rie bstriftr. TIMRSDA.Y, JULY 13th, 1565 SvsurAt. Vtanalol et MI Pomo 111 •11 PllOl sr 12111.1C41 la m +ITT —4lsairall Jethawa. /altercating Beading Matter, on every Page of this meet's issue. Juke Theapees's Oplsies. An important case came off at Phila delphia, last week, before Judge Thomp son, of the Supreme Court, formerly a resident of this city, and widely known In all tike Northwestern part of the State. A. man by the name of Cozzens was ar rested by milit sr authority, charged with defrauding the Government. His counsel made application before Judge Thompson for a writ of habeas corpus, asking his release on the ground that he was entitled to a trial before the civil courts. The Judgs unhesitatingly granted their request, remarking that the law of Congress authorizing the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus was intended to apply only during the existence of the rebellion, and that the war being closed, there was no longer any authority for con tinuing the suspension. Ills language on the subject is as follows: •• There is abundant evidence in the current history of the times that the re bellion no longer continues. We know Its, organization it entirely destroyed, its armies captured and surrendered, its offi ce,. impnsoned or paroled. In addition, we know that our own armies are being as rapidly mustered out as possible. The returning soldiers crowd our streets daily, and we cease to look for battles and vic Writs . as events as little to be expected as before rebelli )11 commenced. There Is not a single known body of men in arms anywhere under the once well known organisation called the "Corded erste States of America." It is completely obliterated, with all its forces. Civil gov ernment bail been set up in all the reber lious States but one, and trade opened by the President with scarcely any restric tion. Every fort, navy-yard and port is again under the government and entire control of the United States, and war has ceased everywhere in the land. The time Lae arrived, therefore, when a return to the enjoyment of civil rights, under civil government, must take place, and when by express limitation the suspension of the habeas corpus should cease. This being so, the authority of the President (waiving all other considers- Lions at this time). without more, is not a auflicient warrant for the arrest of a citizen." The Provost Id •rahil having Camas in charge, st first ?Mussed to obey the writ, taking the position that he was compelled to obey his superior military officers, and ho was at once cited for contempt of court. An embarrassing conflict of au thority between the State and Federal oil .era for a while appeared inevitable, as Judge Thompison had resolved to en force the rights of the court at all hazards. But on reporting to Washington, the Se cretary of War directed the Provost Mar shal to obey the writ, and he accordingly appeared before the Judge the next morn ing. On this occasion Judge Thompson gave his opinion of the matter at still fur ther length, in the course of his r••• speaking as follows The writ of habeas corpus is the angel of safety in civil society. No man can now, as in olden times, he castled off at the will of any authority, and consigned to the cells of a dungeon to linger out life in waking for mercy without, a hope htjustice. Authority must now be read♦ to disclose upon the cUallenge of the writ of habeas corpus, why, sod wherefore the citizen is held in custody, and he who denies it. be he high or low, the President of the United States or a corporal of the geerd, commits a dangerous offense against society, unless there be a reason for its suspension of it. Indeed I look upon an attack of the privilege of the writ to be more dangerous than an attack on life itself, by just the diffarlsoce be tween an irreparable injure to one and at irreparable injury to all." All boner to Judge Thompson for his manly firmness 1 Ile is the first member of the Northern judiolary who has en doomed to vindicate the dignity of his position and the honor of his State against the aggressions of the Federal military, and is entitled to the praise of all good citizens. We cannot resist a very consid erable feeling.of local pride when we re member that the Judge is one of our own townsmen. The Titusville daily Herald says •• It haa always been exceedingly difs• cult for the denisens of the old world.to understand the practical working of our dual prinoiple of Federal and State Gov eransest." Is it any wonder, neighbor, that such should be the fact, when thousands of DS tire born Americans daily exhibit their ignorance on the same subject? We ven ture to assort, that of the half a million voters in Pennsylvania, fully one third have never read the United States nor their own State Constitution, and have not the remotest idea of the limits attach ing to the authority of either the Federal or Stets governments. ' The frequent sneers which greet allusions to State tights, to the restrictions upon Executive power, to the danger to be apprehended from the interference of the military io cases where the civil law is supreme, to the defence of the habeas corpus, and a hundred other matters of equal import ance, convince us that foreign nations are not alone in their ignorance of the of our institutions, and that thousands of Americans stilt require to be educated in the rudiments of the same. Gast. Stutaasit, iu his answer to a con gratulatory speech made to him iu an the 3d inst., said, very felici. tously : "I love my profession and Soldiers, but at the same time f think that the inter est of the whole country demands that when troubles arise they ahead be deter mined by the courts of law and not by lame or the musket, and therefore I hope that the peace that is now upon us will last forever, and that if Ism ever called upon to fight it may be with somebody outside of our national limits." sensible rain Gen. Sherman. We wish the olountry could 'bout of a dosen more, in conspicuous poSitions at the present