The New York Herald Newspaper, April 17, 1872, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. 4 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, A QUIET DAY IN WALL STREET. The “Bears” Called to Washington to Testify About the «Lock-Up.” The “Bulls” Make Hay While the Sun Shines, MONEY EASY AND STOCKS STRONG Hannibal and St. Joseph Redivivus. Pacifie Mail Still Hoping for a Sub- sidy from Congress. GOLD UP TO 11-8 AND “OFF” TO 110 7-8, ‘The New Loan—Monsieur Tonson Come Again. WALL STREET, TvuEspay, April 16—6 P. a} On 'Change to-day wheat was dull and steady. The cotton market was quiet, THE EXPORTS OF THE WEEK, The aggregate exports of domestic merchandise from the port of New York, for the week ending April 16, 1872, were $3,820,952. MONEY STEADY, ‘The money market was active but comparatively steady, The bulk of the day’s business was at 7 per cent coin interest, the extremes being 1.82 “flat” on the one side, and 7 per cent currency on the other. Translated into more usual terms the rates for money to-day ranged from 7 to 11 per cent. Prime commercial paper 1s taken a little more freely and quoted 8 a 10 per cent discount. Foreign exchange was nominaily unchanged, but heavy, an’ ‘tual business was on the basis of 11044 for prime bankers’ sixty day sterling and 10844 for sight bills. GOLD UNSETTLED—110% A 11114 a 110%. ‘The gold market opened strong on the cable news from Geneva that in the exchange of the ‘cases’? between the United States and Great Britain the latter Power had submitted a sealed protest against, as inferred, the admission of claims for indirect damages, and the price advanced from 110% to lil‘s. But the later weakness in exchange and a repetition of the old story about a new Syndicate in London formed to take $600,000,000 of the new loan started a reaction and the advance was wholly lost toward the close. The course of the market is shown tn the table 4P. : 1 6:30 P.M . 4 In the gold loan market the rates ranged from 7 percent for carrying to flat for borrowing. The operations of the Gold Exchange Bank were as follows :— of redeemed five-twenti of past due interest. GOVERNMENTS FIRM. The government list was firm with the advance fn gold, and closed steady with the easier tone of the money market. The following were the final price: United States currency sixes, 11555 a 11534; do, sixes, 1881, registered, 115 a 11535 ; do. do. do., cou- pon, 115% a 116; do. five-twenties, registered, May and November, 110 a 110!;; do. dg., 1862, coupon do., 11344 @ 11594; do, do., 1564, do, do., 11354 a 118% ; do., do., 1865, do. do., 114% a 11439: do. do., 1867, regis- tered, January and July, 11344 a 11343; do. do., 1865, coupon, do., 112'5 a 112%; do, do., 1867, do, do., 113% a 115% ; do, do., 1868, do. de., 113%) a 113% ; do, fives of 1831, funded, registered, 1094; a 109%; do, do. do., coupon, lila 111; do. ten-forties, regis- tered, 108% a 109; do. do., coupon, 10934 a 10934. SOUTHERN SECURITIES QUIET. The Southern State bonds were quiet for the general list and steady. The South Carolinas July issues sold at 39 in the morning and a small lot at 88 late in the afternoon. Prices closed :—Tennessee, ex coupon, 67 a 6744; do., new, 67674; Virginia, ex coupon, 50 a 55; do., registered stock, old, 40°a 60; do., sixes, consolidated bonds, 53% a 54; do., eixes, deferred scrip, 163s a 1744; Georgia sixes, 74.0 78; do. sevens, 88 a 90; North Carolina, ex coupon, 86:4 a 87; do., funding, 1866, 25a 27; do. do., 1868, 21 a 23; do., new, 20); a 22; do., special tax, 14 a 16; Missouri sixes, 954: a 95%; do., Hannibal and St. Joseph, 93 a 935g; Louisiana sixes, 58 a do., new, 60a 60; do. Levee sixes, 60 a 65; do. do. eights, 75a 60; do. do. eights, 1875, 80 a sevens, 60 a 70; do. railroad eights, 70 a 80; Ala- bama fives, 60 a 65; do. eights, 85 a 90; do. eights, Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad, 85a 90; South Carolina sixes, 60 a 63; do., new, January and July, 8% a 39; do. do, August and October, 36 a 37; Arkansas sixes, funded, 63 a 56. THE RAILROAD BONDS. The ratiroad bonds were strong and transactions Were generally at settled pricc Morris and Essex seconds sold at par, and New Jersey Southern (late Long Branch i ad) firsts at 80. The Central Pacitics were steady and Union Pacifics strong, the latter on the increased earnings shown In the last report. Union firsts advanced to 914; and incomes to 86. ie following were the bhis at the close of tn and $29,000 on account call:— ten nM Kk Bur NV & Hud R7 Had i ” 102 fa. New Jer Cont, Ist m, 1.10814 Pitts, FW & Chic Ist'm 105, Pitts, FW & Am WIN Pitt F W & Uhie 3d m. 98 & Pitts con sf... 8 5 & Pitts 2d m0. 98 Mien S07 p Clev & Pitts 3d m ry Mich S&NIst7 p< Cley & Pitis 4th m 85 P. 4, sid by Chic & Alts f 2100 entral Pac gold Chic & Alt ist in 105 nion Pac Ist Chie & Altincome 95, Union Pac | 47's Ohio & Mise Ist m " Union Pac inc Ohio & Miss con wig Belleville 48 Ohio & dm, Con.. BAN Mil & St P Ist m, Mil & Bt Paul, Lowa Chie & MIL Ist m Joliet & Chic lst m Col, Chic & Ind ist m To!) Peo & W, ED Tol. Bost. Ka Bos, Har THE STOCK EXCHANGE ANNUAL ELECTION. The annual election for officers of the Stock Ex- change will come of on the 13th of May next. Yhe Nominating Committee were recently selected and comprise the following gentlemen :— Van Schaick, Chairman; Jolin Benjs orge W. McLean, S, C, Hay and J. K, Warre: The chief contest will be over the Prest- dency, for which the more prominent candidates at present are 8 V, White and John 1, Denny. STOCKS DULL AND STRONG. The stock market was generally dull, but very Strong, and prices advanced an average of about one per cent. The chief features were Hannibal and St. Joseph, Pacific Mailand Northwestern. The advance in Hannibal and St. Joseph was nearly three per cont—viz., to 454. The movement in this Block 1s credited to a new pool, composed of a com bination of the “New York party” and the original Boston clique, the latter being the same partles Who sold the stock at 120 a 125 when the Tam many King and their host of feddied with th Ay te amin, followers were hw York party’ : do, Penitentiary | controlled the iasne of $4,000,000 of the new capital provision had to be made against treachery, and this stock was allotted to members of