VILLARGE ECM..
VV.At3.IrZTIneiCI
Fridays ;
O 'Er it ir 3a it ad or
id l ifhe fotlawiag Sze
advertising and job work, tq whichtye yrfi strictly
atilteie ivbilst t}io - 13►'eset i t "etas prices" foutinto
SUBSCRIPTION, • .
Per Annurn, if paitherithin the year, • $24 . 0
incr . the year, 2 t 50
ADVERTISING,
•er .tiare-ot ten met, tree • er.so
e p.
•
- each 'subsequent intertion, • 56
-Administrator's And- gxecttbsec notices. r6w, . 5.59
A liberal deduction pled° to yearly advertiaers.
' . JOB WORK
Otarter-She4,ltantßilla, (26 to 30) $5O
_ Half " • ' 61 44
Whole 4 . • 41 44 • 049
rirFor all job work and local adyartialng town
nvariably epon. W. BLAIR,
Editor 474 rry.prictor.
RAILROAD MEETING.
AirWe have been authorized to annonnee
that a Railroad Meeting will be beld in the
Town Hall,
ON SATURDAY Tug, igin must
at 2 o'clock, P. M. The object is to have
Waynesboro' made a point on the line of the
WESTERN MARYLANR 'moon.
to be extended to Cumberland, via. Hagers
town. It is highly importpt that our corn.
munity - move early in this matter, and a gen-
4pce is ther:ekre earuestly sequpst.
eral etten
ed,
SALTS.—We invite special at-
tention to the sales of personal property in
to-day's paper.
'4lololrAL.—Mrs. C. .f. t . 4ollenberger,
Milliner, has removed to the• building two
door east of her iiirmer residence, and has
now for sale a fine asso{trnent of Minh:tau
":.roods. Advertisement neat week,
RICHMOND OPRSI—The news we pub
lish today is of the most thrilling interest,
and has oceafioned an e;ultation of joy
throughout the country tine:pp:pled in its
history. The last 13,eberstronghold occupi
ed by the gallant defemiers of our flag, and
the boasted insurgent army of Virginia al,
most annihilated, wall the traitor Lzz and a
remnant of his clisotganivid fumes flying be
fore GuANT's victorious - legicms. Glorious,
thrice glorious news • Well may the loyal
pf the' land rejoice and sympathisers with
taeasen bang their guilty heads in alagne,—
For such the day of retribution draws nigh.
Up tolbe last rpop2ent, some of these era.
ven-hearted creatures, who proseribed this
office at the commencement pf the rebellion
and instigated its demolishment by the reb ;
els in 180, boasted that ltiplunonA ¶vas int!
pregnable and all assaults by t4e “Yankee
army" for its reduction would necessarily
prove futile. How sadly they have been die.
appointed is apparent from " the despatches
published tc.Tday. Nq later than t Saturda,,y
last a report Wfls Pl4t 4 1 Circulation by of
lege imp reptiles that our grmy had beep
defeated before Richmond rind driven from
the field with immense less. l'h?s was of
course comforting IWO tp sliph qs elairp that
Jeff. Doris' constitotiop is •fshqrait the ;awe
gs ours;" god was enough to induce well cop
perheads as "big foot" to crawl out and air
thirgt! ... res; but fortunately for the cause of
our country the facts proved ot4prwise.
A BAND QF Fl4l4Dgplilis,vire sta
ted last week on the authority of a citizen
•
From Quincy , that quite panther pf desert
ers and elpfted teen who failed to report
were concealed in the mountains northeast
of this place. We have since been put in'
possession of faots ivhieh leave po 4144 as
to the truth of Ipar first statemeat It ap
pears that this gang have of late been corn,
mittieg ail inauver of depredations in the
neighborhood of Snow Hill and Blue Beek,
stealing meat, poultry, Vie. , 44. On •Thurs ;
day night they broke open the door oft. shop
on the premises of Mr. Jacob Miller near
Bine .(lock, in which some 6ye or si; fami
-lies-had-hung-their-baoon-ftYr the purpose of
smoking it, the most of which they carried
off They next broke the lock , on the stable
door , of Mr. Daniel tiarling,er,.took e good H
ding saddle therefrom and . Out it into pieces.
