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    THE
JEFFERSONIAN,
Btvotcb ta politics, literature, Agriculture, Science, JKoraliij, ait& euerai intelligence.
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VOL. 25.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., MAY 24, 1866.
NO.ll
Published by Theodore Schoch.
TERM'S Two dollars a year in advance and i f no
paid bphrc the end of the yeu, two dollars and filfy
et. will be charged.
No fwpcr discontinued until all arrcatages arc paid,
crccptatthe option ofllie Editor.
'C7.V !T.rti!C.ncnts of one square of (eight lines) or
?s, nneor ihrcc insertions $1 60. Each additional
i..crJ.on. ."S3 cents. Longer ones in propoition.
JOB PRINTING,
OF ALL KINDS,
Executed in the highest Ftyle of the Art.and onthe
most rcasornble terms.
TREMENDOUS EXCITEMENT !
Death to High Prices!
Up Town in a Blaze !
METZGAR & STORM, respectfully in-
form the public that the days of imposition
prices have gone by in Stroudsburg, for the
proof of which they invite their friends, from
botn town ana county, to can at ineir new
Store, on i.iizatPin oircei, in mrouusDurg,
one door below the Indian Queen Hotel, ex
amine their goods and learn how low they
se!J them.
Wc have DRY GOODS in almost endless
variety,
Cloths, Cassiiacres and Testlugs
6S3 I
. rt . i m ,,i;
Cshcor?, itelams and Sliislins,
Trimnurs ana A&uoiiSi
and everything in tint line.
Wc have GROCERIES and PRO VIS -
ojav
She's, COFFEES.,
SPICES, FIS1I, PORb,
and a full assortment in that line.
We have Crockery Ware, Wooden Ware,
Willow Ware, Hardware, a general assort-
merit.
TOBACCO of all kind?,
BOOTS AND SHOES, and in tact al-
tn.ivjt fvrvtliinnr lhnt can be called for in a
completely stocked S'orc.
Call and tec for yourselves. We take
pleasure in showing goods without price,
and can sell you calicoes from 12i- cents to
2.3 cents per yard, and everything else pro
portionate! j' low
We feci duly thankful for the many evi
dences ot already received appreciation of
our efforts to knock down war prices, and
can assure the public that there is still room
for a few more evidences of ihc same sort.
Don't forget the place and give us a call.
J. P. METZGAR,
JEROME STORM.
March 29, 1566.
CHEAP GOODS,
A!!?: NOW OFFERED BY A -NEW,
FIRM,
( UCTKSSOKS TO R. S. STAPLES.)
The s-jbscriber.s would hereby in form
titiir IsicBtJs and the public general!',
that they have recently purchased the
"i!ire stock of K. S. Staples, aud asso
ciated themselves together as co partners
under the name of
SMILEY d- WALTON.
f ir the purpose of carrying on the Mcr-
caut.lc trade in all its binuccs, at the well
known stand lately occupied by R. S.
Staplfs. We have already added to our
firmer stock a fresh supply of
FAXCY DRESS G 00I)S3SPRIXG
r-rp-,- ,,,n J
o j. jjjs.
)ar jroods were bought low, since tue
late decline in prices, and our customers
fchiill have the benefit of it.
We also keep a full assortment of choice
Fnrntly Groceries
St Sx,
Creek cry Warp,
Vo!H Warts &v..
In jliort, we mean to keep every tiling
tint constitute a Grst clsss country store,
Our purpose shall be to endeavor to give
perfect satisfaction to all who favor us
with their patronage. Come and sec us.
3i ORRIS S31ILEY.
JOS. T. WALTON.
Ftroudsburz, Pa. 3IaTch 22, 18GG.
Cabinet. Maker, Endertak-
&e., &e.
Is Prepared with a Large Stock of
CABINET WARE
r0 MEET ALL demands upon him, or
JL will manufacture to order anything in
his line, in the latest styles to suit the taste
cf customers.
All work made of the best material and
warranted.
He is also prepared, with material and
fixtures, to attend to the business-of
UNDERTAKING
in a manner that cannot fail to prove satis
factory to all who favor him with palron-
Prices moderate.
Shop and Ware-Room on the corner of
Sarah and Simpson Sts.,
April 5, 186G. STROUDSBURG, PA.
