The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-09 00:00:00

TYREE FEDERAL CHIEFS.

(From the new number of "All the Year Round," just
publisd.)
SECRETARY WILLIAM SEWARD.

Mr. Seward may be forty-eight or fifty; his hair,
a little in disorder, is light mingled with grey; his
eyes, deep sunk beneath his eyebrows, are small,
but very sharp; his aquiline nose presents a very
decided curve; his whole countenance reveals clever-
ness and intellect. He is an excellent companion,
very merry, very lively, and familiar from the first
shake of the hand. His manners are so free and
easy, that they almotit excite suspicion at the outset.
One is apt to believe that craft cannot help lying
hid behind so frank an exterior. But such is not at
all the case. Mr. Seward is a capital fellow, very
open, and a bit of a joker. Everybody knows, too,
that although Mr. Lincoln is at the head of the
Government, the real man of importance, the verit-
able chief of the Republican party, is Mr. Seward.
Rich, independent, gifted to a high degree with
the impassioned, aggressive, boastful, facetious elo-
quence whichpleases Anglo- S axon meetings, he early
acquired great popularity. When the Republican
party had to choose a candidate for the presidency,
Mr. Seward's supporters were sufficiently numerous
to cause alarm. By a_clever decision he avoided the
risk of a check. He offered his support to Mr. Lin-
coln. The move succeeded, and he took for himself
the next post after the presidency—the secretary-
ship of foreign affairs. He speaks no language
besides English, and knows little about Europe ;
although he has the habit of saying with an em-
phasis which is somewhat comic, that he spent se-
veral years at the principal European Courts to
acquire the art of governing men.

PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

A few minutes after Mr. Seward's entrance, Mr.
Lincoln made his appearance. His stature is so
much above the average that he might be styled a
giant, were not the word—the expression of
strength and power in the biblical and mythologi-
cal senses—now confined to the vocabulary of tum-
blers and showmen. His countenance bears no
marked character, but approaches to the Celtic
type of Auvergne, with a long head and a sharp
nose. His hair is very black, as is also his beard,
coming to a point after the American fashion. If
this physiognomy expresses benevolence and frank-
ness, his attitude and manners are those of a modest,
nay, a timid person. Perhaps his embarrassed ad-
dress—which communicates itself to those with
whom he converses—is nothing more than the diffi-
culty experienced by men of his height in conceal-
ing it a little, and maintaining their equilibrium.

GENERAL M'CLELLAN.

Each of the great European armies offers a well-
characterised type of officer, beneath which type
individual peculiarities of manner, language, and
even constitution, in some sort disappear. An
English officer does not resemble an Austrian officer ;
a French officer differs from a Russian officer.
M'Clellan reminds you of the type of the French
Artillery officer. The reason is, that he was edu-
cated at West Point school, which is a mixture of
the French Military and Polytechnic schools. The
student of West Point speaks foreign languages,
principally French. In respect to literature, science,
and military art, he has been nursed in the worship
of the great European models. Consequently he is
a stranger to that narrow patriotism, that national
exclusiveness, which concentrates all the ideas,
studies, and admiration of Cie Americans upon
America. The study of pure science and mathema-
tics has inspired him with a taste for theoretical
speculations which is shared by few of his country-
men. He is polite, discreet, reserved. He has ac-
quired the art of appearing modest, and of obtaining
respect by unpretending manners. He is able to

conform to the habits and customs of the strangers
with whom he comes in contact, and he practises
every rule of the most scrupulous urbanity with a
certain dash of republican pride which is wanting
neither i❑ charm nor in dignity. This class of men,
so different from the Yankees, does not seem to Have
hitherto obtained, in the direction of public affairs,
a share proportionate to the merit, the knowledge,
and the conscientious integrity which distinguish
the majority of its members.

FRENCH IMPORTS.

