Horror of tnroptaH itwgtom.
(The Radical newspaper, bare paldiehed the
fallowing letter nctrnsieely. II ii dVun ow the
"top thief" principle, and fur tht purpose of
attracting attention from the crime, committed at
home to thuM of Burope. The loyalist wish tbc
American people to notioo the matt In the eyes of
European drspote and their satraps, while the;
art ootriof up Uu beans la their own. If Thad.
Rteven. A Co. eea quiet and satisfy our people,
bjr pointing oat and rehearsing the crime, and
horrors of their neigh bore, thejr will hare pined
narh in perfecting the machinery which they are
erecting in thli country for the pnrpoM of perpe
trating similar enteltiee. If thejr oan nioeeed In
coesomlos oar thotjjhte and Una il watching the
"Iron Maiden" at Nuremberg they eipeot to
establish a Military Despotism hero, which, If
successful, will prora aa "Iron Me. dan" too
not awny off in Karope, hat at home, where the
"Horrors of European Dungeons" will bo repealed
by the tools and minione of the Washington ltump.
Knaree and eooundrele alwayi try to palm off
their crimes upon their neighbors. Thie letter li
nothing but a plea for a Military Despotism in
this oountry, and a justification of the damnable
heretii of Radical ma. It waa probably written
by that literary enaak and buffoon, Joan Li Timor
Mon.iv, laU Minister to Anuria, who doeerree to
be ki.ked and oowhlded by trery foot and hand
iungorated by an American pulse. The oorre
apondent of the Boston Jowntml, at Nuremberg,
3araria, writee thus :
'There nro somo nion who claim
Unit tUo pant was butter than the
present, and who sing of the 'good
old times,' and there are a great
many men in America to-day who
assert tnat mere never was a govern
ment 10 despotic as that of the United
Stales at the present time. The Alil-
itnrv construction act of the pres
ent Congress is denounced as 'worse
than anything of the middle ages.'
Correspondents ot tne ngliHb news
papers, writing from America, reiter
ate the cry, and I doubt not that
there are many honest, simple minds
on uolu aiues oi tue Atlantic nan per
suaded that there has been nothing
in tne past more despotic and more
overbearing than that enactment ol
Congress.
"Come with we, to this old town,
enter some of those edifices and look
upon the administration of the gov
ernment as it was in the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries. We enter
one of the towers of the castle, da
scend five steps, and find ourselves in
a museum, where are preserved the
books of record, giving us a history
of the past; and not only books, but
implements and instruments which
show more clearly than written words
the administration ot Ibosa days, with
which the Government of the United
States is now compared. Hore is a
post four feet high, in the centre oi
the room, with two curious fixtures
on the top, having somo resemblance
to gun locks.
"What is this? The girl who acts
as our usher raises the hammer,
which come op with a click. She
touches a spring and down they go,
witb a snap tliat startles you iorced
down by strong sprint's, with a whack
that would have mashed your fingers
to a jony naa they Doen under tho
hammer. This is a finger crusher, a
delicate lillio instrument used to ex
tort confessions from reluctant wit
nesses or suspected criminals. Hore
are bracelets for the wrists, not oi
gold or silver, bnt o( iron, and the
parts which touch the wrists are set
witb needles. I'ut them on your arms
and turn a screw, and they cloee upon
the flesh, the needles piercing through
cords, tendous, flesh and bones. It is
one degree more excruciating than
crusmog the nngers.
"Hero is a head-dress a crown
which bs been worn by many men
and women, it lias sharp knives
which cnt through tho scalp to the
bkuii. Here are chains and weights,
locks and keys, hanricufVs and clasps
for the ancles, stocks for tho feet,
weights to hold your feet to the floor,
and pulleys to draw your head at the
snroe lime to the ceiling. Here is a
bench of solid oak, with a corrugated
Burlkec, upon which many men have
been laid, heU down by the cords, to
undergo tho kneading process, and
that rolling pin, knotty and knobby,
also ot oak, which lies upon the table.,
has been rolled backward and forward
over tho naked forms of men and
women, kneading lira flesh to bloody
dough ! Time and space would tail
me were I to enumerate tho instru
ments of torturo hero, or to set forth
their uses. Wo can only look at the
cradle a hnge trough of oak on rock
ers the bottom and sides thickly set
with pins, in which many victims have
been rocked to death. Think of lying
on a bed of oaken pins, rolling to the
right, to the left always on pins
till the flesh becomes livid jelly!
Here is a string of oaken beads, each
brad sixteen-sided ; about as large as
hickory nuts. This was for sawing
off legs and arms.
' Here is an Instrument shaped like
a pear. It is of iron, but to all
appearances a harmless thing. But
just take it for a moment into your
mouth, and let me give a gentle, pull
at tho string attached to the stem of
the pear, nnd it will no longer be a
pear, but a full blown lily an iron
lily, unfolding its leaves so suddenly
and violently that your jaws are forced
opon till the joints crack in the sock
ets, while the delicate petals become
pincers, which grasp your tongue!
