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“This is truc Kiberty Aho en é i Se : eee ge ae ' cae apse : iberty, when Freeborn Men, having to advise the Public, may speak free.” --- Euripides.

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1365.

’ NOTICE!

LANDS FOR SALE: muse subscriber, as the Agent of Sir

Sawrer Cowar Bart.. The Right Hon La cRence Suctavas, awl Mr. Enwanp Cunarn, has bes rested to discontinue the ayeiem of LEASING LANDS-~-heretofore pursned.” Mor the fasere these jauds will be SOLD om the following ‘ “ A deposit of Twenty-five per cent of the pirehase money fe be iif down at the time of Seung Ure agreement, and. the residue ia ten

years bY eqnal usta! ments The price will be frora Tweuty alyillinga se per acre upwards, Furtber particulars gade known at the Subseri T

s office

be

G. W. DEBLOIS.

Ch'town, May LS, 1865 a ; ee Valuable & Desirable Building , LOTS POR SALE.

HE Sabseriber offers for sale Two Pleaxantiy sitnated WATER LOTSin George tows, with Water Priv ‘ he « nel.a ing the Col t pste part of the Town Aiso, several BULLDING LOTS in different parts of Caarfottetown lerus fiberal GEORGE LES Chaitie ee Wark RRP E Of LES

FOR SALE.

FRX private contract, TWO HONDRED ACRES OF FREEHOLD LAND, s uate on

the South Wiltshire Road, Lot 31, 8 mites

om the

ciuy, Abo@L OU acres cClearandin a high state of culiti vation, the greater part being limed, and 10 acres which can be ewsily cleared, and the re:aainder

ve i wi fence poles, scuplubg an 1 hurdweod

; . ye

v : There are on the premises a New Dwelling fieuse J S a New Barn 36 by 30, nished | ere st * a Hav Howse 40 b~ @. aleo a barrack aud dai i wm neve failing Well of W ater at the sstream of water runs throcvgh 1 eanire of the farm | pe rty ia a ‘ y situated, be ng cen tigious t’ Grist, Saw and Shiiigle Milla. also t piuces of puliic worship, and a sebuool .wehin 4 chains of the premises, and ; e. of the Wort River Bridve 1¢ Of the’ best fltipping piace®s ou the island r rnp rticniare please an;:! I bah ase apply to

we i er lenny © Dovuse, on the premises, or to i JAMES P.. DOUSE.

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Chartottetow Ang T, 1865

Tr Tuts land will be sold fn Lots to suit pure: asers.

Taln Valuable Parm for Sale. T° be sold by PRIVATE CONTRACT. that eéfigil LEASEHOLD PROVERTY

m Lath. known as MARSH FIRLD,” containimg ot \ r less f excellent Land, of wt o ’ | are Tt der ‘ It Vatron are the re litte rine e. part, oeveread Wilh a Vain ‘ g { I x s tling and neing Pon bonne ry Dd we he Flew and Build ows are truer and comm yus, and the land:is imeaceilent

Sexes and fart! mar tlars made known on ap} > ~ er on t Pren. ses, of to ¢ LA Esq

K.P. HAYTHO RNE. Marshfield, N 28 1864 tf TS 7 s for 999 years, and the annual

> - - rent is. per acre

Valuable Farm for Sale,

TEXLiE Subscriber offers for sele the LEASEHOLD INTEREST of EIGH!Y ONE ACRES OF LAND, on Township No. 20, Forty

acres of which are under cultivation and the re- wainder covered with Hard and Soft Wood passed in y on the Lot FAK™M embraces many conveniences that « nhances its value, and makes it attractiv« afarwer. The Parm eu the Old Koad, within half a mile of Graham’s Road Post Ufice. THOMAS LAV LESS.

Old Tywn Road, July 31, 1865 tf

vousur-

juantity and qualit The

ia situated iown

A Freehold Farm far Sale.

—— of 175 Acres of Front | - Land, in abhigh atate of calti vatior with a g iDwelling H Barn, Coach House, Thresh ; w Machine, a dall other tr cnisite aeniten ole fura Farm. Also, One Hundred Acres af Wood Land, | in the rear, situate on the south side of Elliot River ahont seven miles from ‘¢ irlottetown, and qnite | near two public wharfs for shipping pi ce, &e. | The at verty ia well worththe t e Ofany persea wishing to purchuse 4 good free vid pro i perty, being the estate of the late J.C. Wright Esq: Vine will be given for two-thirds of the purchase Mouey Eng ure at the office i Henry | Palmer Esquire. or at the residence of the sub

in Prinée stre« i

t CATHERINE WRIGIIT, Executrix. Charlottetown. October 6, [864 ' i

seormiber

Ieok out for the Engine while the Bell rings.

