The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-03-04
LOCAL NEWS.
NEW YORK AND THE VICINITY.

DtHlAN'I W lFhlslNs lht " ~ o. w hfhN-
rR-lnwrssrvE REwAEEs or rnE RE rrRu. In
tho Cour, " neral Sessions, yesterday morning,
Recorder H5Gmsn presiding District Attorney
Hall moved for the sentence Of tie Court on Frank
Ferris, convicted OF mutd IN the first Degree, In
killing his wife, MARY Ferris The Recorder then
proceeded to pass sentence IN the following an.
1re-si,c msuner;
Ferris. You have been found guilty m murder.
loui vih va your victim. n app mr. 70" me cvi-
dCncr that she kind sober, indu.tr Qua and IA.
tent woman. She lAborud hard 10 sGprYrt herself
and children, ald neglected both. IL WV not 10
he wondered At that she trC TO 4u her,oar against
you. 1ou tccsn. cnrnRol and s!.cdily declared
your determination TO kill hsr anu after that to ~
yoluclf When askcd why you dii not ro TO work
and support her, you declared With an oath that Won
would not work for her and loI h-lalds, you called
her children. And IN the nisht Il the same dly,
SEPTEMBER ~ 7Gh ~ .he returned home after the
completion Of hard day's work, dashed out her
aims win an axe, and for that offence stand here
| oher IN excuse even Ito ordinary pea that
you you. were aru2k Hoa TG,e not I,c De-.
| GU counsel with great ingenuity and ability, but
The evidence Who ~ failed to support IT, and The Jury
verdict. Your has not attracted much Httcntion
Probably few porsous have heard II t. hriei notice
been COW ctod Of Ewifs murder" and ngt /. ali
when recently Rwell-knovr pugilist Va. killed by
drunken assnsstu the details Of TIE trial filed ,hg
CO OF the daily ouInn- and The cou-t-suou and
the pas-a - lcaiinr to u were thron.,d IN actosd
/
whom on "as honud 70 pfot Ct and YOU have parsed
| 10 aud from the prison and COURTROOM tlmo'' uu
| noticed Comment Il unnecessary, Iut the same law
and the same justice Is measured out to both OF you.
His conviction carried with ~ ito Lesson and viii
yours lie was the representative OF one class OF men,
you Of anothor You ropres, at thousands Va this
every community ho instead OF giving brad to their
| families, give them b'oss and cuu,a Thousands
| Of poor, suforns women, whea shcy hear Of your
casf, will ieel that there y come lis for their p-o-
lection and the thon'andz Of brutal meu, sho not
! only uosfCI but abuse tlo-r vhon they age hound
| 10 che rsh, will ls0 feel that there IL come law for
their punishment am sorry lc,nnot tnt IN ytlr
cs-e onr mltigatoty iratuIc have ouAct fOi 10 IA
vain, and you must hu prepared not only 10 receive
hut TO suffer the sentence l Am about 10 impo-" 70
pasr this ssntsGcg even Ia your IL exceedingly
painful 70 me, There ta " me something very terri
bic about II. Bu! do It IN tho discharge Of n solemn
duty li.ton to IT, and whom you have been returned
your cell, let the door BE- opened 70 Of those
good ana holy mcn Who visit tho'e who al, lmpr.ou
81, sOeking to do come Eood-Hnd lot your heart he
opened 70 those holy Influences which Ia TIE midst ot
your mDeiy ran gNe you pcsce, The sentence VI the
Court Ia that yGr, Francis Ferris Tor tho murder and
felony whereof, VI stand convicted, be taken hence
70 the place from whence y.u lAa there to e safe
Ami next. between The hour. Of 10 " Gai I'm
OF that day, you IN hanged by the neck until you be
dead and mag God have mercy on you.
Mi Nsndevoort tho g!erh, then read the death war
rant. which Afterwards hGaded to sheriff Kelly,
who removed the felon.
RECRUTrNG.-Th Bounty volunteer Com
mittoo enlisted about fiy men. which, together
with those received at the Battery rendezvous and
the various Provost Marshsls II adquarters will
foot up not for short Of total Of one huudTed men
eAsiod IN this city yesterday.
GOLD AZ the Evening Exchange opened at
l9s IS, and cosed at 1879 stocks very dull.
TnE LATE MURDER or A SAILoR-AREEsr
AND CoSFEssIos oF TUB ALLEGED MuKpEaER. The
mystery attending the murder Of Daniel Lawrence,
on Saturday asst, in Hester street, has been par.
tally unrsyelled by the police Ohccrs King and
Cony, Of the l0Ih Precinct received information
that Lawrence had been stabbed bya swe le named
William Smith, whom thew succeeded Ia AREA NO
street When accused II the crime ue prisoner
Confessed lho at, and gave the officers tie knife
with which he had sta lei Lawrence. In cNplans
nOn, Smith said that on SATURDAY ulght In was in
room in the upper part Of premises NJ, 12G Hester
street, WHOM deceased come up and attempted &c
burst In the door Lawrence crawled thto yh d
size window, and a desperate fight ensued between
tie men, during which Smith ALLEGES that he used
the fuite N saf-eienc, There are several persons
who heard the aiiray, aud II IL supposed Their tcs
umony will clear mp tho mystery, Coroner Collin
VIII maAe an investigation to-day
Iur SATURDAY EVENING LECTURES. TIL,
: fourth lecture Of this popular course will be deiv
q ereA Al tie Cooper Institute this evening by o. 3
Fowler, Esq, on tie subject Of 'self-Culture
/ rnvsca, NJ raj and Intellectual, az taught y
fLf' h"IuSy'. These lectures arc under the aus
noes OF tie Masonic Mission, and the procce h
ai'er ne payment o' expenses, are devoted TO IN
furnishing of the poor of New Iora with fuel an,
: "lher hteessar'os ~ cost price, ami the soldier
= win teAn'hS matter The admission fee, ontltlin.
D. persons to rear II hny cent lecture, is only tel
cents Persons having newspapers aud read II.
matter Tor the soldiers are requested " bring 1t
the mission and II vii, he forwarded tree Of cost
: An INVITATION has been given from som,
OF the pupts Of this rV for persolr to 1in AT moo,
: in the Filth avenue Presbyterian Church, In ap
propriate prayer In reference 10 the present III
! rs:tsd eondlIeD " he country,