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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN, FOB THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 13, 1872.
THE ATLANTA SUN
^ The Hub BBd th« JElectlon.
Tho excitement naturally attendant
! ners, abounding in tne rarest wit and
richest humor. It relieves the mind of
the reader from every tinge of melan
choly, and fills it with buoyant hopes
senfentiously. The above books are for
sale by J. J. & S. P. Richards of this
city.
■ino excuemeu, —v . ^ I and brilliant ideas. It treats of every
upon the election has subside , variety of subjects, philosophically, poet-
popular mind is now prepared calm y \ically, ethically, satirically, critically, hy-
survey the results, and reflect dispas- \pothelicaliy, aesthetically, hyperbolically,
6iona»elv upon them, and the phases ol\psychologically, metaphysically, humorous-
6 ‘ ^ nprtvhas played an d- since brevity is the soul of wit.
tho part the Democratic par y P y | sententiousl#. The above books are foi
in the contest. , . ..
The Sun has been opposed to the ac
tion of the Democratic party of the
country in its adoption of the platform
of principles laid down by the Liberal
Republican party, and the support of
Horace Greeley for President. It has
maintained that the adoption of the Cin-i g^. y 0J1 are informed of the
cinnati platform was t e a an cnment international Exposition to be held in
of the most chens e pnncip es o ^Vienna, Austria, opening next spring
mocracy; that t e e ec lon 0 r “ f^rjaBd closing in the following autumn,
ley by the Democracy of the United General Van Baren , of New
States would be fatal to the party, as it y orkj bag been appo i n ted Commissioner
would involve tho irrevocable sale of its ^ ^ ^xpo^tidn by the Government of
principles, which are the constitutional theIJnited State{1 .
The Vienna Kx position.
DeTAHTMEKT 07 THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Education,
Washington, D. 0., Oct. 21, 1872.
pillars on which the Government was
founded, and which are requisite to tne
permanent existence of a Republican 1 John Jfty> Amerlcan Mini8ter at Vienna,
Government.
Bat, aside from tlio violation of these
principles which the Baltimore Depar
ture involved, The Sun has never been
deluded into the fallacy that there was I R ^ Qn
_ A.nnlAn^ a!iAn I
a probability of Mr. Greeley’s election
to the Presidency. It has never admit
ted that tbeie was any vital force in the
great “ ground swell” about which Lib
eral Republican and Democratic jour
nals and leaders have prated. And, de*
Hecolltctlona of* Terrible Event.
A writer in the Lynchburg Virginian
furnishes the following recollections of
the burning of the Richmond Theatre,
near sixty-one years ago:
I am an old man. Old . age dwells
much on the past; and amongst the mul
titude of remembrances of my boyhood
and youth, none are more vivid than
those connected with the burning of the
Richmond Theatre, on the night of the
26th of December, 1811. Two geneia-
tions have since come and gone, and per
haps what I write nay be of interest to
some now living.
I was then a school boy in Richmond,
very nearly twelve years cld. My pa
rents residing in the country, were in
town for the winter. They generally
eschewed the theatre; bur, that evening,
were persuaded by some young friends
to accompany them. Others from onr
boarding house, to the number of nine
or ten, likewise attended. The play was
over and the afterpiece had just began.
The actors paused, and seemed confused,
and at the same time Are fell en the
stage. An actor then came forward and
announced, “Ladies and gentlemen, the
.theatre is on fire.” Instantly all was tu
mult and terror. Parties separated, each
rushing forward, to find means of escape.
Of those who went from our boarding
house, no two got out together. The pit
of the theatre was on a level with the
street; and escape thence, through the
only outer door, was easy.
Many from the lower gallery clam
bered down into the pit, and saved them
selves in that way. A good stairway,
Indeed, his inquiries have reference | beginning a few feetfrom rlio outer door,
Baron Schwarz Lenborn, the chief
manager, has manifested to the Hon.
and to the American Commissioner, a
very great desire, repeatedly expressed,
that there should be a full representa
tion of American education in the Expo-
led to the galleries Thehonse was fall;
ana in the frantic terror that prevailed,
m< st of those in the first gallery rushed
towards the head of the stairs. Here
tho pressure was fearfnl. Many were
thrown down and trampled to death.
Local Mattel's.
TBE ffAV»/jre OE THE CYEGBO Bi'BJf
EBOOKS, JT
OVER 5,000 PEOPLE PRESENT.
AMONG THEM 1,500 WOMEN.
A HEAltT RENDING SPECTACLE.
A Cool, Collected and Intrepid Prisoner.
He Protests His Innocence to the Last
Moment.
pull particulars
to every description of education from
the nursery to the University, the Art
Museum and the Public Library, and
comprehend questions respecting such
diverse subjects as school furniture and
other appliances, the medical and sani-
epite the censure and derision that has I tary treatineot of infants, -school pen-1 My parents were forcibly separated. My
been heaped upon up, and the political manship - and drawing, school books, mother, without the slightest effort on
~ newspapers, periodicals,pamphlets,pub- htr part, was thrust upwards on the
ostracism essayed y t o G y p Ushers’ catalogues, universities, colleges, neads and shoulders of those beginning
and politicians, The Sun has battled un- professional and technical schools, acad- to descend the stairs; and so dense was
ceosiogly for the mainteance of pnn- emies, public systems of instructions, the mass, she was carried, in a reclining
ciDlcs The results prove—how conclu- kindergarten and associations, medical, posture, to the bottom on her feet; and
, v . „ . 4l . I literary, gymnastic and others, together then the outer door, just before her, af-
Bivcly all now may see-that the act.on ^ on ^ tbese points,Models forded ready egress,
of the partv at Baltimore was most im- and pj on8 Q f buildings, etc. Leaving with an i
politic—the combined Liberal and Dem- The Secretary of State and General sage for her husband," she set off alone
ocratic vote having fallen short of that Van Buren, who had already communi- for the boarding house, up Grace street,
_ , . .. - , t, cated witn the Governors of tho States moie than half a mile distant. She lost
of the Democracy alone in the last 1 res- Q p 0n ^ be gobject, have called the atten- shoes, bonnet, and cap, and woen I
idential election. tion of this Bureau to the importance of ’ ’ ** ’ ’ ’ 1 ’ ’ 5
The re-election of President Grant but aiding to make this representative com-
confirms the predictions of The Sun plete. . , ,,
since the nomination of Mr. Greeley at I I "o 1 S*
reached the parlor, she had arrived, and
with her hair streaming over her shoul
ders, was recounting some of the terri
ble scenes of the fire. She was the fiist
since tue nomination ux xur. ureetoj j anco D f having the best plan before us as I to reach the*house.
