NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS.
—ln the Cozzeus habeas corpus case in
Philadelphia, Judge Thompson of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania ordered the release of Coz
zens, and delivered an opinion that the right of the
President to suspend the writ of habeas corpus is
only given by Congress during the continuance of
war.
—As the President's car reached Balti
more front Gettysburg ou the evening of the 4th. it
ran on a misplaced switch and collided with a
freight train standing in the depot. The Chilian
Minister and C. J. Halpine were seriously and sev
eral others more or less injured.
—The Savannah Republican, of Satur
day, says that Gen. Gillmore has been relieved
from the command of Georgia, which is now inclu
ded in Gen. Thomas' district, and that the State is
hereafter to be under the immediate control of
Gen. Stedman.
—James Dundas, a well-known citizen of
Philadelphia, died at that city on the. Fourth. He
was President of the Horticultural Society of Penn
sylvania and formerly President of the Pennsylva
nia Bank.
—John R. Caluhau fell from a window in
the Gayeso House, in Memphis, and was instantly
killed. Mr. Clanahau was widely known as one of
the editors of the Memphis Appeal,
—Two expeditions are going west from
lied Itiver. One has its base at Shreveport and
the other at Alexandria, and the river is alive with
boats conveying supplies to these points.
—The Post-Office Department is now
self-supporting. Its profits for the last six mouths
of 1804 were $732,230 C 3, and for the first six
months of this year will be much larger.
—The work of the Pacific Railroad is
progressing rapidly. The road will be completed
to Topeka, 25 miles west of Lawrence, by the Ist
of November.
—A block of frame buildings on the cor
ner .if Mechanic and North Watcr-sts., Chicago,
was destroyed by fire on Thursday night. Loss
$40,000.
—Governor Johnson, the Provisional ;
Governor of Georgia, arrived at Savannah on Fri
day, and received a warm reception from the cit
izens.
—A stevedor named Magraw was stabbed :
and instantly killed iu Bangor, Me., on Tuesday •
bv a colored barber named Williams.
—Gen. Cox has received orders to retain j
the command of the Department of North Caroli- |
na until the return of Gen. Schofield.
—The population of Lawrence, Mass., is
21,00!); in 1860 it was 17,639. The males number
8,929 ; females, 12,772.
—While the steamer Chocorda was lying
at the wharf at Centre Harbor, N. H., on the sth
inst., some unknown person placed a keg of pow
der on the furnace, when an explosion took place,
blowing up the front deck and shattering the door
painJs, but not injuring the machinery. No one j
was much injured on board.
—The Fourth was patriotically celebra
ted in New-Orleans, Gen. Banks pronouncing an j
eloquent oration, in which he advocated negro I
suffrage, and a Freedmen's torchlight procession
winding up the ceremonies. In addition to this
there was another eelebfation, during which Wil
liam lleed Mills delivered an address.
—A party of colored persons left Fort
ress Monroe to celebrate the Fourth at Sinithfield,
but were refused a landing by the denizens of that
locality, whereupon a disturbance ensued, in which
one of the accompanying guard was shot, and
Hubert Searle of Norfolk wounded.
—Advices from .Spain state that before
the lows iff the raising of the blockade reached
there the Government rovoked its recognition of
the Kebels as belligerents.
—lion. Henry Winter Davis delivered an
address in Chicago on the 4th instant, taking
strong grounds in favor of negro suffrage and the
Monroe doctrine.
—Rear-Admiral Dupont lias bequeathed
bis prize money—amounting to $175,000 —to found
a national asylum at Washington for the orphans
of soldiers and sailors.
—The New-Orleans Times is informed
that the rebel portion of the Cherokees are near
starvation, and Gen. Stanley appeals to Texans fur
relict
—The American flag which was hauled
down by the Kebels from the New-Orleans Custom
House is to be restored with all the honors.
—Mr. Ford at Washington, announces
the opening of his theatre on Monday evening 10th,
with the play of the Octoroon.
—The heat in Cincinnati has beeu intense
for the last few days, the thermometer ranging as
high as 98 deg. in the shade.
—lt is said that- the guerrilla, Champ
Ferguson, now in prison at Nashville, has commit
ted no less than 100 murders.
—Ex-Gov. Vance has been released from
the Old Capitol Prison on parol, and is to return to
North Carolina.
—About 125 pardons—mostly to North
Carolinians—have been granted during the past
week.
—-A locomotive exploded at Centralia,
111., on the Uh instant, killing the engineer and
fireman.
—lt is reported that the Ninth Army
Corps will be mustered out in a few days.
—A dispatch from Lacrosse, Wisconsin,
savs that a tornado passed over Union Co., in that
State, on Saturday week, which killed 17 persons,
injured 100, and prostrated fifty dwellings.
—Maj.-Gcn. Meade, on Saturday week,
issued from his headquarters at Philadelphia, his
official order on assuming command of his new
department, the Military Division of the Atlantic.
- -The receipts from Internal Revenue
for the fi seal year ending June 30, 18C5, are offici
ally reported at $200,311,180 i>B. This does not
include the tax on National llauk currency.
—The Globe Oil Works, at Pittsburg,
were destroyed by fire on Monday week. Damage,
®3O.(KH). Cause accidental explosion of benzoin,
with au antagonistic gas in tlie refuse well.
—Mr. Mason Jones, well known in this
county as a popular lecturer and friend of our
Government, is oue of the candidates for a seat in
the British Parliament, with a fair chance of sue- j
cess.
