The Country dollar. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1849-1851, September 28, 1849, Image 1

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Mine, gentlemen,'is also a travelling 'sto
ry anti though not so , new as • that, of our
friend Laurens, , it is, perhaps equally as
true. ' " • ,
I was journeying to the city of Washing
ton in company with a; friend ; a Georgian
boy, like myself. We went, as thousands
have gone before an_itaince, to try our luck
at offiee.hunting. You are well aware
That the, road from Georgia to Washington
passed through the Palmetto State, a State
distinguished for the fertility. of. its soil, as
well as for the wealth,. chivalry, and i,ntel,
ligence of her sons. Here the Major wink
ed knowingly at the company with one eye,
while ho kept the other fixed. ,on tho South
Carolinian. I thought myself a smart ,
traveller, young then, but compared with
my companion I was as green' as
He was naturally sharp, as a briar, and ex
perience had polished his wits to the keen
ness of a cambric needle. His game was
Cobb, Willey Cobb.
We started from home on a capital of
$3OO. It was all that we could rake to.
gether. But we had a couple of stout
Georgia ponies; and this, we concluded,
would be ,enough to put us through to
Washington and back.
If we're stumped, said Cobb, we can
sell the cattle.:
• Unfortunately, before entering the Pal
metto State it was our luck to pass thro'
the town of Augusta, on the Georgia side.
Augusta has always been considered „a
brisk little place. We found it so. Not
being in a hurry we agreed to stay over
'ght and nest day. We had fallen in
with some very agreeable acquaintances.
We got to playing; at 'first a ninepenny po
ker—then a quarter dollar 100- r -then brag;
and finally our Augusta friends introdu
ced us to the interesting game of faro.-- 7
We played all night, and by day-break had
depositedour three hundred dollars in the
bank, where it stayed! .
What's to be done? said I.
. Pin thinking, said Cobb.
Sel,l the ponies and start back! said I.
No such thing Ats rply responded Cobb.
,„ . What be , • r oaMte do? asked I. • ,
~What ou in your saddlebags? in-,
quired • • • end u tvithout heeding my last
interroga •
A shir "pair of pistols, a plug of to
bacco and a bowie,-was my reply.
We must sell the bowie first, said Cobb,
it tvjll pay our tavern bill, and get, us out
Of this infernal hole I
• And. what neat--on to Washington ? I
enquired. • •
Of course, -said Cobb, we
; would look
wise turning back—We would. certainly ,be
the,standing joke of the county, added hp;
But can we travel without funds? said L
That .we will have to find out, said
Cobb, with a look as cheerful and happy
as if lie had relays of horses all along the
road to Washington, and his bill paid at
every tavern along the route.
have an acquaintance, continued he,
at the end- of the first stage from, - here, we
can stop all night. with him; that won't
cost anything;..beyond that wo must trust
to the • hospitality of farmers; I
~think wo
can get through ,South Carolina and'Vir
ginia handsomely ; the danger is, we may
stick in.the tar—womust travel through
the turpentine State on the proceeds of your
pistbls ; but 'let. us dispose of your bowie,
and get out of this' sharper's nest, ; ,
As Cobb was my senior, and inlyty es
tinatttion a great genius, I of course acqui
eseedille sold the,bowie knife to one of
our gambling- friends for six dollars, the
tavern bill was liquidated, leaving a ,few
Shillings in our joint, purse, and With this
we took the road through to South Caro
lina.
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the,
At the end of the first day we stopped
with Cobb's friend, and . were hospitably
entertained. Cobb felt a strong incliria
tion to borrow from him,..but he could not
bring himself to confess the caaso of our
necessity; Ho. had a high idea of } his tra
velling talents, and did not wish to ac
knowledge ho had been outwitted, by the
Augusta sharpers. We left ,his friend's
house therefore, after, an excellent break
•fast,. our horses well fed and curried,. but
without an increase of our fintinees..;
the contrary, we had given a quarter to,
the darkey who had saddled our horses.
