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'VOLUME XIX
i=wcoiErTst:tawt.t.
MOMENTS:
A moment! What a little space
Amid time's rolling years !
How rapid, in this life's short race,
• A moment's course appears !
'Tis come—but quick as thought 'dame;
No power can make it stay ;
'Twas ours but scarcely called our own,
Ere it had 'lied away.
Thus rapidly, with dashing hasto,
Time's little seconds flee,
But leave a record ne'er erased
All through eternity.
—How-precious should these mornEnts seem
Which God to us has given;
How mime, our moments-to redeem,
And'seek the way to Heaven—
For moments, as they stood apace,
Reduce the years we have,
And briefer make one day of grace,
Befote we reach the grave.
'Then he is not at honie ?'
'No, sir, he is a clerk in'New York.'
'lndeed I Pray what is his name?' . .
'Weston May,
'Weston May ! Is it possible. Why he
is my clerk. I left him in charge of my store
only two weeks ago.'
Explanations followed; and Mr. Dayton left
promising to call some other time.
'Noble fellow,' said he mentally, as he was
riding slowly along, and ruminatinc , upon the
call. N oble -fe lle el ie ve—he- 7 -loves—nry
girl, and he may have her and part of my
money too. 'Let me see,' here he fell into a
thinking mood, and by the time he had reach
ed home, he had formed a plan which he
had determined to execute. How it termin
ated we shalt see. Full -crf this new -plan
he entered the breakfast room where Ladia
was awaiting his coming..
.'So Weston is going to England said
1 he.'
A moment—and the hand of death
Some fatal dart may send; -
May stop our ever-floating breath s
Our fragile lifetime end.
A moment to the dying saint,
:".Lall his griefs are o'erj
To mourn—to sigh—to drop —to faint—
To want—to die'no more. '
Lord, on our hearts impress the thought
Of time's uncertainty;
That, by the Holy Spirit taught,
We now may haste to thee.
So shall life's little moments go ----
Like-all before-have passed;
But we he safe while here below,
And raise to heaven at last.
DA' TON AND COMPANY.
Dimes and dollars, dollars ano dimes
An empty pocket the most of crimes
'Weston,'. said Mr. .Dayton to one of his
clerks, as they were alone in the spacious
n3unting-room which was attached to the
large store of which 'Mr. D. was proprietor,
give me leave to say I do not think your
dress sufficiently genteel to appear as a clerk
in a fashionable store A deep flush suffu
sed the face of the young man, and in spite
of his endeavors to repress it, 'a tear glisten
ed in his full black eye. 'Did I not know
your salary wa3 sufficient to procure more
genteel-habiliments, I would increase it:
'My salary is amply large sir, replied
'Weston, with a 'mortified air, but with that
proud independence of feeling which even
poverty had not been able to digest him.
`Oblige•me, then, by changing your ap
parel, and presenting a different appear
ance in the future, You are wanted in the
Weston turned and left his employer, who
muttered to himself as he took up the paper.
'How I do detest those parsimonious fel
lows.
• Mr. Dayton was a man of immense wealth.
fle was a widower and Lad but one child, a
'daughter, who was the pride of his ,deeli
nin,, years. She was as good as an angel,
and beautiful as she was good. She was
simple io her taste and appearance Such
was Laura Dayton when Weston May first
became an intimate friend of her. fathr.r's
house, and what wonder that he soon learned
to love her with a deep and ardent affection
Though thtir tongues never gave utterance.
to what •th'eir hearts felt, yet the language of
their eyes was not to he.mistaken. Weston
was the very Soul of honor, and although
ho perceived with pleasure that he must not
be distasteful - to her, still he felt he nut
conquer the passion that glowed i n his
heart.
must not win her heart, 'he said to him
self. am penniless •and her father would
not consent to our union. Thus he reason
ed, and thus he manfuly endeavored• to sub
'due what he considoreti an ill-fated passion.
