Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-06-29
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

hpitone Of Business and Personal Matter
The Fame Hose Company made an el
cursion Yesterday TO Cape May in til
steamer kennebec, and the Order of Unite
American Mechanics to Salem, N. j., in tn
steamer Jersey Blue" The morning wa
rainy and disagreeable, yet a large numbe
OF persons went on the excursions.
MIR. james w. Birnie, ii is said, has lease
Union Hall, in King Street, below Second
ana Is lifting 1t up as a shoe factory.
AZ meeting of the Board of Education
held on Monday evening, the committe wer
instructed to advertise for proposals for tn
erection of a school house at the corner O
Eighth and Washington Streets.
A match game OF Base Ball was played o1
saturday last, between the first nine of III,
Alaska, and the first nine of the Tecumsel
Clubs, OF this city, which resulted In vic
tory to the Alaska
In Delaware City the Fourth will be cele
brated by a public meeting, at which an ora.
ton will be delivered and the Declaration ot
independence read, and game of Base Ball
VIII be played between the Atlas club, ol
said place, and the Bachelor club Of Phila-
delphia, on the grounds of the former.
Friends Of The Sabbath School cause TAKE
A0hee.--A grand excursion will be given on
the 23d of July, on the cummodiouA and
beautiful steamer Jersey Blue, Captain Tag
gart, 10 Red Bank; by the Sabbath School
connected with Grace NJ. E. Chapel, located
at the corner of Seventh and Spruce Streets
II is expected that this excursion will be one
OF interest and profit, both us regards soul
and body, to all who will take part in il.
The place selected is beautiful and pleas
ant one, situated few miles below Phila
delphia on the New Jersey side, with a
beautiful grove near the river shore for the
accommodation of the excursioInsts. The
Committee of Arrangements have left moth
ing undone TO make this excursion one of
the most pleasant and delightful of the sea
son. AS is the case with some excursions.
the length of the ride causes weariness 10
many this, in our case, will be obviated in
not having so far to go, and thus avoiding
the heat OF the day. Another consideration
IN our favor is the very low price of the
tickets, it being only IS cents for adults and
qO cents for children, with liberal deduc.
ton made to families. The funds of. the
school, at this time, are We v low, and il is
hoped that handsome sum will be realized
from the sale of tickets, that will gladden.
the hearts of the officers and teachers, and
encourage them to go on in their good work
OF labor and love.
Death ef Rec. Geoyge QuSley The Rev.
George Quigley, Pastor of Asbury NJ E
Church, in this city, departed this life ON
Monday afternoon, about half past O'Clock,
after an illness Of three or four weeks. of
typhoid fever He was in the 52d wear Of
ms age The deceased was among the most
aole MINISTERS in the Philadelphia Annual
Conference, and labored zealOusly in the
cause of christianity. lie was also an ear
nest advocate of temperance, ever ready to
40 battle for the cause of sobriety. virtue
and morality. During the rebellion, he
LOOK decided and patriotic stand in favor of
his country, and in the church and on the
rostrum, gave the weight of his influence to
the side of the Union, truth and Justice. -
lie was useful citizen, universally respect
ed by all who knew him, and his loss will
be felt not only by the church but the com
munity at large.
The funeral of Mr. Quigley took place
Yesterday morning. The remains were con.
Veyeu irom the Parsonage adjoining into the
church, where, solemn and impressive reli
gious ceremonies took place
After the corpse had been placed in front
OF the Altar, the choir sang hymn G75, just
us the lid was removed from tile coffin
The Rey. James Cunningham, Presiding
Elder OF this District, read a portion Of
scripture appropriate to the occasion.
The Rev. Mr. Riuenhonse, Pastor of St
Pauls Church, read the 10Sth hymn, which
the choir sang with much effect, after which
the Kew. j. ID. Curtis, Pastor of Union
Church, addressed the Throne of Grace in
solemn and impressive manner. A por-
lon non Of scripture was then read by Rev
John France, of BrAndywine Church
Bishop Scott delivered an appropriate ser
mon from the text -" For he was good
man, and full of the Holy Ghost and Of
ialth and much people was added unto the
Lord. Acts xI-24
The Kew. Mr. Cunningham read an inter
esting Memoir Of the deceased, giving n
brief history of the life of the departed
A series of resolutions adopted by num-
ber of ministers OF the NJ E. Church in
Philadelphia, were read by the Rev Joseph
Mason; AT the conclusion of reading the
resolutions, hymn was read by Rev. j B
Mccullough and sung by the choir. The
relatives and friends of the deceased then
took last look at all that was mortal of
their beloved friend and Pastor.
Ihe funeral cortege-which was large and
imposing-then moved TO the Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, where his re-
mains were committed to the earth.
The Case IF William A. Mcguire.
Monday last, in the Court of Oyer and Ter
miner and Quarter Sessions, Philadelphia,
Messrs. Cassidy and Bings, counsel for VIM
A. Mcguire, formerly of Wilmington. called
the attention Of the Court to the case. Ma
guire, it will be recOllected, on the cd of
April 1864, at the Continental Theatre. in
private box, shot and killed girl named
Maggie Baer, with whom he had been living
IN Illicit intercourse. Jealousy was the cause
of the act
Being arrested for the murder, and ndict
ed therefor the case was, at the next sue.
ceeding term OF the Court, called up for
trial, On behalf.of Mcguire, his counsel
pleaded insanity as bar to the trial of the
prisoner on the issue, and asked for a iury
as provided by law, to try the question OF
or no insanity, The evidence having
been submitted to the jury, they found the
prisoner to be insane In that condition he |
could not, of course, be tried, and the case
has rested from that time until now when
his counsel, alleging that Mcguire has re-
covered his reason, and being now sane, ask |
that he be tried.
The application was met by an objection |
of the District Attorney that, as the case
now stands, the Commonwealth had one |
verdict against it; that he was not satisfied |
as to the present condition of the prisoners s |
mind. He thought there should be sure
evidence as to the condition of the prisoners
mind submitted. lfit should appear that he
was sane, it would then be proper for the
Commonwealth to place him upon trial
Juuge LuuIoW stdleu that ne was under |
the impression that no objection existed to
the trial of the case upon the statement of
the prisoners sanity by his counsel.
Judge Peirce thought that in the state of
the record, it appearing that by the verdict
OF jury the prisoner had been found in.
sane, there should be offered some evidence
that he was now of sound mind
The case was before the Court on Tuesday,
but owing to the absence of a material wit.
ness was -postpostponed until Wednesday.
On Wednesday the application Continued
from Tuesday, requiring day to be fixed
by the Court for the trial OF VIM. Mcguire,
indicted for murder, was renewed. The
tesLimonY of the prison nhvsician DIR Smith