THIS PAPER Is ooclisDed every afternoon, Baadayi ex- pt6 by JOSH. T. J A M E8, EDITOR AMD rROPRlJCTOR. 9 U D8CHI PTI0N8, P03TAC E PA 1 1 . in- 00 Hix months. 12 SO : mree moathiSl 35: One month, W cents. fne paper will be delivered by carriers, 'rN of charge, in any part of the city, at the , above rates, or 13 eenta per week. Advertising rate loir and liberal Subseribera will please report any and 11 failure to reeetre their papers rejrulrly New Advertisements. REVOLUTION in CARPETS SROWN & RODDICK, u -45 filarket St. Will show the largest assortment of Carpets South of New Yorl". t'Virpcts, Carpets, Cairpets Carpets. further particulars next week j ;rpet, J Carpets, a - . : Carpets, Carpets. Over $250,000 Represented in this New Enterprise. Carpets, Carpets, . CaiiittF, . Carpets. Wo invite all- to call . who have ' AfVY iiea of purchasing such goods. . Carpets, Carpets, Carpets, Carp ers. M We also invite all to call whether they have any idea of pur chasing . or liot. Carpets ! Caroets I Caroets BROWN & E0DDICK, ' 49 darket Street, nov 7 Lavender Water, yfiRSNA WATER. New lot freh dragi tad a fall and oomplete stock of Fancy Arti- cla for the Holiday Trade. Every thiig guaranteed freib, pore axd of but quality, T. C. MILLER, Corner 4th and lVuu Streets. Open day and nig hL jan t-tf DOlll'T FORGET THAT THE Boston 5 and 10 Cents I Store, - - 11 IS THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE STORE OF THE KLND IN THE STATE. ' And the Cheapest Place to Buy TIN. GLASS AMD WOODEN WARE CROCKERY. V And 999 Other HOUSEKEEPING ARTICLES X Special inducements to Country Merchants., f C7" Xew Goods received daily at No. North Front street. . " jan 7 nrt VOL.IV. LOCAL NEWS. Jfew Advertisements. A. A I. Saaiaa Belling Off ! P ilEiHBBEBOia Black-Books E G Bima A Co Frefch Lime. jA K Walker, Caia'r Dividend Notice. Albx Fpacmt A Sob Notice to Con:gn- eea per German barq le Marie Kay per. Wii dow ;iass--ali sizes at Itafl'er & I'ric:s. . - f. lion. D 11. M ician, from llarnett county, is iu the city. Ir li i: Kim, i ukii i, heiico, arrived at v buy mi ;i) ir IJuiM Hi, , -IP's IM-lii M'anisbip !:, tfnf,,,; Do re, lifii:te, arrivtd at. New V rk m.tb-7'h inst. The feminine piuverb i: A birlon the bonnet is wurt-ii two on the to int. - - 'Bo) s, don't bemi loo n;ch time on' your toilet; the girls arJ much absorb ed in tbeir own to notice it mucb. One of eminent learning h)s that socb as would excel in arts mutt 'xoel in in dustry except 'au 'indushmis drinker. Messrs. E. G. Hut kef Cj are in re ceipt of a' chargo o( 1 '100 barrels fresh Rockland lime, which th3y are selling low. Ba.qie J. S. Wnnl, Atki :5-ii, .John DouijLi.is, Tarker, and b,th schooner loadr- 1 vi;h gu;tin, sailed iroui N tv -ssjl on the L"JU'ult., 'or this poit. The Directors of the- . First National Bnnk of Wilmington have declared a dividend of three per cent., payable on and alter rke 12th ib.! The two important events in the life of man are when he examines his upper lip and sees the hair com!ng,-and when be ex amines the top of his bead and sees the hair going. Peter Leitcb, colored, who was found guilty -of the death of his wife's para- amour, was to have been hanged to-day at LumbertowD, but we are infoimed that the execution dfd not take place. - A . We -are pleased to learn that Mr. Tho3. B. Henderson, who has teen seriously ill at his residence in tbij city for the past three weeks, is now on the mend and we hope to see Lim on the streets in a few days. Christmas Fire Dogs and Fire Irons Fluting 'Machines and every sort- of flud ware at lowest sort of cash prices at Jacobi's. .. The use of Halt's Vegetable Sicilian wer will keep the hair from falling out. Entirely Recovered. . . New Yojrk City, June 16, 1879. II. H. Wabben & Co. Gentlemen I hereby certify that my wile has been using Warner s csaie rviuney ana iiver 0ure for Rright's Disease, and she is now entirely recovered -When all physicians remedies failed, she was. ladnced to try your remedy, and received beneficial re sults from the urst bottle. Alter Using four bottles she was entirely cured. Yours truly Robert