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PICTCUK ltOCKH,
M. Lycoming county, Pa.
ff1 Mf
AN INDIAN VILLAGE.
' Ci,tl 'llive no npprcciative idea
V. of an Indiiiu village, unless ho
lias been permitted to como across the
prairie through it hot Hummer's huh, and
suddenly discovers one nestled under the
broad shade trees, beside! a clear running
stream, in it green valley. How pleasant
the grass then looks; how refreshing the
bright waters, and how cosy tho tall lodg
es, with their shaded verandahs of thick
ly interwoven boughs.
All day long wo had toiled over tho
scorching plain, through clouds of grass
hoppers that often struck us in tho I'aco
with sufficient force to make tho skin
smart for several minutes. Once wo had
seen a mirage of a lieatitifnl lake, fringed
with trees and surrounded by green pas
tures, which invited us to pursuo its flee
ting shadows, but we well knew nil about
these deceptions by sad experience, and
pushed steadily oil over the burning
sands.
These mirages often deccivo tho weary
traveler of the desert. .Suddenly the
horsemen sees a river or lake, apparently,
just ahead of him, and he rides on, and
on, hoping to conic up to it. For hours
it lies before his eyes, and then in a mo
ment disappears, leaving him miles and
miles out of his way, and in the midst of
desert sands.
Men have ridden all day striving to
reach the beautiful river just before tlieui
and then at night turti back to plod their
weary way to where they had started from
in tho morning. These mirages often
lead to death both man and horse.
The mirage we had seen was most de
lightful, representing a cleur lake, with
trees, meadows and villages nestling on
its shores, but it scarcely equalled the re
ality of the scene when, late in the after
noon we ascended a rise in the prairie, and
saw below us a wide stream lined with
green trees, and on its banks a large In
dian encampment.
The ponies pricked up their cars and
neighed with pleasure as they smelt the
water, and our own delight was unboun
ded. Wo halted fur a moment to admire
the beautiful prospect. Through tho ma
jestic trees, slauting rays of the sun shiv
ered on the grass. Far away, winding
like a huge silver-serpent, ran the river,
while near by in a shady grove, stood the
village the children at play on the green
lawns, not made by hands. The white
sides' of the teepees shone in the setting
sunlight, and the smoke curled lazily up
ward from their dingy tops. Dright rib
bons and red grass, looking like streamers
on a ship, fluttered from the lodge-poles,
and gaudily-dressed squaws and warriors
walked ubmit, or sat on the green sod un
der the trees. Ther; were maidens, as
beautiful as Hiawatha, or as graceful as
.Minnehaha, wandering, hand in hand,
along the stream, or listening under tho
shade of some wide-spreading trco to
words of love, as soft and tender as ever
were poured into woman's ear.
Near tho village were hundreds of
horses and ponies, with bright feathers
flaunting iu their manes and tails as they
cropped the rich grass of the valley.
A group of noisy children were playing
at a game much resembling ten-pins;
some boys were shooting nt a mark with
arrows, and up the stream several youths
were returning home with rod and line,
and fine strings of speckled trout.
Scores of men and women were swim
ming about in the river, now diving, and
then dousing each other, amid screams of
laughter from the bystanders on the shore.
Here and there a young girl darted about
like a fish, her black hair si reaming behind
her in tho water.
While we looked, the little children
suddenly ceased from play and ran into
the lodges; mounted men surrounded the
herd, and the swimmers and promenade rs
hastened toward the village. We had
been perceived hy the villagers, and the
unexpected arrival of strange horsemen
at an Indian encampment always creates
great excitement. They may be friends,
but they are more of'len enemies, so the
villagers tre always prepared for a
surprise.
Some men were seen running to and
fro wilh guns and bows, and in a few
minutes, some mounted warriors left the
encampment and rode toward us, going
first to the top of the highest mound to
see if they could discover other hoiseuieu
iu the rear, or to the right or left of us.
No sooner did they ascertain there
were but three iu the parly, than they
rode boldly up and asked us our business.
I told (hem ho we were, and where we
were from, upon which they cordially in
vited us to thu village.
As we uppt'oached, men, women and
children poured out of the encampment
to look at tho strangers, and having sat
isfied their curiosity, the sports and
amusements of thu cvcniim were renewed.
I asked permission to camp of no one.
for 1 needed none, as this was God's land,
and not owned by ravenous and dishonest
speculators. So 1 inarched right down to
tho center of the village, ami finding a
vacant space, pitched my lodge. It was
not necessary to purchase a town lot here,
for no one, save iliui who owns all, held
real estate.
