Sijc Scffcysonicm.
THURSDAY, JULY 12. 1860.
FOR PRESIDENT,
Abraham Lincoln,
OF ILLINOIS.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
Hannibal Hamlin,
OF MAINE.
FOR GOVERNOR
Hon. Andrew GK Curtin,
OF CENTER COUNTY.
Lincoln, Hamlin and Curlia
' MEETING.
ST" All persons favorablo to the elec
tion of Lincolu and Hauiliu to the Prot-i-dencj
and Vice Presidency, and Curtin,
Goreruor, arc requested to meet in the
Court House, on next Monday evening,
at 7 o'clock, for the purpose of taking the
necessary measures in order to toe tor
mation of a Lincoln & Hamlin Club.
Turn out friends
Only Mty Cents!
Wo will send a copy of the " JEFFER
soman" froai this date, July 11th, until
the 29th of November, for the tiifiing
sum of Fifty Cents, to all those who are
not subscribers to the paper.
Let the friends of the cause we advo
cate make up clubs at oucc.
The Fourth at Sushkill.
The la-Jies fair at Bushkill appears to
have be.cn quite a success. An immense
crowd was proeent from the surrouudiug
country, and probably not Ie.ss,tkan four
or five hundred dollars were realized from
the days proceedings. In the morning
the church was crowded to listen to the
oratiou, which was delivered in fine style
by Gen. C. Burnett, of Stroud.burg. Af
ter the delivery of tho oration, the com
pany set down to an excellent dinner pre
pared by the ladies of Bushkill, towhieh
all did ample justice.
A Democratic meeting was advcrtis d
to take place at Maple Grove in the af
ternoon, but either from want of interest,
or because the gentlemen found greater
attractions clscichae, the meeting was very
limly attended indeed. lion. Richard
Brodhead made one of his characteristic
ally rambling speeches, the sum and sub
stance of wbioh was, "Behold ! how great
a man am I! how I have labored, how
1 have sacrificed in the cause my coun
try." The Democracy appeared considerably
divided in their sentiments, some adher
ing to Douglass, and some to Brecken
ridge. STbc Douglas half of the double
headed Democracy met at the Court
House on Saturday evening, July the
7th inst., for tho purpose of forming a
Douglas Club. Conspicuous posters an
nounced this fact for a day previous, but
at the second ringing of the bell, only
about 30 persons made their appearance,
nearly half of whom were R-publicans,
who were attracted hither by curiosity, to
see of what material the Douglas Domoo-
racy was composed, and rather to our
surprise we found it composed of about
equal parts of what were, but a few
months or weeks ago, Douglas Cursers
and Buchanan Cursors but a number of
the former, were not present. This sure-
ly is a very pculiar material out of which
to make Douglas Democrats. Tho only
query presented to our minds is, will they
last, or will they, like the mushroom soon
run their course.
To take it altogether, to outsiders, it
was rather an amusing sight to witness
the futile efforts of those few faithful De
mocrats, to infuse new life into tho faint
ing, prostrate Democratic body, for their
serious faces, their low whimpering, and
heavy sighs, clearly evidenced the mel
ancholy fact, that they were convinced
that the Democracy was rapidly approach
ing its end.
'We hope that our Democratic friends
will grievo but lightly over their lose, for
it is thus that tho fates will. If they are
true patriots, we can assure them that
there is no occasion for sorrow, but that
they should rather rejoice, for the admin
istration of the Government, which has
for tho last eight years been so shameful
ly abused by the Democracy, is about to
be transferred to the bauds of a man
whose name has bccone a syuonyme for
honesty, and whoee talents and ability
are unquestioned.
Let all then who wish to rebuke the
Administration, rally around the Lincoln
standard, ana! success will be sure and
aig n air .
Sick Headache, Debility and Indiges
rioB. Where among all the remedies for
these complaints, is there one which so
quickly, so effectually, and permanently
romoves them as the Oxygenated Bit
ter &l
Douglas A Tree-Trader.
