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ESTABLISHED IK 186 IS THE NEGRO A FAILURE? BOTH SIDES OF AN IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING SUBJECT. The Merita of the Question Discussed, by Georgia and South Carolina Formers?A Review of the Past. Present and Future of the Nejrro as a Laborer. Tbe Augusta Chronicle has within the j last ten days devoted much of its space to a free discussion of the ment3 of the negro as a laborer, and particularly as to whether he is or is not a failure in such capacity. The text for the inquiry was the recent speech or Prof. White before the farmers at Columbus,. Ga., arraigning the negro as a laborer and declaring that intensive farming and im migration are the best substitutes for the present system of labor. The Chronicle, with a view of getting the opinions of prominent South Caro linians and Georgians on the subject, addressed to them a circular letter ask ing for their views. These gentlemen have responded, and below will be found an abstract of their opionions on this important subject. In answer to the broad questions: "Is the negro a failure, and do you be lieve that we must look for a new class to supply his place on the farm?" Mr. Marion McDowell, of Georgia, says: "I answer emphatically I do not, and I base my answer upon fifty years ex perience, Prof. White to the contrary notwithstanding. The negro is lazy, so is the white "man; of course, we see honorable exceptions in both races, ofterner in the white race because they have more pride of character and more sense. The negro sees and feels this, hence his willingness to be guided and directed by the white man. It is wrong. I think, to blame the negro for his faUure) on the farm where the landowner rents to him and turns him loose to shift for himself. He is broken when he begins, and but few white or black men rise. So rare is it that when one succeeds it is apt to be noised about that somebody has suflered. The negro as a laborer on the farm, since freedom, deserves credit instead of censure. The change from slavery to freedom was very great. It actually killed a good many before they found out that freedom would not do to eat. Then the franchise was ex tended to them when they were pro foundly ignorant of what it meant. But what race, nation or tribe would have behaved as well under simflar circum stances? Xo, sir; the negro is not a failure on the farm. Take any county in Georgia, and where you find the most negroes there you will find the most cot ton made, and that is the trouble and has done more to cripple the farming interests than bad labor. I would not bo understood to say that onr laocr system is a good one, but I. do say that | it is the be3t we can get, and with con- j cert of action among the fanners could be made the best labor for the South to be had, either from the old or new worlds." Capt. B. K. Tillman, of Hamburg, S. C, says: "Prof. White has broached a large subject, and one that needs speedy solu tion, both in South Carolina and Georgia, indeed, all over the South. I agree with much that he says; in some things I think he Is wide of the mark. His de scription of the negroes as they are, is in the main correct, but I do not think they are not 'susceptible of that train ing which enables them to work on lands to the best advantage.' I make bold to assert that the negro as a labor er is fully equal to the average land owner as a farmer. Whenever we learn as a people to farm instead of plant, there will be no further trouble.about labor. The need of the South is not labor but better' directed labor, The negro is here, and he is here to stay. He is shiftless, lazy and earless of to morrow; will not lay up any tiling for a 'rainy day,' but be cannot be displaced by foreign immigrants because he will underwork them, and I am not in favor of dumping tbe scum of Europe on our shores at State expense. As a 'peasan try,' or 'mud-sills,' the negroes "are as good as any. We need intelligent im migrants who will buy our land and farm, not plant; but I fear the develop ment of the older and more worn out States of the South must be wrought out by our own people. "What shall the present generation do ? I answer, teach fanners the enor of their ways and put them to thinking by meaus of farmers' institutes. These are not costly, aud the five thous and dollars which Prof. White proposes to waste in trying to find his 'peasantry' can be far better spent in organizing a corps of scientific and practical experts who shall go from county to county dur ing the idle seasons of the year, giving lectures, reading essays, answering questions, &c, and teaching the people how to farm. This system is in active operation all