time, like Two young gitli were outraged in the woods near A:banY. laxt, week, by a gang of four ruffian,. Two of the latter were mccured, and, ni they were placed on ttial the brother of th• girls Abet the elder of the prisoners through the arm and leg, while the mother struck hint a henry I,low with a hut. het. Mother and eon were both placed under arrest. The Declaration a DUlelal Dewiest. We were much amused at an incident which took place ol the :Fourth, while our friend, ex-Mayor Xta:;. was reading the Declaration of Independence in his ' asuil graceful and animated manner. Two men in goad clothes, apparently from one of the adjoining towns, were standing near us, intently ebtorbed ist the proceed ings. They had evidently been indulg ing a too freely in the juice of rye. and from that ca /48 probably got a " little mixed" in their sopseciation of the situ Minn. When Ittr. King avow, one of them nudged the other, and hiccoughed : "Fred, who-00-se that there good 100-oo kin' chap? Fred., being perhaps a little soberer than the other, spoke in a snore distinct manner : " Hu.sh 1 Bob, keep quiet nor' ; that's the distinguished or'tor from theharroy— a Gen'ral :" The reader commAnced in a strong, im pressive voice, " When in the course of humsn events, continuing until he came to the end of " We hold these truths to be self-evident :—thlt all men are cre ated equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." At the termination of this sentence our neigh bors were elated beyond measure. Bob took off his hat, Bopped it on the groucd, and cried out " Hur-r•r-ah!" and Fred. shouted " Bully boy l" his voice thicken ing as he proceeded, " Th-a-a-st—there's -the-the-e-best-speech•ovor heard. My. sent-ments-th•th-z4ctly !" The next sen tence however did not please them so well. It read : "That to secure these rights, govern ments are instituted among men, deriv ing their just powers from the consent of the governed • that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new gov ernment, laying its foundation ott such principles, and organizing its powers into such form, as to them shall, seem most likely to effect their safety And happi ness." • At its termination, Bob rooked up at Fred. inquiringly and in an indignant manner exclaimed : "W-w•at'a that mean Is ha a (muttering an expression which we are too pious to repeat) copperhead 7" Fred. said nothing. but looked fierce, and the two continued to listen with the in• tensest anxiety, Nothing speciii,,,llow• ever, attracted their notice until the speaker came to— " f e bas erected a niultituds of new offices; and sent hither swarms of officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance." At the close of this, 330 b clenched ids teeth and muttered "copperhead," but made no other movement. The reader continued : "Ile has affected to render the military independent of, and superior to the civil oower. " Ile has combined with others to sub ject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws, giving his orient to their etas of pretended legislation: " For depriving us ' in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury : " For taking away our charter, abolish" , log our moat values .le laws. and altering fundamentally the forma of our govern ments :'L M. tho conclusion of each of these impressive sentences, the wrath - of our " loyal " neighbors waxed hotter and hot- ter. When the last (woe was finished their pent up fury, could be re3trained.no lon ger, and Bob, catching Fredi by the arm; burst out : " Come, I can't stand 't any more, I thought 'tvr:ts goin' to be a good loyal speeCh, but J's be—(bere ha used a very profane expression)—if 'tisn't tbe— (here •aaotberj--meanest copperhead speech I ever heard." Fred. assented to every word, and the two staggered off; to drown remembranee of the event in atom whiskey. The last we -heard of them they were recounting in vivid style - toe lot of companions the "infamous " sentiments of the " speech," and cursing the clpperhe.ld "orator " who had " fooled " them. they said, " worse than they ever wia fooled." And down to their dying days, we presume, they will carry the Impression that our stout and good natured friend King, whose loyalty no one will impeach, is a "cussed copperhead." There are "gratifying" reports from all parts of * * * * They are that Gen. Cox. the patristic nominee for Governor, will be elected by such a major ity as will "gratify" every lover of "con stitutional freedom" throughout the country.—Daily Dispatch. We presume the Dispatch is not aware that General Coz is an open advocate of negro suffrage. His leading party papers in Ohio, the Citicitinatti Gazette and the Cleveland Herald and leader, all chdra him as such. How our cotemporary could he gratified over the success of such a mull, in the teeth of its welt understood opinions. is a matter that we find it difficult to account for. If negro suffrage is the bucectuful it will be through the co-operation of conservative Republicans, who will talk against it, but cut their votes for men who are known to be its zealous advocates. A few newspapers of the viless copper head proclivities, have raised a howl over the trial of these conspirators by military commission, and the prompt denial of the writ of habeas corpus •by the President. One of-these has even declared the com mission of these acts " a crime against the Republic."—Gaartie. Is the New York Tri6uos a newspaper "of the vilest copp,rhead proclivities," neighbor? If you will refer to its cqiuxins. for some months p.sst you will find them teeming with protests against this " crime against the Republic." We join the Lancaster Intelligeneer in expressing regret " that President John son did not deem it proper to hand the conspirators over to the civil courts Nothing could have been lost by such a course. We have n' doubt the decision of a judge and jury would have been sub. stantially the same with that of the mili tary commission by which they have bsen condemned; but it would have been much for the President to hive preserved the msjesty of the civil law inviolate." Hiss Sylvia Ann Ilowlaud. tb, gealtb. feat lady in New Bettford, tlie I there on Sunday of last week, aged 59. Her income for last year was taxed on $lBB,OOO, her wbc)e estate being valued at about $2 000.00). She gave uway in legacies about $1,000,000. Tried c t Doh, The announcement is made, apparently by official authority, that Jefferson D.