Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1880 — South. [ARTICLE]

South.

The city of Richmond, Va., has been visited by a tremendous rain-storm, damaging property to tho extent of thousands of dollars. Nearly three anil a half inches of water fell within a period of tub hours. Three murderers—all colored—were executed in the South on the 3d inst., namely : Stephen Richardson, at Wilmington, N. C., and Villiers Powell and Achille Thomas, at New Orleans. All three confessed their crimes. Dispatches from Louisville state that “ two stages, which run between that town and the Mammoth Cave, were stopped by highwaymen, and all the passengers robbed. Tho stage to the cave was first attacked about four miles east of Ca ve City, and the one passenger on hoard was rilled. The other coach, coming the other way, was shortly afterward met by two men on horseback, heavily armed, who ordered tlie driver to stop. They then compelled all the passengers to get ont and stand in line, and ordered them, at the pistol’s point, to give up all their property. The travelers were unable to resist successfully, so they had to shell out. Tho robbers took possession of all their money, jewelry, and valuables, aggregating in value about *1,200. After the exploit, they made the victims take a drink of whisky with them, and rode off.’’ A tire at Mobile destroyed several stores in the business quarter of tho city, involving a loss of about *375,000. Newberry county, S. C., furnishes a story of horrible anil mysterious murder. While an old man, named Henry Grier, was fishing in Little river, the other day, lie discovered the corpse of a man in the water. He gave the alarm, and people came and dragged the place, recovering two bodies, both victims being the sons of old man Grier. The young men had been shot to death, and their remains were afterward sunk by means of Htones tied to their limbs. .*