Now that &r. Douglas is on the taaok
as a candidate of one of the wines of the
"great Democratic party," it is well to
let the people know where he stands on
the great question of Protection to Amer
ican Industry. The following taken from
the official dooument, tviII show tnat ne is
a worthy occupant of that plans ot tne
platform which declaresin favor of "PRO
GRESSIVE, FREE TRADE' Read it
Pennsylvania, and then say whether
you can vote for a man who goes further
in favor of Free trade than even the Tar
iff of 1846 :
December 11th, 1843. Mr. Rhett,
South Carolina, moved a suspension
of
of
the rules in order to introduoe tho follow
ing resolution :
"Resolved, That the Committee of Ways
nod Wean do inquire, as bood as practi
cable, into the expediency of reporting a
hill repealing the tariff act passed in the
jear les-12, and in lieu thereof imposing
a maximum rate of duty of 20 per cent.
ml valorem, on imnortH. discriminating
below this maximum in the duties imposed
on the principle ot producing revenue
DjirSTEPHEN A. DOUGLAS VO
TED YEA 1
See Con. Globe, vol. 13, page 44.
January 3d, 1644. Mr. Rhett submit
ted the following resolution, on which hi
moved the nrovious Question :
"Resolved, That the Committe of Ways
and jeans be instructed to report a bill
reducing all the duties on imports over
30 per cent, ad valorem, to tnat amount
and providing for a final reduction with
in two years, to 20 por cent, ad valorem
with such discrimination below this max
imum as the purposes of revenue shall re
quire.
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS VO
TED YEA I
See Cong. Globe, vol 13, page 98.
The Contest Between Breckinridge and
Douglas.
The contost detwecn Messrs. Breckin
ridge and Douglas has no reference what
ever to the result of the Presidential elec
tion in November. The leaders of both
sides freely admit that question is practi-
oally settled, and nothing but tuo local
formalities arc necessary to complete Mr.
Linco'n's success. Their struggle is for
the control of the future organisation of
the party, and nothing more. The de
sign is to crunb Mr. Douglas out entirely,
and leave him powerless hereafter. Af
ter the 4th of March next, he will be sol
itary and alone in the Senate as Mr.
Pugh has already been voted into exile
by Obio, and no other has espoused his
cause. The Breckinridge Executive
Comsrittee having abundant command of
means, and control of the othoial corps
throughout the country, intend to organ
ize independently in every State, and to
run an electoral ticket which will not be
withdrawn or compromised by any bar.
gain. Tboy are in for the war, and to
tho Ijoifc, and bare notified temporising
followers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
and New-York, that no fusion or combi
nation ticket will be accepted on any
terms. They consider any temporary
coalition as calculated to demoralise their
ultimate object, while it is incapable of
effecting any present advantage. Ibis
general purpose will soon be announced
in a more authoritative form.
Douglas and Protection.
The Hon. F. W Hughes in his speech
to the Democracy in the Court House, de
clared that he could not vote for Douglas,
beaause he was a Free Trader, and op
posed to Protection. Mr. Douglas never
gave a vote in favor of Protection in hia
life, and according to tho following ex
tract from "Independent's" letter to the
North America?, ho carries his opposition
to Protection to the extreme point, even
singling out Pennflylvnnia Iron to strike
at:
So far as Pennsylvania is concerned,
everybody knows that Mr. Douglas, dur
ing bis whole Congressional career, has
consistently opposed her interests. All
the votes he ever gave upon the Tariff,
were on the side of tbc most radical free
traders; and oven went farther than Mr
Hunter was willing to do, in proposing the
admission of railroad iron free for 5 yearse
Io arrgument or persuasion coidd indue.
him to concede a frartion of protection to
the prostrated and suffering industry of our
State. Mr. Johnson, bis colleague on the
ticket, belongs to the ultra school of free
traders, and in that respect is a very prop
er associate for Mr.Douglas. Pottsville
Journal.
5HTho N. Y. Herald publishes a list
of Democratic papers, showing their po
litical preferences. From this it appears
that there are for Breckenridgo : North
ern papers, 31 ; Southern, 145. For
Douglas: Northern papers, 141 ; South
ero, 21. Total, as by this list: Brecken
ridge, 176; Douglas, 162.
Another Quarrel
Senator Gwin, of California, had a
quarrel with the President on Saturday
la-t. Ibe war of wordn became very vi
olent, and during the altercation the Sen
ator denounced Mr. Buchanan in not ve
ry accuratuly measured language, and
concluded by telling the old gentleman
tbat ho would never darken the doors
his mansion again. Gwin has hitherto
been Buchanan's right-hand man, and
this private quarrel will doubtless mani
fe't itself, in time, in California politics.
