BY D. A. /a C. H. BUEHLER
VObtrif E XXV.
GREAT ATTRACTION!
1111 PAIIDIESTOCK di SONS hatt just
! received,and are now opening one of
the largest and moat complete assortment
Of Spring and Summer Dress floods ever.
offered to the public. Our selection hay.
higheito made with great care, i and our
stock purchased at reduced prnces, we
feel prepared to present inducements such
as are rarely Offered. Our stock of Dry
Goods has never beeu surpassed and
With the 'addition of our last purchase,
comprising Bait does Cloths-of all
Ski quilitiii, Cassimeres, Vesting.,
Kentucky Jeans, Plaids for Children,
&hp De Laities, M. -De Laines,,
Bs
rages,- Berate Alpacas, Calicoes, Ging
ham., SHA W LS, (Cashmere, Thibet,.
White Crape of every variety.) we chal-,
ienger the County to produce their equal,
as regards to quality and price. •
Having added largeiy.to our. variety o
GROCI4.IIIIIIESi
we are prepared !to furnish the fittest
qualities of Syrup, Molasses, Sugar, dto..
At.l., at reduced rates; , Our stock..of Mo
leases and Sugar is regarded as die Mast
complete ever offered in the counry.
deem it needless .to enunierate, as we
have always on hand a complete sedan . -
men' of Dry Gouda, Groceries. Hardwltre,
Queensware, dto.
To satisfy you of the truth of our mar
ticm, we only ask you to call and examine
for-yoursejl, if you•want bargains. Call
early. at FANNESTOCKt3.
Sign o/ the Red Front.
March 31. 1854.--tf
Hats and Caps.
o:otinitaikßett
war OULU inform his friends and the
v v public, that he has on hand a fine
assortment of TIAINtt of his own manu
facture. His stock includes
S;IFIND SILT, -Fun RUSSIA
AND SLOUCH. HATS,
6f all kinds and piictis ; and also
all kinds of Stinither Hats and •
•
CAPS FOrtrMEN AND BOYS
lE7',Please call, 6xatnine and judge for.
yourselves. The undersigned will not be;
undersold by any establishment either in
the City or Country. ,
S. S. M'CREARi.
Elettysburgy May:12;1854.-4y
310 RE NEW GOODS.!
132400.111 D Cit/PPL'Ir
. .
•
GEORGE -ARIJOLD
ipeg AS jinn retliftled theit4'volfth
Jo gnother
among whith is " •
Lgdies' Dtess GoOds,
ofetery vitrieilf, very handsome aticheap.
Sleeves, Collars land Cias,i,n great 'variety
and of latest styles ' V,l4tite and Red
Crape and littler shawls, embroidered and
plain Linen ShaNvlo, Ribbiins; a beautiful
variety, Runnel*: Trimmings, Calicoes.
Gingham'', Hosiery, Dress Silks, Bonnet
Silks and Sattinat Edgings, Inserting - a,
&c. Ate.,--witl;..almast. any • article in
the DRY GOOD line .aslo a lot of
FRESH GROv.F.Ringi
all of iehich wail bti'daid . as thtiY
ran be had A t any other establishment in
the pliee. Please Call, exiinitios, and' udie
fer• yeurselvea:
May 12,:1'854
I FRESH RIPPLY.
ripHE undemigned:lces just, rimmed
-in- front the City. with a:large swot
of FRESH GOODS.: which he is pre
pared to sell at pricer, which cannot be
beat. His stock consists of
GROCERIES
of all kinds, Sugars, Molasses, Coffees
Teas, Salt, (.4aqkers. Cheese,•Picle..
-sled Cucumbers, to. Also.
Fruits Br.. Confections. s , •
Oranges, Lemons. Figs, Raisinai; Pninei
Also, Powder, Shot, -Tobacco, Se
stye, Gairs celebrated German. Smoking
Tobacco, and a variety.of other articlesk—
Alvo a first-rate assortment of the beat
-qualities of
YAQCOIVA,
Wines and Brans Ws; Or different kinds,
N. E. Rum,. Holland Gin'. Old live; de.
—all el:Which . can be had on the' loWesi
'enrol at the Store of the subscriber, in
Sodth Baltimore street, next door to the
.Star" office.
titrAlso, always on hand a variety of
Stone Jugs, &c.—Give us a 'tall.,
EMANUEL ZIEGLER. Jr.
Gettysburg, May 19, 1854—tt ,
CROCERIES GROCERIES.!
WE have just received the. largest
. stock of GROCERIES etre!' offer.'
ad in'the county, compiiiing
25 .Hhils of prinie Sugar. •
60 Barrels of best N. 0. Molasses, •
6 Hilda of finest quality of Syrup,
together with a large assortment of Coffee,
RiceeTobacco, &n., to which we' invite
the attention of purchasers, either Whole
sale or retail. • Now your time for
cheap and desirable Groceries - ; the place
to furiiish them hi FAHNESTOCKS.,
•- Sign of the RED'PRoArt.'
