, 1866-07-31

Contemplate Outrage ut Georgctown-
A ktek Minister mobhcd - lie IL
1,rxrucd Opnt his Red al midnight.
IbNeked, and ORDERED TO Leave tho
Place,

Contemplate Outrage ut 0e0rgctovu-
A ktek Minister Elobhcd - lie IL
Dragged npnt his Red al RIidatuht,
I>Neked, ana ordered to Leave tho
Place.
tFtom Tho Cincinnati 0ascsla.l
Thu Kentucky Conference OF tho Mcthndtst
Ej'lscopsl Church, In clrctlng . missionary
10 lahur aIuunQ tho !trcdmcn of lts State,
wah carrihl to aruld every probable cause or
otfcnco to tho, wl.!tos. a colosrd preacher
might 1,o ra.h, werc paaacd by. Tho person
choecn was Rev. X. q. GARDINER. who, having
been Travelling PREACHER In Kentucky for
th!fty tfars, might reasonably bo expected
TO undeItlani tho dutic. Of tho position mid
The character Of The tnhabllA Au,s. Als. taaril.
ncs rcnt TO work xcnlously, hut carefully. liz
1Mcachcd ho political sermons, and combined
hltaeclf to the sssiet l1ae of hls ministerial
On rr,day Of Int week he arrived In
ni%serSs.sTn& & sco's County, ons q tho ms.t
tneldenco II Judge pasall, tho e=cc.sioa can.
didste CIR Clerk Of tho court Of Appeals.
Tic missionary anon found that ,,lA presence
wsa rrry annoying i1 Tho rrbels. Tho inln.
liter Of tho eoa.hsrn MethodI:t Church. :
ksrt Ii sy Solng otE 10 Dixie. MI especially
.orc;, Or huuday ercnIng, Jaat after NJ.
Gardiner had cnaclndtd .acf1uicntAl service
A1E Akk%AAtS Vy kNh AE1AEp0 A&Af4tAx AG0 lGt0
Tie congregation that hIa cha:.h hld loved
then. very Much, but as thcy had Left that
orgnnt1atlcn for the Northern Church, they
no longer
The ncxt morning men were sent 10 fbr.c
lock on. The church was then tastcutd ep,
more than my 1oalArs' worth Of books b..
longing to tho H. F.. Church bsIns. locked IN
in It. Tho Church South has technically !
right to the house, ~ Its colored builders,
title In white trustees. The litter, without
the know1cdgc Of their wards, made It oyer
to tho Southern Church.
On Monday night tht Southern preacher
and bis friends visited the church, and were
much Erlo'ccd to find that their lock had not
hecn tamPcred with. Shouts were raised and
rrrolvcrs fired to express their qualification,
and 10 futimfdatc their vIctims.
Matters were rot to end here: On Tues
q! evening returned rebel soldier handed
: black boy written order to deliver to Mr.
tewn imnedistsly of III. Se COX e nn lsxe no.
ticc. as he Was lying sick with bilious at
tack, for which he had taken \ dose OF tner.
cuE5. About ten o'clock, while Mr. G, wAs
lying n bed At the house Of a friend, In the
the door. Els host opened It, when be was
1mmedlate1y aei1ed, taken ont ard guarded
By part Of \ body or men with thefr fares
blaekened, and otherwise disguised. The
gang then went In doors, surrounded M.
Gardiner, and with pistols cooked aud point-
ed at him, threatened his life. They also
ordered him to leave the house, refusing
iain hiln time 10 nnish dressing They dragged
hln ZONE distance. swearing At him, and
talking Of tar aud Fathers, ly1ching, e,
Finally, they took him down q lin. and
totced. him orsr stone wAn into q yezy
muddy creek, plungtns him under the vAtes
nnttl he was nearly st1angled. The ladf oa
the house1, who had followed thezn out, ii
vain implered them to spAsn him Thcy,
however, u lAst let him 70 without lnflictirE
Aoy mortal injury. There xere about q dc.en
! Of the rnf'ane, several Of then, being gradu,
| men Of what they would do IN: the other dis.
tr1cts w1e the dts!oya1 proportion Of d.
community 10 oreswhelmiuglT larrs Is, Il
!. = inseott County.
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