha ine Prince will ever attend in | Lownt.t, Mass., Nov. 22, 1671. | they had been poisoned at some time or other New york, us ne leit we city 1st evening tor Phila. | Hie Excellency Congtansry Caracazy, Envoy Bxtraordl- | py ' her, and so asserted. ‘the authorities, delvhia, Where he 1s (0 be recetved by Me Quaxer | Dede bin—General Seadford bas conveyed to me your | SH upon these rumors, had the body of Hts return (0 Uiis Cily Ms ex- | menage that “His Imperial Highness wil probably visit Whew Me will | Lowell to see bis good friend Mr. Fox.” 4am fully sensili jhis comp!iment and the reasons e council and ciuzens. pected about Wednesusy wext, leans and other Souihern ches, and will stop | noss and suite and the Minister and suite will partake o: « awhile I Havana, His Keel, EXCepe the Magship | ‘Zacooska” at my house. With yreat respect, your obedient Sveilaa, Will Sail for Lome soon. ‘This vessei will | servant, G. V. FOX. convey hin to Odessa or sume otter Suusiern Russian | € he Wil travel by Fail 10 54 Petersburg. | Ss passage OUC Of church Was greed With cueers und luzéus, abd (le crowd dispersed only when all the Worsmppers lad goue. ‘There was a great « aulesicd yesterday among some of the audicnce, as there Is generady by dwellers in Wie vicimity of Cue Cuapel, thas A LARGER PLACE OF Wo! should be buile for the Kusso-Gre lots, we understand, have veen pui Mgion avenue, belWeea rue and bilty- streets, and paid for i the suum 0: $20,000. Lis not | Known when the building wil be commenced, since the authority and we money to do tust come | Synod, Which has supplied the funds . oy ‘ity. for the purchase, ‘here isa sivony provability, , © however, that tie foundaiom Wil ve laid next | , Other festivities will take place and everything * ait done tw render the visit uf His Imperial Highness as sprig lor such an edidce, Fatner Bjerring intends | Cone VO Tener ne vt aa er Ee to gratily the imauy persons wio wave made m- | feewill leave Boston for Montreal ou a teain of Ole! Guirics 1n regard to ive 1itual and docirimes of the | gent Puliman palace drawing room ears, rendered Yorx, Ni 48, 1871. ‘To Hon. G. V. Fox, Lowell, BM: ooner, His Imperial Highuess accepts, gratefullyy your invitation, and, unless prevented, will be iu Lowell on Saturday, the sh of 'Decem- ©, CATACAZY. ber. ‘The Russian Vice Consul at Boston has informed | lke to leave Boston at uine A, M. oa Saturday, the 9th inst, visit the milly for two fours, from tea to twelve, lunch with Captain Fox from tweive to ou and return immediately aliterward to Bosto: where the Grand Duke has engagements at balf- t two P. M. ‘Lhe City Council of Lowell tas appotated a coim- | mittee lo take clharze OL tue reception given by the | | Captain Fox that the disunguished party would | | thousand real or fancied pranks she useu to cut Major H. W. Wharton, Jr., ber son, exhumea and examined, bat no trace of poisou was found. IN PRISON. say one day and then seb of again to enjoy | oF tI fOr, an x the hospitatiues Of ihe recks of the Ameri- | prose my acknowiodgments in, To-day the Mayor When Mrs. Wharton was transierred from her can Athens, 111s stosequent movements are not | W! officially invite the Grand Duke to visit our city and ex. | juxurious home and the associations of friends to | very Geutly defined, tivugi it 18 believed | | aiming ite manufactories, where can be found the mechanical | the city jail her daughter, of whom { have Very G.cutly delined, tivugit it is believed he will | developments and laborious industry which are the elemens % gen spend ashort ume in Savannab, Moviie, New Ur- | of thie ‘country’s power. 1 request ti His Imperial High- spoken, companied her, protesting ner mother's imnocence and refusing to leave her side. Sune has Temaiued with her W this aay, sharing her trials and bearing up as best she could uader the feariul calamity that has belalien their heretofore un- tarnished houseiold, iiardly had the fact become known that Mrs, Wharton nad been arrested upon the charge of mur- der than @ thousand rumors were afloat in relation to her former lite, and letters Irom people who either pretended or «id know her were pubiished, stating that she was insane when @ child, and reciting @ when a youug girl. During all the tine Mrs, Wharton has been in jail her many friends have declared her innvcence, and she has had their countenance and supvort