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BUSINESS CARDS. HAVMJ. * n;TTUM>*E,

-V KTO rra; IIKA TERM, no rsK- rrrtxvutiy </ o ooiw. a c. — * Specially.

«u roac<«lni bv • long

FLOUR, 7EED. I ERTILIZERS, Croovries, Oyslvn, Efgi, &c. X—. U .ad IS Padnal hum.

THE SECRET DEIIEADITG.

Od tlu, 7tli of May, 1777, the peWic n Genu’ exacutionpr uf CuUnar wua impriaotuxl for Unrinff loit tho town without the perI miiwionof t&esntharitim; ho wmseveral —; times brought up for oxamination bofor* ^Sfi the magistnites, and hero u tile aoounnt D cUII— Ul * 1 ll,! (!»"' of bi. abtenco: flo Kid that DJuar-HBocmturoait OAtraca. one erening at tho end of April he waa

I -i-- Marctfr.

sistnntn being o

WARE A ELWKEIKiE, ! J,,,. 0 [ CONTRACTORS A BUILDERS, cuffs, or pitting a gibbet together, when i . Ko “‘ 4 i?! 1 ^' j bo lieard a land ‘knock at tho door. He j 1 ‘ cqwnod without hesitation—im cxecu- ’ nnwr a ! U ' i, '' ,r 00011 '“'Ody be tiruid-Aqwet- *

flirt in aeeret the merited punishment a secret crime. You will behol tl public tribunal, ia stained with onpi donable guilt," Tile executioner—all executioner as !

mandate signed by them, sealed with tho great corporate seal and tho Jleur-dr-Ul, ‘reviewed by the king's commissioner', and registered in the records of the town; but this was quite another affair— ! how could be know what right these men had to exercise tho authority of legal

WASHINGTON HOTEL!

him three men enveloped

cloaks, while a carriage slowly advanced.

The

as astonished, but not frightened. "You are the public exeentior

— * _ . . . said one of the stringers. V. MoMakm'S "Yes, monsieur," was the reply. aTLAXTIC IIOTEI. , ’•I""”- w * cars axr. x. J., • “iTZ’X^ m „ ~.i s,

sa?“*~^ss»"saar

M.rnui', Wet. I‘te|.riet,.r. . Ho thought that they were ■uosaongcri

. from somo neighboring tribunal, and ilrew lamk to let them cnb-r the house. . Hut he Lad scarcely ffnished speaking,

PROFESSIONAL CARDS. When this* men sprang upon- him. i' ——‘ ~ e— j gagged him, Imund him hand and foot. Wit. a. eorrea. | J. aorn sixes. | so that he could not move a single limb, POTTER * NIXON, “"'l placed him in the carriage. The

. three men whom he had seen first got in ' , also, while the others mounted their : horses, and all act off at fall spies I. ; They preserved a profound silenee while they were paasing Him ugh tlie town, but

".ow.yj*

BOI.TOH’8 HOTEL, Hturisbarg, Pa. 1

OR NEYS-AT-L

quite no paeifle as would their office. Ho looked at the lady; there alto stood in the same position, apparently calm ami undisturbed, as " those proceedings had no interest

j her.

" You have promised obe<hence to. ' roramanda," said the voice of the n who had brought him; "and yon ’ j feel tho weight of our vengeance if you

! do not keep y»

"When I promised, it was under the impression that your proceedings would i he legal, though secret. I s may be, I refuse to execute yi | and I will not touch a hair of tliat . woman's head. Beside, what

lylnnla will Do.

The presideut looked at his coHeagnea, as if to get their opinion; and then, rising quickly, mid in a voice of Utut

•TILIJARI

to be lieard, the j 7

• j would allow their t I man who hail first i

• j oil the arm of the executioner and aaid: , •'listen to me; you have nothing to i fear—you will receive no hart Yon are . only required to perform an act of jua-

answer for your safety, o penetrate a mystery

ATTORNEY AT LAW AN DAI AS-

TER IN CHANCERY. Namnnr Burnt, cap. May Cliy

oiild he fully aequainb

No qi

i thing that you re<iniro wi I you; and what your task i

j od yon shall bo brought liack to yonr j home, and receive two hundred louis as j a compensation fur your trouble."

