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VD? T?MP TY-NUMBER 128?). CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 8, 3870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. WASHINGTON. THE GEORGIA DELEGATIONS. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. A Revenue TarUT-Thc Protection ot Congressmen-Continental Cable?. [SrECIAL TELEGUAM TO TUE DAILY NEWS.] WASHINGTON, February 7. Thc Georgia lielegalions now here aro ac? tively at work, and Bullock is on hand actively lobbying. The Reconstruction Committee takes up to? morrow tho questiou of admitting the Stare. mil and Miller, the old senators, arrived herc to-day; but the leading Radicals and tito President declare that new senators shall be elected by thc present L ?gislaturc. [FKOM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] WASHINGTON, February 7. ^fwo Georgia delegations have arrived here Rullock leading one and Bryant the other. Roth claim to bc Republican. Tho President has nominated Joseph P. Bradley, of New Jersey, and William Strong, of Pennsylvania, associate justices of the Su? preme Court. LATER.-The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear thc Conservative Republican delega? tion on Wednesday regarding Georgia. Trum? bull has notified thc Bulloc* delegation to be present. Thc Elections Committee h::c indefinitely postponed tho case of Sogar, who claims a seat as Congressman at large from Virginia. Dispatches from Havana to Secretary Fish say that one American citizen was killed and two wounded there yesterday. No particulars. " Tim Georgia delegation now herc, consisting of the President of the State Senate, thc Speaker, pro tem., Judges GibsonvParrott and Harrall, of thc Supreme Court, Representative Clift and others, called on the Presdent this morning. During thc interview, which lasted an beor, the political situation was fully dis? cussed. The President said that although his first impressions were that thc action of the Legislature, previous to the expulsion of thc colored mercers, was legal and binding, and the election of senators was to hold good, he was satisfied, aRer more mature reflection, that the present Legislature Js the first legal organization, and that all action should be begun de novo. He asked who thc Repub? licans would select as senators. The delegation replied that the nominations would probably be made on Monday, and the election take place on Tuesday, and that, no doubt, they would bc loyal Republicans. The President said that both he and Genoral Sherman had entire confidence in General I Terry. He would fully advise them (Grant cud Sherman) of inc situation in a few days, when he would bc in Washington on public business. The delegation also expressed their confidence in Terry's judgment and ability. CONGRESSIONAL. The House is discussing tho resolution that thc tariff should bo for revenue, not for pro? tection. In the Senate, Morton presented documents declaring that Georgia had adopted the Four? teenth and Fifteenth amendments. LATER.-In thc House, Ridgeway, of Vir? ginia, introduced bills to repeal thc act pre? so'bing the (iron-clad) oath ol'office, also for thc removal of political disabilities from the people of Virginia. Walker introduced a bill to discontinue the Freedmen's Bureau. A resolution was offered on Monday last de? claring that the constitutional authority to levy taxes does not iucltide any power to im? pose duties other than for the collection of revenue, and that a tariff levied for any other purpose than that ot revenue, especially if levied to foster and en? courage one section of thc country or one class of citizens at thc expense of another section or class, is unauthorized by thc consti? tution, unjust to the great body of the people, and injurious to almost all ifidustrfes, and detecting the Ways and Means Committee to prepare a bill accordingly. This resolution was laid-on the table to-day. Ayes SO, noes 77. The Indian Appropriation bill was made the special order for Tuesday. It gives this year $3,000,000 against $6,000,000 last year. The amount estimated for was $5,000,000. In the Senate a petition was presented favor? ing an additional amendment granting female suffrage. A bill was reported to encourage telegraphic communication between the Eastern and West? ern Continents, which gives the American and Asiatic Telegraph Company the exclusive right, for fourteen years, to a telegraph cable from some point in Washington Territory, with government vtsscls to assist the enter? prise. Thc bill to protect Congressmen from impor? tunity, and preserve thj independence of the several departments, and thc census bill, wore discussed, without final action, to the hour of adjournment. TUE LEGAL TENDER ACT. Decision of the Supreme Court. WASHINGTON, February 7. Thc case of Hcpburne vs. Griswold; brought from the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, involv? ing the Legal-tender law, was decided in thc United States Supreme Court to-day. Chief Justice Chase delivered thc opinion of thc court, sustaining the decision of thc court b?jow, and holding that a contract made be? fore Ute Legal-tender law could not be dis? charged in United States notes. The opinion is very long and discusses at groat length tho powers of Congress. It holds that Congress had no right to make government notes a legal tender for pre-existing private debts. lt does not touch the question of contracts made since thc law was passed. This opinion was concurred in by Justices Nelson, Clifford and Picld. Mr. Justice Miller delivered the minority opinion, concurred in by Justices Swayne and Davis, holding tho law to be entirely constitu? tional, and treating it principally as incident to the war power. SE ARKS ER O M TUE WIRES.' Peter S. Washburne, Governor of Vermont, is dead. Extensive smuggling by mall has been dis? covered at Chicago. Among thc packages seized were twelve dozen hymn books, ad? dressed to-Brigham Young, Salt Lake. Thc Alabama Legislature