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Wee It s•t Murder ? ,
Throughout every portion of the land,
. the Awful story of the summary execu
eioui 61 the alledgeJ Conspirators has
*beady beetr told. The verdict' of the
uzadthorized tribunal beibre.which they
ware tried, its finding and sentence, the
,'approval of its unlawful proceedings by
President Johnson, contrary to the ea
., pootations of the public; and in violation
of t,ho Constitution—how the 'prisoners
were &tooted whea their doom was made
v , known to them—tow their friends poti-.
rionod and prayed for a respite but for
a few days—how Mrs. Surratt begged
but for forty eight .hours to prepare for
the oast change---how the beautifttl,
haart-broken daughter plead at that's:tor
of the President's mansion fora behring
. an hehalfof her mother, and was denied ;
and after aH efforts to procure . a trial of
the'eondozned befog a legallydontatitm..
ted court, or a short respite, failed, how
the weak; broken down woman, was car
ried to the scaffold, folloCcd by,_ the
quaking Atzerott, the boyish ida,Rikl,
and the fearless Payne, who marched to
the embrace of death without a tremor,
together with the frightful details of the
• death scenes—hare been read by all and
__mold he not of pl. ee in t, iszogaggiet h _.
If those, who without the shadow of au
tbority, sit: in judgment upon these sus-
pouted people, taking evidence, renter
oing and carryink into effect that Ben
__-tame, cau4dearthereselvesofthe -- arimer
of inutder,it will remove a stain from
the hands of tie government, and a
blush from the brow of the citizens that
boast of its power and justice. It is not
because wo have sympathy-for the as
sassin -or conspirator, or would shield
the guilty from the fate they deserve,'
that leads us to denounce the executions
of these foam penons„liY that Staram
ber Court,"is a cold blooded,. del iberate
• murder ; but because the law, of which,
we as a people, have boasted in the past,
wilt condemn the principal actors as such.
That Payne 'and sAtzerott and Harold
were guilty of the crime imputed to them
we have little reason to doubt, yet that
does not excuse the parties that tried
th la. The evidence upon whiCh they
were convicted was taken before a
"court" equally as unlawful as the crimes
with which they were charged, and the
individuals that pronounced them
"guilty," sentenced them to 'death, and
executed them, had no more authority in
law for so dolag, than had these men for
entering into a Conspiracy to take the
life of Abraham Lincoln.
It is unnecessary 41r, us to cite other
authority than the Constitution of our
Country to prove the truth of this asser
tion. Article fifth of the Amendments
expressly provides that, "No union shall
be held to answer for a capital or other
wise. infamous crime, unless on a present
ment or indictment of a Grand Jury, ex
cept in CUBS arising in the land or naval
forces, or in the militia when in actual
service iniime of war or public danger,"
and Article sixth of the amentiments de
clares that "In all criminal prosecutions,
the accused shall enjoy the right to a
speedy and public trial, by an impartial
jury of the Stale and district, wherein the
crime shall have been committed." It
is not claimed by any that the persons
executed, belonged to either the land,
naval or militia forces, neither is it de
nied that they were guilty, if at all, of a
"capital or otherwise infamous crime."
How then can these provisions of the
"Supreme law of the land," and the
proceedings of the members of that mil- 1
itary comminution be reconciled. If they
had no authority, and all acquainted with
Constitutional law Must deny that they
had, yet condemned to death and execu
ted four human beings, are they not qua
_
ty eiMewder—murder in its most horrid
form, the slow agonizing torture of a
mock trial finished with the dirgrace of
4t he gallows?
And/frhst excuse will President John
son have for the important part he plays
in this mindarous tole? To what section
or clause of the Constitution will he
point, to show 4is authority to sanction
and approve such proceedings? None.
Does not the "spectacle of an ipnooent
woman—we any innocent because the ev
idence in Mrs, Surnstt's case, given es it
was, by hirelings of military authority,
fails to establish bar guilt—as she is oar
ried,-more dead than alive to the goat ,
fold—ss her cold, dead Aims ;upturned to
wer& the heavens,- seeming to ask of
the Great Judge, for that justice which
' was depied her i.atisis world, haunt him
in his dreamt? Does not the pale face
and streaming ayes 'of the broken-boart
a dangister,:agehe pleads' for tile life of
her unoffending mother, trouble him in - I
Lis waking . , ll Dues-slot the -mem
• toy 0f..* .. , 4 , . • ' ' itetimecouunitted,
or the t. • • '-. •. . east violated and
of the solemn ,' '0 -le lina ; btoken, some
to him hi X noments viddrolte would fain
forget thatertieeds had %ten committed ? - --George Thou7paeo, the - ~„,_ __
These tits. ,Idanssitio - anewer.' Be emissary _ who represents ili.mermittent
has pe a =rig ti?sir:Illo pellet Act diaba tealsbits over three milhoas of
be ug h -7,4,1i0ed Wet , will brimd itio white laborers, on amount of .ignersuee
as the a l i eS th br authority, the violater pa i d pore*, le now delivering baitureso
d s ia.
l aw , lig usalli down to after attempAeg to show to the ple ofilds
ages, stai feed 't'ilitudttmed with -- the °omit% Ast it is their to allow the
guilt oft his liessible , Ate., Let mi • isOrWe rase tieetgliter - , Sure
hear nt-essults-1 - r , et-4Y Ms ip ebnilitent, end he eertaird - 1
bit ab i lria4.4 4 litir.sl ll6, - Alt ad i rifo9lMOtive ester putts
j
tint
into ~ :- !AWN 411 - iiii . ..' ' ' - Of, Alm rugland....whe
claim td ' t i . Pli 1 ''
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claim
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ikwritt.
7he Abolitioe - parts i the mostimeen
sisbre timk, ever had as Nieteeee, sad
only sincetairVl' lOr tics Ptitittiis
of Old illoegehd'' New *And am
nnp wand he Sled for the almarditles
r.ommitied -by them— So long sd they
Were out of powew.../untsurdilies
only committed by the sederatus-eating
yankees of New England, they were Only
the theme for merriment, as the vagar
i:sofcrasy fanatics. All the world ro
memherstbetikfte when the very same
theories which hire lately culminated
in 06 terrible a civil war, and now throat-,
ens us with somethingweree, irrtosaible,
were treated as the insane ideas of lAtia
ties. SO long as the majority of men ao
treated them, they 'Could work no evil.
