H I 1 Terms of Publication. Ths Sonsrs'si Herald i-putdi-he U-.ery cli.Paijr M-n.tr.lt a.fiOO p-r annum, if paid iu a -'.vaa-t: otherwise (2 SO ill luvarlalilj 1-e Ciiarircd. No subscrlptl-io will le li.set.miriucd until allar eirijtiw pat ap. Postmasters neglecting to s iliiv os when subscribers da not takeout tnelr j :t will be bold liable tor the sulaicriptlon. Sal.s,Tibcrs removing -fr'a. ther should civ. tl. " f ,Ue funBCT" eel! as the present utf'-e. Address Somerset Printing Company, JOHN 1. SIA'LL, Kuaiiicet Manager. Jinx! Curd ,r H posTLETHWAITK. MTt'KNl-I . .,'Liw.Mo.ersc. .! trot " B's respev'.luiiy r ' d to a. a,.-. - .. ,.,,,,,,.. m,.u,l. 1. S'liu-rsi-t. - iI.HXTINK HAY ATTOKXKY ATU'V .n.l .IraltT in rvnl ri-tatr. I-T-'t. .. t.i-ii 1 to H l'l pr -upit.?o and Cit-Uty. T(.11N-H.V11U ATTtnS:Y Ay,,"', entrust to I.icu. M. .i- ' k.c. UiiK-c- la Um:n.'ih i.ui.."-'-j.ia. 1, "7'J. rMMrVHOKV. ATtOKNEYSAT UArt, ftnTet. ' u.1. i-k. . i J ,-i-v: h t't ATT' ,KNKV AT LAW, I ().!.. ,. i ,,, -il liUMl: ""'-rl"'1- '.J,.,.. , on .fouiiu -"un. r;;,nro;,ptn,......,...,y. i J.i'' -a. 1 1 1. i L i n n V K.StMlr'i LLvATMHSEV ATI.AV, li. an:v an i iiii"" e in .Ma in '.not li lii" a " Jan. ll-tl. rAt L H. OAIT1IEH. Anornvs at L". ,, -ojI liU-ducr. l(.., r itiok,, "p ,(rCL(IAIIHU. - AiniKK M OMTHKK. I J S-merx-U IVr.u a. A n pt prollip w .7. k It. I.- L W. uitrs-.'l. i'a. aTTOKNK. al pra.-ll.-e 111 . Ail i.il--ili'-' i !v attended to. AT ! cn- tni'ed to tneui w.d l' I"1"'' A. U. ' orrit.Tii. W. II. I.VI I-Kt- i-r-ri ii:N IAS AT i : u nirii .tevl l liivirearewul I 1,1 w. Al! l.u.-lli.'" ,n.v au-i I'Uii' ,.'11 1C-. l':- the 1.1 1. h' k.. t t'a iaia .t l..n,u...t!i ISo-- a. I. ;,iu- t" praeti.-e .i.r.Mul -rvi- a-1 p,T-uo-iii.a . : a .:o-r.- uM 1) K. E. M. KlMMtX wilie-n. Ale.! cine. Mil l ten " " ' to ti:' CHS .'I J" r? -t e.an.trv. t'ln-e at t: id ' ..1 the ti lade ll"Ue. . , ii niil lSAK i.K te . r l.i' pr-.h-'s'.-r-ai ,. an... en-mot II. e i'-r- )':;-rvi:-eM..ti,.-.i!ii.s .dS-.o.;r. y. oir.ee in i.-sidime. ..no door wo. i,e; ll.-us-c. i.wvrisr S..n:.TP"t, I f ofh e m n. re he .-an "t 1 K in 'ase.eer '" -'- , , u nines he . uno i'i' '- !!.::. r.-tii.-.!.!'-- vl ii ,.l :iP kin l?. an''- ''I aii km i"t w-r.. su.-h . ai trar'ini:. k-. Ar:ii" ial ,... !k-i ina'crlal.lii-erie l. 1 1.M-T-at nn: ititc , .,V ti koiixr.. Aini;Ni Y AT i en. i K.a. S-llH.-t. t'a- '-l'; ........ i., i.i. r enlru-:.'-! to I uivc i.r-iiipt nt.'-n- i. r ere in "-nersel o::i.c in I'liitiiu and the -inii.fc cun.i li .u-e 1- w. J AMES E. I'l'till, Arr.'iiNKY AT h.Vll". r.i. i.tn:n .-h h: tr in Alain 'ross St. t tl.l-'S ciauilti- I. and a!l I. ,-. aid ti : : il l-n-i- u..att.-i. S-tt...wi;Upr.!iH' iui la L . O'JM". ATT. UNtA AT I.W-' ial 111-.:-- m- rs" tu m ear b-.arU ' t. I'a. I'r-i reatttn ie It- Dn . MiLLi'.n. ff Tt t-V -t" pr-..-t.-e in M.a ,... ,..;ly l.--..te.l at s. ...erset n-r t t,t,!tDi'. .uue.andtcn.i.n. l is p.-" tlor. to iu. citizen, -t s-merM.-t ai.d v, .i.n.-o in his l'rua Su.re. . p,..s. H .ue, w :irc he can I i-v.usulied .u -,... ..-.i;.i-nally encased. . -t cahs prompily answered, dec. Ii, .'Viy- Ailvr lie. has v.. s.-r-i-.ir.y. It i fin 1 ii titui-s T )UCfESS10NAL. and turnery. 1 1. 'T .l,'n .- v ,. Vork te late the ,-!l..e.'. mis"-" v and lair In tin. ry. S-eial atten d aiwi'.l tie pat I to the l.ve and l.r. !he ;iea'-s ol mar4 1 AW NtlTK l Atexa !c-r H. iiiw m S -ii; -. n has -t sad I resumed the praoe . d,..innia c-un.i.-s. i 'lell. la, "Tu. u .Man.tr. v.h l:ul1 '". t? i K M lJJ.EM.ha." Perm t inen'.t; ;.k-a'.e.i t.-i -ii. I I in lii rhn t.Tlhe ITU-.l'-e d his pr- i Hlii-e ..;., .. I'iiarl'.-s kris.nir.-r apr. il. ' J If- re. g S. GOOD, FIirSICIAX d- S Cli GEO X ojii-:isi:t, r-. J-Hrrirv-l-j Marcm .th l:l".-k. :- 10I1X r.n.i.s, t :.f: -e in ColTrolU V N ITs new l.ai'.-nrg. Main t'r. ss S;rc-t. S .tncri. U I'a. utific Ui teeth:: D E I- T I S T DALE CITY, M.t .-,!. .-.-'( CO., m:e1 to l-e -( ti-e v.-r U-s ian ts-'Uie. ir.. neo in tie Ar-.:a '.at Teeth. w. L!e.l e aru aah jle. farn.u.al ttteii:i- paid i tne pi. e rati. o! the naiui4 ire,... Ii-ui: me t-y letter, ca l do so ! el-el.-sn. -;., A-tdn ss as a'"-re. -'. '". EVIansion House, LATE "ItEN FOr.tl UOT r," -ornerof I raakllnaad UroiiU M rrrl. J OH N S Tt .' W X, I' CX X A . Aos. Sliocmaker. lrojr. Ii a irx lately tsk tdsi.ed t:.i lar-e an UiMTc lav S in.rsei t ai.l hope I v pr mpt n char;; 1 c.;m::. ii t tu: I n- w -n IV.e. JS Hotel. v.uvy tries :s t attei-i-.n to t'.ti ir ... ir I. itr .: al::s :..' .. I i -r T.i ..r. .V--. Ah i.K. Ki iera,.e.'l'..rH'-. t ,e .u .i-.-l wi lithe U-t th' n:.,rkct a l-ur s... aed wi; h t.'.e eh -o---- w v ,; .losfl H Si.t :. -. X. P. ties: slat id ( m l wn- T IE SOMERSET HOl'SE. llavinz Se-issi this ni itrn'.'i- :t a:i.! w.-'.l kn-:wt Hotel pr frty tr.-tn V, r- 1 i.......i i ,a i'.:i.i'.!-e in in:. A. H. -k. ttic Hiao-r-rtuii.ir his trteii.is and . . . ii.. . : . t hi.. i n- i i . 1" li.S I. T .-4 (,i n.a'.e t' s 1,-u-e a. I that .-ui.i 1- dr:red. A- -imi.. ..t iii-.iS waiters u ml .-ii. ra. ai.-l the tahie wt:. .rl, tlie -: ths nt.rk.-t ad 'i wan may at ail tmi. t- '- n.-iir. n'-ti-S a l- fi-- itl'S 1 -. ;. 11. Xay t!. -e. LAV AX. JJIAMOND HOTEL srovToix I'A. h.VMlTJiL. ClTi:K. Uroriiotor. Ta's I'TV.ar and well kn'.wn h-r.se i T al! timaoiraole P.ae tj tt traU p-atdic T.tde and lo. .r.s Bp" t-r . 'J In g L k leave daily ! J"hr-''" S-uiersei, 1 J OIIN WILSON i SON', viioliai.i: UKOCI-KJ. 1 JTTTSBTJRGH. d.e e, 't: Knat2'sUnrivd.d Pian Endorsed l y the l.-a '.int artists. Haines Bros Pianos, TV; rt jryr-st. first las Tlsuo In the market. GEO. iPEIKCI n nnn i itcm r.r npy three thmsaad tf them now la ne. No other inusieai inrjument ercr outaiced the sslw popuiaritr. CHAKLOTTE ULI MF, .'o. 19 Sixth An i-ac l'i:'.iOii.vh. I'a S -le arent f..r aore. Send f.r Priee 1.1 and ' al.ue. Ku'l asr.ment e'f Sheet Music. Xat t Ii.. ki and taiail Musical Instrcmcnis. 1K ft. ml X 116 VOL. XXIII. XO. 33. JOHS PlIitiltT ions d noBKirre. CO., roiiN dibert & ' BACKERS, NO. 40 MAIN" STREET. JOHNSTOWN, T E N N A . M Iir:if1 neic-tU!.!e ir. a'.l pnrirthe t'nl f1 Stiiti-.' an I l.'unailu.. and in t'-ri in o untrie. buy r.ld, 'ouiiii anl trVfrniuerit tli.ndp at hiih(.-i uiiirkct pnerp. Imn tntwy tn approved ft-, urity. hrufts and flicks on otlit-r Unit., cach ed. Money n-ived ondepwitparaldeoa demand I:(err,4 d the nt of Sis if r cent, per on Time D' jiof iU. Kvernl.tnj In the Itankins Un receives cur -.n.pt atteiitioii. . . Tlianklul to . ur frln 's and eu:.nien fr their 1 I j Jlaiilx. j : pat p.ur..i..L', we H li.-it a e-.iitinunn.' i ue ..v,.,,,,.,,.-. ana rilineineni 01 aaciui inv. . .ime.-ai:dii!i:e other who have i.umii.