the pool in the shape of “calls.” All “leaks” were thus calked up, and the good (?) bark Hannibal and St. Joseph has been launched on the stormy sea of Wall street for a voyage to the upper latitudes, if the naviga- tors can succeed in getting her there. Query—will the Bostonians get the better of the New Yorkers again? Tho movement In Pacific Mail was the re- sult of a renewal of the hope of an inc sub- sidy from Congress, and has been successful enough to put the stock to the highest quotations since the panicky period of 1869. These features, together with the more confident anticipations of an ap- proaching easy money market and the Washington rehash of the old story about a negotiation of $600,000,000 of the new loan in Europe gave the whole market @ sudden upward impetus in the half hour before adjournment, during which period the best figures of the day were recorded. In the Phila- deiphia market Reading was quoted at the equiva- lent of 118%. Erie, as usual, kept pace with the London market, and was lower and unsettled. HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES. ‘The following table shows the highest and lowest prices of the principal stocks during the day:— Highest, Lowest, New York Central....... J 98 New York Central scrip. + 98 9236 Erie..... + 63a 624; Lake Shore. +» OT Northwestern, + Bly 80% Northwestern preferred. + 95 o4 Rock Island. » 12% 11% St. Paul. 62% 62 St. Paul p . 81's 807 Ohio and Mississippi. + 49% 48 Union Pacific... + 28% 38 Hannibal and St. Josep! + 456 ani Western Union Telegraph. » TA% 4 Pacific Mail.........066 65% 4 A humber of leading brokers connected with the recent “look-up” of money were absent in Wash- ington to-day, in obedience to subpanas from the Congressional Committee, who are investigating the alleged “conspiracy to derange trade and finance,” DEATH OF GEORGE W. WILSON. The sad duty devolved upon the Chairman of the Board this afternoon of announcing the death, on Monday night, of George W. Wilson, for many years amember of the Stock Exchange and recently of the firm of Fowler & Wilson. No event of sucha character has ever created a more painful sensa- tion in the banking community, Mr. Wilson having been a young man whose health, physique and vivacity not only promised long immunity from the calamity of a sudden or untimely death, but had combined to make him, in connection with his genial and social qualities, a popular member of the Soard, an enthusiastic yachtsman, a devotee of the rod and rifle anda most entertaining companion at the club, Few men have been so intimately related by kin and by mar- riage to so many of our best families, and equally few have excelled him in the graceful accomplish- ment of all that noblesse obdligé. His funeral will take place on Thursday, from St. Paul’s church, Broadway, and out of respect to his memory the Stock Exchange will remain closed until eleven o'clock. The occasion of his death was apoplexy, superinduced by cold and influenza. Curious to relate the father and grandfather of Mr. Wilson died at nearly the same age—about thirty-three years—of a similar sudden visitation. He leaves a wife, but no other family. SALES AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. Bist 16—10115 A.M. UN) US 5-20, c, 113% 10000 US 5's, 10-40, 10959 100 US 109 5's, 10-40, ¢ sr, 4000 de 64000 US 5-20, ¢ 10000 US 5-20) 000 do. 10 to 10:30 A. M. 1009 shs 6234 500 shs Chic & RI RR 112% 30) ous, 2 GO. .2.2-2,-D3 112 Po) 2 G22 7000, C ATE RR: 5 2 625, 200 a 3 3 a 200 a Bty 700 10. 803, 600 Ohio & 3 80, 1400 do. 600 Chic & RIRR: $10000 SC O'snJadTyb3 39 1800 she FE BOD dO. ce tep ee 39 10) Mich 100) Missourt 4.00007 953g 200 AO. svaczonveees LOM 1000 Mo 6's, H&StJis 9 LOLS & MS RR. ..c 65 500) Un Pac ist m. 91% 500 q bec 96 nl Ist. istm.. alm. Joow C, C0 & 1 200 C1, C & IC 3000 jore div. 2000 West U Tel 7's b.. 8000 do aes 4000 North Mo Ist m: $00. N J South Ist n Shs Am Ex Bank 51 Park Bank...... 8 Ninth Nat Bank. 5 Metropolitan Bank. 140 uick M Ci 4 20 50 Quick M © 100 Atlantic 30 do. cs 10 Chie & RIRR. 300 as Jo Mil & 00 0 00 a 200 West Un Tel ” dO... 200 do wee + NY &N Hl seri 1400 Pac MSSGo..be 644 10) Han'é StJo Ki 400 do. v8 6HQ 1D dows 10 do. 64% 200 200 = do 20 PT 200 #) Adams F 400 100 Am M Un 200 do. » 434 IW USE 10) Han & StJo RR pr. 6 200 100 C, 0 & 10 RR 3) 400 200 do. 600 300 do. | 200 800 ie | 2100 500) do. 50 Panama R. 300 Gs «iste 80 Evie RR. ro 2100 Un Pac it on do. 20 do t 300 do. 409 Ohio & Miss...be 200 do. ; EAE | RR 4 700 do. +83 63}, 1600 Bost, Hart & E.be 12:15 to 2:15 $500 US 6's, "81, ¢ 5. Bo di an & St. Jo. 12:30 P. M. 5 shs Hi 20 a 20 4° | wdc 20 do. 44%; | 80 Chie & 200 Bost, Hart &'E..b3 99, | 900 0 A082 200 Ohio & Miss RR... 4832 | OLS #MSRR...., 4 do... ay 20 Han a StJo RR... 00, 0 TERR. 33 $1000 I'm Pac 10's, ine. iuwo » # 600, do. 10 NJ Con RR. too do. 40) Chie & ET. | a: a ea | 400 do. ser 100 Mil & St Paul RR 20 > be 200 « 100 Mil & 100 Pi St Paul pref. FLW & Lack & exes OD Cytd: 95 | WwW 184 | n RR... Lisst Is-Farg Am Mer ( WON YO eH Re 2600 Erle RR 200 i 4) LS & ry f boo do, 100 Mich Ce veey Liste | RS aes | iar) x RR, ERD 500 10 be MB RR...b 10 i 400 do 1400 Un Pac RR ine b 400) Iw Chev & E $00, CATO RIE ie Pana 100 Alt & T Haute. ..b To 60) Bos, Uart&érie..b ¢ lop Chie & N WRK ey CLOSING PRIOES—5 O'CLOCK P, M, orm Union 744 a 7 i 6, a St Paul... St Paul pre ly Wabash Ohio & Miss ( Bos, Hara Erie Han & St Jo Col, C & Ind ¢ Pittsburg... Northwestern . COMMERCIAL REPORT. + Tuxspay, April 16-6 P. M., 1872. Asurs.—Receipts since our last, 31 packages. The mar ket remained dull, and for pots lower prices were no- cepted, Pearle were entiely nominal im jhe gbecac J test, for first half of May, | sales of | Clover Was also quiet but steady at of any demand. We quote —Pots, $7 75 a $925, and pears Hominally $10, ° of tele Buioinc Marertats.—Thoe market for bricks has gene- 7 laced at prices Lime re- ‘and $2 15 for do. lump. Ce: arate mon, jump. Cement quoted at $1 75 per DDI. for, Rosendale, Latha were iu limited demand and ly or Eastern spruce, H —The market has been les active since our tas firm. were made lake, for summer delivery, at 363ge. a 86e. ; } rrer.