100 - CHAMPAIGN AND body cut up and salted there would likely have made such a stain; it was a greasy sort of a mark, such as a pickle or brine always makes. The condition of the goods in the store was in the usual form after Horn had fled; about $400 or $.500 worth of goods were there; the entry door and the door that leads into the store were open; there was no one left in charge of the house and store; the house is imme diately on the turnpike ; the body was in a good state of preservation ; looked as if it had been salted ; there was no blood visible ; one of the thighs appeared as if a peice of steak had ben cut off of it; witness had a coffin made, sent for her sister and a preacher, and had the body buried in the burial ground on the next clay, the 18th of April ; the body was again taken up about ten or twelve days after, for a post mortem examination ; when it was dug up it smelt a little but very little, and was in a good state of preservation ; the orchard in which the spade was found was not used for any agricultural purpose ; Horn had been at work building fence along the turnpike, about two-hundred yards distance ; witness thinks for the purpose of preventing easy ingress to the spot where the body was buried ; the nature of the soil where he was digging for the fence would not have made the same stain on the clothing found, as that which was on it. When he saw him at the jail in Philadelphia, he reached his hand towards him, and said to inn, "My God, Mr. Horn, must I meet you here! we have found the legs and arms of Mrs. Horn at the head of the stairs, and the body you, I suppose, know where ; and you ought to pray to God to forgive you of your sins ;"that the prisoner looked at him but did not say a word, nor did he shed a tear, but seemed to be endeavoring to smother his feelings. Cross-examined by Mr. Mayer.—Horn passed my door before sunrise in the morning ; did not say he had gone up to Storech's; soon after that Mr. Gittinger came and told witness that Horn's wife had left him on the previous evening ; and he replied it was a bad night for any one to leave home ; it was on the 23d day of March that he told witness his wife was missing, and it was about. the 17th day of April that the body was found: saw the spade at the tree on Good Friday ; Horn went away on Easter Sunday, and there had been considerable talk in the neighborhood as to his wife being missing ; when I saw the spade 1 wondered if he had been planting trees ; I looked whether he had, and I found that he LOGAN COUNTIES - 101 had not; Horn was attending to his business quietly and composedly all this time ; Horn came on Good Friday evening to his house, and offered to pay him $10 out of the $50 he owed him ; he replied that that would do him no good, as he wanted it all to pay his rent ; did not examine his house very closely for stains of blood, but was looking about for the remainder of the body ; I saw a large stain upon the floor up stairs some time after ; some of the neighbours called my attention to it ; I came to the conclusion that it was salt, and that the body had laid there and salt thrown on it on account of the weather being too had to dispose of it at the time it was killed : the stain on the floor was in the form of a body ; the stain is still there ; smelt it, and it smelt like brine; it was dry, I could smell it ; there was no fancy about it, as I do not snuff; I took for granted that the body had not been buried ; when I saw him in Philadelphia I asked him if he could pay me what he owed me ; I asked him in the presence of the jailor ; I was ordered to Philadelphia by Squire Bushey to identify the prisoner ; the mark on the spade by which I knew it, was a label pasted on the handle; all spades have not that mark ; it was a mark such as is put on by the maker, a label. Cross-examined by Mr. Buchanan.—I first became acquainted with the prisoner in the month of May, 1842, when he came to my house to board ; he had been living in the neighborhood before, but I did not know him ; he lived with me until the 16th or 17th of August, when he got married to Melinda, and he and his wife stayed with me until the end of August, when they went to live at the house where his store was ; Mrs. Horn was missed on the night of the 22d of March, and on the morning of the 23d, the prisoner passed my house before sunrise ; I did not see where he went ; on the same day about half an hour afterwards I learned that his wife was missing ; did not go to his house or see him that day ; but saw him the next morning, the 24th ; saw him on the porch at the house ; I did not speak to him after his wife was missing until the 3d of April. [A question was here put to the witness by Mr. Buchanan, as to the conversation of the prisoner, which was objected to by Mr. Steele ; but as the objection was afterwards waived by the prosecution, it is unnecessary to detail it. The cross-examination was accordingly resumed.] We met together as stated, for the first time after she was miss- 102 - CHAMPAIGN AND ing, on the 3d of April, in his store ; atter I had taken my seat I asked him for the fifty dollars he owed me ; he told me that his wife had run off and taken fifty dollars with her, and consequently he could not pay me; I then asked him about his wife leaving him, and he told me that she got up in the night whilst he was asleep, alongside, of her, and when she went out of the door he woke up and went to look after her, but not seeing her, he went to bed again. I then told him that there was some rumor or suspicion afloat among the neighbors, to the effect that he had killed or made away with his wife. The prisoner, clapping his hands on his knees, replied, "My God, you don't say so ! How could the people think so?" I then told him if he could prove there was no foundation in the rumor, that he might still consider me his friend ; if not, I was done with him. I then proposed that he should submit the house to be searched, in order to satisfy me as well as the neighbors, to which he expressed himself willing. He then said to me, "Ah, Mr. Poist, you know much;" to which I replied, "Why, you do not suppose I have had anything to do with, or know anything about your wife?" He replied, "No ; but another man is the cause of all this." I then advised him to stop the stage driver, and question him as to whether he had seen her, shortly after which I went home. I had not been home long when the came past, and I saw him stop the stage and speak to the driver. I then returned to his house and asked him whether the driver had seen her, and he said that he had not. I did not search the house, however, until the body was found. Storech, who has since killed himself, was one of the four who were out gunning, and first discovered the body. He went with them to the spot where they thought the body was, and one of them pointed out the print of a shoe to him in the clay, but is certain it was not Storech ; it was Storech, however, who said that the print of the shoe was that of Horn's, as he knew the shoe and had made it ; I then took the spade and threw up some of the dirt, when I discovered a bag, and thinking that some one had buried a sheep there, and that we would be laughed at, I took my knife and cut it open, and the breast of a female was visible. (Witness then proceeded again to detail his examination of the premises around Horn's house, and his gathering the people together.) On going into the house I found a stain on the stairway, which I thought was stained by apples, but the others thought it was. blood ; did not say that LOGAN COUNTIES - 101 the large stain on the floor in the form of a body was not blood ; I said nothing about it at the time ; I did not come to the conclusion that the large stain was blood ; the apron was found in the house about ten days after she had been found ; does not know that that part of the house where the apron was found had been searched before ; found the apron in the front building between the bed and the sacking-bottom ; nobody went into the house with me; did not see any mark that he was certain was. blood until the apron was found ; had never seen the body naked until they had joined the limbs to it on a plank ; would not know your body or my own if I saw it cut or mangled in that way ; could not recognize the body ; has no certain personal knowledge what became of Melinda Horn ; she had left her husband once and went up in the neighborhood of Littlestown ; she was gone some six weeks ; she had left some of her clothes up there and had wanted to go again after them ; that Horn was at my house and saw the stage at his door, and he ran out and stopped it and took his wife out, and made her go home ; she never went away again until she went finally. In Chief:— I proposed to the prisoner that he would allow the house to be searched, and he consented ; the snow was then off the ground ; he did not propose to have a search, but said they might search if they came ; the spots on the stairs he thought were not blood ; that after the floor had been scrubbed the blood was visible on the large stairs ; when the deceased left the house of Horn the first time thinks he said nothing to him about it, though he might. Henry Bushey, Esq., was called upon to come to Horn's house on the 17th of April, by Mr. Poist's son, who told him that they had found the body ; that he went up with two or three neighbors, and went immediately to the lot and saw the trunk of the body ; that the boy came to him from the house and told him to come up, that they had found the rest of the body ; that he went, and Mr. Poist showed him the bag, and he directed him to cut it open, and the legs and arms were found in it ; that he then summoned a jury, and brought the body to the house, and after placing it on a board, joined the arms and legs to it, and they seemed to correspond ; thinks that it was the body of Melinda Horn from the size of it ; thought the . lady was pregnant; saw blood in the house on the next day, on the steps, or at least 104 - CHAMPAIGN AND he thought it was blood ; saw the clothes and the mud upon them, and the mud on the body and bag correspond in color, as it also did with the mud in the gully ; the dirt about the hole seemed to have been recently turned up ; the hole would have contained the bag with the arms; a search was then made for the head ; even the ashes in the fire-place were searched for bones, but none were found ; on one of the bags the name of A. Horn was written very legibly ; the body was found, he thinks about three hundred yards from the house; the goods were in the store, but no one in charge of them; a waistcoat, a shirt, a roundabout and shoes were found with the mud upon them ; they were in different sections of the house ; a bucket and a pan with water in them were found in the store, discolored the same as the earth where the body was found would have discolored it, as if something had been rinsed in them;. (the witness here identified the two bags in which the parts of the body had been found, as well as the clothes;) the hands were bruised as well as the shoulders and back ; he did not discover any other marks on it. Benj. Caughy, sworn.—[Bag produced in which the limbs were found.] -Has seen that bag before ; saw it last on the last day of May, .1842 ; sold it to Horn ; the marks on the hag I put on ; "A. Horn," "155," for so many pounds, and "11" for so many cents per pound ; they are to the best of my opinion my marks ; they correspond with the book and my hand-wilting. Mrs. Gittinger, sworn.—Knew Malinda. Horn from August, 1842, till the 23d of March, 1843, the time of her disappearance ; had seen her barefooted every day, from the time she came into the neighborhood until it was cold weather ; my house is about a hundred yards from Horn's ; Mrs. Horn was, at the time of her death, "in the family way;" she expected to be confined about the last of August ; saw the body that was found ; it was in a pregnant state ; the feet of Malinda were very peculiar ; they tapered off very much in consequence of the great length of the big toe; there was a little knot or lump by the joint of the little toe ; from these peculiarities I know the feet were those of Malinda Horn; she one time went away and left her husband six weeks ; at that time she came to my house and said she was going away; I said, "My, la! Malinda,- what are you going away for?—you've got everything comfortable around you, and a good home.; what is the reason you can't stay?" "Oh,".she said, "you don't know how it is ; if I LOGAN COUNTIES - 105 don't go he'll kill me!" Witness said, "How would he look, killing you ?" Melinda said, "If he don't kill me, he'll break my heart." "Well, then," I said, "you may as well go." Before she left home that time, some four days, she had been to see a sick old Man ; on going home she stayed a minute or two, and then came to my house and told her sister that Horn had turned her out ; could see from my house her clothes thrown out of the window ; Horn afterwards said to witness that his wife was good for nothing, and that was the reason she went. Cross-examined by Mr. Mayer.