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? Charles (). LaMotte, of the Savannah
Netcs editorial statf, was drowned in the
river below that city last Sunday by the
swamping of a boat*, fie was a native of
Charleston, and a brother of Mr. T. J LaMotte,
local editor of the Columbia Register.
? The business failures throughout the
country, for the week ending last Friday, as
reported to R. G. Dun & Co.'s Mercantile
Agency, number 195 against 225 last week.
The New England States had 17, Middle 39.
Western 57, Southern 38, Pacific States and
Territories 12. New York city 8 and Canada
24.
? The Atlanta Constitution says the Mormon
elders continue to carry on their business
of sending women to Salt Lake City
from north Geortria. They do not muster
with a brass baud, but they are doing some
effective work. Hardly a week passes that
some of their victims are not forwarded to
their fate in Utah.
? Emigrants are pouring into Dakota this
spring, not by tens and hundreds, but by
brigades and divisions. The astonishing
crops of wheat raised on the rich lands of
that Territory lure grangers from Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, and the older States as much
as did the golden pla^rs of California twenty-five
and thirty years ago.
? The increase in net earnings on the
Richmond and Danville system of roads is
quite extraordinary. Not only are the gross
earnings much larger than in *1882, but with
this improvement there is also a large decrease
in expenses, resulting in an increase
of the reported net earning of nearly 90 per
cent, in the two months. In 1882 the net
earnings for the two months were $301,835,
and in 1883 they were $567,264.
? Mr. Burchard, the director of the mint,
said, the other day, in speaking of the three
cent piece and the discussion which has
sprung up about its legality, that there was
only one coin of the L nited States that was
in strict compliance with the law. That
coin, he said, was the twenty dollar gold
piece. All the others have something on
them which the law does not authorize, or
they lack somethin^which the law requires.
? A bill has passed one House of the Missouri
Legislature, redycing the present legal
rates lor freight on railways in that State
by 25 per cent. It is backed by what is called
the Farmer's Club* The St. Louis Republican,
the leading: Democratic paper of Missouri,
says that, through competition, freight
rates are already reduced somewhat below
the legal rates, and that, if the bill becomes
a law, it will inflict a serious blow to the
prosperity of the State.
? Washington territory is becoming the
lumber centre of the country. The lumber
is cut along the streams and rafted down to
navigation. In 1881 the product amounted
to 175,000,000 cubic feet, and the amount
cut last year is estimated at 300,000.000 feet.
This is about the last field that can be worked
before a serious inroad upon the Southern
supply of timber takes place. Every
foot of Southern timber will be needed before
long, and we again warn our readers
who have timber lands to guard them and
keep them until their full value is realized.
? One of the meanest and most cowardly
crimes of the age was perpetrated the other
day at Bloomington, Ind., which is described
in a dispatch of the 19th inst., and
for which a suit for $12,000 damages has been
instituted by the father of the victim of it.
Some men surrounded a well known farmer's
house at midnight, took possession,
and entering his daughter's room (she being
in bed) cut off" her hair close to her head.
She is said to be a young lady of excellent
character and standing, and'the only supposed
cause of the outrage was the fact that
she had recently jilted a young man.
? Jonathan G. Bigelow, counsel for Sergt.
Mason while he was on trial before the
court-martial for shooting at Guiteau in the
district jail, has filed suit against Mason,
his wife Betty and the banking house of
Biggs & Co. for $3,500 alleged to be due him
in Q/uinnnf f\f that, raw 3i(rplnw lllWpv
that there is now $7,000 in lliggs & Co.'s
batik to the credit of Mrs. Mason, the proceeds
of the Mason fund, which he was instrumental
in collecting, and he asked that
she be restrained from withdrawing any
amount sufficient to injure his cause. He
also declares that the case will soon be heard
by the United States Supreme Court, and
that he expects to secure Mason's release
because of lack of jurisdiction on the part
of the court-martial.
? In a letter written by Jefferson Davis to
an autograph hunter nearly a year ago, but
which has just been published, the ex-Confederate
chieftain says: "I was born in
what was then Christian county, Ky., for
when Todd county was cut off of Christian,
the dividing line ran through my father's
house, and the room in which I was born is,
I have been told, in Todd county. My father
was born in Georgia when it was a colony
of Great Britain, his father was an immigrant
from Wales, and his mother was a
native of Georgia. My mother was a 11a-- ?
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tive oi ttouin Carolina, aim nor miner emigrated
from Ireland. I believe this covers
the scope of your inquiry, and will, I hope,
be satisfactory to you."
? The New York supervisors of election
are discussing the question of adopting a
ballot box, the invention of a Boston man,
designed to render election frauds impossible.
In this box the ballot is placed face
down upon an apron running over a pair of
rollers; the officer in charge of the box raises
a lever and turns a crank as each ballot is
deposited. The ballot is carried by rollers
under a clamp which, bv an ingenious device,
unites it firmly with the ballot preceding.
The ballots thus united are carried
over another roller, which may be detached
and placed ou a frame where the ballot can
be easily counted. As only the face of the
ballot is visible when it is on the frame, if
two ballots are deposited, only one can be
seen and counted.
? Mr. Henry E. Bowen, of the New York
Independent, recently made an extended
.Southern tour, going as far as Texas, visiting
en route the principal cities in Virginia,
North and South Carolina, Florida,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, His
conclusion is that the future of the Southern
States is no longer a problem?that
"new life is swelling her veins, old customs
and prejudices are dying out, and strong
influences are at work which at no distant
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Will U1111^ lltl IV 111^ UUIIV iiutog illv
producing and manufacturing States of the
Union." Mr. Bowen confesses that the
newspaper readers of the North can have
no adequate idea of the vastly altered condition
of things in the South since the war.
? A dispatch of last Friday, from Fort
Benton, Montana, says: Runners and scouts
bring information of the most daring raid by
CreeK Indians, who belong properly beyond
the Canadian line, that has been made in
many years. The party is supposed to
number 200 braves. One is represented as
moving down the Masias River, killing cattle
and other stock as they go. At daybreak
on the 19th instant, a small company of Pieguns,
headed by Little Dog and two white
men, had a sharp engagement with the
Creeks, killing two of "them and securing
their scalps. Two Piegnns were wounded
and one norse was killed. The bodies of
ten oxen were found near Fort Conrad,
which had been killed by the marauding
band, and forty horses were driven off by
the same party near the same place. The
Indians seem to beheading toward Canada.