will pass a bill loaning three million State bonds to the Ala? bama and Chattanooga Railroad. The bill has already passed thc House, and the Senate will concur. Dobbins, a distiller at Dayton, Ohio, has re? fused to pay taxes, in order to test the legality uf the 48-hour fermentation rule. There have been twenty-seven cases of yel? low fever aboard of the Seminole, which :s now going io Portsmouth, N. H. COLUMBIA. TUE SES ATE SOT IS SESSIOS. Discussion of the Labov Sill lu thc wm > House. - / j -*^ (STECIAL TELEGRAM TO T1IK NETTS.] COLUMBIA, February 7. In t ho Senate liiere was no quorum. In the House, Thompson ?rave notice of a lull to incorporate thc Citizen's Passenger Railway Company, of Columbia. Tho following bills were read a first time: By McKinlay, to repeal certain ordinances of thc Charleston City Council and acts of thc Legislature preventing the creel ?on of wooden buildings in certain portions of Charleston, and a bill to grant authority to the Charleston City Council to amend ordinances to aid in re? building thc burnt district and wasto places of Charleston; by Brodie, to amend an act to es? tablish a State Orphan Asylum. The Educational bill passed ami was returned to thc Senate for concurrence in amendments. Thc bills lo incorporate the Comet Light In? fantry and Randolph Riflemen, of Charleston, thc Lincoln Guards, of Saint Stephen's, and thc Santee National Guards, and thc bill to amend the charier of tho Granltcvillc Manu? facturing Company, passed and were sent to the Senate. Jenks presented thc petition of property owners of Mount Pleasant against thc passage of a biil to amend the charter and order a new election for municipal officers of tho same. Thc following bills passed and were ordered to be enrolled : To provide for a general elec? tion of county officers; to incorp?rate Hie Inde? pendent Elliott Hook and Ladder Company of Orangeburg; joint resolution to authorize the reissue of a certificate of State stock to Wm. Dougherty. The Labor bill was discussed and thc pream? ble struck out, when the House adjourned. The Labor bill will be killed. EURO!'E. Kochefort Still Rampageous. PARIS, February 7. General Heine has departed for Panania to conduct the Dallen Ship Canal explorations. Thc Marscllaisc, Henri Rochelbrt's journal, appears this morniug with a characteristic article, over the signature of Rochcfort him? self, relative to thc recent notice ordering him lo consider himself a prisoner in obedience to the sentence of the court. He declares boldly that he will uot surrender himself, and If tile ministers want, him they must come and take him, and, furthermore, they must come pre? pared to use force. Thc new postal arrangements with thc United States applies only to prepaid matter. Spain and tuc Republics. MADRID, February 7. It is reported that thc treaty between Spain and thc Spanish Republics will be signed imme? diately. . - CUBA. Captare of Artillery-Tue Sugar Trade. HAVANA, February 7. Genend Gayenoche, returned lo Puerto Principe, reports capturing two piece? of artil? lery and many prisoners. There is little business doing in sugar, and prices arc barely maintained. EXECUTIVE O UTE A O E. Commuting Ihe Sentence or :.. Diaboli? cal Murderer. We take tho following article frcWfhc Ches teifield'Democrat: Governor Scott has commuted thc sentence of Abram Chambers, Sr.. colored, sentenced to be hung for thc murder ol' his child five years old,, tb Imprisonment for life. This he has done without troubling himself to impure into the facts ot' the most diabolical murder ever heard ol' In this community. If Abram Chambers does not deserve to die, we cannot conceive of a case in which Ute death penalty should be enforced, and Governor Scott's aetio.i in the premises amounts to nothing less than an abolition of capital pim? islinietit in South Carolina. If the Legislature is anxious to lind a subject for impeachment on the ground of a total disregard for existing law, it may be found in this arbitrary Governor. The evidence lu the case of Abram Cham? bers disclosed tile must deliberate, cold-blood? ed diabolism wc have ever heard or read of. He Innig his children up by the thumb for hours ata time, and in one instance from Circe o'clock in tile afternoon until the next morn? iug. Ile hung them by thc neck (and this little boy among them) until lifo appeard tu be extinct. He bout it with a board, kicked it with bis feet, aud persisted in Iiis cruelty until the little Hiing could only in a hoarse whisper beg for mercy; and filially he Killed it, and gin? ned in the acouipiishnieitt ol'his hellish deed. Enough ! The community knows the horrible tacts ol'the case, and understands thc motives ol'lire Governor's conduct. If Abram Chambers does not vote at the next election, we shall be surprised. TUE LATE BATTLE IS CUBA. Jordan's Victory at Guaimarc-Pucllo Defeated anil Driven Huck by the In? surgents under Jordnn, &c. Thc accounts which have reached us by mail of thc battle of Coalman), Cuba, between thc Spanish troops, under Fuello, and thc insur? gents, under General Jordan and Colonel Bcauvllliers, seem to leave no doubt ol the dis? astrous defeat ol' Fuello, and thc fact that this was one ol tho most important engagements of the war. General Puello left thc line of the Kucvitas and Principe Railroad on Christmas day willi 2.100 picked Spanish troops, six pieces of artil? lery and provisions amply sufficient for eight or ten days. His destination was Cascorro and Guairaaro, the Cuban capital, as indicated in a proclamation ot' his issued u few days be? t?re, and in which he also boasted that, .sword in hand, ho would seek, find and destroy theene my; that he would show no quarters. He made hitattack.saysacorrespondont, upon the insur? gents, who were entrenched before Glialmuro, January 1st. and after three repulses was forced lo retreat, closely followed by Hie Cu? bans, to Arroyo Hondo, where lie wu's besieg? ed and harassed for fifteen days. Un the lTtli of January he