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Address. J ACORY fc IKET.ER.
Moomibnrf . Coiumaia I'nuuly, Fa.
For tiie Democrat and Star.
Columbia County's Serenade to
Iliester Clymer.
T col. Jou o. nozt,
Jttr"Klng lltnrg of JVavarr,"
Wo era eonilaj Iliaslsr Clruier, from tbo valleys aud
the bill.
Wear ontnf from tho el-arings, from tho work
abop. from th utilla ;
. are full four tbuianU voters, and unitedly we
stand, - . -.
On hope turpi roe each boaom.and one motive nerves
- the band.
Cnoaoo-Avaot there Johnny Geary, why do yon turn
your bark,
it!'nt 8tonowall Jackson who is couiinj on your
Bat it full' four thonimnd" voters wilh n ballot and a
will
And ran far aa ever 70a can, tbo ballot's sure to
It Is to plaoo an Jjonost man, ones again In (Ualr of
state -
And aee on f food old Commonwealth, with new hap
piness elate ;
Bo full four thousand ballots with your name on every
no,
We'll depnsitfntha antes lon'b.'fjro the set or son,
1'aoaca Avast Uicie Jwhnny tieaxy, olc.
TTiry nro tbo votes of honest men, tn lovo ol
coniilry true.
?Vbo daro bel ieve that Ptslcs have ritbts. and that
wbile men have them l'o .
froo as tbo air wo offer tliein. so swells tha tide
alnnc.
Aad stakes voar trao mijoriiy, fall fifty tbcusand
strwnf.
Caocca Avaet tbaro Johnny Geary. &c.
fJo. brother vf tbo Keystone, conio listen to oar
oon(.
Raise bigb tbo voice for Clymer. end let it roll alnnc.
Till from the rushing Delaware, the still increasing
roar
Breaks wiib a trashing thunder shout on fair Ohio's
sbore.
Caeaos -Avast there Johnny Geary, tec
COMMUNICATIONS.
' T.II88R3 Editors : "We, fellow-?olJicrs,
in response to the call of our country, im
pelled by patriotic motives, kit our homes
nod friend ftmi "went "forth' to the fielJ of
battle, to endure all the privations and Buf
ferings incident to a soldier's life, to aid in
nutting down the rebellion and restore the
Union. The rebellion tras put down, but
ha the Uuion been restored ? No 1 and
why. not? because the present Rump Con
gress, from selfish motives, aud in order to
fiocure the perpetuation of their party in
iHJWcr. have labored inwssantlj to prevent
iL Now if we vrifsh the Union restored
upon terms of equal richts and justice to
pvery State, let us, with united voice and
action, by all honest means in our power,
remoTO from iower the party which now
suled, or rather mirules, and pla'.o the
reins of Government in the hands of men
of right principles, men who will take the
Constitution and Laws made in accordance
therewith as thir guide, and therefore, let
us earnestly labor to secure the election of
Hox. Heister Cltmek and all other nom
inees of the Democratic party, and let U3
uupport President JonxsoN in all his no
ble efforts to restore the Union and nan
tain the Constitution.
. Greenwood, August 8th, 1SGC G. L. K.
For the Democrat and Star
' Messrs Editors : In reviewing the ter
rible struggle from whioh the Anitncan peo
ple have just emerged, how thankful all con
wrrative and all law-abiding citizsnn should
feel, that the great leaders of our Northern
Armies vi : Grant, McClw.lan and
Huirmax, were men who' respected the
Coo'titution and Laws of our Countrj-.
Had they been imbued with the Deinoniao
spirit that characterizes the majority of the
present llnrop Congress, there is no esti
mating the misery they conld hav inflicted,
when we contemplate th xat power they
wielded ; but to descend in the scale, crea
tnres, sycophant? and lick-spittlen were all
ready to do the dirty work assigned them.
Like the swollen stream as its rolume increas
es, during the storm, throws to the surface
a vast deal of drift-wood and trash ; so du
ring the great civil war, when lawj were sus
pended and military despotism was the
order of the day, wo had lots of human
drift-wood floating about. Men scarce
ly noticed when society was in its normal
condition were then prominent actors, and
like the taught Parrot would sing out Irai
tor," " Copperhead," 44 Treason," and all
the other epithets well known in in the Abo
lition vocabulary ; Int sinc Johnson s Uefi
tiition of Traitor and Trctuon, it is all
tiuiet along the lines." ... But of all tho ba.se
ingratitude during tho late troubles, was
that of a larga portion of the Clergy, who
seemed by their actions to have, more rever
ence for John Brown, of Harpers Ferry
notoriety, than for Christ of Calvary. This
vicinity, viz : Benton, Columbia County, is
troubled with occasional visits of one of that
clas3,known by the cognomen of P. P. II. 11.,
who continues his wrviccs out of epite, it
ppears, or ebefor the good of a few Abo
litionists here, who arc in a " very bad way,"
just now, from Catnip John down. This
same P. I. IL, In an edited address to the
soldiers, 6aid, he justified the arrest and in
carceration of some of our best citizens ;
the very men who in connection with their
Jmmediata ancestry assisted to feed and
clothe him before his degeneracy. How nice
trig mne,j 013 peiya m gwus "i' J " "
the creek, and his brave body guard, (who
escaped the draft by a miraculous interposi
tion just in time,) stood by hia, and accom
panied hiia, regardless of danger, through
e.11 hii fatixins marches; but without any
f arther irony, really, P. P., if you bavo or
dinary Eagacity, you must saQ your presence
is ofrnrivs &b! the cresturg ha-l the au
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able people were with him ; for example,
SSfSPbW guard and the man known
here for his generosity m wanting to charge
anoldcripplo t.00 for exhibiting sacred
scenes in the Cliurch, at this place, and
these are about his stock in trade,, (except a
few out siders who fawu around him tor his
negro proclivities,) and the-community can
fudge what sparkling intellects encompass
luin,
August 8th, 1SC6.
