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The New York herald., 1870-01-23
SPECIAL POLITICAL NOTES.
Political Execution In New York.
NEW YORK, Jan. IL, 181

NEW YORK. Jan. IL, 1870.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
notice in your ANSWERS to Political Queries" In
this mornings issue the statement, IN reply to
"Rege,u that ..there Is no record OF an execution
for political offences In the history OF New York."
This is mistake In the reign OF James H., In the
year 1885, Jacob Lcsler, then prom inent politician
in this city usurped the government IN the absence
Tor treason and found guilty in 1897, and was exc
cuted on the ga0ws IN the present City Hall PARK.
AS the name OF New Amsterdam was changed
TO New York" many years before when the prov
by the Dutch to the English, tt follows tbat Lesterx
execution was ian execution tor pOiltlcal offence
IN the history OF New York." hlS1ORlCUS.
The Jackson (Miss) Plot says there was but one
vote against the fifteenth amendment In the Misss
sippi House OF Representatives, Mr.. Mcleod. OF
Greene, and none in the Senate. MISSISSIPPI makes
no bones about getting back into the Union. She
has shown backbone on many previous occasion.
Western paper thinks these are the darklis) days
OF the republic
The New Haven Register says Governor Jewell Is
"out Westn and Lieutenant Governor Wayland Is in
Europe; Mr.. David Gallup, OF Plaindeld, the Sc
nor Senator, is running the gubernatorta machine,
pro tenn, for week or two.
The Nashville Union states that "Hon John w.
Leftwich has gone TO Washington to renew his con-
test for the seat OF Representative in Congress from
the Memphis district, to which he was fairly and
honestly elected, but Brownlow, who was Governor
then, assumed authority to throw out votes and
claimed that w. j. Smith was elected and issued to
hlm The certificate"
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THE psGATA TRAsEDY IN PENNSYLVANIA
Conviction OF Bonner and Van BOrdenbura-
Their Sentence.