• Laura had many suitors, and some of worn
were worthy of her, but she refused all them
with gentle yet decisive firmness.
Her father was in the decline of life, and
wished to see her happily settled ere he de
parted from this world. It was, not long.
before he surmised that young Weston was
the cause of her indifference to others. The
pleasure is which she took in hearing him
praised, the blush which mantled her face
when their eyes met, served to convince the
Old gentleman that they .took more than a
common interest in each other, He forbore
to make any remark on the subject, and was
not so displeased at the thought as' Weston
imagined ho •would be,
Weston May had now been three years
in , his employ. Mr. Dayton knew nothing
9f his family; but his strict integrity, good.
morals, . and pleasing manners conspired to,
make , h im .esteemed. •placed unbounded.
confidence in him,- arid,was very proud of
him: Ile wished him.-to dress as well as
ethers, and often vondered'at the scantiness
of - his ,sviirdrobe;,;for_ali hough! Weston dress
ed with the most' scrum:doss regard to neat
ness, his - clothes: were almost threadbare.
which 'Ain; Dayton' thought proceeded- from
a niggardly disposition, and, accordingly ad
dressed him ou _the - Subject, as before
" " ' '
Soon after this Conversation 'A
%ft Immo' on 'business: As '-he
through' a pret4r . villiage, he aligh
door of a cottage and requested a drink of
water. The mistress, with an easy
nese which told that ehe had not always been
-the-hum-cottager r invited-him-to-enter,---
He complied,. and a scoff) of poverty and
neatness met his gaze which he had' never'
before witnessed. The furniture consisting
of nothing more than was actually necessary,
was so clean and neat that it cast au air of
comfort around. A venerable old man sit
in the window with his staff in his hand.--
His clothes Were old and 'so patched that
they seemed a counterpart of Joseph's mt
of many colors.
'This is your father I presume,' said be ad
dressing her.
'lt is sir,'
'He seems quite aged'
He is in his eighty third year ) and has
survived all•his children but myself.
'Have you always resided here
'No, sir; iny husband was once 'wealthy,
but endorsing ruined him, and we were re
duced to this state. He soon after died, and
two of my children f3llowed him.'
'Have you any children living ?'
,'One sir, who is my only support. My
own health is so feeble that I cannot do
much,—and father being blind and deaf needs
a great deal of attention. My son will not
tell me how much his salary is, but I am sure
he sends me nearly all of it.
'going to England ?'
'To be sure, what of it child ?'
'Nothing—only—l we shall be rather
lonesome,'
replied she vainly endeavoring to
repress her tears.
'Come, come, Laura, tell me do you love
Weston ? You never deceived me,,and don't
do it now.'
'No well I—l do love him most- sincere
ly '
'I thought so,' said he as be left the
room.
'Weston, said he, as he entered the store,'
you expect to go into the country shortly do
you '
'Yes, sir, in about four weeks.'
'lf it would not be inconvenient I wish you
would defer it a week longer,' said Mr. Day
ton.'
will, sir, with pleasare,,if it will oblige
you.'
'lt will oblige me greatly, for Laura is to
he married in about six weeks, and I wish
you to attend the wedding.
'Laura Married !' said Weston, startling as
if shot, 'Laura married ?' '
'To be sure. What ails the boy ?'
'Nothing,'sir, only it was rather 'sudden—
une xpec ted.'
'lt is rather sudden; but lam an old tuan
and wish to see her have a protector before
1 die. lam glad you can stay to the wed'
ding.'
*lndeed, sir, I cannot Stay r said Weston,
forgetting _what he' had just said.
'You cannot ! why you just now said you
would.'
'Yes, sir, but my business requires my
presence and I must go.'
'But you said you would with pleasure.'
'Command me in any thing else, sir but
in this I cannot oblige you.
'Weston, tell me frankly, du you love my
girl ?'
