VOL. 49
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July 3.
-AICALDWELL, Attorney -at -Law,
-A- , •No. street. Office formerly occupied
by Messrs. Woods As Williamson. [apl2,ll.
DR. A.B. BRUMBAUGH, offers his
professional services to the community.
Office. No. 523 Washington etreet, one door east
of the Catholic Parsonage.
J. GREENE, Dentist. Office re
-LA • moved to ister'm new building, Hill street
fjan.4,'7 I .
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April 6, 1871- y
Miscellaneous,
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New Advertisements.
`U MUFF'S SALES.
k 3 By virtue of sundry writs an. Fa. Vend. Exp.
and Low. Fa. to me directed, I will expose to pub
lic sale at the Court House, in Huntingdon, on
MONDAY, April 13. 1871, at 1 o'clock, p. m.,
tho following described real estate, to wit
J. A. NASH,
All of defendant's right, title+ and in
terest in all that certain messuage and tract of
land situate in West township, Huntingdon coun
ty. State of Pennsylvania, adjoin inglands of Win.
Stewart and Dorsey's heirs on tun west, lands of
John and Michael Ware on the south, and land,
of Wm }teed on the east, containing 102 acres and
percheS, having thereon erected a two story
dwelling house, frame barn, and other outbuild
ings.
ALSO, All of defendant's right, title and inter
est, ia a certain tract of land in Jackson township,
county of Iluntingdon, and State of Pennsylva
nia, bounded on the east by land of George W.
Johnston, on the north by land of James Fleming,
on theaotals-by land of Greenwood Furnace Com
pany, containing ICO acres, more or less.
Seised, taken in execution;-and to be sold as the
property of George Warfel.
Al.o—Allthat certain two story frame
dwelling house, with a basement story, being about
twenty-five feet in front by nineteen feet in depth,
b.cateil on a lot or piece of ground in the village
of MeConnellstown, Walker township, in the
county of Huntingdon, on the west side of the
• puolic road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford,
adjoining lot or Jonas Buclovalter on the north.
and a sixteen foot alley on the stealth and west, to
gether with the ground covered with said build
ing, and so mush other ground immediately ad
jacent thereto and belonging to the at ore named
Daniel Megahan as may be necessary for the or
dinary and useful purposes of the , ame.
" '
Seized, taken in'eseeution, and to be sold ns the
propeti ... of Dnnel Megohnn.
' " ' •• ' -'-`
ALSO—AII. of defendant's ribla, title
and linen,: in all that certain tra,t of land situ
ate in the township of Spring& ld, county of
Huntingdon, Pa., bounded ns follows: on the
south nud rant by lands of Eli,ha Green's heirs,
on the south west by lands of Wm. 11. Looth, on
the north west by lands of John Star's heir's, on
the north by lands of Caleb Brown and Benjamin
Ramsey, ot, the east by lands of llenry C. Cromer,
containing 198 acres, more or less, having thereon
erected a small frame barn, two dwelling houses,
ono and a half stories each.
Seized, taken in eNocution, and to be sold as
the property of Samuel 11. Anderson.
ALSO—AII of defendants' right, title
and interest in a certain tract of land situate in
Henderson township. Iluntibg.don county, Pa.,
hounded as follows: On the north by lands of Jo
seph Trymer, on the south by lands of Clarence
Trytuer, on the east by lands of William Rupert,
en the west by latndr of - Shooter, containing
GO acres, more or less, baring thereon erected a
two story log dwellink house and a log stable.
. .
J. A. BAILEY
Seized, taken in execution. and to be sold as the
property of Jaeul? Shorrelt and George Jackson.
. •
ALSO—AII of defendant's right, title
and interest in all that certain lot of ground &jai
ate in that Tart of the borough of Huntingdon
known no West Huntingdor, at tho south-west
corner of Fifteenth and Mifflin streets, fronting
fifty feet on said Mifflin street, and extending
back at right angles to &ono 150 fret to a fifteen
feet alley.
ALSO—AII of defendant's right, title and
interest in all that certain lot of ' .round situate in
the western part of the boroughof Huntingdon,
at the south-west corner of fifteenth and Moore
streets, fronting fifty feet on said Moore street,
and extending 4Jack at right tingles to same 150
feet to a fifteen-feet alley.
Seized, taken in exeeition, and to be sold as the
property of Jacob Stahley,. •
•n"'• • • • '
ALSO—AII of defendant's right, tide
and interest in nit that certain lot or piece of
ground situate in West township. Huntingdon Ca.,
Pa.,-bounded as follows: on the north by the pub
lic read leading to Warrior Ridge from the main
road running from Petersburg up Sharer's Creek
Valley. on the east and south by lands of John
Rung. on the wort by the public road running
from Petersburg up Shaver's Creek Valley, con
taining about one acre, brtoin.• ' thereon erected a
three story building about 30 by 20 feet, with a
kitchen attached, nod th. , curtilage appurtenant
thereto.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as
the property of Henry Rudy.
ALSO—AII of defendant's right, title
and interest in a certain lot of ground situate in
the borough of Petersburg, Huntingdon county,
Pa.. bounded and described as follows: On the
west by Washington strtet. on the south by an
allex, on the east by King street and on the north
by lot now or formerly owned by Henry Grazier:
said lot being No. 61 in the plan of fetid borough,
end haring thereon erected a frame or log. house
and other outbuildings,
. .
Seined, taken in eieoution, and to he sold as
the property of Jacob Bruner.
