and his, skill with arrows arid With skates.— In those times thq rudest' implements were used to propel 'the wearer over the ice and snow:' The Icelanders used "sliankhones of a deer or sheep, about n foot long, which they greased that they should not be stopped by drops Of Water upon them." It is amusing evn te" fancy our elegant professors of the art—the Pages, and the Weavers, and the Van ROASHindtilging in their peaceful antics, nonchalantly rolling backwards, cutting a spread-eagle, or joining in the mazy intrica tics of a waltz, or a quadrille, upon the shin bones of an innocent lambi Skating was popular, we are told, in Edin burgh and London several centuries ago; yet, in rthe age of Shakespeare it could hitve been bid little known, or that great observer of all manners and customs, businesses and plea sures or the men around him would not have failed to notice it, and we and no mention of the word skate in , his works. The French have always been a nation of innovatory:al4 accordingly we find intro duced into Paris, as early as 1819, a new kind of state, rondo for running upon the ground ; This t , Sy was furnished with three little brass Wheels, instead of runners, and was capable of being nimbly employed in executing the more difficult pedal manceuver- Cs. After a time they came to be used upon the French stage, and the opera of " Le Pro phete " included a ballet of skaters who, be ing very skillful, excited universal admira tion. Such an innovation would be very popular at least while it remained a novelty, upon the boards of our own theatres. These Parishth opera skates evidently suggested the parlor skates, which have lately been exten sively introduced in American families. That all the old-votaries of this delightful pastime will this season renew their ancient love, and that those may skate who never skated before, whether they be young or old, ~m aiden fair, or lady bold," of high or low degree, and obtain as much Health as they will pleasure front sweeping Ir' '• On sounding skates, a thousand different ways, In circling poise, swift as the winds along," over "the orysal pavement, by the breath of heaven cemented flrm," is the sincere wish Of the writer, who also hopes that the icy in firmament may never glide from under them, bringing their craniums in contact with the gelid mass. PUBLIC SALES Bills for the following public sales have been printed at this office: Sale of I'. A. Shainhaugh, in Plainfield, on the 13th inst., of Horses, Mules, Colts, Wagons, Buggy, Horse-gears, &c. Sale of Geo. Hutchinson at Alter's Mill, on the Pith of January, ~ f one Cow, Shoats, and a variety of Household Goods. Sale of neob Weitzel, in Hickorylown, three miles east of Carlisle, of Household and Kitchei Furniture, Potatoes. &e., J an. :20. Sale of Robert Felix, near Centerville, on the 26th of January, of Horses, Colts, Cows, Young Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Potatoes; Bees, and all sorts of farming utensils. Sale of T. M. Heagy, two miles north of Kingstown, of two young Mules, Mulch COWS, 117ngOnS, PIOWS, &C. Sale of Jeremiah Notlsinger, in South Middleton twp., of Mules, Horses, Cows, Hogs, Wagon, Plows, Reaper, &c, March 10 Sale Of Jesse O'Hara. in North Middleton twp,. of horses, Cows, Young Cattle, Bogs, Plows, Harrows, Wagons, Threshing Ma chine, Grain in the Ground, &c. Feb. 21. Sale of Leonard Swartz, in North Mittel.— ton twp., of Horses, Cows, Young Cattle, Steers, Shoots, Wagons,Threshing Machine, and a general assortment of farming tools, February 24th. Sale of Jacob - Noffsing,er, on Friday, Feb. 10th, on the Baltimore turnpike, one mile south of Carlisle, of Horses, Colts, Cows, Young Cattle. Wagor s, Plows, &c. Sale of Philip Shambaugh, four miles west of Carlisle, on the railroad, on Thursday, Feb. 9th,, of Horses, Mitch Cows, Young Cattle, Sheep, Hogsi Plows, Harrows, Wag ons, &c, Sale of John Kauffman, in Lower Allen township, March 3d, of Horses, Cows, Sheep, Hogs, Threshing Machine, Plows, Harrows, &c. Sale of Mrs. Martha Kaylrma!), near Boil ing Springs, on Feb'y. 28th of 11 orses, Cows, Young Cattle, Steers, Shouts, and a variety of flouting implements. GENTLEMEN'S HATS.—AII the latest Styles at Charles Oak curd & Sons, Centinenal Ho tel, Ph iladelphl 3m COURT PROCEEDINGS Coot th. Ex Relatione—Howard Rupert, Lewis J. Rupert, Henry E. Rupert, vs. John Jacobs Sheriff, J. Thompson Hippy Jailer.— In the common Pleas.—The Plffts. in this case were charged with the murder of Wil son:Taggert Vanasdlan on the 31st of Decem ber 1864. This was a Habeas Corpus direct ed to the clefts. commanding them to have the bodies of the prisoners before his Honor, J ame: , H. Graham, on Thursday the 12th of Jun. 1865. Prisoners in court as directed,—How ard was committed by D. Smith Esq., and the other two by A. L. Sponsler Esq. The facts are substantially as follows.