►vis is to be tried by a military co nmj+•ion, the same as the conspirstots. Vid S. u. oerely trust that this statement may be a mistake. The press of all parties is almost ansnimens in its expressions of disappro bation-of such a one's°. d• an instance of the manner in which the honest, out. spoken journals of the Republican party sriewit, we quote the folloxing from the New York Tritium : We hear talk of mare courtainartial for the trial of other, than persons in our military service, and we protest in ad vance against them. We have courts enough, law enotazta. and at least as fair a chance tor justice with these as witleany that can be improviled out of our Army by An order from the War Department. We do not much care what Europe may eiy of our juri.prulence we are only anxious that she shill have no just cause for censure. If any rebel has conspired to starve our soldieri, or infect our cities with pe=tilenc•, or d 3 any act abhorrent to humanity; let him be fairly teed for the crime; cr if it ,is thought_.l)eat to ar raign tome of the rebel chiefs for treason, so be it ; but let us deal with Mono ac cording to law, It will be a grievous mis take—an avowal of weakness--a blunder and a folly—to hold another court-martial for the trial of other than military offend ers Felonging to our own - army. Such a curt ran render no verdict that will enrry weight with it in the judgment of impartial Christendom—the fact that such a tribunal is resorted to wilt be trumpeted by thousands as a virtual confession that trial was not desired—its verdict of guilty will be decided as preluding and prepar ing a judicial murder. Lot us return to the dominion of law." • [Oar well known custom to publish communications on every side of the questions interesting the public mind will account for the appearance of the follow ing. The sentiments of the writer are correct, so far as they advocate the abol ishment of military tribunals, and a re turn to the time-honored rules of the civil law ; tut the Spirit in which he writes, if generally adapted, would tend to retard rather than hasten the success of his doctrines. The only way to con vince an opponent is by appealing to his reason ; a hasty, imperious or threaten ing manner inevitably irritates and drives im to a further extreme t] [coxectvicertn The Proposed- Murder of Jefferson Davis. The telegraph announces with its usual good sense and admirable /ogle, that the govt rnment having discovered additional evidence of the complicity of lair. D. i vis in the assassination plot, will therefore try hire by a special military contruis.ion, to be appointed for the purpose: The meaning of this is that •• the government " being satisfied of lir. Divis' guilt, will allow a set of men whom it appoints to decree his execution: If Hr. Davis is guilty, and if additional evidence has been procured, it might be supposed •there would be reasons why Mr. Davis should be tried before a mem court and not before a military Star Cham ber ; but, the ways of Black Republican despotism are mysterious and hard to be comprehended. Hoe , long are these mur deters to stain American annals with the blood of their victims ? How long wilt an apathetic and subjugated people endure tu silence the ptirpetratiors, by govern ment authority, - of crimes so monstrous and horrible ?• Are there no laws to pun ish public offenders, that we must rely on the ignorant and brutal appointees of ;ab solutism to give justice to the Republic? In the name of God if there is law, liber ty and justice left to this degenerate peo ple, let it be asserted in.such tones, that the murder of citizens and women by usurping tribunals, shall be punished as other murder, and the land rescued from the disgrace of military butchery. GENERAL NEWS. The receipts from Internal Revenue as officially reported for the fiscal year end- Ina June 30th. 1895, amounted to $206,- 311,180, 93. This does not include the tag on the Orrency of the National B►nks, which Will amount to about $200,- 000. Trenholm, the late rebel Secretary of the Treasury, arrested a short time since, has been relieve(' in accordance with in structions from Washington, and has gone to Charleston. The Government is making arrange. meats to send to Atlanta a sufficient quantity of supplies to relieve the Deceits". ties of the people in that section, who for some time plat bare been reduced to the last extremities by famine. Governor itranzlette of Kentucky ad dressed, the citizens of Louisville on Thursday evening in favor of the Consti tutional Amendment abolishing Slavery, pointing out the advantages of free over slave labor in Kentucky. So many men have been discharged at the Philadelphia Navy-Yard that the force now engaged there is less than one ,third as 'erg() as it was three months ago, and still farther reductions will be made. While the steamer Canoorda was lying at the wharf at Centre Harbor, N. H., on Wednesday night, some unknown person placed a keg of powder on the furnace, when an explosion took place, blowing up the frost deck and shattering the door panels, but not injuring the machin ery. .No ono was much injured on board. Rear-Admiral Dupont has bequeathed his prize money—amounting to $1t5,000 —to found a national asylum at Wash ing.on for the orphans Of soldiers and sailors. The American flag which was hauled down by the rebels i from the New Orleans Custom-House is Wl* restored with all the honors. The President has appointed Benjamin F. Perry Provisional Governor of South Carolina. Ttie proclamation is similar to those heretofore issued for the same pur pose. Florida is the only rebellious State not yet provided with a provisional Gov ernor. At Jamestown, N. Y., Severs} ' weeks ago, &clam broke sway, doing about POO,. 