I a mB AAA -p;',E, Editor and Publisher. .M HE IS A FUEEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL AllE SLAVES BESIDE. Terms, S2 per year, in advance. u . f , ."-ii I 1 I L T J i i I r.f i-j I 1 I I L- SB . ; .-- r -r- . . . J- - .Tj .r i ...' - . t jh- v. va . e- , - 'W A v . I I " -.-i I I 13 WW . r '. !'i h ' i""l'I out oT the .'. . r 1 .mi in ia oounty nrnl si"tV..re!" '"' M,-,,,'I I'libllO ' , n ' KHibirjr. on " 1 lirKih" r ! I7. at I o'. V X, ir:' f -I .v-t.ne. to wit: . . ;, I ivn st of Matthew i . -.- r i"t "I Krotin,! situate " ,1 1 nity. trntinif on "" ." . :in l cxrcnitinif hack ' -i ' y "ii the north, " ' ; ..11 Miili havinit there , '.. im" : ri 1 t'r .line sty hie, " ti ntion anl to he l V . I; 1 K. 'I'i ' . .!, .; '1:1.1 interest of John " . . ,. . . reel "I In ii I sit ' ' .' , t j 1 ! i :h c.'Mn'y Pa.. , 1 ' .':'i I i. xliT. Mary lit n- r ' .: : .1 .r . r.rf acrfs, intire 1 r. 1. having thereon :i . : :i 1 !. ir barn. nw , ri Xlt-r. Taken in 'xc 1 -a.: ! John H. Kelly, ii . 1 ;iii.T-sf of N.Wolf. situ.t in t lie - . .v .1 -1. t 'n tnbi ia ' ' I..- Ii, ma.l on t lie ;: Wftrotli in the in ! iir.'.m v rcc'f'l n , 1:1:.: j,' :i t le. now in I'li"1: in execution , ; I. mis Wehn. ' ; ! t. of Writ. r r .1 reel f I a ml , ' r.:i canity, I'a., -'-.11. .1 I men I",. . r 'i :.i"i "' hers run- t . i! -t aen s ciar- : : - rv 1. house ... ,-. -I m. M. , , , .11. i., I c s-il.l at 'c. ' I'fllii.s, -lohnston ; hi I :ti'T"st nf Samnel . ;.!::,: Mi (ii uuli. jr., r ; ' ..( ur iimil .situate in i .1 :, : i ri .1 .'iinty, 1'enn'a, 1 1:1.1 Ti 1 aiul" Huntimr ! -1 i .1 !ni Sjia 'e. (fcorife !...'. i j: t!ifri-"n ereeiei! a ; 1 'i ir.mie -taiile. now in -r: '.I.r.. uky. Taken in 1 .1 1 r :,( .-ii it m" lleiry I . hi s .1 tit rift s. tJlair. amj ! Ii I- Johnston. :.n 1 itii frost "I Gora;e r. :i 1 t ( :i 1 et-rt a in lot of ,'-. '.'.ir ! i.i tin; Itorouxh ut :. Pa.. Irnii.inon : ' !. i.iur buck to a prl 1 ' ' 11 ! !.,- nor! h by A prl- : Ii by thf Town Hall. ;t 'v -v.ry frame house, 1 . '. :i-.':i;:.i-l e'l. a-iii r i ) tlif ...'ti :nf y of '.! i. -i ect:uik,n and to 1 11 1 i tst i f Charles I : r ar. i l oT lam . -h . I atot'i ia county, : .i u: . - lit mii.-on. M M . rs. : r : i; t :i i 4) nereg, ( :il'!iare cleared; I 'i I. s l.,!it,s on. Taken - . a. ilic suit ol Tieruey ? 't. ! 1 1. i r iract ot land situate .:!., r.i,i:!.r.a ri.tinty. pa . iMiund-t'-: ii- .i:i-w : Iteitlnn-nff at r ':j:.:. V. rli.-.ni r kih! Wenlroih: . ; .ttn.i nt-niroiii ami riornoauiirii 1 a t '.t y - t-. :i I. fin luck; thence by :r L-7 l cri hes. more or - ' --.l' i-ir: ' henee still by ' ; ; - Mtiitl.Seiue fiirwer; - r.-.-r ,: tr:ot of Means ' : .?) line lielweeii ' - : t r ni.r" or less, -.-it ict : t he nee sou! h : -. ;.;.i -.- uf ;ceimiiii!t " : ' '-Jess, iininiji roved. ' ! .-"Id at the suit of - A ; y in i.: -! i,,r 1. L, Christy r-ii.: .:;! n 1 Interest of William i i ; T parcel of laul !. ; .:.. v -;, j,. i 'ambri.i eonnty, '' ' i --.ti eakltntl and .lii- ' - : s ;i'T''s. more or It-ss. : ! i. ir ' are-l, tiavitiif there '' ' i i.A 1" use and a I.. it sta ' '' ! H :i;iam !( ombie. r ' 1 : ' he -M Ht the suit o ' ' ' ... ' . - ! .; .ere.otof Jl,n ITl. '.. 1 ; ' r )' r.-e' il Krt'wnt! ., ' - ' !;.':::) county Pa.. ' a I I i Jtt-ud-ni tiaek - ' ' ' .i !; i r : it ic lot ol - : ' - tt Ii an. I an alley on -' :i T -t ! a t ro "toiy ' '' (r unt; buil lint, ' ' ' ;i..tl. Taken I." miu "t lieruard i M 'n'erest of John ' i '! 1 -ari-i-1 of limit '' : 1 ' tMiTia. roumy. ' ' i '.iir.eii k. .1. t : :i : ii I, If 1 1 h terre. f d. t: Ij i or i t story 1 tif : i,'..n -bnl. riow in ' ii 1 k'-n in mi ' ' -'"I "I I.I xnlc:h Sjir- " ' tt.-' 'ri'ert t of Iianiel ' r i. ret 1 ol Imel , t- '- ! eollnly. Pa.. -' I , tvi I f V ltl. ' - i... r. i.r b . ntH.ur - i. - .i. ir.-ctcd a I wo '' I". .IV-., all !h ' I - ii t 1 Y.ni ray, ot. in ' n. -ii n ut: in t la iii- ' J'. Pi.. R'io;i,i!l .' 1 -v K 1 1 . ,:,i. a ..1 ' i in.' Here, more ' ' ' ' : Ir VT in t I ,, iccu- 1 i: I, t xi cut ion and 1 : : 1 1. ;,. an i .lames - ,r ! Ittim phreys. i I mt est . t .1 :.rnli '" ' : ' or . iiri i-l ol laiiil . . , i ' ' nnbria e-.uriiy Pa.. , ' 1 ' i-. t h a riff .1 unkin. . ' r- !, tair.ii a at'oul tin , ' r ' li-n in t hi ti on i ', ' " ' I" '"'ie barn ami ' ' f- ta I In i-i'ii,:n:i-y ; ' ' '"i v tranie li oust; in , '' ' " Kii.i-in.in. Taken in "" "'-' ' H- suit ul A. II. .,'.'"""" :r'' intereot of Henry i t" :i i.i, r parcel of laml . ..'.', ' '' i'i' ' .'a in hi I eoiui--; ! liti- Weak laml. h-irs , nii't ..ik r.-i i:n iiuin- .--! f.ii at'i-en cleared, "! 1 ' H" -'-"rv plank bon"i: ' i 'l ' V ol lienrv V.euk- tie: to no :-i,id ai the ' ' ' '".rd ,,r 11:,. 'I vr ,(.-,!, i.- Kn-it-Afd '' ,: - 'vt-luiriis i.k,ii i'un- ' ,' 1 ; ' ' A '"Mi-;, shoriff. '-' An.. It, l'".. - lie,, ,., ,t,. (()J ','. " ' : " '' I t rsi.itiil pro. - -i i. , :.n,i M ,I t ttir "- "'' ' ' r th Ai t ol A . .. ' ' M 'I. A. I). I.Cd. bave . . , . '.' ' s nt l-:iM-iit,iirir ., ,' '" "M haiif' t'l.mt ol ( : ' r i.i:, ii. ,i, h, 11W. , n 'I- u.i. ,a- o1 sr.n KM- r'' ' - tn, ti t ot certain per '. ,',' ; -oi I ,-t apart for Ilf.f 4 ' l'e of Ji.hlislowii ,. , . ' ' 1 - '" t.f certain M-r- '. !"'', "'' 1 "' ' '' 'or i:iia- ' ' 'ii. Uti-ul Julinndiini il ,t ,,( ,.r, .,m ,Pr. ' t part (,,r t be flu I. - , ., . ' ' "' "lit tllUll UlU i e, (if ,.rt lt, IK-r. ,. . ' " ' .-rt It.r .In'iitn , , ' ' M "hit r, Ut of lirr - v , v - IN'il If. It. ro-ter. r. - i ... - . 1 , ' 1 Vi, in. i t. Kr. '"' "" ''-If t.t Pelt r . ' ''"p. ' ' ml rm tt-nn! , i.t,p,-ii.