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- MCIAL Eticnow.-By Vlfltte or a,' resold
oniJitd althe'lnbt slated ideetlug of ths
canoll au election wUI be’told at ,tto
House on Saturday teMtory 12lb too. bs
tbo hours of two and six u olosk P. M., by
landed voters of tbe'boronfcb of Catllsls to
nee whether lae police force Khali be con
,r not A mil vote i k dtiirwl.
c. E. maglauohlin.
■Preit. Council*
CORNMAN, Saetl.
SCHCEPPE.
Chapter in tkhl Celebrated
Case.'"'
rrHACSTIVB ARGUMENT BEFORE
“ laE SUPHEME COURT.
point la the Case Thorough'
ly BevleweU.
;D REPORT OF THJE PtoOCEEDINaB
ily/or the VolunUtr.]
tiDPVKUS CoUfiT BOOH, I
Philadelphia. Monday. Feb. 7, ib7U. /
iow celebrated cane of the Commonwealth
gohoeppe, was tsked up, on a Writ ef
•)in ibe Oyer and Terminer of-Cumber
utj. by the Wupremi Court, this mom
.ptpoiaeij JO o’clock, the Judges appeared
touob. There was * goodly number of
>lB present, out nothing like the number
9 would attract In Cumberland county,
standing the prominent part played by
rlsooer, m the neWSpkpM discussions of the
rue mouths, it is doubtful #hether, fifty
In the ditp, ottliide'the members of the
w the case was to cometip this mom
' It is about as weli.theT.dld.not, lor the
m lu which the Court ho.Uslts sessions
seal about fifty spectators. It Is due
item rooms m' what is known as "titate
w,’! adjoining Independence, tiall.
justice Thompson stated that the first
, (be Uitt was Paul dchoeppe vs. Common
i ol Penusylvahlk; - whereupon Wm. H,
. ©I cailisle, in behalf of prisoner's
«l, stated that th«*y-were not ready to pro
-0 t r i u i to-oay, ami dkked a con tin ounce ,of
ms uulll Tuesday morning. Attorney-Con-
Urewsier replied that the comisei.fur the
nouweulih had no disposition to nm'ry the
we, and wotnd con eut to the continuance,
were distinctly understood that the case
be ctfU-d to-moirow morning, at all
>. ibeChl6fJUSUd6;said-the c>se womd
to be argued on .Tuesday, and with that
ratandlng It was continued. ;
>, Samuel Hepburn, W. H. Miller, S. Hep
fr>( aud George Northrop, Esq*., appeared
• prisoner;' and Attorney-General Brews-
Istrlot Attorney MagluUwhlln and Wm, J,
rer t '£aq.,vfof the Commonwealth,
his connection it may be stated that the
iluturehu> Just passed un act empowering
apreme Court to reflow the fads us well as
iw, In muider trials, and to decide whether
igredients ut crime proved constitute mur
-3 the first degree, The bill has hot yet to
>d the signature of the Governor, but Dr.
ippo's fried Is hope it wiU, and that It will be
leans of brlugiug the entire cose before the
, for reviewal. Great pressure .is being
{tit to bear upon the Governor to get him t-..
'i© bill.
Bdfrpue Court Rook, 1
Tueaduy, FyO. o. If»70. /
Schoeppe case was called np to-day at
„ Justice Head, presiding, remarked that Ub
not see haw. the case got before the Court,
act of Assembly provided that a writ of error
it issue, upon application made within thir
ds alter sentenoe'linposech Sooh an appti
dq had.been made, the record of the Coart
hud been carefully Examined by tin-
(astlce and two ot bis.associate*, and tlie
; had .been refused. It.waa also true that
>raey General, of hla own motion, might,
ie ease before them, but was be not Urn*
the same nine, and could he bring before
vthlng. beyond the record'of the Court
a cane Involving a maw of
//and ezeeptloni.to thejxullngaand:
it the Court' below. He desiredto ; .he«r ;
IDM6IUpoId tula point.
b Hepburn argued that the Umlt'of thirty
jpUcd onlr.to the time daring which the
• might, petition, for-the. writ, mud that
Itoraey General might, tit any time prior
outlon, bring the cave before the Btjpreme
He was followed, in the urn* line of ar
it, by Northrop, Esq. Attorney
U BreWster Staled that the Commonwealth
ipou«<l 19 waive all technical objections,
lie he wauidretterate his previously ex*
oplolon tUat there was no error m the
slow, nevertheless the Commonwealth
that tbe case stoold be reviewed.
.ice bbarswobd gave Has his opinion that
writ of error brought , the case before , the
tln all Its legal aspects; and after consult**
it wasdetarinlne J (bhear the counsel on the
re case, the court-reserving to Itself the
• subsequently to reject all other Issues be*
those raised by the record Itself, if It should
t proper to do so.
.gamenkjsfta opened by William H.
, &q„onthe part < >1 thd prisoner—followed
sara Hbearer, Maglaughlin, andAttome>
al Brewster, on the part ol the Common*
tu MessrsHepbmnujndNorlb'rop will con*
Vheaignment,,. .
l urgameats of counsel necessarily covered
?ii« of the same ground, ar d to avoid rope*
. we have condensed the main point* pro*
i la bebalfof thopriaonerv audio the reply
Jcoaqsei for tne'commonwealth,
irgnmeot la Behalf of Prisoner,
) Court erred In leaving to the Jury, on all
vrldenue, to And tbe defendant guilty ot
erlu ihe-l&it degree. Wlllaaud Burrellou
■btantlai Evidence lay.lt down aa fnnda*
I iultwtbal M wbQre guilt reata on oircuai*
*1 evidence, tbe olrcumatanoeu. smut be
and i.eueaaanly connected, and admit 01
jer reubombie explanation than that oi
hltoftho prisoner. Xu order to jusuiy lUt
ice oi legal guilt, the facia must be abao
incompatible with the inuuceooe of the
1, and to enable ajury to bring la a ver*
. guilty, it mu*t be not oalj a rational com*
iQ, but tbe only rattoual conviction wiuoii
'Ucumbtanoo • could permit them to dtaw.
true cause of death must be clearly estab*
xl.sudoniy when it bo* been irretragablj
'td that uo other by pulhebU will explain ail
loaditlonsof tbe case or account tor all thi
.cuu It be safely or Justly concluded that
ban beeu caused by intentional n Jury. lu
guilt is to be made out by auteutidc
ioe r 'it luuii be ot tbe mgbeul character
ie nature oftheouse ud rim. Andll tneie
y duubt as to the connection of me olrcum*
aw*wvvfcuxki Qttp.be prpveU,pr;aa tom*.
>vr cuuuluBiun to be drawn Irani me evl
:e « 1( » Mier to err in acquitting 1 than to
IrfoUnß-.it jj* better that ten guilty penone
da escape than that onelnnooent man should
jr *' U 1« the province of the Jury to weigh
evidence; ( it m the duty of the court to de*
**• ibf utmtaienoy; undlt was the duty of
rt to nee mat tbeep rule* laid down were
by the Jury, lor the evidence In tbu
(aribon ojtbe toies referred to.
evidence wa» mainly eoientlAo, and yet
lot upp roaca th* certainty cftcunty to truth,
e tuglimd, i nibiiu, nor France would
•Uowod such apoat mortem examination.
■Mad made no exaaalnation whatever o t
louey* and spinal marrow, both of which
■utlj contain tbcbidden cause of deeth.
lUttlnaUoo of tbebrainwaa implHcct.no
taken of iu condition and appeal'
hr, Aiken frond a faint trace «f proaeic
host of celebrated chemists and toxl«
iutve been examined, aad pronounce
/■is grossly erroneous nod. fallacious,
ttpporteihr. Alkeo-rh.ia testimony stands
7be ante mortem ermptems and post
a »Pp4ara*oec, not only fall to indicate
from poison, but they all contradict pros*
*• Uanmay be mistaken, bat nature can-
Mias B. lived six boors after the last
tnnltjr (o administer poison, and medical
'tie joy' death follows prosaic add like
j. What was there to indicate kiorphlat
in found no iraoe.of It, pr. Conrad saw
of it,' and even in polwming by
’a the patient dice In .from five to elx
die the symptom* of poUonlag by mor
common Co apoplexy and other dls*
f ?®sintrea that the poisoning shall be
iftde out. Take the will away—forget its
ice*»andtberelano«aae«' Dr.Conradsaid
1 Qo( wcamlue the kidneys, because he
M UunneipetuarTtM Bright's disease would
tuaulfestedluelf ny an abnormal amount
Uq iq the abdominal cavity. Di. Cowdrey
’ “ I attended aotopsjs at Bellevue hospital
»ry large proportion of cases showed disease
but there was no swelling, no dropsy,
'paired aa autopsy to Had Ua eaais
of death/* HeaUOsays, "the patient complain*
of dyspepsia, or dizziness, or dimness of vision;"
ail #f which symptoms aro described by the wit*
names attendingMissßtlnneoka. Dr.Noblnger,
an eminent physician, says: " I regard the post
mortem examination as extremely defective
and slovenly. It did not prove that death did
not result from natural causes. Nearly oil the
symptoms in Miss b/s case might hay® been the
result of disease of the kidneys. In my own
practice 1 met a case strikingly similar to Miss
Stlnnecke’s." Flint’s Practice of Medicine sus
tains the same view.
