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ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW.
Ridgway, or Bemingcr P. 0. Elk Co,
rt.,
T. T. A B R A M 6 ,
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Ridgway 1 ik tYuuty lnna
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St Jlnry'a I lk County J'a.
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lk
call
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hotelTcards!
fountain house,
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Ridgway, Elk County Penn'a.
FRED7"K0RBvsi
Eagle Hotel
Luthersburg, Clearfield County Pa.
JSaTFredrick Korb Proprietor, bar.
log built a large and commodious house,
is now prepared to cater to the wants of
the traveling public.
Lothersburg, July lGtb 18CK ly.
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Luthersburg Clearfield ounty Penna,
WILLIAM SCHWEM, Proprietor.
Luthersburg, July 27th 1861. tf.
' "nation AiTiibfciLT"
Corner of Peach Street and
the Buffalo Road,
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ENOS B. HOYT, Proprietor
8"This House is new and fitfed up
with especial care for the conveniecen
and comfort of guests, at moderate ra3et.
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of the town, t's -well provided whh housn
room and stabling, aud the proprietor will
spare no pain to render the stay of his
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Ridgwiy July 28, 18bU
hyoe irotnTK
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llidgway Elk County Penna.
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Omnibus running to and from the Depot
-ree of charge.
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adapted to the wants of the public.
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I EALERS in Flour, Grain and
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Buokwhcat " "... 1 50
Keans, " 4 00
Butter ik if,
Beef ' ... 912
Boards " M. 20 00
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Flour bbl. ... 12 00
Hides " a . . . 08
Hay " too ... 60 00
Oata bu. ... 1 00
Wheat ' ... 2 SO
Kj " ... 1 75
Shingle ' M. ... 4 50
Esjga u dosen . 30
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Through Mail Train 1 53 p. in.
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District Attorney,
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Charles Luhr. St. Mary's
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Commisionert,
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Geo. Dickinson, Kidgway.
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EXTRACT-
Speech Ot Andrew Johnson.
OF TENNESSEE.
In the United Statet Senatr, Pee. 12, 1859
on the resnhitiin atking for tit. tippointment
ding the attack upon liuper's Ferry, in the
fait of l&oQtommonly known at the
"John Bkokn Raid.'
The honorable Senator from Wiscon
sin, Mr. I'ooiittle and I coufess that
I tun surprised at him after condemn-
t ing the aottract ottenses 01 murder una
t .
. ,11, 11 , .
Ivri.ioiti in ttlil -l.ktin Krntun wnnr fin n
.u .v. .v,,,.., ... .
8ta,et; ...
-Under what circumstances do you
bear of him? One of his sons is taken
by Captain Pate
.
i, .mm.u nun iiiuii-M,
driven in front ot horses on foot, with
out food or water, until from famishing
he becomes a maniac ; and he has nev.
er recovered from his insanity to this
day. In prescucc of the house of old; "No man in Kansas has pre'ended to
John Brown, another son of his, a but deny that of old John Brown led that
half-witted boy, is shot down. Then it murderous foray which massacred those
is that we begin to hear of old John men. Up to that period not a hair of
Brown as a leader of a band of a free-; old John Brown's head, or that of his
State men in Kansas. Then it was that sons, had been injured by the pro-sla-the
iron entered the old man's soul ; very partv.
and frotr that hour up to tbe moment of i -It was" not until the 30th of August,
his death ho bwore eternal hostility, and j three mouths after the Pottawauiie mas!
from that hour was ready not only to , sacre, that the attack was made on Osa
give his own life, but to take the lives
of other men, in order to give liberty
to those who were enslaved
Now, what it that calculated to do ?
I will not assume what it was intended
to do. I presume that the Senator's
motive was entirely correct ; but what
effect is such language calculated to
have ? It is to heighten the idea of
this old felon' to every fanatic who may
read it. Then it was, after these atro.
cities in the presence, that the iron cn.
teied into the old man's soul ! This h
tendered as an excuse lor John Brown
having commited murder, treason, and
robbery. Tho iron entered into his
soul ! Then he became a stoic; then he
became a patriot ; then he became care
less of consequences 1 Well, now
supposo that these things had taken
place in the maimer the Senator seems
to infer that they did occur. We as
sume this to be a Christian community,
and if it was true that his sons were bad.
ly maltreated, was that any excuse for
his violating all the laws of humanity
aud of God ? He was in a Christian
country ; he had his remedy without
resorting to the means to which he had
recourse. e have all lead " W hoso ! the next day, or whenevur called lor;
sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his , the old man who seemed to be in corn
blood be shed." And also, "Thou mnnd looked at me. and then nrminri t
1 shalt not kill."