in an eminent degree. One singular feature of the ac- Cusation In the case of Van Ness ty that ne stonuy | denies that Mrs. Wharton attempted to poison him and scouts the idea that sne 18 guuty of tue crimes charged against her. CHANGE OP VBNUB. On the 10th of October the cases against her were called in the Criminal Court of this city and she was brought out for trial, when she made oath Greek Church by preactuing a series ol sermons | § be Te $ 2 ve | by the lunan Company. @ route by which Mon- 9 . Fe eo eas (oe Raurice | Steal ts to be reuched ‘hus not yet been deciacd on. | hers “ana “Snoved “her “cass ‘to Aune Pere ng —_ y 4 | ‘Tuesday, the 12th, will be devoted to a tour through Catholic and Angiicau churches, and now thata Arundel county, the county seat of which is at the city. On the 13th the party proceed to Uttawa, e9 18 8 ‘i | union of those chureues ts so much talked ubout, & | When the Grand Duke Will pay his Tespects to. the Annapolis. Yesterday morning she was taken by Mr. Irving, warden of the Baitimore city jal, to that delined simtement of what they Hold 1m common | ¥ ; Would Not prove aatuceresiing to tue general puvitc, | (rey 4ey General OLE, Pouinion. Mn thursday | place ior’ trial. She was accompan.ed ‘by her The Grand Duke, on his revura from service at | by special train furnished by the Grand | “sueuter and Mr. Netison Crawford and wile, her the Greek Church, speut the vaiance of the day until | if ) ‘Trunk Kallway. Aiter a brief stay at the Falis the Its departure fur Patiadeiphia im a quiet manner, as | : hecamie @ good Christa in’ tue core of the | Price will proceed West over the Lake Shore oad afternoon &@ good many visitors called to pay their resident), and Will make @ Ayl ‘comm “gid Re ne respects, including severai members Of tne Com | orn and Southern States, 8 fd mt ot b ned yf mittee of Kecoption, aud were received by tue Duke Louis and New Orleans. It ad tery LA ni og Ns . in lus private apartmencs. | The disagreeable | ther’ he ‘will. reccive Sante ts dette weather deterred him irom going Out. Li tue after- | thoce cities, and it 18 scarcely probablo'be will in one in of them, Chicago, as the alvered circumstances driven to Central Park. large number of the officers of the Russian fleet spent | natnre, No reason has been as yet assigned for of the Garden City precludes any public demonstra- ion. The fo Vost regrets that they did not have an tunity of keeping the his arrival; but states that the citizens will have great pleasure in showing him Mrs. O'Leary's cow and the Court House cat. The Russian fleet is under tue aiternoon at the Ciarendon im order to be in readiness for last evening's journey. A litle vefore seven o'clock 1X carriages drove up at tke private | entrance “1 the Hotel, and a crowd Was soon gathered to watch the Grand Duke leave. Spite of the rain, the party keeping the place heard a peculiar nolae in the room to which the stranger had been assigned, and going in found him ig ou the fioor with his throat cut irom ear to car, and biood streaming from the ghastly wound in torrents. Beside him great fire ul orders to proceed to New Orieaus, and they wiil sail in a few days, The Grand Duke will then join his frigate and the fleet will mmediately depart for the coast of Vina, where itis ordered for ser- vice, which was steadily pouring down, the ladies, loyal to their “dear Price’? unto the death, were not wanting in the assembly, enduring the discomfort ol the weather with a patience worthy of a better cause, As usual, a Knot of policemen were om duty to prevent @uy rash iniwoders from penetrating to lay & blood-besmeared razor with which he had done the deed, Dr. Frazier was immediately sum- Mmoned from Police Headquarters, and upoa his ar- rival and making an examination of the unfortunate man’s injuries pronounced them ofa probably fatal the rash act, although it was intimated last night by one of two who claimed to know him that he had for some time past been suffering from timpecu- miosity. in California—Inaugu- ration of the Governor— ictments Against the Los Angelos Mob. BAN FRANCI8CO, Dec. 3, 1871. ‘The Senatorial contest at Sacramento this week is Ikely to be very lively. The prominent aspirants are Sargent, Cole, Egerton, Estee and Phelps. Their chances stand in about the order in which Almost exhausted, but they were at length rewarded by catching &@ momentary