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4 ‘M08 DEATH PENALTY. Four Negroes Executed for Highway Robbery and Murder. Barbarity and Atrocity of the Crime. Full Details of the Crime, Trial and Sentence of the Murderers. An Interview with One of the Condemned. SCENES AT THE EXECUTION. ISLE oF WianT Oourt House, Va. Sept. 16, 1870. To-day will be noted in the annals of Isle of Wight county, as the day of the scaffold’s carnival, long to be remembered on account of the terrtble scene just enacted here. Four condemned negroes were ush- ered into eternity for complicity in the murder and highway robbery of a white man named Joel Gray, on the night of the 11th of December, 1869, under circumstances of great atrocity and barbarity. THIS APPALLING CRIMB fad its origin in an exrsting and but too prevalent an evil among the negroes in Eastern Virginia, where not only hundreds but thousands of them eke out @ precarious existence ostensibly by fishing, but actually by thieving and making maurading tucur- sions on the property of their white neigh- 4 bors In the present case the poultry of a widow lady named Mrs, Riddick had nightly and graduaily disappeared, until not a solitary chicken was left to grace the roost. She suspected a party of disreputable negroes in the neighborhood who neither worked nor made any pretence of living honestly as the authors of her losses, and she communicated her suspicions to Mr. Joel Gray with a view to tne detection of the guilty persons. Gray, who was an astute man, and had gained quite a reputation as a scout intne Confederate signal corps, under Major James Milli- gan, of Norfolk, quietly set to work to ferret out the thieves, which he soon succeeded in doing, and would have broaght them to justice but for the un- timely fate that befell him just at this time, Unfor- tunately for him, for the preservation of law and good order, and for tae peace of the community, his investigations resulted in implicating a vindictive negro named Guyannetta Meers as one of the poultry thieves, whose vote Gray mad once chal lenged at an election and prevented its acceptance, For this outrage on his rights as a radical republican Mmeers haa SWORN TO BE AVENGED whenever time and opportunity should offer, and these were presented perhaps too soon. On the eventful evening of Saturday, the 11th of December last, Gray had business at the country store of Mr. Richard Channell, in the lower portion of Isle of Wight county, known as “Channell’s store,” and there he recognized, in a crowd of negroes, Guyan- netta Meers and another named Dick Pearce, both of whom he knew to be notorious thieves and despe- rate characters. As was thelr custom on Saturday evening the negroes were variously engaged in bar- tering fish, oysters and poultry, and in making pur- chages at the store, Soon after his arrival Gray con- fronted Dick Peaace and a negro named Dawson Neely, botn of whom he charged with the robbery of Mrs, Ridaick’s pouitry, and quite an altercation en- sued, which was happily terminated before it could result seriously by Mr. Channell, the storekeeper, who drew Gray into the store from the negroes, who were infuriated and threatening im their aspect, evidently meaning mischief. In this diMculty the negro Guyannetta Meers took an active part, making violent demonstrations at Gray and threatening him with dire vengeance shoula he ever get bis hands on him. For a considerable period Gray remained within the store, while the negroes still hung around without, muttering threats and consulting together in low and ominous tones, evi- dently perfecting @ piot tor THE MURDER OF GRAY, as the sequel shows. Darkness had covered the earth; but as if fearful of some impending danger Gray remainea at Channeil’s stére until the moon snone with a hazy, misty sort of light through a mass of fleecy clouds. At about nine o’clock P. M. he took his departure, solitary and alone, in the dl- rection of another store, known a8 ‘Bunkley’s,”’ some two or three miles distant, and not far from Bem’s church. This was his route home, but the unfortunate man was destined never to reach tt, The negroes—Dawson, Neely and Dick Pearce—with whom Gray had had the difficulty, had left for their homes; but with malice still rankling in his breast at the recollection of his challenged vote, Guyannetta Meers remained behind wait und Watcning al opportunity to be revenged on hi supposed political persecutor. He found severai of his brethren only too willing and anxious to second him in apy plan he might propose, and soon he or- ganized a party of six, including himself, to pursue Gray and murder and rob him. This BAND OF ASSASSINS were named respectively Alfred Bunkley, Peter Naby, Jacob Wallace, Moses Nuby, Henry Costen aud Guyannetta Meers. It was not long after Gray had left the store that they set out in pursuit of nim, 0 quickly did he walk that he had well nigh ched ‘*Bunkley’s store” before they overtook him. Travelling with all haste they had got half way without discovering their victim, when they met In the road Robert Goodwin, Jim Ferguson and his wife and another woman named East. Of these the murderers inquired whether ‘they had passed Gray, and receiving an affirmative reply as weil as the distance he was ahead, Cee again pressed On in hot pursuit, and were soon warded witha sight of him. With an instinctive ap- prehension that some terrible fate hung over him, Gray stopped as he heard the negroes approach. He drew from bis pocket a long bladed claspkniie, which he opened, and as Meers and his party got within some twenty paces of him he commanded them to halt. ‘This they refused vw do, and Meers, acting as spokesman for the crowd, sald “We'll be d—d if we do,” in & savage and determined manner. Finding that single-handed he could not successfully cope with so many, Gray them resorted to conciliatory ter and advancing & lew steps toward them, said “Is that you, Guyannetta’”’ at the same time extending his hand. Meers replied, “Yes, it 1s me; but Pll be d—d if Ishake hands with you.” These words had scarcely dropped from his lips when he struck Gray @ powerful blow on the right temple with a club which sent him reeling to the ground. He fell, to use'the ex] ion of @ Witness, on “all fours;” but he quickly raised the right hand, still holding his knife, in an attitude of detence over his head. ‘Ihe assassins then rushed upon him and with @ vigorous use of their murderous ciubs he was soon # bleeding corpse. The pookets of the murdered man were then rifled, and satisfied with their demontacal. work the flends fled for fear of detection, leaving the mangled body where, 2 few moments before, it was a living, breathing human being. On the following Sabbath