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FIRMNESS IN TIIE RIGHT AS GOD GIVES U3 TO SEE THE MORI!. Lincoln.
aittUg f Mftt-mti& to pitta, ffitotee, jump, om writ $$tuMmw , &f. ;
WAYNESBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 186T.
vol, x
NO. 51.
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BVBUY WJCUNKSUAI MOKNINUiT
JAS. E. SAYEH3.
OKFICB M 8AYKR8' IIOILDINO, KAST OF TUB
COURT llUUats.
FIRST MTIOML BANK,
-OK
D Bohbh, Pres't. .T. C. Flknnikm, Cashier.
DISCOUNT DAY TUESDAYS.
May io, 'fiG.-iy.
KItlUSBR 1UJ.K OF W.tYNKSBlJK...
(ODU FKIXOW'8 ASSOCIATION. )
WILL advance cash on judgments, notes,
niortftxrcs and other securities. Col
lections promptly attended to and deposits
Thertock of this bunk can be tonight at the
office of the bank, opposite the Court louse
until the 1st day ot July next. Shares $25
each. nfiSSJW
A. L. Mtkrs, tW.ier. fi,2'.-.U
DEALER IN Books Stationery, Wall Paper,
Window Paper. &c Sunday School
Books of all kinds constantly on hand, room
i Mrs. Rush's t.uiMinir, f rincrly occupied
by Cttercll & Taylor, Waynesliurg. Pa.
May , y
liobert iKMisht'rty,
Carriage m Manufaeinrfir
WAYNK.SHnt(, 1 A.,
RESPECTFULLY gives notice that he has
located in Waynesborg, Pa-, whtre he In
tends to manufacture
CARRIAGES
Of every description. From his "l"
the busmcss, ho feels confident t at us oU
in style, finish and durability, w ill S " ux
satisL ion. It is his determination to purch se
Ihe best material in market, and employ none
but competent workmen.
(SrAll new work warranted for one. year.
Wavnesburfi, Feb. 21. 18Mi M
wm. Bailey.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
MAIN BTREET, OH-031TB COB T HOUSE.
KEFP9 ON HANDS ALWAYS A choice
and select assortment of watches and
JcwehT Repairing done at tho lowest rates,
apl, ry
"SHERMAN HOUSE,"
JUST OPENED BY
THos. Bradley
POSITIVELY tho most complete Hotel in
oiirtown. Every thins combined to fur
nish tSebe7accommodation ever yet offered
t0MXfu"Cni8hed at all hours, table provld-
will do well to call, "Tom" still retains his old
remitation of an accommodating gentleman,
u?Ktabto landlord. House, the cm for
me" Occupied bv the "Messenger" Office.
May y,'6u.-iy.
W. T."W"olT3' Jr.
ADDLE AND HARNESS MA E.
(Is Wilson's Buh.mno, Maw St.)
Saddles, Bridles. Harness kept on hand and
made to order. Work done In the best style,
and at reasonable rates.
Repairing a speciality on short notice.
Farmer friends go look at his stock.
4;2-iy
JSIASStE WORKS.
SMGW.1LL&BR0.,
(Jewells old stand, uppor end of town )
THE publie are respectfully Informed that
Summersiilll & Bro. have just received a
large stock of all kinds of
MARBLE WORK!
Such as Grave Stones, Monuments. Mantle
Work &c. We aro prepared to furnish work
at reasonable terms on short .notice, tall
and examine our stock, styles, and pries be
fore purchasing elsewhere. "'"''L
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Alford Gregg, of Cumberland town
ship, Greene county, Pa., dee d , having been
Kranted to theiindLTflgned, notice Is hereby
Svon to all persons Indebted to said ostute to
wake Immediate payment and those having
lalms agalnst the same to present them lm
mediately, properly -ft.
5; IS-Gw. Cumberland tp., Executor.
EXECUTORS' NOTICE.
TETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the
L estate of P. A. Myers, Sr. late of Greene
township, .Greene county, doe'd.. haying been
granted to the undersigned, notice 1b hereby
liven to all persons Indebted to said estate
Smalw Immediate payment nnc .those hav
Inn Claim to present them immediately, prop
periy authenticated for ttlJJ!J'gg
of Marion township,
JACOB REYMKR,
G,l-Cw of Greene tp., Exocutois.
