Sl)c Jcffcvsonian.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1858.
V Vn rrrnlr in our article on the
"Consistency of the Monroe Democrat
.nmfTiittnd an an error or two; which we
wish to correct. The article reads "flue
tuations of the Democrat;" when we in
tended it to be fluctuation, &c.
Thft next is. "we held that Congress
was not the proper party to determine
whether slavery .should go into territory
that was free at the tia.e it came in pos
session of the United States." We in
tended it to be, we held that Congress wa
the proper party &c.
The New U. S. Treasury notes, whic
have just been engraved by Ilawdon &
Co., New York, are to be forwarded to
"Wellington, to be signed and delivered
early next week. They are prouounccd
rtmiisita specimens of art. The Tribune
i i
jays "the 1000V have the American Ea
gle with expanded wiius for the princpa
igiuette, with the portrait of the Presi
dent of the United States on the right and
n fiVure of Justice on the left. The 5U0.'
o
have for the principal device, two figure
representing Agriculture Manufacturers
on the left is a portrait of the Secretary
of the Trea-ury; and on the riht are tb
Eagle and the Shield containing the arms
of the Union, with erallems of Commcrre
and Peace. These notes are printed in
indestructible inks, (black and greeu) as
protection against photographic counter
foits and alterations. The portait of tin
Secretary of the Treasury has been en
graved exprcsly for these note., and is a
perfect likeness.
There is now living in Burnide, Pa., a
Mr. Dudwick, 111 yeard old. Hi- wif
Jane is 107 years old. The date of their
marriage is not given, but supposing
Dudwick was twenty-two year? old at that
distant epoch ibey have been liing to
gether as man and wife ninety-two years
Mexico.
A very formidable opposition to Com
onfort seems to have been organized in
Mexico; at la-t. so late advices indicate
We can tel! but little about that country.
however, even so short a distance awa
a- it from u', so conflicting are the ad
vices which come to us. We have always
had un lmiircssion tuat Uomoniort was
thi strongest man at present prominent in
Mexico.
Spain has been talking about seeding
an army to Mexico for a long time, and
by last account'1, were actually preparing
therefor. Any positive attempt on the
part of the mother country to reposses it
self of Mexico, will however, briugon not
ouly a formidable union of all the parties
in that now di-tracted country against
her, but also invite n co-operation on the
part of fillibu-ters here, which will ulti
mately bring the "Halls of the Montezu
mas" under the stars and stiipes, where
it will be likely to remain. Daily News.
A Teachers Meeting.
All the Teachers of Monroe County are
repue-ted to meet in thn Court Hou-e on
Saturday, Jan. 2Hd 1 5R, at 2 o'clock P
M. The object of this meeting will be to
form a uniform system anions the Teach
ers of this county. Teachers, School
Directors and others interested in the
au-e of education come out. You will
doubtless be amply rewarded. The meet
ing will he addressed by a number of ex
perienced teachers.
EXHIBITION.
The Students of Sroudsburg Academy
Will give an exhibition, at the Court House
on Friday evening, January 22d, 188.
PROGRAMME:
PART FIRST.
Introduction, Theodore Wolf.
The Declaration, Jacob Busk irk.
In behalf of starving ) t t t .
Ireland, J BenJttl,,,n Bu,Z'
Rule ot School, Sydenham Walton.
Character of true el-;
oquence. )
A word to Boys, Leonard Andre.
Washington, Dais Walton.
Death ot J. Q. Adams, Samuel Lee.
The cold Waterman, James Walton.
General Washington, Geo. Swartwood.
A name on the Sand, Samuel Palmer.
Speech of Emmett, Josephus Willinms.
DialogueThe Vol- ) Horace Huston,
unteers, ) Stephen De Young.
PART SECOND.
Apostrophe to
Washington,
Allen Clements.
Logan's Address, Luther Gordon.
Patriotic Address, Thomas Smiley.
What I like, Franklin Starner.
History of John Day, Dmis Walton.
America, Theodoro Wolf.
The Bachelor's Sale, Waller Marsh.
Temperance Snnu, George Walton.