— Vanaadlan had enlisted in the 22nd Cavalry Regiment of Pennsylvania received a boun ty of $3OO and was accredited to Philadel phia. Shortly after he deserted from the regiment then at Philadelphia, came home and was arrested, and sent to his regiment from which he again deserted was re-arrest ed in July last and sent to Harrisburg where he was put on detached duty, and again de serted—this being the third desertion. Had been arrested twice once in April and once in July by Special officer John Early of this Borough. Ruperts had authority to re arrest him from both R. Henderson Esq., Provost Marshal, and Special officer Early. Tt was represented that he had armed hiin self and would resist any attempted arrest. On the 31st the Ruperts meet hint at Center ville, and after some time had passed Lewis Rupert tapped him on the shoulder and said "you are my prisoner" ho replied how so, and shook him off, Mr. V. walked off, Howard called to hirg t ,to "Stop" but he took two or three steps turned himself and ran out into the road in a kind of a slow trot,,and hadn't gone far until Halyard Ruperi: shot him with a navy revolver. The ball tetonical one passed through the stomach two or three in .oo frOm theipinal column passing diagonal ly through him coming out below his vest pocketon his leftsido of which'he died in three fourths of an hour afterwards. Ruperts wanted bring him to town after they shot him but were not• allowed to do so by the Doctor in attendance. 9n the part of, the prisoners it was con tended-that-they were justifiable in shooting After he bad been °Mend to "atop" and did -riot, that they had full power 'to make' the arrest, if necessary take his life and that by reason of his former well known desper ate character, they had feason , to apprehend Violence from him if he got the chance to in flict it, and that under this State of 'facts the offence was a bailable one.. • • On the part of the Commonwealth it was -contended that it was a mei* sacrifice of the man's life and that there were facts in the case tending to show Malice 'afore thought that they had authority to arrest him they wore bound to use all lienceable moans to accom plish that before resorting to the extremity of taking his life. That there were three to Make the arrest f ono, and from ten to thirty in the Hote at Centerville who 'were bound to aid if called on to arrest hith, and this , ,not - having .con' .. done iendered_ them liiiblii: 'ail that t' e Offence wee not bailablo. His HonCr was. of the sopinion; stihstan tinily with the Com th. counsel and remanded Howard Rupert to the Jail of the County'to await his trial for the murder of Vamisdhin; Lewis 4. Rupert and Henry Rupert were ad• witted to bail in st3ooo. each conditioned for the payment ZOslsoo each with two suf. cient sureties each in the sum of $1503 con ditioned for the payment of $750 each in-de fault of Appearance. John Morrison - and Edward W. Weakley entered as security. Miller for Prisoners, Gillelen, Penrose and Hepburn for Comfit. A Corath. Ex-Rel. Howard Rupert, Lewis J. Rupert, Henry E. Rupert, vs. John Jacobs, Sheriff, J. Thomson Rippey, Jailer —Arrested for the murder of Taggert Vanas dlan, of Penn Township, Cumberland Co., Habeas Corpus directed to Defendants to produce the bodies of the prisoners on Thurs day the 12th of Jan. 1865, at 10 A. M.— Prisoners in court as directed, had been committed for the said murder by commit ment, written in the usual form—Deft's coun sel contended thatit was nota bailableoffence and called witnesses to show that they were properly committed for murder. Miss Martha King, sworn. On Saturday evening the 31st Dee. 1864, I was sitting at home, by the window, live in Centerville, looked up the road and saw Mr. Vanasdlan and Benj. Smith. coining. down the road to gether. I saw them above the Post, Office, it is west of our house and about 100 yards, then the next I saw was - Lewis Rupert hay ing hold of Mr. Vanusdlan by the arm, saw Mr. Vanasdlan give a .quick jerk, and was loose from Mr. Rupert. T immediately saw Howard Rupert raise his arm, with a pistol in his hand, and about Mr. Vanasdlan. then went and,opened the door, when I beard I Mr. Vanasdlan screaming and saw him put up his hand to his side, heard him say you have shot me through my heart, saw him walking towards the three Rupert;, saw Mr 'Howard Rupert take him by the one arm and Mr. Lewis Rupert by the other arm (identifies the two). They were then along the side walk, I then saw Mr. Vanasdlan fall ax if he had fainted—was about . 10' or I s s feet off when lie was shot. Vanattdlan was stantlittg still when he was shot, nis face wt , llll , it toward ,, Rupert when he shot, was standing - with his back towards Rupert. The three were together when he shot, I don't know whether Howard said anything, I didn't Item- teem say anything, the Ru pert; were standing when they shot, all three were together, close together. It was in the town. I saw Mr. Fry and Mr. Dun lap. coming down the road towards Ruperts at the time, don't know how far they were not so far as the length of the court room, didn't hear the Rupert'; call to any one at the time I heard him shoot, it was near 4 o'clock in the afternoon, saw no oth- I er person at the time he was shot. Vanes dine is dead he died, shortly after lie was shot, died the same evening - not over three quarters of an hour after he was shot,. 