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DOUBLE EXECUTION IN PITTSBURG.-
Benz. B. Marshall and August Freeke,
recently convicted OF the murder of a
German named Forester, at Boyd's
Hill, near Pittsburgh, Pa, were execu-
ted last Friday. Marshall made a
confession before his trial, duplicating
Freeke, who, although the testimony
was against him, persisted in declar-
ing his innocence to the last. A letter
from Pittsburg, dated Friday even
ing, says:
Throughout the whole of last night
and up to the time Of his execution
this morning, Freeke walked the mar
row limits Of his cell. His spiritual
adviser, Rev. G. A. Wensell, of the
Lutheran Church, was with him, and
sought by all means in his power to
prepare the wretched being for his in
cvitable fate. This morning he was
fresh and in good spirits, and at about
II o'clock, shaking hands with the
sheriff, said, in German, Il have no fear
of death" He leaves a wife and two
daughters, thirteen and fifteen years
of age respectively, in Bokennen, in
the kingdom of Hanover, Germany.
At precisely one o'clock 2. NJ. the
sheriff approached his cell, and called
upon him to prepare, at the same time
stating that he much regretted to be
compelled to perform this unpleasant
duty. Freeke replied, Il don't blame
you. 1t is all right. You are only
doing your duty" His arms were
then pinioned with white lined band
age. The sheriff, upon reaching Mar
shall's cell. said to him, "This is very
unpleasant. but we have to do it
You must take this off meaning a
neck-handkerchief Marshall did so.
The prisoner had been in close COM
municatiOn with his spiritual adviser,
Father Amardas, for some past, and
was praying with him all the morning.
He weighed two hundred pounds, had
good countenance, and upto the last
moment said he felt no depression OF
spirits whatever. At Ito precisely
the two condemned men ascended the
scafold. The clergy, sheriff, deputy
and pris on warden accompanied
them. Marshall knelt in prayer upon
the front part of the platform, witt
Father Amardas, for some minutes
, Freeke. however, sat upon a chair, anC
said to the sheriff, in German, q have
t togo this road but | am innocent, anC
| hope God may be merciful." Thel
turning to Marshall, he said, "Confes
that | am innocent" Marshall re
piled. .Ihave nothing to confess. Th
chairs were then removed, and bot
prepared to die. The drop fell a
fifteen minutes past one.
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DRUNKARD's BRANs.-Hyrti, by far
the greatest anatomist of the age, used
to say that he could distinguish, in the
darkest room, by one stroke of the
Scalpel, the brain of the inebriate from
that of the person who had lived So
berly Now and then he would con-
graduate his class upon the possession
Of drunkard's brain, admirably fit
ted from its hardness and more COM
plete preservation for the purposes of
demonstration. When the anatomist
wishes to preserve human brain for
any length of time, he effects his object
by keeping that organ in a vessel of
alcohol. From a softpulpy substance,
it then becomes comparatively hard
Bnt the inebriate anticipating the an
atomist; begins the indurating process
before death-beginsi it while the brain
remains the consecrated temple of the
soul, while its delicate and gossamer
tissues still throb with the pulses of
heaven born life. Strange infatua-
ton, thus to desecrate the god ike !!
Terrible enchantment that dries up
all the fountain of generous feeling,
Ipetrifies all the tender humanities and
sweet charities of life, leaving only a
brain of lead and a heart of stone
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.
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The Soldiers Wife.