cut his way through, and after live days difficult marching and continual tightiug, readied the small seaport ol' Raga, OU the north coast, a few leagues east of Nue vltas, minus artillery and much oilier proper? ty, where Spanish vessels came at his bidding, und removed him and Hie remnant ol' Iiis army to Nuevitas. The Spanish losses where, it is staled, 400 killed and SOO wouudcd. The Cuban loss is variously estimated at from f<00 to 1000. From correspondence which fell Into thc hands ol Fuello it is known that Quesada luis been relieved from command by the Republi? can government and Jordan substituted. Thc latter was thought to have been in command on the 1st, though it is reported thal Beau villier's chief of artillery was. From the fact that Hie insurgents did not toilow the retreat? ing column in any force it is inferred that they moved off to reinforce their compatriots at Najaba, upon which Goyouccho is moving with oooo men. -Mile. Scneider recenhtly sung at Nice for tiie benefit of&he poor, and Offenbach himself ?c.; the orchestra. HATTERS IX KERSHAW. Tlie Watcree and Nort?i Carolina Rail mart-Cotton-Prcctl Labor and Immi? gration, j [FROM OVB OWN CORRESPONDENT.] CAMDEN, February S. Si '?ce my last lotter, an event ol'considerable interest to our community, as well us others, hus transplml. l refer to Hie death of Judge Boozer, which event removed one of the as? pirants to the Supreme Bench, a formidable opponent, or rallier rival, of tho talented whipper and tho immaculate Wright, and pro? bably tho best circuit judge in the State, for lie adhered to old notions, nor strove to make laws such as Judge Thomas, who told the jury, on at least one occasion of which I am aware, that they could, in reference lo ante-bellum debts, lind a verdict for one-fourth of the amount, or even less, il* they thought fit so lo do; and even went so far as to say, t hat it wai chivalrous to give (he whole amount in their verdict. I sec that Wright has obtained thc desire ri po? sition. It our circuit judge is to bc a white man of sufficient independence to administer the laws with au unbiased mind, wo can manage to keep up ai least a small semblance of justice among ourselves; but if ignorant anil pre? sumptuous Mr. Whipper is foisted upon us, then, farewell to thc small remnant of justice and tlte impartial administration ol' thc laws which is IclPus. Our community, so long deprived ol any banking facilities, hus been supplied by a branch ellice ot'llic "Citizen's Savings Hank.'' They discount sight drafts ou your city at one-quar? ter otr, so that you eau easily perceive what ti shaving shop it'is; no worse, though, limn most of thc oilier banking institutions at thc pre? sent day; besides it is an undoubled conveni? ence. We are still engaged in discussing thc "Wa? tcree and North Carolina Railroad." We pro? pose to tax the Counties of Kershaw and Lan caster for tho purpose of building Ihe road, by the county commissioners giving bonds of their respective counties and transferring them lo lite road in exchange for their slock; thc county bonds to be vested in trustees, and they tb manipulate the entire enterprise; the bonds made payable upon a long time, and thc people taxed only to keep down Hie in? terest. The scheme, of course, is to make the dividends of their stock pay for the utterest upon thc investment, and by dexterous man? agement the stock of the company may be made to pay the principal of thc bonds. If thc road is a success, this will bc practicable with some little aid from the people, and the property throughout thc line of its roule will be doubled or trebled in value.xThc bill author? izing tho counties to subscribe to the slock of the company hus been prepared, and will, in a few days, be presented to thc General Assem? bly. ' . Thc tanners mid planters in Ibis section have hitherto, in this season, kept back a -rood por? tion ot their cotton; and now, since (?ic staple has risen in value, quantities aro boluc brought in, and very good prices obtained'. 'I o-cliiy it sold herc for 24 cents" fur "good mid? dling." Under these favorable auspices, I think wc may well hope that our material prosperity is rapidly growing upon a steady basis, ami that ore loug plenty will take thc piuco of scarcity in all the departments of business life. One other favorable sign is tho fact that iliti freedmen have generally contracted, and with their last year's employers. There lias been very Uti lc changing about, comparative? ly, which-indicates that, notwithstanding tho great "Labor Convention," the freedmen arc content to rec?late their own private nflUlrs, and do not desire legislative aid to enable them to live. One rat lier singular Incl In relation to thc Gor? man laborer: Several gentlemen herc brought on a few by way of experiment. They ap? peared very well pleased, and were first-class laborers; but suddenly they conceived a desire to leave, and with little, If any warning, they left-that. lc>, two families did. Now, tlie German when bc comes herc, dot's so with the expectation ot bettering Iiis condi? tion. If ho only gels Alleen dollars per month down here, when in other places farther north he gets twenty dollars or twenty-live dollars, !">w can you expect him to rentalU hero ! Es I- dally, when here, he finds uo one, scarcely, to lalk with, (man being naturally communica? tive.) whereas at Ute North and in Hie Wost he finds crowds ol' his own countrymen. Thura bc has his meals prepared for him ; hero he docs it for himself. Will German labor bea success? KERSHAW. A STRANGE EPIDEMIC. The "Relapsing Fever"-Wh-, thc New York Ph y-.?cia ns Say About lt. An epidemic classed by thc medical profes? sion as tlie "relapsing fever'"-a disease hith? erto unknown in the United States-has, with? in tlie last two or three months, made ils ap? pearance in Hie City of Now York, occurring among the uiost. destitute classes. Epidemics of thc disease have occurred fre? quently abroad, in Germany, Russia anil the British Isles. Like typhus, it is a famine, fever, occurring in times of general distress, lind at? tacking in thu first place the poorest classes of the community. Those who keep up with thu medical literature of the day have noted seve? ral months buck that this disease had made its appearance lu London, and that numerous cases had been there received into thu hospi? tals. Thence it has doubtless been brought, ki spite of quarantine regulations, lo our own country. Th ^ complaint ordinarily begins with asevere chill, followed by the usual phe? nomena of lever. These continue to in? crease, until alter three, lour or live, br snine iiuies .