The Columbian. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, August 23, 1867, Image 2

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    THE COLUMBIAN, MLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA;
Sfltc (Columbian.
HLOOMSHUltO, PA
KIIIUAV JUIIININU, AVOtST '13, I'll)
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l iilllillr uf any tit,rr intblUlitil litre, nml
U mln it iitnfli InrRfr tlifrt limn nil' nf
llnrotrtiipornrlra nml I tlitrtforc tlir lril
mi-ilium fur (til rrlUlliff lit IliU Hfrlliui nf
llil Stair.
A IlICH JOKE.
Ox Mondiiy lust, soclnj,' ilozcii or
twostriiiiueriiillcals hi towii,vu vcntur
I'll to lniiilru vt lint wus up; mill were
lolil tlmt I'. John whs (join)? to liivvu u
littU ffin volition. I'pun thu rlniiiui; of
the bull, wo ninl a linker' dozen more-
ol outsiders walked Into tbo
Court
I louse nml took scuts, lncludlni; dclo
KiitOH tlicro won1 nbont sixty pcojilo hi
the llouc.
Mr. Siiinucl Knorr rolled to order,
nml niiiiii'd Hcnjntnln 1'. Former us
cliiilrtium. A Mr. .Inckson of lterwlck
mill u Mr. Monroe of Montour were then
made socrotiirics. After n dond sllcnco
iifoine minutes, siuneliody sucjjestcd
that they had better eall the roll and
see what townships were represented.
Altera whllu that wiHK't through with,
and several townships wero represent
ill. Couslderalilewhlspcrlni,' here took
place between 1'. John, S. Knorr and
M. Monroe, the few dclojriitis slttinj;
round waiting patiently for develop
ments.) A resolution wiisthen oil'erod Appoint
ing icprt'scntntlvo conferees. Finally
Mr. A. I. Youiig moved to proceed to
nominate candidates for various ofllces.
Alter itwhilo that was seconded. SI
lc!ice. Then Mr. A. I Yniinirffnt tip
mid said he would like toiisk what they
otijrlit to nominate llrst V P. John,
rrry timidly, suggested "Jury Commis
sioner." The I're-ident thought "Slier
ill" should he llr-t. Silcnce. After
more whi-peiint; between 1. John, S.
Knorr mid a few others, somebody
named Silas Conner as u candidate for
shcrill'. Nobody else coveting a thrash
ing, Mr. Conner was voted noinlnu
tiil. Silence.; Mr. I. V. Hartman was
named forTren-urre; silence. midthen
voted nominated.
So, and with the samo saturnine fu
neral solemnity, Silas .lohn-on was
named for County Commissioner, Dan
iel Yetter for Auditor, mid KIMm lay
man for Jury (.'ommlssiouor. Then Mr.
Knorr said 1'. John (who was an out
sider! had in his pocket-omu resolutions
mid he wanted John to read 'em, which
John thereupon did. The President,
after iti.iilriii)r whether he should ml
Journ the convention sine die, put the
motion, and it was solemnly carried.
A moru utterly viipid,stupid, spiritless
thine; we have never seen. Kven the
1'adicals in town Ktwe It the no by, and
one of thu town delegates sat at the op-po-lte
side of the Court Hou-e, and took
no part In the proceeding. A number
of townships were unrepresented, and
the wholo luinht us well have been.
Tub New York 7Yie, u leading ltud
ical sheet, pilches into the Itadicnls of
thU State for thu dlsliouest way in which
they are carrying on thu campaign, of
course the llepiibUcun, being edited by
what (ireeley terms as one of those "lit
tle creatures whom heaven for some
In-crutabli; purpose permits to edit the
majority of Itcpubllcan county papers,"
-thu lejmlilicun we say dare not pub
I Mi the comments of its party papers.
And wo defy P. John to publish Judge
Sharswood's opinion In full. Thu Time
says :
" Wo think the Republicans in Penn
sylvania, Ohio and other Stales where
political campaigns aro In progress, are
making u mistake in attempting to
fa-ten upon their opponents the purpose
of iipiidiation. In the first place it does
not, thus lar, seem to bo precisely trim;
in the second lilucc, itisstrongly'dcnlcii
by the Opposition themselves; in the
third place, It is n bad thing to circulate
thu impression throughout this country
and Kurope, that a party so strong nu
merically as thu Democrats are in Penn
sylvania, Ohio and other States, are in
lavor of repudiation. If thev aro con
stantly charged with it they will very
likely comu to believe, In course of time,
that the charge must really be true, and
they will uncoiisciou-ly assume the very
ground upon which they have been
pushed by their opponents. It should
be political death mill di-honor for any
ulmi or party to suggest repudiation,
and theru should be no attempt to famil
iarize the public mind with so disgrace
lul an idea.
ot u citizens have heard the most of
tlie particulars In regard to tho ('revel
ing ca-e(oiio of tho parties being from
this place, We clip the annexed extract
from an exchange:
"Michigan has u breach of proml-n
clue, a really richtrche ulliilr, of which
Chicago, even witli its Proctor-Munn
ca-e, may well be envious. St. Joseph
enmity is tlie locality favored witli this
suiatlun, mid a Mr. O.ias French the
one who-o ullcctions have been cheated
and wiongul, Thu defendant, Mrs.Sally
I reveling, has reached tho matuio ago
of sixty, Is posied of a nice little piece
of property In her own right and Is now
tho wife of a wealthy gentleman about
her own age, who-o liomels In lllooms
bnrg, Pa. Mr. Kronen Is described a- a
'well-to-do farmer,' also about slxtv
year. of age, and thodnnmgu to himself
ny tlie llcklenenri of Mrs. Crovcllng, lato
the widow Harvey, to whom ho was to
have been married about the Ith Inst.,
he estimates at live thousand dollars."
Tin: Ui'.MnvAiiOr I Iiit.T. The Presi
dent decided on thu Hi Inst to Nsu1( an
order relieving Judge Holt from hl.s
position at tho head of tbo so-called
llureaii of Military Justice, nml grant
ing him leave of ahscucu until sumo
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I ongress creating this otllco did not
eliange thu usual form of leinovlng!
irmy otllters, and its Holt did not comu '
ir.ny ..niters, and us Holt did not comu
under the Civil Tenure lnw them wns
uno. r tue mi ituuru m, tnere was
r him
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It is a singular fact that although
Judge.Shar.swoo.l has been on the bench
I'or twenty yearn, tho ItiidicaU can only
Mud fault with but oneof his decisions.
Thin 1 n Virtual admission that all the j bo the rule of lawi.thls hotel record was i The charge of Judge KMicrtothoJury
othcrHtiru right, As to what that i.Wn. worthy of consideration by the Jury and I has been much commented on In private
ion wtw, wo refer to another column, i Is now worthy of consideration by thu circles and in tho public press. There
and every candid man liut-t say It was public In forming a Judgment upon the can bono question that It win character
ight. If a limn contracts for wheat ho guilt or Innocence of the accused. Ized by strong hostility to the accused,
annot be paid In br.tii If ho contract ' Thu testimony of tho prosecution glv- and that somo of the positions taken
ior goiu or suver no cuiuioi uc ji.iiu in
greenback ut forty percent, discount.
ll ho, too provision ior wu puyinunt or
no) uoiiUD in gotu, wuy do rovoKeu uy
i iu't nl CJinirekS.
TI1K DUM'.ATT TIUAL.
Wi: have been nimble for want of
space, to give the proceedings! In the
Criminal Court at Washington City In
theea-e of the pru-ecutlou against John
II. Surratt, as they have taken place, or
even the dally synoptical it-ports fur
nMied the press by telegraph. Hut now
that the ca-e Is concluded (for the pres
ent at least) we will take the neces-ary
tlinu to prcpaiu a statement of tho lead
ing points In thu case mid Hud thu nec
essary space for Its publication, In order
that thoreadcrs of tlip('ot.ltlilAX may
bo put In possession of What Is most ma
terial nnd interesting In the history of
this great trial.
