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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-03-26

The fate of Damiens, who was found
guilty of conspiring to assassinate Louis
the + .fteenth Of France, was disgrace
even to the age. The sentence passed up
on him was death by torture" In order
that the torture should be more effectual,
learned physicians held long and frequent
consultations as to the amount Of agony,
and the kind of agony the human frame
could longest support before death released
it from suffering Grave dissertations were
published on the subject. Public execu-
TONERS compared notes with the learned,
the former contributing their experience
the latter, scientific theories. It was a,
length determined to begin with the torture
of the boot,
The decision ofthis sanguinary Areaps
gus was promptly acted upon. At twelve
o clock at night was conducted to the tor.
ture-chamber Of the Bastille, and the first
act of the bloody drama began. Those
gloomy wallis that had looked down upon Sc
many dark deeds, never witnessed saddle,
scene Of human suffering, The dim light
Of an ,rou lamp. suspended from the vault.
ed roof. fell upon the stalwart forms Of the
executioners, and dark group of bronze.
visaged men who silently watched their
proceedings. Wedge after wedge was driv
en- in with sickening crash Of human flesf
and bone. The perspiration poured from
the brovs Of the exscutioners as the . d,,|
blows Of their sledge-hawmers ecH6et
through the dungeon, but not . sigh escap
cd the lips Of the tortured wretch. Al
length the physician, who stood by with ,
hand on his fainting eulse. signed to then
to pause. Nature could bear no more. Th,
pale morning light. struggling through tn.
grated windows, fell on . mangled but still
brsathing mass Of humanity.
Weeks rolled on, and under the sedulou
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CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.

The following description ofthe opposition ot
that day, taken from the Annual Register for 1912
bears so striking likeness to the peculiartes Of the
leaders Of an ant but restless faction among
Us, that, emitting the oidfashioned drapery Of the
proper Names they seem to have sat for the pho to
graph. at may be remarked ~ . most singular cir
cumstance, that those persons In this country who
profess have the greatest adherence Of minister
isl tyranny and oppression, look with the utmost
GOODNESS on the tyranny and oppression of Bona
parts. The regular opposition do no. mention It
with that adherence which might be expected from
them but the leaders Of the popular party In Rarlia-
ment 90 further. They are almost always ready to
hnd an excuse for the conduct Of Bonaparte. The
most violent and unjustnabie acts Of his tyranny
raise but feeble indignation In their minds, while
the most triins act Of ministerial oppression 10 in
weighed against with tke utmost bitterness. Ready
and unsuspecting credence given to every
Of Bonaparts's suceess, while the accounts Of the
success Of his opponents received with codnes
and distrpst Were 1t not for these things, the con.
duct Of Mr. Whitbread and his friends would be hail
with more satisfaction, and inspire confidence
with the real lovers Of their country for they de-
ample credit for the undaunted and unwearied
hrmn@ss with which they have set themselves agains,
abuses and against every instance oforpressioE."
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cursed, double cursed news (from Spain
have sunk my spirits 50 much that am
almost at disbelieving Providence God
forgive me, but think some evil demon
has been permitted in the shape of this ty.
rannioal monster. whom God has sent on
the nations visited in his anger. The
spring hde may, for aught know, break
upon us in the next session Of Parliament.
There is an evil fate upon us in all we do at
home or abroad" So Sir James Mackin-
tosh, writing to Cent? at Vienna: II be.
lisse, II ke you, in resurrection, because I
believe in the immortality of civilization,
but when, and by whom, and in what form
are questions which have not the sagacity
to answer, and en- which it would be bold
ness to hszzard conjecture. A dark and
stormy night, black series of ages. may be
prepared for our posterity, before the dawn
th.t "opens the more perfect day. Who can
tell how long that fearful night may be be.
fore the dawn Of brighter morrow The
race Of man may reach the promised land
but there IS no assurance that the present
generation will not perish in the wilder
ness" As if to render the situation more
gloomy, if possible, the Marquis of W eIes.
ley, the brother of Wellington, left the Min
istry upon the avowed ground that the gov.
ernment would not support the war with
sufficient vigor. History has stripped his
conduct ofany such worthy motive, and
shown that the real trouble was his anxiety
to supplant Mr.. Perceval At the same
time the attack was kept up in the opposite
quarter. "No man in his senses,n said Sir
Francis Burdett, 'could entertain hope of
the final success Of our arms in the Penin-
snla. Our laurels were great but barren,
and our victories, in their effects, mere de
feats." Mr. Whitbread, too, as usual, was
behind hand with his prophecies. "He
saw no reason" he said, "to alter his views
respecting peace war must otherwise ter.
inmate in the subjusation IF either of the
contending powers. They were both great;
but this was q country Of fictitious great
ness; France was country of natural
greatness So, General Tarleton chad the
doctrine Of Mr.. Fox in his favor, who wish
ed for the the pencil ola Cervantes to be
able to ridicule those who desired to enter
upon continental wars
Thus, from universal enthusiasm in favor
Of the Spanish war, public opinion, at first
manifesting itself through the factious spirit
of the opposition, at leugth smoke through
all its organs, in tones of dependency and
despair, of the situation and prospects of
the country, and simply because there had
not been that sort of military success which
it could understand, to sustain and direct it,
Universal distrust seized upon the public
mind, and had it not been for the heroic
constancy of that great commander, whose
task in supporting the Ministry at home
was at least as Difficult as that Of beating the
French in Spain, the gloay of England had
sunk forever.
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
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HOW A FREE PEOPLE
CONDUCT A LONG WAR;
cHArrER FROM ENGLISH HISTORY,
CHARLES ]. aTHLE.

