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" ''! wi'i 'h' ' nt'l section of v u 'Ui ,V ' J'"'" t1"- Treamirer be "''"Jn'n'r,. ''"'"T ' will boa ' . l n '7 ' w'""' f rcent. V;'m UIM' n"J ,'lnt01 in V;!:"' "t- Trr-amirer:- April S4, lJf. . , r - - li . A II 1 1 1 C. : r. f s, , '""l and partial ac "s U:';' Win. H. Sccbler, ex- r- u: Apr,, ,',. ', '-"smi. ih. t- " .motion of W. II. i i' -1111 John G. Lnkn , ;""ir.. ,, ronAiiuiiriacoun 'ti i'Mi-, "';"S"A. thu 2.1Hi day " 'J l Kick , . . ". .Uhi .- LAKE. Auditor. tr.iT not 1 ri' 'n. 4 w a 11 v uu -'. 1 m ..ti' , al,l,'iileil by the .-u 1 thJ nu '""nfy to report V ''., ,. liV" i" the hands of " l.iMt 1, yl'' sdtiiinlnlrator 'i;. '"'itt.., ;.'r.,,',v ""tines all per ir1"1"1' ..?"1 H,,ei"1 'tliediitles ,''' 4ii,i, "-"tti.-P, i Khenmoinr, APr. ,M- F.VANH, Auditor. C)..AX-; ," '! 'i I',! 1 l,Jt s"le in large tVAN Mlt'UAiXS. -T." 'Ii-tril.. , r ' , "" m the hands " 'Rt. " ; '" '''! t.y their -cood and J vi 'j1"''11' Heeord. ,'tSi' 'sinof.k. Clerk O. C. ' "'. ll"! 11 . P,','"inlm.'tit. I will sit MERCANTILE APPRAISEMENT. T 1ST OK KETAILEKSof FomciON and Do- j : jo-stic Mi.:it iiANuisr.,n8appraisodiu Cum bria eouuty Tor the year A. D. ls;J: Vlas. Lic'ee. Clan. Lic'se. ADAMS TOWNSHIP. II Hiram Shaffer. 7.00U4 George Orris. . . 17.00 William J. Buck. . . . . . BAIIIl TOWNSHIP. 14 Casper Leib BWCKUU TOWJSIlip." 7.00 7.00 7.00 i iftHac Jiicn.-u is... ( Allll ll.l.TdWV nnnnrrn 14 An1'w lUuck.. 7.tl0 1 A.Walters. ... 7 00 Jf A'--'fkcr... '7.00'H Slruon Scliroth. 7.00 H John Butf,. .-. T.'JOj CAMliklA noRorcH.' 14 John Ilyan 7JK1;14 John PCarr.....' 7.50 14 John Kintx 7..V) Ii Joseph Stiblch. TOO COOPEHSDALfe bOROUOH. 14 Adums i McKclvey ... 7.00 OlSEMAlTJtt OhOtTH. 14 Nutter & C'utt- 114 IaiuIh Aaron,. 7.00 n.i."7h:l,n- 7-!" Jaeot Wfrimam V.fKi U V..Ml l-iT-r. 7.l 14 GeorKe Myer... 7.1X) 14 W oi. Donnelly 7.IXJU4 Aur. lhmire.. 7.00 CLKAK FIELD TOW.V6HIP. 14 E. K. Dunetran.. j .. . . t'KOTLB TOWNSHIP. ' 14 Tho,. H. Heist.. 7.00 14 U. 11. Httnem.tn 7.0 14 J. a. W cut roth. 7.011,14 I'.M.iJ.Brown 7.00 CHEST TOWNSHIP. 14 C. A. Lanirbeiii. 7.0.HIU J. K. Cnrson... 70 CIIKST SPIIINOS BOnOlCH. 13 EJfc HNiitter.. I0.0IMI4 Cooperi Mellon 7.00 r.VST CO.NK.M Affin llOIIOl'OII. 14 P. F. Shnfter.... 7.i0 14 Wm. Sunderson 7 00 14 Leonard Kist. . 7.f),14 It. F. Linlou... 7.00 14 It Tradcniek ... 7JX) KIIESDUKO BOROUGH. 13 A. A. Barker & jl: E ltoherts&Son 10.00 , . S..n 10.00 14 Mrs. U.K. Joins 7.00 13 J. P. Thompson 10.00 11 C. T. Itobcrts.. 7(0 14 It. J. Lloyrl 7.0il;14 1. F Evans ... 7.00 14 ii. G. Owens. .. 7.); 14 M. I.. Oatman.. 7.00 14 Myers & Lloyd. 7.00:14 It. It. Duvis..... 7 00 14 Lennnon&Mur I4 Jacob Thomas. 7.00 rny 7.00114 Thi s. (Jriflith.. 7 50 14 Ceo. Huntley.. 7.00.14 A. Strittuiatler 7UW II E. U. Furrlsh... 7.fi0 FRANKt.lN nORni-GH. 14 A. A J. U Custer 7..W 14 1. W. Coulter. 7.00 14 I'eter Iliibrits.. 1W 14 Martin Custer. 7.00 14 J uuies Findtey. 7.0OI MAI.UTZIN TOWNSniP. 14 Patrick Smith.. 7.00C14 J. P. Murray.. 7.00 ;am.itin noRnroR. 14 T. J. Christy... I.im, 14 Thus. Bradley.. 7 00 14 J. J. Troiell.. 7. JOHNSTOWN BORornn. I Woorl, Morrell .14 KlnneyiCnmp- 4 Co 300.00 t.cll 7.00 11 Geio, Foster '14 John Thomas.. 7.00 Co 12.50,14 Wakefield & K Ti. Stewart 3c Harslibenrer 7.00 Cn.. ItJSO , H Johu Ben ton. 7.0U 13 J. DiUertAPon lu.OU.14 Louis llauiuer. 7.00 14 M c-PherJioniCo 7.! 14 V. liorder 7.00 14 Christ. Kreirer. 7.00 14 T. W. Kerlin... 7.50 14 W. Updejrrnre. 7JJ0 14 M'Clcliund & Co 7.(W 14 (iotlel. Huntley 14 John Huniian.. 7.00 14 F- L, Edwards. 7.tw'I4 IMvisMyles ... 7.00 14 N.acC.A.Horne 7.WI4 John F. Barnes 7."r0 14 Jas. J. Murphy 7.UO 14 J, S. AshOridife 7.00 I (iwirire Kuril.. 7 ' 1 Mrinker A Co.. 7 WJ 14 Jacob Wild.. .. 7.KI 14 Itose ISIoch 7.0 14 Fiinil Younir.... 7J) 14 Gi!. W. Hay... 7.00 14 A. Burxratl 7-1)0 14 3. C Builey ... 7.50 14 K.Zun 7.01 14 W.dwensiSon 7.00 14 C. .H. Ken th 7.00 14 H. Prifchard... 7.00 14 H.J. Hite 7.011 14 Kben. Jntnes... 70U 14 A. A.Ke'k.. 7.J0 14 Paul M'Creary. 7.00 14 F.W. Hay AiSon 7.UU.14 Bioujrh Sc Stut-i- 14 L.F. Ltitenber- I man.. 7.00 Iter 7.00 14 Fockler & Lev- 14 tJeorire lleiser. 7.00i et-jrood.. 7.00 I4C.T. Fraxcr 7. II Chn.IIochstein 70 14 David Creed... 7.H0 14 W. I Levinirs- 14 John Jordan. ..' 7.ii ton .. 7.00 14 A.-MontKooiery 7xi 14 Crawford Si 14 Louis Cohen... 7.S0' Kclnple 7.00 14 l. Hiherti Son 7J' 14 T. H. Brinton.. 7-)0 14 A.Nathan&Ilru .iJ 14 Chas. Oswalt. , . 