May ltl, 1854.
:TIMRER LAND FOI SALE,
HE subscriber has still a' few' nlorrl
lota of TIMBER LAND for Sale,
vilfieh will (xi ditiposed of reaaonably.—
For information ;TOY to
Pr - 7'oo tor sale, a lot of LOCUST
04.X.T0N.
EilettYitiiirk, May 12, . 1854.-ti
OOKING GLASSES, of all ant
Al 'and sizes. at
[IA3 opened end is now selling rapidly
at his Store in York street, opposite
the Bank, a very large choice and . cheap
assortment of SUMMER GOODS, to
which he invites the attention of the pub
lic. They have been selected with great
care in the Eastern cities, have been
bought cheap for cash, and will be sold
cheap for cash—cheaper than at any other
establishment in Gettysburg. His stock
consists in part of Black, Blue, Olive, and
Green CLOTH COATS, with Irock,dress,
and sack coats ; also Tweed, Cashmere',
Italian Cloth, Linen Lustre, Check, Ging-
I ham, Sea Grass, Duck end Summer Cloth
Coats ; also a superior stock nf PANTA
LOONS, consisting in part of excellent
and Well made French Black ,Doe-skin
Caisimere, Fancy Cassimere„Satinetts,
Velvets, Cord, Linen, and Cottonsde.
,The stock of VESTS comprises• every
variety, of manufacture—fine black Satin.
Silk, ...Velvet, Italian Silk,,erbite, fancy
and buff Marseilles,'Sununer cloth, &0.,,
FLY NETS-FLY NETS
of a goad' quality, eifellent ininufaCturip
and offered at low prices. Ithte hlteadq
dispoted of a large, numbeetif thiii arti
cles and always to the satisfinition of ptir
chase're; oath'," on hand 'a !lige lot 'of
TRUNKS, Hats, Carpet Bags; Utnbrelhis,
Boots and Shoes, Window Shades, Vio
!ins. Accordeona, Guitars, Flutes, Fifcis,
Melodeons; Mint - HI; RaintsiSpeent O ttls;
Spoons; Watches and Watch Guards;eilk I
and cotton Handkerchiefs, Cravats, Sus.
pewter., Gloves, Stockings, Spring Stoeka. l
Shirtecand-shirt Collars, and a •iPlentlid
assortment of JEW ELRY—=in fact every
thing in the way of Boy's 'and Men'!"
'furnishing line.
110".Firet.rate chewing Tobacco alweye
on 'hand—a t are article which oftetvetra
are requested to try. '
MARCUS-SAMSON.
June'3o,
BOOKS ) STATIONEgf
sastev 601101955:
One ptice—and that as low al at
any Establishment out
of the City,
RErURNS his anknowldeginents to
his friend* for the long Continued
and, liberal patronage eitended . hiM. and
insitekatimition to bie preione
eNribied . s took goedr reeillifed
Philadelphia and New' Ycirk. He deenie
it unnecessary to etititneratb the litieort
ment, Which will be "fotihk embrace
every Variety of good. in his llhex viz :
Vlieblogical, School,
' rtigs
Middeltaincitii miff BOOKS
andShitionery of al) kind,,einliricing, as
he belitiree, the largeltend best aindittnent
ever opened to Gettysburg.
He also invites attention to his isige
supply of
i g et*Cir GOODS,
embracing Gold and Silver pens and Pat
ella", Pen-Knives, Plain and Pitney. Note
Paper and Envelopes, Moito Wifere,
Sealing Wax, Pottaioneausl: Snipe: Pee•
futnery. dte., &e.—all of which• will se
sold .st ~ the . VERY LOWEST
RdirEs . ..ce
enti examine fo Yourselves
at the old established` BOOK & DHUG
store Charabersbut* street d fe* dike*
rom the diamond.
' 6 1 . it. nuntittai.
CD ettyiborg, Pa., Oet. 9 r 1853.
1111 WIRE STORE.
frIHE Subscribers would respectfully
innounce to their friends' and the
public, that they have opened a NEW
HARDWARE STORE in Baltimore St e .
adjoining the residence of DAVID ZIEGLER,
Gettysburg, in which they ate opening a
large and general assortment af
111AIRIMARE, IRON STICIEt,
GROCERIES,
CUTLERY, COACH TRIMMINGS,
"Springs, Axles, Saddlery,
Cedar Ware, Shoe Ilinclhiga,
. Paints, Oils, &Dyestuffs ;
in general, incuding every descriptioJ of
articles in the above line of business—lli
which ;hey invite the attention of Uoarli•
makers, Blacksmiths. Carpenters,Cabinet
makers, Shoemakerti, Saddlers, a'tid the
public generally:
Our stuck having been selected *kb great
ears and purchashed for. Cash, we guart
antce.(for the Ready Money,) to dispose
of any part of it on as reasonable tenures
they can be purchased any where.
