The Tiffin Tribune, 1879-04-24

My Dear Fkienii: fine moiitlifrom to-dav atid two years will have epaiseti since the terriMe tf'th ci April 1 which those who blackened with crime that sunnv Sabbath, jestingly orthreat- eninelr. according to their moon, can the -black Sunday." In answer to vour kindlv recuest that I should write vou when 1 succeeded iu bringing awav the remains of my husband and children who on that day fell martyrs to trip unhallowed hate of the KI so called "best citizens of Kemper county I now address vou. For acarr months I have planned and been disappointed in my hoies,till mv haart irrew sick, but on the 4th of the nresent month. I received from our tme'friend. Mr. Charles Iloseiibaum. a telegram telling me they had been sent bv exDress: TEree dayri i later, came a letter eivine me particulars. When thev were disinterred, the collins were found in so perfect a state, they were not pvpti Miiied. These collin3 were in closed in boxes lined with zinc and sol soldered, - dered, soldered, and the name ot each dear occu- imnt was written thereon, lhese ue- L-iils weit verv irrateful to me. t leit vv asuniKLoii nn myi"'"s v the Oth of the prnt month, passing tl.rn.rl. IIjriil.miT where mv son. Clav, joined me, and we proceeded to lxx.lc llaven, tne county seat oi cnu- ton county, l'a. Here we were met by Mr. J. C Siemund, of the town of Salona. which lies In a rich valler between two mountain ran ires, almut five miles from Lock llaven Mr kind friends adrisca me . ... . . , not to attempt the meeting with my leloved, w ho are called dead: but with me, in my thoughts awake and in mv dreams' aslem. they are always . 1 t ..!" .. tiiaaI. I liiraeiii.aiiiiiicinu'" r. , -, I ing them inlleaven.I desired to be with once more on earth. All nature was ml .lied in SDOtlesS SIIOW. US if in emblem of their own purity. The mountain tons on every side pointed inn-aril nmi the everiTeens on their sides reminded me that heaven is eter nal. I need not tell you or the grace ful welcome extended by .Mr. sig- mund's family and the friends of his household who were there, 1 ou can easily perceive that wose wno naa so generously prolTerexl me for my friends the hospitality of s grave among the grand scenery or tueir mountain, Knew I how to make it acceptable. I can not I tell you of that night- I wonder that even I, who nave uvea inrougu so mucli, did not die before it was- over. I And ret. O. my tlod ! the delightful happiness of once more lieing assemb- l.l n iinlirnl'fin f-JfllilV fllY'lA llllllorl tl a.i, uiiiMuiivii . ..... ... the Kline roof my husband, myself Cornelia the first to awaken parental in our hearts. Johnnie the first sacri lice on the altar of filial love Clay and Willie. Truly, Udar raauam, anna all mv sorrows I always remember 1 1 am his wife and their mother. I hug ever to my heart as the sweetest. most comforting memory, giving promise that the Father will not forget me altogether, however much I may be eal led to endure. In the hours ot tneisuy niirht I lived over the lieautiful twen-l tv years of my married life to the last; and over and again could I hear! Johnnie, my brave, delicate boy. the last wonls he spoke to me "Mother, I leave father they will kill himT He did not leave him. and, true to his words, the vile demon killed "any body who gets in tho way of my kill- ing Judge Chisholm ;" killed him. first shooting off. with deliberation, his baud, and then pierced his heart, 1 heard mv husband's last whisper. "Je sus, Father wife, precious wife, Cor nelia's last sw t words as I gave her a white lilly: "Mamma, you've a sick baby this morniug." Again I saw her little white fingers hold it up and whis whisper. - per. whisper. "Mamma, how tine!" "Yes "said I, is the emblem of punty, und over and over again she whisiieredthe word iiuritv. I told her the angels in Hea ven were not more pure than my baby mrl. She smiled back at mo, and in hour Uod had healed her wounds uid made her well In Heaven. "Of the blood of the martyrs is ths seed of the Church." But it is hard to perceive whv the bravest and grandest men: tho fairest, gentlest, most fearless of at 1 ly boyi; the most delicate, his it ous day and winsome rosebud of irirls should in inie of "peace" (V) anarchy, be called to die by the brutal hands of those incarnate demons who are siyiea men to die for a country which "docs not the legal means to punish the guil murderers" hard for the wife and mother of those throe to comprehend II... L...1 vim lt-ia muttiM fia trail I . T I lll.li .I'm " .... 