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then the negroes said AGAIN cit is "a HII..
and moved on: Chas Caldwell. ST.. "a
''come back Go the rarroe-. aaI I....
said the same thing. hu, th.- bad r. ..-
feet ON them ] heafil u.el5 uan ....
! "t the spot spoken ui Whore OBJ. ....
party 90 white men 5000. fl. .
I To- the reGt"c- t' 'c'm.
negro between me and ta. pII.. ...
branch, trying tu form tH. ns# H..
gnther aul h.Ir4 5000 or.or .
"iail into mus-; ] 0u H.t E.
nanci 4 saW another u.-.e go ..
not far from the stand, and perUa-. ...
hundred yards from thg branch. .U 81.
the negroes, 'all SOU who UHgn ...'..
get clubs. ar words t1 tUlt ...f f..
drums carIlea tu thr grounds .s ... l..
groeS We're TIE" beats J $685. .a"H. '...g
N"fhs HoHllht ofum- luW- I. Imu
there seemed to DE -cuI." -uu- .u ai
the branch where the group of whit.
gentlemen was, already spoken ui uy
me, and there was good deal 0i excite
ment; the negroes rushed down towards
THIS party M the branch; / then heard
pistol shot ~ the branch, and me String
instantly became general oflertha firing
commenced, many Of the upgroe. rim
from the grounds. and others ran towards
the place where the fighting was going
on | left the grounds very quickly az
ter the firing commenced, and before j.
was over; had no pistol, On weapon ut
any kind, and did not participate iu rhe
fight; | then came towards Clinton. mI
stopped at tau-yard. near the road
leading from Clinton 10 the place when.
the fighting took p ace, and about tWH .r
three hundred yards from The town.
saw sguad OF negroes three on l"ur
armed win guns moving from Clinton
towards the hring-that is, Tine place
where the nghung was going ON while
1 stood IN me lanyard ! saw Mr. Calvin
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Statement of T. A. Wells, (white) -
| live in Clinton on Saturday, Sept.
4th, Republican barbecue was held at
this place. about three-quarters of mile
from Clinton; the Republicans agreed to
divide time with Judge Johnston, a
Democ-nt; / wrut out to the grounds in
tie morning; Judge Johnston com
mcnced speaking about l o'clock; he
saIi nothing in his speech calculated to
dis arb the peace III. L. Fisher, white
Republican, then commenced speaking,
ana had spoken about five minutes when
the fighting commenced there were
from 800 TO 1900 colored men on the
ground, according to my best judg-
nent; / noticed great many pistols
among the negroes, that day; | saw an
unusual number OF negroes with pistols,
and / would Judge that several hundred
o. them were armed / think there were
about fifty white men on the grounds !
am personally acquainted with pretty
near all Of the white men who were
present on the grounds that day from
nv observation, should say that about
% white men were armed with pistols
not u white man on the ground had a
gun, so far as ! know, or have been IN
formed l will st ate az follows IN regard
to the common, cement Of the hight
About the time Fisher commenced
speaking, and this was fifteen or twenty
minutes before the fight, three or four
white gentlemen left the stand where the
speaking was going on, and walked off
about one hundred yards away from
the entire crowd, To their wagon which
was by little branch, or rirulet in low
fiat place, near group of willow trees
think that Nasser Shearer, Wink Wad-
del, Mr.. Frank Thompson, and perbans
young Mr.. Wharton were in til. partv
none Of them were drunk they were he.
having in a quiet, orderly and peaceable
manner, and had been 50 c6nduc,;no
themselves all day; l passed by this
party I'VE or ten minutes before the fight
ing commenced; these gentlemen had a
bottle OF liquor out; | did not see them
take drink, but suppose their object IN
gong OF the grounds was to take a social
drink then walked up to the stand
and stood near the stand everything
was then quiet; presently / saw many
negroes, quite crowd, moving rapidly
toward the small party Of gentlemen al
ready spoken of, who were at the branch;
not shot had then been fred | nexl
heard a negro say ''there is fight !" Mr..
