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JDI IIITTCIIIIVSON, Editor.
.E. IIUTCIIIXSOX, Publlsber.
I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT TJHAN PRESIDENT. Hhbt Clay. ,
3LUME 8.
EBENSBURG, PA., THIJRSDAY, MAT 30, 1867.
"7TILLIAM KITTELL, Attorney at
V " ' Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
ry 24, 1867.
Tit,,
Law,
'Cllll FENLON, Attorney at
Ebensburg-, Fa.
Office opposite th Bank. jan24
ORGE M. READE, Attorney at
i ,i .Law, .bDensburg, Pa. .
" Office in Colonnade Row. fjan24
P. TIERNEY, Attorney at Law,
Ebensburg. uambria county. Pa.
'Oface in Colonnade Row. jan24
a. t
OIINSTON & SCAN LAN", 'Attorneys
at Law, Ebensburg, Fa. -f
Office opposite the Court House.
iXBTOx. .. . ..3nZ4J j. r. scaslxs.
.ES C. EASLY, Attorney at Law,
Carrolltown, Cambria county, Pa.
Architectural Drawings and Specifi
3 made. f jan24
qt AL, SHOEMAKER, Attorney at
.? - Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
V&;il- alar attention paid to collections.
' L'.2ce one doorcast of Lloyd & Co.'s
j House. jan24
' AIIUEL SINGLETON, Attorney at
J latf, -Ebensburg, Pa. Office on High
west of Foster's Hotel.
practice in the Courts of Cambria and
counties.
.ittends also to the collection of claims
r ftgainst the Government. jan24
r
4,
a.: .
wa-;.
.AGE W. OATMAN, Attorney at
Lit and Claim Agent, Ebensburg,
r: i. county, Pa. . - -
iniions,-Back Pay and County, and
ry Claims collected. , Real Estate
ad sold and payment of Taxes at
- Book Accounts, Note9, Due Bills,
. .ts, ic, collected. Deeds, Mortga-
eements. Letters of -Attorney, Bonds,
c.f neatly written, and all legal business
careful." attended to. Pensions increased,
aid Equalized Bounty collected. jan24
f7 J .- WATERS, Ju.-tice of the Peace
, ""Office adjoining dnelling, on High et.,
-.burg, Pa. feb"-6m
KINKEAD, Justice ot the Peace
and Claim Agent.
Office remored to the office forraerij
ijy M. Hasson, Esq., on High street,
lrg, Pa. .. . jan31-6m
JEVEREAUX, M. D., Physician
and Surgeon, Summit, Pa.
Office east of Mansioa House, on Rail
ireet. -Night culls promptly attended
j.cffice. ' me 23
?
i:ntistuy.
Da- D. Vf. Zciolxr, havincr opened an
Office la the rooms over R. R. Thomas' store,
offers Lis professional services to the citizens
cf EbeasbuTK and vicinity. apl8-4m
jTVENTISTRY.
IJL7 Theuudersierned. Graduate of the BhI-
aore College of Lental Surgery, respectfully
t?4 L'.i professional services to the citizens
f Ebeasburg. He has spared no means to
fc-;rcyhly acquaint himself with every ira
j.". .tiuent in hi3 art. To many years of per-
val experience, he has soueht to add the
i j
: artei experience of the highest authorities
iental science. He simply asks that an
Fportunty may te given for hi3 work to
' - SAMUEL BELFORD. D. D. S.
Ittfc at: Trof. C. A. Harris T T? nn.l
Tr.; . Handy; A. A. Blandy,P. H. Aus
n,cr i:.'Butimore College.
) 2w"'iU beat Ebensburg on the fourth
loads cf each month, to stay one wjek.
J2u:rr-24, 1867.
LOXD & CO., Bankers
r.- Ebensbcro, Pa.
""Cold, Silver, Government Loans and
:coritic9 bought and sold. Interest
:a Time Deposits. Collections made
essible points in the United States,
leral Banking Business transacted.
J 24, 1867.
