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VOL. 22. YORKVILLE, 8. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1876. USTO. 43.
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The Charleston papers contain the details
of a serious riot which occurred on Monday,
16th instant, at Cainhoy, a village on one of
the islands near Charleston. It seems that a
joint discussion between speakers represent- >
ing the two parties had been agreed upon, I
to take plaoe at Cainhoy on the day named,
and a steamer had been chartered for the ;
use of the Democratic party, and conveyed j
to the scene of speaking about two hundred
Democrats; among whom were the Demo-'
cratic speakers, the Hon. M. P. O'Connor,
candidate for Congress; Mr. St. Julien Jervey,
candidate for Solicitor; Messrs. Ficken
and C. C. White, candidates for the
Legislature; Mr. C. C. Leslie, colored, candidate
for County Commissioner; Cojonel
M. R. Delany, colored, and others. They
we& generally unarmed, by especial agreement
between the chairmen of the Republican
and Democratic County Committees, though
some of the men carried pocket pistols. Bowen,
McKinlay, Cyrus Gaillard and other
prominent republican speakers, escorted by
about one hundred and fifty negroes, were allowed
to go on the boat which had been chartered
by the Democrats.
THE RIOT BEGAN
while McKinlay was speaking. The negroes
' had not kept faith with the whites. They
had brought their muskets to the meeting, and
had secreted them in the swamp and in an old
out-house near the church* leaving a guard
over them. The place of meeting, the old
Brick Church, is about three miles from the
village of Cainhoy. The church is built upon
a hill, near a branch or swamp. * About fifty
feet from it is a small brick building, evidently
intended for a vestry-room or Sunday-school.
. One hundred feet to the east of this is an old
frame building, which has probably been ten'
antless for ten or twelve years. In this buildin?
the negroes had stacked their muskets,
leaving several men and women to guard
them. The rest of their jnuskets had been secreted
in the swamp, which was about fifty
yards from the church. The indications are
that the negroes intended to create a riot
when Delany should attempt to speak. They
probably mistook McKinlay for Delany, and
as soon as he started to speak, began to carry
out their programme. A company of armed
blacks immediately marched outof the swamp
with their arms and opened fire upon the
whites, who were unarmed, and a portion of
whom at once made a rush for the old frame
building in which about forty muskets were
piled. Then .the rest of the negroes retreated
to the swamp where their guns were concealed,
and seizing them, opened a brisk and indiscriminate
fire upon the whites. Bowen attempted,
or affected to attempt, to interfere and
preserve the peace; but was told by his black
henchman, Cyrus Gaillard, to stand out of the
way, that they intended to get the daraued
white men now. Both Bowen and McKinlay
disanneared soon after, Bowen telling the
white men that they would have to look out
for themselves and that he was powerless to 1
preserve the peace.
A FOUL MURDER.
In the meantime, Col. Delany, Mr. Wra. E. |
Simmons and several other aged white men,
had taken refuge in the brick house adjoining
- -the chufiSti? 'TOtefrWaftfcffire twitted Irfto 1 j
them,the whites had retreated to the graveyard
west of the church ; such of them as had pistols
returning the fire. The negro militia '
charged out of the swamp, surrounded the
brick house and attempted to batter down the
door. Failiug in this they broke open the
windows and pointed their muskets at the oc- j
cp pants who started to retreat. All of them 1
escaped except Mr. Simmons, an old, crippled
aud silver-haired white man, who, upon emerging
from the door, was knocked down by the
black savages and literally beaten to death.
Not satisfied with this, they fired* a load of
buck-shot into his prostrate body. When the
reporter arrived upon the scene, the spot where
this poor old gentleman was murdered could
be easily detected. A pool of blood just outside
the building marked the place, and a
number of buck-shot in the door sill showed
that he had been shot while lying on the
ground.
After the fight commenced, the whites retreated
towards the viliage. A stand was
made among the tombstones and another
about half way to the village among piles of
cut wood. When the party arrived at the
village, about six men were missing. Three
of these were brought in in the evening about
8 o'clock by a couple of colored Democrats
who visited the scene. The dead body of Mr.
Simmons was horribly mutilated. It was
placed in the residence of Mr. Lucas and sent
to the city on the steamer Pocosin yesterday
morning.
* Mr. Wra. Daly, a young white Charlestoniao,
was also brought in dead. He was shot
through the neck and fearfully cut up by a
hatchet or axe. He was also sent to the city
by the Pocosin.
Mr. Thomas Whitaker was brought in in a
dying condition. His right arm was fearfully
shattered by a load of buckshot, evidently fired
at short range. After he fell he was evidently
set upon by the crowd and beaten over the
head and body with clubs and hatchets. He
lived until 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, and
received every attention that could be bestowed.
THE DEATH LIST.
The following is the full list of the white
men killed : Mr.Wm. E. Simmons, Mr. Alexander
McNeil, Mr. Wm. Daly, Mr. Thomas
Whitaker, Mr. J. King and Mr. Walter
Gradick.
A detail from Charleston, under the command
of Major Buist, reached the Brick
Church about 8 o'clock, on Tuesday morning.
On every side were to be seen the evidences of
the fight the day previous. A dozen wagons
and buggies overturned and smashed up, a
dead mule, shot through the breast; bullet
holes in the trees and buildings, all proved
howsevere had been the fire of the black militia.
ONE DEAD NEGRO
was seen. He was an old man, apparently
aged about seventy years, and was lying in the
road quite dead with a load of buckshot in ;
his breast. Gis name is John Lachicotte.
Mr. J. W. Cannon, who was present at the j
attack, states that this was the fellow who
shot Mr. Whisker, and that he was immedi- i
ately shot down; but whether by the whites or ;
by one of bis own color, it was impossible to :
tell. A significant fact is that the negroes ;
had even robbed this old man. His coat and
pants were not worth taking, but they had
carried off his shoes and hat,, and had rifled
his pockets and left his body lying on the road !
alongside of the body of a dead mule.
About 3 o'clock a body of fifteen negroes
came up and asked permission to remove the
body and bury it. They were allowed to do
so. These fifteen negroes were the only ones
seen daring the day. The force of white citizens,
after reaching the scene of attack, were
divided into squads and scattered through the
parish in search of Mr. Pregnall who was
missing. The mission was a fruitless one.
