Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-29
AT ATLANTA. GEOnGIA.
A Dilliculty Between whites and
Blacks.
Special to the N. o. Democrat.

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| Special to the N. o. Democrat
| ATLANTA, GA, September 26.--
The largest crowd ever seen on the
streets Of Atlanta turned out this af.
ternoon to witness the memorial ser.
vices, under the auspices Of Ceur DE-
Lion, Commandery OF the Knights
Templar. At least thirty thousand
people, more than half Of them ne.
groes, were congregated upon Mariet.
ta street, when the procession, the
largest ever seen here, halted in from,
of DEGREES Opera house where the
funeral ceremonies were held. The
procession was composed of the Com
mandery, the Fifth Artillery Of the
United States, the City Council, a
regiment of local military, q batal-
lion Of colored military, several lodges
of c0lored Odd Fellows and many
other local associations. The Opera
House could not accommodate one
tenth of the people, SO a large part
Of the procession remained in the
street with the vast cOncourse durinp
the exercises. The Opera House
was. beautifully dressed, the black
cloth with which the stage and galle-
ries was gracefully hung bearing
handsomely worked and bold insig-
MIA OF the order-a magnificent me-
tallic case surmo united a catafalque
in the centre of the stage and to the
front in a semi-circle were ranged the
principal officers of the stage and to
the front in a semi-circle were ranged
the principal officers Of the lodge. The
Fifth Artillery band furnished the
music, and fine addresses were spoken
by Capt. Henry Jackson and the Revs.
D. w. Given and A. G.. Thomas. Ap-
propriate resolutions were read and
the exercises were closed with the
doxologJ led by the band and choir
and joined in by the great audience.
While the exercises were progressing
up stairs, colored Odd Fellow, who
could not jam his way in, got mad
and kicked over n stack of guns,
whereupon a soldier Of the Fifth Ar
tillery clubbed him with his musket,
the negro's friends rallied to him,
when the police rushed in, and aided
by the Fifth Artillery, prevented a
riot. This incident demoralized the
crowd, which broke in every direc-
ton amid the shrieks of women and
the shouts of men. A few moments
later police captain tried to arrest
an unruly negro man at the foot of
the stairs, when he struck at the Off
Ger, missed him, and planted his fist
full in the face ola white lady, knock
ing her fiat; thereupon the officer
dubbed him tearfully; the soldiers
and citizens wounding several ne
groes in attempting to keep back the
crowd. Many arrests were made,
and just as the police were entering
the station on Pryor street, negro
man threw large rock, knocking a
white man down, near the door. and
a crowd OF negroes, bent upon rescu-
ing their friends, formed in q line
about a square from the station,
where they were harangued by large
negro who brandished a huge butcher
knife in his right hand, and told them
to ''carve their way through" The
police, reinforced by many armed
citizens, charged the crowd. captur-
ing the instigatOr and dispensing the
mob without firinga shot. After FIVE
o'clock, while the colored military
were marching down Decatur street,
a soldier stepped ont of ranks and or |
dered a countryman who was meet
ing them with a wagon to turn back.
He refused and a white man in the |
crowd seized his horses rein and at
tempted to lead them by the soldier, |
at which several soldiers charged the |
white man pushing him to the wall
and wounding him severely in the
eft hand with bayonet. The police
coming to his rescue, the soldiers
moved on. A little after this negro
q nn1inamns, darn II, fpnnt of1