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Title
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Horrible Effect of Carpet Bag Teaching
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Source Type
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Newspaper
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Publisher
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The Clarion
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Publication Place
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Jackson, MS
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Publication Date
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5/27/1869
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Transcript
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From the Tuskaloosa (Ala.,) Monitor.
It seems that on the night of Tuesday, 20th ult., four young men; on their way home from North Port, rode towards a cabin, in which lived a family of negroes of very bad character, and had hardly halted before they were fired into by several guns loaded with buckshot. Young Findley received nine buckshot wounds in his bowels, and his three companions were also wounded, though not dangerously. Findley lived only about three hours, when he expired in great agony, calling upon his friends, with his last words, to avenge his death. The bad news traveled over the country around with the rapidity of lighting. Several persons from the neighborhood came into the town of North Port, and reported there were between twenty and thirty negro men at the scene of the murder, armed to the teeth and defying the community. - These amused themselves for some hours, on Wednesday morning, by discharging their guns and pistols, in glorification of their success the night before. Such being the terrible state of affairs, about twenty citizens of the county procured a warrant for the arrest of the lawless crowd of negroes; armed themselves thoroughly, and, mounted, proceeded to the scene of disturbance; in order to arrest the outlaws. Upon reaching the spot it was discovered that the negroes had crossed the river some hours before, in skiffs, and the premises were deserted.
