Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-10-14

fence-dr. Nasby's Account of the A fla r
- Posi- OFFis, CoNFEbRIr X ROADS.
(Wlch is IN the State Nv Ken ucky,)
September 28 1868.
For fear that colored statements Nv the
recent unhappy affair which occurred al
this place may be sent North, to the pref,
oodis Nv the Democracy, thereby make a
calm and truthful statement Nv it. I will
prefix my account by sta in that the citi-
zens Nv the Corners hev alluz desired to
live on amlcable terms with the colored
men, teelin that ther interests are more or
less identicle. To show how completely
we hev conkered our prejoodises and how
much we desire peece, | Il state that for
a month ther hev bin only two -niggers
hung, and them under Circumstances Nv
CRATE provocation. One Nv EN- made a
tace at Issaker Gavitt, and tother refoozed
10 give Kernel Punt credit for load Nv
water melons, ciaimin that the Kernel
already owed him, and that ther wuz no
law for nlgger to collect debts Nv white
men. Wv coorse we cant stand insolence
The late unpleasantnis originated in this
wise: The Radikels Nv this country he'd
given out that they intended to bold polit
tkel meetln IN this place on the Goth inst
ant. l know that if they did blood wood
flow, for [ knowd the temper and feelins
Nv our peaceable citizons To. avoid
bloodshed | sent word to EN- not to come
NOT to hold the meetin-that eff they
did | Good not be held responsible, and
ther blood wood be on ther own hands.
Partickelerly [ warned EN- not to come
armed for our citizens wont stand that
anyhow. We kin never permit men who
differ from us to carry arms, ez in case
we hev dispoots with EN-, they mite be
dangerous. se#s 1rfao.. Ia laI b
My we'll meant endeavors wuz frootlis,
and lssaker Gavitt thot he'd try. On tie
mornin Nv the day Issaker rode out to find
eft they were bound to come in, and also
whether they wuz armed. He returned
reportln Nv EN- comm and every man Nv
EN- armed to the teeth. At 10 o'clock in
the forenoon the procession entered the
town, headed by moosic and the nashnei
flag. Ez it passed Bascom's, Issaker
Gavitt, Who he'd double barreled slot gun
in his hand, happened accidentally to let
the hammer fall into the nipple, wien it
went off. u Unfortunately it wuz pinted in
the direction of the procession, and a mig
ger fell from his horse with the topuv his
head blowed .orf. To increase the disorder
a small rock, playfully throwed by Kernel
Punt at about the same time, struck anoth-
er one on the head, and several other rocks
from others in and about Bascom's S knock
ed several more Nv EN- down. Il ed the
niggers passed on quietly all wood hev
been well, but they didn't. Eager to
quarrel, and full Nv insolence, and reey
sekin a pretext to embroil us, the process.
sion stopped in wild confooshin, many w
EN- takln to the woods to create the i'm
preston that they he'd bin attackt. The
doopllssity of the nigger caracter is beyond
fndin out! We waz surprised at then
breakin up SO suddenly, and for mint We
didn t know wat to do. ... ...-- Fa.
Ell the procession stopt in front Nv
Bascom's our citizens conjeetured their de
signwuz to attact the grosery, wichsis rely
the citidel Nv the town. In Bascom's is
all the likker we ,hev--in Bascom's our
innocent revels is held-and Boscoms S we
will defend it to the last Wat wus we
TO do? Unarmed and hel pless, we we're
unprepared for this. But Heaven smiled
onto us, and Civ us the means to defend
ourselves. The rifles, revolvers and shot
guns belongin to the principle families Nv
the Corners, and the surroundn coun-
ty, happened to be in Bascom's S stack5
up behind his bar, and providenshelly they
wuz all loaded and capped. In a minit's
time they wuz distributed, and, afore the
mob Good organize to make the attack, a.
we'll directed yoley was poured into en-.
This dismayed EN-, and the entire mass
Nv EN-, sech ez wuzn't killed fed to the
woods Two NV the blood-thirsty wretch
es wuz shot at the edge of McPeIter's
woods, by The Captain and Elder Penni-
backer, who feared they wuz a goin in
there to re organize and return to complete
their dreadful work Elder Pennibacker
killed one inhuman villain with an ak,
wich he'd bin wounded in the leg, and
wuz found in a corner Nv his fence tryin
to stop the flow NV the blood. The Elder
wuz Altered he mite re organize All
that day, posse Nv citizens were.engaged
in quelin the fears Nv the community by
hunting down these dangerous incenjarles
with dorgs and KILN w EN-, for ez they
exceeded us in numbers we reely trem bled
for the safety Nv our wives and children.
After a terrible day, the agitated town
wuz restored to its wOnted peece, and the
citizens slept ez yoosual The casualties
| on our side is not so large ez, mite hev
been expected, when we consider the fear
full purpose Nv the barbarians who assail-
ed US Deekin Pogram wuz seriously
inIoored by rock wich Issaler Gayitt
histed strate up in his unthinkin excite
ment, and poor Kernel McPelter's shot
gun bust the second time he fired it, takin
orf his thumb. These injoqries sustained
by our citizens may be charged directly
to the inf>rnal sperit Nv the inslent mig
gers who would. provoke out peacefy In
cllned people. But they suffered tor it
Eleven Nv EN- wuz killed, and some thirty
or forty wuz wounded. The latter hey
bin all cared for They wuz taken to the
! County Infrmary for treatment-the ex
penses bein charged up to EN- ezs a lie.
upon ther property, wlch will, Nv course
be sold to defrayiif.. r. W. .-.... 49,. r.
+ Our citizens do not boast Nv wat the
hey done. They feel it wuz an unplesan
; dooty they he'd to perform, but they he'
: ! to DO it, Corrupt and reckless men he