ALSO—AII of derentlant'a right. title
and interest in all that certain messungc and tract
of land. s'tnate in the township of Penn. county
of Huntingdon, Pa., bounded and described as
follows: Beginning at a post thence by land of
Isaac Peightal N. 41 degrees E. 69 perches to a
stone heap: thence land of Joseph Norris, N.
63 degrees W 41 perches to a post; 'hence by land
of It. 0. W. Wall, N. 49 degrees W. 631 perches
to a post : thence by land of John Lee, S. SC do
ewes W. 46 perches to a post ; thence by lands of
Samuel Harris' heirs S. ns degrees E. 122 i perehes
to the place of beginning, enntnining 40 acres and
73 perches net measure, having thereon erected a
one and a half story log dwelling house and a log
stable.
Seised, token in execution, and to be sold as the
property of Israel Merkel.
ALSO—AII of defendant's right, title
and interest in a certain tract of land situate in
the township of Cass, county of Huntingdon. Pa.,
bounded as follows: on the east by land of Solo
mon Mirely, on the west by land of John Steelier,
on the forth by land of Jesse D. Shore and on
'the Awl by land of Benjamin Everett, contain
ing; 113 acres. more or loss, having thereon erected
a two story dwelling bootie, a log barn and other
out buildings.
Seised, taken in execution, and to be Aid as
the property of Joseph Ilarbangh.
ALSO—AII the defendanth' right, title
and interest in 251 acres of land in Clay town
ship, adjoining land of Samuel Bowser on the
west. Benjamin Shrpe on the east. M. J. Ashman
on the south, and David Storer on the north, with
a large dwelling house, large barn and other out
buildings.
Seized, tniten in execution. and to he sold PP the
Property of Satunel L. Glasgow and Harriet N.
Glar7ow.
_VII" Madura will take notice that 20 per cent.
of the purchase money must be paid when the pro
perty is knocked down, or it will beput up again
for eats. AMON POUCH,
Sheriff's Office. j [Sheriff.
Huntingdon, Mch. 25, '74. j
TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED.
Take notioe that John S. Nimmon and A.
A. Skinner, Assignees of William P. Ramsey, of
the towngbip of Dublin, hare filled in the office of
the Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas
of Huntingdon county. their amount as Assignees
aforesaid which will bo preiented to the said Court
on the second Monday of April next, for confirma
tion and allowance, and will be sr/confirmed and
allowed unle , s ,xceptions to filed thereto.
MarehlB,74,
MO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED.
Take notice, that Robert Cunningbam.com
mittee of John B. Tnssey. a lunatic, late of Porter
township, deceased, has lits 4 in the office of Pro
thonotary of theCoart of Common Pleas of Hun.
tingdon County. his account as committee afore
said which will be presented to the second Mon
day of April next, for confirmation 3nd allowance,
and will be so confirmed and allowed unless ex
ceptions be tiled thereto.
T. W. DITTON,
Mardi 18;71 Prothontory.
TRIAL LIST FOIL A PRIL TERM 1874
FIRST WEEK.
Lowell Shuroway who
bath eurvired W. A.:I
L. aumway, partner
lately trading as W. A.
& L. Shumway vs. James Dunn.
SECOND WEER.
Harriet C. Reese by her
father Dr. J. A. Shade so. C. A. Reese
Mary J. Mitchell's use vs. William McClure
Henry omMus for use
of Robert A. Laird vit. The Township of Por
ter and the Borough of
Alexandria.
T. W. AfTTON,
March 16;1 I. Prothonotary,
NOT IC
N DIVORCE.
ROBERT PALMER,I In the Court of Common
Pleas of Huntin g don Coun
t, ty. January Term, 1874.
MARTHA PALMER No. 27. Diverts.
To Martha Palmer, respondent above named.
Yon are hereby required to appear before our
Judges at Huntingdon, at a Court of Common
Pleas, there to be held on the second Monday of
April next, to chow cause why a divorce from the
bond of matrimony, as prayed in the libel filed,
should not be decreed in the suit.
It has been impossible to serve you with the
above notice personally, by reason of your absence
from the jurisdiction of the Court.
MarchlB-4t
I ?Air Mall:34lm
Courtship Aft Oil iili o.
A STORY FOR WIVES.
"Now this is what I call comfort," said
Madge Harley, as she sat down by her
neighbor's fire one evening; "here you are
at your sewing, with the kettle steaming
on the hob, and the tea.things on the table,
expecting every minute to hear your hus
band's step, and see his kin 3 face look in
at the door. Ah ! if my husband was but
like yours, Janet."
'be is like mine in many of his ways,"
said Janet, with a smile. "and if you will
allow me to speak plainly, he would be
still more like him if you took more pains
to make bim comfortable."
"What do you mean ?" cried Madge ;
"our house is Its clean as yours ; I mend
my husband's Clothes, and cook his dinner
as carefully as any woman in the parish,
and yet. he never stays at home of an even
ing, while you sit here by your cheerful
fire night after night as happy as can be."
"As happy as can be en earth. - aid her
friend, gravely; "yes and shah I tell you
the secret of it, Madge?"
"I wish you would," said Madge with a
deep sigh ; 'it's misery to live as I do
now."
"Well, then," said Janet speaking slow
ly and distinctly, "I let my husband see
that I love him still. and that I learn ev
ery day to love him more. Love is the
chain that binds him to his home. The
world may call it folly, but the world is
not my lawgiver."
"And do you really think," exclaimed
Madge in surprise, "that husbands care fur
that sort of thing ?" - .
"For lore, do —, Fou mean ?" asked Janet
, .
