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CARLISLE, PA,
Friday, July 14,1865.
s. I. PETTENGILI. & CO.,
N 0.37 Park Row, Now York, and 6
tate St. Boston, aro our Agents for the IlanAtt
n !hem, ellen, and nre authorized to take Advorl iso
o nts yid Aunseriptions for us at our lowoet ratef.
Postponement of the Union State
Convention.
Meeting of the Union State Central Com
mittee.
Incompliance with the earnest appeals of
many prominent Union men, citizens of dif
ferent counties in the State, urging that the
Union State Convention called for the 19th
of July, ensuing, be deferred until further
notice, the announcement is herewith made
that that body will not assemble on the day
(19th of July) set rpart for its n.eeting in the
city of Harrisburg. Due notice will be given
of the meeting of the Convention hereafter.
The members of the Union State Central
Committe will assemble in the city of Har
risburg, on the 19TH OF JULY, ensuing,
at the Lochiel House, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
A full attendance of all the members of
the Committee is earnestly requested.
SIMON CAMERON, Chairman
A. W. BENEDICT, 1 seeiwa
ries.
WIEN FORN ny,
Harrisburg, June 19, 1865.
NORTHERN EMIGRANTS WANTED IN THE
SOUTH.—The New York Times' correspon
dent, writing from Raleigh, North Carolina,
says there is a general desire manifested by
newspapers, planters and every one, except a
few insane ultraists, that Northerners should
go down and settle permanently in their
mid St - They are anxious to get emigration
frorri the Furth, and have organized them
solves for the purpose of generally informing
the Northern people of the inducements of
the climate, &c. Before long an authorized
agent will go to New York for that purpie.e.
Onto Caors.—The Cincinnati Enquirer
say 6, the wheat crop throughout Southern
Ohio has been harvested. The yield is si mc.
thing above the average The Columbus
Jour rat has been informed by a gentleman
hie , lately travelled extensi lv in the
southern and middle sections of the State,
that the peach crop bids fair to be az large
this as was ever known.
pet" \\' stippare that the
with sineerity when thet declare thitt
13tit in the New Hampshire (louse
of th•presentatives ninety-,ix th•nnwrnt ,
t I, the other (18y, ngnin,t the amend tnent of
tht! ,onstitotion ,holishiog• Anvory. ('on
sidering that the I'r , • , i(l, , nt ,aid to the Smith
C.trolininns, in uJ lre, in them, that the
State Twist In !opt the ~ ,n -titnthonni
•nt, mi • F.tt,i,h•i,.n , 11 ro that the
N•w dewocracy are not ,Joh n,on
BEM
Orl: ' REL.\ TI.)NS WITH FRANI t:. —Thor,
not sem . , :I , yet, Any lilteliheod of a (lit'
11. ult wit ':: F reniy. Just now, I,ollk Nit-
p cwt has quite as much u, he can well
manage to take care of ilittirS it 110101. From
the offleial new paper:, id . Paris, says the for
een correQrndent of the Albany Rern p
J, , trwll, you will get nothing like a fair idea
of the quarrel between him and Prince Na
poleon. Those papers, of course, treat the.
PI 11100 0. an /rd ry ,11161,t, and ul no par
t;!ar Importance, except as being a near
relative tit the Emper, r. i, a fake
representation of the shit, of the ca.,. Prince
Napoleon has a strong party in Frant•e, toi 1,
thore ittn,ther , tr.)ng Ir u •tc
tln,t ~,untry in ruvor of the ,)1(1 13,,0rt.ns
\\l , %vli, are n,,w at middle may ren
s , 1,41)1) , expect to ,ee, i , ol . ol'l' \VC 1.116 S It Wily
Etni,oroi . is by no no.nns soi•tiroly seated, on
tht. !Immo. Secret societ in, are known to
exi-t, and machinations are rite throughout
the kingdom, and Prince Napoleon dill not
act unthinkingly when he made his famm,
Ajaccio spe,ch. At present, Louis Napoleon
cannot att; NI to enter into a foreign war,
e , peciiilly in behalf of Mcaleo, for that en
terprke is already vondermicd by It majority
.0 - the thinking peopie of t e Empire.
l'na ATLANTIC CABLE.—The great work
of re-raying the Atlantic Cable has proba
bly already commenced, as the Great East
ern, with her convoys, was advertised to sail
from the coast of Ireland for this purpose a
bout this date. The Company feel confident
of :access this time. as extraordinary precau
tions have been taken to test the wire and
guard against accident. The western ter
minus of the cable will be in New Found
land, so that both ends will be tinder British
control, but in case of a war, our Yankee
Gunboats would no doubt be able to cut the
coMmunication to prevent any undue advan
tage on the part of the enemy front this
-on rce. We see it stated that the Comp ny
intends to charge twenty pounds sterling, or
a bout, .$lOO in gold, for every message of
twenty lines or less, and for every word
above twenty, ono pound sterling, or about
in gold. These are pretty stiff' prices,
nd .we apprehend will have tci'be cOns idera
ray lowered it the Company desires to do
much business.
Xe'''The Newbu wort Herald concludes an
interesting history of the various substitutes
for the largo and costly pipe organ with the
following well-deserved notice of the Cabi
net Organ:* "All these inventions were, how
ever; but little, mo!a than a series of experi •
ments, a striving after an ideal, which should
combine all excellences andreject all imper
fection, which, according to the universal
testimony of the greatest inus'cians through
out the world, has at last been attained in the
'Cabinet Organ' of Mason & Hamlin. Those
who have had their ears pained by the thin,
brassy sound of the old-fashioned soraphine,
in which the wind was forced instead of
drawn through; or who have tried to be
thankful for the improved melodeon, but
wishing there was more of it, can hardly
realize that an instrument of the same class
should be capable of such-power, richness of
tone, and surprising effects as the Cabinet
Organ. It is fortunate, too, that their ex
pense is so low as to place them within tho
mama of almost every . family in the land;
and theiyinfluenco'will, we doubt not, be
unbounded in musical, !esthetic, and social
culture." .
--Gen. R. Leo and family left Rich
mond on Wednesday for Oartersv,ille, Cum
berlaiiiicouuty, near which place they will.
occupy, for the summer, a cottage on ,e small
farm. d largo number of farms,,in dillbrent
parts of Virginia, have been °tared as pros-
ents to Gen. Leo, hilt lie has in "every case
deoliried to accept them. During last week,
a Citizen of Richmond proffered.one of . the
flriestfarms in Oiangi : county; which another,
offered to Atook. - • •
MISSOURI
, On Tuesday the 4th instant,' the recently
adopted Constitution of Missouri wont into
force. That date marks the most iMportaht
epoch in the history of that State. Four
:years ago the partisans of slavery and
lion had the tipper hand even in the city or
St. 'Louis, and only the decided action of
Gen. LYON in the Camp Jackson affair turn
ed the scale finally against them. The Pitts
burgh Gazefle says that since then the con
test has been very close and bitter. between
the party of freedom and the so-called Con
servatives, who aro the secessionists of 1864,
now obliged to yield to the force of events.
The State has, until now, been trammeled
by the old slavery codes and a Constitution
devised in its interest, but from this time its
progress will be unimpeded as that of Illi
nois. Nor were her natural advantages at
all inferior. Nothing but the blight of sla
very prevented Missouri from continuing its
she once did, to exceed her great rival in
population and wealth', Nearly equal in
agricultural advantages through the greater
part of her extent, the lack of fertility in
some places is more than compensated by the
great abundance and variety of her mineral
products. `lone of the other central States
have resources capable of supporting so large.
a population as Missouri, and there is no risk
in predicting that under the regime of free
dom her progress will be imsurpassed.
