Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-25
Reported expressly for the Daily Times.
FLORIDA ELECTIONS
Murder i'm 5Vash-
ingtOn.
YOUNG KETCHUM AGAIN.
Correspondence between Minister
Adams and Earl Russell.

Correspondence between Minister
Adams and Earl Russell.
New YORK, Oct. 24-The Herald's Wash
ington special says the murder of Harriet Wells
by her parameur Levi L. Farrell, which oc-
| Cured yesterday morning, on 18th street,
proves to have been a more diabolical deed
than was at first supposed. The evidence be-
fore the coroners jury, to-day, shows that the
murderer deliberately administered chloroform
to his victim while she was asleep, then stran-
gled her to death, threw her body into closet,
robbed her of her watch and jewelry, and the n
fed. He has not yet been arrested. The rea-
son alleged for this inhuman murder is that
Farrell wished the woman to marry him which
she refused to do. He added that if she did
not marry him, she should never marry another.
The deceased, although keeping house of
prostitution is said TO be respectfully connec-
| ted, and has son at school, at New Bruins
wick, New Jersey, for which place she inten-
ded to start this evening. She was thirty five
years of age, and came to this city with her
paramour Farrell and with whom she has lived
on happy terms up the moment of her tragical
death. She is native Of Albany. New York.
| 1t is said that Farrell comes originally from
| Massachusetts.
| Gen. Grant has ordered that the organization
and armament of mounted batteries will in flu
| ture consist Of "A privates, l3 officers, sc sa-
| bres, drivers not being armed, and the revolver
! for the change of pieces and calssons One Of
| the two authorized mounted batteries of each
regular artillery regiment will have four Napo-
| leon guns and the other four three, each, ri
| fled Rodman guns. The regimental commau-
der will designate to which battery each arma-
| ment shall be assigned.
The following order has Just been issued by
| the Secretary of War:
October Il, 1860.
General Orders,
No. l02.
Hereafter no person shall be arrested as a
deserter for having faileG 10 report under any
draft or for any other noncompliance with the
enrolment act or the amendments thereto.
T Any and all persons of this class, now held,
| will be Immediately discharged.
By order of the Secretary of War
(Sgned) L. D. TOWNSEND, A.AG
Brevet Major General Lorenzo Thomas, Ad-
jutant General of the U. S. Army, will shortly
| ask to be placed on the retired list, and will
| take up his residence in Louisiana on a cotton
| estate which he has purchased there.
Advices have been received here from the
| election in Florida, which took place on the
| 10th inst. very light vote was polled, not
| to exceed 5000 IN the entire State, and the
delegates elected to the State Convention are
| mostly of a strong Union character and strong
ly endorse the policy indicated by Gov. Mar
| win. Judge Burrett was elected delegate from
| the Jacksonville district.
| Strong efforts are being made to induce the
President to release ex-senator David Yulee,
| of Florida, from Ft. Pulaski where he is low
| confined. Mr.. YuIee is President of the Jack
| sonville and Tallahassee r. r., and man of
! wide influence in his State, and his release is
| greatly desired by the people of Ala bama, in
| order that he may exert himself for the resto-
ration of business prosperity in that State
| A delegation from Florida is here urging the
suspension of the order Of Gen. Howard as to
| the occupation of the Sea Islands. They want
the freedmen kept there temporarily until all
| arrangements can be made tor their transmits
| sion to the State of Florida, where their labor
| is much needed by the planters
The He raids Washington special saws Col
John w. Fairfield, of Hardin county. ex-chief
of the rebel Loa sstreets staff and Who received
| special pardon from the President a short time
| since, has forwarded the necessary documents
|
| above county, now held by the Freedmen's
Bureau, and which is known as the Monroe
estate.
Since the execution of Champ Ferguson at
Nashville certain parties here, who are fam
iar with Col. Mosby's war history are inter-
| esting themselves with view to bringing the
latter to what they think Justice. They al
lege that Mosby, although rose colored, gen.
tlemanly sort OF q vllan Was guilty of guer
uy1,;n oh
Champ Ferguson blush. They claim to have
the names Of ex.rebel officers among the list of
witnesses wherewith to prove his inhuman
| crimes.
| In consequence perhaps of the raising of
monies, organized efforts to prevent the mus.
terng out OF the veteran reserve corps by the
next Congress, it IS said that the authorities
have fully decided to dispose of the corps be-
fore that body meets. Gen, Fry and other
friends of the corps seem TO have overreached
themselves, and to have precipitated, bv their
| own conduct, the very action thew desired to
| prevent Mr.. Stanton $ alswer to a recent
, application for commlssOn in that CORDS was
that before the commission could he made out
J and forwarded, the corps would cease to
, exist. Gen. Grant is also Understood to favor
the mastering out Of all troops executing those
of the regular army. IL ttls should prove in
| ADEQUATE to the emergeucies of the future
-
, The death sentence of the Indian Chief Med
cine Bottle and Little Six, implicated in the
Minnesota massacre Of three wears AGO. has
been suspended by the President in Difference
to the remonstrance OF Bishop Grace of that
| State.
New YORK, Oct. 24.-Edward D. Ketch-
} nm, formerly of the firm of Ketchum, Son a.
, Co.,. and now confined in the Tombs mder in.
dictment for the heavy Wall street forgerios
Yesterday enjoyed TEMPORARY release from
Imprisonment, he being. by virtue Of a writ of
g Labeas corpus taken from Ills cell and con.
where he was kept under guard While
the ar.unent was Icing leard ON a
e motion that he be allowed to testify in
h a certain case, growing Out his transactions.
q The suit was one brought by Mr.. VIM II Me-
Wicker, who claims a fund of seventy ,honsand
dollars. held by Grimbia, Of Morris l. Co.. un.
o der an account which they opened with young
n Ketchum III the ha''io 90 alleged of Mr.. Nc
Is Wicker. %.
d Al the conclusion Of tho tho argument the Judge
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