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I WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. VOLUME XIV. TUESDAY MOBXTNXx, OCTOBER IS, 1881. PRICE 5 CEXTS. HUDSON???S HANGING. THE END OF THE TERRELL COUN TY TRAGEDY. ???The Triple Murder of lost Aagut???The Arreit and Conviction of the Criminal???HI* Execution in Oaw.cn Jon Yesterday???The 8ccnca and the Crowds Around the Qallow*. Special dispatch to the Constitution. Dawson, October M.???The readers of The Constitution doubtless remember the details of the .awful murder committed in Terrell county on the lGth of August, when Frank Hudson, colored, bru tally murdered Mr David Lee, Mrs I-ee and a negro girl on Mr Lee'* plnntatlon. It will be remembered, ji]*o, that Hudson nftcrwiird* confessed he commit ted these diabolical murders for the pnrpose of robbing Mr Lee's house. The murderer was promptly arrested, and after narrowly escaping lynch law, was incarcerated here, and Judge Hood held a special term of Terrell court on the 13th of , Jseptethljer, for the puri>ose of trying Hudson. The prisoner lmd a !Wr trial and wa?? ably defended by five excellent lawyers, ???appointee.??? l>y the court, and was found guilty and .sentenced to be hung on to-day. No new tiiul was thought of in hi* cat aa.liis guilt was conclusively ???established and admitted by himself. The doomed felon, since his conviction, has pass- -ed thj time with apparent indifference as to his ap- proncliing fate. This morning he begun to realize that his time on earth was short, but he appeared ???calm. At 12 o???clock to-day hojwas brought out of Jail by Sheriff Roberts and was carried to the gallows, which had liecn erected in an old Held in the southeastern limit* of Dawson. The military company here, with forty-eight men in rank, acted .as guard. Arriving at the gallows, Hudson ???slickly stepped from the wagon on which he rode from Jail, utid after shaking hand* with several ac- -quaintances he calmly ascended the scaffold. He seemed greatly concerned about what should lic- -corae of his body, ns his family bad informed the sheriff that they would have nothing to -<lo with it, but his friend's did finally ???ngrcc to have his body decently buried. He publicly acknowledged his guilt and the justice -of his sentence and hoped that he had been for given. He sang a few minutes, knelt In prayer and when he arose the sheriff pinioned his limbs and the black tap was adjusted. At twenty minutes jinst -one, the drop fell and for a moment his body .seemed convulsed and then became still. Ills neck svus not broken by the fall, but he died of strangu lation. In ten minutes his pulse ceased and at tliir- .teen minutes his heart stopped beating. In tifleen minutes from the time he fell the attending physicians, I)rs Cheatham and Kendrick, pronounced life extinct. At 1:43 the laxly was cut down and taken in charge by his friends. Everything parsed off quietly and in order, not withstanding the immense crowd present, six thous- jind persons. Terrell county was organized twenty- five years ago, and tills was the lirst execution that has ever occurred in this county. TIlESTOIty OP TUP. MURDER. About dusk on the hub of lust August Frank Hud- ??? soil, a trilling, worthless negro preacher, called at the house of Mr David M Lee, a highly respected, wealthy farmer of Terrell county, and solicited ???votk. Mr Lee tolil Frank that if he was in earnest nbout wanting work he would employ him. Be fore they agreed upon the price the negro called Mr Lee's attention to a (ire in the woods near the house (which he had built as a decoy) and offens 1 his assistance to put it out. Almut the time they teach ed the scene of the conflagration the ne gro struck Mr Lee on the tact of the head with a- heavy fence rail, killing him instantly. After rob bing him of what little money he had on his tier- son. he extinguished the Homes and returned to the house, where he met Mrt Lee, who inquired anx iously about her lmsbaml. On being told that Jie ???was still watching the tire, but would behome' very .soon, she started to meethiin. As she passed Frank on the porch he picked up an ux anil struck her '-on the back of the head with the sharp edge,'split ting it wide open to the shoulders. 11c then went into tin- house, where he met a negro servant girl about Ifi years old, who he struck over the head with an ax and left on the floor for -dead. Then going in the kitchen he found the ???cook, a negro woman near GO years old, asleep. He. fearing he might wake her robbing the house, made her sleep eternal by braining her with the ax. On his way to Mr. Lee???s room, where he knew the money he was in search of was kept, lie noticed that the servant girl thnt he had left there for dead a few moments before was missing. After a long .search he found her under her mistress' lxAl, where .she hud managed to crawl and conceal herself. He -dragged her from her hiding place, and, as he thought, heat the life out of her with his little liatehet, which had already done such bloody work. He then calmly, proceeded to break open trunks, drawers, etc, until ho found the money he was looking for, an amount some where between 5650 and 5700. After leaving the fortune at "Dahlonega,??? the land of gold. Unsuc cessful in what is now Lumpkin county, and hear ing of Mr Cobb???s ???better luck.??? he went to Chero kee, arriving there in debt, without money, . tools, or provisions, to commence work .with, but he found a friend and benefactor in the person of Major Wiley|Petty, a fine old fashioned gentleman, still living upon, and owning a large plantation, adjoining what Is now known as the ???Cobb lot??? Fitted out with provisions aud means by this liberal hearted Geor gian. Mr Paseoe, (an experienced English miner), leased about ten acres of land from the Leonaids, placing thereon a little wooden five stamp "pound ing mill,??? contracting with the Leonards to bring on a little stream of water known as '???Hurricane creek,??? and keep it on for a stipulated sum per year. That the Leonards ???acted well their part??? is evidenced by tlie fact that the ditch is now, after a