—Thomas Sinclair, a clothier in Pitts-;
burg, charged with fradulent returns, has been
fined $3,000 and costs, by the Commissioner of In- :
ternal Revenue. The costs, it is stated, foot up
nearly another SI,OOO.
—The people of Charleston, S. L\, nut-.
withstanding the presumed scarcity of money,have {
paid into the Treasury of the United States, over
SOO,OOO, on account of the district taxes for which
they were in arrears.
—Major General J. 1). Cox, commanding i
23d Army Corps, and Brig.-Gen. Hartsuff, Inspec
tor General of the same corps, arrived at Peters- i
burg, on Thursday, from Raleigh.
—The lake tunnel at Chicago has reached
a length of two thousand nine hundred feet, and is ,
progressing at the rate of twelve feet jar twenty- ,
four hours.
—A man named Riddle has 'been aires- j
ted on the charge of umrderiug two ladies at Con- •
emaugh, Cambria county. He says be can prove
Lis innocence.
jtoulfonl scpottet.
Towanda, Thursday, July 13, 1865.
NEGRO SIFFRAGE.
The democratic party is extremely anx
ious to make capital for the future out of
the questioH of Negro Suffrage, and its
leaders and newspapers are making desper
ate effort to turn the white man's prejudice
against equality with the blacks, against
the Republican party. It is not presented
by the opposition as a question effecting
any rights of the blacks, or involving any
[ issue of justice or expediency on the part
}of the government in its dealings with
1 them. It is not whether any wrong will be
I done to these people by the administration
j in its necessary legislation for them, or
whether any wrong will be inflicted upon
the whites in extending opportunities to
and fixing permanently the freedom of the
blacks. It is only how far can we injure
the republican party while fixing his status.
This however, is in accordance with the
practice of the party. The country and its
( great interests, are of 110 moment, to the
brawling democrat. To him, his party is
of more account than the well-being of the
whole people. In all his public acts, dur
ing the fearful war we have just passed
through, this has been but too clearly dem
onstrated. No interest of the nation has
been to valuable, or sacred, to hinder its
prostitution to partisan purposes by the
sinister and ruthless leaders of the demo
cratic faction. In truth, the war itself was
but the result, the out-growth, of their total
abandonment of every tiling like principle
in administering the government solely
with a view to partisan ends. The bitter
hate of the slave-holder to the northern
people grew out of democratic teachings
and practices, and this war upon the gov
ernment was a democratic measure. In its
inception, in its progress, the rebellion had
110 support north or south, but that which
it obtained from the democratic party. —
This is patent to the world ; and now, not
satisfied with the fearful injuries which its
inculcations and machinations have drawn
upon the country, its leaders and journals,
are doing their utmost to excite a new sec
tional animosity and provoke another
strife, between the North and the South,by
insisting that the administration designs
immediately to bestow upon the blacks all
the franchisements which the whites pos
sess. They know to, this to be a falshood,
i but it is partisan policy to make republi
| cans obnoxious to the masses. Nor does
it concern the democratic paity to know
that new cause for strife mav grow out of
I -
such perverse falshoods. What care its
leaders for the lives and money lost in the
war just ended? Democratic lies made
that war, and democratic lies will make
another, if by it, the democratic party can
get into power. But we doubt very much,
whether a party that has so clearly proven
itself destitute of correct motives as a basis
for political action, and so inimical to the
true interests of the nation, can ever again
cajole a majority of the people into its sup
port. If it does, it will be when its history
i up to this period is forgotten, or the mass
i become less intelligent and pure than now,
and we see no indications of this.
Now, what are the facts in regard to tin's
negro suffrage question? Simply,'thatthe
government in self defence, and as a war
measure, was obliged to free the slaves of
the south ; and these slaves being now free
it devolves upon us to provide for the em
ployment and sustenance of these four mil
lions of destitute human beings, naturally
indolent, and, owing altogether to the man
ner of their treatment, densely ignorant.
The query is, what shall be done for, or
with these people ? The administration
papers all over the country are discussing
this question, and they do not, by any
means, agree as what is best to be done.
Wendell Philiips, who is more a democrat
I than republican, urges immediate enfran
j chisement of the freedmen ; others arc urg-
I ing a properly qualification as an elevating
i process, or a stepping-stone to full enfran-
J chisement. While a third class propose
j some standard of intelligence as an enabling
; qualification to voting. Then a fourth par
ity hold that the freedmen should be allowed
| to vote at elections for township officers,
' for several years, then at county elections,
J to be followed afterwards by the right to
I vote for State officers, and subsequently
| for officers of the general government. The
I object of this being to school them to this
; privilege, in order that they may learn by
I degrees its importance and appreciate it
| thoroughly, when they come to exercise it
fully. We know too, a great many judi
! cious men among us who think the best
thing that can be done for the blacks, is to
: give them a home of their own in the south,
i say South Carolina, Florida, or Texas, and
let them come in as a territory, giving
them a republican form of government.—
Fred Douglas, or some other intelligent and
able man of their own color, as an execu
tive officer, and as far as practicable, fill
ing the other appointments in the territory
with black men, allowing them then to
make their own civil regulations, with re
gard to voting <fcc. Here then it is, pro and
con, and none tenacious as to what is done,
except the first named, so that the best in
terests of both the white and the black |
races is had in view when legislating 011
the subject. And while this serious discus- j
sion is going on in the republican ranks,
the democrats take part only'to falsify the ;
record. They pour no oil upon the troubled
waters, lliey only seek to aggravate by
mischievous perversions. They have no
interest in any thing except the old rotten
democratic party. They desire above all :
things, to revive that putrid mass of cor
ruption. Lying killed it, and the high
priests who are watching over, and man
uipulating its defunct organization, seem
to imagine that lying will restore it.
lion. Daniel S. Dickinson is very ill.