Several of the party have made repeated
threats that they intend to burp the proper
ty of certain Union men ia that region,—
Sievral unsuccessful efierts to disCoveribeiri
whet ea bouts have already
.beert . _rnade. We
trust that the copperheittLeocautdrel
yet be. overhauled and, merited punishment
ate ted .out - to' them,
3.l.Nl7PER.—,garly has taken a self
imposed pledge - Dot' to drink any morn until
he Shall pave. whipped Sheridan. This is
considered 'by Sheridan's officers as equi'vae
• letit the ) rebel General's having iiken the
tetyperancikiledge for life, to the no smell
Idueiti s ie the Coufederitte distilleries, ; nd
Ori,e,zwutling -fah in the price of °ord..:
years.age; ~J.,,orenzo Dow, prot
phositid in this town, that_ls 5 would. witr
loss ,tlo4r - eateat tend that ever existed a-
Pitizeos ROW living
iu j..ewksburs, totifi to' having heard him
utr4i t Ciercnt
'44EFf'S T l OSStiaf—there is already eon,
Sidernale interestAnUeifeatedin the question
Pte, ntlgiber of tteOps iiithl4l l o4 00 0 00 1
Lee eiraped from tight:gond and .tetersburg,
Acotemporary says, le' Or judgement, 00
after earefUl analysia, Ike carpet have, with
him more than halt his late army. We have
veryiwid authofitY lot the Imteteent - thut
his entire faro two weeks ago ,did not
ceed 6,k000 mu, Of these be lost ig the
assault on *art Steadman 2800 prisoners, and
about 2500 killed and weittgded-4-ip all 'say
5300. In the recent three days of 'battle,
Geriefal Grinecialitured 12,000 more and it
is "ft nloderate , estirptite .opesume that ,in
these, three days of fierce haitle Lee's lasi al
so in killed. and wogudeci Wis , not less they
15,0*. This would 'make tbe.aggregate .
his !oases since Satarday the 25th of March,
82,300: We have go doubt that' these 'fig
14res ratherAndorstate than overstate his less
es, and the amount, it will be seen i$ full
half his late army. It is with the otherhalf
mnpla hliattered that he is endeavoring to es
cape--perhaps to join Tohnson in North Car
olina, or to a point in Virginia, where john-
son can join him. In either event Sherman
has force enoggh to dispose of their - united
forces on the one hand, toad General Grant
is amply able to take care, of them on the
other, '
:Co% '
HGw THEN ARE BlT.—The Gold
Gamblers and speculators of all sorts, who
for so many long months have,i3oinbined to
depreciate the national currency and run up
the price of the necessaries of life, now that
they have suddenly come to grief' by the rap
id decline in gold, are whining like whipped
spaniels for the !'Government" to come to
their relief, We hopC the government will
do no such thing. .As long as these specu
says the Reading Journal, &add put
money in their pockets by warring a pima
the Government, they did so. They had no
pity for the poor; or for persons of small
means, and limited incomes, when they..ruled
the roast, and there should be no mercy shown
to them, now that their day of 'retribution
has come. Their loss is the eauntry's,gain,
and for every gold gambler and greedy spec
ulator who, is bankrupted ,by the rapid ap
proach to a specie basis, and consequent re
duction in price . of the necessaries of life
thousands of good, honest and hard working
people, who have sacrifieet everything for
tbo country, will be benefitted. - The most
hopeful sign of the times is
s that golds and
greenbacks are so rapidly approximating to
en equal yeluation. The very day that the
"greenback" dollar and gold dollar are ;lc ! .
knowledged throughout the States as repre
sentatives of equal value, the "Union" may
he considered safe beyond all peradventure.
As hundreds of thbusamis of gallant soldiers
have fallen to accomplish this grand result,
what mrtters it though thousands of gold
gamblers end speculators are impoverished ?
We entreet the Government, therefore, to
regard the interests of the masses of the peo
ple as first in order, and to hold those of bpeo
ulators, gold gamblers and financiers as of
wonders importance.
