Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-09-07
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Fl
= mItted } Texas is Incredible For ex
lample, ~ a small countyadjofuing 10 this,
81 persons are indicted for murder In ea.r.a
worse counties there are no indictments, sfer
=. because witnesses dare not testify, and
grand jurors dare not lndlct, Since the
war, though over 500 men have been an G. t.
dicted for murder, nota single white man
has been convicted and punished. Yet
q-hat6 known instances IN which freedmen
have been over punished for rtrivial offen-
4 ses A l,Ggro was sentenced at Waco to
4 the penit cutHlrytor tWoyears TOR stealing r
q agingeg cake, as "a matter Of course
Gov. Hamilton pardoaed hIm.
A few days ag6 the CLERK of Bell Court 'a
was shot ns open day, while sitting by thea-
side of bis wife, returning from wedding laa.
4 IN the country, in the streets Of Belton.
tIhe Chief Justice at once mounted, and 1as-aa
rode all night, some go miles, to Austin,
to ask for troops to maintain law and or
+ der in his county !; be cannot return With-
/ out them fhe should escape assassina- at 20
tion on account of his having asked for
garrison for his county, it will enly be- 81 AL
/ from fear of retaiiation on the. part Of his
sons, three ct whom have been ln the ~
Il United States1voiunteer service Even AZ j z
4 theyloan scarcely protect their fathers
4 life, If tile troops which are to be sent
lshOuld he Withdrawn. fI0)1 HLISOG
I Every day l hear of murders Of freed
men. Since . O'Clock this afternoon four
NEW ones have been reported here. e The .TIu
K i5dlsloyal press suppress the mention oil
such occurrences at'H 'Nta44 H 4aH"l
Should there be. another outbreak in
Texas very many Union men, as well as
alargs proportion Of freedmapa aWoHld at
once be niassacred iE order to bring about
such another reign of terror as would
make the South anppit< 1kFJI 2tl.H8l usa
q Three freedmen were murdered ~ OF
I near the line Of an adjoining county a few
DAYS ago. The wagon which one 0f-them Ib
was drying was robbed of all the fine
goods it contained -Tbe other freedmen
were shot by the same man, 4Who be- 90
tn bn fbpi
head Of one of them was cut OIL, and they
were left unburiedL LNoiHVestgatlon has III p
been or probably will be made into these
murders If any Union man we're to
move in the matter 1t would be at tho
peril Of bis life. ssa.t-5.t.rr -.-..-4.5.# .fg.l
The brave and loyal man who told me
ofthese murders was applied to by a freed
mana kinsman OF one oil the murdered iJ sos
for advice. The freedman was told to
90 10. Austin and report The fact to the a
agent Of the Freedmens Bureaus but he
appears not to have arrived. Perhaps he
was suspected. and, like the freedman
dispatched by the GhiQfJustice Of 4fetur sos
gio,cOunty, with letteFsettlpg 1OrtRthe
disorders in that county, he may have
been shot on the road. .ai-- tltho5 tlt3HI AuE
!" My INFORMANT, seei9gT that I set about
writing down the facts to these muir
-dcrs iIstlas he stated them,I said to me:H0l
I, Pc not make my name E7nPFn1 for IT Is
all can do to hold my own IN -- coun-
ty lust now and added, ttEzeep no mon
ey in my House but AfeW dollars fOUcpEs A.
trent expehses [ can take care Of myself
in daytime, but L do not feel safe at
Matters are worse here than is lsusbeol p"
ted 40 the AOrth.@lf heswar IS not over. .-
yeti The people Of Texas are smoEe, ,opsnc
~ dHloyal' than they were IN the spring OF
1861, and may be found IN arms against ssll COL
the National goYeTument any day, Inc gu sI-..t
United Stites force here and the clKlLntau a9
Officers of the United.State Government 4l blai
are tolerated for the presents because the ii
1L,r,11 ,ldr .Abt tTr1h- ffsuf hrT
Presideht J0hns0n-theyiWi soon be able 90. uol
70 control both at home and at Wash-sa7a
Ifso much as a mob should do violence 655arIl
in onerof tie cities Of the North, Texas 7r
will again be in arms The rebel leaders .,.,,..
