Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 37, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 May 1875 — Page 6

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY, MAY 13 1875,

-TRAIN UP A CHILD," ETC. DKaCON ADAMS ieritaied. BT THANK CLIVE. From the Buffalo Bunday Courier. So, Thomas, I see by yer bloody nose that you've been fitting again. , , , , . Tou don't seem to care for good odvlee, ana admonition Is vaiu. .... . Twas only this morning I talked an hour to shovr you that tUnüng'a a sin. And here yon are with tne noebleed, and scratched from lorehead to chin !

How many times must I tell ye how wicked it is Before yoa will cease to hanker for chances to eouxe and bile? , m . Who was ye flouting with this time? Jloa Pye? Why. you couiouuded calfl Aintyougot any senses about ye! way you confounded calf! . AIntyou got any aensei tboat ye? Ilesolgser than you are by ball! "Why I'm clean discouraged about ye! Such recklessness never win do; Jim is certainly two year older, and weighs tw-n;y oud'm more than youl What's ihe matter with thate're nneer? Jua bit it! Well, biarae niy old hat! Andyou aid n't know any batter than to loot 'round his m;at trap like that! Yer bonnd t- digrace yer old father. I can see them p aiuer man day. Why, wbitü't mean? "Voawaatryin toyeJk Jimmy's cüeea i-lT!" hey? Did ye ever read ot lac w"ati la the books at "the buuday school AstleKlu' h a nurers la a boy'a mouth to get em bit liiea tool? "Why didn't ye ?o for his nose the way I used to " ahera! I menuVoa vuuMu't L?cau te he had ye down W al, you trv tlrertal jre-u! JJon'i yeinfaglne ihm thumbs are made after some puipve w:se? And yt laid theie. on yeroiekand never Liawudl Juu's eyes! It ae ns sometimes as if 1 mast .ive you up in d-spir! Kl! wlin? "Vna rulled out Uiree or four big hindfuls ol hU hiirr' H'm! Did he qulrin? Now, 1 you'd just Bent him one or two Behind the ear I; at, as I told jott many a time, 'twou't do; For tbN fighting is poor business. Now, for vny eitke, won 'i ye iry . And not corn-i home as .tin with bloody nose and blackened eye, Kor worry your parents by beln struck, and gr.nsed, and scratched, and k'.cked? A'm! rhoma. Low did 11 that is my son ahem which iiefced? Iii? What! Yoal'.cked Jim Dye? 810 now! really? You licked him? Vu I cou'on'l ha thought you coald do it to so t a boy as Jim! I Lon'ibHilL ve.Ir.rin Calvin could have got up rrrt kcocktd theaocks i'roui ;i boy itiut out-heued him twenty pound! Why, thai bats old John Knox! You can't thick, Tom, how 1 hit; to have you 15a fit. every now nud then; I wouldn't l ave had Jim lick ye for five dollars uouit lor ten! 'ow, sonny, go into the house and wash, and let mother do up the soie Wher. th -tt bcaiHwai chawed your finger. And, T:ioiiia.s, Uon't HglU any more! WISE AND OTHERWISE. Druan thai cm'fc be beaten "Kel'.lodrnois." Now, v.-ho's the noxt man to find a revolutionary relic? Lewis of tha Detroit Free Press his a boib bathe writes jjt as well standing. St. Liuis Republican. At Sixtou'd River, Vermont, they arc Eivicg patent office reports as prizas iu epelling matches. , Dan Voorhees 13 at last a churchman. But cheer up, Diniel there are horn3 on the altar. Cincinnati Times. Tza Ronton Tost advises Victoria to uuka Paul Boyntoo a Knight of the Rath, as he can't be a Prince of Whales. Which to telieve least we cau't tell tLe testimony in the Brooklyn trial, or the stories of the returned Rlacl Hills miners. Dubuque, la., has found a cave of gloom, tint it i3 only a lead mine. Elke another euch a cave in the east, it covers it3 cccapants with black. That company of geologists who are going to mako a scientific exploration cf the Black ILils rion ought to come back with their pockets full of rocks. The lightning-rod man and the nursery tree ageat are oaco uizra abroad iu I'ae land, and tia price of do;;t has gone up in the rural regions accordingly. Julian Ilawtborne complains thit German cooks have no conscience. Is it possible that Julian's delicate sesopbagus has been Yiolatoi by rat soup or cockroaca pie? The New York papers announce Mr. Murat Halstead at the Brevoort House. IJe will remark to t ae j u ry that ha djesn't know anything aboat thi j Eeeher busimajof h?s own knowledge Cincinnall Timea. "I thould thir.k vu wou!d be ashamed to pitch into that jit:..- 'y,"said a pedestrian, as he caught a b: ot blick cullina; a poiall newsboy. "Ye v... ii, hay?" sneered the lad, as ha gvo is nose a wipe. "D'ye tniuk I'd so for a big boy and get ail poutdedup?" Jles-.rs. Moody and Smkey, the revivalists, have aQ:omplishe J nTucb, bat Disraeli still wears the spit carl on his forehead. Ucless tbc-y change hii heart to paale that vanity pmicularly biok, th9 evanxelizinp; trip of the biss voiced exhorters will be to sorno exttn; a lailure. St, Louis Republican. Mr. Ciild?, of Ltijpister, Ohio, has a machine that will turn out fifteen good hor.