-30*TMAN.-0 4 r readers will-no
tice Otat übscriutiona.to the .o.ular 7-30
Loan are•stiil eontioned in the most liberal
manner.. To the Old World the success of
these PeOgle& Loans is one of the wonders
lof a Republic. The Government does not
peek to borrow in fereign markets; it offers
no premiums to bankers, bnt appeali direct
-1 ly to the people, and with what success is
stipciently shown by the. fact that during
forty-three days , they subscribed and paid the
cash down for one kunclred ana sixty-one mil
dollars of the 7.30 Loan. There van
be no stronger evidence of public confidence
in Government securities, While nearly all.
other stocks havexone down from twenty to
fifty, and even a greater per cent. - within a
few weeks, all forms of U. S. bonds and
stocks have remained firm except the slight
fluctuations that are incident to all rapid
changes in the money market
MAKE A NOTE—Everybody who has
not been vaccinated within five years should
-again endure that easy operation. The con
stant Movement of large numbers of soldiers
from camps, added to other causes, carries no
small amount of infection over the country.
In New Tork small-pox is raging to a searful
extent. There is a groat deal of disease pre
v4lent that way be contracted where least
expected.' Acorn the army comes a large
share ef what is already existing. Under
these eircupastaukies let the head of every
family summon big household physician, and
"see that all its ipembiisa have the sure pro?
tee:ion of Vaccination. This is a matter' re
quiring very little trouble and iniolving no
pain. ,
siarThe Rebel bushwhaekets still bare a
greedy eye upon the Baltimore and Ohio
The western train from . Wheel
ing, which left here en:Thursday rowing at
nine o'clock, *as captured by a band of -4eb-
Id guerillas at Gown Spring,.about sixteen
piles east of Cumberland', Tuesday:afternoon.
'The passengers were al# robbed of their
Wlltehes; pocket•books and oiler' 'pitiable's.
qhe train was then fired, but, after ,the rob,
hers left, the llre, WU extinguished ; and the
cars were saved.
A boy employed in one of the mills at Pat
terson, N. J., in tenting tp pieces an pld siFirt;
found tweitty•dolJura an 4 hair ly gold sew
ed up in its - folds, •
AN(.411.141, MURD.NR.—Qn Fridaylast,
% ferribts i arder waacomniitted et;•ttlaiPala
/la lionie kept by , Thomas Corbett; at *adieu
Springy this county. We.hregathereffthe
followtag partieulars ef the melanolielY affair,
whiehWe belieVe Pe substantially gorreet,
David Smith, the murderer, was sitting in
The tavern, wben'two soldiers entered; and
stepping up to ; the bar, asked i stpitu to take
'a drink with hire. The bar,keeper • said he
bad been notified not to give Smith anything
to„:i. Ainith !as greatly Verftg,l34 qt tbe
refusal, and walked up 4tairs. The'sbldier's
in the meantime _ hadiaken their drink, and
wore in the act of~ going out of • the door.—
The bar-keeper had also stepped out. Pat
riek Corner was just.eia the door-sill, when
Smith cPpeared at the head of the stairs with
a shot gib, talk deliberate aim at Corner and
fired. Cortter fell deat h 'shot through the
heart. It is supposed that Smith intended
to kill the bar-keeper, and mistook Corner
for him. We have been informed that Smith
confessed to that effect.
.An inquest_ , was
held by Taoitua V. /ailor, and a ver
dict was rendered in accerdance with the a
bove facts. Smith was arrested and is now
ip prison.—Hagerstown Herald:
THE INTERNAL Rgy.!:;NtJE LAW.—
The amended revenue law, passed at the late
session of Congress, went into effect on Sat
i4rday, kit, April lat, except as it relates
.to
licenses. An exchange giyes the following
as the leading changes made by the amend
ed law:
By this'act, the tax of all manufactures
d other articles mentioned in section 64,
of - the adt of June. 30 — 1864, together with
such additional articles as are named in the
amendatory act itself, is increased twenty per
cent.—except as - to coal illuminating oil, 're
fined', and naptha, benzine and benzole, wood
screws, . paper of all descriptions, printed
books, magazines, pamphlets, reviews .and
similarpublications, zotton, - manufactured to
bacco, snuff,‘cigars, cigarrettes and cheroots.
411 cigars sold after the lst of April will be
subject to $lO tax per thousand, without re
gard to quality. After that day also all sub
stitute brokers will be required to pay a tax
of $lO on every man actually mustered into
military service, The act defines a substi
tute broker to be any person who shall fur
nish or offer to furnish for pay, tee or re
ward, volunteers, represeutative recruits, or
substitutes for men drafted or liable to be
drafted.