Ceremonies at Gettysburg
The laying of the corner-stone of the Sol
diers's Monument, at Gettysburg, on the
4th of July, attracted an illlWollBo throng of
people. In addition to those in attendance
from Adams and the surrounding counties,
great numbers were present from the East
and the West, from Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York. Boston, and the remotest parts
of New England, all anxious to Witness and
parti. ipate in the interesting ceremonies.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, the proces
sion, headed by Maj.ir Generadd. W. G En HY,
moved from the main street of the town, and
the Cemetery was reached in a few minutes
before eleven, wluire the exercises were open
ed with prii and an eloquent discourse by
the Rev. Dr. TyN“, of Philadelphia. After
the reading of a letter from President N
s(o.., regretting that illness deprived him of
the pleasure of being present, the Masonic
imiemonies attending the laying of the cor
ner-stone were gone through with. th n.
flow A RD, the orator of the day, then deliv
ered an oration ul •• Sacritiees of the
Private Soldier This was followed by a
Poem-- Thought. of the Time and Place
—written by C.d. l'lm.aLks llyt.ctNe.
(Private Miles I FRilev..i The exercises were
emailialed by as appropriate toblre“ from
Gov. ci
Gold in Canada
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A corrrspondrnt of the NeW York
wri iris from Qurber, Trnki ng nfthr rrrrnt-
MEI
This is a subject which hid; fair to accom
plish 1111,re for international commerce than
Can etreeted by a thousand. , Mirtillg 111.WS
papers. All along my route 1 111(11' M1'1•11
evidence: of the faith in their mines which
proof upon proof is at 111,4 beginning to es
tablish iii the l'anittlian mind ; and I lind
that a strong tide of emigration i: beginning
to :et in from Yankee land. It every
body here, including it good many ~ l ire‘vd
Americans, is not in a consiiriicy t i humbug
every hotly else, the valley of the llaudiere,
and e,pecially tlw Seignoire 01 Itigioni 1 an-
Cl , lllllilin treasures of gold equal in
all re..pects to those of California and Airs
A.t, all events, the mines are but a (lily
aslant from Quebec, over a fitir road, and I
ant res,)lnpd to thorn. 1 shall , (0m
form one or Lt. , pilgrims, now hennaing nu
merous ivo pay the devotion or curiosity,
at least. to the imrifevou , region ; 111,(1 in
11111411i:1' 101.11'1' .Jinn he able SOMV
i% hat oil what I my-elf have -COIL
per' The Ailqt(siti Clirmlielr. Ow organ of
Alcx. 11. Stepht.n,, giv4 "4 sonw prudent ad
v., o) trvili,poz,vd
Thk. IIdIIIIIIIStr/Itl4/I1 at \VII,IIIIIg-
III!' I , n ntu.t 1mM:011'111 0110, :(11(1 Will parry
~ut 1,111 . 10/St. , l in pity d llVl.l'y
thing 'l'lly S Ilth can only mak.. a sln)w 01
4pp,iti“ll: t,t in at i onditiou t..
:111y men,nre. And if 11 ,bl/W
tilllll. /1111.111 1 1'llil`A 11{. Wll,Sllillgtt/11
iS !nude by her, -II Will he the ..nly party
that will suth.r.
If Northern dotnit , logite.; and Northern
journal, wish to tight the u t.
;ct, them : but the South should steer clear of
such matters.
NVlterevvr t ort 2.214.• II 1112111 121 . /ITI editor en
d..av“ring to create bad Ceelin, , again:4 the
inilitary authority, put hint down at utter a.
di. , rg.nniz , r. a disturber of the public
peace—a man whose ounsol it is unsafa ttt
fidlow —a bad cuutt,elkr.
Fu Rru RR R:>>uC•rlON OF THE AWA Y.-
The following circular Loy been addressed to
the commanding Generals or ull the forces
and departments l'Neept those of the ( t ,lt,
Army of the Tennessee, Provhdonal Corp.
Army of the P(4,,itiac. Fires Army Corps.
and the troops in TexaS :
‘• The tiveretary of War direct,. that the
strength of your Clllllllllind be in iliately
reduced, for all nuns, iii tilt' Illiiiillillll ores.
San' tO lllN't the requirement-of th , trvitte,
and the surplus troops 1111.1:4011.id i.lia. The
rlitimil•ril (illt Will be hi taltirti organization,,
including all additions thereto by recruits
and from tither sources. In selecting the
organizations for discharge, preference will
be given to veteran regiments having the'
shortest time to servo. 'lle musters out and
dispharges, except for artillery, will be !nude
under the regulation; promulgated in Gen
et al Orders No. 04, current series, from this
otlice.•'
JAMES GOROON BENNETT'S OPINION OF
BEN WOOD.—The editor of the Nett• York
'Herald thus speaks of his quondam friend.
Ben Wood, proprietor of the Nov York
News :
" If a copperhead like Ben Wood escapes
unwhipt of justice, we might as well strike
all laws from the statute book and open all
the jails. His offence is rank. He has long
tested the patience of the people. The blood
of countless numbers of our brave soldiers is
red upon his hands. He stands detested by
the North, which he has betrayed, and by
the South, which he has aided to seduce into
continuance of the war. His office has
been the appropriatemesting,plaee of traitors.
To it John Mitchell ran when Richmond
fell; as the serpent Minks from one hole to
another. He is a Benedict Arnold without
his bravery, a Judas Iscariot who has not
the grace to hang. himself. lie and Jeff,
Davis should bo executed side by side-the
one as the representative of the Copperheads
of the North, and the,othor as the represeni ,
tative of the traitors of the South.!'
,
• VOICE OF A PATRIOT.--in ; tuo•courao of a
private, letter of the 28th of May, to the, ed
itor, of tho Now York Tribune, the patriotic
liose!uni 'incidentally says :
" How happy you must feel in having been
spared - to seethe triumph of the grand ,prirr
eiples for which you have boon
• Contanding
all your life I The stain of slavery is remov
ed from the fair escutcheon ot- your 'noble
land. The curse, is dispelled which elouded
the bright prospeeth of the future. The
manner - in which the genius of your people
carried-through-the-den-peratie-prineiple;m
iteArst application to it vast community af
ferds a sure.gharanty,that, - to the ben'ellt of
all humanity,,you will know, how to consul=
date by wisdom and moderation what you
have- achieved by bravery and' admirable
'perseverence: Yours,- ever truly,.
, . :L. ,jr.OSSUTH."
,'The Wheat orop of Laneaater county
will,byiearly ai . entjre,
,go trait of the American Soldier.
At the laying of the,corner-stono of the
Soldier's Menu merit, ai;',oettty' sburg, on the
Fourth, Gen. HowAnn,•as - orator of the day,
delivered an eloquenCiiddiess, from which
we'take this capital sketch'of our Soldiers: 1
You meet hinrin SVushingtot, (on4feri
dian Hill, perhaps,) diSciplihonnd drill seize
upon him, restrain his liberty and mould his
body. 'Colonels, captains, lieutenant., and.
sergeants, his former equals, order him about,
and he must obey them. Oh what days l•
and oh what nights! Where is home anal
affection ? Where is the soft bed and the'
loaded table ? Change of climate, ehting - tof
food, want of rest, want of all kinds o old
things, and an influx of all sort of new things,
make him sick—yes, really sick in body and
soul. But in spite of a few doses of quinine
and a wholesome hospital bed and diet. (as
tile soldier of 1861 temembers them,) his vig
orous constitution and indomitable heart pro
veil, so that he is soon able to cross the Long
Bridge and invade the sacred red clay of
Virginia with his companions-in-arms. Yet,
perhaps, should you now observe him very
closely, you will perceive his enthusiasm in
creasing faster even than his strength. He
'is on the enemy's side of this river ; now for
strict guard duty ; now fur the lonely picket
amid the thickets where men are killed by
ambushed foes. How the eye and the ear,
and—may I say it ?—the heart, are quicken
ed in these new and trying vigils.