"Ycs ; they don't feel at all as we do,
Janet, and it don't take many years of
married life to make theM thiak. of a wife
as a maid-of-all work."
"•A libel, Madge," said Mrs. Matson,
laughing; °•I won't allow you to sit in
Williani's chair and talk so."
"No, because your husband is different,
and values his wife's love, while John cares
for me only as his housekeeper."
"I don't think that," said Janet, "al
though I know that he said to my husband
the other day that courting time was the
happiest of a man's life. William reminded
him that there is a greater happiness than
that, even on earth, if' men but give their .
heart's to Christ. I know that John did
not alter his opinion, but he went away
still thinking of his courting time as of a
joy too great to be exceeded."
"Dear fellow," cried Nudge, smiling
through her tears, "I do believe he was
very happy then. I remember I used to
listen for his steps as I sat with my dear
mother by the fire longing for the happi
ness of seeing h'in."
"Just so," said Janet ;" do you ever feel
like that now 7"
Madge hesitated. "Well, no, not ex
actly."
"And why not ?"
"0, I don't know," said Madee, "mar
ried peaple give up that sort of thing."
"I:ove, do son mean ?" asked Jauet.
"No. but what people call being senti
mental," said Mrs. Harley.
"Lenging,to see your husband a pro
per sentiment," replied Janet.
'But some people are ridiculously foolish
before others," reasoned Madge.
"That proves they want sense. lam
not likely to approve of that, as William
would son tell you; all I want is that
wives should let their husbands know they
are still loved."
"But men are so vain," said Madge,
"that it is dangerous to show them much
attention."
Her friend looked up, "0, Madge, what
are you saying ? Haveyon, then, married
with the notion that it is not good for
Jchn to believo you love him ?"
.No, but it is not wise to show that you
care too much fur them."
"Say me and him ; do not talk of bus.
bands in general, but of yours in partic•
ular."
"He thinks quite enough of himself al
ready, I assure you."
'Tear ~ 11adge," said Janet, smiling,
"would it do you any harm to receive a
little more attention front your husband."
! of course not. I wish he'd try," and
Mrs. Harley laughed at the idea.
"Then you don't think enough of your
self already ? and nothing would make you
vair, I stippise?"
Madge colored, and all the more when
slap perceived that William Matson had
come in quietly, and was now standing be
hind Janet's chair. This, of course, put
an end to the conversation. Mad ;e retired
to her own home to think ofJanet's words.
and to confess secretly that they were
wise
Hours passed before John Harley re
turned home. He was man of good abil
ities, and well to do in the world; and
having married Madge because he truly
loved her, he had expected to have a hap.
py home. But partly because he was re
served and sensitive, and partly because
Madge feared remake him vain, they had
grown cold toward each other, so cold that
John began to think the ale house a more
comfortable place than his own fireside.
That night the rain fell in torrents, the
winds howled, and it was not until the
midnight hour had arrived that Harley
left the public house and hastened toward
his cottage. He was wet . through when
he at length crossed the thresLold, he was,
as he gruffly muttered, "used tp that;"
but he was not "used" to the lone and
look with which his wife drew near to wel
come him, nor to find warm clothes by a
crackling fire, and dippers on the hearth ;
nor to hear no reproachful- late hours, and
neglect, aid dirty footmarks, as he sat in
his arm-chair. 1.-lome change had come to
Madge he was very sure. She wore a dress
ho had bought her years ago, with a neat.
linen collar round the neck, and had a cap,
trimmed with white ribbons on her head.
T. W. MYTON,
Prothonotary.
'You're smart. Madge," he exclaimed'
at last, when he had stared at her for some
little time iu eilence. "Who has been
here worth dressing for, to-night ?"
"No one until you came," said Madge ;
half laughing.
"1? Nonsense; you didn't dress for
me 1" cried John.
"You won't believe it, perhaps, but I
did. I have been talking with Dirs. Mat
son this evening, and she has given me
some very good advice. So now, John,
what would you like for your supper ?"
"John," who was wont to steal to the
shelf at night and content himself with
anything he emld find, thought Madge's
offer too excellent to be refused and very
soon a large howl of chocolate was steam
ing on the table. Then his wife sat down,
for a wonder, by his side, and talked a
little, and listened, ana,..looked, pleased,
AMON HOUCK,
Sheriff.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1874
when at last, as jibe could not help it, he
said, "Dear old Madge!"
That was enough ; her elbow somehow
found its way then to the arm of his great
chair, and she sat quietly looking at the
fire. After a while John spoke again:
"Madge, dear, do you remember the old
days when we used to sit. side by side in
your mother's kitchen 9"
"Yes."
"•I was a young man then, Madge, and,
as they told me, handsome; now I ant
growing older, plainer, duller. Then you
—you loved me; do you love me still ?'
She looked up in his face, and her eyes
answered him. It was like going back to
the old days to feel his arm around her as
her heactlay on his shoulder, and to hear
once again the kind words meant for her
ear alone.
She never once asked if this would make
him "vain ;" she knew, as if by instinct,
that it was making him a wise, a more
thoughtful, more earnest hearted man.—
And when after a happy silence, he took
down the Bible, and read a chapter, as he
had been wont to read to her mother in
former times, she bowed her head and
prayed.
Yes prayed-for pardon, through the
blood ofJesus. Christ—for the strength
to fulfil every duty in the future—for the
all-powerful influence of the Spirit, for
blessings on her husband evermore.
She prayed—and net in veins
for the
Argument of S. T. Brown, Esq.,
.Before the Joint Committee of Investiga
tion, on the (Jasscille Soldiers' Orphan
School, in the Senate Chamber, Barris
burg, Minh 19th, 1874.
