HE Abv'Euirimun. Ifiabanon, August 20, 1857. Home affairs. Sketches of Local history. Ur JOUN wmtumAx Illortkr of Francis Shectz. No sooner had Hauer permitted the esign of taking the life of his brothers• n•law to enter his mind, than he began plot their destruction by such means, s would enable him to enjoy the fruits f his crime. He made repeated at. empty to effect their death: by p o i son nd otherwise. Peter being the young. r, and more ignorant, and being besides, xceedingly superstitious, he persuaded im on one of casion, that if he would tand upon the upper loft of the barn, living a rope with one end fastened to joist and the other in a noose around is neck, he could then see where there as much gold, which his (Hauer's) rother Solomon, who was to be tied in e same way, would bring him. The xporiment was tried, and had the rope sed on the occasion been strong nougli to sustain Peter's weight, }lau r would have had every•reason to felie 7 tale himself upon the stlecessof 1143 ngenious and daring expedient. FOr. unttely it broke, and Peter was reserv. d to pass safely through the fine' at ettlpl made upon his and his brother's ife. The principal parties engaged rialhe murder were John Hauer, Charles Patrick Donagan, Peter Me: - 'Donogliy, and Francis Cox. So ingeni ously was it planned, that if it had not been for the confessions of II suer, tiod McManus and one other circumstance, the persons engaged in it would proha. lily have escaped punishment altoge"ther. I say, probably, for it is not to be eon cealed, that all the parties, except being Irishmen, and the murder ed party a German, the popular excite nwnt, which was very great, had its in -11,,,mee at that early day on the jury , . the bar, and even the court. It was agreed wrung them that on the night on Which., tlw murder was to take place, they shmdd all sleep at different places, and yrl arrange matters that each could prove TI alibi. Cox and McManus went to tioig(!r's Tavern, more than four mile's (nun the scene or the crime, and went to bed together at an early hour. Geig. pr however, saw him leave the house Handestinely and becoming alarmed at. his absence, made search for in Cox assisted, but manifesterkno rti(tular interest in the result. Whilst he wore some of Cox's clothes. /t had been intended that Cox should N.V.: the alibi. If Itauer's plan had brpii strictly followed, this part of the woulll have been absent.— requested a man to sleep, not on ly in his house,. hut in the 'same room. Thii man could n - ot Say whether . Hauer had been absent or not, as he slept pro foundly all night. .D'unagan, went to his usual plaCe of residence some three mils distant from Sliitz!s farm, i and . the persons with whom he hoarded, had no doubt that he was in the house all night. , ✓JFur fear intelligent renders of the present day f.h. , uld think !well exeeffsive credulity impossible, verbatim, the testquony given by Peter IS'hertz, an the trial, viz:4 . PETE ft SR CETZ, S WORN:. ; Three years ago next I.arrest, my brother Francis went to haul stones for the new church et Shaelferstown. Wheu he. rano: Immo be could not - unhitch his horses. He thought the rest of us were net so sick, that we oil i gl. t do it; mid he sent for us, to the field, where we went to rake oats U. feed the horses,-but we , i A . ould nut do it. Hoffman and the girl that-is i.nw his wife, and two other girls, and Hoffman's loin John, were in the field. We were all so sick . we vomited all the time. Hoffman was nut quite so sick as the rest of us, and lie fed the horses,— The vomiting continued all that day; Rod the next day we felt very weak. Hoffman's wife, who was then a maid In the louse, cooked the break fast that day; it wee coffee, brand and butter. We never had bean se affected before. I don't know if any strange person had -been about the house that day. Hauer ofteW eamo there about that I hue; I cannot tell how often ; but be went about the house whenever ho pleased.. Last fall was a year I had.-hired myself to Ja cob Sheets:, my father's broter. at Tulpelmelcen. ]inner, with whom I then lived, - h'iinl.goue uverilo . Fraueis Sheets's. When he itutnielatek, I told hint I was going on Sunday to Jana. Shea tes.— On Sunday It rained and I•conld , not go. Hauer thou told inc I should not go, that Ito would show me a way how I should get a purse every morn ing, thnt would have five doubloons in it. That .lie himself could not get it, lint that I could. I linirl to Heuer that I could nut get it. Hauer then swore unmercifully that I could; and be told me he must fetch drops from Lebanon. Be went on Monday up to Lebanon. When he came back again he said one sort was "wiederkomme drops," the other I don't know what it was he called it..