The national Republican., 1861-08-12

ExEu-TIoS OF THOMAS J. ARMSTRONG. Thos.
J. Armstrong, convicted of the murder OF Robt.
Crawford, 10 Philsdelphis, on the 2ist Of sep
tember last, was hung In Philadelphia. on Fri.
day. Just before the fatal moose was adjusted
around, his neck, be stepped forward and nd
dressed those In the jail yard (somc fifty five or
sixty persons altogether) as follows:
my friends, am about TO die, and let me
say IN passing, die irpeace with my Maker,
and If at this moments pardon were offered to
mo on condition Of giving up my Maker, l
would nottake It. TO bhs few people here,
would advise them b tSke warning by my fate
Sabbath breaking was the A9t cause.
bid you farewell To the prison keepers,
TO Mr.. Perkins, TO Sheriff Kern. who has been
very kind TO me, and to my spiritual adviser
IL bid farewell, gentlemen, bid you nll
farewell now die In peace with every body.
I die 10 peace with all the world"
The white cap was then drawn over his head,
the moose adjusted, and In few minutes he was
launched Into eternity.
The Providence journal says II Is currently
reported that Governor Sprague will not accept
The office OF briRadier general, which has been
rendered him.. but win retain his seat In the
Gubernatorisl chair.
Stimson Ellsworth, a relative of the late
Colonel Ellsworth, has been selected by the
citizens Of Schuylerville, Saratoga county, New
York, to represent them in the Peoples Ellis
worth regiment.
FATAL ACrrDgNr-We learn that q serious ac
cident occurred in Adalrvil'e, Kentucky, re-
crutly. which resulted in the instant death Of
Mrs. Mosely. Of that place. While riding out In
buggy with Mrs. Inman. In descending O
bill. the harness broke, and the horte becoming
frightened, Mrs. NJ. fearing he would run. leaped
from the buggy, fell, and broke her neck.
A. b. Talcott, for q number Of years the
superintendent of the telegraph lines running
from Washington, has invented a cypher system
for the Use Of the Government, which even tue
author cannot translate, without the key. |
the key iocs not get to the posses sion OF tht
rebels. throu Oh the Government employees, th'
system will be of great value TO the Govern
ment
TIE COIoNELcY OF THE SEVENTY NINTH
Gov. Stevens, OF Oregon, has not accepted th'
colonelcy of the seventy.ninth Highlanders
The reyimeut claim the right oil selecting thei
own colonel. aud Governor Stevens is not will
ing to be forced upon them as their com
mander.
OLD SEvENrY.sM. correspondent at Vel
sailies. WoodfOrd county, infornsthe Louisvill
,Jo,,rml that Mr. Vincent G. Rusk, OF WoOdiur
county, aged seventy two years, walked di'
tancc of five miles to Versailles, on Monday
and cast his vote for the Union ticket.
Poisoned bullets were used by the rebels q
tn bat tie Of Rich Mountain. A chemical analyst
h ,J disclosed the fact that the BULLETS wer
covered with poisonous paste.
AGAILANT CHARGER Gen. Cheatham, OF Coz
necticut, has for his war horse the famous race
Allendorf, that has made the fastest time owe
race course ever recorded.
A movement Is making for the erection OF
monument to Stephen A. Douglas, in Brandon
Vermont, his native town.
Fifteen deaths from sunstroks occurred
% st. Louis on Monday. The thermometer stoo
at los degrees in the shade at r. NJ.
"Only men who have seen service recei,
captains commissions under General Fremont
command.