The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-20
NEWS or TIE DAP.


Satisfactory progress is reported 10 the
I. negotiations between France and Germany.
~ mo tidlpgs have been received, as yet, at
Son Francisco, either from the steamers
George 8. Wright. from sltks, or the Nevada
. from Australia. Both are overdue.
1t !s rumored In London that some of the
great powers have rotiHed Spain of their dis
approval of The formation OF federal repub-
tic In that country. Austria, however, will
recognize the Spanish Republic. The Span
.sh minister at Vienna has resigned.
Twelve Thousand dollars have been OBJ
talned In Boston for the building in that city
/, OF q free platform hall 10 memory OF Thomas
< Paine. To this has been added tract OF
land by gentleman in California. valued at
one hundred thousand dollars, with q mill
upon 1t which turns out two hundred barrels
OF -four daily; one-half is TO 90 to the lectur-
ing fund, and the other half to the building
fund. G
= -, The committee of the Stock Exchange OF
New York, to which was referrea the qnes.
tion of making provision for the families of
deceased members, have reported plan
which, If adopted, Will obligate each surviv-
ing member to pay the sum OF ten dollars to
the common fund for the deceased members
family. 1t moreover pledges the New York
Stock Exchange to pay within one year after
the death Of any member the sum Of ten
thousand dollars, which shall be paid to his
family as gratuity from the surviving men,
4, bers OF the exchange.
oJudge! Davis, of the New York Suprec.e
Bench, In granting, on Saturday, writ of
error and stay Of proceedings In the case OF
Stokes, who is convicted of the murder OF
James Fisk, Jr., ATTACHES most importance TO
that part OF the judges charg, to the jury
which implied malice, and threw the burden
/: Of proof upoR the accused. This opinion,
Judge Davis says, is sound under the common
1: law. but ls open TO doubt under the statute
defining murder. Under 1t no legal implica-
tion Of felonions Intention can arise 30 as to
throw upon the accused the burden of prov
q Ing his innocencei express malice must be
proved. The caseowlll now 60 to the full
% bench for ahearing. This will probably In
yolve ia delay Of g. couple Of months. This
news had q cheering effect on Stokes, but oc-
eastons much severe commen. outside.
sa' The acauittal of Leavltt Alley, recently.
! in Boston, charged with the murder of Abi]ah
: Ellis, whose body, 1t will be remembered, was
i fonnd, horribly mutilated, floating iu two bar
rels In Charles River, has excited comment In
the Massachusetts, papers on the similarity of
t thea circumstances on which the prosecution
relied to the Webster-Parkman case, which
ooc1fred about twenty years ago. 1t will be
remembered that DR.. Webster was convicted
and executed for the murder of Parkman, his
creditor. Investigations led to the discovery
OF Parkmans body, cut up and sunk In the
reaS Of Webstsr's laboratory. In the case OF
Alley, 1t was established that Ellis was his
CREDITOR; that he was searching for Alley the
night OF the murder; that Alley afterwards
was In the. possession Of funds. But the
strong point In the prosecution was that blood
was found 10 Alleys stable, (he being a.cart.
man, which experts declared to be not only
8 human blood, but the blood Of the murdered
4 man, and that Alley was seen dumping bar.
relS into the river the next morning The
defence frat proved an alibl, showing Alleys
presence elsewhere every hour OF the night;
shat he had money on deposit In bank. and
finally experts prepoHderated in the assertion
that the blood in Alleys stable was not hu-
! man, and that the analyses showed dislinc-
tton clear and defined between human and
brute blood. Upon this showing Alley was
acquitted. The cases referred to, between the
Parkman murder and that of Ellis, as .he
Massachusetts, papers claim, are somewhat
. similar. But tho important distinction is, that
= Parkmans body was found in place access
ible only to Webster.
The Washington Sunday Herald publishes
what purports to be transcript of some
pages OF the celebrated memoranGum book
oi oAkes Ames which has figured 20 exen- |
sivelyi In the Credit Mobiler inyestiga,ion
The extracts are peculiar, and are said n
have been taken By reporter from Mr.
Ames's pocket dairy for 1868, we'll worn
and dog-eared book, In which the mlnutest
transactions of life are set down, together
with the results OF the largest financial opera
tions. For instance. on January 9TH, Mr..
Ames sets down halt dozen hairplns, 3
cepis;1 pair leather shoestrings, cents; div
idend from Third National Bank, Boston,
4. $l00, ,0Oe; bootblack cents. January 14th he
Sets down too,hpick, s cents; half pound
brown sugar, Sd grade, cents; dividend on
account OF Credit Aobilier OF America for
December, $500, 900; Faber lead pencil, 10