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r ml-WE EKi,,Y EA.A.-riON-1 IVENINS1301to. S. -C.. T-II-U'*j-?,'S'-DAy. INIOL BEHEADING J[OE)E L. I Notified of His Doom--First Frightented Then Defiant--The Fatal Axo--A Neal, Stroko --Tho Modiroval Mode of Pun - ishment Which Germany Usos For Stato Offenses. IBnF.u, August 20.-Hoodel's -oe-* cution was soimething quite out of the common, even for Berliners, Not since February, 1865, when Louis Grothe, a young man who with his mistress and his mother had hacked in piecos and thrown into the river a French toaelrr namod Gregy, was executed, had the axe fallon on a guilty wretch's neck-at the capital, that is, for there were a few execitions in the provinces. The old Eimperor's in variable practico was to commute the sentence wV'henl a death wNarant was handed to him, and lhe would havo spared Hoodel's lifo had not the Crown Prince and Plrinco von Bismarck pressed him to ronioiber that clemency here might encourago Socialist assassins elsewhere as well as in Germany. It was on the afternoon of Thurs day that Hoedel, who occupied a coll in the city prison, was informed that the law was to take its course. He bit his lips and turned deadly palo ; then nottered to It keoper Vlo stood by him, "They'ro only trying to frighten inc." "Not so, said the keeper ; "that's really your death senteuco." He asked to be allowed to writo an appeal for mercy, but was told that it was too late ; then he asked that he mighit be executed on the Kreutzberg, a well known hill in tho suburbs, associated with the revolutionary procoedings of 1848. lie was told that he might ordor for his comfort whatever ho pleased, but lie declined to avail himself of tihe priviloge of "the headsman's banquet," as it is callod, though (for tle fir:st time since his incarceration) he asked for cigars ; subsequently he took a bottle of wine and soine beor, At 6:30, p. in., the condemned man was removed in a prison van to the penitentiary at Mo:abit, in the northwestern suburbs, and lodged in a strong coll, The Lutheran chaplain, Dr: Heinickes, acco mpanied him and passod most of the night chatting with him. Chatting is the proper word, for whenever the pas tor attempted to turn the conversa tion towards religious subjects Hoedel interrupted him rudloly. The condemned man spoko very freely, while smoking. "Had I been placed under other circum stances," he said, "I might. not have come to this; brought uip difforont. ly I might have boen another man." Then he added :"I must play out my part to the end as I began it." Towvards morning lhe fell asleep andr wvas sleeping soundly wvhen, at 5:30, he was awakened-to die. Hardly was he prepared for the scaffold when lhe thrust his cigar into his mouth. "You are free to do so if you wish," said the clergyman, "but I would rather you would not take that cigar with you." "Very well, I won't, then," said Hoodlel, "if it's any pleasure to you." The scaffold was erected in the prison yard, whlero about fifty per - sons, magistrates and lawyers, municipal officials, military officials and members of the police force, besides seome reporters, were gath ered. The prisonei', conducted by three wvardens, walked with a firm step to the foot of the scaffold and stared impudently arond at the assembly. Councillor Hollman, vho wvas charged with superintend wg the execution, took his place at a table and road loudly the son* Lence of death and the deoath warrant. At the conclusion Hoerdel spat upon the ground and cried, "B~ravo 1" The magistrate nowv turned to a tall, strongly built man, about thirty or thirty-five years of ago, hand Borne, with a small mustache and neatly, indeed elegantly, attired in a fine linen shirt wiuth waistcoat and .tr'ousers of black bloadeloth. This was Herr Krantz, the executioner. Holding up the warrant that the headaman might see the Crown prince's signature, Councillor Holl man said to him: "Note this document, and now receive from me the tinsmith Emil iHeinrich Max Hoedel, delivered to you to be beheaded." "Come this way," said the heads man to floedel, who, ran lightly up the throo steps leading to the platform and throw off his coat and wiaistcoat. At this moment the chapol-boll )ogln tolling ; lie gazod in its diroction, tho looked around upon those preseit with an irollical sneir. Throwing down his bracos, Hoodol h)ogain to uinbutton his shirt, but coul iot unifastei