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Year: 1868

4 horrible spectacle was presented in Sails
bury, \. c., last Friday, at the execution of
Rufus Ludwig, for the murder of his wife af-
ter being married to her only eleven DAYS.
lie smoked a cigar on his way to the scaf0ld,
and seemed not to care for the fate which
awaited him. In the midst Of the prayer he
called on one of the crowd for a chew of to-
hacco. which he took and put into his mouth


After a hymn had been sung, Ludwig arose
to make speech, and rambled on disconncct-
edly for several minutes with the evident in
tenti1n Of gaming time At length the sher-
if forced him upon the platform, when
most extraordinary and exciting scene ensued.
He at once made a wild plunge forward, with
the intention Of leaping off the platform on
the farther side, and with the evident pur-
pose Of making a break and desperate en-
deay0r to push his way through the crowd
and escape his impending doom. Nothing
could be more hopeless than such an effort
But Ludwig had ceased 70 reflect he only
felt the animal instinct of self-preseryation


He succeeded in throwing his feet and legs
off the platform, but the two officers having
hold Of his arms and shoulders held fast. and
pulling him backward. he fell. with the up
per part Of his back still on the platform. his
legs and part OF his body projecting over the
edge. Several Of the nearest officers Of the
guard at once rushed to the assistance Of the
sheriff and laid hold of Ludwig's legs. endca-
yoring to shove him backward on the plat
form But the prisoner struggled with al
most superhuman strength. With all the
yigOr of his powerful and muscular frame.
neryed by despair, he wrestlcd with fate.
For a long time he uttered no word. but with
convulsiye and rapid movements Of arms and
legs strUye 10 wrench himself from the grasp
of the eight or ten men who now had hold
Of him. \ thrill of awe and horror ran
through the immense assemblagc, and it
swayed 10 and fro like a forest shaken by
mighty WIND. But those whose duty it was
to act remained calm and cool. The moose
was two feet above his head n he lay. and
powerful efforts were used to push him up
10 it. At the end of more than five minutes
he exclaimed that he would stand up and be
quiet if they would release thei- hold but
this was evidently said only for the purpose
Of inducing them To relax their efforts. for he
showed no sort Of disposition to relax his
own exertiOns. The officers persisted IN ulac-
ing the moose over his head, and as he felt
that inevitable fate now had him. he is said
to have muttered a curse, which was over
heard by some Of those nearest him. 1t took
several minutes to pnion his hands and feet,
he meanwhile laying on his side and choking
to death as fast as possible, for the rope was
stretched by his weight. BY the time his
arms and ilegs were tied he became notion
less, the cap was put over his face. and the
officers sprang of and knocked out the prop.
In fifteen minutes thereafter the spirit Of
Ludwig was at the bar of God
Year: 1868

of the door. There was a fash of light. n
sound of rushing wind, and then | seemed
to be dashed with fearful violence upon the
ground.


The next thing | recollect is the sonnd of
voices, and the Kissing of the steam of an
engine close by me, while some two or three
people were moving about with lanterns
l found some one supporting my head, and
then | gave horrible shudder for there
were horrid red patches and marks on the
ground. As the men spoke in whispers, |
could see they were collecting something
horrible that steamed in the cold air. A
mist came over me and I tainted dead away


When could think again, found that
had been some time in London hospital,
and was lying there in a ward, looking at a
pair OF soft white hands that didn't seem to
belong to me, while my head felt cool
through my hair beng cut Off


But got stronger every day, and soon
had visitors to see me and one face that
came, and used to lean over my poor bare
pallet, was, as it were, the face Of an angel
so sweet, so loving and so tender in its com
passionate look and once, while the old lady
stood back, two tiny, soft hands smoothed my
pillow, and a tear fell on my cheek, as voice
whispered:


''God bless you, my brave preseryer.


| shut my eyes then and trembled; for
there was bitter feeling of sorrow came over
me, and, spite of those tender words, SEEM
ed to be standing on the brink of a great
gulf. far away from her.