Surratt was Indicted fortlicniurilcrof
President' Lincoln on 1 Ith April lsO. In
conspiracy with Itooth, llerold, Payne,
AUorottnnd Mrs. Surratt, who werecce
cuted shortly after the assassination un-
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ocriociiimiiigoiii.Himnr.Yi omiiiiissiWu.
.loiiu u.Mirrnii wimni iinnininiiueiinio
of the execution and for some time af
terwards, secrckd from public observa
tion; ata time wheiia reward bad been of
fered for his arrest and when If ho had
been anested nnd tried with tho other
persons accused, he would undoubtedly
liavo been convicted mid executed. Sub
sequently he lied to Kurope and paslng
through (Ireat Hritaiu mid across the
continent, took refuge In Italy. Tlicie
ho enlisted In t he Papal Zoilavcs and re
mained aWhlle, but being detected mid
thu Pupal (iovorumont being about to
deliver him up to the authorities of the
rutted Slates, he again lied by way of
Mill tit to Kgypt and dually win arrested
in the latter country and sent homo In
one of our public ships of war. He was
brought to Washington early hist spring
and placed In pi Nun where ho yet re
mains. His secreting hlm-elf and Ids
llight to foreign countrics.of course nils
osu presumption of his guilt and consti
tuted oneof th isirongpolutsagalut him
upon his trial. Hut this presumption
is much weakened by a due considera
tion of thu facts which surrounded 1dm
or all'ccted his case. A large public ie
ward h.ul been oll'ered for lilsapprehen
sion, the excitement of thu public mind
was inteii-e.and it was well understood
that trial by Military CoinmMnii did
not all'oril an iiiilmpeachablu or certain
security for innocence. I'niler these cir
cumstances, even upon the assumption
of his innocence, uf the crime, It need not
surpri-ous' that he wltheld himself from
the grasp of theflovernnicnt and lied in
to foreign parts uf the earth. And such
conduct will seem the moru natural
when we consider that hu must have
known that somu facts showing friend
ship for thu rebellion and somo degree
of association or intimacy with liouth,
could bo fairly proved against him.
Hut wu come to thu nlerlts of thu ca-e
us developed upon tho trial, and we
shall take upsuveral points for separate
and dNtluct examination.
An important question disputed up
on thu trial was thu whereabouts of Sur
ratt thu 1 Ith of April lKli'i.ou tliuevening
of which day Mr. Lincoln was assassi
nated at Kord'n Theatre in thu City of
Washington. Was Surratt at thu place
where the crime was committed assist
ing, or prepared to a 1st, in its com
mission? Wa-he an aid to Itooth in
the diabolical work which liooth hail
undert.ikenaud utlhu'placo where hlsaid
could bo rendered effectual '.' The pros
ecution iusi-ted that liu'.y.nit Washing
ton upon that fatal Htli of April, while
tho defence Insisted that he was at Kl
inira In tho State of New York. I'pou ,
this vital point of ,'-. we have formed
a strong opinion from a perusal of tho
evidencoas given in full in tho columns
of thu Xational Inleltiycncer. It seems
to us clear upon a fair consideration of!
all the testimony given, that Surratt
was at l.ljiilru and not at Washington
on the llth of April INK, and that it
was not i'ossbIe for him to participate
asa party In tliecommi-slou of the great
crime. .So thought two-thirds at least of
the Jurors, before whom bo was tried,
and .such we believe will be general
opinion in the future.
It is to be observed that thu prosecu
tion proved that Surratt left his hotel in
Montreal on the afternoon of April 1 lit 1 1
lo comu South ly the Albany route ;
mid they admitted (fur the proof showed I
that ho caiiui to l.lnilra. lint In that
ca-o he could not have arrived in Klmi
ra until Into In tho afternoon of tho liithjij
mid his presence on the 1 1th, in Wash
ington I ii not altogether impossible)
would be highly improbable, ltcsldcs,
on account ofagrciit Iresdetat tiiat timu i
in tlie West Iir.mchof tho.Susqtiehanna,
tho regular running of pa-scnger trains
between Klmlra and ilan isburg was in
terrupted: liutdls presence in Klmliaon the 1 Ith,
was directly established by three or four
witnesses, who spoku positively of Inter
views with him there, mid who, from
tlie clrcum-tancen wldcd tliey-tate,coiild
not be mistaken as to Ids identity.
Three citizens of Klmlra, men of credit,
unliiipeachcd and uncontradicted, bore
this testimony, beside u witness from
New York city who-o character was as
sailed by tho pro-ecution. Two of these
Klmlra wit nesses;'n.ni 'ntim sn leiti
him (it tiu time, ami the third eimrmeil
with ItiM.jitul Htrh :e,m able In j- the
dale with' charmux n,ut wtiiiiiti. One
(if them en n eem (I leilh him uu the muni
in; (if the, l.Vi, euurifiiiny the t hymili
ic ttenpuMt, J ml reeilctd, Hint Mr, JAn
coin hud been tuvttxlimted the iil'ild be
fore. In Wimhlii'lon. Surratt at the time
wore ti rojnarkablo coat called a "(iarl
b.ildl," which It was proved had been
made for dim u few days before in Mou-
treal. In addition to tills very decisive
proof tlioilefencoproduced and proved a
hotel register from one ofthe New York
towns, on Siirmtt's route back to Cana -
da, In whlcli'tho name "John Harrison"
I wis entered in his proper hand wilting
under a date which proved his nb-cneo
froui Washingtouonthe tlth. H is true
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1 iiiuhicd secreted in Canada until howent
1 abroad, mid wo may well believe that
j his fear of arrest would not permit Ids
return Into the State of New York. In
point of reason therefore, (whatever may
en 10 prove tue riseu'o oi fsurr.it t In
, Washington mi tho I Mi of April, does
. not inmciir to us to be cut t cd to much
conlidenco even when considered by
Itself und independent of the evidence
for the defence. It Is, In our opinion,
upon its face, plainly unreliable nml In
conclusive, It Is a remarkable and un
Important fact that the witnesses called
by tho prosecution to tlx Surratt In
Washington on the I Ith of April, icere
not Ki'itiiii tciu iml kimieii him before,
but tf(tnycr. It Is alledgcd that he
was seen upon thu public: Avenue, In u
crowded barber shop, at a public hotel,
and In front of Kurd's theatre etc., on
thu 1 Ith of April ; but all the persons
who are said to have seen Mm, with
perhaps one exception, were titterstran
gers to lilin and were Illy ciuallllcd to
tlx his Identity long afterwards. They
had never seen him beforoaud there Is
no pretence that they ever saw him
subsequently until after his arrest and
when two years had elapsed. Not onu
of them transacted business with him
(as did the wlliu.-s.'sat Kimlra) nor had
they any strong reason at tho time, to
notice disappearance or conduct. Tlielr
evhlcnte therefore is weak and uncer
tain considered by itself, mid does not
furnish solid ground for it Judgment of
condemnation.
Hut when wo come to consider this
testimony In connection with that giv
en for the defence, It wholly disappears
from the case us mi element of Judg
ment. Wo do not hero peak of the
proof of an alibi u( Surratt's absence
lit Klmlra but of the pioof given by
tlie defence In direct explanation and
contradiction of the testimony that Sur
ratt was present in Washington at the
time alledgcd.
Sergeant Dye testllled for the prose
cution that he believed ho saw Surratt
In front of Ford's theatre on the night
of the assassination, calling the hour ul
timo; (tho inference being that this was
notice to tlie conspirators when to com
mence their nefarious work. In tills
testimony in; was corroborated by a
companion, wept it Id the iileutijicittiim
i)f .SVfmW. lint the man who ilirf call
the hour upon that occasion was pro
duced by tlie derenceand testllled to thu
fact, and tli.it the call was to notify one
of the actors to go on thu stage. In
this he was corroborated by tho actor to
whom the call was directed.
Another witness for the prosecution
testllled to seeing Surratt in conversa
tion with llootli on Pennsylvania Ave
nue ut u particular dour In the after
noon, itooth being on horseback at the
time. An actor named Matthews, how
ever, testllled for tho defence that hu
and not Surratt conversed with liooth
at the time and place mentioned, and
that liooth then gave him u certain pa
per which he afterwards destroyed. Ills
evidence was clear and unquestionable
and tlio explanation upon tills point
wa made complete.
