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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 29,1889.
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Great uncertainty prevails in relation
to the views of the administration as
to the recognition as belligerents of the
Cuban insurgents. It seems to blow
alternately hot and cold upon the ques
tion and to entertain each month a dif
ferent opinion about it. A few months
ago it was confidently announced that
the rejection of General Sickles’ propo-
sition to the Spanish Government for
the settlement of the Cuban question,
would be followed by an immediate
recognition by our government of the
Cuban rebels ; but to the great disgust
of the Cuban sympathizers, our moat
noble President changed his mind about
it, and veering around in favor of Spain
lately ordered the release of her thirty
six gunboats which are intended to
operate against Iho rebellious Cubans.
Bui now we have another rumor, which
states with great positiveuess that the
President proposes issuing on the first
of January a New Year's address dec
laratory of liis intention to annex Cuba
to the United states. His excellency
may possibly liuvo arrived at this de
termination, as it Is also rumored that
the Cuban Junta have presented him
with the deed of a fine sugarplantatiou
in the lovely-isle. But the Hpauiah
.Minister may yet defeat the design
with a timely New Year’s present of a
bag ofilouhloons—a sugar plantation is
good, but doubloons are better.
We publish in another column the
nnrrutiveof 11 La Revolution” the organ
of the Cuban Junta in this country, as
to the manner in which tho President
not long since committed himself to the
cause of tho Cuban revolutionists. The
United States have always had acovet
oiis eye upon Cuba, and why the ad
ministration should hesitate bo long
now when tho fair island may be ac
quirt'd without money and without
•price, it is difficult to understand. We
once offered to pay a hundred million
of dollars for it to Spain, and now by
simply recognizing aud encouraging
the revolutionists, we can have the
Spanish Government overthrown aud
get Cuba for nothing.
It is suit! that our Government cannot
-very well recognizo tho Cuban rebels
while wo are complaining of Eugland
and demanding heavy damages from
her, for lliu recognition by her of the
belligerent rights of the Southern Con
federacy. But everybody ktiows that
our claim aguiiiht England for pecuniary
compensation is ull the merest moon
nhiiic and claptrap and that we
have no idea that wo will ever
get a cent. Wo all know that we are
not entitled to any compensation under
any clause of what has heretofore been
regarded as the law of nations, aud the
blustering talk of our newspapers and
our Congressmen is all for buncombe,
England had an uudoubted right to
recognize the Southern States as bel
ligerents, if in her judgment they were
entitled to bo so esteemed ; aud we have
tho same righl to acknowledge tho bel-
ligereney of the Cuban rebels, wliohave
now for more than a year kept up an
4 organized and armed resistance to the
power of Spain. It is to our interest to
recogui/.e them, because it will result in
the annexation of Cuba to the United
Slates ; and nations as well as individ
uals, from earliest history, have goner*
ally done what they had tho power to
do, when it was to their interest to doit.
We assisted Texas in her contest for
independence with Mexico; and now
under precisely similar circumatauees,
why shall we not assist Cuba against
Spain? If we had a man and not a
mouse for .President, we would have
done it long ago.
SUnlon’s Doatli
Edwin M. Stanton is dead, and it is an
undeniable fact that the news of his
death has not been received with either
indilFerence or regret by very many of
his fellow-citizens. He was insolent,
ovorbearingand tyrannical in office,and
administered the duties of his position
with total disregard of the laws of the
land and of the rights of its citizens. —
Ho murdered Mrs. Surratt and lluDg
many innocent men into dungeons
upon tlie merest shadow of suspicion of
their wrong-doing. But since God has
called him home to judgment, these
abundant reasons for contemning his
namo and his memory might have been
forgotten or overlooked beside his still
open grave. But we cannot be expect
ed to forego our thanksgiving that the
Supreme Bench of the United States
has been saved from the imposition
upon it, of so great a despiserof the laws
and the Constitution ofhiS country, as
was this man Stanton. Despite his
well-known total unfitness for the office
of Supreme Judge, he asked for it, and
under'pSrty pressure the President and
tho Senateconferred it upon him. His
death alone could save the country from
the great calamity which would fall
upon it, should be put on the highest
judicial ermine. Man proposes, but God
disposes; WtaDton was called from
earth ; and this disposition of Provl.
deuce is received by the nation with
more than ordinary resignation.
Ashley’s Remoral
In response to rumors concerning the
cause of his removal, Ashley has sent a
despatch from Virginia City, in which
he denies haying made a speech de
nouncing the President’s appointments,
or a speech in Montana against Ihe ne
gro, as a bid for Democratic support, as
oliowa:
Virginia Citt, Deo. 21.—1 never made
a speech anywhere denouncing tho Presi
dent’s appointments, nor a speech in Mou
tana agulnst tho negro, as a bid for Demo
cratic support. On the contrary, in my
meßsuge I congratulated tho Democratic
Legislature of Montana on tbe certaiuty of
the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment,
and recommended that they enact its exact
words into law, A public man ought to bo
judged by his official acts. My record in
favor of the negro and Republican princi
ples has no blot, and if examined will viu
dicate mo against all misrepresentations.
James M. Ashi.ey.
Ought not that to be sufficient to se
cure his continuance in office. Grant
knew all his former misdeeds when he
first appointed him. He was fully
aware of his base attempt to bribe Con
over to perjure himself, in order that a
false story might be batched up con
necting Andrew Johnson with the as
sassination of Abraham Lincoln. He
knew all about his schemes for stealing
land, and had laid before him the letter
he wrote to his confederate thief. Still
he appointed him. Since Ashley has
so strongly asseverated that he never '
denounced Grant, and that he is emi
nently sonnd on the negro we can eee
no reason for his removal that would
not apply to many another Radical ap
pointee. Grant cannot afford to review
either the private or the public charac
ter of the men he has put in office. If
he should do so, with a design to weed
out all the rascals, he would have to
turn out thousands who now occupy
the snuggest berths.
Tbo Georgia Outrage.
The hasty ejection of Georgia from
the Union is the grossest outrage which
the Radical Congress has yet perpetra
ted. It was done for the basest partisan
purposes, and at the dictation of a man
who would be occupying a cell in the
penitentiary, instead of filling the gu
bernatorial chair of the State, if he had
his dues. There is no doubt that Grant
was induced by Governor Bullock to
insert the clause which appeared in his
message relative to Georgia, flfid the
Radical majority in Congress was glad
of the opportunity to impose new and
degrading conditions upon the white
population of the State. Bullock is a
defaulter and a thief, and would have
been impeached and punished if Grant
and Congress had not interfered.
The people of the North may contin
ue to look with indifference upon the
gross outrages which Congress is con
tinually perpetrating, but the time
must come when they will repent them
sorely. Precedents of the most danger
ous character are being Bet, and princi
ples of action asserted which must lead
to disasters of the gravest character. —
Congress has no more right to coerce
the State of Georgiafordenying certain
rights to the negroes, than it has to re
duce New York to a territorial condi
tion, because she rejected the clause of a
new constitution which provided for
the remoyal of a property qualification
from the negroes within her limits. —
Tho Radical majority, have just as
much right to eject the whole Pennsyl
vania delegation from the National
Capital as that of Georgia. The one
State was as much a full member of the
Union when Congress assembled as the
other. General Grant had recognized
Georgia as fully restored toher position
in tho sisterhood of States, and had he
been less ignorant of law would have
felt that lie was estopped from making
such revolutionary recommendation as
that which appeared in his message.—
When lie falJs,so low a i to become the
tool of such a creature, as Bullock, he
sinks beneath the contempt of honora
ble men, and a hundred unconstitution
al acts of a revolutionary congress cau
not redeem liis reputation.
The loud mouthed patriotism of the
Radical leaders is all a sham, and the
profession of love for tho negro the
sheerest falsehood. All they care for
is the continuance of their power, and
to accomplish that one selfish purpose
they are ready to commit the grossest
conceivable outrages. They neither re
gard their oaths of office nor pay the
slightest attention to their mostsolemn
promises. They are ready to break
their plighted faith at a moment’s no
tice. A bill is now before Congress for
reconstructing Virginia, and this is to
bo followed by a similar outrage upon
Tennessee. The Radicals care nothing
for the peace and welfare of the coun
try. They seek only the most selfish
ends, and these they are resolved to
carry out at any and every sacrifice, —
When will tbepeopleof theNorthhave
sense enough to see that they must suf
fer in common with tho people of the
South for every ono of these outrages?
The Names of Newspapers,
Wo have received from Midland City,
a fulure metropolis atpreeent hiding its
light away up In tho wilds of Michigan,
a Jweekly Newspaper called “Bar
tram’s Cheek,” published by W. 11.
11. Bartram, who says in his salutatory
“In selecting a name for our new paper,
wo wanted something expreesive and
characteristic. “Cheek,” which had
been applied to us since an after supper
speech, suggested itself. It was good,
and only needed tho prefix, which we
havo given it, to make it expressive,
characteristic, and individual.”
That tho title of Mr. Bartram’s pa
per is “ individual ” and “ characteris
tic ” we do not doubt, for tho appella
tion of his journal id an amply sufficient
certificate of its owner’s cheekiness, as
it is also of his want of taste aud lack
of intellect.
A good name for a newspaper is a
very good thing and one much to be
desired and diligently to be sought
after. It should be striking, individual,
capable of being easily spoken and
easily remembered. It should, if possi
ble, be significant of the style of the
journal, aud should never be meaning
less and absurd. Oddity in a name is a
recommendation to it, provided it is
also significant. A local name of won
derful oddity may be justifiably given
to a newspaper, and some very strange
ones are given. Thero la a paper iu
Texas called the ” Jimplccutc,” from a
species of grass which grows ou the
Texas prairies; and there is one in
Missouri called the “ Bazoo,” but
wherefore we know not. Indiaua once
had a paper called the “ Sponioon,” and
Louisiana lias one now, called the
“ Homer Iliad ” published at the town
of Homor. A very'expressive, though
shockingly profane title, is that applied
by ils publisher to a certain religious
journal of this city. He calls it the
“ Hell-staver.”