But when adbpted bye party potterful
enough toelect a President, they becime
tearfully dangerous, and the wreck of
our once glorious Republic fully illus
trates what evil they can work. The
same party which has done all, this is still
in power. They claim .'ndrew Johnson
as their instrument, and try as we will,
we can. see little evidence that he is not
SIB much their tool as was hiseprodeces-
SOL • ,
• But. wot,should think-that the itlCOTl
sistenciell of which they have been guilty
would be enough to disgust -any Teason
able man. .They began the war by de
claring that it was solely for the rostoM- ,
.a..at—tiu3......11. • • •• • , . . .
IZ..:3oluflen of Congress, that wo had no
authority to interfere with the institu
tions of States and that such was not the
intention of those conducting ouraffairs.
It is matter of history that the war WWI
prolonged at least two years for the sole
purpose of interfering with "state insti
tutions." Then, throughout the whole
Yeierrt, the SuuthernitutitWiele-
clared in the Union to-day 'find out of it
to-morrow, just as it happened to suit
the revolutionary schemes of the Ad
ministration. -
-1-t-ints - tabelltiprirtbit cEianging
Mr. Lincoln for Mr. Jlehnson we would
gain something in this regard. if in nn
other ; for he had been long enough in
the Democratic party to learn consisten
cy at least. Mr. 'Lincoln long ago de
clared that he had "always been an Ab
olitionist." This accounted for all the
inconsistencies of his Administration.
We codld expect nothing but a crazy
policy from po crazy a *course, But John
son takes pride in the boast that he was
once a Democrat, and we hoped better
things from him than from a life-long
Abolitionist. But he too, has fallen,
and given us another proof of the evil
resulting from bad associations. In his
latter in reply to an invitation to be pres
ent at the Gettysburg celebration on the
44 instant, he acknowledges that the
war is over and dedires the country in a
state of peace, Yet in the recent sus
pension of the writ , of habeas corpus in
the case of Mrs. Sorrel he assumes aa
authority which the veriest tyrant hesi
tates to take upon - himself except in a
ease of the direst -necessity. The most
learndjuriats in America seriously doubt
ed the right of President Lincoln to do
the same thing when the enemy was
thundering at the gates of our capital,
and the most imminent path° danger
was variably manifest. Yet in order to
hang a poor, weak woman who had to
be supported to the scaffold, and whose
guilt was by no means established "be
yond reasonable doubt," Mr. Andrew
Johnson takes it upon himself to set
aside this great writof right at a time
when he declares the country to be in a
state of peace. The King of England
would not have dared to do suchli thing
a hundred and fifty years ago, yet men of
the Democratic party would fain claim
Andrew Johnson as one of their num
ber. We are willing that he shall have
full credit for every good thfng he can
find it inigis heart to do, we are willing
to applaud him when he stumbles into a
Democratic measure; but this one act
cuight-to exclude him from the Demo
cratic party forever. Wo wooderif the
sycophants,. who have lately fawned
around him will be ready to praise his
course in the case of a woman who de
manded justice, and when that
_was de
nied her, prayed, in vain for four short
•
days to prepare for deatn."
Wasp's Waorra?—An exchange says,
"tho Conne°tient legislature, have re
moved from the Hall- of the House of
Representatives, the large and life-like
portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and hung
in its place that of the lamented General
Sedgwick. " How is this? Have the
"loyal" representatives of the wooden
nutmeg State got tired viewing the ugly
phi: of the "American Martyr ?" Has
their reverence for the "Second Moses",
shady departed, and are the; trying to
hide his face, sib they will his record in
a few years? Do their silent factorittrand
prostrate busbies% with the future pros
per... of exorbitant taxation lead them
believe that the policy of this "Savior
of his Country," was not so wise or ben
eficial/ after all? Surely there is some- .
tiling/at the bottom, and we have no
doubt that the • sdmicens of Abraham
is this section will consider tlis sot of
the Conneetbrut Legislature, highly'
"treasonable," but as it was oonimitted
by their puritan friends sad • abolition
brethren will fees to ray so.
ECT2III
'Abs thereV e lluesn Wino i; tits
fair
bonaltr A ago those wads were
..teddrossoill by tiste , Who, ram, wean we
ire not Ae liberty litters, (they are on r 114;
ord;. however, where all tear.' are wip
away_and all deeds of mercy rewarded:l ed
to
• ekier's wife, who lay dying la the top
moot garret of one of our ever-egowded ten
ement dwellings. • The story is a . sed one,
sad, alas 1 there are many like it of which
the world never bears.' The poor woman's
husband was in the Lexington Avenutielkob
pitsl, given up by theanargeons. One of
Lie legs had been Amputated, and .a Minie
ball bad paned through ble breast, shatter
ing his shoulder blade. He had requested
the ladies to find hie wild, if possible, and
after a long etwoh they succeeded.
The garret latch they found her wall
without Are, bed, or furniture of any de
eeriptien. She lay shivering upon a piece,
of 'old carpeting, with the cold winda blow
ing over her from a broken window, and a,
child only a few daps old beside her. She
was dying of exhaustion and exposure. with
no creature near to save her walling babe.
"Are there xis huinthe,beinge in tbd
howler said thdladieet, 4 .
"There are plenty , t;r3/..4 „
4,%-iraid the
unfortunate wocollo:c " whether they are
human or not, I canudt sag.'
. It was too late to save her, but ebek
made as comfortable as possible, and .
with sympathizing faces leaning ovewher
pillow, and in the full assurance that her
infant would be cared for. The husband,
too, is dead. —Berton Paper, ',March.
And this is New Englaild philanthropy
—thistrie rare and attention the wives
and fainilies of those who haik fought
her buttles and accomOished her objects,
receive from the hands of her citizens.