-" i , f" fw all ter-tnii in .. ' 't'1i..t t., ike tin t !, I ! Uli.lrli,.nt.il. , -. b.Tinif , i. I. . ",! " 'e le. t..l " -ti.:, Lh. Ul: pjlTS ALPJS. SI LERTFFS SALES ! H ,r'"e 'f un1ry wrils of Vr,1. Krix.n.. .. J mt.ria county Hnd to me dirwtH.l. th.-ro u- il u"',r:: V.,1:0 tIock' p-M t,,e A l.r. U10 rlKlit. title anl intrre.t of .Tnooh dates v..-..1"1 t".n ,i,',?"r li"cilor lan.l Fitiiiito In In 1 I.r "r"r? 1.W.H a Iron Vo, v ana I Her (!nln.-r. c-mtainin Kio acres. 3D H-r"ei clenn-.l. h.ivin tlur.M.n rcotf.l ivoi.e-an.l B-tialf rtory Who. Iir ,t,,blc ., r, t,...i-o ; n , the w. ui.aiwv i.r .7 net, (Sati'n. Taken in exer i wenltn of Penn? Ivania. A T Mo. all t lir rlirlir :t In m.t t . McHruir, with notit-e to t'liarl.-s Morl.-ynn l Win' l.ynn terra ti-nnnt. of. In nn, to n tr irr..uni pit late in 1 n.iet hnronh mlrla count v Pa t the suit of t li. Kll V11 rialit. title and Interest or Itavid I. (riniilini.iir. ol. in and to a lot of vioiin l situ ate In WooiWale borough. Cumbria count v Pa Iroiitinac on Alsple nveim on the east, Kirf iieet iti ti e north. Pa. ;i K,,a,l ,, t,e w,.tj :lI, , or bliriinl Thomas on the south; in poss,fsin ol I. I. Uouuhnotir. Taken in execut ioi: and (o be sold at the suit of tho .luhnsuiwn iMochauieai orks. Ano, all the rluht. title and interest oMJeoru-e Mia lie . of. in and to a piece or lot oi' ground sini ate in the Fifth ward. .In!:nm(n bt.rotisrli, i'.nxn. bria county, pa., front I nir on Napoleon mreet on one sole and Maynes si reel on the oilnr. mid ad jminnif lot of John Kehoeaml ruiiiniiif back loan alley, havlnif thereon erected lit,, st.o v Ivr,.!;:, with store room, now in the occur, -me- "ol i jci.rte Miatfer. and a two storv double dwellhur li"iic and plank stable, in T Ii ,.een,,:,n-v of Win tlrif tuh and I.ni . Wcix.ind. Taken in execution ami to be sold at the suit of the Jolii:siwu lluiMinit ami lyinn Asse-iation. A,so- all the riaht. title and interest or John jU Ho-mn. ol. In and to a lot or ground situate in the Filth ward. Johnston n boroiiiih t'.imbria county. P . having Nap.,le,,p utreet ,n the north, lot ot Frederick Itriber on the east, an alb n (he south, and an alley on t l.e west, having Iher-.n erected n two strv brick hoii-e an I fr.un" "table now In I he occupancy ol Calvin Hilton. Taken in execution and to be sold at the suit nM Jeo Wood A wo, all the rl";lit. title and int, n st ot Win P. Patlon of. in and to a lot ,,l irr iin l smi ite in tho Fourth ward of Joinu wn b,,ro'. t 'iimi't a cunt v. Penn'a. fiontimr on Uedlor l street, ha vinic . Nio'.iv 1'reek on one side Hnd an alley on the ot her side, and extending hack to lot of !! n John F. liarm s. havinit thereon erccte I a two story Iratno house, a two story plank furniltire nhoji and a turniture room; n,,w in the oecupaifv ol Win. P. Patlon. Taken in execm ion and to he sold at the suit d Ihe il!iamporf Furniture "ou;pa;i v. Al.fto. all thcriitlit. title an. I interest of Peter Horner, t.f, in and to a piece or pared of land sit uate in Y oiler township. I'a irthria comity. I'a. .ad join in ir lands of I he I :-i mlir i.i Iron ;,iiniany. Veo. Sr-aniirler, Yost Hochsiine ami others, containing 20 acres. more or less, all cleared and fenced, hav ing thereon erected a one stury plank house and htr stahle. not now occupied. "..,. all the riifht, titie and Interest of Peter Horner, of. In and to a piece or parcel of land sit uate in I 'onemauirh town ship, Cambria county. I'a , adjoininir Innds of Ar ohy Horner. Christian Homer and I'li Horner, containing 30 acres more or less, nbont one acre cleared, having thereon erected a lo cabin, not now occupied. Taken in execution and to ho sold at the suit of Jaeoh C Horner, administrator of Jacob Horner, deceased. A i.flo, all the riuht. tule and interest of Charles Kaylor. of. in and to n lot ot ifrounl situate in '. oodvale bormiirh Cambria county. Pa., frontin g on .Maple avenue, iiavinu lot o inc Kouuh on the one si.le and lot of tlie Johnstown ?daiiiifac t urine !oi:,pu ny on the other ide. ari l an alley on the bill k. having thereon creeled two story house, now In the occupancy of Chas. Kaylor and Auitust Keitline. Taken in exueutiuu aud to be1 Sold at the suit of John I'homas. Al so, all the riyht, title and Interest or fTonrad , Stea k man. of. In and to a lot of x round situate in the Sixth ward, Jonslown boromrii. Cninbria ; county. Pa., Irontirucon tlrant street and lioum: ed on the west by lot of Karl Sinit hberer, on the inin by an alley, mid on the east by an alley, havinir thereon erected a two story dweflinjr house; now in the occupancy of Conrad Steckman. Tak en In execution and to he Sold at the suit ol lira, k cn tt Kuan. Also all the rlirht. title and iitNrcst r.T Jacob I.htner. id. in and to a lot of uroU'i-l situate in Cambria lKronnh Cambria county. Pa., fronting on the nor h on l road street and nt!.onhur lot ol John McCann on the wist and lot oi Sicwart St. t lair on the east, and exle tlinit hack to an alley on the stuih. havinit thereon eree-etl a two story plank house and stable; now in the occupancy of Jacob I.iuhtner. Taken in ejucnt on and to be sold t ili nut nf WimhI. Morrell fc. To. Also, all the riicht. I it le an 1 inter'-sr of Win. J Headrlek. of. In and lo all the un llvi ifd nine- ; tentlTS of a ct-rt.iii tract tif land si'uite In the tow t,.-hip ot Ta vlor. In I ht eoiiniy of Cam una and I state of Pcniisvlvania. iH.undf I and described as tollows : llcjf i'nniiiir at a hiCKory; thence south i.l1- l Krees, east 1ST lurches, lo a while oak at lineol lianiel t lotii(liiiour ; l hence nor h rtt lc.. east TO parches, to a Mtst ; tlienee i.ori h 13 deirrees, we 1M lurches, lo a post at line of "atn I iouiC nntir: thence norih vi deirre w.