We particularly request a call trom our
friends', and' earnestly sblicit a glare of
public favor, as we aredetermitied to
tablish a character for selling Goods at
low prices and doing.business on fair prin
ciples..
riitt, D. iiAltkiip,
DAVID ZIEGLER.
Gettysburg, JattelB,lBsl—tf.
TOBIAS' .
LINIMENT,
F OR the• cure of Headache, Cholera
Morbus, Toothache, Bruises, Sprains,
dir,6.,--a Most exeellent remedy—for sale
at therDRUG STORE or
8. BUEHI;E:W.
SPOUTMV, SPOUTING!
grZEORGE and Henry Withplei" tdili
` l - 1 ` Make House Spouting and put up
she same low, for cielt or cantey pro-
duce. Farmers, and 'all others 'Fishing
their Muses, Barns,
,stc. !pouted, would
to' evert hi in 4 , ca11.„
O. I if.. iCtivtin.ll:
B~~lCR i B`
MARCUS SAMSON
S. N. BUEOiII,E'R
- r i
`GEtTYSBaRG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 150854.
FARMS FOR S ALE,
INlEfitk gETTI'SBURC.
No. 1-160 Acres : 'goodStoile
House and Barn, with Ottierout-bitildings
plenty ol good timber, miadow,end never.
failing water.
No. 2-175 Acres: large Stone
House, large new Barn, Shops,' Sheds.
Corn.cribs, water in nearly every field;
plenty good fruit, AUfficient timber and
good meadow.
No. 3-L--125 Acres : first - rate
House and Barn, and mit-buildings, excel
lent meadow.good running water, choice
fruit. timber, dtc. ; near the turnpike.
No. '4.--180 Acres : good large
Brick with Out-buildings, Plenty .
neVer 'Water at the houee and in the
fields'; Acres excellent amber, plenty
good meadow, fitst rate Orchard, of all
kind p of fruit. good tenant-house...to.
N0.,57-20p Acres:large brick
todse, with' back:buildings, large stone
Bank Barn, with shells add crine, and all
other ounbuildingi; such as,, drythouse,
iiihuke.holtse, ; beaveen 60 and 60
Acres in good Meadow, plentY'giniti
bey. goodleneing, Orchard of dill kinds of
ohoice fruit, several Well' of water. &c.
Ng. 8-247 Acres : near Pipe
ireekVriisibrit;k colnity, Idd., large Slone
Hotted, Bam,Smekti•hotnie, Spring-11°db,,
sheds, mini, trills, plenty Of water and
keit. from 50 to 00 acres good timber—
can be bought cheap.
No. 7 . 7 -105 Acres : a lJoln.11:
the abcive, good Stone nousi, SWISS Barn,
nut buildings, good wilier,
'two Farina are liandmimely litchried on the
public road.] ,
No. 8--A. Mill with 30 Acres
of ladd, pail 61160, sheds,
other ont•buildhigs,tici.
'Any pardon desirous ttf bayilig or Sell
ing property will please call uron
P,. E. vANDEEsi.OOr, Agent.
loverrur e. vANDARIPLOOi', 411 Utt-
GEON DENTisT b'e imam here.
after the kat tiro weeks in every' month.
RMAL
AO:
THE undersigned has Made arrange-,
;IL
mania to open art Agency in Gettys.
he rbug, vitefor the sle of Real p er to which
roa-ilie a attention oons ',I ish
lag to Cell or purchase Fermi 'Or Real I.
late. i Wl* prOvidild i Book in which
will be regiitered, (for a trifling fee)tgen
eral description o(such properties as per t
inni Aljti ;0 tHPCNIP Cti At prirate , sale.—
These' Books "Will bo Ocien to those desirous
Of PPAidulini ProPerty. Secrecy' i's to
!ownership, tonne; &b.. will bit it/Violably
°beetvetli When' desired. , ..
ll:rAll further
upon
information
Can be ofmained upon application to the
lubieriber at the Register's Ottee, or at
his residence.
DANIEL PLANK
1121(7211:107 24:03Z0
CALL AND SEE THEM!
MXSB McCLELLAN
AS just returned from Philadelphia
with a large and well seli3iiiti ati
tntiment of FANCY GOODS of eieiy
variety, NI which and invites the attention
of Ladies and Gentlemen,)' comprising
fashionable
Bonnets & Bonnet Trimmings,
Silks Satins,
Ladies' Dress Trimmings,
Velvets, Ribbons, trtifieials, Black Veils,
Blue do. Gloves,.Hosiery, Handkerchiefs,
Vietteli Worked Collars, Csinbrie, t laconet
and swiss Edginge, Ineerlio e , Mualine,
SleeTiet, Mohair and Silk Mite, Black
Lies and' Embroidered Handkerehiefd,
Braids, Fan, Gentlemen's °liars, Combs
of all kinds; idoladiee and
Gentlemen are requelted to call and ex
amine our Goode. It vi ill give us pleasure
to show them. ,
March 31, 1854.—tf
NEW GOODS!, NEIV COM!
iltikg ARNOLD ha r e, just returned
. 4-3 L. from the City with the
Larkei:,Checipiet, ¢ lieit &tech!' d Stockof
Spring and Sumner Goid,
, .
e'v'er before' tittered th the town or country,
consisting in part Geitnitn, Freiicli and
Domestic Cloths, Black & Fancy Cassi
nieres, Satin & oThei Vestings, Italian
Cloths, Coat Gingliants, Tweeda, Ky.
