St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-28

III which the militia were assembled.
and soon after one of the attacking par
~ was killed by shot from the militia
III the building. \ piece of artillery
WAS thrleupon brought across the
bridge from Augusta. loaded with can
lister. and fired several times ut the
building III which were the militia
This had the effect t" cause the militia
to endeavor to make their escape from
the rear of the building. The Town
Marshal of Hamburg. Il colorcd man.
who was living in the building. WAS in
stantly shot 10y the attacking party
while cndravoring to escape from the
building. Twenty or twenty-five of
the militia We're captured hy the at
tacking party and kept under guard for
several hours. Finally about , o'clock
on the morning of the Sth of July (Sun-
daN) after consultation anon" their
capt"rS and with apparent complete de
liberation. five of the captured militia
men were called out one 10y one and
shot To death in the presence of Il large
body of their captorS. The rest of the
captured party were either turned loose
or broke loose and ran. They were
fired upon aS they ran. and three of
them severely wounded. one of them
probably mortally. Attorney -Gencril
Stone thus successfully reports this part
of the affair. Six men took \. L. At
tawaH out of the ring. He and his
mother begged for his life. but in vain.
HE WAS TOLD To TURN ROUND AND WAS
SHOT To DEATH BI TIE CROWD.
David Phillips WAS next taken ont
and was similarly killed. Pompcl Cur
~ was next called ont. He recognized
among the hN>tandcr> Henry Grtlcm
and Dr. Pierce Butler He called ON
them I" keep the other men from kill
inc him. He ran and WAS shot aS h,,
ran. one bullet striking him ON he lee
low the knee. Aferwald Albert
Mynialt. Moses Parks and Hampton
Stevens were killed. Stevens did not
belong to the company. The Attorney
General. who has personally visited
Hamburg. thus concludes his official re
port /" me: Making due allowance
for errors in minor "details. the facts
show that the demand ON the militia
t" give up them arms NILS made nl per
SONS without lawful auth"Iity to en-
force such demand. nr to receive the
aims had they been surrendered: that
the attack on the militia to compel Il
compliance with this demand WAS with
ont Justification oT cNcu>c. and that AT
trr there had been some twenty ol
twenty five prisoners captured and
completely III the power of their cap
tons. and without means of making fur
then resistance. five of them WcIr de
llcrat"ll shot tn death and three more
severely Wounded"
>ICH WA> THE AFFAIR At IINMEI Eo.
If N"u can find words To character iz,.
it, atrocitN and harhnri>m. the triviallv
ot the cau>,> and the murdcIou> and
lnhuman spirit which marked it in all it>
Stages. NouI power ut language exceeds
mlnc. Il presents Il darker picture of
human cruelty than the slaughter of
Custer and his soldiers. t"r they were
shot III open battle. The victims at
Hamburg were murdered i'll cold blood
after they had surrendered and were
utterly dctcncclr>>. No occasion tX-
listing t"r causing the presence of Il sin
Gle aimed citizen on the day of the
massacre. y" violence WAS offered ol
Threatened Ia any one. 1t l. indeed
said. ~ usual. that .'thr ni.grrS were.
impudcnt." hut the evidence shows that
all the actual physical aggrr>>i"n WAS
"u the paIt "t the whites that they
made Il drmaud which they had no
right to make. and when that demand
WAS refused. H. it should have been
they proceeded la enforce il 10y aims
and crow ned then success in enforcing.
THEN demands 10y brutal murders.
SI,In,. and ii ,nII>t fill tb,
of every man who respects his race. "r
human nature. a> he reads the tale. To
me. in my official capacity. Wherein. :l>
N"u will testify. have done my utmost
at II" little risk of personal and pnlit-
zeal drrracti"n from my political friends
Ia remove abuses and Ir>torc good GOV
rIIImrmt and harmony To our people
the occur renee OF such IN appalling cN-
ample ni human passion and dcpraNi:N
comes ~ Il deep modification and dis
cnuIa"cmrut. What hope can We have
when such Il cruel aud hlnodthir>tN
spirit waits in ouT midst for its hour of
qualification l. ON civilization 50
shallow il our race 81 Wantonl\ cruel i!
Such acts call tnr condemnation l> a
bloody blot on the record of NoIIr race
and mine of Il cruel atfront to Il lace
whose long suffering. patient tnrhraI-
aucc challenges the admiration and
gratitude of the world ~ Il shameful
d>hnnnr To the name of South Carolina
for punishment a> Il violation of the
laws "t the state and Il wauton blow at
the peace and happiness of our state.
am glad To testify of the horror which
that event has excited anon" many
here who have not been wont to heart
lily condemn many of the past blundN
occurrences at the South. Nothing.
however. short of condign and ample
punishment can discharge the ohIiga-
tinn of society and "ur state toward the
authors ut this cau>clrSS and cruel mas
Sacrc. Very respectfully.
Your obrdient servant.