She looked within the quiet room,
And saw three orphans sleeping there;
Theirs was the joy of childhood's bloom,
And hers the grief of cold despair.
Three broken forks well driven in,
Three stockings pinioned to shelf;
rude note, fastened by pin,
Begged Santa Claus fill them with pelf
The purse and board were empty quite
The twilight settled like pail;
The dying fire made fitful light
And spectral shadows on the wall.
; She crept beside the window pane,
And gazed into the solemn sky,
While steadily, in golden train,
Star after star went cleaning by.
And then arose before her sight
Another picture, far away;
Where, sleeping in the placid night,
The father of her children lay.
She saw him grid his armor on;
She kissed his brow and blessed him then
She bade him, when the fight begun,
Approve himself the best of men.
By Chattahoochie'S rolling stream
Amid the thunder of the fray,
The musket-roar and bayonet geam,-
One night his mangled body lay.
The pale star kissed her paler face,
And gemmed each tear-drop in her eye,
Then softly shone above the place
Where he she loved and lost did die.
Three rosy orphans sleep and dream;
Three stockings no one comes to fill;
For down by Chattahoochies stream
Brave Santa Claus lies cold and still.
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A RECRUIT FROM THE GRAvE.-Tle
St. Louis News says the following
circumstance, among the most remark
able that occurred during the war, is
vouched for by Colonel Ellis, late Of
the First Missouri Cavalry, and can
be attested by the parties concerned:
"a few days after a fercely con
tested battle in the South, a party of
soldiers belonging to the First Missouri
took .jaunt over the battle field, aud
came to a spot where the rebel dead
were buried. In one place the hair
of mans head was seen sticking out
Of the ground like tuft of grass, and
near by hand was seen protruding
upward, which evidently belonged to
the corpse that owned the head of
hair
One of the cavalrymen remarked to
his companions, in a spirit Of thought
less levity, "See, there's a dead rel
reaching out for something; let's sec
what he wants In the same spirit
of wanton mischief, almost reckless
ness, the cavalrymen took hold of the
mans hand and hauled the body ou
of the grave, the loose dirt falling bacl
into the hollow hole. Soon after, The
man began to stir and manifest sign
of life, to the utter astonishment ant
horror of the resurrectionists.
The man was taken by his rescuer
to their tent and was rubbed dowr
washed off. and in few days becam
as "good as new" He said that i
the battle he was stunned by tn
passage of a shell which knocked hil
senseless. He was picked up anon
the dead and buried like the rest Nc
a scratch was found on his body. FL
said he had joined the rebel army, an
: fought the federals long and well, bl
e as this was his second appearance @
e earth, he would now join the fedora
L and fight for them. He according
enlisted in the First Missouri, did
' good deal of tough marching and hal
q fighting, and last September was mu
l. tered out of the service and paid o
d at Benton Barracks.
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guard. Ihe Captain, Baron, and the
others, each armed with a sword and a
brace of pistols, occupied the large
apartment on the ground floor. The
landlord was to admit the robbers
one at time, as had been arranged
by the Captain of the band himself,
and as fast as they were to be secured,
gagged and bound, or killed outright
as circumstances warranted.
AS the hour for the attack drew near
every heart beat anxiously. T b e
coolest man of the party was the Cap
tain. Unconsciously he had assumed
entire direction ofthe affair, and the
young Baron and his followers obeyed
him implicitly, seeming to recognize
his fitness for the position without
question.
A stealthy footstep approached the
door, and the landlord. assisted by the
cold barrel of pistol, which felt dis
agreeably close to the back of his head
admitted robber, who was instantly
secured. Another followed, and an
other, until it came to the eighth-a
stout, brawny fellow-who, by the
herculean effort, twisted his throat out
of the Captains grasp, and shouted at
the top of his lungs -
ave are betrayed p
Two other robbers who were close
behind discharged their carabines in
at the door, and instantly retreated.-
A veil Of pain answered the discharge,
and one man fell in the hostelry- The
door was instantly shut and barricad-
ed. Lights were brought forward, and
the man who had fallen was raised.
1t proved to be the landlord. He was
quite dead, both bullets having taken
effect in his body.
After a brief consultation the robbers
advanced in body against the door,
attempting to hew it open with axes
which they had procured from the
stables. They were met with fusil-
ade ofpistol shots that thinned them
to one-half before they had forced the
door, and then it was the besieged
that sailed forth, and not they that
entered. The survivors of the band
fed
The fight was over Fifteen of the
band were killed, d,wounded, and prison
ers. The prisoners were treated with
the summary justice Of military times,
beig shot at sunrise by the Baron'S
followers.
The Baron and his sister renewed
their journey in the morning, being
attended by Captain Bernard, whom
the Baron furnished with a horse by
dismounting one of his own followers,
and Bonita, whom the Countess had
engaged as maid.
The Captain left the Baron at the
first stopping place. They parted
with mutual expression ofregret. But
they were destined to meetagam. On
the bloody field of Lutzen, when Pap
penheim fell, and his routed cavalry
fled in dismay before the impetuous
charge Of the Swedes, Ravensburg was
made prisoner. He was led before
the vi,tor of the well fought field.
Bernard Won Weimar, who had as
sumed command of the Protestant
army on the fall of Gustavus Adolphus,
aud in the brave soldier and skillful
General he recognized Capt. Bernard,
the destroyer Of the Black Brother
hood"
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TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
The Drunken Man.
AIR-Te Troubadouy.