000 damage. besides causing the stoppage of au . udry mills. The new dam will be completed io viz weeks. The United States Post•Olfice Deput ntetit has now becomes paying institution. For the last 8:z months of 1864 its net profits over all expenses were $732,230 60, or itt, this rate of a million and a half a year. But the proffits .of the first six months of 1865 wia be yet larger. Wr ing this last nix months ,of Mr. Buchan- an's administration the loss for carrying and distributing the mails was $3,400,000. The. [ucca receipts from the States in the Union iu 18ti4 exceeded those of all the States iu 1851 by $2,972,000. Offing to the liberation of prisoners and the discharge of the army, the number of plictstious for pensions in the month of June wai greater than ever before. Since the war began 84,000 pensions hare broil issued; 34,000. to invalid soldiers, and 50.000 to widows, mothers, and minor children. The par:mama to pensioners in the past year have amounted to $9,. 000 000, and when all pensions arising tram the war shall have been frantic!, the annual expense will )30,00081300,- oro. The Pentitoct-01111ce is now in excell ent working order. The CI *lesion (S. C.) Cbgois• says bun dredis of citizens are perishing in Wit city for WSW , of food and reboot. Repsrs hare recently been rife of a, feeling of dissatisfaction among the troops formerly cf the Army of - the Potomac, ' sod will . I .the Provisional Corp., en camped on the south bank of tke Polo mac, and volicli tllreeitezi. t 0 ercato A serious distutbsnce unless averted by ne• cessary satsuma. The meta Gonsphtio first. of non.p vele _ • secodd. of th m q instituted, aid daily drill nstituted, and third, that the quality or rations which they are now re ceiving. Ogling to the neglect of Commis• saries, is far interior to Mose issued while in active service. Some regiments Wave even refused to, attend the prescribed drill, and unless some of 4he soldierly discipline, indispensable to military or ganization', is soon brought-into reluisi• lion, deplorable results will be sure to follow. • There is nothing new to be written about, Jeff. Davis and his allies still held as prisoners at Fortress Monroe. A. con respondent says that earl' morning Mr. Clay takes his hour's permitted walk, but Jeff Davis or Mr. Mitchell no one sees or CAB see, except Gen. Miles, the officer of the day and the guard. Imaginary stories as to their treatment and deportment have been written,' and will continue to be written, but chef amount to nothing. Jeff. Davis is in much better health than when he came. to the Fortress, and evidently has no idea of dying by starva• tion or the halter, or anything but old age. lie has plenty to eat and of goad quality. lie is in no dungeon, but bas half a casemate awl plenty of air and a fine vie' ofttbe water. 111 is not allowed to read and write, but cm keep up as Much and as vigorous thinking as he pleases. lie °moot attempt self•violence without detection, and there is no possi bility of his escape. Secretary Welles has issued an order reducing the navy from a War establish. meat to a Peace. He thinks that this will reduce the navy from 65 000 heeds to 12,000 or 1.000, and it will be our strongest guarantee to the maritime nations of the world that we are a pacific people, and design aggression upon none. Ex Gov, Vance has been released from the Old Capitol Pawn on parole, and is to return to North Carolina. A party of colored peranns left Fortress Monroe to celebrate the Fourth at Smith field, but were refused a landing by the deniammol the locality, whereupon a dis turbance ensued, in which one of the accompanying guard was shot, and Bobt. Searl of Norfolk wounded. Over 150 Brigadier and Major Generals, who have occupied easy positions in Northern cities, will shortly be mustered out, and officers who,have distinguished themselves in active service be substi tuted. James Jenkins of Dorchester, Mass., hanged himself on II /nay, through mel ancholy and mortification on account of being arrested tot' drunkenness. The ship William Nelson from Ant werp, June , Ith, of and for New York, was burned on the Newfoundland Banks on the i 4 t , inst. About forty of her psi set)gers have been picked up and taken to St. Johns. -ft is suppo.oll that the re• mainder—about 400—have been lost. Governor Pierpont, of Virginia. ha■ written a letter to talc President in favor of an extension-of amnesty to the people of Virginia without distinction of soy. The town of Franklin, Louisiana, was recently skeked by a party of freebooters, and five United States Treasury agents. who went into the interior of the country in search of rebel cotton, are supposed to bare been murdered by them. The wages and salaries of the em ployees Of the Steubenville and Indians railroad have been redhead fifteen per cent., to commence on the lst inst. John T. Ford. the proprietor of the fa mous Ford's Theater, at Washington, in which President Lincoln was assassinated, bad advertised to open that place of amusement last evening with the play of the Octoroon, but at 6 p . tn. the building was again taken possession of by the War Department. ands strong guard posted at every door. Only 200 Rebels have yet been pardoned under the terms of the Amnesty Procla mation, but a large number of cases have been reported upon favorably by Attorney General Speed and only Await the appro val of the Executive. The "heated term" prevails every where. Our exchanges are full of ac- / _ ctsuota of deaths by sun-stroke ; but a most distressing case occurred at a picnic near Louisville, on the 4th, when eleven were struck done by the intense heat One died, two had severe spasms. and sev eral others are m a very critical condi tion. Even the negroes were unable to withstand it. and the Journal mentions four cases of death among them, on that day, from solar heat. , The German