Greatest Cough Medicine
IN THE "WORLD,
HOK.L3NSUfi2AD'S i
COMPOUND SYRUP OF
Tar, Wild Cherry and Hoarhound,
For the cure of Coughs, Colds, Whooping
Cough, Croup, Sore Throat, llor.se
ness, Asthma, Inflamation of the
Lungs, &c, &c.
Pain in the Side and Breast, Bronchitis,
Shortness of Breath, and all diseases tend
ing to Pulmonary Consumption.
Prepared and sold by
W. HOLLINSHEAD, Druggist,
Stroudsburg, Pa.
PRICE 35 cts per Bollie.
March 22, I860. 3m,
Mercantile Appraisement
OF
MONROE COUNTY,
For the Year 1866.
The following is a list of ihc VeYidcrs o
Merchandise, Restaurants, &c, in the Coun
ty ot Monroe, classed in accordance with the
several acts of Assembly relating to the
sa me.
Borough of li'OEi3lsii&,
l lass. Amount.
Philip Miller.
Flory & Brother,
George Fable.
Charles Waters &Son,
Henry Shoemaker,
II. C. Leva n way,
14
14
12
14
14
14
13
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
13
14
12
14
14
14
13
14
14 "
14
12
14
14
14
87 00
7 00
12 50
7 00
7 00
7 00
10 00
Broivn &. Tvflllr
; james A Paui?t
j ness & fj0. '
; Robert Huston,
James B. Morgan,
7 00
7 00
7 00
? 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
10 00
7 00
12 50
7 00
7 00
7 00
10 00
7 00
7 00
7 00 ;
rj rj JJrodhead
John O. Saylor,
Jacob Miller,
Robert Boys,
' Smiley &. Walton,
. J. S. Staples,
. I). II. Wyckoff,
u in. ..eiser,
O ...... tt
oaii.uuiiiier cc Herman
, w. M Burnet
j Darius Dreher,
c a r '""enow,
, & Wagner,
Morns Drake,
j wl.SS.IS,
( wilace & Co.
. James Gnuger,
; J. j. McCartv,
, Rcube:i Miller,
12 50
7 00
7 00
7 00
15 00
15 00
7 00
C. Hillcj-, billa-d room, 1 table G m,
Godfrey Ruff, do do 1 do G m,
James ?a!lantync, 14
Frederick Fable, 14
7 00.
Nicholas Ruster, 13
Charles Keller, 14
J. S. Williams &. Co.,
41 " liquor m. 12
Sabina DeYoting, 14
Mi?s R. Morgan. 14
Miss Wintcnoute, 14
Drugs and Medicines.
Wm. Hollinshead, 13
Dreher &. Brother, 13
Deiirick &. Williams, 14
EIami!!oi3,
10 00
7 00
12 50
7 00
7 00
7 00
10 00
10 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
15 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
30 00
15 00
7 00
D. Saylor & Brother,
Jerome Fenner,
A. W. Lodcr,
Alonzo fi. Shafer,
Casper Metzgar,
J. A. B-issiird,
Chirlos William?,
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
Jerome S. Williams, distdlery,
Reuben Hartzell, 14
S.n.eiI,
Amns Labar,
14
David Shannon,,
Absalom Weaver,
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
j A. B. Burrell,
! B. F Brodhead,
! James Bell, Jr.
! La bar &. Heller,
j A. D. Frecce,
Win. A. Brodhead, billiard
j " " te Alley 6 m,
j r,M- Peters, 14
i:cmio SMtiinm:i,
E. G. Shoemaker
14
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
CO
00
00
. n a
' Decker & Dunn,
. T,10n,3S stcmpieS)
1 roitd,
14
14
14
, Fine &. Fisher,
L. M. Heller,
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
j Charles Tidd,
j Samuel Arnold,
' John Mcrwine,
! John Harter,
! Joseph Hawk,
j Arhest Pearsol,
Polk,
David Kresge,
Henry McClelan
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
10 00
7 00
7 00
Harper, Craig, Wills & Co., 14
Peter Gilbert,
14
.14
14
R. M. Kresge,
S Lee
Barrett,
J. S. Coleman, 14
Shafer & Rinehart, 14
Decker & Dunn, 13
Palens & Northrop, 14
Philip Rockafellow, 14
Paradise,
Charles Henry, 14
James Kintz, 14
George R. Smith, 14
I'ocoiso,
D Custard, . 14
Jacob Stouffer, 14
Geore Lesig, .14
Aaron Bowman, 14
David Burret, 14
Mary Knipe, 14
Gnor.'e Fable. 14
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
7 00
7 00
O '