No outcry now. No utterance of
words. No screaming to raise the
neighborhood. Moans and sighs only
front the sufferer. One twitch of the
string, and the longuo is torn out by
the roots !
"We must leave this museum with
out mentioning the hnndrcds of curi
osium. Ys gs !clo ! oourt yard.
stopping a moment to pluck a leaf
from a lime tree which was in full
vigor 700 years ago, and then we
enter another door, descend a long
flight Ot steps, to dark, dismal dun
geons, where no light ever (alls except
through narrow iron-grated windows.
Here are ladders with windlasses and
I'ulloya on which the victims were
stretched till bones, till joints leaped
from their sockets, and cords and
tendons wero torn asunder. Her"
are racks and wheels, pillories and
stocks, whips and manacles. This
was the place of torture. We leave
theso and creep through a narrow
passage, through doorway after door
way, and reach at last, far under
ground, far beneath all sight or sound
of ill world, a darkor dungeon. This
is the room of the Iron Maiden. Here
is the statue or image a maiden with
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oped in an iron cloak. Suddenly the
loids ot the cloak are thrown apart,
and by the dim light of the candle
you see that the lining of the garment
is set with sharp spikes. Take one
step forward and the folds enclose
you. Iron spikes pierce your body,
and into your eye-balls clear through
to the vertebra tbey penetrate Not
a quick embrace, but slowly you aro
eutblded one turn oi the screw, just
enough to penetrate the flosh, just
enough to touch tho applo of the eye ;
then, alter an age of auguiuh, another
turn, and a hundred spikes reach
nearer to the nerves; and thon, as
beat, thirst and fever rack the body,
another gentle turn and another aire
of torture; and then one more ad
vance of the spikes toward the vitals,
till death cornea on, and thon the
maiden, unfolding her arms, drops
her victim through a trap door, down
down down into the unknown
depths 1 We drop a pebble and hear
the faiut splash of waters fur beneath.
"Here is a skull. Anatomists say
it is the skull of a female. You Ray
put your fingers into the holes where
the spikes which entered the eyes
came through. No name, no record.
God only has the book of remembrance.
"We think of this dungoon as con
nected with the barbarism of the mid
dle ages; but we are not quite so far
removed Irom those days of rigorous
administration of law. Till Napoleon
with the legions of France came across
the .Rhine, overflowing all obstacles,
this iron maiden held out her arms to
receive offenders against the law. On
the approach of the French army in
1803, the Yirgin, as it is called, with
other instruments of torture, were
thrown into a cart and dispatched in
haste out of tho town, but fell into
the hands of the victorious army.
Not till then did the world know
wltat sorts of panishment were meted
out to offenders of the law.
"Wo aro to remember that Nurem
berg waa a free city. About thirty
patrician families for a long time
monopolized authority, and chose a
Council of State, consisting of eight
persons, who formed tho Executive.
This executive was an irresponsible
body. Tho world knew nothing of
their socret administration of affairs.
Mon disappeared and no one knew
what became ol them. The Iron Vir
gin embraced them, and that was all.
Another Viririn exists in Austria, ot
Neustadt. i'hero are other horrors,
enough to curdle the blood not of
tho Koman Inquisition, but of German
Governments. Tho heart almost coas
es its beating when yon look upon
their inventions, and think that though
1x07 years have rolled away sinco
Christ came to redoera the world, yet
we are only half a century ro moved
from these horrors." i
el Fair Httrglar.
A Dresden correspondent of the
Clovoland Plain Dealer thus writes
of what happened to him on awaken
ing in the morning aftor night's
sleep in private quartorst -
Yoa cun imagine my terror when,
upon early day, our door was openod
and a female lbrm slowly and careful
ly glided into our room, and coming
to tho boad of my bed, took off from
the bed post my vest. 1 saw it all
with one eyo partially opened j but
what ootild I aay f I dared not make
a noise, lor 1 could not be understood
if I spoke. She felt for my watch, and
drew it out carclully, disengaging the
chain hook from tiie button bole. A
cold chill came over mo, bnt I remain
ed as quiet as a stone, She laid the
watch upon the table ; next she look
my coat, in which was my little
slumps, circular notes, bills of ex
change, memorandum book, passport,
etc. Thoso she gracefully drew out
and placed upon the tablo. Nuxtcamo
my pants from close beside my bed.
These she took. Next my overcoat,
which bung upon tho rack. Then
she proceeded to tho opposite side of
the room, and poriormcd liko ceremo
ny with the apiinrol of my companion,
when with alt this load of integu
ments, together with our boots, she
disappeared Irom tho room. As she
closed the door we both arose upright
in bed, and wondered what all that
meant. We had each observed tho
operation with a single eye, and equal
ly fearful of making an alarm. Thee
1 was sorry that 1 had not found somo
mothod to lie my camel. Hero we
aro, two poor, blind, miserable fellows,
many thousand miles from home, and
not a thread to put on. I thought of
my lamiiy ana my neighbors lamilics,
how they had clothing and to spare,
but well a thonght occurred to mo
that perhaps this was tho way they
got so many statutes for their public
iiarks and museums and buildings,
'orhaps they take just such specimens
as we are and set them up.
