Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-06-24

along with him; for was 50 f int anil gid
DIV that | could make no effort for myself
| saw him hold by the pole with his left
hand; saw him take the knife in his right;
l saw the cold steel pass between his wrist
and mine. and then
And then the horror of the moment gave
me back my strength, and clung to the
framework Just as the thong gave way.
We were separated now, and was still
secured to the trapoze by one ankle. lie
had only his arms to trust to-and the
knife.
Oh, the lea,rfy, deadly strife that follow
cl! 1t sickcns me to think If it. His on
ly hope now lay in the cursed weapon; and
SO. clinging TO the wood work with one
hand. hc strovc TO stab me with the other
1t was life or death now. and grew des
rerate. To feel his murderous clutch up
on my throat, and, In the silence of that
hideous struggle, to hear the report of a
champagne cork-followcd by peal OF
careless laughtcr--ovcrhead.
Oh, it was worse than death hundred
times overi
cannot tell how long we clung thus,
each with hand upon the others throat.
1t may have been only few seconds; but
it seemed like hours to me. The question
was simply which should be strangled first.
Presently his gripc relaxed. his lips be-
came dead white, and shudder ran thro'
every fibre of his body. He had turned
giddy!
Then cry burst from hm-a cry like
nothing human He made a false clutch
at the trapeze, and reclcd over. | caught
him, just in time. by the belt round his
waist.
: '.It's all over with me-" he groaned be-
tween his set teeth "It's all-over-with
me! Take your revenge''
Then his head fell heavily back, and he
hung a dead weight on my arm.
did take my revenge; but it was hard
work, and | was already half exhausted
How | contrived to hold him up, to un-
bind my foot, and to crawl, so laden, up
the ropes, is more than can tell; but my
presence Of mind never failed me for an
instant, and suppose the excitement gave
me sort of false strength while it lasted
At all events, did it, though now only
remember climbing over the basket work,
and seeing the faces of the gentlemen all
turned upon me as sank to the bottom Of
the car, scarcely more alive than the bur
then in my arms.
He is a penitent man-an Australian
settler, and as | am told, well to do in those
parts.
This is my story, and have no more to
tell.
more Republican Bribery---StartIing
Disclosure Of Official Corruption.
The above is the imposing head under
which Lecompton journals ale parading
the late frauds and corruption practiced by
state offceiS and membeislsof the Legisla
turc OF Wisconsin, by which most of the
lands donated to the State by the General
Government, were secured to certain Rail
road Companies This is an old party
trick To hear them talk, one would be
almost persuaded they had some preten
TONS to honesty and decency. Why.
of Indiana half as much as when they were
trampling in the dust its plainest provis-
ions. to secure an empty party triumph
in the Bright and Fitch case They were
never half SO noisy about the purity of
Legislative bodies, as when they were
jumping the banisters in the winter of
'56-7 to forestall the action Of the legal v
constituted majority. 1t is these pinks of
consistency who sing peans to liberty and
popular sovereignty in the very hour their
hosts are rallied in Congress to enslave the
people, and rob them of every vestige of
popular liberty; and it was under the name
of LAW and order" that the peoples ballot
boxes were borne away as border ruffian
trophies, AMI crime the most intensified
sanctioned and legalizcd They are adopts
at this sort of duplicity-it is their game
to row one way and look another. The
more corrupt the leaders become, the loud
er they talk of virtue and piety. Polit-
ically defiled from the crown of their heads
10 the soles of their feet, they thank God
that they are mot as other men are. -
The chief leaders. architects and bcnef-
saries in the Wisconsin fIaud--they have
inpudence enough to parade it Ashore
Republican Bribery
"How well they played their part in the
"official bribery" in Wisconsin, will ap-
pear from the following statistics collected
and Published by the Cincinnati Commsr-
cial, from which we copy. They are
worth reading. Repu5lican.
Ofthe bribed Senators. nine were Demo
Gratis. who received S230.0OO; and three
were Republicans, who received $50. .000
The only Senator's who voted against the
bill were six Republicans. They refused
all offers Of bribes. 80 ~
In the Assembly, fifty y-seyen mombers
received bribes as follows:
SO Dem. members received $260,000
10 Rep members received S95, 900
Seven members Of the Assembly rcfus-
ell blib,s, six of whom were Republicans
AMI one a Democrat. The other State
Officers who received bribes we're
n Republican Governor, S50, 900
Democratic Bank Comptroller, 10000
Democratic Lieut.. Governor, = 10000
Democratic Clerk of Assembly, 1000
Dem. Asst. Clerk of Assembly, 10000
To rccapitulate. the account stands thus:
Number. OF Democratic members aud
State officers who received their bribes is
ST. Ne e-l-1ss se~ 1E
Total amount received by them. $430,