7.00 14 J. A. MeKinney 1S 14 Kimple & Vicr- II Mil Natliaosoii ins 7.00 & Co 7.00 14 M. P. Oilman.. 7-X 14 Sol. J. Hess ... 7.00 14 C. O. Luther... 7.W1 J 14 T& Glial lather 7u) 14 J.J.A.Beiihoor 7.50; II U Luckhurdt. 7.1m 14 Fred. W. Kress 7.00 14 Geo.Cuverzajrt 7.00 14 If. L. Coulter. . l.M 14 Ioutliei'Jreen 700 14 Msrir't Brown.. 7.00 II Jno. Henderson 7.0H 14 Ohorne Oi Cun- 14 John Brady ... 7 WJ. fer. 7."i0 14 Mairirie Gocher 7.li 14 fT. A. Griftith. 7.00 14 J. A- II. Hwuok. 7. 14 Jcre. Hippie... 7.U0 I 14 Win. Caldwell. T.OU, 1 4 K. Elasser 7 , II A. Mel 7 0 14 LiiiHti l James. 7.50 14 W II Levera-cxxl 7 W! 1 1 lleaiii & Conrad 7.00 14 A. Pfeircr. .. . 7.!14 Wm. Wilhelm.. 7 00 14 t. K. Varner... , 7.i0 14 Wm. 8. Jones.. 7.ir0 II John Muller... 7.0014 (Jeo. S. trth.... 7.00 14 Itopp Jk Boftart 7.)D) 14 Geoiire Mayer. 7.00 JACKSON TOWNSHIP. 14 Patrld Simmons 7.(10 II W m. Ford.. ..." 7.00 11 i?am'l Albuuirh. 7 .OU, H tleorire Welin., 7.00 IJIttfcTTll IMIKOl'OH. It W. Lltzltijrer... 7-0 II J. K. fhiaids & 14 F. O Kriel .. ,. 7 J ltro 7.0I 14 A.J. Christy... 7."i 14 W. W. MeAteer 7.U0 14 M.A. Ijicy & Co 7.(i,14 F. X. Haid 7.00 II John Brad.'ey..- I.m , MIL,t,VII.I.K llOltOt'OII. 14 P. Roiljrers. ... 7-t 0 1 1 G. W.iHutzman 7.00 14 H. W. Given . . 7.WI KICHI.AND TOWNSHIP. 14 Bernard Necs.. 7."0.14 Geo. Merkey... 7.00 14 Ueorye Conrad 7.no (ics.MtTvii.1.11 BonoroH. 11 John Eirar i 7.1W 14 C. II . Itelch 7.50 II Ju. M. I.illin. 7.(mjl4 Wm. M Coiuiell 7.00 14 JounKim-l.. .. 7.00 TATUIH TOWNBHIP. 14 8. P. Morrell 4.. 7.00 . WAfrHINOTON TOWNSHIP. 14 Wm. Prinirle... 7.00 14 Eli Thompson 7.00 14 Martin & Co... 7.l 14 C. J. I-ahey. . 7.00 14 Hi-1. MeKenriO. 7.0t 14 M. II. U Uugh- 14 I'.M.AjJ.Brown 7.001 tin 7.00 wilmokk BORornn. It John Sehroth.. 7.00, 14 John MTJnhran 7-pm 14 PiM. Wolslajrle 14 P. F. Klrl.y.... 7.N & Son....'.... 7-On!l4 Mrs. ILKepburt 7M) WHITF TOwnSHIP. T4 Oeo. Walters.. 7.00 14 J. K. Painter... 7i00 14 J. C. Gates. ... 7-(m 14 J. S. M'Cartuey 7,00 14 A.H.FiskeACo 7.00i woodtai.k nonoron. 14 John B. Clark.. 7X(iH4 W.H.Kosenstetl 70 . TO t, Fit TOWNSHIP. 14 Jacob IUtm.. . 7 00114 Jobu Seigh... . 700 BREWERIES. Osear Graff. Johnstown Borough Sieirer Wehn, . - " Max llenbach, . 1S.B0 j ... 15,( 150 15.00 Jacoli GiMTiier. Cambria noretiBb ....... 1. 00 Ijimbert i Kress, Lnemaugh Uorouwh... In-m Ijiw reiu-e Kewt, 'niemauM-ii Towiiclitp. . . l i.(0 G. J.Schwader, Washinirton Towntiliip... la.cO Henry Blum, Carrolltown Bjrouicb v.. 1VC0 Henry liaueouin. BILUARD TAnLES. J. D. M'Clelland (1), Washfnirton Twp... John Jordan ,2), Jonnstown Borouirb... , TEN-PIN ALLEYS. 62.00 30.00 John Jordan il). Johnstwwn Borouith... . 15.50 . 62.00 1 11 VI '!. I In ml (41. Washington Twp a r'flirlutv fll. Lorelto BorotiRh ... .... 1.V50 AS Appkai. will b IipM at the Treasurer's i Oflli, In rioensuurjr. on jid.iu.ii , m mj of June next, at2o'eo;k, p. m. ..: , JOHN FERGUSON, May 5, 197U. Mercantile Appraiser. - RTA l'EM KNT of Amlitors' Settle- . : ... . I tf-t..tiAM,. An.t .TrAnailrfiv rneni wuu inn v;"... . w 1 . . . . of Wllmoro Boroagh.tor the year endinir April I3,;'. Tobias Anns, Collector, Da. To amount or Duplicate . 340 05 Or. Uy amount of order. TmM tl17 03 : errors anil exonerations 38 i'5 " paid Treasurer 62 Bt " additional exoner tlons 2 40 additional credit.. ...... M Collector's eouimission. . 11 81 2w M Balan eb d ae Boron gh M 45 JosRPfi MiutR. Treasurer, Dr. To amount at last settlement 3 IT " received from Collector.. 6i bl . "P. J. Wole- slagle, Burgess' fines 10C6-13C04 Cit. By amount of orders paid Asrkts: Balance doe from Oolloctr. . . . " floes...... ... .136 04 .'-4 45 . 14 74 510 We, the undersigned Auditors of Wllinore Bor ounh. doertily that we have examined the vouch ers and accounts of Tobias Ashe. Collector. Jnd Joseph Miller. Treasurer, and find them as above slAttd, a is also the lorerotna; statement. F. P. M'lvKiil ICK, Auditors 14-4V-31.J x. MU OSXEK, Auditors. MIIS. SUMZ ATT. A TUCE 8TORT OF HF.R F.XECCTIOX, AND WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, The Richmond Enquirer "of a rccnt date published the followiug : A distinguished ex confederate General, who fears i-ecent publications may sully tho good name of General VVInfieldS. Han cock, sends tus tho Following graphic story of the execution of Mrs. Simatt. This narrative shows that Gcueral Hancock dis charged his paiuful duty as a soldier, with all