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ILLeat.-80ddenlY, on' Sunday morning, Bth instant,
Lewis bi . Alen. in the 44th year of his age.
• The male friends or the , fondly are invited to attend
his funeral. from his late residence, No 452 Marshall'
etreet, on to-morrow (Tuesday) afternoon, Bth indent,
at 1 o'clock. J•
EARP.—On the ilk Id Mary Ann Earp, relict
Of the late Robert Earp. it the 83.1 year of her age. •
RAMTPRNOSI On Saturday, the 6th instant, Rev.
Alamein Rd en; in the 47th year odds age.
The friends of the fanall are invited to attend:the fu-,
neral, on Tuesday, the 8t Student, at 11 o'clock. front
the Oxford Presbyterian hurch, comer of Oxford and
Broad stmts.
MEGARGEE.—At Rome, Italy, March 4th, of typhoid
fever, MIN S Maggie hiegergee. of th le city. • •
PEROT.—On Sunday, the 6th Inst., Charles Perot, in
the 73d year of his age.
His male friends are invited to attend his funeral,
from his late lresidente. No, 731. Market street, on Wed
nesday merielogottlb e'eloCk. •
YMEIL—On Sunday evening, Gth Indira, Rebecca
gf PhilipF.• B nrd 6 r •
liar relatives and friends are invited to attend her fir
neral aerrices, from the residence of her husband, at
Beterly N. J., on Tuesday afternoon next, at 4 o'clock,
prec Melt
Ntilln the erening of the sth instant, David
Sierran, in the 76th Year of his age. •
Ms male friends, oleo Lodge 71,A. Y. Id., are Invited
to attend his funeral, from 1130 Girard street, on Taos
day. the 80 'reliant, at 3 o'clock I'. M.
TODIL—On • Thursday, March 3,1, WO. Lottie E.,
daughter of Jonh and Martine Todd, aged 23 years.
Tito retail yea and friends of the family ere invited to
attend her funhrst„ front the residence of her parents.
Chester Valley, on Wednesday morning. at 11 o'clock.
Interment at Oakland Cemetery, West Cheater, Pa.
MRS. MARTHA R.. SHILLINGYORD
It I. wad to record the death of loved ones. Memory
Miners lovingly around hallowed aesociations ; tears
dim the eye Hone by one recollections of the departed
crowd around and ,overwhelm the mind. As we viewed
the large concourse of weeping friends gathered around
the bier of this lady on Thursday last, at the Spring
Garden Preebyterlan Church, filling the edifice to its
utmost capudly, Ire could not but recognize that myste
rious pow er which she, in life,ltad exerted upon all who
came within the circle of her influence, Genial, gentle,
of earnest piety and strong faith. she was ever a living
witness of the religion she profeemsl. Ever ready with
open hand and sympathizing heart to relieve the dis
tressed, many who bare experienced the generous ho.
pulses which led her to espouse their cause will rise up
and ceU her blessed. In the work of the church with
which
alto was connected, she was ever foremost, and
many acts of true benevolence which she has pet formed
will never he known till the lett great day of accounts
shall reseal them, Her life was one of faith, 'and her
death gas t• Wilco of the truth of that faith ; and as
she passed through the dark Valley of Death, her last
bourn were supported by that unfaltering trust in her
Saviour which mark, the true Christian. " Being deal
she yet !teeth in the hearts of those left behindand her
memory will be cheriebed no long as life eball last.
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PHILADELPHIA.'
NO T I Cif OLDSiiiii;T r alit alf
The annual election for Directors will bo hold on
MONDAY, the 7th day of March, WO, at the Oftico of
the Company, No. 238 South Third street. The polls will
be open frontlie o'clock A. M. until O o'clodk P. M. No
eller° or shares transferred, within sixty 'dare Preceding
the election Will entitle the holder or holders thereof to
fol6tmhBrpg
Bay THE U W
YOUNG MEN'S LYCEUM OF
Philadelphia, will meet on IttONDAX FiVE NINO , ,
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March 7th, at the all, N. E. comer Broad and Arch
atreeta (second story I, for tho purpose• of reorganizing.
All interested are oordially itrritel. For further inforr
astation, see lifonday's Ledger. mbh-2tre
OFFICE 9C.fIUYLKILL V1(1.11:-
IheD'' VON 00111PANY. - • •
Manctr 4th, 1870.
Weather permitting, the Lim; will be open for tho pas
aa fte of boats on ItIO.LiDAY; march 7th:18701
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Hope of Finding She City of Boston Al
most Abandoned,
1 The New York Triune, speaking of the
missing steamer, says:
One prevailing theory has been that she has
lost her screw. If this should prove true, she
could sail faster with her screw broken Off en
tirely than if it were so injured that it could
Dot be worked sa in the latter case it would
act as a drag, and the vessel could not go more
than three or four knots an hour with a strong
breeze. A belief is gaining ground that she
has struck a half-sunken wreck, not a fair blow
head 'on, but, rising with a sea, she has struck
aft of the fore-foot, and thus stove, in her bot
tom, and so disarranged her machinery as to
prevent her powerful steam pump; being
worked, and the vessel settling by the head
the sea would exert its terrible weight and ef
fects upon her. In that event she could have
remained on the surface but a. very short
time.