.ed -- strub
scene in s,...Southern city, with &Megro as
the sufferer, a howl would have Cote?, up ,
from the land of puritans that would al- '
most have wakened the dead. But the
neglected, dying mother was a white wo
man—a soldiers wife, and what cared
these worshipers of Sambo and shriekers
of freedom? She could huht a garret,
sallorptmits asst., , ditigy , • a
food, without bed, without covering,
with the - cold winds blowing about her,
and the frosts of March freezing her
life blood—lay herself down upon a
peien Ofohletififetrig - to — stireTice pains
2rf travail, and die of want and neglect.
Xnd with these scenes in their midst,
with their starving paupers. and dyihg
pour, -their suffering thousands, and
houseless, homeless - hiradreds, these ne
gro philanthropists and puritan psalm
.singers- have the insolence to turn around
and lecture other people upon the "skp
of slivery''and shed crocodile tears over
the fancied wrongs of the"down'trodden
African." No wonder our ccuntry has
lost its glory, and the Union of our
fathers been rent in twain. Massachu
settn, whose soldiers' widows are left to
die in garrets, with none to feel or care
for them, holds the reigns of power, Pu
ritanism is triumphant. How long it
shall be so God alone knows.
The Surveyor Generalship,
Adtong the gentlemen' prominently named
as likely to receive the nomination of the
Democratic •Stale Convention for Sol veyor
tle'eazral is our fellow townsman. David Car
teadden, Esq. He is a most fit and capable
man for the duties of that particular office.
A 5 an extensive operator in and' owner of
real estate, he has given to the examination
of land titles in Pennsylvania much patient
and systematic (study, and would bring into
the Surveyor General's office, at Harrisburg
no apprentice hand, but a ` clear and-well
digested knowledge of its duties and re : .
sponeibllities.
It is much to .the credit of Mr. Carolled
don, so far as we have observed, that bid
prominence before the Convention is not the
result of personal effort or newspaper
parttirliron His many and decided per
sonal friends, knowing his peculiar qualifi
cations, desire to see him in a positi*l
where his services may inure to the public
benefit. His unflincning democracy will
recommend hint in the Conception and
beyond it - to a zealous partisanship. He
has never carried any but the true colors.
His nomination would be • oompliment to
the steadrasepeople of central Pennsylva
nia, who huggeti,the old faith and held fast
to time-honored principles, when many
weaker brethren wavered, end when such
devotion was neither popular nor profitable.
—Clmion Democrat.
We copy the above to endorse it. .No
one that we know is better fitted for the
important position for which he is urged.
No Democrat that is more deserving the
honor of the nomination orkarty sup
port of the party than Mr. Carskaddou.
The Senatorial and Representative dis
trict to which he belongs, together with
quite a numbCr of `neigh%ring ones,
have, unsolicited, instructed their dele
gates to' support him at the coming State
Convention, and we hope others will do
likewise. Witit such_ men as Mi. Car
skaddon upon. ur ticket we need fea r
nothing that Puriian abolitionism may
get up against them. -
Tat "loyal" Virginians are making
an effort to have the bus of Ex-. Pres
ident Tyler, reinoviwi front 'the Virginia
State Library, into a Place of obscurity,
on account of his being a "rebel." We
shouldn't wonder if in a feW months they
Would make an effort_ to have the tomb
of Washington buried from the gale of
men
, because he, like Tyler, was a
" ."
—Arlington, the former home of
General Lee, is now used as a vast negro
pauper house, where the "government"
distributes thousands ofdollarsmonthly,
that are wrung from the white laborers
in the Shape of tomes, to feed•and clothe
the hundreds of starving Degrees,'that
Abolition philantropy has stolen from
Limes of Plenty in the South,
••• •"" —Nearly the whole abolition press
of the. North, that but a few wee • !
awas doing its utmost to raise an army'
drive .111anmillian out of Mozioo,are now
dpg-liko fawning about him ready to lick
his-hand,_ because hie tomes have been
szoe ei til, and the &shoes are that he,
establish his throne in spite of Mex
ican opposition. 1 _ ,
Beasrox.—ln the poem by Mr. 1140811,
oa tke outside of to-alsj'e pew, se error
wears le the but line el the mooed verso,
wklek lbw not notioeff - arias p.l of the
imbibe woe worked 'off. It should' read,
- "itbee chilled by '? hillkette Wkin„ OTIKI
1" N tiP1 441 1,114:04 ht .our *lrak
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:Me Last Act he Ow Octet Moody—TA*
11111itary Tables., Triampfont.
The Etter (hinbew court at WashigiLlos
has closigilli bitting,. - Di'unlawfwl atithor•
ity doompd four humins beings, (Mg" ear.
ral s vitQs Pares, Q. A. Atherett and David
E. Harold) to death; throw (Dr.
Arnold, and (PLaugblin) to imprisonment
for life, and one, (Bsmuel Opangler) to im
prisonment for six years. President John
min approied the tinditig and sentence, of
the Military tribunal, and In thirty hours,
from tha.tline the unlawful verdict was read
the sentence of each was carried into - elfeet.
Although many of the readers of the WATCM-
X / Lll, have read and re-read the fearful story,
of the execution of those doomed to death,
get we feel sure that anything, ffirthei on
the subject war furnish food for reflection
sad gratify in a measure the curiosity to!
know all about the terrible cvent,..that ueb-1
ered into' the presence of their maker four
of the *Dodged conspirators. :-.We therefore
publish a concise nccdunt of the 'solemn in
cidents or the 7th inst, taken from a corres
pondent of the N. Y. Herald.
The lobbies andpublic places or the city
were thronged till a late Lett. last night by
scores and hundreds of eager and excited
eitizedn, and in many instanoes the proprie
tors were unable to close their doors tin
daylight• The absorbing topic of conversa
tion everywhere rawthe appros.ching,eecu
lion. -The sympathy in favor qf Mrs. Sur
hitt gained ground by discussion, and hun
dreds who admitted bqr guilt inveighed bit,
terly against. the made of Famishment.
This morning the sun rune ho the hatielaind
excitement of expectant re
t.
evert. fee. -
lennte6 the Interest MA-in the
day's developmentg. Thud day the great
penalty due to outraged laws antler' outrag
ed nation_by.tbe conspirators vr.bp-aought
to overthrow the governtnettr thYbugh , the
aestteeinatiev of tte leading officials bas USX
paid by a portion of tire guilty gang.