Free Newspaper Circulation,
Acting upon a suggestion contained
in the report of the Postmaster General,
Hon, J. Lawrence Getz, the Democratic
member of Congress from Beiks, of
fered a resolution the other day which
looks to the abolition of the franking
privilege,aud the trarsmissionof news
papers through the mails free of post
age. The motion was referred to the
Committee on Post Offices and Post
Roads. The Postmaster General ex
presses his belief that the department
could very well afford to extend this
boon to the people, if the iniquitous
and burthensomo franking privilege
was abolished. It would be a popular
movement. The present system puts
subscribers to newspapers to consider
able inconvenience, and is a tax on tbe
spread of the most valuable means of
enlightenment. Let the people have
cheap newspapers and they can very
well dispense with tho tons of buncombe
speeches and other trash which is now
carried in the mails at a cost of five
million dollars a year. The newspapers
furnish all the Congressional and other
public matter that the people care to
read.
A Deserved Compliment.
The Fort Wayne (Indiana) Democrat
pays tho following deserved compli
ment to Mr. George Itipper, editor of
the Staat-Zcitung , an able German
Democratic paper published at Harris
burg, which has a circulation in eigh
teen States and in fifty counties in
Pennsylvania!
Mr. George Ripper, the able » 0( ] talented
editor of tbe Pennsylvania ataal 2Seir U j>n
called to see us to-day. Mr. R. is here
the Interest ot his very able and valuable
paper which has a flue circulation in this
part of Indiana. It is a German paper
which is thoroughly Democratic at all times
and under all circumstances, and wo take
great pleasure in recommending it to our
German readers. We found Mr. R. a very
pleasant and agreeable gentleman.
Mr. Ripper’s paper has a very consid
erable circulation in Lancaster city and
county, and it deserved to be still more
extensively taken. It pays attention to
the local news of this county, and is in
all respects a first-class German news
paper.
Grant has signed the Georgia bill,
and that State is thus thrust out of the
Union to undergo again the pangs of a
neW birth,
THE LANCASTER WEEKLY INTTELLiIGrENTOER, WEDNESDAY, DEC ICM BTCT?. <39 18 69
The Assaults Upon the Supreme court.
The Radical majority In our Congress
bears a marked resemblance to the
Radicals who controlled the French
revolution during its bloodiest period.
We see the same contempt for all con
stitutional limitations, the same love of
change, and the same disposition to
carry out each new edict by forcible
means.. The French Assembly did not
hesitate to pass a law to cut the heads
off a certain class of citizens to-day, and
to supplement it by an act to-morrow,
cutting off the heads of all who might
raise a voice against the outrage. Oar
Radical Congress has not gone quite to
that extreme, but it has been and still
is treading in a similar path. Whatever
stands in the way of tho will of Con
gress is to be swept away. That is the
avowed policy of a majority of that
body.
When Andrew Johuson declined to
carry out unconstitutional and out
rageous enactments he was impeached,
and the President of the United States
was only Baved from deposition by the
votes of a little band of Senators who
had still some reverence for law and
some regard for the solemn oaths they
had taken. Now that tho executive
chair is Ailed by a creaturejof their own
chosing (a man who took care to declare
In advance that he would havo no poli
cy of his own, and that he would exe
cute any law that Congress mlghtpass,)
direct assaults upon the executive
branch of the Federal Government are
temporarily suspended, and the Radical
revolutionists are attacking the Judici
ary Department.
With the adoption of a written Con
stitution, such as ours, a Supremo Court
became a necessary part of the govern
mental structure. It was not to be sup
posed that we would always be blessed
with a Congress too wise to pass an
occasional unconstitutional enactment.
The Supreme Court was, therefore,
created, not as a subordinate, but as a
co-equal branch of tho Federal Govern
ment, aud entrusted with certain
powers and duties, not to be iufriDged
upon or curtailed by the other depart
ments. It derives Us existence and its
authority, not from Congress,.but, from
tbo Constitution itself, aud Us jurisdic
tion, as therein defined, cannot be
abridged by any act of the legislative
department.
Before the adoption of the Constitu
tion the question of the jurisdiction of
the Supreme Court received the most
careful consideration at the hands of
the framers of the Government. In No,
78 of the Federalist, in an article “on
tho Constitution and the Judiciary,”
tho right of the court to pass upon the
validity of legislative acts is demon
strated in the most conclusive manner.
The constant action of the court has
been upon that theory. As early as
1791, in Hayburn’s case the Circuit
Court of the United, States for the
district of Now York declared an
act of Congress imposing certain
ministerial duties upon the Cir
cuit Courts to be unconstitutional aud
void. A similar decision was ren
dered at tbo same time by the District
Courts of Pennsylvania and North Caro
lina. In the case ofMarbury vs. Mad
ison, in 1803, when the question first
came before the Supreme Court, the
power and the duty of the Judiciary to
disregard an unconstitutional act of
Congress were affirmed by Chief Justice
Marshall in aD argument, characterized
by Chancellor Kent as approaching to
the precision and certainty of a mathe
matical demonstration. It was held that
the theory of every government with a
written constitution forming the funda
mental aud paramount law of the na
tion, must necessarily be that an act of
tho Legislature repugnant to the con
stitution is void. If void it cannot bind
the Court and oblige it to to give effect
thereto, for that would be to make that
law which is notlaw. It Is theprovince
and the duty of tho Judiciary to say
what thelaw is, and if two laws conllict
with each other, to decide as to the
operative power of each. Ho, if a law be
in opposition to the constitution, and
both apply to a particular case, it is for
the Court to decide which shall govern.
Tho Judges must decide according to
the constitution, which is the funda
mental law of the nation, disregarding
any given legislative enactment, or,
according to the law disregarding the
constitution. Between these conflicting
rules they can never close their eyes on
tho constitution, and see only a law
passed in violation ofits provisions.
From that day to this the course of
“custom” and “traditiou,” the univer
sal tenure of the decisions of the Su
preme Court has been in accordance
with the doctrine laid down. It is upon
the wise aud safe theory that the Su
preme Court has the power to decide
upon the constitutionality of acts of
Congress that our government has pro
ceeded. The right was never question
ed until the revolutionary Radicals of
the present day begau to break through
all-constitutional restraints for the pur
pose of perpetuating power in their
hands. Wheu, iu the McArdle case, a
decision was about to be rendered de
claring certain parts of the reconstruc
tion acts tobeunconstitutional Congress
interfered, and forcibly took the matter
out of the hands of the Judiciary De
partment. Emboldened by their suc
cess, aud induced to such action by
new outrages which are now con
templated, the Radical majority in
Congress proposes to declare itself
Supreme, and to place all the acts of
that body beyond judicial review
or control. The abolition of all restric
lions upon the action of Congress, and
the destruction of every guarantv of
State or individual rights is what is
aimed at by the bill of Mr. Trumbull
and in the speech of Drake. When the
Supreme Court shall be prohibited from
pronouncing upon the constitutionality
of acts of Congress, then the unrestrain
ed will of that body will be tho supreme
law of the land. The majority may
commit aDy and there will be
no power to check or prevent. Judge
Curtis told us years ago wbat would be
the effect of such action, when, in de
livering an opinion, he said :
‘When a strict interpretation of the Con
stitution, according to ihe fixed rules which
govern the interpretation of laws, is aban
doned, and tbe theoretical opinions of
individuals are allowed to control its
meaning, we have no longer a Constitu
tion ; we are under tbo government of
individual men, who, tor the time being,
have power to deolare what the Consti
tution is according to their views of
what it ought to mean. When such a
method of interpretation of the Constitution
obtains, in place of a Republican Govern
ment, with limited and defined powers, we
have a government which is merely an ex
ponent of the will of Congress; or what, in
my opiuiOD, would not be preferable, an
exponent of the individual political opin
ions of the members of this Court.”
It is precisely to that we are coming,
to “a government which is merely the
exponent of the will of Congress.” We
are glad to notice that this revolution
ary scheme has alarmed some of the
more thoughtful Republicans. Even
Carl Shurz, Radical Red Republican
that he is, cannot consent to sanction
the absurdities of Drake. We hope
there may be enough of wisdom and
moderation in the Senate to prevent the
consummation of the contemplated
usurpation. The fight must be made in
that body. It le sadly demoralized, but
we can scaroely believe that it is ready
to annul the plainest provisions of the
Constitution, and to deprive an equal
and co-ordinate branch of the govern
mentof its most valuable and necessary
powers.
Should Congress pass an act such as
is contemplated, it would be the plain
duty of the Supreme Court to declare it
null and void. Were that body com
posed of great lawyers, who could rise
above partisan motives, such would un
questionably be its action. The danger
is that such creatures as Stanton may
soon constitute a majority in what was
once the most-august judicial fcribnnal
of the world. When tbatcomestobe the
case, a Radical Congress need no't fear
Interference with any unconstitutional
act it may pass for partisan purposes.
The Supreme Coart will have sunk to
the level of the present executive and
legislative departments, and will be a
mere exponent of tbepoiitical opinions
of a party.
The Quay Libel Bolt.
The developments made iu the libel
suit of Quay vs. the Pittsburg Commer
cial are decidedly rich. The article of
the Commercial chargesMr.Qaay with
having corruptly-obtained money while
a member of the Legislature. In the
preliminary examination before qelAl
derman, who seems to have been ready
to decide exactly as the counsel of Mr.