-e ehnea a minute. Thus rapidly docs ho tnan11 fact nra thoe articles which first promote th5 u-efiilaes ot a domestic animal and a tsrwarJ.sara r.aild above Kentucky dcora3 s to keep out witches and delirium tremens. '(iuvnV Sam. Bard has chartered ssat "A'sec'.ion two, near the water cooler In the ante room of the White IIou?e. The sea: will not be vacvu: until he arrives at Bim uadtrattndin with ''h oll mm" as to vhai he ahill do in the future. He is still president of the third terat club. Washington Stir. Je2f Davis attended a meeting of ex-Con federates at Merrphis, S iturdiy, to arrange for decorating' the graves .of Confadtrates on the 22d of May, at which a resolution was unanimously adopted akin? Union soldiers to paiticipaie iu tho ceremonies. Another 'southern ou'regV The Inter-O ean ougLt to Rend one of its war correspondents down there, to fire the loyal hearts. The largest sailing vessel on the great lakes was lannthed at Toledo on Wednesday laät. She is 2C3 feet in leotrth on her Keel, and bears four masts, each 100 ff t hlb. One of the prettiest incidents of the ceremonies mu-t have been when, "at a signal irom the foreman, the great black hull started waterward. aud almosi in a Wink;rr kissed the waters ot the Maumke and rtcsivpd i's bi;'i?mal Mcssinpr amil the srreecb of tag and railrrad wh;atle-. the avir,nf bontin x, a:ul toe plaa.lits of te n ulii .ude a-aemoled." The R)che3:er Democrat is another ot those papers which are antagonistic to the poft-editir of f.e Philadelphia Press. It says: "Don't und us obituarv poem, yourii? peison. Remember that George W. Childs, of Philadelphia, pays ten cents a line for that article of grief." The Insinuation' that O. Washington Childs, A. M., buy3 obituary poetry at the rate of ten cents a lire, and palms it off on an admixing public for his own, Is too pitifully jneaa and low to be seriously related.

A STORY WITH A SEQUEL, DOING3 0F A DISHONORABLE DETECTIVE. SEQUEL TO THE SOCHEOON BASK ROBKIXO SENSATION THR PRESIDST fA.fSKH THROron PERILOUS PLACES TO HEOOTITK WITH A MYSTERIOUS DETECTIVK KOK THK

STOLES SKCUniTIES A CORrSB IS TUE t "WOODS A KEY TO TUE 6IIUATION. The New York Sun publishes this romantic reality: There have been two iuqtieV.s over ths remains of the man recently fjund in John Dickinson's wood3, near Jerome Park. The first jury rendered the highly intelligent verdict of " death from causes unknown," but later, when it waa ascertained thit there were twelvo stats in the bressf, a jury declared It a case of euicide. The tKdy was taken to the morgue in this city, bot wa3 not identified. It was thought that the remains were those of a German. When foand in the woods there w&3 a bloody kniis in tneeoat pocket. How the man msn3ged to ttab himself twelve times and then pot the knife into his pocket puzzled many who heard the verdict. They say that it is more than probable that the man was murdered. The finding ,of a bond ot the town or Hast Lincoln, 111., in a bottle or jar near the body, and the subsequent discovery of the lact that the bond was one of tioso stolen f:o:n the Souhegau National Bank, Mil lord, N. II., in October last, further mreoRthened the theory of those who supposed it a case of murder, that the man wes one ot the bans rouoers, ana mai. he and some of his accomplices alighted from the train near the woods and that awn after.vood, in a struggle he was killed. Fi ooi tho appearance of the ground a few fet troui theb: iy it was infeired that other b -f.les or jars had therein b;en buried, and then hastily taken up, and it was thought hkelv that in the Lurry the bottle "containing the bond was overlooked. The public did not recognize the man. TLey learned from Mr. Augustus T. Poet, the banker of 25 Nassau street, thnt the tondin the bottle bad been stolen. It was numbered 41, aud was a f 1,000 town bond 01 Kast Iyncoln, 111. The robbery ol the Souhegau National Bank otMilferd, N. IL, wa?one ol lh boldest ever perpetrated. On the I'Hh of October of last year, tan cr t nvelve masked men forced their way into the private residence of Mr. T. A. Kawyer, thecjshier. He and his family had retired, but the entrance ol the MARKED MEN AF.OUSED TUEM, aad Mm. Sawyer and the children and sorvant lustily shouted for help. Mr. Sawyer tried to fcrapplo with the invaders, but was gatdand tied down. At the same time the men not eugsgeJ.in quieting the cashier wore endeavoring to siienco Mrs. Sawyer, the children and the domestic, Mary Broderick. The latter lought desperately, but was soon, like all the rest, gapped and tied hand3 and feet. Mrs. lawyer's littlo baby yelled vigorously, and one o! the robbers threatened to kill it unless the mother kept it fuiit. After all of tho household had been effectively subdued, Mrs. Sawyer, the taoy, and the oldest daughter, Beitna, were seated in chiirs in tho bedrocm closet. The door wa3 closed and la-tpned. Heavy screws were turned into the door so ai to make it the more secure. Then with an auger several holes were bored through the door, so that the inmates oi tho clost might not bo smothered. One of the robbers considerately suggested that two more holes might be bored in the door so that more air might enter. The children and uervant were put into other closets and the doors were fastened" and ventilated tho same as the one closed upon Mrs. Sawyer. Two ot the robbera were directed to stand guard in the house, while the others marched off in the direction of the bank with Mr. Sawyer. 