The'amendatory act provides that all in
comes under 85,000 shall pay a tax of five
per cent. on the excess over $6OO, and all
incomes over $5,000, a tax of ten per cent.
on the excess beyond that amount. This
applies to the incomes of 1864. All divi
dends derived from banks and other corpo
rations, and interest received on bonds of
corporations, aro required to•ba included in
the return, and a deduction' will be made
from the whole amount of tax ascertained to
be due on the aggregate return, of the a
mount of tax withheld by said corporations,
(which was on all. dividends paid prior to Ju
ly last, three per cent. and all dividends af
ter that time, five per cent.) Income deriv
ed from interest on notes, bonds, and other
securities of the United States, and all pre
miums on gold and coupons, are also inclu
ded. All returns must be made Nader oath.
The income of husband and wife and minor
children must all be included in one return.
Only one deduction of six hundred dollars
can be made from the aggregate incomes of
all the members of any family, composed of
parents and minor children, or husband and
wife. The National income tax paid within
This act, it will bo • seen from the above
hints, will be far more searching than the pro•
vious law, and will tend to bring out a much
larger revenue.
Thankogiving
llAnnisnuao, April 4.—The following
I)4oelamation was issued by Gov. Curtin to
day:
In the name Ilia by the authority of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, I Andrew
o.‘ Curtin, Governor of said• Commonwealth.
PROCLAMATION.
The last centre of treason has fallen—Rich.
mond is ours—our armies entering it amid
the cheers and joy or its rescued inhabitants,
so long ground under the heel of - usurping
oppressors. The beaten rebel host is fleeing,
hotly pursued by our victorious •cohorts and
to be soon captured or dispersed. Let us
give glory to the Lord 'who bath given us
this victory.
Tho Republic is saved. Again let us say
Glory in the Lord who bath inspired our he-
roic people, that during four weary years,
though often baffled, defeated and disheart
ened, they have persisted steadily in the great
cause and have poured out their blood and
treasure like water for the salvation of the
country._ _The_namos of our leaders and t heir
oompanions on the land and the water stand
on imperishable rolls of honor, and to the
last - hour of time will be held in grateful re
membrance,
• I pall on the people of the Commonwealth
to assemble in their places of worship on Sun
day next, and render thanks to Almighty
Gud for all his mercies, and especially that
he hath been graciously pleased to look fa
yoF-ably on us and make us the instruments
to establish the right, to vindicate the prin
ciples of free government, and to prove the
tairrtiof-divinejustic
Given wader , nly hand anfi the great seal
of the Stite, at Harrisburg, this 4th day of
April, iu the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the com
monwealth the eighty-ninth. By the Gov
ernor; • - ELI SLUE%
Secretary of the Commooweilth
- A lady who had just recovered frem a se
mere attack of diptheria, recently informed
the Maine Farmer that she found great re
lied' by putting cuyennepepp . er in the sharp
est vinegar, and dropping in lire coals and
inhaling the steam. , .
Mrs. Andrew Allison, residing in: Beaver
copty,.Pa., last week gave birth to four
healthy Children. Some twenty months.ago
Mrs. -Allison gave birth to three daughters,
whom she nawed Cora, Dora and Nora;
Fur hula. r . 11.1 utatter see fourth page.
11101110N11
AND
1/1870 1 H
The Bebellipn Bowed Before the
Union—Thei Rod of hfir Polder
Broken.
Thirty tem: of Plotting Ended in
Four Years oeglood.
THE WAR NOT A `'FAILURE,"
Abp's "!Black Pets 19 first ivt
the iiehel Capitol.
IMMENSI4 CAPTURES OF
"CHIV.PjaRY," ETC
OFFICI4L GAZETTE.
WA$ a DIGTON, April 2 1865.
The following to egrams from the Presi
dent report the condition of affairs at half
past 4 o'clock this afternoon.
EDWIN M. STANTON, ,
•
Secretary of War.
-- -
CITY POINT, VA. , April 2-2 P. N.
To Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: •
At 10.45 A. , M. General Grant telegraphs
as follows: "Everything has been carried from
the left of the 9th Corps. The 6th Corps a
lone captured more than 3,000 prisoners.—
The 2d and 24th Corps both captured forts,
guns, and prisoners from the enemy. I can•
not tell the number. We , are now' closing
around the works of the line immediately en
veloping Petersburg. All look remarkably
well. I have not yet heard from Sheridan.
