ell, has in his possession the slung-shot with 
which Twitehell committed the murder. The 
story is that the murderer, soon after the crime 
was committed, confided the hiding place of his 
deadly weapon to his counsel, who found it in 
tho spot indicated, and has had it ever since. 
Jay Johnson, one of the Harndon Express 
Company's messengers on the Cumberland and 
Pennsylvania .Railroad, was shot and killed at 
Cumberland on a railroad train on tho 19th ult. 
by a runner named Dock worth. The murderer 
is now in jail- 
Some burglars worked al 1 Saturday and Sun¬ 
day nights. April 17 and 18, to rob the City Bank 
at Pittsburgh, and wcro finally scared away by 
the porter on Monday morning. 
Maryland. 
The thirty-fifth anniversary of the Maryland 
State Bible Society was celebrated in Baltimore 
on Monday, the 19th ult. 
Gen. R. E. Lee, with a number of prominent 
Virginians, has been on a visit to Baltimore, for 
the purpose of laying before the citizens facts 
calculated lo show tho importance of extending 
the Virginia Valley Railroad, and to ask tho as¬ 
sistance and oo-operntidn of tho citizens In this 
work. 
Chief-Justice Chase hold, on Wednesday, tho 
21st ult.. in the Butler case at Baltimore, that tho 
privilegeof a Member of Congress does not in¬ 
clude exemption from arrest in the sense of for¬ 
bidding process Of summons ftt a civil suit. Mem¬ 
ber are only exempt. In his view, I roin a forci¬ 
ble detention, looking to imprisonment. A much 
nterpretation has hitherto been generally 
the men immediately resumed the ten-hour sys¬ 
tem, butin the Charlestown (Mass.) yard the men 
continue to work eight hours, and rely upon 
Congress, which made that a days work, to 
make up to t hem thoflum withheld under iho 
existing order, it is reported that a number of 
employes at the Philadelphia yard have h ft the 
Government, employ on account of the twenty 
percent, reduction. 
A Washington correspondent says that Ad¬ 
miral Porter ridicules the idea that any increased 
naval force had been ordered to Cuba. He said 
no orders had been given to place all the avail¬ 
able vessels at. the New England navy yards in 
immediate readiness for sea. Ho stated that tho 
intention v,nS to relievo all the vessels on duty 
on the Cuban coast monthly during t he summer, 
sons not to expose the crews too long to tho 
dreaded yellow fever, which sometimes deci¬ 
mates them during t he hot season; but that as 
soon as one vessel arrived there unoibci would 
bo ordered home, and that tho naval force in 
Cuban waters would not lx- increased. 
Congress having appropriated $7,300 for re¬ 
in Executive session the following nomination 
were confirmed: 
Walter I Carrlrrinn. of X. It., to be Naval Officer for 
Boston «ml Charlestown, Max*. 
CoUrrlnrt of lutmuil fu wnvr .—James Purcell, for 
me Sixth District ■■( Ohio; Joalali AiuJrcws, Scconji 
Mich.; 8. 'll- Herat< Twelfth O.; W. 11. ii. et-wdl, 
f ourth Va.; Itn»h Burgess. Third Va.: It. jt. Cronuvy, 
Tliirtv-first N. 1'.; J. K. Itrtctenbiick. sixth ) enn. 
1 t mum* Hcv.cnne. J- ■ 1 
District of Mich.: F. W. Haakcll, I • 
Vodder, Thirty-amt S.Y.: ‘ V u 
eWlitli N. V.; lOdwunt Rube, Flxth I t• 
HpiiHlwr, fifth Turn..: W. It. Wblfbead.,^*'1 Ga- 
M. M. IBriuno, of comrsmo. to be Consul 
at i oochotv : Oscar Malmerx. "r. ' t, o 
lirliisli North America; Henry ^ enn.. ltaslc, 
Pwitserland; J- A. skoinm. La.. Mexico. 
MuicdUtiH'vm. It. B. Barr . 11 . Ui he f ifla Vmlltor 
of the Treaslo v. Dham Reaves, of NehrtiJ.ka, to bo 
AaMiebitn Justice of th« Supreme Court of Arizona. 
It Kmltli to l»o l lilted StatGfe Marshal of the Dis- 
toft rah a„os rolloo, ... Directoroi 
Mint at PtdSadolphia. W. ft. Scribner. of Montana, 
to be Wocri'l irv ol Montana Territory. Horace Rub. 
lee, of WWcoiisiii, to bo Minister UcMduutat hwitzer- 
lan’d. 
