VOL. 40.
rhe Huntingdon Journal.
J. It. DUIII3ORROW,
PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS
Ogice in new JOURNAL Building, Fifth Street.
TILE ILUNTINGD3S JOURNAL is published every
Friday by J. R. Duaantutow alai J. A. NASH, under
the firm name of J. It. DIIRSORROW & Co., at 62,00 per
annum IN ADVANCE. or $2.10 if not paid for in six months
from date of subscription, and 63 if not paid within the
year.
No paper discontinued, unless at the option of the pub
lishers, until all arrearages are paid.
No paper, however, will be sent out of the State unless
absolutely paid for in advance.
Transient advertisements will be inserted at TWELVE
AND A-HALF CENTS per line for the first insertion, SEVEN
AND A-HALF CENTS for the second and FIVE CENTS per line
for all subsequent insertions.
Itegnlar quarterly and yearly business advertisements
will be inserted at the following rates:
I 1 yr
lm gm
• • -
, • ,- , .
7lrt $1 5.1 1 4 51)1 5 50 1 8 OoJicoli 9 C.9;18 00 !s•27ls 36
2`' 1 9 120 l g 0,1110 (g)l2 0011‘c01,21 0030 09i 50 8,5
3" 7 oa:10 00A.4 00:1S 0013;,004 0050 00, 65 80
4 " 4_ki 14 00120 00:21 0011 .1130 00160 001 AO 1.110
Lcxl notice: will be inserted at FIFTEEN CENT. per line
for eaeh and every insertion.
All Resoltiti..ns of Associations, Communications of
limited or individual interest, all party announcements,
and notices of Marriages and Deaths, exceeding five lines,
will ho charged TEN CENTS per line.
_ .
Legal and other notices will be charged to the party
having them inserted.
A.(l%ertising Agents must find their commission' outside
of these figures.
• • • •
.1!l advert sing accounts are due and collectable
W71 , T1 the advertisement is once inserted.
JOB PRINTING of every kind, Plain and Fancy Comm.O
done with neatness and dispatch. Hatd•bills, Blanks,
Cards, Pamphlets, &c.,-of every variety and style, printed
at the shortest notice, and everything in the Printing
liue will be executed in the most artistic manner and at
the lowest rateq.
Professional Cards
I)CALDWELL, Attorney -at -Law,
•No. 111, 3d street. Office formerly occupied
by Messrs. Woods & Williamson. [apl2,ll.
DR. A. B. BRUMB-kUGH, offers his
professional services to the community.
Office, No. 523 Washington street, one door east
of the Catholic Parsonage. [jan.4,'7l.
(1 EO. B. ORLADY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LA
novl7'73] HUNTINGDON, PA.
J. GREENE, Dentist. Office re
_A-4_ •• moved to Leister's new building, Rill street
Huntingdon
(2 L. ROBB, Dentist, office in S. T.
x-A • Brown's new building, No. 520, Hill St.,
Huntingdon, Pa. [apl2,'7l.
aW. BUCITANA.N, Surgeon Den
• tilt, No. 228, Penn Street, Huntingdon,
[mehl7'7s
Pa.
HUGH NEAL,
ENGINEER AND SURVFYOR,
Car. Smith f ield, Street and Eighth Avenue
PITTSBURGH, PA
Second Floor City Bank
TT C. MADDEN, Attorney-at-Law .
• Odif3o, No. —, Hill street, Huntingdon,
Pa. [ap.19,'71.
I FRANKLIN SCHOCK, Attorney
cl • at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Prompt attention
given to all legal business. Office 229 Hill street,
corner of Court House Square. [dec.4,'72
SYLVANITS .BLAIR, Attorney-at-
CP • Law. Huntingdon, Pa. Office, Hill street,
brae .loors west of Smith. [jan.4'7l.
i It. DURBORROW, Attorney-at
e) o Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will practice in the
several Courts of Huntingdon. county. Particular
attention given to the settlement of estates of dews
%teats.
°dice in he JOURNAL Building. [feb.l,7l
j W. MATTERN, Attoruey-at-Law
E. ,
• and General Claim Agent, Huntingdon, Pa.,
Soldiers' claims against the Government for back
pay, bounty, widows' and invalid pensions attend
ed to with great care and promptness
Office on Hill street.
S. GEISSINGER, Attorney-at
L• Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Office one doo
East of R. M. Speer's office. [Feb.s-I
A. ORBISON, Attorney-at-Law,
ti• Patents 91)tained, Office, 321 Hill street,
li an tingdon, Pa. [may3l,'7l.
E. FLEMING, Attorney-at-Law,
• Huntingdon, Pa., office 319 Penn street,
nearly opposite First National Bank. Prompt
and careful attention given to all legal business.
A ug.5,'74-6mos.
\VIL t iA L IA - A aw, u l A.
ti FaLE3on , P IIN, tto
a. SGciAlurnp:
given to collections, and all other hgal business
a tended to with care and promptness. Office, No.
2:i. Ilill street. [aplt,'7l.
Hotels. •
JUNISTA HOUSE,
JULIANA. STREET,
BEDFORD, PENN'A.
This well-known house has recently been leased
by the uudersi o rmed, who, having had the experi
ence of a number of years in keeping a first-class
hotel, respectfully soliets the patronage of the
public. Special attention will be u;iren to transient
boarders.
Arrangements will be made by which persons
can have meals at all hours.
Boarding $1.50 per day.
Boarders taken by the day, week, month or year.
tuys,'7s-y] MARY J. RIFFLE.
TORRISON HOUSE,
OPPOSITE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. DEPOT
HUNTINGDON, PA.
J. H. CLOVER, Prop.
A Aril 5, 1871-Iy.
. _
Miscellaneous.
TOYS AND GAMES OF ALL EINDS
Just received at the JOURNAL Store.