'ILe night was dark, and the robfcera picked their way with their lanterns. Near the bank they demanded that Mr. Sawyer should give them the keys. He said toat th6y were not iu his possession, and the rupe was tightened around his neck. While almost strangling he told them that one set ol keys was in a box in the postolhcs. Two or the robbers made hate to the spot designated, and breaking a pane in the door, entered, secured the keys, and then returned to the bank. The robbers were disappointed In not finding more money and valuables in the insti-.mion. They took about $120,000 in securities and StJ.OOO in currency, aud then ts:orted Mr. Swj er to h'u home. Arriving there they DEAOG ED HIM UP T1IC STAIRCASE to Lis reoni aud tied him to th9 bsd3tead, While they were clothing him preparatory to taking him to the bank one cf the men robbed bim of ?20 that was in Mm pantaloons pock6t. Alter refreshing themselves wilh what they could find to eat and drink iu the house, the robbers coolly went away. Just before day break one ot Mr. Sawyer's sons freed himself lrom a closet. He untied bis lather, and they opened the closets in which theothors of the housshold were c-mtind. Mrs. Sawyer was lounü very ill, and Mr. S twyvr could scarcely walk. The robbary of the bank and the brutal treatment ot the cv3!iier's lamily created great exelement throughout the state. The president ot the bank, the Hon. Wm. IJ. Towne, a member of the New Hampshire egi?lature, was in New York transacting some b isiness with he banking eatib hhmett of Augustus T. Post, lie lost no time in return! ig to Milford. D.-tectives ttiere and from B ton were employed in the search f ir tte robbers and the securities. Description of th lt,rer were sent all over the country. President Towne, after the lapse of ?.:iany day, determined to manage the ca-o himself. Advertisements oCaring reward3 lor the restoration of tho securities were published In leading Eastern newspaper., and at length anonymous notes reached him. The writers desired to know how much he would .piy. His invariable answer .was 4,a reasonable amount." A latter was received lrom a small town not fr from Bjstoa. Mr. Towne was informed thst the bonds should bo reiurrsed il a liberal sum was piid tor them. The sender of the letter requested an interview with him and asked whether be should el' on him, or w hether ha would visit the writ?r. Mr. Towne resolved to visit the man, and did k. The bank president was coolly received by thestrangeri who met him in a hotel, and then led him to a large building Ur away. The stranger eyed Mr. Towne suspiciously as he led bim'tbrough a long hallway into ä commodious room, and the banker felt ill at ease in his presence, business at once. Mr i Liu oiiaiuci vai&nu Towne told him that tue NEGOTIATION OF THE4BECTJRITIE.S had been interfered with by publication, but that the bank was willing to pay a sum not extravagant for the bonds, etc. The stranger named a sum, and said that he would give Mr. Towne time to think over it. The binker a?ked for a description of the securities, but tho trangr c.-uM not or would not Siivj it. Ha promifod, however, to show Mr. fown later a memorandum of the stolen property, and Mr. Towne wp.s shown from the place to the hotel. When subst quently the 'memorandum was presented to Mr. Towtiehe iailed to recognize all the securities rs tboe taken from the bank, but thought that ho might be mistaken. Before koicg from the building in wnich the conference was had the stranger abused Mr. Towne, and accused bim of not actiog in good faith. The banker was afraid to say much then, but in the hotel he satisfied the ktxanger, whom Mr. Towne etterward d.'fc; :

covered was a detective, that no one was

aware of his (Mr. Towne's) object in visit inz the tiwn. Then the president went back to Mil ford and talked with the directors ol the bsDk. Further correspondence followed lftjren Mr. Towne and the detfwtire, and st leDgth the former consected ti pay the sutu demanded. He drew the moD!?y ia bank notes of large denmioatioo, end putting them into an inidde Hckei ot his vet, t-tarted to see the detective. He was sgsin led tbrorgh the long hallway, and into tha b'g room. The door was ta-tred by tho d-vedive. Mr. Towne was thoroughly frinU?nrd. "Are you prepared to ne ''1 dtr?'' ts-ruffiv asked the detective. 'I thliik I am," wastlie answer, given with much deliberatioa. "Think you are," neered the detective. "Are you fixed?" The bnk president hesitated but answered in the affirmative. Well, produeeV was the command ot tho detective. Mr. Towne slowly drew a roil of bank notes from his pocket, and placed tfcem on the table. lie closely watcaed the detective and the money. Tbe detective went to a door opening into another room and knocked. The door was slightly opened, and A HAND OKASPIMl A BTNDLE wrapped in silk paper of foreign manufacture appeared. The detective took the package and pat it on the table. "Now sir," said he to Mr. Towne, "have you got any more money V "Yes, sir," was the reply, and Mr. Towne took another roll cf bank notes lrom his pocket. The detective again tapped on tbe door, andanctner packsee was banded in. Then, more money haviDg been obtülned from Mr. Towns, a third and last package waa given him. Hequlckly examined the fiocurities. They were tha oues wanted. Some were missing, and likewise valuable papers were rot there. Mr. Towr.e tied the three packages together, and was ready to go. He tremblod as ha approached the door, and asked the detective to ehow him cut. It was then about 9 o'clock at night, and the long hallway "waa very dark. Near tbe street door etood ten or more ruaians, and Mr. Towne staggered back. He pat tho bandle close to his breast, and buttoned his coat over it. Then he requested the protection of the detective, and they walk3d out without molestation. He hnrried down the street to th9 express office, tbe detective following. The bank president delivered his packages to the receiving clerk, and the latter, seeing the detoclive at the door, asked Mr. Towno: " Why ia that man watchiag you?" "Who U he?" ga-iped Mr. Towne. "A detective," wivs the answer. '"What kind oi a man is be?" was tha next question. The clerk intimated that the deUc'.ive was not altogether " square." The packnge was sealed and receipted for, and Mr. Towne reached his hotel in safety. The next day he was in Milford. The valuable papers and waie ct the securities are wanted. The bond lound in Dickinson's woods was one of four thnt was stolen. The other three havo notbof n recovered. No arrets hive been made. Datcctivcaiq tlii.s city are in veslisiaticg the caso. EPISTOLARY EVIDENCE. HOW A PEFENDANT, AIDED BY HIS CO CSS ZL, ATTEMPTED TO DISPOSE OF A LETTES. The following description of a cheerful scene in court is irorn tho (iuincy special telegraphic correspondence ot tho Chicago Tribune: The coroner's jury in the cas of child-murder telegraphed the Tribune !a-st night, brought in" a verdict to-day charging thnt the child of Anna Rtcker came to its death at tho hands of Madame Icgham and Dr. W. J. Smith, who were accordingly taken into custody at 10 o'clock to-day tor examination. Several witnesses for tho prosecution had been sworn, when State's Attorney E wing closed the testimony for the state by offering in evidence a letter written by Smith to Madame Iagbam. It appears that the letter had been written by Smith, who was at Jacksonville, Riving Icghani instruc tions how to perform the abortion on the girl Kicker. At his request Ewing handed tho letter to Govert, one 01 tbe attorneys for tbo deJee, when Govert refused to return it. After some parley, Ewiog snatched tho 'letter from Govert's band, when Gilmer, another attorney lor the defense, instantly snatched it from E wing's hands. Ewing seized Gilmer by th9 throat-, and made him drop the letter, which was at once grabbed up by Smith, tho defendant, who commenced cramming it into his mouth, w'ith the intentian of swallowing it. Ewiog thereupon httacked Smith, and tho cß?er3 present joined Dvnns ia his EFFORTS TO RECOVEP. THS LETTER and prevent Its destruction. An alarm w.ts rclsed In the crowd, and a gsneral fight seemed imminent. Smith is a powerful man, and f r a fov; moments easily resisted the eflfoits of the officers to overpower him. Cries of "Lynch him!" were raised by the excited crowd, but the ebiel ot poltca peremptorily lorbaclo aDy such attempt, and in a few minutes Smith was felled to tho lloor, and, by dint of choking, was mado to spit out the remains of the letter. The court room was crowded, and the excitement intense. It was only by stronucus efforts that tho polica could restrain the spectators from taking Smith out and lynching him. During the melee Madam Ingham and Hunt, the alleged father ot th3 child, made their escape, but were immediately retaken. The letter In question was procured by the Chletof Police last night frcm a drawer ia Smith's office, and the defsnse was not aware until to-day that tha proe cu tine alt "rney had it in his pope5.siou. The document wa3 nearly destroyed by Smith, but it is understood that Kwing had taken a copy ot it, and ho had also read it to parties who will swear to i's contacts. Thn letter is said to bo sufficient to bold Smith and Ingham on a charge of murder. Tr:0 conduct ol tho attorneys for the dolense is tbe subject of general execration. Such 1 pcene as occurred to-day is seldom witn-ed in court. AN APPALLING ACCIDENT. A FATHER AND TWO CaiLDRliS CRUSHED BY THE CARS. . The Evansville Courier of yesterday morning reports this terrible tragedy: Ihere was a report yesterday that a ttranger and his two children had baen killed on the St. Louis t Southeastern railroad near Henderson. The only information that could be received however, was thst tbe man got into tbe Southeastern train at Henderson yesterday morning about half past 4 o'clock, and was discovered by the conductor to be without money to pay his fare. At Busby's station, 12 miles south of Headers n, the man and his children were seen to get off tbe train, according to the conductor's order, but as it was still dark not much notice waa taken as to where they went. At daylight the mangled remains of the unfortunate traveler and Lis children were found lying on tbe track. Further than this, no particulars could be learned. It was supposed that he was trying to tret on tbe train while it was staitiug oa, aud was thrown under the wheels. A reporter was dispatched to every incoming train from the South, to learn lull details nf the horrible slaughter, but every petson questioned was ignorant of the ailair, and tho above mentioned particulars were gathered with dilflculty. We shall have further news to-morrow. The Duchess ol Edinburgh ia said to now live much more after a domestic fashion than most people of her rank, and to be joined by Alfred, who has settled down into quite a model husband and lather.