ISAAC J, WALDRON,

Queen Street, - - - Charlottetown.

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T WISH to inform the public tha: I have’ reese 1 by arrivals.a further large supply

of GLASSWARE, in great variety, w afford to sel! very cheap, my midtto t

} ; ate i ch 1 ean reiti i

PROFITS. |

@UICK SALES AND SMALL Cutlery: | A large quantity of Cutlery, conmeting of<-— |

Carvers

iF rka : Steé| Shears

Pin ket Knives. Steel Scissors, :

We 1 j

ut snaily iow prices

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i

kinda of Brashes, Backets, Tut laying Cards, a large lot of PAPER COLLARS, mn

joxes of Ten each

All to KEROSENE OIL, on'y allon. ALSO — Watches and Jewellery.

Daity expected to arrive from Enviand over

1s. per

£4,006 sterling worth of assorted CULLERY:- }

The abdve GOODS will be aold wi retail to auit purchasers, at my Store, | M. W. SKINNER'S DRUG STORE

Queew St., Ch’'town, Oct. 2, 1865.

N. B.— Contry dealers would do

well to call and examipe my stoc nw Ld. we

a

(1426 PAIRS Mens’, Womens’, Misses’ §- Childrens’ INDIA RUBBER

OVER SHOES,

FOR SALE VERY CHEAP AT THE P. E. ISLAND

Boot & Shoe Factory. GEO. NICOLL.

Charlottetown. Oct 9. [265 t

KEROSENE OLL! In Store, and tor Sale low,

20 Bblis. Kerosene Oil.

WHITE WINE VINEGAR,

Retailing cheap for Cash

G. D. WRIGHT,

Kent Street, Oct. 9, 1865, h @ w im

China & Glassware. 2 RICH CHINA DESEKT SETS, I Do TE ]

LONDON GOODS,

Daily Expected per Urania.

CHESTS and Half Chests Prove

3

Cengou TRA, 20 Bags Pama RICH, 14) Boxes Londor SOAP, ” do do bo verv s iperior ) 20 Cases assorted Confectionary, in 2 lb botties %) Casks Carbonate Soda, (baking,

2W. Boxes Pine Stareh,

450 ibe Extract of Loewood, 3 Tons London Oakum,

4) Gallons Boiled Oi},

40 Cans White Lead, 50 lbs in each, 8 do Red do .

20 de Black Paint, 16 do Green di ® do Yellow de

160

Coils Manilla Rope, assorted sizes, oo i

do Hemp do do Gross Wine avd Beer @orks, 3 Bushel Sacks.

Aso, Cases assorted Pickles, Soaa, Sardipes, Cocoa, Blac klead, Stationery, Com} ost

ao 3) 1200 bbls. Washing Blacking, Ink, j on Candies, Mustard, (in tins and sundry other articles, ; _. DOUGLAS M. HARRINGTON. Water st., Ch'town, Oct, 23, 1865 3m

NOTICE. Or Country Customers will please take notice that the WHOLE AMOUNT of

their respective accounts will be required this Pall. i hose who have not received their accounts Wili pease Can for the same i BEFR & SONS. Oct. 30, 1865. 2m Sugar! Sugar! T ANDING, ex WILLIAM, from 4 HALIFAX— 5 Uibds. Bright Porto Rico SUGAR. J..8. CARVELL. | Ovt. 30, 1865. isl & pat

GO THE —

WAN TR WY oF

P. E. iSLAND.

SHE Legislature during the late Session, | An Act to assist Tenants in

the purchase of the Fee-simple of their Farms,’

y ad x i ONE HALF of the

amonnt aureed upon by the Proprietor and Tenant,

ss the Purchase Money of his Farm—

The Commissioner of Public Lands |

hereby gives notice to all tenants

leajrone

TE

having passed st

v acavaneit e enant

f availing thenmel ves of the privilece of he above recited Act, that he is pow prepared to ASSIST SUCH TENANTSin the purchase of thei: Farms,as i mauner and extent provided under} such Let i

FORM OF APPLICATION avd fall particnlars | may be obtained at the eifice of Crown Lands, Colonial Building, Charlotretown

JOHN ALDOUS, Commissioner. Public Lands Office, May 8, 1865.