morning the people who were thronging to church were horrified by the discovery of THE MUTILATED BODY OF 4 MURDERED MAN lying in the road not far from Bunkley’s store. Those who first saw it refused to touch tt, None were there in the crowd that soon assembled around the terrible spectacle who recognized the mass of torn flesh, biackened gore, and crushed bones, a3 the remains of Mr. Joel Gray, with whom they were ali 80 intimately acquainted. Dut the night the ravenous starv: which roam wild through the woods in this section nad scented the mur- dered man’s blood, and, like the wolves on the pra- ries, they rushed to their prey, and soon the corpse was torn and disfigured beyond all hope of recogni- tion. The barbarous work began by the human fiends was terribiy finished by the beasts of the forest, It was ‘by the discovery of some papers in the pockets of the murdered man’s clothes that he was at all identified, and these, coupled with the fact of his Ey ge a bg Manin at Re eriaer store rev! ming, soon brought the whole Ptruth. vividly "to “the minds of the horrifed and now fearfully excited ‘The news of the terrible event soon spread with the rapidity almost of electricity throughout the country, and the prevailing excitement grew more and more intense as the people assembled at the scene of the murder. An inquest was speedily held, at which facts euMicient to implicate Guyan- netta Meers, Alfred Bunkley, Peter Nuby, Jacob Wallace, Moses Nuby and Henry Costen in the mur- der were elicited, and warrants were at once issued for ‘THE ARREST OF THE MURDERERS. A strong posse oh Ee EE in charge of an officer; Z to the above named parties, Alfred Bunkley was first secured, and he uickly confessed that he was in the parly, but enied that he in the murder. He SiecLo6e tenet ane ‘paruoular part each cl Sr uel Punt siaved in fue tereiule tragedy and ’ strumental in bringin; [NEW YORK HERALD, SATUKI Girected the officer to the different. 3 where they could be iound. .Acting promptly on tila ifor- mation the posse succeeded di it yd night of Sunday tn capturing the entire dDand in detall except the leader, Guyannetta Meers. Two of the others were arrested at their homes aud two at the houses of bors Where they were visitors. Some be- lieve Meers was informed of his intended arrest, aud he at once fled to the Dismal Swamp, in the impene- trable recesses of which several hogro murderers and outlaws are now said to be concealed, Others, onthe contrary, strengly suspect that the citizens captured Meers on the saline night as the others were arrested, and under the influence of the excitement at the time sumu, i executed bin and disposed of lis body, since which he has never been heard of. A true bill of indictment for murder was found agatast Bunkley, Cosien, Wallace ud the Nubys. AT THE TRIAL, © which took place at the August term of the County Court, the counsel for the prosecution found it neces- | sary to use Bunkiey as @ witness, and a note prow sequt was entered in his case, Twenty-six other witnesses besides him were examined, and facts sub- stantially as above narrated were elictied. ‘fhe «e- fence was conducted by counsel assigned by tho Court, and the case was given to the jury with but little argument on either side. After a brief absence the jury retarned to the court room and the foreman announced that each of the prisouers had been found gulity of murder in the first degree, THB SENTENCE. This closed the proceedings, and on the following day the F neimey were sentenced by his Honor Judge Atkinson to be hanged by the neck until dead on Friday, the 16th day of September, cl: with the usual solema prayer, “And may the Lord have mercy on your souls.” The condemned men heard their awful doom pronounced amid the most im- pressive silence with apparent indifference. There ‘was no visible emotion displayed in the counte- nances of any of them, thougi a thrili of horror swept through the assembled crowd as the terrible flat of the law was uttered. Owing to the insecurity of the ja here the Judge ordered the condemned men to removed to the jail of Norfolk tor sate keeping, where they remained untli yesterday, when they were brought here for the execution of thelr sen- tences. Prior to their removal from Norfolk THE CONDEMNED MEN were visited by your correspondent, through the courtesy of Colonel James Lewellen, sheritt of that city. They were confined in two adjoiming cell Jacob Wallace and Moses Nuby occupying one, an Peter Nuby and Henry Costen the otuer. ‘the two sales were born 2, the others were former slaves. Peter Nuby was the oldest of the four, being about thirty-flve or perhaps forty years of age. He was a native of this county, five ieet eight inches high, of stout build, brown skin color, or @ shade between that and the mulatto complexion; wore @ mustache and goatee and appeared at the time I saw him quite nervous, With a troubled and anxious expression on his countenance. Moses Nuby was a cousin of Peter, and like him was born here of free parents. He was about twenty-seven years of age, five feet ten inches high, well built, glugerbread complexion, and with an open frank countenance, in which there was no remark- able expression beyond that of @ shade of anxicty. Henry Costen was born @ slave and formerly be- longed to Mr. John East, of this county. He was alsoa@ brown skin negro, only twenty years old, of slender build, about medium height, and was a Youth that would strike you as one of the better class of nezroes. Jacob Wallace was the youngest of them all, being only eighteen years of age, tall and well propor- tioned, a shade darker in color than any of the Others, with handsome features, which were lit with anexpression of remarkable intelligence, aud his whole countenance had a pleasingeffect. Jacob, as the most intelligent and sprightly of the four, wearing an habitual smile on bis face, acted a8 spokesman on the occasion of my visit to the jall. He answered all questions that, were put to him un- hesitatingly and with unust candor, evincing & levity so remarkable as to preclude the supposition that he really appreciated the terrible fate that was so soon to befall him, AN INTERVIEW. “Jacob,” I asked, “what do you know of the murder of Mr. Joel Gray?” “[ seed Guyannetta Meers strike him wid a stick on Sat'day in December last.” “Where did that happen "” Near Willis Bunkley’s gate, county.”” “Who was it struck him ?" juyannetta. tn Isle of Wight “Who was with you at the time ?” “Henry and Moses here and Uncle Peter Nuoy Altred Bankley and Guyannetta.”” Where is Alfred Bunkley now ?”’ ‘He turned Btate's evidence agin us, an’ dey ed him 5 ‘hat has become of Guyannetta ?’ Well, Idunno. Dey say he ’scaped; but I ‘speck dey caught him dat Sunday night an made away wid him. Dey was only ten minutes behind him, ’ I don’t see how he could 'scape.”” Vhat did rou and the rest of pbs do while Guy- sf ray?" annetta was knocking down bir. “We didu’t do nuitin. When Mr. Gray halted we all on us stopped, ‘cept ’twas Alfred Bunkley and Guyannetta. Alfrea went way past Mr. Gray and a°4 contracted en yard, It was substantially built, with @ platform and dro bout eight feet high—a gallows above, an up! rung: the drop, and four tron eye-bol i of whe se ropes hung suspended in the cross lows, Four coffius were piled up at the other en the jail y THR CROWD OUTSIDE THE Jarl. People outside had @ view of the upper portion of the scaitoid, which was several feet her than the wall, and this was at least some gratification to the large crowd whose morbid love of the horrible at- tracted them to witness the dying agonies of four miserable fellow creatures as well as felons. PARTIAL CONFESSION OF NUBY. During the morning Moses Nuby made a partial confession, which went to show that they been implicated in the murder, and that @ man named J. D. Yall Was to Dave beer killed the same time that ray Was, but this was prevenied by the accident which threw thé latte 1h thetr way that fatal night, Tue others refused to speak at all upon the subject oi the murder, and said they would make their statement on the scaffold. PREPARING FOR THE EXECUTION, At 12:20 P. M. the Sheriff, accompanied by an as- sistant, proceeded to the cell of the condemued men and pintoned them 4 by the wrists, their arms behind their packs, hile undergoing this opera- tion two of them, Moses Nuby aud Henry Costen ap- eared to lose all control of themselves under the rrible exeltement of the time, but Jacob Wallace and Peter Nuby were not anly calm, but quite cheerful, Frequent eiforts were made while yet in the ceil to induce a cuntession, but without effect. At 12:45 they were led out in the following order, in which they ASCENDED THE SCAFFOLD: First, Jacob Wallace; next, Moses Nuby; then Hen: Costen, and last, Peter Nuby. Walking the length of the scaffold they were each placed beneath one of the eye-bolts in the cross-beam. Moses Nuby, from the ‘moment of his exit, prayed aloud, the others remaining sllent, ‘They faced the crowd without, With almost cruel paste, the executioner placed the nooses around their necks. At the same tlme thei ankles were pinioned, The Sherif then read the death warrant. — ‘The criminals were asked if they had anything to say. Henry Costen spoke first and Moses Nuby followed in short addresses, advising their hearers against bad com- pany, which both alleged had brought them to the galiows. Jacob Wallace spoke in @ similar strain and concluded with a very wild and incoherent rayer, which, however, was full of fervor, Peter Nuby did not speak. THE DROP—AN EXCITING SCENE. The executioner then plated the black Caps over their neads and readjusted the fata! nooses, when all the condemned men broke into the wildest en- treaties to Heaven formeroy. As long as they re- mained standing on the drop—and it was a con- sideravle period—their vehement appeals continued. pare this time all the officials nad left the scaf- fold, the auxiliary props were taken from beneath the drop and the hangman stood with a rope attached to the main prop, awaiting tue Sherif’s signal to launch the four wretches into eternity. This was delayed for nearly three minutes, the criminals meantime praying excitedly, while among the Guyannetta went up to him and lut him over de head wid de stick.” “Did Alfred take any pars in killing Mr. Gray?’ “No, sah. He jumped over de fence an’ ran off. Uncle Peter and Moses and Henry and me all turnea right round and cum back de way we came, and we left Guyannetta standin’ over Mr. Gray in de road." “What orought you there if you took no part in the murder?” “T tell you, sah, we knowed nuffin about it. We was on our way home, not thinkin’ of nufin, when Mr. Gray halted us in ae road.”” “Did you not know there was a plan lald out to Kill Mr. Gray?” “No, sah, we didn’t—never heard nuM™n about tt.” ‘What did you do when Guyannetta struck Mr. Gray ? ot hollowed at him to stop hittin’ him, not to strike him in. Didn't 1, Moses?’’ (surunng to Moses). “Yes, replied Moses. “are you prepared to die on Friday next?” “No, sah. If dey is ine hang us anyhow, dey ought to ‘low us time to repent. We aint had no preacher, ‘cept 'tis one old colored man, who came to see us a few times.” “Don’t you think you had a fair trial?” “No, sah, we didn’t get no fair show at all. Dey tried us all one day and sentenced us de next.” “Have your friends made any appeal vo the Gov- ernor for you?” “No, sa, not as I knows of.”” ‘The statements of Jacob were fally concurred in by the others and endorsed as the true facts of the case; but they all seemed particularly severe on Alfred Bunkley for turning State's evidence, and being in- ig them to the scaifold, ‘they did not appreciate, even at tat late day, their terri- ble proximity to a felon’s grave. RELIGIOUS CONDITION OF THE CULPRITS. The spiritual congition of the condemned men, as the Rev. Dr. Peterson, who was trequently in their celis during the past few days, remarked, was ex- ceedingly deplorable, It was impossible to bring them toa full realization of the terrible fact that they stood on the brink of eternity, nor could any efforts of nis, or even clergymen of their own color, penne tnany of them a peaceful state of mind yy exhortations to repent. Tbey all, not excepti ‘allace, who ts the youngest of the four, seem paged callous, and perbaps indifferent as to their future, though they pea, complained that tuey ought to be allowed more time to repent. This ‘was the burden of thetr appeais to the Jail officials, to visitors and to clergymen. Yet they made but little use of the short time they had to live, and still gomplamed that they were not prepared to die by miserable condition was not so much the result of hardened and depraved natures as it was the barbarous and imbecile ignorance that clouded their feeble intellects. THE LAST NIGHT OF THE CONDEMNED. After the preachers left them yesterday evening another colored prisoner, who was religiously dis- posed, was admitted to their cells, and, as all earthly hope had vanished, they endeavored to join him in prayer to the Throne of Mercy; and thus they passed their last night. APPREHENSIONS OF RESCUE. Any attempt at rescue during their tmprison- ment having been foiled by the removal of the con- demned men to Norfolk, it was the opinion of many that the negroes atill meditated such a thing to-day, and in view of this Gary the Sheriff ap} Lied to the Governor for Instructions on the subject, re- ceiving in