—The time when Mrs. Horn first went away was a few days before Christmas, 1842; she came back after being away six weeks; came to my house, and I went with her to Horn's, and said, "Here Horn, I've brought your old wo man back ;" he never looked up, and as they didn't seem say anything, I was going away ; she asked me not to go; she went up to the counter and bought kisses and pins ; Storech was there, and said it was a shame she should pay for the things ; she was then going away with me, when Horn said, "Where are you going to?" Malinda said, "I am -going where I have been ;" Horn told her to come back ; she said, "I shan't ;" I persuaded her to go back fo the old man, and she went. It was then about dusk, and she stayed until 9 o'clock, and then came to my house and slept with me that night; next day they made it up between them somehow heard no more of any difficulties between them ; but she always said she was afraid Horn would knock her down ; she never said he had done it, or struck her at all ; never knew what the difference was; after she came back she didn't tell of any particular quarrel ; she was afraid to tell, she said, for fear it should com out ; when she went away she was trembling; he treated her ha fishly at the best of times; never heard him curse her, or threaten her. Catherine Hinkle, sworn.—I am the sister of Melinda Horn. On Sunday, the 16th of April, went to see Mr. Hose on account of my sister ; he was sitting On the. hack porch called to him and he came to the front door ; asked him where .Malinda was; he did not answer at first, but appeared much confused; then said he did Not know where she was; he said she had left home about bedtime; asked him whether she went away before she went to bed ; he replied that he had gone to bed, but she had not; that she went out of the front door as he came through the room, having heard her   9 106 - CHAMPAIGN AND move about ; that he did not see which way she went ; said they had no falling out on that night, but they had a few days before ; told him I did not think she could get away on such a bad night as that was, and he didn't make any reply ; asked him where her clothes were, and he said she had taken all but two dresses ; he refused to give them to me, and said she might have them herself if she would come for them, and I replied that I thought she would never come for them ; told him he had accused her of being intimate with other men, but that it was not so, as he would never allow her to speak to any man without getting angry ; to which he made no reply; when I left him I went to Mr. Gittenger's house, and his little daughter was present, and I told them that I wanted to see Mr. Gittenger, as I thought there was a great change in him, and that he had made way with my sister, and I was going to 'Squire Bushey to have a search made. The change I allude to is, before that he had been more sociable and friendly, and that now he would hardly speak to me or look at me. It was about 12 o'clock on Sunday when I called at his house ; did not t(41 him any thing about getting a search warrant. I was at Horn's house on the 17th of December, before dark, and went to church with Malinda ; when we came back, he commenced running her down, and said she was too young for him, and abused her, and said that she liked other men better than she did him, and was very angry; next morning I went to church with her again, and she was confirmed; it was a protracted meeting ; when she went home I went to Mrs. Gittinger's, and she came over and said the old man had thrown her clothes out to her and would not let her in ; I then went over with her, and he said I might come in, but that she should not ; she tried to get in, but he pushed her out, and said she should never come in his house again ; it was about 12 o'clock on the 18th of December. When she was at Littlestown Horn came to me and said if I would send for her he would try and do better than he had done before ; after a few weeks I wrote her a letter and told her what Horn had said, but did not advise her to come back to him ; when she came back she staid at Mr. Gittinger's all night, and said she would try and please him. When he turned her out on the Sunday he said she should never come back, as she thought more of other men than she did of hrm ; I told him that he ought not to treat her so, particularly while she was attending meeting. LOGAN COUNTIES - 107 A singular circumstance, collaterally connected with the murder of Malinda Horn, is the suicide of Storech, who was the neighbor and friend of the murderer, and was one of the gunning party who found the body in the hole. To Storech it appears that Horn had deeded away his property, and we have every reason to believe that if this man had not made away with his own life previous to the trial, his evidence Would have brought to light some secrets in regard to the motives of the murder that must now remain forever buried. The trial lasted one week—the prisoner was ably defended by his counsel, Jas. M. Buchanan, Chas. F. Mayer, Chas. Z. Lucas, and John I. Snyder, Esqrs.; and on Monday, 27th of November, the arguments closed, and the case was sumitted to the jury, who were instructed to find the prisoner " guilty," or " not guilty," and if " guilty," to find the grade of guilt. A bailiff being sworn, the jury retired to their room, and after an absence of about ten minutes, returned into court. The prisoner was then placed in the bar ; he took a position merely resting against the seat, standing on the lower step, and sort of languor seemed to pervade his frame. The Clerk then asked, "Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed upon your verdict?" The foreman replied, " We have." " Who shall say for you ?" A juror answered, as usual, "Our foreman." " How say you; is Adam Horn, the prisoner at the bar, guilty of the matter whereof he stands indicted, or not guilty ?" The foreman replied, in a distinct voice, GUILTY. Tree sanctity of the court room was instantly violated by a spontaneous outburst of applause, consisting of stamping of the feet and cheers ; and a constant succession of loud raps from the ivory hammer of the Judge, and the vigilance of the bailiffs, were insufficient to restore order for several seconds. As soon as silence again prevailed, his Honor, Judge Magruder, remarked that he would send any one to prison who should be detected in such a breach of decorum, and hoped that every one would consider the solemnity of the occasion. Mr. Berryman, the clerk, then demanded the grade of the 108 - CHAMPAIGN AND MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE The counsel for the defense then asked that the jury should be polled. The jury were accordingly each called separately and rose as they were called, delivering their answers standing, in the following manner: J. B. H. Fulton. Mr. Fulton, who was the foreman of the jury, rose. " Look upon the prisoner at the bar. How say you, is Adam Horn guilty of the matter whereof he stands indicted, or not guilty?" " GUILTY OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE." And so with the rest. The prisoner, who had manifested throughout the whole of these solemn proceedings the same stoicism which characterized his general deportment, with the exception of a slight flush which passed over his cheek at the word "guilty," was then conducted from the bar by Mr. Tracy, the Sheriff, and Mr. Sollers, the warden of the jail. He was shortly afterwards conducted through the library, under a large official escort, but the crowd was so dense without the court room, down the steps, in the lower portion of the build-. ing, and extending down the lane to the carriage, that it was only with great difficulty they could force their passage. They finally succeeded in getting the prisoner into the van ; and it drove off amidst the hootings, cheers and execrations of the surrounding multitude. On the 4th of December 1843, the prisoner was brought into Court to receive the awful doom of the law ; and in the midst of a crowd of witnesses of the solemn scene, the prisoner being first asked whether he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced against him, and signifying that he had nothing to say, the Honorable Richard B. Magruder, who presided alone at the trial pronounced the sentence, that he be taken to the jail of Baltimore county, from whence he came, and from thence to the place of execution, at such time as shall be duly appointed, and there be hanged by the neck until he be dead. This unhappy criminal has been ordered for execution on Friday, LOGAN COUNTIES - 109 the 12th of January, before the hour of 12 o'clock at noon,the death warrant having been received by Mr. Tracy, the sheriff on Satur day night, an emendation having been made according to the provisions of the act of Assembly of 1809. It was (teethed by some of the gentlemen of the bar that the original warrant was legal, th e law contemplating twenty days betweew the judgment of the court and the day of execution; and the judgment of the court being atways recorded within four days after the verdict, although sentence may not be delivered at the time. The verdict was rendered on toe 27th of November, and the judgment necessarily recorded according to law, as soon as the 1st December; the 22d instant would therefore embrace twenty clear days. There rs, however, a difference of opinion on the subject, not. to be regretted, since, leaning to mercy's side, the Governor has added three weeks to the life of the wretched culprit, which suitably improved, will better prepare him for the awful change he must undergo. The following is a copy of the death warrant : "The State of Maryland to the Sheriff of Baltimore County, greeting : "Whereas Adam Horn, otherwise called Andrew Hellman, late of Baltimore county, was convicted in the county court of Baltimore county, at November term, A. D. 1843, of the murder of one Malinda Horn, and the said court sentenced him to be hung by the neck until he be dead; "Now, therefore, these are to will and require, as also to charge and command you, that on or before twelve of the clock, on Friday, the 12th day of January next, you take the said Adam Horn, otherwise called Andrew Hellman, from your prison and safetiy convey to the gallows in the county aforesaid, the place of execution of malefactors, and there the said Adam Horn, Otherwise called Andrew Hellman, hang by the neck until he be dead : For all which this shall be your sufficient power and authority. "Given under my hand, and the Great Seal of the State of Maryland, the 6th day of December, in the year of our Lord 1843, and of the Independence of the United (SEAL.), States the sixty-eighth. (Signed) FRANCIS THOMAS. By the Governor : JNO. C. LEGRAND, Secretary of State." 110 - CHAMPAIGN AND The foregoing has been extracted from the columns of the Baltimore Sun, and the publishers vouch for its correctness. Since the report of the trial, &c. appeared in the paper, a confession by Horn has been published, which abounds so much in partial statements and gross misrepresentations, that in justice to the memory of hits victims, as well as to the public, we have copied from the Sun the following review, which fully exposes the unfairness of the Confession. A REVIEW OF ADAM HORN'S CONFESSION, SHOWING ITS Falsehoods, Omissions and Prevarications. [BY ONE OF THE PEOPLE. ] When it was first publicly announced that Adam Horn was about to make a full confession of his crimes, and that it would be forthwith published, a suspicion immediately seized the public mind that the promised expose would be unsatisfactory —that the publication of it before his death was intended to change the tide of public opinion that had set against him, and perhaps procure an amelioration of his lawful punishment. The perusal of the confession has tended rather to confirm these suspicions, whilst. the tone of enmity and vindictive feeling evinced toward the memory of his murdered victims, falsely traducing them as they lay in their graves, in an effort for his own vindication, has, it possible, rendered him more odious than before. The keen eye of public scrutiny has weighed every word that he has uttered, and tho motive can be traced throughout, clearly showing it to be a studied-effort to excite a feeling of pity in behalf of the murderer ; and, did not his assertions bear the impress of falsehood on their face, such might have been the impression produced. If his story is to he believed, he has been a mar, of proverbial good disposition, 112 - CHAMPAIGN AND prone to yield everything for peace and quiet, whilst his whole life has been embittered by an unfortunate union in the first place with an unfaithful and devilish woman, and in the second with one equally evil disposed, and prone to violate her marriage vows. Verily, if