The Artterican Volunteer FURBISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING John B. Bratton, OFtJCR SOUTH MARKET SQUARE. . Terms.—Two dollars per year if paid strictly la advance. Two Dollars ami Fifty Cents If paid wlthfii three mouths, after which Three Dollars will bo charged. These terms will bo rigidly adhered to In sub scription discontinued until nil arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. Iteaal Notices. TO TAX-PAYERS! Tho Treasurer of Cumberland county. Pa, will attend lor the purpose of receiving STATE, COUNTY and MILITIA TAXES for tho year 1b73, as required by act of Assembly, at the fol lowing times and places: FHANKFORD. at Blosorylllo. Slay Jit. MIFFLIN, at Centre School House, May 20. ' HOPEWELL and NEWUUIU3, at Sharp's Ho tel, May 21 and 22. SOUTHAMPTON, at Baughman’s Hotel. May 2J and 21. DICKINSON, at Stone Tayeru, May 2(J. PENN, at Eyster’s Tavern. 27 and 28. NEWTON, at. Goodhenrfs Hotel, May 2U. WEST PENNBBO ROUGH, at Chisnell’s Ho tel, May 80, and at Fair’s Hotel, May 31. BHIPPENBBURG BOROUGH AND TOWN .SHIP, at Sherman House, Juno 2, 3 and 4. NEWVILLE, at Henuoborger’s Hotel, Juno saud6. NEWTON, at Mcßride & McCleary’s Hotel Juno 7. NORTH MIDDLETON, at Beecher’s Hotel Juno 0. * , w COOKE, at Pino Grove Furnace. Juno 10. SOUTH MIDDLETON, at Rupley’d Hotel Juno 11. MIDDLESEX, at Middlesex School House, Juno 12. SILVER SPRING, at Grove’s Hotel, Juno 13. MONROE, at Hursh’s Hotel, Juno H and 10. UPPER ALLEN, at Culp’s Hotel, Juno 17. LOWER ALLEN, at Heclc’a Hotel, Juno 18. NEW CUMBERLAND, at Starbaugh’s Hotel Juno 10. EAST PENNSBOROUGH, at Wilder’s Hotel, .1 ime 20. and at Ell George's Hotel Judo 21. HAMPDEN, at A. L. Bricker’s Hotel, June 23. MEUHANICSBURG, at George Bobb <fc Sons Hardware Store, Juno 2-i, 25 and 23. CARLISLE, at Commissioner’s Ofllco, Juno 27, 28 and 30. On all taxes unpaid on August Ist, RIVE per cent, will bo added. The Treasurer will receive taxes at his olllce until the Ist clay of September next, at wlilch lime duplicates oj all unpaid taxes will bo Issued to the Constables of the re spective boroughs aud townships for collection. ALSO, at the same times aud places, Mer chants aud Dealers can obtain MERCANTILE .LICENCES of the County Treasurer. Aud all Hucksters and Dealers In Marketing are hereby notllled to take out an annual HUCKSTERS’ LICENSE, uuder.tho act of Assembly, approved the 18th day of May, 18M. GEO. 8088, 17apl-0t IVeusurer oj Cumberland Connti/. \ PPEALS FQR 1&73! "Monroe aud Upper Allen townships, April 21; Mechaulcsburg borough and Lower Allen township, April 22. EaslPounsborough andHampdon townships aud .Now Cumberland borough, April 23. Silver Spring and Middlesex townships, April South Middleton and North Middleton town- hips, April 25. Frauklord aud MlllUu townships and New vlllo borough, April 20. Hopewell towjjship, Nowburg- aud Shlppeus burg boroughs, April 28. Shlpponsburg aud Southampton townships, April 2l». Penn and Newton townships, April 30. Dickinson and West Feunsborough town ships, May 1. Carlisle borough and Cooko township. May 2, Appeals to be held for the annual' changes In the assessments, on the above stated at. the Commissioners’ ofllco, In the borough of Carlisle, Pa. DAVID DEITZ, Attest— J,C. SAMPLE. . J. B. Floyd. Clerk. SAM’L ERNEST, 27mnr Ot AUDITOR’S NOTICE.—The under signed, Auditor, appointed by the Orphans’ Court of Cumberland county, to make distribu tion of the proceeds of sale of real estate de vised bv the last will and testament of Benja min Clark, late of East Ponnsborough township In said county, deceased, to the issue f Mary Waggoner, late also of said township, d jeeased, sold under an order of said Court by Benjamin Spong, Executor of said Mary Waggoner, de ceased, will meet the parties Interested lu such distribution, at his ofllco, No. :< Kramer’s Build ing, In the borough ol Carlisle, Pa., on Thurs day, May Bth, 1873, at 10 o’clock, A. M., for .the purposes of his appointment, when and where all parties interested are requested to attend. 17apl-3t» JOS. G. VALE. Auditor. NOTICE.— Notice is hereby given that Henry Rhoads and John Campbell, late trading as the firm of Rhoads & Co., have this day dissolved partnership by mutual consent. The books of the late firm are In the hands of H. Rhoads. AH persons Indebted to the firm of Rhoads & Co., will settle with.him at the old stand. Hi RHOADS, J. CAMPBELL, . Late trading as Rhoads & Co. ‘April 18, 1878.- • The business will bo conducted hero alter by H. Rhoads, who will-bo pleased to snppl* nil wltli a cood article of COAL at fair rates. 21apl 4b H. RHOADS. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTXCE.-No tico Is hereby given that letters of admin istration on the eatalo of Isaac Goodhart, la»e o Penn township, deceased, have been Issued by the Register of Cumberland county to the sub scriber, residing in Newton township. All per sons indebted to said estate are requested ■ to make payment, and those. having claims will present them for settlement. ■ r . ~m WILLIAM GOODHART, Adminislraim'. 17ftpl-(lL* A D MINIS TR A T RIX 1 ' NOTICE. is hereby given that letters of admin istration on the estate of Jacob Marlin, Into of the borouzh of Carlisle, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned, residing In said borough. All persons having claims or.de mands against said estate are requested to make • the same known to the said undersigned wlth outdelay, and those indebted will make imme diate payment. MARGARET I. MAR'IIN, 13mar73 - Administratrix. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.-No- Uce is hereby given that letl ors of adminis tration on the estate of M. F. Gardner, late of the borough of Carlisle, deceased, have been is sued to Franklin Gardner, ot said borough. All persons indebted to said estate will please make payment, and those having claims will present them, duly authenticated, to the undersigned, for settlement. . F. a AitUNKil, ITapl-Ot, Administrator. ASSlG&iruva NOTTfiR. Notice is hereby given, that John Newcomer ana wile of Penn township. Cumberland county, have this day made a deed'-of voluntary ns signmeut to me, for bonotlt of creditors. All persons Indebted will please malte settlement without delay, nud those having olulra s will present them to IrOAU t,oLKt.h.r, 2lapl-3t» • Asswncc. AUDITOR’S NOTICE.