Bb??ton.
BURIED ALIVE.
Is it true that eomeliincs "coming events
cast thoir shadows before ?" Is it true that
at times the mighty unknown of future
vaguely impresses it.elf upon the present ?
I think So. If not, how do we get that pre
science of good or evil that so strongly ele
vates with hope or depresses with fear ? that
throws over our spirits the serenity of a pla
cid lake, or tho wild agitations of a stormy
sea?
From my earliest recollection I had always
been afraid of being buried alive. 1 do not
remember that the fear of death had ever
troubled me only the fear of entering the
grave while yet a living man, and Incoming
conscious of it when too late. Of all the
horrors which the mind can conjure up, this,
to ma, always seemed the most drcadiul,and
the fear of it fastened itself upon me with all
the power of a hauntiug specter ; ana it tic
cam one of the deep concerns of my life to
guard against it. At. twenty-two years of
age I ordered my coffin and purchased my
tomb. The coffin was so constructed that a
living person closed up in it could touch cer
tain springs and throw it all apart ; and the
tomb wa contrived with proper ventilation,
and provided with blankets and key inside,
so that in case of life returning after burial,
I could secure myself against a deadly chill
and speedilv find my way out.
Why had" I this fear to lead rac to these
precautions, unlaw the coming reality had
east its shadow upon tae ? My monomania,
as many termed it, was known to all my
friends, every one of whom had been sepa
rately charged to see me positively dead be
fore burial. But what arc precautions taken
against fate ? 1 was doomed to be buried
alive after all.
At the time I speak of, I was twenty-seven
years of age, and living in my native place
an inland city. Urgent business called me
to Boston where 1 had only one acquaint
ance, a very dear friend, who often invited
me to come and make him a long visit. Un
fortunately, he was out of town, and expect
ed to be absent several days ; but his family
insist od on my making their house my home
during my stay in the city, ond would not,
in fact, permit ma to go elsewhere. On the
third day I had finished my business, and, as
it was the last of the week, I decided to re
main two or three days longer, and I should
perhaps get a bight of my friend before leav
ing. On the .following morning I was found
dead in my bed at least it wa so reported,
and the itrongest evidence I have acainst it
is the fact that I am living now. The peo
ple of the house, of course, were much ox
cited and alarmed their physician was called
in, and afterward the coroner. It was at
length decided to put me in a enffin, and
place me in a church vault until the return
of my friend, who would, of course, have my
body conveyed to my native place for inter
ment Thus it is fecn that all my precaution avail
ed me nothing, for abroad, almost among
strangers, I had taken on th semblance of
death, ami had been coffined and entombed
in the ordinary way.
I returned to consciousness in tho night,
in the vault of the church, t )f course, I
knew not where I wa. My first impression
wasone of Ftrange pressure and confinement.
I fancied, as in a dream, that 1 had been
seized for a maniac, a Ftrait-jacktt put upon
me, and then forced into a narrow cell. 1 his
idea did not long hold its pl.tce. As my mind
grew clearer, I lcgan to recall what had. hap
pened the past week leaving homeTguing to
Boston, transacting my business, and so on.
I remembered being at my friend's house,
and of deciding to remain longer than I first
intended, hoping for his return bt-f'ore my
departure. All this gradually became clear,
along with the last pleasant evening I had
spent with h'u family. But then came a
blank. What had happened since ? And
where was 1 now ? I attempted to rise, and
fund niysflf shut up in some narrow phice
that scxret'ly allowed any movement what
ever. How did I get there '( What did it
mean ?
Suddenly my life-long fear relured upon
me with a new terror that no language can
express- Perhaps the dread horror had come,
and I had been buried alive at last ! The
thought was so appalling, that for some mo
ments I remained paralyzed. Then 1 seem
ed gathered into one great ngonr, which sent
forth the most wild, piercing shrieks of de
spair that ever issued from mortal lips.
Yes, it was a truth I My foreboding had
ended in a reality, and I waj now the tenant
of a coffia, if not a grave ! With another
shriek I turned in my m narrew house, gath
ered in my strength as it were, and threw it
out from me with what cecmed the bursting
power of a giant. There came a sharp crack:
my prison seemed tlightly to expand, and 1
fancied I felt a change V f air. I rested a
moment, prayed God to help me, and repeat
ed the effort with even greater power. 1 here
was no resisting this The coffin lid was
burst assunder with a crash, and my limbs
and body were free in -the awful darkness
which enveloped me the raylcsa darkness
of a tomb I . .
In considering this wonderful feat, it
should be borne in mind that none of my
strength had been exhausted by sickness,
and that besides beingnaturally a very strong,
powerful man, my physical powers were per
haps doubled by my fear and despair.
1 was free now to breathe the damp, de
licious air of what I believed to be a vault
or a tomb; bnt 1 confess my terror was scarce
ly lessoned at the thought cf having extend
ed the limits of my prison ; for after all I
might not be able to escape 1 rom this horri
ble place ; and if not, it would only be a pro
longation of the agonies of life and death.
