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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-24
The Revolt at the Northern Indiana
State Prison Further Particulars.

The Revolt AT the Northern inufans
State Prison-Further Particulars.
From the Michigan City Enterprise
Of the llth inst we CLEAN some further
particulars of the late revolt at the north
ern State prison. II seems that only one
convict responded to the call Of " Hoosier
Bill" for assistance. This was q youth
of about twenty years of age, named
Berry Myers, who, though young In
years, is old in crime. He passed out
during the shooting, and ran to the shop
where he was employed, for which offense
he was sfterward punished with the
"cat" and shackies. After the first
report of the pistol, the guards from other
parts of the prison rushed into the dining
room armed to the teeth. The excite
ment abated, and the men marched to
their respective shops.
Hoosier Bill now lies in the hospital in
critical condition, launching maledic-
tions loud and deep against the towards
who failed to assist him in the revolt. 1t
appears that the plan had long been
concocted, and that there we're fifty of
the convicts in the "ring" Their scheme
was 10 overpower the guards in the dining
room, who are not armed-ths guard who
shot Bill had concealed weapon-and
then to run two loaded cars, which stood
outside in the yard, against the north
gate, aud, having battered it down, 10
break for liberty. They seemed to forget
the tower guards, who are armed with
the destructive Spencer repeating rifles.
Hoosier Bill is young man about
twenty-eight years old, of slim build,
active and brave to rashness. He was in
the South at the outbreak of the war, and
was forced into the rebel army, but being
loyal Hoosier, he refused to fight
against the North, and soon deserted to
our lines, where his bravery and reck-
lessness were well employed in the cspa-
city of Union scout and spy. At the
close of the war, being without an occu.
patton, he became the captain of band
of highwsymen. He was sent to this
penitentiary two years ago, on two in-
dictments of fourteen years each, his
principal crime being an attempt on the
life of Isaac Davis, a merchant of ludi-
annapolis, whose house he was endeavor-
ing to rob. Bill announced to the au-
thorities sometime ago that he had no
friends to get him pardoned, that he had
no expectation of living his term out,
and he would as soon die now as any
time. Though his wounds are both Sc
we're and seemingly fatal, there is a
strong probability of his recovery.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-24
setfIers I'm Yirrinfa.

A land agent at Guiney's Station, Car
oline county, Virginia, has sold land to
thirty-nine different persons recently, all
experienced farmers, who will Settle
there, with the intention Of cultivating
the soil. On Tuesday last seventeen
persons from different Northern States
arrived at Gniney's Station in search of
land. But few of them, it is thought, will
return without purchasing. -
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-24

They'll surely come on the morrow"
said Mrs. Walkers. Aud she fairly weps
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-24

When Carlyle was taking len with Vic
toria the other day, he grumbIingly re-
marked, There is nothing but wealth,
wealth )" and the latter replied, There
is some poverty, Mr.. Carlyle" sil..l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-24
A Strange Sfory-The Case of Mrs.
Mary Ann Dow CIarke-SiDguIar
Action of Coroner-S5OO Demand.
ed for Holding an Inquest.

|
From the New York Times. 1sth.l
The readers of the Times will remem.
ber the death of married woman named
Mary Ann Dow Clarke, which occurred
in this city short time ago, under cir
cumstances which at first were deemed
suspicious. The sister of the deceased
soon after went to the Hes lth Board for
advice, and by one of its fficers was re-
ferred to the Coroner as one authorized
to investigate the matter and to deter.
mine the question raised. She followed
the advice given, and the result, as
already made known, was that the Coro-
ner, merely upon the strength of letter
written by the physician who had attend
ed the deceased, and upon no other testi-
mony whatever, pronounced the suspi-
cions to be without foundation, and there
the matter ended.
The sister complains bitterly of the
conduct of the Coroner in refusing to in
vestigate the case fully and formally, as
be was bound to do by law. Her state
ment is that she told him of her suspi-
cions, and the grounds upon which they
rested, saying that she was positive that
her sister had been murdered 10 order TO
get her property. She further told him
Of the circumstances of her death, which
she thought to be very singular, indeed.
She said that on the day on which il oc-
Cured she visited the sick woman, and
found her sleeping gently and breathing
freely, and, as she believed, in fair way
to recover; that she went on an errand,
and returned in less than thirty minutes,
when she was Mortified at finding her sis
ter dead, and completely dressed for her
coffin. The Coroner listened to the reci-
tai of her story, and then--so she says
cody asked her if she knew what an in
quest would cost her, to which she an
swered that she did not. he then told
her that it would cost her $500, which she
said she ceuld not afford to pay. Sub-
sequently, the matter was settled, as
stated above, the physician representing
that death had evidently been caused by
congestion of the brain.
( The complainant having learned her
rights in the premises, has authorized a
lawyer to compel thorough investiga-
ton at once, in order to determine the
judicial question. She says that, in her
opinion, many persons have been hanged
for murder who we're convicted on slighter
circumstantial evidence than that which
she possesses against certain parties in
this case.
The Coroner denies the truth of the
woman's assertion that be refused to hold
the inquest unless she would pay him
$500, and declares that he did all that
was necessary in the premises to convince
himself of the purely natural cause OF
death. One thing is certain, however,
and that is, the Coroners are bound in
every instance, where an inquest is held,
to hold it without charging individuals
even dollar, the expense being specially
paid out Of the public fund and If such
charges are made to private persons, the
people should know it. This case will
doubtless be heard Of again.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-24

