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The Contested Election, i DRAWING THE COLOR LINE, j 8T0LBRAN1) AND HIS PARTY AT aukkviu.e. ?^roes From all Paris of the County! Come to Testify. Stolbrand Proves that Ten or Fifteen j White Men Drove from each Polling Precinct from Three Hundred to a Thousand of his Negro Friends. The Organization of a Ilepulnr Love I Feast of Pious Ntiirors who Relate} the faults of Naughty White -Men. i f TaUeu as n Whole the Testimony will Furnish .Much Food lor, Thought. A? n Matter of I,oral Interest, every Citizen Should not Only Jteud it, hut Preserve it ? A .Number of our I'eople are Charged with Interfer-j in; with the Freedom of the Ballot., In order that our readers may know exactly j what has l>eeu sworn a?uhi*t them, and by whom the allegations are made, we furnish , the following which is a correct and full re-j port of the official testimony as taken at Atv! boville by General Stolbrund and United; States Commissioners Stocber and Katon. Ill will be observed that they sought no evidence j to criminate any individual, and that their, fTorts were directed to the ascertaining I if any violations of the election law did oc* I cur. After the evidence in regard to those! facts which are alleged to have changed the result of the election are disposed of, we presume that our citizens will be at the mercy of j evil dispo.oc.l negroes, and the discretion of j the Commissioner. It is to be hoped that our our people ami the negroes may get along] peaceably. Owing to the sickness of Colonel Eugene B <i'uiy, attorney for Hon. I>. \V. Aiken, Colonel J < ?.T. Calhoun was present and represented his! client's interests. MAGNOLIA. AMOS JOltNSOS READILY COMPLIES \VITII j A ItKyCEST TO SET BACK ? A NEAR- ' MOIITKK NECiRO WHO COCI.D SEE EV-j EltYTIIINO, EXCEPT THE COI'NTINO. Knox's Hall, Wkdxksday, 10 a. m. ) | February 23. lssi. / Amos Johnson, sworn: Examined by Cap-' tain Eaton: j question.?Where were you on the day of election? Answer.?At Magnolia. Wliat position did you liotd? A. I was HJ'pi'l II l>'?t ? ISWI . tj. Did the managers admit you to where] the voting was going on? A. Yes, sir. i1. Did thoy, or did they not. allow you to keep a poll list? [Mr. Calhoun objected to witness answering this question, but he ami Rwnvd us follow*, and objcct'on noted.] A. I Well, they didn't object, but told me that 1 , hml to se; back out of the way. [Mr. Calhoun I Itero objected to what "they told" him, it was| );ears..y.] i<. then I ask you, ilid you setback? A. Yes, sir: I had to set back. I did not get near tiie table. ij. Were you able to see every ticket that, was put in the box ? A. Yes. l^. Could you see all tiiat was done during | the counting of the votes ? A. No. j <.{. Do you know how many votes were; thrown out or destroyed? A. No; I can't | tell anything about that. i1. Were you able from your own knowl-l edue to know how many votes were in the j box? A. No. ti. Was there any disturbance outside?! Say yes or no. A. \ es, there was. ?.?. lioyou know what the Kepubliran vo!e : lias u.suaiiy been herrtoforc ai. that box? A. i No. Testimony for plaintiff closed. Col. Calhoun here objected to the foregoing' I'ftooncn irrnlovant ftrwl not c?on fined to the proof of the facts alleged in notice i of contest. jELl The witness was now cross-examine^.'oy^ Col. Calhoun, as follows: Q. Was the box in a house, or out of'doors?; A. It was In a house. Q. Was there anything to prevent you from going up to the bi>.\ or table? A. Yes. sir; but there were no threats or violence used. y. How far were you from the table? A. As far as from here to the door?six or seven i ket or more. Why could you not see the counting? A. Because they poured the tickets out of t he I box on the floor, behind the table. I saw thej managers pick up the tickets and put thetn on' the tabic. ci. Hid any one object to your assisting at j the count?-A. No. ^^^^^^Q^^p^re^mi^i^^^it^duxjng the whole j A. No, sir; no one wi* prevented from votk inc 111 thehnx where I could see. Could you see t he ballots while they j were counting? A. Yes, sir; I saw them: pick them tip, and put them on the table. Q. Could you count the tickets wli?u they were put on the table? A. No. C>. What prevented you from counting? A.; 1 was too far off. Col. Calhoun here closed. Captain Eaton in tho re-dlrect examination said: (j. What prevented yon from going to the; table? A. No one prevented me. I thought i there was no need. Q. Had you been told by the managers dur- j * lng the day to keep back fro in the tabic ? A. They told me to keep out of the way. [Col. Calhoun objects to what "they told j him."] Q. When a ticket was picked up from the: Ihxjr, and put on the table, could you tell! whether It was for Mr. Aiken or Mr. ibtolbraud? A. No. sir; I could uot. A NEW AND IMPORTANT OFFICE ? THE HIS CHURCH TROUBLES?A TRACEABLE CONGREGATION THAT WORSHIPS AND VOTES WITH CLUBS?TEN WHITE MEN SCARE SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY NEGROES, TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY OF WHOM TAKE FLIOHT. Frank Brown, sworn. Examination by Captain En ton. q. Where were you on election day? A. At the polls at Muunolia. Did you hold any office during the election? A. Yes, sir; I was door-keeper while the Republicans were vottnsr. Q. Did you hold any office from the United Slates ? A. Xo. Q. Do you know of any Republicans who were prevented from voting at that poll ? A. Yes: don't know how many. (?. Do you know how many Republicans were on the grouml that day? A. Six bun, dred and fifty. Cj. How many voted ? A. About fourhundred and fifty. Q, Do you know why the other two hundred dlil not vo'te? Yes, sir: the reason was, ' before they could vote, a crowd came from Ab" bevlllc. Q. What did tliey do? A. Began to shoot,: halloed. whooped, ami cursed. Q. Were they white or colored men that J came from Abbeville? A. Tiiey were ail | while. j The examination by Captain Eaton here, closed. Mr. Calhoun then objected to all the foregoing, because Irrelevant, Ac. The wit-: ncss was then cross-examined by Col. Calhoun as follows: Q. What were you keeping the door for? A. To allow the voters to go In, two by two, M>as not to crowd the Secretaries. q. What voters? A. The colored. lj. Who appointed you ? Dr. Tatrgart told me to keep t lie colored people in order. Q. Was he a manager of electiou? A. I think so. He is a Democrat. Cxptuin Eaton said: ''Of course he is a a Democrat, that is noderstood, If he was a manager of election." I>o you Know any coiorcd Democrats in this county? A. There are some. Q. What time did you get to the polls? A. Beiore suurlse. Did a.I these six hundred Republicans i go there with you? A. No,sir; they came! half hour Inter, and commenced to vote soon pf:er tliej g't there. Nobody prevented us ; from voting before the Abbeville crowd came,; Do you know of any one who had not voted before tho Abbeville crowd came, A. i No, (|. What tlm? did the Abbeville crowd get; there? A. About eleven or twelve o'clock, j Q. I want to know how you knew that there were six hundred and tl.'ty Republicans ] on the ground? A. Because we counted' them. I did not count them myself; and doi not* knowof my own knowledge that there! were mx hundred and fifty. (X. How do you know that four hundred j una fifty Republicans voted? A. Because l] counted them. I examined each ticket at the door a? they came up to ttie box to vote. Q. How did you keep thecoma ? A. They! passed by mo, and showed their tickets. y. Did you watch them, and see them put1 their tickets In the box ? A. Yes. (j. What is your profession? A. Well,'I nm a minister of the gospel. Q. Were you ever tin ned out of tlieehurch? I was not turned out; I Just quit; but I'm back c.Kaip. Q. What made you quit? A. 1 was not fairly <lealt by. C^. What unfairness was done to you? A. They brought a charge against inc. 1 was not, guilty, and I couldn't give them satisfaction. Q. Did the brethren in thechureh think as you did ? That you were not guilty? A. I answci yes; th?*y did. Q. How <io you know they thought as you diit ? A. Because they came to meund asked me to go back. Q. What was the ciiarge against you ? A. It was something about a young womau. t?. ( an you read? A. Ves. {? Ilow did you keep your count of the four hundred and fifty Republicans who voted ? A. I nut the number down with a pencil, and had them added up. Q. What made you take sncli precautions ? A. Because the managers objected to our keeping a poll list. Q. \\ ho objected ? A. Dr. Taggart. Q. In what way did he object ? He didn't alto'V}' them to have Secretaries Q, He wouldn't allow who to have Secretaries? A. Amos Johnson, tiieSupervisor, Q. How 4id he prevent ttiem? A. Hesahli he had ncjHuUioruy on his blanks to appoint I ft Secretary for him. Captain Eaton said that is so. Dr. Taggait was right in that respect. <l. How about tho-^e clubs with which, the 1 colored |.?oj.U* tutiiu* ario'c! lothepoijs? ,A.l '1 ii'-y hud their sticks in tiielr hands, walking:; i each one bad a stick- some pretty good size, liiid some small, 1 did not have a stick. Q. Did they get those sticks for that occasion? A. No, l{. You say that, and you are a prcncher? A. Yes. Q. Do they always walk with sticks? A, Generally; I always sec them with sticks at rrcachlnvr. Ci. Do n'l the Republicans iu that country tiny A. \ot. I Q. Do you see any Republicans lierc from Magnolia? A. Yes. I)o you see any sticks in their hands ? < A. No, not now; but I do not know where they put tiiein. li. Did you see those sticks at the election? A. Yes. 1 Q. Were most of them freshly cut? A. . No. 1 Q. What were those clubs brought to the I polls fur? A. I never asked. ' for? A. 1 oxilitn t s:iv. I don't knew. IJ. Did tin* KcpubliVutis come ti> 1110 poll# in a body ? A. Yon. (J. Did tlu-y not camp out the nljjht before? . A. Yfs; some did. Q. Wero not Home of the men noting as-1 Commander--? A. No. I know that. 11. Were they marching in line when they' came up to the polls? A. Yes. Q. Did lliey not form in line in front of the j polls? A. They circled around the polls? <.?. Didn't tiny stop right in front of the! door? A. Yes. I t>. Had ii"t most of the Republicans voted 1 beinre the Ahhcvile crowd not there? A. "f, the four hundred and fifty that 1 counted. nil t>ut five iiad voted, ami lliey voted afterward. ' The Abbeville crowd s'ajvd until lute in i !?< evening. I left about toiir o'eioek, hut when ' I went bade the Abbeville crowd was iioue, . and everything was <|iii<-t. i. II lll.ltl,,. I 'It ttin I polls ull tiny? A. No: they rode around and | shot. They didn't shoot at anybody. I)id the Abbeville crowd crowd nround i the polls and keen anybody from voting? A. No. CJ. Did you hoar nny of the Abbeville crowd i i tell any one lie should not vote? A. They j i said they came to run the damn ncirrocs oil': the ground. I don't know who said it. but il ' vhssaid plain enough for all on the around* j to hear it. I was in the yard at the time?not 1 ten steps from the polls. I did not hear any [ i one of the A blievtile crowd tell anybody he: should not vote. 1'id you runoff when they came. A.l No; n good many who h:ul voted remained.', All those who had not voted ran off. Q. What made thein run off whvn the rest of you did not run ? A. Tho.