-.- 'nour;.. , . ,,tUu.-i,i revolutions have ve- i line to iri.'e u- ir. trial. nrin ail.tt.al we thai! at , ,.,. ,ur'olvii.r ua.ioiial chanifes ol wuliarmo e us t i-ni- entire :!!' net i-n. j m, ul ineiivii war ol . ur oau e..uni.ry, which V..i,j7,. JOHN MtiKKT k CO. 1 Cambria County BANK, M TV. keimaco., mi. r. M.4ix ntri:i:t, MIST STOWN , 3P -A.-, Ji-.-nry S- I,natde"s Itrt.-t Itiiit linjr. : a c.'ii ral !!a'ikins i;u!in !.TraiHactu. l'r.f I (;,! 1 and silver h-BuM r.n I F..I.I. I".::..i-ti..l.s made in nil i.-irts ol tne I lined rlHie. at-.dt'aiiada. Interest, ail-wed at per eellt . 1 . r aitt'Un,. il It It MX HI' S;- iai .trill- :i.e:i: ma- wish the rate ol mx ti: hs . r I. aiic'-r. iuiirdtal.l. alld ,,ti-.-rs aii t.-t . in 't.cy.. in trasr. P--; I Ol Kill AXXl'AL Ki:in:T OF THE J0H1T0WN SAV1KGS IH Kta-.vti ly.tins -ii 1 s::t;e J..i.r:.. n U-.r. uul. It.-.. - i:i:.:,-Jl n t.7!" P ou t . n-n. .."-h 1(. r-u-h 1.. n . r r.ii.Kliii il-r. . i..'-I !;.:.. L.in . n t "iia.cr.ii .i".4 . 1!...-. i :o . 1..---J !'l au in Nati mat r..iik a.-h Hi. ii I in .-l At o I t l.ii-v . ;.l.l;i ..te I., n. ! fi i.:a:.'.i r::i s. ' I i in-. -.iii.4-.' : ou 11.' 1 I. Kr.ii Sa villus if Trra.-tin r f the .1 itviius own it it. 11 u, Il.rn-. the atve s tn. in t l.t.l. t. klr-wled jfe LXX MHI'.KTr t reasurcr. S r' .-: rt r.; i:. A. I'd.'NT.a.vI'l-.V. N-tary l'ui.iic. i. An-titin l'i niinitteo. re- tii.it th.-y t, iy.. cireiuny in ir. r's r-p-fi t-r the year ending S74. aal have .-x.itnlti.-.i the -P -r 1 n a :.'t!,. s;w.-u-'l I !.c N'.Veinler urJ-eU vit t 1 g.lireS. .ludt liai.k. cii-i.s:ina "I li -n.i5. Al..rt :nt nts, L-al.s u;. a Keai l.s.ate Cash iu liattk an t on hand, and tin-, the Same to cor- ji.d Witii t!:e iitH ve rop- rt I. M. I.Arom is, .! ami:.' t 'in .rtn. 11. A. Hill.:. At! Men. STATISTr.'AL. X '.l.l, N un.i Av.r: , top . . l.Rs Ut i.p I'-eaint . . . Be to . 1. p. -ItiT. Aou I- . l.tat diu-.rs Male l -v- Kemaie. 4 Kateot Mvi-!endst-rl7! percent hate . f t'ivi,.. n !s tr m IsTI to 175 0 j.ercent I. ai: a;s n K. al I-state are t. as.' 1 . the vr.iue..t the lard al n-. huil lin-j. up.-n it tir.i r. -.ir .-.-d in. r-.-ty ;m a i im.-iiai s-. urity. iH-c "Jo CARPETING. Henry PIcCallum, l'i ft h Avenue, pitts ncn Gil, PA. I-ii;..'. ts '.ireet fr- ro .iarraff-;urt-rs. Superior i:tiK'.i!i Oil Cloth.. nnrssELs iwnrETs, if.. r..c. :tmv HiT.iiNv.nAix c.vr.rET.- I;i t-. t ry varkdy. ..I ITFTII -V VENUE, Al. 'vc Wi.'t-J Mrcrt. Ursina Lime Kilns. i.mL lij' .-i.-icoX iaa By the Car Load. Or -K.!ru!Iy Solicited. IJ. J. .a. .1 U.-.C :iTZs:i: v co. mi AND TurninQ1' Skoio 7.!! IU.... - ttlltl... J.VELSH&CO, MauufucfdrtTs f fllrfl UnnI j iiuiiu i unci un!u:iuiO J I I -CWr.L POSTS. Ae. N. s. GO and G.S Lacixk street, ai.m:;ih.xy, city, im WEBER PIANOS. VOCEL A HUGHES 0 It CI AN S, SHEET MUSIC, MUSIC COOKS, MUSICAL GOODS. WHOLESALE A D liETATL. WILLIAM IL SHEIB, 70 Fifth Avt-Bjc, l lTTSniKCII. 4rf"Spcud attcaiioo to orders mail. .1GCXTS WJXTED. XoT.r. :- i - -i. - - -1 .ts I . . :JT I: " . - - 5 '! t V-Xw -s " ,irr. - l'jLETONS' AMERICAN CIYCLOP.EDIA NEW REVISED EDITION. Kntir- lyr.wriam by the al.leat writer? on every uoiect. I'rmi.-d irom mw tyi. and tllutrJUd witu mivcral tujuana engraviuas and maps. The work oriiriaally puouflied under the title ol T..L- ia.'iirll ClXLur.SDIA waf a.lliplet- . ... i ......u mi.i.'n lime tnc wide uri-uiaiiou which nliaa attained in all parte ol the timed w. th.. lulial ueVl-i' ipmcuts which have iakm plaie iu every Lran-.-u ot M-ietiee, liierature. ...... .,...V.i me e.liiom ar.ill.uidi6h.-n -o, liu-rature. nil puidwhers . i and thorough revision, ami iuiue a new cli ion entitled l iih AXEttiCAS Ci- cLor.ia.iA. W 1.1, ill i i . ilia t.mirri-Q4 (if flift- cowry in fwry o.p..rim.nt m I maoe a iw -ra "t relerence au luij-eratUc HUill til" a.fv v.. a ; (.ln(.n, ,.f a.,Htteal affair has kept pace I wi.li in. nm oviri. s ol science, ana tlieir irauiui j 8,.,lu.),,1,n lo u.t lu lus.nal and ueiul arts, an.l : ,..., ckii the last volume t the old :.r. ,.,.i.. an-.. Las hai.iiily In-eii elide.1, and a nvw ftura ol eoiuuierciai uuj iu,. .....i V Hit in i u i-.iu,..iv. ... . lairnc smM to our peoiirapmcui " h.irv l.eeu uiauc t.y the iuueiaii:alf explorers ui I lie Kreat i.litical reVolu l-n of the last. leeadc, ! wuti in. natural re-su.l ol the lapse ol u,.. Have i l r.,u nt Int.. view a uiuhttu.ie ol new n.eu, it ie uaiiies are i.. evcrv one sniouth. and id wli.tfe .c 1 evcrv one i, curi-us to kn..w the particu.ars. it real I Laities have it-en i,..ui!.t and mii.rtatn slices i maintained, ol winch me details ureas yet pre ! serveo only m the newspapers or m tno transient ; puwica i..i,s.d the uay. i iu which i-ualu om to ! lake U.cir place iu pc ruianeut e-u 1 auuieutie his- ' 1 iii'.r. .arin the present edition for the press, ii ' l,a-ac.s,r..i..ai. beeutneaiin -d thee ntors 10 1. ni.it ! .o wn the .i....r'mati, u to the latest psil,le date, j an I to lurmsli an a.x urate a.-e, utu ol the must re-,-,-nt .iiscv.-n. " in k-k-u-v. ol every Ir. sh pro.lue- ! tin- pra. Ileal an. u well as to 'l ' original r.-cord ol the pr-itrc.-s ..i p tiou in li.vra.ure. un.i 01 mo i.v.r - - . a t.uc.tuet and -litical aa.l his- I 1 he'w.'rk has hevn Ih sui. after 1-1.2 and careful ! preliminary la: or. and wth xw m r,?!UtIT J..urct-s l.-r carry ni it on to a nu-.-ess.ul triutn- i tiou- . . . . . w j N-ne of the .nt: mat siere.-ij pc i ' - ! .... ..,, ..r..r,- .... lias I. cell pi iite l on n' :n:e-l on nw !.. ,:.l .1 a new '.l...a- la.wnhthc .-.me plan ali i rouipass o- r' with a h.r ar.ater iK-.-ui.iary ex-ii.irur.-. -. hilt ani wuli su.-h iniproveiai-iitsin l.s ei.tni -nl-n us have l.it-n auitKestvd I y longer ep rl. i..-r lllld ci:iari;.:.i The ll.nstrali-ns which nr.-? lntr.aire I f .r tne r., ,;.... ... .i. i.r.w.-i.: etiii i-.p have I Lied not lor the sake l i i.-i-rial . tl.-ct. I u'. to tve lu- ,.i..l.,- I t..r e ... ft,.' mat ions in toe text. The'v eml.ra.v nil hraiv lies ol s. uu. e and . uatu- ral liistorv, and ... pi -t the in aiarkal.le" feature" id sc-nory t taui-n-i an i rc nreliileeture and art, as well s the v.iri -n- pr.s-s "i ni" -ii.i;v uri i inar.uJ o-iiirers. AltlK-uitii iin.ii.'.v.. i n s-.ruti-ii rather thau ein!ciiishnnni. no jams have I..hd ? pared t" insure their ariis.ie excvl l. n.-e: ihec-t.. tlieir ex'-cuii i eiionuoiis, and it l- licin ve I ih. v wilitiud a weh-orne reception as an a Innrat le l.atnn- ol the Cych-pa-dia. aa.l wor- I .. ... it I....1. ..1. This . r Is s-:.i to s nhscrilwr only, payable ..ndeliverv ..i ea. h v-lume. it will i .-..tnpiete.1 , ; i.'t'ii'n V: it ntni'S. each c.'iuaiuiua :.