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I -A. REFLEX OF iPOPTJL^ll E'VFNTS. JOHN C. BAILfclY, PHO>R. GUBENViLU|. SOOTH CAROLI^T'iuGUST 4. 1??. vni; m.vn ? J O. I*. TOWN KS, EDITOR. Iditors. ISoMCRtnioi) Two Dollar* par annum. Advbbt!??i?kst? inserted at the rate*, of One dollar pdr square of twefve Minion line* (thia sited type) or lea* for ttas fret Insert ion, fifty Nitu each for the second and third insertions, and tsrontv-ftve cent* for subsequent Insertions. Yearly contracts will bo mndo. All advertisements must bar* the number nf insertions marked on them, or they will bo Inserted till ordered out, and charged for. Unless orderod otherwise, Advertisements Will invariably be "displayed." Obituary notices, and all matters inuring to to tbe benefit of any one, are regarded as Advertisements. a??aee? ??? Correspondence of Southern Enterprise. BPttrNGfORT, Ponola Co., Mire.. ) ' July 22d, 1869. ' J 3feasr*. Editors?Sinco I wrote yon a week or two ago, we have had a number of very spirited meetings in various sections of this County relative to the introduction of the Chinese Coolies as laborers for the production of cotton.? There is considerable diversity of opinion as to the wisdom and propriety of the movement ? some contending one Mjay and others exactly the reverse. For myself, I may observe, that there is a great deal to be said on both sides of the question. One fact, however, is patent?clearly self-evident to my mind?and that is, they will not prove half as profitable to the people of the South as the majority of those ad vocating their introduction, seem to think. In the first place, should we import any large number of them, and the result prove as anticipated, a rivalry between them ana the negro in the production of cotton, another equally certain fact, or result follows, to wit: Great reduction in the prico of cotton rw o? ? : vvyii* v/ in J/Wt*I *. IIU? CI CUHOl* ble enough to let well enough alone, and are too lazy and indolent (in truth) to profit by tbo advantages which God and nature gives them. We are now realizing 250 millions of money for two million bales of ootton, (I use round, hut nj proximate numbers.) far moro than we ever realized for four millions bales in the palmiest days of slavery.? j Now, let us introduce Chinese and utilize their labor, enough to reach the 6ame amount of production as in the days of slavery, and we at opco reduce the price of cotton from 30 and 35 cents to 10 oenta per ponnd, to say nothing of the moral, religious and political aspect of the question. And to whom, pray, does the benefit of cheap cotton and largo production inure I?to the spinner, or in other words, the manufacturer, of conrae, and never to the planter. The whole scheme has originated with the New England manufacturer?the people of the North? those people, par excellence, tbe friend of tbe emancipated negro, at least who claim to t>c?and this is one of tbe innumerable schemes which these people, so fruitful in resources and schemes of every kind, will yet resort to to prove their friendship for their flat nosed, kinky-headed allies and subjects. They have tried them and found that their lazy, indolent, wilful dispositions and temper (with a few honorable exceptions) are not sueoeptible of any high degree of culture or improvement; or if so, they are too worthless to develop it, and they are determined to yi augnrate a policy which will exterminate them ; for be it said to the eternal credit of the Yankee, they cannot tolerate long an idle, slothful, wilfully lazy and worthless race. In this respect we must confess them, by far, our own superiors, and well might we learn lessons from them in industry, perseverance and energy of character. tw uinu w vjuo our peopj? could be taught to do bo, and wo would Boon hear no more of the wnnt of laborers, or immigration schemes, beyond those to bring in the hardv laborers of our own race from tee overcrowded citios and hamlet# of the eld world ; or, more aocuratelj speaking, from civilised Europe. If our own people would go to work with a will, de term in ed not only to make a living but to mako fortunes, that reiult would be more than half accomplished the momont that will ad determination became fixed and common. It ia all '* stuff and ixmii?Mien to taw that the white dnni emmol ea&vtite and raise cotton racoeesfolly, except in a small portion of the swamp country adapted to its successful culture, whore the malarial ihflueuces , existing there, it is alleged, proves , more fatal to the white man than to other thicker skinned races. Bo this so, and are there not in Europe overcrowed populations in much more malarious regions than any in the South, not excepting the Mississippi, Arkansas and Red River bottoms f Witness the bogs of Ireland for instance, to say nothing of the inud dykes of Holland and other innumerable localities. But, sirs, wo ourselves can raise just as much cotton in the South as I have any desire ever to see raised in it sgAin ; and as our staple is#>f a quality absolutely necessary tor the mannfacturo of fabrics indispcnsiblo to the comfort of the world, we can always produce a supply, and with white labor, I repeat?if we but go to work? that will command from 200 to 250 millions of umimv ir? Hnooito ?