A colored barber was produced who
said he shaved Surratt about nine
o'clock on the 1 Ith of April at Ids shop
in Washington. Assuming the integri
ty and intelligence of this barber (of
which we know nothing) this testimo
ny by 1 1 1 1 1 1 would appear to possess
more Importance than that given by
other witnesses for the pro-ecutloii up
on thu question of Surratt's presence at
thu Capitol. Put his story cannot bo
true. It appears as a myth, a ml-taku
or u falsehood, when subjected to care
ful examination. In tho llrt place It
is admitted that this barber was not ac
quainted with Surratt, and ho has not
seen dim since until the trial. In thu
next placu he .-ays the man be shaved
"had a smooth face ail round" mid had
no whiskers, whereas thuclo.ir evidence
on both sides, at (lie trial, is, that Sur
ratt had a remarkable exhibit of whis
ker which could not escape the atten
tion of any one, and particularly of a
barber. In the third place he says that
Surratt and Laughlin were togetherand
weie both .shaved by him, whereas it
was clearly proved by the dt fence that
1aiighllu was in another part of thu
city during tlie whole forenoon of that
day and that it was impossible he could
have been in the shop of tho witness.
Hi-sides, according to the theory of thu
prosecution itself and according to thu
time tables of the railroad companies
between Klmlra and Washington, it
was not possible for Surratt to arrive In
the latter city mid at the barber shop as
early as the time mentioned, to wit, bu
I'ore or about nine o'clock In the morn
ing. Tlie remaining testimony Us to Sur
ratt's presence In Washington was not
important. One witness was under mi
inipres-lou that do dad seen dim ut
Wlllurd'n Hotel, but would not speak
positively, and was not certain about
It; anollier thought he had seen his
buck t.'i before, in that of u per-ou who
was riding from Washington on thu
1 -It 1 1 of April ; another iWiio was
strongly contradicted and ills state
ment crushed I thought hu bad seen him
In Kord's theatre during the day pre
ceding tho crime ; mid Dually an ama
teur witness turned up who remem
bered seeing him In a sulmm where
there was dancing which never took
place, near a table which never had any
existence. We believe we havo now
mentioned (ill tlie evidence for tlie pros
edition from persons who are siippood
to have seen Surratt in Washington on
or about the 1 ltd of April, except that
of a colored woman named Jackson,
she aw surratt at Ids mother's, on onu
occasion, mid tlie question Is when It
was. Sdo formerly stated it was tlie
!!d of April iwlien Surratt was unques.
tiumihly th"ie) mid gave that testimony
In the public ofltccm, when the facts
were recent. She Is now produced to
tlx tlie date upon the 1 Ith. Hut In this
, attempt she is roundly contradicted not
only by her own fiimier statement, hut
by the several imnatcsof Hie liois(. mid
1 by others, Including the two Intelligent
olllcers who searched tint hoiiso mid
. m,idunrro,t, there.
In fact the absence
i of all reliable evidence that Surratt was
I at Ids mother's after the fid of April,
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uiratt,
up ly
lliuiieieiicoon lou mill.
1 Cpon the whole then, the conclusion
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table, tlmt Surratt was not In Washing
ton ut tho time of thu assa-snatIou, lint
was then several hundred miles distant
nl Klmlra, In the Statu of New York,
and that hu did not participate in the
i commission of tho ureal crime.
and doctrines miuounccd by tho Judge,
were very extraordinary and objection
able, And there was an Important omis
sion In thu charge well calculated to
I loluru thu cause of tbnilefeiicobv with
holding the attention of the Jury from
an Important question of fact, vhk'h was,
the alleged conspiracy to abduct. I'or
It would seem from what appeared at
the Military assassination trials as well
as at tic recent trial of.Surr.itt, that the
original enterprise concocted by liooth
was the nbduetlon of President Lincoln
mid his couveyaucu within the Confed
erate lines to be held ns u prisoner.
What was Intended was a cupturo and
not mi assassination ; an exploit which
however Insolent In Itself and possibly
injurious to the Cnlted States, would
not constitute the oll'cnco of murder nor
bear any comparison with It In point of
atrocity.
Hy Hooth's diary (which was given In
uvldence by tlie prosecution mid thereby
authenticated and made legitimate for
Usu by the defense) it uppe.irs, that thu
Intention to kill tlio President tri. neirr
enterlitined until the tldj o the lunimi
nation; that then llootli and his confed
erates adopted the plan of slaughter
which was partly carried Into execution
which succeeded as to President Lin
coln, but failed as to Secretary Seward
and Vice President Johnson and that
Surratt could have had no knowlcdgu
of tills murderous conspiracy or partic
ipation in Its guilt, unless present In
Washington at thu time. Wu believe,
however, that In thueharguof thu Judge
theru was no reference whatever to the
conspiracy for abducting tlie President
nor to Hooth's diary ns ll.xlng, or us
evidence lending to tlx, tlio time when
the conspiracy to murder was formed.
Hut not only wero tlio Jury not in
structed by the Judge that participation
by Surratt in the conspiracy to abduct
i If believed i would bu iiisiilllclent to his
conviction for murder theoH'cncucliargid
in the indictment but they were In
structed that although do (Surratt) was
absent from Washington mid not an
actual participant in tho commission of
tlie crime, lie could lie convicted if he
was concerned or Implicated in tho con
splracy to murder, and was elsewhere
In pursuance of Its objects or to promote
their accomplishment. This portion of
the charge was so uncalled for, so mis
leading and so unjust, that it fully con
vinces Us of the unfitness of the Judge
to preside upon the trial. Hu instigates
tliejury tocoiivk't.tilthough they should
be convinced that Surratt was in Klmira
at tlio time of thu murder, mid hu sug
gests (without evidence, reason, or pro
bability,! that lie may have been theru
in pur.-uance of the conspiracy mid in
furtherance of Its Object-.
Submitting such a question to tho
Jury without proof, is something more
than a Judicial impropriety; it is put
ting thu life of thu defendant in peril
without the slightest warrant of law and
in contempt of thu plainest principles
of justice. No onu has been able to
describe or ilellno the assistance which
Surratt could render at Klmlra to thu
iis-a-sinatiou, nor did any witness testify
to any fact or circumstance from willed
such assistance, actual or contemplated,
could be Inferred. Hut what must be
thought of tills part of Judge Kisher's
charge when we remember what took
placu at a previous stago of the trial
when evhlcncu was being Introduced for
the defence'.' Thu counsel for tho de
fense alter proving .Surratt's presence 111
Klmlra, propo-cd to prove,aud produced
witnesses to prove, what hi bimines
there iciii, mid irhy he unit there. They
oll'ered to show fully and completely
tdat Ills vi-lt there was foradistinctand
known purpo-e, having no relation
whatever to thu abduction or murder of
the Pre-ident of thu I'uited States.
This evidence was rejected by the Court
upon the ground that it was irrelevant ;
upon tlie ground that It was not Impor
tant to the decision of thu ca-u to know
why Surratt went to Klmlra at that
time or what was his business theru;
that this proposed proof could not affect
the question upon trial bcfoiothu uiurt
concerning tho commission of the mur
der at Washington. And yet the same
-Judge who rejected tills proof after
wards instructed thu Jury that they
might Und that Surratt was at Klmir.i
upon tlie business of tlio conspiracy t
niiirdcraiid to promote itsobjects! In all
past history of Courts, never was theru
a more llagr.mt outrage upon lawjustlco
and public decency than this Infamous
instruction ! I'or, not only was It with
out proof in thu cause to warrant it, but
it v,u in impudent and wicked disre
gard of tlie prior rejection of evidence
by the Jndgo himself! Ho shuts out
the proof of Innocence und then sub
mits to the Jury thu question of guilt!
Ho stops the months of thu defendant's.
wilne-ses, and then instigates thujury
lo convict him for lack of the very evi
dence suppressed!