They only learned from Coroner Logan that
it bad been reported to him that Mr. Pregnall,
after being badly wounded, was rescued from
the mob by a colored man and carried to the
city in a small boat. It was subsequently
learned that Mr. Pregnall had reached the
city.
Capt. Charles Carroll White, although pain
fully wounded in the back, at the request of a
reporter for the Nem and Courier, gave the
following statement concerning the attack upon
the unarmed whites at Cainhey :
"I was about six or eight feet from the stand.
McKinlay had just begun his speech, and be-:
fore he had spoken more than a few words, it j
appeared to me that the negroes were dissat- !
isfied, and I saw a movement among them. I
happened to be looking in that direction when
the first shot was fired, and saw a brown colored
negro fire a pistol apparently into the air. t
This man was standing near a kitchen which ^
stood a little to the left and rear of the stand, j
The negroes were standing on this side of the ,
stand in a kind of semi-circle, and the whites .
were on the right of the stand. Just about ,
this time I heard some white men say, "Look (
at those guns in this chimney," and five negro ?
women rushed out of the house. It appears \
that these women bad been standing with |
skirts extended in front of the fire-place to {
conceal the guns, and as soon as they were ?
discovered by the whites, they rushed out. ^
This took place a second or two before the pistol
was fired, which I conscientiously believe |
was a preconcerted signal. The very moment f
this shot was fired the negroes rushed into this j
house for the guns, but the whites having bus- c
pected foul play, seized them first and told r
them to stand back. The negroes on, all sides, (
then dashed for the swamp and seemed to be {
met there by others with guns. In an incred- t
ible short space of time, they had formed into r
line and advanced on us with their guns in ?
their hands and in a stooping posture. The j
whites at this time were about one hundred c
yards from the negroes. I was at this time j
between the two parties and tried to restore
quiet. I did not draw my revolver. After
trying in vain to quell the disturbance, I
looked around and found the white men falling
back before the rifle shots of the negroes.
They were armed only with pistols, and some 1
not armed at all, and they could not stand
against the rifles and muskets at such a long
range. Mr. David Marsh, and a colored man
named London, were with me at this time.
Seeing the Democrats fall back, I wheeled 1
around to join them, and as I did so I was r
fired upon by the negroes and struck just be- 8
low the left shoulder blade, the ball passing c
round toward the right. I was also struck by T
another ball in the back, just below the collar, e
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but this ball was apparently spent, as it aia i v
not go in, and another ball struck me on the 1
boot heel. At the first of the outbreak the 1
whites and blacks separated, and Bowen was *
with the whites and told them not to return c
the fire and he would try and stop the fuss. r
But he had no control over the negroes, and 1
finally went over among them and disappear- 0
ed. The firing then became general. I don't
think over fifteen or twenty pistol shots were *
fired by the whites, and the truth was they 8
had, many of them, shot out most of their car- 1
tridges into the river on the trip up. The ne- ?
groes continued firing, and reloading and fir- 11
ing again. Large numbers of negroes appear- 8
ed to come from the swamp with guns, who
had not been at the meeting. The whites J
then being unarmed and powerless, fell back jdown
the road towards the steamer. My con- '
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a preconcerted plan, and that the firing of j1
the pistol by the brown man into the air, was
the signal for the onslaught. Bowen knew a
that we were unarmed, and he also must have 1
known that the negroes had their guns con- 1
sealed, because be was fvitb them a half hour P
before we came up, and was in the very house ' ?
where some of the guns were found. I was j1
rather inclined to give Bowen credit for try- 11
ing to keep peace at these meetings until yes- r
terday, but I have a decidedly different opin- 11
ion now. The negroes, after we retreated, 8
held complete possession of the field, and any ?
attempt on our part to go back for the dead '
and wounded would have been suicidal, as we
were in no way prepared either with arms or c
ammunition. The white men acted as well as *
possible under the circumstances, but we ware t
regularly ambushed and enfiladed and left t
without the means of defence. Great credit }
is due to Major Delany for his bravery during i
the attack." t
Up to Tuesday night there had been, in all, i
six deaths. Sixteen persons were injured on I c
the Democratic side.
In addition to the above, which we copy
from the New and Courier, we present the
following accounts of the affair from Republican
sources. On Tuesday, C. C. Bowen, Sheriffof
Charleston county, telegraphed to Governor
Chamberlain as follows:
"A fight, during joint discussion at Cainhoy,
was occasioned by a portion of the Democrats
from this city attacking the meeting and killing
an old colored man. This was the first
shot fired ; afterward a general row ensued.
C. C. Bowen, Sheriff."
To which the Governor replied :
"I have no details of the Cainhoy affair, but r
whatever they are, you must arrest and bring 0
to justice at once, every man engaged in the c
killing, without regard to race or party. See r
that the trial justices do their duty, or report F
them to me. Warrants must be issued irame- 0
diately. Call on every eye witness, or person v
having knowledge, to make affidavits. j
D. H. Chamberlain, Governor." 1
R. H. Willoughby, Radical, telegraphed t
the following from Charleston to Governor j
Chamberlain, under date of the 17th instant: j s
"fiftvunwnr Chamberlain. Columbia. S. i f
0. Your dispatch received at half-past 4. t
The following are the particulars of the Cainhoy
affair from a credible eye witness : To convey
the Democratic speakers to Cainhoy, the
steamer Pocosin was chartered, and she left
the market wharf yesterday morning, at 9
o'clock, having on board M. P. O'Connor,
Esq., Democratic candidate for Congress ; J.