Jeans, Berege De Mines; M. De Lainee,
Prints, Ginghams; and a great variety of
q fflods too numerous to mention. Also,
a large' assortment of Bonnets, Para
sale, &al'
dJ`Call sin! eisglis I am (16166)410
to, undersell any establishment in' the
Town or Comnty.
March 31 1854.—tf •
ANTI‘NEBIZASKA
HATS; GAPS, BOOTS & SHOES.
.
COME . ONE COME ALL, and tell
.
your n t eighbore „
to come, to the'Store
of the "Two Eitrernes,” and
the splendid 'dock' of HATS.
• CAPS, BOOTS and
SHOES. now open
.
ind, of the latest style and of every, varie
ty;• suitable for the' Spring and Summer
season, fur Gentlereeta; Dallas aiid Chil
dren.
I . have Made' arrangements to . have
Bootenitd : Sheeermitle to order, by the
best of . workmen, and of 'good' idriterief,
the'quieltest piiaatbk tine: •
' W.
Gleitieburg, March 310884. r -1f
OLOVES Wad Stbaltraii, 1 11614161 a
SCHICK'S, _
g4EARLESS AND FREE."
(From the Journal at Commerce
Smoking Song.
Ara:—"Sparkling and Bright."
Floating away like the fountain's spray,
O'er the snow.whire plume °fa maiden,
Our imoke wreaths rise to the atar•lit skies,
With blissful fragrance laden.
Cacaos—Then smoke sway 'till a golden ray,
Lights up the dawn of the morrow,
For i cheerful Cigar, like a shield.
will bar.
The blows of care and sorrow:
The leaf bunts bright, like the gems of light
That flash in the braids of Beauty.
It nerves each heart fur the hero'. part,
•
On the battle plain of duty.
Then smoke away, &c.
•
In the thoughtful gloom of his darken'd room,
Bits the child of song arid eiory--
But his heart is light, for his pipe belong bright,
And his dreams aro all of glory.
Then smoke a way, IS(C.
By the blazing fire sits the grey haired
And infaht arras mound him,
And he smiles on ill in that quaint old hall,
While the emoke•cuds dose around him.
Then smoke away, dr..c •
iktbe forests ground of our native land,
W en Ihe'saiage eonfliqt's ended,.
The Open! peace broaght 'aiieet . reliiiiih
Front Mil and terror blended. •
Then snioke away, &c.
The dark eyed train of the melee of Spain ,
'Ninth their aibor"shades
:And itgleaming,,cigsr likes flew
In.the clasp of their lips, burn'
Then smoke away, 4c.
It warms the soul like the blushing bowl,
With its rose-red louden streaming,
It drileme it ih bliss like . the' Ann' Worm k w,
Poo !!I*..wi toss
Then smoke ewe} , tqjbegqdrut,rity,
Lighiitititha Alien of ,ttie morrow.
Fora gleaming cigar like a shield yin' bit
The blows of care , and so?. '4*
A Woid to Toddler .
What in more contemptible thon a scan
-did nieriger !, What le more to'be dread
ed. thin theinetin; lOw tdbilit, that pervades
too tpany hearts ? -
There isselaps of meddlers inflict World
Who Mind•every body's business
,but their
°tin. Inoteittrofpnifeiciring to discover the
wood traits in a perion's cliarterte'r, they
seek with the utmost diligence for the evil.
When a netihbor or, arquointance+ fells in
'to an error, they do not administer reproof
'in that Christian like manner recommend
'ecl hi the Bible. On the contrary, these
gossips Constitute theinselves reportera.in•
chief of all, misdenteanori which come
under their watchful eyes. },:very word,
itiok and deed, howsver trivitil, if magni•
fled by the brazen tongue oltumor, till it
is 1 difficult tank to ascertain pie truth. '
We can have no confidence in , those
who would rehearse us long'stoties about
ihe faults and follies of mite:ajar we be
lieve, and with reason, too, that we have
hope of escape.'Th'e sincerest nature , is,
by . their misrepresentation, made to seen.,
artful and designing; tenth is distorted into
falsehood,:and religion into a mere pre-.
tenet+. They are ,always wordering why
people, donne certain courses in life, and
why they entertain views opposite to their
°won. Thdy are constantly cn the alert
that they may be duly applied of the.
m.
o .