Before long, however, the soldier is inured
to these things. He becomes familir with
every stump, tree and pathway of approach,
and his trusty gun and stouter heart defy any
secret foe. Presently you find him on the
road to battle. The hot weather ofJuly, the
unusual load, the superadded twenty extra
rounds of cartridges and-three days' rations
strung to his neck, and the long and weary
march quite exhaust his strength during the
very first day. Ile aches to leave the ranks
and rest ; but no, no. He did not leave home
for the ignominious name of "straggler!: and
"Fkolker." Cost what it may, he holds on.
The Acotink, the Cub Run, the never-to-be
forgotten Bull Run are passed. Here, of a
sudden, strange arid terrible sounds strike
upon his ear, and bear tfewn upon his heart;
the booming of spotted cannon; the screech
ing of bursting shell through the heated air,
and the zip, zip, zip of smaller balls; every
thing produces a singular effect upon Min.
Again, all at once he is thrown quite un
prepared upon a nets' isndjrying experience;
for now he meets the groaning ambulance
and the bloody stretcher. He meets limp
ing; armless, legless, disfigured, wounded
men. To the right of him and to the left of
, him are the lifele s forms of the slain. Slid.-
; deftly a large iron missile of death strikes
elese beside him, and e•;plieles, sending out
twent.t or more jagged fragments, which re
inersele—ly maim ie. kill tile or six of Ills
nufes before they have had all opportunity
lln strike •int• allow for their country. His
nice is now t cry pale; and will not the Arne
' rican soldier flinch and turn back ? There
is a stone wall; there is building; there is
a ~ba d ; huy : it 5 11 en-y to hide. But
no. Ile will net be a ciie art?. •• Oh, Giah
suppiirt and strengthen me." all Ids
prayer. Slain Ile is ut work. Yonder i- for
fe. I• Load and tire;" load 10111
But the cry comes, Our flank is. turned."
Our men retreat." With teats pouring
dew!' bi- cheek. lie _lowly iitlils, and joins
the retiring throng. Without any more
nerte lull e strength, he struggles bat,
item a lost field. Noe he drinks the dregs
'of suffering. Without blanket for the night,
bout fnuud, Nu/I[llola !mite. it Ii no wonder
tied a panic •diizes him and he lions denier
aliZed away. This disrepetable cent:se, how
ever, is only temporary.
'Ube su Idler !oleic tong forgets his defeat
and his sufferings, brightens up his armor
and resumes his place to the detensi VC
Ile subunits for weary days to discipline,
drill and hard lane; he wades thritu g h the
'news of winter and th deep mud tut' a \'ir
ginui Spring. Ile sleeps upon th e gr ou n d,
upon the deck id transpert. steamers . , and
upon the floor of I ! te platterm ear.- Ile helps
lead arid U11108(1 steer lie oodles ih.Sei nes
!Ind i4abions he eerduidys quicksands. and
bridges crooks end hogs. Night did day he
digs /111(1 watches in the trentares. What a
wield of new experience: What peculiar
labor and suffering he passes through the
soldier alone can It'll you. tie now marches
hurriedly to his seceed battle; stun after he
is in a series of them. Fight and fall back !
Fight. and fall hack ! c )h, those days of
liepi•lessnems, sorrow, toil and eintwiatiee.
How vividly the living soldier remembers
thein, these day , whim he cried from the
bottom his heart, • (led, hew long I
i k ow long l'• Would have the patience
to feline him through the commingling (-Ile
a:4l'n frelll the bank' of Ceder Mituntain to
the -, r ue ml,i Bull Run, pin would emerge
tit! 10111 from the clue, and behold the
glistening bayonet again on the successful
field of Antietam, where a glimmer of pipe
lighted up his heart. Would you go with
hen to the bleialy fields of Frederiekishurg,
staunch his wound, in the Wilderneis or
clooo,ikr,vinp, end journey on with hint
afterwards to the hallowed ground of Get
tysburg, and mould you he enabled to read
and record his toils, his •tutl'erings, and all
his thoughts, you alight be able to appreciate
the true American soldier. You might then
recite the first chapter of the cost of the pre
servation 4.1* the .ktnericati Union.
Lotter from the President
At the Gettysburg eolobration the follow
ing loiter train the President was read:
Ex ECU'eIVE ANsioN; '
WASIIINOTON, D. C., .July 3, 1865. 1
Mr. David Wilts, Chairman, &c„
burg, Pa.: ,
DEA a : I had promised myself the
pleasure of participating in person in the
proceedings at Gott.) sburg to-morrow. That
pleasure, owing to my indisposition, 1 am
reluctantly compelled to forego. 1 should
have been pleased standing on that twice
consecrated spot to char.. with you your joy
at the, return of peace, to greet with you the
surviving heroes of the war who come back
with light hearts, though heavy laden with
honors, and with 3 -,, u to drop grateful tears
to the memory iii those that will never re
turn.
finable to do so in person. lean only send
you my greetings, and assure you of my full
sympathy with the purpose and spirit of
your eNercises to-morrow. Of all the anni
versaries of the Declaration of Independence,
none 11116 been more important apd signifi
cant than that upon which you assemble.
Four years of struggle for our nation's
life have been crowned with success ; armed
treason is swept from the land; our ports are
reopened; our r lotions with other nations
are of the most satisfactory character ; our
internal commerce is free ; our soldiers and
sailors resume Die pursuits of civil life; our
flag floats in every breeze ; and the only
barrier to our national progress—human sla
very -is forever at an end. Let us trust
that each recurring FOUrth of July shall find
our nation stronger in nut - Mae—stronger in
health—stronger in the harmony of its citi
zens—stronger in its devotion to nationality
and freedom.
As I liave often said, I believe that God
sent this people on a mission among the na
tions,of the earth, and that when he founded
t our nation be founded itin perpetuity. That
faith sustained me through the struggle that
is past. It sustains me now that new duties
are devolved upon me and new dangers
threaten us. I feel that whatever the means
he uses, the Almighty is determined to pre
serve us as a pgoplo .
And since 1 know the love our fellow-eiti
zons ()ear their country, and the. sacrifices
they have made for it, my abiding faith has
bdcenio ,stronger than ever that a "govern
ment of the people" is the strongest as well
as the best of all governments.
In your joy to-morrow, I trust you will
not forget the thousands of whites,.as well as
blacks, whom the' war has emancipated, who
will hail this Fourth of July with a delight
which no previous declaration olindopen
'deuce ever gave them. Controlled so long
.by ambitious, selfish leaders, who used them
for their own unworthy ends,.they aro now
free to servo and cherish the government a
gainst whose lifer they, in their blindness,
struck. T. am. greatly mistaken if in the
.511itett. _rebellion .wo _do .not
forwakl have"an' exhibition of such loyalty
an'd patriotisin as..were never seen nor felt
there before.
When you' hove 'consecrated notionol
cemetery you aro toloy the corner stone °f it
notional monument, . which, In all human'
•probobility; will .rise to the full height and
proportion you ; esign. , .,blOble'ns this
,mon
ument of stone, may be - - but - a Taint
symbol of the grand Inontunent which, if 'we
4o our, luty,..we shall raise among 'the na
tions of the earth upon the foundation laid
nine and-eighty years ago in Philadelphia.
Tithe shall , Wear away and crumble :this
monument, but that bused, as it is, upon the
consent, ,virtue, patriotism and intelligence
of the, people, each year shall malt?. firmer
'and more in - musing. '
Your friend and felloW-citizen,
ANDREW' JOHNSON.
NEWS ITEMS
The Richmond Republican estimates the
Southern loss by the war as $0300,000,0;;O.
—The Schuylkill Valley Railroad, between
Pottsville and Tamaqua, 1.6. milds,ls Coin=
pleted.