such were the case, he would, indeed, be worthy of public sympathy, and none would be more willing to yield it to him, With all the benefits that. might accrue therefrom, than the writer of this communication. The character of his first wife has, however, been fully vindicated in the sketch of " his life, character and crimes," given to the public through the columns of the Sun, Which will live long after her murderer and traducer has met his deserts. Sad, indeed, has been her lot on earth, and she richly deserves "Peace to her ashes." After living for eighteen years in constant unhappiness, accompanied by relentless torture and misery, deprived. of all the comforts of social life, she was hurled headlong and .unprepared into eternity, by that hand- that was pledged to protect her ; and now, after the lapse of several years, we find him again using his bloodstained hands to record all manner of evil to her memory, and to traduce, vilify, and blacken her character, as one whose sad fate should be unlamented. The character of Malinda Horn has also been fully vindicated from his last malignant and cruel attack, by your faithful record of the evidence adduced on the trial. From the mouths of a "host of witnesses," we there have the most conclusive proof of the falsity of his charges, establishing her character for virtue, fidelity, piety, submission, and kindness of heart, far above the efforts of his vindictive arm to blacken it. The high character of his legal friends and advisers, to whom this confession was made; at once clears them from any implication of joining in the palpable designs of the. criminal, but that 'they did not advise him to a different course and thus save him from adding perjury to his other crimes; is a matter of general surprise. The old saying that "a drowning man will catch-at a straw," is fully verified in this confession, and that same cunning which led him to smear the blood of his first victim over his person, in order to substantiate history, has undoubtedly led him to disregard both truth and honor in his abortive effort to palliate his crimes, and excite the sympathy of the public in his favor. Whilst the tenor and spirit of the confession, as well as its early publication, fully sustains this construction as to the motive of the LOGAN COUNTIES - 113 criminal, the plain manner in which it is drawn up clearly shows that his intentions were not communicated to, or entertained by, his legal. friends. The object of this communication is not to crush the fallen, or to strike a blow at the detenseless, but rather to protect from the foul tongue of slander and falsehood those who are mouldering in no -timely graves. To shield the memory of the dead rs the duty of all who have it in their power, but it is doubly incumbent in a case like the present, when the deceased are of that sex whose character is dearer to them than life, and who would doubtless, whilst living, rather have. submitted willingly to their unfortunate fates, than have surrendered their claims to virtue and purity of life. Having, therefore; from undoubted sources, become acquainted with facts-stubborn and incontrovertible facts—I feel called oa to stand forth in their defense, and if, in so doing, falsehood is stamped on this confession, and its author be followed to the gallows without one sympathizing heart- in the train, no more than justice will be done to the memory of his helpless victims. With regard to the first part of the confession, as to his early life in Germany, nothing new is detailed—it is only a repetition of his own representations in former days, as fully detailed by you in the Sun two weeks since. Whether it be true or false, rests solely between him and his God, and the fearful reckoning will shortly be made. But his history, from the time of his arrival in this country, in the detail of the murder of his two wives, of which sufficient had previously been known to render a confession unnecessary, I will prove him guilty of so many falsehoods, prevarications, and omissions to detail so many important matters, that the rest of the confession, which cannot be touched for want of information, must be considered equally void of truth. From the time of his birth, up to his marriage with Miss Mary Abel, he represents himself as possessed of every good quality of both head and heart ; and he would then have us believe that he entered the marriage contract as a lamb goes to the slaughter—that he was always disposed to do well, and she to do evil—that he was industrious and she was lazy - that he was mild and kind in his disposition, and she was cross, stubborn and morose; in short, he would have us helieve that she was a very devil, and that he was as kind as an angel. He does not, however, tell us h ,w he slighted and neglected her immediately after marriage, which was the 114 - CHAMPAIGN AND case.; he does not tell us that, when she became enciente with her second child, and during the whole time of her pregnancy, when she was in that weakly condition which commands kindness from the vilest of creation, he continually taunted her with being unfaithful to him, denied that the child she bore was his, and denounced her in the strongest terms as a harlot. If, as he says, she had afterwards been unhappy, sullen, and morose, she had here cause enough, in all conscience, to make her so. But such was not the ease. Her whole life was one of fear and trembling. So tyrannizing was his disposrtion, and bitter his temper, that, like his second victim, she was afraid' to speak aloud in his presence; whilst those very children, whom he now calls his dear offspring, were kept in rags, one of them was totally disowned, and all of them strangers to kindness or love from their father. The love he now professes for his "dear son Henry," the disowned, must be a new-born passion., that has never before been visible, and which will not now, at this late hour, I should think, be reciprocated. It is now the son's turn to disown the father, and most thoroughly should he do it. Again, he does not tell us that on the birth of his third and last child, John Hellman, when the poor heart-broken mother was lying, weak and emaciated from her sufferings, that he approached her bed, and with oaths and imprecations swore that "if she ever had another child he would kill her." From the day that this horrid threat was made, the poor mother determined to use the only means in her power to prevent its consummation, and from that time to her death she had no more children. On the night of her murder Henry Hellman was absent, they were alone together, for the first time, and the reader can imagine the scene as well as the cause which led to the bloody drama that ensued. Had he detailed these facts, it would have spoiled the amiable and inoffensive character which he had laid out for himself, and have shown him to the. .world as he is, in his true character, grasping, miserly, tyrannical, unfeeling and fiendish in his temper and passions, consequently they were entirely withheld. There rs an evident desire to justify himself throughout the confession, to make it appear that he had suffered and forborne until "forbearance ceased to be a virtue," and had then rid himself of the evil spirits which had rendered his life so miserable and unhappy. We can discover no remorse, no sorrow or contrition for his LOGAN COUNTIES - 115 crimes, no prayer for forgiveness from an offended God, but it is all self-justification, and a person on perusing it cannot but imagine that the heart that dictated it must have exclaimed to itself: "Well done! I have served them right ? " Not the slightest indication of regret appears, even when contemplating the forfeit of his own life for his crimes, but he seems, on the contrary, to think that this is nothing in comparison with the satisfaction received from their committal. His description of the murder of his first wife is glossed over in its details, and none of the real horrors of the scene are at all mentioned. He speaks of striking her but twice, and then cutting, her throat, whereas the fact is, her body displayed fourteen distinct wounds, besides the bruises on her hands, and the forefinger of the right, and the little finger of the left hand being broken. According to the appearance of the room and the body, the contest must have been a fierce and determined one. The large quantity of blood in the bed clearly gives the lie to his assertion that she was awake and getting up when he attacked her,. whilst the sprinkling of the blood in all sections of the room, and the number of her wounds plainly indicates that she was not despatched so quickly as he has " confessed." To inflict so many wounds lime must have been required, and the suffering of his victim must have been intense. He then tells us that he bruised his head and back and went to bed, but he says nothing about smearing her blood over his head and person, to give credence to his story—and instead of giving the true cause which excited him to the committal of the murder, he has evidently fabricated another relative to his wife's charging him with being the father of his nephew, who, it will be remembered, even according to his own story, had been then long absent from his roof. It being thus evident that he has disregarded truth, and omitted important facts in relation to the first murder, may it not he equally presumed that the array of " startling facts," which, according to the preface, " illustrates the soundness of the injunction, that in the infirmity of man's judgment such circumstantial testimony may shed a false light, and lead into fatal fallacies, and that therefore the most anxious caution in receiving and weighing it should ever be used," are equally false and unfounded in the second. There are some things, however, in his detail of the cause and the manner of the murder of Melinda Horn, which we shall also be enabled to stamp with false- 116 - CHAMPAIGN AND hood, and therefore the remainder of the confession may he considered equally void of truth. But we are digressing. He then states to us that he was thrown in jail at Bellefontaine, and having filed the hobble off one leg, made his escape, carrying them in his hand ; but he does not say who assisted him in his escape—by -whom the hobble was taken off of the other leg—who it was that sold him the horse—who visited him in his cell prior to his escape. These matters as he is aware, have been much discussed in Bellefontaine, and names have been handled in the controversy, but he remains wholly silent on the subject. If his confession were alai!: and a true one, this would not be the case ; nothing would be withheld, and those wholly under the foul imputation, if innocent, would have been exonerated from the charge. But he tells us every thing which is known, and artfully conceals that which justice requires should be disclosed. On the heads of those who thus shielded and protected him from the punishment due his first offence, rests a tearful responsibility, and they are equally guilty, in a moral point of view, with him who is condemned to suffer death for the murder of his second victim ! Yes, her blood is on their heads, and on the fearful day of judgment God will require them to account for it. If it had not been for their assistance, she would doubtless yet have been living, surrounded by relatives and friends, whilst her murderer would have met the doom which now awaits him, two years ago in Ohio. These are stubborn facts, which are recommended to the serious reflection and consideration of those concerned. With reference to his detail of the murder of his second wife there are few who will believe, after reading the evidence of the host of respectable witnesses, that she, a young and defenseless female alone and in his power, and acquainted with the violence of his temper, would have dared to calti him a liar,. or even to quarrel with him. Can it be believed that she, whoa .3 in constant dread of her life, and was afraid to speak aloud in his presence, could have mustered sufficient courage, when he was almost bursting with rage, to have called him a liar? The assertion is preposterous, and hears on it the impress of falsehood. Nor has any one been found credulous enough to believe that the bruises on the hands, the breast, the shoulder and the back, resulted in any other way than by blows inflicted at the same time that those which caused her death were given. A man who had gone through such a scene LOGAN COUNTIES - 117 of horror as he confesses, at a previous day, would not have struck a blow, and repeated it, without knowing and contemplating what would have been its effect. He was, from experience, skilled and practiced in the force of the blow required on the human head to cause death, ant still he would have us believe that it was almost the result of accident, not intended, and unpremeditated. In order to substantiate the charge of infidelity, and to palliate the offense, he states that