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PARE I IRVENTI E CE COUIs TY. MocitATIC NEWS.
101:111,11111M0 *PUT WED3EIIr•Ti Bf
,30MtY HAYS.
ti111M4 6 41,50 111- lit/twice. or If reit( within sin
' , months. 02,00 will bo charged on 01l Solo:rip.
Opus t %Innin g to the end of the year: -
RDYSIIVIWVitr(TrT aud liminess !Notices inset-t
-01l IYt thrusaa rater, mud e ery dem
iNC) 3E 3 ' 191. 12 4 7 ZT
imix ink; If fi the suestest putnnei, it the lokeat
Neos e stel Li, the o' mu"t tlearetiob" Ifinrin;
r6hirksiol t 1 hark, collection of typo, we are pre.
parod trl,s4lisfy the orders of our friends. .
Dh`.:IIOCRAT.I6 CREED
No. 1. Bina/ and ex.ire jastire to , all own of
soh thrown *tote or persuasion, religions , or
Sr.,.
cok7glarat aokhalf , es
with agitations i.eutanslingallifontea soilA
rOUP.
0 0 2. The rikei4 of Skies and Tortiorife to
4 4,migunw A.O own &unsold affair,.
ira. 4. Preitololflntopiality Ike oorireignne
of..44teople,mid.the :dila , of erfee ionVoiitg, so
l4.ket &eche; rtril Ile roaetottilion4l4 erproeiog,
M ATort- . tleooo.ta....tu prihUo-seqpiitisi - re4.
ow, a Arxere I pro.o?votly/ pnblicfaith•
#t lifeedons o freedom of the
rest orod-oriorge,ll . illi melon of inforinalion.
7. Opposition to ell etoret political 07109;
54 'lone. and to all cortirptinns in pot/too.
A-socrat preservation of the Parma
lloliotbetwiit,O Anti Sal railigionstoste, for Ore.
No. 9. bigotrzor pride f ever, er die.
411 , 1 et ;OM of birth amon - r - Ainiitain . -
No. to. flopott and protection for the rights
of
Pr 0.. Alt
M. Tar priaf rl'ati aof thenataralisatron
laic*, and the rtirkt of al/ to the imUie ilontain
4,4 14, protection of the Arnerinen government
No. 22. iiippoeition tool! chartered monopolies
N.. 13, Common brotherhood and good will
to till--tOpeOlallp to therso of 1.450 household. of
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-- BELLIWONTE, PJNNA
*mem •DAY, MTh's= MP, Is3o
D 1101163 OF WEANING 'Doors to A 111011
Witep.—The Detroit Adveritier say*, •the
wind con . Saturday *Derrick:in last, end whilg.
the dust wateironlatitig so thick that no one
could see intim tban The length of en eye•
high in front, a lady, dressed' in the most
ro.od - trats - ot - the
• rs, was lifted off her tett by the three
rff the wind*Ming on the great espaiiiii
surface-which she presented- to it. ''•
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hi the ?me position in which she was before
be* tiers up, but turning her gently•on
onit sit* it laid her ender* on. tlicsidtrialk
whelp the minim need a series of satoniith
laggmliompotiirt nevrwrntzu - on tho
hoops of the Alittliklend exhibiting a species
of hmtibotion which may come intq fashion
wiUe high winds and 'las* circlets of light
inati vial. As the Isidy thus rolled o'er and
Derr_ several Perrone were knocked down
And passed cltrlly.the lady and the hoops,
without ever knowing that anything had
hit tlsMt. Fortunately for the lady, - the
.lust mid the astonishment pf the people out
of doonrperuiltted but a feW to witness this
new ipctbill of getting along ins stift breeze
end keeping up full sail at the same time.
4s so canto ruuud a comer we found the
ledy,leedged,betn-cen 11, lamp post and a
hy driont, sad innuedtately isolated her to an
uprigitt Instead Rif arccumbent position.
PROTVO7ANTB Ls( Tntl UNITED ST eres.—Dr.
Writ:* 1214, new edition of Religion in
thus classes the five 'great evan
gelical denominations in the UMW& States.
The CongregationaLiets_ and Presbyterians
he plied under the head o - f -- -Prealoyterisens
•, Min. Mew Ppp.
EPhoopokan, 1,3 23 1,713 108.840 1.011,000
Presiviejaval, 10,669 • 0,471 928,318 4,600,000
11,070 .9,118 1,272,400 11,200,000
Mill, 111, 14,0011 .0,140' 1,693.194 6445,000
Littera& 4,9911 .4We4100 770,000
A SISVIINTION - WHIMS iS to bo built across
the Ifississipplat St. Louie, Missouri, to be
sighty-fbur feet *bolo high water mark, au&
warodiau a mile ,ht_ length. The greatest
distance between towers will be 1800 feet,
and the foundation of HOMO of the towers
will be 80 feet below the outface of low
water. J. W. Bissell; of Rochester,
Y. iimeired the appointment of engineer.
The brike is expected not to cost 100 than
two mill • of dollars.
414-.41411).T0rita.-=3lr. George Angikarti,
the eide4-rvilident" pr Dboklatid
*mete is on Tuesday lart, -sod-cart
ant .lireckinridgr,
r, tit& is in his 102 d year, and has
voted toiraU the Democratic Presidents, from
Witalopoon down to oar own Buotianan.
