Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-12-06

The Salt Lake lNountaineer of October
10Th, gives the foll' wing account Of the
execution of Thos. II. Ferguson, in that
city-this being the first judicial execu-
ton that has ever taken place in Utah
Territory =
About l A. NJ yesterday, Thomas
II. Ferguson was taken out ofthe prison
at the Court Honse, by U. S. Marshal
Do,son and others, and place. in a wag-
on in 'front.' OF his coffin. The detachment
Of militia, ordered out by Governor Cum
ming for the occasion, and under the
command Of Major Lott Smith, formed
around the wagon. PIX Dotsor, U. S.
Marshal; J. +. Stene, Deputy u. S.
Ma, shall; r. T. Burton, County Sheriff;
an J. c. Little, City Marshal, and 9TH
ers, being at the head of the procession,
it passed, accompanied by all increasing
number Of spectators, through the city to
the gallows, on the beach a few hundred
yards north of the city wall and east Of
City Creek Canon.
Mr.. J. II. Johnson, Mr.. T. S. Williams
Zone of his attorneys), and another man,
by pc. MISSION, conversed With the Grim
NAL lie then assembled the scaff Id
with finn step. After which he &C :
dressed the people rarnblingly for about
three quarters Of an hour. We have not
space TO insert more than bis views con-
corning his trial -
In eight day. after my arrest l was
called upon tor trial; was brought forth,
AID stood ready to spswer for the Of
tense l had committed.
was ,ried by the statutes Of Utah
Territory which give a nan the priv"
ge IF bciny shot, hehead d or hung,
bnt WAS it given to me? No, !, was not
Al Judge Slucair wanted va. 10 SEN
tence some enc to be hung th,n he was
W Ling to leave the Territory. He had
COO mach wuiskey in bis head to know
what day lie Sen 9. ced me 10 be executed
on, an! won d not have Known, it it had
i.ot beer for he pc pie OF y ali laugh ne
o m, d telling him it would 20 o..
Sunday. A nice Judge TO send to any
;oun.ry.
an not afraid to die, but would have
ked it better If had hal fair trial !;
and I would have felt bette # Governor
Cumming had oommut my sea,euce to
the penitentia y; That m ght have been
better prepared to die.
l hone, gentlemen, Il at the next Judge
that ID sent here will be temperate
judge, judge that will be capable of at
tending to his business; ] hope be will
be Judge that will do his business
straight.
after closing his public remarks, the
condemned man cOnversed little with
the Marshal, and requested to be prayed
with, which was briefly done by Mr.. Fl.
Jacobs. Ferguson then said Gentlemen,
bid you all farewell
The rope being adjusted, and white
cap drawn over the culyrit's face, at 3s
minutes after IL o'clock Mr.. Leonard |.
Smith cut the rope which held the drop,
and the unhappy man expired in few
minutes. Between 1000 aud 5000 peo-
pie were present. He was Immediately
buried near the gallows.
DEATH OF WAsn1NGToS IRvING.-
A deep shadow has fallen OF the sweet
Sunnysice Of the Hudson, and with
electric flight the raven wing has dark
ened the homes of the people OF the
continent. Washington Irving, the
telegraph briefly announces, is dead
He was the GENIAL, old school author, to
whom our countrymcn owe an accumu-
lated fund OF exquisite enjoyment and
delicious reeollections. None of our
eminent living authors ha! been so long
before the public as Irving, and no other
was closer knit to the American heart.
He began his career with the dawn Of
American literature, and in his twentieth
year gave the public the first indication
of the rich vein of humor and invention
in the Jonathan OldstyIe Letters in &he
Morning Chronicle, 1902. After spend
ing few years in European travel to
recuperate his health, in 1906 he wrote
the sparkling papers in Salmagundi, and
the appearance Of the KnicLerbocker.
the Sketch Book, Braoebridge Hall, and
Ialea OF . trave,er, stamped him a. a
universal favorlte with the reading
world.
Mr.. Irving maintained his ascendency
to the end in his productions iliustr alive
of Indian life, end bis elaborate histor-
ical works, the Life Of Columbus, Hsto>
~ Of Mahomet, Biography Of Goldsmith,
and his last and moot valued dedication
to his countrymen, the Life Of Washing.
too. Sunnyside, bis charmi g retreat on
the Hudson, reflected more and uore
mellowlg the setting sun, for fortune
came with troops Of friends to cheer the
oil Story-King In his u, disputed realm.
1t is stated that Of " Arlington Irvinp's
"ork,-exclasive of the lie OF Wash.
ington and Sketch Book there have
been sold, within the last zen years.
twsDty-two thou-and sets Of fifteen VOL
umes each. OF the Sketch Book thirty
Eve thousand copies have been dis'rb
uted !; and of the Life Of Wash,nytoo.
forty-two thousand sets of five volumes
each, at prices ranging from seven to |
ei9bty-h doIla's per set. Thi, gives a |
grand total Of Ave hundred and seventy
five thousand volumes disposed OF since
l640. Mr.. Irving received as the reward
Of his FRAMEWORK, the snug sum of
seventy i've thousand dollars in the past