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VOL. XLVIL WIXXSBOIIO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 0, 1893. KO. 52. THE SILVER MEN FORMALLY ENUNCIATE THEIR DE-1 MANDS IM CONVENTION. The Shf?i 111 rto Law Must N??t lie Kei>(*al?t<l I Except by Act KfNtorirjr Fiep Coinage J ?CteveSanc! "CusMs??<i Out'* l?y Snme of J the Chicago. August 2.?There was lit tie delay in calling: to order the second day's session of i he silver convention, and it is whispered among tne delegates that there has been trouble in securing funds for a continuance of the convention. As soon as ( hairman Thurman called the body to order this tnor^iig, J.S. Dougherty, of Texas, in a voice that could be heard to the roof, move! that the roll of States be called for appoint meet of a committee to d-.-vise a plan ana consider ways and means l^r impressing upon Congress the ruin and peril now threatening all our national interests by the demont-tiz I'ioa of silver. He claimed that the proceedings of the convention were not b^ing fully reported to the country, and the ut ed existed for an immediate resolution. Several objections were made on technical grounds, and Gen. Warner, announced that the committee on reso^ Jutions would fully cover the subject. A The subject was dropped, and a dis~ ~thn IT niorhto c%+' pctcUIi Ui jiieruu? hwuj tut &&" Labor of St. Louis was read. It was stated that the assembly Las adopted resolutions fur the free and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of 1*5 to 1. This was received with applause. The committee on resolutions not being ready to report, speeches were in order to lill up the waiting liuae. Ex-Senator Hill of Colorado was the first speaker: uext came Representative Francis JS'ewlands of JN'ev^do, United States Senator Allen of Nebraska, and S. C., ? - - " "t . Tkrtr*-? momasoi v^oiorauu. -a.it.ci im. iuuur as had concluded, the convention took a recess UDiil 2 o'clock. At that tour the committee on resolutions presented a loug preamble and resolutions, which were adopted with but, slight g. amendments. ?- The preamble asserts that the law of - 1823, which demoralized silver, was originated by one Erurst, Seyl, a Londoa banker, who c-.un: to the United States as theemissaiv of the moneyed classes or Europe lor that purpose. The resolutions declare, first, that there must be no compromise of this q lestiuu. An legislation demonetizing silver and restricting the coinage thereof m_st be immediately and completely rt-prahd by an act restoring the coinage of the country to the conditions established by the soundness of the nation, and which continued for over eighty years, without complaint from any part or our people. Every hour's delay in undoing the corrupt work of Ernest Seyd and our foreign euemies is an insult to the dignity of theAmeiican people, a crushing burden on their DrosDeritv.and an attempt I to place us again under the yoke from . trhiph (ieorffa Wa*hn?srt?? ???wl companions rescued us. We protest against, the linancial policy of the United St*res being made upon the opinion or policies of any foreign government, and assert the power of this | nation to st^nd on its own feet and f legislate for itself upon all subjects. ^ Second, we assert that the only remedy I ~ror our metalic financial troubles is to |L open the mints of the nation to gold BB and silver on equal terms, ?he old ra tio of sixteen of silver to one of gold. Section 3 says tne Sherman Act of S? July 14,1S90, was the device of the B tnerry to prevent the restoration of lrte coinage, and we protest against its repeal except by an act restoring free bimetalic coin. Section 4 asserts that the calamities which now afllict the American people are not due to the Sherman Act of 1SOO and that matters would be still worse hur tnr tht> urt If. insist-} nnfiT* t.he full execution of that law in the matter of purchase of silver and the issue r 01 clrcuiaiii?S?.l.aiHiiii1 _ The fifth resoiuuon cans attcStiCS" to tne fact ttjat. u.t-i^nai bark and legal teuder mo .ley of w. .ttever kind has not fallen in value a particle, and sutr gests for the consideration of our lellow citizens that the refusal ol the opponents of hitneliliisin to propose auy substitute fur the present law or to elaborate any plan lor me futurw indicates either an ignorance of our financial needs or an unwillingness lo take the public into their confidents; 4-aud wedenounie the attempt to unconditionally repeal the Sherman law as an attempt to secure gold monometallism in riagrant violation of the last national piattorms ol all the political partits." The lepoit was read by Ignatius jL/UilUCUY dLU CAyiaiUtu ?.?J rAVVucuvi Reagan of Texas. A resolution, not embractd iu the & platform, was also adopted, providing r tor the selection of a committee, to act iu conjunction with the American National .Business League, joiuilv, to devise a plan to proviae *ays anil iru-aus for impressing upuii Congress acd the people the impending perils from the iiuai demonetization of silver and the adoption of a single standard. lne following gentlemen were presented by the various Mate delegations ;:S the committee on ways and means; Alabama. .J. C. Macning; Florida, J. Orchids; North Carolina, J. 11. Manton; Tennessee. Rice A. Pierce; Virginia, 1. L Johnson. The platform wis not presented promptly at the opening ol Uie aiternoon m-s;?k.l\ and sDeecnes were again iu orcer as a stop-aap. l?x-Cot;gi essman llice Pierce ct' Teuntssee, the lieutenant ot (Jhairuiau Dlaud in trie last Congress, was received with great enthusiasm, and proceeded to niaKe a speech, which was the sensation of the cay in its arraignment or i'resiaent Cleveland. "i alii here af; a Democrat," said he. "JJcuiccracy had no part in the demonetization of silver. The Democratic party does not believe it. [Applause.] 1. say here, without fear >t Contradiction, because 1 speak from the record, that the D< mocratlc representatives t'rtm the ^outh and the West, constituting ihe over whelming majority of the Democrats upon the .ioor <>:' Congress, ha\>.every litue ttat lree Sliver nas bec.j presented, cast lheir votes iu the m. crest ot I tie people ^ overwhelmiLgly lur tte tree and uuB limited coinage (1 sii\>r. [Applause.J W It is light that i thoulU say tins, w:,ich ?? isthe truth. The truth nevtr hnris ? any hotly.'' A voice?What will ChviLicul do? [Appu;use.! "Clevt-ian 1 dots Lot represent I he* Democratic party." quickly retorted the ex-Coiigressujar\ auu then ttie convention broke loose. Men jumped to ttuiri'eet and chetred, whiie a hundrea voices yelled, "That'sit! he repiesents Wall street." "i say today," resutntd Mr. Th ree. "That Grover CleVrLtud is a man who claims to reprtseht the Democratic Knf ,h\us rmf r^tilvsenT. ir tie lillS yai , k/uv v?vvM . vr. .? ? I represents lis position on t hib question. [ [Applause.] l>o you know why Cleveland was nominated?" voice?Stven hundrtd thousand [Applause.