His headquarters have been moved up to T.
Banks' house, near the Boydton road, about
three miles southwest of Petersburg."
• A LINCOLN.
CITY POINT. April 2, 1865-8.30 P. DI.
Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War
At 4.30 P. M. to-day General Grant tele
graphed as follows:
"We are now up, and have a continuous
line of troops, and in a few hours will be en
trenched from the Appomattox below Peters
burg, to the river above.•
"The whole captures since we started out
will not amount to less than twelve thousand
(12,000) men and probably fifty pieces of
artillery. do not know the number of men
and guns acchrately, however.
A portion of Foster's division, of the 24th
Corps, made a most gallant ()barge this after
noon and captured a very inportant fort from
the enemy, with its entire garrison.
"All seems
,well with us, everything is
quiet just now. A LINCOLN.
.WAsuirroxorr, April 3.—The following
telegram from the President, announcing the
evacuation of Petersburg and probably of
Richmond, has just been received by the War
Department. E. M. STANTON,
CITY POINT, Va., April 3, 1865
Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War:
This morning General Grant reports Pe
tersburg evacuated, and is Confident Rich
mond also is. lie is pushing forward, to
cut off, if possible, the retreating army.
A LINCOLN.
WASHINGTON, April 3-10.45 A. 111.—It
appears from a despatch of General Weitzel,
just received by this Department, that our
terms under his command aro in Richmond,
having taken it at 8.15 this morning.
E. N. STANTON, Secretary of War. '
WASUINGTON, April 3-12 M.—The fol
lowing. official confirmation of the capture of
Richmond, and announcing that the city is
on fire, has just been received by this De
pertinent:
CITY POINT, Va., April 3-11 A. 11. 1 .
General Weitzel telegraphs as follows:
"We took Richmond et 815 this morning.
I eapinred many gnus. The enemy left, in
great haste.
"The city is on fire in one place. We are
making every effort to put it out.
"The people received us with enthusias
tic expressions of joy.
"General Grant started early • this morn=
ing, with the army, towards the .Danville
road, to , cut °VIA: s retreating army, if pos.
-sible.
"President Lincoln bas gone to the front"
T. S. BowEßs,
Assistant Adjutant General,
E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War.
President Lincoln at Petersburg.
WASHINGTON. April B.—A :telegraphic
despatch received to-night from the Prosi
dera states`that he spout the day in Peters
burg, and returned tn City Point to-night.
WAS/I/N(3l'ON; April 4-11.15 A. ALL.-
The toll. w" • *„ • . ted_st_City-Pui
,
April 4, 8 'A. M, give the latest iu
received trout nichruond: •
General Weiipl telegraphs from Richmond
that of the rtiilroad stock be found there 28
locomotives, 44 passenger and' baggage ears,
and 10'6' freight cars.
At 3.80 last evening, Gen. Grant, from
Sutherland Station, ten plilcs from Peters
burg, towardS telegraphs as fol
lows: •
"Geo. Sheridan picketlnp 1,200 prisoners
to-day, and from, 300 to 500 more have been
gathered by other troops. The majority' of
the arias that mere lett in the hands of the
remnant of Lee's army' are now icatteredle-
Moen Richmond • and , where his troops are.
- The country is also full of stragglers, and the
line of retreat marked 'with , artillery, ammu
nition;-burned or charred wagons, caissons,
ambulances, &e."
" EDWIN lit. ST.44TON,
Secietiry of War.
,
WASHINGTON, April 4-11 P. M.-4he
followiatielii,,ortuu front:. 'General Grant li ne
ju#t Otyreaubeci this Itepaittuen t.' 4,f:what
hour to-day left hitii,doesnot appesi,
priobably in tbilt afterdowt,. No details Of the
casualties have b,eeirreceiVed i but they are
expected here 10-iitorrow. The .statiment
that 0,15.pial infornuitiob had be'ed received of
Genfirsi QUM - et haiipg been hilltidis tioZ tine:
.Se waa pilarmed. this afteingim.:
„
E. M, STANT” port:du w i Of ar:
Ikon.Edwin M.stantpn, Secretary OftWpr:
WILSON'S STATION, Va., April 4.—The
army is pushing forward in the hope of over.