,May *red patriarch live to- behold 'tlio
siemesili ohm - of ortec--more - retaining the
peg that, through oxidant' evil report, has
ever atoodlirmly by the Cont4ll.llll43,And
the Ilnion Asothaig Gazette.
1ii440.-.;A just cause for rejoicing by
tbs Design% eney is the overwhelming major-
Ili*ek9 l 4 by Bucliiinan it his own State.
In Neee4prkhis native State, Fillmore is
the thirdksitsintstii.. The returns from Cal-
AV*,
_lO demystrato in. what measure of
4 4 1 9 0 11411040 a the citizens of the Golden State
,hl:44•Otailr'"benekotor" John-V Fremont.
• ullaatosinate_tris Remo —T he
Deinehrathi party abolished slavery in New
Fillelevou)iii, and New Jersey, The
VonatitqWat . Ohio and.
C,".llfoireia: "Well Prohibit slayer', were. all
by tai Democratic party.
14e itsl i iirrONN Cl,lll
,Cdr
awarded blrelr beautiful prize Dimmer to In-
Alletiklityjor the largest increased v( to
o,Tprl c itt: of ,t year.
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Jab Ekrunna.—ldrs. Thorn of
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recently hung Iva' elf end
ci,l!9diesetass her husband refuseitito take
Dot N# bin at JOnc#4llo.
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ANAHWiIf Kiximp-44 blviums.4l
Riohatrd MeCatniofi'arrivedin
port 'yesterday afternoon from the - Bull
Creek ; he reports a Mr. Glenville shot by
the Abolitionists and himself robbed.
Glenville has been living on the claim of
Reese Jones, Esq:, and ho was driven away
from Toy Creek by Dr. Wootton's crew.—
ifs- Was on his way to Missouri, driving a
wagon Mailed with Jones' furniture, when
near Bull Creek, on the Santa' Fe road, he
was stopped bylbur men who demanded his
Money. Ile hod none with him. One of the
assassins tried to shoot him with a revolver,
and as Glenville drew up his rifle to protect
himself, another shot likenjn,the Lack. .16
is not expected Olive. A Carriage has beep
tent for the wounded man, Ind when lie are
rives we Will be able to get•his statement
under-Oath.
•.
Mr. McCamish, en induattiode, • deserv
ing young niaa, hes agerhvbeen robbed rel
doubt by • the four mica's *hp shot' Clen
,ville4-an the shooting and robbing' is done
bew4-da7s by four men.• We suflpdell • the
Abolltiohmts have got up- vi new militaty
ifevlep
an that 'the Nutter Ooneints 'of fear
each. • Wit hopeakov. heary Will look alter
thin mysterious four. People ire getting
kheid tossand theirAums-eo the _Territory..
The praittiiiiiikki, or wan set on dee mar
Bicaimish's, and While he was out trying to
save a fence, tbo d e relieves went to his how%
and took clothet, a 4addlo and bridle, and
several blankets, He saw and. could 'den
tity4lei jirivilevem , • They idle oftwalopinett
the divedtkni of a
flack :sae ...yow l: .
truly - httilitil to remote
Order and enforce obedience to, the laves.--
We stop the preen-to give this late trwl :it
may he relied on.
A COLD BLOODS!) MIDADID,--Irt will be recol
lected, says the N, Bedford, Mass. Stan Jar,',
that a short time Alice, the dead body of a
young man by the name of Chase, was found
in &sense', cinder circumstances which' Ida
to the belief that he was Murdered by's
man who was last seen iff his company, by
the name of Vanderboof, hillomer
set. A day or two ago Vanderhoof• was ar
rested, and when informed of what ho
accused, he Tainted. Subsequently he con
fessed the foul deed, and implicated an ac-
ooMplice y the name of Deater,_who has
also made a edentlPion. Both of them have
been committed to Taunton Jail. They uy
that the young man had thirty .dollars in
onev, and tiny_agreed to divide it_lsy
the one who struck' the fatal blow,
two dollarrthe moat.
Ilvonsautm-u Hows.4anesuktcr city, thr
borne of the President elect, gives such a
vote fur 'him u will t.pll the country, in •
mann& not to be misinterpreted, how highly
Jame Buttanitimuilumed by the friends
apd neighbors who Lava inow,n him long
and well :
Lancaster etty—P4ll rate.
AMOY,
BurAl . Prltm. Fifip, 17,11„,
N. E. Ward, 607 313 112 , 1
N. W.Ward, 883 83 120 HO
$. E. Wited 537 47 100 11.1
£ l . W. Word, -too . 43 71 50
1897
'Collll99ltau TOIO 699
M.J. fur BRA, INS
A Pacmcnoar Wulnsp.—The lon swing
proliction aplienzz4 in the New York lour•
na of ty wow ,of the Neue of April 26
" The Hrsii;Nothing Councils of Phila
delphia bawd' refused As use"( the null of
Ir4apendenctfor the reerptip of the Hun.
James Buchanan. Never mind the people
will furnish him a hall, after the 4th of
March next, which will ho sufficient for all
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practical purpoaes.
In connection with tho aboTo we giro tho
following extract from the Phlladclphin cor
respondence Of the Baltimpro
" In common council rottenly 11 , rein
ttotrwlittiorotitAtiFttinieviiii the HOW of- n
defictOtilif. lir. BuChirion, tbr the Wit of
his friends fbr- an expodixt vivit-trom-the
'resident cleq."
