The Elk advocate. (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, February 06, 1864, Image 1

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    pftomsiffTAr CABSD.
SQUTHEB &WILtIS. -
Attorney's at Law. Ridgway E'k fnn.
ty Ph.. will attend to all professional
business promptly.
' CIIAPIN & WILBUR.
Attorneys and Counseled at Law. Oflico
in Chapin's Block, Ridgway Elk Co. Pa.
Particular attention given to collection!"
and all monies promptly remitted. Will
also practice in adjoining counties.
ALSO. Branch of the National Claim
Agenoy of Washington D. C. comluoteil by
Harvev. Collins and rnce. for the prnse
eution before Con grexs. The Court of Claim
and the Departments of Government at
Wanhinpton, D. C, apnli -aliens for In'
lid's Widow's and Mothers Army Pensions.
Soldier's Claims forBo'inty Money and Ar
rears of Pat, Patents, Bounty Land, extra
Pay and general claims against the Govern
ment or, Departments hereof of whatever
character. Those wishing applications of
the abore nature will be promptly and satis
factorily accommodated by applying to the
above nairrd firm.
W.J..HK-N llluke y. M D.
HoMoteATino Physician and So no ion
St. Mary's, Elk oounty will promptly
answer all professional calls, by night or
day.
LB J. S. BORDWELL,
Eclk otic Physician,
(Lately of Wan-en cmnty Pa.)
Will promptly answer til professional
calls bv niirht or day. Residence one
door East of the late residence of lion.
J. L- Gillis.
OR. C. It. Eari.ft, Kersey Elk
Co., Pa. Will attend to all calls
night or day. ,uly 21, 18(31.
S. A I I'LL, M I.
KERSEY, Elk oounty Pa mil promptly
attend to all calls i" his profession.
HOTEL CARDS.
Fox township Mk c uuty Pit
ENOS B HOYT. Proprietor
Pl'his house has lately bueu re fi'e'l
am 1 furnished, for the purpose of hc
eatnuiod iting the public No pains
will be spared to reudur quests comfort
able.
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
Kf'f'irai, Elk chun'y Pi.,
DAVID THAYER, Frop'r.
ytThis bouse is pleasantly siiumed on
lit hank of the Clarion, in the lower end
ef ih town, is well provided wiih liotfse
room and stabling, and the proprietor will
spare no pains to render the btay of his
guests pleasant and agreeable.
Ridgway July 2, 1U.
f KrTHRSOV HOUSE. Main Street,
.1 Brookyille Pa., C X. Kretz. Prun'r.
This house has been refitted andfrruish.
ed in a neat style, and is very way
adapted to the want of the public.
iaEEST must
Boot jack Elk County Pj
H. H SHONS, r.u.p'u.
2Sth ISO:).
HOUSE,
Wvrfit Pr's
'ivipiui.niii-'
n s .
v.ns ;,
I'll l HC
ices
much to
jruiiiisurs.
DIRECTORY.
i'refHlent Juihin.
IV. ir. Hire, n ensoorougn.
i'i tlT.11,1 1.
A-inoritite Juihies,
Hon. V. S, Brnckwtiy, Jay tp.
Hon. E. Oy Schultzo, St. Mary V
ShO-iff.
P. W. Hays, Ridgway
' Jrothm'itnri, Rrq nnd Rec.
George Ed. Weis, Kidgway
District At'omey,
J. C. Chapin, Kidgway
Treasurer,
Charles Lubr. St. Mary's
County iSuwyir,
George Waltnslcy, St. Marys
Uummistaner,
vnaries t eis, i'l iry
Julius Jones, Bereze't
Joshua Keefer, Jones
m , - n a. t
A whtor$,
T. Kvler, Fox
D- Uerr, Beaezett
Crronor,
Louis Voliuer, St. Mary's
Kidgway Markets.
Corrected wueekly:
Buckwheat
Beans,
Butter
Beef
Boards
Corn
Flour
Hides
Hay
Oats
Wheat
Bye
Shingles
Eges
"... 1 00
" ... 4 00
lb . . .