Quay dictated, the defence undertook to
show that Mr. Quay was a poor man
when he went to the Legislature in
18G5, and that he obtained large sums
of money for his votes and influence in
that body. Mr. Quay’s counsel objected
to one question after another, and the
Alderman invariably sustained the ob
jections. Among other questions ask
ed, which Mr. Quay thus declined to
answer, were the following:
Qaestion—At and about the lime of the
election of Speaker in 1807, did you have the
command of $13,000 to be used in your own
election as Speaker, or in the election of
any person as United States Senator ?
Question—State whether during the ses
slou of the legislature of 1867, while you
wero a member, you received any money,
notes, bonds or other valuble consideration,
other than your pay as a member, from any
source whatever?
Question—State whether In the latter part
of 1866 you did not have a note discounted
at the Mechanics’ Bank of Harrisburg, for
$6,000 ?
Qaestion—Did you not, about three week.®
after the election of Senator in 1567, take up
that note for S6,COQ ?
By Mr. Hampton—State whether during
the time yoa wero a member of the legisla
ture you became the owner of $lO,OOO or
$12,000 worth of stock of the Uniou Kail .vay
Qompany of Philadelphia?
Question —Did you propose last full to Mr.
A. P. Tutton, supervisor of internal rove
nue, in Philadelphia, that if h ) would U'»|
seize two or ihree distilleries in Pbilari* 1
phia $60,000 could bo reaJae.l by the opera
tion?
Qnealion—Y*’ero you present at any lime
when an offer w'as uihuo to Mr. Tutton,
that if bo compiled with tho proposition
made In the foregoing question he would
be handed an envelope containing $l,OOO
every Saturday evening for some weeks ?
During the examination Mr. Quay
professed to be willing toanswera num
ber of the questions to which his coun
sel so sternly objected, and at one point
he explained the motives which gov
erned bis course by declaring that he
“ would only decline to answer for the
sake of the Republican party .”
That declaration certainly does read
very strangely. Here we have a prom
inent ex member of tho Legislature, the
Secretary of the Republican State Cen
tral Committee, declining to say wheth
er he took bribes, and whether he un
dertook to bribe a revenue officer, and
all 11 for tho sake of the Republican
party.” ‘
The counsel for the defense finally de
manded that the case be dismissed and
the defendants discharged. They based
this demand upou the ground that the
prosecutor was bouud to go upon the
witness stand and testify, and that in
declining to answer the questions put
upon cross-examiuatiou he had depriv
ed the defendants of their legal rights.
The magistrate could Dot see it in that
light, and he held the proprietors of the
Commercial to answer to the Court of
Quarter Sessions in the sum of twenty
five hundred dollars each.
It is to be hoped tbeCourtof Quarter
Sessions of Allegheny county will not
construe Jaw as the examining magis
trate did. Let the doors be opened wide
so as to permit Mr. Quay to answer ful
ly. Let us know how tho Republican
party is implicated iu the acts of Mr.
Quay. We think we can guess, butwe
would like to have a full explanation
from one who holds so prominent a
placo iu that organization. Let us
know tiie grounds ou which Mr. Quay
declines to answer—" for the sake of the
Republican party.”
Stanton’* Unllkcness to Graut.
Edwin M. Stanton had numerous
faults and vices but he was not without
his virtues. It is impossible for us to
feel any admiration for his character
although the general darknesss of its
outlines is relieved by some redeeming
traits. He was a man of intellect and
of energy; aud he was not avaricious
nor purchasable with money. He died
poor aud bad mauliness enough to re
fuse to rt-ceivy pecuniary gifts which
were tendered him by hia friends. He
stopped thus far short of the Ignominy
of President Graut, who habitually
covets the possessions of his friends and
complacently receives all the money
aud stocks, horses and houses that are
tendered him. This one virtue, if he
truly possessed it, will go a good way in
expiatiou of Stanton’s sins; and that
he did have it, we have the evidence
of Chas. A. Dana, Editor of the New
York Sun, who was Assistant Secretary
of War during the rebellion. The Sn.i
says :
When Mr. Stanton wont into the cabinet
of Mr. Lincoln bis law practice was worth
$120,000 per annum. He was six years Sec
rotary ot War, and iu all that time he spent
hia salary and drew upon his privute for
tune so largely that when, about two years
ago, ho left tho department, ho found his
property till gone but liis dwelling, and for
the lust two yea is ho h.tn bad to resort to
his profession to secure the menus to live.
THE SECRETARY'S PRIDE
He was 100 sensitive to let any one know
his circumstances, und toiled when he
should havo rested und recuperated. Two
weeks ugo he made au argument before Jus
tice Sway ue, that tho latter pronounced one
of the finest and ablest be ever heard in hia
life. He would not tuke a case without
earning his fee, aud did not charge one
third tho value of his services. A month
ago he was sent a handsome retainer, in
the case of tin* State of Pennsylvania vs.
the Credit Mobilier Ho wrote to Louis
Hall, wlm 1 (.‘presented the State of Penn
Hylvaniu, and asked him aaapersomtl favoi
to let the case rest until he had time to ore
paro himself to bo heard for tho Credit Mo
bilier; that he had orilyj ust been employed,
aud ho would not go ioto court with my
case until;he understood it iu n’l its bear
ings. Hall wrote refusing any delay. The
trial must come off ou the ensuiag Monday.
Then Stanton returned the fee, aud he wrote
that he could not do the company justice on
so short a nolico lor preparation. He need
ed it (that money; badly, too, but ho could
not keep it, because he could uot feel that
be conlu earn it on so short a notice.
REFUSAL OF $100,0)0.
Few persons outside the circle of Mr.
Stanton’s most intimate friends are Hware
of the fact that a proposition was made
soon n:ter bis retirement from office toglve
him a purse of §lOO,OOO. This project Mas
conceived by some wealthy merchants at a
private diuner party in this city, and the
full omouut was raised on tbe spot. The
next question was how lo induce Mr. Stan
ton to accept the gift. Judge Pierrepont
was deputed to execute tbe delicate mission.
He accordingly went to Washington. He
first broached the subject to Mrs. Stanton,
who replied that she did not believe her
husband would uccept the present.
Mrs. Stanton said Ibatahe would mentiou
it to him on the first favorable opportunity.
Mr. Stanton wus in the next room and
probably overheard the conversation
Judge Pierrepont then went in to Btehim.
He was sitting as an invalid in his arm
chair.
” He received me,” said Judge Pk-rro
pont, “with bis old kind smile, and al
though very feeble, made an attempt to
rise to shake bunds, I conversed with him
on difiereut subjects, but I did not make
allusion to our project of presenting him a
purse. Finally I arose to take my leave.
I was just about to open the door when he
said:
'* l Pierrepont, come back : I have some
thing to say to you.’ ”
14 1 returned. Having taken a seat by Ills
side, he gently laid his bund upon my
shoulder, und, looking me straight in the
face, feelingly said:
“‘I have always regarded you us my
friend, Pierrepont. You are going away
now, and I may never see you again. lam,
as you see, upon a bed of siokness, from
which I may never rise. I want you to do
me a favor. When you go back to New
York, tell my friends there and elsewhere
not to raise any money or other gifts for
me, for I must refuse them all. They have
my thanks for their kind intentions, but I
can never and will never accept a cent os a
gift from even my best friend.’ ”
“ ] promised t 6 comply with his request,”
continued Mr. Pierrepont, “ and the result
was that the project was abandoned.”
Recently Mrs. R. Singleton, attempted to
drown herself in the Allegheny river, at
Pittsburg, by throwing herself from a flat
boat, into the stream. She was rescued by
Mr. Adams, of tbe firm ot Adams <fc Bro.—
She Is abont thirty years of age, and has
a husband and four children. She been
ill for several weeks, and it is supposed that
she is partially deranged.
THE CUBAN BATTER.
Extraordinary Interview In Wmblngton
—a Cabinet Scene*
Frcm La devolution iCabatuFaper), D» 23.
.Ontbe2sihofJune l last J at night, there
arts held a conference at thehouse of the
Secretary of Stale, Mr. between that
gentleman and Mr. Morales Lemns. The
Secretary opened the interview by propos
ing the good offices of the United States in
bringing about an understanding between
Spain and Cnba, which would end in the
pacification of tbelalandaod the recognition
ofits independence,to which end he present
ed a memorandum containing four bases
of an agreement to be offered to Spain.
These were:—l. A recognition of the inde
pendence of Cnba by Spain. 2. The pay
ment on the part of Cuba of f 100,000,000 in.
cash, or upon time, according as might be
agreed upon. 3. The abolition of slavery
in the Island. 4. An armistice pending
negotiations. Mr. Fish asked of Mr.
Learns his written approbation of these
articles. The Minister of (Juba commenced
the Conversation by attempting to convince
the Secretary that this mediation would
result in nothing, and in support of that
view used a number of arguments, but gave
his consent at last, because he was persuad
ed that the American government would not
cease In its efforts, and because, as the offered
propositions were explicit, fce was induced
to believe, in case mediation should not be
accepted by Spain, that the United States
government woald aid Cuba in rapiply
securing its independence. So be put his
signature to this document, which only
amounted, in fact, to an approval of the
propositions enunciated. Mr. Fish kept
the original; a copy was afterwards sent to
Mr. Lemns. The American Plenipotenti
ary selected to present these propositions
was Gen. Daniel E. Sickles. Fearing tbo
part that this gentleman years ago had taken
in the famous Congress of CLtend might be
an obstacle to his reception in Spam, Mr.