'Sir !' Weston seemed like one waking from
a dream.
'Do you love my girl ?'
do, sir.'
'Will you give me your mother for her 7
Mr. Dayton spoke earnestly.
'My mother ! what do you know of her ?'
Mr. Dayton repeated his incident• already
related ) and in conclusion said :
And now, my boy, I have written to your
mother and offered myself, and she has ac'
cepted. What have you to say?
'That I am the proudest fellow on earth,
and proud to call you father, replied , the
young man with a joyful face.
A few weeks after a double wedding took
place at Mr. Dayton's mansion, .and soon af
ter a sign went up over a certain store, bear
int,Pthe name of Dayton & Company.
Young men, you may learn from this that
it is 'notne clothes that would win for you
the esteem of those around you.
• WOMAN'S Mrssiom.—To t h e question
"What is woman's mission?" Punch face
tiouAly replied, "To stay. at home and keep
the kettle boiling!" , Ab, there are thousands
of working men's homes wheie there would
be tenfold more domestic happiness if the
wives did stay at home, instead of going out
to. work at the, mill. Make your •hottac;i- at
tractive. Keep not only your. houfea, but
yoUr persons clean and tidy. Let home be'
to your husband - the brightest and happiest'
spot*on•eareh. Let not your husbands be
able to say that. they. are driven (ruin their
homes . to seen a:bright Etre .ahroildl Wives,
keep the kettle boiling...
What is the worst seat a man can sit op?
Self con-ceit.
A man of an uncertain .age. Jeff.. Davis;
for he may come to an end at any day.
'DaytdO
ridiog
,d at the'
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WAYNESBORO', FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, FRIDAY HORNING
Don't Get Discouiaged
Don't get discouraged! Who ever gain. ,
ed anything by drawing ,down the corners
of-his-mouthwhert-a-cloud—caMe-over—the
sun, or letting his heart drop like a lead'
weight kite his shoes when misfortune came
upon him! Why, man, if the world knocks
you down and joatles past you. in its great
race, don't sit whining under people's feet,
but get up, rub your elbows, and begin a.
gain. There are some people who even to
look at is worse than a dose of camomile tea.
What'if you do happen to be a little puzzled
on the dollar and cent question? Others be
sides you have stood in exactly the same spot,
and struggled bravely out of it, and you are
neither halt, lame, nor blind, that you cannot
do likewise ! The weather may be dark and
rainy. Very well—laugh between the drops.
and think cheerily of the blue sky and sun
shine that will surely come to-morrow !
Business tnay be dull; make the best of what
you have and look forward to something more
hopeful. If you catch a fall, don't lament
over your,bruises, but be thankful that no
bones are broken. If you can't afford roast
beef and plum pudding, eat your codfish joy
fully, and bless your stars fur the indigestion
and dyspepsia you thereby escape. But the
moment you begin to groan' over your trou.
tiles and count up the calamities, you may as
Well throw yourself over the docks and done
with it. The luckiest fellow that ever lived
might have woes enough if he set himself
seriously to work looking them tip. They
are like invisible specks of dust; you don't
see 'em till you put on your spectacles. But
then, is it worth while to put your spectacles
to discover what is a great deal better let a
lone ?
Don't got discouraged, little wile! Life
is not long enough to spend in inflaming your
eyes and reddening your nose because the
I tiding won't bake, acrd — your - husband says
that the new shirts you worked over so long
"set like meal bags." Make another pud
ding—begna the shirts anew! Don't feel
"down in the mouth" because dust will, and
clothes will wear out, and' crockery will get
broken, 'Being a - woman don't procure you
an exemption from trouble and care; you have
got' to light the battle of life as well as your
husband, and it will never do to give it up
without a bold struggle. Take things as
• o , . ud—b-tifzl.
ever you feel "inclined to cry, just change
your mind and laugh! Keep the horrors at
arm's length; never turn a blessing round to
see if it has got a dark side to it, and alWa t ys
take it !or granted that things are blessings
until they prove to be something else. Nev. ,
er allow yourself to get discouraged, and
you'll find the world a pretty comfortable
place, after all.