This pamphlet Il for sale at the Tribune ONCE, Chi
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time Of vacant hours, IL the record Of the or
ward march Of humanity towsrdi an end Where
there s no belief In such end, and therefore no
advance towards It., no strrings Of Divine Word In
peoples bosom, where not ~ yet the beasts heart
has been taken away and mans heart given, there
history cannot be said to be- They 6eong not there
fare history least Of all to Sacred History, those
Babels those cities of copfupicn, those huge pens,
into which by force and fraud the early hunters Of
men, the Nimrods and 6esostrises' drove and COM
PEELED fhsir fellows and Scripture Is only most true
to its idea while IL passes them almost wholly In
silence by, while IL fingers rather the plains OF
counted UNTO him for righteousness" than by pop.
uous No." or great babylon, where no faith existed
but In the blind powers Of Nature and the brute force
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more than one thousand dollars, and impri-
soned not less than six months nor more
than two years"
Pursuant to the provisions contained in
the Act first aforesaid. the Judges of the
aforesaid districts shall respectively take
charge of the certificate or return of their
respective districts. and produce them at
meeting of one Judge from each district, at
the Court House, in the Borough OF Ebens-
burg. on the Third day after the day of cleo
tion. being Friday the 10th day Of October,
\. d. 1868, then and there to do and per
form those duties required of them by law.
And further, if any Judge, by sickness or
unavoidable accident is unable to attend said
meeting of Judges, then the certificate or
return aforesaid shall be taken charge of by
one of the Inspectors or clerks of the cleo
ton of the same district, who shall do and
perform the duties Of said Judge unable to
attend.
Given under my hand at my Office in
Ebensburg. the 7th day Of September. in
the year Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three. and of the IN
dependence of the United States the
eighty-seventh.
JOHN BUCK, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Sept. 9, 1868.
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\ FAMOUS LAND.-If there be part Of
the world which ought to tempt the trav-
e.er, it Is assurrdy that region Of Asia
which lies between the Caspian and
Black seas Tradition declares this 10
be the cradle Of the human race. Here
say the Pcrsians and Armen;ans, was the
garden of Eden; here, as every one
Knows, stands the Ararat, from which
mankind spread after the deluge. Here
are the best and most undeniable physi-
q. evidences Of that astonishing catastro-
phe. Here hunted the Biblical Nimrod,
here Noah planted the vine. Here Ian
guIshed Pr)metheus chained to the rock,
with yu!tures ever gnawing at his liver
fi'ther sailed Jason and the Argonauts,
and hence departed the enchaEtress
Aaiea. One Of the rivers Of this region
sui bears the name of Cyrus the Great.
alexander Of MacedOn is a household
word among the Caucasian villagers.
Hence flowed GreeccwaId that stream ot
,-e9us fable which widened into H6lle-
mcmythology. Here Pompey conquered,
and the soldiers of Imperial Rome bled II
yam. Here Gregory preached, anc
lamerlane and Genghis Kahn spread
havoc; the Turks uprooted the Geones'
On these shores IS be themselves uproot
81 IN due time by the moro opportun'
russians. Over the Caucasian wall, a
lae dread hour when Allah's time shall
sound, Cog and Magog shall cross to pu
an end to the empire of Islamism ol
earth, and destroy the kingdom of III
true believers. When the Russian
swept away the Georgian throne in 1900
learned men at Tifis exclaimed in thei
anguish that the fallen monarchy had eH
isted without interruption since the tim
Of Abraham there is good historical ev
dences to prove line of kings extendin
over period of 2,245 years.
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,r,in condemned by his own