vements of those around them. Dear
reader, froth such gossips may you and we
be saved. '
• VISOMPIENCZ To PARFMTll.+J(lillitlOtl,
'Who wits.tiung in Harrisburg -last week,
just before the execution .confeseetPllie
murder of his wife, and while lie admit
ted the possibility el having killed' Col
lier, said ho had no distinct recollection of
it. He had been wild and reckless from his
youth up, deserting his home at an early
age, and wandering to and fro through the
land, leading a. vagabond life. Without
education, and beyond the reach of moral
or religinus teachings, deficient in intellect,
and of vicious and intemperate habits, he
led a brief and disgraceful career, and died
811 ignom thous death upon the +scaffold.—
The first downward step in Johnson's ca
reer, arid that which in all probability
hastened his ruin, was disobedience to his
parenti ; for neetirditig to hid own profes
sion lie deserted them early in life and
has been an outcast rind wanderer from his
home ever since. His , parents, we are
inforMed; ere still living in Alexandria,
Virginia', era ere respectable citizens, and
meinbers of the Presbyterian church. He
has also several brothers and inners living.
none of whom, however, "visited him
while in prison," or Were present at hiti
death scene.
RUNAWAY Elsai.—The' akin of the
Rural New Forkei• tells how a Mi.. Good-
huh brought down a swarm of bees,
which were "making off," after, tlie mein:
dy. of tin pans, &c., had . ecafid. Mr.
GOridlidil pro Mired a large looking glass,
und'ruhning ahead of the bees, placed the
glass in such a position es to throw the
rave of the sun directly scrims their line
of'flight. By moving the glass, rapidly,
and throwing the rays of the light, like
flashes of lightning, in all directions-ex-,
cept the one in which he wished the bees
to go, he stopped their flight, and in less
than three minutes had them safely lodg
ed in the forks of a tree. He says a
siviiim never escapes him.
A NOVELISTS CONFES4ION.—BIJIWer, the
noielisi, in a letter to a gentleman ip Boa•,
Miyeaid, "I' hive cloaed my career as a
writer of fietide. lam gloomy and un
happy. I have exhausted the powers of
life, chasing pleasure' wheni it hi not be
fOund."
Many a heart that would' Hive' come
back,,like a dove to the ark, after its first
trangression, has heen,irightened beyond
recall bytlie angry look and menace—
the taunt; die Sailge dia} , of an Odor
giving spirit.
Ladies who have a disposition to pun.
isti their husband's, should pear in 'mind
that ilittle auttahitie will wily Melt as iciisle
much quicker than a n'ortheasidr.
. .
raotuo THE EV/L.-A
,lady , playfully
Co aiplaidi4 of the weari ng of whiskers
;add" nidudiachia; ' , one of
.tbs .fiulhicinil I invariably sit thy` tied tiv
gainst." • .
THE BLACKSMITH'S TRILL.
BY AUSTIN 0. BURDICK
In the fall of 18—, I was travelling in
the West on business. I left the Missis
sippi steamer at Columbia, Kentucky, bay
ing made up my mind to travel by land
as far as Multlenberg county, where I
should strike Green river far enough to the
north7tud to take ono of the small flat
boats,for the Ohio. Late one evening, I
arrived at the town of M—, intending
to take the stage from there on the next
morning. The bar-room of the tavern
was crowded with people, 'and I noticed
that large numbers of the citizens were
Collected around the street corners, appear
tote discussing'some matter of more
than usual interest. Of course I became
enribus to know the cause of all this, and
atthe , first favorable opportunity I asked
the question of the landlord. Ile gazed at
'tile 'it moment in silence, and then, with
an omihous shako of the head, ho gave me
to 'understand that a most dreadful thing
had happened;, but before ho had explain
ed to me what it was he was called away
to attend to other business.
I soon found, however., that the "dread.
ful thing" was the subject of conver
sation, all about me, and by simply listen.
ing, I gained an insight into the mystery.
It seemed ,that there was to boa trial for
Murder there on the next day, and that
the Critninal' was a young blacksmith who
bid been born and brought up in the town,
and who, until the present time, bud borne
a pharacter beyond reproach. I , endeav
ored to find out the particulars, but I could
!Cern little upon Which to depend, for dif
ferent people gave different accounts, and
all Who knew anything of the matter wore
too much excited to speak calmly. The
murder had transpired only about a week I
before, and consequently the event was
fresh in die Minds of the people. The on
ly facts which came to me upon which I
ebuld.rely,- Wore, that u middle aged until,
named Matthew Hampton, had been mur.
dared and robbed; and that Abel Adams,
the young blacksmit li, had been arrested
ti►r the crime and would ha tried on the
morrow. Some said that 'the 'murdered
ruau's money, to the amount of over two
thousand dollars, had helm founcl.upon the
young man's person, but others denied
this "fact. Yet all syniptitized with the
prisoner. fle"witi beloved by all his towns
men and but- Ent! of thou
.could believe
anything of the:reports that, bad crept into
circulation:
As I was in no partionlar hurry, 1 resol
ved to remain in M= until the trial cline
off 1 , so I went and erased my o front' !
the t,take book where I bade placed it, and'
then informed , mine host of my . deternii-
nation.