—The ket, ly nom- acer tcirbcenstad tent cate Ne ort the stock of Rio e United States as follows :—New Orleans, ing s re, a 740, Tot 00,00) A cash parcels 383, pring, 18 fy lew York, I que oes Rio ordinal it 16 ha¢ lots 5) 10 good, 1bige. faiger, god, In Gond, w(aty day eaibo, ‘Ie. i haidinyfa, Besa 2c. ; St. Dom bond), 13e. 2e. a 2o., uty paid. Cortox.—Fhe démaid for Cotton on tue spot was moder- ately active at about previous rates, and we make no market closed fair business months being move i demand than formerly, The sales reported on ‘Change foot up as follows: Export .. Consumption. 615 Speculation. Bit In transit... 200 «an 800 at 23! + 1,700 June, Jul, Ai y an ug Ble. ; April, at ” at 23 15-100 at 25) ibe., 600 at 240. ; August, 20 700 at'22) at 2%c., 200 t 0c; ‘De ; total, 8,000 bales, cotton to foreigu t Liverpool, by steain, re, by swam, %e., Bol Ma Gd. ; to Hav id; by sal, dye.; to Hamburg, ty steam, 44d., compressed; ifc, sail} to Bremen, by steam, %c., gold, compressed; eail, Sc. ; to Baltic ports, by sail, fee, @ le:, gold; to Mediterrancan Ports by steam te. ‘The total récebpts at the ports sim as follows:—Galveston, 98; New Orleans, 6,619; Mobile, 9 ah, 885; Charleston, 312; Wil 88;.N ; Bultunore, 405; New ‘York, 6 9876. Thi day last week, 6,456. This day 133. We quote :— Ordinary. Good ordinar; Low middling. Mig dling... r 2 q ¢ based ‘on eotton runniagin quality not more than half @ grade above or below the grade quoted. FuouR AND Gnain.—Receipts—Flour, 7,085 bbls. ; wheat, 9,25) bushel + 84,000 do 5c 00 bbIs and 394 ot ruled quiet, ers. The saley (a portion Inst evening) bbls., inelud- ng 1.225 bbls. Southern and 38 bbls. superfine rye. Corn meal was only in limited request, but about. s! We S00 bbls. Wasiern, to arrive, at 83.534 83 60, 0. |, but trather steadier, bringing | more than could have by rday. ‘The sales wore about 25,000 $1 St for No. 2 Chicago spring, afloat State, $150 for datuaged red winter, in store Pennsylvania auber, on the pier; $1 Wa $1 92) white Michigan; No.'l Milwaukee nominal at $159, afloat, and No, 2do. at $155, afloat. Corn was firmer and in {ait demand. | The sales were about 95,000 bushels at 70c. a 7lc. for mixed ( float), 7c. a 720, for yellow, Tie. for old mi: 74c: tor Southern white.” Oais were dy, but qui The sales were about 4,000 bushels at 5040. tor Western, in store; 5l3ge. a Sze. for do., atloat, and ‘S8e. a S5e. for car lots of white. Barley was quict, but a shade firmer, We hear of sales of 6,500 hushels at $1 10 for Canada an for two-rowed State. Rye was quict, but steady. were made of 7,40 bushels of Western, in lots, at 880., in store, Fheicurs.—The inquiry has been less urgent for berth room, but we learn of no particular change in rates. In the chartering business the inquiry for vessels for the petroleum trade continued fair and ‘rates were rather in bey ers’ favor. For other purposes the demand was light. The engagements reported to-day were ag fol- ool, by steam, 45,000 bushels grain at Y acon, 168.; 100 tlerces beef, 28. 6d. ; 50 bale: 4ad. ; 0 tlerces' lard, 15. To Loudon, by sail, 5,000 bbls. off cake on private terins, and 2,000 handspikes on private terms, To Glasgow, by steam, 7,500 bushels rain (relet) at 4d. and 7,50) bushels (reqular)'at 44d. To for extra otton, ntwerp, 1,25) boxes bacon, L$ xes do. at 27s. 64. ; 250 tlefces lard, 27s. 6d."; and 700 bags coffee at 26s, 3d. I 400 boxes ‘seedleaf tobacco, 1a. ‘The charters were :—An Italian schooner, 202 tons, hence to Gibraltar tor orders, cargo of tobacco and case petroleum, at $9 50 for tobacco ai . for cases, if to Malta $10.60 for tobacco and Se. for cases. A British bark, 482 tons, hence toa Spanish port, full cargo of tobacco, on private terms, A British bark, 670 tons, hence to Buenos Ayres, general cargo, lump suin. A British bark (now here), froin Phila- delphia to a Continental port, 4,000 bbls. crude petroleum, on private torms, A Norwegian bark, hence to the Swed: ish Baltic, 2,200 bbls. petroleum, on private terms. A bark from the South to the River Plate, 45,009 tect lumber, $22 and 5 per cent primage. A British bark, 431 tons, to uorth side Cuba and back, sugar, $6. A British brig, 326 tons, to Aspinwall, coal, $5 80. GuNwuis'—The market since our last has continued quiet for both cloth and bags, but peices have shown no material change. We quote :—-Bags, I7c. a 17!e._ tor light to heavy; cloth, 16e. a lege. for Calcutta, and 1éige. a Ive. for domestic. Heap ano Jote.—The market for hemp remained with- out a new featur enti nominal. but firm, Jute butts w y in light demand and about steady. We hy £1,000 bales on private terms, We quote:—Dressed American, $220 a $140 w $150 per ton; Mani Iige,, gold 4 Fainpleo, Ze., gold, tn bond; suun, Ze. 0 7 Yi; jute ge. a Ze. wold, and ter we hear of sales of 700 { he arrivals since onr last have been demand ha: been better, be il qualitie quently prices. Straw has attracted but litle attention, particular change in prices, W bu $140; retail qualities, salt, 50. a Gc. ; long rye straw, Se. w We. ; oat, 75e. a Sde., aud Wheat, 50c, 7 Motasses —The market for both foreign and domestic was qulet, but firm tor the former and raiher weak for the latter. We hear of sales of 100 bbls. domestic at dic. a 58e, We quote — more liberal, but Jor shippin mained 1 O'd Crop. Nero Crop, Cube—Oentrifugal and mixed [30e. a 45. de. a 0c. spirits turpentine was sales aggregate about 500 let, mainly on account i ‘eneraily demanded ‘ally held at We hear ained at $8 8) and 100 bbls, new pale Tar Was dull and nominal at former Be. a 70c. AVAL BTORES, active and again higher price of sales of 300 at $7 0 a $8 —The demand for over and middle weights hast oderate; light and damaged is still rm b. yer do., 6C. ‘wlifornia, He: don do. Hight, B74) Orinoed, &¢ 1 do. imidile, tery light, 87c Sc. 4 do. idle, the rou Sc. do., Light, a ide. Purroneem.