bankers and moneyed men. who about a year ago made a. proposition to the Treasury Department, to take a premium loan (sufficiently large to cover the whole United States debt, have re newed the same on terms equally as ad vantageous as the former proposition. It is understood that an order will' be shortly issued mustering out all volunteer troops. and retaining none but the color ed and regular troops. The confessor of Mrs. Surratt, the Rev. Mr. Walters, says. not revealing the con fessional, that as God lives, Mrs. .Surratt was innocent of the murder of President Lincoln, or of any intent or conspiracy to murder him. A delegation of Virginia merchants on Saturday had an interview with President Johnson, with. a view to obtain the repeal of the twenty thousand dollar clause in the amnesty proclamation. The President gave theta but little encouragement. On Friday last, at Dover, Delaware, a man shot and mortally wounded a young woman ; tired twice at another man, and then shot himself in the shoulder: It is supposed that jealousy prompted him to these acts. EMI Pierre Soule, late of Louisiana, a lead ing rebel, has opened a law office in the City of Mexico. He haa•lived, the • past year, on a plantation near Puebla. The Masons of the State of Texas mat in Houston on the 15th utt., and issued an address to the Masons of the State, counseling obedience to the law, cheer ful submission to the authorities, and dis countenancing all insubordination or mu tinous conduct. The bills consequent upon the death of Mr. Liiieoin, including those for decorat. ing public buillings and those for the funeral, have all oxen delivered. Their aggregate is a trifle over $25,000. Emerson Etheridge hiss been arrested at Columbus, Ky., by the military -au thorities, oa a charge of deli, exit% mein. diary speeches in l'ennessee. 'biisi Neeley of Mockville, N. C., shot a negro woman through the heart, on the 24 inst., while the latter mu; arguing with her master. El•Ciov. ',etcher was released from im. prisonment at Washington on 3tond•y night. on giving hie parole that he would immediately proceed to his home and re main there subject to the President's order. " They made her a gr are too cold and damp For a soul so honest and true." - - It they hid been wise, the din necessity of opening the grave for one so lovely might have been avertol. Plantation Bitters, t timely used, are sure to resone the y oung and lovely, the middle aged, awl the ailing, from the grave. Almost ell diseisee bare their begisaing in 'tome slight 4Al:salty of the Stomach, which 'voted ertatinte 1s Dyspepsia. Headache. Liter complaints, Night Sweats, Otmeinsp tioo, Death. Plamtetion Dittoes wilt prevait there premonitory symptoms, mid keep the blood pare lead the health geed. Be Rio w ruts. THE ASSASSINATION ganging cf .Surratt, Payne, Harold tud Itzerott. [Co-. of th. r. Tc.t.ac,:a.onlay, Jane Tho curtain has fatten on the last. act of the great conspiracy drama, and also. Barrett, Payne, Harrold and At zsrott. the unfortunate victims of the arch iwflooth, Lave gone to their reward. If, even the most ohatitatle concede to the authors of each beittotis crimes the pardon of a forgiving !leaven. General Hance:se was batty besieged last night and this forenoon for cards of adinies• sign, but adhered to his perinea towduiit only those who di 'sired to be present as a matter of business instead of curiosity. Ia cense queers, the assemblage outel le the walls cf the jainyard was not large, being composed of a detacbmrtt t..f the regimseit of Hancock's Corps, selected to act as guard on the oect sin, represent itives of the press and a few ether tin:canto whom the privilege of being present bid been specially scord ed. FilT a tong time previous to the executions, sobs, moans and cries were heard issuing from the grated window fronting the jail ynrd to the south, which attracted a large group et the reportorial corps, who two assiduously engaged in noting down every trilling circum stance coming under their limited olvailsa Hon. To the north of the corider in a cell, Al ter ott id 000YerS.Stieti with his former mi4ress, could be distinctly seen, Ile frequently used his handkerchief to remove the perspiration from his face, and occasionally sobbed quiet ly, as she adoressed hint, apptrently in a fee . - log manner. None of the other prisoners were viaible. In the miln hall or oorider slowly strode a number of military officers, aanoug annex he fine foment Gen. Hancock appeared at inter vals, going to clad fro frnui the cel:s of the condemned, or giving neceseary instructions to his officers. The ulna is-niug from the cella were those of the sisters of Harrold and the daughter of Mrs: Barrett, whose grief was naturally enough affecting and uncontrollable. Thus passed the interval from 10 till '2 p. in., the sentries in the meantime slowly pac ing their beat] in a thoughtful mood, as if they dreaded the awful scene soon to be en acted sad would feel relieved as soot" as it wan over ; the blue coats on the walls looking down silently uoon the scaffold below and ev• ery one exibitiog the grtatest ,:ecoruta and seeming to be impressed with the overawing solemnly of the (mission. Fro& the cupola of a detached building a large crowd looked down into the jail yard, while Gardiner, the photographist, with his instruments posted in the old shoe shop huild• lag, was industriously engaged in prepara tions for obtaining numer.:us views of the group about to linear on the scaffold. At tea minutes past 1 Gen. Ilsucock per tonally paged the sentries around the soil. fold, and the outer guard were ordered to come to "attention," preparatory to tin ap pearance of the prisoners. At precisely 1 o'clock, Gen. ltartranft and Staff emerged from the Prison, and in a in , ment after were followed by the condemned Mrs Surratt came first, dressed la Mick, supported, on either side by an officer, and followed by her spiritual advisers, Fathers Walter and Wiget ',et the Catholic Church.