PRIVATE SALE ! :
The subscriber will sell the followiiiK
property at private sale :
One iUupe at Portage Station, on. the P.
R. R., with 2 Acres land. Suitable for a
store room or a dwelling. . .
One House and 90 acres land, on P. It. R.t
one-half mile west of Portaze. opposite the
siding of the Union Mills of the uubscriber,
and t the terminus of the railroad of White
Si CO. . 'I:..:,
One House and 2 acres lind et Portage,
now occupied by Louisa Keepers. - A good
site for a store. .
One Water Power Saw mill, within 10 rods
of the P. R. R.t one-half mile west of Por
tage, together with timber land,' 100, 200, or
30C acres, to auit purchasers. Tbe barns
and houses on the same cost $lj500 when
lumber was cheap. . r . T.
Or, I will sell the whole tract 6f 480 acres,
with timber enough on the same to run the
water mill for Keren years. The property
has 1,500 to 2,00 feet of side tracks connect
ing with the P. UK.
A general Warrantee Deed will be given
on ten days notice for all the foregoing prop
erty, and possession of all houses, Ac, given
on the 1st April next.
The improvements cost the subscriber
$6,000.
150 acres of the land is timbered with good
Sugar, and the land itself is warranted to be
as good as any in Cambria coucty.
Three creeks pass through the land, viz -Trout
Run,M'Intosh Run, and Wright's Run.
There is Coal on the land, and any amount
of Cord Wood.
The location is the only outlet to the coal
lands of Burke and the Wm, M. Lloyd & Co.
lands.
.Two pieces of the land adjoin the land
formerly owned by Hon. Thomas A. Scott,
known as the M'Coy Farm.
Une-tuird the -purchnse -money will be re
quired down : the balance in iix and twelve
months.
Ten per cent, will be deducted for cash
payments. '
The property will be told in preference to
rented, as the subscriber has not time to col
lect rents.
The house and lot, say 1 acre of land, at
Portage, now occupied by Louisa Keepers,
will be sold low if sold soon. Also, the store
room at the same place, with 2 acres land,
formerly occupied by Victor Voeghtly sold
to him at one time for $725 will now be
sold for $600. The former will be sold for
$350, ca?h, or its equivalent.
Call Soon 1
WM. R. HUGHES.
Wilmore, January 31, 1867.
The Certainty of Punishment
for Murderers.
Foolish, as wicked, is the man who
imbrue3 his hands in the blood of a fellow
being. The sacred command. "Thoa
set at defiance, neither can its violation
oe hidden in the darkness of ordinary
sin. The murderer's feet are shackled;
his arms are bound by the fetters of his
own conscience. After his crime, the
world lose its brilliancy, and in the face
of every man he beholds a foe. Provi
dence throws about him meshes through"
which it is impossible to escape. ;- He isr
nis own persistent accuser.
knows that God's hand has
Providence to secure their arrest, convic
tion and execution in Cambria countv.
Mrs. Grinder, the Lucretia Borgia of
me nineteenth century, cunningly plied
bcr avocation of murder upon her inno
cent victim, Mrs. Ua ruth ers, of Pittsburg,
. "S r W:tU mJlty.hQ till death ensued, and. was not suspected
ciu ner excessive kiodoeaa to the murdered
woman was questioned. The dead body
was exnumed, tie presence of poison dis-
uverea, aoa wnn accumulated evidence
she was convicted, and with a full confes
sion on her lips, she expiated her terrible
crime on the seaflold.
Richard Thairwell was circumstantially
convicted or th mnrHpr'nr FTn
HC leels and 1 crntlfw lia nVnl wJn,i.. u :.. :
8tamned the wif : nAAa i
-"" u' vjBiu uuuu .ins Draw, nnn tnn.r. i .
' l .y ww vvuui , . 1 II HLjuKinHn L
.1 ... '
tne world is not slow to recognize it. It
may be interesting' to take a glance at a
number of murders . committed in the
western part of this State, and see how
fhs murderers .have invariably been
brought to justice.
