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Mines Wa Depaty Sheriff, Wx Dugsxay Prothonotary, L A. BORARFIER, Trassarer, CRAs, SHITE Ragin Distr Qor Qeunty Meating Wedne 8. John's Prot Allegheny Services every © hy Prayer Mesting Weds §t. John's Romao Usthol P. McArdle Pastor. M aad Tr ¥ Reformed, Linn and Spring Snyder Pastor. Serv streets sg Wednesday at E. Church, Wost High Rarvices avery Sanday t A, 8 g apd Hi # fay at Balisfonte tis’ Now 0 ning of sch monil Bellsfont: Pet mests in Armory Hal! Lincoln's Night Journey 1y romances give lng Nine "I word was spoken. “ling at Harrisburg. Charles threatened peril to Lincoln, P. Stone to investigate the Stone soon found that Baltimore was the cen- that oily by the best detectives of both sexes that tre of the danger and he coverad and reached the same conclusion Pinkerton had reached, although each was ignorant of the operations of the the admin- other, Senator Seward, who was announced Premier of the now ietration, was acting with General Scott Lincoln at Springfield before he started on his and they communicated with Lincoln res- Swett Washington aceredited to General Scott friend, Swett returned journey to the Capitol, pounded by sending Ywonard to and as his most trusted obtained all the facts and to Lincoln with them, fully impressed with The result was that Lincoln was sent East in come. the peril of the situation, pany with Colonel (later General) Sum- mer and Colonel Lamon, who were charged with the double duty of advis- Ihe Lincoln has made oa the sub- ing and protecting him, only re- cord Mr. ject was his statement made to Benson J. Lossing in December, 18064, which reports as follows : I arrived at Philadelphia on theg]st [ agreed to stop one night and off the flag eyening following morning hoist the In the y great crowd when [ receiv over Independence Hall there was ed my friends at the Coutinental Hotel Mr. Judd, a friend rom Chicago, to his room. | went, and found there Mr, Pinkerton, a skillful Iso from Chicago, who had § warm, personsl sent for me to come police detective, been em-~ r some days in Baltimore, hing and searching for suspicious Pinkerton informed Ianid assassination, the exact time 1 expect- Ison there, me that a plan bad been for my ed to come through Baltimore being publicly wn, He was well form- y plan, but did aspirators would have pluck He through to Washington that not execute it. urged me like that. v Harrisburg and go from thera to B » ® » When 1 to solved to was i making my way back room Fred- together that he my through ere {erick W. | to my room, when he told me met wds of people | We went Seward, had been sent at the instance of his father and General Scott, and informed me that their detectives in Baltimore had fiscovered the plot there to assassinate They knew nothingofl Pinkerton's me. movements I now believed such a plot io Dé In exmutence, Mr. Swett, the North American Review, gives the forego- in & recent article in i {ing facts and follows with the true his- tory of Lincoln's perilous night journay We with | from Harrisburg to Washington. : | give the conclusion of his He says ne Ol article { out abridgement, The change lin the program the journey oo wurred at Harn on the i | night of the 2] narg at a dinner pres the st. whch was fed wer by Governor Cartin and utnstances are told by Alexands | MeClure ina per to tha ¥ | of Philadelphia, It seems that Mr. Be armed Mr. Linx an of bis journey, sent a dis i al Scott and ward, be {| some re i LEONE at ance by in Governor Curtin, which was | at the dinner over which he was presid. I give the language | ‘ f Mr. McClure : | While all were intent on the enjoy- | ment of a dinver, with the new Presi. lent as the central figure of the feast, a | message was brought by a servant to quietly handed Governor | The mere interruption of presenting a | | | & message to the Governor in his own capital attracted no special attention; but when the smile fled and a sudden cloud of despair fixed itself upon his face there was ominous silenee and pain- | ful suspense around the table before a Mr. among the first to note that a shadow ' | had been suddenly flung upon the cir. : consy iracy 10 ase hington Vn ie) Philgs " more it to obin inf n to destroy WikiaA- on of the cot rat ratlway beldgee and cut off communion tion between Wa igton and the North and he employed the Pinkerton deteo- tive agency to investigate it. The inquiry developed that the chief aim wae to prevent Liocoln from resching Wash ington to be insagurated, and that iv- formation led to a more searching ine vestigation by skilled men and women of social position mingling freely with Paltimore