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THE
WEEKLY
VOLUME VII.}
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 5,. 1874.
INUMBER 1*
The Constitution and Sun.
HBHI OF THE 'WEEKLY' CON3TITUTX0H,
Weekly One Ypar |2 CO I
“ Six Months 1 001
Bend in yoar Subscription.
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT
fiEMGIi Tf ACBEBS' ASSOlIATION.
In the absence of Mayor Haft Hon. John W. Bark?,
Mayor pro two., mlr iMMtt Georgia leecher’g As
sociation, on Tuesday. In If aeon.
Trot W D. Willi-ms, Treeldent of the Board of I
Edoeaiion, delivered an abla and elaborate address in |
beh If if the educational anthontlea of Haoon.
Be*. A- J Battle. Tint Vice President, responded
In behalf of the Association.
Vie* Pr« aldent Battle read a letter from BeTOr I
L'pacomb rxortssiug regret at Ills lnabiuiy to at-1
tend, .no iffcrlo^ hi. r«a gnalijn as President of the
Association.
On motion o' Prof A B Nile*. of Griffin, the rselrna-
tlon was n. t accepted, tmt the Convention rtaoived
to proceed under lu Vice Pres dent. Thu wee a
graceful act f courtesy to Or. Lipscomb. * I
A Committee on Member-hip consisting of i Hon.
G J On. 8 ate School Commissioner, prof A B HfleS
end H FTr-ln, was appointed, to whom all applies-
lloes are referred
M's era Ww B Bonneli and A A Morphy were
elected Assistant 8-crsisrles ....
At eleven o'clock a paper on “ ’'lstakes la Modern
Edeiatton” was read oy W a Biker, ruprrlntendent
of Panl'c Bchoois B.vaonth. 1’iof. ssor Baker’s pa
per rectlsed narked attention, as It well deferred
Tbonsh not emulous of Ming regarded a fossil. das
defereeoe to auctenat landmarks w*a. ImpelstiTey
neceaa.ry. Miauk-s lu idea-, in meiboda and lu dis
cipline w-*re juaicionsiy nsndled. A pleasant dlscue-
fiou fot owed, in wmen Messrs A JUswala, E H My
ers and 8 Barnett participated.
St twelve o’cloca “The .Enhetlos of Llte-ature’
waa ably dl-cns.ed by Pruieisoi Morgan Callaway,
D D . of Emory Coll-ge, Oxford. It waa a masterly
eresy U’B uleaant diction, besntlfal sentences aod
sp-ik log tnoigois invested this metaphysical topic I
With * real utuacbvencss ' '‘I
At on.- o'clock the Convention adjourned. Thera Is
a large attire tance of teachers, and other state-, nave
ezewumt n-presentattvee here. lion- E TL D ckaon J
formerly Profe-enr In the La Grange, (Qa ) Female I
Colie. e, and now Superintendent of Panllc Schools,
Mob Is. Alabama, is present. I
At 8:3^ p. it bn report of the committee on State
Ednc.tP'bsl Journal was read by Mr. W. L 'Stephens.
It was d.-cu.fcd pro and con by Mes.-rs IBulyer,
Mi era, Lenta, Orr, Lee, Zsttier, Stevens, Biker, and
o.htra.
t.n motion of Mr Zsttier. a committee of thr*e
was appointed toaeeeualn from memosra the proba-
hie ruhrcr’ptlon that could lx, secured in heir re
spective counties. Tbe coiomittse con-lets of Messrs
D W Lewis IUIZ «t ir and w M Jam a
s iscaariun of 1-ro'CR-or Baker’s flue paper was then
returned, ar o a witty and interesting debate ensued,
iu Which Messrs "rr, Mallon, Lannw er, Barnett,
Lewie, it,oca.Sat f ir.i, Btkvr and Ur. My'-rs took
part It w-s prolonged toa fate hoar. The Conven
tion adJoarn« at 6)4 o'clock.
The ject. fs of her H H Tucker, D D. on “Word
Power,” came iff at Harmonic Hall Tuesday night.
Tbe storm that shortly preceded It did not prevent
the anendnnce of a large andleice, and all who heard
itWeredeilKDlcd. It was mil oi phtlnropby. learn -1
lng- wit uni bu uor, and genuine religious sentiment
and feeling. The composition was in the well-known
ebssis and c iTTeci si, le of the learned divine, ana Us
reeding abounded iu expressive graces ot m inner and
tons. ~ "
*“* ** I
The attendance w»a,Visibly Increased by the arrival
of quite s numb, r of teachers, tome of whom have
not iwfore been members of tbe Association |
Among the < istregulahtd teachers now present Is
the Rev. A Means-* men who has grown old In the
service of the youth of the country, tmt whose mind
la aebrU lent now as It was half a century ago.
The ass delation waa called to order by Or. Battle,
and opened w.th prayer by Bev. Mr. Bonham, or
South Carolina.
