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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-04-24
An Oud Colered W0man's suit Against
Her Ktdnapper.

CINCINNATI, April l7.-An inter,
esting case is now pending in the
United States Court, an old black
woman suing for $4,000 damages a
man who many years ago kidnapped
and sold her in.o slavery.
Her name is Henrietta Wood, six
feet toll, of powerful frame, black as
night, and over sixty years of age.
She was born . slave in Boone ccun-
ty, Ky, and after changing hands
several times was brought to Cincin-
matt by her owner and given her
freedom. While working as a serv-
ant at the boarding house Of Mrs
Rebecca Boyd in Cincinnati, she was
one evening decoyed by Mrs. Boyd
over to Covington, on the Kentucky
side of the river, and delivered into
the hands of three men-Zeb. Ward,
Frank Russ and Willoughby Scott.
Mrs. Boyd, it is said, received $500
for the transaction.
Heprietta was driven next day by
Russ and Scott to Florence, and
thence by slave traders to Lexington,
and there put in q ''nigger pen" kept
by Nick Roberts. The son of a ho-
tel keeper at Florence interested him
self 10 her behalf, which caused some
commotion among the traders, and
resulted 10 Henrietts's being placed
in Jail at Lexington, and kept for a
year. At the expiration of this time
Zeb. Ward took her to Frankfort,
where be had charge Of the peniten-
,iarv, and she remained a short time
10 his family. She was then sent
back to Lexington, placed in the ira
ding yard, cent to Mississippi. and
sold to q wealthy old cotton planter
named Gerard Brandon for $1,000.
She remained fifteen years on the
plantation, until Brandon, at the
breaking out of the war, with SEQ
blacks, fed to Texas for safety. AT
the close of the war Brandon return
ed to Mississippi, and promised Hen
rietta that if she would serve him
three years longer be would give her
her freedom. The contract was ful
filed by both parties, and with a
small sum of money, which she had
managed to save, she came to Gin
cinnati, accompanied by her only
son, who was with her in the court
room yesterday. The time of her
kidnapping was in the year 1853.
and she was absent from Cincinnati
from that time about twenty years,
and returned here old and crippled.
She sues Zeb. Ward for valup Of
time and for damages in the sum Of
$l5, 900. At the time of the alleged
kidnapping he was Sheriff of Kenton
county, and is now of Little Rock,
Arkansas. 1t was intended to enter
suit against Ward in the State Of
Kentucky, and the late Harvey Mey-
ers, Esq of Covington, was TO have
heep the woman's attorney. Suit
was subsequently begun in the So
perior Court of Cincinnati, but the
defendant, not being a resident Of the
State of Ohio, had the case transfer
red to the United States Court.
To-day she obtained d verdict Of So,
800.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-04-24
Fate Of nn Infamous wretch.


RICHMOND, IND, April l9.-Last
winter, while Mrs. Charles Maui
Yves confined, her husband seduced
her sister and two servant girls who
were attending her. When Mrs.
Maui learned this SO greatly did it
affect her that she became a raving
msniac, and she is now confined in
the insane asylum 81 indianapolis
To avoid her fathers vengeance
Maui fed, and was unheard Of until
a day or two ago. when ne returned
and resumed work at bis trade.
When Maul's brothers-in-law v, the
Stevenson boys. heard of his return,
In pursuance of an oath made by
them last winter they met him OF a
bridge at the edge of the city yester-
day morning. and shot q. him seven
fines. Three halls entered his body,
producing wounds from lEe Effects of
WHICH bis death Is hourly expected.
The Steselsons faye given notice
that they will be ol haRd whenever
the courts want them. No arrests
have been made. Public sentiment
strongly @favors the boys.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-04-24

Commonwealth, Hon. Matthew 5.
QUAY. Who is to be Mr.. Qnay's
successor in his present position de-
ponens ssye.h not, but Hon. Jno. b.
Linn. deputy secretary is favorably
mentioned on every band. He Is a
gentleman Of The first water, and 20
better Secretary could bc found.
Yesterday the resolution agreed
upon 10 Republican caucus, fixing
May "a, as the date Of final adjourn
ment of the Legislature, was reported
from the committee Oh ways and
means. 1t was like a fre-brand in a
field OF fax. A general discussion
OF q rather heated character immedi-
ately ensued, during which it be-
came evident that The friends of IAN
DISCRIMINATION and other import
ant measures we're determined that
the resolution should not pass the
House until their bills were consid-
cred. 1t was sent to the Judiciary
General committee where it will be
kept as long as possible. Following
this action on part of the House, a
resolution fixing afternoon sessions
on Mondays ard Fridlys was vo'-
ed down. This was an application
of the lex talionis, and the whole
business is rapidly assuming the
shape of a Kilkenny fight, in which
the people are the losers.
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TIE FRpsFsT pf wy,llan, N. Tweed.