secessionists and pretending to sympathize heartily with them, This developed the settled purpose to create 8 gooeral riot at the depot in Baltimore whon Iioeoln arrived, aud in the con- fusion Lineoln wwe to be assassinated, While this Pinkerton inquiry was go. ing on under Mr, Felion’s direction General Scott who was charged with thy protection of the President-olect during the inauguration ovremonies, liad se. crebly commissioned the late Colone his | ! ele, and he did not conceal his anxiety | to learn the cause. The truth was soon | made known by Governor Curtin. The | message he had received was a joint one | from General Winfield Scott and Sena- tor Seward, who had already been des. { ignated as Premier of the new adminis. | tration, and it notified the Governor that Mr, Lincoln could not pass through Haltimora alive on the following day and peremptorily commanded » change of the President-elect. It is needless to say that the occasion was no longer one of festivity, The solemnity of the faneral quickly en- throned itself where there had been pleasant converse and welcome wit but a moment before. All but one of the dozen or more men present saemed ut terly appalled, and that one was Abra ham Lincoln. While every other face was pale with apprehension, he main tained the same sober, sad expression that he had exhibited from the begin. nig, and ae ustial he said nothing until all the others had spoken and he was personally appealed to for his views, One by one, beginning with Governor I bad made | utimore, and had re- | and | ’ i Curtin. | Lincoln was | of route and progra.nme to save the life | urtin, gave pointed expression to the programme must be chaoged and that it must be done without publicity. The silence of Mr. Lincoln bad hardly been noted until all but hivself had spoken in the intensity of their feelings; and then, as if sudaenly called to the reool- lection of the presence of the man who | was the decreed victim of the assassin, tarned to him for counsel, Even when persouslly appealed to Vo seemed re- luetant and to answer, but when press. od to acquiesce io the unanimous judg” { ment of his friends he said, with scarce- {ly a tremor in bis ¢lear voice What would the people think of their ruler stealing into his eapital like a thief in the night?’ He seemed to think little of the peril to his life, but he much of the peril of forfeiting pect of the nation. thought the res- Mr. Lincoln's to a un- of route and programme brought the din - willingness to assent change Instead of suggesting, one by ove they followed ner guest to face a new duty, Governor Cartin in the President-elect commanding and was notified that the time and manner of pursuing his journey to Washington had passed be- must defer to such measures as could be de- He quiesced; but his was the only face at blanched Thomas A. vond his discretion, and that he vised for his safety, silently ac- the table that was Colonel keenest of all in not fear, Soot, perception and boldest to execute, at once proposed a new route and programme and suggest- ed all its details, | al sense of relief when Colonel Programine was settled, The first duty bad been changed. | crowd that surrounded the hotel, a car | riage was osleniatiously called for Gov. Curtin and President Lineoln and they | | | walked out together entered the the them to the Executive CAT riage and ordered driver to Mansion. This no attention; but | sion was not the destination of the executive Man- distinguished executives, had started Colonel Scott and myself depot, where he promptly cleared one | of his tracks to Philadelphia, gave some a trusted agent in West Philadelphia, had a special engine and car made ready and then ] tend the cutting of every telegraph line that entered Harrisburg, By the time ped near the depot where there were no brilliant rays of gaslight and the Governor and President-elect, who had driven cirouitously to the depot, alight- ed, Mr, entered the special car and they were Lincoln and Colonel soon whirling along on their way to the City of Brotherly Love. unste for the nation that the # question, so fraught with | the gravest conse juences, among others fell upon two such men ss Thomas A. Scott and Alexander K, MeClure. The Wrie font ol 1864, i Mr after a protracted interview after Mr. McUlure had left, that be had more brain power than : L¥) nd any man he ever known, and everybody who knew Thomas A. Scott knows that he saw the intricacies and the solution of any complicated question at a glance as accurately as most men see them in wfterthought, He was the brightest, quickest and promptest man of his time, Pinkerton had been left at