Tokyliaisiiali,
Isaac Stouifer, 14 7 00
Charles Blecksley, 14 7 00
Dodge & Co.,
James A. Young,
Susan Young,
Jackson
J. H. Marvin.
13
10 00
7 00
7 00
14
14
14
7 00
An appeal will be held at the Commission
ers Office in Stroudsburg, on the 2d day of
June, 1866, when and where allpersous who
feel aggrieved can attend if they think prop-
eP . PETER GRUVER,
Mercantile Appraiser.
State Agricultural Society.
THE NEXT ANNUAL EXHIBITION
of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Soci
ety will be held at EASTON, Northampton
County, on Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday, September 25, 26, 27 and 28,
1866. PREMIUM LISTS will be ready for
delivery early in June.
A. BOYD HAMILTON, Pres.
A. B. Longaker, Sec'ry.
Hamburg, May 10, 1866.-3 w.
TERRIBLE EXCITEMENT i ! !
Mo for Stroudsburg !
ALL ABOARD FOR THE
EW STORE WITH NEW GOODS,
MESSRS. DETRICK & WILLIAMS
have opened a New Store for the sale of
DRUGS,
MEDICINES,
WATCHES,
CL.OCKS,
and JEWELRY,
on Main-street, in Stroudsburg, next door to
the Post-office, where they have on hand
the largest and best assortment of
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Drugs, Paints,
Oils, Varnishes, Glass, Sash, Doors,
Blinds, Brushes of all kinds, Per
fumery, Sjiiccs and Station
ary, ever offered for sale
in this County.
Call a aid be Couvisiccd.
1st. That we have the largest and bestas'
sortment of choice goods in the market.
2d. We have all NEW GOODS.
3d. We are determined to please all who
favor us with their patronage.
4th. We will sell lower than any other
house iu the Borough.
Country Merchants and Physicians' orders
will be filled at the lowest wholesale prices.
Please call before purchashing elsewhere.
NO CHARGE FOR SHOWING GOODS.
fjT" Particular attention paid to the re
pairing of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, &c,
and all work warranted.
C. S. DETRICK,
P. S. WILLIAMS.
Stroudsburg, May 10, 1866.
License Applications.
MONROE COUNTY, SS.
The following named persons have filed
their applications for License in the office
of the Clerk of Quarter Sessions of Monroe
County, and the same will be presented for
allowance at the next term of said Court to
be held at Stroudsburg, May 30th, I960.
Tavern iLiccstscs.
Barrett Township.
Wilkinson Price,
Chcsnulhill.
Elizabeth Kresge, John Mcrwine,
Linford Heller, Jerome Kresge,
Joseph Butts, Jacob Iv. Shafer,
Daniel Kresge,
Coolbaugh.
Michael R. Smith, Amos Singer,
Andrew Scbring,
Samuel Case,
Joseph Hawk,
Thomas Callaghan,
Eldred.
Nelson Hefflefinger,
Thomas Mixse'I,
Hamilton.
Thomas E. Heller, . Josiah Fenner,
Charles Bossard, Valentine Houser,
Samuel Dennis, Charles Saylor,
Middle Smithfield.
James Place, Oliver E. Place,
Paradise.
Reuben Newhart, Abraham Gish,
Pocono.
CliMrles Brown, Manassah Miller,
Lewis Heller,
Polk Toionship,
Joel Berlin, Aaron Scrfass,
Daniel Kerchner, Jaceb W. Kresge,
Alary Dotter, Jones Snyder,
Ross Township,
Jacob II. Stocker, Reuben Hartzell,
Sarah Lessig,
Smithfield.
Thomas Brodhead, Luke W. Brodhead,
Isaac S. Labar,
Stroud Township.
Dclp & Delrick,
Stroudsburg Borough,
Barnet Mansfield, Linford Marsh,
Jacob Knecht, Peter & James Bush,
Tobyhannah,
Isaac Stouffer, Henry Stoddart,
Tunkhannock.
Benjamin F. Schafcr, Reuben Barrell,
Reuben B. Bonser,
LIQUOR STORES.
