New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-23
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EU.KLUY IN MISSISSIPPI.

W.suINGroN. Dec. 4.-The National Com
missioner Of Education has received communication
from the Hon. II r. Pease the superintendent OF fupho
Instruction for the State Of Mississippi embodyng sate
ents OF County School Superintendent throughout
State respecting the outrags committed upon teacners
and the burning Of schoohouses during the past 'o"'
by KuKlux mobs.
The State remarks that "no other fea
ture or measure Of the new civil poy adopted In the
State has been difficult to adjust the free pnonc
school system He thinks that in this state more thah
any other Of the lately reconstructed States the n
tuition Of Slavery, with all It's longchershcd caste us
crimnations preudices passions and concomitant edu
caona theories had become fully interviewer Into the
social and political system Tho introduction OF the
Peoples School was regarded as death blow
struck at all that remained OF the peculiar social
and political institutions OF the South, leenR
which was greatly augmented by class Of idle poti-
Clans and by INSCRIPTIONS partisan press. Hence
the OPEN undissed hostility to all public free schools
hut particularly coored schools and their teachers
and hence the story that to from almost every
county the State Of whppngs, threats and other out
RACES upon teachers and school ocers and OF school
houses burned by lawless mOb even teachers OF whte
schools in some being afraid to continue teaching
and in others hte schools being broken up 10y the Chill
dren being afraid to attend them.
letter from Monroe County to the State superinten'
dent written after the County Superintendent had been
Directors Ia disorganized "a large number OF schools
have been broken up and others have received orders
from the KuKlux to discontinue. Everything Is IN
demon allied condition, and school system Is bound
to be broken up The School Superintendent OF that
county Col A. ?. Huggins, had been taken ont OF his
bed by band Of KuKlux, and whipped In most I'M
mercifu manner and ordered to leave the country on
pain OF DEATH The Superintendent Of Union County re-
ports band Of disguised men, numbering l5 called
upon Mr. Newson, teacher OF colored school. ana or
ered him to discontinue it suffer fearful penalty"
The Superintendent Of Chickasaw County reports ct b.
Emmens and Cornelius Mcbride, both teachers OF col
ored schools have boon badly abused the latter terribly
whipped by a disguised party Three school houses
been burned OF the three being church used
school house, and the other two having been bIllt
by coored people for school purposes The Super
ndent adds 81 unable to account for these out
RACES unless the be opposition to colorcd schools
all the damage being schools Of that class alone In
several neighboroods have found impossible TO oh
tain teachers for the colored schools great Is the fear
Of disguised men"
The superintendent Of Lowndes County reports: "Tp
give you each and every OF unlawful disturbance
against the free public schools Of this county would swell
| my communication to an uncxampcd length. can only
briefly say that several o! my teachers have been visited
by body OF disguised men known as KuKlux All the
teachers white and OF Southern birth except Mr.
Farmer. who was obliged to leave tho country Three
teachers Of coored schools obliged TO close their
schools Just after the command Of the XII klux that
no more free schools should be taught, visited white
school taught by lady, and found only four
pupils present. The children ,and tier parents were
badly frightened that the school was all but broken
up" One teacher Of this county, who is a southern gen
tlcnan and COngrogatonalist minister recently, after
having preached to the coorcd people, called upon
at midnight by KuKu1, and ordered not to preach any
more and TO close his school, which he taught his
own farm and IN his own house. lie di~obeycd the
order and was visited again, and notified that he
could neither preach nor teach any more; but 1t was
added that perhaps he might after the election
He answered them. "WhcthcrI shall obey God or man.
udge ye." The result III this is not yet
taiDed.
From Holmes County it is reported tho spirit OF
hatred schools finds vent there yet only In deco
rating the colOred school-houscs with composition Of
paint, ampblack insulting the lady teachers on
the street and through the Office, and in indng
%nt Substituting always the cabalisc X X X" In
Oktibbcha County. one teacher was stoned, and one
school house burned in which cOIOred school was
kept at the time. In Warren County, a teacher
threatened nv letters from the K n X. and closed
his school The superintendent OF Choctaw County re-
ports two churches and two schoohouses burned by
re Of Winston COMFY reports the
burning OF two churches, used for schools and four
tied the house Of Mr. Fox and compelled him to stop
teaching school" They then went to the honse Of
in money. william Kennedy. ]. L. johnson, and
hat If they did not close their schools they
would he hed Mr. avery CONTINUING s;acl hi, house
teaching again in another house (which was burned with
s m Syfy % the
selves, and in almost every instance the school mouse be-
ense 70 these Opposition 10 the free
system especially TO that part Of the law which gives
The ,nen who commit these acts Of violence stimu
lated and encSurased by designing poIiti clans
IA in the County There have by OH
ings and othcrwise II pubc schools broken up In this
burned In LAFAYETTE County two school-house were
burned and one teacher shot the bullet passing through
schooouscs burned and two other schools broken
they p Closed the oOs In Rankin County school
house was burned e.o,ed teacher Of L a,
letter to leave the place In given time or forfeit his
hie. He and his family immediately moved away.
are making to leave unless the murderers
and midnight raiders he ferreted out II the United
schools iii he Of no benefit to tho coored people Two
churches and schoolhouses belonging to the colored
leave" The Superintendent Of sppah County reports
teacher s of % IN a,
ordered to quit teaching and leave the country and in
Se house snS y
report OF schoolhouse burned in March last. near
Waynes borough In Chickasaw County teacher OF q
coored school was visited by body Of masked men,
shot at as he cndeavorcd to escape caught and beaten in
The superintendent Of Laudcrdae County reports that
in March last John Riter teacher OF eolored school
was waited upon by party OF seven masked men, who
ordered him TO leave The country upon pain Of death il
he returned His schOOlhOuse then burned by the
party Another TEACHER, Mr. " q. Grougert was taken
from his bed the night Of the 10th Of March by band OF
kuKlnX stripped Of his clothing and beaten with 100
ashes literally cutting the fish on his back into shredS
lie ordered 70 leave the country In hours
on pain death. This teacher quiet inoncnsive
man. hiyi g Deudltd with politics All the teach.
ers, nbr, engaged IN teaching the negroes NJ
Four schoohosc been destroyed BY tr'. the Work
of Kuklux iIIceIilIaiics.'
FOHEICH GOSSIP.