A LSO, WRITING DESKS,
WORK BOXES.,
ALBlatc., &c.
CE&NDALL'S BUILDING BLOCKS,
MENAGERIE and GYMNASTS.
PARLOR CROQUET, &c.,
KNOX FRUIT FARM
AND
NURSERIES,
FRUITS, FLOWERS AND SEEDS
FOR EVERYBODY.
Handsome Catalogue of Fruits and Flowers, and
Handsome Catalogue of Seeds now ready_ Mailed
free to all applicants.
KNOX FRUIT FARM. CO.,
BOX 115, PITTSBURGH, PA.,
J. F. GRIMES, Supt.
J. O. SUMMONS, Business Manager.
SEED STORE 131 FIFTH AVENUE.
Feb. 1 l-2t
HUNTINGDON
Academy and Seminary.
For particulars address or apply to the Princi
pal,
Rxv. W. W. CAMPBELL, Principal.
fanl4—tfl Huntingdon, Pa.
J. R. DURBORROW,
J. A. NASA,
The Huntingdon Journal,
EVERY FRIDAY MORNING,
THE NEW JOURNAL BUILDING,
No. 212, FIFTH STREET.
JT UN TINGD ON , PENNSYLVANIA
4,1, j Stn i 9mllyr
$2 00 per annum, in advauee; $2.50
within six monthß, and $3.00 if
00000000 A 00000000
0 0
0 0
0 PROGRESSIVE 0
0 REPUBLICAN PAPER. 0
0 - 0
00000000 SUBSCRIBE. 00000000
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
405 Penn Street,
tjan.4,'7l
gggmg;
T(D ADVERTISERS
feb.l7-ly
Circulation
[jan.4,'7l
The JOURNAL is one of the best
printed papers in the Juniata Valley,
and is read by the best citizens in the
county. It finds its way into 1800
homes weekly, and is read by at least
5000 persons, thus making it the BEST
advertising medium in Central Pennsyl-
. vauia. Those who patronize its columns
are sure of getting a rich return !or
their investment. Advertisements, both
local and foreign, solicited, and inserted
at reasonable rates. Give us an order
gggmg;
JOB DEPARTAI
=
.6., 0
<-.. cr
0 z
5 I t;.
Q.
d el)
- COLOR PRINT
$& All business letters should be ad
dressed to
J. R. DURBORROW & CO.,
Huntingdon, Pa
~..-, ---- 4.2" - __:
-- i
' \
r F;-:
.. -:•.:; r ----4 " .. " -
-k'l -7:1;"1
14 c ••••,,
.11.
c
4 ... '?f
I SiD •
va
. .... °., , -• .:
' . .t
...
dr4
f
..r
:lt
.. .
I 1.- 1.- 1 1115-
. 1 -4' i• ; A.
-`-‘• ..... .
. • .. '" r" f.
.. •r
i
~....
~ ~" a 2:: •
e.
_. .
•
J.... 0 urnal•
, ~.....
A
.• .
Printing.
- - I. A. NASH.
PUBLISHED
-IN
TERMS
not paid within the year.
0 0
0 0
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
FIRST-CLASS
ADVERTISING MEDIUM.
5000
RE ADERS
WEEKLY,
T.
O'
0"
•-•
O•
i-+
....
c
c ,
.T:1
:P. .
0
3Q
:NG A SPECIAL'
J*ltt
For the JorRNAL.]
To Be Sung at a Country Spelling Bee.
TUNIC: Old Father Grimes,
Let girls delight to woo at night;
Or out to spelling go,
Ths boys to catch and homeward fetch,
For it seems their natures so.
Let all stand back and clear a track,
Through which with ease they run ;
But never pout if get cut out,
Just try another one.
Let boys, a score, surround the door,
The old, the tall, the young;
Hold up a light and wake it bright
For some will sure "get flung."
But if your pluck will bring you luck,
And she takes you by the arm ;
With a heavy thud you'll wad., the mud,
Till you reach her father's farm.
Then out of breath and tired to death,
You'll try to clean your feet;
But if your blind you'll never mind,
If they do you cooly treat.
Next draw a chair up to the fire,
And talk of sunday matter ;
When you see the lamp you'll think of the scamp
That fell in the mother's batter.
The' after a spell they all say "well,"
And slowly upstairs potter;
You look at the elf, in spite of yourself,
Around the neck you've got her.
If you talk at all, 'tis rather small,
But still hang on till morn;
When the roosters crow and you have to go
You wish you ne'er was born.
But slowly home you tottering come,
And slyly sneak to bed;
But to get you out, they have to shout,
Enough to wake the dead.
When your brain is cool,you think whata fool,
And secretly vow a change;
But the very next night, you're just as tight
And think it nothing strange.
Zht #tog-Ztlitr.
TALE OF THE FRONTIER.
There had been a murder at Red Fox
Run, one of the tributaries of the Smoky
Hill River, in Western Kansas.
A murder was not a novel thing in those
days, for of the eighteen men sleeping in
the unfenced graveyard on top of the un•
dulating right bank of Red Fox Run, not
one of them had died a natural death.—
Eleven had been killed in the summer of
'67, by the combined band of Santanter
and Roman Nose, when all the tribes on
the plains united against the whites.—
Four had been killed in bar room rows,
one in a duel, and two by Wild Horse
Smith, one of the most noted desperadoes
that had ever come to Red Fox.
But Wild Horse Smith was tried by a
jury, cach time, at but a few hours after
the crimes, and it was proved to the sat
isfaction of his peers, that the dead men
pulled first, but Smith, with his usual luck
and dexterity, got in the first shot.
In view of these facts, no jury of that
kind, and iu that day, could do otherwise
than to bring in a verdict of justifiable
homicide, so Wild Horse Smith was ac
quitted, and became the model of the many
bad men, and the terror of the few good
ones.