F. Ficken, Esq., W. St. Julien Jervey, Esq.,!
and other Democratic speakers, and about two
hundred white men who had been selected to j
accompany them, most of whom were armed
with pistols. Sheriff Bcwen, W. J. McKinlay,
Esq., and Mr. C. Gaillard, Republican
speakers, with about twelve or fifteen of their
friends, went on board the steamer just as she 1
was leaving the wharf. The steamer reached |
the dock at Cainhoy about 12 o'clock, and
the party proceeded to the Brick church iu ;
wagons and on foot. Mr. #Bowen arrived at j
the place selected, a little in advance of the
others, and found there assembled between |
two and three hundred colored people. They I
had come from all parts of the parish, many
of them, as is their custom from traveling in
that region, bringing their guus. They put,
their weapons in various places nearby, many
of them being set in the corner of an old
building close to the stand, with no intention
of secreting them, but only that they could
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These arms were of different kinds, shot, i
guns, old muskets, etc., the private property ' f
of the freedmen. There were no militia guns ?
to be seen, and the statement that there was a
militia company on the ground is totally false, i 1
The meetiug was organized by the selection of i
a colored chairman, named Stewart, on the ' t
part of the Eepublicans, and a Mr. Sanders, 1
by the Democrats. The arrangement agreed (
upon was that each of the parties should be ?
allowed two hours for the speeches. At the i
opening Mr. Bowen said a few words, request- 1
ing the people to listen attentively to what <
was said, and to be orderly and quiet. Mr. J
Sl Julien Jervey, Democratic speaker, was 1
then introduced, and spoke without the least <
interruption to the close of his remarks. He <
was followed by Mr. W. J. McKinlay, Re- 1
publican speaker, who had only said a few I
words when he was startled by the cry, "Look- 1
)ut I lookout!!" Mr. McKinlay looked round gr
and exclaimed, in excited tones, "Those men re
lave their guns and are going to shoot' me," ns
ind jumped off the stand. sw
The colored people around the stand, alarm- pr
xl by this, broke right and left. At the same th
;irae about a dozen of the democratic escort is
were seen standing by the door of the building dc
n which the freedmen's guns had been left, th
They all held guns in a position, as if bring- th
ng them to an aim. Mr. Bowen, seeing this T)
lemonstratiou, called Mr. O'Connor's attention at
to it, telling him that it must be stopped. Mr. pi
3'Connor spoke to the men, inquiring where w<
;hey had got the guns, when the party, whose en
eply was not beard, went to the other end of sh
;he building and formed line. In an instant fu
i shot was fired by one of these men, and an w!
>ld decrepid colored man was seen to fall, a
ibot dead. A brisk firing began immediately 81
setween the colored men, who had rushed for oil
;heir arms at the alarm from Mr. McKinlay, wi
md the whites. Several of the latter were he
teen to fall, but it was impossible then to tell th
vho tbey were. th
In a few minutes the democrats were driven at
jack and made their way under a rapid fire ed
or the village. ' Two white men are known to ne
>e killed and fifteen wounded. The number wi
>f colored men shot cannot be ascertained, wl
The wounded democrats were brought to the w<
sity this morning. A democrat who was pres- w<
int, and, it is said, held a pistol to Mr. Bow- an
m's head with the intention of killing him,
leclared in the presence of a gentleman, who ho
luthorized us to state the fact, that the But- St
er Guards who formed the escort to the dem- an
icratic speakers, are responsible for the unfor- po
unate affair. R. H. Willoughby. bl
Froiu the New York Herald, October 11. ^
THE ELLENTON RIOT. *
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?he true 8tory of the recent conflict, dil
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Ellenton, Aiken County, 8. C.,} Tl
October 6,1876. J wl
Your correspondent, pursuant to instruc- co
ions, has given a patient hearing to every
nan in Aiken county who desired to talk 8J11
ibout the late conflict in this county; has teliously
evolved fact or comment from those y?
rho did not want to talk, and has visited ev:ry
battlefield of this guerrilla war, from the
lefile where the first rencontre took place, m
last Rouse's Bridge, and the double bridge, Pa
he Cowdon Swamp, Silverton, where the aD
>race of black villains committed the first ?7
irime; Crown Mills, the point where the raiload
track was torn up, and finds himself
his morning at Ellenton, the uttermost point ae
if the conflict.
What I shall write is the truth.' It is
lacked by affidavits, by concurrent circumtances,
and it cannot be gainsaid. When
he official report is made, it must conform es- w*
entially to what is written below. The story
s a strange one, and its suggestions are valu
,ble just now. ^
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V7IJ MIC ilJLII U1 OCptClIJUCI, LUC I1UUOC Ul
dr. Alonzo Harley, at Silverton, was entered Y
?y two negroes with burglarious intent Mrs. P"
Jarley was sick in bed. Hereon, a little felow
of tender years, was her only companion, cu
ler husband being absent. The negroes bold- nej
y entered her room and commenced to rob, soi
t which she protested. The negroes then at- Jo
acked her and beat her severely, striking her of
wice or three times over the upper part of ho
he_bpdy_with a_jJ.ub,._,The. chi!4 then air. rlyi
empted to flee the house ana was caught by lia
he negroes and severely punished, he receiv- Hn
ug a blow on the back of the neck which spi
nay disable him for life. Mrs. Harley, in the
oeantime had seized her husbaud's gun, which dei
he drew down upon the plunderers and fright- an
ned them off", although the gun was not mi
oaded. -l>?
Shortly afterward her husband arrived, and
:ollecting a crowd, started in pursuit of the thi
dllains. A negro, Peter Williams, was cap- bh
ured under suspicion and brought back to ag
he house. Mrs. Harley at once and fully wl
dentified hira as one of the burglars. Pend- pei
ng her testimony, the negro made a sudden on
iuret for the door, reached it and fled precip- wo
tately. Several of his captors rushed to the on
loors and windows and fired upon him. He mt
ell and was brought back to the house se- Ba
rerely, and it was thought, mortally wounded, thi
He then confessed to having committed the of
obbery and been privy to the assault of Mrs. tw
iarley, which, however, he claimed was com- al
uitted by one Frederick Pope, colored. He de
ras then properly taken care of by his cap- as
ore and his wounds dressed. Right here I poi
hall take issue with the published accounts. th<
rVilliams did not die, as has been reported, raj
>ut is now convalescent. Steps were then ret
aken by the friends of Harley and his wife for
o capture Pope, the accomplice, if not the o'c
principal, for the crime for which Williams wh
lad suffered. The proper affidavits were wh
aade and Charles Griffin, a colored Justice Co
f the Peace, issued a warrant for ?the arrest at
f Pope. In the meantime news had been
eceived, a very general and exciting rumor col
irevailing to this effect, that a large number El
f armed colored men had assembled and Co
yere assembling tor the purpose or avenging e*1
he murder of Peter Williams, who was then gr<
lelieved to be dead. Williams was extreme- al
y popular with the negroes, and they pro- wr
ested at that time (the contrary having been up
ndubitably proven since and confessed on all a 1
ides,) that he was innocent of the crime im- th<
>uted to him, and that he had been killed by mc
he whites through pure wantonness. ne;
Feeling that there would be trouble in ma;ing
the arrest of Pope, Griffin appointed Mr.