FORTUNZ-MAZING..-AS an example (goys
an exchange) of the rapidity with which for-
un sre acquiredTwe may men on e
case of Sylvester Lynn, a Scotchtnitu, who
landed in Chicago in 1846 with two 'over
lain; in his pocket. - A few weeks since he
.gave to the trtuitaes of the Presbyterian
University, Omit. to be established at Forest
e, twentrfivo miles north of the city,
the sestinificent sum of ono-Mptefrod thousand
dollars, ($100,000:1 in consoquanco of this
_act the trustees havedcppnitte4l taz call gut
institution the Lynn University. ,
Gls?mital. lilomtm's national lyric,' 'The
Bag of . o ur Volstik forayef,'Lpro veil a meat
valuable "document" during the late can
vass. It tduched the right nerveand pro
duced a thrill pf patriotism throughout the
republic : -
" A unites of lakes—e union of leads—
A - eaten of etlitell none may sever;
A onion of hearts—e union of bends
4.ed the tog of our Elston forever!"
Tax J 11141110" Crrr Telegraph is a decidedly
nanny paper. Hero is a story original with
A young gentlemen, of estimable chime
tallidttcusi.YbAegU!retnemitoput4cric.,
injured in the legs last Sundaybight, by try
ing to take home two tidies at once. The
fleshbout . ,hj*,finklea was completely worn
off by tliinadies%hoops—of course his pants
were ruined.
APPOINTIIIIITIS sr Gov. Pot
Csnrad. Assdnioto Judo of the Court - .
Common Pkas of Philadelphia, froth the
first of December next, vice Win. DrXelley.
...Capt. Zenith Ttirtey, Iliarbor Master for
the port of Philadelphief from the lOth inst.,
yeas -fieorge R.Tirahlkai riidinedi
Itnotm ISLAND voted on the 4th spina
any amendment to the State Oonatitutioni,
LLEFONTE, PA., WEDN
•
' And naked lies the ;blaming ;
While dliatfireeilliO - dielamt etme ' , •:
The fading light of summer shine; ,
Along the lawn thO negro Wort "
Poop eumtuore on hie uoopday horn,
And innieward troop the girls and bean:
Fokti Yadkin( of the eon. •
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I mind me 'yell 'that *ninon; der,. ; • •
When Are end Areal 4 61 4 1 .. 1 4mi
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We turned ear,labo't*lnto .1 ,
AnO hu:1031.1 !be itellt'n - for nitglibbr
Al! wife, we weeethe blithealladr •'
That e'er to wedded love Won/Mina
For I arm gay snit ,yokwora fpm
• huski Pe, 9 CO th P ~
Ob howittitfall sad le* aro longing ;
• • Out hearts sat liglatlx4nt onr.llpai• ••••
As we the golden eider quaffed, ,•• • • •
Andmimed the bowl with . really quip?.
And glen sly hinta of love went . lupntl t i , ;'
Con slim:nod at me with poutlngsioeur
Fetemlled, tho' yota fain would frottib,. ,
, ' A hisLingsof the corn,
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Thou when I tonna the scarlet ear,
And Molokai tilt, ofd tretifffinal Lisa
Tuit bide tem set . optaletila toe odor, •
And pleaded•that dad j,iesdod gttw '
Away'you fled nod d peretuan
Till- all too faint Zoe wawa
Awl—loon you not how weft I w
THE' BURNT .111111111 g,
One tine efteineen, egitY in "the elong 4 i ,
about twenty-tiro„ycirs ago, _two young at
torneys were trarcitaig leisurely across an
xteruiivo prairie in one of the lyestern
States. They. were on theft wey to *amid
* circuit court of • frontier county, whhib
embraced about oat fourth of the terrifory
of the state, with a very esnallpoftion of Its
population ; but Which ban, in prosesi
of •ttme, cut up into three or knrSoligiiit
sional districts. One of them bed recently
been appointed Steles' sttorney_of the cir
cuit, and would occasionally breaths hrtnielf
ill a sort of Iltlidey excriiMe by Way of
preparation for an intended charge upon the
grand-jur The other, unoccupied by the
caretrof pu is o etc - Ina - aged - fancy
new end then in pleasing visions of Prison
crs vindicated 11 triiimphatit efoquinice.
.who would pour out their' grafltudo• stud
money in equal profusion. Oncli or twice,
by Commit" an iinsliinary hog thief "
faigned, au 'arta Cate 61 1 thit
argmuents-of !corned length and thunder
ing sound i V addressed tiy the two worthies
to en inrisible -court vid Jury—Who' were
suppuhed to listen with attention and Inter
est. •
'lino amusements -teem varied front time
to time by dratights upon their 'rcipeetive
stores of song and anecdote, IA .well as on
the ortatnro nouiforts which they . arried in
their saddle inivirdaiiicket flasks... As the
day declined, however, all their resourtei;
mental and physical, were ern nigh exhaus
ted. Tired and hungry, they ibund them
selves, when sunset" was approaching, still
"six or eight miles from tho country mat; a
distance which accrued to them almost in.
