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nfcs%ionat gligtitts.
JIOUN P. BOW/lAN,
Surgeon
itir;l(9 , 4lAl6 . o,rr 'Pdr .2. Ad
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I '0 reriLl;t il
~ tog= Yr .
Marsh 29, 1865.
Dr. S. H. GUILFO
Ita
(Gradate of the Pelin'a College of Dental Surgery.)
11001t1S—in 0. Henry's now building,
opposite the Vag% Hotel, ()timberland
- - street ' Ullmann, Pa.
.I## derail
, l y l i tb e r t f o n s l io nkloro form adminis
Lebaeon, June 144845.74 f.
Or. GEORGE GLEINI,. Jr.,
illlloll in enniberland street, Lebanon, Pa., in
' l l3 tha rooms lately camp led by Lam KLINI, Req.,
deceased. (June 28,1865.
DENTISTR.Y.
.0 13 • Viiragner..
-- aligtosa
TESEETS brtiattlaVreeth on Odd, Silver, Vulcanite,
JL at from $a to sto. 'Peatb filled at 75 cents and up
wards, 10151dt:we and Obtca, Cuinberland 'street, East
Lebanon, opposila Benson's, Hotel. where be has, been
practising the laid el Tears.
Lebanon, April 6, 66.
ARMY AND NAVY
PENSION - , BOUNTY, BACK PAY AND BONN-.
TX LAND. AGENCY,
l-ttoNl , 2olllll Ualfla a
X• r iti. ant 451. , X-I gen NW'
untlfmleed, baying been licensed 100 prosecute
at a thereto entitled, in accordance with the various
arts of Congrase. All such should call or address at
onee, and make their applicatlons through
UABBLItit BOYEA, Attorneyett•Law,
.Orrios removed to Cumberland St., one
door Bust of the Lebanon Valley Bank, opposite
the Buck Hotel, Lebanon, Pa. pan. 6, '64.
M. CAMPBELL,
oiliLttes ata. co - 3r at .LE VU.
EFIOS, 2d Neer, , tinder Puttek , s 1101, Cumber.
Oland St , Lebanon, Pa. •
Will also attend promptly to the collection of all
War Claims.
References—Gov.A. G. Comm, Harrisburg, Pa.;
B. liftman, State Reporter, Allentown ; M'au.teren
& BMW'S, Attys., Bellefonte, Ps Buda k DIAN, Attytl.
nuillddibbilrit, Pa.
Lebanon, June 21,1855,-Iy*.
DJ SSLER IS orER,
.41.ttc,,r,rna. ()Iris a,* to Tam Iver .
d'AVIIICIF, removed to Cumberland street, ono door
'V Beet of the Lebanon Valley Bank, opposite sit e be
thick Itotel,tebanontPa. Van. 0, '64.
GRANT WEIDMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
n" . in'atunoberland street, a few doors east of
Ha
glO ghs, Hotel, in the office late of his father
Cevt John Weidman, dee'd.
Lebanon. Sept. 9,1863.
JOHN B ENSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
gram . with' A. IL Boni:Otter, BIN', Cumberland
Street, oeltrlY opposite the Cont House.
ebanon, February 8, 865.
8 7- -firs T. BIBIGIFIAIUS,
-ATTORNEY — AT — LAW ,
01111014 in BtiobtorgeSnildlog, Oomberland street
nearly opposite the Court House, Lebanon.
LabattenduPe 36,.1564.—ti.
iLyli: 'P. WELLER,
Attorney-at-Law
otter rnveztinegrh Ira lee Ka th rm e B an t y a k
Hardware store.
Ltbation, April d, 1864.4 y. , •
A. ST AfirtatatlLßlClNl
ATTORNEY A_ T LAW,
Una removed Vie office to .the building, one door cos
of Lendermilah 'a Store, opPosite the Washington Home
Lebanon, Pa,
BOUNTY and POPOV* claims promptly attendod
to (April 8, '63.-Bm.
It • MOVAL.
S. T. McAPAIII.;
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ItaAs REMOVED hie o ffi ce to Market Street, one door
South of the American House, better known as
Mthee' Uotidi
Lebanon, Aprjl 12,1865,
JOS , Et 1111. FIUNCK 3
vAIL t. t am 'sr im..416 In
Ilvrßnyrtohe First Nationalaank,
iosit a i r ium t eranteenov
Nag
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— a..HOFFMAN.
(Late °apt. do the 1424 Po. V01.,}
33CalaLiat"5"7 3345 ":' 31 e- 3P•rw3r
AND
-Pension Agent.
OPYIOE WITHEBANO A. HON. J
N,.
PAW. KILLINGEB,
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Lebanon, Biaroh 1S 185.—1 f..
lIENItir J. LIGHT
wi.ves tiee..er the wiemAge.
r i onig subscriber, baring bean ulected Justice of the
Paaaecovuld teirpeetrullyinform the public that,
ho le now prepared to Ey ctend to the duties of his office,
as well RS the writing of 'Deeds ' Bonds. Agreements,
and all business pertaining to aScrivener at tile real.
dance to North . Lebanon Township, about? two milee
from'Lobanon, near the Tunnel; tlie 'Union Forge
Reed. HENRY J. MOUT.
