Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-25
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
DOMESTIC.


II appears that Hates seduced her when she
was about Is years old. She claims that
he has held her in life of sin and slavery
ever since. Recently she attended a pic
mic without his permission, and when she
returned he charged her with infdelity,
knocked her down, beat her in a brutal
manner, and then tore her clothes off her
person, and after pouring burning fluid all
over her set fire to her and endeavored to
burn her alive. The interference Of some
of the people in the house prevented the
contamination of his wicked design. On
Friday evening last he whipped her in the
most brutal manner, and swore he would
disfgure her so that she would never be
able to go out. Great effort was made by
interested parties to keep the details of the
affair from the public. Hates is held in
$4,000 bail for his appearance at court.
CHARLESTON, S. C., Aug. l7.-There
were exciting times last evening in Column
bia, caused by the proceeding under habeas
corpus for the release of ex-Treasurer Par
ker. The application was heard at p. NJ.
before Judge Mackey, by Parker's counsel,
claiming his discharge under the provision
of the Constitution prohibiting imprison-
ment for debt. The Sheriff s return failed
to allege that the case was one of fraud, q
charge which is expressly excepted in the
constitutional prohibition of Imprisonment
for debt, and after argument the Judge re-
leased the prisoner. The court room was
soon filled with an excited crowd, and Par
ker was Immediately re-srrested on war;
rant for grand larceny, but his counsel
waived an examination, urging that the
amount involved in the alleged robbery
had nothing TO do with the amount of bail,
and succeeded in getting him released on
two thousand dollars bail. 1t is generally
believed that Parker will escape and forfeit
his bail. The NelCs and Courier de-
nounces the release of Parker as gross
judicial outrage, and job put up by GER
tain State officials who feared Parker
would implicate them in his enormous rob-
berries.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. ia special from
Benton, Franklin county, Illinois, says 10
disguised men have been whipping and 9TH
erwise abusing the people of Williamson
and Franklin counties. j. b. Maddox, the
County Commissioner, received information
that the marauders would visit his house
and whip him for not complyingIwith one
of their orders. Maddox notified the Sher-
if, who summoned twenty men and conceal
ed them in Maddox's house. A bout
o'clock that night ii men approached, dis
guised and mounted. The Sheriff demand
cd their surrender, when the leader fred,
missing the Sheriff. The Band wheeled to
make off when the posse fired on them fatal
ly wounding one and injuring five. They
all got away but the man fatally hurt, who
gives the names of the others.
The citizens held a meeting and resolved
TO rid the country Of these men, The band
numbers 400. Governor Beveridge sent
100 stand of arms to the county, and
bloody results are expected
RALEIGH, N. c., Aug. 1S.-The larg-
est sale of tobacco ever made in North
Carolina was from the large mandatory of
W. L. Blackwell & Co., at Durham, this
morning, filling Philadelphia order for
$500 cases, amounting to over 100000.
New YORK, Aug. l8.-Wm. b. Duncan,
of the firm of Duncan, Sherman g. Co., has
published circular in which he proposes
to their creditors to pay 33t per cent. in
full settlement of the Indebtedness of the
firm, about 43 per cent. being the proper
ton of the assets to the liabilities, as shown
by the assignee's statement. He offers to
pay 81 per cent. before November 9th,
1875; 8 per cent. before May 9th, 1876
per cent. before Nov. 9th, 1876 8 per
cent. before May 9th. 1877; 10 per cent.
before Nov. 9th, 1877, with interest at
per cent. per annum until paid. As Sc
curity for the fulfllment of rhi. agreement
the assets are TO be held and administered
by Mr.. Duncan, under advice OF Commits
sioners consisting Of Robert LenoX Kenne-
dy, President of the National Bank of
Commerce, and Geo. W. Duer, President of
the National Bank of the State of New
York. Mr.. Duncan also says that should
the assets bring more than 331 per cent the
creditors will have the benefit thereof.
READING, PA, Aug. 2l.-Yesterday, the
funeral of Mrs. Philip Bessinger and her
three children, whose death, by drowning,
occurred here Tuesday, took place here.
The utmost excitement prevailed and very
large concOurse of people followed the
bodies to the grave in q procession com
prising over thirty carriages and not less
than one thousand people on foot. For an
hour before the time for the funeral the
house was surrounded by excited people,
and the excitement was so great that de-
tachment of police kept guard on the prem
ises. The circumstances attending the
death of the mother and her children were
such as to create the strongest interest,
which paItakes largely Of indignation.
Bessinger is the keeper of a saloon here,
and his family consisted of himself, his
wife, three small Children boy and two
girls-snd his'mother also made her home
with his family, OF late, it is said, there
has been considerable unhappiness, caused,
the neighbors say, by the treatment of
Mrs. Bessinger by her husband and his
mother. The report commonly accepted is
that Bessinger had bestowed his affection
upon an unmarried woman, from Phila-
delphia, who be frequently had at his
house, and who was boldly accorded au-
thority. On Monday it is stated, a quar-
rel took place between the husband and
wife on this account, and he ordered his
(his wife, out of his sight he told her he
would give her $4,000 to go away and re-
turn no more, she to take the two girls
and he to keep the: boy, and threatened
to kill her if she returned.
This prospect Of separation from one of
her children, added TO the previous unhap-
piness Of her position. manifestly proved
upon her mind and she was very much de-
pressed, On Tuesday, accompanied by her
three children, she left the house and enter
ed the street car, in which she rode out of
the city for the distance Of about two miles
and half to a point on the bank Of the
canal. She had basket with her, and this