The Atlantic Ocean is strewn with. these
wrecks, and almost weekly vessels are report
ing narrow escapes from fouling them. One
01 the regular line of ocean steamers is re
ported yesterday (privately) by cable as hav
ing lost part of her screw, and it is thought
that she struck some wreck stuff. One of our
naval vesisels, ,coming up the Cult" Stream,
lately, fell in with one of these wrecks, and
-lie stopped, and, shotting her guns, fired at
the bulk, blowing it to harmless wreckage. It
"night "b:3 well for some of the naval vessels
of the United States and Europe to cruise for
these worse than rocks to narigators,..and de
stray them. Last winter over a snore of them
were reported, month after month.
It is passible, again, that the City . of Boston
may have been destroyed by fire ;it so, it is
probable that some, if not all, of her passen
gers may have escaped in boats, and may. be
picked - up, and in. due time be heard from.
The (steamer Nemesis, of the Cunard Line,
reports on the night of the 31st ofdanuary she
experienced a terrific gale on the banks of
Newfoundland, the worst ever known in that
latitude. During the storm she bet her bow
sprit, but weathered the gale successfully. At
the time she experienced the heaviest weather
the City of Boston could not have been more
than 50 miles from her. The City of Boston is
equally as good if not a better sea boat than
the Nemesis, and it is thought that she passed
through that storm, and her troubles began
further to the eastward.
The cargo consisted of 770 bales of cotton,36
bales of hops, 550 boxes of bacon, 390 tierces
beef, 295 tierces lard, 45 firkins lard, 10,361
bushels of wheat in bags, 2,871 bags copper
ore; 187 bags oil cake, 200 barrels flour, 37
barrels pork, 75 hhds. tallow, and 70 feet of
measurement goods." She had the Provincial
mails on board. The ship was worth about
,170.000, and was insured, one-half of the risk
being taken by the Company.
On Tuesday Lloyds asked a premium of 50
guineas onithe ship and cargo,which indicates
that they have strong doubts of her ever turn
ing up. It is true that when the City of
Washington was out so long a time 70 guineas
were asked.
A few days agosand before any doubts were
expressed as to the safety of the City of
Boston, the Inman Line entered in a contract
with Messrs. Tod and Macgregor to build
:mother ship for the line, ofthe City of Brook
lyn type. The City of Limerick is now being
extensively repaired. She has been eat in
two and lengthened, and is to be made a fiat
class sea boat.
The steamship City of Durham, which has
been despatched from Liverpool in search of
the, City of Boston, has on board over 1,000
tons of coal, and she will cruise under easy
steam for four or five weeks, unless the vessel
she is in quest of should turn up.
The report of Capt. Hofires of the bark E.
A. Kennedy, which arrived at Boston on Fri
day, in reference to a steamer which he
passed on the 12th of February, at 3 o'clock iii
the morning. gives no further hope of the
safety of the City of Boston. The fact of her
showing only ono bright light at the mast
head, proves Ist, that she was only tempo
rarily" lying too," and that she had covered
her side-lights to prevent passing vessels
from supposing she was moving; the white
light signified that she was lying still.
2d, from Captain Hofftes's. report she was
square rigged forward. The City of Boston
was a full rigged ship. 3d, bad it been the
City of Boston she would undoubtedly have
signaled or hailed the E. A. Kennedy to re
port her on arrival. It is more than probable
that the steamer seen was one of the bark
rigged ocean steamers which had stopped to
" key up" her machinery, or to adjust some
portion of it, which could only be done when
the engine was at rest. Had the rudder been
disabled, it is probable that some lights would
have been seen over the stern to aid the men
in their work of repairing the damage. '
The fact that the steamer Druid has re
turned to Halifax after a thorough search ;
that the steamers of the various lint* crossing
thesbeean, both Eastward and - Westward, all
of them keeping an extra lookent, have seen
nothing to strengthen hope, and that Lloydti
have refused to take any more risks on the
steamer, make it doubly probable that she has
gone down, and all hands with her.
Febrnary 16,1670
the Effect of Horror.
A French paper says that M. Lombard, the
husband of Mdme. Lombard, who was mur
dered by her servant Lathanvers, is a Onions
instance of the beneficial effect of a violent
shook to the nervous system in cases of par
alysis. M. Lombard had been paralyzed for
ten years, and incapable of moving or tittering
a single word. The horrible scene of which
he was the dumb and motionless witness
seems to have worked a complete alteration
in his condition. He has begun to speak
within the last few days; and he received a
visit from an old friend to whom he held , out
his hand (which he could not move a mouth
ago,) and also addremed a le* words.
