Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-29
The Appeal" Quoted by the Cit
izenS Of PickettsTiIle - OpiH-
ions Of the Leading
Presses of the
State-Ete.

HUMBOLDT, August 2sth, . A. NJ
We have no additional news re-
lativc TO the Trenton massacre and the
Z undue excitement which has not only
I prevailed in that section but has spread
over the entire county, neediessly
I alarming the public, and terrifying the
I people Of that county. After the most
/ dilgent search made by mounted men
over the entire country, only seven ne-
1 grOes were seen together, and Of this
! number Ouly five were armed. From
{ what ] can learn, the people OF Gibson
county are chsgrined because of the
I lsUghabIe farce that has succeeded the
| lamentable tragedy which ended the
/ lives Of the poor ignorant negroes who
may have been guilty Of 8 heinOus Of
I fsnse, but we're under
THE PROTECTION OF THE Law.
Yesterday kilograms from Pittsburg,
Louisville, Chicago, ana other cities,
reached here, inquiring the status OF az
fairs at Trenton, showing that the ex-
element has spread ever the entire
country. 1t is unnecessary to more than
revert to the causes Of the supposed riot
and the subsequent excitement that
seized upon the people, as the APPEAL
was the first paper to give any account
OF the Pickettsville affair. There is no
doubt but what the negroes in certain
parts Of Gibson county were maltrested
and deprived Of arms by masked men in
the dead hour OF night. This wrong,
with the civil rights bill before their
eyes, actuated the negroes TO attempt
general OTganiZstiOn-fTst, for the pur-
pose of protecting themselves from the
kuklux, and second, to avenge them
selves by numbering and plunder-
ing white people. How far this or
gsnizstiou extends is not known, and
how effective it might have proven in
execution cannot be cOUjectured. At
present the negroes are very much
alarmed, and viii not attempt another
outbreak. The proclamation Of Gov
ernOr Brown, Off5yiHg q TeWsrd Of I've
hundred dollars for
THE MASKED MARAUDERs
was ioyfully received and generally
commented upon. II is believed that
this large sum will induce some Of the
kuklux to betray the band and testify
sgainst them. 1t is said by some that the
kuklux who rescued and murdered the
prisoners came, as already reported, from
tnat section OF Gibson county known as
Skull Bone, and We're guerrilias during
the war between the States. 1t is also
said that some Of the kuklux were
known, snd that II proper measures be
taken the men can be identified and
punished. [ think The general
viii use his best efforts t) iDdict the
guilty parties. 1t seems that q county
claiming to be civilized could at least /
ferret out the murderers who have out |
ragged all human law and brought shame |
aud disgrace upon people formerly Of /
good repute and above suspicion. The /
effect Of this wholesale
BUTCHERY OF HUMAN BEINGS,
it is believed, has already subjected Tren-
ton TO a commercial disaster, in so far
as her financial credit with the outside
world is concerned. The true people,
however, deplOTe and disapprOve in IN
qualified terms the action Of the kuklux
ID numbering the negroes. This feeling
extends throughout the county, and is
shared in alike by persons Of all parties.
The very men who secured the country,
md passed q whole sleepless night, gun
"a hand, looking for the enemy tive
hundred strong, or expecting moment
lrily an attack, regard this great hurrah
IS having been unnecessary. 1t was
well enough to have prepared for all
ianger that could have befallen the peO-
PIE, bus it certainly looks ridiculous that
Ia entire county and a JrbOle nation
ihould be agitsted because Of
EXPECTED RIOTS BY THE NEGROES,
md an attack by them five hundred
itrongl upon g county-sest, when the
most dfigent search has only found five
armed Africans together. The people
onk At the great demonstration IN this
! ght. There were at least one thousand I
armed men in Trenton last Wednesday,
but not = Warlike negro, save the four
dead ones and the two wounded \
could be seen. Had One-tenth /
Of the armed white men cOngregated at
Trenton been sent out by the sheriff TO
hunt up the ten missing negroes and
ferret out the mUTdereTs, some good
Woald have been accomplished and the I
public welfare been subserved. The |
sheriff, Mr.. Williams, since the massa-
ere should do something more TO detect 1
the murderers and to ascertain the
v whereabouts Of the
MIssI &c NEGROES.
He, however, is an sged gentleman,
B .ndly able to pursue such an undertak-
ing, and in addition to this fact is busy
attending upon the grand jury and cir
euit court now in session. These are eX-
.nses for lhe old gentlemen, who was
by Thursdays AP-
PEAL, when il said he should have
called upon the governor for aid and as
sistance. He did not have time to do
this, though kuklux bad twice attempted
10 rescue the prisoners, and IN the en-
thu7iasuc anger Of a Trenton biped,
That thing OF the APPEAL is perfectly
such language il not
used by intelligent citizens Of Gibson,
Dor do any laW-abidiDg men in this
county disagree with the severe COLI
demnatiOn Of the massacre expressed in
Thursdays APPEAL. There are too
many intelligent people in Gibson coHn-
ty TO iudOrse such anastrophe as that
expressed by
THE SILLY BIPED
referred to. II is Just to ssy that the
sheriff had no intimati0n that a rescue
would be attempted, aud was unable 10
prevent il. The Humboldt Journal This
morning has an editorial denouueipg
the outrage. 1t expresses the true sem
tnlent Of the people and their Just in
dfgnation without any anaglyphic feel
ing whatever. The APPEALS editorials
are indorsed by the people here and at
Humboldt; if not, let those, II there be
sucn, publish their views. 1 wish to .
state emphatically, as this will prob I
ably be the last dispatch on this ubiect 4
from your war correspondent That the I
citizens Of Trenton and Of Gibson cOun- [
ty deplore the recent Outrages, and will
use an necessary diligence 20 secure the
punishment Of the purposes. The peo-