Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-09-10

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white IN NJ made a brutal assault upon u
negro congregation peacefully engaged in sun
| day evening worship. killed and wounded sew
/ eral sud burned the church Congressman
| Hays. OF Alabami. Republican. belongs in u
district where the coorcd voters have n mai ir-
\ lily OF ten usand. But he does not d irn visit
! sumter county for fear OF assassination. aud
! saws that II the election were held to-day the
intimidation IL so great that hardy any negro
votes would b. pollcd. Mr. HAYS is not a car
pet hagEer. but native OF Alabama, gradu-
a'e Of the L diversity OF Georgia. and has de-
voted hi, life to cotton-plauting and agricul-
tural pur.uits. Congressman rcrham Of the
same state. also Republican. was recently
compelled to iv by night f.om his district to
escape a conspiracy against hi life. MIR Per
ham i. native OF North Carolina. BIT since
his thir yer Of age IS lived in Aiabama. and
served in the confsd rate army. iii. crime
like that Of Mr.. Hays, j. thai he dared To Join
the Republican y irty. judge Martin. sixth aud
iior 81 the treasury, sresidcnt OF Alabama, len
his homo ami returned to Washington feeling
that his life was un afr because h. was 4 Re-
publican And long list Of similar incidents
might b. mcntlO ed 10 show the condition of
affairs in this state
The outrages IN Tennessee are fresh In mind
the latest being the dastArlly murder II {.
colorc'i school teacher in one country, AMI The
Is ncbing Of sixteen negroes, in another.
Their is a tedious monotou. In III >tylc OF
news from the southern statr'. showing a gen
cral revival of the feeling which cropped out
ia the ku-Aiux outrase-. and was only sup
pressed by the strong arm Of the federal gov
eminent IN" chairman oftn" ToN,- Rrpnb-
lican committcs asserts that Gu political m ri
crs have bc"n committed In that state since
Governor Coke was iuaugurAte,i. In Arkan-
>a-, under the mi,ruir OF the Ciayton ring and
the incfiirirncy Of Baxter. murders and uutra-
ge- BY the wholesale are reported.
The Natio.al Era. Fred Douglas.'s pa
per. the representative organ IL the color
ci people, gives expression to the follow
Ing opinion on the condition OF AFFAIR, II
the south
The war sgainst the n gro /, wsscd BY the
white race In he south. because, IN the first
place. OF The fiilhfunc~- % The negro TO the I'm
I'm and OF the ri ;hts anil priv ic.rs n seeks to
cxerct-c under the amendments. Whatever OF
evil exists In the South can b. traced dir city to
,hetc,I.tancc to the laws of the United states by
tn white people Of that section The negro
seeks 10 Use the ballot for the protection 81 hi-
he AMI liberty. The ~hic LEAGUE. ku-klux
for vrngrance. ana call 10 TIE ari 81 the pi.,ol,
kuiic and torch Tn. very first eff ,rt~ II the
iaiter class were 10 IN Ike the freedom OF the
negro merely nominal; war VA. begun upou
the freed nan before the r'octiye franchise was
extend d 10 him. IL was Kept W are the
Fifteenth Amrndmrnt became ,rt OF the Con-
tit ItiDu, AMI to-,.ay the white MN ar rally
IN. 10 the cry OF a white man. government
exercise ofthe rights Of citizens, but ID cannot
exercise thes" rights against the armed opoo-
.il)n Of pardonei r,bcl.. WEnR.
a correspondent Of the Cincinnati Com
mercial, writing from Nashville under
date of Aug. 81, says:
In no section Of the civilized world. of
, equal population. /. murder frequent a. IN
Tennessee. IL Is doubtful II Mexico Itself sup
posed 10 b. the mo Il lasir~> Of all countries
can compare with tennessee tn the number Of
murders committed during the past eight
months. During that PERIOD. in the cOunti4.
Of Rutherford sumner ami Gib.on, there have
been thirty nine murders. Ahu a record j.
this for eight months IN three cbGuii',' the AZ
gregatc population OF which az combined, J..
r. than one seventh that Of iiamlt County =,
| ono. III murder should be pOrpOrtionaiely as
/ frequent wi,h you, you would had 10 YOUR
4 county, since January, 70 mnrdrr-," one 81
/ the latest, that OF a y1uu. WON al ia rrOu,dlh-
| County, he speaks of A. blIow-:
julia HAVEN wa "A bright, intelligent, and
| rather handsome giri, from near Spring HUI
| MAury County. She had ucgru blood IN her
\ veins. but not more than one fourth II that.
| She was slave before the war Her tamil,
/ !, n well behaved aud Respectable a, any col
\ ored family In the State. julia early manifest
/ Ell a strong disposition to educate herself and
/ iur The past two year, h 4. attended the Central
| Coiored school ia thI, city, under Prof. Bra
/ den. The Professor speak, Of her in the hig n
/ est terms. She WAS 81 the bet OF hi.
| scholars, ami = deyOut Christian. Having ac-
/ CURED reasonably good education, he Re-
sired position Il, teacher OF a cOiOrcl schopi.
! Prof. Braden got her school in rrousd dale
/ County at the cnunty-eai, ulrt,Nile, "A, he
| supposed, but ii turned out that the school.
house wa, located Two miles from Hart,vie
| soc lett here about the middle Of the month Tor
| the Held Of ner labor. She opened her school
/ immediately, having procured board at the
/ house OF Hembry Lowe, worthy eolored, ly-
| Ing upon the farm OF T.. L. Lowe About 2
! O'Clock on FRIDAY morning the 2l.t Inst, two
| white men. one wearing Il light suit OF cloi hes
| rode up 10 the house OF iiembry Lowe, and
| banged loudly against the door. calling for that
| teacher HembIy went to the door AMI asked
| what they wanted. They replied: We do
| not want To hurt you, Uncle Hem; we want
| that teacher - The poor girl was In another
| room, aud of conr.e, was badly frightened. She
/ ran into the room. and, yoman-llke, got into
| bed with HENS wife for protection. Hem m an
| time would not let the scouudre. in, aud they
Kept banging away against the door, and
| threatening 10 break 1t down and shoot The
testimony is that Hem, in his fright. yelled Tor
| Mr.. Lowe. crying out 'Massa Pink. Massa
| Pink This frightened on OF the men, and he
| said To the other. We had better get away
| from here and at the same time firing through
| the door, or through crack in the door, nj
the inmates. The cruel bullet did its fatal work
| Poor julia was hit in the right breast, and
died In few moments, the red blood stream
| ing out over the sheets. The scuundrels knew
what they had done. Tor piercing death shrek
ir ON julia followed the report OF The gun