Tho man who bitrayed Broderiok has
been in turn betrayed. Serves him right.
Mr. Charles Goodyear, inventor of the
process of vulcanizing India rubber,.died
at the 5tb Avenue Hotel, N. Y., on Sub
day, aged 60. His time has been devoted
since 1836, to this invention, and he spent
and applied the whole proceeds of hrs in
ventions and patents to the perfecting of
the many forms and applications of the
now material, vulcanized Indian robber,
which bis inventive talent called into existence.
STo Coalition.
Thn Philadelnbia Press denounces the
proposition to run coalition Douglas and
Breokenndge electoral ticKets. it says.
"The forces of tne secessionists, struct
with dismay at the pluck of the Douglas
Dflmooraov. have dropped intimidation,
and now ssek by cunning suggestions, to
decoy the latter into a diagraoemt com
promise. They propose that no Douglas
ticket sbould bo run in mo ooum, anu
in the North to put Douglas and Breck
Anridpo aen uDon the electoral tickets,
with a condition annexea Dy wnicn, n tae
majority should be for Douglas on these
tickets, or the reverse the whole voto
should be cast in the Electoral College,
in December next, in accordance with
this arrangement.
"A more shameless scheme never en
tered the head of any one but a depen
dent of the present corrupt Administra
tion. The friends of Douglas in the
North would never touch a tioket soiled
with disunion, especially when called up
on to vote for Mr. Breckenridge, whose
name is used to destroy and degrade
their gallant allies in the bouthern
States"
At the Douglas ratification meeting in
Philadelphia, on Saturday evening, one
of the sDoakers. John Forsyth, of Alaba
ma, took ground against any coalition
with the Breekonridge en. He said:
"We shall not. w-ust not, compromise
with Breckenridge. Tremendous shouts
of'Nor The Brcokenndgo party must
be punished for their treason. You can
nnwpr nomnromise with a mutineer! You
must hang the deserters. Douglas has
won the nomination for the Presidency
fight, as Heenan baswon the Champion's
belt. Cheers. If you in tbo JNortii
oomnromise with Breckenridge, the dis-
unionists will put their feet on us in the
South. How did "Washington treat Ma
jor Andre? Why ho sent the spy to the
cibbei. I tell you tho voice of the true
peoplo North, South, East and West, is
coming up for Douglas. ' Applause.j
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rrpOne faot in the history of Lincoln,
which Bhows the estimation in whiob be
has, from tho first, been held by tho Re
publicans, seems to bavo been overlooked
and that is, that he was the competitor
of Judge Dayton for the Vice Presidcncy
in the Philadelphia Republican Uonven-
tion of May, 1856. He waa urged by 11
linois and the West, and only owing to
the foot that Fremont was from the West,
he would have been nominated. Judge
Dayton was urged by New Jersey and a
portion of Pennsylvania, upon the ground
tbat he would unite the Americans on the
ticket, and tbat Commodore Stockton was
anxious for his nomination. Ibe result
did not confirm the views presented upon
the floor of the Convention.
Good news comes by the last Pony
Express, overland. Gen. Lane's partj
has been defeated in the recent election,
and a Legislature chosen which will not
return Lane and his colleague, Smith, to
the U. S Sonato, and Oregon may be sit
down as Republican. In twelve counties
there is only one vote difference between
the Locofoco and Republican candidates
for Congress. Stout, the present Loco
Congressman, had but 20 majority when
first elected.
A Big Screw Loose.
Major Thomas P. Campbell, one of
the best stump speakers in the State, and
the leader of Locofoooism in Huntingdon
county, has oomo out in favor of Lincoln,
Hamlin, Curtin and a Protective Tariff.
His influenoe will bo felt in the present
contest, as bo is going to take the stump
immediately.
According to Dr. Forbes Winslow.
there are in London 16,000 children
trained to crime, 5000 receivers of 6tolcn
goods, 15,000 gamblers, 25,000 beggars,
30,000 drunkards, 180,000 habitual gin
drinkers, 150,000 persons subsisting on
profligacy, and 50,000 tbioves. This
would make an interesting colony; fancy
the state of society that would exist in a
city occupied exclusively by this list.
The Easton Express states tbat the hay
crop in that county is very heavy and
now nearly all gathered in. Old bay was
selling at $10 per ton, and the farmers
are said to have considerable on hand.