Near Fort Huachuca, Arizona, on the same
day, while a party were engaged around
some newly discovered coal fields, they
were attacked without warning by a band
of twenty-seven Indians, and several men
were killed and three wounded.
? The Columbus, Ga., Times gives the following
as the latest story of Vincent, Alabama's
defaulting treasurer: People yet
abound, and we have talked with them In
the past few hours, who honestly think that
Vincent, the absconding treasurer of our
sister State, reads every morning early the
Montgomery Advertiser. Others say that he
is in Canada. But it is very strange that of
all the defaulting public officers for so large
an amount, nobody seems to know his location
despite the large reward offered for his
arrest. There is a singular circumstance
connected with Vincent's default, never, we
believe, before published. The $lo,000 in
his personal possession at the time of his departure
was handed to his wife?evidently,
we suppose, for her use. Upon opening the
package she found the first bill to be one of
the denomination of $o,0U0. This led her
to conclude that it was public money, and
there must l>e some mistake about it, that
she-had misunderstood her husband. Hence
she went to the capitol and turned it over to
the State officials. Vincent was cool, and
had much method in his madness.* The
night of his departure was spent at polfer,
and as he rose from the gaming table,
whether successful or not we are not informed,
he remarked that he had eaten
nothing since breakfast and must go and get
something. This was the last of Vincent
known to his associates.
YORKVILL.E, S. C. :
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 2!), 1883.
THE POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS.
In Columbia, last Saturday, United States
Commissioner Bauskett rendered his decision
in the cases of the Fairfield political
prisoners, the testimony having all been
snd argument of counsel for the
Government and the defense concluded on
Thursday. The argument for the Government
was made by ex-Judge Willard, and
Col. Haskell appeared for the defence.
Willard was to have had the closing argument,
but declined to speak after Col. Haskell
closed. Of the seventeen prisoners, only
two were bound over, the charge against
them being conspiracy. Seven others were
discharged, and the cases against eight were
discontinued, there being no evidence
against them. Those bound over for trial at
the April term of the U. S. District Court at
Charleston, are Thomas McGill and James
Herron, and as showing the nature of the
charges against these men, we quote the
Commissioner's words in rendering his decision
:
"Mr. Thomas McGill, Jr., is proved to
have waved a board and ordered the crowd
to stand back. There is no proof that he
struck any one. But it was an overt act,
which would bind Mr. McGill over if he
were charged distinctly with violating Section
5,511 of the Revised Statutes.
"Mr. James Herron was active in pressing
the crowd back. The testimony is that
he waved a knife, pressed voters off the box
in front of the polls, an(> holding a knife,
chased a man through the crowd. Any
force under the Statutes would be in violation
of Section 5,511. Now, was there coucert
of action between the acts of Mr. McGill
and those of Mr. Herron ? Did there appear
to be a combination between these men '?
The only matter before me is whether there
was probable cause to connect the action between
these two men in committing overt
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the opening of the polls at 2 o'clock P. M.
"The decision of the Court, therefore, is
that Thomas McGill, Jr., and James Herron
be bound over for appearance at Court, and
that all the other defendants go hence without
day, so far as this warrant is concerned,"
The bail for McGill and Herron was
fixed in the sum of $500 each, and it was instantly
given. The commissioner discharged
the witnesses in the case and announced
that they were to appear at the April term
of Court in Charleston.
The cases from Clarendon county have
collapsed for want of evidence against the aocused.
The hearing of these cases was begun
on Friday, in Charleston, before Commissioner
Gayer. The hearing was adjourned
until 10 o'clock the next morning, at
which hour an important witness frr the
prosecution was expected. The witness not
appearing, the hearing was continued until
5 P. M., at which hour the witness still not
appearing, the Commissioner said that while
he knew that the Government had done all
in its power to secure the attendance of the
missing link, he saw nothing left for him
but to dismiss the case and discharge the
defendants without bail, and he so ordered it.
In regard to some other cases pending
against citizens of Clarendon, Mr. Khatne,
their counsel, asked that the hearing be had
at some convenient place in Clarendon county,
to which the Commissioner assented,
stating that he would notify the counsel and
the defendant of the time and place, which
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are yet to De appointed.
Of the workings of the outrage mill in
Chester county, the Columbia correspondent
of the Charleston News and Courier telegraphs
from the State Capital, under date of
last Sunday night, as follows:
No sooner is one prosecution ended than
another is begun, Messrs. R. J. Dye, James
Gayden and H. J. Gayden, managers of the
Congressional election at Rossville Precinct,
Chester county, were brought here this evening
by Deputy Marshals Kennedy and
Smith, of Charleston, for exsftnination by
Commissioner Bauskett, on a charge of obstructing
a supervisor of election. Mr. Dye,
who is an old gentleman, was arrested while
at church yesterday evening. The prisoner
had no other warning than that contained
in this correspondence of impending arrests
in Chester county. Accompanying the prisoners
is the Hon. Giles J. Patterson. State
Senator, who will represent them with some
member of the Columbia bar. They are
stationed at the Hendrix House and will
appear before Commissioner Bauskett, by
whom the warrants were issued, at 10
o'clock to-morrow morning. It is understood
that W. B. Cash has been getting up
the information on which these prosecutions
are based, and that Kennedy and Smith will
return to Chester county to-morrow for another
batch. It is reported also that fifty
other arrests are to be made in that county.
As a room for the examination of Chester
ivfi?inopj bad alr^adv heen enframed in their
county town, the bringing of them a hundred
miles here is an evidence of pure vindictiveness
011 the part of the prosecution. Cash
returned here last night.
After these prisoners were arrested and
taken a distance of twenty-two miles to
Chester, they were conveyed from that town
by rail to Columbia, where they were simply
bound over last Monday to appear before
a Commissioner in Chester for examination.
Yesterday was the day appointed for
the examination. Commissioner Bauskett
will go to Chester, where lie expects to spend
a week hearing these and other cases. The
affidavit upon which Mr. Dye and the
Messrs. Gayden were arrested, was made
"on information and belief," by T. J. Sherrer,
a clerk of Snyder, District-Attorney
Melton's legal assistant. They promptly
gave bonds in the sum of each for their
appearance at Chester, Senator Patterson
and Col. McMaster being the sureties.