I favor ot the Dec- J Benjamu Bulfc
laration, $
Decision of character, Samuel Lee.
The Seminole R-ply, J.'cob Buskirk.
The School for me. . Sydenham Walton.
FutureofStroudsiiurg.Robert I). BogurC
Speech ol'J Mnes Otis, William Bys.
Dialogue Exhibi- ) Allen Clements.
" lion Day, 5 Bi.bert D BogarL
Valedictory, Josephus Williams.
Music by the Band and Orchestra. Ad
mission I2 cents.
Exercises to commence' at 7 o'ejocjt.
A Tenible Record.
The number of Coroner's Inquests held
within the city and county of New York
during the past year is stated to have
been 1,1)08, of -which 13 were cases of
murder, 56 of homicide, 68 of suicide,
369 of organic disease, and 1,402 of ac-
idents.
Bank Bills Suffered to become Laws.
Governor Pollock sent a message to th
Legislature, on Thursday last, announo
ing that the following bills passed at the
last session of the Legislature, and pre
scnted to him less than ten days prior to
the adjournment in May, 1857; and not
having been returned by him with hisob
jeetions, within three days after its meet
inr. in extra session, in October last, had
become laws, agreeably to the Constitu
tiou. in like manner as if he had signed
them:
An act to incorporate the Octorara
Bank.
A n act to incorporate the Monongbahe-
la Valley Bank at MoKcesport, Alleghe
ny county.
A supplement to the act to re-charter
the Easton Bank.
An act to incornorate the Milton Sa
vings' Bank.
An act to incorporate the Bank of Phoe
nixvillc.
An act to incorporate the M'Kean Coun
ty Bank.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
Harrisburg. Jan IS, 1858.
Senate Mr. R-1I introduced a bill
for the repeal of the act of last session,
authorizing the stockholders of the West
Chester and Philadelphia Railroad to
make payments on their mortgages. Con
sidered and pas-ed.
Mr. Wilkius introduced a supplement
to the act of lPo-'l, relative to the sale
ai.d conveyance of real estate.
The bill to incorporate the Trout Run
Coal and Iron Company was con-idered
and passed.
The bill to incorporate the Supreme
Grand Council of the Independent Son
of Malta wa parsed on second reading,
but was lost ou it final passage by a vote
of yeas 13, nays 14.
Pending a motion to reconsider the
abovo vote, the bill for the purchase of
an Executive Man-ion was returned as
pa-sed by the llou-e. The amendments
made by the House were conccurred in,
and the act only requires the signature
of the Governor to become a law.
The Senate then met the House in
joint convention for the election of State
Treasurer, and on returning to their
Chamber the Senate adjourned till 11
o'clock to morrow morning
HOUSE. On motion, the House, for
the second time, reconsidered the vote
.t , -it i 1. 1? i ! ..
Lot) tlic Dill to purrua-e an jiiucuinc
mansion. The bill wa then put on it
flnal passage, and the vote stood yeas 49.
nay 3.
The two Houses met in joint Conven
tion for the purpo-e of electing a Stati
Treasurer. On the first ballot, the vote
showed
n. S. Magraw, 84
J. H. Df-nson, 39
J. B. G. Babcock, 1
On the result being reported to the
House, that body adjourned till to-morrow
morning.
January 19.
Senate Mr. Ingram presented a peti
tion from the stockholders of the Bank
of Pennsylvania, in favor of the Senate
t ill in relation to the Bank.
Also one from the bolder of meadow
lands in the Twenty-fourth Ward of Phil
adelphia, praying an alteration in the
rates of tax 8.
Mr Laubach presented a petition from
Easton, asking a modification in the auc
toin laws.
Mr. Wilkins read a bill to extend the
charter of the Merchants' and Mauufac
turers' Bank of Pittsburgh.
On motion, the vote on the act incor
porating the Grand Council of the Inde
pendent Sons of Malta was reconsidered,
and the bill thru passed fiually.
The Senate then took a recess to attend
the Inauguration Ceremonies.
House Mr. Authur read in place a
bill for the better regulation of the State
militia.