— I Tbo untler slgncd, Auditor, appointed by the Court lommon Pleas of Cumberland county, to distribute tbo balance in the bauds of George Hoover, assignee of John Karns, for the benellt of creditors, will meet the parties interested for the purposes of Ills appointment,' at his oliloe. In Carlisle, on Saturday, tbo 10th day or May, at 10 o’clock, a. m, L. J. \V. 1* OULlfc.a 21apl-3t • Audi lor. iHfUsmlanemis, JjWERYBODY TAKE NOTICE !. Something New in Carlisle Again, in which every person Is Interested more or less. An AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT and SEED STORE.' Just what lias been wanted hero for years back. No, 91 South Hanover Street, known' ns tho "Blair Corner.” at widen place can bo found, at all times, n full and complete assortment of r.’nclnds of • AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS I and also a lull and complete assortment of FIELD, DARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS I also a full and complete assortment of WILLOW AND CEDAK WAKE! nil of whlo'a will bo Bob! very low. Persons wishing anything lu tho above lino will do well by colling and examining our goods before buy ing elsewhere,as wo feel sure wo can give as good satisfaction ns any other house in the place or elsewhere. Bo sure to give us a call. Don’t forgot tho place, NO. 01 cJ. HANOVER HTREET, Blair’s Corner. U. G. CARR, agent for tho sale of all kinds ol Agrl ultural Implements and Seeds, «Scc. Jan3o*7H—tf A GENTS WANTED.—We waul oue J\ good Agent In every township to sell our New and Immensely Popular Books and. Engr avings. Tho very largestcommlsslou paid. Those now at work report great sales. Circulars and all Inlorniatilop Free. Write to Wouthinqton, Dustin a Co., Hartford, Conn. Sept, 20-tJm-Jm ex-mar 0-2mt/c u Ashland cemetery being now under the direction and control of tho sub scriber, all persons desiring to purchase lota In It for burial purposes, or wishing any Informa tion: can bo accommodated by calling on her at her residence, on East High street, nearly opposite tho Bonks House, or by calling at the oflicoof tho late Wm. M. Penrose, In Uheem’s Hall. V, M. PENROSE. 4nov72lyr* WANTED, IMMEDIATELY.—A YV GOOD BEAM HAND, or beam band or finisher. GOOD WAGES paid to a steady, so ber hand. Apply to JACOB KOSX, 2lapl-2i* Carlisle, Pa. Italian bees.—a few colonies of X Italian BEES, with pure Queens, for sale cheap by JOHN GUTSHALIi, 20mar South Hauovor street,' Carlisle, Oh WOOD CHOPPERS WANTED. /VU—lnqulro of tho undersigned, at Now Kingston station. J. 11, r.EIUIO. Utepl-Ul* JOHN B. BRATTON Tile sunset’s s-mU- h M lefi the ‘•ky, The muon ros i «*nl n uml fair, As.low a little maiden icm-h To breathe her nlglify pra\«v. And thus her brief petition rose, lusitnplo words and few; ’Dear Lord, please send us blessed dreams. And *fct them all come true !’’ 0,1 have stood In temples grand, ‘ Whore, In the ralnbowcd gloom, Rose pompous prayers from priestly lips, •Through clouds of dense ’perfume, But never one has seemed to mo So guileless, pure and new— - “Dear Lord, please send us blessed dreams, And let them all come true 1” Ah, little maiden, kneeling there. Beneath tho.suusot skies, What need have wo of other prayer Thau yours, so sweet and wise ; Henceforth I breathe no studied plea. But bow and pray with you— " Dear Lord, please send us blessed dreams, And lot them all come true I” - Ipsdlanmis. ‘The man waits outside,’ said Air. Spencer Fenton’s servant, as ho stepped in front of the low office table, piled with books and law papers. Mr. Fenton’s servant was a man of penetration, and knew where to draw the dividing line between the.common place ‘man’, and the higher order of being known as the ‘gentleman.’ ‘Lot him come in,’ said Mr. Fenton quietly, as he took a pistol from a drawer, laid it on the ‘table, and dropped a newspaper over it. Sir. Fenton was a lawyer in good practice in a large city, and was known as widely among the class of customers for whom he practiced as a celebrated lawyer of ‘Great Expectation’ fame. The man was admitted, and proved to bo a sullen looking personage. Mr. Fenton looked once at this square jawed, savage face, and guaged his man. ‘You may go, John,’ he said to his servant, ‘Take an hour or two for your self, if you like.’ John then wont put, and the lawyer then took a seat at the table opposite. Ids client,, looking at him sternly. ‘Now, my man,’ he said quietly, ‘we are together and I want to know how this matter stands.’ ‘l’m going to tell you how it stands, honest Injun, I am.’ ‘Very well. Now, as to this bank robbery. You say that you can give information—for a consideration, of Commissioner*. coursed ‘For five hundred dollars.’ ‘Very well.’ ‘Then I’il toll you. The man that pul up that job is Seth Amity the cash ier of the bank. Fenton started to ids feet, and for a moment lost his self-possession. ‘.Seth Amity ! Man, you are either drunk or crazy I’ ‘lie I ? Then you take me aome’or’a I git me swore to it. I’ll take my lavy anywheres that he’s the one as up the job. I ain’t a going to swear and afflii nut to a lie.’ ‘I believe you’d swear to anything for a dollar, Hen ter; but that don’t matter. Of course, if you can prove wh.it you say, the man must he pun ished. Seth Amity! I would under take to swear that you are lying.’ ‘I ain’t, Mr. Fenton ; so help me, 1 ain’t. He’s the man as done it; he’s the man ns put the others up to the fastenings, and give them the impres sion to the safe key and the word to un lock tho safe by.’. ‘Volt know a Ri'Gat doul about thin matter, it seems to me.’ ‘Course I know about it. I ain’t onnlted and crawled about here hull nights for nothing. See here, they are going to meet to arrange it to-night.— Would you daro to go with mo and lis ten ?’ , ■Can you lead the way.’ ‘1 kin, and you’ll see what yer pre cious Heth Amity amounts to.’ ‘Shall! bring a policeman ?’ ‘I don’t like the cops; but bring one, if you like. He can’t hurt me.’ •Very good ; you can leave mo now ; but lie on hand at nine.’ Ho arose and unlocked the door; and Senter shuffled out in his sullen man ner. As ho passed down the wide •tair-caso, a young man brushed past m rapidly, and gave him a look of ,ut acorn. Senter stopped on the stairway and looked after him. ‘ll hat’s you, Seth, my hoy. You are down on me for a traitor and informer but I’ll fix you yet 1’ The young man tapped at the door of Fenton’s room and entered. The law yer looked up at him quickly, and an expression of doubtful meaning passed over his face. sllei ‘Good morning, Seth.’ ho said. ‘How do matters go at tlie bank ?’ ‘They are in trouble, of course, for there is absolutely no clue to the scoun drels who robbed the s.ife. They were cunning enough not to fake anything except gold—actually leaving a large quantity of notes, which they might have had as well as not.’ ‘Do you suspect any one connected with tho bank?’ ‘I owu I have my suspicions, Mr. Fenton, but I have no proofs, and as the man and I are not good friends, it might look like personal enmity oh, my part it I spoke of it.’ .‘The safe was opened with the key and word?’ ‘Yes ; Unit is the puzzle, for only two of us had the word. The Key is anot her inatler, and it might have been taken 'iit a dozen ways. Why, if tho directors did not have tho utmost confidence in me i might have been suspected my self. Are you going to the house ?’ . ■No; hut you must give tho name of the man you suspect; of course it will go no farther than myself.’ ‘Henry Dana, tho assistant cashier,’ replied Seth slowly. ‘You know that ho lias not been friendly with mo since he knew that Mary and I were engag ed, for lie hoped to succeed himself-’ , I . , . , I . • ' '• , . . . .. . . ...',:-.- Ili .. .. • . .4.t. . . , . .4165;ri r , . . . • . ,- - -z - .. .' , t-1 , dilv ~... ~, ,- - 6: 2.. , 1-.,. - ..., 1 . L V . r ' ‘ . . ••• ~.7 :. . .... ~ ~ : i • . . . ~., . • ... . g 3 . . \ ? . 1 . t I ~...:.,. ;,fl, ' .: , . . .. . , . r., :,,, J., , .....".:- . 1 ... .. ' ' Is' .... . . , , ,I , 1 ! . , ~, 4 .. - .. . . , . . , Ipoftrcal. 8LE3330 DB3AMS. WHO IS GUILTY? ‘ Uin |• i! You an- going lo the house to see Mnry ?’ ‘Yes; I thought perhaps you were ■.ruing down. ] can’t stop a moment; an good liye, and if you find out any thing let us know at onee.’ Heliurricil -mt, and Fenton remained with his heat I upon his hands, in deep thought. Ho had trusted Seth Amity so far that lie had accepted him as the affianced husband of ids only daughter, whom lie loved as few .parents love their children. He know that his' informer was a brute, but a good spy, and he had given him trustworthy information before, and it looked bad for Seth, if it proved true, he would be the one to break the daughter's heart, and consign Seth Amity to a prison cell for years, but he had been retained by the bank offi cials to work up tins most audacious robbery, and he would do bis duty.— Seth hurried down to the cars and stepped up to the Fenton residence. As he went up the steps the door opened, and a young man stepped out, who cast a savage glance at him, and passed by without saying a word. ' ‘What is Henry Dana doing here?’ be- muttered ; ‘and what a malicious giauco be gave me ! I must understand this at once.’ ’ He touched the bell pud sent up his name by the servant who answered tho call. Directly after thegirlcame back with a card, upon which was written in a delicate female hand: ‘Not at home to Mr. Amity. I will never see you again. Mary Fenton.’ Seth looked wildly off the servant, and then, fearing the card in pieces, he stamped upon them furiously, and hurried on into the street, his heart full qf doubts and fears. Mary had refused to see him. Who had poisoned her mind against him, and how. should he unravel the dark web which fate seem ed weaving around him? Senter was on hand at the, appointed time, and mot Fenton at his office, where they were joined by a policeman. Fenton had armed himself, and after a stern command to be careful what he did, the informer took the lead, walk ing several paces in advance of tho others, and not appearing to belong to them. He took a cab at a corner stand, and they followed his example, and after ordering their driver to keep the other cab in sight, they drove away through the city, and half an hour after they alighted in a wide street, where the houses were of the class known ns suspicious. Tho cabmen bad their orders and drove away, and Sen ter joined the party. ‘Where is the place, you ?’ said the policeman. ‘Gentleman Tom’s,’ replied Semer. ‘Tom'keeps a little game of faro, and 1\ £00(1 many rough ouotomoro hang around him,’ said the policeman. ‘Will you go in ?’ ‘Of course,’ said Fenton, quietly. ‘You are game,’ muttered the police man. ‘This way, then.’ He opened a gate and by the talis manic power, of certain words and .knocks'they were soon inside of the house, in which the gambling was In full blast. Senter led the way up stairs to a small room which was carpeted so thickly that their footsteps gave no sound. Senter moved a small panel, scarcely an inch across, and motioned to Fenton to look in. He applied his eye to the opening and saw three men. seated at a table, almost within reach of his hand, conversing in low tones. All ol them were masked closely, and two of them culled the third by name, at different times, and the name was— Seth Amity.. Fenton listened and heard the whole, plan of the proposed robbery, and he knew that the man whom he had in trusted, and to whom he hud been about to give his daughter in marriage was a villian and a partner with rob bers, All compunctions were at an end, and the last words he heard as the men rose were these: ‘I have invested the proceeds in our last haul in Chicago in such a way that that it will give me influence enough with that old shark, Fenton, to induce him to hurry up the marriage with his daughter. There are over forty thous and in gold in the bank, and the specie will flow in heavily to-morrow. This will make us rich enough to retire and live the life of honest men.’ Twice during the next day Seth passed Mr. Fenton in the street, with a wild, excited look in his handsome face, and the lawyer found it hard to believe the evidence of his own ear.— Seth did not look like a criminal, but rather one whom some unexpected sorrow had driven to despair. At night three men, with hats drawn over their brows, crawled through the alleys at the back of Morton’s bank and reached a door, which was opened by a key and they entered. A man lay sleeping on the floor, who was quickly overpowered, bound and gagged. The one who appeared to bo the leader showed them the way to where the other watchman was seated, nodding over a table. Ho was disposed of as easily as the other, and left upon the floor helpless, and then the leader pro duced the key to the vault, and opened It easily enough. The floor was quick ly strown with small bags, each of which represented a large sum in gold. As they were gloating over the prize, which far exceeded their expec tations, there came a sudden rush of men, and the three robbers were secur ed before they had time to think of danger. ‘Taken in the act, Seth Amity,’ said Fenton, showing himself, ‘You cannot hope for mercy at my hands.’ One of the oflicors removed his cap and held up the lantern, and they saw, not Seth Amity, but Henry Dana, his dark face distorted by rage. ‘I am beaten; take me to prison ; let mo hide myself from the world,’ said Dana. So the throe robbers went to prison,'' and Seth Amity was cleared In the CARLISLE, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1873. eyes of men, and what he cared for most, in those of Mnry Fenton. Dana had told her that he had robbeC the bank, and that the officials had )roof of his villainy, and she was s(rong enough to cast off the man she behoved to be a villain. She made ample atone ment for those moments of doubly for she is now. his wife, and will love him better because she sinned against him for an hem. ■ The stolen property was nearly ail recovered and returned to the bank.— Dana was sent to Sing Sing, where ho was found dead in his ceil six months after the prison door closed behind him. Whether ho died by his own hand or conflicting passions of ids own heart no man knows. THE INSANITY, OF GAIN. Whatever ia startling In the hot o/ questioning Gain’s sanity only goes in prove the simple justice of the doutjt. For more than five thousand years hu mankind has been conteut to look iijkn the First Born as a murderer. Each generation, convicting him as it wete without hearing of judge or jury, his felt far more concern that the conviction should be understood as a so-called re ligious fact than that their remote an\l defenseless fellow-creature should have the benefit of human justice. .Oue-tenlh of the zeal and candor with which our own Froude has endeavored to make a saint of England’s chronic widover might have sufficed -t" lift , a world’s weight of obloquy from the shoulders tof Cain- But, until to-day, no philosopher has chosen to assume the difficult and delicate task. No jurisprudent has dared to investigate a charge that has been a .sort of moral stronghold for ages. So grand a thing Is it to be able to point away, far back, deeper and deeper Into antiquity, to. the very First Families, and say, Behold the fountain-head of our murder record! Doggerel has much to answer for. It has driven many a monstrous wrong in to the heart.of its century. It has done its worst with Cain, but not the worst. , C la for Cain, Who his brother hud slain, though winning in cadence, lacks.spirit as a charge. It is too non-committal. The feeble sou) that lt was fit only for jury-duty. It' wants the snap of preconceived .opinion. But Cain, tub First Murderer, is grand, unique, sta tistical. Hence its vitality and power. Generation after generation taught to loathe his very name, has accented tire statement on general principles. There had to bo a first murderer—and why not Cain? Again, why not Abel for the murdereo? There was no miasma' in that sweei fresh time; no scope for contagious -dis eases; there were no pastry shops, no distiiisries, no patent* medicines, no. blis ters, no lancets and no doctors. Censer quentiy,-there svas no way for p unm to, ate unless soraeuouy miiea him, Cain did this thing for Abei. That we do uot dispute; nor that he did it gratis and un solicited. But was he a murderer ? Set- ting aside tlto possibility that Abel's lime had not come, are we tu judge Cain by the face of his deed ? May there not have • been palliating eouditiinia, tempermenlal causes? In u word, was he sane? For centuries, ages, the world has over- looked the tremendous considerations In volved in this question, placidly branding an unfortunate man with deepest igno miny and taking it for granted that his deed was deliberate —the act of a self poised, calculating and ghilty mind. Let us see, In thp first place, Cain, for a time, was the only child on earth! That in itself was enough to disturb the strongest ju venile organism.. All the petting, pur sing, trotting, .coddling, and watching of the whole civilized world falling upon one pair of baby shoulders! Naturally', the little fellow soon considered himself a person of consequence—all-alwvblDg consequence, in fact. Thou dame Abel, disturbing and upsetting his dearest con victions. Another self! A now some body ? A kicking counterfeit, held fond ly in his mother's arms,riding to Danbury Cross on his father’s foot! A brother! What did it mean ? There were no books to tell him, and if there bad been, the poor children never knew a letter. There were no philosophers or metaphysicians in those days to explain the phenomenon. The earliest Beecher was not born ; Darwin was still a linger ing atom in some undreamed of, unor ganized pseudo-protoplasm of a monkey. The child bad no friends, nut even a school-fellow. Adam’s time was taken up with what modern conundrumlsts have called his express company; Eve had the baby to mind, and. Cain was left alone to brood over the unfathomable. Think of tho influence thus brought to bear, upon the delicate, sensitive brain of that very select child. A mature intel lect would hiw© given away under a far less strain. , But Calu survived it. He became rec onciled, we will say, La the little Abel. They played and shouted together as children do in our day, racing the lields at will, growing to be strong, brave little animals—fierce, impulsive and aggres sive—especially Cain. But how did they fare aesthetically—no academies, no Sun day schools, no gymnasiums, nothing to direct and balance their young minds! Their parents were plain people, caring little for society, we imaging, and any thing but dressy in their tastes. There were no lectures in those days, remem ber; no concerts, no Young Men's Chris tian Associations to make life one long festivity—everything was at a dead level. Probably the only excitement Adam and Eve had were thrashing the children and making them “behave.” Whatever sen sation Adam may have made among the beasts of the field, the only public move ment possible to bis active-minded wife was to notify all mankind { i . c., little Cain and Abel) to look out, for Adam was com ing! Naturally, Abel, being the baby, the last and therefore the best and dear est, was spared