The perspiration ran down my back,
and I was in a cold sweat. I felt bad.
If she had left my watch and my
money, what good is all this without
wearing appH.! I tare ln in
place where I wanted food, and had
plenty of money, bnt I could not buy
a mouthful. Now I am in a place with
money and no clothing. After those
horrid forebodings bad perplexed my
soul for half an hour, the door again
opened, and tho same female entered,
with all our wearing apparel nicely
brushed and (leaned, and our boots
with tho glossiest kind of a black. It
is a custom of the country, that's all,
and I feel belter now.
"Wlisl bronirht vou to nriaon mv
colored friend f" "Twouonstablo8,sah.''
"Yes, but I mean had intemperance
anything to do with it V Ice, sab,
dey was bofo of 'em drunk."
We cannot censure a man in busi
ness who does not advertise if be has
nothing worth advertising.
The ilmmdatory Hrronttructton
MItll.
The following is a cony of the amen
datory reconstruction bill as reported
by the conference committee, and
which passod both houses of Congress
over tho I'residont's veto :
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home
of Representatives of the United States
of Amtriea in Congress assembled, That
it is hereby declared to have been the
true intent and meaning of tho act of
2d day of March, 1807, entitled an act
to provido for tho more ellicient gov
ernment of the rebel States, and of the
acts Btipplerliontary thereto, passed on
tho U.'Jti day of Alareh, 1807, that the
governments then existing in tho rebel
States of Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi,
Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas
and Arkansas were not legal State
governments, and that thereafter said
governments, if continued, were cofr
tinued subject in all respects to the
military commanders of the respective
aisiricia,ana mo paramount authority
of Congress.
Seo. 2. And be it further enacted.
That the commander of any district
namea in said act shall have power,
subject to the disapproval of the gen
eral of the army of the United States,
and to have effect until disapproved,
whenever in the opinion of such com
mander the proper administration of
said act snail require it, to suspend or
romove from office, or from the per
formance of official duties and the
exercise of official powers, any officer
or person holding or exercining, or
professing to bold or exorcise, any
civil or military office or duty in such
district under any power, election,
appointment, or authority derived
from, or granted by, or claimed under,
any so-called State or the government
thereof, 'or any municipal or other
division thereof, and upon auch sus
pension or removal such commander,
subject to the disapproval of the gen
eral as aforosaid, shall have power to
provide from titno to time for the
performance of said duties of such
ollicer or person so suspended or re
moved, by the detail of some compe
tent officer or soldier of the army, or
by tho appointment of some other
person to perform the samo, and to
till vacancies occasioned by death,
resignation or otherwise.
Sec. 8. And be il further enacted,
That tho general of the armies of the
tinted Mates shall be invested with
all tho powers of suspension, removal,
appointment, nnd detail granted in
the preceding suction to district com
manders. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted.
That the acts of the officers of the
army nlrci.dy done in removing in
said districts persons exercising the
functions of civil officers and appoint
ing others in their stead aro liureby
confirmed. , Provided, that any persou
heretofore or hereafter appointed by
any district commander to exercise
the functions of any civil olllce may
be removed either by tho military
officer in command of tho district or
by the general of tho army.
Sko. 5. And be it further enacted,
Tluit the boards of registration provi
ded for in the act entitled "An act
supplementary to an act entitled 'An
act lo provide for the more efficient
government of the rebel Slates,' pass
ed March 2, 107, and to facilitate
restoration," passed March 2-1, J807,
shall have power, and it shall bo their
duty before allowing tho registration
of any person, to ascertain, upon such
fuels or Information aa tliey can ob
tain, whether such person is entitled
lo bo registered under said act, and
the oalb required by said act shall not
be conclusive on such question, and
no person shall bo registered unless
such board shall decide that be is
entitled thcroto, and such board shall
also have power to examine, under
oath (to be administered by any mem
ber of such board) any one touching
the qualification of any porson claim
ing registration ; but in every esse
of refusal by tho board to register an
applicant,and in every case ol striking
his name from the list as hereinafter
provided, the board shall mako a note
or memorandum, which shall be re
turned with tho registration list to
tho commanding general of tho dis
trict, setting forth the ground of such
refusal or such sinking from the list.
Provided, that no person shall bo dis
qualified as a mo mber of any board of
registration by reason of race or color.
Sec. 0. And bt it further enacUd,
That tho true intent and meaning of
tho oalb prescribed in said supplemen
tary act is (among other things) that
no person who has been a member of
tho .Legislature ot any State, tr who
has held any executive or judicial
oflico in any Stalo, whether ho has
taken an oalh to support tho Consti
tution of tho United Stales or not,
and whether ho was holding such
office at tho commencement of the
rebellion or had held it before, and
who has afterwards engaged in insur
rection or rebellion against the United
States, or given iu u v;sf:rt in tho
enemies thereof, is entitled to bo reg
istered or to vote; and tho words
"cxeculivo or judicial officer in any
Stalo" in said oalh mentioned, shall
bo construed to include all civil ollicos
created by law for the administration
of justice, or for the keeping of public,
peace.