T . W . ROSS,
PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON,
OFFICE in Jewell'B building, West end of
Main suwt, Wavnesburg, a.l,-tt
"BLATER odenbaugh,
DEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, Li
quors and every thing pertaining tp a tlrst
class Drug Store, Prescriptions carefully com-
GEORGE S. JEFFERY. "
Dealer in Booki and Stationery, Magazines,
Daily Papers Fancy Articles, &c way
0,,hur8Pa. pl,'66-ly
GETIYSBURG ASYLUM.
FOH INVALID IOI.UIER8.
Incorpnratiul by Act of Aaai'inUy of tin Commonwaalth
of Vtmusj Ivaula, Much 8, 1H67,
Tlia Bonl of Supervisors atipolntMl by tin loe Cor
ponitlon to cany uut llm (ibjurln of tho act of Incorpora
tion, rwrnucllully announce to the public that the Li-iilala-turn
of iviinitylvanfa hus autlinrlawl tho ntl.liiK of luniJi
fortha erautlon, HHtabllHbnivnt, and maintenances of aa
Anylilin fur Invalid Huldlo'. of the late wur, to be built on
the Hattle Fbdd of Ihitty.lmrg, and an an ilnluceliient to
patrioticcltilenatoconli-ibuto lolhU benevulcht o'Occt,
have empowered the Corporation to dhtrthuta aluongrt,t
the lulncriben lch artlclea of value and Intercut, from
association with the late war, orany moueys,elfi!cts, prop,
arty, orestate, real or personal, whatever, In tbUMtatoor
elsewhere, at such time or upon such terms, and ill such
way and manner whatsoever, as to them shall seem at, any
laws of the Commonwealth to thecoutrary notwllbstuud-
'5'he enterprise Is cordially reromendud by the following
named and well known Kculluluen t
Mnjor General GEO. G MEADE,
Ex Governor A. 0. CUKTIN.
Major General GALUSII A PUNNYPACKER, :
m A. - i? t r.ifivianv
illil ,'l dt-licini xi. m. it a ,
Ma .irGi-neml JO'IN IS. HKOOKB,
Ma or General CHARLES H. T. COLLI3,
Ma or Gene al IP Y J MAD ILL,
M ' GfUi-ml J tS L. 8ELFUIDGE.
Bnadier General JAMES A UEAVEIt,
Urlgadlor General JOSEPH F. KNlPE,
Brgadier General WM. J. BOLTON,
Brigadier General SAM'L M. ZULICK,
Brigadier General JOHN K MURPHY,
Brigadier Gen-ral JOHN K BALDER,
Brigadier General T. F. MoCOY,
Brigadier General R E WINSLOW,
Brigadier General HENRY PLEASANTS,
Brigadier General J. P. 8. GOBIM.
Brigadier Ucneial J. M. CAMPBELTi,
Brigadier Genera' THOS. M. WALKER,
Brigadier General WM. COOPER FARLEY,
Brigadier General . M GREGG,
Colonel F. 8. KlUMBAUGll,
The site lor the Inalilutlon (thirty ncies) It is nlrenily
been iiin hiicd. anil II I Imped that thu n"od work may
counni-ii,:,, betore iniilituininrr.
tiillwciiptliilis will be recelvml at Hie offlco nf tiles Asso.
riatlon, No. II JO L'lK'Btiiut aoei't. Pllilmlellihia, oil amlaltur
Moiul.i.v, the llth day of M:,y, 1SH7.
Fur eat'h Mibsrriptiou of flv.s iliillurs a cerlincittt, will bo
Issued. Willi li will entitle Ihi'hohUir to suchiullclu of value
as mny be awin d'ri to Its iiunibor.
Tho aistdintriliutlou of awards will bo made Immedi
ately upon Ihe receipt of Ho.o-,0 sulwt'riiiloiis at 5 each.
Tlie dirtlriiiution will lie public, end under tho direct
guji'-rvirtiou ot the t'oiporulnis,
i'lTHinis at a distance are r, quested to remit their sub
scriptions (when pr acticable) by Post oHlce motley order,
or renlslcrril lettrr, to insure prompt delivery.