JOSEPH LESLEY,
Bocrotary
SJPJECIAL fIOTICES
ighmTRENTON, N. J., MARCH 1, 1870.
NOTICE.—The Delaware and Raritan Canal
e opened for navigation on the 10th inet.
JOHN G. STEVENS.
mh.3-7trp§ Engineer and Superintendent.
Taitllo9 GlitAltD
RUSSIAN AND PERFUMED BATHS,
Department
t . for Ladies.
Batbatmen from 6A. M. o 9 P. M.
yo' HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1148
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
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up WEST SPRUCE STREET CHURCH,
Seventeenth end Spruce streets.—Prayer Meet
ing this evening at 751, and sermon at 8 o'clock, by
Bev. George Dana Boardman.. The pUblto cordially
invited. cord ial ly
azp. CENTRAL M. E.. CLIIIRCH; '-;-PTHE
PILGRIM," with all Its Grand Paintings, Music,
Transition Finale, will ba exhibited for the bene fi t of
the Central Church, VIM EVENING, at 8 o'clock at
Concert Ball. Go early and secure e, seat. It
_lr—_-----TWELFTHEIT.CHTTRCH—TUES
ta DAY EVIN/No_, Marsh SO, concert Ball, The
Pilgrim, the grandest - Betertvinment of the Nineteenth
Century, will be exhibited for the benefit of this Church.
Procure your seats early. mb7-2t
102 , E VAN GELICA_L ALLIANCE.—THE
first public meeting of the Branch of tho Evan
gelical Alliance for Philadelphia and parte adjacent.
will .be held in the First Reformed Presby
terian Church ( Rev. Dr. Wylie, Pastor), Broad street,
below Spruce THIS (Monday) EVNZUNG, at
o'clock. Rey. James Mceneh, D. D., of Princeton Col
lege ; Bev. Philip Sehaff, D. D.. of New York ; Rey.
Clement Biatler,D.D.,of tha Episcopal Divinity School;
lion. Judge Strong and others will address the meeting.
The public are invited to attend.
B. B. HOTOHKIN,
J. B. DALES S ecre taries.
THE MISSING STEAMER.
CEIHOES PHENOMENON.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1870.
CRIME:
THE GALLOWS AT HUNTINGDON
THE MURDER OF THE PEIGHTAL
FAMILY.
The Two Murderers to be Hang on
Wednesday.'
Full Account of the Case
reorrespondence of the Phila. Evening BoMan./
HUNTINGDON . , Pa., March. 7th, 1870.—0 n
Wednesday Gottleib Bohner, alias "Charley
Moore," alias "Ditch Charley," and Albert
Van Bordenberg will be banged in the jail
yard, at this place, for the murder of John
Peightal, wife,:and. the little boy Scott
Garner, on the 17th of November last, This
wholesale butchery created an intense excite
ment at the time of its occurrence, and the
feeling of indignation against the prisoners
has abated scarcely a whit since.
The Tragedy; '
The particulars of the crime, as detailed by
over fifty witnesses . at the trial, were as fol
lows: Between 8 and 9 o'clock,on the night of
November 11th, Peter Peightal, a relative of
the deceased, and Benjamin Hoover, started
from Pleasant Grove. which is situated sit
miles from Huntingdon, to go to their homes.
When about 60 rods from the house of the
murdered family they separated, Peter cutting
across the fields and Hoover continuing along
the railroad. Peter, while passing the house,
smelt tire, and, on looking into the windows,
saw flames in several places. He then burst in
the back door, and discovered the dead bodies
lying on the floor, covered with burning bed
ding. He ran after Hoover, and, on
returning, both procured buckets
and finally succeeded in extinguishing
the various fires. The news of the affair
spread rapidly, and in an exceedingly short
time the' house was crowded with the neigh
bors, who soon became convinced, from the
condition of the bodies and the confusion
which existed in every part of the dwelling,
that murder, burglary and arson bad been
committed.' The bodies were lying in differ
ent parts of the kitchen, and from the con
dition of the articles on•the teatable, it was
evident that the murderers had commenced
their work while . the family were partaking
of supper,_
The eatnatlou of Ike Bodies.
Mr. Peightal had' been shot in the head with
a pistol, the ball entering on the left side of
the face, a little in front of the ear, lodging in
the skull on the right side of the head. A
pistol I liad been held close to his face, as a
powder burn was plainly discernible. His
right leg, up to the body, and his arm, were
burnt. Mrs. Peightal had been shot in the
neck, the ball entering on the left side of the
neck, but not passing through ; she also had
a wound in her head above the right ear ; in
addition, her skull was knocked. in. Her
body and one of her arms were burned to a
crisp. She also had a powder burn on the
neck. Scott Garner had been shot through
the head, the ball entering behind the left ear
and coming out behind the right ear. His
left side and leg were also considerably burned.