Stc. 7. And lit it further enacted,
That tho tiuio for completing tho
original registration provided for in
said act may, in tho discretion of tho
commander ot any district, lie extend
ed to the first day of October, 1X07,
and the boards of registration shall
have power and it shall be their duty,
commencing fourioen days prior to
any election under said act, and upon
reasonable publio notice of the time
and place thcreol, to rovise, lor a
period of five days, tbe registration
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lists, and upon being satisfied that any
person not entitlod theroto has boon
rogisterod, to striko the name of such
person from tho list, and such ncrsoit
shall not bo allowed to vote And
such board shall also, during tho same
period, add to such registry the names
of all persons who at that time possess
the qualifications required by said act
wno have nol been already registered.
and no person shall at any timo be
entitled to be registered or to vote by
reason oi a in- executive pardon or
amnesty for any act or thing which,
without such pardon or amnesty
would disqualify him from regislratioti
ur voving.
Skc. 8. And be it further ' enact i
That section four of aaid last-named
act shall be construed to authorize
th e commanding general named there
in, whenever ho shall deem it noedful,
to remove any tnombor of a board of
registration and to appoint another
in nis aioad, and to till any vacancy in
such board.
Sec. 9. And be it further enachd.
That all members of said boards of
registration, and all persons hereafter
elected or appointed to office in said
military districts, under any so-called
State or municipal authority, or by
detail or appointment of the district
commanders, shall be required to take
and to subscribe tho oalh of office pre
scribed by law for officers of the Uoi
tcd States.
Seo. 10. And be it further enacted.
That no district commander or mem
ber of the board of registration, or
any of the officers or appointeos act
ing nnder them, shall be bound in his
action by any opinion or any civil
officer of the United States.
So. 11. And be it further enacted,
That all the provisions of this act,
and the acts to which this is supple
mentary, shall be construed liberal y,
to the end that all tho intents thereof
may be fully and porfeclly carried out.
"Ilrre MV Come."
There was a wedding in a church in
a village near Chicago, recently, which
was attended by a crowd of people,
the bride boing the famous belle in
that section, and the bridegroom sr.
ex-volunteer enptain. There is a sto
ry about him that was revived with
great effect at tho wedding. He was
in the frontier service, and one day
(so the story goos) ho went out to
bunt a boar. Aio had been away Irom
camp a few honrs, when his voice was
heard taintly In tho dislanco exclaim'
ing
"Jf-e r-e vre come!"
In a little while the same err was
heard again, but nearer; then it was
repeated at intervals, nearer and loud
er; when finally tho bold captain
emerged from a bit of woods near tho
camp, running at the top of his speed,
without a hut, coat or gun. In bo
camo to camp, shouting "Here we
comer'
"Hero whocomc?" inquired abroih
or officer. . '
"Why, me and tho game," gasped
the captain, pointing to a big bear
who showed himself at tho edge of
the woods, look a long look at tlio
camp, and then with a growl at mis
sing his expected meal of the captain,
disappeared in tno woods again.
"But why didn't you shoot tho bear,
and then bring him in," inquired one.
"What's the use in shooting your
game, said the captain, testily, "when
you can bring him alive as I did f"
The story got homo before tho cap
tain did, and was in everybody's
mouth. The other night, as the bold
captain led his intended bride into the
church, with tho prido and grace so
readily iuspired by the occasion, somo
wicked wag sang out from the gal
lery :
"H-e-r-e ve tome !"
Which was followed by such a shout
of laughter as that old church never
beard betoro.
In Demand Long credit exemp
tions from taxation, fulso calves and
gin cocktails.
Hear A prctly wife, her "love of
of a bonnet," good whiskey and pioty.
Cheap Good advice, lip salvo and
promises.
Generally observed Tilting skirls,
waterfalls and other peoplo's business.
Josh Billings is speculating on
floods. He arrives at this conclusion:
Thar ain't no doubt In ml mind bnt
lhat the Hood was a ncrloct success..
and I have thought that anothor such I
a one would poy woll now in somo
Boktione of tho country. ,
. i ' ,T ,,
"Ah, Pat," exclaimed a discontented I
iiou-rami-,, uou. i up iim iv
I ess ion, il's an uneven mode of life. It
has too many ops and downs in it, to
mako much progress, or to become
rispictililo."
"When was ltome built?" inqnirod
a school inspector.' 'In tho night, sir,"
was tho ready reply. "1 u tho night,"
said he, "bow do you make that out?"
"Why, sir, you know Koine wasn't
built m a duy.
A Femalo school teacher, in her
advertisement, staled that eho was
"completo mistressof her own tongue."
"If that's tho case," said a caustic
old bachelor, "she can't ask too much
for hor services."
A man in New Hampshire attemp
ted to enforce his argument on roli-
f;ion with a hoe handle, and noarly
eat out the brains of his antagonist.
He was evidently a itadical.
a
What kind of extracts do Indies pre
ler thoir ioe cream flavored with?
Jun-illa of coarse.