THE EFFORT TO STAY lISIt EigCVT/OX
At a late hour last night a writ of habeas
corpus was sworn out before Judge Wylie,
of the Supremo Court of the District of Col-
Surrati,
attorneys, as slated in the Herald of this
morning; but Marshal Gooding decided
that it could only be served during legal
office hours, and postponed it till nine this
morning: The writ was promptly served.
liktirit—Wati_iiitered_upatt liltijor-Getteral
• incook by United States Marshal Good•
lug when he proceeded at once to consult
the Attorney General and the President.
The latter promptly advised General Han
cock to disregard the writ and proceed at
ouce with the execution of Mrs. Swett.
The writ was returnable at ten o'clock ;
but nearly two hours after that time Gen.
Hancock entered the court, accompanied by
Attorney General Speed, who apologized
for the apparent delay !xi making. a return
on the part of the General, as it was una
voidable. Ile then proceeded to read the
return, in which General Hancock said the
body of Mrs. Surrntt was in Lis possession,
for the purpose expressed, &c , and which
order is as follows
Exrcoliva OFFICE. July 7, 1865.
To Major General W. S. Hancock, command-
ing, 4-e
1, Andrew Johnson, President of the
United States, do hereby declare that the
writ of habeas corpus has been heretofore
suspended in each oases as this; and I do
hereby specially suspend'Hill writ, and di
rect that youl proceed to execute the order
heretofore given upon the judgment of the
Military Commission. And you will give
this order in return to this writ.
ANDBEW JOHNbON, Preslent.
• The court remarkedabat no itirthet ateye
would be taken in the ;ter.
•
THS on D.
Thitr i llumber of troops on guard was esti
mated tt about three thousand, and wag
made up'of four regiments of infantry from
Ilancock's corps, who were posted.ppon the,
walls immediately overlooking the prison,
yard, where the sdatrold had been erected,
upon the grounds leading to the doors and
gates of the Arsenal building, and again
about the avenue of approach to the plain
gate at the foot of Four-and-a-half street.
Till LAST NIGHT 01 TH■ CONDWED
Of course, much of the tame previous to
the hf execution was devoted to inquiry;
and discussion of the manner in which the
condemned had passed the night. To the
officers of General Ilartranft's staff. who
had been constantly on guard during the
night and throughout the morning, the pub
lie is indebted fur the details attendant up
on the manner in which the prisoners were
severally affected by the knowledge of their
impending, doom, and bow they awaited its
Unerrin g approach. With all it was a •
wretched night, from which refreshing sleep
was debarred, and the fearful boding of the
frightfyl events of the morrow refused to
be genii. The friends, relatives; and spir
itual advisers of the prisoners were with
them until nearly eleven o'olock last night.,
and minietered_to 'the comforting of their
mental distress by all . the means in their
power. Miss Anna Surratt remained with
her mother nearly the entire night..
Payne was the only one of the doomed
arty who is Said to rested at all soundly
or unbrokenly, and thisitAi :citable and
stalwartgplarrwas ngtrl - frd refit and
unconsciousness unfit;
,y dawn. Un
like the rest, he-oonsumed.lB4hearly break
fast and inll way g ave evidence of
,the
failffle of that matchless nerve and resigna
tion which he has exhibited from the hour
of his arrest. Though regarding his exe
cution as a foregone conclusion, in commu
nicating with his friends and pastor he dis
played genuine contrtttpn, and believed he
was justly tur,Jiating his monstrous offence.
Mrs. Surratt early in them/ening became
completely unnerved and somewhat flighty
in thought and expression. Se seemed not
only overwhelmed with mental - anguish,
but utterly prostrated physically with the
near approach of the terrible ordeal which
was meted - to per.,, The intellectual resour
ewe and will that sustained this dark and
sinister woman throughout the session of
the court of inquisition completely forsook
ber when hope vanished and the gibbet
'from which she was to swing was already
reared scarce fifty paces from the portals of
her cells.
Harold, like Payne, suoeeeded in gaining
several hours of sleep towards morning,
and Was apparently much Comforted through
out the night by the presence of his diners,
six in anoise, who consoled him with re
minders of the pardon that awaits repentant
and contrite hearts. The scriptures were
chid to him itt frequent !garrets.
' Atserott, completely beside himself with
dismay and fear, suffered indescribable ag
ony throngnont the weary watobes of the
night, and could take no nourishment what
ever this morning. Weak and shrinking
with horror suite thought of tbe doom that
awaited him, be evinced the spirit et the
craven that possessed him and led to the
wretched eomplioity that has brought Min
• the gallows. Like his associetein crime,
be was comforted with the pretence of a
Minister of the Gospel, as endeavored as
well as his fears would permit to draw there
•ikom the domfort they manifestly derived
frallOnek ministration.
TM '''/IISIIIIDS AND *I6ATIYII 07 7111
rumosans.
About f quarter of Vireive the friends sod
relatives or the pristiners, Wpm to arrive,
mad were admitted to the" mil of die 43011-
doosed. -At this tine maim Mee Lana
Barrett, smomputled 10,y asthma, mad
lm
wae immediately %ho to aid of her
*other. A. Obi attaid f. towed her
tutoduetor through AM. IA into the core
dor buena, her bearing was quite grgaimpd,
bir manner and atepolisostl ebadkillidlathe
expression, which gave rise tm an *inks,
quits_gener i l Ho, that - the 1n
*entity SIM; %MOW Eatimook this
~tnorainig sets eiglit and sine &aloe*
andmthithqueltly ithelipted to bring about
"with the President, been erowlied
with success and'her petitions for elsmegsy
and a respite for bertnother granted. Net _
to Miu Barrett came the sister of Hartwig,
followed by a sister of dturott, all of whom
gained immediate access to the prisoners.
