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Ilr-it lrhrl.
Savcy Good Nic.ht. Last Rut
unlay night Mr. Geo. Ilallott
went into tho room of the Metropol
itan Hoop Skirt Co. and after assnr
ing himself that everything was
" nil right" stepped upon n stool
and extinguished the light, as he
supposed, by turning down the wick
of a large kerosene lamp. Uon
reaching the head of the stairs, he
turned hii head in the direction of
the lamp, when it bid him good
night, by bursting like a bomb shell,
into a thousand pieces. The wick
like a shooting star with its fiery tail
dropied to the floor and in an in
stant Ihe room was well illuminated.
Mr. II. seized a cushion hard by,
and waded into the fire and smokf
having little else in his mind than
petroleum ! petroleum ! ! Fire is a
hard master but Mr. Hallett master
ed it nevertheless. Had he scream-
vnjirc: aim ran ior water as some
would have done, our town would
now have a black and sorrv stint.
But as it was he soon smothered the
flame?, and no damage was done,
save ti " dead" lamp and a soiled
cushion. The wick was short and
as it was turned down a little too
far it dropved through, and the mo
ment the tire " struck oil"' the ex
plosion took place.
Cold Indication. A week ago
Moose Hillock had on its snowy cap.
Since that time the Bradford boys
have been chasing each other round
the comers with snow balls ; and we
learn that in Peachnm, on Friday
last snow was four inches deep.
Potatoes. Mr. J. K. Davis, of
this place says that he has raised
nn.l hi Id this year 1,30 ) bushels of
potatoes. Another man in Haver
hill In. s raised 1,700. We guess they
know how to " scratch gravel" to
sow? advantage.
Monday, Oct. 19.
SENATE.
FORENOON.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
No tiiorain lx'ilig nreseiit, on the
motion of Mr. Smith, of Addison,
the Senate adjourned.
AFTERNOON.
No quorum U-ing present, on the
motion of Mr. Heed, of Washing
ton, (he Senate adjourned.
October, 20
forenoon.
No ritirnm being present, on the
! motion of Mr. Heed, of Washington,
I the Senate adjourned.
AFTERNOON.
No quorum being present on
motion of Mr. Dotitou the Somite ad
journed. October, 22.
forenoon.
No quorum being present, on mo
tion of Mr. Donton, of Windsor,
the Senate adjourned.
AFTKKNOON.
No quorum being present, on mo
tion of Mr. Ilcnilee, of Lamoille,
the Senate adjourned.
Octobek, 2.1.
forenoon.
CnoLKUA.-Mr.Oeo. H. Bradford,
who went from this place to Chica
go a few weeks ago has since had the
cholera, and writes us that for "a
while he had all he could do to keep
from " going under," but he savs,
1' I still nve."
Itev. S. A. Parker, of Bethel, will
preach at the Town Hall, Sunday
Nov. 4th, and lecture on Temper
auee, at the same place, in the evening.
Mr. John K.Williams, of the last
class nt-Andover, and n graduate of
Middlebury College, has accepted
the call of the Congregational
Church and society of this pl.ice,
to become their pastor; anil will
commence his lH-rnuihcnt ministry
nest Sabbath, (Nov. 4.) The re
markable unanimity which has at
tended the securing of Mr. Williams
argues well for success in the future.
The best wishes of the Church and
society attend the retirement of our
faithful and revered pastor, whom
we are gratified lo learn is intend
ing to abide among us. r.
Proclinm.
Who Beats This f Mr. Andrew
Crook Informs us that Mr. Archi
bald' McI.auglilin.of Penchant rais
ed from 2 bushels sowing, on 1
acre, M bushels wheat by exact
measurement.
If any Iwdy beats this let ns
know.
Topnlinm. a
The Lkvkk. There was a grand
turn out to the Icvec at West Tops
ham on the 23rd ultimo. Every
thing passed off cheerfully a n d
jileiisaully and nf had n good time.
We received n large round cake,
for which we return our tha'ks.
Pills Introduccl By Senator
llcudce, authorizing the Mount
Mansfield Hotel Compiny to issue
bonds, referred to general commit
tee. By Senator Skinner, to pay Thos.