Hugh Corrisran butchered his wife in
.1.1 VI- J . tir... . , , i
wuiu uiuuu. in uoiimnrp ann untinrn i .. 1. r . i. .
... - ' . vv, - auu wuersoip, sua maac a iinic in
to hide from the prying eye of the world Uhain of evidence against him.
The youthful Kobert Folrrer. who was
hung in Washington county a few days
since, was detected in his crime by a tri
fling circumstance. . In his flight from
the house ;'of ' Dinsmore, he knocked the
heel-piece from his left boot, which was
afterwards' found, traced to the tironpr
, r -
a strotig
Frisht-
AiAK4 hSrnVl JT n a hre kin- ened, he -made a f ulf confession, and per
died lor the nurDose. till nanlit l.nf. o I t.v-j ,..r.n ' .
x i j ; - rj .
1 1 1 i n . -. . . .. iJ. . I
nanuiui or cnarred asnea told ot hia ded. h
WL n .... - . I - -
xne verv names winch h thnntyhf
oov-
scaffold in atonement for
Tkfla ;t :il 1 ..L-
ered and concealed his guilt, while taunt- BGl5om eVcap s the p Va Tj of ju t ce
mg heaven in the consummation of the Ha may be keen and Umn nfn.-to X se
murderer's plot, spoke his guilt from their enough to successful! JJ if, ? L 7m!
strengtn the murderer begets weakness to
s
HOE STORE! SHOE STORE!!
:i. LLOYD & Co., Bankers
Altooxa. Pa.
: ? oa, the principal cities, and Silver
a Gold for sale. Collections made. Mon-
7i.rtciTe4 on deposit, payable on demand,
uhput interest, or upon time, with interest
jan24
u fair tan a.
"f. is. iioro, Prett.
t. T. caldweu. CatK'r.
- OF ALTOONA.
GO VZRXIIEXT A GENCY,
: " AND
--i JI. ATED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNI
TED STATES.
- C-rnr Virginia and Annie s ti., North
ificiuia Capital ..$S0 orm nn
i. r- . , -
a LiriTU i'AiD is 150,1,00 00
I A11 business pertaining to Banking done on
M'.rable tennsfc
ernal Revenue Stamps of all denomina
s '-iys on hand-
chasers of Stamp, percentage, in
ill be allowed, as follows: $50 to
percent.; $10C to $200, 3 per cent.
i upwards, 4. per cent. jan2
The subscriber begs leave to inform the
people of Ebensburg that he has just Teoeived
from the East and has now opened out, at
his store-room, the
LARGEST and BEST ASSORTMENT
OF WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S
BOOTS asd SHOES OF ALL KINDS I
ever brought to town. The stock was made
expressly to order by the
BEST SHOE MANUFACTORY IN PHILA.,
the subscriber having gone to the 'rouble
and expense of visitiog that city especially
to oraer it. lue work is warranted not to
rip if it ripi, it will be
REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE!
A visit to his establishment -will satisfy any
one mat ne can not oniv sell a better arti
cle than all competitors, but that he can
also sell
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST !
He also continues to manufacture Boots
and Shoes to order, on short notice and in
the most workmanlike style.
A VERY SUPERIOP. LOT op .REAL
FRENCH CALF SKINS ON HAND 1
Stand one door east of Crawford's
Hotel, High street, and immediately oppo-
sue . o. liancer a store.
feb21 JOHN D. THOMAS.
fiery tongues, and led to the investigation"
which secured his conviction. Baffled at
his condemnation, the wretch destroyed
the life duo justice, committing suicide
in the Greensburg jail.
