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VOLUia' XL I, NUMBER 32.1 C 0 LUM DIA., PA., SA_ T ITIUDA:t" - 0 lINTIC G-, 19, 1870.
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is; relating sf, rictiv to their business.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
HAS. E. GAST,
(Office with T. E. Frititklin, Esq.)
No. 27 EAST ORANGE ST., LANCASTER, PA.
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F. ESHLEMAN,
(Office with Non. I. E. Hlester,)
No. ;IS NORTH DUKE ST., LANCASTER, PA
1121)20 '69lf
pIITLIP D. BAKER,
Nn. it NO IZT:i 1.3:.; 1,7 E ST., LANCASTER., PA ,
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A J. KAUFFMAN,
Collections Inzato in Lancaster and adjoining
Counties.
Pen ions, ,Donut}, flack Pay, and tai claims
~,tinst ill, • government promptly prosecuted.
otlice—No. 23•:, Locust. slrect.
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COLUMBIA. PA
OFFICE—Syr Building, Dank Street, near
Luen , ,t.
Collor:Lions made in Lancaster and adjoining
eonnLies.
TIEN.RY C. G. REI3ER,
No 328 Washington street, near Sixth.
Reading, Pa.
Collections made in Berks and adjoining
counties. nor27-t[
H m. NORTE-,
Columbia, Pa,
Collection , promptly made in Lancaster and
;1"orl: Counties.
TLIO.MAS J. DAVIS,
'No. I t North Pulce Street, Lancaster, Pa.
Protosional Business carefully anti prompt
ly attended to. t00t:30'69-tt
I) . P. ROSENMILLER, JR.,
ATTO R.NEY-IN-LAAV
OFFICE.—NO. 5 Court Avenue, Lancaster, Pa.
3-OIIN 1)1. (11{1DET,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, SCRIVENER, Sc.
Mountville, Lancaster County, Pa.
va...odlce Hours from to 8 o'clock, A. 31%,
and 7to o'clock, P. M.
AS CLARK,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
OFFICE--No. 12 N. Third street.
(Mice Hours—From 9 to 7 A. M. 12 to 1 P. M.,
and from Oto 9 P. M. [sep4-69-tfiv._
;.OA:,.I.:ITEL'' EVANS,
'7ESTICE• OF THE
....-^ott'Ste:crtzti"B:7;;"itdjoirting' oll t l
Hull, Columbia, pa,
J. GULICK, Ap
A • SURGEON DENTIST,
Extracts Teeth without Pain. - Nitrous Oxide or
Laughing Gas administered.
Ol FICE 2IS LOCUST STREET.
sept.l4)-tAv
11 C. UNSELD, •
TEACIIER OF MUSIC
P12 , ,.'\ 0,
ORGAN,
MELODEON.
CULTIVATION of the VOICE and SlNGlNG
speelal attention given Beginners and young
pupils.
21:1 LOCUST sTus.,c3
j. Z. fIDEFER;
DENTIST.
Nitrous Oxide Gas advainistered in the extrite-
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°dice— Front Street. uext door• to R. Williams'
Drug Store, between Loeust. and Walnut Streets,
Cottunbi;t
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!PiIISICI. N jr, SURGEON;
(MI.:. lii. o:taessional services to the citizens of
uniaa vicitut y. Ile limy he tottnil at the
01140 e, we:nett - fist WILLI' !tic residence, on eiecoud.
11 . 41 ,1 4 . 11 Cherry Alla Union, every day,
le," 7 to:r M., and trout dto Sl'. m. Persons
wls 111 , p4leial cants, bettreen
iviird by note at his oilice,
or I.:tr.-sc.:li the _pis:, oflico. sepl-i9
MEiiilltil
S SMITH, DENTIS•T
Gradnale I,f Pennsylvania College of p e a tat
Surgery, Wagmer'sStold Mg, over
Imaentatt's dry goods store. Ell
( r.inv-, 270 Lomst Street,
('ony:Man, PelOlll%N.
]).% S :AQUI tlinnlcs his friends and the pub
lie in t‘etierad for their liherat patronage in tile
.pte-t mat assuring them tDM they can rely upon
hay u tg every attention given to them in the
future. In every braneli of his profession lie
has Many, given entire satisfaction. He calls
attention to the unsurpas , ,sed style and finish
of artlaelal teeth inserted by him. Ile treats
diseti‘es common to the mouth :Intl teeth of
children and :Molt.. Teeth tilled with the great
est rare :tad In the most approved manner.
Ae'aing teeth treated and tilled to last for years.
The best of dentrifiees anti mouth WasheA con
stantly on hand.
13.—A1l work" warranted.
sent-6)41w J. S. SMITH . . D. D. S.
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
The tunlert , lgnod IR opened art office for the
part:Mw ant sale of real estate. collection of
tenth, and the renting of property. ITwanesh
entrusted to their rare will meet With prompt,
Old earofal tten tiOtl. F. X. ZIEGI.It:It.
oettlt.):ti , tf I A. .1. K.N.I.IFFMA.N.
TO BULLDERS AND OTHERS
MI Ildl ng, pavi az. Itnd other brick' always on
Stand. They are hand made and soperl or to any
in tins part of the country. They are of
feredat the very lowest price.
sep .149-Ifw] MICHAEL LIPHART.
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'WESTERN HOTEL,
, t, CORTLANDT STREET,
NEW YORK%
T ROB. D. WINCLIESTE 3, PitOP at ET° H.