It seems we have some
new born Uhnstians who arc making
making
John Brown their loader, who arc try-1 are not here, and I cannot go for them.'
to canonize him and mako him a great j Tho old man replied, 'it matters not,'
apostlo and martyr. Were these the 'and told him to get ready. My hus
elements of a Christian and a Christian , band wanted to nut on his boots, and
martyr ? How do the facts stand in
this case ? Whtn was old man Browns
. these atrocities ? Even admitting the
son killed, miii whnn tint he enminic
truth of the statement ot tho Senator
from Wisconsin, they are not justifia.
ble ; but when we show that the facts
are different they are less so. The cir.
cumstaoces nre stated in the evidence of
Mr. Harris, w.iich will bo lound in a
report made by a committee of Oongtess,
and republished to the Herald of Free-
dcra of Kansas a paper that has at
its head tor President, the name ot a lie.
publican, Mr. Chase of Ohio, and Mr.
Ranks of MassachusLttB. for Vice Presi.
dent:
-The circumstances attending Wil. 1
liara Sherman's assassination are testi-1
Bed to by James Harris, of Franklin
county, Kansas.
Mr. Sherman was staying over niirht
at the house of Harris, when, cn the
24th ot May, at about 2 o'clock, Capt. j rito,y of Kansas sometime in November,
Jno. Brownond party came there, and A. D., 1805, and settled upon Musketo
after taking some property, and ques- creek, about one mile from its mouth,
tioning Harris and others, Sherman was u J where it empties into Pottawaton.ie
asked to walk out. Mr. Il an is, in his creek, in Franklin county. Oil Sat nr.
affidavit, says : Old man Brown asked day, the 24thf of May, A. D.. 1805,
Mr. Sherman to go out with him, and about eleven o'clock at night, after we
Sherman then went out with Brown. I had all retired, ray husband. James P.
heard nothing more for about fifteen i Doyle, myself, and six children, five
minutes. Twoof the "northern army," W8 0,1,1 0,10 girl the eldest is about
as they styled themselves, stayed with twenty.two years of age; bis name is
us until a cap burst, and then these two j William. The next is about twenty
men left. Next morning, about ten 'years of age ; his name is Drury. The
o'clock, I found William Sherman dead, uext '8 about seventeen years of age ;
in the creek near my house. I was h:s name is John. The next is about
looking for him; as ho had not come thirteen years of age ; her name is Polly
back, I thought he was murdered. ijAnn. The next is about eight years of
took Mr. Win. Sherman's body out of his name is James The next is
the creek and examined it. Mrs. j zhnut five years of age; his namo is
Wbiteman was with me. Sherman's ' Henry. We were all in bed, when wo
skull wis split open in two places, and heard some persons come into the yard,
somo of his brains were washed out by and rap at the door, and call for Mr.
the water : a lanre hole was cut in his Doyle, my husband. This was about
breast, and his left hand was cut off, ex.
cept a bit of skin on oue side."
This was the 24th of May. I will
read from the same paper another ex.
traot.
"When the news of the threatened
3eige or iawrenec reached John rsrown.
jr., who was a member of the Topeka
r t t ? j
Legislature, ne organize, a company oi
about sixty men and marched towards
Lawrence. Arriving at Palmyra, he
learned of the town, and the position of
lbs pople. H rsoonnoitered for
Thcrsdat July 6th 1805
! time in the vicinity, but finally marched
w"11 me night
before reaching that place, when only a
lew nines away, tney camped lor tho
night. Old John Browu, who, we be -
neve, was with the uarty, singled out
with himself, seven men. These ho
marched to a point eight milea above the
mouth of Pottawauiie creek, and called
from their beds, at their several residen -
ce, at the hour of midnight, on the
2oth of May, Allen Wilkenson, William
Sherman, William P. Doyle, nod Drury
Dovle. All Were found nevt innrniri.y
I
l.l..-t .,,.
i,y lne roaa sine, or 111 tno Highway,
so.uo with a gash in their heads and
ht anj their throats cut ; othets with
their sknle snlit nr.pn in twr, t.l,.,.f. mill.