} "*"Our p>.vtie throughout; the South thought Grovt? ('levciand was the. man to protect thpra gainst the force bill. We also believed that he was an honest man and would not attempt to go against the interest or the will ot' his party upon any question. The leaders were mistaken in Urover Cleveland's action, as today shows." (Applause and hisses j During all this time, the Populists, who have never forgiven Mr. Pierce tor adhering to the Democratic party jlast fall, had been restle.-s and interJ ruptions were frequent. A (leorgia I friend of hx-uongressman 10111 ?aison yelled: "How do^s Crisp stand V" "Charles F. Crisp." answered Mr. Pierce, "has stood for twelve Jong years by the people on every vote in Congress in support of the free coinage of silver, and I cannot believe that he will play the J udas ana betray trie men who made him speaker and the people whom he represents and who sent him to Congress." [Applause followed by hisses from the Populists.] "IIow about Cir.isle?" veiled a delegate. "If Carlisle favors the unconditional n-p-al of the Sherman Act," rep ied Mr. Pierce, "he has gone back on his record acid on all the people whom he has represented iti Congress for years." [Cheers and hissn.v] After Mr. Pierce ha l resinned bis seat, President Thurman. why had yesterday, in his openii.g address, expressthu nnr<nnnl regard for President Cleveland, criticised Mr. Pierce for drifting: into a partisan discussion. Tne convention adjourned sine die. Grasshopper I'ei'. Axxisto.v, Ala., Aug. 1.?Grasshoppers nave appeared in greit numbers in Choeeolocco Valley, live m:les Southeast of this place. Corn, cotton, grasses, vegetables and every green thins; have been destroyed on many farms, and evr z trees and shrubbery are not spared. The leaves are eaten otr and < he trees lett perfectly bare. On the Grass mere farm of Capt. f. G. J3ush probably the most damage has been d me. Tne growing crops on his farm have been f.otallv ruined. Cotton leaver, bolls, ard in some instances young stalks have been devoured by tne pests, and corn ha* i ?red no better. The fodder blades a -.d sbuck irom around the ear have all succumbed to tbe grasshoppers. They attacked a three acre tic-Id of clover Thursday and today the lields reminds one of the dead of winter, as not a trace of vegetation is to be seen. Gardens in the infested neighborhood are a complete wreck, .Bush's farm is but little worse than many others, aud uniess something is doueto kill out the insects all the crops m the valley will be totally ruined. The grasshoppers are the usual variety?green in color and about 1}{ inches ion?. Strenous efforts are being made to kill them out. Piles of dry straw are placed in trie miesiea ueiu ana the insects driven into them and then the whole set ou tire, but ttie number does not seem to decrease at all. Squads of men oa the infested farms are working day and night to annihilate the little pests, for unless sometning is done to get lid of them the work of the farmers for the year will have amountj,ed to naught. It? FlajrrHUttf Delicto. I Greenville, S. C., August 2.?The unwritten law is more effective aua certain in South Carolina lhau the written. Murderers and thieves go unwhipped of justice, but the rapist and seducer are called, and the rope and shotgun respond. John ilicks, an iudustrio~us and honest farmer, near Pelzer, has been living happily with his wife, a woman who bore an txcellant character, aud was, until yesterday, a contented man, with everything to make home pleasant. Jeff lfcynolds, a neigh Dor, was always welcome to the house of Ilicks. Littls did flicks suspect that Reynolds, a devil iri disguise, was undermining and destroying bis happy houie. Yesterday afternoon, all unconscious of J trouble, without a suspicion of any wrong, Hicks suddenly can e upon Reynolds and Mrs. Hicks in a compromising situation. The wronged husbaod gave no expression to his ieelmgs, but qui?i!v 5?Qured his gun and emptied two lo;ids of DueksBoifrhod.y of the seducer. Medical atteutiou was given Keynolds at once, and u. was round that forty live shot had taken effect in his side and abdomen. Reynolds was alive this afternoon, but there is little hope that he will recover. Public sentiment upholds Hicks in his quick vengeance in destroying the destroyer of his rioue. From all information, no suspicion of wrong-doing has attached to Mrs. IJicks previous to the discovery }esterday, and it is the opinion of neighbors mat Reynolds has >1^11iioT-Mt-iJtr t<?lthe ?/nirmn for UV/ilUVlUl/V,4J ? vuv.f vv? vc*v . v- - ? - , the purpose of ruining her.?State. A Flsliy Vhtij. Kkcwxlow, Miss., Aug., 1.?George Wiley, sou ot a well known colored man living iu IVarl liiver swamp, Jones county, lefr. home Moada*- mornii:g to go on a tisbing excursion taking with him a long, stout rope line such as is generally used among the natives torcatchiug large cattish. A shepherd dog aceoaipanied him. Early tne same evening the dog came hack to the house alone auu whined and jumped ahout the old man iu such <tn unusual manner as to attract his attention. The old man went out iu the yard ana the di g sprang out in lrouc of hirn, ruoniug a lew yards and then coming Dack and pulling at his clothes* Convinced that something was amiss, Wi ley followed the dog and was led to a point ou the river about hve miles irotu the house. where he fout-.l the liteless bjuy of his boy suspended jy one leg from an overhanging limb 03 a hne which ran over the bou^h and extended far mto the river. Investigation sh-.-wed that the boy had thrown his line o\>r the ojugb to give his catch better play, and men, for greater security. had tied the end around his leg. A lyO-pouu?i ca iiiii had seized the bait audhauied the lad up to the bough and wrapped the line f.ist rumdiliej willows in us struggles to escaue. Attempit il A>Hauit, COLl'.MBIA, S. C, All?. News reached The city this ruornin? ut an attempted criminal assault which occurred on the laylor plantation, live miles the other side ol' the iivrr, in I h'-xinetuii couQty, yrsteiday a tier1 noon. Invest) gal ICQ deVeiopru tilt* I fact that yt-sterday afternoon whilr Ned Wilson, colored, and his wife u ere Saway from home. Mallv Chester. better known as Maliy \\ illiams, colored,! | attempted to on;rage their litiln teu| year-old daughter, lie lolloped her | LiuiLi 11icr 1:1$, aatvuiK tuc j whereabouts of hrr parents and hrothjer, and, lindiufr them all away from home, seized her and attempted the crime, ^he St reamed and her brjther, a youth, went to her assistance, whereupon Chester ran. The matter was reported to her father oa his return home, and lie went to Ijrookiand last n;ght and srot a posse of negroes from [there and returned to where Tester vvas. ile was caught without trouble I and would have heeu