NEW foRk, April lT-Phe tuner;
al of William N. Tweed took place
from the residence OF bis son.in-law
Mr.. Douglass, No. 81 East Seventy
seventh street, this morning.
None were permitted to enter the
house unless they were personal
friends of the family. or bad been in.
Inmates of the dead Tweed. The
body of Mr.. Tweed was enclosed il
an oak casket six feet four inche:
long, twesty-.wo inches wide, anC
eighteen inches deep, ~sogarei with
black velvet.
4 silver plate bore the inscription
william N. Tweed, died April II,
1878, aged ffty-6ve years" The
body was dressed in 0 black suit, and
the features were life.like. The FORA
decorations were but few.
The family consisted OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Douglass, Mr.. George M'Ginnis
Rnd lis Yite, the youngest daughter
Of Mr.. Tweed, the two latter having
emily just arrived from New Orleans
Aaong those wbo attended the
funeral were Mr. George MounJoy,
of Philadelphia: John q. ToGEsend,
Coroner Mailman, Sheridan Shook,
disappointment Kelso, Sheriff Rel
ley. Comptroller Kelly, Police H.
spector M'Dermott. aad several other
old personal and political friends Of
Mr.. Tweed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-04-24

New York, April I9.-While the
Erie lightning express train vas
sweeping down the Valley of the
Delaware a mile below Cochecton on
Wednesday afternoon the engineer
saw a little girl walking on the track.
He was just rounding a curve. The
locomotive snrieked, but within two
seconds the child was oyertaken and
the train passed the spot where che
had stood. The engineer looked be-
hind the rear car, expecting to see
the mangled body. But the track
was clear. He stepped upon the
guards of the locomotive, and saw
the child plastered against the cow
catcher. She was senseless. He
approached ner with great care, and
succeeded in ~rescning her as she was
about to roll 10 the ground. The
train was stopped and backed up to
the girls parents. They were poor
people living in q shanty on the line
of the road. The girl was about ii
years old. She was slightly cut
about the face, bu, escaped without
further injury. The passengers were
delayed ten minutes. When they
left, the child was smiling in the lap
of her mother.
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alive.

New YORK, April 1.-THE fol
lowing is late intelligence in refer
eDce to the burning Of 500 CiTcassi'
ans On board the Austrian Lloyd
steamer Sphinx. LlOyd's agent at
Larnica, Cyprus, in a letter dated
March 10, furnishes foil particulars
of the burning Of the steamer near
Cape Ellis, in the early part Of last
month. lt appears that the
Sphinx was on her way to Lattachia
from Cavalla with about 5000 Cir
eassians on board GA the ffth OF
March, at $40 a NJ. she was doub.
ling the klito rock of Cape ST. An.
drec VIII 9 strong wind from the
southeast, With the intention of GO
ing to F%amagusta TO wait for better
weather, aud take in provisions for
the emisFants. Alta P. NJ there was
a strong gale from the southeast,
which shifted 10 tie w0st, then TO
the north, returning at last to the
southeast. At that time the ship
would no longer obey the rudder,
qud a heavy sea striking her, washed
forty Refugees from the f~orecastle. She
could not put back to 4letandretta.
The matches were open, and there
was fear that the sea would fill the
hold, and besides this the Cireassi-
ans would not allow them to be clos
ed for fear of being ~suffocated. AT
6:is smoke was seen coming ont OF
the forehatch and TIA vessel was
shipping heavy seas. A little later
she grounded on a sand bank. 0ne
heavy sea drogs her on the coast and
she sprang a leak. There ves no
working the engines. Meanwhile
the FIRE increased and the confusion
and cries of the Circassians are said
to be something awful, seeiGg the
fire could not be put down the hatch-
es we're closed with the consent of
tho circassianG aud SO upwards of
500 lives were sacrificed to ave the
rest. During the night attempts
were made to extiDguish the fire, but
without success. On the 9th the
sity, wing emigrants were landed, the
captain Cad grew fed from The wreck
as the Cireassishs ibfea'fped to
murder item. The Clcaseians bad
FIRE, it is said, in the hold t. keep
themselves warm and cook with, and
it is not unlikely that the fire origina-
ted from the accidental upset;ing or
one of the stoves.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-04-24
A Strange Accident.

