Fulton telegraph. (Fulton, Callaway County, Mo.). (Fulton, MO), 1871-06-16

              T7PTT .Tflra-T? ; ;4P-W TON till : ? FULTON, CALLAWAY COUNTY, MISSOUEI, JUNE 16, 1871. 2tO. 31. tola ;tiJfli li,J 4 . N" S 5 Jiiitablished in 1839.) (i PrEIXSHSl S.VKRT I FKIDAY liORNCfQ T JOHN B. WILUAMg. . TjT3 OF 8t7B3CKliTION : One copy oae year, advance $2 00 Single copies in wrappers, ready iwi uuimigjxive cents eacn. fuiicaitr liislia Bra li fia i: tfi rr. J. W. TEACH, - I;-: ASSISTED BV X5llr!. iGtv 3M. Bootes, TS now fully prepared to perform all Dental t JL operations in the best and most scientific manner..- ah work warranted. OmcsrO ver old Bank, , Court street, June 2, 2871. 294m. a. c. provk::o. ATTORNEY AT LAW, -5 IPulton, Mo.. r"ILL-jracfcioe In -the Courts of Callaway and adjoining counties. . OmAsAt the TnUgraph Printing House. May ,17L - ' ' 4 2tLtf.l AWIiIIY AT LAW, ILL practice in Callaway and adjoin-ing counties, r r fOFrif?-4n the Court House ': " ' A Aprtt7, mi. - 21-ly. jok:j u::duzy, r.i. d., " Pysiciaii'and Surgeon, Y XXATNG permanently located in Fulton, e.rXljiftayevunty, tenders his profes-kmaei4fl to the citizens of Fulton and vicinity.- The Doctor van be found at all noun, in his office- the residence of Mrs.W.tTXxxa - . exee ji wljeajofoamonally absent Twentr-flw years close attention to the study and ptttfiice of medine in the west, adds sonutt tnuig to his claims upon the public for patronage. . April 7, 16,71 21-ly. D, B; BAILEY, Attorney at Law, ' in UCm Callaway ?T aniladfctninirccantles. . Umcs vtth I. W. Bouiwaki in the Court House. J JanaaryTSn: l-ly.l In'.;. avings lank, EDWIS Gl'DD,.. President. TV. T. SMELL.. Cashier. T.B.NE9BIT, W.T.8NELL, :y if i EDWIN CCBD. . . v TTTUX do a General Banking and 8x- V cbanee Ktwincos, Collections jand B-i toittaiwPifcn-jtiy Madej t f H January 18n. (84f.) July 22,1170. (37-tf.) .s;; 'Mil' . jJTXAVTNC? recently opened a Factory la ! JJUti place, we take pleasure in annouae-lng to ti: cltizeas of this and adjoining counties, that We are prepared to furnish the trade with tbe refy bast article of Brooms. x our ua.H ana encouragement is respeet- spantide corner of Asylum- and Jeffer son Btreets.- C "" .oo- ' r to l!y rrtHAT ikeHhe!LotBtfthllSfce'on both L sides, and will not ravel will sew any kind of Cloth, from the heaviest Beaver to the lightest Swiss . ETenr Ifaehiae Fall? trarrasitea. C&ll or address J. B. BURT. Agent, Fulton, Missouri. yovsabe8;25,1870. ; , t .1 - JAME9 O. ltXHVSIIATV. i btAi;5Hilllc, FOR CALLAWAY COUNTY, MO. SFEqiAJ.attention paid toNon-Besidents, U.S. fatenU obtained. Land Title ex-: amtnet9i Abstracts made.-l' Omjmth the Sherifl; Court House, Fnlton, Jl, -. , . .. execute all work in his ess and dispatch, lie au cases. i ebnar? W, 1871 r JJAVINO BCjGI jT pE FULTON ; - tlT-i LIVERY STABLE, Of Johri Ni Bennett this 'day open out with new V - HOBSES. lailyMallfrorif Fulton to sMIpipQC AND ST.f AUBEBT. CI.EAN, MEW OUTFIT, 'i-V ..(,.;-, .i OOOD TEAlffl.- And experienced, geutlemanly and polite drivers. . We are also prepered with 'kbojl i?tEI; AND ATTENTIVE OSTLXR8 to attorwiodate the public generally. " IgfclCa the Stable. CJlABGES REASONABLE. . rfchl. 1871. 20.1 fc V?l .rxr'ittr?, Mo., on k: is: , a?5 jL-a ixrcr orc. GRIDEE-AUD PAVEH, HACKS. BUGGIESif AND nillriS IMXTKH THE NEXT SESSION OF THIS COLLEGE of the Synod of Missouri will be gin on me second Monday of September, 1870. snl aIas au. 4W1.J rasa." a r saw wu auv uuru a uunMimj oi j unev 194 1 Faculty. RT. NATHAN L. RICE. 0. D., rasaiDurr, And Petts Professor of Metaphysics and Sa- . crea Liiieraiure. Ray. B. Y. eSOReS. A. M .. Profe ssor of Latin Language and Literature, RtT. CHARLES C. HERSBAN. A. M., Professor of Greek Language and Literature. - J. H. SCOTT, A. If., Professor of Mathematics. JOHN N. LYLE, A. M., Charles Professor of Physical Science. JOHN J. RICE, A. B., Professor of English Languag and Litera ture. Tuition in College Classes, per term, ..$25 00 rTvparawry, ... zU U0 " Enrlish Scfrool. ... is on Contingent Expenses, per term........... 4 00 books and stationery far the entire ' yearfrom..M..M....M.N...........48to IS 00 Boaramg, wim longing, nre, c. per ""l . ........ ...... ...... .. . n im 4 UU For catalogues, address Rav. Dr. Fisher or froi. v. V. uersman, Fulton, Mo. TIXBOLOCICAE, DEPABT1HEMT. In connection with the Collesre are excel. lent facilities for Theological instruction.-- Rev. Dr. Rick, assisted bv other memtvn of me j acuity, wui nave tne care of candidates for the ministry. Such of them as are unable to meet the expense of preparation, will be liberally assisted. July 1,1870. (34-ds.) WESTMINSTER Has long felt the need of a Preparatory School, which could prepare students to enter the lower classes of the College. ' Hitherto the Faculty have felt compelled to refuse admission to a number of applicants, because ot their defective training in the Elementary Branches.' Therefore it has been determined to establish a Preparatory School, to be conducted by competent teachers, under the advice of the Faculty. The School will be located in the College House, on the College campus. ' 7e8tcix8ter Preparatory Sektal. The Firtt Settian commences on tbe second Monday of September, and ends 31st January following. . The Sioond Settion commences February 1, 1871, and ends 16th of June. Terms, $15 per session. Contingent fee, $2.00. Board can be obtained in the most respect able families of Fulton at $4.00 to $4.60 per week.. - Instruction given in Reading, Spelling, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, History, Grammar, Compositions, Jco. July 15,1870. (36-tfl . Sfe i JasstMsrtv BCo.. IS PREPARED to perform any official duties pertaining to said office. . April , 1871. .v P4fJ GrO TO TTCSRE PHOTOGRAPHS are made equal W to any in North Missouri, and the most beautiful GEMSAs cheap and good as tbeycaifbe bad anywhere. A few copies of 7 j .' '." Still on hand. Special pains taken with Children, and in-Copying. OALLCnV-Oat dear laaltk af March 31, 1871. - 204f. E. J. Patterson, '".fed 0!!:3, "tXLL endeaver to please the public, by - v T: keeping on hand, at hi New' Store, a large and excellent assortment of '!pr:zc:i.cn2ADf V ''FT Parties, Weadings and Festivals sup plied on short notice, and In a stylo that will suit the taste of the most fastidious. Thankful for . past favors, he, respectfully asks a continuance of tbe same. January 20, Wl. (104f.) C3SAPS3T PAPEa IN THE TOT. ST. vjzimu. - OaUy Oata Dollar a Tear. TZBMS : : - Single copy one year........