The Murderers Traced and Captured.
A consultation was held by the neighbors,
and suspicion at once rested upon the pri
soners, who had been seen, for two or three
days,previous,in the neighborhood. A search
was instituted for them, and they were traced,
, by their foot-prints in the snow,to Huntingdon,
by Mr. James Ward, who, on arriving there at
about twenty minutes of 4 o'clock, on the
morning of Nov. 18th, discovered both had
been there ' anti had taken the Cincinnati Ex
press iwestvrard) but ten minutes before. Mr.
Ward then made use of the telegraph, and
notified the authorities of Altoona (the next
stopping place) to arrest Bohner and
Van Bardenberg. Special Officer Clark,
of that place, on the arrival of the train
shortly after five o'clock, proceeded „,,on board
and found that they had left the cars. On
stepping out to the platform,.he saw the two
walking away. Both were then taken into
custody, and they expressed some surprise at
being collared.. When informed that Mr.
Clark had received a despatch from Hunting
don directing their arrest, they laughed at
him. Each had a bundle, and when they were
taken away from them; the men showed a
disposition to context, the right of the officer,
but he soon quieted them.
The Plunder Found on Them.
They were then locked up in the jail and a
search made. Van Bordenburg bad a pocket
book containing $llO in it. After being, as
was thought, safely secured, the bundles un
derwent an examination. That of Bohner
contained a hag with $59 50 in gold and
$22 50 in silver, and another package with $4l
in gold and $39 in silver. There were also in
this bundle a pair of new pantaloons, which
were subsequently identified as belonging to
Mr. Peightal; a black cape, and two shawls,
the property of. Mrs. Peightal. Van Borden
berg's bundle contained no money,but various
articles which belonged to the butchered
woman. In addition to the above money, 841
in gold and W.) in silver were found under the
floor of the cell in which the prisoners were
confined. In the same place was also found a
razor, on which the name of Peightal had
been scratched by a barber, who but a few
days prior had sharpened it for Mr. Peightal.
They Try to Eseope.
Shortly after their being looked up a singular
noise was heard by the officers of the jail,
who, on repairing to the cell, found that
Van Bordenburg had disappeared. A portion
of the floor had beentorn up, and he had got
into the vault beneath. A search was institu
ted, and on returning to the cell, after a fruit
less inspection of the underground arrange
ments, Van Bordenburg was discovered
coming up through the hole. Both were hand
cuffed, and a strict watch kept over them.
They were retained in custody in Altoona
until the following Thursday, when they were
brought to Huntingdon. Upon their arrival
here a large crowd of people had gathered at
the depot,, and the indignation was so
great that it was difficult to 'restrain
them from taking the law into their own
hands. They were placed in the jail, and
another search of their persons was made.
In Bohner's stocking $126 60 in paper money
was found, and in Van Bordenberg's mouth
$27 DO in gold. They then fpr the first time
confessed having committed the murder, but
gave no details until some time. subsequently,
and then each stated that he had stood outside
hf the house while the other murdered the
family and ransacked the bongo. Their state
ments tu other respects 'corresponded,, ; and
these included the motive for the deed.
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
A Confession from Tan Ilordenberig.
- The confession of Van Bordenberg covers
some twenty odd pages of foolscap,and in sub
stance is as follows : He beeame acquainted
with Bohner in August Or September, at Al
toona, where Bohner told him about the
Peightal family and the money they were
supposed to have, and there the plot was
formed to get possession of the cash. He went
with Bohner to Mr. Peightal's,twice, with the
intention of plundering the house and steal
ing the money; and for that purpose they pro
vided themselves with pistols for the- second
trip. Bohner had said that the old' man
had $2,000 or $3,000. The first time
they went there was three or four
weeks before the murder. They got there af
ter dark, went into the house, sat down by the
stove, and warmed themselves. Bordenburg
wanted to leave. They spoke in Ger
man. Mrs. Peightal could not • un
derstand it, and wanted them to talk English.
, Bohner got angry at this and said,' "I will
after awhile speak 'with you once so that you
can understand it." ,They then left and went
to 31cConnellstown. At that place Bohner
said " that they could get the money in no
other way except by killing these people."
Bordenburg saki "My God, Charley, are you
not afraid of such a thought?" " No"
said he, " why ' should I be afraid
of it ?" Van Bordenburg . said "No,
Charley, I cannot do it, neither is it
at all necessary—we can get the money
some other way, and thus spare their lives as
well as ours." They then concluded to go
hack to Altoona and work for some money so.
that they could each buy a pistol. And they
did so. Van Bordenburg took boarding with
one Charley Harper, whose daughter he in
tended to marry. After meeting here fre
quently and talking over the matter of robbing
the family, they started out again, secretly
armed, for Mr. Peightal's, on Monday, the 15th
of November. They arrived there after mid
night, and slept in Mr. Peightal's barn till
morning. Mr. Peightal found them there
about the break of day, when he went out to
feed this stock. They then went up into the
bay-mow and lay down and slept until even
ing. This was on the- 16th. After dark
they came down and stepped into the
house. The family were at supper.
