Semi-Weekly Mississippian [Jackson, MS], July 3, 1860
The Meridian mentions a rumor that there is an organized band of Abolitionists in the corner of Clark and Wayne of this State, and Choctaw and Washington of Ala., who are defying the people and the authorities. Considerable excitement had been created in Quitman, and other contiguous localities, and the citizens thereof were preparing to adopt the means required to abate the nuisance.