John Neal, white man standing near
me, said to the crowd Of negroes who
were still moving toward the branch, sit
IS not fight, it is only man taking a
drink; the negroes paused moment
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off. Then the shooting commenced gen.
orally, and l turned to run and went
about five or ten steps ard stopped, and
turned and looked on uni! the crowd OF
negroes rushed back and give way. and
I saw Mr.. Thompson run out Of the
crowd and run and Get on a roam horse.
| saw Charley Caldwell, Sr.. for the first
time after the fuss commenced ran to
wards Mr.. Thompson, (but he, Caldwell,
had no arms, and call to him with a mo-
ton Of his hand, and saying, there. Mr.,
you man on that horse, stop there" But
Thompson paid no attention TO Caldwell
and rode of. Ny attention was then
called to Jesse Wharton; 1 saw colored
man pick up a large limb and strike
Jesse over the head, knocking him down,
and 1 run up and told him I had raised
that young man and he should not hurt
him. The limb broke in two and he
turned off from Jesse Mr.. John Neal,
sitting on a wagon tongue close by and
wounded, said to me, "uncle, save my
life, too" | answered, l will, come to
me. then took them both under nv
care. This same negro who struck Jesse |
Wharton said to ME, IF you protect their |
lives will kill YOU" then called to my
son Levi, and told him that this negro I
wanted to kill these white men and for |
him to come to my help. Ny son came
and we carried them and put them in the
buggy, and put my son int drive, and /
seeing three negroes following, calling /
out ''kill the man with the black hair, /
| walked along behind the buggy 10 pro-
tect Jesse and Mr.. Neal. After we 90:
near the big road, some two hundred
Yards from the fighting ground, got in
and drove the buggy on to Mr. Meals
house. When L got back to the battle
ground the fight was all over.
| think that the majority of the colored
people desired peace, and that there
would have been no fuss or fight if it had
lot been for few bad disposed negroes
who l blame for the whole difficulty.
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|""'T S'"''''iD'' W i''"'y
Nc cL.,. am " c'''~tu vi '''' nt's'"'I"""'
oil SIlhIoh ABOUT ~ years on" ann '"'-
or r,... 40 noI G'".''l 10 o''onR 10 amy
Po'i''cnl party pT m am " sou "' ',''"'l
= "oNSot' io' NE ,,i,'''-' ~ '' ,'''' .
l'ePunilcah Gluo Oh 'llhl"h ON lh' i.h
OF september Ihst.' ON saturday,
went 20 the barbecue ground 1h9u.
~ O'Clock was up near lhr Ola hW'd-
ing on the grounds about Ivy NalJ-
ron l,oi t ,n sP''N'r s''No "- 1''..
y en- Ioe 'l'"'" I'"'' ""''.
ocock r. M. ~ near ~ j can H'' BOD
the tmc, ana ! heaId some oneF' l".I"
Is iqss on inc grounds iin "o'"'
towards where the crowd seemed gamer.
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Statement under oath of DIR. III. r. ~
Dupree-I was ON the barbecue grounds
bv invitation To iDiut discussion ol ON.
issuc- Of tine day ! heard judge la.u-
ston'- speech through aud that OF taut.
Fisher up 10 the beginning of Ihe dI.-
turbancr there was much confusion boo
the crowd around the stand. and among
other defiant remarks ] heard made Ha#
one of negro who said 'WIm boo do.
hell is the use of our listening tod Johnston.
havn't the white folks been telling u- .l.-
ever since the surrender and they GONE
tinue to do So and from the upHu.
words and actions / became convinced
that they, the negroes, were seeking H
pretcxt for a difficulty; Fisher had Deeu
speaking ten or fifteen minutes when J
heard some one, about hundred yard.
off. hallow very loudly which ] supposed
was some one drunk, but Immediately %
large crowd Of negroes rushed Iu That lI-
rection CRYING out for the police nud OBJ
arrest them, etc, but quickly this cry Wa.
turned into "kill them "kill them ,
the crowd continued 10 gather around
the scene and the further and louder cry
Of "kill the damned sons Of bltche-, anI
many Of the negroes had their pistols
| in their hands and others drawing tHoI
pistols; / could not tell what white men
| they were after, at that time ] kept my
stand and saw the dense crowd still. Cattle
| enly: their demoniac cries beggariug nII
description, for blood and slaughter u-
creasing until presently The firing come
nenced, when the crowd swayuz back
I'd revealed to me the fact that they
va ~ surrounding small quad
ldI De'. ~ white Mons before OBJ"
elSht OF ten, d n negroes beat laeI
nrlng commenced tn- ne white men
drums furiously; among a.. 'te Mar
mus surrounded ! saw Can't. WI. r
TN 2ly!ey, Dr. Bracey, Frank Robins.
ana Nlllie Sims, coming out; they had
their pistols in hand, but L think tLey
were all empty; started for Clinton.