-e who had not voted became seared and run. They didn't J1 walk: they run. I watched them until they ;! reached the pine saplings?about 100 or O'A'., yards. Col. Calhoun here closed the cross-examina-1 tlon. when Captain Katou resumed the direct ; examination, as follows: O. Von saiil when the colored noonle came , to the polls that carli nnr- hat' nstick. Did , tliey keep those sticksin their hands all the time? A. No; they throw them away. t?. When the Republicans circled around the p<>] Is, did t lie y have slicks In their hands? \ A. No. Q. You have ?nid the Republicans came to the polls in a l>ody. Do you know any reason j why they did this? A. No. 1 (?. Have Republicans been interfered with at previous elections? A. No. j l}. l)oyou know of your own knowledt;eof any threats against persons who might vote,, the Republican ticket on that day. A. No.! Q. You have said that you know of some eolored lVmoerats in this county. How; many? A. I know ten. Don't know any I more. I A COMMANDER FOUND, AND THKN I.O*T , ?"WALKING STICKS"' PILED l*P AT j TIIK GATE?A QUESTION OF VKKACITY I BETWEEN THE PREACHER AND TIIK I CAPTAIN?PROFESSOR MA UK MCBRIDK AS A MATHEMATICIAN. Wednkspay Aftkiinoon, Keb. 2t, ISSJ. Murk MeBride, sworn. Examined by Cap- 1 lain Katon. Where wore you on the day of election ? A. At the polls at Magnolia. Q. What time did you get there? A. At half past six. ) ij. llo*v many were In your party ? A. At grratraany. |, q. Were you in a large party of colored i; men? A. Yes. O. What did you do with those sticks? Did you keep theni all day ? A. No, sir; wc ( laid them down. i (j. Why did yon colored men conie in a| large body together? A. We came in n large j body to be together. ij. I)icl you have any particular reason fori coining in a large body ? A. Tiiereason was, ( we were all one people and wanted to stay to- j gether until the election adjourned. Q. Did you come for the purpose of mak-! Ing any disturbance or !'uss? A. None at all.! Q. Did you come for any other purpose tlian i that of voting? A Just to vote. Q. Did you all vote? A. M?) voted. How do you know (i"?n voted? A. Justj as soon as the Supervisor said lie coul-l not ; keep th^tet, we put up three men to do the ! countWSri wis not one of the three men. j 'Of your own Knowledge do you know ; "now many voted? A. I know Gil) voted; ] know It. Q. How do you know It? A. Recause I [ counted them myself behind them. t^. Were there any that did not vote? A.I Vb< !i"> to mv know.'eilL'e. Q. Why did those-3 not vote? A. Bocnuscj thoro was shooting. ? Q. Who whs the shooting done by ? A. By i a crowd of strangers to nip. Q. Were they white or co'?cu? A.' White. Q. Did you vote? A. Ves, sir. Q. Did you vole *- Hire or after the crowd j came? A. Bc'orethe crowdcamc. [ObjecJvd toby counsel for Col. Gn thej gr.?und that the foregoing testimojJJ-^ irrelevant and not contlned t6tiie proof of the facts alleged iu the notice of con test.1 Examined bv Mr. Calhoun. Q. ''id you nave a stick? A. No, sir. Q. i'ou stated that you wore with the i crowd, did you have a stick ? A. No. Q. Did you come with that crowd of color- j ed people? A. I did. ij. Where did you put your stick" when' you went into the yard? A. At the gate. y. Was there a paling around the yard?| A. No. sir; there was a fence. Q. Did yonpile them all in a pile? A. Alii in a pile. I pave the command to lay thei sticks down and every man put them down. j r> What did vou brimr those sticks for? A. To walk with. Q. Were the sticks freshly cut! A. i never examined them, and don't know. Q. I)ld all of the colored men in your crowd J have flicks? A. A gfKHl many had tlieni. Q. Where did you nil stay the night before ! the election ? A. . stayed at home. [ (>. Where did you meet this crowd of col-i ored men? A. Between the creek and Mrs.! : Haskell's; I caught up with them. c>. Where had they camped the night he-' I fore? A. I <Io not know; I was not with, tln-in. o. Where do you live? A. At Mr. Thos. j O. r!nrlcht's. l^. \\ no wns in coimiuLiiu 01 inci-ninu.'i | A. No one. | I Q. Were they marching Inline? A. No; i soine'nnes two ant] sometimes three deep. j Q. How many were In the crowd ? A. AJ good many; I never counted them. | O. Did you go on to the polls with them? 'A. I did. Q. Did you see them march around the; house? A. Xd, sir. Q. Did you see that crowd of colored people stop just in front of tho door of the house where tlie box was? A. I did. j ij. Did you commence voting immediate-! j ly? A. In about half an hour after we got j i t here. I Q. Were the polls open when you firet got j , there? A. Yes, sir. , Q. Everything quiet at that time? A.j ' Yes, sir. i Q. You were allowed to vote without any : i hindrance? A. Yes, sir. Q. What tlmo of day did the Ahhevlllc| (crowd arrive there? A. I don't know : be- [ j tween 1 and 2 o'clock I suppose the first crowd j ! of white men came. \ Q. Did you see the Abbeville crowd ? A. 11 ! don't knowtlieAbbevillccrovvd from any oth-1 j er crowd. Q. Did you see more than one crowd come ? i A. Yes, sir. Q. State how many were In the first and ; how many in the second crowd? A. I can't say ; I never counted them ; I oan't guess, j There were three crowds came that day; I don't know how many in any crowd. Q, Did yon see each crowd as they came I up? A. Yes, sir. l>. Can you give me nny idea of how many I men were in each of those crowds? A. No, j sir; I can't. Q. Can yon say how many white men were j at the polls when you sot there? A. Yes, .'fJ. j Q. How do you know? A. I counted I them. Q. What made you count them? A. I.lust counted to see how many peoplo were on the ground, black and white. Q. Wl.otold you what to swear here? A. Nohody. Let me hear you count 100? A. The' witness counted up to tut when lie became con- j i tused and could go iio farther. After some j promptine he succeeded in counting up toiOit, i : anil would bawl out 70, SO, !K) and ItMt in a loud ! ; and impcrtiuent way in tho face of t'ol. Cai-j iioun. i O. Whv did yon all come together? A. I Becansc we arc nil one people; 'lowed to go I together and we voted together. Q. 1 ?id you vote straight along? A. Yes sir; nobody prevented. CJ. Ilow aid you ascertain that "5 men | didn't vote? A. I counted them; they didn't I come up to thepoift; they came in another:1 crowd. Q. Do yon know which way they were go-! ing to vole? A. I do not. tj. Were those IS men standing together ? j A. Yes, sir. Ii Q. Where were they standlug? A. Outin the road. j W. II ow fur from the box? A. lo'iyards. , (2. Did they come in the crowd you came with that morning? A. No, sir. y. Were they colored men ? A. Yes.Q. What time did they reach the polls? A. About 3 o'clock. i^. Didn't they c<>me sooner than 3 o'clock ?1, A. No. sir. Q. Where did they come from ? A. I don't know. Q. All that came with you had voted? A. Yes. Q. Wasn'ttlioremorethan25iuthatcrowd? ; A. Not that I counted. DUE WEST. | SUPERVISOR WILLIAM WIMIJUKTT I>KCLABES THE ELECTION AT TJIIS POINT TO HAVE BEEN FAIRLY CONIH'CThD? ! 1 A CON VICT* 6 VOTE THROWN OUT. i, William Wimbtish from Due West, sworn, j Examined by Captain Eaton. Q. Where were you on the day of election ? A. Due West. i Q. What position did you hold? A. Su-> ] per visor. <2. Were yon admitted to the room? A. ! Yes. Q. Was you allowed to keep poll list by i managers? A. Yes. * ; *2. Did you keep it? A. No. Q. Why not? A. They said I could have' a clerk ; I couldn't keep poll list and watch . the box too. 12. Was tbero a list kept for you by any ! one? A. No; they said 1 could keep it myself. Q. Wereyou allowed to remain in the room : during the vol In* aud count ins? A. Y<*s < <2. Could you see the box all the time? A. Yes. Q. C'ould you sne all the tlckcU as they , were c->uiit?d ? A. Yes. t>. Was there any interference with you in : any way by managers? A. No. Q. Do you know of any Republicans being prevented from voting ? A. Yes, i. Q- Was there any disturbance there? A. I No. Q. So far ns your observation goes did the managers make a fair report of the votes? A. Y es. <2. Wha* was the voto as declared? A. 11 j Republicans, | X'r. tgraooeCTBae wwgguami * trzmwz* ?v *m u^jftjLaftxr Q. How many Democratic? A. .170. *?. liow ntany voles wore destroyed? A. ! Ji:e. Cross-examined by Col. Calhoun. <}. \\"ho<e was tiiat 1 vote destroyed ? A. I'aiivin liiiwthome's. \Vhy w:is lie refused? A. Bccause he; had been ill the penitentiary. AXVUKViLLK. i V SlTEUVISOr. WHO KXrfSKS lflS KAU.-i I'KB TO I'KltruKM HIS lifTV - It K Kl> CUl V KS INSTKClTtoNS FROM VNAl'l TlKiUIZKl) l'HKSONSS?ANI? WolM.li NOW RAISK CAIN." 1!. ! '. I'onaldson, Ant rovillc. sworn. Kxani11 <-i liy t'aptain Iviton. (j. Where werj you 0:1 the day ot election? A. Aniicvlllc. Wlvit odicc did you hold ? A. Super-' v:s->r. i>. Was yon or wa< you not allowed to keep i poll !i-1 A. I wns not allowed : Mr. Stun 1 u\ Is. one of tin* managers. objected : so ili.l Mr. Krwin.a Supervisor, of the iJeinocnitic party. | (}. In consequenceof not keeping a poll list were you prevented 1'ioin knowing liow many 1 votes Were ea?i ? A. Ves. Uavevou then any official knowledge of ] the resii't of the election? A. Not much;) because 11 icy wouldn't let niu see the count- 1 I tit;. I'>* you know how many Uepub'lcans 1 voied :hat (l iy ? A. 1 counted 3V>and there > were more that voted. y. Mow many do you suppose you didn't : count? A. I will say ii"> or#', maybe more.. Cross-examined liy Colonel Calhoun, C?. Can you write? A. Yes, a little. H. Write my name, orvilie T. Calhoun, A.! The witness wrote this in a ckiiiJ ;:;h( legible 1 hand. (J. How were y.tu prevented from kreping! rt )>< ]] list ? A. i'hey said there was but*olio l>(>: I !ist there. :?inl that was I heirs. <>. I 'id you make an attempt to keep a poll list? A. Not after t hey told me that. Q. Did you attempt before tlia! to keep a noij list? A. No; l asked their permission; the tlrst thing I did. (?. Were you in the room where the voting' was going on ? A. Yes, sir. <i. Was it in a room? A. Ft was in a ear- | riuire simp; you miulit eaU it a room. (J. How came you toeoiuit these i.vi Itepub-| lican voter.* i A, fso as to h:ive some idea off it afterwards. tj. How do you know all of these were lie?? publicans, if you were not in the room? A. 1 i was standing beside thedoor where the box .' wasat-d saw the tickets as they put them in ! (lie ballot i)o.\. ij. Was the ballot box right at the door? j A. Yes, sir. i Q. And you eoul.i see all this voting going 011? A. YeS, Ml". li. Where were you when the count took: place? A. I was still standing by the door. Q, ( uld you scj the coiiming going o:i? 1 A. No. Q. Why not? A. I was outside and thei crowd pu-lied mo oil-; I asked :hem to let mo, come in.-iileunit they objected. Q. Who did you u>k ? A. i asked Mr. Sam I>avis ; lie was .1 manager. <2. Mow did .Milt try logo in? A. Just by j usking permission. (J. Was the door open? A. They had a! plant: nailed across it. Q. (\m;M you have gone under? A. Yes. | Q. 1 >o yon know any colored Democrats? I A. Yes; I know some. Q. Did they vote there that day ? A. Yes. Q. Didn't some Itciinhlioans vote the Dcin-1 ncratic ticket that day? A. None that I: know of. Examination resumed by Captain Eaton, j Q. Was yon admitted inside that room : where tlie voting was going on thai day ? A. I No, sir. Q. What reply if any was made to you hyj the managers, when you asked for nermis-j sion ? A. '1 iiey made no answer at all. <i. What prevented you from uoitiL' intothe! room? A. Mr. Ab. ilamblin told inc Jj couldn't come in. Q. What position did Mr. Ilamblin hold? A. None at all that I know of. ij. Did the managers say that you should ' come in? A. They said nothing; I asked Mr. Sam Davis one of the managers aud Mr. j I T ? i 11.1 i i > niwu'iirnil tV.p liltti NINETY SIX. I THE EXI'KUIENCE OK KI.ArNHKKS PTE WANT? IIH KNOWS ONI.Y ONE KEI'CISl.ICAN VOTElt j ?TUB POLITICAL IMtOCI.IVITIES OK (it'KKIN j AND TOl.liEltT UNKNOWN TO TIIIS KKI'O-j NENT ? TUB Nl'.MBElt OK TO UN TICKETS J EQl'AE THE NL'MBEK OK KALSTAKK'S MEN j IN UL'CKRAM. Flaunders Stewart, from Ninety-Six, sworn.j Examined by Captain Eaton. Q. Where w"T;.