-ui soo joiiti's. tuilv illiiMrate.1. with scleral .h..naril .skI Enar'iviiiKS and with nuinv-r-us coi .rcd Lath, r'raphic -MaiMi. riiU'E AXIl STYLE (IF HlXIiIXO. In extra rh th. per r..l In I.it.r.iry Leather. I-r vol In Hull Turk.-v .Morr..ce.i, i-r vol In Hall Ku-sta". extra tilt, TT vol.. in fall M'.rr.n-c... antique, ilt e.-.ifc: In 'nil l.'.K.i I trtT Vol 8 rvol . 10 to . P Vii,i v.,iiiin. s now n-adv. Su -ceeninir volumes until completion, will he issued once In two months. SH-.-ii!i. n pi-.-s ot the Ameri'-an fyeh pti' lia. show ui$ type, illustrations, ete.. will bo K-nt traits on applie.it!"!!. Kirs' el iss cnvassinir a lent" wint cJ. Xddre-. .1. H. W ILLlAMStiX. nt. Xo. ICV SixthS;.. t'itts!-UR?ti, I'a. dc.-; FAY ETTE COUNTY MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company E WINj ENGWlxTIE f JCHN S. BAM I ) ( iicatuiei-. ) j- V. 11. IK 'l'K. Strrelern. BOARD OF 3IANAGEKS: WILLIAM M-t Li:VI.Y, fti--nl.wc, Pcnna H.LK-NK1N. JotlX W. H h li. " " KLLIS HA1LY. " " JOHN S. H A li ".II K IN. Hiiow N Kit LT. WILLIAM II. It ILY. " . " rilO.M AS H. Kt :xx. uti. v w. it si i i.i;f"X ,!HAI:I.tSsJKATo.. " " KOHKK I' H'lisHT. ii M. V.Ol.lSiTTK. " ' ItOlllliTU. MILLIX. Fuyc-.ie fity, Fayette tVuntv.. Pa. J. O MKYKKS. M.-versialy, Somerset Co.. I'a. 1 H MIL S. ni. r-oi. .1. M SCinajYt.U. Wc;t Xerrton 'A'tftm'J Co., t'enn'a. it. M. ST At FFEK, Mt. rieaunt, Wei ni"d Co , I'.-nn'a. II.;r.Yl-.t;S KCIIXS. flrr-i-oft urit, Wcs m'd Co., " f.-nn'-. AlltL M. EVANS. Amwcll Tp., WashiiiKton '.. t'et.n'a. JAMES W. H AY. Ki.hhill Tp., Green C-onty. Ki-r.n'a X. LAIl'LY. Canniel aels, Orc- n C. unty, Ta. EEINCIPAL OFFICE r.n lnay, Unioniarn, Fa'jei'e Count t, r'''i'a. p.r . r M ' Ar.nr.s mi:kt thit Mnav is tVEKY MoMn. ().l i-Tl.i.K.i l and reli il.le Vrrpaay t..i been in sii,-.-css!ul . per: ti- n lor ihir.v vears, curin? whi- h late nil l..ss.- .ur'.ia-r itildru;.!'. have t-een promptly j-ai.:. ror i- a aj-Jily to JOHN H. t'HL. S-mer.vt, or W. li. li(PE.Sec.y. t'lih-ntown, I'a. X. v. S.. n.O. LIXT. C. . .. LIXT. GLAD STEAM MILLS, ('. (1. Lint & lSrother, Having rt-K nt!y I aseanl:.i! fcm tvn a the- lii "iii3;i 34 ill. !fa:t?i.rie ne trh of tnr-, havir put it in lirnt r upf-i1. we rf -r ; -.in-'! to tioaii krnioi icr:n inz. nvz ;ir. i .ilmJ an criicine e art u-l-Ul i oe e.Uifrsun:;! r wair "wer. All w..rk VA ill. ANTED SATISFACTOUY if the r.iin i in jt-hsJ fon li.i . alwav. kept on hand. Fl-ur for le set. 14 riIE BEST PUAlP IN THE WORLD! THE AMERICAN SVBMEKGED I)ouUc-ActI:.g. N'.ro-Freciliif FORCE The Simplest. Mt Powerful, Effective, Dun l le, Ke'iialuc and Cheaj-est I'unip in use. It is nude all of Iron, and of a tew simple parts. Hwill not as to water remains in the l' ! p:;-e!-n no. m aeik,n. j I "aives are J iTtroT1 fcl,n " " ra er i Ii seldom, if erer, jrets out of order. itwi:if.wateTfr.i40toeofectintaeair,t)y!tDroue'h various controversies and auachiEii a fiw feet ol hve. i "e ...... H Is irti f. r washing Bajrsrlrs, Windows, water-tr-5 Oardrns, fce. 1; furnW.es the purest and e..l.le water, because il is placed ia the 1-n torn ol the welL the hoitom ol the welL Turns: Iri'h Pntcp, ',5: p'pe, fyy. f, 1 - "; 4c. Larger tiiti la ir .portion. WEYAXD fc'PLATT Sole A (rents foe Somerset County. Somerset, Pa., Alay Lit, ls7i IAECHITECT, Cor. Sixta Are. and LP PITTS i Eniranee No. i Sixth Arenac. t S iret. ':.uii. PA pa SOMERSET, PA.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27. 1875. II ISIS AC EOF THE rilESIDEXT OX ! I.Ol ISIAXA Ai FAinS. 2'o the Senate of the United Stales: I have the honor to make the fol lowing answer to a Seuate resolution of the Sih inbtant, asking for infor mation as to any interference bv any military ofliteror any part of the ar my of the United States, with thcor gauizntion or proceedings of the gen eral a.-fenibly of the State of Louisi ana or either branch thereof, and al so iuquiring in regard to the exist ence of armed organizations in that State hostile to the Government thereof, and ijtent on overturning tuch govemmi-Qt by force. To say that law leesues.'S, turmoil, and blood shed have characterized the political affairs of that State t-iuee its organi zation under the reconstruction act, io only to repeat what has become well known as a part of its unhappy history, but it may be proper here to redr to the eloelinn of l!iC3, by which the Htpubiicia vote, of the State, through fraud and violence, was reduced to a few thousands, and the bloody riots of lufiC and 18(53 to shot that the disorders there are not due to any recent causes, or to any late action of the Federal authori ties. Preparatory to the election of 172 a shameful and undisguised con spiracy was tormctl to carry that t-le-tion against the Hepublieans without regard to law or right, aud to that eud the most glaring frauds and forgeries were committed iu the returns, after many colored citizens had teen refi-ed legi.-tratiou, aud others deterred bv fear from easting their balluts. When the time came for the final canvass or tne votes, in view of the foregoing facts, Wm. 1'. Kellogg, th Republican candidate for Governor, brought hint upon taecijuity side of the United Slat s Circuit Court for Loui.-iana, and against V'armouth and others, who had obtained posses sion ot the returns oT the election, representing that several thousand voters of the State had been deprived ot tne elective tranoliL-e on account of their color, aud praying that steps tii-rLt be taken to have suid votea counted nud for general relief. lo enaoie tne court to impdirc as to the truth of these tilleatious, a temporary restraining order was is sued airaiust the deleudauts. which was at ouce wholly disregarded and treated witn voatempt bv those to whom it was directed. These pro ceedings have been widelv denounced as an unwarrantable interference bv the Federal judiciary with election ol Mate oincers, but it is to be remem bered that by the fifteenth amend nieut to the Constitution of the United Slates, the political equalitv of Co! ored eitizeus is sucred, aud uuder the second section of that amendment, providing that Congress shall have power to enforce its provisions by ap propriate legislation, an act was pass ed on the 31st ot May, 1S70, and amended iu 1S71, the object of which was to prevent tne denial or abridg ment of sunrage to emzeus cn ae count of race, color, or previous con dition of servitude, and it Las been held by all the Federal judges, before whom the qaesiiou has arisen, includ T . M ing justice o.reng, ot tee fcupreme (. ourt, mat the protection afforded by mis amenctaieut and ttese acts ex tends to State as well as other elec tions; that it is the duty of the Fed eral Courts to