reply the following letter:— Exroutive Gaaninen, Biomuonp, septs 870. $ To B. L, Kix, Deputy ‘Sheriff, Isle ot Wight ounty, ¥ ‘#1m—I am in reesipt of yours of the 10th instant, and in Hy Would say that I have no troops to order to your afd and W'Tad 1 should doubt the proj of doing #0. It is your duty to execute the judgment of the Court--e duty you must perform ‘consequences. If you bave well groun- ed fears of your inability to do so, from am attempt at rescue or other interference, summon whatever posse may be neces- sary to enable you te perform your duty. Act prudently, but firmly and promptly. See to it that the law is enforced, éven if you have to summon to your aid every good man in Tshould advise you to have the executio: enclosure, and s guard, judiciously looated, will robably prevent any interruption. | You haye my authority fo summon fifty, or even one hundred men, if you should re- quire that number, * Very respectfully, yours, G: C, WALKER, Governor. Acting on the aavice thus given by the Governor the Sheriff summoned 140 men, who were variously armed with shotguns, rifes and pistois, fifteen of whom he took to Norfolk to guard the prisoners here. EN ROUTE TO THE PLACE OF EXECUTION. At six o'clock in the morning the condemned, handcuffed in pairs, were conducted to the depot of the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad, where they took the cars for Windsor station, in this county. It was the commencement of their ride to death. Arrived at Windsor another detachment of the to receive rd, with muskets, stood ready them, Bech shackled pair was then placed in two- wheeled carts, witha guard, The remainder of the guard then got into similar carts and a number of ies, making in all about thirty, with the carts bearing the condemned at the head. These formed @ half solemn procession, and two long weary hours of anguish and torture brought the prisoners to the court house. Here another force of is were assembied, and through these the prisoners were marched to the jail yard, where they had a full view of THR SCAFFOLD, They eyed the terribie structure, and became visl- bly excited over the preparations for their approach- ing doom. Nearly all their faces became livid and ghostly with terror; two of them trembled, or, rather, shook violently; the muscles of all their faces twitched nervously, and the voices of two of them became weak and husky. They were then placed in celia to await the hour for their final exit, which was fixed at one P.M. The scattold was erected a¢ one eud of the narrow crowd there was a profound silence as they waited for the terrible tragedy. At Leng at one o'clock, the main prop Was jerked from beneath the drop and with a fearful crash the bodies of the four foll, two of them being precipitated to the earth with great force by the breaking of the ropes. The two middie criminals remained hanging. A cry of horror arose from the crowd both within and with- out the jail yard. Two strands of the rope around ‘the neck of Moses wang alee broke, the third strand alone holding the body ‘suspended. Tne remaining Tope was perfect, as the body of Costen was the lightest, Tne fall of these was not over three and a half feet, neither of their necks being broken. A fearful scene foliowed. ‘che struggles of the dy- ing wretches, the terrible confusion and excitement in the small jail yard, the oaths and curses of the mob without, mingled with the prayers of the tor- tured criminals, who temporarily escaped death only LITERATURE. Criticisms of New Books. A PRACTIOAL TREATISE ON SOLUBLE OR WATER Gass. By Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger, New York: L, & J. W. Feuchtwanger. It ts much to be regretved that Dr. Feuchtwanger did not get some prominent publisher to bring out this book. 4 18@ work of real value to science, being the first treating on all the applications of water glass published in the English language. Tue author has, with much skill, compiled everything that he could find relating to the various uses of this new agent in manulactures, &0., and has also given @ minute description of the manner in which it is made. But few persons are aware of the numerous uses to which the soluole or water glass 1s applied. It is used by calico printers and cotton manufactur- ers, and for many purposes which we have not the space to varticularize. In addition the book con- tains several essays on the origin and functions of carbonic acid, limestones, alkalies and silicia, and @ complete guide for manufacturing plain and cvlored glass, together with much other important informa- tion relating to chemutry aud mineralogy. SKETCHES OF St. DomINGo. By DeB. Randolph e. Philadelphia; Cluxton, Remsen & Hatel- wer. At the present moment, when patriotic efforts are making to extend the sovereignty of the United States over the republic of St. Domingo, any intor- mation tending to show the natural advantages of the country cannot fail to prove welcome, Mr. Keim has written a very agreeable book. In June of last year he made a tour to and through the island, during which he collected numerous facts, which @re now published in book form. He gives a clear and animated picture of St. Domingo, its resources and people, and a brief summary of its history from its discovery by Columbus to the pre- sent time, The work makes a volume of nearly three hundred ana fifty pages, neatly printed and bound, and dedicated, py permission, to the Prest- dent, We commend it as interesting and instruo- tive. LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS: From St. Patrick Down to St. Laurence @’foole. By -D. P. Conyngham. New York: D. & J. Sadler & Co, In the history of the Catholic Church there is noth- ing recorded, after the aposties had died, of more touching interest than the lives of the men who were canonized for their devotion to the cause of their re- ligion im Irelund. These Irish saints were unsur- passed in all those qualities which give to men pre- eminence in piety, There is hardly a Catholic and but few Protestants in the world unacquainted with the wonderful career of St. Patrick, which, if we even divest it of much that may appear to the scep- tical mind as doubtful or impossible, yet remains an immortal monument of devocion to and great works for Catholicism. The life of St. Bridget is also more or less familiar to the reader, and of the remaining sixty-four saints whose biographies are given in this book there are several with whom the public are in- timately acquainted. Mr. Conyngham’s work is in every respect entitled to praise. He writes as a to make their doom still more awful. Costen and Moses Nuby remained hanging seventeen munutes, when life was declared extinct, and, with THE BRUTALITY