—On ‘Change to-day the market for refined ned quiet but firm, There’ was but litle offering; ness of holders cheeked busi- n is higher. but quiet. and’ romatnd w York of 1,500 , for prompt delive: } bbls. high test, for M Later last evel y delivery atl bbls: beet, 18 p Is. and July, at $15 50, 1 cash’; 1,500 bbls., for June, at$ls 70. The jobbing trade was unimportant met with a fairdemand and the market closed ant. Sales were made of short clear at of short rib al ng clear quoted at hogs were only in light re mained firm at 6c. a 7. for heavy to pigs | B cviand steady; quoted at 8 a 8It tor Xtra mess; $10. $18 tor prime mess mess tierces. Beef hams There Were small sales made of $23'a $27, Cut meats—The market were also quiet, but firm. within the rang Benerally remained quiet and unchanged. We hear of boxes pickled bellies at 7e., and 2% boxes dry salted shoulders at 44¢. We quote :—Sinoked shoulders, be, a bige.; do. hams, We. a 12c.; pickled shoulders, Oc. & do, hams, 8c. a We. ; do. bel sc. Tige. for ” Lard—The inarket for Western nd a shade fry Sales, 1y ‘of month at 0 er. Sales 200 te, a bige. market for raw remained quiet and firm | * rather in buyers’ favor, but generally un- | e hear of sales of 189 hhds, of Cuba retining | 8c, and 1100 hhds. centrifugal at | was in better demand and steady ugte:—Interior to common re- | to good fail . She. a | Mc. a. ir to good choice ery, Hc. | centrifugal, hhds. boxes, 9. a '97,0.; | . hhds, and ‘boxes, Tic. a s4e.;' melado, tc. # Oe 113 to 10., 19 to W, M590. 0 0. 10 Rico—Common to prime refihing: | a We. Brasit—Dutch va—Dutch standard, uperior and extra su . New Orleatis=Ketining grades, 7c. a | ery do., Oe. a 10e. ov. —The market for linseed continued ear of sales of 200 pockets, per Oh pockets, per Rodu, both sales at $2.55 niet but firm. ule, and) 3) pid, @ days, 4c. & to 4c. for Indiana and Michigan, atid We. a lige, for State. Tiinothy nominal at $275. aLlow.—The market was modern firm. “Sales 125,00) Ibs. at 9ige. a and 2X wy Ibs. at Philadelphia, tor May deliver, Vonace The inquiry tor Kentucky has b tive and the market firmer.” Oth ¥ dent r of sales 0 » Wiseonst ana aed i r aft s3" Ma Tix. —The market for pie has been Ives aotive, but re- Ni Hin. Sales since our last:—500 pigs stratis nt 4c, old siiquoted acalige, a 4de. Plate tin haw irdeimand at full prices, The sales embrace xes Charcoal. p on private terms, 1,000 boxes iterne at gil Wold, and 500 boxes coke, 14x20, ¥ quiet for all desert p- quiry tor the past Prices throught. ned fi » bu out remain without porceptiule el We hear ot sales 91 12,000 Ibs. Cw 4750.5 3,000 lus. unwashed, foreign, 70. 5 26 bales Cape, 45)46°5 $7 bales Mestiaa, $3e. ; 15,000 Tbe Australian, 17 bates California, ail chp; and 5,000 Ibs. Cape, all ott private te WHlskey, laxat.— Hocel pty 68 bbls. The market wa a trifle ‘ and quicl. Sales. 10) bbls, at Sxqc, Most eellors Wore hyidiis (6 yas, i} | Why, there was no ju ; | such! | shortly after, an hour or two after the shoot- ing. It is also in evidence that at the time of the — killin, of the — deceased, | Rice, and her brother said to her, “I told you not to | that FANNY HYDE. Third Day's Proceedings in the Trial of the Alleged Murderess of George W. Watson. TEMPORARY INSANITY THE DEFENCE. Judge Tappen Refuses to Take the Case from the Jury. Watson Seeking His Own Death—Fanny at Sun- day School—A Host of Witnesses Giving Her an Excellent Character—An Incident of an Exhibition—Watson Throwing a Boquet at the Girl in Church—His Conduct to Her in the Factory—Skylarking with the Girls in Merrill's Building —The Murdered Man Seen Kissing His Destroyer by a Truckman. The attendance at the trial of Mrs, Panny Hyde, the alleged murderess of George W. Watson, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Brooklyn, yesterday, was as great as upon Monday, and an increased interest was manifested in the proceedings, The gallery and floors were crowed by people of all classes, and hundreds were unable to gain enter- ance to the courtroom, There was a larger num- ber of ladies present than on the previons day. The crowd of men endeavoring to force their way into the galleries was so great that officers were sent to the upper corridor to preserve order. ‘The prisoner was conveyed to the Court House in acarriage before the opening of the ‘Court. She was dressed the same as on Monday, and appeared as casyin her manner. Her husband, father and several ladies were seated by her during the pro- ceedings. Judge Tappen took his seat on the bench at ten o'clock, and was followed by Associate Justices Voorhees and Johnson. The proceedings were opened promptly at that hour, THE POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION. Dr. Joseph Creamer, one of the police surgeons, who made a post-mortem examination of Watson's body, testified that he found abrasions on the face and a portion of the skin removed from the left eye- brow; there wasan incised wound on the top of the head about an inch and a quarter in length and a bullet wound on the right side of the neck to- wards the pontarion part; he found the bullet im- pened in the brain. (Witness indentified the bul- let. : Was the course of that ball direct or tortuous ? A. It was direct—upward and forward, ). Did your examination develop whether the ball came in contact with anything which turned it from its course from the first? A, It did not; death was caused by the injury to the brain by this ball; a ern having such a wound would live a few min- utes. On the cross-examination by Mr. Morris witness thought that deceased was about five feet ten inches in joy G0} but he might have been taller. Witness described the abrasure on the face of de- ceased, which extended downward. Mr. r Pixley, father-in-law of Watson, was re- called, and said that he helped to carry the body from the stairway; deceased had ona light over- coat, which witness produced, and which the Dis- trict Attorney offered in evidence, There was ‘A BULLET HOLE in the collar of the garment. Mr. Morris handed witness photographs of three persons, one of whom Mr. Pixley said was a like- ness of his son-in-law, the deceased; almost at the same moment that witness got to deceased Mr. Merrill was there; a number of others assembled in the passage way & moment afterwards, among whoin was Mr, Potts. Q. What was the first thing you did? A. I put my hand on the wound and called for water; Mr. Merrill was feeling of enone! nobody got water; there was none procured. * Q. Were you ex A. I don’t know asI un- derstand the question. Q. Were you caim and collected? A. Remarkably so under the circumstances. .. Don’t you think you were a little excited? . ‘udge Tappen—I think he