Fortunately I had been coffined in my own
garments, and it was a season of the year
when I could not suffer from cold, eo that
question of life without escape was reduced
to two points suffocation from foul air, or
starvation. H I could escapo the first, I
knew there were several days of life before
me, and perhaps the time would be long
enough, with unremitted toil, for me to dig
my way out, like a convict from his prison.
The first thing for we to ascertain was the
dimensions of my Bepulcher. Whether it
was day or night I could not then tell, for I
could see nothing whatever not even my
hand when I held it close up before my eyes.
Every thing must be done by feeling, and
though Brraddering with horror at the thought
of what I might discover, I knew that delay
BURG, COLUMBIACO., PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
about the work before me. I rose up in my
coffin and stretched my hand above .my
head, but they came in contact with nothing.
I felt out on either side but felt no object. I
put them down below the coffin, and found
it rested on a slab that was supported some
distance above the ground, I could not tell
how much. I got out of the coffin carefullv,
stretched down my feet till they touched a
solid basis,' and then slowly and cautiously
began to grope around the vault. I soon
touched the wall on one side, and carefully
felt of the stones, I found them as I feared
I should, large, solid, and evidently put to
gether with cement There seemed little
hope of my ever finding my way through
them. I followed the wall along till I came
to a pile of coffins, one upon the other reach
ing up as high as my head. They had evi
dently been there for a long time, and I fan
cied, from the slippery feeling, were mildew
ed and decayed. After passing these, 1 Came
to another pile of colins, not so high as the
first but even more decayed. In turning
from these my feet slipped, I fell against
them, and the upper one came down with a
crash, burst open, and thebones fell out with
a phosphorescent glare, lightingup the dark
ness and looking like so many orbs of fire. I
staggered back with an involuntary yell of
horror tho thing wa3 ho sudden and the
sjectacle so awful.
My reason returned in a moment,, and,
though my nervous system had received a
shock that for a longtime kept me weak and
trembling, yet I saw at once how much I wqs
the gainer by the accident, si nee by this
means I now had a dim view of the charnel
house which had become my prison, if nut
mv grave. The vault was not large, but con
tained quite a number of coffins, not one of
which was new save my own. which led me
tc believe that it had seldom been used of
late years, except, perhaps, as a place of
temporary deposit. It was a strange light to
sec by, the phosphorescence of dead men's
bones ; and when I take every thing into
consideration, my return to consciousness,
the horrible suspicions, certainties, and dis
coveries which followed in appalling order, I
am even now compelled to wonder how it
was possible for me to keep my senses, and
to continue my cllurt to escape with thccool-ne-y
I did.
I soon found the door to tho vault It wai
a wooden one, and seemed much decaj-cd
on tha inside, like tho coffiins I have men
tioned. I tried it with trembling eagerness,
but discovered, alas ! it was fastened on the
outisule probably secured by heavy iron
bolts. Oh I for the ue of an axe for half an
hour ! 1 would willingly have given for it all
I was worth in the world. I struck against
the door with my fist, and threw my body
heavily against it; but only to discover its
massive solidity, and to know that, without
some implement to work with, all my efforts
to escape would be worse than vain .that 1
might as well sret down and wait my appoin
ted time.
But perhaps some tool might lc found in
the vault, left there by mistake? Some
hatchet, hammer, pick , crowbar, something!
1 searched cvcy-wlicrc:,as well as I could by
the dim, ghastly light, but found only two
things that I could possibly use a. large
spiked nail and a cbble-stouc weighing
over si pound. How preciousdid even these
seem 1 No miser ever clutched his gold and
diamonds with such intense and heartfelt
joy as I did these possible keys to the living
world.
There was a portion of the door fo decay
ed that,-with the u.c of the nail and the
stone, I beleived I could work a hole through
larse enough, perhaps, to admit my arm;
and ns this place was near where the bolt, if
a single one, would naturally be, I had great
hope that I might be able to reach and slide
it back. With this idea, I commenced at
once, with all the energy of a man in my
situation and lor hours I labored unremit
tingly hammering, prying, and getting off
splinter by splinter, till at last I found I
could pass my ami through the aperture. O!
what wild emotions of hope and fear thrilled
mc then ! . 1 trembled from head to loot, my
respiration became gasping and. difficult,
large beads of perspiration siceiued to start
fruin every pore, and, sinking down 011 my
knees, I prayed God to have mercy on me.
and restore me to the world of life. Then I
aro?e slowly, thrust iny arm through the
aperture, and f it around for tin; bolt
My hand touched it Withtremblingoager
nessi worked back; and then the hea vy
door came fclowly 01 er:j harshly grating on
its hinges. Oh? Heaven ! what a moment
was that ! Perhaps 1 was to be delivered
from t hat awful sepuk-acr ! The very t bought
was an overjowciing;oy, which my nervous
sj'stem, so long wrought up to the most in
tense excitement, c uld not War, and I
fainted, and fell at the foot of tho stairs
which lead upward from the charnel vault.
When consciousness and strength again
returned to.me, 1 went slowly tad tremb
lingly up the damp, dfm and narrow stairs,
till 1 came to the tlag that shut in the whole.
O11111ypowcrtorai.se this depended . every
thing ! I put my shoulder against it, aud
pressed upward with all my might Gracious
heavens I It did not move I I was doomed 1
I uttered a wild, pierzing shriek, and fell
back in deepair the most wretched ln ing in
existence. As I tat there, on one of the cold,
slimy stops, in an agony of mind that must
soon have deprived my burning, throbbing
brain of reason, I fancied I heard steps above
me. What! Human life alove and I to le
doomed to death in a srcpulcher? No, no !
