Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-06-16

PHILADELPnIA, June 10.

PHILADELPHIA, June 10.
The execution Of Arthur Spring occurred at
a quarter after eleven O'Clock at the county
prison in presence Of about 500 persons. The
Rev Messrs. Street, KeEsil, and Alexandria
took the adjoining cell all night The prisoner
slept about four hours the rest of the night
was spent in religious exercises Early this
morning letter from Gov. Bigler was read to
the prisoner stating that Executive clemency
would not be exercised in his case. Spring re.
beated his protestation Of innocence, and also
of the innocence Of his son, but that be had
brought the money and placed it in his pocket
On reaching the gallows hymn was sung
The Rev. Mr.. Street then asked him in the
most solemn manner whether he was not guilty
Of the murder. He answered mo sir, no sir. ="
On being asked whether he was guilty Of the
murder of Rink, he replied, mo, sir, | never
saw him in my life" A third question was
asked as to the innocence Of his son He said
he believed his son had nothingmore to do with
it than he had A prayer was made by the
Rev. Mr.. Kensil when the rope was put on the
neck Of the convict. Spring then re-asserted
the innocence of his son without any quali6ca-
ton Soon after the drop fell, and he died vary
easily, with but single contraction his legs.
PREVENTIVE OF PoTAro RoT.-Mr. II. Pen
oyer publishes letter in the St. Louis Repub-
lcan, making known a cure and preventive OF
the potatoe rot, which he says himself and 9TH
ers have tried with complete success, and found
that it not only prevented the rot, but restores
| the potatoe to S primitive yigor, aud decreases
the size dquantity of the product. His rem
edy is as follows
"Take one peck Of fine salt and mix it thor
oughly with half bushe of Nova Scotia plas-
ter or gypsum, (tbe plaster is the best, and
and Immediately after hoeing the potatoes the
second time, or Just as the young potatoe be-
gins to set, sprinkle on the main vines next to
the ground tablespoonful of the above mix.
ture to each hill, and be sure to get il on the
main vines, as it is found that the rot proceeds
from string of an insect in the vine, and the
mixture coming in contact with the vine, kills
the effect Of before it reaches the potatoe.
IMPORTANT ELEcTIoHs.-Tw important elec.
tons have recently been held in the east one
in the city Of New York and the other in Wash.
ington City.
The election in New York was upon the adop
ton of a new charter for the government o
! that city. The present lawgivers of that cor
poraton have proved so unutterably and hope
lessly corrupt that it was found necessary to
! frame a charter of sufficient stringency to holC
!heir corrupt tendencies in check; and thi;
charter the people on Tuesday last adopted by
a majority Of 33000-eYery ward, we believe
giving majority for it. This proves that the
people may be trusted, when direct appeal
is made to their honesty but as long as polit
ica conclaves manage the selection of their er
wants, the servants will bear very large
amount of watching, AMI reed the imposition o
heavy restraints.
In Washington City, the question submit
ted to the people was whether the sale of Eiq
uors should be prohibited in that city. The
people decided that it should, the vote being
99l for License and 1868 against it. This il
another instance Of the safety of an appeal t.
the people. Taken in mass, they possess
moral frmness and honesty of-purpose which
! they seldom succeed in imp Tting to their rep
resetnatives. Every ward, but one, in the city
of Washington, gave majorities for Temper
ance This action, however has to be ratified
by Congress, which is the local Legislature fol
the District of Columbia and it is almost ho-
ping against hope to trust that that body will
have honesty enough to forbid the traffic il
liquor at the Capital, There are, we fear, toe
many men in that body who love the cup toe
well to be participants in banishing it from their
midst. The "voice of the people" demanding
it is loud, but that body does not always or Of
ten heed the voice of the masses. Let us, how
ever, hope for the best.- Pits. Gazette.
Hon. John Bell, Of Tennessee, is one of the
soundest, ablest men in the Union. In re-
cent speech made by him he expressed himself
as follows about the future of the Wing party
of the nation:
As to the question whether the Wing par
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