Alphabetical Record of the Rebel-
•
lion. •
An exchange publishes the followin,:
A—Stands ttn Antletsonville--:the ghastly
monument of the most revolting outrage
of the country.
B—Stands for Booth—let his memory be
swallowed up in eternal oblivion.
o—Stands for Canada—the asylum of ske
dadlers, and the nest iu which foul.trai
tors hatched their eegs of treason.
D—Stands for Davis—the most eminent law
comedian, in the female character of the
age.
E-Blands for England—an enemy in our
adversity; a sycophant in our prosperity
—(,Music by the band, air, Yankee Doo-
die.) •
F—Stands for Freedom—the bulwork of the
nation
G—Stands for Grant—the undertaker who
offiCiated at the burial of the rebellion.
ll—Stands for Hardee—his tactics could not,
save him.
I—Stands fur Infamy—the spirit of trea-
BOIL
J—Stands for Justice—give it to the trai-
•
tors. •
K—Stands for Kearsago—for further partic
ulars sac Mrs. WiusloW's soutlaiug syr-
•
up . ., • '
L—Stauds for Lincoln—we mourn his loss.
31—Sten4n for lllasou—(More music by the
band; i ttir, "There eat - ue to the beach a
' poor exile," )
N—stands for nowhere—the present loca
tion oLthe C. S. A. ' •
o—Stands for "0 dear, what can the mat
ter he?" For answer to this question
• apply to Kirby Smith.
P—Stands for peace—nobly won by the gal-
lant soldiers of tl►e LToion
Q—Stands for Quaotrell—ono of the guelll-
las in the rebel menagerie. .
R—Stands for Rebellion—which is no long
er able to stand for itself.
B—Stands for Sherman-he has a friend and
dictator in Grant.
T—Staods for Treason—with a halter around
its neck.
11—Stands for Union—"now and forever one
and inseparable,"
V—Stands for Victory—further explanation
. •
is unnecessary.
W—Stauds for Washington—the nation' is
true to his memory.
X—Stauds 1 o r pnpqrS
please copy.
Z—Stands for Zodiac—the stars aro all there
—(Music by the band—
"The Star.spangled Banner, 0 long may it wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the
brave.")
The Kentucky re bel sympathizers are
cursing their children with bad names. The
Lciaisville - Press says that at a quilting 'par
ty in the neighborhood• of Bloomfield the
other 'day, where all the .neighbors had Roth;'
cr ‘ ed,fer a jollification,. there was of;courbe;
grand array of the "young hopefuls" of the
country. A friend took the names •of the'
rising generation, and found three.4effs,t t wo
Ifraggs two — jolin'iVloigans,,two Beau'regar,do
one Stonewall, one Dixie, and one Stie
day,
A„lllcnintEin of Salt
On the south side of *island of
,Si 4 Do
mingo, Is the most singular salt deposit to be
fouiftCin. the world_FroraLliti_intelligent.
gentleman recently there, and a document,
issued bNew York, Company, we learn
that there is a mountain of salt six miles
long, from one-half to a mile wide, and from
four to five hundred feet high. In some
places where the sides of the mountain are
nearly perpendicular, large cliffs of salt are
exposed to view, while in other parts a coat
ing of earth, from ten to thirty feet deep,
covers the salt. This salt, in a crude state,
contains 9(179 per cent of pure salt, while
the purest found elsewhere is but 96.75.
By the skill and energy of Dr. Hatch, of
Massachusetts,
grants have been obtained of
the Spanish eroliernment, and the way is be
ing opened for bringing this immense-treas---
ure to the markets of the vorld. A railroad
some twenty miles in length, is to be eau•
strutted, which will bring the salt to the lit.
tle port of Barahona. Whatever in our
world can be kept - from spoiling by salt, here
is enough of it to make the pickle as large
and as strong as can be demanded, and the
thing will be fully and speedily developed
by Yankee enterprise.—/ifining and Scien
tific Pream.