E. Powers the balance due him for
superintending the construction of
the State House.
Senator Porter presented the peti
tion of II. A. Sheldon of Middle
bury and others for the passage, of a
law authorizing the Secretary to
t ompcl idle and dissipated persons
to labor.
The bill making habitual drunk
enness a cause of divorce was taken
up, and Senator Dorr addressed the
Senate in opposition to the bill.
On motion of Senator Peed the
bill was ordered to lie and made the
special order for Wednesday, Oct.
24 at lo:;;o a. m.
ll'illx Panned. In relation to the
earnings of married women and in
addition to chapter 71 of General
Statutes.
To amend sections IS and 20 of
of chapter St! of General Statutes in
relation to the redemption of land
sold for taxes.
Relating to the Statistics of Di
vorce. Incorporating the Providence
Hospital, and Orphan Asylum at
Burlington.
House bill providing for the pre
scrvatimt of shad and white fish in
Lake CliHiuplaiii and its tributaries.
Hrnntor Dorr made u report from
the Const it ut ional amend ment which
was agreed to.
So the Constitutional amendment
was adopted by the Senate.
On motion of Senator Martin tin
Senate adjourned.
SENATE.
forenoon.
October, 24.
Bill Introduced. By Senator Kel
logg, to incorporate the Brattleboro'
.Melodcon Co.
By Senator Hyde, to incorporate
the Vt. and Boston Slate Company.
By Senator Barstow, tocreatethe
County of " Union" from certain
tows in Windham and Windsor
Counties.
By Senator Tnft, i.i aid of Draft
ed men, giving towns the rigid to
vote money to drafted men, and ex
empting such money from trustee
process.
Senator Martin offered a Joint
Resolution providing for a Joint
Assembly at 12 M. to-day to com
plete the' election of U. S. Senotors,
adopted.
Senate Bill No. 1, making habitu
al intoxication a ground for divorce,
was discussed by Ueed in favor of.
and Dorr against, and was ordered
to lie.
Senator Heed a Joint Besolution
providing for tinal ndjoi rninent on
1- inlay, Nov. 2, ordered to lie.
By Senator Dorr, Increasing fees
of Grand and Petit Jurors.
By Senator Hcndce, to amend
section 14 of Chap. 72 of the Gene
ral Statutes, relative to the appoint
ment of guardians for insaue per
sons and spendthrifts.
AFTERNOON.
House bill 24, being an act to
amend an act incorporating the Ver
mont and New York Itailroad was
passed.
Jiilln introduced- By Senator Taft
amending an act incorporating the
City ot Burlington approved .Nov.
22, 1804.
Mr. Reed, for committee on judi
ciary, reported the bill regulating
the salaries of States' Attorneys,
and providing for an Attorney Gen
eral, with the recommendation that
the bill be divided.
Recommendation was adopted
and both bills ordered to a third
reading to-morrow afternoon.
JIICEL,AEOt ITEMS.
The rebels carried everything be
fore them in the late Arkansas Elec
tion, and they an1 already enjoying
the spoils of victory." The Fort
Smith New Era of Sept. fitli, says:
" About the time Sheriff Williams
was killed in pope county, a couple LBcllows Falls last week Saturday,
" Nonsense blended with bad
grammar," is what an Englishman
calls American poetry. Bite him
Saxe.
Another war with Ti'ikey is at
hand next Thanksgiving day.
A horse which Mrs. Booth and
Miss G lea sou were driving going to
8TARTLIXO Ttl'MOIl FROM BER
LIN liOfW NAl'OLEON ON TIIK.
Vkuok of thk Gravk. Xew York
Oct. Ti. The Tribune" Berlin cor
resMimleiit Hays that nu the tli
Inst, the ceHn-ated Dr. Langeiihcek,
chief Murgoon of the Prussian army,
left for Biarritz to consult with the
physicians of NoimiIcoii on the itossi
bility of nn oN-ration. On the next
day u dispatch hum received from
tho Prussian Kmbmisy in Paris that
there wan no fcojio of recovery for
Napoleon, and that hi death may
bo hourly expected.
