K •
l^~*tmmmmr -rm-TTrirn ' »
I. Two Dollars per year If paid strictly
1 Two Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid
fl *Vrnn months; after which Three Dollars
l ilScd° These terms will bo rigidly ad
, movofyinstance. No subscription dis-
P« i until nil arrearages are paid, unless at
tlou of the Kdltor. ■
lisl
professional (Hatfis.
IMIUMBUHI. I WII. U. PARICEII
IJIBICH & PARKER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Lon Main Street, In Marlon Hall, Car-
S*. ISOS-
SITED states claim
AND
ESTATE A GJSiYOY
JX, B . BUTLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,'
'M Story of InholTs Building, No. JJ South
ivor Street, Carlisle, Cumberland county
tsiona. Bounties, Dnolt X’ay, *o., promptly
pllratloiia by mull, will receive Immediate
fflnratlentlon given to the selling or rout
(Si Estate, in town or country. -In all let
'( liicmiry. please oucloso postage stamp.
'*ll. IS67—tf
K. lIKITZHOOVEB,
\atio rney-at-law,
• CARLISLE. PA.
■ Office ou South Uimovcv Street, oppoall
<t2’s dry goods store.
Vl.lStio. .
■jt J. SHEARER, Attorney and
Counsellor at Law, .has removed his
to the hitherto uuoccnplod room lu the
i East corner of tlio Court-House. •
2S, ’(>!)—lv
KENNEDY, Attorney at Law
Uiirllsln, Pcnna. Ofllco same ns that oJ
'•Vwericnn volunteer.”
L-. 1. JSUU
L. SHRYOOK, Justice- of the
Peace., OHlco No 0, Irvin’s Row, Carlisle.
|l i'j, Ib'lill —3y
.. GEORGE S. SEARIGHT.’Den
tist. From the Baltimore College of Denial
tii Olllce at the residence of Ills mother
LoulherStrcot, three doora below Bedford
sle. Fenna. ,
\i im.
J. S. BENDER, Homoeopathic
physician, Olllco No, 0, South Hanover sU,
jerly occupied by John Leo. Esq.
lie i, 18CSJ—ly.
ES. B. HERONS, Attorney and
COUNSELOR AT LAW,
FIFTH STBEOT, .BELOW CHESTNUT,
Cor. Library.
Philadelphia,
|t 11,1809-ly
[OBERT OWENS, '
! SLATE ROOFER.
XJP DEALER IN SLATE
LANCASTER. PA, ■ ,
. All Work Quaranleech
£• Orders Loft at this Office will receive
fipt attention. \ October 1-1, 38(J9--ly.
pjatfs anti fflaps.
ES.H SUMMER ABB. I V A Ij
OF ALL THE •
A EW STYLUS
OF
ATS AND CAPS.
iubscrlbor lias Just opened at No. 15 North
:cr a few doors North of t'he Carlisle
/sit Bank, one of the largest and best Stocks
\'fS and CAPS over offered In Carlisle,
i Hats, Cassimere of all styles and qualities,
Brims, different colors, and every descrlp
ofSoft Hats now made.
Dnuknrd and Old Fashioned Brush, con
ly on hand and made to order, all warrant
ee satisfaction.
A full assortment of
.MEN’S,
BOY'S, AND . .
CHILDREN'S,
HATS.
e also added-to my Stock, notions of cUflei 1 -
lEsi f m
Ito,
Suspenders,
Gloves,
... Thread ,
Sewing Silk, Umbrellas, &o
:LME SEGAES AND TOBACCO
LWart+
Pvncilv,
ALWAYS ON UANI>.
re mo ji call, ami examine my stock as X feci
dent of pleasing all, besides saying you mo-
JOHN A, KKLLER, Agent,
No. 15 North Hanover Street.
y. MM.
uts nivaiva on baud, anil
JIATa MANUFACTURED TO ORDER,
r W le best arrangement for coloring Hats
lall kinds of Woolen Goods, Overcoats, &c., at
Miortcst iiof/co (us he colors every week) and
ie ino.st reasonable terms. Also, a due lot oi
Ice brands of
E tobacco and cigars
ys on hand, Ho desires to call the atteutlo
rsous who have
OOUNTII YFURS
11, as ho pays the highest cash prices for the
mi c ‘
•■him 11 call,at tho above number, his »id
,&s bo feels confident of giving entire sa .Is*
in.
y 18UU.
anti Sftoesi.
[D STROHM,
W. D. SPONSLER,
JOHN W. STRv.
W AND I*o PC DA
SHOE, TRUNK AND
STORE.
13. SOUTH HANOVER STREET,
, Carlisle, Pknn’a.
Joors South of InhofTs building.
iavo Just opened llio largoßtaudbestfii
BOOTS AND SHOES
#^ red , lu CarJlflio, and continue al
L°„£? cel £° Sl *ch g o ods In our lino as o
■ Our stock consists in all kinds
lea of
lens, Misses arid Childrens’ strong Lealh
•Womens' Misses and Childrens' Lastli
™ ’ '»omens’ Glove Kid. Turkey nud Freni
Mens’ nud Boys’-Calf, Buff and K
»Ai.»r 8 andß °yB*Call and Buff Cougre
* ™ons and Boyri’ Lasting Qaltei-sm
n.’ Mo . ns and Boys' Calf and Buff Oxfo
,y Sandals, Buskins and Overshoe
?Lvfo*nona» Goat. Welt and Crtrpet SB
B°yß- and Childrens’ Fur Sa
? 9 f sizes and prices; Travolii
oaiclieia and Valises, together with a Hi
Pn&u', w r hlcU wo will sell to suit the tim<
m i L HAI, i E3 ALLS PKOFITS.”
oiT.rij* jllieroforq, In Issuing our card,
\/on personal Invltatlon'to nil -
look through our stock wltho
•o« 1 ooWgatloua to buy unless suited
«Jm price. Wo shall always try to de
•lyouolu a straight forward maum
J ®vory customer a full equivalent forli
i* Wo hope all will avail themselves
irbl opportunity to call and see us.
STROIiM it SPONSLEK,
r1 1»,1569~1y
‘ES, PLANTS, BLOWERS,
POII SALE AT TUB
Zeeland nurseries,
HUH SPUING
[ r J?9 Block offlno Peach trees, Grape Vli
strawberry Plants, Rhubarb,
’H} 1 trees autl general Nursery stool
/‘’jo plants nil transplanted, the host
p°f Cabbage,Tomato,CaullUower. Pep:
Kgg Plants, &o. SweetPotntoo j
llantsln largo quantity. Hardy i
FLOWERS
/ijortmout'. Great Inducement offered
‘ waking up Clubs, for tbo purpose of a
iuovo stock. Bend for club pricelist, u
carefully atouded to and promptly f
HENRY 8. RUPP,
i io-„ Shlromanatowu, Cumb, Co., Pa,
'(•loilj—3fn
/ IN 31
'J Agent, soiling Sllv,.
in ,, Vor W.OOO now lu uao.
i»,; and Amorlcau .