>.ii on the day of election,' nt v!:at A. Ninety-Six. t>. What time did you get there in the! morning? A. o'clock. <i. How many colored men were there? A. i About 1<*?. Q, Did you stfty there nil day until what time? A. "o'clock in theevening. Q. How many colored men rame there to vote? A. Hctween 1<N) and iVHi. Q. Did you vote? A. No, sir. q. How many colored men did vote? A. i AOOUt Oil' IHV. 11. y. Dill the >ttiersgo away without voting? | A. Yes. sir. Q. Why didn't they vole? A. They saw j there was no chance. g. Where was the voting done? A. Up in! the hall in the see tiul story. Q. Were the stairs kept elear? A. No, I they were crowded with white men. i q." Did the? white men remain thcie until , you left? A. Vex, sir. Q. Would they or'not allow colored men to pass to po to the polls'.' A. No, sir. tj. IIow did they treat any colored man who attempted to pass? They would push him back every time he started. Q. Did you see colored men attempt toso up those stairs nnd vote ? A. As tlicy slatted up the wtiite men would push them back ami i some of thtm would say let me see your] ticket. Some of the white men would take the ticket and tear it in too; some colored incti would not show their ticket. 12. What would the white nun do in that! case? A. They would push them back. g. You s!?ycd there ail d:iy? a. Ves; until tho fuss started ah;?ut ."> o'clock. q. Did the other colored men stay the-e un-J til the fuss began t A. Ves, ail of us stayed. i y. Whr.t were the coioied men >laying tor? I A. They stayed to get a chance to cast their Q. When the fki?s began what did thc.v do ? i A. They all made f.?r home. Q. llud theya chance to vote? A. Xo. g. bid thosi? colored men intend to vote the Republican or Democratic ticket? A. .wo l'ar as i know all on the ground intended to vote the Republic wi ticket; I've pot mine now. y. I?id they want to vote that Republican ticket? A. Yes,sir. What was the fuss? A. Two colored men tried to get to the box to cast their tick-j ? ts; one of them held on pretty strong and j they pushed liim until he fell to tlie ground; when ha fell the white men made after him with their clubs; they struck him; alter this we all left and went home wi:hout voting. <?. Have you been at other elections at Xinety-Six? A. Xo. objection it.'. The witness was now Interrogated by Colnm 1 Calhoun : Q. Was there any colored Democratic votes! cast at tint poll ? A. None that I know of. ! ij. Do you know that all the or "ill col-j orcd colored people there weic Republicans? * A. As far as I know, they were. tj. Did you so around to each one and examine his ticket? A. I d! in't examine I them. Q. Was the sfairs leading to the ballot box blockaded all the time you were there? A. Yes. q. And no Kepubllcans were allowed tot vote? A. Kvery time tiiey went up the<< : would push them back. q. How did that twelve get. to vote? A.I Mr. Lewis Moore carried up several of thcni. j Q. Is Mr. Lewis Moore a white man and ! Democrat? A. He is whitchut I don't know j whether he is a Democrat or not. Q. Is L. L. Gu.liaaDemocrat? A. I don't j know. Q. Arc Mr. John Tolbert and Mr. Tom To|-| beit Democrats? A. I do not know; never! saw either of them east a vote? Q. Did you ev?Tsee any of that 40!) or 5fH> j cumreii tun i ? 'in u.i,> ???? - .... vious occasions? A. Yes; some ol' them in oilier townships. Q. How many of them diil you oversee vote? A. one. j (2. That is the only colored man then that] you really know is a Republican ? A. Yes. I Q. l>i<i any one carry those two Ite-| publicans who were struggling so hard to: vote? A. No. t?. Jlow did tiiey manage to get up? A.i They didn't get up. Q. How do you know that twelve men voted? A. 1 counted that nis'iiy. Q. l?id you count all that voted? A. I counted twelve. There may have been more. I Q. How many tickets<IHI you so-- torn up?) A. I saw one; one man had a ticket and it: Colonel Calhoun then said that lio ha'l noj other questions to ask, when Captain Eaton i asked Use witness: Q. Were you looking on all the time you were there ? A. Yes. Q. Could other colored men have got up to i voie without your swing tliein? A. No, sir. j ! I'llE MODEST AND HM'SHINO NIIUP CAI.-J JIOI N?UK GETS "SOKTEIt 1IASI1 l'l"I.," AN t) j GOES HOME?IIE IS EVIDENTLY A KNOW-! N<<T1IIN<:. l'hilip <'alhouii, sworn. Examined by Cap-! tain Eaton. Q. What poll were you at on election day ? | A. Ninety-M.x. Ci. L>id you vote? A. I got sorter bashful ut.<l went back home, when 1 saw what was going (ill. <i. What was going on? A. The steps] were erowded ; I saw soine start up the steps' to vote but they didn't got up more than one step. y. Were tlie steps crowded with wlille or colored men? A. White men. i;. Were they \\11it<; men or colored men that tried to get up to Vote? A. Colored men. <j. r?i?i you see wliite men try to take tickets :iway irom colored men ? No, Mr. i{. 1 ?i< 1 you see any colored men voting' while you were there? A. No. Q. llow many colored men were there? A. .'{I'll or liM); can't tell the exact number. y. Were all those men wanting to vole? A. Ye-,sir. li. Were any of them allowed to vote? A. Yes, sir; they would have voted if they could liave col t? the box. (,?. I till you see any of Ihem vote? A. No. (>. llow long iliU you nay there? *A. About an hour. Colonel Calhoun gave t!;e usual notice of objection to the lorcL-oinz, ar.<l proceeded to cross-examine the willies- a* follows; (j. Do you know thai ail tho'-e colored people there that day were lt< publicans? A. N<>. t>. Doyou know what ticket these colored men wanted to vo!e. A. N<>. Q. Did you try to get up the stairs? A. No. Q. Do you know that you couldn't have (tot up the steps if you had stayed all day? A. N<>. <j. Do you know any colored Democrats in your neighborhood? A. No: I <lou'l know whether ti.ere are any lifpublhau*. j Q, lTnw many wliltc men were at Ninety Six that ilayf A. A great many. ( ai>tain Eaton then asked the witness: Q. Don't you talk politics witli your race! A. Xo. sir. THOMAS WILSON VOTKD, AND SAYS THAI orttKK coi.om:n mkx rnri.ii iiavk votki IK 'I'll KY HAD CIHiSKN TO I") SO?III'. IXiK." NOT KNOW THAT THEY Wi:i:H ltKITIII.t CANS. Thomas Wilson, sworn. Examined by Cap tain Eaton. Q. What poll were you at on election day' A. Ninety-Nix. ij. J?id you Vi?!e t A. Yes, sir. <>. Wl.at time of day ? A. Soon as the hox was open. (J. I'o yon know how many rolored mcr voted lhere thai <lay ? A. Xo, sir. (}. Were any eoiored men prevented fro:r voting? A. Ye-. What prevented them ? A. They couli ni'l get to iIk- hox to vote. White or colored people would not lei them vole* A. Whit'*. Q. Where diil they have thehnx? A. Ir the Hall upstairs; in tliesecond story. {}. Where did the white men ste.v to preveni I lie colored men from voting ? A. They wen Dii the steps. i>. Would they allow any colored men t< pass them? A. No. (i. Ilow long did you stay there? A. A1 Jay. Did you see any colored men go up the stairs to vote, if so how many ? A. Not more tl .an li ve or six. e>. How many went oft* without voting? A 50. t or t< M. Captain Eaton having nothing further U ask, Colonel Calhoun proceeded with tin i-ro?s-oN.limitation ;is follows : (.), 1 >i?l yon s.-c ail the colored men that vo ted ilia! day ? A. No. < 1. Do you kn.iw any colored Democrats ii your fouiitry ? A. No, 1 don't know asingh one. (J. Do you know of your own knowlclui that all titccolon-d men that didn't vote tha day were Republicans ? A. No, sir. 0. Do you know what ticket those coloroi :in-n thai voted, voted ? A. No. (?. How do you know that a/iy colored mai w.is picvciited iroin going up the steps. A. . saw them. ?>. What time were the polls open? A A hoilt i! o'clock. tv>. What time were the stairs blockaded A. About 7 o'clock. (J. W hat prevented them from votincfron B to" o'clockA. Nothiug ; they had all tin chances. i>. Why didn't they vote! A. They liatln' gathered ; some of them were there. Wciv you disturbed when you voted A. No. sir. Q. Did you vote n Republican or Democrat ic ucitci: uepu"Mcaii. (J. 1 a,van I;new ? !' your own knowledge o any colored Republican* in >onr pari of ih< county who votu at. Ninety-Six * A. Yes. (>. 1 low many do you know of your owi kno'leduc? A. Couidii l tell; 1 know o aluiui :'*? or .'<0. (>. I in yon know how thai 25 or 30 intendet to vote y A. Xo, sir. <2. Iinn't yon know of sonic Republican: who were induced on that day to vote tin lieuioeratic ticket ? A. Xo. (>. Mow tlo yon know that these 2."> o :!0aie Uepuhiicans? A. l'.y seeing tlicm will the tick* t<. (J. Can yon read? A. A little not much C>. Can you read writing ? A. Yea. nr.c.vrsK iikxhkusok nrnKErr was not in VtTKI) UP to TIIK i'oi.t.S, Hi: m;CAMJ "lIl'KKKD" ASH \VKNT HOME?IIB filVK: iiIS VIKWS AS to TIIK lMLITH'Ai. FAIT1 in-: HitKrunKN suori.n f.jiiskaci:. Henderson IJurkell, Kworn. Examined b; Captain Katon : ti. Where were you on day of election ? Ninety-Six. i>. l>iil you vote ? A. No, sir. Q. I-'idyou wish to vote a. Republican tiekot A. Yes. sir. Q. Why didn't you vote it? A. I was no allowed in villi'. Q. Who prevented vou ? A The crowd 01 tiii? step* <>i u hile men. <}. Were oilier colored men prevented Ik ides you? A. I have no idea of the nuuibei there were a ureal many on the ground. (>. Did you see any colored men vote? A No, sir, 1 did not. (>. How ioii-r uore you there ? A. From ' t i>. Was the crowd on the steps the whol time you were there ? A. Yes. Q. Ilow did they prevent colored mei from voting? A. Ity crowding on the step and when t.ic c ilored men would try to ge up the stairs tlie.v would push them hack. e>. Vou have tallied of puolie matters will men of your race ? A. Yes. So far ns to your own knowledge (lie col ored men in this county are Ucputiiu-am-? ,\ They are Republicans, and should be if the; aim*. Q. l'o yon know whether the colored mei are Republicans or Democrats ? A. I don' know only as to myself. ij. Whvdoyou suppose that there were mor colored than white mount Ninety-Six ? A. saw more colored men than while. ?i. You mean outside o( the llaii? A, Yes <i. l>oyou know how many white pcopl were In the Hull and on the steps ? A. N< sir. I do not. (2. Do yon know how many colored peopl were in iin* Hail ? A. No. I only knew of Hi colored manaucr. <J. D;d you malic an effort to vote ? A. Ye sir. Q. V,'hat did your effort consist in? A. sa>v tlii'in pushing others Iwck and I didn' attempt it. (j. I >o yon know all colored Democrats ii and around Xinery-six * A. No, >ir. *>. Do you kn >w any white Democrats ii and around Ninety-six ? A. No sir. D > you kn r.v how* all the colored peopl at Ninety-Six that day intended to vote! A No, sir. Second Daj's ProoGOflinp. CALHOUN'S MILLS. a ntown of two nrsi>i:i:n and Ktoirr NKOItOHS "AIMED" TO "(SO TilllOff!It" , cmwi) or TWKNTY-EIVE WHITE MKN, IM* ABANDONED TIIK JOIl ? f.'L'S IIOWI.IN "cofl.nx'f (so IT Vi DER THK IXXM'BNl'K. Knox's 11am., Thursday, 9 a. m. i I'ebruary 1M, IS-d. f (lus Howling, sworn. Examined by Caj tain Kalr.n. q. What poll v.-crc yon at on election day A. Calhoun's Mills. (j. Did you vole? A. No, sir. (>. 1?'