FULTON COUNTY NEWS.
THK CONFESSION
OF
DAVID LBWIS
THE NOTKO
J1GHWAYMAN AND COUNTERFEITER.
Shortly after she awoko from
this refreshing slumber, we pre
Dii veil to commence our journey
mew, and continued with a slow
,ut constant gait, through circu
itous bye-roads and unfrequent
ed paths, until we reached Alba
ny in the evening just as the city
clock had struck seven. Not for
getting the promise of marriage
'which I had contracted in the
most solemn manner, and made
uudor circumstances that re
quired more hardihood of villainy
to break than I possessed at the
worst period of my life, I imme
diately bespoke of the lanlord of
the house at which we put up a
piivato apartment, and went in
search of a minister, who soon
made his appearance and per
fumed the ceremony in a mean
aud shabby tavern at the extrem
ity of Stato street. As soon as
the services were over I prepar
ed to pay the minister his fee,
and having mixed my good aud
bad money together, I unfortu
nately presented him, through
mistake, with oue of my ten dol
lar counterfeit Burtingtous, but
the generous man, much to my
surprise, objecting to the large
ness of the proffered gratuity,
returned the note and refused in
the most positivo terms to accept
of more thau two dollars, which I
instantly handed him in silver,
which at that time had begun to
grow somewhat scarce. Melinda
now appeared for the first time
to wear a more cheerful counte
nance than she had done since
her elopement. The performance
of my marriage promise had sat
isfied her scrupulous delicacy and
removed a heavy weight of anxie
ty aud distress which seemed to
press upon her spirits.
It was evident, until this took
place, that hoi1 chaste mind filled
v.-ith fears aud doubts of my sin
ferity, had suspected me of the
l.ase design of taking advantage
i f her unprotected situation.
Improper and guilty as my
t eneral conduct had been ; vi
nous and profligate as was my
i iurso of life in othi.r respects ;
r.nd impure and sensual as might
l.ave been my depraved propensi
ties, I always had the highest re
f pect for female virtue. The fact
in I entertained for Malinda as
pure a passion as ever warmed
the breast of man ; the lovely girl
not only had won my affections,
but she had completely secured
my gratitude and gained my con
fidence. Although vicious my
self, I respected and admired vir
tue in her, aud had I only follow
ed her excellent advice and prof
ited by the instruction which re
peatedly fell from her lips, I
would not bo languishing in jail
upon the bod of death as I now
am, ashamed to live aud yet a
f raid to die. Malinda possessed
every mental endowment aud
personal charm, and had she not
beou so unfortunato as to meet
with me beforo years and expe
rience had matured her judg
ment, she would xio doubt have
made a happier marriage with a
more worthy man, aud become
the mother of children proud to
acknowledge their father instead
of being ashamed to own the au
thor of their being. Her pleas
ing person, her light and flowing
hair, the brightness of a complex
ion that equalled in whiteness the
new fallen snow, the rose of beau
ty and tho bloom of youth that
mantled her cheek, and, above all
the exression of a blue eye vieing
from mildness with an April sky,
moistened as it was with the dew
of hoaveuly charity and shaded
with tho lougest eyelash I ever
beheld, wore sufficient to capti
vate a man whose heart was less
warm than mine. But destiny
had wedded her to ruin when sh?
became my wile. Alus ! she iner
'ted a better fate, aud what ag
gravates my pvesont agony ol
'eeliug is tho distressing thought
thatau uncharitable world mav
visit the iniquities of the husbaud
'md of the father upon his doso-
t i.kto ouspring,
Hut that I may uot digress too
T ' no now resume tho narra-
"vo of the more importaut inci
dents. Wo remained at Albany the
''gut on which wo were married,
"od in the morning, I imparted
to my wife ft short history of my
past life, taking care to conceal
from her knowledge the most
criminal of my adventures, while
i only communicated nucli facts,
as I considered necessary for her
information, that the course of
life in which I was engaged, de
manded on her part, tho most se
crecy, as well as good manage
ment and ingenuity, to prevent a
disclosure of my guilty conduct,
which inevitably would bring
down disgrace and ruin on my
head, and blast the future pros
pects of us both. The explana
tion I gave, could not fail to shock
her sensibility, wound her pride
and alarm her foars. Until this
disclosure was made, I succeeUed
in making her believe, that my
commitment for the horse affair
at Troy.was a conspiracy between
Root and his accomplices, and
that the combination thus formed
aud carried on between them, to
charge me with this offence, was
called a prosecution under color
of law, but was, in reality, noth
ing short of a persecution against
all law, or rather justice, originat
ing in political revenge for my re
fusing to support the eloction of
Gov. Tompkins. I had entertain