A few Suntcc women gathered about
my squaws and chatted with them, anx
ious to learn tho news from down the
river. Seeing that they were interfering
with the unpacking of the ponies and the
erecting of tho lodge, I unceremoniously
ordered them to be gone, and they went
quietly away. The lodge was soon up ;
the ponies unpacked and put out to graze.
Having seen things put in order for the
night, I sauntered out through the village
to learn tho news.
I was agreeably surprised, when I
learned there was a white man in tho vil
lage, who had been sent out to tho Indi
ans as a missionary. All the savages
spoke of him as a kind-hearted, good
man, who was a great friend of the Great
Spirit and of tho big Father at Wash
ington. I made haste to pay my respects to my
white brother, and found him indeed a
good Christian gentleman. Ho had a
whito wife and child, and he and they
were living comfortably and pleasantly
with these wild children of the desert.
I talked more than an hour with the good
man : it was so delightful to sec and
speak with one of my own blood and col
or. When 1 left him, I promised 1 would
return' the next day and dine with him.
which I did. It may sound strange to
hoar one talk of "dining out " in an In
dian camp, but I can assure my civilized
readers the meal was none the less whole
some or abundant on account of the place
in which it was served.
When 1 returned to my lodge, 1 found
it surrounded by a crowd of dirty squaws
and children, who were intent upon ex
amining everything we had. 1 ordered
them off, and could not help laughing
when I compared the curiosity of these
rude Indian women with what I had seen
exhibited at church, in the States, by
whito women. There they go to church,
not to hear the Gospel, but to gee what
their neighbors have to wear, and these
Indian women had come to my lodge with
the same laudable object, lam not cer
tain that human nature is: the same
everywhere, but I am quite certain wo
man nature is the same all the world
over.
From I'iKi.DKX : The White Ciiiek,
published by A. II. II uiiUAltl), 400 Chest
nut Street, 1'hiladclphia, l'a., and sold
only by subscription.
The Test or Sobriety.
About a generation by-gone there flour
ished in Western Michigan a certain
Squire T , whoso stalwart sons
now till the parental acres, in whose hon
esty the community had great confidence,
but who had an unfortunate failing
drink.
Ho had been known to try causes when
ho would have been more appropriately
in bed. Upou one occasion an appeal
was taken from a judgment rendered, as
it was alleged, when "the wine was in and
the wit out."
Under tho broad latitude takcu at that
day, a full inquiry was gone into upon
(he trial of the appeal, as to tho ques
tion of sobriety of the justice, and there
was much contradictory testimony tho
friends of the justice swearing one way,
his enemies directly contrary.
At length a very candid witness ap
peared, who testified with great apparent
circumspection so great, indeed, that on
the direct examination almost nothing
was elicited from him
Upon the cross-examination, the law
yer conducting it made a very common
mistake; and being unwilling to ''let
well enough alone," kept driving at tho
witness until he finally felt salt.- in putting
the leading and dangerous question:
"Did you not look upon tho justice,
upon the trial of that ease, as a perfectly
sober man V
The witness hesitated, and the counsel
pressed the interrogatory still closer.
The witness finally emitted the following
with great difficulty, as though it had
been drawn from him painfully :
" I should have thought so only for one
thing."
" Well," said the cross-examiner,
" what was that !"
" 1 saw him fill up his inkstand wilh
whisky, and lake a snifterout of tho ink
bottle." 'I he eioss exatiiinali'in stopped at that
point
es;" I.unsingliitig and its suburb, Troy,
have tit l.ct a sensation. It is a wild liiau.
who dwells east of l!eiisselaer Park, and
there roams about iu the bosom of the
hills. A few days ago some children vis
ited the spot and were terrified beyond
measure by seeing this being, who, al
though half clothed, and in the most
dreadful state of mind, did llitin no harm.
Ill-turning to the village they recounted
what (hey liail seen, but of course their
story was supposed to merely the result
of childish fancy. 15ut soon a strange
man, resembling him of whom the
youngsters hud spoken, was seen near
ho old liacou Home, where he made
the hillsrcsound with his yells, and fright
ened people out of their senses by his hid
eous giimences. 'J he police gave chase
as soon as possible, but thu pursued limn
ran like a deer, and could not be overta
ken. Since this took place he has fre
quently been ttccn, and traces of his niodo
of life have been como across. As yet,
however, ho is a mystery. Some think
him a lunatic escaped from Marshall In
firmary, while others have a dim idea
that he is tho devil.
(kg A friend of ours, twitted upon
having a piece of broken crockery stand
ing on his side-board, retorted that he
lilicd to display ' a bit of plate."
AN INNOCENT MAN HANGED.
A Case of Circumstantial Evidence A
Story of Crime Half a Century Apo.