N. Lebanon township, May 3; 1.863:--31n.
R. ORECP 8
LIQUOR STORE,
ilfarkel,Square, oppositeght Afarket House; Lebanon, Pa.
TIM undersigned respectfully informs tLe pubis
that be bee : received an extensive stook of the
,rhOlo et and purest Liquors of all descriptions. These
A Liquots he Is invariably disposed to soli at sm.
r, 2 precedentedly low prices.
• Druggists, fairness, II Mel Keepers, and oth•
VIII consult their own interests by huylng of the
.flgdOrsigsea. ' L. H. DEKG.
gor'Llso, tarn* MISFILRIVEI gIiRD BITTEIRS.
Lobanon. 41111.15,186}1.
Bleat(*) ler Bounty and Invalid Pen
r;siba„cjeintiniptrprietedta4rd for aole , at the : An
ifsivisitsl,olffoi.
THE MILL IN THE SEA,
In olden times there once lived two
brothers, one of whom was rich and
the other poor. When Christmas
was near at, hand; the poor one had
not so much as a bit of meat or a
crust of bread in the house, so he
went to his brother and begged him
in God's name, to give him something.
Now it happened that this was not
the irst time that the rich brother
had given to the poor one something,
and he was not partipularly delight
ed when he saw him coming.
"If you do as I tell you, said he
to the unwelcome vikitor, you shall
have a whole ham that is hanging up
to be smoked!'
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"Thiktoos t is," sakd'the rich 'brother,
flinging him the bath, "and now go
to'the inkernal regions!'
"Since I ha:ve prothised it, I Must,"
observed the other, tiikingup his ham
and going his way.
After wandering about the, whole
day, just Lis it grew dark he perceiv
ed a bright light at no great distance
from him.
"It must he here," thought he. On
going somewhat furtherintO the for
est hewever he found: an old man
with a long white beard, who was
cutting wood.'
"Good evening" said he with the
ham:
"Good evening," replied the man
"whither may you be going ?"
"Oh, I am only going to the low
er regions ; only I don't know
whether I've come the right way,"
replied the poor 'simple-hearted
man.
"Yes, you' are quite right, said the
old man, the entrance is just here ;"
and then he added, "when you have
got down below, they will . all • want
to buy your ham, for Eiwine's-flesh is
a great 'rarity there ; bnt you must,
not sell it for money ; so rather ex
change it for the old= hand-mill that
stands behind the door. When you
come up again, I will teach you what .
to do with the mill ; for it has its
use I can tell you."
On entering the underground
dwelling, everything happened just
as the old man had told him. All
the imps, great and small, gathered
around, and began outbidding each
.other for the ham.
"I bad intimded Yeastin
leithsartol , -eve,
wife," said the man; "but as yen
seem so bent on having,. it, I'm will-,
ing to part with >it ; but I will not
take anything in exchange except
the old hand-mill that stands behind
the door." -
The chief imp did riot at all relish
parting with his mill, and he began
to haggle and bargain with the man,
but the latter remained firm ; so at
last the imp waslain to let him take
the mill away. When the man had
emerged from the underground dwell
ing, he asked the old wood ,eutter
how to use the mill, and when lie
told him, he thanked him, and re
turned home ; .but, let him make
what speed he would, he did not
reach it until twelve o'clock, at
night. ,
"Where in the world have you been
all this time?" said his wife, as he
COMO in; "I've been sitting here and
waiting hour after hour, and' I bad.
not as much as a couple of, splinters
to lay across each other under the
gruel pot,. to , p oook Christmai dinner."
"Oh,"sreflted the man, "I could
not come sooner, for I had somabusi
ness to mind, andwas obliged to go
along AV fiyabopt , it.' But you shall
see what I haVe brought with me."
He then placed the mill on the ta
ble, and made it grind, first of all
candles ; then a table cloth ; then
food and beer=in short, all wanting
for a Christmas feast, and whatever
he called for the" mill ground it im
mediately. 'kis, wife stood by, and
crossed herself many times over, and
was very anxious to know 111 w her
husband had come by the mill.' But
thialualoti care not to tell.
"It matters not how I got it wife,"
said be, "you see it IS a good mill,
whose' water does not cease to flow,
and that's enough."
And then he ground eatables and
drinkables, and every possible dainty
for Christmas week; and on the third
day he invited his friends to a ban
quet. When the rich brother saw
what a feast was in preparation he,
turned hot and cold with vexation
for he grudged his brother the , least
windfall.
"On Christmas eve," said he to th"e
other guests, "he ,was so miserably
poor, he come to ask me for a trifle
in God's name, and now all of a sud
den, he is as grand as if he had be
come an earl or a king." .Then turn
ing to his brother, he said ;
"Where on earth did you get all
these riches ?"
"Behind the door," answered the
other,-:Who had no mind to Int the
cat out of the'bag. But towards eve
ning, when be had taken a ,drop too
much, he could not keep, his counsel
any longer, but 'brought out, his
mill.
