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SOS ‘ers for the expenditure thereof, examined and al- Jowed by the Auditor, and ‘approved by the Comp- trelter,”® hay been wholly ignored, It _— soe as- med ordinance of the Boar seed ta ember, 1858, establishing “an additonal Dareau and providing for the appointment of a County Auditor, &c., Was legal, and in fact super- weded the statute above recited, In respect to the large amount every year of ar- rears for various purposes, it would seem that the on contained in section 6 of chapter 590 Of the Laws of 1557, To the effect that ‘no expense shail bo incurred, whether tt shall have been ordered by the Board of Supervisors or not, unless an sppro- tion O; money ten in the treasury, sufficient to cover such expeuse, shall have been previously made,” ought to be conclusive as to the Hubility of whe county for the payment of such claims. But it appears that although the Board, in respect ‘to all claims 1) excess of the amounts for which ap- eo ous have been made, are incapable of con- racting any legal liability, the Courts are con- tunualiv rendering judgments against the county ‘upon euch HNlegal claims, ‘The Legisiature passes laws limiting the number Of newspapers to adveruse notices of various Kin’ Dut the proprietors disregard such limitation, pub- ih every notice they see in the papers duly autbor- ized, and the Supervisors thereupon “audit and allow” the bills, or if they do not, suits are inst tuted against the county, which generally result In Jugoments to be paid by the Comptroller. Chapter 875 of the Laws of 1869 provides (section 1) that “The Mayor and Comptrolier shail from me to time designate six dailies and six weeklies, but no More, 10 Which to publish the proceedings of the Board of Supervisors and all Lproceeisis and nouces relating to county affairs.” ‘To show how inesectual ‘this provision is In preventing unnecessary expense wader the head of “advertising,” the commitice need only to refer to a single resolution of the Board of Supervisors, adopted September 19, 1870, to be found on pages 290 to 322, inclusive, of the second volume of proceedings of that year, by which there Were “audited and allowed” bills of seventy news- papers, amounting to $174,121 25. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM A. BOOTH, Chairman, Special Committee’s Report on Drill Rooms and Armortes, To THe Joint ComMITTEE OF SUPERVISORS, MEN AND CITIZEN: 3:— GunTLemEN—Your special committee appointed to examine and report upon the expenditures of the eopnty government for the armories and drill rooms ™ their report previously submitted staved that your committee considered the rents paid for ar- moories in many cases a8 very excessive; that they held the subject under investigation by an expert. a) would report thereon in detail within a short In ice of this determination your committee herewith submit a supplementary report upon we subject indicated. The tabular statement annexed exhibits the vala- Of the rentals, and side by side the amount in each case for the premises by the city. ‘These estimated valuations of rentals were made the experts on the market value of tne proper- Jn order, however, to avold any possible risk ol under-eatinates year committee have added from fifty to one hundred per cent to the amounts Of their estimates of rentals as In Justice to the present your commitiee deem it proper to state that of the amounts previously reported by us for repairs on armories as having been approved by the Super- visors’ Boards during the years 1869, 1870 and 1871, but $56,709 90 have been passed upon by the presen! Board, THOS. W. PEARSALL, 4B. L, SOLOMON, ALDER- iven by the experts, joard of Supervisors i HLL i HE ai | | 3 : Aq sre0k oe Ty by J} Bggcee 3 Berar YER Jb eee ‘ePRreeeeg 2 a! pepesae ge bobbi ag me eSecerpaa © F wyorsuuss F ¢ gacsscese ao prev’ Peas gE 2 Phow 8 he. Abyaplil Me g a ae: > ad hs [ i a : —$—$—$—$___-— Speech by Mr. Booth. Mr. Booru, after the reports had been reaa, sald that when the committee entered upon this investi- ation they sald that {t would be impartial and would exonerate where they could and condemn where they must. They had pursued this Investiga- tion and kept (his promise in view. They now, in @ischarging it, had with very great regret to say they had to condemn, and not to exouerate, To put it very moderately aud at a low figure, there was no doubt that $20,000,000 bad been taken, They had been surprised also to find great laxity in tie law, and the fachity win which jaws bad been made to assist in the bringing about of these frauds, They could not say that in the signing of these accounts the Comptroller and the Mayor had conformed to the law, but wnen they came down to the partics Who made these bills and of whose fraudulent character there could be no doubt it was, indeed, a matior of very great regret. ‘This kind of desire for extortion runs through te commuuity, When it was desirable to appoiot some citizens to value the real estate of the city a bill was presented for a week’s, or, at the most, a month's work, equalling in amonnt that which was paid to the officers of the largesi bauks for four or five years’ services, Inone department of Ue city where the income was $100,000, sume $10,000, $15,000 and $20,000 were pald to the head of the ce- artment and the rest. went to various departments, Mie mentioned those things just to show how need- ful the labors of this committee were. Mn ee A moved the fullowing resolution, which Was adopted :— ‘That the Secretary of the Committes of Taxpa, sens, in conjunction with the Clerk of this Joint Committee, hereby requested to prepare for publieation of the proceedings of there committees, and that wopies same, including the several reporie wave to and by sald committees, be, printed, to prmnphle: forin for distri bution, under the directfon of the chairman of the committee ef the Boards of 81 reand Aldermen and the taxpay- Ing citizens, and that copies be sent o His Honor the Mayor, wht arequent that he take forthwith the most efficacious measures for prosecuting and bringing to justice these guilty parties, ‘The committee then adjourned sine aie, several of the committee giving expression to (heir feciiugs of relief by saying that they would be oider and wiser Citi. NEW YURK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1871.