- ...$ 1 00 Clubs ef ten copies. 00 Clubs of fifteen copiesM..M.M.mM...... 13 00 Clabs of twenty copie..MMMM............. IS 00 Address, FOT A McHKNRT, St. Louis, Mo. December 3, 1870. PAEnrona ty. Mo., is oSered at Drivatesale. It consists r timbered of 320 acres of the best quality of timbered upland, about 140 acres in cultivation, mod- premises, who will take pleasure in showing the land. For terms of sale, they will address me at Independence, Mo. The title is rfeet. JAMES K. SHELEY, Ex'r of tbe last will and testament of Horace Bheley. dee'd. June 3, 1870. 1 t30-tf , ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. NOTICE Is hereby rlvea that the undersigned has obtained from the clerk ot the County Court of Callaway county, letters of Administration upon the estate of Elizabeth Erserson, deceased, bearing date April 18,1871. All persons having claims against said estate are required to present then as the law directs within two yean from the date af said letters or be precluded from any benefit there ot JOHN S4ADKJ&N, Ada'r. THE farm belonging to the estate of Horace Sbeley, dee'd, and sifnated about three miles westof New Bloomfield. Callawav coun erateimprovesnents. a lasting spring or water is on the land. Persons desiring to purchase the same will call on J. A. Nichols, on the CaVIjXj-L"W"-A."Sr FITLTOW, MISSOURI. CAPITAL STOCK $50,000, Willi Pewtr to locreaso Name to $3ft4,ooo. W. H. BAILEY........... WM. L. WHEELER,... .President. Cashier. WILL Buy and Sell Exchange on St. Louis and Eastern Cities; also, Gold, Silver. County and City Warrants and Uncur-rent Money. Accommodations Afforded, Deposits Received and Collections Made Promptly, and Remitted at Current Rate on Exchange. Board of Directors. F. G. Nichols, Wm. King, Wm. L. Wheeler, R. W. Tureroan and Wm. H. Bailey. May 5, 1871. 25-3ra.l Or-.ITH & HARRIO, Commision Merchants, AND DEALERS IN DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES, MAKE a specialty of handling Produce for farmers, at low rates of Commision. The above firm is comnosed nfi-.Tim TlnrrU and Crump Smith. SELL GOODS AS LOW AS WE HANDLE PRODUCE GIVE US A TRIAL. April 21, 1871. 234f. Vv Kir, We$t8ide Public Square, Mexico, IVIo., WOULD respectfully invite attention to their well selected and splendid stock of ail Faicy ; Dry Goods, AND READY MADE April 28, 1871. (24-tf.J C. FISHER. arble Cutter. AND CENEEUL STONE WORK. Otirl nil VinAa Of AIstrblA AHti Stiinn Wrarlr In tha Kacf styles, at reasonable prices. SROWNnrtll airio 1 avium an.t nn Tr ferson street, Fulton, Mo. April Z4, 1871. 23-ly. DRESSMAKING, tit IV I31T lrt W. J, PAT&2CS. Sptciml attention Given to Fitting. Firtt door South of Whalev't Hotel. April 21, 1871. 234f. llACXLGFOnp & DUNN. THESE gentlemen have a first class barber shoo on Columbia street, where nil who desire the luxury of the tonsorial art can be accommodated in the very best style. Especial attention given to trimming and dressing ladles' hair. ; All kinds of work belong ing to the art will be attended to promptly and at reasonable rates. May 19, 1871. W-tf C. r. MAXCnSTSR. . T. W. HENDERSON. 1 Livery, Sale '.' and " Feed Stable, COURT STREET, FTJLTON", MO., Accommodate the Pubuc with the VERY BEST STYLE OF LIVER YOUTFITS. Transient Cuatonte ra Dealt with "on the square," for - fr Every Hone but in ourchartra will be weif fed and groomed, if he only stars an hour. NEW, NEAT HACKS AND BUGGIES AND HORSES AT REASONABLE PRICES. Mr. C, F. MANCHESTER t Would respectfully Inform the Dublic that pared to take in Horses and Mules for the Surpose or breaking them to harness or sad-le, and of all vicious habits, such as ' ., . Balking,;; , .. Running Away, Kicking in Harness, Shying, Halter Fullinjr, Biting and Striking, Jumping Fences, being Bad to Shoe, Bad to Ride; In fact, all Bad habits the horse is addicted to. He challenge the World to produce a Hone he cannot handle, or confute the' principle vpon which his Theory is Baaed. Charges Reasonable and Satisfaction Guaranteed, cr NO PAY. C. F. MANCHESTER. March 31, 1871. 20-tf. a. a. mobm. J. I CXATTRRBUCK. B1GBEE k CLATTERBUCK, OyntIi.ia.xia.,, Missouri, DEALERS IN D r y a- o oxs9 GEOOERIES, Hirdwarr, Qaeensware, j j j i . . THEY KEEP constantly on hand and for sale, at the LOWEST CASH HATEH, ' ' A FIRST CLASS STOCK OF GOODS IN TnEIR LINE. tTThey Invite a thorough Investigation of their Mock and warrant satisfaction. Produce of all kinds taken in exchange r goods May 26, 1867. (28 tf,) FINAL SETTLEMENT. XfOTlCE is hereby given that I will, at the JX siext August term of the Callaway County Court, commencing on Monday, August 21, 1S71, make a final settlement ofmy Guardianship of the- estate of W. A. King. : JOHN ULASQOW, Guardian. Hay 26, 1871. i2S-iw. MAY MEMORIES. Well I know the littlo cottar, Nestled in a valley green. Where blue riolels are smiling-, And the waving willows lean. Where the flashing oriole deflly llanos her nest among the trees, And the sweet wild flowers and inoses Fling- their incense on the breeze. Here, a little crystal streamlet, Wearied with its hillside run, Loiters 'mid the ferns and alders, Playing bo-peep with the sun. Wanders hither, wanders thiiher, On the meadow's sunny breast. Loth to leave the cowslip blossoms, And the wild duck's hidden nest. There, a little lakelet sleeping. Like an azure mirror spread. Photographing "golden fleeces' Softly floating overhead. Stately elms their graceful branches O'er the peaceful home-nest, swing. Yellow birds and little. songsters