Dr. Conrad said there was no apoplexy, because
he found ho clotted blood on brain/ But high
medical authority maintains that apoplexy fre
quently ensues, without any clot being found.
Mood’s Practice, of-Medicine says; "It Is now
generally admitted that death may occur with
all the phenomena o! apoplexy without leaving,
any observable lesions oh the blaln."
Dr. Conrad says; "A part of the brain was
softened." This la Bometimcsacaase ol death In
old people,hud sometimes results from apoplexy.
(Nlemyer—pp, 19(1,199,191). A local softening of
brain Indicates a diseased brain, because the
softenlbg and decomposition which begins after
death. Is uniform over the whole brain. Miss
: Btinnecke was a short, thick-set woman, sixty
flve years of age; complained of dlaziness and 5
oppression. Gbriatlsen says: "Apoplexy oc
cur* prinolpally'amonßfot‘people"; and again
he says: •" 1 believe few people die of pure nar
cotic poisons, who outlive twelve hours; and
the great, number die much sooner—in six or
eight hours—while apoplexy lasts a whole day, or
even longer." If Dr. Conrad’s reason lor not ex
amining the kidneys, vis: that they manifested
no symptom's of a good one, It
would have dispensed with his whole examina
tion, The longs looked healthy; then why did
he out them up and float these in water? The
heart looked normal; then why did he poor
water Into It? The stomach looked healthy;
then why old Dr. Aiken subject It to chemical
examination? Theinost experienced men in the
profeulon f ,aud. nearly all tbemedieol societies
In the United Btateo, ,«nanlmoualy pronounce
Dr. Conrad's examination Imperfect, and his
cuneloulons’iinsoand ? *
Was there any evidence that prussic acid or
morphia were administered, or paused Miss H.’s
death? The Commonwealth claims that - the
symptoms indicate morphia; and that the che
mical analysis produced prussic acid: Nature
may be misunderstood but she cannot lie, or be
inconsistent wltbherseif. Bhe will not point in
one direction by symptoms, ana in another by a
correct chemical analysis. If the ante iuortem
symptoms of Miss Btlnuccke emphatically deny
death from prussic add, there must be some
mistake in Dr. Aiken’s analysis. Dr. Aiken soy s
the " iron test" gave him.a lalut trace ol a blue
color. The moment be distinguished the 001. r
he seVlt-Tlbllde. The vapor, or " sulphur test"
gave him a .hat red celor. Both ol tnese.satls
bed. him that piusaiofccld was there. Buti/d
lulled Vo use Che most delicate and accurate lest
—the silver ust—because, as he says, the other
two he considered satisfactory, and he dld.iiyf
coutduer the ullybr test reliable; because if there
had been muriatic acid there, a chloride of sil
ver wouiu have oeen produced, which could nut
be readily distinguished irom cyanide of silver,
whtou. would, indicate prussic acid. wWuhe
luund me blue color, ne should have redqcpd It
to a precipitate, which might have been pro
duced m court. Proieasors Himes and Wormiey;
and the authorities oiled by them; show that,
pi.ussio acid-would first present a greenish col
oration, and, not a blue—and only subsides mui
a blae deposit, after several hours, professor
Aiken, wuh ms iamt trace, geia Prussian blue at
once, m violation ot chemistry, Frof. Wormley
says the red coloi produced by the sulphur test
was not conclusive, for the same color may be
produced by mocunib acid and Alkaline acetates,
and It becomes absolutely necessary to deter-
mine to which of these substances the red color
ation is due.' He also'says'Dr. Aiken s reasons
fur not using the silver test are not saustuctory,
tor the chlorideol sliver cun readily be distin
guished from cyanide of silver, la several ways,
uy chemical examination. Frof, Wviiuley also
nay a, the fact tha&pr. Aiken used sulphuric acid
m procuring hie distillate wait fatal to his expe
riments, because'then prussic acid would ap
pear .n the distillate, whether u existed In the
stomach or not. Fiussio acid may, exist In hu
man saliva, or In substances harmless in>them
selves; and the moment Dr. Aiken added sul
phuric acid, it was placed beyond the powef 61
chemistry, In case prussic acid was discovered
in the.distillate, to determine whether the poi
son existed us such in the stomach, or whether
it was derived from substances harmless in
themselves. Dr. Antlselt, aobemistof Washing
ton CHy, endorses Prof. Wormley, and quotes
from Orflla to prove that prussic acid Is gener
ated In bodies In a state ol decomposition. Prof.
Wormley la also corroborated. by Prof. Himes,'
Dr. J. J. Keese, of Philadelphia, Prof. Martin,
Prof. Doremus, while Dr. Aiken stands solitary
and alone.
The result of Dr. Aiken’s analysis la denied by:
(lie symptoms. In death from prussic acid, the;
eyes are wide-open and glistening, the lips eon*
vulsively pressed together, there are frequently.
convulsions; the liver, heart and lungs are con
gested ; foam uud froth about the mouth; purg
ing; lace pallid* bloated and swollen. These ore
the symptoms laid down In all the best autho ti
tle*. In Miss atlnnecke’sca*©, the pupils were
coiAraoted; the eyes nearly closed; mouth par
tially open—Uver, lungs and heart In healthy
condition; no foam or froth; no purging, and
akin natural; no-odor of bitter almonds, and no
convulsions. Miss 8. also lived six hours after
uie last possible chance of administering prussu--
aold to her. dome of the symptoms resemble
those of opium, but they are also symptoms of
Bright’a dlaeaie and apoplexy. Wormley says
morphia begins to manliest Itself within an
bear—Aoaietimes within a few minutes—and it
s fatal lu from seven to twelve hours. There
are certain symptoms'peculiar to poisoning by
morphia, which were absent here—such as great
uilrst, itching of skin, and ability of being,
roused from stupor, and these, ore common to
apoplexy. The symptoms of appplexy are in
sensibility—heavy respiration—eyes.contracted
-hose and mouth clocked—bowels constipated
and extremities cold. These were MlssgStei*
ucoke’s symptoms., These scientific foots dm
u.it prove the corpus delicti, and the court erreu
in allowing a conviction. u
Dr. Aiken stated that he was not a medical ex*
and yet Uie court permitted turn u* answer
questions m regard to the effects of morphia oa
ure human system. '
ihi testimony of A. Smith, tbat the
check was a forgery, should not have been ad*
muted, lor it chaiged a distinct offence. Mr.
niuilh paid the check,'without objecting; uno he
*us acquainted with Miss b’s signature. How
I.OUB the tact that the check was a forgery show
motive lor the murder, if the check was a fur*
*eiy, it was must probubly made the day It whs
presented, which was q/ter the death of Miss e,.
ftheu it cotuu not possibly proven motive lot
aillingher. We can scarcely presume defend*
aut committed murder to get tUly. dollars, when
ue was m expectation of getting her whole es
tate, The design seemed to be that the Juiy
•Light luieroue crime irom the presumption ui
auotner.
i'hu court should have ruled out t le testimony
oi <ur. Adair, auuwing that the prisoner hud ol»-
lamed irum luwa.ioriu fora will, previous tc
ohm tttinueoae's dsath. The commonwealth
niioulu Urol Uave suoh n mut ike will wia, u for
gery, before attempting to convict Dr. 8. with It
Xtxu ooiuiuouweaUn remised to cail^liov.bonoei»-
pe, auddtoiiQea to oiler any
..f me wIU being a forgery. If
-utu9, Ur. wight havs hsd* motive for muruer,
oecause bo stood inJeopardy ofioslng the estate
an long as Alisa o. lived and bad power to re*
voice tbe Will. If b© intended to get tbe proper*
iy t by a forged will, no could wait bia time, ana
iuxge the wiU after bo knew sne was dead as
well a* before, He could have do motive there
fore to.commlt a murder to uuutam a forgery.
