, 1866-05-08

net o. tno 51oteIh except rcEHape one, which
did not sec. It was related 10 me, however.
by gentleman who claims 10 have seen It.
and whom believe to be man Of truth. |
He saw policeman chhsi " negro and |
swapping his pistol, which would not z. od. |
The negro ran INTO his own shauty and disap- |
pearcd. The policeman 70 % yed close behind
him, hut failed to ind his hiding place. Tie
policeman then seized on small mulasto rirl
whom my Informant assures rue could not
have been more than five years Of aga he
commanded her to reveal to him the neyro'1
hitting place, but Instead Of answering his
questions the child hroke out into fit of
weeping; This 50 enraged hum that he drag
gcd her BY one leg ont behind the shanty and
deliberately cut hcr eyes out Of their sockets
With Lis pocket knife. The shanty was then
fred and the helpless little victim thrown In
through the window.
being made to murder the teachers of colored
schools. They arc seeking the protection OF
the military which was withheld from the
unoiicnding and peaceable negroes. An indis-
crtminate slaughter of Northern men Is looked
for. Ten thousand firearms Of various kinds
haye been furnished to tue secesh from the
city arsenal. All Union men here Join ia
hearty eIecEation OF Gen. Stoneman.
BATrLE.A1E.
(From the Memp,s Post, May 4th1
The riot was kept up all Wednesday night.
Crowds OF armed citizens were gathered at
the corners Many were half drunk Tue
great feat of the roughs was the burning OF
the colored school houses, churches and
homes, They seem to have acted In CONCERT.
and to have carried out a programme which
had been previously arranged. This Is shown
by the clean sweep which was made Of every
building used for eolored school or place Of
worehtp By the co!ored people, but most
strongly BY the conduct of The rioters on the
burning Of the Collins Chapel. This colored
5000. e'''' Wv
After getting this well under the control nj
called upon them to "iall in" which was
done In a style which would have reflected
credit upon any military organization, and
proceeded 10 blacksmith shop on Alabaua
street, near Bull Run, which, Is II belonged
to z peaceable black man, was burned.
near Ovcrton. was burned. This was Of
brick, nnd the Oldest colorcd church In the
city. It was owned by the colorcd people.
The colored church on Poplnr street was
burned also the Lincoln Chapel on Union
street. This belonged to the American Mis-
sionary Association, and cost one thousand
dollars. It WIS insured for eight hundred
dollars. Every colorcd church uas burned.
The colorcd schools were kept In the bar
racks, racks formerly occupied BY the Provost
located ts follows: Onc Ut the east end OF
South street, containing two schouls one at
the corner Of Main and Vance streets. with
one school; one ut the corner of Real and
wellington Streets. two schools one ut the
corner Of fernando aud Pontotoc streets, and
and one at the corner OF Laudcrda1e md Vance
streets, tErce schools. This also contained
the stores Of tile Western Frcedmcn's AID So
ciety, valued at about three thousand dollars,
besides about ono hundred beds, which were
destroyed. That on Poplnr street, east OF the
bayou, Containing two schools, was also
burned.
Loud and repeated threats were made br
the rioters that when they had destroyed the
colored school houses they would Kill The
teachers. Tic threats were 80 violent, and
the rioters having shown themselves capable
Of my bruta!ity, it wns deumed prudent that
ro On The ST. Louis packet. Many Of the o.ll.
these ladies'
An attempt was made to burn Colwclrs
Hall, near the corner OF Gayoso and Third
streets. This hail belongs to wealthy aud
influential colorcd man, from whom it takes
ITS name, aud Is the most frequently used by
the colorcu people for public meetings. The
windows and doors were broken down, and
the chandeliers aud Light furniture destroyed.
lire. Some whites in the ueiciIborhood, how
ever, succeeded in putting It out bcfore sesi-
Ous damage was done.
\ house near MIR. Rankin's school-housc.
which was burnt on Tuesday, was fired during
the night. a c0lorcd girl seventeen years OF.
schol-r Of Nj. Rankin's, was sick In this house,
snd on running ont was knocked down, shot
and thrown into the fire. Her body lay IN the
ashes yesterday morning burned to crisp,
excepting her head and shoulders. Some one
had kindly thrown shawl over this horrid
spectacle. Coroner Erickson, on making In
quest upon the body. found The report true
that she was shot before being thrown into
the frc.
The Botanico Medical College, on Bealc
street, in which colored schools have been
kept, was set on fire, but it was put out by
some teachers who stay in the building.
A grocery kept by an old colored man In
South Memphis was broken into and robbed
and be killed In his bed. He was to be seen
lying n bed IN just the posture In which hc
WAS killcd yesterday morning.
a large number Of houses in South Memphis
occupied by the blacks and some In other
parts OF the city were burned. No effort " as
made TO stay the 1amcs. In one case four ne
eroes were fastened up in house aud tue
house set Oh fire.
A colorcd nun on Alabama street Informs
US that Luis house was broken into and about
ECO in money taken, aud he beaten over the
lead. and the same party broke into his
neighbours house, killed him, locked the wife
and children in the house, set It on fire and
burned It down.
| lying In bed with her child at her home in
South Memphis, was shot In the breast.
An attempt was matte 10 fire every Govern
ment building in town. 1n one that was
burned. 1t Is said that m immense amount Of
Qnartermastcr'a stores were destroyed,
The carnival Of blood and fire continued
the whole night. The sky was continually lit
up, sometimes ~ one, md again by four OF
| five fires In different parts OF the CITY, Mt a
time. Crowds Of armed rioters were moving