lapse of forty years, in tolerably good condition. Mr. l'as- coc was soon enabled, from the earning* of his lit tle mill, to buy the property and add other territory to it, which he did, and dying a few years Inter, left a handsome fortune in money and laads, to be divided among bis brothers and sisters, of whom Samuel Paseoe now lives on a portion of the largo plantation. About this time tire Cherokee coun try, embracing, what are now called, Cherokee, Lumpkin, Itawson and other counties, was surveyed by the slate engineers and divided into lots, the sections where gold was known to be found being divided into forty-acre lots, the whole put into a lottery' and drawn by the citizens of Georgia. Many of those who suddenly found themselves possessed of a forty-acre lot in an uii known section of the country, placed no value thereon, and (mid no immediate attention thereto. Among this class was a widow lady in indigent cir cumstances, eking out an existence on a little one mule farm. But the lady, Mrs. Mary G. Franklin, was surprised one week by offers to purchase her little unknown forty-acre lot from ten or twelve different persons, and becoming excited herself over the interest others felt in her lottery prize, she mounted her little mule, and nftcr a two days??? ride, saw for the first time the much sought nfter Cherokee lot. She saw. also, a score of men hard a work with pick, shovel and hammer, hand mortars and pans, on and in the vicinity of a ledge of rocks, panning out her gold and puying no tributes. These were soon dispersed, a trusty man left in charge, and Mrs Franklin returned ior her family, which she quickly brought, mid immediately set to work pounding and panning, as she laid seen the others do. By the richness of the ore, with the facilities of convenient waters for washing, Mrs Franklin was soon abje to erect n rude stamp mill on the waters of the Etowaii river which ran through her lot. A thorough business woman, everything was done under her immediate personal supervision and the proceeds of her mill enabled her to owp her own labor and to add by purchase many other lots on the line of the veins that run through her original one. She built an elegant mansion ou one of the most beautiful sites, commandingan extensive view of the lilue Kidgc os well os of iter large plantation^ then worked by her own numerous slaves. Mr* Franklin educated her children to become states men and gave them professions, some of them be coming noted as public men. By a happy coinci dence a young man by the name of McDonald drew a lot adjoining Mrs Franklin???s and which proved equally rich. McDonald married one of Mrs Franklin's daughters, made his fortune from his mine and subsequently became governor of the state. These several properties now make a whole of some thirty-two lots and have at last been united by the efforts of the writer, extending through .some eight year* of herd work, paring the last six months I have made forty-three trips from the mines to New York, Washington, D C, Macon, Sa vannah and Atlanta, in all of which places some of the persons lived owning interests it\, the properly stock of .some company that had been formed ou it, or held some claim or lien, imagined' or real, all of which have been bought up by me for men living in Pennsylvania, who have bought it to work it, and who have thoroughly exploited the mine,using for this. purpose the best skill that they could employ,mid best machinery of modem times. As a result they have found a very extensive placer mine extending nearly four miles in length, and about a half mile in width, with plenty of conven iences???water for sluicing. Also several quartz veins running the entire length of the property, with an average width of eight feet, some of them assaying from ten dollars to eighty dollars per ton. A hornblende slate vein, three hundred feet wide, every inch of it gold-bearing, with au average value of three and a half dollars per ton. With a mill dam five feet and two Inches high they have over one thousand horse water power for the reduction of ores. With more ore in sight than any mine in the west can show they pro pose to put up a three hundred stamp mill with all the necessary apparatus for separating the ores which are nearly all sulphuretsand termed refrac tory. The concentrated sulphurets average two hundred and thirty dollars per ton andean betreat- THE FACTORY HORROR. A SCENE OF WILD DESPERATION AND DESPAIR. The Burning of Lxndersberger???i Mill in Philadelphia??? How the Fire Originated-Its Progress Through the Building???The Terror of the Panic- Stricken Operatives???The Damage. Philadelphia, October 13.???The fire at Landers- berger???s mill last night, which was so disastrous to life and property, originated in the finishing rooms on the second fioor, and spread upwards through the'building with amazing rapidity. About 45 of the hands, 12 ol whom were girls, were at work on this floor, but a majority were en gaged in the spinning department on the.upper floor. The wooden stairways at either end ol the building were soon ablaze. The bridge connecting the building with another mill was shut off from apuroafch by fire-proof doors, and In the absence of fire escapes a panic Distantly ensued among the men and women confined within the building. ??? They rushed to the windows crying frantically to the crowd to save them. It was proposed by the crowd to form squares in the street and catch the men and girls ns they leaped out, but before anything could be done a young woman leaped from the fifth story. It seemed that every bone In her body was broken for she never breathed again after this The Imprisoned people seemed to become fren zied, and, although the crowd outside sought to encourage them by shouting that help would speedily be there, they began jumping from the windows like sheep. A man, apparently bereft of reason, flung himself headlong tot he street and while his body was still in the air others followed. Now a mau, then a woman or half grown girl, until lit a few minutes eleven human beings, one and all uneonseious with fractured skulls and broken