" ... ftfiljt)
M. 1000
bushel - 1 30
Ibl. ..- 10 u0
It . - - 7
ton ' - - 20 00
bu. 8" !
i. ... 2 00
... 1 50
M. - 4 00
dor.en 25
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BOOT & SHOE SHOP
On Mala Street.
i i HidPTtay,My Sd 1663.
VOL 4
P. W. BARRETT, Editor INDEPENDENT TERMS-$1 25 per
Homoeopathic Soup.
Take a robin's leg,
Mind, the drumstick merely ;
-Put. it in a tub,
Filled with water nearly,
Set it out of doors,
. In a place '.hat's shady;
Let it stand a week,
(Three days for a lady.)
Put a spoonful in
To a fivp quart kettle,
Tt should be of tin.
Or perhaps bell metal.
Fill thekttle up.
Put it on a boiling ;
Skim the liquor well .
To prevent its oiling.
Let the Liquor boil
Half an-bour or longer,
(Tf 'tis for a man
You msy make it stronger.)
Should you now desire
That the soup be flavory,
Stir it once round
With a stick of savory.
When the souo in done,
Pet It by to jell it ;
Then tbrt e times a day
Let the pati nt smell it.
If be chance to die,
Say 'twas nature did it ;
But should he get well,
Give the soup the credit.
A Night Adventure.
BV A NOHTHKRN BANOEK.
Relinquishing our recumbent petures
we crept nn our hands ami kness until
we roaclipd the next window, which be
lunged to the room we were so anxious
to explore To our great satisl motion we
found i' not only unfastened, but wide
Mien, and "tie alter the other we passed
into the interior. Again paused in mo
tionless silence, and aznin we listened
intently, but no'hing beyond the sounds
nlreadv inmitiiuied met our cars, and we
proceeded to search in the darkness for
thr b'l'j-sof niniiiiinition. Wo came upon
thi-m niiiiiilfanoiiusly in one corner of the
r'Kitii piled in a hoap. We commenced
our wnrk at onee by passing them out
twi at a time, th "ousjli the window upon
tli roof Sili-ntlv and swiftly was the
t.k aeeompli-bcd till not abair remained
i; wiiruiiKu civry iu-ii. in 1110 uij.ii
travorsir.i; its letPith and bred'h, until
we were the sole objects, animate or inan
imate, it contained.
n. 1.-1 ... .. . i. -
r iss ni' ii ii. ii ir iil-ki niiivuiiit;iii w.i-
to carry round the baa to the extreme
i end of the piazza. This involved the
necessitv of traversing thp who'o length
of one side of the buildinif. With much
labor and anxiety as we had to proceed
more warily than ever at eaoh step, we
nt last accomplished it. And now we
held consultation whether it were bet.
ter to risk the attempt of carrying off
our prize bv elpsrrees to the spot where
we had concealed the wagon, or destroy
it at onee bv lowering b-iir after basr into
a deep well that If. informed me was be
neath us as we leaned over the bclconv
of the piazza. We concluded the latter
was tho best, and ncoordinsriy my com.
pantnn uncoiled 'he rope bn still carried
around his neck and fastened one end to
thebaic mv rapidly .descended, aftertell.
ing me to haul up the other end aain
attaehins it to the bass (three or four nt
a timet and lower them to him. when he
would drop them into the well.