Never! never I I sprang to my feet with the
determination andstrengthofamadmnn and,
again putting my shoulder to the stone, sent
it upward with a force that turned it . over
with a crash. Fresh air and light burst in up
on me. I saw I was tcneath the roof of a
church, and, leaping up from my pit, I yelled
forth my joy. . w
It was an early hour in the morning, and
the sexton had come into the church to put
certain things to right'. Seeing mc spring
upward from the tomb with an appalling
yell, he instantly fled, with a shriek of tcrsor.
lie soon returned, however, with half a
dozen excited spectators, and found mc on
my knees, giving thauis to God for my won
derful deliverance.
I scarcely need add that my friend's fami
ly were astonished beyond measure to see me
back among them, a living man. The next
day I had the pleasure of taking my friend
himself by the hand, nnd giving him an . ac
count of my dcs&h, burial and resurrection.
As had tcen arranged, he went home with
mv bodv. but not with my corpse. Since
then I have never traveled alone, for fear of
again being buried alive. The doctors, after
a wise consultation, pronounced mine a rath
er singular case of caUJepsy.
JEST A lady who ha I been just three days
married, perceiving her husband enter, f tolo
secretly behind him, nnd gave him a kiss ;
tho husband was angrj', and said she offend
ed against decency. f"Pardon me," the ex-
p1o?rr)Or 'J f)ifj T-P Vt; rwiVj TVP ft !"
TRUTH AND RIGHT GOD AND OUR
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Great State Trials in this
Country.
The Chief Justice of the United States
having been clothed by a recent act of Con
gress with authority to hold a special term
of the Circuit Court of the United States
in Richmond, it is now generally conceded
t hat ex-President Davis will be arraigned
for trial upon the charge of " treason ' in
tho month of October next
The trial will be the most important which
has ever taken place in this or any other
country. No such State tri.d ever occurred
in England. It is a remarkable fact in the
history of Richmond, that if the trial of
Davis shall te held there, three of tho most
important State trials .which have taken
place in this country will havo occurred in
that City.
The history of the two previous trials is
thus given by the Richmond Timet:
The trial of John Thompson Calendar, in
ISthJ, for seditious lilel upon President
John Adams, was the first of these criminal
cases.
Calendar himself was little worthy of tho
whirlwind of excitement which his trial
then excited.
1 Te was a foreigner who was represented
to have been as depraved in morals as he
was malignant in temper. His case derives
its importance from the fact that the Demo
cratic leaders of that day having marshalled
their forces for a terrible conflict with the
Federal party, availed thcmclvcs of his
trial, and of the rude, contemptuous and
indecent conduct of the partisan Judge who
presided, to break down the alien and sedi
tion laws, and impeach the ju-tice of the
Supreme Court, who had made himself
most odious in mercilessly enforcing them.
The alien and sedition laws punished with
fine and imprisonment any one who discuss
ed with disrespectful asperity the jrublicaets
of the President of the United States. Cal
endar published a harsh and vulgar political
pamphlet in which ho abused President
Adams.
For this he was indicted, on the 2Sth of
May, IS(K), by the grand jury of the Cir
cuit Court of the United States, Justice
Chase presiding. The prisoner was defend
ed by Messrs. Uay, Nicholas and Wirt, and
the course of the trial was marked by the
mo-t brutal and indecent conduct on tho
part of justice Chase towards the counsel
for the defence. He refused all reasonable
and proper motions for a continuance, bul
lied and scolded the counsel for Calender,
ami played the part of prosecutor in a man
ner to completely eclipse the District Atfor
ney. HL rulings were evidently dictated
by bitter party feelings, and why not by
justice or precedent.
When Wirt was proceeding to argue to
the jury that the alien and sedition at was
unconstitutional, Judge Chase insultingly
ordered him to take his scat The counel
for the defence then refused to argue the
case. After along aud violent charge from
Justice Chase the jury retired, and, after an
absence of two hours, brought in a verdict
of " guilty," and the court sentenced Cal
endar to nine months imprisonment and im
posed a fine of two hundred dollars. Cal
endar was subsequently pardoned by Presi
dent Jefferson upon the express grounds
" that the law was absolute a uulity as if
Congress had ordered us to fall down and
worship a golden image."
The tempest which his trial occasioned
through out the United States at that time
can scarcely be understood. The newspa
pers of the. day were for the first time,
crammed with detailed reports of the case.
Virginia was in a llame ; for, even before
the trial affidavits were circulated in which
it was stated that, before the trial. Justice
Chase had said he would have no " d Dem
ocrats on the grand jury," and, "that he
would teach the lawyers of Virginia the dif
ference between tho liberty and licentious
ness of the pres!i" He also likened him
self to a " schoolmaster who was alout to
birch a few unruly loys as they deseved."
His political admirers got up caricatures
of this judicial ruffian stretching in turn,
Wirt, Hay, Nichols and other eminent Vir
ginians across his knee and Hogging them
soundly. His rude, coarse and indecent. le
havior during Calendar's trial, was design
ed to humiliate the spirited and able bar cf
this citj. The slaps ho gave Nichols and
Hay. at the outset of the trial were terrible
specimens of judicial mden ss.
Tho offended and insulted lawyers .resent
ed the conduct of Judce Chase so fiercely,
that John Randolph, at their instance, pre
ferred articles of impeachment against him,
five of them based upon "Calendar's trial."
