Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1866-09-05

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BALTIMoRE, August 81.
Last night an attack was made on
the colored portion of the Camp Meet
ing. held at Shipley " GODS, three miles
from Hanover Switch on the Wash
incton road. by band of armed des-
peradoes. Several negroes were bad
" beaten and wounded, and a white
man named Milton Benson, while at
PRAYER. was shot IN the back of the
head and mortally wounded, the ball
coming out of his mouth. A. far as
| can be ascertained, the following are
| the facts III this outra gcous affair: y
| white camp meeting, attended by many
ministers Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church of the North Baltimore Dis
/ trict. of which Mr.. Lanahan is Presid-
| inc Elder. was being held q the place
before stated. The Rev. Messrs
| Speake. Reid, and other ministers
oficiated at the white meeting, near
which. under the auspices OF the same,
| some colored people were holding camp
Eexercise also During yesterday af-
ternoon a number Of young men were
noticed in the camp ground, having
pistols in their possession. These
were. so far as can be ascertaineS resi-
dents of the surrounding neighbor
hood. No disturbance occurred du-
ring the dav. About midnight, whilst
the colored people We're conducting
their religious exercises, they were
suddenly set upon by gang of men,
making use Of loud shouts of epithets
and imprecations. The attack com
menccd with the beating Of negro
while on his knees The negroes at
once rose up and scene of wild and
Understandable excitement ensued. the
women screaming in terror. Shots
were fired by the assailants, but in the
dark few are supposed to have taken
effect. The coIored men rallied, and
turned upon the assailants, aud drove
them off two or three times, whilst
the women fed toward the white camp.
Many colored people We're wounded
with clubs. and there were some flesh
E wounds from pistol shots. Some of
the colored men had pistols, and used
them freely upon their assailants, bat
with what result is not known Fin
ally the conflict ended, through the
persuasion of white ministers and 9th
crs, by the colored people leaving the
ground and seeking their homes, Ieav-
ing their camp to the desperadoes, who
further gratified their humanity spirit
by piling the tents and effects Of the
negroes, including bundles and trunks
Of clothing, in heap and setting fire
to the pile, destroying all.
The white man shot as first men
toned was at prayers at the altar IN
the white camp, where Mr.. Speake
was conducting the exercises. BY
whom the shot was fired is not known,
but the friends of some of the minis
tiers believe that Il was fired by some
of the white men who intended it for
prominent Methodist minister. How
this may be it IS Impossible to say
Others think it was simply a stray
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: Torfnant SAYS The white men certainly
began the disturbance while the col
ored people were engaged IN religious
exercises The assailants are report
ed TO have used various raliviug cries,
among which was heard the express
ion. " How about New Orleans -
There are many exciting and doubtless
more or less exaggerated stories cir
culating about the affair, but the above.
as far as can be at present ascertained,
seems to be MISUNDERSTANDING Com-
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