The hypothetical cdse should nut have .been
put to Dm. JUUeffer, Dale, Zelgler K iiefman, Corn
man and Hoidemaa. There la no authority in
feansylvania justifying iUudmissiun where the
evidence le cotiihdilagas in thin case. The com
monwealth'. picked out and inserted only soon
facta as suited their theory. The hypothetical
represents Wise 6. In good health, and ignores
nor previous complaints, iha portent symptoms
are omitted, and the Jury dime to regard the
hypothetical case as toe case of Aliss.tJ. Dr. Her
man testifies u I am led te brieve that the caus©
ol her death was by oompouhding prussic acid
and morphia,” and y©t he sWskre hedoeo not
know, nor hob ever read of, k;M©yfier© any
body wa©poUpn©dby suohaobhjpcund . He is
■wiring away human life on k fjiitem of scien
tific experiments mat ne nevfctgw tried,and
never heard of being triad.. lU swears that
morphia retard© the action or Jrussio acid, al
though he never heara of lU dolngso. Bat it
was necessary for the oommonweaith «6 show
that© person.coulu die from prassio acid,and
yet live 2i. hears.oner taking—hence Dr. Her
man's theory. Dr. H. also contradicted
tlmony given bn the hearing of the habeas cor
pus. He says her physiognomy reminded him
of a chicken-hawk' he had seen poisoned, and
yet does Apt pretend that poison would have the
same,action qn hawks as on the human system
—but the hawk forms basis of his opinion. The
effcoVqf poisons, on tbe lower animals is no erl
terionpf ita edbot on human beings.
IfeWssims errortoaßk Dr. Klefferwhot In his
opinion was, the cause of death. That was the
very question the Jury were to decide—the cor
pus delicti; npr should tbe court have permuted
hlnrtusay that the “ negative facts proved clear
ly that she died from no natural cause,” nega
tive facte do not clearly prpve anything. He
aheald have been eoagasd to the hypothetical.
cose. Dr. Ualdeman sayasbe died frommorpnia
because there was an absence of stertor. Dr.
Zelgler thinks stya died from morphia because
there was stertorous breathing. The. same ob •
Jeotlons apply to all the medical witnea-es. The
court also erred In admitting the afUr-dlsooW
ered evidence of Dr, Herron. 4 '■
The charge of the court was objected to be*
cause It submitted to the Jury the theory that
from the volatile nature of prosslo acid and
m« rphla, oases have occurred where no traces of
either cenld be found in the stomach, where a
chemical examination was made In a shorter
period after death than occurred In this case.—
There was no evidence of the administration ot
these poisons. That poison was not detected In
the body of deceased was an established foot,
sustained by the testimony of a number of wit
nesses against the testimony of one.aakni The
court, in answer to the 6th point, admitted that
If It be true that Prof. Aiken destroyed the val
ue of bis distillate, by the Introduction of sul
phuric acid, the,question of prussic,
acid, so for as It is effected by the testimony of
Dr. Aiken, should be laid aside, and it should
nut have been submitted to the Jury. The errors
of Prof. Aiken were proved xnd<thecpnrt ahqnid,
not baVe left it.to thej&nr to sir wheihWorboti
prussic acid was discovered In the body. As to
• the hypothetical case, the physicians,for the
commonwealth said they could see no natural
cause of death, wbllbihe physicians wbp testi
fied for defence said they did knowof such nat
ural causes. The court also erred in couuteuan
■ dug the theory that a combination of poisons
majj havo caused Mfs» kf'sl symptoms, it&en by
medical testimony the defendant bad accounted
for all those symptoms by known• natural dis
ease : and In submitting to the Jnfy the opinions ;
of fir, Kieffer and k&hers«&ti the hypothetical
case, as evluenoe to establish the fact that death
was caused by unnatural causes and not by dis
ease. Also Inglvmg to the Jurythebplnlonsand
impressions# Mt*i*«£ktt > v4t£ an .axperfc {us to
the disease under which Mrs. B.
and lu giving Dr. KJefl'er’s concttttenof opinion,
when the conditions on whichJt was based were
not -specified dn ‘ thU hypothetical case. The
conn erred m making the Jury eoie Judges of the
relevancy el thelaeto recited on thehjpotheti
cal esse. They should'‘have'confined them to
the foots ttisre staled which had been proved to
exist In IhifcfcWVjiitrial. j/'
Tntf Court* 'efffed' to ury'aa fill us (t a*
non or ciroutfieuuUUii whbh'tbis case
was not 'clreuhrttanciaj; bit'Dii cbiptfs delicti
moat be prtVeli by But the
com t Treated tttcrcorpos'dl&buas'a thing estab
lished/ lii it’- remarks Upon the cased of circum
stantial evidence .cited by.tho court, to the effect
pVe'd'oVbi.Q'f.gmiV.
dliter. -fitied-ior I
a seat on the upi
piidd.tlue'iu.tQ'.the infeieuce
was not Juptiued by the evideucc in this ease.—
the July that" F.achoeppe th subscribing wit
ness had not bffbn called. 11 and leaving thegeh
nineties* or falsity ol (be whl an open question.
The counsel loi**defendant also recite errors in
the court's answer to their points. Kaeh one of
the points waetakon !op separately and com
meuted upon at length, but as they cover the
same ground already gone over we do not give
them. The main points were that there were in-
consistencies and .contradictious between the
court’s answer to defendant’s (points and the
statements andreasomug of the general charge
—that although the court In genetstated tue
principles ul law correctly, yet where they refer
to the evidence, and instruct the Jury as to the
application of those principles to this cose, there
i* no clearness, but great confusion—that Impor
tant evidence was omitted in the recital ol \he.
testimony by the court, and that theories and
'conjectures were suuniitted to the. Jury os 1 evi
dence. The counsel concluded wlihruu-eloqUeut
appeal lu xavur of a igjeroilm construction of the
principles oi criminal law.
Argument lu UekalCof Consnsenwcaltb.
The prisoner's csuniel assume, as a point of
law.thattue corpus delicti must be proved by
the scientific testimony, and that-motives and
sther Criminating circumstances cannot be ta
kendntd.consideration to establUh> the.cause of
leatb; and they contend that IhechemlcslUuU-
mony being conflicting, and all the tests for poi
.ton not having been used, and as It was not
proved that pbla*n had been discovered la 'suffi
cient quantity to kill, or the symptoms of death
by poison had not been shown, and as the post
mortem examination was not complete or ex
haustive, the court should have Instructed the
Miry to acquit.’ T - these points the counsel for
Commonwealth reply that:
' Works on medical Jurisprudence do not lay it
down-as essential that pll the tesla for any par
ticular prison should be. used, but) simply that
the chemist should employ several tests.' El
well says “a criminal la not to lui acquitted up
on the assumption that a mere delicate chemi
cal. might have, been adopted for the
detection of pdteoh in the dead body; lor there
is not a criminal ease In which a solicitor might
not procure this kind of opinion in favor of the
most accomplished poisoner. There are various
methods of arriving at the same chemical re
sult', and every analyst thinks.his process the
rest,” Dr* Aiken used two of the three known
teste. Taylor says " the.irbn teat -will detect us
small a quantity os the silver test," He says the
solphor test "surpasses any other, process yet
discovered;" also that I ;in detecting the vapor
the sulphur teat acts more rapidly and delicate
ly than the silver teat;'* and again that" the
sulphur and iron teste, when applied to the de
tection of vapor, are absolutely free from any
chemical abjectionagain •* when there ap
pears the colored results by the Iren and sul
phur tests, there can be no reasonable doubt of
the presence of the poisons," Professor Otto, of j
Caroline College, Geneva, says " the reaction On:
ifae Iron test) Is so, delicate and characteristic as
to render every other test almost superfluous :
ef the snlpher teat he says "the delicacy of this
test Is very great;" and of the silver test, “it is
necessary to prove by other experiments that:
i he precipitate rerlly contains cyanide of silver. ■
Dr. Aiken therefore complied with all the re
quirements laid down by writers on toxicology.
But It U said that he destroyed thevalift of bis.
tests by the use of sulphuric acid.' Guy, Cbrlsti
; non, Otto and Casper, all lay it down as a rule to
use sulphuric acid in the distillation; and Dr.
Aiken U supported/by some of tho greatest
names la the eolenUfle. world.' The objection | B
that sulphuric acid may produce prussic aold
rrom saliva or contents of stomach, but in this'
case the stomach was entirely empty,’ Accord
ing to beat authorities, a teaspoonfol of saliva
contains a quantliy of prussic add so Inappreci
ably small that even according to Dr. Wormly
it could not be detected by chemical analysis. '
Taylor says *• it Is not necessary that chemical
evidence of poisoning should be found. There
are many poisons whfoh cannot be detected by
chemical analysis, and there are numerous cir
cumstances which may occur to prevent deteo
tlon In others. If by the symptoms and post
mortem appearances, with or without moral
circumstances, it can be made, clear to the
minds of the Jury that death bos been caused by
poison, nothing more Is required; the evidence
of chemical analysis may then be safely dis
pensed with, Wo must not suppose thafcaebarge
of poisoning cannot be sustained without chem
ical evidence. In the case of Donellau. the only
evidence of the nature of the poison used was
the order perceived by a non-professional wit
ness. A man named Thorn, was tried at Aber
deen, In IH2I, for poisoning a person named
f Mitchell, with, arsenic. No trace, of poison was
found, but conviction took place on the evidence
(ifsymptomsandpostmortem appearances. A
woman was convicted of poisoning her husband/
although the ature of the poison could not be
determined by the moat carefully conducted
chemical analysis. Conjoined with strong mo
ral oli oumatanoes, chemical evidence will often
lead t* conviction, when post mortem appear
anoee are entirely wanting, and the evidence
irom aymptoma very Imperfect.” Wharton and
HUUe aay M ohemlcaa proof of the existence ot
poison,: though Important, la not essential to
eonvlotloa.” Xlweil’iays “It most be remenif
bered that the absence of poison, In the body,
or the Collars to find It, does not prove -that poi
son was not the caoaeof death. • ♦ « *
Though there may be no trace of poison in the
oody, as la often thecasewbea vegetable poisons
have been taken, the sanroondlog circumstances
and symptoms may point to a poisonous agent."