He wa found guilty upon the articla which
charged "rude, contemptuous aud inde
cent conduct to counsel," although acquitt
ed upon other chanres. Nothing but party
sympathy of the Federal members of the
Senate saved him from conviction by a two
thirds vote, and the imieachmcnt is said to
have utterly crushed Judge Chase.
The next great State trial, whieh drew
the attention of millions to the Circuit
Court of the United Suites at Richmond,
was that of Burr, for treason, which com
menced on the ""Jnd of May, ISO". Rich
mond was then a city of only six thousand
inhabitants, and it is said that there were at
the commencement of. the trial, twice that
numbered' strangers in the city. Among
the striking scenes of that day was that of a
lank, ungainjy man, named Andrew Jack
son, who is described as " mounting upon
the steps of a corner grocery, and denounc
ing Thomas Jefferson fur the part he had
taken in frustrating tho scheme" of Aaron
Burr. The trial took place in the present
hall of the House, of Delegates, and the
struggle for admission was terrible. So
great was the number of distinguished jar
gons claiming seats within the bar, that law
yers of twenty years standing were excluded
from their accustomed scats. Among the
yonng men of the town, who succeeded in
forcing their way in, was Winficld Scott,
who clamored up and stood for many hours
on the massive lock ol the door ot the hall.
Justice Marshal presided at the trial, assist
ed by Cyrus Griffin, Judge of the District
Court of Virginia. George 1 lav, who de
fended Calanller, was the United States Dis
trict Attorney, and with him were associat
ed Alexander McRae, who at. the time of
the trial, was Lieut: Gov. of Virginia. Ed
mund Randolph, John Wickham, Luther
Martin. Benjamine Botts and "Jack -Baker,"
appeared for Burr. The grand juries
of those days were composed of tho most
eminent and distinguished men of the State,
and wefind a U. S. Senator (Giles) among
tho grand jurors, who was vrithdrmcn in
consequence of " prejudices against tho ac
cused.' John Randolph the great orator
of Roanoke was smmmoned in the place of
Senator Giles, and was foreman of the grand
jury. Contrast this grand Jury with that
which so lately met at Norfolk, nnd after
listening to Judge Underwood's Ilaranguo,
found a true bill against Mr. Davis I
After the finding of a true bill fourteen
- eresrfpt 'in cet jing an tn ynHHil ji ry
COUNTRY.
who. had neither formed nor expressed an
opinion as to tho guilt of the accused."
Out of a renin; of forty-eight but four men
were found whose opinions were sufficiently
undecided to permit them to act as jurors.
There lva,s but one juryman pre-cinptorily
challenged by Burr. It must be borne in
mind that he had, but a short time before
his trial, killed Alexander Hamilton in a
duel. A person who was being examined
as to his competency as a juror, sharply
questioned and somewhat nettled by Burr's
counsel, turning to the spectators, said :
I am surprised they should be in euch ter
ror of me. Perhaps it is because my
name is Hamilfon." " That remark," ex
claimed Burr, " is a sufficient reason for
objecting to him. I challenge him pre-cmpt-or'ily."
Out of a second venire of f rty
cight all had formed unfavorable opinions to
the accused, and matters looked so despe
rate that the counsel for the defence .moved
to squah the trial, fur the simple reason
that no impartial jury could bo obtained.
A jury was at last obtained Jy permitting
JJurr to ft lrrt eight Jurors, who were added
to the fuuralrcady selected in the usual way.
The procurement of a jury had occupied
from the 2nd to the. 17th of Aucrust and on
that day the examination of witnesses for
the government commenced. The examin
ation of the witnesses and the argument of
counsel continued from the 17th to the L"Jth
of August, when Chief Justice Marshall
virtually decided the case by that famous
opinion, the reading of which occupied more
than three hours. N'o "ovcract"Vf treason
had been proved asraiust Burr, and the deci
sion of Marshall that no testimony, relative
to the conduct or declarations of the prison
er, cWwhere and subsequent to the transac
tion on Blannci-hassot Island, ((he alleged
ov-rt act of treason,) can be admitted; be
cause such testimony being in its nature cor
roborative, end incompetent to prove the
overt act in itself, i-j irrevalent until there
cau be proof of the overt act by two witness
es. The jury with these instruct ions return
ed the followingqualilied verdict of acquittal:
"We of the jury say that Aaron Burr is not
proved (0 be guiliy un,der the indict merit by
any evidence submitted t j us. Wo, there
fore, find him not guilty."
This verdict greatly excited Burr, who at
oiice sprang to his feet, and with great ex
citement of manner protested against the
form of the indictment, and demanded that
it should be rendered in the regular and less
damaging form. The verdict was finally en
tered on the record as "not guilty." Bun
was then admitted to bail, and tried and ac
quitted of the charge of misdemeanor, on
the ground that the offence was not com
mitted in Virginia. Thus, eight months
after his arrest, and six months alter the com
mencement of proceedings against him in
lrima, Burr was once more free.
The trials of Calender and Burr, in their
day and generation, enchained the attention
of the whole nation, but compared with the
proposed trial of tho ex-President of the
Confederate States, they shrink info abso
lute insignificance. Calender was a low, bru
tal and drunken hack writer, whose cause
was expounded by a party then rising into
Ejwcr, to Annihilate the Federal party.
urr was a disappointed adventurer, whose
real o'yect must always remain a question of
grave uuuui.
