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A WHISKY MANIAC.

s$:S.s Sss% SSF1'F s:s '' XS; Go y ifS S's
correspondent of the Missouri Democrat
writes:-
The town Of Froeburg was In a high state of
excitement yesterday, on account of an attempt
at homicide and the success of premeditated
suicide.
William Heisner (or Eisner) German by
birth, and a cooper by trade, was the untortu-
nate victim. He came to Freeburg some time
last year, and had gained the reputation OF being
an excellent workman. He fell, however, INTO
slavery to his appetite, and was seldom seen In
sober state. HIS family suffered severely from
his habits of intoxication. few months ago
he was arraigned before the police magistrate
for beating his wife when she was on the eve OF
confinement of child.
OF late 1t seems that he sank even more, and
could not have been classed with sane people
Several times he was heard to menace MS Wlle
with death, and also to threaten to take his own
life. During the cold and bitter nights OF THIS
week, he would come home, devour Dis meai
like maniac, and then, eXpelling his wire ana
children, would close the doors on them. On
the eve before his death he had taken large e
amount of liquor, and raved the greater part OF
the night In his madness. Early yesterday
morning he took most of his wife's clothes and
burned them, and then taking navy revolver
fired at his wife. The shot failed, however:
Then going into the stable he placed the pistol
to his temple, and by pull of the trigger sank
into eternitys abyss.
His little daughter hearing the report ran to
the stable, to see her father hfeless corpse.
He had fallen with his head on the old skull Of
a dead OK, and the child, with instructive affec-
tion, ran to the house. got pillow and placed it
below his head. The bullet ie said to have gone
entirely through his head.
The Coroner was in due time summoned, held
an inquest, and took the body to Belleville for
interment. Mr.. Heisner leaves wife and two
children unprovided for.
The greatest excitement prevailed and many
people went to behold the victim OF his own
rashness. The people of Freeburg will doubt
less assist the family with provisions and the
means for living
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AFFAIR S At THE CAPITAL.
Governor of Washington Ter
ritOry Appointed.
Colored Congressman in Deweese's Place
Defeat of Colonel Segar as Represen-
tative at Large.
FROM EUROPE BY CABLE.
The BOnaparte-NOfr Tragedy.
HARRISBURG AFFAIRS
The Watt-Diamon Case.
HARRISBURG AFFAIRS
The watt-Diamond Case.
FROM WASHING TON.
Washington Territory.

" IcTrNofys
Special Despatch TO The Euening Telegraph
WASHINGTON, March 3--The Senate Commit
tee on Territories has agreed to report in favor
of Mr. Solomons for Governor of Washington
Territory, vice Flanders, removed.
The CRdetship Investigation.
The non-arrival of General schofeld to tes-
tify in the case of Butler of Tennessee before
the Military Committee will postpone action
for another day. The committee to-day ap-
pointed two of its members to proceed to Phila-
delphia and take the testimony of the witness
who is sick, in the case of the member from
Pennsylvania who is said to have sold n cadet
ship. The committee has not stirred up any new
cases.
Railway Subsidies.
The Committee of Public Lands had a pro-
tracted discussion to-day on several bills before
it for grants of lands to railroads. The drift of
opinion in the committee is reported as docd-
edly against any further grants of public lands
in this manner. The Committees on Pacific
Railroad and Railways and Canals, however,
are maturing various bills giving large subsi-
dies to railroads in the shape of public lands.
Regulating Ocean Cables.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee agreed
to-day to report bill to regulate inter-oceanic
telegraph cables. 1t provides for landing cables
on the shores of the United States, and that all
foreign cables shall be Landed provided the
United States shall have the same privilege as
foreign governmets.
Negro VI. G.
The North Carolina Senators have despatch
from Governor Holden, of that State, relative to
the election TO fill the vacancy occasioned by the
resignation of Deweese. The indications are
that n colored man named Harris will be nomi-
mated, and there is little doubt of his election.
Reconstruction of Tennessee.
The Reconstruction Committee is considering
the proprety of reporting bill for the recon-
struction of Tennessee, on the ground that her
Legislature has violated the Reconstruction
acts. The Tennessee delegation is to have a
hearing before the committee on Saturday. Ben
Butler contends that Congress can deal with
Tennessee as with Georgia.
.. Defeat of Segar.
The Committee on Elections to-day decided,
by vote of to 5, against the claim of Colonel
Segar as a representative at large from the State
of Virginia
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THE M'FARLAND TRIAL.
The Preparations Made by the Prisoner
Counsel for the Approaching Event.