Wo had nearly finished this part of
our task, when rendered reckless by the
apnirenf security with which it was con
tinued the sphishing of each bag into
tho well exciting on suspicion on the
th" part of our dangerous neighbors at
the other extremity of the dwelins;. H
flun" d.rwn into its depth the last three
' at or.re. instead or dropping them as he
bad hitherto done. At this movement
the close proximity of ipproaching toot
stens alonz the roof, mado me turn in
the direction from whence tho sound
The sei-ne now became oneof the
wildest ?nn fusion. The rush of hostile
feet, slong the roofbespoke tho rapid ad-
VHMpe of foes whose nuniriers it woulu
bo m-idness to contend with. Beneath
a deoperate enoonnter was going on be
tween my compile and one or more of
the rebels, ns many a fierce oath testuti-
ed Mv h ft hand was firmly t-stened
ika I h ..... t nl li n moll vith vtinm I
nri-n my ii "v --
", ! -
wascon.endine..yetheolnngton,ewi,h'
maddening tenac.ty.Keflectionand ac
lion were tbe twin born ot an urgent se-
coai. With my right band I managed I to
drw and cook hw revolver. -My life
ana tioerty were in uuu u gr4f
Rjdoway Ei.k Countt Penna.,
ing foe. There was no
i compromise here;
sing the muzxle of
inv lire or nis r rresstnir
of mv pistol to his head 1 fired, and be
fell, with soattered brains at my feet,
The next morueut I dropped from the baU
oony to the ground, where II. was bat-
tling in close quarters. Here I stum-
bled over a fallen man. In the act of
regaining my feet, my hand come in con-
tact with his breist oride, and was in-
stantly bathed in a waitn gush of stream-
ing blood.
"Where are you, II. ?" I shouted.
"Here."
The response came from within a van!
or two ofthesnot where! stood. I found
my companion struggling on the ground,
in savage fury, with a fellow ev'dently of
much superior muscular nuwer ro him.
a"lf. Ouiek as thought mvatronffth was
united to his uud with concentrated, de-
termitied and dosnerate eff.irt. we flunri
our herculean foe, beadlon" dowu the
well.
This wav." cried H. : and keanin?
close together, we eiuickly reached our
. ' . I "
concealed wagon. 1
the work ot a second
To spring inside was
d, and away we went
for the camp. The Zouave drove, and
his driving was like the driving of Jehu !
"I guess it wo'd have been all up wiih
me," he said at length, "if you hadn't '
... ?. .
come as you d.d. there were two ot ,
them on me before I knew where I was,
so when I found I'd lost my Colt, I
gave one dig with the full length of my
bowie, and went in for a wrestle with
the fellow we treated to a drink "
We reached the camp unpursued.
The wagon was returned punctually
next night as was promised, to the as
tonished darkey ; but whether or not he
received any further rumuiieiatinii for
tl.e loan of his property thatt the tale
return of it, 1 am unable to say.
From ihe Sunday Mercury.
Renomination of Mr. Lincoln.
The "Itepuhlioat.s," or a certain clique
of them, have exhibited an indecent
luis'tc iii thrusting Mi. Lincoln forward
for re-election. It shows t'.tst the drum
gogues who are mov ng in the matter
regard the issue of the struggle within
their own party lor the succession, as ot feudalism and bondage, have actually
more importance than the great business set back the normal course of negro
of putting down the rebellion. If we emancipation in America, ami postpen.
may believe Mr. McMicln-el. the friends ' ed indefinitely, the era in which the
of Mr. Lincoln have considered it wie faotofhuman freedom, irrespective of
to take the start of the pat tisans of other ' class, race, color, or nationality, uito be
Hepublisiin aspirants. Hence the "Union yet realized and established, as the result
Leairue" up Ches'nut street, have for- of God's laws nnd the convictions of so
cially nominated Mr. Lincoln foi a se. cial ami individual interest all ever this
emid Presidential term. Tho "Hepub. continent.
licons" in our State. Leuisluture had pre. But while the neirro has not been put
viously done the same thing. Anil those forward n hairs bredth towards actual
few schemitiL'. selfish politicans, like the and practical redemption ; while, indeed,
threo tailors of London, fancying them- his manacles have been tightened, aud
selves to be the people of the whole the term of his bondage bojn protracted
country, imagine, no doubt, that their incalculably, by the vinionary and ag.