This 1/Otto Is central and convenient for Penn-
Mrsicr.tin. of Heading, Pa.,
Is an -,,edant. at I fly Stetel, and will be glad to
see It. friends at all time,. seitt4-0-trw
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THIS 'DOTED IS PLEASANTLY LOCATED,
IJelween the Stations of the Rending and Colulu-
Pennsylvania Railroads,
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.ST RE: ET, COLUMBIA, PA
Amp.o accommodations for Strangers and Tray
olers. Tbo-Ikar Is stocked with
CHOICE LIQUORS,
A nd tho rotas furnished with the best hire.
LT WAR - FIND L E
Proprietor.
se pl-W-t fw)
RAN UN HOUSE,
12 LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA.
This ts a ilrNt-class hotel, and Is in every re.speet
stittpt,Nl to Weet the Wishes and desires of the
traveling pohtie. MARTIN ERWIN,
sepl-70 Proprietor,
TißENcirs HOTEL,
Oil the European. Piaui, opposite City Hail Park
N'ow York. It. FRENCH,
Sept. JAL t,iri. Proprietor.
ISH L Elt'S HOTEL,
west Market Square, Reallinz Renn'a.
EVAN MISHLER,
Proprietor,
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" MARBLE WORKS.
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TE'.;1..).1 PRINTING.—CaII at the
Steam Printing ll,glse of the COLV3IBIv
le. Y. rear of Columbia National Bank, and ex
canine specimens of Letter lieads.Notes,Cards dke
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BTICELEB/S COLITIEN.
T C. BUCHER,
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Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
FIVE CENTS
FOREIGN AND 'DOMESTIC
Wines and Liquors
Has removed his Store to his Building, adjoining
Haldeman's Store, Locust St., Columbia, Pa.,
where he has fitted up rooms and greatl3
Increased his facilities for doing
a more extensive business.
MISEILER'S CELEBRATED
HERB BITTERS
PURE AND UNADULTERATED,
These Bitters are celebrated for the great cures
they have performed in every case, when tried
Da, Mishler offers five handred dollars to the pro
prietor of any Medicine that can show a greater
number of genuine certificates of cures effected
by it, near the place where it is made, than
MISITLER'S HERB BITTERS
lIIBILLER'S HERB BITTERS
Is for side in Columbiaby
J. C. BUCHER,
At his Store, Locust Street, Columbia.
WINES AND LIQUORS !
Embracing the following;
Catawba,
Port,
Lisbon,
Cherry,
Currant and Muscat WINES
00G-1 , ,TA0, OF DIFFERENT BRANDS
Als'o, OLD RYE :WHISKEY and .
BRANDIES of all kinds
Blackberry
Catawba,
Cherry,
Rum,
XX Old Rye X Old Rye,
Purc Old Rye, 'Monona.bele,
Ftectined Whisky, London Brown Stout
Scotch Ale, &e., Mc., ctc.
MALT AND CIDER VINEGAR
Ire Is also Agent for the Celebrated
MISITLER'S HERB BITTERS
POCKET FLASKS,
DEMIJOHNS,
TOBACCO BOXES,
and FANCY ARTICLES, in great variety,
MISEILER'S BITTERS!
PTJRE ,t; UN ADULTERATED
BEST STOUT PORTER !
From E. & G. LUBBERT, LONDON
PURE MALT VINEGAR
,Cannot be purchased at any other establish-
merit In town, and Is warranted to keep fruits
and vegetables perfect..
The Best Brands of Importe4
SCOTCH AND LONDON ALE
TO S3IOKERS AND CHEWERS
BllelllElt will still keep on hand the
nest Brands of
SMOICING AND CHEWING TOBACCO,
SNUFF, HAVANA, YARA, and
COMMON SEGARS, Also,
SNUFF & TOBACCO BOXES, PIPES—a
thousand and ono varieties. Call at
Locust Street, adjoining Haldeman's Store
It is the greatest establishment or the kind this
aide of Philadelphia.
Only Agency for Lea's London Porter, and
M' ter's Bitters.
lladeria,
Malaga,
Champagne,
Claret,
Rhine,
Blackberry,
Eldei berry,
Jamaica Spirits,
Rummel,
(linger,
Gin,
Superior Olu Rye,
Pure Old Rye,
xxx Old Eye,
AGENCY FOR
ff:=IEI
At J. C. BUCHER'S
For Sale by
J. C. BUCKER
For by
J. C. BUCHER,
Locust Street, above Front
kgent for the
For Sale at
J. C. lIITCHER S
J. C. BUCHER'S.
11LISCELLAYEOUS.
OPEN! OPENING- ! OPENED!
THIS DAY, THIS WEEIC,
AND UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS,
AT
B R, M ' S
128 Locust Street,
THE LARGEST STOCK OF
HATS AND CAPS,
For Men, youth and Children, ever before offer
ed to the people of Colombia, comprising as it
does, STYLE and QUALITY in son and stilt
brim, such as the "Warwick, Ida Lewis. Sinbad,
Prince Arthur, A.merican Girl, Elute, Peerless,
Lady ThDrn, Rowing, Star, Cuban, Waverly,
Gilmore, Rob Roy and tile Fall style of Silk
Hats, just out, together with a Mil stock of
GENTS'
FURNISHING GOODS ,
Consisting of White and Colored Shirts, Flannel
Shirts and Drswers,English, German and Do.
mestic Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Sus
penders, Ties, Linen and Paper Con and Col
lars, Cc. Also,
UMBRELLAS AND CANES.
Parties who favor us with their patronage are
assured that it will be our constant aim to
merit their confidence and sumarrt.
