Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-07-17
Miscegenation i'm Mississippi.

The Vicksburg HERALD Of the 3rd in
slant has the following extraordinary state
ment:
Yesterday evening, when the steamer
Gov. Allen arrived at the wharf, 1t was
limited that there was distinguished party
on board. While the few who iad heard
the mysterious runOr, Tor sucil III was,
were nosing around with view TO ascer-
tanning something definite concerning the
strangers. a neatly dressed and rather
handsome young lady Of fair complexion,
and of indisputably Caucasian parentage,
was seen to descend the steps leading from
the cabin CT the boat, leaning on the arm
of a copper-colored individual OF unlnls-
taxable Ethiopian descent. There they
are, the bride and groom, whispered sollle-
body as the party proceeded to carriage
in waiting on the levee.
| The ssHerald' representative boarded
the steamer and endeavored to learn some
thing concerning the couple, but could
gaipr S,fnrmat ifsl. hevond the mere fact
lthat the negro had taken passage near Rod
new, when he registered his name as John
Williams, and the white girl us his wife.
When the boat reached Grand Gulf some
parties came on board and looked over the
register AT that time the bridal couple
were locked up in their roam il the Texas,
i
information was given to Captain Bob
Owen, clerk Of the boat, that a young girl
Oh Port Gibson, respectfully connected, had
run away from home to marry her fathers
diHing-rOom servant, dark mulattO ne
gro.
This was all the information we could
gain on the boat, but some hours later we
learned from gentleman from Port Glib
son, that the negroes name was not john
| 1, thnt hn
is Il member of the legislature from Clair
borne county He had formerly been a
servant of the young lady's father, and it
was during that time that the intimacy
sprang up between them. We could not
learn the maiden name'of the lady, those
who knew being unwilling to give it OH ac-
count of her family. 1t is said that the
young girls family are nearly crazed with
modification and grief because OF the
course pursued by her, and that us soon as
it was discovered that size had taken flight,
an attempt was made IT, intercept her and
her Ethiopian lover, but without success.
At late hour last evening tie colored
representative i'll the Legislature and his
Caucasian bride were promenading Wash
ington street, looking just as shameless
and happy as two big sunf1owers. They
were snubDed, however, on the boat while
coming up, by all their fellow passengers
vi Tile COlOl6tt ttiiu I1OGfDlJ oo
by some of the aristocratic darkies from
the University near Romney. From what
we can learn it woLld hardly be judlcious
for Haskins Smith, 0Iias JOHN Williams, tc
go back to Claiborne county, for the pre-
sent, at least.
The New York "Trbune" speaking OF
the same affair says:
Claiborne county, Mississippi, has been
agitated by the marriage OF a young white
lady to the Hon. Hawkins Smith, colored
representative of the said county. The
bride belongs to one Of the most respected
and influential Democratic families of that
region, two of her brothers having served
honoraby during the whole period of the
war i'll the Confederate army.