. J you wish to vote the licpublicnn r the Democratic ticket? A. The Kcpnhlica: What, lime iliii you get there ? A. 11a hour by mui, tfie pulls were opyn. llow many colored men came in con puny with you? A. I guess USt?. (>. Hid any of tiiein vote? A. Xo. 0. What prevented all of you from voting A. .lust as we came up the white peojde m< us, and said no voting here to-day. We hal oil, and stood a few minutes. Some tried t get to the polls. They wouldn't let u?. Q. 1 luring that time did any of the colore people try to pu ;li their way In through tli crowd of white men? A. Yes; they aime to go. H. How many white people were Ihere I this crowd of which youspeak? A. A limit 'Z ij. Did they slaml between you and tl: ballot-box? A. They did. Q. Were they close to the ballot-box? A They were 'twixt us and that. How near to the ballot-box were they A. About twenty-live steps of it. Di?l you see any of the colored men tr to lorce their way through this crowd? A One did, Sam .Moore. I}. Was he allowed to go the box? / Yes; he was allowed to go, and the ticket wti knocked out of his hand. l>. Did any ot iter colored men try to ero A. They were nil wanting to go, but aft* (hey wiid there was no voting they ail stoo still. l|. Were any threats made by those whit men at that time? A. None?; only that the said there was no vol Inir among you all. if. Were any guns or pistols shot ofl" b the white men? A. Yes. Q. llow many shots do you think yo heard? A. I cannot say. Over a dozen, am (|iialilled of that. (}. Did all tilt; :isO colored men go awn without voting? A. Yes. Q. Do you know of your own knowleda that all that crowd wanted to vote the Kcpul lican ticket? A. All were Uejmblicans an wished so to vote. (i. Have jon been at that poll at othc elections besides this? A. Yes; I've been t all since emancipation. Q. What lias been the usual Hepublica: \ "V*. . I,., o Do you know w!icI!u ?* there was a Republ canSupervisor ol" Election at that box? A Tliero was noi:e. The cxainir.a.ion by Captain Eaton wn now concluded. The witness was cross-ej umincd by Mr. hotm: What time did you leave the polls? A About three quarters of an hour after I gc there. <2. And you arrived thereabout half hou afier sum isc? A. Yes. q. Didn't you go in a body with tho?e inci and vote somewhere that day ? A. No. o. Where did you go when you left til polls? A. I went lioinc. C>. Did you go hack to the polls any mor that day? A. No. (2. Who went home with yon? Nopcrfoti I went by myself. o. Did you sec the crowd any mote tha day? A. No. (.J. Do you know of your own knowlcdc that they did not vote? A. I do. (J. How do you know ? A. They nil salt the same word, and they all came away. 12. Did you speak loevery one of the crowi lii'll vidually after you lol't I hem ? A. To ill I see and asked, none voted. 12. Jiow many did you see? A. 1 don' know. <2. Name each one yon spoke to after yot left? A. Mailm llarttield.ti'coiye Il:iitlicit) Tony Weems sain Moore, Slack Kvans, Jin Calhoun, .luck Armstrong, J!it-hard Plumbet Horace iiowiand, .lames Itiee, James Jen kins, iiauisier Tatom. i2. Do you know of your own knowedgi that noneof that party voted that .day ? A No. The ones whose names I called a'libwhi left, with me didn't, vote. <2. Do you know of your own knowlcdgi Hint -VI men didn't go buck to the polls ti vote? A. No. ?2. You sliiletl that all that iVlmen were Re publicans. Mow >lo you know it? A. couldn't speak any tnoru than what the1 said. <2. Did ti'l of them tell you they were He publican*? A. All that I spoke to, but. didn't speak to,all on the ground. <2. Then you don't know tiiat ail of then were Republicans!' A. No, sir. Q. Do you know any colored Democrats it yo:;r?:t ui'try tiiat vote at that poll r A. / few. < . Did you attempt to vote ? A. Yes. 12. \\ bat Kind of inattempt did you make A. To t in l be | iris. <2. Uow were you stopped? A. Ill tin breast of men, saying thai there Would be m voting here to-day, <}. Explain what you in. an by tho brcas of men A. A ho-t of men met us as w< were going to the polls. About ij men. 12. What did they do when they met*you A. They said no voting here to-day. 12. Wi.s that si 11 that prevented you fron votins? A. Yis. 12- llowclote to tlie box were you wliei WMMMEWWaWW?IP??BWHDWWPfM ' they met yon ? A. As near as I can comc at i it iiboiu 'St yards. I ij. Was tstiui Moore in your crowd ? A. ! Yes. ! (?. Hovr did lie manage f.o get lo the box? | A. 11'jwtvit on ami J:ist usiia went to put it in | it was knocked out of his hand. | HQ. No one attempted toslop him until he r' got to the box ? A. No, sir, until ho got in nhont I wo steps, and up to the hox. ?, (?. You could have done like Hum Moore It ] ; you hud wanted to? A. I couldn't go up under the iiulit.'inN\ "i t?. Did any one tell you yon should not go : to the Ikix ? A. No. All tiiey said was there was no voting here to-dny. "j <?' Where were you when you heard t!io?o . | <ruus kiiimil oil ? a. Just oil" loone side from I ?' the shooting about 20 or .'10 yards. ' | i?. Ilow do you know thiil the Republican j voieat previous yours was 300? A. It was . always so stated. i y. \Vh?rc were you In (he election or IKTtl ? i j A. Right where I am now, about 11 miles I from Mi. Curmet. i i>. Mow many Republican votes In ISTfi I were cast i<t that box ? A. o'W and OO't. That 1 i>-a low calculation according to my Judg; incnl. I Q. Where was the vol I ncr done in 1S7G? A. | Ai Mt. Curmel and Calhoun's Mills. Hox was i open at both places, | Q. Do you mean lo ?ay that thefiOO was cast I at Ml. Cai'iiul or Calhoun's Mills? A. At ?j both places. | (). How many Republican votes were east >' at Ml. Carrncl and ('aShoun's Mills in 1ST*? A. j j I didn't kvepany aecount of that. 1; (j. Did you keep account in l.bTU! A. As ! near as 1 could. ? Q. l?o yon know that there was no Hepuh-i i\ llcan supervisor at Mt. Curiuel on the day of j I election? A. No. sir. > MOUNT CARMEL. I . I MARTIN ITAItTFlEI.P, AGED IB, AND TUB OTII-| ! Ell OL1I MKN THAT ('A Itlt I I'D " V.'AI.KINO | I | STICKS," KKl'Al'SB THEY AltK " MAIJI-K" TO Iio SO ?A ltKGL'J.AK llONA>'ZA. Of IXB KO ltM ATI OX. l| Martin Ilait.'lcld, sworn. Examined by II Captain Eaton. ! <>. What poll were you at on election davf }' A. Mt.Curmel. I cj. What time did you pet there? A. About ! tln'ee-f|iiartcrs of an hour by sun. i Q. Did you vote? A. No. j ] il. Whiit ticket iliil you wish lovote, Re-' | plllilicull 1 A. Kcplllllicail. I (?', Did there any number of colored men J | come with you? A. Yes; 1 wan In the same I company. We nil came together. I (?, How many were there? A. About 2)0. I I (J, Did any nl'that i!o0 vote? A. No. <}. Why MotS' A. They wouldn't let us ? I vote. I (?. Who wouldn't lot them vote? A. I - j don't know who they were. 1 <2. Were they white or colored men? A. f They were white po-jple. P j (>. llow did these white people prevent the j colored nu n from voting? A. We went there ' j to vofeand they said we shouldn't vote, f' (> Were those white people between you tnid the polling place? A. Yes.sir. 1 Q. Did you lic.ir anytuna or pistols shotofl by the white people? A. Yes, Kir. s 12. IIow many shots did you hear? A. I -' reckon about fifty?I couldn't hay exactly, I however. r Q. Did you sec any colored men try to get > to the polls? A. Ves, sir; we did try to Eet I up and they wouldn't let us. tj. How did i'ie white men prevent the colored ir.en from vol hm? A. They commenced shootlni! ami said we shouldn't vote. i1. How long did jou slay there? A. About _ an hour. j Q. Did you see any colored men vote? A. h: j No, fir; none nt all. n 1 ?i. I'm uncu null JUU UU UUClv WIIUOUIVOI, 111},'? A. Yes. I (>. Ho you know of your own knowledge I whether they wished to vote the Republican k. or Democratic ticket? A. J don't know the hearts of nil of iliem ; I know what their determination was. ^ | Q. Where did you ro when you left the polls? A. Cumerijjht on liunieunil wcutto plckinc cotton,and didn't ro baei; that day. ? <2. Have you lived Ionic ill that neighborhood? A. Yes, sir; never have moved, t | (j. What lias been the usual Republican vote in that precinct ? A. I reckon about II Q. Is that of Calhoun's Mills and Mt. (Y.rmcl both? A. I am talking about I alhoun's '-Mills. , I Did Calhoun's Mills and Mt.C'nrmcl vote together at the election? A. Yes; they all . came to the same box, A. Do you know whai the Republican vote of Mt. Carniel has B | been? A. No. ] [objected to on the ground of Irrelevancy.] cj The witness was then turned over to Colo,! nel Cnlhouu, who cross-exam hied lilm as fols | Iowa: 1 j Q. Where did you vote in 1870 a id '78? A. | At Calhoun's Mills. - III (?. What w is (he Republican vote at Cal. houn's Mills in 1K7I?? A. I don't know. '* 1 ij. IIow many voted in 1S7S? A. 1 can't. It'll VfHI thill* I lii'Vnr kiniii* V j tin: Hujiutiiicaii vote, at any previous election. <J. 1 low do you Iwiov what the Republican 11 i vote wotiM have been so Nl at last election? lL\. I tlidn't know. j (}. What did you bring those clubs for? A. ^ I We didn't carry any clubs, any man is liable 1 | lo have a walking slick. I <>. Did tlio most of them have walking | Micks* A. No, sir; 1 had one myself, and r miiiic of t!ie old men. ' I <l. 1 low old are you ? A. About ft". ! 12. What were you doing up so lata the e nk'ht before the election? A. i was making L': nioU;ss<-s. .] Q. Who were you making molasses for? 8 A. For myself, .! <> Who do you live with? A. Mr. Walter J(! Mars. [| Were you grinding the cane, or boiling the inobisj-es? A. 1 was boiling nl night. " j Q. What time did you leave llic molasses I mill lhat night ? A. After midnight. 1 (2. Where did you go then ? A. Went home to bed. 'J. Whnt (line did you rise togo to the polls? k* A. About daybreak. (2. Where did you meel tint crowd you went with? A. They came right by my door, and 1 Joined them. 12. i if your own knowledge do you know that theeriiwd you went with didn't go back to the polls? A. They all went home. Hiil you follow each one to see that they went home? A. No. ij. How many went homo wllli yoit?ahotit how many? A. The rest turned oil' the road and T fame on home. (?. liowdo you know but what those men k- didn't go hack tothe polls? A. I don't know whether tiny went back or not: if they did ' thry must have gone some other road. T Q. l>iil you see Sam Moore pass those wliite <; nu n and go up to the po'ls ? A. Yes, sir. | <2. Couldn't you have done like Sam? A. Yes, he and I did pass I lie crowd of white men I in the road, tint as wee imetothe doora while ; man drew a board and struck big Sain. >1 Q. Who did that ? A. 1 don't know. (J. Did those men that you mat in the road ? firo pistols? A. Yes, they did. <>. How far were you from them when they flred ? A. A boui oiMJ yards. Q. Is the road penectly straight there for i. yards? A. Yes. If! Q. Krom where you were when you heard the tiring can you see a man standing wticre these men stood? A. Yes. I Q. Was t lic-ieany firing after you got up by i those men? A. Yes. ?j Q. Do you know any of the men ? A. N>. ,j i q. Did they shoot, among you? a. no. |1 ij. Did you count the colored men that ? i went with you that day ? A. No. I Q. Do you know any colored Democrats ,1: that voled at your box? A. No. V> | Q. Don't you know some that call them(l selves Democrats? A. I know twenty. Q. Don't you know that in IS70 there was a i, company of colored Democrats in your part -K of the county? A. I heard of them, c l> i'incif wiett says that -iso negroes were 7 afraid OF 30 white men?the " faithful" camp at st. mary's and march y within sight of the i'oli.s without a L. rnv \f a vni.'i??rill.? vkftfif ibta ni!r:avi7i'n i. for "no other reason than' to l'arch lS fiRor.vi) and to roast potato us " 0 ?tjie innocents! J Pinck Wlcr, sworn. Examined by Cnptnln Eaton. ? Q. Where were you on clcctlon day? A. At Ml. C'aniul. (J. Did you vote ? A. No, *lr. J ?i. Did vou wish to vote the Kepubllcan or Democratic ticket? A. The Kcpublican tick, I et. 1 (1. What time did you get there? A. Between three-quarters and an hour of sun. ' Ci. How many cumc In company with you? A. About -ISO colored men. 0 Q. Did they vote? A. Not as I know of. Q. How Inns did you remain nt the polla!' A. Not half an hour. Q. Did you seo any colored men vote? A. T No. ? Q. What prevented the colored men from voting? A. The white men met them Just " before they came to tho box, and told them , they wouldn't allow them to vote; no Kcpu'jllean vote lo be cast there timt day. L* Q. l?o you know whether these 4ft) men | went away without voting? A. I do not s | know whether they didornot; they nil turned | back when I did. | vj. Did any colored men vote whe:i you | were there ? A. None, as I said. .] <j. i'onId yon have seen them if they had ? >t j A. I could have seen them at one time. I was close enough; but all the time i was not. r: cj. Did they all come Willi you? A. Ye*. I (J. Did they all go awuy witii you? A. They ii ! al! turned buck. | Q. 1 >id you see any eolorod men try to pre.?8 e J their way to the polls? A. Yes; I saw some, i iitiiI ilifv tti'Pc Dtishod hnrk. ei (2. Who were they pushed buck by ? A. I<y the while men. i.! (2. Did you soo any of the colored men I struck ? A. No. I! Q. 1 )hl you see any ticket taken away from the colored men ? A. No. c; (2. Did you hear any guns or pistols shot | oil? A. Yes. 11 Q. Were I hey shot by the white or colored men? A. lSy the whiles. 