lugus P. Brown, a citizen of known courage tir
>ut of prudent good sense, to carry out this by
vrit of arrest. Mr. Brown quietly proceeded no(
o surround himself with a small but deter- po
oined posse. By Saturday night he had col- toi
ected fourteen men, having intended to take on
mly ten. He then waited for morning, that thi
he search for Pope might be commenced, Bi
leeping his men together during the night, bu
Sarly in the morning he learned that Pope frt
vas at Kouse's iJjidge, under tne protecuon v*t
if a considerable number of armed negroes, ab
le at once sent Messrs. Weathersby and R<
fallings out as scouts to determine if the re- wl
>ort were true, and in the meantime advanced wl
vith his posse toward the bridge, taking the roi
jrecautiou to carry the negro Justice with gr
lim, that the negroes might be persuaded, to de
five up their man without a struggle. When wl
he posse passed Silverton, the home of Mr. ws
rlarley, it was reinforced by five men, the up
lews of the gathering at Rouse's Bridge hav- sh
ng been received at Silverton several hours A
>efore. Constable Brown's scouts returned, lif
ind confirmed, from actual knowledge, that he
he negroes toward the bridge were terribly th
jxcited, armed and defiant. A negro (Sidney de
Saukenson) confirmed their report, he havng
been at the bridge himself. Mr. Brown pi
ind his posse?a list of which is in my pos- dc
lession?moved quietly forward. en
Rouse's Bridge spans a small creek, and is so
lanked on the left and left front by an im- El
nense swamp. It is approached by a deep on
ind narrow cut. Just as the posse emerged gr
'rom this cut?or, rather, as the first men rii
jmerged?they were met with a ragged and K
icattering fire from a party of negroes, who th
vere aligned on the very edge of the swamp, (c
So one was injured, a horse only being wound- Bi
;d. The posse promptly returned the fire, eil
ft is said that three negroes were wounded by w<
;hi8 fire. From conversation with two or three pc
)f the blacks engaged, I can get the name of m<
inly one wounded man?Henry Campbell? th
vho was shot in the arm. This, I believe, is H
;he only casualty of the first Rouse Bridge nc
ight. At the fire of the whites, several nea
v...' \
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oes issued from the swamp and hurried to it
inforce their friends, who numbered origi- (I
illy about thirty. The whites, fearing the ei
ramp was filled with armed negroes, retired w
ecipitately to a neighboring open field, and b
e first fight of the campaign was over. It If
proven by the affidavits of more than a F
>zen men, including the colored Justice, that w
e negroes made the first fire, opening upon 8
e posse in the defile as is described above, c!
tie whites then, instead of returning to the e<
tack, determined to hold a parley. Tbey ii
ocured a white fiag, and sent it by a negro
iraan into the swamp, asking for a confer- ?
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IC6 WHO me UlHUftBi JLUO nuiuau letmusu u
ortly afterward, saying that the negroes re- e<
sed to hold any communication with the tl
bites. She was returned to the swamp, with gi
more pressing invitation for a conference. ^
je did not return at all, but a negro came \
it unarmed, and stated that if the whites I
Duld send forward six men named in a list ?
> held in his hand, the blacks would give ?
em a conference. The whites agreed, and 6
e six men entered the swamp. This was at t>
tout 5 o'clock on Sunday. The whites show- a:
I their warrant of arrest, and demanded the tl
tgro Pope. The blacks replied that Pope tl
is not with them, and had not been. The tl
bites, upon hearing this, agreed that they C
)uld disperse and go home, if the negroes w
>uld do the same thing. This was arranged, V
id the conference terminated. ti
The whites at once dispersed and started h
?me, Mr. Brown riding off by himself; Mr. A
allings and Mr. John Williams taking w
lother road, and thirteen members of the Q1
see riding in scattered groups toward Don- tc
e Bridge, where they expected to cross. D'
These thirteen men were scattered along np
e road, Messrs. Ashley and two others ri- ti
g some 300 yards in advance. When c(
ese gentlemen approached the bridge, wa- ai
ng through a dense swamp, about a score of
med negroes jumped up and seized Ashley, w
iree or four guns were raised toward him, at
len Bryant Counsel, a captain of the negro d<
mpany, knocked the guns down with his Q'
ord, crying, "Don't shoot the man?don't di
oot!" He succeeded for a moment and ci
en cried to Ashley, "You will have to save tl
urself. sir: I can't save you." Ashley at
ce put spurs to his horse and rushed off. m
3 was fired oo by several negroes and struck w
the back by several small shot His com- w
nions followed, one of them losing his gun n<
d another having his trowsers' leg torn off la
a negro who attempted to pull him from al
i horse. ai
In the meantime the whites behind Ashley, g]
aring the firing, galloped sharply forward, di
i they entered the swamp, eleven in number, ci
3y were met with a brisk volley, and Jim se
ish, James Cochran, D. W. Crosland and tli
1 Hankenson were wounded. Five of the ct
kites stood firm and leveled their guns. The al
groes rushed on them, Basil Bryant and w
ilkins Hamilton leading the charge. The sv
kites fired steadily, and Basil Bryant fell ai
ad, and Hamilton fell sharply wounded, tli
le whites then hastily retreated, each one bi
inging into the swamp at separate points. di
Just one-half hour later?this rencontre oc- tr
rring at about 6 o'clock on Sunday?the fo
groes opened the ball in another direction, cc
ne five miles distant, near Silverton. Mr. hi
hn Williams and Stalling9% two members
the dispersed posse, who were quietly riding C
me, were fired on by three negroes who were L
Xtw .Joho Wilt lu
ms fell dead on the instant, and Mr. Stalgs'
horse was killed. He leaped off and fo
rung into the woods and made his escape. II
At just about this time the skies were red*
ned in the direction of Ellenton by heavy
d various fires, caused by the burning of a tt
11, gin house and barn on the place of Dr.
liley. These had been fired by the negroes.