—TRIPLE SHKEY. THE SCAFFOLD. Four Murderers Expiate Their - Crimes Upon the Gallows, Two Exeeutions in North Caro- lina Yesterday. A DEED OF HORROR. A Southern Farmer Sets His Dogs on a Negro Barnburner. The Poor Wreteh, Half Torn to Pieces, is “Tinished” with a Fence Rail. Confession of the Assassin and His Accomplice. Cowardly Murder of a White Man by a Negro. His Conviction by Circumstan- tial Evidence. EXECUTIONS IN FLORIDA AND INDIANA, GREENSBORO, N. ©., Oct. 27, 1871, ‘The criminal statistics of North Carolina furnisn, perhaps more than any other State in tne Union, Proof of the efficacy of the scaffold for the preven- Uon of crime, prior to the war the only legally Prescribed mode for the punislment of criminals was the whipping post and the scafold, and then the ratio of crime was far less than it is now in pro- Portion vo the gradual increase of population. There ‘was no intermediate mode of punisument—no com- Promiso between the halter and the lash, But with the vaunted progress of the civilization of the age punishment has vecome icas frequent, and as a eccessary sequence crime has multiphed and the new Stave Penitentiary ts nothing short of a harbor for the vilest vagabouds tn North Carolina, ‘Thieves, murderers, and, In fact, every description of scoundrels who were formerly kept in check oy the severity of the law, now indulge in crime, al- most with tmpunity—looking forward toa life of comparative case in the State criminal’s home, if not rescued srom that vy tue pardon of a radical Executive, Occastonaily, however, convicted felons do meet their jast doom, and to-day the law was yindicated in one of the most AGURAVATED AND ATROCIOUS CRIMES pe seccace, Pome Cee ia. Me ater park gC Hove: Ber, 1870, 8 barn—iie property of one ‘lilam Be Parker, a white farmer, living about five miles orth of Greensboro—was burned to the ground, the act being the work of an incendiary. Parker, who was@ hardworking farmer, but of desperate character, was terribly incensed at the loss of ig barn, and, in his rage, he swore Vengeance against the party or parties who comuitted the deed, shonld he ever dis- cover them. Fora considerable period his search for the Incendiary proved fruitiess; but at length, white in a fury, and nalf maddened by villanous Whiskey, he felt satisfied thatat Jasthe had his man in the person of an old colored man named Thoms Price, Uving not far from Parker’s house. ‘This Was on the night of the 4th of December, 1870. After the capture or arrest of Price Parker brought him up to tis own house and lodged him there in the custody of somo women. Parker then armed himseif with ail old knile and a gan, and calied about bia some half dozen bungry-looking and PEROOLOUS DOG! Proceeding then to the house of an old negro Damied Alired Gilmer, Parker demanded thay be should ReOONPALY | bim op ah @¥réaition, the — objedt of nh Was 3S unt down the ‘biltner of his bare,“ Reuctanuiy Glimmer went with wu. wid became his companion, ‘aid fing @2Sumplice in ali tue brutal and bioody work of Vial uighi. Half ivenzicd trom the effects of liquor and rage, Parker weut apd dragged Price from we house. ‘Fhe night was cold, and not so dark but Mhat Uicy Could see each other, Frow the threats that Parker bad previously made, aud from his weile kuown uesperate character, the unforiugate wretch (Pricey fairly shook With terror, and his black [eae tures (urged ap Ler livid Lue, In his hopeless position, with the maddened flend (Parker) burling lireais and Curses al bin, and the savage blood- hounds eagerly watching Lim, Price coafessed that he had BURNED PARKEU’S BARN, tus extoricd admission began his tortures, Parker uttered a cry of flenalsh joy, and releasing Vrice from the grip be had previously held of lus cout collar, he called the hounds and set them vpow him, ‘The starved animals sprang upon the shivering and crouching Wreten, adu burying their tecth in his limbs and body, literally tore nis flesh and rags iuto shreds. All this time Parker urged the dogs in their bloody work and danced likea acmou uround bis miserable victim. Then he would cease, call off the houads, gloat over the toriares of Price'and give vent to bis exultation in the most biasphemous expressions known to ue lowest heils of iniquity, Thiaking that the dogs might kil him too soon, he proton ed the scene In order to enjoy a fail benefit of the agonies Price was enduring. Then would he set them on him again, and as the brates had aiready tasted blood tney became each tine more Bree until Price’s borly and limbs were (orn, bleeding an FRARFULLY MANGLED, The unfortunate man begged and prayed for Mercy in the most apject and pitiful maoner that it was possible (0 conceive, but there was no Dity In the breast of the fiend whose victim he was, So fearful was the carnival Of blood and gore aud torn flesh that the savage brutes began to ght among themselves over thew LIVING RUMAN PREY. Gilmer, Who ail. this time had been a witness of the scone, a silent parsiotpator in the awfal crime, now became moved and be exhibited some human- ity In an endeavor 10 get the yel living body of Price away from the bloodthirsty houuds, Le led bin away by the arm irom the scene, groanivg with the excess of lus terrible agony; but before they had gone a hundred yards they were overtaken by Parker, who took Price’s body on his shoulders and be © Vit some yards further, Here be tae isiied 218 vicum by sinking huy WITH A FENCE RAUL, repeating the blows until life was extinct. On the foiiowing day, Wecember 5, 1970, the body of ‘Sbomas Price was sound dead on the premises of W. 2, Parker, about a quarter of a mile from his house. ‘The fest of one of the legs was entirely gone, the foot was separated from tie leg and the sinail bone On the lower third of the leg was broken. The arms and legs and body bore wrcog lesuumony as to the nature of the terrible Bcene above meu- tioned. On tle body was found at le a dozen bruises bei Ween the shoulders and near the small of the back, which were about the size of a siiver hail dollar, The place where the body was found was an vid Held, with a sandy surface, and covered with dead grass, and with BLOOD Was found on the rails lying against a fence between the pl where the body was discovered and Parker's house, Al another place there were indi- cations of @ severe struggle, and @ quantity of blood was found on the ground, Investigations were at on fustituted which soon threw suspicion on Parker and his accomplice, Gilmer, They were ar+ rested, indicted and subsequently - ‘RIRD Jn the month of March, 1871, Evidence, suvstan- mien if they joined a committee like that again, TEXAS ELECTION, GALVESTON, Oot, 27, 1871. ‘The returns from the different counjics in the Third Congressional district give Giddings (dem.) 11 majority, The count at Austin, by throwing out Gimestone and Freestone counties, winch gave a @emocratic majority of 1,630, leaves Clark's (rep.) majority 917, A specia) despatch to the Bulletin says:—Clark has received his certificate of election. Connor is aid to be the only democrat Who will receive a cer ufcate of election, Degener (radical) refuse # to ac- cept & certificate on the ground that Hancock (democrat) received a majority of votes, THE BOSTON BANK DEFALUATION- Bosron, Oot. 27, 187). A, ©. Felton, Concerned with Marun in the Bid and Leather Bank defatcation, aad B. C. Daniels , date cashier of the Webster Bank, were brought into Ually as above, Was adduced, and afver a long arga ment the case was given to the jury, which soon afterwards returned @ verdict of gailty of murder in tue first degree, They were sentenced to be executed ‘on the 280 day of ape AST, An appeal Was, how- ever, taken to the Supieme Oo ich fesulted i av altirmation of the judgment of ae io vy Hae and auring the September term of Guilford Superior Court the prisoners Were resentenced to be execute.) today. After copviction Alfred Gilmer, the colored man, made the following CONFESSTON, On Saturday night, December 4, 1870, about sun+ Fel, Was going to spring. Met Parker. When got Yack home supper was ready, Parker was iuere; ate a litte. Arter supper Parker toid me to take up my bed and carry it to bis house. 