The Preparations Made by the Prisoners
Counsel for the Approaching Event.
AS the time draws near for the trial of Daniel
Mcfarland for the killing Of Albert ID. Richardson
in November last public interest in this celebrated
case is revived, and public anticipation is keenly
aroused by the probabilities Of startling disclosures
which have been openly limited at. The counsel en-
gagged for the defense are Messrs. John Graham,
Charles s. Spencer, and Eldrdge T. Gerry, all gen.
tlemen Of well-known legal attainments, and all re-
markable for pertinacity in behalf OF their clients
The prosecution will, Of course, be conducted by
Judge Garvin, the District Attorney, and in view Of
his welknown dislike for the introduction OF private
counsel, it is probable that attorneys outside of
the District Attorneys office will take any prominent
part in the conduct of the case for the people.
The evidence thus far taken In preliminary ex-
aminations by the prisoners counsel has been very
voluminous. An Immense number of private eX-
aminatiOns have been made, and the investigation
has extended over avery large range OF topics and
OF years, some commissions for taking testimony
having been sent as far as Europe, and it is nov
thought It will be two weeks from next Monday, or
March q, when the defense viii be ready
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LEGAL IrgTHLLraHMcH.

Supreme Court in Banc-Judxes Read,
ARnew, and SharswOod.
The following judgments were entered this
David Giltinan We. Catharine Strong. Error
to the District Court of Philadelphia. Judgment
reversed, and centre faciaS de noco awarded.
Agnew, j.
Demott's appeal from the Quarter Sessions
of Philadelphia. Judgment affirmed. Shars-
wood, ].
Parker's Estate. Appeal from the Orphans
Court of Philadelphia Decree reversed. Shars-
wood, j..
Campbell VS.. O'Neil. Error to the District
Court of Philadelphia. Judgment reversed,
and V. f. d. n. awarded. Sharswood, j.
latham vs.. Lewis. Appeal from the Nisi
Prius. Decree affirmed. Sharswood, j.
Court of Quarter Sessions fudge PaxsoB.
In the case of Robert Springs, alias James
Hawley, charged with obtaining letters from the
mail by false pretense, the jury rendered a ver-
dict of guilty.
In the case of Lewis Grimm, charged with
selling lottery policies, before reported the jury
returned verdict OF guilty.
Matthias Kaas, the pawnbroker at Eleventh
and Poplar streets, was this morning put on
trial, being charged as accessory before the fact
to burglary, and with receiving stolen goods
knowing them to have been stolen. The
case of the Commonwealth, alleged,
was the following:-Nicholas Marshall
shoemaker, lives at No. 110i
Poplar street, having the accused as a near
neighbor, but being only slightly acquainted
with him; on the night of December "a, 1866,
between the hours OF and 9 o'clock, his house
was entered by burglars by way of a trap-door
on the roof, and $3S00-S3000 in Government
bonds and $500 in bank notes-were stolen
away; the thieves also stole the deed for the
property, but finding it useless they threw it
into an adjoining yard where it was
found and returned to him; no clue could
be obtained of the thieves, and the
only thing that could be done was TO notify the
| department at Washington of the theft, in order
that a strict look out for the bonds should be
| kept. Two years having passed away, Kaas sold
| ffty-dollar bond to the DreXels, which upon
| being forwarded to Washington was pronounced
| to be one of those that had been stolen from
| Marshall. Kaas was informed of this, and re-
| quired to make an explanation, and he soon
| appeared at the bank with a receipt for the
| price of the bond from one G. Carr, No. 1914
| Ogden street. but thorough search failed to
find any such person, and mistake in the
| figures of the receipt was detected.
Some time before the robbery Kaas had been
on several occasions In Marshall's store to have
| fifty and one hundred dollars notes changed and
when Mr.. Marshall called upon him one day to
inquire whether he had safe for sale, he, Kaas
said he supposed small house safe for the
keeping of bonds was what was wanted
From these facts the defendant was arrested
and this prosecution commenced. On trial.
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FROM EUROPE.
specie In tho Bank Of France,