1 ::—A Chicago man recently paid 5200,000
for one-aikth part of a well, on the Pit-hole
creek, Pennsylvania, which soon began to
flow snore rapidly, and three days after%e
sold it for $500,00.1.
Tho Annual Commencement of Frank
lin and Marshal Co]lege, will tall place at
Fulton Hall, Lancaster, on Wednesday o July
26th.
Bank of North America, Philadel
phia, has announced a semi-annual di; • ldend
of 7} per cent., and an extra dividend of 6
per cent., payable on demand, clear of State
and National tax.
—Since the war began, 84,000 pensioh.s
have been granted. When all the pensions
arising from the war shall have been grant
ed, it is estimated that 513,000,000 annually
will he required to pay them.
—The Grand Jury of the:United States
District Court in Baltimore, has found in
dictments for being engaged in the rebellion
against thirteen prominent MarylanderF, in
eluding Bradityy T. Johnson and the railroad
raider, Harry Gilmor.
—The agent-I , of the Quartermaster's- De
pirtment, during the last week, have dispos
ed of over 10,0011 mules and horses, and 2500
ambulances and army wagons, besides a vast
anxmnt. of harness, &e. Most of the horses
sold brought a reasonable figure. Some of
the ambi Inru es Were sold as high as $75.
- The bills consequent upon the death of
Mr. LiiMoln, including those for decorating
public buildings and those for the funeral,
have all been delivered to Secretaryirlarlan.
Their aggregab• is but a trifle over twenty
five thousand ci .nar , ... while the expense of
President Harrison's funeral. when the dis
play of mourning was much less general and
the eeremonies 11111 Ch les, imposing. Wl . O
thirty thom,and
--A Nevada Democrat agreed to saw in
public one oord ot ' thc mahogany wood which
grows in that vicinity, it George B. Ilene!.
wa- Ind elected. He performed his task,
ari d t h e wood was w , ld tiirtßepubliettn, who
had n maul made from -tone of it, boo rid
with solid silver• Monis. 11, had intended it
for Mr. Lincoln, but on his death, presented
it to Mrs. Lincoln, by whom it was pieced
in lire C h irago fair.
--A 111011 g the p per, of Jell'. lluvis • re
cently captured. the govet nment has discot•-
ercd several documents of vital importance
in determining the guilt and complicity of
Jel. Davis in the conspiracy plot. These
documents are of such import as probably to
determine the authorities in favor of the trial
of Jo,!. Davis before a military commission
upon the charge 1 - 11 . as nsrinntion.
—A day or two :..inee General Grant re
ceived a letter from an enterprising attarXe
n leadinz New York journal, calling his
latent on to the fart that be had written up
very fully and flatteringly his journey to
Chicago, and the ovations ree,ived on the
trip, and stating that as he (the writer,) was
in straitened etrcumstaliCCS, and found liv-
ing Very expenFdye, etc., any donation that.
the General might rev fit to ina,ke as a corn
p•motion would be very g rat , ' it 11 1 Y received,
and he might rely upon its tiring considered
Arietly confidential. The perusal of this
leper highly amti,:ed that General.
—The Post Office Department is now self
support in It, prolits for the) 515i1 months
of 1861, Were :57:i2,2:1) 7D; and for the first
six months of this year will he much larger.
We believe tide is the first time this depart
ment ha, paid its own expenses. Notwith
standing the close of the }car, and the return
of mo,t of the Aoldiers, the number of letters
passing through the mails is not seriously
diminished
—Decatur, A litbittutt, once a beautiful and
phatmint town, is now said to be a mass of
ruins and rubbish. Two Inile,.triSrth is a
contraband camp containing 4-er six hun
dred rwgriii , , who have under cultivation
about one hundred acres of corn and cotton.
—Government is rapidly dismantling the
fl•rtitications at Richmond and Petersburg,
rind shipping the cannon, &C., to the Wash
ington and other Northern yards and arsen
als. The no cannon of all kinds,
siege and field, is much larger than was ori
ginally supposed.
—The annual produce of gold in Oregon
has been steadily increasing during the last
five years. One account makes the shipments
from Oregon last year at from six to eight
millions of dollars. Other estimates place it
as high as twelve millions.
flvices from Richmond confirm the re
lease of ('ol. (hold and Major Carrington,
late of the rebel service. It appears the re
lease was unconditional, the Government
having failed to implicate them in the slight
e4 degree with the embezzlement of the
money sent to Onion prisoners, A letter
from Richmond says that if Col. Ould should
have been proved guilty it would have sur
'prised none more than many officers of the
Union army who knew him in the old days,
and were always ready to vouch for him as
a man of the strictest personal honor.
PERSONAL.
—Pierre Soule has opened a law office in
the City of Mexico.
—General Banks. made a speech, at New
Orleans on July 4th in favor of negro sulk%
GM
—SENAToit Johnson, of Arkansas, hassur
rendered to General Granger, and beon pa
roled by the latter.
—Governor Pierpont has authorized seven
more counties in Virginia to 'hold elections
for State officers.
—Governor Holden has appointed a com
mission to confer with the United — States
authorities about confiscation in North
Carolina.
—Hon. D. N. Coolant, of lowa,lias been
appointed Commissioner of Indian affairs
in place of Mr. DOLE, resigned.
—43-kiII:RAI, ROBERTS, commanding the
garrison at Fortress Monroe, , is said to have
rend the De4laration of Independence in the
hearing of Jeff. Davis, July 4.
Lounx has issued another impor
tant order. Tho whole of thoga;lant Army
of the Toimosseee is to be mustered , out •of
the service immediately. • '
Governor Curtin has 'signed the death
warrants'of David Gregory and Wm: Hop
kins, Convicted of murder in Philadelphia.
They; will be hung on August 11. , •
—lion. :William Orton, of New Yolk,
who wile appointed to sueerd Judge Lewis,
.of. this i§tate As. CoMmissitiner of. Internal
Itevenue,•, , entered upon'the duties of. his
ofllcoon Idondarlast:. t:
—Hon. iiimes Paul, State Senator from
Montgomery county from. 1885 to 1889,
died at his honie,in Moreland township, a
few days si:ce, at the ripe age 'Of' 86 ye*.
Comp . , ofl3altimoreedun 7
tyi Who was biz or eight mOntlis ago eon
vitted of disloyalty before a Military corn-.
mission,.. fined $ 1000, and iti;riced tOfive
years, imprisonment in Fort Wtirron, hav
ing been pardoned, returned home on Satur
day last.
—Gen Logan says that t' although wne
n strong Democrat, no* a n A boli tio n
st, and would givo his ' mules' to see Jeff.
Davis hung—which he has no doubt will bo
the fate of the arch-traitor."
widow Of - thii late
lion. Richard Baodhead, of this State, visit
ed Washington, about ten days ago, for the
purpose of having an. interview with her
uncle, Jefferson Davis, but bwing)to the ill
ne.ss of President Johnson, she was unable
to have her wish gratified.
—GENERAL GRANT'S father in a speech
at the Ohio State Convention, said IM "had
been often asked if he did not feel proud of
that boy of his. ThiAiiminded him of an
occasion when this—question \refs asked in
the presence of a Dutchman, who interrupt
ed him by saying, lie isn't to blame ; he
could't help it. ,
—MAJOR GENEir4-; , ,Smrrit has revoked
the special order suspending the municipal
government of Memphis, and placing the
city under military provisional control, and
Las restored the city to the control. of the
civil authorities.
GY.NICKAL BRAXTON Hamm, of the late
" confederate states army," is now at the St.
Charles House, New Orleans, and in prime
health. It is said he is anxious to retire to
private life. behave himself, and be let alone.