Dreher & Brother, Stroudsburg.
Jerome S. Williams & Co., do
Henry Shaller, . Barrett.
THOS. M. McILHANEY, Clerk,
May 10, 1866. .
Widows Appraisement
rTHE following Widows' Appraisements
JL have been filed in the Office of the
Clerk of the Orphans' Court, of Monroe'coun
ty, and will be presented for approval at the
next term of Court, to be held MONDAY,
May 28, 1666.
Estate of Christian Metzgar, dee'd.
(.
it
l(
(
" Henry Smith, decehsed.
" David Schnaile, deceased.
" Bernard S. Schoonovcr, dee'd.
' Michael Gclz, deceased.
Morris Evans, deceased. ,
" Daniel Titus, deceased.
THOS. M. McILHANEY, Clerk.
May 10, 1830.
COUNTY TAX.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the col
lection of County Tax for the several
townships of Monroe county, will be let to
the lowest and best bidder, bealed propo
sals must be handed in on or before the first
day of iljay Court, at the Commissioners Of
fice in Stroudsburg, Pa.
John T. Williams, 1
Nelson Hefflefinger, Com'rs.
HknbV Heller. )
Stroudsburg, Pa., May 10, 1866.
0 REWARD !
QTRAYED from the premises of the sub
kJ scriber, at the Del. Water Gap, on Sat
urday afternoon, April 27th, a Darl
K15I COW,
six vears old this Snriner, thin in flesh and
fresh in milk no white marks about her.
The above rewatd will be paid to any one
who returns her to me at the Gap.
CATHARINE GARRITY.
Delaware Water G.ip, May 3, 1866.
Register's Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons
interested in the estates of the respec-.
tive decedents, that theTollowinj; accounts
I .have been filed in the Register's office
Monroe County, and will be presented for
confirmation to the Orphans' Court of said
county, at Stroudsburg, on Monday, the
2Sth day of May, 1866, at 10 o'clock,
A. M.
ministrator of Bernard S. Schoonovcr, de
ceased by A. Reeves Jackson and Wil
liam Hollinshead, Administrator of Stroud
J. Ilollinshead, deceased.
Account of James Buckley, Executor,
&c. of Daniel Buckley, deceased.
Final Account of Anthony Arnold,
Administrator, &c. of John Arnold, de
ceased. Account of Jacob C. Miller, Executor,
&c. of Mary Woodling, deceased.
Account of Magdalena Overfield, (late
Magdalena Fenner) Administrator of Jo
seph Fenner, deceased.
Final Account of Geo. H. Weiss, Ad
ministrator of Jiarnct Mosteller, dee'd.
Account of John Kresge, Administrator,
kc. of Josiah Hawk, deceased.
Account of Ammiel Bush and Peter M.
Eilenberger, Administrator, &c. of John
V. Bush, deceased.
Account of Andrew Storm, Adminis
trator, &c. of Rudolph Storm, dee'd.
Account of George Bitteubender, Ad
ministrator, &c. of Christopher Bitten
bender, deceased.
Account of James Kintz, Administra
tor, &c. of Melchoir Kintz, dee'd.
Account of Thomas M. Mcllhancy,
Administrator Cum testamento annexo of
Adam Learn, deceased.
JOHN S. FISHER, Register
.ucgistcr s Office, Stroudsburg,
'
May 3, 1S66.
By virtue of a writ of ven. ex. de ter
ns tojne directed, issued out of the Court of
Common Pleas of Monroe County, I vill ex
pose to sale, at public vendue, on
Saturday, the 26th day of May,
1865, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at the
Court House, in the borough of Stroudsburg,
the following described real estate to wit:
All that certain tract of timber land situ
ate partly in Polk township, Monroe county,
and partly .in 'Penn Forest, Carbon county-
surveyed in warrant to Anthony Butler, con,
taming
323 Acres, 70 Perches,
and allowances.
'Also all that certain tract of timber land
situate partly in the township of Polk, Chcs
nuthill and Tunkhannock, Monroe county,
and Penn Forest, Carbon county, being the
tract surveyed in warrant name of James
Reynolds, containing
40-1 3-4 ACRES,
and allowances.
Also all that certain tract of timber land
iituate in the township of Chesnuthill and
Polk, in Monroe county, being the tract sur
veyed in warrant name of Richard Renshaw,
containing
395 1-2 Acres,
and allowances.
