The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-27
NEW YORK ITEMS,
Iector BaiIIey-The Byron Banquet
Prospective Indian War-Arriyal
OfFive Japanese NOblemen-To be
Investigated.


Prospective Indian War-Arriyal
OfFive Japanese Noblemen-To be
Investigated
FROM SAN DOMINGO.
New YORK, April 25.-The steamer
Tybee arrived tonight from San Do
mingo on the 18th via Samana Bay on
the 18th. Colonel Fabens is passen-
ger. The Tybee left at San Domingo
the United States sloop of war Swatara
and at Samana the steamer Nantucket
and the monitor Dictator
Ex-COLIEToR BAILEY.
ExLCollector Joshua F. Bailey is in
Ohio, living on the farm OF ex-solIcltor
jordan, and writes TO Washington that
he il ready TO report to the department
if wanted
THE BYRON BANQUET
At the Byron banquet last night
speeches were made by John q. Sake,
the poet, Hon. William Preston, ex-
United States Minister toSpain, Casslus
( NJ Clay and other prominent men IN
politics and literature.
PROSPECTIVE INDIAN WAR.
Cur special dispatches from Wash
ington state that there is almost Il certain
prospect OF an Indian war. Twenty
! thousand Sioux are on the war path.
Troops are beeing hurried to the front
10 meet the crisis. Besides the 18th and
18th regiments of infantry ordered to
Sioux City, the recruiting officer in this
city is ordered to send every available
recruit at once to Fort LeavenwOrth.
General Sherman and several Of his
staff will leave next week on an i'll
specting tour through Montana and
the other far western territories.
ARRIVAL OF JAPANESE NoBLEMEN.
On Sunday five young japanese no
blemen arrived in this city and put up
at St. James Hotel They come to this
country to be educated at Princeton
College, and it is said that one of them
is member of the Imperial family.
To Be INVESTIGATED.
An Havana correspondent OF the
Times writes that Admiral Poor will at
once inquire into the motives which
caused the flight Of Mr.. Phillips, former
United States Consul at Santiago De
Cuba, and demand satisfaction, if it is
found that the life OF Mr.. Phillips had
really been endangered. Mr. Phillips
is now on board of the Severn Should
the citizens of San De Cuba have com
mitted an outrage, with threats of
murder, it will be necessary to demand
full and complete satisfaction.
THE NJ FARLAND TRIAL.
This morning, on opening the Court
in the Mcfarland case, DR.. Vance was
again placed on the stand and testified
further regarding the mental condition
of the prisoner: witness was called for
the defense, and testified for the prose
cution also testified in the Chambers
case. and said that Chambers was not
insane; Chambers said he had tri-
umphed over all other Doctors hut wit
ness.
DR.. Parsons, the physician Of the
New York City Lunatic Asylum, testi-
fled that he had given his attention es-
pecially to disease of the brain and
mind witness had between five and
six thousand cases under his care; a
pulse beating from one hundred and ten
to one hundred and twenty would lead
to odsease of the brain; a person may at
tend to business and be suffering from
an attack of acute mania.
Graham here read part Of the testi-
mony of Billings relating to when Mr.
Billings met the prisoner on Broadway
on the dav of the shooting. At this meet
ing Billings thought the prisoner in a
very strange condition Of mind. He
also read a portion of Garrett Wickham 5
testimony as to his going with the pris-
oncr a short time before the shooting;
Mcfarland acted like mad man on
this occasion, and could not be quietcd
by Wickham.
The testimony of Jas Taylor, Mr.
Wickham's clerk, and that of Jos
q Brien and DR.. Ward, Dr. Watson,
Mr.. Mamgons and Mr.. Mores were read
and the long question put 10y Gerry on
Yesterday to Dr. Vance was again read
and witness asked what opinion hewould
form from this evidence, supposing it to
be true, of the state of mind OF the
prisoner at the time of the shooting and
particularly from 4:2O 2. NJ. TO 30 7.
NJ. on the 25th of November
Judge Davis objected to the question
on the ground that it was asking the
opinion of an expert on the statement
of those who were not experts
The Court ruled that the question
was admissible.
DR.. Parsons on these facts should
certainly deem the prisoner was insane
at the time of the shooting
The Court here took recess.
The afternoon session was consumed
in the cross examination of DR.. Par
sons, and taking the testimony Of ex-
Surgeon General Hammond on the
point of insanity.
The Court adjourned early in respect
to the memory of ex-Judge Abraham
D. Russell, who died suddenly last
night from apoplexy or heart disease.
THE FENIANs.
The Fenian headquarters in this city
is about to be removed. No move
ment on Canada is probable before the
end of July,