some half mile distant, and fell I'm with
Major Harper and his son. and a. me-
moved on ! heard cry behind us of
shoot them, kill them, they are the
damn sons Of bitches who killed our
men ;" ] recognized the same white men
named above, being holly pursued by
large crowd of negroes among the crowd
Of white men | recognized Henry Page
4 negro ana a republican, trying tJ
protect our white men these white men
were now protesting for peace; / imme-
diately turned and exhorted the NEGROES
to be peaceable, that the law should be
resorted to that they knew the men
and they could be had whenever called
for by the law, l would 90 their security
that they should be forthcoming; the me-
groes answered, "there is no Jaw now. Kill
them, God damn them. kill them the me-
gro who made this reply most loudly, was
yellow negro, whom have since been
lGoNcLUDED ON LAST PA0El
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The sworn statement of A. H Sivley !:
[ reside in Raymond, Miss, Martin
Sively was my cousin; L. with p W.
Shearer, his brother-in-law, and Lemon,
brought his body off the field on the
afternoon Of Sept. 4th, 1875, after the
at Clinton that day. We found
his body in Il cotton field, some quarter
OF mile east of the scene of the diff
Guilty, lying on his back, with all the top
of his head mashed in; with several
wounds from pistol shots about the body;
his abdomen ripped open with knife,
and his inteshnes protruding there were
also several other bruises made by blows
from clubs or some heavy instrument
about the body and face ; considerable
piece of flesh was torn from his finger
where his ring had been pulled off; his
shoes were gone and his clothing torn all
TO pieces; he being nearly stripped
naked. also assisted in the recovery
of the body of F. T. T. Thompson,
also killed on the 4th day of September;
we found his body about a mile and a
half from the scene Of the difficulty in
a westerly direction the body was lying
on the back with pistol shot in the
thigh, and another just over the left eye,
and the skull mashed in over the left
eye, apparently with some heavy edged
instrument skull seemed to have been
mashed and then shot--the flesh around
the wound being powder-burnt; and
cash in the neck, apparently made with
a knife | have been told by others
that his watch and the contents OF his
pockets were taken from him.
A. H. SIvLEY.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on
this the 10th day of Sept, 1879.
lis. SMAs j. CAREY, J. p
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Sworn statement of Hubbard Strange:
/ am a citizen of Kinds county; a
colored man, and Republican; | am
about 40 years old | came in procession
with the RAYMOND colored Republican
club TO the barbecue at Clinton, on last
Saturday, 4th Sept; was near the speak
er's stand heard Judge JOhnston's
speech as best | could for the confusion
and dissatisfied talking at hearing him;
Capt Fisher took the stand after Judge
J. had finished, and / heard some one
say, 'now, damn you, don't tell any lies.
This man was Mr.. John Neal. Some
negro replied to this remark of Meals in
a quarrelsome tone, and some white man
came UP to Mr. Neal and started off with
Mr. Neal, and the negro man, who was
quarrelling at Mr.. Neal followed them; /
started after them and they went down in
the direction of where the fight occurred;
as [ followed on, | met Martin Sivley
and young Waddell, and the latter said
IL me, Hubbard, you are not after a
fuss with us and Mr.. Martin S. an
swered and said fno, Hubbard is with US,
and wants to keep at peace like me" This
negro man commenced following in the
rear of US, reinforce, police, reinforce;
[ was calling out for peace, and 50 was
Martin Sivley; [ turned to him and
asked him q what in the devil are you
hollering reinforce police, for; if they
commence a fight, you will be the first to
run" and he turned back and went off
laughing. / continRed to follow Mr.
Sivley, and this samd NEGRO commenced
again to hollow ''reinforce, police" and
then l heard the drum commence to beat
rapidly, and the confusion increased, and
the crowd gathered densely, moving in
the direction Mr.. Neal had gone. and the
way Mr.. Sivley was going. | followed
on, trying to get to Martin Sivley and
others to try to take care of them, and
being on the rise of the hill | could see
over the crowd somewhat, and [ saw Mr.
Frank Thompson. Mr.. Jno. Neal. Mar
tin Sivley, Jesse Wharton, and others OF
the white men together in crowd, and
densely surrounded by large crowd OF
negroes, in great confusion at this time
l saw Mr.. Frank Thompson draw his
pistol and cock it, and holding it with
| the muzzle towards the ground it went
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The sworn statement of B. S. White:-
I live four miles west of Raymond, in
Kinds county, Miss. Having heard that
there was to be Joint political discussion
at Clinton, Miss. on Saturday, the 4th
September, 1875, and thatthe white people
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HUBBARD x STRANGE.