— She wore a black bonnet and vast as an the trial, and hail to be almost entirely supported by the officers attending her. Next trine Atzerott, also necessarily sup ported by a toadies on e ither aide, and dress ed about as-be Was on the tri tl, and bare beaded. He was attended by his spiritual ad enters, the Be,. Dr. Buller, of the Lutheran Church, and the Rev. lie. Winchester, Cusp* lain of the Douglas.Hoseital. , Then came Harrold, dressed in his ordina ry person clothes, with a slouch hat op, the brim being turned down, lie, too, was much prostrated and had to be supported by a sol. Bier on either side. He was followed by the Rev. Dr. Olds, of Christ Cruel. Navy 'Yard, and the Rel. Mr. Vans, Chaplain, U. 8. Ar roy. Porte alone time bola and erect., 'without any support, a guard walking on either side of tam. lie wag dressed ins blue shirt. and pants, with a rather jaunty straw hat on, and was followed by his spiritual advisers. the Rev. Dr. Gillette, of the 13th street Baptist Church, and other attendants. Payne aloes of the prisoners ascended the , scaffold without the support of bee attendants Four wooden arm chairs bad been placed there far the reception of the, prisoners, and they were seated as follows, teeing west: Mrs. Surratt, on the north next to the prison ; Payne eat next ; Harrold neat, and Atseroat next ; Mrs. Barrett and Payee opposite one drop, and Harrold and Atzerodt opposite the other, the fiee.sights manilla rope, with is ominous noose, dangling before each res pectively, the nooses reaching to within an average of eighteen iaohes from the door. On the prisoners being seated, or rather 'sinking into their chairs, the finding and sen tences of the Military Commission, as approv ed by the President and already published, were read in a clear, calm voice by Major- Gen. Hartrauft, standing in the middle of the platform. The appearance of the prisoners aa they sat there in a row facing the west, and the crowd and Garet:sees photographic instruments peer lag from the upper windows' of en opposite building, and the ropes swaying in the breeze immediately before them, was that of agony ineffable.' The thought came rushing upon the mind of the spectator : Ob ! what would they not give if they could undo the fatal acts that have consigned them to this agony and infamy ?" Mrs. Barrett was very much prostrated, and seemed to be kept alive a!most entirely by the spiritual consolations of her advisers, _who were unremitting in their attentions until the end. After the reading of the sentences by Gen. flarteauft, Rev. Dr. Gillette stepped forward In behalf of Payne, and ststed that he had been requested by the prisoner, Lewis Thorn ton Powell, &lies Payne, to publicly, on this occasion, return his sincere thanks to Gen„ liartrauft and the officers and men under his, command for their uniform kindness toward him during his kindness. Not one unkind word, look or gesture had been given him by any one of them. The Reverend Doctor then led in a fervent prayer in behalf of the prisoner, in which the letter followed, closing with a feeling. Amen, his eyes at the acme time filling with tears. Payne throughout wore an air of contrition as well as courage, and thereby excited the pitrofthe spectators fully as'much• as any of the other prisoners who were mare un nerved. The spiritual advisers of Harrold and At lewdt also returned the thanks of their charges respectively to Gen. Hartrauft and his officers and men, for their uniform kind. nese ; and joined' in prayer with the prison ers in succession, Dr. Butler preceeding in the case of Aturodt with an impressive exhortation. Daring all this time the advisers of Mrs. Burma were assiduous in their attentions to her, and by their 'consolations kept her meas arahly nerved up fur the terrible denouement. She appeared—Dating her unavoidable pros tration—passive in their hands ;ad resigned to her fate. On the conclusion of the prayer in the case of Atzerodt, which was the last, the prisoners were led forward, supported by their respec tive attendants, and the ropes adjusted atoned the neck by different parsons. About the lame time Mrs. Burma teemed, by a desper • ate meats! effort, to nerve herself up speciallysi for this occasion, looking forward and around her, for the only time, with an air of mingled determination and resignation. Her 'bonnet and veil were removed previous to the put- ting of the noose upon her neck. Payee held back hie head anti was pertiou. tar abort having the noose adjusted and se cured by tightening above his "Adam's apple," as it it had been the adjustment of a cravat for a festive occasion.' Harrold and Aiserodt, daring the process of adjusting the ropes, looked as if experi seeing ineffable agony, as well as Mrs. Sur ratt, who was now bordering on a fainting condition and was kept conentious only ty the assidous fanning and other attentions of her attendants. Payne stood erect and unsup ported. and he alone, it was sail by one of the spiritual advisers, had time upon the Witold, without indulgeece in stimulants, which he had steadily refused, saying that be wished to die with an unclouded mind. At the conclusion of the address of Atze rodt's spiritual attendant and his deeply sol emn and feeling petition to Heaven for Divine clemency, he was unlined to the drop by his ittesdaqts, sad while the white cotton bandivore being ttoct , about his legs and artar, exhibited grott well:nese and emo ion. liaitig 'unreels able to remain !a Lin erect titian. The noose was then placed rbout hi neck, and precious is its Lent adjustment lib :duresrctl .. ~.:su.lthie:llo7lll e s: iioLer, aml I`,l o ~i.(.1 r.lll , V+.l Ittl!, UpprGaelse VlLcli Alizrait evidnatly repcsted his requekt, alllt 11441 4 .U0,1 VS. then 111.40 n over head, when - bers.. - s tersitied voics: Geotletues, like probibly intending to say, w Lat his agonised feelings perrentril hint f r .;tn es p re , f . lug; •• Geotleti rlrula,;• G, 1:1..F ample." A m o m ent fi rer and ::,..n.tbnfley laud, "Gard bye, genticintn, oho nic Lctere toe now." And, atter A al,Mtt iller 7 / 1 1, add/ d, " May we all meet in tnc other wor a ' As the rope 17 av 3" 4 :!theed to his neck, and just beftru the thug L.'