Tliero wero other parts of tlio charge
so opposed to prol'e-s-ioual opinion anil
so extravagant in sentiment, that they
have Justly provoked much of critl
clsiii and censure. The Judge coolly
informed the Jury that although the
law rotating to murder had been held
not to Include as a principal In guilt
an accessory before the fact who Is not
present at the commission of the offence,
or In a situation to yield assistance In
Its commission; though this had been
the doi'triuii of tho Knglisli Judges from
whom wu derive thu principles of the
common law, yet tho re.ions given by
lliosu judges for tdeir dcci-ioiis had not
bet a tatl-J'nctoi! to him, and ho would
therefore hold to a different doctrine for
the purposcsof the present trial ! That,
in Ids view, rejecting tlio authorities hi
question, an accessory before tlio fact,
unconcerned in tho actual commission
of murder, might bo convicted upon an
Indictment charging him as a principal
in thu oll'cnco. l-'or tills doctrine ho ci
ted certain pas-age.sofScrlplure among
others onu relating to thu murder of
Naboth at the Instance of Jezebel mid
her royal hu-lmnd wldcli most persons
we suppose, will hardly regard as appli
cable to the construction ofthe common
law.
' Hu furt her Informed tlio Jury that tlio
time had passed for holding that the
powers pos-essed by thu (Jovornment of
the I nlted Slates, Viciuconflnedtothiise
! conferred upon It by the constitution;
that it possessed other powers Indcpend
I ent of that Instrument which It was
I competent for It to exercise us one of the
Soveielgu Powers of the earth.
I He also alllnucil the proposition sub-
mlttid by tin-counsel for tho prosecu
tion, tlmt to murder tlio President ofthe
I'nlted States Is, In point of Inn; a high
er oll'ciiso than to murder a private clt-
I ly.cn, and Is to bo so regarded even upon
tho trial of an Indictment for murder
ing him us mi Individual without nam
ing him In Ids olllclal capacity. Tlio
Judge does not define thlshlgheroll'cusc;
hu does not assign It mi appropriate
Hume, nor Inform us what coiisuqcuccs
! result fiom distinguishing it from com
1 mou murder, Whut then this new or
r ar ss-
higher oik-nsc may be, either as to ties.
Ignatlon or character, we cannot saj( nor
tiro vc likely to becomy'eiillgdtened
tlicrcon until tlicresdall bo solno new
revelation from tlio judicial mind.
Ill that limned of homicide known as
murder, tdu lilgdest grade Is murder In
tdu lirst degree, which may bu commit
ted In taking tlie life of the humblest
human being. Thu law of murder, like
death Itself, "Is no respector of persons,"
and In any case of felonious homicide
subject to Its classification, It llxes thu
gradu of guilt according to the turpi
tude of tlio net done und not uccoidlng
to the rank or merit uf the victim.
Hut there Is an oll'enco which takes
rank above murder both In tdujurlsprii
deneo of lids country and of foreign
countries. It Is tieiisou, willed always
Involves malignity against government
anil Is directed to its overthrow or sub
version. Tho overt act by which trea
son Is manifested and made Judicially
cognizable, may bo murder or may he
something ele, but thu gravamen ofthe
oll'eiisu In all cases must be the traitor
ous intention mid purpo-e.
In CJreat Hrltaln, "compassing thu
Klng'fl death," that is, plotting his In
dividual destruction, was long since
made- treason by statute, as well as thu
direct taking ol tlie King's life. And
the law extended tothotjueen or King's
wife, mid to thu Heir apparent ofthe
Crown. And in that country upon
conviction of trea-on njudgmelit might
pass agalil-t the oU'ender not only for
Ids execution, but also for forfeiting ids
properly to tlie crown and attainting
Ids blood so as to render his heirs inca
pable of Inheriting from him or through
him. Tlie-o were provisions of Hrltlsh
law and policy in contemplation of our
fathers when tliey formed tlio Constitu
tion of tlie Cnlted States. What then
did they say and declare in that Consti
tution in regard to treason in the Cnitod
Stales'.'
"Art. :i, Sec. :i. Trea-on against tlio
I'uited Slates shall consist only in levy
ing war against them, or in adhering to
their enemies giving tliein aid mid
comfort. No person shall bo convicted
of trea-on unle-s on thu testimony of
two witnesses to the samo overt act, or
on confession in open Court.
" Thu Congress shall have power to
declare the punishment of treason, but
no attainder of treason sluill work cor
ruption of blood or forfeiture except
during tliu life of thu person attuij.itcd."J
Ileru then we liavu explicit provisions,
dcllning the olleiico of treason and lim
iting the punishment to be indicted
therefor. And they exclude all tho-6
treaons of tho Hritl-h law which rein-
ted lo the King, Queen or Heir Appa -
rem, mm irresisitoiy also exclude anil to thu letter. Thu Hadlcals s.iy thu
forbid any po-siblu statute- by Congress doctrine is treasonable. Thev assert
making tlio felonious killing of the that an Individual can discharge his
President, Vico President, or other olli- indebtedness by oll'erlng to pay in cur
cur of the (ioverinnent, to bu treason In rency, when ho. has promised to pay in
the United State-. No such statute has coin ; and why cannot thu Covernmciit
ever been passed by Congress, nor uvci, do this us well us an individual. Thev
will be so long as the Constitution re
tains its present form. 1
Hut Judgu Fisher appears to long fo
tlio foreign law of treaon, and Indicate
ids idea that it lias in some way founi
a placu In our Judicial system, llov
tills has happened and wheio tho au
thority for ids opinion is to bo found ii
does not explain. Wu suspect that, i
point of fact, lie has no clear ideas upo
tho subject and we are very conlldec
that ho can produce no authority whin
will support him In tho ex traord iuav
position do lias assumed. 1
I Jo it remembered tdattlio Indictnlet
tried before the Judge was for murilr
simply; that none of the proeeeiUns
peculiar to a cu-o of treason weruhiidn
theca-e; und that if the defcndaiit'hd
been convicted the Judgment 'pi
nounccd would havo been tlio ordinry
onu in a ca-e of murder. If therefro
the defendant was to lie properly tr d
upon thu charge preferred agalnsO Jin
by tlie 11 rand Jury in the lndlctmot,
all consideration of the law of troitMi,
or of any other oll'enco "hlglier"t.in
ordinary murder f.'j, should have I en
carefully excluded from tho ea-e," Vo
will only ii.kl on tills point that theiw
of murder is perfectly eil'eclual ftmho
punishment of tho nlk'nce. Upon on
fiction the life of the offender i.r then
nnd thu samo result would bu acini-pli-hcd
upon conviction for trtion,
under the Federal Constitution, t Is
not necessary therefore to dovisoiiew
crimes or new grades of crime in '-der
to punish ell'ectually a wretch wiioliall
murder thu President of tlio Ulted
States. ' I
As Is well known the Jury Ii lids
case of Surratt stood, eight fornaiittal
and four for conviction. Heing liable
to agree they were discharged tlio
court, without tlio consent of thid'end
ant, and wlietlu."- Hie case can be .gain
tried or not Is matter of dispute5; It is
not likely that a future trial one
should bo had, will result la coav-tiou,
unless a uegrojury should lie ui:iancl
led to try the ease and Judge Kiicr bo
again called to nrc-ide. Such J imbl.
nation a negro Jury mid uf ndlcal
Judgoinlght mithorlzeustoexij-iacon-.
iciiou iiiioiiiuviiiencoiiii.i njuijmcut
against law, for where Ignorjve and t
fanaticism are united there cai bu no
recognition of fact In oppo-itlnj iiprcj-1
uillce nor any attention paid tt bo du-
FOll 1IIK U5 UIIIAS.
IN MEMOItlAM.
Tin: following resolutions wee adopt
ed ut a regular meeting of luckson
Lodge No. 7-!. I. (). of (I. T. of 'ennsyl
vuiilu, August 17th 1KI7,
Wiii;iu:a, It has pleased linlghtv
(iod to remove very suddenly, "mm our
midst, our beloved brother St ward 1.
Sterner; therefore,
lieMleul, That hi thu dcaii of our
liioldcr wohavusustuluednniir-purahlo
loss and most painful bereave u nt, tlio
augiil-h of wliicli tlmealono en unsuage.