1| (2. Wliat whs the reason thpy woul<l not nlI j low you to vote? A. Heciiuse tlie whites gut, i in a row between us mid the box, and said I they wouldn't allow a Republican vote to be cast t her ; that day. i, <2. Do you know what the usual Republican , vote has been at that pull ? A. No. ,l I Cross-examined by Colonel Calhoun, 'j Q. How do you know there were IM) colorled ? A. I had walked by the shlc of them; c'they were 2 men deep ami I had counted tliein more than lour limes before we got ] there. ; <2. Then they were in a company? A. ; Yi s. jj 12. Wherediil you camp the night before? j A. At St. .Mary's. .1 ?2- Who was in command of you ? A. No I one particularly; no particular eommauder. ^ j i>. Who gave command to them when to I march? A. No one: no Captain. ! ij. Did you havestii'Us? A. Someoldmen I that usually walk with sticks bad them. i ij. Did any of the young men have sticks? i1 A. None younger than :;'j; from that ousoiue I lew had their. i, M- Do you ea'l a mail of .T? old ? A. I do. L j ?,?. What diil you go In a body to the polls I together for ? A. I know of no other reason ' than to meet together lo parch ground pens * and roast potatoes. i,:. Were I here any violence or threats used e: on the day of election to prevent you from > voting? A. Yes, there were some used. ; I,'. What violence and threats were used? I 1 A. Someof the colored men asked the whites p if they could vot?, and they said no. unless : you give us a free light you can't have a , j j tic; vote. ' 12. Who did you hear say that ? A. Do.i't i! know. 12. What while im.ii did you know on the j i ground tliul day? A. I knew the lour Mars, \ jgnjaewagg?OPCTBB?umiyi .flm Tappirt, Hugh Gibert, .Tohn >forrnli, 1(. 1)1(1 you hear Ilugli (ilbert make any i tlifcats of violence ? A. No. Q. Was lie In that crowd that blockaded the road? A. No. Q. How many will to men wore In that crowd that you say blockaded the road? A. About 'S>, ?"i or -10. Q. Do you think I8<1 colored men arc afrahl of that number of white men? A. Yes, I think so for one reason. (J. Were nil those colorrd men there Republicans? A. I think so; wo had a society composed of Republicans and they all belonged to it. Q. What was the name of your society and who are your President ami Secretary? A. Wo didn't have any particular one: we liad no regular place of meeting; the business was alldone at St. Mary's; I can't read writing.. <J. Do you know tlint uli of these men are members of this society ? A. No. IJ. What was theobjeet of that society? A. So that wo can lind out how many voters there are. 12. Were yon pushed back? A Yes. 12. Who pushed you ? A. I don't know. 12. Did you t<y to go to the polls more I linn | once? A. I dlu Hot; but kept asking to let ! inn vole. <2- I>id you see Sain Moore and Martin Ifartfield pass Ihe crowd nndgo up and vote? A. Idldnot; I heard that they did. Q. Where were you when the suns were fired? A. Between "? or Hi yards from the place where they were shooting. <>. Were you alarmed? A. I was, right smart, fori was expect Ing every tulnftle that 1 would be shot myself. ! <2. Did you run when you heard the shooting.' A. No, sir; I thought I was as sale standing a* running oil, because the bails were Hying faster than I could. Q. l>o you luiow any one that was shootIn _ ? A. No. <2. I>id they shoot among you and hit any| body? A. No; 1 don't know; I uaw no I striking. Q. Do you know any colored Democrat that voted In your country ? A. No. <2. Do .vou know whether von know a per | son Is n Democrat or Republican, unless you see them vote? A. No. | <2. Did yon ever see any of tlint 48(1 vote the | Republican ticket, if >o when and where, anil the names? A. I can tell where it was, anil the names of some, but not the year they voted them. (J. ilavo you ever heard of a company of [colored Democrats? A. Yes, sir; I have heard of i(. Captain Katon In reply asks the witness. Q. Why were those ISO colored men afraid of those 'it or white men ? A. Because the white men when they got out in the road had slides, rocks, pistols and swords; the colored j men had no protection except their hands i and some walking canes. I saw two or three don't know the men that had them on. ED. COVINGTON TELLS T1IF. SAME 01.n ST0UY THAT WAS EVIDENTLY AGREED UPON DEF0KE1IAND?1IK KNOWS NOTHING, HUT UISAt.l.Y ACKNOWI.K1KSKrl THAT GUS HOWLING KNOCKED DOWN A WHITE MAN Thursday Afternoon, Feb. 24, 1S8I. Kd. Covington,sworn. Examined by Captain En I on, q. What poll were you at on election day ? A. Calhoun's Mills. i?. Did you vote? A. No. Ij. Did you wish to vote the Republican or Democratic ticket ? A. Repuh.ican. it. What, time did you get to the polls ? A. Three-quarters of an hour after sunrise. Ilow many men came in Willi you ? A. About !.">U colored men. Q. Did they vote? A. No. (I. Do you know of your own knowledge that they Intended to vote the Republican j ticket? A. I suppose they intended to vote I tlie Republican ticket. Q. Are you not well acquainted with the colored men In Ibal. neighborhood ? A. Yes ! q. Are they Republicans or Democrats? I A. I don't know ; they are Radicals so far as I know. u. Why did not these 4.jf) vote that day? j A. When we went up to the box there were several white people said we couldn't vote, j (?. How long did you stay there ? A. lloJ tween half and three-quarter hour. i Did you see any colored men vote while you were there ? A. No. i C?. Where did these lo') men go when you >le!t? A. They left; It might have been thai ; a few stayed, but so far as I know they all j went home. I It- Did yon see any colored men try to push | their way "up to vole y A. They went right i up to the door (j,. Did anybody prevent them/rom voting? j A. Yes, some one, I don't know who,said wo i couldn't vote. j Q. Did you see any colored men struck or (otherwise ill-treated at the polls? A. I saw | otic. Q. Was ho trying to vote? A. Ho was In | front ol' ilie box, I hUppo.sc that was his intcn; tlOi). i (^. Did ho vote? A. No. U- Dili you hear any puns or pistols co ofT! J A. Yes, sir. there were several tired by tiio white people, I saw I hi.-it i shooting. \ Q. Do you know of your own knowledge what has been t he previous Republican vote at that precinct? A. I think from I'JO to 40o. Objection, Ac. I Capliiin Eaton here closed Hie direct exam; I nation and Colonel Calhoun cross-examined i the witness as follows: j Q. Did you try to vote ? A. No. | (^. Dlo'l you hear Mr. <;ii>o-t .-ay ho didn't j want you all to crowd the box ? A. No, we ; luitl not trot to the box. I (i Did you know that Mr. Glbcrt was a ! manager? A. I heard it. j ij Wa< there any men tint obstructed the I road, of about twenty-live men, yards from j the box? A. When we marched up In fronl j ot the box there were about 'S>or ."!u men, wt marciied past them and went on to the box. ! Q. Did you count the colored men presmt jth.itday? A. No ; (J. Ho you know of your own knowledge i that they were all Republicans ? A. No. I (J. How many of the white people said you . couldn't vote? A. 1 don't know. \ Q. I >ld you see tiani Moore go up to the bos' i A. Yes. i Q. Do you know of your own knowledge [ that lie was struck J A. No. Q. Did (ins Howling knock a white man down that day ? a. Y> s. I (J. Did you not see Mr. Hugh Oibe't take I Sam Moo.v up to the box that day to vote! A. No. Q. Didn't yon hear that lie did ? A. 1 dlil i but didn't see It. i (I Hid you see Mr. (iibert take others up tc i vote ? A. Mr. Gibert caught me by the tvaisl ! and askeil me to go back and vote, i Q. What licks are you talking about? A, ] T'ic time'Uus Howling knocked a white inan i down. (.>. These arc the only licks you saw? A j Yes. ! Q. What was (lie Republican vote at. Mt. Carmel and Calhoun'#"Mills in IjSTU? A. 1 don't lemember. | <2 Do you say no colored men voted nt Mt, j Carniel ami Calhoun's Mill In ls7<i and 1&7S! A. In lcS7iia good many voted, between M, and /VK>. I can't say as to 1S7.H, I wasn't there, j Hid not a great many of thr colored peo j pie that voted in l.sTii vote the Democratic ! ticket at that box ? A. I heard that they did, ! don't know. | Q. What was the Republican vote In l>7-t. I A. I don't remember, but there was a ouaui tltv. I Q- Do you remember what the Republican | vor.e was at Calhoun's Mills and Mt. funnel nt any election previous to 1874 ? A. No. ] Don't you know some colored DemoIcrats in your neighborhood? A. I have heard so, and know llicin as I do Republicans I by what I hear. j (J. Did you ever see Mr. Ren Cade's comp-ij ny of colored Democrats in 1K7<! ? A. I have ! heard of them, but have never seen them, i Q. Did you ever hear of Mr. Tom Young'.* I company ? A. I have heard of litem and saw lliein at Calhoun's Mills. Q. Did you ever see Captain Ed. Ileiulcr! son's company of coleired Democrats? A. ] | have heard of them but nev^r saw them. I Q. Haven't you seen a number of colored men parading with the white men in their ;companies? A. Yes. | <>. Were you Captain of that crowd thai wont up to the polls to vote ? A. No. GREENWOOD. JOSHUA ENDEAVORS TO FOLLOW IN* TillFOOTSTKItt OK HIS I t.t.L'STIUOL'S NAME j HAKE, 1JY DEFEATING THE ENEMY WITI1 j SHOUTS 1IKFOUE THE COMMISSIONER. I Josh Wilson, sworn. Examined by Captnli: I Eaton. ! Q. What poll were you at on election day 1 ! A. Greenwood. Q. l>ld you vote? A. Yes. I i?. IMd you nee nny colored men prevented | from voting on that day? A. Yes. Q. How many T A. A bout 3)0. 11. What prevented tlum? A. White men | ran over them with hoi sen, and ran tlieni I awuj from the polls. j Q. What time of day was this? A. About ; 11 or l'J o'cloeK. I ij. Did these colored men leave the polls al that time unit bad tliey vo!?ti ? A. 