The West Peint correspondent of the
New York Tribune says in a late letter: |:
This morning, q few minutes before
the President started for the ferry, Gen.
eral Underwood called upon General
Sherman to pay bis respects and bid him
good bye. a t.ls
Taking Grant of to that drum match,
are you, Underwood p said General
Sherman.
"Yes, General, and am very sorry
you cannot join us"
swell, it Is kind Of disappointment,
yn= know. because can appreciate
those things; but the President bless
your soul, bell be bored to death. And
worse than all that, be has no ear for mu-
sic. Why, do you know that Grant
couldn't tell the difference between
Yankee DOodl, and Zip Coon p
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A Dead Gentleman Alfve-An Inge'
nious and Successful Confidence
Game.
From the New York Sun. June l6l
Some two years ago one Walters, o
wealthy resident Of the upper part OF
Manhattan Island, died. He left widow
of just twenty-five, and no children to
share with her the large estate which he
had partly earned as a broker in Wall
street, and partly inherited from his
father, who had gone before him. Mr..
Walters remains were placed in q splen-
did tomb at Greenwood, and his beautiful
widow shed as many tears as young wo.
men generally spare when aged husbands
have been taken from them, but left be-
hind splendid inberitances in salable
stocks and constantly appreciating real
estate. For twelvemonth Mrs. Walters
wore the weeds OF mourning. After that
time, she gradually resumed her more
becoming attire, and once more met her
youthful friends and acquaintances.
Among those who were brought in con.
tact with the young widow was one Louis
Williston, son of a retired navy officer,
and himself an officer of the Union army
during the rebellion. He was a young
gentleman of promise, reputed wealthy,
and of habits and personal traits to en-
dear him to women-at least TO women
of sense. OF course Mrs. Walters was
one Of the socisble ones. Williston had
been introduced to the widow by lady
whom be had met at the house of neigh
Dor, and who was reported to have come
from France only few years before.
The lady's name was Jeanette Willard.
She was unmarried She was rich in
this worlds goods-so rumor had it-and
her circle Of acquaintances, although
small, was extremely select Williston
was nothing to her, of course. Merely an
acquaintance. But following imme-
diately upon the commencement OF this
triple introduction of the widow to Jean
nette aRd Louis (the latter being the first
name of Williston) came the singular
chain of circumstances which we are
about to relate. They we're as follows:
Perfectly charmed with the young and
volatile French woman, Mrs. Walters
took her after three months TO her home
on West Forty-eighth street, there to re-
main just as long as she pleased, and
share the Injuries and comforts Of the
splendid house, the servants, the plate,
and the rich wines of the cellars. which
Mrs. Walters had heretofore had all TO
herself. OF course, young Mr.. Williston
called occasionally TO see both the widow
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nfotE hna aiaao'f
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-08-13
A Model Wife