Mr. Chairntan and Gentlemen of the
C'oinntittee :—lt was assigned to me to
speak in reply to such argumeatsas should
be produced on the part Sif the defendant
here, and my being called at this time is
owing to an arrangement entered into just at
the commencement of the argument of Mr.
Doty, the counsel for the defense insisting
that we shall occupy a full hour and a half
of our time before they were called on to
reply. This being the case, of course I
have made no preparation. to speak in
chief, and shall occupy a portion of the
time left us by referring to a few points of
the testimony which have been very cur
sorily glanced at by my colleague. Be
fore doing so, however, I would just re
mark that the testimony of the prosecution
in this ease is not that of one or two wit
nesses, but of many. It is true that the
main witnesses are five in' number, three
females and two males. The females have
all been named here by Mr. Doty. They
are Miss Hancuff, Miss Pope and Miss
Ildrelay, now Mrs. Funk. The two boys
were Alfred Hancuff, and John R. Strick•
land. The first three were girls who tes
tify to the criminal acts attempted on
themselves. The two boys testify to
crimes, so shameful to huinanity that they
ought to be unmentionable in their details,
of which they also had personal knowledge,
because perpetrated on themselves. But
before retbrring to the details of these
charges, or the answers made to them, I
will read en extract or two from the testi
mony of Miss Haneuff. Mr. Doty refer
red, at some length, to the testimony of
Miss Hancuff in relation to the first out
rage attempted,—that which occurred in
the room or office of A. L. Guss, when she
was between the age of 13 and 14 years,
but merely hinted at two er three other
insults, of equal or greater aggravation.
After detailing the insults referred to
by Mr. Doty, as occurring in the room,
she is asked the question, "Did he ever do
anything, on any other occasion, and if so
when and how long after that ?" Answer—
"l presume it was a year or more after ;
it was not more than two years at the far
thest, when I remaihed there during vaca
tion, before I was 16, the last vacation I
spent there ; he, met me in the hall. and
asked me to take a walk to the spring. I
inquired who was to go along—a little sus
picious, you will observe, of her preceptor
and teacher—he allowed, 'we will do. I
remarked I would rather have some more
to go along. * (Here follow several ex
tracts from the testimony, which, though
proper for the Committee, who were to
pass upon'it, yet it- is of such an obscene
character as to be unfit for publication, and
we omit Next day when I went to
his office for a hammer to nail my trunk,
be got it and handed it to me, and as I
turned to leave the room, ho said. 'Llok
here, Kate, you will not tell what has
happened between you and me, and if I
can do you a good turn I'll do it; but
never tell your friends about what has
happened."
Now, gentlemen, Guss has undertaken
to give an account of this occurrence him
self: He was called to the stand, and re
lated his long, tedious story. You will
remember that after having taken the
stand as a witness, he finally came down
to this point in the case, and denied that
he ever had any criminal intimacy with
any of these girls, and never did anything
improper, except on one occasion he did
put his arm around Kate Hancuff and
kissed her. lie says he was in his office,
sitting on the table, and she came in, and
be got down and put hisatrms around her
and kissed her ! That was a scene worthy
of a painter—a scene that ought to be de
picted by a Reuben o: a Hogarth ! Ima
gine to yourselves this clergyman (!) sitting
in his office, in the deepening twilight, and
and Miss Hance, a well developed young
girl of sixteen, enters the office; the door
closes with a spring lock behind her.
•There she stands, in the presence of this
man, who is meditatiag a sermon, perhaps,
or perhaps upon that lecture on Solomon's
Temple; upon the felicity of that great
Prince who had built the temple, and who
had three hundred wives and seven hon.
.dred concubines; hot he deliberately gets
down off the table, places his arm around
the young girl, presses her to his bosom
and kisses her. That was all according to
to his statement. But do you believe it,
'gentlemen ? A man like that, with a face
that alone would justify a prosecution for
adultery and incest every day in the week!.
If that was all, gentlemen of the Commit
tee, it was only because he was repelled
by the stern virtue of this girl of sixteen.
I believe I have occupied the balance of
the one and a half hours.
THE CHAIRMAN :—You have six min
utes yet.
Nit. BROWN :-But this is a small part
ofthe testimony and cross-examination. The
most searching and the most insulting
questions were put to her. It was well for
the Committee to give the defendant and
his counsel all the latitude they wanted for
their defense, but I say they put questions
which were an insult to. •then• own man
hood, and all in the attempt to torture her
into some contradiction tlrt they might
take 'advantage of. But did they do it?
say they utterly tailed, in ill this hour
and a half of cross-examination, commen
cing their questions with the time when
she come to the school, a child of eleven
years of age. She innocently remarked
that before she come to the school she
knew nothing about such things, and had
never heard of them. But I tell you,
gentlemen, that when a young girl got.
into that school, it was not long until she
learned something about them, either from
the teacher or the general report current
among the employees or boys; and I say
that is one of the most damaging features
of the evidence—that the children talked
about these things—that the boys and
girls talked about them—the boys had
their suspicions, and the girls knew they
were true.
Time up.
Woods follows.
Adjourned till if r. m
EVENING SESSION.
Petriken opens.