CL'ir A r. CQl i Ul y VOSOtViJd for OUOII AffL
mSt 4 in o ," Bai ' (> t tl “ u aSt., N. Y..or 1211
BY BRATTON & KENNEDY.
rp ii-i e
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
Gtiicap, Danville & Vincenne
RAILROAD
Total amount to be Issued, ,
Capital Stock paid in, ■
Estimated Cost of Rond (MO miles),
Estimated Earnings per annum,
Not Earnings per annum,
Interest on tho Loan per annum.
Amount of Ronds per mllo of Road,
Amount of Interest per mllo,
Amount of Net Earnings per mile,
The Bonds follow the completion of Che Road
—have tho Union Trust Company of N. Y. as
tholrOlllclal Register and Transfer Agent—and
aro sold at present at 95 and accrued lnterest.
. They bear examination and comparison, bet
ter, it is believed, than any other now before the
public, in tho fixed and unchangeable elements
of So/cty, Security and
They bcargoodintcrest—Seven percent. Gold
for forty years—and aro secured by a Sinking
Iniml, and h irst Mortgage upon tno routi; its out
fit, and not Income, the Franchises, and all pres
ent and future acquired properly of tho Compa
ny.
They depend upon no new -or half-settled ter
ritory lor business to pay their interest, but
upon an old, well settled, -and productive coun
try; assuming tha-t a railrood built through the
heart of such a region otTors holler security for
both Interest and Principal than a ‘road to be built
through the most highly extolled wilderness or
sparsely settled territory.
Tills Railroad possesses special advantages, in
running Into aml «ut of the City of Chicago, an
Important Railroad and Commercial Center; In
running through a Hue of villages and bid farm
ing settlements in the richest portion of the
State oflllluols; in running near to deposits of
Iron Ore of groat extent and value, aud over
broad Helds oi the best coal in the State—which
mlniug lntorcsls are its'monopoly. And besides
the local and other business thus assured, there
will bo attracted to this road the considerable
tralllc already springing up “From the Lukes to
the Gulf:” ns with.its Southern Connections It
forms a. Trunk Lino *JS miles shorter .than any
dther routo from Chicago to Nashville,
These Bonds aro therefore based upon a Real
ty and a Business that a few years must inevi
tably double—aud competent judges say treble
—in value. ■
Governments selling while the price is high
pay well If put. into these Bonds, aud Trust or
Estate Funds can bo put into nothing heller,
Pamphlets, with Maps, «fcc., on haud lbr'dls
trlbution.
Bonds may bo had directly of us, or of our
Agent in Carlisle. A, L. SPONS’LEU,
No. —, WcsthMaln St.
W. BAILEY LANG CO., Merchants,
51 Cliff Street, Now York,
Agents for tho sulo of thoßonds.
Jam 27,167U—2m
rUTIZENS OF CUMBERLAND
\J ‘ COUNTY.
Wo have now on hand and just received from
the cities, manufacturers, the largest
stock of uow, cheap, and good goods to bo found
in any Lwastofos' in the valley.
Wo have tho bds't assortment of
CLOTHS, CASSIMEKS, SATINETTri.
JEANS, FLANNELS. TICKINGS,
GINGHAMS, PRINTS,
MUSLINS.
DRESS GOODS,
Silks, Morlnocs, Repps, Delaines, 'Alpacas,
Coburgs, Plaids and Stripes. .
RIBBONS, HOSIERY, GLOVES,
Zephyrs,
Towels,
Yarns,
Linen and Cotton Tabic Diapers,
CLOAKINGS,Tow prices and lino
HANDKERCHIEFS, COLLARS and CUFFS
Velvets, Trimmings and more notions ;than
can bo found anywhere under one roof.
prr n y .1 ar 71 n A ft p Ji] *p
Oil Cloths. Druggets, Blinds, Coverlets, Quilts
Hoop and Balmoral Skirts, * ■
£ S H A W L S,
of ovei'y description. In fact, a splendid assort,
mont of goods, aiul movo'given for the dollar
than any where else. -
nt the highest price taken ,hi exchange. Give ns
a call
Oct. 2’. 18W).
WAR!! WAR!!!
1,000 MEN WANTED
The undersigned will sell Ills entire sto&lf
FURNITURE at piddle side at Ills roonii
On Friday, March 2-3, 1870.
consisting of a large assortment of HOMEMADE
FURNITURE, warranted to bo of tliobest mate
rial and workmanship consisting in part ofeight
Walnut
DRESSING BUREAUS,
Marble Tops, lino glasses, seven Walnut Dress
ing Bureaus, plain, M Bureaus, good quality,
without gla&3, -JO Walnut Dining Tables. 10 Wal
nut Breakfast Tables,, live Walnut Secretaries,
with Book Cases, four Walnut Extension Tables,
from 8 to 12 loot long, eight Walnut Pier and
Centro Tables, with and without marble tops,
three Wall liat Uncles, three Cottage Suits,
FIVE WALNUT WATNOTS,
largo and small, 10 Walnut Closed Wash Stands,
Mncblo Tops, 10 Walnut enclosed and open
Wash Stands, 10 Sideboards, walnut and popular.
Sofas and Chairs, all kinds,
FIFTY BEDSTEADS,
some full French, Jenny Lind, Japanese, Cot
tngo and common, and a variety of other arti
cles in the trade too largo to onnmerato. All to
bo sold without reserve.
N. B,—Until the day of salo I will continue to
sell Furniture at COST.
tJale to commence at 0 o'clock, on said day.
when terms will bo made known by
DAVID SIDE.
Fob.2-i, 1870—ts v
1870. 1870
SPUING AND SUMMER IMPOTA
TION.
RIBBONS,
MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS
ARMSTRONG, GATOR & CO.
1 importers and jobbers of
BONNET, TRIMMING & VELVET RIBBONS
Bonnot Silks, Satina and Velvets,
Blonds , Nets,' Crapes, Ruches, Floivers, Feathers,
ORNAMENTS,
STRAW BONNETS AND LADIES' HATS,
TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED,
3HAKER : 3500D5, &c.
237 ami 239 BALTIMORE STREET,
BALTIMORE, MD.
Offer the largest Stock to ho found In this
Country, and unequalled In choice variety and
cheapness, comprising the latest Barlalan nov
elties.
Orders solicited, and prompt attention given.