-- " Ile had three bottles, one was bigger than the nther two, which were but small phials. Hauer said, now we will try something. I said, I did not wish to do it, I would rather not. Heuer told me I should try it, he would be bail to me, noth ing should happen to me. Hauer told me that Stouffer and Bumborger (they were the executors rind testamentary guardians of Peter) wanted to bind me out, that they. were et his house, and I: - wanted to get me, end had told him they,would knee me dead or alive. He scared me se much that I hid myself; because he said they came ev ery day. I told limier he lied. He swore again unmercifully that he did not. I then kept myself concealed still. Then Hauer sold, we will try to - get the puree; and he drunk some of the drops; and I drank some of them too. He drank out of the big bottle, which he seld were "wiederkoname Trope;" I drank out of the same, I drank also rut of the two small phials, but I don't knowll llauer drank any out of them or 110t4 I did: not' see him do it; then Hauer said he would not try that night, he thought it tras-not worth while. : Some time after this, we went together down'to Wolfersherger's barn; Solomon Hauer went along 1 .iN tit us. John Hatter said, if we would not does ii'. said us ho would give us:an unmerciful beating; if are would not tie ourselves up as he told us, he troel.l :dime us some other things„ He then told 'tam. ire Mlle, tie ourselves-up on the loft with hal . term. naiad our n Otte, and fasten the rope to the joist; that then he could . tie that one who was,to :i bring the purse, in the same way ; when I had fi.:. eil myself, and fastened the rope to the joist, Sol omon told me he would hold me; (Peter always. told me that Ire was also to hold a bottle of the "wieder-komme drops" in his hand, and look on it,) and thou he gave me ft push down. The rope was round my neck; the end fast to the joist above; the rope was not long enough to, reach to the floor; the rope broke and I fell dqwn on the. threshing floor; the rope Ives thick as my little finger; (Peter's little finger was larger than the. middle finger of blest men,) and it was doubled; it, bad been used 1111.4 plough. line, and to tie the: horse; I did not atte.the men with the purse; - the rope was doubled renixikmy neck ; the joist is elev en or twelve feet.ahilve,the threshing floor. The rope took the Alder my deck, but did not hurt me much; Solomon said he would tie a rope round his neck, but he did not do it; seen as Solomon Pushed me down he jumped down and ran off; I `went home to John Hauer's house; in about fif teen minutes after John Hauer and Solomon Hau er came in together; they said they were very sorry that it liappened so that'all went wrong; after that Solomon asked me to go towards Bethlehem with him, where be lived- rifoldn Hauer told mei . should go along with him, thatitemight not be found out that the skin wan °trey neck; John Hauer often, told me I should.bnif nothing of it, and Ipromised him I would not; when I came from Bethlehem, I hired myself to my brother Francis, andlittuer again told me not to tell; I then lived with Fran cis almost avear, till he was murdered. i' ' ' ' ' - ' -• • - Upon his arrest; Itast'et. investigation it was found that he picot ,in an inner room, tilit'alt had' a 'Wi'ndoW that".could not be opened, and but one door which opened on the familysleaping room It was found, however, that he 'had cut out one of the 164. 4fsuch a way as not to be easily eitorvitd, and which he could yet readily and replace. A slighto6wAta,difillen during the day, and his fent:stipE4'etie traced to and, fro, on hi .Way to lig !road, It is not known where Megtrhogity passed the night. The-Partits 411:rendezvoused on horseback at the:er:let the lane which led up to the hotise. , . 1 ' From the evidence , on',the trial, it is very hard to say who actually, committed the murder,. but Mr.Shitz alWays told me, that although 'he'could not swear to the fact, he theught `that McManus and Donegan were' the tWii men who entered his room. ' -McManus,- McDonaghy and Donegan all contended that they otilyi, had knowledge that the murder was to, be committed, but took no actual part in it. Be -that - as it 'may, two of the persons mentioned, entered the house of the two brothers, about nine o'clock at night,, and lighted a canle in theltitch te en. The noise - made i ntering iiiiak ened a woman, who witain bed inihhe same room, --wll,VE,Frarreis Sheete was sleeping on riltfflirbehied. the, stove, three boys 'being also asleep 'On .:.the floor. ' The woman seeing -4 liglitatiM kitchen, went thither. There she saw two men, 'with their heads tied up in -white handkerchiefs, so that their fee turesebuld not be recognized: - She im mediately returned to the vii.Prn ; from whence she came, to rouse; 4i:ancis .Stteetz. At the moment that she:, seized hini . -11the arm, one of tile inetillaced a pistol3o his ear, and fired .it= The wretcheirman fell back insensible, cov ering the woman with his blood, ant Pin the confusion the light was extinguish ed. One of the men, then: coolly pro ceeded tolhe kitchen, bloWtriight, and returned- with an axe, vartli- Which'be struck Francis four violetit:rdrows on they head with the edge, hofding the liett in one hand and using the- axe-44dr the other like a hatchet. This Peter . SheetzAtsed to say, was t .;,,,; ~`,-Y. one _that staggered him as to thi 1 ,-: Iv of the persons, as he .did not,irt, , -any of the suspected parries eagle . , of this feat, except Hauer. AfieVZstroying all vestiges of the humarr-cepntenance in the fallen man, and making' his death sure, they turned on the t. .woman and boys, but the light heingAkirt put out, these were enabled to eeci-eut of the room . unitarined, and fled to the barn and other outhouses, wheie they hid themselves. Having again :tilt their car 1;' d; - le, they new proceeded t4the rower of Peter Sheetz, which had liAit 'one iltior. They were both armed with axes. Pe ter had been awakened bLthe noise'and lay trembling with superskous terror, il'ut...the moment human erienate.4 appear ,' lie recovered froirChis tremov,s. He r pt in a four -posted betiiWtth , round O iron rods, running arouttif, the tops of the posts, about ha1f...0,10h in diame ter, on which to hang CurtAiha,'but there were none-en t at the time.- r i;be.first than who entered struck at Rocter with his axe drawn in both hands;- - but, the weapon was caught in the curtain rod. Peter sprang - through the foot of .'the bed, and plunged he,adlong throughia' window, the other man making -a blow at him as he passed. out and giving if . .m a severe wound ,orrene .'of 'his postern ors. He fled to, the barn where he re mained concealed until morning. Hauer 'arid.. Mc Manus . confessed :the murder,;but . viitit - such varying circtrin stances, that except as to the main fact, their stories are entitled to little credit. The circumstance which bore har dest against- AlcManns was, that it was ,his pistol with which Francis Sheeti had been shot, that weapon havingTheen found in the room'where the murdb-141s committed. McManus charged •EitilleT - and McDonaghy with doing the - hiida er whilst he held the horses. Hauer's con fession was made to the Judges when firit.arraidned. He stated that McMan us and IdcDonaghy committed the niur deg he instigating it,and promising them thd large reward of eleven hundiied viands. Hauer stood mute when again indicled, and pretended insanity to the last4yeying off the clothing -that was put.:itionltitn, and remaining in a Con dition-9f beastly filthiness, impossible to be dercribed, until his execution.— Hauer:arist McManus were the only two convicted,',' McDonaghy was not even tried, so doubtful was the case of the Commonwealth considered, without.the : confession of .Hauer and McManus, whielf_would * have had little weight a gainst him, as there was no other or at least very little evidence implicating him with the crime. Hon. Joseph Joh& Henry was Presi dent Judge at the;, time of tile trials.— The Associate Judge on the Bench Was our fernier fellow-citizen Hon. John Gloninger. At the first trial in which McManus and McDonogity were charg ed as principals, and Hauer, his wife, Donegan, McDonough and Cox as acces 'sories before the 1'30 . , the names of the jurors were Michael Urich,' , Samuel Stur geon, Daniel Longenecker, Henry Me- Corrnich,Ohed Fahnestoeic,John Stoner, John Boyd, John Blattenberger, Wm. Snodgrass, Henry Stoner, John Gray, and. Samuel Finney. .McManus was tri. ed alone at the Oyer and L Terminer in 1798, and convicted. Mr. Montgomery and Mr. Patterson wae coin:seller t be prisoner.; Mr. Hall and Mr. Smith for the Commonwealth. Hauer, Donegan, and Cox were then put upon trial,-- Counsel for the Commonwealth, Messrs. Hall, Smith, and Henry ; Mr. Duncan, Mr. Elder, Mr. Laird, Mr. Geo. Fisher, and Mr. Clymer for the prisoners. In both instances the "counsel for the pris oners were assigned by the court. The legal arguments are Very able and inter esting,'some of the points made being identical with those raised by. Mr. Web ster, on the 'trial of the Knapps, but no lawyer - ,of the present day would dare to pursue the course adopted: after. his con fession in declining 'to go to the jury upon the testimony in. Hauer's case.— Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Elder and Mr. Clymer argued the case of. Donegan and Cox' to the jury with great and successful ability. The jurors were Thos. McElhany, Sam'! StOrgeon, John Blattenberger, Henry McCormick; Sam'! Cochran,Win. Crane, John Wilson, jun'r., John Norton, John Parthimer, James Johnion, Harry Ful ton and John Snodgrass. The names of McElhany and .Parthimer, on this Jury, awaken singular associations in connec tion with two dreadful murders commit ted in Dltipliin county, for which men of that_ name were tried and acquitted with in the recollection of many of the read • ers- of these sketches. On a Sunday 'evening the jury' rendered a verdict against Hauer of guilty of murder in the first degree, and g not ,guilty as to Done ganil and Cox Elizabeth Hauer and, Hugh McDonough were then put upon trial. The Commonwealth offered no evidence and they were acquitted. Mc- Donoughy was discharged on habeas corpus. "It was-not," sayS the reporter, "thought prudent to try and acquit him, from a full persuasion of his guilt, and with an expectation that sufficient evi deuce might hereafter convict him."__ No stich consequence however followed, nor was he ever, if guilty, brought to justice. McManus and Hauer were hung, in pursuance of their sentence on the 14th Julyr9S. McManus persisted to the last,:in his statement that he only held the herses at the end of the lane. His youth, intelligence, and great personal beauty, procured him: much sympathy, when time had to Settle extent obscured the atrocity of his 'guilt, and the day of -his shameful and terrible death drew near. Hauer never spoke from the day he`was arraigned,'ind it was supposed, that he was deprived of his speech by terror and remorse. In other respects he behaved like a madtnan, and severe ly bit and mangled one man who': en clesvored to clothe his person. When one considers all the circum stances of this awful tragedy, the varied passions, which mixed in' the drama, (for scarcely any was wanting,) the grad ual ascendancy which evil thoughts ob tained over the minds of the proniinent actors, the terrible denouement, and the not less terribie punishment, it presents one;pf the most striking examples, how far the romance of truth excels that of fiction. Few events, excited and agita ted the public mind more. From few sources can so many useful reflections %...drawn, as when we contemplate in `HAS:bloody hiStOry, the havoc which mi. perstition, avarice, lust and cruelty may occasion when left by ignorance to riot unrestrained: - Or Peter .E.' f atouch, Esq., was ap pointed by the Court, Court Crier in place of David E. Miller, resigned. AD)IITTED,—=On' motion of Levi Kline, Esq., :Darius .1, Seltzer, Esq., was admitted fo:_the practice of law in the Courts of Lebanon county. (*--- The Grand Jtiry approved of the Report.of the Viewers for a Bridge over the Swatara, near Jonestown; and recom mended the building of the same at the expense of the county. Oztr Mr. 'Wilmot is to canvass the State according, to a_published pro gr,apitne. I..e4port js evirely . overlook ed. ti We press me renternhers tit r e ex posor;el he received in the Courier, in If3sl,and does not wish to venture where he is so well known. •,,P - .CounT continued in session until Triiray evening. The following cases were.,_ disposed of by the Quarter Ses sions, viz:— , , :3. P. A. Engel, for obtaining money under false pretence, was sent to thErPinitentiary for 1 year. WM.Grate was convicted Y ee three indictments, forAteiling horse, hm., Loridenderry township. Pine $1.50, value of the lioraele the Common wealth, .and 2 years in Xonifentiary. , Wm. Davis and EtiertiFaie convicted of larceny. The former was - sonteqed" Jo 1 year in the Penitentiary, and. the latter ip....kinouths in the-county . Datifel 3lcCaully, assault an4'bit„tteiy. Guilty, and 3 months in county Henry Hoffman, larceny: months in county jail. -Anthony.Saforn 14119 tried. for ',larceny. Not guilty,. the jury considering him ingane. Sent to the Poor noun. . . Gabriel Heed, convicted of larceny, was sent to the Penitentiary for six menths. ,Sohn W.. Good and William Hartman—larceny. S months to county jail. ' Cyruiltehrer—rualicioui misChicf.' Was bound over to keep the peace. Simon Hoffman was convicted of assault and battery. Fined $1 and costs.. John Wile—two indictments for assault and battery. Convicted on both and sent to jail two months. Also $1 Dna and costs. .Catharine Monahan was convicted of keepihg a disorderly house and selling liquor. Sent to jail 3 rifonths. Galebt;ch—malicions mischief—fined $25 and costs. - Gervis Blast—assault with intent to kill—sent to jail 3 months. Wra.Rhan—assatilt &battery—ss fine 16 costs. Wm. Grate, Gabriel Rood and Win. Hartman— Conspiracy to escape from jail-46re each sen tencedn month additional, to. their former sen tences. The following cases were disposed of, in the common