Wills says: “ Huoh a doctrine has never beep ad
mitted in England, and Its recognition'would be
iranght with danger. Some of .the vegetable
poisons scarcely admit of chemical proof; and to
require It would be to proclaim Impunity to of
fenders sUfed tn chemistry.” _The books con
tain a nomber of case#, in which conviction tools
place, although there was no chemical proof ef
the existence of polfop.. The piisoneitjlad both
prossio acid and morphia In hls'posseaslon. He
gave the debased oVpmUinth# morning, and
had repeated Co administer other
doses daring the day,’ TbeH*ymptomrwsretbo«e
of opldmb/som.e ef 1U pwpaceifeai,
as laid down in Gay's Medical Jurisprudence,
and In Wharton and fitltle. As to. poat mortem
appearances ami ante-mortem aymptoma, the
eommdnweaUb anbmltted them to physicians
who upon their oaths, expressed t hvoplnlon that
death resulted from no natural cause, bat was
produced by poison.
The prisoner urges that because every ergon
of the body was not examined; the oonrt should
have decided that .the corpus dejectl; was not
proved, and the defendant should have been md
quitted. ■ It was only’ the oommoowenUh’a duty.
to satisfy the Jury from all the evidence .that
death wai caused by poison—the poat mortem
examination was sustalnecf ttiw chemical an
alysis, the symptoms and the appearances
Boseoe says In his arimiaal efldtaee: 4 M Onibe
view of; a t.odyafter death, on suspicion ui poi
son, a physician may see cause Tor nut. positive?
ly pronouncing that the party died from
yet If the patty dhdfged' be Interested in the
death; If he appears to have inado preparations
of poison, apd this secretly | it ho bus discovered
au expectation ot the fttiuleveut; If that event
baa taken place suddenly, dnd wlthoutprevloua
111 health<: If signs agreeing with poison are ob-
irifedlcal men fnay not posltlve
, ly affirm that they might not be owing to other
, causes—yet tbeaeonmulative strength of circum
stantial, evidence may be such as to warrant
conviction."
There necessarily a difference between the
mode of proving corpus delicti In oases of pois
oning and that in other coses. Utils on Evi
dence, says: "Incases of poisoning, the moral
evidence from Urn conduct of the accused, hi*
antipathies and other motives, hie possession or
the means of death, bis declarations, his false
hoods, subterfuges and evasions to prevenl ex
amination of the body, and many other suspic
ious circumstances, constitute material parts of
th tratfesta and furnish a clue to the explana
tion pf facts which would otherwise prove Tnex
; phcable. It la perfectly clear that by the law of
'England, oil such facts'afferd competent and
relevant' evidence, from which can be inferred
the erimlnal administration of poisen." lu Eon
ellah’acase. Justice Abbott said: "If the.opin
ions of Jeafnfed poraons,, who have been exam
ined on both sides, lead you to doubt whether
you should attribute the death to arsenic—then,
aAtb fAf* questl6ni as well as to other Questions,
. the; condbot of thbprUonerla>most material to
* consideration*". In TasoweU’t
ci^ k< jParke s^id: "In considering tne
queeUonj whether death wok caused by.prosaic
acid, you at ehQt'tb’abatalq frbnl' looking at the
c&ffduotTbt thw aspurt of thatquesllou;
youvflnst look' ab-aU -the circumstances of the
esse,iand. sea.lrheihec the prisoners conduct,
thing, that was in hu» posses ion would
nut Htrengthen ihem ln the inclusion that the
seVohtiflo'wllncuea had proptfly arrived at the
c6a6lUsi6rf f ihat ; beyond all douht prusslo acid
was the cause of death." Other authorities weie
referred to on the same point, and the cose ol
Caslalgn) Was hiladed te at length.' f .
1 Dr. Alk«a la a medical expert—he is a physl
; clah/'kilil has practiced at oil
events it la the-province ot a chemist to have
knowledge of .the nature of polsuus ami their
liability disappear bj- absorption orotherwise,
Ou the admission of proof oi the 1 »rged check,
the Commonwealth's eounaef cited tf Wngut,a«j:
“Therule on UusHUbjeet may lobe,
that ‘WuerA fhcbr' üßd circumstances amount to
proof ot another crime than that charged, and
there ’is ground to behdvethat the crime charged
grew out oi. flas lu a any way caused hy it,
aach tacts and circumstances may be proveu to
show the anlmus'oftne accused.**
. in reply to the objection to the testimony that
defendant,prior to Jitu tj. a death, hud obtained
a form ofwlll exfidliyi to the one pro
duced,the Common wealth argued that all Writers
oa oircomsta. Ual evideace.make the piepaiu
tlou for a crimk'oW hi' ftnJ
s.auoes against a pVrsgn .chuigety .lt
was toshoWbUchprepiimaou tuatUietootimuiiy
was ottered—' that lor weeks- thOf uucobud.Wsu*
preparing ior the crime, ami'as s(iofiii'wda ie|f{-
tlmate evidence; whether the wiii.WvßfdrgeU or
geuume. ' ' • 'm
' Commonwealth’s copnseUbea cited '• niuh’tjei‘
of legal authorities sustaiulng thtfluypftmeUuai
case, and the manner in which it was pul to lub
medical .experts. Xf the case pul by the Cum?
monweolth ace Incorrect, defendant’s counsel
should have prepared a case themselves. This
they did not do; but the facts given Inliypo
■thetlcal case were the facts of this case. .
1 f The error charged by. the prisoner’s counsel
: \£bat the Courtjjarbled, transposed and placed in
juxta»poaitljdfa f > Independent andwuipiy’ separ
ated circumstances, Commonwealth's counsel
replied, that the Court.submitted to the jury no
mere theory which bad no evident e to support
It. ThA. tkebry qf the prosecution, sustained by
facts,wbs that. of compound’ poisoning. The
f»urt did" Instruct the Jury that the Common
wealth'was not required to prove what kind of
poison caused death, bat in tbp same sentence
•aid, "but'the evidence must satisfy you that
death was caused by poison administered by de
fendant,”
In reply to the argument that Prof. Aiken’s
testimony should have been thrown put by, the
Court, and the question of death from prussic
acid laid aside, so far asaffeated Dr.'Aiken’s tes
timony, Commonwealth replied that thee was
other evidence sustaining DK Aiken—the clan
destine purchase of poison.a.few days before
.Miss Stlnneoko’d • death- the testimony of Dr.
Conrad that the appearance of the body was like
the description of appearances of persons dying
from prussic acid—and the testimony of Drs.
Herman and KJetter.
As to the ante-mortem symptoms, they were
submitted to competent medical authority, and
their opinion given to Jury, and It was for the
Jury to say, from all the evidence, whether the
syihptoms proceeded from poison or from nat
ural disease/.
■ Itdld not devolve upon the Commonwealth
to prove what poison caused death. Oreenleaf
«aya; "In case of death by poisoning. 11 Is not
necessary to prove the particular substance or
kind of-polson used. It is sufficient if the Jurors
-are satisfied,' from.Bll the circumstances,and be
yond all reasonable doubt, tbatdeatb wascauaed
by poison administered by .prisoner. The ma*
terlal questions are whetner the prisoner bad
any motive to poison, the deceased; whether he
bad the opportunity of administering the poison,
and .whether 'ho had the poison in bis posses
sion*'
To hold tb'at a physician of many years prao
tice.wlien long experience has knowledge
ofthe manner In which drags not upon the tan*
body, should not be. allowed to r give an
opinion upon tbe probable action In the case of
two dings— wboan’qualities he Is farall arjwlth—.
prfeaiSirt at the same time in the human body,
would"be to exclude medical testimony in all
cases In.whlcha criminal, possessed of the know
ledge'of dragai mlghtmakenseof a combination
oltwoor more poisons to cause death. ‘
The-defendant leaves the town In which he
lives, and Irknown, and where lie could procure
apy .paCtUcins’in. Jtbe practice! of his. prafes
sl|t)n,-and- to fknoUier piace r .where he Is
unkhown. to purchase poU>on|and pqison alone..
His counsel asked the Court to say. as a matter
of law; Jbatj t h<rpossfssl.ono f poison ; raised no
presumption of guilt. This the Court declined
to'dp.'lh.treW of-hla purchase of prussic acid In
admitted that .the fact that he
was a practicing physician ought to weaken the
presumption of guilt from his haying prussic
acid in bis possession,
A perusal of tbe entireebarge of the Court will
satisfy any competent Judge of. its,correctness
The Court below held the reins strongly against
the Commonwealth, and unhesitatingly decided
In. favor ofthe defendant, eveiy point In which
they entertained iho least doubt.