has answered the ques- ion. ‘rhe prosecution here rested. MR. MORRIS ASKS POR A VERDICT FOR THE PRISONER. Mr. Morris arose and said that he respectfully submitted that they were not called upon to make any defence in the case. He submitted that the people had not proven, in the first place, that Wat- son had been killed by the prisoner. Mr. Morris said that the District Attorney had proven— Mr. Britton—What is the motion now ? Mr. Morris replied that his motion was for the Court to direct the jury that the people had not proven their case. Ifthe prosecution had proved nothing and there was no evidence to warrant a conviction, it was the ofice of the Court to so direct the jury. The prisoner was indicted for murder in the first degree, andin order to sustain that, the people must prove beyond a doubt that the pris- oner toox the life of the deceased. And if they prove that they must prove also that the prisoner premeditated the death of the deceased when the deed was _— committed. The — people had not proved a fact from which an intent of Kill- ing could be inferred. They had only proved that the prisoner had purchased the pistol, and next they proved that when it was nexed seen it was in the possession of the brother. That was all the evidence there was in reference to this pistol. They (the prosecution) proved that after the shoot- ing Fanny Hyde was in the hallway and that shortly after that the place was filled with people. They proved that the prisoner's brother went there and made a remark, Waving his hand towards the prisoner, “] TOLD YOU NOT TO Do IT." Assuming that to be t was there any evi- dence to show that the prisoner killed Watson or that she did it intending to take life? Mr. Morris referred to the case of McCann, where the killing was admitted, and remarked that all killing was not murder, Unless the evidence showed the kill- ing to be done under circumstances warranting an intent, murder in the first degree was not proven. It had not been proven in this case. No one saw the circumstances under which this deed had been committed, and the law presumed that a person was innocent until proven guilt Assuming that to be the case, he asked what else had been proven. The people might say, ‘True, no one saw it; true, there was no motive proven: still we will Infer that she Mr, Morris submitted that they were nore a pen upon to make any defence in this case. alk o! HANGING THE FP SER! in Chri dom who, under circumstances, would take $10 from one man and putit in another man’s pocket. You can’t infer a person’s life away nowadays, ‘aon Attorney Britton made no reply to Mr. Morris. THB COURT WILL NOT TAKE THE CASE FROM THE JURY. Judge Tappen—It appears from the evidence on the part of the prosecution that the prisoner, in company with her brother, he officiating in the store, bought a pistol shortl; fore this transac- tion, that the brother asked, “Will that suit you?” That pistol is the pistol now produced in court. ‘That pistol is the weapon which the husband pre- sented to the police captain at the station house whether by his ownghand or another person, this visoner stood there fixedly looking him in the | do it,’ to which she made no response, ‘as far as any testimony on that point is concerned. Under allof t cireumstances, it is not a case that the Court could take from the jury. The Court thinks that the jury are entitled to pass upon the question of guilt or innocence, and that the prosecution are entitied to have that evidence given to the jury for purpose. The Court would be usurping its | powers by directing such a verdict. The motion is therefore denied, THE DEFENCE. General {Catlin then opened the ease for the re at great length, and in the course of emarks contended that the sympathy of the | He compli- having re- his community was with the prisoner. mented District Attorney Britton for fused the assistance of private counsel, one of whom of (Char pencer) had been offered’a retainer $2,500 by Watson's family. He argued that the, could be no compromise in the case—the prison ronst bi quitted, or convicted of murder in the first degree. If tie jury had a doubt as to the guilt of the prisoner, they must give her the benotit of it and acquit her like ‘al Catlin then proceeded to state the ci of the shoot- ing. He asserted that the 1 followed the | prisoner from the workroom, and, seizing her in very improper manner, endeavored to induce her to accompany him. SHE SPRUOGLED WHTIT TIM, and pra broke from him, scratching his face, followed her closely, and then she fired the shot, Counsel contended that the prisoner was no more responsible when sie did it than the pistol itself. I defen thon, was insanity. General Catlin entered into o vy | biography of the prisoner (who was born in Nottiighain) and claimed that she was chaste until six inonths after ske commenced to work for Watson, when she yielded to him. He kept pur- suing her and she attempted to leave this siavish- ness to hiw, but in yain, When she married Wat- son put lis hand on the Bible and took an oath that he would never molest her again, But he did, and a eans of threats accomplished his purposes, unvosouied bevegif jo byt husband then apd) pu re | ton of the various depa | Is7 told him all. Then Watson took another oath that he would not molest her, but he violated it and accom! his purpose again by threatening to expose her and RUIN HER REPUTATION if she did not submit. This was why she did not leave him. During his remarks General Catlin pro- duced @ photograph of the dece: the prisoner and another shop girl, representing Watson as sit- ting between the each of whom had a hand placed on his shoulder, Counsel denounced Watson as a seducer of young women, At the conclusion of the Ppeuing stares, twenty- ave minutes to one o'clock, the for an hour, was taken out to dinner in company with her husband. An immense crowd followed her from the Court Houge and hovered about until she returned, After recess the examination of ran WITNESSES FOR THE DEFENCE was proceeded with. Howard ley, of 236 tig street, was the first witness for the defence. He has known the accused for about four years, and became acquainted with her at the Bridge street Primitive Methodist church school, where she was @scholar; she was there in January, 1868, and attended there for about two years regularly; the latter part of the time she lived in Williamsburg; she left the school sometime in April or May, 1870, Just prior to her marriage ; her name was not taken off the books until after her marriage. . What was her conduct during the time you saw her’ <A. Morally good; she took part in the exhibitions of the Sunday school, Q. Did you know Mr. Watson? A. TI did not know him by the name of Watson. (Witness iden- tifled picture.) Witness saw Watsou at the last exhibition of the Sunday school. Q. Was he acquainted with the prisoner? A. I only knew him from a circumstance that hap- pened there, > Q. What was that circumstance District Attorney objected on the ground that the question wet irrelevant and incompetent, He con- tended that there was nothing in the circumstances of this casé according to the opening tor was there anything in the fact of two marrie parsons living together adulterously that that species of insanity claimed by the defence should follow. A lengthy argument ensued, Mr. Morms speaking for the defence, Judge pappen admitted the question, not particu. larly as bearing upon the question of insanity, but it was a fact and circumstance between two parties, WATSON THROWING A BOUQUET AT FANNY IN CHUROH. Witness then replied to the question, saying that Mrs. Hyde delivered an address at an exhibition, and at the conclusion somebody in the body of the church threw a bouquet on the platform; it came from a gentleman whose portrait witness saw in the picture produced in Court. ea were Fanny’s associates at that time? A. The girls of the class to which she belonged. ‘There were five or six who were acquainted inti- mately with her, Witness was superintendent of the school and Miss Henshaw teacher of the prison- er’s class. On the cross-examination Mr. Dageley identified the picture shown as that of the deceased, Q. It didn’t occur to you at that time that the bias Ge of this bouquet was an act of insanity? . No, sir, o What did she do with the bouquet? A. She picked it up. Q. You didn’t see her do anything there that in- dicated insanity? A. No, sir. FURTHER EVIDENCE OF FANNY'S PREVIOUS GOOD CHARACTER. Jane Thatcher, of 275 Bridge street, knew Fanny Hyde three or four years and became acquainted with her at this Primitive Methodist Sunday school, where she attended considerable time; witness saw the prisoner there after she was married; she attended until May, 1870; her conduct was very good. Edwin Holloway, of 38 Division street, a machine smith, knew Fanny Hyde over four years and be- came acquainted with her at the Primitive Sunday school when he was Superintendent there; her con- duct was excellent; witness saw Watson there. Mr. Holloway said that Fanny was in the habit of visit- ing his house and often came home with his daugh- ters from Sabbath school. John Marr, of No. 203 Hester street, New York, for whom the prisoner worked In the hair net busi- ness, in White street, from the middle of 1865 to 1868, gave her an excellent character for industry and upright conduct. She was in the habit of going to see his daughters; when the p@soner worked for witness she was under the charge of Mra. Marr; she was about eleven or twelve years old when she went to work for him and “uncommonly smart.” WATSON SKYLARKING WITH THE GIRLS, William Newton, of 29 Centre street, knew Fanny Hyde when she worked in Williamsburg in 1869, and noticed Watson’s conduct to her. Mr. Morris—State what it was, Witness—Watson used to sit among the girls (there were but few beside Fanny), skylark with fear and buy them candies and oyster stews and the like. Q. Had you spoken to him with reference to his freedom ? Mr. Britton objected. Admitted. Witness—Yes; I spoke to him; I told him — Mr. Britton interrupted and objected. Witness went on to state that he saw Watson go to her boarding house; Watson was following her wherever she went before and after marriage ; she was in the habit of remaining at the factory after all others had Jeft; he would ask her to stay and finish some nets; there were no persons there then but Fanny and Watson. (Witness identified the second female figure gn the photograph as that of Eliza Jackson.) This occurred three or four times, Mr. Newton, on the cross-examination, said that Watson went to New Britain, Conn., to his factory in June, and Fanny followed him to work there; she returned before Watson, and went to work for her father; she was married before she went to New Britain, and on her return went to live with her husband; she afterwards went back to Merrill's building to work. FANNY AND WATSON ALONE IN THE FACTO! Fanny and Watson used to remain in the factory after the others had gone, in the fall of 1869, before she was married. ness then repeated what Watson would say to her, how he would ask her to remain and fix nets, Mr. Britton—And this is what you call excuses? Witness—Yes, certainly; they did not stop there for us good, Mr. Britton—Did you see anything? ; Newton described how Watson used togollow Fanny from room to room. WATSON KISSING FANNY IN THE FACTORY, Mr. Britteon—What else did you see? A. 1 saw him put his arm around her neck and kiss her. Q. What was she doing? A. Letting him kiss her. Caughter.) Q. She didn’t make any resistance? A. I didn’t see any, : . When was this? A. In November, 1879. Did you notice whether she was kissing him or not? A. I did not. Q. Where was he kissing her? A. On the face; he put his mouth down like that (the witness bent his head downward, amid the laughter of the spec- tators) and kissed her on the side of the face. Q. Which arm did ho have around her’ A, The Witness—No, sii left arm. Q. Both standing? A. Yes, sir. Alexander Amos, 37 Rose street, knew Fanny four years; 1888, to July the time he was; e worked in the factory from October, @ noticed WATSON’S CONDUCT TO FANNY and saw him speaking with a smile on his face to her and tho other girls; witness left and returned in January, 1871; he noticed that Watson paid par+ ticular attention to Fann, Q. By Mr. Morris—Did you speak to him with re- rpee to his familiarity with Fanny and the other girls ? Mr. Butler objected. Mr. Morris—State all t you remember. What was Speak