The distinguished and unfortunate states
man who is s?oon to be tried is tho represen
tative of the millions who agreed with him
in sentiment and who conferred upon him
unsolicited and dangerous honors. His
character as a man of spotless integrity,
abilitv and christian virtue, is not question
ed, nor .i it pretended that he is the author
and principal promoter of the late civil war.
Thousands who were far more active in ini-
mtincr hostilities than hinclt have lioen
long since pardoned. 11c alone, merely as a
consequence of bar 1113 held a high office, is
to be tried for his Ji'e.
In this trial we recognrzo the arraignment
and prosecution not of one man, but of an
entire section. Hence in dignity and impor
tance it will be the mot important trial
which has ever occurred.
Three Men Suffocated in a Well.
Three brothers, Merlin, Charles and Al
len Mea l, living at Cross River, in the town
of Lewisboro' Westchester county, alsmt
live miles from Katonah Station on the
Harlem Railroad, wero suffocated in a well
on Tuesday. Merlin, who was a bachelor,
and Allen, who wits married, lived upon the
homestead of their father, which th-y own
ed together, and Charles possessed a farm
which lay adjoining.
On Tuesday, Merlin took a pail, and in
company with one of Lis nephews, went to a
well at a barn-yard, a f-w hundre d feet from
tho house. This wtll was not ordinarily
used, except in winter time, and wa.s kept
coverd with board". He removed thcsc.and
in endeavoring to draw eut some water, lost
the pad. Then he descended into the well,
sustaining himself uj -on the stones with which
the wall was made. Before reaching the
water be slipped and fell. The lad who had
come with him 'ran to the houso and gave
an alarm. Allen rushed to the well and
hurried down it to rescue his brother from
drotrning.
"When" he had gone about half-wny to the
water, he slackened his speed, aud set his
feet firmly against the stones on each side of
tho well. His arms he also placed in the
evenings between the stones. Almost imme
diately hi.s head dropped forward, and he
Iteerunc insensible ; but his limbs were fo
braced and stiffened, that his body remained
suspended. The terrified women and children
could, of course, do nothing to aid the dead
or lying men. As soon as possible the oth
er brother, Charles Mead, was called. He
said ho would go down and take out Allen,
who, he thought, must be still alive. The
women, now convinced that the air in tho
well was so poisoned that it would not sup
.... ... , ..
Hiort hie, legged him loocsist lie insisted,
jowever, saying that he would enter tho
w-.ll. and if he found that he could not help
h'u brother, would return immediately. So
ia-tcning to his leg a rope which he intended
to tic around Alien's body for the purpose
of hoisting it out, ho stepped into tho we 11,
and nuickly but carefully descended. He
had hardly reached the place where the
lody wa., when he made an effort to come
to the surface, but his strength was insuf
ficient, and he fell. By this time all the
member of tho two families were assembled
at the well, and the scene was one that need
not be described. In the confusion a boy. a
relative of one of the men, rushed to tho
well, and in spite of tho resistanco of the
women, got himself in the mouth of it, but
he poon felt the stifling effect of the air, and
started up in time to save his life. After
ward the threo dead men were dragged out
with hooks. The funeral took place on
"Wednesday, from the homestead. The
brothers were much respected, and were pos
ca.v1 "rfj'Pmvlorqblq srcglth. Hr. J.vr. 5.
Two
15,1866.
Bill to Equalize Bounties.
'n, C.llnwinrr n tho hill to eoual'ize boun-
ties, as it passed both Houses, and was ap
proved by the President :
" Krrrrriv 1 Ri it rnocfcd. that to
each and every soldier who enlisted into (he
army of the United States at ter the 1 5th day
of April, 1SGI, for a period of not less than
served his term of
enlistment, has been honorably discharged,
ana who ha received or is entiuea to rcccivo
from the United States, under existing laws,
a bounty "of one hundred dollars, and no
limrn 'ItiiI nnrr ci,rli cljlwr nnll:1fl1 till Tlflf.
less than three years, who has been honora
,. ... . , .
oly discharged on account ol woundsreccivea
in tlio linr rf" rliifw ond thr viiloW minnr
children or parents, in the order named, of
ot any suoii soiuicr wno uicu in t no service
of the United States, or of disease or wounds
contracted while in the service, and in tho
line ot duty, shall he paid the additional
bounty of onehundred dollars hereby author
ized. "Srn. Tliaf rnch nnd I'vorv soldier who
enlisted in the army of the United States af
ter the I'.Hh day of April, ISfil, during the
mi.f.llln t'r.r n wriod ol' tint less than two
1 V I V. Ill ') . " - - -
years, and who is not included in the forego
ing section, and has been honorably dis
charged therefrom after serving two years,
and has received, or is entitled to receive
from the United States, under existing laws
a bountv of nlty dollars, and no more, anu
any soldier enlisted for less than two years,
who has been honorably discharged on ac
count of wounds received in the line of duty,
and the widow, minor children or parents,
in tho dr.l.r nmnrvl. of anv such SoMiCrwllO
died in the service of the United Siates, or
of di.xcaso or wounds contracted while in ine
service of the United States, and in the line
lnll hr inid the additional bounty
of fifty ' dollars, here authorized ; provided
that any soldier who has bartered, sold, as
signed, transferred, loaned, exchanged or
von rwiv hij final disi-hirfro iancrs. or any
interest in the bounty provided by this or
any other act ot Congress, thai! not uc cnu
tled to receive any additional, bounty what
ever ; and when application is made by any
soldier for said bounty, he shall be required,
under the pains and penalties .ot. perjury, v
make oath or affirmation of his i Tcutily.and
that he has not so bartered, sold,. assigned,
irfinvPrrxl. rT"h.m?ed. loaned or triven awav
riilwr his ilischarrft mr.ers. or anv interest
in any bounty as aforesaid ; and no claim for
such bounty shall be entertained by the Paymaster-general,
or other accounting or dis-
bursing officer, except upon receipt oi mc
nla'iiiiit'B di lifirn-e n.iners. accompanied bv
the statement, under oath, as by this section
provided.