He was a tall, bony man of thirty-five,
with gray eyes, long, dark hair, and long,
leathery cheeks, as devoid of beard as the
plains about Red Fox Run was of trees.
Four or five families had moved into
this part of the State, to farm in the rich
bottom. Among them was "Zachary"
Bowman, who had a family consisting of
his wife and five children, the oldest,
Sarah, a handsome, healthy-looking girl
of twenty.
As there were very fewyouno• ladies in
Red Fox compared to the number of men,
and as there was not one who at all equalled
Sarah Bowman in personal charms, she at
once became the belle of the settlement.,
and was besieged by a dozen marriageble
men, among whom Wild Horse Smith
stood first—in his own opinion.
There was another young man, named
Henzy, who was very devoted, and still
another, Frank Colton, a sturdy, steady
young fellow of some five or six and twenty.
So prudent was Sarah Bowman, that
not one of her admirers felt himself to be
the favored one. But it must not be im
agined from this that she had not a prefer
ence. There was one whose foot-fall was
very welcotne, whose presence shortened
the hours. and whose voice was music, and
this was Frank Colton. He did not know
his good fortune, he never, being a
bashful fellow, told his love.
The people often discussed the chances
of the rivals, and the shrewd ones "reck
oned it lay between Wild Horse Smith,
Henzy, and Frank Colton," with the
chances of winning in favor of the first,
as it wasn't thought to be safe to run
against Smith for anything, and more than
one was afraid the rivalry would end in
trouble.
Whether Sarah Bowman was the cause
or not, there was a man murdered at Red
Fox Run.
The body was found about two miles
from the settlement, up the stream, and
when it was brought in, lying across a
horse,.everybody that saw the body, and
that was everybody in the settlement,
recognized it at once • as t h..: remains of
young Henzy.
He had not been killed by the Indians
—the most unpracticed eye could see that
at a glance, fur apart from the bullet hole
in his head and two in his breast, the
body had not been mutilated. The long
hair and the clothing was as intact as
when, on the day before, he had been seen
to ride away with Frank Colton.
The news of the murder and the fact
that Sarah Bowman was dangerously sick
with a fever, that rendered her uncon•
scious, came to the people together ; and,
of course, the girl's illness was attributed
to the shock Henzy's death gave her, and
from this the people reasoned that the
murdered man was the favorite.
NT
w
ti
~,
0
40
Before Heazy was buried on the hill
above Red Fox Run, making the number
nineteen, twelve of the enlightened settlers
held an inquest, and Wild Horse Smith
was made foreman. To be sure it was
hardly a legal body, as there was not a
coroner within one hundred miles; but
the settlers were determined to go through
the legal forms,:as they had when they
tried their Forman, and so they examined
all the wounds, made all the inquiry they
could as to who had been with Henzy, and
although no information was given them
that they were not aware of, the twelve
men with all legal solemnity, locked them
selves up in the faro room of the Coyote
Saloon, and with some spiritual refresh
ments on the table, sat down to solve the
mystery of Henzy's murder.
Frank Colton had a great many friends
in the settlement, for he was honest, tem
perate, and industrious; but as the fore•
man of that jury put the case, the warmest
friend of the young man was forced to
think "things looked bad agin Frank, and
his stayin' away is a powerful strong p'in t."
=
o
...,
fa.
c.,
-,
no
itomEo
-:o:-
HUNTINGDON, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1876.
The people were not therefore surprised
when the jury asserted, as their verdict—
first, that Henzy was mnrdered with some
fire-arm, and second, that all the evidence
pointed to Frank Colton as the man who
fired the shots.
One, two weeks passed, and still Frank
Colton, as if dreading to come near the
scene of his crime, remained awayjlicingh
his crops needed his attention.
All they wanted now to perfect the trial
was the culprit, whom they were prepared
to hang the moment he put in an appear
ance.
There was a considerable flutter in Red
Fox Run, when, on the fifteenth morning,
smoke was seen rushing from Frank Col
ton's house, and an examination of the
premises developed the fact that the owner
of the house was at home.
A few hours from this time the twelve
jurors, with Wild Horse Smith at their
head, and rifles on their shoulders walked
down in military order, surrounded the
house, and called en Frank Colton to come
out.
There was not a little surprise on their
part when Frank walked boldly out with
his left arm in a sling, and looked at his
neighbors with such astonishment in his
face, that if it were not genuine, showed
that he was an actor of no ordinary type.
As foreman of that jury, it became Wild
Horse Smith's duty (he did it with a won
derful amount of cheerfulness, however,)
to inform Frank he was a prisoner, awl
why.
The twelve men saw Frank Colton's face
turn ashy pale, and he staggered to the
house for support, as he gasped
"Henzy murdered ?"
"He's number nineteen, up thar on the
hill," replied Smith, nodding in that di
rection. "We'll give ye a fair trial, Frank,
but you mout as well know that every
thing's agin ye, an' everybody on Red Fox
Run bas made up their mind that you
killed limy," said one of the men who
was a great stickler for lawand order.
Franlc Colton denied it then, but it was
too late. He was made a prisoner and
marched down to the Coyote Saloon, where
a court was at once established, and Wild
Horse Smith, having shown unexpected
legal acumen as foreman of the coroner's
jury, was selected as judge.
Everybody was there but Sarah Bow
man. She was in bed, worn down with
her fever and barely over her delirium. -
The trial went on with a rapidity that
would startle an Eastern court of justice,
and it was shown that Frank Colton was
the last. person seen with the murdered
man ; that lie was himself wounded, as by
the resistence offered by the wounded man ;
that he fled and remained away two weeks;
and finally that there was a.motive for the
act, as they were both suitors for the same
girl's hand, and for some time an ill feel-
ing was supposed to exist between them.