over the North, and many countries of Europe, and costs nothing compared to its value as a means of ad vancing the interests of agriculture." One ol the most interesting and ex haustive papers on the subject has been contributed by Major Harry Hammond, of Beech Island, S. C. Major Haniond, among other strong arguments, says: "No one acquainted with the record of the negro before or during the late war counts him as of no avail. Remem ber the armies he fed during those four years, how his market value had in creased 300 per cent, between 1845 and 18G0, and how In 1848 he made cotton, paying all costs and interest on invest ment for 4 7-10 cents a pound. (See Solon Robinson in DeBow's Review.) To-day, even with cotton at 7i cents, he earns a living, pays interest on the capital that gives him employment, and has a small cash surplus, which he un fortunately wastes, but which would suffice to msure his life for ono thous and dollars. It would seem to follow that there is no prospect of his extinc -Col M Glover Jan 1. '86 >9. OB tion or of his removal from his present field of labor. It has been noted that where the negro forms more than 56 per cent, of the population he shows a tendency to decrease, and where he forms less than this per centage he shows a tendeucy to increase. It is not improbable that there will gradually supervene a general diffusion of the colored race according to some sucli law as this, and every hindrance to the forces promoting it should be removed. "But if the negro is not a failure how is the fact to be accounted for that the territory he occupies is far leis pros perous than it formerly was ?" i "My answer is that this territory has become Involved in profound social and industrial problems tonchim: the rela tions of labor and capital, and the dis tribution of wages and profits, problems which in this generation have* become living issues and are being fought out man to man on every square mile of territory from Russia to California. Whoever solves these problems and fur nishes a plan on which free labor and free capital may be organized so as to call out the full activities of eacn, avoid j ing injustice and oppression on the one hand and waste and pillage on the other, must abolish labor, as slavery has been abolished, substituting for it work up to the lull force and faculty of each man, and will have transcended all previous human achievements. Xo man will do it. But that faith in human progress which can never be abandoned inspires the hope that the people themselves will in process of time reach some ap proximate and practical solution that will put an end to the present turmoil and strife, and allow the return of peace, security and steady work. ? "Meanwhile, we have already advan ced far enough in onr struggle to review some of the things which have been done, aud to pass judgment on them. "The negro should never have been projected into politics where without subserving any good end, he enabled at great cost to himself the carpet bagger to plunder the community'. "The law. for collecting liens on crops should be done away with Anally and forever in every form and shape. It has substituted an unreal and artificial credit for the proper and natural growth based on character aud thrift; it has forcibly dismissed the intelligence of the community from the supervision of its industries; it has seduced working men into speculative undertakings resulting for them in bankruptcy and has deliver ed them soul and body by a cheap, sum mary process, into the hands of the cross roads grocery dealers; it is a legacy ot the carpet bagger that has drained the country of the little he spared. "If we are to have a tenant system our tenants must have means of their own. It is bellieved that agricultural, depression m England is due to the attempt by tenants to farm with a capi tal of only $30 to the acre. Capital is only accumulated by savings; and se cure savings banks, postal savings banks, perhaps, would do much to educate and elevate the negro if he can unlearn the terrible lesson of the Freed nian's Saving Bank.1" Mr. John A. Cobb, of Americus, Ga., comes out strongly in endorsement of Prof. White's statement that the negro is a failure. Mr Cobb says: "In the past twenty years every branch of industry has advanced, and In 3ome branches very great improve ments have been made, except in South ern agaculture, where the negro is the principal laborer. This is not confined to any particular section of the South, but the same report comes from the Potomac to the Rio Grand. "When the negroes were our slaves for the purpose of discipline and control they: were always under the eye and control of white men. They were preached to by white