teuderncss, delaying the execution until the last second, and making every effort to mitigate the sentence. The gentleman to whom we are indebted for this article is known throughout the country, and hon ored alike by the North and South, In a private note to the editor of the Enquirer, he says : "I have observed with regret an attempt being made by friends, perhaps, of interested parties to connect the name of the gallant General Hancock with the mur der of Mrs. Surratt. I enclose to you what I believe to be ajtruo account of that event, which I have uever seen published in any of our papers. Hancock is not rry first choice for the St. Louis nomination, but I think too highly of him to permit injust ice to do its work." No one shall outrun us in denunciation of the murderers rif Mrs. Surratt, but, like our correspondent, we can not for a moment believe tho General Han cock was one of the the in. THE EXECUTION 1ESCH1BED BT AN EYE WITNESS. It was beneath a bright summer sun that Mary E. Surratt was murdered. The press of the United Stales was amply repre sented. A majority of it applauded the cowardly crime. When the improvised trap fell, and swung back, and left her body dangling lifeless on the fatal rope, there were present generals and officers of the nation, bearing its uniform, whose but tons and shoulder straps glittered in the bright rays. Save good Father Walter, no voice uttered "God bless her !" as she fell. The soldiers that paced the top of the sur rounding walls made no sign. Several turned away their heads, sickened by the sight and awed to see a deed done in the nineteenth century that in the fourteenth would have been delegated to the secrecies of a dungeon or the knife of a solitary bravo. N Women have been murdered before jealousy, drunkenness, despair.a maddened cupidity have all in turn murdered women. Never before was a hero called in the bright and open day to see such a deed done. Hancock was. He obeyed the call and saw that the. hangmen were protected, that the assassination was not in ten up ted. Hoar his spirit rebelled at the task, was written on his broad face. The writer saw it thero as in a book. It was in the old Arsenal penitentiary yard, iu Washington, in the inner yard, that they strangled this woman. The ar-. scnal and penitentiary face and terminate at Four-and-a-half street, which stretches to it ft oni tho city hall. They have erected there since then a statue of Lincoln. Were it the man him.scK he might see the site of the murder committed in his name from the paltry pedestal on which it is raised. Tho outer gate of tLe arsenal faces that statue at the other end of the long, wide street exactly. From the gate to the old penitentiary, where the mockery of the trial was played, runs a broad and gravelled path. . This path turned around the peni tentiary walls, and led to the gate of the yard where stood the scaffold. The walls of the penitentiary formed two sides of the yard, and the other two were walls built to enclose the yard, and these stood some fifteen feet high. Upou these walls sentiies were placed. Fronting the wall that ran at right angles with the end of the penitentiary stood a strange, weird-looking structure. The one end of it had a ladder that reached to the ground j beyond that end, some twenty yards, was a small iron door that opened into the penitentiary in one of whose lower tier of cclJs, beneath a raised and re placed ftog, were rotting the remains of Johu Wilkes Booth. This wooden struc ture was the scaffold. It consisted of a platform, resting on square wooden posts. The front part of the platform was attached to the back part by hinges, and this front rested on jxwts, which its weight held in place. Along the back and solid part of tho platform were four chairs. ,. ,'. Ar6und this yard lounged the corres pondents, were ranged some soldiers, and right in tho middle of the yard, when the writer entered it, stood the tall and amplo form of Hancock in full uniform. , 'General, may. I go in once more and see the prisoners?" ; "No, sir. One moment Orderly !" . "Yes, sir." "Mouut your home, go t the outer gate of the arsenal, Don't dismount, but keep your eye along Four-and a-half street. Should you see a mounted soldier riding this way, theu ride here and tell me. Stay there till you are relieved by the sight of that soldier, or by order." "Yes, sir." . The orderly sped away. "No, sir, I cannot petmit it. They are