1 saw him after he was dead, was lying /it 11,111112 un hie ~, ,1 111g board, he lived in Centcri ills, had lived there from the time lie was a little boy, that is in and around there, has a family, a wife and three children, was about 28 years of age. Smith and Dunlap Were coining dowt, the road in the direction of Redseck er's tavern, not live minutes after. I saw Ruperts, they came in a spring wagon and stopped they then hitched their horse there, Vanasdlan fell over as if he had fainted, Henry raised him up, Mrs. Vanasdlan ' his wife, came up and asked'them to bring him into the house, they replied "not 11 bit of it," he must come with us alter he had seemed to faint, after he had fallen and they had raised him up again, don't know the distance that Rupert lives from Centerville, Mr: Henry and Lewis wanted to take hub to his house, the house was Mew town but in the same direction, they were between the horse and the wagon, they brought him idler Mrs. Vanasdlan asked Rupert took the wagon on down to the house, they dragged his body pert of the way, 1 saw them on die outside, Vanasdian eau leaning against til e fence, Mrs. Vonitsdlan asked again to bring hi Millto the house—flownrd said he was as far now as they could l i ki i he him, meaning iteto the house. Then v them go in the gate towards the house—Mr. Howard Ru pert walking beside him with his pistol in his band Cruss. e_ramined by 31r. Mute•. - Part of the time they helped him till he reached the fence; he tell on his knees and they dragged his body along ; I was jnst across the street ; didn't hear any words pass between them; Walnut Bottom road runs east and west; first Mr. Smith and Vainasdlan came; they were west of our house and can e trout Red seeker's ; they were west of me all the lime; I was in the house all the time, told at the time the shot was fired the door and windows were shut ; went out when the shot was fired; V. was from the house lit or 12 rods; didn't go hack into the house until after they took V. home. lie was standing still at the time he was shot; V. and Smith coming down the road attracted my attention ; Smith was on the aide walk walking doWn towards his house; was along side of the road not very far off V. Saw no scuffling or effort to get loose; something might have taken puee that I didn't see; V. had been away from home for some time, can't tell how long ; they called the doctor to examine the wound; I heard them call the doctor to see what he could do towards it xing him up to take hint to town; he was in the house at the time they called the doctor ; I don't know it' V. had a In Ch i ej. —lle has been home for near four months. W, M. Shriver, sworn.-4 know very lit tle about it ; I was not present when V. was shot; did not see him shot. John S. Dunlap, sworn.—On Saturday af ternoon towards evening, don't know exactly what time, I was coming'down the Walnut Bottom road; when 1 wits Within about 2.1 rods of where this happened, 1 saw two men walking ahead i f me down the Bottom road, I thought one was Mr, V. the other 1 didn't know; didn't not ce where they went to; I 2 or 3 rods off when this happened ; 1 saw two men scuffling; didn't then know who they were when I saw them first ; V. was one of the men ; was rather moving back from the otl er man ; I saw his face; V. was box ing them off; was throwing his hands up; didn't seem to hit any one and couldn't say if ho did ; didn't see 'him hit any one ; V. moved down the road ; some one called to him to stop; saw Howard Rupert raise the pistol and shoot; my attention was directed to the pistol ; couldn't say that 1 saw V. just at the time the pistol was tired; he walked a few steps, clopped his hands on his side and commenced to scream and halloo ; no words that 1 could.understand; saw him immedi ately after the tire , made a few steps alter the tire before he made any ado ; he appear ed to be moving around towards the side walk; when ho was shot ho was in the road; Ituperts were on the side walk along the fence; the movement appeared to be towards the Ruperts ; can't tell his precise position when they tired; about 8 or 10 - yards'from him when ho fired ; I thou rode past V. where he was lying and saw no more; after I had rode past about 3d yards I turned round and look ed back; they appeared to be together then; he coming towards them and they towards him ; Frederick Fry was with me.; he was on horse back too ; I was coming towards the east ; the two were nearly together ; I don't know whom they stood when 1 saw the scuf fle; V. moved east; I saw Rupert raise the pistol and lire; don't know the position of V. after the firing; R. said nothing about assist ing them ; I'was not (Army horse at all ; the only word that 1 heard was-" stop;" I was not more than rod and _a half oif ;111r—Fry. was riding along side of me next the side walk ;V. appeared-to be moving on off; be was walking; 1 didn't see him run at,all; didn't hear either him or them talk; saw no effort to catchup with hint ;'.hcard nothing but atop ;"' the three men were. nearly, to gether; 1 don't know the three Amens only. know Howard IL ; he was there ; these three men, mysel4ind Fry, were all within 'two and a 'half rods of the R's. and V. By the Court.