enforce the provisions of the Constitution of the United States and the laws passed in pursu ance thereof, is too clear for coutro versy. Section fifteenth of said act afier numerous provisions therein t. prevent an evasion of the Fifteenth amendment, provides that the juris diction of the Circuit Court of the United States shall extend to all cases iu law er equity arising under the provisions cf said act and of the act amendatory thereof. Congress seem to have contemplated equitable as well as legal proceedings to prevent the denial of sufifiage to colored citi zens, and it may be safely asserted that if Kellogg's bill in the above named ease did not present a case f. r the equitable interposition of the Court no such case can arise undei the art. Thit Courts if the United StUes have the right to interfere in various iviivs witu tne Mate elections so as to maintain political equality and rights therein, irrespective of race ot color, ii. comparatively, anil to stum seems to be, a startling idea, but it re-u!ts as clearly from the F'ifteeutl. A mend incut to the Constitution and the acts that have been passed to en force that amendment as the abroga tion of State laws upholding slavery results from the Thirteenth amend ment to the Constitution. Wh'rle the jurisdiction of the Court ia the case of Kellogg vs. armouth and oth ers is clear to my mind, it seems that some of the orders made by the judge in that and the kindieJ case of An loine were illegal, but while they are so litl'l and considered, it is not to be forgotten that the mandate of Lis court had ben contemptuously de fied, and tbey were made while wild scenes of anarchy were sweeping all restraint of law and order. Doubt less the judge of this Court made a grave mistake, but the law albws the Chancellor great latitude, not on ly in punishing those who contemn Lis orders and injunctions, but in preventing the consummation of the wrong which he has judicially for bidden. Whatever may be said or thought of those matters, it was only made known to me that process of the United, States Court was resist ed, and as said act specially provides for the use of the army and navy, when necessary, to enforce judicial process arising thereunder, I consid- J .!... L crtu ' "'3 uul-' lu scc "" Bul;0 Fr"" cess was executed according to the judgment of the Court. I Resulting from these proceedings. ! complications, a State administration i was organized, with Y . 1. Jvello - , . -,;!, tV. Alo or,ro I of mv duties under Sec. s uuictuui, n u.vu fcv 4, article 4, of the Constitution, I have recog nized the Government of tie Stite. It bas been bitterly and persistently al leged that Kellogg was not elected. Whether he was or not is not alto gether certain ; but is it any more certain that Li enmtwtilnr MeKoprv - ,.v...., J , was cbesen. The election was a ei- jgantic fraud, and there are norelia- ESTABLISHED, 18 obtained possession of the office, and, able returns of its result. Kellogg in my opinion, has more right to it than bis competitor. On the 20tb of Februarv. 1873, the committee on Privilege and E'ecttons of the Senato made a report iu which they say they were satisfied by tpstimonv that the manipulation; of the election machinery, by War- mouth and others, was equivalent to twenty thousand votes, and they add that, to recognize the McEuerv gov ernment, would be recognizing a gov ernment based upon fraud.in defiance of the wishes aud intention of the voters of the State. Assuming the correctness of the statements in this report, and they 8?em to have been generally accepted by the country, the great crime- in Louisiana, about which so much has been said, is that one is holding the office of Gov ernor who was cheated out of 20 000 votes, igainst another whose ti tle to the office is undoubtedly based on fraud and in Uefiauce of the vot ers of the State, and, misinformed and misjudging as to the nature and ex'ent of this report, the supporters of McEuery proceeded to displace by (orcein some counties of the State the appoiutees of Governor Kellogg, and on the 13th of April, in an effort of that kind a butchery of citizens was committed at Colfax, which in blood-thirstiness and barbarity hardly surpassed by any act of sav age warfare. To pnt this ma'ter beyond contro versy I ouote from the iharire of Judge Woous, of the U. S. Circuit Court, to the jury in the case of the United States vs. Cruiksbaak and others in New Orleans in March, 174. He said : 'Tn t e case there are manv central facta not in contro versy. I proceed to state some of them in presence and hearing of counsel on both sides, and if I state as a conceded fact any matter that is disputed, they can correct me." Af ter stating the origin of the difficulty, which grew out of an attempt of wiite persons to drive the parish judge and sheriff, appointees of Kel logg, from oiuce, and their attempted protection by colored persons, which led to some fighting, in which quite a number of negroes were killed, the Judge states that most who were not killed were taken prisoners. Fifteen or sixteen of the blacks bad lifted the boards and taken refuge under the floor of the court house. They were all captured About thirty-nine men were taken prisoners, but the n um bo r is not definitely fixed. They were kept under guard until dark They were led out two by two and shot. Most of the men were shot t death ; a few were wounded, not mor tally, and by pretending to be dead were afterward, durioir the night, able to make their escape. Among them was th Levi Nelson named in the indictment. The dead bodies of the negroe? killed in this affair were left nnburicd uutil Tuesday, April 15, when they were buried by a deputy marshal and -in officer of militia from Nev Or leans. These persons found fiftv- Line dead bodies. Tbey showed pis- shot wounds, the great majority in (be btad. and most of them in the back of vc head. In addition to the fiftv-nine dead bodies fount), some charred remains of dead bodies were discovered near ihe Court-house. Six dead bodies were found tinder a warehouse, all shot in the head but one or two, who were shot in the breast. The only white men injured from the begin ning of these troubles to their close were Uadnot and Harris. The Court house and its contents were entirely consumed. There is no evidence that any one in the crowd of whites hud any war rant for the arrest of any one of the lacks. There is no evidence that either Nase or Casabat, after the af fair, even demanded their offices to Lich they had set up a claim, but :he Register continued to act as Par ish Judge and Shaw as Sheriff These are facts in this case, as I un lerstand