The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-26

We find in the Jewish South of tn
18th inst.
RUSSIAN FERoCITY ON THE MIssIs
sIPPI RIVER.
1t must be painful to every Amer
lean citizen to read the annexed art
Giles, emanating from different sources
and the correctness of which can
alas, not be questioned. Men repre-
senting the interests of the SOutl
and its business princes, pleading foi
emigration-men entrusted with til,
life and property of our fellOw-citizens
have sought to spurn our free institu
tions and bring Odium upon the gOot
repute of SOutherners for hospitalit,
and kindness OF heart.
Shall such dastardly conduct b,
tolerated and the hand of justice no
grasp the brutes in human garb? Any
doubt of this would reflect upon thu
| laws and character of the American
people. Upon receipt of the annexed
documents, copies were sent by us t.
the Russian immigration Committee
in this city, its chairman on the re.
ception Committee, and the Bureau
of Immigration for Louisiana. We
await the proceedings of these differ
ent bodies. We do not doubt that the
proper complaints will be laid before
the officers Of the Southern Transport
alton Line in Cincinnati and New
| Orleans, and If no full satisfaction to
an outraged community is afforded,
the matter can be brought before the
United States Commissioners, and
then, woe to the ferocious Russian
barbarians on the Mississippi river.
HELENA, ARK, Nov. 2, 1881.
Editor Jew ish South;
Referring to my telepraphic dis
patch of this morning, herewith en-
close you an article on the subject
from the Helena World of yesterday.
viii also send you an article on the
same su bject from this evenings
paper, in the morning, from which
you will observe what brutal treat
ment the Russian Hebrew refugees
received at the hands of the officers of
the steamer !" Gold Dust" and odious
as the conduct of the fiendish officers
of the boat appears from this article,
yet it Is not one-half as bad as the
facts in the case actually transpired.
Gen. VIM. II. Burke, editor of the
World told me that the emigrants
could not even purchase anything on
the boat for the money, and upon his
1.-THE Generally remonstrance with
the barbarous captain Of the boat,
upon his treatment of the refugees,
was told that the Jews, all of them
are thieves, and that none Of them
like to work, etc. 1t would have
been dangerous for less valiant, or de-
termined men than Judge Alcorn, Mr..
human and General Burke to have at
tempted to succor the helpless refu-
gees.
The thanks of every right minded
man is due to the above named gen.
erous men, especially to the worthy
editor of the Helena WoAd, for so ably
defending the cause of the down trod-
den and Of the oppressed, but the end
is not told yet ;--these poor and f0rlorn
people after arriving at Memphis, in
stead of being received with open
arms the "committee" nor any other
Israelite wanted to have anything to
do with them, or In any way to assist
them. Fortunate 1t was for the ref
ugees that Mr.. III. Fink. representative
to District Grand Lodge No. T., /. o.
B. b., was OH board the steamer,
he took charge of the emigrants, and
although Mr.. Fink was on his way
East on urgent business, nevertheless
he remained q whole day In Memphis,
and did not leave the city until he
procured food and raiment for them,
and also succeeded in making the
Russian Emigration Committee to
take charge OF the Russians. II Is
hard to believe that Memphis would
accord such a reception TO the poor
outcasts, nevertheless, such Is the in
formation conveyed in Brother
Fink's letter, and / may perhaps be
able to give you some further informa-
ton when Mr.. Fink returns.
And now, Mr.. Editor, as the Israeli
ties of New Orleans are provervbial
for their charitable deeds please see to
1t that they should In future endeavor
TO prevent the exposure Of emigrants
to such brutality and barbarous treat
ment AS those have been subjected TO.
/ do not want to say anything more as
you, Mr.. Editor, will doubtless know
far better than possibly can, how to
call the miscreants of the steamer
=" Gold Dust' to account, and how to
thank the brave men who espoused
the cause of the foreigners, MARI.
From the Helena World:
BRUTAL, INHUMAN, T1ENDIsH.
Saturday evening last twelve Rus
sian Jews including mother and two |
children aged 5 and years respect |
lively, passed up on the steamer Gold |
Dust for Memphis, they having been |
provided with deck passage to that |
point by friends at Greenville, Miss. |
They were unable to speak English |
and were crowded In a small space far |
In the rear of the steamer within q
few feet of q number of dirty roust- |
abouts. This however, would not /
have been q complete cause In itself
for the notice that we shall give, but,
taken with other things is full, CON-
plete and terriblel The poor crea-
tures were first observed by several
as they begged by signs
for something to satisfy theit hunger,
and at this efforts were made by the
TO obtain food from the
steward who said "that he had moth
Ing to sell them; that they had bread
and that was enough that rebel SOL
diers had lived upon corn and they
could do the same" Finally, while
they were begging plteously, the mate.
q big burly fellow drove them below,
not however until the second clerk,
had exhausted himself In
saying that he "wanted no foreigners
In the country \" Americans were the
Dnly people who should live here, etc.
At This the passengers before men
TONED went below 20 the narrow place
where the poor creatures were and
brought them applezpnd other articles
bought at the bar, which were de-
voured with ravenous rapidity. Again
making an effort b obtain food n only
'or the woman and her little children,
Who pleaded strong enough with their
'aces TO melt q heart Of anything but
tone, the passengers were told that
would be sold at all as the
provisions had 20 be kept for the
rev. Finding that nothing could
make an impression upon the merci-
ess steward, who was ofcourse endors- I,
q by his superior officers on the boat,
.hoHf u1<n sat fowu NJ the r11uuor ,