Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-17
WHERE WILL 1T sTOP7
Another White Girl Outraged by a
Negro.
Flight. Pursuit and Final Escape of
the ScOundrel.

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While other phases of crime seem to
be becoming gradually less frequent
with the negro element, that of ravish-
ment and outrage upon white women
by negro men is alarmingly upon the
increase. Pick up a paper from al
most n section of country, North as
we'll as South, and the chances are
that it contains an account of such
crimes eitheri attempted or perPe-
trated. Here at the South, where the
negro population largely outnumbers
that of the North, and where the
worst passions of the race are carefully
fostered by the scoundres who use
blacks as a stepping-stOne to political
preferment, the sensibilities of our
people are daily shocked by
the commission of the most dastardly
crimes in the catalogue. A few eX-
amples of summary justice, meted
out by the hands of the first who
come up with the miscreants, would
90 far towards exciting a wholesome
fear of the consequences in the minds
of the black scOundrels, who, lying in
wait, would, otherwise, probably
pounce upon the first defenseless white
woman that crossed their path.
The last instance that has come to
our knowledge %transpired at or near
the village of Cotton Grove,
in Madison county, on Friday
afternoon last. 1t is related TO
us that the victim, a young
girl O~fexcellent family and irreproach-
able character, was passing through a
piece of woods neal her home (adja-
cent to the village), when a burly ne
gro, a dark grille in color, stepped
from behind a cOpse, and before the
poor child had time to make an at
tempt, even by flight to escape, the
scoundrel, seized her, and dragging
her from the road into the u~nderbrush,
outraged her person in the most dla-
bolical manner. The crime was com
mitted about 2 O'clock in the afternoon,
and it was near 4 before the wounded
and bleeding victim of the black fend
was sufficiently recovered to reach
home and give the alarm. But no
time was lost in giving chase
to the negro, for in half an
hour a strong body of mounted
! men were in hot pursuit. 1t was dis
covered that the black william had
taken the Jackson road, and the
horses of the party were pushed to the
utmost, in the hope of capturing the
| fugitive there. They arrived in Jack
son about . o'clock in the morning,
and aroused the sleeping villagers by
ringing Justify the alarm bell. A large
force here offered their assistance and
the town was Thoroughly searched,
| during which it was discovered thai
the negro had escaped to the swamps
that border upon the Forked-Deer
River. where it would be almost an
impossibility fer horsemep2 70 follow.
The chase was given oyer tor the tlme
but that the negro will get safely out
Of the country is not feared. ana
| should he be captured and tail into the
| hands of the infuriated friends of the
/ family of his victim, hanging will be
g boon that he will a thousand times
prav for beiole death put an end to the
| intensified torture which, without
doubt, hewill justly undergo 9f A4s
foui crime.
THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, on
Union street, is a permanent and well
organized institution, commencing It
self to the public on account of its To-
cation, commodiogs and comfortable
buildings, and its corps OF experienced
teachers. we learn that Professor I.
NJ. S. Rhett, well known 10 our eiti-
zens. is one Of the teachers in classi-
oaI rHonartment. Session opens Sep
tember ist. See advertisement
w. B. & F. b. CRIsMAE, whose
card we publish in another column,
have associated with them as aids two
old merchants of Memphis, j. G.
1 Dougherty, formerly of Street, Dough-
erty d Co., and j. H. GOOdlett, Of the
old popular house of StrattoR, Good
lett & Co., whose business qualitica-
tons and known integrity are a sutfi-
cient guarantee to the public to secure
a liberal patronage for the house.
We take pleasure in calling atten-
ton to the advertisement of the Mem
phis Female College. Prof. Carroll,
the Principal, is from Charlottesville;
Va, and, in addition tothe very high
est Recommendations, he is known by
persons in the city to be one of the first
educators in America. If our citizens
wants an institution having no superior,
they can have it by patronizipg Prof.
Carroll.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars to
loan on collateral at Bob GrindrOd's,
40 and fl Beal street. Ellen Grindrod,