action Bettles the question of the success- grcssive propairandisra ot the Lloyd
ion conclusively. The League," in a Garrisons, the Lucy Stones, the Theo
preamble and resolutions reocutly adopt- tlore Parkers, and all the other "higher
ed nnd nnd published, declare the reas- law" theorists and kidnapping and "un
ons of their preference of "Old Abe." derground railroad" enthusiasts, who
That document is remarkable for ful- hive been so long impertinently and ub
soino adubirion and gross falsehood, si rdly busy in his enfranchisement and
Witness, for example, the following : elevation the country has been distracted
"A'eWwei, That to the prudence, with bitter jealousies and contentions r
sagaciv. comprehension and persever- the State have been set against each
anco of Mr. Lincoln, under the guidance other in fierce sectional warfare the
of a beign Providence, the n ition is more people of the North and South have
indebted for the grand results of the war, been enstrauged the senti'ient of oa
which, Southern rebels have wickedly tionality has been almost extinguished,
waged airainst libe-ty and the Union, and the earnest thought, as well as the
than to any other sinirle instrumentali- passionate threat of disunion, has beeq
ty ; and that he is justly entitled to made a rulling motive in the public mind
whatever reward it is in the power ol
the nation to bestow. '
ttttfso7vftfl Tlat we cordially approve of
the policy which Mr. Lincoln has adop.
tednd 'pnrstmd. as well the principles
ne. has announced as the acts he has
performed ; and that we shall continue
to give an earnest nnd enertretio support
to the doctrines and measures by which
his administration has thus far benn dU
rected and illustrated. "
It would puzzle any candid mind to knqves njay enjoy the amusement of set
find out the 'policy" ef Mr. Lincoln ting a whole family ot States by the ears
amid bis many contradictory declarations and floating themselves into publio iui
pt opipion and purpose and his grossly pertance and influence upon the wave
unwise and impracticable measures. In- of political excitement and turmoil ?
stead of having any clear perception of Really we think that the patience of the
his powers and duties, and anv inaiJy people has been tried long enough by
independence and stea liness of action in these baneful fomenters of sectional strife
his high offiee, he has repeatedly done aud tumult. The little good and the
what be confessed he bad no intention vast amount of evil they have achieved,
of legal authority todo. and he had no ought to oondanin them to the execra
intention or le;al authority to do, and tion ot contempt of all honest men n-all
he has allowed himself to be used as the
weak tool of men who have positively
f.
jreed him by persuasion and threats to
violate his omom.ontn ana u rjan.p.e
under foot all the pledges be made to the
1 ... ...
neonle in his inauirural address anl his
succeeding messages and proclamations,
. Hucrcrmui; in
uob a eliief Magistrate may satisfy the
Tequir, mmtM 0, tWe who fill1 their
' F . . . I . . 1 . ...1. : !...! :1 1
- unfM leaner iu one won is luioi-um unu
lianten b,uLeeHiil usedfor ttny
;,urnDsaof corruntion. but tbe trreat mass
0f the renple will likely demand for the
presidency a. man of more individual
,haraoter, brains, and virtue.
Hut (be Bre resolution above quoted
llltttlTMft
GJ.WJ fwyJU AV Ar&W KVST 4.
CD
Satckday Feb. Oth LS64.
6ays that the country is indebted to Mr.
Lincoln for the uijrand rrmtt of th
tortr" ! 1 What result, pray ? We car
see none beyond the expenditureof three
or four thousand millions of brave sol
diers, the crippling of many more, the
destruction of our domestic commerce
and industry, the devastation of vast see-
tions of the Union, the creation of im
placable hatred between our people, and
innumerable other consequences of like
character. The rebellion itself, is, we
honestly believe, quite as far from being
really conquered, as it was in the begin-
ning. And we owo this civil war and
its "grand results" to Mr. Lincoln and
bis party to their opposition to S iuth
ern slavery and their nefarious doctrine
of a "higher law" and an "irrepressible
conflict" between the free aud hlave
States,
What is the fruit of all the consequent
agitation? We have on the contrary tor-i
I tured and torn, from centre to circuit..
ferenoe, for year ami years, by that curs
jl I .11 I i
ea nuraoug oi nuiimniearwuisiu anu id
natical philanthropy, known as "aboli. !