—CoL. MUNDY, candidate for Congress in
the Louisville district of Kentucky, made a
oration on the Fourth, in which he took de
cided grmind in favor of the constitutional
ameadment abolishing slavery. Hp also
affirmed n remarkable doctrine for a Border
State politician. that "emancipation lutist
bc-atteorded a:4 a natural right, and with it
theat tendant privileges of a state of freedom."
—I. II AM G. HARRIS, tin• whose apprchen
sion the Legislature, of Tennessee authorized
the (lovernor to offer a reward of $5,000, is
safely retired in that paradise of scoundrels,
Imperial Mexico From this seclusion, near
Puebla, he write.; to the editor of the Mem-
Millvtin, offering, himself as a candidate
for Governor.
--secretary Wells . ., hrs i•.+u„J nu ot der re
ducing the navy from a War e,tahil...linwrit
to a Peace. lie thinks that this will reduce
the navy from 65,000 hands to 12,000 or 15,-
000, and it will be our strongest guarantee
to the maritime nations of the world that we
are ml paVi fie people, and design /1g.!2:1' ,,, i0n
Upon none.
---Gush:RNuß FLETCHER, of Missouri, has
issued his proclamation announcing the adop
tion Of the new Constitution for that State
at the election held on the 6th of Juin). The
total number of votes cast was 85,478, of
. which 43,670 were in favor of the Constitu
tion, and 41,808 against it., the majority by
which it was adopted being thus 1,862. It
went into operation on the 4th instant,
—lies. PHILLIPS. Surgeon General of
Pennsylvania, will shortly issue a pamphlet
containing the names of the Pennsylvania
soldiers, who died at, the rebel prison at. An
(terse)) ville, Ga., from February, 1864, to
March, 1865, with'ihe names of their com
panies, regiments, and the number of their
graves annexed. As the bodies cannot be
disinterred before the tirst Of October, accord
ing to orders \•rout the War Department, op
pli eatio ns for transportation to Colonel Gregg,
Chief of Transportation and Telegraphing:
need not be made before that time. After
the first of October the State authorities will
be pa eparod to furnish transportation and in
structions fur the removal of the remains of
our starved heroes to the soil or Pennsylva
nia, where they run rest in peace and honor.
—Admiral Dolmont bequeathed $175,009 the
amount of his prize money during the war,
to the asylum soon to be organized at WaLh
ington for the relief and education of the
orphan children of the soldiers and sailors
of the Republic. It is a noble object,. and
generously has the gift been bestowed.
The Condemned Assassin .
Harrold, Payne, Mrs. Surratt and
Atzerodt to be Hung.
Mudd, Arnold and O'Laughlin to
be , Imprisoned for Life.
SPANGLER TO BE IMPRISONED FOR SIX
A 11. Anti
thademnation of Ike Assassins
WASHINGTON, July 6.-1 n accordance
with the findings and sentences of the Mili
tary Commission which the President p
proved yesterday, David E. Harrold, - Lewis
Payne, Mrs. Surratt and George A. Atx
erodt are to be hung to-morrow by the mil
itary authority.
Dr. Mudd, Arnold, and O'Laughlin nr
to be imprisoned for life, and Spangler for
six years, all at hard labor, in the Albany
Penitentiary.
WAsumrroic, July 6. —The following
important order :as just been issued :
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASIULNuTuN, July
6,14365.— VD Maj.-Gen. W. S. Hancock, U.
S. Volunteers, Gtmonanding the - Middle Mil
itary Division, IVashinglon, D. U.
Whereax, By the Military Commission
appointed in paragraph 4, Special Orders,
No. 211, dated War Departm lit, Adjutant-
General's Alec, Washington, May 6, 166.5,
and of which ,11ajor General David Hunter,
H. S. Volunteers, was President, the follow
ing named persons were tried, and, utter
mature consideration of the evidence ad
duce-1 in their eases, were found, and sen
tenced as hereinafter stated, as follows:
First.—David E. Harrold. Finding of
the specification, guilty, except combining,
confederating and conspiring with Edward
Spangler, as to which part thereof not guil
ty. Of the charge, guilty, except the words
of the charge, but he combined, confedera
ted and conspired with Edivard Spangler, as
to which part et the charge not guilty.
Sentence.—And the Commission does,
therefore, sentence him, the said David E.
Harrold, to be hanged by the neck until he
be dead,' at such time am! .. Place as the Pres
ident of the United States. shall direct, two
thirds of the Commission concurring therein.
Second.—George A. Atzerodt. Finding
of the specification, fluilty, except combin 7 .
ing, confederating and conspiring with Ed
ward Spangler, of this not guilty: Of the
charge, guilty, except combining, confeder
4ing and conspiring with . Edward spung
ler—of thls not guilty.'
Sentencb.—And the Commission does
therefore sentence him, the said George A.
Atzerodt to be hung by the neck until he be
dead, at such time and place as the .Presi
dent of the U,nited Slates.shall direct, two
thirds of the,membors of the Commission
Concurring therein:
Third.—Lewis :Payne:: Finding of the
spceillcation,.., guilty, except combining,
'confederating and conspiring With Ed
ward , Spangler,. of • this not pithy. • Of
,tlo,charge,gin ity, „
,ex_cFyt, condhini ng, App.,
'federating 'and eonspiring' with Edward
Spangler--of-this not guilty:
~
•Itionteneet —And the . Oonunission , does
therefore sentence hini, thessid Lewis Payne
to be hung:by the' neck until, ho be dead, at .
such tip:to and place as the President of the.
' United States shall direct two-thirds of the
,Couimission , concurring therein..
,Surratt; ' h finding of
the specification, guilty, except as to receiv
ing, ouritainipg, harboring and - concealing
Samuel Arnold and Michael'.O'Laughlin,
and except as to combining, confederating
and conspiring . with Edward Spangler; Of,
this not guilty. '':Of the charge, guilty, e
aeipt as to On/bluing, confederatingnnd ecin.;
Blaring with, IldwArd Spangler;' Of•this not
guilty.
Sentene,And the Commission does,
therefore, Sentence her, the said 'Mary, E.
Surratt, to be hung by the neck until she be
dead, at such tima and place as the Presi
dent of the United States shall direct ; two
thirds of the members of the - Commission
concurring therein.
And Whereas, The President of the Ma
ted States has approved the foregoing 'sen
tences in the following ordea.to wit:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 5, 1865.
The foregoing sentences HI tee cases of Da
vid E. Harrold, George A. Atzerodt, Lewis
Payne, and. Mary E. Surratt, are hereby ap
proved, and it is ordered that the sentences
in the cases of David E. Harrold, George
Atzerodt, Lewis Payne and Mary E. Sur
ma be carried into execution by the proper
military .authority, under the direction of
the Secretary of Wur, on the 7th day of
Juty, 1865, between the hours of 10 A. M.
and 2 o'clock P. M. of that day
(Signed)
ANDREW JOHNSON,
President
Therefore you are hereby commanded to
cause the foregoing sentences in the eases of
David E. Harrold, George A. Atzerodt,
Lewis Payne and Mary E Surralt, to he
duly executed in accordance with the Presi
dent's order.
By command of the President Of the Uni
ted States.
E. D. To*!•tsEND,
Asst. Adjt. Gf.tt
In the remaining eases of O'Laughlin,
Spangler, Arnold and Mudd, the findings
and sentences are as follow•:
O'Laughlin. Finding of
the specification guilty, except the words
thereof, a.. follows:
And in the further• prosecution of the eon
spi4acy aforesaid and of its murderous and
treasiltiohle purposes aforesaid, on the nights
of the 13,11 and 14th of April, 18115, at Wash
ington City, and within the tnilitary depart
ment and military lines aliiresaid, the said
Michael O'Laughlin did thorn and then lie
in'wait fin• Ulysses S. Grant, then Lieuten
ant-Gen'eral and 4'oinrnander cif the armies
of the United Sttites, with intent then and
there to kill and murder the said Ulysra ,
Grant —or said words not guilty, and except
combining, confed9rating, and conspiring
with Edward Spangler—of this rl6l' guilty.
