the cinbri& warn
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, - August li
iS73:
Jfise
and Vonaldson.
old and !
J I LL .1.-1 . JJ" ' -
Tri tmitVinroh Po.s the
reliable Democratic daily, has dunned
a handsome suit of nc' OP1' a 1:-ct
-which indicates very plainly the Ue
serred prosperity of tht able and in
fluential advocate of a good cause.
The two well known tvronauts. Pro
fessors Wise ami Donaldson, propose
attempting the novel and untried ex
periment of reaching Europe in a bal
loon. The aerial ship in which they'
intend embarking is now beins con-,
The Iron-Clad Oath.
BFEECH OF HOX. J. & BLACK IX THE COX
STITCHOSAL CONVESTIO;
i t ii... K.nLi.iiint - Hi trn Iar. W tw mJ
deeds for a portion of the land. The next
legislature repealed the law tore it out of
BtatntA hook burnt it iirnominiously in
i the public square ordered the courts to ei-
puuge from the records of
papers inai. reirx-u i
savs the repealing law,
of Pennsylvania, June 23,-lS3
a..,. 1. "Within twentv davs after the ail
PtrnctPtl and w ill he completed by the jOUrnuieut of the general Assembly sine die
'20th ot August. It will be seen irom
To the inteut.
The following section Was proposed, j says the repealing law, "that no reraem-
tt,n ,.i;tH,.n brauce of this infamous transaction may re-
as an aiiic".""-" .,; the earth, except this, its solemn
1 . tHJ . ! " . .. , . . .
A radical taper, in discussing the
an article in another column, that it
w ill be of immense proportions, 'lhe
cost of the balloon and lhe necessary
apparatus to lit out the expeumuu
! ;,r,.,tl ut ft 10.000. which will bede-
every niemoer ol tue House oi representa
tives and every senator whose term will ex
pire at th next cent ral election, shall take
and subscribe before some officer qualified
to administer oaths, the following oath or
affirmation :
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that, as a
l nave
meder of the central assembly.
I - . . . iT f h -i CI t'n i ,7) - ' ..,,...,..,..,1 -in.l v, ',-..iti Infirm 'of
Project oi erecting a new mansion ioi ; y " . ' " , .,ihtW c. this comm
the President at some other place than u a 'laiiy pie --;- i ' "
Washington, for A summer residence, tablished ... ew oik-a publ, cation
.. -..V. a. :. i- ii ,.,i,i.irofl with more th?m ordinary
Suva iuib iuu ix i Liuim ill m
favor of) condiic
the proposition is that Washington is ;
unhealthy in summer, and the dignity j
and wealth oTtbe United States repine
better accommodations for its Chief
Magistrate." This is an attempt at
imitating the example of European
monarchies in building additional res
idences for their upstart and useless
kings. 15ut assuming it to be true,
Which it is not, that Washington is
more unhealthy than other cities dur-1
ing the summer months, it is very evi
dent that the treasury ought not to be
put to the expense of building a new
Presidential residence not at least
until after the expiration of (J rant's
term of office, tinee he always gives
Washington a wide berth during the
heated term, and transfers the execu
tive department of the government,
stables and all, to Long Branch. No
fears need be euteitained that (J rant's
health will be impaired by remaining
in Washington during the summer.
We publish this week a
this commonwealth" to the bent of my knowl
edge and ability. 1 have not knowingly lis
tened to corrupt private solicitation from in
terested parties br their agents, nor have I
irom
f , 1 1 - ... r ,i . , . - i , I -l ff it
i.;iifv and the onlv one ol its Kind m irccucu .m m, ui
the world, of which it mav -vcll claim I
to be the journalistic wonder, and as
audi eminently deserving of every
man's support who can ati'ord to grab- i
ily his literary and artistic tastes iu I
that wnV. j
Prof. Wise resides in Iancaster, this j
Slate, and has followed the profession
of an aeronaut longer than any man in j
nit- Uuj, e.i pv:iin.p. iu rnntvin .vhi,.iltlie senator or representa
1 oil rteen years ago he travelled in a i tive resides; and if any such senator or
balloon from St. LiOUis to Jefferson I representative sUall fail to take ami .file said
county, in the northern part of New ;
York State, a distance of about 1,500 '
any such parties or from any candidate. 1
have nrit voted or spoken on any matter in
which I had, or expected to have, a private
interest. 1 have not done, or willingly per
mitted to be done, any act. which would
make me trinity of bribery
the Order of legislation as prescribed by the
constitution, and I have not Knowingly
voted or spoken for any law, bill or resolu
tion, which I knew, or believed to be, ineon
sistaut therewith.
The foregoing oath or afl.nnation shall be
tiled iu the office of the prothonotary of the
speech de
livered in the Constitutional Convene
tion by Judge lWack, on n amend
ment embodying what is known as the
"iron-clad oath," to be taken by each
member of the Senate and House of
Representatives within twenty days
after the liiial adjournment of each
session of the Legislature, and to be
filed In the oflice of the Prothonotary
of the county in which the member
I
may reside. The speech beais all the
marks of Judge Pdack's peculiar style
of oratory. He aims directly at his
object and expresses his ideas in strong
and vigorous language. The object
which be seeks to accomplish is a laud
able" one, but we must be permitted to
Bay that our faith in the ellieacy of any
oath that may be taken by at least
two-thirds of the members of an aver
age PennsylTania Legislature, is not
mnch larger than a grain of mustard
feeexL Members of the Legislature
take an oath to support the constitu
tion of the State, and that they will
clisekarge thelf duties with fidelity.
This obligation is strong and broad
enough to bind the conscience of any
honest man, and if a member will vio
late it by accepting a bribe, or in any
way compromising his sworn duty, he
will not afterwatds bhrink from the
commission of perjury by taking any
number of oaths, even though they are
piled tip as high as Pelion upon Ossa.