lynched but for the timely mteiference of Mr. Albert Taylor, who prevented them from iyncniucr mm, a.s l nesier naa ikjl committed tneoutrage. Chester was turned loose, but will probably be caught to. night and severely whipped.?Journal. J SERVED THEM RIGHT. THE ASSAILANTS OF MRS SIGHTLER LYNCHED AT GASTONWill Tftoinpsm's Capture anil Confemlon He lis i?11<- *t< tl Tom Frt-fUoii and H *n<ly Kalgl^r, and all Three of Tljem are promptly btruas Up. Gaston, Lexington Co, S. C. July 30. As the suu arose oo the beautiful Sabbath morn'iQi: at (raston, the star of Will Thompson sei forever, and his soul went to the judgment bar of Oae mightier than his fellow-men. His silent and stitl'ened bods' now swings to aud fro in the breeze, along the line of the railroad track, bathed iu his life blood, which lljwtfj from hundreds of bullet wuuuds witb which his body was perforated?a menace to all raj?sts. It was a fearlul crime to-- which Thompssn's life paid, in part, iue penalty. The crime was honible; the execution was U-rr'Mfi. Ttiere was no element ol doubt to fe.._jr in the case, the liend confessing his guilt and telling over and over again the details of the manner in which he aud nis allies executed their well-planued cnm.. The executors acted in a very orderly iuuuuer, auu up tu tut; iiwrnuui, 'rtueu tbev carried out their determination to inflict upon the criminal punishment commensurate with the crime, they appeared calm and cool, but were as determined as wolves pursuing their prey. Will Thompson was cool to the last, al though several times he broke down and she1.4 tears. He was nW-.a every opportunity to prav, but he steadfastly relumed that privilege, and m^i his doom without a praser upon his lips. He knew tt.a'. he was ,Tuds;e Lynch's victim from the llrst, aud seemed resisnctto his t"tie He, however, had not the fortitude that ine negro Pjterson had at Denmark, but Peterson did not, have to endure what he went through. It has been told how be was captured last night aud taken ihrouM the emutry to Gastou. Wheu that was ?;oiag on mns' ..t'ttip npwsiianor m<?n anil nianv others were out on a special train up at Irmo. I reiurued with this party just as he ha J left the city. Knowing the inevitable result the newspaper men, by extraordinary elibrts at that time of the mglu?3 a. m.?secured, through the kindness ot the South Bouud railroad au tbO;ities a special train. Upon ill's train the newspaper correspondents and other citizens oi Columbia went in haste to Gaston. The Columbia party reached Gaston iu a short time, and told the people of Gaston that the lieud nad at last been caught. They did not know it RECEIVED THE NEWS WITH CHEERS. Runners were sent out ail over the country to points where the men of the town were stationed on the hunt lor this same man. la the meantime the men ot the town who were at home begai to cocue ou', all armed 10 the teeth. Thus matters stood for a while. The prisoner had not arrived, but just before daylight Columbians who had come Dy private conveyance, began to arrive and reported the party with the prisoner only a short distance behind. Mr. John G. Capers of Columbia, on behalf ot the men oi the town, addressed the crowd and asked those from Columbia not to take any part in the affair but to let the citizens of the place handle the prisoner, and above all things to wait till runners could get to Mr. Arch Sightler, the husband of the victim, aud secure his presence, because he having an unwritten right higher than anyone else's, hid b'uen promised that if the negro was brought in he would be kept onh (HI Kio np'rmol 'Pln? 'lion /li_ oaiv L?in LIi?3 am T CLI IUV uiunu uivided into clusters and waitsd. discussing the situation freely. .Every uow and then some ol the men who had been cut on the hunt: haviu? been reache 1 by the runners, came in cheering. About 5 o'clock some of the .capiyrs of the liead came icto town without their prlsoucTC luijuify 4^v-t.h oped the tact tnat they had hidden him away iu the woods. Ttiey wanted the $100 regard which had been ollered ior itie capture or the man by the citizens jf the town, claiming tbut Ibey, noi bein^ residents of the town, were detectives for revenue only. Then another wait followed. lu the meautime Mr. Fred Jacobs, a Columbian, one of the captors, told me the sLorv of the eanture. Ha said ihiL yesterday one of them wa3 iu Mr. Keenau's office iu Columbia, wneu that gentleman menuoued that Mrs. S. iloltzhouaer, who was in the city, had said it;ac a man tkuu^ the description ol the man wauted by mem. had been hire i by her husband at his turpentine farm about sixteen miles above Columbia. They made up their little party ol three and left the city about 3 o'clock for the HoUziiouser place. Wueu they i;oi there tt?ey toiU au old man what they WdDted aud he told them whsre the lei low they were buuf ug was. The negro saw itieiu wheu n.oy were pretty close close upou him. He slarte.. to run oil, !?ul Mr. Jaco.js uud Mr. Henry GnlKu cuveie'i ban with their pistols, uud theu tied h:m with ropes aud brought him alotiij. Lrpou starting oil'be toid i;;eoi that his tame was Will Thompsou, aud theu related ' he story ot the crin. which he hub.- tquentiy stuck to without variaiiou. He did not seeiu to be very much lri^uteued though .j-peariug to b-j wry uueasy. He toul tuc.ui that he had Qiade his peace with Lis God, aud was ready to uie. An old ruz >r was touud iu his pocket. He sail! that when tie got to <- m nver he had stolen the boat and came across just as has alrtauy beeh told. Helelt ooat ou the sand b.ir au-! went Loan old man's hcus-i. This old man nad s;iv?rii him an entire change ot clothes and trie razor, aud had told him to rJe lend himsell with t:.e rcZ ?r in case iic was attacked. He bal no;, told ;be old man oi h;s cr.me. He came through (.'olumo.a on the streets and cut oil" tor the turpeutiue larm. lie sa\$ tne pursuers ?Vcre never closs behind uiui. At 5:3u o'clock the women and chiidren ot tne town be^au to appear on the -treeis, seemiadv taKin^ in all absorbing interest in what was ijoiuii on around ihe depjt. Shortly alter ttils the announcement v/as made that a Columbian had agreed to stand lor Mr. Subtler iu Lhe matter of the reward and that the prisoner would be brought up and turned over lu the crowd. All the crow J then went down t!ie road about half a mile. There Lhu meu w.