The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-02

Never in Western Maryland has There been sue!
sat in our % olice window, and for over ] ono honl
watched tho passage OF tho procession. On foot
eight dccp OH horseback, as wido nB the street, III
carriages i'm buggics, and in wagons, drawn by
from two to twolvc horses, camo tho loyal mon OF
loyal Washington County. Countless flags waved
in tho breeze, long lines Of banners were 9ornc
aloft filled with notices and symbols clearly show
ing how well people understand tho real 1ssmos
before thom, and awaiting their dcc;5ion. Tho
d vas magnGen tn Eao ov 0f tIso an a
must DO folt hld enjoyed to DO understood anu ap-
precintod
everywhere. We never saw SO largo crowd where
30 little intoxication and disorder prevailed. The
day %ou!d have passed off pre-cminently distn-
gIiished for its order and decorum had 1t not been
for tho unnecessary, unauthorized, and, perhaps,
pre-arrangcd attempt Of two mon. backed by n few
rowdies, to arrest somo Union mon for disturbing
the peace which those two mon and rowdies thcn
and there most disturbed and most violated.
It ia tho misfortune and tho disgrace Of this
town, o misfortune and n disgrace too deep and
profound to be nolligibly portrayed to hayo, it's
ostensiE!o Mayor, q man who is standing dis
grace both to himself and tho ofico he assumes to
hold, but to which ho has no legal right whatever,
Having been elected by illegal and unregistered
votos, his exercise of the Office Of Mayor is usur
patton and oil his acts other immediately. or
through agents, are null and void This man, with
out any ordinance giving him the power, and
against the wishes and in defiance Of tho Board Of
Councmon, has bcon surrounding himself by what
not sanction, and whom they refuse to pay. With
these men, tho worst and moat violent, himself ut
their head no has been kocping up disorder and
tumult until his very namc is by-word OF dishonor
and infamy and riot.
About tllrco o'clock on the above day Mr.
Cheney, Of tho Sharpsbnrg district, was in Mr.
ing. Another man, unknown to Mr.. Cheney, made
some remark about his carrying the said flag,
which Mr.. Cheney understood to BE offensive, and
he struck the man with his fist and knocked him
over, which created some confusion and caused
other Union men to crowd into tho room. At this
point, VIC arc informed MIR. J.. Booth stopped up
and said to Mr.. Cheney that no had been much
mstakCn.that the man whom he had struck was
good Union man. Thcreupon Mr.. Cheney OK
pressed tho greatest Is s1rr9w an And regret that he
fair way Of arrangement, whom NIr. Stanhope re-
qucstcd tho parties to leave his house, as he in
tended 10 close his doors. The parties won't out
Mayors special police, stepped up and attempted
to arrest some one i'll tho most violent and infam-
matory manner, hourishing their revolvers and
Mr.. b. L. Herbert went to Messrs Sands and
Gall and asked them to go away; tho matter was al
over, and everything would be quiet in few min
utes, and plcaling with them to put up their re-
volvers and desst from their threats. They would
listen to nothing, and Sands fired one barrel Of his
revolver il the crowd shooting ono man i'll tho
foot The crowd increased upon tho discharge Of
tho pistol, and Sands and Gall retreated toward
Franklin.street from Stanbopos, fiourishing thoir
pistols, followed by the crowd. When thoy got
near Fralklin-sreet they turned and opened fire
indiscriminateiy into the crowd. After this the
crowd commcnced throwing stones, and Sands and
da fell back firing into the crowd d, all the time
till they reached James Coons house, their head
quarters, near the jail, which they ontorcd. AS
Jolnsonites, @ and they ali entered toons house ] and
went up stairs, and commenced an indiscriminatc
fro on the crowd and shot, and it is said mortally
G the Goart aopse He Sa
mimic ball, aud passed through ono lobo of his
liver, and was taken out of his back.
AS soon as inc party entered Coons house, they
wore found in the house. with number Of revolv-
ers, when it was subsequently taken by the crowd
OF Union boys. After Mr.. Rennor fell and car
ried of, many in the crowd sought and obtained
arms, before which the Union men wero entirely
Inarmed In the mean time, howevof, Gall and
windows of Coon's house.
It appears that tho guns woro loaded and handed
to Gall who discharged them from tho window.
and sonle ono, evidently soldier, and accustomed
to such firing, as Gal presented himself OF the
window to fire, shot him and he fell dead from the
no house TO the pavement with his gun in his hands
The ball entered his forehead and camo out on the
top of his head When Gall fell the excited crowd
made rush for the house and broke in. Tho in
mates fed by backways to the adjoining lots, and
from behind corn shocks kept up a fire until they
were discovered and dispersed. The crowd then
Quilted the house, smashing md tearing everything
to pieces. barrel or two Of wretched whiskey
and some beds ard stoves wero thrown out and de-
stroyed. Sands was found in tho house with gun
In M ms hands and knocked down, stabbod and
badly beaten; 1t was supposed he could not sur
vlve during the night but no is now better, and it
1s Thought no will recover. It is supposed that
Renner wiHuie Ho is in great agony from his
wound.
The Johnsonites wounded eighteen persons be-
ioro Gan was killed, more or less severely, but not
dangerously. There were many narrow escapes by
persons IN tho crowd. One man had his check
gra2cd with ball; another, Union soldier, had
pan sent through his hat grazingthe top Of his
head This was deliberate aim, It is said OH the
Rart f OF eau while at tho window. After the gut
1t was cut down, and then the crowd Dispersed and
everything was soon hushed, and in m hour after
is Mala %as Is et as if nothing had t.
affair took place. There is but one opinion among
all Union men, and that is that this riot was either
planned deliberately beforehand by tho Johnsontes
nnsisa asss IN an d. gotten up by their own v0lone'
~ Had no! Sands and Gall interfered with MIR.
Chcnoy and his friends in so violent and hostile
aRner, Inc difficulty being already adjusted, the
ihcrc is Eot shadow Of doubt on the mind OF
any seiisiDic man ON this point.
Ino wnoe thing looks to us as premedtated and
preaffanSta. Guns and ammunition had boon
Pot;a PaoHtucu anu stored in Coons house, and these
parties were TO get mp fracas, and thon lead tho
'eSe One man M ms Of S'nsh iS prepared for them
!hat ne was importuncd to prepare for and engage
In In tlie iracas. Another, who was in tho house
Encn ns lt was captured by tho Union men, has con-
aesseu 10 one or onr best and most roliablo cti-
ss1 le rebels and Johnsonitos wore the cause
3t the trouble, md that they got it up II is said
that Coon is under Indictment now for keeping q
o'sorooriy ho"se in another part Of the town.
oNfEaA'-fhe New Orleans Times of Saturday
naya' in regard to the above person:
svonMg among inc arrivals at the st. Charles Hotel last
t,o tf,soh1S Tas General Ortcga, who claims to be
mon, ems % 81 Mexico, in opposition to Juaroz whose
term or oihco, Ae eontoiits hna ionS eNnirei ii,o