Quito * number or new names were proposed end
ole ted to memoership
T o re, ms p ognmine o f the day was then taken
up. tbe first item of which waa an essay on ” I’be co
education of tha s<Xt-B.'* by A. A. Morphy, principal
of tbe Gordon Institute at Barnesv,lie
Fkof. Mnrpby entered into the diecosslon of this
tone with all the entbnsia-m of a young man who
feH* ordained to be tbe champion or woman, and he
made a most excel.ent essay of iu
He oomtueuerd oy an^wtriugj tho three principle I
ollecii. na that had been raised agalus the higuer
education of woman: 1. That aha is mentally he
‘ That she la physically man’s |
ailou would
fBE CODQBERBB BANbEB.
v , i ,
REV. FATHER BTAN. 4
. “Bat ’tie wreathed around with glory, -
And’twill live In song and stOTy,
* Though Its folds are In the doth 1 ‘ * '
For Its fame on brightest pages.
Bang by poets, pent ed by sages,
* Shall go sounding down tbe sgee.
Of the years to come.”
FBOn GO!.* AIABDEHAN’S AD-
t DRESS.
Months of anx’ons sblicitnde have the la
dle* of ’he Memo, 1sl Ai root.tlon o’ Ailnnts,
prompted by devotion as parses it was shad-
'•U.SM'fd In coliec-mg the ashes of the gal-
lv t-dtod is their own b. satlful cemetery, and
nbblt have theyaacoei ded. They fait In ail
Its:fullness the’ beautiful sentiment of tha
Patriot poet;
' ‘'**%herever1he brave heroes died
■■ • /II li ... * .
. iThey should not dwell spirt;'
Using thpy straggled side by side.
^by should thq himd.of death divide
Y A single heart from heart?
>
<*ldher the scattered clay .
^'WhererWU may rest;
Ju^SB tiny .marched to the battlerfray
ibt fell on the battle day,
■ aBar.^nt breast to brea-t”
I if:
iUOn COL.SUARPEMIAN’S AD
DRESS.]
f Tbna feeling; they performed tbe sacred
t- *■ -*■“ **" !'*•
dnty, and now, with a love sanctified by the
•- •••__ IMtf
realization of its hopes, they cone \?ith exn-
, *7' mmm*
blems of affection to decorate the graves of
these sleey era bare, tbe objects of ibelr solic
itude end care. How worthy the offering
How worthy the trlbnte 1 Patriotism crowned
by tbe bands of love I Heroism garianded
with Affection’s flowers 1 How lovely tbe re
lation—beautiful aa that of morning and her
f t
‘sunlight, of evening and her starry train 1
Bow suggestive the association to soul, to
bead, to heart.! Are these shining tearsval-
nlees for good? Are these offerings slmp'y
the emblems of heartless peageatry ? Go ask
the drooping plant tbe value of the morning
dew and tbe evening raln.'Go ask tbe crushed
helrt the full power acd'force of’sympathy.
These testimonials to the dead are encourag
ing lesson* to the living. And what more
f o',emu teacher than the grave ? What more
Impressive lesson than the epitaphs of the
dead? Would you learn fidelity to dutv?
Here you will fi d itstampi-d with the seal of
death. Wpu d you learn devotion to princt-
p'e ? H re le le, with the martyr’s crown.
\V9aid you witness heroic bearing and mtrtial
courage? : tore art examples worthy of Bo- „>
maa'heroism.,
THE GIBBET.
A Homan Hung in Elbert.m-
* love, Jealousy and murder.
n
I ST
ATLANTA.
O- ,Wra>k ill, J.
i
Janoify ^.1874, Uals motitu^ent was Cnislued. ,1; is of the stjiet e>asisting of - a-n
hfthe Top ol the' foundation. All the work above the bases is fine cut ashlar az^d.. in
* a-rcatio bane iii six courses, 20 feet square
is. The first pedestal is finished
with a projecting tablet containing the words, “Oar Confederate -Dead, 1873.” The cap projects beyond the face of the pedestal some
six Inches, on which the spire starts from a large convex molding and runs up to a height of twelve feet without any diminish, and is
capped with a plain projecting hand, the diminish commencing above the band to the opex of. the spire. The whole height of the
monument is sixty four feet It is made of granite from Stone Mountain, sixteen miles from Atlanta. The total cost'is about $5,000.
The comer stone was laid in 1870 with Masonic ceremonies on the day the remains of Gen. Lee were deposited in the vault beneath
the College Chapel, Lexington, Virginia. '
The remains of six thousand Confederate Boldiera are gathered aronnd the monument. Many of these were slain in the battles around
Atlanta.' - c
education of t
Interior of man. 2.
her noft-minine. Having demolished ihe»e proposi
tion*. ns 'hen proceeded to elevs.e women to the
yerr blgbost position in menial, aa well «B
nottl sid religious caltme; end d> mend
ed test h-r right to It sbnnd be respected.
Newrsn—Mrs OO Sanders, Mias Sue Burke.
MeDo’Ongh -EENewton.
Gtii.eeviile—M •» Bailey.
Cony era—Miss Mary J Johnson.