On the folldwmg Mernintz at at early
hour, the . people began . to &mars:Litho'
court, house; and I sit* if I ioutil secure a
place I meet join thu oro*vl. • I did so,
and ut length found myself within the build
ing, and as good fortune would have it I
made a stand near the prisoner's bds
Ten o'clock was the appointed hour 'for the:
opening of the court, and before that time
every conceivable standing place outside
of
. the dock : wee crowded. Stagings' were .
erected upon the,outside, under the win
d'oWs, and these, too,
° were crowded.
At the appointed time the court i tinme
in, and the prisoner was conducted to the
box. Said prisoner was notonore than
five and twenty years of age, and he pus
sesSed one of the mogt pleasing eountettau
eCs I ever saw—it was nne of those bold,
frank facee, full of noble entinage and pied
nature—just such an one . as- is uriliesita:
tingly
,taken as the • index of a pure and
generous soul. Ho was a stout, .athletio
man, and carried the palm at every wrest
ling match in the county. I thought with
-1 in myself that that . men wag no murderer.
And yet,' we know - not to what extremities
• a man may sometimes be driven. Young
Adams was quite pale.. and his nether lip
quivered ai he found the gaze of the mul
titude fixed upon hiui ; but his eye was
bright and quick, riot defiant, but bold and
hopeful in its deep blue light.
The trial . commenced. The complaint
was elear.and distinct, setting forth the
fact that the prisoner, Abel Adams, "did,
with malice aforethought," etc.. kill, ate.,
on such a day, one Matthew. Hampton—
in the first place by striking him on the
head with some blUnt weapon—and in the
second place by stabbing him in the breast,
etc. To all this the piisoner pleaded "not
guilty." From the first testimony called
up I learned the following facts :
Near sundown, one afternoon, about a
week previous, Matthew Hampton stopped
at the shop of the prisoner to get hie horse
shod. This Hampton was a wealthy farm- •
er and his estate lay to tho southwiird,
near the Tennessee line, and only about
fifteen miles distant, front M—. He
was known to have some two thousand'
dollars with him at that time—uniney
which he had received at Columbia for
corn. It was nearly dusk when ho start.
ed from the prisoner's shop. He took
out . his pocket book to pay for the job of
shoeing his horse. This he did within the
shop; and two poisons Were present that
now testified to the fact, and also that '
when the pooket book was opened a large
bunch of bank Dotes was exposed. About
an hour after Hampton . left, the prisoner
came out from his shop and wont to his
stable, and having saddled his fleetest:
horse, he mounted and started off at full
gallop in,. the direction which Hampton I
bad taken.
Next came two wituesses---"Mr. Simple
and Mr- Jordan," both of them respecta
ble citizdos of -----, who testified as fol
lows
They had been into the edge of Tennes
see; on busineia, and were returning hoine.
At about nine o'clock, on the evening in
question, they came to a point in the road
where a high bluff overlooked the way, and
4
while passing this, they were startled by
• I
seeing something in the moonlight
once
looked like a man. They at, once dis
mounted, and found that what they had
wen was the body of Matthew Hampton;
alt god-eovered and Metfling. They' had
not ,been there , more than 4034,ut0, abet',
they were joined by a'third man, lhosao
that be saw the mordtcr otniirtiked; dnd
that the murderer had fled toward
Simple and Jordan both' recognized the
new comer as one Henry Bilger, and
though his character was by no incana of
the most exemplary kind, yet that wns
time for discussion. The body of fininp
ton was still warm so that the murderer
conk; not have been gone long. Bil i ter
bad no, horse, so Simple agreed to remain
with the body, while Jordan went in pur
suit of the murderer. They put their
horses to the top of their speed, and in half
en hour they overtook the prisoner, whom
Bilger at once pointed out as the man.
Jordan hailed the young blacksmith, and
found him nervous and excited. He then
asked him if he had seen Matthew Hamp
ton, and Adams replied in the affirmative;
but bespoke in a very strange , nitnner,-,
After some expostulation, the prisoner
accompanied Jorden to ,M.----and
there ho was placed in the hands Of the
sheriff, and-, upon examining his person,
Mr. Hampton's pocket book, containing
two thousand dollars, was found upon him,
and his hands were also covered with
blood.
At this juncture the excitement in the
little court room was intense. The crow
ed mass swayed to and fro like wind swept
grain—murmurs broke the sanctity of the
place—murmurs loud und deep—and it was
some minutes ero anything like order
could be rvitored. At length Henry Bul
ger was culllld upon the stand. He was
known by most of the people in
and tboul s h nothing positive. was known
'against him of a criminal nature, yet bo
was known to bo a reckless, wandering
low, sometimes trading .in slaves, some
times in' horses, and snmeiintee Arivitig . a
flat-boat down the Mississippi. • He step.
ped upon the witness's block with a com
plaisant bow, and he gave in Ids testimony
clearly and distinctly.