Fob. 21,1870—2m*
The new article of food.—
For twenty-live cents youcan buy of your
Druggist or Grocer a package of Sea Moss Fariuo
manufactured from pure Irish Moss or Carrageen
which will make sixteen quarts of Dlantf Mungo,
and a like quantity of Paddings, OuslunK
Creams, Charlotte Russo. «ic.. &o. It Is by far the
cheapest, healthiest and most delicious food in
the world. RAND SEA MOSS FAHINE CO.,
53 Park Place, N, Y
fJVHE MARY INSTITUTE
Carlisle, Penn'a.
A BOARDING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
Tho Ninth Annual Session will begin on Wed
nesday, September Ist. For circulars or any
*ior information address _ ,
KEV. WM. 0. LEVERETT, M. A. '
Carlisle,;Peunjft
April 22,1800 —Ij
ide by
‘-nt Eh
niHE MAGIC COMB will change and
I colored hair or board to a permanent - blade
orbrown. It contains no poison . Any one can
nso It, Ono sent by.mall for 81. Address .
MAGIC COMB CO., Springfield, Mass,
Jau. 0,187«H3m
miscellaneous.
OP THE
$‘Z coo 000
2 100 000-
•1 509 000
2 030 300
R7l) 70S
175 00t‘
IS 000
L 260
0 28-1
W O O I-,
lIENTZ * SO.
' allillitllll qralilitiM.
CARLISLE, PA.,
Thursday Horning, March 17.1870.
For tho American Volunteer.
DEI.F.CaATE on COXVf'.NTIONAt SYS-
TE3I.
.Editors Voi/untker —No doubt some
of your patrons were surprised at the ve
solutiohB:pas£iQd by the Democratic Stand
ing Committee of Cumberland county, at
Its meeting, held in tho Court House, on
tho 22d of February, and which appeared
in your issue of Iheßd instant, but tho
writer was not. On the contrary, wo,
.well knew.tbat at the very first meeting
of tho present Committee tho Crawford
County Sj'stem” was doomed, so far as
tho Committee could doom it, and that
of it it might bo said, by changing a little
the phraseology of tho unfortunate Prince
of Denmark-:
•* tho marriage baked meals
Did coldly furnish forth tho lunoral dinner.''
The Standing Committee, as a whole,
is not a bad body; it contains many ex
cellent men; but truth likewise requires
us to say, that there is mircy clay mixed
with its iron. Tho same truth, also,
prompts us to ask your readers whether
they had heard that scarcely had some of
tho Return Judges, chosen in accordance
with the provisions of the “ Crawford
County System,” (and one of whosofunc
tious was to appoint the Standing Com
mittee for the ensuing ycarj stepped from
tho cars at the Carlisle depot last August,
when they were approached by a certain
possessor of present of
fice, and aspirant to future preferment
in the same line, aud interrogated as to
“whom they proposed to appoint mem
bers of tho Standing Committee from
theirrespoctivo districts?” Aud further
more, tho same truth prompts us to, say,
that this personage, for cogent reasons
which may readily be divined, has been
and still is opposed to tho “ Crawford
'County System,” the ’ introduction of
which was hailed by -the honest Demo
crats throughout Cumberland county as
a last resource to extricate the party from
the reckless corruption that was steaming
in our nostrils, and an antidote to those
poisonous, little township and borough
caucuses whore, as in. boiling, rotten car
casses, the filth aud scum of a party are
sure to come to the surface.
Evil manners are contagious, Tho
Radical party, by its various, reconstruc
tion, acts, with their still more various
addenda and suplemeutary articles—
“ Never ending, over beginning,
Ever beginning, never ending,”
have given the Solons of tho Committee
a deep lesson in varying and progressive
politics, and if they go on as they have
begun, they will soon bo ready to gradu
ate in more than one degree of the school
of “ High Moral Ideas.” Their Mighti
nesses, having been assembled at their
late meeting, pu.t their wise heads to
gether. and held council like so-many
glare at one another with their great,
glassy,-yellow eyes, sagely shake their
feathered cars, fold up their gray wings,
and ominously sound—
“Too, liool! too, hoot!—tho code must dlo 1”
ami so the poor “ Crawfqrd County Sys
tem,” young .and blooming though she
be, must die before'her. nuptial wreath
has faded, and* bo buried, like a withered
old hag, because, forsooth, she refuses to
dally with a rich and lusty paramour,
who would gladly court her favor if he
stood any chance of winning it.
This is a queer world, Messrs. .Editors.
fc>hakespeare once said,
“AUthe ’world's ft stage,
And nil tho men and women merely players
but.does ft not seem to you, sirs, that our
County Committee room has mightily
resembled a chess-board, on which gold
hooped fingers most deftly moved a set
of poor miserable pawns, so as to check
mate all the kings, queens, knights and
castles that wore so unfortunate as to be
present?
Do not suppose that wo have any claim
to such pawnhood, royalty or knighthood.
We wore not in tho committee.* We are
not members of it—and if (jhis one con-
tinues to act us it has acted in this mat
ter, we shall add another petition* to our
litany, which will be in these words
“From small pox, yellow fever, scvoif
yenra; itch, and County Committees, good
Lord deliver us!”
In your article of the 31 on this sub
ject, Messrs. Editors, you make some
very sagacious statements, for which we
thank you. Tito Committee in session
on the 22J of February—a sort of slender
-Barebones Parliament, as it seems to have
been—says that in its opinion the Craw
ford county system is injurious' to the
interests of the party and should bo clone
away with 1 Lot its members establish
the fact, if.thoy pad. Bare assertions are
not enough in a matter of so much im
portance. At the very least let them toll
the voters of the county on what their
opinion Is based, and not do like a good
woman of the olden time, who was being
examined in the Presbyterian church, in
Newville, by its pastor, the Rev. Dr.
Williams, long since deceased.
It was a scripture lesson that was under
dispusslon, anti the Doctor hail introduc
ed the creation in the first chapter of
Genesis, where wo read that “the earth
was without form and void,” " Weil,
Miss Kitty,” said the Doctor, “what does
this word void mean ?” “ Why, Doctor,
it means void,” was the answer. “ Oh,
yesl” Miss Kitty, “ hut what does the
word 1 void’ signify; what is flu- (hdiui
tlon of it?” “To bo sure, Doctor,,it
means just what it says-is means void.”
And so she insisted that “ void” meant
“ void,” until in despair the Doctor gave
her up ns a hopeless ease, and himself
explained that the word “void” signified
to bo empty.
Nowthoguantletis fairly thrown down
to the members of the Committee. You,
sirs, have asked them to give the grounds
of their assertion, and wo would ask the
same. Wo await an answer from them
before the third Saturday of the present
month, “between the hours of 2 and 7 P.
M.,” and unless wo got ono that is satis
factory, through your or some other col
umns, from the Committee or one of its
members, humble ns wo are, wo shall
claim the privilege of believing that the
members of said Committee have stulti
fied themselves.
