Decatur Eagle, Volume 2, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 2 July 1858 — Page 4

The Murdered Traveler. I was travelling through North Carolina and I did not at all like the idea of passing the night alone in the stage coach; nut of course, that there was anything to fear, but a night alone in the coach is the most gloomy of all nights At sunset we reached a small village where I supped alone, and the fare was mean enough to testify the landlords utter contempt for a solitary passenger, albeit, his table was spread for ten. I hoped that I might have a companion for the prospect of the dull evening before me was gloomy in the extreme; and I don’t know but that, if I could have found a suitable person, I should have willingly paid Ids tare, rather than face a night alone. I despatched my supper, and the driver bad intimated a wish that 1 would •hurry up my cakes,’ and I had complied by hurrying them down 'As 1 am alone, driver, I suppose you will not object to my smoking inside,’l said, as I was about to resume my seat. 'You are not alone.’ •Eh?’ 'A young woman will keep your company.' 'Excellent' How far does she go? 'Through to Welden.’ This was pleasing, and I was willing to forego the luxury of my cigar that I might get a sight of my companion before darkness veiled her from my curious eyes. 1 entered the coach, John cracked bis whip, and away we went. ‘The 'young woman’had taken possession of the back seat, as in right she should, and I was placed upon the front seat. She was.a very pretty girl not more than eighteen, well dressed, though not in the style of Broadway or Chesnut street. She looked very sad, and several times, as the stage whirled away, I noticed a tear in her eye. With some difficulty I managed to draw her into conversation, thepeifinent parts of which I shall presently transcribe I was glad she did not deem me impertinent, for her story was full of interest, and I dare say, I asked her a great many saucy questions. 'I am in great distress, she replied, and am half a mind to stop the coach, and walk back home.' ■Why so?’ 'You seem tube a very kind person, stranger, and I will tell you all about it. In a few words I am running away from home.' 'lndeed?' ‘My father don't use me just as I think he ought.’

‘He is not cruel to you, I hope?' ‘Well not exactly cruel, but he will not pertnit me to to marry the man I choose.’ I venture to suggest that parents of'en LaJ good reasons for their objections to ; lovers, ‘That may be; but I think John Oxford is as good a young man as any in these parts, and I have determined to Lave him.’ ‘Where is your father? Will he not pursue you?' I asked. ‘He has gone to the South, to buy stock and I am to meet John somewhere on the road.’ ‘But your father may return this way . ’No, he will go to Raleigh first.’ I cheered up the runrway, whose name was Martha Stoneham, as well as I could and she had disburdened her mind of the secret. I cautioned her not to throw herself away upon a worthless fellow, who might be seeking her fathers property rather than herself; for she had informed me that her father was in easy circumstances. She knew John Oxford, and didn’t fear anything, ami after she was married if her ‘pa’ had a mind to forgive her he might, but she didn’t care much whether he did or not. This was North Carolina ‘bluff,’however, for I could see that she was gentle hearted, and if she bad been brought up in a more refined circle, she would have been an angel. We conversed till twelve o’clock, and Martha was in pretty cool spirits by this time; but I was getting very sleepy, and couldn’t hold out much longer. I had started her tongue, and I might as well have unearthed a volcano, for she determined that I should lose my nap. At last I got to sleep, and left her to ruminate upon her approaching nuptials It was daylight when I awoke, the stage having stopped to fhange hffrses. ‘How long before the stage for Raleigh will be along?’ asked a person of our, driver ■Mercy, this u John Oxford!’ exclaim ; ed Martha, tearirg ‘lie door

John Oxford, I thought did not seem to be particularly pleased to meet her, and when the stage started they had a long confidential interveiw, and I had the pleasure of having two companions. I did the looks of the lady’s lover and thonght it quite probable her father was right in refusing to accept him as a son-in-law. Why what is the matter with you John! exclaimed Martha, when we had proceeded a few miles. ‘Your coat and shirt are covered with blood. ‘Are they? so they are. Oh, I had the nose bleed, yesterday, he replied with a great deal of embarrassment. The conversation continued on this topic, for the North Carolina lady must know all the particulars. John seemed much confused, and tried to change the subject: but she would not let him. Pretty soon she discovered several scratches on his face, which he declared had been given him by the thorns in the woods. We were passing through a wooded plain, when the driver stopped his team and shouted to me. I saw John Oxford turn pale, as I leaped out. By the side of the road lay the form of a man. — Around him the grass and soil showed that a fierce stuggle bad taken place on the spot, indicating that the murdered i traveler had sold his life dearly. I raised him up, and he opened his eyes uttering a deep groan, as he did so. The driver came to my assistance, and we found that the man had received several stabs, and was apparently in the last extremity. ‘ls he dead! asked John Oxford from the coach. 'No,’ replied the driver.

