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.*