Fish telegraphed to Gen. Prim the news of
the nomination of Sickles and the object of
his mission. The Spaniard replied, accept
ing the man sent, as well as the matter of
his mission, and sometime thereafter, viz.,
in the month of Jnne, the Minister of the
United States embarked for Europe. Ar
riving in Spain at the end of July, almost
before presenting his credentials he sub
mitted the propositions which he bad
brought along with him. Spain manifested
a disposition to sell Cuba to the United
States', but the proposition submitted show
id tlm f this was not the object sought,
ilenao tbo Madrid government answered
that it accepted in principal tho American
mediation, but that on its part it proposed
the following new basis: i. That Cubans
should lay down their urras; 2. That
equally should the Spanish volunteers iu
lav aside their arms ; 3. Tbatdeputies
sbculd le elected to tho Cortes; 4. That
ibt ves-hould demand in Congress, if they
wished, the independence of the Island, and
the government should support their peti
tion to that end with its influence. In order
that these propositions might be communi
cated and discussed, Mr, Fish called iu Mr.
Lemus, who explained to the former the
evident and palpablo motives which
had iuspired the opposition of Spain iu
accepting the good offices of tho United
States, motives that wore double-faced
aud treacherous. Iq this view of the
matter, the Secretary coincided, and there
upon telegraphed to Madrid, refusing to
accept the variations which had been for
warded to him by the same means of com
munication. Thereupon, Mr, Fish sent to
Mr. Sickles the celebrated note which so
much excited the Spanish journals, and,
after a few days, the Spanish cabinet said
that if respcctjully declined the good offices
of the United States. Mr. Sickles then
withdrew tho propositions. In the Cabinet
meeting which was held at Washington
about the Ist of September, ut which
General Rawlins assisted, the Cuban
question was discussed. At that time
Spain had not declined mediation, but
the result had been foreseen. Iu this
meeting it was agreed to grant that power
ten days’ time longer within which to ac
cept or refuse, and in case she did refuse,
as was probable, it was decided on the 30 th
of September toi&sue a proclamation recog
nizing Cuba as a belligerent. Mr. Fish aud
Mr. Hoar opposed, while Mr. Rawlins was
in favor of ibis action, Tbo Jatter spoke
with so muoh energy, that when he was
about to conclude he said to the President;
44 Excuse me for speaking with so much
warmth, but sometimes I feel as though
I were still your aid de-cqmp on the field of
battle.” The President heard tbo whole
discussion with his accustomed calmness,
aud ended tho meeting by handing to his
Ministers a piooe of paper on which he had
been writing, and wblch contained the
words : “The proclamation on the 30tb.”
To these the Executive had added. "That
is my decision in the matter.” This occurred
the first day ot September. The end of that
month came; then October and November,
when on the fifth of December the Presi
dent said in biß message what all the world
knows. On last Monday Mr. Fish present
ed to tbo Senate all the information that he
could communicate on the subject of Cuba,
but said not a word, nor did be transmit u
document, with respect to this curious aud
remarkable transaction, which wo havo
stated in a few paragraphs, faithful us ho
was to the negative which he had already
given to the Hou«o of Representatives 111
this particular. To-day the people of the
United States have the truth before them.
Lincoln almost n Nntcido.
A correspondent of tho Philadelphia Tost
gets off the following remarkable story
about Lincoln’s despair ut the battle oi
Chaucollorville, which he says was related
him by the late Edwin M. Stuntou :
Mr. Lincoln was very Beuallivo of the
criticisms of the newspaper pros?, believing
it. os be asserted, the true voice of the poo*
pie. The failures of McDowell and Mc-
Clellan and Burnside and Pope with the
Army of the Potomac, and the accompany
ing criticisms oftho newspapers had almost
cruzed him. 'lime and again hewould free
himself from the White House and seek
Mr. Slanton’a'littio olßce,tbe only place in
Washington, he olten remarked, where he
was free from bores. He often talked to
Mr. Stanton of resigning or pressing on
Congress the property of giving control of
the army and navy to military men. It
was during this period that he conceived
the idea of puttiug Hooker in command of
the Army of the Potomac and have him
make an effort for success. He had a
good opiuion of Hooker thinking him an
honest and sincere patriot and soldier.
He put him in command Rnd did every*
thing in his power to make him light what
he wanted to make the closing battle of the
war. Accordingly when Hooker got under
way and news came that at Chancellor*
ville ho would make his light, Mr. Lincoln
was in the greatest slate of mental excite
ment. Prom the time that Hooker.began
to march until the smoke of battle had
cleared from the fatal field of Chancellor
ville he scarcely knew what it was to sleep.
It will be remembered tin* light lasted three
days. During the first two days it looked
as if Hooker was about to accomplish
what so many had failed to do, but
early on the third day the usual hull hour
despatches began to make matters look
worse. That whole day Mr. Lincoln was
miserable He ate nothing, uud would see
no one b"' Mr. c tanton. As it grew dark
the desp:* i'-'- 0 •• ised coming altogether.—
ThePre-t '> •• • would walk from the White
House tin Wnr Department and anxious
ly inquire for Hooker. The uighl was dark
and stormy—about as mean a night as was
ever experienced in Washington. About
seven o’clock the President closed bis visits
to the War Department. Au hour after
wards a despatch of an indefinite character
was received and Mr. Stanton hurried with
it to the White House. He found Mr. Lin*
coin walking the room, and as ho entered,
the agonizing appearance of tlin man so
! terrified him that it was with dilficulty lie
j could speak. Mr. Lincoln walked to hint
J likoa wild man, and seizing the despatch
from bis band, read it, andsimply remark
ed ; “Stanton, there’s hope yet!” At Mr.
Stanton’s solicitation he accompanied him
to the War Department where they agreed
lo spend the time together until something
dtfiuiie was heard from Hooker. For four
hours, the longest and most woarisome of
his life, said Mr. Slanlon, they waited be
fore the despatch announcing the retreat of
Hooker was received. When Mr. Lincoln
read it, hethrew up his hands and exeluim
i ed, “My God, Stanton, our cause is lost.
We. are-rained, and such a fearful loss of
life. My God, Ihis is more than I can en
dure.” He stood trembling like a leaf, his
face of a ghastly hue, the perspiration roll
ing from hia brow. He put ou bis bat and
eouf, an.l began pacing the floor. For
five initiates ho wu-* silent, and theu
turning to Stanton he said, “ ff I um not
about early to morrow don’t feel alarmed.
Defeated ugaiu and so many killed, Wbat
will the people say ?” As hu made the re
mark be went to open the door to go out.
His actions alarmed Mr. Stanton, and he
etopped him and entreated him to return,
that they might talk and act like men.
With difficulty ho had him return, and Mr.
Stanton began to try cheer him. He finally
got him to assent to retire to bed, and leave
for the army together next morning—
which they did. Lincoln afterwards told
Mr. Stanton that when he'spoke to him
about not being alarmed if he was not
about the next morning, he had fully made
up his mind to go to the Potomac and
drown himself. Mr. Stanton said ho
thought at the time be contemplated sui
cide, and never felt so frightened during his
lifetime.
Wbyn New War OOlco is to be ISaiU.
T_e Washington correspondent of the
Boston Journal writes as follows:
“ Another piece of proposed extravagance
is the erection of anew War Department.
The building now used had an extra story
put on it a few years ago, and it is now
large enough lor the naes of a peace estab
lishment. But the trouble is that during
the war a large number of military officers
were brought into the department, to super
intend the extra clerks necessarily employ
ed. The work has now fallen off, and
scores of extra clerks have been dismissed;
but many of the military officers remain, like
so many barnacles , and they require rooms
and anti rooms for their dignity. If a score
or so of these gentlemen in “ blae coats and
brass buttons,” who now receive three or
four thousand dollars each—some of them
much more—in the shape of pay, rations,
allowances for servants, forage, and com
mutations in various forms, could be sent
to the plains to fight Indians, and clerks
appointed in their places, there wonld be no
lack of desk room. lam glad to learn that
a resolution is to be Introduced into the
House-early in the coming session, calling
for a detailed statement of every dollar
paid, directly or indirectly, to every army
officer who has been on duty here daring
the year drawing to a close. This will
show that the only necessity for a new War
Department is to provide a costly hive for
these martial drones.”
Death of Ex-Secretary Stanton.
Washington, Dec. 24.
The community this morning was star*
“«by the report of the death of Hon.
EamaJi. Stanton. As his friends only a
rew days before had the announcement that
? e i> Qt surely recovering hia
heMUi, the aad intelligence was the more
startling. Many persons at first refused to
believe that the report was correct, but they
were soon convinced of ibe truth. Little
more than a week ago he made an anru
ment before Associate Justice Swavne in
chambers, in the Whitney and Mowry case
and it was admitted by those present that
it was one of the ablest arguments he ever
made, and which satisfied even himself.
Mr. Stanton had been confined to his house
for about one week. The President and
Vice President called on him last Sunday,
his fifty-fourth birthday, when the former
tendered to him the appointment of Asso
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court. Tho
next day the nomination was made, and
confirmed without the customary reference
to the appropriate committee. Representa
tive Hooper, of Massachusetts, passed an
hoar with Mr. Stanton on Sunday, soon
after the President and Vice President left
the house, and represents that he was then
in cheerful spirits, though lying on his
conch from weakness.
Thursday Mr. Stanton complained of his
sickness, but his family were not alarmed
as to a fatal result, as be had apparently
teen in a worse condition previously.
Shortly after midnight his symptoms be
came alarming. Surgeon General Barnes
was present on his accustomed visit, bnt
found it impossible to afford relief. Rev.