We condense from <he Macon Telegraph Ihe pro-
ceedlnga of tbe third day of the Georgia Teachers'
The discueelon upon this topic which followed, wasl Ass fatton: . „ . . . , . _
bT uj.Y p. Lee, Mr. ChappeL Dr. Bob I Colonel S*m Barnett was rfqne ’ed to exn’eln a
«t end P/ofesaor HlUyer. All exoept Mr. Chapoel I certain msthematics 1 lsetrumeot which be bad in—
•dvpcaUd.tbe.cuMoiLwoman^, butthat Jonaamen. vented
bed mem up for tnppccilone I ““ A- Wi
Pro*. B. It Dickaon, Superintendent of Pablle 18*v»nnah,
Scboolr. M bile, Ala, read nn elaborate, pungeur, ^
vn^a darinK bTyond hi* size, made s moafbrilliant I called a -DUmwin.’’ It ra intended f-.r aU aisht line
eflort in favor of educating women to be miatr. eaes of I drawing without the nae of any other instrument,
oarbeurta sod hornet without putting their be»ut f j1 ?? L Tl t nUnn° Tent0r ° 1>lln
WbSd 1 ;^™ 1 ”* W Pr0n ° n0ee ‘°SSSu U MtoUemS.of teaching
A Bowen, of Washington. Ga.. read a language w*« reromed. D-. Robert was ’he Act to
th. oebtfat and well written paper upon •’Improved speak. He made a brief but earnest speech In favor
^Wcaa“m^
2$M£s n uff*r by d hCTriDdd®iS?oS f *. t Md°tbSSr “‘S'ebour having arrive for *h® wrdjog! of M.
fniintsner wnlch ahe plcked out their flswa mid \
i introduced, and r<*d an es-ay
_ Education of tbe Emotion-
euir noon ••Tbe f reaent Popular I al Nature of Man.” - The Prufei'or’a
' v.thrdi rI TeachinK Laueuige.” There are not I ’dsa asem* to be that children should be educated up
HlanVmenwho'conW^hxve 11 writ Kin this^Isity, ud to a prqpsr aenae of right and wronv-consi. ntiou--
r man who w.uld have dsredto dave done it. It UBS*; that dominant and vicious propensities should
was bold lH-y<md all expectation, and cut and slashed »e r«PJeased, and y^^^CTelopi^ l^w emotion*
Among me uid scuool-hon e gods at a rale that mu-t “horfd be nurraivdinto at hcMWn
tSSw.ioxa. ■>.«««». sasssiswjsisss?. - ^- -
ahlch followed, witbafew earnest words In favor of ^ha professor la somewhat of a phrenologist, and
grammar He wanted tbe et .iiy retained 11 ihere 1 believes In the education of the entlr- brain—so-
are errors, let them be correetea, bat do not let the on j_ t j, 8 intePectual, but the emotional end even the
study be thrown ioto di-repute, .. I animal.
Messrs Caldwell. Steven and Barnett took part In At tbe conclusion of this paper. Professor Train, of
the debate, all of thrm taking oc-Aston to admlcleter Savannah resumed the d'ecusalon on grammar aid
• tew kick* at tbe bones of ihe old grammarians lhe gtn dy of language. He is of the oploion that
Which were lying thick around. • I there la no relationship between ths two studies, on
Messrs. Williams. Baker. fcob*rt, Caldwell and Zat- I tbe contrary a direct antsgonlam. Oae or the other
tier were apooin'ed a committee to nominate caodl most be sacrificed, and he thought aU the ao-cailed
da's* ror «be variouaofficee In the Association for the I 8rtf mmars should be collected upon s ■ontarv island
ensuing year. ' I in tbe Pacific ocean and cremated He hadn’t seen
The becretary. Prof Mailo-, read a communication I a boy who had been forced througo a course of
from an ananown lady member o? tbe Aeacctation. I grammar, Who knew anything at all about l»nguage.
orearnting to th" body a very handsome wreath of I His idea was that language should be taught and
ivergreens and flowers. The flowers were gathered gronmar let alone- „ , ..
in Hancock county, by a couple of young ladles. I Dr E H Myers, of Wesleyan Female College, then
Tha Bocietv received them with a vote of thanks. I took the floor, with a -Grammar of Grwmm«ra” close
* A oomwuulcation from Colonel Fleming, of Ten-1 at band, to show that he was not of ths disaffected,
,„ Mi waa read aDnonncing t he Inability cf th.tgen-1 bu- was of the few faithful, who still stud by the
SSStSZwSSS as bed been expected. grave of the Gmnmara and exclaim • •
11 D was then moved and adopted tost the hour, thus Don't touoh these bones?” The learned __ .
left Moorupled. be allowed to Professor G. J Orr I ever, drew it milder than we expected. He afimltted
RtweCommiesio ,erof Public hchools on the qae»tion, 1 that there was too much grammar. If he had hie
ggjfS •««■ rr. twmwBMss
me. •• d showed what u “ -xcellert muter a eeleotlnn from‘The School u,
effioit-nt as It need bo j*.** 8c»ntisl’’ud -The Face Against th-Pue”- a render
the teachers t; use their liliaaiUMjefM jMMt Uttiepoeai by T B Al iricmThe latier waa u eat e
s feeling in «}fS.Si* 1 h He STSSSSi eUDyfae piece of elocntlon, made effective slona by
eff-ct upon future a i smelly flue and well cultivated voice, without
that tbe masses of tne people are in advance J , , ,k.