"five. .1. And le it further enacted, tTat
f l ho additional 1ountv
herein provided for, it shall be tho duty ol
the Pay-rnaster-gcncral, under Fuch rules
and regulations as may be prescribed by the
Secretary of War, to cause to be examined
the accounts of each and every soldier who
makes apphcat ion thcrc.lorc, and, ll entitled
"Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, that
m the reception, examination, settlement
, . , 1 ,1 : i ! 1
and payment oi fiaims ior saiu a'l'uuu.iai
bounty due the widows or heirs of deceased
soldiers, the accounting olliccr3 oj trie ireas
nrv hi11 V,r mvprnrd bv restrictions nre
scribed for the Paymaster-general by the
Xrprctirv r.f War. and the navnicnt shall bo
made in like manner, under the direction of
the Secretary of the 1 rcasury.
Conirrcss PhotorrraDlied by the
N. Y. Herald.
The New York Hrmhl, now that Congress
has adjourned, thinks a few pictures
should be taken of it small and large to
iif.vnofniiii !tj rrmrmlir:irort w' h liif nco-
tiL, V ror.rrnliirvi Mimrt of I lift sinallpr
ones. By looking at them the members of
Congress can sec their own likeness in min
inturc, and the people can sco what sort of
Representatives they are cursed or bletsad
with. Jierc they are :
A Pfrson a t. Jon. Congress demands
retrenchment in the departments, and raises
the compensation ot iUeiiiUTS to nvc tnou-
and dollars per session.
A CoNTKMrnr.LE Jon. Congress cufs
off the bounty to poor Soldiers, raises the
salary of members to five thousand dollars
per annum, nnd squander., over two hundred
and. fifty laiilions uselessly.
A Si.v Jem. Comrres proposes to fund
the National debt an I sell surplus gold, al
lowing a ercentr.ge for the business to out
siders, and raises the pay of members to
five thousand dollars.
A Down East PF.rur-oarE Jon. Con
gress pro; ose5 to a Rurcau of education at
a cost of five millions per annum, and in
crease the pay cf members to five thousand
dollars per session.
CoNetRKs meanly cuts off the Falary of
Minister If auvf.v, because be wrote a pri
vate letter in defense of the President, but
increa-cs its own salary, earned only by
abusing the President
Coxsui.5S is going to. pay ite'f a higher
salary for keeping the Union dissolved.
Coxoress votes to pay itself.more mon
ey for remaining in session to legislate against
the people nnd in favor of Radical office
holders. A Cracicinm Jon. Congress raises the
salary of its members to five thousand dol
lars per session, and compels the. Govern
ment to pay the National banks thirty mil
lions per annum in the shape of interest on
Government bonds, for the privilege of bavin"-
Treasury-notes and legal-tenders Eupcr
ccclcd as currency.
Congressmen have evidently made up
their minds that they will not be re-elected,
and are stealing all the money they can.
A Very Serious Jot. With a revenue
of over two hundred millions nbove what, is
demanded. Congress piles on taxation by in
creasing the tariff and internal revenue tax
thirty-cLdit millions, and raUvsthe compen
sation of members to $5,000 per session.
Conors, havin?roUJ the public treas
ury in evry other way, now makes a direct
grab at the greenbacks by an increase of Eal-
aries. .i
A Charity Jor.. Congress raises the
salary of its members to five thousand dol
lars per session, and gives Feven millions in
one lump for another great chanty hum
bug called the Frcedmcn s Bureau.
A Bad Jon. Congress raises tho salary
of its members to five thousand elollars per
session, and proioses to lend Mexico thirty
millioas of dollars, the revenue of that
country bcinc collected by Frenchofficers to
satisfy French claimants.
CoxfiRESR votes to increase it own salary
bnt defeats thft Bankrupt Bill, designed to
relievo poor debtors.
gsoT" Amusement for young ladies on a wet
afternoon knitting thcur eyebrovrs.
Dollars per Annum In Adranee
VOL. 1- NO- 25-
Adventure in Southern Africa-
fin rmr ronto homeward, wo halted at a
annf whprn A novel FCCnO OHCe OCCUTTed, and
which was described by a individual who
witnessed it when a boy. Near a vcryBmall
buntain, which was ehown to me, Etooa a
camel thorntrco. It was a stiff tree, about
twelve feet high, with aflat, bushy top.