YARMOUTH | IMPROVED SIOVLS. ‘2.8% subscriber has this week received

th the Factory, a fall and of these celebrated

Cook, Box and ranikiin STOYV ENS,

*Bine Wuave”’ Those

comple te Care

Ex Schion STOVES cannot be beat for | Durability, Neatness and Economy, | ovly Stoves imported here : yw offered for sale

end are the t ive

raul satisfaction, and are h

Low for Cash, Merchantable Produce, or Pwelve months’ credii ou approved

Notes. r= A good assortment of Fall and Winter Goods R. J. CLARKE, | Het 6, 1RGH5. Orrell Cheap Store JUST ARRIVED! Stoves, Stoves, Stoves. | }

‘Fue Subseriber has just received from | the FOUNDRY— A Cargo of Improved Stoves, ——-- CONSISTING OF —— The celebrated FARMERS’ COOK, PARLOR, BOX, and other STOVES, Per Schr Blue Nose: from Yarmouth, Nova Seotia. These Steves can't be beat for

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|Cape Mounted Rifles, who completed our)

POETRY,

PARE ew

A STILL DAY IN’ AUTUMN.

I love te wander through the woodlands hoary, In the soft gloom of an autumnal day, When Summer gathers up her robes of glory,

And like a dream of beauty glides away. How through each loved, familiar path she lingers Serenely smiling through the golden mist, Tinting the wild grape with her dewy fingers,

Till the coo} emerald tarns to amethyst.

Kindling the faint stars of the hazel, shining

To lightthe gloom of Autumn's mouldering halls,

With hoary plumes the clematis ent wining,

| |

| Warm lights are on the sleepy uplands waning; Beneath dark clonds along thé horizon rolled,

Till the slant ranung,

ly gold.

ost, of j % ] Batheth the hiils in melancho

The moist winds breathe of clasped leaves and flowers,

In tl

Mingling t

With spicy airs from cedern

e damp hollows of the woodlands sown,

of autumnal showers

he jJresi hess

alleys blown.

Beside the brook, and on the umbered meadow, Where yellow fern tufts deck the faded ground, With folded lids beneath their palmy shadow,

The gendon uods, in downy slumbers bound.

Upon those soft, fringed lids the bee sits brooding, Like a fond lover loth to say farewell— Or, with shut wing, through silken folds intruding

Creeps near her beart his drowsy tale to tell. The little birds wpon the hillside lonely,

Flit noiselessly along from spray to spray,

Silent us a sweet, wandering thought, that only

Shows its bright wings and softly glides away.

CPE i, 8 eet . : The scentless flowers in the warm sunlight dream-

my, Forget to br

Aud through the tranced

—_ £ ate fil te eatne their fullness of deli

airs” are

woods soft

streaming, Still as the dewfall in a summer night. > o> CHARTTY:

When vou meet with one suspected Of some secret deed of shame,

And for this by all rejected As a thing of evil fame:

Guard thine every look and action, Speak

For the slanderer’s vile detraction

no word ef heartless blame,

You may soil thy goodly name. When vou meet with one pursuing oh Ways the lost have entered In, Working out his own undoing

=? | With Think, if placed in his condition,

recklessness and sin:

Wenuld a kind word be m vain? } Or a look of cold suspicion }

Win thee back to trut!

a agai.

There are. spots that bear no flowers 8,

Not because the soil is bud,

rs gevial showers

Sems glad,

Treated sometimes with dis

Than, by judying others bli dly,

Doow the innocent to pain.

LITERATURE, | A‘. GRASS-FIRE ADVENTURE.