-sl 3-" ierehe, to a post : thence foii i h C l-'arees west K4 perches, to a Jm.sI : theiiCB south 25 .It-itrees. we.t ;i0 perch e.and 1H liuks.toa st ; Iheiiecsou li M decrees, wcxt 37 perches, to a. hickory al place ol bejtiiiiilne containing ir.4 acres aud perches. ha vinj t hi re on ercctrd a t; stoi v plank house, bank barn and other outhnildiu-cs ; iiow in the oecupaney ol W in. all the riu: it. title and Inter est of Wm. J. Ilea Irick. ol in an I to a certain lot of irroiiml sluitte In the tiorouuh ol Kasl IJiiiie. m.iuirh, Cninbria count v. I'a.. known as Iot ,No. 7. Inmtiiuron Itailroad street and boinrabout two rm I. 4 wide and twelve r-xls deep, havinir thereon erect etl a two story Ir .tins tenement Ionise, now in the occupant y ot Taken in execution and to he sold at Ihe suit r Adam liiershank. Also, nil the right, t tie and in crest-ol Henry Mover, or. in an I to a piece or parcel td land situ ate" in Adams township. Cambria county. I'a . a. j. liniiiir lands oT Mar' in Cusior. Pavid Kring. .si.nuii ! Fullmer, an t others. eontaining 2:5 acres, more or le.sji. having thereon creel ed a two story plank house and a l" bam. now in the occupancy of lui hli Peiirotl. Taken in execulioii ami to be sold at the suit or the Directors or the Poor or Cambria, county. TK-tM. Sale. One-1 bird or tho purchtis.' money to be paid when the i .fpoi i.v is knockoil down, mid tho ifm:iinioi two-thirds upon coii hrmalioii ol' the d.-i-ti. HKItMAX IIAITMK11. !h, rill. SherilT'a Ollieo. Kbensburg, A ug. U, )S'.'8. GiSTiiESKOTICE ! VIT!CK is hcii ltv given tiint the following i iiiinitd Ai'i'iiuiii.' luive tiftti piissfil mm hle.l In the It.gi-tt i's Ulticpnt Kbciisburir, in and for the C-oiioiy of Canibrm. and will be ineseiiltd to Ihe Irp'"""-' ' 1 "f "ul V!"'"" IV. rn eoiil'.rioa'ioii Hiid idlowaiiff, on ' Ns!).y, the Bill day ol Stuii'UMBKK, A.l. .t, to wil : I The finaj account of Wm. Young, nuar lian of jesse Sineaton. a minor child of Jane Nmcaton, late t t' Scot land, deceased. i Tho iieeoiini t.f 1. A. Peikeypile. guardian of Win. li. Farncr, a minor child ol Susan frarncr, late id l.'onemau-rb township, deceased. 3 Tho Hist and Htial account of Moses hing, ituardianol Sarah Jane. William ami .!. --haiik. minor childr. ii ol John Shank, late ot Adams township, deceased. .... . 4. The seci.il acumrit of I'avld I Horner. Ad miliistrator rlf Lni hoi, em Itnlomrntn annrzo ol Isaac Horner, late .d Ui.-hland town-lnp. ! d. !v The first and pirtiai cc.,nnl ol r..tmtiml J. Waters, on of the executors of Ftward Kvmis, late ol the IhtouitI, ol Kbens'.um. deceased. 8. The nrt and It al awnnt ol J.icli llottman. admiriistralor ol lildeon Kruig. uf Adams township. dcceed. 7 Ihe act.unt of K,ani l r riel executor of lyna Ueloier, lateol A ll nheny townstiip. tlec d. The tinitl accmnl of .Michael MHlu n- and Charles MeManamv. .imtni-.trit,rs i ie,,rKc Hruee. late f Allet,ef. town-hip. d -eard. V llii P.o.n.1 mi l parilal a.t-..iint d M trsrrret Invy and Auutiii Walters, executors ol Ml. tlivi UiKV Uie id 1,,-rPo l-oroutth. 10 lie second and tin" act. inn t.f 1.1'er. m W ,:!er-. a ii- ins'ratr i Henry W allers, late of Joliii'ft un iMtroinrh. ilcc-ased. 11 The hrl and partUI cc..nl ol A lvin K"n. dmlni-itral- r d John . r-vau. Ut ol us l.urv iM.rolllf h. d rt ri -t-T. U 1 he ct.iit t .f Wm. C.de. administrator oT John da li-m. laic td A.laM.s t..i.l.i.. deceased. M t he ae.ti.inl ol J H-tlaod a,lii,.n.-lr il"r or J.dtnC li.tii.l, lain of Summit vil le Iwroiii : to. ilece"-.. , ! II 1 h hrt and partial account of Henry W al ter, adminlsiralor ,.l S A. Kcjdiart, Ule ol V, 11 Miore ttoroiitfli, tlweasetl li. Th lirsl and luial .count ofll. !' J, Iriotrr Ioih-II ihe real estate ol Ktlard I ..na Id Son. Ule of Washington township, deceased. .IAMK M. SI.MiKK. h -vl-li r. Uejilsltr- OiUce, LOeusl-urif, Aug. laid. : frontliuj 011 (Inarry ?tre, t ami nmnliiK ba. k t,', I lyiol Pa. Knil Koh.I. havinv I h.-reon erect e.J a I lo'! ' li,"h """p: in" in the occupancy of , ' -. iM.;ricv. -iMK.-ii incxccucicii ami to t,e fiui.l EBENSIJURG, KMFTiiEM,mi Tick and flick ioes tlie tviiH in tli f i, t . Ah tlie printer maml !t ..au.. .' I 11:.. t .. I..''' I 11 is rjf tiiatice qtncK, and hist n ncors nick ' Til... . . . Tlie tvt at a ratiiil niv Ami one by tms hh the; letters po, Words are piled tip steady and slow Steatlv ami slow, Hut Mill thev ttr, iw Aml words ol firo they soon will c!ov -....lei , , wnms, i nar without a Hoimil Tra.-erse llio earth tosits utmost lion ml, Words that shall make Tim tyrant iinake, Ami the fetters of theopjirtsM Kh-tlHireak ; W or-.l that can critmhle iiu army's m!-;lit, Or trehl,; its stretmih in a riphteons fudit. et the typo they h.ok l.nt l. adeti ami .iutnh. As he put them in pUrc with linger and thumb ; lint Ihei printer smiles, Ami his Vork bepuih-H By -.haittintr a son,.' a the letters he piles, With ;. pick md click, Like the wuiKl'a ciU(nometcr, tick! tick! tick! O, c hert- is the man with such simple tools Can govern tlm world as I '.' With a printing pu ss, an iron slit k, And a littio leaden die. With paper of white, and ink of l,la k, I support ihe llijjht, and the Wronj? attack. S.i.v, where is he, or who may he he, That tan rival tho printer's power? To no moitari ha that live tho v ail doth he Tl.t ir sway lasts only an hour; While ihe piinier Mill grows, and lod oniy k now s When bis might- shall cease to tower ! .i coxMivi i cv v m is ri:i: v. A 51'll IDK AM) THE STOllT IT 11ECAI.I.S. A recent item in the Hart Foul, Connecti cut papers, recording the timling at -Mid lietovvn t,F tho b.xly uf a laboring man, ap- j parentlj alxttit 00 jcars oF age,. which was i