-, Pittshurg Gazette, the leading Aboli-
.-,n of western Pennsylvania, thus
:. - Gov. Curtin, before his renomina~
I. R..I It ncighbor, it is true political
..igr he man who asks your suffrages.
,r, INST however. that nobody in the
-.,,ioa will allow himself to be misled
t.fr,a .ha, q man like Curtin, and
, .rrE a. cord as we have shown of him.
.,s ircsG upon the people of this county
..--...-,~- lin In nomination against their
Il ", know what we say. when we give
.,s - those who may be tempted 10 this
trs. he is So universally believed by
,s,r,e here to be corr''pt-to have sold
Safe and the party b th-ard to be
Ling but well affected to the National
-;riSra'ion or the truly lryal men at
.. thew know indeed 50 we'll the SORT Of
.-r,ny he keeps. and the kind Of influen-
sAtIlva governed him, that we have
7. -y,n share and utteranCe to their irwin
Al -.ar-naqce 10 the man and zone what
..r E.sir-t iu eadeavorirg to save the par
p -varriug tie managers that theg D17iSt
arE. taste a0r baHdis anything Sc
r--rT they consider 'ha votl of the
81 Republican county in the State OF
-.. an Important one"
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NriaI List.

Vial List, 1910
SECOND WEEK.
Morgan vs.. Lloyd, ct al
Duncan VS.. Lycoming Co. Ins. c.
Muller vs.. Haneman.
Shoemaker vs.. Murray ct al.
Evans vs.. Same.
Ebensburg q Cresson Railroad Company
VS. Moons Adm'rs.
jackson VS. Smith.
Meyers for use VS.. Iiley,
Piper vs.. Levergood.
Peat vs.. Griffith.
Myers ct al. vs.. N Gonigle.
Wilson vs. Darlington ct al.
Weller & Ellis vs.. Enge!bach.
Ross for use VS.. Rough.
Williams vs.. Hasson.
Mullen vs.. Sharp's Executrix.
Bendon vs.. TreXler.
Movers fer use VS.. Tilcy ct al.
Buck Us. Shetig.
White for use VS.. Piper ct al,
Hoffman VS.. Weakland-
MUore ct al. VS.. Lantzey ct al.
Kemp endorsee vs. Griffith ct al.
JOSEPH MDONALD,
August 70, 1868, Pruthonotary,
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To give different effect to the
lot Of the communication seems to me
h.. than an absurdity. 1t is a very
t:.-ons misconstruction, which, if
No have no doubt Congress will
THADDEUs STEVENS
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Sa,. Ueoz-.--Ig it i the the Intsn-
aau. CUT board or School Directors to
.,.nz. tha series OF books in use in our
-lllo schools. ;hig session, we do not
fink could l5e mora advantagcouslv CT
r,d ,hm By INTRODUCING Sanders
r;as. Tl.z s-r: : comprises ali tL,
OoEs requisite f,r q ;'o~ough course OF
conan .c.y5, study. They bear a high
for general excelience-indeed
ga.ir chauaat-a-tics arc such as commend
them III first sight to favorable considcra-
ton We have gwen them a careful per
a-ai, and are constrained to say that, in
oar opinion, they are the best publications
a. 'h. sort ,Ntant, and should become
universal lex, books Nj Ellis r. Vii
ams q, present Of t.is place, = the
emf Ior NI.sSa= Suwrr, Bames x Co,
Publishers, Philadelphia for the sale OF
t.e b9.L-, who nih take pleasure in af-
tn.H- ayv one facilities 70 examine inc
hG, merits. When bought by the mum,
tr liberal radaction viii be made
4Ig.aaH-
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with any man of ability, clear record
and above all honesty, the triumph of the
union party is secure; THE NOMINATION
OF CURTIN WILL BE TANTAMOUNT
TO DEFEAT TO THE PARTY, and for
this result the Union men should hold the
Convention personly responsible. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
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~ The editor Of the Holiday sbug
Wiq. refuses to hoist the name Of Curtin,
70: Governor. II must be an unsayory
Ness, indled, when such men as he have
10 stomach for IT, Poor Andy Curtin,
You are unfortunate when spawned horses
are endorsed and you arc-rcjected.-
ET-iTo9e Papcr
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Rls.aay IN ALrooEA.-The ja,valry
enlistment oflIr. Fred Beck. Of A]too-
.s.I to have been entered on Friday
.ta-., and stripped OF lis entire con-
S.. valued by the proprietor at little if
s- than -,vau hundred dollars, and
,.,,.n- principally Of valuable watches
with him tIr repairs The establish
l. 5r, Wa entered by means Of false keys,
nj S. gu,ar as it may seem everything
IA. carried away without noise sufficient
ing aai. 10 awaken NL.. Beck, who
IN. &; ga adjoining apartment Mr..
!. Ei raa misfortune 10 be drafted n
- * ,- TWO 400, and nov, it seems, he
stripped of all worldly prses5ioms b.
70 hands Of midnight piuuderers. lie
m., clue TO the Perpetrators,-S.sn-
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- tray Steer.
- Came to the resi-
aen.e of the subscriber IN Washington
township. about the first of June last, red
and white spotted steer. about four years
Old, having a ring in ole of his horns.
The owner is hereby notified to come for
ward prove property, pay charges aud
take him away or he will be disposed of
according to law.
B. McCOLGAN.
nman, Sept >, 1868. st.
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Aug. 3, 1863 Cta
I oreitO Stage Line.
Administrators