"4ere is the golden goose that has
brought me all my riches," said he,
and made the mill grind first one,
thing and then another. On see
ing this, the brother wanted to buy,
the mill of him, but the other would
not hear of it at first. At length,
however, as his brother seemed to
wish. for it so very muob, he said:be
Would take three hundred pounds for
it, only he bargained not to part with
,
I During this space of time, wemay
easily imagine that.the .chill was not
i,
allowed to grow rust ', % and _when
harvest time came the s
'ether had it
given him, only the of he ._ had taken
good care not to tell him hO he was.
to manage it. '
it was evening when the , rich
brother brought the mill home, and
on the followingmorning he told his
wife that she might go into the field
with the reapers, and W
.that he ould
niean-while prePare the dinner. To-%
wards mid-day, therefore he placed
the mill on the kitchen table. . '
"Grind away;" said he, "and let us•
have 'some: herrings, ancl at Mess q:of
milk of the best sort." •So- the stein
began,to, turn out 'herrings - and milk,
till. all ;the dishes and pots an
u.vuvou , l Q • "
kept trying ta.step,thejnill.; dst hat
be v f oyact, - did not cease •.
grinding and atilehgth-. the milk had.
risen so high that'.he was in danger
of , beirig drowned: He now: tore ,
open the chamber :doer, but it. was . :
likewise inundated;; and it.was With
difficultY that he could wade through
the milky, tide, and manage to unfa,s
ten_the latch of the house door. No'
sooner had he opened the door, than
out he rushed, still pursued by a tor:
rent of milk and herrings. And on
he ran till be , had reached his broth
er's ; and then he entreated hispoor
relation for Ge'd's sake, to take his
mill back ; , cifor if it goes on grinding
for another hour," said bei"the whole
village will he iiiiradated •' with her
rings and
But the brother refused to take
back his mill unless the other count-"
ed him out three - hundred pounds
more, and as there was no help for it
the rich man was fain to pay , hirn
the money. So, now that. the poor
brother - had money as well as the
mill, he built a house. that .was far
handsomer than - the one his rich
broths -lived in. With the help of
the. mill he. collected so much. gold
that he could cover the walls with
plates of gold, and his house stood
near the sea shore, it could be seen
shining from a great distance at sea.
Au who : sailed near the coast were
sure to anchor in the neighborhood,
and pay a visit to the rich man in
the golden house, in order to see the
wonderful mill.
. _ _
bne:day, a captain, .who; like so
many Otheys, had come to see the '
mill inquired, after looking at it,
• •
it can grind salt as well as
anything, said the man.
The'captain then wanted to'huv it
at anyyriee ; "for," thought he, "lf
bad this mill I should not be obliged
to sail so far over the rough seas to
fetch salt."
MD
At first the man would not bear
of selling it, but the captain teased
so long, that he consented to part
With it for many, thousand pounds.—
As the captain had obtained the mill,
he took care not to, remain in, the
neighborhood, for fear the 'man
should 'repent of his bargain ; so
without even stopping to inquire how
he was to manage the mill, he Wont
back to his ship and WO away.
=On reaching the main .sea, he took
out his mill, ,and .pried, ,"Grind salt,
and let it be prime stuff 1"
And the mill began to grind salt
till it split and cracked again, when
the captain found his ship Was full,
he tried to stop the mill, but in spite
of all his endeavors, the mill went on
grinding, and the heap of salt, grew,
higher and higher, till it finished by
sinking,the ship. So now the mill
stands at the bottom of the ocean,
and keeps grinding on at this very
day,, which is the reason that sea-wa
ter is salt.
LYNCH LAW RAMPANT INOREGON---
Fifteen Thieves .Hanged by a - Vigilance
Committee.—The Oregoman says :
"By passengers just down from Walla
Walla we learn that 'a terrible trage
dy 'Was enacted tbere on Tuesday of
this week. Some time since we were
nformed.• Oat 'a `V.i4i I ante Commit.
toe had to'be organized •there for self
protection, and that sundry notori
ous characters' had been notified to
leave that vicinity. Of late, events
have seeped to culminate in• • the
thieving and -Plundering line, and
judging by the Walla-Walla , Stateman
of the 17th inet., the patience , of the
wholeiection thereabouts was•utter
ly worn out-. Many knoWn :thieves
seem to have wintered in that section
and as they disappeared in.the spring,
the, best hopes of the settlers , @teemed
to go with them. One man,Who, had
lost many. horses and , cattle, reopver
cd .forty-two cattle, four, borses,and
two, mules op the other side ,of the
Columbia, opposite ,the Mouth` of the
Touehet river, sixty, miles above
Priest's Rapids, where they ,had ,been
catched by the thieves. . , • •
“We learn that tyro men were.seen
hanging by the roadside an the Atage
passed from,Walla Walla to Wallula
on ; Wednesday, and the paseengers
say fifteen in all are known, to have
been lynched •thereabout. ! They, sus
that xine hundred and fifty names of
the band are knowh to the vigilante,
and . they , will be taken
.care of if
found. The names mentioned as
• m
known to have been summarily •
serv
ed with justine are Doc lteed, Nigger
Jim, one lii'Kenzie, Tofn Reeves,
Charles
,Wilann and Joseph Pettit.--
We are Old by the eiprass mease - n.
ger that , the work was to be extend
ed te the• Canyon City, road, ai the
.
purauit V 94
8 being conducted in that
room ; and 4. to , telling -bee4mP t,he',
order of t eieeasiori.. -Among our
number. wa „p, - gray:hf.‘ired ma n,
whose name ;learned . was, Warren
Alton. lie . all post, three score ' 'but
his gestures vigor betokened all
4''
the vigor lddle. age -'
ii
A numb:ooi fltories bad been told,
and final dyes were directed te-..
wards A.lt ta,}sonie.,okie bed . called
11 .
his namiand htups_ 4 24 , ,l*4-.hig- r tito,, '
had come l,f- .- 1 • 4 abort story..