terminable. On a however, ono of
them conceived a bright idesiotbich was no
sooner made known to the other,. Wan ha
eagerly appr.ved it. They determined to
bunt the pniirie. One of them carried a
contrivance for striking fire (luciler matches
were not yet ;) And having started the. blase
cleverly on .either side of reed. 910
Inured their - journey, oft2st.tern* to mark
OorPlMPT4lPe!.**l ll ‘ 7 i • 6.4 t0...041/41 ,
their brilliant - -
There ate few !Viet sights - Um a butting
prairie. It should be a wild and wide prai•
rie—with the grant four or five feet high, un.
touched by the rumniant -oxorntrodilen by
21Pr -- .' 103
so as to vary tho movement of the confa•
gration —the ham late winter or early spring,
when the grass is as dry. and crisp as tinder
—and a fresh breeso blowing, before which
the ftros NW( op over the levels like fleet cour
errs, tossing their glowing manes
upward on tbo rising ground, like tho blla
lows of diet remendous pee, viten which the
huge _form of Satan " Loy IbAting mar a
-rtiotk" -- Poropared - with 'this, mere irtllteint
fire work* are utterly insiguitioent, and shoii
bontemplably, u .tho sulphur mid sheet
iron of a itorin Mae theatre would dot imam--
• • erithihrtitmlereind—lightnierdi
storm betwee4 ' , Joys" wad " the joyous,
, "The offence of bog stealing was en com
mon in those days, that it might alive been
termed an epidemic as regarded Individuals:
aml • chronic disorder larialwribeffir politic. L
Tho criminal docket never failed to kxhibit
hdf • dozen -eases every term. dome
thought it grew out of the habit of haling
"varmints," and the difficulty of teaching
frontier men that "wild hogs - ' were private
property, and not "fern ?lacuna." Others
maintained that it waisdue to the temptation
held (Mt b r the prospect of d e predating
itor q tre;no4l-- ileauge—
of these animals through the woods. But
the most original theory broached as a de
fence in ono ease, by a lawyer, who found
the - facts proven against his client-tooplainly.
to ho dolled or evaded. The hogs' were al
most always 'killed in the river bottoms:'
which were intersected with gaayous sod
sto:rghs cud be asserted that the seater of
these regions had the retnarkablv'effect of
excitingn insane appetite/no porlt-etinest
inuch t htteverystnati who lived in the bot
tom turdritrik its water Isis three 4reeks ;
was irroaistibly driven "tnget hog meat'
by a necessity. weal lateral. which,
Ent apt end, to everytiripg,4l(4r*Gpey . l,4bility.
Thu evil has gildusilly stated. since th at
day, whether from an improvement' ie the
water, the-mends, or the ptdige,bf thectrm•
mtwity, we leave is in OpeA it144401Z
F=SEM
zyslcED g 5.440.,
A TALE OF. CON34.3ENCIL
"I do perceive here ►divided duty."
- gerli` l :boierichimlld ba...innpeediriktiiitim
at paid', Garden et tire Preaidentligkorrads,
It was. that of a magniflcient tree, which
P;toOft et the eitrennety of a Tbint of timber
jetties out into the prairie, likersome giant
champion in the van of w forioin hope —en
teldpe'd in dlnies from Ile toil to the top-
Metalling; lid ditiptilyitig ;aglikot ' the dark=
AIWA& ft ti;splehdant and ,hotricate awls
or Ilk - It insinitg!.tO mind fbrelbly the idea
,of a burning ship' at es. And. we 4mean
!Mr, to, tile sttatige eieiteferat 'pt liriaber
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night, Which Ws spent at I dr bowie in a
'small hamlet, begirt with fire II rouhrl the
hiii'laiiiii like a 'hilt &guild' ci . The men
issidliirider the nrighborhoodfwere on foot
till cliiy break, Plighting the its," at every
point wheie it threatened iwciatikiii: Their
.
figures seen running to and fro aldecilic
bright line, of-the 'ene * my's^4pttath, Ind
their kholt; of warning or erteitunement,
that camp tipteintly for the eailfreraAltredis•
taOne,heighteited the irildeffbcOirede *Mao,
i and lniogled with out. dreams after we . had
ceased Ifs tiehidd It with-the eye'wflense:
'. Thillichefit e;iltaMn is necesihrY on - those
imOrtaiddi; foi c ihnietiMes, *Ore_ makes
awhire'ail Open the 'Milk ~ . .., giniurning
Ni
.0 1 .Vitiaufferer todatn
gnactiajf visit with exe'6ybut penalties the
Abtilinf firing a pra:ite.