with ministers and priest" ; have but a few minutes to live. I have refused every other correspondent." "Do you expect a repiieve, General?" "I expect uolUiDff. That woman, how- I ever, shall not lose a chance of life, if t can help it; That's why I scut that orderly to the gate." He did expect a reprieve, and his face showed he did. The eyes of most were now fastened on the iron door that led into the penitentiary. It looked like a postern in a fortress, heavy, sullen and pitiless. My eyes wandered back to the scaffold. I then noticed, for the first time, that above the platform, resting on two firm posts, ran a beam. From this beam hung four ropes. It sick ened me to see them. -The sun in the meanwhile shone down on the whole ghast ly scene as fierce iu its unclouded splendor as ever it shone 011 tho hot sands of Syria. A sudden movomeut, a murmur, a low exclamation : "Here they are !" Thero they were, issuing, one by one, from the little door, preceded by soldiers, flanked by soldiers, followed by soldiers, accompanied by men in civilian dresses, the priest, the minister and the hangmen. There was a hangman to every prisoner. Atzarot came first. Payne came second. Harold came third. She came last. Father Walter was talking to her all the way to the scaffold, all the way up its steps, and on it, w hen she took her seat. They sat in tho order iu which they had come. The poor woman could scarcely walk, and they assisted her to her death very ten derly. As she sat down, I could not re- 1 fraiu from looking to the yard gate, think ing of the orderly at the outer gate beyond. There was no sign. I looked at Hancock ; his eyes were turned the same way ; his usually florid face was the color of ashes. I could see his bauds open and close ner vously. He looked at his watch, and tho chain oscillated at the touch of his nervous fingers, usually as calm as is the hand of a heavy, lymphatic maiij for Hancock was both. . Mary K. Surratt was praying while the crucifix was held before her by Father Walter. Kach of the others was listening to the minister. At length Father Walter prayed aloud, and I reporting the prayer, for tho time forgot the - orderly. Tho prayer ever, I looked gatewards again. No sign I Hancock's eyes were riveted on the gate. The arms of each were being pinioned. They were told to rise, and they all four rose. Each hangman placed the noose around each of their necks. I looked again at the gate. No sign ! Han cock was looking at his watch. Turning again to the scaffold, I saw the straw hat of Payne blown by a sudden, unexpected breeze off his head, as if to make way for the white cap. Detective Roberts, his hangman, was about pulling it over his face. I turned to see her. She had lost the power to stand. They had to hold her np while they pulled down the cap. Great God ! can a thought be more horrible? St ill no one at the gate ! They were told to walk forward upon the front and treacherous part of the platform There they stood. Atzcrot swaying with fear ; Payne erect and firm as the gladiator which he resembled, when awaiting tho fatal fiat ; Harold, still. She lifeless to all appearance. The sentries had ceased pa ing. You could hear a pin drop. "Gotxljbye.my friends, we'll meet again," exclaimed Harold. Atzcrot said something I could not hear. Still no one at the gate! Hancock closed his watch. The men who upheld the-liteloss woman stepped back on the solid half of the plat form. She was falling, when suddenly the supporting posts in front were knocked down, and all fourdangledand swung the most ghastly 'spectacle man ever saw! She never perceptibly moved. Her jet tiooats and dress had been gathered with a string about her ankles. She hung a dead weight of flesh, not less than two hundred pounds. . Payne writhed and twisted for several minutes. There was no shout. There was a shud der went " through all present through soldier and civilian nothing more. Again I looked at Hancock. If ever he wore that frightened look on the field, Lis soldier fame is a lie. " Wrho withheld the reprieve? Holt says Andrew Johnsou did, Johnson said he was never asked for it. Holt ad mits that an official application by the murderous conclave of troopers, called the conrf, was made to Andy for a reprieve. Andy said Stanton . withheld it. Each threw the blame on the other ; but, who soever was to blame, the deed was done in face of day, under the shadow of the flag of the