. ' *.-
'llk6. ''' -itha t l'
."Gentlemer , , . °run Ena
1"
once bad-the p eitsure "arresting -
Of oottroe..VJAßild,alLhaten.„
wentx years alfo t or thereabonte,''
commenced Alton, "I was Sher.
iff of Jefferson . county :_ Close bY a
sharp bend. Of, the .13;ottoni, Brach,
creek was locate&q'uite.:o, settithiient,,
called Jackson; and nine, miles - die:
tant, in a southerly direetion, - -Was the
town of Huntsville. The creek, af
ter bending around Jackson Settle . -
meet, took a sweep to .the weet, and
then tumid": back, croseed the track
about midway between these two
places. SeVen miles wire through a
low, dismal swamp, where the'read
for a fong'distanee was a corduroy of
oak logs. On this dark, sunken,road,
travelers 4.a been murdered anffrobb- 1
ed. Two i years before I came into
office as many as six men bad been ;
found by the wayside in that s*amp.
After I became Sheriff the trouble
was renewed, and ant .`down to
- -tsville to loOk into the Matter. I
_din,.
found one of MY depntieS there,-=a
fair,- honorable , man, named Wat's'on.
He told me every exertion had been
made to apprehend the perpetrators
of the, murder, but without effect.—
In' fact the officers had not yet been
able to fix 131D8piCiOD.
"I reached -Huntsville in the eve
ning, and.on the following morning I
rode down with Watson upon the cor
duroy road. The place was truly dis
mal and dark enough. The track had
..
been cut through' a thick, tangled,
matted growth of ~ uprise,. cotton.
wood, add running vines ; and in
many places the logs had sunk so far
that the mud and. water flowed over
them And in Ois, piece of arramp,
b , the rq. d was seven ml.l' , o,i.u_.;_-.
. . . Thsr o 3/gu .we came.
to a bridge_ which. crossed thelcreek—
net a bridge such as we usually see,
but a sunken mass of heavy timber
pinned down by piles and ties, so that
the stream., could be forded. It was
near this spot, I was told, that most
of the, murders had taken ; place.
"On the following morning word
was. brought - that another man had
been found dead and robbed in the
swamp. Watson and I posted off
with many others, and found lt to no
as had been related. The-- dead man
lay upon the roadside,about two rods
from the bridge,, with his Skull bro
ken and his pockets empty. A score
of people from Jlekson were already
there, and I soo learned that the
murdered man h d stopped at the lat
ter.;
ter place , on, the evening before. I.
whispered - to Wa on that I must not
be knqwn, and b de him not ,recog
nize me any o'er in public., - After'
this I mingled - w' h the people from.
Jackson aiip gat ered what informa:
tion I could, and t length the follow
ing facts appeare :-The murdered
man was nqt, kno n in that section.
He had arrived a Jackson' on the
evening before, on horseback, and put
up at that place. He had started on
his way very, earl in the morning,
and was.nest da found dead by a
boy who had com down to the creek
to look at some tr ps which he had
,
set on the orevieu day.
•
"The man who ad-kept the inn at
jackson wae„pres nt,, , and had been
helping to indent fy the dead body.
. His nanae , whsLarean-,,Stoker, and the
, moment i vistediby.,pyes upon him
4. disliked --.4te'. , f He was a shert,
square tiuiltithan, with a tremendona
breadth of st;Suld_ers:,a smidLiodiet
act
shaped be,-*Atb .-prominent cheek
bones,. and en all, thin. ears, buttoned
lq,aek,fiat'upp hi skull. 1 was ploiie
by him; engaged .i i studying his phy
siognomy, when - `,..01d .- gentleman,
who bad eeme-ilkli ,on horSeback,
I approached and "It 0,p,..111m.
"1 say, Stoker, Vat- .ti me did, this
,_
, man leave yohr , in , this
.; morning.?"
the gentleman ask d. .
"As .soon as it as daylight,' re; .
; plied Stoker. "I.• told .hirn he had
better wait for caMpany, but he, was
in a hurry." . 1 -
- "I worider-if he had., much _money
about hlm ?"
"At this query Stoker betrayed me
a 13118piCiOUS sign, for I-was watching
him, very closely.. He tried, to:look
surprised that'-euch a,quefition, should
ho put to him, , -
. ".11,ow do_ you suppose I know ?"
was the reply. "Ire may haye had a
thousand dollars, and ho may't have
had a dollar, I can't tell." ,
"But where is his - horse ?" asked
the old man. ' '
"His horse, was found in-my yard,
by my hostler, just after breakfast!'
"Was there - any blood on him ?"
"I. guess not." . . ' • =
"At this point Stoker turned away,
and I went to look at - the' deadinan.
