AMERICAN VOLUNTEER- •JOHN B, BRATTON, E(lilor it Proprietor ISJw'jrEjj CABLISLE, PA., AUGUST 24,1805, Democratic County Ticket. FOR SENATOR, COL. JAMES CHESTNUT, of Southampton FOR ASSEMBLY, PHILIP LONG, of Howburg, VOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, OUAS. E. MAGLAUGIILIN, of Carlisle, J-OR TREASURER, LEVI ZEIOLEB, of Middlesex, FOR COMMISSIONER, ALEXANDER F. MECK. of Carlisle, FOR DIRECTOR OF THE I’OOU. 30NATUAN SNXDER, ot W. Fannaboro’ FOR SURVEYOR, JOHN C. ECKELS, ol Silver Spring. '• FOB AUDITOR, DEIXZ, of Hampden, for coroner, DAVID SMITH, of Carlisle, Q y~ \Vu. Bi.air & Son, Cnrljplo, offer larg est variety very beat quality Family Grocer ioif, obeap for cash. , t' OCT” By reference to the proceedings of the Democratic County Convention, it will be •seen 1 tlmt (be ’editor'of 1 tins' paper was-wip*' ported by 23 Delegates fur the office of State Senator. Three more votes would have placed us in nomination, but those three votes were not to ho had, and wo “ went under.” Sn far as our own private, feelings arc concerned, wo are satisfied with the result. Ofir friends in the Convention have nothing to regret-, for they entered it and came out of it with clean hands. We had the combined influence of two candidates to contend ogainsl, and wo came within three votes of defeating the com bination. Wo are satisfied. We bog leave to return our sincere thanks to our friends throughout the county for their disinterested friendship. It is not probable wo shall ever trouble them again, but for the zeal they manifested for us in thojato Sena torial contest, wo shall ever feel grateful, - Our ambition is to beat down and smother the present infamous and treasonable negro equality pprly—a party that has ruined our country, and-which, if not checkdd, will sink it. This wo say, is our ambition ; this wc have worked fur, and tins wo will continue to work for. When wb came to this county, twenty yours ago, to take charge of the 10l tuilccr , the Democratic majority \vi\s '¥wne-‘ times one or two hundred, and sometimes nothing. Our majority now is some 800 or 000. Wc flatter ourself that onr efforts have not been in vain, and that we had some agen cy in placing our county in her present proud position. Col. Chestnut, tho nominee for Senator, is an old, true, hard-working Democrat, and shall receive our hearty support. Wc hope our friends in York may see the justice of of our claims and yield to Cumberland with a good grace. York has the present Congress man, and expects him to bo re nominated, and should therefore yield to Cumberland tho right to name tho Senator. This would be right and fair, honorable and magnanimous. In tho event of Cub Chestnut's election, ho will not disappoint the sanguine expectations of his many friends. We have known him long and well, and on all occasions and at all times found him the same honorable man and unbending Democrat. No men in the county will support him with more zeal than those who were numbered as our friends in the lute contest. Let Democrats stand shoulder to shoulder and thus present a united front to the negro-suftrage party. This is onr advice 'to our friends, and wo feel satisfied they will bced it. A. Filthy Practice. —Wo have frequently heard complaints about certain . young men (or who cull themselves young men) making a practice of sitting on benches around the Market House, and the steps of the Court House, in the earlier part of the evening, ami squirting their f {thy tobacco jnicc t upon the dresses of lady pedestrians as they pass. — This should not Ije tolerated. Several young ladies have had otslly drosses nearly ruined by this filthy , disgraceful practice. The names of some of the guilty parties are known and it they continue to commit this wanton mischief they will bo brought to justice. Now is the Time. —Few persons arc aware of tho fact Hint in canning tomatoes, they should select the earliest brought to market. They are vastly superior to those of late growth, nan be kept longer, ami produce nioro abundantly. Although the prices are somewhat higher than they will bo in a few weeks hereafter, the tomatoes now offered will prove cheaper in the end than those pur chased late in the season. Ilouse-koopets would do well to heed this advice. fiST DetioniTßii.