It seemed to me that 1 could hear the lover’s teeth chatter, but perhaps it was because I happened 10 think of the blood upon his clothes. Taking my ‘Traveling: companion,’from my pocket, ( I always ■ carried one in those days to guard against; the accidents of unwholesome water.) I poured a plentiful draught down his' throat. It revived him. ‘Oh Martha!’ groaned he. Martha! Who was the murdered trav- : tier! The runaway maiden heard the . word, and leaped from the coach in spite; of the efforts of Oxford to detain her. •My father!’ shrieked she, throwing herself upon his body. ‘O, Martha, John Oxford has killed me!’ gasped the typunded man, in broken accents. He immediately relapsed in a stupor, and we lifted him into the coach, amid the , sobs of a willful daughter. The lover got out as we approached, and would have fled, if the driver, drawing.a pistol, had not threatened to shoot him. He compelled him to mount the box.

Before we reached the village, not seven miles distant, the father of Martha was dead. On our arrival Oxford was handed over to the sheriff. I never saw such a change in an hour, as the feelings of the girl underwent. Before, she loved him; now she hated him. I was compelled to part with them at this point, for Martha was to return to her now desolate home, and Oxford was borne to the shire' town to be committed to jail. I learned from the newspaper, a few months later, that Oxford had escaped the penanlty of his crime upon the want of sufficient evidence to convict him.— Three years after I passed near the home , ; of my stage companion, and learned that * John Oxford after his acquital had the impudence to offer himself to Martha again, and was rejected with scorn and loathing. ■ She married a good farmer and is said Ito be pleasantly situated. Oxford fled loparts unknown. The Atlantic is now an inland lake.— I can go to Philadelphia in less time than in my recollection. I was able to go to Aberden. At this moment the Pacific is beaten white by our steamships. America and Britain are almost near neighbors. I have not the least doubt that, in a few vears, the mother in London will be able I ■ Ito talk with her son in Calcutta, and to hold with the speed of lightening, and its certainly too, communications the most delightful the one with the other. Does not this look as if Daniels prophecy were I now being fulfilled, ‘Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.’— Cumming. .M. An editor in lowa has become so hollow from depending upon the printing business alone for bread, that he proposes to sell himself for stove pipe, at three : cents a foot. In Cincinnati! during the month of May two hundred and twenty marriage licenses were granted

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INDIAN HmleNtTneC 1858. It is the intention of the Proprietors of the Sentinel tosnake it in all respects a newspaper worthy the support of the Democracy of Indiana. And in the proportion its circulation is increased and its advertising patronage enlarged will be our ability to add to its interest. Having no local Agents, we depend entirely upon the efforts of our political friends to extend its circulation. In no cheaper or more effectual way can political intellence be circulated, zeal excited and party organization preserved, than through the medium of the press. All then, who are desirious of the succes of Democratic principles and policy, can serve the cause innoiretter way than in extending the circulation of the political organs of the party. The. year, upon which we have entered, will doubtless be one of important events- Upon i all matters of public interest we shall give full ar<’ “pliable intelligence. An important State election occurs next October. A new Legisla--1 lature. members of Congress, Supreme Judges, I and most of the State officers are tube elected It is only by sleepless vig’lence and untiring efi fort that we can expect to maintain the supremi acy of the Democratic party. It behooves every , Democrat, then, to inform himself upon the is- ' sues of the day. which it will be the object of I the Sentinel faithfully topresent, and thus be j prenared for the conflict. : The Sentinel will be governed in its political ■ course by the authorativcly expressed senti--1 men’.s of the party. The principles and policy it • promulgates it will be our aim to advocate and defend, believing that upon the integrity of the Democratic party rests the preservation of our I unequalled Government, It will represent the Democratic party of Indiana; not cliques, factions or men. It will be impartial towards all candidates for party favor but whoever it may select as candidates for public position, and its representative men, it will be our object to elect and sustain. 3he Sentinel will pay especial attention to COMMERCU!. news, ’.he agricultural interests of the State, and all miscellaneous intelligence , have made arrangements for the news by telegraph as full as the Cincinnati papers This will add .argely to our expenses, for which we i hope tobe remunerated by an increased circulaGon Me will, also,send the Daily bv express to all the principal points in the Slate. " —Strickly in Advance. I uai.y Sentinel, per annum, tr. no i Daily Sentinel, per month, * J y Sentinel, single subscribers,! rear 1 50 w eC , y clubs of five, ' cOS ■ Weekly Sentinel, clubs of ten, jo And the same rate for over that number. Those whosend clubs of twenty or over, will be entitled Proprietors