David Ai'Kiin .murdered the afflicted
young Dr. Norcross near Altoona, Dlair
county, to possess himself of a few hun
dred dollars. Looking upon him as a
friend, and appreciating his kindness as
?rt r : u- conaVuS victim had reasons "Tiamo," April- 13th, i4th. Friday,
tO trust his murderer, and snl oir l,?a't TJ.. tt.:i i ' ... -v-ajr,
7 w..w.vw uu i mo
coneeal guiltj and is detected. Pittsburg
Gazette. -
John Wilkes Booth's Diary.''
i The much talked of Booth diaryhas
been' toade public by order of the Presi
dent. The following is a copy of its
contents:
es. Until to-day, nothing
j was ever
TnZr.i .v. J"U1""J iIUIU "ouque, inought of sacrificing to our country's
T?W ; i f hlls.Pare"t8 1Q New wrongs. For six months we had worked
5!Jf-"' V0neCt!cu'7h,lthei: .he w?a crte, but our cause being almost
mat nis end was I inr cnmeihmn i .
,l I . . , I -v.uius ucbisivo UUU LTI UUt CUUSl
i,.:J,.",S,"ft,!.,Trtan, "ty b.fc. But its f.ilur, a? omos to
IIBIlll A A I A FZ I A III .-IIKIa II IU i iconc M w& I A . V 1
the cars at Altoona, in the night time, the
delicate young man was enticed to a lonely
Klen, a fic place for such a deed, stricken
to the earth with a club, his throat cut,
and the body eo disposed on the railroad
track that it was likely to be crushed to a
shapeless mass by the first train, the mur
derer thus hoping to ward off suspicion
as to the true cause of death. The vic
tim revived, the wintry blast congealing
the ebbing life-blood, and was discovered
in the morning dawn by some train hands,
dragging himself through the enow. Al
though speechless, his wounds told plainly
of the cruel deed. A letter written by
the murderer to his friend, Michael Bon
ner, planning an alibi, completed the last
link in a remarkable chain of circumstan
tial evidence, and, although fiercely and
profanely asseverating his innocence, the
wretch suffered a deserved death.
others who did not strike for their country
with a heart. I struck boldly and not as
the papers say. I walked with a firm
step through a thousand of his friends
and was stopped, hut pushed on. A
colonel was it his side. I shouted "Sic
temper" before I fired. In jumping I
broke my leg. I passed all his pickets,
and rode 60 miles that night with the
bone of my leg tearing the flesh at every
jump. I can never repent it, though we
hated to kill. Our country owed all her
trouble to him, and God simply made me
the instrument of his punishment. The
country is not what it wa. The forced
Union is not what I have loved. I care
not what becomes of me. I have no
desire to outlive my country. This night,
"before the deed," I wrote a long article
and left it for one of the editors of iht
National Intelligencer, in which I fully set
drop of blood, but I must fight the course.
'Tis all that's left me.
Upon a piece of paper found in the
diary,1 and supposed to have been torn
frem it, is written the following ;
".My. Dea (piece tore out.) Forgive
me, but I have pome little pride. I can
not blame you for want of hospitality.
You know your own affairs. I va sick,
tired, with a broken limb, and in need of
medical advice, and I could not have
turned a dog from my door in such "a
pngnt. However, you were kind enough
to give us something to eat, for which I
not only thank -you, but on account of the
Tebuke and. manner in which ta
torn out) it is not the substance but the
way in which kiudnees is extended that
makes one happy in the acceDtanco there
of. The
Meeting were base without it. Be kind
enough to accept the inclosed five dollars.
although hard to spare; for what we have
received. Most respectfully, your obedi
ent'servant." ' -
Judge Advocate General TnTr -"in
whose possession the original diary is,
and who furnished the copy for publica-
uuu, repon as follows
"Bureau of MiUtarv Juilir
May 14, 1867. Respectfully returned!
with the copy asked for. The 'Diarv'
purports to be one for 1864. and the
leaves cut. or torn from it probably con
taincd entries of that vear.anrl wor th
destroyed by Bobth himself. It ia abso
luteiy certain that1 the diary is in all
respects as it was when it came iuto mv
bauds, and Col. Conger, who.was cromi-
nent in the pursuit and canture of llnnth?'
alter having carefully examined it in my
presence on yesterday, declared its condi
tion to be now precisely' the same as when
ha took it from Booth's body after ha had
been shot, the writin-r iu it beina' thp
same and all which it then contained.
oj. longer was examined hefhrp
Judiciary Committee of the
Representatives to-day.