SVhsUL^Umrsnpo'rthlsTuYij-ecrind-he-wuted| ^.ajuncUof gesture.cr other movement, ot the
the lntvrrst inc-eased un 11 ’he pe-’P'r cood demud j j j Bonnar, a delegate from the Teachers’ lo
ot thi-ir Lsgtsiatme the means tney neeaeo. 1 gti nteof Sjmh taroUna. madeabnef consra’nlato-
ProfeasorA J Eaiwrt. ot ,*?,* ry address The Doctor is President of Wofford
short speedUn which reocclared h'mseif n°‘m>lyin g, u ,^ &tI)n „ Wert> SouthCsroiina-
f*v-r of public schools but of com P“ 1 '°‘55r t °3^ tlon ' | Profewor Alrx. Hogg, of Aubwm, Alabuns. made
The folio wing, ^y^rojessor uir^waaadopmd. I ^Qieeioquut remark' congrarulatlng the Assncia.
Be olved, Ihat It Is tion of tha tuccera it has s.tamed ud giving it
the subject to public schools in co “ e | words of cheer
tbe po«wr of local taxation upon tho counties. 1 Ho nDaTld W. Lewis introduced a series of reso-
Among the members present we note the follow-1 i ttt hms, which were adopted, ooi.ati nting the officers
ing; of the Association, together with Profs-sor G J-
Atiuta—WM Janes. B Mellon, B n McGinn, GJ orr. a commiuee to take into consideration such
jjrjg 8tarfc Bev H H Tucker; W G Walker, M C I matters aa promise to add to the usetnlnees and •—
bHochard. Taker 8 Foster. Mies Mary a. Be ch fl.sacn of tbe Association, to report at the
Slaw Ain Baker. Mira O IS. Htichcock. Hiss Laura meeting of the Aesoda’ion.
MUs Mary Johnson, Mira L A Writer. Mies The Araoclaticm then went Into the election of tffi-
C EIrgrabam. Mias O E Garlington, Mlsa Mary I cers. wl'h *he feUo^r g rasult:
Oouidirw Mrs Masgle Pacetty. Hu B Mellon. Mira I For President, A J Battle, Macon.
Agnra Hend^nou. M1M EiiaS mil 1 te, Mlsa L A Fields, | F r Vice Pr, sldent. G J Orr^ Atlanta.
Mis JLL*nne#n MrsLCScndder,Mits AnnsBos-
aut, M as Delia Quig ey.
Cnmmiag—G % BeiUogir.
Echo. Alabama—RR B ocker.
Covloa’OD—JN BrsdrhiW.
Baraearille—W Buah, R H Goetchlus, A A Mur-
P V.
and in-
next
arrenton—L H Carter.
Oxford-B M Ca loway.
NoifTOas—N F Cool edge, J S Pollard.
Hamp’on—J D Gray.
Jaffdrton—J W Glean.
Marietta—W F Groves.
8-noia—Bev J 8 mgrsham.
Dahlonega—D W Lewis, B D Walker.
For Second V ce President, D W Lewi*. Dahlonega.
For Third Yloe President, John B Baker, Thom-
livil'6.
For Fourth Vice Preetdent, John T McLaughlin,
Talbottan.
For BerreUry, W L C Stevens, Savannah.
Trraaurer. A A Murphy. BaxnerviUe.
Publishing Commitiae, E H Myers. Macon; J
Wav, Savannah; A J Robert. Tonne' H’ll.
Mr. B. Mallon. who bu be-n Secretary of the Ast
eiatlon ever Mnceiu organisation, positively declined
a re election.
Mr Barnard offered a resolution recommerdng
the organization of county araociationr, which v fii
adopted.
Griffin was selected as Ihe place for the next annual
meeting of the association.
Resolution* ot thanks to tbe various railroads to
tbe peop'e of Macon, to the pnplls of *hn Academy
lor the Blind to the press, eta. were adopted.
The o-.mmittee having nuder consideration the
question of pnhl'shlng a teacter’a journal, asked to
be dl-chargad. Granted, ud no fnrtner action taken
in ihe matter.
Rev. Dr. Means was then introduced and made a
character stio speech of htif ad hour’s dnratioo.
Colonel David W Lewis read tbe r*-port of a corn-
mines »o examine the examination papers from the
public schools of Pav-nnan ud Atlanta, The report
wu comp imsrtary to both
rho papers in grammar from Atlanta schools ss
well u in ailthmetio and geography, show excellent
penmanship snd accurate scnoiarshtp.
The ptpers of the Girls’ High School of Atlan’S
embrace papers upon th<» whole course of study, ud
exhibit great neatness of execution and advanced
scholarship, ud plainly Indicate (kill on the part of
he teachers.