ArtcT, 21.—Senator Wilson's resolution autho¬ 
rizing the Secretary of t ho Navy to cause further 
surveys to be made for a railway or ship canal 
across the Isthmus of Dalicn was laid over. 
Senator Anthony, from the Committee on 
Printing, reported that under tho new contract 
for public printing a saving of ^l-S.OOU u year 
would bo effected. Senator Carpenter urged the 
nA onflnn nf resolution Calling Oil ftll the DO- 
DOMESTIC NEWS 
persons on t he engine muen mjuxeu. 
A man turned Jacob Ellison of Newport, Her¬ 
kimer county, who was on his way to Iowa, had 
I,is pocket picked while changing cars at. Suspen¬ 
sion Bridge, on April 19, of a poeiketbook con¬ 
taining money, notes and a draft on New York 
valued at upward of $10,Quo. Mr. Ellison thinks 
he was robbed while assisting a lady and her 
child to change cars. 
At the mooting of the New \ ork City Board of 
Education on the 21st ult., the question of the 
feasibility of abolishing corporeal punishment 
in 11mschools was referred to the Committee on 
By-laws. 
Major John Wilson, who served with distinc- 
t Ion In Berdan’s Sharpshooters during the war, 
died in Albany on the 22d ult. 
The missing coat and pantaloons of the late 
Joachim Fourier, who was murdered In March 
at Spring Valley, have been discovered at a 
pawnbroker’s ill New York City, where they 
were pledged by Antoine Maurer, who is now in 
the Rockland County Jail, awaiting trial for the 
murder. 
The Junta Patriot lea do Cuban as met in New 
York on tho 22d ult. A large number were in 
attendance. Mrs. II. W. Beecher was made ft 
member. The aooount of the recent viall <>f tho 
delegation to Washington, Balt imore and Phila¬ 
delphia elicited much interest. Extensive ar¬ 
rangements were perfected for a Fair, to beheld 
on the 27th ult. 
The Old Guard, composed of veteran members 
of tho Light Guard and City Guard celebrated 
their first anniversary on the night of the 23d 
ult. by a supper at the Astor House in New 
York. 
The anniversary of llm Five Points House of 
Industry was hold at Plymouth Church, Brook¬ 
lyn. on the evenlngof tho 22d ult. Tho exercises 
consisted of singing by t tmchildren and speeches 
by Rev. Dr. Hall, Kov. Dewit t Talmage and Jos. 
II. Choate. 
John Deller, while in a saloon in Graham ave¬ 
nue, Brooklyn, E. D., on tho night, of tho 10th 
ult., was stabbed so seriously Ihat fears are en¬ 
tertained he may not. recover. 11 appears that 
Adam Mark stubbed Deller by mistake for u man 
he intended to kill. Murk is yet at largo. 
New Hampshire. 
A LOCK-UP at Suneook wasdest.royedbyfircon 
Saturday morning, the 17t h ult., and two men 
who were confined for drunkenness were so 
nearly suffocated as to render their recovery 
doubtful. 
The machine shop of John F. C. Rider, at 
South Nmv Market, was destroyed by fire on tho 
morning of the 19th ult.. Involving a loss of 
about $45,000. It. is supposed to have been the 
Washington. 
The Senate —April 10. At the opening of 
the session to-day, the Chaplain prayed for the 
elevation of the colored race, yesterday being 
the anniversary of their emancipation, in honor 
of which there was a celebration in Washington. 
Senator Wilson introduced a resolution author¬ 
izing the Secretary of the Navy, with the con¬ 
sent of the Government of Colombia, to cause u 
thorough survey to bo made for a ship railway 
or ship canal across the Isthmusof Darien, from 
San Miguel to the Gulf of Uraba, In Darien. 
The Senate, in Executive session, confirmed 
the following nominations: 
rnilectore (>< Tut mini l&'wnr.- William C.Morri11, 
fur the Second Doiirlci of Georgia; .V M. I renten. 