• As you, sirs, have said, on the first trial
of the system, oven under otherwise un
favorable circumstances, “wo elected our
ticket by the largest majority over re
ceived in tlio county,” and made a gain
of nearly three hundred votes. In the
face of this, the Committee say a that It Is
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH IT, 1870
“ injurious to tUo interosts.of tho party !”
What a wonderful arithmetic the mem
bers must have studied'! Have they not
graduated at the great academy of. La
gado, where they spent so many years in
extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers ?
Surely they have found tho long sought
philosopher’s stone of wisdom, and you
must forgive poor ignorant men like our
selves, if we call it the palaver and blar
ney stone. •
Would that longer communications
wore now in fashion, and would bo rend,
for wb should like to dwell for a little
time on this theme, and toll you what an
obstacle the doomed system might bo in
our way if we were worth some throe or
four hundred thousand dollars, partly in
valuable farms in Cumberland county
and partly in, bonds and stocks and other
property in' adjoining counties, know
how to speculate in government bonds
in Europe and elsewhere, and besides
these advantages; wished to obtain or re
tain a public position, to be nominated
or re-nominated for some high office of
honor and emolument. Ah! how anx
ious we would bo under those circum
stances to. have it removed, especially
when wb knew .that by areturn to tho
old delegate system—(and this is essen
tially what tho Committee proposes)—we
wo might easily attain ourwishes through
(ho subserviency of delegates chosen by
caucus loadets—those creatures who so
quickly learn to
“iUroolc tlii? suppjo tmigos oi Hie knee
That thrift may follow fawning.”
Imagine, sirs, how we would then cry
out—'“ Away with it! it’s injurious !’> To
what? to our interests? No ! to (bo-in
terostsbf tho,party-
Tho only objection T have over heard
against the Crawford County System,
separate from the opinion of our'Com
mitted, is that it is troublesome to voters
tq be annoyed when at their labors, by
candidates calling (o see them and solicit
their suffrages, and that it is humiliating’
to the candidates themselves. The cus
tom is, however, sanctioned by antiquity«-
for the ancient Romans who desired to.
hold offices,,sacrificed themselves to the
public good, walked around among the
people in the comitia and other assem
blages of the citizens, soliciting their
votes, and the name candidate, comes
from the Latin word candidates, which
refers to the long white-garments which
those patriotic old follows wore, and by
which they could be recognized and thus
prevented from practicing those arts of
duplicity which -our modern politicians
know so woll how to use.
So we see that bad as our late aspirant
for office were, they never went so far as
the Ciesara, the Autonys, the Pompeys
and the Ciceros, of the by
gone world, else we would have seen
them wearing theirahirts for overcoats—
though the weather was then indeed
. warm.
Put this evil, great or small ns it may
appear according to one’s constitution,
nnjihl hoeasilv remedied. Let each voter,
or a number of voters, only declare ibut
he or they will not vote for any one who
perambulates the country asking for suf
frages, and'tho onehoss shay will atonce
bo put under cover, and the broken
winded, ring-boned, spavined old boss
will bo put out to oat grass or dje.
Had tho members of thb Committee
wished to improve instead of destroying
the,Crawford County System, they could
easily have recommended such a change
as that suggested' in tho above paragraph,
and the voters of the county, no doubt,
would have sanctioned it by their suf
frages. This system, by controlling the’
dnflueuco-of_the wire-pullGi:s,_glves every,
voter, be he high or low, rich or poor,'an
equal chance in nominating candidates.
Leteifch one rellect for a moment ami ho
will sec this, and on tho 3d Saturday of
this month wiU vote that the system .ho
retained, at least until It lias had a fair
trial.
To him who loves liberty and tho old
Constitution, the present times are sad
indeed. Look around you, and bcVudd a
negro seated in the Senato.of tne United
States, in tho chair where once sat Jef
ferson Davis—rebel ami misguided .man
it is true, but nevertheless, a scholar, a
gentleman, and a.statesman. .Behold still
further, in that Senate dumber, and in
the hull of th 1 House, North Carolina.
South Carolina and Georgia, (members of.
the original thirteen States, the' blood of
whose sons was copiously poured out at
Savannah, at Charleston, at Camden, at
Guildford Court House, Yorktowu, tho
Cowpens, and on a hundred other battle
fields,)' now answering tho call of tho
Speaker in tho persons of miserable ad
venturers from Massachusetts and Ver
mont, a beggarly set of human vultures,
gloating with fond delighlon (ho poverty
and tears of the regions—not States—
which they.misrepresent. Still further,
look back, fellow-Democrats, on tho great
changes which tho short period of nine
years has produced, tho burdensome tax
ation, the acts of military oppression, tho
fifteenth amendment, forced down un
willing throats ; and then look a little
forward'and see the. Commissioners of
Election appointed by a cabinet officer,
and the regular troops stationed at “ con-*
venient distances from tho polls” where
you are to vote, just as Napoleon tho
Third posts his grenadiers in the Champs
Elysses and the Boullvaril dps Italians,
which is threatened, and tell us ho v long
we may expect to be free. i
In the Democratic party, we believe,
lies our only safety.- And what if this
-party proves recreant to tho sooiaLtrusL?-
If In one year it establishes some good
regulation, and early the next year, at
tho bid of some putse-proud aristocrat, or
any other man or set of men, it abolishes
this regulation, and brings back in patch
ed garments an old mode of procedure,
that everybody knew to bo scandalously
foul and corrupt —what then ? Can wo
hereafter trust it? No, my friends, wo
cannot; and tho cry of the writer, and
that of many other lovers of their coun
try, will have to bo tho despairing cry of
tho vanquished.battalions at Waterloo—
“ iSauve qul peuti /’’—lot him who can
save himself. And chained to tho car of
triumphant military despotism, tho en
slaved sons and daughters of Columbia
will descend from the high elevation to
which their fathers asconcfcd, and will
furnish tb the world another exemplifica
tion of that endless progression and re
trogression which seems to bo tho mourn
ful lot of humanity.
But, I still hare hope in’the Democrats
of the county, and believe that by their
votes they wllf condemn this high hand
ed measure of tho County Committee. In
you, Messrs. Editors, I have hope; you
at least -have not received the thirty pieces
of silver, Like their prototype, tho Ven
etian Council of Ton, tho Committee has
given 'Us but short ’shrift. They have
learned from the Radicals in Congress
the value of tho -previous tjucHlion.- For a
question which demanded months, they
have given us days; but let us make use
of days. Sound wqJI tho alarm,
airs, and though for the present wo may
be defeated, the future will give due ere-
Vltt to otir sagacity and, acknowledge the
rectitude of our efforts. FERRET.
; For tho American Volunteer.
Docs |lio Crawford Comity Nyslcm lu
crease llio Number of Candidates ?
