The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-02-10

were nll IltbfrWa, showing pIntlu.
siycly tho foofad hito lyt people u
chat faith w race, aud Thus loycl
oping ono NJ iho mouncsl tmiis tlal
chn chamciorifo any people pfrloud.
Ing ioany dcgrcof Christian cnllght.
rnmcni
Our information states that The
| property, money or effects Of the par.
were not taken, but they wcrc shot
through aud lcn where they fell
until found alerward by people pass.
ing that way, and that there appear
to hc u spirit of hostility to Jews
whose well known and useful trndinp
propcnsiiics lead them 10 prosecute
their business in that section Of the
South.
We hope TO hear of the speedy rec
ognition, by the law, Of these cold
blooded murdercrs, and TINT such an
example will be made Of the pcrpc-
traitors as shall deter other defendants
of Chin from lifting their hands
against the lives of their unoilcnding
fellows"
We copy the foregoing in full, in
order TO embrace the opportunity II
affords, not only TO correct the mis-
statement Of facts as regards the par
ticular occurrences mentioned, but to
set forth a truth in regard to this re-
gion of country, and the South, gem
orally, of which the Commercial, and
other journals of the North are obsti-
nately ignorant.
Ii il not true that the murders in
Pamela were perpetratcd rs an act Of
vengeance. Straus and Stcinauer
were killed undoubtedly to carry out
a robbery. All the facts and attend
ant circumstances go conclusivcly 70
prove this. The fact Of their being
Hebrews had nothing to do with il,
further than the presumption of their
having money may have been aug-
gested by their nationality, and the
trading expedition they were upon.
The murder Of Tell, ut Grenada, may
have been for revenge, but if 80, L
was for his rcputcd conduct, during
the war, rs a detective and spy, and
not on account ofhis being an Israel
ite. We do not pretend to say that
such was the case; but such We bsy,
heard suggested as the probable mo.
tive for his assassination. I.oui,
Green, the other case at Grenada, wa,
not Hebrew, and we have found NJ
one who could make a conjecture
even, Of the hidden motives tha
prompted the assassins to his murder
The occurrence Is shrouded in mys
terry, aud those best prepared, from
their local knowledge, to spcculat'
) upon the subject, take refuge fron
their pcrplexity TO account for il, II
the supposition that he ws mistaken
for some one else.
There is no such animosity towar,
the Israelites, as such, either in thi
. city, or in the surrounding country
as that represented by our Cincinna
Il cotcmponry. On the contrary, th
Hebrews, rs a class, enjoy in proper
ton with their number, a full shar
, Of popular consideration. Vcr,
many of them are amongst our mo.
| esteemed and popular citizens, exert
ing the influence, In public affair.
! aud socially, that their real wort
| Of character entities them TO WELD
without any, the slightest abatemen
l on account Of their religion or na
/. tionaliiy.
|, ~ much for the accusation again.
I our people, Of narrow-minded an
r barbarous prejudice against the jew
c simply az Jews. II is wholly un
p founded in fact, and tho Commcrci,
: In making the acctisition, has bee
imposed on.
: This slur upon a whole pcopl'
c however, Is Of a piece with the impu
: taiion Of general lawlc-sncss in II
> South, which, by implication, II NJ
k direct assertion, il laid AZ the door
g the "rebels = and infercnces are draw
e thcrcfrvm that the southern peop
| arr not in a III condition 10 be ei
n trusted with unrestricted and untran
e mclcd sclf-government. Gov. Brow
n low. and others of like pr,iudic
c and symTaihies, have adduccj Il
: robberie- aud murders that were
4 rife in Middle Tennessee. as proof
= this; while un~rupulous newsTar
correspondents and informants.
= the radical persuasion. industrious
Ie lend their aid to spread and fx I
?. misrepresentation in the Northc
" mind.
ai At length, however, several
Il these munleUus williams were idcn
Al 6e,l. caught, tried, Condemned al
executed. They were not "rbcli
but stmgglers and hangcr-cn Of I
Federal army and we undertake.
"a say that the great n,a.- Of sleze %
Or rags are committed by psreas
80 like character. Before the close
~ the war, the country was filled,
"A peially en tho hnr'lers bstwcn =
ou Federal and Confederate lines, VI
Sc, of handii,i, made NJ of ssrs