Call and examine our well selected stock a
at low prices.
BRENEMAN•S
No. 12.5 Locust Street, Columbia, Pa
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N O. 13.
SHREINER'S
IS TFE PLA.CI
Where you ean buy a first rate
AMERICAN, ENGLISH' OIL SWISS
TV" TCI.I
BEAUTIFUL, SETS OF JEWELRY, lIAND
SOME BREAST PINS, EAR RINGS,
SLEEVE BUTTONS,
and almost everything In the jewelry line
AT THE LOWEST PRICE
Or you can purchase
FINE SILVER. AND SILVER PLATED
SPOONS,
FORKS. KNIVES CASTORS, GOBLETS, ICE
PITCHERS, BUTTER DISHES &c. dce.
Then If you are In
WANT OF TIME
you can buy any kind of
AMERICAN CLOCK,
warranted of the best quality, at a low figure
CALL AND SEE FOR. YOURSELF
CHAS. P. SHREINER•S
Scpt4wtfl \o. 1:S Front St., Columbia, Pa
OM
t r A. MEYERS
Druggist and Apothecary,
ODD FELLOWS' UALL
Invites attention is a, few 'specialties now in
NE .. W
OLD PALNI SOAP IN BARS
PRATT'S - BED B LTG KILLER, (su re thing and
harmless to persons,)
ROTHE'S SEW AND IMPROVED RAT KIL
LER, (the bi:bt thwng we have yet sohl,)
SPLE,NDID LOT OF CIIAMOIS SKINS,
BATH TOWELS, SPONGES AND GLOVES,
COILKWOOD FOIL SHOENI.%.ICER.S,
COAUSE AND FINE PEPPErt, ground in the
MEI
PURE SP IC D:Fi AND CREAM TARTAR
Together with our usual large stock of Dm7Os
Xlr.nicoms and DauGGIST., SUNDRIES which
are entirely CASII purchases.
PUYSICIAN'S PRESCRIP rioNs and PAM lay RE
CIPES prepared by night or day with accuracy.
Remember the
FAMILY MEDICINE STORE
sept..4'69-tfwl
y B. KEVINSKI,
tfi • DEALEIE IN
PIANOS. ORGANS, 3IE LODEON;.;
AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GENERALLY.
A large assortment of Virilir, Flutes, Guitars,
anJO., Taini)orines. Aecori,loom., Fin's, Bar
ton On if Intl./en I In tiVellandibe laWny , on
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SI-I - Et Ea' MUSIC.
largo on band, and constantly rccei vine
'ill the latest. public ,tain, as scion as
Music and Musical Books will be , ent h until
free at postage, When the market pnee I. nquit.-
DACA LCOMANIA,
Or the Art of transferring Pieture.t. l'.to be
transfei led on any object.
I would call ,pecial :men( um of the Code:,
maker, to my stuck of Dactakottiatini.
IME=I9
STEINWAY C SUN'S PIANOS. PRINCE
tt, NE.F.DirAm. C SONS CEr.Er:P.
ORGANS AND MELODEONS.
Sole Agent for Stoll%, Unrivale:l PI IN,I
FORTE AND FURNITURE POLIP,II.
Call :aid exaraino niy ILL
NO. 3 NORTII PRINCE SYREEI
LA.NCASTEIZ, PA
COOPEI4 & CONARD.
S. E, cor. 9th & Market Sts..
PHITAADELPLI[A.
Having rebuilt their store, will open about
Ocitotter ist. with an elegant stock, to which
they Invite an examinatton.
Upwards of seventeen years of active busi
ness at their present haeit ion, enables them to
Judge of the witnts of their patrons. to buy at
the lowest prices and to sell at the smallest mar
gin of profit. Full lines of
BLACK SILKS,
DRESS STUFFS,
SILK VErxers,
CLOAKS, SHAW Ls,
'HOSIERY, TIES,
lIANDEERCHI EFS,
COLLARS, CUFFS. &v.,
WHITE GOODS,
BLANKETS, S.
MUSLtNS, LINENS,
CA.SSINIERES, CLOTHS,
CLOAK INGS,
VELVETEENS, Ate., Ite.
COOPERS CONAILD,
S. E. ear. Ninth & IRarlcet Sts.,
Philadelphia.
K MAY & ERWIN, B
E 105 Locust St., COltriLda, Pa.
DEALERS '.•.;
Agents SCHOOL, i rt Sheet
for all Y Miscellaneous and AO Music
New York, e I3LANR: ge of all kinds.
Philadelphia ' I Q I BOOEs, nt e and
and Lancaster Dime eopiCS,
Dailies and "Weal- Initial Cask e s,
lies. New publi- or ALL T. low, Ir o 10
cations receiv- RINDS T. cents, RI cents
ed as soonOF STATIONERY. RI and up
as issued. ®SCHOOL DIREC-111 1 ward s.
TORS AND TEACHERS SUP-4"
IMP LIED AT WHOLESALE
‘holf
ERATES. DON'T FORGET TB E FLAt E,
N 0.105 LOCUST ST., COLUNI Pa.
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"NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
Soft eyes of azure and eyes of brown,
And snow-white foreheads are there;
A glimmering Cross and a glittering Crown,
A thorny bed and a couch of down,
Lost hopes and leaflets of prayer.
A breath of spring in the breezy woods,
Sweet wafts from the quiveringpines
131uc violet eyes beneath green hoods,
A bubble of brooklets, a scent of buds,
Bird warblers and clambering ViVICS.