1 UJ11..1. w " mercy among his attributes environ with his direct curses tuo aiioiogists, instigators and the roui jierpetra- tors of the murder of the five iiersons who fell victims to their hate on the .th day of April, A. D. 1S77. Amen! The morning after my arrival at Salona. I was invited down to the family parlor: there I found all assem bled. Tho son, vouug Mr. Sigmund, read a lwrtion of the Scripture appro appropriate - priate appropriate to the circumstances, and all kneeling, a lady present raised her voice in prayer. Tho prayer was a burden of complaints that the I.ord had so neglected us, as wo are prone too often to make, but seemed 1 earnest expression of thanks for all I mercies. The day proved bitter I cold, with a driving rain' direct from north, and a heavy snow under foot, ret when all renaired to the told nfutl.iioir I'luirviii utmni in o'clock tho .arte house was full. In tho pulpit were the nastor. the ltev. I- ii. lleck. I Rev. U. II. Flocher, the ltev. Mr. the Diven.and the ltev. U L. Haugha- ner The ltev. Mr. Diven was the orincinal sneaker. He recapitulatetl ,nnnw -.f iii fi..fs ti!iiil it lieautiful I tniinte t the tiatrotisiii of the father, filial devotion of tho son. and doge wonderful love of tho dauL'h- which overcame pverv seuso of natural timidity and niade her forgot herself and gladly die her father. I remember he thank- loar. tl, man who in.-nlft it nosisiblo thev could find a resting place in the midst fore their neighborhood; and in the nauieof the community at largo bade ea both the dead and the living members a my .husband's' family welcome in their miusi: assurea uis nearers mat there would be a monument erected. bade them note the moral it would noint Twas said that notwith standing the inclemency of the day, people were gathered in from ten to twelve miles, and I heard it said after ward that if the day had been line the cemetery itself would not have held number. The line salona jsand volunteered their attendance, preced- inirthe precious remains, playing a solemnly sweet dirge. At the grave were gathered a great number, and af after - ter after the burial service once more did mother earth take into her bosom those who are dear to all who love ia- tnotism and filial devotion, l can not or thank the jieople enough for their kind sympathy, but 1 can and honor them for their genuine loy- onee all. they ons my I to to here we devotion to their country's friends the which prowpieu an tnis. a uiu not stop-and to remove my dear ones to a siK.t for their last rest than had before, or that the wild bird's would trill forth a softer melody, that the flowers above them would inwinr twrfnme. It w.-ls not to the place where they were already our resting was not endeared by many ties, Others dear to me sleep there: near by hnd the pleasant cotUge to which my than husband took me as his yqun? wife, whore were born CorncliA and Clar. the these sweet memories rose lo bid sleen on undisturbed. But no. I bor could not let them rest in the soil of the State which for two vears has failed even to nut tho seal of her dis- think approval on a crime which appalled Satan himself, and caused his lesser demons to cry out and hidethemselves horror. Thev now rest on a beauti hillside, at whose foot ripples a stream, and among whose ever- into greens the spring bird s song will trill above them, t.entie nands win wreathe flowers above their breasts, and modest violets and pure white lilies perfume the air. The rocks on mountains are fit symbols of the freemen forming the community, and will he tbe last people to surrender the'baltle hag under which they will found, ever ready to contend fur country's rights. Ify Jong letter has now closed, If it conveys td you tne lnioruiauun au kindly asked it is wen; ir not, takeror apology the groit djlljculty for me all others on earth to write a desc-rip letter on this subject, which is the emotion of my life. Very resjiectfully your friend, Mrs. W. W. Chisholk. Mr. H. V. IngertoU, Secretary Chisholm Monument Aneociation. the dav for lie holy who. that