he had understood she was in the habit of clandestinely meeting a young man who resided in the neighborhood in the vicinity of his house. From whom had he understood this, and why was not the person who had given hits the information brought forward as a witness? Could he.have proved her infidelity, it would doubtless have saved him from the gallows, by changing the character of his offense to murder in the second degree. But no such person could be found, as it was doubtless a creature of his own jealous and evil imagination. Any person who has the slightest doubt as to her fidelity can be satisfied that . it is utterly without ground in truth by calling at the office of Dr. Dunbar. There will be found the unimpeachable testimony of God himself in behalf of this murdered and traduced victim, establishing her virtue and fidelity to her husband beyond the power of frail man to controvert it. With regard to the preservation of the body, the writer of this, for one, does not believe him when he says that he can not account for it. After it had been in the cellar for three or four days he states that he cut off the limbs, and taunt the head, and two or three days after deposited the body in the bag, and buried it, leaving the limbs under the oven in the yard, and they were net buried for seventeen days. Can it be believed that he would have thus left the body lying in and about the house, where persons were constantly visiting, without using some means to prevent it from smelling? If, as he says, it was preserved by some mysterious agency, he must have been aware that it would be thus preserved, or he would never have kept it so long in the house, where it was constantly liable to lead to his detection. In the course of nature it would have become very offensive in a few days, which he must have known, and without using some means for its preservation, or knowing that it would be preserved, his confession of the one fact proves the falsity of the other. If the truth were known, it would doubtless be found that the body was cut up for the purpose 118 - CHAMPAIGN AND of enabling him to pack it up in a barrel of brine, in order to preserve it until the disappearance of the snow would enable him to bury it. Its appearance, even six weeks after death, indicated that salt had been applied to it, and few will be so credulous as to believe his assertions to the contrary, particularly when there is such an apparent motive throughout to conceal the most horrid features of both acts of the tragedy, in an effort to palliate the crime and justify in some measure the murderous deeds which he has confessed. The lantern which induced his sudden flight, may or may not have been the imagination of his cowardly heart, dreading that the forfeit of his life would be the result of discovery, but be it what it may it was a most providential visitation, and at the very moment above all others, which sealed the guilt on the murderer. That the whole of this confession is a one-sided, partial affair, glossed over for effect, I think has already been clearly proved, but there are yet other portions of it which perhaps demand a notice, before the subject is dismissed. In speaking of the fact of his last wife having left his house and gone to Littlestown, he wholly omits to mention his threats to kill her, as proved on the trial, which was the cause that had driven her from his house, as well as his harsh and abusive treatment of her.. The fact of her going is only mentioned, and that in such a manner as to leave the reader to infer that his jealousy was not without grounds—that he had cause not only to suspect her, but was confirmed in his suspicions. With regard to his protestations of innocence as to the death of his children, he has told so many other palpable falsehoods that this is equally liable to be untrue. The denial of the charge, in such a confession as this, even if it should be credited here, will find few believers beyond the Alleghanies, particularly in the region of country where he was personally known. His language respecting the death of his "dear offspring," whose death he witnessed without a tear, will rather tend to confirm the suspicions of those who witnessed their final moments. Suffice it to say, that their mother, who knew the feelings he entertained for them, suspected him of poisoning them, which opinion was afterwards, and is now, the universal belief of the whole neighborhood. That he has not yet deserted all hopes of life is evident from the perusal of his narative, and is also sustained by a conversation held by him a day or two tines with the warden of the jail. When, LOGAN COUNTIES - 119 however, the certainty of death approaches, it will be found that his assumed indifference will fail him, and then, under the guidance of his spiritual teacher, the public may expect from him a true and full confession, that will be free from all expressions of malice and attempts at self-justification, and having in view his forgiveness at the bar of God rather than the bar of public opinion, to which this has evidently been solely addressed. 120 - CHAMPAIGN AND ANDREW HELLMAN IN OHIO. The Logan Gazette, of Dec. 23, published at Bellefontaine, Ohio, where Hellman broke jail, and in the immediate neighborhood of the scene of the first murder, contains a sketch of the "Life, Character, and Crimes of Andrew Hellman," covering 17 columns of that paper. The general tenor and facts of the narrative fully corroborate all the particulars of the Ohio tragedy as published in the San, whilst the opinions urged by "One of the People" against the truth of that part of his confession which relates to his treatment of his first wife, &e., are corroborated. We have extracted such portions of the narrative as go to justify the feeling evinced in defence of his first victim, at the request of "One of the People," to show that no sinister motive guided his pen : In this confession, which was doubtless gotten up to influence the public mind, and perhaps induce from the Governor of Maryland a commutation of his punishment, Hellman seems to labor to render odious the character of his first victim,—to transform the faithful, devoted and suffering wife, into a lewd and fiendish termagant, whose temper nothing could restrain, and no sacrifice could soften. But, fortunately for her relatives who survive, his malice has betrayed itself, and involved him in several contradictions. That she may have spoken in her own defence, and for the sake of the future character of her offspring, resisted and resented his vile imputations and unmanly abuse, is highly probable—most women would have done the same. And she should be respected for it—for her bravery in defending her character and her children from the infamy he would have heaped upon them, bespeaks a noble mind and a strong arid ardent love for those whom she had borne. But that she was the fiend he represents—violent and unyielding in temper, fretful and discontented, loose in her morals, and always ready to harass and vex him, without cause, is totally at variance with her character and conduct while residing in this county.—Here, she was regarded by her neighbors those who knew her best and saw her often—as a mild, inoffensive woman, who bore LOGAN COUNTIES - 121 the tyranny of her husband with great patience—who resisted not, but for the sake of peace, endured, without a murmur, hardships and abuse. As a housewife she was held a model. Her house was always clean and tidy, and every thing about her was well taken care of, It is not true, therefore, that she was the vixen Hellman would make her appear ; and after inquiry of those who knew her personally, as well as by reputation, we have no hesitation in pronouncing so much of this confession as contains imputations against her, malicious, willful, and deliberate falsehoods. He reached Bellefontaine with his family, in the spring of 1836, and took a room in the tavern of Mr. Haines, (now occupied by Mr. M. Smith,) north of town, where they dwelt until the ensuing fall. And here we cannot omit to state, as he has spared no efforts to traduce the character of his first wife, and torn her mangled, mouldering remains from the silent grave, only to dwell upon the faults and error which she possessed in common with the human race, that his treatment to her while they resided at the tavern of Mr. Haines, was cruel in the extreme. So violent was he, that without any apparent cause he would throw chairs or any thing he could lay his hands on at her ; and the family of his landlord were several times compelled to rescue her from cruelty. We have this from undoubted authority— persons who were cognizant of the facts. And yet, with all the effrontery of a fiend, he hesitates not in his confession to lie to his Maker, and charge the cause of all their differences upon his wife. Instead of the terrible being he portrays, she presented the appearance of a heart-broken, miserable woman, and so she was considered by all her neighbors and acquaintances." , Speaking of his attempt to poison his wife, the narrative says : After this circumstance there was a manifest change in his conduct for the worse. He became morose and sullen, and appeared to his family the incarnation of all that was vile and wicked. Yet, with his bosom lacerated with the deepest feelings of malice against his unoffendling offspring and his unfortunate wife, and the strongest desire of revenge urging him on, Hellman, in the e3 es of the world, was a moral, upright, inoffensive, quiet citizen. No man, perhaps, in the same sphere of life, possessed a higher character for morality and honesty. He was punctual to his engagements, and scrupulously honest in his dealings. How little did the world know of that man. With what consummate duplicity 10 122 - CHAMPAIGN AND did he conceal from society the devilish passions which were raging in his bosom. Did we not know, by appalling experience, the fearful transformation which jealousy can effect in the human heart, the conduct of this man would present an inexplicable enigma. His children were all three attacked with the scarlet fever as he confessed, but speaking of this fact the narrative says:— The sudden death of his children made little or no impression. upon Hellman — none at feast that was visible. Soon the suspicion got abroad that the poison prepared for the wife had been administered to her children ; and his subsequent conduct, as well as the testimony of those who saw the sick children, among them the attending physician, only increased and strengthened those suspicions. His poor wife and her relatives seem to have entertained no doubt upon the subject, from the fact that in a letter to their friends in Virginia, communicating the demise of Louisa and John, they unreservedly stated that they believed they died by the hen& of their inhuman father. That opinion still prevails here, and the bare word of the monster, though spoken from the scaffold, cannot remove it. Unfortunately, the bodies were not submitted to examination, for the purpose of ascertaining the truth. As if by a miraculous dispensation of an all-wise Providence, Henry, the hated, disowned child, the one most ill-treated, recovered from his dangerous illness, and was left to his mother. Here, the cause of truth compels us again to refer to the published confession of Hellman, and to what he says upon this point. And though he declares "solemnly, as with a voice from the grave, where he is doomed soon to lie," that the " imputation is untrue," we feel authorized to assert, that his declarations in reference to his children are not founded in truth. He places their sickness and death in 1841, when in fact they died in 1839; and he states that Dr. Brown, the attending physician, was " with them until just before they breathed their last," thereby intimating that their illness was so severe that the Doctor did not leave them until all hope of saving them was gone. Here is a studied misrepresentation, to say the least. When Dr. Brown was called in, he found that the children were severely attacked with scarlet fever ; he attended them for several days ; they were sick about a week, as Hellman says, but they had survived the worst attack of the LOGAN COUNTIES- 123 disease, and were so far convalescent that Dr. Brown discontinued his regular visits. On the last time but one that he visited the house for the purpose of administering to the patients, Mrs. Hellman followed him out of the dwelling, and anxiously inquired if there was any hope of their recovery. He assured her that she need have no fears on the subject, for he entertained no doubt that they were beyond all danger, and would soon be restored to health. Dr. Brown was, therefore, greatly surprised when, a day or two after, he was sent for in great haste, and heard the children were dying ; and it is his impression that one of them expired before, or shortly after, he reached Hellman's house. He was the more surprised at the result, from the fact that the disease under which they suffered is not usually, if at all, attended with such sudden changes ; and acknowledges that without suspecting the father of anything improper, he was led to doubt his own judgment in such cases. It is proper here to remark, also, that Hellman administered the medicine to his children, his wife not seeming to have a knack for it, and thus he had every opportunity to administer the fatal drug. However feelingly he may speak of his "dear children," not even the solemnity of a confession, filled as this is with Innumerable falsehoods, can now clear him of this charge. 