BROWN : Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen
of the Committee:—The cane of the prose
cution having been , presented by my col
league, Mr. Doty, and the testimony hav
ing been commented on to some extent, it
now becomes my duty to answer, as tin. as
I can, in the liniited time left. me, the ar
guments presented on the part of the de
fense. The nature of this duty precludes.
of course, that preparation which would
enable me to make an orderly and metho
dical presentation of the ease, and I trust
I shall be indulged if somewhat wandering
in my remarks. The review of my col
league, happily relieves me from many of
the loathsome details of this evidence.
'I am glad it is so, Lecause he has done it
well, and because it is unpleasant for me
to dwell upon such disgusting details. I
would have been content to close this case
when the testimony closed, without a word
of argument—content even to have per
mitted them to go on and break the force.
and explain away these terrible charges if
they cuted. But they insisted on their
right to be heard ; it was granted, and it
has imposed on us the duty of replying.
We have assumed that duty, and are here
to discharge it to the best of our ability.
What is nature of the defense set
up here ? If I understand rightly their
arguments, the defense consists 'tithe first
place, of the allegation that these witnesses
for the prosecution are of bad character,
and have sworn falsely. Second, They
say that the charges were made fsr politi
cal purposes. Third.—That Guss himself
has denied them, and Fourth. That Guts
is a man of good character, and that every
body says so about Cassville. Under these
four beads are included all the arguments
and the positions they have taken. The
first two relate to the witnesses for the
Prosecution ; the other two to the testimo
ny of the defendant. They say, in the
first place, that these girls and boys who
have testified to these damaging facts
against Prof. Guts, are of had character
and ought not to be believed. They can
e& a number of employees of the school,
over about Cassville, who said they knew
these girls when at school, and some said
their characters were not very good, and
others that they were bad, and so it went.
Now, gentlemen, I want you to remem
ber this one thing about the testimony to
character, and it is this : they undertook
to break down the testimony of these girls
before you by evidence relating to their
history and character five or six years ago.
I believe all these three girls, Hanna,
Barclay, and Pope, are now between 19
and 20 years of age. They went s back to
the period when they were in the school,
and from 14 to 16 years of age, to show
what they then were, and I say they did
not succeed in shaking the testimony of
these girls by any evidence offered on this
point. It is not a question of inquiry
here whether these girls, when children at
school, always told the strict truth ; wheth
er they were good, pious littlegirls ; and it
is well, perhaps, if they were not, because
very good children always die young. That
is not the question ; but I say, if it were
ths question, they did not show that they
were liars then. Is it to be supposed
;hat because children will tell fibs in
school that they are never to be believed
under oath. afterwards ? When is the dis
ability to be removed if not in five or six
years ? Suppose it could have been
proved that Mr. Woods or Mr. Potrekin
was in the habit of telling lies when at
I have no doubt it could have
been proved by that oligarchy at Cassville
School,—why everybody knows that either
of these gentlemen would ha throws into
spasms at the idea of telling . "' falsehood
maw, when they have grown to be men.
The question is whether at the time these
girls took the book and swore to tell the
truth, the whole'truth, and uothingbut the
truth, they were then of such 'croutons
character that you are not to believe theta
under oath. Now, it seems to me, it comes
down to that, and that is the point in the
case. If you believe these girls and their'
statements, can you hesitate for a moment
in declaring that this is northe man to
train up and guide, and control the chil
dren of our fallen Soldiers ? I sty the
main question is, are these witnesses
worthy of belief? If these witnesses are
not to be believed who can be believed ?
What is the nature of the testimony they
adduced to break them down ? When we
asked them the question, why of bad char
acter? "Oh" they said, 'ohey told'stories
on the school." What stories "Oh
they raised stories on Prof. Gass," a num•
her of them said this, and I believe some
of them said on Mr. Weidman. You
'heard Weiduaatt's statement and know all
about it. But, they said they had raised
stories on Guts. That is begging the
question. and I tell you, gentlemen, that is
where all the trouble arose. Away back
five or six years ago, these stories were
atleat, and as soon as they got afloat and
,from that day down to this hour, there has
beet' a systematic effort to break down the
character of these children, as they then
were, and young ladies, as they now
are•. Front that very day it seems to have
been the object of this man to break them
down, by a systematic and persistent effort.
But the question now is, have they sue
ceeded ? Thesestories were afloat. How
-did they get afloat ? Every one of these
three girls told her isother. Miss Hancuff
wrote to her mother, and Miss Pope, as
soon as she got,,iuside of her mother's door
related to her the story of outrage and in
sult. They say she cause back to Hunting
don with Guss after the alleged injury.
She said on the stand that she had no
money to bring her home. Guts had
taken her there, and she had not the com
mand of wagons and teams to come and go
when it-pleased her, nor the means-to pay
her bills at Cassville. Necessity knows tie
law, and she was compelled to return holm
the best way she could. When they ask
why Mrs. Hancuff permitted 'her child to
remain there, why send the other younger
children there, we give the same answer;
she was not able to support them, That
she
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senten e l ha thems exhausted
t a ter erp and
ow l e er fs
,
is the reason the State supports then), and
t the
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and the guardian exhausted all his power
to get this girl away and they failed.
When these children get into Guss hands
he keeps his clutches on them. Did they
break down these witnesses ? When I
want to get to the very bottom or an
affair and want to know what the God's
truth is. I waist to see the witnesses on the
stand, and hear them tell their story ; to
have them submitted toa cross examination
I want to understand the motives that in
flueuce them in givitys ' their testimony,
and I would rather have that than the
gossip of ten thousand of the Gusses and
Riendlaubs concerning their character. I
want to hear them .as you heard them.
Did they not sustain themselves ? Talk
about these trifling contradictions in de
tail. It strengthens their story, and shows
that there is no concert between them.