,.. specie in tho Bank Of France.
By the AngIo-Areriean Cable.
PARIS, March 3.-The heavy flow of specie to
the Bank of France continues. The amount on
hand to-day is 12, 600, 900 francs greater than at
the corresponding time last week.
The Conspiracy Against the Emperor.
The press of this city generally complain of
the delay on the Tart of Government in clearing
up the alleged conspiracy against the nation and
the life of the Emperor.
Papal IDfallibIiity.
ROME, March 3.-The sessions of the Ecu-
The Pope is confident of his ability to carry the
proposition for infallblity.
The London NIasons.
LONDON, March Sat the quarterly meeting
of Masons, held in this city last evening, Earl
De Grey and Ripon was chosen Grand Master,
and the Grand Lodge Of New Brunswick recog-
nized O.. r1
Respects to Mr.. BurIIngame.
PARIS, March 3.--A preliminary meeting of
Americans was held in this city last evening to
take action in relation to the death of Mr.. Bur
lingame. 1t was agreed to call large meeting
next Wednesday, to be presided over by Mr..
Washburne, the American Minister. Governor
A. H. Bullock, of Massachusetts,, who is now in
this city, consented to deliver an grafton. The
Diplomatic Corps have been invited to be pre-
sent. -'
Illness of Rev. Newman Hail.
LONDON, March 3.--The Rev. Newman Hall is
lying dangerously i'll at his residence in this
city.
. ...H. The Suez Canal. u..f ..
The steamer Brazilian returned from Bombay,
on her last trip through the Suez Canal, with
one of the largest cargoes ever shipped from
Bombay. The captain reports that he had no
difficulty whatever in his passage through the
great canal.
.. This Afternoons Quotations.
FRANKFORT, March B.-U s. 6-20's closed firm
at q69S. u...
PARIS March 3.-The Bourse closed easier.
Rentes T4f 40c. .E
ANTwERP, March 9.-Petroleum closed quiet
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FROM THE STATE.
The Watt-DiamOnd Cnse.
lesDdtch TO The EpenifIQ TeleQYdph,

EPeotu1 DooIDVRo'' 70 4 'e 1V''''I'V 1'H3'uP''
HARRIsBURG, March 3.-Another meeting of
the committee to consider the Watt-Diamoud
case was held last night. Many witnesses were
called, and the Democratic tactics, illustrated
in the elections in the lower wards of Philadel-
phia, were clearly shown up.
Abundant testimony was offered to show that
complete possession of roughs and repeaters,
and that Republicans were not allowed to ap-
proach the windows at all. This testimony was
in support of the motion to strike out the vote
of that division.
The State Trensuryship.
Messrs. Moore, McGrath, and Kemble are to
appear tonight before the Investigating Com
mittee on the Treasury They willprobably re-
fuse to answer the questions put to them.
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A BIG THING.
The Richest Silver Mine Ia tho World In
Kentucky.

The Richest Silver Mine Ia the World In
Kentucky.
A very respectable gentleman, physician,
who resides near Louisville, informs the
Courier-Journal that he discovered silver
mine of unparalleled richness in Grayson county,
Kentucky. He is the possessor of the secret
of discovering the presence of buried and hid
den metals, and while prospecting and expert
menting upon tract of 1000 acres which he
owns in that county, he discovered deposit of
nearly pure silver. He says that he has taken
out number of pieces of the ore, which, upon
being assayed, were found to contain larger
per cent. of silver than any ore hitherto dis
covered. The mines are almost inexhaustible.
White Pine is mere pocket compared with
this mine. The national debt could be paid
from the product of this mine and not be
missed The gentleman is very confident that
he has got big. thing, and as soon as the
the work of developing the mine in earnest.
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FROM NEW YORK.
Burned to Death.

BUFFALO, March S.-A daughter of Daniel
Bellinger, of Towanda, aged seventeen years,
was burned to death last night by the explosion
of lamp containing petroleum. The body
was SO badly burned that the entrais were eT-
posed -r....
Town Election.
BUFFALO, March 3.-Complete returns of the.
town elections in Erie county have been re-
ceived The Democrats carry Is out of 25 towns.
The Board of Supervisors will consist of 27
Democrats and 23 Republicans. h
PoUGHKEEPsIE March 3.-The entire Demo-
cratic ticket in Roudont was elected by 900
majority.
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New Yor,, Produco vrarI.ot.