THE CONQUEST -OP" DEATH. BY GEORGE MACdoSALD. Death and aUdj rod In the wind In a starry midnight pale, Death on a -ton y horse behind. With Co foot full upon tlio cat . The lady Frt a wild-eyed steed : Hastward ke tore to the morn ; Hut ever the wnne of a nol les uneetf. And the sound of reaping corn! All night tUroujjh, the headlong race Hped to lite morninn grar, Tho dewdrop lay on her cöld white fc3 " 'rom death or the morning, say? Her steed's wide knees began to shake, An be Hung the road behind; The lady sat BtlH, but her beart did quake, A nd a cold breath cams down the wind. When, Jo! a fleet bay horse beside, With a silver mane and tall; A knight bareheaded the horse did ride, With never a coat-of-mall. He never lifted hlslund to death, And be never-couched a spear; Hut the lady felt another breath, AnU a voice was in her ear.

He loosed her weary eyes through and tkrouh wm ms eyes so strong in faith; Her ferMie-hund the lady drew. And she turned and laughed at Death. And away through the mist of the laora'ffgray i a specier ana nore rou wiae ; The dawn came up the old might way, Ani the lady never died. A DANGEROUS FAMILY. DETERMINED TO DO OR DIE. DESPERATE FIQHT WITn MIXKKS NKAti WILKE32ARRE, PA. TWO OFFICERS 6H0T OXK MOIiTALLY WOCJfDED. The terrible encounter between the O'Connell lamiiy anl the officers near Wilkesbarre, Pa., was reported in tha Sentinel yesterday morning. Tho following are the details of the fattl affray, from the Chicago Trüune's telegraphic correfpondont. There ha3 bacn blcody work, in f regress near this city, and it is feared the end is not yet. Pako Hollow, a small min ing village abou two miles away, was the scene ol a faarlul co 0 fact bo: weon an evil ti is posed family aud the constabu lary and police authorities. The troublo besan yesterday when Constaolo Caollitt. and two dsnutiss armed with th3 necessary legal documen'e, were endeavoring to f ject a lamily from a honse which bad been bouglt at sherill 's saie, tbe occupants refusing to fcive possession. Tbe Loiu-e was occupied by Lawrence O'Connell, cue ol soyen brothers living near by, wno have au unenviable reputation as desperate characters. Whcii the const abla and his po-so attem'tod to enter the house yesterday they were met by an infariated mob of the O'Connell family, women and children, who attacked them with t-tones and other missile s, and drove them from tte premises. The men did net mnko their appearance, but the posse concluded to withdraw lrom the excited locality, and return with a large force. The constable applied to Chief Kelly for a number of policemen, and alter a conference with the city council the request was granted, and the c notable rtturuad this lorenoon accompaEiod by five officers and several dßputle?. On approaching the house, shortly beiore noon, Peter and John O'Connell were arrested and taken into custody. While the arrest was being mad?, the RIOTOUS FEMALES MADS A CHARGE on tbe force wan stones ana clubs. UHleer R'.ibieniitr iiif-ctuded in capturing the grayheaded mother, and wa3 dragging her out of the door, when a volley of arms was fired from the second story window, a heavy lo3d o: buckhot taking effect ia the officer's head and side. Tharo was a signal lor a general discharge of firearm?, and Constable Casey loll to the ground, shot in both legs. The posse at once sousht saiety in re:reat, bearing off their wouuded and their two prisoners. Ollicer Iteibsenner was carried to a neighboring house, mortally wounded, while the prisoners and injured constable were driven to this city, with all possiblo dispatch, arriving here ät 12;GJ. Bilore their arrival Mayor Kearney heard of the atliir, and accompanied by a squad drove rapidly t the scane of the disturbance, which he found in a tumult cf excitement, aud, takine in the situation, S93t a messenger to Wilkesbarre with a call for 11)0 armed men. The messenger reached here about 1 o'clock, his horse flawed with loum and almost exhausted. Only a few minute3 elapsed bjfoo a posse of about twenty-five men v.re gathered on the publio square, heavily armed with rifles, musketa and revolvers, and took conveyance for Pake Hollo w,w here an excited multitude numbering three or tour thous ind men, woman and children, were assembled. No sooner had the posse arrived within rango of the house where the O'Connells were secreted than a volley ot six or seven thots was fired at them from tho upper window, witnout taking effect. Supreme confusion rt-igued aniorig the authorities; tho constable hesitated to act, and the sheriff being undecided as to his own authority. It was determined to surround tho housa with armed men to prevent an