Baltimore, yet the event does not furnish we be gj u OQr wor h t The time for prep- The father of the writer escaped
any cause for triumph, in itself. Con- aration is very short, and as the surest different way. Just after his wife had
Bidered however in the light that the way of overcoming successfully all the been carried down the stairs, the stair-
i ntv „, n w „ nn . difficulties, it has been decided to solicit case gave way, and then masses of fran-
elechon of Mr. Greeley wou.d have con-1 he q{ the . Superintendents of tic beings went rolling over each other
summated the disintegration of the Dem- Ubef-everai gtaiefl, aud 0 f the leading to the floor. Seeing escape by the stairs
ooratio party, there is cause for cougrat- pities of the Union, and for that pur- cut off, the writer’s father sought other
nlation that the party has not been de- pose I send you this communication, de- means of deliverance,
livered over upon a platform so violative ^ing your presence here, impossible, so Whilst forced along
, . . \ * , as to speed the 13th day of November in of cool air; and, looking to the left he
of the principles of the Cons.itution and consu ]tatiou upon the subject. saw an open window, a few feet off. He
of the principles of the Democracy. ... ••••*- ” - * ’ ■ — - ’ ’
.If it is inconvenient for you to do tli s, was a stout heavy man, and, by a vio-
Now", however, since the “new depar-11 respectfully, but earnestly solicit any lent effort reached the window and seate’d
tnre” Dolicv has proven so cross a fail- suggestions you may have to make in re- himself on the sill. He then wrapped
J . . . gard to a plan for carrying out most sue- his great coat around him; and poldiiig
ure, let Democrats every where return to, ceS8 f„]]y t h e desire so widely expressed by the outer edge of the sill as long as
and in future adhere to the grand consti- of making a fair representation of Ameri- J J _ *- - 1
tutional principles of the party. Let the can educational systems, institutions and
possible, dropped safely to the ground
The writer’s half sister, sixteen years
Democracy of the South at least, stand aids to education at the Vienna exposi- old, was in the house, with her maternal
flrm upon principle, not pursuing any | tion
ignis fwin that may appear to present a
grandmother with whom she lived.-
Any aid in perfecticg a plan for this The old lady was havy and helpless; and
prospect of conquest, through the abau-1 purpose, that you can Becnre from emi- making little or no effort to escape, was
donmeut oi the time honored principles nent eumators around you, or from oth- burned. Her grand-daughter sprang to
of the party. - ers interested, we shall be very happy to ~ ~~ '
1 have the benefit of.
Gen. Van-Buren, together with the I that she could not move. Alter a time a
I other Superintendents above mentioned, gentleman from our boarding house re-
has received a similar invitation to meet cognized her, and with other help, oar-
BOOK REVIEW.
PUiyEVAL MAN. An examination of aome recent
rfculauone. By the Dckk of Amqyu.; Sew
|jrki De Wirr O. Lent & Co., 4&1 Broome street
Phis volume is alike creditable to the
id and heart which have dictated it,
l(ud to the enterprising house which has
/issued it in such handsome style. The
learned and accomplished am hor of the
Reigu of Law, has rendered his reputa
tion more brilliant and lasting by the
publication of the present book. He
has here discussed philosophically and
scientifically some -of the profoundeBt I will be out of my power to" be present at I anasmt-jse oecame eacn moment more m-
M __ * tinman nature and of our the meeting of State Superintendents supportable. The gentleman remained
problems of human nature and of our l Qtbe B in Wasbington ; on t he 13tb with them until hm nose, eye-brows and
history. The connection belireen all mental insb Tbe sbortness ci fcbe rotice given whiskers were badly scorched,
phenomena and physical organization—I will also render it impossible for me to I stinct of self-preservation then drove him
the distinction belaeen intellectual powers j consult with any of the “eminent edu- t° a window near at hand, whence he
and moral character—how far his mental I eators” of our Stato, or to digest and I leap^J ler his life. . knee was badly
powers may have been as purely instinctive submit views sufficiently matured to be sprained. The ladies k- pt their seats,
• -v • .x. i _ .x- x—— • 1 . , «— •_ —-—.-— - -x— and met their doom.
Reported Specially for The Sun.]
Several weeks ago the Superior Court of HaU
county convicted Byrd Brooks and Wade Hender
sou, both colored, of committing a rape on the per
son of Mrs. Sophie Hnbb&rd, a widowed white wo
man about thirty yeara of age, living with her moth
er. in the lower partof that county. These two wo
men, with a little girl, were living unprotected,
when, on a Sunday morning, before daylight, in the
latter part of Jnly, Mrs. Hubbard was seized by two
negroes. In the melee the little girl threw a shovel
fall of coals into Byrd Brooks* face; but the two
negroea accomplished their purpose
The case vas tried in the Superior Court Wade
Henderson, who, it appeared, was only th j accom
plice of Brooks, was sentenced to be hanged. Some
circumstance of the arrest created in the mind of
some citizens donbt of his gni.t, and Gov. Smith
was petitioned to suspend sentence until it could be
investigated, but without avail, and the sentence
wsb executed yesterday at 12# o’clock at Gaines
ville.