The last official Customs returns published show
a progressive improvement in French imports, and
a still greater one in exports. If the value of the
corn and cotton imported into France be deducted
from the gross amount it will be found that the
imports far the first seven months of the present
year exceed those of the corresponding period of
the year 1862 by 72,000,000 f, and those of 1861
by 123,000,000 f. Of the 84 articles mentioned in
ethreeaoseffidc,iaelerdetthuernses,
etfhemimhpaovretadtiiomnis of 38 havehiehed,hut thein-
sum total has increased. The most considerable
increase is 6,500,0001. on fresh and salted meats,
35,000,000 f. on silks, 4,000,000 f. on tallow,
8,000,000 f. on guano, 3,000,000 f. on oil seeds,
1,500,000 f. on coffee, 1,000,000 f. on tobacco in leaf,
'6,000,000f. on flax, 36,000,000 f. on cotton, and
1,000,000 f. on sugar. The principal diminution is
on corn and flour, 69,000,000 f. ; rice, 1,000,000 f. ;
dried vegetables, 1,725,0001.; table fruit, 1,000,000 f ;
®rtsFoo;etTnfacothfr.eign manufactured articles has
olive oil, 6,000,000 f.; coal, 4,000,000 f. ; iron,
the importation of articles
10,000,0001. ; cast moental,anla,Olyosoi,nooaof.th;
these returns
1,000,000 f ; woollen stuffs, 10,000,000 f ; cotton
manufacturers has increased,
ciuwtlsohetidhlaesp,
pbreh7aa,
diminished. The progressive improvement in ex-
ports is more remarkable. The Customs returns
show, by excluding cotton and corn, an increase
during the first seven months of the present year
over the corresponding period of the year 1862 of
185,000,000 f., and over that of the year 1861 of
310,000,000 f. Of the 82 articles mentioned in the
official returns there was an increase in the exporta-
tion of 59 and a diminution of 23. The most re-
markable increase is on wrought silk, 30,000,000 L n;
woollen stuffs, 30,000,000 f. ; linen and bemPaed,
cloth, 2,000,000 f. ; linen and hempen
stehdrelea-
-5,000,000f. ; tanned hides, 6,000,000 f. ;
n i flowers,
haberdashery, 4,000,0001.;
board, 2,000,000 f. ;
tiler, 7,000,000 f. ; clocks and watch.fiescpar°l
1,000,000 f. ; paper and P
- sr
wines, 5,500,000 f.;
' china and pottery, 1,000,0001i.v;e
oil, 1,000,000 f
brandies, 11,000,0001. ; esoo,ooof. ;
0 °adds, 2,000,000 f.; re-
drugs, 1,000,000 f.; Botoeig; native beetroot sugar,
25'n,50,000f.; timber, 6,000,000 f.;
ow and game),
native resin, 3,00°P
4,500,000 f. ;
01, 100,000,000 f. ; hair of every
3,000,000/. ; raw silk, 24,000,0001 •
fi2,nseodo,osouOgr'raga• ;
eggs cf
000 f.; cornflour and dried vegetables,
sundry articles, 10,000,000 f. The
•
20,00
only articles on which the diminution of the
export is remarkable are jewellery, 3,000,000 f. ;
made-up linen, 9,000,000 f. ; madder, 6,000,000 f. ;
chemical produce, 3,000,0001.; preserved vegetables,
2,000,0001. ; cotton wool, 8,000,000 f.; sowing seed,
2,000,0001. ; mules, 2,000,000.
description,h
ers
eoio,00;

A FREE KIRK MINISTER AMONG THIEVES.—The
Rev. Mr. Elder, of Free West Church, Rothesay,
went away on a trip to the Continent a few weeks ago.
Having visited Venice. he, in company with several friends,
as also two or three foreigners, while proceeding in a dili-
gence from Venice to Chiaveuna, I; aly, were attacked by
a party of brigands, who were all armed. The passengers
were robbed of everything the brigands could lay their
hands on, and about £:300 was taken from those in charge
of the diligence. It is conjectured that the brigands knew
of such a large sum of money being conveyed in the dili-
gence, and were on the outlook. We are glad to state that
no personal injury was sustained by any one, and that the
party arrived the same night in Chiavenna. Greal.exer-
tions were being made by the Government authorities to
searched
capture the brigands, and the country Was being
in all directions by soldiers, but as yet without success. We
understand that the Rev. Mr. Elder has reached Brussels,
and expects to be in England next week.--Rothesay
Chronicle.

Yesterday the _
hampton on the body of William Chenery.
Ann Corbett, of Dudley, deposed that on a Fri-
day, a month ago, a woman came to her at her
house in Tower-street, Dudley, and asked her to,
be allowed to see a house which she (witness) had
to let. She went away, saying she would go and
tell her husband. This was in the dusk. She af-
terwards returned, and told her her husband's name
was William Smith, and that the house would suit
him. Witness gave her the key, and did not see
her again. The house remained locked, and a few
days afterwards witness's husband went to the gns
works and found that no one worked there of the

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running and
given name. At length William Johnson got into
entered
upstairs,
the house by an upstairs' window, and came down
and forced open the front door. On the following
day (Thursday) Mr Shaw and his family took the
a mad woman lying upstairs !" Witness herself
went up into the attic, and having seen the foot
and leg of a woman, ran back down stairs, and
then
gave an alarm. The police corfytihnegi,r c“hli,lhderreen,:,
took possession
of the house. sboatne ke