7 oretto stage Line.
l. Nm. RYAN & JOS. F. DURRIN.
This tcay J1r Loretto, Chess Springs G,dSt
AUgtStiRe.
The subscribers wish to in.rm the travel
hg public, that they are now prepared To
furnish them with HACKS, CARRIAGES,
and every other accommodation in their
Gne of business They Will run a
daily back from Loretto to Cresson, to con-
meet with the different trains on the Penn %
sylvania Railroad. and Ehensburg and Cres>
son Branch. They will also rur tri-
weekly hack 10 Chess Springs and ST. Au-
gl,stiue on Monday, Thursday and Satur-
day of each week This Is the only surs
conveyance On the road. as ii carries the
mail. and will always make the connection
o. Inquire for Ryan s. Durbiu's Hack if
you wish 10 be accommodated.
RYAN & DURBIN.
Lorett1. July % 3n.
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1--WE WILL ARREST TIE IRREPREssIBLE CON-
FLICT; WE ARE NOT READY TO GIVE UP Con
STITUTIoNAL LIBERTY; WE Will NOT sACRTo
FICE ALL THE MEMORIES OF TIE PAST AND
ALL THE HOPES OF THE FUTURE FOR NEGRO
FREEDOM. M.'-GEORGE w. WOODWARD.
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I drnI-istrators Notice.

4 dniI--istTat ators NoIice.
a Whereas. letters
C Admiiistra ton on The estate of Peter
While, late OF Carroll township, Cambria
county, deceased, have been granted by the
Register Of said county, TO the undersigned.
residing in said Township, notice is hereby
given to all persons Indebted to said estate
to make payment without delay, and thoss
having claims will present them properly
authenticated for settlement.
ELIZABETH W1BLE,
JACOB STOLTZ,
Administrators.
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Sttrsyed
> From the residence IF
Patrick Smith. near CresSon. u FIVE year OLD
COW. Her color is black and her horns are
short and inclined inwards. She has been
missing since the 26th Of July last. ANY
information as to her Whereabouts will bs
thankfully received by
PATRICK SMITH,
Cressnn, Sent. ., 1863 -3te
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DED.-0n Tuesday the lst inst, of
Dipthelia, MARGARET JANE daughter of
David ID. and Mary Jones, Cambria
township, aged years and months and
one day
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''All public functionaries in this land are
under the law, and none, from the highest
TO the lowest are above it''-WALTER H.
LowRIE.
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Il hold that this Government was made
on the WH.T4 BAssIs. by WHITE MEN, for
the benefit Of WHITE MIN. and their Pos
TERITE forever. IS. A DOUGLAS.
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! ,SoT sale.
J. $50 acres 529 perches and
allowances. of valuable COAL LAND, sitn-
ate near the Pennsylvania Railroad. at
SummerhiIl Station. in Croyle township.
Cambria county. Pa. About so acres of tie
land being cleared, and thereon erected
dwelling house and barn, anG other improve
meuts. also an excellent orchard Of fruit
trees The above tract contains aud abun-
dance of coal of 4 superior quantity Ca
diff being opened aud will be sold on rea-
souahle terms.
Apply to Poland. Jenkins & Co, Balti
more Md. or to !. w Suatton, New York,
city. or to Wm. kittell, Esq. Attorney at
Law, Ebenshurg. Pa.
POLAND. JENKINS & co.
J. w. STRATCON,
Apri. 10. 1863 If. Owners.
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Drgister and Recorder.