They sat down behind the
stove and warmed themselves ; and after the
family had eaten, they gave the strangers their
supper also. Bordenburg again felt uncom
fortable, and again urged Bohner to leave.
They then went towards the barn. Bohner
pretended his feet were sore, and he could not
walk well. He wanted to do his work that
night; but be first wanted the family to go to
bed. After they had got into the barn again
Mr. Peightal went out and told them he did
not like to have anybody to sleep in his barn;
be was afraid of fire. He invited them to the
house. They went in, and he gave them a bed
for the night. But Mrs. Peightal was afraid
of them, and locked every door; and although
they knew to which room the money was, they
could not get it. In the morning Bohner went
out to the barn, after Mr. Peightal, and Bor
denburg' hurried out for fear that he would
kill hiiu. .As the latter was going out, the little
boy followed and gave them a pie on a. plate,
for their breakfast. This was on Wednesday,
the 17th.
They then wandered off to McConnellstown
and bought something at a store to eat, and a
pint of brandy. Then they loitered about the
neighborhood, and returned , to Mr. Peightal's
barn after dark, and after a good deal ot. par
ley, Van Bordenburg gave Bohner his pistol
under a promise that he would not kill. Van
Bordenburg then went to the railroad, 'one
hundred yards from the house, while Bohner
went to the house. He says that Bohner in
sisted that it was necessary to have the two
pistols to scare the family, so that they would
give up their money. Von lierdr.n burg says:
"I asked him, after it Ira , al. :uly .I,irk, bow
are you going to do It*."' and Itolnier re
plied, "Well, I have made so many plans,
and I have concluded the best plan to be
to kill them all." Van Bordenburg remon
strated against the "cruel deed" and said he
would have nothing to do with it. After con
sidering awhile Bohner told him " You need
not to take any part at all in this affair—you
stand here on the railroad and keep a lookout,
and if anybody comes you can let me know."
His response was: " Only for the purpose of
stealing you can expect my service,not for any
thing else." . Bohner rejoined, " That is all I
wish to do." Van Bordenburg said: "So we
will spate the lives of these people and our
own ;" and thereupon he gave him his pistol,
and Bohner went to his horrible work and he
kept watch on the railroad to prevent surprise.
Be disclaims having heard the pistol-shots,and
says that when h e was joined by Bohner he was
handed a bundle, and they canto to Hunting.
don, where they took tue train. He also de
nied knowing anything about the murder un
til he was informed of it at Altoona. The
trial commenced on the 14th of January, and
fifty-six witnesses were examined by the Com
monwealth on that and the following day.
The defence offered no testimony, and the jury
rendered a verdict.of murder. in the drat, de
gree. On Friday, January 21st, • amidst a
crowded courtroom, Judge Taylor passed the
sentence of death. Van Bordenburg made a
short speech, in which he again denied that he
had participated in the actual killing.
Attempts to Escape.
Since their incarceration at this place they
have been manacled, and in addition have
been closely watched. They have written
several letters which have teemed with threat
ening language towards all who have had any
thing to do with their case,and in ono instance
they succeeded in getting a letter to a friend
outside, requesting him to furnish them, with
a saw which would cut steel. On Fri
day morning last, Bohner, who is by
far the more obdurate and unyielding of
the two prisoners, made a desperate attempt
to escape. During the preceding night he
succeeded in freeing his right hand of the
manacles. About daybreak, when the jailor
went to his cell for the purpose of removing
some articles left there by necessity ; Bohner
struck him a blow with the manacles, not,how
ever, injuring him severely. He then ran out
(4 the cell, but was overtaken and grappled . by
the jailor in the entry. A desperate struggle
of some minutes then ensued,in which Bohner
again used the manacles as a weapon. An
other prisoner, who bad the freedom of the
jail, hearing the scuttle, ran to the assistance
of the jailor, and seizing an iron poker which
lay conveniently near, struck Bohner several
severe blows, injuring him seriously about the
head and arms. The services of a surgeon
were required. to dress his wounds.
Description of the Men.
Gottleib Bohner was born in Wirtemberg,
Germany, and is about 40 years of age. Ho
stands about live feet seven inches high. He
has a sandy complexion, wears sandy side
whiskers and Inoustache,and has a sullen look.
Although not so tall as Anton Probst, he bears
a strong resemblance to that desperate homi
cide, and so striking was this resemblance
that two years ago,when he 'was being tried at
Altoona for larceny, the District Attorney
styled him " Probst's" counterfeit in ap
pearance. He has since his confinement given
considerable trouble to his jailors, and he
was the author of the threatening epistles
which have issued from their cell. That he is
a really desperate character is fully attested"
by his attack on the Deputy Sherition Friday
morning last.
