, 1879-08-22
Speech OF Secretary Schurz, Last
Night, at Columbus,
Ohio.
Secretary Sherman Interviewed
Concerning the Casse-
nave Fund.
Ho Did Not Subscribe to It, but Wonld
Willingly Havo Done So.

DpDfAei SllCt1ll. W. n. NrbWRs LHIHrcFP Nlcfk.
Jcsso r.. Bell; Circuit Clerk, u. Il. trayson;
Treasurer. n. Divrn!uGlam; Assessor, L. H.
Harris; Coroner and Ranger, Sam kirkal1, col
pre...
William Curtis, colorca man, was murdered
IN YazuD City, but Il coulsl not ho discovered
who lid the .lcc,'. i. Is mt known whether pot
ties had anything to do with It ur not.
Cant. Dixon svas buried at Faughan's statfnn.
lie had the largest funeral ever known at TINT
Eu.c.
.ja,aes 4. Barlslalo ras admitted to bali In
$l5,000 wtthuut examination.
,,.rtai {" ,,,"eH"ai 5.,ntfc!1T' e
Ind 1slss been rr.r!crel to Cnng1c.s for Tug
third .Euc, wont tn ex-t'lt't. II. y. Dixon, Of
yazoo Co,tnty, sll's.. a,ni toll lin very frankly
that he was fn largo mcastlrc rr;nonslbto fdr
his fSingleiou's success by Ills ncttvc and p:'sy-
cgrul efforts In he1lnl! u. iir Democratic norty
aud nsI;c,l what liz could tl fur Dixon In Wash
fnuton. D;xnn rcplicl: "Get INV bso'hcr q
rlcrkshp III Washington" Singleton brought
,ne y"nar Dixon, ,uan "f clnaslty sna OF
member nf ,hr Committee IN ADnrnpr!a-
tni,s, With influence, rrry c,sllr rot hiln II
slMe in thu Treasury Department. w!iero lsu
hn. sincr hrcu tmn,oycl In the n,asi-rno,n.
ininnr children to Washington. 10 live with
younger ;.rtsler. nnl has rnrErspo1.ie1 with
them regularly ut brief intervals: Tln noifcr
and hro',lcr llave learned from 'ds own letter,
II the "h,ltldoz:s,. Ar has undergone. ain!
hare rccciyel from, him descriptions ~ 1tle at-
t"tnpts that have hccti male upon sfs lfc l,v III
lvidua1s and by n,uhs, becAuSc lie persta!cd in
hH'.E Il candidate for Sheriff. III lazoo County.
lie wrt,tn t|,rln Il detailed nccont Ut what lla
appeared IN full In tlcs" columns. Of the atsac's
unon him t,y mob trca weeks agO, null tl,e
Ng0tlisc he ,nHt!c nj the nt,,ntg 0t o3cs p's-
tolls tn Withdraw Ills c.'nll'ntuvc. It. will hn rr-
a., {fr~&s
fr.tcratu nn3 lilc.long Democrat. wus notuf-
na;e. as MI inlenctdcnt c..'1uitla!o a.alnst The
re9,llar Democrat nominee. On Monday A!rs.
UI:on rcrcivcd Il letter from hin stating
tint rs 10 mad heen ashnrch BY nrcat many
through II !,c wotd run, nn.E, rs II anDcarrd
tI1n cowarltce for him to sneak ont whcn
tllrchtchcd. lie l'nd dctt''ed 10 rcro.iu anil re-
traus the prtnnl'a he Hando under threats froin
The sllots, aInl would on satUrtia: las. nnonco
In the YAz1u i.ai,ers la determination 10 Eo u
caHlt4!ate. Sutt1.lig mare wAs heard IRON him
until this niossns, when q telegram rAntE an
ntHincn:.. ti!ut he wAs murdered yesterday by
.!nj. Barksaatc, t,;rHIinent Uci',osiat. md ha
calllielaso hlalscf for t'tiiec At this wrftI.l.
III details !1nvs ltcan rrceiyca, hut 1t a1nears
iint Dl:ksda!o Ina t:,,r1asl ni.t tl threat of ILL,
mub ihnt they wnutl Kill Dixon If io persisted
III rEnnu@ lor o:tic.', Dixou'n Inst letter 10 Ills
mother tu!l her Mot 70 worry about hin. t1nr
let thu nrwsu.tlcr re.orts rive her anxIaty,
because they lid mt u,eau to kill hin, but
only to nr:lre him out Ut ttie rnce. Both
Of the Mississippi scnato1s, ~ III WnshEIgloa,.
atttniias. to tile snyuatiYatiohnf the Frcelnun'a
l}anls. llr sald tonight. whcu apprIsct Of
Ds"','s death, Tint it was Just what l'e ex.
pcrtctl: tia; no man. white nr bIack, waR safe
to r,,t fur nlsee IN Mississippi, nnlcss hc WAS
nolainntrd by ,nu Democratic party. um1 ho
l,npeil thu Nnsth will not rcllHtro nlnnv n!nra
t,uitsta murders to co1,v|nce 1t of thut fact. ia
ha I'M Intelligence. whatever, ntltl lid not know
AZ
Il! az II house ot II FREUD. lLo ut s.t declined
to ta!k ntout l},xon's rnurtur. lie did not
know TINT ,le rrunrt was true, and, even II It
was, tue oss,.rsc,:cc nrollaas grew "a: 1t Ha'ns
salJ. uh.loruI murder moro than .lc. lie
uhHrrctl murder ~ nl It's furnIs, and l'c regret
te1 thIs tlH more bcenu ~ H. would o !.aiu atl.:
excuse for nnnihcr httack OIL t!r: south. t!urc
anotl,rr In New York. Nnbtiy attributed. poI,t.
ical n,uliyes to tlrEn tnnt!ors. But IT nsly H,at,
WAS killed In ilr Aouit lie whole Norsl. llpwltri
uhnlt "pt'l!tt,nl us'as''natsnn,' nlll ro1ivlc'cd
t'.e nclnoerattc parts III ;ht crime. 1t was tll~
fortunate ilmt Dixon was shot, hcca,,se the fnct
that l!n was n candidate gays culs,r to these
ctur.cs, usd tl,r affair wn,1ld slpw be used rs
rts'ttcnl nrEnnrnt. ftadcciincti to snlk further,
~ s snil his words w".v always A1fstIuotcaasItl
llla meaning lnisronstr,le.l, ...