limbs were being carried by tender hands to a neighboring saloon, on the floor of which body, after body was laid in a row until vehicles were procured to convey them to the hospitals. When the firemen were able to enter the kuildiug they found on the third Hoot* the bodies of two females, burned almost to a crisp, and a ntaii badly ??? ??? * * * ??? ' ??? ??? ??? li he was not ready for trial, having been on the case only about ten days; that the defense would be the insanity of the prisoner, and thnt the wound was not necessarily mortal n->??t was not the cause of the president???s death, Also that lie has failed to get the names of certain witnesses from the prisoner, and that he expects to s|iow by witnesses in New York and Chicago hereditary insanity in the family; that E W 'Guiteau, father of the accused, wu& n monomaniac on the. subject of religion, ite also expected to show that death was the result eft malpractice on the part of the principal physi cians. He asked an order for witnesses, forty-four in number. Mr Sooville said, acting under instructions of his client he had eu deavorod toget him suitable counsel, being himself not familiar with criminal practice, and had applied to Emory Storrs, of Chicago, who had declined; also to RT Memo, who feared that he could not attend. He had written to General Butler but had not yet heard from him. It was important that the prisoner should be properly defended, and he asked that if General Butler should decline that the prisoner be allowed to select counsel. The argument Ju the question of jurisdiction '.???ns set down for the thirtieth iust, and the trial for November 7th. I After leaving the court-room Ouitcau was taken up stairs, and a large crowd gathered about the west portico, the prisoner being drawn to the cast part of the building. The crowd made a rush to that point, but about half past twelve o'clock the prisoner was quietly walked through the basement, and through the center of the building wherein carriage was ???valtiiig, and taken back to jait. Wm Stevenson Johnson, of Chicago, law partner of Emory Storrs, has arrived in the city for the pur- ??? Hisc of biking part in the defense of Guiteau. f While Guiteau was being arraigned a large sized nap approached some of the officers of the ??????ourt | and asked for the loan of a pistol. His inquiries causing suspicion he was K ken ; to police hoadqunrters where he ve his name as George II Betlmrd and showed a diploma as a lawyer, issued to him June 27, in Co lumbus, Ohio. He said that he fought in Garfield's -egiment, and showed two gun-shot wounds in his legs and a bayonet wound in the side of the head which he said he received at the battle of Shiloh. He has been doing clerical work for a lawyer in ???this city. He heard that Guiteau was to be arraign- FIGHTINC FOR A BRIDE. scorched and dead. Before they could searcl further, the fourth floor, with its heavy machinery, came crashing through, and they barely escaped with their live*. The firemen were compelled then to desist in their labors, because the floors had gone through to the ground, and the machinery, minperamU" en iw U a dozen* were*mangiK VM$??** ??** intend f a ???bull dog??? pistol gether in an unrecognizable mass, which was seeth- ??? md shoot him at the city hall. He took his diplo- ing ami sending out columns of steam ascold water i ma with him to insure getting into the court room was poured upon it. Seven persons an; known ??? , . evidently been lie dead aud twenty-three Injured, mostly young as a memoer ot tne Dar. Lie naa evidently oteu women. * drinking. The victims were carried off in all directions, some to their homes, some to houses close by, and others to various hospitals, so that the exact lium- l??cr cannot yet be stated. Physicians say that near ly everv one of the eases admitted to St Marv???s hos pital will result fatally. The total number of deaths will probably exceed twenty???there being ten dead lxxlies in the ruius. Had the fire occurred in day light. ftillv 400 people would have been compelled to light for life with the flames. Within an hour the flames were brought under control, leaving the walls standing, but the inside entirely gutted out. The loss in property will amount to 505,000, to oft'set which there is an insn- (??)icc of 530,000. Some of the workmen attribute tnC origin of the fire to sparks from the electric light falling amoug the waste. Others attribute the sud den spread to the influence of the over-heated wirc^. The same milfgras burned in 1R77. Two bodies have been recovered this morning from the ruins. Cn to noon to-day the uumber of dead bodies re ited the seen?? learned the me inadequate. The lire was that already advanced???the electric light, District Attorney Graham said to-day, in res|| 1t<_ . ??? the tire at Landertierger???s mill, lastuight, wot Mg uiuny owner of the mill can bo indicted forman.-hun-diA, for neglect ov refusa. to put up fire osccim'a! house he remembered thnt tills servant girl came to j ed here qr shipped. The property has been bought niter being struck over the head with an ax, and to very low, but the parties buying have taken all ???guard against all i>o$siblc accidents he went back to where Mr Lee was lying dead and mutilated the ???corpse fearfully by beating it with a fence rail. The murderer then walked about six miles to the house ??I his father-in-law, where he slept all night and to whom he gave a part of the money, and told of the ???crime lie had just committed. Unfortunately for Lite murderer, in bentiug the negro girl with the ax most of the blows fell on her head, and a few hours after he left the house she recovered -consciousness, and managed to crawl, with both of her shoulder-blades broken and divers wounds About her head and shoulders, to the nearest neigh bor???s. six miles distant, where she told of Hudson's bloody night's work. A hue and cry was immedi ately raised and the murderer soon canglit. Two different attempts were made to mob him. one at Dawson and one _at Albany, near where he was captured. He confessed and gave in substance the tale of his crimes as above, lie