The above is all improved TIMBER LAND.
Seized and taken in execution as the prop
erty of Charles Tidd, and to be sold by me
for cash.
CHARLES HENRY, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office Stroudsburg,
May 10, 1866.
oxxt Drodawcitioii.
Whereas, the Hon. George R. Barrett
President Judge ofthc22d Judxial Districto
Pennsylvania, composed of the counties of
Wayne, Pike, Monroe and Carbon, and Abra
ham Levering and Jeremy Mackey, Esqr's,
Associate Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas of the County of Monroe, and by vir
tue of their offices, Justices of the Court of
Oyer and Terminer and General Jail delive
ry and Court of General Quarter Sessions in
and for the said County ol Monroe, have is
sued their precept to me commanding that
a Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace and
Common Pleas, and Court of Oyer and Ter
miner and General Jail Delivery und Or
phan's Court, for the said County of Monroe,
to be holden at Stroudsburg, on the 28th day
of May, 1866, to continue one weeks if ne
cessary.
Is hereby given to the Cononer, the Justices
of the Peace, and Constables of the said coun
ty of Monroe, that they be then nnd there
ready with their rolls, records, inquisitions,
examinations and other remembrances to do
those things which their offices are appertai
ning, and also that those who are bound by
recognizances to prosecute and give evidence
against the prisoners that are or shall be in
the jail cf the said county of Monroe, or a
gainst persons who stand charged with the
commission of offences to he then and there
to prosecute or testify as shall be just.
(God save the Commonwealth.)
CHARLES HENRY, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office Stroudsburg,
May 3?a866.
WANTED.
Board Among the 5outains.
F" OR A FAMILY of 7 persons, (3 grown
persons, 3 children and one servant,)
from about the middle of June until Septem
ber. Please state location, how near It R.
Station, lowest terms, &c. Address
S. A. M., Box 671, Station D.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
April 19, 1860.
Account ot JJepue S. Miller, J'Jxecutor, oy uie moD, nc says no woum nave atitlie bed rr little book with 3.65 in it; I
&c. of John Downing, deceased. i first conceded the full extent of the enor-j shaved myself with Mr. Dcaring's razor;
Account of John Edinger, one of the unties he had committed. Now that the j washed and dressed myself in his clothes,
Executors, &c. of Samuel Myers, dee'd. i""' ls euded and as he is no longor as he j and eat some bread and butter, ahd took
Account of Stroud J. Hollinshead. Ad- thinks in danger of the populace, he has, Miss Dolan's carpet ba? and racked mv
Confession of the Murderer, Probst Ap
palling Account of the Deanng Butch
ery, As was anticipated by the Mayor, Dis
trict Attorney and other officials in Phil-
adelphia, the murderer, L-Tobjt, lias. maae
of, a full confession of his crime
He HOW:
acknowledges having been the sole per-
; petrator of the dreadful deed, and that he
, alone planned aud executed the butchery
' of the Dearing family. Had it not been
! that he was afraid of being torn in pieces
i .i i, i I,, ,
been induced to make this confession,
wuicn, out ior tnc ureaaot-ttie lury ol ; ; House road; the yellow dog followed me
the multitude he would have made at the; to the city; I went up Third street in
time of his arraignment for trial. His thp railroad car to Callowhill street; did
delay in making his confession has given not sec the dog after that; I went to
much labor and expense to the detectives, i Leckfeldt's, and from there I went to
who have been scouring the low dens of! Germantowu road to sell the pistols which
New York, Philadelphia an 1 other.cities I had found in the house; I went back
in search of the accomplice described by. to Front street and staycdN.ll uight; the
him. According to his own statement next morning I went to Chris. Moore's,
thegreatest horror he experienced dur-then to Leckfeldt's, and then went home
ing the whole transaction was his disap-Jwith Susan, but came back to Leckfeldt's
pointment in not obtaining the amount cf;iu fifteen or twenty minutes; stayed there
money he expected, which was at least j Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights;
one thousand dollars. He appears to be on Wednesday night I slept in a boat at
resigned to his fate, and admits that he Brown-street wharf; on Thursday morn
ought to be hung. ing I sold the watch for four dollars, and
the confession. went back to Leckfeldt's and paid the
t u -n i .,, three dollars and sixty cents I owed.