- -vt;>v of negro. Coolie ana all othor indolent, slothful and idolatrous laborers. Whv, sirs, I have a number of neighbors this year, old North Carolina citizens, who hard lv ever raised a bale of cotton in ther lives until they came to Mississippi, who will make from 500 to 1,500 dollars to the hand at present prices, should their crops turn out this year (and they promise fair to do so) as well as they did last. "Why, sirs, a little Irishman, Dan McC., made last year, by his own labor, on 10 acres of ground, 10^ bales of cotton, weighing over 500 lbs. each. John L. did about the same, and 1 could name a dozen others* The cotton crop is rather late and backward this year, but very promising at present, and growing and bearing 60 fast, that it seems almost iticretT iblo to ine even, an old South Carolina planter. My near neighbor G., with nono but two eons, 14 and 10 jcnrsof a<*e, will mnko, besides a superabundant corn, wheat and oat crop, at least $1,800 worth of cotton. W., another, with two sons, 12 and 15, will make about the same. P., with two, 16 and 20 rears, near the same. V., with one frccdraan, will make 14 or 15 heavy bales, equal to $2,500; and I could name even more promising caeca than this, but your readers would regard them exaggerations. Send the poor white young men of the country Kerey who aro not only willing, but determined to woric, and 1 will guarantee each one of them a clear profit ol $500 per annum over and abovo all expenses, as long as cotton remains at present prices?nay, at 20 or 25 cents per pound, unless disaster, such as army or boll worm destroys it. Do wo want Chinese Coolies? No sir. Cannot wo live without the negro? Shamo on the man who says not. Our ancient fathers had neither cotton, negro or Coolie, and yet they were rich enough to pave their streets with gold and inlay their doors and windows with precious 6tonos and pearls. More nnnn T * A I ? . u. J.X. P. S.?Do not suppoeo I am opposed to the introduction of the Coolie ; on the contrary, I favor it on a small scale, to test their value, but I favor our own young men going to work and producing all we want, and more too, rather than seeking some eae v place in a store, the professions, the pulpit, or even a horse stable, as some of tbein are base enough to do, rather than work in the corn or cotton fields of the country. We kill our land unsuspectingly in summer, when moist, by letting our stock run on it. We hurt the stock in winter by having wet, naked stables, or sloppy barn-yards, or low, miry places where cattle are sometimes lorced to drink. [Hearth ds Home. An ambitious follow in Connecticut appeals ovor his own signature : 44 To the raachannacks and laboring men of my native town. I will represent you in the State assemblee irrespective of pollytics, rtlijion or eddicashum." To gathor a crowd of people: Raise a plank in the sidewalk and start a terrier after a rat. To dieperse them, circulate a subscription paper tor lbs benefit of a poor famII? is nnworthy to live who lives only to himself. >) Biot in Charleston. A riot occnrred in Charleston, on Monday, 26th, on the occasion of a game of base ball, engaged in by a company from Savannah and a" Charleston clnb. The annexed particulars are gathered from the Ueto* of the 27th: During the game the police experienced considerable difficulty in ! 4! - l _ as preventing mo crowa irom trespassing upon the ground allotted to the players. Immediately after the close of the regular game the crowd rushed around the scorers to ascertain liow the score stood. The clubs then concluded to have a little gauaoof pitching and catching and commenced it, before doing so, however, requesting that the crowd should be made to move back. The police commencod to perform this unpleasant duty, but their force was too 6mall. Major Ogilby, of the United States Army, was requested to send some of hie soldiers to tho aid ot the police.? lie consented, and six unarmed soldiers came up. The work ol forcing the crowd back over the rope stretched on the Meeting-st, sido of the Green commencod.? During this movement, a mulatto, named R ife Izzard, became very disorderly and insolent to a police man, who, after requesting him tc behave, arrested him, whereupor Rafe struck tho policeman and en deavored to get away. Then en sued a general melee, during which tho police resisted the efforts ol the negroes to rescue Itafe, strik ing them over tho head with theii clubs. The six soldiers seized tin base ball bats lying about an<] rushed to the assistance of tho po lice. Major Ogilby endenvorcc to stop the melee, but his effort! were, of course, futile. The no groes were rapidly reinforced nnc were about to overpower the polic< and their six soldier assistants when a squad of armed soldicri came up, loading their muskets ai they came. The negroes gave om look at the bristling bayonets, am then fled precipitately from tin Green into Meeting-street. Tin soldiers did not pursue. The nc groes then commenced tearing of the pailii gs of the fence for use a clubs. They also pulled up tin paving stones. On learning of tin action of the negroes the soldier were ordeicd to advance upoi them. The police and detectivi forces also advanced, before whon the negroes retreated to the c?