'J'ln-y l?si I and tiad not voted. I persuaded them to pc I back. I (1- When they camc back did they vote V | A. JSo. | Q. What time did they pet back ? A. About II o clock when they nil ^atharod again. Q. What prevented them from voting the second time? A. White men rode overtlicm the second time. O- What did the colored people do then 7 I A. "The white people ran them o/T find told them they shouldn't vote there. Q- l?id they leave r.ilhout voting? A. Yes, I 11- Did these while men strike them? A, I saw no one struck. [ Q. Were the colored iuen in crowds togethjcr? A. Yes. . CI. Were they or not at the polls? A. They | were right at the door of the polling place. (l. 1 lid the white men ride Into that ciowd? 'a. They rode right into them and ran them out. ! (l. How many white men were there that j ran over them the llrst time? A. About 15or I !S); not more than 8 or Id the second time, i IHd they ride into the crowd of colored i men caeli tinic? A. Yes right at the polls. | Q. Did you know nil of those -Ini colored men? A. Not all. q. Do you know what ticket they would j have voted if they had been allowed, ICcpubj liean or Dcniocrut? A. Republican. The witness was then cross-examined by ' Colonel Calhoun. j (J. Did you come to CI recti wood with the crowd of colored men ? A. Yes. | (j. What time did you arrive? A. Two hours alter sunrise. j 11. Where was the balloting going on? A. I Down -.tails in Aiken's Hall. i ii. You marched with your company rljxht 'to the box and nobody prevented you? A. i Yes, right to the door, and nobody hindered us. l>. Did you stand right around the box? [A. Yes n> thick as a "Vcdge; when a colored | man voted lie had to crawt over the heads of others ;oget out. . Were you still In that position when they j rode over you with the horses? A. Yes, un! til they came. j ii. Could anyone get Into the box from the rear of the crowd? A. No; only those in 1 front. 11. llow many did they kill when they rode 'over yen? A. Nary one. ti. Did they wound any? A. None, to my j know ledge. I o. \\'hen you came back the second time didyou commence voting? A. Yes. I ci. D.il those who had voted come hack [again? A. No; they didn't conic back to the t polls, hut wcic standing uiound where I hey could see. j ii. Wneii you came hack the second lime did you erowil the p.dls us before? A. Those i thul hadn't volud aid. ' J' 1111 e?? q< Were yon'In thot crowded position the second time when they rode up to yon? A. Yes. Q, Wasn't (hose men that rode tip only trying to vole? A. They didn't show like it. i|. Didn't the white men demand of you to; let thein vote? A. No; they voted in one doorund we in the other; they had a door of their own. Q. Didn't Dr. Maxwell nnd Captain Wr.ller tell yon all to come l>ack and vote? A. Yes; Mr. Waller did the third time. IJ. Who said yon snouldn'fvote, then f A. Dr. Maxwell said we shouldn't vote a Itepub 11 can ticket there. > t|. I'M you hear him / A. I did. ! ti What time did you Dually leave the polls:' A. shortly after a o'oioeit wo left the i polls tlnally. tj. llow many were there of you / A. About i Q. llow many or (hem had not voted/ A. Ahuiit "(ft to my knowing had not voted. Q. Where did you uo win n you left tlio( polls/ A. 1 went straight home. (j. Did you go lmek to the polls any more thai day 1 A. So, sir. Q. Do you know of your own knowledge! that they didn't go buck and vote/ A. 1 do j not. (,>. How do you know Hint a'. 1 of tlnse colored people Intended to vote the lteiiubllcan ticket/ A. I gave I hem the tickets. Q. Did Dr. Maxwell tell you all you should not vote there that day/ A. Yes; he said there wasn't a Itad ticket voted at the Court j House, and there shouldn't be one there. Q. Did you ever see Democratic tickets glv en to negroes Unit they unit) t vote? A. No; | I never saw more than two or throe Demo! cratic tickets In my life; I never look lor i them, and I am alraid ot tticm. (j. l>o you know of your own knowledge that nit of thosecolored men Intended to vole tlie Ilo'pn'bllcan ticket/ a. No more than what theyjsald. Q. Any colored Democrats down your way/ A. There is one, to my knowing. (). Don't you know there were a pood many coltircd people voted with the Democrats in liiTUf A. I heard so; don't know. Q. Don't you know that itgreat many voted it in 1*78 at Greenwood/ A. I have heard that they dl*J. | Q. Where was Dr. Maxwell when he told you you couldn't vote * A. Was on the ; ground, don't exactly know where; wasn't I in the office. j Q. Who was prerent when Dr. Maxwell said this? A. A noud many people; 1 don't know i who. Q. Did Dr. Maxwell tell you you shouldn't vote between the time when you llrKteoni meneed voting and the last time when you j were run over by the horses 1 A. Yes. TEN OR riFTEEN WHITE ME.V RIPE OVER TWO ok I THREE IIC>"DEEI> XEUROK3 ? CHARLES JACKSON'* BTfltnlN'O RECITAL OK THE EXTRAORDINARY BACKWARD I'll AEGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE?THE DISPERSION IT TDK AFRICAN PHALANX. ! Charles Jackson, sworn. Examined by Cup* i Uiin Kalon. . li. What poll were you at 011 theduyofelecj tiuii ? A. ureenwood. ' 11. IMd you vote? A. Xo. I (i. Dkl yon wish to vote Republican or Democratic ticket? A. Republican. I ij. Why didn't you vote? A. Tbuy wouldn't 1 lei me; h crowd ol' men tame down Hie ltail* road, r.-in their horHesover us and lan us away ! Irom the polls. (>. How many while men were In this I crowd? A. About lu or 10; majbu more in lirs t gan?:. i lj. liow many did they run away from the polls? A. IJetweon ilw or JJ'iti. j Q. Had theso UWor.'JM voted? A. I don't , know. y. Where did they go? A. They scattered nil about; we were in 11 pen, Jumped over the pniings umlscttliercd in all directions to keep from being run over. I <2. Were the white and colored men voting ] In the same place? A. At the same house, but Lite white people went in onedoor and the colored in another; we crowded uiound one of the doors. y. coui i me wnr.e peopiegoiniueomcr i door without passing through your crowd V ; a. Yes. I Q. Were the colored people allowed to go In i the door where white people were? A. 1 ' heard so, hut don't know. Q. 1 >iil these ineii eoinc ba?*k again nficr tiny were run away? A. Yes, sir; they came : buck. i ij. What did Ihcy comeback for? A. They came back to vote. i ij. Did they vole? A. They were starting to vole whi n the second crowd came, ol ' mounted men. What did tiiis second crowd do? A. j Ti.ey rid round behind us; sioo.l thereauhiie kuuI we shouldn't vole another ticket there and charged on us; when the hcr.ies wouldn't i ciiaige on us they backed tliem on us. ! (J. Whut did you do tlien? A. We went oil and svattcied about. j <2. i>o you know how many were prevented from voting? A. About 2UJ. I <2. Did any one prevent you from going in! to the wnite lolk'a door? A. No, I never ' tried. li (J. Could you have gone through and voted if you wanted? A. 1 never had a thought ot goin<5 through there. .! (>. Iladn i a good mv.ny co'ored men voted bviorc your crowd got there? A. 1 don't ,; know. i 12. What time did you roach tho polls? A. ' About two luuirs after .sunrise. "j Q. Were the colored people not voting when you (jot tlieie? A. Yes, sir. i (J. Don't you k'.'.ow tli.it other colored peoI pie went Hi rough the white folk's door atui i voted ? A. 1 hciudot It. t>- 1 'i-i a g:eat ninny of the colored men ' vole after you got there? A. Yes. <2- The .second tlniu alter you got back how 1 long did you remain at tue poils? A. About i i hours. ?2- Didn't a great many vote between the 1 time that your crowd tirst went oil' and came ; I'ttck? A. No, didn't uiuny vote !i 12. Was the vote undistuibed from the time ' you first went oil' and up tothe time you came back the second time? A. Yes. <2- Didn't a great, many vote aft^r they came ! back the second tinie? A. A right Miutri did. | Q. Was any white people allowed to go 1 j through the colored people's door ? A. Yes , the colored men had togive way. ' (2- I low do you know that 3t0 colored pen'pie didn't vote there tiivit day? A. 1 don't ' know of my own knowledge. | 12. Do you know of your own knowledge 1. how many colored people did not vo;e? A. ! No. ' ' (2. Do you know of your own knowledge I that all of tho.io colored people inteiuied to t vote the Republican ticket? A. 1 do not. 'i 12. Wheie did you go when you left the 1 polls? A. 1 went on home. <2. What time did you leave the poll finally? A. Between 1 and 2o'clock. 12. Did you go back to the polls that day > A. No. 1 (J. Then you don't know of your own knowledge whether those men returned to toe pods or not.' A. 1 don't know. (J. Do you know alt colored Democrats [down about Greenwood/ A. 1 don't know any; 1 luard talk of some. I tj. Do you know any white Democrats ; about (jr ceo wood 1 A. 1 don't, only what 1 '. haur tliein say. y Do you know any eolorcd Republicans 1 j about Greenwood/ A. I don't know ; only ' | know what I heard them say. J l'"FI.FI;*S I-Rolionns PEni.KU WITH A PIHTOL, AND THE l'livJl'LF. HID NOT I'llEVBST HIK FC.NCUIJiU. Moses rceler, sworn. Examined by Captain Kn ton. Q. What poll were you at on election day! . A. Greenwood. Q. Did you vote ? A. No. | Q. What ticket did you want to vote Republican or Democrat? A. Republican. Q. Why didn't you vote? A. They would , not let us, tlie white people. Q. T.'liat did they do to prevent you/ A. i They rode into t'.ievard where wo were, and rode over us, and we hud to get out of the j way. . | Q. How many colored irten were driven r'awayf A. Over^V. (2." Had they voted.' A. No. 1 12. When they came back did they vote.'' A. Some of them did. Q. Did they all vote f A. No. I, y. How many didn't vote/ A. Don'tknow the exact number, but not many. Q. What prevented them from vol In? the second time ? A. White men rode like they wore going: to ride over us again and commenced knocking some and said they should not vote. Q. Did you sec the white men strlko any ? A. I don't know who they struck, they : i punched me with a pistol, 1 know they struck .! "!C"I Q. What did they strike you with? A. They 1 struck me on the nose with a pistol. Q. What did you do when you were struck! I A. I stood still until I saw them all getting 1 away, then I got away too. Captain Katon now turned tho witness over to Colonel Calhoun who cross-examined him ns follows : I Q Did you so through an alley way to get to the door through which yon wanted to go to vote! <*. Yes. i <J. How wide was the alley way! A. About i j 20 feet. I (1 That allov led into a vacant lot.didn't It. ; to the back of the storef A. Yes. <}. How large wa? that vacant lot J A. Not , quite an acre, about ''4 of one. 1 (J 1 >1:1 the door tTiroujrh which you nil 11 wished to enter, open into the vacant lotf A. YtS. 'I q. 1)1(1 the door through which the white | people entered open into the alley t A. Yos. , U- What time did yui arrive at the polls? A. About two hours after sunrise. . q. Did you come with the crowd of colored 1! people ! A, Yes. | (?. Did you all march through that alley 'j and 011 to the polls J A. Yes we went up to the box through the back door. | The rest of the testimony of this witness j was merely a repetition of the statement ol the previous witness. He displayed tho usual amount of Ignorance as to who the men were that prevented the negroes from voting, and as to whether or not there were any colored Democratic voters. I THOMAS riNI.F.V'H CKItTAIX KSOWl.EDfiB OK | Thomas Klnley, sworn. Examined by Cap! lain Knton. ! Q. What poll wore you at on election day * > A. At Abbeville. ; (j. What olliclal position did you hold / A. I'. S. Supervisor. I Q. How long have you resided at Abbeville J Court House/ A. In years. <i. Do you know what has been the usual I Rcpublic;;n vote at this precinct, if so state I what it is/ A. It ranges from NKi to I,turn. ! Q. Was it that hero when they voted at Smiihville? A. Yes. I (j. What has been the usual Republican vote atsniithville/ A. About iii'i or 3M. [ <i. From your knowirdge of the location of (tiiis poll, where would the voters of that precinct vote when that poll was closed/ A. j They generally voted at Abbeville. J u. '1 aking into consideration the fact that the Smitliville poll was closed, what should ] have been the Republican vote at Abbeville | Court House at the last election, judging from i your knowledge of the Republican vole at j previous elections at both tif those pulls/ A. i From I,mM to l.ltH ij. What was the Republican vote nt this poll at >iie last election.