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THE MECU ANICS, IN VFNTORS AID MANI FACT!RES. In announcing the THIRTEENTH Arnt Volume of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN,th Publishers respectfully inform the publie tit in order to increase and stimulate the fern tion of clubs, they propose to offer. ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IS CASH HI MIUMS for the sis een largest lists of subscriberssestj by the Ist of January, 1858; said prcmiciuti be distributed as follows:— For the largest list, $300; 2d. $250; 3d. J? 4th, $ 50; sth. $100; 6th. s9o;7th, Oth, GO dollars; I Oth, 50 dollars; 111h,40dolltn 12th, 35 doollars 13th, 30 dollars 14th,S5d« lars; 15th lOdollarn. Names of subscribers can be sent in it diftt ent times and from different Post Offices. Th cash will be paid to orders of the sticcwiti; competitors immediately after the Ist of Jutary, UK. 8. Southern, Western . and Canada money'! I be taken for subscriptions. Canadian subset hers will please to remit Twentv-sixci'i/'W : extra on each year’s subscription to pre-p, postage. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION—TwoDdIti a Year or One Dollar for Six Months. CLUB RATES —Five Copies, for sixtuostii, 4 dollars; Five Copies, for twelve Months, td* lars; Ten Copies, for Six Months. 8 dollars Ta Copies, for Twelve Months 15 dollars; Twenty | Copies, for Twelve Months 28 dollars For all Clubs of Twenty and over, the ytsdf subscription is only sl'4o The new volume will be printed upon in paver with n» w type. Th a general character of lhe Scientific Ahi tcAX is well Known, and,as heretofore,it »eHb chiefly devoted tothe promulgation ofinfenu tion relating tothe various Mechanical Chemical Arts. Manufactures, Agriculttre, P* l euts, Inventions, Engineer! 1 g. Mill Wotr, **• all interests which the light of Practical Sc.tM is calculated to advance. It is weex'v. in for® - for binding: 't contain annually froHisoOtoi9l| finely executing Egravings, and Notices An® I ican and European Improvements, together'.! | an Official List of American Patent Claimsps’ lished weeKlv in advance of all other' papers. Itisthe aim of the Editors of the Scits®* American topresent nil subjects discusseditS 1 J . column in a practical and popular form. ‘“1 will also endeavor to maintain acandid fetrl* ness in combating an exposing false I“*®* and practice in Scientific and Mechanic*!® 1 I ters, and thus preserve the character f th*® ENTiFic American as a reliable EncyclopS" l ** Useful and Entertaining Knowledge. | IT.Specimen copies will be sent gratis to nj part of the country. MUNN d: CO., Publishers and Patent Ag«“ No. 128 Fulton stecet, Ne» i otl vl-nS

MOFFAT’S LIFE PILLS AND PHCENIX BITTERS. 'T’HE best family medicine now befoj* 1 * 1 public, for the cure of Scrofula, L*. Scurvy, or Eruptions of the Skin. Fever • Ague, Dyspepsia. Dropsy, and in fact ra< *V | diseases soon yield to their curative proper ‘» It has been computed that during W , twenty five years upwards of four n'i,l.<>" persons have been benefited by the use d J medicines; afact which speaks volumes IB of their curativeproperties—a single trisplace them beyond the reach of comP” 1 the estimate of every patient. By their « . blood is restored to a healthy state and > . from all impurities. The system is not r during their operation, but invigorate , they re |uire no restraint from bu“' ie “ pleasure. The afflicted have i<i these medieinct a r< Y that will do for them allthat medicine canfo effect. PREPARED BY „ n W. B. MOFFAT’S. M F Proprietor, hew V ■ !D=S o ld by E O. COXEN, Pleasant Sept. 18, 1857. - Hart’s New Grist MillThe undersigned having erected, andj to successful opperation, a first class g”’ one mile north west of Decatur, would . ce to the citizens ot Adams and adjoining j ties that he is now prepared to do B r, "“'£ 3 all kinds in a superior manner. 1 * . k( , red the services of one of the best Mil in the State, and spared no P 8 ** 18 . 10 mill convenient for his customers; he close application to his business tosecur eral share of the public patrenagi mRT May 7. 1858.—v2-nl3-tf. ~—" Clothing, The largest stock and greatest rar offered in tbi? place, mar b<’ found »’ ' Oct 1857 ’ h,tr