124 - CHAMPAIGN AND EXECUTION OF ANDREW HELLMAN. This event, which has been looked to for weeks past, as the consummation of the penalty due to the commission of one of the most atrocious murders that ever blurred the character of humanity, transpired in accordance with the law, at exactly 22 minutes: before 12 o'clock, meridian, this day, and was witnessed by no less than fifty thousand people, one-fourth of whom were females_ The excitement from an early hour in the morning until the execution took place, continued to grow more and more intense, and was only relieved at length by the awful scene which was required to be enacted, for the satisfaction of the fearfully violated laws. By 10 1/2 o'clock, the various streets leading towards the jail, began to present a very uniform appearance of the tendency of passengers that way, and even before that hour hundreds of persons occupied various positions, or stood grouped in conversation within the immense circle commanding a view of the jail. The gallows; was erected in the north-west angle of the yard, the upper beam being not less than fourteen feet above the level of the top of the wall. It could be distinctly seen from many points in the centrei part of the city, and the whole execution was witnessed from several windows of the Court-house. As the hour approached, the ways to the prison became thronged with parties who had quitted their avocations and were hastening to the scene ; and the number of strange faces, indicative of visitors from the surrounding country, drawn hither by curiosity, resistless from the startling character of the malefactor's crimes, was immensely great. The city poured out its thousands, and the merchant, the clerk, the lawyer and divine, the industrious mechanic with the soil of labor upon hitt hands, the pale-faced and sedentary student, the young, and the old, the matron, the maid, and the wanton, hoyden boys and girls, the moralist, and the jester, the serious and profane, swelled by the motley multitude to an oceanic flood. "Such is human mature," we moralized and paused, for we ourselves had wended one way to the spot, but found a ready excuse in an imperative duty LOAN COUNTIES - 125 enquiring us to present the details of the day's doings to the eyes of the multitudinous mass spread out before our gaze. But are there no promptings of a Dionysian curiosity within ourselves? we asked. We could not analyze the feelings with sufficient care to obtain a satisfactory response. Human nature, however cultivated, is human nature still. The view from the top of the jail was of the most interesting kind, presenting a dioramic picture of the most diversified character it is possible to conceive. Immediately below, the gaunt object which lifted its skeleton form into the cold air, stood peering river the wall upon the vast concourse beyond, itself the center for at myriad eyes. Around and about it, conversing in subdued tones were those who had obtained by privilege or solicitation, admission within the walls, and the busy forms of those immediately engaged and interested in the approaching catastrophe occasionally passing to and fro. Beyond, the great interjacent plain, which had in the morning been a white field. of snow, was now thronged with an almost compact mass of people, occupying both the hither and thither side of the Falls. The elevations upon the north and the banky heights of Howard's woods, opposite upon the west, afforded, facilities to immense numbers, especially of women and children. A great many carriages, chiefly crowded with women, occupied the line of Belvidere Road, and some had drawn up nearer to the wall. The windows of nearly all the houses commanding a view of the death scene—a few exceptions forming a pleasing attraction to the eye of the observer—were densely crowded ?by-the occupants; their friends and acquaintances. And an uninformed traveller who had passed that way might have looked on foram hour, and had the gallows escaped his eye, imagined that a national jubilee was about to be celebrated, and that the shrine of oblation was the jail. But we revert to the more immediate details connected with the criminal and the closing scenes of his life. We visited the jail at about 9 o'clock in the morning, and found our friend Sollers, the warden, with anxiety and fatigue in the corner of his eye, he having been up all night with his prisoner. Horn' s Ce11, 10 o'clock.—We have just been admitted to the cell of the doomed malefactor. The officer have this moment knocked off the iron shackles from his legs, having been engaged at it some 126 - CHAMPAIGN AND twenty minutes. Horn then turned to the fire, stirred it up, slat down and warmed his boots, which stood at the hearth, and put them upon his feet. Horn is now in con,versation with the reverend gentlemen in attendance, Messrs. Sarndei and Newman. He is evidently conversing with a freedom and ease of mind and expression that denotes the most perfect composure. We learn from Mr. Sollers, who was up with him during the greater portion of the night, that he remained engaged in reading and prayer until about two o'clock in the morning, when he laid down for about an hour, and appeared to enjoy repose during that time. He then rose and re-applied himself to devotional exercises during the residue of the night. He declined taking any breakfast this morning, the only meal, by the way, he has taken for two or three weeks past, and from Friday last until Monday, he maintained perfect abstinence. He was, however, persuaded to resume his morning meal again, lest he should become too weak to sustain the trying scene of this day unassisted. Half past 10 o'clock.—The Rev. S. Tuston, chaplain of the U. B. Henate, has entered the cell by consent of the criminal, and the reverend gentlemen attending, of course with no purpose of taking any part in the religious exercises. Horn has continued in intercourse with the priests, the conversation being carried on in German. A few minutes since, Mr. Tracy, the sheriff, came into the cell, he having previously visited the prisoner during the morning. At about 20 minutes before 11 o'clock, Mr. Bersch and young Henry Hellman came into the cell. The prisoner directly took the hand of his son and said "Well, Henry," and the youth replied, "Well, father ;" it seemed as much as either could say for the moment. Horn, after interchanging salutation with Mr. Bersch, beckoned his son to the table and took up a variety of papers and pam phlets tied in a bundle, which with a carpenter's rule he delivered to him ; the package appearing rather loose, Horn took up some books, saying "There was a piece of paper here somewhere," and having found it took the bundle again, carefully wrapped it up, and delivered it to his son. They then retired to a corner of the cell, and had some conversation together, which we subsequently understood was in relation to the disposition of the body, Horn expressing a desire that his son, as next of kin, would make a formal demand of it of the sheriff: Mr. Bersch was afterwards called up by Horn, and the three LOGAN COUNTIES - 127 continued the conversation together, Horn appearing exceedingly earnest in his instructions, which related chiefly to the disposition of his body. At the close of this conversation, Mr. Laws, sheriff's clerk, Mr. Wilson, deputy sheriff, and Mr. Cook, deputy high constable, appeared, for the purpose of arraying the criminal. His shroud was produced, and he put it on as composedly as if it had been his daily garb, assisted by the officers, after which his arms were pinioned by a small cord passing from each elbow joint, behind him, having his hands free. This being accomplished, the Rev. Tuston took the prisoner's hand to bid him farewell, he having called for the purpose of a few minutes conversation with him and his son. Mr. Tuston, on parting, said to him : "Keep your eye steadfastly fixed on the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, as the only hope of perishing mortals, and may God have mercy on your soul." The reverend gentleman then shortly withdrew from the cell, and returned into town. The Rev. Mr. Newman, with the prisoner, then occupied a few minutes in prayer during which the tears Came freely from the eyes of the unhappy, man. The minutes now sped rapidly away. Horn entered into spiritual converse with the priests, and remaining standing by their side, manifesting the most wonderful fortitude, and evidently marvelously sustained by the consolatory hope of happiness beyond the awful noon to which the time was fast hastening. At half past eleven Mr. Tracey and Mr. Sollers came into the cell, and intimated to the prisoner that the .time had arrived. He instantly rose, and, preceded by the gentlemen above named, accompanied by the priests, and followed by Mr. Bersch, Henry Hellman, his son, young Mr. Borsch, .and those an the cell present at the time, walked out through the long line of spectators extending to the gallows. Having arrived at its foot, Messrs. Tracey and Sailers, the two clergymen and the prisoner, ascended the steps without any pause, on the scaffold, a short prayer was said, farewells were interchanged, Horn thanking each for their kindness, and then all retired: At exactly 22 minutes before 12 o'clock the trigger was drawn, and the unhappy criminal launched from the platform. He struggled for about four minutes, when, to all appearance, he was dead. THE LOST CHILD. An Account of the Extraordinary Sufferings of John Curl, Son of James Curl, of Champaign County, (now Logan County) Ohio, Aged Seven Years, who was Lost .Eight Days in the Woods. BY JOHN GARWOOD. On the 2d day of the 6th month, in the year 1816, in Champaign county, (now Logan county,) Ohio, it appears that the feelings of the people were greatly aroused. Search was made, with the utmost diligence, far and near, for a child of James Curl, which had wandered away in the woods, and was in danger of perishing with hunger or falling a prey to savage beasts. At, this the people in general appeared greatly affected with so mournful a circumstance, as to he deprived of a precious child in such a sorrowful manner, and since the neighbors have manifested such an unwearied diligence for the relief of the child, it is judged that a narrative of What the child passed through, as near as circumstances will admit, from the time it wandered from its father's house, until it returned, might be of some satisfaction to the public in general. It appears that the child was about seven years old. It is said this child with two of his elder brothers, went into the woods and amused themselves for a time in hunting wild gooseberries; but his two brothers LOGAN COUNTIES - 129 growing weary of their employment, returned home; he continued wandering about until he mistook. his way home, and took the wrong end of the .path ; still hoping that he should soon arrive at Some place that he knew, he was encouraged to press on until time and distance' convinced him of his sad mistake; for he found himself not only bewildered, but in a wilderness, surrounded by wild beasts, and destitute of father, mother, or any other human comforter. After calling aloud for his brothers and getting no answer, he endeavored to vent his grief by letting fall a flood of tears; but what greatly increased his horror, night came on, and he had to take up his lodging in a tree top. Grief and terror prevented him from sleeping for the .greater part of the night. When morning appeared he pursued his lonely travel again—hungry and with a heavy heart. With weary steps he followed the various windings of a stream called Mill Creek, bearing for a while a south-east course; northerly crossing the same several times, supposing it to be Derby Creek, still hoping he should arrive at some house; but his hopes centered in disappointments; he continued traveling until night came on. Ile found nothing to satisfy his hunger save a few wild onions and gooseberries. He then took the side of an old log for his shelter, and laid himself down to rest in the dusk of the evening; but was soon visited by two wild beasts, supposed to have been wolves, seemingly with the intention of devouring him. This terrified him much, as one of them came within a yard of where he was lying, and grinned at him. He then held up his little hand against him, having no other weapon to defend himself