We 'wore now fairly en route, travelling
through to both' of us a Complete terms in
coghita. ,
That night We stopped at what appear
ed tohe a planter's Amuse, tt snug estatt
lishrnent: I.do riot know what Cobb told
the owner, as we .were preparing to leave
ill' the • Morning, but I heard him remark,
soineWhat jeeringly, as we, got itite, , ,entr
saddles, it ain't. usual ~ for folks to travel
through these 'parts; withoUtmach-mad
then there was tt half stifled ejaculation of
h-11, followctl•by a.hissingofwordewhieh
would have sounded awful.mears polite,
Rathexinhospitable, whispered t as we
rode off. .. •
inhospitable, said Cobb,. espe
eially for South Carolina—however, he's
tan,exceptien I guess. , ,
And he wits tintexCeptionv for, „tho, next
..place we' stopped , iit, .they turned to and
blaaguarded us outright, calling us im
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posters, and Georgia Yankees, and the'
next after that; the'landlord of the house,
ivhich.Was a tavern,. threatened to', levy
upon our saddlebags, which, he. certainly
would have done, but Cobb told him Very
significantly that they contained only a
pair of pistols, and thdt these were loaded
and might go off. •Asif to assure him that
he spoke the trutli,,he, drew eat the pistols
and handed one of them to me, then cock
ing his own, he told the landlord he•Tnight
have the saddlebags now, its they Were
empty.
But Cobb was six feet two with a.pair of
fierce black whiskers,and an eye as black
as coal, and
,the landord c9ncluded to let
the - bags hang where'they were, so we
leaped in our saildles'and rode 'off:
This will never do Harry, said Cobb, as
we jogged leisurely along. ,
Never, said I.
We must hit upon saine'phinlO "rase the
wind, continued he: • •
I wish we could, said I: •
Think, said he. • .t
I'll try, said ; I, and =I commenced
turn
ingrover in my mind every plan. 1 could
think of, that woUhlbe likely to relieve us
from our present' dii eultji.' • ' •
But raising the wind by the' meto;pro'-,
cess of thought, is an achievement;which
has puzzled sharper intellects ; than.. mine,
and I was abandoning the twentieth pro
ject; when he wife Was' ridindahbad, sad
denly checked. his horse;' and wheeled' rt,
round in the saddle with a triumphant gO.::
ture shouted out--
Harry—l have it
Good, said I.
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I've tree's, the varmint, continued he.
You have? said I.
Like a knife, s.aidilie.
I'm glad of it, said I but how? :;
Never mind, I'll tell you all tonight; I
havn't got the thing straightened yet—,
How far do you suppose we are froth Co
lumbia? inquired he.
About twenty miles, T should think, an 2
swered I. 'We have come five and they
gaid twenty-five, mile's from the tavern.
Well, then 'ride slowly, said he. We
musn't reach bolumbia before dark ; what
sized place is it? •
I havn't an idea, replied I; it ought to be
a good chunk of a place though—it's the
State Capital.
So it is—your right—it'll do, said he;
and we rode on in silence, he buried in
profound meditation, evidently. maturing
his plans, and I dying of curiosity to know
them.
About half an hour after dark; •we en:
tered the town, and,rode up the street—
Cobb looked ingitirigly at the different
stores as We'Passedt
Here's the, thing! ejaculated ho, pulling
up ,in front , of a shoe shop, and getting off
his horse.
He entered the shop. I could see by
his gesticulation to the owner of' the esythz
lishment, that he was, in the middle, °Oho
story. All I could, hear was ; the : foliewt
ing: After you have made the' hole; you
may nail on the lid, and paint theletters
upon it--here they
took a scrap of paper and writing 90M9
words upon it, handed it to the store keep
er,
1 1 11 send a dray for it in, half: an :hour,
continued, he, as he paid for the box ; and
bidding the inan good night, he camo out,
Mounted his 'boise, and we continued our
way to the'principal hotel, where we 'drew
up and dismounted.