MnSSHBMdMhw££maSS!!£!!u n "’ ,,,:o< " ,lion, ' r breathed more freely Office at rctJenre. No-ORighM .u^t! 1 " ,trr h " ™ fold Uiat hia life would be

»|ia May city, M. J. ; spared, though lie still dr. j. rTESufiSoT l^ •,. n I 0, bU '' & mi

veTanceb,

rover, mieipial to her guilt.

"Enough," said the lady, stretching forth her hand, "enough. You may deprive me of life; but you may not, ought not, reveal to a man like that the aocn-f that your ears have hoard. If I out guilty, pun hit me—I submit; and that ia more than you have a right to exThis altercation was succeeded by a solemn, death-like silence, only interrupted by the monotonous ticking of a large clock covered by the gloomy hang-

ings. Eleven struck.

said the president; "obey!''

A large, sharp sa

re his limbs.

DENTIST. ' lunula,” aaid the aanto voice, "and you ' yfmiaelf. You are an illegal judge, I •'■If “O longer be subjected to any per- I you may as well be an illegal ox. [ soual restraint, except a bandage, which j turner.” will bo placed over your eyes during the | During this the condemned did

day, and removed at night; bnt this is only on condition that yon are perfectly obedient and do not apeak. At tho first

HENRY NWAIN, MASTER IX CHANCERY, Conveyancing, Doeds.'Bonds.Alor

gages,

MEDICHVES. ' KEARNEY’S FLUID EXTRACT ^UCHU

Ksamty's Extract Bichu KEmers ext. buchu tSL?

n dare U

Ho felt the mnxxles of two pistols and the point of a polgttard touch his breast,which easily convinced him that he had no choice but to submit implimtly; and j aa soon aa bis mouth was free and be got j permiaaion to sp»k, he swore with a . thousand oaths that he would obey them things and would abide by the

" you have notluug to fear.” From this moment not a word .was spoken. They often clanged ItoMcj, bnt always in somo retired place, where they always appeared to lie expected. Although the bliiuti of tbe carriage were closed firmly, hia eyes were ban daged at the find api«-arauco of day, and

the country he was. He waa otherse well treated; they gave him ashore their previsions and wine, which were Imth exeelleat. They •umeUmea alight•d, but always in a forest or some byplace. where they would mu no riak of being remarked by possem-by. This continued for two days. It appeared to the poor en-onUoner that during this time they had crossed the Rhine sad ascended several mountains. On the evening of the aeoona day, after they had been asiv-ndiug for some Him., the ea

" Listen," "aid the first speaker; "do

yon value your life f"

" Yea, for tho sake of my wife and little daughter, whom nolo support I “ Very good—decide then; if you have quarter strikes, I will send n bullet

Utrongh your head."

" Why not kill her yourself I It would be aa little crime as to kill me.” Tim judge trembled under his long robe; but, oouimandiug himself,' he

said, coldly, •• Decide."

wythinf

in the way of dignity and in through tho well instructed inee of the constituency to which it ministers" is a truism which should long ago Itsvc boon recognixed and acted upon. The theoiy that a doctor bring without responsibility and a! lute in his delicate and difficult voca can no longer be accepted. Science' edneation have clanged tho aitaat Almost every intelligent person now derslands something of the general 1 f hied tli and a little of the principles of ledicine. The doctor is not tho lees important, bnt the patient is the helpful We welcome everything which tliat the medical profession is

txious to call into its service the i The Kings county medical society deirvca credit for the principles it tioi jclsred and its evident inclination t< Instrate practically the proverti thsf >und of cure." If it cun give us good mtilatiou in our public schools, if i « make the law of health public propn ty instead of a profeesioha privilege, if R can its. the uewspapet

• agony tc

io feel afraid, e of the jien-

o decide between guilt or death, nounifnl silenfe reigned through hall—net a finger atirreil The ex

Oathollc

and bee ;iu to intercede for

You hare ten mientea still," coolly replieil Un/jatlgc. All waa again silent; the pendulum alone waa heard, with its inflexible vibrations Rtsasnring life with equal impartiality to the happy and the wretched. And she, the unhappy subject of tidy