them to be admitted. To hold the peoule of Louisiana gener illy responsible for these atrocities would not be just, but it is a lament able fact that insuperable obstruc tions were thrown in the way ot .unisbing these murderers, and the so-called Conservative papers not on !y justified the massacre, but de munced as Federal tyranny and des potism the attempt of .he United states officers to bring them to justice Fierce denunciations rin; through out the country about office boldinir nd election matters in Louisiana. a bile every one of the Colfax mis creants goes un whipped of justice, and no war can be found in this boasted land of civizaticn and Chris tianity to punish the perpetrators of this bloody and monstrous crime. Not unlike this was the massacre in August last. Several yons a.ea of capital and enterprise had started the little and nourishing town of Cous hatta. Some of them were Republi cans and office holders under Kel lojr?. Ther were, therefore, doomed to death. Six of them were seized and carried away from . their homes, and murdered in cold blood. No one has been punished, and the Conserv ative press of the State dnouncid all efforts to that end, and boldly jus tified the crime. Many inurder3 of a like character have been committed in individual cases which cannot here be declared for example: T. 3. Crawford, Judge, and E. P. Har ris, instnct Attorney of tue 1 weifth Judicial District of the State, on their way to court, were shot from their horses by men in ambush, on the 8th of October, 1S73, and the idow of the former in a communi cation to the Department of Justice tells a p:teou3 tale of the persecu tions of ter husband because he was a Union man, and of the efforts m ade to screen those who bad com mitted a crime wbick, to nseber own language, left two widows and nine orphans desolate. To say that the murder of a nerrro or a white Republican is not consid ered a crime in Louisiana would probably be nnjast to a great part of j the people ; but it is troe that a great number of such murders rave been committed, and no one bas been pun ished therefor, and manifestly as to them tbe spirit of hatred and vio- ence is stronger than law. H IT -j JL. IL 3 7. Representations were made to mo that the presence of troops in Louisi ana was unnecessary and irritating .o the people, and that there was no danger of public disturbance if tbey were taken away. Consequently, early in last summer the troops were all withdrawn frcm the State, with the exception of a small garrison at the New Orleans barracks. It was claimed that a comparative state. of quiet had supervened; political ex citement as to Louisiana affairs seem ed to be dying out, but the Novem ber election was approaching, and it was necessary for party purposes that the flame should be rekindled. Ac cordingly, on the 14th of September, I). Penu claimed that he was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1872, issued an inflammatory proclamation, cal! mg upon uio uiuum 01 mc oiatu -i . .:i:.:.. ,r .t... o. ... arm, assemble, and drive from power the usurpers, as he designated the flicers of the State. The White Leagues, uriued aud ready for the conflict,- promptly responded. On the same day the Governor made a formal requisition up m me, pursuant to the act of 1795, and section -1th. article 4th, of the Constitution, to aid in suppressing domestic violence. On the following uav 1 issuea mv j proclamation, commanding the insur- gents to disperse wuu.u ute uays from the date thereof. But before i It 1 . istie proclamation wis published in New Orleans the organized aud armed forces recognizing a usurping Governor had taken forcible posses sion of the State House, and tempo rarily subverted the Government. Twenty or more people were killed, invluding a number of iho p- lice of tbo city. The streets of the city were stained with blood. All that was desired in the way of excitement was accomplished, and, in view of the steps taken to repress it, tho revolu tion was apparently, though, it is be lieved, not really abandoned, and the cry of Federal usurpation and tyran nv in Louisiana was renewed with redo'. bled energy. Troop3 hud hcen sent t the State under thi3 requisi tion of tho Governor, and as other disturbances seemed imminent, they were allowed to remain th.re, to ren der tho Executive such aid as might become necessary to enforce the laws of the State and repress the contin ued violenup which seemed inevita ble the moment Federal support should be withdrawn. Prior to, and wi.b a view to the late election iu Louisiana, white men associated themselves together in armed bodies, called White Leagues, and at the same time threats were made iu the Democratic journals of the State that the elect'on should be carried against the Republicans at all hazards, which very naturally alarmed the colored voUT3. Bv section eight of the act of February 23, 1S71, it is made the du ty of the United States Marshals and their deputies at the polls, where votes are cast for representatives in Congress, to keep the peace and pre vent any violations, of tne so-called enforcement acU and other offences against the laws of the United States, and upon a requisition of the Marshal of Louisiana, and in view of said armed organizations and oth er circumstances, I caused detach ments of troops to be stationed in va rious localities in tbe State, to aid him ia the performance of his official duties. That there was intimidation of Republican voters at the election, notwithstanding these promises, ad raits of no doubt. The following arc specimens of the means used : Oa the fourteenth of October eighty persons signed and published the following at Shreve port; "We the undersigned, mer chants of Shrevep. rt, iu obed eace to a request of the ' Shreveport cam paign club, agree to use every en deavor to get our employees to vote (be people's ticket, at the ensuing election, and in the event of their re fusal so to do, or ia case they vote the radical ticket, to refu-e to employ ibem at the expiration of their pres ent contracts." Oa the same day tnother large body of persons published in the same place a paper in which they used the following language : " We the undersigned merchants of the city of Shreveport, alive to the great" importance of securing good and houett government to the State, do agree and pledge ourselves not to advance any supplies or mon ey to any planter, the coming year, who will give employment or rent lands to laborers who vote tbe radi cal ticket in tbe coming election." I have no information of the pro ceedings of the Returning Board for said election, which may not be found in