The charge and rulings of the Court are their
own vindication. '
The Philadelphia Dickinson Col
lege Cldb.— A meeting of the erndu
aten and students of Dickinson College
was bold si short time since at No, 1018
Arob street, Philadelphia, Rev, Jim. Wil
son, A. M., presiding, and Rev. J. Tortd
acting as Secretary. The object was to
form an association of the Alumni of the
College:fesldiug In Eastern Pennsylva
nia, NewMofsey and Delaware. On mo
tion, it was determined that theassooiae
tion should be known as ah' ye, and that
all graduates and those who bad been de
reed by the College mightke members,
and those students who had not passed
through the regular course and gradua
ted, should be 'admitted as associate .
members. *A committee was appointed
to nominate, permanent officers, who re
ported the following : President, Prof.
Wm. H. Allen; .Second and Third Vice
Presidents, Hou. D. M. Rates and Col.
Wright; Secretary, Rev. Jacob
Todd; Treasurer, Prof. Wm, L. Bos
well ; Executive Committee, Hon. G- W.
Carrigtn, Dr. J. F. Bird, Prof. B. A. P.
Penrose, G. D. Carrow, D. D., Dr. A. W.
Wright. The President f Dickinson
College,'. B. Jj. Duhlell, D. D., it was
suggested should bo ex offloio First Vice
President* 'The Beport was adopted. A
Committee was then created to make'ar
rangsmenla fora raunton of the AJumul*
..aGroond Hod Da v. I ’—Wednesday of
lut week was "Ground Hog day," and
in order.to confirm tbqpopularsuperstl
tlon. lhe weather (ftthe next six, weeks
must he pold. The Idea is that the ground
bog comes out of hie burrow on; that day,
andif the aby be clear ao that the animal
can see his shadow, be will retreat to hla
lair as an Indication of cold weather for
six weeks to come. As Wednesday gave
us a clear aun and consequently shadow
for the ground hog, the Storm of Monday
and Tuesday have confirmed In the faith
tko*e who believed in the matter.
Sensation among tub Students.—
’ Borne-months-since, the west college
’ Jaaltorahlp, formerly, held; py cthe old
i man who claims to be of. a patriarchal
I family, hla ; " grand father iiavin served
in de Revoluehin, bis futherin do Mexl-,
1 can and me la dis war,” who Is com
monly-known by the students as. Judge
i Watts, wa-* filled’ by a droll Virginian,
Styling himself Major .George Norris.—
- The entrance upon hlu duties of the Hum
, ble individual, was greeted by a threat
to “ put him under the hydrant.” This
cruel purpose was timely thwarted how
jever by. bis coming out in a clean rig,
■ iaudiiwearnlhg upon-his neck, a yard or
more of red flannel, to cute, as heallsdg
ed. larzngltla. The quick scent of the
! student'soon swelt the odor of “Bed
Eye,” the presence of which Qeorge uc
counted for by slating that he united de
flannel with sparits, but a close cross ex
amination dretf nut tbd confession that
“de doctor said ’nlut. de insideob de
throat too,” Similar eccentricities made
Norris famous, when the irregularity ol
his time piece in >bell ringing led to a re
monstrance from the down town boar
ders* In view of this fact, a few day
si uceato Veiling prayers, the Piesideut
Dr. Dasbiell, laid belore the youug men
the Worthy■,'dliarfty ■of presenting the
Mgjur with a watch, which was liberally
respond! d to. Thereupon the Doctor
bniuJbP tnrthjii watch- Whiatnhbi turned
over to Mr. Hargis of the senior class fur
presentation, When but slipped a junior,
serviugitheLwrilof prope(i(at,(ouin(on the
Janitor aloresaljl who grew aguast ui
the baultf Bf tUd writ hut q- liuklyeutoted
the chapel, amidst ...the. wilqcaj tutboai
asm. The senior designated respoudeo
lo'luqd , himself to the
distinguished visitor,' suisumtialiy us
follows; “George, (paosolyou.aro. ur
npgyed.bsfore lhis,flViW ru blo body upon
tUCHiharge of negligence and irreglilqrf
ly, wbutaay you, “ gulUy or notgoiuy.’'
(Here the speaker - was interrupted by
luut| Jaugl\l(ii;ptr|lhp erratic .ejaculations
and siguilluaul twitches of the prisoner;
wereupou, gio'wing more serious, be re
pealed "George, in behalf ol my fellow
students and in the name of the faculty,
by the direction of the Honorable Brest
debt, it Ueculnea'iffy agreeable aud pleas
ant duty to present you with a subsluu
Uaiirecuguliiun of.tUujr .pursuit of hours
utTeuiliitiou and worship under difficulty,
undof your faithfulness in rlugiug out
upon the wintry- winds the mellow tones
of; the old college bell; with-the wish
ihaVthb yvdh tenor ohyoiir, life may eyei,
keep pace with tbe regulur time Which
thic-watob is warranted to keep, I plsCe
it in your bands.'-’ Tiie Major witii mili
tary plr (a decided reaction of feeling
having set in) was about being cheered
out when “speech." “sjieech,” was an
swered by his mourning the rostrum and
declaring as follows;
“Lernd Litteratuses: De perihelion is,
in de osceudiu node,.an I oilers thought
before dat zou Were nliers gelitlmeuvainl
de doctor too. If de lord spares me, and
nothin’ happlns to my blessed Savior, I
stay win zou as long as zou
wants me.’.’ Amid vociferous cheering
Major George Norris retired to “ think
up,” as he persistenly affirms, a (oiler
speech fur on de chapel stage, the uexi
regular exercises ofwnioliwlll be belli
on the first Thursday evening of Marcli
It is but Just to the George to add tha'
at the time he was laboring under a se
vere cold and boarsness.
Law against Trout Fishing.— The
protection ef our fish, game, aud forest
trees, all of which are now, unfortunate
ly, fast disappearing from our state,
tthouid-haVe our earnest attention and
care. In respect to one of these matter
the Legislate eof Pennsylvania, ou Iht
21st day of April, 1869, passed a stringent
law. It prohibits the fishing for trout ai
all seasons of the year, by any othei
iue~na or devices except by hook ami
line, and forbids the capturing of them .
iutbat manner except in the mouths oi
April, May, June and July. Persons are
positively prohibited from fibbing fur
them iu any way, during any other tlmgf
of the year. The law imposes a penalty
'of five dollars, for a. violation of Us pro
visions aud, also, imposes a penalty
of five dollars upon any officer neglect
ing Co make report of violations which
m*y come under his notice. The officei
is liable to be dismissed fiom his office
lor thesaiue neglect. This law, we trust.,
will have the effect of protecting this
favorite fish aud makiug them more
pleutUulin ouf streams than they have
been uflate y ears. ’
V BEyiyAirPßOGEESSiNa.—Tfaereligiouß
exeiieuirut iu the Bethel church of this
place continues with* unabated fervor.
Already eouie sixty or seventy, persons
have been convened and will doubtless
Connect. tbemseives with the church.
These meetings are being held nightly,
and many persona are seeking a remia
slon of their Bins, the services are very
solemn and interesting, and are participa
ted iu by members ot other congregations,
and we have no doubt all feel a deep in
terest iu the meeting.
- The services are conducted by the
Pastor, .Rev, J. Hunter, .assisted by the
Rev. J. A. ilcDonnuld, of JSewburg.
It is very giatiiying to know that the
y* ung men of our town are get lug deep
ly interested in this meeting, and we are
pleased to learn that many of them have
already forsaken the.palhs of sin and are
living a new and a better life.
_A <3beat Snow Storm.—Those who
have been anticipating an early spring
have been sadly disappointed. On last
Monday night, about 10 o’clock, an old-,
fashioned suo.v storm set In, and the
snow continued falling all day Tuesday,
covering the ground with a bed of snow
to the depth of about 15 inches. This
has been undoubtedly the greatest snow
storm of the season, and nas given the
earth a decidedly w intry appearance.
It is no doubt all ior the best, as it will
afford ample protection to the growing
grain, which was much needed. - Those,
however, who were fondly anticipating
the advent of spring and the luxury of
early violets, will have to “ wait a little
longer.’.’
. With this change of weather, the de
apondlng heans of our ice merchants
have been. made glad, and they now
predict a full supply of that necessary
article for summer use. . -
Death op Con. PaulM a rtin.—We
learn, from Shlppensburg that Col. Paul
Martin, a well known citizen of this
county, died, at his residence, in that
borough, after a sbiorl illness, on Friday,
the 28tli nit., in the 79th year of his age.
Col. Martlp was at one time High She
rlffof Cumberland county, and discharg
ed the duties of the offloijfiithfully and
hi,neatly. He was a man of much ec
centricity of character; a fuithfnlYriend,
a good neighbor, and an energetic and
pnbilc*spirited citizen. .’