Itiirtiti - saki orobtainint&ig grail's — TO
their cattle, as al-'o fur tffart . iposs' pre
linexpNted fires,* sowers them-
salved are accustomed to burn the prairies
at appointed times ; watching, the flames,
ind guarding &plait thei l y . fivages, till the
ding* hi passed by. And thus it s , e , Itkun
happens, Oaten} , beeach_ rikthe late is com
plained of, unless Some, ntittate injury •re
sulti from it. - 'I •
pyredischnhforploito of - oar
herones were followcal by estiosequenceir of
this sort. The blaze, which they kintledr
after Ara 'mil. or ruktehfitritr
little link of prairie,Arstt- 'Sistraying illy
tenting of several farms. "As bees his out
Wl' angry Tyke,"--so - awarrned out the whOle
settlarneist-in hot haste; - iiis *- ques t a
eveey direction in scorch oethe perpetra
tors. By a singular 6111704 (iitlidrire com
mend th 3 attention *oder+ (rho' are
ctirioiri'(ri•O'sies 'of eircumitintisi evidmitoo)
their stilipicions were divarafoita the real
• Almosed-witfrifie
viuMitit 4s-hist -Wive or' four' hi nocen per
sona.. those Were some joung. arm, who
happeneckyilbllove the two lawyers alcing
the same road, at an' interval of ziot, more
than half an hour. t he earlier pa • k of tho
day, theflustf met! at .several pla
ces, afiiilting. swearing, siugingairiips, run
ning theirliorseit, committing othe r ea
travigances, aesiitli fellows will do `"upotf a
spree." One man who had been hurritig cattle
descried them squatted on the grattr:eri the
irairiv, eigers and piss atEttrds--s
-and' tho day iral §'unday! 11cre rq !ACT,
ihqy had been surprised by th3.ap eh of
the and - manittin g their nap y had
dashed at full speed, through the which
the road pressnt'ed, and made t he way to
county town. : Evan at this jruitaro too
they had Win a e on and recogni4and the
laiit link in the dada of proof wastapplied,
to tiro' entire satisfaction of their t . enraged
accusers. vain did they protesf:tbeir in
nocence and appeal to one Another, cor
roboration. " All west coneernert in' it,"
bald dieother party, limit td' eateii you!ll
all stick together ets4l sees: ati to
reihsFirevi ,
Tripe takes hold of you ! MeV lix you
, .
flints about 'right " •
Meantime tho brace of attorneys, though
exempt from the suspicioft of the public,
were suffering great tribulation in secret.—
r.. • la •• were I 771 oerea p
with one another, and nuechrenbtle caudary
was expended upon the question arising out
of the "conflict of 101," to , wit; the Law
of Truth snit Justice, and th 4 Law or" Self-
Preservation. Judge Story Wins book ware
then published) bad not treated of snob a
'muse, and the was alto*tiser• too ttrong
their„weak eye* J_Their..karte yeagna
" thX.fattairJestratnuete.suthaie
'tutes-Aut "to confess the seen" &motives
teas a dreadful alternate°. 4 would bs to
• ce, as they thought, siert; hope_of
ti94solito.a.ll99°l B J- 1 9 AtiStetis
shut up forever the perspective, which le
velled' in the distance a wilt in the Eitel*
Legislature, and an arrn chair in consents,
f gripe., to read tho iaata.> Their twat
nerve pve leap—selfishness teiesseiph4,...
they determined to keep thereinto under al.
visement, and at the sa,mo time to " keep
(arb."
lint little time area allowed them for fur
ther refloctign. " Next day the pours melt—
the Gran4Jury wax serorn —the Judge 'de
livered his eherge—tho yew fledged p rose.
Ziitor b 4 " "Whigerind flu - 1114.
the Grand Jury retired. Semi after boxes
summoned to assist at their deliberations:
and to bis dismay, the first witneseca who
confronted him were the avengers of,fire, the
denizens of the burntlwairic. Tint evidence
was strong and pointed—the juryreturewl
truer hiff withotft heallation —and he bad no
Virifitla but to draw the indictment: elf/bile
his unwilling hand was employed in setting
&Ali; with' 'all tho legal aggravation.,
against the airlifts of unfounded suOileibm,
the,chargo of en came, which thsievery
hand had •kianteitted, his nerves tremobled,
etld drops oraweat stood upon ,big
,Iwww ;
symfiterna, Wick dm cetWidefirti Pr 7 ago'
Off
AY,cNOVEMBER 19, 1856.
ditalfiftti With Aid - end 'fidelity in untried
duty. At lest leis task was finished ; and
h e handed the indictment to the foreman;
salving his wounded, conscience with the
resolve, to make sort& for it, if 'possible,
by an extremely lenient prosecution. Ile
wit obliged to Orli ho gun ; but he meant to
pull the trigger very gently indSed.
On his way back to the court room he VOA
hotel by the ` ll unftertaxate IllEcused,'who, in
their anxiety" to know the worst, made bold'
Ito question the men of whom they stood
most in fear—little dreaming the . they were;
themselves labia eftS aliment as terrible, as
the ghosts of King Richard's victims to that
drionatlenionareir and quite likely to '.sit
heavy on hiA soul to euurrotr.'" -Far eßffirent
were -their thoughts. They were albuigers
tL y were ignortent-' l .end they were-pooth,
. And when their apprehensions were cow:
firmed t 4 protuMntineettorney e whet,
(intnOwhat tinprof. aq)nvirledgod
the fintlincof the indietenent, thiy were in
despair as to the means Af procering eouibeel
to defend tirene.. Ilot oar he* yew the mut
ter ins different light. .• Out of , this nettle
longer (suit he to hinuiilf—oe might 'hate•
said) we Pluck this" lid*,
:•••°' 7" V P freitaiiiddehliatX
--not much engaged in . behave .—and
doubtless willing to embrace en opportunity
"coming out." " Would he be good
enough to speeds-to 4lm gentlemen • --few
words, width bmng-ht him out very quickly
to 'hie expected clients. He listened-to their
story as'if it were all quite new to him—
believed their assertions of innocence-- , - felt
great sympathy and would be proud to de
fend them, for he was convinced that they
woci this victims of deceptlvociroutristances.