have excited a feeling they cannot coRz ai 5si
troll Theidea disseminated among the -Ii
people IS his: That they must telgn lqy-I-1r ...
atty, aud. ifpossble be thereby readmitr -rf.rr
ted. That done they expect the South to t
control as Of old, and 70 INTRODUCE what .tr-.
they call + pe9n9ge lllln the places yl-a.
slavery ..sIla.a.
Indeed, since Governor Hamilton went
North in divers localities disl0yal men
have consulted together as to when they I..
would be able to begin to gather their
'nigqers and have openly expressed '9.
their convictions that ANDY JObnson
means 70 give us back our niggers Ia
one county have heard of persons whols1 ao.i'
have "bought the chance of negroes, as
they expresessed Ii, at $40 specie per
head. 4 .t
Tie rebd. of=as they call themselves, ara2 @.
CONSERVATIVE leaders, are telling their ,
Hdherents 10 behave themselves, or at
least keep up upiappearauces, 1ualt the Stdte
as flty.Ded 0geFf9 fhei+ YlLle.H This is all tH"
that keeps down violence for the time
being. asirg 4li -.a q. a7 a.lrH.t- .
go. = O.. Is --DnI.faH atlau ...
fa 30 An Incident Of Rocky Face, a51aa1 y a5.r
!. BTigadiet -GeneraIi Morgan reIated the eag
following Incident that occurred on his ~
line 81 Operations, While his brigade .a4
occupied the gap between Oak hncb .
and Rocky Face, 81 corporal Of Compahy il t3 I'D a'
Sixtieth illinois, broke form the line and
under cover Of projecting ledges got up
within twenty of a squad OF rebels on '7--
the summit friaktjjpTg spelter from the al
II say, rebs don't you want to hear
Old Abe's dmnesty proclamation readHI .. ". -
Yes! Y es was the ppa1lmpus cry rr Gl.I
give US the APPS 5 Proel9matlon ....i.s -f..l ..
J. "Attentiopt commanded the cbrpo-I ... .+
raj, and ina clear and resonant voice he ffrisaf
read the amnesty proclamation to the
rebels, beneath THE cannon planted by
rebel hands to destroy the fabric of the
established by our fathers,
When. he Arrived 1T those passages of the
proc lamatIon Where the negro was refer .
red to- he was interrupted by cries None
of your tl---d aboi ri6nisna, look oubH
for Focks.Fl And down over his hiding @
place DESCENDED Shower Of stones and a..5 D.
" ell, rcpsu now dQLEQu IKE the terusf .slaU 81.
Wni-youlhear it again ?
ON dt to-day, You bloody lapk- Now t.....
crawl down ina hurry and we won't hTeIf 1ssI ..,i
was the response; and the darl4g eQrBQrs nol.a..
ral decehded andrGDned his oOmmands1.a -,l Do
Which haddistinctly heard all that pass
sd.7 Frank lfQores -AReed0tesQ Qffhe Wqf. ..s-T "a
..,- fr --r-+--e~- .Ne...-
f9Ia Eloquencel Of Lincoln. l .5dal 90 a...
4... "sasH ---+--sHu Huaa UH.ot.a a $3.50 trH
Speaking of Apraham Lincoln's ora
lion at the copsecration Of the burial
ground at ettysburg the Westminster a-Ia
Review for last month says:i-r .. fa-Fg ..an
.tiT4 x t ~, I,5,,,sJ 81, tI, ,, M 1 H H.. f.H
II tS taS ~ ~ "a - ~ 0eq alnf.
;eu upon Oh4SS ~ tStA 9A44A& hHF Ata1 Ioa I..a
lna. rasnaeF Il is superior 10 that great