Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-28
INCARCERATION.

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IRON The Bosfen Conuorwsaltn.l
Our rro-sIssery ighbors are horriHed
at this new word and the idea winch II
covers. They cannot lcok with ccmPos-
ure on the gradual bleaching out OF the
African race, and denounce all AoOi-
tionigts as DESTROYS Of complete amalga-
nation. But they are late with their
ouicries; the work Of "miscegenatlon
has been going on at the South for whole
generations Here is case which late
" came to our kaowledge.
WI p has enlisted 10
Massachusetts, regiment. BE is As white
as half the white soldiers in cur army
bat 10 reality has q mixture Of African
and Indian Blood, and Is the son Of a |
white man. This white man, Samuel
Rector. and member Of the church /
there Il both the father and the grand |
father of p. who is the son Of his !
sister By his grandfather That is TO say, |
Mr.. Rector first committed adultery with
one Of bis slaves, then after sufficient
lapse Of tifns, committed incest with his
daughter by this slave, and TO crown the
whole, when the issue Of bis second con-
nection was in rebel prison Al Rich
mond, be came forward and testified
agAinst the Young man TO prevent hls
being discharged with other prisoners.
When the Copperheads wish 20 give
sermon against amalgamAtion, We ad-
wise them to 60 to Cnlpepper, Virginia.
and take Samuel Rector for an ilinstra-
ton Of the subject
Mr.. EDiToE For the further edihea-
ton of the Coppsrhead, who Is 50
squesmish about the bleaching out pro-
ees, referred to above, desire to add a
"few more ofthe same sort to the Com.
moHpeafh's case Of "Miseegenation "
Many Of our citizens will remember
parallel case, reported BY members Of
orr gallant Gath regiment, when home
on furlohgh few weeks since. When
that regiment was encamped at Hunts
willie, Alabama, in the summer Of 1862,
u was much freqaented By the neighbor-
ing negroes, with grateful supplies Of
fruifs, vegetables, &c. Among these waa
a young mulalto woman--herself almost
white-uho was sometimes accompanied
by one or two, aud occasioBalIyby three
rohite children. Upon one Of these lat
Ter occasions the Colonel eolored cook,
Major Harris, LAS well known IN our city
a. the Colonel himself) introduced the
whole party at headquarters, and asked
is Judgment as TO whether the children
were really white, as they looked 10 b. ,
or we're tainted with negro blood. Col.
Jones, and other gentlemen present, af-
ter careful sxa mination Of their flesh
inarks, declared they could see no sign
of the African, bat that to all appvarnn.
ces, the children wers as whiis-~the Col
onel said--es bis own children. -
The woman, however. told the Colonel
that they were her ohildren BY Judge C.
| (the father Of the Hon. ). C., late United
States Senator) who was also her father,
that the Judge was dead, and had, By bis
will, manumitted her aud her ehildreu,
out that his heirs Cher white brothers aud
sisters still held them in bondage, IN
spite Of the will She added that she
spoke to Colonel Jones by the ad
vice Of Major Harris who inform
ed her that be was lawyer, aud she
/ impIored him 70 assist her III obtaining
the liberty TO which she and her childres
were entitled. The position Of ths Col
onel, Of course, prevented bis interior
ence in behalf Of the poor woman ans
her children. either ie bis capacity 0
lawyer or military man. Chat being III,
day when il was yet held TO be the dat.
Of our armies to protect the rights p 0
the slaveholders,) but so extraordinary
a story excited the warmest sympAthie
Of all who heard It, and, investigation
being made, the statements OF the wretch
ed woman as TO her and her children
paternity, and manumission, aud eoniia
uanoe IN slavery notwithstanding, yer
found 10 be strictly and literally true
la other words, Ito draw out the poin
after the manner Of the Commonwealth
aboye,) Judge c. FIRST committed adultr
with one OF his own Slaves, then inees
| Of not rape also) upon the body Of hi
daughter by that slave, and thus beeam
the father, grandfather and master &
three more (white) slaves, and when b
died, aud went to the hell that was gar
ing Tor him, 10 crown all. his other Chi
dren, seions Of the boasted ehiyalry,
by fraud and force set aside his win, an
continued to hold their brothers and Al.
tsrs. by this double tie, As tselr slave.
subject, Of course to additions ad in ia
itam TO the above series Of ineessoa
outrage.
Perhaps some Of your readers will r,
; member, also, that another parallel cas-,
: referred to by General Batter in hi
+ Brooklyn speech after his return fror
New Orleans, as one Of his Sousher
: experiences which had converted hi.
from a pro-slavery into an anti-slassr
s man The following Is The ssary,.uasr
/ cireumstan,ially told By a member Of Is
E Generals STAT, in the atlantic Moathl
Of July, 1868:
: Just previous to the arrival Of Gen
!, eral Banks In New orleans | was a,
!. pointed Deputy Provost Marshal Of II
city, and held the office for some da,
after he had assumed command. On
day doriag the last week Of our stay !
abe South, a young woman of about
years called upon me to complain ths
Z her landlord had ordered her out Of h
A. house, because she was unable longer /
v pay the tent, aud she wished me 10 Al
= ttfhorivp her ~ b, -.