-.o ha?l chariie of itie prisoner ordered tverv one 10 bait, lei hug Lilt'in that io a short tunc Li.ey would bring the negro to them. Every one waited. la '.he meantime Mr. Goodwyu, and oilier well kno^rn citizens cl the place, came up. There was now considerable suppresseu cAUvcuicub. xau mca UJ goiDij to Lexington jail for the oiner auuro, Handy, was discussed but it was thought best to waH. Ia about half an hour's time a wagon fall of countrymen armed with double barrelled shot guns came from down the road. They joined the party in waiting. Shortly afterwards the buggies containing those who had captured the man in trie distance, moving slowly. The nesro was in the lirst one. There was a rope around his neck the end ot which was held by Mr. Grillio. A Columbian waa the other occupant ot the buggy. Men armed with guns walked on each side ot the buggy. Just betore they reached the waiting crowd old heads ad vised all to keep quiet and cool. Here Thompson was closely questioned, the tacts developed beiug the same as ionnd belaw. _ ""hen the procession move-.i on towards -the town, armed men juarding the buggy. When in a short distauce oi the town, a halt was made and all but the newspaper men were requested to go ahead as it wa3 desired that they should hear the fellow tell the whole story. THE NEOKO'S FULL CONFESSION. When the bav was lold to tell all he ! knew and tell only the truth, he began to cry. and said, "You know I never told ! you a lie yet." Handy was out in the I lieldon Monday night, he said, when he, was going to Ilec McCaw's house, met him. Iliindy told him to come go with nim !t;at night. He was not going far from ibere. He said "I'm gwine somewhat tonight." He asked Handy where it was. Handy said "I ain't going to tell you till we get at the door. I turned round and told him I did not want to. Then he told me I had to go and lired his pistol at me, the ball passing through my shirt close to my skin. I told him I did not want to go with him. He t-'-ld me I would have to 20 or ne would shoo? my G?d d?d heart out. Tnen I told him I would go but I did noL want to. I told him we had no business at Mr. Arch Sightler's house. We met Tom Preston at the house at the f-:ice. I just stood there aud thought I *.bat Handy was going to k'll me. We did not talk out loud but in a whisper. I He told Torn >ve were goias: into the house. Handy went oil' a little piece audsildowa on a rock. Then Handy look a walkius: stick I had brought from up to Mi . Good-vyn's house and broke the glass out,. I never sjive ic to him. He took it. Tom jumped up there ou the bannister when the ijlass was broke. Then Handy histed the window. I was down on the ground. Handy was the first mm that tot in. I was the next. Iliudv stood in thawiniiov with a pistol in his haud. Before this we I had era-vied uuder the house for a whiie. They would not. let me rua. It I had run Htady would have shot me sure. I got in wiudow last. When I got in the house Ilaud y took hold ot the woman who was lyin^ on the bed asleep. She made one holler. She asked Handy if that was him. He told her it was. She tnld the h >v to li??ht. the lamn. but Handy told liicn if he did ho would knock his d?n head oil. She told Haodv 'you just lei rue alone and I'll give up, and it you go away I'll never "say anything about it." Those boys said thev was going to have what they wanted or kill her. Then they called me and made me assault her I told tbemu was against my will cause I didn't want to be hung. They saidd?n thai. I said don't d?n that for jou know we got to bang for this." The other portions of his story here j would net do to appear in print. He [ stated that the other two men likewise assaulted Mr?. Sigh tier. Tom Preston nomine/ last. FTindv held her bv her hands but they never choked oer. l\S:ie was very faint. Ilandy stayed io the house a 200d time. I srot out of the house the first of the wbcie crowd. We all slaid there about a half hour. I told the boys we had done a bad tning, and we ou?ht to be put in the penitentiary. They said d?n the penitentiary. I then went to Mr. Goodwyn's. They went on ahead. I went on walking through the woods after one of the fox hunters. I saw Mr. Perry Goodwyn, and he said they was looking for me, Jind would kill me. I then went on up ; the road aucTsLfack. out tor Mr. Huckabaa's I never stopped till- .daylight. 1 Tuea I went on down to the river." I. . tried to get across, but I couldn't get no boat, I doue without anything to eat. , I did this because Perry bad told me j I'Jltli Ultjy vyere ^UlUSi tu MU UJC. J. uciu did ran. Atni^ht I laid down in the < swamp, and had never La i anything to i eat-yet. X laid out there two nighis in ; ihe swamp, with nothing to eat. On Thursday mornim: I got across the < river in a batteau, paddling myseif I across, leaving from ttie mouth of the j creek. Nobody did not take me across. I pulied the boat on the sandbar and left ] it there. Thursday nisrht i stopped at : a colored man's house there on the Bluff j ioa<J. I stayed there all night. He did . not, know it. The old maa at the terry i gave me a change clothes and the ra- i zor they iound. Then I went across to < \lrs. Ilol'.zhouse's piaee. 1 had a long | walk all day. Ttie place i3 sixteen miles ] from Columbia. I went to work there i tod yesterday made two days that I had ' (iCc-u working there. I tjot there at ' m umht Thursd ;y nis;lit. I told her 1 - r .1 T XT: _ ? r ~ i my name was .juhus \y ise. x was aittin^ down during a rest on Saturday at'- , lemoon when these men came for me. I tried tu shy avay trom them. T&ey came around aud graspled me. I told ibem 1 was the oue but I was lorced to do the deed. [ know Tom Treston. He works with Mi. subtler. He has beea there a lou^ time. Tom has got a rising on his middle tinner on his right hand. /Thin st.qii'm?nt. i* p.orrer.tA. fie wa? x - /- ? I the man with us ibat ni^hi?I swear it, 1 Lie had to pui liis elbow ou the dow 1 sill aud climb in. it Tom Preston was ' "oi iu it i would not sav so." He said j i'orn had a loatiisome dise tie. Mr. Good<vyn askeu him what he went , over across ihe lield aud had a talk with . Handy about, ju uiealternoon belore ths ] crime. lie said be went over there to see where Handy was ijoiu^ to church i fiat ui:,'iit, aud to ijeta piece of tobacco, i Handy did ni?t say a word about this 1 aila;r iill that airfht. 1 had nude no i oanrain with him. He told me that I 1 must meet him at Heo McCaw's to go ' to churci. Mr. Good-vyu said .hat he . believed that the bjy had told the truth . ail the way through. He had said too J tuanv thinirs that he knew to be true tor . ai ji to lie in other particulars. At 0:50 o'clock the interview was i ended. uud the buggy containing the prisoner was driven up to the depot, ] >vhere the boy was taken out, one of me ' m^u holding him by the rope around his < ueck. He was plied with many more > questions. As the special train was ' coming down tiie track tne crowd started 1 over Awards the track with him. Some 1 one evidently thought that they were going to tie him down on the track, for J tie cried, lDon"t put him ou that track!" , He was asked it ne had committed the crime for which George K'.Dard had been , convicted. lie denied that, saying that j I ;? * neoinira/1 a urhitfi tirmon inoar i | 1.11* LiUU accauii^u c* ?