Tho boy generally foretlmdows
Mi man.
AFTERNOON.
ELECTION OF V. 8. SENATORS.
At two o'clock the Senate pro
ceiled to the election of United
States Senator for the term of six
years from the 4th of March ISliT,
when the roll was called mid each
Senator arose in his seat and cast his
vote for Justin S. Morrill of Straf
ford. Mr. Morrill received 2!) votes
ami was declared unoniniouslv duct
ed. On the pari of the Senate Luke
P. l'oland, of St, Johnsbury was
then unanimously elected Senator
to fill the unexpired tri m of the late
Jacob Collainer ending March 4,
1S(!7.
George F. Edmund of Burling
ton was then unanimously elected
to till the unexpired term (if the late
Solomon Foot I'tding March 4th,
HOUSE.
FORENOON.
Wllx introduced and referred. By
Mr. Shetld of Hurdwick to pay all
substitute soldiers of Vermont $7
per month during their term of ser
ice; to committee on military af
fairs. By Mr. Hubbard of Stockhridgc,
securing the attendance ot children
of certain ages in district schools
and iit addition !o chapter 22, gen
eral statues, to committee on educa
tion. By Mr. Miles of Ilinesbiirgh, to
incorporate the llinesbugh Cornet
Band, to committee on corporations.
The resolution adopting the con
stitutional amendment was made
the special order for Tuesday Oct.
Moth, at lt:.t() a. m.
ELECTION OF V. N. SENATORS.
The House at 2 o'clock proceeded
to the election of United States
Senators.
The roll was called, with the fob
lowing result :
To fill the unc.rpircd term of the late
Jacob Vvllamcr, aulimi March 4,
1707.
i.vkij P. Poland, ht. joiixsbykv.
Luke P. Poland. (Republican) 21.3
I lenry Keyes, ( I lemocrut ) ."
To fill the. utierp 'md term of the late
Atfamnn J'uot, ending March 4,
aTX). V. KDMVNDS, ni'KLINCiTON.
C.co.F. Edmunds (ncpiiblican)2l2
II. B. .Smith (Democrat) 1(1
Forth term of nix yea rt from March
4, 1807.
JFBTIN 8. MORRILL, STRAFFORD.
Justin S. Morrill.(Hcpnblicnn) 213
Timothy lRcdllcld,(Dciiioertit) 16
On motiou of Mr. Park the House
adjnurtuvl.
Why Irishmen Shoild Sis
tain Andrew Johnson! One of
the main 1. tiendencies of the John
son party in the contested Congres
sional Districts in this city for the
success of i heir candidates is the
vote of our naturalized citizens.
They are courted and flattered ly
the leaders of that party, in public
and in private, and promised almost
anything they may ask if they will
pledge themselves to vote for the
Johnson candidates. They are play
ing Ihe same game in New York, and
this attempt has caused a patriotic
Irishman to put on record, in the
Tribune, the following fact, why
Irish votcrttslinnld or ratiiersaouhl
not sustain Andrew Johnson. We
commend his '"fact" to the atten
tion of the mitiiuali.'icd voters of
New England. lie says:
1 am an Irishman. In the words
of the great O'Coiinell, 1 1 love the
fair and fruitful land of niy birth
my fatherland.' I love the Irish
people, too. abroad anil at home, and
it is because of this love I step in
with a gentle reminder when 1 find
that political capital is sought to be
matte oy appealing to Irish grati
tude for an Irish vole for ' my poli
cy.' My count ry nn n, sir. are.impressi
ble lo a high degree; they are gen
erous to a fault ; none so readily re
sent an injury none more gladly
Ibigive it; but there are some in
juries too deep and lasting to be for
gotten ; injuries to dead parents
injuries to departed wives and chil
dieii; and to-day, from the famine
graves of Ireland there come voices
of appeal lo the descentiantsof their
occupants in this country not to sus
tain the man who, in the time of
their sore tribulation, refused to
give them sustenance.