Worth of Widows
'll.ich wielders arc about yet (said Nicky
Nollekins to his friend Beiukers,) though
they are snapped up so fast. Rich wielders,
Billy, are special evidence,' sent here like
rafts to pick up deserving chaps, when they
can't swim no longer. When you've bin
down twy'st, Billy, and are ji3t off again, then
comes the wielder float& along. Why, splat
terdocks is nothin' to it; and 'a widder is the
best of all life-preservers when a man is a
most swamped and sinkiu', like you and
"
"Weil, I'm not partielar, 'not I, (replied
Ililly,) nor never was, I'd, take a wilder,
for my part, if she's got the miutdrops, and
never ask no questions. I'm not proud—
never was harrystocratic-1 drink with any
body, and smokes all the cigars they give me.
What's the use of bein' stuck up, stuffy ?
It's my principle that other folks are nearly
as good as me, if they're not constables nor
aldermen. I can't stand them sort."
, . :$ $ • $ e •ins, wit i an
encouraging smile, "no, Billy, such inch
widooals as then', don't know human na
tur."
Now.—" Now" is the constant syllable
ticking from the clock of time. "Now" is
the watch-word' of the wise. "Now" is on
the hantrer of the prudent. Let us keep
this little word always in our mind, and when
ever anything presents• itself to us in the
shape of work, whether mental or physictirc
we should do it - with all our 'might, remem
bering that "now" is the only time for us.
It is, indeed, a Bony way to get through the
world, by putting off till to-morrow, saying,
"Then I will do it," No! this will neveran
awer.
The way in which words aro often divided
when set to music, sometimes produces a
rather ludicrous effect. A stranger was once
surprised on hearing a congregation, mostly
of women, cry out:
"0 for a man !
for, a mon !!
0 for a man-aion in the Ake I! !"
While on another occasion a choir sang
out to the best of their ability:
.t We'll catch the Ilea!
We'll en tch tho Ilea! !
We'll catch the Ilee-ting hour !!
It is hoped nobody was bitten.
At a recent election a merchant presented
himself ut the polls, accompanied by a well
known physician, when, with a view to avoid
taking his turn in the long row of voters the
physician interceded for his friend, and re
quested that the crowd would give him. the
head of the line, ou the ground of being un
der medical trzatment. - The merchant look
ed as if he was iu prime of health, when
Fred, Walter, penetrating the dodge, spoke
out
"I say, doctor, is that, man. under your
treatment ?"
"Yes, sir," said the doctor, with exqui
site politeuuss, "he is now under my treat
ment• ?"
"Then, gentlemen," exclaimed,Fred, "let
the man vote at once he'll never have anoth
er chance "
"13ob, Harry Smith has ..
one of the great
est curiosities you ever saw."
"Don't say so—what is it ?
"A tree that never, sprouts,•and becomes
smaller the older it grows."
• • "Well, that is t curiosity. Where did he
get it ?"
"From California."
'• What is the name of it?'
"Axletree—it once belouged..tu a Califor
nia.otimibusi" .
rt sso .
Scene ales 14 rs'ob throwing.an inkstand
ata half cl door. • ••
.Mrs. Partington, in illustration of the'rr 4 c
verb, "a soft answer turiosth away wrath,'.!
says, "that it is bettor speak parr!orically
of a person than to te all the time r flinging
epitaphs at'liiiii.'"-
"Papa," said the youngster., "what is pane.
tuatiou F"
• "It is thosart of putting stops, my 'chill".