-ix days' copious perspiration terminates thc attack. The patient, reman?s free of thu fever, tliotigh often ieebie and ailing. About tho fourteenth day from thc commencement ol tim a'Anck, a second chill supervenes, followed by phenomena similar to those of the first at? tack. Sometimes a second relapso occurs about Hie twenty-first day, ami cases arc re? corded in which a third anti even a fourth have been observed. Though during the le? ver Hie symptoms are violent anti the pulse very frequent, and thc temperature high, thu disease ls attended with comparatively lilli?! danger, the mortality commonly not exceeding four or five per cent, lt spreads by coulagiun like oilier pestilences. When il once becomes epidemic, tai? cases are by no menus confined lo tito poor and needy. Ur. Klisba Harris, sanitary superintendent, ttt Hie request bf. the Beard of Health, has just prc jw ed an official report concerning tlie re inpshig lever. Tho doctor says there are now eighty-five persons suffering from it; that it ls contagious and epidemic; that noi uiifVeqiientlv whole groups arc attacked by it, and that it closely resembles tlie famine fever which pre? vailed some years ago in Ireland, and attacks those who five on poor food or are of intem? perate habits. Furthermore, we ure told thc disease was never seen on this continent before; though in 1842 something liku it appeared in Philadel? phia, and in 1852 In Buffalo, having come by immigration from Canada. lu the hospital there are nine persons in one family down with it. Thu disease prevails chiefly amoug the cellar population in James, Oliver und Cherry streets. In order to prevent ils spread, tile tit.clor recommends a general cleariug otu and cleansing of these lilihy habitations. o i. <a> ? SOUTH C A ROLIKA Pv^ A Murder and a Fatal Fire. On tlie 2d instant, a post-mortem examina? tion ol' tlie body ol' Richard Havener was held on tim farm of George Bodeford, near Hie Boiling Springs. Richard Havener, (Irccd uiau,) was shot by Chester Graham, ((reed man.) Jealousy was the supposed cause of the shooting. 'Chester Graham has fled the SLile. The" verdict of tlie jury was willul murder. lt is estimated that not less than 1000 horses and mutes have passed through Lancaster dur? ing thc past two months. Prices ure some? what lower than last fall, though, upon tim whole, the stock exhibited are inferior. Thc (armers and others arc now well supplied in horse flesh; Wu learn that the residence of Mrs. Grim, in Hit; vicinity ot Pleasant Hill, Lancaster Coun? ty, was destroyed bv fire on Tuesday 'corning last, and that tile youngest child of Mrs. (J. perished in the flames. The mother was ab? sent ou a visit lo a neighbor, a short distance from home, at the time ol tho occurrence, having left two small children ill cate of thu premises. TITI-: i'.VJ) OF TIt.LUFM.iyy. Execution of tile Assassin of lite Ki nek Family-Xo Confession Made by thc frirai na !-II i s Self-possession a n di Calmness in his' Ijast Moments. A Paris letter lo the Ncw York Times gives the full particulars of the last moments and execution, by the guillotine, of thc monster Tranpinann, whose crimes have won for him a world-wide notoriety. The correspondent writes: XO IMPERIAL MERCI". An apprehension existed that, the Imperial clemency might be exerted in his behalf so far as thc capital punishment was concerned. Tho only foundation for an assumption so Improba? ble, was the belief expressed by the Republi? cans that thc Emperor would avail himself of this opportunity of creating a precedent for the more lenient treatment of his cousin. I need scarcely say to you that the interests of the dynasty are involved iii thc rigid and Im? partial execution of thc sentence of the High Court of Justice in regard to Prince Pierre Bonaparte, whatever that sentence may be. There must be no dallying with the necessi? ties of the case such as wits exhibited in con? nection with the offence ol' Prince Achille Murat, who, I am glad to say, is at last to be brought to trial. All further speculation In regard to Tranpinann has, however, been put an end to by his execution this morning, and therefore it is nnocessary to say anything more in reference to the reports which have been circulated in regard lo the probability ol' the commutation ol' his sentence. Tfli CROWD. Thc neighborhood of thc prison in which the murderer lias been confined has presented all the aspects of a fair since his appeal lo thc Court of Cassation has been rejected. For the last three or four nights, there could not have been less than from thirty lo forty thousand people on thc spot. The patience which they exhibited, and the endurance ot thc damp and cold which they supported during thc long watches ol' thc night, afforded melancholy evidence of what people will be content to snfler for the gratification ol a morbid, or, lo speak more accurately, a savage curiosity. For the last three days and nights, all the restaurants, cafes, eating houses and tobacco shops of Hie Boulevard have been doing an immense business. They have never closed for an hour during the whole period. TUE PRISON Or LA HOQUETTE marks thc last stage in the career of thc crimi-. nal who is destined to expiate with lils life his offences against society. It ls enclosed by a high wall, which leaves only the upper stories visible. Thc executions