glance of him as he de- scended the hotel steps ana entered his ate In a few seconds, when ail the party got seated, the coachmen cracked their whips and the carriages drove off in the quietest manner possible, not tne Jaintest semblance of a cheer being raised by the crowd. He was accompanied by Mr. Vatacazy, Ad- miral Poisset, Count Shorciom, and Dumber of Russian oMcers and members of the New York Re- HAVANA WEEKLY REPORT. Havana, Deo. 2, 1871 Sngar—Stock in warehowes 47,000 boxes and 600 hhds. ; ex; £28, 9,100 boxes, of which re for th ited he Market buoyant and unsettled. An advance asked, but none eatablished. Lar; mtimate personal friends, ‘The party, upon arriving, at once took carriages and were driven directly to the jail, where comfort- able apartments nad been prepared for the prisoner and her daugater, Mrs. Wharton’s health is quite good, but her de- voted daughier has suffered tearfully trom the prison confinement, and littie trace of the veautifai girl she once was is now lett. PREPARING FOR THE TRIAL. The most extensive arrangements have been made anu are being made for the trial, aud an im- mense crowd of strangers are expected. Mr. A. K. Syater, the newly-elected Attorney Genera! of the State, 1s here looking inco the case, and will assist the State Attorney of this county, Mr. James Re- a the prosecution. Mr. J. Nevitt Steele and J. H. Thomas, of the Baltimore bar, and Air, A. B. Hegner, of \nis place, appear fur Mrs. Wherton, Kighty-nine witnesses have aiready veen sum- moned and # jarge number more wil undoubtedly be called. Sixty-three of the eigaty-nine have been the charmed circle which they wad formed around THE PAC.FIC COAST. sanpecomnes for the defence, most of whom reside the hotei door, The t’rince was a long time in making ~ ~ cetera in Pennsylvania, Mrs. Wharton’s former home. his appearance, and the patieuce oi the crowd was nt Mon will be entirely Occupied witu the ar- Hr ome of the prisoner and the empaneliing of 8 Jur; ‘hones STR atso many wi . toned Trees any witnesses have been sum. contracts are being taken up tor the com: ing crop of centrifugals and muscvondos. Nos. 10 to 1d D. 7; Now. 15 to 10 9 1034 reals: Ni D8, 134 0 1844 reals, Bacon {n fale demand; sels at $1300 615. Flour, Sia Th a 90%, Beme Arm) Americas La iuintal; =| Arn x 5 Ber quintal. Lard. quiet, fut 'frmy B15 25. 0818 per quintal; tins, $17 50a B13 50 per quintal, fair demand at | ¢, lower rates. 4 Gy per DiI. Onions heavy, | 1 8756 per bbl. for American, Lumber nominal; pitch pine, Turpentine active, 10c. per pound. Roi active, 46 per bbI, Freights quiet; per box of sugar to Northern ception Committee, in ail making a party of twenty- one. in a short time the lerry was reached, and the sort, Duke left the United Siates and sailed for ae Wee eee Py — ae, Pe on nt ere again fitted up for the second journey tn and Southern ports, Hise to Falmouth and orders, 80s. | ihe most inxurious manner. : ro @round the de wen not gene all kK abl th on 8 hot generally known, probably accoun' + the absence of any ¢acitement ‘ithe inauguration of @ Bootn is the inauguration jovernor e ea to take place on ‘Thursaay. mri} ‘The Los Angelos Grand Jury found thirty-five in- dictments for the Chimese massacre, and severely censured the municipal authorities, SMALLPOX IN PHILADELPHIA, ‘ehe is innocen' ABSORBING INTEREST. ‘The entire trial will be one of absorbing interest, ‘and the Court may be oocupied two or three weeks in {ts consideration, mrs. Wharton's trends, among whom may be numbered almost the entire aristocratic element of Baltimore city, are maxing eres CE wergs Lio ogee PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3, 1871, lever before in free Mle Ae tlons has a case 1 led around which clusters t, the Inciemency of the weather | The Nealth report shows 233 deaths from smallpox | sy muen Interest as “Sround this, and each day’s it the time the train would leave | during the past week, being an increase of eighty | proceedings wili be preguaat with unlooxed-ior \ for | over the week before. The number of uew cases are | developments, A compiete report Will be sent the ihe Grand Yuke | $00 lose than last week: WALD each days ew Jersey, IN JRRSEY CITY. The special train used oy the Grand Dake on his former excursion was again placed at ats disposal jastevening. ‘Ing cars lave been already described ‘There was no crowd