IN 1817, Dr. John 1. Sanderson was
murdered in that, part of Darren Co.,
which is now Metcalfe county, Ky , and
John (J. Hamilton, a wealthy city resid
ing in the neighborhood where tho body
of the murdered man was found, was ar
rested, tried, and convicted for the mur
der. The evideneo against Hamilton
was wholly circumstantial, and so remark
able in its character as to produce not on
ly in the minds of the jury, but of the
wholu population in that section, a clear
conviction of tho accused. It appeared
upon the trial that Hamilton was a tra
der, driving stock, and occasionally carry
ing slaves to Mississipi to sell.
Tho family was aristocratic, one of the
sisters having parried General Carroll,
of Tenncsee, and the other Colonel An
derson, of that satno State, and there ex
istcd, as was alleged, strong feelings of
envy against the family. It appeared
from the evidence that Hamilton had
just returned from u successful trip to
M : . r. ,
minnissippi, in company wun jr. zander
son, who was a wealthy planter, residing
near Natchez. He came to Kentucky for
the purpose of purchasing slaves to work
on his plantation, ami brought wilh him a
large amount 0f money, of which fact
Hamilton was apprised. They came
through a wild and sparsely settled por
tion of the Indian Territory, and Dr.
Sanderson was very sick during the great
er part of the journey. On their arri
val in liarroti county they went to the
residence of Hamilton's father, where
Dr. Sanderson remained for several weeks
and until ho recovered his health.
It was shown that after his health was
restored the two left tho house in com
patiy, llamiltou, who acted. as was said, as
guide to a neighboring couuty, where a
sale of negroes was to tako place at pub
lie auction, which Sanderson wanted to
attend. Tho two were seen together at
various poiuts on tho road. A short
time afterwards Hamilton returned alone,
and the night following the horse of
Sanderson came homo riderlcrs to the
house of Hamilton's father. Sanderson
was uever ugaiu seen alive. Several days
elapsed, and suspicions were aroused that
he had been foully dealt with. The
neighborhood in mus.ic made search for
his body. It was found on the road iu
tho direction to the point where the ne
gro sale was to have taken place, covered
with brush and briars. His hat was dis
covered in a hollow stump, and under a
log near by was found a brass horse pis
tol with the hammer broken. In the
head of the murdered man was found a
number of shot, and a piece of the ham
mer of the pistol, which fitted exactly.
Under the lining of the hat there was a
list of thirty-three $100 Mississippi bills,
the numbers thereof, and to whom paya
ble. When Hamilton was arrested the
bills corresponding wilh the list were
found in his possession. It was shown
that he had borrowed the pistol from
Colonel Gorin, of Glasgow, liurrcn coun
ty, and that the shot iu the head of
Dr. Sanderson corresponded in size with
the shot purchased a few days previous
by Humiltou in Glasgow. It was also
proved ou trial that Hamilton's vhcrry
vallie.i, or overalls, were concealed iu his
father's barn, and there was blood upon
them. They were fully identified by his
sister. This was the evidence introduced
by the State.
Hamilton alleged in his defence that
he and Sanderson were, and had been for
years intimate friends ; that they had
traveled together through a wild country,
and that, if he had sinister designs. noth
ing more than a little uuglect of Sander
son during his sickness would have in
sured his death, and that ho could thus
have secured the money, lie taid that
Mississippi money was at a discount in
Kentucky, and Kentucky money ut a dis
count in Mississippi ; that he (Hamilton)
was about to return to Mississippi, where
hn could use the money of that State
while Dr. Sanderson wanted the Jen
tucky money to buy negroes; and that,
tor mutual accommodation and profit,
they made an exchange of the money.
Ami lie turtner proved that lie lioirow-
ed $1,000 of the bank iu Glasgow to
make up the sum required for the ex
change. As M the pistol, lie said he bor
rowed it from Colonel Goriu to lend to
Dr. Sanderson. who wanted it for his pei
soiial protection, and that parting with
Ii i lit at the tori; ul the road lie had giv
en it to him. He alleges that bis ncgro-
scrvaut had stolen hissberry-vall.es, gone
to a dance, where ho got into a fight, and
concealed them in the barn until he the
negro could have an oppojtunity to
clean the blood from them. His state
ments were not corroborated, and hn was
convicted and hung.
The celebrated John llowan, was his
chief counsel, and defended tho unfortu
nate man with his accustomed ability,
but the evideneo was so strong that be
felt that ho presented a hopeless cause.
