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FAYETTEVILLE GA . LBGrlggs 1 VOLUME XIV. TUESDAY ^MOKZSfko, OCTOBER 24, 1882. PRICE 5 CENTS FINIS FOR FIVE! The End of the Rioters. Eastman PRESENTING BOLD FRONTS! How the Night Was Spent in Macon. OFF FOR EASTMAN. The Closing Scenes at The Jail, Dying Speeches of the Murderers on the Scaffold—How They Met Death, Etc., Etc. The hanging of five negroes at Eastman on yesterday presented two features that make it unprecedented in the history of the gallows. 1st. There were five persons hung for the murder of one man, and in addition to this seventeen men sent to the jienitentiary for life. 2d. The hanging occurred within three months after the murder, with a single trial before jury, and without appeal. In order that this case may be thoroughly understood—from the extraordinary riot in which the murder was committed/to the wholesale execution of yesterday that closed the terrible tragedy, we print the whole story in detail. It is the most remarkable chapter of crime in many respects tlint we have ever been called upon to chronicle: Special Dispatch to The Constitution. Eastman, October 20.—Ella Moore, Simon -O’Quinn, Joe King, Reddy Powell and Bob Donaldson were executed here to-day at one o'clock in the presence of about one hundred persons. Early this morning General Baird reached Macon and at once assumed com mand of the Floyd Rifles under Captain -John L. Hardeman, and the Macon Volun teers under Captain W. W. Carnes, which or ganisation, commanded by Colonel C. M. Wiley, were instructed to attend the exccu- 'lc-. With Sawra! Bull Mm too Intel ligence of the respite granted Shipman, but of this clemency the condemned knew nothing until the time of departure of pris oners arrived. Each of the doomed men except O’Quinn slept well during the night. About dork they ate each a good supper, and when day dawned this morning they were all in good spirits. Ella Moore passed the night in praying and singing but about four o'clock fell asleep and slept soundly until her breakfast was given her. King ate a hearty meal, but the other prison- •ers merely touched their food. About seven forty-five o’clock, jailer Foster entered the cell where the men were incarcer ated and asked Shipman how he would like to stay away. A hope spread over his face and he replied, “can I?” Jailer Foster then informed him of his respite and proceeded to unchain him from his associate. During the unchaining the remaining friend wished Shipman good luck and bade him goodbye. As the farewells were exchanged the prisoners manifested great feeling; Shipman could not talk but stood crying and sobbing like a child. Finally the five were taken from the jail. Reddy Powell and Simon O'Quinn were chained together,next came Joe King and Bob Donaldson, and behind the four walked Ella Moore. In front of the jail the two military companies were drawn up, and without any delay the prisoners were given their place in the procession. Then the march for the carshed was taken. It was a quiet, rainy tramp, and not half the crowd of the previous day was out. Reaching the depot the prisoners were led into a special coach, and given seats on the left hand side of the car. They sat in the order they marched- and did not move until they arose for their last walk—that to the gallows. The military then tiled into the car, and at 8:30 the engi neer pulled his throttle and the train rolled -out for Eastman. The train was well loaded with passengers, and at every station the crowd was augmented until there was hardly standing room left daring the ride. The prisoners conducted themselves well enough to convince the crowd that they had nerve. Each of the five talked freely to all who approached them, and indicated no de sire to yield. When about half way Powel and King were each given a cigar, which they seemed to enjoy greatly. Donaldson and O'- Quinn both declined to smoke, and when a cigar was tendered Ella she said, “No, I had rather smoke my pipe.” This she produced and in a jifly she was smoking her last smoke. King, who was about twenty-six years of age, was a-bright mulatto, and was a Georgia ne gro. He talked firmly and quietly, and said that he was ready to’tjdie. He denied being a party to the murder of Mr. Harvard, and said that he was innocent of the crime for which he was to hang. All along King has declined to pray or to accept the prayers of others. Be says his life was a bad one and he had enough meanness to die for. But after boarding the train he began to weaken, and before the ride was completed, claimed to have secured a pardon for his many sins. Donaldson also said he was innocent of the charge, but had obtained forgiveness. He was a South Carolinia negro ana was thirty-five years of age. He was a tall, black negro, and was quiet throughout the day. Powell was a Georgia dar key, about twenty-four years o- ;e, and was almost jet blackf e was a heavy-set negro, and with the others claimed tiardon for his sins. O'Quinn was a tall blaclt negro, about sixty years of age. and said although readv to die, he was innocent of the crime. Elia Moore expressed great faith in her right to a seat l»y her Savior, bat