OF 4 SAVAGE, the hangman, whose name was John M. Murphy, rap upon the scaffold and severed the with his knife, precipitating the bodies in rapi iccession to the ground, at the feet of the other two tremb! criminals. This inhuman monster then jum; down, and, seizing the ropes still attached tothe necks of the dead bodies, dragged them along the round to the other end of the yard, to the coffins, into which he pang them as if they had been the utrid carcasses of dead brutes. He was a volun- er, too, but he degradea even the loathsome and disgraced office of bangman, Again the d: Wes splaced i posit d @ drop was pl in ion, and again the two remaining criminals were marched up the Catholic for Catholics, but at the same time there is nothing in the pages of this volume which will not prove of decided interest to persons of all faiths. TEKEL, OR ConA GLENCOR, 15 a very well written novel, written by ‘““Braganza,” and published by J. B, Lippincott & Oo., of Philadelphia. It is a swry with @ moral, opens with a murder for revenge on @ villain, and ends in the good old-fashioned style, with @ marriage and all the virtuous people happy and prosperous. Of course it contains no particu- larly new or startling ideas, but it is realy an inte- resting story, and as such we recommend it, ‘The last work of George Sand that has appeared, (leg to the scaffold and placed in the identical posi- jlons just occupied by their lifeless accomplices. There were more wild supplications for mercy, more adjusting of ropes and black caps by the same bar- barous hangman, and at half-past one the es he oa fell and at last the two wretches were near the end of their earthly an@ inhuman tortures. The neck of neither was broken, and the body of Wallace struggied fearfully for a period of over eight min- utes. Atter hanging twenty minutes life was de- clared extinct, aud then came a repetition of the Same horror as before. Asharp cut and the hang- man’s knife passed through both the ropes, strained totheir utmost tension, and the bodies fell with another dall double thud, the sound of which made the flesh creep and Latte @ sensation that was sickening. Aguin the bodies were Gragued by the hangman to the coffins and thrown 1p with less de- cency than a butcher would throw out the refuse of @ beast’s carcass. It was a acene of horror that I hope never to witness again, About 1,000 persons were present. a great many of whom were white females, and strange to say but very few negroes made their appearance, CRICKET. Conclusion of the Grand Cricket Match at Hudson City—St. George vs. Young Ameri- ca—The Quaker City Boys Triumphant. Yesterday was the second and concluding day of this match. Play was resumed at twenty-five min- utes past twelve o’clock, when Norley and Stead, the two “not outs” of the previous day, took their places at the wickets. The game opened most in- auspiciously for the St. George eleven, as Norley ‘Was well caught at point off the first ball from Stoker, who had taken the bail at 0. A. New- hall’s end. This occurrence eifectually dispelled any lingering hope which the st. George players may have entertained of being able to save their being beaten by an innings. ‘The score still stood at fifty-two runs when Brown, the ninth man, took his place at the vacant wicket. Stead and he got well (Gy ldead and were addin; rapidly to the score, when Brown was caught by H.W. Newhall off one of his brother D, 8. Newnall’s effec- tive “slows.” Butterfleld was the last batsman, but he failed to make ay stand, being caughtin the slips by another of the brothers Newhall, Ths inning closed for ninety-two runs, which, added to their former score of forty-five, gave the St. George eleven @ grand total of 137. The Young Americans were ‘thus victorious by an inning and nine runs, Stead’s score of thirty (not out), comprising one hit for six, one for four and several for three, was very creditably obtained. aoe following is the full score of both day's play:— Bi Sper tomy W. Johns, o. Bance, b, Norley. nw, ‘Newhi orte} ‘orle; D. whall, c. and b. Napier. E. Corp nter, b. Napier. C. A. New! c, and b. Ni R. Pease, c. and b. Napier. B. 8, Newhall, c. and Stocker, not out.. George Newhall, run out, eacwamorc: Second Innings. b. 0. A. Newhall. dG A. Newhall.. ewhali. Cooper, b. 0. A. Fortu’ b: D, G. Ni Stead, b. 0. A. Newball lorley, 0. Johns, b. Newhall... -.*. Carpenter, si. George, b. G. Ne D. G. a . Napter, b. D. G. Newhall. Gordo Geor b. ©. Busster, b. Stocker. b. C. A. Newhall... ran out. mewcom o 3 Ea = caow F Pewball-c H.W. jewhall. ¢. H.W. b.D.8, Buttertield, c. Large, b. O. iets A. Newhall. . ¢. D. 8. Newhall, b. Stocker 1 Ce ¢ Johas, b. D. 8. Newhall 0 ‘Wides. i ‘Umpiree—Messrs. Rogerson and Eastwood. ANALYSIS OF THE BOWLING.—8T. GRORGR. -_ ‘iret Innings-—————-. Total runs. maiden Norley... . 158 3 ney Carpenter, “© i. 6 Butterfield. 2 4 2 0 Napier. .% 8 Bf 8 Youne awmnica. ———— Firat Innings — ite Fentnge ———— ET) 7 Second in 5 nninge- 2 8 19 0 A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.—y many it has been held as a theory that the Yuma desert was once an ocean bed. At intervals pools of salt water have stood for a while in the midst of the surrounding waste of sand, disappearing only to rise again in the same or other localities, A short time since one of these saline lakes disappeared, and a party of In- dians reported the discovery of a ‘big ship’ lert by the receding waters. A of Americans at once proceeded to the spot and iound imbedded in the sands the wreck of a large vessel. Nearly one-third of the forward part of the snip or bark is plainly visible. The stump ot the bowsprit remains, and portions of the timbers of teak are pertect.’ The wreck 1s located forty miles north of the San Ber- nardino and Fort Yuma road, and thirty miles west of 1.08 Palmos, @ well-known watering place on the desert. The road across tie desert has been trav- elled for more than one hundred years. The history of tne ill-fated vessel can of course never be known, but the discovery of its decaying timbers in the midst of what has long been a desert will furnign sa- vans with food for discussion, and may perhaps furs nish important ald in the elucidation of quesugns of eclence,—Los Angelos News, Supt, Vy in the uniform edition of her writings Messrs. T. B. Peterson & Brothers are publishing, is “Indiana,” one ofthe best of her novels, if not one of the purest. It is, of course, invested with all the charms of style which have made the pen of the author famous wherever light literature is read. The hero and neroine are matchless characters, and all the lesser bi who take part in the story are portrayed with an artistic gkill which makes the book most interesting. Some time