A rosy wreath and a dimpled hand,
A ring and a slighted vow—
Three golden links of a broken band,
A tiny track on the snow-white sand,
A tear and a sinless brow.
Where's a tincture of grief in the beautifnl song,
r.;-ff That sobs on the slumbrous air,
And loneliness feltin the festive throng,
Sinks down on the soul as it trembles along
From a clime where the roses were.
We heard it first at the dawn of day,
An.l it m ingledlw ith mat chimes;
But years have distanced the beautiful lay,
And its melody ilowent from the far away,
And we call it now Old Times.
NO. 13
John Taylor was licensed, when a youth
of twenty-one, to practice at the bar. Ile
was poor but well-educated, and possessed
extraordinary genius. He married a
beauty, who afterwards deserted him for
another.
On the oth of April, 1840, the court
house in Clarksville, Texas, was crowded
to overflowing. An exciting case was to
1)0 tried. George Hopkins, a wealthy
planter had offered a gross insult to Mary
Ellison, the young and beautiful wife of
his overseer. The husband threatened to
chastise him for the outrage when Hop
kins went to Ellison's house and shot him
in his own door. The murderer was arrest
ed, and bailed to answer the charge. This
produced great excitement, and Hopkins,
in order to turn the tide of popular in
dignation, had circulated reports against
her character, and she had sued him for
slander. Both suits were pending—for
murder and slander.
The interest became deeper, when it
wag known that Ashley and Pike, of Ar
kansas, and S. S. Prentiss, of New Or
leans, by enormous fees, had been retain
ed to defend Hopkins.
Hopkins was acquitted. The Texas
lawyers were overwhelmed by their oppo
nents.. It was,a fight of a dwarf against
giants.
The slander suit 'was' for the 9th, and !
the thr9llg::Ots.nect.storsl=ew..l.2Laonsbctr. , .i
as in excitement. Pill)lic opinion was
setting for Hopkins; his money had pro
cured witnesses who served his powerful
advocates. When the slander case was
called, Mary Ellison was left without an
attorney—all had withdrawn.
"Have you no counsel?" inquired Judge
Mills, looking kindly on the plaintiff:
`• I.To sir; they have all deserted me, and
I am too poor to employ any more," re
plied the beautiful Mary, bursting into
tears.
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"In such a case, will not some chival
rous member of the profession volunteer?"
said the judge. glancing around the bar.
The thirty lawyers were silent.
•• I will, your honor," said a voice from
the thickest part of the crowd behind the
bar.
At the sound of the voice many started
it was so unearthly skeet, and mourn-
Odd FeNom" Ilan
The first sensation was changed into,
laughter, when a tall, gaunt, spectral fig
ure elbowed his way through the crowd,
and placed himself within the bar. His
clothes looked so shabby that the court
hesitated to let the case proceed under
his man agem en t.
Has your name been entered on the
rolls of the State?" demanded the judge.
"It is immaterial," answered the
stranger, his thin bloodless lips curling
up with a sneer. " Here is my license
from the highest tribunal in America!"
and he handed the judge a broad parch-
rent.
The trial went on
He suffered the witnesses to tell their
own story, and he allowed the defense to
lead off. Ashley spoke first, followed by
Pike and Prentiss . The latter brought
down the house in cheers, in - which the
jury joined.
It was the stranger's turn. He rose be
fore the bar, not behind it. and so near
the wondering jury that he might tone h
the foreman with his long, bony finger.
He proceeded to tear to pieces arguments
of Ashley, which melted away at his
touch like frost before a sunbeam. Every
one looked surprised. Anon he came to
the dazzling. wit Jr the poet-lawyer, Pike.
Then the curl on his lip grew sharper, his
eyes to open, dim and dreary no longer.
but vivid as lightning, red as fire globes.
and glaring as twin meteors. The whole
soul was in his eye: the full heart. stream
ed out of his face. Then without bestow
ing an allusion to Prentiss, he turned
short around on the perjured witnesses
of Hopkins, tore their testimony into
threads and hurled in their faces such
terrible invectives that all trembled like
aspens, and two of them tied front the
court house. The excitement of the
crowd was becoming tremendous. Their
united life and soul seemed to hang upon
the burning tongue of a stranger, and he
inspired them with the power of passions.
He seemed to have stolen nature's long
hidden secret of attraction. But his
greatest triumph was to come.
His eye began to glance at the assassin
Hopkins, as his lean, taper fingers assum
ed the same direction. He hemmed the
wretch within a wall of strong evidence
and impregnable argument, cutting off
all hope of escape. He dug beneath the
murderer's feet ditches of dilemmas. and
held up the slanderer to the scorn and
contempt of the populace. Having thus
girt him about with a circle of fire. he
stripped himself to the work of massacre.
Oh! then it was a vision both glorious
and dreadful to behold the orator. His
voice became, a trumpet filled with wild
whirl-pools,deafening the ears with crashes
of powder, and yet intermingled with a
sweet undersong of the softest cadence.
His forehead glowed like a heated furnace,
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glortrll.
OLD TIRES,
There's. a beautiful song on the slumbrous air
That drifts through the valley of dreams;
It comes from it clime where the roses were,
And a tuneful heart and bright brown hair
That waved in the morning beams.
Illiscrliantono grading.
.VOLUNTEER COUNSEL.
t THRILLING STONY
his countenance was haggard, like that of
a maniac, and ever anon he flung his long
bony arm on high, as if grasping after
thunderbolts,
He drew a picture of murder in such
appalling colors that, in comparison, hell
itself might seem beautiful; he painted
the slanderer so black that the sun seemed
dark at noonday, when shining on such a
monster. And then, fixing both portraits
on the shrinking Hopkins, fastened them
there forever. The agitation of the audi
ence amounted almost to madness.