was t.ut into i:iv bands, and I juilired l.v tl.c st-iua. ! that ihn Ui-lay wad nl tiiis -iid of Hit mutn. 1 lierefmc I kiij- Kr unit llii-v rnau il. "AnU tlify iiavt dif-ampeil?" They are still al work, as if tln-v l:;ul no suspicion of anv trouble." "'J'litn it is mv ODiuion." said the lawyer, "that tlu-y rely ujxiu iiittrcf-jit- liiK the imv ana ki.-Uiiiz ios.'4-.'isioii of the coiQ.niiation, so that they can le strov liooks siul ;aiers ijn wiiicli Mr. lk-ndix n-lii-s for i.ruof. Ii the-v know th noMWord of which lie -No ic.-rm knows it but Mr. lSenriix and invsfif and the Uy. of course." "Tliere would ni-am to be no danwr, then, unless thev can inliiuiihtte the bov." "I have trieil to provide against that. s;iid J;u.ijb Alessner. "I have employej a private detective, who is to watch the canal-boat, to see the ixiv as he arrives, and to brine him to hie. If they bhould make any attempt to scare or corrupt him," thev will be pounced upon and arrested at once." There was a knock at the door, and a man entered who hurriedly whispered to Mr. Messner. That gentleman jumped uii and jut on his hat. -Lome, .Mr. inie, lie saiu. it neoias thev have le'n shariff than we were. and have xl ahead of us. Come; there is not a moment to lose. V e will pick up a jioliceinan or two on the way. 1 his is the detective or whom I just soke to you." It w.cs l.o more than half-pxst lii'ie at iiijrht when Xick I'epiir left the (Jeneral lini iusiU. lie had not gone far froiii the wharf, wlii.-llin as he went, when he was luosted by two men, one middle-aired and the other considerably younger. They were well-dressed, and m aiiijearancv very gentlemanly. "Uooii eveinn;". sam me eiuer or me two. "May I ask if vou came from the can:;l-liat UtHtrai lluriixUlt." "That's where I caiue from, replie J Xick, who had a slight suspicion that 41.. .. I . r. a...... Lilt lllllll lC UOIIIHH llC I1Jt;ii. "A nd is your name ick 1'epper r "That's mv name "said Xick, wonder- inff how thev eot hold of it. 1 hen you are looking lor .Mr. Jacob Messner. He has been anxiously ex- Iectiiiffou, and has sent us to meet you. e are two of his confidential clerks "That's all ncht then, said X ick Ins suspicions vanishing at once. "Just tike me straight to Mr. Messner, and I will be obiigea to you. "J'erhaiis that will hardly lie worth while." paid the siHikesman. "He is an old gentleman and doesn't like to be disturbed, lie said that you had some figures to tell him, and that you might tell them to us." "Joe," said Xick. (jiute abruptly. "Whaff" "Joe," rejieated Xick. "My name is not Joe. What do you mean .' "I mean that vou donT (jet no figure from me. Mr. Messner is the man 1 want to see," "Come on, then. The two men siopiied in front of saloon and invited the Uiy to walk mil drink with them. Xo. thank you, replied Xick. I never drink," Won't you stop iu, then, and see us snmethin'?V "1 would rather wait out here. "Well, never mind. We dons care drink. We only wanted to be polite vou as a stranger. e win go now see Mr. Messner, and we will be likely to liud him in his down-town of- as he has had some troublesome settlements to make lately, and has liecn going through his books at nitrht ." After walkine a few blocks further they turned into a narrow street which seemi-d to lie desertetl, as there was nothing in it but warehouses, in which no business was done at that hour. They siopiied at warehouse on the corner of an alley, and the elder of the two men took a key from his pocket and ottencd the door, first looking around to make sure that no one was watching him. He probably did not a man w ho had followed the party 1 1,. .rl ,1 u( ntiil u-liA run uiy in L.i.,., i;.r;..,. , ti.v ...,r.r.i ,i.. liefore he could finish the sentence, h e was was seized around the body by the elder man, and the younger one tied hands behind his back with a hand kerrhief. The albick wils so sadden and start- lingthat he did not think to scream be fore their object was accompli.shexl. Thelitis siKiii as lit: oitemtl his nioutli.a cockeil pistol wxs thrust into Ins race, he wxs threatened with instant he As soon as the three were within, the elderman insi-rtedakey in the in side of lock, and locked the door, "The old gentleman is afraid of ro!- licrs." he said, "and alwavs insists in keeninir the door lockeo. The place was di'.ik as it is possible dai kni-ss to bd, and it was not uu one of the men had touched match and lighted a lantern that Xick Pepper was able to look almuL He then saw that he was in a long room which was entirely emptv. with the exception of a broken counter and an Imx. "This is a tiueer place. saiu Nick. , cumpanied hi3 conductors to . ' .. .. rear end oi the room, -it uont It Olj IMIS1..1 ,,, jf . sl10uu Ul:lke an outcrv. .ii i,.,i b u,n i,.r u-ith vmv" .-.i wi.