* u?wv n "-u.u uvui. i j [ Irmo, but that he kaew nothing ol the 1; other ali'air. lie never chatted this statement to the very last. Here two Columbians hai some heated words about the worryiug of the prisoner. One ot the men cried oat, ''Come on, boys; let's hau? him to the too of that telegraph pole!" These over anxious ones were quieted. The boy was taken to the well and asked if he wanted something to drink. He declined water or anything to eat. The crowl was very impatient, buc ihe statement that ' Arch is coming as last as his horse can brin^ him" quieted them. The boy was told to L'et down and spend what time he had in praying and in makine his peace with hin God. He appeared to be very sad but said tbat tie did not want to pray. lie said, k,I know I'm going to die, but I dou'u want to pray." lie repeated the Lords prayer, however. He called for his former employer Mr. Doc. Goodwyn. When Mr. Goodwyn came he held out his hands to him and crying said, l,Mr. Goodwyn please send my money hoaie to ma. Send all my things home to ma, too." Mr. Goodwyn?All right Will. Will .V J . 1*. T A-11 A. _ .1 .1.. ' I. 1 *\ uiqq'l i ien you 10 aiwa>s uo ri^uir 4kl'es sir, aud I am sorry that I (tone wrong but 1 was forced to do it." The boy's shirt was examined at this juncture and the name of.S. M. ClarKson was found upou it. Trie boy said it had been given him by "One-eyed G-a briel" where he crossed the river. This called {orth many imprecations t'-om ih^ crowd w'io Ind this ue^ro up as a vvit ness. Tue f How had lied aud they intend to include him in the rc^konin^. One tellow uaable to restrain himself felt his gun and cried. "I'll be damned if u?o MAn'r him nn lirnx*n mi le's so to the jail and ^et Ildndy too." Another taunted the poor devil in t.vis wise: "Say, niir-er, how does tij-u neck tie fi-: you " In leply to questions the boy said, "I'd rather they'd snoot me thaa hang me." Some one in the crowd f-aiu. "Hanging's too goo.i; let's burn aim. I'll furnish the turpenrine." This kind of questioning and taunting continued lor some tun^, the boy silting on the steps of tne drpot, witu a stout man behind him holiiijgtne r.ipe around nis neck. Jus",about this ti>ue, 7.15 o'clock, Mr. Si^htler arrived. after a long and hard ruu. He rushed over to where the boy was sitting. All realized thai the critical moment had come. Tne husbaud of the outraged woman a-jd the tiend faced eacti otuer. Mr. Sightler demanded ot' him to tell the tale to him. He began tot^lluiu a sing-song sort of a way. Some one interrupted, telling Mr. Sigtitler that he had already told the long 'story oV'-r several times. Then Mr. Sightler cried, "Tnat'll do; bring him on. uoys." The boy was taken down a.id the p.rnwrl of ar.ned men followed in nro cession. There was a man with a snot gun in his hand oa either side of the negro at the head of the column. Some wanted to swing him to the telegraph pole at the station. Others said that they must not do it right in the town and on Sunday with peopk goinir to church, but ought to take him out a little way. Others were crying loudly for him to be ourned. It looked lor a few momeats as if such would be the fate of the poor devil. But he grabbed Mr. Goodwyn and begged him not to let them burn him. Mr. Goodwyn said "Boys go on and hang and shoot him out *'do not burn him." Mr. Capers and other Columbians, also appealed to the Gastooians to refrain from staining the name of their country bj such act of barbarism. This was sufficient and the crowd started down the railroad track. Some one said a train was coming down the track and there was a general scatter ing for a few moments. But soon they were back on the track, and were moving on with solemn treid. The negro began to weep when they had gone about half a mile. After thai, he recovered his composure somewhat and waiked more erect. Just about this liluc luc a ai/ULio piuw uue, appeared and onemrm tied a hangman's noose. Near the road crossing several negroes were passed. Their attention was called to the solemn death march, and its meaning, and they asked to be allowed to see thexecution, but it was thought best lor their own good tbat they remain away. t>n tie crowd marcned till a good place was foundTrein-&lS roadsid* on the right. Here the bjy "WSS JuiiUed.up the embankment and the arm-id meirT followed. Many ot tbose who bad some merely to witness the lynching, stood on the opposite side of tbe roa^J. it a safe distance. When tbe negro arrived under an Dak tree, Mr. Sightler was there. In tiis hand he had a broad leather waeon tiace. in a twinkling some one cried 'strip him." The boy's clothes were torm from his back and he was thrown face downward across a prostrate pine tree. One man ntld the rope around tiis neck while others held his feet. Mr. slghtler, with his trace in both hands, stood over toe prostrate form ?ud brought the heavy piece of leatner iown on the negro's bare skin with herculean force. The blows le!i rapid- . [y and the doomed rapist writhed in ! t,he agony he was enduring till the rope around his neck almost straogl-d trim. He looked like a black^nake ou the ground. When Mr. Mightier'3:rengih was exhausted another seized Lte leather and continued the tWji about s xcy strokes beiug admiuisttred in all P 11 ri t'i?rr.n ium n^.-r.? then kicked . : trie face and la tlu uuiomen. Wntu ue was stood up.) 1 his teet again, ne was very oloody, at ions tje was nearly knocked om. Ihen i Lne almost exhausted ne/r ; was asked , lo ceil cne irucn. He sau "I've told ine truth." Then the ooy was c^-et be- i aeath a good sized oak tree, while many : :>f ohe men stood arouuJ him. One man went un toe tree with tbe enl of tne rope. The boy stood looking iip at these prep iratious with glarin*. eye ! balls. Never a prayer did ne >itte? ayr j lid he cry lor mercy. It was f<>un i!, Lhat the rope was loo shot ;, and a ray, is it were, was erected uui ot cro.-s.ies Laid on top of each oilier. The negro was then m vie to mount ; this trap. It proved to ue too low for ; Lhe rODe to reac.j him. Thrt bov. now ; irery we*k, was mad-* to c ?m- uowd. i iad a coupie moro of cro;scies weie placed up chert'. All but a few had by , .his time retired to the ranrj/td tra;k, i whare t:ie saooters were arranged m . line, wita instructions io let him h*ug , tor a minate before they ue^ia lirni^. Thompson mounted thy scaffold jgain. lie kept his eyes op-m and faced the crowd while the noose was Deing slipped around his neck. Just here Mr. Goodwyn ran out in ; front and held up his hand, saying: Will, you snow that your time has 3ome. JN'ow, once and lor all, tell the 1 Lruth." The victim, with earnest countenance, said: "Yes, sir; I will tell the truth. Both Tom ana liUaoy were witn me, just as I have told you." In another instant ihe crowd had withdrawn some one knocked the cross- : ties out, and the negro came down aboiil six fett. His arms wrenched loose, and with ; Dne of them he caugnt the rope above ais neau. r or some moments ne re- 1 cuained conscious. 