As grew stronger, leared from her moth
er how they had been deceived. 1t was
though answeringan advertisement for gov
erness that the poor girl had met with insult.
She had been deluded iuto accompanying the
gentleman, under pretensce Of his taking her
home, few miles down the line. He had
paid the penalty Of crime he had meditated
with his life. An up train tore him to pieces
an up train which must have passed within a
few inches Of my head


The train from which he fell had been stop
ped by the guard few miles further down,
when the poor girl was found clinging out
side the carriage. An engine and tender
We're sent back n search OF us, to find US, as
| have already told. | only saw her once
again, when she gave me this-this little purse
Just as you see. She spoke to me kindly and
tend rly but saw her only through the
mist. and the thought that it was for the lost
time seemed to fill my mind 50 that | only
spoke huskily. | kissed one of her hands as
she said "Good-by, and then was standing
alene-alone in the world, without aim or
hope. You will please to remember that she
was lady, and that | am-only a railway
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Year: 1868

DEATH OF ENSIGN GRIswoLD,-It is with sad
ness that we chronicle the death our Young
townsman, Ensign CHARLES ID. GRIswoID, L.
S. n, second son Of the late VIM F. Griswold
He was young man of fine talents, courteous
manners and genial disposition He early
had love for the sea, and on receiving an ap-
poIntment to cadetship entered the Naval
Academy in 1861, graduating in 1865 seventh
in class of sixty. In the fall of 1866 he
was attached to the L. 5. steamer Pensacola -
the flag ship of the South Pacific Squadron,
which was subsequently transferred to the
North Pacific Squadron. While stationed at
Mare Island, California, he contracted sew
ere cold, which soon affecting his lungs. he
obtained leave of absence and returned to
this city. Since reaching home he has stead
lily grown worse, and that insidious disease,
consumption has at last brought him to his
end.


Ensign Griswold bad high reputation in
the navy for one of his years, and it is but a
few months since that he received orders to
Boston to be examined for promotion 10 the
rank OF Master. He had many warm friends
and acquaintances from boybood to whom his
loss is a severe affliction.
Year: 1868

Through rosy dawns OF June l 60,


Arain the deepening sweetness part,
While all their raptures round me flow


And bubble freshly in my heart,
The broad blue mountains lift their brows
Barely to bathe them in the blaze
The bobolinks from silence rouse


And fash along melodious ways;
And hid beneath the grasses, wet


With long carouse, a honeyed crew,
Anemoue and violet,


Yet rollicking are drunk with dew.
How soft the wind that blows my hair
That steals the song off from my hp,
And mounts in gladder tumult where
The murmurous branches bend and dip !
How proudly smiling on his love


The sun rides up the central blue,
While like the wing of Summers dove
She changes to his changing view
All lovclines. in every light,


Voluptuous beauty o'er her strewn.
4 thing to lap the souls delight
While morning widens into noon
Year: 1868

BARKIs Is WHuN.-President johnson has
written letter in reply to communication
addressed to him by citizens Of New York.
asking whether be would consent to become
ear didate for the next Presidency. After
considerable palaver the President declares
himelf to be at the disposal of the people.
and concludes by expressing biz hope that the
Democratic party, In the choice Of a candidate
and in the construction of platform. NAV be
animated more by desire to institute and
conserve sound and lofty principles, than by
desire for mere aggrandizement. which
means that if the Convention knows what it
is about it will nominate johnson and not
Chase
Year: 1868

FENIAN. = We have not abandoned our
opinion, given sometime in June, that there
would be a movement, and we venture to
reiterate it We say as the darkey did when
he pulled the trigger of his gun, and then
looked into his gun to see the progress of the
ball ''ns onmin st Albans Tran
script.
Year: 1868

INFANTIcIDE.-This crime, almost un-
known in Richmond before the war, has
since that time become of frequent occur
renee among the negroes. Scarcely week
passes that we are not called upon to chroni-
Gle the finding of the body Of an infant IN
some culyert, gully, or out-of- f-the-way
place, while in almost every instance the
unnatural mother escapes Identification.


