New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-14
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MEMPHIS, Tenn May J. 1865.
HosoRED SIR: Thinking it very important that true
and influential men at Washington should know OF
the Of affairs here and the of sentiment
write haste present facts that arc not given any d
our papers, We have here seven daily papers; six d
them are intensely ant-radca, and one Is timd, but
right You have doubtless seen by the telegraph thas
there has been persistent rong here, and want to IN
form YOU in relation TO its direct cause and its inducing
circumstances. There in South Memphis and JUS
outside of the city limits ten thousand q
more blacks, located in small cabins put -
mostly by themselves, oq lots assigned to thea
by the Frecdmens Bureau. They along Southst-,
which bounds Memphis On the south, number of Low
groceries and ogshops kept by Irish citizens who eel
liquor to negroes deal mainly with negroes, buy stolen
goods of negroes and hasituly cheat and ireat The
Whenever they have the chance Between thess
and many Blacks there is bitter hata
ana when the Blacks IN crowds or somewhat under ens
influence of auor they often insult the rish grocery nee
The notice almost wholly composed OF the same class a. e
Many OF the police have been the keesW
shops and they are very frequently addicted 10 n'on
eaten. .,
they arrest even tnougn Se ,e aSo se hd
twenty and thirty blacks every mouth. IN nearly az 49,
malicious hatred Using their authority as preeI They
shsmefuly outrage the negroes. who as general rue
favor the robbery and black mailing OF blacks BY ths
police More recently they have been afraid TO carry measures
with as high hand formerly but within short time ther
hopes of restoration Of their through state rgh and
the revival Of Rebel and proSayery hopes hare inspired heo
with new malice They have been from day TO day for month";
melted 10 deeds of violence by the editorials In The AaLasn
Ar1ns Bulletin Ledger. COMMERCIAL and hPPeo which hsvs
beaped lies and radicals and have exots4
hatred Of the blacks and Of Union people This all pre-
pairing explosive material The large number OF recently dn
Charged United coored soldiers here and the tain
they have had in the army mademany of them unwilling g
submit by policemen Thus matters stos
Monday morning There are dozen different accoun
of the Immediate OF the oabresk The most trust
worthy statement seems TO be that number OF eolored az
charged soldiers drinking together and quarreee
OF them nto the street and declared ass
he could whip any Niger 10 Go .a o., a
ance from Of his mates and the black called ior -
from the black soldiers Inc Se l the s
man fell The other police left the place for help They ~
pired b hatred Of the blacks The blacks had collected u
considerable numbers at one place and $1,000 tne rouns
The notice and their mob assistants divided into small parties
asd went about all parts OF the city beating ana
every negro they met they "aae no ~ban gun liz,
met. There Monday night hundreds OF ootr
and dozens Of murders N %a5'r r nsi:
the streets safety of his life and Union men are tnrea
holders the lower of the city want the blacks drive
EXPANSION in that direction and want
reign Of terror induce the blacks to go out into tho
prcd y daboca hatred Of Union people and want to terry
Radicals go that they leave the South and thus allow the
over the blacks 1t win appear on investigates
that has conspiracy to DIVE out Northern people
Frecdmens Bureau and the Radical newspaper Sewers
hundreds engaged IN the CONSPIRACY lie ~
sympathy aud cooperation OF thousands This secr
traitor Conspiracy used the difficulty on Monday . Pei.
Tappr The Irish police and the roughs who went aeoue
mnrdernr blacks were their tools Testimony will be taksu
in full and ultimately Washington The extent ao4
nurnose Of this damnabe affair will asonsh the Government
Never have more cruel cOwsd murders been commit
In two policemen found po1i Diaex IN ses
word they began beating the head with reyolVer
being struck several times he raised his arms 70 w'
One coIored girl standing her door, cooy snA
without proyocston shot down by miscreant she fe Gus
side but was taken up thrown into the house and set o.
fire and her body half consumed before was recovered
In another case old negro was shot ou GO
into Inc house but wreches looked under the crack and
killed him There perhaps twenty equally unproyoted
and arocous murders Monday night When the asoss
killed and two wounded In all the other cases. the blacks
murdered and white hurt On Yesterday
OF the buildings occupied by ireedmens schoos ana ocn
OF the coored people They also murdered nye o. ~
70 arrest he then shot three times bat not dangros
policeman struck him over tae hsaa WIN gun
and ed him the EARTH he lad there, ne was sheo
three times and thus brutally murdered
In another case negro gong along s.e srreer WIN pV
rested then beaten until he fell and then stamped on un ne
uDdstngushsbe and LIS were scattefso
United States soldier In another discharged coors4
oder was going quietly along when he shot He
eye or rather SLinto house The woman OF the hoass
was with outrage unless the wounded man was pas
ont He was put and then stabbed i've times He
died a. once and after time taken to Gen Runks
burial An incident that shows the hendasA-
ness Of the mob is when the police their assistants
dered negro thew let lin lie hours the sidewalk saA
pesers by in numerous cases showed their magny by sp
ting on the dead body.
Yesterday afternoon an Rebel soldier named Benamin
Dennis by marriage connected with Of best families
ored man and asked hin he the The black me-.
said No indeed sah" That's right uncle Reuben. SAL
Dennis keep OF such scrapes II is bad thing TO gee
into them" As he said this, white MAI named keenan
stepped up and saying SO are niger man. shot Dea-
bseouenfIy let 90 by The police From this you how
nttle safety there in Memphis for the lives OF uns.
made 70 set fire 10 the store Of Horace Stone the great
dealer shows that the property OF Union men not very -
so Far as IS known slightest provocaton One little bnd4
boy shot while walking the street WIN hs mother:
mulao named Bob Church about o'clock IN the evening
heard stop before his saloon The next momente
policeman called out Shut up this Place ba. at the sss
yoey into the saloon Church started shut the door,
but through the body Later in the night body
church that blacks rad in Memphis and on which there
$4,000 insurance They Also 0srne9 Lincoln Snape' Hss
teachers Of these schools being unable TO do anything mere
here 81 are soS VI s s oupsss "a
their friends do think il safe for them 10 remain here
now Ihs Presidential ,appOs,e -
forever than such devish scenes are being nov
enacted number OF cabins Of coored people were burnt
a night and TO day have been robbed Gsa
Stoneman has only about $50 regulars here and disposed
COnspiratOfs cnduce 10
bnt m tay commission will sit TO- morrow for the trial ofhe
guilty This may be good policy but may endanger the live
ri good many Union Perhaps is the best thing ts
he can do as the he has not Trustworthy IN
Judge from the fact OF OF them stopping blacks undss
OF searching for and then taking Tie
books The present condition OF affairs
illustrates the cry Memphis Secessons while since Tor
ioya people and freely threatened by the second edea
Rebels that they going TO rub out the Freed
mems bureau TAs MepAs PoH building and other place.
The United States flag flying Gen. Stonemans head
quarters Runkes headquarters and the fort and tee
ary authorities giving free passage OF down the rves
10 either black white oyass who are afraid 10 stay here
and many ara leaving Some win die in tracks here
before will leave do hope that political rsoea'
srucon will abandon the LOYAL people Of the South 70 the 60
oc., racar,ar, Rahes Give ra pYotecton il We