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Show THE MODOCS HANGED. Haw tht-y Looked uml Hon llu-y Iit il. S m I'L-anci.-co. ;;. Pr-paratious l:ave bo -it eonidetMl lor tin: execution execu-tion of Cap t. .lack. Schonchin. Ko.-ton riiarlev. Uia.-k Jim. I'.archo, and Sio-lux, Sio-lux, at Hi oelo. k to-dav, at K.rt Klamatli. These:,i:;,!d is a large con- ' rivauce, erecti'rl ju.-t utit.-ide ol' the Fort. S.mr delay may he occasional from the fact that the orders tor the execution have to be translated for the condemned. They seemed much de-pr. de-pr. --d by the knowledge of thir im-p-'tiding fate. - - Tiie execution of tin- Mi fines is to be in the presence of the Kiiamath and other Indians, for the purpo-ent mak- , itiL' a whobe-oiiie impression on their minds. Whites front all parts of the 1 i coiintrv are on the .-pot to witness the 1 tnigedv. At Jack's death, the re-I re-I muind'orof his tribe will not be sur-'. sur-'. rendered to. the t )reon authorities, ! i but will be transferred to Fort Kus-, Kus-, sell, 'y. The remnant amounts to : mi'' bundri d and tiftv-six men. women andchiMren. C'aptC Masbrom-k wil! i es'-ort t!u m to tla- Fort with the Fourth Artillery. .Jacksonville On-gcuf, " ::. Your correspondent left Fort Klamatli this morning at li :-"-0 o'alock, and hyhanl riding arrived here u Jew momenta ago. The following is a rejort of the exeeiilion of Jack and bund: Uo-ton Charley and IMack Jim were led on the scailbld lir.-t, and Schonchin next. They tn.d on it, with ajtparent indifference indif-ference anil iron nerve, having evi-dentlv evi-dentlv resolved to die as brave as they had lived. Jack went easily tip the stairway, but looked wretched and miserable. The manacles had been struck oil. but their arms were securely secure-ly pinioned with cord. At precisely th-lo a.m., the interpreters, inter-preters, Captain O. C. Applcgate and David Hill, explained to the culprits the nature of tlio orders to be read to them by the adjutant, and at ten a. m.. Adjutant Kingsbury read the orders, or-ders, promulgating the .sentence of the commission, and the 1 'resident's order therein, with the orders of the Secrctaryof War and the Department Commander in the premises. The two reprieved prisoners, liarncho and Slolux yet stood on the ground in front of the seallbkl, shackled and under guard. 1 Hiring: the reading the pinioned pin-ioned victims were seated on the platform plat-form of the seailhld, with their feet on the drop, listening anxiously, but of 00111-50 not understanding; word of it. The reading occupied ten minutes; then the adjutant read the order ol' commutation in the. case of liarncho and Slolu.v,-and the poor fellows were taken back to the stockade, evidently happy at not accompany ing the others lo the " happy hunting hunt-ing grounds.'' The chaplain then olicred an earnest and ' fervent prayer for the sout of the culprits, which was listened to attentively. Af 10:lo the fatal jrooses were placed around the necks, under directions of Capt. Jloge, It was necessary to cut oil a little of Jack s Ioi;g hair, wliieh was in the wav of the rope, - Captain Huge then bade farewell to the prisoners, pris-oners, and tb.e black caps were placed over the heads of all the culprits. It must have been an awful moment ! At IOiL'0 they stood on the drop. The rope way' nui hy the nssUtant at a signal made' with Captain 1 loge's handkerchief, and the bodies s'.vun round and round, Jack' and Jim apijai.eupky dyirfS easy, but Ilijs-ton Ilijs-ton and Schoiiehin 'i;utvriiig terrible convulsions, Boston and .Schoi)chin repeatedly drew up their legs, Jmt the two others seemed to die- almost -instantly. At 10.28 their pulses were felt by Capt. Hoge, and as I v;rite they are swinging lifeless in the air. As "the drop fell with a terrible thud, four pj.x;r wretched human beings fell into eternity, iiiul tf half smothered cry of horror went tip from' j tiie crowd of over live hundred Klu-: Klu-: math Indians, who witnessed the w-i w-i fu! spectacle. rWivii.'j-of deep-aud bit-'. bit-'. ter anguish went up from tlio btock-; btock-; auc wheie the wives and children of 1 the poor lellijw,- h't )'tj. yieay of the ! shocking scene, " ' j The 1 eolhm, six. in mi)id)er, ! h;ll been placed directly in the : rear of the gallows, two of . them destined to be unoccupied, 1 :v the order commuting the sentence j of Barneho cmd lolm: only Arrived at ; 10:o0 phii. last eveniilg,'antl tjic pre-I pre-I pariitton w4 hech iiKuJe1 for' theni . likewise. An application wn nuulo , this morning, by the sherid' of JaeU-' JaeU-' son county, for the custody of the In-j.diiniv In-j.diiniv indicted by the grand jury, to (Jen. M'hcaton, ijuj. it vvaj refused". f-.ur yellow fever patient. They have 1 lost ei'ht, and liave exhaii.-t'Al their ' stipplv of fond-., and :i.k heli from Odd Fellow I..,ig-s throughout the country. T!ie St. Andrew's S icietv earnestly appeal to bretiiren c!.-wiiefi-, fur p'-euniary aid in nursing their tick. They have bad several deaths. In response t i the apj-eal uf fie cit i ens' exeetllive o ciin lit tee. eo!itr;hutions Iv.Wf b'gun eoming by te'e-raph onlers to-day. Nt w Orkuns, :!. Two C itholie priest,-of thi' Sn-iety of Jesus, left today to-day for S.u-i'veport. Twenty temale nurses h ft tor Memphis this evening, sent hy the Howard association. Ity order of President Grant five thousand army rations will be shippeil to .Shri'V.-port. to-morrow, for the benefit ben-efit of the sullerers. Taere were 17 iuternients at Shreve- , port m-dav. Alt'. Saville, the tele-raph manager who came here from Memphis a tew 1 weeks a 1:0, is dangerously ill. Montgomery, Ala., There w;is onedeatli from yellow fever here to- 1 day. Some new cases to-day. |