To their waving streamers cling. Loving wild vines 'round them twining Sternest form with beauty grace. Then from tree to tree go creeping, Loop and hang and interlace. Apple bloom and lilac blossom, Illimminf bird .mil Iniliiiar lnr Here as there, they freight the sunlight, Bring a longing pain to me ! THAT LINE FENCE. Old farmer Smith came home in a miff From his field the other day, While his sweet little wife, the pride of his life, At the wheel was spinning away. And ever anon, a gay little song With the buz of her wheel kept time : And the wrathful brow is clearing now,' Under the cheerful rhyme. "Come, come, little Turk ! put away your work, And listen to what 1 say ; What can I do but a quarrel brew With the man across the way 1 "I have built my fence, but lie won't coin-iflenceTo lay a single rail ; His cattle get lit, and the fml gets thin, I am tempted to make a sale !" "Why John, dear John, how you do go on ! I'm afraid it will be as they say." "No, no, little wife, I have found that strife In a lawyer's hand don't pay. "He is picking a flaw, to drive me to law, I have heard that he said he would ; And you know, lonsj ago. law wronged me so, I vowed I never should. "So what can I do, that I will not rue, To the man across the M ay ?" "If that's what you want, I can help you haunt That man with a specter gray ! "Thirty dollars will do tocarry yon through, And then you have gained a neighbor ; It would eOHt you more to peep in the door Of a court, and much more labor. "Just use your good sense let's uuii.Dhim a fence, And shame such thoughts outof thefellow." They built up his part, and sent to his heart Love's dart, where the good deeds mellow. That very same night, by' the candle-light, They opened, with interest, a letter ; Not a word was there,but three greenbacks Ciir Said the men was growing better. aaSBBMBSSBSSSMSMMSSMSMSSSH SUMM ERFI ELD'S SECR ET. "A Million of Dollars or I'll Set the Pa-ciflic Ocean in Flames." Tbe Fate of a Man ffha Burnt Up a -Mountain Lake in Fifteen Minutes. REMARKABLE STORY! Iu the Sacramento daily Union of a recent date appears the extraordinary statement of one Lconidas Parker, written before his death, and giving what purports to be the true account of his connection with the murder of Gregory Summeriield. The latter individual had been known for many years as "The Man with a Secret," and be met with a horrible death at the age of seventy years, by being pushed from the platform ot a train upon t he Union Pacific Railroad, near the north fork of the American river, at a place called Cape Horn. The unfortunate wretch was hurled downward a distance of over one thousand feet upon the bristling rocks at the foot of the declevity. Parker, who was upon the platform with Bummer field at the time of the catastrophe, was twice arrested and tried for the alleged murder, but was on each occasion mysteriously acquitted, once hy a justice and the second time by a grand jury. Parker was himself a distinguished lawyer of Sacramento, and was widely respected. He always remained silent concerning the circumstances of the im- Euted crime, but shortly before his death e placed in the bands of a friend a document, the gist of which we give below, the entire story taking up nearly a page of the Union. Referring to Gregory Summe'rfield, the murdered man, Mr. Parker speaks of him as having been one of the deepest chemical students of the age, a natural mathematician, a profound astronomer, und a roan of excellent general literary attainments. Parker had known Summcrfield for over twenty years, their acquaintance having been formed in Texas during the days of the republic. Continuing his account, Parker says : "One day toward the close of last September an old man rapped at my olVu-e door, and on invitation came in, and advancing, called me by name. Perceiving that 1 did not at first recognize hi ui he in troduced himself as Gregory Summer-field. After inviting him to a seat I scrutinized his features more closely and quickly identiucd him as the same person whom 1 had mot twenty-two years before, lie was greatly altered in ap pearance, but there was the old charm of intellectual superiority in his conversa tion, and 1 welcomed him to Lulilornia as an important addition to her mental wealth. "It was not many minutes before he re quested a private interview. He followed me into my back oiliee, carefully closed the door after him and locked it. We had scarcely seated ourselves before he inquired of me if 1 had noticed any re cent arilfies iu uie ucn epuei-e i topfull the discovery of the art ot decomposing water so as io ui ii. 101 uic u u mvi mi ordinarv purposes ? "1 replied that 1 had observed nothing new upon the subject since the experiments of Agassiz and Prof. Henry, and added that, in my opinion,' the expensive mode of reduction would always prevent its use. "In a few words ho then informed me Umt be had made the discovery that the art was extremely simple, and the ex pense attending the decomposition so ulio-ht as to be insi'Miifiicant. "Presuming that the object of his visit to me was to procure the necessary forms in at. out. a patent lor the right. 1 con gratulated him upon his good fortune and was about to branch forth with a de scriptiou of some of the great benefits that must ensue to the community, when he suddeulv ami somewhat uncivilly re quested me to 'be silent,' aud listen to what hn bad to say. "He began with some general remarks about the inequality of fortune amongst mankind, and instanced himself as a striking example of the fate of thoce men who, according to all the rules of right, ought to he near the top, instead of at the foot of the ladder ot fortune. 