As to the matter of fees, ho begged them to
be - perfbetly rimy t my:* be ais
pleased that they had no numeyptit it int;
bled theta to feel and prom that his zeal in
• oh-Whetter:, not meret otey. Ilia disin
. , . •• •• jtryfolly. ae•
eeptcd: and after a bag , consultation, the
advocate and his.c*enta parted front c itcli
other, with hearta a good deal lighter than
thry4tad-been-sitintrther rreolorttoth .
It may by readily itmnagincel that hue two
friends did not omit to hold a private talk
upon tho subject that night: audit the stip'.
resentatire or tin/ State did diselose",to. his
adversary, the nature and strength of the
ervitioniofttaisitruSret, • ,
certainly, under all the circumstances, bet
the heaviest sin heliad to repent of. not
nest iiiiening the trial came o The pros
ecuting attorney was cicquisit in his profes
sions of impartiality ist-the dischate of his
duty. Ile felt himself to be a taw elllcer of
the people—bound; in the -est-rci;4 of his_
functions, nut simply to press for the oirovio
tion of every .niati who uas arraigned, but
to assist only in such cases as were made
out 11w the.' commonwealth, by conclusive
evidence. • Ile should endearing° try that
ciac,.o If ho were himself ajurur. If sus
tained by iber o proot,' he should call upon
those winnit'he - addressed, to vindicate the
outpace& laws of the land: if the poori.
should taU short of what lea lead been had
to'exPeot, Ito should hare the weight of the•
testimony, as fairly as ho could place it be
fore _thou. to their deliberate judgment.—
The counsel for the tiefenmeltio, was great
upon his side. Ile was confident is fins in
uocence of his chords. Ile know they were '
posar..friondless,.ino! un.ifoieursi. to. tLo jury
irht_hrld the balauco of their foto. Ile
, Als'
*As* e‘Witiettleo prejudice excited against
L-11e: - I beard . that a. -clew/ 'et sit.
• o.would.beproducesl. But strong itt•
otruselous rectitude—firm in their reliance
upon the wisdom,
_Outlet., and independent*
of the intelligent men who sat_befuro
they had put thermielves upon their eouutryi
' the mine.
It - feSfin
diction the witnesses were called. Tho
irr
nitaauon on their part bad by no means sub
sided, and-an adroit cross-examination ell
citedienough of feeling, and a sufficiency of
contradictions in small matters, to found a
plausible argument of inconsisteu4, and
joatify some smart hits at what are teehni
boallY " swift, witnesses." It was
4trltY_CtipillOreinCr. that. ZOKKI.WARYPIXA94S.
,bad hectic - about the prsirie in the course of
the day; and there was a considerable dim
crepe:4y, is to the exact place whtre the Ate
->ogßnriboecl-LTifo_ wakPikql.T.9!viat° the
fact that it began on both sides of the road
id once, and partly from the different points
•tf view in which it was first seen. At length
the examination wail ,ended, and the aro
tnettt commenced. Thu prosecutor follow
ing upon his own lead, displayed a candor
indonling with the testimony, not always
conspicuous in those who all similar sta
tions; and while he siumnedprwithi the
declaration, that evidence was 'NtlttiCiOilt to
. mantain the charge, lie forcing° to urge it
,
w i
with that vehemence and seal, which the
the prisoner's counsel manifested no lack
of these qualities. flu. read and narrated
case after case of individuals convicted upon
circumstantial evidence, and afterwards
proved to be innocent, until the jurors' hair
stood on end,atlike itx.rilier and enormityof•
ihese,judicial sourdisrs. It is said that fire
Manmade yp their mlndi thit day .never to
conviet for felony-on oircuanstandal proof,.
and two more'sworei eternal hostility to the
whole system of eapital- -punishment, But
my renders, if they over enjoyed the wild-,
',goof witnessing suds trials, toad who has ,
03ot 1) can, essilrfusoish out soon idea of
dsfroco which ha labormil so 4114044,y.
• • s o e - " r';*-- A . i"
and conscientious 'animater of the
prosecutors the frankncßa with which ho
had admitted Mb circumstances in the pris
oners' --and then appealing to that
" reasonable dettit,'' which his ao often
helped a daiquiri:LW etas in Its !torrid exit-cps
ity, defied ho night safely do) the ad•
iodate of the state to &Titre thrit.he believed
the guilt of the "'Conseil to be' established
beyond the reach of hs oaring influence.
'he prosecutor tdade the best reply ho
&Old centrist under such tilibarrat.Sments
neither party 'askedany "insuuctions firotri
the Court; and the Jury a ere sent out.. After
a s inispenee of setae fifteen minutes, net- less
terrible to the counsel than to the prisoners'
deMseivet, a verdict of "not guilty" was
retaried by the Intl% anil the 'accused *ere
set at•liberty: Ilteoutse, they Crcic Wish
their stelmowledgcrients to their genernms
dc:l'weltr: 'and in premises orninin•
tiftlianits tube pliant a future dip ; live
that northy, more-truth than
they suspectcd; declared that he had drily.
done his duty,, and thatitc, &sued ne Other
reward then 'the satisfac ion whierhe - lett at
their acquittal.
..•-
the two gontrinien„ whose adventure we
Met hitt! ettinted for two days ; aticreau
Changed limns! ccmgratulations on the for
bluets rault. They neeticit no mite oft a
gilts° so singular; wherein innocent .mete
wet accused by-hottest witnesses, ►ne were
pnisecuted and defended by - the read peeve,
craters of the riffoitee laid to their charge.