"J. Holt,
"Judge Advocate General."
llousd of
Out West and the Indians.
Col. A. JC. M'Clure, of Pennsylvania,
who is making a tour through the West,
writes as follows to the New York Tri
bune concerning the "ihrnton Tn.i;,n
U "-"-v' xuuiU
S R M S : J'O PEH AKXUM.
11S3.00 IX ADVANCE.
NUMBER 19.
llovr W1H the Aegrro Vote T
A correspondent of the Pittfburg Com
mercial, writiog from Florence, Alabama,
says : '
"One of the most important actions
with the loyal North i, How will the
newly enfranchised negroes of the S'odth
vote V If by this question is meant, will
they be true to the Union, and will their
sympathies lead them toeaBtain the artj
which raised them from the condition of
slaves to that of freemen and citizens? tW
au SWr " easy In a' conteet ia whicH
the North and South might be arraved es
sections, the freedman - would ineticctiVely
feel that the former must be right anc?
the latter wrong. While yet a Wear,
toiling slave, he dreamed that freedom tV
hjm lay somewhere away :n the distant
North, and emancipation has only con
firmed him in the belief that the people
of that section are iho only true friends'
of his race. When told there are Norxli
ern States which still retain - upon- theiV"
statute books proscripuve and eppressiva
laws, and that there ara Northern1 rUe
who still believe in the. 'divine origin cf
slavery he stares at you with a aissple'
wonder, which is easily interpreted as in
credulity. In any contest in which'
'Union and Liberty' were the rallying
cry, the Southern black could be relied oa
to a man. But, with a perfect political
reconstruction, and a renewal of the frtr.
mer political associations of Northern and
Southern men, the issue will not bo ao
clearly defined, and shrewd birt
lous politicians will, not be flow iu devi
sing means to impose upon these as yet
unenlightened masses, Heretofore, io
political contests the right of the negro i
freedom and citizenship has been more or
less a prominent issue. But emancipa
tion has "taken place, end the South ha
heen compelled to accept those terms of
reconstruction which will forever keep
the question of negro freedom and ne
gro suffrage out of political campaign.
Every party will bo loud in fts delara-
war
j.
tnrth rkiii irAnc ta (' . i
t-j t- ii . v '"nuui iui uur yrcceeainrs.
uuicuerea nis wue and set tirp in hpr
clothinsr,
f
J. LLOYD,
Fuceesser o R. S. Bunn,
- Dealer in
SGS AND MEDICINES, PAINTS
;SD DYE-STUFFS, PERFUME
I FANCY ARTICLES, PURE
AND BRANDIES FOR MKDI
rOSES, PATENT MEDICINES, Ac.
Also :
?, and Note Papers,
as,-Pencils,. Superior Ink,
And other nrticles, kept
' by Druggists generally.
jrtKription carefully compounded.
I vlXa S.treet' 0PPsite the Moun
Ebensburg, Pa. rjar)24
T1"75, .House,
.Hrtr iIak . i .
"w"o ua soorc notice, anfl
QADDLE11Y. AND HARNESS !
KJ The unaersigned keeps constantly on
nana ana is still m an uta jturiner all articles
in nis line, sucu us
SADDLES,
FINE SINGLE AND DOUBLE HARNESS,
BLIND BRIDLES, RIDING BRIDLES,
tUlSUK L.INES.
HALTERS, WHIPS, BRICHBANDS. &zc. &c.
ah wnicn ne will dispose of at low prices
for cash.
His work is all warranted, and beinir Tn.
rienced in the business, he uses only the best
vi icaiuer. inansrul tDr past favors, he
i j Uj akicuMwu iu uubincss xo merit a
continuance of the patronage heretofore so
liberally extended to him. rian2-i
ouop Huovf me store or is. Hughes A Co.