1 was iiving on Parker's land. Told him | was barefooted and did hot want to go. It was very cold. He then said COME ON, Jet's go, We Won't be gone long. We then Went direoily to Parker's house, After we haa got tothe Honseand TI had put my ved in it Parser said, “let's go,”? but did not say Where. Thon asked me if Adaline Lee was at home. I auswered dat I did not kiow, He then said she was at ¢ Hennis’, and that he would go over daar g her drank, and she would teli all gio Knew about the burning of the barn, Di rectly he asked if Bart, Rayle was at home, the United States Court this morning and pieaded uiity, Feiton will be septenced on the Suu of | Bevo her ali flapicls on the 18th of November wan replied J did pot know. We went Dennis’, but could hot hid Adaitse Loe, and frown Mere We went to bart Rayie's; lie was not 4b howe, but we found him at his mother’s, Went to his bar #0t @ quart of whiskey, for which Parker aid seventy cents; from there went to Stewart Brit- tain’s eoolarat), and then came on back by Parker's house, where { left him and went home, built a fire, cooked and ate wy supper and went to bed, This ‘Was about eleven o'clock. Between tweive and one o'clock Parker came to my house, Woke me up, and told me that he had found the thief who burnt our corn, I then got up and asked whoit was. He would not then tell me, but, alter walking @ short distance, he told me it was Tom rice, He also told me that he had caught Tom Mn the act of setting his kitchen op fire. He ran, said he, and outrun me, but J caught him with the dogs. When we arrived at Parker's house Tom was there, and | asked him if he burned the barn? fle replied that he did. Par- ker then set the dogs on him; would take them of and let them on him again as suited him. Parker was under the tn- Muence of liquor. I once got the door open and told fom to go nome, Parker ordered me to close it; ut being his house, 1 did so. Alter a while the dogs commenced fighting among themselves, and I got fom outside the dvor anu Gnaily outside the gate, and told him to go home, but he tola me he could not as he did not know the way, Parker said, “Pamn it, if you don’t go the dogs may Kill you,” 1 then took hold of his arm, led him about one hundred yards, Then Parker came, and we, one on each side, assisted him to the first crossing (a fence), then to the second fence, when Parker took him on his shoulders and carried him down tne field some fily yards. I did not go any further and never saw ‘Tom after that alive, I waited for Parker at tne fence, and when he returned asked if'fom was dead. Hewaid he thought he was, I then toid bim if he had have minded what 1 gaid to him there would have been none of this, We then went to our dil: iecans homes, and this fs the truth, 80 heip me GILMER’S APPRARANCE, Gilmer Is black, gray-neaded and seventy years of age, and has borne a disreputable character among his neighvors, He has persistently protested his ipnocence—as in the confession above—and the facts in the case go rather to prove that he was & reluctant accompiice of the greater criminal, Parker. Owing to his old age, great infirmity, and an aver- sion to capital punishment in this Quaker commu- nity, & petition, asking for a@ respite, i! not a com- mutation, of his sentence, was largely signed ana forwarded to Governor Caldwell, who extended the clemency of @ respite untii December next. It 18 believed ne will hardly survive longer than that Une, and, probably, if he does his sentence will be commuted lo imprisonment tor his now short lease of life, PARKER, THE WHITE MURDERER, This morning I visited Parker in his cell, He was engaged at the time in conversation with a clergy- man, the subjects of which were the crime, his spiritual condition and whetber be was prepared wate, Parker was about ay years of age, six feet in stature, powerfully built and weighing about 160 pounds; his features were strongly marked; the forehead large, the eyebrows prominent, nose long and well shaped, his whiskers and hair long and jet black, but ne hada sinister and forbidding expression, that denoted the desperate character, In his conversation with the clergyman he en- deavored to convey the impression that he was NOT GUILTY OP THE CRIME for which he was so soon toaie, He spoke reck- jessly, though he was at times nervous and restiess, moving constantly on his blanket and changing jus sitting posture nearly every moment. CLERGY MAN—Mr, Parker, I wish you to state, for your own benefit, whether the partial confession you maue is true, ; PARKER—I have sad ail I wish to say aboutit. 1 did not kill old Tom Price, The dogs killed him. Incidentatly I told old Alt Gilmer they would Kill him it he didn’t get him away, CLERGYMAN—But you caught him with the dogs, PaRger—Yes, | caught nim while trying to burn my kivchen. Several persons heard hin confess he did the burning. CLERGYMAN—What denomination of religion do you belong to? PaRKER—I do not belong to any. 1 }1ke.them all, except it 13 the lronside Bapusts; they say things about hell that I don’t like. I heard one of them reach, and never liked them since. I believe in we ole a8 being God’s law. CLERGYMAN—Have you ever pelonged to a reli- gious sect? PARKER—Yes; I joined the Methoaist Church once, over thirty years ago now; but I have never endow Mu. ti since, ‘fhe condemued Was cool and self-possesse’ even fg recklessness, almes, Up tO his last moment. He alked with the utmost {évity gud apparent indiger- ence on all subjects excepting ~~ ~* HIS APPROACHING DUOM, Wheo hee She Hy rR) became serious and nervous. I at he ever wt ear tne murdered man, though gne of TP a ee Yesil- Ped Parker exolaime?, wnen striking mis victim, “God damn you! Vil kili you!” and immediately afterwards Price was beard to cry out, “0, Lordy! O, Lordy-) Lim killed!” During bis conversation in the cell the carpenters were busy finishing the scadold outside the very door of his cell, over