—The howling of the hundreds of worthless ours which infest our town at night. We are not naturally of a very cruel disposition, hut we often wished they bad hut one neck, and we had our foot upon it. "Tell us, angelic host, ■ Ye messengers of love. Slmll-swindlcd printers hero below, Have no redress aboVe?” The shining angel band replied, “ To us is knowledge given ; Delinquents on the Printer’s books, Can never enter Heaven.” . Tomatoes. —This health imparting vegeta ble is now abundant in market at fair prices. The crop is large (bis season'. THE RUPERTS PARDOAED. In our last wo stated tliat the tbroobroth era, Howard, IlENßvand Lewis Bui’EßT,,lho murderers of W(i,%on T. Vanabdoan, of Penn township, in Janunrj Inst, hud been senten ced by Judge Graiiasd—the first named ‘.'to' bo banged by the neck until dead,” and the two latter to tHo Penitentiary for a form of years. The day following this righteous sentence Governor Curtin pardoned the cul prits, and' they were'at once set at liberty. Wo have bad occasion frequently to com plain of flip reckless manner that the “one man powcr v bas been exorcised by that lit- irly reckless man, Curtin'. Wo have no- iced for some years that the Governor cares mthing for the rights of tbo people at urge, but in the exorcise of thff arbitrary iiwor placed in his bands by tbo Const - tutlon, be is governed entirely by political considerations. In nearly every instance whore murder, theft, burglary or any other crime Imd been committed by men of his own party— “ loyal Republicans” has granted pardons immediately after con viction. Indeed, ho In#, by the exercise of thla power,, nearly emptied our prisons, for it is a fact that nine tenths of the men convicted, for tho last four years, of loath some crimes, were his political adherents. But, of nil the pardons ever granted by the Governor, this pardon of the Ruperts is tho nioattn ho condemned, for there was not oven a semblance of excuse for it. That Vaxas or.AV had boon murdered in cold binod—that the murder was- concocted, planned and agreed upon by the three Rufebts long before it took place, was proved to the satis faction of every man who was present at the trial of the culprits. The diabolical crime was not the result of passion—the parties hud had no quarrel,-no'dispute. Vanas dl an, their victim, regarded thq Ruperts neighbors, and personal, if not political, friends. They, gave him no warning, but shot him down in tho road, near his own dwelling, and in the presence of his terrified wife and little children. Ho lived but a short time after receiving thofatal shot, bat the few minutes he did live the Ru perts crowded aljout tho dying man, heap ing curses upon him, and making efforts to draw boots upon his col I and pulseless feet, so that they might, as they said, “ take tho body to Carlisle.'* It is difficult to conceive more heartless brutality. Never in tho his tory of crime, have we rend or heard of more ! savage or inhuman conduct on tho part of murderers. During Vaka«dlan*B struggles with life and when the red fountain was rap idly flowing from his heart, and his eyes were glazed, tho Ruperts stood by, armed to tho tooth, and refused to permit Ms wife to place her dying husband upon a bed or even to put n pillow under his head I Had a demon from , the lower regions stepped into Vanasdun'o dwelling at that momtfftt, ho would, have whispered into the ears of tho Ruperts, “hold, brothers! you are going too far ; tho XVince of Darkness requires no such'heartless wickedness ns this, and is already satisfied ( with what you have done.” Tho. Ruperts had a fair trial. Indeed, their guilt was so manliest, their conduct so brutish, that tho attorneys for tho Common wealth had little to do except to acquaint tho | jury with the naked facts, as testified to by manv unimpoaohod witnesses. There was not a single mitigating circumstance in favor of the accused ; they had not a thread to hang a hope upon. The Jury was composed 1 of intelligent and fair man—seven Republi cans and five Democrats —and were unani mous in rendering a verdict, tho only ques tion that staggered them a little being whether or not they should declare the whole, three guilty of murder in tho first degree. And these three Ruperts —these cold blooded and heartless murderers—have been turned loose upon society by Governor G&r tin ! Let tbo Governor come up into our valley and bear the loud deep curses of tho people, and bo may form an idea of their temper, and learn* their sentiments in regard In hia insolent micrferonco with Law and Justice. lie, the Governor, may bo of opinion that his political partisans can com mit murder with impunity and escape pun ishment, but wc doubt whether wfi have many Republican sin this counlyowho will indorse the infamous conclusion. By grant ing pardon tc. the Uuperis, Governor Curtin proves himself a bad and dangerous man to bo invested with a power that was seldom used at all by bin predecessors. By this act ot clemency, be endorses fearful and revolt ing crime, disregards hnjr> public opinion and morals, and deserves and will receive tho execrations of an outraged people. Distkesmng Accident. —We regret to ' learn that a young son of Mr. Paxton Woods, uf West Ponnshorough township, was shot on Sunday afternoon last by the accidental discharge of a pistol in the hands of his bro ther, George Woods. The particulars