with—at which it seemed the beast laid himself down near him! Here we may justly conclude that the God who shut the Lions' mouths, when Daniel (by the king's decree) was cast into their den, bath in a like manner shut the mouths of those savage beasts and preserved this infant. This is certainly a miracle, in our eyes, and may justly lead us to adore that Almighty hand, which condescends to preserve the innocent when in the most imminent danger! Here we say with the Apostles :—"Lord, increase our faith, that we may never distrust thy Providence while we retain our innocency." Here it seems those ravenous beasts had not power to destroy or even hurt this defenseless infant, which no doubt was their intent, if an overruling hand had not prevented them ; so that instead of devouring the child, one of them laid. 130 - CHAMPAIGN AND himself down peaceably by the side of him, seemingly to guard him, until the child overcome with fatigue had closed his eyes to sleep. When he awoke in the morning, he found to his great joy that his company had deserted him. From this place he appears incapable of rendering any correct account of his further daily travels. We must make use of suppositions in some cases, and we think that we may, without violence to the truth, suppose that he continued his course down Mill Creek until he came to a house in the woods, supposed to have been a block-house, as the child states that it was full of holes; but as this was uninhabited by any human being it afforded no assistance to his bewildered and grievous condition. From this place we have a right to conclude that he turned pretty much a northerly course, as his little footsteps were frequently found in that direction, especially on little Mill Creek. By this time the generous inhabitants appeared greatly alarmed for many miles round. They turned out in great numbers; endeavoring to search every hole and corner of a large body of woods, in order, if possible, to rescue the distressed infant from perishing with hunger, or from the jaws of devouring beasts. We have a just right to conclude, from his situation, that he was daily overwhelmed with tears. As was frequently terrified by the sight of wild beasts; especially a large black creature that he saw on a log—supposed to have been a bear. Thus, through fear, sorrow, grief, and hunger, the infant passed on, between hope and despair. Sometimes he was afraid that he would never get out of that dreadful wilderness, but inevitably perish with hunger, or fall a prey to wild beasts. At other times the hope revived his spirits that he should find his own home, or some person's house ; which raised a fresh resolution to press through grievous thickets of hushes, briers and fallen timber, which not only rent his clothes, but likewise his skin —sometimes climbing over, and sometimes creeping under the fallen timber, for about three or four miles — a country almost impassible for man or beast. This laborious travel in his exhausted state, we may. well conclude, required more than manly resolution, yet he performed it. Not only bad he to encounter hunger and fatigue, but cold and frosty nights, almost naked ; and the best shelter or lodging that he could obtain was a tree-top or a hollow log ; whilst stout men who sought him were well clothed, and had a good fire to lie LOGAN COUNTIES - 131   down by, were complaining of being disagreeably cold ; and in this deplorahle condition, we may well conclude, that being overwhelmed with fears, and a number of days and nights being past, and when all hopes seemed gone, and he reduced to the utmost extremity ; then it was that the gracious Eye that had regard to Poor Ishmael, when east under the shrub, and procured his relief, we may justly conclude hath not been wanting in respect to his fatherly regard, in preserving this infant, not only through hunger and cold, by day and by night, from savage beasts, as well as poisonous serpents! Here we may behold the tender mercies of a gracious God, who begets honor to himself by delivering to the uttermost those who have no help in themselves. For after he had permitted almost a multitude of sympathizing people to search for one whole week, with the utmost diligence, and until being almost ready to despair of ever finding the child, here the Lord saw proper to manifest, not only his great power, but his mercy and loving kindness, by opening a way where there appeared no way, and by his own gracious hand led this infant, not only out of a wilderness, but likewise into a house, and placed him in the midst of `the floor before he was discovered by any human eye, where a family dwelt, whose hearts we may justly conclnde the Lord had before prepared to receive. him, and administer relief in the most tender manner, ( for such his afflicted state and condition required.) His clothes were all rent in strings, his skin severely torn with briers and bushes, his feet and legs much swollen, and his body covered with mud. Here he found not coldhearted strangers; but a tender-hearted father and mother, who used every means in their power for the child's restoration ! Here we have a plain instance that the Lord can save, though all the wisdom and power of man fail. We may justly say with one formerly, "What shall we render to the Lord for all his benefits ?" We have likewise witnessed that saying fulfilled : " Though trouble may come over night, joy may spring in the morning." This we think may be very aptly suited to the present circumstance—for, after along night of laborious and fruitless hunting, they found the lost child in the house-floor. The joyful tidings flew on eagle's wings—every heart rejoiced —the people flocked in from every quarter to see the supposed " dead alive, and the lost found." Justly may we suppose that many had the following language in their hearts, if not in their mouths : " Great and marvelous are   132 - CHAMPAIGN AND   thy works, O Lord ! Just and true are all thy ways, thou King of Saints!" Here is not only a miracle in bringing the infant safely through various extremities, but placing him by his wisdom under the most tender care. After the rapture of joy and loud acclamations of the people were a little over, that kind man, Hamuel Tyler, could not rest until he took his horse and conveyed the joyful news of the infant being found to his parents. We must now return to the child, when H. Tyler left him in the care of his tender wife, Margaret, and the other kind people of the neighborhood, who used every means in their power to relieve him from the weak state to which hunger and fatigue had reduced him. His elder brother who had exerted his utmost endeavors, sparing no pains in seeking after him, returned with Samuel Tyler and partook of a rich feast of joy in having his brother convey safely home to his disconsolate parents, which he thought amply compensated him for all his toil — and his parents, like the parable in the scriptures of the return of the lost sheep, find more joy in receiving the lost child, than in all the rest that Went not astray : and we have no doubt that the public in general have been made partakers in a great degree of the same joy ; and especially those who witnessed the labor of both body and mind for the relief of the child. The distance that the child was from its home cannot be correctly ascertained ; but his elder brother and many others who have been several times across the wilderness to the place where he arrived, near the mouth of Bough's Creek, on the Hcioto River, in Delaware County, judge that it is 20 miles on a straight line; but taking the meanderings, we conclude he must have traveled one hundred miles.   Seeing that good may he brought out of evil, and joy from affliction, who knows but our Heavenly Father has intended the present instance of this bewildered child for an alarming lesson of advice to all who may hear of the circumstance. Let them take into consideration the manner in which this child first rambled from his father's house and through a careless indolence what danger, grief and distress he had brought on himself. The danger of never seeing his father's house again; the danger of perishing with hunger; and the danger of being stung by poisonous serpents. Here we have a lively instance of what grievances we may bring on ourselves, for want of a more diligent watch over our steppings along in a temporal sense, which might terminate   LOGAN COUNTIES - 133   with our lives—but if we should take it in a spiritual sense, and ask ourselves the serious question : Have I not been straying from my Heavenly Father's house and exposing myself to a great Spiritual danger ? The one mistake is only for Time ; but the other for an endless Eternity. 0! then, may the above instance awaken us into as diligent a search into the state of our souls, as has been made for the recovery of the lost infant.   134 - CHAMPAIGN AND   LET old and young regard the hand Which sways the sceptre o'er the land, That guards our steps in all our ways, In childhood and in riper days.   This hand upheld the wandering boy, So that no foe could him annoy— When far removed from human aid, In deserts wild he wandering stray'd.   When friends and parents grieving sought, The Lord for him deliverance wrought— And when all search and toil was vain, He brought him safely home again.   Then let it be our daily prayer, While objects of his holy care, That we grow better day by day, And learn to watch as well as pray.   LOGAN COUNTIES - 135   CONCORD MILLS.   M. ARROWSMITH.   DECEMBER 4, 1811.—Concord Mills, three miles west of Urbana, has been the place of my abode for.the last forty years. My parents emigrated from Mason Co., Kentucky. They left on the 3d of December, 1801, seventy years yesterday. They arrived at the place (four and a half miles west of Urbana) the same mouth, where they spent the balance of their days.   I was born at their homestead January 16, 1806. Have never lived out the county except on transient business. There are a few men only that were born in the county and spent their lives in it that are older than I. About the time of my entrance into the world (I have been informed) the Indians manifested a hostile disposition toward the white people.   When six weeks otid it was rumored that they were collecting in large numbers with the intention of massacreing the white people; consequently the latter became alarmed and for mutual protection, (or rather as has been expressed to be convenient for the Indians to do their bloody work without having the trouble of hunting them at their different homes) collected together. Then Col Ward, Col. McPherson and Himon Kenton volunteered to go and see the Indians. They found them on the Miami, at the mouth of Htony Creek, one mile below he village of DeGraff, Logan county. There were 700 warriors with Tecumseh at their head, painted with the war-paint. In making their business known to them, Kenton told them that if they were for war all that they asked of them was to say so; “For," said he, "we have a plenty of men to meet you." The Indians called a council of their chiefs that were present, and after consultation returned the answer that they were for peace."   A little incident occurred while the y were with the Indians. A few years prior to that time there was an Indian called at Demint's   136 - CHAMPAIGN AND   (now Springfield, Clark county,) for something to eat, and for same unknown cause Mrs. Demint refused to give him anything. Whereupon he abused her. Kenton hearing of it soon after, and having six men at hand, ordered each one to give the Indian a certain number of lashes with hickory withes, which were well laid on. The fellow left and had never been seen by Kenton until their interview at the time referred to. The fellow looked sulky; would not so much as notice them. Kenton observing him, invit ed his comrades out, stated to them his condition, and that he had nothing to defend himself with if he was attacked by the wily fellow. One of them had a dirk and gave it to Kenton. They then returned among the Indians. Kenton carrying the weapon in his hand, would strike it into the trees as he walked along as though he was willing to engage in mortal combat with a foe. When the Indian saw that he was prepared in that manner to meet him, he approached Kenton manifesting much friendship, by presenting his hand saying, "Me velly good fiend."   I have seen in the Citizen and Gazette, that you wanted the names and other items of the early settlers of this part of the country. I can give some of them, but not the exact time of the settling. Having heard my parents and contemporaries tell of many, I can therefore name some of them, and after giving the names of a few that I believe were the first to squat down on the frontier, will class others as near as I can by half decades.   The bottom-lands of Madriver and creeks were occupied first, which includes the eastern part of Madriver Tp., in which was the place of my nativity, and in the northeast part of the township. I will name Wm. Owens as the first settler in the township. He came, I should think, in 1797 or 1798, but am not positive.   