These four or five witnesses, living in dif
ferent counties, not acquainted, and per
haps never having spoken together since
these things took place, and yet testify to
facts of the same nature, within their own
knowledge, uncontradieted, except so far
as they have undertaken to contradict
them by evidence against thei? characters.
What were the motives to induce these
girls to tell these stories ? It is a rule of
evidence and of common sense that men
and women do not perjure themselves with
out a motive. It is natural to speak the
truth. It is doing violence to our natures
to lie, and nobody tells a lie, especially un
der oath, unless there is sonic strong court
tehailing motive. What motive had these
girls in coming here and relating these
stories falsely ? The motive was all on
the other side. Their motive would rath
er be to conceal. What motive .had they
to tell these things which they could not
tell without bringing more or less of stig
ma on their own characters? And it was
no small load of infamy they took on them
selves to have their names associated with
this man, one which would go down to the
latest hour of their lives. But I say that
they are corroborated here by numberless
circumstances, and by the conduct of A. L.
Guss himself. Why did ho send these
persons to see this lady. Miss Hancuff?
Why did Harper Snyder go to her and try
to persuade her to be silent, and why did
the sister-in iaw write a letter to her. on
the same subject, couched in beautiful but
artful language though it be ? Do you
thick, if these three girls had gone on the
stand and given evidence favorable to
Guss, that they would not have been pa
raded there as paragons of excellence, an
gels of purity and truth? If these girls
had come to the stand and told their stories
and gone away, and yet. bad heard noth
ing more and seen nothing more of them,
you might have doubted whether it was in
human nature to commit such acts,—
whether any man could be so depraved;
but they have undertalen to attack their
characters, and I leave it to you whether
we did not sustain them. You heard the
evidence for and against:4ll6r characters.
and I leave it to you, in the discharge of
your solemn duty, to say ou whibh side it
preponderatei. I say that their testimony
is more worthy of belief this hour, than if
there had not been a word of testimony of
with regard to their credibility. I
believe they did not undertake to break
down the two boys, Hancuff and Strick
land. What about them ? Mr. Petrekin
talked about them in a very low tone. and
a very modest way, but gentlemen, there
that testimony stands, and so does the tes
timony of these girls, yea, and there it will
stand, until the clay when the Great Judge
of all, to whom they appealed for the truth
of what they were about to declare, shall
pass upon it. Did they even attempt to
break down the character of these boys ?
Let U 3 see what they did do. In regard
to Strickland, they brought a Miss Some
b,cly from Howard, who said John Strick
laei! was a loafer. • How did she know it?
She lived three miles out in the country,
and lie in the village, and she had seen
him loafing about the railroad station. If
he, living As the village, became a loafer
thus, how many times must she have come
in, three miles to loaf there to find it out?
That was very hefty testimony. It is a
rule among lawyers that when an attempt
is made to break down a witness and fails,
it injures the case of the party who at
tempts it ; and I think the attempt to
break down John Strickland:s evidence in
that way was a failure.
I will now take upthesecood point, that
this is a poStical prosecution, as this per.
scented saint would have it. Now;gentle
men, that utast mean sometl i ig. It must
mean that these witnesses for the prosecu
tion testify to these things falsely, for
political purposes, or else it means that
being true somebody has induced them to
.reveal them for political purposes. Their
argument is a little obscure, but it must
mean cue or the other. Where is the
evidence that these young ladies made these
statements for political purposes? What
political purpose had Kate llancuff,—a
young lady living in Blair county ? I
do not know that the political fame of Prof.
Guss extends up there, and besides she
was not a voter. And Lousia Pope, pray
what political purpose had she tosubserve
She lives in Huutingdon, the present
headquarters of the Professor, but she was
not a voter, and I doubt whether she knows
what political party she belongs to, and
Mrs. Funk, or Strickland, or the Han
cuff boy,—what political purpose had they
to subserve that would induce them to
perjure their souls against this man Guss?
Why, it is too absurd to talk about. Mc-
Eldowney is the only voter in the crowd,
and what political purpose had he to sub
serve. I never knew while the testimony
was being taken, what his polities were,
but I accidentally learned by a gentleman of
good standing in 'the Democratic party
last week, that he was a Democrat, and
Mr. Petrekin says this is not a fight in
their party, but in ours. What political
purpose then lied any of theac six witness
es to subserve
The other branch id' the argument, then,
is that somebody has induced these - wit.
nesses to reveal these facts for political
purposes. If they mean to insinuate that
I or any of these gentlemen associated with
me ever breathed a wish or desire that any
witness that appeared on the stand, was
there for any other purpose than to tell
the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth. I hurl back with contempt
the in-inuation. It is not in the case, and
there is no evidence of it. I'll tell you,
gentlemen, what this argument means. It
is that if Gen. Beath and Mr. Vanderslice,
and the citizens of Huntington county, and
you, gentlemen of the Committee, had not
stood by these young girls, and slid to
them, "stand up and tell all you know, and
we will protect you from the rage and
malice of this man," that they would have
been able to smother this damning testi
mony, and God knows, perhaps they could
have done it. What were these orphan
children against this man, and his array
of counsel, and his backers about Cassville?