aFteit- Hri. idenlifit'tl as Tatrick Xiifient, if ; (Jromwell, furnishes an npjairl unity to rn.ike public the facts of a case that has ' long boon cstct muu, by those familiar with ; it, as one of Ihe most icniaikabie instances of the woi lh less 1 1 ess of circumstantial evi- j deuce on icctnH. Xuw that the accuscil has tragically met his death at the very : sj-ot antl in the very manner that, nineteen j years ago, Lo was suspected of enditifj the life of another, it st eins right that a clear aud coherent story of the whole- afl'air j should be given, that his memory may be ' cleared of the aspersions that have been cast upon him during life, by those antl there arc many who would never admit, ' even in ll,e face of direct evidence, that I they could so have wronged a man. In its issue of February 4, 1S7-J, the Con- ' ffituli'on, a week 13 newspaper, published at Middletown, Countc icut, coutaiued the ' following: Charles K. Sago, a son nf Edmund S.ige, j left his home in Cromwell a. week ago last. J Thursday, to work on a distant, part of tho j farm. He was seen at work then; until ahottt. noon, since wiien no traro can be I fop ml of him. Humors that, a hoy lik him : k:nl been seen turned out uurelialile, ami . all were t raced to one mmiii c. n Tuesday, neighbors turned tint, and a thorough scan h 1 was mad.'. I-.vnleiico was found that, in the mit.t'.s of those prest-nr, was siitti"i:tit to convince. I hem thai be nail met wit 11 foul play. Suspicion rests upon a man and his wit'e; named Nugent, wiih whom young SI t.. lr.illl.lt. tin the ,1.4V tit lii ,1... part lire. They hav lieeii arrested, and ar now in jail. Sir. Sago, tho father, has offer- I e,l a reward of f J0O for the recovery of the tody of his so.i. j A fortnight later, Fein nary IS, the same I newspaper gavs fuilher information on the subject, as follows : The person who wero arrested on suspic ion Imvo been set. at lila-rly, as there is not suflicient evidence to detain them. The general opinion is, that ihe boy has been murdered, and strong evidence is aceumti- l-.tli.tr tl.-.t u-,H- Tt th,k,l(Tlit. tli.it when the river break's' up, Ihe laxly may bo found. One morning in tho eaily autumn of i 18"7, otne boys strolling along the Con necticut shore of Long Island Sound, about a mile east of ihe Connecticut liiver, found a headless corpse upon the beach, which had evidently been washed up by the waves, j The head was entirely gone, aud but little flesh remained upon the bones, indicating j that the body bad been long in the water. ( Of clothing there was only Ihe remnant of j one stocking. A physician from the neixb boriug village of Lyme was summoned, and m-onouuetd tho opinion that the bones w ere those of a boy about M years old. j The body was temporarily interred on ibo ' beach, a lit tie wooden cioss marked the spot, ami a statement of the facts sent lo a New London paper by a lawyer of the town. The statement in the New London paj-er was seen by Mr. Sage, father of the missing lad, who at once made a journey to Lyme, j where, tin healing the facts, be had tho j dodv disiuterrtd and removed to Cromwell . f..r bnii-O, averring bis liim lielicf that tho btaly as that of hisfoti. The bringing of the lMdy to Cromwell at once re awakened public interest in the caso, and it became the subject of general conversation in that and neighlHii ing towns. Tho friends of Sage were veiy sine that the l-ody was that of the nTr-Ving hd, claiming that they could detect ceitaiu i-ocnliai ties in the fiagmenm of dies found on lb Ix-dy to bear out lh.ii theory. .Medical men pro nounced the ..pinion that the htd bad lu-eii M-veicd from ihe body by violent . i means. lVuj.le again btoked avkance? at Nugent, w ho was a rather under 'ized Irishman, of iVctisive api-e iiaeco. who, with bis wife I mI.I t.i.t lit-fi.l 111 antl mio ttitti, mi Cromwell as a l.-Wer, much of Ihe time at woik for the si nit-r S;.ge. Ks-.cially in dignaiil weie ihcy a the effrontery of the Nugent '" claiming that young Sage was j not dead at all. when "everybody knew" that Le Lad not Ueu Htu or Lcaid from PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1S7G. since liis appearance at Suigent's Louse. Tlie general belief in Xugent's guiltbecame' a popular certainty, when it was known tbat o t-rttl... t... c T.l. r , . 1 ". mmtu ut,uu iiiuus i.un.son, wno .. had recently appeared in town looking for work, had, while temporarily employed by Mr. Sage, suddenly declared that lie had been a witness of the murder, that on the day of Sage's disappcrance he was passing through Cromwell in a violent snow storm, when he heard noises at a barn, ami going to the locality, saw Nugent inflict the fatal blow upon Sage with a threshing flail ; that Nugent then discovered his presence, and I threatened to take his life if he ever be trayed him ; that be had kept silent till now through fear, but that young Sage bad appeared to him in a vision and demanded that he should reveal the facts. As Ben son was a delicately-built little foreigner, weighing only 100 pounds, while Nugent was of strong build, the statement was at once accepted as true, aud Nugent was re arrested. ! On the 4th of October Nugent was' I brought be f re Just .co T. Warner, as j sisted by James Edwards, Moses Culvert, State's Attorney, for the State, and Walter ! S. Carmry, now of New Yoik city, for tho prisoner. The first w it ness called was Miss j Enzabeih W. Sage, who testified that her brother left home at 8 a. m., on the day w hen he was last seen; that she saw Nugent that night, and im-tuired as to his wherea- j bouts, when, after some hesitation, he an ! sweied : "You will not see Charles