When he recovered his senses ha found himself again in the carriage, his ryes .bandaged, and a cloak wound round hi; ' i conceal hia blood-stained gannenta. When his companions peroeived tliat " Here is your reward; it is, double : what you were promised, in cousidi 'on of your conscientious conduct." Their journey hack was performed ue; and on the fourth day he wn ■ee on the banka of tbe We, in a mo oar bio lions.-. He found his wif. All tliat I lave‘written is copied almost exactly from hia depooitioua, wl ‘ ' wo read in Btnubnrg, at the nwidt of the lieutenant-general, who gave permhadon to transcribe them. Tbe magistrates of Colmar mode et

York I/rrahl says: The . medical society has adopted

attention of both physicians sad latienta. Doctors have as a matter of dignity ignored newspapers, and the member of the profession who advertises ia for that reason alone looked upon as a quack. Tbe Kings county medical society bs wakened up, and proposes to establish. department of public -Tistreicti-.n. W

way to educ.

r the

valuable discoveries, it will deserve more than usual honor, not only for .its enter prise, but for its example- Medicine ought not to bn a mystery any more tlan principles in the one tends to'nrtn the body and in the other to the dost motion of the soul. Candor with the public is, after all, the secret of anoosaa in any of the liberal professions.

The Northwestern Wheat Crop. 'Hie Chicago Times''prints dispatches om all aectioua of the Northwest showing the oouditina of the licit wheat erop. The siLnatiundsHixmmarixed as follows: ""••a area afiwiSer wheat sown is fully the average of previous years, and me loealiticM shows an increase. Comparatively little has been winter-

lo the abundance of snow. The crop looks well, and gives promise of at * ‘ average yield, if no untoward aid mtenons between Ibis and —i. Where spring, wheat is raised sowing has not been wholly eompleted, but in the more southerly locsJltiaa the

tho Indians hail kindled they began to r, though fot learned. They beat him with a cartridge-box strap with a large Iracklo on tho end of it, aftei stripping him of his dothes. They cut gasho-t on him with knives. They pawed off hia thnmlia with on old cavalry saber, and mashed his toes between a rock and tho bntt end of a carbine. Aftei bayonet, and sticking cactus thorns in bis flesh, they poured powder in his All this time the tinui r cry out, as he probably expected, by bis fortitude, to litis he was mistaken, for tin finding that he did not complain at these tortures, began to cut pieces fleeh out of his legs and lock and < them; or, at least, pretend to catthink they only chewed up the flesh a Seeing that all of his torn ike him cry out (for he h e chief stepped up with sharp knife and cut out one of his ey> id put a live cool of fire in Um-sflhl^jt. and then pnt on end to hia life with t The Indiana then had a grand dance. r or anything to eat for thirty-si! ran. Tlie next day, almut midday, o party moved in a northwest course, aveliug about twenty miles, and aftei ia we moved in a northwest conm •out three hundred miles, where wi et several large i«rtiea of Indians, mo of whom hud been on raids it •rthem Texas. I remained in that sec in of the country with the ComnhelA-i, id was kept employed mostly lienlffig ponies, and sometimes dressing dec-r-and bnffalo hides. My clothes ill taken away from me a few days I was captured, and I only hail u pair of drawers and a blanket afterward. 1 to eatraw venison and buffalo had been with the Indians mouths, they ceased to ri-

med to ride on

lie beat wi

r. with

ddln. Tlie

buffalo robe and used it ns a saddle, a sack with dried meat, and sti for tlie settlements, which I tea. toward the last of the month. I buffalo robe, and collected