Itesolidt, That we bow in - jyulssivo
resignation to tho dark mid i iisturious
visitation which has taken iloni our
midst a dutirul member, an n kind
brother, feeling that what i mr loss is
Ills gain,
ilesoleul, That wu teml.
sympathy to tho bcrcavo f.i
lamented brother, nravlin? 1 1
air deep
ilv nf mil-
t lie that
doctli all things well, muy i-i tain them
in mcir oereavenient.
Itemleut, That a copy of I
Hons Iki transmitted to Hi
our deceased brother, nod t
-e r -obi
mnilly of
x iney no
published In each of tlie Co u ty miners
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ly i iiTittnr.
J. Q. H.!!Ul,i:v, 1
J. N. Liuiiy, , 'i mmittee.
L. M. 1Iaut.ma.nJ
Tlir: last Congress pa-sei
emptlng notes containing
ofjudginent from iiddltf-iii
tlmt cause. They need i
in act ex-
confession
tamps for
J stamped as ordinary notes
, contain an agreement w nl
. Jits oft hu exemption In.v
ii 'tnoijene -
, in which
etisou live cent stamp mlKlonal Is ro-
I quireu,
-Xt :
JUDOK 8IIAUSWOOD AND LE-hi
OAL TENDEHS.
So.mi: of "tlio little creatures" whom:
(liecleysays"an inscrutable Provhlenco
penults to edit yoinu of thu minor lie
publican Journal-," have uiidcrtaketi to
make a little capital for their bankrupt
organization out of a decision once ren
dered hy Judge Sharswood, which they
iittemit to tortilrcluto a declaration that
greenbacks are unconstitutional and not
a legal lender for debts.
Tlie facts of tho case are simply and
brlclly the-u: A man held a ground relit
mortpige, given In 17-'U, In which it was
stipulated that tho annual rent should
be p-ild In Sianhh milled dollar, by
leeiyht. After tho passago of thu law
making greenbacks a legal tedder ,for
debt, tho holder of tho ground-rent
mortgage agreed to extinguish tlio
mortgage for a consideration, and tlio
purchaser, (thu owner of thu ground)
tendered both thu principal and Inter
est la greenbacks. The bolder agreed
to incept greenbacks for the principal,
but Insisted that thu contract demanded
tlits payment of Spanish milled dollars
for the Interest. Tho other party main
tallied that the greenback law made
greiiibacks a legal tender for all debts,
whither contracted slnco thu act was
pas-ed or before. Thu case was takun
Inti coiut and Judge Sharswood decid
ed hal tlie interest upon the ground
run' mortgage of IT-'l'J would have to bo
pall according to the demands of tlie
coi.tract.
Vitd their usual unfairness, the 1 tall
ica journals dccllnu to publish this
opinion in full, but conllne their attacks
toJiucndoes. Jf they did publish it,
w. venture tliu opinion that tho sound-
n. s of tlmt decision would he endorsed
bj. every intelligent man of tlielr party.
Inf.ict prominent Itepublicans declare
tl.it that decision would be tlie very
bet electioneering document thu friends
of Judge Sharswood could Use. It is
mi triiu that opinion pretended to vlli
ii'' greenbacks as a legal tender for
d Ids contracted since tin- enactment of
t 0 national currency law, nor in any
c-u of indebtedness contracted prior to
t e passage of that law, except 111 cases
lierc a special contract stipulated that
liytneiit should lie made In a certain
1 escribed manner.
If tin- Itadicalsnf Pennsylvania desire
') iiiako this mi ue in the eomingju
ilcial contest lnthlsStuto, the friends of
udge Sharswood will have no objec
Ion. Let us .sou how it will work. Tlio
.'nlted States fioverniiient lias agreed
o pay certain of its bonds in coin.
Iiulgu .Sharswood says It must alible bv
its obligations. This is thu eciice of
thu contract, and It must bo pieformcd
tried this game, two yearsago, in regard
to thu Statu debt. The faith of our
Statu stood solemnly pledged that the
Interest on certain bonds should bo paid
In coin. The pledge was deliberately
violated and the Interest paid in paper
money. So may tin-pledge of tlio ua
tioiniHiovcrninont bu violated, If the
Radicals 11 ml It convenient to do so;
and under Radical law the bondholder
will have no redress in thu courts.
What do tho holders of national securi
ties say to tills'.' Are they willing to
eiidoi-su the doctrine that an agreement
to pay a certain sum in yotilor "Spuninh
initial dollar" may liu canceled by the
tender of paper currency'.' If they do,
let them vole for Henry W. Williams,
and .-ubmlt to a discount of l,.'l'.)ou tliu
iutere.-t of tlieir bonds, at the hands of
tho Radical Party.
Tlio Radicals denounce this decision
as a stab at the credit of the nation. If
this bo so, the Radical leaders are re
sponsible for the llrst stub tbeni-elves,
for they have set thu llrst example of
repudiation of their own currency, by
declaring that it would not bo acknowl
edged as a legal tender in payment of
intere-t upon certain of lis bonds, The
principles of Judge Sharswood's decis.
,ioii will keep the national faith invlolato
with the nation's bondholders, mid will
maintain the national credit. It sim
ply endorses that plain principle of com
mon honesty, upon which rests the
credit of the whole business world- that
a man shall do what he agrees lo do,
and shall not be released by tlie law up
on doing le-s than lie has pronii-ed to
do. It simply declares that a man who
has agreed to pay onu hundred dollars
in gold, shall not havo fill 11 1 ii. I Ids con
tract by payment of one hundred dollars
in paper, which is only worth sixty-one
dollar in gold. Tills Is what Judge
Sharswood's decl-lon moans and wo un
willing to accept tlio i-siic in all Its
length and breadth. (trcensltary flcnib
icon .V Democrat.
TIIK IiATEST NEWS.
cisi is v-rni, uuust in, isir:.
Tin: (bminerclal' snecial (ialvcstou
disputed says the yellow fever is raging
terrllily in that place. Twenty deaths
occurred on August 11!; thlrty-onu on
August l.'l, twcnty-nlno on August 1 1.
There are over one thousand cases In tho
town. Tlie ho-pilals are overflowing,
and the managers are calling for extra
help.
Thu Internal Revenue ollice Isclo-ed,
all the employees being sick.
Captain Joseph R, l'axton brother of
Charles It. l'axton of thlsjilace,lsamong
the victims.
Am. Hi. A despatch from Omaha
represents tlmt a battle lasting six hour
had been fought between .Vn) Sioux war
riors and am Pawnee scouts in tlio em
ployment ofthe (I'overniucnt. Tho lat
ter succeeded in routing their oppo
nents. Atii.il .A special dispatch from
Fort Hays represent that post as being
surrounded by hostile Indians, who tiro
stealing largo quantities of stock, and
coinmttlng depredation. Work on the
Paclllc Railroad at that point had been
suspended in con-oquenco of thu
troubles. The garrison at thu fort was
so s mall us to bo able to oifer but Httlo
protection. An expedition of volun
teers had been organized, however, and
started out to puni-di tlie Indians. Ad
vices from Omaha give tho details of a
light betwex'ii the I'awmo scouts and
onu hundred Cheyenncs, at Plum Creel;,
wherein the I'tiMnees were victorious.
They killed a number of tlio Cheyennes,
secured fifteen scalps, forty head of cat
tle, and two prisoners. Tho Sioux and
. Crows hud a battle near FortSteveiison,
only lio ; inwiilcli the latter wero victorious. Kev
in less they ' oral wero killed on each side.
. mu order relieving lien. Shuridau
1 from tho command of thu fifth Military
uisiiitt was issued by (icn. ilrant yes
terilny, in olK ditiico tu thuordtrH of tho
President. Tlie order directs (Ion.
Tliomns to turn over his command to
Ihoscnlor olllcer of his department, and
lo proceed at once to New Orleans to re
Iluv7(lun. Sheridan, (len. Hherldau Is
top'roceud to I'ort Leavenworth, Kansas,
to relievo (leu. Hancock, first reporting
to (len. Ilrant, In Washington, (len,
Hancock, on being relieved, will pro
ceed to Louisville, Ky,, and assumes
command of thu Department of thu
Cumberland, In placu of (len. Thomas.