The prisoner professed religion sometime before
the day of execution, ana wsb received into church
iellowship and baptized on Thursday morning.
Yesterday morning his family, consisting of his
grey-headed father, aged mother, wife, Augusta
Ann, and two chilnreu, one four and the other two
years cld, all took final lrave of him at the jail door.
It was described as a most affecting scene, the pris
oner embracing them aU, and asking them to meet
him in heaven.
He was then conducted to the scaffold which lie
ascended about lt» o’clock in ihe morning.
THE SCAFFOLD
was erfottd on a commanding elevation, just out of
OainsviUe, 1n full view of all who wished to bo
present. The execution was under control of
Sheriff Latham, about 60 guards, and 19 policemen
who were stationed around the gallows.
THE PKISOXEE ON THE SCAFFOLD.
When The Sun Reporter reached the scene of ex
ecution, we found the prisoner sitting on the gal
lows grimly facing the noose, and cooly awaitiDg
his fate. A vast multitude, probably 6,000 people,
consisting of men, women and children of both
classes, mostly white, who had flocked from ail the
adjoining, and many distant counties to witness the
appalling spectacle. Soated upon the scaffold, wer
the Sheriff, Mr. Latham, Rev. Mr. Caldwell, pastor
Northern M. E. Church, and ono or two prominent
citi2ens of Gainesville. Within the environ of the
ring which was formed by a rope, were stationed
about 6-1 guards armed with pistols, shot guns and
other fire-arms to cluck the surging multitude from
pressing upon tho gallows, and to suppress auy riot
for the rescue of the prisoner, should such an
emergency arise,
MANX HUNDBEDS,
too sensitive, perhsps, to witness the affecting
scene, were soon crouching about in groups on the
surrounding hills, impatiently waiting the hour of
execution. Nearly 2,000 women were present.
Presently a tall ana sober-looking negro ascended
the scaffold, holding in his hands a bible and a worn
out hymn hook. ThiR was Rev. Albert Poole, a color
ed preacher, whom Brooks had requested to officiate
at his execution, and administer the sacrament in
h ; s last hours. Poole approached the prisoner,who
had his arms bound, and stating that he had come to
comfort him in his last hours. Be immediately ex
horted him to ccnf- ss his crime, if guilty—to tell
tbe truth, to acknowledge all, and clear his com
science before God and mankind.
The prisoner said he‘was innocent.
Tho preacher then read a passage from Paul to
the Ephesians, 4th chapter, commencing “Be ye
not angry, nor let the sun go down on your wrath.”
Reading this in connection with other passages, he
then delivered an earnest discourse, in which he
stated that the prisoner p-otest,d his innocence,
signified his willingness to die, and to meet his God.
The preacher further exhorted God to be with the
family of the victim; to be with the jailer and other
officers, all of whom had treated him kindly.
At this juncture the prisoner who had been several
times visibly affected, manifested deep emotion, the
tears 6tr. anting down his cheeks. The preacher
closed his earnest discourse by admonishing all to
take warning ft cm
with yon here.
Yery respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
John Eaton, (Jomm’r.
Hon. J. G. Orb,
School Cinm’r., Atlanta, Ga.
REPLY OF COMMISSIONER ORR.
November 7, 1872.
ried her to a house one square off. There
she suffered agony for many weeks, be
fore removal was possible; and a year
elapsed before she could walk, and was
lame for life.
An aunt and consin of the writer had
been attended to the theatre by a young
lawyer. When the alarm was given, fear
appeared to deprive both of the power to
1Ion. John Eaton. Commissioner Bureau “o ve - In vain the young man besought
of Education, Washington, D. C.: ^ to flee for their liyes. In spite of
Dear Sir-I regret very muoh that it antreaties, both sat still, whilst the heat
- 1 and smoke became each moment more in
supportable. The gentleman remained
with them until his nose, eye-brows and
The in-
dvn’t wish to accuse them, but it Ism; honest opin
ion that it was by these (Bryant’s) statement that 1
was brought to this trouble to-day. My character
has been attacked by charges of which I am clear,
as clear as an arch-an gel in heaven I I now stand
ready to be put to death, but I don’t feel that it will
be a drug to me to die. I hope no one will ever go
in the same way.”
Here some one asked Mm if be knew who did
commit the crime of which he was accused. He re
plied that he did not know positively. He then re
sumed:
“Weil,to-day I wish well of those people who have
accused me of this crime. I have nothing to accuse
them. I forgive them, sad trust all mankind will
do the same. Though it was not me, I was accused
of It through the ignorance of my enemies. Mr.
Moses Bryant especially is mostly the occasion of
my punishment: and I want aU my friends, both
colored and white, to stay from Mr. Bryant's
quarter. Beware of such a place. If I never had
gone there, I would not now be in this trouble.
•Tam sorry I didn’t stay witn my old boss, (Mr.
Brooks) who treated me like a brother. But after I
married, I fell in with Bryant’s. I bog ad my
friends to keep away from such places, and they
will do better. My life has been sworn away by
these people, and I hope God will forgive them.
“All the officers and the Jailor have been kind to
me. They let my family come to see me, and I
hope I’ll meet them in Heaven.
“I’VE BEEN WILD AND BATTLING.