The corpse had been-brought up-from
the wayside urion the cordnroyl- and
as I looked dowh'wheis: it- ' , had ''been
_first fouthl i it struck. me thaVtrery lit
tle' bloodi had lintitl`dft tiliarei ;! il;3
. '. ..• 1, :I -,:.; ;',.:=).:
"You martrorait chante r or -';you
~m ay admit that my iperceptiop,„ was
keener,thaa, that Of, MotObpt,.at
all events, my `
mind begani to !take a,
tarn in a direction'. not yet 'eiploted
by the officers who had preceded 'me'
In: the search. lit first' I only .sus= -
pected that-the - man, or, men, Who hadr
committed the, crimes _ : resided in Jack-_
son . or •.Huntkille., r had drawn .. .
' ,.4'3 1 : 1 61igh out_ of two hnntera-to
`convince me of that. suspect='
ed'ibat hanian Stokei. had Bomb hand
in the hloOdy basincas,, .4.0 looked
.fs.p for the work ; and Artthip thepait,
few minutes`he bad 'exhibited 'signs of
which f.O inir Were: `lippar'dzit,
enough. '
Away
Envie f
at the
e Wa•
k. and_
with a
good
e Liar
i'L - oose Strain Indicetw.the way, of
the wind ; -and the man who seeks , to
ferret out great things Must not bass
cwt s W - bN .
not becatse -the gates . had, not -been.
opened,. for hisskull had } lmes . brek6a .
to,p,puinicc r sq was Rai de,n t i tan Oigh)
. (omori p ititverainf - in . - 81:( . dh 'Matters!
that nearly all thi'illOod'inbis body
hid rub' one. But where was - t
From such ;a. man as. that.killed-,by So
furious a wound,.with all the arteries''
and veins ,broken„ .there could not'
have flowed Rua lesS, than two-gal
lons of blood. Bat where was it - r
There bad_ not been_ a pint .
where:the body had lain. 'I looked
to too if I could find blood - anywhere_
else ;:.and hy and by,l bad' found a
clot nearer to the creek. `I °intim',
ed, to inove on, an4.at the, very edge - :
of the stream I found more blood
not mach, only a few drops—but I
'knew ;that' it was blood: • And•l'found
thn'prints otifeet thern-deeply dunk
en in the mud. At this point the
idea which bad before been dimly'
floating in my . mind as a possibility,
became very - . near a reality. These
We id at''SOinc — litfra 'dietifice
froth the sunken bridge; and the man
who had made them: had crossed a
point of turf in reaching the ,road.l
selected a point where. th e , Mud was
quitehard, andd - here step'p'ed along
by thu side - i Wil - 'Other triek. I
was a heavy man, -- and yet the prints
werelnot44ilf SO "deep - as those other'.
prints. /.What did , -this signify ? It
si'gnified -,very. plainly to- me, that the
man' who had -made'. those , deeper
tracks .had. borne a Aleavy ••load.npon
hie ebouldera. _
' "And.thus :I arrived,ata conclusion
which, explained why Abe•search and
investigation of the officers for ,two
years had proved futile.- , They had
searched, the wrong , plaeet. 'Amy
had taken it-for , granted amt . the
t at •ar 4:41-a • • e-iriviiti
now cenviinceS„--,tliil.Shn, dead. body I
had just left had:beeh' borne • to -its
present place of reit from, the shore
of the creek. And vvhat,,was there'
beyond that'?—How came it upon
the shore of the creek ?-'—"Vire shall
presently see.
"I left the proper officers to • take
charge of the corpse, and having told
Mr. Watson to meet me in. Jackson
on the following morning, I 'started
for the latter place, and put up my
horse at the stable:of, the inn—the
inn kept, by LatnamStoker. I found.
the `hostler, shuddered when I
looked at him = not because,he - was
very ugly-looking man, but because
he looked to me exactly fit to •-help
his , 'nester .to do-bloody work He
was a' thin, pale,- cold-blooded fellow,
with a low, receding brow; sharp
cold eyes; a small, triangular, nose,
and 'a thick, heavy Upper lip. If he
hnd Ileen a larger man;those charae
teristic features": : would have been
more prOminent, - and people might
have feared him ; but, as it was, he'
bad passed,for a weakly, unhealthy
man,-and nobody had thought of him
doing harm.
orbs landlord had not , yet, return
ed, and while-the hostler—his, name
was. John Boone—was removing my ,
saddle from my beasi, I Spoke of the
murder 'n the swamp. The' 'fellow
had heard all about.it, but had 'not
been down ,to .see . the body.. His
ma ster had gone, and he, had remain.'
ed.behipd. He,spOke freely itbo'un
cen cern edlY—li n fact, ni doh ,
It Would have been-natural for hini
bave'etbibited'soinelittle feeling;
and the fact that he did not
,do, SO
ed bithself to act his part.
"After I had seen: my bora° taken
.
care of I walked 'out behind We inn,
Upon the brew of a point `of , table
land, and - ti; short.' distance below, I
saw the bend the' creek. ••Toward , ,i
the ,creek I made 'my - Way, and when
within - a. few rods of :the. 'water I'
stopped. I saw something xin• the.
grass—a dark, red eibt,lianging • up
on a stout blade and handing it down.