>i nerof Calhoun and Meeting-streetc throwing bricks and other missile as they did so. The soldiers ful lowed, keeping inside of the fence while the police went into the 6tree and endeavored to arrest the rinj leaders. Two or three men wer arrested, duc during the rush an excitement were rescued. Darin all this time the soldiers were mot anxious to shoot, but were reetraii ed by their officers?Major Ogilb at one time remarking: w The ma who shoots without orders I wi go for." In twenty minutes attc this riot commenced cverythin was quiet. A squad of soldiei were stationed at the corner < Calhoun and Meeting streets, an at the gate on Meeting street. Tw of the policemen were slightly ii jured (luring this affair. The cessation of the disturbance caused by the appearance of tli soldiers, was taken advantage * by the two policemen who ha Rafe Izzard in charge, and the took him inside of the Citade where ho used his hands, hca< feet and teeth in his efforts to g loose, all the while yelling as if f was being murdered, aoubtla hoping to incite the negroes ou side to make further ei orts to re I - L! T* _ i?. if 1?_ i cue mm. xvaie nnauj uccamo f disorderly that the officers on dul ordered him to be placed in tl guardhouse, in which were co ned several Irish soldiers for v olations of army regulations. Ra had hardly been thrust inside of tl prison before the soldiers set npc tiiin and commenced to beat bii most unmercifully, and most pro ably would have killed him he he not been taken out. The disturbance of conrse put stop to all further base balling, ar preparations were made to start! the Vigilant Engine House, < State-street, where a supper hi been spread. The members of tl Savannah Club said they would f to the Charleston Hotel, pack v \ their effects and rejoin the Caro na Club at tbo hotel and man * with them from there to the engine house. It was then agreed that the band should remain he- ( hind with the Carolina Club. The Savannah Club started to the howl, and the Carolina Club joined in , line on the Green, and headed by the band, inarched towards the , main gate on Calhoun-street. When the disturbance first com, menccd there were not over at'iou sand negro men present, but by this time there were fully twenty i five hundred. When the band reached the gate, the negroes crowded nn and commenced an ' ! nnprovokea assault upon thq mem. bers of the band, calling them Domocrats, and throwing rocks 1 and pieces of bricks at them. Three 1 i of the band were struck with the ! I missiles. The player on tho trurn- , ; bone seized that instrument by 1 the small end with both hands and i swung it around, knocking down ' ' 6cvcn or eight of the assailants. Just at this moment a young gen I ! tleman lired in rapid succession f three 6hots from his rovolver, , which, though doing no daqiagc, had the effect of stampeding the . negroes?not one being within pistol range when the lest shot was fired. It is proper to state that two . shots were fired from the street > where the negroes wero previous ! to tho firing of tho three shots . mentioned. Tho three colored . men wcro then carried into the > Citadel, where the surgeon dressf ed the wounds, none being of -a . 6erions character. The wounded members of the ) band are as named : W. II. Woodl lion so, wounded in the head; Ben. jnmin Morell, in tho stomach ; R. j Ll. Burke, in the head, s As soon as this assault was made . tho military marched out in strong } force and drove tho crow d from off 3 tho corners. In this work they were aided by the police. ' II T>?ll ? ' ? 