The papers from the Boys’ High 8chool of Allanta-
Greek papers n,.t so good. Latin papers good, and
the papers in a'gebra very fine.
Tne drawings of maps, all from memory, sent in by
Atlanta schools, are worthy of special commendation,
ud should be held ae an example lor worn In the
echoois of the State.
The pip-rs in arithmetic and grammar from the
Storr’aCoined S hoo], of Atlanta, though last men
tioned, were no: least in merit, uor lea*' in importance
to tbe race for who,e benefit the school va- founded.
They show remarkably favorable results as to effort*
to educate that people.
The inbjoloed resolution was unanimously pissed
Mr. Madon lathe only s-cretary the socle-y h.e hid
until now, and he has been a most efflfient ud ln-
duatriuns officer:
Resolved, Thar, in reluctantly acquiescing In the
retirement of Mi B Ual'on irom the nr Cretan ship of
this Association- an < flics wh'ch he baa filled with
great credit to himself and signal advantage io the
Association and tbe genera] interests of edacst'oa in
the State—'.he sincere thanks of thta' Association he
ud the same is heieoy tendered him.
ON THE RAMPAGE.
ffl.«re Trouble With-the Soldiers.
SPUr IN TWAIN.
mysterious Mur dor In Pickens Oonu*
ty—man’s Head Spile Open with
on Axe and Bis Body
Weighted Down wltn
Rock in a Creek.
[From the Marietta Journal.]
On Tuesday, the 2Ut of April. Mr. H. G. Turner, a
farmer of Pickens county, Georgia, visited s neigh
bor’s house ud falling to return st ihe proper time,
his wife bectme nueasy ud made diligent erquiry as
to his whereabouts. Search wu made ud all effort*
to find him apparently were fruitless. On sriday
following, however hi- bodv waa found in » creek
WEIGHTED DOW8 WITH PONDEROUS HOCKS,
one of wtuen waa- o targe it required ihe combined
strength of iwo men -o lift i cu of him. On extri
cating him from the waterandhis sepulchre of roc s,
it was discovered that his body wu not only bguted,
bat
HIS HEAD WAS SPLIT WIDE OPEN.
Coroner Barnett suo moned a jury snd held an in
quest cn the body, ud tbe jury deciaed that be ram*
to his death by having his head cut open with an
ixa in tha h.%m# of aczno unknown peifiou.
It is said that Mr. Turner had ten dollars In money
when he left borne, but It cunldn’t be found about me
percon. His knife ud tobacco was found on a rock
neu the banks ot the creek, but there was no cine or
sign that wou’d lead to the discovery of tne perpett.
tors of this brutal ud blsooy deed; in rartlf the
murdered mu bad not become dlsenga-ed from the
rocks and floated near enough to the surface of the
water to be seen, his sudden disappearance won-d
doubtless have for» ver remained a profound mystery,
We are told that this is the
eighth os sixth kubseb
that has occurred in Hck*rs since 1865, udnota
nalhme been had.a yet We hearth*' some parties
have been arrested tost ire aoca-ed with the a novo
recited murder, hut whether any testimony can he
produced that wiu fix the guilt upon uy of them, we
are nut Informed.
Citizens Mired. Upon.
Connell Adjourned, and Excitement
of the People.
Our community experienced aflr-t-eless excitement
last night, and for a time matters looked aa if a fight
ud a big one, was imminent. During the afternoon
rumors were prevalent that the eoldlrrs would make
another demon,tnt<on againntbe police last Bight,
but It was known that the commend ng e ffle-r had
b*en in consultation with tbe Mayor daring the oav,
little credence wu attached to them About t ine
o’clock last nigbt, it was reported at tne quarters tha
a large detachment of soioiers had come oat of the
barracks, ud ibis time
UKDEB ABHS.
Th» first watch together with a number ol officers,
off duty were dispatched to the seal i f war, aod rouod
that the report was correct. The police acted with
cation and it is probably due to their forbearance
that the shedding ot Mo >d was prevented.
THE SITUATION
The Dumber of the soldiers who came ont aimed
_ variously estimat-d, but was probable in tbe nelgQ-
borbood of a hundred They were not a<l in one
arty, hot separated into equ-ds Some were a en at
the i err* Cot a Wo, ka, aod others came down Peters
street nearly as far aa tbe railroad, iheir intention
was clearly to have a fight with the police. A number
of mmktt* were fired off A man named Wad' was
shot at eev ral time* while trying to get away
bnt was not hit. From tbe information that
we could gather mott of the other shotB were fired
into tbe *ir.
COUNCIL ADJOURNS
Council was in session st tne city Had when Ihe
trouble commenced. As repott after report w-e
brought to tbe Mayor. Indicating the eertou* nature
of the matter, he ar.jonroed that bodv. He also dis-
patentd a note to tbe commanding officer reminding
fim of thdr consultation in the mbrnlngud calling
upon him to suppress the disturbance. Bearing
it m credible witne* s that two full companies of
soldiers had been seen under arm, coming toward,
the city, he procured a horse and rode ont. He met
• company of soldiers on Peters street ud asked the
offioer kt tueir head wbst that demonstration meant.