Direct all letters to J. 0. llomlAX,
8KCIIKT.S11T HoAUIt OF SlIPRHVlSonS,
llox 14N1.P.0., I'hiladelpliia.
The folloa-in;; la u mdieduln of I lie awai (In to bo made un
der the hrsttlMrihotion. The items of Uiiunmuls and)
other precious stones were purchased from citizens ofthe ;
Houth iluvinic the war, and their genuineness i certifleit to
byMoirs. lleul -AS r s., tlie most extensive (tlamouii Im
porters in Ihe country, aud by J. Uermaliu, diamond set
ter, Now York,
GETTYSBURG ASYLUM FOR INVALID
SOLDIERS.
Incorporated by Art of Assembly or the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania. March 0, 1W17.
Office 112o CHESTNUT Street, I'hiladelpliia.
FIRST DISPOSITION.
Eighty Thousand Subscribers at Five Dollars
Each.
1-
2-
3
4
fi
6
I Diamond Necklace, 48
Brilliants, valued at,..f$30,C00
1 blainond Cluster Brooch
and Eur Rings 18,000
1 Award 10-40 Govern
ment Bonds 10,000
1 Diamond Cross, Bet in
Silver 7,000
1 Diamond cluster brooch 5,0(10
1 Award 10-40 Govern
ment Bonds 5.900
7- 1
8 1
Diamond Singlo Stoue
King 4.5U0
Diamond Cluster Brace
let 4.000
0 1
Diamond Singlo Stone
Scarf Pin 4,000
Diamond cluster brooch 4,000
Dianond Cluster brace-
let 4,000
10-11-
12 1
Pair Single Stone Dia
mond Ear Kings a.noo
I Diamond cluster brooch 8,000
1 Award 10-40 Govern
ment Bonds 8,000
13
14
15
1 Diamond bingle blono
Pin
8,000
8,000
2,500
10 1
Diamond Single Stone
aiuu
1 Diamond cluster brooch
17
18
19
1 Diamond Single Stone
Ring 2,500
1 Diamond and Emerald
Brooch 2.500
20 1
Diamond Single Stone
King 2,i)()0
21
22
23
24
Diamond Cluster Ring... 1,500
Long India Camel's Ilair
aiiawi i,6uo
Choice Emerald Stud...
Singlo Stone Diamond
1,500
King
10 Awards of 10-40 Gov
ernment Bonds, each
1,000
1,000
800
800
COO
500
COO
600
500
400
850
250
200
2U0
150
25 to 34-
35
1 Three-stone Diamond
and Ruby, half-hoop
Ring
1 Diamond Single-stone
Ear Knobs
8G
37 1
Pair Diamond Cluster
Studs
88 1
Diamond Single-stone
Ring, star selling
89 1 Diamond Single-stone
Pin
40 1
Diamond Cluster Brace
let
41 to50 10 Awards of 10-40 Gov
ernment Bonds, each
51
62
S3
54
55
5ti
57
68
1 Lady'sDiam'd-Fct watch
1 Diamond Single Stone
Ring
1 Diamond and Opal Clus
ter Ring
Diamond Singlo Stone
Ring
1 Pair Emerald Scarf Pins
1 Diamond Single Stone
Stud
1 Diamond Cluster Pin...
1 Cameo and Pearl Brooch
1 00
and Ear Rings 100
5010 158-100 Awards 10-411 uovern-
ment Bonds, each
159 to 'i58-IOO Awards, Government
Legal Tenders, eeu...
8,000 Awards. Government legal
tender-, each
100
50
The distribution of the above rewards will bo made Id
miblio as soon as the subscription Is full. of which due no
tlec will bejjlveii through tlie papers. On and after May
8th thu Dhiuoml will bo on exhibition at tho offioo of the
Association.
The nubile can ronfldontly rely on avory thtns- bclnff con
ducted in the moat honorable and fair manuer. All the
awards will lm handod to certificate holders, Immediately
alter the distribution, free of all cost, at tho ofllce of the
Company, N0.IMOOUK8TNUT Street, Fulladelplila,
otimrtcAti.