The original meaning of chignon is
cabbage. . Heads of cabbage oh,
ladies !
The Itrad at JlnlMum.
Tin following article, onpied from the Hagerl
tewn (Mil.) Vee TVeie, girea a detailed el ele
ment of the oaniber of Fnleral dead burled in tbe
Aotietam Rational CemetrT. Tbe offioial report
of the IMrleion Commanders, aftor the eloee of the
battle, let dowa the whole number killed at about
2,0U0, and all the Rebellion hiitoHane fire the
nomber about the eame. Now, one of two thing!
if oeruiu : Either those who have the contract for
burring the dead soMiers aro robbing the Treasury,
or the official reports of the Pirision Commanders
were false. It is well known that hundred of the
doad hare been removed by their friends which
ought to reduoe the number at this time to nol
more than 1,600 or 1,01)0; instead of this, the
burial corps runs It up to S,5S0 ! There is a screw
loose somewhere : ,
A WICKED WASTE OP LIFE.
On the 17th of next September, it
is proposed to dedicate with great
Soiup and ceremony tho Anlielam
iational Cemetery, located ou the
battle-field, near Sliarpsburg. Accord
ing to the report of A. A. Briggs, Esq.,
President of tbe Board of Trustees
of the Antietam National Cemetery,
which has just been published, we
learn that the number of dead from
the different fjtatcs, removed to tho
Cemetery, on tbe 22d of lust month is
as follows :
Officers, f rir. Total.
rennrrlrania. t 514 bit
New Vark. T8 Hi
Massachusetts.. I 17 177
Ohio 1 171 176
Indiana. t 79 SI
Connecticut.. 0 73 7.1
Vermont.. 0 53 5'i
Maine 1 88 . to
Nrw llamp.hire 1 IX SO
Hhode Island 1 .1 94
Minnesota........... ..,.. ........... 0,77
New Jersey 0 60 lit
IMeware. 0 21 14
Illinois 13 l.t
Michigan t 100 106
Wisconsin ...... I 121 123
Maryland 0 (4 64
Iowa Sit
West Virginiv- I 38 40
Regular Army 1 SH fi'.t
Unknown , S 00 1,1 It
Total 31 2,4.11 3,.'.S0
The Superintendent of the Burial
Corps gives it as bis opinion that tho
bodies yet lo be exhumed will increase
tho number to fivo thousand. Add to
this , tho number of bodies already
removed by friends, tbe large number
scattered through tho country whoso
last resting place will forever remain
undiscovered, and also the hundreds
who were, taken away wounded, and
subsequently died, and it will perhaps
equal the number who will find sepul
ture in the Cemetery ; thus making a
grand total of ten thousand lives laid
down for the avowed purpose of re
storing tho Union. And this is but a
tithe of thoso who wero elsewhere
offered up a sacrifloo on tho alter of
thoir country's tinitj. ' "
And why Is not tho Union restored f
Let Radicals answor.
A wickod waste of human life yoa
must admit it has proved. How many
of those who now sleep their last sloop
in this city of tho dead would bo there
now, could they havo but peered into
futurjty could thoy havo but divined
that their patriotic sacrifice was to bo
mode tor nought? that tho Union,
for which they nobly fighting fell was
never intended to bo ro-uuited and
restored f But few very few, it may
well be imagined.
And who is responsible that this
terrible sacrifice of life has proved
unavailing for the Restoration of tho
Union 7 Ask these thousands of life
less forms, and from their dark prison
houses will eomo up tho anBwor:
"Upon our beads rests not tho respon
sibility. In our death we havo con-
?uered and to conquer was to restore."
lilt it is needless to disturb the reposo
of a single sloeper in this city of the
dead in quest of an answor, for a Rad
ical Congress has recorded it in char
acters so legible and unmistakable
that tho veriest simpleton cannot err
in determining when and with whom
rests the responsibility of a still divi
ded aud unrcstorcd Union. They
have for partisnn purnosoa prevented
the consummation of the end for which
theso thousands laid down their lives.
Upon their beads must rest the blood
of these heroes slain in vain, and for
tho wicked wasto of life tho people
intend to bold them to account. "
TnK Stciiy or a Widow. A young
widow of Qniney, 111., met a stranger
on tho atroet, and asked him tho way;
he asked her ii sho was not a widow;
sho said tslio was; ho said ho was a
widower, a doctor from Talmyra., Mo.,
nnd proposed matrimony on tho spot;
i.i.i..i
and hesitated ; wouldn t
,o come home to see her friends about
it j tho interview was satisfactory,
tho marriage was arranged for next
morning, tho widow's cash (f 10) got
int0 the doctor's pocket, he wont lo
ppt aiiavod and lias never returned.
Ha even left her, cruel man, standing
in tho public square while, he "just
run over to tho harbors." There was
no such doctor in Palmyra, and tho
curtain drops on a woman in tears.
Ot i ro Democrat.
Michael Angolo, tho famous painter,
painting In l'opo Clement's chapel
!:!C poiiraituro of hell and damned
sonN, made one of tho damned souls
so liko a cardinal that was his enemy,
that every body knew it at first sight.