If this amendment should Income a
part of the constitution and better and
purer men are not sent to IlarrUburg,
then after the close of a session of the
Legislature, during which Pete llerdic
Or some other king of the lobby has
plied his infamous vocation, a majori
ty of the Prothonotarics' offices of the
State will become the receptacles of
the written oaths of members, as free
ly taken and as utterly worthless ns
those of a common drat).
miles, iu seventeen hours. This was
the longest voyage ever made through
the air. At this rate of speed, he ex
pects to reach England or Trance in
about fc-rty hours. From his experi
ence in the numerous ascensions he has
made in tTill'erent parts of the United
States, he has arrived at the conclu-
. I . . l,Af .a u.-fnm . . M 1 1 1 1 . 1 - i i r i r a 1 1 ir
current of aw uuifor.nly prevails from
the I'v.sV to thce., and therefore that
a balloon, when it reaches that height,
will necessarily 'and easily be propelled
by this wind current across the Atlan
tic ocean. Wise himself expresses the
utmost confidence in the success of his
hazardous undertaking, and is sustain
ed in his belief by smuc of the most
scientific men in the country.
The two daring adventurers expect
to felart on their journey between the
2ath of August and 1st of September.
Their point of departure will be New
York, but on w hat part of the Km o
pean Coast they will alight they them
selves cannot tell, for the reason that
the courss of a balloon, unlike that of
a tdiip, cannot be regulated or control
led by a rudder. The result of this
bold experiment will be looked for
with intense anxiety both in this coun
try and in Kurope, and with the uni
versal wish that it may not prove a dis
astrous failure.
nath nr nflirmritinn Tl ltblll the time Pre
scribed (unless unavoidably prevented) he
Shall be forever afterwardsdisqualiticd from
holding any cilice of trust or profit within
this commonwealth : and if in taking such,
oath or affirmation it shall appear that he
has knowingly sworn or allinr.ed falsely, he
eball bri deemed luilty t)f perjury aud also
disqualified as aforesaid.
This section being under discussion,
Judge llaek spoke as follows :
Ik. President: I will not make any
argument in favor of this section. It has
been thoroughly discussed already. Every
member of tbe house has made up his mind
long 'jo, 1 do not believe that the opinions
or sentiments of any member ran be changed
now. I judge others by myself. I will not
surrender my convictions, and 1 do not ex
pect any other member to surrender Ids.
This is a body wbieh knows its own mind
and cannot be blown about by every wind
of doctrine. I therefore say to those w ho
differ from me, live on iu your faith, but I
will die in mino.
The whole subject is indeed tod simple for
argument. The fact cannot he questioned
that our legislature is aud has beeti utterly
corrupt. For years the three houses (count
ing the lobby as a bouse) have been welter
ing together in one disgusting mass of moral
putrefaction. No man dares to deuy this.
Tbe evidence of it is convlitslve, irresistible
and Cvetwh ltiiirg. It is admitted by every
man on iliift floor except three or four who
have made feeble and futile attempts to
deny it. One of the nios-.t distinguished
Brichiam You no is about to experi
ence some of the manifest sorrows and
tribulations that usualty aiHict a man
Who is too much married. His acrcn
teenlh. spouse, formerly "Mrs. Ann LT:za
Webb, has van.osed his polygamous
ranche and has brought, or U'about to
bring, suit against the pfopheE of the
Latter Day Saints for divorce and ali
tnciiy. It is quite evident that there
s more trouble in his desert harem
thari" appears on the surface, ml rhnt
the defection of Mrs. Young No. 17 i
likely to precipitate a mutiny through
out the entire earn p.
Iu a late discourse delivered by the
prophet in the Ttmpte at Salt Lake,
he spoke about wives who, in his own
classical language, won't "round up
their shoulders and walk up to the
mark without grunting." Here .are
his own elganfc and emphatic words :
''I wish my women to nniforstamf that
what I am going to say is for them as w ell
rs others, and 1 want those who are here
to tell their bisters ; yes, all the women in
the community. I am going to give you
from th time fo the Cth of October next
for reflection, that yeni inrry rVtcrmine
whether you wish to stay with your "inii
bands or not, anil then I am going to set
every woman at liberty and then sav to j
theuiy now o your way. And my wives j
have got tod) erne of two things, either
round up their shoulders to endure the af
flictions of this world, and lho their roll- j
ion that is, polygamy or they must !
leave ; for I will not have them about me t
I wiH s-t all t liberty. What, first wifa" i
too? Yea, I'll libsiato yoit all. 1 w.v.a i
to go somewhere or di something to get
rid of the winners. I do not wantthcn.rto
receive part of the truth and spurn the rest
out of doors. Let every man thus treat i
his wives; keeping raiment euough to cover j
his uotiy, arm say ro nis w ives, taK alt that
I hare and be set at liberty; but if you
Stay with tn, you khall comply with tho
law of God in evevy respecf, and that, too.
HVart imn-tfruring or whining. Yon must
fulfill the law of God in every respect, and
round your shoulders to walk up to the
mark without any grunting."
There is no mistaking the meaning
and' spirit of tins manifesto. To quote
Another of Young's short and incisive
expressions, his wives have "cither got
to fish or cut bait," 4nn Eliza, who
Appears to a woman of some met
tle, stubbornly refuses either to "round
np her shoulders," whatever that mav
mean', or to "walk up to the mark
ithout any grunting." We predict
that by the time Brother Rrigham gets
fhrotrgh with Sister Ann Eliza he will
have done most of the "grunthpr"' him
self, and that with him it will literally
fcs a laestior of "root hog. or die." "
The town of Butler, in Uiis Slate,
has a genuine seiisation growing out
of an alleged poisoning with arsenic
and strychnine of a man named Sny
der and his two children, by his wife
and her paramour, John W. Foreman.
