cei manag SUMM ERSIDE JOURNA L, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1869. Arkansas—Four Soldiers Shot for Gommit- | ting Rape. Four negro soldiers of the U. S. army, forming « portion of ‘the force stationed at Marion, in Arkansis, were officially shet on Jan. 17, tor the crime of rape, after trial by Court Martial. They had all pleaded guilty, except one, and the charge was provedag inst him by his own witness. Two of the culprits were, respectively, 17 and 13 years of age; the others older. “was announced to the prisoners ‘a haif hour previous to their death. A Memphis paper states that the intervening moments between the annoancemem afd the time they were) shot, were of dreadful agony and wuilings, mingled with cries-to the officers to abate their of their lives for pardon and mercy. Their piteous and loud cries rent the air, and were | teard throughout the neighborhood, sending a chill of horror tw all. The mer and officers garrison were, however unanimous in the condemnation of the outrage and not a word of remonstrance, or an intimation of resist- ance te the execution of the sentence of the Ceurt, was heard. Qn the contrary, & was feared by the officers, frem the excited fvel- ‘ings of the privates, (particularly of those in| the same company with the criminals), that! previous to the promulgation of the court martial they would break through the guard and deal out veugeance themselves on the prisoners, who had to cruelly disgraced them. & few minutes previous to the execution, the prisonars were led out from the barricede) .@ shert distance, where their coffins were laid The time of the execution’ mishment, and prayers to the Giver, A Waotesace Poisoning Case tv Lxpt- ANa—A horrible trageily was . unearthed at Warsaw, Ind., on Monday, Feb. 8 Last April, Joho W. Vannatta, of Fort Wayne, lInd., secured the affections of Miss Horn, ot indiagna, and married her in opposition to the wishes of her parents and relatives. On the wedding night nearly all the guests, thirty in number, were taken sick, with every appearance ot | poisoning by arsenic. A sister of Miss Hora died trom its effects. It has been found that he bad pro; fan elopement with a-young lady, Nise Bennett, within | the last few days, and in his letter to her he gives a full history of the poisoning, acknowledgiug that he had pat a large quantity of arsenic in the water from which the coffee was prepared, and that he did itin revenge tor the manner in which the family had treated him. He was arrested on Friday, aud, after exami- mation, committed to jxilin default of bail to the amount of $5,0. Great excitement exists in this county in consequence of this wholesale attempt at poisoning. All the | parties concerned are among the most re- | spectadle citizens ot this place. Like most of the other stories about Gen. Grant, the rumor of his having te- clared againt the Alabania proctocol terms turns outto be untrue. Tue only mem- ber of the Senate Committee who is un- } ment ot the difficulty is Mr. Summer, and tavorable to the proposition for the settle-/ | The Zion's Herald says.—The last politica! act in the great warfare against Slavery was | taken by Congress last week, in the passage | ofthe Amendment to the Constitution, for- bidding the State from disfranchising the ne- gro. It has passed the House under the lead tof Mr. Boutwell, and Heary Wilson has in- troduced it into the Senate, which it will pro-/| bably pass this week. Thus it reads :— Agrrcte—, § 1.—The right of any citizen of the United States to vote shali not oe denied or abridged by the United States orany State, | by reason of race, or color, or previous con- ‘ dition of slavery, of any citizen or ciass of! citizens of the United States. Sec. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce by appropriate legislation the provi- sions of this Articie. This will probably be adopted by twenty- four States this year, and the four now neces- | ary to make up the two thirds can be found j in the yet unreconstructed States of Virginir, Taxes, Mississippi and Georgia, If passed, i sweeps away the last political barrier against the equality atd fraternity of man. | fhen comes the next duty, sociai equality. The State has done its legal duty, the Church must lead in this social retorm. Its advance is everywhere discernible. Black and white mingle at the same conferences, at the same, board, in the same schools and colleges. ! Fhey are becoming unified inthe South. Let the Church lead this last assaulr, and make _ the brotherhvod of man im America complete in the Lord. SO oo We have it upon good authority that al- side by side, a few feet apart, and each tied the New York Tribune has taken sides though there is a question of the remoral of to a stake driven im the ground at the end of with him, and is desirous of drawing Gen- the troops from some portions of the Domin- tthe coffin, with ahcir backs to the same. Forty men, all coleared, and selected from every company, under command of Lieut. Gregory, colured, were detailed to shoot the criminals. They were drawn up in two ranks. At the command of the officer, the front rank levelled their guns at the men; and fired, the fatal shot killing each of them instantly. to place the bodies in their coffins and bury them. ‘Lhe affair was witnessed by the entire amiiitia ferce, with the exception of several scouting parties.” Cough is curative. Itis nature's cure, and to smother cough without removing what causes it, is to hiader nature and take away all chance of cure. When a man clearly has consumption, coughs a great deal, has been bringing up yellow matter for a long time, if his cough should subside he will inevitably die in three or four days‘ because the cough thelps to bring that man¢r out of the lungs. vendkeep them clear; but wnead the cough becomes so weak or s0 unfrequent as not i? remove the matter as fost as it is formed, the langa begin to fillap with it, air cannot get in, and life ends. The only hope of curing consumption is to promote cougii on the one liand, so as to get the lungs clear of the mat- terin them, and prevent the formation of more. Butthe popular sentment is, that in proportion as there is less cough, the chances ut lite are increz sing, and willingly and hope- fully the patient takes what‘ cures his cough,’ and is thus led a willing victim to the grave of his own digging. So much are men, with! all their boasted intelligence. like the silly creature which feels itself safe when it can hide its bead in a hole, to be crushed the next instant in the jaws ol its relentless pursuer.