Dr. Starkle, of the Epiphany (Protestant
Episcopal), of which Mr; Stanton was a
member, was summoned, but shortly after
ward the sufferer lost consciousness, and
was unable to converse with any one. The
pulsation of his heart ceased for a few sec
onds, and then returned very faintly. It
was not until half an hour before his de
cease that his family could realize that he
was dying. About three o’clock he ex
pired. Surgeon Barnes says he never
saw a man dio so qnletly, his life
breathing away without a struggle.—
He died of congestion of the heart. At hi 3
bedside in these last moments were his
family, consisting of Mrs, Stanton; bia
eldest son, Edwin L. Stanton; Elia, hia
eldest daughter, about twelve years of age;
Lewis, his second son, nine years of age,
and Bessie, his youngest child, fiye years
old, Mr. Stanton was born in Steuben
ville, Ohio. His mother is living in that
State. A telegram was sent to her this
morning, A large number of prominent
citizens and gentlemen holding high official
positions to-day oalled at the late residence
of the deceased, some of them being unable
to credit the report of his death, so unex
pected and sudden, until they had satisfied
themselves by personal inquiry. The
President has issued the following order
relative to the death of ex-Secretary Stan
ton:
Department op St'ate,
Washington, D. C., Dec. 24, 1;
t L), (J., Dec. 1809. J
The following announcement or the death
of lion. Edwin AT. Stanton la published by
direction of the President.
(Sigued) Hamilton Fish.
Executive Mansion.
Washington, D. G\, Dec. 24,1869. j
The paiufui duty devolves upon the Presi
dent of announcing to tbo people of tbo
United States the death of one of its qiost
distinguished and faithful servants,tbo Lion.
Edwin M. Stanton, which occurred in this
city at an early hour this morning. Ho was
distinguished in ibo councils of the nation
during the entire period of its recent strug
gle for uational oxiatenoe, tirst as Attorney
General, then as Secretary of War. He was
unceasing in his labors, earnest and fear
less in the assumption of the ;responsibiil
ties necessary to his country’s success, re
spected by all good men, and feared by
wrongdoers. In his death tbo Bar, the
Bench, aud tbo Nation sustain a great loss,
which will bo mourned by all.
As a mark of respect to his memory, it is
ordered that the Executive Mansion und
Ihe several departments at Washington be
draped in mourning, und that all business
be auspenuod on the duy of the funeral.
V. S. Grant
Department of State. )
Washington, D C., Dec. 21,1809. }
Pursuant to the President’s order of this
d ae the DepartmeutofStatewill bedraped
in mourning, and all business suspended
on Monday next, the 27th insf., the dav of
the funeral of the late Hon. Edwin M.
Stanton.
(SiguedJ Hamilton Fish.
Similar orders have bean issued by each
of tho other Departments.
Tbe Justices of tho Supreme Court now
in Washington—Chief Justice Chase and
Justioe Clifford, Swayne, Miller and Field
—being present, ha*d a conference this
morning, with a view to take charge of tho
funeral of Mr. Stanton, bat on consultation
with Secretary Belknap it was thought
more appropriate tbut the funeral services
should be under tho control oi the Depart
ment of War. Tho pall-bearers will bo
General Belknap and Mr. Creswoll, repre
senting the Cabinet; Senators Sumner and
Carpenter, Associate Justioe Swyaue, of the
United States Supreme Court, and Chief
Justice Carter, of the Supremo Court of this
district; Surgeon Genoral Barnes, Adjutant
General Townsend, United Slates District
Attorney Pierrepont, of Now York; Gener
al T. T. Eckert, and two members of the
House of Representatives yet to be selected.
The Star says:
“ The death of Mr. Stanton was first an
nounced to tho President who was walklug
on Pennsylvania Avenue at the time, by
Senator Williams, The President's first re
mark was one of surprise, and when assured
of the fact, his head dropped upon his breast
and ho showed much emotion.
The body is laid out in the front room,
on the second floor of his late residence—
the room in which be died—und attired in
a plain black dress suit. The arrangements
for the funeral are under tho direction of
Hon.-Samuel Hooper, of Massachusetts, an
intimate frieud of the family, and the cere
monies wiil take place at tho house of the
deceased on Monday at noon. The remains
will be interred at Oak Hill Cemetery,
Georgetown, where Mr. Stanton has a lot
and where oue of his children is buried.
runernlttbseqatcs of E. X. Shantou.
Washington, Dec. 27.—The funeral ob
sequies of the late Secretary were conducted
this afternoon, in aquietand plain manner,
at the late residence of the deceased. All
display and pomp were eschewed. Services
of the Episcopal church were performed by
Rev. Dr. Starkio, of the Church of the
Epiphany, assisted by two other ministers.
The floral displuy was the finest ever wit
nessed. The cofiiu was covered with
beautilul wreaths, crosses and boquets,
all of which were tributes from the
wives of distinguished ineu of the na
tion. The following named gentlemen
officiated as pall bearers: Secretary Bel
knap, Postmaster General Cresswell, Sena
tors Sumner and Chandler, Justice Swayne,
Chief Justice Cartter, Representatives Judd
and Hooper aud Surgeon General Barnes
and Adjutant General Townsend. On
conclusion of tho burial service, at 12
o'clock, tho remains wero placed in a
hearse drawn by four white horses, and
tho procession, consisting of one hundred
carriages and numerous delegations, start
ed fur Oak Hill, where tho body was placed
in the family vault. The President, Vice
President, members of the cabinet, heads
of departments Judges, Senators, Repre
sentatives, foreign Ministers, distinguished
army and uavy officers, and many other
prominent citizens of the Union were pres
ent. Strange as it may appear, Mr. Stan
ton died a poor man, leaving little or
nothing for the support of bis family. A
movement is a'reaily ou foot to rai.,e a fund,
and no d-.-übt liberal sums will bueuiiUib-
iUoffraplilcnl.
Edwin M. Stanton is of Quaker descent.
Hih ancestors emigrated from Rhode Island
to North Carolina about the middle of the
eighteenth century. His grandparents were
Benjamin and Abigail Stanton, whoresided
near Beaufort, in North Carolina. The
maiden name of the latter was Abigail
Macy, and sho was a descendant of that
Thomas Macy who was perhaps the earliest
: white settler cl Nantucket, and whose flight
thither, upon pursuit for giving shelter to a
hunted-down Quaker, is the subject of one
of Whittier’s poems. In the year 1800 the
widow of Benjamin Stanton, the Secretary's
grandfather, removed to Ohio. One of her
children was Dr. David Stanton, who mar
ried Luoy Norman, a native of Culpeper
county, Virginia, daughter of Thomas Nor
man, h*q. Her father was a Virginia plant
er, who resided near Stevensburg, uud was
owner of the farm on which was fought, in
1602, the battle of Codar Mountain. ' Dr
David Stanton was an eminent and highly
respected physician in Steubenville, Ohio
His eldest child was Edwin M. Stanton
who was born at Steubenville, Ohio. De
cember 19th, 1815.”
Mr. Stunton began life at the age of thir
teen, as a clerk in a bookstore in Steuben
ville; he subsequently went to college,and
afterwards studied law, became prosecuting
attorney of Harrison county, Ohio, and re
porter of the State Supreme Court.
In 1847 he began to practice law in Pitts
burg, as a partner of the Hon. Cbas. Sha
ler, and although still retaining an office at
Steubenville, his attention was chiefly
given to cases before tbe courts of Pennsyf
vanlajapd IhefUnited States District, Clr
cult and Supreme Courts. Amongtbe most
important caßes In which he was encaged
were those known as the "Erie War” case
in which he was counsel for tho railroad
company ; and the Wheeling Bridge caae
which he conducted aa counsel for the Btate
of Bennsylyania. In the latter part of 1856
he removed to Washington olty, to attend
to his practice before the Sapreme Court of
the United States, in which he had acquired
a leading and lucrative practice. In 1858 he
went to California aa special counsel for the
government in certain land cases.involvinn
public interests of gpeat magnitude, and for
he
whiUi before
the United States Circuit Court at Cinoin
nati, in a suit arising out of the conflicting
interests of the Manny and McCormick
r ® a P‘?B “ a chine (it was at an earlier stage
°f this litigation, in 1859, and at the same
place that he first met Mr. Lincoln, who
was one of thelcoansel on the same side,)
he was nominated to the office of Attorney
General by President Buchanan.
At the expiration of Mr. Buchanan's term
he resumed his profession. On the 20th of
January, 1802, he was appointed by Mr.
Lincoln Secretary of War. He continued
a member of Mr. Lincoln’s,, cabinet,
throughout the rest of his first term, and
during his second term Up to the time
of Mr. Lincoln’s assassination. On the sth
of August, 1867, Mr. Johnson requested his
resignation, upon the ground of public con
siderations or a high character, but Mr.
Stanton refused to resign. On the 12th of
August Mr. Johnson notified him of his
mspension from the office of Secretary of
W? 1 .? ft 8 ““P® of 0118 ttrUdB
Uw particulars of tho im
rt t ?«. en Stanton in the
“?E^ n ., 0f * Bre&dU <>'’' Hisrelations
cCldl S l End the peninsular
«mpato ; his muttons to the rebel exenr-
Jots in the Shenandoah Valley and the
defense of the capital; his relations to the
of armies and commanders; the
boilding np and pulling down of military
reputations; the plans of campaigns; the
recruiting of the army; the polioy of the
government ou the question of slavery, and
a score of other matters, almost equally
important, would famish material for vol
umea. Hewas throughout Mr. Lincoln's
administration all-powerful. It was with
reference to some robust action of Mr.
.a 8 ?*? 8i “ opposition to bis own wishes
that Mr. Lincoln, In reply to a personal ap
peM for aid, made the jocose remark, bo
OfMn tmn° W ' (Lincoln) had very
mile influence wtth this administration.-
Washington 4 far.
Oblo and the fifteenth Amendment.