said his sole object for the murder was money. Mr and Sirs Lee had both been kind to him. He was tried, convicted and sentenced at the next term of the -court, and to-day was the time ap<minted for him to shake off this mortal coil from the end of a rope. CEORGIA COLD. the risk and spent their money freely, but with care, in thoroughly investigating the mines, and they could hardly set a price on it that would be too high: but they do not want to sell any portion of it. The Ontario mining company of Utah declares a monthly dividend payable to-day, October 1.3, of 575,000???a total of 53,81)0.000 in six years. These gentlemen of Pennsylvania have a better mine than the Ontario. A H Moore A ROMANTIC CASE. The Working l'p of the Great Franklin Mlne-.Vn In teresting Narrative. Editors Constitution : I notice in the Macon Telegraph and Messenger an article credited to the Baltimore Sun, and in The Constitution one taken from the Marietta Journal, the incorrectness -of which, and my knowledge of your care to be correct in all matters of news that you give through A Wealthy Frenclimnn Lose* lltn Property Daring the War of Secession and Now Sacs for Damages. New York, October 13.???In the suit of Michael Feulenheune to recover 5200,000 from the Un ited States government, and which has been referred to United States Commissioner Shields, the plain- tiff lias just given his testimony Feulenheune came to this country in 1817, from Westhoff, Strasburg, France, and in the beginning of the rebellion resided in Charleston. South Carolina. Though he had not renounced his allegiance to France, he was drafted in the confederate army. On his ???cross examina tion. Feulenheune said that previous to Julv 15th, 1801, he lived at Pelviaa Point Mount. Morris Island, South Carolina, where he had twenty-seven slaves, llis house was located near a confederate fort which had been evacuated. The union forces were on the northern extremity of the island aud the confederates to the southward. He rented slaves to die union forces to build in trenchments, About the middle of July in the year mentioned he was aroused by the dis charge of heavy guns and found that the monitor lying out on the ocean was shelling the island. The exploding shells set fire to his house, in which, be sides furniture, had paintings and other works of ?.>0.000. and he and his wife were A Story that will Serve an a Banin for a Dime Novel Mansfield, Pa, October 14???Miss Alien, the sev- entecn-ycar-old daughter of a well known resident of this village, lias for a year i>ast kept company wilh George Clark, and the courtship resulted in an engagement. Of late the girl???s parents have shown much opposition to the match, and Clark was for bidden the house, but he met Miss Allen in public places, and frequently meetings were arranged at the house of a mutual friend. At length the couple determined to get married ill spite of the parents??? objections. The affair was arranged by Miss Kate Beach, and was carried out by the couple assisted by Miss Beach and George Morrison, a young law student. One day last week Miss Allen attended the county fair with her mother. On a pretense of going for a CRIME IN CARROLL A BRACE OF MURDERERS VICTED. A Heavy Criminal Docket, That has In Its Diet Sev eral Sensations???The Conviction of Two Mur derers???A History of the Crimes for Which They are to Pay Penalty. Carrollton, October 14.???The present session of the superior court is making a reconi which will be a memorable one. The juries seem determined to execute the law no matter how severe the penalty or where the blow may fall. Two young white men now in jail have ghastly visions of the gallows dancing before their eyes. These are the only murder eases tried so far but there are four or five others for trial. List Monday the jury iu the ease ot The State against James E Ilanvey, zhnrged with the murder of Arthur MeMullen in July lust, brought in a ver dict of guilty without recommendation, the sen tence of which will lie death. Last night at at 10 o???elock the jury in the case of The State against William I, Moon, for the murder of John B Ward in January last, returned the same verdict. The facts in the Ilrnvey case have already been detailed in The Constitution. The testimony iu the Moou case was voluminous and conflicting, but the theory of the state, us sustained by its witnesses and which must have been the one accepted by the jury, was as follows: On the morning of the 4th of January lost, about 10 o???clock, Willinm L Moou purchased from L C Mandeville. a merchant of ihis place, n double-bar relled shot-gun, alsq powder.undsquirrell and buck shot. Later In the day he was met by a Mr Burns, who accosted him about the gun. ???Yes,??? he re plied, ???1 am going to kill a rabbit with it,??? Mr Burns remarked: ???It???s too late to rabbit hunt, the snow is all gone,??? to whieh Mr Moon again replied: ???I know where I can find one rabbit I can kill,??? and passed on. Shortly afterward, Moon and William Wallace were together at a grocery. Moon said: ???I am going to kill John Ward before three days. Do you see that old double-barrelled shot gun yonder? I bought it for that very busi ness, and, by God, I am going to use it.??? Henry Aiken swore that he met Moou on the road and Moon said, ???I am going to kill a buck, and John Ward is the d???n rascal.??? J M Stephens swore that on the 4th of January last, between sundown and dark, he (witness) and John Ward went to the house of Jessie Robinson, abouj three miles cast of Carrollton. Moon and Eliza Robinson were in front of the house near the gate; when within about thirty steps of them Moon threw a double-barreled shotgun from his shoulder, presented it, and demanded their names; witness answered, ???Stephens and Ward.??? Moon replied, ???All right, your friend.??? They advanced, witness being iu front. Moon again presented his gun on Ward aud with an oath exclaimed, ???I will kill you.??? Ward sprang forward and seized the gun when Moon demand ed. ???Turn my gnu loose.??? Ward asked, ???Is it loaded???? Moon repeated his demand and Wanl repeated his question. Moon