I dakieg or , dispersing the Temaindor of Lee's
army. Bheridan, , with.-his cavalry and the
I`sth Corps, is between this and the Appo
mann*, General Meade frith ilia'2d and sth
following. Ord is following: the line
of the Bouttside Railroad. , 21.111 of the one-
I my that retain anything like organization
have gone north of the Appareattos and are
apparently heading for Lynchburg, their los-
ses having been very heavy. The houses
throne!, the country are nearly all used as ,
hospitals for wounded men. In every direc
tion I hear of rebel' soldiers rushing for
home, sonitin large aid some in small squads,
and general l y without arms. The cavalry
have pursued so closoly that the enemy have
been forped to destroy probably the greater
part of their transportation, OSIMOIIB, and ram
nitions of war. The number of prisoners
captured yesterday will exceed 2,000. From
the 28th of March to the present time oar
loss in killed, wounded, and captured, will
probably not reach 7,000, of' whom from 'l,-
500 to 2,000 were captured, and many but
slightly wounded.
I shall continue the pursuit &slop& iv
there appears to be any use in it.
U. S. GRANT;
• Lieutenant General.
GEN. SHERMAN'S ARMY.
The Victorious March to Goldsborqs
WAsturtoroN, April 3.—Senator Sher
man has just returned from General Sher
man's army, at Goldsbord, Cf, leaving
there on Saturday morning. Ile says tbq
entire army' is being reolothed and refitted
with ample stores of supplies of all kinds,
and will soon be ready for a new campaign.
The men arrived there after a march of
five hundred miles, ragged and - shoeless—,bit
in admirable health and condition. There
was but little fighting in - South Carolina.—
The chivalry made a feeble - resistance. The
rebel accounts of the battles of Averysboro
and Bentonville are ridiculous gasconades.—
At Averyaboro they made a stand, but fell
back before a single carps. At Bentonville
they concentrated all their seattwed 'forces
under Joe Johnston, and struck the advance
of Slocum when on the march. They fell
back until a line of battle was formed, when
Slocum's army withstood repeated charges
of the enemy, inflicting very severe loss and
holding the field of battle and the enemy's
dead and wounded . . •
During the fight Gen. Howard's' army
completely flanked the . enemy, and his ad-
Vance came within two hundred yards, of Joe
Johnston's headquarters, Night came on,
and the enemy retreated. The temptation
was strong to pursue the defeated enemy to
Raleigh, but the wagon-train had proceeded
by another route to Goldsboro, and the men
needed rest and supplies, so the army resu
med its march to Goldsboro, and formed a
junction with Schofield and Terry. The re
markable feature 4f this campaign is that af
ter marching 500 miles our army reached
the destination selected at Savannah on the
very day fixed, and • by the identical route
marked out, and the arrangements for its ar-'
rival were so perfect that within one day of
its arrival at Goldsboro the , two railrpads
from Wilmington end Ne when, were opened
to Goldsboro, and supplies being distributed.
The country travelled is by far the moat
difficult for ^- - of --
iitticalt for as army, of any between Atlanta
and Richmond. General Sherman made his
visit to the President and to General Grant
while supplies were being distributed. Hie
army is now largely reinforced, and is in
moat perfect condition, and in his chosen
time and mode will march on to its original
destination. ,
THE MURDER TRIAL.
We givtr below - the remarks of Judge
French in passing sentence upon the mur
derers of Edward Gladfelter:
Abraham. Coon, Lindsey Fortfe,y;—You
have both been tried by a jury of your coun
try for the high crime of murder, 'and by
their unanimous verdict have been eoulieted
of Murder in the First Degree, the penalty
of which is death., To-day you have been
brought into Court for the purpose of receiv
ing the judgment' which the law requires me
•to pronounce in your case. Have you any
reason to assign why the court should not
now proceed to pass sentence upon you 1 . --
You have been indicted, arraigned• and tried
for the murder of Edward Gludfolter in Au
gat last. You have been tried by a fair
and unprejudiced jury of your own selection.