Every point of the above is supported by
3 fullest affidavits from both whites and
icks. It appears that the negroes, after
reeing to a treaty of dispersal, which the ey
kites observed in perfect faith, broke the
ana in thran nnrfimilnra : First, bv the firini? "
fc*vv *" M',vv I ? o
the eleven men at Double Bridge, and
trading four of them ; second, by the firing C
Williams and Slallings, by which the for- uj
:r was killed ; third, by the burning of the di
tiley outhouses. It must be remembered th
it these events occurred within two hours p<
each other. They covered an area of dt
elve miles, proving conclusively that sever- w:
bands of negroes were at work with mur*
rous intent. Occurring in the night time pi
they did, the scattered members of the
38e believed that the whole negro race of w
i county were in arras and bent on murder, is
pine and arson. They sped in different di- be
itions, rallying the white people and calling rj
aid. This movement commenced at 11 th
lock. By 2 o'clock possibly 200 mounted of
lite men were hurrying toward Silverton,
tere they were massed at about daylight, ve
1. A. P. Butler and Capt. G. W. Croft were
the head of affairs. M
At daylight Monday morning, the white
uran commenced moving briskly toward Si
lenton. As they were passing through the J<
wdon plantation, they were met by a very so
cited courier, who announced that the ne- bt
ies had wrecked the train on the Port Roy
Railroad, hard by, and were around toe ri
eck in great numbers. They charged down
on the point of the wreck, beiug covered by
ligh grass hedge, until they were fairly upon in
3 negroes. They fired in upon the armed
:n standing around the train and killed one B
gro, wounding none. The negroes fired a
v panicky shots and scattered. w
News then came that the wreckers had re- ^
ed on Ellenton, where they had been met At
a company of Barnwell negroes, under Si- ei
>u Coker, and were in full and dangerous
ssession of the town. Upon reaching the sh
ivn they found that the negroes had just left,
e party going toward Rouse's Bridge and le
s other, under Coker, going toward Penn
anch Swamp, where they expected to am- B
sh white reinforcemeuts that were coming ct
>m Barnwell county, under command of
;n. Hagood. The whites?it then being B
out 4 o'clock on Monday?pushed on to ai
juse's Bridge. They had not proceeded far
ien their scouts were fired ou by six negroes, ki
10 were fortified in a little house by the
adside. The main body rushing up, the ne- fj
oes fled. David Malley, (colored) was shot in
ad in the house. Sam Brown was killed
lile running, gun in hand. Warren Kelsey &f
is wounded and fell. The whites rushed of
>on him. Mr. Jim Bush exclaimed, "Don't
oot, boys ; his daddy is a good old negro." oi
white man, reaching down in the grass, (1
ted Kelsey's head and cried, "By God I ai
'agot a gun in his hand right now!" At w
is a dozen shots were fired and he fell back tk
MUl
Couriers then reached the whites and im- a
ored them to return and camp in Ellenton tl
iring the night, as the negroes had threat- n<
ed to return and burn the town. They did re
and went into camp on Monday night at in
llenton. Up to this time the whites had b<
e man killed and four wounded. The ne- b<
oes had five killed and two wounded. Du- ec
lg the night and evening at Ellenton, John pi
elsey (colore^) was killed while, running til
rough a field, armed. Wilkins Hamilton lii
olored), who had been wounded at Union B
ridge, was brought to Ellenton and was T
iher killed while a prisoner, or died of his tr
>unds received at the bridge. He was re- bi
irted dead"' in the morning. Abram Ham- st
ond (colored) was killed at Silverton during ki
e evening. How, I am unable to learn, w
e was quite an old man and was very ob- Ii
ixious to the whites. sc
I shall now leave the Aiken county whites cc
i camp at Ellenton, on Tuesday moroing,
having lost one white killed and four woundrl,
and having killed eight negroes and
ounded two) to describe the fighting done
y the Barnwell county men, who, under the
tmdership of General Hagood and Sheriff
'atterson, of Barnwell, were marching toard
the scene. It will be remembered that
imon Coker's company, armed with Winhester
rides, had leffc Ellen ton on Monday
vening for Penn Branch Swamp, where they
itended to ambush the white reinforcements.
Before reaching the swamp, the Barnwell
bites were fired upon from ambush, and the
heriff, James Patterson, was severely wound1
Upon reaching the edge of the swamp,
le advance guard of whites were confronted
jddenly by about seventy armed negroes,
ho poured a direct fire into them. Robert
Williams was killed at the first flash, Samuel
)unbar shot in the hand and breast, J. H.
[illingworth was shot in the leg, and Mike
[eyers in the neck. The whites returned the
re, killing Ed. W. Bush, (colored), Round*ee
(colored), and two negroes named Paris
n/i TTonru Tho nunrrnpA than nlunored into
"""' J ' ?- ""B i O
ie swamp, leaving Simon'Coker, their cap-i
tin, in the bands of the whites. The whites
ten pushed on toward Ellenton, carrying
loker with them. En route to Ellenton the
bites killed George Turner, (colored) and
William Tutt, (colored). I am informed that
iese negroes were seen with guns in their
ands, and were fired upon and shot down,
.rriving at Ellenton, Simon Coker, prisoner,
bo had been the instigator and leader of the
egroes, it was alleged, was killed by his cap>rs.
The Barnwell men then killed seven
egroes in the march to Ellenton, losing one
lan killed and three wounded. The casuales
then stood fifteen negroes killed in both
)unties and two wounded; whites, two killed
ad eight woanded.
On Tuesday morning the Aiken county
hites, who were encamped at Ellenton,
arted for Rouse's Bridge, where it was unarstood
the negroes were massed in large
ambers. Upon reaching the bridge it was
iscovered'that the negroes bad crossed the
eek, torn up the bridge and entrenched
temselves in the swamp.