United States, by the authority of its Piesideut, the acquiescence of his cabinet, the signing of the secretary of war, and under the actual supervision of a major general of its armies. . Of all the more active participants in that murder, Holt alone remains to face the strange fates that have overtaken his asso ciates therein dubious and sudden death. Stantou died quickly after. He died suddenly and suspected of the suicide of remorse. King drowned himself. And men do say he drowned himself from inability to face the constant memory of his unsolicited share in that woman's mnrder. Andrew Johnson, whoso demise recalls the whole of that awful story Jo the mind again, died suddenly. But not, we trust, j because of this, crime, 0f which a passing weakness alone made him a passive accom plice. . THE STORY OF THE ORDERLY. On the day after tho publication of the above the Enquirer contained the followiug supplement to it : The story of the exocution of Mrs. Sur ratt, which Was sent to us by a distinguished ex-confederate and published in yesterday's Enquirer, was read with unusual interest-; the reproduction of all matter tending to place the responsibility for the murder where it belongs being considered particu larly pertinent at this time. Yesterday evening information was obtained that there was a gentleman residing iti the city who bore Ail acliVe part in the events that characterized the fatal day, and who could make some startling disclosures Steps were immediately taken to secure an in terview with him, and after some difficulty our representative succeeded th making an engagement for him to call at the office. The party proved to have been a momber ofCompauyA, Two Hundredth Pennsyl vania Regiment, Third Division, Ninth Corps, U. S. A. and at the time of the execution was an orderly to General Har t ran ft. He was detailed as an orderly on account of his youth and slight build. He expressed a perfect willingness to tell us all he knew ; and after producing his dis charge from the army as an evidence that he was what he represented himself to be, made the statement given below. The story is a plain, straightforward one, con firming our publication of yesterday, and leaving little doubt as to who was the re sponsible party in this great crime : I was an orderly to Gen. Hartranft, com mander of the Third Division of the Ninth army corps. After the surrender wo were sent to Alexandria to be mustered out of service and to take part in the grand re view. While waiting, a detail of officers and men was made to superintend the ex ecution of the conspirators. The detail was all out of the Third Division of the Ninth army corps, and comprised General Hartranft, Colonel and brevet Brigadier Gen. McCall, Col. Matthews, of the 205th Pennsylvania, and the Lieutenant-Colonel of the 207th Pennsylvania, a few captaius and lieutenants, and twenty-two men -from tho 200th Pennsylvania. These men did all the guarding and carried out all the or ders connected with the execution. Gen. Hartranft had personal supervision of it, and received his orders from Gen. Hancock. On the morning of the execution I was handed a dispatch by Col. McCall directed to Andrew Johnson, President of the Uui ted States. I was then with the detail at the Old Ar senal grounds at Washington. Col. Mc Call told me to take it to Edwin. M. Stan ton, Secretary of War, and to ride to the point of breaking my neck. He told me also to kill the horse if necessary in bring ing a reply. Col. McCall was more excited than usual, and I noticed that bis hand trembled as he handed the dispatch to me. He then informed me that it was a petition from the officers having charge of the exe cution for a reprieve for Mrs. Snrratt, and that it was sent by Geu. Hartranft's orders, and that ho told me this as there was so damned much red tapo about the business, aud I might appreciate the necessity of haste. This was about nine o'clock in the morning, I think. I got on my horse and rode in full gallop to the war department, and went immediately to Secretary Stan ton's office. I was met by an orderly who carried the dispatch to Mr. Stanton. After waiting about an hour I told the orderly to inform Mr. Stanton that the dispatch was urgent. He (Stanton) sent word back to attend to my own business, or he would put me under arrest. After waiting some time longer the orderly informed me that the reply would be sent to the arsenal grounds, and