DEATH OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.
The Hon. T. 0. Howe, Postmaster-General,
died suddenly at his home in Kenoshe,
Wisconsin, on last Sunday at 2.20 P. M.
He contracted a severe cold a week before
! his death, at Green Bay, and returned to
I Kenoshe, where he continued very ill until
| Saturday, when he seemed to improve.
; His physician pronounced his ailment pneul
inonia. He was taken worse on Saturday
night and sank rapidly, expiring on Sunday
i afternoon..
Mr. Howe was born in Livermore, Me.,
; February 7,1810, He was elected to the
Maine Legislature in 1845, but in the latter
part of the same year moved to Green Bay,
| Wisconsin. He was a circuit judge in that
State from 1850 to 1855. In 1861 he was
! elected United States Senator, serving three
terms until 1880, when he was succeeded by
| Matt D. Carpenter; In 1882, when Mr.
James resigned the office of postmaster-general,
Mr. Howe was appointed as his successor.
A ROW IN COLUMBIA.
About half past 8'clock on Wednesday
night of last week, W. B. Cash, the son of
Col. E. B. C. Cash, got into a row with
James Herron, one of the Fairfield politi!
cal prisoners, who was boarding at the
Grand Central Hotel where young Cash
ailso had registered, and in the lobby of
which house the altercation occurred. It
seemed that Mr. Cash, in the presence of1
Mr. Herron and several others, had given j
| free expression of his opinion as to the
fraudulent practice in the last election in
South Carolina. Herron, who had been
drinking, and who did not know who Cash
was, replied in substance that he was from
Fairfield, and the last election there had
been fairly conducted. Some sharp words
passed between the two men, when McGill
and Evans interposed and tried to quiet
thenij Mr. McGill going to Cash and assuring
him that Herron was in liquor, and
begging Cash not to regard anything said
by him. Cash said that he would not regard
what came from an old man like Herron,
but walking around through the crowd
in a swaggering manner ami with many
oaths, hoped that some of the younger men
of the party would put himself in Herron's
place in order that he might fight them.
Approaching Herron, who was seated,
he (Herron) rose up from his chair in front
of Cash and some words passed between
them, when Cash struck Herron in the face,
and then rushing on him, bore him to the
wall, striking him several blows before
those nearest could interfere to stop the
fracas.
As soon as he could be reached he was
taken hold of and immediately released
his hold upon Herron, expressing regret
that he had struck him and declaring that
he had been J'oreed to do so.
A few moments after Policeman Duncan
appeared and took charge of both Cash and
Herron, and they were carried to the Guard
House, where Cash was disarmed of two
revolvers which he carried, and locked up
for the night. Herron was bailed out by
Captain McMaster.
The above is substantially the account,
as given by the Hey inter, of the origin of
the difficulty. The subsequent proceedings,
on the following morning, before the Mayor's
Court, are thus reported by the correspondent
of the News and Courier :
The examination was begun at 9 o'clock,
Ex-Judge Willard and Snyder, of Government
counsel in the political trials, sitting
by Cash as his counsel. The testimony of
various parti eg was that Herron asked Cash
if his allusions to a false count were meant
for Fairfield. He replied tlr ' ..e alluded
to Chester county and the Firth district.
Both parties were under the influence ol
liquor. The discussion was not all heard,
but it waxed warm and Cash was asked
by two elderly Fairfield prisoners not to
notice Ilerron as he was rather intoxicated.
He agreed not to do so, but presently the
discussion was renewed. One of the proprietors
of the hotel tried to stop C'a^h, but
he began cursing again. In response to
some statement by Cash, Herron called him
a liar. Cash then struck him, as told in last
night's dispatches.
Cash himself testified that Herron had
made, at the beginning of the discussion,
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some of the crowd snicker, and feared that
if he went away it would look as if he
were backing out. Herron willed him a liar,
and he struck him without stopping to
think, and twice again. When ne found
Iierron did not resist, he stopped. After
Herron was taken away, Cash drew his pistol,
but not on Herron, He saw some men
closing around, and feared some combination
of which Herron was only the tool. I
That was his reason for drawing the ^eapon.
Snyder said that he regretted the unfortunate
occurrence. Whiskey was the cause.
Mayor Rhett said that it was riot a personal
question, but one of violating the ordinances
of Columbia.
Snyder said that Cash was a deputy United
States marshal and had been instructed
to cairy arms, He had the right to do so.
Major T. W. Woodward said that the
only Fairfield men present when Cash had
asked for some young man to take up Herron's
cause, were three old gentlemen, members
of the church and wearing gray beards.
If any of the young men of Fairfield had
been there they would have taken no banter
or threats,
Mayor Rhett replied that he was confident
of that.
The mayor, in sentencing. Herron said
that there was no excuse for liim. He had
applied a term to Cash which was very aggravating.
He was compelled to fine him
$20 or ten days. The fine was at once paid.
To Cash, Mayor Rhett said that he admitted
that he had been provoked, and
that if a young man had called him a liar
as Herron had done and he had struck him,
he would make his fine nominal. People
were not called on to take such words, but
Herron was too old a man to be knocked
down. He told Cash, besides, that the streets
of Columbia and the vestibule of its principal
hotel were not the place for him to vindicate
his honor. There was no mitigation
for his offence, and he must fine
him to the full limit of his power, $20. He
would also fine him $10 for carrying con:
cealed weapons against the ordinance.
Snyder said that as far as the revolver was
concerned it was a case of the United States
against the City of Columbia.
Mayor Rhett said, with emphasis, that
he would solve that question. He would
see if the United States Government could
give its employees power to violate the
city ordinances. Pie would impose this
fine and he felt assured that if Snyder wished
to test the matter in the courts, the city
would see it to the end.
Snyder said then that Cash was on duty
and instructed to carry arms.
Cash, more truthful, said that he was not.
Snyder said, when pressed, that he believed
there wore general instructions allowing
deputy marshal to carry arms. He
denied that Cash had drawn his pistol in
the hotel.
Cash said that he had pulled it out.