He has been confined to his bed with fever
for the last fortnight. i
APPOINTING REBELS TO OFFICE.
It is said that President Johnson has de
clared his intention of appointing 110 man
to office in the Southern States who has
been an open rebel, and taken any part
with the bogus confederacy in opposing
the Government. We hold this to be per
fectly correct, and think the duty of the
President on the subject was so plain, that
it needed no public announcement. There
is besides a law of U> ngross which makes
it impossible for any r. bc 1 t bold an office,
no matter whether elected or appointed by
the President. Its discovery recently has
given rise to much speculation concerning
some of the appointments, if not all, made
by the President in the South under his re
construction policy. The law runs thus :
Be it enacted, Ac., that hereafter every person
elected or appoiiited to any office ot honor or profit
nniler the Government of the United States, either
in the civil, military, or naval departments of the
public service, except the I'resident of the United
States, sliull. before entering upon the duties of suet,
office, (lud before behuj entitled to the salary or other
emoluments thereof, take and subscribe the following
oath or affirmation :
I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I
have never voluntarily borne arms against tha
United States since 1 have been a citizen thereof;
that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance,
counsel or encouragement to persons engaged in
armed hostility thereto : that I have neither souyhl
nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of
yny office irhatcccr, uiubr am/ authority or pretended
authority in hostility to the I nitol States ; that I have
not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended
government, authority, power or constitution with
in the United States, hostile or inimical thereto.
And I do further swear (or affirm), that to the best
of nty knowledge and ability, I will support and
defend the Constitution of the United States
against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I
will hear true faith and allegiance to the same; that
1 take this objection freely, without any mental
reservation or purpose of evasion. So help me
God.
And any person %vlio shall falsely take the said
oath shall be guilty of perjury, and on conviction,
iu addition to the other penalties now prescribed
for that offense, shall be deprived of his office, and
.rendered incapable forever after of holding any of
fice or place under the United States.
Approved July 2, 1862.
Untler this law, Mr. Iloldcn of North
Carolina, aiul Judge Parsons of Alabama,
lately appointed Provisional Governors of
their respective States, as well as the ma
jority of the men appointed to office in the
south, are disqualified to serve. The law
is right too, and must be respected. It
was enacted for the public good, and the
public good it will subserve if obeyed. It
has already been suggested, in order to
obviate the effect of this law, that as Pro
visional Governors are unknown to the
law, there appointees can still hold on,
prodded, they draw no pay for services ;
but this would be a clear evasion of the
law, and not justifiable on any ground
whatever. The discovery has produced a
deadlock in southern appointments, and
we are glad of it, if nothing else can hin
der the appointment to places of trust, of
men, who have aided to destroy this gov-
I eminent. We look upon this as a gross
I outrage to the nation, and we rejoice that
j there is law to hinder it.
The news from the harvest in all
parts of the State is, that the crops never
were more abundant. The season is a
week or ten days earlier than usual. If
abundance will bring produce down to a
low price, we shall have cheap provision
in a short time.
©■sT" We learn from a source that we ap
prehend is reliable, says the Richmond
Whig, that Major Thomas I*. Turner, late
commandant of the Libby Prison, Maj. Geo.
W. Alexander, at one time commandant of
Castle Thunder, and Frederick W illoy, Ad
jutant of the latter post, had all safely ar
rived in London, England, at last accounts.
AST Governor Johnson, of Georgia, ad
dressed a large Union meeting at Savan
nah 011 the Ist iust. He also intends to
address the, citizens of Augusta, Atlanta,
Macon and Milledgville. It is stated that
large majorities of the people of the interi
rior have expressed a desire to renew their
allegicnce to the United States.
- William D. Mann and Daniel Strat
ton, jr., the two men charged with heavy
swindling, in connection with the L nited
Service Petroleum Company of New York,
have been locked up, in default of $15,000
bail each, to await the result of a legal in
vestigation.
ftafThe President lias appointed Benj. F.
Perry Provisional Governor of South Caro
lina. llis instructions contemplate an im
mediate call for a state Convention, with a
view to the speedy reorganization of the
State Government.
THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH. —The Washing
ton Chronicle, of the 7th says: \\ c are grat
ified to be able to state that the health of
the President is improving, and that he was
able, on Wednesday evening, for the first
time during his last illness, to leave his
bed. We hope to see him able to resume
his onerous duties in a few days.
ItetS" Gov. Curtin has signed the death
warrants of David Gregor and William
Hopkins, sentenced to be bung for murder
in the City of Philadelphia on the 11th of
August.
fcay- Secretary Stanton is worn down by
hard labor, and, though not confined to his
bouse, has been at the Department but
about three hours per day since last Fri
day.
Bۤt An order has been issued by the
Secretary of War commanding all officers
and enlisted men on detached service and
absent from duty, to immediately return to
their respective commands.
SINGULAR INSTANCE OF BIRD AFFECTION.—
The Bath, Steuben co., Advocate, relates
an instance of bird affection which transpir
ed in that village on tliursday morning last.