these thrashings and public excitements to a great extent; and so the burden of social responsibility fell upon poor little Cain ! Who shall blame him, or wonder at the act, if now and then he indulged In a sly kick at Abel— Abel, the goody boy of the family, the “restof the world,” who would not on any account be as naughty and noisy as brother Cain ? ' Yet who of us can say that any such kick was administered? At that early stage of his existence, the controlling mind of Cain hud not yet given way. It Is no light matter to be tho first man in a world like this; and Cain certainly was preparing to hold that position. Adam his father, was created for a pur pose. Like Minerva, ho sprang into life full grown ; therefore, though we may safely consider him as-the-first human creature, be certainly was not the first man. For, how can one be a man who never was a child 7 Here we have another argument in fa vor of Gain. Besides having no bad boys to pattern after, he was under the con stant direction of his parents, who cer tainly, if only from an instinct of self preservation, would have trained him ■ never to be' passionate or’oruel, when In ids right mind. To be sure they labored Under a peculiar disadvantage. Herbert \ Spencer himself, coming into the world booted and spurred, with no childhood to look back upon, might have beeu at a loss how to manage the first boy. We must never forget that there was a time .when instinct aud reflex action had the start of the doctrine of precedent and law of consequences; when the original “I told you so !” had yet to be uttered. Even the warning example of Cain was denied' to the moral advancing of this first boy. Still the situation had Us. advantages. There were no fond nudes and aunts, no doting grandparents to spoil the chlfd and confound the best endeavors of Adam and Eve. Fortunately for the boy, poor Richard's almanac was yet unwritten ; George Washington’s little hatchet was never brandished before his infant mind; and Casablanca had not yet struck his attitude on the burning deck, tio young Cain was spared a host of discouraging Influences. In short, there is every rea son to believe that, la spite of dlspressiug conditions and sijrroundiugs, he grew up to-be at.least a better man than bis fath er, whenever hud auy bringing up utail. That he did not kill Abel in Ilia boy hood Is proof enough of this. There was discipline somewhere. And in the name of developed science and Christian charity why not, la con sidering subsequent events, make due allowance for whatever phrenological excesses the cranium of young Cain may have possessed? An intelligent father of to day, figuratively speaking, can take his child’s head by the forelock. He can detect what is within it, aud counteract proclivities. If an ominous bump rise near his baby’s ear, he is ready to cheek combativeuess with " Mary had a little lamb,” “Children, you should never lot,” and other tender ditties. In a word, ho may lake observations from the lit tle mounts of character on his child’s head, aud so, if he be wise, direct the young life into safe aud pleasant places. But Adam knew nothing of phrenology. Nor have we great reason to believe that, if he had known of it, he would have discreetly followed its indications. Chil dren are not always cherubs. We all know how the dearest of. our llulo ones sometimes become so “aggravating” as to upset our highest philosophies. Was Adam more than human? Say, rather, he was the fountain-head and source of human passion. Again, both cnildren were tho victims of an jjrtftfjing privation. They bad'the naUtral propensities of childhood. They had teeth, stomach, appetite—all thecon ditious, we will say, of cholera infantum —except the ouq thing for which they secretly yearned—green apples ! These,of course were not to ho had in that house. They were not even allowed to be men tioned in the family. Not once in all tiicir lonely childhood were those chil dren comforted with apples. Think of tho possibility of inherited appetite, and.then conceive of the effect of these years of unnatural privation! Again, who shall question that at times the deepest and most mysterious gloom pervaded that household ? Even if Adam and Eve. did not conilde in their children, their oldest boy must have sus pected that something was wrong. Whai x wasit't— the terrible something to be read, in the averted faces of that doomed pair? They evidently had seen better days. Whore ? Why ? How ? What had become of some vague inheritance that Cain felt was .his by right? Morn ing, noon and night, misty and terrible suspicious haunted his young mind. Night and noon and morning, the mys tery revolved and revolved within him. Was this conducive to sanity ? Conceive of the e treat of the animals seen m the children’s daily .walks! There were no well-ordered menagerie specimens then, with Barnum or Van Am burg in* the background as a foil against terror. Savage beasts glared and grow- led and roared at every turn. Whatever geologists may say to the contrary, we must insist that the antediluvian ani mals did not necessarily antedate Adam. Taking the mildest passible view of the case, the plesiosaurus, pterodactyl, mas todon and megatherium, ir, their native state, could not have hem soothing ob jects of contemplation to the infant mind. Well, the boys grew up. But bow bleak their young manhood! No patent leather boots, no swallow-tails, no stand ing-collars, no billiards, no girls to woo, no fellows to bout.! Nothing to do when, tho farm work was over and the sheep in for the night but to look into each oth er’s uutrlmmed faces with a mute “Con founded dull!” more terrible than rav ing.. leathers of to-day, would yourowa chil dren pass unscathed through such an ex istence as this ? Your little Abels might stand ic, but how about your little Cuius ? Would they not 44 put a head ” on some- body? Would they not become, if not stark, staring mad, at least non compos mends/ Gentlemen of the jury, these considerations are not to be lightly pass ed by. In judging of Oulu, look at the situa tion. On the one hand, a terrible family mystery, no schools, no churches, no lecture-4, no society, no amusement', no apples! On the other hand, the whole bunion uf humanity borne fur the first time; pater ml discipline; undue phren ological developments; monotonous em ployment; antediluvian monsters; an tediluvian parents, and an antediluvian goa I brother, in whose mouth butter would have remained Intact forages, Uu'l-'Ubto.lly, that brother had uu ex asperating smile. Hu was happy because ms virtuous. He had u way of for ug anil forgetting that for a timo I<l deprive theolFeudor of reason It above all, ,ho had a cool, collected manner of his own, added to a chronic ho \v glvln WOllI self; desire to bo an angel. His offerings al ways fulfilled the conditions. His fires needed only to ho lighted, and the smoke was sure to ascend wibli a satisfied, con fident curl far Into the sky. Cain’s on tho contrary, refused to burn. Wo can see it all. Tho smoke struggled arid flopped. It crept along tho ground, and, clinging to'his feet, wound about him like a serpent. It grew black and angry, shot sideways into his eyes, blinding and strangling him— And there stood Abel beside /its pile, radient, satisfied, wanting to be an angel! It was hut the work of a moment.