Albert Yan Bordenberg is also a native of
Germany, having been,born in Hanover, in
October, 1836. He is smaller in stature thnn ,
his companion, and has black hair and ipo ll 4-'
tache. H . e has a ruffianly, look, althou& he
has paled considerably since his arrest. Heis
not so vehement in language as Bohner, and
manifests aperfectiwillingness to talk about ,
the affair. He still adheres to the statement.
which he made before the trial, and maintain s that the part he took in it oes not merit
death. He has spent the better porticrn of the
time, since , his arrival in this country, 'in
working in the shops of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, at Altoona.
The kleaffold.
. till the arrangements for the execntlon
were completed, on Saturffay last, whoa the
Awn pin was driven into the, scaffold. This
weapon of death is after the pattern of the
Philadelphia article, although built on a much
larger scale. It somewhat resembles that
which was built in the prison-yard at Carlisfe
for the accommodation. of Sehoeppe and
Titus. The Sheriff of this county made an ,
alert to secure that scaffold, but owing to tlur
dogged persistency of the Commissionera or
Cuniberland county in keeping it still stand
ing, for the accommodatlon , of Dr. Schoeppe,
he was unable to obtain it. • The yard of the
jail is but a small affair, and; as a result, but a
mere fraction of the"mulbitude who are
anxious to witness the double execution, will
secure admission on Wednesday.
,THE lit-littr.X. IN LOWISIANA.
A Negro Lessee Driven Irons Planta.
non in Colonel, Parish.
Irro'm the New Orleans Republican. Mach 1..1
Rix-Mayor Heath, of this city, and his
brother, own two-thirds of a plantation (and
a Mr. Gould the• remainder) on the Ouachita,
in Caldwell parish, about ten miles below Co
lumbia, a portion of which they had leased to
an Industrious, competent'and respectable_ col
ored man of this city, Osborne Mr.
Harris was accosted by a citizen named Day
some time about the 22d of January, and ad
vised, in effect, not to attempt to work that
plantation, but t . Harris thought he had. a right
to do it, and came down here and' purchased
his plantation supplies.
Three or four days after his return (last
Thursday night) he was awakened at night by
some one who called for him; and when he
went to the door he was met by a volley of
buckshot,which took effect chiefly in , one of his
arms, and wounded him very seriously. The
miscreants then rode off rapidly, setting fire
to the corn-crib on the way, and firing into
the laborers' quarters.
Mr. Harris, driven, away from theplanta
tion, is now in this city, suffering greatly from
the wounds be received, and it is feared that
his arm must be amputated to save his life.
We shall recur to the subject to-morrow, and
give full particulars of the affair, only adding
now a copy of a document posted on the pre
mises of the plantation, as follows :
HEarmumirnits, Feb. 20, 1870.—You are all
hereby notified to get off, of this place by
Saturday night next, if not you will be dell
with according to our law. This note includes
both black and white—especially old gould.
I We omit indecent epithet—Ed.] What will
be done to-night will not be a circumstance.
soget away if you want to live, from. the
twelve ghosts. " K. K. K.
This was addressed thus Black and
White,Heath's plantation."
This hreat, which has the old Ku Klumring,
was promptl - v followed by an attempt to assas
sinate a colored lessee of a portion of the - ,
plantation. These ontrages ought to cease.
AN AWFUL CRIME IN• SPAIN..
Mysterious Affair.
The Paris Gaulois gives an account of a hor
rible add mysteridus affair in Spain,'which it
first beard by telegraph, and which it says it
Would not believe had not the details (Yet in-
complete) been confirmed by a letter from. its
own correspondent, M. Miranda. The story
is that on February 17 a band of people (num
ber not stated), broke into a house at Akira,
a little village near Valencia, at 3 in the morn
ing. They got in by making a hole in the root.
The name - of the owner of this house was M.
Baluda. B e was in bed with his wife. The
invaders pulled them out of bed, and put gags
in their mouths. Then they want to the rooms
where six children were sleeping. These
children they bound with cords,. and , then, hi
sight of their parents, they tore out their eyes
and tongues. .Afterwarl they cut off the feet
of M. Baluda and his eldest son, named Vin
cent, but purposely left the tendon near the
heel unsevered, and then they hung them up
head down Ward. After these achieve
ments they ransacked the larder, made
a good breakfast, jeering at their vic
tims all the time, and left t lie hattss at day
break. Two of the villai us have been arrested.
One, named Ferdinand Baluda, is a near re
lation of the family. He went by the alias of
(jabot. The other man in custody is named
Vincent Morera, alias Tortet. The number of
the gang is not stated. They did not rob the
house, and therefore it is supposed that they.
were impelled to execute a vendetta dla Corse.
Nothing more is yet known of this astonish
ing crime .