The jury came to the conclusion with
out leaving the chairs which had been
brought from the Coyote Saloon for their
accommodation. They found Frank Col
ton guilty of the murder with which he
was charged.
Then Wild Horse Smith, who had rea
son to know something of the judicial form
of proceeditr , in such cases, asked Frank
if lie could offer any reason why sentence
of death should not be passed.
In reply, Frank acknowledged that
when he left the settlement Ilenzy was in
his company, and that they had ever been
friends. He parted with Henzy up the
run, and continued himself toward Fort
Harker, where he expected money from
his friends in the East. That when he
was about ten miles from the settlement,
he was himself shot by some person or
persons secreted near his route. That his
arm was broken, and he would have came
back at once, but fell in with an army
train returning from Pond Greek, and the
surgeon gave him all attention, and took
him on to Harker, where he had been for
ten days under attendance.
This was all said in a plain, fearless way
that accounted for everything, and should
have carried conviction with it; but the
judge had made up his mind, and with
well affected solemnity, passed the sentence
of death, and then pointed to a tree back
of the Coyote Saloon as a very suitable
place for the execution.
There was no want of ropes, and Frank
Colton was at once seized, and the jury,
with wonderful zeal, were about to pick
him up and carry him to the tree, when
they were startled by a piercing cry, and
the next instant, Sarah Bowman. pale as
a spectre, with her hair disheveled, and
her brown eyes twice their usual size,
rushed in and threw her arms about
Frank Colton.
"Men you are about to become mur
derers ?" she shrieked, and the bravest
started back in affright.
"Do you want the murderer of Henzy ?"
she asked, fastening her eyes on Wild
Horse Smith.
"Yes ! Yes !" cried the crowd.
"Then seize him ! I saw him do the
deed, and there he stands,!"
Her long white finger was pointed at
Smith, who now turned livid, foamed at
the mouth, and finally hissed.
"It's a lie !"
"Seize him before he escapes, and hear
me out."
There was a ring of command in her
voice, and some of the party drew their
pistols, and laid their hands on the judge.
Then Sarah Bowman told how she had
been up the run, gathering flowers, the
morning of the murder; how she saw
Henzy and Frank Colton shaking bands
when they parted ; and then that Wild
Horse Smith rode down a ravine, out of
Henzy's sight, soon after which she heard
three shots; and then saw Smith galloping
away as if in pursuit of Colton.
"Wild Horse Smith is the only man in
this part of the country who has a Spencer
rifle; and there are the three shells I found
near Henzy's body. Whose gun will they
fit ?"
The shells were passed from hand to
hand; they were Smith's, the body was
exhumed, and the balls found to fit the
shells, and Frank Colton showed a similar
ball that had been taken from his arm.,
How quick the current of public opinion
changed, and how bravely they resisted
Smith's efforts to get away I They saw
through all and felt that the brave' girl's
illness was the result of the shock the
murder gave her. He confessed, defiantly,
and was hanged back of the Coyote Sa
loon; with the rope that was prepared for
Colton. Then another grave was added
to than on the bank of Red Fox Run—
number twenty—and the bit of board at
the head had rudely carved on it, "Wild
Horse Smith, banged for the murder of
nenzy."
Red Fox Run is a well-to do, law-abid
place now, within sound of the locomotive
whistle. Sarah Bowman is Mrs. Colton,
and while Frank thinks her the best
woman in the world everybody in that
region thinks her the bravest.
gad* for tht
Our New York Letter.
Centennial Dent—Political Gossip—The
Unemployed—Tdton-Beecher—Freights
—Business—Health--Religious.
NEW YORK, April 8, 1876.
A CENTENNIAL ITEM.
A family in Minnesota wrote to know if
a coffee urn bearing date about 1770,
would be of enough interest to send to the
Centennial. It may meet similar pies
tions in other minds to say that articles
bearing no eaalier date than the last cen
tury, are hardly of value unless they have
added interest because they belonged to
some person of note, or are so peculiar as
to be curiosities in themselve without re
gard to their age. The Centennial will
not have place for half that is offered. If
of peculiar model, such things are desired
by brie a-brat collectors, and will increase
in value with every decade. I warn my
readers who have old things they hope to
part with for profit, not to expect too much
for them, as collectors are pretty stingy
and shrewd in their dealings. When sold
at auction, quaint articles sometimes run
up to handsome figures, as for instance.
an Inlaid Japanese cabinet, lately sold at
Leavitt's, began at $4O and was knocked
down at $4OO. An old delf coffee-pot or a
pewter one may bring you twenty five dol
lars, from a collector, but the fancy prices
seldom fall into any bands but the auction
eers. If persons wish their questions an
swered by letter, I will remark that the
method of enclosing a stamped envelope
will not be out of place.
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
The bold and uncompromising stand
taken by Geo. Wm. Curtis, in opposition
to instructing the New York delegation
for Conklin, meets with the heartiest ap
proval of the best republicans of New
York. It is evident that Conklin did not
fall into the hands of the best class, and
that fact has turned against him many
who would otherwise have given him a
very heal ty support. To day nine-tenths
of the republicans of the city are throwing
up their hats fur Curtis, and Conklin is in
no position whatever to carry the delega
tion. And way I whisper a word of ad
vice to republicans everywhere ?
instruct. Don't go into the national con
vention with any pets, or with your hands
tied for anybody. The party never was
made for a man. It has work to do, and
instead of being used as the means of ele
vating individuals, it should use individ
uals - to do its work. It is going to be
close work this year to elect any one, and
if there is the slightest forcing in the con
vention—it' the nominees cannot carry the
united strength of the party, the jig is up.
The nominee must be not only the best man
in the party, but the strongest. And wait
till we all get together and compare notes
before deciding as to that man. There
must be a very liberal spirit at that con
vention, or we ate beaten to death.