—}low long after you heard the word " . stop" did'yon hear the Ansvier.—"As soon as the pistol 'could , be raised after the word 'stop' I heard the .it was very: quick. Do you know who it was thhtshilled i'atopl'? Answer.—l can't tell-who it was. - - Re.iunied.—iipimrd lives about 6 miles. S. W. from CmitrOville; I belieire the rest live with their notherabout-2 or 23- miles S. W. from CentreVille; I saw the party cording together;' V. resisted whan they took hold of him; this was after he Was shOt: OrosS.4.iantined.—They stood in front of the 'Yost: Office when they met, for a short tirtiej'ean't tell how long; there ware-one at eacTi side of iiiin ; *lien-liohwas:ohot-piey brought' him home to his houSe; took into the house and laid him on the floor: -!! In Chief.— It. was walking fastdown and across the road I think; coUldn'teay whether he' stopped, when called ;• if he 'did it was a very short time. Dr. T. T. Tate, sworn. —I lilt in tJentre ville . am a practising' . physician ; I know all the parties • I went to see V. after ho-was shot; ho die ' dfrom a NOitind received from ,a pistol held in the hands of Howard Rupert; he lived about fram.4o.to 45 minutes after he4iis shot; died in his own house; I took him into the house; rny , knowledge com mences abbot five minutes after the affair occurred; three of us took him in;. Himard and his brother Henry; one at each arm as sisting hiM ; I saw him on the side walk about ten feet from where ho was shot.; he was shot and walked to the side walk • they, the Ruperts, had him in charge; Howard beckoned to me to come up and ex.rmine the wound and said, "I want to see if I can take him to town;" I told him it was too cold to examine him there, but we would take him into the house. Cross' examined,—X was called there by Howard Rupert to examined the wound to see if he could take him to town, I said "it was not necessarily a fatal wound," he said then bandage him up lam going to take him to town." 1 went home, Howard sent for me oy my colored boy, Howard beckoned to to come, said there had a great change token place in the man, I went, and a deckl d‘ change had taken place, he was evidently dying, he was placed on a bed, Vanasdlan spoke several times to me said "Doctor dont let them take me to town." This was when I first took him into the house said the ban dage was tight and wanted too to loose it, that he had difficulty in breathing, when his wife proposed to put a pillow under his head no objection was made. 1 saw 31r. Rupert try to put his, Varasdlan boots on. The ball passed through his Stomach and two or three inches from the Spinal column, di agonally, coming, out on the left side below his vest pocket, didn't see the ball ap peared to be a wound made by a large sized pistol,-the ball as conical one, think it was a 'Rein mi ligton Navy Revolver" pistol, (offer ed to prialuce the pistol in his possession but objected to and objection sustained. Frederick Fry affirmed. I came down the road with Mr, Dunlap as I came down the road I noticed Yana:s(llmi and another young man with him, this was in Center ville, I noticed the three Ruperts on a Small Spring wagon leaving Redseekers, then they, the Reports, and the others appeared to fol low liner pretty fast, they passed Vannsdlan on the way, I noticed that they got out then, and hitched their beast at the Poet office, then is Mr. Dunlap and I came up they had a hold of vumisdhin when the throe inen were at him he had his 11111 S up (as shown) they hail their hands 'on his lulu but did not appear to have hold of the arm, then he got away front them en a sudden and wits out in the middle of theroad, he walked slowly down the mid, (witness described his manner of walking, Howard called to him to stop, as he hallooed at him. Vanasdlan kind of halt ed and looked !met: over his left shoulder, with that Howard walked right toward.; Vanitsdlan and presented the pistol at hint, hlabioed at hint to stop and fired. It was not more than at second or so between the calling to , dop and the firing. Itllliert WaStillille thing like for li yards from Vanasdlan when he tired when he hallooed at him the first time he turned and looked, and took one step a slow one with his lace turned down the road then Howard Rupert fired, Howard was about three or four yards in front of my horse, the one I was on, nothing else was said before the fining that I heard, after he was shut he put his trots di.svp (as deserib ed) and screamed, anasdlan hallooed very loud three titres and then said “he's shot tiie through etc heart," and hallooed again after that, and moved over towatrde the fence, then .Mr. Dunlap and me passed on, as Ive came down to VallaStilall house *l'er/iCat " it wo clopped there, and other pt,llllo were there, I looked back they had n hold of him to load hint on the wavon, I nut tied his wife running: up, I notirrd Mr. two is there front of them--Vanitsdlan had kmd