Sadly the drunken man
Turns to his home,
When his last sixpence for
Liquor is gone;
Cold blows the wintry winds,
Wild is its moan
Drunken man, drunken man,
Haste to thy home.
One, for the drunken man,
Hopelessly wept,
Fondly she watched for him
While others slept,
Signing in search of him,
Fain would / roam
Drunken man, drunken man,
Come to thy home.
Hark tits the drunken man.
Heard ye his cryi
Curses upon his lips,
Wrath in his eye;
Woe to the wretched one,
Heart broken and lone.
Drunken man. drunken man,
Sad is thy home.
Joy in the drunkard's home,
Sorrow hath fed,
Heart-beaming happiness
Smiles in its stead;
There the teetotal pledge
Conquering hath come
Drunken man, drunken man,
Glad is thy home.
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A Gem.

1t is not much the world can give
With all its subtle art,
And gold alone is not the thing
To satisfy the heart;
But oh, if those who cluster round
The altar and the hearth,
Have gentle words and loving ways,
How beautiful is earth.
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BEwARE.-Young man, shun the cup
that intoxicates. Let not the voice OF
the tempter allure you from the paths
of temperance to the highway that Is.
thronged by the moderate drinker and
the drunkard. Drink only the bcver-
age that God brews-pure cold water.
The steps of the drunkard all tend
downward; they "lay hold on hell"
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1t costs more to revenge wrongs
than to bear them.
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Essss1K FOB SALE.

TENHE. SUBSCRIBER has some 10000 bricks
Il of the very best quality, for sale ,,,s
JAMES LEWIS.
Barton, Dec. goth, lS65.-52wS
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Not to hear conscience is the way to
silence it.
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Learning makes man fit company
for himself.
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TO THE LADIES.
WHITE CHESTER BOAR.

"a HE subscriber II as lately purchased full
3 blooded White Chester Boar, which he designs
20 keep for service. Those who are deSrous OF
improving swine will do well to call and see MN. MN
l brought him from Montpelier aoouI tlie 1oth e.
of December last especially for the use of the far
mers of this vicinity.
West Glover, Jan. 8, lS66-3w5
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l. Il O. H II

NALE at H. Chamberlin's Shop in Barton and
I J take look at Batchelder's Patent Reflector
Il is splendid thing.
4 'AsH paid for Furs by II n wu1rcupR
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Richest is he that wants least.
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Modesty is a guard to virtue.
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Knavery is the worst trade.