‘•I came to bo most tremendous wild in the way of
lornication and linful intercourse. I have mistreat
ed my family, aud I am in hopes no other man will
ever be evught doing this way. Some people have
bad habita, though it suits their taste. I’m in hopes
there will never be any moro in this country who
will have to die in thia manner.
“I’m sorry some people think I’m guilty; but I’m
telling the truth. I am innocent. It is my
“DUTY TO TELL THE TsDIH.
“Those people who did not believe mewht-n I was
in jail, I hope will believe me now. I’m innocent,
but I don’t ft el any anger towards my kind officers.
I beg of thi m when I’m gone to deal a-, nice an pos
sible with me. 1 ask to be put away nice with my
tittle daughter in Banks county. I feel very
willing to go. I feel that God i» precious.
“He has risen me above all fear of death, aud hate
of those who helped to kill me.”
HE BE IDS FHOM THE BIBLE.
The prisoner then took the Testament and read
aloud from the 1st to the 4st verse, inclusive, of St.
John, commencing, “Let not your heart be trou
bled.” When he Jhad finished it, he said: “That
gives me consolation; therefore, I’m not afraid to
die. I have been trusting to God ever since I was in
prison. The first day I tried to escape, and swore
a good deal. But I found that wouldn't do, and on
tho second day I commenced serving my Lord. I
trust to God, and I truly believe God will meet me,
and I feel his spirit moving my breast.”
A SISTER BIDS Hilt FAREWELL.
At this moment a young mulatto woman came into
tho ring and ascended the scaffold. Over five thous
and eyes wero instantly fixed upon the prisoner and
his sister, and a breathless silence ensued as the
sister bade farewell to her brother, while he was
about to be p.unged into another world. The pris
oner said:
“Sister, meet rae in heaven; I’m going home.”
Sister Georgia—“I’m glad you’re going there.”
Brother—‘*TeU my friends I’m going; tell my
wile and children I’m going. Look to God; come
home. There iBnothiDg here buttrouble.
Sister ueorgia—“That’s so; I’ll meet you there.”
It was a most heart-rending spectacle. Brother
and sister—one on the verge of eternity, the other
young and hopeful; death and lite, hand iu hand,
with tears streaming down their cheeks, bidding a
last, long, sad farewell. Every one in hearing was
deeply affected, many being unable to restrain their
tears.
He then read to his sister tho four verses of John
before referred to, tellfng her ft was his consolation
in death, and pressed his sister's hand for tho last
time on earth.
He was then asked to tell about his accomplice.
Henderson, but he knew nothing positive.
BINGING ON THE SCAFFOLD,
He then asked for his him hook and sang the hymn
beginning:
“Come ye who know the Lord,
Who are from bondage free.”
Several of the spectators on the scaffold joined in,
and he sang through the entire hymn with a full,
joyous and pathetic voice, which sent a thrill
through the multitude of 5.0C0 souls. Ho tlxeu
Kneeled and prayed a most touching prayer, inter
ceding in brhalf of his officers, companions, chil
dren, and beseeching God to forgive his enemies
who had prosecuted him, for he had forgiven them
all.
When he arose, there were many eyes moist with
tears.
The cfficer then arrayed him h's grave habili
ments. He expressed a desire to say a word special
ly to his colored friends, when the
SO CO
SO 60
50 00
60 d )
Tit a BT.ZTEaUHMCVJL.TVMJZ, SOCIETY
Georgia State Aoricultcra l Society, )
Office at Atlanta, November 1, 1872.)
By order of the Executive Committee, the follow
ing is published as a
RELUIINAET I’KEjncJ* LIST FOR 1873- OOUNTTPB2-
meus.
To tho county making the largest and best display
(conditions to be fully explained here..fter,)..$1,000
Second beat, do 600
Third best, do 300
Fourth besi, do., 260
FIELD CROPS.
Restrict cl to Crept Produced in Georgia, or by Citizens
of Georgia.
For the most economical result, with full report
on the following crops:
PROVISION CROrS—CEREAL?.
Corn, five acres $ 50 60
Wheat, one acre, 60 00
Oats, ono acre 50 00
Rye, one acre, 5010
Barley, one acre, 50 CO
SWEEPSTAKES.
Best result on one acre in auy cere&l crop, the
competitor making his own selectun,....$ 200 CO
HAT CROPS.
Clover Hay. one acre, minimum two aud a
half tons,.. f; bo 00
Lucetu Hay, one acre, minimum two and a
halftone
Native Grass Hay, one acre, mimimum ono
and a half tons
Cultivated Grass H»y, without Clover, two
tons,
Pea Vine Hay, two and a half tons,
Corn Forage, four tons 50 CO
SWEEPSTAKES.
Best result on ono acre in any Forage Crop,
the competitor making his own selec
tion $ 150 09
BOOT CROPS.-
Sweet Potatoes, one acre- $ 25 GO
Irish Potatoes, ono acre 25 00
Turnips, one acre 25 00
Ground Peas, ono aero - 25 09
Beets, one acre......... - 25 00
Ghufas 25 00
. TEA CROPS.
Field Peas, one acre. $ 20 00
Beans, one acre 20 00
MONET CROPS.
Cotton, ono acre, not less than 2,500 pounds
of lint, full explanations to be given here
after $3C0 OS
Cotton, oue acre, minimum two tuousa.id
pounds per acre 50 CO
Tobacco, ouo aero CU t*U
Cane—Southern, ono aero 50 00
Sorgho, etc., one acre 50 00
Rico—lowland, minimum sixty bushels per
’ acre 53 CO
Rice-upland, ono acre 50 0t*
Broom Corn, one acre 50 CO
CROrS BT BOTS UNDER SIXTEEN TEARS OF AGE.