men and were thrown constantly under the control and in association of white men; being very imitative and easily impressed, this association was improving to him. Xow they are under the control of the white man only when actually at work under his directions. They arc taught by negro teachers, preached to by neixro preachers, and the white man, beim? a restraint on him, is rarely seen at his gatherings. Their preachers and teach ers, the best informed among them, for the purpose of keeping up their influ ence, instead of trying to elevate and enlighten them, are constantly appealing to their prejudices and superstitions, and as a result the negro, as a class, has beeu going backward for the past twenty years. "Improved modes of agriculture and intensive farming arc impossible- with the uegro as the laborer and as tenants or independent farmers they are worse failures. As an evidence, see the hundreds of plantations in Georgia that have gone to ruin that have been turned over to them as tenants. So thorough ly satisfied are the people of this sectiou of the State on this question that we raised money and had a pamphlet printed setting forth the ad vatages of Southwest ern Georgia, and sent Major Gleessner, of the Americus Recorder, with them to Ohio, in company of Dr. Easterbook1 and induced a large part of both of his excursion to come to /Ymericus, in which we were liberally aided by the Central Railroad giving reduced rates to the excursioni-sts. We are now organbang an assoemtiou, aud will raise a fund to use hereafter for the purpose of adverti sing this section of the State and encour aging emigration to it." Burned to Death. A barn belonging to Mr. Henry Shull about two and a half miles from Lexing ton C. H. was destroyed by fire on Thnrsday night last. Two young color ed men named Ephraim Smith and Dave Miles who were asleep in the barn were consumed by the flames. About fifty or seventy-five dollars wortli of feed was burned. It is supposed that Smith and Miles had been smoking be fore going to sleep. L^GrEBTTRGr, S. C, THI MORMONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. The People Wont to Know "What They Shall Dc With Them. Some of the citizens about Danville, Oconee county, desire to know what course they had best take to rid their settlement of some Mormon priests, who it seems are industriously engaged in propagating their doctrines in that section. Our information is that they have gained a few converts and seemed to be encouraged. The summary pro cess of violence has been used with complete success in several portions of the State, bu% this should not be resor ted to for citizens have no right to take the law into their own hands except to prevent a felony. These priests would not stay long in a place unless they met with some encouragement. Hut If" they or any of their converts violate the law by practicining in the prolygamv de partment of the mormon's faith, then every obstacle between such offenders and the State penitentiary is removed. The easiest and surest way for the citizens of Danvillo to ascertain their legal rights in the matter is to find out precisely what the mormons are doing, and report the same to some member of the grand jury, who will bring the mat ter to the attention of th'j court. When Solicitor Orr linds out what a man is doing in a community, and the effect of his deeds, if the statutes furnhjh the peg he will soon suspend him.?Walhalla Courier. DYING FOR FOOD. _ Indescribable Distress Among the Island ers on the Irish Coast, London, March 10.?The govern ment has placed gunboats at the service of Mr. Take in his work of relieving the distress among the inhabitants of islands along the western Irish coast. Inde scribable distress has been developed among the people inhabiting the Arran Isles, off Galway, who, besides having hardly anything but moss and sea grass left to eat, are without fire and often without clothing and shelter. It is not rear to find girls of seventeen and eighteen kept in enforced hiding dur ing the day time because bereft of every thread of clothing, long ago bartered away for seed pototoes, or roots to feed the smaller children. A fishing inspec tor recently went among the miserable people ol Arran to distribute relief, but his supplies have run short. He says that in order to save the lives of scores of people now dying of starvation on those western islands it is imperative that relief on a large scale be at once organized. A DEADLY DRAUGHT. Fifty People Poiwono<l by Urtoking Coffee Mixed With Pari? Green. Lebanon, Pa., March 11.?Tuesday afterDOon about eighty inmates of the almshonse were seized with vomiting and severe pams. Dr Weiss, the at tending physician, was