denied being in the row which resulted in Harvard’s death. She requested a message to be sent to her son, who is in New York, asking him to raise her two children, who are in Macon. When the train rolled into Eastman the rain was 'Uing in torrents. The town was quiet,hard, ^persons being present. Sheriff Sapp met . fiat the depot and escorted them to the j. -jiere an inclosure about forty feet square an /about twenty feet high had been built. While en route to the jail Powell asked Sheriff Sapp to have his body sent to his home near Eastman for burial. AT THE JAIL. The prisoners were all placed in one cell where they engaged in religious exercises and talked to their.fnends for an hour. At twelve o’clock Powell was unchained, and, without a faltering step walked around the jail and as cended the steps leading to the scaffold. His hands were pinioned behind him with a rope and then he stepped forward and addressed the crowd. He wore a pair of cotton pants, was barefooted and in his shirt sleeves. His speech was raniblingbut was frequently inter spersed with a denial of any participancy in the riot. He was frequently interrupted by persons about the scaffold asking him questions advising him to tell the truth. At the conclusion of Powell’s talk the rope was adjusted about bis neck and then Joe King was brought out. From his conduct while on the train and his sudden conver- tion there was a general belief that he would break down, but his nerve remained good until the end. He was dressed in an old black sait and wore a straw hat. He stepped to the front of the scaffold and said: •‘I am now about to die but I am innocent. I did not kill Mr. Harvard. I never saw him that day dead or alive.” Just here some one below cried out: ‘‘Joe, what brought you to this?” ‘‘Gambling and whisky,” was the response given. Seven years ago I began gambling and roving about, and this is the end of it. That’s ail I have got to say,’ and stepping back under the noose which hung from the beam, he faced Sheriff Sappand said: *‘I am ready,” and spoke no more before the drop fell. Simon O’Quinn came next. He, too, was in his shirt sleeves, and as his eves fell upon his two comrades, about whose necks the ropes were, a perceptible shudder was observed by those present. After his hands had been tied lie stepped to the edge of the gallows and asked for Mr. HarreTl. The gentleman re sponded, and in compliance with O’Quinn’s request ascended to the trap, but wliat passed between them is not known, the conversation was carried on in an inaudible tone, and at it conclusion the rope was placed about his neck. Ella Moore came next. She was dressed in an old black calico dress, and wore an old straw hat. Without aid she climbed the doz en steps and stood beside her coadjutors in crime. She was placed next to O’Quinn, but declined to talk. Donaldson, the fifth and last, was then brought out. He was dressed in a full suit that he has worn ever since arrest. The sight of his companions at the end of the rope did not seem to disturb him. He declined to address the crowd, but saia: ‘‘I aiu ready to die; I will never go to another camp-meeting.” After the five had been ar ranged side by side,the sight of the sixth noose which was empty and which had been suspended, for Shipman, sent a chill to the heart of many present. At 12:45 everything seemed to be in readiness, and the black caps '—•>■" T hJUJ;-. \ jrc drawn tight ana placed behind the right’ear. When the sheriff undertook to tighten the noose about the woman’s neck the knot refused to work, and the rope was removed. She was then carried, her feet having been tied to the knot intended for Shipman, but the rain had swollen this rope and the knot had to be un tied and made again. This time she stood trembling and swaying backward and for ward indicating that she would not hold out. Finally the knot worked, and she was again placed in line. At five minutes before one Sheriff Sapp said: “You have.five min utes more to live,” and left the scaffold. He then went to the rope which held the trap in position, and with his watch in hand watched the time pass. At exactly one o’clock he said: “your time has come sea Hold came: “Good-bye!’ ‘Good-byel” “Good-bye!” and all of the negroes that the engines could lia it into Eastman. The excursionists not_ beftg used to seeing whisky sold by the drink n Sunday and finding that the price bad be- n lowered to ten cents a drink on account of t ie occasion were very liberal in their patron.