Mr. Atkins read in place a bill to in
corporate the Gray's Lane Plank Road
Company. !
Mr. Owen read a further supplement
to the act consolidating the City of Phil
adelphia. The Houee took a reces-, and after at
tending the Inauguration, re-assembled,
and on motion, ordered 10,000 copies of
the Iuaugural address of Govenor Packer
to be punted.
Adjourned till to-morrow.
Ex-Presidpnt Fierce havinz been nar
ed lor U. S. Senator from New Hamp
shire, the Concord Patriot anuounces that
he would not eceept the office even if he
could receive the votes of every member
of the Legislature.
In this determination Mr. Pierce act
wisely. Were he to accept a seat iu the
U. S. Senate, he might have .fome ugly
questions put to him touching bis discred
itable connection with certain government
jobs, while iu the Presidential Chair,
which have raised him from a po.-ition of
comparative poverty to one of treat iudi
vidual wealth. When the whole truth
shall come out resp cting this man, Frank
Pierce, every pur.-on who voted for him
will have caue to hang his head in shame.
Sussrz Register.
An impertinent editor in Alabama
wants to kuow when we "intend to pay
the debt of nature?" We are iucluieij to
thiuk that when nature gets her dues'fr.om
him it. will be by an execution. --Louisville
Inauguration of GoVi Packcri
Haurisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 1 9.
The inauguration of Gov. Packer took
place to-day in front of the Capitol.
fhe oath of office was administered Dy
the Speaker of the Senate. Ihe audi
ence was immense.
His Cabinet is composed of William M.
M. Hicstcr, Secretary of State ; II. L.
Dieffeubach, Deputy Secretary, and John
C. Knox, Attorney General.
Gov. Packer in his inaugural, refer." to
Kansas, and says he believes that he t-x-
nres-es the sentiments of the people o!
Pennsylvania, as well as his own, in de
claring that til qualified electors of the
Territory should have a full opportunity
to participate iu electing delegates to the
Constitutional Convention, ami also allow
ed an unqualified right to vote upon the
Constitution after it is framed. Of course
those who fail to vote cannot complain ol
a proceeding which goes on without their
Durtuinstion. 1 be rest ot the address is
local. It L'ocs for a reform in banking.
It opposes the is.-ue of small notes and
and an increase of banking capital under
the present arrangement.
.
The St. Lawrence Hotel Tragedy.
Philadelphia, Tuesday Jan. 19
The Jury in the case of Thomas W
Smith, charged with the murder of Rich
ard Carter, came iuto court this morning
with a verdict of acquital, and the pris
oner was discharged, bmittrs acquitta
was on the ground of insanity. H'.s tis
ter applied to the Court to have charge
of hixn. The matter is Held tor
mcut.
argu
An Apt Illustration.
Col Forney's Press, noticing how rap
idly the successive governors ot Ivansa
have found themselves compelled to take
sides with the abused people of the tern
tory fiually compelling Douglas to do
the same, ouotes this excellently ntting
. -4 ,
illustration from scriptural hUtory:
"Aud Saul sent messengers to tak
David: and when they saw the company
of the prophets prophesying, and satnuel
sJaudmg, as appointed over tuetn, tli
-pirit of God was upon the messengers o!
Sau . and ihev also nronhesieu. Ami
when it was told Saul, he sent other mes
singers, and they prophesied likewise.
And Saul sent mes-engers again tut
third time, and they prophesied also.
Then went he ul.-o to Ramah, and c arm-
to a great well that is in S ehu; aud he
asked and said, wbere are bauiuel ana
Da id! And one said, behold, they be
at Naioth, iu Ramah, and the spirit ol
God was upon him also, aud he went on,
and .prophesied, uutil he came to Naioth,
iu Ramah. Aud ho stripped off his
lothes also aad prophesied before Sam
uel in like maiuer, and lay down naked
all that day aud all that night. Where
fore, they say, I? Saul also auioug the
prophets!''
THE CHEMISTRY OF NATURE.
A SELF-ACTING LABORATORY.