Of the charge,—guilty, except combining.
confederating and conspiring with Edward
Spangler—of this not guilty.
Sentence.—The (lotninission sentence tr-
Laughlin to be impris..ined at hard 120. r f.n•
,Bluth.—Finding of Edward Spangler, of
tio specification, not guilty, except a to the
worck "the •taid Edward Spangler, (.11 said
14th day of April IKtib, at about the same
hour of that day, as aforesaid, within said
military department and triennilitary lines
aforesaid, did aid and alitt;him (meaning
John Wilkes Booth) IVlfitikii.g his escape
after the said Abraham Lincoln had been
murdered in manlier aformaid, and of these
words—Guilty.
or the charge not guilty, but guilty of
having, felottiousl and traitorously aided
ut d abetted John IVillies
hi, r>capc after
AlM:khan - I Lif1(.1.111. President of the U n it e d
States, he, the said Edward Spititgl , r at the
time of aiding and abetting as aforesaid.
well knowing that the said Abraham Lin
coln, President as aforesaid. had been
by the said 91111 P, anli
The cornihkshm svnt,ncedSpang-
Ivr to hard labor for six years.
Serene h. —Sainuct Arnold. Finding
the specillcation guilty, except combining,,
confederating and conspiring with Edward
Spangler, of this not giiihv. Of the char.,.e
guilty, except combining, confederating and
conspiring with Edward Spangler, of
not guilty. The Coinmission sentenced him
to imprisonment at hard labor for
P:ighth.—Sainuel A. Mudd. Finding of
the specification guilty, except combining.
confederating and conspiring Mile Edward
Spangler, 4, this not guilty, and excepting
receiving and entertaining and harboring
and concealing said Eowi. Payne, Julin 11.
Surratt, Nfichael O'Laughlin, Gi.orge A.
Atzerodt, Mary E. Surma and Samuel Ar
nold, of this Octi
or the charge guilty, en' , pt combining
confederating and cult , piritig with
Spangler, of this part not Th.. offin
tnission ',rammed Mudd to he imprisoned at
hard labor for life.
The I'resident•s order in the...o cases is as
follows :
J is juelher ordered, that the
Sanun•l Arnold, Samuel Nlutld, and
:\liehad O'Laughlin, I.e c.udined at hard
labor• in tin , panitontiary at Albany, Non•
York. during the parit,l (I,4igniitvd in their
reipeeti VP F.Ollt.`ll,PS.
kNDREW JoIISSON.
Pre,ifklit
Scenes at the Execution of the As-
sassins
The New York //crate/ lino the nio , t gra
phic description which we ic.ve s en of the
occurrences at the execution of the Conipi
rater'. WO 111111i0 some extract,:
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The to Lie and public places Of the city
were thronged till a late hour Im.t night by
scores and hundreds of eager and excited cit
izens, and in many instant , the proprietors
were unable to close their ("curs till daylight.
The absorbing topic of conversation every
where was the approaching 41X.PCUtio.h. The
sympathy in favor of Mrs. Surma gained
ground by discussion, .and hundreds who
admitted her guilt inveighed bitterly against
the mode of punishment. This morning the
sun rose On the burn and excitement of ex
pectant preparation, and every faee denoted
the interest felt in the May's developments.
This day the great penalty due to outraged
laws and an outraged nation by the conspi
rators who sought to overthrow the govern
ment through the assassination or it, leadirig
officials has been itaid by a portitM of the
guilty gang.
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At a late hour last night a writ of habeas
corpus was sworn out before Judge W 3 lie,
of the Supreme Court of the District of Co
m4in, in th e cas e or Mrs. Sorrell, by her
attorneys, as stated in the ile.wid of this
morning ; but Marshal Gooding decided
that it could only be served during legal of
fice hours, and postponed it till nine this
morning, The whit. was promptly served.
The writ wits served upon Major Geneve'
Hancock by United States Marshal Good
ing, when he proceeded at once to consult
the Attorney General and the President.—
The latter promptly advised Gen. }Janet:Mc
to disregard the writ, and proceed at once
with the execution of Mrs. Surratt.
The writ was returnable at ten o'clock ;'
but nearly two hours after the time, General
Hancock entered the Court, accompanied by
Attorney General Speed, who apologized for
the apparent delay in making a return on
the part of the Ger oral, as it was unavoida
ble, le then proceeded to^r ad the return,
in which General Hancock said the body of
Mrs. Surratt was in his porsession, for the
purpose expressed, and which order is
us follows, &c..:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, J uly 7. 1865.
gb Major General Hancock, commanding, c.
I, Andrew Johnson, President of the Unit
ed States, do hereby declare that the writ of
habeas corpus has been heretofore suspended
in such cases as 'this ; and I do hereby spe
cially suspend this , writ, and direct that you
proceed to execute the orderheretofore given
upon, the judgment of the Military Commis
sion. And you will give this order in return
to this writ. ,
.ANDREW JOHNSON; President.
The Court retnarked that no further steps
would be taken M. the matter.
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The number of troops.on guard was. esti
mated nt about three thousand, and was made
up of four regiments orinfuntry from Han
•coeyte corps, who worn posted upon the walls
iiumediately, overlooking the prison yard,
where the scaffold had been. erected,-upon
Iffe.grouridi leading to the doors and gates
'of tlitArSonal building, and again about the
avenue-of approach •to'tho main gate at the
foot of Four-and-a-halfstreot.
THE LAST NIGIIT:0 1 / 7 THE CRIMINALS.
Of •course, much of the time, proyious to
the hour of execution wns devoted td inquiry'
trul disoussion.. tho manner In:which-Aim
condemned had passed
.thc"night. To the
officers of 'Gen. 113trtratilVii staffin who:'h a d
beenconstantly during the night and Orough
out, the morning, we pewit: is Indented tor
the details attendant upon the manner in
which the pri's'oners were severally affected
by , h e knowledge of their impending doom,
and how they awaited its unerring approach.
With all it was a wretched night, from which
refr shing sleep was debarred, and the fear
ful boding of the events of the mor
row refused to he gone.. The friends, rela
tives and spiritual advisers of the prisoners,
were with them until nearly eleven o'clock
last night, and ministered to the comforting
of their mental distress by all' the nears in
their power. Mies Anna Surratt remained
with her mother nearly the entire night.
Payne was the only one of the mis rabic
party who is said to have rested at all sound
ly- or unbrokenly; and this unexcitable and
stalwart man was not vouchsafed rest and
unconsciousness until nearly dawn. Unlike
the rest, he consumed a hearty breakfast, and
in no way gave evidence of thefailure of that
matchless nerve and resignation which he
has exhibited from the hour of his arrest.—
Though regardint , his ultimate execution as
a foregone concrusion, in communicating
with his friends and pastor he displayed gen
uine contrition, arid believed he was justly
expiating his monstrous offence.
Mrs. Surratt, early in the evening, became
completely unnerved and somewhat flighty
in thought and expression. She seemed riot
only overwhelmed with mental anguish, but
utterly prostrated physically with the, near
approach of the terrible ordeal which was
meted to her. The intellectual resources and
will that sustained this dark and sinister wo
man throughout the session of the court, of
inquisition, completely forsook her when
hope vanished and Ilia gibbet from which
she was to swing wit:: already reared Rennie
fray paces, from the purt.r•als of her cells.
tharold, like Payne. suceeeded in gaining
several hours of sleep towards morning. And
\vas: apparently nna•h comforted t hrmighout
the night by the presence of hi s s iste rs , s ix
in number, who consoled M tn w ith remind
er. of the pardon that awaits repentant and
contrib. hearts. The Scriptures were also
read to him at frequent intervals.