A robin had built her nest in one of the
shade trees directly in front of the dwelling
of ex-Sheriff Seymour. While the house
was in tlanies, the robin was noticed to fly
from its nest, and in the most persuasive
language, endeavor to call her little brood,
who were lying unconscious of danger in
the nest, unable to fly. The bird Hew back
and forth a few moments, then finding her
efforts unavailing, calmly took her place up.
on the nest, where mother and little ones
perished in the flames,
EXECUTION
OF THE
CONSPIRATORS.
The Military Commission lately sitting at
Washington, having concluded its investi
gations, the findings were approved by the
I'resident as follows : DAVW E. HEROLU,
GEORGE A. ATZEROUT, LEWIS PAYNE (POWELL)
and Mrs. MARY E. SURRATT, guilty of conspi
ring to assassinate President LINCOLN, Sec
retary SKWAUO and other heads of the Gov
ernment, and sentenced to be hanged there
for on Friday, duly T.
Of the others implicated in the same
conspiracy, or in the execution of some
part of ii, Mn IIAKI. O'LACGIII.IN, SAMCEI. AR-
Noi. , and Hr. SAMUEL A. Mi nn are to becon-
lined in the Penitentiary at Albany for life,
and Enw.\t:n SI'ANCI.KR for six years.
In the case of Mrs. SCKRATT, a writ of
habeas corpus was issued by Judge WYIJE
of the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia, ;yid served upon Gen. HANCOCK,
at eight o'clock in the morning. The Pres
ident promptly declared that the writ had
heretofore been suspended and directed the
execution of the prisoners to proceed.
At an early hour guards were placed all
around the Arsenal grounds to prevent the
intrusion of persons t<> the scene of execu
tion, none being admitted excepting those
previously supplied with tickets by Major
General HANCOCK.
THE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES OF THE I'Hi.SO NEKS.
Aliout :v quarter of twelve the friends and
relatives of the prisoners began to arrive,
and were admitted to the cell of the con
demned. At this time came Miss Anna
Surratt, accompanied by a gentleman, and
was immediately shown to the cell of her
mother. As she entered and followed her
conductor through the hall into the corri
dor beyond, her bearing was quite firm,
and her manner and step almost conlident
in the expression, which gave rise to an
opinion, quite generally concurred in, that
the interview she had with (Jen. Hancock
this morning, between eight and nine
o'clock, and, subsequently attempted to
bring about with the President, had finally
been crowned with success and her peti
tions for clemency and a respite for her
mother granted. Next to Miss Surratt
came the sister of Harold, followed by a
sister of Atzerott, all of whom gained im
mediate access to the prisoners. Scarcely
half an hour had elapsed before they all is
sued, nearly swooning with anguish, from
the inner door, and were conducted to ap
artments upon the second floor, where re
storatives were administered. All of these
heart-broken women were attired in deep
black, with heavy veils of serge screening
their faces from the multitude; but their
sobs and tottering steps excited the sym
pathies of all, and many eyes were bedim
med as the mournful cortege passed be
yond sight or hearing.
TIIF. PROCESSION TO THE (SALLOWS.
At exactly one o'clock the heavy door
opening from the northwestern hall of the
prison building into the court-yard opened,
and Mary E. Surratt, leaning upon two
gentleman, issued forth, followed by Fath
ers Wiget and Walter, the latter of whom
carried a small cross with an effigy of the
Saviour thereon, and also a book of prayer.
She looked very pale; her limbs seemed to
fail her, and it required 110 small exertion
on the part of the gentleman alluded to to
lead her as far as the scaffold steps. .Step
by step she ascended, her hands manacled
behind her, every eye united on her now
shrunken cheeks. Iler face betrayed more
of horror than of physical fear; her upper
lip, as sometimes seen in the newly dead,
cuiled upwards from the now incomplete
teeth, with added greatly to the ghastliness
of her expression. She sat on a chair
placed at the northwestern corner of the
scaffold, and immediately the reverend gen
tleman waiting upon her leaned forward,
applying the crucifix to her ashen lip, and
pouring into her ear the words of comfort
expected to sooth to resignation the rebel
lious human heart that sets itself against
the decree of mortality upon the scaffold,
the field or the home bed.
ATZEROTT FOLLOWED NEXT,
shackled hand and foot, and presenting to
the spectator a face so full of fear, of woe,
of horror and of supplication, that for mere
relief they turned from him to rest upon the
regal face of Payne. Atzerott was atten
ded to and up the steps of the scaffold by
the Rev. Mr. Butler, and he too was bidden
to be seated 011 a chair placed at the south
ern end of the grim white structure.
NEXT CAME PAYNE,
manacled like Atzerott, dressed only in the
navy pants and c illarless shirt he wore du
ring the long trial. So instinctive is the
admiration which men feel for any man who
in the last hour meets unmoved the king of
I terrors, that this youth with the bull neck
| and chose shaven crown, short face and
I quiet blue eye, drew more sympathy than
the fears of a thousand Atzerotts could ev
er evoke. On he went to the steps, side
by side with the minister of his choice, Mr.
Gillctt. Checked in his gait but seeming
ly unembarrassed, he reached the platform
and sat down near to Mrs. Surratt, and
there he remained gazing, as he used to do
in the court room, through the bars at the
white tlcecy clouds that shifted before the
intense rays of a sun that gilded witli all
j the pump of a summer noon one of the most
! solemn scenes ever exhibited in this land,
!so fx-ee hitherto from such crimes. Payne
! (we prefer the more generally known name)
| looked neither to the right nor to the left,
j but straight forward and upwards. It was
| evident that to him the crowd were noth- j
| ing, his own thoughts everything. Ilis j
i face might be likened to that of a builder j
;of castles in the air. Fear there was none, j
i no more than on the face of a sleeping in-)
i fant; braggadoica, or morbid vanityjthat so !