The gastric juice which reduces tb
food in the stomach to a semi-fluid, aud
the bile which tempers this crude materi
al and adapts it to the purposes of nu-
tittion, are the two priueipul agents in
the production of vcuus blood. A health
depends maiuly upon the quality aud pu
rity of this fluid, a medicine which acts
immediately upon its elements, discharg
ing therefrom every tainted and unwhole
some particle capable of feeding or crea
ting disease, must necessarily be the true
elixir of health a sure antidote to the
seeds of all internal disorders. In this
consists the wonder-working power of
Holloway's Pills. They seem literally to
compel the stomach and the liver to do
their whole duty, and to remove ever
impediment to it- performance. W
learn from their di-tinuished inventor,
the modus operandi of his medicines, but
our knowledge of their effects is based on
our own observation as well as ou the tes
timony of the world at large. Wo know
that tbu victim of liver complaint, with
attenuated frame, jaundiced skin and
lack-lustre eye, rapidly recovers strength,
energy, aud a healthy appearance under
the disinfecting, renovating aud regula
ting influence of the Pills; and if the dis
turbauee of the iuterual functions has pro
duced external disease, that too disap
pears under the searching actiou of Hol
loway's Ointment. The liver is a very
susceptible orgau. It always sympathi
zes with the stomach, and intemperance
iu eating or drinking, over application to
business, anxiety, sudden chaugea of tem
perature, an unwholesome atmosphere,
aud innumerable other causes, tend to de
range and obstruct its actiou. What is
the practice of the oracles of the faculty
iu caes of liver complaint? Their sole
remedy is a mineral poisou Quicksilver,
or one of its deadly oxides. Salivate!
Salivate! is the word. To cure one mal
ady another is created. The liver be
comes the battle ground between a dan
gerous disorder and a worse remedy: and
if the patient escapes with life or without
carioui bones aud contracted sinews, it is
by a miriele. II lllo way's Pills on
the other hand strike at the very source
of-the disorder, and at the same time give
toue to the whole system. Let common
tense determine whether it is better to an
nihilate the virus of disease by au inoou
ous vegetable preparation, or to adminis
ter poison by way of antidote. JST. Y.
Sunday Mercury.
The Last Survivor.
It is haid that the last survivor of the
Wyoming Massacre is Jeremiah Spencer,
uow ot Torringford, Couu.. &ti years old
and in full possession of all his faculties,
mental and physical. The massacre took
ple eighty years ago; but Mr. Spencer
remembers bis passiug down the ladder
from the chamber where he slept, in hi
mother's arms, and their flight into the
wilderness.
ftgThe Hones'Jale Democrat says there
arc
c lour hundred persons nn rb
poer
fund in the borough of Sernnton.
From Ihe N. Y. Tribune, Jan. 20th.
A i rial for murder has iust Leen con
cluded in, Philadelphia, which, in some ol
its domestic details, is not unlike that ol
youn Mercer, who shot Heberton for the
seduction ot iuiss mercer, ma eisici, un
der the most aggravating circumstances.
But in this case, the injury which prompt
ed a recourse to sanguinary revengo was
of a deeper aud ot a darlter aye. xav
respondent, Thomas W. Smith, is about
30 years of age. lie is a person wuuoui
any particularly fixed habits of business,
aud has been employed as a commercial
traveler in the Southern States. His sis-
tpr 1h a teacher in a school for girls m
Wilmington, Del. While visiting ner, ne
met Miss Elizabeth McCauley, a pupil m
thfi school, of whom he soon became en
amored. He was married to tbis young
vrnnmtl in December. 1856. But before
this time. Miss Smith, the sister of the
respondent, cither in her capacity of
teacher or through accident, had discov
ered reasons for opposing tho marriage of
her brother to Miss WcLiautey, ana na
even none to Philadelphia to ask a cer
tain Mr. Richard Carter to interpose to
nmrent the marriaL'0. This Mr. Carter
was a hitfhlv respectable person, engaged
in the coal business, aud President of the
Tamaqua Bauk, residing at the village
which gave its name to tue aoove-mcn-Mniinrl
financial institution. We shall see
nn we finish how be guarded Miss Mo
Caulev, wbo was bis ward. Smith being
thoroughly in love, insisted upon marry
ing Miss McCu.aley without delay, and tlx
reniou-trauccs of Miss Smith had no pow
er to swerve the guardian from bestowing
UU lilPKsina unon the nuiitialH. lie nad
" o I I
his onn reasons for kindling the torch o
Ilvmen. as will presently appear. Mr
Smith was united to the girl iu December,
lsoG. We UiUst here admit that bmith,
who is evidently a man ot a flighty mind
and unsettled intellect, appears to hat
been played upon, and to have been made
a kind ot iu-tiumeut to conceal the crimes
of others. lla.J his M.-trr under-tood with
certainty the real posilion of affairs, in
tead of having been alarmed by vagu
-usticion. and perhaps by the scandalou
murmurs always floating through a girl s
boardinir school, she miht have savei
him by a frank diselo-ure of what she
- . . . rni l
knew or ot what she bad nearu. anisia
uy appeared very well upon the trial, aud
won the sympathy of all auditors.
