Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-13
Destructive Frost.

This, dear editor OF the'JOCHNAL
La probably the last letter that shall
send you from the land Of the mag
n0iius.
People here strongly assert that no
healthier or more salubrious place
can be found for discontented mortals
to locate, even for July days, than
Beaufort, the beautiful. Many pe0-
pie who have lived here for years
seem stronger than in the days OF
their more northern experience. But
still, like the birds, the weli-to-do
will fly north as the last June days
PROSTATE their energies and give
hints that malaria may come and
yellow fever call In August or Sep
tember.
April 10th Beaufort was made the
scene Of one Of those
FEARFUL TRAGEDIES
which, so long as they are legally en-
acted, will disgrace our civilization
and christianity.
Two colored men were hung for
murder. Two men committed MUIR
der for piunder. Two ignorant men
who by law had been kept slaves
through all their early years, robbed
of their labor, despoiied OF all the
dearest rights Of manhood, debased
and degraded to the level of brutes,
made to witness scenes Of horror and
suffering, enacted by the greed Of
men who held themselves capable Of
making laws--these men, led on by
by u desire for money, in an evil
hour committed the crime called
murder; and forthwith they are
prosecuted. Lawyers, judges, jurors,
examine the facts and decide that AZ
two murders have been committed,
with malice prepence Of the most
fearful and torturing kind. The peo-
pie far and near must be gathered to-
gether to witness the dreadful sight.
Thousands, In the glare Of Gods sun
shine, with the glory of his goodness
on every hand, must see and know
that the wisest and best Of men have
invented machinery and set 1t in
conspicuous places, upon which and
with which to deliberately choke
these men to death to hang them
by the necks till they were dead"
And this was done; and all these
islands Of the sea poured out their
wondering, bewildered or obtuse
crowds to see the sight and to learn
the lessons of forgiveness and mercy
enforced upon the scaffold -" but
we have prayed for forgiveness of the
loving Saviour Of mankind and we
know we shall 60 to God and heaven
when we leave the galIows;" and
80, lust made at to live, they were
forced to die, for the moral benefit of
the people. And the people--the
cplored people, dressed In their SUM-
day best, looked on, gasped in fear,
saw the terrific sight, had a holiday,
got drunk, all who wanted to laughed
and joked, and went home to talk up
the horror for months to come. Will
1t do them good Will they be de-
tered by fear? Will they not rather
be almost entieed to GO and do like
wise, from the very desire for the
notoriety 1t will give them?
April 18th. "A strong wind blew all
day from the northeast at evening II
had brought such chilliness that fires
were demanded; at midnighta
FROST
came. that destroyed the cotton and
corn not In sheltered places, making
sid destruction with the early
gardens, and leaving beans, cucum.
beers, squashes andali tender things
rs scar and dead as a December day
in Iowa. This was very sad for the
cotton interest; for seed is very
scarce, having nearly all been shipped
to foreign shores. The prospect
April 10th was unusually good now
il ~ unusually bad and the regions
round about are disheartened and
discouraged, and
POVERTY AND WANT
stare them in the face. For ten days
this Northern wave kept US in doors;
but the weather IL again warm and
4 genial.
The Chief Engineer Of the Port
Royal Railroad tells me 4 made two
.gregious blunders ia my letter ON
that subject. 4 beg leave to correct
There Is no Yeinassee river--but a
Yamnssee town, at the point where
the railroad crosses the C0osaw river
and taps the Charleston & Savannah
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