, 1876-10-05
ICE FIVE CENTS.

Z tt'ig With the old Ncbel yell. f3ut The young
~, KS a., sete somewhat proud Of thctr success,
Another dispatch from another place says:
tr1 4stnoEzx. =, 1,Ht. M... sept Mopublieaa meet.
ef'f' -Four negroes Killed ind se'9f'I !, ,"gaadsd.
The solid South Is doing al1 that Tlldcu can
expect for tho Democracy.
In o., oto'S.a S.,,S tN.:, rrti.,t. St,s. stpt ~
shat = riot bad uecurred near Choctaw Agenry,
ia oktibbcha County, and that ecvcrul pvrsuits
had been KILLED and wounded. On Monday
evening following dispatch was received ii
!urgc bodies werc marching on staEkvit1o to IT.
tack IT,. In tho co'lrse oi lmlf an hour another
dispatch was received. stating that the ncgrocs
were leaving for their homes, and tint asslst-
anes G. wae not needed. From = gont'enan living
At starkvillc, ~e have the most positive asssr.
a'lee that tbs negroes had not assembled any
Whcse IN thu county on tint day, and that thcso
dtspatel,cs *cse sent out 10 create an crsoncoua
the dark aud bloody dcrds committed on = liz.
publican club On last Saturday n,E,t.
a. to tfie particulars of The lprrlblo scene that
tic soe desire to ascertain the absolute faets in
thG Sasc, hn,l so INV propose 10 give 1t 10 tho
pub'sc AZ rclased BY rye wttncsses:
on saiurday. tl!s 2al Inst, tile colorcd people
Congressional Convention which had been called
to meet at Okolona On the 9TH to nominate
cahuidate Tor Congress. The club had been ii
sesaon but very short time wlleu body of
armed white men entered tlle building, and,
commenced curstng the Chairman and other
leading tnembcrs, and told them that tho bent
tnE Of drums had to ccase, that they lad been
y looked too much liku war.ttmcs, aud TINT
they were tired Of drun,-heatng. Tho Chalr-
tnan Of the club, seeing that no business could
bc transacted while these hostile denonstra~
Ff1fF all .n1 ~
with tho understanding among the co1orcd poo-
pic that they would rcasse,nbic again after dark
to complete the business left unfinished. Tho
crowd then dispersed, and 40 ended the first act
Of the drama.
According to tho agreement tho Republican
Club 1cassenbed at thcir club-room after dark,
aud organizcd their meeting on the outside OF
the church for fear TINT those white men might
return, slip up on and shoot them through Win
dows aad door. 4 small fire had been ktndled
between the church and tho road, and, wliIo
Que Ut the members was addressing thu club
from the steps Of tue church, the WGita Lincrs
horses down IN q swamp psome little DISTANCE Of,
and fired into tue crowd, killing ono dead on
tlc spot and woundng tti1rty-siI more, four OF
whom arc thought to be mortally wounded. At
tile nrst iIre the cosorcd people scattered in
every direction completely paulc-stricken. All
the killed aild wounded werc shut in the back,
for the crowd when the firing commenced wcrn
,as1F 6 eht e spsaker or Thy ehnrssteps and
eassins concealed by an embanlsment. An
evidence that tho colorc1 people wero
taken nnawnres md hail not fired
siag!c slot l. that they had carried some
protect themselves In cnsu they wcre nttaekcd,
and lad hct their guns ngalnst thu church; but,
on running nwhy lnler u tvrrlc fire, they left
their guns standing BY tho church, and, on cx-
AMMUNITION, II was discovered That t1lcy had not
been Tired, and that they were ull loaded with
three exceptions And, As another evident fact,
OIL tho opposltu side Of the road, where these
white men lay concealed, nnti Immediately in
tho rea1, stood fcncc and frame building, md,
Ind tue negroes tlrc<I a single shot, II would
hive left its innrk. But, ol, a curcfu investiga-
tton by witnesses null the Dcpnty-shcriG ot tho
county, not q single bullctInurk could be dis
covered anywhere In thu rear Of the assasssn
lying concealed In tue road. The church in
front. where the negres wcro standing, was IT.
orally rddlcd With bullets, but, On the building
and fence lust in tic.rear, where tho whitr men
stool. not solitary trace Of bullet could be
found. How stra0gn hal the ncgrcrs been tho
agEressore; yet 1t Is true one negro WAS killed
dead on the spot aud ths.y:.six wero wounded.
All the evidence that W. hare been able to
gather clearly points to the rll1enable fact that
thpse white men went there fur the express pur-
pose to murder the members Of the Republican
clab, andto destroy the RepnlItcan o:Ea.'!1atton
liean voters Of Oktlbbclla County reside near
Chapel Hill, aud to make certain OF the dcnior-
a!lzatton nmong TUG i'esroes, It was necessary
tnhL Lnt 0u1lEL hhonlu DO tne bloody md
| cowarl1y work. Therc cun be no excuse or
puiliation for tlIts wholesale slaughter Ut tnno-
cent peUpIc, whose only crime waa that they
were Rcnubltcans and would havo voted for
Hayes aud Wheeler.
Tho report that those white men were invited
to attend tie club meeting, anl that tho colorcd
people had thrown out pIckets with the it,
structions 70 shoot any white mall
whu might approach, is absolutely
false IL .eyory. respect. When tho
Deputy Sheriff nnI his posse arrived ut the sceua
they found a'! tue white tHen gathered around
tht dead body Of the negro, and all Of them
were drunk asd armed. Tic !ea.ler Of tho gnna
told tho Deputy Sheriff that thero wcsc 50Q
ncgroea nesr by, nnl they were expecting IN at
tack every minute. The Deputy a,,d his posss
started tor tho visionary blacks and secured thu
wllolo country, but they could find no one cx-
| rept those shut, who wero trying to get hume.
The mines Ut tho assassns hayc all boen taken
mud u list will be placcd III tho hands Of tht
United statea Marshal. 4 speedy trial Is do
t,antled By all good mud law-abiding people, and,
II found guilty of tho ct,argu OF murder, they
should ba made to pay tho penalty, The lowest,
the meanest, tho most Gpd-fo1saken specimen
Of humanity Is the sucakng, cowardly assassin,
be he white OF blaelt.
MASSACHUSETTS,