I'll be, back in an hour, - Harry, said he,
throwing me his- bridle ;,in the meantime,
take your supper, engage a snug room, &
wait for me.' reo ' n't register till '1 coine-;--
I'll `nttend to that. •
• So saying he .:ditiappeared .down the
street.- • . •
Agreeably to his instructions
. I ate sup
per,- and heartily 'too, for we had' ! 'net test
ed victuals since morning; - tinfl.iveie'shOwn
to my room,- :where; I; waited .patiently - for
About, two .hours. Wugstill ignOffint how
the supper. was to be ,paid fpr, ,When the
door opened,. audSobb . :qou!
file cetfaikieg follatlied 'aistii4 heels "carry
ing the box that btid seen him purchase,
upon the lid of which was painted in large
bold letters; "The :Wonderful - Guyaiticu
.tisl" and underneath, an .oblong• hole or
,slit, newly chiseled in:the wootl4.
Cobb held in his hand, a broad sheet of
paper. - This :as 'soon' as the (laic& had
'gone out of the toOin;the apreltiP out ;Upon
the , table thw. r iointin g : to' triumphantly
!exclaimed:, , •
,There— ~ , n oW Hairy
, iharti the varmint I
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Whatthe devilis it said,
Read' for yourself, !'
I coinmenc,ed reading;
ire Woudeital Guyastientla,
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eqUig4 o:rlig;WM lS ;qf grqqn?Mf ar,, g te '
i;:, I Plf - 7.?;diPIA C.f.c 14 .:0!
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lowed the :descriptionin i sma ler letter.
"hitherto
ktioWn to naturalists'; - poSessing all the n-
- telligence: , of the human,ri combined t with'
the ferocity: of the tiger, aud.tbe. the. ; ,of
the ourang outang t is, of a, bright, sky
color, with eleven stripes . upon his' body
and one around,.*; nose, ,which, makes
ovo one of them;
alike •
"In his rage he has been known to
carry Indians up to the top of the.highest
trees, and. there leave them to perish with,
hunger, thirst and cold ! which accounts.
satisfactorily for the uncivilized nature of
the Jed man I
"The , highly intellectual citizens of Co.
lumbik - are respectfully, informed,that this
wonderftil quadruped..las arrived:among
them, and willnbe exhibited this efening
at the Minerva room, at ; the how 9f 8 o'.
clock Admittance 25 cents,"
But, said I, my dear Willey, ,no t w, for
the'first time catching the idea of his pro
ject, you don't intend— ;
But I do though, interrupted lie, and,l
will—that is as certain as my, Dcalle:isMil
ley Cobb, of the State of Georgia! •
Butiyou don't think. you can gull the
intelligent people?
Bahl intelligent , people ;. it is plain Har;
ry*.you dm - 4 know the world, said he con
temptuously.. ,
And what do you expect,for me to do •
I as l so-
Nothing but to stay in t~}is room to•mor-
'row, and rief.l ., thal tiobGq peeps .into,that s
_ Dutat 7.
At night.yeq: will .stand'at the .
.door--
take the money, and when . you hear - nip .
groan : and,shake `the chain, you will "run,
in ,behind, screen.,
to lookupon the thing as a
eke, promised faithfully to follow
. his in.'
structions-7-not without some disagreeable
anticipations, that he ,and•l. wOuld spend
the : following night in 0 19 Columbia ,
Nest morning, Cobb was, up at an early
hour, : and after moaning .piteously, and
groaning in the most hideous, and fright..
fulmanuer, and talking atintervals into .the
box, as; Be still, Guy'? Doivn, Guy down!
Keep" himdown, the old fellow I he left the
roOm, bidding me to keep a sharp look
out,
..'As soon as he was gone I noticed a
consideruble shuffling and .whispering out.
side the door; and presently a, darkie look
ed in and asked me if I w anted 'anything.
