The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-29

~ persons besides the negroes, and were
about to do so. when, to prevent So hor-
rible a thing, which must have resultes =,
the death OF all in the house, the sherir
gave up the keys, and then did his best to
lind out who the men were. The negroes
We're tied two and two, and then tied in
gangs OF six, six, and four. They were
marched out TO the levee, pushed of. and
fired at Four were killed, two are known
to be wounded, and the rest escaped. Next
day the negroes were reported TO be
70 Mas on nener TTSn'0n ~, 500 .,.. strong
tug Of war had come. Every able bodied
man within five miles of here. who could
get arms, prepared for a fight; but, FORUM
ately, the danger was averted by surround
ing towns pouring rein forcements rapidly.
Since that time every effort has been made
10 ferret out the Ku-Klux. Arrests have
Deem made by the dozen. Gov. Brown and
the entire bar of Trenton have worked con-
stantly-with what success is among the Sc
crets OF the grand jury. Memphis and other
city journals have commented most un-
justly on this affair. and have
| MOST wILFULLY AND MALIcIoUsLY LIED
in nearly every important particular.
Whether there is actually any danger or
not, will not say; but this much 1 do
know: That many families are afraid to
sleep at home nights; and even now several
| families get together when night comes,
abandoning property TO secure life The
action of the Ku-Klux was certainly most
| atrocious violation of law, and should be
punished In such manner as TO forever de-
| clare that the majesty of the law must be
upheld But he who lives here and knows
how the case stands, and then says that this
act was without paliation, violation of law
| as 1t was,-I say that he who takes this posi-
ton must either be a knave or a fool.
Whether there was danger or not, no negro
denies the existence Of this organization or
| its aim Whether danger or not there are
women who were so affected by fright that
the grave alone'wil be the end of les effects.
And of this number is one who looks to me
for protection. The law is making no effort
to punish the ringleaders of the negroes.
All its thunders are hurled upon the whites.
There Is no excuse for the riot. Gibson
county is, and has been, as law abiding
as any county in Illinois, and this is
the first exhibition of mob law since
/ have been here (nearly three years..
| In Indiana mobs hung horse thieves-took
them out of Jail to do IL; aud yet, though
there were many such cases IN five years,
nothing but threats were made against the
lynchers. Perhaps horses are worth more
than life. The civil rights bill is the pro-
life cause of all this; and, although the bill
did not become law, yet the negroes were
acting on the belief that il would pass, and
the travelling public were subject to such an
noyances as none but New England phil
anthropist could endure, who sits in his
parlor, waited upon by white slaves, and
meditating on 10, the poor Indian; Ting, the
poor Chinaman; or Sam, the poor African.
At Humboldt, in the course of a speech,
negro said, pointing to a female college:
"Tbey won't let us go there now; but the
time will come when we will have the say
so. And hope the time will come hen L
can ride in the blood of the whites till it
reaches my saddle skirts.u This speech had
its effect on the negroes. At a picnic given
by negroes two white men were abused and
even chased off the ground by negroes; and
these men were politicians, too, and you
know they would not insult negro. TAX
ing it all in all, never did see the tables
turned so completely in my life, and
it confirms me in my belief that justice is a
thing the South
NEED NOT EVEN HOPE FOR.
Tennessee has given equal provision to her
population. The negroes pay but little tax,
yet they get their full portion of the school
fund, and the whites can't touch it. This
know, because keep the accounts of this
district, and can swear that, in this county
at least, no distinction has been made.
People will have their own way of looking
at things. / have told YOU nothing that
do not know from reliable testimony to be
true. / don't believe the trouble is over
yet. may have 70 send my family North;
but, believing, as do, that the people are
disposed to do right-that they will execute
the law as soon and as rigidly as any other
people in the United States--I shall stay
with them III the whole United
States army is sent here. The federal court,
contrary to the constitution, has arrested
men for this very act, while the grand jury,
assisted by all the State authorities, were
doing all in their power to bring these as
sassins to Justice Men have been arrested
by United States troops, handcuffed. and
taken to Memphis, ON the testimony of ne
groes, when dozens Of white men can testify
that they did not leave home for several
days during the fuss. But this is nothing.
State sovereignty may be violated, homes
burned, las they have been) and our wives
and little ones threatened with slaughter.
insurrection proved, and the whole category
of crimes made manifest; but, il negroes
are the perpetrators, we must say, "Poor,
ldeluded creatures! how they aIe led sstray,
to be sure." And that must be the end.
very strange discovery, Interesting to
geologists, is reported by the Usage Mission
, (Kansas) Journal. A human skull was re-
Gently found near that place imbedded in
, solid rock, which was broken open by blast
ing DIR. Weirley, of Usage Mission, com
pared It with modern skull which he had
in his Office, and found that, though it re-
4 semblsd the latter In general shape, 1t was
D an inch and quarter larger in greatest di-
ameter, and much better developed in some
other particulars. He says of the relic: at
! is that of the Uranium of the human species,
Q of large size, imbedded in conglomerate rock
of the tertiary class, and found several feet
beneath the surface. Parts Of the frontal,
: parietal and occipital bones were carried
away by explosion. The piece OF rock hold
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