Messrs. Editors: I shall ask the fa
vor.of a small space in your columns to
answer what T conceive to bo a ground
less objection sometimes urged against
tho 41 Crawford County System.” It is
that the people have been annoyed and
their work frequently interrupted by the
importunities of candidates. Now it is
absurd to say that it is tho system which
brings out the candidates. The number
of candidates for aii office will always, bo
in, proportion to its salary. Whenever a
valuable office is to be filled, there will*
bo plenty of candidatc-Vn'o matter whit’?
tho nominating system may be. The
bulk of the candidates last year’was for
County Treasurer, and it is notorious that
most of the candidates had announced
themselves before -the Crawford County
System was adopted. I know at least
.three candidates spoke to : me in the pre
vious summer. Now when the otlico of
Treasurer was worth oniy about $l,OOO
per annum, we had but few candidates
for it; but last year, which was the second
election since the, passage of a law which .
made tho otlico worth at least $5,000 per
annum, wc had a dozen candidates for tho
position, and it is alleged that this mul
titude of candidates was brought out ; by
the 1 “ Crawford County Systeih.”, Does
any sane man doubt, if tho Treasurer’s
office hntl boon worth only $l,OOO insfonil
of $5,000 per annum, that there would not
have been one-fourth as many candidates
for the position? This view of the case
is strengthened by, the fact that the very
first act of the now board of County Com
missioners was to take measures to cut
down tho Treasurer’s salary within rea
sonable limits.
Another reason why there wore so
many candidates was the dispute (which
would likewise have arisen before the
Convention if there had been one,) ns to
tho locality to which the office belonged.
Consequently candidates presented them
selves from the “'Middle district” and
from the “ lower end.”' The issue was
decided in favor of the middle district —
the next Treasurer must go below, and
that settles the question forever.
There are now nearly a dozen candi
dates for’Sheriff in the field, who will be
in the fiedd whether wo haVe the “Craw
ford County System” or the Delegate
System. Several of them announced
uiuui i »i* ycu.s ago. ojp
pose tho.iVcw sys(cjn is adopted and there
are a dozen candidates for Sheriff this
ye*y, would if, bo fair to argue, that it is
tho now system which lias brought them
out? No more is it fair to argue that it
was the Crawford County System which
brought out such a host of candidates for
Treasurer last year. CANDOR.
5-\n*!ioy tr.oaiN In Modal !EnlV>rm,
John WV Forney has boon branching
out extensively in Washington society
during the present winter. Mrs. For
ney gave a grand entertainment some
timojfinco, which was heralded in col
ums of elaborate description in “my
two papers both daily and a few
nights ago John W. had “a gentleman’s
party,” which was also extensively re
ported. Tho latter assemblage was
slightly promiscmi', and a' number of
negroes were present as honored guests.
As the wine corks popped and the feas
ting grew lively, the scene presented
wtw one ni* [i decided 1 y mixed character.
A reporter who was -present gives tho
following account of what transpired:
“At Col. Forney’« rocoplion last night
\vc had tlie first practical commingling
of the white ami colored races in a social
way'that has transpired this season. The
appearance of Gen. Tate, the Minister
from Hayti, at tho President’s reception,
ami at some others thereafter, was of a
severely formal character, but at Col.
Forney’s reception last night the severe
formal ceremony of presentation to host
and guests was followed by tho tippling
of the glass in respectful recognition 'ami
general participation at tho informal re
freshment tabic. Prof. Vashon and three
other colored persons were the recipients
of these civilities.
” While these social comminglings were
progressing, the'colored guests gathered
about tho refreshment table, after the
custom of their white friends. The wai
ters at tho table were not only gonteoly
dressed, but good-looking colored men.—
A distinguished-member of Congress not
discovering tho difference between the
colored waiters and tho colored
hailed one of the latter with, ‘ Hero_ wai
ter, give me a slice of that cold turkey.
Come, be lively now.’ To which ho re
ceived a dignified bow and response :
‘Thank you, sir, I am one of guests. I
am Professor .’ The Congressman,
an-out and-out Radical, somewhat non
plussed, replied : |I beg your pardon ; I
did not observe it; we shall get used to
to those things by-and bye.’ ”
'"’As): I-'heard tho story, : a. woll-known
newspaper correspondent' here, whoso
sight is somewhat unpaired, saw.the back
of a woolly head, and called to tho Afri
can to bring him a cigar. Tho '‘colored
gentleman” turned, remarked that ho
was a guest, and added ; “I think we
have mot before, sir. We dined togoth
cr a t_J fr. _Sn mini ei r’ sd ’
Another version is that tire reply was
simply aa iudlgaut “Sail ! Sail !” from
tile outraged negro guest.
The President of the United States was
one of those who hob-nobhod with ne
groes on tills occasion.
Forney is determined to load in social
reform, and (Irani refuses to ho left be
hind him in tho race. Verily tho world
moves.
It is it significant fact that tho Demo
cratic press of tho interior of tho State,
with hut few exceptions, is opposed to
Longue Island ns a site for tho proposed
iron-clad navy yard.— Forney's Press.
It is a significant fact that tiro Demo
cratic press throughout tlie country is
opposed to all costly'jobs of every de
scription, ami that tho lladical press fa.
vors them. Tlie Democratic press ad vo
cates economy , retrenchment of expen
ditures and true reform ; the lladical
press favors extravagance, lavish ex
penditures, an increase of useless ofli
cials, high taxation, and all maimer of
crude schemes and eostiyjohs in winch
there is a chance for plundering, tlie
Treasury.— Lane, Intel,
filli%rtfraornio.
oni,y a E Asnniii’H win:. ~
Two women sat together at sunset, jn
the porch door of a white cottage that
stood under the 4 old ancestral tree,’ and
‘among its tlblds of whcafniul corn” like
a poet’s vision of a quiet resting place
for some weary, suffering human soul.
one of these two women,had eyes
to see, cars to hear, and a heart to feel
and appreciate it all. She was tall, state
ly, not exactly handsome, but with a
grace of air and manner peculiarly her
own. The nameless air of elegance and
luxury, tho pale cheek mid soft‘white
hands, betrayed tho city dame. While
the weary glance in the*’large dark eyes
which eVtm the pleasant quiet of tho
sunset could not quite drive away, show
ed that Time had not.dcalt gently with
her and her heart’s idols, but had
thrown them shattered and ruined, at
her foot*
Her companion was some live years
her junior, and many times prettier—a
little round faced, apple cheeked woman,
with dark blue eyes and dark brown
hair, and a round figure that was setoff
to tho best advantage by tho afternoon
dress muslin that she wore'. - ■
.At present tho pretty face was almost
'’spoiling by a querulous, discontented ex
pression. She'Was contrasting her own
hand, plump and small, but certainly
rather bro vn, with Clio slender white lin
gers of her city friend, all glittering
with .jewels,
•Just look at tho two,’ she exclaimed.