t- night. Ktlwaid Sage, tho father, testified that Nugent had been in his employ six years; was disclarged the first of the month. Tho day of the disappearance, Nugent was threshing oats at Mr, Sugo's barn whither Chai les weut. As he did not return at tho proper time, the father went several times, searching for him, and Nu gent very reluctantly assisted in the seat ch, but would not go up on tho hay mow. Mrs. Nugent told witness that Nut-uland Charles "had a clinch." Witness then testified as to his trip to Lyme, and exhum ing the remains found there, and his belief that they were those of his son. Isaac D. Baldwin testified to clots of blood found among the hay; to blood spots found on the barn floor three feet square, some of which he scraped up with a knife, and to tracks in tho snow leading from the bain to the Connecticut liver. Six oilier wit nesses, including the village doctor, testi fied similarly in lefcrcuce to the hay being much tumbled, and to Llood on the barn floor, and the tiacks leading to tLe liver wero desciided as those that would be made by peisons di awing some substance in a bag ; that a hole was also found in the ice, into which it was supposed that the body had been thrust, while a pole idculi lied as from Sago's woodpile was found near by, and in addition a piece of a plaid coat lii ing that. Miss Snge identified as from a shawl of hers, which bad sc-ived laler to lino her brother's coat. There wero few, if any, persons in the room who would not have voted for con viction on the spot, v it hout waiting for the State's conclusive and final evidence, the testimony of Benson. Yet all eyes were turned intently upon the witness as "John Amos Benson' was called. Giving his tes timony in a cool and collected manner, be said : I heard some one threshing in tho barn; went tip to it, and beard swearing ; looked in through the crack and heard Nugent is:l, "you have often moved the old horse from the place where I had placed him,' and you shall never do it again." Nugent then struck Charles Sage with his flail across the back and shoulders, and then on the head. Felling him to tho floor on his face, and breaking tho flail staff. lie tucked the broken staff into the straw, came buck, turned Sage over, and gave him a "jab" antl then came to the door, looking very red in the face. Seeing mo, he exclaimed, "How long have yon been here ?" I made no reply. When Nugent came out of the barn, 1 saw he had a large jack kuifa in his ''and that was bloody. The knife he gave mo before I left in the morning. I said, "It is very cold." Nugent, said, "Yes, come into the house." Between the house and barn Nugent said, "I "nave a j ib I want you to hell, me do." I said, - Well." We then weut in, and Nugent, asking bis wife for warm water, washed his hands, and we "di inked." Nugent then weut out for fifteen or twenty minutes, and on bis returu we "drinked" again. Nugent then asked mo if I was ready. I said, "les. e then went Vt the south barn and drew the corpse to the east door, when Nugent weut round the not th side of the barn, took a Ixe'id, and shoved it into the east door. At this door the sill is some six ami a half feet above the ground, a cellar lieing under the barn. I put the btnly on the board, an.! we slid it on to Ihe ground ; then we car ried it to the north barn and laid it on the ll.rur. Nugent got on to the mow, and I lifted the b.rdy till Nugent got hold of it and drew it up. 1 then got up, and we carried it to the next mow. Nugent got up and I raised the body till lie got bolt I of it ami Dulled it up. Hero we left it and went to the bouse. Nugent said, "It you tell t.f it, I can get enough tt) kill you any time." Ho then said bo would go after some liquor, and bis wife said she would go with him. She wanted to tell the old man. I stayed with Nugent all this night, and left the next morning Fr Westorfield. j The defence offering no testimony, tho case was submitted without argument. Af ter a few moments' consultation, the court announced that Patrick Nugent stood com mitted to Haddam jail, to be held for trial before the next term of Supreme Court. Upon the meeting t.f tho court in Decem ber, a grand jury found a true bill against Nugent, and his trial was ordered for the next term of court, in February, 185S. Everything seemed nov to point to tho speedy conviction of Nugent, when to the astonishment of most of the inhabitants of Cromwell, tho Constitution of December 21, 1857, under the head of "Strange Devel opments," announced that the community was in an extraordinary state of excitement over dcelopments in the case of Charles E. Sage. After recapittilatingthe evidence against Nucnt, it says : "The case was very strong, and conviction seemed inevi table, But Charles Sage is ftJire.,J The paper goes oi. to narrate that a nephew of Mr. Sage, jr., residing in Ithaca, New York, had received a certain letter from Pennsylvania, signed "William Russell," that contained si.niy aliir-ions to young Sage, w hich aroused the suspicions of the brolher-in law of Mr. S.i",e, sr., to an ex tent that led him to" visit Pennsylvania, wheto lie discovered that "Mr. Hussell" was n) other than his nejiew, themiasing Charles E. Sage. Taking the lad with him to Ithaca, Mr. Williams (the brother-in-law) then visited Croinfe'll and revealed his discovery, whereupon Mr.fiage went to Ithaca and identified his son. The paper adds that measures were at twice put on foct I to secure Benson, who was still living at Cromwell, and release Nugent. An extra session of Ihe Supreme Court was called at Middletown, when a nolte i jroeqti was entered, and Nugent dis charged. The