New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-04
THE BALTIMORE RIOT.

AN ACCOUNT PROM AN BYE WITSESs-FIRST Assaults
MADE BY THE REBELs-PRBvIoUs CONCERT OF
THE RIorERs-BoAsTs >oP FORMER EXPLOITS
THE REBEL ARMY MADE By SOME OF THE RiorEA'
Social Dispatch to The N. Y. Tribune
BALTIMORE, Monday. Sept 8, leoo'
,,nst that nv dispatch will reach you early enough
q, ,ou NJ your immediate and complete CONTRADICTION VI VI"
unlushjng originated by me s" anu
IMPLICITLY followed by The Con@"eiaL on the sO''.o' "
carp meeting outrage by the imPenient heDeS ~So,i
~ ne.s OF the facts they occurred and most ePna
~, nrs Won that other eye witnesses OF them describe
Nm With literal correctness in the statement Whien su0
,omans which none but Rebels or their thrice pr~en
,bizers would venture deny, and which they kno"
ptheir hearts II they have any, to be exactly tTne
lurne the whole the evening previous to the assam" '
cam .hounded with armed men, having clubs as vel as %
and that threats were made by them not only against the
but against some Of the preachers who were styled
AboIitiopists During the evening numerous enofs
,re made by these men TO get up fight with me
AID before they could accomplish Their purpose oS9s ,iO1
black man was knocked down; watermelon Ilnus VIII
thrown into the tent where t1e negroes were @ ~ boSo
Who kneelng In prayer Al this eolia moi s' tS -
nd 1t was not until sguv nrostrae sa the negroes
ed In selfdeense and drove their assaians VINO
m pdiscrminate into that portion OF the camp devoted
people The object undoubtedly was 10 oreaA UP H'
The terror is described truly awful The negroes
oweyer did not pursue their assaan but retired 70 he
narters and awaited second attack which was three tunes
sase and three times repued during these attacks
nd the confusion that the young man. behson
gas hot while kneeng Dgsde Of reverend gentleman
hose name WAS frequently mentioned with oahs and pithets
the assaants. The San says that TINS young ua "as
& The preacher stand was direct line between bin
md the negroes and that the shot came from the direction Oh
One Gentleman assured Us that It impossible for
hot from the negroes have reached the point at Which
oTns I IeI ST@asb brick Wall All these gentlemen
the ground anxious and willing TO testify 70 tne trn oss
to elicit lett the truth
IL is undeniabe that the Methodist Church Of the Border
States is toe most loyal Of their churches ana Ience
obiect of Rebel hatred and persecution Preparations r
venting tie whites from holding this Campmeeuns "sse
made month or before the time for its asembage the
wood which they had selected being stripped oil us oag.
Threats were uttered to prevent ana
the opportunity 10 attack the whites Even al ue
eamo Il was necessary exclude the from their o
mer participation in the service in order TO AVOID giving 'n
vile tretext to the Rebels. ,.,,t. p.hoi.
Atrnstworhy evidence proves both the Of he keoe'
and The fact that peTsteuty tried TO provoke the ne
res by repeated petty insult and petty and
finding the negroes much calmly brave and Cnruan
than themselves at length IN Their Iaeia rage 10th
ureous violence both negroes and whites WHO Oou
IA S sdmils that some Young men lex Rebel soldiers for
the most part did conduct themselves nsungy bat orgets
@ and okns were armed their whole conduct and
language proved the first that they fully intended that the
ns6ot of the affair should be Joke nor at oil IKE one
IL saws nothing about the fact which witnessed 10 NY
great disgust that the bad business commenced WIN Ss
was In prayer in the place assigned TO MN anG ht
coord brethren the camp; nor does h DO 80
10 uth m 10 state that the negroes G the request OF the camp
managers absndoned al their little property In the camp con
sisns of bcds kitchen usnss and the Ike and departed
from ann rabcr than cndanger the whites IN The camp ~
provoked INTO conflict Win tle
Re ard that toe managers had not tie means OF protecting
the nYopety thus abandoned BY remembrance OF
treaty 40 violent the acts and threats oi the soe
thieves and assassius =, ~. 49,. ..oo
Tl, san also has the erontey 20 state that the negroes
rsed aud forced The whites back 20 tie preachers stant
bfe the Rebels fred So far Is this from being true ina
the rrad the white peoples tents under the M
and in avoid The tire Of the eoel heves am
murderer, Moreover II nagranty false hat the negroe
dressed the whites Of the altar. The negro
were never beyond the Of the preachers sahu
was them AID the tar and even when tue murder
ons atsck upon them az It's worst they Kept sTict
within The Boundaries assigned 70 them BY the camp man
gers Henson not only rot shot by the negroes but
as impossible for him 20 have been the san
being much higher than his head even when ne was
| and beIne between him and the negroes ard repea
What ali ether truthful eye witnesses must oorroborae "a
s,grof neor passed the rear OF the speaker ttaBa
statements made by TIE SYH aud fhs CoHrfrtsI Zen ~
20 have been furnished them by some OF tbo
a. tusv IN laundering she camp moreover Nhe ne
thrice drove chvarous and npehteht sVem
hsy Invariably within the circle OF ne white people
s.i 40 that he white men. and children might
epf danger from which they would have Ieen
Raj me melee been kept outside u the white peoples oio
~ The epeampnsnt intended no doubt 70 clay Oou
hitss ard blacks deadly sns IN Rebel estimation
einx both loyal aud Christian. Many believe most OF IN
fjtyl - soldiers I heard them boast o
Ire fact aud their former regiments and
them who Rad only slang snot his hand. gave n
pleasant information that be only wished the rite
carried during the In which case he would use II q
efectualy a. lie did thea.