— Aail. ANnNeExaTion or Haytr AND San Do- uinco.—There have been (according toa Washington dispatch) certain overtures made to the Government to have San Do- amingo annexed tothe United States, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs have met, and the matter has been fully dis- cussed, with a view of encouraging an formal proposition. The Committee de- cided to report a resojution, declaring in substance that the Government would cheerlully accept and ratify any negoti- ations coming trom the proper civil au- thorities and people of Hayti and San Do- mingo, having in view an intention to be- come a;past ol the United States. A Dear Joxe.—A Michigan paper says A squad of men was then detailed | y| j eral Grantinto the ring. His success in doing so, however, is regarded as ex- ‘tremely problematical. | receive due consideration in the House, j}and as General Grant ean have no say in ) the matter, it was unfair to say the least, that any opinion should be put into his mouth. —Hz, Rep. Suyecvrar Arrewpr at Svicipe.—A wo- man named Doran, ot Beverly, becoming tired of life from the brutality of her hus- | band, lately attempted to end it in the tol- lowing fashion: taking a soup-plate she! placed it in the middle of the floor, and partly filled it with gun-powder. Getting astride of the plate and sitting down, she} applied a lighted brand ot wood to the’ powder. An explosion immediately oc- curred, butit did not produce the fatal consequence anticipated by the foolish Woman, who rolled over on the floor and ‘shrieked with p.in, caused by her abor- tive attempt. She is recovering under medical treatment. A French duchess has been insnlted-—’ She tound an insupportable smell in her carriage on one very fine morn- ing. Search was made, and in one of the pockets was found a bundle of red her- ting. An aristocratic row followed, which was finaily settled by the Duke discovering that he had taken a fancy to the fish, and then forgotten all about them. The Turkish ladies at Constantinople are becoming more and more civilized in their dress. Although they still wear the un- ;couth, shapeless outer cloak and close | white veil while in the street, they have | the European dress often under the cloak, and make the veil of such thin and trans- | parent gauze as to show to the utmost ad- | vantage the features they pretend to con- hie | The ‘* Mc morial do la Loire” relates that |recently ia the South of France a shep- | herd’s dog, | sheep, and a little boy ot three yeas old, | were suddenly surprised by a large wolt. ne dog did battle bravely, but by the | time the shepherd came to the rescue he | was laid prostrate by his ferovious assail- jant.—The poor beast’s life was at first | | despaired of, but his master, determined | to save him if possible, had his leg am- |putated, and now ** Tambour,” with his | three sound legs and a wooden one, is al- | The treaty will) left in charge of a flock cf that early last week a man was killed ata) most as active as ever, and trots his ten lumber camp in that State under the fol- lowing circumstances:—-Deceased was very fond of fun, and while the lumberers wore lying around in their shanty at night he slipped out, climbed to the roof and imitated an owl, by scraping upon the roof and hooting. ‘Those inside supposed that it realiy was soch, and upon the im- ,pulse of the moment one of the men seized a gun and went out to shoot it. He saw what he sapposed was the head of the owl, aad fired. The shot took effect in the head of the joker, killing him instantly. Tue St. Thomas Purcnast.—Accord- ing to the proposed correspondenco be- tween the United States and the Danish Governments, the latter hag been extre- mely anxiousto sell toitits West Indian ter- ritory. The first price asked by Denmark was $25,000,000, but Gen. Raasloff, the Danish Ambassador, at once volunteered the opinion that Denmark might be_ will- ing to take $20,000,000 Mr. Seward after some negotiations, offered $5,000,000, and the Danish King and Parliament so promptly accepted the offer as to leave but little doubt that $1.000,000 would not have been refused. His Lordship Bishop Binney, intends hold- ting Confirmations during the ; ear in all the Churches in this Province and P. E. island, in which the services was performed in 1868, —Hzx. Reporter. ‘Tur Queers axp Mr. Bricat.—The Lon- don correspondent of the Aberdeen Free Press says that on the oce..sion of Mr. Bright's re- cent visit to Osborne, the Queen presented him with her “ Life in the Highlands,” inscrib ‘ed with her own hand, and that Mr. Bright, at the Queen’s express desire, presented Her Majesty with the recently published volume of his speeches. Paice or Pork rm Loxpow.—A London paper says :— There is something extraor- alinary in the price obtained just now in the London market for pork. At this time in 1866, as high as $7 624 was paid: Jan., 23 1867, $4 25 was the top figure; January 1868, $675 was the highest price; and to-day