Mind, the democracy are dressing Tilden
vigorously, and with a considerable degree
of unanimity. A large sum of money has
been raised in this city by his friends, and
a bureau in his interest has been establish
ed at Washington. A choice lot of polit
ical bummers are there setting up things
for "Slipery Saw." and they have hopes
that he will sweep the platter. Tilden is
the shrewdest wire puller living. and he
stands a good show for the nomination. The
only thing that stands in his way is the
forcible enunciation of his hard money
views, which is against him in the west, bat
he is smart enough to compromise that. If'
the democracy of the west believe he can
be elected, they will take him, for they do
want post offices. He can get more money
behind him than any one candidate men
tioned.
TOE UNEMPLOYED
The writer of these letters is pleased to
find them of more use to readers than sim
ply fur the news they give. As to news.
indeed, it is a sorry task the correspondent
has who:tries to get up letters fur papers:who
have every item served by the telegraph a
week before his account can reach them.
The most a city correspondent can do of
real value to his patrons is to reflect the
opinions of the metropolis, the topics of
minor interest and such details as are hard
ly worth paying for at five cents a word
by telegraph. Then the subjects of most'
interest in town are the very ones which
the editor sternly forbids to his luckless
writer. We correspondents are made aware
that country readers do not care to hear
about theatres, lectures, books, and music,
at all, but little about the social, political,
or club life so far distant from theirs, in
every way. Writing New York letters
under these restrictions is not making
bricks without straw, but making them all
of straw, and pretty finely chopped straw
at that, so it is a matter of congratulation
to the writer when he finds his paragraph
on the poor out of work has moved some
one in Yates county to send him an ap
plication for a servant girl to help on a
farm, offering her a good home for years
if she can suit. The application was hand
ed over to a lady visitor of St. John's
Guild, who will take care the demand is
filled. Persons who make such requests
in future will remember• that it is necessa
ry for them to send satisfactory references
from people of standing as to their ability
to pay and treat a servant well, before any
one will be willing to risk going to them.
No one who has any feeling for the poor
can object to aid in the work of helping
them to homes and employment where the
benefit is as much on one side as the other.
Tim the country, where help is scarce, it is
pitiful to see the numbers out of work here,
yet it is difficult to find those willing to
leave the city. A sewing-machine agent
lately sent to New York for an operator
to go to a Western city, offering a salary
nearly twice what one could get here, but
not one woman could be induced to take
it, though it was offered to some whose
earnings were hardly enough to pay their
board, and whose chance at best was very
precarious. The poor creatures will run
the risk of starving rather than go out of
town, where they would be welcomed and
comfortable.
The fact is, they will not leave the city
so long as they can exist in it. To the
poor bred here, and accustomed to the city,
there is nothing so terrible as the country.
They cling to the city with all its wretch
edness, ignorant that there is anything
better for them outside. Half the unem
ployed girls in New York are needed in
the country, where they could have good
comfortable homes, but they will not go.
TILTON-BEECHER
You havn't seen this head-line lately in
my letters, and you wouldn't now, only I
have something new. It is rumored that
the whole matter is to be re opened early
in the spring. Tilton, it is said, has new
evidence in the case, evidence that will
satisfy tie public beyond all doubt ; and
to vindicate himself be will commence a
new suit, backed with all the money that
may be necessary to fight it out. I give
this as a rumor, for I cannot vouch for its
correetners. It is a curious thing that
Beecher has taken no pin whatever in
the Moody.and Sankey meetings, be being
the only clergyman of any note who has
not. The other clergymen of the city
fight shy of him.
FRY lORTS.
The merchants of New York are ma
king an effort to get back their lest trade.
They are sick of fighting Boston and Bal
timore barehanded, and are going to pro
tect themselves. They are organising to
do what should have been done years ego,
vis. : Build a straight air line freight
road from the city to the prominent freight
gathering points, with proper terminal
facilities. They propose to own the r . , al,
and have it operated in the interest of the
city and the people of the West, and to do
away with all the little swindles and extor
tions that have driven the trade away from
the city. The matter is in the h.ind4 of
men who mean business, and who hare
the money to do it. It is expected to have
the survey commenced in the spring. and
the road commenced at once. It will be a
straight road to St. Louis, with branches
to the principal points, and will be exein
sively for freight. The trains will make
an average of sixteen miles an hour, and
it will be double-tracked its entire !enzt h.
The road will save the farmers of the West
its cost every five years, for when finished
it will not cost more to get a bu.hel of
wheat to market than the wheat is worth
BUSINESS
is dull again, and the weather is averaging
badly. Last week we were treated to a reg
ular hurricane, which blew down buildings,
and tore things generally. But the mild
weather that followed has brought the
country merchants. and theref.re it is hail
ed with delight.
II EA LT 11,
The city is fearfully unhealthy. The
spring suns are exposing maws oCfilth
that have accumulated during the winter,
and the miasma that is i• the air is some
thing frightful. Ague and Bilious Fever
is more prevalent than it is in Indiana.
and the variety is of the most malignant.
Bilious Fever means more here than it
does in the country, and when it comes to
Typhoid, look out. There is a poison in
the air that is terrible, and children and
weak adults are dying at a rate naheard
of Unless steps are taken at once to
clean the city, the summer will bring a
pestilence. It is a shame that it should
be in such a condition, when the amount
of money paid each year for the purpose
of cleaning it ought to keep it as clean as
a flower-bed.
RELIGIOUS.