captured, iu

■hall keep out ot me ft tho Indiana hereafter. Facta About London. • tlie greatest city tho world It is tlie heart of the British pin- and tlie world. It covers w flfbwn mil-a' radius of daring Cross nearly 700 square miles. It numbers within three boundaries four mfilious of It comprises 100,000 forrwiromeva^ quarter of the glole. stains more Roman Catholic* than i itself, more Jews tlou the whole lestiue, more Irish than Dublin, Scotchmen than Edinburgh, more Welshmen than Cardiff, gftx'Tiaoni coun-try-bom persons than tju- oeuaUes of Devon, Warwickshire and! ifur'Am combined. Has a birth in It every five min- «. Has a death in it every eight min'd. Hits seven accidents every day in 7,000 mBes of streeta. Has on nil -rage twenty-eight miles of new streets opened pa d #,000 new bonrewi built in it pear. Has one hundred and twi-nty-erwons every day, and 46,000 anadiled to its ]v-J»nlstioo; Ins 1,009 ahipa and 9,000 aaiion in itn ports every 17,000 habitual criminals on i|s police register, increasing it atanavenge if 80,000 per annam; lias morn than me-third of all the crime in tbe oonntry

Brighton; h of haliituul n of public worship; jhas sixty i open shops every Lord'a day; has nee of 909 new churohes and cbapela, an additional city miseirmariiw; has a nonce with all parts of the work repnoented by the yearly delivery in if 238,000,000 at letters.

i' strike in Pennsylvania is uorttmns waste -of wealth. The New York Drnife BnlUJin oalcnlarie

‘ pital ami 100.090 in this one State, the strikes. The

(atm:

night. Next morning it was ascertained that in a bedroom improvised by two king some sheets ar-rosa the end of the car where tho stove was. one of tho Mennonite women named Brolinska was ahoot to be confined. The simple Mnunonitea hail, apparently, no idea of soli riling medical attendance or more suitable accommodation, but those, of toTriom 'shXm'llke' and" two ethlw who wen- atorm-stoyed promptly volun- ‘ leered their aervicea, and under their ,, auspices a possible President of the United States was successfully ushered

into tho world.

The hulies of the city, with the sympa- U

good hnmor and prepared to make the . mist ot any sensation. Tho mayor sum- ; aimed a special meeting of the council, : rhlcli declared tbe day a public holiday,

lost SHOO u

seemed delighteil when l her she would probably g«

*'ho bought

a farm of eighty

cleared cotton hind—for 44,900, paying ; 4700 down. On the remainder he waa

riled the citizel

ow to make ii suitable i These, nothing loth, co

farm, and himself worked fifty of his people than I could," said the

' worth from S30 to *50

on to explain that, instead and virtually of guilt, it meant to express hia determination to fight the mat ” plained that on the pi tripartite agreement, Fridnv, March 90. 1873, Mr. TUton vnta gratified and well out. criticising him as allied with Mr. Bowen to defame-Mr. Beeeher, wbi, according to the terms ot the covenant, lad generously forgiven both. Then, Mr. Tilton "had prepared for publication a card, iu which the lehcr of oc to Mr. Moulton was embodied and threatened to publish it in the Brooklyn Kaffir of tlie next day, Batnrilny. Mr. Moulton informed Mr.

Saturday

d the Ii

e gave

bar handled pounds he aims to gel also

to fight the matter out to the going home be immediately

card of resignation, determined. that his

clmrcli should not bo dragged

light with him—in fact in writing the letter of resignation lie waa stripping for the tight. Later on Saturday Mr. Moulton bad stopped tho publication of Mr. Tilton's proposed cord, and on the asms night tlie dilfieultiea were once more patched up by tbe agreement of Mr. Biwher to publish the card to the Kaqlr, which relieved Mr. Tilton ot any

Onth

mayor, ilelegute to Congress from Dakota, and prominent lawyers, mi..' red by Eph. Witcher, who brough back the first nows from the Black Hilh inera. The announcement was ther ade that a five-aere plot of land adjoin g the city was to bo given to the baby, e deed being 'already prepored am

man rlockmakr in Brooklyn. His bonne waa filled with models of mechanical curiosities, the mirk of his own lands, and among them was a working model of the great clock ‘and chimes of Trinity Church. The builder of tlie clock, Mr. Rogers, had intrusted Mr. Wloenor with the arrangement of the uipchnnism, and the model shows all details connected with Undock ami the chimes with great exact-

mi, from win lat Uie gon

, the church Hire.' la ing steel and bras

.mind ar

1 do not lay up,money. That they can. Where a planter hires laborers colored |

eighteen ilol-.