The children are recoverinir ami it is
thought that Snyder will survive the !
tTo poisonous doses that were admin
istered to him. It is a repetition of;
the old story of illicit love and its ter- j
rible consequences. The parties occu
pied the same hoitse and were poor and
illiterate. As ii-unl. Mrs. Snyder 'and
Foreman were fooliIi enough to em
balm their mutual love in written epis- ;
ties to each other, a number of which
have been unearthed by the officers of
the law since the discover- of the crime. ;
Their epistolary correspondence was
both gushing and profuse. The loves
of .Borneo ami Juliet, and their pas-;
sionate expression of them, were tame
and common-place when compared to i
the burning flame which was fast con- j
suming the solid substance ot Foreman j
and his "pet" Bebeeca. A s curiosities i
of their kind, we subjoin the following !
"specimen bricks," the first being from !
Foreman to his "own dere love," and
which, barring the orthography, are
fair samples of uch tender and loving i
effusions, whether written in a marble
palace ot a log cabin:
My own dere love I got yure lc ter and my
le.ix ih t. I
want xo see you nail. 1 do not liKe. to safe
a day -without taking to yon. 1 niy dere
love yon must com and see i:ie for 1113' hart
will brake if 1 dont press yr u to my hart. I
want to put my arm round your neck and
press you to my hart and have your bed on
my bicom my tweet dere love 1 did not go
to work for fere I shud not see you my pet
rite to me a long leterancl tell me I am j ure
own true love. I must close this lcter now
but 1 love you my pet,
John W. Foreman.
1 laving looked on itat picture, let
the sympathetic reader turn to this,
from the divine Bebccca to her "sw t
dere luv and pet," and if he has tears
to shed, prepare to shed them now:
i iiw l:iko my pen in hand to write Aon
these lew lines letter entire would fill
af column. Kep.) to U t you" no that i think
of you my d resweet. luv i not up this inr.ru
nU and 1 was mad ;u him and he did not s;i
much to i.ie for i did ii.it s.i much to hit'-f
he (l,r husband. Itep.) Inked lliru tho
eraUs to see if 7011 and mary had ot up .r
if yu had bene in led i.iy dere luv i am wa
ting to he c()S nut for .n while ami then we
can com in. h. sas yon dont l there sweet
hrv but i- Hont care i "luv you with rrty whvHo
hart and scie my dere pet.
i nm (join to see you tomoro anyw.-rv for i
want to see "on i,, " j..u
. ., . , V it 111 V. I'lllil
'-.in 10 rut; :
to ti.i 1 lok at
luv and pet
so no more at preset from vur wife
yurs til deth, '
rebeeca.
--
The
anil i dont no what 1 will
you imu more mv sweet dere
Pennsylvania State Te.nf hf.rc' ;
Association w ill hold its twentieth an
nual session in the Opera House, Pitts
burgh, on Tuednv, Wednesday and
Thursday, Aug. 12th, l.ith and 14th. i
Excursion tickets will be sold at all
the principal railroad stations, and
boarding at hotels and private boanU :
ing houses will be furnished at from '
one to four dollars per day. We don't
commend the taste of the getters-up
of this convention in choosing to-meet
in the city of Pittsburgh in the middle '
of the hottest month in the year, but
if the teachers of the State are willing !
to "stand the pressure," we guess we
can put up with it. especially as it is
' none of our funeral." j
ceiitleman 1:1 this body he who won his 1
1 fame as chief magistrate of the conimon-
wei'.lth, and added to its lustre by his high
'; career as a diplomat while he deprecates
j this measure of pretention, nCt only admits
I our legislation to be corrupt, but adds his
! testimony that the great onice of United
: States senator is lioughtand sold, as well as
j corporate franchises and appropriation bills.
I Shame! shime forever to tfie man who is
j willing to. perpetuate this infamy ! The
! honest and respectably portion of our people
; . ill 11Otendr.ro it with patience, If wecau
j help it we will net have the hoofs of these
j beasts on our recks any longer.
'Largo-handed robbers your graves masters
are,
And pill by law !"
If you would r.ot have this degrading
slavery fastened forever on your children,
rise now ; throrr otf your shackles ; hew
them link from link. I'.ut you won't do it ;
it is not in yon.
1 not only dec line to rirgne the facts, bnt
I mean to be silent upon the principle aud
policy of Ibis amendment. If any man
thinks it good to live under a government
which habitually 1-ctrnys find plunders him.
let htm enjoy in peace tbe huge satisfaction
w hich llarrisbnrg will afford him. Besides,
I cannot ar-.io with a man who believed leg
islative corruption is a thiug to 1 defended
or tolerated in a civilized and christian com
munity. If a gentleman wishes to d' bato
the morality of murder or rape or robbery
or horso stealing or arson, I will endeavor
to prove that all these are very hurtful
crimes, and as gently as possible 1 will try
to vindicate tbe laws which forbid them.
I'.ut bribery and Corruption in the making
of our laws is uot open to discussion ; I wiil
not hear and 1 will not answer tiny defence
of it wh'u h can be made no, not if an angel
i from heaven would make it:
i Hut there is another question upon which
j we divide. Shall we swear the memljerscf
1 the legislature to execute theif trust? Will
! we make the oath iron clad? Will weeom-
pel them to take it when they go in, and
, who 11 they come out, and make it so plain
that if they commit any act of unfaithful-
ness they will see that it exposes them to all
j the penalties of perjury iu this world and
' the next? Will we so shape it that it must
j speak to their conscience of penitentiary
j and disfranchisement as well as damnation
' to their eternal souls ? The convention will
.probably ansrver this in the negative.
, .Ull'lllj; l-4'IIiP(i luvu Kclc Ihc. . ,.,rtti-
1 ifest opposition to any specific oath for leg
. islators which might impede their inter
course with tbe base miscreautsof the lobby.