A man named Allen W. Phillips, Of
| Chicago, has sued for divorce from his
decidedly better half From the bill Of Mr..
Phillips it appears that on the 18th Of March,
1868, she came home from thetheatre about
midnight, and beat scratched, and kicked him,
sisuply because he had not put the children
to bed. He anticipating that he might have
to apply for divorce, adopted the precau-
ton Of keeping diary. The book, a small
| leather bound one the entries in which had
been made at odd times in lead pencil, was
appended to the bill. Some of the entries
are copied out as follows:
March 2, FRANCIS beat me with
a broom stick, causing me to have lame
shoulder which give me great pain. She
would not give me money to get llpament
with. She also threw goblet ia nay face.
breaking out one tooth She blamed me for
the smas hing Of the goblet, saying if had
kept my mouth that would not have happen
ed"
"April 18th, 1907. a. struck me
with crowbar, because [ said it was her
business to wash the dishes. Yet how long.
oh Lord Ny shoulder is just getting we'll. "
This entry is very badly written
"April the Sth, 1869. Francis beat me
with broomstck, aud threatened to break
up my business"
"April Is, 1869.-Francis became excl
ted to-day while I was mending the bed and
threw at me in rapid succession Josephus,
volume of Rollins History, the Decline and
the Fall of the Roman Empire, three pound
iron weight, a broken bottle. The Decline
and Fall struck me on the SIDE 1t weighs
ten pounds. Whenever I can get the OPP
portunity I shall apply for divorce"
''May IS, 1S69.-Franeis had me ares
ted to day for abuse of her. I denied it, but
the Justice did not believe me-. and I was
fined SO for beating my wife, and was held
in bonds of 5000 to keep the peace. What
monkey in Justice !"
"June 24.-Francis to-day threw Stops
on me, and then beat me with roller be-
ause went up stairs to Change my clothes
nd soiled the floor. I must escape"
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Poetry.
FADING As A LEAF.

Y4n
As fades the leaf, as droops the flower,
As clings to dust the garden power,
As verdur WEEDS decay, .s q
Thus rosy dreams, enthr oned in air.
And charms that made hopes day bre ok fair
Scarce seen, must pass away.
As fades the leaf, our glory yields %
To red. ensanguined battle fields
Ignobly in degrees; ST.
Illusion MARBLES day by day
In undertone Of dull decay
Spells perish as they flee.
As fades the leaf. majestic grace,
Beaming like suns from beauty's face,
day of doom shall know;
And hero thoughts, that fill the mind
With wonders fleet as bright, shall find,
But sepulchres below.
Wherever rolling tides we scan
The chequered destiny of man
Portrays doom's last review;
If scenes ofjoy, they hide blot:
If charm decoyed, garden spot
Forestalls grief's retinue.
As fades the leaf, thus fades the trust
That only clings to floating dust
When gathering ills betide;
Decay rebukes the CALLING aim
And all of charms deceit, that came
To foster human pride.
Spring seasons vanish, summers glare
Endows the spectres of despair
That fit through night and gloom;
And autumn's tempest-cradled train
Shall hover DER the manned and slain,
Alike in winters tomb. t'fF
From passing hence, from fading,
The footsteps of decay fulfill
Their awful destiny,
Each dying flower, each fading leaf
The tragic lesson breathes, chow brief'-
TITS unto you and me.
As fades the leaf, thus fades my song
And all the lovely guests that throng,
Hope, love and trust, between,
How fleeting Pain bsorbs the trance
And joys last throb is fastening hence
To guard dying scene.
As fades the leaf, thus pass away
Ephemeral creatures of day,
Death ushers in disguise,
Till disengaged of chrysalis
The heat of everlasting bliss
Shall triumph in the skies.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-08-13
WATERING HORSES WITHOUT STOPPING.

WATERING HORSES WITHOUT STOPPING.
"A Jersey genius has invented device for
watering horses when travelling or at work,
by which their thirst may be assuaged with
out stopping. 1t appears to be more par
ticularly designed for the benefit of the draft
animals Of city street cars. The bit of the
bridal or head-stall is made hollow, and has
attached to it a flexible tube connected with
tank carried in or on the vehicle. BY
pulling string the water is caused to flow
into the bit, and thence through suitable
orifce into the horses mouth This beats
the apparatus for filling locomotive tanks
without stopping.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-08-13

Wine in the wine-growing regions of CAL
ifornia is cheaper than milk In Anaheim
and Los Angeles common wine is but thirty
cents gallon; milk costs fifty. Even a
common strong wine is but forty cents. In
Tuolumme county a large skilled wine-raiser
offers four thousand five hundred gallons of
excellent wine at twenty-five cents per gal
Ion. In the same region milk is forty cents.
In Coloma the price of the two is the same
forty cents. In Sonoma good wine is for
sale at forty cents per gallon. and milk at
the same price.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-08-13