Next will commence with those at the lower part of the township, as they occur to me : Thomas Redman, Joseph Turman, Wm. Rhodes, Joseph Reynolds, Mr. Clark, Thomas Pierce, Ezekiel Arrowsmith (my father), Elisha Harbour, Henry Pence, Abram Pence, Abram Hhockey, John Wiley, Joseph Diltz, Adam Wise, Thomas Kenton, Christian Htevens, Wm. Kenton (my grandfather) and two sons—William and Mark, Thomas Anderson, Henry Newcomb, Wm. Custor, Hugh McSherry and John Norman, who built about the first grist mill which was on Nettle creek, where B. Wyant's mill is at this time. Norman placed a slight obstruction in the channel of the creek, where he had a wheel for the water to   LOGAN COUNTIES - 137   flow against, and a little primitive gearing set in motion a small stone that he formed out of a boulder that he picked up on his land. When he got his mill to running, he would fill the hopper in the morning, start it to work, and then he would leave to engage in other labor until noon, when the mill would get his services again by replenishing the hopper with grain, and filling the sacks with meal or cracked corn to the same height that they were with corn, he having made a hole in the sack with a bodkin before emptying them.   Will resume with names of early settlers. There are others perhaps that came before 1806, but are included in the first decade. George and John Steinberger, Thomas Runkle (tanner), John Pence, Philip C. Kenton, George Faulkner Wm. Bacom, Henry Bacon, John Taylor, (Nettle Creek,) Arnold Custar, Abram Custer, Archibald McGrew, Hen.,, Wm. McGrew, Matthew McGrew, Archibald McGrew, Jun., Wm. Custer, James Scott, Christian Hashbarger, Mr. Colbert, Sen., John Colbert, Peter Smith, Daniel Pence, John Whitmore, Adam Kite, Charles Rector, Conoway Rector, Samuel Rector, Joseph Reynolds, Jun., Reuben Pence.   I turn to an old record of Sec. 16 of the Township, in connection with those who supported the school. John Moody, George Boswell, Thomas Jenkins, Joel Jenkins, George Ward, Ezekiel Boswell, John Logan, Wm. Stevens, Ephraim Robison, Wm. McGinness, Valentine Miller, Curtis M. Thompson, John Haller, John Hamilton, Archibald Hosbrook, Abraham Stevens, Caleb Baggs, Wm. Beggs, James Beggs, Martin Idle, John Idle, Jacob Idle, Daniel Loudenback, Daniel Hnyder, Jacob and Frederick Tetsler, Henry Evilsizer, James Stevens, Robert McKibbon, Reuben Loudenback, William Jenkins, William Harper, (Baptist minister), Nathan Darnall, Jacob Arney, George Bacon', Levi Rowz, John Rowz, Luther Wait, Elijah Standiford, Isaac Shockey, William Colgan, Frank Stevenson, Henry Phillips, Elijah Rogers, Zachariah Putman, John Taylor (fiddler), Shadrack D. Northeut, William Blue, Richard Blue, Andrew Blue, Samuel Blue, Joshua Darnall, Elijah Bell, Peter Baker, Sen., Robert Underwood, William Salsbury, William Mitchel (Water Witch), Cornelius Blue, Lewis Pence, David Louden back, James Kenton, Abraham Campbell, George Zimmerman, Daniel Pence, Jun., James Sims, Joseph Sims, Benjamin Kite, Emmanuel Kite, Adam Prince. There are   11   138 - CHAMPAIGN AND   many others I have not named. Home have sunk into oblivion. You will receive information from others and in compiling can cull from the above if you find anything worthy of a place in your work.   DECEMBER 20th 1811.—Since writing at a former date I have thought of a thing or two that is known by but few of the present generation, which I feel like rescuing from oblivion, viz :   A FORTIFICATION IN MAD-RIVER TOWNSHIP.   I said above that the Indians manifested a hostile disposition about the year 1806 which continued up to the war of 1812. To the best of my recollection it was in 1807 that the settlers in the valley on the north side of the township, from their exposed condition to the savages, erected a fort by enclosing about one-fourth of an acre with buildings and pickets. It was erected at the residence of Thomas Kenton on the s. w. qr. sec. 12.. t. 4. r. 11. It was quadrangular in form. His two cabins stood about ten feet apart. The space between waste be used as an inlet for any needed purpose and protected with a swinging gate made of split timber. Those pickets were made of split logs planted in the ground and reaching ten or twelve feet high. These fiat sides (for they were doubled) were placed together, thus shutting the joints completely, formed the north side. The east and west sides were made with log buildings, the roofs slanting inwards and high enough on the inside for a door way into them. On the out side about the height of the inner eave was a projection sufficient to prevent the enemy from climbing up, and a space of a few inches was left between the lower wall and jut that could be used for port holes in case the Indians were to come to set fire to the buildings or any other purpose. There was one building about the center of the south side and the other spaces were closed with pickets. There was a well of water within the enclosure. Fortunately, it was, that they never had need of using it for the purpose for which it was erected.   We little fellows of that day were taught to regard the Indians as our natural enemies, for the most of our parents had been reared on the frontiers and many of them had had some experience in the wars with them, and the minds of those that had not were fully imbued with the same way of thinking.   LOGAN COUNTIES - 139   In those early days an Indian came to Thomas Kenton to buy a horse. His horses were out, running at large, as was the custom at that time. They went together to hunt them, and when they found them my father's horses were with them and one-a fine young horse for that day—took .the Indian's eye. He would not even notice any of the others. After enquiring who he belonged to he came to my father to see if he would sell him, and what was his price. Father asked $80. Is offered $70. After parleying a while the Indian held up both hands seven times and one hand once, and on that proposition they traded. He had but $74 to pay down but promised to be back at a certain time to pay the other, which he did at the time promised. This is written to show that there was honor and honesty with the Indians.   About 1818 it was a common thing for the Lewistown Indians with their families to come to this neighborhood in the summer. They would make camps covered with bark in some pleasant shady grove where their squaws and pappooses would stop. The men would hunt deer or lie about their camp. Their squaws were generally busy making or peddling their baskets among the people around about for something to eat. Amongst them on one of their visits was an old acquaintance of my father's, by the name of Cold water. He came to our house to buy some bacon on credit, and promised to pay at some time in specie, for he said he had :specie at home. At that time the banks, or many of them, had failed ; so it was necessary in dealing to have it understood what kind of money was to be used in the trade. They got the bacon, but unlike the other Indian never paid for it. Those two Indians exemplified an old gentleman's expression when speaking of the different religious denominations, "I hope that there are good and bad amongst all of them."   The first religious meeting in the neighborhood was held at my father's by a young methodist minister, which was before my time, James Davison, brother of the late D. D. Davison. He afterwards settled in Urbana and engaged in the practice of medicine, and died in 1816.   Amongst the first methodist preachers I can name, were Hector Sanford, Haul Henkle, Moses Trader, Moses Crume, H. B. Bascom, and David Sharp. There were others in the regular work. In the local work, I remember James Montgomery, Nathaniel Pinckard, Joseph Tatman, Martin and Hamuel Hitt, Robert Miller, — Truitt. Baptist, John Thomas, John Guttridge, Moses Frazer, Sen., ___ Cotterel. The above named ministers occasionally preached, but did not reside here.   140 - CHAMPAIGN AND   ZANE TOWNSHIP, LOGAN COUNTY.   The following is the vote at the first election in Zane township, in 1806, copied from the Poll Book, now in my possession, spelling as found there :   JUDGES, James McPherson, George M. Bennett, Thomas Antrim. CLERKS, Thomas Davis, Henry Shaw. Certified by William McColloch, J. P.   NAMES OF ELECTORS.   Jiles Chambers, Job Sharp, Isaac Zane, Jeremiah Stansbury, John Stephenson, Samuel McColloch, William McCloud, Edward Tatman, Matthew Cavanaugh, James Frail, Abner Cox, William McColloch, Alexander Suter, Isaac Titsworth, John Tucker, Arthur McWaid, William C. Dagger, John Lodwork, John Fillis, Sen. Henry Shaw, George Bennett, Carlisle Haines, Thomas Davis, Samuel Sharp, Daniel Phillips, John Sharp, Thomas Antrim, Charles McClain, James McPherson, John Tilis, Jr John Provolt, Daniel Tucker.   CANDIDATES VOTED FOR IN 1806 IN ZANE TOWNSHIP, THEN CHAM- PAIGN COUNTY, NOW LOGAN COUNTY.   James Pritchard, for Congress. John Starett, for Representative ( Legislature ). George Harlin, for Senate ( Legislature ).     LOGAN COUNTIES - 141   William Ward, for Senate ( Legislature ). Richard Thomas, for Senate ( Legislature ). John Daugherty, for Sheriff. Daniel McKinnon, for Sheriff. Joseph Layton, for Commissioner. John Lafferty, for Commissioner. William Powell, for Coroner. Solomon McColloch, for Commissioner.   It will be remembered that at this time Zane was included in Champaign County, and extended to the Lakes.   NAMES OF FIRST SETTLERS   Not found in the above list, iu Zane Township. Job Sharp, came from _____ , 1801. Joshua Balenger, Sen., came from New Jersey, 1806. Daniel Garwood, came from Virginia, 1806. Abraham Painter, came from _____ , 1809. Robert Branson, came from ____ , 1809. Abisha Warner, came from New Jersey, 1809. Jesse Downs, came from ____ , 1814. John Warner came 1807, a soldier in Wayne's army. John Inskeep, Sen., came 1805, from Virginia.   The above gentleman was elected to the Legislature in 1816, and in conjunction with Gen. Foos, then a member of that body, procured the division of Champaign into two counties; Logan and. Clark.   I would just say Gem Foos is the father 'of Lewis Foos and grandfather of John Foos, Jr., both of Bellefontaine. He has three sons in Springfield, Ohio—William, Gustavus, and John. Joshua Inskeep, came 1807, from Virginia. Job Inskeep, Sen., came 1816, from Virginia. Dr. John Elbert, came 1811, from Maryland. Waller Marshall, came 1810, from Kentucky. Thomas Seger came 1811 from Baltimore. John Sharp. Sen., came 1803 from Virginia. Jonathan Haines, came 1808 from New Jersey. Thomas ntrim, came 1803 from Virginia. Robert Ray, sen., came 1806. Joseph Ray, son of the above, came 1806.   142 - CHAMPAIGN AND   Moses Euans, came 1806, soldier of Revolution. Joseph and Wm. Euans, sons of the above, came 1806. John Cowgill, came 1807. Samuel Balenger, came 1810. Joshua Balenger, son of the above, came 1810. John Balenger, brother of Joshua, 1810. Wm. Asher, came 1808. John Asher, son of the above, came 1808. Josiah Outland, came, from North Carolina 1806. He had 16 children by one wife; 11 boys and 5 girls. All lived to be men and women. Boys all farmers and plowed their own land and occupied a respectable position in society. Joseph Curl, Sen., came from Virginia, 1809. Joseph Curl, Jr., came from Virginia, 1809. Joseph Stratton, Sen., came 1810. Joseph Stokes, Lieut. in war of 1812, came 1808. James Stokes, came 1808.   FIRST SETTLERS IN JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.   Dr. James Crew was one of the first physicians in the country-he was a member of the Legislature. He will long be remembered by his fellow-citizens. Martin, Samuel, Robert, and David Marmon, came 1806. John Brown, came 1806. Henry Newsom, colored, (first in the county,) came 1806. Jeremiah Reams, came 1807, soldier in war of 1812.   For other names in this township see first election, 1806, found elsewhere in this work.   Monroe Township.   Robert Frakes came from Kentucky 1810. Nathan Gilliland from Virginia 1810. Samuel McColloch came 1803. The Rev. George McColloch, son of the above, came 1803. Samuel McColloch was the first Representative to the Legislature from this county-then Champaign county.   LOGAN COUNTIES - 148   Thomas Athy came 1809 ; drummer in the war 1812. Zabud Randel came from New York 1810. George Moots came from PennSylvania 1809. Conrad Mots came from Pennsylvania 1809. Charles Moots came from Pennsylvania 1809. George Green came from Kentucky 1810. Wm. Williams, Henry Williams and Obadiah Williams, came from Virginia, 1814. Jacob Johnson, came from Kentucky, 1811. The above gentleman had 6 sons, 4 of whom are preachers. Jacob, John and William Paxton, brothers, came about 1814. Nicholas Pickerel, first Sheriff Logan county, came 1813. Henry Pickerel came 1813. Err Randel came 1810.   Liberty Township.   