The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-06-28

esteemed~viti.sa Of -thisncity, sud. had
Toee9 frequently hon ored with important
public tru.ts. He%had-bsen Mayor of
sa7s city. member.of the Maryland LIE.
gislature. and member Of Congress-.
New YORK. June 27.-M. J, Kelly.
formerly city editor of the Herald, died
this morning.
1t is reported that the Pacific AIail
Directors agreed to-day to issue So, OOO..
600 in bonds for building new steam
ships.
Ss00.OJ0 IN Rpecie are engaged for
shipment tomorrow.
Chas. a. Dana, editor of the San, mp
peared before the United States Com
missioner. this morning. The Assistant
United States Attorney for the District
OF Columbia asked that he be committed,
and removed for trial to Washington.
rhe Commissioners granted the writ for
removal for trial. Counsel for Dana
asked that bail be fixed, but the Com
missioner said he had not Tue authority;
that the bail mnst be fixed by the Dis
trict Judge, before whom the parties
agreed to 60. Bnil will probably be
fixed at $4,000. The prosecution in.
tend to try the case at the present term
Of the United States District Court at
Washington.
IL che Wsl@er.h triel, long discus
sion ensued over the admission of the
fathers letters. Judge Davis decided to
admit only such Passages as contained
threats. The prisoners counsel specifi-
cally objected to the ruling Walworth's
letter to his wife was read. After refer
ring in most bitter and terrible terms to
his being left only portion of the pro-
perty in the trusteeship of his brother,
BY the will Of Reuben Walworth, he
continues thus: "Now. Ellen Hardin,
knowing that I am helpless under that
will, il you will persist in trying, year
by year, to see how much of that trust
property you can get out OF me, by
threats Of law, by personal blandish-
ments to the trustees, or by any other
means; If you doubt, and will not see
that l ought to have something for my
entire life, whether ha intended me to
or not, then mark what will be the finale
OF my vengeance upon that dead sooun-
drel dog, who has made me 80 pitiable
before men and before you. I willard
90 help me. demons who wait upon The
perseouted and the proud spirited and
the revengeful-I will, when have
stripped you Of my property, plunge nv
dagger into Franks and Traoy's hearts.
and ont off the Walworth nsme forever.
Cd d-n him! he has elevated them
and degraded me. and you gloat over it.
l have not ono single firm right under
his will. This you believe, and this has
been the cause of your despising and
abandoning me. With cold purpose,
you contemplate my eventual beecary
and humiliation. I will kill your boys,
and defeat the damned scoundrel in his
grave, and cut off his damned name for.
ever. Now. you just persecute me about
that property. and Keep this thorn
have in my heart, and by the eternal
God, l will kill them, and you, too.
Now, you hunt my property any further,
you Cd id infamous bitch, and
will gut your pup as we'll as you. The
Cd d-d dead villain shan't rob me of
wife. children and property. If I can't
have anything, will have revenge, Cd
d-n you! have lost already everything
which makes life tolerable."
This letter hos no signature, aud is ad.
dressed to Mrs. Ellen II. Walworth. Sa.
ratoga Springs, N. Y. Mrs. Walworth
testified to acts Of personal violence. of
which she had knowledge.
Mrs. Walworth said Frank showed
signs OF mental alteration in various
ways. after the separation of his father
and her son.
In the trial Of Woodhull, ClafIin and
Blood, for sending obscene publications
through the United States mails, judge
Blatchford decided that in the Act of
1872, weekly or daily newspaper was
not intended to be included among the
list OF obscene publications. In the Act
OF 1873. the word ''paper" is inserted !;
and was intended to include newspaper,
which, as ne construed the provisions of
the Acts on the subject, was not included
in the statutes. The Indictment in the
present case was drawn under the sta.
tutes OF 1872, and the prosecution must
consequently. fail. The jury then rem
dered verdict of not guilty.
Probabilities-For the South Atlantic
States, light to fresh South.ea aud
Southwest winds. and partly cloudy
weather.
Financial ana Colnnrrcial.
LONDON, June 27-Noon.
iair and favorable for crope. Consols
923s.
PARIS, June 27.-Rentes 55f. 600.
LIVERPOOL. June 27-3 P. M.-Cotton
opened steady-uplands 81; Orleans