'But,' said he, springing to his feet with impulsive energy, 'f have now the means at mv command of rising superior to fate, or of mulcting incalculable ills upon the whole human race.' "Looking at him more closely, I thought I could detect in his eye the gleam of mad ness ; but l remained silent and awaited further development. But mv scrutiny, stolen as it was, had been detected, and he replied at once to the expression of my face : 'No, sir, I am neither drunk nor a maniac ; I am in deep earnest in all that isay ; and I am lully prepared, by actual experiment, to demonstrate beyond all doubt the truth of all I claim.' "For the first, time I noticed that lie. carried a small portmanteau in his hand ; this he placed upon the table, unlocked it, and took out two or three small volumes, a pamphlet or two, a small, square, wide-mouthed phial, hermetically sealed. "I watched him with profound curiosity, and took note of his slightest movements. Having arranged his books to suit him, and placed the phial in a conspicuous position, he drew his chair closely to my owu, and uttered, iu a half hissing tone: "r demamt one million dollars for the contents of that bottle; and you must raise it for me in the city of San Francisco within one month, or scenes too terrible even for the imagination to conceive, will surely be witnessed by. every living human being on t he face of the globe.' "The tone", the manner, and the absurd extravagance of the demand, excited a faint smile upon my lips, which he observed, but. disdained to notice. "Aly mind was fully made up that I had a maniac to deal with, and I prepar ed io aer. accordingly, itut i ascertained at once that my inmost thoughts were read by the remarkable man before me: and seemed to be anticipated by him iu aavancc or meir expression. Perhaps,' said I, 'Mr. Summerfield. you would oblige me hy informing me fully of the grounds of your claim and inc nature oi your discovery.7 " 'That is the object of my visit,' he replied. 'I claim to have discovered the key which unlocks the constituent erases of water, and frees each from the embrace of the other, at a single touch.' 'loii mean to assert,' I reioiued. 'that you can make water burn itself np " 'Nothing more nor less.' he responded. 'except this to insist upon the consequences of the secret, if my demand be not at once complied with. " '.Now suppose I lling the contents of this small phial into the Pacific Ocean, what would be the result? Dare you contemplate it for au instant ? I do not assert that the entire surface of the sea would iiistantaneoiislv bubble tin info in. suflerable flamos ; no but from the nucle us ot a circle, ot which this phial would be the center, lurid radii of fiamcu would gradually shoot outward, until the blazing circumference would roll in vast bil- ows of lire, upon tho uttermost shores. Not all the dripping clouds of the dcltiire could extinguish it : not all the tears of saints and angels could for an instant CTRwk its progress. Onward aud onward it would sweep, with the steady gait of destiny, until the continents would melt with fervent heat, the atmosphere glare with the ominous conflagration, and all living creatures in land, aud sea, and air ; perish in one universal catastrophe.' "Then, suddenly starting to his feet, lie drew himself to his full bight, and murmured solemnly, '1 feel like a God ! and recognize my fellow-inen but as pigmies that 1 spurn'beucath my feet.' At this 1'arkcr states mat he attempt ed to reason with Summerfield upon the absurdity of believing that ho held in his hands power so mighty, at which the lat ter retorted with quotations from the Scriptures, Humboldt's 'Cosmos,' and the works of famous astronomical writers, proving that it was not only possible for entire planets to be destroyed by fire, but that such terrible events had actually oc curred. This answer concluded, he handed Parker a small phial, requesting him to open it aud smell ot its contents, tho result being that a strong odor of potassi um was observed. At this summerheld continued, "of course," said he, "you are familiar with the chief characteristic of that substance. It ignites instantly when brought into contact with water. Within that little globule of potassium I have mbedded a pill of my own composition and discovery. The moment it is libera ted Irom the potassium it commences the work of decomposing the fluid on which it floats. The potassium at once ignites the liberated ogygen, and the conflagration of this mighty globe is begun." "'Yes,' said 1, 'begun it you please, but your little pill soon evaporates or sinks, or melts in the surrounding seas, and your couflagration ends just where it be gan.' " 'liut,' sneerca ne, -me elementary sud-stances in that 6mall phial recreate themselves ; they are self-generating, and when once fairly under way, must necessarily sweep onward, until the waters in all the seas are exhausted.' . "Rising from my seat, I went to the washstand in the corner of the apartment, and, drawing a bowl-full of Spring valley water, I turned to Summerfield and remarked, 'Words are empty, theories are ideal but facts are things' ". : I take you at your word." So saying lie approached the bowl, emptied it of nine-tenths of its contents, aud silently dropped the potassium-coated pill into the liquid. Tbe potassium danced around the edges of the vessel, fuming, hissing and blazing, as it always does, aud seemed on the point of expiring when to my astonishment and alarm a sharp explosion took place, and in a second ot tune the water was blazing in a red, lurid column half way to the ceiling. "For God s sake'" l cried, "extinguish the flames or we shall set the building on tire!" "Had I dropped the potassium into the bowl as you prepared it," he quietly remarked, "the building would indeed have been consumed." Lower aud lower fell the flickering flames, paler and paler grew the blaze, until finally the lire went out, and 1 rushed up to see the effect of the combustion. "Not a drop of water remained iu the vessel ! Astouishcd beyond measure at what I had witnessed, and terrified almost to the verge of insanity, 1 approached Summeriield and tremblingly inquired: 'To whom, sir, is this tremendous secret known V 'To myself alone,' he responded; 'and no w answer mc a question, is it worth the money 'i ' "It is