‘That comes of making butter, and
cheese, and sweeping and dusting am!
making beds all the time! The man
told tho truth that said a woman's-work
is never done. I know mine never is.—
Olf^leaV,’'dear*! to think that you Mar-'
garct, should have married a city mer
chant and bo as rich as a princess in a
fairy hall; and here Tam planted for
life plain Mrs. Hiram Park, and nothing
to compare with you. T am sick of be
ing only a farmer's wife;’‘
Margaret Van TJowth looked down at
her grumbling little friend with a sad
smile.
‘Jenny, it seems to me; as we.slt hero
in this quiet place, and look put'over
those pleasant fields that are your own —
'lb StULUo to me ymi r\vo
ed to talk so.’
*1 dare say,’ replied Mrs. Jenny ; ‘but
you would not like it, Margaret. You
would never wish to, change places with
me.’
Would you like to
‘Perhaps not.
change with-me?’
‘Yes.’
‘And-bo Mrs. Van Howtb, instead of
Mr.?. Hiram Park 9 ’
Jenny hesitated, She dearly loved
her handsome husband.
‘Well, I don’t moan that I .waul to
give up Hiram,’ she said at last, ‘I only
moan that I wish ho was a city merchant,
instead of'a farmer, and ns'rich as your
husband is, that is all.* .
‘And that is a great deal,’ said Mrs.
Van Howth, coldly. ‘Jenny ifyonr wish
could be granted, do .you know what
your life wouldbe?'
‘What yours is, 1 suppose. What any
lady’s-is in your position.’
‘Exactly. But what is that life? T)o
you know?’
‘How. should I
‘lt is a weary one, Jenny, with more
genuine work in it than ali your making
; butter and cheese can bring.’
I ‘Ob, Margaret!’-
vlr *>eun.y: jjL-ueve me. my
dear,Tlicre are no people on earth, who
I work harder than the fashionables who
have their amusements to provide for. —
A MTe of mere amusement is a dog’s life, ,
Jenny at best.’ • \
‘t should like to be convinced of it by >
actual experience,’ said Jenny, doubt- •
indy.
‘So I said and thought once. I have
"boon so convinced. And it is nil vanity
and vexation of spirit.’
‘.But bow ?’ a T>ersisied Jenny. •
‘How? In ten thousand ways. If you
live in the fashionable world you must
do .ns the fashionable world- does. You
must rise and dress, shop and lunch, and
dress again, and drive and dress again,
ami appear at certain bails, parties'ftr.con
certs exactly as your friends do, or bo
■vbtedir6/:a/vv;Uu'fidiyut'of"tli{~world r al-~
together. You, iny pour Jenny, who are
by no means fond of dress ; what would
you do at a fashionable watering place
in the hottest days of Augut-t, with five
changes of toilet between morning and
night, and a French lady’s maid to ty
ranizo'over you all the time info the bar
gain.’
‘Horrors! ejaculated Jenny.
‘Balls (hat you must- go to in spile of
ful Oil'll y 'i.\ sn\i.-c m\
spite of heat, Calls (hat you must* make
on people whom yon .latest! Oh Jenny,
I should far rather he at home with the
luitterand cheese, if J-wcre yon.'
Jenny was silent. Here was of
(he bright picture which she had never
seen or dreamed of hofore.
‘You love your husband, .fenny!* said
her friend after a time.
Jenny opened her eyes widely.
‘Love him! Why isn’t, lie my hus
band?’ was her naive, reply.
Mrs. Van Howth laughed. >
'Some women. Mu society’ might think
that a reason why you should not love
him?’ she said dryly. ‘And he loves
you also ?’•
‘I should die to-morrow, if. f (bought
be did not V
‘Tut child! People leave tills world
when God wills it, not before, I dare
say you would survive this infidelity.—
Many women before you have lived
through such things.’'
‘Don’t talk of if, Margaret! Ijcould not
boar it! Why his love is all the world (o
me'! How could "I bear to lose it ?’
‘Then, don’t wish him to beacity mer
chant, my dear. -I dare any there are u
great-many good men in the city—men
who love their wives; but.ontho other
hand, (here are so many temptations, es
pecially in society,’ that I sometimes
wonder, not that so many go astray, but
that so many remain true to themselves
and their duty.’
She spoke absently, and her eyes had a
far away glance, as if they had dwelt on
other tilings.
Jenny ventured a question.
‘Margaret, is yours a happy marriage ?
Do you love your husband ? And does he
love you.’
Mrs. Van Howth started and turned
crimson.
'Jenny, I would have loved him —1
won id have been a good wife to him
hut he never joyed me. He bought nie
to place mo at the’liead of“bis~liouse ho
cause he thought mo lady like and inter
esting; that was all. Ho told mo so
once, although not quite so plainly as
(his. - And since then we have each ta
koiL our own way independent of tho
other. I seldom see him at our house in
town., I liave my carriage, my diamonds,
and my opera box. In tlie summer I go
to Saratoga or Newport, while ho favors
Long Branch with his presence. We
are perfectly polite to each other; wo
never quarrel; and I suppose If I ware
to die to-morrow, ho would ho tho moat
inconsolable of widowers—for a week ?
Jenny you will not wish to change places
■with mo again. Your husband might
change ns mine lias, exposed to tho same
temptations. Thunk Heaven that yon
have him as ho Is, o good, true man,
who loves you ; and never mind the hot
ter pnd cheese, Jenny; so long as your
owji happiness and ids is made up with
them.'
Biro roso from her seat ns sire spoke and
strolled down the garden path alono.
Jenny did not follow her. She sal on
the stop, lost in thought, Tlie riddle of
bur friend's life was at last made clear to
her. Sho had often wondered why Mar-
garet, in tlie midst of all her wealth and
luxury, should aeom so sad and ill at
ease. Bhe wondered no longer now.
To bo tho wifo of a man who has no
love for you! Whftt ‘lower deep, can
,VOL. 56.— N0. 40
there bo for a proud aud sensitive wo
man ?
Jenny turned with fears in her eyes to
meet her handsome, stalwart husband
jus lie came from the field.
‘Well little woman?* ho cried, and
thou she got the rough embrace and the
hearty kiss for which she was looking
'Yes. Margaret was right! the butter
and cheese wore of little consequence
while love like this made her task easy
to endure !
And the ivsy-cheekcd little woman
bent fondly over her ‘Hiram* as lie Hung
himself on the porch seat, ami fanned
him, talked to him, brought cool lemon
ade, and made him thoroughly happy.
