The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-06 00:00:00

THE AMERICAi PRESS.

The Cincinnati Commercial of the 27th June,
says :
" Tom Allen, the champion pugilst of the United States,
was to have made his appearance n this city yesterday
having reached Vincennes on his wAy here from St. Louis.

lie did not come, however. He returned to St. Louis in-
stead, in response to a telegram. k is probable that by
the time this reaches our readers M. Allen will have sur-
rendered the belt, beaten in one rouid by a young woman,
his early love, who ran away Iron home to share his
honours. When Allen came to the country, two years
since, she attempted to come out wilt him, but was pre-
vented by her parents. Not long since, however, her family
came over and settled in New York State. The young lady
flimediattdy commenced a corresjondence with Allen,
which was kept up until the recent fight with M'Coole.
That fight settled the business, nol only with Mike, but
with the English girl. She couli no longer resist the
pleadings of her old lover, now suddenly become famous
the country over. So she left her parents and home be-
tween two days, met Torn at Vintennes, and proceeded
with him to St. Louis, in seare.h of a church and a minis-
ter of the gospel. Tom is a winner."

A Lynchburg (Virginia) paper on the late elec-
tion says :

" Rejoice, 0 Virginians, with unspeakable joy at your
deliverance. You may now clasp your wives and chil-
dren to your bosoms and feel that you are safe. You may
now behold your possessions and feel that they will not
bo ruthlessly torn front you to satiate the swarms of
greedy and thieving adventurers who pollute Virginia by
their presence."

The removal of the capital of the United States
is gravely discussed by the Chicago Tribune with
as much earnestness as if a bill to that effect had
passed Congress, and the decision on the new site
had been referred to the people to daermine at the
polls. The Tribune says the choice lies.between
Cincinnati, Chicago, Memphis, and St. Louis, and
votes in favour of St. Louis, after showing the ad-
vantages and disadvantages of the several cities
mentioned.

The Louis Times has the following :

"The-violation and brutal murder of 'a young married
woman, near Greenvilh', Illinois, is creating intense ex-
citement both in that State and Missouri. The victim was
but eighteen years old, and had been married about one
year. The scene of the crime was the farm-house of the
young husband, M'Adams, about three miles south of
Greenville. The body of the woman was found lying
upon the back, with the limbs doubled under, as though
she had fallen upon her knees and been pulled backward
by the murderer. Her clothes were considerably torn,
and the body bruised. Her hair was torn and dis-
hevelled. Her throat was cut, and she had been stabbed
in the neck several times,. and six times in the right
and four times in the left side, besides other severe
injuries. She had run about 100 yards before her mur-
derer caught and butchered her. The head was dis-
figured by brutal blows, and the fair face was bruised
and cut by the fiend's fist. Very strong circumstantial
evidence points to a man named John Moore as the
assassin. When the coroner's jury first examined the
case, they returned a verdict of murder by an unknown
person. This verdict was based upon the statement of
this man Moore. Suspicion, however, began to attach to
him, from his contradictory statements, and from his
officiousness in the matter of ferreting out the murderer.
His appearance was strange, and a few people staid at
his house to watch him. He arose during the night
and dressed himself, putting on a pair of now boots.
Ho went out and walked about for soma time, without
any apparent object, and went down the creek, proba-
bly with a view of making confusion iu the tracks by
which it was afterwards found he had returned home from
the scene of the murder. On being asked his reason for
dressing he said ho was cold—an extremely singular
excuse on a warm summer night. It is known that
Moore was alone with the murdered woman a short time
before the deed, and while all her farm hands, with her
husband, were in the harvest-field. His statement is
that he passed Mrs. M'Adams's house and exchanged
the compliments of the day with her as she stood upon
mhe porch. He states at this time a stranger was sitting
on a block about 30 feet from the porch, near the wall.
He did not speak to him, merely nodding, as is the rural
custom. He passed on through the gate to his own
house, about a quarter of a mile away. After putting
up his horse, he went out into the field near by to
handle some wheat. Ile had hardly got to work ore
ho hard screams in the direction of Mr. M'Adams's
house, and in a few moments again heard He
started rapidly for the house. He found no one in the
house or about it. He thou proceeded to the barn, and
not finding any body, he climbed upon the fence, near the
house, and out in the wheat field about sixty yards off he
saw some object lying in the stubble. Ile went to-it and
found Mrs. M'Adams lying dead; he took hold of her
hand and called her by name; he then returned the same
Ally he came, and told his wife that Mrs. M'Adams was
murdered. After this he alarmed the neighbours. This
dory of the "stranger" is regarded as mythical. Mrs.
Moore was cot at home when Moore says, he told her of
-he murder. His tracks show that he went south into
he woods, made a circuit, crossed a little creek, and got
o his house, which was east of the scene of the murder
L quarter of a mile. Ho wore a pair of cerrse boots
without heels. There were no tracks I:Ading to
it- from the corpse exc.•pt those corres iendin
t) his own. The tracks were fresh.- He denied going
round through the woods, but the boets he wore fitted the
tracks exactly. There teas human blood found upon the
boots in several places. On his pantaloons, which he bad
taken off and hidden in the loft of his dwelling, were
other spots of blood. He had evidently attempted to wash
the blood from his clothing. He accounted for the blood
in a co .fused manner, saying that it was cherry stains,
or came from his nose 'Bleeding. His shirt was take n
off him, and a bloodstain found on the right sleeve.
His arm was scratched and bruised in several places,
as though inflicted by a human hand iu a struggle.
His knife bad evidently been thrust into the ground to
...lean it ; but some earth was found in the hAndle,
which was taken out and found to be mixed with blood.
No ono had seen anything of the stranger described by
the man Moore, and a thorough search of the fields and
woods disclosed no traces of any such individual. There
has been a strong disposition to lynch Moore, and had
there been a little more positive proof of his guilt, his life
would have paid time forfeit of his crime. A crowd of
excited citizens has lingered about Greenville discussing
the propriety of taking him from gaol and giving him a
short shrift. But cooler counsels Lave thus far pre-
vailed."