A young musical prodigy is attracting
a good deal of attention in the vicinity of
oalem, N. J; a little girl aged three years
and seven months who plays upon tho
piano moro than fifty separate airs, hav
ing composed two or three herself. She
learns very readily; can play in the dark
or blind folded.
Singular Occurrence.
A few days since, a clergyman called
at a farm house, at Urbana. in Frederick
county, Md, and hitched his horse to a
fence, while he wont to the fields to seek
the proprietor. He returned, after an
absence of a few minutes, and found tho
body, bead, mouth and tongue of the poor
animal covered with bees, which had
stung him so badly, that ho died soon af
ter. California Cabbage.
The Sonora (California) cabbage grows
so high that the birds build nests in the
top. An account is published of one
eight feet high, the lower balf a bare
stalk, about the size of a man's wrist.
Possibly some of this tall variety may be
successfully grown on the plains for shade
trees. Fire at Easton.
Tho larce stable of the Red Line
Transportation Company at Easton, was
consumed by fire on Saturday evening
last. Eleven mules and one horso died
in the flames. It is supposed tbat the
fire was the work of an incendiary, as tbo
doors were found to bo nailed abut, when
the fire was discovered.
Execution of Harden. !
At H o'clock yesterday, Jacob S. Har
den, who ha been fifteen months in pris
on, was executed in the yard attached to
tbo jail at lielvidore, Warren uouniy, x.
. . . .
The crime tor wbion tnia man was
doomed to death has occupied so promi
nent a plaoo in tho public journals of late
tbat it is needless to repeat the details of
the murder at this time. Suffioit to say
that after a long and ably conducted trial
he was fooud guilty of having adminis
tered to his wife a quantity of arsenic
which resulted in her death. Mo toen
fled to Virginia, waa suspected, sent for
And arrested, and on being brought back-
was placed upon trial to answer for her
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murder He was louud guilty, anu ecu
fonccd to be hung on the 28th day o
June. From that day he was respited to
July 6, and on that day the sentence wa
dulv executed.
Jacob S. Harden was born at Blairs-
town. N. J., of very respectable parents,
still living. Ho has
UUIU w - c
two brothers and two eisters all of whom
are residing in the immediate neighbor
hood. Jacob, at the time of bis execution
was a little less than 23 years of age. He
commenced life as a school teacher, but
in oonsentience of tho liberties he was in
the habit of taking with his female pupils
incurred the displeasure of their parents,
and was obliged to relmquisu tuatoauing
He then became a Methodist circuit
preacher, and for two years or more trav
ersed on foot the northern section of tho
Stato in which be was born, preaching in
the various towns and villages on his route
Ho became quite noted as an exhorter
and was exceedingly successful as a camp
mectingpreachor. Tho titlo of Rev. doe
not belong to him by right, ho never hav
ing been ordained as a minister, but ac
ted only as an associate or circuit preach-
er. Since bis trial it has been asscrtain
cd that his iniquitous career was com
menced before he became a preacner o
the Gospel, and was pursued by him a
all times. The confession which he has
writteu and decidod to have published for
the benefit of his father, is said to contain
so much scandal that its publication a.-
written has been docmed unadvisable.
ft has therefore becu submitted to two
clergymen who aro now engaged iu revi
sing it. After having shown himself so
competent as a circuit preacher, he wa
at length called upon to preside over :
congregation at Mount Lebanon. With
much apparent hesitation on his part, he
accented the call, and entered upon his
duties.
It was while so engaged at Mount Le
banon that he was married to Miss Cath
arine Dorlon, a young lady with whom
he had attended school. There had been
much difficulty between Mr. Harden and
Miss Dorlon previous to their marriage,
and it was only in consequence of there
haviug been so much scandal circulated
in regard to them as to altract-the atten
tion of the Methodist Conference that he
subtniited to the union. Mrs. Harden i.
represented to have been a very pretty
woman, about 20 years of age, and was
to him a loving and truthful wife. Scarce
ly had thoy been married for half a year
when sho suddeuly sickened and died.
So peculiar were tho circumstances atten
ding her death, that suspicion immediate
ly attached to Mr. Harden, and he subse
quently fled to Virginia, where ho was
discovered teaohin' school under an as
sumed name. With the particulars of
his trial, which was but recently conclu
ded, our readers are familiiar.