What are the facts! Simply
these. In the winter of 1 S,;.."7,
during the prevalence of the potato
rot and couscipieiit famine in Ire
laud, the proposition was made in
Congress to appropriate a sum of
money to purchase corn and Hour
to send to my starving countrymen.
The bill jMissed the Senate and whs
. A. A. t I (111
seur to i ne House, j lie title was
read when Andrew Johnson of
Tennessee oimectedto it on the
GliOl'.M) THAT IT WAS I'NCONSTI-
Tt'tioNAL to Feed Starving
Irishmen and Women, and moved
To LAY THE BlI.L ON THE TABLE ! ! !
When the Vote was taken,
Andrew Johnson Voted to lay
it on the Table!!!
In spile of Andrew Johnson the
American people did send several
ship ..m:s of corn and Hour to Ire
land. I. sir, w"ll remember the joy
and gratitude with which the peo
ple were tilled. 1 remember how
Capt. Clarke, of the Victor, was fet
ed ami feasted in Dublin as the com
mander of the vessel dispatched on
this erra ml of mercy. And let me
nsk my countrymen : Can they for
get the realities of the past in the
liypt 'isies of the present ! There
be m.oiy among them who reincin
lcr the appalling scenes of The fam
ine year; many wjll go to the bal
let box on election day whose, pa
rents occupy pauper graves in (he
old land, and I would ask them be
fore daring, in the face of such re
membrances, to deposit a vote for
Andrew Johnson's supporters, tu re
call Andrew Johnson s vote against
their relatives ami friends."
. r I . 1 11..
oi wccks ago, a man iiuiui'ii jut, ,
who had Iwetia soldier in the 2d Ar
kansas (Union) Cavalry, was most
barbarously murdered in the same
county under the following circum
stances: Several men rode up to
Ray's house late in the evening, and
inquired if they could have some
supper. Bay told them that his
wife was very sick, but that he
would do what he could for them.
Whereupon lio himself prepared a
meal for them, ami they partook of
u. rMipjMroveruimineir norsesteii,
the bushwhackers, for such they
were, asked Ray what they had to
pay. He hospitably refused com
pensation,. What followed is of a nature so
dialstlical and heart rending as al
most to stagger Is-lief. The fiends
then coolly told Ray that they hail
come to kill him, and that he had
to die immediately, accusing him of
having killed a friend of theirs dur
ing the war. Horror-struck, Ray
plead for his life, for the sake of his
poor wife, who was confined to her
bed a helpless invalid. But the
monsters knew no mercy, and as
one of them was about to tire, the
wife sprang out of her led and
placed herself In-fore her husband,
begging with all the fervor of a de
voted wife, u.ider circumstances so
dreadful, for her husband's life. But
in vain, i he savages removed one
of her arms from her husband ami
tired, shooting the man (whose only
crinie was to be Union man and an
ex-Union soldier) through the body.
Breaking away from his wife, he
staggered across the room, trying,
perhaps, to escape, but fell dead af
ter receiving three more shots. The
assassin then fin-doff the remaining
two charges of his revolver in the
room, and then the whole party
left.
" No arrests have been made, nor
will there ever be. The murder
er, before he killed Ray, confessed
he did not know anything of him,
but that he was a Union man, and
that Union men could not live there.
" Since writing the above, we
leirrii that two other Union men
were killed in the same county, one
of whom was (.'apt. Dotlson. late of
the 4th Arkansas (Union) Cavalry.
The rebels attempted to kill Cap
tain Wood, but he got out of their
way.
There can be no doubt that
there is an organized band of re
bel cutthroats in that part of the
State, who do the bidding of their
masters with terrible fidelity."
tool; fright and ran away ; the wo
men were thrown out and picked up
iiisensiKie. .Mrs. Hootu received
several internal injuries, but Mrs.
Oleasoii was not seriously hurt.
Orvllle Cheney, a lad of fifteen
year of nge. nud a sou of Cutting
C. Cheney, of Washington, shot a
large lynx on the Sth inst., nieasur
igg three, feet ill length and two and
a half feet in height.
Gov. Smyth has apiMiiited Thurs
day November 20, a day ot Thanks
giving in New Hampshire.