First Mississippi; N. Itaordman. for the suconil 
. .. i . c _ . i .. im. t o.l Vie••uehitiuu s 
IMswT'i Florldi: G JV I.apiinoD, for Nevada: 
S. T. Cnrrini. tor North Gmihua: Augustus Arm- 
•» bimUiUtco.-P. .1. Am1em.n nt.MonU 
comi c v. tin.: C. T Stearns, for Mobile, Ala.; «!. <•- 
Rollins, tor sin FranaHoo. Cal.; J. Mcf alliiiii, for 
Hurraniento, ilid.: G. \V. Martin, Tor Junction Lllj, 
Kan.: Watson Stewart, tor IlmnbOlat, Kan. 
lire five i> •>' Pubic Mcrruy*.— W. H. , ftt 
Montgomery. Ain.: Stephen Mooro. at Moh)l<',AD.; 
Hurt I- ol 1 1 .vvf, at Sacramento, Gal.; G. (lodlrey, at 
Do* Moines, town. ... 
Hurrriior-Gth' >•«(».-C. W. Babcock, for Kansas ; 1M- 
wurd Unger, Idaho. . „ „ 
CoinrnUtiotlrr SvftUni Aj/flirS'— I.. 8, 
".Vbi(if u\\"h * I'l-Ti.t .- R.O. Kirk of Ohio, to the Ar- I 
coniine JU»pu»)He; !*’• Ii- (oolorwti,) 
to llavtl: Leopold Marfttirelt of <>.. Bolivia. 
Sucre turn of bttjntioii. —Cl. W. Wart a, Penn., I'lor- 
0000 
r.ueom Brtrooraimry mvj Minis*™ PkMjtoIcn- 
A. cl. Curtin. Penn.. Russia, T. 11. Nelson, 
Ind., Mexico. _ . , . „ T 
Con,,,i/>. A. L.C'hetla!n.Utah.Brawls:Lorn 1 Lynn. 
Oregon, Kaiiasawa: Fullx Mot hows, Pal,, I angler; 
David Tiirner, c.,... I,n Pnt.Oui.'. Welle. Nevada, 
Guoxuquil: J. P. Green, Kao . Miitamorss: r. “< 
Blake. Kan., not, ConMil al Foi l tSrle, to lie Consul at 
Haniill.en, OuU: F. W. ParlrldgiS 111., Bangkok: G. 
I* n.ni'on, ill., mow Con*nlut Ivlslmoi’O.Ui hcCvftsul 
at Copenhagen; H. J. Wlnsor, N. J., Sonncherg : A. 
C piiilho-,, Me., |d,rt. I.rle, Out.; J. B. (,onld. Me., 
Cork • .1 I., •sterens. Me . Birmingham; 1) G. Hpragiie, 
Conic, Bfui'.ywlrk ; It. P. Keep, Conn., ut the Piraeus; 
K. V. Ilollv. Vi., li irtiudnv-; It. C. Muck. N. II., I.ori- 
donderrv : liileard Vaiudin, N, H., Contteook. OPt.; 
r. it. Wj'hi'. Mnax.. Zanzlhar; E. It Jones, Ww., New 
Ca-iie; ,i.T. Hauser, Win., BrlndtM: K. M. Johnson, 
Mo.. Hankow ; Jas Held, HI., Belfast; .1.8. RunmjUs, 
Iowa. Tl.'iv-Tstn: 8. L. Glasgow, Iowa. Havre; M. M. 
Price, low.. Marseilles : .1. V- Brand. O., Nuremberg; 
H. M. 1 Km-nil. u., Bremen W M. Young, tarbn’uhc; 
H.S. Nuul.O.. Lisbon; 1C. D. Neill,-Minn., Dubiiu: H. 
H Davis. Penn., Curdin’; Ferdinand Co*. IVnn.. Leg¬ 
horn ; c. O. Shepard, N'. V., Veddo: C. K. Terry, N Y„ 
Aspinwall; D. M. Armstrong. N. Y~ Rome; krederlc 
Schutz, Uotiorduui; C. J. Clinch, N. Y», Bordeaux, 
Maj. Jus. Hagnrty. N. Y.. Glasgow. 
t'OHxul* Uvni ral. F. 11 Morse, Me., Loudon; T. B. 
Van Biireu. N. J., FlpreUCe ; J. M. Reeil. Jr., N. Y., 
Paris; W.o. Hart, N. Y., for the British North Aider- 
icun Provinces. _ _ „ , „ 
I’eiUinn .!.o ntn. — Tl. tl. Porter. Hover, Del.; B. M. 
Prentiss, Onliiey, 11),; Thaddeus Toolo. Jr., Grand 
Rapids, M |i h„ ( I. G. Goodloo, Ky.,to be Second Mcu- 
tenant or Hi" Marine Corps. _ .. 