Three different fires, from as many quar- ters, were reddening the evening sky, as [| and my two brother officers, and the detach-!

| ment of soldiers under our command, looked | brace of bullets

forth from our solitary little outpost on the | banks of the great Fish River. Within the last few days the Caffres had |

| burst im force upon the eglony, making their | away to hasten on my important journey.

track by fire and assagai. The company of |

Where o’er the rock her withered yarland falls:

sunbeams, through their fingers

| odds were evidently against us. {nearer drew our fell followers, as they strove ’ 7.

ifs we had been demon-chased.

| higher leap, the former sprang to wy horse's |

| inexorable foes still elinging to their prey,

‘sensible, hopelessly awaiting my expected |

_mediate danger, the hyenas having neither

) : 7 : ——-___ ne —— $$$ = —~—— ; = = -_— — ” a I might pass out. But it was not. Meanwhile, stronger, louder, and fiercer, viclence, rape and murder. “ We, therefore,” until many a danger had been narrowly es- | the mighty conflagration swept on, running say they to the Governor, “ call upon you as the public men in the following elaborate simile :— her- | Pxecutive of the State and as our lawful protector “ If President Johuson is at the brakes, and Sum- in this our hour of peril, for that assistance and | ner is at the driving-wheel of the train of pro-

caped, that a break was found in the living | in fiery streams along the parched up ‘cordon, and still gliding on between the | bage, 1

igniting the thickets, exploding in voi-

|ridges, I left the Caffre circle behind, and | leys of sparks from out the brushwvod, and

‘rejoiced to find myself free to seek for my rolling along in thick clouds of smoke. S#Pport

| comrades’ help and rescue.

Our stables and horses were in the Caffres’ | #04 lizards fled before its scorching breath, outrages which we have foreshadowed. Give us We judge him to be more effective,

| possession ; buta few miles distant was ao spot where the spare Cape corps horses pas-

tured, and thither | hastened in quest of one. | Catehing the most powerlul among them, I speedily equipped him with a bridle and a | rug-saddle, brought wrapped around me from ee post on purpose ; then mounting, I took | the way to Graham’s Town, as a measure of | prudence, avoiding the path across the hills, land travelling through labyrinths of inter-

secting ravines and valleys. ' | This route considerably increased the'@is- | tance, but well my new steed served me, | threading devious breaks in the thorny jungle, fording rushing water courses, and pushing | through steep, rocky defiles, where a single | false step would have cost our lives, until, ere four hours were elapsed, nearly half our | journey wes accomplished. My hopes of | success were assuming certainty, when sume | indistinet sound seemed to mingle with the echo of my horse's fuot-fall, and in dread of | lurking Caffree, I spurred on faster. But the | sound soon swelled into a dreary howl, and 'then a Joud burst of bysteric laughter, and lookiug round, I beheld, through the dark- | ness, two fiery orbs, and at once knew that }a hyena, that dangerous and wily brigand of | the woods, was on our track. | ‘There was ro longer need for spur or rain, | for. conscious of his danger, my steed bound- ed fleetly on, but, fresh from his lair, the | wild beast’s pace was swifter, and each | minute he seemed to gain upon us. I did |my ufmost to scare him off by shouts and | yells; and, at the risk of rousing the Caf- fres, I fired my pistols, but all in vain, un- | hurt, undismayed, and resolute, our pursuer | still held his way. Suddenly a second voice joined in chorus, and two more flaming eyes glared on the night. Another byena had joined the chase, | /and, to my consiernation, L perceived that ,our peril was more than doubled, for the | presence of each other seemed to snimate the fierce creatures to yet stronger efforts. 1 knew that lonely travellers had often been similarly beset; and the remembrance of their adventures. was far from cheering. Meanwhile, shrilt neighs of terror burst | from my horse’s lips as he still plunged madly ;on: momentarily, more audible grew the |headlong rush of the hyenas throagh the tangled grass, while their reiterated cries rang in our ears Jike peals of mucking laugh- ter. It was a race for life or death, and the Nearer and

| Quaggas, antelopes, bares, nay, even snakes

/and despairing and weary, I followed in ‘their rear. Suddenly, through the circling | smoke, I perceived one of those strange 'crater-like mounds of rock so frequent in the African wilds. Could I but gain its shelter, my case might be less desperate; and with renewed energy, I strove to reach it; but /my strength was almost gone; iny breath came fast, and my feet faltered in their eager course, while the flames rolled after me with

‘| redoubled speed, and more than once I felt,

as if | mast yet sink to the earth, and yield passively to the fate whose only consolation | was, that it would be brief as terrible. No _words can tel] the intense suspense of those | few minutes—the swift rushing blasts of |

| heated air, the swelling tamalt of the follow- ing surges, telling how near grew the des-| | troyer, while yet far ahead was the little | ark in which there might be safety. At} length, just as the flames touched my heels, | I gained its base ; to seramble up the ragged | ‘ascent was the work of a moment, then) panting and prayerful, | sank down into its uollow basin, as L hoped, saved.