then replied, ???No, it ain???t loaded, turn it loose.??? Ward asked. ???If I turn it loose, will you let me alone???? Moon answered, ???Yes.??? Ward then walked away, and was in the act of stepping over ,l fence, about fifteen paces off, when Moou tired upon him, thirteen buckshot and a quantity of small shot entering the iiiy, breaking GUITEAU IN COURT, art. to the value of obliged to seek safety in flight. He and his wife took refuge in the woods near Tnppahannock. where they remained two days -.0.1 ...i,... .in- >., i . ,u- .. . without food. He further testified that bis pn> jour columns to tin. public, leads me to this attempt joirtv was confiscated bv General Gilmore, of the to give you the exact faets relating to one of the ??? ??? must extensive gold mining operations ever under taken i:i this country. It has not been the wish of the parties connected with this enterprise to parade their business or names before the public, the fact of their beiug able within themselves to carry out their plans as arranged by their business manager, making it eutirely unnecessary that they should be ???advertised. About the year 1833 the father of Howell Cobb worked a gold mine in the second district, third section, of Cherokee county, Georgia, making it pay so well that many miners and prospectors were at tracted to this immediate neighborhood, among them an Englishman by the name of Johu Paseoe, -who had come from the mother country to seek his union army, and 530,000 he had deposited in the Farmer???s Exchange hank, besides 54,000 in gold and 570,000 in currency, were taken from him by men whom he believed to be union soldiers, deserters from General Butler???s army, though dressed in confed erate uniform. The case will come tip for another hearing next week. Feulenheune seeks to recover uuder the French-American treaty. Something llujrc. Dalton Citizen. The Atlanta Constitution's exposition issue of last week was something huge. It was the largest paper ever printed in the southern states, and probably the largest ever printed in America. The white paper used in this one edition weighed over 8.000 pounds, or more than four tons. If the eylin Where lie Amlilco and Cronehe* tuaPtrlai Washington; October 14???Tlie star rdsite cases were agnin taken up, but owing to the apse nee of the associate counsel- for (be government,u au ad journment was asked by the prosecuting attorney, and after some discussion a jiostponement for two weeks was taken. After the star route cases were disposed of it be came known in the court-room that the arraign ment of Guiteau was actually to take place to-day, so most of the spectators remained and a very in tense feeling of curiosity atnl interest was mani fested. There was no unusual display of the police force in or about the court room, although there were a large number of detectives present, but not in uniform. For over half an hour business was suspended awaiting the introduction of the prisoner. At a quarter past eleven MrScoville 1 , counsel for the pris oner, entered and ;tooka sent at the lawyers??? table, and immediately after the doors of the witnesses room were opened and gave entrance to Marshal Henry and two deputy marshals, having between them, hustling along, the bowed and cowering figure of the man for whom they made way to' seat him beside his counsel. Then one of the guards unlocked the handcuffs, giving the prisoner use of his hands, which he continued, however, to hold as if that was their usual position. Guiteau looked broken in health aud uncared for in person. His head is closely cropped hut his cheek and chin whiskers are worn thick but not long. His dark elothes were rusty and shabby, and his whole person presented a miserably neg leeted appearance. After the excitement attending his entrance had subsided, District-Attorney Corkhill arose and ad dressing the judge said: ???The grand jury of the District of Columbia has indicted Charles f Guiteau for the murder of James A Garfield. The prisoner is in court. I ask that he lie arraigned and required to plead to the indictment.??? The prisoner was ordered to stand up, and in a languid manner obeyed. Clerk??????Is your name Charles J Guiteau???? The prisoner assented by a nod to the clerk. The clerk then proceeded to read the indictment, the prisoner standing up with his head most of the time inclined to the right shoulder, his eyes half closed or wholly so, his hands crossed over his stomach as if they still wore handcuffs, and his general air that of sickly inditlerence. The reading occupied nearly half an hour, and during all that time Guiteau hardly changed his attitude or bearing, and rarely opened his eyes. He did not manifest the slightest degree of interest in the scene in whieh he was the chief actor, and but for an occasional slight movement, might be supposed to be asleep iu a standing atti tude. Upon the conclusion of reading the indictment the clerk, addressing the prisoner, said: ???What say you to the indictment; guilty or not guilty???? The prisoner, in place of response, fumbled in his waistcoat pocket and drew out a soiled aud crum pled scrap of paper. District Attorney (imperatively)???Enter your plea of guilty. Prisoner???I enter a plea of not guilty, if your honor please, and I desire to make a statement to the court at some other time???it would not be ap propriate just now. ???Sit down!??? The prisoner thereupon took his seat. District Attorney???In this case I ask that tlie trial be set for next Monday morning peremptorily. The government is ready for trial now. Mr Seoville asked to read a statement, and pro ceeded to read one by the defendant to the effect that he has no money or means and that in his de- rciative of .???-Clark, where the marrriage eere- was performed by the Rev E E Morris, of Maiiiexburg. The same afternoon the .newly-muirlcd couple came to this village to make j iTiingeniL-iits to gu-on a wedding trip. While they; were at the depot in the evening,- aud just before Vne arrival of the train whieh >was to take them awe Mr Allen put in an appearance, and lifter at- Jlig to whip Clark,-lie marched his daughter : anil locked her up. The bridegroom, legal advice, petitioned for a writ habeas corpus, and Associate Judge $ Hewn issued the writ! Meanwhile a large crowd fil???d surrounded Mr Allen???s house and threatened t,.