entirely unneccssay to relate in detail the subsequent events connected with the transaction. I will only add a general statement, showing the result ofmv negotiation. Having fully satisfied myself that Summerfield actually held iu his hands the fate of the whole world, with its millions of human beings, aud by experiment having tested the combustion of sea water, with equal facility ns fresh. I next deemed it my duty to call tho attention of u few of the principal men in San Francisco to the extreme mi' portance of Suniinerfleld's discovery. "A loading banker, a bishop, a chemist, two State university prolessors, a phv Kician. a iudire. and two Protestant di vines were selected by me to witness the experiment on a largo scale, lias was done at a small sandhill lake, near the sea shore, but separated lrom it by a ridge of lofty mountains, distant not more than ten miles from San Francisco. Every single drop of water in the pool was burnt up in less than fifteen minutes. We next did nil we oould to pacify Summerfield, and endeavored to induce him to lower bis nrice and bring it within the bounds of a reasonable possibility. Hut without avail. He began to grow urgent in his demands. The sub-committee soon com menced work amongst the wealthiest citizens of San Francisco, and by appeal ing- to the terrors of a lew aud the sym nathies of all. succcded in raising one- half the amount within the prescribed pe. riod. I shall never forget the woe-begone faces of California street during the month of October. The outside world and the newspapers spoke most learnedly of a money panic a pressure in business, and the disturbances iu the New York gold room. Jiut to the initiated there was an easier solution of the enigma. The pale specter of death looked down upon them all, and pointed with his bony finger to the fiery tomb of the whole race, already looming up in th distance before them. Day after day I could sec the dreadful ravages of this secret horror ; doubly terrible, since they dared not divulge it. Still, do all that we could, the money-could not be obtained. The day preceding the last one given, Summerfield was summoned before the committee, and full information given him of the state of anairs. Obdurate, hard and cruel, he still continued. Finally, a proposition was started that an attempt should be made to raise the other half of the money in the city of New York. To this proposition Summerfield ultimately yielded, but with extreme reluctance. It was agreed in committee that I should accompany him thither, and take with me, iu my own possession, evidences of the sums subscribed here ; that a proper appeal should be made to the leading capitalists, scholars and clergymen of the metropolis ; and that, when the whole amount was raised, it should he paid over to Summerfield, and a boud taken from him never to divulge his awful secret to any human being. "With this he seemed to be satisfied, and left us to prepare for his going the next morning. "As soon as he left the apartment, the bishop arose, and 'deprecated the action that had been taken, aud characterized it as childish and absurd' He declared that no man was safe one moment whilst that 'diabolical wretch' still lived; that the only security for us all was in his immediate extirpation from the face of the earth, and that no amount of money could seal his lips or close his hands. It would be no crime, he said, to deprive him of the means of assassinating the whole human family, aud that, as for himself, he was for dooming him to immediate death. "With a unanimity that was extraor dinary the entire committee coincided. A great many plans were pro nosed. discussed, and rejected, having in view tne extermination ot Summeriield. In them all there was the want of that proper caution which would lull the apprehension of an enemy; for should he for an instant suspect treachery, we knew his nature well enough to be satisfied that he would waive all ceremonies and carry his threats into immediate execution. 'It was finally resolved that the trip to New York should not be abandoned, apparently. Hut that we were to start out iu accordance with the orisrinal pro gramme ; that, during tho journey, some proper means should be resorted to bv me to carry out the final iutentions of the committee, and that whatever I did would be sanctioned by them all, and full pro tection, both in law and conscience, afforded mc in any stage of the proceedings. ".Nothing was wanting but my own consent. 1 asked the privilege of medi tation for one hour, at tho hands of the committee, before I would render a decision either way. Durinir that recess the above argumentation occupied my thoughts. The time expired, and I again presented myself before them. I did not deem it requisite to state the grounds of my decision ; 1 briefly siguinad my assent, aud made instant preparations to carry the plan into execution. 'Having passed on the line of the Pa cific railway more than once, I was perfectly familiar with all of its windings, gorges aud precipices. . . "1 selected uape llorrf as the best adap ted to the purpose, and the public knows the rest. "Having been fully acquitted by two tribunals of the law, I make this final appeal to my fellow men throughout the State, and ask them confidently not to re verse the judgment already pronouuecd." How Mr. Webster Prepared His apeecnes. In one of the debates in Congress, which suddenly called Dauicl Webster to his feet, he made a brief but eloquent speech, apparently without any opportunity for Erevious preparation. In the course of is remarks he threw out the following sentence, which has ever since been ad mired as one of the most harmonious and expressive in the english language. He was speaking or our military conflict with Great Britian, "Our fathers raised their flag against a power to which, for pur poses of foreign conquest and subjugation. Rome, in the height of her glorv, is. not to be compared, a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possession