ago we noticed a novel called “The Widow Goldsmith’s Daughter,” by Julie P. Smith. We now have the sequel to it by the same author, entitled “Chris and Otho” (New York: Carleton pub- lisher), and which possesses the same merits and faults that we observed in the previous work. It ts distinguished by vivacious style and an exuberant imagery; but these praiseworthy features are marred by the aialognes velng often almiess ;and tiresome and by the extreme length of the book. As we re- marked before, if the author will only carefully revise and remodel Mer writings she will assuredly produce a novel of signai merit, In spite of much fippancy in her composition there is always something 1n the short articles wrtt- ten by Fanny Fern to make them enjoyable. Plenty of chaff is in them, but the grain of wheat is also there, and to those who are willing to submit to the first for the sake of the latter we recommend “Ginger Snaps,” @ volume containing a new collec- tion of her writings. The book is published by Carleton, of this city, and is very neatly printed and bound, AN IMITATOR OF DEATH. The Kentucky We! Who Dies Periodi- * eally—An Extraordinary Case. {From the Paducah Kentuckian, Sept. 9.) On Sunday evening last, in company with Mayor Sauner and Dr. Brooks, we visited the house of Mrs. Lewis, who lives in one of the Stovall cot Clay street. We there found the wife of Mr. a@ singular condition. She is about twenty-five years old, full medium size, was married about eighteen months ago in an adjoining State, and came to Paducah some eight months ago to reside. She has a child three months old. Four weeks ago she was indisposed, and continued 80; nothing serious was a| last Wednesday night, when 8) convulsions, each one lasting from five to ten min- utes. She would then have an interval of quiet for fifteen or twenty minutes, and tnen another convul. sion. This condition continued for about twelve hours, and left her in a singular state, being appa- rently unconscious of everything and every one one around her. She has had lucid intervals at out one o’clock, both in the day and night, which last but afew minutes. In the meantime she has slept but very little. She talks, rubs her hands, and at times looks pleased; at other times she has a sor- rowful, wobegone expression, and will burst into tears, Mayor Sauner had a friend, a Mr. Lewis, who died in this city about eleven yea 0 with consump- tion, On Sunday evening he sat down by this Mrs, Pell and took hold of her hand, when she immedi- ately commenced ac! the dying scenes of Mr. Lewis. She talked just as he did, using the same actions and identically the same 1: » Which it was impossible for her to have hi from any source, as Mr. Lewis could only talk in a whisper and Mayor Sauner had to put his ear close to his mouth to hear what he sala; and he declares - tively that she repeated the expressions of the dying man, which no person heard but himselt and which he has never repeated. But what adds to the singularity of the case is the fact that she acts in every respect, with the po- sitions of head, hands and body, as the oying Lewis did, and in appearance dies away as he did, ner eyes becoming set and her pule becoming almost extinct; but in a moment afterwards she arouses herself up, the color returna to her face and the pulse becomes strong and natural in. Another case: A woman visited her a few since who had lost a child that suffered intensely while dying. Mrs. Pell had known nothing of this child, yet when its mother came into her presence she screamed, acted like and apparently died off as the child had done. We were informed of other instances of the same kind, and it is certain that she could not have had any knowledge of any of the cases, as it is less than a year since she first came to Paducah. We can offer no satisfactory solution of this extraordi- nary case, and if it cannot beaccounted for by attri- buting it to something like mesmerism we give it up asan inexplicable mystery beyond comprehension. A DESCENDANT OF AN ILLUSTRIOUS FAMILY IN DisTRESS.—A man applied for lodgings at the Bridgeport station house, Monday night, who gave the name of William H. Randolph, He said he was a relative of John Randolph, of Roanoke, and son- in-law of ex-Governor Wise. He was born on the 10th of August, 1800, attended school at West Point, and graduated im 1825. He was a true son of the South, and at the breaking out of the rebellion he earn espoused the cause of his native State, and cast his fortunes in the Southern scale. At that time, he stated, he was worth at least $1,000,000, col ting principally in real estate and negroes. He entered the Confederate service in 1861 for active duties in the field, and was assigned a com- mand. At the battle of Roanoke Island he com- manded the Seventeenth South Carolina regiment. In that engagement he was wounded and carried from the fiend tothe mainland. He spoke with much warmth and apparent intelligence of the un- happy difficulty between his renowned relative and Henry Olay, and okie the defeat of the south in the late rebellion he still clings to the idea that it was right. His story was told with $0 much atraightforwardness that if it were not crue It was well nat up.—iVew Ha ladiuine DAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEETS STATISTICS OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION, Wasuinaron, Sept. 16, 1870, In addition to the brief statement published @ short time since, Mr. Young, chief of the Bureau of Statistics, furnisnes the folowing detailed abstract of our foreign trade for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1870, compared with the same period of 1869, as shown tn monthly report No. 12, now in press:— 7 Teta | Foreign valuss), | Exports, (636 37 27,689,858 bern 462,856,163] 420,518,951 | 30,427,104 t 714285 3508, 25.17. 