Flees, - viz: , . Raiditor Bohm vs. Daniel Early, for right of way. The plaintiff suffered a non snit easPer Bitchier vs. Henry Hartman. To recov er ecitiipensation for building IL Lager Beer vault. Verdict, defendant to pay $202,924- ets. Jacob Stoever vs. George-Chamberlain. To re cover possession of a. , house' and lot in this bor ough. Verdict,. defendant to pay $O6O before Ist of April next, otherwise property then to be sold by the Sheriff. t • - 4-74 A . We 'are pleased to see that Dr. T. R. L. Ebur, was nominated, last week, by the Democra cy of Schuylkill county, as one of their -candi dates for the Legislature, on the first ballot.. lie will of course be sleeted, and make an able and reliable member. The whole ticketof our Schuyl kill friends is a good one. Off" Rev. G. F. Krotel, formerly pastor of the Salem's Lutheran Congregation of this borough, has:been unanimously chosen to succeed the late Rev. J. N. Roffman, as Pastor of Trinity Luth eran Church of Reading. it is not yet known ivliether Mr. Krotel accept the post. The Black Rep'ublicans.met in the Court Boise, on'-hionday, and . nominated the following ticket, viz:— Senate, A. R. Boughter, Borough, Assembly, John George, Borough, Treasurer ' Joseph Bowman; Cornwall, Register, Denier Stroh, jr., Annitille, Recorder, Cyrus P;Miller, Swatara, Cl'lt of Orphans Court, J. B. Light, S. Lebanon, 'Commissioner, Michael Deininger, Londond'y, Director, Samuel Bohm, S. Lebanon, Auditor, Henry Brandt, N. Lebanon tp. Vit. Mr. ilarlehur st, the "American" condi date for Governor, deli vexed address in the Courtllouse on Wednesday evening. The room was well , filled. LEBANON ADVERTISER. Va. Our friends should not forget to attend the Dele gate elections on Saturday. The convention will beheld on Monday next at Ilaak's note'. The Chairman of the Couhty Committee has authori zed us to re-announce the Delogats election in Jackson township, as follows :—"To be hold at 5 o'clock, p. m., at a suitable, desirable, anti tonvoul cot place." ANOTIMP. Snow.—U•. N. Eldred's Great South ern Show, will exhibit in Lebanon to-day, (Wed nesday.) It is represented to be one of the best Circuses (comprising two companies) in the Coun try; also the most magnificent collection of ani mals traveling in America. The wholato be seen for twenty-five cents. Eranconi's hippodrome Troupe is one of the features of this Show. 9r 4 5.' CIRCUS. ON TEM Coll3llM—Last evening, the great American Circus Co., under the management of Messrs. Sands, Nathans A. Co., gave their first public performance in this city, in their spacious amphitheatre, which, by permission of the city authorities, they have erected on the parade ground on the Common. The - first part of the programme introduced the splendid stud of horses attached to the stables of this establishment, in various feats: usual in performances of this nature, which were performed in a manner never excelled by any com pany in this city. • The horsemanship of Masters Nathane and Sands,,and of Madame Brower, elicited a storm' of approbation as. hearty as it was deserved. The posturing of Mons. Fen; ranti and children, and the gymnastic performances of the German Brothers were feats of strength and skill al most beyond any conceivable power of the human frame, and constituted a marked feature in the performances. The wonderful elephants of Mona. La Grange decidedly capped the climax Of the evening's entertainments, and eerteinlY opened the eyes of those who bad no knowl edge of : what.ean be produced by the docility and sagaci ty of this wonderful brute. All thatthe show billspromise of these animals is more than executed. end one must redly "see the elephant" to judge in any degree of how they appear. The perfor mance of the trained Zebra, and the Shetland ponies. is just the thing to captive the young people, and capitally winds up a most excellent entertaintnent., The large tent was crowded to repletion last evening, and the Cir eus Will remain during the week, andperform every of- , tarnoan and evening.—Bosrox jOITRDIAL. _. To exhibit in Lebanon next Tuesday. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS :Z+►arius J. Seltzer, ATTORNEY AT LAW, • /WM% in thimberland Street, nearly opposite Brua's Hotel, Lebanon, Pa, Aug. ,26,Vi. THE nn ormgne . , outtutssioners, named in the , t. Act O Assanibly, passed ,1857, entitled. '"an act to ineorporate. the. LEBANON VALLEY RAtik," hereby give notice that in pursuance of, the authority vested in them, they*ilt open on WEDNESDA:Y, the 14th day of Ocrkonnn, 1857, books for receiving. Subscription; to the,Capital Stock of said Bank, at Iteinhard ' s Hotel, and on that day, and the-five next succeeding days of that week such. subscriptions will, he.