CPRING AND SUMNER GOODS.
y We have just received large supply of
Spring and Summer Goods, consisting of all the
late Styles of Ladies' Dress Goods, Trimmings,
Buttons &C., of every grade.
Our stock of Cloths, Cassimeres, Linens and
Boys wear is complete.
Our entire stock has been selected with CARE
and will be disposed of as LOW as good quail
ty of goods can be sold. All we ask is an exam
ination and respectfully request our friends and
the public to give US call.
l. WITT BRO,
Main Street Staunton Va.
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making Of you" He was followed by all
the others who had not previously signed.
Soon the tea-party, which had been SO
pleasant and profitable, broke up, and the
visitors returned to their homes. -NatiomaI
Ien,peyance Advocate
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-08-13

T>INE WHISKEY.-I have just returned to
l. Staunton with a large supply of Fine Whis-
key, manufactured by Reagan & Koogler, of
Rockingham, which I am prepared to sell to the
trade on fair terms. r..
will also keep on hand good supply at my
old stand on New Street. having secured the SER
vices of my brother, Mr. 7. P. Reagan, to attend
to the delivery Of all I may sell.
Come and sample and am sure you will buy i.
H. L. REAGAN,
may-l4-3m for Reagan h Koogler.
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Wearing Mourning.

We long for the day when this custom
shall become obsolete.
1t is unbecoming the truly afflicted one.
The wearer says, by the black garments, Il
have lost dear friend. 1 am in deep sor-
row." But grief does not wish to parade
itself before the eye of the stranger; much
less does it assert its extent. The stricken
one naturally goes apart from the world to
pour out the tears. Real affection seeks
privacy. 1t is no respect to the departed
friend to say we are in sorrow. If we have
real grief it will be discovered.
When God has entered household in the
awful chastisement of death, it is time for
religious meditation and communion with
God on the part of the survivors. How
sadly out of place, then, arc the milliner and
the dress-maker, the trying on of dresses
and the trimming of bonnets.
There is something profane in exciting
the vanity of young girl in fitting waist,
or trying on hat, when the corpse of a
father is lying in an adjoining room 1t is
a sacrilege to drag the widow forth from her
griet to be fitted with gown or select
vail.
It is often terribly oppressive to the poor.
The window left desolate with half dozen
little children, the family means already re-
duced by the long sickness of the father,
must draw on her scanty purse to buy new
wardrobe throughout for herself and chill
dren, throwing away the good stock of gar
ments already prepared, when she knows
not where she is to get bread for those little
ones. Truly may fashion be called tyrant,
when it robs the widow of her last dollar.
Surely your sorrow will not be question
ed, even if you should not call in the millin-
er to help you display it, Do not, in your
affection help uphold custom which will
turn the Affections of your poorer neighbor
to deeper poverty, as we'll as sorrow.-The
Central Baptist.
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Curi0sities of Shopping.