And so it proved. The fire swept and | surged around the stony islet, scathing its) guardian aloes, devouring the sparse her- bage in its interstices, and almost suffocating | me with its dense masses of smoke, then passed on in its devastating career until it should be stopped by some interposing stream. Ere long, the denuded ground covled sufficiently, and descending from the mound, I soon reached Graham's Town, whose rampart of rocky hills protected it from danger. The following night | formed one of the five hundred men who relieved the besieged outpost, and escorted its inmates back to safety, lighted on our way by the Caffre-lit flames of our recent home and of all our worldly goods. Many, since then, have been the perils of my military life, bat) none recall a more thrilling memory than | those of the journey ending with that Grass- | fire Adventure.

UNITED STATES NEWS. CRIMES OF A GUERILLA.

Champ Ferguson, the guerilla, who was exe- |

cuted at Nashville, made a confession to the local

| editor of the Nashville Despatch, in which he refers to the case of every individual be is charged |

with taking their life one by one. Ferguson, by | his own confession, was a reckless dare-devil. | He owns to the killing of sixteen persons, but |

to outstrip each other; nearer and nearer, yelling, howling, laughing at our heels, as

At length, with a longer bound, and a|

naunches, holding on by hisenurimous claws, | and, quick as thought, his companion fol- | lowed. A loud, wild, shriek, quivering | through the woods, told the poor arentare's

as wayopent, wounded, and over-} powered, he fell beavily to the ground, his |

agony,

and rolling in fierce struggles over him, while, with a thrill of inexpressible horror, I arte myself sharing the general down- fall. ;

For a moment I lay stunned and half in-

doom ; but in another, to my infinite amaze- ment, I discovered that I had been thrown to some distance by the shock ; and rising, found myself not ouly unhurt, bation no im-

eyes nor ears saye for the victim whose | blood they had tasted. (t was a horrible | scene, and I hastered to terminate it by a My hapless stead’s last breath ebbed as I released him; and with sincere regret for his fate, yet daly and traly thankful for my anhoped-for escape, I turned

But travelling on foot, 1 made dishearten- ingly little progress. The valleys, too, gene-

‘shot him.

we solicit the attention of the public to our Stock of |

Neatness, Strength. Heat, Comfort, sender garrison, had been sent to the colo- | Tally lay at angles with my route; and Economy and Terms. ‘nists’ aid, while we infantry, as being un-| henever I was compelled to cross the sboul- Persons wanting to. pnrehase will please cal! | fitted for such duty, were left to hold the | der of a bill, or corner of a plateau, some

But-our hearts were with our suffer- | blackened ruin or abanduned weapon was | ling countrymen; and it was not until those | Sure to meet my view, impressing the con- | war-lit flames had died away, and the patrol \ tinged necessity of caution. Thus it was bad returned from its midvight round, that | past mid-day, and I was still some miles we committed our little citadel to its senti-|!rom Graham's Town, when, roanding a nels’ charge, and retired to our barracks, | Tocky ledge, I came suddenly in sight of a : s") which, built in a hollow square, formed also | large body of Caffres, encamped in the valley Recent Arrivals from Britain, | the post's outer wall, its only additional | below. ‘Sume expedition was evidently at | defence being a row of palisades, hand, foreach man was sharpening his as- | Yet no apprehension for our own safety | S4g@!, OF looking to the flint-lock of his rifle ; | ltroubled even the faintest hearted woman | within the gate; and we could scarcely be- | karosse, and vehemently harrangaing his \liewe our senses, when, shortly after, we, countrymen, was the well-known chief, were awakened by} the harsh shriek of the, Pyalie, whilom the frequenter of mess and | Caffree war-cry;. and rushing out, found ball-room, but now the colonists’ most bitter Ourselves ‘beset by a horde of, skin-clad war- | “Hemy. | riors, who, concealed by the darkness, had | {pn all haste, T retreated, but unfortunately lenepty snake-hke, along the ground, until, Neb Buseen ; for instantly the whole force

and examine betore purchasing elsewhere | post.

H. J P. TERL!ZZICK. Ch'town, Queen-st.. Sept. 4, 1865. rw Sm

NEW GOODS .