escape. Tho doors and windows were heavily barricaded and ths desperate brothers, with their father, were f-eca on the iuside with their rifl. THEY THREATENED TO SCOOT any man who would enter the premises. The oil man camo out with Boni9 of bis son j, and offered to hollapailey with the sher;iTand chief of police, the result of which was determined on their part to rotain possession. A constable th6n went to one of tho doors and battered it in, a number of the lorco protoctod him by drawing their weapons ou the only two occupants visible. The father stood with an ax and a drawn revolver remarking that be was an old man and would sell his life dearly. A rush wa then made by the deputy constable, who seized th9 lather bifore 00 could fire, and bis gun was wrps'ed lrom bim. The house was searched, and one brother found under ths bed armed with an ax aud pistol, but he was covered with a dozen carbines, when he surrendered. The others were missing, but were discovered in an adjoining house, and a rush made for them. Thoy drew their revolvers, but beiore they could raise them half a dozen determined men leveled their carbines at their heads, and they at once surrendered. The last two were the one3 who fired the shots this morning with such deadly effect. All were heavily ironed and- brought to Wilkesbarre. As the procession of armed men wi:h their prisoners came into town there was the greatest excitement, and curses were heaped upon tbe O'Connells. The aged father and his live sons had a hearing to-night, and were committed to prison. SALT NOT. A CAKOO .MIXED WITH ARSENIC SOLD IN SKW YORK AND SHIPPED TO THK IJJTKP.IOR. A New York special to the Chicago Times says: The British ship Niagara arrived at that port from Liverpool on the 4th inst. with a cargo of salt, arsenic and other merchandise, principally chemicals. The salt was stowed in the lower hold, and the arse nic between decks. During the vovage. some of the packazos of arsenic were broken. and the contents dstributed about tbe decks. On the ship's arrival, the cargo I the conwas discharged and delivered to

gigneea, ana tne salt was sold, and moat

01 11 Bent out of the city. Sub sequently, feara arose that some of thear senic might have come In contact with the sau. 10 discover whether this was the fact, several portions of the salt were placed in the bands of Prof. T.-rmt.a far ...lt). The result showed unmistakable presence of ncuiu m tuvi. portion ox the cargo. Accordingly, with immediate dispatch, tbe po sonous salt was ordered back to tbe city iur moroug3examination,and destruction it jiinea necessary. Had not the analysis been prompuy mau, tne dire consequences to (souie 01 our lenow mortals in neiebborioe uuuimuuuiss wouiu nave caused us to saud der and grow sick at heart. A SORROWFUL STORY. IKS WOES OF A WRETCHED WOMAN, AS CONF1 OED TO THE OFFICERS AND A REPORTER. A Chicago woman killed her newly born twins to hide her shame, and then threw the remains in the river to cover up the crime. Tho Times tells the terrible tale In detail, and concludes aa appended: Tbe ofScer interrogated her closely, and at last she dropped the remark that she felt very orry lorine mile emidren who bad, been drowned. Further questioning, added to persuasion, was indulged, and at last tbe woman saia to the ollicer, "Yes, I did it, I threw them in the river. They were my miu a coy anu a gm." with the admis sion, the cola indifference which naa reen prominent upon her lace faded away, the voice that had been mechanical grew tremulous, and the unfor tunate woman threw herself at the ofiicsr's Knees an J- implored him to have pity upon her, for sha was very untuppy. He spoke to her kindlr, and she told him she would take him to the very place wLere she threw them into the river. The ollicer accompanied her for several block. until they arrived near a point north ot the Division street bridge. She stopped him and said : "It was here. It wa3 a stortnv night when I put them into the. water, I was afraid, and went in the nistbt. I threw them there. I had sewed them up carefully in a blauktt, and then I PPT THEM UNDER WATER. Tho officer then informal her she wocld have to go to the station, but that she would be treated kindly. To this she replied: "I hope you will trea: mo kindly, for I have bseu ruined and deserted, and I wa3 driven to this to bide my shame." Last night a Times reporter called to see her, aud Ofilcer Land, being at tho station, acted a3 interpreter. The following is bsr own statement. as Kiven to cfheer Lund, and by him to the ! reporler; 1 was born in Denmark, in 1SS0. My mother and father and I came to this country three years ago. They aro in