Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-11-02
From the Pilot
The Au-NiuX and Prof. Dun.
a LETTER FRoM TIKI VICTIM, GIVING
his ENpERIEN,A.

eA@A N@% ~ @HAA
a LETTER FROM rHE VICTIM. GIVING
his EArERtNys.
HOLLY SPRINGS, Mss. Get Il, 1872.
To the Bd'torS ofthe P!tot;
have just read an article IN You.
paper, entitled Dark Lantern VS.
Magic Lantern" being an article
copied from the Macon Beacon, ant
your comments thereon. AS | an
the person referred to, | hope yot
will do me the kindness TO give thi,
my Ststementl a place in your cot
umns, and desire that you mSy no
consider it's length y bar TO It's pub
location.
WHO AND WHAT THE PROFESSOR Is.
AN the proprietor Of an Exhibi
ton Of Dissolving Views, and have
travelled in the North, East, South
and West, giving my Exhibitions
for the benefit OF Churches, Schools
etc, and hero | enclose you a bill.
Of performance which will snow
you that | have given my exhibi.
tious in some OF the best institutions
OF learning in the country, and be.
fore the elite and learned, and SO
Tar as | know, | have given the pub.
lie general satisfaction. At La.
grange, Tenn, | gave exhibitions
for the boneht OF the Brass Band,
and they were SO well pleased with
the performance that they volun-
tsered TO play for me At the Colored
Church, and did so.
NOT ABLE TO SECURE CHURCHES.
On coming into this State, | have
not been able to procure the uss Of
the churches and colleges, etc, OF
the white people, owing to their pc.
culiar hatred Of that species OF the
human race, known us the Carpet
Bagger, and hence my Exhibitions
have been given among eolored
people, tor the benefit Of their
Churches, and whenever they offer.
ed to entertain me, / accepted OF
their hospitality, and paid them for
the same. During my travels, |
reached Macon, Mississippi, and
was refused the use of any building
by the white folks, and did not ap-
ply ior the Use OF the churches Of
the colored people, because there
Wa, a coIered gentleman there with
a similar exhibition. went away
in COMPANY with EIdor I. Garreir
,Iobpsos, rpresiding FlIarofNsnon
Distirr IN Give Some ontarroin.
m.rt. for hi4 il bis Di.tr;ct an5
he wsss 80 wsI riao.od w;,L
bihition, that b. n~ranosnd - hn,
ma ont far q S.fand ~ B;s o,J 009
ayr NJ ~ INV N. U,o.
~,rox "'0A
To which n,Maasition oan,,a
anrra.nnniar ,Lay "SaGo"
tWasntba FIJor nHs +bo' " e
Dsyis 90 10 NV tatim~ 49, ~
snd w.s nrn,fsn N''2 'ng SvHoo1'
sbia whan tha sahsa1s iI''p"
n,,r.. ,y;th ~"
an ;ndannu,n oPVN
ont;r,a a, '1," ''noo! u 'ne
rsc.iysd f.om por 800 "elo
,-r~inr 'oS'pl
ms 100 t.o eo'DI On anu com
obn.oL h;"s, uiu 81 'l'o
ana = room for NV NV USE ro' roc 2CroG''
the parsonage, which | occnniad
But finding the school would not
paw me as mach IA | had axnoctod
| discontinued ~it-sendiHg the chill.
Iron to their homes with their
money. On the night of the 9th
If September, | had been to the
,tore of Henry Mason, to settle
With bin as the Secretary OF the
for 7 hod loo,ad ~ aL.,n"L
hirtT dollars TO pay their nastor
lie paid me some money and pavoI
ne a due.biIl for the balance, and
vas returning to nv room when
WAS sURRoUsppD nv rowApnr v,,
KLux,
Both disguised and updisou,sedl
rmed with pistols and knives. and
az life threatened if | made tho
east noise, aud | was eomnellcd to
ubmit, because | was unarmed. MOT
linking it necessary to have 1nis.
OILS belted around me-" b%ecause
| was in a town that boast.
d Of its churches and schools, and
mong Christians and not among a
that would do deeds of vIo.
,nce that would make the cheek of
ne savage Sioux burn with verv
name that they had been outdone
y their chivalrous Christian broth.
10.
I WAS TAKEN ACROSS ONE sTREE
there they sat down and talked to
lie, telling me that "somo things
'ould do in this Southern country,