And though 6(feril years werei allowed to
pass, ere they ventured, in the Nodal hours
of circuit life , to relate the circumstances- to
their brethren of -this.bar, click vivid • recol
lietious wereananihst in the spirit and um.=
aith which the story was
---Iltlaildroutthreys ia. at the end of a ato.
WI true 1"... And older palle II re apt
to pat if the y de
utter it. To matter this natural ,•nnoa
ity, so hr ac our editp►•l wont- rett-ife - it;
we •newer that it is true ' , to the best of our
information and Witt." ft waaeorreot, cad
not denied to our knee ledge, Innen; the
.rat•
temporaries of the rtouteirsolor4 : one of
.• •• ••• • urwrty ItTtifinlTlle — diknitiiit 'a
•fudge ind the other (if rye natatHat aken)
became • Sarze►ury of Statx.--,'Southers
Lticraey Messenger.
BILL WIHMETREE'S
I________
in - YAhtuAllgiiGNV
41avoyon tsar lad the toothache t If nut,
tken hiemed is your ignorance, - Wr it is
Liss to knit- nothing about the tuidk-
Ile, ai you know nothing, absolutely no tit
jiiin —I he -- acute r dedlie-dAtilica;
reclitled agony dust lurks strut the roots
and range of of a treaelien.ius tooth. But
tisk trandhror how it, feels, what it is like,
howl( DritiititJt; and you iwy:.7rirrp~aotnc•
thing theoretically, sidelt_you may pray_
haairiiiiod'pouloarttot Jun, practically.
Bit 'cheers posr William Wiefilletree—
We Wei - through the,prill, Ihrght, bled, and
died (alight y)-with-the relined einiatial oil
orthe-sgoity caused
_by a raging tooth. -
Every time we nail (!theft,, we are half
ita
alined to think that more thawkiill-ef-liegei , si
derilishnom cairtottliitt raging tooth,'
which would not let hint ilocp„liettiortimd
and tormented wine ancient," as that he
become embittered Mini Isabel' the %orb!, and
blackamaorwhiparticular. -
SYilHam Witifietrib's esse It r very strong
illustration of whit imithischelill and what.
It minuet pdlipfe-kriio t anetadlutilit pointy
falfr itietref the manner in which' titer tooth'
and* sulteriw arc utcdicintilly and mm rally
treated by the neteria medics, and friends
at large.
William Whillietree - or as most
711 w 7.1, - fc'
peeplo called lifiu—stas a tn. 4 ,young .
low of two.and-twentyal- 7 "Peor but re
spentablo parents," and 'tended the dry
portal skin: of one Ethan Itakestraw in the
.11x
' village of lbockbettom, State-of Nen York.
One unfortunate day, for poor Bill, there
came Jo Roekliottom a galvanized-looking
individual, rejoicing In tho euphonium of Dr.
Hannibal Detains Wliangtitingtr. As a aur.
. on. b. hsd-....according. id ho album full.;
of certificates—operated in all the scientific
branches of amputation, from the scodp-lock
to the heel-tap, upon Emperors, Kings,
_churns
_awl einpunxt._ 1 . 0114 : but . upcm...hia
acieltce in the dental war, he spread- anti
grew luminous ! In short. Dr. Whatig
banger had not been long in Rockhottom,
before his "gift of gab," and unadulterated
propensity to elongate the blanket, wit eery,
body, including. poor Dill, Ma furor Mimes
their teeth cut, filed, scrapild, rasped, reset,
' dug out, and burnished Up !
New, Dill, Wing's,* woaforestated, li, taus
cularly-dereloped youth, got up in the most
,sturdy New Hampshire style, his tecth were
Wetly hi every nay ca1...1441 to perform,
:tint ilia ii'l tin ig - i VIC ti ill -- Wits -- 111. - iiiiia:
Bing counter-jumping notions, ilabbfink In:
stilt dickeys, greaked soap lo.olowteinr"
fancy a llab'dabs," aupPosed to be !WWII'
in euttiug a swarth among ye fair sea.
1 - So that whenti/r: WlPMelanger ones had
bad an audience -with Mr. William Whine.
tree in regard' to men et Mr. Atkimeoresis
molars wWolt Dill thought hot a ; 4 ' spank"
on it, ho soots ebnvineed , thit victim the:4 the
said molar not only. Mat trellult but. out of
the dead plumb - oriel tkehltditiloOtaw at
least 'the 84thgeirt 'lr.,. 6,01 t ' .,
r ,. 6. ll* l oll r I iliiii l'belrell,r 36 ,r l ;*
. f it hi rail 4 - salt it in time, *. l Whillietree..
IWhi.,ta the totMe . pr a evr,aoeitlt, tl)aV
i ,
•
4 1. A
WM
.NCO
• h sir, -woultt cite erocist — o`
supPeratiou would , hate :linseed, the Laic*
would , have ossified, oinks the nine dl the
tooth becoming epwitrophized, the roots
would have concatenated in their hiatuses.
and the far: lone, !no longer patine op ,
on their fossil erodusee, would neettnniariir
! hai'wled to, the entire suspension of the
Ipitlsrp orgaos of your stomach nod brain,
end —death would > apertNnd in two !tours !"
