, 1866-09-27

slchcnlnE ana leaft-rcnQ1lE scene mas rarely |
been witnessed In New York; and words can
but family describe the appearance Of the
victims Of this most terrible catastrophe.
It waa better. far better, that all should have
thus died than that one OF the tll-fatcd fani-
~ should have survived to riew the Remains
on ycsterdny, in all tie silent but CHASTITY |
aud expressive rigidity of DEATH
Massey.
Mr.. Nasby Arrives at Home. !
How 1ts People were Outraged.
From the Toledo Blade.l
(Which is 81 u I tee 81. p Ssatses1
= ! found my dock IN : terrible state Nv de-
preston. at Which, when I wuz told the
cause, l didn't wonder at. There WIZ,
back OF the corners on the side hill, over
towards GarretstoEn. about three QUARTERS
tive estimate distance here from bne gro-
cery to anotlcr) five or six families Nv
niggers. The males Of this settlement Ind
all been in the, Federal army cz soljers, and
he'd a; sasea s their pay snd bo1nty ard ss,
who proposed to find fn Mexico that freedom
which was denied him here, md who bein
determined to lea, c the Country, tsidn't care
who he sold his plantashcn TO, 90 ez be got
greenbax, three hundred acres, wich they
led divided up and built cabins onto crn, and
WIZ cultlvatin it. There WIZ store
keeper at the Corners who come here from
Illinoy, and who he'd been SO greedy w gain,
and so gTaspin z to ony their proaoosc Nv en-,
and sell en SIGH supplies cz they needed.
Was llyin there In comfort. The thing was
n Eittfn uucrdoorable. They came TO the
Corners dressed in clothes without patches,
and white shirts, and hats on; and the
females in dresses aud hoops under -em in
short, these apes had assoomed so much nv
| the style uy tue people that CT it hadu't bin
| for their black faces they wood have passed
| for folks
Our people become indignant, ,.aud cz SOON
| ez returned was requested to call q mcvt-
did.
The horn wuz tootid, AMI the entire Coz
ncrs WIZ assembled. cw.sccptiug the 1llinuy
! Etore-liccpcr who didn't. attend 10 Us mitch.
i stated hriehy and e!okeut1y Il hey I'M
proved IL public spcakiu sense | hcsred Ills
| Serene Iii. if,css, Ailasio all the WAY from
Wnshinton tu Looisvillc,l and asked the
brethren to case their minds.
Squire Gavitt he'd observed tho progress
Nv them n:ggc7s with the most protoundest
alarm. He he'd noticed eln comm to the
Corners dressed better nor bis family dressed,
and sc!lin tue pToduS or their lanl TO that
wretch --. ....
al this point the Illinoy storc-keepcr come
In, aud the S4nfrc proceeded.
-hc shooa say Mr.. Pollock, and lie he'd
u,1lle inquirlrs md fund thlt one family
he'd sold thrce hundred. and seycn,y-iivo
dollars worth Of truck tlis season, ny which
they lied laid out for clothes aud M>ols tn
hundred dollars, 1ccvin en- one hundred and
seventy five dollars in casl1, which was nlorc
money than he he'd made sense the acsnsscd
Linkin passed the ctnanvipaslleu proc!a1na.
tion. And what ded driv the iron into Its
soul wuz the ii,ct that WIN Of them ntygers
wuz his Niger. ''The money they lev,'
pursopd thu Squire, sis MI MONEY, that man
woman, her children my children,
"That's a literrul fact" shouted Joe Big
ler, drunken returned Confederate sojcr
they hey yonr nose e5gsaet}y, nnd ther' Il
the Ineanest yaller brats In the settlement -
This unhappy remark 'cndi1 III n site I'M.
pleasantuess, W.cll resultil III the 'Squire'a
bcln' carried out minus one car, and his nose
smashed. Joseph remarked that he wantid
to git at him eScr sense he wooan't lend him
q nnlf dollar Two III 'nths ago. He was nov
satisfied, and hoped this little episode
woodn't mar the harmony nF the meeiin.
Elder Smatl.crs observed that he he'd no
/ list with pain that them uigyers ulluz hct
money, and wuz al1uz drcst we'll, Willie VIC
their koOperiors. he'd no money and uothll
TO boast Nv in the way nv close. lie wouli
say-
Pollock the lllnoy storc.kecpcr put In. E
The Elder wood work cz them nigyer5 W.T.
wrrkfn, md not loafoycr the llalftllc time al
: Dasconl's grocery, he might possibly licv I
; full SCOT ny close, and now and then dol1a
in money. 1t WIZ here cz It w,tx IN all strkf,
pimckrat1c communities, the grocery keep
, crs absorb all tllc tloutn capital, and
He WIZ not allowed to proceed. Bascon
: lung n chair at him, and four or five nv Ill
ronstltoocuts fell OIL Hint. He wuz carrie'
out for dead. Baseon, remarked that he VIII
f; | for the utmost Freedom NV speech. but IN til
: discussion NV great coustooshuel question
i: no 1llinoy ablislnist shood put In his yawE
The patriotic remark WIZ chccrcd, hut whe
Bnscom ask'l the whole luccttn out to drini
i the applause ssuz uproarions. Bascom allu
Q gets aprlausc-he knows how to move q
$ audience.