— The pent-up, disorganizing influences of a lifetime fount! vent in one wild moment of emotional insanity. Abel was no more! Why dwell upon the tragedy? The world Is familiar with its sickening details. Wo shall not repeat them here, nor shall we question the justice of the punishment that came to Cain— the remorse, the desolation,'the sense of being a fugutive on the face of the earth.' He had killed his brother and the penalty must he paid. Sane or in sane, a terrible retribution -must have overtaken him. But , how about his guilt? Would it have been the same in either case? Are hereditary organ ism, temperamental excitability, emo tional phrensy not to bo considered ? No, a thousand times no! What “competentjuror” would acquiesce in such a proposition! . Friends, the time has come when this case must be taken up. Its mighty issue cannot bo set aside. If Cain was not sane at the moment of the killing, the stain of murder must be wiped from his brow now and forever.,This tardy justice may at least be done him. Our children and our children’s chil dren must bo taught to speak of Cain, the manslaughterer; Cain the mental ly-excitable; Cain the peculiarly-cir eumstanced. But Cain the murderer? Never! 'A man’s own testimony shall not convict or acquit him. But are we not to take into account, as indicative of his state of mind, actions and declara tions coincident with the commission of the crime alleged against him ? If at or about the time of the* fatal deed, there was positive evidence of incoher ence—what then ? Witness the last recorded words of Cain—“ Every onf THAT PINDETH ME SHALL SLAY ME !” Is this the utterance of a sane mind? Every one that flndeth me shall slay me? Gentlemen! Cain, at this point, was not only crazy—he was the craziest man that ever existed ! No ordinary lunatic, however preposterous his ter rors, expects to he killed more than once. But to this poor creature retri bution suddenly assumed a hydra headed rorra. Ula distracted brain, unconscious that *uiam was the only other man in the wide world, instantly created an immense population. Ho saw himself falling again and again by the strokes of successive assassins, even as Abel had fallen under his hand.* His first dazed glimpse of death expanded and intensified into a horror never since conceived by mind of man. His happiness overthrown; his reason a wreck; a prey to fears that stretched before him forever, with no possible hope of final destruction—the only con solation is that he could uot foreknow tlio merciless verdict of posterity. He did not recognize in himself tub first MtmpERBR. Bather than dream of such ignominy as this, was it not better that ho should cry in his ravings: Every one .that Hndetb me shall slay me! We leave the question to tho intelli gence and justice of this faithful am enlightened century. -Scribner's Month Mj* A VISIT TO THE OAMP OF THE MODOO MURDERERS- A correspondent of tho Ban Francisco. Chronicle writes from the Modoc camp: The principal portion of the comp is situated In a huge opening or widening of the ravine, of perhaps an acre in area. On all sides of this opening, which seems more like a huge wash bowl than any thing else, the' natural wall rises u hun dred feet or more; but is easily scaled— for the inner side is inclined, and the rocks are sharp and jut out all over it. Once in this basin, there is but one way .out, and that is by tho trail we entered. There are other ways out, but they are by. tunnels leading to the many caves or sink-holes in another part of the iavu bed, which will be fully described furth er. On the outside of this basin there is a succession of ridges as high us that which encloses it, but these do not ex tend all the way around. To the west of the basin is a Hut, table-like surface of lava, extending from the very summit of Us rim clear back foe more than a mile. In this level place are the sink-holes or caves, formed thousands of years ago, perhaps in the cooling of this immense body of molten earth. Tho openings of the holes are very small; indeed, one does not see them until he has almost fallen In. But they widen us they go down, and their sides being sloping, one can pick his way to the bottom without dlfllculty. Most of these caves are con - neoted with each other and with tho lar ger basin by subterraneous passages, so that one can go for half a-milo in the bed without coming to the surface at all. This is of incalculable benelit in defend ing the stronghold—for one man- can keep one hundred at bay almost any where in it, without fear of being smoked out, or having reatrent cut oil'. After supper, which, by tho way, was shared with a keen relish by about a dozen naked Indian babies, Bogus Charley came and said ho would couduot us to Captain Jack. So tho whole party gathered up their blankets and followed. Charley led the way right up to one side of the basin through u little trull not easy of ascent by uupracticed feet, and across the level pluco about ‘fifty yards, when we came suddenly to the mouth of a pit hole at least forty feet deep. Tho hole inclined as it led downward, and at tho bottom widened and formed a perfect cave, ex tending under tho rock at least tlfty leet. At the mouth of the cave, proper, yet thirty or forty feet below tho surface, a piece of can.vass was stretched. VOL 59—N 0.47 This was Capt. Jack’s frout door, and the cave behind It was his abiding place —the palace of the Modoc king. Behind the canvas wo