3 .mayor x nisDurv roae up at tms 3 point, and upon being asked what ? was to be done, replied that he did \ not know, as be was perfectly pow3 erless, the police force being; inadB equate to quell the riot, lie then h drove offi~ General Ilobert II. Anl' derson, Chief of the Savannah Po9 lice, on learijing this, went to Col0 oftel Eddy, who was an officer in B the old army with him, and asked 8 him to furnish protection for the [j band, to which request, as we 0 learn, Colonel Eddy replied that a ho would comply it "the Mayor stn.. ted that it was necessary, or would request it officially. The Mayor e returned shortly after his depar[. ture, and requested the serviees of ^ the military. Colonel Eddy detailed about sixty men, under comr. mand ot Lieutenant Savage and e Lynch, to escort the clubs and band d down. The line was then formed g in the following order: Squad jt of soldiers, band, squad of soldiers, j. members and friends of the Carov lina Club, omnibus containing J J..j i -/ .i - i?J n nuuuueu iiiumucrtt ui me imnu, 11 squad of soldiers; on each 6ide ir were squads of the police and deg tective forces. The lino then pro 8 ceeded into Calhoun street, down that to King, down King to Wont d worth, up Wentworth to Meeting, 0 down Meeting to the Charleston v Hotel. IVhen tho lino marched ont of e tho gate some of the negroes com,e menced yelling: "The soldiers have got ull of the band and Clnb 4 men under arrest," and then tho ft mob set up a tremendous cheering, 5 and ran up and down in the most j exdted manner. At the corner of King and Calhoun-streets a num ie ber of them thrtfw stones at the 98 line, but upon the soldiers facing about, ran off. With this oxcep8. tion there was no interruption ,0 until after leaving tno hotel. Dnr v ing this march the band played ,0 "Dixie," "Bonnie Blue Flog," n. an I other favorite Southern tunes, j, which the negroes greeted with fe hisses, hoots of derision and groans. * ? A sba captain trading regularly to the African coast, was invited to !n meet a committee of a society for the evangelization of Africa. Among numerous questions touch* ing tho religion of the African 1 races, he was asked, "Do the sub* ! jects of King Dahomey keop Sun* day?" "Keep, Sunday!" he re* ^ plied ; " yes, aad every other darn* 1(1 ed thing they can lay their hands ,e on." 1? ip Th? valley of Virginia will yeild li- five millions bushels of wheat this :h season. , V ^ , , _ Trouble in Edgefield. a The Augusta Chronicle and Sen- lftl inel of Sunday says: On Saturday morning, while the Barnwell butchery was the univer- m ial topic of conversation on the itrcets < f our city, another reix>rt M| >f trouble in nnothor county of the >atne unfortunate State, South Carjlina, was freely circulated. The minors were of the most terrible NV character, and stated that a fierce fe jnntliot between the whites and u blacks had taken place on Friday it the courthouse town of Edge- ja fiekl County; that Governor Scott bad called out the negro militia, q \nd had placed the donntv hndor .. y j ? til martial law; that tho militia, after \ bloody contest with the whites, liad taken the town and etill held ^ it in their possession, &c. After a j] good deal of trouble our reporter U1 managed to find a gentleman just ai from Edgefield Courtliouso, who JU gave to hiin full particulars of the ]a whole affair, but stated that there n) had been no fighting up to the ^ time of his leaving the village, u though much trouble was anticipated. Reports from the passengers ,v on the evening train of the Char- tj lotte* Columbia and Augusta Rail- ^ road confirm our informant's 6tory, ft] and wo believe that our readers will find it entirely correct. ,r Since the reconstruction of South E Carolina and tho establishment of tl negro government, the white peo- jc plo of Edgefield County, though all 01 of tt em ardent Democrats, and, as b eucli, bitterly opposed to tho pos- e< session of the State being turned a over to a race of ignorant negroes and a few infamous carpet-baggers ti and scalawags, have boen among ii the most quiet and law abi ling cit- n izens of the State. Though nearly o all of the younger men were in tho n Confederate army?where many of a other number were slain?and a were not disposed to look very kind I ly upon the new oder of things, yet ti restrained by the example and ad. I vice of such men as Bonlinm, Gary y and Butler, who were their gener- a als during tho war. thev have care- c w If W fully ret mined from doing any- v thing which would give to their f, enemies a pretext to oppress them, r But it appears that their good con- n duct has been of no avail, and that j tho miserable tyrant, Scott, and his t underlings have determined to t drive them to desperation. e Some weeks since there was a r murder committed in tho county, e and two negroes were the victims, c Though no proof was obtained as t to who were the murderers, still c three white men were arrested by J the county authorities upon snspl- 1 cion and lodged in the jail at Edge- i field Courthouse?one ot these 1 men a one anncd Confederate sol- i dier named Lanier. Despite the f | prompt arrest and incarceration of ( theso parties, the negroes living around the courthouse were very < much dissatisfied, and were loud ] in their murmurs that Union men i wero shot down like dogs bv rebel < bushwhackers, and the criminals i were allowed to go unpunished. 