The Lake County star., 1877-05-24
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!" Special Carresponatle6.,a sss', u,
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The Mississip7oi Mdssaetv- x.NetiSdn
Expedtnor- Governmsht Eadsiees,
wAsHrserSs, p, &, Nay Il, III. '15. !. !.
The following letter has just been,
received in this eityby a lady friend
Of the chisoln family, The father,
probably known to- most of your,
readers, has died from the gunner
GUS wounds received nt, the hands,
of the brutal mob; and this morning
comes the intelligence Of thc'd desth
Of the noble hearted daughter from,
the woandsand mutiIations inflicted.
by this band of fChlyalrous Missis-.
sippi gentlems J, making, with the
son, hardly entered his "tecns,Y'
three of one family ly wiped ,out by
the cowardly ruffiansa Of Kemper
county. 1tisrsighifcapt Of the state
Of public sentiment Hfths n. locality
Of the occurrence 10 be . inforNel
that no effsctuaf stershavs been ta-
ken to bring the c.iminals to justice;
and past experieacerios not on
courage the hope that they will be-
OF tho thousands Of Republicans
south of the Potomac who have fall
en- victims to their political convic-
tions, it would be difficult to point
to dozen instances where Demo.
cratic State officers have enforced
the laws sgainst their slayers. Oa
the contrary their crimes appear to
have had the effect to make them
all the more popular, in one case at
least, insuring an election, illegal
perhaps, to the United States Sen.
ate. Whittier are we drifting? TO-
"DEKALB. MISS, May 18th, 1877.
"Mddum:-At the request Of Miss
Nellie Chisoltn, whose wounds render
1t Impossible for her tn writc,. ] serve
as her amenuensis. She, takes great
pleasure In acknowledging the receipt
OF your Kind letters which have come to
hand since the, DeKalb horror took
place; and let me assure you that your
Kindness Is appreciated. I have had
the pleasure Of opening your letters and
reading them to her, and from your
writing, judge that you do not know
that the brave aud devoted little daugl,-.
ter was shot, beaten, and mangled
equally with the father. Her right arm
Was shot through and, through while
endeav0ring to shield her father. !, A.
whole charge Of buckshot,. which first
struck the fiat iron bars Of a cell, struck
her full In the face, filling II with chips
of lead and burnt powder. She Was
struck In the face by some brutal hand
which has blackencd and disfigured II
In n fearful manner. She was also shot
In the leg below the knee, and Is now
lying PROSTATE and helpless us an in.
fant, and nothing but the tenderest care
and lest surgical aid, can save her arm
and precious life. Her father Is still
alive, but suffering intensely; vet. we
have some hope Uf his final recovery.
..'he house Is being guarded BY "a few
faithful friends and relatives, but we do
not know ut what lIour the savage bar
barians may renew the attack. You
can DO us all no more good at present
than Ia. lay the enormities Of this mas
sacre before the people Of Nashihgten,s
and especially the presi9eht.. ut bun|
''P. s., Our son, the heroic little
Johnnie, was Shot to death because he
persisted in getting before his father for
lils defenss.p 9Hl 40 ~Er rMC.v Il
The fillibustering Mexican sxpe-a|
dition continues a leading subject
of discussion here since the subsid- |
snce of the sensational effect of the |
extra session pestponemsfrt. -Lsr-
do, the exiled Mexican Presidents
here and he is generally regarded
as the head Of the movement, Its
confidentially asserted that several |
thousand dollars have been
subscribed by sCalifornis and East
crn capitalists. General Thomas,
Shelby and Armstrong. arc men.i
toned as commanders ofathese coz
arnns into which the expedition will, /
L is said, be divided when it moves,
,ne to 60 by water from San Fran
,isce, the other two from points in
he Southwest, and all. to meet ut
some point on the Sonora coast and
proceed as far towards the Mexican
Capitol US appears justified by pub
ic sentiment, reyolutioniziug the
government rs thcy CO.. The prime,
movers in the enterprise appear
'anguine Of success provided their
can succeed in crossing
he border faifiy equipped e2g II
So far as discharges from and
lew appointments to Office lave been
nasle, it appears rather difficult to
discover any radical difference from
he old methods governing these
matters heretofore, bsus1pq ~ =
The Government Is really much
embarrassed, in many pfi1its most
'itall relations by exhaustion Of the /
ppropriat tions cut down to TIE most l.
Inadequate proportions BY the re.4
oria Democracy ofthe forty.fearth
t>n ngrSss.stg 40 as ihatgli. ,RRp n
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