BY THE

FEVUE Importations for SPRING 1865 being now COMPLETED at the

BRITISH = WAREROUSE,

|

‘while in the midst, clad in a leapord skin |

olesale or |

_ Now Open for Inspection,

Xt door te |

‘Bedroom Cannon STOVES, _ . \Ship’s Cook and Cuabia STOVES.

BRITISH & FOREIGN MERCHANDIZE,

comprising all the in Dry Goods, Fancy Goods and Groceries, §c. Ge. &e. W. & A. BROWN. June 5, 1860.

SMALL PROFITS.

PEELE sabseribers have just received, per Sehrs. Nissan and Mary & Charles, from thé Rest Foundries in the UNILEVM STA TES,

1000 STOVES,

with the Stock formerly on hand, will make the largest and best Stock of Stoves ever imported into P K. Islapd, comprising in part of the celebrated

Waterloo, Broadside and Magician COOK STOVES, FOR WOOD, aud Black Diamond, Magician and Victoria COOK STOVES, | FOR COAL, Franklin, for Wood and Coal,

ALSO

DOL SPOVAUS

\ do : 20 dow. assorted GORLEDS & TUMBLERS, | suiteblefor Churches, Schoelhouses, Workshops,ete, a

6 plated CRUEL STANDS, Low for Caslr at Sales Room N. RANKIN, (Oueen Street FINAL NOTICE. FE ewhseriber wishes to inform all those

Uetober 32,1866

indebted tothe Kstate of the da'e PATRICK ———<+-+—

STEVUENS, Esyr, that unlesg they pay their Reeounts in'full thie Fall, they shat he saéd for, whhout any didtinetigtx of permons, alidr the closing

6f the Navivation. (¢g All kinds of Merchantable |

Produce taken in pay arent. R. J, CLARKE.

Orwell, Sept. 2, i865

t i

All of which will be sold At the Lowest Possible Prices, for cash or approved credit, by DODD & ROGERS, Dodd's Brick Store, Pownal Street. Ch’town, Aug. 7, 1965.

Labrador Herring. for Sale. 122 BBLS. No.1 HERRING,

13. Half Buls. do do Charlottetown, Jan, 30, T8369.

40 Bile. No.2, ' yd JOUN 8S. PURDIE. __ he

Requisite Articles for family use.

| when close at hand, they, had bounded to

‘their feet. and, with quivering assagais and

| discordant yells, thrown themsélves against

our délentes, hoping to carry them by sur- rise.

Failing in thig Ccesign, they fled, though only, a8 it proved, beyond rifle rangle ; for | daylight revealed us girt round by a belt of | foes outnambering us by twenty to one. At once we divined the truth, that our assailant was some border-chief, who, during friendly yisits to the. post, had deteeted its weak

| |

‘rose in hot pursuit, while a hue-and-cry rolled up the hill, which awakened a hun- dred echioes. But it was nothing to the out- | burst of baffled rage with which, on reaching ithe summit, the Caffres found that, compa- | rativeiy fleet of foot, 1 had escaped to the bill beyond. Rifles and assagais were freely dis- ,churged across the intervening ravine, but the bullets fell wide, the fying spears short ; ponderous knobkerries whirled and whistled | through the air, yet with a like ill-success ; | and then, as if exasperated by failure, rose a

One of |

denies the other charges against him. ;

| his old friends, Wood, he met in the read and |

Another had said he would kall him, | and to settle the matter, Ferguson went to the |

house, found the wife of his victim, who was sitt-

ing at the door peeling apples, went in, found the person he was in search of in bed, and shot him | He confesses to shooting a boy and stabb- |

twice. Most ef the persons who | |

ing Lim after te fell.

were killed he speaks of either as “ seeking my | life,” or as “ bloody-minded, mean scoundrels, | who deserved to die.” He said he was yet a rebel | He justified most of his assassinations as fair acts of war. He professed a firm belief n God and the future, and said that death had no terror for him, nor had he any regret in leaving life except that he left his wife and daughter without a dullar. A fair sample of ' his confession, which is two columns of the Des- patch, may be seen in the following paragraph: “T killed Elisha Kogier, and done a good trick when I done it. He watched my house day and night, and sometimes until he was nearly frozen, to get to kill me. Ile was a treacherous dog and richly merited his fate.’ A number of very affect- ing stories are told in connection with bis death. Mrs. Ferguson and daughter were with the prisoner until the last moment of his stay in the | cell. The daughter, who is described as a beautiful girl of 16, sobbed out in parting with her doomed father, “Farewell, my poor, poor papa!” Ferguson met death with fortitude.

and would die a rebel.