- rescue the imprisoned bride. At midnight the ??? /mug husband appeared with a deputy sheriff and the writ. Allen refused to admit them, fearing the crowd outside, but the paper was read and then passed through the bliuds. On the day fixed for a return to be made to tlie writ, AUeu asked for a postponement until Sunday, and while making ar rangements for this Clark went to a hotel near bv where his wife had been left and attempted to speak with her, but her father, returning, inter fered, and the young bride was hurried into a wagon and driven oil???. She rose in the wagon, however, and waved her handkerchief at her husband. She was kept concealed until Friday evening, when, by a settlement between young Clark and Allen, she was allowed to go with her hus baud. Early in the evening people began to sus pect that something had occurred or was about to occur. Watching Clark, they saw him drive up to Allen???s residence about 10 o???clock, and when he re turned a few minutes later he had his wife with him. Thewwere met by a crowd of citizens who un hitched till horse and drew the wagon through tlie streets, headed by the college brass band. Cannon and guus were fired and a general jubilation was indulged in. At the residence of Clark???s father the crowd offered their congratulations, filing past the happy pair, who were stationed iu the parlor. The self-invited guests were then handsomely treated at the hands of the elder Clark. A WRETCH LYNCHED. i? is V *V? 1 fense it is necessary for him to have witnesses from a rolled in a continuous line, it would have passed: . , , . .. ... .. ... bevfod Chicago before it had finished its work. distance, also one made by himsc-lf te the effect tha A South Carolina Ravbher Sent on a Journey. Special dispatch to Tlie Constitution. Columbia, S C. October 13.???This morning be tween 1 and 2 o???clock, Jack Williams, colored, who lind been sentenced to the penitentiary for life for committing rape, was taken from the Orangeburg jail by a mob and hanged to a tree until he was dead. The crime for which Williams was lynched, was committed several months ago, and was of the most atrocious character, the victim being Jejinie Hughes, a little white girl not quite eleven years old, living with her parents in that section of Orangeburg county. The trial took plaee last Saturday. The testimony for tlie proseeutiou was overwhelming, and tlie details of the crime were perhaps the most revolting ever recorded iu a court of justice. The vast audience, whieh occupied the committee room seemed actu ally subdued aud rendered mute by the terrible consequence of the crime to the poor innocent little victim, who in obedience to the laws of the state, was compelled to tell her heart rending store to the world. The defense offered no testimony, and after an ingenious argument by the counsel for the prisoner and a clear and comprehensive charge from the judge, the case was given to the jury, who, after three hours??? deliberatiou.retumed the following re markable verdict: ???We find the. prisoner. Jack Williams, guilty, but recommend him to the mercy of the court.??? Under the laws of the state this verdict reduced the punishment for the crime from death to imprisonment for life at hard labor iu the penitentiary. The verdict caused great indignation among all classes, and there were many threats of lynching, but better counsel prevailed, however, ana averted such a proceeding for a time at least. On Wednes day afternoon the prisoner was again brought into court, sentenced to imprisonment for life and re manded to the jail to await transportation - to file penitentiary^ The town station-house of Orange burg is the jail building on the first floor. Tlie state S risoners are confined in the cells on the second oor. This morning shortly after midnight a po liceman arrested a drunken mail in the streets and took him to the jail. When the jailer opened the, door for the reception of the offender some thirty- five or forty masked men suddenly rushed in the door, overpowered the jailer and the policeman and took forcible possession of the jail keys, and pro ceeded direct to Williams???s cell. In less time than it takes to write these lines the rape fiend was drag ged out of the building, silently conveyed to a point near the river, about half a mile distant, where one end of a stout piece of rope was made fast around his neck. The other end was thrown over a limb of a stout oak tree, and almost i i the twinkling of an eye the miserable wretch was dangling between heaven and earth. After w nie their work accom plished, the lynchers quie tly d spersed iu different a irectious. the thigh bone just Delow the joint. Wanl died next day. Moon was immediately arrested and placed in jail. He was put upon trial for murder on Tuesday morning last, and last night, after an absence of an hour and a half tlie jury returned with a verdict as before mentioned. Moon had evinced the liveliest interest in every movement during his trial. He evidently realized his desperate situation. Occasionally his eyes would till with tears, and it was with an evident struggle that he could contain himself. He had but little idea that the jury would return the harsh verdict they did. When it was read a look of most unutterable anguish spread over his face whicli was but an index of the harrowiugs of his soul. The fountains of his tears seemed dried aud lie sat transfixed. When reluming to the jail he reeled like a drunken mau and leaned heavily on his guards.. He is thoroughly unnerved. He was placed in the same cell with Hanvey. Hanvey during his trial exhibited a most stoical indifference, and passes much of his time in utter ing imprecations upon those who had anything to do with his conviction. He declares that he will never be hung. lie is about twenty-live years old, of fine physique, weighing perhaps 105 pounds. Moon is perhaps thirty, of slender build and weighs probably 130 pounds. 