, 1863-08-28

Murder OF an Old CItfxen-AtrocIous
COppcrhead Cruelty.

From the Lafayette CourierI
From various reliable sources We are in
possession Of the facts touching the Danyille
riot. On Friday last Col. Hawkins, of the Sd
Tennessee cavalry, removed butternnt pin
from the coat collar Of Copperhead named
Phync, brother Of the Sheriff Of the county.
The net was Witnessed By y number Of citi-
zens Of both parties. Much excitement and
i'll blood had been engendercd for week or
ten days previous, BY the offensive display of
the tteasonable emblem. One or two Cop
pe,head bnllies had thrust them de1antly in
to touch them The leading Union men had
advised forbearance, and were determined to
exhaust every possible expedicnt to keep the
pcace. The moment the Colonel had reulov-
ed the offensive emblem, he was surrounded
by number Of Unionists and borne out Of
Payne rushed into the street and gathered hp
stone. Finding that Col. Hawkins had
been removed beyond his reach, he aimed the
stone at Col. Guinup, who WIS standing near.
Col. G., though generally obnoxious with
Corperheads and q natural born foe to all
traitors, had made no demonstrA.ion Hence
the attack upon him was wholly without PRO-
vocation. The stone struck him glanciag
blow on the temple, stunned but did not fell
him, and rushing upon Payne he closed with
him, ard throwing him to the ground gaye
him a terrible beating. Fdends on both
sides inte1fered, but there was no further col
]ision. This was on Friday.
The excitement continued undated, how
ever, aud WIS intensified by arrests aud ar
raignments on both sides bstore the Union
and Copperhead "Squires." )" The Copperhcad
esquire" fined Hawkins for removing the
bntternnt pin, and the Union "Sqnire fined
Payne for throw wipg the stone. C1i. Hawkins
Gro Grounds I'd "Ttt On Saturday. He Coppsrheads a a d
swo1e in their wrath that he should pot, and
the leading Union men, anxious to preserve
the peace, persuaded him to postpone his
speech. On Saturday, however, a great many
people came in from the country to hear
accordingly addressed them at the Fair
Grounds, according to his Own appointment.
There WIS no disturbance, but the Copper
heads sw01c vengeance in curses not loud but
deep. Saturday and Sunday passed without
any open demonstration, though there were
evidences On every hand Of "eoncthing goiag
on" among the .Copperheads. Horsemen
came clattering into town after midnight, sig
gal shots vert heard at intervals until af.er
daylight in the direction Of the nlaes. The
Union men were cool aud collected. They
had been 90 clearly In the right, and had sac
Eitieed SO much for the sake Of Of peace, thas
furbealance had ceased to be virtue, and
maintaining the defensive, they were prepared
for anyt thing that might franspire.
On Monday morning, before daylight. the
sfgual guns we're more frequent, and lights
we're observed In the houses Of we'll known
Copperheads residing IN the town Before 10
o'cloek, 1umors were rife Of grand rally OF
the z. &. C,'s d few niles distant, and about
noon they camc marching into town ID regu-
lar line Of battle, arnted with shot guns. rifles,
picks, axes, shovr|s. spades, clubs, corn cut
ters, 1latchets, and every conceivable weapon.
dfggers. They marched to the public square.
Tie Union mcn. in order to gain time, enter
| ed into protracted negotiation. In which
| they ogfeed 10 deliver up certain Leading
Unfonlsts who we're especially obnoxious to
the Copperhcads- This, Of course, vas =
pcctirg as much, p1eclpitated 4 collision. 1t
was nut positively known which fred the
/ first shot, they begnn and followed In such
| quick succession. Payne, the original cau.e
| Of the difficulty. fell pierced through the
heart at the first discharge The CoppeIheads
| men took deliberate aim. and made up In
uccurGy what they licked in numbers.
| Myers, smother Coppcrheaa, WAS shot
! through the heart, and run about hun
d1ed yards when he fell down and expired:
| An 1r1shman, whose name our Informant did
! wounded. Shortly after Payne received b hia
| au1etu+, his brother, who is the Sheriff Of the
| county and a virulent Copperhead.' Was
| wounded In the arm. The Provost Marshal
| attempted to summons posse to quell the
dittufbauce VIM Lamb, m old and highly
es,eemed citizen and q leading merchant, wa*
sun. .mobed amopg otbers. Tic WAS armed fo
the deteree Of bis faulty and property AIMS
ttr laid which had been Threatened for tws
| DAYS, but up to this moment had taken nj
rait. He advanced toward the curh-stonc
when well known Copperhead, whnao nam
we have forgotten, took deliberate aim an
shot him through the heart. He fell aud in
assntly expired. Here NC record an act 9
strccily akin to tho inLu0aa butcaery {