Iuelr sentence.
Huntington. Pa, Jan. 2l) correspondence Phllade
pnia Press.
The strlal OF Bohner and Van BOrdenburg. the MUIR
derers VI the Peghtai family was concluded
Tuesday, and resulted In verdict OF murder In the
first degree with regard to both prisoners the ver
dict was in strict accord with the evidence viii en-
fixed the terrible crime unerrngy upon the Two men.
IL was understood tnat the murderers wonld be
sentenced to-day, ana the greatest anxiety was
manifested by the people generally TO be present.
Long before the time of opening the Court vast
crowd began to move towards the court house, and
the room was densely filled when Bohner and Van
Bordenburg were brought IN. His Honor, Judge
Taylor, soon afterwards arrived, and proceeded at
once to pronounce the sentence. On beng asked II
they nad anything 10 say why sentence should not
be passed upon them, one OF the prisoners Bonner,
was silent; the other prisoner, Van Borlenburg re,
pied that he was not guilty, ana knew nothing OF
the murder until he was arrested In Altoona, where
he was informed OF It,
The Judge then recounted briefly the circumstances
OF the murder, ana the evidence against the two
men, calling their attention to the horrible arocity
OF the crime. the justice OF the punishment to be in
ficted, and the h0peessncss OF escape from 1t,
Guiding as fo!lows:-
And now the OF the of this is
you prisoners at the Goteb Bohner and Albert Van
BordenburQ hence the OF Huntington county,
whence you came and thence the place Of execution
be hanged the mock until dead and
may God, in his infinite compassion, have mercy your
souls
the prisoners manifested but little feeling during
the delivery OF the sentence. At its conclusion they
were removed To the JAIL To await the day OF excu
tioni to be fixed by the Governor.
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At Wangaratta, Australia q young man was lately
sentenced 10 TWO months imprisonment for KISSING
U glrl against her wuL
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SPEECH OF ONE OF BRIGHAM'S WIVES.
Sister Harriet Cook Young one of Brlghams
wives then came forward and read her speech as
foilows:-
In rising to address this meeting deicacy prompts
me to explain the chief motives which dictated our
present action We, the ladies' or Salt Lake City,
have assembled here to-day not for the purpose Of
assuming any particular political power, nor to
claim any special prerOgative which may or may
not belong to our sex, put to express our indigna
ton at the unhaowing efforts OF men, wnO regard.
stitutionaf liberty. would force upon q religious
community, BY direct issue, either the curse OF
apostacy the bitter alternative OF fire ana sword
love OF liberty and happiness aud the right
to worship God, are dear to our sex as well
as to the other. And when these most scored
OF all the rights are thus wickediy assalied,
1t becomes absolutely our duty to defend them. The
mission Of the Latter Day Saints IS reform abuses
which have for ages corrupted the world and TO cs
tablish era OF peace ana righteousness The Most
High the founder OF tins mission, and IN order TO
Its establishment His prOvldences have so shaped
tne worlds history THAI on this Continent. besG
above all other lands, free and enlightened govern
ment has been instituted, guaranteeing to all social
poit!ca and religious liberty The constitution OF
our country Is, therefore, hallowed to Us, and We
view with Jealous eye every infringement; upon It's
great principles and demand In the sacred name Of
iinerty that the man who would trample II under his
leet, Dy ueprlvlDg hundred thousand American
ctzens OF every vestlge OF liberty should be anathe
matzed throughout the length and breadth or the
iahd as q traitor to God and his country IL Is not
strange .hat among the bgoted and corrupt such q
man and such measure should have originated;
put II will oe strange indeed, II such measure find
Iav0r ,v xvnn Waea ,, une honorable and ghmnded
men VINO we'd tue destfnies OF the nation.
Let tins seal Of ruin be attached 10
the archives OF our country, and terrible must
sorrow and desolation with stalk through the lano:
peace and liberty VIII seek another cfIe. while al.
archy, awlessness and bloody strife hold nigh car
nlval around the general wreck God forbid that
wicked men work such evil TO the nation IL ia true
that corrupt press and aR equally corrupt priest
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constitution guarantees to me ..llle liberty and
the pursuit OF happiness" What Is life to me II |
see the CALLING yoke OF oppression placed upon the
necks OF my husband, brothers and sOnss That Mr..
Cullom would do. am proud to say to you that |
am not only citizen Of the United States OF America
but citizen Of the Kingdom Of God; the laws OF
HIS Kingdom am willing TO sustain and deiend by
example ana precept. l am thankful today that /
have the privilege or living the religion or Jesus, our
Saviour. and tnat have the hon0red privilege OF
being the recipient OF one OF the greatest principles
revealed to man for MS redemption and cxaita.
ton in the Kingdom OF GOd namely, plurality OF
wives; ana | am thankful to-day that know God Is
at the helm and Will defend his people.
SISTER KIMBALL WANTS GENERAL GRANT TO BE a
MORMON.
Sister SARAH KIMBALL mere chimed in and said:-
We are loyal citizens OF the United States. We
have been faithful and true TO the standard raised
ior our liberties. we are faithful 70 the constit u.
ton. My grandfathers Tougnt In the Revolution.
My great uncle was one oi the signers OF the Decla
ration OF Independence. pray that the principles
and the spirit OF God that Is with us may be ex.
tended to Washington, that our Chief Maglstrate e
may Ieel the spirit OF this audience aud OF our DIS
gust and contempt OF the movement made for our
destruction. hope we Will soon become free and
independent State, when we will elect our own gov
erninent and officers and not be tramped upon as
we are at present.
WASHINGTON CELESTIAL MORMON
Sister McMiNN, an aged saint among the audience,
rose and said-"i am an American citizen. My
father fought all through the American Revoluton
anu lost all his property and am proud that have
name among the Latter Day SAINTS. / rejoice III the
Gospel OF the Lord Jesus Christ. could not keep my
seat any longer. MY father fought BESIDE General
Washington
..How Old are you, Sister McMinn ~ asked Sister
Kilnball, and the answer was, 'eighty-f0ur.n
'ti would Observer resumed Sister KIM Dall. that
General Washington Is a member Of this Church ana
kingdom. / was present when Judge Adams OF
Springfield, was baptized for Washington,
sILvER-SAvAGE STRAINS OF SISTER SNOW.
Sister ELIZA SNOW, the poetess, who was now in
better voice, then came forward and read her sell
speech, as Ioows:-
My sisters, IN addressing you at this time realize
that the occasion Is peculiar and interesting one
We are living in a land OF freedom, under consti-
tuition that guarantees cvn and religious liberty 10
all, black anu white, Christians Jews, Mohammedans
and pagans and how strange IL s that such consider
atiQus should exist those which have called VI TO-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-29
BY Alfred =. Horsley. =
goetry.
A POEM By CHARLES DICKENS.