They were powerless. That. is what is in
the argument. gentlemen, if it means any
thing at all. I was glad to hear the coun
sel on the other side argue the case in that
way, these constant allusions to Senator
Scott and the political purposes, and all
that, and I hope you will not be surprised
at Mr. Woods, as he has had John Scott
on the brain for several years. It is a kind
of harmless lunacy, and the people of Hun
tingdon county are not much affected by
it. What was there in the evidence to
show that Senator Scott had taken any
part in this prosecution one way or the
other ? If there is anything, I can't re
member it; but if such evidence had been
in existence, would it not, after the spirit
displayed here, have been dragged into the
case. The whole amount of it is this, that
these stories were afloat for years, that
these girls had made these statements, but
the whole three had told their mothers about
it. They had gone just where nature di
rects when the the child is injured. A
son will generally go to the father, but
naturally they go to the mother, but, by
God's providence, these children had ua
friend but the mother to go to, and they
went and told their wrongs there, and
from that day to this hour these stories
were afloat. They toll them to their
mothers, the mothers had spoken to their
friends on the subject, and they thus be
came spread over the county, and they
knew it. Every one of these mothers had
written to him, and charged him with it.
He knew they were afloat, and the source
of them, and he knew that there was noth
ing political in them.
Now. what induced them to argue this
way I do not know, or what private griefs
the gentlemen have I know not, and care
not; but I was glad they undertook to
argue the case on that foundation, not be
cause it was the proper thing to say, but
when an attorney undertakes to talk to in
telligent men as if they were fools, he is
invariably set down at the estimate he pla
ces on the intelligence of those who hear
him. I was glad they argued it in that
way,----on a foundation, which you know to
be false, from every word of testimony in
this case, from beginning to end.
But Mr. Goss, they say, has denied this
thing. He has risen to explain. Well I
now my province here is to answer the or
gaments on the part of the defense, and not
specially to review the testimony of either
the prosecution or the defense; but as Mr.
Guss' testimony was an argument, and not
testimony, it makes it necessary for me to
glance at-it slightly. You remember, gen
tlemen, we closed a little before adjourn
ing time at noon, in Huntingdon ; every
body else Lad been heard, as was supposed,
on either side until that time; but they
were still net quite ready to call Guss.
We then adjourned over till 2 o'clock,
when Mr. Guss takes the stand, and for
three mortal hours occupied your time and
our time telling about this case. A per
son would think he might have denied
these things in three sminutes. It don't
take a man very long to say you lie, or I
did not do it; but be commencesaway back
longyears ago, and for the purposeof con
venience, I will divide his testimony into
five chapters. Don't get alarmed, gentle
men, about the number of chapters. The
first four have so little in them that I
can go through them in f irty seconds each.
The fitst told us how he got into the Orphan
School business, and for that he makes Dr.
Burrowes responsible. I believe the old
gentleman is dead now, but if he togs re
sponsible for putting Gass into the Or
phan School business, it was the great
mistake of his life. That is all I have to
say on chapter first. In the second chap
ter he told us how he got into politics, and,
for that he makes Gov. Curtin responsible;
lie said the Governor solicited his aid and
influence to elect a certain Ephraim Baker
to the Legislature of Pennsylvania. That
will be news up in Huntingdon county,
hecatre it was often wondered there how
Ephraim did get into the Legislature.
Some supposed it was through a little com
bination that used to exist in Huntingdon
county, but does not now, as nobody seems
willing to acknowledge that they belonged
to it. Ephriam, I had always supposed,
was a little like Senator Nye ' when he
first got into the United States Senate, lie
said "I looked around among these great
men, and said to myself, how did 1 get
here; but after being there a while, I
said to myself, how in the devil did the
rest of you got here." I think that was
about the way with Ephraim, and when
this testimony gets out there it will be
news indeed ; and some things understood
that never were before. That is all I lave
to say on the second chapter. The third
tells how this Orphan School grew, from
small beginnings, to be a great and flourish
ing institution, all. no doubt, through the
learning, piety, zeal, and diligence of A.
L. Gess. He told all abouthow much the
property cost in the first place, and bow
much he had expended since. He seems
to think you are a beard of viewers to find
out how much damages ho should be al
lowed for this property. I don't think he
deserves any, and will not waste very much
time on it. It seems to me that when he
came from Juniata county, he had not the
houses and lands, farms, printing office,
and Huntingdon and Cassville property
that he has now. After receiving some
$25,000 per annum from the State he could
afford at sometime perhaps to atop business
and retire; but that is not our business;
and only refer to it because he did, and
thus dismiss chapter third. You will re
member, at the end of about an hour and
ten minutes, he began to approach the
case. He draws his slimy folds around
some of these girls, and begins to fumble
in his pockets for letters, and opens two or
three from Miss Barclay. It did not ap
pear that these were all he received, but
with great care he had selected these to
read, and it seamed to me that this whole
story of his was a studied effort to pro
' duce a plump, rosy-faced, symmetrical story.
I suppose he had got a great many letters
from Miss Barclay, and have only this to
say about the letters read there that it is
natural to suppose they were the best of
the lot, and secondly they are altogether
consistent with the idea of his guilt. It is
not to be presumed that Miss Barclay
would write to him anything that would
convey a confession of her own guilt, and
although lie did his best to sap the foun
dations of virtue in that girl, yet she was
not so lost to a sense of shame as to put it
on paper. She writes to him for money,
and tells her plaintive tale, but did not
say whether the charges of criminal inti
macy were true or not, and I leave that
question with you. He then talks about
MeEldowney. handling him very lightly,
because that was dangerous ground. They
did call a number of witnesses to testify
that George did not stand well fir truth in
the town, but I asked nearly all of them
the question, whether they had not a store
bill against George, and I think about
NO. 13.
four-fifths of them said they had. It seems
to me these gentlemen were the victims of
misplaced confidence, whom George had
not paid, and therefore they set him down
for a liar, but although the testimony
against him was to the effect that George
was not altogether truthful in that line,
having been unfortunate financially, who
doubts that he told the truth about Guss.