The advent of Moody and Sankey. and
the enormous audiences they have attract
ed. have had the effl)ct to set Christians to
thinking. of various things. Among others
the system of renting pews is being dis
cussed with much feeling. The more earn
est workers insist that the churches shall
be free, that the seats shall be free, and
that the system of "first conic, first served."
shall be adopted. They insist that only
in this way can the masses be brought in
to thechurches and ander gospel influence
On the other hand the holders of pews
hold that as there are always sitting room fir
all who come. there is no reason why these
who desire it should not have their regular
seats, and continue the regular family idea
of the church. The matter has got into
the papers. and much is being said pry►
and con. The preachers are taking it np.
and the Christian world is heir)g, divided
into pew and no pew parties. I shall not
attempt to settle it, but will give my no
lion in a speech made by an advocate of
the pew system. "Talk." saisl he. ••uf the
necessity of bringing sinners in to heir
preaching. Who needs it more than we
do ? And who needs inducements more
than we do ?" As he was a pillar in the
church his statement was a most candid
ression. Ptrrno.
A Costly Building.
A neighbor was telling me what a con
venient and beautiful residence Charles
Kullen had just built. I knew Kullen
He was rich, and his wealth was the pro
fits of a grog-shop which he had kept for
about thirty years. One day circumstanres
compelled me to go to his house. Ile
wanted that I should see it all.
First he led me into the cellar, where
everything was as convenient as heart
could wish ; but, as I looked at the cement
ed wall, "There," thought I, "are stones
and mortar which belong to Bill Lee, who
has wasted large sums of money at your
bar. This part of the wall belongs to the
widow and children of Eli Bell, who
bou3ht his death from you scores of
young men have NO for other parts by
living lives of misery and degradation.
And what ruined hopes arc in every stone !
We left the cellar. Next he showd me
the parlor.
"The furniture in this nom," slid he,
"cost five hundred dollars !"
"Indeed !" I exclamed, while mentally
I asked, "Is that all it cost ?" It cost the
health and happiness of many. It cost
mothers their sons. sweethearts their lov
ers, wive their husbands." ('ailing to mind
a murder which his whisky had caused, I
reflected. "There is in this very room that
which cost the murdered man his life, and
Heaven alone knows how many have been
sent to premature graves by swallowing
your villainons rum, and thus helping to
pay for these things."
We went into other rooms.
"There arc," thought I, "men who would
have given their money to the poor. men
who would have built churches, men who
would have founded institutions of learn
ing, men who would have sent the gospel
to the heathen, men who would bare car
ried the .good news' throughout the world.
if you, Kullen, had not enticed them to
drink, and thus help to build and adorn
there rooms. The fine things which you
exhibit with such pride have cost the world
all these men would have done. liven now
I can almost bear the wailing of those
whose souls, ruined by the poises sold in
your slaughter-house, have paid for the
luxuries which you enjoy. Your own sou
fills a drunkard's grave I Are you so dead
to the cries of humanity that you can en
joy the goods which have cost him his
life ?"
I started for home, and nn my way so
liloquised : "So much the house cost that
should Kullen live ten thousand years, he
could not begin to pay the debt. But is
the cost of that building ended Z No, ver
ily. Through the influence of thew) whom
he has made drunkards, whose property
he has taken to enrich himself, other drunk
ards will be made, and crime and misery
and death will ensue, as long as time 5.11 all
last.."
The Confederate Prison Pen. Jim Welt sad Ss Tom Cato_
IX EIAToIt rs:towxulvr • 4 frT %Tx
.Indereetville tot.
its murderous malaria. and Winder and
Wirt were ezpv , sely put in charge of the
prison pen there to aid in the fiendish
work of exterminating the Yankee army.
With all the South to ets.inse frets. egs
bnotrr valleys. heeltby
plateaus sad shelterin Gwleste, 134 red
clay hillside. sixty miles meth of Maces,
lies, was selected. It comprioed twenty
seven acres of land. with a fever and sews
quito breeding sw, ra p in i ts eestrr . I
choked and slngscieh grease lowieg out of
another sw.imp crept thrnugh it while
within rifle shot distanee from it gored a
large brook of pure water, which. hart it
been inel , sed in the primers would bees
saved the lives or many of the pietism,.
But that would hate thwarted the
ens scheme of the ennApiratoes. Them
were some pine trees in the pen whit&
mi_dit have sheltered some of the putt
prisoners. but Winder ordered them is be'
cut dawn. When t.id that their Auk
would alleviate the guttering, of the cap
tives he replied : --That is just what D ant
not going to : I will make a pen here
for the Yankees, where they w:11
rot faster than they are sent. -
The pen was a fria.ir2W.:l* w tw o
rows of Si4W . W.l4leNcitPtli twelve is. ,r,htern
feet in length. and eeventeen feet from the
inner stockade was the --dead line," over
which no man could pats sad lire With
in th .1 place there was at one time sinew
than thirty thousand human beittes sus
fined, without shelter, parched with the
burning sun, flooded with rain. without
pure water to drink. eapeed to frog sod
heat t ) bullets of bratil gitaris. and is
wanton sport ; beaten, bruised. cured.
driven to madness and idiney, starved into
skeletotis, presenting the most horrid and
ghastly objects ever sees nut of the tortese
chambers of the Spanish ineptisitioe Even
a photograph of one of the wretched
creatures is enough to day to sicken the
eight and stir the heart with a thirst file
vengeance. Fourteen thousand of show
poor sufferers found relief in death. There
are new there 12.9 - .:1) of the victims' graves
to bear witness to the truth of this horrid
tale. And yet Jet. Davie and Ben Rill
attempt t ► palliate thme hellish oes.recre.
to deny them in fact, and to pretend tint
the rninn prieionets were as well r-i as
the Confederate sokrere. and as well truss
ed as ;he r e i, e l rm.:oilers at Camp Claw
and Elmira.