On the night previous to the execution
the town of Belvidcre, whero the murder
er was confined, was overrun with visit
ors. Every hotel was overflowing with
people from tho country and neighboring
towns, many of whom were compelled to
take lodgings upon the floor. The trains
of cars coming into tbo place were crow
ded with men, women, and ohildren, all
hastening to get as near as. possible to
the jail. On tho morning of Fridav the
Court-House, in which is also the jail, was
surrounded by an anxious crowd, all ea
gerly oeeking admission to tho prison
yard. But few were successful, however,
as the jail yard would not accommodate
more than one hundred and fifty people
All aloog the side of the park opposite
tho Court-House, tomporary booths had
beon erected, where speculating Jersey
men and ambitious urchins dispcused
small beer and gingcr-brcad to the huu
gry crowd. Great numbors of fomalos
congregated on the corners of the strcots
near tbo jail, and all the forenoon farm
wagons, with the owner's family and
"help" were continually arriving. Tho
whole town wore a gala day appearance,
and tho crowd resembled that which'used
to assemble in country townB on "Gener
al Training" days.
The scaffold on which Harden was ex
ecuted was an entirely new ono, erected
under bis own supervision, and in full
view of tho gratod window of hia coll. It
occupied tho north west corner of the
yard, and took up nearly one fifth of the
space inclosed within tho fifteen-foot brick
walla. It consisted of two uprights, tho
full bight of the wall, with a ross piece
at tho top. A flight of stops led to a
platform erected about midway of the
scaffold. A few inches below this plat
form was placed the fatal drop, he having
expressed a preference for that mode of
death, tho usual custom being to raiso the
body suddenly by heavy weights. Sup
porting this drop was a swinging arm so
arranged that tho dropping of a fourteen
pound weight jerked the arm away, allow
ing tho drop to fall aside thus leaving the
body suspended in the. air! This aoaf
fold was erected at Uarden'a spocial re
quest, and its operation fully tested by
him provious to his execution.
Up to tho last moment tho condemned
man preserved a calm and composed ex
terior, talking freely with all who. were
admitted to see him. His father took a
last farewell of him on Friday, tho 20th
of June, the interview being represented
as very affecting. Last Thursday night
was spent in prayer and religious con
versation with the Rov. Mr. Kirk, a Pres
byterian clergyman, and the-Rev. Mr
Day of the Methodist persuasion. He
slept but little till after daylight on Fri
day morning, and on awakening had anoth
er interviow with the olergymen. 'One
of his brothers also saw bim on lnurs-
day, since wbich time none of his rela
tives have scon him. Ho has written a
small book of admonition to tho. young,
full of useful precepts, and showing the
manner in which be was led into crime.
Notwithstanding the confident assertions
of tho citizens of Belvidcre that Harden
has made a full and detailed confession
of his many crimes, his counsel assert
that they know nothing ol it, ana ao noi
hoHovn in its existence. The only con-
tl.pv know of i3 that contained iu
nKlnt mention ed. His
mother has not been to see him at all
t-ince his trial, iu consequence of sickness,
nor has either of his sisters visited bim
It was only within the past two or three
days tbat he realized the enormity of his
crime and appreciated his true poMtiou
more fully. Then he admitted the im
partiality of his trial, and tho fairness of
the Judge and the Jury, and said that
he felt that hia sentence was a just one.
He thought that be waa prepared to die,
and that he could walk with firmness to the
scaffald, but could not be positive. H
admitted also having seduced scvera
voun trirls. and having had illicit inter
oourse with married women with whom
he became acquainted during his minis
terial career. Ho stated that he has re
pented of his sin and had full faith in the
forgiveness of God. Harden talked free
ly, clearly, and plausibly, and it was by
- .
means of bis good conversational power
that ho was able to prosecute his villain
; h sucnossfullv. The impression loft
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unon a' person who conversed with hii
was that he was a most plausible villain
ono who had been so long a living lie
to all the world that he was now unable
to believe himself that he was laboring
hard to couvice himself that he was peni
tent and striving to do v. hat was right
but that, knowing himself so well, he wa
doubtful of Lis own thoughts as well a
words. In short, he seemed like a man
wboi-e life-long object had been to deceive
others, and that object bad been so sue
oessfully accpraplisbed that he was now
afraid of himself it was the liutsorta
Jacob S. Harden striving"! believe and
place confidence in the Jacob S. Harden
of flesh and blooa. Alter an mterview
with such a man, one could not help feel
ing a deep sorrow on leaving his cell tha
one to young should have been alle to a
ckieve such hjpoency.