Mary Eliza Field, the wife of a ashw her at
skirt
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fortnightrailway guard,
before
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e her
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sthteeaSdmataunrdvavyasnight,found
,
quarter past t
olo2k. at thesh edoor a ofd dressed
et
shsee house which she
afterwards in a
and a lilac body. The skirt was drawn a
dark
over sk
head, which was without a bonnet, Witness did
not see her again. Yesterday (Monday) she saw
the body exhumed. By the clothes she c)uld re-
cognise that the body was that of the same woman
she had been speaking of.
Elizabeth Farnell, mother of the man Chenery, was
recalled. She averred she was the wife of the man
with whom she was now living. She saw the body
that had been taken out of the grave. It was in the
tool-house of the cemetery, and the witness was
satisfied in her own mind that the body was that of

Rosannah.
A letter was here produced by Mr. Nesbitt, sur-
geon, of Wolverhampton, which was found in the
pocket of the woman exhumed. The envelope was
addressed to " Mrs. Welleham, Post-office, Willen-
hall" (Mrs. Farnell sometimes called herself by that
name). The letter inside was as follows:
July 31, 1863.
My dear Mother.—l have been trying to get work at
Birmingham, and I cannot get any. I cannot live this un-
happy life any longer. You know the reason that I have
never known what it was to have one day's peace since she
came back. I cannot get work, or, mother, I would ; and I
am too tired of this work altogether. It is not selling—it is
begging the people to buy. Tell that party if I could have
got anything to do I would have done according to promise.
Witness continued—There was no signature to
the letter. The writing was that of her son. Wit-
ness also identified a purse found on the body of
the exhumed woman as that which Rosannah used
to have in the market. She could not tell whom her
son referred to when he wrote " tell that party."
She knew nothing of her son having "no peace
since she came home." When she last saw her son
he said, " Mother, you look very bad, come and
have a glass of port wine; I have got some money,
for I have received it from that party, and I have
got it here," pointing to his breast. Her son never
e
complained to her of having been robbed by any one
but the deceased woman.
Mr. Francis A. Nesbitt, Mountferd-place, Wol-
verhampton, surgeon to the South Staffordshire
General Hospital, &c., deposed that in obedience to
the coroner's order he proceeded to the cemetery at
Dudley on Monday, Sept. 9,1863, at 3 p.m.,to be pre-
sent at the exhumation of the body of the deceased
bodyr
removedwa s much f
for
r decomposed.anaiysng.TheTh The
re-
mains i
(of a brown colour) had all fallen from the scalp,
the eyes from their sockets, the flesh from the
cheeks, and several teeth from the mouth. Parts
of woman.er dress hwere
evidently belonged to a full grown and well
developed though a small woman, and bore no
marks of violence. It was impossible to speak to
the cause of death. No bones were fractured, and
as far as could be found there was no internal injurics.
Henry Gibbons sworn—l am a surgeon, residing
at 28, Stamford-street, in this town. I am also
medical officer to the Wolverhampton Union-house
and the Fever Hospital. On Friday, Aug. 14, at
about a quarter after ten o'clock in the morning, as
I was proceedicg along Bilston-street to attend to
my public duty at the union, I was, when opposite
No. 4 Court, accosted by several people, who ap-
peared to be in a very excited state. I was informed
that a man had just been found dead in an upstairs
room in that court As soon as a key of the house
was procured, I entered the house and went up-
stairs. At that time the Effluvium was almost in-
tolerable. I did not at that time make any thorough
examination. By the direction (,f the coroner, and
in conjunction with Mr. Shadweil, surgeon of this
town, and Mr. Keogh. senior surgeon of the South
Staffordshire General ll,)spital, I have since done
so. After examining the room we then adjourned
to the dead-house at the union to make the post.
mortem examination. Phe body was black, was
very much decomposed, and after minutely detcrib•
ing the course of the examination, the witness con-
tinued—l have made an analysis and microscopic
examination of the stomach and its contents, and
various matters found in the room. The

stomach
thheneos tshtereartwe
had
reveal
dnl
upon
patnohnye i
stttoraarideneisn
aoonrfyt
gashp eo ifistooaonrr.,
the skin of the body. From the inves-
a examination, I am of opinion, first, that
revealed.. traces of human blood in considerable
The
aggt
shua the deceased quantities.
1 at
alsolteandtsr mattress,
xT,
died from injuries to the head and great
loss of blood (apparently several (parts) ; second.
that these injuries and this violenee were inflicted
by some person or persons other than the deceased
himself ; third, that after death the body was laid
out, and the pillow placed under its head ;
fourth, that after death the body was painted or
brushed over with tolerably hot. gas tar (this pro-
bably with a view' of preventing detection from
smell as long as possible) ; and, fifth, that the sheet
and counterpane were placed on the body and tucked
under the head by some person or persons other
than the deceased.
The Coroner then said he thought it would be
better for them to adjourn the inquest to enable the
police to make a further investigation of the circum-
stances. The identification of the woman Stead-
man, however, was now complete.
Two or three other Wolverhampton witnesses
then identified Steadman by her clothes.
Mr. Gibbons afterwards remarked that there was
i)
hop
owrien
evidence.
saw heron
aAhntenrgos
oe.
no
the
01
aryd
oue thing he wished to state to the jury.
Another
Tntt stained
erporfnaut-
tress beneath the head of the deceased NW e
with a large quantity of blood.
Bealey—We cannot find, any one who
quantity had also been shed upon the
better than adjourn.
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another
h o centref
bloodt e rpart
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thi
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surface of the mattress, andboatYls Po
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mttehhveeeet
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them
sbteoteghnee
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injuredef or r, eo r but
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A Juror—We can
eg:erhrt : r the
evidence.
said that if any of the jury, all. of
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elucidate the matter,
fortnight, for whose statement would. tend to
9 they ought to have it produced.
forward any
adjourned the inquiry to that day