I often supplies courage, was not to be read
in the quiet, dreaming eye, where the old j
wildness alone had lied, and as the sun I
; faced him as truly as lie faced it, the pho- 1
tographer whose instrument stood in a win- j
dow of the western wall will hand down
Payne to posterity with a face on which no
man could read either remorse for past
crime or the fear of present punishment.— |
The memory of his horrid crime, which had
appalled a nation, was lost in coutempla-'
ting his bearing, which'at the very foot of
the scaffold a soldier who had braved death '
from Chattanooga to Savannah, styled
right regal. Last, and in every way least,
came Ilarold, with bloodless, sallow cheeks,
still sufficiently self contained to walk or
hobble as well as his shackles would per
mit, and, attended by I)r. Olds. He, t<o, 1
mounted the stairs and sat between the
quaking Atzerott and the quiet Payne.
THE THANKS AND I'RAYEBS OF THE PRISONERS, j
The minister then uttered a brief prayer,
asking for Payne the forgiveness of all his
sins and a passage out of this world into |
the joys of heaven. The minister who at-j
tended Harold also returned thanks for
kindly treatment of the prisoner, and offer-1
ed a prayer that God would receive his soul, j
Harold was affected to tears. The minis
ter who attended Atzerott also returned for |
him thanks to General Ilartranft and other
officers for kind attention, and then invok
ed the mercy of God upon the prisoner.
THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXF.CTTLON.
The preachers having ended, an order
inaudible from below was given, and Payne
slowly walked forward to tlie rope allotted
to him * then stepped forth Mrs. Surratt,
aided by her reverend advisers, who had
read to her a portion of the Catholic ritual
prepared for such occasions. Then, at the
other end of the platform, rose AtTerntf,
quivering in every nerve, his knees kqock?
ing together, his arms trembling even in
their manacles; and last again came forth
Harold, less .demonstrative of terror, but
only less pale tKaiTMrs. Surratt, over whose
face there began to steal an expression of
resignation.
Then the arms of all four were tied above
tlie elbows with strips of wliite muslin.
Men have issued from imprisonment of
3'ears with whitened locks and from ship
wreck with shattered reason ; but Atzerott
apparently suffered more in those sixteen
minutes that elapsed from his entering
the yard to the time of bis being led for
ward to the rope than was ever endured in
the Bastile or in St. Marks, ilis eyes stood
out, his shoulders drooped, and no aspen
ever trembled as be did from toe to head.
It was pitiful to look at him, and withal
sickening. Payne's eyes still followed the
thinning white cloud. . Harold was expres
sionless, while Mrs. Surratt seeming less
and less terrified, submitted to the tying
with no appearance of conscience. Then
other strips of muslin were brought forth
to tie the legs bet wen ancle and knee.
THE FATAL NOOSE.
Then over the head of each was passed
the fatal noose. Payne bent gracefully to
it, as if he were assuming a crown, and
when it circled his powerful throat he drew
himself up, and turning his head slightly,
addressed some quiet words to the officer
who still held the rope. To all present it
was the execution of a murderer ; to the
murderer it evidently was the coronation
of martyrdom, and the noose an aureola of
glory. None resisted the rope.
THE OAF OF DOOM.
Then over the face and head of each was
placed a cap of white muslin shaped some
what like a jockey's skull cap, but large
enough to enclose face and head, and long
enough to reach below tiro chin, and now
the pent up fear of Atzerott breaks forth
in words and he exclaimed :
"Gentlemen, beware!" And as Horold's
cap was pulled on last of all, Atzerott
again burst forth with—
"Good by, gentlemen!"
At lialf-past one o'clock, as the ministers
moved back, Atzerott again spoke :
"May we meet in another world."
THE TRAP SPRUNG.
A moment after the officials drew back,
and down fell the trap, and swaying to and
fro swung the four bodies.
HOW THEY DIED.
There was no struggle 011 the part of
Mrs. Surratt. She hangs and swings as if
within the dark folds of her puffed dress no
life had ever been. A bag of old clothes it
might be but for that llesh we see between
the rope and the cap. Atzerott still shakes
as if the fear of death were to continue be
yond it, and outlive consciousness itself.
Harold struggles—his chest heaves. —
Payne slowly draws himself up till he as
sumes for a second the shape of a man sit
thig in a rather low chair, his thighs form
ing a right angle with his body, and the
former forming a similar angle with the
portion of his legs from the knee down
wards. lie straightens again, but the
broad chest heaves and swells, and there
is a sort of writhing of the body on the
hips. It is twenty-six minutes and fifteen
seconds after one. Six minutes and a half
have they swung there, and again a spas
modic curving of the body and bending of
the lower parts proves Payne still alive,
but it is the last. If death must, for the
safety of society, be inllicted on the assas
sin, for the sake of civilization let some
more summary means of indicting it be
devised
SYMPATHY FOR MRS. 8I RRATT.
Until the drop fell, a general belief ex
isted, shared in by the military, that Mrs..
Surratt would he reprieved, and had a re
prieve come even when the rope had been
adjusted around her neck, it would have
sir prised no one.