the staircase, and the noise of the hammer aud saw fre- goeoky drowned the sounds of his voice, and when his happened he would repeat his language, 60 as W be intelligible to nis hearers. TUE SCAFFOLD, in conformity with the instructions of the Judge who sentenced Parker, was erected within the jail Duiidiug, and Immediately over tuc tirst landing of the staircase to the upper story a stapic, witha large iron ring attached, was securely fastened in the ceiling of the second story; bendath this, and neaviy on a level with the secona floor, the drop was Constructed, supported by a movable prop And lever, ile a a of over ae fect, Parker's Cel was ou the second oor, ; Boaliold’s edge, _ ~~ Ts ine door of It almost at the > eT" TRE AWAITING CROWD. ‘vhe morning was bright and clear, and as usual, @ large crowd, composed of negroes and whites, were assembled around the jai yard enclosure, though they could not witness the terriple spectacie tuat attracied them, Among the whites were quite @ number of Quakers, who Lad come all tue way from indiana to gttend a zoarly meeung of their peaceful sect about to be héid; but, notwithstaud- ing their srtendly procitvilles, many of them endea- vored to wiiness the execution, und some of them were admitied to It, Soon after midday, a guard being stationed around the jail yard and ail other preparauous tor THE PINAL TRAGEDY being complete, the Sherif, accompanied by a deputy and members of the press, repaired to the ceil of the condemned. Parker, who Was sitting on his blanket, arose when they entered, and, drawing himself tO Lis full height, stood coolly awaiung we final preparations for bis death. Being asked if he had anything to say be replied, “i understand it ail since Gilmer has been respited. Jt is a case of glear persecution. The negroes made up a purse vo have me prosecuted a hanged. | Know I am going. [have been waiting a long ime; 1 am going bome at last.” Tue Sherif then proceeded to place the halter on Dis neck, in doing which the jong, black whiskers and matted black Dar, whicn, being nearly down to his shoulders, nad to be he\d up. Wien he feit the executioner’s hemp on bis throat he sauddeéred aud exclaimed, “It 18 un awinl thing to die, but this way of chok- ing @ man vo death is terribie! 1 fear not w die, bat L dread this shamefpl death, The greatest of atl mien died op tie cross. J, too, must bear my cross.?? ‘These expressions came out in an ejaculatory way, the condemned all the while watching the pro- ceedings of the Sheruf with a terribie earnestness, His hanus were then tied in front and a white cap was put on, the portion to mask the face being thrown back over the head. He then instructed te Sheriff to execute his work quickly, and not permit the persons iu charge of him to exhivit him wo the crowd. Parker was then taken from the cell to we looby, Where about twenty persons were assembled to witness his execuiton, and in these short sleps over @ plauk le was on the verge of eternity, ON THE DROP. At thls juncture his reckless aud desperate forutude began to give way and he extibited symptoms of agiiation, accompanied by a planched anu terrified expressiou of the features, ile seemed feariul tbe drop would fall aud taried a starved Jook at all the appointments of the scaffold and thep at the star- jug, gaping few in the jovby, Looking al the rope he said, “ii will be two long, it will make a pow er- ful jerk.” After this be recognized a persog in the crowd and said, “iow do you «do, Mr. Knight? £ thougut you toid me you would not see tis for $00, lis arms were then pinioned at Ue elbows: aud and ne suid, That's too tight; it huris me." ‘The rope Was then attacned to we ring tm the ceil- ing, When Parker stooped down in a silting posi- tion and again corapianied it was too long. A earnest request the Sherim shortened it. addressed fue crowd, stating HAS SENTENCE WAS UNJUST. sthelaw of the land « decrees appeal to the laws of God, He again siatec the marder of Price was done inciicptaily aud gave the same version he tiad previously given, with the addition that when Gumer carried Price away hie Warker) uever saw him alive afterwards. After this the mask was drawn over bis face and he attempted to sitdowifon the drop, but was forced lo stand up by the Sheri, and, while Le was groan. ing, his Knees shaking, and a Visible Wemor ip lis Whole irame, THE DROP PELL, and hie body sprang in the vacuum over the stair- case, ending With a jerk that was felt on the enure upper floor. The rope, which. was loosely adjusied, did not remain in 1s proper place, the kuot sipping to the back of the neck, Which Was broken, however. ‘There were two or three convulsive movements of the whole body, after which ali Was still, and the soul of Parker Was before man’s last and highest tribunal, Alter banging tweuty-tivee ininutes ie was declared extinct and in thirty minutes it was cut down and delivered fo Dis iriends for interment, soe agen ae AES Another Murderer Saifers the Tasi Pemaliy ofthe Law=The Story of His Crime and CanvictionAn Interesting Cas: of Circum- stantial Eviden Wriresvitie, Columbus county, N. 0. Alfred Mackay (negro) was ex 1 here to-day for the murder Of Joun Stanebi (white) ou the va of Joly Jast, The history of DHE CRIME goes to show that plunder was te object, Stancil), Who was a widower, with several chyldren, resiil- ing at Cerro Gordo, in iis county, had Leen to Wilmington for the purpose of porchasing 2001s, Maving finished his business on that il fated day he leit on the Wilmington, Colmabia and Augusia Railroad for home, in the arternoon, Ariiving at the depot at night he stopped to rest in ihe portico of a store near there, and, being. grealy fatigued, It ts supposed he fell asleep, He seated himself on @ vox, and while in that position was brutally murdered, Early on the following morning the body was found on the box, as though he had been killed in the identical sitting posture in which he was seen the preceding evening. The store, too, had been broken open ana plundered, and the whole piace bore traces of the burglar and mur- derer, Stancil’s head was horribly gashed and Mutilated with an axe, bis body bore marks of vio- lence, lis pockets had been rifled of their contents, and his whole appearance indicated that a foul and cold-blooded murer had been committed, The FIRST CLUE that led to the arrest of the murderer was the dis- covery near the body of the murdered man of a knife, which was soon identiiied as the property of Alfred Mackay, @ negro residing In the neighbor- hood, This clue was further substantiated by the footprints around and near the scene of the tragedy, which, when followed up by an unerring expert, led the oMicers of justice to the house of Alired Mac. Kay. Arriving utthe house his pursuers found he Was absent on some uileged business, but a negro