"Then I wish you would go down into the
cellar and punctuate the eider barrel; as the
eider is running ,all over the iluor.'.',,
The fellow who took the Mantillitrom th( . 3 i
boudoir of a pretty girl in Firth Ai/en*
justifies himself on the ground• that "it is no
harm to steal from mthief ;" as the owner of
the mantilla,has stolen the keartv—of some
forty or fifty old batlis
JIM - 14, ISM
TERRIBLE RETRIBUTION
TOE-MiliiDEß OFABRAHAM-LINCO
AVENGED !
Four of the Assassins .11uut2
WASIUNGtON, July 7, 18G5.—Today the
last scene of the. terrihle tragedy of the 14th
of April took place. Lewis 'Payne, David
E. Harold, George A. Atzesoth, and Mary
E. Surratt, the ,ringleaders it the murderous
plot to assassinate the heads of the Govern
ment, and throw the land into anarchy and
confusioti, paid the penalty of their edge
upon the gallows.
Between nine and ten o'clock in the morn
inTrthe three ante-rooms of; the. prison, on
the first floor, were thronged withsarmy oil
mere, principally of flancock's corps, anxious
to get a view of the execution frOm the win
dows, from which the scaffold could be plain
ly seen. '
While waiting here for over two hours,
the clergymen passed in and out through the
heavily riveted doors leading to the prison
ers' cells, which creaked.heavily on its hing
es as it swung to and fro, - ault - the massive
key was turned upon the inner side with' a
heavy sound as a visitor was admitted within
its portals.
Mrs. .surratt 2 s ,daughter passed into the
ante-room, accompanied by a lady, who re
mained seated, while the daughter rapidly
entered the hall, and, passing through the
heavy - door, - is - soon in the corridor where her
mother is incarcerated.
Messrs. Cox, Doster, Aiken and Clampitt,
counsel for the prisoners, are specially pass
ed in foy a short interview, and in a few min
utes they return again to the ante-rooms.—
Time flies rapidly, and not a moment is to be
lost.. No useless words are to be spoken,
but earnest; terse sentences are from neces
sity employed when conversing with the
doomed prisoners, whoa" lives are now meas
ured by minutes.
Aiken and Clampitt are both here, They
walk impatiently up and down the room,
whispering a word to each other us to the
prospects of Mrs. Surratt's being reprieved
throu h • otthe-hablas_co
which, Aiken confidently tells us, ha's been
granted by Justice Wylie, and from which
he anticipates favorable results. Strange
infatuation! It was the last straw to whi6h,
like drowning men, they clutched with the
fond hope that it was to rescue their client,
from her imminent peril.
Atzeroth passed the night previous to the
execution without any' particular manifesta
tions. He prayed and cried,alternately, but
made no other noise that attracted the atten
tion of his keeper. On the morning of the
execution he sat most of the time on the
floor of his cell in his shirt sleeves.
He was attended by 'a lady dressed in deep
black, who carried a prayer book, and who
seemed more exercised in spirit than the
prisoner himself, Who the lady was could
not be ascertained. She loft him at half
past twelvo o'clock, and exhibited great'emo
tion at parting.
Eleven o'cloole. The crowd increases:—
Reporters are Scribbling industriously. A
suppressed whisper is audible all over the
room and the hall as the hour draws nearer,
and preparations begin to, be more demon
strative.
The rum - Ming sound 'of the trap as it falls
in the course of the experiments which are
being made to test it, and to prevent any un
fortunate accident occurring at the critical
moment, is heard through the windows, and
all eyes are involuntarily turned in that di
rection; for curiosity is excited to the high
est pitch to view the operations of the fatal
machinery. There aro two or three pictori
al papers represented, One calmly makes a
drawing of the scaffold for the next issue of
his paper, and thus the hours till nowt passed
away.
Twelve o'clock. The bustle increases.—
Officers are running to and fro calling far
orderlies and giving orders. General Har
tnett is trying to answer twenty. questions
at once from as tuany different persons. The
sentry hi the hall is beconaing angry because
the crowd will keep intruding on his beat,
when suddenly a buggy at the door, announ
ces the arrival of General Hancock. .