All at once the speaker descended from
tha perilous height. Ills voice wailed out
for the murdered dead, and living—the
beautiful May, more beautiful every mo
ment as her tears flowed faster and faster
till men wept and sobbed like children.
Ire closed by a strong exhoration to the
jury, andthrough them to the by-standers;
the panel, after they should bring in a
verdict for the plaintiff, not to offer vio
lence to the defendant, however richly he
- Might deserve it—in other words, "not to
lynch the villian, but leave his punishment
to God." This was the most artful trick
of all, and calculated to insure vengeance.
The jury rendered a verdict of fifty
thousand dollars; and the night after
wards, Hopkins was taken out of his bed
by the lynchers, and beaten almost to
death. As the court adjourned, the
stranger said:
"John Taylor will preach here this
evening at early candle-light."
He did preach, and the house was crowd
ed. I have listened to Clay, Webster and
Coihoun—to Dwight, Bascom and Beech
er—but never heard anything in the form
of sublime words even approximating to
the eloquence of John Taylor, massive as
a mountain, and wildly rushing as a cat
aract of fire.
THE HUNTINGDON lIIIRDERERS
CONVESSION OF DODUrN111.7111:-
The Huntingdon (Pa.) 3Thator, of this
week, contains the confession of Albert
Bodenburg, one of the murderers of the
Peightel family. It is as follows:
I became acquaintedwith Charley Moore
or Cottleib Rohner, I know not what his
true name is, in the month of August or
in the beginning of September. We were
together in a boarding house in Altoona.
We slept together in one bed. One even
ing while lying in bed we talked together
in reference to our earnings during the
month, and also what debts we had.
Whenever we had pay day and our debts
paid we had very little left. It was the
spring next to this that 1 had come from
the penitentiary. I had at this time no
clothes nor money, and to olitain these I
had to spend all my spare money. In this
~ wayit came,to,pass thateat no time bacll.
•:anyenioney met I was - contented because
luel'enaPliient :and healtiv.:
1 1:Jie - .rifetng Charley says to me, while
lying in bed, - if we had that old farmer's
money then probably we could get along
well this winter after the work stops and
we have no further income." I said, -what
sort of an old farmer is this you talk
about?" •- 011,•' said he, - I know a
German farmer on the way from Hunt
ingdon to Broad Tot P. and he has money
in silver and gold." I said. " how do you
know this?" " Oh," said he. " I have
been several times at Lis house when I
worked at Dudley in the mine. I have
went from there to Huntingdon on foot
and taken meals at his house.
At a certain time while I was there we
came to talk about gold and silver. The
old farmer asked me whether or not I had
seen any gold or silver in this country. I
said no. Then said lie I will show you
something, but at the time he wished to
go for some a wagon loaded with stone
came down the road, and the teamster
* - Anted te1411:: with the old farmer. Ile
went nut and after a good while came
back. In this way he forgot to show me
the gold.
I said "how much do you think he has?"
"01)," his said, "he undoubtedly has trout
two to three thous: nd dollars, perhaps
more." I said, ••I do not believe this,
Charley, for a farmer will not keep so
nmelt money about the house, for he is
wise enough to put it in the bank." -No,"
said Charley. "I know tha t he has as much
at least, in l lie house."
Finally the two left Altoona for Peigh
tars, pretending they were going to 1 far
risburg. They arrived at the Peightal
farm after 12 o'clock that night and re
mained in the barn until the next evening.
They went into the house and were given
their suppers by their victims. They told
the farmer that they were on their way
f:om Dudley to Iluntingdon in quest of
ilnployment. After supper they again
started for the barn lint the old Mall fol
lowed them and invited them to sleep in
the house. They accepted the invitation.
but found no chance I o get the money that
night.
Charley said to me ;Is we left 31cConn
elstown, that me could get this money in
no other way excepting by killing these
people. I said. My (foil. Charley, are
yon not afraid 14 such a thought?" "No:"
said he. "why should I he afraid of it.
There are ever so many killed in war, and
I myself have already killed a sufficient
number. This is nothing fen• me." I said;
— No. (barley. 1 will have nothing to do
with this thing: I cannot do it; neither is
it all necesssary. We can get the money
some other way and thus spard their lives
as well as ours: for it will certainly be
discovered whether any man will see it or
not.
After considering a while he said to me
- you need not take part at all in this af
fair. You stand here on the railroad and
keep a lookout, and if any body comes you
will let me know." I told him, "only for
the ptirpose of stealing you can expect my
service, for anything' else not." lie said
"that is all I wish to do."
So we went on together to the barn. We
staid here a short time to see whether the
old man Peightal WWI going to come.
Charley said if he would come he would
tie him there,then there will be only two
left in the house, viz: the wife and the lit
tle boy. The old man came not, then lie
said to me, "Give me your pistol and go
to the railroad and keep a sharp lookout."
I walked up and down the railroad,most
ly on that part of the railroad towards
Huntingdon; I spent here a good while be
fore Charley came; had rather a good
sized bundle under his arm; "here is some
money," and gave me some paper money
into my hand. He told me "it is 51t1,5,
but this is not all, after this, when I have
opportunity, I will give you also gold and
silver."
Immediately after we had come 'to
Huntingdon the 101 o'clock train came
from Altoona. I said to Charley "conic
let us go to Harrisburg;" Charley would
not do this, he said he was hungry and
wished to eat something first, moreover he
said he did not wish to stay away so long
from Altoona, for it looked too suspicious.