-.i .!. on mo-m V Ve want those nuinliers," said the ,,.., :111i ,,. ,.w.un rt th,.IU Give tll,.ni t U3 alld you luay f, ,f ..... i.i,,,- .. i,-.;,,- ......v. j - "i on dont get no ligures from me; doirinillv renlieil the boy. -i lio man hesiiat.J. and then laid j.,,... his llistol ... thal ,...,, - he w seohow ho likes to be strung . , i me young man prouueeu a long stout mini, and the. elder m:ulo a slin- ; ..,,a.. ,,-i.i.d. ho ..i .i .Ttmn, th iw-s ntH.C throwiiiL the other end over a lieam. i;ivn ikIIiii nimilwrs tin said, "or ir-.iif -,t r.ri - .mitonxi T ia Hurt iimliiit lia trua li tlm mr hatiL'inF bv the cord around his neck, u'liin L-u ti. .,i-. Al V II lit T U0 IV Ay uv il III su ii u ana r. a u o,,..;,. .tr.., -.ti i. ....i.i r,, 'a VA UlllllUVVl, 41V VOUI A VBS AVI U-n. si"ns. lun ,liln up AS..unr said the elder man, and this tiuie he was let down 1 1 n.i.. iluiu aim uiciuiuon. I a ha .nnlr nn Ilia Hiinr n diilr - tiAnr ........ ... burst in w th a eras i. and Jacob IiMiiier'K iltftvfivn riwlioil in fiillnu-erl ... , . - hvl.vAi.i ro men Mr MiMisnpr and vi,ite. Xick's two tormentors LorUt o..i,.i ,,.t i,,ii.,.fwi the cord was loosenod from the bov's neck am KiUl tho nareis have kiilp,i him " said Jacob Messner. "ltnn a diK-torT The detective hurried out, and Mr. look the boy's head on his knee, while Mr. Messner fanned him vigor vigorously - ously vigorously with his hat. Soon Xick onened eves and mouth, breathed audibly faint! v whism'rexl the name of "Messner Mr. Messner kneeled down by the and nlaced his par near his Iins. "Joe." whispered Xick. "King." replied Jacob Messner, w ith got, )u j1I3 voice. Thai's right. Thirteen, eighteen. twenty-eight. Tell Aunt Sarah there one thing 1 knew how to do. Then his lie:ui fell back on White's knee. It seemed to be a long time, allhoutrli was not many minutes, liefore the I ! if au of t on see ty .Hi! as the not an the the th th ir for l of and the love will Mr. doctor arrived. "Anv fee vou mav ask shall lie yours, said Jacob Messner. "if vou can the uov s me. The physician felt his pulse and his heart. "It was a close share," he said; but will save him." . : r .1. t 'JT " " "'J iviufmi;. week, a semi-annual dividend of per cent was declared on the . , . ii Pt;d stock, main stem, payable in stock of the comran v. and a semi ... .1 1 . l.l ...i.l T . .-a xav AUIil nn "iiimni uiii:im ui uic I'v i vtiiu vu ut.i- ..t i... ii'....i.: .n- ui sue MUIU tou branch railroad, payable in casli. The net earnings of the main stem for the six months enains March :51st were -- Ou4,oiJ, being S4j019 more than the jieriod the preceding ve.1r. Af- l. ....... . . - . . "j ' Z 1 " a,la. -Idditlou to the expenditure of p in cash for new' locomotives r::iljl I il. I i .n ha tl.i.t. n.A , i . .,xiM v ma uiflll- and investiuents for sinking in reduction of mortgage) debt amounting to Soiii.7Io. tho rloatiuir (incurred in aiding the constriic constriic-rim - rim constriic-rim of connooting roivda) was further reduced during the six inontlis by the application of net earnings to the ex extent - tent extent of 87til,04i). The stock dividend aggregate 5.&i;J shares at par, an equivalent of S50SJ. al hoiio song or ciKui that is All the in ful clear fresh will the they lie their mv of' tive one To

In the donate Monday lilaiue opened the debate on tUe Army Appropria tion Hill with n powwrful speech. few of the points are given below: He declared that the Democrats were trving to impose a false; issue ou th country trying to make it nppear that the Republicans were attempting to keep themselves in power by the liber use uf the bayonet lie held in hu hand a statement of the number of soldiers east of Omaha. Looking to ward Ilayard aud Saulsbury, he asked them how many were in Delaware They could not telL Xot one, said lilaiue ; and, therefore, the great Slate Delaware is not in danger of being crushed by the mailed heel or military iiower. in vtcst Virginia now many Not one. Yet without tho presence of soldier on the son or his State Sena Senator - tor Senator Hereford had worked himself into perspiration last Friday in his speech about the army. Hereford's face turned red and there was audible laughter in the galleries as Blaine demolished his great speech in a few sentences. Turning to tho Virginia Senators Lilaiue asked llieui how many soldiers were in their Stale, and if hey were afraid ? 1 Ic showed that there was not a soldier in the State outside of tho artil lery training school at Fortress Mon roe. In Xorth Carolina there are but thirty. South Carolina 120, (ieorgin tweiity-r.ine, and In Tennessee and Mississippi none. In the whole South there are 1.125, not quite one to county, and he might have said that nine-tenths of these has been ordered awav to the Indian frontier. "Why," cried Blaine, "no two Demo Democratic - cratic Democratic Senators can go into the cloak room and look each other in the face without smiling and blushintf." He showed that there were double as many soldiers In Xew Eng land as iu tl.