A tzerott, completely beside With
dismay and fear, suffered indescribable agony
thr• ughout the weary watches of the night,
and could take re, nomishment whatever this
morning. Weal: and sh rink ing with horror
at the thought of the doom that awaited him.
he evinced the spirit of the craven that pos
sassed him and led to the wretched complic
ity that has brought him to the gallows.—
Like his associates 01 \Time, he was emu forted
1 with the presence of a Minister of the Gos
pel, and endeavored, us well it, his fear?
would permit, to draw ther,•from the comfort
they unanitestly derived front snob minkt ra
j
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about 8 •iiiarter I twelve the friend; and
relative!: of the priNoners began tW arrive,
and were admitted to the (.!ell Wf i N n con
demned. :I.t, thin titan came Miss Anna Sur
ratt, accompanied by gentlenni , and \vas
immediately shown to the roll or her mother.
entered and follo‘ved her conductor
through the hall into the corridor beyond.
her inuring limn). 81111 her inatinpr
and 1,11)11(101a In the pxpro,:joli,
Wlll,ll 118 V ., to an opinion, gerior
811y concurred in, that the intervmw she
had with (Tetteral llancock thi- mornin , , he
tiveen eightand nine o'cloc1;. and
1y altni I n n to brim ul i t a Ii th.•
(1”111, 118.1 linally horn rrWw nut tt ,111
li,ll` fIII . CIPIIIOIICY 1111 , 1 it iO-kite
for her mother gniiii,ll. \,•\t
nut caw. , tin • .i , t,•t• Wf llnnr,nld. \v, , d by a
all of Mimi] !!:11:111•,1
pri,olo•rs.
11811 1111 'Will . Iwtore they all is.
with 811g111-11. f." 11)
the illll,l' l or, 1111t1 tV1.1%. o,llilll,tod to :Tall
111,111S 11ii..11 Illt. Wllll 1118)r. ivlitA•t ,
.111 or tli.•,..ll,irt
brudo.ll tv,.111-11 were in 11,11 'kart:,
wit' 11(.AN'y ,zt.1,•11i11:2;
1 . 1 , 1,1111.• 111111ti111 , 14 , I_Bll.lllolr ,t. 1,• 811(1
t(.11, min 1 , . extittla thesyllll,lllllioA
and many ,ye , wove tit llniiued ihrrr(Wurn
flu
, ight Wr 11..Hrin
t/ROEES,IO I , - - I , i THE ii.t
_AT 1•X1 1,4 k.- ono-ii . eiori the 111 1 ;tV1
aiming l the northwe , tern hall of the
prison buildim4 into the court cart! opened,
and Mary E. Surratt, leaning upon twogem
tl - men, tWrt If, followed by Fathers
Wiget and Walter, the latter of whom car
ried a small crow with an efll of the Sa
viour thereon, and al,o n la,ok of prayer.
She looked very pale; her liuth. s eined to
fail her. 1 , 11 l i required no small exertion on
the part of the g,entlemen alluded to to lead
hear as tar n , the scaffold steps. Step by
step she tied. her hand- iminaeled be
hind her ever) 0 7 "ve united on her now
shrunken f•hool, face betrayed more
fif horror than of idly-ion! fear: tier upper
lip, a , soinetifiles soon in the newly dead,
curled ul,w rds from the 110 W incomplete
11 . . 1 111, which otided greatly to the ghastliness
~f her expre-si , ii. She sat on a chair placed
at the northwestern corner of the scaffold,
and immediately the reverend gentlemen
waiting upon lier leaned forward, applying
the crucifix to her todien lit,. and pouring in
to her ear the word, of comf , rt eypet•tett to
sooth I. to rc ignatioil Illi• rebellious hunuui
heart that it.elf against the decree ~ f
mortality upon the -eatrold, the field ~r the
Mane bed.
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shackled hand and foot, and presenting- to
faro s o full of fear, of
4 horror and of , upplication, that for mere
relief they turned from him to rest upon the
regal face of Payne. Atzerott was attended
to and up the steps of the scaffold by the
Re% . Mr. 'Butler, and he too W,lts hidden to
ho seated on a chair place at the southern
end of the grim white structure.
NEXT CAME PAYNE,
manacled like Atzerutt, drersed only in the
navy pants and collarless shirt he wore dur
ing the long trial. So instinctive is the rd
miration which men feel for any man who
M.Oi last hour meets unmoved the Icing of
terrors, that this youth with the bull neck
and close shaven crown, short face and quiet
blue eye, drew more sympathy than the fears
of a thousand Atzerotts could ever evoke.
On he went to the steps, side by side with
the minister of his choice, Mr. Gillett.
Checked in his gait but seemingly unembar•
missed. lie readied the platform and sat down
near to Mrs. Surratt, find there he remained
gazing, as he used to do in the court room,
through the bars at the white fleecy clouds
that shifted before the intense rays of a sun
that gilded with all the pomp of a All , llMer
noon one of the most solemn scenes ever ex
hibited in this land, so free hitherto from
stleh CHOWS. Payne (we prefer the more
generally known mune) looked neither to
the right nor to the left, but straight for
ward a n p w rds. It was evident that to
him the cro wa were nothing, his own thoughts
e lrything. His face might he likened to
that of it builder of castles in the air. Fear
there was none, no move than 011 tine face of
it sleeping ; braggadocio, or the mor
bid vanity that so often supplies co: rage,
was not to be read in the quiet, dreaming
eye, where the old wildness alone had tied,
and as the sun faced him as truly as he faced
it, the photographer whose instrument stood
in a window of the western wall, will hand
down Payne to posterity with a thee on
which no man could read either remorse .or
past crime or the fear ofpresent punishment.
The memory of his horril crime, which had
appalled a nation, was lost in contemplating
his bearing, which at the very foot of the
scaffold a soldier who had braved death from
Chattanooga toSavannah, styled right regal.
Last, and in every way least, came nevoid,
with bloodless, sallow cheeks, still sufficient
ly self-contained to walk or hobble as well
1113 his shackles would permit, and, attended
by Dr. Olds, he, too, mounted the stairs and
sat between the quaking .Atzerott and .tho
quiet Payne.
THE . rREPARATIONS FOR THE EXIWUTION
Tho preachers having ended, nn order in
audible from below was given, and Payne
slowly walked forward to the rope allotted
to MM.; then stepped forth Mrs. Surratt,
aided by her reverend advisers, who had
read to her pprtion of the Catholic ritual
prepared for such. occasions. Then, at the
other end of the platform, rose Atzorott,
quivering in every
,aervei his knees knock
' ;dant ilia 0.6 - Mb - 1 iftlibi
manadles ; and last again came forth Haroldi ,
less demonstative of terror, but only less pale
than Aire. Stirratt, over whose lace there
began to 'Steal an expression of resignation.
Then the arms of all four were tied above
the elbows :with strips , of white Muslin.
Men have issued from imprisonment of years
with whitened. tonics and. from.-shipwreck.
with shattered reason ; but Atzerott, appar
ently Suffered More in' theiesixteenminates
that elapsed . ficird his. entering . the yard to
the time of his beingled tbrward to the rope
than was ever endured in the Bastile or in
St. Marks. His eyes stood out, his shoulders
drooped, and no aspen ever trembled as he
did frotn toe to head. It was pitiful to look
at him, and withal sickening. Payne's dyes
still followed the thinning white cloud.
Harold was expressionless, while Mrs. Surrat
seeming less and less terrified, submitted to
the tying with noappearancem consciousness.
Then other strips of muslin were brought
forth 'to tie tine legs between allele and knee.