■ -ckb and Wilson Sewing Public B*i.n mi>■ r ■■ .
for the \\he.lfcr4'VVllk.'" fflee ft No. Mm'“hTe^Sr^ho^lKn 1 !
ohinet ompuny, opcued an '.marinlt J| r » 1,1 ri**utU Middleton township, on the
; 121MarketBtreet,
headquarters for the district composev I aud kitchen i pl * household
the twelve surrounding counties. p rlllttlr u. : M r V»-® 1 9‘ .
Owing to the increased demand for o y°/ n U “/y, i 1 '*° ba t ® e9te “'
... , . u - or Joseph Ureen. ut the real
machines, the room occupied as a sales- deu( e of the. assignor,, ou the Watuut
room and office ,became so cramped for t.'' , “d, one-fourth mile west of I
their business, and they determined to Carlisle, but-ses, young cuttle, luruilr g |
secure a large and more convenient oue. implements, &c- -W# B* Moote, Atipt'r.
They on Tuesday the 18 th Instopened In Thursday February 14th, 1870-Noah
their new room at No. 407 Market street,
formerly occupied by W. Kuooho as a i ar min g Implements,
music store. Previous to taking possess- Tuesday, February 15, Jesse Zelgler,
lon a force of workmen was set (o work Sr., In Middlesex township, horses, cows,
to nt it up in the best style, which they young cattle, farming implements, 4c.-
sucneeded in doing; as .was the general VV *“’f ,uvu l UUe f,’, u ‘ *,« lam „ ,
opliilou of those preseiitat th? opening
The front part of the room.will beusnd V |*n t horaO' fi cuttle, farming implumeuls,
as a show room for the different styles of houseuuid furniture,~&c.
machines manufactured by the firm. In Thursday, February 17, Wm. Hartman,
the centre a veil finished cosing sepa- In tiuhth. Middleton lowusbip, 1 mile
rat.a fhA nrtvAte offlra and sewimr and South ol.Caruiale, ou.tlK Baltimore pike,
rates the. private omce ana sewiug aim Uo co wa, young eattlo, funning im
instruotlon room from the show room. pi eUieuU| & 0 . N. B, Moore,. Auct’r.
This casing foreman offlep for the,book- Friday, Feb. 18, at 11 o'clock* the Mill
keeper of the establishment, and Is sur- known us Eooriy ’s M>li in East Peuus
mouuted by a handsome sign bearing borough twp., will be rented uy public
the ipsorlptlon •■Wheeler 4 Wilson-. ~ MITXSIu«
It la supplied-with small windows open- erty, a»so dwelling house, with ll» acres
Ing Into either main .rooms, through laud, &c, ' .1/ ( , ; ‘
which moneys can be received or iufor- Wednesday, 2l»t, 1870, John
niatldnWen;-' The sbwfug alidljnslruo- A. Voting,in pidflusup township, i mile
Han mom win be supplied with ma- S
chines, and Is well lighted and perfect* ®tvugou and bed,'hay ; iadubrs, &c. K. B.
priyate, 1 and has been fitted up for.the Moure, Audi mee|£
«ppoial accomraodatibhofladles desitiug Ou Tuesday, February 22, 1870, Jume
to learn how to work ou the maohiue, uo W. Fetter, ifi buuih Middlemn lowusbip
matter whether they own a Wheel*’*’ 4 ““lea south-west of Carlisle, thiee wore.
. t Uiiroes, 3 cows, 2 bulls, \uung calUe, wa-
Wilson or a machine of another munn plover duller, lutesuiug muciiiue,
fact urn. Instructions will Household and nueneu luiuuuic, &o.
competent iud> fre&of charge, JUadles* Thursday, Feb. 24, at the residence ol
arefmvited'tO’byail themselves of this Jacob Black, dec u., in ihckiuauu twp,,
llhdral offer.-•-The puokitfc; aud ware Uv« mnes \tlest ol Carlisle,mu the Cham
,-oom is immediately helof the,above T%
mentioned room,and a |erge number of Moore, Auotiqueoi. , ;
machines are, stored in It. The sales- <• . Thursday, Februaiy 24th t 1870, M. F.
room, as well os the sewiug and instruc- Anthony, in.iNuttu, .Ynuaivlon towns,.ip,
tion room is lighted at ulght by gas. on tna vv uggon, I‘.o.Uap v-atl, hear Ueeeu
. ... . i _ it er's hotel, cow, Uugtiv.sleiah, waaou abd
The chaqdelieip are p,nqvelj aqd peculiar Harness, piows uua uanOw-, imy, luudei,
pattern aud were gotten up expressly Uresmy lUieißeap.-ihouatthoid.imd kucuen
for use' in' the ; different offices of the luruiiure. Uom. Fuller, Auciiqueer,
company. Each one is furnished with , February 25, Win.. H. Fureu
{»iaven buruers, and ditfuaea a powerful haugu, uti tlio *dau leading iroju Larusle
.■•i-i •■».» i ..-.*»•• -I. i« to ui iFiaiuheid,
■ Ilght-f The Wheeler 14iVViFou iinaol.luea uoises, ;cattie,.'lard,tng im
areacktiowleilged to be among the best mnn
inauufactured, and give general Balia Cue- )\V,nn IJ. Timmins,
lion to all who have used them.' The Friday, February 25, Fiaticta Meutser,
company, In order to place their tna
. • , rVv. f i, w s/J Mt. ll;;ok,, UOfdes, Cows, youug cattle,
witbinlthft wacht iarmlug.ampibmeuii»-&ci ’• ,
.ell them ou the lease plan, the person 25, LeVl P; Snyder, in
taking :one to pay $lO per month, and west Pedusbarough twp., about half a
when the monthly payments' amount to mile east of Diiier's Bridge, ou the creek
a sum equal to the cost price of ’the maf , i ta d |u ij U) Newville, wiiliHcil horses,
. ■ ’ ; . mule**, gows, young cattle,* farming im
chine,-they: give a. bill, and receipt in piemeuts, household aud kitchen iurul
full for the machine. Every machine Is lure, &c. Johu Thomas, Auctioneer,
warranted for three „ • Thu'sday, March 3d, 1870, Hezekiah
The sales of,this firm average forty Vote,, in North Middleton township, 3
mnnhinps & week In this district. The miles nortll - u ea } of , Carlisle, « head ol
machines a wees n inis u strict, tne horses, cows aud .voting eattie, sows aud
Harrisburg office is under the manage- pigs, reaper and ,mower, household and
ipentof.Mr. Henry Herman, who is well kiibhen luriiitdre, so.- , ”
bjr' his' Thursday, March 3, Sami., Weary,
necessary information in regard to.the will sell In Middlesex twp., three miles
, i „„„„ East ol Carlisle, and one mile west ol
construction and management of these Mill(1 i taQX ,, U „ W3J ,y,. U ng cattle
machines, as well as the points of super!- ahoats, (arming implements, household
ority ovpr those of .other manufactures, and kitchen furniture, (to., N. 11. Moore,
He will’be nl any t/rho to see Auctioneer,
those who may desire to examine the
Wheeler & WINon machine, and give
any Information desired. • . 1
As an evidence that the Wheeler &
Wilson company patrmrz * our mechan
:cs w© may state that Mesffrsj’iVance*
Hollock & Whiteside, carriage builders,
have finished nearly one hun'drfcd l ele
gant wagons for them within a short
time. With a new and elegantly fur
nished room, a well selected stock of
machines and an able and energetic
manager, we have no doubt the. Wheeler
& Wilson sewing machine company will
greatly increase sales in th!s>po
tlon of the flfutei and become one of the
most flourishing business concerns In
our oltv. .
An office has been opened in our town
In the Volunteer the
Market House.) wo would io
viteourcitizens, and the puhlicgonerally
to call and examine these wonderful ma
chines. °
Instructions given free from charge,
hy a lady operator.
The office is In charge of Mr. Bates.. .
Death of E. P. Inhofp.— We are
pained to announce the death of our
young friend. Mr. Edward P. luhoflf. of
thin place. He died at Winona. Minn
esota, at the house 1 of our former citizen,
Mr A. J. Lamherton. For a year or
moro Mr. I. had been in delicate, health,
and.was induced to visit Minnesota a
few. months since iu the hope that a
change of climate woiPd prove beneficial.
Thin hope proved fallacious, and on Mon
day last he breathed ills last. His wife
was the only relative near him.in his
Inst hours, but yet he < was carefully
cared for by Mr. Lamberton’s family and
other sympathising friends. Mr; I. was
universally beloved, by all who knew
him. He was a moat genial, hospitable
whole-souled young man« and he died
as he had lived without an enemy. He
was the only sou of our neighbor Mr. C
Tnboff, and his wife Is a daughter of our
respected citizen, Dr. W. W. Dale, Peace
to his.ashes. ~
Death of Dr. Bei.tzhoover.— Dr.