Woman, with wiom Mackay had been conabiting, was present and waa then engayed washing a short distance irom the house, Upon going to ber the officers found the article she was then washing Was 4 pair of pantaloons, of a rougli, homespun mutertal. When questioned she stated the pants belonged to Mackay aud she made several attempts to couceal a certain portion of them, An inspection proved a BLOOD STAINS were npon the part the woman +0 eagerly desired to escape observation, A cross-examination to which she was thea subjected eliciied nothing jarther than that the biood stains came from the bieeaing of her nose, but she aflerwatd asserted she did not know how that camo there. In the meantime the premises had been minutely and ciosely inspect- ed, which resulted in the discovery of an axe in one corner of the cabin, This was then examined and MORE BLOOD STAINS were found upon it. These circumstances estab- lished the fact in the minds of the officers that Mackay was implicated in the murder, if he was not the principal, and consequently a search for him was instituted. Surmising that he ‘Was not a great distance from Ais house, from the general indications, the oficers’ ang party beat the Woods in the vicinity and in less thatan hour their efforts were successful, for Mackay was fuund lying drunk and asleep not over a hundred yards trom his own house, He was arrested on the spol, carried to the Connty Jail here and placed in irons, as it was known he would attempt an escape if not closely watched and secured. A portion of a FIFTEEN CENT NOTE found near the scene of the murder compared ex- actly with another portion of the same note found on the person of Mackay soon aiter he was arrested, Thus a complete chain of circumsiantial evidence ‘Was established against the prisoner, and at the last term of tne Columbus Superior Court he was tried, convicted and sentenced to be executed here to-day. Tho Murderer of n Mother xnd Two Chil- ¢gren Hung at Jackwonville, I JACKSONVILLE, Fia., Oct, 27, 1871. William C, Scott was executed here at eleven o'clock to-day for the murder of Rosamond Catiin and two small children on February $ last. ie was cool on the scatiold and spoke not a word. Vie Knot silpped, and his neck was not broken; he was strangled, ‘This 18 the lirst execution in the State since recon- struction, Execution of n Mardever at Delphi, Ind.—The Condemned Frepares tiimect{ for the Gal- lows. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Uct, 2%, 1871. Gerome Brooks was banged to-day at Delphi, Ind., for the murder of A, W. Slater, @ wealthy grocer of Logansport, Ind., last April, The prisoner manifested the same stolid and careless indiference up to the last moment that he iias sown since hig arrest. On the scaffold he asked and was granted leave to place the noose around his neck. Large numbers of people were in the town, vui Do disturb. ance Occurreds THE SOUTH CAROLINA “TROUBLES, Depressing Eficcts o' —7 ep Tea ah ern Counties Lecoming Depe; sale Arreste—Excitement Among Ail Classes— Fears of a Gucrilla Warfare. NEWBERRY, 8, C., Oct. 27, 1871. Affairs in Laurens county are the same as In New- berry—there has never been a Ku Klux raid in the county. At the election jast year there wasa riot between the whites and negro militia, in which several were Killed, but since thon there have been no troubles whatever, A negre school house wai recently burned, and both races charge each other wiih the jucendiarism, Cases of negro crimimals having been whipped are also reported, bul no pollilgg! outrages, Tue whites feel io confidence in the State of- cials, because of the partisan spirit they exhibit. For some months past, however, Laurens has been perfectly quiet, Radicals themselves admit that there has never been a single case of resistance to the enforcement of either Slaic or Federal laws, ‘vhe prociamation of martial law created mach surprise and the people are exceedingly tudignant, United States cayairy continues to scour the upper counties, arresting numerous persons, ‘Thus far wey have not met with any resistance, Some ol the arrested confess to belonging to the Ku Klux, but deny that they bai any pollt- cal object. The majority of {diet atli assert their innucence, Some radicals have voluntarily come forward and deciared tiat they belong to the Ku Klux, which 18 beileved to be for political effect at the North, It is asserted (nat ex-Lieutenant Governor Gabrici Cannon, of Spartanburg, has been arrested, He is an old man, Oue oO! tae wos into ential eltizens of South Carollaa. Making all allowance for exaggeration, there Is no doupt that the multary are «displaying great severity, Almost all the arrests are made in the night, and it is belteved that UwWo-tirds of ihe pris- oners are victims of perjury. 4 ‘Thus far Spartanburg, Union and York couvties have been the principal country of operauon, but IT learn that the black lists for the other counues are made out and that arrests will begin in a lew days. The excitement continues uvabated, but Bothing like hostility has been yet exnibited. Evidences of tbe purely political character of the martial law accumulates ou al! slaes. The people speak with great bibierucss of Ibas a deliberate at tempt to pkice them wholly fa the power of negroes aud disreputable wiite men. ‘The exodus into Georgia and North Carolina con- Unues, and unless & stop is put to the mill. tary operations this portion of the state wiil lose all its valuable chuzens., Already there has been an almost complete suspension of business, whue terror, anxiety and excitement prevail in the entire district, Apprehensions are expressed lest the young men who have been driven from their homes, or whose relatives have been arrested, become desperate ana begin # guerilla warfare. The older citizens, it musi be sald, are exeriipg themselves to prevent this, and are counseliing quiet submission to what- ever the military may do; sttil itis true that every- thing is in a chaytic condition and may end in bloodshed. THE PACIFIC COAST. Accident on the Central Pacific Ratlroad— Shocking Details o! the Los Angeler Butche ery—Fightecn Ohinames Mardered=—iiunder the Object of the SAN FRANCISCO, Oct, 27, 187 Atraln of the Centra! road which ieft here for the East yesterday morning ran of an embankment fifteen feet high, near the crossing of the San Joa- quin River, at noon. Four cars were demolished, one passenger fatally and anumber seriously in- jured. ‘Thely names are not given. Senator Mor- ton, Of Indiana, and party, were im @ special car on the rear of the tain and escaped unharmed. Tue latest details of the Los Angelos horror give @ worse version of the riot than tie frst. The mob appears to have been actuated soicly from ante mosity of race and a desire for plunder. The wit pesses before tue Coroner’s jury