, 1877-11-28

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for tbo rroeec,,tior rro mail. III, erro.x-
anco in HAMBURG IN lint t,av. and ~, tho
aome div orncd nan },ecan to ,'onr nj ,nto In In
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a,roam. and froro othar n,occa ~, In f,oor.
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donnnj Tint tim ncoro cnmnonv aho,,1,f bo
d;ehon1od nrd lint t,,o avn. shor,t1 h. .,,-r,
nj oyer IN tho stoto Tim nooroca hocouo
awa-o of .hotr danger. and aa Il crow rnoro
nnt, moro tlrnatonino. thew aouoht rof,oo T.,
t,o,r ornorv. which woa aoon anrroun;,a'1 ,,v
mn axc;tc1 anil t,,r,,nfont ,,,oh ~ ,yh,,os
within a fow minutes of,or Gan. nrr7, W.
onnooronco nnor tha ecoro an o+,o,t nm.
made upon tho building, IIe remained upon
tho spot until tho negroes were driven out
and twenty Of them talon prisoners. At this
time (midniRht) ho lett the scene, aul short
ly aftor, the blacks who had surrendered wero
turned loose into d corn.nsld and ahot at
indiscriminatoly, tivo being killed and three
seriously wounded, Tho testimony taken at
tho inquest showed that Gen. Dur1rn was
present Mt tho baltic o. tho LEADER Of tho
mob, which acted under his orders. and that
ho' asgemblod tho mob bv going oyor To An.
Qusta dur;uo the f1ay and urging vouno ,non
10 arm themselves and croes orer 10 Hmm.
burg, o. he might need their services. Even
accepting lis own version of tho massacre.
ho was morally respousiblo for It. Tia was
the lender of tl,e mob. waa .,resont when tho
ostock was mado. directed Il. an1 feft tl,o
scono when hs could not Int hava knsown
tic bloody rcsult TINT would follow. Al INV
tsmo during that day, ono word Of bis would
have prevented riotiuo and b,oot1shed. but
TINT word WIG mover nttorea. Thoreforo II
il TINT fo In now known tn thu neon,a of
this country as " Hamburg" and q n1,utcborn
Dur1rn
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massacre OF unarmed men who l,ad snrren.
derod themselves. .-aWhen thu I,cois,atnro
mot In Da6dthb1r'tthafrS3 wars In tbo ITonsa
fifty.uine Renublicana md flftv,sovcn neno.
orats holding certificates. two counties linz.
ina becn entirc1y thrown ont. Tbo sonatc
stood ejRhtoon Republicaug and thirteon
Democrats. Tho Two counticx tf,rown o,,t
represented two seats In tho Senate and eight
In tho House which wcro In contest Tho
Democrats in the Housc. finding that tl,ov
must be- In tho minority, left II. Int thu son,
ato Democrats remained and particinated
with tho Houso Republtcans In the election
of United statos Senator. Thu sennto Re,
publIcana voted unanimously for Con.
n7r. and be rccefvad Es ont os thu M