Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-22

TIE GREATEST OF HANGINGS.-The great
est hanging that ever occurred 10 the | nted
States took place iu 1863 in the town of Man
kato, Blue Earth county, Minnesota, which is
situated uear the southern border of the State.
in the previous year great lndan war bad
ragged on the frontier, during which over seven
hundred whites, mostly women and children,
We're maSsacred, and ou the defeat OF the In
daDS aud the end of the war three hundred
anu three OF the SavagcS were tried by court
martial for murder and condemned to death
President Lincoln interfcred however, to pre-
Vent such a wholesale iLh:ction of the death
penalty, aud respitcd all but thirty. y.eight, who
We're hargcd together in the presence of vast
crowd which had assembled from all directions
10 witness the execution.
Il correspondent Of the Cincinnati CONNER
clal has recently ccnverscd with witnesses OF
the terrible scene, who gave him i tul account
of the affair When the death warrant was
read to the thirty-el ght condemned Indians
they received their sentcDce very cuOliy. Not
fully compreheuding the import of the instru-
n.cut at the close Of the first paragraph they
g:ye hearty grunt Of approval; but as the
leading proceeded aud they discovered the
diff of the document they RETAINED from
further manifestations of appreciation, though
and. Nearly all Of them maintained stoical
dcmcanor up 10 the time of their execution ex-
ccpt when the caps were placed on their heads.
These caps were made long and locked like
nleal sacks, but being rolled up only covered
the forehead, allowing their painted faces to be
seen. When they had been adjusted on few
OF The indians, SO that each could see the un-
1!gnlhcd and grolesque effect on the others,
they appeared to be exceedingly humiliated
Hnd dl>hrartencd. But they are described as
having gone cheertuy to the gallows, some
even Jostius aud crowding the others in their
'assrness to be first. As they asccnded the
sSaio:d the death song was started, and when
'''ey had all got up the noise of their deep,
s"Hnillng VOICES was tcariuly impressive.
hen the Sc,tfuId fell and left the thirty
e'Sn' bodies dangling in the air, several of the
,,HHu.mned ,H We're seen endcavoring to clasp each
",'t't Wv. handS. One young fellow managed to
-. i esar undsr his white cap, aud smoked
;aau. ~ '1i; a>t. The. Indians respted by Pres
:n: ": Elllcoin We're Ia ken to an island 10 the
-iI's'Iis>ipp' near Davenport, where they wele
closely confined Tor year.
N1"|,N" \ Boy Up IN THE MORNING can
na'u1E De classcd under the head of 'pas-
meS Especially IT the boy is fond of exercise
,! uas pclore. And ii is a little singular that
laa "eAl hardest thing to getting boy out of
% rvu IS getting him iuto it. There is rarely a
,r.i uo.!'er VINO Is a success at rousng boy All
,Io Io'i1erS Know this; so do their boys Aud yet
SH >;' mother seems to 60 at it ia the right way
,ne opens the stair door and insinuatingly OBJ
|nHsS' ..n' johnny There is no response.
'IHhu-"A' Still no response Then there is
,,' snort' sharp John followed moment
lin.o I"r oy a prolonged and emphatic "John
4 ,;s",, ;S"!' \ grunt from the upper regions sig
.tDes ,b mat an impression has been made, and
,,s .s uo'l'er Is encouraged to add You bet
,1 Y, pe getting down here to your break Fast,
;o~"S WV 'oan, before | come up there an give
q ;So i" something you'll feel. This so startles
u Sg :oung man that he immediately goes to
a ,sai, p again. And the operation has to be re-
q a ,ta.su several times. a father knows nothing
j A. sVU' ms trouble. He merely opens his mouth
9 = Saa-botte elects its cork and the John
yo.~'! that cleayeS the air of that stairway
Tia tu'o that boy like electricity and pierces
q .s deepest recesses of his very nature. And
81 and 5FSlS out of that bed and into his clothes
81 csmn'q "oSq the stairs with promptuess that is
81 self seitSa'S9dabe. 1t is rarely boy allows him.
81 one. usregard the paternal summons. About
a >so, year Is believed to be as often as is con-
Il ta,han. with the rules of health. He saves his
hess great may steps by his thoughtful
N'>-Danbu,y Ners.