hastily sum moned and at once pronounced it a case of wholesale poisoning. Measures were promptly taken to counteract the poison. To day most of the victim are suffering severely from nausea, and twelve of them arc in a critical condi tion. An investigation revealed the fact that all who drank of the coffee prepared for Tuesday's noon meal were sick, and the doctor soon found the coffee pot lined with a thick sediment of paris green. The vessel holds a barrel or more, and into this some person had thrown almost four pounds of poison. Dr. Weiss is of the opinion that had it not been that the poison was too strong, causing instant vomiting, more than half the inmates of the almshouse would now be dead. _ MICHIGAN'S SOLDIER GIRL. Homantic Sequel to a Woman's Experi ence in the Kauks. Washington, Mar. 10.?The House Committee on Military Affairs has shown its gallantry on a bill which has been before it and which brought out a strange episode of war. It appears that at the breaking out of the rebellion a young woman donned trousers, coat and vest and enlisted as a private in Company F, Second Michigan Volun teers. Her disguise was successful for, more than two years, and she participa ted in si number of battles. Her sex was finally discovered while she was sick in a hospital. She never returned to her regiment, and as its officers did not know the reason the name of Franklin Thomson, her assumed one, bad mark ed opposite it on the muster roll, "De serted." The bill removes the charge of desertion and has been favorable re ported by the committee. Her real name was Miss Seelye. BLOWN TO ATOMS The Boilers or? Tug Boat Blown up, Kill ing the Entire Crew. Boston, March 10.?The tug John Mardei left her berth at T wharf at 6,30 o'clock this morning, starting down the harbor in search of vessels desiring hqr services. There was a large number of persons on the wharf, who watched the boat steam away. Just as she arrived off Long Island, an explosion occurred on board, the noise of which was plainly audible in the city. The boat was blown completely to atoms and her crew of five men were instantly killed. The crew consisted of Capt, Cyrus A. Nickerson, who resided at No. 37 Lon don street, Fast Boston; Engineer Geo. B. Crocker; Fred Crocker, fireman; Al bert D. Smith, cook, and James Hop kins, deckhand. The bodies of the Captain and Engineer were recovered by tugs cruising in the vicinity. They were brought here and taken to the morgue. Congressman Holm, of Louisiana, died Monday last. : I _ TRSDAY, MARCH 18, 16 THE TA&FF QUESTION. AN OPEN* MANLY LETTER FROM CONGRESSMAN DIBBLE. Free Trade Impracticable at thin Time bat will Cheerfully Asaist in an Effort to Correct the Irregularities of the Pres ent System. Representative Dibble has written a letter, to Prof. R. Menus Davis, chair man of the executive committee ol the Free Trade Association of South Caroli na under date of/March 8. He says: "Tour letter of the 4th instant arrived duly, and in reply to your invitation to deliver a public address on the tariff per mit me. to state that the exacting nature of my public, professional and private duties does not admit of compliance with your request at present, I am relieved of regret on this account, because I am satisfied that you will realize, on reflec tion, that the wrong of 'protection' is not,, as you aver, endured, only because unrealized and unexpoaed; for no griev ance lias been more fully ventilated be fore the American people, in Congress and out of Congress, by debates, votes, es says stump speeches, newspaper articles and party platforms; aud on no public question is the position of Congress, and of every member of Congress, more clearly defined. "My own views were long since given to my constituency, in the press and on the stump; but since you desire their reiteration I snatch a few moments from important engagement to repeat them briefly. "In common with others I have given to the subject ot Federal taxation much study aud reflection, and especially in its relations to State taxtation; and I have been impressed with the ap parent wisdom of the system, where by the States surrendered to the Fede ral Government the absolute control of the customs as the ordinary means of raising revenue; and it has always seem ed to me to be the spirit of the Constitu tion that the other modes of taxation were to be reserved for State and local purposes, except when war or other emergencies compelled the General Government to collect extraordinary sums from the people. Hence, m my judgment, it is neither desirable nor proper to demand of Congress a speedy abolition of artificial barriers and Govern mental toll-gates,' in which proposition I interpret your meaning to