The Mayor said, warmly, that he would
inform the assistant district attorney that
he would enforce the ordinance, and that
if he (Snyder) or any of his men should
make the attempt to carry concealed weapons
in Columbia, whether the Government
allowed it or not, they would be arrested
and put in jail. Uisn could appeal irom nis
decision to the Council at its meeting next
Tuesday.
Cash paid the thirty dollars fine
Major Woodward was so much incensed
at Snyder's effrontry in trying to help
bully the city when here ostensibly to assist
the Government, that in leaving the
Police Court he applied some terrible epithets
to him. Snyder said: "1 can stand j
that, sir."
At 10.30 A. M. Cash was, in accordance j
with the custom, taken by the police officer !
who found the pistol on him, before Trial!
Justice Marshall for cognizance of his of-1
fence against the State law,
Snyder demanded that the case be withheld
until Melton arrived,
Justice Marshall said that, on the contrary
it would go 011 right then. He put Cash
under $200 bond, the highest sum allowed,
for appearance at the next term of Court
for trial.
Internal Revenue Collector Brayton signed
the bond and Cash was released.
It is understood that Melton will try to
get the case transferred to the United States
Court.
Cash claimed his pistols, but they were
deposited in the clerk's office as State property
until his trial.
Out of this case an important auestion !
between the State and the United States!
arises.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
?Senator Hampton is in Mississippi, lookiiiff
aft^r liw TOimtinp- interests.
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? Major John McP. DeSaussure, a prominent
lawyer and citizen of Camden, died at
his home in that place last Sunday, aged 7G.
? The revenue mill at Pickens has commenced
grinding out grist for tho August
term of the United States Courts at Greenville.
? Newberry county has eighteen ministers?eight
Lutheran, five Methodist, two
Associate Reformed, two Baptist and one
Presbyterian,
? The Times complains that Union is a
dead town and that tier people will take no
interest in any enterprise. The result is,
that all the neighboring towns are beating
Union and that her trade is decreasing.
? The Saluda Cotton Factory, in Lexington
county, received an order on last Thursday
for a trial lot of its yarns for export to
China. It is thought that the yarns made
by the factory are especially adapted to
the China trade.
? In the Spartanburg court ofSessions, the
jury charged with the case of Sam Walker,
colored, indicted for the murder of Mose
Hawkins, also colored, returned a verdict
of guilty last Thursday night. The result of
the trial gives great satisfaction to the colered
people generally, most of whom have
been convinced of the prisoner's guilt for
months past. The jury deliberated about
forty minutes.
? The liock Hill Herald of Thursday
says: Mr. Dudley Jones, formerly a citizen
of York county, died in Floyd county, t?a.,
on the 16th instant, aged about 80 years.
Mr. Jones was well known in the Bethesda
section of this county and was highly esteemed.
He was married three times and
all his Wives are buried in the cemetery at
Ebenezer, where his remains were also interred
on Monday last."
? Capt. Barber, of Chester, has returned
from the North, where he purchased for
the use of the Cedar Hhoal Factory four
Clement attachments, two carders and 104
spindles. When the machinery is put into
place the producing capacity of the factory
will be increased about 50 per cent. While in
Philadelphia Capt. Barber had the yarn of
his factory tested bv experienced handlers
of yarn. It ranked 128; the standard being
100.
? Some months ago a man calling himself
Adams and representing that he was
the correspondent of the Boston Journal,
went to Greenville. He went to the Pel/.er
Cotton Mills under the name of C. C.
Upham, and after working there awhile
was employed by the ^Greenville Cotton
Seed Oil Mills to ihtt. up its machinery.
He was discharged because he wouldn't
attend to his business and drifted to Augusta
where he forged Prof. Harris' name to
two checks and then left for parts unknown.
? Hoke C. Seer est, who made his escape
from the Insane Asylum at Raleigh, N. C.,
last October, has been arrested in Fairfield
county, for stealing a cow. He was calling
himself Thomas Medlin, and after he was
brought before the Trial Justice he told who
he was. Hoke Secrest will be remembered
as a resident of Union county, N. C., who
killed his wife and stepdaughter while
traveling through Burke county in that
State. He was declared insane at the time
and sent to the Asylum, and it is said
he shows evidences of insanity now, and
will probably be sent back to the Asylum.
?John Kearney, aged about 70 years,
was killed about one hundred yards from
i from the depot in Chester on Wednesday of
last week. The unfortunate man was well
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sive cattle dealer at Richburg, in Chester
county. He came up from his home to
Chester that morning and was on his way
to board the Cheraw and Chester train,
when in crossing the C. C. & A track he
was struck by the engine of the incoming
passenger tram on that road and instantly
killed. He was partially deaf. He was unmarried
and his only relative living in this
country is a brother.
? The building of the Cheraw and Chester
Railroad bridge over the Catawba River is
under way and it is thought the bridge will
be completed by the first day of May. The
bridge now being built is only a temporary
affair until rock piers can be constructed.
It is built on large pine poles driven into
the bottom of the river, five of them being
driven in a row every twenty feet. On
the ton of these poles a cap is fitted, called
by railroad men a bent, and on these bents
the stringers and iron rails are laid. So far
seven bents have been made, extending
thirty feet into the river. The river at this
point is five hundred feet wide; therefore
three hundred and seventy feet is yet to be
built.
? Williamsburg Herald: The Kingstree
Musical Amateurs and the Georgetown Socials
indulged in a rare and novel telephone
entertainment last week. The club at
Kingstree played several airs which were
distinctly heard in Georgetown, and when
the Georgetown club played it could be
heard at Kingstree. When the familiar air
"Sweet Bye and Bye" was played at Kingstree,
Solicitor Dargan at Georgetown accompanied,
in exact time, the chorus with the
bass, which could be heard at Kingstree,
and as "distance lends enchantment to the
view," so likewise a softness to the music.
Conversation by telephone between parties
at these points, nearly fifty miles apart, is
a common thing.
Correspondence of the Yerkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM UNION.
Union, S. C., March 20.?Here is an item
on farming, which I think surpasses any
thing that has been published as yet, or at
least nothing has come under my observation
that equals it: Mr. Smith Wood, living near
Pinckneyville, on Pacolet River, with two
mules, made last year the following fine
crop: 47 bales of cotton, averaging 450
pounds to the bale; 275 bushels of corn, 50
bushels of wheat and 400 bushels of oats.