He replied that they had been ordered ont by Mai or
Brown to arreet the others and carry them back. The
officer had s proper appreciation of the situation and
shower u earnest desire to stop all trouble, beeing
that the disturbance ww quelled the Mayor re
turned ra tne city.
AT THE BARB ACES.
As soon as Major Brown, the commandant at the
barracks was apprlz d that some uf his men had
gone outside, he acted with a promptness that entt-
tics him topnhlic ttisnks. The roll of bis men was
at once called ud all absentees marked. Two full
computes were ordered cut u provost
guards snd the officers i-strutted
to arrest aU the de'ertera they could find. This move
was forthwith executed, and ths squads or soldiers
who had started t£e disturbance scat’ered right ud
left as their coming. A large number or arrests were
made. 8on,eof the men tnrew away thrir gnes try
ing to escape, and at tl o’clo-k ’in guards were stil
picking them np aa fast aa they could find them.
in the cirr
As the news of the prohaoie fight spread abroad in
the city, the excitement was immense. Men ga hered
in groups at the corners, ud a large crowd congre-
gatea at the Station House M mbers or oor voiu •
teer companies, who were pre-ent, arae.-ted their per
feet willingness tojmmoat ud s«s st the police, if it
should become n6ces*arv. Captain Bob Lowry, of
the Goan's, went ont to ths seat of war, and g >ye the
Mayor much assistance in quelling the dieturbuea.
The • xdtement spre -d even to remote parts oi the
city, and m- n armed themselves and came ont from
every direction.
THE BUKOE3.
Daring'hs heat or tha excite rut numerous xe-
portr were coming in, which would proto to be un
founded A man named Werner was reputed shot
at ud killed Also-several collisions between sol
diers and citizens, ud soldiers, and policemen were
reported, which were mistakes. Neb dy w*s hurt
ud only two citizens were shot at. One ot these fired
bark when the affair became serions s’] the stores
near th- Barracks wero ciorea, snd the streets were
soon filled with crowd- o' armed men. Fortunately,
the excl ement passed away without bloodshed, ud
by U o’clock mo t, if not all or the deserters, had
been arre*ted and carried back.
The police acted with great coolness, ud deserve
e-edit for restraining themselves u well as they did.
-ihe excitement wu the gravest our community has
had in a long time.
CROP NOTES.
Hus’, has made its appearance In the wheat in Cohh
county.
Farmers in 8umter county are taking time by the
forelock by replanting their cotton.
The oat crop in Berrien connty has the nut. Farm
ers are replanting their crops.
The wheat crop in Morgan county it fine and
promidn».
The wheat crop In Lumpkin county wag never in a
mote flourishing condition.
Nearly every plantation between Columbus ud
Apalachicola Is under water.
The wbeat/berley and oat cropi in the vicinity of
Nin-ty-tiix, South Carolina, are remarkably fine—
never better.
The grasses, wheat and oats look well and are grow
ing finely, and corn, whera planted ud one of the
gionud. is b-gicniDg to get vigorous, hut ihe cotton
planting has been oostructed and farmers are at least
two week* behind.—Abbeville (ft C.) Medium.
A great quantity of small gnln has been planted
iu this section. We hear great complaint of ruit id
this section. Of cotton, but little has been planted,
even on the high lands. Low l*nda will have to be
re-plowed ihe ground la now too wet for anything
to be dona It is yet too esily to estimate whit the
damage is.' The nver ud creeks are still over the
flstand the richest places.—Columbus 1inquirer.
Mr. B. F. Wade, a thrifty fanner near Taylorsville,
informed ns the other dev that his cr-<p of wheat
was in fnu head, and won'd probably make
twenty bushels per acre if no disaster befall it, and
that the crops f many of bla neighbors wero equally
aa promising.—CarlersvlUe Sentinel.
In Epson ud Talbot counties a much larger area
has bc«u sown In small grain than usual, and the corn
fielts look very promising, having flue stands. AU
that is wanting for com *» a little more fair weath-r.
and sunshine enons h to keep ths ground dry suffi
ciently to be plowed. The cree* ud branch bottoms
have been greatly injured by the late freshets; so
mnch ihit large ye!os cannot be expreted the present
year from them.
There is great apprehension in ths valley of Talbot
oonnty of rust in the wheat. The wet weather has at
least produced a very yellow appearance In the woeat,
wMchcanbe remedied only by sunshine.—Barnet
title Gazette.
Four Inches of now at Jonesboro, Tenn. Wednes
day morning.
In Fannin county, Texas, everything is at a stand-
etili— outlutle or no cotton p’anted, fecus are enter-
tamed that much of the corn will have to be replan tea
or Plant >d or r, while eome of the farmers have not
yet finish-d planting. •< he wheat .till looks well,
inough not so promising, sad in eome fields tbs rnst
has put U> its appearance; but so f *r la confined to the
blsde. Ali hope of a heavy yield is deepened of.