tiunisiu," "iree.feoilism," "black republi-
"aboli '
canism," and so on throuab all its Pro-'
icuij c 1 1 1 1 e a vi uniuci unu u Laumaiiuii
,l n,..o.,,r,u (,, (ii i l.,i a,i
what has it profited us? What good .
thing has come out of it ? How much
v.(..?- ..(T.., ... a., i j
--v '".Zf.
never disturbed our national peace and
harmony? Has any really va'uble, re-
ally beneficial, really positive and perma-
nent thing been accomplished by it. even '
in the interest of the negro race in this
Inn 1, free or slave V
We believe aud
a 1 ('Utiiliil mmi wVirt Irmtw nnuthine if
the truth of the cae must belie f, if
they will not confe.-tlut the profes.
sed friends of th negro here, in their
insnnn ernsmln for bis si.nnose riuht.
I... kin, ;.,?.,;,
aud remediless mischief ; aud turn him
loose to a sudden, strange, unavailable,
and insufferable freedom, they have
proposed to pass him through a moral,
and social transition that is simply im-'
possible in this age and land ; that their
violent and wrongful invasion of private
rights and constitutional compromises, '
.1 ... P;anti.l nl.n. !
in tho eventual breaking up and dissolu-
ijiuuiui jijit.0o vi a v v luKiiwini 1
tion of all forms and conditions of positive
nnd in the political policy ot tho nation,
This, then, is what we have trained by
tho persistent agitation of the slavery
question. Nobody has been benefitted.
Even the neiro is worse off.
How much longer shall we go in this
insane career ? Is there to be ro end
of the disastrous sedition r hall the
Itepnblio be forever distracted and har
rowed by intestine war, in order that a
few misguided fools and malignant
sincere and rational patriots. Until
they are recognized as being what they
ay rethe worst ol traitors-the
mad iDOOndiarie8 who would fiie tllft very
, .... , , .i
I .ninla ,f l.l.n.llAa on1 VAilliee the.
! "
whole to blood and ashes in a wiL pur.
suit of visionary ideas our national
auJ upity CCDnot be restored no,
r -
.
cautbew.se and atary counsels o
conservative staUswen become effetftu.l
,
in arresting the Government in that swift
urse iu which it is running to anareby
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"ou yruu uv .
NO 39
Annum if paid in Advance.
Terrible Railroad Accident.
ceren Cars Destroyed, and Between
Twenty-five and thirty Persons Injured;
One of the most fearful accidents
whinh we have ever been called on to
recoid, took place on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, on Sunday morning. The
Express train, coming West, approached
Bridge No: 8; over the Juniata river,
abut tour miles east of Tyrone, Blair
county, tho hinder axle of the tender
snapped in two, throwing two of the cx-
press cars off the track. The train at'.
the time was in full motion, and before
the brakes could be put on, the engine
reached the bridce, draught the to
express cars to the edge of the abut. ;
ment
The Coupling between the ten- I
der and express car now parted the en. '
gine ana tenner passing over the bridge
without further injury than described :
w"n
The
Cat . A ,
first express car Was precipitated a
,li,nee of about fort y feet .into th e Ju
, mi'i ino socona express ana the
the baisra tre car, containing the mail
and bsg?ae of the pa.senrs were
1 were
inft h"- The first passenger
cnr- ne,rlv fi,,c'1 w"" ldi"rs. rolled and pnvate boiise..
from the bridje. breaking into pieces,1. This is the first severe accident that
and wss followed bv the second passn , ""Pf"" ,he j8ke Shore .Rood
.,r wll-K BinBMj r v -Penod f several years, and our
" f . " " r1' tU confidence i , itse .fEcersconv.nces usthat
,rRUK n n Tn "'rr. nt rnen worn nifie
A 1 ll. . .
IIT
Thin car drew rhp Vh nip nh:j
Wn e,r from the tr,eV a. ft.