of this distressing accident aro related by a neighbor as follows : about 3 o’clock on the afternoon above mentioned the two brothers wenfc up stairs to play together, when the older brother, G gouge Woods, found a pistol lying in an old chest, that had boon loaded for about three years. Not being aware of any danger, George picked up the weapon, cocked and pointed it at his younger brother, remarking in a playful manner, that ho was suing to shoot him, and at once pulled the trigger, when sad to relate, the load was dis charged and entered the head of his brother, just above the left cyo, penetrating the brain.. At the report of the pistol the parents imme diately rushed up stairs, when they discover ed their little son lying on the floor with his brains oozing out. Medical aid was im mediately summoned, but, ulus I the worst had been dune. The little sufferer lingered until 1 o'clock the next morning when death put an end to his sufferings. lie was about three years old, and his brother, who fired the tthofc, about thirteen. This is another sad warning to parents, who allow loaded weapons to-lay about their premise?, within the reach of their children. Who, not sensitive to danger, will use them carelessly in their playful sports. Wo deep ly sympathize with the afflicted patents in their loss. JCT” The Now York Tribune declares that the negroes ‘‘ saved the country in the hour of its sorest need.” We have some slight recollection that a few white men had a hand in tho matter. KEUBY’S : LETTER ON CAMERON. Wo direct attention to the card, published elsewhere, •of Judge Kei.w.y, Congressman from one dfjtbo Philadelphia districts,.rela tive to Simon Cameron, the recognized official head of the Republican or so-called “ Onion,’ organization of this State. ash our Re publican readers, rather than Democrats, to carefully peruse this document. It is enter taining, as well ns brim full of information. Wo only care, to-day, to refer to one point made Kenner ; and that is, that Mr. Cam eron, in his administration of the War De partment, was more corrupt, more treasona ble, more a thief, and a greater hypocrite, and much more of a liar, than Fnoro, Mr.' Buchanan’s War Secretary, on whose head has been lavished abuso sufficient to'sink the most righteous man the world over saw. This comes to us from Republican authority, regarding the n^tt- prominent loader or thau party in the State!. It is no “ copperhead” '■ lio, but the statement of a gentleman of rc ! cognized ability, and of some pretension, ■ owing to his Democratic antecedents, of ,po i Utical honesty. Think of it. Hove is the head of tho Re publican party of Pennsylvania, charged with being guilty, at a period of great na tional peril, of as great crimes against the life of tho nation as ever- Jeff- Davis and his associates were accused of. Davis, Dee, and Breckinridge, -with some-preten sion to manly courage, assailed tho Union opohly and'above board, but tho bead of the “ loyal” party did it with all the meanness of bo a Jerry -sneak—aiming his traitorous blows at tlio bosom from which ho derived th* pow er, -wealth, and patronage 60 do harm. If wc could coin such a, simile, it seems to us that a sucking babe, driving a poisoned dag ger to its heart, would cover the Cameron case. The Kelley letter proves conclusively the truth of what we have often asserted in these columns, and for which wo hate been stig matized a "copperhead," “rebel sympa- thizer," &c„ viz—that the Republican negro equality party is hopelessly corrupt and as treasonable as corrupt. Simon Cameron is the loader, the bead and front of that party. For the last year he was Chairman of the Re* publican State Committee, and was thus the recognized organ of the party. Indeed, ho is the Republican party. lie directs the move ment* of his partisans, not only iu State Conventions, but in County, Conventions. The negro-equality State Convention that as sembled at Harrisburg last week, was filled with his creatures, and llartranpt and Campbell, the nominees of'that pie-bald as-, somblago of shoddyites, are two of his most "obsequious tools. That Convention was composed of men fat, jolly and saucy. Near ly every man. in it has made a " good thing" out of the war, and many have accumulated princely fortunes through Government con tracts. It was a Cameron conclave, with a .small sprinkle of Curtinite.s, who had no in fluence, and who were voted down on all oc casions. Now, we repeat, let our readers— pur Republican renders especially—give the letter of Judge Kelley n careful perusal. It portrays noc only Cameron, hut the Republi can party itself. It is life-like, true, and un deniable. and s?uch being the case, it is for the people to say whether they will still con tinue to give countenance and support to this wicked, selfish, corrupt amt treasonable