The decisive moment had now come. The
ain body of the whites, some 300 in number,
ere preparing to charge on the swamp in
hich were ambushed the main body of the
agroes, number unknown, but possibly as
,rge as the whites, 'the whites were delayed
; the torn bridge, and spent half an hour in
'ranging to cross the stream. A few Btragling
shots were fired on both sides, without
image to either. At length the stream was
'ossed and the whites were stiffening themivea
in the saddle for a charge, when a yell
I L_ C A?iL
tut uruivu iruuj uio ucptuo ui tuo oirnujp
iused them toneaitate. A dozen guns were
1 the shoulder to fire on the body of men who
ere evidently approaching the edge of the
ramp, when Captain Croft struck them down
id shouted : "Those are white men coming
trough the swamp." In a moment they
roke through the edge of the swamp, and
iscovered that it was a body of United States
oops. The soldiers came walking rapidly
rward, totally unarmed, many with their
tats off, and many of them swinging their
its in the air.
A committee of three whites, headed by
aptain Croft, advanced to meet Captain
loyd, in command of the troops. After salting,
Captain Ofoffc said; -p ?
"We are here/sir, for the purpose of enrcing
order. Have you any orders for us?"
' so, they shall be obeyed."
"I have none, sir."
"Under what instructions are you here,
len, sir ?"
"Simply to preserve the peace."
"Have you any advice to offer?"
"I advise you to disperse your men."
"Will you force the negroes to disperse ?"
"I cannot force them. I feel assured, howrer,
that the advice I shall give them will
suit in their prompt dispersion, particularly
you disperse your men now."
This was perfectly satisfactory to Captain
roft and his colleagues, and in twenty mines
the column of whites, saluting the solera
pleasantly as they passed, filed beyond
em, and in two hours were completely disused.
The negroes committed no more
1-.:?? ?A paa A o TTO map
;prcuabiuuO| nuu niuo nug binoo uojo nm
as ended.
The following is a full, authentic and comete
list of the killed and wounded. Not
jother negro or white man can be named,
bo can be identified as a real personage, who
now unaccountably missing from any neigh>rhood
in Aiken or Barnwell county. HenCampbell,
the negro who was wounded in
e first skirmish at the defile, died last night
secondary hemorrhage of bis wouud:
Whites killed?John Williams, near Silirton,
on Sunday night, ambushed.
Robert Williams, at Penn's Branch, on
onday night, killed in the fight.
Whites wounded?At Double Bridge, on
inday night, J. H. Bush, in jaw and mouth ;
imes Cochran, in shoulder; Sidney Hankenn,
in neck ; D. W. Crosland, in neck and
ick : JoseDh Ashlev. in shoulder.
Near Penn Branch, on Monday night, Jas.
attersoo, ambushed.
At Penn Branch, on Monday night, Sam*
il Dunbar, in hand and breast; J. H. Kill*
gswortb, in leg.
Negroes killed?Basil Bryant, at Double
ridge, Sunday, night, killed in the fight.
Unknown negro "Kit," killed at railroad
reck in a general skirmish.
Warren Kelsey, Sam Brown, Dave Mallay,
i Kelsey's house, near Ellenton, Monday
rening, in skirmish.
John Kelsey, at Ellenton, Monday night,
tot while running with gun in hand.
Abraham Hammond, or Silverton, at Elnton,
Monday night.
Wilkins Hamilton, wounded at Double
ridge, Sunday night, died or was killed after
ipture.
George Turner, William Tutt, killed by
rownell, Monday evening, in lligbt, while
med.
Simon Coker, at Ellenton, Monday night,
illed after capture.
E. W. Bush, ? Rountree, "Paris," "Henat
Penn's Branch fight, on Monday eveng.
Henry Campbell, wounded at defile Sunday
'ternoon, and died of secondary hemorrhage
' wound.
Only two negroes were reported wounded,
le of whom (Campbell) died, and the other
lamilton) either died or was killed. There
re doubtless other negroes slightly wounded,
ho keep the matter hid. I heard of two or
tree such cases.
I see nothing in this terrible conflict beyond
hint as to the heat of the canvass, and of
le inflammable nature of things here. The
jgroes were imprudent and wanton in two
ispects. I can hardly blame them for rally*
g at first to protect Frederick Pope. They j
flieved that Williams, their favorite, had
jen lynched, and that Pope was being huntI
down. They very naturally thought of
'otecting him. They were wrong in violaog
the treaty they made, by killing Wil*
ims, by ambushing the party at Double
ridge, and by firing the Bailey outhouses,
hey were wronjj in tearing up the railroad
ack and cutting the telegraph wires, in
-eaking open and plundering Weathersbee's
ore, in driving cattle into the swamps and
tiling them, in threatening Ellenton. The
bites were much more prudent and correct,
ideed, it is hard to see how the whites were
i easily controlled as they were. They are
intinually nervous about the race question
anyhow, as the blacks outnumber them ten to c
one. ?
Now let us consider the condition of mind t
those men who were ambushed at Double fl
Bridge on Sunday night must have been in. 4
They were openly attacked by a large number t
of armed negroes in the night. After they t
scattered, wounded-and exhausted, they die- t
covered that another party of negroes had t
killed Williams and shot Stallings' horse, e
While they were receiving this news, they saw t
the skies reddening with two or three incendia* s
ry fires, evidently the work of another party a
of negroes. They felt certain, so many of t
them informed me, that there had been a i
general uprising of the negroes for the purpose t
of rape and murder and arson. The coolness c
in dispersing so promptly at their captain's t
call is remarkable. i
It has been said by Senator John Patterson
that the white people wrecked the train on c
the Port Royal Railroad fbr the purpose of f
robbery, believing that a United States pay- g
master with $50,<M)0 was on board. This can f
hardly be so, as the train that was wrecked t
was the way freight train, on which no pas- i
sengers (much less a United States paymM- ?