We went then into an oyster saloon and
ate there. We whiled away our time
there until about :2 o'clock, we then start
ed for the depot and sat there until half
after three o'clock. Then came a west
ward train, we• went with this train to
Altoona. After we arrived there and
were about getting off, Charley stepped off
first; after he had stepped off, there stood
a policemen. He called Charleyback and
said he had to go along with him Then I
stepped off and the policeman told me the
same thing. I went along with him.
Charley sought all along to escape.
He pretended the calls of nature were
Pressing upon him. I went into the room
where the lanterns are cleaned. Charley
was outside, what was going on with him
I know not. After awhile he also came
in the room; pretended, however, to have
great pain in his bowies and that he had
again to go out. The policeman went
again with him along out and staid for a
time. Then they crone back, and the po
liceman said we should come along: we
are going to put you in confinement.
Whereupon I asked the policeman for
what reason they had arrested us. lle
said to me then that a telegraphic des
patch was received front Huntingdon that
a family had been murdered there. They
took us then to prison. The brindle
which charley had when he came away
from Peightars house he opened about
half way between that and I funtingdon.
and asked me to carry a part of it. It was
too heavy for him alone. lie gave me two
pocket handkerchiefs, a shawl, and donl
know whether there was anything more or
not. I was to carry this until we came to
Altoona, then I was to give it back. He
wanted to make a present of it to sorne'sr
body. I did so and took the bundle and
had it until we were put in confinement
at Altoona.
Charley had, as he said, a little purse,
with silver and gold in his bundle, but 1
did not see it. When we came to Altoona
to the continement our bundles were taken
from us. After the policeman had made
fire lie left and locked the door. I had a
cell for myself, so had Charley. "Oh:
Oh!" said he. "we are lost, now we will
be hung.'' I said, "Charley! Charley!
what have you done? You swore to me
that you would not kill these people."
Then said he, "1 did not do it, two others
done it.'' These, however, I did not see
norhas - Chatleyever told :me howhe did it.
CHARGE TO worn' JURORS
r The following is the charge delivered by
Chief Justice Dowe. at Laramie, Wyom
ing, Monday, to the grand jury, composed
chiefly of females, reference to which was
made on yesterday.—Judge Down said:
Ladies and gentlemen of the Grand
,Jury---It is an innovation and a great
novelty to ace, as we do to-day, ladies snot--
maned to serve as jurors. The extension
of political rights and franchise to women
is a subject that is agitating the whole
country. I have newt taken an active
part in these discussions, but I have long
seen that woman was a victim to the vices
crimes and immoralities of man, with no
power to protect and defend herself from
these evils.
"I hare long felt that such powers of
protection should he conferred upon wo
man, and it has fallen to our lot here to
act as the pioneer in the movement and to
test the question. The eyes of the whole
world are to-day fixed upon this jury of
Albany county. There is not the slightest
impropriety in any lady occupying this
position, and I wish to assure you that the
fullest protection of the court shall be ac
corded to you. It would be a most shame
ful scandal that in our temple of justice
and in our courts of law anything should
he permitted which the most sensitive la
dy might not hear with propriety mind wit
ness.
— And here let me add that it will Le
sorry day for any man who shall sti far
forget the courtesy due and he paid by
every American gentleman to every Amer
ican lady as to even by a word or act en
deavor to deter you from the exercise of
these rights of which the law has invested
von. I will conclude with the remark
that this is a question for yon to decide
for yourselves. No man has any right
to interfere. It seems to be eminently
proper for women to sit upon grand juries
which will give them the best possible op
portunities to aid in suppressing the dens
of infamy whirl curse the country."
TEE EZPEITSE OF TZFLING
The cost of tippling is in the aggregate
enormous. The inquiry is often made.
how are so many drinking houses sustain
ed'? La us see. Twenty 111(11, at thirty
cents a day. will pay one of the tipi ding
shops 5!,190 a year. A man who par•; :10
cents a day for drinks pays 5109.3 u a year.
This is the interest on $1019.1 at seven per
cent., at simple interest. This sum. 30
cents a day, amounts in ten years to St.-
171.05. All this is wasted, paid out for
"an enemy that steals away a man's
brains," and robs him and his family of
evert• comfort.
The constant use of intoxicating liquors
makes hard times for many a man: thus
a family of five persons will consume four
barrels of flour a year, or 1,0.54 pounds of
bread. This is nearly three pounds a day.
Good flour can be bought now at $7 a bar
rel; four times seven makes $2.8; and 30
cents a day for drinks is $109.50, or $81,50
more per year than the bread for a family
of five persons costs. "But" says A, ••I
only take two drinks a day.' 7 Very well,
you pay then for your drinks $73 a year.
only $45 more than you pay for the bread
consumed by your whole family, if it con
tains five persons. This stun would pro
vide tea and coffee for them.
Here, then, we see that the man who
Pays twenty cents a day for liquors spends
a sum sufficient to supply his family with
bread, tea, and coffee for a year. It is
strange that times are hard, and men com
plain of the government, and charge that
it oppresses them with onerous taxes?
The above figures show how men tax
themselves, and how they tax property,
too.—New York Po3l.
$2,00 Per Year, in Advance; $2,50 if not Paid in Advance.
WET PAY SECTS
There is only one answer to the
mentsof the friends of the sectarian 'scool
system--Eaucation to be thorouoh - 7i 4 7 4t be
free. Nor can we make any dividing line.