faction, of which Cameron is the soul and body. Road Kelley’s letter, one and all. mmm m\mi Now that tho people are beginning to feel the heavy burden of has been laid upon (hem, they naturally inquire more closelv into the operation of tho system, or rather want of system by which that burden has been imposed. The result of their in quiries loads to one inevitable conclusion — and that is, the inequality and injustice of exempting Government bonds from State, municipal and county taxation. It amounts practically to tlie creation of the creditors i the Government into a privileged class,’ whoso wealth, represontented by the bonds they hold, buys theif freedom.from the local taxes, which, under a just and impartial sys tem, should ho equally borne by all, in pro portion to their means. How much of the wealth of the States lias boon absorbed ip the National securities, may be easily esti mated; nnd that it will not be long before the bulk of them will pass into the hands of the rich, who can afford to hold them as.an investment, may be taken for granted. The rottenness, therefore, of a vchemo which op erates so as to relieve from taxation the very individuals who, by reason of their riches, should bear the largest proportion, is too plain to need demonstration. Apart from fie manifest wrong done to the .people at large, by such partial legislation,- the ques tion may well bo raised, whether Congress did not exceed their powers when they de prived* the States of the right which, they have heretofore exorcised as a necessary at tribute to aovvoiguty in their domestic affairs, I of equally taxing the wealth of their citizens respectively, in whatever shape invested. The last Doylestown Democrat has an ex cellent article on this subject, whioh.we copy, sia an unanswerable argument against the odious species of favoritism which .releases the Government creditors, whoso security is of the first class,.from the payment of their just proportion of the public expenses; SHALL GOVEUNMENT BONDS BE TAXED ? This question will come up sooner or later before the American people at the ballot-box. The exemption of Government bonds from taxation fur State, municipal and county pur poses is a groat wrong perpetrated upon the taxpayers generally. It is building up a privileged ciass, and relieves hundreds of minions of dollars of the wealth of the coun- try. from bearing any of the burdens of the Government. IVliut right Congress has to make this distinction in favorof persons who loan their .money to the Government, instead of individuals, wo have'not yet discovered.—■ If I loan.money to a farmer, and he gives mo his bond er mortgage, it is taxed fur State and county purposes. But if a neighbor lends his money to the United States, and re ceives n bond for its payment that bond h not liable to taxation for any purposes what ever. This is an unjust discrimination in fa vor of investments, and one which is at vari- ance with our system of Government. Democratic doctrine is, that people should pay fur the support of the government, ac cording to their means; hut the Abolition Congress steps in and says one class shall be exempt from paying any thing if they will only invest tboip, numoy in * particular kind, of Bflcuritv. ■'Vo ask our readora .'f ttns ia iuaV'nndVicht ? 'Vo say, no;; it la oloßa leg-. s£&*** «»* put." to TjuUii up on aristocracy and throv.Bafimd_ dftWal . weight of tfixation on tho farmer and the Jiinded interest. invested The'rich' man who lias sloo,Util)nvestoo in government bonds jaya nolkh !* f tn | 0 ' Countyl Borough or School tax ; while the little homestead of tbe hard-wnrkmg mecham ic, not. worth more than Sl.OOO, is taxed for all these purposes. Tho latter nays lor ro paiJinK tho.sfroets. lighting *e Up before the rich man’s door, and tbo pohecm.u « goards'hia ‘p'roperty at night. So far-athe capitalists are concerned they have already repudiated our State, County and Mnmoipal debts, for they bear none of the burdens. ‘ , is only necessary for Congress to exempt the farmer, meolianio, laboring nian, and mo«.h ant, when tho repudiation will.be CO ™P ’ To lax these securities will no more P re ? the government.-borrowing money than ind • viduala; on bond and mortgage. 1 ''°7 „?<■ n r other mmiitrw'ih the world where one-half of the capital is exempt from taxation- Congress has perpetrated another wren,, upon the tax-payer. -Onr S ato Banksi paid about half a million dollars a year tax into the St ice Treasury. Those institutions Con cress Ins abolished, and, established Nation al banks in 1 their place, which are «* e f '"P t from taxation for State purposes, rhorofor®.- tbe five hundred thousand dollars tax which tho State banks paid mast be raised from sonic oilier source. These great hanking cor porations arc- relieved from paying their share of tho public burdens, and the real and personal property of individuals are made to pay it for them'. We need not ask the question whether there is any injustice m this. The thing speaks for'ltself. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION. Tho Democratic County Convention assom bled in the Court House in the Borough o: Carlisle, on tbo 21at inst. JONaS KOLLEIV, of Upper Allen was appointed Chairman, and D. Bl Stevick of Newburg and A. IC. Sbcafer. of Carlisle, Secretaries.-nTUo following deratin' presented credentials arid were ad mitted to: seats in the Convention : • Carlisle, East Ward—James tl. Waggoner, A. K'. Sbeufor. ■ ■ Carlisle, West Ward—Joseph Bant*, M. Michael. * 'A*. ' Dickinson—Samuel Spangler,' l William Sbeafor. 1 East • Ponnsboroogb—John Fake, Jacob Scholl. • Prarikford—James Brown, Peter Rumen. Hampden—George Shaefor, J. E-. Pul linger. ’ Hopewell—Adam Heborlig, T. Ileffel*. finger, Jr.- Lower Allen—Wm. P. Lloyd, K.. Rhoads; Mechatncsburg—S. P. Gorges, J. Totten• Middlesex—James ClendeDnio, Wm. A. Tripnor, • Monroe—Wm. Devennoy, Henry /onrger. Mifflin—George W. Jacoby, Daniel K. Rinter; Newton —C. Alollinger, Abraham Myers, Nowville—Hr. J. G. Barr, 8. C. Waggoner, Newburg—David Hoffolfinger, D. B. Ste vick. ' New Cumberland—Lewis Young, Joseph Danner. North Middleton John J. Griasinger, Leonard Gutshall. Penn—Samuel Houston, Lewis Goodhart. Silver Spring—Jacob Kost, Goo. Hoover. South Middleton—Jacob Zii£, Daniel Yob Southampton—Samuel B. Diehl, James A. Lawyer. Shippohaburg Bor.-—Dr. C. B. Ruby, Ben) 3?. Duncin. Shippensburg Twp.—Daniel lime* IV m, A. Shuster. " ' Upper Alien—Jonas Koller, A.B. Sechrial West Ponnsborough—Lewis ZUzer, Robl M. Graham. -0« nujllvti, U WIW, ftexutvaZ, Thai Ltio Oun yention rote by ballot. On motion, it-was. Resolved, That the Con vention proceed to ballot for candidates for the several offices, with the following result; FOR SENATOR, John B. Bratton bad Win. Y. Johnston “ James Chestnut Whereupon Col. JAMES CHESTNUT, of Southampton, was declared duly nominated for Senator. On motion it was made unanimous. FOR ASSEMBLY, Philip Long, Maj. Sanuiol Cope, F. E. Boltzhoover, JfTher). Cornman, T. B. Blair. - Henry Newsham, „ 4 ; "Whereupon PHILIP LONG, of Nowburg was declared duly nominated for Assembly. FOB DISTBICT ATTORNEY. Wm. Kennedy! - M. Williams, Chns. E. Maglaughlin, M. Herman, Whereupon CHAS. E. MAGLAUCHUN, of Carlisle, was declared duly nominated for District Attorney. For treasurer, Levi Zidgler, Levi K. I) marin, David Smith, Whereupon LEVI ZEIGLER, of Middle sex, was declared duly nominated for County Treasurer, FOR .COMMISSIONER, A. B. Zoiglnr, , Ahm. D»!m(T, John Harris, A. F. Meek, Wm, McPherson, Mitchell McClellan, Whereupon ALEXANDER F. MECK, of Carlisle, was declared duly nominated for County Commissioner. FOB DIRECtOE OF THE TOOK, Wm. C. Ruth, Jonathan Snyder, Jacob Rhoads, John Wallace, Whereupon JONATHAN SNYDER, of West Pennsborough, was declared duly no minated for Director of the Poor. Mr. ECKELS, of Silver Spring, present County Surveyor, was nominated by accla- inutio n CHRISTIAN DEITZ, of Ilampdon, was nominated by acclamation lor County Audi tor. DAVID SMITH, of Carlisle, was nomina ted by acclamation for Coroner. On motion, tbo following resolution was adopted by the Convention ; Hcmlve/I, Hint Levi Strohm, Ifnrmnrt Ros ier and Daniel V. Ahl lire hereby appointed Senatorial Conferees, to meet similar Confer ees from York county, to nominate a candi date for State Senator for this Senatorial Dis trict, and who are hereby instructed to us 6 all honorable moans to secure the nomination of Col. James Coestnut, who, in the event of any of said Conferees declining or failing to act, is hereby empowered to appoint a .sub stitute ; the time and place of such Confer ence to ho fixed by the York County Demo-, orati# Convention. The The' following .gjcrsoßß wore appointed members of the Standing Committee for iho ensuing years ' - - 1 /, Carlisle, E. AV. —Fred. Cormnan, Josaß D. Rl CartiaTa t ,'w. AV.-Jos. Ci Thompson, Iheo., C °Diok'inson—Mathow Galbraith, Goo. Kia “"EMt' Pennsbbro’—AVin. M. Gardner. Jacob lC Fr'ankford—John Graham, Jacob Kost. Hampden—John Sclieaffer, Eli Hoover. Hopewell—John McCoy, John Heocil. Lower Allen—Geo, Mumper, Jacob Barber. Mechanioaburg—lsaac Stunaburg, Adam AVml A. Tripner, Cafrt. J. P. Br Mifflln-Saml. Christlieb, AVm. llenry ' Monroe —11. C. Zergor, G. AV. Prosael. ; Nbwburg—Di McOov, L. S. .EiaenhoWer. New jumhorland—John G.Miller, Adam Fcenmn., ~ , T . . Newton—AVm. Cope, Jacob Lewis. Newvillc —J. B. Morrow, Jno. Davidson. North Middleton—AVm. E. Swigort, J. P. Shugnrt. .. „ , , T . Penn-David Caldwell. Robert Linn. Shippoosburg Bor. —Dr. It, G.ltuby, B. 1. Slii'pppnsburg Twp.