- :e ofthe bar-rooms, disguised under the name drug stores. “SONErntNC ABOUT A WATCH.” Amongthe excursionists was Jake Tarrap ■,» *<-*- a negro gambler from Macon, who came its fci l Ji-Ln pared to carry out that part of the program. -Vf 1 Dev would burn the house and then hold me offering more amusement than had ever be '--•'•wasible for harboring a fugitive from their furnished at any camp meeting. About no-”®-! vtsuce. I tried to get them to listen to rea- one of the brethren dropped into the ii, and called upon room where Jake andhismendswcrerunnii^'rV ’ a colored preaches the amusement part of the camp-meeting a: j and several friends to try induce the crowd to thinking that he saw a good place to win, be >ut up his watch, which Jake won. Aft. r osing his watch he came to the conclusion that the side show that Jake had set up in opposition to the camp-meeting was a dis grace and ought to bo broke up—so he ha 1 fe*y!e arid threw brick-bats at and fired pistol Jake arrested for stealing his watch.. balls into my house. At last I suggested that •’ ‘ J j_ three sober men might go into my house snd search it. They said that wouldn’t do, for I might have somebody in there to shoot them, but finally agreed if 1 would iucrease the com- Froin the ‘Good-bye!’’ os the last GOOD-BYE was said the axe severed the rope and the five bodies were dangling in the air. After twenty seven minutes the bodies were cut down Every neck had been broken, and the murder of Mr. Harvard was avenged. The scaffold was twenty-five feet long, and one trap held the quintette. The execution was well done, and everything is now quiet. Near the scaf fold one square grave was dug, and the five bodies are now being interred. Eastman is a brand new little town on the Macon and Brunswick railroad, seventy miles below Macon. It is named after a Mr. East man from Massachusetts and is the county seat of Dodge county, which is named after Hon. Win. E. Dodge,of New York, who owns a good portion of the land in the county. Eastman is situated near the center of the turpentine belt, and a large proportion of its inhabitants are northern men, who are inter; ested in the lumber or turpentine business. Probably the most worthless and law-defying citizens of the state, can be found among the working classes of Dodge county. They are the negroes that work on the tur pentine farms eight months in the year, then migrate. They generally come and go from North and South Carolina. They are paid by the week and rove from one farm to another, working wherever it suits their con venience. They are perfectly itinerant, hav ing no home or anything to attach them to any settlement. Their depredations against the law, which are frequent, only necessitates their moving from one county to another to avoid arrest. This together with the fact that they hold the balance of power in elections and as they have no interest in a country that theyonly come to live eight months in, their vote is with a very few exceptions perfectly purchasable, make them very objectionable as citizens. DRUG STORE LICENSE. Through the influence of the Hon. W. E Dodge, of New York, who is a great temper ance advocate, and has large interests around Eastman, the prohibition act was passed. When the bar-rooms were closed, the saloon men bought enough drugs for an apo' ogv for a drug store, and an excuse for the name." and took out a drug store license and continued to sell whisky by the drink withont even re quiring a doctor s certificate that it was for medicinal purposes. As there was no law against keeping drug stores open on Sunday these barrooms under another name were never closed. THE CAMP-MEETING. Sunday, the 6th of August last, was adver tised as the opening day of a negro camp meeting that according to the circulars sent out “would furnish more amusement than any camp-meeting ever held in Georgia.” These dodgers, which were circulated over the whole of that portion of the state advised every one to be on band as “a lively time might be ex pected.” Two mammoth excursions were organized to bring the crowd to the camp- 1 went to the house as fast as I could and found the crowd stopping in front of my gate, i asked what was the matter? They said that a man had hid in my house that were going ]o kill because he killed one of their colo '-hey were armed with pistols, knives anr. ^;icks. and occasionally a razor, and seemed to perfectly wild with rage. I told them that one hud gone into my house. {At that -lel did not know that Harvard was there) they could not search it They swore become quiet and disperse. They did every thing they could to aid, but the crowd was bent on violence, and cursed the preacher for Liking sides with the white people. While we were talking to them they tore down the gave up the watch and the owner withdrew the charges against fan-spin, but Marshal Buchan insisted that he had no right to turu Terrapin loose since a case bad been made, and sent him to jail in charge of Deputy- Marshal Pete Harrell. TARRAP1N KILLED. On the way to the jail a negro stepped up to Harrell and asked him for a chew of tobac co. As Harrell put his hand in his pocket to get it, Tarrapin thought he saw a chance to escape, and knocked Harrell to the ground,’ and took to his heels. Marshal Buchan fired at the negro twice as he ran. but without c-> fact. Harrell having by this time recovere . from his fall, pulled out a pistol, took delil - erate aim, fired, and striking Tarrapin in tli.i back, bored a hole through him, killing him instantly. THE MOB FORMING. As soon as he was killed the negroes flocked around and commenced muttering threats and- complaining about his being killed because lie was a negro. The marshal and his deputy- hearing the whispered threats, and seeing tha; the crowd of drunken negroes was swelling every moment, and constantly becoming mon. turbulent, withdrew