1 -1 ' -..vv.( ....i....... ...j ut.iiv4 111 ii.ii lyrtu,
Holes in their breast, and bauds cut
off."
I He seems to have had a great passion
for cutting off hands :
( watamie by tho pro slavery forces, and
: Frederick Brown, a sou of old John.
was killed.'
To show all the fads in regard to the
massacre of the 24th of May, I will read
to the benate the affidavits of some of
the eye witnesses of the transaction.
Allen Wilkinson was a member of the
Kansas Legislature a quiet, inoffensive
man. His widow, Louisa Jane Wilkin,
son, testified that on the night of the
24th of May, 1856, between the hours
of midnight and daybreak, she thicks, a
party of men came to the house where
they were residing and forcibly cairied
her husband away ; that they took him
in the name of the "northern army,"
and the next morning he was found
about one hundred yards from the house,
dead Mrs. Wilkinson was very ill at
the time of measels. She says fur
ther.
"I begged them lo let Mr. Wilkinson
stay with me, paying that I was sick and
helpless, and could not stay by myself.
My htisband also asked them to let him
stay with me, until ho could get some
one to wait on me ; told them that he
would not run off, but he would be there
the children, and
renlied. 'vo-j have
neighbors.
netshbors' I nid an T lmco hut tho
J get ready, so as to be protected from the!
damp and night air, but they would not
lot mm Tl.. ..... r. 1
, - ... - iiaj iucu luvft j uuauduu
awav.
I "After they were gone I thought I
heard my husband's voice incoiii.
plaint." Wilkinson's body
as found about one hundred and fifty
yards from the house, in some dead
. brush. A V.iAv whn un v tn.Knnrfo
bodv said that there was a push in v;,
head and side. Others said lie was cut
it the throat twice."
inr- J-'oyie ana his sons were nnircldr-
ifia nn tie same mght with hherman and
Wilkinson ; and Mrs. Doyle's deposition
: .
gives inu ucwuui oi u ; ,
"The undersigned lTaW n.,
states on oath ; I am tho widow of the
I late James P. Doyle. We moved into
t'10 Territory thvt is, my husband, my
self, and children moved into thoTer
self, and children moved into tho Ter-
eleven o'clock on Saturday night, of the
24th of May last. My husband got up
'and went to the door. Those outside
j inquired for M. Wilkinson, and where
I he lived. My husband said he would
, tell them. Mr. Doyle, my husband, and
several otners came into the House, and
saia tney were ironi tne army. Wy hus.
band was a pro.slavory man. They told
my husband that he and the boys must
surrender; they were then prisoners. ,
The men were then armed with pistols
and large knives. Tbey first took my
. ,i ...
NO 37
husband out of the house; then took
two or my sous '.vnimm and Drury
out and then took my husband and these
two boys (William and Drury) away
1 My son John was spared, because I atk,
. ed them, m tears, to spare him."
i "In a short time afterwards I heard
' the report of pistols ; I heard two reDorts
' After which I heard moaning as if a
1 person wss dying. Then I heard a wild
whoop. They bad asked before they
! went away for our horses. We told
1 them that our horses were out on the
nrniriA Mvlnwtinnrl nnrl Iwn Vnt.a
f ""J " ' ' ' . V Ut ,
. . .
sons, did not coine back any more. I
went out next morning in search of
them, and found my husband and Will-
i,.m m t,t ..i
nea
near together, nbout two hundred yards
from the house. Thev were buried the
next day. On the day ot tho burying,
I saw the dead body of Drury. Fear
for myself and the remaininir children,
induced nie to leave tho home where
we had been living. We had improv
ed our claim a little. I left and went
to the State of Missouri."
her
"MAIIALA x DOYLE,
mark.
"Witness : T. J. Goforth."
State of Missouri, Jackson county, tt.
On the 17th day of June, A. D. 1850,
personally appeared before me, the sub.
scribcr, a justice of tho peace in and for
the county and State aforesaid, Mahala
Doyle, whose name appears to the above
aud foregoing statemeut, and makes oath
according to law, that the above and
forgoing statement is true ixi therein set
foith.