MURDER IN THE COAL REGIONS.
A Miner the Alleged Assassin.
..The Pottsville Miner's Journal of:Satuiday
says:
Thomas Cardon, a miner, was arrested - by
Constable T. J. Fitzsommons, at Raven Run,
about twelve o'clock on Tuesday night, on the
charge of having killed Robert Clark. The
facts of the case, as elicited at the hearing be
fore Esquire Reed yesterday afternoon., are
substantially as follows: On Sunday After
noon, February 20th, Clark andßobert Oliver
were walking up the railroad track running
along a steep embankment about lifty
feet high, between Girardville and Colorado
Colliery, when Cardon came up and de
liberately knocked Clark down the de
olivity, from which he sustained injuries, •
which, it is asserted, resulted in his death. He
was taken to a house near by, where he
tiered in agony until Thursday, the 24th of
February, on which day death relieved his
sufferings. He remained conscious up to
Wednesday morning preceding his death, at
which time his mind became delirious. He
leaves a wife and live small children to, mourn
his untimely end. Cardon, the accu•ied, is a
man of medium stature, about twenty-eight
years of age, intelligent looking, and an
Irishman by birth, and from his general ap
pearance we would never suspect him of be
ing a man capable of performing so desperate
an act as the one of which he stands charged.
After a somewhat lengthy hearing of the case
ho was committed to prison to await trial.
SAN DOIIIINGO.
President Baez's Annexation Tonr.
SAN DOMINGO CITY, Feb. 15. The Presi
dent, with a party of gentlemen, has spent
ten days in visiting the country, holding wed:.
ings, and addressing the people. He has ex
plained to them the plan of annexation and
the advantages to be derived by'such a course.
He said "-that by this plan a continuance of
peace would be assured to them, and
that they need fear neither internal
nor external foes ; that they could go
into their Sells, and cultivate • the
crops with whioh an ever- bountifußrovidence
had blessed them, relying upon the strong arm
of a peaceful government to protect them in
theie peaceful avocations, and provide them
with a ready and profitable market•for all the
produce of their soil and their industry." His
remarks Were listened to with eager attention
by large crowds of the country people at every
place whioh he spoke, and were received with
'oheers ' and. applause, his hearers expressing
the most' satisfied approval of his views on the'
proposedantexation.. '
•-:-A Wisconsin litter is of the opinion that
when a man pawns his wife's wedding-ring
for whisky he le getting so he can be trusted.
—Viiitor Hugo had lately a serious attack of
pleurisy.
L. MilEhlroFl.
PRICE THREE emirs.
FACTS AND rALNCIE94
r For the Philadelphia Evening nalletimit
An Oreatdonal Poem..
DEDICATED 'CO TI-D/ PENN SQUARE, Cum{
My;Name is t *! in the State litirsvpuri ,
Grandmother's Ashes lie, a thrifty Soul
Whose only Object was to mind the Store *
And keep her only Boy, myielf, at home.
For I had heard of Meetings, and I longed •
To mount the Platform, and to Speak .a - Piece!'
And Fitt soon granted what grandma denied.. -
Ton City. Lamp, that flickers forth sodim•
WueScarce alight, "vrhers in a private Room ~
A secret Bilnd of tierce Barbarians Met- -
Commissioners of Public Buildings Called, , 's
Their Object.to invade the Sacred Soil,.
• Where Boys pitch .Pennies add , at Mashies play ,•
.Ind wooden toadstools grow in lovely Bair,: :
A Band pf Friends I gathered round me.soon t i •
At Merrick Street it was, we higlitip met.:
Rosters w4lled with counterfeited Names
And sent them up by quires to, Harrisburg.
Brave Words we spoke - and p.gg'd each other an. .
And threatened Murder with one trenchant Tongues
And so our. Spirits rose, until at list-, , • , ,
When the Commissioners went in the Square, ,
And the first . Pickaxe fell, ,we made a Kush ,
The Band we scattered and their Leader siew !
Ifs 114 neglected ia Intirre hi, Lift ! • -
—A hominy-vorots animal—.Sambo.
—Texas is nowseuding immense droves: Or i
cattle to California,
—Ex-Queen Isabella, of Spain ' . is, getting,
gray hair• No wonder.,
—George Sand has becomesosocustorned
puffs that she now smokes all day long with- .
out inconvenience.
—Ornithologists note that it is no wonder
that the frogs did not want a stork for a sover
eign, since they preferred a crow-king.
—The Mayor of Marshall, Texas, has pro
claimed compulsory vaccination under Mar
shall law.
—Alexis de Tocqueville's work on the Con
stitution of the United States is still one of the
best selling books in France.
—The Prince of the Asturias, the legitimate ,
heir of the Crown'of Spain, is-anall-manneredlt
and illiterate boy.
—The Sultan is anxious to. visit Western-
Europe again, but his minister. will not let
him go. ,
—An exchange says that there was nothing,
improper in the Prince's letters to Lady Mot.- ,
daunt except the grammar.