I stooped and took it -upon miy: fin
gers, and-foundit .0 • be blood ,
pushed .on to the shore ofthe - stream,.
but there .was no, fresh I footprints.
there. ,I Went back a littlii . ivay; and
foand that' the trail turned.- to• the
left, and made to a point of the swamp
which made up behind the bluff upon
which the village, stood. I made my
,way intolhe thicket .. of vines and
Oottonvioodratid preiently I found
hs.boat drawn.up upon, tho,,. shore of
the:preek.• It ff,as of 2 a kind called 'a ; ',
Aagout,' and was_Wet outside'' and
in, as though it .had been lately
washed don. • '
"Perhapis You can- imagine '-:that I
was beginning to be excited in my
search. The• ,boat. had been washed
down and -rinsed ; but the fatal Mark
had not been obliterated. The water
that had gathered -in the bottom,
standing in little pools,' had a .erim
son tinge, and: there were one or two
dark spots which-bad not been wash
"Bo fir AS my "own 4141 was'„son.
WHOLE NO. 840
cerned kbad
,na,doubt left. Since I
first entertained the criminality. of
Laman Steker everythinghad turned
out just-wails:4i looked for it; •and,
whop
. had left the b0at,...1 bad about
come to' the conclu ie - "
on tp 'make my
next movement in my offcial capacity.
When. Ltiad , reached the' inn Stoker
,returned, - and dinner was almost
ready. The host eyed mo skarply,
bUt,l .. .kept my countenance. It did
ire'good t 6 have - him him eyeme in that
fashion, fOr 1 knew that he feared me.
Did-I.not know, why very 'well? In
, short, every event from that., time-
forth_ gave weight: to tho testimony
had already 'Collected.
...Attar:ginner Stoker - milled. hew,
16rig F intended- to , stop EOM:.
had intended to stop over. night, and
meet Watson in the morning, but my
„ sys;eliaua {l • .ke Wretch...ol:lo.w:
S
omet mg 'clot turn up to ,Injure
ny - Caimalf Pdelayed`tOo long. So
tollfbiln' , Ewati:not going- .t'o stop.
tall-7,l,lostioilg. road to travel;
and was a bprry. Whether ,he
was pleased Toth this or • i nuk
not deterthine. 'I Paid 'for dinner for
Myself:arid- h f oria, and away as
quickly as possible, "'and' :rode', post
haste to Huntsville.
"Wattaon opened his eyes with as--
tonishment == when • I —told him
*fiat. 1 had :diaicovered, but
he did not oppose my belief. ,The
whole as I opened it to him in•regu
lar'Sequence struck' -directly to':-his
understanding; and ho only wonder.
ed that he had not thought- of some
thing of the 'kind - before. He was
-ready to act with aie,and our plans
were soon laid. He went out and
engaged three stout men, to accom—
pany us, two of whom were consta
bles, and after tea the whole party
iet forth on our waY 16" '
"We reached the inn ;a little after
dark. Watson and on:e- of , the 'con'
stables wentitothestable and secured
John Boane, - while I went"into the
house; an arrested laithau Stoker.- 7
The, latter, as I - intimated, ',Wag a
powerful fellow, and came vety near
giving us trouble; but a blow from
the butt'of one of my` heavy pistols
reduced his strength somewhat, end•
after that he was easily Aecured.-='
Then We dommenced to search the
•house." We huntwl high and'.
and we had plenty of interested
plc to.help s. Partition walls were
•
torn down, and floors ripped up. We
found the prop"eity of the murdered
man in it secret looker, and in a•
-tank of water, away in one corner of
the cellar, we : found-a •lot : of bloody;
acetne phis titers -;••-vrete 5411111°41- ", carrier to
the
the county jail that very - tit : oll y . ''
"On - the
,ne2tt, day:,,Tohn poon e was
dying.,, He .had been sick with;con
sumption for a I6ng, time, and during
struggle with':' Watson, on the
night before, his strength had- com
pletely failed him. When he knew"
that he could not live, -he declared
that he would make a • clean:. breast
Of it. I• am inclined to : think, :limey
er, that he hoped, laisconfeesion might .
benefit him in case he should - by-any
•
possible means recover.
"This confession ' ; was 'pat what
had expected.' Ife'and-Tdmari Stol
ker had . comrnitfed the inurders---liad
done the killing in the ,- honse, 'and'
then conveyed-the-bodies, by way of
the creek, to the road , in' the swamp.;
and where intirdired men-had horses
they -he,d been taken out of the stable.
by a 4 back w'ay, saddled and bridled;
and loose in the road..The`Whole
plan had' been adroitly contrived;
and; for' tab long, had' been success
fully•executost. ; , _
"3 - Qhn Boone, ...died within three
hours after' his, confession had been
.
made ; but Tatman Stoker lived until
big 'hreath was - Stopped' by the rope
at the liangniam":
SECRETS -OP A GAMBLING HOUSE .
Tits Ilan - 1i Iton..:(Canada ' West l qpec-.
tlitot says that 10 hil.CtlikOh.ief oo
lite• was searching :for. goads lately
stolen from liesifs. - .F.- --W. , Garbs'&
CO.; be discovered affigambling den,"
itbe main room:4 Wilich,is, described'
alt fellows.:. .: .... . • - -• "
:40bere was ate ; ball ,an ;
pa. 0. mar `43 . .. - car. s, an' a . Qt o
*bat' We • 'Wiley() :are. called . 4 nest. '
coin," alhiserd in relieVing - the ',yeti::
dant, ones' at Tairs.and: other gather-.
i'ligs: :Ifttethe giliatbilitinesi bf the
astablisbinentiwas transacted•iii what
wail : oat led . the, :card ;room. This
tlx?m : on tbe second ; flat, about ten or
twelyeleet square and neatly paper: -
.`ed,
.Bird 'a Meet innocent appearance,
but'ution exliMining, the attic over it !
