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KOKOMO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1870,I did lieII iu 30-t-ject to ughtouipoluled •mother , baB no ■ in thisnppoiii-litHliutl-unionedthe ju-ne been it as toFor I he Journal.The icam'M w*« trsre 1 lo the family of „ . , „ _ ' Vanhi.n-,. A lucinUr of thi* funtly was ulk-Upon whose heart falls encn ansmn? jed to upon the suhjeei and Joseph Vaahornciid *™ id Ten at, the authority.My liltle daughter, aged 14,andoornal.I.lispoai-loro ca ttack a an ac-Andiy one atlaine oliticnl spring pposite lost inprivate nt the n other regard an in-ko the ■nals in Socre was a many •, none in his j were account with a crannyruin drop to-night? Who at this shadowy hour wanders not hack to tho “Magical ilo in Ihn river of Time and with tears brings forth from tin urn of nil buried Lopes, from treasurwofFlower* nil withered, and letter* and rings* hoart offerings from those whose lovt tones come no more atour bidding, counting them over as a monk his bead* who deems it sacrilege from such dead treasures to give to the world so 8we« and snd a wail as this which but echoes that of the beating storm whose teats fall in pity for the woes of sorrowing fril huiaauity.Wanderer, January 12.As some lone exile from hi* liativs *horo Coes forth a wanderer to return no more,Yet passes oft in silent agony To look a farewell from hi* streaming eye. While some d^ar object to his ling'ring view, Wnves the l't -ignnt for the long adieu.So Wertii*‘h-d from Ihe re?lm of other year* In all the fondnc*-* of an exile's tears I fix my gnie upon tho failing scene.While Fare’s wide writers darkly roll between And sen thy form upon the lessening Mrund, Thou, child of lore, ns yet all mournful nlnnd, Ofi an I dream of thee I feel again My wild hearl thrill vrith inhiglod joy nnd pain, Oh, who hhth met thy gene of tenderness And oftor owned that he conIJ love thee less? A matchless form, an eve of Heaven'* own hue With scarce ft tint of carrh to dim its blue.A shadow—'beauty’* melancholy grace— Gathers in softness o'er thy lovely face.And. in the mournful rndionce of thine eye. Who cannot read the thoughts of days gone by The twilight charm and halo of regret Caught from the nun of happiness that .set WouM I could tell thee in one pluintivo hurst All tho ietpaadness which my aoul hath nur»lt;Ml N ov, through long vigils fraught with hopes and fear*,O'er thy dear Imago I have sighed for years. And new. even now, lost a* thou art to me, Still do I cling, uyo madly, cling to thee.Atcirxox.£tlling might bo construed into an attempt to crcato prejudicoin the minds of those who might be licvo before Cod that Joseph VanFor the Journal.EDITORS J0CR*AT.:r—At tbo TO quest of many friends, who fear of his cd that anything like tho follow tirades private though[yranny j called upon to sit ns jurors on tho redeem-!'-rid of the indictment against young Daugherty,and to inflnonco the minds 9t the people against hiscnuso.I have hitherto refrained from vindicating myself from the many gross calumnies that have hern circulated concerning me. growing out of my supposed eon-1 ncelion with the tragedy. Now that tho cause has been postponed for some few months, I do not feel that I ought, in justice to myself and my daughter, who is very dear to me. longer to remain uilontThe Now Ylt;*-rk Tribune, of Dlt;comber 1, last e«*r»tttinod an article written up*»n I ho Richard-aon and Van Horn tragedies, headed. “ Private Vengeance, which contained' a statement with reforcr.cc to my connection with the alleged slsndor of the sister of Daugherty, uud throwing the blame of that purt upon mo.I sent to the publishers of the Now York Tribune, a few days ufter the articlo came under my notice, a refutation of the charges, but that sheet, which claims to ho tho defender of the wronged and oppressed* everywhere, has