Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-04

and ~denunciatory. bis Whole nature is
STEPPED in bitterness and prejudice. His
education has been limited, and he a
barely sign his name. When the Radicals
were in power here he was a member OF
the infamous, thieving Board of County
Commissioners who superseded the
County Court and stole everything in
sight. Barbour Lewis was chairman.
Shaw voted for every job Of corruption
put up by Lewis, but we will do him the
Justice to say that as far as known he got
but little Of the pickings. Being an ig-
noramous and too naughty to confess his
ignorance, he accepted what the rest
gave him and said nothing. At the last
municipal election, when party lines
we're not strictly drawn and a small
white vote was polled, he was elected
wharfmaster, an office of considerable
profit. He goes to the wharf about once
a month to see his incompetent negro
deputy. They both shamefully neglect
their business, and ought to be impeach-
ed and removed by the General Coun-
ell. But their time will soon be out.
Shaw hates the white race with all the
venom Of a serpent, and never lets a pub
lie occasion pass without darling forth
his poisonous words Of hate and devilish
malice at the whites. 1t was he who less
than a year and a half ago, in q public
speech, advised his followers to assassi-
nate the editors of the LEDGER. They
had more sense than to even applaud
his insane rawlings, and he never under
took the job himself, as he is an awful
coward, except when surrounded by a
large crowd Of friends, and then he is as
| fierce as q hyena. The colored folks
h~ereabouts do not follow him implicitly,
though he has some influence and is CO.
pable Of swaying the minds Of the ignO-
rant and prejudiced people, especially
where not well known. He is utterly
reckless and INSCRIPTIONS. The white
people look on him as o blatherskite and
ordinarily pay little attention to what he
says or does. But when such q scoun-
drel as he is, holding as he does a public
Office by sufersnce, is guilty of such an
outrage al be perpetrated yesterday it is
high time for the law to be invoked and
the people to know what a vigorous
wretch is growing fat and insolent at
their expense.
Mr.. Thomas 3. Younger is a very
br~ight.minded colored man from Louisi-
ana. he is Of pure African blood, but
Ia SENSIBLE, Well-educsted and Of late
years haz eo-operated to some extent
with the Conservative party. he was
induced to take the stump in Mississippi
| during the late snvass Being well
posted as to carpet-bag villainies and a
fluent speaker, he did most effectivt
work in behalf Of the Conservative
cause. He arrived in the city yesterday
morning, oa his way to St. Louis, anC
stopped al Bob ChuFch's place, cornei
Of Second aud Gsyoso streets. Later il
the day, as Mr.. Younger was sitting q
the door talking to Sam Ireland ant
other colored men, Orange Brunt, a Mis-
sissippi negro who a for the Legisla
tnre on the carpet-bag ticket in Panoli
county and was beaten, came along
Ireland askedBrunt what course Younge
took in the Brunt said tina
Younger wanted every ID Radica
cleaned ont. Younger corrected him
and went on to state that he worked T.
promote peace and good vii between
the races; that Governor Am polio.
had been suicidal, and that be wanted b
see the honest whites and colored me-
run home affairs without the interference
Of Northern scalaWags.
Shaw, whom Younger had never seer
came up and Joined in the conversation
Presently he turned to Younger and sal
to the crowd which had gathered: That
/ the d a. Of 9 b. who made Demo
, cratic speeches IN Mississippi; he is no
dressed up in the blood Of the colore
men Of Mississippi"
Younger replied quietly: "You misr,
: present me. / did not indorse blood
shed from any quarter. | advised peac
/ between the two races"
s The crowd thickened and scowled O
3 Younger, and Shaw grew fierce in Or
: portion. He Kissed out: II have bee
4 watching your course in Mississippi, az
: know ell about you. ! would like to cl
r your d. throat, aud if you say tv
: words | will take your d. scalp he
now" running his hand back under b
i coat
Younger began to explain, and stat
that he was unarmed, but was respon
y -
e BILE for what he had done in Mississippi
e Shaw, finding hat Younger wal u
: armed, fairly pranced around him, al
1. the crowd seemed ready to lay hold
1e Younger.
Bob Church interposed and ask
Shaw not TO raise a disturbance al
horse and to keep quiet. Shaw we
into the saloon and told a colored mi
b to drive Younger Of, trying, as usual,
make q dupe and cats.paw Of somebo