He enters the room hurriedly, takes Gen.
Hartranft aside, and a few words pass be
tween them in a low tone, to which Hart
ranft nods acquiescence; then, in a louder
voice, Hancock says, "Get ready General; I
want to have everything put in readiness as
soon as possible." ,'This was the signal for
the interviews of the clergymen, relatives
land friends of the prisoners to teas', and fur
the doomed to prepare for execution.
The bustle increases. Mr. Aiken approach
es Gen. Hancock and a few minutes' conver
sation passes between them. Aiken's coun
tenance changes perceptibly at Gen. Ilan
cook's words. The reason is plain; there is
uo hope for Mrs. Surratt. The habeas cor
pus Movement, from which he, expected so
much, has failed; and Aiken, in a voice trem
ulous with emotion, saidlo your correSpon
dent, "Idrs. Sttriatt will be hung."
The bright hopes he had cherished had all
vanished, and'the dreadful truth stood be
fore him iu all its horror. Claiupitt, tOc,. till
General Hancock arrived, indulged the hope
thatlim'habea's corptis would effect a respite
for three or lour '
016 'o'clock. Three or four of Harold's
sisters;all in one.- his ..t : Sitlw.etiolue% come
tht'dugh,the viriseddontqiiitO the hall.' They
im'd left their bAther atilt" i3pOken to'hini the
lust wer'ds, eta beard'hitirviae for the last
tiuio.•'
• At fifteen minutes aftei one o'clock Gen'.l
flartrault blandly . informsthe "press gang"
to be in readiness for the, priamq,oers to
,be
openeci,, when 'they can pass-intit-thia—prisol
yard, free' whence a good view of the pro-,
ce,sien can be obtained as it palsies by to the
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rffoldj, ''.A.btout'll+'A.':lll4 the prison' yard
to throwtrciPen to those'baving passes, and
lout fifty , entered.. , TherfirSt object in view ,
.as-the-Stiaffuld - ovlriqh - was erected at the,
northea'st corner of alto Penitentiary. :yard,
and consisted of a simple wooden structure
of very prinaitive appearance, 'faded about
due west. The platform was elevated about
twelve feet from the gamed, and\ was about
twenty feet square ,
rhe- g tav69.-,--four-in- number;: - were dug
ChM to the scaffold-and-next-to-tire prison
wall. They were about three.feet and a half
deep; in a dry-clayey soil, and about seven
feet long and dime wide. 'Four pine bexes,
similar to those used' for packing guns in,
stood between, the graves and the scaffold.--
These were for coffins; being_in_fall-v-iew-of
the prisoners -as :they 'emerged from their
cells, and befbre them until they commenced
the dreadful ascent of those thirteen. steps.
About a thousand soldiers wore in the
yard and upon the high wall around it, which
is wide enough for eentrie3 to patrol it. The
sun's rays made it very oppressive, and the
walls kept off the little breeze that was stir- ,
ring.' There was no shade, and the men
huddled . together aloug the walls and around
the pump to discuss with one another tho
..rospectof a reprieve or delay for Mrs. Sur
ratt. But few hoped for it, though some
were induced by Mrs. Surratt's counsel to
believe she would not be hung to•day
When one of them came out and saw the
four ropes hanging from the beam •
`claimed to one of the soldiers, "My God,
they are not going to hang all four, are they?"
Bill there are times' when it i,, mercy to
hang criminals, and that time was drawing
nigh, it seemed, for those who have been us
ed for years to apologize for the Rebellion,.
and its damning acts, to be brought to be•
hove that any crime i 6 to be•punished. Of
such material Were the. prisoners' counsel..
The drops at eleven-thirty, are tried with
three httadred pound weights upon them, to•
see if they will work. .