NEW YORK, March s.-Cotton steady; sales Of 800
bales middlng upland att 23. State and Western
Flour dun State, AT096SO; Western, s4TO@6 20;
southern without decided change. Wheat dull,
rejected, S1O1; winter red Western, t1'29@1 80.
Sorn-New scarce, and 1c, higher new mixed
and b595shc. for Western. Beef quiet. Pork duh
new mess, .s962b; prime mess, S9ob0@21. Lard
quiet steam in terces. .l4%@l4slc. Whisky nomi-
nal; Western, slSlp1,
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st. George E. E.IWingate has been ordered to the
Saugus. Master Washburn Maynard is detached
from the Naval Academy and ordered to tor
pedo duty at Newport, Rhode Island Ensign
Jesse B. Smith is detached from signal duty and
ordered to duty as Signal Officer on the Alaska.
The New Orleans Contested Sent In Congress-.
Messrs. Stevenson and Burdett, of the sub
Committee on Elections, will make majority
report recommending that Mr.. Sheldon, the
sitting member from the New Orleans district,
Louisiana, is entitled to his seat. Mr.. Kerr will
make minority report that Mr.. Hunt, the con-
testing member is entitled to the seat now
occupied by Mr.. Sheldon. Both reports will be
made directly to the House, without previous
submission to the entire committee
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FROM THE WEST.
Fight with burglars.

CINCINNATI, March 3.-This morning early,
Miss Little on Race street, end demanded her
watch and other valuables. She raised the
alarm, and the burglars attempted to escape.
when two officers arrested one Of the party, bui
not until Officers Townley and Owens had been
seriously cut by the desperate men.
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"HoMB AGAIN."-There is perhaps no gentle
man SO widely known in this country as DR..
Schenck, if not personally, certainly profess
sionally. All will be delighted to learn of his
recent arrival from the "Sunny South
(Georgia), where he has sojourned for the past
six weeks, it being a professional visit to nu-
merous patients looking anxiously for the geod
Doctor who through solicitations from them,
made his visit purely out of the kindness of his
heart and his earnest desire to restore to health
all who suffer with consumption.
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we cannot imagine, although we are told that
certain straight-backed individuals who prone
made Chesnut street apply them to purpose;
but be that as it may, we have the fact before
us that one John Dairy yesterday broke the
window-glass of q store at Thirteenth and
Kater streets, and stole therefrom couple ot
pair of the article named. John was subse-
quently arrested and sent to prison by Alder
man Ronsall
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Town Election.
FROM THE SOUTH.
Fire In Kentucky.

LOUISVILLE, March 3.-A fire occurred at
Owensboro, KY, yesterday which destroyed
property as follows:--A. Bergman, saddler,
loss $500; Hirsh 81 Well, clothing, $780, Mrs.
Morris, millinery, $2500. The buildings be-
longed to Mrs. Scott, who loses $4,000; insur-
ance small.
Texas Markets.
GALVESTON Texas, March 3-Cotton-Net
receipts, 1871 bales; exports to Great Britain,
3O53 bales; coastwise, 1474 bales; sales of 1150
bales; stock on hand, 46, 397 bales. Market very
dull and unsettled, and accurate quotations can
not be given. Good ordinary, 190194. I.
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WHERE ARE THE POLICE THAT section of
the city in the neighborhood of Nineteenth and
Twentieth streets and Cherry and Arch streets
is visited almost nightly by thieves-the class of
thieves who live by robbing clothes-lines, yards,
kitchens, etc. Within the past few weeks over
a dozen robberies have been reported in the
nejghborhood above mentioned, but no arrests
have followed. 1t is seldom that an officer can
be seen after nightfall in this part of the city,
and we would suggest to his Honor Mayor Fox
The necessity of detailing more policemen for
duly in that neighborhood, or, if not to see that
the men who patrol the locality perform their
duties more thoroughly and faithfully.
TRIPLINa FIREs.-About 2 o'clock yesterday
p. M. trihing fire occurred in the nnoccupied
house No. 81 Race street. The roof was partly
burned off. o,o
About 7'8O p. M. the store No. $40 Market
street was slightly damaged.
About 9 this A. NJ. the sieve works of Walker
A. Co.. Front above Master, suffered a IKE loss
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FROM THE State.
God In the Constitution.