B. Fitzgebald. Prognostications. - The observations taken at the Signal Station are always valuable and correct, but figures do not entice the general reader. A most significant fact about the weather; and cne we wish to put en record, is the blooming of certain plants. We notice in the woods that the yellow jessamine, which blcoms in March and April, the "'white violet, which seldom comes sooner than March, and the yellow butterwort, which flowers from February to April, are in bloom now. You can buy No 1. Heating and Cook Stoves at almost any 'price by going the Factory Agency, at Jacobi's. City court. - One individual, whose verdant appear ance indicated that he was from the rural hdistricts was arraigned for. being drunk and down last night. Id conseqaeace of the truly rural characteristics in the cas the Mayor dismissed the defendant with a warning in regard to his future con duct. Georgiana Gause, colored, chirfed with being drunk and down, was the next esse, and was fined $5 or told she could go be low for ten days. Not baying the spon dulicks, the defendant went down to the CP. , Wo. Ncrmeut, colored, charged with disorderly conduct, was then brought up to the bar of the Court, but after hearing the evidence the Mayor reserved his decis ion; This concluded the proceedings and the Court adjourned. WILMINGTON, N. (X FRIDAY- JANUARY THE BLACK CAP. Execution of Allan Mathls for the ' Murder of Reuben Herrlnz-TUe Sentence or the Law Carried Oat in Trlvate The Murderer's Last Hours on Earth History ol the Crime &c, Ac, Allan Mathis, tin man who first cor rupted Reuben. Herring's wife and after a criminal intercourse with her which con- tinned for saoro than five years, wound up the record of his sin by murderiag the wronged and deceived husband, perished to-dav ou the callows. The crime was oitniitted in Pender county and the par t es to it were all colored. A ILAN MATIJIS was a likely looking fellow, about 3 or 85 ye.irs of age, but one shade removed from a full-blooded African,. He was of a slight build, seme rive ' ieet eight or O . ' w nine inches and with an Intelligent look. Ha was condemned in the Superior Court for this county, December, term, and, was hung torday. The condemned EO&n has been atteuded for wees 3 past by clergy - men, principally of his own color. Rev, J. G. Fry.waa with him last night and prayed and exhorted with him through out the eatire nbzht. Mathis did not profess religion as he bad been a member of the Baptist Church, some years ago but hedied,be it said.thoroughly penitent. THE 110 BR APPROACHES. As the last hour approached the crowds' which had been b warming around the jail enclosure and which were especially thick on Fourth street, became very dense, although thsre was no disturbance. Within the jail yard abotu) forty or fifty parsons had been admitted while of this number probably two-thlrda were as sembled on the scafiold awaiting the appearance of the condemned man. The hour specified by the Sheriff was 12 o'clock . and as this hour approached and was numbered only by minutes, the ex citement became intense. Finally, promptly at the stroke of twelve, Mathis, surrounded by his spiritual advisor, left the cell and the sad procession took its short way through the outer doors of the jail and around to the South end of the building, where as we have previously described, the gallows was erected . ' ON THE SCAFFOLD. At 12.02 o'clock the precession mount ed the stand, the doomed man having the arm of Rev. J. G. Fry. As they moved slowly up the steps persons in the streets commenced shouting and kept it up until after the execution. Allan Mathis was dressed in a neat suit of brown jeans, but were an old and much worn. pair of brc r . v ' s gans. snerm aianning reaa ins orasr lor the execution! In response to a question asked by the Sheriff if he had anything to say, Mathis replied, 'I have said all I had to say and I jhavetold the truth.' A hymn was then sung and during the singing Mathis fre quently ejaculated, 'Lord, Have Mercy I 'Oh, Father Have Mercy,"Lord, I'll soon be with you.' A prayer was offered by Rev. J. G. Fry and at its conclusion the doomed man said, . 