Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-10-02

John Burne, executed at Wheeling, Va,
for the murder Of Mary Ann Moutony, an
abandoned woman, confessed the deed, which
was one Of the most brutal on record. The
parties were on hill near Wheeling, with
other DEGRADED persons. The deceased had
formsrly been mistress Of Burns. E.
MS SPEECH.
They were all sitting around in one place
and another. II had rained SOME. ] went
OF sosie distance with Mary Montony. She
came back first, | believe. When we came
back, several Of va were lying down, around
the fire. l was not standing up, when |
stabbed her with The knife. as was testified
| suppose | stabbed her about thirty times.
carried my. pocket knife. 1t was q large
sized one. She didn't move or say word as
/ stabbed her. 1t didnt appear to hurt her
She didn't Try 10 get away. Last time
hit her against her rib. 1t made my blood
run cold. Myers and wentto the mill to
dry ourselves. We talked the matter over
there. Myers said that we would get into n
scrape, and that he had better go back and
kill her. He proposed that we should take
o shovel along. This last l refused to do.
About Eve o'clock Myers and started up
the hill. We found her standing up beside
the fro-she seemed TO be trying to dry her
clothes.
commenced talking with her. She said
that she was in misery, aud wished that she
could get down TO .be river SO that she
might drown herself. I asked her if she
would like to get rid Of her misery She
said she would. Says !, if had pistol I'd
put her out. When / was talking with her.
Myers was sitting down He spoke up and
said ! was d fool for talking with her
said he, kill her at once, and let us 20
down"
| still kept on talking TO her-say about
hiteen minutes. Myers kept on urging me-.
SAID it woGld be too late, and somebody Z
would come along. ] then picked up stone
and hit her. She saw me pick up the stone,
and put her hands around her head.
stunned her so that / could kill her at one
blow. She fell at the fourth throw, then
took heavy sharp pointed stone. Hit her
twice with this. Didn't sey a word while
was killing her. Myers was sitting back
laughing und telling me 10 hurry.
.TT IS BETTER TO SAVE THAN DESTROY"
History tclls us of a conqusrer who died
from pestence caused by the dead bodies
Of the vanquished. As as sett of against such
a libel on humanity, we will point 10 philan.
thropist whose sole ain il is to overcome dis
ease. aud rob the grave Of victims. The man
to whom We refer is . foreigner, an English.
man, bat can nowhere be looked upon as an
alien, for he knows no distinction of race or
creed in his efforts 10 rescue his fellow crea.
lures from the grasp Of death. Our readers
will readily sugnise that we refer to THOMAS
lioILewAY, @ name well known in this coun.
try and where ever the English language is
spCAen. The popularity which his marvel.
lOus remedies have attained in all parts Of
Eurole and America, is without n parallel 10
the annals Of medicine. Here, in the United
States, they are recognized as indispensable
household curatives. All classes resort to
Holloway ay's>Pill5 in those diseases Of the Sto.
mach, the liver, aud excrctive organs, so pre-.
valent in this climate, aud no preparation is
SO extensively csed as a dressing for wounds
bruises, ulcers, leprosy, cancers, tumors, and
other external injuries and diseases, as Hol-
loway's Ointment.
ii a worldwide reputation, foun6ed on the
successful issues Of twenty years warfare with
disease, is any compensation for the laborS ol
the physician, Holloway has unquestionably
achieved it. The patronage OF monarchs, the
! gratitude Of the million, the hUnors Of science
the euloges Of the press--all are bis. Ii he
| possessed the.power Of the prince in the fairy
tale, OF trayersng the earth invisible there
are few portions Of it where he would find
himself stranger. lie would meet'wi,h'hi:
remedies among the aborigines Of America
I the luxurious races OF Asia, the blacks Of Af
rica. Not ouly are they standard medica
meats Of civilization in its old domains, bu
! they seem to be tie compositions OF its marct
toward every poiat Of the compass. 1t is M
easy matter for any product Of Europe to pen
citrate into the interior Of China; yet Holo
ways Pills aud Ointment are there. Nay
more, tAeyiare actually advertised in the hear
Of that exclusive Emfire. To deny the in
| tgilsic value Of articles that have been recog
nizod as specifies for innumerabe disorder;
ia oil parts Of the globe, would be ridiculous
y Community may be deladed, but the whol'
world cannot be deceived for twenty years il
a matter of sGch vast moment to every bu
man being, as the preservation Of health au(
l.te.-CHtcaga JoTaGE.