Philadel- | phia to arrange matters there in onse | an emergency should arise. As a spec- ial from Harrisburg would arrive before | the train for Washington would leave, | Mr. Pinkerton received Mr. Lincoln | and Colonel Lamon at the depot with a | city until it was time for the train to | start for Washington, The party then | took the rear car, the last half of which | divided off by a curtain, had been en- gaged by Pinkerton's lady for a wick | brother, snd Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Lamon, | Mr. Pinkerton amd the lady occupied | this part of the sleeper for the jcurney, | o'clock. Not a soul except the four people in the rear end of the car and | the few at the dinner party at Harrie. | burg, knew that Mr, Lincoln had left that eity or was on his way to Washing. ton. He could not, of course, take a large number 0} persons with him without attracting attention and betraying his presence, and therefore reduced his ar- rangements for defense upon that jour. ney to the smallest possible compass by tha selzation of Ward H, Lamon sa his only companion, Lamon was a nalive of Virginia, who had come to Danville, Illinois, at an early day, and for many years had practiced law as the partner of Lincoln on the circuit at that place, Ho was all over a Virginian and strong, stout and athletio—a Hercules in stat- ure, tapering from his broad shoulders to his heels, and the handsomest man, physically, I ever saw, He was skilled judgment that Mr, Lineoln's route and | with | the | the | His plan was prompt. ly and gratelully accepted, and Mr, Lin- | J . 'e ¥ i { during the war in which there was not | coln himself seemed to share the gener: | Scott's | was to avoid even the suspicion outside | that the route or time of the President | To misead the vast | take | was a natural proceeding and attracted | the two | Before they | bastened to the Pennsylvania Railroad | confidential instructions by telegraph to | saw him personally superin- | that was accomplished a carriage stop- | Lamon | Lincoln say in the fall | private carriage and drove about the | They loft Philadelphia about eleven | er a Lin all the ways of the manly art, thirty- four years of age, six feet high sod al- though prudent and thoroughly courageous and bold, cautious, was He 1 3 i | | | | two Derringers and two large knives, You could put no more elements of at- { tack or defence in a human skin than there were in Lamon and his armory on that oconsion, Mr. Lincoln eelected bim for this like, and each admired in the other qualities he himself did pot possess Lincoln knew the shedding the last drop of blood in his defence would be the most delightful act of Lamon's life, aud that in him he had a regiment, armed and drilled for the most efficient service, Having taken possession of the rear end of their esr, the conductor was handed a package of papers, for which he had been instructed by telegram to wait. It is not true that Lincoln wore a Scoteh cap or used any other mode of disguise, All the persons sccompany- ing him were dressed in ordinary dress and went simply ss private citizens, They arrived at Baltimore at 3 o'clock and waite : there, because of some ordi- nary detention, about two hours. Before the train left workmen began to come sround, and one was heard to say, with lexpletives that “old Lincoln is coming | here to-day, but I don’t believe he wil, get M r. { lnughed remark alive," the through heartily at and wore thal night wwo ordinary pisiois, | i | A quarter of | aggregate of the trapsaction. Lincoln | | soon the train pulled out, and a little | | after daylight we reached Washington, It is doubtful is there was any time that general vicinity, some conspiracy in ex- in Washington, Baltimore, or in | istence to capture orinjure Mr. Lincoln, { On one occasion in the summer of 1863 if 1 this art | H, Hanna, of Bloom | {to the Sol fiers’ Home, BD ' remember rightly, the writer og Will 3 iil, icle had occasion with arm ngton, to ride four miles | from Washington, to call upon Mr Lincoln in the evening. Our driver | missed the way passing by the Home {into the forest below. Being once peing once In | the intricacies of ¢his labyrinth, we did : not get out until 2 o'clock in the morn. ing, and the question arose, why the | rebels might not send a § roe across the { river, and coming up in the woods to the Soldier’ Home, capture Mr. Lincoln | and carry him within the enemy's lines, | Mr. Hanna was very much concerned | in reference to the situstion, and [said | to him: “You go and talk with Mr, | Lincoln, you are & new man.” The sub. jeot of his capture or assassination bad | been discussed until it was a