I came to the Dearing s the last time , . lr . - lt
n o i c m i .i . tv Aoout half past seven at night I went a-
on the 2nd of March ; I knew that Dear- ... j-. l. . , " '
, . - .i i, , . way with Ueinrieu : JL had no money, and
ing kept money sometimes in the house ; r , .CT . , . JJ
t i i j. i . i.- i i i-i! felt as if I wanted to go all over the world:
1 calculated to rob him but not to kill T . . -t i l i.
Iitm T onir lilm rot n f n crfnn firvil ftfrifV. '
, ? P .i ;I met three ouiccrs ;
ney in the house a week before the mur-,TI . . fc f
rlM . I rrt r i- 1 si .rt i i It'.. itmAn lo4nr It
ui , x uu.u iu , --whcn I heard that,
1 t L o.,' 0.1, il sold the silver
enlisted two hours afterwards iu thei
-in.! n i x i i -fir i i I ot uiy liiui; .in LiiuL aa i.aiiucu is true :
12th Cavalry: I stayed in Washington !T J . , ;, , , ,., . '
. , t J ' , J , ,T -j . , Til expected to be caunht and did not care
six or eight. weeks, and then deserted and , 1 tit
nr-ltcfr-rt ?n Jr ill Tn fn n t.rv firm WPnf; f n
V,U.1.1V,U IU ...u.-u,.j,
Folly island ; after some months we were
ordered to Washington, where I deserted
again and came to Philadelphia, aud stop
ped at Uuck's (meaning a tavern), Car
penter street, near Broad ; I stayed there
a couple of times, and went to Chris.
Moore's, who took me to West Chester;
May 2Sth, 1S65, 1 was discharged at
Richmond and came back and stayed
tourteen days at unns. woores; i men
n . i .fit T 9 T it
went to New York and Hoboken, where
I worked three weeks on the streets; I
came back and stayed two or three
days with Chris. Moore, and got work at
Lcvering's sugar refinery ; then I wcut
to Maryland and spent three weeks pick
ing peaches; then came back and went
to Dcaring's, and hired with him at fif
teen dollars a month ; I stayed with him
only three weeks, because he wanted me
to work in the raiu, which I refused to
do; he paid me up and I came to the ci
ty with Cornelius, and stayed three or
four days with Chris. Moore ; then I went
to the country and came back to him,
when I spent twelve or fourteen days
with him ; had no money, and had to go
the alms-house : when I got out I came and
stayed two days with Chris-, and one day
with Leckfeldt; theu went down to iUr.
Dearing's, on Friday evening 2d of March,
the second time ; told him I had been in
Germauy ; I watched for an opportunity
to rob them, but did not get auy chance;
I thought of killing them all eight or ten
days before the murder; I thought of
getting up early and killing them as they
came dowu in the moruing, but my heart
failed ; tho morning of the murder was
dark, rainy and cold ; Mr. Bearing went
to the city: he said he would be back about
one o'clock; Cornelius and I went to
work about 8 o'clock ; we worked about
a hundred yards from the haystack; I
took the big axe with me in the cart to
cut the roots ; he sat down under a tree,
and I stood behind him; I raised my
arm three or four times before I could
strike him ; then I hit him on the head ;
he fell, and I gave him one or two more
blows; then 1 cut his throat; I put him
on the cart and hauled him to the hay
stack, and covered him up ; I took hay
and wiped, the blood off the cart; then I
came to the house with tho cart ; I left it
standing at the machine-house, took the
axes iuto the stable, aud went into the
house ; the woman Mrs, Dearing was
out getting water ; I called John to come
to the stable and help me ; I got the lit
tle axe ; he wcut into the stable I be
hind him ; I struck him with the axe,
aud he fell into the entry ; I gave him
one or two more blows, and cut his throat;
I went to the house again, and told the
woman the coit was loose ; she came iuto
the stable, and I hit her on the head two
or three times and chopped her throat ;
then I went and told Tom that his moth
er wanted to see him ; he wcut into the
stable, and I killed him tho same way as
the others ; then 1 went and told Annie
her mother wanted to see her; I took the
baby in my arms and went with her; I
left the baby sitting outside playing on the
hav: I followed Aunic iuto the stabler
and killed her in the same place as her
mother ; then 1 came out and killed the
baby ; I covered them all up ; I took tho
new axe aud putitinsido the door; 1 left
the little axe near tho stable door and
took the horse from tho cart, and put him
in tho stable and wcut iuto the houso to
wait for Mr. Dearing ; I saw him coining
with a womau ; I told him the steer was
sick ; ho went into the stable and I walked
behind him ; I hit him on tho left side
aud he fell on his face ; I turned- him
nrnntwl irnvft him one or two more nns;ou
and cut his throat: he never spoke ; none
"'w Cl"' . . . i
of them spoke a word after they were struck;
Miss Dolan called to me put the horse
away; I told her Mrs. Dearing wanted,
her in the stable ; she came down and
went iu ; I struck her and she fell on Mr.