Special Despatch TO The Eoening Telegraph
PITTsBURe, March 3-The National Conven-i
tion to secure the recognition of God in the
Constitution of the United States meets here
this afternoon and will remain in session to-day
and tomorrow. DIR. Sloan will preside at the
opening.
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Texas Markets.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Obituary..

nbysician Of the Marine UosnitaI died On VEL
nesday night of typhoid fever. He was about
forty-one years old. The national flag is dis
played at half-mast from the City Hall and other
public buildings.
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THE "STAR" COURSE OF LECTUREs.-Mr
Pugh's next ''star" is Bayard Taylor, Esq, who
will appear at the Academy of Music this even
ing and discourse upon "Reform and Art" This
is a suggestive subject, and from so brilliant a
writer and speaker as Mr.. Taylor lecture OF
unusual interest may be expected.
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LOCAL ODDS AND ENDs.-The Sons of Hiber-
MIA meet tonight at the Continental Hotel.
-Lo the poor Indian. will talkee before the
Universal Peace society at Eleventh and Wood
streets tonight.
Does Mayor Fox desire to retain men on his
force who sponge at all the theatres and make
concert saloons their chief resort?
Reporters are a scarce commodity in this
city, and young men ambitious of becoming
journalists will find here an abundance of op-
portunities to show the stuff of which they are
made.
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FROM EUROPE.
Prince Bonaparte Summoned

Prince BonRparte Summoned.
By the Angto-American Cable.
PARIS, March 3.-The Procureur- General yes
terday served notice upon Prince Pierre Ma
poleon Bonaparte to appear before the High
Court of Justice, to answer in the matter of the
Victor Noir homicide.
The Darien Survey.
LONDON, March 3.-Commander Edwards,
who surveyed route across the Isthmus of
Darien for ship canal in 1854, writes to the
Standard to-day exulting in the resumption of
the project, and expresses his belief in its per-
feet feasibility ... ....
Russia and Switzerland.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 3.-The Russian
Government has withdrawn its demands recently
made upon Switzerland for the surrender of
Rebchajcff, the Russian criminal who fled to
that country for an asylum.
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OPEN HoUsEs.-The police of the Eleventh
district last night found open doors and windows
of twenty-four houses. The police of the
Fourth district also found open the doors OF No.
219 N. Third street. Where are the thieves?
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Treasury Expenditures.
D. Al, aao.sof.1 n.aaa

... Treasury Expenditures.
Despatch TO the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-The expenditures of
the Treasury Department for the month of
February were as follows:-Civil and miscella-
neous, SAP, AL; war, $780, 757; navy,
81, $40 063 pensions, S5,2 ,000 Indians,
$203 227 total, Sl6, 298, 4SS. The above does not
include expenditures on account of the princi-
pal and interest on the public debt.
Customs Receipts.
The following are the customs receipts for the
week ending February 26-
Boston,. ....................... $472, 400
New York. Observation-Disclosures. 1855, 900
Philadelphia. -. ........ ...... 149, 1896
Baltimore. ....................... 151, 40
New Orleans, from Jan. 90 to Feb. 12.. $50
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Express Steamboat Company, William P. Clyde
& Co., agents, advertise to-day the reopening
of canal navigation to New York. Their steamers
commence their regular daily trips on the Sth
instant
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AN ORDINANCE OF INTEREST TO THE DRIVERS
OF PASSENGER RAILWAY CARs.-In consequence
of the frequent accidents arising from the col
lision of passenger railway cars at the intersec-
tion of Streets Mr.. Franciscus on Thursday last
offered the following bill in Select Council-
''The Select and Common Councils OF the City
Of Philadelphia do ordain, That hereafter pas
senger railway cars, In crossing at the intersections
of streets, the cars running north and south shall
have the right of way, and 1t shall be unlawful for
any driver of car running east or west to cross
passenger railway track until after the car running
north or south shall have passed, II the said last
mentioned shall be within forty feet OF the cross
ing OF said roads. Provided, That all passenger
railway tracks running along streets cutting the
squares diagonally shall be considered as running
east and west for the purposes OF this ordinance.
Any person violating the provisions OF this ordi-
nance shall suffer and pay fine of ten dollars for
each oense for the use of the city, to be recovered
before any alderman, as fines are now by law re-
coverable."
The ordinance passed without any opposition,
and the same day 1t was messaged into Common
Council and there unanimously concurred in.
On Tuesday last the Mayor affixed his signature
to the bill, and it is now law, TO be respected
and Obeyed as such.
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THEFT OF CLoTH.-John Robinson, cOlored,
has been held In $500 bail by Alderman Collins
to answer the charge of the theft of two pieces
of cloth from store on South street, below
Seventh, Yesterday afternoon.