could see a bright lire burning, and nearly tho whole tribe en circled around it, ready for tho talk, which they knew was to come* The de scent into the cave was somewhat peril ous, but by a vigorous clinging to the rocks and careful stopping, we managed to reach tho canvas. Then throwing that back, we stood In the presence Of Capt. Jack. It was easily seen that be was sick. His eyes were dull, cheeks emacia ted, and he was so weak he could not stand, but remained reclining on a huge pile of bear skins; with his two wives by his side. Mr. Steele wenC'lTf/to Idm and shook hands warmly, as he did the rest of the party. Then passing completely around the circle, all shook hands with tho entire tribe. This ceremony lasted several minutes, and; when finished, we were furnished seats in the circle, near Captain Jack. • • The only wood in tho lava bed is sage brush, but this was piled on the fire with an unsparing hand, and the llamoa shot upwaid and illuminated the cave bril liantly. Then each member of our party lighted his pipe, and, after taking a whiff or two, passed it around to tho right, be ginning with Capt. Jack, who took a whiff ami passed it on to the next, and soon. In such a largo circle, of course, one pipe full would not go round, and so, when it got smoked out,- they did not hesitate to bring, it back to bo refilled; and then send it on to complete tbe jour ney. During -the ceremony not a word .was spoken, and so tho correspondent bad abundant time to taken good look at tho savages.. Captain Jack was the cen tral figure, and attracted most attention. He is a stern, dignified looking man not over thirty, though he looks older. He Ims a good head, though, like nil Indians, the forehead Is low. His complexion is dark, the pure copper color; and his eyes are black, full and piercing. His hair is hanging down to his shoulders, and ho is, of course, destitute of all heard. His mouth is large, and Us shape-indicates firmness, determination, and a great deal of character. He was very glad to see Steele, but lie did not show it by his manner. When ho shook humid it was with an indifference that, to oue unacquainted with the Indian character, would seem to bo absolute rudeness. He was dressed In a hickory shirt, and was covered with blankets'. Scar-faced Charley, the' next noted one in the tribe, has a Jewish cast of countenance, his nose being long and aquiline, and Ins face thin and narrow He has a terrible scar on his right cheek, which, but for his natural pleasant ex pression, would make his countenance rather repulsive. Ho is about thirty-five years old, and is regarded ns the bravest Indian in the tribe: But enough has been written of his exploits. Ho was very polite to his guests, and did all he csuld to make them comfortable. He wan well dressed, and all Ire wanted to do was to get out of the lava bed. ‘Shack Nasty. Jim Is a youngster of not over twenty to twenty-two. lie sat in the circle with a soldier’s coat on. and looked wise as a judge. Hooker Jim, the leader of the hum! who committed the murders on tile east side of the lake, was rigged out in a cavalry Jacket, army, pants, and black hat. He lias a bud face, and. iho’ quite young, looked a-» If he could be guilty of anything;* He Is just now anxious for peace, in the hope of getting amnesty for his share Iu the massacre, ami is doing all lie cun to make a treaty. The doctor is decided* ly the worst looking man In the whole tribe. His face Is absolutelydevilish, narrow, contracted, with a little eye that twinkles its wickedness, and a mouth full and sensual. It is a countenance tbal-wduld make anybody shudder. Ho .had on a straw hat, with a long black feather in it. and several articles of sol diers’ c'otbiug. I.; need hardly say that all clothing of this description was strip ped from the bodies of soldiers killed in the Jute buttle. Black Jim, another of tbe murderers, Is a tall, tine looking fel low, but one that I would rather not meet alone of a dark night. He wore tbemil itary cap that Captain Burton lost in the light. It had a bugle and the figures 21 on it. He also earned a carbine, lost on the day of battle. In fact, I saw quite a number of breech-loading muskets and whole* piles of metalic cartridges, all of goes to show that our troops in their re treat must have left a good deal of war material behind them. THE WAR ON THE MODOCS Our Troops ia the Lara Bods DESCRIPTION OF JACK'S STRONGHOLD. Seventeen Dead Warriors 1 Found A RF„\BH,U. OF I'ICiHTIXU I THE SETTLERS ALARMED! THE MODOC WAR—THE SAVAGES DRIVEN ERO.M THE'I.AVA REDS. •San Francisco, April 21.—A courier arrived at Yreka to-ulght with the fol lowing news from the front to April 18. Col. I’orry, Lieutenant Miller and 110 men lelt camp atsunrise this morning on a scout southeastward. Nothing will be done In camp until they return, unless tho Modocs make an attack, which is not probable. Part of the command will return to-morrow night, and part will proceed to the Willow Springs laud route aud determine whether the Modocs have lied that way. INDIANS WERE SEEN lu close proximity to the camp to-day. They came to the lake for water. Three shots wore heard in the southeast, evi dently fired by the Indiana In killing cattle. This afternoon the Indians were seen out hording their horses four miles southeast of this point and an equal dis tance south of their former position. THE NEW STAND TAKEN. It is said there are large oaves and strong positions there, and that they will make a stand at this point. The women and children are there, having been re- moved before the late massacre. There is a.quantity of ammunition there, and a supply of water. Fortifications will bo thrown up at points commanding the lake shore to guard tho water lino. ELEVEN DEAD DODIE 3 and one live Modoc were found in the cave of the lava beds to-day, making six teen warriors slain. Tho bodies of tho "Hinton o'jt Advortißlng. 