'I am much obliged to you ministers for being with me and what j you have done. I have nothing against anyone and am ready to go.', Jost at this point at was thought that the doom-. ed man would give away, so weak and nerveless was he, but the prayer of the Episcopal Church, for such an occasion, read by the Rev. O. O Brady, seemed to nerve him and give him strength. "good bye" ... was said, Mathis shaking bands with those around him and saying he wonld 'meet them at Judgment.' At 12:13 Mathis, in obedience to a motion from the Sheriff, stepped upon the trapx and the rope was then adjusted and the black cap was drawn over his face. While this was being done he asked that the 'Rock of Ages be sung for hici as at his. last breath he wanted to bear sweet-singing around him. At this moment he was seized with a kind of rapture of the senses and gave evidences of being about, to break out into sheuta but the Sheriff laid a hand on his shoulder and advised him to ! be quiet and calm. The final preparations complete Sheriff Manning shook . hands with him, bade him "good .bye" and at 12:15 the' trap was sprang and admid a breathless silence the guilty bat re pentant soul of Allan Mathis passed from the earth. The arrangements were so carefully made and ..everything (worked so well that death was almost instantane ous. . The fill was about 8 feet and the nack waa broken. There were a few quiverings cf the body, a fe.v convulsive movements of the hands, and then all was still In five minutes after the fall Doc tors Walker and Lane bogan their ex amination and in ten minutes life was pronounced extinct and the body was flowered iiito the coffin. Funeral services were then held under the gallows participated in by the follow ing colored h.inisters, viz: Revs C..O' Brady J. G; Fry, D. J. Saunders, A. M. Conway, E. Morton, G. W. Price, Sr. Cornelius Sampson and Robert Lucas These concluded the body was catried to its last long home in the Patter's Field. Some idea of the expedition with which matters were conducted an expedition, by the way, which was the result of care ful and proper arrangements may be formed from the fact that within tweety five minutes of the moment- when the drop fell the body of the executed man was on its way to interment. HI TORY OP THE CRIME. ' There were three parties intimately connected with the tragedy, Allan Mathis, the murderer, Reuben Herring, the murdered man, and Lucy Herring, wife of Reuben, all of whom were colored . CAUSES WHICH LED TO THE MURDER. For a longtime Reuben bad been aware that a criminal intimacy was existing between his wife, Xucy, and "Mat hi?, and had endeavored in every possible manner, .even by an appeal to the law, to put a top to it.. His efforts, however, proved of no avail and the two cc ntinued in the most brazen adultery, utterly regardless of decency or thejjaw. Mathis became 80 amboldened in his criminal conduct atNbe had repeatedly uttered threats againat the life of Herring, should the latter Again attempt to interfere", with him. HISSArrEABANCE OF HERRING. In the latter part of September, 1878, Herring was missing from his accustomed haunts and soon after Mathis also disap peared. Sospicions were aroused, and Lucy, the guilty wife, upon being ques tioned as to the whereabouts of her hus band, gave many and conflicting state- mends. About this time she received a letter frem Bladen coanty purporting to be written by her husband, and stating that he was on bis way to Georgia and did hot know when he should return,- Being unable to read she carried the letter to a neighbor to read it for her, when i was at once identified as coming from Allan Mathis. She was arrested uporwa suspicion which was how firmly fixed upon her, and after being placed in arreet, stated that Allan had told her thai he had killed Reuben and had buried him at a certain place not far distant. ' A par- y went to the spot indicated, taking her with them, but there was no appearance of any grave, and they became satisfied that she had again misled them, la re urnlng, however, they