A a the hour for tho execution drev;
near, all the ncon!e who had assembled
t
in the town flocked to the Court House
to catch at least a glimpse of the building
in which Harden was to Le hung. A
small force of the Warreu Blues of Wash
ington, Capt. Stout, were stationed on the
steps of the building to pre-crvc order.
The arrangements for admission verc ex
ceedingly bad, tho military simply serv
ing to increase tho confusion. When
the crowd-formed in front, waiting for the
doors to be opened, theao country soldiers
made frequent rushes on them, telling
them to fall back or they would charge
on them. The peoplo were perfectly
peaocable, merely wishing to keep their
places near the door so as to pass in at
the earliest moment. The soldiers while
trying to preserve order, flourished their
muskets frantically about, u.ing a great
number of most soldierly oath3. In one
of their demonstrations a young mau re
ceived a cut from a bayonet just under
the left eye, "which came near depriving
him of that useful member. At last, with
a rush, a crowd, a squeeze and a jam,
those who had tickets got inside the buil
ding. A long time was passed in the pris
on yard, in the hot sun, before tho pris
oner was brought forth. Meantime, the
outside crowd had climbed upon all the
neighboring barns, houses, aud trees, o-
verloolitng
!;iniT fhn vnrfl I Inn nliorr? troo.
upon which was perched a great number
of boy, broke down with a crash. Sev
eral porsons received a variety of bruis
es, ono man being reported as seriously
iujurcd.
At 12a o'clock tho Sheriff went into
Harden'n coll and told him that the hour
was fart approaching, and that he must
prepare for immediate death. Ho re
quested the Rev. Mr. Day to pray vitb
him for the last time, and lor balf an
hour they were so occupied. At 1:25 he
appeared in the prison yard, his arms
tied behind him, walking by the sido of
Sheriff Sweeney, and followed by tho two
olergymen who had attended him, his
counsel, and a physician. They mount
ed tho scaffold, when Harden glanced a
round at tho crowd boncath him. Ho is
a good looking young man, hating a" olear
sharp cyo aud good complexion, wearing
dark whiskers. He stood about five feet
seven inches high, was very athletio, and
weighed about 150 pounds. He was
dressed in a dark bluo coat, partly but
toned over his ohest, bthek pants, dark
velvet vest, white shirt with a turn over
oollar, aud light summer cravat. He ap
peared like a man who was vain of bis
broad shoulders and well developed frame
Having reached tho center of theplatform,
ho knelt down with his friends and prayed.
His languago was not audible to those on
the ground, tho last sentence "Lord Jelu-
have mercy on my soul, and support me
iu this tryiug-hour,"beiug tho only words
hoard. He then stepped upon tho drop,
in company with the Sheriff, 'and gave
him some directions about the signal,
which ho desired to giro himself. He
next took leave of all his friends near
him, shaking thorn by tho hand, and
thauked Sheriff Swceftfy for his kindness
to him. As tho black cap was drown o
ver his head a poroeptiblo shudder passed
over him, and a low groan escaped his
Hps. Ho stood up firmly, however; the
Sheriff placed a whito handkorchiof in hiB
hand, and then descended to tho end of
tho scaffold whore the weight was fast
ened. But a moment elapsed beforo Har
den dropped the handkerchief as tho sig
nal that ho was ready. Instantly tho
Sheriff cut tho little cord which held the
weight, and at 1:31 tho weight dropped,
the drop fell, and Harden was suspended
in the air, having fallen with a sudden
jerk about threo foet and a half. His
dying strugglos wcro very hard and long"
continued. Tho legs wera frequently
drawn up to tho body, the hands and lega"
twltohed convulsively, and his efforts td
catob his breath could be heard all over
tbo prison yard. Aftor hanging aboufi
ten minufes tho attending physician felfc
his pulse, and lound that tbo heart was?
still boating. At 1:45 ho was pronounced
quite dead.
At the end ot ball an nour tbo body
was cut down, and after the usual exam
ination and verdict by the Coroner's Jury
waa placed in a coffin and delivered to his
relatives. Ibe cofhn was of mahogany,
silver mounted, bearing on a silver plate
tne simple inscription "Jacob 5. Harden."