When he approached the scaffold, he cast his eyes upward, as if to see what it looked like, and then mounted the stairs with a firm step, and turned to the spectators. He recognized several familiar faces in the throug and politely bowed to each of them. He appeared like a man who was about to make a speech on some leading topic, and had simply

paused to refresh his memory. He was in excel-

}ient bealth, and lowked as well, perhaps, as he |

ever did in his life. He was anxious that his | body should be delivered to his family, which was promised should be done. Ferguson was 44 years old.— American paper.

THREATENED NEGRO

INSURRECTION.

of Northern Louisiana, the Red River, and

Canby, asking military protection against the threatened uprising of the negro popwlation. The newly emancipated slaves have there been taught by negro troops encamped among them and by fanatical negrophilists, that on and after Christmas

The Chicago Tribune expresses its views of

whieh will euable us te protect our pro- gress, Wendell Phillips performs the double fune-

| perty, our wives and our children, against the tion of the Drummond light and the cow-catcher.

| arms and ammunition and authority to erganize

however, in knocking cattle off the track than in casting a

| ourselves for self-preservation. Let the Militia | etrong light forward into the darkness. It is a

| be permitted to organize under officers of their own selection or such United States officers as the Military officers may select, we care not which; and we ask that this be done at once, so as, if possible, to overawe the coloured population and thereby avoid the effusion of blood and all the horrors of a cruel insurrection.”

AN INFERNAL MACHINE EXPLODES. New York, Noy. 5.—At 114 o’clock this forenoun an explosion occurred in front of the Wyoming Hotel, 333 Greenwich street, shattering the front of the hotel and breaking nearly all the glass in the windows of the buildings opposite and along the square where the hotel is situated. Two men were killed and nine persons wounded. A short time ago a guest of the hotel left a box as security for his bill, and promised to call soonand redeem it. The box was placed in the baggage room in charge of the porter. This morning smoke was seen issuing from the box, and it was taken by two men and carried to the sidewalk

| Just as they had reached the edge of the side-

walk, the explosion occurred, killing the men carrying the box, and doing the damage above mentioned. The police have arrested all persons stopping at the hotel, and the matter is now under investigation. The explosion was very loud and attracted the attention of persons a mile distant from the scene of its occurreuce.

SENTENCE OF HENRY WIRZ.

Wasuineron, Noy. 7, 1865.—The President has approved the sentence upon Henry Wirz, viz., to be hanged by the neck till he be dead, and has ordered it to be carried into execution on Friday, the 10th day of Novr., 1865, between the hour of 6 in the morning and 12 o'clock noon,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock, Gen. Auger, commanding the department of Washington, accompanied by Major Russell, Provost, and Capt. George R. Waldbridge, commandant of the Old Capital prison, proceeded to Capt. Wirz’s room, and having informed him of his unpleasant errand, read to him the death sentence aud the time fixed for his execution, viz., Friday next, between the hours of 6 A. M., and noan. The prisoner listened to the reading with much apparent composure. When Gen. Augur asked if he had anything to say, he replied: ‘I have nothing to say, except that I desire to state to you that I am innocent of the charges brought against me.” Having been asked about his wife, he rewarked that she was in Kentueby, and could hardly come here in time. Besides, he did not wish her to expevience the trouble in which she would be plunged at

seeing him in bis extremity. The prisoner made

a request that the Rey. Father Boyle and Louis

Schade, Esq , of his counsel, should be sent for, which was granted. Before the officers retired | Capt. Wirz is represented as saying: “I have been persecuted, and if there is such a thing as a spirit coming back to earth, I will come back to

‘earth, I will come back to persecute those who

have perjured themselves to bang me.” To-day Father Boyle, who had previously visited him during his imprisonment, was in attendance, and talked long and earnestly with him in reference to his spiritual interests. In the afternoon Mr. Schade called to see the prisoner, who informed him that last night he slept better than he had at any time since he was brought to Washington. He was glad to be out of suspense. He had desired to know his fate, and three days age he prepared a letter te be sent to President Johnson, requesting his decision at once to reheve him of all anxiety, as he has made up bis mind to suffer; but his anguish was now over, and he had no fear of meeting his Maker, knowing that he | was to be made a victim for the deeds of others. He felt resigned, and believed that in all instances | justice would be done him hereafter. He stated that Father Boyle had asked him to forgive all iwho had testified agaiust him, and whom he

(Wirz) eaid had perjured themselves in his case.