Stanek) , half an hurt" bad elapsed bifore
they all issued; nearly-satlOning wig' an
frouthe inner door, and were con
ductsd to apartments upon theliesond 4 floor,
*here restoratives were administered.
of these heart-broken women were' attired
in deep black, with heavy wells of serge
screenidg their faces from the Multitude;
but thweir, gobs and- tottering' steps excited
the sympathies of all, and many eyes were
bedimtestras the nufurnful cortege paned
beyond sight or hearing.
Ttng iROpISSION 7 - 0 711 GALLOMV
At, exactly; one o'clock the heavy door
opening from• the northwestern hall of the
prison building into the court yard opened..
and Mary S. Surratt, leaning upon two
gentlemen, issued fdoff; follewed ,y Fathers
Wiget and Walter, the latter of whom Car
ried a small cross with an etSgy,of the Sa
vior thereon, and also a book of prayer.
She loolcd very pale; her limbs seethed to
fail her, and it required no smalL exertion
on the part of the gthildwita allude" to to
lead her as far ats:the scaffold steps. Step
bY step she ascended, lief hands 'monocled
behind her, every eye united on lestr now
shrunken cheeks. Her Side betrayed more
of horior than of physical fear: her upper
lip, as sometime seen in the newly dead,
curled upwards from the now indomplote
teeth; which added greatly to the gbastli
iciaof-lier44swietsin-----fititrlnt-bis a chaff
placedl at the northwestern corner of thq
twofold, and immediately the reicrend gen•
denten waiting upon her Wowed forward,
kii.plying the crucifix to her•ashen lip, and
pouring into her ear 'verde of coo:dart ex
pected to soothe to resignation the rebel
lious Lnotan heart that sate itself against
the decree of .nortality upun the scaffold,
the field, or the home bed.
ATZIROTT FOLLOWED NEXT,
shackled hand and foot, and presentincto
• .
fees se Tutt bf feat of woe,
of horror, and of supplication, that for mere
rler they turned from him to rest upon the
face of Payne. A.izerctt'was attend
ed to and up the steps of the scaffold by the
Rev. Mr. Butler, and be too was bidaen to
ba aease4l- en- seekrair ishreed artbirkisallini
clad of the grist whfte structure.
XX= CAN! PATS! ,
manacled like Atserott, dressed only in the
navy penis and colarless shirt be wore dur
ing the long trial. So instinctive is the ad
miration which men feel for any man who
in the last..hour meets unmoved the king of
terrors, that this youth with the bull neck
And close shaven crown, short face and
quiet blue eye, drew more sympathy than
the fears of a thousand Atzerotts could ever
evoke. On he went to the steps, side by
side with the minister of his choice, Mr.
Gillett._ Checked in his gait, but seemingly
unembarrassed, be. reached the platform
and sat: down near to Mrs. Surratt, and
there he remained gasing, as ho used to do
in the court room, thriugh the bent at the
white fleecy clouds that shifted before the
intense rays of a sun that gilded with all
the the pomp of a summer noon one of the
most solemn scenes ever exhibited in this
land, so free hitherto from such crimes.
Payne. (we prefer the more generally known
name) looked neat her to the right nor to the
left, but straight forwards and upwards.
It was evident that to him the crowd was
nothing, his ovrathoughts everything. His
faoo might he likened to that of a builder
of castles in the air. Fear there was none,
no more than on the face'of a sleeping in
fant; braggadocio, or the morbid ranity
that so often supplies courage, was not to be
read in the quiet, dreaming eye, where the
old wildness alone bad fled, and as the sun
faced hill] as truly as he faced it, the 'pho
tographer whose instrument Coed in a win
dow of the western wall will band down
Payne to posterity with a face on which no
man could read either remorse Dir. past
crime or the fear of present punishment.—
The memory of this horrid crime, which
bid appalled a nation, was lost in contem
platingLiis bearing, which at the very foot
of theleaffold a soldier who had braved
death from Chattanooga to Savannah, styled
right regal. Last, and in every way least
came Harold, with bloodless, sallow cheeks,
still sufficiently self contained to walk or
hobble as well as his shackles would permit,
and, attended by Dr. Olds, he, too; mounted
the stairs and sat-between the quaking
Aiserott an& it% quiet Payne. '
TUX, PREPABATIIfriII SOB TUX XXXCUTIOX.
The preachers having ended, an order,in•
audible from below was given, and Payne
slowly walked forward to the rope allotted
to him ; than stepped forth Mrs. Surratt,
aided by her reverend advisers, who bad
regd to her a portion of the Catholic ritual
prepared for such occasions. Then, at the
other cad of the platform, rose laserott.
quivering in every nerve. his knees knock
ing together; his arms trembling even in
their manacles; and last again oisne forth
Harold, less demonstrative of terror, but
only fess pale titan Mrs. Surratt, over
whose face there began to steal an /mitres,
Siena resignation.-- ---
Then tke arms of all four were tied above
the elbows with strips of white muslin.
Men have issued from Imprisonment of
years - With whitened looks, and' from ship
wreck with-shattered reason; but Atserott
apples:patty suffered more in those sixteen
minutepthat elapsed from his entering the
yari tethe time of his being led foilfaril to
the rope than was ever endured in the Bas
ilic, or in St. Marks. His eyes stood out,
LIG shoulderaidrooped, and no aspen ever
trembled as he did fel)" toe to head. It
was pitiful to look at hid, and wlSNiil sick
ening. Payne's eyes
flit}] ( allowed 1 thin
ping white cloud. Harold was expression
less, while Mrs. Surratt seemed less and
Less terrified; submitted to the tying with
no appearance of conscience. Then other
strips of muslin were brought forth to
tie the legs betweenankle and knee,
'it FATAL NOOIIO
Then over the bead of each was putted
the fatal noon'. Payne bent grasefully to
it, as if he were assuming a crown, ind
when it circled his powerful throat be drew
himself up, and turning his bead slightly,
addressed .some .quiet words to, the officer
who situ held the rope. To all, present i 4
was the execution of a murderer ; to the
murderer it evidently was the coronation of
martyrdom, and the noose an aureola of
glory. None resisted the rope.
Tits ca'r 07 DOOM.
