The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-09-29

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support and fealty are alike due. -
Daily Richmond Dispatch. .ss., .
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A Japanese Execution.
While we lad been making our tour
of inspection, the doomed culprit had
been unlashed and dlsmounted from lis
horse at the gate. But when set OH his
feet he was unable TO stand, owing to
weakness and tho constrained and pain
ful position in which he had been kept
so long, and his guards were obliged 10
carry him into the precincts CT tho prs.
on. Here an ample breakfast had been
provided. of which he ate heartily and
with evident enjoyment After fnll
half hour it was intlmatrd to him that
his presence was expected. Win the
assistance Of an attendants on each side
he walked slowly into I he execution
ground, and placed kneeiing and sitting
on his heels, in the universal Japanese
posture, behind small hole dug out for
tho reception OF his head Some ten
yards in from. of him and separated by
n rope running across the square, sat
the presiding yakonin and the prison au
lhmities, calmly Sannins themselves;
and beyond these again were Tho six
or eight foreigners who had been ad-
mitted. The prisoners arms were then
piniencd behind his back but before tho
cloth was tied over his eyes he request
ed that minutes grace might be al
lowed him. This being granted, no
raised weak quavering voice to its
highest pitch, and screamed out, MY
Friends |" Immediately an unearthly
chorus Of walls answered the poor
wretch from his friends outside the wall,
none Of whom could be seen from the
interior This was followed by "Syona
ra,' (good by,) and by a deeper and
moro prolonged wall from the crowd
outside. Tie prisoner then signalled
to his guards that he was ready, and
submitting quietly to the operation Of
bli"dfolding; the executioner stepped
up and carefully adjusting the victims
head little OF one side, 80 MS 10 hang
exactly over the hole prepared to re
ceivc it, signifed that al waa ready
the word was given, when, whhoMt
raising his weapon more than q foot
above the neck Ut the condemned, tho
execntioncr brought down his weu IN
with an audible tlnd, bich severed the
head instantly from the body.
Immediately the bead fell It was
seized, carefully washed and cleansed,
the procession was reformed as before
except that the horse previously ridden
by the deceased now carried the execu.
toner III charge Of the lifeless bead
aud wendcd its way to raised h,oand
at the eide Of a highway quarter Of n
mile distant. Here kind Of gal1ows
had been erected, and on this was
placed the deaf mans head, supported in
its position by cay, there TO remain six
days, in sight Of nIl passers by, and
warning to all evil doers.-Lyn,ao A6-
bolt, i" Hqrpey's Magazine. ,.s
e Memo CONSTABLE SuoT. IN -SuEfu
CARollNA.--About ,tl:rK nli Thntgitay
evening, Sam Spencer, ons III the negro
selectmen of Hamburg, ard Gus Robin
son, the mula.to constable WHO figures
around Prince Rivers Congo Court,
with thoir artillery bnckled around them,
took an offi2ial stroll down the South
Carolina Railroad ne far down as the
Dead Fall. Their object, we learn, was
to procure the arrest Of subject, to be
dealt with according to the most approx.
ed misunderstanding OF the law for
which Rivers is celebrated. When
they reached the above point, they
were met by couple OF white men,
whose names we have not ascertained,
one of whom opened fire on them with
pistol, the ball taking effect IN the
fteshy part Of The constable's left arm.
Spencer claims TO have fred two shots
at the white mon, but must have fired
wide Of the mark, rs himself and asso-
ciate soon returned to Hamburg without
effecting any arrests. No arrests have
yet been made, but the "loiT' were in a
ferment yesterday morning, boiling up
the occurrence as a Ku Klux outrage
for publication in their Charleston or
gan. The wound received by the con-
stable is not considered at all serious.
One OF his negro sympathizers is prcpar
cd to identity the white man who did
the shooting, and it ID confidently assert
ed that lie WI! DO arres!ed--whether
the right one or not being matter of
small coneern to the radical tense Of
Justice which controls the new regime.
-A%J"s!s Coast;!%%!:onGl:ss.
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The OUTLOOK IN NVIRaINIA.--IH Wash
tngton, September 20. .--Ths naohliiifiia-
tons of Measrs. Wilson, Butler and
Boutwell,, TO prevent che admission Of
Virginia are almost certain to farl at
the very outset. General Sherman is
decidedly opposed toany fnr.her oppo-
sitlon to reconstruction, and will refuse