ter) ever travels. Besides this the telegraph 1
wires were cut in three places on the night 1
before the train was doe; a hardly likely pro- a
ceeding if robbery .was the object I have li
seen the affidavit of Tenant, the engineer, in
which he says that the field in front of the b
place where the engine was wrecked was fall t
of armed negroes. The whites who came np
shortly afterward fired into them and killed 1
one armed negro. The impression here is, o
and it is shared by all, that the negroes feared a
the train would bring help from Aogusta and tl
they determined to wreck it
Your correspondent must recur for a moment
to the strange mystery and exaggeration i
that has been thrown over this afiair. En
route to the scene of conflict I was repeatedly C
informed by Democrats as well as Republicans,
that the list of killed was everywhere
from thirty to three hundred. The best in- g
formed editors and politicians believed that
the slaughter had been terrific; and even in %
Augusta, within twenty miles of Ellenton, it tl
is believed that not.less than fifty and proba- d
bly more than one hundred were killed. A s
reporter of an Atlanta paper visiting the scene d
a week after the occurrence, put the deaths at v
ninety. A Chicago correspondent, with pain- c
ful exactness, puts it at one hundred ana sev- t
enty-nine. General Hagood, who participa- it
ted in the conflict, gives the.numberat thirty- t
one. The causes of this strange misappre- ii
hension are manifold. In the first place, the
negroes, in almost every case, fought in the a
swamp, leaving it indefinite as to how many ]<
were killed and lost The fight was being t
waged at three or four different points, widely o
distant from each other, at the same time, q
and reports flying to and from the various a
squads were vastly exaggerated. The fights g
lasted for three days and nights, rencontres \
being frequent enough to produce the impression
that the slaughter was dreadful.
A good many careless young fellows came
down from Augusta and other points, and, re- 0
turning with exaggerted reports, produced %
the impression that scores were killed. Above 0
an, a great ojuuy uegruca wuu wore piuuuucui/ j
in the fighting, kept themselves hid for days v
after the peace, being afraid to show them- v
selves. Their friends, really supposing that 8
rtbey had been killed, reported them dead, and c
mourned them as such. This very morning f
Abram Overstreet and Alec Wright, who [,
were currently reported dead, and put by ^
Democrats on the death list, put in their ap- v
pearance without a scratch. At Ellenton, u
Albert Carroll, Dan Rouse and Alec Williams j
were believed on all hands to be dead. Your Q
correspondent talked with all of these ne- g
groes in Aiken two days ago, where they are t
living under protection of the troops. I have
worked patiently in both places and at inter- 0
mediate places, comparing lists, looking up a
missing men, interviewing all classes and con- r
ditions of people, and I am positively certain c
that no other casualty than those tabulated f
above can be substantiated. I talked with ;
scores of negroes and asked them what negroes
were missing from their various neighbor- j
hoods. In every case they were covered by 0"
one of the names reported above. All the e
negroes have shown up now, and now, for the D
first time, is a truthful report obtainable. I ^
could Dublisb the affidavits of twenty men in t
Aiken County, of the highest respectability, ^
that the most rigid scrutiny could not pot the j,
deaths above twenty. I have made a search a
for the graves of the killed. These graves are c
scattered about and I have located just seven- |]
teen graves, two whites being buried and ^
eighteen blacks. Heni7 Campbell, who died a
last night, not being buried as yet I do not j]
hear of a single grave that is unaccounted (j
for, nor of a single dead man whose grave cannot
be located.
WHY THE DEATH BOLL 18 SMALL. ^
It appears remarkable, when we consider h
the number of men engaged and the time of q
the conflict, that the death roll is so small, gj
The truth is there was enough ferocity and p
determination in the conflict to have caused e
the deaths of a thousand men. If the whites j
bad struck the negroes on Monday morning
at Ellenton, there would have been terrible c
slaughter. If the United States troops had ?
been half an hour later at Rouse's Bridge ii
swamp, scores would have fallen right there, o
The main bodies of whites and blacks never a
colided. The blacks, at the first fire, would h
bury themselves in the swamps whither the e
whites were afraid to follow them. The ne- ]<
groes lacked ammunition and proper arms. ?
There were, probably, thirty Winchester rifles b
in the swamps. All else was shot-guns, old tl
muskets. &c. The negroes loaded their guns a
with half charges. Wilkins Hamilton, color- i
ed, pulled down his shot-gun on Jim Bush, at fa
about forty paces. A spoonful of bird shot e
pattered against Bush's thick coat and fell
back from his shirt bosom. Half the wounds g
received by the whites were from small shot, g
Wherever the Winchester whistled there was d
trouble in the air. p
? c
PROCLAMATION. ,
MILITARY DESPOTISM?TROOPS ORDERED TO g
CONCENTRATE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. a
Washington, Oct. 17.?The following pro- f
clamation was issued to-day: n
By the President of the United States?A t
Proclamation: Whereas it has been satisfao- d
torily shown to me that insurrection and do- s
inestic violence exist in several counties of the a
Stato of South Carolina, and that certain coin- o
binations of men, against law, exist in many h
counties of said State, known as "Bifle Clubs,' tl
who ride up and down by day and nigh^ mur- si
dering some peaceable citizens and intimida- tl
ting others, which combinations, though for- fl
bidden by the laws of the State, cannot be
nr nnnnressed bv the ordinary I n
| ? rr- - ? ^ ^ . ?
I course of justice; and whereas it is provided p
iu the Constitution of the United States that si
the United States shall protect every State in a
this Union on the application of the Legisla- S
ture, or of the Executive when the Legislature d
cannot be convened, against domestic violence; a
and whereas in pursuance of the above it is si
provided in the laws of the United States that II
in all cases of insurrection in anj State, or of a
obstruction to the laws thereof, it shall be b
lawful for the President of the United States, lj
on application of the Legislature of snob c<
State, or of the Executive when the Legist*?, ?
ture cannot be convened, to call for. the mill- tia
of any other States or to such part of the i
land and naval forces as aballbe judged nec- h
esaary for the purpose Qf suppressing such msurrection
pr pausing the laws to bedqlyexe. w
suted; and whereas the Legislature of said
State is not now in session and cannot be conrened
in time to meet the present emergency,
tnd the Executive of said State, trader section
t of article 4 of the Constitution of the Unied
States, and the laws passed in pursuance
hereof, has therefore made due application to
ae in the premises forjsach part of the miliary
force of the United States as may be neossary
and adequate to protect said State and
he citizens thereof against domestic violence
rad to enforce the due execution of the laws;
tnd whereas it is required that whenever it
nay be necessary in the judgment of the Presdent
to use the military force for the purpose
tforesaid, he shall forthwith, by proclamation,
lommand such insurgents to disperse and reire
peaceably to their respective homes withn
a limited time.