If the state taxes its citizens to supp4rt a
Catholic school, it should tax thott to
support a Methodist or a Presbyterian
school. If the Presbyterian pays money
to teach the " Douay " version of the Gos-
pel—the Catholic should pay to teach the
Gospel of " Luther'' and "Calvin." The
fact that there are a thousand Catholics
to one Presbyterian does not affect the ar
gument. So long as our laws recoginze
no religions beliefs they should not toler
ate religions legislation. In America
there is no union of Church and State,
and yet in :New York the State is fre
quently compelled to he a single Churche's
bidding.
An argument as simple as this may have
abundant illustrations. Why should there
be sectarianism in mathematics,or astron
omy, or national history? Science is the
handmaid of true religion. Every mod
ern discovery only strengthens true theol
ogy. and gives the Christian additional
reason for his faith in Providence. The
highest education is the simplest and
purest. We eon best reach it by seeking
it broadly, not through catechisms and
formulas and confessions of faith. The
Catholic Chureh. or any Church, assumes
certain dogmas, and rest all education
upon them. Expert teachers will find
many different meanings in the holy
Scriptures. We, prefer to hare them
taught in the public schools according to
the common version—not as conflicting
creeds would interpret them. We want a
free Bible as lvell as free schools—not sec
tarian commentaries. Ask Mr. „Beecher
and Father Preston and Mr. Frothing
!lain to translate •• hoc cst corpus
for instance, and give it a theological ap
plication. and see how able men will differ
upon a simple construction of a Lntin
phrase. Sectarianism is the uncertain
and debatable land, and the State has
no business to venture into it.
It may be said that it has been the pol
icy of the Catholic Church, from time im
memorial, to educate its children by its
own ministers, and that the duty of any
State, however free, is to encourage a pol
icy that belongs to its organization—that
this privilege is as much a prerogative of
conscience as it is to allow them to have
their diocess and eclesiastical dignities.
This is simply confounding support with
protection. To protect a Church is one
thing—to support it, another. If liberty
of worship means that we must pay the
school bills of the Catholic Church, then
we should pay the bills of every other
Church, If we pay their clergymen to
teach, why not pay them to preach,—and
in thq end adopt every religious system, 7 -
and_add churqb(JO StaW -t.„Bef oretbe.:War.
We had in some of the Southern acaderri
ies such questions as these: "If it takes
three Southerners to whip ten Yankees.
in an open field, how ninny Southerners
would it require to whip a hundred Yan- '
keys'?" This was a mathematical way of
engrafting in the young Southern mind a
proper contempt for the Northerner.
And so the hatreds and jealousies that led
to the war were deepened! How easy it
would be in denominational schools to in
troduce Calvinism into algebra, or to make
history read according to the Syllabus of
the Pope or the Augsburg Confession!
There are French school books which
spoke of the " First 'Napoleon as the rebel
Bonapart." One of them. if we remem
ber, recorded bim as the Marques of Bo
impart, who had commanded the armies of
France during the absence of his gracious
Majesty Louis XVIII! This was in the
good days when the Bourbons reigned.
What do the school books of the Empire
recite? There is no need of repeating,
We see how polities may taint the text
book. and we can imagine how Christian
denominations would torture them.
There can be no sectarian school systein
in America that will not have an evil re
sult. It is an injustice to every non-sec
tarian citizen to compel him to pay for
the support of a sectarian system. We
pay out money to irresponsible people—to •
men whose motive is not so much to dis
seminate education as to teach theology.
With them every .q.taly is seettralary to
their convictions, their prejudices. their
faith. We are apt to permit such a 114l
he now. because Catholicism is strong:
but can we refuse to grant the same priv
ilege to other Churches who may he weak
now, but who have as much claim upon
our exchequer. and who in titiw may he
strong enough to inforce it? The whole
principle is pernicious. It violates the
spirit of our laws. We furnish a wise and
noble school system. We open the door
to all. We inculcate good morals. and
there cease. The rest is with the Chris
tian Ministry. With it we have nothing
to do, because the spirit of our laws is
tolcration—freedom of conseience—no
union between Church or State. We
ha re seen no good reason why any Church
should claim an exception to this, and we
trust our legislators will sternly refuse to
pay one dollar to any school outside of
those provided for the people by the Com
monwealth.
nriEND relates a little circumstance
of travel in which 1)r. II:111111ton. a well
known and successful horse tamer who
exhibited in this city some time since. fig
ures as the prominent character. Trav
eling on the railroutd one hot day last
August, the temperature of the ear was
almost suffocating, and most of the win
dows refused to open at all. The Doctor
remdied the matter by raising his cane and
summarily smashing one of the large panes
front the sash. Witen the conductor made
his rounds. after reprimanding the equine
M. D., informed him that he would have
to pay a dollar for damages. The Doctor
handed over a —two" and with the remark
''that's cheap enough; I'll take another."
proceeded to remove a second pane in the
same manner.
The coolness and boldness of the act
overcame the passionate feelings which
might have taken possession of the con
ductor, and he very considerately joined
in the hearty laugh which followed. '
_lsstsgoa•--`' How is it, Miss, that you
gave your age to the Register as only
twenty-five? I was born the same year
with yourself, and, being thirty-nine, it
must be "
Young lady—"..l.h, but. you see, Mr.
Assessor, you have lived much fasterthan
I."
[WHOLE NUMBER,' 2,0839.