Then over the fee, and bead of *soh was
placed cap of. witite muslin shaped some
thing Ilks a jookey't skull os t p,„but large
enough' to reaoh below , the chin , and now
the pent up fear of •aktserott breaks forth,
and be exclaimed:
Gentlstneu, beware," And as Harold's
cap was pulled on last of all, &snot& main
burst forth with—
" Good-bye, gentlemen 1"
At half-peat one o'oloot, as the ministers
moved beck, Atzarott eire# ape:et—
., May we all meet la another world."
Sn■ TRAP •PzUCO. `'
A moment after the oilielabi drew 'back,
mid down tell the trap. and swaying to and
fro swung dm four bodies. •
SOW THST DOD
There was no struggle on the part of Mn.
&what. She bangiVtinf 'Wings as If
o the dark hide or her puffed Aries no life
ad been. A beg of old olotbseitmlgbt be,
but for that des& we sae bitween the rope
and the sap. Atserott ',till slakes as if Lbs.
bar of death were to (enflame beyond It,
and outlive gimaratousii , lll1 1 114.'; 1... Rhcreld.
leez—bse sliest veellystplikillowly
issitijit t
draws himself op till . is "ea
'end thealitipe of s man milting , - rather
low th'aii. hie thighs farming • angle
with his bete g midi tho fanner flatlet's. •
similar anghl.witblihe"postlob - efle ley
fret. the knees downtuttitrds. Boa Ohms
again, but the breadybeet heave, and swells,
, and. there Is itinirt oOrrithing of the body on
l
i
the hip.. It I. twen -sit minutes and inrt
se
seconds after ope. i is minutes and • half
have they swung t ere, and again a spas—
modic curving of the body sod bending of
the lower parts provers Payne still alive, but
it is the last. if death must, for Lb: safely
of socsety. be inflicted et the alleassib, for
the sails otuiviliaatlon, let some more dud
'wary deankof inflicting it he devised.
rue SITIiIIIOIL zettionrs.
On Monday. Mudd, Arnold, O'Laughlin,
and Spangler will go northward to,ltristin
• Applieetionii for pardon .wero made yes
terday and to-day to President Johnson, by
Mrs. Samuel Mudd, whom quite woebegone
and diuppoieted, In buhalf of her bilsband,
by the sisters of Ihkrold, and by Miss Ann
Surratt. llareld's sisters, dressed. In full
'mourning,. and 'hearily 'Veiled, made their
aopexrance it the •White 'reuse, for the
purpose of Interceding with the President
In behalf of their hrother. Failing to see
'the President, S addressed a note to Mrs.
Johnson, spd e xp ressed I hope that elie
would not inn a eat ear to their pleadings.
Mrs. Johnson being quite ski, it was deem
ed 'expedient by the ushers not to deliver CURCII
In lb. Court of Common .Piaui a
the note, when, RI a last expedient, the Centre °aunty. In 4, nutlet of the Petuton
ladibs sated periniision to forward a note f or the I ncor p ora ti on o f Q. ghd rino
tillitra. Patterson, the President's daughter,' haul Putheran Church of Astons'Airk",
whidh pririlege• was not granted, as Mrs. now to wit: April 28, 1866. Out 'Ohio f stilton
Patterson is els& quilts indisposed to-day. and writing read and It is' hereby t,rdortd eon
The poor girls want. sway 'with their but directed that the SUDO ha tiled LI the utiEe or
Emits shattered. i the Prothenadaty, end that Wk.
.e;. -44-44sn—prettrantiltlialT1W
cken daughter of Mrs Surma is the talk hf
the city. This girl appears to have loved
'her mother with all the petulant passion
of a child. She visited her constantly, end
to dey made se stirring an effort to obtain
her life that her devotion taken half the din
grace from the mother. She got the priests
to speak in her behalf. Early to-day she
knelt In the cell et her mother's feet and
sobbed, with now and then a pitiful tier Jam
till Wei gloomy corridors mug She engem :
ovad-se-frenr - Puyity4galiiiiint that her
mother wits not accessory, anti, as a last
resort, Sung herself upon` the steps of the
White House, ,and made that portal memo
table by .her filial tears. About half-pant'
8 o'clock this morning, Mee. Surratt, ast-
Clv'r^t 4 by- , fetitichrldiend, stgeitrviali
the, Whit? Rollie for the purpose of obtain
ing an interview wills the President. The
latter ha s iring givett.orderes that he would
receive no one to-diy, the door-keeper
stopped Miss Surratt at the foot of (be
steps leading up to the President's dram',
I and would not permit her to proceed•father.
She then asked permission to see General I
Muzzy, the President's military secritary,
' Who premptiy answered the sucranolfs, and
i 0.11111 down stairs where Miss. Suntan was
standing. As soon area poured Wide his
appearance, Miss Surratt threw herself
upon her knees l?tifote film, 'lnd catching
him by the omit, with lona nobs and stream
ing eyes,—imp l o red him to edit her in oh
taining4i hearing with the President. Gen
eral Mossy, in at tender a manner as pos
sible, infromed Miss Burrow that ha could
not comply with her request as President
Johnson's orders were imperative, and he
would receive no one
Upon Genera.' Mussy returning to his
°Mac, Muse Surma threw herself upon the
stair stepe, where Ilia remained a oonsider
•able length of time, sobbing aloud la the
greatest anguish, protesting, her mother's
innocence, and tinplating every one who
come near her to intercede in her mother's
behalf. While thus weeping, she declared
her moiler was too good and kind to be
guilty of the enormous crime tifeLich she
was; convicted, and asserted that ff . Ler
mother was put to death she wished to die
also. She was finally allowed to sit in the
east room, whore ate lay in wait for all who
'entered, hoping to make them etffeaeloila in
her behalf, all the while uttering her weary
heart in a woman's touching cries; but at
last, certain of disappointment, she drove
again to the jail and lay in her mothel'a
cell, with the heavy thee of one wbo brings
The parting wilhoonseorate those
gloomy wall.. The daughter saw the moth
er. pinioned and Wised her wet face as she
went ■hudering to the scaffold. The last
words of Mrs. Surratt as she went out of the
jail were addressed to a gentleman whom
she had known.
"Good bye, take care of Annie."
To-night there le crape on the door of the
Surratee end a - lonely lamp seines at a
single window, where the sad orphan Is
thinking of per Bereavement.