Cottor one acre 25 GO
Corn, one acre 25 00
Premiums will be oCereil to encourage fish cul
ture, and siml ar premiums to those offered in 1S72
for samples of field cropB, garden and orchard pro
ducts aud the like.
SAMUEL BARNETT, Secretary.
N. B.—The Tress of the State is respectfully re
quested to extend its usual courteous co-operation
in publishing the foregoing list.
a plan
not
m man as in the bee or in the beiver— J 0 f much service in preparing
the relation between the two tenden- Q f opera 1 ions. We have
cies in man to advance and decline, and great deal that, would be
finally the causes of degradation which I Q f a place in an international exhi
seem to be born with him. These are some I bition; bnt of aucli as we have, we are
1..J1 -oil. I -.I- .
The writer’s mother was sometimes re-
worthv! loctantly persuaded to describe tue hor-
- - 1 rors oi that night. Just as she left the
theatre, she observed a large, heavy old
of the leading questions which have call- billing to contribute whatever may be m «n ljrngon his back, beneath a wiodow,
etl forth the splendid discussion which I considered oi suffioi-iit mn-rest. In any I perfectly ^ ea< *’ She used to say the look
adoi ns the pages of Primeval Man. The reasonable plan that mu\ be agreed upon agony in that g as y face haun e
Duke of Argyll has availed himself oi you shall have ni} earnest co-operation, I Ior
all tbe lights of history, science and dn( j I gfcaU take gre it pleasure in fnrther-
Scrioture in elaborating this grand and jug the end had in vi.*w, as far as I may
comprehensive line of thought, ’ "— ' ~ ' - -— K - t:
A touching incident, well autbenti-
ing tne ena no .u vx.-w, « tbi f-. X S^ e f i ' ] ? 1 tGibbo f n l ’ U * g*
have facilin*-R I,.r icoompUahing «./-
LUCRETIUS ON THE NATURE OF THINGS,
Translated into English verse by Charles Fred
erick Johnson. New York: DeWirx O. Lent &
Company. 461 Broome Street.
All that we know about Lncretins is
that he was bom B. O. 95, and that he
died in the forty-fourth year of his age,
on the very day that Virgil assumed the
toga virilis. He composed a great
didactio poem, based on the philosophy
of Democritus, and inculcating the moral
teachings of Epiourus. The purpose of
this poem seems to he to raise men above
the bondage of superstition, to deliver J 8 om ^y'
them from the fear of death and the
gods, and to inspire them with more
enlightedand filial views of nature and of
tnpernatural beings. It teaches the doc
trine that the trne dignity and happiness
of man consist in temperance and so
briety—plain living and rational contem
plation, and not in the appliances
of wealth or the pleasures of sense.
“ It is, however, in his devotion to truth
that Lucretius, more than in any other
thing in that direction.
Beepectfully yours,
Gcstavcs J. Orb,
State School Commissioner.
SOVrUEUN NEWS.
— Paducah wants a enstom-house.
— Mrs. Peterman, residing on .Catlett
creek, Ky., has been homed to death.
—There are four lodges of Good Tem
plars in Chattanooga.
—The recent rains have caused the
Alabama river to rise 18 inches.
—Sneak thieves are operating in Mont- j length got her without the hu lding.—
ful girl in Richmond. (He was the son
of Major Gibbon, collector of the port,
who in the war of the Bevolntion, led
the “forlorn hope” of volunteers, being
Lieutenant in command of the storming
party, iu Wayne’B attack on Stony
Point.}
The Lieutenant and his betrothed were
in the theatre; bat when the alarm was
given he was uot at her side. He lias
ter.ed to her rescue, and finding a lady
whom, from her general appearance, he
supposed was the loved one, he strug
gled manfully for her safety, aud at
—The young men of Huntsville have
a debating society.
—The Mississippi State Pair is in pro
gress in Jackson.
Here, to liis dismay, the bright light re
vealed the features of an unknown lady.
He instantly rushed back into the house
now a mass cf fire; bnt the adverse
throng delayed his progress so much,
that, just as he had found her whom he
dead.
— Business houses in Enfaola were
closed on election day.
— The Daily Kentuckian discusses the
Great Western Canal.
A dead baby has been found in the
quality, rises clearly above tbe lt-vel of I Petersburg water-works.
—Hon. J. O. Davis, Oa Mississippi, is sought, the roof fell in, and both perish
ed.
Doctor McCaw, a prominent physi
cian, was instrumental in saying many
females. He sat astride a window sill,
aud persuaded them to get on the seat;
tnen, holding a hand firmly in his, they
were gently lowered as far as he could
lus countrymen and his age. He thus
combines what is greatest in the Greek
i nd Roman mind—the Greek ardor of
inquiry, and the Roman manliness of
heart. He is a Roman poet of the time
of Jolins C sesar, animated with the spirit
of the early Greek philosophers.”
reach, and dropped safely to the ground.
—The yonng iadies of Dynchbnrg con-1 All so aided escaped unhurt. When ail
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Salads are suitable to all seasons and
to all classes, and on this account mure
than thirty thousand copies ot this work
have been circulated in the old world
and the new. It is full of pungent
though * and refW’i•”»> ou !.fe and a
aider themselves grown at seventeen.
— An old womaD, near Goldsboro,
N- C., ran into a web and was killed.
A crowd of men committed a rape
on a negro woman in Lovelaoeville, Ey.
Several of them have been arrested.
The annual Conference of the Vir
ginia M. E. Church, will be held on the
20th, in Petersburg.
Fayet f eville, Ark., has been visited
with a meteor. The citizens thought
their time bad come.