Tho cardinal complained to the l'opo,
and asked that it be defacod. Iho
Pope said to him : "Why, yon know
very well that I have power to deliv
er a smil out of nurgatory, but not out
of hell.
Many of tho handsome bridal pres
ents exhibited at so called fashionable
wedding receptions In Kow York, nro
hired of a dealer, who makes quite a
living out of it.
A Western paper naively remarks
that Fort Scott requires but two
thing lo make it one of the largest
cities in the world, and those are
buildings and population.
LICAN.
l.ynrh I-ac in IIH.ioIh.
Somo months ago Alonr.o Tibbets,
of Mrfrris, Illinois, was arrested in
Maine, on the charge of murdering
Thomas Page ; a brother of Tibbets
being reported to have made a con
fession charging him with the crime.
At the trial this brother refused to
testily, the court sustained him in the
refusal, annd tho prisoner was acquit
ted by the jury.
Much indignation was manifested
at the verdirt, Tibbets being generally
beliovod guilty, and a few days since
a meeting wa4 held in the neighbor
hood where the Tibbets' reside, nt
which it was resolved that if they did
not both leave the country in five
days they should bo lynched. Tho
two mon refused to go, and the excite
ment became intense,
On'Friday a large meeting was bold
south of the Illinois river, and somo
200 citizens resolved to har.g Alonro
Tibbets. In the meantime the She rift'
had committed liiin lo jail in the place.
Saturday morning hundreds of the
citizens of the county came in threat
ening to carry out their designs, and
remained upon he streets ull day.
At 8 o'clock they held a meeting and
resolved to break into the jail aud get
Tibbets. Thoy immediately repaired
to the jail, broko open the iron doer
witb crow bars and took Tibbets
across the river bridge to hang him.
The Mayor, S. B. Thomas, Judge
Kehting, Judge Grant, M:j. Webber,
und the Into Mayor, E. B. llanna, and
many othor citizens did what could
bo done by them to prevont it, "but
were over-powered and carried away
by the mob bodily. The Sheriff left
the jail about noon without leaving
any guard, and went into the country
to servo somo papers. Tho crowd
took Tibbets in a wagon across the
river bridge, put a rope around his
neck, fastened it to a iree and gave
him an opportunity to speak. He
said : "My horses wore poisencd by
Thomas Pago. Had I desired to kill
I should have done it then. 1 did not
kill him. I can provo I was not near
thcro that day. I know nothing
about it. My wife know nothing
about it, and I nm innocent." Some
one from tho crowd asked him if bis
brother Joseph did not kill Page. He
answered, "Since thon Jno has told
me lhat ho mcuut to kill Pago and
did so." Ho was asked why he did
not testify so on trial. Ho answerod,
"Berauso be was my brother." '
They tied his hands behind him.
He knult down and prayed about
three minutes. When bo rose tip,
they asked him what ha wanled done
wilh his body. He replied : (iive it
tomywife." He then said: "Gentle
men, I die with a clear conscience.
I am innocont." Someone then called
to tho crowd : "Aro 3-011 satisfied to
hang him ?" Tho crowd shouted
".No I" but thoso in the wagon drovo
suddenly away, and left him dancing
in tho air. EU'orts wero mado to cut
him down, but all such were in vain.
The mob kept all away until ho was
dead.
Great excitement prevailed. Somo
of the most influential and prominent
mon in the county are tho leaders.
Chicago W.
.Utatkrd by a Sitnkr.
Tho fears and dangers of residing
in the mountains are not near all
known to the dwellers in towns. The
country pooplo are envied us a happy
raco, living in tho world, freed from
tho associations of society, feeding
on the pnro products of the land,
wilh nono to molost or mako afraid.
Theso suppositions are all set aside
by tho knowledge of such facts as we
relate in tho following. Tho rustio
incident occurred west of I"aton,
among the rough hills, and besiilo a
cottage seldom visited by KnVton pe
destrians. A few days since Mrs. Pe
tor Schloppf missed her liltlo boy, but
supposing him to bo at somo placo
about tho houso sho did not give her
self any trouble. About noon as sho
went into the garden for vegetables
for dinner to her horror sho discov
ered her. liltlo son, eighteen months
old, enveloped in the folds of a snake
ten feet long. Sho called aloud for
her husband, who was working in a
diotant field, seeing her child black
wilh strangulation. She heroically
took hold of the reptile and lore H
loose. Xo sooner had sho accom
plished this than tho snake vigor
ously attacked her and coiled itself
about her person, attempting to stran
gle hor at it did the boy. Again she
toro it from her, and succeeded iu
killing tlie snako with an axo. The
reptile was whst is called tho "blue
racer," which does not bite but stran
gles, and sometimes they grow to a
monstrous length. Free Frets.
A Bap Mark. A mongrel exchange
boasts, that a majority of lhe leaders
of that party are "solf mado men."
Wo should think, they were. And
judging from their conduct, must con
clude that the)' mado themselves out
.'.f tho filth and off fallings of a negro
camp.