Given under my hand and seal the
day and year above written.
TII03. J. GOFORTH,
seal. Justice of the peace.
John Doyle confirms the testimony
of his mother generally, and I will only
give a short portion of his testimony :
"I found my father and brother Will,
iam lying dead on the ground, about one
hundred and fifty yards from the house,
in the grass near a ravine. His fingers
were cut off. Flis head was cut open.
There was a hole in his breast. Will,
iam's head was cut open, aud a hole was
in his side. My father was shot in the
forehead and stabbed in the breast. I
have talked often with northern men in
the Territory, and thee men talk exact
ly like eastern men talk that is, their
language and pronunciation were eitni.
lar to those eastern and northern men
wi:h whom we have talked. An eld
man commanded the party. He was
dark complected, and his face was slim.
We had lighted the candle, and about
eight of them entered the house. There
were some outside. Tho comnlexion of
iuoA of those eight whom I saw in the
house were of a sandy complexion.
My father and brothers were pro-s!avery
men, and belonged to the law aud ord.;r
party."
Mrs. Doylo wrote a letter to Brown
dnrinshis imnrison.uent. showing tW
she still regarded him as the murderer
of her husband and children ;
Chattanooga, Tennessee, Nov. 20. '59
:' John Brown, Sir. Although vengeance i
' not mine, I confess that I do feel grat
t0 'le!ir' tlat Jou woro 8toPPe, in
j your fiendish career at Harper's Ferry
witn the loss ot your two sons.
on
can now appreciate my distress in Kan-1
1 . ' v..ij
sas. when vou then and there entered
my house at midnight, and arrested my
t-.' i i i .... i i.i.,-'
iiusnan'i ann two ooys ana rooic them
0,,t of' tho y!ir J- and in Cold bloodshot
them dead in my hearing. Yju canr.ot
say you done it to free our slaves : we
had nonn, and never expeetod to own
nne ; , U ."!,l'le,me ?r.
consoiaio wmow, wuii neipies cuMren.
While I feel for your folly I do hone
and trust you will meet your just reward.
Oh, how it pained my heart to hear the
dying groans of my hi-btmd and chil
dren. If this scrawl gives you any coo.
solation you are welcome to it.
MAHALA DOYLE.
N. B. My son, John Doyle, whose
life I begged of you. is now t'rown up,
and in very desirous to be at Charlestown
on the day of your execution ; would
certainly be ther6 if his means would
permit, it, that he might adjust tho rope
around your neok, if Governor Wise
would permit.
M. D.
To John Brown, Commnmhr of the army at
Harper's Ferry, Ch'irleelnn, Jefferson coun
ty. Virginia. Cure of Jailor Charht.
ton.
Now, how does the facts stand ? What
becomes of the apology, what becomes
of the excuse ? They say that old
Brown is not identified as the man who
led the party that committed the mas
acro. Harris says John Rrown came
to the house ; and description of him
given by young Doylo, in 1850, ii ex
actly that given now. Three month
aner v imam uoyie ana his two son
. .i i.
were muruereu, tnree inontns attei
Sherman was murdered, his skul cut
PeD n two places, aud the stream had
washed the bra' ns out of his cranium
three months after that, John Brown's
''0 was killed tt Oinawatomie. Then,
nbftt btCc n:te of thi IKrllfO f V)j
this apology for a manlike ibis? Ihrv
long months after be had committal
this Oendish act, his pon lost his lit! t
tho of battle Ossawatomie. It wag on tfcfit
night, about eleven o'clock, as tcjtifie.4
by Mrs. Doyle, as testified by ber don.
as testified by Harris, thcie men, inno
cent, and unoffending men, were tk-n
out, at the midnight hout and ia thn
forest and on the road side fell 7icMa4
to the insatiable thirst of John Brow a
for blood. Then it was that theft mnf
ders were committed, that .hell fifre4
his heart not the iron his soul. TTift
it wr.s that he shrank from the dimen.
slons of human being into those of ft.
reptile. Then it was, if not before, (bat
he changed his character to dcracn
who had lost all the virtues of a man.
And you talk about sympathy forJoUa
Drcwa t
To he Continued.1)
A pice of thick paper laid ever
the adge of each stair under tho carpet,
will preserve a stair curbet from wearing
through, one third longer than other
wise.