its report, which has been published, but it is a matter of pubj lie information, that a great part oft the time taken to canvass the votes, j was consumed bv the arguments or lawyers, several of whom represented' each party, before the board. I have no evidence ttat tee pro ceedings of this board are not in ac cordance with the law under which they acted. Whether, ia excluding from the court certain returns they were right or wrong is a question that depends upon tUe evidence they had before them ; but it is very clear that the law give3 ttem the power, if tbev choose to exercise it, of de ciding that way, and prima facie the persons whom they return as elected ... . m f-I are entitled to the offices for which tbev were candidates. Respecting the alleged interference by tbe military with the organization of the Legislature of Louisiana, on tbe 4th inst., I have no knowledge or information which La3 not been re ceived bv toe &ince that time, and published. My first information was, from the papers of the morning of the! 5th of January. I did net know that 1 any such tumj was anticipated, and no orders or suggestions were ever j jjivCn to any military officer ia that j io such a manner under the Constitu State upon "that subject, prior to thejtion aad laws of the United States occurrence. Iam "well aware that! I have repeatedly and earnestly en any military interference by tbe offi-j treated the people of the South to cers or troops of the United Mates, with the organization ol a fctate ; . .. i or with any civil departmsot of the f IN vamm on r i a pami nant to our ideas of government I can con . : 1-:- t ceive VI uo case uui iuuiinf bellion or insurrection, wbere sucn interference by authority of tbe gen-j eral Government ought to be per- 1 cilLL mitted or can be justified, but there are circumstances connected with tb late Legislative imbroglio in Louisi ana, which seem to exempt the mili tary trom aay intentional wrong in that matter, knowing that they had been placed in Louisiana to prevent domestic violence and aid in Mo iu the enforcement of the State laws. The officers and troops of the United States may well have supposed that it was their duty to act when called up.;n by the Governor for that pur pose. Each branch of a legislative assem bly ia the judge of the election and qualifications of its own members, but if a mob or a body of unauthor ized persons seize aud hold the legis lative hall in atumukui.us and riotous - manuer, aud so prevent anv orani I'juauou louso legally returned as i .1 , ,, elected, it might become the duty of tiie state Executive to lcterpose, if requested by a majority of the mem bers elect, to suppress the disturbance aud enable the persons elected to or ganize tlx) House. Auy exercise of this power would only be- justifia ble unucr most extraordinary circum stances : aud it would then" bo the duty of th Govercoi to call upon the constabulary, or, if necessary, the military force of the State. The first call was made by the Democrats to remove persons obnox ious to them from the legislative hall, and the second was from the Repub l.eans to remove persons who had usurped .-cats in the Log s'amre with out legal certificates entitling them to seats, and iu sufficient numbers to change the majority. Nobody was disturbed by the military who had a legal right at that time to occupy a seat in the Legislature. That the Democratic minority of the House undertook to seize the organization by fraud and violence ; that in this attempt they trampled under foot law; that they undertook to make persons not returned as elected members, so as to create a majority; that they acted under a preconcerted plan, and under false pretenses introduced in to the hall a body of men to support their pretensions, by force if necessa ry ; und that conflict, disorder, and riotous proceedings followed, are facts that seem to be well established, aud I am credibly informed that tbeso violent proceedings were a part of a premeditated plan to have tbe II mse organized iu this way, recog n'zc what has been called the- Mc Euery Senate, then tJ depose Gov. Kellogg, and so revolutionize the State Government. Whether it was wrong for the Governor, a: the reouesi of tho ma jority of the members returned as elected to the House, to use such means as were in bis power to defeat these lawless and revolutionary pro ceedings is, perhaps, a debatable questiou, but is quite certain that there would have been no trouble if those who now Complain of illegal in terference had allowed the House to be organized ia lawful and regular manner. When those who inaugu rate disorder and anarchy disavow such proceedings it will be time enough to condema those who, bv such means as they have, prevent the ,..,-.. . r . l i , ... i- , -..l.i.. ... I suttcsa oi uicir ia ia aau ucrju iatc schemes. Lieutenant General Sheridan wa requested by me to go to Louisiana to observe and report the situation there, and if, in his opinion necessa ry, to assume the command, which he did on the 4th instant, after tbe Legislative disturbances had oc curred, at 9 o'clock p. m., a number of hours after the disturbances. No party motives nor prejudice eaa rea- aonably be imputed to him, but, hon estly convinced bv what he has seen an.l beard there, he has character ized the leaders of the White Leagues in severe terms and suggtS'cd sum mary modes of procedure against them which, though thoy cannot be adopted, would if legal, soon put an end to the troubles and disorders iu that State. General Sheridan was looking at facts, and, possibly not thiuking of proceedings which would bo the only proper ones to pursue in time of peace, tboughi more of the utterly lawless condition of the society surrounding him at the time of bis dispatch, and of what would prove a sure remedy. He never proposed to do an illegal act nor expressed a determination to pro ceed beyond what the law ia the fu ture might authorize for the pun isbmeut of the atrocities which have been committed and the commission of which cannot be successfully de nied. It is a deplorable fac; that political crimes aud murders have hven committed ia I.osisi. na whuh have gone unpunished, tad which have bi;en justified or apologized for, which must rest as a reproach upon the State and country long after the present generation ha.i passed away. I have no desire to have Lmteu. Mates troops interfere ia the domes- tic concerus of Louisiana or any other State. On the 9th of December lat Governor Kellog telegraphed to me bis apprehensions that the White League intended lo make another at tack upon the State House, to which, on the same day, I made the follow! inir answer, since which c comma nication bas been sent to him: "Your dispatch of this date just re ceived. It is exceedingly unpalata ble to use troops in anticipation of danger. Let the State authorities be right and then proceed with their ! n- ! t k ti f n rrm r. n stAn f f Ha fi ll U V I kUUUk ai'J'IVUVHCiVU wwia per. If tbev are then molested the question will be determined wkether the United States is able to main tain law and orde; witk.in its limits or not." I have tplore'i tbe necessity -shica seemed to make it my duty, under the Constitution and laws, to direct such interference. I Lave al- ways refused, except where it eeeni- ed to be mv imperative cuty, to ae; live togetLe; ia peace ana oecy laws, &na nottung woum gie t i . i . u- ; atioa prelaw, ana laere&v remove ti j l ! necessity for the presence of troops among them. I regret, however, to oao- tfiia atato r.f tVonoso rlnea not . ic-isot i.i .u. .