when I arrived there the execution had ta ken place. I could not go back until I re ceived official endorsement on my envelope. The endorsement in this case was that an swer would be sent. Just outside of the gate of the arsenal grounds I met a courier named Walter Ruby, who told me he had bceu looking for me ; that Gen. Hancock had instructed him to keep watch for a mounted man. When I reported to Col. McCall he looked at me a momout, and without saying a word turned abruptly on his heel and walked over to where Generals Hancock and Hartranft were conversing. This is all I know of the circumstance. Colonel McCall afterwards told me while tight that Andy Johnson had told him that the petition never reached bim. I once asked Col. McCall why ho turned Democrat and he said it was on account of the mur der of Mrs. Surratt. He died from drink, aud I believe the part he was forced to take iu the execution killed him. When Han cock was canvassed for the Presidency I was up to see Col. McCall at his home, aud he told me that Stanton was solely respon sible for the execution of Mrs. Surratt, and this statement he repeated at a harvest home celebration in Manchester township, York county, Pennsylvania. From what I beard from the officers and men after the execution, I am satisfied that the Enqni rer't article was the correct statement. I am confirmed ia my opinion as to that por tion about Hancock by the orderly meeting me outside of the gate. Col. McCall was the man that sprung the traps, and I frequently heard him remark that it was a d d nasty business. I nM once hear General Hancock remark that it was a very disagreeable duty, and he w ished it was over ; and that he considered tii In self peculiarly uu fortunate in being placed in the situation he was. t was about head quarters all the time, and heard a great deal, but I cannot recall any other particu lar expressions of opinion. I am willing to swear to this statement. On my rettirh to the Arsenal grounds, after the execution, t noticed that all the officers were very pale ; General Hancock particularly so.. I am satisfied in my own mind that Secretary Stanton delayed me for the purpose of having the execution take place before he gave me au answer. He knew perfectly well that I was liable to court-martial if I went back without his endorsement ou the envelope con lain! ng the petition. MK1ZT ME AT Tltti GATE. A USEFUL INVENTION WHICH WILL BE GEN ERALLY ADOrTED BY TIIK FATHERS OF MARRIAGEABLE DAUGHTERS. A pale-faced, anxious-looking man, who looked as though he supped with sorrow every week, lives out on North Hill with his wife and seven lovely, blooming daughters. He has, with all these seven lovely daughters, only oue front gate, and that is what makes him pale. Last sum mer he spent $217 repairing that" front gate, putting in new ones, and experiment ing with various kinds of hinges aud after all that the gate swung all through the winter on a leather strap and a piece of clothes-line, and there was peace In the household, and the man grew fat. But when the April days were nigh, it soon be came apparent to tho man that his troubles i were at hand, and anxiety soon drove the ' roses from his damask cheeks and robbed his ribs of their subtauce. He used to i climb over the back fence to avoid calling attention to the disreputable looking old gate, but his self-denial was of no avail. Oneeveiiiiig his eldest daughter, Sophrouia, said t "Pa, that horrid old gate is the most disgusting thing on this street. If you cau't afford to have it fixed, I'd take it away and put up a stile," And Pa only groaned. But an evening or so later, his youngest daughter came iu aud said with considerable warmth : "Pa ! I wish you had that beastly wld gate tiod to your neck, that's what I wishl" Aud she dissolved iu tears and evapora ted up stairs in a misty cloud, while her sisters followed slowly, casting reproachful look a at Pa. And the next evening his third daughter, Azalea came bouncing into the room about 9.30 p. m., with her gloves in a condition to indicate that she had been patting gravel, and said, with some energy, that if Pa had no feeling other people hud, aud she w ished she was dead, she did, and she hoped that the next time that Pa weut out of that hateful old gate he'd fall from Arch street to the bridge, so she did. Aud she broke down and disappeared with a staccato ac compauiment of sobs and snifiles. And the