Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-09-22
Serions TrousIe. i'm GearYia.

ssvKNTA -FIyE KILLED AND woVsDEP.
The following Associated Press d spatSh was
Teceivsd from AUg usts georgia .sst night:
"a fearful riot occurred al Camilla. the
cousiy scat az Mitchell couEiy, NieoTgls. on
saturday. The following particulars have
been teiegiaphed from ISainbgtdge. twenty -fOsr
miles irom the scene OF the riot Pserce. the
Radical nominee ior Congress. aad Nurpay.
an e&-bITeau agent. with about two hundred
negroes armed and equipped. started on la-
day FOR Camilla. wiih three weeks prOvIslOss.
and boxes Of new arms aud accoutremeot, the
Intention being TO oysrawe the citazens, and
kill the leading Democrats 81 the town aud va
Cinity. Before starting, a friendly negro ex-
posed the plans, aud a negro courier was des-
patched To Camilla 20 an form the cIIzens OF
what was going ON. A deputaiiOu of thetr
prominent citizens met the mob a. Chins
Church, five miles from town The Cover
norf proclamation dissIEing and fOrbiading
armed organization was read. The mob paid
no attention, defer mined To mar ch on the town,
and Kill such as they choose. Twice more the
deputaiisn demonstrated, entreating the negroes
TO come in without arms, ana they should not
be molested. These effort Were truiuess TO
dissuade the negroes, and the mob mrrched
into town, with banners flying and drums
beating. numbering now nearly four hundred.
large numbers having Joined them on the route.
The mob halted and clsmored for the bloed Of
a man named Johns. Johns. In comp any with
Dr. TwItty, presented himself, when one hum
0red guns were leyelled NJ them-the former,
being Intoxicated, fired, aud the riot commsa-
eed, the mob firing al every one they could see.
The citizens. white and colored, rallied, gath
vigorously attacked and driven back. beating a
hasty retreat. which spread into a panic The
pegroes We're pursued i've miles. losing thirty
five killed and many wounded-the total loss,
as far as ascertained, being from seventy
five to one hundred in killed aud wounded
Owing 10 the panic among the mob, only fve
whites were severely wounded. The colored
citizens Of town are reported 10 have rallied
promptly with the whites in defeating the mob.
Their stores and munitions We're captured,
amounting to three weeks provisions and boxes
II . L. ..ealN - he -
The ews OF the riot caused some excitement.
II Is known that the negroes are armed
throughout the State, but the whites have
serious fear of disturbance N the negroes are
not precipitated into riots through pernicious
counsels and violent appeals 10 their passions
A MURDER FoILowED BY A wrpprse-
An affray occurred at Millersport, Lawrence
county. Ohio, last Monday, which threw the
entire region INTO excitement man by the
name of Luke Miller went 10 the house of
Mr. Baker, and being under the Influence OF
liquor got INTO a controversy with Mr.. Bakers
sister and used some disrespectful language to-
wards her. Another brother, J. M. Baker,
learning OF the affair, went TO Miller % see him
about IL, when an alteration ensued, in which
Miller buried a small cannon ball az Baker.
Miller then started to run ssa Baker s pursued
succeeded in striking Miller. The knife was
buried in Miller's back TO the depth of five
inches. The wounded man fell with the kaIfe
still sticking in his back. He would not let IL
be removed until a surgeon arrived. The
wound Is a horrible one and will probably
prove fatal IL IL has not done so already IL Is
thought that the knife penetrated the lungs, as
the wounded man almost after the attack ccrr-
menced spIttlng blood. Baker retreated over
the river soor after. lt is understood that
eyrey effort will be made 10 arrest HIM. A SIN
gular matrimonial affair lie also connected with
this dreadful occurrence. Miller was engaged
10 be married, and as IL was thought the
wound would prove fatal IL was arranged TO
have the marriage consummated. So late a.
nigt' of the day on which the ARRAY occaKred
the .iianced presented herself at the couch of
her intended and the matnmonial knot was
duly tied.