passed near the house occupied oy Matnis, ana in searching the premises found a hoe and a shovel, with' clay Upon them. Further search revealed the fact that a well upon the lot had recently been filled up, and a comparison showed that the clay in the well and upon the tools was of the same 'kind. With this clue. ! thev commenced clearing but the well, and soon came in sight of a dead body which was at once identified as that of Reuben Herring. Mathis bad at this time returned to the neighborhood, and he was at once arrested and held with Lucy to await the decision of the Coroner s jury. An inquest was held and the verdict rendered was that the deceased came to his death through the instrumentality of Allan Mathis and Lucy Herring. Both parties were com mitted to jail without the benefit of bail, by the magistrate having 1 charge of the preliminary examination. Subsequently, however, a nolle prosequi was entered as to Lucy in order that she might be able to testify in the case when it should come up for I j. THE TRIAL.' Allan Mathis was put upon his trial for murder at the December term, of 1878, of the Superior Court of Tender county, Judge A. A. McKoy presiding. Having no counsel, Messrs E. T. Boy kin, J. T. Bland and Brace Williams were assigned by the Judge . to conduct the defense. . T;e State .was represented by Swift Galloway, Esq.,; 8o!ieitor of this Judicial District. The case, upon motion oi counsel for the defense, was . continued to the June term of 1879,. when a.change NO. 285 .'of venue" was prayed in the usaal .form and accompanied by the necessary affid vitf, which was grauted, and the case was r m !ved to the , December .term of 1879 of the Superior Court 'of New Hanover county, Judge Eure . presiding. jIn' this Court the case waa again called and'heard. Lucy Herring, the adulterous wife, wap placed upon the witness stand and the folll'owing is the substance of her Trs I'lilOJC Y. ' On tLe morning of the honucidu Lucy obtained permission of ' her husband, Reuben Herring, to go to the b -ue of a neighbor, professing a desire to M r- a let ter written. Failing to obtaiu ri fbg materials at the house in question, she then went to the house of Allan 'Mathis, accompanied by the neighbor upon whom she had at first called. Here writing" ma terials were procured, the neighbor wrote the letter fur her and then returned to his horn1,' leaving her and Allau together the house cf the lat'er." .After awhile 4he two saw' Reuben. Herring approaching, having in his hand large hickory stick, when Allan .seized his gun and went to tha door and .warned Reuben not to oiuo any nearcv. Reuben paid no heed however, to the warning, but 011 tinued to approach' unt il h r -f vislnn reach ot A 11. if , lttV snick at hira with ;Li r:t-ci, ol Lib uu, but lleu- b3n warded off iiie blow by the use of Lis 'stick. Allan then retreated to the house, where he secured an axe and agaiu went out of doors and struck at Reuben, bitting him in the side, llepcatirg the blow, be hit him lull in the forehead, causing him to fall to the eartb, where the body, was partially concealed behind some swectgum bushes, ne struck the third blow while the body was upon the ground, but she did not know whether thte blow hit her husband or not. Allan then took the body and threw it in the well, where it was found; and '.filled the well up with dirt. The testimony of Lucy was corrobor ated by other witnesses aud by a strong chain of circumstance?, all of which pointed an unerring finger to Allan Mathis as the perpetrator of the foul deed. The case wasj given to the jury, which was composed of seven white and five eolored men, in a clear and impartial manner by Judge Eure, and after a short absence, they returned and rendered a verdict of-- GUILTY OFMUKDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE. The sentence of the court was then prayed by the prosecuting attorney, when His Honor, Judge Eure, in an impressive manner, ' pronounced the sentence of death, and that the execution should take place in the jail yard of New Hanover county in the city of Wilmington on Fri day, the 9th day of January, 1880. TUE CONFESilON. 