Poor' !ho senreely knew whit tpinting
was, hut a queer sensation settled in ht
1..
oasis &anti'," while his oasis I g. t Imola
Gent dulif,le under him, at the awhil
peet of things before hint ! Fre took a long
breath, however, mud in a voice' treandott*
with emotion, inquired
" Good Lord, IhX•titr! si hat's to be dens
fore feller
- Plug and file," Calmly said the der..'
"Ping and me what, 1"
newel molar." Behr the Nellie :
thisigtthe treneherOus mincer meant
wallet; Of exserse !'' 6 •
. ' • What'll it cost Doctor l" Baps
id the very best manner, upon the
new slid Splendid system invented by
self, air, and practiced upon alt the enowtret
heeds ef Eteropeit
• r it' hurt much. Doctor?" was =lei
-cautious Inquiry. 4
" rery 'little, 410(11: it'a rometricere sla
ther agreeible, sfr, thiuf
the Dectur.
"Then go at it; Doctor! ffera'* the
dash." and forking over three dollars, &Arm
efts Mr. lVhil&troe in ► high.bsokit *bale r
and the Doctor's as eistant —a Montt' yossiv
Irishinso—clamping Dill's bead 16 the lock
of theckair, to keep it steady.** the Dec.'
tarn marked, the latter began to " Wl* eildl
tilt."
"0! eh ! hu.ho-tiuM on, roll on!" envie
Dill, a the Ora gong* the Doetor gave the
huge tooth.
0' be me soul ! be idly, :et," sarstb*
Irishman, it's mesa as utithereicads
nt A
01W Se tiff yeii _
" Oh-04141.G !.:',..r010r ftsiaDii‘iter
promectii."
•• I!4; quiet sir - safta d r4l , -
says the Dodo,.
un g e9ls et hi Ler d-4' #.404.0
Oput
• 0, pay uuuln't be arcard of ihat. , -I'aia
Lim Lliu' ytxx tight ma a devil!" gab* Paddy.
and ban: twines hd WWI holding, fur in vain
twisted- amtiglartneTSPolla ; Pikt held
him - Mk - 6 liras 4'. • "
• .Let we— ene-11-0-0 ! Everlasting
creation ! let we KG - e —stop. hold !''
as the fleeter bored, screwed and plettvAl
away at the tooth. - t .„
A!I dune, sir; let the patient ap, &h
-chit'," says the Doetor, , aith a cord/dent
twirler hie perfumed jauldkerchier "Thera.
a:r —there was
. .j.tcnca, art. your Wall is
safe—your life is saved—you're a mold
man. " -"
**Simnl 1" eohodes poor Bill, "301;344
Why, you're broken my Jaws into gaolers ;
yon'l 'et all my teeth on edge; •and rnik
no more foe:lie—gall darn ye !—in my jaws,
than if they were iron wtoe'l-lrelhe Yole a tet
gut the mi 11.% of 'Tour money out of ray
mouth, and l'Eu off !"
That night wattimo of anxiety and Wader
to William IVhitiFetese. The disturbed yew
tar growled and twitched like midi sod, by
daylight. poorullill'e check was swollen up
espial to a printer's huff-bail ; his mouth
pack.etvd, and his right cyu half '• banged
up." '
William." says Ethan Itakestraw,
an Bill went into the - wtoro, " what in Enna
thy &Or''thec It?Oks hike an owi irt►t}
Sty bush!"
Been V.ugged and filed," mays Bill, look
ing cross as a weal-aso at 1114
boas.
Plnftial and fined; ThLo WWI beei
fighting, William V,
• " Fitted 1 No, L Sin4-been fined or light
ing, Mr. Rakeitraw, •het I:tkonAht that
fetter who on me the t:oottsiebe !-0 I Or
moaned poor BM, as he clamped hltiowiden
jaw. with his hand, and went around wt►.
ring hishead like a plaster of putt sinhii;
darilt
0 .1 i..}o9_l l _4elltioilie &nat. t
the toothAehe t thee to sitrwißit shell .
cure thee in one minuti, *Whim ; a little
laudinum and kmtton n ill soon ease thy
reilt6n - s
Mrs. Rakestraw applied the lautlinuus to
Bill's molar, but 'Li it did no kind of • gogd,
old grandmother proposed a *dike ; and.
aoon poor Bill's head and cheek iretildoo•
u •il n m "h4 l °:. 6"?fiffa
_and
started for the store, everybody gsfdns at
his swollen countenance is though - lie teal tit
rare curiosity.
!' Hallow,' Bill !" rays 014 !Intact% ,*
gunsmith, as Bill was going by* 0114 1 1 1
got a bag in youicalabash l or got the
'ache I" ' . . „ • 1- - • I L
diggers of oldirinionk; -
*led of his head int/4104A OR pansy ntliiit •
Ait's all I dkune ; is.
IllVt16)14s l‘ifil434oWAY4 OX it
s 4 i s .
san t heo.,- IvekKar:
tow Piw 79f 1; 70 -11-1 3.-.4 4 l l C!._r t hil""
you going to atir.strt,Bill, orwisiows Mt*
!tom 4isaitP *144 / 1 "11
4 4 . 4usti out thpin t ervis ' ai 0 1 40111110,
nitertzonbto you , again—rips
*oiltit Yfer 414 " 6 shig =rY
tt .hut momput. Sit silk .
[says Firslock. _ 4 , itatitwof ;
,4 Cool I"- with • hours' 1.6
• 04_ , , t f t:. t IVISPOV,
Yel ft.lf A! . 1 1 -• rOf • .
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