Suicide on the Railway at Wandsworth

, An inquest was held on Monday evening at the
Union Workhouse (Wandsworth and Clapham
Union), Wandsworth, before W. Carter, Esq., coro-
ner for the eastern division of Surrey, on the body
of Daniel Lane, a bricklayer's labourer, who met
his death on Saturday morning under very extra-
ordinary circumstances.
James Saunders, the driver of an engine on the
Brighton and South Coast line, stated that on Sa-
turday last, about 10.50 a.m., he left London for
Victoria with a train which was to stop at all the
stations. They stopped at Balham, and were to
have stopped at New Wandsworth. Half a mile
before reaching that station witness had shut off the
steam with a view of stopping there, when he saw
a man (deceased) standing beside the fence, near
the Patriotic Fund School. When the train was
within eight or ten yards of him he stepped between
the metals with his back towards the approaching
train, which was then proceeding at a rate of bur
tween 25 and 30 miles an hour. Witness whistled for
ges, and he hi
the breaks to be put on the carria
self put the engine break on. The man appeared to
be watching the approach of the train. He was
overtaken almost instantaneously, but the train
could not be stopped until it had proceeded nearly
Went to the front, end
500 yards. Witness at once
found deceased hanging on to the lamp-iron, which
had caught him at the back of the neck and entered
the base of the skull. His toes had been dragging
on the ground. The body was taken down and com-
mitted to the care of the plate-layers, and witness
proceeded with the train. From his manner, wit-
ness was sure that the deceased meant to destroy
himself.
Evidence was then given to show that the un-
fortunate man had been suffering in his head.
The jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased
had destroyed himself while in a state of temporary
insanity ;" and, in reply to the Coroner, the jury
declared that the engine-driver and other railws
officials were entirely free from blame,

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JIEMATRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE. --
1141 ~ Managers, Messrs. Edmund Falconer and F. B.
Chatterton.—The Public is respectfully informed that the
above (the National) Theatre will he ONE for the
WINTER SEASON, on SATURDAY NPEEXT, SD eptember
12th, when will be produced an entirely new and
original Comedy, by Edmund Falconer, Auth
entitled
or of
" Extremes," " Woman." " Peep o'Day," &c.,
NATURE'S ABOVE ART : A Romance of the Nursery, in
which Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Ryder,G.
Belmore, F. Charles, Neville ; Miss Charlotte Saun lers,
Miss Murray, Miss R. Leclercq, Mrs. Melville, and Mrs Ed-
mund Falconer. assisted by other artists, will perform.
After the Comedy will be presented a Popula, Farce, prin-
cial characters by favourite members of the Company.
Bopx-office open from Ten till Five daily.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. George Vining.
Open under the Management of Mr. Walter Montgomery.
THIS EVENING, KING JOHN. King John, Mr. Walter
Montgomery ; Faulcounridg,e, Mr. Henry Loraine.
To be followed by FAMILY JARS.
Commence at 7.

NEw THE taltE-I{.o eAL, ADELYII.I._
Sole pronrotor and Manatrer. Mr. R. Webster.
THIS EVENING (for the Benefit of Mr. J. L. Toole), THE
TRAGEDY QUEEN. Mrs. Stirling.
Followed by YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER. Messrs. J.
L. Toole, P. Bedford, and M's.
OPERATIC SELECTIONS, by the Nelson Sisters.
After which, THE ROSEBUD OF STINGINGNETTLE
FARM. Messrs. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith.
And T E HAUNTED MAN; or, the Ghost's Bargain, in
which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of
`he Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. 'Toole, R. Phillips,
Sefton. C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. Mr.
Leigh Murray.

Followed by (45th time) THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL
THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier,
Clifton; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria
Simpson, Wallace, anct Jenny White.
To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Mr. Turner, Miss
Thorne.

Commence at 7.

T" THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,"
Containing the Latest SPORTING LNTELLIGENCE,
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G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT,
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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 11h. 45m.—Afternoon, h. m.
To-moßßow.-Morning, 12h. 20m.—Afternoon, 12h. 40m.

The Weather—Sun Office, Sept. 9, 1863.