By news from Greenville, dated July 14, it ap-
, ears that

" John Moore has written out a full confession of the
!rime. He attempted to take improper liberties with her,
Ind being resisted and threatened with expogure by her,
he took her life. There is a great deal of excitement, but
it is hoped no outbreak will take place. Moore says in
his confession that ho hopes the people will not mob him,
but give him time to preparo.for death. A large crowd
constantly surrounds the gaol." _ _ .

Of the Hon. Asa Parker, Democratic candidate
for Governor of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia
Press says :
" He has been a quiet aspirant for political rreferment
for some time. He has been ' a life-long Democrat,' and is
thoroughly imbued with all the ideas of that party. He
has, on several occasions, been intrusted with positions of
honour and profit at their hands, and perhaps it is fort-2-
nate for him that the shades of private life saved him
from the extravagant commitments that brought infamy
to the public functionaries of his party at the outbreak of
the war. Pending the great struggle he followed his in-
terests, and remained as nearly neutral as possible; but
his affiliations were not in the least impaired. Rumour
has it. that $lOO,OOO is the price paid by him for the nomi-
nation. Judge PAckor'a identity with, if not ownership
of the Lehigh Road will detract materially from his
strength in. the State. That corporation is instinctively
anti-Pennsylvanian. By means of it New York has been
able to work disastrously upon several leading interests
of the State."

The New York Tribune shows how he, a Connec-
ticut boy of old-fashioned Yankee stock, at the age
of 17, and with only $lO in his pocket, settled in
Pennsylvania, and turned his $lO into $20,000,000 !
honestly—it believes. Being a Democrat, the
Tribune takes offence at these twenty millions,
which, had he been a Radical, would have been
twenty millions of proofs of his capacity. The idea
of making a man a Governor of a great State be-
cause he has $20,000,000 !
" Whoever will look intelligently about him will be sur-
prised to note how many are filling stations to which their
wealth alone has elevated them. . . . It is high time
that keener perceptions had established a better standard
of fitness for exalted public trusts."
The Silver City (Idaho) Tidal Wave says that :
"The trial of Al► Choy and Ah Stun, now going on in
the District Court, for the murder of Ah Son, is creating a
greater interest than any trial that has ever occurred here
on account of the novelty of the method of swearing wit-
nesses. A rooster's head is hacked off with a knife, a
saucer broken, the oath written ou yellow paper, burned,
and the smoke, in which is supposed to be the spirit of the
burned oath, blown up to heaven in each case. The pro-
seculion and defence each swore five witnesses, killed five
chickens, broke live saucers, burned five pieces of paper,
lc. After killing the chickens they are thrown away by
the Chi amen and considered unfit for use, but having had
their throats cut, nicely bled, &c., the American heathen
considers them none the worse for having been sworn by,
and we confess to having been guilty of the sacrilege of
assisting to devour a portion that was really fat, tender,
and good to our unsanctified palate."

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