It is not oaths in general that, are objected
; to we all admit that judges, jurors and wit
nesses onght to be sworn. We do not let an
; arbitrator or a road viewer undertake his
duty witlout putting him under oath. The
' smallest private iruft is guarded by oaths
; of great solemnity. An executor, adminis
j t ruler or guaili.-:i must promise on oath be
1 forehand that he will be faithful, and after
; wards he must swear again to every tranrr-
. action, item by item, ttiat he has hortently I
; executed his trut. All this is admitted to J
i be necessary and proper. Hu. when if
c.-.ines to swearing a member of the legisla-
j ture that be baa not betrayed or will not be- !
tray the hih and sacred trust reposed in i
1 him, then this convention raises its hands I
and turns up th! whites of its eyes in holy ;
horror. Wjlt uevor an oath is proposed thnt ;
abridges the corrupting influence of the '
lobby, th-n thj piety of some gentlemen !
g' ts awfully shocked, and they have tender 1
religions scruples against the multiplication !
of oaths. It is itrt possible even to pacify:
them by assuring them that in their' case we
will only ask them to affirm. i
It is eM-cialW necessary that this oath i
. against receiving gifts shall Ih: taken in j
! y".w f the roadiiion iu which your consti
tution is put bv lhe thirteenth action of the '
article on legislation. There is a definition ;
ot bribery there which makes any gift of!
money to a member of Ue; legislature per- i
. ..j ... i..n unless you can 1
connect it with words or ai ts which express I
or imply a contract between the iver and :
the receiver that the money is pah! for the i
vote and the vote given for the money. Yon '
must affirmatively prove a corrupt bargain. !
The. mere receipt of money from an interest
ed party is not bribery. This is an entirely
new rulii and gives unlimited licence, to the j
most opc-n anil shameless corruption.-
Sir Kobert Walpole said that every man !
had bis price ; and he luglit the house of j
commons i,v putting a bank of England hilr :
for the proper amount into each meinher'n j
vest po( ket, without sayine a word. Under '
your new constitution that would not; be !
bnlKTv. i
midemiiatioii. Hnt that was no crime 11
vour definition of bribery be a good one. J
Neither was the La Crosse railroad corn- j
pany guilty of brihing tbe Wisconsin legis
latureT The londs of the company were
laid upon the desks of members, thrust into ;
the hands ef the governor and put upon the
tables of the judges, but no promise, agree- :
uieut or contract, no understanding, express j
or implicit, was bad that any vote should be ;
given or withheld. !
If it I.kj true that money in large amounts
was openly distributed at Harrisbuag to the 1
members at the taverns, on the streets and i
in the halls of the two houses, at tbe time I
w hen the tonnage tax was repealed, it did j
not come within your definition of brilery.
Caldwell, McDonald, Patterson, (all desci
ples of the llarrisbnrg school,) never gave ;
.v bribe or took one before or after their elec
tion to the United States senate. Ames and i
llev and the whole, credit mobilier set are !
I have observed ! guiltiess because they made no bargains for .
fljQ VOll'S lllf V OlilLlfc iTH A IV VtU.lt
"they placed w here it would do most good."
Whv, Mr. President, if the new constitu- ;
tion i:isses in its present shape antody that !
pleases may set out a table, piled w ith green
backs in the rotunda of the State capitol,
and with perfect impunity hand them out
to the members of both houses as they pass
through, provided he does not. do or say
anything w hich can be construed as a bar
gain for votes. 1 have no ricbt. to say that
the section I allude to was designed by its
framer to have this scandalous elfect. It
looks like a mere ignorant bungle. If it
stands it will disgrace the intelligence if not
the integrity of this convention forever.
Let me te understood. 1 assert that the
mere naked receipt of money, property or
other valuable thing by any officer, judicial,
executive or legislative, from a person who
has an interest in his ollicial action is '
facto bribery, though it be not given for a
"vote or a judgment, bat wholly without any
understanding of that kind or of any kind.
Nay, if the oilicer declares that he will act
against the interests of the donor, and even
if he does actually vote or dci ide against
him, it is still bribery, upon tho principle
settled three thousand years ago, that "a
gift blir.dt-th the eye and pcrvcrtcth tho
judgment of the righteous."
I have referred to this part of the nrii-le
on legislation to show that unless you wear
your legislators against taking gifts you have
no protection at all against bribery. You
must have something to counteract the cor
ruption which that article invites, unless
you desire to throw the reins loose on the
neck of thewe scoiitidrels and let them carry
you whithersoever they p'leae.
If it be your will aud the will of the jeo
ple you represent, to have no check upon the
rampant corruption that reigns and riots at
llarrisbnrg, you have given yourselves
much unt!ei;essary trouble alvoitt election
laws and the apportionment of the districts.
What matters it how the legislature is cho
sen if the lobby is to govern us anvhow?
They may as well be tho spawn of a fraud
ulent baliot-box as not.
Itut 1 am not speaking with the remotest
prospect that this measure can be curried.
We are out on a forlorn hope, l'roin tha
time it was first proposed until now, the
foremost lrien of this lmdy have given it
every possible mark of their dislike. It
would be received, I am sure, with almost
rapturous approval by the honest peopl.i of
the Statej but it is not intended hero that
the people shall have a chance to express
their opinion on it. The utmost I expect is
a square vote ngninst me. Hut the record
will attest that I have done my duty faith
f'tlly, though feebly. The propovitioti will
be voted down, corruption will be throned
and sceptred and crowned ; the lease of
power will be indefinitely extended to the
men who now rule us for their pleasure and
plunder us for their profit. Let all the
A. TJiantom 'Train.
STRANGK STOKT FKOM FACTORTVIIXE A
SUPEItSATVRAL TRAIN FILLED WITH AG
ONIZED PASSENGERS WHIRLING BY WITH
THE SPEED OF THOUGHT IN THE LOSE
HOURS OF THE SIGHT DESCRIPTION BY
AN EYE-WITNESS OF THE 1)REAI SCENE.
Special Correspondence Pittsburgh Leader.!
Factoryvili.k, Pa. July 22i1ST3. To
day I said to 31 r. Irwin Mcllenry, of this
place :
"Have you ever heard the phantom tram
which is said to run down the railroad
track in this vicinity in the night-time ?"
Mr. Mellenry, who is an humble coal
niiuer, and who lives up the road about a
mile above Factoryville. took his pipe out
of his mouth as he said solemnly : i
'I 'ave, sorr."
"A real phantom train ?"