A New Orleans editor says ho coun
ted ono hundred and seventy-three
alligators in a sail of six miles alonga
bayou. Tho Boston Post thinks this
a strong allegation. What will "Uou
cst" John Covodo think of it.
Tho Chicago Times suggests that
the best way to get tho foul water
out of Chicago lliver is to engage
Uorauo Greeley to bail it out.
If you would be known and not
know, vegotate in a village if you
would know and not be known, live
in a city.
'Tray, madam, why did you name
your old hen Macduff V' "Because, (ir,
I wanted her to lay on."
5h Crtrar(irta jKfpuUtrjrj.
Trrm of iif riptlni,.
If putt ! .!., of will. in llirr nonihf (
If s.irl fW thrv and Wrn1 tt men 'he f IV
If palrl (ltT the f liimti of ait Hvtiitbl ...
RatMof Advrr.ii. nc.
Traniifiit 4rrtin-iniiU, pit fiututMif 10 lint or
kM, I Utitrt or U-t II .Mr
For fcuM-h Puht-tiFtia fniH'riHtn
A'lminittntori' ani EicntnrV noticra t Ml
AnJHnri nttrff t ftO
( autt'im and K'tra) a. 1 bO
lhcanlation notice S 0t
Ixxwl notioof, jwr lip 1 '
(Mutuary noiirrt. ctt fira Iid, per 10
ProfoationaJ Cardi, 1 year $ 00
TEAKI T ADrrRTIRRMEXTl.
I Mjaara,.,.,
1 frquarr-i.....
i aquares....
i eolamn M.425 00
column 40 00
.,..16 00
....0 00
1 eolumk 7 00
Job Work.
f.AKfl.
8 Ingle quire. $2 60 I 0 quire. wqii.r,$l fS
3 nurntj, jji'.ffjuiro, 2 00 Over 6, per quirt,, 1 &0
n ttM,i..
I rhrt, 2j or 1H. $1 60 I i ataael, 7b or 60
nhect, '2S or Iraa, I M' 1 ht. Jj or lena, B 00
jJrer li of each of above at pnmnrtionitte nUea.
UEU. B. UUuftJ.ANDEK,
Editor nd Proprietor.
piSfcUaurouSa
CHEAP FURNITURE.
JOHN GULICJI
DESIRES to inform hit old friendi and em
turners, that faoTinX enlarged faia afaop and
inrreaaed nil facilities for ma on lac to ring, be if
now prepared to make boarder an eh Furniture
may ba deatred, in good ity le ltd at aheap ratea
for CASH, Ha geuarall naa on hand, at hit
Purnitura room a, a varied eMoruaent of read
made funiture, annui which are
BUKEAU3 AND. SIDE-BOARDS.
Wardrobe aud BoekCeai Centre, Fofa, Parlor,
Break fat and Dmine; K item ion Tableej Com
mon. French-poat.OotUf;e,Jenny-.Ltnd end other
Dedstoadif 8 Im of all kmda, Worantanda,
Uat ravka, Wash.ftaode; Kookuij and Arm
Cbain ; apriotr-ieat, cane-bottom, parlor, eon
dod and other Cbairaj Looking-Ulaaaei of every
dearription on hand ; and new glaaeef for old
framaa, which will be pat in on very re at on able
term on eiicrteet notice. lie atao keepa on hand
or furnifhea to order, Corn buik. Hair and Cotton-top
Wattreiref,
Coffin of Every Kind
Made to order, and funerili attended witb a
Uearae wBenever de aired. Aleo, Donee Painting
dona to order Tbe euberiber a lap maeafac
turea, and baa eonatantl oa band, Clement'r
Patent VY aching Machine, the beat bow In nae t
Tboaa ail or tbia mar bine never need be with.
oot clean olotbea! lie alio baa Fiver! Patent
Churn, a lupertor article. A family aiiog tbn
Churn never need be without butter !
All tbe above and many other articles are far.
niabed to euitomera cheap fo( Cash or exchanged
for approved conn try produce. Cherry, Maple.
Poplar, Liowood and older Lumber auitable for
Cabiuet work, taken la txchange for furniture.
"Remember the abop ii on Merlref treat,
Clearfield Pa., atd nearly opposite tbe "Old Jew
Store." .10I1N OVUCU. .
November l y
CLEAKFIKLI) ,
MA11BLE WORKS.
Italian and Vermont Marble finlabed la
tbe b . heat atylc ot tbe ArU
The tnlapriWm Wg leave to announce to the
citiarna of CloarficM ooant v, that they have opened
an ex tin live Marble Ynrdnn tlieouth-wcit corner
of Market and Fourth etrectf, Clenrfivld, Pa., where
they are prepared to tnako Tiuib-iton-a, JUuna.
muftte, lotnb'.hoi aud firJcTomba, Cradle Tomba,
Ccmeterv PU, Mnnflt. Fhelvea, lrketii, ale.
oa abort iwtiw. Th? alwaya keep en hand a
largo quantity of work flniaht d, except the lier
mi,', no iiiAt ifrunn run cmi anil srirrt for them
eeivoa the atyle wanted. Tarn- will alee make to
order any other ntjlc ot work tliat may badeniird.
a:i'l they (lititvr tlicmatl v that tbvr ru compete
witn tne mannucTiirera ou'iide or the count r,
either la workinanahip or prior, aa they only em--plnythe
bct workmen.