o' sunk down, Howard and Lewis had hold of him and pulled hint up On his feet —llenry broug,lit up the wagon Ile Walt close to Where they were, and in a few minutes they brought him down te his house, and as they took him down he "sunk like," a couple, of times down on his knees they pulled him up, dragged him, and kind o' got him on his f ee t a g ain, and as they-got to the house, he leaned with his arms over the fence, 1 then noticed the blued on the outside of his pants on the left side then I heard a low voice and Howard said -you've got no business in there, you've got to go Then it seas repeated alltl lioivard said again "IC ve gut nu business iu there, you've got to go along unless the doebor says so." Doctor Tate Vzif.; standing at the gate on the out side, Dr. Tate looked ut hint a moment or so. and said "take him in.' Howard said "well," and he tuns taken in, Dr. Tate, went in also, and after became out 1 heard him say it was it fatal wound, asked him how it was and he said he's shot. through, I Wit,i going to Mr. Melts, after- wards, I met Howard and Lewis 'in the side I walk down at Saddlers tenant house and asked how “Tige" wa;, Deward said that he wits at home dead, and added "God Damn him its where he (ei g ht to he, it'll learn hint to Like bounty .and then desert and then turned to Hr. 'cValker and talked about \dee-, he had "taken" ( hit l him, that it way Ilea!' the back Lune turd it e tote out at Lis vest pocket, he then showed lii, revolver, what kind it was. there wits it :s in it, It Was !t cue barrel pistol td goad sized Lot e, three fourths of an inch bore as near as Call ' te:t. Cross-examined. At the time he was taken he did resist, he npreared to struggle, How ard seeing him put his hand up said " keep your ban Is down, or I'll give you another" I couldn't see hint put his hand in his side pocket, 1 beard that remark, they were around him at the time, I did not see them get a pistol from him, the language's God damn him its where he ought to be, it'll learn hint to take the bounty and then d.!- sert," was 'as just stated and not 'n God damn him he's nothing but a bounty jump er." .1 said' before the Coroners Inquest ‘' that he had kind of halted, that •he was walking slowly and nut rapidly. Ile called twice to " stop" before he fired, the lust time it was very close together. I was three or four yards from 11. and five or six from V. was riot at any time across the road, was right in front of tine Post Unice. V. was a stout hearty young man. I don't know that V. was in front of Kings house, don't think he was, I was not off my horse, I re mained until they took him into the house and Dr. T. came out and told us, I then went on to Mr. Dells farm I was riding fast, it was getting late, stayed a minute or two while he was showing his pistol, is all the time. Don't know how long ho was there. In chief V. was a lustier Mall than Howard Rupert. Benjamin Smith sworn, I live in Ccntrville, know V. very well am_ acquainted with [lm ports too, saw V. the day of the occurrence on the dist December first at Reiseckers in the 'dimming he left before 1 did, I went to Pine Grove. I saw him in the afternoon. He was going between his house and Red seeker, he was going to the store. I was in company with him after 'I came back from - Pifi - e - Grove, met hint at John Davidson's stable right at the end of the tavern, went into the tavern with V. into the Bar-room, the Ruperts were in, I set beside Howard when I went in; stayed about five or ten minutes, be asked lino if I was going down the road, and we started in the direction of hii bons°, and between Mr. Redseeker's house and-his-house-the three-Mr;---Ruperts-passed us in a spring wagon and drove on down to the Post Office and hitched their horses there, I waited till we came up, I was walk. ing ahead of Mr.- V. who was right behind, me, I'passed - Mr.', Ruperts didn't speak to them, V. came up close behind rae, when we came up to the Ws, Mr. Lewis R. tapped him on the shoulder and said " you are my pri soner" Mr. V. said "'How so" L. It. then, had hold of Maraud he threw up his arms and tore loose from him, he run halkwards two or three stops turned himself, and run out into the road in a kind of slow tot I thought it waso didn't stop, hadn't gone far until Howard - It, shot .him, when he shot him V. stopped. r He - said Howard don't shoot me again' be limited- at. me aurtidlocied thtee'or four . .tinses,-hi gave out screams— didn't use any words, V. might have gone ten or fifteen feet (or steps) before be . shot him, when Lewisß., laid .his hand on ;y, 'Howard was right beside him. Henri was with them two, all standing together when I passed, I'didn't hear any thing said after, V. said "how se.V' No paper was shown to V.