* A. Six. j tj. Do you know of your ou ?> knowledge I why the Republican vote \?a* so small? A | No. I ij. Arc colored people in this county, as a i rule. Republican or Democrat!' A. i.iencrnlly I Republicans, but a good many went Demo-' j en.lie. ij. Do you know how many colored voters J there are in this county J a. About l,l>tM to i ' 1,7< M i. | I u. How many of those colored people art? | Democrat"? A. I can't say; in 'Tii there were jacoodmnny: I saw a company of &?J riuing: I I)?r? at ou? ilms. j Q. Would (lie 1,000or 1,100 Republican votes] J. nt Abbeville Court House be white or eotorcil men ? A. They would all be colored men except 2 or 3, y. Do I understand you to say that there are not more than -100 or 500 voters in oilier parts of the Comity lliut would have voted the Republican ticket? A. There would have been more than that. u. Did you or did you not. misunderstand p my question ns to the number of colored voters In Abbeville County ? A. Yes, c Q. i will then ask you ngiili), what Is the iiun>>n i hi luiui i;ii > uii'i? iii .luw\ 111e couni} : : A. Abont 3,HH) to 4,001. Q. Arc you ;i He publican ? A. Yes, voted! ii for Utolbrancl at lust election. i Q. !>o you know of any usual nol.ce or ills-11 turhancu at Abbeville Court Hou>cthc night previous to I lie election? I don't know of i j any person being disturbed : the yourig men were shooting like they usually do Christinas t; The witness was then turned over to Colonel Calhoun, who cross-examined liiin as follows: e (??. What was the Republican vote in thls|<] county in thlKjcouiuy in ISVti/ A. Somewhere i hear L'.mc.i, or .5,?)<h). Do you s:iy that the Drmocrallc vote ? was larger tluin tho Republican in Ib'lif A. Yes. I n (j. Wns not the Democratic vote in 18781 larger than in lsTii/ a. Yes, from what I ro-Ic member from the I'n-.Miand Jt.imirr it uns I. Q. Do .rou Itnow what the Republican vote I was at Abbeville in lifiS? A. 1 don't rcmcm- l I ber: 1 don't think there were more than 10 or ?] l->. I Q. Was not the Democratic vote much:1 larger than tlie Republican vole in 187t>/ A i t Yes, sir; It was. Q. Didnota groat many colored people turn s j Democrats in lS7b/ A. Ycs.sir, a great many of them wore red shirts and voted the Demo- j I cratic ticket. 1 I Q. Did not a groat many more ".urn Democrats in ls>7.3? a. There were some more col- s orcd Democrats added In 1378 to those who | turned In ls7ti. ' Q. Didn't you sec a great many more vote the Democratic ticket in Abbeville at the Inst t election that you did not know were Demo- s I era:s before? A. Yes. I Q Do you know of your own knowledge < | that the colored Democrats who used to vote i at Smithvllle in lr>7l and previous years vote i I now at Abbeville Court House? A. 2s'o, I do s not. I Q. Whon was the Smithvllle box broken i |lip/ A. Ill 1S7S. q< Was there any shooting going on around ' the Court I louse while the voting was going i on, on the day of the last election ? A. I was < inside writing ; heard tiring from guns; don't know where they wero; supposed they were i out in the street. . j Captain Eaton resumed the direct examino. ^ | tlon and elicited the follow!ng : I q. When von spoke in your examination 'of the Republican vole of this conuty In < 1 did you mean the iinmberol men that you be- i iicve voted the Republican ticket, orthe number of Republican votes that were reported by ( the managers of election ? A. The number of , men 1 believe voted the Republican tieket. o. Were there more or less colored Democrats In 1S7S than l!>70? A. A less number. q. How many colored men voted the Dcm- ' ocratlc ticket in Abbeville, at the last election I that you did not know were Democrats? A. About 10 or 15; about 40 voted in all. Thecross-cxamlnation was then taken up by Colonel Calhoun. q. Was not the government of this State In i the election oi 1S70 in t lie hands of the Ropub- \ j Means and were not the managers of election Republican ? A, Yes, sir, they were. I Captain Eaton then asks the witness; q. Were nil the managers In Abbeville county in lfiTii Republicans f A. No, sir; 2 i Republicans and 2 Democrats at each box. < Tiiri Day's ProcssfliBp. i ADBKVILLE. ALFRED BC7LKIJ, TIIK HADICAI. BULLY, ASSUMES TIIE ROLE OF "THE LOVING 1IIND AND 1'LEASANT HOE," AND "WANTS" 1H1> TKCTIOS?HK WILL SWEAR F.VKN AT THE RISK OK HIS I.IFE, THOUGH HE WAS UNWILLING TO VOTE OVER ANYONE'S "DEAD BODY "?HE CLAIMED HIS RIGHT TO VOTE j AS A TAX-I'AYEK, BUT MEN WITH CORNS OS THE I It FEET INTERPOSED?AFTERWARD WENT HUNTING AT THE TAP OF TIIE DRUM ?UI3 ESTIMATE OF COLORED DEMOCRATS ?"A CIIEW OK TOBACCO." Knox's Hall, Friday, 9 a. m.,1 l'fb ruary 2i, 1S3i . > The first witness called \.as Alfred Butter. He said: ' 1 uaut to know If I am compelled to give tiio names of those who prevented ine irom voting ? " Captain Eaton?Yon must answer anyprop' er questions that may be asked you. Alfred isutler? 1 have been threatened; that I would be ki'led it I gave the umno of any person, and I wut to bo protected. Can you protect me in giving my evidence? Captain Eaton?This evidence is not taken for I lie jurpo.^c of prosecution. 1 do not tie-1 sire to ask you any names; but if you should i I be asked names uy Air. Calhoun, 1 suppose | . I you would have to answer, but 1 do not suppose you will ever be troubled for wlisit evi-1 iteiKe you give here. If you should give cvl-! ; tience for purposes of prosecution, that would j be another matter, and tuo Commissioner would then protect yon. .Major Stoeber, U. S. C.?If you should be I trouoled in reguid to this contest, iavestiga- j i tion, or examination, inform mo. \ *?' lit iii ? nx) jruu .nviuiii'im i j danger if you give any liuinw in this iuvesti: : gallon ? i J hitler?Yes. Captain Katon?Then I will not put you up i as a witness. Utitlcr? I will swear, anyhow. 1 The oath was then administered to Alfred Cuilcr, and Captain Eaton prococded with the examination. tI. Where were yon on the day of tho lost oicction V A. At AoL'CVi;lu Court, iiuudc. ij. Did you vote? A. .No. t?. Why did >on not vote? A. On the mottling of tiu- Ciection Mr. Titus, the Republican tounty Chairman, gave mo tluve Ittiu-j dreil Republican ticivtt*. 'liiar. morning a good many colored men came to mo in my ' ' yard lur ticlict?. 1 gave them out to diflvrcnl s?i?i tds?sometimes i.fiy tiokeis at a time, i j r.iine to lite polls wit.-i a niimbor ol" colored ; men to whom 1 had given UelieU; perhaps j u'lout - )> came with me. I was mot by >? . | I i.eii While, and tie united ine, couldn't i vote ! tuc JJeinociUiic tloitot? I told him i couldn't.1 jl asked iiiin, could'nt I vote? He said l;e I | thought s>. vVhcu I gut to tlii! court I.on.se a , j crowd 01 white men hallooed, "close m?." Tlioy were suading bel'oie a tire In the yard, | ! which they had built the night before. When > j 1 went up lo vote they asked ino what sort of I | .1 ticket 1 wanted to vote. 1 told them a Ho-1 | publican lieket. They to il uie t couldn't vote j ! it here that day, unless 1 voted It over their 1 dead bodies. Q. Were you told this by persons 4n the . crowd of white men who >aid, close up," A. | Ve.s; I said to Judyo Lyon I am a tax payer, i ana wanted to vote, i stayed there lor fome ! i time. They were snoot ing about there, while j 1 stood there. Weveral white men pulled outi their pistols and put out their ieet. '1 hey said I they luul corns on their feet, and the lirst man | that touched them would have the lop ol? lib .1 head shot oil. Q. Where was the ballot hoi? A. I did not seo it. It was inside tno (.ourt House. I (i. \Vhore were tu? crowd of white men of | wliuin you speai: ? A. stun.ling in thedoor, bo twee 11 me and the ballot box. Q. Did Mu*y till up the passage? A. Yea; they had It crowdcil. t|. Did you >-90 pistols? A. Yes; suns , were put at the side of iny head and shot oil.!1 IJ. What did you do then? A. I went i buck to the crowd, uiul advised tbein to go bacK home peaceably, a? 1 understood we i could not to:o here that day without trouble, j I ti. What did they do? A. Tbey all follow-1. | eil me to my house. Wo were followed by a j ' crowd beating a drum and r>hooLi?g. Thecolorcd people left the poll without voting. After tiiev got to my house they scattered and went home, by di 12'ercnt roads. Q. Do you i>ay (Wat the white people were' shooting and beating drums? A. Yes: they I beat a drum aiid shot all the way. I don't j i say that thty shot at any one. i ii. jjiu you return to ttie pons mat <iayv i A. No; I went hunting; andiciiialin.il away j until night. I Q. Was there any unusual noise In town | the night previous to t:ie election? A. There j was shooting all night. They shot ail around , I my house. There wasn't twenty minutes that j night when liiere wasn't shooting heard. . li. What was the reason you did not vote I that day, and why did you advise those with i you not to vote? |Col. Calhoun objected to j I tliis question, objection noted.] A. Well,!: as far as Republicans were concerned, II ' thought they would get Into a row It they un-! dertook to vote; because I hud been Instruct- ] ed by white men that 1 could not vote unless . j I voted over their dead bodies. Testimony for the plnintltF hare closed,! when Col. Calliouu cross-examined the witness. Q. What time did you go to the polls? A. About seven o'clock. Q. Were you in sight of the Court Ilotise door from the itmc you cainc until you went to vote? A. Yes. Q. Didn't some Republicans voto on that day? A. Of my own knowledge I don t! know. (4. Do you not know from the official count! | that some voted? A. I have never seeu the official count, sir. t|. Did you not see the official count printed In the newspapers? A. I can't read. Q. \\ as It not read to you ? A. H "inout" j; 'l have been. I don't remember. j t|. Was not the way elear so that any one 1 cou'd vote after you btteuipted to vote? A.J |It was not, while I was there. I found It! blocked, and I left it blocked. ! Q. Do you say that the way wns not char for all to vote, during any portion 01' the day,' | after you left? A. No. 1 don't say Hint. ij <.?. Where were you when this conversation I took place about stepping on corns? A. I(< was right at the Court llousesteps. Ci. Were tlioy speaking to juii or to any j one in your crowd ? A. '1 hey were speaking < as if talking to some one back 1:1 the Court 11 House. 'r (.1. Don't you know that the hnllot box was j In I ho Auditor's office? A. I do not, sir. jt Q. You stated that guns were shot oil by j your head. How many? A. One. j cj. Where were you wlu-n that gun was ] I shot oil? A. I let ween the Court House and t Hrucc's Hotel?about tvrenty-tivo yards from i the court House. It "luout" have been thirty J t ! yards. |( ij. What were you doing then ? A. I was:, I conversing with Air. While. i < Q. liow far did they follow you with drums , 'and guns? A. 1 didn't see any guns; thought t ! it was pistols. I saw pistols shot now anil; | then. I don't know how Jar it is to my house, t : They followed nie as far as my house beating 1 i drums and shooting. 