Collector* "f Can mas. G. F. Marshall, for the Dis¬ 
trict ol Not Hop don, Conn.; 0. M. Faddcn, District 
of Wis'M-.set. Me-; 8. T. liooki r, Mtlwaukoo, Wjs.; 
AV. W. Johnson, District ol MomanA 
Surveyors of Qu$Lofn&» —Hurtibrook, Bvwift - 
ville, Jnd.; J. R.WinotleH. llamimid; Mo. 
April IT.—Senator Sherman prosented an im- 
porUmt memorial from the Ohio Legislature 
protesting against further grants of lands lo rail¬ 
roads or lor other purposes. Senator Edmunds 
then moved to take up the resolution offered by 
him on Hie preceding day for nn adjournment 
Saturday. Senator ('handlersuggested Monday. 
Senator Sumner pointed out that It was impossi¬ 
ble to get through Hie accumulated business by 
so early a. date. Senator Ramsay was of opinion 
that it would be impossible to fix a day lor ad¬ 
journment, sinee the nominations were coming 
in from the President at tho rate of a hundred 
and fifty a day. There was considerable discus¬ 
sion of tho topic; but ultimately the Senate pro¬ 
ceeded to the consideration or Executive busi¬ 
ness. 
The confirmations In Executive session were 
as follows : 
L. D. Kellogg, to bo God oral a ppraiaer for tho 
Pcmth : It. s. Lacy, Aniensor of Internal Revenue for 
the Fifth District of Virginia; 8. P. Barbee. Post¬ 
master «t Danville, Ky.; E. M, McCook, of Colorado, 
to he Governor of .'aid Territory; C. C. Crown, of 
\lubama. to ho Governor nl the Territory or New 
Mexico, vice R. B Mitchell,resigned; VV. A. )i™- 
wider i 
given to this Constitutional guarantee. 
Virginia. 
JogntJA r. WEPTCOAT of Eastvillo was mur¬ 
dered in his count lug-room on Wednesday night, 
the 14th ult., by some person unknown. He had 
a desperate struggle with his murderer, and it is 
supposed inflicted a wound UR0B him. as traces 
of blood wore round on the sidewalk for a long 
distance. 
Jos. Johnson of Lee county was killed near 
Walnut Hill, in Powell's Valley, on the 14th ult., 
by James and Rodniuti Colston, who fired ten 
bulls into him. This dreadful homicide was tho 
result of an affray. Mr. Johnson leaves a wife 
und two children. His father was killed by bush¬ 
whackers at Bean Station, Tenn., some two or 
three years ago. 
General Canby orders the test oath to be ad¬ 
ministered to all persons who are now holding 
olllce by election in Virginia. 
Soiitli Carolina. 
Governor Scott has commuted the sentence 
of Susan Eppes, who was convicted, In Newberry 
county, of murder, and sentenced to be execut¬ 
ed on the 21st. of May, t» imprisonment for life 
in tho State Penitentiary. 
Louisiana. 
Tnr.hriff H. B. Colson was seized by a Revenue 
Collector at New Orleans on Friday, the 10th 
ult, for an alleged af t erupt to evade tho Revenue 
laws. At the investigation the Gtptain admitted 
that he had Intended to defraud the insurance 
companies, he having arranged to take the ves¬ 
sel to sea and destroy her,for which “ foul play” 
he was to receive $5,000. 
At a meoting of t he Chamber of Commerce of 
New Orleans, on the 17th ult, a Special Commit¬ 
tee reported in favor of organizing a Grain As¬ 
sociation, with a capital of $200,000. Directors 
and officers will be elected as soon as $50,000 shall 
have been subscribed, $10,CXXI of which was sub¬ 
scribed. A committee was appointed to call on 
tho banks and insurance companies and ascer¬ 
tain it' they would co-operate by advancing on 
warehouse receipts. Two hunk presidents pres¬ 
ent signified tlicir readiness to aid the movement. 
Nineteen thousand barrels of whisky were 
seized by tho Supervisor in New Orleans on the 
21 st ult. 
Tennessee. 
Three children were burned to death in a 
dwelling house at Nashville, Tenn., on Monday 
morning the 19th nit. Tho house took tire, and 
Parker, 
I'rorterTcIt lCmde, Tenn.. Tat' alnium.; 1 lm*. I Rfi.ii; , 
|>, C., st. Helena t D. 8- Pi-mieli, U. a^v' 
T.C. JntAOnsul. Murnraibn; .l» , '.« \ ark, Alii.. Any- 
la-Ctiapelle; n. Nile* HI.. VicmHu, A . I.; < K 
in.. Bilitol; icrtwanl Cojimv. IVnn., buu Juan, 1. K.. 