• Not anything, said I ; don't comein I • ,
The darkie p a
pulled back his head with
look of terror, and pulled to ; the door.
Shortly titlor, the whispe3ing recom-.
menced and the door again opened. This
time it was the landlord . of. the hotel,
whosq curiosity had brought l up to " 1 %1)
the elephant." , , ' ,:i•
• , It's a firco critter that, said he, putting
his head inside the door, but still holding
on to the handle.
• :Dreadful I said I.
Could not I have a peep I inquired he.
-Its •ngaitist the rules answered I
be
sides a stranger makes him savage.
Oh,' it does, said he apologizingly,
Terrible, said • . ,
Y2u'll have a 'good, house, tthink, said
he, atter, a-short Tapp. ~ „ , .
I.hope so, said 4... • ' •
The bills ' is out, Mr. Vanamborgh was
about putty ,early.this morning. •
, Mr, Vau•Aralmrgb, ejaculated.l. ,
Mr*„.Vanamburglt'fyour partner., •
Oli!!-=yes,:111r.Variamborgli my partner
I ehiniedin;•,as,i f iliaw that, this must be the
noire de mantigor•of my frietaLcobb4-But
Mr. Vananihurgh did not put, out the bills
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I inid,thin-tocoyer thct . f/tint.pdsethad
made j' . : `.
Oh no, , of k eourSe not; replied,the:lai}d;;
lord, he hired- a,boy.. • „'
that 'as ri
wght, t,adda:
Brenkfast ti'n ready in a
ye'llcotile down?
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abbut.si*leet of .a dond hP
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)' Opt thag groiy
lingiWO,:deseetidad ho
,t4akfast,,Poblißr:st
100 tng`{jie door, •and( l putimg key . in
his pocket.. , ,
We werrovulentty„ 0 - oleos of interest; t
the ht•Ca.ktaat table, COW.Colling" mid Mr.
Wolfe, and I addresiiiiltiiii as Mr.
The servants ,tyaited . tipb''as
with'deliglitcd atteniiOn.•- )
Aller breakfast ,we returned to the room
when Cobb, Went, thrOugh the
,groaning re
heorsall, and, shortly hite.ti, left Me,'
This , lie i repeated inter4l4 thrOugh
the day.: : upon each succeeding occasion
louder, if possible, and more terrifric . than
before.,. i • • ;: •
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Fight came at length, and withOtirbex
covered up in one of the landlords 'quilts,
we started for the Minerva rooms.
These I' found fitted with li running
serepili and brilliantly lighteillwith vndles.
Cobb: had the box and' chaia! carried -.be-.
'hind the.scfeeni while Ire - mined ,at ', the.
door' to look after tho'ireasitrer.
'no tickets, each One ,paying his or. her'
'charter, and hr.!
very shed titrie the room Awes full
of ladies, gentlemen and.childrentradei
riteh 3 4nd theifiviveS—Lmerchantsi and their
'fareilieS-4youtig I:fttelis"and • their
I h6rts' and even "afnantber
gent riterriher'Ofthe'State Assembly.
*When was on tipAne to!seo - thel'kvon
.derfut .) !. )
3- 'Presently a low' moaning was - heard be,
hind" the screen; then a , groan . and - .1.h0
'moat -.pitedu*.of Guy;
down! atil4r'ctied;iti),livoice;.in
hOtiree'eorrimatiditigOksitsiiir:al),,') 9)11
The chain is my cue, said I to myself,'
MEE
ME
Clearfield,. Pa., September 28, 1849.1
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as I,waited for the appointed, signal. The
people had all arrived, and already began
to stamp and clap their, hands, and exhibit
the usual symptom of impatience, crying
out at intervals, the Guyasticotis 1
Bring him out Mr. ShOwman—trot him
out..
Let,us see the savage varmint..
