Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-28

less severely with clubs. bricks, &c, and one shot,
who we learn has since died. The proceeding 8
here ended for a time .-only because no more ne
groes could be found.
About - O'Clock a negro who belongs on the
ram Monarch. and who has been sick in the hos
pital for a short time, was attacked on Market
street, near Lower Second, and beat in the most
dreadful and inhuman manner. His face and
head was literally pounded into a jelly. He was
for a short time securely hid in a house in the vi
cinity, and thus escaped death.
Anegro who lives at the Israel House was at
tackled and shockingly pounded, but escaped and
took refuge in the house. The mob pursued
him, but Mrs. Israel barred the doors and refused
to admit the crowd.
About 2o'clock some one OF two hundred men
and half grown boys started to West Union, a
suburb OF the city, in which most of the negroes
reside. Here three or four negroes were found,
and bent as cruelty as those who were set upon
in the city. They were pounded with clubs and
powders till lie was nearly extinct, and then
left TO the tender mercies of a gang of nine to
twelve year old boys, who pelted them with
stores, calculating such emphatic sentenc = as
We'll kill the id niggers, &c"
In this suburb a negro was at work in his field
stacking barley. BE was on the stack, where he
sat for some time amid a perfect shower Of stones
without being touched. To the calls of the
crowd, he then came dow from the sack, and,
in some manner, managed to talk himself out Of
further danger of molestation. This is the only
negro whom the crowd met throughout the en-
tire day that escaped an unmercitul, inhuman
beating
About 4 O'Clock in the afternoon, a negro who
had been to Louisville with a loaG OF stone, was
driving his team along State street on his return
home. He was attacked by the mo-, dragged
from his wagon, knocked down, and ~fearfully
beat. He managed to escape his tOrturers, and
ran for his life. pursued by the crowd. down Oak
street to Lower Second, and at the corner of Low
er Second and Spring streets took refuge in a
house. From this he was dragged by the mob,
who were proceeding to murder him by detail.
Mayor Burnett and Mr.. Ben. Lockwood went to
his rescue, but Mr.. Lockwood soon retired amid
II perfect shower of stones. Not so Mayor Bur
nett, however; for with a daring that amounted
to imprudence, and amid a perfect hail of stones
and other missiles. and the cuIsings and rawlings
OF the mob, he raised the negro from the ground.
and protecting him with hs own person as much
as possible. got him to the Jail, where he was
locked up for safety. The negro, it is SAID, can
not survive his injuries.
Last night the mob visited several negro resi-
deIices and destroyed considerable property,
among other places the vineyard and garden of
@. W. Carter, the barber, which they nearly
ruined. The city was patroied by squads of
armed soldiers. Yet Notwithstanding this a
large crowd gathered around the Jail, demanding
the negroes there confined OF the KEYS of the
prison. Getting neither they threatened TO batter
the Jail down with cannon. and at once proceeded
to try to get the guns. In this they were not
successful. We heard of no other demonstr ations
during the night besides the wanton destruction
of property of several negroes.
This morning a demonstration was made on
some negro houses IN the upper end Of the city,
but no great damage was done. A large crowd
assembled in the neighborhood of the Jail and de-
manded that the negroes there confined be
brought out and tried; but of course the demand
was not complied with.
Measures are being adopted to day which will
efectually put "A stop 10 these disgraceful pro-
c~eedings. Ii is high time this was done. Ii will
be AN everlasting disgrace to the city If the citi-
zers longer remain idle spectators of these scenes
of riot, murder and brutality. There is a way to
end such proceedings. and it should be resorted
to speedily and determinedly. Mild counsel has
been wasted long enough. The time has arrived
when these infamous dOings of the past thirty
hours must be ended. Let there be no delay
~. A. Ledger.