John C. Boltzhoover, a mbst estimable
young man, died at the Franklin House,
In this borough, on Saturday evening
last, the 6th inst. He was in the 21st
year of his age. Dr. B. was a native of
Monroe township, but was fm many
years a resident of Silver Spring, where
his.remains, were interred on Monday
last. The deceased .waa.a - young mnn
of much promise, and has left ;t large
circle of relatives and friends, who sin
cerely mourn his early demise.
Society Anniversaries.— The anni
versaries of the Belles Letties and Union
Philosophical Booietloj, of Die bison
College, heretofore held at the end of the
Fall session, will hereafter be celebrated*
onthe 21st and 22d.0f February. The ex
ercises of' Belles Lettres will be in
Rbeem’s Hall, on the evening of the
coming 22d.
Death of Dr. John Armstrong.—
Our former citizen. Dr, Armstrong, died
at his daughter’s residence in Princeton,
N. J, a few days since. In' bis day Dr.
A. was a successful and skilful nruntic
ioner, and a mao of. culture, and refine
meat.. He was. ripe In ’yealsp hut yet
bis many friends, old and
sorrowful at th'oiulelllgcoceofiifsdeatn.
Sobcsribe.—Every. Democrat in th'e
eouuty who wishes a good reliable Jeff
ersonian Democratic paper; without auy
“IBs” or “huts" In regard to a full and
free support of Democratic men and
measures, will please step forward and
subscribe lor the Volunteer. We war
against ‘Radicalism, thieves, emruptinn
in high places, roosters bumnieiH, scala
wags, wolves in sheep* clothing.. Geary-
Ites and political scoundrels gv nerally.
801 l in.
Friday,' Marc[tj4.3B7o, Samuel Stine, in
Fraiikford township, one-half mile east
of Dlller’s Bridge, horses, hot tied cattle,
bogs, wagons, reapers, buy rakp, &c.
Mondav, March 7, Andrew J. Nickey,
in Sliver Spring twp., oue-hulf mile east
of Hickory town, and two miles south of
New Kiggsiom will sell horses, cow.*,
young cuttle; fanning irii piemen Is,bouse
hold am! kitchen furniture, &c. Win.
Thumraa, Auctioneer.
Tuesday, March,B, Tobias H. Geitz, in
west Peunsborotigh twp., on, the road
leading from Mt. Rock to Newville, one
mile from the former and three from the
latter place, w ill sell horses, cows, farm
log Implements, furniture, etc. John
Thomas. Auctioneer.
Wednesday, March 9, Joseph Miller, In
Dickinson township, 1 mile East of Mill
town, and 1 mile Smith of the Stone Tav
ern, will seil one milk cow, 4 shouts, and
H lot of household and kitchen furniture.
Levi Heairy, Auctioneer. .
Thursday, March 17, James Lind, at,
Mhltowu, Penn twp.,- horses, cows,
young cattle, fanning implement,
household. and kitchen fuumture, &c..
N. B. Moo.e, Auctioneer.
The Carlisle Land Association are re
quested to meet at Squire Spongiei’s
office on nextSiturday evening the 12th
inst, at 7 o’clock. By order of the Sec
retary. •
A Sermon to young men, under the
auspices of the Yeung Men’s Christian
Association, will be presched liy Rtrv.
Mr. Pardoe, in the First Methodist Epis
copal Church, Carlisle, ou Sabbath next,
at 3} o’clock, P- M.
The young men of the borough are es
pecially: Invited.
To be Called In.—The new fifty
cent notes, which we were fold could
not beimitated, have been counterfeited
so accurately that the government of
ficials cannot tell the difference between
the spurious and genuine stamps. We
allude to those with the Lincoln head,
and the flat has gone forth that they
must all be cal ed in and no more stamps
of that kind will be made.
Uus in ess Notices.
A S-iiALi. size Faneluud' Herring Iron Safe,
nearly new. For sale at the Wliolaulo .Notion
and Variety store of
COYLF BROTHERS.
No. U South Hanover StCarlisle
Wm. Blair & Son have just received
an extensive supply ol Lamp Goods, Wright’s
best .Mingo Meat. Cranberries, Cracker Dust, best
Sugar Cured Hams. Please call and learn our
prices for Salt and Coal Oil before buying else
where. Wo will sell best goods cheap, and are
determined to give satisfaction.
Just Out,—“CAcn*// Pectoral Troche j,' for Colds,
Coughs,sore Throats and Bronchitis. None as'
good, none so pleasant, none cure as quick, Hold
by Joiinsok, Holloway, & Cowdln, Philadel
phia, Nov. i, 18(B*--3m,
BgyDruga, Mediciuea, Chemicals, Pa
tent .Medicines, &c , a full slock constantly ou
baud, at the lowest market rales. Also a com'
ploto line of bcbool Books ul the lowest price*,
und ull articles pertaining to Cl\e Drug ami Book
business.
HAVKRSTICK BUGS.
Feb. 18, XBCU—tl No. lu N. Hanover St.
H. A. Chapman, has Just received a lot ofOval
Wulnutliuiuussuitable for roost any plctmes,
uud would bo pleased to show, thorn to auy de
siring such.
~0r
Best LyUous Valley Lime Coal at 25, at the
yard ot A.U. BLAlil.
bumroll Brauch Lykcus Valley Egg otove
Coal, delivered, sti W, j>m,sl7d‘ Xu the yards
per tou less, at the yuid of A* Ji.BCAIH.
Luuioer of ull kinds at the lowest prices ul
the yard ul A. 11. BDAllt.
Fou. iU, iB7U—tf
fecial Notices.
JUST OUT!
“CHERRY PECTORALTROCHES,”
Fur Colds, Coughs, More T.iroat <t Bronchitis
MINE SO GOOD, NON FS- PI EASANT, NONE
CUKE HC^OUKJK,
JCUsUx'ON A CO.
Q lu Astor House, New York.
Use no more ol those horrible tasted, nauseating
••UUOWN CUBEB THINGS.”
Doc. o, IWR)—ly.
A Conch. «old or Sorfe Thro .
requires Immediate auction. a« i, C ai«.
bronoh J?
IatCTBBICTEB wilimostlnvoj-abh
UnJIUbUMv J.y®Joptantrollef. 'Kobßroncuj.
qKMKv ■,*■ ,?* A ’ ‘-’ATAkBU. CO.N3UMI.
4IIKOAT OIbBABKH, thev
nave a soothing effect, **
bi. and PUBLIC bPiSAKJSiIb use them
to clear and ei tengtheu the voice 0 in6m
Owing to the good reputation and populorlt
of the Trachea, many worthteu a,,tieheapSSid.
OOO,IM sur *
BROWN‘6 BRONCHIAL TROCHES,
■ T „ . HUUI * VEKYWHEKE.
Nov.Uy, 1«09- -am.
“Cleansing the Blood,” upon which cbarla
tans have harped so much. Is not a mere catch
word and delusion. The microscope shows that
some diseases exist like parasitic growths upon
Choglobulos of iheblood, and It Is further known
that some subtle substances destroy or expel
(horn. These substances have been combined
to makoAyor’s.HarsiipariiJa, which does effect
ually expel the disorders that breed and rankle
In the b ood torotout as it were the machinery
ofllfe. lMeroer(Pa.) Whig.
For Sale by Haverstlok & Bro’a., Carlisle. Pa.
ifc kajM)~H ALL’S
J VEGETABLE SICILIAN
HAIR
MMtKmjßmEwm.
bos pioved itself to bo the moat perfect prepara*
tloutor tholialr ever onored to the public to
re tore
OKAV HAIR TO ITS ORIGINAL COLOR,
and create a new growth where It has fallen on
from disease or natural decay.
It wtil prevent the Hairjrom falling out .
All who Use it ate uuutiimous iu awuidiug it
the praise,of being the best Hair Dressing.ex
tant. Out treatise on the Hair sunt free by mall.
WANOFACIUitED ONLY BY
It, P. bALL <s e.O. Masuua, N. ±l* Proprietors
For sale by all Druggists.
Jau. 13, lo7o—lm
PutnTV Women—A comparatively
few iadie» mcmopuuzo iho beauty iu> well us the
uUemiuu ul <Kauet * iiiibouglu. not lo be so,
buntiu; uudwnibe 'i men aie fuuliau, and
uujg<e«>ut pielty J ucfca 1 i ouiupauionu. '
i mu cuu all be uUuugeu uy using Hagan's Mag*
uuiiubumi, yvuicu gives Lbe bloom ui ioulliatid
u rteuueu apui'iaiug iiuuuty lu Lliu complexion,
pieauibg, poaeiiui ana natural.