be the aban donment of costoms duties and the sub stitutions ot something else in their place. This would require a fundament al change in our entire system of taxa tion, as established by the fathers; and is inconsistent with the traditional attachment of South Carolina to. the Consfatotioa, and the past record of her Bfirosmenror conservatism ? and strict construction. "Would you raise Federal revenues by direct taxation? Consider for a mo ment that the State of South Carolina has debts of her own to pay?her State bonds, her county and other municipal indebtedness?and that our people, in their depressed and impoverished con dition, are already sufficiently burdened with the annual calls of the tax-gatherer to meet current State aud county expen ses and interest upon these debts, to say nothing of paying the principal. If you add to this the share of South Carolina in the debt of the Federal Governmcut,(one-tiftieth of it, according to the Constitution,) you make the bur den heavier than we can bear. The Federal debt is liilteen huudred millions of dollars. (On February 1.188G, the total debt of the United States, less available cash items, was $1,514,472, 135.15.) Our share of it is thirty millions. The aunual expenses of the General Government are two hundred and sixty millions; our share would be over five millions annually. Under the present plan of raising revenues for Federal purposes the ordinary expenses are met, and the United States debt is being reduced at the rate of abont two millions ot* dollars a week, at which rate it will be settled inside of twenty years. "Wheu this burden shall have been removed, and when conditions exist other than the present, absolute free trade may become a practical question. Now it is a theory, not applicable to our situation. "For reasons equally conclusive, it is impolitic and impracticable to rely upon an income or an excise tax to meet the exigencies of Federal requirements. Shape it as you may, the main depen dence for Federal revenues must be upon the costoms. Resides, should all of these alternative expedients be resorted to for the ordiuary revcuues of the Govern ment, the States would lind but little to glean from an impoverished people, after the Federal inquisitor aud tax gather has levied contribution upon them; and suits in the Federal Courts, brought by spies and mercenary inform ers, would intensify the evils we have already suffered under the operation of the present internal revenue system. So far as the present tarifl is concern ed, with its unjust discriminations in fa vor ot some sections and against others, I will cheerfully assist in any judicious effort to correct its itregularities and to lighten its unnecessary burdens. "In this you and I cannot widely dif fer, both of us being servauts of the peo ple under Democratic designation, and having as our Shibboleth the platforms of the State and National Democracy, approved bv the States in their electoral vote in 1884, and by the people in re turning a majority of the same political faith in the present House of Represen tatives at Washington. Aud I trust that you agree with me that it would be worse than unwise to set up other stand ards of political faith, unless authorized by the common consent of the Demo cracy, aud under the regular forms o party administration. Upou this basis rests our party unity, and in this uuioi: there is strength; nay, more, for us ir J86. PRIC3 this union only is there safety. "I express these, my opinions, not in the spirit of controversy, (for which I have neither time nor inclination,) but because your association, comprising a number of gentlemen, some ofwhomare my personal friends, have requested me to give public expression of my views at tliis time; and because I accept your ac tion as being prompted by those high motives of patriotic devotion to our be loved Stale which befits those who value her traditions, and have studied her his tory.. ; v '?' uIn conclusion please accept for your self apd your associates of the com mittee the assurances of my sincere consideration." . ? ?