"You can call it wot you like, sorr. I
'umau pass
voars down the embankment ; an, teat iasc
view ! 1 uar iook oi mc ,vuuni.u o.i-n. i, ,
with a little baby strained to her bosom, j
will ever haunt me. ;
Suddenly I feel a hand on my shoulder. I
'Good icd !" 1 exclaim with terror, so ;
unnerved am I by the terrible sight which .
1 have just witnessed. j
Hut the voice of the miner reassures nie, ;
and I follow hir.i weaiMy to my humble;
bed, where I strive iu sleep to forget the
phantom train.
ilclv?
rings rejoice.
The Section was carried.
Ooiied TO Death. A shockingly trag
ical occurrence took place at the faun of
Mr. Sidney Oram, near Scrauton, Pa., on
Friday last, by which an old man named
William Hill l.st his life. Hill took a spe
cial pride in tending to a bull kept by Mr.
Oram in a barn not far from his residence.
Hill went into the b.nn to feed the bull.
Early in the morning Mr. Orffm got up and
went into the bain to look after his slock.
On bis return, be was met by Mrs. Oram in
a terrible state of excitement, who exclaim
ed, "Oli, Sidney, joor Willie!' She had
hcai :n unusual noise coming from the di
rect! u of the barn; and as if by pisenti
inen!. supposed some oac had been killed
by tho mad bull.
Mr. Oram and his wife proceeded to the
barn, and there at the door they found poor
old Hill, in a kneeling posture; his hands
resting tfit the ground and his head bent
between them. His hat was off and his
long gray hair was tossed over his forehead
and clotted iu tho blood oozing from a great
scar on the right temple, produced, it is
sTrpposcd,-by being tossed against sonic
jagged corner cr nail in the framework of
the barn. What is moststrange about the
matter is that the barn-door was adjusted
and fastened. It is supposed that the old
man on receiving the fatal wounds retreat-
V". him r.w.fl ncmtlmt, ftikd heforo
he became enfeebled from hemorrhage suc
ceeded in securing the door and then fell
forward into the position iu which ho was
found.
Upon examination it was found that the
hull had struck hitn on the right side, com
pletely smashing three ribs and tearing out
a largo piece of one, together with severing
the lungs in a shocking manner, and rip
ping his victim clear across from the right
to the left breast. A doctor was called in,
but it was too late. Hill was dead.
The gifts besfow-ed on I,ord Bacon were
not one of them accompanied by a contract
mat ho should decree in favor of the donor.
1 7 r1'f'ff?s,''' " he merely presents ; and
he wL " fart. inn,''"-" by them. Yot
'r Tut, tTlna Pr"U.v on vrn confession.
cni'tvrnVl,."e'','.f:aia be' "tU:" I "
gnnty ot corruption '
The creat Yazoo fraud in 17M wa, man.
nged without a U-n-sain. A body of aaven-
turers applied to the le-isl-t.,r.. ,.e .
.. ,,. .
1 foRni in. e rdntncRiN Lycoming CVn"N
ty. Alruit four miles from Williamspoit
resided for many years an aged couple
named McBride. it was generally sup
posfcd that they had a great quantity of
gold concealed in their dwelling, and 'this
supposition led to tbe cruel tragedy which
was enacted on Tuesday night of last week.
About noon on Wednesday a neighbor,
having occasion to visit tho bouse, was
horrified to discover the lifeless and man
gled remains of Mrs. McBride lying on tho
floor, while a short distance from her was
her husband breathing, but insensible.
Assistance was promptly called, tho alarm
raised, and otlicers set to work to discover,
if possible, the author of this damnable
otee'f.
On Wednesday night a man named TCcl
son Wade entered a Wrhiamsport house of
prostitution, aud began to spend money in
a liberal manner. It was noticed th;t be
carried more gold than one man is apt to
come by honestly in these times, and the
woman of the house, who had heard of
the murder, slipped out and acquainted
the police with her suspicions. Wade was
promptly arrested, and a search of his per
son revealed the fact that he bad in his
possession f9,0(X) in gold. In tho course
of thrs evening be made n full confession,
admitting that he had beaten tho aged
couple with a club, and that he did the
ueed for the money. Mr. Melhide was liv
ing at last accounts, but cannot recover.
'ave seen a train wot was not
over 'ere many a night, son.
"I am much interested. Will you please j
tell me about it?" j
The honest miner assented, and I seated i
myself bv his side and in front of his bouse. ;
Mr. Mc Henry's house was a very humble ;
one, situated upon an elevated bit of
ground half-way between tlie tunnel above .
Factoryville aud the curve beyond the j
depot of the Delaware, Lackawanna and ;
Western railroad. j
During the day I Lad beed louuging !
about the little hamlet of Factoryville,
listening idly to the stories of the dw tilers !
therein about j
THE PHANTOM TRAIN. !
It seems the bit of track between Fac- j
toryville and the tunnel has been the scene
of many incidents. Upon several occa
sions, trains, or portions thereof, have
been pitched down the embankment around
the curve, and in more than one case lives
have been lost. About a year ago the
phantom train appeared the night before
one of the most serious of the accidents
that ever occurred upon the road. Then
the phantom train was thought to be a
forerunner of disaster, but since that it
has been beard very often. Hardly an
evening passes but what the train is heard.
So natural is the sound of this visionary
train that guests of the Factoryville hotel,
waiting for night trains, have been de
ceived to tho exteut of rushing out, iu
great haste, so near would it seem.
In my walks about Factoryville I heard
so much of the phantom train, that my
credulity was taxed to the uttermost, but
it was rather staggering to lind every in
habitant of Factoryville an implicit believer
in the fact of tbe train passing through
during the uncanny hours of night. In
deed, I have yet to find any one bare who
has not heard it at least more than once.
They speak of it with a solemn pride,
slightly tinged with awe when nightfall
comes on. Hut in the da5-time, they speak
of it more lightly, but never in an incred
ulous way.