THE REARING OK PAYNE
did surprise many. The absence of all
vanity or repulsive indifference, joined to
his drapery, caused many to regret that
such a man should have merited such a
doom.
THE FOUR BODIES
hung straight and motionless as plumb
lines, the red sun pouring his rays with
fierce intensity upon the dead and the liv
ing. Under the oppressive heat the spec
tators still lingered around the corpses, till
orders were issued to clear the court yard,
having therein only a few members of the
press and the soldiers and officers, together
with Dr. Otis, United States Volunteers,
and Dr. Woodward, United Stated Army,
and Dr. Porter, United States Army. It
was then within five minutes of two
o'clock.
THE EXAMINATION OF THE BODIES
The doctors then examined the bodies,
commencing with Mrs. Surratt and ending
with Atzerott. Having pronounced them
dead, Captain Roth then ordered his men
to prepare to take the bodies down, and
some ascended the scaffold with knives,
while others stood below to catch them.
They were cut down successively—first
Atzerott, then Harold, next Payne, and last
Mrs. Surratt.
COFFINED AND BFRIED.
The four boxes prepared for coffins were
j then brought forward, and the corpses be
ing laid upon them, another examination
was made, and it being perfectly evident
that life was extinct in all, they wore placed
each in his narrow house and buried in
the four yawning holes prepared for them.
After the bodies had hung about 20 min
utes they were pronounced lifeless by the
Surgeons officiating, and were cut down,
laid on the rough pine boxes, respectively,
which had been ranged in front of them,
and were there examined again. The neck
of Mrs. Surratt was pronounced positively
broken and that of Harold probably. The
knot had caught under the base of the
skull in the case of Payne and Atzcrott, in
such a manner as to make it uncertain 1
about their necks having been broken.
The bodies were put in the boxes in the i
same dresses in which they had been hung.
A small bottle containing the name of each
person put in with the corpse, and were 1
buried in four graves, about five feet deep, i
that had been dug on the east side of the '
yard, with their heads toward the west.
The officiating surgeons were Surgeon
Geo. A. Otis, IT.1 T . S. V., Assistant-Surgeon
J. J. Woodward, U. S. A., and Assistant-
Surgeon G. L. Porter, U. S. A.
The bodies of all the prisoners except
Payne were solicited of Gen. Hancock by
their friends, but he declined to give them
up without an order from the President or
Secretary of War, upon the production of
which he said they could he disinterred.
Co. K. Ist regiment Hancock's Veteran
Corps, Lieut. Vanderviolo commanding,
was detailed to attend to the hurrying of
the bodies.
The following rcgiwnte aiid companies
were on duty in and around the Arsenal to
day, all under the command ol'(Jen. C. 11.
Morgan :
Ist, 2nd, sth and Bth Regiments of the
First Corps, one company of the Kith New-
York Cavalry and a detail of the (iOtli Ohio
Infantry! the inside guard being composed
of the Ist regiment Hancock's Corps, and.
the outside of the trops mentioned.
The parties who performed the duty of;
dropping the platform from which the as- i
i s;y>siins swung, were William Cyxwell,
Daniel Shoiipe, George F. Taylor and Jo- j
sepli Ha/.lett, privates of Co. F, 14th Regi
ment of the First Corns el' Veterans.
Much sympathy is' expressed for Miss
FAnnie Hnrrett, who took her mother's fate
! so hardly and made such strenuous porson
: al efforts to procure her pardon, and also
i fin the friends of Harold and At/.erott, who
visited them in the prison yesterday and j
i to-day.
MAJOR GENERAL HARTRANET
1 sat down to make his r 'port to Major (Jen.
Hancock. General Hancock then com
( mi nced preparing his to the President, and
i all was over. Everything throughout was
j managed with the utmost order and care, {
' and the thanks of the press are certainly j
i due to Generals Hancock and Hartranft,
as well as to Colonel Bird, of the First :
United States Volunteers, for the facilities 1
i and courtesies they extended towards j
j them.
BElk- Tin' Wa<hin<jt<m Citron i'/r brands as
j ridiculously false the statement that Secrc- j
j tary Seward lias placed its resignation at,
the disposal of the President.
tejjf It is thought that Jeff. Davis will be
i soon tried for complicity in the assassina
tion, new proofs having recently come into
possession of the authorities.
SUJocrtiscmcnts.
ADMINISTRATOR' 8 N OTI CE.-Notice
is hereby given, that all persons indebted to the
! estate of HENRY PITT, late of South Creek twp .
dee'd., are requested to make immediate payment
j and those having demands against said estate will pres
entthem duly authenticated for settlement.
S. D. HARK NESS,
; July Id. 1*65 Administrator.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.-Notice is
hereby given tliat all persons indebted to the estate
; of PATRICK DOUGHERTY, dec d, late ol N. Towanda,
i are requested to make immediate payment, and those
j having demands against said estate will present them
; duly authenticated tor settlement.
B. S. RUSSELL,
ELLEN DOUGHERTY,
July 13,1365. Administrators.
LIST op LETTERS* REMAINING IN
the Post Office at Towanda, Pa., lor the week eud
j iug July .0, 1*65 :
j Benjamin Asa L. Lee Adrial
Bishop A. S. Lee John
! Bowman H. H. London 8.
i Bam hart Joauna Mattisou B. D.
Bradley Mary MclTaue Cora
Beeman Washington Penny P. I>.