Persons wishing good and substantial Harness
can be accommodated. HUGH A. M'COY.
hoping that the flames would
consume the mangled corpse. His anx
iety to fasten the guilt upon an innocent
man led to his arrest, and evidence suffi
cient was adduced at his trial to secure
his conviction, and he was executed. A
written confession has never seen thi
li"ht.
Christian Jacobv. an eminranf f-nm
r . . j" ' : o
Germany, arnvea in Fittsbunr with his
T . , , , c- i iiivu ntxa LUltl
TV ! tfl anMiuH Ka n -.1:. i l
h i XT rTXCvZ L"rA7J?Jnr: Une ??Ped t0 a great, the other had hot
w. vv. a xmu, uiumccu 11 WnilSt nn v hie innnf'II
nn her Ineoa r ).o nl..4 fr U t:t l I J . , . J - -
" w " tui nil IIIC. HUU I O Onn OO I hnrvarl (. T 1
l. 3 . . I w w w . j. wvi'vu iui uu 1 KnCW
Mchnnhar.hnHninMt a a.. L.. 1 .1 J - . c
r ; P. . - J u,uUWOO J io private wronjr. I struck for
Friday, 21. After being hunted like
a dog through swamps, woods, and last
night being chased by gunboats tilil was
forced to return, wet, cold, and starving,
with every man's hand against me. I am
here in despair, and why 'i For doing
what Brutus was honored for, what made
Tell a hero, and yet I, for striking down
a greater tyrant than they ever knew, am
looked upon as a common cut-throat. My
buuuu flaa purer man eitner of theirs.
ly his country's but his own wrongs to
1 e m w
my
that
I - r. : . t i - . . . '
jeib wua nis servan. naramour lor thfi fnr
l- t i . ; . " vuiuwj, uu mat aiooe a countrr
n" j 1 ;VV Z:r, V: groanea neneath this, tyranny and craved
"uuru , ajs passeu, tne Dody for this end, and yet now behold the cold
was discovered, and the. murderer arrested. hnA th 'A n cw
Circumstances fastened the crime upon pa7ionme SfT havedo wron ;C vTi
him and he expiated the horrible deed Jannot see my wrong, cxcepTin sVrvfn J
with-hishfe in our county jail yard at degenerate people. The lit le? n7 v?rv
he same instant and upon the same.scaf- liule I left behind to clear my name thl
0li:"l.-A nu ..... , Government will not a!low toJbo priited!
"YrALUARLE REAL ESTATE FOR
T SALE!
The subscriber offers at private sale the
larm on which he now resides, situate in
Cambria Township, Cambria county, con
taining about 50 acres, nearly all of which
a.. . 1 J ..J t - .1
we ticnicu, .iuu uuviug mereoa trectea a
Two-story Frame Dweliincr House, a nw
Frame Barn, and all the necessary Outbuild- j from small pox.
So ends all. For mv countrv T hv
p all. that makes lifeuweet and holy,
brought misery on my family, and -am
sure there is no pardon in the Heaven for
me, since man condemns mo so. I have
"tun a.'iio ;bu vnanoue iones in
cold blood murdered M 'Masters and hia
sister in their lonely hut on the Moo on
gahela river, near M'Keesport, for a paltry
sum of money. The appearance of Char-
ioue uones on me day ot the murder LxW hA k v.. ...
attracted suspicion. She was nrr. CU rlT". 7 "??.one exceP
aud with her com Dan on in hnrmr nA r. i uie W1 .
guilt , was executed ,iu . the countv iail V'J "K' V "?,?' and
yard. Monroe Stewart implicated with more try the" rTver, th l' SLTTo
them, and also couvicted, was reprieved . er.v thnnch T. 1 .,0
lint Ud ; o i,n.n;.i j.-.i. I , T 7, -o- - greaier aesire
ings, I here is a good Orchard on the Farm.
and an excellent Well of ater at the kitch-L
en door. Unly hve minutps' walk from the
Itailroad JJepot. J erms moderate, and title
indisputable. Apply to the undersigned oa
me premises, or aaaress
SAMUEL TIBBOTT.
apllr3m Ebensburg, Pa.