tened by popular ar 'nke Brolinska.' Tbo donned and escorted id parents to Uie speeial engine and cor i

onth nnd

ae dollar a

Women.

of iron and steel will be fully represented by those cng*g«2 in these great Pconsyiranis Industrie*. The railway* ot the State will exhibit engines, oars and tbe various appliances fort, safety and speed in the conduct ol their roods. Tho historical, art, scientific and other aooietiea, as before stated, will all have present rabatanliol proof.of their reaearchea and progress, and Ibo de and commerce ami their various channels will be pointed by .-ommerciai and trade exchangea. namb*r of these interests and wicie , have already perfected orgmiiixalioua h a view to tbe exhibition,' and others preparing to dp so.

Chasing a Hnrderer.

The whole country ol

number of murders, and ei was made to effect his a villsin took Co the water lik<

-, and from eanebnke forest, and proved himself h fearless riramer, as fleet of foot as a deer, and dead shot. CoL Dudley, of Texarkana, nt a special train with a posse of men - Fulton, who took to the brake -nth of Roil river. Soon more men

ratted them, and ,, oux City amid .

ihecring, ringing of bells, screeching o

lee, etc. All tlie flag* on

1 vided for than whit

beba were rung, llr-anns dLschorgcd. bealUis drunk, tbe Storm Lake Jllol got tlie demonstration, and altogether the people treated themselves to a sort ot ‘ wintry Fourth of July.

Hirer* are Unmgbt to s. General Churchill,,

now a late treasurer, told me that anme : of hi* former slavra 5fcre still on his! plantation as renters. Several managed j forty or fifty seres each. He found no i difficultv. in' collecting his dnes from ! them, and liked them as renters. Bnt i he remarked to me tliat the young | colored people- do not firm so well as •their fathers, and more of them seek | Tli* favorite method, I think, is to j rent cotton Isnd for a fixed price per ] acre, usually from six to ton dollars, Uie

ing tho oottou in the Uttjr

She left her house am rith her daughter, aged Avia the bereaved mother wa ood cam* roUIng down the endeavored to induce tlie HtUe girl to leave it She refuaetl to her dead brother. Tly man pickr up, anil carried her weeping and oiing to a place af safety. When leased her she ran swiftly lock to

iother's deserted hi

of Uu-ir women a fields, nnd a man tak ; neeording to the lit

uulin

l»hy in her arm*. Tlie ffi

' short distance away, and nulling toward the gn2ind the little girl had to

burden. She reached a

ed by, and Iqoking back to aee her humof ioe, sho started iu noareb of her :. The latter, wlien the alarm was *1, hastened to return home, and r little daughtor carrying the life- . by in the midst of tho crowd that thronged the high ground. Tire scene

that followed is indeacribable.

id children in the; * more or less land ] oilier of his family. ' acres at eight del- 1 ' lars, his account in an average year , ; year would aland somewhat thua: Thirty ] I ncrct in cotton would gin twenty-five jlmlea, worth 81,900. Of this he would ] I pay -out 8100 rent, and probably 8160 for [extra labor in picking, etc., and would! lave left'8760 rosli and twenty acre* of! isirn as food for his family and stock. I Such results not only satisfy the negro, I Imt they even tempt white men to come : f in from the Iras fertile uplands, nnd on

Germans, w

m told.

The planter keeps on the plane a More ! it which renters ntay buy their supplies j md there they get a moderate credit I lo also keejM 11 gif and a grist mill, for !

which -he makes the regular j

•ml ho* takes

4 Ida i

imetor, and Uie smallest seven inches, h'oll there are twenty-seven wheels, not intuiting the friction rollers. The pen lutnm, which is mode of wood, is wvnty-nne feet long. The weight eon ^ hundred and twenty five pounds. Three ,

with the clock as to ring ont

, and qnarb-r hours. Once a week the B great cloek'is wunnd up, which occupies ’ something like two hqilrs. The bells of tbe chimes are just behipd tbe dock hands. Under the bells i>_ tbe station of the map- wlieHug* the ehimes. A rough wooden ansi-faces n framework from which -project nine long wooden handle*; they a> the lifers fastened to thin lines i-onHecting with the tongues of tli* bell*. The working model of Trinity dock and chime* waa much valued by the skillful artist, and at his death a a* lieqnmtbed to a favorite nephew, with other curious works, with the request that they might be regarded "nntna souvenir*, but aa parts of hia own mind, which had created and fash-

ioned them."