JonD Fail, a negro who committed
• murder in Wilcox county, Ala., some
; three years ago, has been arrested .. d *-s
- m.w in the county j*iL
THIS DREADFUL FATE,
and strive to avoid a similar end. Concluding he
read the first lines of a hjmn, tvheu he sang, and
the voice of the prisoner, firm and unfaltering,
chimed in, singing:
‘■Awake my soul in joyful lays,
And sing my great Redeemer’s praise, etc.”
At the conclusion of tbe song, when the prisoner’s
voice reached its highest pitch, at times singlne
alone, the minister joined him in prayer. During
the prayer the prisoner knelt, and prayed audibly in
broken and strangling exclamations and petitions
for mercy.
Finishing his prayer the minister a.-ose, and ad
dressing the prisoner, said: "Byrd, I’ve doze my
last—I commit all into the hands of God.” By the
prisoner: “Lord have mercy," May God save him.
"Lord grant it,” by the prisoner. “Tho dying thief
at the cross, was saved at the Seventh hour.”
The minister, Poole, then administered the sse
rament and took final leave of the prisoner, bidding
him an affectionate farewell. At this juncture It
was announced that an old colored woman
WANTED TO SEE HIM.
This announcement excited some excitem-nt and
curiosity among the multltuue. She app rnsch. d
the scaffold, and ascending, she knei-led down be
fore the prison, r; and taking his baud, admonished
him by all that he held dear on earth, aud for the
sake cf his friends, family and
HOPES OF HEAVEN,
to confess the troth. The woman’s name was Jen
nie Pruett, and she came only as a disinterested
friend. Said she, “Byrd, die with the truth. If
you go to Hell, tell the truth. If you are guilty,
confess it. Die honest.” The prieon'-r replied:
I feel I have told the truth.”
Mr. Milton P. Caldwell, pastor of the Nortt ern M.
E Church, then asked him if he desired to add any
thing to the confession which he had made to him
on the previous afternoon. The prisoner asked him
to read the confession again. Caldwell said it was
nonse. The prisoner again asked him to read it,
bnt he refused to read it all, reading a single pas
sage, denying hia guilt. The prisoner then said
HE WAS INNOCENT,
that his confession was trne in every particular.
Jennie Pruitt again beseeched him to tell the trntn,
and asked him if he could read his titles car. He
said he con'd, and taking tbe hymn book (the pris
oner could read), he read the hymn beginning—
“ Awake my soul with joyfnl lays,
And sing my great Redeemer’s praise;
He justly claimB a song from me,
His loving kindness. Oh, how free.” etc.
‘That,” said the prisoner, “is my favorite hymn, it
gives me consolation in death.” He then called
upon Zis friend Jenn e Pruitt, to remember the
words, and asking the reporter to mark them; sent
the book with his >ove to his wife, asking her to
meet him in Heaven.
A MASK OF GUILT.
There was vMb’e on the prisoner’s right cheek s
scar, by which ins gre st degree, he was identified
by tbe tittle girl in Mrs. Hubbard's fa nily, as the
one who comfit’ed the rape upon Mlsa Sophy
Hubbard. Tbe little girl in endeavoring to irighten
him. and deter him from perpetrating his infamous
design, threw a shovel full of coals in hia face, some
of which, she declared, lodged in between the
visor on his face and the skin. To all appearance,
and in the opiniun of physicians, the scar was made
by a burn, thus convicting him beyond all possibili
ty of a donbt. Col. Estes, after the foregoing pro
ceed. ugs. atkrd Byrd to explain that scar, and asked
him if it was not a burn. He replied; “ >o, it is
not a burn. It is a hurt, and was made in a wrestle
with Wade Henderson (bis accomplice in crime) on
Saturday evening at 3 o’clock. He threw me on
gravelly ground in the lane 25o yard of Mr. Brazle-
ton’s garden, near tbe walnut tree. I fe'I on hard
earth; Henderson on top, ana in drawing my face
out it scraped on the grovel. It never bled much,
and very scon s black spot appeared at the place.”
It then wanted only thirty minutes to the time of
execution, and the Sheriff aekec him if he wanted
to say anything to the crowd. “Yea, sir. I do,” said
he, and he slowly arose, and supporting himself on
his chair, made the following
ADDRESS TO THE MULTITUDE:
‘■I don’t wsut to ta; much. Well, gentlemen, my
friends, col.red and white; I suppose this is my
last hour with you all, and my wishes for you are
all tbe best; and I would that all my friends would
take warning, and not walk tbe road I have traveled
since the day I was charged with this but I
feel with a clear conscience, that I have t-wted the
truth to my friends. I hope they* will be satisfl -d
wi - h what I have already said, (referring, doubtless,
tub’* tie-: aratii.us ot innocence while in jail . 1
tm"; be’i. - if I • ..i nev-r entered Bryant’s quarter
been working). I never would
CAP WAS LIFTED,
and turning to the cr wd of colored people below
the scaffold, he said: “Frieuda, I hope wo wi'l
meet in a better world."
He then called for Hannah Wright, who had ac
cused him of fornication before. She appeared and
he said:
“Miss Hannah, Iadvise you as one who loves you.
Try to meet me in heaven. Try to do better and
meet me in another world. I hope you will never
be persuaded any more, if you ever have been in
the past. I love you and want to meet you in
heaven.”
Here Jennie Pruitt called to him from the crowd,
saying: “Bo.truthfnl; tell the truth if you burn at
the stake ’’
The prisoner stopped a moment, but did not re
ply, and he concluded his remaras to tho colored
people in these words:
“Be found in tho service of the Lotd. Doc'
weep for me.”