! Carroll I. Mr. Parke Flias T.
j Douglass Wm. 3 s Ruger James
Dull Wm Robinson Eroin
Duoitt G. M. Scott Catherine
! FoibesT. D. 2 Spencer Dan'l F. 3
Fraser N.S. Terrill Cnas. H.
Flemming Mary. Thomas C'has.
: Ford James M. Jerry Phineas
Fairle Henry C. Wood Peter
; Gillett Elisha D. Walborn Hannah
' Hemesy Thomas Wank Geo.
' Kelley Ollv A. , Welles C. P.
, Kinsman James j Wilcox Amos
Keefee Dennis YoungS. M.
i *#" Persons calling lor any of the above letters will
! please say "Advertised."' S. W. ALVORD,
July 10, 1*65. Postmaster.
IN BRADFORD COMMON PLEAS NO.
X 272 SEPTEMBER TERM, 1*65. ROSWELL LUTH
ER vs. FIVE CANAL BOATS, all unnamed, four of
which are 1 \ing and being in Towanda Borough, Brad
ford County! Penn'a, and one in Terrytown, in said
County, and GROVE M. HALL, owner or reputed own
er.
The Five Canal Boats defendants, and attacbees in
this case are ali unnamed and al) belong in Towanda
Borough, in said County, and none of thesi have never
had any commander.
| Said Canal Boats will be sold for the payment of
j debts contracted lor work done, or for materials pio
| vided in the building, repairing, fitting, furnishing and
equipping of the same, unless tlie owner, consignee or
j commander ol said Canal Boats, or some person in their
j behalf shall appear and pay the same, or otherwise ob
! tain the discharge of said Canal Boats within t+iree
| months from the first publication of this notice.
; All persous having a lien upon said Canal Boats or
j either of them for any debts contracted as a'oresaid are
I hereby required to file the same within three months
| from the first publication ot this notice, or be debarred
Irom presenting their claims under the writ of attach
I mc-nt in th ie case.
J. MONROE SMITH,
! Towanda, July 11, 1865. Sheriff".
!gPIN XI N G WH E ELS!
VV II OL E SALE A N* D RE T A I L .
To the citizens and tanners of Bradford and adjoining
■ counties : The subscriber would respectfully announce
! that he is prepared to furnish them with
WOOL-WIIEELS,
| FLAX-WHEELS,
WHEEL-HEADS,
SNAP-REELS,
S WIVES,
FLIERS, &C., &C.
In short everything connected with the Home Manu
facture of Woolen and Linen Goods.
| Merchants wishing to purchase to sell again, will
! please address by mail, when list of prices will be sent.
; All goods packed in shipping order,
j N. B. Particular attention is called to the " Craudall
W heel-Head," an article far superior to any now in use.
I All articles warranted to give entire satisfaction.
I C.M. CHANL>ALL.
j Montrose, Pa.. June 10,1865.
| ROOK ER YA ND G LASS WAR E
AT
It EI)UC EI) P RICES!
I take pleasure in announcing to the citizens of Brad
i ford and vicinity, that I have purchased the stock of I
Crockery and Glassware heretofore owned by E. M. ,
Payne, which added to my former stock,
CROCKERY,
GLASSWARE,
PLATED WARE,
TABLE A POCKET CUTLERY,
i
Makes as good an assortment as can be found west of
. New York. My stock of Crockery consists of
|S I X DIFFERENT PATTERNS,
! Plain and Figured
WHITE GRANITE WARE.
I You will also find a choice lot of
| GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
Wood, Willow, Stone Waie, and Self Sealing Fruit
, Jars at low prices.
! My motto is small profits quick returns and ready pay.
All kinds of Farmers Produce wanted, for which the
highest Market Price v ill be paid.
W. B. CAMPBELL, i
WiVHttf, N. Y., June 7, 1865.
PENNSYLVANIA AGRICULTURAL i
SOCIETY—The Pennsylvania Slate Agricultural;
Society will hold its exhibition on September 26th, 27th 1
28th and 29th. 1865 , at
WILLIAMSI'ORT, LYCOMING COUNTY.
Any informttion desired by persons desiring to exhib
it, applications for premium lists or posters,or by mem
bers of the society, will be given by the undersigued, or
by A. Bovp HAMILTON. President, Harrisburg, Pa.
A. BROWER LONGAKER, Secretary.
Norrislown, Jane 5,1865.
JgAGLE HOTEL IN TOWANDA,
FOR SALE.
Location, on the south side of the Square, by the Presby ,
terian Church. Apply to W. A. PECK., ofike, Uuiun
Block, north side of Square. May IS, 1865.
I)LASTER, —A fresh supply of Ground \
Plaster ou hand aud for sale by
Feb. 8,1865. W. A. ROCKWELL.
Hlmljanbijf, ssc.
INTERESTING TO A|, j (
The subscriber would most respectfully am,.
the citizens ol Bradford County, and ' the rest or Ml
kind," that he has recently purchased .and most eleg jj
ly refitted the stand formerly owned by T. Iluinj,!,'.-!.
and more recently by 8. N. I'ronson. and has just t ,. , •
cd an entire stock of new goods, purchased who! v
the "caving in" of the relieliion, which will emnd,. j,;
to offer his stock at such nrices as will be sure t,,
entire satisfaction to all close buyers, in the st,ck vrj:
t>e lound a well selected assortment of
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES.
READY MADE CLOTHING,
HATS,
BOOTS A SHOES,
CROCKERY, ,V(
The motto will le "Small profits, quick sal, [,<•
' nimble sixpence better ban the si w shilling.