sore sub- | joot between Mr. Lincoln and his friends. So the pext day, we got Mar- shal Lamon, and the three obtained an sudience with the President. “] eanoot be shut up in an iron cage and guarded,” he said. “If 1 have | business at the War Office I must take my hat and go there, and if to kill me is within the purposes of this rebellion {no precaution can prevent it. You | may guard me at a single point, but 1 | will necessarily be expmsed at others People come to see me every day and | and I receive them, do not | : engaged in plots to kill me The truth lis, if any man has made up his mind that he will give his life for mine he can take mine." Mr. Lamon’s official duties embraced the safety of the President, and these facts with many others, made a deep impression upon his mind. During the | fall of 1864, I was a guest at his house that nearly three months. During pight, but left his house about 10 o'clock, went to the White 1louse, and with a guard which he stationed there, and without Mr. Lincoln's knowledge, | remained during the night, At the | time of the mssassination Lamon wa absence occurred in this wise : Mr, Lin- and haviog inaugurated some =sleps Union he asked Lamon, being a Virgin convention, The following is the pass which he gave him: Allow the bearer, Ward H. Lamon, aud friends, with ordinary baggage, 10 pass from Washinglen to Richmond and return. : Arnis 11, 1866, A. Lixcowx, soparated from Lim: “Make me one promise.” “What is that 7" said the President; “perhaps 1 oan.” “I want you to promise not to go to the theatre during my absence.” “Well,” said he, alter som conversa tion, “I will do the best I can,” then turning to John P. Usher, who was present at the interview, he said in sub- stance: “My friend is crazy on the subject of my assassination.” When Mr, Stewart first became con- solous after the attack upon him, he said : “Where was Colonel Lamon? If be had been in the city this would not have happened.” Ho repeated this re- mark often afterwards, Bat Mr, Lincoln did go to the theatre unfortunately, out of the city, and his | 2 Lamon said to the President as he | ogheny river at { Bit | near the rivers as | on the night of the eventful 14th and the stealthy tread of the murderer fol, lowed him, There was a pistol sho which echoed through the land, louder thon a eannon’s roar, snd a murderous | horseman dashed into the night, A tall | man, wounded and limp, was carried to the nearest house snd stretched upon bis bed to die, Men who bad faced death where the fire danced along the | We rd lind of battle without blanching, place because the two were wholly un~ | The blond oozed from his head until it soak - ed through the bed and dropped from the stood around his bed and wept under side. Towards morning there was a convulsive struggle and the spirit of Abraham Lincoln passed to whera the angel at the gate said; “Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” > . Big Purchase of Coal Lands. Prrresunre, Pa., Febronary 14 —A syndicate of New York and Philadel- phia capitalists has just ed a gigantic land deal in the Monon gahela Valley, twenty miles above this city. Through agents they have bruoght thirty farms, or ab out 5,000 t acres, of rich coal Inod lying along. side the possessions of Jame G. Blaine, | million dollars is the The ef block fort was made to get the entire from the Monongahela t« the uniform rate | whol ly successful, In a few : 1 : 84 r igh as § to $65 was paid. Twenty years i : i v { land was bought io the same field | similar options. { that some of them are secessionists or { Ralve $100 per acre right slong side tracks which in this deal go for 850 ptions on consider able over five thousand ready been secured West Newt: in this counties, between the rivers, securing If they are operat ing for ihe same parties this will block of thousand acres, make a total nearly - Cuampenrssuro, Pa.,, February 14 —A union meeting of all the evan- gelical charches in this place was held in the Central consummat- | Bale Register. Thursdsy, eb. 240k 1687, Jax Bsllerman will expome at sale ot his farm on the Plesssot (sp and Zion poodle Pleasant Gas, the following Three bvad which cows, 3 head of youn ¢ atid, | Conkiin WEROH 1 truck wagon, | light sprig wagon and one top buggy, one good Buck Bye graty drill, corn plunter, ealtivators, plows, harrow fanoing mill spe set ug barnens, some Hight harooss, seo household goods and other artidies too sumer as bo mention, Bale commenos at 1 p.m. when terms will Le tnde known, Biduey Miller, suotioneey, i March 16 | # w | wht his revidence 4 miles wont of Bell od nis A Marehiall will sell 4 good work horess 4 soda