Smith, soon after his marriage, found
that he had been terribly deceired. Four
months aftei the cert mouy, iu tho Very
hey day of the honeymoon, hi- wife gave
biith to a full-tfrown child. His vife ad-
n.ittcd in speech and writine. that the
Bank President, Mr. Richard Carter, her
guardian and the former partner of her
lather, was the father of the babe.
Smith immediately took advice and in
stituted measures tor divorce. lie then
traveled, we suppose upon comuicrcia
business, but the thought of his dishonor
haunted him. He in. t Carter at the bt
Lawrence Hotel aud shot him dead.
The prosecution had uo difficulty what
ever iu proving the homicide, ihe evi
deuce for the Government was very ful
and distinct. Smith shot Carter ou the
4th of last November, in the presence o
the m-phow o! the murdered man. There
was evidence that the encounter could
not have oryinated in hot blood, as Smitl
C3
and Carter sat together a while upon a
ofa. Carter, however, was shot through
the heart by Smith the wouud causing
instant death. Thus suddenly aud Bwift
lv did the seducer and scouudrel render
his accouut. Smith warned these who
were summoued to the room by the re
port not to arrest.him; he exhibited apis-
i
.tol and a bowie-knife, but subsequently,
without malting any objection, gave up
those weapon-) to the police. In the cross
examination jf the officer who arrested
Smith, the defence obtained the valuable
testimony that the prisoner was nervous,
agitated, "looked like an insane man,"
while "his eyes kept glistening and roll
ing" in a way, as the officer, speaking
from his own experience, said, entirely un
like that of iutoxieated persons. The
prisoner said that "he felt as though he
"could fight a thousand Indians." The
evidence showed that when, before shoot
ing, the prisouer approachod Carter, his
mauuer was mild and composed. There
was some couflict of testimony respecting
Smith's conduct after the murder. The
nephew swore that it was cool aud deter
mined. The impression of the policeman
who arrested the respondent we have al
ready stated.
The defense was the insanity of the
prisouer, occasioned by the sudden and
overwhelming discovery of the peculiar
condition of his domestic relations. If
this unhappy young man had been able
t II
justly to estimate bis position ho would
have been content with demanding ot the
Courts of law that legal separation to
which he was justly entitled. Some men
would undoubtedly have remained stolid
under tho indignity. But the discovery
made by Smith was insupportable. A
highly respectable witness, who had known
him intimately, spoke to his character in
Court, declaiing him to be "particularly
kind aud good hearted, with a moral
character of the first order, ami a stroiif
love ol right with buoyaut spirits, ami
the anticipation ot great happiness front
his marriage." This was ot course, ju.-t
the persou to he d prived of mental qui
librium by tho event which overtook tin
prisoner. Mr. Keen, the wituess just re
ferred to, saw him after he had made
the disgraceful discovery. He was theu
"laboring under intense excitement, put
ting his finger through hi- hair, and ex
cessively restless." He said that he was
"disgraced man." The subject increased
afterward in the occupation of his mind.