Now, therefore I, Ulysses 8. Grant, Presilentofthe
United States, do hereby make
iroclamation and command all persons en;aged
in such unlawful and insurrectionary
iroceedings, to disperse and retire peaceably
o their respective abodes within three days
rom this date, and hereafter abandon said
ombioatioae and aabmit themselves to r the
am and constituted authorities of said State.
Dhe cooperation of all good citizens thereof is
eked to uphold the laws and preserve the pubic
peace.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my
iand and caused the seal of the United States '
o be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this the
7tb day of October, in the year of our Lord
ne thousand eight hundred and seventy-six,
nd of the independence of the United States
be one hundred and first
U. S. Grant.
By the President: John L. Cadwallader,
Lcting Secretary of State.
The following has been issued by Secretary
femeron:
War Department, ")
Washington; D. C, Oct 17,1876. J
?nera) W. T. Sherman, commanding U. s. Army.
Sir?In view of the existing condition of
flairs in South Carolina, there is a possibility
bat the proclamation of the President of this
ate may be disregarded. To provide against
ach a contingency, you will immediately orer
all the available force in the Military Diision
of the Atlantic to report to Gen, Buger,
ommanding at Columbia, S. C., and instruct
bat officer to station his troops in such localties
that they may be most speedily and effeoually
used in cose of resistance to the authorty
of the United States.
It is hoped that a ' collision may thus be
voided; but yon will instruct Gen. Ruger to
3t it be known that it is the fixed parpoee of
be government to carry out' fully the spirit
f the proclamation, and to snstain it by the ,
lilitaiy force of the general Government;
nd if necessary, by the militia of the various
Itates. Very respectfully, your obedient serant,
G. D. Cameron,
Secretary of War.THE
DUlilERsT
"flankers," says a correspondent of the Cininnati
Commercial, comes from the German
erb dunken, to dip or duck, a word used in faailiar,
conversational German. The German
laptists immerse their converts in a manner
rholly peculiar. They .take the convert to the
raters edge, always to a river or running
tream-pone ofyonmew.fengled warm church
isterns, and have him kneel down in the ?
rater. Then the preacher takes him by the
tack of the neck and dips him under the waer,
face foremost, you understand; not backrard
as do other Baptists. They dip him
inder three times, onoe in the name of the
leather, once in the name of the Bon, and
nee in the name of the Holy Ghost, thas
iving him a triple or triune baptism. ' Hence
he nickname Danker or Docker.
The men of the churoh part the hair in the
niddle, wear both hair and beard auite long,
nd look like pictures of the old Bible patiarchs.
They wear long hair and beard be*
ause the patriarchs and 'jostles did, and are
orbidden to crop their hair short or to shave
heir beard.
The religions ceremonies which particular*
f distinguish this from the otherv Christian
hurches, are kissing, feet-washing, and soup*
ating. In various places in the New Testa*
lent, the "holv kiss and the "kiss of chartf
are mentioned; therefore* when these
rethren and sisters meet at church, they
bake hands and kiss. When a brother comes
ito church he shakes hands with and kisses
11 the brethren; a sister ditto the sisters. I
onfem that it nearly upset my dignity to see
bose grey-bearded old fellows come in and
iss one another, with a sounding smack, all
round. I dare say one could get used to it
boueh. The brethren kiss the brethren and
be sisters kiss the sisters.
Bat they never kiss across.
In the matter of greeting colored brethren
rith the holy kiss, the church rales say that
aasmuch as some white members have a weakess
against kissing colored folks, it is "coniderea
advisable" that the colored brethen
ut up with that weakness for the presen^and
xcuse the holy kiss until such time as the
rhite brethren become stronger in the faith.
The German Baptists take their children to.
hurcb, babies and all, in ancient pioneer
ashion. There were people in the little meetoz-house
from seventy years to six months
la. The old Dunker women have the peaceblest,
prettiest faces I ever saw on any old
idy. The faces of the women, from the oldst
to the youngest, are all fair and sweetDokiBg.
There sat a venerable grand-mother
rith snowy hair and calm, fair face! Beside
er a beautiful yonng mother with her baby,
he cunningest*light bright-eyed Danker baby,
perfect picture of the Madonna and child.
Lhd, if you'll believe me, even that Danker
aby wore on its face the Danker look of inffkble
calm and peace, too.
You won't be surprised tflht the Danker
ister's faces look fair and anwrinkled and
weet tempered, when I tell yoa how they
trees. Their dress-ap church costume is a
ifo.iVi.ftnt notify) drew and cane, and a crrav
alico son-bonnet The men's dress is of the
ery plainest cut, too. Only think of it, friends,
(appose we could, one and all, suddenly cut
.way everything cumbrous and uncomfortable
rom our dress and from our lives, and have
io more overskirts, bustles, ruffles, tight boots,
ight dresses, tight coats, tight heads or corn
loctors; no pearl powder, false hair, false
miles or false hearts, no worry and heartache
nd scheming to drees as well as this woman
r that one, and no wicked envy or spite in our
earts because we can't do it; suddenly to
brow all this rubbish aside forever, ana be
imply natural and comfortable. The very
bought of it makes a woman's heart ache to
y away and be a Danker sister, too.
It mast be something in the peaceful, simle
lives of these women which makes them so
leasant to look at * It appears to me I never
iw so many silk dresses together in my life
s I saw in a Cincinnati congregation last
onday, and jet, among all these elegant laies,
I failed to see one nee as serene and fair
nd pure as the faces of many of the Danker
stem that Sunday in the&nde little church,
t must be there is some hidden spell, too, in
straight light calico drees JU&iWij sun
onnet for the vounff danker diria/int&asostr
wore the world's^fress, k>e^*oMSe and
>mmonplaee beside their mothers in the
tanker costume,
Add . - ,, ?;>* ... ..
m- A little five-year-old somewhat surprised^
is mother *-&w days sincewith the rem*
God ia everywhere; he is all over
hen jou spank me you spank
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