mark
Sworn to subscribed before me this
10th day of Sept, 1875.
GE.s] SILAs J. CAREY, J.P.
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y '
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 10th day of September, 1875. Sworn
to by Capt. b. S. White ana his signature
appended by S. M. Shelton at the request
of the said White, and in my presence,
White being too feeble to sign for himself
SEAL SILAs J. CAREY, J. p.
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whom were Sam. Caldwell ,Chas Caldwell,
Jr., and Walter Wilborne. As soon MS
[ got loose | and my son ram then
being disarmed. The negroes followed
firing on Us, and crying Kill the
damned sc0uudrels catch them murder
them, and quarter them" just as we
reached the railroad crossing We were
cut of by another party, headed by Il
negro whose name | afterwards learned
was Wade Walker; they seized us threw
me down on the railroad stamped me
kicked me, crying, Kill the damned
scroundrel; beat his brains out 2 after
they had stamped me and kicked me, one
called for club and said, Let me get his
brains" they then struck me several times
with club, and picked me up and threw
me in hole, remarking, Now we have
done Tor you, damn you :" my son said, do
not kill my father ;" they said eyes we
will kill him, and you too, but We will
take You up on the hill in the woods and
cut you up" Their attention was then at
trrcted to another white man who came on
In a buggy, and | managed to crawl
out Of the hole and conceal myself from
them, where / remained for an hour, and
finally dragged myself to a house Now
going back to the beginning of Fishers
speech, want to say that as soon as Fisher
begun to speak the crowd of boys from
Raymond were surrendered by crowd
of negroes, headed by Eugene Wilborne,
Sam. Caldwell and Chas Caldwell, Jr
when heard Eugene Wilborne say to
another negro, g How far do you reckon
the ravens will fly to-day the negro
said, They will not fly far; we will
clip their wings when they rise" All
told, do not think there were over sixty /
whites on the ground that day-including
men and boys-of whom | am sure not I
over twenty were armed [ think there +
were between 800 to 1000 negro men
on the ground, besides women and
children | have long been accustomed
to see crowds of men, and am certain |
am not mistaken in my estimate;
lying in my bed make this statement,
under treatment of two physicians |
have been very near deaths door, and
solemnly swear that every word | have
uttered is the truth. The meeting
was republican meeting, and the
invitation for joint discussion came
from them also swear that | went to
that ground with no expectation of diff
Guilty difficulty was that day expected
1t Unica, and many white men had gone
here to prevent it, where it was expected
hat a large number of armed negroes
rom Kinds, Copiah and Claiborne coun-
les We're expected to be there l carried
ny pistol-it being my habit in going out
o carry a pistol; had no other weapon,
Tor did l see any white man on the
ground with any other weapon than a
pistol l was told that after the fight,
ome citizens from Clinton and others,
,ome to the grounds with guns. but
vas then in such fix that could see
lothing-my eyes being clotted with
Hood.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-15
MARY HOOPER.

BOSTON, April 10, 1875.
About midway or Main street. between the
Neck and the square, In the old Revolutionary
city OF Cnarestown, lives a most remarkable
woman or tue olden time In the person OF Mrs.
Mary Hooper, the widOw or the late Thomas
Hooper. she was born, reared and married in the
Bunker Hlll city, and here, in the midst OF her
friends and kindred and surrounded by the
scenes OF her childhood, she proposes 70 pass her
remaining days. Her husband. VINO died some
ten years ago, was IN his time one OF the most
prominent citizens or Cnarlestown, and was
specially conspicuous on account OF the prom
inent part winch ne took In all matters
pertaining TO pubic Improvement. he was Tor
many years Chairman Of the Board or SeIectmen,
wnen tue present city Nas town, aud u was by
his suggestion and tarOugh his influence that the
second bridge was built between Boston and
Cnarestown. lie was Tor nalf century cashier
or toe old MASSACHUSETTS Bank, aud even after ne
retired, on account OF old age MS salary was con-
tlnued until the day OF nls death, wnlcn occurred
after an honorable career u upwards Of eiwntJ
Teara Ars. hooper. WAC Survives nam, ~ now on
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The time u short,n Il must be 50,
For my soiournIng here below.