Ynur CORRESPONDENT called at N1ra. D|xon's
Residence, IN New York nycHur, this evening,
hui was hot aE'u to see TINT ln.v, as sllc llatl
gn.e tn her daughters hume. near Wn,l,rgtu.s,
hut Capt, Di:on'h srotilrr WIS III, frnn whom.
nixnt waS hut u years bld. l!n was horn In
firuintu. nd wIlcn mere l1ny was II ,ncl,l,es
nt ainsby'a GUERRILLA co,a1'slurl thu tattus Tcars
Ut the War liz was cant,lreat. all.l rt'ntinel IN
Baltimore us Drts.lner nHtil tie cn.f Ut Ihr War.
In l4Ei tlt. MAI IN WnstnIttl AMI mnvftni thu
daughter Ut Col. Dlaxcy. d yery WEALTHY aftssls-
siput plantcr. who a,e'l suon after. a,'d Dlx0n's
vile iHhusitct vrr' 'argp 'siulrls properly ln
tI,,un fttslu htyn tf1yh,
Dsxnn lIas employed 7f' nero plantation h1mlt
atul was HE lnrgrst plnuter III this county. lla
wns II leali'lE tl1Ln n>crat uiItle rtevntly, but
neycF sul,.ht Or llcli an ntil:e. This year tlu
toiu the negruc, tfst t!u Whites were mt 4oi,sK.
~ LIT tirm vnte earpct-!l1ggcrs tnto oi,lrs. but
II :liuY would ynte It,r Respectable white Demn.
csas they might tlayr tilelr a:iaru Of ,In o!llcrs
and 10 irJtcet"d In tlsr exorcso Ut suffrage. 4
tnasaneetinE WAS he'll which rsallltca In start.
tng III iiHlnhuIlcnt ..lnYen"nt Ns against :he
ihlraHun nnu,nerAt.. a ttrNct wis Nominated
~: ras!sItY uIllerrh, one'half of tho candidates
lW;,,y lley!n.:. Dixon ca:EG to Wasl rgtD.I IN
Detnl:F.!t; ll4i cot ilultl tl the white candidates
atal hals fr1htn.Hsl ll.t, into withdrawing
fru.n t!iu tteiet, which e Etw w,,,l1.t re,ut IN
another c0iiliitt hutI7een rnpc5. liz rutnrrei
n'no md ls;.tt ano'ltr tir;ct Used ',ll,, w,sI
himself u. IT, head rs n candidate ftr Sheriff.
Will nucllalf vi tho n,nincos co'orc1 tnri,, nn.t
nskc4 llIu support NJ iEie negroes. Isls Retiult
at on:o brought down upa'', hf"1 tlu wrath Of
ltt lAturD0H Jeielitsat9, hlltt ~ H48 MhttIeJ 10
stuu |Is cansls. Ihla ht .lecllnul tu ttN, wl!uf1
II nIab Vi 5Jl uen entered lila ouse, lutt threat.
eui1g ht'n with luat,. vosnpclIrl lin to slxl, I.
card wlttd 'awb'.S fso'N lslr en'i1cst. This tnrd
Waa published III tisu unaty l,ausrs. and III III
yrs.rrlay ltlxnn'a fnn,y flrru bunl1u,nd that
!a was Tic untl Of hs pnllt1rn! casear; but yus-
tert!1v they rceeivuA ic:ter frotA IluI Bay.l,,
TINT 10 hul reractrsl bis withdrawhi, nIrt sho,'tl
stt'l as u ru1l'lldatc.. ReluFu hl' Letter Ind
rcaehea here, he hail aitca!y suffered. the
IlcuAsty ol lllu ,nop with Ill iifc., Yoar
correspondent Vas shown u number Ut
tcttur- fron, tim, frun, tha cot.ten Vt whici,
thu al'oyu statement Is drawn; also nnnlnr
Ut lctsers written ny lls w!te tn nsxnn's nlo.er.
Onn 0t tlien, wtErh Hus dated bctors tho mob
visited shc hnusc, read az fofluwa: nm In .
s,atc Vi constant anxiety fur larnry. lila lilo u
tlatly lhrraienel hy tllG nlrn wtlu aru OIL tl1o
uupusng ttcl;at to him, 1t seells That the
lemucr4tir purity tas sl!cy call itensrlvct) say
.,c shall nut l,a:a ilo shrritf's uilicc. ihoy
Know hs viii hu rlacted II e runs, md lhoy aru
organizing mtI,tir companies III prevent The
Cu!ored pcbau lrsn1, registering AMI voting.
They say that II Henry does not withdraw t)luv
will lnako i'tsn casn tic ct.,titry " put h u!-
der .hu ground. You can iu,a:na what my
constant ftelin. Ut nnxlcty ts.h
TIA iulluT!u~ IS ul extllrt frntn another las-