On yesterday the body of q newborn
mulatto female child was found wrapped
up in piece Of old carpet in the gully
lust below the City Spring. DR.. Little was
notified of the fact, but.did not deem it ne
cessary to hold an inquest. No clue could
be obtained as to its parentage, and, Like all
other cases Of the kind happening here, we
suppose the matter win be dropped.
Year: 1868

CONTINUANCE oE THE FAIR AT TRnHTY
,CHURcH.-The ladies conducting this enter
prise are thankful for the liberal patronage
received during the week, and viii continue
the fair every night next week. They
have large supply Of really beautiful and
useful articles on hand, and daily supply
of good things, with which to regale their
friends and the public. The fair viii be
open tonight. The Sunday school will
therefore meet on Sunday morning at the
usual hour in the body Of the church.
Year: 1868

g NEGRO SyATcH-TH1EF ARREsTED.-A
negro named Peter Coleman was arrested
Yesterday on the charge of snatchIng
twenty dollars from the hand of lady on
she street. He viii have q hearing before
che Mayor this morning.
Year: 1868

puzzle even General Steedman To decide


We turn in despair to, the old and familiar
saying that birds Of a feather flock to-
gether p and here we stop-for the plu-
mage and odor of buzzarda and Cranes do
not invite to a nearer inspection. & y


In another column are the proceedings
Of a sweettempered ~ and Christian ~
meeting held at Alexandria by the Rapides
parish g Democrats, = at which the son Of
our amiable ex-governor figured as secse-
tary, aud any quantity Of other Wells gave
out their odoriferous oil. The resolution Of
these loyal q gentlemen ends as follows;


That the infamous scheme to subject the
whites of the South to the domination of
their former slaves, and to put their civil
and political rights under the control of
those slaves, through the forms of negro
suffrage, has no parallel in the history of
modern civilization. q


wonder what are the feelings Of the
halfdOzen colored men who hang arouad
the rooms of thetso-called boilers when
they think Of the company they are in but
we do not wonder what will become Of
those who would sacrifice their principles
and party for a little money, or an imag-
mary chance for some insignificant Office,
But now that the bolt, is found 10 be only
a shy and at-a shadow, the few true men,
if any such there are in the true central'
concern, should come back like prodigEls
to the party from which, while drunk with
disappointment, they went blindly stag
gering away. Esq
Year: 1868

IT'S SAD yet sweet 70 listen


To the soft yet gentle swell.
And 70 think we hear the music
Our childhood knew so well;
To gaze out on the even


And the boundless fields Of eiF,
And 70 feel our bOyhood's wish
To roam like angels there.
There are many dreams Of gladness
That cling around the past
And nom the tomb Of feeling


Old thoughts come thronging iasti
The forms we loved so dearly


In the happy days now gone;
The beautiful and lovely,


So fair to look upon.
Those blithe and gentle naidens,
Who seemed so formed for bliss,
Too glorious and too heavenly


For such a world as this;
Whose soft dark eyes seemed swimming
In a sea of liquid light,
And whose locks OF gold were streaming
Ger brows so sunny bright.
Whose smiles were like the sunshine
In the springtime Of the year,
Like the changeful CLEAN of April,
They follow every tear!
They have pasSed-like hopes-aWays
And their lOveliness has he'd
On. many heart is mourning
That they are with the dead.
Like the brightest buds OF summer
Thev have fallen with the stem
Yet oh. &c is a lovely death


To fade from earth like them.
And we can but think OF these,


IN the soft and gentle spring,
When the trees are waving DER Us,
And the11owers blossomfng:
And we know that winters coming,
With his cold and stormy sky,
And the glorious beauty round rs
is budding but to die.
Year: 1868

Mark Twain tells the following stO-
rv of one of the small republics of
South America "There was war in
one of these little republies-the one l
have been describing. The General
in-Chief asked the President for three
hundred men; the President ordered
the Minister of War to furnish them ;
the forces-just the number wanted
were down on the cOastsOmeWhere.
The Minister of War requested the
Minister of the Navy to place the navy
Of the republic at the disposal of the
troops, so that they might have trans
nortation to the seat Of war. The
Minister of the Navy ian official who
had seen as little of ships and oceans
as even Mr.. Secretary Wells) sent q
courfer TO where the schooner was with
the necessary order for the Lord High
Admiral. The Lord High Admiral
wrote back: Your EXcelleney, it is
impossible. You must be aware that
this is a Cotton schooner. There is
NOT room for three hundred men IN
heri The stern old salt in the Navy
Offiee wrote back Impossible! Non
sense. Make room. Heave the tons
overheard and bring the soldiers Any
wav TO get them there, so they gel
them there, was all this brave SET
horse called for" n,t
Year: 1868

The Editor of the Times, at Ham
burg, Iowa, has sold out, and on
leaving the paper speaks to the Ham
burgers thusly:


I leave it because I have lately be-
come rather piOusly inclined, and
want to spend my nights and Sundays
at church, instead Of in a printing
office. No


Ileave it because I can't live on 'ipo-
sition, without money.