4
TO TIE VOTERS OF CAMBRIA co.
I hereby offer myself to your cousidera-
ton as a candidate for the Office of Regis
ter aud Recorder, at the ensuing general
election subject to the decision of the
ballot box.
ROBERT LITZINGER.
Belsano, Sept. % 1863.
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- tray Cow.
- Broke into the i'm
proved AMI eucslocd lands Of Jacob Z, Ma
gle, In Allegheny township, Cambria Co.
on the 18th Of August 1868, large brin-
de COW. having white stripe along her
back, face breast and fore legs; also white
belly and a short tail. She Is about twelve
years old. The owner is hereby notified to
cone forward, prove property, pay charges.
aud take her away; OF sic will be ether
wise disposed Of according to law.
JACOB L. NAGLE.
Sept. >. 1868. St.
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A sse2E bly,.

A
TOTuE VOTERS OF CAMBRIA co.
l hereGy offer myself To your considera-
ton. as a candidate for the Office of AS
SEMDLY, at the ensuing general election.
subiec. T. the decision OF the ballot box.
JAMES CARROLL
Lorotto. Aug. 26, 1s63-7t.
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sheriff's Office, Sept. 9. 1863.
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Ctreye ed

s nman, Sept >, 1868. St.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-03-16

bers, the revoivefs and th,s uniforms OF course
went with the horses. Tn hus, while the Con
iederates on ihe Mississippi use one Of our
gunboata 20 capture anoth er, their comrades
nest Washington use our own horses, sabers
and pistols TO capture from Us still more hor.
SEES FAbers and pistols. Great il the humhug
OF King Abrahaufs reign, and stanton, Hal
leck, and Hooker are his prophetal. Ny]NNaN
Apropos OF Fighting joe he hes got up
fight at last-a fght, fierce aud terrible,
with the little boys who sell newspaper 10 the
soldiers He has been victorious in the first
engagement, and has driven the little BOYS %
the field But the latter, plueky little fellows
they are, not bit daunted, are preparing for
another battle. The soldiers side with them,
for they are intelligent men, and they will
have the newspapers The upshot of the mat.
ter viii be that the little boys will remain
master Of the field, for the soldiers will have
the papers
The days OF American liberty are now num-
6ered American liberty, indeed, is now
thing Of the past 1t exists no longer. Yes.
terday was the last day on which on Ameri.
can citizen conld walk where he pleased with
head erect and say with truth II am a
free man. No man can say that with truth
today The life, the liberty, the property, Of ev-
cry citizen, are now at che mercy of one man II
the rebels Of the Times are not dragged from
their beds to night, and thrown into ioathsome
dungeons there to languish and rot for the
remainder Of their lives, it will be owing to
the forbearanee OF the man whom Congress
has made Dictator for life, No man, 50 ar.
rested and so imprisoned, could ever reasona.
bly, hope to bereleased, except by death. No
writ OF habeAs corpus exists in America no
longer. The habeas corpus has been abolish
cd by Congress The relatives Of the men so
arrested would know no more about their fate
tnan IL they had been murdered and who
knows that many man so arrested will not
be murdered through the malice of private en-.
emies
During the pendency Of the measures be-
fore Congress which have thus placed the foot
Of AbrAhsn Lincoln upon the necks Of
the whole American people, many honest but
misguided men supported them, because, as
as they said, even il Mr. Lincoln should abuse
the unlimited powers that were to be placed
in his hands, il could not be for long for the
people at the next Presidential election, could
prevent him from abusing the powers pro-
posed to be conferred upon him hThe next
Presidential election p When will it take
plaeef Will any Of the readers Of the Times
live to see another Presidential election q 1t
is douotful--very doubtful II we see
one in the fall Of 1864, it will be be
cause the schemes Of the radicals will have
failed. Already they are boasting here that
there shall never be another election for Pres.
ldeut till the rebellionis suppressed and the
Southern people sKterminated, When win
that be ; .f'I td..9li -. X.