NEW ADVERTISE
L's7 of uncalled for
Post 01800 at.
letters remaining in the
lido* July 24,1866.
Rent James
Reber, Hurts, I MAI*,
Roller Miss Barbara
Rogers Orlando
Stover J H
Setandler By
Smith Andrew
Small Henry
iStlne Abraham
iStalker John
Smith Mrs Henrietta
Blirirer Amos
Tibans Leandro .
Teasman Mn
Tate Jane W
Wernle Mr Win%
Wasson Cyrus
Wear* J H
Wilson Miss Sarah J
Telma: Lydia 2
Bowdoin Henry A
Bard John
Drum Mill Man
Dont William
Ups Thanks B
Mtn Charles
Glaseow William
Nays Thomas
Hamrick John Adams
Hamlin Mr
Harris Miss agate 2
Hannan M B
Irvin hi/s M
Lambert Mrs H B 2
Lambert William
Martin Mrs Sarah B
Miller Isaac .
Monis Asa
Benson Miss Mary
Ortidorf J Henry
Parry Br?. Ely
Persons caning for thi
they are advertised.
W. W. BP
July 14, '64.
aborswlll plow say
ONTO OMERT, P.O.
B USINESS cuAllaß.
The undersigned would say to the
public that several months ago be sold his good
will and business location In the ambtotYPo cud
photograph line to J. S. Barnhart, who is, in
terj 'fay, an experbtuoid, skillful, and wotthy
artist, and that bttsinms Mations having bast
fully arranged, be is now' preparing Sasaki to
leave Bellefonte. Having made arrangements
to establish a 101107 in a distant county his
stay hare will be limited. Any parsons hawing
business with him most embrace thnopportunity
of selling within a few weeks.
J 417 14, '65-31. THOS. 3. TAYLbR.
T IMBER LRAYABBB BALK.
The rlinton Coal and Iron Company
ofer for sin all the /standing timber nes-.4alt
lauds, in BewskSreek township4ibelon onpaq•
and in Burnside township, Conti', oThantyi Pa.,
partly adjoining the eityjands, and situated In
ield's Bun, Bon's Ilan, Vost's Run, aid the
waters of Beech Creek, brown as lauds of MA-
W 4 Clark. Address
J. H. WHEELER,
No.lls South kit arid, Plitliwiddipbig
Jetty 14 '65-101.
DDISSOLUTION OP PARTNERSHIP.
The partnership beeebotore elittind
between itawnel Cern* and :. 9. Loraine, an
der the name of Carlildstlb CO:, bait this day
been diapolved by metnal
BAlll73Mtidl,ll,
X. OSOAIt LORAINS.
- Pailipsbnag,Aune 26, 1666.
July 14,114.-30 , , .
ESTRAY.
i
g i n i x ,
Gone to tboAwboort
,
her, in 17nion town 10 Ilibligt or
hilly !CM and white cote, with a tree of the
left sot MI%
t l arfc r
i s AMA aid.
no OWINI4 4 • *u awl, woe
1
oProPeith psy stiiii
criw t ow . ,
f she h ....... law 11l- 1
roots. .
July 14, I6b-31- ' lOW'S J. HALL. i
I=o
/ onuses 1171110 Ir -
- of .
of
Mika, iiiiorty. IN the WWI of Um Patltica
for the, fueorporatke of the "Bt. Peter'm Ever..
gelled Lutheran Chun of briborturg.” A n d
03W 10 Wit April ISO' the Id petitkn
and writing reed and it b lutreby ordered and
Ora ad null 00100 1:401.1ed In the Are of
the Prothonotary, and
.thai Oilier derby 6,
inserted In ow Wanilthlier ) Printed la emir%)
county, for at least taros weeks, Atetttrig totth
that airpacielnika• be Jude le ale coon
to grant the within Aare, of Apeorpormiou,
errernitly to the Art of dereuttlypto rush
oars made add provided,
By the Coors
SAEi. n.
July 14, 'Bl,-3t. Prot/soot:cal.
PETl'l,lol`i., •
10 the Court of Common Plena of
rear. rou4ty, In the matter 9f Abe_ p ok a a
ter-the -Inearptrretten 41'114 Nana Creek V ran
rollout Lothorun Church of orregg T ooft hi p
And now to wit: April 78, 1965, the within pe
tition and Writing read and it is horohj ordered
and d reeled that the cane he Sled I Ike Mike
of the Prothonotary, and that notice thereby he
inserted in ore aewspsper, printed fa Centro
c onoty, for at least three weeks, netting forth
that an application has teen made to 'tie
CJurt to giant the 'within charter of incorpnrn.
tion, agnesubly 4a tie"Aet of Assembly ; in
ouch ease toads and prirrided.
By the Coast. '
July 14, '416-3t.
JAS.
ProtAonom,-;
t . --- . 7pi;7llriuted In Centre
county, for at least throe weeki, vetting f..rth
that AO application has been made to flits fault
to grant the /Wain (hector of Incutp , rstLe.,
agreeably to the " ASt of Amen:dr,' 11, , ,
Sass wade antl provided.
Sty the Court.
J. 49. H. LIPTON,
/Zs/4-w! ors,
Jail IL 'O4l
r 1111.1211 AFFAIRS.
ID the Court of k; elusion P!ervt • f
i~nrro count Iq Iht_DlD.U.ce. , 44l,--PeOttM
T 4 DorponiitVir at tLe pion trill - .
utheran Church of Rattea
And now to wit . Arril 2401110 C be within j.
tit a end writing read end Uhl hereby ords,..d
and direeSed that tkoanie be Fled In the ori••
of the Prothon.dary, and that notice tberet)
iosetted_inonsngwextaw,..gtinted se a -Centos
e5 - tarty; for at least three wasko, foiling f.,nh
that an apidientioh Was been mode to this Court
to grant the wi th in chatter of Inecrporath,o,
agreeably to the Act of Assitably," i• duel'
case made and pr.,,rided
By the Court.
July 14 , '45-3i.
:As. IL.
P.W.cr
AUDITOR'S NO'l ICE.