—Daniel Line, AVm, Southampton —Gao.'Coffee, S, M- IVhorry, South Middletown —Johp Beep, Samuo Silver Spring—David Lane, Aloi. ll''nb. Doper Allen—G. H. Mohlor, Jacob Port D West Pennahoto’ —James Carothers, Rob ort.McCachnm ihe, Ruperts, (three brothers—Howard/ Lewis and -Henry.) who.were tried in this county for the murder of Wilsdn Taggert Vnhoipdian, were seokenced ■by the court on Wednesday of iaet'week'. Their counsel had entered a motion for a new'trial afcthe-Aptil terra of the court, and filed their reasons. — This motion was. to'have been argued, but when it was called up, tho.-copnßol fox-.the prisoners, in open court, withdrew,their' mo tion and desirea that sentence be pronounced. We publish below Judge Graham’s in passing sentence upon Howard Rupert, -wh o wae convicted of piurder in the first de gree. The other two were convicted of mur der in the second degree, ajd sentenced, one Ip three years, and the other to sis years in tbo Eastern Penitentiary : SENTENCE OF HOWARD RUPERT, DELIVERED 1 BY : nos. j. a. GRAHAM. After a trial beluro an impartial and : an intelligent jury of your own selection,, de fended by learned and eloquent counsel, whose ability and energy were exerted in your cause, with an earnestness commensur ate, with the magnitude and solemnity, of the issue, you have, been found ,guilty of the crime of murder in the first degree—-the most aggravated, offense known to the crimi-. n il laws, of our Commonwealth. His seldom in the history of criminal. Ju risprudence that so clear, a case of a previous intent to.kili'ia so sat’isfaotorily.proved by so many witnesses. Ybar victim was a deser ter from the’United States army, and this: was the pretext used, to murder him. On I the 13th of December last, you or, your broth-1 er Lewis, in your presence, declared that you were going, to Carlisle, to get,' authority to take Vuaasdlan dead or alive. Soon after this you and Lewis wont, to .Carlisle, and so licited authority fr-ott Col. Henderson, -the Provost Marshal of the district, to arrest, Vnnasdlan. 001. Henderson .authorized you to do so. You then solicited.written author- Uj r Col,’ Henderson refused-to give you, saying that under the, President’s proc lamation, every citizen was-authorized to ar rest and deliver over to the military author ities deserters from the army. , On the 31st of December, 18G4, you and yout brothers, Lewis, and Henry, wont to Cemrpyiile, where tile deceased resided. — You met, him in Mr. hotel, where a number of persons were present in the snipe room. You made no,attempt to ar rest him’there, but after remaining some time, you permitted him to go out and walk down the road toward bis own bouse. You and your brothers then got into your spring wagon, drove rapidly past Vanasdlan, and getting out placed yourselves on the sidewalk on which the deceased was approaching you. \Vhoit became up, your brother caught him or laid his hand on him, and.said, “ You are my prisoner.” Yauusdlnn said “ How so ?”■ Lewis, without attempting to ex plain why ho. was in prisoner, or the cause of his arrest, reptred, “ Well, you are." The deceased throw up his arms,,disengaged himself from Lewis, and walked down the road, seme of the witnesses-say slowly, others rapidly, toward his home. Without further offjrt to detain him, you drew, your revolver,, called to him;tp. ship, and immediately shot him, the balk passing through his body, caus ing death in about 45 minutes. If the.evidence closed here, charity might ,ji pose you did not intend, to take the life oi your victim, although the act;of shooting was rash and cruel, and hot justified by the uveunistaucps detailed by tl)0 witnesses. ; But the darkest part of the tragedy was your'conduct to the dying man, (ind your 'declaration to several witnesses that you. in tended to kill him. After, the mortal wound was inflicted, and when unablegp walk, you and your brother Lewis dragged him toward his on n house, your brother Henry bringingup i the wggon, to take.tbe deceased to Carlisle. 'Y, u relused, when,at his door, to take, him into (lie house; but insisted on taking him to Carlisle, until the .physician, summoned by his agonized wife, directed you to take him in. You would not even then allow the dying man the comfort of n bed, but laid him •on the kitchen floor, and when his wife brought a pillow to, put under his head, you said there was no use putting it under his head, for you wore going to take him to Car lisle., You then attempted to draw'on-his boots, and when you failed to get them on asked his wife for over-shoes, and said if he had none, you would take him without them, for you were bound to take him to Carlisle. This induced a piteous appeal from the -dy ing man to your brother Lewis. He appeal ed to him, saying, “ Lew, yon are a man.