Many years ago, the relater. then a boy, was
returning to his village, and having turned
aside to the fountain for a drink. lay
down on tho bank, and fell asleep. Being '
awoke by the nicrcing rays of tho sun, he
saw, through the bush behind which he lay, ,
a giraffe, browsing atcasc on the tender fchootsi
of the tree, and, to his horror, a lion, creep
ing like a cat, only a dozen yards from him, -preparing
to pounce on his prey. Tho lion
eyed the giraffe for a few moments, his body
gavo a shake, and ho bounded in the air to ,
seize the head ol the animal, wnicn instant
ly turned his stately neck, and tho lion, miss
ing his grasp, fell on his back in tho centre
of the mass of thorns, liko ppikes. and the
giraffe bounded over tno plain. The boy in
stantly followed hiscxamplo, expecting, as a
matter of course, that tho enraged lion would
soon find his way to tho earth. Sometime
aflcrwardSj the people ot the village, vino
seldom visit. that spot,.Baw the eagles hover- ,
ing in tho air, and a it is almost always a
certain sign that the lion has kilTed hisgamo
or some animal is lying dead, they went, to
the place, and sought in vain, till coming
under tho tree, their olfactory nerves direct
rd them to whero tho lion lay dead, in hi
thorny bed. 1 still found eome of his bones
under the tree, nnd hair on its Lrancbei to
convince mo or what 1 scarcely, could havo
credited. The lion will Eomctimes manage
to mount the back of a giraffe, nnd, fixing
1 . -. .-I.nwn ..In n-i.fn n 1. il.Anlitft. .Y,,YY
ma cum ir oans iiilu cam ruuuiuvi, uan
away till no reaches the vertebra of the neck
when both fall, end oftentimes tho lion j
lamed for his trouble. If tho giraffe hap
pens to be very strong, he Fuccced3 in bring
ing his rider to the cround. Among those
we shot the healed wounds of .the lion's
claws on the shoulder, and marts of his teeth
on the l ack of the .neck, gave us ocular dem
onstration that two of them had carried the
monarch of the forest on their backs, and
yet conic off triumphant.
A Girl in Male Attire.
1 1 wa s. whispered around several days ago,
that a fair damsel of lome sixteen summers,
encased in gray pants, linen coat, boots, ana
soft hat, had made her arrival in Des Moines,
and was creating quite a sensation among the
b'hoys. In fact it was reported that, in
company with a lot of lads, sho refreshed
herself one after noon by bathing in Coon
River. By some mysterious process, un
known to Dobbs, it leaked out that he was -not
.all sho seemed to be ; and so tho Mar
shall considered it his duty to arrest her, and
have her lodged in jail until Fuch time as the
Mayor ehould have an opportunity to give
her a bearing. She was accordingly captur
ed, and brought into the presence) of Mayor
Cleveland.
At first eho wa3 inclined to bo reticent in
her remarks; In fact, he refused to open
her sweet mouth, until the Mayor intimated
to the officer that ho had better return with
her to tho calaboose She became frighten
ed, and then in answer to questions, she said
that her name was Emma Hammond; that
her parents lived in Ottnmwa; that she had
been seduced, and had donned male attir in
order to give effectiveness to her pursuit of
the betrayer. She told a pitiful ftory, but
failed to impress anybody with the idea that
the was opposed to seduction cn principle,
seeming, on the other hand, rather pleasea
with the blandishments of vice. She. wan
sent back to jail, to await the action of friends,
if she has any, at Ottumwa,
Neter took APArxR. Whilo travelling
through this county last. week, wo came
across a man who believed it a pin to patron
ize a newspaper. Ho told us that a t aper
never entered his house thathisgrandfath
cr never took onc that his father had lived
all his lifo without ones and that ho had '
done firstrate without one. We passed big
house, and was satisfied of the truthfulness
of his story. His home was a ricketty, torn
or: v: cm , 1
fences were tumbling down, and his children
would have been surpassed in neatness by a
litter of young wolves. Tho man himself
was a woful specimen of humanity. He had
Income so accustomed to sitting and looking
nt nothing on rainy days and evenings that
his eyes had a vacant stare. On making in
quiry wc found that nonocf tho family for
generations back had ever known how to
read.. And j-et this man is a citizen. He i
permitted to vote, and is not disqualified
from holding office For the sake of huniso
ity wo hope that such men are ecldora to bo
seen in this countv.
A "FrERY Serpent." A young laj at
East Windsor, Mass., wa3 pretty condcra
bly scared the other elav. Sho was brush
ing the dust from the hearth of a cooking
stove in which was.a full fire, when an enor
mous live and particularly lively tnake sud
denly i-suod from a hole in the rte.vo door,
full in her face. A succession of screams
brought tho feminino portion of the houo
hould to the kitchen, and. the mother dis
patched tho sarpint, which. was charging
about tho room and writhing in groat pain.
It seems that a basket of chips had been
scraped up the previous eveninr, and a mo
ment before the scare, the mother had emp
tied a portion of them in tho ttove, and
with them went the f nako.
Cn rxcEY Beers, of Roxbury, N. Y..
has fourteen livinar children, ten sons and
four daughters. Tho eldest is twenty-four
vesrs old, and the youngest five years of age.
They are tho children of tho same mother
and wero born at Eingle births.
"Do Tor consider lager beer intoxicating?"
"Veil, ash for dat, I gant zay. 1 trink fecfty
to fcoxty classes a Lay, end it tosh not hurt
mc ; but I don't know how it would po if a
man vash to make a hog of hissclf."
"Tilly," said a mother to her daughter,
who had seen but five summers, "what would
you do without j-our mother?" "I should
put on every day just such a dxesa as I want
ed," wa3 the prompt reply.
tS- A lawyer cngaged.in a case; tormen
ted a witness so much with questions, that
the poor fellow at last cried for water.
"There," said tho judge, "I thought you'd
pump him dry."
tSf Write your name by kindness, and
lovo and mercy on the hart3 of the people
you wmc in contact with year by, and you
will never be forgotten.
EST A hypocrite may spin o fair a thread
as to deceive his own eye. He may admir
the cobweb, and not know lurasclf to be the
spider.
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