-."C " ; exist nor uors u seeia to ue in o;i.e localities, and as to those it it may be proper for me to say, that, WHOLE XO. i -29. to the extent that Congress bas con ferred power upon me to prevent neither Kuklux Klans and White Lioagucs, nor aay otner association using arms and violence to execute thiir unlaw ful purposes, can be per mitted in that way to govern anv part of this country. Nor can I stl with indifference Union men or Re publicans osiraeizrd. persecuted and murdered oa account of their opin ions, as they now arc in some locali-1 ties. J t V,nr-n 1. .. - I . i . .. ! a uaic Liei cioioru UFgCtl ttte CO 30 of Louisiana-upon the attention of Congress, and cannot but think that its inaction has producrd great evil To summariz in September last an armed organized body of men in the support of candidates wh i had been put in nomination for the oHiees of Governor and Lieutenant Governor at the November election ia 172, and who had been declared not elect ed by the Board of Canvassers rec ognized by all the courts r which the quesiioa had been submitted, undertook to subvert and overthrow the State Government that had been recognized by me ia accordance with previous precedents. Tho recogniz-j ed Governor was driven from the! State House, ami but for his finding! shelter in the Lnitcd States Custom - house, in the capital of the State of! wuicn tie was tiovernor, it wasith scarcely to be doubted that he would ' have been killed. From the S:u-e House, before ho had been driven to I the Custom-house, a call was mad ; in ' accordance with tho fourth section.! fourth article, of the Constitution oi tue United States, for the aid of the! General Government to c;irr.reii domestic violence. Under these c:r cumstances, and ia accordance with my swora duties, mv proclamation of the loth of September. 171, was issued. I his served to reinstate Governor Kellogg to his position nominally, but it cannot l-e claimed that the insurgents have to this dav surrendered to tho Sta'c authorities ibe arms belonging to tho State, or that they have in any sense disarm- ed. Oa the contrary, it is known that the same armed organizations lhat existed on tho 1 4th of Septem-i h,... 1 J-1 :.. . .: i tneir organization, equipments and j commander, aud can be ca'iiedxut at auy hour to resist th.! State govern ment. Under these c'taiiistiicees, the same military force has been contin ued ia Louisiana as was sent there under the first call, and under the same general instructions. I repeat, lhat the ta.k assumed ly tho tnwp-t is not a pleasant one to them; that tbe army is not composed of lawyers, capable of judging at a moment's uotico of just how far they can tro in ihe maiutcnarice of law and order, aud that it was impossible to give specific instructions providing for all possible contingencies that might arise. Tbe troops were bound to act upon tbe jud?meut of the command mg officer upou each sadden contin gency that arose, or wait instructions which could only reach them after the threatened wrongs had been commit ted which tbev were called oa to. JireTcDt. It should be recollected, too, that upon my recognition of tbo Kellogg government 1 reported the fact with the grtuuds of recognition to Con gress, and asked that, body to take action in the matter, otherwise I should regard their siieut-e as aa ac quiescence iu my course. No action has been takeu by that body, and I dare maintained the position then marked out. If error has been com mitted by the army iu these matters, u has always been oa the side of tht preservation of good order, tho main tenance of law ami tho protection ol life. Their bearing reflects credit upon tbe soldiers and, if Arong his resulted, the blame is with tho tur bulent element.; surrounding them I now earnestly a.-k that such action he taken by Congress as to leave mv duties perfectly clear in dealing with affairs of L)uisiaaa, giving a-sur-auce at the same timo that whatever may be done by that body in the premises will be executed according to the spirit and letter of tho law without fear or favor. j I herewith transmit copies of docu-1 tnenis contaioin? more sneeifie infor-l mation as totuo su.'eot ;-... "I il resolution. U. S. GrtANr, Rz..t'.tics Ji-i iJo.i, J t.i. l i, 1?7 For the Somerset HiitALL,. THE OLD HANG-HOUSE. BV R. RODDY, AUTHOR OF THE BANDIT OF THE A L L E G II E N I ES ATIl ANASE TIIE. AVENGER AC. About LVif.vay from the summit, oa the western slope of the once famous i Windin" ni.ltse rn tho oil Vational ! Road, stands the ruins Jf a primitive 1 ,. . , , .ii- f cabin that had once a Ke.accbo.jf la-; terest attache! to it, from in occur- rence tbat'dcply ..-rH tre -of that regit a, .o .k ti " inous numo tL at Leads i'uis p-4!'' Trajic occurrences were n.t un- frequent on that road ia it? palmy days. Nearly every hill and hollow had its legend. It is impossible at .ttiis late uay to ten wty i .an-, i . , . . , . . Ilt-.t: n 1 lar suicide should have made ?.n':a a, i, i -j , iu ..'(ijiootuou to mo reco-'Uio uized State government still retain di?ep and surtirisicg'y dnn.blc art in:-: w ith care " Since tU: dy the omi pression. Such was the fact how-; a-ms name La rfur.g and will e! ng i to that ervit Even after the house ever. Tbe old hoa-e was a.Iowed to - : P"- ,,,rtr k . l v . I had a -u aad its timber Cai beta decay; indftd, every pasfrin.? vootn.jj ,() M tLc fres of tj,e wander- whoae inherent vanual.tm was not checked bv awe cf the jdicc aid ' dread of some infernal appearance, ,! ... . . . . , .. f k,i ca ed upon to hasten its de-truc-j t;on br throwing down tr teano . . . - v !vo l-! --, - - -"v ----- . p- , . ..!. t I to occupy it. goce out ilb very tjo.ii-! jestvoump.atiro ... lojje after nightfall. Even in the day-time a nameless dread and gloom, Bcemed to hang over and aboat tbe ; puce. Wh.a cbac-e cf location en1 jtto tgrowtb rf a BC7, gcccra?icn I would feemnimo worn awsv the i impression, it i-ira;no,? i:i fill face. i and iirariative M lcSTj Lire ajk Vclaricg tht ia 1-een iir.t rojap,! r1 pa c"R'rrrii d -ing tbev if, had viitii an awesvme-drcad, iiiiiv,?n tA shake off, and which ma;!