You have had able, learned, and eloquent
counsel who dbfended you, with a fervor and
rea - rircytTurb - chalf - rond - foryo • tame
that deserved a bettor cause, but thei r elo
quence, zeal and ability could not secure
your . acquittance against the overwhelming
evidence that proved your guilt. The testi
mony against you disclosed the fact that on
the 27th day of 'August; last Edward Glad-
Jolter, an innocent, harmless boy of twenty
summers, was passing through the town of
Leitershurg, leading several horse's, the pro
perty of an, officer in the army, on .his way
to Hanover Junction, Pa., his home. That
you_on occasion-with-sevoral-other-va •
airy soldiers, who had 'straggled from your
regiment,awl the post of duty an'd of dan
ger,
just at an hour when your coqntry most
needed your services, arrested thfuloy or pre
tended to arrest him as a horse thief,' You
' dismounted hint from his - horses, :you pro
financed his written order and authority for
the horses he had in charge n forgery, and
under the pretended statement, Out you were
going to deliver him and his horses over to
some drover, or officer of the, Lovernment
that had passed in q4vance of you. You then
made the poor,..inn4cent; frihtened youth,
orithat hot summer day, run side by side of
you on your houses ha yon galloped out the
Waynesboro turnpike,
.(uot the road the dro•
ver had gode,) urging him forward with the
declaratiou ' to run on, you sea of.a bitch, or
you would blow hisibrains out. To several
persons on' the road that' enquired of you
what you were goi g to do with that man,
you replied, be w a horse thief, and -that
•
bruisticia
you were going to blot(' his detailed brains
out.:l -Oa ibex alkiunning.,, the lxiy,was seen', -
deli , ibil g tii y u - his - iliFer-wateh ; a-little—
t 1,
further 0n,130 Yaillesthiesidi of the spot •
~
wheie t e,dea ly alit was' perpetrated, /you
were seen rebbing his body, as he etood/Pale,
and ireinbliag in yeah power, of his money,
his pocket book, his iietnly, etc., ete. You
thee tea him to the iitfat hill, scarcely three
fourths of a mile from the town of Leiters-
baitwhare-yoishedjust-departed frotaiind,...,,
there wilfully, and
,deliberately hiew his
brains out with a-0141414'1'i kitn,. fit'aidedjii -, = '..a.
the ant. Edwar d. Gladfelter fell• at your
horses feet in the middle of the high' road, a
murdered man, a Warms bodp; ,i t , f 1 ,-• : •
Then you left him on•the 'pliblie!i T, 7.
otid fci
welter in his..gorei7 - eiedletlt-rned--shaPtinw t ,
soon after the pletobs,het l was fietiiit,thiClUifi
.Leitersbut;;'tittd - Wheirheai'flageigtodin you
were arrested By 'Lieut.:, tarnish to
,whost
you confessed Yen were pieeinkit the mur
der, and.fletiirered.OVeito. • hizr' written
Order foi. the linules,,whiai : I `pro
nounced 4 forgery.ln the morn: fau.de
livered over to bite els; tiiiellt 42 the
pocket book you had robbed the,boy of, which,
articles were recoguited iii' this Court by.
Mrs. Gladfelter, th e poor broken-hearted , ,
mother, as the property ':of her.' murdered
:on.
In all the annals of mime, I have. never
read of so foul,- so Mack, so inhuman a mur
der as that for which you have been just tri
ed and convicted. The hearts, of all that
heard the testimony ia'yonr crOifiruist have
sickened and saddened, as they . heat& datilil
ed the barbaritiei you committed' itpon that
poor unoffending boy, imhe ran, terror-stiiek.-
en by your side, that hot day, to, the spelt
where you % withonk a single motive butt
a thirst for blood, and, lnutigated by the
Devil, sent him withont'd moments warning %
and withou,t,merey upoU 'par &rt.; uncalled ;
unbidden into the fiver* of hi§ 'God, and
his Judge. These Ire some of 'the facts, that,
proved yoUr guilt, and' I. de not reherse them,
to harrow your feelings, or to cuutse you One,
pang; but to exhibit to you, h,ovtolear your.
guilt, how juit the verdict in 'nut•
God knowsT would not plant ii#,totho thoru
in your pillow , or anotlieferro,Wkn your
ty eonscienees: The solemn duty 'I am a-.
bout to perform, in sentencing yob to , an
nomitiious death, is to rue one of the. most,
painful seta of my. life, and I would gladly
'.rink from it, but as the or an ot the law,
•
through Which it spetiks, the oVeaSiog, must'
be met, and my duty must be peiformed.—
But before doing so; permit me to counsel
you, at once to abandon all hope ; of this life, ,
all hope orthis world, and pr4pare, at oboe
to meet, that just and righteous God, before
whom you must so soon,appear s Unlike poor.