Clean brass kettles before using with
salt and vinegar, to avoid being poisonod
with the verdigris.
Gum tragaennth dissolved ia Water
makes a good and cheap paste, which
will ke"p until used up.
The flavor of common molasses it muoh
improved by boiling a-d skimming it
before using it.
Damp tea leaves scattered over a
carpet before sweeping, improves the
colors and gives it a clean fresh look.
When you want a dust-pan, have it
made to order with the handle turning
down instead of up, so as to rest on tho
floor, and ti the du-it-pnn at a proper
angle for receiving the dust. It in a
great convenience, ns you do not have tj
H'.oop sad hold it while you nre sweep,
log.
Charcoal and honey, mixed together
and used ns a deotrifico, will whiten tbn
teeth with a fc-w applications.
A Tediu9 Conversion. The jouog
Princess Dagmisr is '.eft, by the death of
the Czarewiteh, almost in "the position of
a widow. She had been solemnly be.
trothed to him according to the Russian
ecclesiastical forms, and wag supposed
to be undergoing a special religious train
ing so as to prepare her for tho change
of faith or net of apostacy, as sorao
would call it required from all Russian
Imperial brides who do not already bo
long to tho Russian Church. Fortu
nately, Princess Dagmar has not yet
been formally converted. It takes pre.
cisely one year 305 days, neither more
or less to convince a Protestant
Princess about to marry into the Ru .
sian Imperial family of the superior,
ty of the Russian to all other religions.
The period is fixed by law ; otherwise,
as the case of Prince George ot Greece
proves, the change might be effected in
a few (lays. This, of course, anplies only
to Priuces and Princesses, To induce
an English or a Scotch peasant to go
overtothe Greek Church would be found
a very tedious and troublesome matter
indeed.
A curious instance of the ingenuity of
rats is noticed by the Erie Dispatch.
, On Sunday last, in Erie, a largo sized
J rat was noticed tugging away at a cocoa
' nnt husk which had been thrown into a
' wood box. The animal evidently wish-
ca 10 oarry .u.le husl olt la ordcr ' n"e
hlmsel aud "tnily a nest. The piece
was to "eavv however, and after a num.
ber of desperate atteraps had failed, the
. rat ran.awa.V. but soon reappeared with
j two dompanious. The three immediate.
' !et. t0 wor.k-,and. in a few moments,
had draggea the husk out ol the box and
into their retreat.
Concerning Editors. At a lata
printers' festival, the editorial vo:ation
wa3 thus "none orown : "The man that
is expected to knew everything, tell all
he knows, and guess at the rest; to make
tnAtvn lito nil .O.-ti. f ..kK..k l. . '
n,;. ,;.. i,i . . .. i
v i . i nf . 1 1
canoniufes for nfftee In hints nn
. .. 7 . " " " - l i c l J
body, and reform the world ; to live for
the benefit of others, and the epitaph on
his tomb stone: "P'ayed out' In short
he is a locomotive, running on the track
of public notoriety ; his lever is his pen;
bis boiler is filled with ink ; his driving
wheels are public opinion ; whenever it
explodes it is caused by non.pay.ment
of subscription.
teif V country! once brought a
piece of board to an artist, with tho re.
quest that he would paint upon it St.
Christophe- ns large as life. "But.,' re.
turned the artist, "that board is much too
small for that purpose." "That's a bail
job-" slid ho ; -but hwk'er, sir, you eai
let his feet hang down over the edge."
An old dutch tavern keeper ha 1
his third wife, and being asked his views
of matrimony, replied : Veil, den, you
see de first time, I marries for love dat
wash goot ; den I marries for beauty
dat wash goot to ; about as goot as the
first ; but dis time I mariiesfor uionish
and dis is petter as both.'
fiSSAn Irishman in passing through
the streets picked up a light guinea,
which he was obliged to sell for cighteeo
shillings. Next, day he saw another
ruinea lying in the street. "No no "
says,he -I'll have notliingtodo with yon.
I havo 'ost three shillings by one like
you yesterday."
Bf-In some of the eities of Georgia,
from the lack ota more eovenient curren
cy, the newsboys are Belling their papers
4t three eggs apiece.
It a lady is asked how many ring
die has, she can ssy with truth thr it
rjoeod to there.