We hereby certify that we have oiamtnod tha Diamond
Goods, Pearls, Emoraldl. llublea, am! other Precioua
Btonea, as aetoritHKiin tlie auovo uat, ami nun uiein all
H'nuiue.
UENLB DltO'B,, Diamond Importers,
HO Maid Lani, Nsw York.
J. HERMANN, Diamond Better,
m Bloom Street, New fork.
A.0IKTI WAKT1P.
Books can be had containing twenty cartlSoatef,
ONI BTIfDRRD DOLLARS.
All Orden A)r Certificates must lie addressed to
i.n. HOFFMAN, Secretary,
fjS-Jm, Sox 1481, l'osl tlOlc, l'hiUdoliliU ,
FOOLER'S CONFESSION.
Statemkeht o Hon. Wk. Montoomert
Card fboji tiik Withessks to tub Doco-
UKNT.
The confession made by Robert Fog.
ler, who was executed in tho borough of
Washington on Tuesday the 15th iust.,
has drawn from the Hon. VVm. Mont
gomery a rejoinder in vindication ot his
three sons, who wore accused by Fogler
of having a knowledge of and participate
ing in the murder. Mr. Montgomery
states that the confession was the work
of several bands, and was gotten up for
the purpoMe ot injuring those who had
shown Kogler any friendship, while those
who hud arrested, convicted and hanged
him, wre made the apeciul subject of
laudation. Mr. Montgomery asserts that
Fogler, whom he charges with being a
mo't abandoned linr.hoped by this means
to gain a pardon and save his lito.
In regard to the statement in Fogler'8
ooniession of his non William's guilt,
Mr. Montgomery relets to the (act that
the coronor's jury found no Biioh evi
dence, and that after a protracted and
zealously contested trial, William was
acquited of tho t harge. On this point
Mr. Montgomery saj s i "It was not my
Hon that was being persecuted ; it was
myself. I was to be hunted down, what
ht'le influence and standing I had was to
be destroyed. All ray children, were to
be disgraced, and their good names and
hopes in life blasted." The confession,
ho alleges, is in contradiction of what
Fogler hud previously sworn to , it wa
not written or suggested by lnm, who
was a very illiterate man and could not
npell correctly even tho most common
words Mr. Montgomery endeavors to
(lemonHtrate this by quoting legal phras
es and terms used by Fogler, that he
was not likely to bn acquainted with
He again assorts the belief that Fogler
concealed the name of his real accom
plice in the assassination of Mr. Dins
more, and implicaterj his son in the hope
ot escaping from punishment by so do.
ing
Mr Montgomery inserts in his state
ment letters from parties named in Fog
lers confusssion. denying the assertions
of the latter in regard to his other sons ;
and in regard to Foglor.s statement that
tho Montgomery boys had proposed to
him to rob their lather, says that his
three sons had access to every part of
his house, and knew where bis money
was kept, and they could, it ho disposed,
at any time, have taken all the money he
had in his bouse.
Mr. Montgomery concludes his state
ment by refering to the closing declara
tion ot Fogler's confession, that he for
gives those who perjured themselves on
this trial, in the testimony they gave
against him. "Yet," Mr. Montgomery
says, "no mention is made in the state
nient ot those who perjured themselves
on the trial."
The main points in Mr. Montgom
ery's statement are that the confession
was composed or dictated by others.ira
pelled thereto by personal hostility to
himself and family ; that the confession
is totally unworthy of belief; and that
the motive of Fogler in assenting to
such statements, was to secure his own
pardon by implicating those whom he
supposed would exercise their influence
to that end in order to silence him i and
at the same lime, he was obeying those
personally hostile to Mr. Montgomery,
and who were instrumental in getting
the confession up.
CAltl) FROM TUG WITNESSES.
The five witnesses who attested ihe
document, publish a card in the Wash,
ington Reporter, in which they certify
that Fogler claimed the entire author
tihip lor himself t and that it was in his
handwriting with great inaccuracies as
to spelling and punctuation ; and that
with a view to its publication as soon as
possible after the execution took place, a
copy was made for the purpose of being
placed in the hands ot the printer, spec,
ial pains being taken to make no altera,
tions whatever save to correct tho or
thography and attend to the mutter ot
punctuation, in which latter respect the
original was wholly deficient. The con.
tension, as published, is n exact copy
ot thu original, lint only difference being
in the particulars nlrea.ly mentioned.