Hugo fiildebmniU, X. C . r am-u. 
Prnnon Auenf*. t>-J Buynten, 
r, a. Thcbis iluhton, Mftes.; 8- • • • iJoweil, Omaha, 
Nr,),., Cant. C. IV, Urdu*rt,JartianMiuli». Hid. 
/ aitivt .SVafc* Att0ci<yr.-3cV>n MlllcJm-. hit r- 
gla; John P. gnuthworin, for the bouthern Dlstnut 
" CeUrH'* J "/ Custom *.—Julius 8. Ilanoyer. for the 
DIMrlotjof l’a1rllelil,GouJi,; AlexanderDavis, Dls- 
lr TuijMer > oTLa>ui.oytcM. W.A. McJIoniilfl.atHwnta- 
rille, Alt.; 10. A. Arnold. Grand Island, Neb.; I. < • 
iv, Idaho. 
Receiver*of PtlHtic ,Voiw|/s. J. 'Tlenlsn. id. Grand 
Island, Nob.; K. H. Barnard, AVostPolm Neb. 
AVt»>i/.-C iuit. James F. Arin'trona. from Hip letirod 
list,to hr Captain In Dm Navy on t hr art ivy list,; Al¬ 
bert 8. Hunt of Now York, to be Post-t n;iplain in 
J. Ceflhy. to be seorotnry of Le¬ 
gal ion to Russia: Cm. Ailniu Barlwui, to l>r Asslat- 
ant 8rrr<:tiu y of begution to London ; I-. 8. Duv's. 
Hurvryor-Ut*nrral for Nevada : BunUt, M idi- 
JiigtOD, D. c.. Srui't-mry to Sign Patents; A K K'"s. 
Appraiser of Mriobandlsr m Baltimore ; G. \\ Bow- 
rir, Naval Ultlorrut 8an I 1 ran risen; J • !*• liariuatead, 
to hr Coiner; O. le MuiiSon, to be Aranver. .me J. I . 
Coplinin. to bo Mr Iter and Renner of the Branca 
Mint at San FraDclsoo. . 
CnUi'Ctor*of Internal tfrmior. — A. \ . 8tilli\an, lot 
New Mpxlrn; R. W WMmnt. Third District, Aik., 
Jus. Mullins. Fourth Distrlrt,. Trtili.; It.l'.l atterso", 
tCichth DHI rod., Tium.: Francis '1 lipmns, I- onrLh T»r 
trlid.. Md.; C. A. Raymond, t u>t Distllel, Vii.,,1. . 
Younulove. Third Di.-ira t, Ky ; J. E- bwiggi rt, I rinh 
Dblrfrt, ().: 11 F Ti.rtmx. i ivoiuy-ninlh Di-lrod. N. 
The defaulting Treasurer of Schoharie county 
lias not yet returned, anil prior to absconding, it 
Is said, disposed ol’ till his own property. The 
Supervisors have been authorized by the Comp¬ 
troller to raise the amount of the bonds of t he 
officer, but it is guessed t hat he will not respond 
to the requisit ion. Tho amount ol the deficit-is 
stated to be about $ 59.00 
Commissioners front New York surveyed the 
Suspension Bridge at Cincinnati, on the 17th ult., 
with a view to got plans for a similar bridge 
over t he East 111 vor. 
Isaac Hatch, a colored boy, shot another boy 
named .las. Madison with a pistol, in New York, 
on tho 17th ult,, and was arrested while running 
through Laurens street. Hatch, who is n boot- 
black, is held to answer. 
The annual election of officers of the Tammany 
Social y of New York City, and the installation of 
Mr. U ni- M. Tweed as Grand Sachem, took place 
on the evening of the 19th ult, 
Mrs. l>r. Lozier and Dr. Sarah Furnas lectured 
on tho 20th ult. at the Medical College of 
Women, tho former upon diseases of women, 
and tho later upon tho vocal and respiratory or¬ 
gans. 
The three hundred and fortieth anniversary of 
the signing Of the great, protest against the er¬ 
rors of the Romish Church was celebrated at 
Cooper Institute in New York City on the even- 