from the scene. By this time a large percentage of the negroes wen- drunk or uniter the influence of this dru> store whisky, and as they moved the deac; body of Tarrapin from the place where hti was shot to the camp-meeting ground, thij drunken mob followed, making all sorts <l| inflaming speeches and demonstrations. Bot j Donaldson especially advised violent meas i urcs. He called the attention of the mob t<j the fact that they outnumbered the white:; ten to one, and then or never was the time t<: get even with the whites. That they had ! KILLED TARRAPIN. because lie was a negro, and that he was it favor of killing white men. Donalson was on< of u dozen or more men who said everythin) they could think of to inflame the mind of the drunk and excited crowd that follower the corpse of the dead gambler to the camp meeting ground. As they neared the caiuj ground they were met by a new and mor. effective element of fanatics, the women whi seeing the corpse, commenced screaming ant shouting. Ella Moore, A DRUNKEN NEGRESS, recognized Tarrapin as her nephew, and pall ing out a razor plead with the crowd to avengt her sister’s son. She fell over his body, wail ing piteously and exposing his gaping woum to the mob called on them to bum the {own and kill every white man in it rather tliar. let the murderer of her sister’s son escape. This speech to her drunken hearers who wen ripe for a riot was as effective as Marc Antho ny’s oration over dead Cicsar was on a siniila: but grander occasion. The negroes, by com mon consent, every er, started toward vengeance, shoot ing knifes. Ella Moore FLOURISHING HER RAZOR above her head and urging her followers to kill the first white man they saw was a promi nent figure in the crowd, shouts of “bum the town,” “kill the marshall," “shoot Harrell on sight,” mingled with oaths -and pistol shots filled the air. As the mob turned into the public square they met Pete Harrell, the-tep- uty marshal face to face, and commenced firing at him. Harrell, to save himself shout ed out “I am : ot the man, there he goes,” pointing to Mr. James Q. Harvard, of Coch ran, a stranger, who came to Eastman that day on the excursion and who was running to avoid the mob. The infurated devils see ing a man running were deceived into believ ing that it was the man THAT SHOT TARRAMN, so they turned from Pete Harrell and follow- mittee to five they would be satisfied. This I consented to. As soon as the door was open they made a rush at the house in such a vio lent manner that it was impossible to check them, and in a minute the house was filled with drunken negroes. They made my wife open the doors of all the closets in the house to prove that no one was secreted there. At last they found Mr. Harvard in the back hall way and shouted out, “Here is the d—n rascal, kill him;" others said “shoot him,” and one wanted to ■ < “BURN HIM ALIVE.” Jordan Smith, a negro recognizing Harvard, called out “don’t hurt that boy, I know him, I almost raised him. He is innocent.” But they pulled him into my daughter’s room where ne fell on his knees and begged them not to kill him, that he was innocent and did not know why they wanted to kill him. Jordan Srnith'put his arms around the boy and tried to keep the mob oft of him,but they continued to shout “kill him,” and dragged him into the hallway, I followed as quick as I could get througti the crowd, but before I got out to where, he was I heard a pistol fire and some one say “we have killed the d—n rascal.” When I got to where he was I found Ella Moore beating him in the face, cursing him and gloating’over death. The testimony of Harrell was corroborated and strengthened in every detail by a number of witnesses. The mob HAVING TASTED BLOOD became more violent than ever. The white people seeing that they were outnumbered ten to one, had- to submit to all kinds of indigni ties. The marshal and his deputy were hid somewhere far from the maddening crowd, and mob law hail'complete sway in the town from two o’clock in the afternoon until the next morning. -The old-time negroes that lived about Eastman, at the suggestion of iheir white friends, and sometimes at the risk of their lives, went among the darkies and admonished them not to act hasty, but to lis ten to the advice of old and sober men who had their interests at heart These darkies who counseled moderation and counteracted the effect of incendiary speeches that were being made by the young and drunken por tion of the mob, it is thought saved the town from the incendiary’s torch and its citizens from violent death at the hands of a mob. A number of men went to the telegraph office at the depot to telegraph for help from Ma- -on and other neighboring towns, but as it v r as Sunday the offices in these towns were r >t open or they could get no answers. In j aftemewu the excursion trains left and DURING THE WEEK. WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD HAVE BEEN DOING. Colonel Cockrell Held to Bail tor the Harder of Slay- back-Opening of the St. Fhllip’e Church— Death of Mrs. General GartreU—Mar. riagea in Atlanta—Kailroad Disasters. Tuesday, October 17. Colonel Cocrwell, of SL Louis, was bound over for trial for