Samuel Newel came from Ky., about 1806 or 1807; his brother came about the same time, and also the Blacks ; Captain Black was Captain in the war of 1812, and in Wayne's army. Hugh Newel, John Newel and Thomas Newel all came from Kentucky. Samuel Newel was for many years a member of the Legislature of Ohio, and held several county offices ; his son Joseph likewise filled several important positions, bath in the. State and county. Judge McBeth, father of Newton McBeth, of Bellefontaine, came in 1811: Judge McBeth died while a member of the Legislature of Ohio. The following are also early settlers : Dr. John Ordway, Dr. Leonard, James Walls, Garrett Walls, John Cornell, Richard Roberta, Huston Crocket, Cartmel Crocket, Robert Crocket, Hiram M. White, George White, John M. Smith, Benjamin Ginn, Thomas Milton Glover, Ralph E. Runkle, Dr. Taylor, Rev. Jeremiah Fuson, Joshua Buffington, George F. Dunn, Samuel Taylor. All of the above are early settlers in Champaign and Logan counties.   144 - CHAMPAIGN AND   Bokescreek Township.   Simpson Hariman came here at an early day from Pennsylvania, and taught school twenty years ( or eighty terms). The following are early settlers : Alexander McCrary, John W. Green, John Bell, Sen., Jesse Fosett, Elijah Fosett, Archibald Wilson, Charles Thornton, Andrew Roberts, Scranston Bates, Ebenezer Hathaway, Lewis Bates, Gardner Bates, Bliss Danforth, Jacob Keller, James R. Curl, Levi Lowering, Saul Smith, Henry Bell, Moses Bell, Jacob Early.   Rush Township, Champaign County.   NAMES OF FIRST SETTLERS.   Hezekiah Spain, Jordon Reams, J. P. Spain, Hurburd Crowder, William Spain; Thomas Spain, John Peterson Hpain, Jr., Daniel Spain and John Crowder all came from Dinwiddie county, Virginia, 1805.   Joshua, Htephen, Daniel and Edwin Spain came from Virginia 1807. Thomas Good came from Virginia 1807. Samuel Black, ,1810. Peter Black, son of the above, 1810. Most all the following named persons are from the New England States: Thomas Erwin,. Jacob Fairchilds, Erastus Burnham, Anson Howard, Pearl Howard, Sylvester Smith, John McDonald, Stephen Cranston,.Ephraim Cranston.   The above are the first settlers in the vicinity of Woodstock.   Samuel Calendar came from New York 1814. He has two sons now living in North Lewisburg, Ohio—John and Elisha Calendar.   He was a soldier in the war of 1812.   LOGAN COUNTIES - 145   Perry Township.   What is now Perry township was first settled in 1805, by John Garwood, who, with his family, emigrated from Culpepper county, Virginia. His son, John Garwood, was the first Justice of the Peace, who held the office for many years. Levi Garwood was associate Judge for Logan county, for three successive terms. His son James is still living in the township, having been a resident about sixty-seven years. John Garwood built the first mill shortly after arriving here, prior to which they had to go forty miles down Darby Creek to mill. Samuel Ballinger, from New Jersey, and James Curl, from Virginia, came here about 1808, of whom a large number of descendants still remain. Thomas James located here in 1810, and his son Thomas occupied the same farm until recently. Many of the family are still here. Christopher Smith moved in about 1812, and was Justice of the Peace for some time. Many of the universal Smith family still remain. Anthony Bank, colored, settled here in 1810. Isaac Hatcher came from Virginia in 1816, and was noted as being wealthy for those days. Richard Humphreys, from Wales, located here about the same time. Josiah Austin, from New Jersey, settled here in 1820, and his son C. H. Austin now occupies the same farm. William Hkidmore, from Columbiana county, settled on Millcreek in 1821, and his sons Joseph, Daniel, Joshua and Isaac, still reside in the same neighborhood, with a large retinue of descendants. The first Post-office established was called Garwood's Mills, Isaiah Garwood being the first. Postmaster. East Liberty is now located on the old farm of John' Garwood, and is noted for its fine fountains or overflowing wells. Herbert Baird, a Methodist minister from Petersburg, Va., came here in 1829. On this farm in 1841 a tragedy occurred, resulting in the death of Ballard, Baird's son-in-law, who was killed in a quarrel by a man named Ford, the only murder ever being known to be committed in the township. Ford VMS tried and acquitted on the grounds of self defense. The first physician in the township was Dr. J. W Hamilton; from Pennsylvania, who located in 1836, and still resides in East Liberty.   Thus from an unbroken wilderness in 1805, has arisen a populous and highly cultivated region, dotted with school-houses and Churches, and other evidences of thrift and prosperity.   146 - CHAMPAIGN AND   JOHN ENOCH.   The gentleman whose name is at the head of this article, like Governor Vance and Henry Weaver, whose names may be found in these sketches, is identified with the history of Champaign and Logan counties. He was born in Butler County, Ohio, in the year 1802. He commenced business in life under rather gloomy circumstances. He told me he had very little besides a good constitution and a "will to try." He learned early in life to "paddle his own canoe." I think he told me he had but one week's schooling.   He was married early in life to Miss Kelly, a sister to Peter Kelly, now deceased, formerly Sheriff of Logan county. He told me he had but- two dollars in money when he was married, and he gave that to Billy Hopkins to marry him. Mr. Enoch is a practical farmer and stock merchant. Considering the difficulties he had to overcome, perhaps there are but few who have been more successful in life than he has.   There is no business on a farm but what he can make a full hand at, from cutting cord wood to splitting rails, putting up fence, plowing, planting, or driving oxen. In the latter employment, it has been said he is one of the best in the State. He says, however, very much of his success in business is due to the industry, economy and prudence of his amiable lady. Like himself, she inherited a good constitution, and with her early training in all the departments of housekeeping she entered on her duties as a wife and mistress of her own house, with confidence and self-reliance. Mr. Enoch told me her prudence and timely counsel had saved him from a great deal of trouble. One little circumstance will illustrate this: Mr. Enoch never allowed any of his hands to "play off" on him in any business, for, as I have said, he was a good hand at any work on a farm. All he wanted was an honest day's work, and that he was bound to have. Moreover, he never wanted any one to do any more in a day than he could. He had a lot of hands   LOGAN COUNTIES - 147   husking corn and he thought they were not doing him justice, and resolved on discharging them. As usual he consulted Mrs. Enoch. She remarked that it might be in the condition of the corn. He said he would go into the field and husk one day, and, then he would know what the trouble was. He did so, and at night when he returned home, his wife asked about the corn. He said he was perfectly satisfied it was the corn, and not the hands, that was at fault. The husk was unusually close to the ear, and the ear was small.   Mr. Enoch has one of the best farms in the State, in the quality of the soil, timber and water. It is true it is not as large as some, there being only about two thousand acres, but in the above qualities, believe it unsurpassed. His farming land lies on Mad River and Mackacheek, and is watered by those beautiful streams, and is about two miles from the village of West Liberty, all under fine cultivation, with good and substantial buildings.   JOHN SHELBY   Was an early settler in Logan county. He came here about the year 1810. He was ten years in the Legislature of Ohio, giving entire satisfaction to his constituents. His widow is now living near Huntsville, and is now eighty-five years old.   RIDDLE & RUTAN.   Abner Riddle and William Rutan are early settlers in Logan County. They now live in Bellefontaine, and are engaged in banking and trading in stock. I have been acquainted with those gentlemen from their boyhood. Both of them were mechanics, and poor ; but, like others mentioned in these sketches, by dint of close application to business, fair dealing and promptness in their business engagements, they have accumulated comfortable fortunes. I might speak of others, who, perhaps, have excelled them in the accumulation of property ; but, I have named them because I have known them from their youth, and because they are about a fair average of the business men of our country, who commenced business without capital and have made it a success.   148 - CHAMPAIGN AND   NOAH Z. McCOLLOCH,   Has held several offices in the County of Logan. He has been Auditor, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, and Clerk of the Supreme Court, and Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. In all those important trusts, he showed marked ability and the strictest integrity.   JOHNNY APPLESEED.   W. D. Haley contributed to Harper's Monthly, for November 1871, an account of this strange and remarkable character, w roamed about the State of Ohio from the opening of the present century to his death in 1847. Col. James, of Urbana, who was some aquainted with him, he having called on him several times at Urbana, thinks Mr. Haly a little extravagant in his description of his personal appearance.   This strange personage was frequently in Champaign and Logan counties, and had nurseries in each of these counties about 1809, but I have not been ahle to find the location of but one of them. His nurseries in Champaign, I think, were in the south-west part of the county. The location of one mentioned above is in Logan, and on the farm now owned by Alonzo and Allen West, on Mill Branch about six hundred yards west of their residence. Waller Marshall and Joshua Ballenger, both inform me they have trees in their orchard from this nursery bearing good fruit. Job Inskeep just now informs me he heard him say he had another one somewhere on Stony Creek.   The "far West” rapidly becoming only a traditional designation : railroads have destroyed the romance of frontier life, or have surrounded it with so many appliances of civilization that the pioneer character is rapidly becoming mythical. The men. and women who obtain their groceries and dry-goods from New York by rail in a few hours have nothing in common with those who, fifty years ago, " packed " salt a hundred miles to make their mush palatable, and could only exchange corn and wheat for molasses and   LOGAN COUNTIES - 149   calico by making long and perilous voyages in flat-boats down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. Two generations of frontier lives have accumulated stores of narrative which, like the small but beautiful tributaries of great rivers, are forgotten in the broad sweep of the larger current of history. The march of Titans sometimes tramples out the memory of smaller but more useful lives, and sensational glare often eclipses more modest but purer lights. This has been the case in the popular demand for the dime novel dilutions of Fenimore Cooper's romances of border life, which have preserved the records of Indian rapine and atrocity as the only memorials of pioneer history. But the early days of Western settlement witnessed sublimer heroism than those of human torture, and nobler victories than those of the tomahawk and scalping-knife.   Among the heroes of endurance that was voluntary, and of action that was creative and not sanguinary, there was one man whose name, seldom mentioned now save by some of the few surviving .pioneers, deserves to be perpetuated.   The first reliable trace of our modest hero finds him in the Territory of Ohio, in 1801, with a horse-load of apple seeds, which he planted in various places on and about the borders of Licking Creek, the first orchard originated by him being on the farm of Isaac Stadden, in what is now known as Licking County, in the State of Ohio. During the five succeeding years, although he was undoubtedly following the same strange occupation, we have no authentic account of his movements until we reach a pleasant spring day in 1806, when a pioneer settler in Jefferson County, Ohio, noticed a peculiar craft, with a remarkable occupant and a curious cargo slowly dropping down with the current of the Ohio River. It was "Johnny Appleseed," by which name Jonathan Chapman was afterwards known in every log cabin from the Ohio River to the northern lakes, and westward to the prairies of what is now the State of. Indiana.Htate two canoes lashed together he was transporting a load of apple seeds to the Western frontier, for the purpose of creating orchards on the farthest verge of white settlements. With his canoes he passed down the Ohio, to Marietta, where he entered the Muskingum, ascending the stream of that river until he reached the mouth of the Walhonding, or White Woman Creek, and still onward, up the Mohican, into the