No L>uuy u- ed ' complain ul & red, fanned,
irecitied or rustle Complexion who win invest 75
cents m tiu*uu's aiuguoiia buiui. lis edeuu* are
truly wouaenul. xu preserve aua uruss me
liutr use cyon n Kutuamm*
jpi a i* vur»
MOKKISCN—HaRLAN.—On the Ist lust., by
Uuv. J. a. Munuy, Mr. Tuylur Morrison, u> Mui»
Catharine iluriuu. . . (
FLO X YD.-On tbo ISth ulL.at thoreai
deuCo of tne Unde’s broiuer, Capt. Wiu. i*. Lloyd,
.docbauicsumg, by Kev. ». W, Ueigurt. Mr.
Fredei ick Ploy ei of Newvlilo.to Miiv. Rebecca
Lloyd of Lisburu. '
GEESAMAN—LAWSON.—On tbe 23d ult,. by
Eider Geo. .Niglor, Mr. John t£Geesuiuun, Foro*
man of dhlppeusburg VaiUy at-vlinnt priming
olhce, lo Mluu Lydia LuWsou, bold of Lius place.
WOLF—FORTNEY.—On the 7th ult. at the
Lutheran Parsonage In Carlisle, by Uev. Ur.
rtwartz, Mr. S,'N. Wolf.and MI6B -Maggie K.
Fortney, both ol this county.
GOODHEART—REDDTG.-On the !3th ult.’
by Bev. 11. *W. McKulght. Mr. L.' A. Uoodhart
of Westpousboro, to Mluu Annie Keddlgof Nov*
ton township.
23 i e fc.
. MAsONIiEiMER.tr 'a Monday morning,
January 21, of d> senlery, James, son of J. M.,
and M. If Masouhelmer, aged seven mouths,
and uttvan.Uuy e.-
. SHARP.—On the ,27th ult, iu Newton twp.
Miss Margaret Sharp, m the 62 year of her age.
JACOB,—Oh the 2Kth ult, In Mifllln twp.,
Joseph A. Jacob, In the 89 year of his age.
ROUEB.—In tnls borough, on The 2cth ult.
Lillie Koher, aged eight years.il mouths, and
nine days.
NORTH.-On the2fllh, ult., in Nowvllle, Mrs.
Rebecca North, in. the 7oth year otheroge.
SHARP.—On the 2Qlh ull., nther'residence In
.\owvllle, Mrs. Elizabeth Sharp, wife of the iate
Rev. Or. Sharp, -in the 72 year or her age.
.’.DA attests.
id drain Market.
>' Carlisle Floor ai
■ CORRECTED WEEKBV BV J. H. BO3LEB <* BRO.
OARLtaLt, Feb. 10,1870.
Flour—Family, J B 00) Now C0rn,..;.....-... 7o
Flour—Super 4 .io OaU, .40
' R - A ~' 7 S'*
live K10ur..;... 5 50 Clover Seed,.; 7 80
Wheat—White, 1 05 Timothy SAed, 8 5 j
New WheutrHed, la i 00 New H«y $ ton..—.. 12 00
Rye,... 76
Philadelphia BlarUeta
PUibAbimPiiLA. Feb. 10,1870
Flour,—Small lota of superfine at $4 23u4 .0
per barrel; extras mdasl2>s extra family atSiUU
a 7. Kye iluur is steady ut.ouU per barrel. In Corn
Meal no tiaushcliuUß. .
Grain.—dales oi good rod at 81 22a; wnite
it I oi. R.'o is neti at J* a 1 U 5 Corn is less active
juts are study; Pennsylvania sold, at 55a 67c.
'pur bus., and old at 50 c. per hush.
Sjskuh.—CJoverseed lu • m better demand: 400
busiielu bold ul 8 per bush, Timothy inquo*
ted ; uts4 76busli. sold in lot* 6O Flax
•.eed soils on arrival at 2 25. .
■
..losing prices February b. I’*‘7o, of Gold Stocks,
.epurteu oy UeHAVhN & Bftc., 40 south Third
.sued, Philadelphia: '
U. a. trs oi ’oi, WVA ■ HBV£
" ’M. ■ f niji ■ llo<A
“ “ \*» J H * l A xun
“ “ 'itf, 1U& IHM
“ “ ’tis, new, li'dtt ii« 4
V, p bi. " 113-4 114
'OS, 113-4 114
“ s’a, 10- 40’s, Ha U2W
U. 5.30 Year b>er cent. Cy.,- 11»>'h ll»?|
Due Comp. Int, Notes, 111
-.old, - ' 12U %
Silver, lib lib
U p. K, R. Ist M. Bonds, SUS bid
Cuuiiul I'uciilc ft. ft, W 5 165
U. P. mud Uruut Bonds, duo 71U ■
jjuou auiitiii; \i»uoKa
otheJlon. the Judyes of (he-Court of Quarter 1
ce«4iOM« 0] Cumberland (Jaunty. j
The uuderaigued “Poor House Visitors’' for
the year loot), respectfully report:
We have Visited ihisiustlluuou frequently du
ring the year, and -the luUuwiug ooaervauonu
emurace me results of our mvesugutions:
Ist. Th. Paupeis—'The proper caie ol me un
fortunate inmates of the Poor House, Is the chief
objector me county’s bounty, and here we uud
much to commend. *ve uo not see how it ts po»-
oiulo to maae these people mure cumioi tabie,
more happy or morecueeriul. They are ail well
ted, wen ciotned, and have good clean rooms.—
they make no complaints and wo cuh hud uo
cause loruny. Iho .Matron Mrs. any der, deserves
much prul&e for the neatness and cleanliness ol
the rooms uud lurmiure, beds and bedding,
y.ud lor the laithiul discupige of all her duties
bhai came under our notice, the health of the es
tablishment appears 10 be reiuuikaby good,
uud its general semtury condition is su. li us to
rillectgrtut credit ou the Physician Dr. S, P.
Zeigier.
20. the Buildings—l ho new Hospital or
Abyium, bus been uuished and is complete in
an its appointments. It is-uuw pailluily occu
pied, and we itusl will he at all times amply
suiilcieut loi the warns of the county m this re
spect. Tire other bandings Including burn and
out buildings are al. in good repair, irtid the
giouuds ana yuids,attached to them are kept
cieuu and in good order.
3U. auo ratm— \v e hud the holds under good‘
fuuces,uud lou inside uud outside Icuces are all
welt cared Jo’*, the laud is f.eu from Weeds, uud
the whole iurm piescutsthe appearance of be-"
mg well cultivated, and we are lulortned that
most of the wmk is dune by the paupers, me
large crops lilting the bum to us aunostcupucl
ty, with outside stacks oi hay uud grulu speak
well lor the husbandry ol thosievvaiU Mr. Henry
myder, who hasiu ourJuugmeutshuwu luiuseU
to be well qualified lor me position he now
holds, uud that he dischuigeo his duties m the
miurestoi the county, lor well being and com
fort oi those under his care. We must not pass
wuhou t nothing the excellent cumin, ou of
ml tuo stuck, uuu particularly were .. e pieused .
wim a lot ol line steers now being fed lor the
spring market, these were seiecteu with great
cure and are well attended to. Visitois to the
Poor House lur yeu.s past have never jawed to
meet old Father taquires, and will ini regret that
the mUrmaUes of a i ipe old age have compelled
the Just uuu laithiul .treasurer ol the past thirty
yoHis to resign his post, in conclusion wo com
ment! Hi management ol tne County Pour
House as creditable to the Directors, the stew
ard uud all concerned.
DAVID 8. KER,
Dr. H. \V. CaUFMAN,
JOHN bIEWAUT, Jr.
Jan. 27, 1870-
FUK .bAljiS
On 6aturday y February 26,1870.
I will oUer ul Publiu bale, on tbo above day, ou
the premises, iu south Muiuietuu towuaUi.>, on
the luud leaning fium Fupertowu to Craighead’s
Mill, a
LOT OF GROUND,
containing ouo-fourtU of an Acre, more or less,
.witUoUb improvements, out uuuerguod leucu,
me property o; Beam s nens. ouio to commence
at lu o uiouiv. When ternis will be made Known
Oy OAJJUfcIj UuUDlliAu,
Juu. 27,1870—1 a Ad mV. ul Win. Beale, ituo’d.
. XT OTJcE la hereby given lor llioso in
JLi aeutouiojobu NVeiuel, ul Fruuklurd twp.
.aaKe mimedmie payment uud those having
ciuiUi*or aemoiiUa uguiust tuosuuio Will present
them to Luo uuueisi*ned tor settlement,
uuu. iJ.xolo—it* rU.\.-\Cib oeau. Agent.
STORE Room aud Cellar for reut,
No 72, North Hanover tit., Carlisle.
■juu. 27,1870-81* D. COHN MAN.
I was cuied of Deafness aud Catarrh f>.
u simple remedy*, aud will stud the receipt
it. e. Mrs. M.C. LEOUEIT,
Feb. 8,1870—1 w Hoboken, N. .1
The magic t OMB win m,.,.
coimed buir or beard toft permanent btuch
u. urowu. It cuituuns no poison. Any one c«u
usetU one sent by mull ior*l. Addiesi*
MAGIC cuMB cu.bpnngheld, Muss,
Jan. 0. l«70-8xn