JRENSBURG LITERARY DEPOT.
Jamis Mcreay. dealer in
BOOKS, STATIONERY, CIGARS, TOBAC
CO, PERFUMERY. FANCY SOAPS. &c.
BSy Ia 'the room fornaerlj occupied .by Dr.
Vernon, as a inug ttore,
j i . o
aau aimosc a mind to return to Washing
ton, and in a measure clear my name
which I feel I can do. I do not repent
the blow I struck. I may before mv God,
u uui toman. 1 think I have done
wen, inougn .i am abandoned, with the
CUrSe Ot llnin r.nnn .t. ;i .1 11
wrapped io deep s.erj .ill M.r.b.ll i,w myTeao bow VomZl
was arrested for burglary and a search made n .,t tt 1, t a: a ... j
Z"lTlJt IVdP . To-Dight"! .r, to eseape the
Dioounounds once more. Who. who n,n
.. . 1
Frecke and Marshall enticed a German
emigrant, who had neither "friends nor, a
knowledge of the country, -from New
York to Pittsburg, and foully murdered
1 t J ..?n m 1 .
mm on juovq s xiiu. xne murder was
Keeps
Blank Books.
Envelopes, Paper,
Pens, Ink,
Pocket' Books,
Pass Books,
iq7 Stationery
kelMsI cr retail
Magazines, -.Newspapers,
. Novels, Histories, -Prayer
Books, .
Toy Books, &c.
and Ctycrt tsold 'either
n:arTw3ni
clothing in his house. To relieve his
troubled conscience he made a full con
fession of his crime, and, with Frecke.
died a felon's death in the jail yard the
third double executiou in Allegheny
county, in succession. .
Houser and Buser beat out the brains
reau ms late f Uod's will be done. I
nave too great a soul to die like a criminal.
Oh I may He, may He spare me that, and
let me die bravely. I bless the entire
world. Have never hated or wronged any
One. This last Was not a nrnnn tint...
c j
r I. 1 1 r 1 t . ' .
. n-u uP.B .ouiaies ior me purpose ot Uod deems it so ; and it is with Iffi to
wU,.fa .. .aui.j uurueu ern1DgSj aamn or bless me. Aud for this brave bov
and lor.a long while escaped detecuon.-- with me, who often prays-yes, before
A convict in our penitentiarv had heard anA :.w - Veoro
them plan the murder, was pardoned out. Was U r?m- v
ana wB xDe instrument in toe ntoas-m ' pray the -same
If so, whv can he
I do not ?sh to shed a
"The impression prevails generally that
the campaigns of General Hancock south
of the Platte, of Genr.ral Auger north of
the Platte to the Yellowstone, and of
General Terry up the Missouri, are inten-
aea as a war ot extermination against the
Indians. Such is not the expectation of
the commanders. If this were their pur
pose, the general criticism of the eastern
press on :he folly of hunting Indiana with
infantry and artillery would be just. An
army of 100,000 men could not extermi
nate the Indians in ten years, and I find
miiuary men have more rational ideas
than to attempt it and humanity than to
consider it necessary. If the Indians
were now engaged in a general war, as is
persistently represented by speculators
and other interested parties, they could
drive all the troops east of the Missouri
in sixty oayi, or scalp two-thirds of them
it tney prefetred. Not a coach or train
could pass across the mountains, and yet
the overland coach runs daily, and trains
pass over an Dot Powder river routo with
comparative safety. Occasionally a weak
train is captured on the Smoky Hill
route tnrflUicn ivanaas. and much nf
rort Laramie travel is not allowed, while
ine massacre ot tort 1'bil. Kearney indi
cates a savage, implacable hostility in the
T"- J
jrowuer river region; nut as yet the In
dians have made no hostile demonstra
tions looking like a geueral Indian war,
such as is anticipated in the East. That
such a war may come, is barely possible ;
but if it does come, it will be more the
rauic ot . tne uovernment agents than of
the Indians.