LonIion, A'lig. 111. -An alliance be
tween Franc-find Austria Isnow deem
ed not only possible but probable.
One of M'Coriulck,sreailiigiiuichInes
was recently tried in presence of thu
Kmperor Napoleon. Ills Imperial
Majesty was so well siitl-llcd with thu
working of theeoutrlvanco that he at
once purchased three to bo used on his
private farm,
Tliu Knglish Parliament will bu pro
rogued on Wednesday next, the l!lst
illst.
The ralii-stormsstlll continue through
out (ireat Hntaln.and it Is thought that
the crops have fullered extensively In
some district".
Am. ). It is reported that the
Sublime Porte has received an urgent
note In behalf of the sull'ering Cretans
from the Oovernment of the United
States.
The Austrian (ioverinnent lias pledg
ed Itself toeularge the civil and religious
liberties of the Protestant inhubltnetsnf
ofthe Knipire.
Dispatches from Salsluirgh give full
details concerning the visit of tlie Km
peror and Knipross ofthe French to their
Imperial .Majesties of Austria. It has
been observed that the Kmperor Napo
leon treats the Austrian Prime -Minister,
Huron Von IScust, with marked honor
and consideration.
A m.-L The Kmperor Napoleon had
a lung conference yesterday with Huron
Von lleiist. The interview, ns well as
those M hich had already taken place be
tween Napoleon and Francis Joseph, is
said to have resulted In a good under
.standing between all the parties, al
though no tieaty has yet been made.
Tlie olllclal journals of Vienna slate,
however, that the peace of li'i't mauy Is
now secured.
Hon. Prim, who Is said to be supplied
with money by prominent Parisian
bankers, is still at tho head of the Span
Mi lii-urrcctlon, which Is not vet quell
ed. Fund Pa-ha, tin- Turkisli Minister
wlio accompanied tlie Sultan tlirougd
out his Western tour, has gone to tho
Crimea to meet tlie C.arof Kuiu.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
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O KOUC. K SI I A I1SWOOD,
in- l'liir.Aiiiir.i'iiiA.
rnu assiimiii.v,
T II DMAS CI r ALl-'AXT.
MIINI'llt'l! COU.NTV.
-'.ut .Mii-.itirr.
MOIIDKCAI MIM.Aim,
i:.ti:i: tow nsiiii'.
l ou i iti.Asi iu:ii.
.JACOB YOIIK.
Mirri.iN township.
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DAVri) YKAfiKll.
UXTST TOW.VMII1-,
roil .n itv .ii.hissi.).m:ii,
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MT l'I.i:.s.NT TOWNSHIP.
I-Oll AI'DlTOll,
.lACol! IIAKUIS,
Ili:.MI.OI K TOWNSHIP.
MARRIED.
iivi,i.iiii:x -u:-ir.nr-h niiKmiOmii:, un
lltliullli lti-. IP. .1. Wnlli-r, Mi. .lanns II.
HulUlii-n In .Miss .Mm I ..-111 i.ii-l . I... Hi nl I). in
l'.l. tjrtCK-tlH.WV-ttn llii-l.tli ln-1., Iiv Un- Kiiini
.liihli .1. qnii-k tn MI-is .lulmA.lila.lv, l,nili i,r
llusli, Nurllnoiil i-iliiu.l innnlj , I'.,.
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Iti-V. Will. .1. I,li't, .M1..I11111I, I Vlli-Mii.m tu .Miss
.Mary Ann i:Uulu-lli Ki Hi r, Imlli nt 1x u-t tp,
rl..--A77..'.v-lln th.- l.'.th lust., 1, ):,,.r j,
KimIi-iiIi mall, Mr. .Ii-nriii. W- l-uli- tii'MIsi Han
nah 1:. silks, I, ..tli ,,r lli-ntiill ti.M nslilj,.
DIED.
I .IMil.HSI.ir. -In niiKinisl.nri!, un the in, -in-Inu-nrili..
I'm, lnstll,-h,.,-i-,i Viin,, ullii-n-ilit
nl .liivi.h nnili illi-i-,ii.c, s-iji-aisaiul lilnjs.
'ii !l7..7,'-ln Si-ntt imwisiii,, in, ii,,. mi, nst
I'.i-nJ.iiiiln I'uu-li-r, iim-il T.lyrais. "
itl'.I.I.WK III l.lirhl Stii-i I. mi IhiiMI, !nvtvi-iv
Miilili-nly, IVIi-r .Mi llli-k, ii-i.-il T'i jiar...
i HM.l .y-lii M.iinii imwisiiii,, un 1 lir i'Ttli nil.,
Hi-nij lliiwinali, am-il alinul IS ,i-al.
(in.uur.utv in in..ut tnun-iiii,. tin th.- ami
lnsl..ll.nl.lii-alli..rt,a.'.!al..iutiir.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
WISTA11S IIAI.sam n.- wu.!, l UKIlltV.
( -i!, (Wir, llnmhllli, .Wlhmil, CVi-Cji, II7im,;i.
O11111, iiiftiy, and thu imim-inus m w,. Ks
ilanni'imu illsiasis i, II.,. nruiil, Cl,nl ulli!
,"., In mil il.aliti'iil.li' illniali m all
m.'i.m.iis nf Hu- i,ir: 11 w an- an- rurtunali
I'lmiiuli im'si-iiiii tiicir ii.ini-fnl Inllu.nv, Hnw
1 1 11 1 .. ,rl in 1 1 lin n ti, hu ,. t hni, a nrtalu mi
ll. lot" tu all tlii'ki. i'iiiuilaluls. Kipi'ilcui'i
liruvus Unit IhUovM in !-iWiii'"ji JlaUun tu mi
I'Mi'iil nut fuunil In any ullu r rcini'ily Iuimcx r
M'M-li' th" su It.i I lit;, Hu jp,Uiatlin nl Ills suuth.
Illlt, hi-illllUiiiinl uuuiU'llul Hal-sou ill mi,,
iUls)iiH the ill-i-iisi. nml niton's tho siilcrcr tu
Muniisl lu'iilth. 1
.Mr. JOIIX lll'XTO,
in- llAi.iiw-is. Ciu-Mi'Mi .'ui-srv. N, V. wrlli-si
"1 1.1s urufil hy a ui'lulilmr lut t .mi tmltlittit
tin- lliils.tm i,r my vt Hi-, lii-lnis asKiiu-il hy lilin
Ihal lui-rihi- II .11.1 iml pinihiii- uoin t-jti'i't-i hi.
M1111M pa.i luilhi'liiillli'liluisi'lr. On llu-ktri-uulli
i.fMirli iirai'ili'iil i-vlih iii-i-ui it mi-rit. I piiH'iii-.
i'il u hiillli'. My Mil.-at this lliiii. luissu luw Midi
Mlint I'hyi-l.'l.ius ii-rnii-il si um I'nNS'Mni.'V
as tu In- ittiiil.lt- in inl-i- hi-rsi-ll tiiuii tin- ln-il,
I'llllUlnH tlllll lllslti lUlllli III' h ss hluuil, 1 c-lllll-
liii-lii-i'il lllltlill Hit- HaUaiuiiK ilr,i-t,'i, and nits
h.i 111111 h ili.i-i il with lls'iipi-rulluus thai I uh.
lallii'ilauulhi-r IhiIIIi-, anil cuiiliuui'il iilvlntf It.
Iti-luri Oils Uitlli-Mas i-utlri-ly u-n-.l, i.lu. cia,.i'il
rinmhlnmiiiil washtiniiu iiiuujjii inkitup. Tin
llllh hiillh-i-ulln-l liusliiiihli lint In hk.m.'iii,
iliilliuthal lhli-h si-Mlul PJOhU-l.ilinhinllrh-il tu
ilu Iml Ii nl r.lllisl."
I'ri'piili il hy sITH W, I IIWI.i: A SDN', Is Tip.
muni si., Itunluii.auil fur satuhy Jnuiii;lilH i;,-iur.