'Mathis made three confessions before his execution to one of his spiritual advi sors, Rev. CO. Brady, af theSt. Mark's Episcopal Church, colored, of this city, the second in correction of some errors In the first and the third and last in correca lion of an error in the third. The three being reduced to one simple statement, are as follows : 1 I had been seated on the piazza of my house in company with the woman, for whom I bad been writing a letter. On finishing the letter I had gone into the house and put away the writing material. I came out again, and when I got into the yard I saw a man! concealed in the bushes. I returned - to the house and told the woman of the fact, took my gun and went out again, when the man approached and attempted to strike me with a large hlcKory stick which he bad. I warded off the blows as best I could with tie butt end cf tbe'gun, retreatingYt the same time towards the house. When I reached the house I leaned the run against the side 01 it and seized my. axe, which - was j st inside the door I then struck him with the axe, the blow hitting hioa in the side, . The second blow hit bim in the forehead, felling blm to the earth, when I struck him the third time, also upon the head. In about fifteen minutes I took the lifeless body and buried it in the well where it was found. The Body 1 Found. day or two before Xmas, Saml Davis, colored, was missing and nothing has been heard of him since until to day, bat be was supposed to have been drown ed as his batteau was found adrift in the North East river about 15 miles from this city Yesterday the body of the old man was found near where be is supposed t3 have tbeen drownel. There are no marks of violence on his person but an old handkerchief was tied around Kia bead as though be had been suffering rom headache. His pipe and stick were ying in the bottom of the boat when it 9, 1880 was picked cp. . PLEASE JJOTICi ; We will be f lad to reeelve communication! from oar friends on any and all tnbjcti'o Ceaeral interest bat : The name of the writer mart alwiyr.be far nished jto the Editor. - Commanieations moat bi written en only one side of the'paper. Personal! ties moet be avoided. ' And it is especially and particularly under stood that the Editor does not always endo 1 the views of correspondent, unless o state in the editorial columns. L Knives and Forks, Pocket Knives Ac, for the' Children at Jacoiu's. New Advertisements. Selling Off! rpUK BALANCE OFOL'It IMMENSE STOCK OF FALL AND WINTER CLOTH IK G must go at almost any price to make room for the Spring Etjles. 'Bargain, bad. All must be -fd. Call and r ttb.c ( duced pric2i, at,. . j ' SIIRlEIt'3 TWO iT ' ja.9 " .Miiiet'et. pONdI&EES PER Barque 'MARIE KUT PER Master, from LirerpoolJ pit aee tike notice that this vessel is now waiting to discharge cargo, 251 tons Common alt, in accrrdanc with charter prty dated in Liverpool, 12th Jorember, lfc79. . ' ALEX. SPRUXT A HON, JP9 , j Agent, First National Bank f .' of WilmiDgton -DIVIDEND OF THREE PER CENT , has been declsr d h tLe Board of Directors of tliii Bank, paj able on and after' the 12th nst- A. K, AVALKER," Jn t-P : Cashier. Fresh Lime. 1 AOCi BBLS.IXTRA 1 1UU ROCKLAND LIME, jugt received per Fchr U. G. Bird, and For sale low by jan 0-n E. G. BARKER A CO. SuHstmas AND V HOLIDAY GOODS AT M. KATZ'S, 3C Market Sf. It is Economy to IJuy Soinelhiii irotiil ! 05 hand, fon 'that ruurosE, GOODS, Shawls, Cloaks, Corsets,1 Uloves, Collars and Cuffs, TIES, TOWELSjfNAPKIN?, . DAMASKS- BRUSHES, COW1BS. Handkerchiefs ! From 5 cants upI BIBS. BOWS. FLAPiMELS.8 MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR. RIBBON? And hundreds of Articlei'toa namsrooj'j mention. Wo adrance In any of (thece G00L1. Bivt money and get eoirthiog; uaefolb ealling on 30 Market St. The Wew Hat Store. JU8T RECEIVED ANOTHER LOT OP THOSE 8ILK AND BTIFF HATS Also a fine line of Boy's Hsta. All cheap for cash., Ca'l and fxamina. GERMAN JOHN If. ROBINSON, Next door Booth of Pure 11 llou v jan 3

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