Poor Margaret! Happy jenny! Never
again would, she wish -to be anything
more than only n farmer’s wife
TaiK Vor.VG Nm.pron,
In one of the poorest, miirowest streets
ofa beautiful foreign-city lived a woman
and her little sou, whom wo will call
Henri. The hoy had no recollection of
his father, who had cruelly deserted both
his wife and child. Their only moans of
subsistence was what could be obtained
by the woman's labor-such household
work as could bo obtained in the dwell
ings of the rich. Sometimes she had to
walk long distances.to and from her oc
cupation, but no murmur over.escaped
her lips, save one of regret that hordiltlo
fair-haired boy had to be left alone in her
absence, and that she could not earn
money enough to send'him to school.—
Nature, however, allnnaulcd, was teach
ing him without the help of hooks or
masters, and everywhere'in Florence
(the city of flowers) there was more than
sulllclent to.-excite the admiration, and
satisfy the cravings, of this child of ge
nius, whose inquiring eyes would always
rest on whatever was beautiful and. such
was to ho met with in every nook aud
corner of the-grand old place. The ‘pur
-plo and' ‘transparent,.shadows’ which
flooded the whole city at eventide, ainj
lit up the gorgeous palaces and churches
fair, made for him so many glowing pic
tures, bn which his poetical imagination
dwelt long after the first. Impression* had
passed away.
During his mothers absence, the great
er part of his lime was spent in what we
should call grubbing in the street gutters,
making odd-looking things of-any soft
material ho could shape to the needed
consistency, just as one sees' children
lu.C-iOnp, "Mul.hooncn i«i H,t> «nn«i(!n.~
These little juveniles generally set- up,
and then demolished iheir buildings;
Henri did nothing of the sort. Every
one of those little lumps was moulded _
into some fora? copied either from na
ture or art, for in that beautiful city every
street is a museum. Projections, bosses,
tlnials, all are specimens of real archi
tectural beauty, of- a peculiar and dis
tinctive type. ForaJong time the young
boy continued to fashion objects of this
sort, until, by a kind of frech inspiration,
lie aimed at representing Hie human
form ; the only difficulty seemed to be
how to'obtain the models from which to
work.
At length, a happy thought occurred
to him. He had no money, but he could
easily reward the sitter by giving him
his next meal, and to lose that was as
nothing compared to the joy ho-felt at
having some chiiuce Arab who would
answer his purpose, and who could bo
enticed by so small a guerdon to the ar
tist’s humble studio. Tn spite' of his
mother's remonstrances, Henri worked
,away early and late, every day becoming
attached, to bis beloved
art.
Years sped cm without any public rec
ognition oi ms ur.eai, out liifi roaniuto,
persevering nature would,not allow him
to be discouraged. Tt la true that he was
poqr, but then he was rich iu hope, and
sustained b\ the consciousness of that
inward power which is the'accompaui
meiit of real genius. Ile never dreamed
of envying others, hut thought only of
makim* himself perfect in what ho deter
mined should be tlie masterpiece of all
ids hitherto attempted studies, one of
which was now growing to ample pro
portions beneath Ids busy lingers.
At length, his task, o.r rather labor, of
love, being complete, lie told his mother
that ho should ask permission to show it
at an-exhibition of sculpture which was'
shortly to take piece in his native city.—’
Flo applied for permission ; mid his re
quest war. granted, on condition that the
stn{ne"?drouM ; ho—sent - iorthwith to- the
hati of inspection.
‘Thai, gentlemen, is impossible,’ repli
ed Henri. ‘I am very poor; and the
apartment in which J Jive is so small
that my work could only lie removed by
taking oil’ thereof. 7
Tiio‘ men looked at other iu
amazement; • but there wa'-; so -much
simp'ichy and honesty in (ho youth,
flint after conferring together for a few
moments, they proposed to accompany
him home, to see the marvellous produc
tion, to which Henri at present declined
Co give any mime. They followed him
Up the narrow staircase to the little gar
ret, and looked around in vain for the
wonder (Iffy had come to behold. Hen
ri saw »heirsnrpii‘-e. and without a word
thr"W back a baize curtain from the floor,
and ivvoaled them the lay-figure, life
m/.i-, of a murdered, man. The gentle
men started buck in amazement. So
lovely, in death, wore the lineaments of
that exquisite face, so-faultless iir*form,
ho wondrously expressive of purity and
innocence, that they could not believe it
the work of an.untutored .youth entirely
.devoid of art cdueatimi and of the laws'
of.anatomy, which the most critical ad
mitted were perfectly unassailable in the
figure before them. Xn; they would not
credit it, and avowed their belief that, he
had been implicated in some terrible
crime, for which the victim had served
as a model. It was In' vain that the
young sculptor protested, explained;
they wore inexorable, and declared ho
should be sent to prison, and there await
the Issue of the charge preferred against
him. They further desired him at once
to name the counsel for his defence. —
‘Ho shall appear, gentlemen, on the day
of trial; I cannot give his name, before. 7
Amazed beyond measure at the calm
ness and self-possession displayed by
•Henri, they felt compelled to acquiesce.
Either his youth, his beauty or his ear
nestness,—perhaps all three combined, —
made the Judges so far mitigate their se
verity as to allow him the use of his tools, |
and the admission of visitors during his
imprisonment.
It'.ls needless to dwell on the disap-
G ointment to the youth at this terrible
low to his long-cherished desires—hard
ly loss on his own account than on that
of his good mother, whom ho had hoped
to'place beyond the need of all further
earthly wants. It will better please the
reader todenrn that ho did-not yield him
self up to despair. His will was nerved
to plan, his hand to execute, another
statue equal, if not superior, to the one
he had already achieved. •
It will readily bo imagined that the
advent of such a trial as that now impend
ing caused no email stir in thecity. The
hitherto obscure life of the young sculp
tor, and the stand he had made about his
counsel, very considerably enhanced
the anxiety and excitement of the pub
lic* Many, unable to restrain their im
patience, visited him iu prison—some,
doubtless impelled by curiosity, others
moved by some higher motive.
Among these were two distinguished
looking individuals, who chanced at that
time to bo sojourning in Florence. One
was considerably past middle age; the
other (paid to bo his nephew) was a
young man- of remarkably handsome
countenance ami noble figure. No re-
striction seemed to bo pul either on the
frequency or length of their visits; whilst
to poor Henri, the time thus spent was
as gold and sunshine in this otherwise
dark phase of his career. Greatly to the
astonishment of every one, ills mother
had removed to a handsome loyyia in
tluj best quarter of the city ;tho sadness
of "her heart and countenance seemed to
have vanished : and there was a gladness
in her whole bearing, such as npne who
had known her had over before seen. ‘lt
Hates for '^boertisin^
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Advertisements should bo accompanied by the
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untllordered out and cnnrged accordingly.
JOB PRINTING.
C’AKD3,HANDRrr.bS. Ciucur.Aiis, and c.vory olb
or description of Jon and Caud Printing, , ,
is a great mystery, certainly,' said tbo
gossips; ‘how this change should have
come about before her son's fate is decid
ed !.