ed a strong dislike against this
man on account of certain whis
pers, which then began to spread
among the people about his being
a "public defaulter, "and having
a great itch to handle once more
tho public money. These sus
picions, it has since appeared,
were but too wellfounded.for the
people of New York being satis
fied of his guilt' refused to vote
for him, at a recent attempt made
by his friends to have him re
elected. Neglected as my edu
cation had been, young as I was
in years and experience, deprav
ed as my heart, and ignorant as I
might have been, on most sub
jects connected with the admin
istration of political affairs, noth
ing could excite my wonder more
than the great inattention paid by
tho people to tho selection of their
public agents. When I have ob
served the people hold meetings
after meeting, and pass resolu
tions after resolutions, approbat
ing some "great partizan" who
had been a public defaulter, and
had embezzled the public moneys,
perhaps one, who had been tried
in the scale and found wanting,
and saw the same people again
nominate the same man for re
election to the same office, or per
haps one of a higher grade, I con
cluded in my own mind, that it
was not always profitable to be
honest, and that honesty nowa
days was too much overlooked in
the public estimation, as a requi
site for office. When I saw men
who had cheated the people, de
frauded the public and plundered
the treasury, become the great
est favorites of the people, thinks
I to myself, surely "honesty is
not the best policy." When I per
ceived that men in high station
had been guilty of diverse evil do
ings, and instead of meeting with
punishment, were loaded with
"honor and leceived rewards, ap
plauses, powers, dominion, office,
influence, and patronage," the re
flection had an unhappy effect in
extinguishing every remorse of
conscience, and reconciling me
more and more to tho vicious
course of life in which I was then
engaged. Alas ! how often and
how foolish did I argue with my
self, "that if it was not dishonor
able" iu a man who holds a high
place of profit and trust, to"cheat
tho people and oppress the poor,"
how can it be very crimiual in me
to depredate on the rich, while I
spare the poor ! nor could I, for
my life, discover tho mortal dis
tinction which many made, be
tween a robber on the highways
against law, and a public agent,
who robs and plunders in his of
lice, under the color of law,
though he may never happen to
follow the high-ways, in the man
ner I have done.
(To be Continued) '
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winter with uneasiness, children
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sufferer is often beyond human
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in time to win the medal."
Administrator's Notice.
Kstiite of N. H. ,Tuol4iin. (Uiorusori
T.iMtnrs of ndmlniNirution. on tliu eslsite
of N. 1). Jiickson. lute of Jlruh Creek township,
diveuserl. ImvinR tieen tri'iintm) nv tho KcvInIit
of WiIih for i-'uiloli .'ouuty lo tin; suh.-oi ilu-r.
vIiomo pot ol'U-e mldniHs'l A lu-iy vlll.! Kullon
county. Fn., till persona who lire IndnhttHl to
tin- Niild est ute will pit-lisp imikr pnyment and
lho.su hnvliiK clulius will present tliem to
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Sept. 30, 1002. Admlnlstriitor.
AMKNDMKN'J'S TO THK CONSTITUTION
PKIIV)Sl:i TO THK UITI.KN.S OK THIS
COMMOSV.'KAI.TII FOKTIIKIK AIM'UHV.
A I. OH KK.I1WTION ,y THK OKNKKAI.
ASSI.MI1I.Y OF THK COMMON WK A LT H
OF PKNNSYI.VAMA. PrUl,ISHKI II Y lilt
IIKII OKTIIK NKCKKTAKY OF THK HUM
MONWFAII'II IN IM'KSfAM'K OF AKTI
CI.K XVIII OF THK CONSTITUTION.
A JOINT KF.SOI.U TION
Proposing on nnit-nrimem to socilon ten of
urllcle oue of the Constitution, so tlmt a iIIm
eluirKe of u Jury for failure ,to iiKreo or other
neeessury cause shall not work an acquittal.
Section I. He It resolved by theSenale and
House of Representative of ihel'oiiiuiotiiveulth
of Pennsylvania In Oenerul Assembly met.
That the following he proposed as au amend
ment to the Constitution; that is to say, that,
section ten of article one, which reads a.s fol
low ;
"No person shall, for any Indictable onVuse
he proceeded HK'ilnst erilniniillv bv Informa
tion, except in cases iiilslnirin the land or naval
forces, or in the mllltiii. w hen iu actual service
In lime of war or public danger, or by leave o'
the court for oppression or misdemeanor in or
tlne. No person shall, for the same ollense. be
t'vleeputtn Jeopardy of life or limb ; nor shall
pi'lvate property be taken or applied to public
u ;e, without authority or law and wit hout Jusi
compensation belli tlrsl made or secured, be
umeuded so us to tend as follows:
No person shall, for nnv Indictable offense, lie
proceeded uifalii.st criminally by Information,
except In cases nrlsiuK In the land or naval for
ces, or In the militia, when in actual serviee m
time of war or public danger, or by leave of the
court lor oppression or misdemeanor in onlee.