Justice overtakes many a rogue.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-27

Id er CalifOrnla. Tney prUposeu GO 49,
then Republic" of Mexico twenty or fifty
rfniiflsns, and take deed of trust upon
Sonora and Lower California to secure the
loan. We suggested at the time that they
had a suspicion of gold or some conslde-
rable mineral wealth in the otherwise not
only uninviting, but positively repulsiye,
region of Lower California. The Suspicion
was we'll founded. A late letter from San
Francisco states that ga large and valu-
BILE copper district in Lower California has
been opened, and quantity of the ore
brought here Ito San Francisco), which
shows forty per cent. copper and eighty-six
dollars per ton of gold. The district is
only few miles from the coast, to which
there is an easy grade and natural road,
recurring no work, and vessels can load
from the beach-easily. Cap
tain Winder, of the army, is large owner
in these lodcs, and General Rosecranz
has visited them, and is sanguine that the
day is not far distant when these mines
will repay the entire cost of the peninsula
of Lower California"
We were not aware that the peninsula
had been purchased, as would seem to be
indicated by the remark that these mines
twill repay the entire cost of" it. How
ever much the devout Radicals may hate
Copperheads, they have quite an infirmity
of affection for copper lodes; and though
they denounced the Mexican war as cow
ardly and cruel, they have no objection to
cheat the Mexicans out of their mines by
q little money trade.
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Hon. Alexander II. Stephens has been
engaged to deliver lecture before the
Young Mems Association of Chicago du-
ring its next course, and the Milwaukee
people are discussing the advisability o.
inviting him to lecture in that city also.
Grape-grower Longworth was introduced
the other day to poet Longfellow. OF the
likeness of their names, the poet said
4" Worth makes the man, the want of it
the fellow"
The Saturday Reriec is guilty of gross
adulation of Parson Brownlow when II
calls him ga fanatical buffoon," "phe.
nomenon Of indecency," and ga loud
mouthed ruffian."
We learn that Dean Richmond is lying
dangerously i'll at the St. Nicholas Hotel
in New York.
General Grant will not be Of the party
going to Chicago, says Forney with en-
phasis.
II is supposed Major. General Dix will
be the conservative candidate for Cover
nor of New York.
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APPEAL NOT TO "STRANGLE" A MAN.
Victor Hugo leads the party ofsympathi-
GERS with rogues, robbers, and murderers.
Hearing of the determination of the autho-
rites of the Island of Jersey (Which is
situated in the British Channel, and be-
longs to Great Britain,) to hang a murderer
named Bradley, he addresses a letter to
the press on the subject, in which he says /:
"August the 1lth-fete day in the
island-they are going to stranglc man !!
Jersey maintains her right to have, like q
king of Prussia or an emperor of Russia,
her fit Of ferocity. o, poor little corner of
the earth. What belial Of God who has
done so much for that charming land I.
What ingratitude toward that soft, serene,
and bountiful nature. A gallows at Jer-
sey Alas, those who are happy should
be merciful. l love Jersey; am afflicted"
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LANGUAGE OF NoN-CoMBATANTs.-It is
observable that the race of philanthropists
who oppose war and capital punishment
are the most coldly deliberate prosecutors
of their fellow men-the most unrelenting
and proscriptive of all men. So the north
ern nom combatants are the most offensive
and insolent, the most given to vitupera-
ton and defamation of their race. The
New York Tribune, the organ of this kind
of people, is fair sample. Its language
is Characteristic. In speaking Of the call
for meeting of soldiers, ETC., in Chicago,
and those who approve it, it denounces
them as "LuSe and treaCher0uS hOnndS."
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HACKING THEIR ADvERsARIs.-Thec cor
respondent of the London Times with the
Prussian army states in the recent battles
in Germany the Prussian cavalry received
terrible sword-cuts from the irOn-cased
Austrian horsemen, whose weapons, COM
ing down upon the shoulders of their add
versares, frequently cut through the
shoulder. blade and deep into the body.
The feats. of strength that we read of in
the history of the Middle Ages were re-
enacted in this short but bloody war.
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"HEART's CoNTENT."-We suppose this
name was given by Mr.. Cyrus W. Field to
the clump of fishermen's huts at the
point where the cable is landed on the
island of Newfoundland. 1t sounds very
much like him. Yet it seems to be a
misnomcr. Mr.. Field is not altogether
contented with it. He is trying to i'm
prove the place. AS he was about to go off
on the expedition for graphing after the
old cable, he called the inhabitants to-
gcther, and offered reward of is to the
person who would have his house in best
order upon his (Mr. Field's) return, and
81 each to those six whose habtations
were next best in order. Mr.. Field shows
laudable desire for cleanliness, and a
creditable aversion to fish otfal and bad
odors but we don't see how, with these
evidences of regard for order and decency,
he ever came to name the place Hearts
Content" If he didn't name it, then
somebody must have egregiousiy mis-
named place where rewards are offered
to people for cleaning their own houses
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INSURANCE.
MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY
M OF VIRGINIA. CHARTERED 1884,