not done me the simple act of juslico of giving my statement tomyself, constitute all that I know oI tho Vanhorn family in this vicinity,and that I was the person intended by tho article, admits of but little question, so at loasttho public havo judged.I beg to refer to the Prosecuting Attorney and bis Deputy, and to the entire Grand J ury of the late term of the Circait Court for my vindication from any complicity with the publication of the alledged slanders ugainst the Daugherty girls. I understand that they thoroughly inve9tiga* ted tkis matter b}* the examination of every witness who was supposed to have ar.y knowledge of tho transaction, including tho family of Daugherty, and there was not tho shadow of a charge against mo.Yet this chargo has gone forth to tiio world, heralded in all the nowspapers of the land, that ray slandorous tongue baa wrought the death of my late husband, that his life has been forfeitod as the penalty duo for my transgressions.To those of my friends and neighbors hero who are cognizant of the facts, and know something of my character, and the many wrongs and sufferings I havo had to undergo, this publication and denial will be wholly unnecessary, but injustice to the good name of my daughter I hore pronounco tbo charge, as made against inc and my late husband as utterly untruo. I honestly bo-Hovr th•Tw*» wbl«i How th« I Id (ha *h»lt;( Sat sorroi Row aha »a He of (he •• O angel, i Set the b•' I can hes-She i* lor A el-mmer Whoreth Oh! turn in The Hut lllC KM Set the bSpoke low Heltho I*Then up rSweet Mi Her hand o She laid. Turned wa Fell ring And lo! in I Stood thiAnd thi* To my b-i:l Mary Tt-iiJtre.' Now, neve 3ut may Since safe Are the I C!o3e hid I And (heid more temper-loro on CO pro-rsucl F. [raveled a great »rt rayed j to the forcibly ! cause erthem-to him.sees fit na and i*ing ad-believes ins of a him nnd can bo f as well hat our Unknown it on thoS. S. w.,rgets all qualities b at him ho lager tho bad tbo “di id of the a man'sHorn died without knowing for what and by whom he died—died like a dog shot down by a brutal master: andwhilo God gives me lifo and ability to speak I will vindicate his memory from this chargo.ReHome ncod tho it is at he ly tempt show thi seldom a account i ho can f or tho and the does so i render h all withiThero persons to bo Ch interest? number or depot, from the gion—w that the* whose cl they ha? employe havo roI respectfully ask tho public hope th( press, who havo noticed tbo traus Causo I'action heretofore, to do me tho i man whemployethank Cl nnd futbreligion either i which if* bo lost• bo bis ms.as mere dcncy of is spirit ccd. As ncnt has stions as der himi no case acter bo quabblo. )r bo ro vbutcvory-ULKSS.reading el someinscionco I of Bro. issuo ?J. W.id tho a-, it doos regard to a Demo-Vo don’t IIB would ;o flow in we said ever, out ollard.— ie Turk--Dominatopreeenthe public.My attention was subsequently called to tho following, cut from the Tipton Times, and which, I am told, expresses the generally received opinions of persons and Presses away from hero, as to my guilt in this transaction : i» it avuDra?Wo a«o with *urprt*o (hut somo of our ex-olmnRo* *pcrtk llglilly of Ihe often** of Lieut l.lt;U|UHTty, nn«S onotiAnbta homicide nlion than IW even n jiuOSriWo homicideveil proi.oiinoo* if a ju*II require* fur greater prov oca lien ihftn Dougherty received innkc it There wo* *urelynothing to ju-iify him in *huiliiix,lown a fell being. Tho Kokomo Tribune enva Hint few had heard the slander olid none would have behevod It. Who then in bem-fitt nthy thi* shoo!.