• a 'systein-of telegraphs: was! foutid_to
be arranged, by. whieb tile, itrifortu-,
.nate,_ltetims, .cnnld, in.: a _friendly
.
..gatue . ..o chance , apdWith little 'de n - .
g a
er ) . .thicovery, be nYost thoroughly.
exidiEeetually robbed:- -The entrance
tto this loft was through a small :door '
in the end of the ; building. The ceil
ing of the card room is covered with
wall paper, and there are 'two Small
heles c so neatly, ;out, as to escape de
tection, except upon a most thorough;
examination. Immediately aver t he
confederate Was placed, and so-had a
' full view Of the*Aards in - the:bands of
the victims:— At'...:hitv hand ,:w.as the
handle of. th - fin,
telegraph ...wire,. by
woililiig - whinh' a" very uoiseleis 'but
very'elever sign Ntras given'. about
two feet :' from the I fl001" .. O1 -the
Ira "
Mir The Secretary of War has or
dered the whisltey ration to the
troops to be disoontinued:' The Com
timegu,geneFfti.is, ordered to sell the
whiskey on hand.
' ‘l‘i).lj - t-.-
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SPEECH OF
Gov. B. P. Perry,
OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
At Greenville, S. C. on Monday, the 3d day
of „itos, 1865.
jfr. Chairman.--This public , meeting -of the
citizens of Greenville is one,of deep humiliation
and sorrow. A cruel and bloody war-has swept
over the Southern States; One hundred and fif
ty thousand of our bravest and most gallant men
have fallen'en the ,fields of battle. The land is
filled with mourning widows and embalm
-There-is scarcely a house in whicih there has not
been weeping for some loved one lost. Three
thousand millions of dollars here been spent by
'the Southern States in carrying on this war.-
- And now we are called upon to-give up four
Million- of slaves,: worth," twothousand, millions
o'f dollars more, Ourconntry .has beim ravag
-ed and,desolated. Our pities, teWns and villages
are -smouldering--rains,. -Gonquering azzrues oc.
°ivy the country, The Oonfeciemexims„fallen,
and we have been deprived of all eiv,ilt govern-
Merit and political rights, - We kayo, neitherlaw
n
nor order. There is oproteetion,fer,lifir,4er
ly or property. ' Everywhere , there ces li.
zation ra int): and :murder. Hunger -end starve-
' How different, Mr.., Chairman; in-`ton pint.
and.eharaeter, watothatrmeettug otifhtt; mans
of .Greentille 'just:are, years' age,,1;1411.0 same
building, which' inaugurated ahis most-fatal
bloodyend_dieastrons revellition.•;.Thensall was
joy; hope, exeitement and confidence.
,Seated in
my law office, looking : towarde.this court hanae,
I saw a crowd of persons rushing ht,,comptwed
of college boys and their - professors, - merchants,
mechanics, doctors,- lawyersand ;idler& lion: the
hotels ' ,with a sprinkling of farmers and plan
ters. Soon I heard the public, .speaking com
-meager and the air was rent with the .wild and
raptuous applause 9f-the : trait : id; audience. The
more•extravagent.the denanotatimis of the Union,
the-loader were the Aleuts of •applause., I re
geated in- my, heart the memorable words of
:Christ: "Father-'forgive them, they, knew, not
what - they do." My, mind, was then filled with
-the worst forebodings, as to the future. I thogght
I foresaw all _the evils. hich have since 'befallen
our. beloved country: , But my; palitical influ
ence was gone, and : voice was poWerless to
-stay •thoangry andexeitedleelings army fellow
citizens.'
We were at that time, Mr. Chairman, the most
prosperoueitive and on the face of
the earth. • The sun hadgever ,stiown .on an em.
pire or nation whose future, was more bright.and
,glorious. ' But the ,publio mind bad, unfortu
nately, been,prepared.in tbe Southern States for
• thirty years,paet, for an effort at disunion. The
.people had been indueed to believe 4hat disunion
would be -quiet; blessing,• and athat.it might
-come without war 'and. bloodshed. Thil leading
politicians of the .South were anxiously awaiting
for some plausible pretext.* seceding from the
American . Ifn au. The. eleetion-ofAbraham Lin
eoln.President of tbelfnitirA,States,hy a motion
al party. at the North, was regarded. as a favora
ble opportunity for'accomplishing their long
cherished,-purpose. We • were ;told, after :this
event, that_there was no , longer any safety in the
Union for -slavery or, our. constitutional rights.
But,-Mr. Chairman, the ,madness and: folly of
the Southern States , in commencing this revolu
tion is now manifest to all.-„
There
There was fanati
cism at the _South ,as well as aktbe North. Poli
ticians did all: they. could, in' both notions, to
stir up the worst passions the human • heart,
and to make the people - forget they were fellow
° itisens of one great-Republic. We were told
that the Northern people would not fight,.that
there would be no war, end offers were made to
drink all the blood that would-be shed. Nieto
ry should:have taught them that no . great Gov
ernment, like ours, ever was or could be broken
up without war and altits dire consequences.