one of the buttons. One of the wardens went to his assistalloo aid tuirned it down beneaitth his shouldors, leaving the nock Itid the upper part ol the breast bare. Meanwhilo two other k1opers had tied the coildmned mani's arms and anklos. They then carried him, pinioned anid helpless, to the block, which Was of stout hardwooO, with a hollow to rcoiVO the neck, and painted blood-red. Laying him on it faco downwards, a strong leathern baud wis fastenled over the back of tho head so that it could not be moved, and a clearly de1ined mark was offorel for the lieat;inmuin's blow. Opening a loatherm case, on which wero in goli the figures "1878," Krantz took out the glitterinig now axe, 1111d taking his aim, with an almost imporceptiblo glmnce, sw1unig the weapon al(oft and brought it hissimg downu on the band of flesh botwee'n th leathern fastoning an1d the turnod-'>ack shirt. Only ome blow was ineded. Tho blood sprai'g out of tho immenso wound ; the neck vanished (so it seemed) and there was left the triuni, whichi twitehiod spasmnodicalh a few times, and tho head, Which looked as if it had been shorn off just at the chin. A very slight Contract'ion or move mmint of the skin of the forehead was noticeable. The wholo opera tion lasted about two inuates and a half. A coflin was brought out, into which the still bloeding remains were pitched ; it was placed in a hole already dug in a corner of tie prison yard ; tho carth was filled in and all was over. Tm.: VONDIUL GloW'rH OF Ts -Ex-Govern ;r Pease, of f. x s, now on a visit to his former homo inl Ccnnectient, furnishes some inter esting items of contrast and growth ill that great Stato since he went there in 1835). He ias seen the population grow from 20,000 to 2,000,000. A million have heoon aded since the cenusus of I870. Most of this increase c:uno froni tho Southern States ill the six or seven years immediately following the Wa1r, but for somo years now the bulk of tho ieilliiration has been from the Northwester4 States-Wis consil, Michigan, Iowa and Minne sota. Bit fow European immi grants havo como in. BAsHFUL.-A b ashfl young man went throo times to ask a beau tifuil young lady if he might be the parltner of her joys and sorrows, and other honsehold furnituro, but each time his leart failed him, and ho took the question away unIpopped. Slhe saw the angruish of his Soul, and had compassion on him. So .the next timo ho camo sho asked him if lie thought to bring a screw driver w'~ih himi. He bhished0(, and wanted to know whlat for. And shue, in the fullness of her hear't, said she didn't know but wvhat he'd want to scew~ upi his courage be fore he left. He took the hint. The secretary of war deniies the report started, it is said1, in a Rich mond pipem', that the Souither'n His-. torical Society has been tendered free access to tile Confederate ar chives in tile wanr department, or that GIon. Marcus J. Wright, a Confed orate officer, is in chlargo or such records. Col. R. N. Scott, a Feder,. al officer in the war, has charge of the archives. The war doepartmnont, in or'der to secure certain valuable Papers nowv in thle hands of the Southern Histor'ical Society, has arrange(d to furnish copies of certain records of pauroly historical valuo to that society in roturn. Onm Exoswero.--He wasI an old phys'oian, and ho was declaiming the the other day against the prop~ensity of eating unripe fruit and vegetables. Said be, "T1horo is not a fruit or vegctablo growing in our gardens that is not best wvhen arrived at maturity, and most of them are p)ositivoly injurious unless fully ripe." "I knowv one thing that ain't so good when it's ripe as 'tis when grean," interrupited a little b)oy, in a vary confident but modest manner. "What's that ?" sharply said the p)hysician, vexed at having his prin~. ciple disputed -by a mere boy. "A cucumber," replied the lad. The old saying, "Exciuse haste and a bad pen," has been attributed to a pigy which ran away I,.em hom. TilE BIMCA'1 DJL%%I.4 Roports of tie Speeches Doulvored at the Great Democratic Rally In Winns. boro on tho 13th Inst. As severe indisposition proven ted the editors of TiE, NaVs AND H-n, A) from making, as they had fully intendod, exhaustive reports of the spieecles deliverod Oil the 13th, the reports takein from the N eis mie owrier are heiro given, ill order that the few who woro not present on that day may read the words of cheer