the murder of Colonel A. W. Slayback. The management of the Rich mond and Danville railroad has not changed hands. The employes of the United States treasury building are forbidden to smoke or brew tea in the building. Cholera has broken out at Brownsville, Texas. Two train robbers have been killed in Texas. The agri cultural bureau reports the small grain crop ail over the country to be in excellent condi tion. IN THE CITY. Sunday the new Episcopal church of St. Pnilip’s was formally opened for services, the sermon being preached by Rev. Chauncey Williams, of Augusta. A strike occurred among the printers of The Constitution of- fic, resulting from the discharge of two ob noxious employes Their places were prompt ly filled by other men. Several serious acci* dents have taken place on the East Tennessee’ Virginia and Georgia railroad. The telegraph fire alarm has been put into operation in At lanta, and the tolling of the bells will no longer be necessary. Joe Benton, an escaped convict from Lockett’s convict camps, has been detected in Atlanta and retumea to pun ishment. The Young Men’s Library associa tion are organizing an art loan exhibition. Charles W. Dill, a Fulton county farmer, has a nineteen ounce quince. John Brown, col ored, editor of the Defiance, is dead. Wednesday. October 18. The democrats of New York city have uni- ted Jin naming a city ticket. The canvass in Kansas is based on the liquor question. It is iposed that St. John, prohibition and re publican candidate for governor, will be de feated. An Irish national convention met in Dublin, Parnell was elected president. The proceedings were harmonious. Colonel Buck, republican, has opened the canvass for con- S ess in the fifth Georgia district against ammond. Colonel Buck came south dur ing the war in command of a negro regiment One thousand, one hundred and twenty-seven cases of yellow fever have been chronicled in Pensacola. Large tracts of land have been sold in Patric county, Virginia, at a dollar an acre. A sheriff in Kearney, Nebraska, has been shot dead by two horse thieves. In Zanesville, John Tucker, tinner, fell from a roof sixty high, and was mashed to a jelly. A Sandusky, Ohio, train ran off the track, and seriously wounded several members of the Lingard theatrical troupe, who were pas sengers. IN THE CITY, Mrs. Senator Hill has received $10,000 in surance on the death of her husband. Mrs. J. F. Jones, 353 Whitehall street, is dead. Mr. Couper, of Brunswick, has located in At lanta. A. C. Snead and E! W Hewitt have been elected lieutenants of we TflkhJ City Guards. Mr. E Van Winkle is building a $20,000 residence on Peachtree. Colonel Richard Peters will accept a seat in the Ful ton road and revenue commission. The'Hill ARP’S ADVICE. ed the" stranger, shooting and cursing as they went. Harvard seeing himself pursued and shot at by the rioters took refuge in Mr. W. W. Hairell’s house. Tne house was immediately surrounded and threats were made " to bum it down if the fugitive was not delivered to them. A parley was held at the gate by Mr. Harrell and tne rioters, he assuring them that the man they were looking for was not in the house, and insisting that they had no right to search his house or burn it down. Heanda number of friends also advised the negroes to listen to reason and let the law deal with whoever killed Tarrapin. They replied that a negro had no chance in the court-house. His only chance was to take the law in his own hands, and they had the power now, and they in tended to use iL While this talk was going on THE DRUNKEN RIOIERS had tore down the picket fence around Mr. Harrell’s house, and had armed themselves with the palings, pickets and anything else that came handy. They fired a number of pistols into the house, and brickbats flew tnrough the air and fell on the house like hail. The mob every moment became more im patient and violent, and at last, as a compro mise, Mr. Harrell agreed 1o let a committee of five go into the house with him and satisfy themselves that he was not harboring either of the men the rioters said they were looking for. When the doors were opened for th committee of five to go in, the crowd made a rush at the house and forced an entrance. They found Mr. Harvard, the stranger, in the back hall. and. though they treated him roughly, they were so much in doubt about his being the man they were looking for that probably he would have escaped with his life if Ella Moore, THE DBUNKEN NEGROES had not made her way into the house, cried out. pointing at Harvard. “I know him. He killed my sister's son—kill him!” While she was talking a pistol shot rang through the air an d Harvard fell forwaad, shot through the brain. Ella Moroe jumped on the dying man and beat him over the head and face with her hands. Others struck him across the head and shoulders with palings and pickets from the fence. Several of the more conservative negroes among the mob reproved the others for killing a straDger that none of them knew and who had never done any of them any injury. One of the negroes called out: “He saved himself and changed his clothes to fool us, but he is the man we were looking for.” Another ealled out: “That’s not Pete Harrall but he's a white man and ought to be killed anyhow. Now lets look for the marshall and Pete Harrall.” With this they left the house , — shooting and swearing. Mr. W. W. Harrall i called on oath at the trial testifies as follows about | the about and a great deal of noise up to the door and saw A DRUNKEN MOB w L . night —-. >v , ^ night in droid o THE INCENDIARY TORCH s | or the assassin’s bullet. With the assistance of relief committees that came from Cochran and other neighboring towns, they kept guard over the town all night and kept down all disturbance. The next day law and order was restored and they commenced arresting the rioters. Twenty-two were tried and com mitted to jail without being allowed bond to await trial by the superior court. The friends of the negroes raised a purse and employed Colonel Luke Hall to defend the prisorers. When it became known that Colonel Hall was retained by the defense he commenced re ceiving anonymous postal cards and letters threatening him, that if he came into the court house as THE CHAMPION OF THE NEGROES that had endangered the lives and homes of the good people of Eastman, they would ride him out of town on a rail, and a number of other threats of a life character. Colonel Hall seeing that he had made an unpopular move in becoming counsel for the negroes, re turned the fee and abandoned the case. Colo nel Jack Brown, a well known politician,then volunteered as counsel for the rioters, but for some reason withdrew from the case before it was over. The judge then appointed three lawyers, one of them a republican, to defend the prisoners. By consentfof the counsel for the defense the court tried the cases on the wholesale plan. They first trid ten of the riot ers together. They then tried another batch of five, then a gang of seven. Of the twenty- two bound over six were CONDEMNED TO DEATH, and the remaining sixteen were sent to peni tentiary for life. these rioters were tried at a special session o the superior court, called for the purpose, and while the trial was going on, two negroes were killed in the county within twenty miles of the court house, by two other negroes, and no arrests were made. The officers went out to the turpentine farms, were the murders were committed, and came back and reported that the murderers had left, and they had no clue to their whereabouts. After their trial those condemned to death were carried to Macon for safe-keeping. While in jail in Macon they made several in effectual attempts to escape. A negro preach er called to give the prisoners spiritual advice, and prayed that the shackles which bound the limbs of these poor misled negroes, who under the influence of MEAN WHISKY sold to them by white men on Sunday, had been induced to join a mob, and really did not know what they did. The next morning two of the prisoners were found with their shackles off and Ella Moore, one of them, had, by moving brick from out the chimney, very nearly effected an es cape. The superstitous negroes cannot be con vinced but that a miracle had been per formed, and these irons had fallen off through some sort of Divine influence. A few days after, however, two more of the negroes managed to get rid of their irons. It was then found that the rioters had PICKED THE LOCKS that bound their chains with a rim that was used as a handle to a tin bucket used to bring water in. After that they chained all the rioters to the floor and put them in separate cells, and no further attempt was then made to escape. The feeling in the country was very strong against the rioters. On Wednes day following the riot the negroes of Eastman monument fund is still bring pressed- e-q in town J.. Tlintaj, October 19 report of the'-postmaster „ that file expenditures for the yearhai much lower than the apprupriatibhaf The demoCratltrprarality in Ohio is 18,'XX 1 all aronnd. English counsel is flowed to ATatn 1 Pasha in his trial in Egypt. A laige number of conventions, political and religious, are in session throughout the country. There is great scarcity of labor in Louisiana. Fifty women bishops have gone to Europe to work up recruits. A Delaware murderer went crazy in the court room. Measles are ranging in dangerous form in Alaska. Some excitement in exists Pamlico sound, North Carolina, over the reported discovery of some of Captain Kidd’s treasure. A Wilmington, Delaware, bridegroom, being chided by his bride, took laudnaum and died. One of the democratic congressmen in Ohio, was elected by three majority. Yellow fellow has broken out in Camargo, Mexico. IN the errr. Miss Laura Moor, a Griffin lady, sang to a crowded house in DeGive’s. Mr. S. D. Petty, of Rome, and Miss Lillie Currie, married. Governor Colquitt has taken quarters at the KimBall house. Mrs. Hendrick’s residence on Venable street, destroyed, by fire. Mr. Henry McWilliams and Miss Sallie Smith married., Friday, October 90. Secretary Folger has opened his campaign for the governorship of New York. .The re-, publicans claim that, owing to a clerical error in the appropriation bill, the state of Ten nessee will be deprived of representation in the next congress. The Massachusetts Ger mans are