The R&dleals in Ohio appear to bo des
tined to experience serious trouble In re
gard to the fifteenth amendment The last
legislature rejected it and now the Radi
cals, although claiming everywhere else
that when a legislature has once voted upon
the amendment all power of the State over
It ends, have been making great prepara
tion to rescind the action of the last Legis
lature and indorse it at the next session.
The party at best has a very doubtful ma
jority to base .this proposed action upon.
The Radical majority in the Senate, count
ing two reformers who were elected by
Democratic voters, is only one. Senator
Russel],ioneol the’Radical Senators, recently
died, leaving the body a tie. even counting
the two reformers as Republicans. Then,
again, the President has appointed Mr.
Potts, another Radical Senator, Governor
of Montana, z. His* district is so close that
the leaders of the party dare not risk an
election, fearing that his successor will bo a
Democrat.
To lose the fifteenth amendment is to lose
the power of the Radicals to assume from
Washington full control of tho election
machinery throughout the country under
the plea of enforcing lhat amendment. Tho
leaders thus far insist that Potts shall de
cline the Governorship of Montana and
let Ashley remain. But this Gover
norship is considered a good thing,
and Potts cares more about it than
he does the fifteenth amendment. This, of
course, enrages Senator Sherman from
that State, who threatens-to prevent Pott’s
confirmation if he does not hove his name
withdrawn. This shows tho determination
of the party to put.the amendment through,
and gives something of an idea to what
extent they will go in interference with tho
elections in the several States to ouforco it
if it is adopted. It will also be seen that
Ohio is not In a very pleasant or amicable
condition for ibe Rudical party, in tho in
dorsement of tho schemes o! that party.—
N. Y. World.
Shaker llabeaa Corpus Case.
A suit has been pending for several
months past, before the Supreme Court of
the Third District, for the recovery of a
child held by the Now Lebanon Shakers.
Tho suit was brought by Mrs. Barbour who
at one time joined the Shaker family, and
while there bound one of her children us
an apprentice to that family. Mrs. li.ir
bour became disgusted with Shaker life,
left the community, but was prohibited
from taking her child with her. She ap
plied for a habeas corpus, und a lengthy
trial followed, during which there has been
considerable scandal iu regard to the pri
vate habitsof some of the more promluent
brethren and sisters of that community.—
So much so that Elder Evans has preached
two or three sermons denouncing those who
had testified against them. Oue of these
sermons was noticed in The World in Sep
tember last, during the progress of the
trial.
Judge Miller, of Columbia County, has
at length rendered his decision ordering
that Uie child shall bo given to Its mother.
He declares in bis decision that ho enter
tained no doubt but that the child bad been
well taken euro of, and '* that he felt bound
to say that he did not think the evidence iu
this case establishes that there are any mat
ters oonneotod with the society to which the
respondent Is attached whioh render it im
proper lhat she should remain there.” The
decision In favor of Mrs. Barbour appears
to have rested solely upon the fact that the
papers of indenture were imperfect, and the
child was therefore left without a legal pro
tector. la this view of the case, he ordered
lhat the child should be placed in the cus
tody of her mother.— N. Y. World.
Petroleum Items.
The new well on the Alamagoozlem tract,
owned by Fisher, Bates’ tfc Co., was tested,
and is now producing 26 barrels per day.
At a recent sale of oil stocks in PhiladeN
pbla, 2,400 shares Northwestern Oil Compa
ny sold at one dollar for the entire lot.
The Woods Farm, near Petroleum Cen
tre, has now thirty producing wells, with
un averago yield of seven barrels to eaoh
well.
The Parkor district now averages over
1,300 barrels of oil daily. The new wells
lately struck prove to bo better iban the
first strikes.
Three new wells will be tested on West
Hiokory. The excitement la that vicinity
is increasing, and a large amount of terri
tory la being leased and purchased by capi
talists.
Oil matters are exceedingly active at
Story Farm, and considerable oil has boeu
shipped from that point within the past few
days—3,ooo barrels were shipped iu one
day.
The “ Red Hot” well at Pleasantville is
still doLng übout 150 barrels per day, but it
is thought, owing to the faot that so many
wells are going down in Its Immediate vi
cinity, its production will bo Infringed
upou.
The Cottage Hill territory is dotted with
derricks rather too close together in some
instances, but it is lively Umea in that
neighborhood. When the new wells are
ready for testing, there will be some anxie
ty as to the result, in every part of tho oil
region.
After tho Reporters.
Tho Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune says :
An amusing discussion occurred in the
Executive session of the Senate, especially
interesting to newspaper readers. It came
up on the announcement made by a prom
inent Senator th.it it was humiliatingto tho
dignity of theSeuate, aud detrimental to tho
progress of its business and its secrecy, that
all of the performances of thut body m Ex
ecutive session should bo paraded to tho
world by a lot of newspaper scribblers. It
was thought that a stop had better be put
to tho publication of secret sessions, uud
that speedily. It was presumed, of course,
that no member of that dignified body
would disclose the proceedings, and it was
thought a severe aud unreleuttug investi
gation should be instituted, and the guilty
party punished. It was suggested that a
person could be concealed beneath the floor
of the Senate, in the locality of the large
legister in front of the Clerk’s desk, und
that the open work would enable that per
son to be.ir everything that was going ou.
Another suggestion was made that a re
porter should obtain a bearing by conceal
ing himself in tho skylight übove tho
Chamber, and some of the Senators wero
suro.that the leaks occurred in that manner.
It was believed advisable that these points
should bo watched by a Committee during
Lho sessions hereafter, and il was jocularly
sugge-Ud that the Viee-Presidem, during
secret sessions, should go to the skylight
and keep diligent watch of its entrances
and exits. No conclusion was reached,
and tho Senate adjourned, undetermined
what todo, but determined to do something.
St. Peter's Clmlr.
St. I’eUr's Chair, or the '‘chair of St.
Peter,” has been spoken of und known to
Christendom since the early days after the
establishment of the Popedom in Europe.
The following is a description of the chair*
*• St. Peter’s Chair isa yellow chair, form
<d of four upiighta. united by horizontal
bars; two being higher than tho others to
form the back. The four legs were evident
iy once square, but they are much eaten
away by age, aDd have also bad pieces cut
from them. These time-worn portions have
been strengthened and rendered moro or
namental by pieces of dark acacia wood,
which form the whole iuterior part of tho
chair, and which appear to have hardly
suffered at all from the same causes which
have so altered the appearance of tbe legs.
The panels and the front and aides, and tho
row of arches with the tympanum above
them, which form tbe back, are also com
posed of ibis wood. But the most remark
able circumstance about these two different
kinds of material is that all the ivory or
naments which cover the froot and back_of
’he chair were attached to the acacia por
tion alono and never to tho parts composed
of oak. Some of the ornamentation is at
tributed to the age of Charlemagne, and
some, such us the labors of Hercules, iu the
ivory panels, are more ancient; the ouk
work is deemed likely to be as old as tradi
tion states it to be. It is known that Damas
cus placed it In the baptistry of the Vaticaa
and considered it probable that up to that
period it may have been kept in the crypt
of St. Peter’s tomb or In the basilica of Con
stantinople. It was moved from chapel to
cbapel of the Vatican before the days of
Alexander Vll.,who enclosed it in a bronze
monument.
Look to Your (Wall Paper.
The filthy custom of pasting one wall
paper over another till a thickness of an
eighth of an inch or more is accumulated
is too common, and Is attended with the
worst consequences. This, as ascertained
by the Lancet, was the cause of the puz
sling offensive smell at Knightsbridge
Barracks. London, that recently threatened
the whole establishment with fever. The
examination of the drains and taking up
ot tbe floors revealed nothing, while the in
troduction of increased meansof ventilation
left the evil as it was. At lost an examin
ation was made of the wall papering, when
it was found that one paper was pasted
oyer another till a thickness was accumula
ted amounting in one cose to fourteen lay
ers. Between these layers there was rotten
paste, in which fungi and even maggets
gprmlnated, while the wall being hollow
the stench spread into the passage and over
the establishment.
Considerable feeling prevails in Nash
ville, occasion by theclty authorities haying
urged the suspension of the free school*
there, as a measure of economy. These
schools are attended by 4000 pupllp.
OIK, BCH<EPPE.
Bitter Feelinr Affttlnst him In Carlisle—
An Important Statement—What a jq
ror has to Fay.
ThePblladelphia Evening Telegraph pub
lishes the following:
«.F^£ IJal, “> Pa ■ Dec. 22—The feeling In
_ lB coracoonity against tbo alleged poison
er of Miss Steinecke is of the most bitter or
?*f- **“6 re sidents believe him guilty, and
.1 understand that at this late
* e n e BhoQld be such a universal move
Th?i cl °7u er * lh , 0 in his behalf.
there 13 no doobt'that he
committed the crime with which ho is
charged, and they consider that the testimo
ny was amply snfflolent to warrant the n
ry in rendering a verdict of guilty of mur
der in the first degree.
Scbaoppe is now locked up in his cel!,
with the outside door closed, so that be
ca ° n^*: seen by those who have and
will have the good fortune to be admitted
inside the prison gate, In a conversation
recently, he expressed his ability to clear
himself of the charge.
It is*but just to state that the Common
wealth’s officers say that in tbo event of a
P®? being granted they will produce
h -® testimony which will place
_ beyond doubt. It is rumored that
P ut o» I’Ae stand who will
admit -o. himself admitted having
doses of prussic acui to
h»i S ifsf M ?i C * e * Schcoppo still asserts that
n s convoUon was the result of the preju
fr7^T? lcl ? had . becn fo ”ned against him
trom the time that it was divulged that the
bud bequeathed her property to
That there does exist a terrible fooling
against him is made manitesl by a conver
sation which took place between a resideut
of this placeand a stranger on the day prior
on which the Governor directed the
withdrawal of the death-warrant. Ihe
stranger introduced a matter by remarking
that there seemed to be little or no excite
ment in Carlisle with reference to the
ocbcoppe case.