Wirz replied that though he was given up to die | he could not conscientiously do se, ax he was op-

| posed to his lips uttering a seutiment of forgive | ness that did not come from his heart.

| Mr. Schade asked Capt, Wirz if he desired any }money, he being in feeble health, and fed on prison fare. ‘The prisoner said he had only three

days to live, and $3 would be sufficient, which

New ORLEANS, Oct. 21.—The leading planters | amount Mr. Schade handed te the officers.

Ouachita county more. particularly, have ad- | A dreadful accident occurred in the vicinity of dressed a petition to Gov. Wells and General | Brandenburg, Ky.. last week. The children of a | family named Paugett went into the woods |

| adjoining the house, te gather walnuts. While

gathering the nuts one of the boys found an iron ball, as he thought, and called the others to see the prize. The children concluded to take the

‘necessary consequence of his position and fane-

tions that he should occasionally hit some per- | feetly respectable gentleman, and leave ovly an interesting fannly of widow and orphans totmoura his untimely loss.”

Jvobn J. Burkholder, his three daughters, two sons and two sons-in law, living at and near Altoona, Pa., have all been convicted of stealing fram the ears of the DPeonneyleania Railraad Com. pany. By means of a freight key, which one of them obtained as an employee of the road, im- mense quantities of goods were stelen from the cars during the past year. Qne thousand dollars’ worth were found at the home of the sons-in-law, and large quantities were discovered concealed about the house, baru and grounds of Burkbolder, who owns a large farm, and was in no necessity of resorting to this mode of making a living.

While a party of gentlemen were soundly asleep in their rooms at an hotel on Broad street, in Richmond, Va., an adroit thief entered through a window, and, at his leisure, “* went through” the entire party. From one he tovk $420 in greenbacks and a massive gold watch; from another $59 in greenbacks, a fine coat and other articles of wearing apparel; and from the others money and other valuables, in all amounting to upwards of $1500.

The Springfield Republican narrates a curious railroad accident, which occurred at Clinten, Conn., « few days ago. An express train was approaching, when a cow, annoyed by a small dog, dashed on to the rails. When the train bad passed, the cow lay with her head cut off, and the little dog, with his tail cut off, sat between the rails looking after the retiting cars with a face indicative of the most intense astonishment and disgust.

The steamer Republic, which sailed from New York ov the 18th ult. for New Orleans, was wrecked off the coast of Georgia, on the 25th. It is feared that a considerable number of lives have been Jost.

A Nashville paper tells an extraordinary story of an occurrence at the seige of Atlanta, Ga. The city had become accustomed to the be.i- bardment. business abd pleasure were suspended, and dullness reigued. Some officers, to relieve the monotony, arranged for a masked ball at one of the hospitals. One lady who attended, was murdered by an officer of high rank, but his name has never been revealed. She was found strangled, and an inquest was held and several parties implicated in the crime. ‘The evacuation of the city, however, interrupted the course of justice, aud the tragedy passed into a whisper and mere gossip. The Confederate Major-Gen, Wiarton, whose name has somewhat beceme associated with murder, was net in Atlanta at the time. Most of the officers and many of the ladies who attended that ball are now in their graves, aud the murderer probably wil) never be judged on earth.

In New York Court recently the prisoners’

box opened, when two females appeared at the

bar. ‘The first was a stout, full-faced womany of! somewhat coarse appearance, and probably about

thirty-five years of age; the secend wae a/child

of about eleven years, with a beautiful and inno-

cent Jooking countenance. Her features were! almost perfect is form, and her hair bung dowa

in golden ringlets over a neck as fair as the snow

drift. They were mother and daughter. The clerk, in the usual commonplace manner, said: . “You are ‘yintly charged with stealing twenty corsets, the property of Are you guilty or not guilty?” ‘The mother answered “Guilty.’"' The daughter said, I know nothing about it.” Judge Kelly said, ‘‘ Remand the. mother, Let, the daughter go.” Here a gentleman stepped up and said, “ Your Houor, the daughter is just os guilty as tho mother.’ The Judge replied, “Well, cir, what can be done about it? The child was acting under her mother’s instructions,