The Pope ia the New World. A Rome eonvapomlmt of the Journal lira /> 6ofs revives the old story that the Pope i . considering tlie puaoibQity of ’ ' finally taking up hie-residence in the United Rtatcs. The New York Timet says : The Pope’s American friends, if they are wise, will warn him against becoming an immigrant to this oonntry. In the Vatican be is a apiritnai potentate ■i sneoesaor of HI. Peb*. and an infalliblo sovereign of Uie church. Here he would lave to pay s poll tax, give his name to the street-directory compilers, lie interviewed by reporters, read the Beecher trial, anti-- horrible thought— possibly be a dcfeinlsut in legal proceedings himself. What sanctity, divinity, or infallibility could bold out against snob l-’reiing influences a* these ? Thins of the Pope receiving propn* American "lecture bureau,"

surromided, and the rten

cloned in, but only to find that tbe bird

He was soon after discoverw beside a log, awimming-

rapidly with the current His deadly gun he bald above the log. Volley after volley was fired at the man, but

'■armed life. Finally tbe so thick and fast that he

landed on tho north aide of the river,

hia would-be captors. Arrivi top of tho blnff ho m*t a small

.. negroes, who opened fire on him, which he returned with accuracy, aa one of the men fell badly wounded. At a farm house some distance down tbe river be exchanged his shot gun for a hat and coat. Nothing further could be learned of Jiia movements after leaving house. Tho woodwork of the gun e the indentation uf a dosen bnUcta. The murderer ia -but slightly known iu the locality of hia numerous crime*, generally being called Brown, sometimes McCartba. Tillar, Uie mnrdered pnrauer. was a resident of Texarkana, well

Tbe Dying Speech of Wesley Kray, .Wesley Gray (colored), hanged a farcy. Ark., lately, spoke as follows oi the scaffold : Well, my friends, I’n to-day .to let yon all know I’n

. out of tho first of tho o-op, : iug nominated for Oongnas, in practice, furthermore, the planter ! »strre-t ear. : finds it ni-eessary to ride daily through 1 [ Wad

1 work ami to aid Uiem with hi* advice. During-flie winter ho hire* them to chop ; wood far hia own u*e, and to split rails j

Dsn Bryant, the fa

an‘anxious to die. was born to die, ' in happy of it .This la the best

I wilt soon get the

d keep up tlie I

All the plantations have a quantity of! unused woodland, in which stock roams ! st large, and this is free to the rentera. j j It la a wasteful and wretched way to ! ; keep stock, anil one result of it you an* ' ' in the nicer* which are uaud to draw I

wood into - LitU* Rock,

"‘A ■ngrhWgg'

Over a Will.

a rich

The inevitable squabble or

man's will has begun in Detroit. air. E. B. Ward, dying a few months ago, left a fortune of five million dollara, and

the funeral was hardly o’

qneats. One relative, who had received ten thousand dollara, aaid he deserved ten times that amount, and gave notice that he would content-Uie will. Tho latest move ie a combined one by tho widow and some of the other heir*, and eonsista of a petition to ‘Uie Michigan

for. Perhapa some people r their heads, and nay that aetoi verbially an "improvident almost as Iwd- as " literary m . the New York Times; but poor Dan liryant'a poverty in his last days arose u« know -what troublra and difficulties our neighbor has to contend -with. Dan ! Bryant was ewer ready to relieve the itiee of other*, and if one half of !

of heart is

A Martyr to Science. The case of Mr. Walker, of Brooklyn, who sacrifioed hia life to seienoe, ia attracting ranch attention. Extract of hemlock ia much naed by Uie medical

aim:—*!

extensive daily. Whether Mr.

in the shadow of death, noted carefully and step by step it* workings upon Ida system, ha* snggewted everywhere a

with tboee martyr* to eceeticsi died that other* might live."