THE CONVERSATION
alluded to in the opening of the letter, oc
curred about six o'clock in the evening,
yesterday. I had left Factoryville in the
afternoon to take a walk up the haunted
stretch of track and had stopped on my
way at an humble habitation by the road
side for a glass of water. I was very kind
ly received, and as Mr. Mellenry was in
from his work in the mines, and resting
out on the green sward iu front of the
house, I begged permission to join the
group;
THE SCENE .
was well worth a painter'3 sketch. The
humble, dingy-looking cottage, overrun
with moss and tangled vines, whose inte
rior, revealed by an open doorway, showed
the thrift and tidiness of tbe housekeeper:
nestled at the foot of a huge oak tree, whose
huge branches spread out as if to protect
the little home. Back of it, against the
horizon, stretched gloomy-browed bills,
covered with a dense verdure. Between
them and tho house were other residences
of miners, but scattered far apart.
Hut the main interest of the picture lay
in the foreground. A sturdy miner with
sinews of iron lay upon the green jm-rss
smoking his evening pipe with an air of
placid content pleasant to see. Little chil
dren divided their attention between their
parent and a large shaggy dog, which w as
very patient with the little ones. The
mother sat hack engaged in mending her
good man's smock, as a contcuted smile
lighted up her good Fuglish face when she
looked at her family grouped in front of
her.
Tho miner was eloquent upon the sub
ject of tbe phantom train, and when he
talked the round eyes of the children grew
rounder and larger as they ceased their
play and crept under the protecting wing
of their mother's petf icoats. I remained
in conversation with the miner until the
sun set behind the hills and a little moan
ing breeze began to tell of the approaching
night.
X IRRESISTIBLE FASCINATION
kept me to the spot. The miner, perceiving
my interest in the subject of the pbantofn
train invited me to remain during the night,
j ho ltal a spare cot," where I could catch
a nap, if I should miss the sight of the
train. I eagerly accepted his invitation,
and with the eompriny of a Cigar I began
my lonely watch, as the miner retired early ;
for he needed the rest for his next day's
work.
It was a quiet, moonless summer night.
The stars lazily blinked down through
the hazy night, while the saddest of mel
ancholy breezes kept up a dreary sobbing
in the direction of the tunnel. Crickets
in tho grass maintained a monotonous
chirping. Nature conspired to produce in
me a feeling of depression. Tho blazing
star of my cigar and its refreshing comfort
consoled me in a measure,- so that I became
after a time quite dreamy.
in the
a chill w
That co'
purloin nam. 1 was aiert enough now
and listened intently while staring in the
direction of the gloomy tunnel.
At first I heard nothing but the moaning
of the winds. The leaves above my head
rustled loudly upon my now doubly keen
perceptions ; the cricket's chirp seemed
like a shriek.
Listen. Yes there is a faint sorrnd. A
subdued roar, a far away whistle. The
phantom train is coming J
-My Heart stands still for a moment, and I
then throbs wildly as if it would os-capc as !
the noise of the train becomes nwre dis- '
Louder and louder becomes the roar
The click, click of tho wheels, the shriek
f the steam whistle, the roar and reverb
eration ot a fast-llying express, strike with
ciuuuuijj torce upou irry ears.
A faint light is now s'een at tho month of !
the tunuel, and then with au unearthly !
screech the glarinir headlight i.f.-.,. I
emerges from the gloom aud lights np"tlio
track with a sickly, phosphorescent glare.
It is the phantom train I
1 could not avert
The Mounter Air-Shi j. j
Tn answer to numerous inquiries on the
subject, the New York Oraphir, patron of
the enterprise, gives the following details
as to tbe dimensions, material, outlit, etc., ;
of the balloon to be used in tbe great trans- i
atlantic voyage. They are from specifica
tions made by Mr. Donaldson : -There
will he two balloons, the largest of which j
w ill be 318 feet in circumference, 100 feet
inaiameter, and 110 feet in height. When '
inilatcd and ready to start the extreme
bight of the appaiatus, from tbe crown of j
the balloon to the keel of the lifeboat, will '
he 100 feet.
Tbe great balloon will require 4.31C
yards of unbleached sheeting, of thick,
close quality. The crown of the balloon
will he doubled for a distance of fifty feet
of the top, w ith 1-j0 yards of the same ma
terial, and a thiid thickness will be added
of bleached, of which 250 yards w ill be re
quired. There w ill be 14.0S0 yards, or eight miles
of sewing, in w hich 10137.000 stitches w ill
be made. The thread used is silk and eot-
ton, the top spool being silk.
Tbe valve of the balloon will be three
feet iu diameter, and made of Spanish ce
dar, with a rubber-coated clapper closing
on a brass plate. The network will bo
composed of thrcc-straiid tarred rope,
known as "mar'in."' The width of the
net will be 212 meshes, and its breaking
strength will be rs,:;X) lbs. Five hundred
pounds of "mai'iiii" will be used. From
the netting 53 ropes g inches in diameter,
of Manilla, will connect with the concen
trating rings. These ropes will each be
00 feet in length, or 4,7T feet in the ag
gregate. Tho concentrating rings will be
three in number, to guard against break
age, and will be each fourteen iucbes in
diameter, each ring being of wood, iron
bound. These rings will sustain the car,
lifeboat and trailing rope, ar.d will bear tho
strain when the anchor is thrown out in
landing. From the concentrating lings
twenty-four Manilla 1-inch ropes, each 22
feet long, will doiend and form the frames
for an octagonal shajiedear. They w ill be
kept in place by light hoops, made of ash.
Tho lower roj.es will be connected with
network, ami over the network at the bot
tom of the car a light pine floor will be
laid loosely, so that it can be thrown out
if required. The car wiil be covered with
duck, of w hich o0 yards will be required.
Attached to the ide of the car will be a
t
Capt. Joseph Jacks,;,, ,"fp V"
An ox killed bv ' 1'...
not have a pieco ,,f ,,'; ' 'i
inch long.
John McBride. tl
the Wade minder,
remarked tiatuul.iv ;1
good liver.
bcrvant ghls in !.,...
a mouth, with the .; .'f
ing machine, bes.ucs ;LiJ , :'
in the week. " ' c .