A correspondent of the Daily News, of Lon.
don, has rescued the following verses, by
CHARLES DICKENS, from the obscurity of an
old Annual edited by Lady Blessington in
1874. They are entitled, "a word in Season -
and perhaps they are as timely now, when
ministers are asking whether Dickens was n
Christian, as they were 2syears ago:
They have a superstition in the East
That Allah, written on piece of paper,
Is ds 5e.ter o, unetion than can come Of priest. priest.
Holding that any scrap which bears that
name
In any characters, It's front impressed on,
Shall help the finder through the purging
flame,
And give his toasted feet a place to rest on.
With every wretched tract and fierce ora
And hoard their Ieaves-for they are not, like
A highly civilized and thinking nation;
And, always STOPPING in the miry ways
To look for matter of this earthly leayen,
They seldom, in their dust-exploring days,
Have any leisure 10 look up TO Heaven.
So have known n country on the earth,
Where darkness sat upon the living waters,
Were the lizard portion of its sons and
And yet, where they who should have ope'd
the door
OF charitys and light for all mems finding,
Squabbled for words upon the altar-foor,
And rent The Book in struggles for the
binding.
The gentlest man among these pious Turks
Gods living image ruthlessly defaces;
The best high-churchrnan with no faith in
works,
Bowstrings the Virtues in the market
places; 81
The Christian Pariah whom both sects curse
Crhey curse all other men and curse each
other,)
Walks through the world, not very much the
worse,
Does all the good he can and loves his bro
ther.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-29
Easy Life in Russia.

There is no place in the world where
a man with very small capital can en-
sier gain, if not an honest, at all events
a competent livelihood, than in Mos
cow. All he has to do is to spend a
few roubles in the purchase of grimy
and obscure saint on canvass, with O
gilt or tin glory round his head, new
frame; to find out q doorway, or an
arch near o thrOughfare, where he can
place his masterpiece on q table, and
get room for himself on a chair; and
there, with a wooden basin or an old
cup for q monaey-bOx, sit patiently un-
til his customers come. They are not
long in arriving. Behold, here is mu-
iik coming to market. The picture
catches his eye, he like it, he makes a
few inquiries about it from the proprie-
tors, who assures him that the saint has
great interest in the very highest quar-
ter, and has done an immense deal of
good to all his clients. The mujik is
satisfied. Of goes his cap and down
bends his head, while his hands bu,sily
wander from chest to brow, in self
benedicticn; his wild looks fly over his
face and bob back again, as with in
creasing fervor he utters his prayer to
the obfuscated image before him. When
he thinks he has made a favorable inn
preston he puts few copecks into the
saints treasury, and goes on his way
rejoicing.
!" Surely" said to a Russian, ''these
poor people ought to be the best in the
world; they say SO many prayers
H Alb, the Odnpins ~ replied he; I" an
contrdrie, they have need of all their
prayers, they sin so much and these
Saints listen SO readily that they are
encouraged to commit all kinds OF
rogueries." ~
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-29
How to Become a Millionaire.