1 leave it because 1 want to live at
least one year longer and think this
my only chance.


leave it because I am tired of car
rying two revOlvers and three bowie
knives to defend myself.


And last, but not least, leave it
because l want to.


Now bit Of advice to the people of
Hamburg and Fremont county:


If you want a good town and a good
county, don't let your interest in this
paper relax.


You have now the best weekly pub
| lished on the Missouri Slope, and next
to your churches and your schools, il
is the great lever that will move yOu
on to civilization, enlightment and
wealth


Don't consider every dollar you pay
the printer 90 be a contribution DC
you not know that you get value re.
ceived for every dollar that you pay
the printer?
Don't you know he works for yOul
interest as well az his own; that every
issue Of his paper brings new settlers
to your county, and advances the val
ue of your property in proportion


Remember this. Continue your sup
port; and when your money is due
/ go and pay it as you would any Othel
/ honest debt


One thing more:
If the editor says anything to dis
please you, 90 and whip him. Dom
hang around the street corners, blow
ing about breaking his head, anC
cleaning out his office, and then If yOI
happen to see him coming, you sneal
across the street like a whipped cur
/ but just go direct to him and chastisC
him, or else keep your mouth shut.


Do this, vote for Grant, and you viii
get your reward in the next world, i
you miss it in this. w. A. PUTNEY.
Year: 1868

that they glory in their triumph and power
only about three-tenths OF the public schools
in said county have had school since last April.
So poorly is the public mind educated to the
importance of educating their children that,
according to the existing Law, they vote It
down " rather than pay few dollars even IN
cases of large families of children. The Legis-
lature, in advance of the Journal, has, we un-
derstand, compelled a certain amount OF tax
to be collected any way, and from this some
schools are kept two winter months only ID
operation.


The editor also recommends a stay law to
help the delinquents pay their debts. Well,
that would probably suit our village, in its
present condition, but we can't quite see the
editors wisdom. He claims three successive
years Of failure in the rural districts, especially


about his town. now We do not know the pub


lie Indebtedness but we know there is great


deal of public dissipation and we venture that


the money spent in the last three years for in


toxicating drinks would, If at command, relieve


all immediate pressure We could take the


editor into the New England States where dis


titled spirits are only sold on certificate OF


Physician or Town Baliff. But theirs is a


higher state of civilization and can only be


carried out where the Republicans have large


majOrities


There they can carry out the letter, spirit ana


moral of law, but where pro slavery and


Democracy have had the assendency men car


ry defensive fire arms on their persons, indulge


more generally in habits of debauchery anc


bravadO through which the personal dignity
is quickened and their moral sensibilities blunt
ed


We question not that if the head of thu
, journal had been Northern man he would b.
far more efficient at his business and mor'


useful citizen because he would have received


proper training. We Judge him by "a South
t ern rule as he does US by Northern.
8 A false idea at the South prevails that fo
young men to work or engage in an apprentice
: ship is disgraceful.


The result of it is that they are devoid o
anything like an equal thrift with the North
] Look at our Patent Office and note where tn
t applicants for letters patent reside. Look a
E your school books Mr.. Journal and see
= Northern men did not first teach your youn
D idea how to shoot, and now see il you open
e door that is not hung on Northern hinges, an
your type, press and ink are all Northern pre-
0 duction, and if you design travelling you mus
: ride by Yankee engineering.


, | was taught to respect those who would
t me good. Do likewise; and cease opposite
o to an emigration that is an advantage to tn
: State. NORTHERNER.
Year: 1868

From the Army Hospital; the bloody battlefield
the mansion Of the rich aud the humble abode Of the
pOor-frOm the office and the sacred desk from the
mOuntanIOp distant valley and far.Of islands Of the
ocean--lrOm every nook and corner of the civilized
world, is pouring in the evidence Of the astonishing
effects of DRAKEs PLANTATION BITTERs. Thousands
upon thousands Of letters like the following may be
at our office:


have been in the Army Hospital for four
teen months. speechless and nearly dead AT Alton.
Ill they gave bottle Of Plantation BIers Three
bottles have made a " ell man. e. ii FLAUTE


MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior to the best import ed
German Cologne. and sold al half The price sep9I Y
Year: 1868