bolting the republican party. Heavy rains in the Mississippi valley threaten dam age to the cotton crop. Fanny Parnell’s re mains are being taken back to Ireland. One hundred and fifty bales of cotton burned in Newbern, North Carolina. Barry Sullivan, the actor, is to become a member of parlia ment. A crack in Milwaukee murdered a stranger because he heard him whistling. IS TlfPciTY. Butter and eggs are very dear and scarce. But little game in the market. The grand jury has been instructed to find true bills against all illegal voters. Mr. Scoville, of the Kimball house, now runs seven hotels. General Gar- trell’s wife is dead. She has been in feeble health for some time. Sam Venable has a pet bear. Saturday, October 81. In 1884 a cotton centennial exposition will be held by the cotton p’anters association. At Matamoras four smugglers were shot dead. The Egyptian army is to consistof 12,000 men. Bishop Paine, of the Southern Methodist church, is dead. IN THE CITY. Commissioner Henderson says the recent rains have not^njured the cotton crop in the state. The dav was quite cold, indicating the advent of fall.'Great interest was taken in the news of the banging of the Eastman rioters. The superior court and the city court are both in session. Sunday* October 22. A slight shock of earthquake in Lima. The North Carolina colored state fair is in prog ress. 161 deaths in Pensacola thus far from yellow fever. Frost in Memphis. Dr. Baker the senator from the Cartersville district, is strongly opposed to the candidacy of Dr. Fel ton. D. B. Harrell has withdrawn from the race for congress in the third district. .in the city. Three bank safe robbers from Kentucky ar- The corner stone of SL meeting—one from Macon and all interme-! approaching mv house in a ran, and firing diate stations, and the other from Jesup. On j pistols and shouting, “kill him!” “shoot thco]»ening day bath excursion trains brought 1 him down!” and “catch him and kill him!” rested in Atlanta. Luke’s new Episcopal church was laid. The cafjed“a 'mass"meeti'ng of”the 'colored people { ^printing ^usiuL'^'^ver °!J7™^J OT J*V better than it l at present in .Atlanta. that many aouncea me action ot me mooin ; have’to~ send north for.workmen. terms. Speeches declaring that i Fa fi Q Qe hundred could find employment if ■red citizens of Eastman was not | t jj ey ^ ere ^ the c j ty . This activity, though unmeasured the good colored Xot to Fear a Negro Im.Qreeai.it. and III. Keaton* tor Haying Ho. Written for The Constitution. There are some mighty ugly words in the dictionary and insurrection and mossacre is two of ’em. The horror of a midnight-assas sination and the houses all on fire anil the women and children flying in terror from hu man brutes is auful to comtemplate and carries one back in imagination to the time when the Indian savages shocked the world with their brutality. But it seems to me that if a man would study folks like he studies horses and dogs he never would be afraid of an uprising among the negroes to murder the whites. We have been hearing of those sort of tilings off and on forty years to my knowl edge and if there ever was any genuine plot discovered, I don’t remember it. Niggers will sometimes get into a devilish riot, Tike they did at Eastman, but those sort of things come all atasudden and arc never plotted and planned beforehand. The truth is it is not in the niggers nature to murder or to plot murder. He does not thirst for blood. He has less revenge in his composition than any race we read of. There was a time during the war when he had a great temptation to rise aud kill and bum and strike for freedom but he went long all the same anil waited for what might-happen. I was ruminating over this not long ago, when I read about the big alarm over .n north Alabama, and still later we hear of another excitement about Oxford and all the wotnen and children, and right smart of the men were scared almost to death for fear they would be murdered bofore morn- ing. Well, it is too ridiculous to talk about, ior in the first place, the negro has no revenge in his nature, and if he had, the white folks havn’t done anything to provoke it. In the next place, he has no capacity to plot a gen eral insurrection. He has no method ,'or sys tem or business like plans about anything and he couldn’t lay a plot if he wanted to. The negro is nothing but a machine, and has to be run by the white man, or it won’t run at all. He is nothing but a child, as long as he lives and has to lean upon the white man for prelection and ad vice, just as a child leans upon his father. I don’t believe there ate ten negroes in a hun dred who are capable of making a living with out some sort of help from the white man. It is their nature to be dependent on the supe rior race and they can never be otherwise and live to this country, and if they were to go off and live by themselves, as their forefathersl did, they would relapse into their origina nature and become barbarians. Without the presence of the whites the negroes become orutish even in this country. Everybody knows that the nearer they live to us the bet ter they are morally—better servants, better citizens, better