At this the Guyastieutii*.growled fear.
fully,
Give him a bone, cried ope.
Go it, old 54 40 exclaimed another.
The whole or none, shouted a third.
Fifty-four forty or fight, retied a fourth.
Go it, old K. Polk, carne from a dist
ant part of•the room.
- At this the audience became convulsed
With laughter. The groaning now became
louder end more terrible, end Cobb's voice
was heard in coarsc accents apostrophi
sing,the Gunsticutis Then, commenced
a struggle behind the scn en and the rat
tling orthe' chain. This was my cue.---
Putting on a look of terror, es I . had been
instructed by Cobb, I rushed up the open
,spathe between the spettatOrs and pushed
4n , behind .the curtain. I stole a glance
'beeltiVerds as I entered. and'saw that the
audience had'already caught the alarm.— '
Some of
,the people had risen to their, feet
.41 : iindttebd pale and trembling? Behind
'.'t*tsereti, Cobb was running to and fro,
,scraping' tho sanded floor' rattliing the
chitin, and chiding some immaginary ob
jectirr the most threatening accents, He
was in •his shirt sleeves, and streams of
what appeared tole blood were streaming
over his face, neck and.bosonil
• Down, savage down,
cried he.
800-oow-wow, roared: the GuyasticUtis.
Oh, Mr. Wolf, cried Mr. Cobb, seeing
me 'niter=-come }here. for God's sako
help, or. he'll be off. •
Hold , on to him shouted I :in a loud
on. _ • .__.
800-ooiv- - U•ow-awo, groaned the Guyas
tieutis.
Help, help, cried Cebb.:
Hold on; shouted L . •
Rattle, rattle, went :the chain.. Cobb
struggling for a moment: and then rushing
in front of the screen; 'end holding up the
chain, he shouted in a voice of thunder.
Save yoursveles gentlemen I Save your
wives and children I The.:Guyasticutii
is loose I
Gentlemen, said the Major. it's more
than I can do to describe the scene that
followed, in less than two rriiimtss the
room was empty, and when Cobbi*my
self reached the street, there: of a
soul, man, woman or child to bon.—
We hurried to the hotel and ()raved our
horses saddled with all dispatch' C. telling
the landlord that the Guyasticutis had ta
ken to' the field and we must persue him
on horseback. While our horses were be
ing saddled, we settled the landlord'a• bill
out of our newly acquired funds. We
then started , at a
.brisk pace, and: did'not
stop.untiLwo. had put twenty .miles be
tween us and the good city of. etdurnbia;
Then.we haltid and counted our:rebeipts;
which amounted to--hoW much'Captain
Cobb!
Sixty-sixiollars and sevent-fivoecents
to a figure; said a tall swarthy oflicei, who
Ant, soa way down table to the Major's
right;, - tind
. :whose dark, saturine .counte
ngne:e;..#Ould never have betrayed him as
:thip.heid:Ot the. Makit%ikstory. But it was
hea*leed and when the long loud laugh
had illlmided, adAerrhands werestretched
atrtoss:,the.tNble and a (Arun of voices
!Were he4id,.;, , ocilbrating—
Captain%Cobb'o heal! h!—the health of
, Capf..c obli I • .. •
And thc : Major! pried a:voice.
~ The Maj . iirj the ' Major .rcpca ted sever
al, voices at once,
The Major with'iliree times three !
. Nino deafoniitMeheers - were given for
the Major,
Ono more for, the Guyastieutis!..and a
cheer • followed, mingled with shouts Of
laughter
Disegvery. In Oregon,
It has been supposed until lately, that
the shore at Oregon, south of the Colum
bia river, was without indentation or har
bors. • Explorations for a considerable dis
tancei south of • the Columbia .have . been
inade,'which producing an entire change
in public opinion, and not only ,bays are
ifoundi!but: beautiful prairies, fine, timbers,
rivers aid Water. power: ,
Tilamuke bay, situated,' about r ,filly or.