-e South iu proportion the population, yet the people of that section did not feel crushed by the mailed heel of power, and had notliintr fear at elections. "Why," exclaimed lilaiue, ad vaLCing towards the Demo cralic side, "there is not in the whole South one soldier to a county, and on one to each sixteen polling places. Each soldier would have to lie divided into sixteen pieces to get enough to around," W illiams, or Kentucky, said that lie seen soldiers at the polls. "W lien cried Blaine. "In 18io,"said Williams; which lilaiue replied that there were nrobablv a rrreat manv In the State at that time trying to keep out Jen. Davis Democrats, W'ho attempted light in the rebel army, ami vote Kentucky out 'of the I'liion at the same time. Senator I.ogan arose and said that the time mentioned he commanded sixty-five thousand men in Kentucky; the soldiers were not allowed the polls, and that the election as quiet and fair as any held in State since. Blaine charged that the political measure on the Army Bill had not been considered bv the com m it tee. but matured by Democratic caucuses. then thrust into the House, and thence into tha Senate. He showed the country wxs virtually under rule of the Southern ' Democracy, having miny out or iorty Deino- cratlcJSenators, and a very large major oi tue irvuiociauv majority in tue House of ltelresentativtL As early lisrtd Alexander II. Stephens had said a united South and their Xortli Xortli-ern - ern Xortli-ern allies would rule the country. was only thirteen It Jt-dereun girl ing so two me not

Mr. Stimnor was in tho habit of tell- ing, with much humor, one amusing incident in Motley's diplomatic career in Vienna. After the close of the joint war of I'russia and Austria against Denmark on the question of the duchies. It sinarck came to Vienna to settle the terms of peace with the Emperor. Ho arri ved too late to go to the office of tho Ministnr nf V'.iri.im Affairs, ami remembering that his old 11 1 f.,r, i t nl..,,., tl..llnR .1.- mii.,ioii.j niuiis, .uuin j , v .vt tile American minister, he drove directly to his house, and found Motley just re re-love - love re-love tiring from a modest family dinner, with nothinir but the remains of the dessert on the table. The old friends hands and hearts; cordially joined fresh viands were furnished from Motley's kitchen and fresh Uurgundy from his cellar, and hour after hour the old collegians went over their stu- dent experience and frolics at the Uni- oi iiernn, wiinout stieaking a wora about liolities. After crack in his after uiidnight, left Motlev's house, and sauntered away whistling to his hotel his last walnut and swallowing last glass of wine, Uismarck, long i lenna. Hu this time i "blood and i with an immense internal satisfaction the entertainment he had derived from his first night s experience Hut the eyes of Kurope were on the terrible man ron." The fon-itrn i bassies were in an uproar. Was it pos sible mat mere was to be an alliance between Prussia and the United States? It was known that Xew ork was, in respect to its Crerman pollination, the third or fourth tier- man city in the world. W hat mean this mysterious visit to tho American minister the first viait the dreaded Prussian statesman had made on en tenng Vienna? Telegrams flew to ijoudon, fans. Tuun. and St. Peters burg. The ingenuity of diplomatists was taxed to account lor what was ac countable, Sumner himself, as chair man of the Senate Committee of For eign Affairs, received private letters front eminent persons abroad earnest inquiring whether the I. nited States 'l;tu o'v eu to uepan, irom noii-mier- tvivovv niwi svistj uituiiii va A- A I v I ry no recom mended by tho immortal W ash ngton, etc, absurd letters, at which Sumner, who knew Motley's early as associations - sociations associations with Uismarck. exhibited teeth in the most genial and hu- morous of smiles. Ho laughed with occurrence some years hen the affair was ex plained to him just as he had divined It is a pity that this one humor incident in the whole dreary cor correspondence - respondence correspondence of the American Depart ment or State with its ministers ihroad is not recorded iu any State paper, litit it is certain that for or two it seriously disturbed the consultations of every cabinet iu Eu- roie. ft. '. II fttiwle. in Harper Ma'jaziiujor May. jjotiev OVer the aftt.rtvard, when . . . . . al of a a to to ly up go had at to