and. military posts, where hermorniug drum-beat following the sun in its course and keeping pace with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." As he sat down, one of the senators congratulated him upon his speech, and alluding to the above passage, said mat to nun it was inconceivable how Mr. Webster, in a speech so manifestly unpremeditated, could have formed so perfect and so beautiful a sentence, which, with hours of Btudy, he could not improve. Mr. Webster replied that the passage was not extemporaneous ; that, in his summer vacation he had visited Quebec, and, when standing on the massive and almost impregnable citadel there, looking out upon the wonderous scene oi naxionai granueur and of nature's loveliness spread before him, the idea occurred to his mind. He immediately took ins seat upon a gun, and with pencil and paper, skethed : the thought in the most appropriate language he could at the moment command. Upon arriving at his hotel he sat down at his leisure, and wrote and re-wrote it, with mauy interlineations and erasures, uuiu he had modeled it into the form of words which satisfied him; he theu laid it aside, in his retentive memory, to be used when the occasion should offer. The opportunity arose upon that day. (irar The Richmond ( Va.) Dispatch avs of the chaiisre that the South will not follow the couusels of Jefferson Davis and refuse to "accept the situation": . ! The South is ready aud willing to join I......)- Mi Alining. A nd were even Jeff. Davis himself to counsel our people . . a. .1 C . . . . .A i . a . . 1. immi. Io Poll aim reiuBu w oujwi mc nees of the Democratic National Conven tion, and thus luuirccuy assist in electing the ltadicul candidate to the Presidency, there would not bo one white man in a hundred who would take his advice. We repeat here what we said a moiitii or i ..... !.. ull lln. ilAltrutes from tbe South to the National Convention who would refuse to support a candidate upon the Walker platform (Vallandigham . ... . f If -. . . 4V. ., . .. n 1 1 I . ... . 1 .1 piatiorm, 11 you prcici w Hinuicwiu not induce a single Southern State to bolt. The National Convention may adopt this platform and nominate "live ' .....lt.l.tao n.ltli tln Timet TWrfe('t. cmifl. (lOllCe Mini, lei wuuiu-uc icwum py " .1 ...i.aI iliAv urlll 4li. ftrkiitKAin imaA,- . , . 1 ,1 1. 1 .1 nn. .1 vatives and Democrats will carry their i . . . i n a 1 I 4 1 several states ior inosu uouuuuicu. nry With a magnanimity hitherto mi known among criminals of his class, a murderer in Kentucky, recently, had a friend cause his arrest, draw the reward nf jCWo. which had been offered for his ap prehension, and present it to the widow OI niS VIClllll. ry mudsill, iivui i.i.ij bA inn feelinir nf a man in Indiana. imprisoned for life for murdering a stage driver. He rejoices that he committed the crime, believing that if he had not L-uiAd tho man." he would have been to- diiv where salvation never could reach Mm A a it is. he thinks he has "saved himself." This is what may be termed "killing logic." THE STORY OF H1LOERBRAND. How He was First Led into Crime, and How Many Times He lias been Imprisoned. From the Toledo (O.) Commercial, June 2. All of our readers, doubtless, remember the circumstances of the arrest, anil trial, in our city, on the 19th of April, of a man who had forged a letter on the Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Central railroad company, and by means of it obtained a pass over the D.'and M. railroad to Cincinnatti, aud that he was convicted of the crime and sentenced to our county jail, is nlso well known. Last. Tuesday he was released from prison, and meeting with our reporter, stated that in an article published iu the Commercial, which was composed mainly from extracts from Milwaukee papers, the dav following his trial at the police court, there were many errors, and that he wished to tell his own story to the public. The following sketch has been formed from the words as thev fell from his lips : He has assumed at different times several aliases, but says that his veal name is Charles I). Hilde'rbrnnd, that he was born in Dearborn Wayne county, Mich., and was stolen away from home ' when only a babe of three "weeks. As to who it was that took him from his parents, or the reason of his being stolen, lie is iu ignorance to this day ; nor does his moth cr, who is still living, have any knowledge of it. The period from the time he was stolon from home until he was about eight years old remains a blank, but at this time, which was early in 1851, he found himself at Lasalle. 111., where bo fell in with two English burglars or cracksmen, who induced him to go with them to St. Louis, where he wasfirst led into crime by them. His first offence was for f ill-tapping, or, in other words, robbing the monev drawer of a store iu St. Louis on the 28th of February, 1848. His first imprisonment was in Paris. France, where he was convicted of robbery and sentenced to one year in city prison, but after serving th'ree months, was pardoned. The next place we find him is in London, England, where, with theftwo notorious burglars who first led. him into crime in this country, he enter ed into a conspiracy to perform a heavy roDnery. in committing the deed they were detected, tried and convicted. The two burglars were transported to Van DiemanVLand for thirty years, and Hil-derbraud, after being held iu the old Bailey prison for six months awaiting trial, was banished to America. This was in 1850. ... ,4 On leaving England, he went to Mon treal, Canada, where for robbcrv he was sent to prison for six months, but by a liberal use of money and the help of unprincipled lawyers, he obtained his liberty at the end of three davs. He was sent to the penitentiary at Kingston, Canada West, for robbery sentenced to remain one year in the dungeon, And served full term. . ,. . Leaving Canada in 1852. he atraiu turn ed his steps to the United States, aud for some misdemeanor was sentenced for six months in the