?ha uhdcraigoiht . an AuJltcr
pointed by the Orphaa•st.ourt of Centre
to taske dlstrillitiGn of the balance remenLoy
In the hands of A. R. Forlorn', Administrator of
the estate of John Deemer, doe'd,, toted a toon4•11
those legally entitled thereto will attend a 1.. r
duties of his stptn,lntment on Thursday. the :31
day of Attignst, 10f5. at hl. anti In Bonet. n.,.
at 2 o'clock p. u., when and where all per.oos
interested may attend If they see proper.
• EVAN' Ell etACII Alt
July 14 15-41.
AuDirowsTick%
, Letters of administra ion on the ert, to
of Emanuel gates, of Ferguyon,town.h.r. gir
ceased, have been granted to Ms undese,gnrd
AU persone knowing themselves indebted t,
said *stele, are requested to make iniior , ...cier
payment, and tboseir.,ving datum against r5...1"
estate to present theft, duly Lethal:mi.:lasi, 'tor
settlement.
jun. 2n. et. lITICRY GATF„.7,
'VSIRAY.
114 t.'ntne to the residence rJ tLe
her. In Idarion - towrtship, ow or p boo the :vs
der of July, array one, about 16 hands
aaJ Aurposed to he shout -14 y Id. The
(meet is requested cciie forward, pro , * pr,q.-
erty, pay chattel, and takes him sw.lj, otbet
wine-he will be disposed of es the law direrts
July 14, '65-3t. W. K. POOlthi.l .•,
.I)RIVATE SALE (a REAL 'STATE.
The undersigned offers at ',Aron r-:o
two frusta of land, each oentalniegshicut fon --
handmi sores. situated .11 ths-the Erie I.llc.
foirteen miles from Bellelbute, and well kr.•. n
to the public, as the 0;J Rattleinake 14,117,
stand. Then ne' between aerentf•tre ie I
fares o
eighty kayed land on the rren,iss,
with two °client young orchards, end moat
elegant waster. The balance of the land xs ...It
timbered with oak s i nn and chrsaut. A no w
stud large frame hatWe well adapted fur a hot.
L also on the premiss, and, altogather,,iha
property is a-mose valuable and dastrablrMie:
For Nether particulars Moults of Martin Stone%
of Bellefonte, oior
June 23. ni Amine. in.
ri EEC UTOR'II BALE.
I£4 On the 4th of August nest, wtli Lo of
feted at public sale, on the primates, In — .lli,
towobbip. the farm of Henry Valuta, deceased.
' 'entailing 3$ acres °related Wei under good
fences, in a geed stets if , e roos
• good two story "fame
.3evenk bani, with all ether Lt. "V? Ott
"Inn. i Valuated About on, tolls
inetheast of Zion, with two eli , Lan„ tha
house and the other at the befr ;
thrittur apple orehard, sad utker rialci, fruit.
I Atha eleven acres of good woot 1r pJ, t ono
tulle from the Arm. Side t- a clone
' o'clock on said day. when taunt will be :nade
known by.
VC.NA .
•
v r)7 , r A r.k.
Juno 21, 1866, 61. i'aecatore
VOR BAdill 6 EXCHANO
.12 Two nimble Treat. of .arici, nail thereof
containing 1140 athes situated in Lii,crty Tc•wn
'hip, the other 120 rare., situate to
Township, Warren smutty, lowa, a distance 6 f
about 28 miles from Deratoines, ti,e capita/ of
the State, and •about 16 miles frrna
the comity moat. The land is Will& prairie,
well watered, with some Unice aoolhe
raok. It is sithatedln the bea t put or the
Shalt, and will be sold cheap, or saci.kr.ge..! for
estate in this county on good terns. Yoe.
Wther particulars apply to the Editor o.' this
paper. 2'tf
GREAT SALE, WATCHES A JXlr.r,liYl
•
A. H. BOWEN t CO..
(Agents for the tostketestareted
No. 36 ifookouro area, J York.
sl,ooo.oooTif
To poi disposed of at 0/111 TIALLAII hob,
'foldout regard to Tahoe, not ktb• Paid ibr °P
illou know what you op ilo waive .
100 Gold Ifaritiag GesiliWatelbos. .esoh fl 125.
100 Gold Wateliffo, 'raviolis styles...' 12.
200 Ladles Gold Welahoe f useh...s26 to 60.
600 noes Welchem. 5eek...... .... ...I5 to 26.
1,000 Gold pens
4,, ,,..a141%r5, $5 to 2 .
12,400fteld pant . dsio, 6 to 2,
and a lore asaartleifit of Jewelry of very de
scription, for Lidlits and Go n t's wear, var., is
in i abie - frolm.s3 be 11911 wok.. '
Oaltrcif diapeeinit. efjbe so.goodt .„
e RSeel Is as folly :
01tes, naming slash &Mole %addl., value
=
ars 14 tar offaled envelopes aka-well mired.
Ono of thee* prolapse winks got by mall to
any address cot roach& of 22 poets.
Onfif tki brattlfesafpna Will roe what
yen ar=tto haw", 'sad 44a It-la at your
option 60/11114 ekaiNoUse sad tam the article or
I not. -Pfiribloore may time obtain a Gold Watob.•
DismoolliNik weal it Et of Jewelry on our list
for 0101 DOWN& - la no ease osh they get
less than One D
ira oth, iiii . tbere MA as
blanks. The pried or eatio is as follows;
One en 15 Mists; IllvlP 414 eleven for $3 r
With h toprondiustpki pouf for 23i'
fivli, with. a prettily*. chain $10; one
,' - }lithdlil, witlilildions data Inver Waal, for $l2.
1 ;4
- ' t Jaiikidb oak. pmodhotetel fairly , and all
nave oqnsi o• OCtillittatiting tiff teloabilo
prissily pack 'dip cordite:att.
V* gwiwaiitteet sedisthetloof tiro elms.
.-Ageate weatefl f to *how. we *for modal
tidl2 22 94Pritrilitsm allt owlto for one sear
otitis MINI Ow etrbutti. w tilit
, Aldroot • Yo r k ROWIIf I 1, P....aeli.
4270, Nvw •