PHILADELPHIA, April lS.--A seri-
Gus and from its cause q very unusu.
al accident occurred in this city to-
day. A young lady, residing at No.
1918 Wood street, Miss Fife De
Costa, while walking about her room,
stepped upon a parlcr match, which
ignited, setting her underclo.hing on
fire. She did not near the explosion,
and the flames curling around her
limbs gave her the first intimation oil
her peril. Her screams for help
brought to her assistance Miss Hat
tie Green, who resided in the same
house. In attempting to smother
the flames her own clothing took fire.
Others in the house coming to the
rescue the fire was extinguished, but
not before they were both seriously
burned. The physicians of the
Pennsylvania Hospital. to which in-
stitutiou they were removed, pro
nounced their injuries of a fatal char.
acter, and at two O'Clock this after.
noon Miss Green died 10 dreadful
agony; and it is highly probable that
Miss De Costa will not live till morn.
ing.
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Br,sa... Young. E.s.ss q. co-rs

The Salt Lake CORE 'pondent of the
New York Tribune says: The mat
ter Of settling the estate OF the late
Brigham Young has got into the
courts as | predicted some three
months ago. The will directs tie
executors to turn over to the owners
su ch property ncminally belonging
to the estate as shall be found to be
held 10 trust for other persons. The
Church has had the books examined
by experts. and finds itself entitled to
nine or ten hundred thousand dollaIs
out of the estate. Now come En-
nest and Alpheus, sons of Brigham
by brevet wives, and ask Judge ShG-
fer, of the district court, to grant an
order restraining the executors from
deciding any property out of the es-
tate to the Church, in recognition or
payment OF such claims until they
shall have been properly proved in
the Probate Court. Judge Shafer
granted a temporary order on the ex-
ecutors, and set q day for a hearing
of the application in full. Whether
the heirs intend to contest the claim,
even if proved in the Probate Court,
| do not know. If they do, they
will perhaps retain their grasp on
Brigham's ill-gotten gains, for the
Church not being incorporated-the
Territorial Act Incorporating it hsv-
ing been repealed by Congress-can
not sue. IL is also forbidden, by the
anti-polygamy act of 1862, to hold
more than $50, 900 of real property.
1t would be strange if, with this ad-
vantage. the heirs should let a mil
lion slip through their fingers. unless
obliged to. The Mormon religion
goes a long way toward making a
fool of a muu, but not quite so far as
that, | think, particularly with the
Young family.
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GIoyer's ScaIps.

FROM Vac Clnc-n-f1 - aheltc-
We are in favor of this Democrat
lie Investigation going on. An ID
ventory to date shows the following
net results
~ One Democratic Doorkeeper
caught and disgraced f; (2) General
Banning put il 6 tight place GO
some of the crookedness of Gloyer's
own experts exposed, and a. a $iQ.-
900 steal by Democratic Congress
men uncovered. 1t in no way de.
tracts from the yalae Of these discov-
cries that they were purely aceiden.
tai. Glover and his experts viii be
more cautious in the future. but they
have done something for The country
already.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-04-24

New YORK, April IA special
to the Herald from Richmond states
that the barbarous lynching Of on un-
fortunate colored woman named Char
lotta Harris, who was accused of be.
ing the instigator Of a barn burning,
had a fitting sequel yesterday in the
acquittal Of the boy Jim Ergenbright
who was imprisoned at the time for
setting FIRE to the barn. The poor
woman was pursued, captured,
brought before a magistrate aud
committed for trial. That night a
party of r~uiiians, xith blackened IA
ces, rushed into the room 10 which
the woman was confined, took her
from the guard, and after dragging
her about a mile hung her in a most
horrible manner to o black jack sap
ling. Her body remained suspended
from the 9th of March until noon on
the 9th. when it was finally cut down
and inferred. The Governor issued
a proclamation for the arrest of the
arrest of the murderers, but owing TO
the existing secrecy maintained by
the lynchers and the public sympa-
thy for them none of them have been
arrested. 1t is now fully established
in the acquittal of the boy Jim Err
genbright, who was accused for
burning the barn and of being .insti-
gated by Charlotte Harris, that the
woman was equally guiltless. The
question now is, will there be any
punishment for the crime Will the
murderers be brought to justice ?
Rockingham county, where the lynch
ing occurred, is the centre of the re.
adjustment or reputation sentiment
in the State and the home of DR..
Moffett, the inventor of the bell
punch register, who is also e leading
readins.er.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-04-24
Negroes Killed by Mnfsiame.,