NV Of lie has reached the wesI
And wearied nature seeks her rest
The events oi lite in varied nue.
Appear then pnss In swift review
NY early cmdnood's orphan tears,
The increasing cares Of ripper years,
Through dangers SEEN and hidden snareA
Alternate hopes, iOruOding fears,
power benlgnant led me on
chosen paths 10 me un known.
Now. when the verge OF live appearh
NY age exceeding four score yearsl
Let every anxious thought We sul.
And calmly wait my Father's Will
A DETERMINATION TO VISIT THE CENTENNIAL.
Mrs. Hooper takes lively interest Ia the aps
proacninQ Centennial celebration at Philadelphia,
aud prays that life and health Will De spared her
until then. she mas a daughter living IN Pnlladel-
pnla anu Wnen tine great event occurs sac hopes
10 Oe there 10 take part IN IL. Tue venerable lady
mas travelled great deal IN her time and during
her OLD aye has been to sucn distant points al
MARYLAND ana Tennessee. The proposed demon-
stratlon In uqnor o. the one hundredtn alniyer.
sary OF American independence she hopes will be
such as 70 reject honor upon toe American peo-
Lie aud excite the admiration aud envy Of
tue world. IN tolls connection she remarked IN q
vein or sarcas Il mat there wee may tnlngs ia
connection with our modern government and
institutions OF winch one cOuid not well 0e proud
OIL Upon questioning her especially learned tuat
Il was tue CRIMINAL Iecgessness OF individuals in
form u government Upon taxing my departure
sne expressed me confident u0ps OF meeting
representative o. the HsRALD a. tne oensennlAA
The state journal., 1875-05-14

or hcr with cannibalistic ierocitv, and
soon finish the struggling and kicking un-
fortunate. They do not refuse even dead
animals, but have been seen feasting on
dead bats and birds. Few things, there
fore. come nmiss to them; yet, where
food is plenty, they are tastidious and
much prefer acid, bitter or peppery food
to that which is sweet. The following re-
sumo of my notes and observations may
prove interesting: Vegetables and cereals
are their main stay. Turnips, rutabagas.
carrots, cabbage, kohlrabi and radishes
are all devoured with avidity; bccts and
and potatoes with less relish. though ire-
quently nothing but Il lew stalk stubbs of
the latter are left, and sometimes the tu-
bers in the ground do not escape. Onions
they are very partial to, seldom leaving
Lut the outer rind. OF leguninious plants.
the pods ard preferred to the leaycs, which
are often passed by. Cucurbitaceous
plants also suffer most in the fruit. In
the matter of tobacco their tastes arc cul-
tvated. and they seem to relish m old
Yuid or an old cigar more than the green
Leaf. Tomatoes and sweet potatoes are
not touched so long as other food is to
mouth.
OF cereals, corn is their rivoritc il
young and tender, everything is devoured
to the ground: if older and dryer, the
stalks are mostly left: the silk is, howev-
| er, the first part TO 70. All other cereals
are to their taste, except sorghum and
broom corn, which are often left untouch-
| ed. They are fond Of buckwhcat and flax.
but seldom touch castor beans.
Next to vegetables and cereals, they
| relish the leaves of fruit trees; th,v strip
| apple and sweet cherry trees, leaving
nothing but the fruit hanging on the bare
twigs. The leaves of the peach are gem
orally left untouched, but the ilcsh of the
unripe fruit is eaten to the stone. Pear
trees, as Mr.. Gale informs me. suffered
less than any other kind of orchard tree
at the experimental farm ut Manhattan.
Kas The tender bark of twig and branch
and trunk OF all these trees is gnawed and
girdled, and these girdled trees present Il
sad picture us one passes through the raw
aged country during the subsequent wint.
er. Sour cherry, apricot and plum trees
are less affected Ivy thcm, while ripe fruit
is seldom touched.
OF berries, strawberries and biachber
ries are dcvourcd where rasphcriies ar'
frequently unmolcsted. Flowering schrub'
very generally suffer, and they are partic
ularly fond Of rose and lilac. OF hcrba
ceous plants, helianthus, amaranthus ant
Nanthum are eaten with special aviditv
Grape vines suffer more from the ~irdlinl
OF the fruit stems than from deioliatiOn
Forest and shade trees suffer in dilferen
degrees, and some, when young, are no
unirequently killed outright
Last year. honey locust red cedar, bo:
alder, and Osage orange were either IN