The witness identified certain letters re
ceived by him from the prisoner. These
are published, but it is only necessary to
eay of them that they are to tho cxtrem
ost degree incoherent and nousensicul.
The opinion of the witness, wbo gave hr
testimony in a clear and straight-fonvaM
style, was that the prisoner was insane.
The per ou with whom he boarded after
his .marriage ie-tified ns follows: I nev
er saw in my life a man make more of
his wifpj he was very attentive to her he
wus completely beside himself when the
bild was born; bo didn't go to dcu; ue
t.nlled the hair hard enough to pull it out
ot his head he laid on the floor and roll-
d over; ho was in and out ot tbo bouse
all the time I was afraid he would raise
the neighborhood; ho did not pretend to
at anything; said that he was pctteraeaa
than alive; I was fearlul he wouia go to a
Irug store, and make way with nimseu.
He said the finger of scorn wouia ue
pointed at him; said be could do no bus
mess, and nothing else," &c. This witness
ippears in the most imprudent way to
have communicated tho fact to the pris
oner that Carter had taken charge ol
Mrs. Smith and her child, and bad ac
knowledged the infant to be his own.say
in that he would have given ten thous
and dollars to have had it a boy. In Oc
tober, the witness swore hat the prisoner
was "as crazy as a loon. I be witness
was cross-examined closely upon the point
of selling ardent spirits to the respondent;
but testiGtd that he refused to sell then
to him upon the last interview, although up.
on apreviousoccasionfwheu Smith''roUec
uDon the floor") ho had been furnished
with "a little old Mouongahela whiskey.'
It may be proper enough to iudicate at
this point that tue immoueraic use oi iu
toxicating drink- by the prisoner appear:
to have been relied upou by the prosecu
tion to rebut the evidence of insanity.
The wife of the last named witness also
testified to the acknowledgement of Rich
ard Carter that the child, was his own
that Carter had made arrangements to
take Mrs. Smith to Bristol, and had ne
gotiated with an old lady to recoivc both
h-: and that Carter took
IIV'I -
the child in his lap and caressed it. Th
test i men v f a medical man, who attend-
..tti r
ed at the birth of the child, tuily sati.-ne
us that Smith was a delued and cheated
man. He not only believed himself t
have been imposen upon, but he wa' un
mistakably and cgreginusiy impo.-c.i up
ou. He may be weak-minded, hut then
i nnthtmr in the testimony to show him
so had-hcarted. In addition to this, tin
defense introduced testimony to show
thnt four meuibeis of his mother's fami
lv were lunatics, while two of them wen
inmates ot the mad hou-e. iur. .ue Jow
the statist, who had employed tbo pri.-ou
or. also testified to his extremo mcnta
and physical depression in June, 157
when bis conversation was "rambling
containing many sentences in pertinent to
the topic." The witness also testified that
naturally Smith was "amiable, gentle
kind, "aud of an exceedingly uervous or
ionization."
The nurse testified: "I have frequent
ly trouble In enses of death, but I have
never seen anything equal to Mr. Smith's
condition when be parted v.ith his wife.
He asked Mrs. Smith for some things be
had, that he wihed to take with him;
she aked him how long he should bt
gone; she asked him what she should do
with the wedding rin? and a pocket BiMc
which he had given h r. He was sob
bing. He said he did not want the ring
and the Bible, he said, he gave to h-r.
that she might read it, study it, and profit
by it."
The sister of the prisoner testified that upon
hearing of the birth of the child, she went U
her brother. She proceeded in simple and
touching language t say :
"He met me in the h:ill at the boarding
house, at Mth. Leonard's; I found him as 1
had never looked on him before a living
picture of wretchedness soiled linen, dis
heveled hair, unshaven face, and a grief
worn countenance; he folded me in his arms,
threw his head on my shoulder, and yieldeii
to a paroxysm of uncontrolable grief; his first
audible words were, 4 Mary, oh, Mary, what
shall I do! am I not a ruined man? my hon
or is in the duet; what shall I, oh, what can
I do 1 I have been most grossly deceived ;
I would as soon have suspected the agenlso'
Heaven of a wrong as my wife; O God! how
I loved her; I worshipped her, and this is
my reward; what can I do! shall I leave her!