G Dcekiu Pogram scd he'd bore with thcr
il niggcrs TIL bis patience WIZ gin out. lie CT
6 do0rrd 1t I'LL Inst Sunday. Aflcr service
$ Garrcttstown, nediiatin rs he went on til
l. sermon he he'd listened TO that nloruin .
), ! the necessity lv tic spread Of lie Gosrl
t Monrnin In srcrit over the condition Of th
u hcathcn, he didn't 1,otfs where lie WIZ I
d he found hissclf in the nigger settlement
j.. and III front nv ono Nv their houses. Thes
d he saw q site wich paralyzed hfM. Thcl
Il wuz 1iggcr wich Wuz Wunst hts nfg.r,
r wlch Lnkin deprived him uy, scttIn undt
i his porch; and proian!n the Holy Bible h
If tcachin hts child 10 read 1T Kin this be CT
: leoEcd! The Deekin asked.
!. Deekin Parkins scd he must bear hfs I'll
C. worthy testimony arin thrse disturbcE
= They lied, lie knoyl whereof he spoke, hlrt
% a female woman from Massachusetts to tcac
their children! IIc he'd bin In their ekoo
shocked at their Conduct. liz was conyin
10 that Niger was beast. They come to Il
n corners TO sell the rrolux Of their lands
N they spend thctr money at his bar? Mar,
- They spend sum NV II at the store uv d
50 / nr,r,1nS7nr frfTn Il1iuny whn Ia hire iuttffE
ot In with the bfzncss NV troo Southern me
but he he'd never seed one nv 'ena inside i
ID door. lie he'd no rnshcncc. With 'e1n. o.
le believed sunthin shnol be done to rid Il
OF Ef they ever git votcs thcy'r ayin lis. :
o. man who dodgc5 my bar ever votea stralg
th I;inrai Punt moved TINT this mcetin do I
lc wunst proceed 10 the settlement and Gle
ST. 'em out, They WIZ rcproach 10 kentucs
p. OF course, cz they were leathens and So
Of ages, sich goods cz they he'd wood fill to t
Us righteous, NV whom we wuz which, and
to Insisted upon fair divide. All he Naut
n, ~ WIZ bureau anu SCI w Ghairs he @ hau IS s.
as lock, the 1llnoy storc'kcepcr, and 1t WIZ
at wunst acted upon.
cir Pollock wuz reconstructed first. Fill
30 with zeal for the right, his door was Sbus'
he III, and IN JIG; ;;;;an: the goods which he wn.
se. coniaminatin, our people with, WIZ dlst,it
ng sootcd cm. Nun man sc}ested that cz th
as wuz made By Yankees, and brought South
nE Yankees, that there wuz contamlnashen
re the touch Nv en-, and that they be burnt
he but be wuz hooted down, our people seeis
ch distinction. The contamiuashen WIZ IN PAL
ed for cm-gittin EN- gratooitusly took the c1
I'd. OF.
ne Elated, the crowd started for the sett
mcnt. never saw more zeal manifested.
H.. half hour brought us there, and then sce
" ensood wich al1ed me With Joy onspcckat
~ WIZ bundled after en-. The Bibles q
ID: skool books WIZ destroyed first, coz VIC
no no use for them; then chairs, tables q
.en bureaus clothin and heddin 1suz distrbnt
IN, 4 woman he'd the imprdence to beg
nE suthiu she fancied, when the righteous Z
md nv my next door neighbor, Pettus, bi
Ee. over, and he struck her. Fer husband, I
re. Ecttin his color, struck Pettus and the Q
!op rage wux completed. AStGGER HE'D RA1s
nS MS HAND AGlS WHITE MAN.
The iusu1ted Caucashen blood fiz, and
less than mint the bodies Ut SIX male Ell
use opiaus WIZ danglin In the air, and the
ere dies Nv six Ethiopian winin wuz layin pI
our tratc On the earth- The children WIZ spar
tst~; for they VILE sill young, aud not hevin
ties taught to read so fur that they con1d not
by git It cf kept carefully from books, they
let be brought up In the proper speer. cz seEsa
hey | to their b1cthern. tBy the war, the inspi
rop In tlis connection 1geratirely. The mig
run bein beast cannot be our brother.) So
ow, may censurc us for too much zeal in
be matter, but what else Good We hev lunf
i've. are high-toucd, and can't stand everythi
and These niceers he'd no right to itritase u
1crc their presence. TheJ knowd our feelins
the sublick: and By hqyin land and renal