The officers then pulled down the cap over his
face, and placed the noose around his neck. During
the time, he said: “Gentlemen, try to do the best
yon can, and meet me in another world.” Ho was
now
ON THE CALLOWS,
with the noose around his neck, ready to be plung
ed into another world. t The sheriff bade him good
bye; the jailer, taking his hand, said, ’ Good-bye,
Byrd.” He replied: “Tell all good-bye. God bless
you.”
The support was quickly snatched from under
him, and at 12:30 o'clock the prisoner wsb instantly
LAUNCHED INTO ETEBNITT.
He strngg.ed and quivered a few minnteB, but
his pulse ceased to beat in thirteen minutes. His
i ueck was not broken, aud he died solely from stran
gulation. After hanging 33 minutes, the body was
taken down aud placed in a coffin. His face was un
covered, and it presented a very natural appearance,
the eyes being closed bb in sleep..
During his entire stay on the scaffold he presented
a cool, calm, composed, collected aau undaunted
exterior, never betraying any emotiou except during
prayer ami the minister s sermon, when he appeared
to be affected by emotions such as affect religious
persons under religious exciUmeut
His body was taken by his father who attended to
its interment.
The deceased was a light mulatto, heavy built,
about 5 feet, 6 inches ta 1, and a q: ck. intelligent
eye.
Notwithstanding his repeated proteetatiocs of in
nocence, the conviction is almost uuiv real that
Byrd Brooks was guilty, and they am confirmed in
this opinion by the strange conduct of Jennie Pru
itt, an honest-looking, old-fashioned negro, who
tried, it seemed, to persuade the prisoner to confess
his guilt. She told The Sun reporter atier the exe
cution, that she new a great deal, bu: refused to
commnoicate anything, declaring it would do no
gcod.
A Candida.! s tar Matrimony
War Path.
on the
whom h** could influence had been thus
saved, the doctor, finding the fire close
st baud, leaped from the window; but iu
doing so, he injured oue knee, which
rendered him lame fer life.
Oue who attends the Monumental
Church, in Richmond, sees in front a
kind of m luaoleum, within which is a
monument inscribed with the utunes of
seventy-two victims of the fire. Toe
mausoleum occupied the site of the old
theatre. The Cover t.-r oi t- e^at^, m , h . K BUd for
one Of the Victims. borne ot til- wrl.er ? | n ,. t a-pear to be a pice
SchO' ImateS wer«- in the house; l)Ut, 1>J re«p«ctab»e wr~ u to ,-tay Y-t I w» t.
pushing under the elbows of the crowJ, : “[£' r B 1 " h ^
|U escaped. ti-u g tb r<-1 have been brought to thin end. I
The following incident actually occurred in this
city the other evening. A young man, who had
been pretty constant in hia attentions upon a Cer
tain yonng lady, whom we will designate as Miss
Dorothy, cation to aee her in the evening. After
the usual commonplace salutations and conversa
tion, aa a matter of course, the yonng people drifted
into the never-failing theme of love and matrimony.
The young lady advanced some idea-) on the precious
subject, after which the young man vclu^...e.ed a
few comments. At length the young gent, who the
yonng lady fancied was much attached to her and
“meantbusiness,” expressed his intention never to
get married, in which he stated that though be had
visited yonng ladies all his life, and had enjo ed
their company immeasurably, he never yet enter
tained a serious notion of marrying.
At the announcement Miss Dorothy waxed wroth,
asked him why he cams there, aud admonished
him. She had no time to waste npon him.
The hen-pecked yonng gallant retired, and has
been daily expecting a gas bill from tne young lady.
“Go West, yonng man, go "West.”
it does
lor a
yy The following. In relation to Mrs. Belt and
Patrick Henry, will be read with interest by many,
who know that lady in this city. We clip from the
New York Post: “An original portrait of Patrick
Henry, oi Revolutionary memory, from life, is now
in this city iu charge of Mrs. Carlton Belt, late of
Georgia, who is at present residing at the Coleman
House. This head, which is of miniature size, was
painted in 1795 for Miss Martha Syme, daughter of
Colonel John Syme, of Virginia, who was a half
brother of Patrick Henry. It is painted on ivory
and very beautifully executed. All of the portraits
of Patrick Henry which illustrate pnb'icalions are
said to have been made from this miniature, bat it
has never been copied large size, as the original
owner and her descendants always refused to let it
go oat of their possession lor any such purpose.
The portrait is now rwned by Mrs. John Flemming
of Goochland county, Virginia, into whose posses
aion it came by descent from the original owner.”
DR, HARRISON’S LECTURE.
The Snrreacy Mystery Explninctl.
Dr. W. P. Harrison, Pastor of the I -t M. E.
Church, South, and an eminent divine, I hv-red in
thi3 city, last evening, a most entertaining lecture
on Spiritualism.
He sought, first, to disprove the possibility df
communication with disembodied spirits, and next
to account for all apparent spiritual maiiilcstationa
by physical, vital, mundane forces.
He treated in their order respectively rapping,
table tipping, trlcka of legerdemain, verbal and
written cominnnicatlons, and phyMc&l phenomena
ot all kiudB, such as have astonished tho public
iniud recently at the Surrency house in South
Georgia.
He sought to demonstrate tho absurdity of com
munication with spirit Tappings, by reference to the
London Ghost of the last century, in which, through
tho medium of a tittle girl, a dcAased woman, sis
ter cf a deceased v.-ife-, declared that ter shier hid
been poisoned by her husband, and demanded and
predicted that ho would be hanged for tr.o crime
The dolusion, for such it was, excited all England,
and elicited the personal attention of old Dr. Samuel
Johnson. After a time it was demanded that the
little girl, tho sole medium of communication with
the di ad, be coaveyod to a room in a distant part of
the city, placed in bed under caro of strangers,
wholly removed from the influence of the perse
cutors of the alleged poisoner, and that she would
there call up tho spirit of the indignant woman.