• name of the On .. h iving one of it* members inftaueherliraRfierti.nberninR? I* M e family name of theony brigliu-r for h iving one of it; .............jail for murder ? It the charm ter of Daugherty’* vl-tor more free from *miti oincc he hnw made tanhom'a children orphan- ? Huuinn life i*becomiiiff entir-ly loo cheap. Vanhorn probably repon'td wh.it his wlfn told him un-ihoughicdly and |ierliap* de«ervisl u soveni castiKUiOn. Hut bteiit. Ibnmlicrtv hus don-nn act tlwf ho and lii* family will r. gr»-e lo the end of their live*. U*- I* *|w»ken of7i* a nobleyoung man, but any paper calling hi* eomliici justifiable is only indiK-mgoilier noblev imtiKingotli lik’h will dectrlileii todo net* wlik’h will do*troy all ihe hr'iuht prospects of their future.—Frankfort Crescent.The general tone and spirit of tho article is just as it should bo, but the wrong to mo consists in tho assertion of my complicity in repeating to Mr. Vun Horn tbo slander against tho Daugherty girls.Tho public Press abroad are not so censurable for this wrong since doublloes tbey found it in an ' Extra” from tho office of tho Howard Tribune, printed the nf-afiorooon of the tragedy, wherein tho writer aays, in speaking df the slander sgaiast the laugher-ty girls:justice to publish this my refutation, trusting lo tho result of tho trial in Hay next to vindicate me in what I now saj’.Mrs. SARAH VANHORN... ,, , . .. ! ditiona.Mr. Seward piopo.^cs, it is said, i p|0yCrpto sijiinH tho winter in tho islund ! ^vhutevc of St Thomas. Our prospective ' ij„jon jf Danish fellow citizens, in their1 ^ present iloutingcondition between tho mother country, which is anxious to let them go. nnd their adopted country, which hesitates to receive them, hardly know whether they are detached iron)Denmark or attached to the United States. They appeal to tho 6ympathios of tho tenderhearted ; nnd who is bettor fitted than Mr. Seward, the author of all their perplexities, to c-onsolo them iu their hour of tribulation?Tho late Premier’s triumphant entry into Alaska was that of a conqueror. His march upon Mexico was that oi a liberator.In Si Thomas he arrives, moro in Borrow thun in anger, in the soothing capacity of a peacemaker. Mr. Fish's predecessor is nut only n magnanimous, but a bold statesman. Ho does not shrink from going to St. Thomas, but exposes himself to the risk of being hold as a hostage by the Danes for tho ratification of bis troaty. Nor is it impossible that in tho event of its ultimate rejection, and of tho unwilliognosa of tbo islandors to return to their original allegianco, Mr. Soward may bo called upon to roign over St. Thomas on nia own accoun*.It is raoro probable.however, that all conflicting emotions will yield for a while to tho charm of his presence, and that tho islanders will regard bis visit in tho light of a promise of thoir early admission into tho American Union Whenover that happens tho least tboy can do will be to tender to Mr. Soward tho ofllco of United States Senator.—N. Y. Sun.cation, ccntly i: in tho h These apply t men. 1 does nol hor hon earth fo childrer ings am and in fills bei tho we voice in “ As a s so is th a hous* Wo hav verb ra1 l he vcr night across t hundrc shrewi* gave hi because her a c: other clt; gear.—At tbo spocial election the Democracy of Champaign county, Ohio, ran a negro for State Sona-tor on a ticket doclring that “if ho is white enough to voto, ho is whito enough to do voted for.”A married lady being asked to waltz, gave tbo following sensible and appropriate auswor, “No, I thank you sir; I havp bugging enough at homo.”To removo stains from character—Get rich.Rushvillo isfoundry.to have an ironCl My fc the gos havo sc Never i audionc lency o soul a I tory, ai olocutu or, at tho aan usl haspeech scntcnc felt as of bloo grogati bo wot wordy wanted ing wit scioncoi in i it into pit stai that blt; High sc periods spiritus to disr study |) meni, I tho cro hang hofou.-
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Kokomo Journal
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Fri, Jan 21, 1870
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