At iepgth tho all-important day arriv
ed. Tho judges (who had never seen tho
prisoner since tho day ofhlsarrest) being
assembled in the great hall of tho As
sembly, desired tho prisoner might bo
bcought.in: The prone figure was plac
ed,-on*t|ie platform, concealed as before
with the cloth-of green baize; whilst
as its side but considerably raised, was
another, also covered. Tito question
wasmt once put as to what counsel he '
had employed,
‘Gentlemen,’ lie said,‘l am my own.<a
You questioned my ability to
give yoira representation of Death ; hero
is one of‘Life.’ My subject is, ‘The mur
der of Abel by his Brother Cain.’
- Both coverings were withdrawn. Pro
found‘stillness succeeded this, declara
tion followed by a burst of admiration
such as had never before been heard in
Florence in the nineteenth century.—
Foremost of his admirers were his for
mer accusers. The news was instantly
carried to the king, who commanded the
statues to be bought, and placed in the .
'Pit ti Palace.
‘lt Is not possible gentlemen, for mo to
obey the command of mysoyerign,’ said
Honri ; ‘tho sculptures are no longer
'mine, having been purchased by the
Emperor of. Russia. The money I have
had foi v them has paid for my mother's
.prevent abode, and placed mo forever be
yond tiie reach of want.’
. Ti.e nephew of tho -Russian .ambassa
dor,. Kissalief, had served as a model
for the arm of‘Cain ;’ and (hose to whom
his features were,familiar, at once,recog
nized the handsome face, ;*
The narrator of this circumstance has
seen tho statues at St. Petersburg, in a
building expressly erected‘for their re
ception. Tlio sculptor’s name wasDupre,
since become one of world-wide celebri
ty-'
FINIS,
El.vecutiou of the l*eightal Muicloi
evH at Huntingdon.
*lll3 SCBNR AT THE SCAFFOLD—AN AL
TKIICATION BETWEEN THE TWO
PRISONERS.
Hordonlmrg; I’roloslN 111* Innocence to
flic l.nst—Disposition ortho
IJoillcs—A Graphic
Kojiort.
Huntingdon, March o—l 2 -jyc.—The
extent and the intensity <f tbfe excite®
meet, felt in the execution of the murder
ers,. Hohner and Bordenburg, * is indica
ted by the countless numbers of people
who have arrived here this morning.—
They have come from all parts of this
county, from those adjoining this, and
from places hundreds of miles distant.
The trains from, tho South, East, and
West had extra cars provided for the ac
commodation of passengers coming hero
to witness the execution. They were all
filled to their utmost capacity. All kinds
of vehicles, embracing every deseription
of tho primitive country wagons in vogue
for r.he Inst hundred years were pressed
into service, and did dutyin bringing in
those’anxious slght-soers living in sec
tions not contiguous to the railroads.
THE GALLOWS.
Vour reporter Ims made a minute ex
amination. of-the scaffold. The enclosed
area in which it stands is about one hun
dred and twenty-five feet in length, and
fifty in breadth’, and is surrounded by a
wall between two end three feet in thick
ness, and eighteen feet in height. On
the souibei n side of this enclosure stands
the jail building, the windows of the cells
in which Hie prisoners are confined look
in;]: down upon and commanding a view
of th • whole area. They (Bohnor and
Bordenblirg) have therefore been daily
witnesses, ! bough 'unwilling ones, of the
erection of the scaffold.
TIl'E HOOKS
of tho juil yard wore opened at ten o’clock
JortSie admission of ticket-holders. There
will beat least four hundred persons in
tho yard. Tickets are selling on the
streets at from two to five dollars-each,
and those who were so fortunate ns to ob
tain n supply some days ago, are doing
a thrlving-busiueas. The price of seats
o
tho outside platforms lias advanced
IVwjJo]lars each, and would boinde
ind < veil at higher rales. An exeit-
ing scone is presented as viewed from the
scaffold. Thousands of people occupy
the elevated positions near the prison,'
and the crowds are increasing as the
hour for (ho execution approaches. The
passing moments which are now becom
ing of so much importance to the com
domneumen cause no change in their do
meanor. They are awaiting the final
scene, nut wicn imnnvrence, out without
agitation or excitement.
TO THE GALLOWS.
TilE I'KOC'ESHON
The preparations being completed, the
prisoners were brought from the jail at
U lid I*. M., by Sheriff’ Deputy
Sheriffs Weaver a tUI f’nUse, accompanied
by Be\s. C. Clarke, S. D. Stocked, and
J. 11. Sydes, and immediately ascended
the scaffold. Dm. Thompson of Mount
Union, Thompson of Scottsville, and
Neely were also in attendance. It was
feared that Bobner would make some re
sistance, but he walked with a linn, un
hesitating step. Neither of the prisoners
exhibited any agitation.
POSITION OK THE CONDEMNED ON THE
SCAEEOLD.
JJohner stood on the loft and Bordeu
burgou the right, facing the jail. Their
arms being already pinioned, the sheriff
proceeded to perform his last duty but
one, by manacling their feet.
A PRAYER
in -German was delivered by Rev. J. H,
Sydis, of tile German Reformed Church.
Bordenburg then read, his
ki *v.v Ij state.m knt
- It appealed very strongly to'Bohupr to
101 l the truth and admit that he (Borden*
burg) hud no share in the crime.' To this
appeal Bohnor replied, “We were both In
the houc'* and are
BOTH GUILTY OF MURDER.*'
Bordenburg. again asserted his inno
cence. A conversation ensued, in which
the two men, within a moment of death,
contradictedeachother. Rev. J. C. Clarke
Methodist,'offered a-prayer in IJuglish,
and lie and the oilier ministers bade
Bohuer and Bordenburg good bye.
BOUDEN LAST PRAYER.
Bordenburg then pi’uyed as follows:
■*’Oh,~ljord*-Jt‘sus“Christ7—l—am- coming
now. Take my poor soul up into thy
kingdom. Amen. Amen.” At 12 4o
]’. M., the sheriff tfave the signal to the
deputy below, and
THE DROP FELL.
In .a few minutes afterwards the sur-,
geous ascended tbescaflold. Bordenburg
died in eleven minutes j'Bohnor iu fif
teen minutes; the neck of neither was
broken. After hanging twenty-five min
utes, their bodies wore taken down and
placed in tluTcoflin for burial.
THE BODIES
of Bohnei: and Bordeiiburg have Just
been removed from the scallbld, where
they paid the penalty attached by law
10 their awful crime. A few minutes
after 1- o’clock the doors of the jail were
closed, all persons being in the yard who
were entitled to admission. It is estima
ted that at least
SIX UUNX>UIiI>
people were within the enclosure. The
crowd on Cemetery Hill had also largely
Increased. N ln order to obtain a more
unobstructed view many adventurous
persons hud climbed the (roes, and even
the lops and outer limbs of these wore
as full ns a judicious care for safety would
permit.