of criminals take place on thc open ground comprised between the prison and thc Rue la Roquette, the scaf? fold being erected in front of thc principal entrance. Five 6ione Hags of oblong shape, Inserted In thc pavement, serve nt once to indicate Hie spot and support thc framework ol' tho temporary construction. TUE INSTRUMENT OF UEATH. Shortly before midnight two large vehicles arrived in front of thc prison. One ol' llicin contained ihc timber joists forming the frame work ol'Hie scaffold. Throttler was destined to receive the body ol the murderer alter thc execution. Thc executioner's aids immedi? ately proceeded to put together the wood-work composing Hie scaffold and the guillotine, and thu wagon intended lor the body was drawn up alongside thc walls of thc prison. The platform was erected on pine trestles, which ..?ere adjusted on the Hags to which I have made allusion to above. The two arms of the guillotine wen; then elevated and fixed. The Work was carried on by the light of a lantern, held by a child about ten years old. MONSIEUR PE PARIS. An old roan, small in stature, and clad in a shiny hat and a long rusty pallctnt, directed the operations, smoking a pipe all the time. This was M. Hublot, first aid of Monsieur de Paris. The executioner, M. Heidcnrclch, stood atllie foot ol'Hie scaffold superintending thc operations ot his assistants. Hu is a fine lookiug man, with white hair and whiskers, piercing eyes, and hands aud feet almost as small and delicate as those of a woman. He was dressed in a long black overcoat, anil wore a white silk handkerchief round his neck by way ol a muflier. "M. de Pai ls," as he Is traditionally called by virtue of his office, is a bachelor aud property owner. While his aids were completing the erection of the guillotine, the chief executioner proceeded to the prison, signed, the order back, and took formal posses? sion of the criminal. After this he smoked a cigarette, and then, it Is said, drank off a bowlful ot' milk. READY. When the arrangements connected with thc guillotine had been completed, the duel' exe? cutioner ascended Hie platform tn satisfy him? self thal it worked well. This was about 2 in thu inoriiitig. On descending again he put on his overcoat, which ho had bud aside in order to try the machine, and walked about for awhile to warm himself. The morning lind become very cold. I lie anxiety and impati? ence of the crowd were now visibly on thc In? crease. The (?ardes de Paris and the Scrgens de Ville had difficulty iu preventing it from in? vading Hie open space in front of Hie prison, and i mis interfering with Hie operations of the executioner and his assistants. In the avenue and streets leading lo the place thc multitude was so compressed that many became ill and fainted. Every n ee which commanded a view of the plaice of execution was black with the gumms of tho Faubourgs. II. wassail! Ulai one of Hiern fell from lils perch, and was killed. The crowd sang aud hooted to while away the weary hours. Thc scene was indescribably disgusting to any one ol'Hie least sensibility. At S o'clock Hie vehicle which was to convey Hie body to its last resting place, at Clamait, took up its station at the loot ol' Hie scaffold, so as lo permit Hie basket containing Hie head to be lowered into it immediately utter Hie cx ecuUoii. TUE CONDEMNED. At a few minutes before six, accompanied by thc executioner, these two assistants, the gov? ernor and some warders, the priest entered Traupinann's cell. The prisoner had slept but. little, and euell lime Hutt he fell into a dose lie suddenly started up, a prey to the most gloomy anticipai inns. Tile men who had the charge ol watching him ailinn that such had been lue case, more or less, ever since his condemna? tion. When the sinister party entered the cell. Traiipmaiin was lying on Hie bcd with his face towards thc wall, and not asleep. When Hie head ol'Hie prison placed his liam] on bis shoulder, Hie prisoner was seized willi a convulsive trembling, which increased visi? bly when the tala) words were uttered: tkTratl|> mann, your application lor commutation has been rejected. The hour hus come !" The un? fortunate man then turned round, and, regard? ing with a haggard eye Hie persons near, could scarcely rise. "The chaplain advanced, and en? couraged hint lo show some firmness, and in his last moments think ot' Cod. IIIS PERSISTENT DENIAL OF GUILT. The chief ol' the deled ive police now ad? dressed him : "Traupiiiann, now that your last moment approaches, will you confess your crime V '.No,'' he replied in a firm voice, "Hut is lo suv, I have been guilty, but liol ol' murder; I have not killed any one." uVou persist in your assertion about your accomplices ?" "Ves." '.Will you name them V All eyes were fastened on thc criminal, and all present held t'ieir breath. "No," he curtly replied. Traupmann, who bud made lils will the pre? vious day, herc handed to one of the Jailors a letter for his mother The first "toilette" was then proceeded with-that is to say, Hie prison took back the clothes which it had lent, not given, to the culprit, the straight jacket was taken off. for he was to die iii his own clothes, (hose which hu lind worn when arrested and which had . been scrupulously preserved. Traupmann's sangfroid during this operation was extraordinary. His look was linn, with? out insolence, and his movements quiet and easy. He buttoned his Shirt carefully at the cull's, made sure that lt set well, and stooped to pm on his shoes slowly and quietly us a man would do In his own room preparing to go out on some insignificant errand. A glass of wine and some bread were offered to bim, but lie refused them. TUE MARCH T? DEATH. A lew minutes aller, tue sinail procession made its appearance in Hie corridors and pro cccded to tho hall, Tranpmann In Iront b( two assistants of the executioner. Witl step than any of thc party, he ascend? staircases which we had Just trodden, ai versed the seemingly interminable passe In the