Indeed Judgo llowan subsequently de
clared that with one exception ho never
had a case possessing so few points for u
successful defence. Solomon 1'. Shnrpe,
w hoso tragic fate a few years later sent a
thrill of horror throughout tho Stato,
prosecuted Hamilton, and being thor
oughly convinced of his guilt, showed
him no mercy Hamilton's family alone
believed him the victim of circumstances,
and tho accused died protesting inno
cence. Now for the sequel. In the year 1869
Hon. Hichard A. Kosseau, of Kentucky,
then Minister of Central America, was
visited at Tcgucigulpy, Honduras, by
Col. Gibson, a rich planter, who then re
sided ucar Vicksburg, Miss., which is
still his home, and who told him that
some thirty-five years ago a man was ex
ecuted for intirder in the eastern part of
Mississippi, and that while under the
gallows he heard him confess that he and
a comrade, both fugitives from justice,
were hidden at the head of the ravine Deal
where tho body of Sanderson was found.
They saw him as ho approached ; dashed
out and seized and dragged him from his
horse ; that he endeavored to use his pis
tol, which they wrenched from his hand,
and shot him in the head; that they then
struck him with a pistol and broke th
hammer, which remained iu his head ;
that they robbed him and concealed his
body and fled.
They afterwards heard that Hamilton
was hung for their crime, but the facts
had never been mado known until that
time. This man's comrade had met his
death by the hangman for another mur
der, but died without disclosing his con
nection with the foul deed, and it rested
with him alone to reveal tho true story.
Mr. llosseau, from whom we derive this
statement, informs us that he was author
ized by Colonel Gibson to make known
these facts, that they might reach Ham
ilton's relatives, if any were living, and
thus wipe out from the dead and the liv
ing the stain which rested on them.
lings and Scraps.
T
1IIK ''old junk" business is much
more extensive than most pcopU
suppose. It includes refuse of all kinds
cotton waste, woolen rags, old newspa
pers, iron, tin, lead, etc., patiently gath
ered from all quarters, insignificant in de
tail, but valuablo in the aggregate. It is
believed that over $15,000000 worth of
old material is annually worked over in
New Fiigland, and that at least 85,000,
000 worth of this peculiar stock could at
any time bo thrown upon tho market by
the lioston dealers.
The amounts consumed by the mills are
astonishing, especially of shoddy. Wool
leu mills could be named that purchase
each year from $:l,000 to $1,000 worth of
the above stock, and this, too, in addition
to flocks. Very many paper mills have
standing orders with the largest paper
dealers for thirty and fifty tons of stock
per week. The Kingsley Irou and Ma
chine Company receive, and consume from
sixty to seventy-five tons of scrap iron
each week, and the Old Colony and Ames
shovel companies stand ready to take all
the old wrought iron offered iu tho mar
ket The war iu Kurope seems to have
closed up the avenue for using a large
percentage of tho Mediterranean rags,
and as a natural consequence, they have
all drifted hero. The immediate effect ou
our market is to put foreign stocks ut the
lowest quotable figure, while domestics
are and likely will bo for some little tiuie,
a drug.
There are firms in lioston each holding
$100,(100 worth of foreign and domestic,
patiently awaiting a rising and favorable
market. I ho importation of old junk
tows in importance each year. Old
newspapers arc brought from England
and find ready sale at remunerative rates;
the rags from London and tho Mediterra
nean average uioro in quantity and better
in quality each succeeding year. It has
bevn supposed that imported rags have
been a source of epidemic diseases in ma
ny HMlanccs, but one of the largest deal
ers in Host on who has been iu the trade
fifteen years states that he lias yet to
learn of a single case of sickness occasion
ed by the opening or handling of a bale
of foreign rag. New England rags are
worth more and will readily bring from
one to three cents per pound more than
from any other section, the reason being
that an almost, universal custom prevails
(here among the housewives of washing
tliuir rags before putting them in their
rag bags so that time, labor and shrink
age are, directly saved to thu mills. ()
firm in Iloslon receives over $:JHO,OOQ
worth of paper stock per month from the
south. New Orleans being the chief point
of collection.
True as Treadling.
No young woman ever looks so well U
a sensible man as when dressed in a plain
neat modest attire, with but little orna
ment about lu r. She looks then us
though she p:isse:-scd worth iu herself,
and needed no artificial rigging to en
hance her value If a young woman
would spend as much time iu improving
her mind, training her temper aud cher
ishing kindness, mercy and other guJ
qualities, as most of them do in ex
tra dress and ornaments to increase their
personal charms, she would at least b
recognized among a thousand her chao
ter would be read iu her countenance.
Stif A French lady, on her arrival im
this country, was careful to cat only such
dishes as she wa acquainted with, ami
being on ono occasion pressed to partake of
a dish new to her, she politely repled:
" No, I thank you ; I eat only my ac
quaintances." She thought she had expressed lirrsoAf
in admirable English.