how can I leave her, and yet how can I live
with her I can neither think nor net for my
self; I have sent for you to counsel me; sin
dreads your coming; she knows you will ad
vise a separation; must I not leave her now?"
to which I replied, 'No, not now, you are not
in a condition to decide properly, and we will
do nothing rashly; take a night's rest, com
pose your&elf, and in the morning we will he
able to decide ihe more coolly;' he then en
tered her room, and returned, saying thai
she wished to see me; we entered her room
together, and as I approached the bedsidt,
she exclaimed, 'Mary, oh, Mary! can yon
forgive me for having so deeply injured your
pure-minded and open-hearted brother! Tom
has been -.in honorable, true and devoted hus
bu tided to me, and oh, how I have injured
him! can you, will you forgive me!' "'
The Government put in some slight testi
mony in rebuttal of the theory of the defense.
The case was argued on Saturday, and given
to the Jury on Tuesday, nnd yesterday mor
ning a verdict of not guilty was returned.
The Crime without a Parallel. Murder
of a Father and Mother by a Drunken
Son.
From the Utica Herald, Jan 13.
That our readers might be fully posted
in all the particulars of the recent horri
ble parrioadu ut Poolville, Mudison Coun
ty, one of the editors of "The Herald'
yesterday vi-ited the scene of the murder
for the purpose of giving an authentic ac
count of the awful a flair. It is a crime
without precedent iu its enormity, aud
without a parallel iu its teriible an I un
natural detaih. History furni-heH no in
stance of a similar act ol inhumanity, and
uo conception of horror has, perhaps ev
er reached the standard of this dread
reality. A con murdering his own fath
er and mother, with most romorseles
frenzy and cruelty, then cutting out their
hearts, ami roa.-tiug and eating their flesh,
is au instance of depravity never before
recorded, not even in cannibal countries.
What adds to its dread horror is the full
conviction of its reality. There is no
doubt as to tho truthfulness of the picture.
It can scarcely be drawn accurate enough
Words will hardly suit themselves to such
a recit il as t be facts justify. But to the
incidents themselves as we found them
THE COMSTOCK FAMILY.
Jared Comstouk and Clarissa Comstoek
the two victims, wcro among the oldest
residents of Hamilton.. Eor nearly half
0 century they have lived in Madison
County, and although iu moderate cir
cumstances, were much respccfeaV Thoy.
have four children.' two. sonnV arid two
daughters- The oldest is William, by
wbosc hand they received their ueatii
wound. Their second son is married and
lives near the homestead, and' one of tha
duu"bters is married to a gentleman iff
East Hamilton, and is a lady of marked
respect aud esteem. The old people bad
attained the age of nearly three scoro
years and ten, and wcro living in a litto
cottage with their oldest son.
Their house is about 2 miles south of
Poolville, aud fifty rods cast of Thomp-
It'll "f t n' I 1 J a
sou s luuis. xi is a story and a halt buil
ding, boarded up with rough boards. '
Here Mr. Comstot-K and his wife bavo
lived for the past four years. There is but
one room on the ground floor, and hero
the horrid deed was committed. The
room is about 1Gx2U feet, and is not plas
tered. The walls are pasted with "Bap
tist Registers" and "New-York Ledgers.
There were five chairs, a stand contain
ing crockery, an old-fashioned clock, aud.
other household utensils in the room.
ABEARANCE OF THE ROOM.
The first person who discovered tho
awful crime was a neighbor, wbo looked
through the window of the house and saw
the bodies of Mr. aud Mrs. Com stock ly
ing upon the floor, and the parricade fit
ting quietly between them The old gen
tleman lay upon bis back. On his left
breast was a wound over six inches in
length; his heart had been torp from hU
body. Mrs Comstock lay a short distance
from the body of her husband, on her
right side, with a horrid wound over
twelve inches in length on her left brea-t,
'jom which the parricide had torn out her
heart also; .her clothes were much torn,
indicating a scufile. The broken skillet,
the knife with which the hearts were cut
out, and the bloody axe were all remain
ing in the room. Iu the stove were the
two paternal hearts, partially roasted, and
portions of each gnawed off, which had
evidt utly been eaten by the murderer.