The remains were taken to tho residence
of bis father about twelve miles distant,
where tho funeral services will be per
formed to day.
And thus passed away jaoob S. Har
den, a young man of fino talents, but po-
easing a mma wnicn was not well baiv
1 rn i i i i. ,
ancca. x uoso wuouuew mm uelore the'
commission of the orimo for which he died-'
say that he was not vicious in the slight
est degree, but was thoughtless and reck'
less, and committed his sins, not so mucfi
from a deliberate desire to do evil as
from thoughtlessness at the moment and
recklessness as to coneequeuoes. The
deliberate and premeditated murder of,
his young wife, who, at the moment of ta
king the poison he had preparod for her
was sitting on his lap and receiving hi
caresses, would seem to show a mind ca
pable of committing any crime.
Among the crowd who witnessed tho
execution, were several of the witnesses
who testified against him at the trial.
There were also several women among
the spectators in the prison yard, vvhilo
many others were exceedingly indignant
beeauso they were not admitted. The fa
ther and brother of Mri. Harden were also
in tho crowd, and anxious to see her mur
derer pay the penaly of his crime. After
the execution many of those v. ho were in-ini-ide
the jail, hastened to pay a vitit to
the cell formerly oocupied by him. The
cell had been comfortably arranged, aud
contained a bed, table, small stand, two or
threo chairF, etc. Hi3 table was well
supplied with religious books, bearing ev
ident marks of coustaut reading. The
walls of his cell were entirely covered o
vcr with the -various iilu-trated paper",
all of which had been pasted up by him
self. His conduct during his imprison
ment was alwaja gentlemanly and courte
ous, and he h-u won the etteem of tho
Sheriff and keepers to that degiee that it
seemed to them like losing ac old friend
when they hung him. Tory little sympa
thy was expressed by the people in the
vicinity for him, except by a few of thai
clas3 of females who delighted to sing
psalms beneath his windows. All about
hita expressed the greatsst horror of his
crime, and many, who would be unwilling
to see the execution of another man, of
fered considerable sums of money for
tickets of admission to witness bis death.
N. Y. Tribune, July 1th.
07" John Lawrence, of Penn township,
Lycoming county, has a duck that has
produced SO eggs this season. Mr. L.
considers this something unusual, and
thinks it h-rd to beat.
S?rG. P. 11. James, the English nov
elist is dead.
IjBringham Young is tho reputed
father of over two hundred children.
Postage stamps of tbo denomina
tions of twenty-four, thirty, aud nino
cents, will soon be issued.
Tho expenditures of England, in
I860, for military and other naval defen
ces, will amount to 159,000,000.
g22TGood morning, Mr. Grumm; what
is the news to-day? Oh, there is no
news, my wife was sick yesterday, and
didn't go out, no news no news'.
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New Counterfeit.
Peterson's Detector notifies the publia
of tho discovery of a dangerous counter
feit S5 noto on the "Pcnn Township
Bank," of Philadelphia. It is said to be
a perfect fac simile of the genuine issue.
Death, of a Member of the Bar.
George W. Yates, Esq , a well-known
member of the bar of Northampton cour
ty, died at his residence at Easton, on
Friday the 29 ult. His funeral took
place, on Sunday afternoon and was at
tended by a largo concourse of the Ma
sonic Fraternity, and of citizens generally.
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FOURTH OF JULY. .
UY THE BAUD OFTI1E EASTON HALL.OF FASHIO.V.
'Tis the Fourth of July,
And our Eagle flics high,
A-cIapping his pinions together ;
But the drawback to joys,
Both for men and boys,
Is the sultry, inflammable weather.
Wo simmer and roast, 0
'Till we're brown as a toast;
Our shirt collars wilt, and ar'euvettcd
By the fierce glaring sun,
We are all over-done
And qutempcrs got rusty and fretted..
But joy of nll Joys,
Both to men anujpo hoys,
Behold where Pyle's banner is flying t
Here is speedy relief
From our hot summer grief, ,
And coolness, to those who are frying.
Go and purchase a suit?
Then from neck to boot
You'll be cool as tho coolest cucumber
For material he sells
Which checks and dispels
All the warmest simoous of mid-summer.
OT The handsomest assortment of Ready
Made Clothing and piece goods ever seen in
Easton is now on exhibition, at Pyle's Great
Easton Hall of Fashion, opposite thp Eastoa
Bank.