WAR.-Give me the money that has been spent in war, and l will purchase ev- cry foot of land on the globe I will ciothe every man, woman and child in attire of which kings and queens might be proud. 1 will build a school-housc on every hill side, and in every valley over the earth l will build an academy in every town, and endow it a college in every State, and fill ii with able professors 1 will crown every hill, place of worship, con secrated to the promulgation of the gospel of peace; l will support an able teacher of righteousness, go that on every Sunday morning the chime on one hill should an- swcr the chime on another around the earth's wide circumference, and the voice of prayer and the song of praise should ascend like universal holocaust to heaven. -Riyrs Stcrcns.
Year: 1868

The national democratic platform explic-
itIy lays down a general rule for taxation, to
take the place of the complicated system now
enforced. 1t demands, with all emphasis:


Equal taxation of every species of prop
erty, according to its real value.


This beautiful law of democratic finance
has not yet been fully elucidated The
orators Of Tammany have not obeyed the
orders of their chief candidate, and vigor-
ousiy pressed this subject of taxation. Iii
quite time they were about it; and if they
continue to avoid it, the Republicans ought
to accept Mr.. Seymour advice, and make
this great democratic principle plain to
everybody. 1t is not often that the party
gives Us such an explicit and ineligible
declaration its policy.


The Republican party propose to obtain
the money by adjusting taxation so that il
shall burden the people as little as possible.
The democratic party propose to do away
with all such adjustments, and levy equal
taxation upon every species OF property,
according TO the real value.


For example, the ''real value" of a fancy
sulky driven in the Central Park, and of s
farmer hay wagon in the country, may b
about the anne. The Republican party pre-
Year: 1868

BE AMABLE TO ALL-Always grant
gracefully what you cannot safely refuse.
That is wisdom, as Captain Edward Cutie
would say and as it Is just as well to learn
wisdom from the experience of others as to
require it beaten iato ones brains and mem
Org with the marlinspike of afliction. It
Is one Of the most difficult Of all things to
put on a smiling face when you are submit
ting to all the twinges ofa collie, and it is
just as difficult to grasp afectionately the
hand that you know would like to grasp
your throat, and to say


Pom my honor. am glad to meet you,
to an individual you wish in your heart was
en- route to Tophet. But, it must be done
sometimes; and when it must, why, do it
gracefully Do it, as the boys say: ''up to
the handle, and what you express. Get
rid of all your little animosities; discard
them as wicked and improbable. 1t


pays better to be amiable to every one, it
pay" in moral sense as well as a pecuni-
ary one.
Year: 1868

RELIGIOUS Freedom IN CHiLL-The
German colony at Valdivia, in Southern
Chill, have school for the exclusive ed
ucation of the children Of German settlers,
who almost universally profess the Calyiuis-
tic belief The bishop of that department,
however. sent message to the principal to
the effect that, in accordance with the laws
of the county all the scholars should receive
instruction Il the Catholic faith. To this
the principal replied that the institution
being especially for and supported entirely
BY foreigners, it did not seem necessary, in
strict justice, and he declined to comply
with the order. So the whole affair has
been put inso the hands of the Minister Of
the Interior, who is also Minister Of Relig-
ion, and viii be brought before Congress.
A very lively time IS expected during the
debate.
Year: 1868

Nova SCOTIA. idea may be form
ed of the intense excitement that now pre-
walls in this province on the subject Of its
separation from the other confederated col
onies, from the fact that report was cur
rent in Halifax on Friday last that Gen
ersl in the United States Army had offered
to send fifteen thousand troops to assist
Nova Scotia in breaking away from the
New Dominion. The contrast between the
present love exhibited towards the United
States and the conduct Of the people during
the rebellion Of our Southern States, is {
striking illustration of the rapid change o
public opinion. The whirligig Of time ha
brought its revenges in this instance,
Year: 1868

A ASmLLING FACE. Which will you do
smile, and make your household happy,
or be grabbed, and make all around you
gloomy aud miserable? The amount of
happiness you can produce is incalculable,
if you show a smiling face, a kind heart,
and speak pleasant words. Wear a plea
SAINT countenance; let the joy beam in your
eyes, and love glow on your forehead.
There is no joy like that which springs from
kind act or a pleasant deed; and you wiz
feel it at night when you lie down to rest,
at morning when you rise, and through the
day when at your business