1 visited them to-night in their ceil, and found them upon a pallet. They arose as I entered and greeted me cordially. To my question as to how they were getting on, Ilanvey replied: ???Oh,I am getting along pretty well: I don???t know how Dock (Moon) is feeling, though." ???I am not feeling so well,??? Moou responded. ???I have been having so much trouble of late and my mind has been worried and bothered so.??? ???What do you think of your prospects, Ilanvey???? ???I don???t hardly know. I suppose my lawyers arc trying to get a new trial. Yon know a mau never gives up hope till he dies." ???What of yonrs. Moon???? ???1 don???t know what can be d me. I don???t know what my lawyers expect to do.??? ???What do you do during the day???? To this Moon made no response. Hanvey replied: ???I walk about over the for exercise aud read. I am reading up on history now.??? Hanvey talks freely, and occasionally smiles. Moon???s eyes were swollen and he sjoike only in an swer to direct questions and then m monosyllables merely. They will be sentenced to-morrow. Solicitor-General Reid lias received many compli- meuts for his management of the cases, as well as foritis efficiency generally. draw his motion to admit of that being 'lone, but Mr. Edmunds insisted on his motion taking prece dence. Mr. I???endlcton thereupon refused to withdraw hU motion, whieh, at 2:55 r M, was carried, and the senate ndjouraed until to-morrow. On tlie reassembling of the senate. Mr Pendleton withdrew his objection to considering the resolution contemplating the election of Mr Davis as president pro tern. Mr Jones, of Florida, opposed the resolution. Ho said that before the resolution . was submitted to a vote he wished to reiterate the protest which he had once made here on this subject by denying the power of the senate to do this thing. It was said that this question was no longer open; that a pre cedent had ocen established in the forty-fourth congress Uy whieh the right of tho senate to choose at will its presiding officer had been affirmed. He hoped that tho ac.tiou of the senate would not be regarded as a precedent. Congress by an act of 17".t2 had declared that the presiding officer of the senate should succeed in certain contingen eies to the ofliee of president of the United States. He contended that the president pro tern having once been elected, the constitution fixed the tenure of his office. A more unwise precedent had never been establish ed by the senate than that which declared that that body should have power, in case of anVthing un fortunate happening to the present incumbent of the presidential office, to enter into a contest fo the presidency of the United Suites. The vote was then taken on Mr Logan???s resolu tion, and it was adopted???yeas 30, nays 34. Mr Da vis, of Illinois, refrained from voting, and Mr Bay ard, when his name was called, said: ???I propose to withhold my vote. I have never obtained office by my vote, and never shall retain it by my vote. I am glad the question is taken up to-day.??? Mr Davis, of Illinois, was then escorted to the chair by Messrs Bayard aud Anthony, respective democratic and republican candidates for the same office. On taking the chair Mr Davis said: Senators: The honor just conferred comes, ns the seat which I now occupy in this body did, without anv expectation on my part. If it carried any party obligations, I should be constrained to decline this high compliment. I do not accept it as a tribute to any personal merit, but rather as a recognition of the independent position which I have long occupied in the politics of the country. I am profoundly gratified for . this mark of confidence, and it shall be my endeavor, so itlwill bejmy duty, to administer the trust with irn- K rtiality, and with entire firmness. Not having eu trained in parliamentary practice, I shall t>eg the indulgence of the senate in this respect, and I nope for generous co-operation on all sides. On motion of Mr Logan, a committee, consisting of Messrs Bayard and Logan, was appointed by the clinir U> wait upon the president and announce to him the election of Mr Davis, of Illinois, as presi dent pro tcm. The following nominations were then received: Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, envoy extraordinary andmiuister plenipotentiary of the United States to Spain. Walker Blaine, of Maine, third assistant secretary of state. Mark S Brewer, of Michigan, consul general of the United States to Berlin. Alexander Jourdan, of Pennsylvania, consul at Algiers. Edmund Johnson, of New Jersey, consul at i???ic- tou. Arthur II Harrison, of New Jersey, consul at San tander. Winfield Scott Bird, of Alabama, consul at La- gtmyra. Robert Y Holly, of Vermont, consul at Burbadoes. James W Siler, of Indiana, consul at Capetown. Henry i??? Lasar, of Missouri, consul at l???ort Stanley. De.Vlvn S Alexander, of Indiana, fifth auditor of the treasury. Benjamin P Davis, of Massachusetts, deputy fourth auditor of tlie treasury. Jacob H EUi, of New Hampshire, auditor of the treasury for the post otliee department Robert F Cowell, of Minnesota, deputy auditor of the treasury for the post office department Thomas M Broadwater, of Mississippi, collector of customs for the district of Vicksburg, Miss. William Gouvener Morris, of California, collector of customs for tlie district of Alaska. Washington, October 15???In the senate to-day Mr Morgan, of Alabama, introduced a resolution authorizing the printing aud distribution to mem bers of the senate 2,500 copies of the consular report recently issued by the department of state on the cotton goods trade of the world. Referred. The senate went into executive session. Among the nominations sent to the senate to-day was the following: 1> Newton Thompson, attorney of the United States for the western district of Lou isiana. When the doors were opened the senate adjourned until Monday. 