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Show GENERAL. Huston's Case. Baltimore,l-I. The general conrerence of the Alethod'st church, to which an appeal will probably be taken by tba counsel ofHuston, does not meet until llay 1ST 4, Huston has not been present during tho session of tho conference, nor before the committee. His parchment parch-ment as a deacon in tho church, was handed into lho conference this morning. morn-ing. New York lutein sc nee. Xew York, 14. The privato secretary of governor Dix announced to the sherilf, to-day, that the governor had written a letter to Kev Dr. Tyng, saying that public safely and justice demanded tho execution of Foster. Deputy sheriffs are now guarding him in lho Tombs. A medical commission has mado an examination f (ieorgo Francis Train, to determino his mental condition, but has not yet made a report. Train insists that ho is sane. Tho health board caused an examination examina-tion of tho Tombs. The result is not yat known, but it is understood that the building will be declared until for habitation. habi-tation. In a case to recover tho amount of the 1st award for widening Broad way.judge Shipman, in the United states cuurt,has affirmed the constitutionality of the act of 1872, and the 2nd award. General Van Buren, commissioner to the Vienna exhibition, sails to-morrow. Tho directors of ibo Northern Pacific Railroad company, to-pay, elected the following otiicers : George W. Cass, president; C. B. Wright, vice-president; it. D. Rice, resident vice-president on the Pacilie coast; A. L. Pritchard, treasurer; trea-surer; and Samuel Wilkinson, secretary. Washington Advices. "Washington, 14. Boutwell has not yet resigned, and the President has not yet decided on his successor. He said to-night that ho will not determine on one before Monday. It is denied that tho visit of the President to Philadelphia Philadel-phia had any political significance, or that Ro bason is to leave tho cabinet, A rumor that a prominent Philadelphia banker is to succeed Boutwell is also pronounced untrue. I The President will leave for St. Louis some lime in April. i The prolonged cabinet session to-day, ! was mainly owing to business conceru-j conceru-j ing appointments to oilice, agreeing up- on nuuierous nominations to bo sent to tho senate next week. Tho President has nooccasion to keep the senate in session any longer than it chooses to remain; but until an adjournment ad-journment shall take place, he will continue con-tinue to send in nominations, for its action. A pjiolnluicn t s. "Washingion, 14. The President sent the following nominations to the senate to-day; David toggle, chief justice of the supremo court of Idaho; V. Brookings, Brook-ings, ussociato justice of tho supremo court of Idaho; H. S. Johnson, associate justice of lho supreme courL ot INew .Mexico; John AV. Kingman, associate justico of tho supreme court of Wyoming; Wyo-ming; Thomas A. Sponce, assistant attorney-general for the post office department. A'cir Hampshire New. Concord, N. H,, 11. Tho roturn of votes from tho last town in the second congressional district, increases Pike's majority to nineteen. Tho returns that como in on the vole for governor, show a much larger scattering voto than has been reported. Tho election is close, and a choico by tho people is considered doubtful. Tho funeral of chief justico Bellows took place hero to-day, and was largely attended by lho Stale government, ihe bench and bar of tho State and many distinguished people. A Prominent Suicide. Franklin, Pa , 14. Intense excite mont was caused hero this morning by lho suicide of Thomas F. Anderson, cashier of the Lamberton bank. Ho opened tho bank at the usual hour,(nino o'clock!, and transacted business with several customers. Ho was afterwards noticed running in and out of tho bank in a hurried and eicilod manner, and then hurrying towards his residence. Smoke was then seen issuing from the floioso s uixneeen issuing irom tne bank, which was entered by several persons, per-sons, supposing it to bo on fire. They discovered the grate heaped with bank notes and papers, rapidly being consumed. con-sumed. The tire was extinguished and tho notes, bonds, etc , wore drawn out, some in a charred condition, while others wero burned to ashes. Meau-while, Meau-while, Anderson on reaching his house, entered through the back door, handed his wile a letter, and drawing a pistol, shot himself through tho head, dying soon after. Ho left several lellers, the