Mr. Wood's farm is of a light gray sandy
soil, easily cultivated. He says he cultivated
about seventy-seven acres with the two
mules, that he used about 150 pounds of
fertilizer per acre on the cotton, and that
he sold the entire crop at an average of 9J
cents per pound. He told me that his crop
turned out better than he expected, and
that he would try to make thirty bales to
the mule this year.
A great many farmers have almost abandoned
the use of soluble guanos, and are trying
acid. I am told that the ingredients
of the acids and the soluble guanos are very
near the same thing, and if such is the case,
T think- it is wisdom on the nart of the far
mer to u.se the acids, for the reason that he
will save from 25 to 33 per cent, of the
amount spent in fertilizers, I hear from all
sides that the acids last year paid as well or
better than soluble guanos.
J am glad to say tnat the farmers are not
only economizing in the selection of grades,
&c\, but they do not buy as much as they
formerly did. They begin to appreciate
the value of home made manure. More
I pains are taken in saving and making ma!
nure at home. There has been a great
| saving in making the fertilizer for the crop
within the last year or two, because the sale
of commercial manures lias fallen off greatly
during that time, and thecotton crop steadily
increases every year. Some may say that
there is as much guano used now as at anv
time, but the price has been reduced, Well,
if this is true, let the farmers make more manure
at home, and they will force the guano
companies tnselL their fertilizers still
lower. Hut 1 am sorry to say that the demand
for commercial manures this year is
greater than it was last.
The oat and wheat crops are looking very
well now, but it is likely that this cold wet
weather will give them a back-set. The
fruit crop, I think, is all killed now ; if not,
it will be very inferior.
Mr. Jas. IL. Goss has received the appointment
of postmaster at this place, and
I must say that there is no one whose appointment
would give more general satisfaction.
ITe is an efficient and accomodating
officer. There were several applicants
for this office besides June Mobley, and u
funny thing happened to one of them, a Dem???"*
U.wl!/inl.l iroanlionl'oi" \i*lm nn
honored name. He got up a petition with a
lot of names on it, went to Greenville, I <
hear, and Roberson, Blythe and many of
that sort signed the petition. One day he
approached Bishop Dickinson, of Brooklyn, '
> . Y., a colored man, who was in attendance
upon Conference here, and asked him to sign !
the petition. Dickinson said to him: "Sir,
you will have toexecuse me; I have nothing J
at all to do with polities, and even if I did, I :
know nothing whatever about you; you are '
an entire stranger to me." We are all sat- <
isiied. Goss is the man we wanted to have
the oftice and he is the man who has it! .
About three weeks ago, Mrs. Elizabeth
Fowler died at her home near Jonesville, 1
in this county, at the advanced age of one 1
hundred years, three months and four days.
The new Presbyterian Church is going
up very fast, and it is thought that it will!,
be finished in May. The congregation |
have sold their old church building to the :
trustees of the public schools, and a school 1
will bo opened in it soon. The congregation <
worship m Nicholson Hall until the new i
church is completed. ]
Our recent complications in regard to the ,
appointment of a treasurer for this county
have been finally adjusted by the re-ap-1.
pointment of Mr. John IT. Gallman to that
office. Xicolo. II
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
T. Wi Clawson?Sweet Potatoes for Planting.
l)r. W. M. Walker?Dentistry.
H. F. Adiekes?Has Just Returned from the
Northern Markets.
G. W. S. Hart?Assignee's Sale?Assignee's No- ,
Notice.
W. C. Latimer?New Goods, New Goods.
Withers Adiekes?On the Way.
J. M. Adams' New Advertisement.
J. It. Lindsay <fc Co.?Our Mr. J. R. Lindsay has
returned from New York.
W. G. White, M. I).?Medical Not fee.
E. H. Ahell?Auction Hale.
Lady Agents Wanted.
SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS.
The ears of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad
were covered with snow when they
passed Yorkville last Monday morning.
GRAND LODGE K. OF H.
The Grand Lodge of Knights of Honor of
South Carolina, will convene in seventh annual
session in the town of Aiken, on Tuesday,
17th of April next.
A. K. PRESBYTERY.
The First Presbytery of the Associate Reformed
Church, will meet in Charlotte, N.
C., on Monday next, the 2nd proximo.
The sessions of the Presbytery will be open
etl with a sermon by the retiring moderator,
Rev. R. G. Miller. Dr. John E. Pressley, of
Coddle Creek Church, Cabarrus county, is
Clerk of the Presbytery.
DEATH OF MR. DUDLEY JONES.
In connection with the death of Mr. Dudley
Jones, formerly a well known citizen of
York county, an account of whose burial
we clip from the Rock Hill Herald, a letter
from Rome, Ga., informs us that his death
may not have resulted from heart disease,
as has been published, as he was in
the house all alone at the time of his death,
and when found, he was lying in the tire,
and was badly burned. A theory is that he
was making up the fire, and losing his balance,
fell over on the coals.
* EASTEK-DAY.
Easter-day occurred on last Sunday, the
25th instant, an event which, according to
astronomical calculation, has not happened
since 1742, and will not happen again, according
to the same authority, until 18!)4.
The day was unusually inclement, even for
the season, and was more like a northern
Christmas than a southern Easter. While
it was intensely cold, there was rain, snow
and sleet, with piercing wind, contrasting
singularly with the verdilnt fields and
blooming orchards. The elements seemed
at war, but the conflict will doubtless usher
in fVio \rni?n?1 cnnuon +/\ it'hioh tVw? fu rnwirc
111 vv iiuu ovdrjviij iv it jiivu ua\/ mniiva>;
are looking with impatience.
BURNING OF ASMOKE-HOUSE.
The smoke-house of Miy. Thomas P.
Whitesides, who lives about 6 A miles north
of Yorkvilie, was destroyed hy fire on
Wednesday night of last week. The fire
occurred about midnight, and was discovered
in the roof of the building, though no
theory is given as to its origin. There was
600 or 700 pounds of bacon in the house,
all of which was saved in a damaged condition.
A quantity of molasses, some pease,
potatoes, and a number of other articles of
small value were burnt with the building,
the whole loss amounting to about $100.
Something over two years ago Maj. Whitesides
had the misfortune to lose his grist
and saw mills and cotton gin by fire.