Itanium's fat woman lately broke
down a cab in Toronto and fell out
into the mud.
Mrs. Cunningham, of New York,
who figured so conspicuously in con
nection with the murder of Dr. Bur-
ell, in that city a tew years ago,
was among the passengers lost by
the recent sinking of the steamer
Evening Star.
The oflicial returns of the Ohio
election gave a Radical majority of
42.0110. Total number of votes cast
40(1,008. i
Prof. A. Wood, with a party of
gentlemen, lately ascended Mount
HimhI, in Oregon. Ilisreport estab
lishes the fact that Mount Hood is
really a volcano, ami that it is the
highest mountain m the United
States, being 1,7,000.
A counterfeit of the new five cent
coin is in circulation. It may be
distinguished from the genuine by
the softness of the metal.
Fannie and Persis, eleven and
nine years old, daughters of Mar
tindale Woodard of Halifax, picked
up 100 bushels ot potatoes on lliius-
day of last week.
A prize light between two women
recently took place in a New York
dance house. A ring was pitched,
seconds, umpire and bottle-holder
chosen. The women divested them
selves of curls and waterfall, and
fell to man fashion, until, after sev
eral rounds, the sponge was 'brown.
and victory declared lor one Jennie
Kelly.
The Chicago papers do not record
half the deaths from cholera that oc
cur in that city. Two lending phy
sicians, three well known lawyers
and several members of the board
of trade have already fallen victims
is
Condemnation of Ltsch, the
Fenian. Hit Speech in hit Oxen De
fence. The scene in the court room,
at Toronto, Canada, on Thursday,
when Robert Bh8 Lynch was con
victed and condemned for his share
in the Fenian mid last summer, is
descrilied ns having been a very
striking one. After the pleadings
and the Judge's charge, which is
considered to have been very fair
and temperate, the jury retired at a
few minutes past four o'clock, and
the Court took a recess. While
waiting for the jury the prisoner oc
cupied himself in reading a newspa
mt and in conversing with his coun
sel and friends. He expressed him
self satisfied with the manner of
his trial and defense. At twenty
minutes to six the jury returned in
to court and gave their verdict of
"Guilty," which was recorded.
The Solicitor General requested the
judgment of the Court, and Justice
Wilson asked the prisoner if he had
anything to say why judgment j
should not Ve passed upon him for
the felony of which he had lieen
convicted. Lynch answered in a
clear tone as follows :
SPEECH OF LYNCH.
Well, iny Lord, you must be aware,
you must have noticed the incon
venience and disadvantage my coun
sel labored under in not lieing able
to bring the evidence of those who
could have proven clearly that 1
hail no connection with the Fenian
raid. I state now that I had nei
ther hand, act nor part in the late
invasion, and that 1 came to Cana
da not in the capacity in which it
has been represented. I came simply
as a correspondent of a public jour
nal, and in so doing i was not aware
that 1 violated either the laws of
Canada or those of my adopted
country. I was not aware that there
could be any 'objection to a reporter
following the army and chronicling
prisoner was soon thereafter remov.
ed to jail.
Lyuch, according to his own state
ments, was boni in Hadford county,
Galway, Ireland. He was employ
ed in the Department of the Board
of Charitable Donations aud Char
itable Bequests, in Dublin Castle,
Ireland, from 1837 to 1842, when he
emigrated to the United States. He
was engaged in the grocery busi
ness in Louisville from the time of
his arrival in the United States un
til he went to California, in 1349.
He then visited the South Ameri
can republics and the West India
islands, in 1850. At the time of the
breaking out of the rebellion he was
apHinted quartermaster, with the
raukof major, in the Twenty-Fourth
Volunteers, ami during the latter
part of the rebellion he held the po
sition of chief clerk in the discharge
department, with the rank of cap-
I tain, lie says that he came to Can
ada under the direction of Adjutant
General McDcrniot, of the Feniau
Brotherhood of Louisville, Ky., to
report the Fenian incidents ot tho
campaign in Canada, ami that ho
was not a lK-lligerent. He appeared
to have hope that his caw would not
turn out so tragically as its present
aspect showed.