Tom thought it looked very smart to
carry his money loose i'm his pocket,
and take out his quarters with an air
which said, 81 have thousands in my
pocket He ealways crumpled has bills
into a shape fit for gun-wadding, and
apparently took no possible care Of his
money. 1t was not that money was
so abundant with him, but he wished
others to suppose that it was; that it
was quite beneath his genius to care
for such trifling amounts.
Do you suppose Tom deceived any
body, or made any one respect him on
this account? He might make stable
boys stare occasionally, but all people
accustomed to handle money knew at
q glance that he was possessed of Q
very shallow purse and shallowef
brains.
No business man ever desires such a
boy about his establishment. No gem
tIeman but wonld wish his boy to sllun
such an associate. "Straws tell which
way the wind biows;r and the way q
boy takes care of his money pretty
surely foretells his future fortune.
Successful business men did not car
ry their money loose i'm their JACKIE.
when they were boys. They were pru'
dent of even the pennies. So
Some one asked Mr.. Astor, i'm his
old age, to tell him the secret of his
great success in making money
Very willingly said the old gen
tleman. "Just draw up your chair,
and we will put out the lights, as we
can talk just as well in the DARK
90, l seeW said the man. The Sc
cret is unrayeled. You became q mill
lionaire by saving what others waste"
T" Yes, the way to gain million dol
lars is to begin by saving the cents.
They will soon turn into dimes, and
the dimes to dollars" eer
Kyou desire to become millionaire,
buy you good strong purse large
enough to hold the pennies, and let
frugality furnish you q pair of strings
for it. Then with industry and perse-
verance, you may soon be able to make
4 good beginning for a comfortable for
Enthusiastically Visitor.
.rat
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-~-O~--
GOODNIGHT.

What tender, sweet GOod-night"-
Love on earth like this is Heaven begun
o, sweet my love, the hour is late;
The moon goes down In silver state,
As here alone l watch and wait.
Though far from thee my lips repeat,
In whispers low, Goodnight, my sweet.
The house is still, but DER the gloom
OF star-lit gardens, faint with bloom
lean out from my darkened room,
And only hear the roaming breeze
Move softly in the lilac trees.
Somewhere beneath these gracious skies
My bOnny love a dreaming lies,
With slumber brooding in her eyes.
Go seek her, happy wind so free,
And kiss her folded hands for me.
Across this dome of silent air,
On ties of floating ether bear,
To where she sleeps, my whispered prayer
The day has brought the night forlorn-
God keep thee, little love, till dawn.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-29

A blackheart cherry tree brought
from Va, in 1910 by Mrs. Ann Cook,
and planted in her garden, thirteen
miles south of Bowling Green, Ogle-
thorpe county, Ga, produced a tree
which Is now about sixty feet high and
ten in belt. 1t yielded about ten
bushels of cherries this season.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-29
A Heroic Act.

However much the world may have
degenerated i'm late years, every now
and then We are called upon to chroni-
Gle an act of heroism that sends a proud
thrill of admiration to the heart at the
chivalric self-denial which is exhibited,
rivaling even the widest tradition that
are handed down of herOism displayed
i'm a heroic age. or such is the in
stance now brought to our notice.
At little station called Shunpike,
on the Dutchess and Columbia Rail-
road, q few days since, occurred the
scene we are about to relate: As the
$50 train was nearly due on Thursday
morning, Mr.. Frederick Case, station
agent at Shunpike, and living at q
short distance from the track, left his
home for the purpose of opening the
ticket Office. He had not been gone
long, when his little son, two years
old found his way through the open
gate to the track, where he was at
tracted, no doubt, with the childish GU
riosity of his age. His sister, eleven
years of age, busying herself about
household duties, did not at first notice
his absence. Suddenly, hearing the
shrek of the approaching train, she
looked for her little brother, and CLAN.
cling through the open door, was for
moment paralyzed at beholding him
standing in the path of the approach
ing train, clapping his hands in child
ish glee at its unusual appearance. Re
covering herself in q second, with q
cry of agony she sprang through the
open door and down the garden path
with the speed of the wind, thinking
and caring for nothing but her BROTH
er's danger. The engineer, noticing
the flying form, whistled down breakes;
but too late, for just as the heroic girl
was lifting her brother from the track,
the remOrseless engine crushed them
both down under the terrible wheels.
The train was finally stopped, howev-
er, when they were picked up. The
boy, beyend few slight bruises, was
uninjured but the brave girl was ter
ribly mangled, one leg and one foot be-
ing literally torn in pieces, and being
badly bruised about the limbs
and body. She was taken back to the
house and physicians summoned, who
are making every effort to save her
life, and, from late accounts, they are
likely to succeed.-Al5dny Journal.
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The European War and lis Effect upon
the United States.