to him ? Witness—The lo: paying so much at attention to me, tion excluded, acts of familiarity that it that induced you to 8 T sustained by Mr. Watson ntion to the girls and his non- and sinile at them. The District Attorney did not cross-examine. The Court then, at ten minutes past four o'clock, adjourned until ten o'clock this morning. MUNICIPAL RETRENCHMENT. —— Comptroller Green's Decapitating Circus lar—Detailed Estimates Demanded from Heads of Departments. Comptroller Green has forwarded to the heads of departments and bureaus of the city and county governments the following circular relating to esti- mate of expenses for 1872, The employés, it seems, are too numerous, and the oficial guillotine will | soon reek with clerical gore. etrenchiment is the order of the and the ne ’ hours are numbered, as the Comptroller thinks the efliciency of the administration will not be Impaired by dis- missing 2 number of men whose burdens are light and salaries heavy. maile in reply to that circular, showing such reduet as can be mad the expenditures of your department for the remainder ot the year 1872, trom May 1 to Decen 7 L. The undesigned, bel ments and offices of thy tion of expen ny 8 trully in most of the depart- nt a considerable redu le without fapatring nd with great ndvantage to the invites the aid and co-opera- ts and of the govern: t inthe Work of effecting this reduction, to the end that the burden of ‘axation inay be rendered ax light as possible and that the judictons economy so essential to the Vaneenient of the city aud to the establishinent of Its itmay hereattor prevail in all branches of the Kov- miuent.” Yours, very respecttull - With the view of pre to carry on the y wn etfully parthent, at your jest estimate ‘of the sums required for the efficient m tenance of your department sor the ensting year, cor meneing with January 1, 1872 i ‘ou will se insert in detail the rs, clerks others in With the salaries a the law or ording ‘our departine i, Fund a ae nee aries. eee ead walaries should bo given as ‘as the circumstances will permit, Hvis earnestly recommended that, in theso esti. mates, ail expenses be limited to the tea mit Consist enewlth the eficient administration of your department, Yours. very ree DAK BB. LYRE, Comptrallar, much in , 1869, and ay was working there at | | Mr. Amos then went on to state | that Watson used to tap the girls on the shoulders | THE SEWING MACHINE. —-—_—— A. B. Wilson and His Patent Extension. —+—_—_. urt Look a recess | prig Early Struggles, Lawsuits and Profits. THE OPPOSITION ARGUMENTS. Enormous Profits of th Combination— The Case Coming the Senate Com- mittee on Pati-—-Widespread Interest in the Result, ; Wasuincron, April 16, 1872, The most important patent case ever brought {nto Congress will be argued before the Senate Committee on Patents and the Patent Oiiice en to- morrow morning, the 18th inst., commencing at half-past ten o'clock. It will hereafter be known as the great sewing machine case, it being upon the application of Mr. A. B, Wilson for an extension of a certain patent granted to him in 1850, and since reissued in two parts and once extended. Attor- neys Will appear both for and against the extension. Further on will be found about all that can be said upon both sides, The following is Mr. Wilson’s me- mortal, It will be found of interest, as showing what he has already received and the value he places upon it:— To THe Honoravte tue Concress or tae Unrrep States :— The memorial of Allen B, Wilson, of Waterbury, Conn., respectfully rep p rialist invented the frst friction feed 1. ‘That your memor sewing machine ever made, which created the art fagnity sewing by machinery, 2. That letters patent of ihe United States were issued to your memorialist for such invention November 12, i No. 1,776, which letters were duly reissued in two parts January 22, 1856, numbered respectively 345 and 344, and said reissue, No. 345, was again duly reissued ber 9, 1856, numbered 414, and said reixsucs, Nos. 346 414, were duly extended'by the Commissioner of Patents for’ seven years, and said extended reissued patents will expire November 12, 1871, 8. That your memorialist realized from the first terms of said patent and reissues no profits whatever; that he bas realized and reasonably expects to realize before N ber 12, 1871, trom the second term of said reissues, 346 414, about'edzhty-seven thousaud dollars, and that. the value of said invention to the public has proved t be more than one hundred million dollars. AN INVENTOR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 4. That your petitioner was a poor boy, with only a com- mon school education a without even the advant of # Zood machine shop to train him practically how to body his ideas; that he was the butt and Jest of all whom he tried to interest in his experiments; his sewing machine was prod nexperience he be: turers; that alter he succeeded in, associating fome capital and business experience with liis invention, ‘as the work of years to establish faith in the public of 3 8001 that any oat in sewing machines,and just a: mn as was established a swarm of unscrupulous infriny swept down and sought to appropriate the whole It took the entire profits of years to suppress them, 20 desperate, so defiant and persistent did they become. As fast as enjoined at the East they fled westward, and it was necessary to follow them from Court to Court, until now there is an adjudication based upon full prools, solemn hearing and elaborate argument from ALMOST EVERY FEDERAL JUDGR in the Northern circuits and districts of the United States establishing that the invention was original with your pe- titioner; that it made the art of sewing by mac! practical, which it never was before, by enabling seams of any curvature to be sewed at the pleasure of the oj rator, which no predecessor in this art had done, and sald reissues 346 and 414 are apt and just. 5. That your memorlalist asks the further extension of his said reissued patents on these grounds :— Fird—That your petitioner has done everything jm his power OBTAIN AN ADEQUATE REWARD. Second—That the remuneration received, when compared with the enormous benefits conterred upou the public, has been wholly inadequate. That