Tombs New York city, but was released by . means of his lawyers, after staying only three days in the police station, llis next onence was a more serious one that of robberv and he was sent to the penitentiary at Alleghany City, Pa., for two yrears, serving nis iuii time, x our montns ot lus , term he was confined in a dungeon for violating the rules of the prison, and received no other punishment.' There was no shower-bath within the prison, nor was he chained, etc., as heretofore, stated. He was next sent up in Cuba for twenty-one years, being connected with murder and robbery, but managed to get released at the end of three months. One of his "pals" was imprisoned .for Jife and , t he other died before being brought to trial from the effect of wounds received while resisting officers. From Cuba he went to Mexico, where he committed a heavy robbery and was tried and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, but escaped after being confined six weeks, and returned to the States 1 and was convicted of crime in Nashville, Tenn., and sentenced for eight years in the penitentiary. Lawyers got him out at the end of one month. In 1855 he gave Frank Reno, one of the noted express robbers, his first lesson in burglary, and then we find him at San Francisco, California, where he served one month in city prison, and next at Birmingham, England, he served a term of seven months, five months in a dun geon. At Liyon, ranee, he was. incarcerated for six weeks, and eight weeks in prison in Berlin, Prussia. Returning to the United States, he was sent to jail at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, for one month, and escaped. Next sent to city prison in Cincinnati for two mouths, he bought' his liberty at the end of fifteen days, and went to Baton Rogue, Louisiana, where he was sentenced for four years, but bought out within two months. , At ht. Louis he was sent to prison for six months, and obtained a release at the end of the third day,' by the use of money. For crimes committed in Illinois ho 'was 1 sentenced on three distinct charges, one year each, in the penitentiary at Lacon. Served two years and was arrested for the third time before he had got outside the prison, and recommitted, but managed to escape by locking up the jailor, and went to Europe. l&eiuriliug io me uiiuvu nmiro in iiw. he was recognized in Buffalo by Wm. E. i Phillips, of Lacon, Ills., who arrested him '' and took him back to finish his term in prison. He managed to lock the. sheriff in the jail, and attempted to escape, but was recaptured, and served the balance of the year. ' Ho then entered into the conspiracy of robbing the express company near Seymour, lud., but was deserted by his "pals" at Detroit, in 1866, when he was arrested for crime, taken to Milwaukee and sent up for five years. Served four years and four months, closely con fined in a small cell lour by seven leet. The balance of the sentence was remitted for good behavior. He says that Billy Reno, one of the express robbers, was" innocent, but that all the others that were hung were guilty. Coming out of the Wisconsin peuiteutiary on the 4th of last March, he came to Toledo, where he was "arrested as ociorc staieu. He has served about lourteen years m various prisons, three years aud four mouths ot the tune in do so confinement u dungeons ; has been in ten dinerent State prisons, four city prisons, torty jails, and twenty police staions, besides seven country caiaoooses. Such is the remarkable story of this man, and we leave the public to judge of its truthfulness. He docs not leave the public to simply take his word lor it, but asks the doubting to write to auy of the above named places, aud see if what he relates be not true, iiiiucruraud is an excellent penman, and has in his possession numerous pen drawings of various persous, criminals, detectives &t., besides sketches ot various prisons whore he has been confined, and says that ho now intends to change his ways, and enter upon some honest work to gain a livelihood, and also wishes to publish a book of crime, showing the manner in which thieves and burglars pertorm :t neir oper- ations, togctner wnn lncmeuis oi nis own life. . - It is said that the Pennsylvania Central, Chicago and Alton, and Kansas Pacific, have made a joint arrangement to purchase the North Missouri road, which is to be sold under deed of trust in August. If they succeed, it is expected they will take hold ot other roads eon teinplated and in process of construction The Chicago and Alton are now eneased completing the Louisiana and Jefferson City. r Two of the thousand veterans ot 1812 who have applied for, pensions are nged respectively 107 and 112, -. OUR PUBLIC WEN. Forney writes in the Philadelphia iVei: How well I remember some of the orators of other days the men of the generation succeeding Andrew Jackson f The South always predominated in fascinating and plaus'ible rhetoric. Winter Davis, of Maryland, was at once a logician and a declaimed His sharp tenor voice, his incisive sentences and ready wit, his fine figure wore admirably reinforced by acute reasoning powers and admirable legal training. A rare specimen of the same qualities was Judah P. Benjamin, of Louisiana, now a practitioner .before the Queen's Bench in London. ' His handsome, Jewish face, his liquid tones and easy enunciation, contrasted well with his skill as a debater, and his accuracy at a student. Pierre Soule, a Senator from the same State, was a different, yet a peculiar type. His swarthy complexion and black flashing eyes, and bis Frenchified dress and speech, made him oiie of the attractions of the Senate. He is now in his grave, after a strange, eventful and . novel career. He was an artificial man brilliant in repartee, yet subject to fits of melancholy impetuous yet reserved proud but polite in one word, such a contradiction as Victor Hugo, with a vast fund of knowledge and a deposit of vanity which was never exhaushed. He was never exhausted. He was a ready-made secessionist when the rebellion came, and yet his 1 ight shone feebly in that dark conspiracy. . ' Virginia always had a supply df good speakers. Thos. II. Bay ley, with his gold spectacles and his Southern idiom, a compound of the scholar; Cbas. James Faulkner, with his pleasant smile, dandy drest, and flowing phrases r James M. 