TERMS—Payment to be made on delivering the
Please remeiiiisr the pla, e, which will bciealier u
known as the "Bee Hive."
Orwell, June 15, 165. L. H. BRON.SON",
BLACK SILK SHAWLS,
At the Bee Hive.
B ROCHE LONG AND SINGLE
At the Bee Hive
SUMMER SHAWLS,
Beautiful styles, at the Bee Hive.
MO l T RXI X(J SIIAW LS .
Finest qualities, at the Bee Hive.
ELEG AX T SII A W LS ,
All seasons of the year at the Bee Hive.
PARASOLS AND Sl'N UMBRELLAS
At the Bee Hive.
LA D IKS' DRE S S GOODS,
Splendid Styles, at the Bee Hive.
L A DIES' CLO Tll ,
At the Bee Hive.
L A D I E S' WA T E R P R O O F 01!
REPELLENT CLOTH, at the Bee Hive.
LADI ES' CORSE TT S,
Best quality, at the Bee Hive.
CHILDREN'S' SHOES, GLOVES AND
HOSIERY, at the Bee Ilive.
HATS OF THE LATEST STYLES,
At the Bee Hive.
800 T S A X D SIIO ES ,
I .urge assortment, at the Bee Hive.
(CROCKERY A (J L A S S W A I!}.
latest Patterns, at the Bee Hive.
T E A S !
TEA E T
E E
A J A
E E
TEA E T
All kinds, Oolong. Japan. Young Hyson. Gum <
and Imperial Teas of all the finest flavors, ~ii<]
i the last crop, at the lowest prices, and warrant.. J ;
Bee Hive
DAIRY SALT,
At the Bee Hive.
| A GREAT MANY GOODS THAT h
WANTED IN EVERY FAMILY, at the Bee Hive.
COATS, VESTS AND PANTS.
At the BEE HIVE, Orwell, l'a.
Tv Plea-e call and see.
L. H. BRONSO.V
s "VTOTICE.-—Pursuant to an Act of ''
Al press entitled "An A- tto provide Intir:,. !'•
j enueto support the Government pay interest u tie
, public debt and lor other purposes," 'approved J.ua
; and amended March 3d, 1*65. There will be at ■.!
i beld at the Court House in Towanda. fir the ( •
, Biadlord. ou Friday and Saturday, July ltthanii;
1*65. When the subscriber will receive and den im .-
I all appeals that n:ay be made relative I anv rn
j assessments made by the Assistant Assessors:
I County.
' Alt appeals must be made in writing and m
| the particular, cause, matter or thing, le.-p- : c
, a decision is requested, and shall moreover state : -
: ground or principle of error complained of. All
I sons who do not file written appeals on or Ist ••• '
I above named days for hearing, the same will I*-
I from obtaining any abatement of their ta.xe-.
ISAAC S MONROE
I June 26, 1865. Assessor for 13th District.P*
1 THE PROPRIETOR OF THE ROY?E
; J- HOUSE,
BURLINGTON, I'A..
Begs .cave to inlorm his old customers and thenar
J ' n g public, that he has thoroughly repaired and re:: re
I ted his House, and it is now in giuul condition toac -s
--modate guests in a satisfactory manner.
L. T. liOYSE
Burlington. June 26,1*65. Proprietor.
fJHE EMPORIUM OF FASHIONS
j. w. TAYLOR,
j Is now receiving one of the finest assortments c' V
i nery and Fancy Goods ever brought in the market.cot
;
j sisting ot all the newest stvies of Bonnets, HaUaH
I
| Caps the new Fanchon Bonnet, the Faust, Sara' -*
and Coburg Hats. Misses and Infants Hats and S
I Caps. All the new colors of Bonnet Ribbons, Moot -
| the Lake, the new shades ot Green, Purple and Ei-<-
| A large stock of Ribbons, Trimmings and Pit- T: s
miugs. All styles of Hoop Skirts, Duplex. Multifont.
, and Corset Skirt. Silk Umbre.las and Parasols. Pin*
Linen, Hem Stitched and Embroidered Handkerchiefs
j
J Chenelle Head Dresses and Silk Nets. A Fiia
meat of Kid Gloves, French Corsets, Plain Linen.L
j broidered and Valencia Collars, Linen Thread i
j Smyrna Edging, Dimity Bands and Ruffling, Km ' '
ing and Tucked Edgings. A good assortment ol (Hom* ;
r
and Hosiery. Black Silk Mitts. Yankee Notions, V.:dt
Belts ami Belt Buckles, Hair and Clothes Brushe-. •
and Fancy Combs. All colors Zephyrs.
Bonnets and Hats trimmed in the I very latest No*
York styles. Millinery Work done on short notice a--'
' warranted to please. Bonnets and Hats shaped in
New Style, Ac.
| N. B.—l have added to my stock anise Unt* oi J->
Goods. Prints, .Delaines, Challis, Black and Colored
Alapaccas. All Wool Delaines, Gingham, Bleached M" 3
lin, Plain and Plaid Xausook, Jaconets. A toll h"' 1 "
Swiss, Mull, Bohiuett Laces, Black and Whitel'a>h fr
Lace, Black, Black and White Dolled l.ace, and P tlil
many other things too numerous to mention, one l
north of Cowles A Co.'s Book Store, and opposite 1
Court House, Towauda. May L '
/NASH PAID FOR WOOL, AND ALL
kiuds of Produce by .
June 22, 1865. W. A. ROCKWhU- f