The wounds upon both the deceased
were of the most tertible description.
The heads of both were crushed and inu
lilated. Near the left kidney of Mrs-.
Comstock wis another terrible gash, aft
if infiii-ti d by the axe. The floor was
covered with Hood. Before the person
at the window left the spot, the sou Wil
liam left the chair, and laid down upon
the lounge on the opposite side of the room.
An alarm was immediate ly given, and
the neighbors gathered iu force and se
cured hi arrest. Ihe gentletaeu wha
first went to the house was attracted there
by a remark that the parricide bad made
to hii brother that there wtre"lots of
fresh meat in the bouse," and other ex
pressions which excited suspicion. The.
discovery was made about ten o'clock on.
Sunday evening. The awful deed was
committed about S o'clook ou Sabbath
evening.
WILLIAM COMSTOCK.
The parb ide is a man 37 3 ears old,
about five feet seven inches in bight.
He had on when arrested, a very coarso
brown co.it, plaid cassimcre pants and
old Kossuth hat. Ui pants were be--meared
with blood. He has always re--ided
in Hauitlton, and ha- made his
home at hi- father's. lie is unmarried.
He has worked for many of the fat mens
in the neighborhood, and, whin sober, is
universally represented as a mau of mild
dispo-itiou and placid temper. He has
been drinking hard for bowe weeks past,
and is evidently laboring under the ef
tects of mania a 2otu. He conversed
coolly in relation to the awfuldced man
ifesting no concern for himself speaking;
ol the manner in which he deprived his
poor old father and mother of life as if
he had been butchering hogs. He gave
to Mr James, Editor of "The Hamiltoa
Republican' the lollowing :
CONFESSION OF THE TRAGEDY.
For about four or five days, soiz.el.odjr
seemed to tell me that he must have a
number of heart;'. This was rrpeatid to
me many times during the day. Ho
seeu.ed to Ihe in Sherburne, and a wire
came over the bill ronnocting with the
side of the room, which seemed to say,
4l must have a lot of heart." Soimi
one who lived in Sherburne seemed to
telegraph for thrui. I would place my
ear to tbo side of the room, and then I
would be told by this voice to get some
hearts. Three or four day-3 ago, I first
attempted to kill my brother to get hi
heart. Yesterday I went again, and
placed an axe in the room, intending it
I could find my brother and his wife sit
ting down, I could kill them both at once-
It seemed as thouyh I mu-t Imvc theiir
hearts, but I did not find them so situa
ted. About dark I went oer to my fath
ur. I found my mother sewing, walked-
round to the stove, took a spider and
struck hor over the bead with it and
broke it. She reeled and tell to the floor
My father th n sprang toward a-e. and'
we bad a seuftle. The old man for a"
time wus enough for me, but a'ter stri
king him three or four times over tho
head with tbo retinitis of the broken spi
der I got hold of the axe and killed hiui.-
tie said he got the old man s heart out
before he bad done kicking. The old)
woman he said he got ulong with pretty
easily, but the old man's bide was as tough
us the d 1. Alter knocking lather down
I got the iixe-uud cut out their hearts,
and put them in the stove and burned
them. This same voieo seeuu-d to tell
me that the hearts must be burned.
After the deed I washed my hands,,
and after remaining in the house a short
time, left and went down to Alphus Gus
ting. When I arrived I found my broth
er there visiting. I told them that I hacC
some fresh meat up to father's. After
romaiuing there for a hort time, I went
to tho bouse of Harmon (justing, aud'.
told them to get me a quart of cider and
bottle, and after obtaining it, left for my
father's house without mentioning any
ihiug concerning tho dead; upon arriving
I lay down upou the louue near my futh
er aud mother, and sbpt for some timo.
During the night after tho deed, I attemp
ted to find .a razor to end my owuHfe,
and thus" close the .tragedy, afterward. I