13 ut auer waiting about a minute for him to strangle, the ! I lynchers drawn up in line on the railroad track, at word of command, leveled their shotguns, rilles a^l revolvers and the lirst terrible vollev rang out. In quick succession the volleys were lired from revolvers and reloaded the breech loaders, and a perfect hailstorm of bullets pissed into anJ through the form of Will Thompson, who after the lirst discharge was limp and lifeless, lut-rally shot to pieces. Tfitt to or hiillufc (Hit tho mr\a onr) down came the bjdv. In ashore time the party placed the rope once more around the dead man's neck and drew the body up in t'ae air lor the coroner's inspection, and thus was he left. The men of Gaston then gave three cheers and went back up the track, to go in search of the other parties to the crime. The special train pulled down to the s;ene. blew the warning, whistle, the Columbians pilled aboard and the lirst lynching arising out ot this fearful crime waJ over. TOM DANGLES C1' WILL'S SIDE. Lexington Depot, S. C.,?Ere the sunrises tnis nurmng there will br thr?-j instead of one bloody perforated coi^e dangling from that single oak tree at Gaston; already there are two. Today about 11 o'clock, Tom Preston, tbe second ne.'ro who took part in tbe crime, was captured about seven miles from Gascon -^nd taken to the town. He wns in the door ot his hous* when a shot gun was stuck in his fac? and he asked no questions but went with his cantors, arter asking for his shoes. When all the cr *vd had gathered, one much larger than th* one which participated in the execution of Will Thompo.ui, Tom was taken out and another death march was commenced. lie was carried to th^ sams spot wh^-re hung the bleeding remains of Thompson. He protested his innocence totuelast but seemed unc^'c^rned. He was stripped and il)g^-a with a rawhide, and then whs nung and shor- exactly like fhonv-o;. Ail the afternoon many men snot into the boaies muUl-iting them fe-irfuiiv, ct-rram portions h^ing shut entirely a v.ty. 'Che Jynciicig of Preston took piace about 1 p. m. Several Gaston m^n at oace lett for r tivi n f?t t ^ I r fn rruf CJ -i n W n T?T iti*l _.* urAiut^uvu, ix., ou uauuj uie third and principal rriitn Columbians got word of mis, aud many came ro Lexington. I'tey app'ied to She.'ilf Drafts for the m io, wanting to lyoca tnu\. The sheriff refused to deliver him. At 9:30 'he Gas- on men arrived. Sheriff Droits tiau received the man with the iiiid-rdtaQui'isr that he would deliver nnii to Mr.Sightler when wanted, lie k-pt his prom^e. 1 arrived here across the country to find that the Gaston mob had just left with the negro tor Gaston. Gaston, S. C., July 31.?The mob witn K^igler arrived here just about daylight, and in a very short time tne tnird raDist was d-iagling from the limb of the tree on whion his confederates in crime were dan jliny. The crowd had Dlenty of rope, and they were desirous of torturing him. Tney did not ouild any scaffold of crosses. Tney simply put a rope around nis neck while he stood ou the ground iooking up at the two other hodies, and hxed the noooe so tliat it would not tighten and strangle him into unconsciousness at once. Then a crowd of oi n took tbe other end of the rope, which had been thrown over the small limb, neirer the tree than any of the others. This was to place Thompson between K-tigler and Preston. His hands were nut tied. Trie crowd of men then went of to a good distance and pulled the rope, raising Kaigler as hign as they wanted him. Then tnev tied it to a tree off on one side. Handy struggled fearfully, catching the rope above his head and kicking vigorously. While the fellow thus struggling in the air, and had not lost consciousness, once more he v. as asked if he w<is guilty. He could not talk but he shook his head. In his struggles he managed to get his toes caught in the clothing that covered Thompson's boJy, and used that as a stirrup. Then, as the strangling process went on, he struggled violently, and the two bodies swung two and fro terribly. This continued tor a long time. Then the crowd withdrew to the usual shooting place, and allowed Mr. Sightler to tire "the lirst shot. He gave tcie swavmg form both loads 01 his double-barrelled shotgun. In an insta:?.t a shower of lead rained upon the boay. Much of it found a resting place in the bodies of the other two men, which were close by and were already tilled wicTrfeatir-_a snort time all was over. , Ev^ry one breatneftlTSigJMif relief, and all wentcir, leaving the three^fcUsSx, swaying in the breeze. Subsrquently the people were about to send f >r "One-Eyed" Gabriel, whose exploits have heretofore been meution- . ed. They wanted to hang him up also: 1 but afl^r a full discussion or the faces ; bearing on trie case,they aeciUea to let 1 him go. Il'e Dodies are to be cut 'own this afternoon at darn. a .d dump d m ' -i hole underneath the tree, w i ca Qaj i been <iug lor the purpose. A m.tn nas 1 Oeea found who agreed to bury them if they wouid allow the bodies to hang . until" he could get them pnotograpiied . , Tnere is no fuccn-r trouble an.icipated ] a*. Gas:oa. Tne wnite people nave avenged a fearful crime; aud they will nolo tieoiselves in readiness in case the negroes of teat section of the ; country should attempt an uprising. 1 So such uprising, however, is expected, considering \vhaf has transpired. A SC .wp 1<5. Pulblo, Colo, Aug. 3? During tne , past uvo Aveks the departure: or Aus- . trails aud Italians irota TueOio fur ' I ticiL iiaLA vc iituu .-,a5> aiuiuat, icauueu 1 Che extent of astawpeue. The movellli-at b. sjon after LDe eiOoiug of trie uanKS, iu uiie of . .i^a a cousidcrEib'.a uuiiib-r vf Ltte.->p-opli haa their siviugs. i'fi'is * wno took oat tQeir money desi e 1 j redepjsit i:. later, out j the u<mks ret t -d to open accounts ; witutn^m. Tael.