'Mason, with his Dombey diction and pompous pretence. R. M. T. Hunter with his quiet and careful conservatism; Roger A. Pryor, with his impetuous and dazzling temperament these were all first-class speakers, thougli as totally distinct as their . own faces. 4 The noisiest man in the immediate ant i-war Congress was Gaorge S. Houston, of Alabama: the most quarrelsome was Keitt, of South Carolina ; the best tempered, Orr, of the same State; the most-acrid, John W. Jones, of Tennessee : the iolliest, Senator Jere Clemens, of ..Alabama; the most supercilious. Senator Slidell, of Louisiana; the most. geuial, Senator Anthony Kennedy, of Maryland, and the boldest and coarsest, Wigfall, of Texas. Breckinridge, was in many respects a true orator, and seemed to copy much from Clay and Crittenden. Jefferson Davis was always stern in convictions. Hammond, of South Carolina had a good presence aud a persuasive tone. but was not a great man... Toombs of Georgia, was the 'stormy petrel, often grand as a declaimer, and always .intol--erant, dogmatic and extreme. He was as violent in 1850, whea he was a Unionist, as he was in 1860, when he became a secessionist. , . , , ... H. . INTERYIEW8 J. D. - Sleeting of the "Tribcme" Pkiles-opber and tbe ExPresident of the Confederacy at a Memphis Hotel Personalities, not Politics, Discussed Are-the Blairs Degenerating t ' From the Memphis Avalanche, June 4. About 12 o'clock non. Jeff. Davis called at the Overton Hotel, and was ushered Into the presence of Mr. Greeley, at whose hands he met a very cordial reception. 1 he philosopher and his visitor sat facing each other in the centre of the room, the broad, open, and plain countenence of the one in strange contrast with the wiry, nervous, and somewhat delicate face of the other. Mr. Davis was dignified and somewhat formal in manner, . while Mr. Greeley was frank, easy, and qnite talk ative. There was scarcely a reference to the political situation, "ilx. Greeley - in quired concerning the health of Mrs. Davis with much warmth . and earnestness, and again referred to the high ' regard he entertained for that lady and the family of which she came. Mr. Davis responded appropriately, and expressed the gratitude of himself and Mrs. Davis to the philosopher for his kindly services soon after the war. This brought up Mrs. Davis' interview referred to above, on which Mr. Greeley seemed to dwell with much pleasure. In the course of conversation Mr. Greeley again spoke of the Blairs, and especially of the seniors of that distinguished family, remarking en passant that 1 rank P. Blair, Jr., and others of the present generation did not do justice to the old stock, to whom he referred with apparent deep feeling. Mr. Greeley then passed on to snbjects nearer home, and finally dwelt for several min utes on the memory of General Quitman, of whom he spoke as a warm, personal and political friend in times gone by. Not a word was said on either side, that our reporter could. overhear, concerning Mr. Davis's condition and prospect s. . All through the interview, which lasted ten miuntes, Mr. Davis maintained a very reserved demeanor, while on the other hand, the face of the philosopher was wreathed in kindness and smiles, with occasionally a hearty laugh breaking the stillness. It was a scene worthy the pencil of an artist, one that would make a picture valuable now and in future generations. Rising at the conclusion of the interview. Mr. Davis withdrew with a statelv bow. and in a few minutes after Mr. Greeley was en ronte for the railroad depot, where he took tne iz:4o train lor tiouisville, accompanied by General Merritt. his friend and travelling companion. : A Family Without A Newspaper. Nothing presents a sadder commentary upon the present unhealthy condition of our once loved and prosperous country than the large number of families both in the city and country, but more especially in the latter, that are subscribers to no paper of auy kiud. Hundreds and thousands of families are thus growing up in utter ignorance of what is trauspiring in the world around thorn 'gnorant of the mighty events of the day. But who can tell the vast amount of injury that is being inflicted upon the rising generation those who are to take our places in the busy world at no distant day growing up without any knowledge- of the present, the past, or any study of the future, and this ignorance, too, being imbued into them by the sanction of those who should, and doubtless do know bet ter, did they only think of the inlnrous effects of their insane course. .Let the head of every family thiuk of this, and place in the hands of those for whom he is responsible the means of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the moving panorama in which we eiiaot one part : i Governor afNebraaha Depaaed. The good work 'of nunishlnir unfaith ful Governor goes on. It is but a short time since tiov. liolden of North Caro- 4 Una was removed from his office for fla-graut ofUcial misconduct: and now in tho Northwest the Senate of Nebraska, acting as a court of Impeachment, have reiumoa a verdict or guilty in the case of David Butler, the Governor oft that State, and he , likewise is Governor no longer. . Gov. Butler was accused of misappro- firiating the public funds, of corrupt deal-ugs iu relation to school money, tne public lands, expenditures for public buildings, and, in fact, of engaging with some of his cronies in a general and comprehensive system of plunder. The first shipment over the Lou-1 hiana and Missouri River railroad was r on the 1st, and consisted of doors, window sash, and dressed lumber, consncd to VandaUa, la the western part of Pike county, : , . . . i