Resident. No. Wo all here know be is
guilty, and this fuss is only being made by
the people of Philadelphia and other places
where they don't know any thing about it.
btranger. Well, do you thiuk the Gov
ernor will respite him ?
Resideut. No, sir! GowrnorGoury dare
notdo.il. Ho dare uut go back uu his
reo. rd.
Stranger. What iecord has ho nuwlo fit' r
himself about Schcoppe.
Resident. Why, ho has said ho wouldn’t
interfere, and if be gees Lack, lie’s u
Stranger. Governor Geary baR never
said so over his aignatnre, and I hardly
think ha would commit himself unofficially.
Resident, lie’s done it. anyhow ; und if
ho changes Lis miud, I'll never sit again
for eleveu days and nights on any other
case.
Stranger. Ah! vou won one oT the ju
rorß ?
Holdout, Yo».
Stranger. Did thojury hnyo uoy trotihlo
, in coming to n couclusion. •
Resident. No. Wbon wo first went nut
wo stood teu to two. Then a juror came to
me and asked mo if I was going to hold out
all the time. On the next call wo stood
eleven to one, and I was so angry at being
accused of being one of the two who thought
him innocent that I jumped up on tho floor
aud said, "Who’s tho who's keeping
ua from agreeing on a verdict?” Then
another cull was ifiude, und we stood unan
imous for canvictiufi.
I.otter Trom Dr. &choeppo.
Tho editor oT Ihe l)ay has received the
following letter from Dr. Paul Schoeppp, iu
refutation of a statement that he once ad
mitted having administered prussic acid to
Miss Siiunecko. (The Doctor, by tho way,
never spoils her nameSteinnicko) :
Carlisle Prison, Dec. 24. Jdtii).
[7b the Editor of the Day.\
Dijau Sir • Tbo Evening Telegraph of tho
22.1 lust., printed a despatch from Carlisle,
containing the following words iu regard to
mo;
It is but just to state that tho Common
wealth’s oillcers say that in the event of a
new trial being granted, they will produco
some additional testimony which will place
his (my) guilt beyond doubt. It is rumored
thnt a witness will be put on the ataud who
will testify that Schiuppo himself admit ted
having administered four doses of prussic
acid to Mlbs Stinnecke.”
I hereby declare that I never said such n
thing to any person- If any porron
pretends to have hoard that I said bo, I
declure him to bo a shameless liar.
And secondly, I hereby declare, that M Ins
Stinnecko never got one drop of prussic acid
from me.
You would oblige me vory much if you
would be kind enough, for tho sako of tight
and justice, to publish this abort reply in
your distinguished paper.
I have no other weapons to fight agulnst
such baneful insinuations and Ilea of my
persecutors than my word.
Most respectfully.your obedlont aorvant,
P. Hcuujppk, M. D.
riroi In Phllndolpbfn,
The fire wnicb occurred ou Fourth street,
above Market, early on Saturday morning,
entailed the following losses: Reeder A
Thatcher, hardware dealers, {60.000; cov
ered by insurance in Philadelphia and
Eastern companies. R. T. Hutton, dealer
in boots and shoes, about £20,000; insured
for $lO,OOO in the North America, Fire As
sociation ami Pennsylvania Insurance
Companies. Tho former firm occuoletl the
first and second, and the latter the third,
fourth aud fifth stories of No. 14 N. Fourth
street. Musselman A lvirk, wholesale
dealers in carpet yarn and cotton chain, oc
cupied No. 12; loss, $00,000; insured for
$-15,000 In the Pennsylvania, Fire Associa
tion, Spring Garden and other city com
panies. Thatcher A Co., dealers iu boots
and shoes, occupied tho first iloor of
No. 1(5; loss by water, $15,000; insured
for $30,000 in the Niagara of N. Y., Conti
nental, Loriliurd, Phoenix, Etna and Hart
ford. Taylor, Gibson A Williams, dealers
in tuilors’ trimmings, occupied tho second
and third lloors; insured in Now York
companies. Jl.Nill, dealer lu shoes und
gaiters, aud W. A. Updiko, shoe manufac
turer, occupied the fourth and firth floors ;
the greater part of their stock was destroy
ed ; partly insured In Philadelphia and
Eastern companies. Loss on building be
tween $30,000 und $-10,000 ; partiully covered
by insurance. Thomas, Carson A Co.,
wholesale notion dealers, occupied tbo low
er part of No. IS; stock damaged by water
to tbo amount ol about $5000; fulLy insur
ed. C. J. Hunt A Co., dealers in boots und
shoos, occupied the upper portion and loso
beuvily by water. F. if. Walt, trunk deal
er, occupied basement of No. 10; damage
to stock by water, $2,000; insured. The
roof of the Seventh National bauk build
ing, at the corner of Fourth and Murket
streets, was slightly damaged. Tho build
iugs Nos. 12, 14 and Id, ure owned by the
estate of John G rigg, deceased. No. 12 was
completely burned.
Tho liro on Friday night, ou Dread street,
abovo Arch, caused a heavy loss to Francis
D. Worley, Hour ami general produce deal
er. Ho has sn insurance In the Delaware
Mutual Insurance Company of $5OOO, Qn d
in tho Firo Association of $7500. Robert
Sletd, whisky dealer, and Robert Fletcher,
flour and grain dealer suffer heavily by
water. James Steel A Co., produce com
mission merchants, owned the greater part
of 5000 barrels of whisky that were in the
main building, occupied by them jointly
with tho two preceding firms, Insured for
$40,000. Loss mainly by water. Messrs.
Hoff A Keunedy had over a thousand bar
rels ol flour, and C. M, Starr a thousand
boxes of starch on storage in Mr. Worley’s
place, which being entirely burned out,
they io.-.e heavily. This building belonged
to the estate of Jacob Witmer.
About live o’clock yesterday morning a
flro broke out in the sugar refinery of
Rogers ife Mitchell, on Vine street, below
Third, un extensive establishment. It was
discovered by a private watchman, who, in
going over tho building opened a door on
the tnird floor, back, whereupon there was
nn explosion, shattering some of tho glass
iu tho sash. The flames at once broke out;
an alarm was given, and neighboring com
panies were soon on tho ground, but tho
progress of the fire could not bo checked,
und the interior waspretiy much destroyed
with the extensive stock ol MUgarson baud'
valued at $lOO,OOO, including 800 barrels re
flDt-d. Tho machinery was damaged, hut
to what extent cannot be determines un
til u careful examination is made of it.—
Tho Arm had insurances upon tho building
amounting to $47,000; upon tho stock
amounting to {BO,OOO, and $73 000 on ma
cLinerj. They are in City, New York und
Eastern companies, chiefly • a few being in
Baltimore and one in Sau Francisco, Cul.
They are In sums of ssoooeaeb, except two
which are $lO,OOO. At the estimate which
the proprietors make, the Insurances on the
stock will not cover the loss, though those
on the building and machinery will more
than do so.
Ihe flro burned for about two hours,
during ail of which time a severe storm
was raging. This helped to suvo tbe sur
rounding property Irom datnugo. Fire
Marshall jßlackburu and Assistant Ran
dallweie both present, rendering efficient
aid. Tho origin of tho flro it not known.
Gas was kept burning in the refiner all
night, und the watchman was not required
to carry a lamp in going his rounds.
Thosugar house destroyed had a front of
about 100 feet and extended to Wood street,
and was six stories high on Wood street.
On Vine street, the building used us a
warehouse was two stories high, and the
office adjoining three stories, bavlDg once
been used as a dwelling. These buildings
are only partially destroyed. A full list of
the companies in which the firm Insured
could not be obtained, but among them the
Imperial, of London, had a risk $10,000;
tbe Royal, $lO,OOO, and,the Fire Association
$lO,OOO on building and machinery.—
Ledger.
New Hind of Paper.
A now kind of paper, specially adapted
for various kinds of clothing, has been in
vented in England. Both animal and veg
etable materials aro employed in its pro
duction, tbe former being New Eualand
flax, jute, hemp, and cotton, and the latter
wool, silk, skins, etc. These mailers are
reduced to a puip and bleaobod, and then
felted in appropriate machinery. Tbe
mixture of theso materials gives a paper of
extraordinary pliancy, flexibility, and
strength, which may be sewn together as
easily as woven fabrics, aud make as strong
a seam. Among tbe articles made of the
paper are quilts and table cloths, stamped
with patterns of great beauty, curtains,
shirts, and various other articles of dress.
A very good Imitation of leather is made of
it, of which furniture coverings, aud even
shoes may be made. The lest may be
made wator-proof by the Introduction of
oils and India rubber.
- The Beeent Bluing Horror.
A special correspondent of the New York
Herald gives the following graph e descrip,
tlon of the*recent mining horror at Stock
ton:
While nature's night light still lingered
on the mountain’s brow and dashed streaks
ofellveron the tree tops and overhanging
rocks the quiet village waa disturbed by tho
loud walling of a dog. The brute did not
‘cry with an ordinary yelp. No human foo
wa9 neur; no apparent danger stimulated
him to bark, but he made the echoes ring
with bis persistent barking. Mr. Wetterau
was awakened by the barking of the animal,
and finding that there waa no prospect of
bis quieting down put on his clothes and
wont out to the building where the animal
was. Ho then saw the cause of the alarm.