^aitu^ (oreig^ers tiica u?ri?l a meeting and u<-oiaed tuat there vvai a com-p.rao tu Url'raad tnem oat | ji tn? tticii money. tuat Ameiicaus A'oaid no longer cinp;ov tncui, aud '.he uuiy ihlug for them to do was to returu Cyme. i'uis was quiCKiy acted upj i, j tl.id within tae ncXu feWda\S stea-n- , su.p oliicers soid 34U tickets lor JS'<it.ics ( ftnd iji ipaic To uight another par y : or six. tea men auu nine families win leuVe aaa O'.ners .viil fodow as q nckly | as tae^ ciu uispo;e uf t'leir piopert> , au'.t settle up ta< ir affairs. T'ney are , not pauper-, .tad taKe with them an | average s/i 81u0 psr family. jina ?Jo?ly -SiVtfr?sd . Columbia, s>. C., August 4 ? A rail- , road man named George iialJ, wno formerly lived iu Charlotte, met with 1 au awful (lea.b in the railroad yard iu Atlanta Tuesday. lie did as so many railroadmen dj?s.uod in the middle i of trie track aua waited for the ap- j proach oi a switch engine which be t wanted to ri-Je on. Wben the engine goL near enough Mr. JIhII ii'.tcuipr.ea J to step upon the Trout step, hue missed t his tooting, and fell with his neck \ across the rail. The engine could not t be stopped, and passed over him, cut- ( uug bis bead clean off his body. It is \ said by railroaders who saw the horri- ? Die spectacle tnat nan s Dead roneu ?. clown an embankment Several feer. and g Chat his budv jumped up aud rau ( about LiLtecii leeL. ]? CLEMSON COLLEGE. The ll'iMsoa Why Matriculation VTlll be Stopped. Columbia, 3.C., Aug. 2.?The Register of today publishes the following: Your readers have already 'earned of the resolutions of our hoard to the effect that att.er August 10 srudents will not be permitted to enter. This applies, of course, to this session, which ends in December. At the beyinninc of the Februarv session new students will be matriculated. This action of Hie board calls lor a word ol explanation. We have already enrolled 400 students. There is a limit to our capacity It is proable that by August 10 all rooms in t he dormitory will have been taken. We cannot, as long as new students are permitted to enter, arrange a permanent schedule either for work on the tarm or in the shops or for recitations. Hence the b jar j, believing that all or nearly all of those who wishe 1 to enter this session, could-bv aa extra effort, be here by August 10, passed the above resolution. Now, Mr. Editor, allow me a word to parents who contemplate sending sons to Clemson. In rhe first place, e <ch boy who enters hen? must deposit witn the secretary 833 75 for tne lirst month's expenses. This does not include books, which cost So. Let me itemize For oae month's board, 87.00. For one month's washing, 50. For two unit )rms,(chey ought to last two y-ars) 823 75 For five months' medical fee, $2.50. Tocal, 833 75. These uniforms are bvoght at wholesale prices a id are sol.l to cade:s at cost. It is iu th? eii>l rhe cheapest clothing as'u-lent can '?uy. Piey "would cjst at ie'ail at lease 810. TJ\ir i_?*r^rTr ^r.?r tKdi Hrct1 cost is, ST,00 for boa^d and 50 cea.s tor washing. Industrious students who are willing to do any kind of work Aid be furnished fwo Hours' work daily *nd rh-v will rhus be enabled to make from 8300 to $4 00 a montu and tius cut down their board tg about S4.00 a monrh. Energetic men who have push and tact may find an opportunity to make even m>re m mey than t'ds, but toe college doecs not girant-e but two hours' work per day to each student, ar 8 c?ot per hour. It" thes'.ud^jt perform-, extra work, he may get as mucu as 8 cent per hour, but tne probability is that he will not be paid over 5 cents. In snort, an energetic boy could reasonably expect to spend the drst tive months here at cost of about SoO. Tne next hve months A-ould cost mm only S2(5, as he would have no uniform to buy. Tms is all the college proposes t) do, and surely it is enough." It puts an education withm the reach of even the poorest noy in South Carolina. Scores of parents write to me saying our son wants an education, but he cannot raise the money. To such lean onlysiy give your boy a chance to make the money. Anv bov who is willing to do faithful work on the farm can make 850 in five, six or eignt moatris. The work will not kill him. It will make am<n of him, if he be fired by the determination to make something oat of himself. At any rate, do not send your boy to Clemson College expecting kind people here to seo him through college. There are here no such people with whom I am acquainted. Oar Americaa youth must learn to labor and to wait. I have no faith in tbat younz man-who is not willing to work tbis year that he may go to college next year. Before sending your boy to Clemson write for a prospectus that you may Know what we profess to teach. You may not like the college ana in that case, it would be better for you to send to some other institution. If you are worth 85,000 above all indebted oess or if you have a net income of 81,000 a year, you must pay tuition, 820 a session. Clemson College offers every possible encouragement to honest, energetic young men who desire an education such as offered here: but to lazy,spoile 1 or vicious youths, tnere is, pernaps, no place in South Carolina ttiat offers so few attractions as Fort Hill. E. B. Craighead. Panlahed lor Contempt. Chicago. Au>'. 2.?Jud^e Stein, of the Superior Court, this morning decided that the World's Fair directors and officers who have been directly responsible tor closimr the expostion oa Sunday, 23rd had violated the injunction ^rontecTln~!^^Cjing in in petition anp were consequenUV^tttHjHlLii^D^mpt. lie ordered mat Directors Ga<*eT TfCftSlt. _ inson, Henrotin. McNally and Kerfoot should be u.-ieJ $1,00U aod staud committed to jjil until the tine is paid. In the case of Victor La.vsou the court neld that Lhat officer had voted in i.ne biliet that the injunction nad lapsed and vas not intentiouallv guilty, [u view of this mitigating circumstance itineof$L00 was 'mjosed. D.recto: 1 General Davis was held less d;rec;.iy 1 ? oosa ?>. Lcapuucsuic aim wiis uucu wu.u u?u; same proviso in re.-, ud to payment. Messrs. Massey, F ,rbes. St.. Clair and ILgiuboinaai were regarded by* Jud^e 1 Steiu as tbe iustrumenis t\>r ibe execu liou of the directors aud were dischaig d 1 Director Nathan was also discharged. 1 Attorney JEddy, r-uresesting the Fair sotr>pu.ay. moved lor an appeal trom the i ixtuiVs ral"jg. Alter ur^meQi Juc&e Stem granted aa appeal. The directors and other officers were a'l ia court. : Crush 111 ChiCaff . Chicago, Au<. 1.?A p.-inic prevails in the provjsim tnark-c here this ] morning. Whea the niarkc: opened porK declined 6-1.50 p^r barrel from last night's closing price aud ainost iaiuiediat*-ly alter ".Yard dropped 61 75 ; more, making a tot,*! decline ot" 60.25. The lailure or (he roilo.viug lirm,dsnllu^iaprovisi ?h has b<-ea au'.:?uacrd: E. W. Bailey, F. E L. llelmaol z au<J A. Feoe . iae rum jf ttiv, A. M. Wrigat & Co., wno n??w uc-en ^u^agei ia u bail corner in p <r*, Qad tilled . . aus'-d a or.-*:* tu p >rk wnmo sold ] Ijwu from 61J25 tj 610.50. The rumor is uottru-. I'm-v n ;vn not tailrd. Port soid d >?vu in 610 * oirr.-l tmt a most iuimedia sly recov red to 61150, ' wLere it is uow s-iliiiij. I1 is auuouucr.d ' ju the Ooard or tr<ide tha'. Juhu Cidatiy fia* filled, i'ne M jrtn. Aai-ricaa Lacking company, brokers for A. M. Wngni & Co, have just faue-1. Ail ; irms that nave failed so tar to-day are 1 brokers lor Wrignt aad vVcre uuaole to put up suOLieut margias. Largo lull ?\v ot Goid. London. Au^. 