Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-17
IN GEORGIA.
A Negro BrutalIy Assaults the Wife Of I
Bishop.

The New Orleans Picaylae says:
Intelligence comes to Us of a ma
ture 50 terrible that we almost shrink
from a recital of the hOTrid CircUm-
stances.
We are all the more reluctant I"
refer to the matter, because the nam'
OF lady who is deeply beloved by oui
people, the wife of the gifted ana
good Bishop of Georgia, must be used
Thanks TO n meTciful Providence, she
has been spared an unutterabie shame,
and Is still the pure and lovely woman
who, as the helpmate Of the late pas
tor of Trinity Church, of this city,
made for herself hosts OF warm and
admiring friends.
On the evening OF the 18th Of Jan
Usry, IL appears, Mrs. BeckWith, WI,
had been spending the day with al
invalid lady friend, living near her
residence in the outskirts OF Macon,
Ga, started home at dusk, and when
about fifty or hundred yards from
the front OF her own residence, was
met by powerful negro man, who,
lust as she passed him, struck her al
most senseless to the earth. Spring
ing upon her, the fiend struck her re-
peatedly in the face, bruising her ter
rihlv. To check the cries Of the noble
woman, who struggled with all the
energy of despair, he placed his closed
hand partially in her mouth, but was
forced to desist. as she imbedded her
teeth in the flesh. Through all the
terrible encounter Mrs. Beckwith re-
tsined her presence Of mind, telling
the wretch that she was the wife of
the Bishop and that he would be Sc
VereJy punished. Freeing herself
finally from the rude clutches OF the
negro. she succeeded in making her
way into the house ia q fainting con-
ditiou. As soon as Bishop BeckWith
heard the fearful story from the lips OF
his suffering wife, and saw that she
was cared for, he st 0uce proceeded to
the city, and obtaining the aid OF the
police, caused the arrest Of several ne
groes Oh suspicion. These were car
ried TO the Bishops residence, and
Mrs. BeckWith, who tainted at the
sight of one of the men, on recover
ing, pointed him out as the guilty
scOundrel. Upon his hand was the
imprint of her teeth. He was at once
taken into custody and remanded TO
prison.
The citizens of Macon were natuF-
silly IG a terrible state of excitement,
and it vas believed that the wretch
would be taken from the Jail and
burned.
The act Of this savage negro is but
another evidence of the reign of hOr-
Tor in store fer the South, if the teach
ings of the Radical party are to pre-
vail; il is but another illustration Of
the inevitable tendency of such
harangues as have been made 20
negro mObs since the war by
political denagogues, and such impu
dent utteranGCS as emanated from
Isbelle. the negro Representative in
The Legislature Of this State, recently.
The Southern people haV6 sub
mi;ted so long TO the Outrsges which
have been committed upon them by
WhIts demagogues from the North,
who live by exciting the negroes
their Door dngas-tO deeds of violence,
and by perpetu8liy stirring up strife
and diseOrd between tho race5-that
their fOrbearsnce has been cGEEtrued
into apathy or fear. 1t remains 10 De
seen whether there Is nothing that
sill awaken the people 10 4 sense Of
their danger, and whether there is no
for those who incite the
negroes, as well as for the negroes