A woman in ll,'.vt y
kerosene over a cow wii", '
upon her premises, .Uu "'f
animal on fire. '
Tl. SI. I
1 ue .uouoc uniKlo.crs l
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guuij, .iiei iseutciit'etl to I
me proceedings have
ington for approval.
A guest at Atlantic o
a diamond as In 1 V. '"
ably a black diamond i ;;.s" 0
ster or a canary hen is r.i-.'art
Baltimore had a i,,,.V"
day. One hundred :i..-l f.,u.,
were destroyed and !ii'tv or Vi
le ft homeless. O:io death f V
The Minnesota v, I. tut .,,,!"
ready for the leapt i :, ;s iV;.''v
miliums ci uuMie.s more, t',
crop, while Kansas ret. ns:
ever grown in that bt.tte.
A recent visitor to .Le ,.
on the coa.-t of Maine discor'
of forty scholars, all of wh'.-rnVt-'
children of or.e man. lit V
tht-Jmost extensive granilt"atv.i.r'..
An old lady in Kin.l-ij.t"
who lias been in arly blind f ,1
has lately recovered her sights
and can now thread her iiecdlt .
Bible ns easily as the could ,
1 years old.
T A
i,evi.iovn lias a ir.iK-?v.w.
: 1 1 1
laoy w no noes i.er garden aim'u
Old ana .New I esaii:ents t!.:
times during her life, ami is u
fifth round. She is rs lively a
and enjoys excellent he a't h."
j J. J. Early, of La:.ras:s.
found on M'.mday ni. .;!K!ii;aU.''
; from Mount Holly, N. J.. v:'u
' cut almost from ear t e ir. ,
1
light iron windlass, from which the boat
raid trail rope can be raised and lowered as
may be desired. From a pulley attached
to the concentrating rings, a heavy Manil
la rope will fall down through the car, and
thence to a sling, attached to which will
be a lifeboat. This boat will havo water
tight compartments, sliding keel, and will
be so made that it will be Et-lf-righting.
The boat will be so provided
John Mitchell Hirri.E, who, thirteen
years ago, was a IJutler county lawyer, and
who was elected last September as a radi
p'.ete outfit ot oars and sails, and to it will
bo lashed instruments, guns, lines, &c,
and provisions for thirty tlays, all in water-
tight cases. I
The trail rope, by which the aronaut
can maintain any desired altitude without '
resorting to ballast, will be of Manilla rope '
1J inches thick; 1,0(VJ feet long. I
The car will be fully provided with in- ;
struments. provisions, independently
of the boat. It will be so constructed as
to be taken apart piecemeal and disposed
of as ballast. It will carry about 5.0OO
pounds of ballast, which will Consist of
bags of sand, each carefully weighed and
marked. A number of carrier pigeons will
be taken along and dispatched at intervals
on the route w ith intelligence of the pro
gress of the eijedition:
The smaller balloon will bo forty feet in
hight and thirty-four feet in diameter, and
will be mnd. from 403 yards of sheeting.
Its network will consume twenty pounds
of forty tin Dad cotton cord and six pounds
of Italian hemp. It will bo attached to
the concentrated rings of the large balloon,
and w ill be used as may be required to test
the upper currents or assist in feeding the
large balloon.
The balloons will fe coated with a var
nish made of boiled beeswax and benzine,
and of these ingredients 1,000 gallons will
be used. The capacity of the great bal
loon will be (100,000 cubic feet of gas, but
it will bo inflated w ith but 400,000 cubic
feet, which at the bight of one mi!6 and
three-quarters, wrll expand sifthciently to
fill the balloon; The lifting power of illu
minaririg gas is rthotit IV5 pounds to the
1.000 feet, so that the balloon will have a
lifting capacity of 11,500 pounds. The
pressure w ill be 1J lbs. to the square inch.
The weight may be summed up as fol
lows : l'alloon 4.OO0 pounds, net and ropes
S00 pounds, car 100 pounds, anchor and
grapnels 200 pounds, sundries MOO pounds,
total 7,100 pounds. Then 4,oOO pounds
will be allowed for passengers and ballast
he hail been waylaid :v: !'
colored men. His recverv : 1
At. ItogerffVslle. iL;". ,0
night, during the tiial of .unav;:.
self Jeflf. Davis, for rapii.j a
girl, the lights in the rvsi tiers
the prisoner dragged out rf :
twice wun revolvers, a';'i t'.ivaun
the heels two sipaaies a:.J L!:"
till dead.
Since the postal ca;ilTre
enty'ini'lions have been ':,'.::cd.
ufacturers cannot supply tie u r
have received pvur.isMeii lY-nt'r
metit to use a single roll- r. 1 itl,
can manufactuie a niii;: :i a L'
of six hundred thousand. ?.s j
with the double roller.
That young girl who ai.tv.-.V.'
father's entire crop of who;'t
I horses and a Isuckeye reaver
1 irie county tnis year, liesa.c-a
! this featshc refused the atteiuk
' clerks jiu a neighboring town.
' three nights with a jounc ru
thrash more oats In ti triven
With a COm- 1 ntbfr vonth in vmittt-
A prisoner confined m il.T.
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last he took advant.a-" , r !!:
to lock his benefact.-i r.-, ,
leave the co'tintrv f.r : :.:' , :
Sheriff remained i;: , !,:;.. ,.
hours, before he i .!. ,.' a;;;.:
tention. and the d.oi L...1
with a sledge.
