The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-19

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a speedy hearing, else the accusation itself
may crush and ruin him before trial, Let
them render valuable service to their con-
stituency by introducing Immediately a bill
for the abolition of that ponderous, ex-
pcnsyc fifth wheel arrangement called the
grand jury.
JUST THIRTY MINUTES TOO LATE!
For many years past, no incident attend
ing the administration of our criminal
laws, has created profoundcr sensation
than the execution of Sharpe and Melon
aid, at Nauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, on
Tuesday last, just onc-half minute before
the arrival of Governor fIartrantts rcprieve.
The deed for which the men died was
committed fifteen years ago The murder.
ed man had been a busy -body' in spot
ting his ncighbors" during the early stages
of tie Rebellion, and in pointing out the
hiding places and exposing the pretexts of
the men who sought to avoid the draft. 1t
is quite probable that Sharpe and Melon
aid deserved hanging, if not for the crime
Of which they were convicted, then for other
crimes in which 1t was more than suspected
they had had hand. They were ruffians
by nature and practice, and didn't pretend
to be anything else. Hypocrisy was per-
hapS, the only sin that could not be charged
to their account But both of them, from
the start, protested that they we're innocent
of the crime Of which they had been con.
victed and with their last breath they re-
newed this protest on the gallows. Taking
this fact in connection with the further fact
that the only evidence against them was
that given by three of the most depraved
and vicious scoundrels who ever saved their
nccks by turning States evidence-remem-
berng this, it is not at all surprising that
the minds of those who assisted in bring
inc the wretched men to the gallows,
should now be harasscd by disquieting
doubts.
Just thirty seconds after springing the
trap, a telegraphic reprieve came from Gov
crnor Hartranft; but it found the men
dangling by the neck, in the throes of
stranguation. How in hundred places
that half minute might have been made
good, occurred to every one who traced the
processes by which the reprieve had been
obtained and delivered; but, as stated, it
came too late, and had no power to start
the pulsations OF hearts that were already
stillcd.
In giving few details of the affair a
New York exchange says that when Gov
crnor Hartranft reached home the night
preceding the day Of execution, tired and
sleepy, he found the counsel for the con-
demncd men waiting for him. They pre-
sented their reasons for asking a rcprieve.
He said he would give them his answer la
ter in the morning, and, we suppose, went
to bed. That he found the reasons urged
by counsel of sufficient weight to warrant
him in interfering is apparent from the fact
that few hours later he tclegraphcd the
rcprieve.
If Governor IIartranft had been less
sleepy Tuesday morning, or if the door.
keeper of the Mauch Chunk had been less
stupid and sluggish when the brcathless
messenger from the telegraph office rang
and shouted at the locked door, Sharpe
and Mcdonald would have been alive to-
dap. They may have been guilty, or they
may not, and perhaps the rcprieve would
merely have postponed the hanging to an
other day, But, if wrong has been perpe-
tratcd in the proceedings against them, it
is too late now to correct it.
LIVER Is kING--The liver Is the imperial
organ Of the whole human system, as it
controls the life, health and happiness OF
man. When it is disturbed in its proper
action, all kinds of ailments are the natural
result The digestion of food, the move
ments Of the heart and blood, the action of
the brain and nervous system are all imme-
diately connected with the workings of the
liver. 1t has been successfully proved tina,
Green's August Flower is unequacd in cur.
ing all persons afflicted with dyspepsia OF
liver complaint, and all the numerous symp
toms that resultirom an unhealthy condition
of the liver and stomach. Sample bottle tC
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