The munuscript, as written by Fogler
himself, is still at the store of liobert
Dougun, where it is opeu to tlie nispec
tiou of any ono who may. want to coin
pare it with the confession as given to
the public through the papers.
Tub Galveston (Texas) rioters were
thus addressed on Friday last by Gen
Mower, when a couple of hundred of
them passed his head-quarters, brandish
ing clubs aud threatening to lynch the
ooulrautors at the new basin t 'It you
teel yourselves wronged, you must ap
ply to tho proper authosities for redress,
and you shall have it i but it you take
this thing into your own hands, you
may lose what rights you already pos.
seas. It you go on with this rioting, by
the Eternal God. I will ponr grape and
oanister into you I Now disperse, and
;o to your nomcs, or to your worn.
'be mob Immediately dispersed,
THE MONONQAIIELA VALLEY RAIL
ROAD PROJECT.
A correspondent otthe Pittsburgh
Commercm. notices that under thi char
ter granted tho Monongahula Valley
Railroad Company, there is a movement
towards organization, and that a meet-,
ing is to be hold in a few days tor the
further consideration of the subject I
would, through your widely circulated
paper, call tho attention of our citizens
to the importanoe of a railroad leading
up the Monongahda valley. The facili
ties afforded by water transportation are
not sufficient or adequate to the wants of
the people. That a railroad is win ted
and needed there is not a doubt The
question is, will it pay t There is no
district of country near the city so close
ly populated. An idea of this may be
had when we consider that tor a distance
of sixty miles there are from five to seven
steamboats running daily, and all with
enough of business. All the passenger
busiuoss, together with a large propor
tion of the freights, would bw turned in
fayor of tho railr.iud, aft on the freights
there is charged lockage nearly equal to
the cost of transportation, wliich wml 1
give the railroad the advantage in com
petition. Again, the Monongahela val
ley is one of the rmhest in the best qul.
ity ot coal in the whole country, and is
one great source of wealth to Western
Pennsylvania. A railroad, especially on
the west side of .the river, would form
a new outlet tor a large portion of this
mineral, which cannot come by water
transportation, as it lies too fur back
from the river. There are large fields
of co.il, commencing within four or five
miles of the city, that cannot now be
brought to mirket, while we are bring
ing other coal a distance of say thirty
to fifty miles. No sooner would a rail
road be commenced than up every stream
emptying into tho Monongahela there
would he commenced a branch road
leading to theso vast coal fields, and
connecting them with the main line.
Tho travel on -the road would also be
much increased by tbe great number of
persons now resident m the city who
are anxious to obtain small homesteads
in the oountry. With high rents, and
the crowded state of the city, there is a
great desire to obtain a small pi ice in
the country. In every other direotion
along the line of the railroads leading
from the city, laud has been bought up
by persons doing business in the city,
and here is one of the most beautiful
valleys in the country, at yet for this
purpose comparatively unoccupied. I
think that on examination, men of
money will find tho Monongahela Val,
ley Railroad a paying investment,
Monongahela.
From tlio Pittsburgh Commercial.
WHOLESALE ROBBERIES IN WASHING
TONARREST OF THE PERPETRA
TORS. I
Washington, Pa., May 19, 18C7.
Some two months ago a young man
of Sue appearance, clothed in tbe height
of fashion, carrying a splendid gold
watch with a mammoth chain attached,
arrived in our town and took up his
quarters at ono of our best hotels, and
registered his name as D, A. Ellsworth
The fact ot his being a total Btranger,
being well dressed, having plenty of
money, and all the airs of a sporting
gentleman in luck, led the good citizns
of our etaid old town to naturally in
quire: 'Who is hot' 'Whero did he
come from !' . 'What is he going to do
herel' In answer to these inquiries, he
caul, 'he was the son of a rich merchant
ot Montreal, Canada, that he had beeu
a Captain in the Union army, that lie
had ul one li.ne belonged to Jessies
Senilis, and that ho was here for tho pur.
pose ot buying grain. In order to
make it really appear that grain buying
was his business, he rented a largo warn
house on Chestnut street, belonging to
Hubert Wiley, and now and then bought
a few oats, . Two months has elapsed
since be first made his appearance, and
in that time he, by prompt payment of
debts, wearing ot good clothes, and a
fine adJressqs, was able to gain the con
fidenoe and good will of some ot our
best citizens, and in short be was pro.
nounced uice young man' by the girls,
and a dovlluh good fellow by tbe boys.