A curious recl.li.-nt ive-.vrvei
dclplii?. on Snr.c.jy. M.irv .
five years, was sitting on the fi
ller residence, in tie 'U'.:.c:v.
city. Mrs. Cooper, an eci-uy-a:.:
went to the attic wind . ai..iv:
llag-stafl" some three tV..-t 1 v
head, was engagvl in ilr,,:;
water-spout, when tlie ;i:i si.
her band. ano. f a,,;" c:-. t,'.
tr-red the child's sk.i.l. cai-:
death. ir.it
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The iVim-iamsfoht TnAGF.nv. Fears of
Lynching the Murderer 3ft 1, i jetted. With- '
in the past few days much "has been said i
and written about the manner in which i
Nelson E. Wade, the McBride murderer, '
conducts himself, and the coolness with
which he relates tho incidents connected
with the honible crime he stands guilty of i
committing. His boatful stvle and atma-
rent unconcern is believed bv those who i
have closely studied his clmV.iVtPr t.-.
a Missouri vouth who Lis
persecuted lv a n:;t,i HI w n-.v.
him to distract'H.n. She li::s I:
everywhere, and lis jaiii.tsi
01T per the Kansas 1';:. ir.c !
day; tmt.hefore the t.ai'.i Ir.u" l' .
tho woman burst thr."tg!i tie.'
smoking car, and :lu
the young man's neek
arrangements for a h:i
a duplex elliptic com'.
, A singular cae is rc rf,'.
Massachusetts State prison in r
tion for the parda of one ,xt
ing out a life semer.ee. la '
put in for life, on a c) ''
was pardoned or.t tf n yfar? :
showing that he was i;i all ;
falsely imprisoned, the c-w'r.
release being that he shi.l
ted, if convicted of any etU'
serve out his life se::tei,co. !
was arrested for assault a-i '
according to the terms ef his s
back.
Victor Emmanuel says:.f
Dispat-h, swells him-elf e'tt c
ion. He sends word t Fnrvr:
Mahou's g.-veiT.ir.r:it d.-i't-h1--'
party there is going to he sr"
and in the event (f war. !'' '
paralyze a porti -'.i if V-y"'
her losses of provincesaaJ iwr
terrible than those . f 1T.
for tho King of Italy. I' 1
bitter feeling in Faris, put::
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winch wakened me instantly. ' S1"011"111 that he will be humble as a child i whatever little imj or..i:ce
Id wind seemed a presage of the : vr,l0n cnWal upon to ascend the platform : cnrse there i no likehh e s. t ...
4 t . " . 1 of thr rrilt. i-e Tl,i ll . ! 1,.-,,.r.t. frirre
of the gallows. This theory may not prove
jiitet, nut one, iHunt 1 a vors this opinion
On Saturday, when Chief Coder repaired
to the jail to conduct Wade to the Record
er's oflice, the Chief informed the prisoner
that the people and especially the woman,
weie highly indignant at him, and that
there were strong probabilities he would
he lynched hut, said the thief, "if you
are to meet such a fate don't blamo the of
ficers." Wade looked up, with a peculiar
expression of countenance, and manifested
an uneasiness that was observed by the
chief. This fact plainly de
h:s boasts of having no fears about lynchino- i territory unde
are only made for efl'oct. and that. 1.; ! likely they wil
lies about murdering so many jersons, and ! 1,1 any event ,!,e r'!l vr wli'
of lynching rrreif, are related for the pur- I feeling through the I !i uu.
pose i(- notoriety, as he is just ignorant
enough to think it a great achievement t..
in resources t 101,0 , 1 ..i."
would permit of Itr.li.-.'i t::-"
still the threat is not i lc.int.
The case of the AmfHcin;
Fort Garry, Hoag ami K-'eJ!"
will probably give troiihie. r
Judge McKonr.ie of tl'-c C-"'
fused bail for their aj ; cvu'
as a coiisequence they we
until October, to lie. as tho c r
pathetically puts it. in ';nr'.
This decision seems r.tn. t-o-.v
and as it is asserted I hag ",J
the right to pursue
ler coiiur.o!! !:in-
1 deinatid l ute. ;
i-ti r, o i ,,i,t. .e lt.'i! v a c,:-'
violation of the Fiifi.-h !:is
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awful dread. The tra h cm-..o,.. ,1
,,.1,, Wle spt-eu et thought, but I
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The
eal to tho United States Senate from Ore- J a set, stony white f ico fWVg , "T' , h
fron, ,Vr the assumed name of John balls of ' &.?i ,.fm wl,,cllBlcam
iliri'LE Mjtchki.i., has presented a pcti
tiou to the FoiUand (Oiegon) Court, pray
mg that a decree may be made declaring
"nt. IIiPri.K Mitchei.t, to tc his true le
ftdr di'triK,1 S?' il : Re- WvpU or Mitchell ! By either . lost
Y7 simply dj.tnc.utmg irmong tb members name h woulcf smell as sweet
balls of lire instead , .f .-
I- rom the w indows of the trai'u I see white
agonized faces of men, women an children,
(.roans and shrieks of dread agony come
to rae as .f from the hosts of the eternally
impress visitors with the idea that he has I attempt to captme m: v.-.-been
a pei feet barbarian all bis days. Tli-tt cal- V
be is branded as a murderer is suflicient to I Early Sunday n.ni!.;:
know, lnt that he is a willful .,..v....j
of falsifier there cannot remain a doubt.
iia'
See, the train is overturning.
A correspondent of the Pittsburo- Co?n
tmrcixl from Lock Haven states that while
a party of young women from Queen's Huii
were gathering huckleberries on the moun
tain just back of. the;settkmeut;they were
attacked by a huge panther. All the wo
men fled! but one named Jerusha lirvan,
routesfr f r 1Un kUOt aml after a
W f ! nynutes laid the monster
nt ,1 , "er ents were to.n
sc ateh 'l mlJier fj al arms badlv
f.C'Khe.but sh.e W!-cd home in tr -
. . nie i-antiier measured six feet tan
it du-ap- 1 inches in length.
eli:
t on way, ot the ia.iil
riMfl l.vst control of h.iseii
grade two miles oa-t 1
ty-five miles west if 1
when the engine ran x?- 1
r an I:
r.f r.i..t t::. oeHK
i.v.,t...i c-. i!!. c -n
II Vill t. A "V t -
men named Martin ar... 1
from Faibour and 1 'a-:i;
Virginia, were killed. 1v' -,-V
CailieiV, - :
Piedmont, and a d:w
were badly injared.
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