Wheat in the low grounds is inicred by the wet
weather—to what extent cannot he determined just
yet. That on the uplands still looks green and
promising. Most of the creek bottoms Save baen
under water for tbe last two weeks, snd farming
onuTstioss generally have been suspended.—Athens
(Zbas ) PosL
Snow wu reported on the mountains in North
Georgia Wednesday morning. ■
On Wednesday morning a largo portion of the Bine
Nidge, ww covered with snow.
We had a sprinkle of snow and sleet ibis morning)
the 29th of April, rays the Greensboro Herald.
There ww a heavy frost and ica this (Thursday
morning.—GainetviUt Eagle.
Tuesday nigh’, thermometer down to freezing
point. Wednesday, snow at daylishs with plenty of
tea ud clear wintry weather throughout the day. If
the fruit escapee this wap we th-Ul consider it safe
for a foil crop Thursday morning. A keen, killing
frost—JJAeni {Term.) Fot f.
Hailstones have grievously damaged the indigo
crop at Maidah, in Besgai. The tea manufactures!
eschar exceeds last year’s production.
The j’tlouBy of a baffled woman sometimes kuowt 1
no pound Human nature a,ver, p <ibaps had a
swger and stronger ex*-mpllfic»ti n than in
Ann Hunt, the mu'atto worn .u. who yc9terdar ex
piated he- dark crime on the scaffold In the betutiful
little toan cf Elbeitrn The facts of the -case are
briefly these The bright, warm-blood-d win had
acq -ireda farribk, a'l-sSsorbin* passion for a young
man ot hghly respeti*ole white parentage This
mtn had improperly: visited her tor a considerable
length of time.
A ItlVAX. ,, ‘‘
came upon the soero in the person of the murders*
girl, E-iza Brawm-r. Ann believ'd that her loesr
D-eferred Ellzt, and she insiaiuly reeoivtd to deetror
th* objsot of her.hatedr.
The following is a succinct
BISTORT or Tax CASE. *
At the Superior Court for E.bert county, held ok
the second Monday ih March. 1874. America Bur led
add Anna Hunt, colored, were convicted of th. crime
of murdetr, by administering prieou to Eliza Brswarc,
colored, and sentenced to be hung on Fr.day, the 1st
day,of May, 1&?4. ,
THE CONDEMNED. _
Anna Bunt and E.lza Brawner ware unmarried an*
about the sge or twenty-fire, ud living in the same
neighborhood In Ebert connty, under euoh.circum
stances aaa relations to eaoh other, at that* leellng
of j alousy would be aroused between trem. Anna
was living with* white man n*med John R. Fortson,
by whom she had four or five chlldren/TnA wire
was indicted as an accemory to the crimaor mutder
committed by her, ont be has fled the couqtry.
THE VICTIM.
Some months since Ellz» Brawner’s bed clothes ant
other pn perty of hers was burnt, which she <
to have b wn done by Anns aunt The loss wi
up to Eliza, by the man with whom Anna ww living,
and this, no doubt, inaeased Anna’s feeling of re
venge.
An opportunity offered Itself In January
JEALOUSY AND REVENGE. L
A bot supper or party waa gotten np among'thajMC
groe* tocumeoffat Ueianey and Elijah Fortson’ on
Saturday night the Stth of January last, to which /
EiziBrawmr, together with America Burien, wae !
invited, Irak Annt wa< not. America is a young wo- '■•
man abeut twenty and anlntima.e frien-i of Anna’s.
So, anna having procured BJtno strrcUnine, put it In
a small fl>*k partly filled with whisky, gave It to
America Hard»n to take to the party xud give a drink
of it to Eliza Brawner, saying she would dj as much
for her
America took the prison and carried it to tbe party,
and shortly before time for breaking up, in a frteadly
•manner, took E iz» ont of the house to themeelTet
>nd offered her the dram, Which Blizt drank,
America then going on homo and kHz* re.nmlng to
the house, and immt dlateiy comp>aloing aoon fell
Into Violeut spasams, and in an hour died.
the AnnzsT .. ’
America was arrested the next day and confessed
an.
Anna kent concealed for two or throe weeks, but
waa found secrete i up In the #bimciy of the houte
of the white man with whom she hud bsen riving.
Pablle opinion adjudeea Ann's to be the guilty one
of the two and America only the eiily daps.
THS ATTEMPTED XSCArS.
After'confinement in jrii they oommenced to work
themielviwoutbyt aridg npoue of tbe sills or the
dungeon floor, a piece of limner twelve inches square,
ana scratching down to the ,.mer wall.
The jailor, t apt. Banders, lmmeiiateiy remove*
them to an upper room and chained each aronnd the
neck with a strong padlock and securely fastened ths
chain to the floor, ...
THE’ESCAPE.