JOURNALISTIC.
The Charlotte Daily Journal has bought
out the Observer establishment of that city,
and on Tuesday morning last the first issue
of the consolidated journal appeared under
the title of the Daily Journal-Observer. The
consolidated publication is enlarged to a 62column
sheet, and is the largest daily now
printed in our sister State. C'ol. Jones, late
editor of the Observer, retires from journalism
in North Carolina possibly forever. In
his retirement he carries the good willofthe
mainotmmon u'flq
ilOY^pipci ViciXV ?? uviv *v ? mv fv? i?i?u
known. Under the consolidation the editorial
management is not announced, but we
presume it will continue under the conduct
of Hon. A. M. Waddell, who has been the
able editor of the Journal since its establishment
last August.
CIIURCII NOTICES.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks,
Pastor. The second quarterly meeting of
this Conference will be held at Philadelphia
next Saturday and Sunday, on which occasion
the Presiding Elder, Rev. A. M. Chrietzberg,
will be present. Preaching by the
Presiding Elder in the church at Yorkville
on Sunday night.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
There will be no servicesat this church
next Sunday, in consequence of the absence
of the pastor, who will conduct services at
Bullock's Creek on that day,
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
R. Lathan, D. IX, Pastor. There will be no
service in this church next Sunday, in consequence
of the absence of the Pastor in attendance
on the meeting of Presbytery at
Charlotte. _
PRESBYTERY OF BETHEL.
The next meeting of the Presbytery of
Bethel will be held in Yorkville, convening
on Friday before the third Sunday in April
next, 13th proximo, at 7.30 P. M. The last
meetings of the Presbytery were at Bullock's
Creek Church, in this county, on the
22nd of last September, and at Abbeville,
on the 18th of October. Bethel Presbytery
embraces 39 churches, including 17 in York
county; "> in Lancaster; 9 in Chester, and 8
in Fairfield, as follows :
York County?Ramah, Bcthcsda, Beth-Shiloh,
YorkviUo, Bethel, Bullock's Creok, Harmony,
ltock Hill, Fort Mill, Olivet, Clover, Mouiit
Pleasant, Fbcnezer, Shiloh, Beersheba, Allison
Creek, Hopewell.
Lancaster County?Six Mile Creek, Tirzah,
Douglas, Lancastcrville, Waxliaw.
Chester County?Fishing Creek, Carmel Hill,
Purity, Concord^ Pleasant <?rove, Catholic, Cedar
Shoal, Smyrna, Zion.
Fuiriiold C-ountv?Scion, Horob, MountOlivet,
Mizpah, Lebanon, Salem, Aiimvell, Longtown.
THE CHURCHES LAST SUNDAY.
The services at the Episcopal Church last
Sunday were peculiarly appropriate to the
day which Easter commemorates. The
church wsis handsomely decorated with evergreens
and flowers. The chancel, pulpit
and reading desk were draped in white
damask, over which was wreathed floral
designs emblematic of a Risen Saviour.
Over the chancel, in letters of evergreen,
were the words of the text of the day's
discourse: "Christ, our passover is sacrificed
for us. Let us keep the feast." On white
damask, hung from the railing of the chan
eel, in letters of evergreen, were the lines:
"Christ the Lord is risen to-day,
Sons of men and angels say."
The reading desk was also elaborately or- ;
inmiml'nrl fln?7DPU nnrl in fW\Tlf flf tllO
1KII1ICUIVU )Y XU11 i?W ?T V* kj j uuu aaa aa v**v vta ?..v
pulpit was a beautiful monogram of the
letters "I. H. S.," (Jesus the Saviour of
men) surmounted by the word "Alleluia."
The music was exceptionally fine, and the
discourse of the minister, Rev. A. Prentiss,
from the words above quoted was highly
instructive and especially adapted to the :
sjlad event the day commemorates in all 1
Christian lands. j
At the Methodist Episcopal Church, the ]
Rev. \V. \V. Duncan, D. I)., of Wotford j
College, preached an able discourse from 1
Matthew 27: 42?"He saved others; himself i
he cannot save." After the regular servi- <
jes, Dr. Duncan spoke on the subject of ed- j
ueation, and in the interest of Wotford Col- 1
lege, after which a collection was taken for 1
the endowment fund of the College. 1
At the Presbyterian church, Rev. T. R, s
English, pastor, the service was appropriate i
lo the day, the discourse being founded
on Mark, 5:19: "Go home to thy friends
and tell them how great things the Ix>rd
hath done for thee, and hath had compassion
on thee."
Owing to the extreme inclemency of the
weather, there was no evening service in
any of the churches.
ill. E. SUNDAY-SCHOOL.
The entertainment given in the Court
House last Friday evening, by the members
of the M. E. Sunday-school, while possessing
some novel features, was highly entertaining
and instructive in other respects.
The occasion attracted a large and delighted
audience. The entertainment was opened
by vocal music, the whole school singing,
"We'll Praise Him Forever." After
prayer by the Rev. T. R. English, of the
Presbyterian Church, Mr. F. A. Gilbert,
supemuenueni 01 me rsunuay-scnooi, 111 a
few chaste and neat remarks, introduced
the Jtev.'W. W. Duncan, D. D., of Wofford
College, who had been invited to deliver an
address. This address, which might aptly
have for its title "Perseverance," was directed
mainly to the young people, but it
was profitably heard by those of larger
growth. For about an hour the accomplished
speaker entertained his hearers with an
address replete with wise counsel to the
young, for their guidance in life, abounding
in entertaining facts and sparkling with wit.
While the address was within the comprehension
of the youngest pupil of the school,
it was a finished production, conveying
many important truths and lessons, delivered
in such a manner as to make their impress
upon the youthful mind.
After music, the novel feature of the entertainment
was introduced, it being the
"jug breaking." This was the first effort here
to raise money by this process, so popular
in many localities, and as there was quite a
number of competitors for the prizes to
be awarded to the girl and boy whose
jugs should contain the largest amounts,
much interest was manifested in the interesting
process of breaking the jugs and ascertaining
the amount of the contents.