tSpoken by the standard bearers of Democracy: oEINERlA, UR ATTON s OPUNINo. Gen. J11o. Bratton, County Chair. man, called the imieeting to or der, his appearalnco being groted with loud cheers. He said that they had assembled to in auguraf o anothier camilpaign inl the politicill wa11faro for the rights of peoplo and1(1 the preselrvation of the State. Tiey had assembled to on, dorso thei Doiorwratic nolilneos and ritify the Democ'ratic pl)atforiH, every lino an syllable of whlich lookod to the re-ositabllillelt of the coistitt ion. Every pledge coltailned ad pinciplo avowed in that platform would be carried out by the c:indidates. They had been tried and proved. They had found every right in the Stato trampled Upon by the XeerCISo of personal power, and by merely doing their dluty 1had lifted the Comnmonwealtl again to her former place. The Gowi.nor's health, unfortunately, had forbidden his app'eaninnec, biLt he had the pleaisuiro to- introd(uco it strong second to that grand figure.. head of the law in South Carolina. Hi then ld forward Lientenant Governor Siwpson, who Was re ceived with long and loud cheers. THE LIIUTENANT-oOVERNoRt began by alluding to the enforced ab.sence of Governor Hampton, and expressing the hope that beforo long the great leader would be enabled again to enter the camnpalign. H<o then turned his attontion for awhila to pointing out the great futurc aw.titing the Commonwealth and lai childrlen, whejin her ilimense ltura. resoulrceS shold4 1e developed. The first step towards this w'%as th est-ablisllment of a porlmnounet good governmenit. The character of th rulers influeiced all of the peope'm temporal and even their eternal in terests. It was evident to ill thai no poopio could prosper under a )a(1 govOrnment. H had no need to tell thom what that was. They had lived uinder onle for eight years, from 1868 until 1876, when it sank in infamy. A good government was on11 that confined itself to the orbit of its creation, being created for the protection of the rights of tho po ble. Whether a government would do this or not depenlded on thc character of its ollicers. Thc goverilment was bst that was best admuinistered. If the coming lec tion should result in the selection of unsafe0 oflicers it would be only the r(esuit of the people's neglect at thc ba1llot-bo~x. There were two parties andon imst rule, and the chiarac teir of the ()tieers would partakeof0 the character of their party. They had had eight years of Riadical and tw6 years of iDemocratic rule, and they could sOO the contrast. The Radical p)arty embodied the vice, iniquity, ignorance, fraud and cor ruption, and the Democratic thc virtue, intelligence, competeney and p)roperty of the State. Would they suiffer the former to be0 again rom-* stated ? He knew that they would suffer no0 petty local discords and p)rejuidicos to inlterveno e)twoon them and the victory alread~y within their grasp. In '78, as in '76, they would roll up a majority the influ fnae of wvhich would 1ho felt long amnd far. lie pointed out to them the implortanco oif the legislative strug gle, and urgod that they should not rest until glorious, decisive, ovor whlinlg victory p~erchied upon01 their sitanldard. The speaker was frequetl hy in terrupted by burlstVs of cheering and ap~plauise, and at the close of his addlress the echoes weore made to ring again. coMPTR~OLLEIR-GENERIAL JOHNSON HAOO wvas next introduced, and his ap ponra~nco wvas the signal for reneweod cheoring, mantiy of his old soldiers being present, and one or two of thlem remarking facetiously that they know him too weoll, as he had led them into "trouble" before, Gen. Hlagood's speech~ was a well econsidered and forcible exposition of the plans and pur1~poses of the Democracy, and1 a review of Radical. ism in this State. 