.six.ty , miles south , of the mouth, of,tho Co
lumbia. river, is several miles in extent, re
ceiving five rivers, some;of which are good,
mill streams. ~ Two miles back.. ! cf this
bay 11 , prairie commenees, .varying from
one, and a half to; three' miles in width, and
eight miles , .13elow the. Tilamuke
;bay , two others,. have, been discovered,
(which are ,Nvorthy,being, noticed ;the
first . of which , is; known to the natives I,)y
the name of Celeste, and the ,second by
the , narne , Of,Yacquina. , The .bay is from
a fourth , of 4 mile to.a' mile in, Width,three
Miles Iting,,tuld. receives, the 3vtltgs oriwo
rivers. A bed of exepllent stone coal has
been discovered on the htnak of the Celeste .
river, teliatiles front , its entrance into the
Celeste kitty,. There . aro.
.rich , iev,eL'prttiriepon the ,Colopte. L.: The
)Ynequine. toy Pula
wid6at ittraouths
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a half miles wide, extends parallel with the
coast from six to ten miles in length, and
is perfectly sheltered from the ocean winds.
There is considerable prairie in tho imme
diate vicinity of Yacquina bay. All the
rivers emptying into these bays abound
with salmon and other fish, and the bays
all afford clams, crabs, &c., in abundance.
Within the Yacquina bay the water is
deep, and the waves roll into the mouth
from the ocean without any apparent ob
struction. . •
From tho rennovivenian of Bep:omber 17th.
SHOCKING MURDER.
On Saturday evening, about half-past
seven o'clock, Louis Rod, a young Ger
man, seed about 21 years, was murdered
by Charlotte Levering, an Irish woman,
aged about 20 years. The parties were
engaged in the Mount Pleasant rcfrectory,
at the corner of Ninth and Lodge alley,
above Chesnut street. The deceased was
the cook of the establishment, and the
woman Levering was employed in the
culinary department of the house. A
great intimacy had for some time existed
between them. At various periods they
had quarrels which were made up again.
On Saturday evening, a new difficulty"a
rose between them, the precise cause of
which is not known. The cook ordered
her to clean oir a table, which she refused
to do. Mutual recrimination passed' be
tween them ; and the woman, Charlotte
Levering, seizing a large carving knife,
the blade of which was twelve or thirteen
inches in length, threatened to stab him
if he repeated .his words. He bared his
breast and invited the blow, and the wo
man immediately plunged the knife in his
body. The bladeentercd below the heart.
making a dreadful wound., Mr. Debau
fre, one of the proprietors of the house,
hearing the noise rushed below, and enter
ed the kitchen just as Rod fell back from
the effects of the blow, and caught him in
bis arms. The gash was horrible, and
the man died' in less than five minutes af
ter its infliction, having iq, vain tried to
speak. The Woman, Charlotte, escaped,
but was pursued by one of the waiters in'
the establishment, who caught her in
Lodge alley and arrested her.
. The Coroner held an inquest on the bed=
dy, the jury rendered a verdict "that the
deceased, Louis Rod, came to his death
by wounds inflicted at the hands of Char
lotto Levering "
The murderess was taken to the north
east lockup, and the body of Rod taken
in charge by the Coroner. A hearing of
the woman will take place this meriting
before. Mayor Swift. She subsequently
escaped, during the exciternot, and iii the
street enquired for the residence of Mayor
On being informed, she repaired
to his house, rang the bell, enitTed, and
told the Mayor that she had killed Rod.—
The Mayor thought her insane, but finally.
Olt for. an officer, and had her secured.