hall, the second .odette was pr ed with, tlie murderer's hair and the c< his shirt, were cut off. his hands and fee tied-tito former behind Iiis back, the la ns to permit only the most necessary mont?. A person engaged in putting on snit of clothes could no*, apparently, b calmer or serener stnte ot mind than I the culprit. Thc priest read the Pass Christ in n low voice. M. Claude asked 5 manu for tho last time: "Do you persist in your assertions?" li do, I do,'" he replied with an incr calmness. Thc persons present were told that get ly when persons about to be executed the door of Ute prison, and seo thc fatt chine before them, their courage vau i But Tranpmann never hesitated, never a false step. Thc assistants simply w alongside of him. On placing his foot on the first of Hi steps conducting to the scaffold, and kissing the crucifix borne by tho chaplah criminal turned rouud for a moment, seeking some one. He was looking fe chief of the secret police. Not soeinj latter, lie said to thc worthy priest wi companied him: "Tell Mons. Claude that I persisted i assertions to Hie last." LAST or AIX. Then he ascended thc fatal steps. It still dark, though Hie morning was beglt to dawn. It was difficult for thc spectate perceive what was passing on thc sea Thc axe had done Its office; the head of ttl SOSSln had fallen under it. Tito cxccntii on descending, said that (he criminal a last moment Had attempted to escape nr bite him. Thc savage spirit had revived broken 1 brough his show of calmness. During ali this lime hardly a sound wi be heard from Hie crowd. It must have impossible for the persons composing it ti low Hie operations of the executioner am assistant, as even those nearest thc sea could discern nothing through Hie gloom was very cold. Most people were snivel and when the word was passed round that was over," the multitude dispersed, glad t cape from the scene which they had bee eager to witness. THE GUILLOTINE-COMPLETE OESCRIPTION THE KKENCII INSTRUMENT OF DEATH. Tlie guillotine of Hie present day is sma less clumsy, and more manageable than its lotype of old; still it is thc same lnstrum and Hie modifications which it lias success! undergone have changed neither Hie natui its mechanism nor Its general form. It sists of a square-shaped scaffold, thir feet long by about twelve feet six In wide, supported on four posts six feel height, and readied by a flight of ten st '1 his scaffold is railed in on ail sides, wit open balustrade, and at two-thirds of length arc fixed two upright parallel pt surmounted by a cross-beam which goes the name of the "chapeau." They ure I teen feet high, and have a space of about fifi indies between Hiern. The knife, whlcl attached to Hie chapeau, is composed of a angular blade of steel, fixed by means of tl ?roil pins into a leaden haft, called the "n ton," which gives it great weight. This n lon is nearly fourteen inches broad, and blade al ils greatest width hardly a fool, rallier more than three feet above the p form arc two planks, placed vertically over the oilier, and willi a semi-circular \ Hon cut out of each, so that when they brought together the opening has thc uppi ance of a lull moon. These are known as "lunette." Thc lower plank ls fastened to upright posts, while the upper one, sliding lateral grooves, eau bc raised or lowerec will. Between the po3ts and thc stalrcas Hie "bascule,'' a narrow piece of board, wli when at rest ls vertical, but which a ni touch will bring into a horizontal position, falling, it .comes on to a solidly suppor table, longer than itself, and extending ri, up to the lunelle. The bascule, finnis with castors, rolls along this table, n by a rapid action, brings tho neck of criminal, wiio is fastened to lt, on to lower half circle, so as to secure it thc To the right of the bascule, and altacl to it by binges, ls an inclined pla placed so as to rest against the sitie of an en mons wicker-basket, lined willi zinc, and Ul with sawdust. Underneath the bascule r tlie lunette is a trough of oblong shape, and front ol the upright posts ls an appara which secures thc head of the criminal n prevents lt from rolling on to thc platfo should it fall from the 'hands of the assist! charged to liuld it. Tim entire machine, gethcr with Its varions accessories, is paint a disagreeable deep blood-red color. The b etile is provided with a double leather sn and buckles, lu order lo prevent any res! ance on tlie part ol' thc criminal; but this rarely If ever used. Tlie upper semi-circle ft rapidly by means ol'a very simple piece mechanism put In ad ion by a button, wliicli is only necessary to press. Tlie knife U Inched to Hie chapeau by a kind of chi shaped like Hie figure f, Hie lower part which opens'when tito upper closes. A co hanging near to tho button already notice acts upon a lever, which, bringing Hie upp portions of the claw together, compt the lower to separate and set ihe knife fri This Inlier, sliding through the open space, accelerated in its descent by Hie mass of le; I hat surrounds it, and falls with dreadful rai dity, which Is, moreover, increased by Hie ?i ihm of polished steel rollers running in copp grooves fixed inside tho upright posts. In ? full it just shaves the surface ol' Hie lunette, ai ls finally stopped hy two springs covered wi discs of India mbber. which deaden the shot and prevent noise. Tlie re ider will now coi prehend willi what simplicity and security tl guillotine accomplishes Its terrible work. Tl criminal, having mounted fie scaffold, lim himself in front of the vertical bascule, whit extends from just above his ankles to tl mil Idle of the breast, and facing him also the lunette, with its moveable portie raised. The executioner pushes tile basent which falls into thu horizontal posilion, an then pushes it along Hie table ; the head of tl: victim seems, as it were, tn throw itself hilo tl scmi-clrcularopcniugof the lunette, and an a sistout Immediately seizes hold ol'Hie hair. Tw Illings now remain to be done; one