The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-09-14

two soldiers Till the drop fell. am us.
SurCd hy two persons who saw her con-
stantiy during those las, days, and who
attended her to the foot of the raIDws
and remained there till all was over. that
those statements were entirely untrue.
The unhappy woman had, years before,
suffered from complaint peculiar to her
sex, from which she had considered her
sell cured, but the terrible agitation, con.
ilnement III damp cell, Which contained
nothing but the cot-no, even a chair
brought on the old trouble in aggravated
form, 80 during the closing hours Of her
life she was utterly unable TO stand from
physical sickness. Judge Clampitt. who
WAS present, says that until the last in
stnnt there worn
srRoNG HOPES oF.A PARDON,
or ut least of n rcpricve for her. Gen
hancock iirmly believed that one would
arrive, so lie stationed cava!rvmen. IA
couricrs, all along the line from the White
House TO the Arsenal, that the word
might not come too late from DELAY en-
transit. There are some ghouls who late.
" used that circumstance Of his humani.
~ rs Il political weapon against him. lie
knew that nj the trial it was first propos.
ed To acquit Mrs. Surratt, or at any rate
to spare her life. TO this the Judge Adj
rocnte General objected, on account of the
tronLlous times when examples" must
be made, but proposed instead that the
Commission render the same udgmenta AZ
III The other cases, with Il recommends
ton to the President for mercy in her
case. Long atlerward Andrew johnson
declared, upon his honor, that ho never
saw the recommendation, and did not
know OF its existence til! two years later.
% a
papers connected with the case, he sent
for them, and then for the first tino
found the recommendation among them,
IN q dctuchcd .i0ym.
Upon the morning Of the execution,
Payne, who though M assassin, was Il
iiiHii III DC believed made dying ticcia-
ration to Gen. Hartran!t, the special pro-
viost marshal, who sent To tho President
the following words "The prisoner,
Payne, has just sworn to me that Mrs.
Snrratt IL entirely innocent Of the assas-
snation of President Lincoln, or of anv
knowledge thereof. llo also states that
she had no knowledge whatever of the
abduction plot; that nothing was ever
SAID to her about it, and that her name
was never mentioned by the parties con.
nected Herewith" And then Mt tho
close of the letter, Gen lIartranit adds:
II bcfierc Ifty2'c has toM tie hwM'-nnd
80 does every other unprciudiced person
to-day. The letter was placed before the
President by Judge Clampitt himself,
accompanied by Annie Surratt, who in
an agony of supplcation begged upon
her knees for her mothers life; but all
was Of no avail, for Mrs. SurratL's dcnth
HAD BEEN pErEKMIxED uroH
III political necessity. The weak Ex.
ecutive was not more terrified in the chair,
To which "thc lottery uf assassination
had raised him, by dread of imaginary
OWLS TO come, than were his Cubnc. and
others in high places, while blind preju-
dlccs and All insatintc t'iirst for revenge
ran riot among the masses.
In the southeast corner Of the Penilen-
tiary iuclosurc the scailold stood, that
portion Of the old wall yet remaining
serving to mark the spot. What pen can
describe, what imagination conceive the
parting scene between the dcsparing
young daughter and the mother about
being led out to death When the last
moment had come, and, according to mex
oraole law. the hanging could no longer be
delayed, the order Of execuliun WAS Civ
en-. and the solemn march began.
First came the Invited boy Harold
scarcely ninetrcn--thc slave and tool
OF Booth, who bad gigglcd all through
tho trial nnd now gnZed vacnn:ly about
him, too dazed to comprehend the situu.
| ton. Next came Azlcrodt, to whom had
been assigned the task Of killing the
Fice.Prcsident, and who was in state
of object terror Then Payne marched
forward with firm tread, like soldier
going to battle, having just remarked
that he knowingly took his life in bis
hands when he attempted to murder the
Secretary of State, and accepted death ns
tho result, md last came Mary Surratt,
the whilom belle, upborne by two soldiers
| and preceded by Father Walter. bearing
cr,cifx, upon which she s,cadfustly
gazcd. After extreme JUNCTION had been
granted her by the priest, and she had
been
a;!KlVEN FOR ETERNITY,
when the order came Cor her to ascend
the scaiioid she begged, "Aoy kathcr,
may lnot tcH these peoI,ie bcforc / tic hm
I am innorsnt Of tie crime /or mhich Iharc
been rOni,mncd"
mo, my child" replied tho priest,
the world and all that is in it has now
receded from you forever. Let nothing
disturb the serenity of your last mo.
ments"-and this while the siricks of
her daughter were ringing in her ears
When the bodies were cut down and
cotfned they we're at first buried inside
the prison, uncier the zoor Of tie s.cond
story, the heavy stones being removed,
forming vault Of solid masonry. This
IS not generally known, but is neverthe-
less fact, for have it on the authority
| Of M witness.
at the arsencl they tell you grim stor-
ies of
sPOOKS
that trail up and down at "witching
| hours" moaning and wailing. The of.
ficers make light of the idea, but the men
firmly believe it, and take gruesome
pleasure in relating how, on moonlight
nights, spectral gibbet rises where the
real one stood, and upon it ghosts bob
up sercnely," sometimes swaying to and
fro for hours rs if they enjoyed it.
| MAcKEY's BLAspHEMY.---"The Bour-
bon Democracy have hung out the black
flag of defiance against American civili-
zation. On questions Of financial policy
they are absolutely without principle.
The Representatives Of tho Southern
| States in CODOrese have honr, yotipp NTH