New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-04-06

me Ddny onion, of Jacksonville FIor;5.
Pubishes the following record of 6end;sb -,
RACES and prosecutions by the Ku-Elnv =.
having occurred in Columbia countv - ,bat
State: III 'ns'
A little colored girl, hired 10 one Bev,ss
went out for wood, aud never came back In
lew months her bones were found IN a ba,,,
mock, with her skull cracked. Thomas Jacobs
colored, was shot in his house at night and
Two colored men were arrested and imprisoned
q long time for the act but subsequently il has
! been sscertained that the murder was com
,Hit'ed oy Tour or five white men, whom. we
/ oeneVe, nave left the country. James Green.
/ ceiored' was taken from his house and shot
through the body with pistol. 10 cxtort from
nun some OF the secrets of the 4" [ Mon League
anu subsequently, shot through the head and
SuuN III lake: party of coIored men.
women, and children assembled M Prince
Viewers house, at a social rar+r all -,
nred INTO by white men. Little Susan Weaver
10 years old, was killed, and several Others
were dangerously wounded Other coIore5
men nave been missing. and IL Is believed nv
the coIored people that they have been NM.
dered and concealed Morris. Blv stevens
ana other eolored men have been taken out AZ
night 10y disguised parties aud severally
Not one Of them has cyer been punisbeJ mp
murdered or whipped were Democrats Was
not the sheriff assaulted at public meeting
laSt tali, at Elisyille, accused Of being A
Radical, or Radical otlice-hoder." and
piaihIy told that none Of his stripe" should
come TO Ellisville? Did not some twenty or
thirty OF the 'unterrifed," from FIGsyiIIe.
come INTO Lake City in regular military STYLE
ana declare they were anxious to meet a Radi-
cal! Ana when one of their number was
hxr fha ,ft
with drawn knives and pistols in their hands
and with yells equal to a regular CHARGE IN
battle, rescue him from the marshal Did not
the men IN the neighborhood of EllisyIUc
while the United States Circuit Court was IL
session at Jacksonville, last winter. resist the
United States marshall, (which we have nor
heard OF IN any other part of the Statel and
when the United States troops were sent into
ena' helghborhood Tor their arrest they could
not be found?
To speak plainly, there Is ard has been
reign OF terrorism IN that section. and no man
would dare declare in public that anvtbiuc
was right except ku,kluXism ard the Demo
cratic party. Some of these so-called '.Eopn-t
ana law abiding citizens are the ruling shirt.
In Tins lawessness, not doing anything them
selves no. no There might be some dancer
In that; but they privately advise and encour
age they look very sweet and are opposed to
.'"E'' anu wiz say IL Il only the ltnpru-
dent boys; we cant control them while there
is so much oppression, &c
What Is so about Ellisvile il so in other
places, but not to the same extent. Only last
night the probate office and the Office of the
clerk OF our circuit court was broken open and
all the important papers destroyed or carried
of.
Men who never had nerve enough 10 shoulder
their muskets and share the hardships of the
deiuded masses in the Southern army, and who.
long after Lee and Johnson had surrendered
shouted the war cry of Die in the last ditch r'
are really, the responsible agents for the
anomalous state OF affairs which surround the
good people of this county.