la officers sent to arrest Benson found him at a Methodist prayer meeting engaged in exhorting sinners to repentance a favoiite occupation of his at this juncture, lie was carried to jail, and, his trial having been adjourned over from February to April, lSoS, he was then bro't before the Supreme Court in session in the old town of Haddam. Benson plead not guilty to a chaige of perjury. For the State, there testified Sage, senior, his daughter Elizabeth, and the long-missing i Charles E. Sage. Tho evidenco of each j was briefly given, and that of 3onug Sage j quite disappointed the audience, who had j hoped that the mystery of his disappearance ; would now be explained. But as the State ! only had to prove his existence, his testi- j tnony was exceedingly aggravating by its j bievity, being simply to the effect that ho was alive auJ well. The defence introduced a witness or two who testified as to Benson's good behavior w hile in their employ, anil to his lack of mental ability, the object being to show that be had not flrit enough to concoct from w hole cloth such a story as he had told, and that somebody must have beeu assaulted, as ho describes, on the night in question ; henco tbat ho was not guilty of perjury iu supposing it to be Sage, when he learned that the lad was missing. But although to this day Home of the people of Cromwell believe that a murder must have been com mitted, and allege that a peddler wont to apjiear there was never seen after that night of tho supposed murder, and others assume that tho lid who returned was not the genuine Sage, yet the jury bad no trou ble in agreeing, anil speedily brought in a verdict of guilty. A motion for the arrest of judgment was entered, and the case went over to tho Septcuibcr term of the court, when the motion was withdraw n, and Ben son sentenced to State prison for life. In 18C1 he was pardoned out to enter the Uni ' ted States volunteer service in the latowar, aud, it is said, has since died. As has been intimated before, tho con viction of Benson for petjury did not for ever settle the mystery in the minds of all cognizant of the facts, while tho counsel far the State to this day affirm that Benson privately confessed his perjury to them, when arrested, his own counsel, cx-Post-master Calef, of Middletown, asserts that to him he ever asserted bis innoconco, and that he to this day believes that Benson did see some one muidered. As to Sage, sen ior and junior, and to tho Nugent family, there have also been widely diverging opin ions, some l-elieving a story, said to origi nate with the Nugeiiis, that on the day of the disappearance of young Sage, Mrs. Nu gent found him in a situation that led her to charge him with attempting improper liberties upon her daughter, and that the f.'iet of this scandal and of the father's hard treatment led him to flee the town. Some held that the father knew of bis son's flight and jerMiadcd the Nugent to prevent tho true cans thereof being known, while others believed him guiltless of this, but (hat young Sage fled from n tyrannical father, while others held Mrs. Nugent privy to tho plot against her husband. At all events the opular feeling was against tho Sages, so much to that the family finally removed to New Jersey. Concerning the recent death of Nugent, a friend from Cromwell writes as follows: "His son in law informs me ho left home Thursday, June 1, after some difficulty with his wife. He had been at work in West field, and it was sup rosed t hat be bad returned theie. The statement in the pa peis covered all the gioti id relative to the diseovcry of the body, w hich had evidently leen in the water three or four days. The snpK)sitiou is that the mat) went from bis house to what is known as the 'High Banks' on the l iver and there drowned him self, as he had repeatedly threatened to j do." The son in-law says that his wife drove him out of tho house, and that he J had l-een unable to woik lot several days ou account of illness. i tiu: sxaki-: CJIILIK BITTEN AND PUUsCKl) BT THE SPIRIT OT A SERPENT A POISONED idKE THAT ENDED IN MURDER AND SPICIDE AX UNRAVELED MYSTERY. North Dorset is a pretty hamlet in Yer mont. near the Hoosac. The grand (.recti Mountains tower up on either side and nestled iu tho peaceful valley are the few rambling houses and workmen's huts that go to make up tho settlement. It is easy eiir-ugh to see, at the fii.-t glance, that North Dorset is not a rich place, f,,r tho people lot.k anything bnt wealthy, the fauns have an uncaren for appeaiai.ee, and tho houses are of the most fumble down and dilapidated description. A curious anoma ly is tho presence of marble in every direc tion ; gate posts, fences, door steps, and even fire-places of puro white tnaible may be found in ami around these bumble dwellings ; and yet this aj p:i."nt luxury is but tho result of the.itinatc uidole'ioo of tho jeople, for this marble is the refuse of a quany iu the neigh boi hod. ami the No. :U Dorseteis. who aie too lazy to cut their fences and gate posts from wood, li.ivv found it much easier to bung ma i Lie slabs from the quarry. This was the appeal ance of the place when the "Writer went thither iu search of piscatorial spoit. which show, ed a meagre return tif the peicli, "bull heads," and sjiilish. The completion of tho Hoosac Thnnel has, however, probably improved j.Mr, ties,, late North Dorset, as it has improved foimer days, small as the place was, it boasted a hotel afu-r the con. ventioiial countiy pattern, which besides affording entertainment lor man and beast, also contained Ihe post office, country stoie and bar-room, in which tho loungers t f tho place