are, apparently, re- jactant to give testimony, fearing iat they will iinplicate two Iriéhmen Who boasted of assisting In killing the Chinese, The Oninaman who shot the oficer Bilderain has been arrested and turued over to the authorities by the Chinese themselves and iy now In Jail, Onty four of the rioters have been arrested. From fourteen to twenty thousand doilars and all the valuavles pelorging to the Chinese were carried of by the mob; and even those arrested were robbed on their way to jai’. The bodies. of eighteen victims of the riot nave peen found. The dangerously wounded persous number six or eigat. Fearing further vioience the survivors are leaving the city. Judge Sepuiveda will call ¢ special session of the Grand Jury to lnves- figave thé attain, “SR = ¢ Willam B. Barron, Of the Anglo-Mexican Bank+ ing house of Barron Bros, and one of the claunants to the New Almaden quicksilver mine, died on Wea uesday eveulng, aged forty-nine, ‘THE COAL REQIONS, POTTSVILLE, Oct, 27, 1871. The ramor that & general suspenision of mining throughout the coal regions Was contemplated at an carly day, OWlbg WO & Leavy decline at the auction sale Of Scrantou con at New York on Wednesday, is entirely unfounded, Notwithstanding the ex- tremely low prices obtained the coal men of this region expect to continue work, and no troubie is apprehended, ‘The diners’ Journal suggests & stop- eof a few days—not a general suspension—to ad the cars and boats How waiting at shipping ports, Wo save the trade fiom uller prostyation Jor Mie DAIANCE QO} Mic Reason, AWENG TRIAL. THE RO Continuation of the Testimony of the Woman in White, ANOTHER MRS. BOWLSBY. The Defence Produce a Witness Who Says Hes Danghter Owned the Tell- tale Handkerchief. A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE. ROSENZWEIS ON THE STAND. The Court of General Sessions opened yesterday at ten o'clock, pursuant to adjournment, for the re- sumption of the trial of the alleged abortionist, Dr. Rosenzweig, charged with the killing of Augusta Alice Bowleby, before Recorder Hackett, His Honor conducted the case daring the day with all bis well known calmness and ready ruling on points of law, in which Recorder Hackett is unexcelled. City Judge Gunning 8S. bedford, also tue terror of abor- tionists, occupied a seat next the Recorder on the bench, and remained the entire day, apparently deeply interested in the legal questions ruled upon by his learned colleague, Alter the cross-examination of Dr. Cushman, commenced on Thursday, was finished, Dr. Finnell was examined by the District Attorney, whose tes Umony went to corroborate that of Dr, Cushman. TRB DEFENCE. William F. Howe, the indefatigable counsel for Rosenzweig, then proceeded in an able and exhaus- uve argument to open the case for the defence, and in an argament at some length sald (nat the crime imputed to the prisoner was fiendish iu the extreme, and might well be hurled back against those who had charged him with a fendish crime—a crime 60 full of revolting circumstances that humanity must shrink at it aghast. It was not the wish of counsel to uphold so hideous an act, but before a verdict of guilty against a human being could follow on such @ charge evidence ought to be adduced to fasten the crime on the party accased, and it was not for tho jury to say, “You are responsible for the death of the murdered giri” without the testimony warranted the finding that the prisoner positively committed the acts imputed to him. Mr. Howe dwelt at great lengih on the evidence of Dr, Cush- man, whom he claimed had fatled co make it clear twat apy abortion had been comumitied; suld he would, link by link, dispell the chain of evidence Which the prosecution had already woven around Rosenzweig, and which certainly demanded expla- nation; prove the real state of facts connected with te handkerchief and sasb, and also reveal the mys- tery wrapped around tne case by the undertaker; @nd after this had been accomplished he would ask a verdict in favor of the prisoner, Great attention was paid to Mr. Howe’s remarks, which seemed to have &@ perceptbie effect upon all in court, MEDICAL TESTIMONY, Drs. Garrish and Parker were calied for the de- fence and gave testimony upon more technical ques- tions on obstetrics, that served very little to elucidate the main point at issue. Mrs, Yetty Fox—Cross-examination continued:— Nobody came into the room while | was there, (Witness: was bere sbown tho trunk, and asked If she ever saw it before.) No, I never gaw it before; IL dont know who it belongs to; I did not see any other women in white enter the house; | wink the prisover weht down tne stairs and went out; f beard tum going down stairs; [don’t know wheter the ped- Jer who boarded in the house was the one I heard going down stairs; my hogband is At No, 85 Murray street; I suppose fowl flud him there now, if you send; 1 couldn’t tell who he works for, as | have never been there; I read in the newspapers that a woman in white nad visited the house; IT can’t tell what paper it was that I read tt in; the overskirt of my white dress has a ruie, the dress proper was plain; ic did not occur to me that 1 was the woman in white who visited the doctor’s house until I was subpeepaed; I could hear the doctor's footsteps on the stone steps, as he went out, /rom the second story. Mrs. Caroline Bowlsby was recalled by the de- fence and asked if she knew that Mr. Conklin, of Paterson, shot himscif on the day of the funeral of her daughter, “Yes, was the answer. ANOTHER MRS. BOWLSSY. The next witness caided for the defence was a demure-iooking female, aged about thirty, who said her name was Mrs. Cornetia Bowisby; she lived in Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn; | am married and have six children; one of my children Is named Ag Martini Bowlsby; she is now marricd; slie ts sick now and not here, but was here on Monday; she had A POCKET HANDKERCHIEF marked; I visited you (counsel) at your office re- cently, and afterwards went to the District Attor- ney’s ofice to see the handkerchief marked “A. M. Bowlspy;” 1 would know that handberchies, ‘the handkerchief was here shown the witness, Who pronounced it the same as the one she had seen in the District Attorney's oMice, It is somewhat dirtier (nan when I first saw it; I should say that THE LETTERS ON THE CORNER OF THAT HANDEER- CHIRE were A. M., with the M partially robbed ont, also a B, which 1s partially obeerved; | don’t know how my daughter marked her handkerchiefs; we visited Dr. Rosenzweig’s On the 7th of August, the Thurs- day before my daughter was married; we had some wine at the doctor’s Nouse; my daughter got some wine op her gloves and took them off and wiped her hand with her hanckerchief; we read of the iinding of the handkerchief in the newspapers, and my daughier then said SHB WOULD BEY the handkerchtef