TES COMITG GIRL
She will vote, will be of seine use in the
world, will cook her own - food, Will earn
her own living, and will not die an old
maid. The coming girl will not wear the
Grecian bend, dance the German, ignore
all possibilities of .avowing how to work,
will not endeavor to break the hearts of
unsophisticated young men will Spell cor
rectly, understand English before she af
fects French, will preside with equal
grace at the piano and the washboard, will
spin more yarn for the house than the
street. will not despise her plainly clad
mother, her poor relatives, or the hand of
an honest worker; will wear a bonnet.
speak good, plain, unlisping English, will
darn her old stockings, will know how to
make doughnuts, and will not read the
Lcayo• oftener than she does the Bible.
The coming girl will walk five miles J
day. if need he. to keep her cheeks in
glow; will mind her health, her physical
development. and her mother; will adopt
a costume both sensible and conducive to
comfort and health; will not place lying
to please instead of frankness; will have
the courage to cut an unwelcome =pm int
anee, will not think that refinement is
French duplicity that assumed hostility
where hate dwells in the heait is better
than outspoken condemnation; will not
regard the envy of her very being to have
a:beau; will:not smile and smile and be a
villiart still.
The cooling girl will not look to Paris.
hut to reason for her fashions; will not
aim to follow a foolish fashion heeause
milliners mid dressmakers have decreed
it; will not torture her body, shrivel her
soul with puerilities: or rain it with wine
and pleasure. In short, the coming girl
will seek to glorify her Maker. and to en
joy mentally his works. Doty wilt be h er
aim and her life a living reality.
THE TONGUE.
The tongue may be employed about,
and made to serve all the purposes of vice
in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and
injustice. But the thing here referred to,
is talkativeness; a disposition to be talk
ing, abstracted from the consideration of
what is said; with every little 'or no re
gard to. or thought of doing, either good
or harm. And let not any imagine this to
be a slight matter, and as it deserves not
to have so great weight lain upon it, till
lie has considered what evil is implied in
it, and the bad effects which follow from
it. It is, perhaps, true, that they who
are addicted to this folly • would choose
to confine themselves to trifles and indif
ferent subjects, and so intent, only to be
guilty of hieing impertinent; but as they
cannot go on for ever talking Of . nothing,
so common matters will not afford suffi
cient fund for perpetual continued dis
course; when subjects of the kind are ex-
hosted they will go on to defamation;._
.eandal; divulging of the& seerets;liSlVell''
s tiicise of others; anything rather than
'e silent.
TEE NOSE
! Thenos — e acts like a Custom-house offi
cer to the system. It is hig,ltly •sensitive
to the odor of the - most poisonous sub
stances. It-readily dissects ItemlOck; hen
bane, monk's. hood, and the plants enn
tatting prussic acid; It recognizes the
fetid smell the polluted 'air. The noseis
so sensitive that air: containing a 200.000 th
part of bromine vapor will instantly be
detected by - it; it will recognize the 1;f300,
000th part of a grain of the otto of roses,..
or the 15,000,000 th part of a grain of musk!
It tells us in the' morning that our bed
rooms are impure, and catches the first
fragrance of the morning air, and conves
to us the invitation of the flowers to go
forth into the fields and inhale their sweet
breath. To be led by the nose has hitherto
been used as a phrase of reproach; but to
-have tkgocid hose, and to follom its guid
ance, is one of the safest and shortest
ways to the enjoyment of health.
A nitmirr little boy in Illinois had nev
er beet! accustomed to hear •:grace — pro
nounced before meals.- One day a clergy
men dined at his mother's table, and was
called upon for this hitlfertO : neglected
service. lie liowed his head over his plate
and invoked the blessing in customary
form. hut. as is often the case, in an-al
most inaudible tone. The boy had always
been curious to know the meaning of .the
trade-mark inscriptions on the bottoms of
the plates, and, supposing this was what
had been read, and that his own plate con
tained au ini•cript ion NU as interesting as
that to whieh he had listened, he passed
alontt his phite, bottom up, and said, sim
ply, • - please read mine. too. Mr. Bartlett:"
IT is Said flint the rapitaliStS of Chicago
have expended nearly one million. of &I
lan. in iningiii the Elgin Watch Fac
tor) to its present state of perfection.
They now have the finest and most com
plete equipped faetory in the world,, and
are receiving profitable returns from - their
investment. Great credit is certainly dice
to the men who inaugurated this enter
prise. and who have stood by it 'for the
past hix yearq. until it leas been made a
success.
HOROLOGICA L 11Ii:TORY.--TherC is a
a man in one of the Western states whose
watch is so fast that he has to pursue it
round his bed-room a dozen times before
he can wind it up. His brother's chron
ometer. on the other hand, is so very slow
that he has to take it to the top of the
church tower every even in to get up to
time.
THE hand of 0110 of the richest
can heiresses. Nvliwse wealth is rained at
ten million francs. has been asked by a
spanish count. on condition of her dis
posing of her property in excess of his own,
which amounts to I.soo,tiiio francs, in fa
vor of the poor: but at last accounts thri
American beauty declined to see the mat
ter in that light.
n , T ELAU, the leader of the Spanish
Republicans has 'written a remarkable
letter to a Vienna Liberal paper, in which
he predicts nut only a. Spanish Republic,
but a consider Lion of European republics
on the plan of the American Federal sys
tem, and Ultimatelv a raited States of
the world. He pays a glowitig tribute to
America, "that Paradise of the-future.",
.
A TAVERN boaster the other day, vaunt
ing his, knowledge of the world, was asked
by a wag at his elbow if be had been in
Algebra. - oh, yes." said he, "I once
pasted through it on top of a stage."
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