-cnAll teqwme by letter pmtnptiv answered.
JOHN iitl.lt H.
May ?:, 17. ni:HVjri,icii. v
HATCHETS.
TT?K beat aad cheapest for the eon rimer are
thnae manufactured by
JENKINS & TONGUE,
rillLADKU'UIA. ,
Shinplinr. Lathing, Claw and Bres t, mails of
the best east-steel and warranted as srM or
better than in; othrs made In the 1'nllrd
Stales, and sold at asueh I 'Wer riei U.aa anj
other reullj 6rtt-claas balrhsts. Tbrj are tem
pered I t one of the firm, S. J. Toneue, who
possessas a riertiliar (acuity that salghl be called
"Meet on tne cram.
Which has given his toels a (real eelebrltr I,
there parts. THY III KM. Nos. 13 and 3
tuenmone: Mreet ; the rrf rare op Third Ptreet
eroas Hlcbraend. near the works. btJJoII
DRESS-MAKING.
SrrX'IAt. MITHT. PARIBUS DRESS
AND CLOAK MAKING. Ladies ran hare
their I) re sees. Butts, Coats, and UasqaiDes haad
sonol mado and trimmed, at the shortest ao.
tire, at the old r.tabllshed sUnd, 10.11 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia. .
iamT sott laiD race, Mantilla Ornaments,
Dress and Cloak Bottom, Hibbnns. Clany aad
Guipure Laees, Duple and Gimp Dress Trim
minis, aith a large rarirt.r of Ftaple and Fancy
Goods.froni 2.' to 50 per rent, less than slsewhere.
Also, rreeieint dailr. Paris taehioos in tissue
prper, for Ladles' and Children's Dresses, brts
of Patterns fur morrhstits and dress mskersnow
ready, at Mrs. M. A. UlNDKK'rt,
j)4 Ij 1031 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.'
rptlE nnderfiffned, naving eetaHliihed a Rar
1 aerr on the Pikt, ahnaf halfway between
Clear ft eld and Cnrwenwltle. te prepared to fur
niih all kind, of FKL'IT XKEKS, (standard aad
dwarf.) Kvergreena, 8l.mM.ery, Orape Vine.
Uoee eberriee, l.ewtoa Itlacaherry, 8 craw He try,
and Ka.bery V inea. Aim, Siberian Crab Treea.
Quince, and early eetrlet It hu barb, o. Orders
promptly attended to. Addrcae,
J. l. v rUiiHT.
eeptO 7 Cnrweaaville. Pa
AUenlion, Soldiers.
EQUALIZATION OF HOUNTV.
Vl.l, StoI.mr.ltH l' lMill-'OV-'fia are
entitled to an M'UKSi:l HuVNTY.
Tlie nndrrsiftnrd Is prerutred to anllefi all laea
Knunucs, as well as the titrreas)i pny tn NiMters
Wi.lnws. All ilirjniries and ewniiiniestiftns an
swered promptly. Discharge, receipted fpr, lkost
(tftire midrper, Ourwensvillr, Ps.
T ,f ' .IKPTAH KVASE.
" "OK TT II bf B B ST."
WslKF.I.F.n WII.WOVII
llirhct Preminm, Lwk Witeh,
SEWING-MACHINES.
VI.I, Inquiries in reference lo this "No. 1"
Marhins promptly answered. Thry can be
procured freas me at eitv price. '
M M. T. 'HAMILTON, ARent.
oot.Vtf l.iilhrr-l'un. Pa.
LIVERY STABLE. '
fTHK uiilcrirrru;d Vjz leave to inform the pub
JL lit thM he ie nm fully prcp.ired to acoanmw
dsite all in the way of fnrnuhniR llorera, HuKgiea,
S rut I lr and ITanp'M, n the ahurtrat ntire and
on rcaeortftltle term-. Wldnoeon Looast etreet,
between Third end Fonith.
Clearfield, April II,
Silver Wash Powder,
$ayea litre, lahur, nionrj. Makes washlnf a
pastime and Mends a festlral. fold erery
where. Try Ik
Address all order, to the ManafaHur?,
f.IKGI KR 8MITII.
Chemists and V hole. ale Ilrurgists. .
nn!4 ly 1.17 North Third St., Philsdelphll
St)l.lII K" lltI Tll'. A recent art
baa peered both sinners of Congress, aed
signed h.r thl President, jtivtne a three years'
soldier tiof end a two years' poMier .t boantri
tf-UOCNTIKj and PKNblONS eollecud
by for thess antitlsd lo tht a.
YYALTKH BARRETT.
IV Alt'y at Us, Clearteld, Pa.
"1TT A"Tfcn-8l.IH ' hl"T'
11 at ear store, near Pbilip.eurg , for which
ths Mshestcasn pica wl" he psld
V. W. VIITB CO.