-,rf rp;n(r on th. ttm - .,,
"? ? nf
""nr ""d th bind nnd on the r.bnt-
mill,
mnt ne the brid-?e. The AlWown
"Wwrny rsr rtri!n"d on thp frnek nf
the h-Ito nf the b.-iW it still bein'r
P(1,,nVd to tbP Philadelnbia -sr.
'hn nT" r'y frl",' Spfn
ev of fir Wn riispil. th l,fi?jTTfre nnd
fit and second paen;rer Mr being
Kron,iv )n n ,i Thereat ; of
,he rhWih sWren-r ear fmm the
-
,.., mn.. p.nnpR rrom it pentoiiQ m.
deed Th .nw raised Oint MP.
Ca President of th P . Ft. W. and C.
T. Tt eonl l not hi tvrvm onn.
whi-i wan corroborate bv bis nulling
for help. "Ri-. men crawled over him.
not heedin? his efT.rt to relieve himself.
each and cvew one intent on saving
bi.ftelf. But Mr Cass' shouts were not
in vain. An English hoy. whose "
we were not able toleirn. with the as-
ststanee of Mr. C, pushed the door open
ami ii ru:peu. ii r. lirimniiHiu s
only chanoe of osoape was to leap from
the window to the ground, adistanoe of
some twenty five feet. He made tho
leap without sustaining any injury.
By this time the cars were being fast
consumed, save tho two express cars
which escaped. The news of the acci
dent was early communinated to the in.
habitants in the neighborhood, and soon
brought men, women and children to
the scene, each anxious to relieve the
sufferers. Those passengers but slight,
ly injured had saved moBt of the mail
bags containing the letters, but the bag
gage was entirely oonsumed. But a
few momenta elapsed before the acci
dent was dispatched to Enoch Lewis,
General Superintendent d the road,
who was on the spot soon with u train
and a number of men. Before three
o'clock in the afternoon a train contain
ing those of the passengers that could
ride was ou its w-iy to this city, whore it
arrived about nine o'clock
The following is a partial list oT the
passenger injured ; A. Steinmyer, of
this city, badly not expected to survive i
Thomas Howard, Lawrenceville, badly i
Sergeant Husser, arm broken ; Mr. Kin
ney, slightly ; Mr. Crulter, slightly ;
Mr. Kennedy, injured internally, will
recover ; G. Sherry, leg broken ; Mr.
Samuel Helving, nrm broken ; Mr.
Marshall shoulder blade injured; Mr.
Simpson, hurt about the bead; Mr.!
., -r ". ' , . , . 1
Hepry Hitohor, hurt about, the head ;
'
Miuk. Ilohaona. badly iniured. not ex
" d . . ,j ht
! T . , v
i Y and se veral others whoe names we
t . '
we have been unable to obtain ; but
their injuries are so slight that they will
without doubt f aover. Those of the
J u . ,vl . a . An
a i imurcu auu wcin uuiiuio uiduuibuu uic
, -
. "ain last evenioj;, r xiediy men care
of by Mr. Lewis, and ar at Altoona
', The first span of tho bridge was burned,
. .. , , . .
DmioTiiiniiwt7if wrot
conductor, Jl V. leiiinprr, rea ctK
man Wise, ' art , considersbly injured
about the faoe. No fears of tnetr reeor.
efy are entertained Pitti. Chronic!
Awful Railroad Accident.
Our coMmunity was horrified on Taes
dsy evening, by the information of a dia
aptrous railroad accident which took
place earl that morning, on the Cleve
land & Eric R. R., about three miles
east of Painesvllle. The pajenger train
which left this city at 12 o clock on Tues
day morning found the snow too deep
to make its way thro', and was obliged
to stop at the point mentioned. The ac.
comodatlon train was known to be fol
lowing at a short distance, and two men
were at once sent to the rear, to watch
alternately for its arrival, and signal tho
engineer .of the situation ahead. Oneof
them" (atrjs nerf reeling win tbY cold,
arid White thtf ttfteV wti relieving him,
tho train came aloe a and he was unable,
from some cause, to give timely notice.
the result was that the locomotive run
into the s'.eepiug car of the first train
splittinz it in two, driving the trucksfor.
ward, killing five persons, wounding a
large number of others, some mortally,
and setting, fire to the three other cars,
which, together with the sleepine ears,
were almost totally destroyed. None ot
the injured purties belong to this vicini.
i i. u e i j
ing Col John H. Bliss, C. Sicge'l, Hon.