-that I saw-nothing was said when we m wein-the .1101 , 4 ()D1 tog9.O.9Ob.PKP wsore n good many peOiaii in the Bar:iiinini, - abont ten firtedn wir.. twenty asinear,l:ll3: &kit tel) didn't count them. . . ' • Cross-examined—l. went' into the hones saw froward - there he had . a pistol corked, a ndvy pistol; I thought a. Revolver, don't know how:long after he was shot that I went in he :ivati not dead yet when I went in. ,walked;' on down towards home.after he was' shot, as far as Mr. V's house. met his-wifsi she came 'running out of the . house and asked what was going on up there. I told :her that they. were talking " Tag" (that 15.. V.) I told her that they had shot him, "alio" teld me I should-go to 'her children 4c. Howard R. walked round, He said " he's got to go along" that is after they brought' hint .to, the house, the rest, stood and looked on saw Mr. H. ,R. try to pull on V's boots, said "if you don't put them on you've get to go without ttfem" V. begged for them to leave him there over night that he was not able to go, be died shortly after, I started to go to Redsecker's tavern to get a horso sny one hundred and fifty yards when I got back he was dead, when V. begged to be left there over night R. said be would have to go along. I left Ruperts there when Iweut for the horse and they were then when I came back and stayed there till he died, V. was lying on the floor, I saw his wife attempt to put a pillow un der his head Howard Rupert said it was no use to - put a pillow under him for they, were going to' take him along, I left, Ruperts and started for home. Mrs. V. put a pillow under his head jest before he died. Cross-Examined. I was not present when he was put on the bed, be was lying on the floor in the tolchen, the Doctor had been in before On t, V. broke loose from them, I. run down the road, I said so on the Coro ner's Inquest, V. and I were in tientte friends, he was doing nothing, partly at Redsecker's, was not examining his pistol, generally car ried a pistol, I saw him take one drink, met him about 3 or 4 o'clock, was with bins In or 15 minutes. in-Chicf. The reason why we were to gether was, he asked me sonic time before to clean out his cqw stable that afternoon. Mrs Sarah Zinu, ailimed—On the :11st December, 'h i about 4 o'clock in the after noon, I was sitting in my own house sewing, two of V's chil.dren were with me, I was talking to them end heard a shot and n scream, Little Carrie said that's my father, and I tried to pacify her, sa,w Mr. V. and two men one with a deer ski,, coat, these two men were holding hint by the arm, V. said to his Wire "Oh, Kate I'm killed They were" bringing him along sort of dragging, saw Mr. V. leaniuT on the fence, Mrs. V. wanted him to go hoine, It. said •'no, you've got no business in there, you're got to go to town," Dr. Tale examined the wound, w M said it as not fatal, r. R. tried to get his boots on, he conidn'taud threw them down, asked if he had no shoes to put on, that if they had not they would take him withou', he begged for Christ's sake to let him alone, she brought iloWll a pillow to put him on, said "oh, Kate you don't know how sick I 11111." I came the lsd time and said they hail 'titer let him lie, they consented to put him 0:1 a bed, ho asked for a drink of water Cross-examined. DL s. V. said “Have you no sympthy for me, 11. said sure I'd go to the army and desert, I'd thank anybody to shoot tue. Before Mr. V. asked for the drink he said to Howard "you had no au thority to take me," if. said, "I have and walked out of the door," Kate is his wife, Howard bellied to put him on the bed, don't recollect that Howard suggested to put him on the bed, Win. Brown, Sworn. I was at Mr. Red scekar's house, I saw the three Ruperts, and Mr. Vanasillen in the houi , e. this was be tween 2 and 4 o'clock 011 the day he was killed, saw them in the Bar room, as near as I can tell there were•lo or IS persons in the room, I did'ut count them, couldn't tell ho they were. C'ruaa• examined. :Lind, Red:seeker we; one hut can't tell who the rest were,l tooligut there were more than a dozen. Lewis Goodhart, Sworn.—l saw V. and two of the Ilxi,erts at _Centerville, don t mind about Howard, this was the day V. was killed, saw them about 3 o'clock I think, was there, I think two hours, hut cant stv how long positively, when I left the were setting behind the . door, V. and I started out of the house together, there might have been 30 in the liar room, don't re:ollect that I sail anything to the It's, heard nothing said about the arresting of V. Cross-exanoned. It appears to me that the cause of the gathering there was that the school directors net, there was a meeting of some kind I think. W. Hutchinson, alTtrmed.---I heard one of the Ws says that he was going to .get nu thority to take hint dead or alive, one of the two Lewis or Howard said so. cant tell which, this was •1 weeks last Tuesday, cunt say that all were present at that tints, we were together all day, we were butchering, can't say whether it was Lewis or Howard, I had no other conversatim, said his rea son for wanting to take hint, here that he had taken the bounty and did as he had done, didn't say anythink about a pistol. John Beetem, alliraned. said I don't know anything about this case. S ECON D WEEK. Ann Hinncy vs. Jol Philips and Philip; Isis wife, the latter Ai of Win. Hinney, Deceased.