Gov. Wise on the Virginia
SriTATiON. In course of his speech
at the dedication of the Stonewall
Cemetery, at Winchester. Va., Hen
ry A. Wise, the orator, after enforc
ing the immortality of the example
of Stonewall Jackson, said :
"The Captain of our Salvation
was conquered ; He died that the
cause might live; and from that day
to this the blond of the martyr has
been the seed of the church. So
with the seeds of truth on the earth.
If I . . .vt .
I ii our cause was iosi, 11 was wise ;
First victo
final results.
There were many errors in our wqys
of going out to war. Those errors
fell. The truths for which we fought
yet live. While waiting for their
resurrection or their coming, in this
hour of darkness anil of doubt, to
all who. recreant, would abandon
prosecution faith; to all who, despairing, would
tnc incidents. Had I known this I if true, it is not lost,
would have been careful to have re- : ries cannot be termed
inained on the other side. itli re
gard to the maimer in which the
Crown has conducted the prosecu
tion in my case I think I must con
less that I have Is-en very fairly
dealt with, both by the Crown and
the Solicitor General, and Mr. Cam
eron has carried on tin:
in the most tair ami impartial m il) , abandon hope; to all who, templed,
ner, and 1 feel that it is but right in would resort to forbidden ways ; to
all who, limit, would shamcfiillv
siict'iind
Nathan Boyd of Leavenworth,
Kansas, ami seven companions were
recently killed by Iifdiaus widle fn
rout to Montana.
ropnlAtlou of Chicogo. 20O,4Or
Bbltimork, Oe. 23. Tiie follow
ing proclamation has been issued
by Gov. Swan :
State of Maryland.
Exi-.ct rtvE Department, i
Whereas, R has come t o the
knowhilgc of tl.e Exeen ive that mil
itary anil other combinations are
now forming in the city of Baltimore
for the purpose of obsrt acting and
resisting the execution of the laws
of this State, and
Whereas, There is reason to b
lieve that similar combinations are
attempted to be organized in other
sections with the intention of inva
ding the soil of the State of Mary
land to deprive her citizens of their
.pist rights niulcr the laws, ami to
control the people ot the State by
violence anil intimidation, now
Therefore I. Thomas Swan, Gov
ernor of the State of Maryland, do
by this proclamation solemnly warn
the leaders of all such illegal and
revolutionary combinations against
the peace ami dignity of the State,
that in the event of a riot and blood
shed, glowing out of these revolu
tionary proceedings, they will lie
held to the strictest accoiintabiliry,
and the power of the State will be
exhausted to bring them to prompt
anil merited punishment.
Given under my hand and the
great seal of the Stale of Maryland,
ut the city of Annapolis, this twenty-second
day of October, A. 1).,
l'sOVi.
By the Governor, THOS.SWANN.
John M.Carter, Sec'y. of State.
Washington, Oct. 23. Gov.
Swanu of Maryland is here to-day,
mid has lieen in consultation with
the President relative to the appre
hended troubles in Maryland. The
subject was also considered in Cabi
net this afternoon. Gov. Swanu will
enforce his order, whatever it shall
be, it becomes necessary, with the
aid of the military power of the
Tinted States. The government will
famish troops when called upon by
the Government of Maryland.
Washington, Oct. 20, 1800.
This lieing Cabinet day, visitors
are not admitted ot the White House.
Gen. Sherman was in attendance
mil hail audience with the President
this morning. His prohoncc lu re Is
N'anlcd as confirmatory of ihe r
port that ho Is to In- Acting Secreta
ry of War, and that Mr, Stanton is
t retire very soon,
Wallace.
Bears Amono the Aitlkh
Recently fourteen bears have been
killed in' Albany in this Stale. They
have been quite hold. Three (if them
committed the otleiiee of visiting a
farmer's orchard. When discovered,
one of them bad ascended a tree
ami was deliberately nhuking olf
the fruit, while the other two were
gathering it up. One bear was kill
ed IN Con way Centre, war Ihe Town
House. Irttiwuth, (X. U.) Jvnr-
to the disease, and the average
over a hundred deaths per day.