I went into shop the other day to buy
what the diapers call 'tgents' hose A
saidiag young lady was behind the counter,
and when had made an appeal to her to
show me some socks, was somewhat doubt
ful what course of action l ought to pursue
in order to demonstrate to her the length of
my foot AS am not burlesque writer,
it was clear that I could not lay my boot on
the counter and say with all my soul;' nor
could paraphrase Dibdin's Jack Tar, when
he spoke of the dancer who $50 daintily
handled her feet" The little woman, how
ever, speedily removed my first pcrplexity,
though only to plunge me into another.
"Will you, said she, "please to double
up your fist and lay it on the counter p
replied that [ did not want gloves, but
socks.
''And want to take your MEASURE she
said.
''But," I urged, sit is the measure of my
foot that you require"
eyes," she replied, "and I can get. it
equally as we'll from your hand. Once
round your clenched fist at the knuckles is
the length of your foot"
And she took the measure of my fist, and
took the socks on the faith of the damsel's
representation and, in due course, found
that she was quite right, and fitted me to a
nicely. U... tf't-
AN ENORMOUS FARM.-A Lafayette Gin
diana) cores ondent writes to the Cincinnati
Gazette that there is corn field in Benton
county, Ind, of seven thousand acres, in
good condition and growing splendidly. This
field is to be 70 und on the farm of Adams
Earl, Esq, who resides in Lafayette. The
same correspondent adds:
"Messrs. Earl and Fowler have farm of
thirty thousand acres in Benton county, in
one body, we'll watered and with permanent
improvements, having one hundred and for
ty miles of hedge fence and sixty five miles
Of board fence, thirty dwelling houses for
tenants, three blacksmith shops, &c. To
cultivate the corn lands, one hundred and
sixty -nine one and two horse plows were kept
in daily use, and on the pasture lands forty
one hundred head of cattle are now feeding
for the New York market, and will be ship
ped this fall by rail- Messrs. Earl and Fowl
Ci SlNC ln0il polSoHai ouPoi F1oioA w CAo
farm, besides attending to their separate in
terests, the former a jobbing merchant and
the latter banker"
A Coon ONr.-A young blood residing
not half-dozen miles from this place, was
the victim of rather good joke on Sunday
night recently. He was trying to be par
ticularly "sweet" on young lday, and had
paid her number Of visits at the residence
Of her parents. The old folks had somehow
got an idea into their heads that the children
were most too young to ''keep company"
and conveyed the desired hint by calling the
gill out of the room and sending her to bed
at nine o'clock, the lady of the house aston
ishing the young gent by bringing into the
parlor huge piece of bread and butter,
nicely spread with sugar, which she pre-
sented to him, saying in her kindest man
ner, "There, Bubby, take this and run
home to your mother it's time little boys
were in bed" The would-be gay young
beau hasn't felt as though he wanted any
more sweetness from that source since.
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The St. Cloud (Minn. Journal records
as one of the freaks of the recent Grove Lake
tornado the picking up of a mare standing in
field and carrying her thirty yards, drop
ping her in a marsh, breaking. her neck and
leg. Her colt, standing beside her, was
uninjured.
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II AMES PAGAN,

II AMES PAGAN, E 1855
~ BooT AND SHOE MANUFACTURER,
u MAIN STREET STANTON.
perior Leather and Shoe Findings, purchased in
large quantities and at the lowest figures and is
therefore prepared to make up in the neatest
style and at low prices, for cash, LADIES BALMo-
RAILS and POLISH Doors, of best FRENCH KID and
Boor MoRocco, MEMS WATERPROOF Doors, SHOES,
CATERS &c. ' ~. 81
He guarantees to give satisfaction both as to
price and finish. Mems fine cali bootsat $40 90.
Jan. 10, '68-tf. 9 ,e5.i
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n B. GRAVES,
FASHIONABLE TAIL OR,
Main Street, Stanton, Va. four doors East
of Crwford's old stand,
where he is prepared to execute work in the mos
fashionable manner and at the shortest notice, al
a reduced price for the CASH. Cutting andren-
ovating donein the best manner.
Aug.9 '67-3m. 4s7
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4 GENERAL AUCTION.
~ AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS
The Undersigned, under the firm and style of
PECK & GUSHING,
having taken the large and commodious store
room of Mrs. B. Bolen, at the corner of Augusta
street and Spring Alley, in Staunton, for the pur
pose Of onducting
General AUCTION and Commission Business,
solicit consignments of all kinds of Goods and
Produce, to be sold either at auction or private
sale at reasonable charges.
Sales of all kinds ofproperty attended eitherin
town or county H. H. PECK,
Jana. 1867. EN-. CUSHING.
TNEMPLE OF FASHION-Maln Street. Staun-
ton, Va-Mrs. Kate NJ. Kelley has just re-
turned, and is now opening an elegant and acez-
selected assortment of
Millinery and Fancy Goods,
comprising oil the novelties of the season-which
she will sell for the LOWEST CASH PRIcEs-whole-
sale and retail
N. B.-Country Millinery supplied with Goods
and Pattern Bonnets, at wholesale prices. Or
ders from the country promptly attended to. !
may14-tf
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-08-13

TNO INvALIDs.-ColdS Sulphur Water direct
from the Springs near Goshen Depot Va.
A remedy of unsurpassed utility and power in
DYSPEPSIA, LIVER DISEASE, BILIOUS COMPLAINTS,
and GENERAL DEBILITY. In many diseases pecu-
liar to Females, its highly beneficial effects are
greatly extolled by some of the best Physicians
in the country. Sold by
F. H. LINK, Druggist,
Staunton, Va.
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