A- house near by stood leaning forward,
and by tho uncertain light it seemed to be
falling, A loud orashlug waa heard, and
tho earth beneath him appeared to bo mov
ing. At this motnentthe moon sunk behind
thoopposite bIU, and thQßceno was shrouded
in impenetrable gloom. Wetterau instantly
comprehended the situation and rushed to
his house. He was nearly too late. Hi*
daughter, a young girl of seventeen yeari of
uge, being also aroused by the creaking of
the timbers of the frame building and tho
persistent howling of tho faithful dog,
rushed out in alarm, clad only in her night
clothes, and as she did so tho earth opened
beforo her and she was precipitated Into tbo
abyss, Happily, however, at this moment
the inhabitants of several other houses wero
aroused by the shakiogof tho earth and tbo
low rumbling noises from the earth and
were rushing übont in terror. One. moro
cool than the others, John Hosklnga, saw
her fall, and desperately attempted a rescue
at the peril of his own life. Others speedily
joined, and the unconscious girl was finally
drugged out from the jaws of death by the
stalwart arms of tho assembled minors, ul
dead with cold and crushed oy the
falling timbers. In tho meantime the houses
Immediately overslope No. 1 sunk with the
earth, and two families, who had not heard
the alarm, went with them in tho yawning
chasm. It was dark now, but much blacker
was tho space 120 feet square or therculioulH
which marked the entrance to tho depths
iuto which tho four houses and ten human
creatures had sunk from view. Tho iuiulck
of the |i»«t ones ure Mr. Swank, stable tins*
for the company, his wife and two children ;
Mr. Rough, wife, mother and threochil
dren. Swank wout out to see wbuttho mat
ter was and had u lamp lu Ida hand when
theularm was given, and when ho (il.se.>v
ored that tho ground was yielding ran huek
to save his family, lie was too lute. The
house turned over him as he entered the
door und all perished together. Mrs. Rough
could Imvosaved herself, but while then*
was yet lime she broko from the arms of
her husband, who was urging her out, und
run buck to savo her aged mother. Rough
waited for hor, and in unother minute tin.
earth opened its jaws und received them
Iu the same row of houses, or rather m
houses on the same line with those destroy
ed, wero several persons who very narrow
ly escupod destruction. The Mock ton
Hotel, close to tho crop of the mine and
about thirty yards from tho railroad, es
caped, ns did also several lesser buildings
on the edge of the chasm, but that they wilt
stand very long iu, at least, questionable.
A firo broko out amid the debris at tin*
bottom ofthe whole immediately’, and at
one limo it seemed us If the mine was
(loomed todestruction. Happily, however,
it wus only the limber of tho houses Him
hnd caught firo, and this terrible danger
was not added to tbo calamity that hiiiolo
tho hearts of tho crowds now gulhorlng
: around tho mouth of tho crater. Word was
| sent to Stockton at once uml tho hells of
that till tv town begnn to sound over the
L high Valley, arousing tho ontiro column
nity with tholr quiok-repeutiiig peals ol
impending danger. The volunteer fin
company of Hazleton, with Colonel Fit/,
putrid;, chief engineer, und Mr. J.C. Tom*
Mnsou, chief engineer of engine No. 1, at
onoo turned out and proceeded to tin* secne
of the disustor with all speed. The distance
was two ami a half miles by tbo road, und
a keen, cold wind blow in tho fueos of Uu*
men; nevertheless tho engino wus ou tin
ground very quickly after tbo first alarm.
Two streams of water woro poured on the
burning mass from thnt hour (hulf pasi
seven) until eight o’clock In the evening,
wiien all danger of a general conflagration
was over, it is moluncholy to have to m
murk on acts of inhumanity, but tho truth
must bo told. Tho indliroreueo ofthe crowd
who surrounded tho pltduring the day wan
disagreeably manifested, and unbecoming
levity was indulged in by many men und
women. Men were heard to spealc care
lessly about the mat tor, and It was evident
that the fell spirit of faction or nationality
is active here among tho minors. Irish,
English, German?, Welsh aud Americans,,
they have all a common Interest In the well
being of their little socloty ; but It would
seem that each gang holds ltsolf indepeud •
out of und above tho other, und thut them
is no community of feeling.
TIIK FIRST HODIEH RECOVERED.
Six hours after tho first crush another
piece of ground oast of and near the huge
pit gave way ,'lih a loud crush, but Imp*
pily without mg with it any of the
iWc- wno woro atundlng by, Tho firemen
Immediately plckoted the grouud with
ropes and guarded tho approuchosto tin*
hole as best they could from the encroach
ments of tho crowd. There could not have
been loss than 4,000 people there on Satur
day ut any time. The day broke clear and
fine, but about ten o’clock ruin fell in tor
rents, then sloet, und fiuully snow covered
the ground und whitened tho forest treoM,
mournfully niglilng and waving their while
tops above tho fatul chasm. Dark clouds
careoned aloft, from whoso misty lids tho
tears of heaven falling on tho vacant places
of once happy homes bad frozen into snow.
She sc no was desolate and mournful in tin*
extreme, and gloom filled tho hearts of nil
but tho most callous of the people. Tin*
i miners went to work lieurtily under tin*
j direction of Dr. Llndermum (a member of
| tho Arm), but up to Hunday at four o’clock
' they hud not succeeded In reaching tho
placo whoro tbo bodies were supposed to
tie. Shortly after that hour, however, a
pickaxe driven far Into tho loose oarth
brought up apiece of an arm; aud soon
after throe bodies woro disclosed to view.
They were horribly disfigured. Tho first
brought out was Mrs. Swunk, who was par
tiully. dressed. Her neck and legs wero
broken; her head wus ctud.d in on the
Hides and the skin ou her body wus peolod
oil. This latter evidence of the nature of tho
disaster was doubtless caused by tbo water
which trickled through the earth on her
while slio was In the midst of tho burning
timber ofthe house. Mrs. Swank’s (laugh
ter was the next body discovered. She wus
also frightfully disfigured. The little child,
apparently two yours old, which, covered
with u blanket aud in tbo arms of tho poor
girl, was scorched aud bruised beyond
recognition. Those remains wero carefully
removed to the surfuco und laid in boxes
preparatory to their being deposited iu cof
fins for the inquest and burial.
I'xccutJon of Adam Anion Tllu*.
Oaiu.isi.k, Doc. 22. Titus, (ho munloici
ofllonry Btahm, was to-day execulml in
this pluee. Gov. Geury issued the denlli
warrant for Sboeppe and Titus to bo exe
cuted on tbo samo day. Tho former has
boon respited, but the latter to-day sufleml
tho extremo penalty of the law. Some
time ugo Titus made a Hlulemont iu regard
to his case, tho substance of which is that
ho was excited to maduess by tho conduct,
of bis wife, and that having got luto a con
trovorsy with Henry Stahm ho killed him
with an axo. Tho murderer rested well
the night before he was executed, and
greeted tho officers cheerfully when they
entered his cell. When dressed for the
scaffold he seemed to bo tbe most uuenn
cerned person present. He ascended tho
scaffold with u firm step, and informed the
Sheriff that he wanted to see Deputy Bow
tnan, to whom be bunded a paper which ho
desired to have read. This last statement
contained a confession of his crime 110
declared that be had killed Stnhin, not tor
money but under tho Influence of passion
and stated that ho willingly accepted the
punishment of death. He professed to tm
ready for tho change, and Urged all to take
warning by his example. ■
After Mr. Bowman had rrad this address
which was written In Titus’ ownbundwrii
ing, tho Sheriff proceeded to perform the sad
duty which the law Imposod. Everything
for the performance of the requirements of
the law hud been duly arranged. Tin*
sheriff proceeded to prepare tbeoondemned
man for his execution. A pair of handcuffs
were produced, and the condemned, with
asmuch complacency us a lumb led to tbe
slaughter, held his hands behind his back
and had himself secured for bis execution.
Mr. Bowman then stepped nslde, and Titus
acknowledged by a bow to tho assemblage
that he approved what Mr. Bowman bad
read. Sheriff Thompson, without waiting
to go through tho usual coremony of such
occasions, very deliberately proceeded
to perform his duty. Tho ropo wus
placed around tho neck of the con
demned. Tho Sheriff brought out the
white cap and placed it over tho head
of the culprit, who In tho meantime, had
bidden farewell to all, The ceremony of
dropping the full was a matter of an Instant,
and Adam Anton Titus was launched from
time to eternity. 110 apparently died
without a struggle, and after hanging half
an hour the body was cut down, placed in a
coffin and delivered to Titus’ parents.
The duty of Sheriff Thompson was per
formed with all tho mercy the law allowed,
and the manner in which the ceremony was
done reflects much credit on those who bad
the unpleasant task to perform.
Tbe execution took pfacoat 1 o'clock in
tbe prison yard. Dr. Shceppe was to have
been bung at tbe same time, but his case Is
now before the Supreme Court, and the ef-<
forta to induce Governor Geary to pardon
or respite him are still continued.
A Sad Fntc.
Some years aincea young man named Wil
liam R. Haight was attracted from bis home
and trade by the allurementsofa tiavolling
circus troupe, In Cattaraugus county New
York, and becomlngl infatuated with the
charms of a female performs?, gratified her’
whims to tbo extent offals financial cam
city, and then robbed his employers or sev
eral hundred dollars, for which crime he
was tried, convicted, und sentenced to au
imprisonment of two years and a half at
Auburn jail,. He waa the only son ofa loDd
and Indulgent lady residing in New York
city. This mother died a few days since,
and by her will leaves all her fortune, S4Q,-
000, to her wayward, erring boy. He ha#
only served six months ofhisimpHsonment
.and when thefactsabovenoted wero related
to him headed likeamadmoD, and sought
every means to take his own life, cursing
himself for being a felon, with a fortune
hanging within his grasp, yet he dared not
touch It until two long years are spent in
misery and confinement. What a lesson
to tbe youth of our land is here deploted I