Deariug's lace ; I finished her with two
. or three blows: then I esauiincd both
their nnntntc T dt ihn cthU A
put away the horse and carriage : I wen
back to the house ; found that the big
pocket book had ten dollars in it; Miss
, Dolan's book had nothing but postage
'stamps : went up stairs and found under
, things iu it, and then went to the Point-
i went out xuariiet-street near me nriuge;
I heard one of s.iy
walked pretty sharp
but they caught me ;
,vatch in Second-street
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Speaking of Jeff Davis, a newspaper
correspondent who has recently visited
him, says : He is a great smoker, and
when iu his appartment employs his time
in writingreadingand praying. Alter
nately he is very quiet and pious, and res
tive and boisterous.- He freely expresses
his opinions about the General:? and lead
ers on both siJe?. lie thinks McOlellan
i -. -v Vwi
wa3 Qur reatest General, and says Grant
is uo soldier, nothing but a butcher :
Lincoln was a good-natured man, but a
jackass ; Andrew Johnson is pretty
smart, and inclined to do the fair thing
so far as he can, but he is not a great
man. He thinks his capture was very
uujust, as he was fairly paroled by the
surreuder of Lee and Johnston, and says
that if he had auy idea of being taken he
could easily have made his escape. Ile
was terribly enraged at what Foote1, of
Mississippi, said of him, and declared that
Foote was a "constitutional liar" that ho
"had often told him so;" and he was glad
when he made his escape from the Con
federacy, and that 'khe gave orders to let
him go, and not to stop him," adding l,L
was glad to get rid of such a nuisance."
''The Duke of Marlborough," Jeff, says,
"deserted his Sovereign fought success
fully under the banners of another Prince,
and his name has come down in history as
one of the noblest men, and greatest of
Generals of his time. But Marshal Ney,
one of Napoleon's famous Generals, who,
after the bauishmeut of Napoleon to Flba,
gave in his adhesion to the ruling powers,
and again joined his chief on his return,
was after his final overthrow taken and
shot as a traitor." His commentary upon
these historic fact was this : "Treason
never prospers for when it does, none
dare call it treason."
It is stated that a man "out West" has
invented a "new, powerful, double-acting
salve, which canuot fail to be a boon, not
only to the human race, but to every liv
ing thing which is exposed to accidents
and wounds." As a proof of its potency
and efficacy, the inventor narrates that by
way of experiment he cut off about four
iuches of his dog's tail, and applied the
salve to the stump, whereupon the tail at
once grew to its natural size aud shape ;
that he then took up the piece of tail
which he cut off, and applied the salves
to the bleeding cud, whereupon the dog
grew out, so Wee the otlicr that it isas im
possible to tell which was the original
dog!
"A clergyman was endeavoring to in
struct one of his Sunday scholars, a
plough-boy, on the nature of a miracle.
"Now, my boy," said he, "suppose you
were to sec the sun rising in the middlo
of the night, what should you call that ?"
"That niune, please zur." "No, but,"
said the clergyman, "supposo you knew
that it was not tho nioou, but the suu,
and that you saw it actually rise in the
middle of the night what should you
think ?" "Please, zur, I should think it
was time to get up.
It is duly announced that an office-seeker
from Connecticut closed a recent ap
plication to tho President with tho in
quiry whether the breach between tho
President and Congress could be repaired.
The President, on tho spur of the mo
ment, replied by mail that he was not
now repairing breaches so much as ho
was,
Tho little tax of one cent upon .each
box of matches produced last year through
out the United States about $lj50QjQU&.
or enough to arm, transport aud keephir
the field 1,GG0 meu,