. Lt. dr ,trt in rather aloud voice, " Datil chdie to:•." These were the 13-,t wordi he utter et, rliich wyro succeeded by tec'rtl andible groans. At this juncture the nooses ond Whiten/fps having all been ofrjus'ed, Capt. Rath, Assist ant ProvoLt L_Marslinl, having immediate charge of the execution, !stepped in front of tho ecstfuld, en the ground. aid motioned to a ll a t /, ! :„atere on the 51r.sasilli to step hack off the drops, which they did, the proper ones still teaching forward and supporting their charges respectively on the &cps. Immediately on this movement being ac. complisbed, -Capt. P,eth also gave the signal for the props to be knocked from under; Which w.s done by a swinging scaniliog for each shoved longitudinally ; .and the four conspiratirs; having Llicn ebtut five feet ea 6, were ler: danglinz opseituudically in the air. The come: Gene of Payne wore the greatest, attributable to his highest physical condition. Harrold died next hardest. The denclas of Mrs. Eturratt and Asserodt were comparatively easy. ahra. Surratt, on falling, rookie a convulsive effort to bring ter bends arenad her right side In front of her and they remained in such contorted position until ehe was cut down. After the conattlstoos of nil were over, Mrs. Surrstt, l'syne and A' •rcdt hung with ti)rir beads bent forward, while that of Harrold in. cursed back, which larttr was said ty experts to be the only execution on correct principles. E. U. .I.l4iTlioNY & CO., • Maaufacturen of Photographic Materials, wooLEAALEAvp 601 1311OADWAY, NEW YORK: aaitioa to qnr main bush:ars of Pi:1'01'0GO. Aratc ti muat.4„ r. us Llta.iqautarb for U tollottiag, ♦ia.: Stereoscope's &lid:Stereoscopic, Views, Of gm.' fro Lows so imusu-s assortweor, includfing W.s. *VO,OI, Ain.rie.n amt f. , : tAga Citivo sod hand c.pos, Groups, :Statuary, Se, Also, iterolvlai: ri welse• pea, for public or pricsAo ksbibiOoz. Our caL• alcque sod be tl.ut to 1113 Y kddres, on receipt. of 'tan?. PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS. We we.e the drat to t , ieee 11110 it.* 1. tilted Statue, acid we u.iaciuta•.t itumen.o jut atlas lb great variety, ranging tri prixe tvirn Su tents to *AI 016- OUr •Aibutai have the repu , atn, of Luiogeoper.ur to beanly st.ki durAtnliti to all otLera. ".hey w.t be actit by toad, free, on receipt of price. ,• Atb..nne matte to or,:er J 3 Card Photographs. nor estlitigue etnbrsees over tore tbounstid diEfere sulj,cte, C.O WLior lattitios c.o.°, ut p , Etruts eni.Leut A Wsilt..Pit al t, s Va. about L op ysior Ilene sap,'oos S.tatesictii, ;pi ling. Gruera.s, Ir.o Divine*, z,75 Goicinsl4, Author . LOCI Lteutent.rit Colonels, 4u Artists, 05 tither °Ricers, tette, 7. Vary ufficeNt. I tql•r.rstinlrie WOMCO. Ifej Pronc'.rient Von:toi Parralt . Three thoussnil copies of won's of art, inch:in; re• proaucti• ns of the tnost ce:eSrated eiagisrioirs, ;4114. tri4e,`titues. fie. flataf^guo seat on rece•pt or stalnp. An crier for one &sea yl•tores it itrt our catsloßue *Ca Le kited on the receipt ut $1 84, end tent y. !pm 4 , llooitrspheis • tt others orderin: lit C. Li wLtl pets e remit tient)-five .er cent. ul the aniOnnt with V:eir order. 'E. H. T. AN ruNy & CO., 3:g n u/actin.' era of PAvtographic .SJI uno-iil 4),Y, N. Y. IrrThe prices acid quar,ty o: our gloat canooi fail to 'atoll./ leb9-41a1 1865: :., i ~ ' >;;., • , ..1- , -. 7 -, ~...: ~-1." \-7- ~ / 7.N. ... , ) et,, , ,N \., t ' . 4 4' . ii 14 4 fI LZ g - - : -..... y 1. „ .... .". ,... 1 F t : 7 . ,,. .. " :•; 1 14 1. 2.•:rii, . .. -. 4 ''. , 7 *. : ''' : : i i . ... ':1 ;II : r '' . . '''''.:: , , , , 1: , • 1 . 4 :- ' Ir 4•4•• t; ' '`.. , Or . t o .; a , 1 %;" •, .'.. ~. ‘ ........ r .......-, : _,,., . ~--,-,.......... .- ~ 0., 1 18 years established In H. City .nuti hofellkble remedies known." 7rer from Poisons." "Dot dangerous to the floono Family." 'Rata tome oat th• it holes to di e." "Costar's" Rat, Roach. &c., Exterli, Is s pace--ored for Rats, Mies, Roaeltes, Stark aid ' Red "Costar's" Bed- Bag Exterminator. Is a Iletutd or emit, used to deem!, stud C.O as a vta . rigours for Hod-Bov, et.c. ."Costar's" Electric Powder for Insects, I, for Moths, aligagaii.es, Pass. Bed-Bugs,lamas cc , flosits, Potts, daistats, lit. or Sold by ell Drueeista sod Retailers everysteire. c r. f Oswalt' I o! 211 worthies lar - to thut `'CuOTAN:o " DaLue Is on 'La Box, Bottle, and Flask, Tudors you nor. lite.Nlll( R. COSTAR, nr Tstxca.A.t. OCTOT, 41: BanAnwar. N. T. rirSold by AR twaggista sod thaleti it' Erie, Pa. 1865. INCREASE OF ItlT3.—The Fareur's Uamits (Eng lish) asserts and prOlreS egareo that VDO pair of rats. lid I bare a prorof an intsmodtriti co lege than 651,050 I. three levee. Now, a..less this immense family can be kept down, ttov would iovaume more food than would suitain 116 OW barrow beings. Ur Sae "Corral's" advertisement in this paper. 1865. RATS'orross lllRDS.—Whorter engages in shooting small MN* fa a cruel man: hover aids tl3 exterminat ing rats la a aenerietor. We Ilhonid Nka amore or our correspondents to gin us the Lena& 0/ the fr experience in driving out these pests. We need tom.tn+ng besides dog., eat., and traps for this bus! nos.— Scisatific Jan+ GM, !J. Y. la ,- SOO " CO51'401:8" aJrertisemeut it this Raper 1865. ,4 COSTAR'S " RAT RITLRItII; CDR ts times, seta and ears—the moat pert et Raz -Ideation seertieg re have ever &Vended. Fiery Kit that ran eet it, propirly prepared according to dirretlona, will eat it, a d vier? one that eats It will die, generally at vitae place && ds tent as ectiiinte Oust *lsere the stealelhe 'wag ta'.en.— Lake Shore, Ni A, Mirror. szr See *Conran's" &deer:lament to thla paper, 1865, HOTTA RICE EPER3 t.oubirit ',Lib vermin 1:i.e.:16e to no touter, it they et... Cosraa'a " Exterminator. We bare IL,fed it to oat f.lisfactiott ; and if a box cost $4, we Tonle' hare IL We bare trig ti pros, A S but the.' eff-eted oti•i^e ; Int 'Coetir'e" article Itto3 lbe breath not of N•'", ?Jive. Knecht e, Ante, tine ned-listige, quitter th'en -t writ• it. It Is in great ileznanJ all over the tottnt`ttr--"ediaa, Ohio, Gaulle Irr Bee "4o51.4.101" ad? r.rtisement in nits pap:. 