/ - AN EXCITING SCENE Scalawagger BIddleberger and Black Jack Logan Kicking' np a Du.it. Washington, March 10.?The senate galleries were again crowded to-day, attracted by the debate on the Edmunds resolutions. While the debate on that subject did not develop any feature of special interest or excitement, the assem bled audience was treated to a scene not down on the bills. Senator Riddle bergcr, it appears, felt nggrieved at the act of his brother republican. Sena tor Logan, in placing upon the pages of the Congressional Record the letter of Captain Eads, which practically gave Mr. Riddleberger the lie. The junior Virginia senator took the floor and in a spirit of assumed humility lauded Sena tor Logan's military genius. Though unknown to military fame, Senator Riddleberger intimated that he did not propose to be entirely suppressed by the towering genius of the Illinois sena tor. Then, giving full play to his feel ing of resentment, Seuator Riddleberger charged that in spreading Captain Ead's letter upon the Record, Senator Logan had become rcponsible for the charge tliat he (Riddleberger) had on the floor of the senate uttered a false charge. With a dramatic air, and in an earnest voice, Senator Riddleberger declared that he held Senator Logan, not Eads, responsible, and he said: "Let the representatives of Eads take care of him on this floor." In an instant Senator Logan was upon his feet, and it was apparent that parliamentary discretion had yielded to personal Indignation. Turning to Senator Riddleberger and pointing his finger at him be said that he had1 treated the senator from Virginia with kindness, bot in calling him the representative of Eads that senator had altered what was absolutely untrue. Senator Riddleberger descried the effect of his rather wild utterances. He saw that Senator Logan was mad clear through, and he sought to interrupt by shouting. *'I appeal to you Gen. Logan.*'---' ? iL-? Finally Senator Riddleberger dis claimed any intension of personal offence to Senator Logan and the usual decorum of the Senate, wliich had been very much disturbed, was gradually restored. During this interchange of person alities great confusion prevailed on the floor of the senate and in the galleries, and at one time a personal encounter between Senators Riddleberger and Logan was feared. Such an intensely exciting scene has not been witnessed at the capitol for many years.?News and Courier. MURDERED AT HIS POST. Express Meswcngor Killed and Bobbed? a Lynching Possible. Chicago, March 13.?The express messenger on the west bound tram on the Rock Island road was killed in his car last niidit, between Jolie t and Mor ris and his safes broken open and robbed of all valuables, amounting to a large sum, which cannot yet be exactly stated. The car bore evidence of a terrible struggle. The messenger, whose name is Nichols, was found dead when his car was opened at Morris. His throat was cut in a manner that suggested a hatchet or a dull knife, and his skull was crush ed with a. stove poker. A poker was found in the car that did not belong there. In Nichols' cieuched right hand was found a lock of black hair, and in the other hand a lock of red hair. So far there is no clue to the murderers, but the country is already alive with searchers, and there is every reason to believe that the murderers will he lynch ed if discovered. a Boy Murders Four People. A dispatch from Osagc City, Kansas, says: J. W. Sells and wife, their son Walter, aged 19, and their daughter Ida aged 14. were murdered sometime Sunday night, or early Monday morning, and there is hardly a doubt but that the murderer is William Sells, aged 17, a son and brother of the murdered people. This boy gave the alarm to the neigh bors early Monday morning and said the family had been attacked by two strangers whom he described. Suspi cion was directed to the boy from his heartless manner, and his underclothing was found saturated with blood, and bore evidence of an attempt to remove the stains. The murders were commit ted with a hatchet and butcher knife while the victims slept. They were all dreadfully mangled. Plenty of money and portable valuables were found in the house and nothing had been disturbed. The Old Story. Louisville, March 10.?Last night twenty-live men quietly took Handy Woodward, colored, out of the jail at Russellville, and hanged him to the same limb that the notorious Sambo Bailey was hanged to two years ago. Woodward was identified as the man who attempted to outrage the twelve year old daughter of Chas. Johnson, station agent at Bed Oak, Monday. The elegant steamship Oregau collid ed with a schooner last Monday off New York and both vessels were Wqk, E 81.50 PER ANNUM. JUDGE LYNCH. THE BLOODY DEED AND TRAGIC END OF A NEGRO BOY. AltntMt Successful Attempt to Brain ? Lady While Asleep?The Arrest anil ConfuartJort ot her Assailant?