The Farminoton Mvrdeu.
fhe murder of L. G. Thompson of
Farmington, Conn., is still involved
in mystery. The police have little
if any cine to the guilty party, but
they are still hard at wink. One of
the latest reports comes from Mr.
Henry Barbour, who states that at
about 9 o'clock on Saturday night,
soon after the murder, a mini pass
ed his house crying out " I have
done it! I have done U ! I have kill
ed him !" The man appeared ex
cited, and Mr. Barbour thought he
was crazy. A neighbor of Mr.
Thompson drew $3000 from a bank
iu Hartford on Saturday, and it has
been surmised that the murderer !
mistook Mr. Thompson for this per- j
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son. vjiic or more persons have
been arrested for the crime, but no
one has been identified with it or
held in custody.
The Second District. T h e
oflicial canvass of votes for Member
of Congress is as follows:
Luke P. Poland, 10,8 U
C. M. Chase, 3.O.C.
P. T. Washliuru, 55
D, C. Deiinison, f,3
Hampden Cutts, r'2
Julius Converse, js,
Scattering, 28
AlU'it Lake, of Castleton, had
his face badly burnt, his eyes shut up,
and his skull nearly fractured, while
out shooting ducks the other day,
by the bursting of his gun, caused
by loading a rifle with shot instead
of u bullet.
Great Fire at Nashville
Loss $1,000,000. XaxhriUe. Tenn.,
Oct. 21. Afire broke out here this
forcm mii i dest roy i n g I ,f h M ),( M M wort h
of property, including the Jlamur
newspaper ollire, the large drug
store of Yargan & Co., the Louisia
na billiard saloon, the drug house of
Haslock & Co., and many smaller
esiaoiisnmeiirs, scanereii among
which ware a hiiiiiImt of law ofllecs
ami private apartments.
The lire was not checked until 3
o'clock this .Homing. It 1ms des
troyed everything south of Front
ami Cedar streets from Cherry street.
Morc's photograph gnllerv, well
known to the Army of the Cumber,
land, was entirely consumed. A
man slecpiifg up stairs broke his leg
by leaping to the street. A number
of old laiidmarku of Nushvilln are
destroyed.
One of the oldest 'papers in the
woild, the Pont:cituni,ii' Frankfort,
established in 1010, has just disap
pearedsuppressed by liisiiuirk.
It is rciMirted Hint five Southern
papers are now in favcrof the Con
stitutional Aiiiciidiiiciit.
Colfmhia, Oct. 27. Gov. Orr
authorizes the South Carolinian to
say he is utterly opposed to the
Constitutional Amendment, a n d
will not recommend itsudoprtou by
the Legislatures
me to make tins statement.
Judge Wilson. The object in ask
ing you to address the Court was to
gie you an opportunity of using
any legal objections, if you hail any.
It is too late now to discuss the
facts of the case.
Lynch. Well, my Intl, you must
be aware with regard to legal ob
jections that I am not cognizant
enough of law to make any. I only
know that I am innocent of the
crime laid to my charge, ami 1 here
pledge myself lie fore that God in
whose presence I must appear some
day, that I am wholly innocent of
the crime for w hich 1 was brought
here, and that I never saw Stevens
till 1 was arrested ami brought into
his very house on the 2d of June.
On that occasion I saw him when
place 1 in his house for a short time
previous to being brought up to the
i Court Douse.
The prisoner then sat down, but
immediately got up, when the crier
to all who, impatient, ea
gerly cry out, 'what better can wo
do?' the Stonewall example strong
ly and firmly speaks. There is a
kind of pride, a decent dignity dm
to ourselves, w hich. spite of our mis
fortunes, may be maintained and
cherished to the end."