— For Christ’s sake don’t bt him take mo to night.” This was followed by an appeal,to your sympathy by his wife, who asked,you if you had no family, or had no sympathy for her cr her little children. To these ear nest and agonizing appeals of your dying victim rnd Ins sympathizing,wife, your heart was eold and flinty as the nether mill-stone, and your only reply was, “ When I, enlist, and take the bounty and desert, I would thank any mao to shoot me.” But the evidence of your guilt is not con fined to the circumstances under which the mortal ivound was inflicted, nor your inhu man conduct toward the dying man after it was inflicted. With the boldness of a wick ed and depraved heart, regardless of social duty and the consequences of crime, you da dared to different persons your intention to kill the deceased, in language too plain to be mistaken. Qn the same evening you killed Vanasdlan, you said to a witness that they wanted him in town, and you thought you would go up and fetoh him ; that he would not go civilly ; ho Was like an ox, and you shot him ; that you did not pity him a d—n bit; that you showed witness your pistoj and said When you went to hunt-large game, you generally kept it well loaded. To another ydu said you pitied the family, bat did not care a d—n for Vanasdlan, and when ashed if you could let bal. 2d hal 23 22 10 ’ •Ist .but. 2d bal. 3J hal 18 24 30 14 20 17 5 2 0 4 3 3 Ist hal. 2d hal 7 0 15 10 24 2£ 5 27 votes, 15 “ 8 “ Ist hal. 2d bal ■5 4 fi G 8 1 - ■.lB 27 • 3 ~ 2 9 10 Ist bal. 2d bal. 17 13 21 35 8 2 4 SENTENCE OFJBDRDBREPB. | not havo shot so os tolmye crippledhimyou said you aimed to fcloli him. To Mr- Hem mihadr who rofiiarfted to you, this is u;sM ; affZHt is #dld ***•«» MJ lower, and oripfale him attd not kill him , too : ‘opliod'wlien you made dp your to thmc You get orally went through with - ’ or in other words, that you iiad >'P y » mind hot to cripple. hut to till Canadian and you went through with it. To anotner witness, when asked on your way horn®, t c same evening, where Vonnsdlan was, you said ho was dead; he was on his bed dead just where he ought to he. and yon wootd 'learn him to take bounty and then desert, end with undisguised roilignity, called upon God to damn the victim of arime- Wo have alluded to some of the evidence of your guilt', not to lacerate your feelings, or wound”your sonsibility-w.hich. if not for sign,to your.nature, and your P c '°®P t ’°“ 8 right and wrong are not obliterated fiom your conscience, yoti must feel the remorse of your I guilt and crime-hut Ui_impres S uonn V i the justness of your conviction, and that your own declarations, after'tho commission of the j not, clearly prove a previously formed inten tion to kill the deceased, .. By the laws of our Commonwealth. the wilful and deliberate murderer is pom shod withdeath, and the Supremo Bow Giver ol the Universe hath declared, that w, '' l3oe , o / sbeddolh- roan’s blood, by man ehnU his blood bo shed.” In an experience Of many years in our criminal courts, I have never witnessed n 'caflo whe.re the formed intent to kill was"more clearly proven by the prisoner’s own declarations. If oup crimin al courts are not to become'a fareo,-intended duly, by the solemnity of a trial, CII P. V ' U,I( ’“ rind sentence, to frighten, but not punish, the bold, daririg murderer who, in the face ot day, in the presence of many witnesses, coolly and deliberately, without provocation or cxnnao, solids a bullet through’his victim, then wo admonish you tb prepare for eternity, your days on erirth may soon he numbered, and in 1 language' bf solemn earnestness, we say to you, Prepare to meet thy Ood! . - , It now becomes our solemn duty to pro nounce the sentence of the law upon you, That you, Howard Rupert, be taken hence by the Sheriff of Cumberland county .0 tho jail bf snid bbuhtv, from whence you came, and from thence to tins place of execution within the wails or yard bf the jail of tho said county of Cumberland, and that you be there • -hanged by the neck until you be dead ; and may God have mercy on your soui.’ SHODDY ys. SHODDY. KEILEY. EXCOEIfITES CAMEBON “ When Thieves Fall Out Honest Me: May Get Their Due.’.' The h Gnat Winnebago,” alias 11 Old Ntehapno Pans the Indians in MiddliUnm Paper—He hat Disgraced the Disgraced the Democratic, the Xnow Nothing and liepuhlican Parties—With Ceaseless Assiduity He Hants Jolts, Offices n’.l'.i Contracts—He Dare not Pressnt His Name as a Candidate Before the People—He Cratch ta the Feet of He Appointing Power—He Buys three Democrats—He Hide *20,000 for One I ate to ■ Elect Himself and Gorrnpt Bargain ing He Imposes Himself Upon President Lincoln Bohn/ce* Hi* Crimes h) n Ttco-Tnird Kofc-r- H r «MW Kelly to Vote l<> Ktpn»ge—kelUu Jlc/tisea, Became '.‘.To.Stir Foul Matter >J otikl Be to produce a.Stench,” mid Make* an hncmg ’of “,Vld tC*c.