=I
Then over the head of each was passed
the fatal noose. Payne bent gracefully to
it, as if he were assuming a crown, and when
it circled his powerful throat he drew him
self up, and turning his head slightly ad
dressed some quietovords to the officer who
still held the rope,' Fo all present it
,was
the execution of a murderer; to the tnur
derer it evidently was the coronation of
Martyrdom, and the noose an aureole of
glory.—None resisted the rope.
THE CAP OF DOUAI
Then over the Nee and head of each was
placed a cap or white rou•lin shaped some
what like a jockey's skull cap, but large
enough to enclose face and head, Mid long
enough to reach below the chin, and., now
the pent. up fear of Atzerott breaks forth in
words and lie exclaimed :
"Gentlemen, beware!" And as Ilaro ld's
cap was piffled on last of all, Atzerott again
burst forth with—
Good-by,
,t;:ontivdt,l/2111!
At half-pa=t one o'cionlc, as the minis
ter; movori back, Atzerott, again spoke;—
Mitt' we 1111 ;fleet in anoint . ..l. world."
THE TRAP SPRUNG
mornr•nt Olen the pftleiids drew back
uul down rOll the rep. and swaying tu and,
to swung the tour bodies
ling' rll DIELiII
was no struggle on the part of Mrs.
Su rratt. Site hinge and swings as if 'with
with i a the dark road- her puffed dress:no
lire had ever been. A bag or old clothes- it
hc hit for that flesh we soe between
H ic rope end the - cap. Atzerett still shakes
he fear of death were to continue be- ,
',mid it, and outlive C oll sciouness. itself.
Harold , truggles—his chest Leaves. Payne
,lowly d. !twit him,elf ap till he assumes for
litThciiiid the shape of a man sitting in a
rather low chair, Ili, thighs form ng aright
anglc with his body, and the former form
ing a ,indlar angle with the portion of his
leg, from the knee downwards. He straight
en, again, but the broad chest heaves and
swells, and there is at sort of writhing of the
body•on the hips It is twenty-six minutes
and fifteen seconds alter one. Six minutes
and a half have they swung there, and again
a spasmodic eurving of the body and bend
ing it the lower part, proves Payne still
alive, but it is the Inst. If death must, .for
t salty of silty be inflicted on the as
sassin, for the sake of civilization, let some
111 ,, r0 ,aniniary means of inflicting it hu
devised.
Methodist Sunday School Conven-
tion
FOURTH ANNUAL SF.S,LION
Pur,unnt to adjournment at Duneannum
one year itg . u, the Sunday :School Con
\ entio .
o- artisle District. East linitimore
l'onierenco, 31. E. Clitireli, commenced its
Fourth Al.mial S , Msloll at Aliillintown, Pa.,
at 4 t'. 31. °II l'hursday, June i 5. 18 .5.
Rev. ,I. .31,2.11xitaAY, President, cx offis
Ili•iiry S. Mendenhall we re eliieted See
ri•iiiry, ‘vitti poritaisision Ic., • n
A- , /,t2l111:. chi elected NV. Kirk end
1111111 1,1
Nttoqcen toembers and twenty on, dele
gut, were pre.cnt now vortous charges
int,ugtimit, the .Dtstriet.
I. Sherlock and W. Kir], were
apprillted a 1S11,111.•-i ,Llbse
tittently reported the Ina iwing 11 1 / 1 . 80,115,
wi let) Were discu,Bl2,l With ucu rut a,
well ua inlA•re,l.:
I. \Vlnit the best method of trinnajng
a Sunday School Library'
__ - •
Ilmv<li UI wo routtli oar larger ,chol
411'S OW 611111131: SCIIOOI ?
loti d col knot _tip towoorag,,l to coot.
Hot lo::sons, hymn, 001 omoeMsnis
by the offer or r(-•‘‘ anis ?
4. How ctto we enlist our utumbers more
generally in the labors of the Sunday School •
5. how can we hest educate our older
scholars for teachers, and secure their servi
ces in our Sunday Swhook ?
The tolloww, - was ad , lil to the above list.
I.; What im the bet ineti.od of conducting
a z i intiday School
Pending the d seussion of the first ques
tion G. D. Chonowoth offered the following,
which was adopted :
Tom. It is the s Ilse of this Coll
vonti,,n that the system of checks published
be the American S. S. Union i.s the best
method of conducting a S. S. Library, and
that we recommend it to our schools.
At , usual the Annual Sunday School Ser
mon was preached on Thursday evening by.
Rev. S. H. C. Smith. Tho exercise com
menced by singing the herith hymn,
"Delightful milk young soul , to win,..
and prayer. He announced as his text,
'Matthew 21, 28, "Go work to-day, in my
vineyard. - Insisting that labor is the con
dition of improvement, he pressed the duty
and exposed his mode, of illustration in Sab
bath School teaching. as an aid to howe
teaching.
Thanks were tendered to the speaker for
hi: excellent, earnest, and practical sermon
by a rising vote, the whole congregation par
ticipating.
The Convention of 1864 had addressed a
circular epitomizing its action, announcing
a pr.igramme fox the present session and pro
pounding thirty-fora• questions to Superin
tendents for information concerning the
working and success for their schools during
the year. These reports were now received,
read, and referred to Win. Schriber from
whose excellent tabular summary of the
same, recently furnished, the Secretary is
enabled to give the following partial ab
stract.
Out of 64 schools, 37 reported. New
Bloomfield sent more reports, and Newport,
more men than any other charge. Several
circuits reported only in part. York Springs,
Gettysburg and Concord Circuits did not re
port in any form.
York Sabbath School now appears the old
est, dating its organization 1817. It is the
only school holding two sessions in the day.
Schools continuing during winter '
Schools latnenting_want of interest on
part of parents 28
&Moots rewarding ,eliulars' variously
for meritorious conduct 22
Schools in which scriptures or hymns
are ininnorized
Selniols in Which special attention is
paid to sacred in ric
S. reporting viCriuns reforms sine()
last Convention
Schools holding Teachers' ineet.ns...... 10
Schools IniVing Teachers' libraries 0
New scholars received ••• 862
Scholars who have left 224
Losses by death 20
01 625 teachers, 33,5 are tamales and 401
profess religion. About 42 are reported as
having been converted under 12 years of
age.
As wind the Children's Meeting was herd
on die second day ( Wednesday) of the Con
vention at 10. A. M. The large audience
„was-can-osed of the Presbyterian Sabbath
School of Mifflin, of the Methodist Sabbath
Schools connected with Mifflin Station and
the friends of the cause generally. The ex
ercises were opened with singing, Hear tho
Royal Proclamation," 'by the M. E. Sabbath
Seheol - 'Mifflin, and with prayer by G. D.
Chenoweth. Then followed addresses by T. '
Sherlock, J. W. BueltinghaM, W. W: Evans,
W. Kirk and F. F..l.ysun alternated with sing
ing by the schools with melodeon accompani
ment. The music wile. highly creditable.
The speakers wore evidently not fearful of
making the little faces somewhat shorter by
provoking.si smile. In some cases they were
highly ingenious • and mostly- successful in
getting *youthful ears and eyes, and when
attention'-Was thos secured, opportunity was
not lost to: send home some simplified gospel
truth. ThenddreSses were brief, simple, earn
est and pointed, and there is no doubt that there
were impressions' made on " youthful hearts
'Wilt day;ihaver to - be - -The - Amp:di
which redeemed us from all evil, bless the
lads.' 7. =
But the S. S. Experience Meeting on,
,WedneSday evening, was probahly'the most.
precious season of the Convention. Broth-,
ors Dyson, Elrhy, Domaine, Sherlock,
Tat
mage, Buckingham; and Kirk arose_
and testified to the,incalculable.beneflits of
the Sabbath School in their religious experi- ,
-once=-how' kind °Meows had influended them.
--how kind teachers 'had brought them tei,