'Ho concluded by urging the importance of the pres ent struen in which ho aid avan~ man was expected and obligod to do his whole duty. HON. J. 0. SHEPPARD -was the next Speaker. He also was greeted with ringing" shouts and cheors. Ho said that he was thank fil to soo that lie would bo able to report to the Executive Coinini tteo that Fairfiold was going" to roll 1u ia majority that voul(I forever staimip out Retimblicanismu within her hor ders. [Cheers.] Ito saw in their oyes and faces the samo evidences of resolve that lie had seen in the streets of Edgfiel( whou Chamber lain mot his first rout. People giving such evidences had never ben do feated. [Chors.] All had tasted of the biterness of Radicalism, and they woro working to blot it out forevor. Tho colored mon during the campaign of 1876 had now and then had a visit from Chamberlain, Cardozo, Whittemore, or some other him) of the dpvil [laughter] who came down to tell them their duty. WX hero wero thosO mn nOw ? Tihe white people intendud to do their duty to the colorod people, and they wanited them to reciprocate. The colored man would be met as he eame. When he came in l red shirt he would be welcomed and taken care of. [Chcers.] Tho first at tack oi the rights of the colored muon would be made by Jim Blaine, of Maine, and his gang, and the Southern peopl would protoet and maintain them. There would be no onduring peace and prosperity until the Democratic party gained the control. Its efforts 'should not be confined to South Carolina, but should be directed at the White House. [Cheers.] Mr.. Sheppard alluded to "Independents," charac terizing them as being worse and 1mor;e dangerous than all the c.rpet - baggeri and scalawags. Thore wai only ono rulo to go by in this coin test, and that was the platform of 1876. Tnat guaranteed equal rights before the Jaw to every citizen. There was no struggle between white and black. The Peole)0 Were wOrklling for honest government, anud invited all to come nd help them. The speakcr closed with an eloquent appeal to all present to give labor, time and infiluenco to the gaining of a glorious victory on the 51,h of November. M. JAs. G. GI1TIEs was then introduced, and delivored one of his charactoristic humorous land instructive addresses to tihe colored people, which was received with shouts of laughter and alauso. CONORESSMAN J. I. EVINS followed, being groeted with loud choors. Ho prefaced his remarks with an eloquent appeal in behalf of the yellow fever sufferers, urging those present to take some measures for their relief. Ho then spoko of the universal financial distress in the country, and charged that it was directly due to the nismanagoent and bad policy of the Republican party, which had contracted the circulation, demonetized silver, made the bonds p)ayable in coin, and1 p~asscd a resumpj~tion act with out taking means to b.'ing ab)out its ac compishentthrough tihe operation ofnatsual iaw. H alluded also to the high protective tariff enforced by the *jl publicans, which caused trouble and distress 1)y shutting up the Outlets for the surplus p)roducts of tihe country. The Nort'horn peo0 ple, however, he said, were beginning to awake from their midsummer madness, as was shown by tihe recent elections in Vermont, Oregon and Maine, the home of Jim Bjlaine. He concluded by urging thme impjortance of carrying every county in the State this time, in prep1arationi for sweeping it in 188(0 for the Demo. cratic candidates and solidifying tihe South. Geon. Bratton then announcedl that the regular proceedings of tile nmoot. ing were over. Those in attendance seemed diflicult to satisfy, however, and1 vociferous calls woere made for Maj. T11. W. Woodw~ard and Hon. H. A. Gaillard. Mamjor Woodwvard finally camne forward and spoko very bri-l. o said that ho saw in the lOpeol' faces that they intended to rival Edgefield, and ho wvould never rest until they rolled up a majority equal to that of the Banner County. He then spoke a few wvords of advico to the colored people, of whom thorn wvoro miany present of both sexes, and concluded by saying that he could not speak, but if there woro over any more red foxes 'to be skinned, they would find him on hand. [Long and loud cheering.] Mr. Gaillardi, in responseR to r'o, peatod and clamorous calls, came forward, and was greeted with a tremendous outburst 91 applause. He excused himself from speaking, merely remarking that thn neonie had heard their duty. know it, and would, ho was suro, do it. After throo throat-cracking, tym p)anun-splitting ch rs had boon given for Governor Hampton, the crowd dispersed, the clubs falling in anl marching ofI, all tpparently newly fired, encoUirgeol and jubilant. Township h1)arbeeues and iotings are anniounced in all directions, and the DOnocrats of b0th colors aro thoroughly arousod and hard at work. A. B. W. Lioeir AS A Mlooi.