M. B. Lowry, Geo. Lyon, Paymaster iq
tn Navy, end the wife of Rev. Dr,
T.yon were, upon the train. 8omeofthe
R,1TU,rintndnt Vntfinrrhnm ltb that
energy that has always distinguished
him, immediately upon learning or the
casualty started out from Cleveland with
an extra train, acoompaniea oy Bevorai
n.ir.n. weii with Irticlea of
i . - - i
relief. They succeeded in making their
way to me scene oi me accwem, ana
wcre 5ns,",niontal the prevention of
I", !'D I Fa8ienen' wr?
takpn to Cleveland, where the woundea
are being carefully cared for at hotels
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" mame win oe i iuna ro tmi upon mcir
Bnniuurs, 11 is mo leBiimonf oi ina
fnH" traveling community Ihu no rod
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'"'ne country !s conuuerea wnn moro
skill and regard te, the safety or comfort
of passengers ; and the occurrence, after
a lengthy interval, of one uch a
nair s
that of Tuesday, painful as it was. should
not be allowed to detract from the high
reputation it. has had amonsrst all who
have ever enjoyed its advantages.
From the Sitray Mr ratty.
SI ocking Murder in the Fifth
Ward.
Toe murder of Mrs. Elizebth Gill by her
hnsbondf FeIix Gm on Wednesday last
wa9 a deed that h caU3ed a trllj of hor
j ror t0 pervade the eomillUnity. notwith.
J sending the feast of blood on which we
i ,1!lVC beea IUpp;njf for uearly three
JMrg. Mrs. Gill is represented as a
mild tenlpcrcd won)ani- not ?iva to
and vet Qn Wednasday morning
sne appears to" have been attacked by
hef husbanJ in(u,iated b week,
0 U!irestrailied indul;rencc in liquor, and
beaten to, death. The Coroner's physi
cian, who made the pest mortem exami.
nation, although familiar with such ob
jects asserts that ho oevgr saw suoh a
dead body, covered as it was with bruist
es and cuts from head to heels. How
severe the strugle ; how presistene the
efforts of the poot woman to save her
life, will never be krowo, as the conflict
tookplacd without witnesses. Theulgh.
bors living adjoining the house, No. 404
Spruce street, beard a scuffle during the
morning j but that it was not of suoh a
nature to create alarm, is shown ly the
tact tht it was pot until evening, when
the ab.-ieuee ot noise exoitad suspicion
that it was deemed nriper to enter the
bouse.
There was little difficulty in fixing the
crime of the murder upon-tbe husband.
When arrested, Gill had on the bloody
shirt, although in the eell at the station
house he appeared to recoguize tbe ful)
forpo of this damning evidence, as he
endeavored to tear the bloody fragments,
from bis porion,
Tbe Corner's jury rendered a yerdic
that Felix Gill murdered his wife; and,
be stands committed to await Lis trial.
The murder is (he result of an im,
proper deyipe ot money. Gill was a Ja'
boring man, and the receipt of 830,000
seems to have unmanned him. The
money was expended lavishly Gill's
idea of happiness being centered in liquor,
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of which he partook freely and constant-
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ly. The result is a oj'rder, the Lke of
which has not oocured in Ptiilsdjlfbia
since the batebery for whieh Arthur
Spring paid tb jpenajty wjth ti life.
tfT. wretch who w.s arrested for
eounterfeitiog Mr. Cbuse'i hin-plstera
told the judge that h though thewkolo
d m thing was a fraud, and he consid
ered that ha had as good a rigbt'.to have
a finger in the pie at any bed eLo, He
was a printer by tiwJe, but CI a w-f
rat io la hwn . s