Twelve-forty, four arm chairs ale brought
outand_placedapon -the- scaffold, told tlio
moving around of. General' II artranl't inOi•
Wes the, drawing neat of the time. The
newspaper correspondents and reporters aro
admitted to a position about thirty feet from
the gallows, and - aboUt one o'clock. and ten
.19, the heavy door in front of the ea s.
is swung trpion its hinge for the bundiedth
time within an hour, and a few reporters,
with, Gen. I.4nenek, pass in rind through to
the yard, and the big door closes with a slain
behind them. All take positions to get a
good view. Gen. flandeock for the last time
takes a survey . of the preparations, and be-
ins; satisfied that everything is ready, he re
enters the prison building, and in few min
utes tho solemn processun marched down
the steps of the back door into the yard, in
the folloWing order:—The condemned. Mrs.
Surratt, supported b y • Lieutenant Colonel
McCall, Two-hundredth Pennsylvania itep,i,
ment, on her left side, and Sergeant., W. R.
Kenney, Company A. Twelfth Veteran Re
serve Corps; Fathers Walker and Weigel
walking together. Harold, accompanied by
Sergeant - tahomas, Company 9, Eighteenth
VeteranlieSe - rve corps; and an ()nicer attach
ed to Col Bakers Detective force. Payne,
accompanied by Sergeant Grover, Company
D.Eighteentli Reserve Corps, and
one of Colonel Baker's detectives.
Atzeroth, attended by Sergeant White,
Fourteenth Veteran Reserve Corps, and one
of Baker's detectives, Mrs. 'Surratt, on e
merging from the back door, cast her eyes
upward upon the scaffold for a few moments
with a look of curiosity, combined with dread.
One glimpse, and her eyes fell to the ground,
and she walked along mechanically, her head
drooping, and if she had not been supported
would have fallen.
She ascended the scaffold, and was led to
an arm-chair, in which she was seated. An
umbrella was held over her by the two holy
fathers, to protect her from the sun, whim
rays shot down like the blasts from a fiery
furnace. She was attired in a black bomba
zine dress, black alpaca bonnet, with black
veil, which she wore over her ffice till she
was seated on the chair. During the read
ing of the order for the execution by Gener
al Hartranft; the priests held a small.cruci
fix before her, which she kissed fervently
several times. •
She first looked around at the scene before
her, then closed her eyes and seemed edgag
ed in silent prayer. The reading and the
annuncement of the clergymen in behalf of .
the &thee lisoners having been made. Col.
McCall, assisted by tbe' other officers, pro
ceeded to remove her bonnet; pinion her el
hots, and tie strips of cotton stuff around
her dress below the knees. This done, the
rope was paced around !Kr neck and her
face covered with a white cap reaching down
to the shoslders.
When they were pinioning:, her arms she
turned her bead and made some remarks to
the officers in a low tone, which could not
be heard. It appeared they bad tied her el
bows too tight, for they slackened the ban
dage slightly, and then awaited the final or
der. All the prisoners were prepared thus
at the same time, and the preparations of
each were complete at about the same mo
ment, so that when Mrs, Barrett was thus
pinioned she stood scarcely ten seconds, sup
ported by those standing near her, when Gen.
Hartranft gave the signal by clapping his
hands twice for, both drops to , fall, and as soon
as the second and last signal•was,given both
fell, and. Mrs. Surratt, with .a jerk, fell to,the
full length of; the rope, It was done ai
quick as lightning. She was leaning- over
when the drop full, and - this riots e. swinging
motion to herl.body, which Insged several:
minutes before it -assumed s- perpendicular
position. Her death.was instantaneous; ' she
died withput a struggle, The only muscu
laramovoinent.diseertiable was a slight con
traction cif„tb,‘ let gruh„w,hich. she seemed
to, try.tixdittengt4g9,frem , behind.' her as the
drep fell, 't ..‘ .
After being suspended thirty initiates, she
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