is lo pres tlie hulton which acts upon the mechanism < the upper portion ot Hie lunette, causing itt fall and secure the head ol' the criminal-th other is to set looac the knife which is to ct the head oil'. On d?capitation taking puta the Ilea I is thrown into thu basket, while Ht executioner, by a single motion, slides Ul body down tho Inclined plane. Tlie rapidit ol the motion is almost inconceivable, an '! -nth is, as a matter of course, Inst?ntancoiu The oiiii.jue blade, made enormously heavy b i:s leaden hall, acts simultaneously by it shape, il- weight ami its culling power. Th full, mathematically calculated, occupies three quarters of a second. Thc respective part played by thu executioner's assistants are set (Icu in advance. One of them seizes hold a the head, the other raises the bascule fruin lin bottom ami weighs down the legs of the eiimi uni. while thu executioner hastens on tin tt?noueimnt. 'fliese combined movement!*, al differing one from thc other, ure nccoinplishet by three individuals with a precision am a simultaneousness that prevent the smailes liilcii from occurring. A iionninLK THEORY-now BOON DOES TM GUILLOTINE END CONSCIOUSNESS? The execution of Tranpmann, in Paris, hu revived the old question whether death in slantaneohsly follows upon the severance ol tho head from the body. lu a letter lo Hie Gaulois, Dr. Plnel asserts that decapital ion tines not immediately affect thc brain. Thc blood willoh (lows after dc:upiiution conies from thc large vessels of the neck, and lhere is hardly any call upon thu circulai ion ol'Hie cranium. The brain remains intact, nourish? ing itself with the blood retained by the pres? sure ol' the air. When tho blood remaining In Ihe head at tho moment ol separation is ex? hausted, t Itere commences a stale, not oKjlcuth, but of inertia, which lasts up to the moment when the organ, no longer fed, ceases to exist. Dr. Pine! estimates that the brain linds nour? ishment in the residuary blood fur about an hour after decapitation. The period of inertia would last for about two hours, and absolute death would not ensue till after the spaee ol' three hours altogether, ff, he athis, a bodiless head indicates by no movement the horror of its situation, lt. is because it is physically im? possible that it should do so, all the nerves which serve for tlie transmission of orders from the bruin to the trunk being severed. But there remain the nerves of hearing, uf smell and of sight. DRAMATIC GOSSIP AND MUSICAL NOTES. -Mr. Balfe, the composer, is seriously ill. -Pauline Lucca is not coming to this coun? try. -John Templeton ls making a tour through Florida. -"Romeo and Juliet" is soon to be revived nt Booth's theatre. -Joseph Jefferson Is doing "Rip Van Winkle" in Mobile. -Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams are to suc? ceed Mr. Fechter at Niblo's. -Charlotte Thompson is being well patron? ized at the Salt Lake theatre. -Thc New York papers speak in the highest terms of Mrs. Howard PaulVGrand Duchesse," and say it is livelier than Tosteo's, without any of her indecencies. -Miss Cushman has reached her house in Rome better, but far from being restored. She is troubled with a cancerous affection, for which a surgical operation has been performed. -A Chinese theatrical company in Califor? nia have just concluded a three months' en? gagement, which covered thc performance of one historic drama in ninety acts, each act oc? cupying one evening. -A Paris correspondent, speaking of Mlle. Nilsson's return, after an absence of eight months, says that "her face is not quite what lt was," but admits that her voice is "as rich and gloriously full as ever." -Miss Kate Field ls said to devote much time to the study of Mr. Fodder's acting, with a view to writing a critical analysis of his style, which will bc good news to the readers of the Pen Photographs of Mr. Dickens. -A\rausician at a Monaco casino lately bought a bottle of champage, and, sitlingdown to the piano, he played thc gayest music and drank his wine until but a single glass remain? ed; into this ho poured a vial of prussic acid, drank it off, and began a solemn funeral march, which only ended witii his death. ' -Edwin Forrest, writing to a friend in Bos? ton, says: "I hope Mr. Fechter will be a suc? cess, for In such plays as the "King's Motto," I presume he is without a rival. If he acts In Boston I hope you will go and see him. He is doubtless a most finished artist-having been educated in thc best schools of art. The best reason to be given that thc Bohemians of New York dare not pronounce definitely upon the merits of his acting is, that they have not thc Intellect to comprehend it. Had they seen any other actor of eminence In the parts, they might have said he was better or worse than lie who gave them thc first light on thc sub? ject. That is the total of their criticism." -Letters from Lima mention thc presence in that city of two rival prima donnas. They are Italians; one very young; both very pretty, and both distinguished singers. A great rivalry exists between them; each ls so jealous of thc other as to make herself ridicu? lous, and there is really nothing to choose be? tween thc two. One has thc most finished ex? ecution, tlic other the richest, most thrilling of voices. Each one has hosts of admirers, and such presents, ovations and receptions as are accorded to each one on her particular night were never equalled even in New York. So great is thc excitement as to remind a cor? respondent of the famous lurore over Jenny Lind In Castle Cardeu, when she sung there so many years ago. On the last benefit night of Marchctli, one of the donnas, thc boxes sold for forty soles each, and one Ameri? can millionaire, Mr. Harry Meiggs, paid $500 for two boxes. The chair of state the Presi? dent uses on grand occasions (and made of gold,) was sent to the lady covered with flow? ers, and she was brought on to the Btage seat? ed in it. Her presents in diamonds alone were something