> jf J v ,bers of the lower House wore friends otwMS' Administration, n,nd woujil; gjadly talced each‘member'of if as'they-did ibj l tinguished head. . You can imagine.how painful it must if been to them to find thorn solves coastm ‘'/Ms by duty to proclaim thefnet that theK;||i|»|| man the bead of their party ho I been ini >3® oi to appoint as the successor of Floyd had exhibited •greater aptitude lfe§» he for his .worst tricks. - ■ But it became y.S.,|||| itable, for this old' man, notwithBtaedins||®jp boasted and- reputed millions!, believes Joe of his name is pever rich enough lie has a little more, and, to save their pfepHE. and the country, the friends of the admi|g||||; tration in the House had fo proclaim famy and denounce bis crinies. ■ Nor vote by-which they did it a meagre one. friends and tbuso who . would, most have averted this disgrace from our could rally but about one-third of the against the resolution ol condemnation. vote was about two' to one against though i, us a I’ennsylvanian, not bear”witness againsi tbe our Slate, but too well satisfied of his to vote against thy resolution, foiled t ijHWft: cord ray Tote. In this fact, gentleman, you have ft eret of “this distinguished statesmanV. «|9| tility to me and my friends. Mr. the postmaster of Philadelphio, ond otlffiv;>a|| bis creatures, have offered mo his and support if I would endeavor to resolution expunged. My. reply has innfeit|||| bly been. that to, stir, foul matter be" to produce a .stench. I have «?M|| in this or aught eUe endeavored pitiato him or Iris creatures. No marks the spot wlieve my poor remainsfetwa finally rest,- but.-1 mean that my cliilw'S'J? shall be able to,vindicate my name by l|> ! Jls| ing to the fact that Simon Cameron unit J ® confidential friends were ever hostile tot|,-.w-vM, With gratelul regards, yours very truM. -tfew Wu. D. Kelli! " ; Catttlusiaa of Hie- Proceedings of-llie “!l' dy” filnte. Convrniiou.- j j 3 IlAnßisniko,' Nilgust ; r. *— Cnnvention reassembled at 4 o’clock I f .f when iho.Goinmittoo on. Contested Srol'feßllfi ported iiV favor of G. W. Alexander, Rauch, Henry E. Claret, and 11. C. ‘as representatives from B’erlis Charles S, Siuraer as tiio reprasbntativf the Lycoming, Union hnd Snyder The Cominittoe on Permanent thms reported 11. C*. Johnson, of county, as President, with a from each Senatorial district,'and dozen Secretaries. j ioWI 1 Wayne McVeigh, Chairman of the nrittee on Resolutions, submitted a repoj ■yjP The rcsohitiuDs express confidenoo’in Ihj ~ *' nrimstriatiou of President Johnson, but f. ' demn bis recnnstraction policy compl- y'i, > Governor Curtin and E. M . Stanton, onimend the eonfisoation of the P ro P ei ‘ v -- ) LS Southern rebels oyer §lO,OOO to pay pen l etc. ’ . ■ . ( :‘,.Va.inf Mr. Todd re'-offereil the' resolution jin y ted by him at the morning session, teu, -- to the recognition of soldiers’ .claims to|f> ces, etc,, ns a substitute tb'o' the c iniinitteo, and after eohsiderablo .. his resolution was negnliyed,yeas liAv>v. ill,' :.: ... I The ;Convention then proceeded to f for Auditor-General, with the foltoViii, m suit: - - General John, F. Hartranft, o.imilyi .03, , , Lanoastef'oountj f >■« K 'li.'.'Muco’nib, Il:nvroncc coontf, -■ , Generai'.Cliarlcs Albright, Carbon f '.‘off ty. S: ' ■ . '. ■' General James L. .Sclfidge, Xfbfth»r|ffi||S ,• Previous to the announcement °^. suit, several' delegates changed ‘ their from Heistand and’ Selfridge to when, pn motion, the nomination of rHM ter was made unanimous; ■ . ’ The following is the balloting for SuOp|||||| Obi. Jilcob'M. Campbell, Cambrio 1 Genl Jas. Nagleo, Schuylkill Brice X. Blair, Ilnrifingdori county, The Hon. John Cessna', of B 0 selected as Clurifinttn. cf the State Commiffce. ■• '• < The Delegates (hen proceeded to their choice fey members of the State Committee',' lifter which General and' Colonel; Campbell, the nominees. ‘presented to the convention, made- dresses, after which'the Gonventiori ed aine die. , ;■ The inyestigatibn oi Oustdm House at Memphis shows the Government been swindled of at least $1,200,000 Hot ir Carlton. His bondsman, Judge pas been arrested for suspe’bted ponnivmf-.;«a|| Chicago Journal. Add to'this $1,200,000 the lost to the Government'in the Stone at ■ Columbus, and it makes a million and a half, lost by the of two ,“.loyal” Republicans 1, KT” An item is afloat, to the efTee 61 petition is on foot >n Minnesota aakn!S woman be allowed to vote, whereupon 11 gallant editor' of tho, Philadelphia M remarks “this is guing’rathet too fast. • If tlio services of the Inquirer are" ail tho Minnoaotiana havo toi.do is top l word negro or colored before the wor an, and tlio Inquirer will chime in la 3 The Carnival op Crime. 1 —Nearly exchange paper we receive now e complaints of an .intolerable spir.t o 1 is n prevalent in their midst. Murders, way robberies, house-breaking, ri ° outrages are becoming quite corn® 1 over the bounkjrv' 1 ■f- f f