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It Is reported that two more of the wounded in the lava beds are to ar rive to night. MU. MEAOHAN la doing finely. The day after to*morrow ho will be taken to Ferris’ ranche, by a boat to Lost river, tbenco by ambulance to the ranche. As soon as the cavalry return the Modoca will bo attacked if they remain where we think they now are. Captain Egan is rapidly recovering. Young Hovey will be buried at Yreka this evening.. He was Scalped and dis embowelled, and his head mashed with a Hat rock. Harmon, .who fell within the Indian Hues, was scalped. THE LAVA HEDS OCCUPIED BV THE TROOPS. Headquarters, Lava Beds, April 20. —Nothingfurtberhas transpired. \Ve are awaiting the return of the cavalry. The Warm Spring Indians are scouring the country east of the battle grounds, and are working towards the craters, which are at the edge of a high ledge of the Modoc stronghold south. If the Mo docs have tied to this section we will strike the trail, and troops will follow as soon as we are uotitled. The cavalry will return to-night and we will then know whether the modocs have tied to (he south. The Warm Spring Indians and cavalry will probably communicate with each other to-day. Colonel Mason has moved his camp into CAPTAIN JACK’S LAIR. It is really one of the most remarkable freaks of nature in the country, and If it had not been for the mortars and howlt lera the loss on ourside would have been very heavy. It is Impossible to give a clear idep of the formation of the rooks, but if one looked at a very coarse sponge through a magnifying class it would give an idea of the lava beds if seen through a telescope from a post of observation two or three miles distant. Yesterday the soldiers scattered all over the neighbor hood of the stronghold, searching in the creyicea, chasms and caves for relics,of tbe Modocs. IV ey found the body of a buck und two in different' parts of rocks. Those of the bucks that were wounded were soon put out of :heir misery by tbe soldiers, who are de termluod to leave no male mem ber of the tribe to gloat over the murder of their beloved general. THE MODOC FORTIFICATIONS, The officers of the command were much astonished at the ingenuity of the Mo docs in their artificial work on these nat ural fortifications. At one spottbep cou struoted a winding gallery up a rooky bluff, which was guarded by a side wall of brokeu rocks, so placed as to render it impregnable to musketry from any point. Every prominent rock that commanded an approach was fortified with bieasi works of loose rock, behind which they could shoot with their guns at rest and perfect security from ihe fire of the at tacking party. SEVENTEEN DEAD MODOCS* The lava bed presents a horrid specta cle , bodies have been discovered in the crevices, from under heaps of rock, and a sickening stench fills the air. There must have been many killed and wound ed we know nothing of, hut we have evi dence of the death of seventeen Modocs. Their wounded must be in a greater ratio than ours, as the ground ,1s literally cov ered with fragments of broken shells all over the place. THE SHELLING OF THE CAVES. Three shells fell in the,main ravlnd, in the centre of their caves, scattering most of them. There were about22o men, wo men and children, sixty of whom could light. Probably fifteen warriors were slain Iu the three days’ lighting. Yeater -day the soldiers captured an old squaw who was unable to escape. Sbeoontirms tho death of Schonchig, the second chief, who was shot by Commissioner Men chain. DIFFICULTIES OF THE SITUATION If tho Indians do not make a stand, (J[jlB country will be in a horrid state this summer. The ranchers will sell their cuttle dud be compelled to abandon their* ranches. Fifty desperate Indians roam ing these rocky fastnesses will work In calculable destruction to property, and cause a fearful loss of life, and lay waste the country, while the soldiers will he comparatively powerless because they cannot bunt them, and when they find them they cannot venture out without Incurring great risk, not knowing what brunch or sage brush conceals a loe. The troops will not bo idle. The Modocs will have no chance to recruit their shattered forces. Extermination is the word. A MODOC VIEW. Black Jim’s mother-in-law, who bus been captured, gives tbe following ac count of the light: * She said on the first day one of tho big baits, meaning shells, fell near where the bucks were sitting in council, and that One Eyed Jake, one of the Shacknasty family, run and picked it up and took U over to John Scbonchin and another In diun, and they all three tried to bite it. At this interesting juncture the big ball broke into pieces and they were all three killed. The old squaw said that four others had been killed on the first day by musket balls, and she had been bid in a crevice over aince and did not kno.w what was done afterwards. ANOTHER BATTLE IN PROGRESS. Later—lo a. ji.— Firing has coni: meuced at the bead of Long Cave, whom the troops were attacked by Indians coming down to the water. An escort coming In to meet the pack train has also been attacked, and the men ordered to fall In. Light battery B. of the Gth ar tillery Ison its way from Presldo/to as sist the cavalry, and battery G of the 4th artillery is also on Us way from Black Point. About a mile from the camp the firing is heavy and steady. The escort is driving tho modocs. No further particu lars can be obtained before the courier leaves. SHOT AT TWICE. Yreka, April 21,— James Glenn arriv ed at eight o’clock p. si. from the front. He brings dispatches from General Gil lem. He left headquarters at 10:30 o’ clock yesterday, and repor's having been shot at twice when four m i lea this side o I the camp by the Indians, but was un touched. Mr, W. A. Hovey Is on his way In with the remains of bis son. Tho company of volunteers which started but from Yreka day before yester day will return to-nlgbt. Thesettlersou Bogus aud Willow creeks are much ex cited and are preparing to move into the town. It is reported that three Indians wore seen in the neighborhood of Bogus creek a few days since, and others were seou down near Plcarks. THE KLAMATHS HAVING WAR DANCES, ’ The Klamath Blver Indians supposed that the Modocs "Were at Crystal creek. In Scott’s valley. The Klamath River Indians were painted, and liavlug war dances. They numbered fifteen or twen ty warriors and are well armed. Wheth er there be any change or not the people are arming. One family bad left ti>e neighborhood where the Klamath River Indians had congregated. Colonel Men denhall’s command has been ordered to move by way of tho Shasta valley, In stead of by the river route. For farther particulars see second page. fotlccs, , log six Iluew, taper line un lai N( :ceedl q cent yeor. 1 Notl Lloes. 10cel>«: its extra.
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