marvellous. But now a new star has arisen. There has Just arrived from San Francisco an Irish-American prima donna, who luis been educated in Italy, and who is said to eclipse the Italian singers. She makes her first appearance in the-.Trovatore, and ru? mor says will prove a dangerous rival. She is the wife of the harbormaster ot San Francisco, and possesses a rare voice, but it will need a great attraction to excel the Italians, Marcliet ti and Mollo. The tenors, Bacccl and Gracio, and the baritones, Orlandini and Fabrina, are also pronounced admirable by the music-lov? ing Peruvians. THE REACTION BEGUN. Agressive Measures-It ad leal Vindic? tiveness Satisfied-What thc Ultra Radical.s Say-Danger of a "Lct-U-i to thc Party Organization-Hallucina? tion of thu North-Reaction. A Washington Idler of thc 1th Instant to the Baltimore Gazette says : I havAukon some pains lo ascertain thcstaT tits of members of* the Senate and House upon the question of furl her aggressive measures by thc Radical leaders, and amable to state that Hie majority in the House ol' Representatives and a minority of considerable and increasing strength in thc Senate are disposed, at last, to pause before taking anot her step in the direc? tion ol'civil revolution. Thc uegro has been set at. liberty. He has been accorded thc bal? lot (when millions of whites have been dis? franchised;) he has been .put in the Jury box; allowed lo testily in courts in cases civil and criminal, where whites alone were concerned; the children ol' his race have been provided, at the public expense, with ample means of ?ducation, and his equality enforced by law in ?di public conveyances, theatres, houses of en? tertainment and public edifices; and, finally, lie has been lifted to the highest positions In thu government-executive and legislative. Correspondingly tile whites have been de? graded. It would be difficult, indeed, for thc dominant party to ?o further on in the direction of ele? vating Hie neirro or oppressing the white race. Vet it is felt by many astute "Radical leaders that to pause lor nu instant, in this respect, would be deatli to their organization. This ar? gument (unquestionably sound) hus thus far dragged uloiur many unwilling voles, which served io swell their Congressional majorities. But I mn now assured, by many in whom I have the utmost confidence, that even the cer? tain dismemberment ol' the Republican party will not induce an effective majority in Con? gress (even us af present organized) to follow Sumner ami Buller an inch further in their road lo inevitable ami final ruin. Tile negro, whoever may say to thc contrary, has all aloug been the sheet-anchor ot the Rail lical party. Upon no other question could it Ilia ve been made a unit under Hie lash of New England. The hallucination of the Northern mind upon tills one point is the most marvel? lous phenomenon the world ever witnessed. At this moment many Northern voters (who know nothing at all ol' thc race) would not hesitate to go the length of its deification. Hitherto every other question has been made subservient to this one idea. Even hatred of secession and vengeance against secessionists owe mud), if not all, of their demoniacal ma? lignity to Hie perfect madness possessing the popular mind upon this subject, constantly ex-. cited, as it has been, by the lies of a purchased and unscrupulous press. The end of the 'ether has al last been reached. "Othello's occupation's gone." No one can exaggerate the importance of flic reaction that has taken place in the past few days. Freed from Hie incubus which weighed so heavily upon members, and from caucus dictation, its acknowledged effect, the great questions of the tariff, currency, taxes, Ac, may now be discussed and voted upon with respect alone to the interest of Hie coun? try ut large. If Western and Southern mein berg shall, therefore, now be found voting for thc Eastern money changers, bondholders and manufacturers, the excuse bf party shackles imposed in deference to the eternal and infer? nal negro question will not avail them. They must stand out in bold relief as purchased cat? tle also much a head. It must be acknowledged that the evident reaction referred to lias been purchased at a heavy and degrading price. But lt seems ne grophillsra, like the morus mu?icaulis fever, must needs run Its course. It has now culmi? nated. The day is not far distant when the whole country will look back with wonder? ment at its infatuation, and hasten quickly and effectively to retrace its steps. In the mean? time we must have patience, and do the best we can under improved prospects. You will sec that Democrats and Conserva? tives in Congress are becoming more lively and independent than when (a short time ago) they were under the dally apprehension of ex? pulsion, or worse. Their conduct to-day baa been unexceptionable. Let them hereafter hold up their heads manfully. The threats of Morton and Sumner, and lintier and Hoar have become vapor indeed. Such men are no looper tile Robespierre*, the Dantons and Manu?" of America. They are forever, from this mo? ment, shorn of their strength for further mis? chief. THIS POPE, TRUTH AND LIBERTY.-The Pope, at his last public reception, which was attended by about fifteen hundred persons, made? speech, a portion of which, at least, Is worthy of being recorded : "Some," eaid he, "believe that the Council will be of no service, and they laugh at lt. I am a poor man, a poor miserable, but I am the Pope, tile Vicar of Jesus Christ, the chief of the Catholic Church, and I have assembled this Council, which will do its work. "Pretentious sages desire to have certain questions handled with caution, and that we should not go on against the Ideas of our time. But I say, and I do repeat, that we must speak the truth in order to establish freedom; that we must never shrink from proclaiming the truth and condemning the error. I want to be free as the truth." 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