a further time 1s necessary to your peti- tloner’s obtaining a reasonable amount of property to secure himself and family from the inconvenience of limited means at an advanced age, he havinj source of profitable and certain income, and will not in- jure the public or enhance the price at which good sewing Machines can be obtained, but will materially ald in re- ducing the cost thereof to individuals. All which, with other pertinent facts, your memortalist craves leave to verily by proofs, and prays that his ued letters patent, Nos. 346 and 414, may be extended by act of Congress for the term of seven years each, from and after November 12, 1871, and, as in duty bound, your memorialist will ever pra; ALLEN B. WL THE OTHER SIDE. The Florences, one of the Howes, and, it is under- stood, some fifteen other sewing machine manu- facturers oppose the extension. Remonstrances against the extension have been received from citi- zens in all parts of the country. The attorney for one of the opponents furnishes the following as the substance of his argument :— The two essential requisites in all sewing machines are :—first, to form the stitch ; and second, to feed the goods along to the needle. of these was covered completely by Elias Howe's patent, for which he admits he received $3,000,000. The feed is covered by no less than five distinct patents, all owned by a combination of sewing machine manufac- turers—ihrce of which are for the same thing. These tent of A. B, Wilson, June 15, 1350, reissued and ; Grover & Baker, June 22, 1852, also reissued extended. These two patents, which’ cover what is nieally known as the ‘MOTION FEED,” FOU! used in nearly all riachines inade, especially those used by families, will not as until June, 13/3. There ts silt another to A. B. Wilson, December 19, 1354, which also covered the same ground’ and for which extension Was asked in 1809, but which was righteously refused by Jommnissioner Foote. In addition to these they bought an old patent, granted te Bacheldcr, May 8, 1849, which was reissued November 1898, again September 2 1853, then extended by the Com* missioner, Halloway, and again relssued December 12, 1865. is nondescript has been so changed by these re enlargements one would ever recognize in It any- thing ever claimed by Bachelder, and It is now made to COVER ALL WILEEL FRED MACHINYS. Not satisfled with that thoy went to Congress a year ago ts session and procured Its extension, for which they are suid to ha’ $40,000, Now sre coma to the present job. In 1850, November 1% B. Wilson obtained 4 pate In 1806 got It ret n two patents, with claims that cover ANY AND ALL MACHINES that can be made. This ¢ m got it extended the Comsnissioner, Halloy or seven years, pired November 12, 1 ow have ‘the impu- lence to come before Congress and ask that body to revive this expired patent with thelr broad claims and to extend them for seven years more. To show the importance of these patents it ts only ne- cessary to refer to some of their points as covered by thelr preserit enlarged claims. For instance, reissue No. 340 has Tour claims, as follows : CLAIMS. cloth to progress regn- faces between which the cloth press ery tse hin a Hes, bs gone ged the cloth still while the needle Is in it in all machines. Third—Nolding the cloth down while the necdle is drawn outof it, in all machines. Tourth—Arranging the cloth presser so it can be raised or let down—so In all machines. ‘The other patent, reissue 414, contains the following claims: Firt—The combination in one machine of these three elements, viz. :-—First, a lable, or plaviorm, to support the served; second, a sewing mechanism little or any equivalents); and third, a feed move the cloth automatically—a combination neces sarily used in all machines. Seid shutile so constructed that it can he used by being moved back and fort), just what all shuttles mustdo. Third—A shuttle In conbination with jaws for driving it (a shuttle carrier), just what must be used in all shuttle mgchines. the AL slat ny person of common sense can see from this, without dQ Oran expert, that If these patents are revived I the’ entire business of making sewinj he combination, independent is of those previously ment our-motion feed’ chines sines i Will continue to do so, until June, 1873; and, machines Aso under the Bachelder patent, ail “wheel-feed until 1878, THE ACTUAL COST OF MACHINES, nse profits whieh the public has been d to pay this ring, it 1s only necessary tw state that the actual cost of making the standard sew- | i hines is from $5. to $7, exclusive of the table or, i complete trom $10 to $30. At the same time they And, what is more, the price Ten’ or. ¢ To show and still is | case; a | poll from 960% $300 each. I ats for some time past been ine 9 many of the standard machines were sold, with easing. $60 and $70 is obtained for the chines of the same patents. De ines in England fd under oath, 98 fole plain tabl plainest sort of 1 RI The prices of thre and the United Staves OWS = Singer Howe. : hg . Stowe t for the’ same classes of machines ep ve Riceantrics, ‘There is scarcely any differ. thee inthe costotmaterial or labor in any of them. Tn support of this is the Tollowing APPIDAYIT. ’ W. G. Wilson, President of the Wilson Sewing Machine npat Ly ap 1 Far “ Y the corporate Nai panies manutactaring Said machines .,._ ERED SMITH, Secor the Court of Common Picas of Cuyahoga county, ‘Ohio. to $369,085, hi in the aggre- tual cos machines was round numbers, about $4,125,188, thus over $15,000,000 that the public it 1870 ye #1870, rant lice th fe a leaving ac paid these companies in the Latierly they have refused to uf s tonny business ey limit th i Were itn chines now mado turers a profit of y have the unblush pngress to exiend their patent Jarged claims, to enable thom to continue this outea monopoly and tax on. the ople for years to come. It would bé the sume thing precisely it Congress wero to. Dass a law sitying that every family and every poor sew- Iie girtor woman in U pay to this ring from 29 to $W out ot their har Jor the privilege of Using @ sewing machine. lo it? viny doliars of capital, hacked y fo vt Ais twas DULAC Yule Anuwtur as eildod Wy: Unnwe wie id shall ar A. B. WILSON'S MEMORIAL. ? noother .