4 Of the total imports for 1870 $415,847,218 was dutiable and $45,508,950 free of duty; $268,481,274 entered for consumption and $193,874,889 entered warehouse, The value of the commodities remain- ing in the warehouses of the United States June 80, 1870, Was $56,891,473 against $62,457,436 June 30, 1809. Proportion of the imports, domestic and foreign exports shipped in foreign and American vessels re- 1869. June} Dyeive psiaery end ‘Twelve mouths ended Jus] 30, 1880, mesacmaibemetaimcmamn canal NEW YORK CITY, Lal and Plies Paragraphs nd. Miner Items of Metropolitan News. ‘The following record will show the changes im the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com. , parison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s phar- macy, HERALD Panag, corner of Ann street:— 186% 1870, 19 83 +16 80 3 a 2 15 averans ae Taneraan. e+ 1611-18 rage or Col last year......... pyc apes i 1 The Department of Public Parks announce that, if the weather be fine, there will be music by the Central Park Band in Central Park this commencing at half-past three o'clock. Sermon, The two prisoners, Williams and Jones, who es- caped on Tuesday Jast trom the Court of General Sessions, as was announced in yosterday's HERALp, have been re-arrested and are at present Jocked up spectively during the Ascal year ended June 30, 1870:-~ | Domestic Vessels. | sportw’| “Seem” | Bocas Ameri Tasesu>|%159;217.906] @186, 139,883) 13,408,241 Foreign otis ter|ascaae co] Lease FISO4L YEAR ENDED JUNE 1870, American, -91B6,008 024 | yiB' e84 650) 108 Foreign, { Moo‘eiasaat [47618070 barat I¢ will be noticed that foreign vessels carried (nearly) 69 per cent of the imports in 1869 and 67 in 1870; of the total exports 65 per cent in 1869 and 62 Per cent in 1870, and of the whole 67 per cent 1869 and 6434 1n 1870. The values of the principal commodities imported during the flacal years ended June 30, 1870, and 1869, Were as follows:— Articlee—Free of Duty. 1860. 1870. games wim waes Housobioid and personal effects, a0. at iiress indigo... 1,649,550, 1,208,664 8,818,496 = 8,017,958 aa 1,718,406 $78,883 al ee 1,449,448 -21573;318 Haga? LLG 24,081,748 94/284,767 20,562,874 94,880, yeageee SLT OAL 4:372,607 (4,388) 1978170 2,816,705 bY 16,859,124 Frutt. 7,964, 887,737 Furs and skins 8,036,115 8,895,739 4,157,613 lass and manvfaciures of. m8. i i e ne z aie fe 8,674,988 f 7140 ea ie 1,001, 099,788 2,041,983. 1797, 985 T90Us18 41648596 aan 1,448,968 fasse Past el (69,837,561 idveases "S's'eas ee & 508 f 1,008,443 okt 1, bea00 s7aib os 18,818,865 thes vores 1 68,507,274 $81 ae Gold and alver'and mantactures of. davies vets Tron and manufactures of. 3,200, 5,336,888 Bteel and manufact 5,121,023 Baers Taare oo ies if “i Soe as Bacon and hams. 7,482,060 6,138,048, Beet 367 1,989,788 Ch 6,487,886 8)188,474 Bork: ines Susy pia Sf tarpentl ites Tuer low. 4 i ee F ng The values of the principal commodities re-e: ported were:— Articler, Gold and silver coin and bullion. Breadstuffs. Pr Eiger and molamest2ccsccccccs Tse The values of the principal commodities remain- Ing in warehouse were as follows:— Articles. 1969. 1870, Na dess centres cteoscs 86,737,068 4,643,888 Cotton and manufactures 294 ufactures of. Hemp fact Tron and manufactures of. Sugar and molasses... Wines; spirits and cordi: Wool and manufactures The number and tonnage of American and foreign vesseis engaged in the foreign trade which entered into and cleared from the United States during the fiscal years 1869 and 1870 were as follows:— TWELVE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 80, 1869. Entered. Cleared. Vessels. ————— Number. Tons. | Numl Tons. 9, wana] Ssateol| — aBeor| Siar 38,783) 6,760,960) 98,096) 6,768,008 NDED JUNE 80, 1870. 8, ay Yl S| kom] Be Sete ‘80,821| 9,161,908| 30,092] 9,175,979 The report contains a statement showing the col- lections of internal revenue during the fiscal years 1879 and 1870, from which it appears that tho total collections in 1869 amounted to $159,124,126, and in 1870 to $184,303,127. It also contains many valuable tables in regard to the trade and other statistics of foreign countries, and a variety of matter relative to the industrial interests of the United States. IMMIGRATION. » Monthly report No. 12 of the Bureau of Statistics, now nearly ready for distribution, contains, among other valuable statistics, several interesting tables showing the number, age, sex, occupation and nativity of the immigrants, ner with the ports at which they arrived, during the quarter ended June 30, 1870. It also contains the following synoptical table, which exhibits the total number of immigrants arrived in the United States during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1870, and the.r nation- alities:— Tomi Arrived in 1869-10, “ae BO” 1G B14ld = 25,5838, 996 “tone 1a 16209 10,380 28,658 3519884 4083 668 ‘408, 1,006 118 284 1,008 me ie te 2 2 el 690 40 1,180 Or ee ht eng om = "Io "638 10 69 857 1178 8 413 167 “a ry 182 151,48 —837,09% THE PERNICIOUS FEVER. Investigations made by the health authorities as tothe character of the fever of which the Kelly family died, some details of which appeared in yesaterday’s HERALD, show it to be pernicious re- mittent, and not yellow, fever, as was at first feared. Dr. Thomas Cottman, of the Health De- ve aie who has had large experience in yellow lever cases in New Orieans, is clearly of this opinion, and Dr. Morris is satisfied that the disease is not contagious, and there is no cause for alarm. It appears that the fever was introduced into the city by the Kelly fami); funeral of @ man named n, Who died om Staten Island. somewhere, alter five days’ illness of fever. Dr. Cottmuan and inspectors of the Bord yourerday Drogy.ded to the Island vo luvegtgate the imaiter. , wee had attended the | in the Tombs. A collision occurred at Eleventh avenue and Forty- sixth street yesterday afternoon between an express train and a team of horses and a truck. ‘he horses were deprived of their hind legs, and the truck was broken into fragments. “ Commissioner Henry Smith yesterday heard evi- dence in twenty-three complaints made by grand roundsmen against policemen. They were all of an insignificant character, and only about twelve days?’ fines were inflicted. On Thursday afternoon, as the schooner Oharles H. Northam, from Elizabetnport for Hartford was anchored inthe East river, one of the seamen, named Joseph B, Hall, belonging to Baltimore, waa knocked overboard by the main boom and drowned. His body was not recovered. An ordinance providing for licensing the sale of tickets by speculators at theatres is being prepared and will be considered by the Common Council next week. Itis .prozoned to limit the speculators to a charge of fifty cents over and above the regulat prices sparged at the box, and authorizing the impo- sition of a fine of one hun dollars for 40D violating the ordinance. Kiehed An examination was held yesterday in the Tombe Police Court, before Judge Dowling, m the case of Allen and Kellar agatnst Otto and Schoonmaker, for an eiioged larceny of cloth, the particulars of which complaint appeared in yesterday’s HERALD. The re sult was that Schoonmaker, who fs at present: res: SERCOOMER er: N. J., Was discharged and Otto heid for trial. In the Laura Woodraff case, dismissed on Thurs- day by Justice Ingraham, Justice Coulter denies that he had been summoned as was stated by her counsel and Judge Ingraham. Tho girl was committed by him at her own spectal request, to the House of the Good Shepherd, in order, as she said, that she might learn to become good. The Judge feels vonsequent- ly, justly