1 he senate in executive session to-day confirmed the nomination of Noah C McFarland, of Kansas,to be commissioner of the generalland office; James W .Siler, of Indiana, United States consul at Capetown, and a large number of postmasters, among which were John D Finney, of Vicksburg; Miss George K Foote, of Jackson, Tenn; John D Lewis, Pulaski, Tenn; John C Degress, of Austin, Texas; Henry D Johnson, of Houston, Texas; llenry M Ryan, of Corsicana, Texas; Amos A Whessen, of Dallas, Texas: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Williams, as assistant adjutant general, to be colonel and assistant adju- , tant general; Major Thomas M Vincent, assistant adjutant general, to be lieutenant colonel and assistant adjutant general; Captain Van Bttren Hubbard, assistant surgeon, to be major and surgeon; Major Cyrus B Comstock, corps???of engi neers, to be Ueutenant-coloucl of engineers: Caj*- tuin James W Cuyler, corps of engineers, to be ma jor of engineers, and n large number of other army ??? promotions. THE SENATE GEORGIA CROP NEWS. What Texas Ha* Nat Gat. Sparta Ishmaelite. Texas and Georgia have different ways of encour aging immigration. Texas receives, peihaps. a hun dred immigrants where Georgia gets one. You see, Texas doesn???t setm to have any "watch dogs of the treasury.??? Electtoa of Davbl Davis a* President l???to Tcm. Washington, October 10.???The assembling of the special session of the senate was witnessed by a large number of persons, who as early as 11 o???clock, filled the galleries to their utmost capacity. The desk formerly occupied by Senator Burnside was taste- uily draped witli black, while several bouquets or namented the desks of prominent senators. Sena- tors-elect Aldrich, Lapham and Miller occupied seats upon the floor on the republican side. The senate was called to order by Mr Harris, who, after prayer by Chaplain Bullock, who alluded in feeling manner to the deaths of President Garfield, Senator Burnside and Secretary Burch, said: ???I have been requested by a number of senators of both sides of the chamber to call the senate to order. ???If there be no objection I will call the senate to order, that we may proceed with its business. ???The senate will please come to order and the clerk will rejiort to the senate the message of tlie president convening this session of the senate.??? The president???s proclamation having been read, Mr. Pendleton moved the adoption of the following resolution: ???That Thomas F. Bayard, senator from the state of Delaware, is hereby chosen president pro tem of the senate.??? On taking the chair Mr Bayard, after acknowl edging the honor paid him, said: We are all painfully mindful of the unusual cir cumstances under which we meet and of the na tional bereavement which has caused this special session of the senate. May it not be hoped that touched by a sense of common sorrow and chas tened by grief that penetrates every household in one great family of states, our proceedings may be marked by a spirit of conces sion and harmony and a generous consideration for the mutual differences of opinion only and soften ing of partisan asperities???asperities and high intent to perform our duties in a manner responsible to the demands of the occasion and best interests of the common country. With such hopes und in such spirit I now assume und shall endeavor to perform the duties of the high position to which your favor has assigned me. At the conclusion of Mr Bayard,s speech Mr Ed munds moved that the credentialsof NW Aldrich, of Rhode Island, be placed on file, and that the oath of office be administered to him. Mr Pendleton, in order to give the committee an opp irtunityto examine the credentials of thesena tors from Rhode Island and New York, moved that the senate adjourn. Mr. Hoar called Mr. Pendleton's attention to the fact that it was customary to inform the executive branch of the government that the Senate was or ganized. Mr. Pendleton expressed his willingness to with- Average crops in Jackson county. Thomas county will save a good pea crop. The cotton crop of Marion county is a good one. Tiie cotton crop of Carroll county is a good one. Caterpillars are injuring the cotton crop in Cobb county. Tiie cotton crop is nearly gathered in Laurens county. Dooly and Lee counties will make a little over half crops. Mu B II Summers, of Coweta, lias a good crop of sugar cane. TiiEeotton crop of Rockdale county will reach about half a cron. Large quantities of crab grass hay are being saved in Hancock county. More hay has been gathered in Laurens county this, year than ever before. Farmers in Gordon county are preparing to sow a large oat and wheat crop. Wilkes county has not been so well off in a corn crop as it now is in five years. More hay and peanuts are being saved in Rock dale this year than ever before. Judge Garrison, of Gillsville, will get five and a half bales of cotton from six acres of land. Captain Samuel Beall, of Stewart county, has a two year old hog which weighs 400 pounds. The fences of Georgia cost annually one million eight hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. There is a greater saving of forage this year in Murray county than has ever been known ior ears." Mr S Foster, of Talbot county, will exhibit in Atlanta white peas, white -bread coni, and prolific cotton. Mr Joseph Scogin, of Baldwin county, is devot ing much attention to the raising and improvement o{ stock. Mr J E Allen, of Spalding county, has two liogs- that will weigh 250 pounds each. He raises all of his own stock. SIessrs Schneider & Starowski. of Hawkinsville, made over 1,100 gallons of pure wine on their viue- vard this season. They hud four acres iu cultiva tion in grapes. Mp. A J Lane, of Bibb county, upon sixty acres of swamp land, has this year raised, in addition to his com crop, 200,000 pounds of Bermuda hay: it sells readtlv at 520 per ton. In addition to his hay he has enough com to ran the product of each acre up to 550, and this without the aid of fertilizers. Mp. B F Parsons, of Pulaski county, cultivated this vear seven tv acres in com and will gather seven hundred bushels. He cultivated ninety acres in cotton and will make between forty and fifty bales.??? He has good crops of com, potatoes and peas. 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