A to the Acireity ~r the neeemaries of
life. it is enough to say that .tadersonelle
is in a very fruitful section of the enentry.
and when Cieneral Shcriaan yourebed
thronth tieorzia to the sea, he Cased pro.
vision:, in plenty. That the nourelerums
system was pur.sued deliberately there is
ample evidence. and Jeff Davis ant silly
knew all about it. but was reeponsible for
it. Robert 'NW was Jet Davie' Chief
Commissioner for the eseltaime o prison
ers.. He wrote a letter front ray Point
to Winder on the eiehanie of prim/ism
in which be tells how the systems worked :
"The arrangement I have wiade.'' said be,
"works largely in our favor We stet rid
of a set of miserable wretches, and meet,*
some or the best material I ever sew.-
As to Jeff. Davis' -- ineseustable riva
(inns" after he was raptured and in Fwt
rest Mount,', and the . `tortores - whieb !fre
says Dr. Craven has Faingiy illeserrih
ed,- we can not refrain frnot /pollard the
tol low in; partora oh from H. Hionciesete's
letter t, the Philadelphia Letire. We.
ille2in9olt was nne (1 the .Inderentsettle
Prioner l)eleziates to Mr. Llftroill. H.
says
-I was itatinned at Fortrese
daring mot of Mr. Davie meat: tows
there. and hardly a day passed th-tt I did
not make , -itortarinon between his et otlN
tian nicely quarterrti in a easement with
hi,. wire. Easily and frieadr. plenty t., int
an , l book, Dr. Criven• atierp:iaz
stnilling at will around the ?soapy's.
ao.I the reeipieat of frwits and 6.s.re
from outside friends, to the noisarablit spot
where I lay in Anderanewille, Gees** un
sheltered rroon wind and storm, is born,
filth. nakedness, squalor and &seam, and
refused even the hos 4elothisic and Cod
sent to me by my friends !Carib, whieb
I saw with my name and address no, sod
knew that they (tbe rebel ollicern mod
men at Andersonville mee.l Nu , &eon
selves."
If. before this Co:wrests met Lit Defeo
her, there was the whom of a Ammo far
the Democracy to carry the ..is Presides
tial election, that chasee was removed
when the leaders of the Soothers Deme►
racy arose in their piton su Ceegreas sad
defeaded or pallietod the horrors at -kw
dersonville and zelowised Jeff. Timis.
"Those whom the Gods seek to destroy
they first make mad '
W G. Baowymow.
Stupid's, Calsoisfesee.
A correspondent of the New Tart Iles
gl Yet: the Fnlinwitil informatics caseerwara
the rapidity with whieh mewl increases
when pot at compound catermit :
If, at the birth of our doer. use twat
hail been put at enterersd laterwit, it
would, as we all know. have &aided se
the expiration of 12 years. At the Pad ef
2ti years it would have brew fear Mai
Now, coatinuinsc this raceme. we God thee
in 120 yearn any snag pat oat se owerpossid
interest will have iaereased ENO P.M sr
the owe cent has heroism .10. fe 120
years more, or A. P. 240, tie Wilmer
ing 1,000 fold would have itsoll.4l 11*.
000. Then, for every 120 yowl se nos* I
add three cyphers. or say is the yaw SM.I
A. 1), the new would be see eislionol
takes one mina's times. or enough se Ow
every one of our 40.000,400 iishollibsoos o I
fortune of a quarter of a silreas elm
each. The iwereem wow bertassee mauste- I
dons, and to bridle it we Una lobe the
value is pewee weight sod fludly wait
feet of wild. Gold is worth its twwsti
numbers IMO s rad. Timm* sou skew I
twenty reads of rid to every pawed 4
wirer in s eubie foot, valued a 1111/9.111111
—sly one quarter of a sailiana 4114`0, fel
to the million dollars an fear subs hie elf
gold. At the 608 rim thee. we should
have from nee rest is the beggimeiaor
($lO,OOO of solid rid. CIPOSIMiIIir Mn►!
process, we must snow use obi* mem sal
our unit, and, dually we rest* the saw'
pendous result that is the year 1940. A.
D.. one cent pat out at eampwasid isearesa
would have lammed to s Ogre of odd,
whore centre beim; pawed os the oosions l
of the sun weak) 'stood beyond the pall
of the earth *roved that body, in oN air
reetions, and aeressarity se for shove sod
below the plane of the earth's
THZ Pnosisoo have s win so sib dim
whatever you would bon yrs is •o►
tioo's life you moot pa iota its suisola
1/A..0
I 'mew by Os erepahater Omar oppos
babi beim br the thoughdral
leek ''pie by •.. ..fir the eon
dorsal hiss ere the amotierity do Oa
• the 44 hew how s ematt„ A
lone Wbeeipie ..sow, mar bag vldb
the Jaime time. Atai se I paspousil
lam e. bosoms mil rise wow eporipses 4
$ rusisissess—signs Ass bs sas pie
so be been: 4 seasbur 4 aim sissmee
p measi espenesame—bas I oar erne ilkos ;
s., zna gimp oars se se As waft so I
emi reemii.et. -he indietime /no wenebtelia
the fignitamg beirisp
4.11's err• ail ha,.. shoe ami 414.*1
ease aeabiac may bow u. Aid) who&
Mid beep ap a r.vivwi *ate 4 twist
all the tram The pab lima Wolf i mar
Who *Mak as the "poresire. r be
was Ob. Ims bssre+l bass. be ow aid
the meet fierrtvie' and sumillbb I war
are—well there fraideaft ha s once Mart
b.py thaw ir bat b. was. bob. bile bow rpm
wrea:4 ; mad *arty anatadi 1 15.1.
• lbson thr ire liamr.