No person shall, for the same offense, be twice
put In ieoiKirdy of life or limb ; but a discharge
of the Jury for failure to aree. or other neces
sary cause. t,h:ill uot work au acquittal. No:
shall private property be taken or applied to
publlo use. without authority of law and with
out Just compensation iiein first made or se
c-ireu.
A true copy of the Joint Resolution,
W. W. ORIKST,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Amp ndmfnts tothk oonstituthin
profoski) to thk citi.kns of this
COM M ON VVKAI.TH KOK Til Kl II APPROV
AL OR RF. I KCTIOS BY THK (IbXKRAl.
ASSKMHI.V OFTHK COMMON WKAI.TH OF
I'KN NSYI.VANI A. PUIll.lSHKO HY ORDKI!
OFTHK NKCKKTAKY OFTHK COMMON
WEALTH. IN PURSUANCE OF ARTICI.K
XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION.
A JOINT IIKSOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the Commonwealth.
Section 1. He It resolved bv the Senate and
II ousc of Representatives of t he Common wealth
of Pennsylvania. InOeueral Assembly met. tluw
the following Is an amendment lo tlie Constitu
tion of the Commouweutt of I'ennsylvunia. in
accordance with the provisions of the eight
eenth article thereof :
Amendment
Add at the cud of section seven, ur'ticle three
the following words: "Uulesn before it shall be
Introduced In tho General Assembly, such pro
posed special or local law shall have been llrst
submitted to a popular vote, at a general or
special election In the locality or localities to
be affeoted by Its operation, under un order of
the court of common pleas of the respective
county after hearing and application granted,
und shull have been approved by a majority of
the voters atsucn election: I'roviueu. that no
such election shall be held until the decree of
court authorizing the same shall have been ad
vertised for at least thirty (.SO) days In the lo
cality or localities affected, In such manner as
the court may direct.
A true copy of the Joint Resolution.
W. W. ORIKST,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Guns and Ammunition
Wo wore never in better shape to save our customers money on these good
than now. wo have bought tho greatest lot of Single anil Double barrel Guns
evor brought to the town. Look up your Chicago catalogue and compare
prices. We have always claimed that we could sell cheaper than they do.
NOTE A FEW PRICES
A 7-lb.30 or 32 in. barrel,12 gauge, breaks on iron.single
barrel Guns. $3.80; and a much better one at $4.25. A
Rood double barrel at $7.50
fire, water-proof Gun-caps, 5c. box. Laflin and Ran Gun
powder F. 1 F. & G., 20c. lb.; shot 8c; Loaded Shells, 40c.
box. We sold -4000 shells and 16 guns last season, and have
made a good start this season. If you want a gun don't wait.
They are going.
TIN FRUIT CANS.
Why pay5flu.clo7.cn for tin fruit cans when you can buy tho heaviest run
made from us at 4ie. dozen ? Wax Strings :lc. dozen. Sealing Wax in stli'ks
4c. lb.
Clothing eimd Shoes
Don't fail to seo our Clothing and Shoes. Wo can save you more money
than ever.
HULL & BENDER
Proprietors.
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Sash 11x20; 12x24;
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oiyies are mosuy uarK, anu very nanusome. jj
fJ We are now taking'a jireat many orders. Come Ji
i soon and give us all the time you can. ll
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fJ We have never had such a nice, cheap line of Dress f
Pantaloons. f2
We have them in all styles and shapes,
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YOUNG MEN S SUITS
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The proprietor has had over 50 years experience, and is
confideut that he can pleaso who may entrust him with
their work.
, Manufacture of Carpet and Wool Carding a speciality.
Wool Batting for Haps none better.
Carpet Chain always in stock.
I will take in wool and work at tho following places :
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3 Booth Brothers, Dublin Mills; A. N. Witter's, Waterfall; W.
L. Berkstresser, Orchard Grove; W. It. Spoer, 8aluvia;
Lyuch's store at Crystal Springs; Jackson's store at Akers-
ville, P. J. Barton's, Hustontown, and Huston's store at
!h3 Clear Kidgo.
I will make monthly visits
season, and will receive work and return it.
, Thankful for past favors, and soliciting a continuance
of the same, I am, respectfully,
II. U. IIEKTZLEIt,
Burnt Cabins, Pa.
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Woollen Mills
Cahin.s, Pa.
to theso places during the
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Fall and Winter
Suits and Overcoats
good and warm, for
Men and Boys.
Felt Boots to keep
your feet warm and
dry; in fact, every
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