On Saturday morning the clorka era
ployed id the house of Caldwell So Fore
man, dry goods merchants of this plaoe,
missed tonio goods that they bad been
hunting: the evening before, and, upon
examination, they found that a large
quantity bid been takon. They also
found muddy tracks on the floor made
by some person wearing slippers or gum
shoes, without boels, nnd from the faot
that the doors had not been forced, they
at once concluded that acme expert
thieves had burglariously entered tbe
store by the means of false keys. They
and their employees at onoe set them
selves to work to ferret out the thieves,
Their suspicions becoming fixed on
Ellsworth they sent for Robert Wiley,
the ownor of the warehouse, and took
him into their confidence, and got him
to go to Ellsworth and say he wanted
to got. in the warehouse to get out a
sack he had in there, and got the keys
from him, When Wiley went to Ells
worth and stated what he wanted, Ells.
worth sai 1 he would go down with him,
and on their way down he said to Wiley
that thero was a young man concealed
in the warehouse who had been cutting
np some didoes, and not want to be
feen. Wiley went in and got a wool
cack, and there naw n young man named
John Sweeney who had left the town
under suspicious circumstances some
time before, He did not let on that be
recognized him, but enmo up town and
repotted. Officer Thompson and some
citizens went down and surrounded the
warehouse while some went in to ecaroh
for Sweeney and the stolen goods. They
did not find Sweeney but they found
about h'ix hundred dollars worth of shoes,
and about ono thousand dollars worth of
dry goods nicelj' stowed away undor the
floor up against the joists. They also
found cheese, crackers, and sardines,
and a place under the floor where they
supposed some one had been staying for
some time. They nlso found a pair of
gum shoes all muddy. Caldwell and
Foreman immediately recognized the
goodi found as theirs. The several ehoe
dealers in town wcro sent tor, and the
goods found were reooguized by John
D. Boylos as his, but so adroit had the
thieves been that he never suspected
that he had been robbed until he saw the
goods, though he says he had missed
some goods. Alter the discovery of the
goods at the old warehouse he went up
to his store nnd examined the cases and
he found that tho thieves had taken
three or four pairs out of each one.
While the eearch was going on officer
Thompson, who was posted on the low
er side of tbe house, saw some ono
emerge from the sewer which runs un
der the warehouse, and crawl along the
fenoe towards an alley. He went down
to the alley, and as the person emerged
he laid hands on him, and told him that
he was his prisoner. Sweeney, for it
proved to be him, tried to bribe Thomp
son to let him go, but without avail.
He was taken immediately before Squire
Grayson, and detained until Thompson
went up to tbe Fulton House and ar
rested Ellsworth, and searched his bag
gage. Among his traps were found a
pair of gum shoes all muddy, and enough
to convict him of belonging to a regular
gang of thieves. Later in the nigh1
another young man named John Steep,
was arrested. It being said that evi
dence was found among the papers oi
Ellsworth to criminate him. They will
a)1 ,ve a hearing to-morrow, when it
i enough will be developed to as
U h tho publio aud implicate several
m re.
j. s. s.
TENACITY OF LIFE.
A YOUNG, MAN 8UKVIVING TUB M09T TEH
RIB1.E WOUNDS AND BUFFERING.