1 A white scalawag named Eisen- ' berger, the coroner ot the county, < took the part of the negroes, and is i said to have labored assiduously to < cause trouble between the races, Through the representations of this man, it is alleged that four dctec- < tives were sent to the county from 1 Columbia to work up the case. Borne time after all this had happened, a few thoughtless lads of the village asscmblea one night, and, after making a figure of straw into some faint resemblance of "old Eiscnberger," took the effigy onf a short distance from town and made ofitajolly good bonfire. When the Coroner was informod of this act of a parcel ot boys, bo pretended to uvwi y iiiucii ttiitriiieu, una 10 Tear that his loyal life was endangered bv the machinations of the KnIvlux. Hastily packing np his traps, he repaired, by private conveyance, to Columbia, and poured forth his grievances into the willing ear of the State Executive, Qorernor R. K. Scott, beseeching that the latter would grant him protection. It was then decided, wo avo told, by the Governor, to order out the safeguard of the State, ye loyal (colored) Militia. ( Arms were ordered to be furnished, and the eoroner onee more returned to his home hi Edgefield I County. Citizens ot the town state i that a few nights after his retnni . bo ontered the village one night at | ? * J???*1 \/# A It ^ IIA very late hour, surrounded by A rge bodyguard of negro militia, a marched through Uie deserted reets ; but no encounter with the u-Klux took place.. Like tbe faoub King of Brentford, who^ " with fall ton thousand Bed. irebed np th? bill and than inarched down again," iscnbC'rger, after this parade of 0 liable veterans, left the town, ithout having an opportunity of? red for testing the mettle of the melish." On Inst Thursday morning ft rge quantity ? four hundreds ands of arms?wero shipped from ohimbia to Edgefield Conrtty,* ort iq Charlotte, Columbia and Ani9ta Railroad, under the charge the State Constable, Hubbard* Then (he train arrived at Pine otiso Station, distant five or six iles lrom the CotirthottSe, fne m? were unloaded at tbe depot id the boxeff brokcti open. A rge crowd of negroes aSsefnblfed. ; the depot after the departure of le train, and the distribution of ie arms commenced. Our inirmaut was not positive as to the lake of the guns, but believea 1 ioui iu uv DiAiwicsuwung nneq. ^lter tbe negroes had assembled, rms wore distributed to seventy ireo of them, and the party mrchcd off in the direction of dgeficld Courthouse: All along ic line of march negro recruits )incd tbe sable column, until, nyu [i its reaching tbe town, it nam* ored several hundred men liead> d by Eisenberger and Hubbard s commanding officors. Arrived in the town no resis* ince was offered by the nnoffendig and astonished citizens, and the egrocs took peaceable possession f the village. Their first move* lent was to take charge ot the jail, fter discharging tbe jailor, placea , heavy guard around it, while Inbbard went iu the building and ried to force a confession front >anier with regard to the bnsh.hackers who killed the negroes nd whipped Eisenberger (for ?ienberger says tho K. K. X. have shipped him.) Since that time a oreo of one hundred negroes have einained in the town and A ;uard of fifteen men around the ail, and all tbe arms have beet* ironght from Pine House to the own in Eisenbcrgor's wagon. Eienbergcr declares that they shall emain there until the bushwhackrs who lynched hiin are all diS* :ovcrcd. He has authority frotrt. ho Governor to raise a company >t one hundred men for his own irotection. The citizens are belaving very quietly and doing all n their power to avoid a Collision. L'hcy intend, however, holding a occtine and sendinc a nrotOkt 4U gainst "this military "occupation to Columbia and to Washington City, ro give some idea of the injustice >f tho laws of the State the white people are taxed one hundred and iffy dollars per day for the support if these black rascals, though tnero s no necessity whatever lor their presence?the only excuse given by Hubbard for this high handed Mitrage, being the lynching of Ei-? senberger by unknown parties and the killing of two negroes long since, also by unknown parties. Their guarding the jail is simply all pretence, as no attempt to rescue tho prisoners has ever been made, nor has a rescue been threatened. The whole affair fe simply a movement by Eiscnberger to get himself made sheriff of the county, which office he has long since desired. Our informant seemed to think that, though everything is quiet now, it will require but slight provocation to' bring on a contest, in which, when it does come, the negro troops will he exterminated. 1 he citizens feef that they have been outraged to that point beyond which further endurance ceases to be a virtue and would become criminal. Wo await larther developments with much anxiety. A courLt of fellows wfio weffl pretty thoroughly soaked witb bad whisky, got into the gutter* After floundering about for a few minutes, one of them said : "Jim, lets go to another house?this hotel leaks." 44 Bmnr, did yotf pot an egg ft? the coffeo, to settle itf* "Yes, mum ; I put in four; they were so bad, 1 boa to use the more of them.*