•'• Finra thin I'enneyl"l iinn of Septernb , t 1811,‘
gurclei' of liod,—The excitement, rel
ative to the dreadful tragedy at the corner
of Ninth street and Lodge alley,. Was
somewhat increased yesterday, in cons°.
tiuthiee of a suppoSed hearing of the mur
deress, before Mayor Swift. The crowd
about the police office was numerous, ev
ery avenue being blocked up with an ex
cited multitude. Charlotte Levering;
tli• accused, is rather a good-looking
young Irish wornan, but from her counte.
twice, one is led to suppose that she has
been the child of misfortune. She was
married, during the summer of 1848, to a
sailor, who shortly after deserted her,
when she made her home at a house in
Water street, above Chestnut. Complaint,
ofthe harsh treatment received from her
husband, was made at the police office, soon
after, marriage. She has also resided ut
a number of other places in the city and
districts. 'Charlotte alleges, that it was
:far -from her intention to murder young
.Rod, :and feels her deplorable situation.
--
Yesterday, she was committed to Moya
mousing prison, but will have a hearing
before • Mayor Swift to-morrow morning,
At 10. o'clock.
From !he Pennsylvanian of Sopromber 19.6
The Ninth street Tragedy.
If the following version from the Daily
Sun,
of the previous relations between the
'manhilled by Charlotte Levering and that
woman; should turn out to be true, it will
very' materlly alter- the aspect • of the
glee lqte' ifomicide Case.—Wbo have
gleaned sonic faCtS and circumstances in
connection withthe homicide case of Sat.
urday, which materially alter the'first ye—
port. The maiden name of the young wo
man was Pbarlotte Levering. She was
,borii in Dublin, and was brought to this
country when she was between three and'
four . years old. "She has been here about
sixteen years, thus making her age to be
between 10 and 20 years. She is a fine
lo' ing young wbrirrin;--clear skin, black
and dark eyes. She has - not the ad:
Yanto, be ~of education. For tou'r 'or five
yegyoliii lived with'. Mr. and Mrs. 'Han-.
so476:lTOily t .in ," South Wontstreet, and
-
itsitipoo : ta:do
,houp,**lt; there.
Thi.4 pliiice'is'erespdetable
Al°lll.M,And the,re, Charitittis abiiduc,
~..,,_ .JIIIO3S-OF ADVBIITISINa:
eithre of 16 tines, fir istk'l {nisi:km; VI iSO
11,,d0 •do , •do , 3 . . do. .1 00
• - ach'iubsequent insertion, 0 25.
I do 3 th'onthtt . 250
1 do 6 Months : 1) • 4 - 00
I •nginth.lll • •; ' 70 0
,/to 3. Monthit v • 00
2' do '• 6 '• • • 6'oo'
2 'do ''• 12 monthe' • • .sir 10 00
3do 3 months , .•; 600
3 do , 6 months • 900
3do 12 nuniths, • ' 12 00
5 do or hatfavotumni 6 months' 12 00
5 do or half n column, 12 months 20.00
10 do or One cdlmmn, . 6 tnonthe 20 00
10 do or one boluthn, 12 months • 30 00 •
Books, Jobs and Blanks •
Of every description, printed in the very bat sty ld
and on the shortest notice, at the COUNTRY JOOL.
GAR Office.
ted herself with Marked propriety: 'ln,
the month of; May last, she'married. a sai,
tor, named McKaig, who, shortly after the
interesting ceremony was performed,. ship ! .
ped in the U. S. ship Independence; bound !
for the Mediteranean. Previous to his
departure, he left an allotment licket, of
half pay to her, at the office of'Williain.
Sloanaker, Esq., Navy Agent. In conse
quence of her 'marriage ' she left the fami ,
ly of Mr. Hanson, and has been living in
different places since that time. Shoal.,
ways acted an honest part towards those,
with whom she lived.
About six weeks or two months. ago, she,
' engaged to do,work in the kitchen, at the,
Hotel, comer of Ninth street and Lodge
alley, and it was here that Lewis Rod saw
her for the first time. He was struck,
with her beauty, made certain advances,
and of ected.to be deeply in love with her.