—An action of Assion4 - sit. It had been arbrit rated ItiVi now brought on tut sppeal from that award Plaintiff got $.lOO and Defendants apimaled. The Plaintiff is the widow of Defendants' estate, and claimed $1:120, and interest on $223 of it for li year's, the bah net having accrued yearly and interest on thdse yearly payments, $lO / each year, under the follow ing cireumstanees: In 1838 she Imeanne the wife of William Hinney, late of Mechanicsburg. Cum b. Co. dee,d., having previously been the widow of Henry Cower, deed., and as such entitled to dower, or thirds to te amount or-$lO2 2.3, payable out of the real estate of hut' said first husband. It appeared in the evidence that this suns had been paid to her, and her said last husband annually on or abdut the Ist of April from the time of their marriage or a few years thereafter, until the time of Isis decease, which occurred within the but year, and that he was in this habit of appro priating $l./i0 of each annual payment to his own use anti allowing his wife the small bal ance of $2'23, The action was brought to recover the stun so retained by the husband out of his wife's dower from yo,ir to year, and also the amount, of a note for $2,0 drawn by Mr. Ildpney in his lifetinse in favor of Isis wife for mousy loaned him out of her sepa rate estate. On behalf of the Plaintiff a MIT bur of witnesses, were called who gave teftimony in relation to conversations that took plaeu bd tween the Plaintiff and her Lae husband at various times, concerning the payments of the dower and the loan of the $2OO. The evidence shows clearly Una the wife remon strated against his appropriating her money to his Use, and he admitted that it wit./ wrong, but that his necessities and debts req4ired The money was ,pplied to the paying of hig . debts, anti the improving of his real estate. Both parties had children by former mar riage, and his emirs° was placing it beyond the reach of her children, nor was it applied Co_theakousahola En On behalf of tlii7MVirditittr-it-was-con tended that it was a gift from Mr. Walley to his wife, and that this action was a trump ed, up account, and !in attempt to extort mon ey from the estate of Was. ltitiney which be never intended to exact if ho had lived. Verdict for the Plaintiff for the ani;iiint, of the_ note,interest comunmei ,rir after date. The searly paymeno were viewed as a gift by the idle to her husband. Penrose and Ratner for Plaintiff, Miller and Shearer for Defendants. Mr's.-Eliza Clark vs. Samuel Watson.-- A.mieub!e action of assumpsit upon the fol lowing agreement: "And the parties agree that the case shall be at issue upon it as upon a Narr in assimipsit, and plea of non-assump sit. Mrs. Eliza , Clark, the Plaintiff, claiming Certain personal property at tho Carlisle Springs, had advertised the same for side at public vondue, when Samuel Watson, the Defendant,- claiin ng tho same to be the prop erty of James Clendenin, issued a FL 1 to —No.-186 and loyicd uponlho same as his . property. To avoid any sacrifice . or trouble, - Wm. 13. Miller, Attorney for 'Watson; and Watts & Parker, Attorneys foi Mrs. Clark, agreed that . tho •atiationeor shoUld proceed and sell tho rods, and the r several claimants should be entitled to the money according .to thoir respective right's. Mr: Nowsbam . making the same agreement for James Olondenin, who also clairnecra part of the proeecis ,rof the sale on a Foreign achnieht44/11116VDA tii At-_ iOrrt heclaini6dilidaopctltbalddgedi - ThOlirdp eity was sold;.and thddettlirocecds amount ing to one thousand live , hundred and'twedl, dollarsand eiglity-onocents fain the.liands of Esq.,•Attbr ney of Samuel Watson, .'depciStted. with him to await the,,rcsult of this issue in which the. Plaintiff anicaslo, recover the sae This was dated the 26th of Feb: `1864; add signed by Watts and Parker for. _Plaintiff, W. 11. Millenfor Defendants. W. M. Penrose, Esq., assisted at the trial for Defendants. atruges. • • o On the sth of Docernbor lest, by title Roy. Thomas Sherlock. PHIWP MOUSIMIOLDEtt. of Chembereburg, to MARY A. TOMAS. of Cornet, Sathas. CARLISLE PRODUCE anititivr. oaribilo, January 19, 181/6. - FLOUR (Superll no) • . . 9 60 do. (tSx kra.) ' 10 60 du RYP . ......... . ....... BOU WRITE WHEAT. 0 66 RED do 2 00 I:YE ..1 65 00101 .1 0.1 OATS... ... . . BAItI.E4 FALL ...... 1 75 114.11141 Y SPRING . ..... 1 70 OLOVERSEED 11 60 rl MtiffIYSLIED The House Cleaners Friend. tALLEN & 00., have a Biek saving - article for cleaning Floorti. Oil Cloth, Wittdow.i, c.. hat le worth an examination by the publiceCell and sou lt. ISPOttrAlgT TO ALL SUFFERING ROM DETECTIVE EYE SIGHT. ROSENDALE, Oculist Optician, Joe now permanently lora - ted at YD North 3%1 Harrisburg, Pa. .1. It respeetfulirrolicits Ladies nod 0. ottomen who are in the habit of wearing the Glo,ses now in common t,e. (and whirh are generally so injunous to the sight. tmlng to tio , ir attracting heel end drawina the eyes,) or who omit have 115.1 their sight Impaired by the use or allch Ulan es , ,V 111,111,11, OpfiCity. or tiny other de'ect to make a trier of rho IMPROVED PERMCDPIP LENS Tucae ipectarles will enable aged persona to nit for any length