He said ho was coming down thirilnad
towards on foot, and when near
the bluff he heard the sound of a.struggle,
accompanied by loud groansand entreaties.
He sprang forward and arrived just in
season to see the prisoner leap into his sad
dle,and ride off. The moon was shining
-at the time, so he could not have been mis
taken: As soon' as ho• foetid that - Mr.
Hampton was,
, tut ho. supposed, dead, be
started to gn after help, , The murdered
man's horse'had.fled towads - home, so hs
could gain no assistance in that Way.---
Ho had not ,gotie far, however, when ho
heard the eound of horses' feet, and on re
'turning to the,spot ho found Simple end
Jordan there.
Bilger was cross-questioned very severe
ly. but his testimony was not to be flawed.
Ho was explicit in all his statements, and
at the :sainelime he professed to feel a deep
regret that he woe culled upon to testify
against winan for wheni he felt so much
respect as he did for,the prisoner.
At 'plight young- Mama rose to tell
his story. He spoke deafly, and with
the tone of a man who tells the truth.—
He said, that about an hour after Mr.
111 - tin - pton lied left his shop, on the evening
in ge,..stion, he went to his sink .to wash
his hands, and while . there ho :trod on
saatething thbt arrested his attetition.—
Ile stoopped and picked it up, and found
it to be a pocket book,, and on taking it
to the light it proved to be Mr. Hampton's.
He remembered that after Mr. Hauipton
bad paid him for shoeing his horse, .:be
be
went to the sink after a drink, of water,
and then lie must hate dropped the boak.
The Young blacksmith's first idea, he
said, was to keep the_ book until Hampton
Caine back, but upon second thought he
resolved to saddle his horse and try to o
vertake him,
and restore the money.—
Accordingly be set oft; and when he reach
ed the bluff his horse stopped and began to
rear and snort: He discovered something
laying by the readsidb, and Upon die
mounting and going to it he found it to be
the body of Mr. Hampton. still warn and
bleeding. Ile first satisfied himself that
he could do nothing alone, and then he
started buck towards M , after as
sistance. When be was overtaken by Bil
ger and'.Tordan, the idea of having Hemp-,
ton's money with him broke up - on him
with a stunning force, anti hence his
strange and incoherent manner. •
When the prisoner • sat down thorn was
a low murmur eanie up from the multi
tude—a murmur which told that his story
was believed. But the judge sheek his
bead, and the lawyers shook their heads,
and the jury looked troubled and anxious..
The prisoner's counsel did all he could to
establish his client's good charaCter, and
also to impeach the character of Niger,
but ho could refute none of tho testimony
that had been given iu. -
When the judge catue totharge the jury
he spoke of the preciseness of the testimo
ny against the prisoner. and of the oorrob
°retire circumstance. With regard to the
prisoner's story, he said - it was very sim
ple, and sounded very much like truth ;
but he would have the jury remember how
easily such stories could be made.
It was long after dark when the jury re
turned to make up their verdict., They
were gone half an hour, and when they re,
turned the fore - roan• showed by the very
hue of his countenance that the verdict
was to be fatal I All saw it, and I could
hear the throbbing of the hundred hearts
that, beat about me.
"Gentlemen of the jury. have you made
up a verdict ?"
"We have."
'Shall your foreman aiteak for you T"
-Yes."
"Abel Adams, etand np and look the
foreman in the faee. Mr. Foreman. look
at the prisoner. Xuar,sir, is Abel Adam,
the pkinmer at the bur, guilty,of murder
or uut ?"
Hark ! The first syllable of the word
"Guilty" is upon the foreman's lips; but
ho speaks it not. Those, who yet crowd a
bout the windows shout with all their
' might, and in a moment more a man crowds
his way into the court•rootn. , . He hurries
up and whispers .W th
,q Aiorjff—Stieu he
,goes to the betieh sulk whispers to the
jtidge. Henri Bilr'statrti up and mores
towards the door, ba t in
_an Ittrialit the
hauds of the sheriff' is s upon'him. Alt
excitement Jabot %intense. Diruotly
the mass about the door begins to e.
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way, and four men are seen bearing a eon
their shoulders a cbair--a WO k ' ffed
chair , --aud in that sits Matthew 'IL UM*
—not dead, but,' alive. True, he: ikilitlo
and ghastly, but, his lips m9ve., ..At
length the chair is set down. befell, the
bench, and the old physician of 1--;-,
asks permission to speak. /s siimi as
this fact becomes known, all is quiet lit*.
more. , . . ~
The physician says that neither of the
, wounds which Mr. Hampton bad receiyed
are mortal, though he at first thohght
they were. The blow upon the head, 'aid
the stab in the breast combined to produce ,
a state of catalepsy which_ resembled death
so nearly that many an experienced per
son might have been deceived. When be
gave out that Mr. Hampton was dead be
thought it was so. But when he:found
that Hampton was living; he kept the es.
cret to himselt, for fear that if the truth
got out, a certain man ' whose ptesenoe was
much needed, might be missing.