AI-IIIWTII-.
ll 1 ntly It pi in-traii's ihruin;h i-v,-iy mu-,
II i'lh- luu milli-li'ls ll (Jill fin h ttmiri ttni ;
A II U"iui(l, ll hell with I'Orliiltitynuil km-.-iI :
.' ', Jlttrit. Hum liillauiallun nuuii at,- lici-if :
I. ri';.i"iit, at Us pri-ci'i lUnii,-ari
Si liliiMlusiiuuh slain, , l llu'(-uiuplexiiiiiii ilcur)
H AI.VKui'h as IlitAt-r.'rt i-M-iyuui-sliiiiihl huv,
A 11 tu Un wniiilriiiiH uu'rltn ti'xtlty,
I. t'l thusi- vihutliiuhl.d mmjlfljui Imttri,
V crily, icii II st rue ttcsi-rls 'lunulil Iihmi;
i: i-ii uulu-Ui-M-rs wiuil.t html liu i i.'h saia r,
St'llOI'Ul.A. Tin- Ki-v.lit-iiiui, KKi) is, M Ilu... li
li 11, N. V uis, In Un- lllhli' Kxnmlm-r, hy wuv
uf apulnuy iur Jiuhll-htu 11 liu-iilt-al eel tlllcalt- In
his niuuiilue, nf iliiirurii uf his nnlv miii hi hitu
llltil, "itlli-r illsMilullnli iiiipcaii-il luuvltahh-."
" Wu lillhlUh lliis kttilPiiU'hi, nut fnriia;-, hut In
"Knit Uli. In Id. lm Mhu Ii.im auswi li-il U t-r, anil
"In Juslliv tu I'r. Anih'lKt ht'lnu kallsni.i Hint
"IhiTt- In vll I ua III Hu- Jnilliui Wiitt'i' livaluii-nl,
"Mhli-h the ii-itih-rs nf thin Muieizlui, wlllilnuik
" Us IMiinr fur I. illinium lu llii.-ii- nuilii'."
I'lrvul-.rs fit,-,
llr, Anili-rs' IihUiu WlltiT U fur ali' by J, p.
HINs.miiIii:, PiiipiU'tur, M luysii,, ,N, V.'iui.t hy
all HllliiuM.. IJIYU7.
'Ill niNSl'MI'I'lVIX-Tlii' ailv.-lllsi i, has Inn
Is 1 11 It-slon-il lu lil'ilttll lu 11 few wi-l'l. lly u M'ly
i-liiiiht rt-iui-ily, itittr IiiivIuk siith-rt-il f.i i-i-m-iii)
fins with asui 111 lunuatli'i'ilnu, iiml ibui ilu-mi
illsfiisn t 'iiiisiiiii pi lun Is mix tuns lii inittt KiiuMii
In his ii'Unu-.siiih-i.-is ilu, moans uf tma.
I'u all Mini ill llu II, la. it III ki'hi! a i i.l y uf Un.
lui -i-l 1 1 t li -i 1 iiM-tl (ficunf 1 hariici, Willi du, illifi
I Inn fur pit'imrliiK nml u.lna 1 ho ham', uhlih
Ihi-yMll) lllitl ll slfllK cum: lull Cn.Nsiliii-iiu.s-.
Aniiima, lliiiiMiiiris, rnciiiis I'm. ns nml all
I lu. .nt nml 1, mm Alii-, tluus. Tin- only b.iiji-,-1 in
tht'iiilvi'itlM-r lu mihIIiik tin- I'li-si-ihiiiiii 1 in
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t-M'iy htiih-ii-r will try hu itmisiy.ii it win i-unt
II.1111 iiuihliii;, anil may pruvun hli sKlu, Parlh ;
WK hlllK t 111, pll'SITllitlun, 1 iiki-, liy n li 11 mull, 1
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shinuli s, .No. I pi r llioiinndi.,,.'iJ'n,..i..l,. s mif
Hi-tin " 11. i.
r IMilUtlcll'iriu .Market.
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Vlitisy van n nm Wi it-.n ri.nl v Hi.tm-tl ni
1 1 nnsylvanlil mid WVstcni frl-py IMiMH.ryi
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mT ADVERTISEMliNTS.
IS
JOTI CH.
- ....nr. ,s, in) Hue i.u-iii in MlllllkPII itu niy
ht'.l and hnar.l un I rldiiy, Aumisi n.ih 11,7 Mliii-
oul Just (.mix- r imiH',ill till U In mini all
pi'l'soii uKulnst Irusllnu-hi-r 1111 luvnrrnunl, us I
Mill iml pay liny tli l.ts i.r Iht runtrailhiii mini
"v! '''"" ., ".ivi;u wiinixi.r.i,,
H aiM-all',i n, Pa Auk. si, si-.7-lt.
A lMIMSTUATOH'.S NOTICK.
--.. I--1T" "I' 1'IANA I III tli, I.rc-n,
j-ltt-iNiifii(lniliilliatliiniiulhi'ii.taluiif Dlmip.
(-',' , fi'tl- "f ''- i.ttt umiislilii, l-ulunihhi
..111 lilt , tli-1'paw.l.liaM-1.1.-11 Krantpil hy hu l!,-K.
kIi i-nf m.I.I i-nnnly, In .Inhn Htnli-y, n.liiilnl.lrn
lui', Mhuiil-uii-siih's in said l.iwnshiii. Allin-r-"lis
lint inn 1lali11s.11 il.-niiiii,lim,ihistlhi-,Mt.-i'uJ'V',,',':'1,';'1'"'!
',!-,i"l.'l.l 0 miiki. thi-m
l.nmtu tn tin- a.hnhiMrnlur Mllhuut ili-lnt-, nnd
nil 1 1 rei 11 1 In. l.'l, Ic.l art- rtiii.-ti-d to luak'u nay.
"" "' JOHN MTAI.HV
''l-l.l-ft. AtUnlnlsliAti'ir.
A I'M IXISTIIATOU'S xo-nn:".
l-sl'.tri III'. Ml on llilMMIN, lin-'li.
ia iicrv nr 11. ini in 1st nit tun. in tiii-i-shiti- .if .1:1,1,1,
nuM lniiu, lali-til .Mahmlimiislihi.l'iiluiiililupuiin.
U-.tlici-avpilJian- I,,,.,! i-r.inli-.l hy Ua- II.kMit
nf sal.l cuun v, tn Ml. ha.-l (lint (.r.iiilnilnlstrnt.ir,
Mh.i icsldo. In Malnt IUp. l-nlumbhi muntv. All
pi-iMins hiivlnu ilnlnm or .Ionian. ts amilint n,,.
11-lali'urMiiii ihi'iih-nl, un- 11. iu st,, 1 I,, niakt-
tin ni kuiiMii tu ll liiilnlstmtnrtvlihnnt ili-lnv,
mill nil piTsnns luih'hti..t me rc. nrsl t il to muti.
IMtmilil. .Mll.'HAi:!, llUOVIUt.
.tuuuvl il, iM.T-nt. A.liuhilstraliii.
A 1'MIXIKTHATlllX'S XOTIC'i:.
V. IJSM'IUiik 1IKMIV Itou'HtX, liHKlsP.II.
U'lli-r ol uitmlnl-ittiitluii on Hip cstatp nf Henry
I .mi man, l.ili-nt MallilnMushlp, t'olumliln coiiii.
ty.ilPi'iu.lil.hiuuhii.llKliintid hy tin. lli-KlMcr
nr said connty lu Mniy l:..u liinu of m.1,1 Iumii
Mill'. All pi-ihiius hiulni, i-lahiH nr ili-mnnds
.iKiiliisI Ilu- i-sluli, ortlKiih-cpili-nt urn rp(iupMl
In ninl; thi ni kunuii,and IIiiimi In, I, 'I. tut u nuiki.
!" .111111.
MA11V IIOWMAN,
Ailtuinistriitrlx.
AUKtist ir., ivn.
J,HMI-:itS LOOK lllOUK!!