--A working modol of a verv intoresting machino is now boinmg exhibited in a Now York show windlow. It is tho in, volition of an Englisilan, and con sists of four disks attachod to arms radiating from a contral rovolving post. One side of each disk is I lainote black and the other whito. The blauc surfaco absorbs and the white surfteo repols light, thius revolving the iachino. In order to avoid friction with the atmos, phero, the niachino is placed under a glass cover, from which tho air has been exhaustod. It is not hoat that moves Lho dlisks, and that the motivo power is light alone is 1)r)ved bvy the fact that the machino will worIc evel if placetl in an ice houso. The light of a candle will cause the machino to revolvo slow-. ly, and a calcium light will incito rapii revolutions. The modol on exhibition is worked by ordinary daylight, but is not touchod by direct ra1ys of tho siml. It is in the shado. Wo road of a Pennsylvania nim who mried himself of dyspopsia by chiising a chromo igont ovor a inioiifm1itin nino miles high; but therc is ait man inl tho Valley of Virginia who for forty years has enjoyed, with an over increasing relish, sOtting a Iack of hounds on overy lightning-.rod man and book agent who has stfopped at his gate. 'This, he say9, has contributed to his uitisinont and his good health. VEGETINE Purifles the Bloo and GIves Strength. DU QUOIN, ILL., Jan. 21, 1818. Mnt. IT. R. STryENS: 1Dear Sir-Your "V'egeIinie" has benol (oing woinders for tme. havo bee lihaving the Chill ani1d lever, coitraited inl the swam ps of 14, S n notl hI n lvi ke rilief un1111 1 h1-:an theIt of your veget ine, itsgivig le illiedi.. ate lief, tluing up1) My system, purifying iy blool, giving strengh; whereai ti11 ot-her 1ned1 I Ines Weaklenied lm10 and lilled ily m5sstom WItti l 14son ; 1id I a Il atI Istled I hat if fainlites Ihilat live in i ie agiue distritS of i ho Souni and west wottl I aIe v"geline two orI thretI Imlines a iWeek, I hey wohliE not hv i rill(t wiitt h lie Chills or Ith malig t lI-'evers thl tprevaii at certali im if1(-,, ti ' heyva Iy , sive t doitsor's b ills, and live to a goo:1 old age. ltespectully yottm Agen IIonlerson's Looim, St. Louil, Sin. A.i. Ihs.ASKs oP TmI 11oon.-If N'VgetieIC will relieve painl, cleanlse putrify and cure such (lseases. restoring .ho itiii nt to perfect hiealh artIr I'vi3ig dit'ferenit, pIySiCianls, 115ay remiedies, sufferilig for yer11ls, Is It not conicill sivI proof, if yo are uIlrer, yo canl bo (nred 7 Why is thIs ledleIl perfoliniag sueCl gretl 01r1s ,8 It, woriks In Ihe blood, in ie cir ('u1lting flbild. 1I, ann Ituly bev called the (Ireat, liletdi'Iriller. Te great, 0uc of di,. ca:ls originaleS in the blood ; and ni medlcino i ht. dots not at directly upon it, to iIIfy and r'entovlte, lti jist, claima upon public attentIon. VEG ETINE lHas Entirely Cured Mo of Vertigo. M n.II. 1. savx~ 11O, I LL., Jani. 218, 1878. Demar' sir-iI havtn used several hottles of "'viEITIN5"; iitinhs entirely ('ured'( mie of V'ert lgo. 4 hiave also used it, filr Kidney C'om plaint,. It, is the best, meodleine for ktidney com tin~~lit.. I would rCcommendCI( it, as5 a good blood l)1'tti'. N. YoCUM3. PAIN AND) DTRElASl.--Canu we expect to enjoy good hea111 lt he hafit 0or t'orriupt humornls tmir-, ('4ul I iht' b)l0od, caus5lig pa11 i ad disease; and thi e l(se hlumior' bintg depoesi ledi itoughi tihe tntii' tre bod, prod0itee Ilimplles, erupt itns, lilew's, Sidigtestlont, cost iveness, headnehetslt', noifhj gin, Itemnove i.hio causemo by tankin g Vegeitine, (ho mi ost reliiabile r'Omerl(y foxr cntisinmg and1( puri'fy.. tng the i)10od. VEG'( KEINE I Iselieve it to be a Goodl !e d-. ('111e. Mn. 5Trav Ns: XF.NIA, 0., Marchi I, 187T, Doar' Sir--I wish t) iniform yolu whatt yourli Vegel in' ilms done1 for' me. 1 haUve been affit.. ('d with Neutralgia, anid after using three bet tie's of 4te Vetgel Inc w'as enti1rely rlieved. { iii'o foutnd my~ gen''rai hiealt.h munhch improved,. I bielleve it, to be a gooull mreiie. Yo0urs tily, lE I) IhAl1V EIIsTJCK. V'EoMTItNE thloroulghly et'adicate~s ever'y king of humnor, andii restores (lho entire systoem to a hetaliy condition. VE~GE T1'iNE. Dru'iggist'sI IReport. iiear' Sir-wa haivo beenf sollinlg'youlr (tVce, tIne1 for 41he past5. (lghteen4 mont1 (11s, and we take plieasure inling that. in ever'y 014se, to otte knowedge it,448given jrent, sat.isfacotion. IIlekman, 4l, VEGE TINE Is TIlE BEST Spring Medicine. Prepared by H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vegetine ia Mold b all Druggists. i snt 2..4w