1 \ 11. How many colored men went with yon \ I to your house? A. They "mout" have been j two hundred or two hundred and lifiy. I a?i- < vised tiiein to to on iiouie. It was aiiout half > past seven or eight o'clock that this look ; ' j place. \ <.?. Did they disperse when you advised? t j A. Yes. ; v I ??. 1 >id you not know that there was a com- j pany of colored Democrats In t bis town in It j isT'j? A. Yes; at least tney said th?*y were' ! Democrats, 1 oon't believe any eoiori <1 man t ' is a Democrat. He might say he was. in the | | hope that lie would gel a chew of tobacco lor ( ! sa \ ing so. I don't be.leve a colond man can ' g I be h Denioerat. U. Don't y?u know that a great many col-1 1 ored people voted Willi the Democrats in taTti I ! anil Ws? A. Mo; I do not. j. t?. Don't you know that a great many "ol ored people had t!?' reputation ot voting with v the l?einocra<y iu Is.ti and l.>73? A. \\ ei1,1 > }"?* | l ' HENRY TITUS STEPS TO THE FRONT AND . TKLLS WHAT HE KNOWS, OH SATUF.R WHAT HE DOESN'T KNOW?THE MOST PEACE A HI.K AND LAW-AM DING CITIZEN OF A1II1EVILI.K COUNTY CHARGED WITH I BULLDOZING HALF A DOZEN RADICAL LEADERS. .T. H.Titns, sworn. Examined by Captain a laton. c^. WTicto wore you on tlie day of lost genral election? A. Abbeville. Q. Did yon rot^ ? A. No, sir; but I wnntd to vote the HOubllcan ticket. Q. Why didn't you vote? A. 1 was told iy a whltfl 111x11 I could not voU?. Q. Whi-re wns tl;c VOH112 belli!? (lono? A n the court house. Q. Diu you go up to the ballot box ? A. I lid not. Q. Were yon prevented from golnz to tho iox? A. Yen. sir. (J. What prevented yon? A. When I start <1 lo co up. white men wild "clo*e up." Q. I)ld they close up? A. They got til tlio !oor, put their feet out this way [here tho witless aid some dramatic acting}, und wild. " I lave cot corns on my feet; I wish somebody ynuhl step on thein." Q. DM they make any threats, If anybody teppeil on th<>m? A. No. sir. i}. Did anybody have pistols or puns at tho loin-? A. No, I did not *oe any right at tho !oor, excc-|?t slicks and clubs. Q. Tell me why you did not go up to tho mlioUbox? A. iiecause I couldn't get In tho loor. Q. Did you make any attempt to vote? A." They told me I could not vote, unless I voted * he reil ticket. ci. now lonp; (lid yo? stay there? A. About even or eljjht minutes, the tlrst. time. Q. DM you go back apaln and t-ytovote? V. Ye*, sir; 1 went back a second tlmo, about iiilf an hour afterword. 11. Did you vote when you went back the locotid time? A. No. Mr. ' ti. What prevented you from voting? A. rhnt same crowd. Q. Were olher colored men outside, wilding to vote, when you were there ? A. Yea, lr. Q. Did any of them vote 7 A. No, sir; not me. (>. How many colored people were thero ind wanted to vote? A. About ono thou- / iand. Q. How many were there with you? A. I *ent In company with five or six. Q. Did you remain In town nll<lny? A. i'cs; I ani a shoemaker. I came out from my ihop occaslonallyund looked around from tbo jorner. Q. How many colored people came to votra \nd didn't vote? A. I say about a thousand. [ think there were that m?n* Q. Do yon know of your own kuowledjro how many voted? A. I Uilnk about two or three voted. i Q. Was there any unusual noise on tbat lay? ;A. Shooting all day long by whlto men. Captain Eaton now turned the witness over to Mr. Calhoun, who cross-cxamlned lit in, as follows: Q Where were you when you were told not to vote? A. At the upper corner of tlio Eourt house?not rtjfht In front of the door. Q. What were the exact words hhoiI to you? A. They a.nkod me could I vote that tlckct. Q. Dtil you read "thattlckct"? A. I dl-l not read the ticket. I knew It wasn't the one I wanted to vote. <J. Who was U that had that conversation iOitf you? A. It wax Mr. James Cmnnlng* ham, of the firm of Cunnlugharo 4 TempUy lon. Q. Did you leave then? A. Wo talked awhile. I stayed about soven or eight mluatcs and loft. Q. When you came back the second tlmo to vote who prevented you? A. The sumo crowd. . . Q. What did they do to prevent you t A. That crowd In the door said the D?proes . M shouldn't vote, unless they voted the Democratic ticket. Cl. Do j-ou know who said tlvit? A. Don't mion. .icvlt neara any one particular. Q. Do you know to whom they were apeak- ~" Ing? A. Yf?, sir; to George W'hltlock, Kit* |ah Whltlock, Ellas Porrln, Columbus Hill, - Z"t and myself. / Q. If you <ll?l not know who wero speaking, how did you know to whom they were speaking? A. Becauxo there were nootlier colored men at tho door, and they spoke of UCgrOCH. i>. Were Ihey addressing yon then as I am addressing you now? A. They were looking me right in the face. Q. Will you state a;raln that yon do not know who the men were that addie.^sed you ? A. Yes; I do not know who they were. Q. Are there not two doors lending Into th? courthouse? A. Vcs; one at the back and * one at the front. (},. Do you know where the Auditor's offlco Is In the courthouse, where Colonel Robertson stays? A. Yes. tfc. Don't yon know that the ballet-box was . there? No; I don't know. I was not Inside. Q. Do you know where the ballot-box was? A. No. Q. Why, then.did you go to the court bouso to Vote, and where were you going In tho * court house after you goLtbere? A. I would have found the place after I got there. 11. Did you attempt to go In attbeback*. door to vole? A. No, sir; I didn't go rouud there at all. O. Did anvnnn nse nnv iwrtnnol vlr>l?n<?nr to Ticep you from voting ? A. No, sir; didn't touch me; only said I shouldn't vote. Q. Were the persons addressing you tbow who put out. their $eet und said they had corns on them? A. Yes; I know they were. Q. Explain how you know they were. A. Myself and other negroes were there, and I , tln.Ufcht they were talking to me. Q. Vou said tint some wl.lto men bad sticks. Woo had sticks? A. I could nut nauio them. O. IIow many sticks did you see? A. I * don't know how many, sir. I couldn't tell. Q. Were there more sticks tllan yoo wouM usually >ee among a crowd of white men? A/ I don't know. (i- Did you 50 the flirt or second tlmo with Alfred Uutler'H crr.wil ? A. No. (J. Do you know 11 all these eo'ored people who did not vote were Republicans? A. I don't know. Some negroes say they are Democrats. I don't know whether they are or not.. Q. Did the whole of that thousand negroes present ihemselves at the court house to vote? A. No, sir; they could not get there. Q. llow near to the courthouse did they get, how were they stopped, and by whom? A. They were stopped between twenty-five and thirty yards or the court house door, by a crowa or while men, who asked thtm to voto their ticket. (J. Whercdld those thon?and nogroe* come from? A. From ail nvor Abbeville lownshln. Q. Are you certuln there woa h thousand? A. Iain not certain. J did uot count them, but I think there was a thousand. (li How mrny colored men are you certain * there wore? A. I mn certain there woa tight hundred or a thousand. (,?. Don't you know that ihere was a company of colored h'nnocrats in town in 1670? A. No; I don't know. Q. I;on'tyou know a great many colored Democrats voletl In l?7tl and 1S7S? A. Yes. When the examination of this witness wns concluded, C. W. Gufilri was calleil for. Being absent at the time, business was susponded until he could bo sent for. II??oon appeared. Taking oil his hnt and holding np his right hand, he paused for the administration of 'b<* oath. Major StoeCer said, "Please take your pip? out of your mouth." When this request was compiled with the oath was administered. nrrc investigation at abbetille is CLOSED I1Y tne examination of the ONI.Y wniTE witness. C. W. Guffin, sworn. Examined by CaptainF. II. Eaton. Q. At what noil wore you on election day? A. Abbeville Court House. Q. Doyou hold any office undor the United States? A. Yes; I am .Special Deputy Collector. <2. What Is the usual Ropubl!<Sin vote at the Court House? A. Between sight hundred and a thousand. i?. should it liavo been any larger at tho Inst sk'Ctlon on uccount ot the closing of any other poll? A. O, yes. Q. Htv* much larger? A. Aboat four hundred. Thai Is a Ujrht estimate. (i. What was the Republican voto at tho last election? A. Six, as published In tho newspnpsrs. Q, lit<i the Republicans come to Abbevlllo to vote at the lest election ? A. Yes, sir. Q. Can of say of your own knowledge how many came to vote? A. I estimate that there w ere at least eight hundred. (J. I)ld they vote? A. I guess not. They were not. counted. ij. What prevented tb? m from voting ? A. i ncy wore not auowoit to get to tne oox. Q. What prevented them from going to tho box ? A. A crowd of white men. ci. Where were these white men ? A. All round the Court Iiouse door,and scattered about the street. tj. Whore vas the votingdone? A. In a room In tho Court House, occupied by one of tho cocounty ofticers. In the back part of the Court House. (J. Was there on entry leading to that office? A. Yes; therels a passage leading lroin front to roar of the Court Hou'-e. Q. What distance wa? the office from tho frontdoor? A. Atioutfifty feet, and about forty foot from the back tlcor. Q. Was the back door open? A. Not when I saw it. \ (J. Was this passage filled with men? A. When I was over thore, there was a considerable crowd of white men. cj. Hid they not prevent the colored men from voting? A. I understand it It) that way from where 1 was standing at the post of* llco. (). Did you her>r any unusual noise or disturbance that day? A. O, pood God, yes. <.}. State what it wa?? A. The tiring of pistols and guns, and south Carolina artillery ?anvils you might put it. Captain Katon now turned the witness over to ?>Ir.Calhoun for cross-examination: i). Have eight hundred or one thousand U?-l?nl?lifni?M voted at this place at any tlnio iinrc 1X74? A. I think so. At what election did they cast eight itindrcd or a thousand votes since 1>74 ? A. [ don't know. ii- Do you know about what the Republi;an vote was in 1870? A. Seven or eight bunIred. C}. T>i<l not a large crowil of Republican* some from Magnolia to Abbeville to vole at he election in l$7i>? A. I was told so. I was it Cokesbnry. (J. l>id not theofflelal count that year show hat there was more DMiiocratlc than ltepubican votes? A. I don't think so. (J. About what was the Republican vote In S7>? A. I paidhio attention to the election .hat year, and didn't come to the polls. (J. Did the eiyht hundred Republican voers present themselves at the Court IIou'so loor to vote? A. They came hereto vote. I lon't know how many tried togetinto tho 'ourt House. They would have voted If they ou'd. Everybody knows that every one of hem would have voted If they could. Q. Mo you know of your own knowledge hat they would have voted the Republican iekci ? A. I don't know how all would have otcd, hut a great many of them told mo they ranted to vo'e the Republican ticket. <2. Were the men in the Court House so louse. that a person couldn't pass In to vote? L Not when T went in. i}. Wen* you so intimidated as to bo pro entod from voting on the day of tnelust eleelon? A. If I had been I "would not have oted. K. I?l?l any one try to prevent you from voing? A. No. H. You stated that there was shooting at ?? lie Court House door? A. Yes; plenty of it. (}. How many shols did you hear at tho 'ourt House door? A. Several while i was oing in. Col. Calhoun announced that he had nofurlier questions to ask this witness,ami Capiin Eaton said the Investigation at Abbeville fould now be C'.ticl'ideil. licmralStolbrand, lajor Stoelior anil Captain Eaton left for Aucrion, ?-n th? 12.30 train. s