Edward Gladfelter, whora'xotkgent without
a moment's preparation lobo .the.p . resence of •
his Judge, you will get have an interval in
seeking for that comfort:and peace of mind
which the Christian religion sal* can give .
you. Go to the. Orem Redeenier of the,
world, the sinner's best friend, 'Confess to,
him your guilt and crimes, and seek for
Heaven's pardon through, his all, atoning
blood. He it is that has leet 'Upcn record ,
for your eoruferi and-for my comfdrt; and for
all such frail creatures as we are, this bless- .
ed truth, 'Though your sins 'be as scarlet,
they shall be as white as slow.' Go to him .
then, when you leave this Hall, and seek
:earnestly His favor, His presence, , ilis fer
giveness, and if you seek him properlY, the .
few brief hours you have yet to Spend 'on
this earth, will be to you, yet, the, sweetest
hours of yotir.lives. And when you - come,
to,stand upon the threshold of death, may .
you experience the "Comforting assurance .that
He once gave to a dying malefactor. • 'This
day shalt thou be with me in Paradise:• is,
my fervant . and eincere prayer for'you.'
SENTENCE.
The sentence of this Court fs, that you,
Lindsey Forney" be taken from this Hall to
the Sail of Washington County, from which,
imp, and be, 'ere con'an
time of your exe cution, and that, at such.
time as the Governer oithis State shall by
his warrent appoint, you belakee thence by
the Sheriff of this County, to' the place of.
execution, mid that you then and then suf
fer death by hauging by the
,neck. And
may God, in His infin ite love, have mercy .
upon you.
Abraham Coon received the same sen
tence. -
John Riley was sentenced to the Peniten
tiary for eighteen years.
A man in Taunton, Mass., got shaved the
other day for the first time in four years.—,
lie'had.made a vow when Sumpter was ft-.
ken that he would not use a razor till it was
recaptured.
Theddore Parker once prophecied that we
would have war in the United States in 1865,
and that by 1875 there would not be aslave
on earth.
The Lindell Hotel of St. Louis with its
furniture, cost 0,516,400.
• Two girls who have each served threeyears
in the 59th Ohio' were discovered at einem .
nati last week.
The Ohio Legislature has before it a bill
to compel,the vaccination of . school. children
firouotout the State.
The consumption of ice in Philadelphia
last year was one hundred thousand tons.
CANES, UMBRELLAS, Ladies' Run Um
brellas, Pocket Books, Port •Monaiee, Gloves,4tc.,
Arc., "cheaper than the cheapest„' at
UPDEGRA FS' awrFACTOTtY,,
Opposite the Washington House, 'HagerstOwn.
Ap. 15, 1864. • •
CrUPDEGRAFFS', Practical Hat Makers,
have ready the SPRING STYLES , TorI,B64.,Those
who would SAYE, MONEY should buy at the
FOUNTAIN HEAD, Wheie HATS and CAPS ,
- - - -
aresql47fircnn fist hands at lowest rates,
• • , sign of the "RED HAT,"
OpPosite'Washington , House, Hagerstown.'
Ap. 15, 1864. - . ,
UPD RAF PraptieolH.ttters, have re.
ceived an extensise assorttneni of SNUB a AND
SUM ME t4tock of Materials, HAW, CAP . s,&c.
Wholesile and'Retail, . " -
Opposite the "Washingtdn House,"
Ap,ls, 1864.] Hagerstown. •
Tg~~LT.A.Ft.
At the residence of the bride'i.,Uther, ou
the 30th 'Ult. : , by she Rev; Mr. Thomas, 'Mr.
ABRM. P. STA:IIY, ion. of *F. 'Atirm,
to*Mis§ MARY Oa& of .rrider
eo. Md.
1 T13.3E2 ' 1.1;1075eif,.13.,
'Near this place, oq the 23d :ti.lt„ DIARY
, A4N, daughter of Wiue-Wiles f aged & years,
4- knee the 'and 18 • - •
.0e the 81st ult., tear Shady Grove, 3.Tisf