—0 m al , ais a corruption ,of the Indian Era
maim "above the river" (the Platte). The fir/ft
syllable was dropped sothat novae should Er
in the name.
—The Emperor Alexander the Second of
Russia, it is generally known ? is incurably ;
sick, and will die 'in the course of a few
months. -
—A Western commentator. dise.osTrs - that;
Nebuchadnezzar invented the popular. game
of" old sledge," because he got his
all fourS" for seven years. .. • .
,
—During the recent disturbances ,
Paris,
not less than twenty-five thousand foreigners,
were seized with a'rural longing, and knifiden
desire to visit villages in the vicinity of the
capital.
•
They say, in Paris, that Fathernyacintiss ,
desires to be entirely divested of his ecclesi-r
astical functions, in order to be able to Marry
his handsome young cousin.
-Thiers was taken Beriouslysick a few days &
after the examining physician of .his life :
insurance company had pronounced him one'
of the healthiest old men he- had ever met
with. •
—The son of Americarraanker, who , now°
lives with - his mother at Bonn, on the Rhine,
is said to have committed extensive forgeries
there, and to have a good prospect of passing
many years of his life in a Prussian perdten
tiarv.
—The following is a verbatim, report,
'conversation which recently took place be,
tween a father and his model child: Rather--:
' My son, which would you rather do—learn
a hymn, or eat a bun?" Model son (who has
been questioned before)—Father, T would
rather learn a bymn." Father" Then, my,
son, you shall have two buns."'
—A Vermont paper asserts that a. little.l
daughter of John Keenan, of Bennington,.
was recently carried down. under the ice• for/
about five rods, .went over a seven-loot data,
and passed through an midergreand raceway.;
for a distance of fifteen rods to another ;lain;:.
and was then rescued alive, but in a very ex- 7
bausted condition.
—A Danbury; Ct., school boy summarily )
disposed ofthe question of womatem rights in ,
composition read before the school laaV.o
week. He says that man, was the nobler;;
because made by God, while 3vontan, was in.;
ferior, because made by man. He thought tha !
transmitting process detracted from. the
cellence of the original article.
--A person traveling from Taunton.to Hart- ,)
ford, the other day, over the road.'
hearinthe conductor sing out 44 Willitnart- 7
tie," asked in surprise: 44 Mr. Conducton,barei,
you called ont the name of all the stations-i
we've passed r. 4 . 4 Yes, .sir," was the reply:.!
"Well, thou," rejoined the traveler, " 1 roust, :
have bee n.asleep.: L diein% hear, you. oa/ I 11.11odek.
Island "
—A Boston young man, a Vatholic,inteuded,
to be married last Tuesday evening, but,at
bet moment "recollected that he bad, fOrgot- :
ten" to procure a license. He dashed out of
the house in pursuit of the prized bondipaper, -
but it was too late. The Wilco was ,
Lent begun the next day, and for for* days
he must pine, as no marriage can be cele
brated in his church during Lent. • .
—A tourist friend• of ours was determined to
go and ace the pay "Re!ache," at the Ama
teurs' Drawingoom Saturday night.] Isis a
representation, be says, he tried ovatrand over
again to go to by omnibusbaying
been instructed to take the vehicle ' . destlued , •
for " Compler—but for some unexplained
reason the brutal conductors doyen' would let
him ride..
—The male citizens of Zlmesville, Ohio,
have petitioned that women may.be invested'
with all the rights of citizenship, and also with
all its duties : namely—that they be liable to
military, jury, and road duty; liable for:
their own and their husbands' debts; and thatp
if a woman refuse or neglect to provde for the,
support of her husband and family, a - divorce.;
shall be granted, awarding alimony to ta l o'
husban d.
--A young gentleman of Ulna, Ohio, !atoll,
known in polite circles, has long entertrairksdak
feeling of tierce jealousy, whim ettimirtated/
a few nights ago, in a deterroiruition rtnalfoot
the object of his heart's adoration, an thou t
try the experiment on himself. ' - Armadividtb»i
this grim resolution and a, rivolvatt
pocket, he started for the resitienco of , )4a
tended victim. Be rang the bell Undr,, was,.
ushered into the drawing-room.
sternly to the centre or the apartment, he' '
mimed an unmistakably tragic attftvide,
sepulchral tones began to tell of Ws. purpose
TllO lady listened,. first • amused, then per.)
plexed, and finally tltoronghly alarmist, sup
posing her lover to leave gone mud. '.The lat.
ter closed with nninvotatioo of, ruproy upo*
both souls, and. frauticalo plunged Ida !mid
into his pocket for lies pistol. It was nottherel
}lobed lost it on the Way thither, and realiz
ing what a display of asslnino qualities he had'
made, heholted from the house and has not
been neat tltere Blur°. •
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