of time at the minutest employment, el tiler by tiny or candlo light, arid will not require Om change to greater magnifying prworn an Trequently as the tllaesea in rOIIIIIIOII Tll3y 11TO manufactured by machinery on u new construction, peculiar to the in •en for Al% elyS on hand a hrgo assorttniint of Mlcrosropos, Teloso pia, Opera and ihld Masses. Thi•rincan eters, lin roin elm's. Magnets Magic Lanier:is. ing ppa rnt us, Electrical Mactilneli, Thertiscorm., and lino views. Cataloguesooni gratin. leery ly PAHA° SALE'. On Saturday, February 41h, 1805 N puisuauce of an order of the Or kplille Court n( Cumberland county, d ,to I Joint ury nth. 161 , , the undersktned. administrator of the ext.tte of Mrs. Eve Hensler, late o tteßt l'ennsl4ront;ll toeo'hip, dee'd. 1,111 expo, to public rah., on the pr,•mho.: the shorn day, the tollowlii4 property, A two htory P"r" - k BRICK HOUSE, I And Lot of Ground, situate In West. p"...borou g h the Slates" "I4W- e, Road leading from carlislo to New ville. 1,l ‘1 eat (lilt. The Lot consiste Uf ahm, oh,t-pourth ul Ott Ilouxe in nearly now and well fluinhed. There in also A Good Stable & necessary Outbuildin's. There is at Well of good out r and a flue Orchard of Apple and Peach trees on the prop,rty. Also, a Lot Uruuml, Adjqinlng the a hove, containing about ono-Fourth of an .\ ere of (ironed. This Lot Is wi bout builolngs but surrounded by a good fence. Toe properties are el mated In the midst of a floe roan try. and lire most d-slrahle in all respects. They will be sold separately or together as may hest suit pu. chasers. :,ale L. rem On, I I Con t I 0 . 0.C . k On Said 4:13 .. , In ' ell the tern, will bu made known by - 11 F,(l A. H A I•a, A dmlalstrittur s. .1! 13 aary 13,1865—Ls Public Sale of Real Estate. ) order of the Curt of Common i)l'lt.nA f CmnLrr and COunt, will he soh] at pill, de s a le. on kt the nth day of Fetit“ry. nt II trilo:k A.ll.at • he tiourt [five", in the of iarliale, A 1... t ill groan t. rut Itl.ti on the north Haat ror,ier of Wes: street ntid Canis[ alley in sold Itaronlh i feel in front oo nail street, and yet lira[ in depth said Alloy int Orr then on treat rd a C ,tory and atirlAk # ir neeeesery , UtrtMiildtugn. Moo a Lot of Ci round. on * iiiiintat. so 1 loy. a tie t.i.„.a.at tif the property alio,. doNerilied, eoutn,in lei au lot in front or, said Alley and 111.1 fret in depth. 'nil, Lot NNiitild be dualrable far a imi1.,0 231 1,u Or for vmd,,ing p it rp.ison rerous":44.4lrt: Ten per reit , of the piitc eye air nary In h e paid off the ilar 01 Sate, the Inlanec of one fou r th of the pur.,10,10. 01000) oil the eolith o.'loo oft he sale by the c.. e#4 .. of (ionnnon I). ~0 the let or %prilliext. whoa tine d.ni.l poiais•lail will he viten, and thelinintice iu Iwo goal Ai.nual pa) teen ts, to he toured by Ju •gal nfu I It interest from Ihe let of April (Silk. Ti,.' purchaser to pay all taxes for the year lad) 4. L . SPON ,, I.EIt. Cofroolt.toe or the Estate of {Vin. [faro. Lomale .Inn nary 13. 1,611.—ts NEW ST4 ) E In Eby's Old Stand, Blain Et, L. BERNHARD & SON', NFOlt :‘1 Ow citizens; of Carlisle and ykeaty that Hwy bavo jilQt opened iu thu above copular stkivt, an itlllllC,ll,l k First Class Clothing, and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods. Their Block con gists In part or Coats, Pants and Vests, fur rSrill•nu or 51,1,1104, made atter tine lat,gi patterns, of Guods the .1./.llity (It Trtnietl con nut Inn plu,stiened. Overcoats of all varieties. 'mrilnke Car;l , t Uege cud Vlll ~ s, Ti es , ;,,, r t, cud I , ra,r, z,tocftiugH l;o„J..• till 11,•.;,•i,p1inn.;. In !het n complete and entire asrortment of Ciot Wog and Vurninbing Don't tor.,,et the place, F.by's Old Stead. "Marion \fain Strott. Corlible, L. BERNIIARD & S)Y. =1 1 4' ANCY BOOKS, Photograph Albuffiti mbio., upon and Prayer Pocket Boole, at Hamer et ck's Drug and !took Store. rIOA L Oil Lamps, Shades and Chiui k_ini.ya at Ilaverstlek's Drug and Bonk Store. I i I STATE NOTICE— % , testa•out.tary ou thet.l46lto of Frances Rutty, five'd., late of - •oath %Int Ilet n Tow nehlp, liar mC been I need i,.1 tho (tunhorland Coun ty to the anl nether resifting In Fold rown,hip. No iloo Is horeby to all pinion Indebted to said die iii:‘ aunts mod all having rla ins to pre neut thorn In t-ettletroroa to. DAN 11•:I, It Ann. O. 1,0,1. Ado.ioktrltor. 1 I ST Til, N( )T IC E. 1.,.t,t,r, or alniinistra lon on rheratateor Matthew 11. Thou risen. deed.. late n 1 Shirmanstown, have been IseUed lty the Regis ter of Ctunlioriaud emnty, to tho tmlwerilier residing lit litter Allen township. ”tt,.• to hereby gleae to all le rsons indebted to wild estate to make ottyinent, and all having eltilion to present titme I. r filAtil'inent to lIENUY ZEAItiNG, Admit.i,trittor .Istitiry 4 114115-6 t. • . I II1RS! FURS!! .4 Pulling at grmat.l3 ri duvet] p. Icw to Ohl. Ma the halatice of Fuel: of the mmt,'m If -.N . 011 ti , e In want of any hint., )liana. or child en's Tiro, please gird us an early eall a. It wi,l'he tic your interest. = Jnquary 6, 1665 f)RIGES 111 , A )11(3E11! L At Ogilhy',ClPlip Coqh Store. Inm now clo