Plat "' au ;
there:lmam:ft tatarinilte - traits& e
who
more deeply regretted the secession of the,South
ern ;States than I did at the beginning • of the
revolution ; and there now -in the South
ern States any-one who ,feels more bitterly the
humiliation and degradation, of go ing bask into
the Union than .I do.” Atilt, I know -that we
shall be more , prosperous-and hippy in the Union
• than , out.of it. • • , •
• It has been too common, Mr. Chairman, to at
tribute the failure of this great revolution to the
President of the late Confederacy. This, sir, is
a mistake. The people were, themselves, to blame
forte failure. They were unwilling.to . make
those sacrifices which were essential to its Sue
eese. Many who were, most prtiMitioat the
movement never did anything for-, after.; the
war commenced. Instead of seeking their *op
pOsition, in front of the battle, -they.-sought
"bomb proofs" for themselvea and their eons.—
There wereothers who gopkito "soft places". and
official positions, where they:caul& speenlita and
make fortunes on Goveremeni
• In . -fact,.towards-thedatter latter; part, the Wet it
seemed that every oze was trying.to km* :gift of
thearmy, wed WWI willing to pay anything; and
make-any sacrifice .to .do -so. , When.::ileneral
Johniton-surrendered.hisgrmy, he,'"leadi, on his
muster roll seventy thousand
teen , thousand to, becarried into _ Gen
eral Lee's- army was in ;the' ,Baini
Where were the absentees? hom?, ..otitifur
lough,staying over . their ,•ferletighp, deserted
and straggling!;..At no. thee last
three years of the. war was there more Wan one
third of the Army, ready to. i n to ,hattle !
How was it possible for the Southern people' jo
eueceed; acting thus ? • ,
Congress, too, Mr. Chairman,: 111.4re:41%, to
blame for their exemptions.- All", betWepC the
ages ofeighteen;and forty-fiie should balm been
forced into the army and kept there..., It Matter
ed not whether he was doctor, lawyer,, preacher,
politician,; editor -or school, teaeher, if enable
bodied mac,: he•should7liave,been :sent te:the ar
my. But, _strange to say, the three :ehieses of
men who , were mainly histramentat in tiuDiting
their country , into this mad revolution , , *re all
exempted, by Oongress4rani fiklitingt r, allude
to the politicians, newspaper .edilons, aud, greaph
,ers of the Gospel.- • This wax not fair.Themau
who gets.up fight should alitaietaltel : hielhare
• It has been maid, eed repeated fill; over the
Southern States, that the South lies sustained a
greet loss, in the depthetpresidept liine4n. I
do •n o t think , 50.,... Presiderit,,.Toltusati te flinch
cup a
,the first plaiie he is a Southern , man, : : F so,, Lin
cola wafi'ill'sb:4o"l' man.. He 'As fik. rierat
and Linooln was a Whig and ,Itop#l4
/
.4'residdist Jehneen was a. slavelitdder.,, we . so
, quainted with the institution, and ,ltsAiri.,What
.is proper to be done in the ,gree.t.. 4 elidhle e vOsieh
is taking place. PieelfentLia o4 loi il!i!F *PRY
nnactinninted.Wslthielavery and 4 Sontbals l inititu
' tions., ..President Johnsen fit a man of, Iron, will
andierve, likstAndrew, Jackson and Wilt Ohara
to his prinetiplesind political faith.`... ~ '' 4
- On, the other .hand,,l'reeldent Lltiotiln ;sho , wed
himself to be imitating: more than
.. play in; the
hands of the [vier, ready to change . Lie 'pleas
nres and rincoiles at the, bidding of hie. party.
President Johnson haa filled' iiil the highest, and
=Mat honorable offices in the State of Tennessee
with great. ability and satisfaction to thepeople.
.There is pa stain or.blot on. his private character.
The ablest speech ever_deliiiered in the 'Senate
of the United.Stateheri the, ieines hetWaen, the
North and Senth was made by President'John
son. Ile voted for Breolcitiridge - in the .4kresi
dential convase of 1860. Judging. then,.. from
hie antecedents, "the South should haie every
hope and confidence in him., .
, ... .
Mr. , Chairman, the future, to my:mi nd, is not
so gloomy as some would have . us i )3elieve. I
have , no doubt that, to ten ,Years, • thn . Southern
Statos will be happy and.prosperous again, and
.wo ghall.find that the loss of slavery . will ,be no
loss at•all' to our real comfort and eatisfantion.
The planter and .farmer Slll find that his, net
profits are greater with hired labor than with
slave labor:.. Every land-holder can rent hie
farm or plantation for one-third of the , eross
products. This-is more than he new ,Makes, net,
• after enheieting his slaves.. In. truth, very few
farmers in this rogion of country, mike,any thing
except by the increase of hie slaves.: These are
divided out amongst his children' at his death,
and pursue the game course .of toiling, and strug
gling through life to raise negroes ..fiir their
children. And thua.the'syetera goes on , u 4 in
flation, without profit or remuneration. The
lands are worn out, and the country unimproved.
rf a planter or 'farmer is enabled to save any
thing, after supporting his establishment, it is
isvesteclln ,tbe purchase (if more slaves: ' Renee,
Morehead wealth'idds nothing to the' enjoyment
Of life or to the improvement of the country,