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-’
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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
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dead were buried. The number of Indi
ans wounded Is unknown. Some of the
bodies were horribly mangled by shells.
Eleven soldiers were wounded two se
verely ; four were disabled by sprained
ankles. 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.
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