1865. A voiark nom THE FAR —PFes►in g of ''Co,- tales" ?At, Itoacti. Ant, tio., Exterminator- o E3pre grain and prortdous aro de.tto)od auousilr in Gra• t county by vermin than woctld pay for tons of this ilat and Ina•ct lillier."—Leneasttr, Erred. See "Ca/males lidrortheenent In this paw. 1865. VARDIR3 AND fIOM3CKERPRRS—whouId reMilleet that hundreds of dolisze worifi"of arida. Pertiaiolaa, An, are sonnallyd•sthvyed by Rata, ifite„ Ants, and other tweets sod yetroin--all of which esti ba pruirented by • few dollars' worth of "Costa " Rat, &Mob, dig, ate Exterminator, bc tight mud used freely. 441 "Cortaa'n" advertisement in this paper, ' Sold In Srte, Pa , b r all Draggiati and Dealers. tvlrtib-Sm 'ERIE RAILWAY. 141914NLAINWPMENW5 CHANG E OF HOURS, COIMENCIN6 T:31: Ail) a, 333 , :e. 3, IY!'4. inilas rill Isaweilnak.irit at &Lout ttofollowtathostrr, Hs: Esstward Bound—Depart. • Trata Dio. IA 940 re. Troia No 10 10 20 a fr. Tr sin No.o 6 0 , 01.. m. Train N 0.4. 163.. sm. The Accommodation sans ivory , da‘- crtike. 161 NOT. Gen . ' 400 GROCERIES I GROCERIES I • • AT WI CYLESALE AND RETAIL. P. scITAAP, *wad reapeethally traorti the public `that be has opened • stora tie No. 2 Hughes' Block ' ', Frio, Where be will 'lime Iteep a laws,* et GROCERIES ! : CROCKERY 'AND NVOODEIV!VIKE, wirats, LIQUOIts, Cl9Auttg, -7 •• • Ani eyerythlar vial:ly for Willi m iitibililo4r4 of th* tfn or Tow so nielletblio u an/ ether atArt Kbi 732 Watches and 1 ,000,000 : I I 1 n f Rt t)ob Dorm e. cb , Irtu. 110 be smite oar art° Jon knu• *h. DJ A. H. h ( kult for NO. NI Bookman stint, c r Reid Me rsttoltir.et.... of At Utli.t.Att 100 Ot)lif lug c;st Tr Pc 100 Gold watches. cart,, ; „ _2OO Ladies' gold watcht--, 500 1 4 iIver watches, 0,000 Late style vest & 5,500 Gents' Cal. diaruot.l 4,000 Cal. diamond tar -, l; 3,000 Miniature revolvin g r, 2,000 Cal. dint and and ena, gouts' scarf '2,000 Nlasonic & emblerdpi 2,500 Gold band bracelets, 8,000 Jet and SilObiat bl'00( 2,000 Cameo brooches, 3,000 Coral ear drops, 2,000 Ladies' watch chains, ti,ooo Ciente' . pies, 4,000 Solitaire Sleeve butt 3,000 Sets studs S sleeve t,u , 0,000 Sleeve buttons, plain ' 10,000 Plain 1k engraved r. 8,000 _Lockets, richly tu t '15,600 Seta ladies' jewelry intest styles, - 5.000 Handsome seal rift, 2,000 Sets bosom btu le, 1,000 Gold pens & gold hc, 2,1100 Sets jet & goid pin, drops, la:est t.tyl , 2.000 Gold thimbles, penci,i, 10.000 Gold peue, s silver -10,0IX0 Geld p ens, e_hottriv,:itr4, This entire list of best. taul Sal for Una Dollar enr.ll. article% rat to Rimed to entr) , etareo;es ant lest by mail, en ehoin. On the 'Leto', Vof ' vliet. 1 Ota are to leave, and mewl the duller and fate tue Yin; orrtametes can be oldrfe,: thirty for i ; silty .fire for $,,, Vt. We enil send tong..e cent*. •geoVe wanted, to good Ift unite t.r one rertive. Venom. P O, Boa, Ri A rg Gß 's si V T e n gzt ß ap it i E e si tm lai, yrnis Pase.twalus I,i IT region as "THE I.IONtiLULL: and !tea this new name or *tr. ,tot torer being consolidate , : v the prJpriators of the In„ -• ao irocien e sale, f,,t It restores Gray If sir td. It Imparts a brautif“. fa ed Lair. 24. It cares ell rirurooze ard —! Ch. Itiaar idaki , e L L 6th. Ale *richly perfutuot Ladiesl no you .tenire to art trial Profit teces? Thee u 5. restore your Gray Hair to th tressesvolyonth. Ctntleritien I no your Leads eh^. of Raldnes, ? Then n.,e the A Dabru , Mote are 0-stllling your Hair So It 16 not a dye 1 It nee' not color t, it. • est liter': It is not composed of c„,, chiefly ul harrniess vegetaVice, and >1;.• Restorative. Try it and convince.; R.ll. Tubbs t: CO, vtoprietlrs. N. T. flume, Colon IJLIa, Erie Lc Northwestern Peiansvivauls hoc.i ac c .rts 7 ., a • east., Co, 'Mimed!. ;i L. K. Wood, Corry. j ERIE AGENC 7-30 U. S. 1865. On hand Ibt Duly Authorized Subs JAY COOKE & my11'654 Keystone' National Ba 6 til SeLDF.N. Y.LIIIU MARVIN, The above bank Till be wined fo:. the • basinef a or. Monday, Dec.. sth, hi ilughes' Feet side of State St., betweta u Satlsfutory papar die eouut,l. Macey reoelvea on Devect. Cottecttous made and ;to:eels roomptutva. Diana, Speck and Bank NWC•S %hue of Public reroct.;.. .e PIANO FORTES .11t► 11EY recto the logo, iz; It"It Stetwine k Soos, Neer Wm. kriabo k Co., 1.:".1 1!..; Ltudecastt k Sone, N'ee. t • 'm, Et. I.lr4dhltry, 'Sew Y' Joho B. Dunham, New Gtovesteen k. Co , Geo. A. Prince k Co , 13 Jt!.. Y Ce.rtsext, Needham k t , Prices at a Large-Discount be. facturer's Flues. PIANOS 'PROM. I'o '7 All persona vri 'Ling a tits: rat, on, are inetted to call 11,17 , 1exaw , L 4 •‘. pcirshasitv; ellevrhete. -tr' ••t RA',ed's Meet, Sate Eel • C, e aefer. CV ' r.S.—Ersty laetreetett les-esz,••••• Reeves' Am bi 103 'NE ULU,. TETIS EXCELLENT 11A111 ImA rundicril..l Hsu srrtuta6u• ,t pr.citdenis in fanhionable oti•ei I Tej.•l2.(louS, city in am' c , I i•rdpe Aniern.r. astudati used io the Ccuri c'r"•l • '•• Prtet c .11ndint and try It . • 'rout. Ite.F. Er* A111111 , ,1n 14 c. I.t . rcc tcool betti ut r ut.. , red Witte • 'Mitt, 02 Cltitalk.. ti prevents the hair t4lling oat, nol thi.k and long. kt twat!. Li, tho t • it a plant) appearance , . .o Inuit . 21. Price 7.5 cents per Urge he tt"e Sold by droegiste and dollen in part" of the eft( teed world. Wbo'.. , 4 el:agitate la every dab and At r.ggyks AwEirec.-1, No.G2 rritxca s RICTIARD3 k CO, I Agenia for Yontrylriair.. Pleasure Excursit PARTIEs DESIRING 'lO U xx 7).4l.gretireions on the vr Ds, wilt dad tan an lersigued r date them erlth gcod BOW. 1 :), tittrki;Oat for ple .ettra partles. . • Of Egli Boat. haul . Persons desirin; to have the " 7 will Doi me votastantty on 3t ' of Ntel..itize.t J 1665-- fox 1° WE ARE OFFERINt. vAr_ _ alszie 811?-011,,Zicut 0, 1 "i: 1 n. DoDI, Doll flovls„,6amr...d quAtt.. j rune, ro:Se •2. ~