This demand was refused, and the consequence was
the piruos were art us ted, convicted acd punished. •
Passing over the tricks of legerdemain, we i-ruas
to tbe Doctor’s refutation of the claim that diserm
bodied spirits held coummunicatlen with the living
through automatic living mediums, who uncon
scious of what they did, would writo at tho dicta
tion of the spirit of tho uepartod which ho V-d sum
moned The Doctor stated that he would here sub
mit a test, and if there was any man who could give
a demonstration, simple as it was, ho would bccjm-3
his convert.
The medium professed to write alono at tho dicta
tion of the spirit wholly unconscious of what Ire
wrote. Then if that spirit would call up the spirit
of Vergil or Mahoment, and record in tho Latin or
Arabic languages what they might direct, ho would
acknowledge tho truth of their theory. lYhy wa3 it
that all mtdiums held communication with Virgil,
Mahomet, David or Demosthenes in English,
French, or German, and nev.r in Latin, Arabic,
Hebrew or Greek—the languages, and the only
languages which those ancient heroes spoke ? Had
these spirits learned English iu death? Did thoy
all prefer to communicaio in English? Is it sup-
posable that they are familiar with iu-: Euglnb
tongue, when they died 3,000 years beloro the lan
guage was spoken ? If the medium ho a more aate-
malon ho cau writo Hebrew, Arabic and
Greek as easily, TVhy has ho never done so,
though repeatedly solicited to do st? TVhy la it
that in a great majority of iuslancts. though tuo
medium comrnunicato with the mosihulshod schol
ars, who wero models in their day, ho specs badly
and murders tho English language, uses tcima acd
pbraseo'ogy such as were never used by the spirit*
when alive? Is it probable that they have forgotten
their language, or is it possible that, tbev b nj, in
spirit, detoriuraieu iuio uto use or tue common
vernacular of the vulgar?
The Doctor then proceeded to explain the physical
phenomena, such as are accred to i to have occumd,
such as the sudden aud incxplicibie removal oi ob
jects without any visible force, such as the tumbling
of household articles, aud the fi ght of t ed hot
bricks, such as have recently occurred ai tho Sur
rency house in South Georgia. Illustrative of these
phenomena he told the story of a French waiting
woman who one day npon undertaking to pick a
plate from the table, was surprised to sec it siido
from her reach and break to piec<s on the fi >or.
and when sbe approached the tsble, bewil
dered at the incident, she was dumb
founded to see the entire set of plates and d.she*
fly off the table and break into a thousand fragu enta
on the floor. The phenomena became mere anil
more miraculous, that it was impossible for the poor
girl to set down or tie down, unless the chair or bed
stead were held firmly by five or six persons. Tbn
fact attracted the attention of an eminent French
naturalist, who npon examining the g.rl found hoc
surcharged so highly with eVcrrictty that its supe
rior force, when she approached any movable artt-
ole of furniture, was such as to drive it awey. Tbe
girl was placed undo treatment of a physician, and
soon recoveredfrom the disoider which invited suck
a tremendous charge of the electric current
Doubtless such was the explanation of the Surrenqjr
mystery.
The Doctor s lid that during a period o f six montbe
he was himself affected in a similar manner. One
evening, after writing all day, he took hold of s
glass lamp chimney, and the moment he touched it.
it buret into a thousand fragments. H»d he been n»-
famibar with the cause, he would probably have be
come instantly excited, and thereby increased the
lores, m i:d probably everything in reach would hano
fled from his approach.
He referred to a celebrated Austrian naturalist
who had made myriad erparimenls on mesmerism
acd magnetism, who advanced a theory that there
was a Vila) force in man exclusive of electricity and
magnetism, which -ascontrolled by the will of tho
mind, and which caused ua to perform at times
physical acts of which we were entirely uuconscioaa.
And here was the explanation of table tipping He
himself had made the experiment, and by the su
perior control cf the will united with thetiuagir.*-
tion the vital force, conveyed by an invis.me fluid
from the brain to the muscles, that articles of ordi
nary weight could bo moved or lifred by this pow
erful effort of the brain. Any one could make tbs
experiment for himself. Take a coin or other arti
cle between the fingers, and by a powerful and con
centrated effort of tee brain to move it to one aid*,
or in a circle, it would move, tuough perhaps un
consciously to you, and would move though lha
hand« were fixed in a vice. There was a vital foeoe
in the brain which of itself could move subatancea>
so close is the relation betw.-en mind and matter.
Personal.—Judge Permed us Reynolds was in tb
eit* yesterday. He baa been quite ill for some time
past—confined to hu home and eve u to his bed. We
are giiai to find him sufficiently recovered to visit
Ati.nta again, and trua. he will rOou hr entirely
well.
uojiiciME x.r t.nuj jjy.
A painful tragedy occurred in Griffin on elec tin*
night, in which one oi the parties was killed.
It seems that there was a party of six or more at
the meat house of Mr. 1. W. Adams, and toward Lg
o'clock Mr. J. H. Grant came r.i, and. speaking t(
the election, said he was now a Grant man. Mr.
W. a. Brown asked him what Grant, when he an
swered, U. S. Grant. Mr. Drown th«n remark^
that no Grant man should insult that com par y, amt
■e-tued to be offended with Giant’s presence. After
tome more words, Brown struck. Grant, an i Gran
struck Brown, when Brc wd drew hi-, pi.p l
at 8rh several times. Grant fel? .it-ad
strean^^"he jury gave a v. roiet th.--
his dec from a gun soot woun
handsome unknown party