contents of which havo not yet been mado public. A nolo left by bim on lho counter states that he had destroyed all sueoial deposits and bills receivable. Thirty-eight thousand thou-sand dollars in bo a da belonging to Lam-berton Lam-berton were burned. The tvlai amount absolutely destroyed cannot be, as yet, ascertained. Tbo cause of Anderson's conduct is not positively known, but it is believed lo be his irregularities in conducting tho business of tho bank. It is known ho was carrying large overdrafts over-drafts for the accommodation of personal per-sonal friends unauthorized by ihebanK. The bank was soon to change hands, and ho was re-iuesied to have the account and boots in complete order, at a certain date, which wouid expose the irregularities. Tho bank loses heavily, A Little more Determined TILlalny SL Luis, 14. Early yesterday morning morn-ing a ripe was discovered in the ocq of the United States collector of internal revenue, in Kansas city. At tho same time the C nioa German savings bans, oocupjing the front part of tr.c same buiidir.g. wjtj; four.i le be on tre. Both tires were spee.iily exiir.fuhed. In Uie collector s otlico ll.e b 'ks, papers ar.d from ?-"'.i to f".ni worm of stamp were Sv' iai.y limr.iod as to be va;e.c-!J. lr. the b:.k, th- va-lt was tour.d op-. n ar.d robbed, ar.d the papers in the vault b.;r:i A;-o! tT.iMi was ts'en from the bai.k, T.-ie van.t lx.-k wa.-a com; '.:;at;on. a:.d hs.i been un-Iivkc un-Iivkc J, not b-.-'xf-n open. It is expected expect-ed son.e start'.i:.g re vel.it '.or. w;.l be mado in Cvt.no; l.v a w.tn leseire. Horrible ami ntaguti Ins I)ftll. Kp.i'Xm'.'.p. 14. The c.-r.fe.-MOn of Os- o.or oi M t. ilatt '.ew, ruvcal one ot the Tuosl horrible cr.mes tver perpetrated. Ho sttja L.i wai kvd. Cult i ua murder by a man who was to give him Ji.LM.1. tie object being to get rid of her as a witness in an important law eu;t He went to the house, found her alone. She asked him to eat and prepared fd for him, g'MDg down Lhe cei.ar for butter. Ho followed her, knocked h-T d-'wn ad crushed her skull with a brick. He then went up stairs, r.rl-i the drawers with the viw to create ttie impression that tne murder was committed com-mitted for piundiir. He then returned to the cellar, and found his victim r."t dead. She turned her eyes up , to him ani be asked her if she knew who he w&s, wnereupuu she replied in the ailirmative, sa.d, "Uh ! why did you do this ihe horrible hor-rible assassin then Coolly look a knife and cut her threat. She d:d nvt mve r struggle. He solemnly declare be did not outrage her person. The conduct of the wretch since Lis conviction has been in the main coarse and brutal. Uq tbo way from Gaies-b'Jig, Gaies-b'Jig, where be had been confined, to Knoxville, where he was hanged, he engaged in ribald jests and vulgar tales-He tales-He mounted the scaffold with a irm and fearless tread and & smile upon his fea-lu fea-lu res, and stood unmoved while his arms were pinioned and the fatal noose adjusted. ad-justed. When the drop fell, a horrible scene was witnessed. His neck was not broken, and slowly and with terrible contortions be strangled to death. Oat-side Oat-side the jail yard between 5,i0 and 6,mJ0 people were gathered, but only the number allowed by law witnessed the execution. I'Tht pathfinder'' Explain. "ew York, 14. Tho Times publishes a letter from Fremont, defending himself him-self from charges of fraud or connivance with frand, in connection with the Memphis, & Paso and Pacific railroad, He protests against the unfairness of the proceedings m the French courts, in making him tho sole and -conspicuous di-iendant in the case, and declares lhat all moneys from the sale of bonds in Kurope, which passed under his control, have been iully accounted for to tho receiver appointed by the American and French courts. MliceUaneoui. Boston, 14. A full bench of the judicial ju-dicial court decided the act of the legislature, legis-lature, authorizing ihe city of Boston to issue twenty millions of are bonds, unconstitutional; the expenditure authorized au-thorized by the statute being for private and not public objects. JTew Orleans, 14. The British ship, John Parker, hence on Friday for Liverpool, Liv-erpool, with 3,513 bales of cotton, G.lAH) slaves, and 2,XX sacks of oil cake, took lire this morning and was scuttled and sunk on the hats south of the west pass, Evansville, Ind., 14. A fire, this evening, destroyed throe lauio dwellings; dwell-ings; insured for $S,000. |