2.?Trie Xorth Ger- : n.m Lluyd i?pr>e, whicn sul^l to-day 11 "ro:ii South-tmpnoa tor New York, has j. )u board V80U,50J oi gold consigned to j < Imerican houses. Tue White Scar 11 L.iae Majestic wnich left Liiv-rpool to- t lay for Ne>v York, took .t350,u00, a to- 1 ,al of ?l,200.0u0 shipped today. Fur- i ,het snipmeuts win Of made on saturlay. Auout ?G3y,l!0!) was withdrawn $ 'rom the bank oi Eagland today to be i lent to the United States. The heavy i shipments to-day and the prospective (. ihipment on ^.iturday have caused the .s iiscouut rate in the open market to i rise to 2% ana 2} > per cent- 1 A FALSE ALARM. THE REPORTED UPRISING OF NEGROES DID NOT T4KE PLACEThe Military Waa Called Oat bat there was no Xeed of Their Services?On the Track of th? Rapist and He Cannot .Escape. Columbia, S. C., July 2S.?Columbia was greatly excited last night when it became rumored that Thompson. the Gas ton fiend, had been run down to the citv by two of his pursuers. The report quickly spread and son the sheriff had organized a posse to assist ia his capture. The posse rendezvoused about Fisher's poid, where a negro answering to Thompson's description had been seen. There appears to be little doubt that he was the riaht nun. Histvo pursuers had been after him night and day since Monday nisjht and once or twice the ue?ro was almost within their grasp, but he eluded them. When they saw his tracks last night in a field near ths pond tney immediately said "that's him." The tracks where fresh and ths search was pursued with reue^u vi^or. Notwithstanding a larse crowd had collected from the city all armed and ready for the fc -.y, the negro a-:atn got away. The search was continued all- night, guards beios mcketed at the various treaties and bridges and aloDg differint roads. It was thought that the negro was makiDi his way to his home about e:s?h;eea miles north of this city, m Lexicgton county. W hiie all this was taking place a telegram was received at tne Governor's Mansion fttatinor thar. armed npcrrnAf* wore oa the way to G is coo to rescue EUndv, the alleged partner of Thompson, and asking for help. Tae Gover(ior bein:? absent the telegram was .uroed ov t lo General Farley, w 10 seat a leleiTim for defiaite information. His vorss fears were c joarmed and he immediately sen aboo: co s-;ud the Colombia troops down. Xoiwithstanding the atene-js of the h:>or Captain Biteman nad nis company read/ by 2:30 o'clock ind later a call was ina 1J. tor tae Volunteers and Z^ives. In the medutime Colonel J ma G try Watts and George R. K )fSLf w.-re sent as couries to -faswn aad Mr. Glass, oftne Sooth Bound, ti*a ordered oat a special tram. THe Cioveruor's Guards went to the depot in uaiform wis 1 t&eir guns aad ammunition aad ah in readiness, when a telegram was received trom Colooel Watts stating that there would be no necessity for the troops, as everything was quiet. Abut 8 30 o'clock tuis morning the Guards were marched back to the'r armory and dismissed as were the other com pan'es. Tne way in wh:ch the Governor'* -uards responded to the call has called forth uaiversal praise. In an incredibly short time, about an hour, in the dead of niirbt, the members were notified, reached the armory and were ready to no. T&ey went "to the depot forty strong, oolv four members tailing to respond. E?erv man took upon himself to wake up some other and all responded promptly. The boys were much disappointed when they had to come back* A large party was out all morning working with much more system than lasi night to capture Thompson. Anum* ber of squads are watching different roads, railroads, bridges etc., and others are searching swamps and roads. Two gentlemen from Gaston arrived in the city this morning for the purpose of sending telegrams to different points to keep a sharp lookout for the negro. They have been among the pursuing party. Ttiey say that there was great excitement and uneasiness -bout Gaston last night. The report g<?t out that the negroes were arming and would attempt t a ( ucntla XIo rl tt HPrtaha aaam <,\j isovuv/ xiauuyi mcj vr^ic occu IU , large squads ia different places, though as far as can be learned they were not sten openly armed. Bat the mere fact that they were stea in groups aftei such a report had spread was sufficient to coniirm the white people's fears. Tbe country was scoured by couriers summoning every white man to come to the rescue. They readily responded. telegrams were sent to the neighboring towns aod large bodies of men were quickly formed and marched or rode to G-aston. A sufficient company was soon present, equipped and preparped for any emergency. They feu able to repel any attack the negroes mi^ht make, and heuce the request for aid was withdrawn. ?^ ~~*4ace the collection of this large body of men alntH^aston, the people "have no tea ot attach antf-W^re is no disorder. Tue action ot r.be negroes7liH&<?really intended to dj a lvtbin*, does not"jSfci&e^ it auy letter tor Hindv. Tbe Gaston"--^ psjple have shown a disposition to give " ? him the beat tic of every reasonable ^ d>ubt, bat ihey do uot intend to allow i'jv guilty m tn to escape. Arouud Lbis city the searching party was sti.l 02 the huat this uiorning. It was rep )rted at "arious times that the rvoirrA lio/"} Kaon o<-*4- *v1aa<^i uvi,iv u&u y&tu otcu an biui bat ibe^e rep >r-s were either false or the uegro cuaniagy succeeded in avoiding arr^s.t Tae crowd at Gaston was very anxL>us to bear whither he had been cap* tared here. Etrivthis morning a celea'atn vas received by the Journal from % 6 Caused luqu rio^ whe- her he had been captured, to wnicb a negauve answer lud to be sem. The neiiro cannot possibly escape, for his pursuers arc uaroieuting. Toe two - ? who were in Columbia iast onht had siep: but little since Moniay nigat. >i^?: a >d day they have been on lis Li'dC'k w tarough wampa'aud ridlusi ove: t ie f.ouatry. W-^daeadav ni^ht i.Lsey Were in a swamp djring the heavy ruin, but still taey pursued tae negro vvit.h-^U. S ODD QiT uatil Lite laat m<?ht vie Li, toeing u-ar ttie city, they came in *n?i iO"k tn^r tirst meal tor over tweatyt'-j l" 'iuurs. A> the Jour.;al ^oes to press Thompvju nad u<?i, o-.en appcen?oded. The ie<?rc'ui'ja parie-s are sooaria^ the country iu all M.rec ioas ir jm Deamixk to UJiumoi i. Everything is qaiet ar, Gaston, most ot ttie vvhite maa having dis- r perked. They will be ready, however, L ?? .jnr Ail f K rfl Ir TKa n a. Viorra r? a! \*JL CLLSjr 1. Ut ua*t UUK ajtid'j aay 0;jen demonstratiou nor Is it ukely thai they will. Th- G ?find- JKxpiodeJ: Berlin* Aug 3 ?A. disastrous explosiou occurred ou board t&o Germaa armor clad steamer Baden, at Kiel. Lieuts. Oelsuer *nd Z unpack and seviu seaman were killed, and seventeen . per.ious wounded. It appears tbat ? some of the tn^n h>trl in?r. ri?mnvtfrf irorn the magazine aert-nade measurng twenty-six centimrrers m diameter. through some cause not Jex plained the jrenade exploded, killiag or woundiQg jearly every person ia tne immediate riciuity. Tne J3aden is a vessel of 5,5u0 tons. S>he was launched in 1880. 5he mounts eight large guns ana her irmor is ten inches thick at the water me. * i