>TI>e Terri ble Sequel. Friday night last Mr. Gideou Sauls left his hom?. situated between Gillison yHIeand Hennis's Cross Roads, for the purpose of attending to some business at Coosawhatchie. and was detained all night. The only parties left on his place were his wife and a colored boy aged about seventeen years. During the uigfct, and while asleep, Mrs. Sauls was awakened by a severe blow on the head. As She arose she was struck two suc cessive blows In the face with an axe which knocked her senseless, and in this state she remained until next morning. She was there alone until 9 o'clock the next day, when a small boy came upon the place, and Mrs. Sauls sent for Mr. Meeker, a neighbor. Shortly after Ulis her husband arrived, aud the news spread through the neighborhood. Mrs. Sauls informed her husband that she had been assaulted by Charlie Mills, alias Charlie Rrunson. Search was made for this boy, and he was captured about 3 o'clock Saturday near Ridgeland by Mr. Alfred Sauis. He was earned back to Mr. Gideon Sauls's and turned over to Mr. B. S. Heapc. He was taken before Mrs. Sauls and Identified by her, and acknowledged his guilt. He stated that he was persuaded by Hezekiah Primus, Sr., colored, to kill Mrs. Sauls during the absence of her husband, and to se cure what money there was in the house and divide with Primus, and he (Mills) was to run away. When he struck the blow Primus, who was outside, didn't come in, and he became frightened and left. After making his statement he was taken before Trial Justice Reid and a commitment prepared. Mills was then turned over to Constables B. S. Heape and W. D. Freeman. They left Hennis's at 9 o'clock Monday night to bring Mills to the jail at this place. When about three miles from Hennis's they were met by 150 men, white and colored, who forcibly pushed the con stables aside and took Mills away. Later in the night the dead body of Charles was found swinging from the beam over the gate opening into the yard in front of the residence of Mr. W. H. Ellis, who lives three miles from Hennis's cross roads. Whde under ar rest the boy told the constables that he had killed a white boy with a brick in Savannah about a year ago. His story corresponds with the killing about that time of a white boy named Joseph Mas ters, whose father still lives in Savan nah; Mrs. Sauls is still In a precarious condition, and her recovery is extremely doubtful. Primus was arrested, but denied having anything to do with the attempt to murder aud rob Mrs. Sauls. He was released.?Hampton Gnvardian. LYNCH LAW'S VICTIMS. Three Indiana Men Launched Into Eterni ty by a Mob,. Shoals, Ind., March tQ-.? The no torious Archers, who have been con fined in the county jail for several weeks past under charges of murder, expiated their horrible crime at the hands of a determined mob at 12^30 yesterday morning. The mob marched into the town and to the jaiL When the jail was reached the keys, were demanded and refused. When the spoKCsman ordered them to go tu, the doors were battered down. After gaining an en trance and spending a short lime with the doomed men, they were led out in the midst of the mob and taken to the court yard. A few words were exchang ed. They selected trees on which they were to be hanged. When the noose was placed on their respective neck3, the word was given to haul up aud in a few moments tho three lifeless bodies of Johu, Martin and Thomas Archer could be seen suspended in mid-air on trees fronting tho Court House. The mob then quietly disbanded. Iu a few mom ents after the mob had dispersed the court yard was filled with persons seek ing a glimpse of the lifeless forms. The people are wild with excitement. A Horrible Love Token. St. Louis, March 11.?Sadie Hayes, tho colored woman under sentence of death for the murder of Police Sergt. Jeuks, hasalover named William Laccy, who is as black as she is. She wanted ?some Longiblc proof of his love, and said that if ho really loved her as he professed, he would, before their final separation, present her a gold ring he wore, with the linger ou which it was worn. To-morrow he was to be taken to the penitentiary, having boensenten ed to a term of three years fcr burglary. This evening Ins swecthcait received the desired proof of his love?the little liuger of his right hand, adorned with the gold ring. Laccy had actually saw ed or cut off his little finger at the joint with a steel shank taken from his shoe and sharpen on the iron bars of his cell. He wrapped the bleeding stump of the finger iu his handkerchief, and to-night it was amputated and dressed by a sur-. gcon. The Chinese Munt "Go". Augusta, Ga? March 8.?The arrfc val of two Chinamen here to daY and the "promised arrival of twenty more to-morrow," lias caused some excite ment and the threat is made that force will bo resorted to drive thorn out of the city. The Chinese here number several hundred, all shop-keepers, and they have almost ruined the greengrocer's buisncss. The Chinese have married white wives. The City Council will be : asked to revoke the Chinese license, i aud if tho request is refused the Celcs ' tials will be waited upon at midnight ? and marched out of town,