"But for the white tents which dot the
bluff ntar this p!ce, the crowd of officers
who throng the etreets, and the hurried
moving of military stores, with an occa
sional hearty curse you hear hurled at f ho
Indian, no one here would suppose that
there were any troubles on the plains.
The trains and coaches are regular. Pas
sengers come through the gory West, and
laugh when interrogated a3 to the danger
of Indians. They had not heard or thought
of them, is the usual reply. Crowdsgo
westward daily, and all things were to be
considered but the danger of assault or
capture by tbo Indians. All are well
armed, and the men going westward, es
pecially those who have been there, all
consider themselves able t whip any
number of Indians s'ingle-hauded if they
should cross their path. Families cmhra.
cing mothers and daughters start out by
every train, and the far Western ladies
make their trip unattended without any
fear as to their .safety. General Potier
will leave his headquarters at Fort Sedg
wick (Julesburg,) with ten companies of
troops, to protect the stage route and the
construction of the railroads, and no ap
prehensions are felt about the interrup
tion of travel on the plains. True, a
roving band of Indians may attack a small
party at any time, but it is evident that no
considerable body of hostile Indians can
endanger the overland rout for any length
of time."
Hon of equal rights for the black man.
ana ne win not recognize his personal
liberty as being in jeopardy at the hands
of any party. In the questions hereafter
likely to agitate the public mind, intelli
gence, sound judgment, and experienca
will be needed ,ia order that men in a?
discern the ri;ht. For esanir-I Ptrm
freeduian instinctively knows that he is by
nature entitled to fife, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness.' Bat it might
require considerable time atd patience to
make hi.n understand that a high protec
tive tariff is essential to the material pros
perity ot the nation, and that free trade ia
not Quite likely his first impressions
would incline him to -freo trade.' And
so with other question", which, though
net affecting his personal liberty, would
still be of the highest importance to the
country.
"It were, therefore, not wise to expect
that these people, to whom for so many
long years every avenue to knowledge hss
b-en hermetically closed, will always vote
more judiciously than we commonly Fee
among white voters j and while, as Thavo
before said, their sympathies are with the
people of the North, aodwhile their in
stincts incline them to believe in Northern
ideas, it is true that io their present con
dition they furnish inviting material for
demagogues to work upon. To liberal
minded men, it must be very apparent
that a peculiar feature of the injustice so
long practised upon the colored men of
our country ii, that while ery littl has
until lately been granted thenij Very muoh
has been expected of them."
Party Prejudice. A good story i
told of a countryman from New York, who
was visiting Washington at the time when
Mr. Van Buren was Vice President. He
was a red-hot Democrat, and of 4onr
held Mr. Van Buren in the highest rev
erence, lio sat in the circular gallery of
the Senate, cazing at the Vice President
with a mingled feeling of awe and Stata
pride, when suddenly a tall and manly
form appeared at the side of the hall, aa4
beckoned to Mr. Van Buren. Thero was
little business doin; and the Vice Pres
ident, calling a Senator to the chair.
joined the person mentioned, when both
seated tnemseives on the sofa tnufEng
from the sama box : the hand of the Viea
President was laid playfully cu the knea
of the other, and ever and anon a hearty
ii . . . j .
iaugn wouia escape tnem, snowing that,
whatever might be the topitf, it wsx acree-
able to both.
"Is that Mr.,Calh cun with the Viea
President?" said the country friend it a
person near hikl.
"No, sir." -
"Is it Mr. Benton F'
"No sir."
"Is it General Wall f
"No bir."
"Jlay I ask who it is?"
"Why, that is Mr. Clay."
"Mr. Clay 1" almost shrieked the man ;
"and does Mr. Van Buren speak to him?
Hot me, if ever I vote for him cgsia !'
And the fellow stalked from 'the hall,
firmly believing that the country was loit.
"Look here, boy," said a nervous gen
tleman to an urchin who was munchintr
i i i .. .
very
at a lecture, "you are annoying mo
much." "No, I ain't, either," aaid iBa
rbm, "I m a trcawin'r this .'et fcsmdv.
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