National Republican., 1883-11-17
BOURBON METHODS.

OF Hnziohurst, Miss, Described by Hts
BROTHER Incidents OF the Campaign In
Virginia.
HAzLEHURsT, MIss., Nov. 0, 1SS3-THE
SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL
Sir! 1writo 70 know what shall do in regard
TO mail on route No. 1922, from this place to
Westvillo. The contractor, j, y. Matthews,
my brother, was on last Tuesday morning
brutally murdered. The day previous-that
is, on Monday--an armed mob came in town
and gave him orders not to vote; II he did
they would kill him. l will further say this
mob was headed by the chairman OF the
democratic executive committee On Tues
day they came to the polls with shotguns, and
when my brother voted and turned from tho
polls ne was shot twice with shotgun, twenty
four shot taking effect in his breast, and he
died instantly. Thus you SEQ the effect OF
southern democracy. And will further state
that our congressman, ,Barksdale, addressed this
mob tho day before election and advised them
to carry tho election if they had to do it at
the muzzlo of their sh0tguns. And this is
not the all of their hollish work. They had
before this killed several colored men and
one colored lady, and crippled and whipped
almost to death number of others. With
this close, asking, will this thing continuoP
Shall mon of tho south be shot down like
dogs (oh, God forbid that such shall be tho
case) with impunity because they claim the
only right that American citizens can boast
of? A right that should be preservative Of
all rights. Then shall tho government and
congress of the United States sit still and SEQ
their subjects butchered, simply because men
do not think alike. Respectfully,
G. L. MATTHEW'S, =. NJ.
TO The Editor.
STAFFORD COURT HOUSE, VA, Nov 15-
Dcar Sir: l notice in the Alexandria Gazetto
of the fifteenth instant to-day an editorial
tb, In icI,
occurs these words, "They (the negroes) were
only free to vote the readjuster ticket"
Now, sir inclose you democratic roll of
ten" used in the election of the sixth, by
which negro, Lawrence johnson by name,
was appointed by u chief of fifty, leader Of
ten, of which six are negroes and four are
white mon, viz: the three Mountjoys and
George h. Griiiis. Now l don't believe that
any of these gentlemen knew that their
leader was u negro and very black, igno-
rant one at that, but he was appointed to see
that these men voted. Now you sec when
they could use the negro they used him, and
where they could make capital by crying
''nigger, niger" to white men, they did SO.
Then to say the negro was bound to vote the
coalition ticket is preposterous. No. their
local canvassers showed by actual demonstra-
tion, that they had purchased or used other
inducements in the black districts to give
them large negro vote, and the Danville
circular was relied upon to carry enough votes
in tho white districts. STAFFORD.
Following is the document:
DEMOCRATIC ROLL OF TEN, ELECTION, nov. G.
Thos Johnson. i. NJ Mountoy,
Lewis Eubanks Geo. II. Grifls,
John Harris, Robt. MouutiOy,
NJ. West, David Johnson
Lawrence Johnson is hereby appointed a leader
of ten for Gritlis's precinct Aquia district
II. l.. GARRISON, Chief of Fifty.
IA No
FRONT ROYAL, VA, Nov. 10.-The bourbon
funders of this place went mad with excite
| ment over their success, and for two days
| gave themselves up to the widest drunken
orgies in celebration of the event. Deacons
| and lay members of tho churches marched in
| the drunken procession carrying torches and
| yelling like lunatics The first day they car
represent Gen. Malone. The second
day thoy gave an old man some
whisky for the use of his horse
and wagon, bought coffin, in which the
effigy was loaded on the wagon, and marched
through the streets yelling and shouting
with two drunken white men with drums
heading the procession. Finally they put
the etligy on board the cars and shipped
understand, to Barbour at Alexandria. The
whole affair was disgrace and humiliation
to all decent residents of tho place. 1t was
announced that there would be speaking al
the central hotel, ahua large croWu gathereu
there, but there was no speaking. Whisky hat
obtained too much control of the crowd. At thi
same hotel q terrible and mysterious murder
was recently committed. A most worthy
young man was found in bed in his room
with his throat cut, Tho murder was com
mitted the night before his marriage was t
have been celebrated. His intended brid
was the daughter of N. Pritchard, our post
master, who has been subjected to the creates
possible prosecutions on account of his firm
adherence to the readjuster party. The per
petrators of the murder have not been dis
covered. j.