A St. Louis letter to a Chicago paper
relates the following circumstances,
which are almost too marvelous for
belief:
There is now in th's city a young
man who exhibits one ot the most
marvelous instances of the tenacity of
life that I, at least, ever saw rec, rded,
and which will not a little puzzle men
ot science and surgical skill. The
man's name is Wm. II. Brown. He
was a private in tbo 18th Ionalofan
try, and enlisted at Sigourney.in August,
1KG2. lie was in the memorable battle
of Springfield, Mo., iu which this noble
regiment was thrown into the breaob at
a moment when tho fortunes of the day
were almost lost, and bears tho marks
of the terrible fire which greeted the
bold charge ot tbe brave 18th. Here
be leonived a wound from a shell.
lie was noxt wounded at Poison
Springs, on the 18th oi April, while the
regiment, which had been left alone
upon tbe field, was cutting its way
through a force six times its strength.
His wound at this place was from a
ball in the side.whioh detained him from
duty for near a month. Passing through
the battle of Prairie de Anno, April, 'C4,
and of Jenkins' Ferry, on the 29th of
April, unscathed, it was reserved fur the
robel guerrilla and robber, Quantrell, to
put bis life-strength to the lost. Brown,
with four comrades, was captured by
this human hyena, and Brown was iob
bed of bis clothing and nearly nine
hundred dollars in money and a watch.
Tho lour- were then tied to a tree, with
their hands raised above their heads, a
rope around their bodies, and another
around their foot. When thus secured,
the guerrillas then formed in a platoon
of fifteen men, aud taking position at a
short distance, discharged their rifles and
revolvers at these defenseless man, com
mencing at one and continuing to the
next. Brown was the last man left, and
mind mast tail utterly to realize h n feel
ings as he lintoned to the repeated vol.
leys, and heard the death gixans ot his
comrades. Awhile, theso worse than
fiends glutted their venom on them.
Having reached him at last, lie was
asked by the leader of tho gang it ho
bad anything to soy. He leplied that
they might shoot away, whereupon they
took their station. A noise, a flash, a
drooping head, and all was dark with
poor Brown.
Having finished their work, the de
mons left tho place. Strango to say,
those fifteen balls failed to do tho work
ofthe guerrillas. Brown survived. He
was shot about ten o'clock in the fore
noon, and was unconscious till near eve
ning, when he aroused from his stupor,
suffering intense agony and pain, yet
bound fast to the tree and his dead com
panions. For three days and nights bo
remained thus. Added to all this were
the pangs cf hunger and thirst, and tho
fierce yells of a pack of hungry wol.'es.
He was, on tho fourth day, discover
ed by a young lady unmed Mary Mills,
who at once brought htm relief. He
was removed to Fort Soott, where his
wounds were examined and tho fact dis
closed that the entire 15 balls had pass
ed into his body. One penetrated the
head over the right eyo, destroying that
organ, and is oow lodged in side the
skull i another entered tho right eye,
passed around the skull, and is now
lodged under the right ear ; another
entered the right temple, and was re-s
moved from under the left eyo; another
entered the left side of the neck and
lodged near the windpipe, where it now
remains : another entered the body un
der tbe right arm, passed through both
lobes of the lungs aud out under the left
arm t two more were lodged under each
hip, where they now are, and breaking
the bones ot both i five balls entered tbe
right thigh above the knee, shattering it
badly, and destroying almost tho entire
bone;tvo balls entered tho left thigh,
breaking the bone, and there remain
Thus it will be seen that eighteen bill
lets and a fragment of u shell had been
shot into his body, fourteen ol which are
still there, and ho not twenty-three years
of age. His face is not so badly disfig
ured as to make him at all ngly, whilo
with the aid ot a crutch and cane he is
able to go about, yet in a crippled con
dition. He is indeed the wreck of a
fine-looking, noble young raau.au orna
ment of heroism to his race, and an
honor to his county and native State.
Ho is cheerful in conversation, nnd takes
his fate like a philosopher. He is now
on a visit here with his relatives. His
record seems almost too marvelous to
believe, yet there it not a question as to
the facts as stated above.
TREASON MUST BE MADE ODIOUS."
Jeff. Davis has been released on bail,
atter two year's imprisonment. He is
bound over in one hundred thousand
dollars to appear at the November term
oi the Court. For tbe intervening
terra ho is at liberty to go or come,
whon, where, and as he pleases. These
are facts, and that praotical habit of the
American mind which leads it to aocept
many accomplished events in seeming
consonance with Pope's theory that
wbateves is, is best,' will enablo it to
bear this with composure ; and this all
the more readily, because the instant
power of evil which Davis possessed,
thanks to the persistence of Congress,
has been shorn from him.