CONVICTION, IND, April Isles
terday afternoon a detachment of tn,
Wabash Guards, 6 militia company
were drilling at Coal Greek, and il
the evening were RECALLING them
selves 10 Vanderveer's saloon, when
one of a party of negroes went into
the saloon, and 4 few words passing
between h,a and the Guards, be was
fred upon and Fas oct. TIE militia.
men pursuing, shot hin dad, and
started through the town shooting
sll the negroes they saw. Phil Coz
ems, John Meyers and Thomas Coo
per were killed, and Peter Arters
was badly wounded. The Guards
who lid the shooting are supposed to
be Union neI vao we're 10 the strike
q year ago. and were disE.aaed ty
the colored men, and the trouble
seems to have resulted from the old
feud. Captain Upton claims that
the I yards were not under orders.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-04-24

Is an Alabama contested election
case for a seat in the House of Rep
resentatires in which Jere H~arralson,
a negro, was oasted, and q Rebel
General pat 10 his place, a paper was
read before the Committee signed by
Harralson, in which be acknowledged
that in a public speech he had made
a statement hat was utterly false,
and that be did it to prevent the
Democrats from voting Cor Shelley.
The Chairman asked Harralson
why be signed that paper. Harral-
son replied "You would have sign
ed it. You see it wac eleven O'Clock
at night, and | was in Gen. Shelley's
room. lie had two pistols, and his
Deputy Sheriff bad two more, and il
YOU ever did see a scared black man,
| was one. You know white folks
know bow TO scare niggers anyhow
Although the evidence shows that
bull-dozing and intimidation had full
sway, the indications are that Shelley
viii retain his seat.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-04-24

The y. Y. Tribune has made an
exhaustive examination, prepared and
published a full list Of the private
claims for compensation which have
been introduced for the South during
this session of Congress.
The list covers some four columns
in nonpareil type, and includes near
" one thousand separate bills whose
total claims aggregate oyer ten mil
lions of dollars. When to this are
added the public claims of cotton tax,
tobacco, captured property, and army
supplies, the total demand of the
South upon the Treasury foots up an
aggregate of which the lowest esti-
mate is over $500, 000, 000, and
which the careful estimate of Judge
BARLEY places at $500, 600, 600. And
this the South asks US to pay her for
damages incurred in a war Of rebel
lion which she herself forced upon
US!
When these Southern clsims we're
talked Of 10 1876, and warnings given
that such atroeious demands would
surely be made ps 5000 Gs the Demo
Gratis should come into power. there
were not a few in the North vino
Pooh-poohed it as a campaign buga-
boo. They have lived to witness
their mistake. The Democrats are
not yet in power, as they hoped to
be, but the cupidity of their Southern
brethren could no longer be restrain
ed. They nave not secured the Sen
ate, but that they are certain to do
by the 4th Of next March. They
have not the Presidency, but assert
that the Presidential assent to their
claims enters into the policy Of Con
Citation ami was foreshadowed 10
the inaugural address. Should they
retain the House, therefore, in tie
next Congress, lthe Senate being
then Democratic also) there will re-
main nothing in the way Of their
getting even" with the North for
the very little portion which they
have to bear of our wal debt. And
in order that our depleted Treasury
may have the wherewitbal to supply
this Southern plunder, they cat down
the appropriations for all the Depart
ments until the Government is fairly
crippled, and further propose q tax
on incomes which they well know
would be collected mainly from the
North.
1t is no longer possible, even for
those so incrednlous during the cam
paign of 1876, TO avoid p%erceiying
the imminence of this danger. There
is but ons mean of prevention in our
hands. The Senate is, Cor the pres
ent, lost; the Presidency has Psogad
itself s feeble reliance ; we must res.
cue the House Of Representatives. from
Democratic control.
This is our only safeguard and
this We can certainly do If we brace
ourselves for the contest. All differ
ences of opinion on the policy Of the
National Administration ngst be
laid aside, and we must make the
fight not for or against the President,
bat for the Republican party.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-04-24

