American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-05-23

returned from his days work, and had
had no connection whatever with the dis
turbance. Other affidavits were made
before the General, identifying some who
had killed peaceal lie negroes. He will
give the whole affair l thorough investi-
CATION.
In the afternoon the rioters set fire to
the house, near the end of Causey, which
has been occupied by H. n Rankin, (col.
ored, for colored school MIR. Rankin
has had about two hundred pupils in at
tendance. He himself was struck with
a whip at the corner of Union and Sec
ond streets The rufian attempted to
draw his revolver to shoot him, but was
prevented by another citizen
Several more houses in South Memphis
were burnt during the afternoon. and dur.
ing the whole evening the sky in that di-
reetion was lurl with flames. There
were inceudiary fires also on Madison and
Shelby streets.
Early in the evening there was sharp
firing out on De Soto street. A negro
boy of twelve Or thirteen years was killed.
A negro woman from the country was
deliberately shot on Shelby street 1t is
supposed mortally
From the Daily Post of Friday
The riot was kept up all ednesday
night. Crowds of armed citizens were
gathered at the corners. Many were half
drunk. The great feat of the roughs.
was the burning of the colored school
houses, churches and homes. They seem
to have acted in concert, and to have car
ried out a programme which had been
previously arranged. This-is shown by
the clean sweep which was made of every
building used for colored school or place
of worship by the colored people, but
most strongly by the conduct of the riot
ers on the burning of the Collins Chapel
This colored church stands on Washing
ton street, and cost 81, 200.
After getting this well under the con-
troll of the flames, the leader of the des
peradoes called upon them to "fall in"
which was done in style which would
have reflected credit upon any military
organization, and proceeded to a black
smith shop on Alabama street, near Bull
Run, which, as it belonged to a peacea-
bic black man, was burned. We have
received the names of quite a number
who shared the glores of this part of the
field, but whether they participated in
setting the fires in other parts Of the city
wc do not know.
The Colored Baptist Church on Main
street near Overton, was burned This
was ofbrick, and the oldest colored church
in the city. 1t was owned by the colored
people.
The colored church on Poplar street
was burned; also the Lincoln Chapel, on
Union ST. This belonged to the Ameri-
can Missionary Association, and cost one
thousand dollars. 1t was insured for 500
dollars.
Every colored church was burned.
The colored schools were kept in the
barracks formerly occupied by the Pro
vost Guard. These we're all burned
Loud aud repeated threats were made
by the rioters that when they had des-
troyed the colored school houses they
would kill the teachers. The threats
we're so violent, and the rioters having
shown themselves capable of any brutal.
ity, it was deemed prudent that they
should go north They all left for Cairo
on the st. Louis packet. Many of the
officers on duty here sent their wives away
with these ladies.
An attempt was made to burn Colwell's
Hall near the corner of Gayoso and Third
streets. This hall belongs to wealthy
and influential colored man, from whom it
takes its name, and is the most frequent
y used by the colOred people for public
meetings.
A house uear Mr.. Rankin's school.
house, which was burnt on Tuesday. was
fred during the night A colorsd girl.
seventeen years of age, named Rachel
Hatchell, who had been scholar Of Mr..
Rankin's was sick in this house, and on
running out was knocked down, shot and
thrown into the fire. Her body lay in the
ashes yesterday morning burned to crisp,
excepting her head and shoulders. Some
one had kindly thrown a shawl over this
horrid spectacle. Coroner Erickson, on
making inquest upon the body, found the
report true that she was shot before being
thrown il to the fire
The Botanico Medical College, on Beal
street, in which colored schools have been
kept, was set on fire, but it was put out
by some teachers who stay in the build
ing.