Iowa. I bavo been working out in Chicago for aliving. Some time ago I got acquainted with a man by tbe name of Peter Nelson, lie worked in a soap factory somewhere. He was to marry me; he is the man who h?s seduced me aud brought me to this. Whon he discovered that I was in a bad condition he wanted me to go to a doctor and get some medicine. I went but couldn't get anv. Soon after, I went down to Mrs. Peterson's to tay. Peter Nelsin paid her ?5 to take care of me. After I was "there about two weeks I felt very curious, and went out to the water-closet. While there I gave birth to them two children. I don't know whether they were alive or not, because I was crazv with trouble and pain. I took them and SEWED THEM CP IN A BLANKET and hid tharn away ia a box where they remained two days. Then one stormy night I took theai in my own arms and threw their bodies into tha river. I was crazy with my trouble. I had been ruined and bad nobody to look to, I then went away from Mrs. Peterson's back to whe-e I came from. I have never sen Peter Nelson since. He didn't havo anything to do with the death of tbe babies. Th;3 was tho admission of ths ruined mother. It was interrupted frequently with violent attacks cf grief. She ha3 nothing criminal in her face, and a contemplation of her deep sorrow and remorse last night was calculated totoo-n the sympathies of the most stoical. Woman that she is, she confided, as thousands ot her sx have done before. Having lost herfootin?, lallen far down the steeps, bereit cl friends and homeless, she committed her soul f-till further to misery by endeavoring to shadow her wrong beneath the waters, where she lay her own offsprings away. The case is to be investigated by Jusüeo Scully this moruin.;r. THE FIRST DECLARATION". RESOLUTIONS KNOWN A3 THK MCCKLESBL'RO DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Following, is tho declaration of independence alleged to have been adopted by a convention of patriots assembled at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, May 20. 1775, more than a'year before the declaration oy the Continental Congress : Resolved. That whosoever, directly or indirectly, abetted, or in any way, form, or manner countenanced, the "unchartered and daugerous invasion of our rights, as claimed by Creat Britain, is an enemy to this country, to America, and to the inherent and inalienable rights of man. Kesolved, That we, the citizsns of Mecklenburg county, do hereby dissolve the political bonds "which bavo connected us to the mother country, and hereby absolve ourselves from all allegiance to the British crown, and abjure all political connection, contract or association with that nation, who have wantonly trampled on our righ's and liberties, and inhumanly shed tho blood of American patriots at Lexington. Resolved, That we do hereby declars ourselves a froe and independent people; are, and of right ought to be, a sovereign and se:f governing association, under the control of no power other than, taat of our God and the gsneral government of the congress; to the maintenance of which we solemnly pledgs to each other our mutual co-operation, and our lives, our fortunef, an! our mos; sacred honor. Resolve J, That a? we new acknowledge tbe existence and control oT no law or legil o'lic9r, civil or military, within this county, we do hereby ordain and adopt as a rule of life, all, each and every of gur former laws wherein, nevertheless, tbe crown of Great Britain never can be considered as holding rights, privileges, immunities, or authorities therein. Resolved, That it is further desired that all, each and every military officer in this county ia hereby reinstated in bis lormer command and authority, be acting conformably to these regulations; and that every member present of this delegation shall henceforth be a civil officer, viz. : A justice of the peace in the character of a committee man,' to issue process, hear and determine all matters ot controversy, according to the said adopted laws, and to preserve peace, union and harmoniin said county ; and to use every exertion to spread the love of country and fire of freedom throughout America, until a more general and organized government be established in this province. Rich specimens of gold ere have been found in the cascade slate quarry, near Old Orchard, Me. Experienced miners from Nova S :otia have been there prospecting, and predict the sudden eclipse of Newburyport and other places which can show nothing but silver. Present Indications seem to show a continuous belt of precious metals, beginning at Lynnfield, Mass., and extend- & ni0 -Maine, and perhaps still further.

ILL-FATED OSHKOSH.