IsN'T it about time that the Repub-
licans Of this Congressional district
were taking soundings? The re-
nomination Of General Campbell APP
pears to be conceded, but his re-elec-
ton is not. On a square, stand-up
Fight be can carry the district against
any Democrat in il. but in our judg-
ment battle win hot thus be offered
him. The so called National party
proposes to put Congressional candi-
dates 10 the field, and the General
must look out for q flanking fire. 1t
is thought that bis former majority
Of $40 can be overcome in this way,
and il will be found the Democratic
nomination will not go a begging.
We are not badly scared, but at the
same time our Republican friends
may as well keep their eyes open, as
to their surroundings.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-04-24

SIoNs Of Cancellation are accumu.
laiing in the South. In a late speech
made by Wade Hampton to bis Dem
ocratic friends in Charleston be ad.
vised them not to allow Independent
10 run candidates. There's the old
spirit Of the Southern Democracy
speaking out Republicanism has
been put down with the shot gun
and if Independent candidates can
be prevented from running for Office
bv the same method, d solid South il
secured 10 the Democracy. There
is nothing conciliates all political diff
ferences in the South so efectually
as the shot gun
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-04-24

THE Democrats are in a condition
Of great distress over their illegitimate
and rebellious offspring, the National
party. They have been trying both
to whiD aud to bribe il back into the
parental fold, but it obstinaiely de-
clines to come. Ia Iowa, for exam
pie. the Chairman Of the National
State Committee has published a
proclamation, stating hat the Demo
Gratis are too late with their overtures,
and that each party must now stand
upon its own bottom. The word
Nationals" is a nightmare which
keeps Democrats in close Districts
awake Of nights.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-04-24

To secure the next National House
Of Representatives the Republicans
have only to hold what they have
got, and gain eight Congressional
Districts. We ought to gain two OF
this number in Pennsylvania, viz
Schuylkill, where Reilly Dem had
81 majority, and the Franklin dis
trict where Stenger Dem was elect
ed by 60 majority. In Ohio we are
almost certain Of gaining three dis
triets which were undoubtedly carried
by fraud in 1876; then add to those
the districts from which Republicans
honestly elected, have had their seats
stolen by the present Democratic
House, and it will be sure that the
task of regsining The House is by no
means a difficult one.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-04-24

The filthy Beecher-Tilton scandal
has been revived again by an open
confession of guilt made by Mrs.
Triton and sent to the newspapers
for publication. Since the trial, we
have been satisfied of Beecher's guilt,
and this worthless confession made
by the participant in it, a have but
little weight in further shaping pub
lie opinion. 1t however opens again
the sluieegates through which the
country will again be flooded with
all the nasty matter connected with
and bred by this moral pestilence.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-04-24

GLoyER,-he Of the investigating
turn Of mind, the head and front OF
Democratic smelling committees, has
succeeded, undesirably, and most Tn
expeciedly to him, in catching
another Democratic rascal.
While nosing around to unearth
something to injure his Republican
opponents, his committee has come
into possession of proof that at least
ten thousand dollars Of the thirty-two
thousand expended during the trip of
Morrison's Investigating Committee
to Louisiana, during the Presidential
contest, went into pockets not enti-
tied to it. The money was expend-
ed by Major S. X. Donavin, Of Ohio,
the then Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms,
and Colonel Polk, bis assistant, after
wards the Door-keeper of the House.
Oonavin had full charge 10 the dis
tribution Of the $4,000 placed in his
bands by Jno. Thompson, Sergeant
alarms Of the House. The affair
creates much excitement among the
Democrats, and proof as to the ir-
regularity is said to be overwhelming,
Mr.. Glover is authority for the state
ment that at least ten thousand dol
lars was not expended, bot il a crook
ed manner went into ,he pockets OF
certain Democrats II is charged
that Polk and DonaFih can tell what
became Of this money and they viii.
be required to testify regarding it.
Glover and bis experts. weren't
sshing for Democrats, and they ex-
plain with woe-begone faces, that il
is not their fault, that they. couldn'.
help it. We can not touch pitch and
remain unde6led-nor turn up corrup-
ton, and not unearth a Democrat.
Glover ooght 10 have those two
aphorisms impressed on bis memory.