24.4 o , fary sop ahripp pairing
ism awl piesserisit bow bat es Me bob.
aai peasmir fir is boo bed. ad
isestsmies mod is sad lea
bees aetoideemaireg I pisethem aid
ibra w. d bat es to pm and amid lOW
serial bias. in as is bon, bee areal sp
kb.. H. war sisesies. be wee Jed het
ssi beb. and beeldid. and se ewe Man
lea asses. ellealay hey asil wearies
"Sn. dm eat. yes bowie dies an
tior Mary view the Mak pens'. they
seated se 41 tie bed math as a. it
seap'sy e'id beim 041 ems& and es
rem is es As to bore twee ANL
-fiter wisest baba eat ewes as Ina
4 the ell. awl abet le ids* s aib =
4 41 teat ea" NM Se Mira' sod
amend es it and eirryele •• bite de.--
Timm wee Suer ease 4 mew es She
reef. awl it se from is dies dere see $
reek seen free sr ise es it, eel the
woe woe aims( WOG. sail w essiel
tea dies see Vibe roes. dief4
mewl 40 sea • resymearier. just lbw
sew se it 'boy es a ewes .as esetber.
FM beim. awl bet a, char bele sea
push up their tads and sea areued see
epic 204 dee a 4 a miles die prey as
bid eseerb a lisoilrel 4 fey a die yaw
et'. bee. sal vie be. steed. bar des
benne vie bars tie rib,
sec maw paisr. seal bid erne lad dime,
eel the way .1103C4 peep. sod bee. sad
bowl. 104 ?be wi l y ley 4 make dip Mtg
wee eneerfel.
--WA. Jas be got deigseed the
new aril lose' bid Ora vet rims sod
elehe 'es .is des test I. boil se
ready se Geese 4 ins' d. Shay. bet we
iteedieseeesil iheiged bin end bellymppli
be.. sea lamed lel sissy, bawd beer
be weebbie edges oak wed MD se. ii
beateby be hissed the similar. awl bi std
beheld re, be witimi--seed away se be
sees—siothise es be • Aim sod is es
Amt. Lie rubs dais Wee sews his
ortorpia' wear diet ea. and bit ere
rib and bee inks •i Irsir sei beep
bin beeled Use all. yes
ought se see s
sid ;bet lapped s doe
eisit. awl awe leer. ridielese obedie et
hide a diereses' is die essapbt.
"'Thee imemp'sy bile see dos there
the eerie. tie agar aped et Ws
ander dies every Awe ef Jed liiihrems
Snare .bete- ed wiet's resod shoes tem
limes inseers et' 1.. .snip. 0..11 tbefi
sot b the ewe te egad _bed des new
restber Emily be bias yes.
they ain't bees mein& loss des pew
rise that its rile es sew *sir MI6
Weil. Auk be sees • .sash' sad •
estedies' aT eaebenisse fle obeli ass
—they was s suriaie their sib eel see
'lonia' lei depsessior i• di a. pm
led est prep eel atteessee--be
wine. 3 risk ep womb 4
th. mi.:. till hr er is a bee mei/ • bar
'i.e. awe lime a 4 salaam be ettebr
a grab foe the yeller eel ' /let. Sy :maim.
hi' .i.•. 4 ire sad ifipped bat. em 4
bie bleb Gm sip eel be Ilryged es lir
Web and Ave ere Am ewe obi • des 7
west 3 spew' sad etirbis' does dbiesplb
dhow eld very view soil indidl
01111 led e.enir 4 a thee enefey paw
pie : set iirira Cie s real robe imam
we Jeers ielorite if mil bee tettalp, and
let a • hied Met wee WA Aso Or
time : nee perils—sell. they la. pen
Ilene They me be weeds &meta dir
avelfiry. tai se dry isk aisis •
sensed ; doe see just eat We as amp.
sea a iebielb if dieter diesiver, and lithe
tbe sisa l • rear ow is alas saysbeer
be see • limb. ommeil
with die bile' bet whose may is
deem to be bade, aid lei sees WWI
mews limegis' se bite tdlr it be ame
lajea pelotas—esol be am* passea—
eip gain jam s wimegiar gad setelef.
eel emery jeep be Os lietbelleseetilliee.
and every grim be ibeelied be dtispeit
ease madly .
blieeered ! Wly Wee year en&
that pew meet sterol's test, ma drew
teasiotellie Pie a rarer es ilisr eve&
IN Deft Par.
Is , imo't pow or bow My moo prior ao4
ns grim to Moo owe aims bop
imosell i.broodrissi !alt orsonty
It doe's pry so Iwo sttw stst Soo
ow bine, .mu, loiltasisso. doe NOW
dot vb., otiose lisoppr soy Ilsetillks
mot twiny awl slbstopsoto
Is emos't ply so bow wince owl ellol
awe of twasity hoists slltmod iop
sod derma into die soodbuic tow
tinted commwooN aid going is bird" to
lbw sks alms kispoprts sib soy
1111111 , Ode sod ler ebseloos /sue Art
sof - mod erts it s kop.oisimposilsr.
k loss's psy op bona us• oda* • 1111 i►
bsomir sisisber MINI sae
Mist
Is does so bow Pm sum% sositsw
as i t by smsdhlosill
bundlossis sod skipossos amilily an am
s• hod so cry y .illkirem
Is awls pry se Ow sus sois.
&bre • symises. s Iwo sr all
sod tb.. "pa saw" dirmaisi
M lbw trig of llbm Air bop
isse Norm awl Om 01111111ileieV
maw itr issilsons,
it allitc u r iso• sionlbsoms4 blow
411414 suil soma iss.
S isi bi nikepir esi slimy it esily
see oblismi• Ivor ilw - arm $
brow lossup.
k dais ply to imp as ilkome •••
is lie pleissesioriosesi eai 1•••
ilsmsed is tie Watt aujilhift a Or es
rim dbe hum& ishielhor sopr
sod•r ilbot .Ow pi* opliklkis OW
p.m rimier bribreamilbutimo or
le ewer pup ambitesor;dwell
fed pm sum; olhedlor also id jaw
&SS or
104, die lie berm efts. pis oft aid
MN damp bop jos pond Or list
ilbst it &oft pry
NO 15.