spoken vt was hers. Crosa-examined—My nusband’s given name Is Wiiham Henry; my husband belonged to the Eciec- lic Society and { ,now he was expelled from that society; We ure not related to the Kowlsbys of Jersey; we never heard oj tiem previous to this trial; I did not see iny daughter marking her hand- kerchiel; 1 did pot make known what I knew avout THIS HANDKERCIUEP unt Mrs. Rosenzweig came to my house: } tink, about three weeks ago; 1 did i any sa‘isiaction; I did not notice particularly, what Kind of a Nanakerchief wy daughter had gt tne Rosenzweig’s, only that it Was a very comifion ond. (several questions were asked of tho witaess, ant the latter endeavored to equivocate. In fact she ently, Willully affected to musunderstand ihe @ put to ber.) A man came to our house in lyn just before my daughter got married, and wanted to sel] some stencil plates; be markel ono py daughver—marked it A. M. Bowilsby; arked ii an the ball; | was in the i that was, Broo! ement at the time; J know Ne marked 1; tais wae the only one that Was marked. TESTIMONY OF JACOB COHEN. Mr. Cohen examined :—J was sick on the Saturday the trunk Was found at the ratiroad depot; | seut for Dr. Rosenzweig, who came to me at about halt. past twelve, he gat two or three hours with me, as 1 was very sick. Cross-exatmined—I do not recollect what date It was, but 1 Know two or three days afterwards the doctor was arrested; I am @ cigar and Cigarette manuiactorer; | was #icK at my house, which is some distance from Mr. Kosenzweig’s house; the doctor was with me nearly ail the time he stald, ‘Witn the exception of going back and fortu to the store In frout. wis Cohen, a brother of pre t j wat sworn: recollect going for Dr. Rosenzwetg to attend my brovher; it Was op @ Saturday im the Jat ter part of August; 1 brought the doctor with me; J brought him to my house Le ag street; (lie doc. ome near LWO O'clock. vor ere guerslly corroporated the vestimony of his brother, without add.ng anything additional of tin Pera Samuels sworn :--I live at 47 East Broad. way; Lknow Dr. Rosenzweig: We last tume | saw him was on @ Saturday 2 ast part of July, It appeared that the above Wiimess Was Dot the nt d, consequently i sy i dae 3b 4 Ras? mROADWAY, was calied :~—J have known the prisoner for the last fix years; he has been attending my brother at co Hayard street, at the house of my father, iecently; oa the day tne doctor Was arrested he was at my house; this Was ona Monday; the doctor was also al my house on the previous Saturday; I know it was Saturday, because on that day Ido no business; I left the doctor ~ 4 father's Louse when | leit, nich was three o'clock. Wiyossexamined—I am positive it was the Sats urdsy preceding his arrest that f saw the doctor at roy jather’s house; | saw lim there about two *eloek. M Samuel Samuels sworn:—i am the President of the Warsaw Benevolent Israeitte Society, ie was asked iJ the prisoner Was a member of his koclety, and whether fe (witness) did not direct Ko- awelg Ww inquire : Te LOWREY THUG AN UNDRBTAKKR WOULD CHARGE Jor a burial The Recorder exoluded te question 5 Wt pertinent to the case. couns served igbt to recall the witness iver oad = gweig hit.@eif Was put upon the stanJ. Joseph coll, of 147 Smith street, vrooklvn, temtl- ficd:—I have known the prisoner for four years; 1 think nis character 18 good, Mest class. Cross-exainined—I!_ have hear! that}ic was a good doctor; yes, sir, have heard talk about hun, neard he was a fine gentleman; have never kuown him to re by any other bat the name of fosenzweig; I jived in the same house with him for Ya year in Williamsburg; he bad an ofice tn Prince strect ar one time; to my Knowledge he never kept an oMce for the purpose of producing abortions in Amity place; Inever heard of a Dr. Bowlsby in Prooklyn, Jacob Shenfeldt, of 315 Twenty-seventh street, kn the prisoner; his repatation as a doctor of to the repu- = medicine Was good; I do noi know much about his private character, George Bleck sworn:--Reside in Brooklyo, or Wil- Mamsburg; am the landioed of one of the previous Witnesses, Mr, Zoil; he heard that the prisoner was @ very goon doctor; never heard apybody say any- Wing against his character; did not know anything about the prisoner's repulation himself, Afeury Undrina, of No. 2i1 North Sixth street, Ww sburg, Kuew the prisoner for the-last five i e lived In tay house for one year, and aur- ng that Line he became iny doctor, Alter som > unimportant testimony as tation and character of the prisoner, ROSENZWEIG WAS PUT UPON THE STAND, He testified as follows:—lam a physician; | reside al 687 Second avenue; | graduated in Warsaw; 1 came to this country in 1865; Lestabiished my bast- ess in this country at 33 Bayard street, thea at 43 Chrystie street, then wo No. 9 Essex street, then to 16 Orchard street, then to 33 Wooster stroet, then to 208 North Sixth street, Williamsbarg; 1 remained there # little over a year; | then removed to Kart Broadway; 1 forget the number; it was vewween Rutgers and Pike streets; then at 105 First avenue; I at one t'me passed under the name of Ascher; tils was at 48 Orchard street, with Dr. Kisiil; | know the Bowlsbys, of Brookiyn; | lave kuown them about six or seven months; I never did know the Bowlsby’s of Paterson; I have heard all the testimony that has been given tn this Court; my wife nnd daughter are in Court; 1 have a baby fourteen weeks old; my wife was deiivered of that child just five weeks before my arrest; this Ranpeese in Second Tattended my wife myself; I had sent for a phys cian, but befure he arrived it was all over; the evi- dence of my wife's delivery—tnat is the soiled clothes, &c.—were put in the cellar of my house; on the Thursday preceding the Saturday spoken of #0 much I met the girl who was on the witness stand, YRTTY; Ty wife was sick at the time; I went down the lower way, got the key of the door of an apartmen' on the second floor, and then let her in through the hall door; she Inc for some arvice, and I advised her and jeft the house half an hour terwards; there was no other woman io white came to my house except this Yeuty Fox; T never saw the carman at my house; the first ume I saw him was atthe Eighteenth precinct station house; on Saturday morning { went wo the under- taker’s, Upon revuraing from sceing a patent, and asked him how much he would charge to bury a corpse, us | wanted to report the price; he told’ me the price, but } do not remember it; Mr. Samuels, the president of the society, deputed me to find out the cost of burials, and I belong myseli to another society, Where they hove @ quarrel aseut under. takers; I never saw the handkerchtef which hag been spoken of as being found in my house, and J never saw the trunk (looking at it) there; I have trunks at the house; I did not perform an operation upon Alice A. Bowisby