parents, better husbands. Big gangs of negroes around iron works or on railroads where they have but little contact with white folks become MEAN AND DEVILISH, and negro tenants upon big plantations who seldom mix with the landlord or his family become insolent nhd indolent and are apt to give rein to their natural lusts. But still those lusts are not to murder and if murder is committed, it was not planned beforehand. Sometimes he kills a man to rob him, but not for revenge or hatred. When a mean devilish negro wants money or something to eat, he goes for it regardless of how is the best way or how to conceal it or what will be the conse quence. He has no fear of the law or the chain gang. His desires for the time control him [[absolutely. The negro is a curious in stitution. He has many good traits of char acter and can make himself useful to the * state when under the pressure of influence and close contract with the white race. He is naturally, lazy and wasteful. He nev^r thinks about laying - up money for old age and riches or for his children or his grandchildren, but is contented if be has enough for today 1 'knd perhaps tomorrow. His contentment with life ahd its blessings is amuixqg and deserves imitation to tent by our rat ?. He is not stingy or r.ftSerly and never commits suicide to get rid of trouble. If sentenced to bonung he vumltfaot take morphine or arsenic to prevent it. He has hardly any signs of emotions in his nature— not much of love—no gratitude, no revenge, no ambition, but like a fat hog in a pen he wants plenty to eat. The white man will sometimes cheat and swindle in a trade but the negro has no capacity for that. He would rather steal something from a man than try to swindle him out of it. But he wouldent steal much. Small pilfer ing is the extent of his capacity and his in clination, but a white man when he steals at all, wants enough to do some good and to di vide with his lawyer, and in nine cases out of ten the white man’s escape from punishment depends upon the size of his {dander. In fact a white man can steal enough to make himself respectable, especially if lie steals from the state or the government at Washing ton. There are folks living in Atlanta now who stole themselves into the first circles of society but then I understand. And come to a divide with the boys who helped em. Jesso. There are 800 convicts in the chain gang for stealing and the sum total of all they got put together isent one fourth as much as one man took from the state, and he goes about town and sometimes gives a sumptuous repast to dis tinguished gents. The niggers sleal ten times as often as the white folks, but the white folks steal ten times as much when they do steal, so I reckon the account between the races is about evenly balanced. But the greatest burlesque upon the negro, is in put ting him in office and setting him up as a juror to try the rights of men under the law. ’It reminds me of the working of the civil rights bill some years ago, when the radicals demanded that we should open our hotels to ’em and admit ’em to seats upon the floor of our churches, and ride with ’em in the cars, and so forth, and occasionally there was a fool nigger who tried it and got suddenly enlightened to the contrary. About that time I asked a colored barber in Atlanta why lie didn’t shave the darkeys and he said nobody but a fool would have ever passed such a law for anybody can lead a horse to the branch, but if he don’f want to drink you can’t make him. He said that a sassy darkey came in one day and demanded a shave, and he told him “All right, take a seat, if you can stand it I can,” and he got out a great big rusty old razor, and strapped it on the sole of his shoe and the darkey retired. WELL I RECKON that our people will get acquainted with the darkey after awhile and the darkey will get better acquainted with us. In spite of radi cal teaching end the hypocricy ot our politi cians they will learn that their tone and nat ural relation to the white race is not one of equality but inferiority and subordination, if those teachings and that hypocracy should excite an insurrection as was feared at Oxford wo be unto the negro. If we cannot live to gether in peace and in safety, then the negro will be driven away like the Indians and ex termination will be their destiuy. The fal lacy that a negro is as good as a white man will sooner or later be exploded. The Anglo Saxon race glories in its superiority over all others, and has showu it fof centuries in prog ress. in invention, in science, in morals, and in religion. What is true of us as a nation, and as a race is true of us as individuals, for individuals make np a nation, and when we consider what the white race has done and can do for humanity, the life of our average white man is worth the life of a dozen average negroes. These are the views and feelings of in sympathy with the rioters were made by I “tVso’great an e'xtent, prevails "in maiy ^ushimitfan^other^^ 3 and a ^ reacher name ^ I othe^branches of trade. the southern people, and these views they will maintain. The negro shall be protected, but he most learn his inferior place and sub mit to it. Bill Arp.