next time that Pa went out of that gato he found it prostrate betw eeu the tw o posts, aud saw that tho fmgilo strands of the clothes-line had parted, under some extra ordinary pressure and that was what ailed Azalea's gloves. Pa saw there was nothing for it but a new gale, amd he groaned aloud as he viewed the dreary prospect of fur nishing gates to support the manly forms of the best young men of Burlington for another summer. He pondered, and ikmi dercd, and pondered. He became the con fidant of carpenters ; ho was often seen guiltily showing certain plans and drawings to blacksmiths and cunning workers iu iron aud steel. And in due time he had a new gate up, a massive gate, with great posts, ornamented and substantial, and the seven sisters were pleased. They read iu tho little brass plate that informed them that a patent was applied for, the words, "for 130 pounds," but they didn't know what it meant until last eveuiug. Last evening the weather, though suffi ciently cool to be bracing, admitted a test of the new gate. A murmur of voices arose from the vicinity of that populwr lovers' retreat, as Sophronia swung idly to and f ro ou its heavy frame. Presently a pale-faced man, who held his hand upon his breast to still his beating heart, as he crouched in a dark corner of the porch, heard Rudolphus say : "But, believe me, Sophronia, my own heart's idol, between the touches of the rude hand of ti" As he began the word ho leaned forward and bent his weight upou the gate, and with a sharp click a little trap-door iu tho side of the pest flew open, and a gaunt, many jointed arm of steel, with au iron knob as big as a Virginia gourd ou the eud of it, flew out, and, with the rapidity of lightning, hit Rodolphus two resounding pelts between the shoulders that sounded like a bass-drum explosion. Oh-h-h 1 gosh!" he roared, "I'm stab bed! I'm stabbed !" and, without waiti.ig to pick up his hat, he fled, shrieking for the doctor, while Sophronia rushed into the house, crying, "Pa ! Pa ! Pa ! Rodolphus Is shot 1" and swooned. The pale faced man said nothing, but shrank still further back into the shadow, and thrnst hishand- j kerchief into his mouth to stifle a smilo. j Pretty soon he heard the voice of hid 1 daughter Azalea at the gar ". , ... -n. Hut a rich, maulj voice detained her, and the measured swing of the gato Was again heard in the distance. Soon 1 10 heard Iioretizo say, as Le made ready to climb upon the gate : "But whatever of sorrow may await our future, dear one, 1 would it might fall upou me- " And just as ho lifted his last fint from the ground, the trap oeiied and the gaunt arm reached out and tell upon him with that big knob four times, and every tituo it reached him, Lorenzo sluicktd : "Bleeding heart 1 Oh, mercy, meicy, Mr. Man! Oh muuleiT' And as he ambled away in the starlight, w ailing for arnica, Azalea tied w ildly to her home shrieking: "Oh, Pa! Pa! Pa! some body is murdering Ioienzo." And ou tho Mrch a pale-faced man thrust the rim of his felt hat into his mouth to rein force his handkerchief, and hugged himself in pla cid content. Pretty soon the man's lifib. daughter came home from a party, and she. too, peicuea on me gate. Ana in a mo ment or two Alphouso said : "But, my own Miriam, would I could tell yon what I feel" But he didn't, for just as lie leaned upon the gate, tho gaunt arm reached out aud felt him, and knocked his breath so far out of him that he couldn't shriek until he had ruu half a mile from the house. And Mi riam ran into the house screaming that AU phonao had a fit. And the pale-faced niau rose up out of the shadow and erniitied bin mouth, and as he stood under the quiet starlight, looking at the gate whose pow erful but delicate mechanism repelled au ounce of weight over one hundred and thirty pounds, a look of ineffable peaco stole over the pale face, and the smilethat rested on the quiet features told that tho struggle of a life-time was ended iu victory and a gate had Wen discovered that coulil set at naught the oppressions of thougMlcss young people. Lurliyton Utiuk-Lyc. An Incident of the Wurof IS1Z, The following incident, which we do not recall as having been made a matter of record, is related by the venerable Levi Gay lord, who was in the volunteer service. When General Hull surrendered the post of Detroit, great fears were felt of au Indian invasion in this section of Ohio and along the sparsely settled frontier. The