- tlera in- volt; ;n r !f I.n '.in - ... .. X- ' c tiro or stnncarjnca won',! factc-rily account for this. The Iocs j t'on w as a pleasant on. and lbes-Lt -icf was U'O Ccr,iui.;:i in tl, t. cxeit., aneaii.:i Yb;TK'e? this leeli'ig. w i! aiit'ientV: -el t ride? T t s'e ut d.tvs or c.r.n:H-::t W ilii h ii fx. U.s 1. r tie i He :-tory w a vcrv simp e ori-v I ii.-'-; U.r ne.in V prerv e'eni'inf of f.n 'ii m, necess-try to impress the ret- rather sk"tieal ari.l ntiisr rm!.i let people-, among wh i: had happened. One d iy a s ilitary i'it:nan, trav- filing eastward, was diserve bv numbers of pe:p'e. 1L differed from the usual tramp, tho.i very c.u.im m on that road, in nothing but ai air ; f more iliaa ordinary ('t'pres-ion and a tendency to frcipteat rests ia solitary places. Evvu the-"? pcculiaril-eA were only rec.".''.l by tlx., se-pif!, so very light la-l been the casual n.t:co bestowed upon Liia. Oje- lady, noted for her many acts of thoughtful kind ness to persons of his c'ld-s. observed him and started t- get s une food to t fTer him, as was her c mstaat prac tice. claimed ami th'i attend iiixj .'n'Usi'iioM ca.: tr i! r.v h.T attention lii.'mema; iiy, : di-ehargrd, si,i hastened t Lim. Sh-' was great I v sir- prised to uri'i inat lie was gone. Deeply grieved at h.-T lie.tl.Tl of a tliitv, as elto regarded it, M.o ! of i k'! :e ctr.-tir ta o frc t'lent.v arm re rretfiill v. an 1 to that was owing ) t f most pcop!.' that id been seen. Day.- but the lady had f r-i-i-;.-iiee ni ti.utp tr wliea ho w.i- most rt-un ii lir inn such a fit-in-- l: pa-sird, and a'l gotten evvu the tienUr tramiser fireiiii v iiii'l ii.-:tgr tiio report that he alii y rcca:d bv bad been found hanghig und th ad dead for tl.ivs- ia tlx; old L id o t ;i Winding Ridge. A couple of linys ill pils-iug, had beet; induced to cater and expforo building by a resile.- euno.-irv I lie nameless fear iiiM-partible i:i isli minds f.um untt naated dt-Iii the b.,y- 'i V, S. Tiiis had not been vacant vcrv 1 l!lg and would s-.ou bo iubaoitct tl a-ain. nothing of o'looi.i ti r dread was at- f ached to i;. 1 el bolls declared ;l,.-v I enu-re l it w ao.i'.: iippr tne sat.:o fe.l .w'h tbo pinirr imMhey won!.! ! of a dark ni-hi j a board or io.r to the watchful. W IX'II creaking ! would b maternal i tray then ruanil.ir; cf notisetiol'l sweets. 1 but ! feeling induced tLeiu to Ts. i . .it very v trc, s f -. r ' - and when tho r:;:;d torm and ed features oi tho their horrifie-.l gaze a'yzed ly CX. e-.-; of more imiire .-stblo ot corpse Lr.-t met tho "lie w as par terror, while tho u swooned awav. soon given, the notii'ied, a ji;rv The r.'per alarm was authorities 1 1 eiitjiun of the ward. e.'ed, ai. l a,i w tio knew ru-I, III t:i requested to COIllO loT It came out on tho exatr.'mn- ttoii, or afterward, that he bad asked f-.r f- 1 al a hoi:-o iu the village, ami :'u.-ed; after that he had sp..k- been reft;.- en to no soiigLt sviniiattiv i;f none, but wearily travelled on un'.. attracted by tde sight of a l.irieiv aud lowly habitation, deserted by a ii and fa-t failing to ruin; v; Lose fate so sadly resembled Lid ow j. Enter ing the gloomy portal, ho bade at i u to th'! hear'.ie.-s world, alnorbe 1 iu scheme tf greedy gain, aad tojk tho aw :1 from tho shores of time. Dt'-peritto an 1 foarf.il leap! Oh. sinful, sinful man f To ca-t so recklessly away the life given thwo. To rush unhid iea into the presence of th ; Father, who would in his own good time hat e summoned thee. To column tno last, tno nignesi, greatest I.! crime possible to the h-kis of mcu. Vet mark tho change. Boh' .id an other mvstcry of that most iiVsti-ri- otn tbi'f., tho human trart. This man, thii now groat criminal, when last seen among inoa. was not accus ed or even strspe-.ted of gui't or crime, yet all men shrank from him,, avoided bin), as oaly tho leper is avoided iri eastern climes; if tioticcd at all it wad with cool contempt tT ii.d iference; or harder still to bear, wi h -coif and snetr, and why ''. Why this marked, this titter avoidance of the giiltb-ss in a nominally Christian land? Sim ply because the man was p- or. Nuw he is no longer poor, h a-IU not mean tr bread r.ot tmi burial. The conventionalities require it re quire that thi-t i hil'.itig and iir.p!i-a.-nnt siht sh' iild bv quickly and care fully hidden f;,r.i our wight. We'll have no .-' ! -ton at our fea' t. We'll not bo -ii I iu -tr Lurried rido t .rough Vut.i.y Fair by any unpl ft - Luuviti trart. ant reminders of tho hereafter aud ! tbo judgment, anil that question, so ' u-rrif i.,g t tlie guilty Cain, (ami to i ...i .-oiiio day i. "Where i- thy brother?'' But w ht rcfore. ail thi-i unaseiirii'-tl re.-poct; this ra.-tfjl handling and veneration? Know ye not, 'tis but lbs body of a friend o-s roan, ta-te, -eea am-.rig yo l hur.yrj, ill, i: ins '.tasa tramn. a s:r -..- th. V at htguwav i ;f J.fe. Ei pi i:a mis to me, o.i iu.t:i . proncri it now wirl, awo. . . . . . . .1 ! Why a: ith tn ,r veneration than the mightiest in.rr tarcu cju.'.i ia-p.ro. ito: ru'Iost, j b il.le-t. viio-t art; hd-lit- l nr-.J icvt-r-'ont ia tho presence of tils pan; or ! corse. Tho presence of a ni'ghtx.-;-! than earthly monnrcli ii felt, a laoa- j arch of a universal I wh'.so reign i ; t o -x! d iin'tiioii. aiid -t fit w ith t.RiO. TLo de"i ,.d pauper is ia p of tho great secret; the hiYery my series has been opened t bira-. that rnv-.crv jncoiitcupJattng which, r ,f 0;.j Lave agonized; .. 2. ave labored to obtain gl m:,-e-; I', Lite dreamed; kooth-avi-r-. 'a-tr gT-, and ail tre Los tho unnumbered myriads, ; wild, ringly coalemplatifd iearlie-t dawn of creation. :i cf in r hlVi) he- f.-t-aa tL" Thi-l t our dear b." knon. If tramp i- ; J - our brother now. T gotten, the pac;r stain re2v)red " ' " to srkuowi j r poor ri.itton. '' Lim uo tci'l.rlr, Laadle r-sies, it st.lf the Old Jiang prattle is icstan'.lv House. Boyirii hushed when approaching ir, a feeling cf awe steals over the I hardened adu.ts. tontrarv to d a mor ail custom, nothing frightful is fceen, no wf:U!-tia' Roi-es are ftt-aru : o... r- - r Pi.n.ain ,VrESTiabas accetUl a DoaitjoD 0Q tte ew York police, and i js tbertfore inferred that Li tionary has not proved a sacct.
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