Addressing the older Virginian
he said the glories of old things
must pass away with the weakness
est hey included, ami advised Un
voting to bear their lot patiently and
uncomplainingly. He urged them
not to emigrate; to take their fallen
fortunes as liest they may, and from
their present small beginnings again
work forward. He asked them
where they would go if they left
Virginia. Would they leave the
United States? If they supposed
the United States not lree. where
else on earth did they expect bftiiiil
a people as free ! He exhorted tlicin
to a life of work, of constant, unob
trusive, quiet labor, and said of Vir
matte the usual proclamation prior i K'ia, "i uns connection, " i len
to passing sentence of death. v hich j "''7 W,M' is. wooi"K her to its bright
,,0, .. . esitiai. ii ner mhin w ill nut sei'c
customary manner ,,,. , i. ,.., t
be one ami indivisible a new Vir
ginia, greater, stronger, grander
than ever was our Virginia."
The orator stated his views as to
the causes that accounted for Hk
slow progress of Virginia, as coin
pared with the other States. In
brief they were that slavery mat
ed a lauded aristocracy which wih
iiiiiugonisnc io progress, ami repel
I. nit to immigration. He stated at
length the advantages of Virginia's
inviting immigration now that sl.u
cry was destroyed, concluding that
thciv is still substance enough left
in Virginia to insure her honor, ami
more than restore her pre-eminence
was done in the
the Judge recapitulating very
biielly the grounds on which the
verdict of guilty hail L-t ) estab
lished. The Court ex pre .xed a wil
lingness to extend the pe; il dur
ing which the unfortunate prisoner
was assigned by law to live, but
a degree. Judge
could not only to
Wilson said :
"As the law now stands yon
might be sentenced to immediate' ex
ecution. The law puts that dis
cretion in my hands; but inasmuch
as that law is an e.r pout facto one as
to you, I shall certainly not exer
cise any discretion I may have to
shorten your existence one hour.
Moreover, you have a right to bring
into court the wfioh- case to appeal
from the decision of a court ml verse
to you if there was anything wjung
in the evidence anil the proceedings,
ami God forbid i should deprive you
of that opportunity of appeal. You
shall be treated just as the law was
when you committed the otic use, so
that if the evidence docs not in the
opinion of my learned brethren sus
tain the conviction, time anil oppor
tunity will be given you to move
against it. if 1 have received evi
dence such as ought not to have
U't-ii received, or have put a wrong
construction on any part of it, it
will be open for you to make a
complaint to that effect, and the pe
riod of your execution will be de
layed till the end of the next term,
just as if that law hail not been
passed, so as to titlbrd you an op
Hrtiiuitv of appeal. It now only
remains for me to pass the dreaded
senienee ot ihe law. lours is in.
ofl'ciise punishable with death. 1
can exercise no discretion. The
sentence of the court on yon, there
for.', is that you be taken to the
place from whence vou came, to be
there detained till Thursday, the
l.'tth day of December next, and to
lie taken on that day to the place of
execution and there hanged by the
neck until you are dead, ami ' nay
God have inerey on your soul.''
The court mid Budicnee were
deeply affected during that part of
iixo address we hav quoted- Tb
Jefferson Davis is allowed twent;
dollars per week for the purchase v'
rations. What do those who barer
survived the horrors of Anderson
villi- think of th's method of null'
big treason odious t
Idaho. The oflicial return fe
Delegate to Congress frtUn Idaho i-
as follows: Holbrook Dein.l 3,611
Kilk pat rick, 2.02.1; majority !'
I loll. .....a.- Tin J
A girl dressed in male attire '
arrest etl iu Philadelphia last wci'
for high way robbery. She mid 1
jming man waylaid and roblietl J
Catholic priest. She is about
teen years old and lias been lcudi"
a reckless life for three years.
The wind curried firebrands nm' .
leaves of I took from the gloat tin 11
tjnebec fifteen miles into the int
rior,
Just after Johnson became Vw
dent, and it was thought that Of"
Butler would be assigned to i'"" 1
imiml nt lliehmoml, Va., n meiiil"''
of the Virginia Legislature ottcw
a resolution instructing the Cmu'r
nor of the State to issue a pror,.'
inntlon to the people to bury tlj'i::
silver, etc. The said member if .
hist, turned out ft defaulter tot'"
sum of ;0,00().
Never iuttuU au old man.