pioneers blushed up the old revolutionary uiukets, and, in companies and renimeut-N, reported forduty. Mr. Gaylord, then a young man of some uineteen years of age, w as one of the company thut reported at Cleveland fiom this and other towns of the north western part of the country. This intro ductory brings us to the incident in ioint. Among the prisoners who fell into Britivli hands at tho surrender.of Detroit were cer tain officers and men living in Eastern Ohio. On the parole of these men at tho post certain numbers, perhaps some sixty, were furnished w ith the means of reaching Cleveland by the lake in the shape of a large, roughly constructed boat capable of carrying about the number indicated. One of the co ulitions of the parole signed by these men was thai so soon as tbey leached their destination, Cleveland, tho boat should lie destroyed. Tho boat put into the Cuyahoga safely but a short time before, or about the time our iufoiniaiit reached there, and the paroled officer iu command relented his arrival and obliga tions to hcudquaitcrs. For some rea.oii the boat was allowed to remain at its moor ings for a few d;ijs, and a knowledge that it was to be destroyed became general, and the fact was very distasteful to many, not at all fiieudly to the British cause, or not having a very nice sense of honor in a mailer of obligation to au enemy. Of this class were quite a number f sailors rough fellows and other citizens of tiio place. They determined to rescue the boat and prevent its dcstitictiou ; and a knowledge of tho conspiracy reaching those iu authority, it was tleiei mined to burn the boat at once. The relator is uot certain as to the exact location of the boat in the river, but rcmctnbcis that it was tied to the bank in a Ducket of alder bushes. Lieut. Van Horn, who our in formant thinks, was fiui Steubeuville, and who was physically a noble sjrccimeit of manhood, standing some "six feet four," aud as straight as au arrow, was detailed, w ith a squad of men, of which Mr. G. was one, to see the boat destroyed. They wero none too sion, for the conspirators were on hand when they ai 1 iv d, aud a fight for the jMissession of the craft was emmineut. Van Horn junijed upon the buw-deck w ith. diawu sword, and the leader of the assail ants called on his'comrades, nil armed with, sticks and stones, to board her also. Van Horn lloutished his sword aud said, firmly: "I'll roll three heads off myself first, and then hand yon over to my men." The de termined bearing of Van Horn, and tho presence of his armed squad, effectually cowered the rough assailants and lliey flunk out of sijlit in the alder thicket. A fire w as at 011O0 kindled at either end of the boat, and the men stood guard over its bui n ing ti'.l the blackened wreck settled into the wateisof tlie Cuyahoga. Ue neea 2'imes. A Granoku friend sends us the following for publication, and wants ns to vouch for its correctness. As we aie just enteiin-T ujon a iwdiiical campaign, and wish U preserve what reputatiou we have for veracity, we 11 list decline. We give the story though as sent to us ; "A gentleman of my acquaintance had a Duibatu cow that g:'ve birth, all at one time to a two year old heifer that had no legs at all. Mr. Jones to.'k a five-tiglwhs auger and borod holes where the legs might to be, and then, drove in the legn of an old wash bench. He then applied Dr. Hutchiu's celebrated Indian hair tonic to the legs, which haired them over In one night, and brought out the hoofs beautifuliy. The animal has since trotted her mile" in 1:',S, and took the first premium 'at a hmse trot. During t'le month of Match she suckled six calves and gave tea gallons of milk every day." A Slight Mistake. There is a magis trate iu a town in Indiana named Helscr. A clergyman in tne satuo place was called upon by a young couple not long since, who wished to be j..ined iu the holy bond.-; of matrimony, lie asked the bridegroom for his marriage licence. The man replied, that he had bet u engaged to the gill for four years, and thought that would do. The clergyman thought not, and remarked, as tho speediest way to obtain a license : "You had better tike yonr gh' and go to Helser?" "You 50 to hCU y.lf V re. torted tho an-M. ll(i,;C(ri0(im Al)d p.;z5nfj uie bride by the he dingfed her froni the house wondering what maimer of a profane minister he h;id u et w ulu
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