would congregate and discuss politics and the other gossip of acountry bar room. Altogether, Not lb Dorset was tit a beyond what attractions nature had bestowed upon it, an altogether Wahullau abcuc. Thtie was A STRANOE CHILD there, however, whoso fame had gouc abroad among sccintific critics, and the lit tle hamlet was frequently visited by stu dents of natural phenomena, anxious to solve, if possible, the riddle this unfortun ate youngster --.resented. In the account which follows, the real naincsof the paities interested are suppiesscd at the request if those who have so deeply suffered lb rough the events that have transpired. The vis itors to theNoith Dorset Hotel were imme diately attracted by the ap-earaucc of one of the female servants, bhe was lall and g-umt in figure, with a face almost as swaitiiy as those, of an Indian, hair t.f a raven b'ack color, and fastened iu one of those remaikable coils that would npjar to be a distinctive niaik of the Yankee coutitiy wotiicu. Her eyes wciodaik and small, and from tho expression in them it was evident that the woman had snfiired much, as itflUtd she had. Si c had mar l ied one of the Lands ou the i .uii .n l. a. big, butly '.ierman, who, after thchiilh of Iheu child anil a strike of the Lauds Lith threw him out of woik, had taken to diiuk and abased her shamefully. Oop nighf a he was staggering home to his rhanty drunk, he was run down by an express train ami fatally injured. His death was a release to poor Eunice in sumo respects, bnt still sho had herself ar.d the cl.itd to support, and so, being a tidy and indu-dri tins woman, found but little tiouble i.i find ing employment at the hotel. J lere'aujt ti er misfortune befel her. The child, who hat! grown to be seven years of age, whilo playing in the field w as KITTEN KT A f-NAKE, and came crjing home, evidently suffering intense pain, and with her face swollen where tho poisonous frangs had entered in tho temple over her right eye. What little skill there was in that rude neighborhood was summoned, for little Puuchen had bc- cornea great favorite among the people, and, strange as it may seem, the child was saved from death, rot six mouths there was no apparent change iu her, and then, at tho full of the moon, a stieam of green ish matter oozed from the little scar that had been leCt by the serj-ent's fangs, and the whole disposition of the dhild seemed to change- Before, she had been blight and cheerful, but now she seemed to bo rURsLED BY THE SPIRIT OF THE SERPENT. Without the slightest provocation she would give waj' to fits or almost uncontrol lable rage, At these times her forehead would seem to flatter., her head would roll from side to side, Lor eyes would glitter with r. ?trai'ge. fascinating, and vet tcr;i fying light, a-i i she would try lo bite cny human lieing that came ir. her way. Fail ing in t-his, she would run cut into I ho road and, picking up stones, would Jlu.g tl-.t in with devilish malignity at those tow aids whom she wished to vent her rage. She would continue in this condition for about a week and then would si.orvei,o a season of almost deathlike iueriia, and she would ret in 11 to hor noimal state of cheet f'iL:t-.s With each return of lue fi!l iu.h.ii would come those strange P. Is, and, by ami by. she cm mo to be kuo.vu in tho ucighboihoMl as THE SNAKE CHILD. A physician from Troj hat jttiiiig to lie r.t North Dmsei during the following tttna- nier saw the child aud a coat,. lei t iy p'tz zlcd at her case. Ho wiote to mure .-liiois of the medical fiaternity, and vciy mkib there was a consultation of doctors i'i the little hotel parlor, discussing the Lisas c.v tutic. Different remedies were tried, hut without avail. One of the party, more en- thtisiastic than tho isst, all. used Annc'itii to bite him on tho arm. aud skmiu the limb swelled up an J became mortified like Un wound of a set pt nt. Ho-toiativca and stimulants were applied, nul he rccoveiet'., bat a serious attack t ' sickness folk-wed his exjierimeut. BafAicd in Ihoir efforts to discover tho cause and pruvontion of tho Strang. malady w ith which Annoheu v.-.i-s affected, the Trov duct or tielorininctl ti bring th child to New York, ar.d it n.. not difficult to obta;.i the consent ol ti e , mother to the trip. The appeaiance of the I child-in this city w ill be iemen.beivi? I 7 . some ot our uiost caunent 1.3 social. s, a4 though the cure was never made ,.. ib!ic When she first came into the Lust'ei g city all its strange and novel sights appt.aied to please her immensely, and she danced and crowed w ith childish glee. The appeaaauca . of the full moon, however, brought with it j the usual symptoms : there were the dis- j charge of matter fiom the scar, the fits of passion and the PECULIAR FLATTENINO OF THK FOREHEAD developed with even greater intensity than they had bceu iu the quiet hamlet of Neitu NUMBER 32. Dorset, and she brought desolatiou ujs.n the glass jars and retorts of many a laboia tory. The New Yoik doctois were as much pur.r.led cs their brethren of T103-, the case baffling their utmost efTuts for its solution. "So deep was the interest taken iu her that a purse was made up, and it was determined to send her to liertnanv. iu the hope that perhaps the (Jertnaii phvsl ciaii might be able to give bet relief. 