STORY OF HER LATE FIRE. SWIFTNESS OF THE FLAMES HOMELESS FAMILIES FEARS OF THE CITIZENS XCI K OP THE FIRE. A lively picture of the Oshko&h fire of Wednesday evening was drawn while tho flames were yet raging by the special correspondent of the Chicago Times: A terrible fire has been raging in this city all afternoon, ard the greater part of tho town is now a mass of moldericg ruin?, scarcely a siDgle business house of any size having escaped destruction. The dreary waste caused by the flames is a mile and a half long and about half mile wide, and in all that area there is not a single building standing. The fire broke out m the sawmill ot Morgan fe Brothers, on the north side of the river. Tha buildinewas as dry as tinder, and filled with the most combustible ot material. In -an incredibly short upace of time tte buildingwas enveloped In flames. The heat was so intense that the firemen were unable to approach sufficiently near to be of any service. Tbe neighboring lumber piles fell an easy prey to tbe devouring element and in the space of half an hour milHots ot feet of seasoned lumber, besides lath, shingles, and pickets wero wrapped in the embrace of the fire demon. Ur Sawdust avenue the flames spread with lrightiul rapidity, sweeping evervtbinz hefor them. A dozen other saw and fiVi,.ia. mil!s soon succumbed to their fury together with all cf tho lumber nilea Mirrnntrfing them. At this time it was foand Impossible to check the work Fanned by a brisk wind, which ened by the heat of tbo fire, the forkedtongued demon sped on. The mali 'rarne residences of tbe oneratoia Of thn tnilta. scemed only tp whet the appetite of the fiend for more food upon which to feed. The families ilbd in blank dismay before its approach, scarcely finding time to save a fcw articles of clothing. Thev scrrßr.,'pr..l everytbiDg, well-knowing THK HOPELESSNESS OF ANY ATTEMPT to save their worldly g-od i in the face of such a storm of fire. Tho firemen for a timo fought bravely, in the face of terrible edds, to stay the progress cf tho fire, but they were driven back step by step. Oae alter another of the business buildings on Main street were licked up by th insatiate lire; one alter another they crumbled into masses of shp.peless ruins. From Algono to Ceape street were located all our principal dry goods stores, bankä, hotels and newspaper offices. Allot them went down before the resitles3 hurricane. Merchants had time to save but little; for their facilities for the t ransportation ol g-jods to rUces of safety were limited. A few succeeded in carrying a lew loads of their most valuable wares away from tho track of the tire, but by fir the greater number lost them ell. Tho Beckwith EIouso and tte Adatris llonse, two bott-lsoflargo capacity.fine-ly furnished with all tho modern improvements', wer destroyed ia almost a twinkling. Nothing worth meut'ouing was saved. The loss on the lormer will be about 540,000; on the latter J32,000. The newspaper and telegraph offices shared the fate of the surrounding buildiDgs. The Northwestern otiice, owned by Allen it Hicks, was probably the most valuable. The Northwestsrn is a daily paper, and fitted op with all the facilities for its publication, and lor the execution of job printing. Nothing was, saved. The loss will be about $1S,000. The Times, a sprightly weekly, published bv D. W. Fernandez, had also all the conveniences of a first clasa office. The less wiil reach about f 10,000. Three men are reported a having been KILLED BY FALLING WALLS, but so great is the confusion that it Is impossible to ascertain their names. Rumors of farther loss of life are prevalent on the streets, but your correspondent can not trace them to any reliable source. Quite a number of persons, however were badly Injured, two by being run over iz tho street by wagons, and several by ether causes. None oi the ininred, as far as can be ascertained, will die from their wounds. It is impossibb at thi3 hour to even estimoto tho lo9ea. Over two hundred residences, both larje and small; over a hundred stores, hotels, banks, the opera house? a valuable structure, costing neatly $100.000, and tbe finest in Wisconsin outside of Milwaukee; a score ol saw and shingle nails, besides an Incalcuiablo quantity of lumber, were destroyed. The loss upon the whole can- r.ct lill leiow ?2,OCO,000, while it may reach double that amount. Tho scenes in tbe city bafils description. Everything is confusion worse confounded. Hundreds of larnilies aro bomelesf, and womeu and children are lying about the streets or roarxing around in search of a place of steltsr from the chilly night air. The heavens are lit up with the reflection of the fire, which is yet burning fiercely within the limits to which it has been confined, and thousandsof citiz2ns are ttanding aroocd Inert, appalled by tbe extent ot the disaster that has bc-relt them ol home and rortune. A gang of desperadoes are ;roling aboutr seeking whom tLty tum plunder. They have succeeded in ii,iring tt e greatest terror, and citizens l-j rraLizing among themselves for mutnr.l protection. The police are powerless, tr their mimbor is smal?,and their discipliu in this timebf our emergency exceedingly lax. FEARS OF OUTRAGE are f?lt on every hand, but some of tbe plunderers may decorate a lamp post beforeday dawns, if they allow themselves to b caught by an indignant populace. Of the future it is useless to speculate at present. No man knows the precise extent of hislosses, and therefore cannot tell whether he will be able" to resumebusiness again. Nor is it certainthat the insurance companies will be able to pay all risks. Great apprehension is felt among all citizens oh this score. The blowis a serious one at best, although Oshkoeb, will undoubtedly recover from it eventually. When some sort of order shall be brought out of the present chaös we can tell better what will come of it. The tire commenced at the corner ot Pine and Marion streets, and spread east and northeast tbr6njEh Hancock, Pearl, Warren, and High streets, destroying the depots of those. Paul railway, and proceeding to Main street, where tbe principal business housesare located, and extending on the north line of the above limits southeasterly across Fifth, Wangfo, a-jd Otter streets to Cespe street, the south line being the river, with the exception of a block or two abouttbe f xt of Mala ttrett. In connection with tbe fire, your correspondent learns that this afternoon several parily burned wavlillsIrom the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul depot at Oshkosh were lound st New Holstein station, nearly IX) miles away. This, fact will serve to show the terrible velocity of the w ind which prevailed at the time of . the conflagration. Cardinal Antonelli is ,saii to be suffering from Bright' disease. Some men who have the reputation of being great and good meu never suffer from such a disease.