any time 1b August, and no womun died in my house about that ume, To the Recorder—I do not know a young man Named Concklin; never Knew @ young man to come from Paterson to ecinploy me or to make arrange- ments for the boarding of any pattents, fee counsel—My daughier Rosa wore a vlue scarf. Rosenzwelg was cross-cxamined at great length by District Attorney Garvin, who, In his calm and liuperturbable way, elicited several very important He said his house on Second avenue was ot shaded marble, and an Evglish basement one; he was thirty-nine years old; lived tn Orchard and Wooster streets, then tn Willa maare and alter- wards ip Amity place, associated with Dr. Ascher, who rented the room; afier he (Ascher) left, he (the prisoner) rented the room for two years and Advertised 1m several papers under the name of Ascher; lie did not kuow Ur. Wood. ward and never saia in Woodwaru’s presence that Dr, Jacoby got a gold watch. tor a Jee and ald net tell him auything avout it, never saw the girl Nellie Willis now in Court, at No, 3 Amity place, within a year or two, and never performed an abortion upon her; he 80 emphatically stated that the undertaker’s Lestuaony was all faige; that be never ga anything about & servant girl Uelug dead near py; he dtd not remember whethey, when the under: taker was brought into the station nouse, he ae nied having ever seen him before; he did of =Know & woman named Nettle — stay- ing in his house on Friday cr Saturday nights, and when Jane Johnson swore to that she testifed to what was not true; after he returned {rom the undertaker's a man named Richards was In front of the prisoner's house, and they and the landlord of the liquor saloon on the corner bad some drinks; it might have been later than eleven o'clock when he (the prisoner) was talking with Richards, Before he left the stand Rosenzweig aid he never performed an aboruon at any place In the city ot New York, nor did he Know of any woman being brought ta his house, dead or auve, during the week of the wleged occurrence wuo had aay operation per- formed upon her. REBUTTAL. Albert White, examined for the prosecution: Recelveu the trank trom Ovlicer Murphy, of @ ‘Ywentieth precinct; placed # in the dead hous: David O'Brien, connected with the hospital, sa the trunk that might; was present when the tnuk Was opencd (ideutifies tne trunk); there were two quilts, a plece of unbleached musiio, a@ small piece of carpet and a napkin (idenuftes (he contents of the trunk, a8 enuinerated» Mr. Howe, for the defence, was about cross- examinig tie wiluess, when the Kecorder asked counsel if he denied the identification of the con- tents of the trank, Mr. Hovs— No, Your Honor, if their identification ADSL » How did the body he? Nothing was under @ arlicies were all fow long after you saw the tronk did ity Immediately after; a comm was then prepared; examined the articles that aight but did not mark them; the trunk was then placed in the Morgue, tn care of the keeper: no one bad coexs to the deadhouse but the keeper; It was not 1; anybody mivht go to the aeadhouse during night, but not likely; saw the trunk the next morning; never marked che articles, but recognized tuem by general appearance, not by marks; am pretty cerlain that tne articles in Court are te same that Were in the trunk, but would not swear to them. ‘ro the District Attorney—Have no doubt bui the articles are the same, David O’Brien re-examined :—Recollects the open- Ing of the trank; was present whi ened; Witness opened the trunk and took out the body, Mr. Howe—The room where the trunk was kept was locked ail night; [locked the door of the room myeelf. William W. Woodward, examined by Mr. Gar- vin:—Saw the prisoner once before at 179 Bleecker street, in Dr. Harrison's house; Us was last spring, March or April, Q, Did you Know the prisoner before? No; he Was Introduced to me as Dr. Ascher, Q State what occurred tn conversation between you aud prisoner at that latrodaction, Mr, Howe objected. Overruied, Alter the prisoner came to ifarrison’s oflee he wanted to sead out for refrestments, ut pr. Harrison would not,permit it; rigon askel Aseler how he had settled that matter between himselt and Dr. Jacobi, alias Franklin. Mr. HOWs—State now only what you know. Witnrss—Harrison asked how he (prisoner) and Dr. Jacopi, alas Fraukiln, had made out avout that woman; Ascher replicd that he had received $56, and that they tad divided that sum between them, put afterwards fearning that Jacob, alias Franklin, had also gota gold watch In payment, he (Ascher) bad demenged ty and had got it The wiiness wilted under Mr. Howe's cross-examt- nation, admitting that he Was engaged in doing nothing, was private secretary to Harry Hil, a cor- respondent of tie Volice Gazertr, &., all whieh hons oradle oecupations he had seemed to have surrep- dered, Little Importance was utiacied to the evi- deuce of this party. Nellie Willis, examined by Mr. Garvin:—Knew tho prisoner; saw him first two y t December; sawhim at No. 3 Amiy place; ku him as br Ascher: went to him to perform an operation. Mr. HOWE objected. OVERRULED. Woat occurred? He performed an operation on me With instruments; as gone three montis and a halts On the second occasion applied to him, and he wrote me a prescription; toit me to come to his house on First avenue; was to have called at three o'clock; did not go; Was taken saddenly Ul and Lad go to the hospital. > CHOBS EXAMINED, Mr, Hows—Do you mean to say you went to have an abortion performed op you? A. Yes; 1 went to that man; fainted while undergotog the operation; was not married at the time; live at No 16d Wooster street, with Josephine Patterson, “What 1s your business?” ‘Nothing; [have got 4 furnished room.” Witness, ou further cross-examination, neither aid ood for herself or her cause. This closed the testimony, Mr. Howe, who was apparently fighting the cause of his cent under physical diimculties, addressed the Court aud asked Its Indulgence for hal! an hour. The Recorder quietly said, ‘We will give you til tomorrow, at ten o'clock, to refresb yoursell, Mr, ” Howe. Ihe Court then adjourned, Lost AT SBA, Iwo GI Fishing “choonery Snproved To Be Los’, with All ow Board. BosTON, Mass., Oct. 23, 1871. The fishing § ner River Queen, of Gloucester, Is given up vy the owners as lost, She hata crew of twelve persons, six of whom belonged in Glows cester, as follows :— George Robiuson, niaster, eaves a widow and four children; Albert P. Gove, leaves a widow and turee children; Johm Everson, Jaines Levenson, Charies Erien and Mark Shears, all sin le. OG reat anxiet Fitz B Rig: coster, wiile about four week gaie of the 12th inst, severe on the Banks felt lor the safety of the schooner Captain Lavan Hiand, of Glaye orge’s Hs ny singe the eported very y is J. pas been absent on ( 4 and nas not been s aud wien was