On this subject the New York Ship
ping List, of the 10th, says:
The question of the probable effect of
such war upon this country has been
very generally canvassed, and the
conclusions reached are both varied and
conflicting. 1t is conceded that in the
event of prolonged hostilities the Uni
ted States will be drawn upon freely for
food materials, but in no other respect
are we likely to reap any substantial
benefits. Our European commerce will
be seriously crippled by a contest in
volving three and perhaps more of
the leading Continental powers. Nu-
merous sources of commerce which are
now tributary to our wealth and pros
perity must, pending hostilities, be
dried up, while, as regards the carry
ing trade the American merchant ma
rine is not in q position to derive any
very substantial advantage from the
temporary transfer of the carrying trade
from the North German and French
flags. The treaty of Paris of 1856 abol-
ished privateering, and provided that
the neutral flag should cover enemy's
goods not contraband of war, and the
enemy's flag should cover neutral
goods not contraband of war. This
treaty, TO which France and Prussia are
parties, relieves neutral and peaceful
trade from many of the injurious con-
sequences of war. But the United
States has never agreed to this declara-
ton and can claim none of its benefits.
Neither belligerent will he bound to
respect the treaty, SO far rs our flag
and our property are concerned
That the result may be injurious to
our commerce in competing with that
of Great Britain, cannot he doubted.
The foreign trade now carried on under
the American flag is, however, so
limited, that it cannot be much further
reduced. France and Prussia are pro-
hibited from issuing privateers against
each other, while as regards Spain, the
ally of Prussia, no such prohibitions
subsists. But the sentiment of Eu-
rope and of the world is so adverse to
privateering that'it is not likely that
Spain would insist .lpon the practice.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-29

David Morgan has been acquitted at
Columbus, Miss, of the murder of Jer-
ry CASTOR. He interfered with CASTOR
while beating his daughter, who was In
n delicate condition, and on GastGn
turning upon him, stabbed him. Both
negroes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-29

The battery, artesian well and other
city property of Charleston, has been
attached by the sheriff, and is advertis-
cd for sale and removal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-29

Sambo, did You ever see the Cats
kill Mountains" '.No, sali but Eve
seen 'cm kill mice"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-29

A stingy old gentleman was listen-
ing to n charity sermon. He was near
ly deaf, and was accustomed to sit,
facing the congregation, right under
the pulpit, his ear-trumpet directed
upward to the preacher. The sermon
moved him considerably. At one time
he said to himself: "I'Il give Sl0;"
again he said: "Pll give SIS" At the
close of the appeal he was very much
moved, and thought he would give $50.
Now the boxes were passed. As they
moved along, his charity began TO ooze
out. He concluded he would not give
anything. Yet" he said, "this won't
dol am in bad fix. My hopes of
heaven may be in this question. This
covetousness will be my ruin" The
boxes were getting nearer. The crisis
was upon him. What should he do :?
Tho box was now under his chin--all
the congregation wee looking. He
had been holding his pocket-book in
his hand during this soliloquy, which
was half audible, though, in his deaf
ness, he did not know he was heard.
In the agony of the final moment he
took his pocket-book and laid it in The
box, saying TO himself, as he did it t:
Now squirm, old natur'w
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-29

NINETY IN THE SHADE

A2S NJ OAAA0A&|HH
MIDSUMMER ODE. ss,
Oh for a lodge In q garden of cucumben!
Oh for an iceberg or two at control! a5i-..s
Oh for vale which at midday the dew cum
bers,
Oh for a pleasure trip up to the Polel
Oh for little one-story thermometer,
With nothing but Zeros all ranged In q row;
Oh for a big gdouble-barreled hydrometer,
To measure this moisture that rolls from my
Drow! ar- fsFa
Oh that this cold world were but twenty
times colder! -
That's irony red-hot ID seemeth to BEL
Oh for turn of its dreaded cold shoulder!
oh what q comfort q gale would be!
Oh for grotto to typify heaven,
Scooped I'm the rock under cataract vast!
Oh for n winter of discomfort even!
Oh for wet blankets iudiciously cast!
Oh for n soda-fount spouting up boldly
From every hot iamp-post against the not
oh for proud maiden to look on me coldly,
Freezing my soul with q glance Of her eye!
Then oh for draught from a cup Of "coid
And oh for a resting-place In tho cold grave!
With the bath in the S:yx, where the thick
shadow lies on 80
And deegens the chill of its dark running
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