catile, 4 oad tire oarrisge, and sleigh, sll farming utensils, household furniture, ke 10 o'clock a, tn. when terms will be made Jor, L. Nell, Auct E.R. Emerick will sell, March 16h, 1587, af bis rend. denies, ons mile east ¢ brood mare seven sours old now with fuel, § cows one now fresh and he ther will be fresh by time of sale, 6 head young owttle, 2 good wheats 1 too. horse wagon: 1 spriog wagon, | pair Lobosleds, § sleigh, 1 Role romper, | Wood mower ae pond as new, hay rake, cutting Harpoon Lisy fork, one set double tug harmess by the lon, rye, se, Salentl p.m, Jou L. Nef! suctionest : March 19Mra, Loasft will well. at ber residence on Ridge BL, 2 stoves sofa, sink, 20 yarde now reg carpet, bode and bedding, and any other articles James Derr, huctioueer we, Yivitig horses WAL OH kinds of Sale at snows, ] other wagons Heer of Unbouvilie, one excellent fen y ] March 234, 1857, Jon, Norrie will sell at public vale st brie residence Four work bores cows 10 head ye Lire 1 fonrhs 1 two horse wagon, 2 buggion, one new sleigh, | double sled 2 threshing marines and horse p ing 1» reser and wower hay rake two bay forks, corn planter, 3 barrows, hargess and offer articies 160 numeroy Ase By arr gradu in gre i. Term nie known on dsy of sale Wm. Gobeen, snct Colles NT in lege township He two cutie rhe WHEOL the following’ it six milch P. 5 hate 1 yout -nid ¢ + head shee ud sow wer, 1 Is grain ey — A — ~Spring and summer seasor y IBEW ' We sre now showing full lines of sea- sonable woolens, Leave | now, by] your order roomy k Co Hil ——— A — JLEFONTE AILROAD M gy Jans A o 3% eft y the Youghi® | 3 : of | dollars per acre, but this wae not | | casek | Se ago « all of the acres have al- | block, | im people report agents at | work in Westmoreland and Fayette | with BG with e brane} H. SHOEMAKER, Superinter THOS. I — Presbyterian | church yesterdry afternoon to decide | upon some means by which the 4 000 | non-church going people of this place can be brought nto the fold. decided to pursue the plan adopted in Philadelphia some time ago, for the ministers and laymen to visit every house in town and hold religious ser vices, The plan will be put in ation al once. know but | The Foes t for Cats, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped hands, Corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi inthe world | tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It time he did not sleep at home a single | is guaranteed to perfect satisfac tion, or m nay refun led. Price 25 cents per box. For saleby J ZRLLER k DON. . oie . Nosh ministration om the ssiale Walker township, decessed andersigned a pr selate ate ro oxted 1 od, for payment Jebtad to the sxe w give — A A—— — —_ "oy . WY y IMINISTRATORS NOTICE. — hereby given that letters of » of James Webner, late have been gravid lade against snid present (hems dely suthentiont sid those knowing rept having tunke payment at ones BF. Snares, TH Administrator, | coln had just returned from Richmond, | looking toward the holding ofa conven | tion to get that State back into the | fan, (0 go to Richmond and attend this | TIRED OUT! Athi sesmon neatly every one neds $0 ues mote port of todo, TION enters indo almost every phy whiun’e premeription for eos whe nead B BEST TONIC | or Wen nons, of BRerTRYs wiv. HJ ihe only Jron medic It Enriehes the Mysto, Hostares A 14 Arm met Dicom or indure the tenth, antes hand - meh of prot om ONAN OL From medic tne an Dr 0.11 Burana, s leading plipsician of Spring: wid, & ye B i action ax. Door EE i Is oper- | Chilblaint | the | these lvee ne | It was | (OBPORAT ION APPLICATION Notice is hereby given | made to the Governor \ al an agg ! Peunevivani { the 12 day of February, A. D. 1887 | Morgan, George I. M swgan, Elise W { H. Stone and Adam Hoy, under the “A of vightitoen hundred J | plements (heret : Barter of | corporstion te Estate Company,” the i for the purpose of | and selling rea! a asd the sup st intended Hale Ben} f which be Loran character and the purchase, holding leaning setate.™ and for thes purposes 10 have, possess, and enjoy all the rights, benefits and privileges of said act of Amsetnbly and suppiements theret ADAM HOY, January 18 15887 Bolicitor, biert | 3 times | | | ® © M. B.'\RDNER, DENTIST | All dental work done with professions] sk 11 Roomy | over Bevnolds’ Bank iy 1-1 A. BEEZER & SON, Will furnish you with Meats of all Kinds At Their MEAT MARKET IN THE OLD Conard House, Allegheny Street. Corned Beef a specialty. a —— Prices IN ACCORDANCE with the times, OUR MEAT IS ALWAYS FRESH, TENDER AND JUICY, AND WILL GIVE SATISFACTION. __TRLEPHON » ¥ rh
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