. But, really, says the North American,
what a tad and humiliating thing it is
that this result, and this only, has been
attained 1 Tho country thirsts for no
blood. It has excused, or seen excused
by its agents, nearly every individual
who wai arrested for complicity in the
greatest treason and crime of all tho
ages. It has restored their property
to red-handed traitors. . It has executed
none. It has banished none. And now
the very pith and essence, the anima
ting cause, the deviser and supporter,
tho cxecutivo and representative of tbe
grand erimo. walks away unsoathed
amid the bows of those whom he sought
to destroy, to be welcomed by those
who wcro part and part with him in hit
offence.
Notwithstanding tho fact that thu
liberation is made by order ofthe gov
eminent notwithstanding it was ap
proved by Mr. Oioeley an! urged by
Mr. O Connor, and sought by ex-Presi
dent Pierce the country and the world
will oontiidur it a huge political blundor,
as well as something more Berious.
liither Davis was guilty, and most guil
ty, of high treason, or he was innocent
If the latter, they are responsible, in
damages who so long restrained him
from liberty. If the formor, they are
censurablo who tolerated his enlarge
ment But there is no question ot his
guilt. And if it is urged that his health,
suflered by iong confinement without
trial, wo first traverse the statement.
He has come out from his retirement re
freshed and strengthened, and every
way improyed for it. It was an oppoN
tunity for recuperation to bira. But if
he did suffer, what was that just suffer.
ing compared with the villainous tor-
tures to death whioh were experienced
by brave Union soldiers, through ' his
instrumentality and at his direct com
mand, in Libby prison and Anderson-
ville, and elsewhere! If he suffered, so
much the better. He deserved to : not
for his crimes only, but for those of his
agents, and as a lesson to all future
times that the way ofthe transgressor
is hard.
Many specious pleas, we are aware.
will bo filed in defunoo of this action.
But all, supported oy the prottiest rea
oning, will b inauffioiont to satisfy tho
moral sense of mankind that justice has
been done in the premises. It was be
lieved that the culprit should have tast
ed ot the truit of the sour apple treo
which ho dispensed so liberally to pa
triots. But it was. and even vet Is. do-
i
manded by a great maiorily that he
should, at all events, be tried before he
was enlarged. He may, if well assured
of a favorable result, still oondesoend to
render himself famous by figuring for all
time as another Warren Hastingsto
be. like him, excused from punishment.
But ho may refuse. And the govern
ment and the laws, which should be be
holden to tho condescension of no
crimiiittl, aro now at the mercy of tho
greatest whom they ever were provided
for. If he comes into court, it will bo
almost imperative to reward his mag
nanimity with acquital.
This result will be hailed in the south.
and rightly hailed, as a victory. , Tho
great criminal is free. Hiajor continet
in se minoremlt he goes unwhipped,
who Bhould be scourged ? All Danish
ment becomes criminal, and we may
prepare at onoe to welcome, with more
than fraternal love and - with ovations,
the smaller imps who revolyed about
bun and did his bidding. And, further
more, as experience has proved that
treason is not a crime, but a direot ap.
peal to the sympathies and admiration of
the loyal part oi the nation, we may be
queath to our sons, with the debt whioh
they must inherit, tbe warning to bo
always prepared tor rebellion againt any
law which is Iaw,or any proposals which
are distasteful to any. They may ex
poet to find tbe obiyalry of any section
resorting to tho arbitrament of arms
when excessive wealth, or an itoh for
notoriety, or any other cause, renders it
desirable to influential men. 1 ;
The rebellion in a free country was
unprecedented. And in order that his
tory shall not be able to give its paral
lei, we are witnesses to a decision which
the moral sense and justice of fill man
kind must condemn to a decision which
remits a ttaitor and villain . to. affluent
distinction, which embarrasses a)l subse
quent legislation, which , disarms true
patriots, and gives weapons o logio to
men who unsparingly need those oi steel.
Fortunately, the south is in no bondition
yet ior another appeal to arms. But it
must be always borne in mind that we
have practically said that in tbii country
treason is not aorlrao. '