indignant that she was discharged without even consulting him about the matter, Father La Font, on behalf of the trustees of the Asylum of St. Vincent de Paul, returns thangs to Father McCarthy, of the Church of the Holy Cross, and Sisters of Charity in charge of the Holy Cross Schools; the clergy of the Church of the Holy Inno cents, the gentlemen in charge of ithe §; Adas Jeshurun and private in the Relghtore hood of the asylum, for their prompt kindness in caring for the children and Sisters of the Asylum om the evening of the 13th inst., when a large portion of the asylum was destroyed by fire. About six months ago Charles Jackgon, then pro- prietor of the gambling saloon on the second floor af 149 Fulton street, left this city for Philadelphia, giving in charge to Joseph Rood all the property is the place, with instructions to sell the same If a good poreneact presented himself. Jackson returned ta ‘is city at the close of last month and found the gambling rooms closed up, and was informea by @& man named Dayton that had pawned the property. Dayton alse handed to Jackson, acting under instructions from Rood, the pawn tickets, and under these circum’ stances Jackson chai Rood yesterday in the Tombs, before Judge Dowling, with having stolen the property entrusted to his care. Rood was held for examination. ‘The third day’s session of the Free Methodist Com -ference was held yesterday morning, commencing at nine o’clock, The opeuing exercises, consisting of prayer and’ singing, were conducted by Bev, Mr. Terry, after which the minutes of the previous session were read and approved, The Rev. Mr. Owen was excused from serv. ing on the Committee of Education, and Brother Downing was Sppointed in his place. Under the fourth question of discipline the following brethren Were continued on trial:—W. H. Steegar, James Guyon and George Ferrin. On account of defect in studies the Conference voted that Brothers Guyon and Ferrin be re-examined on the first year’s stu ft the next Conference, Under the twelfth dis ciplinary question the character of the follow ‘brethren was passed:—TI. B. Freeland, E. Owen, W. Could and Z. Usborn, The remainder of the session ‘was occupied by the consideration of the characters of preachers and brethren. In the afiernvon there were religious services and preaching as usual. THE BOCK OF MORMON. Arrival ef Martin Harris, One of tne Witnesses of the Divine Origin of the Mormen Bible. {From the Desert News August 31.] Considerable interest has been felt by our people in the arrival in this city of Martin Harris, one of three witnesses of the book of Mormon. He arrived here at half-past seveo P. M. yesterday, in the com- pany of Elder Edward Stevenson, who lett this city on the 19th of last July for the purpose of bringing him out of Kirkland, Ohio, where he has been living since the Saints firsts moved there—183i— thirty-nine years ago. Brother Stevenson has had @ strong desire to have tin Harris brought here. But he himself has thought for years that his mission was in Kirkland, ne feel- img that the Lord required him to stay there and bear testimony to the Book of Mormon and the first rinciples, which he hag been earnest in doing, and e has felt reluctant to leave. But when Brother Stevenson corresponded with him about coming out in the Valley he replied that Mage testified to him that he snould come here, in every letter that he afterward ved from him he expressed a still stronger desire come, Brother Stevenson made a collection, and after raising sufficient went to Kirkland and brought bim on. Martin Harris is in hiseighty-eighth year. He. ts remarkably vigorous for one of his years, and still retains the use of his faculties, his memory being very good and his sight, though his eyes appear to have jailed, being #0 acute thathe can see to pick a pin off the ground, He has experienced many changes and vicissitudes; but on one point, so far as we have heard, he has never changed; he has never failed to bear testimony to the divine authen- ticity of the Book of Mormon. He says it is not». Matter of belief on his part, but of knowledge. He with the the other two witnesses, Geclarod—and their teatimony kas accompanied every copy of book—“that an angel of God came down from. heaven; and he brought and laid before: our eyes, that we held ond saw ae my plates and the engravings thereon.” eclaration he has not varied from in rorty-one years, and it is a remarkable fact. thas, though away from the Ohurch, and not maintaining their connection with the Prophet Joseph Smith, not one of the three witnesses has ever failed, 80 far as known, to bear testimony te the truth of their united declaration contained in the preface of. the Book of Mormon! Deny whatever they might of other points of doctrine of Joseph’s auchority or of bis management, they never have denied the teati- mony which they have given tothe world concern- ing the Book of Mormon. ‘There is stlil one other of the “original witnesses” living--namely, Mr. David Whitner. He now resides in Missouri, We would Not be surprised ifthe yearnings of his heart shou\d yet lead hum to follow the course of Mr. Harris, and again throw his lot with the Saints, and close hia earthly career in their midst. AN Saint ee et ae ‘chi Dalicy adopted from the. nel - nental eeenoten by the city of St. Louls “petered out,” as the Galena miners used to say, in the first altempt to resist.it, One of the frail sisters took her case to court—nothing higher than the police court— and it was there held that the tax imposed upon her. and her class was without any warrant whatever, and, virtually, that the whole matter was a farce and a fraud, The decision, doubuess, was in the. interest of law and. common sense. Probably the world will sooner or later learn that prostitution. must be attacked in its sources, not in its last mant- festations; that its origin and growth are maialy tn) the unjust and unequal legislation by whichoppos~ ing classes in society are created, and py/which, algo, the poor are joorer and the rich are made richer—the general result being luxury and godless- ness on one side, and poverty, Wuorauce ‘and misery on the other.—Chicago Post, Sept. 10, REMOVAL OF OLD LANDMARKS.—Th% old elm tree hich for 129 years has stood in frontiof the Watson douse, In Spencer, Mass., was so bidily damaged at ‘the recent fire that it has been cut down. ‘The tree was nearly six fect in diameter aad the trunk was hollow tor a considerable length, so that a person could easily stand erect iuside of the tree; and five years ago a pair of foxes used it asa home throug! the entire summer. Witb,this and theg ola hovel two oldtime landmarks have been removed which will never b@ forgotton, —_—_