For the information of those uninitiated
in the mystery of utilizing jugs in the cause
of Sunday-schools, it may be proper to explain
that the jugs used for this purpose are
harmless vessels, holding less than a pint,
and while the mouth is sealed, there is provided
a small aperture admirably contrived
for the reception of cash, from a nickle to a
silver do^ar, or even a ten-dollar note may
be folded so as pass in without difficulty.
When once in the jug, it is considerably safer
than if in the custody of a northern bank
cashier, or the hands of a government official
with a big contract to let. It can no more be
used as a circulating medium until the jug is
broken. A number of these jugs are distributed
among the younger members of the
Sunday-school, who are denominated jugbearers,
and they vie with each other in the
effort*to secure the largest accumulation of
coins by a given date, at which time the
jugs are publicly broken, the contents counted,
and promised prizes to the most successful
jug-bearers awarded. The contestants
on this occasion numbered six girls and six
boys, named below, and on breaking the
jugs and counting the contents, the following
was the result:
OIRIiS' LIST.
Miss Ella Jcllervs $10.55
Miss Katie Lewis 12.70
Miss Mattie Jofferys 10.65
Miss Mollie Thomas 0.00
Miss L'oonie Russell 5.55
Miss Mary Ellen Ferguson 3.65
boys' list.
Frank Happerfield 7.20
Darby Owen 5.60
George Williams 5.33
Freddie Moltke 4.05
Lewis Grist 1.80
Lonnie Mct'lain , 1.70
Of the competitors in the above lists, Miss
Ella Jefferys and Master Frank Happerfield
were declared the successful ones. Besides
the prizes awarded them, a special prize was
1--1 ^ tnrv
IIwarneu to nmu nanj numu, n 11 vnt; jug
contained $20.55. The prizes consisted of a
hymn book to Miss Jefierys, a Bible to
blaster Happerfield?elegantly bound volumes?and
a silver cup to little Harry
Smith. The prizes were presented by Col.
A. Coward, whose address to the recipients
was well conceived; and while he drew
a moral from the occasion and pointed his
remarks with much wholesome advice, his
address was not devoid of humor.
Besides the amounts above given, a jug,
sent from Columbia by Miss Emmie Hanahan,
contained $3.1"), the receipts at the door
were $8.90, and the amount realized from
the auction of surplus jugs was $3.85, making
a total of $120.1)"), which sum is to be applied
for the benefit of the Sunday-school.
But we must not omit mention of the auction,
which was conducted by that veteran
auctioneer, Col. McCorkle, and as the precedent
had beeen established by speakers
who preceded him to enliven the occasion
with humor, he availed himself of the license
always accorded to the auctioneer, and
kept the house in roars of laughter by his
sallies of wit until he disposed of the last
article.
The Sunday-school sung the closing song,
"Is It Far?" when the benediction was pronounced
by the ltev. R. P. Franks.
The exercises were interspersed with fine
music rendered by the Yorkville string
band, and for the vocal music Mrs. Alice
Nail, of Chester, presided at the organ.
CIRCUIT COURT.
March term of the Circuit Court for York
county, his Honor Judge Kershaw presiding,
convened at 10 o'clock, A. M., last Monday.
On the call, by the clerk, of the roll of grand
jurors drawn to serve during the present
year, the following answered totheir names:
Alvin Smith, J. C. Gwin, William Dickson,
J. P. Epps, I). T. Partlow, J. D. Hamilton,
Alonzo Gettys, A. W. Gladden, R. M. Carroll,
Andy Hall, Peter Nance, George Gunning,
Joseph A. Smith, W. J. Garrison,
JamesE. Plexico, James Betts, S. A. Fewell.
J. D. Hamilton was appointed foreman.
Solicitor Gaston presented a number of
bills, which, after being placed in the hands
of the Court, his Honor briefly charged the
grand jury as to their duties as the grand
inquest of the county. In charging the
jury, he said their duties were two-fold?
first, to pass upon all bills presented by the
Solicitor, and after due investigation and
examination of such witnesses as were sent
before them, to say whether there is probable
cause to sustain the charge against the
accused. It is not the duty of the grand
iurv to try the cause; but simply to say
whether the evidence brought before them
is sufficient to establish the probable guilt
of the parties. If twelve of your number
agree, from the facts, that there is probable
guilt, you will find a true bill; but unless
twelve of your body so agree, you will return
"No bill."
After general instructions as to their duties
in the grand jury room, his Honor further
instructed them that besides the ordinary
business coming before them, they are also
authorized to make presentment and bring
before the Court such matters as in their
judgment are of any importance to the
public interests of York county. If the
grand jury know of any crime that has
been perpetrated in the county, and which
is not being prosecuted by any private individual,
if in the opinion of the grand
11 " ka tjnkijnmra/1
jury lilt? pilOIIU lllicicni ? uum i/c nuucti ? v.v?
by making presentment of the same, they
have the right to make the presentment;
but in such cases the grand jury need not
ict if they think the publci interest does
not demand it.
The grand jury is also charged with the
supervision of the manner in which the va|
rious public officers of the county discharge
their official duties. The grand jury should
! examine, during the term, or at some subsequent
time, into the conduct of the county
officers and report upon the same. His
Honor would not intimate that such investigation
was necessary as to any supposed
dereliction of duty by the officers of York
. K?if 4-Iw* invtr iu fKn Atilw Gil
t'UUllt) , UUI 111^- <mv* ju;j 10 Uiuj us*
pervisory body between the officers and the
people, and while their report would no
doubt be highly satisfactory, it could only
he regarded by the officers a compliment
to them, while a source of satisfaction to
the people.
His Honor closed by an allusion to
the welfare of the State and the general
prosperity and almost uninterrupted peace
among the people. There is hut one cloud?
which the people of the State are unable to
control?now confronting our citizens; and
in regard to that he could only recommend
that the people throughout the State restrain
themselves during the prosecution of
quiet, inoffending citizens, feeling fully assured
that in due time the conduct of our
persecutors will react upon them to the honor
and vindication of our people.
After specifically charging the grand jury
as to the nature of the bills placed in their
hands, the grand jury retired, and the listof
petit jurors was called. The following answered
to their names: (). J. Gwin, Jerry
Darwin, J. W. Beamguard, W. R. J. Stanton,
Ben Youngblood, Sam Jackson, Perry
Anderson, Andrew Atkinson, L. M. Davis,
J. A. Dickson, W. T. Smarr, W. S. Starr, Cf.
H. O'Leary, D. M. Hall, J. It. Kennedy, W.
Y. Jones, W. G. Finley, R. If. Moss, D. W.
Brown, W. I). Parks, T. J. Garrison, D. C.