Ilu-unil.-istuii.ilili'lu'Htnaunnuiii'uliilhp fut m
"I'liiniunlty tlmt hcsiin i-nnlliiuc tutuanu
liiiluru Hie IVIi-hiali-il WIicpIpi-- 1'atpiit lliiUnny
I liahl '
hdiisi; iiiwr.it and 'iHitiMn:n,
at the. ild stauil lu l.luhl Mrc.'l,, r.ilumhliu nun
), I'll. , lint I111; ciiliiiKi'.l his simp, tu unit Un
lniTciwInit ih-uimnl r.ir ilirm, In- (eels ns-uiri-il
that In-ti ill hi-ahli-lniii-pumtuiidali- nil tvhn luvur
him M-llh their urih-r.
Hnvlni: on hand u uuu.l supply nf n-uncl
umhi-ruflhi- hi-M .iiu.illly. nml wurknun Mini
hate lu-i-ii i-iii-aLri-.l h, th-li iiuiiiu fuel lire fur vears,
huuuiii-miiepN thi-m ciiual It nut M!ii-rliiilumit-l.crcluliun
lililile. He iiImi m.iuilfili'tllie
Ho-ri:iTi:iiH pati:nt iiaii homiinu
TItrt'K ANH rilNVHVlUl.
lti'ialrlni;at Ihs shnrUst nutl.-u mid uu rea-nn.
lihtu terms. I'l-clInK 1 1 111 11 k Til I fur past fiivnrs he
lullell 11 eiiiitlnillinti- of llielnllrnminelii retiifuri
extenile.l Inlilm. Vf.M. M Hfi ,;(.
I.lilht sin .1, l-.i., Auk. hi, ls.,7,
JKW CAHINKT WAUK HOf.Si:."
l'lli:nii.lersli;nedinke this meth.sl lu hir.irm
the 1 .11 1 ill.- that lie has open, d u
ni:w rriiNiirin: wahi: hoim;
111 I In- Wall.-l' Ihli-k IlnUdlin;, 1,11 Main KI I t,
i:i.(i(iMsiifii(i. l'.l.,
Willi ll lie has pun hasi'dand Intends Ink. ,-,H-r-
niiineutly iillisi with l'urnllnronr
I'll V WH 110MH MANl'l-AlTnill:.
tr . uMi-iusi.s lu
ll i-: i) m a t it k k si:s,
wii'H, i.nrNi,i:s
.MAiim.i: 'ini- ri:.vriii: taiu.i:-,
HAiiis-ii-siiniNi:i), cani: i:o'ni).Mi:n,
and wool. niinu.Mi:)).
i:"ii:n.siun taiimss, i.ook-jnh ii,ashi:s,
l'AHI.OIt, C'lIAMHKlt AND DIN-
I NO IiOO.M l-fUNlTl'ItK.
In f let a lull a nilliu lit nt
II I-. A D Y - M J. D i: I'D - I I ns
i.f nil sles, mi.) uf
I.VIUlVTIIIN.i IN Till: I.INI'.lll' I IIS TIlA I HI.
AU nl u lili h Mill heMil.l
i! 11 1: a i' 1 i) n i- a s, 11 .
Tlie puhUpnlc llllll...! In eall mid exalulue my
side!: l.ef.ire i.uli-hashnt elsi-tvliere.
.ir.oiuir. w. niui:i,i..
liliinnisliiiiii, August 111, )Mi7,
11 v. m ut LTAh 1.1 1- : i xsint axce
l-DMI-ANV 1)1' NIIW VOIIK.
P. S. WINMON PI!r.s)!li:NT,
.Uil'U utrr 1-H), .11)0, .101),
i:xci.i'siv):i,v cash,
tNM'tl. lllVlhl'MiS AVAIl.tllli: 1MMI:IATI.I.V
11. IS'. UlltsK 11111 l.ssl-l-.AM'K UK TU 111.-
M 1 1: liu-; i-uKtiu-'r,
Tlie l'ulil)i!iuy Issued dllllliu the tear I'lldllli;
J llllll. lly 1st, r, t',7.' 1-ulU-li'H, lllMll'Ilm S.il,7j,UU0.
Hie lutil I luenmii in the ear heluu gii,l.'17,ULi.S,
a-l-'ull parlu-ulnr ll In Die unlklliunl tliu
t'niui.iuy,tvlll hi- el rlully ulteii l.y niiply line tu
John ij, i ii:i:.i:,
lifliittT'M OjJIce,
uuy'.,7.l lll.untisill-l.il, )t.
pAXTON ic HAItMAN, "
ltlll-lIKT, l-A..
M'ANUI-At.TUIU'.ll'S AUKNTS,
lllllTllllKtl.llllF 11 tr.m suss'
It A W n O N li
Hl'lM'.lt-IMIO.Sl'JIATH OF LI.MK,
AT .MANl'I'Al-n'ltlMt'M I'ltlCIM.
M'll.I. IIIVi: lulin ITU C1.S.T. IM IlKlslllll-l-llol-s,
l!u.ert, 1-n., Aim, 11, lsi,7--.'m.
YON1) TIIK MlriSIKSII'I'Ij"
A t'oiuiilelii 1
inpleiu History ct tho New stutr mid Ti-r-
rllnrles, from iluiiirrnt lilt i-rlo tlie Ureal
liee.m, lly Alhert D, )Uvli.irilun.
lit lilt avi CUI-IL-i SU1.II IN IISK HUM II,
I, lie and n.lt 1 nun,- i.n the Prairies, .M. .nut, tins
and thu P.ullle I'nnst. Willi ineraju ). M-llplltn
nml I'linluiiriiplili' VletiK of Hie Sienery, I'lllwi,
Lauds, Mln, s. People mid I'llllnslliesdl I he .Ni-w
stutes mu! 'iVrrllnrles,
Tu hlUHpectltc emllll-lillts mill Slttll-IH 111 Hill
"tar Wet " I Ills lllsturyof Hint tast mid lerlllo
tculull tilUprntd mi Intalutihle iirislktnuee, lli.
ply luu 11 11 iliiisu mint InnKfi-lioru uill.iiutlii-ii-lie
and ii-Uiihle uulilpln i-lliiiati', mi, 11, iiriKliiel.
means of t rat el, etc,, cle,
All I'.N'IK Send fur I'll eutarsmul k, e nur lerms,
mid u lull ileserl nl lull of Die Murk,
Ail.lless, NATIONAL PlIIII.IHIIINll CD.,
Iiuull U7-H) :tn MlnnrHI., PliUudelplila, I'u.
n DOWK Al'l'HAIBHMHNTS.
'I'lie fullnwllieniiiiriilki nii-ntu i,f r.nl ,l ,.up
k., 11 il I 111 .'li. 1 ly M-l ll 1 .(I It tu Mlil.iMk nf ilcee. hilts,
iinx heen tiled III Din nlllcd of the Hi iilkler ut Co
luml.lii i-nuuly, under the Huh of l-uiirl, mid
M ill hu piesi llllll fur Hhkiiliiln (,. Iitlrinath.tl, lu
tlmDlplialis'l'uurtlnheheld 111 llluuliikliuii;, In
iiliil l.il- k-u I.l i-i.ii ii ly .in, Whinij-ii t V.TIIK I 'lll'lllll
DtV (ic SHTIiMUHl, 1N,7, ut lu niluik p.m.,
ol kal-l iln , lllil.'kk exeepllulisln nu ll eulilluii.l
llun inn i,revlonly llltil. nf Mhleli all pnum
lulert-Meil In mild .stiiles will take nntleiij
1. Wlilutr ul ili-uruo I'nauier, lule nf Illunm
township, dui'iued,
1. Widow of Wllllaiii riilllumi, lute of .Mount
1 '1. iistii 1 1 timiuhlp, ihreiikiil,
n. Widow of l.iuii- lieicharil, lain of Mmllsnu
tuwilklllp, ih-ei'iiM-d,
I. Wlilnw iil Jiihii Iili-ttrrlcli, lain of .Munlimr
township, ill reiiM-.l.
IiloiuiikLurv, Aumikl t, Imj7.
FOH XKAT AND I'll HAP
JOB PKINT1NO,
CALL AT THU COLUMIIIAN OI'HlCii