His testimony was corroborated, and his
statement so consistent, and he maintiined
himself so well on the stand that there is
no retu.on to disbelieve a word of it.
Then they come down to this question
of good character, on the part of Guss,
and they say that the man stands first-rate
at home, and they consider thatvery much
in his favor. Well now, as a general rule,
gentlemen, good character is of very little
weight in a court of Justice, and I think
that after all that had been given in evi
dence, iu this case, it required a good deal
of cheek to set up that defence ; but they
called a large number of witnesses to the
stand, who said his character for chastity
was good, and also men living along the
road between Cassville and Mapleton, who
were actually willing ti swear that they
had seen the man pass along the road in a
wagon with girls, and bad noticed no im
propriety. Was not that wonderful evi
dence. That this max could restrain his
animal passions so far as to pass a farm
house in Cass township without doing
any
thing improper. That is all they knew
about his-character. They did not bear it
questioned till after this difficulty sprung
up. It seems to me that this was ridicu
lous evidence, and the indictment they at
tempted to put us on is as ridiculous, first
on the letter of Prof. Wickersham, and
then on this article in the Huntingdon
JOURNAL. We did not propose either one;
we told them that we chose to make our
accusations and we told you that we would
prove them; and have we not done it?
Testimony of good character has no weight,
except in a very close ease, and then only
as furnishing an inference from which to
infer the innocence of a party. It amounts
to nothing at all against positive proof ;
and now, gentlemen, it seems to me that
this man has utterly failed in this ques
tion of good character, and that there is
nothing in it, after the evidence of bad
character, and that he ought to be sum
marily dismissed and punished on the
mire of bad character alone. Looking at
the whole history of this man, it seems to
me that he has never done a good action
in his life, unless it was to offset and cover
up some deed of depravity, or whitewash
over some of those deep and damning ac
cusations, and he has had great experience
in that. He understands that business to
a dot. When sickening reports were
abroad in the community, a nomination for
Congress he thought would be a good dis
infectant, and he tried it. He then seems
to have thought that a trial in Courtwould
help him, and so into Coma he went. He
prosecuted Major Wharton for circulating
orie of the very charges now before you.
Mrs. Pope had made the charge before the
School Board. Wharton knew it, printed
it and sent it round. He testifies that he
had nothing to do with the statement of
Mrs. Pope until she -bad made the affidavit
before the School Board. He went into
court, and what was the result? Whar
ton admitted the publication, bait said it
was true, and the jury said he was not guilty
of a libel because it was true. That was
another black spot instead of a whitewash
ing. Next, he chose a trial before the
Church court, and as some one remarxed
at Htntingdon, that while military courts
were organized to convict, this church
court was only organized to acquit. In
this court Gnss appeared Is prosecutor and
defendant, producing all the testimony and
arguing his own case, and yet strange as it
may seem, he got out of the ministry on
that very occasion ;—resigned, like the
man over in the other end of the capitol,
a few days ago, who resigned and went
home because the banks did not respond
promptly. The next whitewashing appli
cation was the re-union and cowbiding
resolutions. They were written in the Oldie
and you will find them there, and the
editor blowing his horn all the while to
dry the wash and rub it in. But it did not
stick well. There appears to have been
some material left, into which the counsel
have been dipping during the progress of
the case, but they did not understand the
business half as well as their client. The
Cassville atmosphere was considered favora
ble for a little furtberapplication, bat from
the disgust that seemed to spread over the
countenance of this Committee whenever the
brush was brought out it was evident that
the illusion was dispelled. But perhaps
the greatest attempt at whitewashing was
when the Professor took the stand as a
witness. You can judge of that job your
selves' as is was done in your presence,
and I have nothing to say further about
it. I must now close. A great many at
tempts were made by this man to break
down these witnesses, and every one who
would say a disparaging word of these poor
girls was brought upon the stand, to cast
a stone. Now, gentlemen of this Commit
tee, this is all frora the man whose first
duty it was to train these children in the
paths of virtue, and then, ever after, to
defend their characters from the assaults or
all ealuminators. That was his duty, and
yet not content with calling others to ma
lign and break them down, he undertakes
to do it himself, and testifies against them.
He, their protector 1 It is the protection
which the wolf gives to the lamb, and
which the vulture gives to its prey. But I
will not intrench upon time ofmy colleague.
Mr. Vanderslice has a better right to speak
of these things than I have. He was the
comrade in arms of the fathers of these
girls. They fell on the field of battle, and
I died commending their offspring to God
and their country. He is here to raise his
voice in their behalf, and he will do i.
in fitting terms.
All I have to ask is that when you make
your report it will be in such language
that it shall never hereafter be doubted
whether the Legislature of Pennsylvania
is willing to wink at such transgressions, or
whether it is willing to take the responsi
bility of placing on them the seal of its
stern and emphatic condemnation.
The receipts from customs during the
present month are not below the corre
sponding period last year. It is the opin
ion of the Treasury officials that the cus
toms have recovered from the effects of the
fall panic.
They make bricks out of bone dust in
Australia. The Milwaukee S6nCtsel thinks
this is better than cremation. A widow,
on this plan, could take the hot bones of
her late lamented husband to bed with her
to warm her feet with.
Millard Fillmore's mother was a native
of Rhode Island ; her ancestors having been
clock makers near Apponaug. Many of
the clocks made by them a century ago
are said to be still running, and the old
Millard home-stead still stands.