Williams, A. H. Moore, J. M. Wylie, W.
A. Carson, Miles Gates, T. M. Allen, Win.
Caldwell, Elijah Nix, D. W. McCarter, S.
A. Matthews, It. B. Youngblood, Jacob
laiuweu, a. r. uarrison.
D. W. Brown was excused, on his. own
motion, on account of sickness in his family.
The annual reports of the County Commissioners,
the County Treasurer and the
County School Commissioner, were presented
to the Court by the Clerk, and his
Honor announced that he would refer the
reports to the grand jury.
The Sessions docket was then called, ami
the following cases were disposed of on
Monday and Tuesday:
State vs. Amzi Leech, colored; larceny of
live stock. Prosecutor?W. C. Childers.
The defendant pleaded guilty and was sentenced
by the Court to one year in the penitentiary.
State vs. Calvin Burton,.George Guntharp
and Dave McFadden, all colored; burglary
and larceny. Prosecutor?Robert Black.
Mr. Solicitor Gaston for the State; Mr. J.
F. Hart for the defence. Verdict?guilty
as to Calvin Burton and George Guntharp.
Not guilty as to Dave McFadden.
State vs. James Moore, colored; grand
larceny. Prosecutor?Wm. Burris. Verdict,
guilty, with recommendation for mercy
of the Court. Sentenced to the penitentiary
for one year.
State vs. Frank Greer, colored; carrying
concealed weapons. Prosecutor?Mack
Bird, colored. Mr. Spencer for defence.
Verdict, not guilty.
State vs. Bradley Castles, colored ; assault
and battery with intent to kill. Prosecutor?George
Lowry, colored. Verdict,
guilty.
The case of Louis Pettis, colored, charged
with murder, is set for to-day.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The aggregate product of the mica mines
in North Carolina has been over 250,000
pounds, worth about half a million dollars.
? The Gastonia Gazette learns from Congressman
Dowd that the new mail route
from Gastonia to Riverside, York county,
has been granted, and that the contracts for
carrying the mail, and for the survey, will
e/mn 1 w-> nrlvprtisprl.
? The Asheville Citizen says : The lumber
business along the line of the road from ?
Hickory to Asheville, is rapidly developing
into an immense one. Nearly every station
now ships largely, and the supply is
not up to the demand.
? The Salisbury Watchman says : There
seems to be quite a healthy outlook for
North Carolina mining properties in Boston.
From two tons of selected ore, 91 ounces of
amalgam was obtained, worth in refined
gold about fifty per centum of the above
weight. This was picked ore, and each
piece showed free gold.
? The snow fall in North Carolina last
Sunday and Monday is unprecedented. At
Greensboro the snow fell two feet on a level,
and at Henderson it fell three feet. The
telegraph lines are down from Greensboro
north. At Kittrell's a number of houses
fell under the weight of the snow. In some
localities there was 110 abatement of the
storm 011 Monday.
? The new cotton factory of Buck Shoals
Manufacturing Company, near Mt. Airy,
was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning
of last week. This was the work of an incendiary,
and occurring at the hour it did,
nothing was saved. This factory was built
by Mr. John M. Brower and recently equipEed
with new and improved machinery.
oss, $60,000; insurance, $15,000.
? Charlotte Observer: Mr. J. T. Tate, of
Gaston county, has entered a tract of land,
in the office of register of deeds of this county.
The peculiar thing about it is, that 110
one has ever seen the land, as it forms the
bottom of the Catawba river and extends
from Thompson's ford to Rozzell's ferry.
The land has already been staked off. Part
of it lies in Gaston county and the survey j
ors of both Mecklenburg and Gaston will
j have to meet and make a joint survey. After
the survey is made, Mr. Tate will apply
to the Governor for a State grant, when he
will be the virtual owner of a part of the
| tat aw Da river uoiiom. ne is going to mrm
| for fish, his object being to establish an exI
tensive fishery in the Catawba.
THE GALLOWS LAST FRIDAY.
Nick Walker, colored, who last August
i murdered Tom Jenkins, also colored, in Aui
genta. Pulaski county, Ark., was hanged in
I Pulaski county jail yard last Friday. He
I protested his innocence until a short time
! before the execution when he confessed.
At Graham, N. L'., Jerome Holt, a negro,"
j was hanged last Friday for entering the
; house of William Terrell, in the suburbs of
i Gibsonville, a small town on the N. C. ltailroad,
and feloniously assaulting the inmates.
The execution took place in the jail yard,
and was strictly private. Sheriff Holton
acted as executioner. Holt was resigned
to his fate. He professed religion and said
i that if he had not been under the influence
of liquor he would not have committed the
1 crime. The drop fell at 1 o'clock,
i At Lafayette, Ga., William Banks and
Green Cunningham were hanged for the
horrible murder of II. H. Rodd, a highly
respected citizen of Walker county, last
January. The gallows was fitted with an
ordinary trap, and was erected three quarters
of a mile from town. The execution
was public and fully ten thousand people
were present. The prisoners expressed
their readiness to die.
At Franklin, Texas, Fred. E. Waite was
hanged for killing Jailor Add Wiser on
May, 1882. Waite and two other prisoners,
Daniel Compton and Wyatt Banks, the lastnamed,
colored, plotted the murder, and
Waite carried it out by concealing himself
in the prison corridor while allowed to use
it for exercise, and, when the jailor brought
the prisoners their breafast, Waite beat him
with a bar of iron. Jlaniel Compton is serving
a life sentence for complicity in the
murder, and Wyatt Banks is to be hanged
on April 28. There were 2,(HX) spectators
present at Waite's execution. Everything
was orderly. The doomed man died without
flinching. He confessed his crime and
refused to tolerate what he termed the
mockery of religion by allowing the presence
of a preacher or any religious exercises.
He spent the early part of his last night and
the morning hours in smoking with his
friends, and drank several bottles of champagne.
He ate a hearty dinner and was
perfectly cool and collected on the gallows.
Jlis neck was broken and he died without
a struggle.