Jsauslin p. Taylor, william G. Allen, William
Gray James II. Grant, James Dunlop, Alfred T.
Harris, John G. Hobson, Thomas II Ellis, John
Preeland, 9. 7. Watson, John Purcell, William
This old and well. known VIRGINIA institution
IA now prepared 10 issue "PERPETUAL" and
ANNUAL POLICIES upon real estate. Il has
TEN MILLION DOLLARS OF property ipsnras
and hiss paid upwards Of TWO Million DOL
LARS OF losses 10 the people Of this State
Important changes have been made for the bene.
AZ OF tho assured
The four ffths" feature and that of "conti
guities nave peen abolished giving to the as
sured full Insurance, az In 9th comps HES
Parties holding RECORDED LENS are pro-
tected to the extent Of insurance in this office
once on the east side OF Ninth, between Broad
and Marshall streets. An Pts
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p.,m August TAT the last sitting OF
,be French Academy Of Sciences, y; BAD,
not the well-known astronomer, deliverea
an oninion upon the longevity Of trans Az !.
Iantic telegraphic Communication, - ~
nresent established, which, hope, Is pecui;
liar TO himself, and will be long disProsIs a
by experience. N. Babinet began by ae'
cisrInr that the cable would not last io -. :,
and that ne hoped that while 1t did ias Wv :.
would be turned to useful account ~ .' 4nU
way at least, and that was, by ascer.n ,n nd
exactly the longitude Of Newioune' soss
He then went on to say the cable OF hr ,aJo'
when examined, was found to have q OF .an
age at every FIVE yards by the eiiec. Oh no ,uh
sion !: and he thought the same thlng wo ,an
happen to the present one, either Uy n ,en
sion AZ corrosior,. The academlcian mex
,xhit ted a piece of very thick ss cao,e
rh;c had lain for five years at the Dot.o o,,,
e m channel, and which was completely
,ats1 through by the action of salt water Ter
\" aemed to consider, also, that the Dan
,er 81 the cable being strained was iaa
so suoo er in the immense depths OF the ocean
hon in the shallow waters OF the bri.'s !,
.naU i'll tAS mt Roid-
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aWhat Is the reason that men never
kiss each other, while the ladies' waste q
world of kisses on the feminine faces I"
said foolish gentleman to Q lively girl the
other day. The young lady answerea
q Hsesnse the men bare sonssa :. ns ~
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STILL LATER.

Mr.. Aaron Ludlam, one of the proprie-
tors of the far-famed Northwestern Gift
Concert, who were reported to have ao-
seconded with net profit Of seventy-hve
thousand dollars, being the proceeds OF
the sale of tickets in the grand gift enter
prise, has turned up in Cincinnati. Mr..
Ludlam states that the report of his hav-
ing carried away seventy-fv thousand
dollars is false, as there were only about
ten thousand dollars worth of tickets sold,
and that this sum was used in defraying
EXPENSES of advertising and job printing,
and that the Milwaukee papers received
the most of this. A cunning story for the
fugitive.