The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-03-30

EAECuTIoN OF THE MOUNTAIN MEADOW MUIR
nERER.-Snlt Late City, March 23.-John,-6>
Lee was shot at Mountain Mcadowtsu5S ~ ~
30 A N. At III o'clock sppsc p{psc;.eIv fss va.
brought out upon the ,s = tSs 'D.s. n.U was ~.
,1re h INC eneSu,anS rty and seated on his coffin,
nrSsr oS ,hs ca, drom tho shooters After the
L VI sAI w otft was read to him. Lee made O
n.r;sIa ~ W. Mt 500 words, bitterly denouncing
fnr ing and calling himself scapegoat
me sins 6fsoihers. IIe hoped God would be
<merciful. cFenicd that he was guilty of blood.
shed to the last, and maintained that his mission
TO the Meadows was one of mercy After his
speech, Parson Stokes. Methodist, made q pray
Ell, comnending the soul of the c9pd demned man
to God. Immediately after this d Eandk erchief
was placed over Lees eyes. He raised his hands
and placed them on the top of his head, sitting
firm. Marshal Nelson gave the word fire = and
five guns fired, the balls penetrating the body in
the region of the heart. Lee fell square back on
his coffin, dead. Death iIstantane eous
The body was placed in the coffin and the crowd
dispersed. There were about seventy-fv per-
sons all told on the ground. Not child or
relative was there The best order prevailed.
Lees last words to Marshal Nelson were "Aim
at my heart The body is now the way to
bo delivered to the relatives at Cedar City.
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HAYES NOT TO BE TRUsTED.-It is not to be ex-
pccted that the people of Louisiana will kiss the
rod that has smitten them SO often, enter in
70 alliance with an Administration which has
begun its career in teachery to them, and to
every pledge relating to the withdrawal of the
troops. They have nothing to negotiate about.
Nichols is Governor, and his authority is not
disputed In the State, except by faction Of
corrupt carpet-baggers in New Orleans, propped
up by the presence of Federal force.
When Hayes hesitatedt to make good his PROM
iscs after entering the White House. and sought
frivolous excuses for nom action, it was evident
that he either mediated treachery, or wanted
moral cosrNgc to execute the task of so called
-"concilation." He has vacilliated from day
. 20 day and swung backward and forward, until
3lis weakness, or his baseness has sought the
present mode of relief from vexatious pressure.
We are not disappointed in this outcome, be-
cause, after u thorough examination of Hayes's
career, nothing could be discovered in it which
attracted confidence inspired admiration
His last canvass for Governor of Ohio, where he
introduced religion an element Of the cam
paign, upon the most false and scandaleus pre-
text, showed him to be low and INSCRIPTIONS
demagogue, capable Of prostituting what most
men hold sacred. to serve the ends Of party and
personal ambition.-Cor. ". Y. Sun.
The Louisiana commission is losing ground
1t is coming to be understood that there is no
authority for it in law and no money to pay its
expenses. IL has no power to administer oath hs, ,
and its decision will have no legal force what
ever.
The Cabinet had two hours session. Some
INFUSION WAS ulaue 10 SOutn CnfoHna ana L0uSl-
ana. The President reported progress in form
ing the commission, exhibiting answers declin-
ing to serve. 1t is positively ascertained that
Wheeler will not serve and that At ad journment
Gov. Brown was the only person who had acceL-
ted. Beyond this no information was youch-
safcd.
WAS 1T HYDROPHoBIA Elizabeth Klages, n
threc-years-old child of st. Nicholas avenue
near l34th street, n. Y, was bitten on the cheek
near the ear by dog about month ago The
wounds were well cauterized, and healed. The
dog was not supposed to be rabd. On the 18th
inst, however, the child was seized with con-
vu)sions Of the thorax and upper extremities
and died in about twenty-four hours. There
was no hydrophoba in the opinion of her ply
sician, and he gave the cause Of death "c0n-
vusions seemingly arising from irritation Of
pneumogastric nerve"
Mr.. Jefferson Davis, assisted by Major w. T.
Walthali a well known literary gentleman resi-
ding in Mobile, is engaged in writing history
"f the part he took in the eventful struggle that
resulted in the overthrow Of the confederacy.
lie carefully preserved all the historical materi-
nj that came into his hands during the war, and
mn exceedingly interesting and valuable work
will surely be the result of his pen. The work
will be known rs the memoirs Of Jefferson Da-
WIS., and will be issued from the press Of the
Mcssrs Appleton duriD0 tho preeent vear