1 ho mother was stiil further uigod to go by the fact that her husband's father in that countiy had lately died, leaving a sm.l slate ttt her. Funds enough weie raisotl to send h--r aud Auuehen to Fatherland, and they soon d. .. it. d. A few mouths lapsed when Eunice wiote, returning tbu amout.t that had la-en advanced f..r tho passage money, and saying that her chthl seemed to be impioviug- uin'cr tho treat mei.t of a celebrated physician at Bonne, w h hatl taken great inieiest in the case, and that a full moon had passed without a let urn -f tin- dreadful luulady. Years p.isM d bv inn I Eunice w rote let nnoe, whilo in the huny of business and occur lence of the other professional events the pom- Vermont snako child was forgotten, only that occasionally she would be sjokeu i t and wonder expressed as to her fate. Last v.tek her memory was recalled in a most staitlitsg manner. One of the physi cians w bo h.:d been iiu-tinmrtdal iu send ing her abroad haj.pened t., be in the office of one of ur laie advertising agencies and while waiting for one party whom ho had gone to see. he took up a Oerman pa per lying on the desk nt his side. Being 14 good German scholar, he commenced read ing it, when his eye was attracted by a paragraph desciibing a terrible murder of a child by its mother. Upon reading Ibo story it was discovered that the giil hatl married in German, anil while Visiting a show hatl Keen some Atneiican 111 ttlest takes in a glass cage. She broke through tho glass, seized one of the snakes and held it to her child's heaJ, uou which the if tilo fastened its fangs. Shortly after the child died atol Ihe unhappy mother seized a knife ar.d cut her own thioat fioiu car to car. JV. 1". M:rcvry. A Staktlino Story. Some of our co temporal its seem disposed to question tho truth of our statement that a negio man who was kilicd by lightning a lew days ago in Campbell county, had the letters - God" on bis body. Dr. Thomas E. M.or Inan, whoso iisl-.fhce atlJiess is Mt Zion. Campl-ell county, has furt-ished the It it h inouU Chriftiun A'hocutf an account of tho circumstances, fiotu which wc exuact tho following : On the evening of the Gth instant. Petty Jones and Ge.uge Biown, colored men, no toiionsly the most pivfanc, wicked peisons iu the whole community, w iih t hive other colored jitisoiis, took lefuge dining tho 1.1.11 act, ii pan e l by a good U;1 of light ning a.ui Ihttndci, in a I'-lutco barn ou tho land of Mr. iteoigo Cieasy. Fiom their mm ml poMto.ns one won hi have thought that twoof the others weto iu more, and the tl.iid in as much danger as Jones and Brown were. They, as their custom was, were cog ged in cursing and sw eaiing. Suddenly I lie lihtn ing descend ed upon them, at.d whiie the other three were Comparatively uninjured. .L.ties was hilled and Uiown was kti icLeu down sense less and altu JSt Iifc!e-s for a tiaie. lie re vived afit'i a. lew itri :.-.:! 1 s. and soon seem ed to have regained all his streng,h, but was dumb and bereft of his min.i for sever al hours. The lightning had set fiic to his clothiug, and he was burned on his chest auJ left side and aim before the fire was extinguished. In his maniac efforts to free himself from those who weie itstraining him the skin was nibbed from the burned flesh and presented the following charac ters : G t) 1. Very close re presentation, j to say the least of them, of the capital let j v.hile aiound and b.-tweeu them the skiu ters uxu in pruning rue name 01 ueity, was unremoved, and appaiently not buru- j ed. The above characters occupied tho ' angles of am equilateral triangle, which, as ' you are doubtless aware, was in ancient days the vymbol of Deity. This man, then, appears t l..ae been branded with . the name of his Cieator iu the symbolic language, it may be, of bis forefatbcis 3, (kid ears ago, anil in the printed language t.f the nation to which ho belongs. Ly tto.a bury ( Fu.) A'ttfj. "Mariak II as Gone to young man in the 1 nral u.sti icts had parted . his tia.xen lock in the most imp.11ti.il man ! t,er; if theie was a hair more n one side , of his head than on the o' her Ihe tliOiereiico i emud not be obss-i vcd. Ho hid a tolerable 1 g.H'ii tenor voice, and he Lad mastered new soi g. The moonlight shone biighty tTown tui the greet. sward in front of the lesith'iico which held the niaitlt ti of bis ' Lo tit. The youth cicpt willy up the side walk, and let out his soul in melN'y, "I :it ling, I'm watting f r thee, waitit g ; f t tho"."' Ho had baitlly CHiipleted tlnj ' iecM.d chorus wlisii a window bond wat ' cautiously fjxi.ed. somcth tijj white wn 1 see 1 1 by the l,'it t.f (l.e ui.s.n, a:,d an o1, I ids v., ice. not in bjttnor.y with the muic, ! said : "li a1': ligM. jom g man. hut oi 1 necdii'i wa.t a;: S-.i.jtr ; Manat Lag) tio bed. Thk d n; in the manger, that ti'1 let her tal Ihe l ay himself ik.i let the eat il, has b. 11 l -noune. d for ages the) rorst eatnplei. st l!ihiies that ever camo ! to light in the I.Utt.ry of the wet Id. 1 he isst men Lave given the subject nun h thought, antl lute all arrived at the Mii,a ' ioi"t of cuichts'on. That the dog bail n 1 reason undei thesunfoi such conduct, only poor, dowtiiight meannesa. It never oc ! rutted to them that, an a good bed i l.et ' to a good meal, the oor dog wanted that ! little bunch of hay for a bed. and bad as ! good a right t it as the ox ; hence? ihe t-x ! was ihe meanest of ibe two in seeking to rob the dog of hi bed. S .Est.p bad bet tr "pull down Lio vest' while we tall) otio for tho dt'g. Her View ok It. "Suppose, PteAe," said a poor but honest Chicago youth to a Prairie avenue girl one day this week, 'suppose that a yr.ut.g; man loved yon dearly vciv dearly but was afraid to "ask you to many him may be because he was very timid, or felt toopt-or, or something what would 3011 think of such a case?" "Think ?" answered the girl immediate ly. "Why, if he was poor, I should think that he was doing just light in keeping still about ii." Th question was dropped t ight thtie.