She did not divulge her marriage to any,
one about the establishment, and the.-ad=
vances made by Rod, up to a, certain time,
were not improper. He finally grew
more desperate, and finding that she . would
not yield to his desires, ho became cross
and sullen, and exhibited considerable
jealousy if any other men about the place
happened to speak to her.
If she went from the kitchen up to the
yard, he dogged her' footsteps; and even
went so far as to go to one of her acquain.;
tances, where he made groat pretenti94
of love for her. She did not..return:ink
passion; and consequently ho would
der her about as though she was a mem
serf, and treat her with indignity. ThO
report that ho had illicit intercourse with
her, is not founded iii fact. It was in con-
sequence of repelling his dishonorable at.
tempts, that he became angry with her,
Such were the gross insults heaped Upon
her, that two weeks ago, she expressed .;
desire to a friend, to quit the place, r
was on the look-out for an engagemet:
a respectable family, at the time she s
the final blow.
A strong aspect in the case is,
defended and sustained her own honor,
several occasions; and finally, in a leo : ,
ment of madness, goaded to that 1•64 t.
when forbearance ceases to be a vtrra-.-
•
by the very man who would have r0‘.,,);.1
her of her reputation, she plunged
into his bosom, and he fell a corps.
She was committed to prison Irt, fl ,loay
by the Mayor, on ltr own c011!'e.5 , -.4):1,,-- T
She did not intend to kill him, nor dick
expect to _receive a fatal blow when, he
bared his breast, and taunted her to strike
him. -;
. .
Russx_ix I, 7 exonANce.—Be d
in the
chapel was a rack, and on both aides of
the rack were several rows, of
,gallows
some miles in length, and. instruments of
torture ready for the unfortunate victims:
The punishment were in accordance with
the degree of culpability and station in
society of the rebels. In the first row of
gallows the most guilty were executed,: af
ter being subject to the rack they were
quartered alive. The leaders had their
hands and left leg cutoff, and afterward
impaled on long spikes, end left to their
horrible fate: Their groans was heard
for miles, and their bodies feasted the eyes
of the panic stricken population. In the
second row of gallows they were only
quartered, & their sufferings were aileast
shorter. In tho third row the partiesylere
simply beheaded. In the fourth row they
were merely hanged. In the fifth they
ran the gauntlet and tho knot. All the
ecclesiastics were burned. There .wore
separate gallon s for women, and rnaidens:
Even children of thirteen years were sub
ject to great cruilty. Married Coup*
were occasionally litinged on the. same
gallows, as ,well as whole, families.'
Du
ring the space of three months, iamto
human beings were executed, in Preaelied
of Deglonrouki. Stenkq Resin's neplieW
and. particular friend was quartered. .
mong the female prisoners was a liadserrie
nun, who over her female garrxiente,had
a male attire. She commandedn carhs
of 7,000 men, gave more than settee proefs
of extraordinary courage and ;teat abili
ty in the field, and •inflicted terrible loss..
es On the ' Russians . When summoned
before Dolgorouki, she displayed a'fiiii
ness and presence of mind •difficultio.de:
scribe,nild said, if every orie'iinder
cernmand had done 'his ditty ,Stieli.'a
manner as she had dene; in
stead of erecting gallOWsi would litiVoTa
ken to hie heels.. As foci a nun in Russia
'to run away from a monasterYien'eapitat
'offence, she lay down quietly on the • fa
acrid pile, and Was burned
,tonsll66--
The 'dangling dead 'bodies 'of 'so .nitiny•
thousand_ veterans . brought many erows•
and ravens, which 'devoured . thes.,:cor'pses..,
Prein that time that subitrh Was called the
suburb' of The the Uk
it '
GOLD BY LETTER.—The - stelitilet Env
pire City brought Over eleven .tliousund
lettere from Among, ,them
were several neutlx Betvtcl 114neti
d: erected tt , ticr . :Nytghing
gres,. irec a
Dorn four to sWeen utte -'were !)
it ritaxAtepre4l46i64fiv.elt
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