At this,juncture, Mr. Henry Bilgor
made a savage attempt to break away front
the sheriff, but it did not avail him. • • •The
jury were directed to return to their box,
and then Matthew Hampton, was request
ed to speak. He was too weak to rise,
but he spoke plainly, and in a manner that
showed his mind to be clear.. He sMted
that when he reached ,the bluff, on, the
night of his disaster, he discovered thathis
pocket book wasgone. Heetoppedhis her*
and he was trying to think where behad
lost it, when some ono came out from.tha
roadside. He had just time to see that.lt
was Henry Bilger, when be received a blow
upon the head from a club, that knocked
hun from his horse. Then he felt a 864;
stingipg, burning pain in thohosom, And
with a momentary starting of his mueeles,
he opened his oyes. He saw that Bilger
was stooping over him and ransacking his
pockets. Ho could just remember hearing
the distant gallop of a. horse—then l i e
thought his body was being dragged ito
to the road-side—and after that he .could
remember nothing until be awoke itt.his
own house, and found the doctor by his.
bedside.
Fctr,n little while longer the multitude
had to restrain themselves. I remember
that tlie judge said something to thejum
and that the juryorbiepered together for a
moment, Then ' the prisoner stood ~up
once more, and the foreman of the, jury
said--"NOT .GUILTY !"
, Then burst forth the heart-shouted the
people. Abel Adams sank back upon his
seat, but in a moment more he was seised ,
by a ,score of stout men, and with wild and
rending shouts, they, bore him out into the
free, pure uir '
where the bright stars 'Cok
ed down and smiled upon him, A little
way had they.: gone, when they met a
young, woman, whose long hair waa flying,
in ,the night-wind, and who :wrung uer
bands in agony. They stopped and set
their burden down, Abel Adamasaw tits
woman, and he sprang forward and caught
her to his bosom.. -
4 .31207--lary--I am innocoat--inno
ceut-r•froo !" • '
The wife did .not .speak. She only
clung wildly to her noble husband, and
wept upon his bosom. A wagon body
was torn from its saletrees--•tbe blacksiiith
and his wife were placed therein—and then
they were borne away tow..rds their hotue,
and long alter they.had passed . from .tuy
sight, could
,hear the glad shouts of the
iutpulnive people, waking the night air;
and reverberating among the distant
bluffs. • ;
On the next trumping, before the.stagal
started, Lleurued that Nlutthew Hampton
had deterwined.to make the young bleck.4
ainiAb titcopt, of oac . thousand dollany
whether he was williug or not • "
wacky afterwards, while sittingin
the office of my hotel ut Cincinnati; I. re-'
caved a newspaper from IV—. Henry'
tilger had been hanged, and on the 0.
to. 1,0 acknowledged his•guilt. Matthew
Hampton was slowly recoveriog, and the
blackhmith hud, after much expostulation;
nceepted , tho thousand dollars from Hemp
ton's bounty.
.
.
A SonnY CHRISTI A N. ---rareon ArTirpr,
low, a preacher, and editoi of the Knox
ville ('Penn.) Wkig, commenting opon Rte
burning'of e negro alive, for an atrocious
murder, says unhesitatingly at
firm that the Punishment was, unequal, to.
the crime. Had We been niere,weekicinld .
have taken a part, and even suggested , the,
pinching of pieces out of of hitn With.
red-hot pincers—the cutting off of a Hirab
at a time, and then burning them all rtr
heap." 'f he man who could' ,
exPrese :
such' inhuman sentiments as the abnve
would make a first rale fireman fora certain,
individual. He would take delight in the
busineso.
BRITISH REPRINTS OF AMERICAN rent-
CATIONS.—A letter from Londod says that'
Mrs, Anna S. Stephens ..Fashion' snd
Famine," Mrs. Beecher Stowe's late
work, and the 4.lArop Lighter," have beim
reprinted in Loudon. and meet with active
safe. The same letter adds : e
"It it remarkable that British, reprinta t
of American school books ore now, barium
afar larder eirculation her ear
Yon see them , in ,almost, every.,
drawing room whet° ehilemu are likely
to be."
It is as natural for ladies to show their
ankles, as is for gentlemen to—to look of
theta. study', nilw.a.days; hi ., a rt
utorig 'ha "higher brandies" of a young
man's education, though it is '.to be id s &
leased that one must descend a Our dot
in the "pursiiit of knowledge.
It is as hard to tell whore moderatos
drinking ends and drunkenness. begins us,
it in to tell when a pig ceases to be a , pie
and lteeoniee s hog.
•—• • * al
A Gimp Ozrz.v,— A boy belnat ifitof
what nieakiiesi
givis sasweri to rough quipip•
Lions."
A PRAvni..-A once puling..
•aid, ••Oh, Lrinf I giis w olienir
nor richer," •pd pro:flog toll/only iv /AP , '
moot, be odAni, "aprialpprritit'i