But in tits night of March 3i, they, without -say
too'8, or* anything except a small rockTspiece of
stick and a string, broke Doth tne locks
from their necks, reached out through the narrow
grate bars of tho iron door or their cell—a thing
neemed imp'-sriole—and broke the strong padlock
fastening their c»ll door, fixed it up again in its place
so aa to escape ooscrvaiion, went down into a oett
be’ow. so that when tho jailor came np in tbe mous
ing and wen* up stairs they darted out aud ran away,
having fire minutes ths stark ihe jiiior. in the
meantime, engaged about another prisoner, seeing
the if ck on the ao»r, and supposing they were so ae-
cnrely fastened.
THE RECAPTURE.
America was recaptured w.thin a week, but do
traoo or tidings of Anna waa seen or heard, from 2(th
of March to the 12ih or April, when she was found la
Madison county at an uncle cf hers, snout twenty five
miles distant, secreted In ms am ke houia, so*
brought back sad lodged in jail, awaiting her execs,
lion on the 1st of May, with seeming uu belief oi that
fulcmn Ji'-t, she having declared several times that
the Sheriff wunld not hang her
She has shown a great deal of cunning mansgemeaS
in her case.
CUNNING AND CBATT.
She made a statement or confe-tion to the Shari*
of the county, and desired him to pat it In writing
bnt w en he brought in another person to do the
writing she woula not repeat lh He hsa not, how
ever, made it publiu
The Governor, by proclamation, suspended or prat,
poned the execution of the sentence on America Bor-
aen to the 16 h of Jana
PREPARATIONS.
The scaffi’d was erected near tbe place where the
execution took place lait yew-a little farher from
the male academy and from the public ■ qiare.
Ihe jail was guarded vigilantly, aud he c a anise
and crafty prisoner watched to prevent tljape «r
iiucidfi*
LABOX CROWD.
Oar information is that there was a large crow*
present <he “colored .man ana brother” being there
jy toe thousand.
EXECUTED ■ •
Yesterday the dreed sentence o' the law was car
tied cat, so far as Anna Hant was concerned.
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C0MMLERCI1L NOTES.
The purchase of the Nor h and South Riilroad was
advocated on ‘ebang* wstercay.
Hens and hen frati srs getting scarce in At'anla.
India rubber trees r.v. been discovered on th*
upper St Johns, Fi t'u* > “
California will thta* ar produce 1?,'000,COO gtlloua
of wme.b ,0C0 iflO punuda oi »rapes for table use. and
250 000 pounds of r-'-m*. besides .the brandy, of
which there are no autiatics. Forty thousand acre*
are vineyards, aod toe area is constantly increasing.
It ersti over one million dollars per annum to print
paper money.
The Columbus (Visa) Index says: “A farmer wan
in Colombns this week lend-ng money. He said he
had made his own corn and wheat, aod he woald
make all his meat if tbe thieves would let him. Nut
having to buy com and wheat, ha has bioimf
to lend.”
Two hnndre’ tons of pig Don, made at BegmP
Depot in Bartow co inty. pesard through Nashville,
the other day en routs for Fittsbarg Penn.
Shixh A Omu>’Aplaning- mill at Chattanooga, Teo-
seeaee, have, In addition to their local trade.sectored
an order from Atianta, Georgia, fur 12 000 cracker
boxes. They will stop the first era load of these
boxes to-morrow.
Webster A Marks bad the •’Glenview” engine oat
on trial yesterday She stood the test and worked
like a charm. They will ship it next week to the
pnrehesera for toe LoulSvlie, Harrodt Greek and
Westport narrow gauge railroad. They are compiet-
•ng a double cylinder blowlag engine for Capk f. E.
Rot, oi Uncfetown copper mines; a'so. a Coro *
jumping engine for Lenoira, Lenolr’a Station, -
designing a smaller size locomotive for the D
Company— dMLtanooja Commercial.
It is well known that Texas is'the most extea-
grazine state In toe Union. Oae breeder of c,
there boaate that he will have seventy ate toon-
calves to brand this a eaaon, He breaded sixty a
thousandUes year, snd seventy thousand th’
preceding. A great many calves ore prodaxl
other parts of. toe country 1 , bnt it is doubtful wh:t
any other single Individual has more int* rest
common west than the prosperous Texan stores* d
The Indian Daily News states that tho Mihra j
of Cashmere, who is much concerned at the pre-
drpression in the state of the shawl trade wit •
rope, and especially in France, has invited to J
moo tbe trading native merchants and riuwl m»
factarera or Cashmere to cenfer with them as t
best means to be adopted to resuscitate the trade,
to take steps to prevent for the future the pro
depreciation of cashmere wares in Franca
The total amount of goods entered at ths f>™
New York 'tom January 1st to Mare ■ 31st amoa
to $108,849711. against $120,101829 fur the on..—
poLd.ng period fast year, and $llftt03.907 lu UK.
rhe entries for consumption ere about $3 0-fl 009 be
low last year, and 11,000,000 less than in 1872. Ths
entries for warehousing show sdscii- e from ast yew
or $5,000,000, and a decrease of $S 000 000 from 1872.
In ihs item of free goods there is a decline of only
$600,000, but as compared with the previous year
there is a very large gain.
INDISTINCT PRINT
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