Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-06-15

emitting names, dates, re-, for the
reasons that were the.writer known
in certain localities it would probably
be to his disadvantage:
MAY cath, 1871.
/ Brother Philleo We received
the Reporter to-day, and read, with
/ pleasure, your article A Slander Re.
fnted."' ! am very glad you was so
kind as to publish the same, for which
You have our hearty thanks.
This rs an awful country to live in,
socially. morally and politically-as
Wendell Phillips said the other day,
We (here) are living in the Fiji
:eenth century, instead of the Nine
teenth.
Wife kept count, and within one
year from the time she landed here,
there was seventeen murders, (called
killing here) and none farther off than
Plover is frsm the Rapids, and there
has been quite number since The year
wasup. They keep right op--all Re-
pnblicans or "Niggers." No one
has been punished yet Within the
last three weeks there has been two
Negroes murdered and two school
honses burned in the night, by Klu.
Klux, within six of miles here. The
Negros killed are the smartest of
their race The last one was killed
last Saturday night-was called in
the night and told il he would come
ont he should not be hurt. His wife
tried to have him stay, but he said tie
had not done anything, and he did
not think anybody wunld hurt him,
but as soon as he stepped out Of
doors they shot him all to pieces, and
left.
~ "tite HiaII anu ms WIG anu
daughter in this County, was called
ont in the night and tied up and whip
ped, not long since.
There are some things done here TO
the Negros not fit to write
1T would put TO blush the devils in
hell. One half OF their depredations
arc never known away from the i'm,
mediate vicinity. You never hear a
Southern white man speak Of any Of
these outrages.
They have lately had fight with
the Klu.Klux at -, an account of
which I will seLd you. have not
heard a Southern white man speak of
the affair.
] have learned that that they had a
good deal of talk Of pitching INTO us,
but they were to big towards. We
give them to understand that we
were well armed (which was a facU
and lha, we should fight as long AS
there was anything left of us. We
slept with one eye open for n while. -
We had two Double -barrelled shot.
guns, loaded with buck shot, and
three revolvers and two good watch
dogs. rather think they would have
got Hail Columbia if they lad come.
I do not think they viii modest us
now.
- school will be out q week from
next Saturday. He has had about
one hundred scholars most of the
time, and two colored assistants. He
has kept good school and they have
learned remarkably, You may be
sure the Negroes like us--poor crea.
lures, l pity them. To me they are
whittier than those puffy, fashy white
cusses, and they will be whittier when
they get Deer gender, think, don't
you? They all treat us with a great
deal of respect.
Talk to me about Southern Chival.
ry, tell you they are not half civiliz-
ed-some of them are passibly edu.
Gated, but there is q sort of savage,
coarse cussrdness about the best Of
them, which you do not see North,
among the better classes
There are a few Northern people
left here yet, so we have some socie.
ty, but FIVE or six Of them will leave
next week, and then we shall be left
almost alone.
- has got to be a great big girl.
she il attending private school, and
has got a most excellent teacher
She tried the public schools and give
it up.
1t is warm weather here now, as
warm as it is in Wisconsin in mid
summer. The thermometer stands,
to-day at moor nj OK : ahoye zero